Warning! Contains spoilers for Sunny’s episode 4.
Summary
Sunnyepisode 4 introduces several new players whose involvement hints that Masa was into something unethical and dangerous before his disappearance. Based on Colin O’Sullivan’s novel,The Dark Manual,Apple TV+‘sSunnyunfolds a compelling mystery drama that seamlessly combines dark comedy with serious themes of grief and loneliness. AlthoughSunny’s episode 3is relatively slower with its plot progression, episode 4 picks up the show’s pace and reveals several new clues and potential red-herring surrounding the central mystery.
While at it, it also features many scenes in which its endearing titular robot character joins forces with the two leads, Mixxy and Suzie, to help unravel the mysteries surrounding Suzie’s missing husband’s past. While Suzie is still far from learning the truth about her husband, episode 4 hints at his connections with the yakuza. Unlike the previous episodes, it also makes Sunny look more reliable.
Sunny Cast & Character Guide
Apart from walking through a darkly comical futuristic drama, Apple TV+’s Sunny also features compelling characters portrayed by talented actors.
7Masa Seemingly Kills A Man Before Meeting Hime In A Flashback
The Flashback Hints At Masa’s Yakuza Connections
The opening moments ofSunny’s episode 4 present a flashback in which Masa drops his son at school. He then spots a man from a distance and starts whistling before chasing the man into a classroom. Although the man begs for mercy, Masa reminds him he asked him to stay away from his family. The episode suddenly cuts to another scene before Masa pulls the trigger,but the scene seemingly suggests he kills the man for trailing his family. In the next scene from the flashback, Masa meets a yakuza, Hime, at a bar. As viewers may remember, she was previously seen inSunny’s episode 3’s ending.
6Suzie Learns That Masa’s Father Is Not Dead
Masa’s Father Helped Him Out Of Hikikomori
In the show’s present timeline, Suzie attends Masa’s funeral before spotting Hime from a distance. Curious about how the yakuza knew Masa, she decides to talk to her. However, she gets distracted when one of Masa’s co-workers starts talking to her, speaking highly of both Masa and his father. This surprises Suzie becauseshe was told Masa’s father is dead. When she confronts Masa’s mother, Noriko, and asks her to tell the truth about Masa’s father, Noriko keeps her lips sealed. This, for obvious reasons, makes Suzie even more curious, and she sets out to find the truth.
Luckily for Suzie, Mixxy soon arrives for the funeral for free food. Suzie tells her about her newfound learning surrounding Masa’s father, and, after snagging a bottle of alcohol from the funeral, the two set out to get to the bottom of the mystery. Suzie first finds Masa’s koseki, which provides only limited details about his familial ties. Sunny then reveals that she needs another document called a kaiseigen koseki, which would give her more about her husband’s family. To her dismay, however, Sunny also adds that only direct descendants can access the comprehensive document.
5Mixxy & Suzie Break Into A Bath House To Learn More About Masa’s Past
They Learn More About Hime’s Yakuza Connections
Recounting how Masa often visited a bathhouse, Suzie believes she must visit the location to find more clues about her husband’s past. While she and Mixxy break into the bathhouse, Hime keeps a close eye on them and asks one of her men to follow them. To Mixxy and Suzie’s surprise, a few men from the yakuza enter the bathhouse right after them, forcing them to lock themselves inside the sauna.
While hiding, they overhear the mentalking about the Junk League, Flight 405, and Hime’s odds of becoming the next boss. Moments later, the man Hime hired to track Suzie enters the bathhouse and hears the men talk about his boss. After confronting all the men, he asks them to leave but orders one, Botan, to stay behind. He questions him about their intentions, but when Botan reveals nothing, he beats him to death.
4Hime’s Yakuza Father Orders Her To Bring Him The Dark Manual
Hime Is Desperate To Inherit Her Father’s Yakuza Empire
TheSunnyepisode also introduces Hime’s father, who seems to be the leader of the central Yakuza clan. Hime’s interaction with him suggests she wants to take over the clan after her father’s demise but has to compete with her cousin, Jin, who was also at the sauna. Jin has been the Yakuza leader’s right-hand man for years, making him a worthy successor to the Yakuza leader’s empire. However, Hime’s interaction with her father reveals thathe might consider giving her his business and empire if she finds himThe Dark Manual.
The Yakuza leader probably hopes to get access to the code to make the robots carry out all the bad deeds for his crime syndicate.
This hints that Hime is likely tracking Suzie because she hopes she will help her find the manual. While the reason why the Yakuza leader wants access to The Dark Manual remains unknown, previous episodes of theApple TV+ sci-fi showhave hinted that the manual has code that can turn home bots into murderers. The Yakuza leader probably hopes to get access to the code to manipulate the robots into carrying out all the criminal activities for his syndicate.
3Sunny Helps Suzie Get Access To Masa’s Kaiseigen Koseki
Sunny Becomes A Useful Ally In The Amateur Investigation
While Suzie and Mixxy hide in the bathhouse, Sunny sets out on her little mission to find Masa’s kaiseigen koseki. Since accessing the kaiseigen koseki would require Noriko’s blessing, Sunny initially claims her programming will not allow her to steal the document. However, Suzie convinces her by reminding her that even though her programming does not “allow” her to lie, she has previously lied to her. With this, Sunny agrees to help and heads to Noriko’s home.
Before looking for the document, Sunny cleverly enters Noriko’s house, claiming that Sunny sent her to help her clean her home. She then gets Noriko drunk to ensure she does not find what she is up to. After Noriko passes out on her couch, Sunny accesses her phone to access the kaiseigen koseki.
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2The Kaiseigen Koseki Reveals Shigeru Was Not Masa’s Real Father
It Leads The Trio To An Insurance Company
When Suzie and Mixxy finally reunite with Sunny, she tells them that Shigeru was not Masa’s real father. She also says the document mentionsHiromasa Matsumoto as Masa’s father, who is still alive. After digging deeper into this information, Sunny also learns Masa had issued an insurance policy in Hiromasa Matsumoto’s name. To learn more about this, Suzie, Mixxy, and Sunny visit the insurance company, where a lady tells them the transaction is being investigated and that she is not allowed to talk about “four-circle-five.”
Suzie then recalls that even the yakuza members at the bathhouse had mentioned something about “four-circle-five.
When Suzie struggles to understand what “four-circle-five” means, Sunny explains that it is another way of saying Flight 405. Suzie then recalls that even the yakuza members at the bathhouse had mentioned something about “four-circle-five.” This confirms that Suzie’s husband and son’s disappearance might have something to do with Masa’s connections with the yakuza.
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1Suzie Discovers Someone Broke Into Her House In Sunny Episode 4’s Ending
Someone Likely Came Looking For The Dark Manual
When Suzie returns home towards the end ofSunnyepisode 4, she discovers that someone has broken into her house. When she goes inside, everything seems out of place, suggesting that someone came looking for something in her home. What devastates Suzie is that the person who broke into her place even destroyed her son’s room. While theSunnyepisode ends before revealing who entered her home when she was gone, it seems like it was one of Hime’s men, hoping to find clues surroundingThe Dark Manual’s whereabouts.
NewSunnyepisodes are released every Wednesday on Apple TV+.
Sunny
Suzie, an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, grapples with the mysterious disappearance of her husband and son in a plane crash. Given a domestic robot named Sunny by her husband’s company, Suzie initially resents Sunny but soon they form a unique bond. Together, they uncover the dark truth behind her family’s disappearance, becoming entangled in a dangerous and hidden world.
