Fukigen na Mononokean

Abeno-san?

Abeno-san!

Are you okay? Wake up!

Abeno-san!

Abeno-san!

Huh?

Huh?

Is he asleep?

Abeno-san, please wake up!

Summon...

The Mononokean. I'll summon it.

Momonokean, come.

You can't even say it right.

So it comes even if you say it wrong...

Mystery 3: Zenko

Where's your house?

It's a flower shop called "Hana Ashi" in Suzaku-cho.

You heard him. Can we get there?

I guess the front door will do.

Are you half asleep?

Opening door to "Hana Ashi" in Suzaku-cho

"Opening door to 'Hana Ashi'"?

Whoa! Is this...

the front door to my house?

If you open it, you'll be home.

H-Hello.

How does this thing work?

That hanging scroll expresses the Mononokean's will as text.

Its will?

"Mononokean"...

In other words, this tearoom itself is a yokai.

What?!

Nice to meet you, Hanae.

N-Nice to meet you, too.

Just leave.

We've got work tomorrow...

Did Itsuki open two portals to the Underworld?

"Did Itsuki open two portals to the Underworld?"

He opened one each for Big Boss Scree and its babies.

Come to think of it, he said he could only open it twice a day.

Speaking of things he said...

Did a yokai used to be the master of this place?

Why is Abeno-san the master now?

That's because the medicine—

Ashiya!

Yes, sir!

Quit flapping your gums and go home.

I-I'll be going, then.

Oh, welcome home. You're back late.

I-I'm home.

♥ Congratulations ♥ First Classroom Experience

Are you okay?

You seem tired.

What were you doing at school?

N-Nothing.

Exorcising yokai, Mom.

I know I have a debt to pay, but...

I don't think I can keep this up.

Is high school that hard?

But Fuzzy and Big Boss Scree seemed pretty happy.

It's hard work, but maybe it's worth doing.

You worked hard today.

Bye, sir.

Make sure you do your homework.

Maybe he isn't feeling well.

Ashiya!

Oh, uh...

I'm Saga. This is Fusshi.

Hello.

Saga-kun and Fusshi-kun.

You can lose the "kun."

You need notes from the days you missed, right?

You can borrow ours.

Sorry about the bad handwriting.

Thank you!

Huh?! Don't cry!

Where do you live, Ashiyan?

Suzaku-cho.

That's the same direction as us.

Let's walk home together.

Okay!

I'm hungry.

That's right! I'd forgotten because of the yokai incidents, but this is it!

Wanna stop by a convenience store?

Yeah, let's go!

What should we get?

This is the high school life I wanted!

We can decide when we get there.

What's wrong, Ashiyan?

Uh, I just...

I just remembered I have something to do!

We'll walk home together another time.

Bye!

Later.

What a weird dude.

You can't just connect the classroom to here on a whim!

I was worried because you weren't at school!

Not so loud.

You're being rude to our guest.

A guest?

This is Mitsuchigura-sama. He's here seeking our help.

I thank you, I thank you.

No, thank you.

Shut up and read this.

A Dog of Flanders

For Ages 5 And Up

Nello!

Hey...

You've only read the first couple of pages.

When I think of the final scene...

Oh, no... I can't...

Well, as you can see, he's the right man for the job.

Indeed.

What's going on here?

I cannot express emotions on my own.

But when I wear this "crying mask,"

as you can see, I can express the emotion.

Wow, you're crying!

This is my "rage mask." It makes my emotions violent.

What're you looking at, ya little punk?!

Take it off! Please take it off!

But when I had Abeno-sama exorcise me once before,

I dropped one of my masks in this world.

You're the right man to go get it.

Huh?

The mask I lost was my "laughing mask."

Whoever it possesses will be forced to laugh for the rest of their life.

You mean they'll be laughing forever?

The only way to remove it

is to show the "laughing mask" a crying face.

A crying face?

You're good at it.

It's not a talent or anything!

Just go show the human possessed by the mask a crying face.

A temple?

Huh?

Abeno-san, you're not coming?

You're just going to get a mask.

A five-year-old can run errands by himself.

I ran my first errand when I was four!

Who cares?

Don't underestimate the errand-running ability of a 15-year-old!

I'll be back!

He seems quite reliable.

How dare he treat me like a five-year-old?

Hey.

But if I fail,

who knows what he'll say later?

Hey!

Yes?!

Huh?

What are you doing over there?

I-It's a yokai!

Who are you calling a yokai?

Oh, it's a little kid.

What were you doing in the storage shed? Are you a thief?

No, actually. I'm just looking for a lost item.

A lost item?

It's a mask of a laughing face.

Have you seen it?

I clean this place every day,

but I haven't seen any such thing.

When did you lose it?

When?

I forgot to ask.

Stop trying to lie to me.

If you come clean, I'll forgive you.

This grade school kid is disappointed in me!

Dad's awake.

Dad?

He's laughing again.

He used to be a stubborn old man who rarely laughed.

That's gotta be it.

The Morose Mononokean

My dad's been possessed by a yokai?

That's why I'd like to see your dad.

I was raised near a graveyard,

but I've never seen any ghosts or yokai.

Not once in the 15 years since I was born.

What? 15 years?

You're not in grade school? But you're so tiny!

Not even a grade school kid would be fooled by your lies.

You lie at a five-year-old's level.

Five again! Déjà vu!

If you don't leave, I'm calling the police.

Wait, wait!

You don't have to believe me about the yokai,

but I want you to believe me when I say I can help your dad!

"You don't have to believe me, but believe me?"

Either way, I have to believe you.

Then you don't have to believe me, but just take my word for it...

No, wait. How should I put it?

What's your name?

I'm Fujiwara Zenko.

My name?

Ashiya... Ashiya Hanae.

Hanae? That's a cute name.

Okay, Hanae, follow me.

You believe me, Zenko-chan?

Call me Zenko.