The Fake Evacuation

Mitsuha, Tessie, and Sayaka stage an electrical-substation explosion and broadcast a false emergency alert to force Itomori’s evacuation before the comet fragment hits.

The plan is benevolent deception under severe uncertainty: manipulate information and bypass institutions because the official decision process will not act in time.

The tactic is illegal, dangerous, and vindicated by foreknowledge unavailable to real decision-makers. It should not be read as a general license for paternalistic misinformation.