 Before they could do anything, Mitsuko appears and kills Yoji; in the novel, Mitsuko stabs Yoji's head with her sickle, while in the manga, she picks up Yoshimi's gun and shoots him through the head.Afterward, Yoshimi is then killed when Mitsuko shoots her in the eye.In the novel she attempts to stop Mitsuko from removing her scythe from Yoji's head and attacks her before she is in turn shot by Mitsuko.