The Headache Wife Part 2
Episode 6 of Fishbowl Wives begins with Haruto waking up like normal. Only this time, Sakura is missing and he has no idea where she is. He also hasn’t seen Takuya in a while either… so where is he? Well, it turns out that Sakura is working in a little salon in the countryside with Masako as her boss. Masako finds out and drops by Haruto’s with an address showing where she’s staying, understanding that she’s special to him. ..
Meanwhile, Hisako is still suffering from her headaches. After sleeping with Baba, she’s unsettled and struggling to focus. At the dinner table, her son Yuta looks up and tells her he knows her secret. And lo and behold, he actually saw her leaving Baba’s after a lovemaking session earlier in the timeline.
After this, Hisako makes a bold decision and breaks things off with Baba. ..
The woman in question is Hisako, who suffers from dissociative disorder, a form of amnesia that’s stemmed from extreme stress. It seems her husband actually cheated on her (which explains Baba’s story too), but she believes she’s cheating on her husband without realizing that it’s actually him.
Yuta shows up to see her father and reveals all of this, as they contemplate whether to tell her the truth or keep things as they are. Yuta wants them to be a couple again, leaving Baba with a big choice to make.
Eventually, Hisako shows up at the goldfish shop where Baba is quizzing Haruto over his fish, which isn’t doing too well. It’s here that Baba speaks the truth and tells her his real name is actually Taguchi Takuzo. The picture Hisako has found in Yuta’s room happens to be from when the trio went to a summer event for goldfish scooping. He sincerely apologizes to her, and the pair reconvene and decide to make a go of their relationship after all.
Elsewhere, Takuya tracks down Sakura and heads over to see her. He tells her not to be stubborn and come home, even offering her the salon and promising to be better with her. Instead, Sakura demands he bring over divorce papers. She’s had enough and this relationship is now over.
Takuya is livid and grabs a knife, threatening Sakura. After smacking Sakura in the face, things take a nasty turn as he pins her down to the ground. She screams and flails but it’s no good. This does not look like it’s going to end well. ..
Meanwhile, Haruto drives up to Sakura’s place and is about to make it there when he is called away by a client.
The Episode Review
The first part of Fishbowl Wives was intriguing and showed the different relationships between the wives. This part is even more interesting as it focuses on Hisako’s amnesia and how they try to get her to remember who she is. It’s a nice twist that makes for a good story. Yuta gets a lot of screen time, which is great because he has a lot to say.
Meanwhile, the situation involving Takuya takes a nasty turn as he tracks down Sakura and demands she head back home. The thing is, she’s not afraid anymore and that’s, unfortunately, only causing more issues for Sakura as her abusive husband loses his temper.
With the episode ending on a cliffhanger, the audience is left with many questions about what will happen in the next episode.
