"So Cute I'm Lost for Words!" Fans Swoon over the "Imagination Scene of Turning into a Butterfly"! Calls for Merchandise Too as Chiikawa Reaches Episode 172

In the second half of Episode 172 of the anime Chiikawa, a shocking scene is depicted where Chiikawa (CV: Haruka Aoki), Hachiware (CV: Makoto Tanaka), and even Usagi himself are brainwashed by a wooden doll that Usagi (CV: Ari Ozawa) bought, generating huge buzz among viewers.

What Usagi showed Chiikawa and Hachiware was a mysterious wooden doll he obtained at a secondhand shop. Chiikawa, traumatized by a terrible experience with a "staff" Usagi previously bought at a secondhand shop, remains cautious; however, this time Hachiware judges that "it seems like it'll be fine" and hands the wooden doll to Chiikawa.

Immediately afterward, however, mysterious tubes extend from the wooden doll and latch onto all three of their heads simultaneously. Losing consciousness just like that, the three collapse—. Front-row viewers felt tension and shock at the intensely unsettling and sudden turn of events.

In response to this terrifying ending, viewers voiced their astonishment and dread with comments such as: "It's not fine at all!", "What on earth happened?!", and "Nothing Usagi finds at secondhand shops is ever good!"