Mission: Yozakura Family (夜桜さんちの大作戦)

KAWASHITA

Gahh!

I lost again!

Congrats on your tenth straight loss, Mr. Kawashita.

You suck!

Well, I'm really a surgeon by trade...

so mind games aren't my forte.

None of which has anything to do with this.

You're on the hook for bath-cleaning duty again today!

Jeez, what is this, vacation?

Huh?

That face of yours is as annoying as ever.

Mr. Aonuma!

Hey, Ai.

Long time no see.

Hey there, Akai! Let's play cards!

Don't talk to me. Your voice is even more annoying.

Or I'll kill you.

I'm gonna cry.

Mr. Aonuma! Snow! Make it snow!

Sure thing.

Here you go.

There!

Wow, it's so cold!

And how are you, Chacha? Kurosawa?

Wow! Freezing!

Sorry, Kurosawa. You're going too fast for me to follow.

All righty, I'm going to treat you to my special organic vegetable hot pot!

Huh? Hot pot?

You mean here?

That's right.

Why not throw ourselves a party

to pray for the success of the Seed-Sowing Project?

Yay! Hot pot!

Okay, bring me some water from the well.

I want to eat some meat!

You got it.

Mr. Yozakura can just relax.

YOZAKURA FAMILY

Hey, Yozakura family. PLAN 21 YOZAKURA FRONT LINES THE BLOOMING

I've summoned you for one reason only.

We've found Tanpopo's hideout.

It's on Skeleton Island, an islet 30 kilometers from the mainland.

Originally it was a small fishing village,

and at one point during World War One, it also hosted a military base,

but currently it's a desert island.

After analyzing the GPS data from the earring Taiyo got from Hakuja,

this is where it led us.

HAZAKURA They have a massive stockpile of Hazakura on Skeleton Island.

We don't know what their objective is,

but undoubtedly they've got one doozy of a plan in the works.

We don't have a second to lose.

One week from now, we'll be attacking that hideout.

So it's going to be a joint Yozakura-Hinagiku front line?

Better to have as many allies as possible.

Let's see if we can get the Spy Federation to give us a hand, too.

Shion, I want you to join us in our investigation into Tanpopo's plan.

Roger that.

All right, then, to prepare for next week, let's all hone our respective blades.

Mission success rate, 100%.

The Yozakura family all-out attack plan, code name: the Yozakura Front Lines.

An all-hands-on-deck operation mobilizing nonfamily members as well...

is about to start.

I'm not good enough the way I am right now.

I've got to be more...

Good work taking part in the war council.

Whoa!

Really, now, Ban!

You really shouldn't go into your grandson's drawers like that.

Ms. Keiko!

Well, well! So happy that you remember me.

Of course I remember you.

But why are you both here?

Oh, we heard that things were going to get hectic around here,

and I got worried about you, so I busted out of prison again.

Huh?

Don't worry.

Your grandpa will be happy to train you.

Man, the place is overgrown with weeds!

This is where we did a lot of training together.

That Futaba was twirling me around like crazy when she was just three.

Oh?

Mutsumi's dad Momo and I trained together a lot, too.

That kid was the fastest learner I've ever seen.

Us three, the men who married into the Yozakura family,

I think we might have hit it off.

So let's make sure that you become strong enough

to speak to him on equal terms, all right?

If you're only using the power of someinine

to enhance your physical strength, you're still just a novice.

The friction and vibration of the muzzle,

the rearward thrust of the kickback,

the air resistance and the direction of the wind.

With someinine elevating your senses and muscular strength,

you'll be able to control the speed and weight of a bullet...

not to mention even the pain it inflicts.

You know what I'm talking about, don't you?

How terrifying it can be,

a polished bullet that enters your body so gently that you don't even feel it?

Momo's bullets are way faster and heavier than mine.

There's only one way for you to deal with them.

To get yourself used to those bullets.

Huh?

As you can see, you can also dial down the force so that it's nonlethal.

See, you get used to the Yozakura bullets

by familiarizing your body with them, like this.

Perfect for training, don't you think?

Ow! Ow! Ow! Hey!

Come on! If this were the real thing, you'd die instantly!

Where's that blade you got from Shinzo?

Starting now, I'm going to keep shooting you for a week.

If you can get used to someinine being awakened at all times,

that'll keep it from spinning out of control,

and you'll learn to pick up the trajectory of the bullets on your own.

The only other thing

is whether or not you have what it takes to withstand these shots.

Guess I didn't have to ask.

I like that look on your face.

Okay.

It's showtime!

One million shots.

Let's do this!

If you do this, you can enhance its strength without changing its thickness.

That's how you weave a traditional Yozakura Steel Spider.

Better watch out, or you'll lose your fingers just like that!

You got that right.

Letting mere threads like this get the best of you, your skin is beyond delicate!

Whoops.

Oh, crap, it took off my bandage.

So you still haven't removed that dandelion fluff symbol?

Kengo's got some synthetic skin, you know.

Thanks, but no, thanks.

Tanpopo's still out there kidnapping people and modifying them.

I'm not taking this off until after we've wiped them all out.

That's why I founded Hinagiku.

to make sure that no one else ever ends up like me.

Just the thought of finally annihilating their leader gives me goosebumps!

Though Kawashita's probably not the key culprit.

Well, but there's no denying that he's a bad guy.

I think it's okay to kill him.

What an un-coplike thing to say!

Hey, since us three junior high classmates managed to get together,

why don't we agree to proceed in lockstep to arrest Kawashita, the Tanpopo leader?

So this is the dandelion fluff symbol?

That's right.

Tanpopo performs their modifications on orphans and kidnapping victims.

NANMANDABU NANMANDABU

We ourselves are also former Tanpopo test subjects.

To eradicate the antisocial force, Tanpopo, and to save its victims...

Chief Fudo founded the Hinagiku organization

in order to achieve those goals.

While there are a good number of us who were saved,

there are even more of our comrades who succumbed to severe long-term effects.

I analyzed the blood that you gave me,

but I was taken aback by how similar it is to ours.

That's precisely why I might be able to find a clue in the past data we have here.

If it works, I might find a way

to fix the damage Hazakura inflicted on your bodies!

Anyway, it really is a big help,

you volunteering to submit to my research, which is still so riddled with unknowns.

No need to thank us.

We once tried to kill you.

You couldn't even call this atonement.

My life never had any value to begin with.

I'd like nothing more than to be of use to you.

That's right! These limbs and every fiber of our being, that's our sincerity!

Come on, chop us up like there's no tomorrow!

Your sincerity is a burden.

There are no grudges in our line of business.

I don't mind at all. And besides...

...you can't kill me that easily, you know, since I'm a Yozakura.

SHION'S ROOM KEEP OUT!!

Hey!

Hatoda? Give me some soda.

Yes, sir. Right away.

ASUKA HATODA CEO, PoPoPPo TOY STORE. SECRETLY IN WEAPONS, COUNTERFEIT MONEY

By the way, that thing I requested, will you make it in time?

Damn straight I will!

I've been throwing all of my company's tech and budget at it!

Damn it! Why should I have to do this?

Hey, come on. Don't be like that, okay?

Please, CEO Hatoda!

Damn it!

You're so cute!

My parents said, "Let's build a special weapon just for you,

since you love weapons."

But before they could finish it, "that day" came,

and it hasn't been touched since.

I couldn't bring myself to even look at the blueprints,