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**Note: The whole post is a spoiler.**

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How did Koichi come to be in possession of [Aoi
Tsunemori](http://psychopass.wikia.com/wiki/Aoi_Tsunemori)'s ear?

In Episode 9 of Psycho-Pass 2, [Koichi
Kuwashima](http://psychopass.wikia.com/wiki/Koichi_Kuwashima) gave a present
to [Akane Tsunemori](http://psychopass.wikia.com/wiki/Akane_Tsunemori) before
turning himself over to MWPSB. That present was revealed to hold Aoi
Tsunemori's ear.

Given the circumstances, I assumed that Koichi or [Kirito
Kamui](http://psychopass.wikia.com/wiki/Kirito_Kamui) and company abducted
Akane's grandmother, but given Akane's reaction I suppose Aoi wasn't killed up
until that time.

However, earlier in the same episode [Sakuya
Togane](http://psychopass.wikia.com/wiki/Sakuya_Togane) ordered [Mika
Shimotsuki](http://psychopass.wikia.com/wiki/Mika_Shimotsuki) to determine the
whereabouts of Akane's grandmother. Also, in the scene next to Akane's
reaction after seeing Aoi's ear, the expressions on Togane's face implied (as
I saw fit) that he was involved in that brutal act.

In the last episode, Togane had revealed that he was the one behind the brutal
killing of Aoi, whose body was found in Warehouse district (not sure whether
it is the same district where she was living; an earlier episode revealed that
she was living in a nursing home with considerable drones guarding the place).

All of this doesn't seem to add up to a coherent plot.

  * Kirito and company knew where Aoi was living and they were able to hack the drones guarding the place, as witnessed in an earlier episode.
  * Togane came to know about Aoi's home via Mika.

Following are the two events that I suppose happened in the story but were not
revealed and left to ponder:

  * Koichi or friends stormed the house, took away Aoi's ear, and left off. Later, Togane came and killed Aoi brutally -- too many flaws in this plot.
  * Alternatively, Togane first reached the house, killed Aoi and left the body in Warehouse district. Koichi or friends later visited the house or the place where the body was dumped, took away the ear, and went off -- I have high hopes with this theory.

There are some theories floating in some places on web that Togane and Koichi
were working together, so after finishing off Aoi, Togane handed over her ear
to Koichi since both had the intention to blacken Akane's hue. This doesn't
follow any logic in my opinion since Koichi remained a loyal friend of Kirito,
and Kirito and Togane were enemies.

So, what really happened? Or, what is the most logical conclusion for the
story?


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In season 2, how did Koichi manage to obtain Aoi Tsunemori's ear?


What really happened, based on the evidence in the anime was:

  1. [Intro] Togane really wanted to color Akane's Psycho-Pass black.
  2. Togane told Mika to find where Akane's grandmother (Aoi) lived. The plan was to make Akane's playing role as Kamui's killer (by assuming that Kamui did _something bad_ to Aoi, and Akane would take a revenge)
  3. Togane knew that Koichi had a connection with Kamui when Yayoi were doing the investigation.
  4. Koichi received a call, and after the call, he told Kamui that he had a doubt about the intel (possibly Togane), but they got their trump card (possibly Aoi's ear). However, Kamui didn't approve Koichi's plan since he believed that Akane's Psycho-Pass wouldn't be affected anyway. Koichi responded it as a test to Akane.
  5. Akane and her team came, Koichi shown "the vision of hell" to them, and lastly before he gave in, he gave _a present_ to Akane.
  6. [Outro] Togane killed Aoi inside the car where she was held as hostage.

Actually, it wasn't clear _who_ cut Aoi's ear. There are 3 possibilities:

  1. Kamui knew the location in the first place and told Koichi.
  2. After Mika found Aoi's location, Togane came, cut her ear, captured her and gave the ear to Koichi.
  3. After Mika found Aoi's location, Togane told Koichi her location, and he did it instead of Togane.

The first one is impossible, based from Kamui's reaction to Koichi's plan.
Second one is the most _believable_ , judging from Togane's act & expression.
But the third could be the the truth, based on Aoi's last word to Togane, "
_Are you one of Akane's colleague?_ ", implying that she never encountered
Togane before, and how the cut was taken care off, something that Togane could
never do it (he _killed_ anything).


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