Fukigen na Mononokean Tsuzuki

Found you!

I'm impressed you found such a small yokai.

I'm good at hide-and-seek.

Come play with me! Okay?

Chow time!

Oh, little one?

Aw, don't go to sleep. I'll eat you.

I'm too worried to leave her here.

Mystery 4 "The Mortar"

Over here!

Yahiko!

Yahiko!

Over here!

You caught me!

Kinako has grown quite fond of you, Yahiko.

Play more!

Play with me more, Yahiko!

What? I don't want to.

I'll play after I have a snack, though!

Okina, you can have one.

I'll take the white one, then.

Okay.

Kinako?

Ah, I see.

This is her first time seeing you in your other form.

Is it?

By the way, why did you name her Kinako?

Because she looks like the kinako mochi I had the other day.

You're really Yahiko?

Of course I am.

See?

Yahiko...

Amazing, Yahiko! I wanna do that, too!

Why don't you, then?

I wanna transform!

Hey, Kinako.

What, Okina?

Do you feel like going to the Underworld yet?

No! Not yet!

I'll play hide-and-seek with Yahiko more!

I'll play tag with Yahiko more!

Yahiko, perhaps you were too doting toward Kinako.

I'm just playing like I always do.

I wasn't trying to dote.

We won't be able to play together once she's exorcised.

We'll play a little more,

and then get Haruitsuki to...

I... I did it, Yahiko.

You got just the ears.

You didn't do anything. You're so bad at this.

You should start by transforming into something simpler, like this rock.

Why can't you do it?

I can!

Why?

When you're side by side, you almost look like siblings.

I suppose you're the older brother and Kinako's your little sister.

I'm a little sister! Yahiko's little sister!

Siblings...

Oh, all right, then.

Want me to teach you how to transform?

Why don't I give you rakugan if you successfully transform?

Kinako?

Yahiko...

Yahiko...

Yahiko...

Kinako!

Don't disappear!

Yahiko...

Yahiko...

I tried to take her to the Mononokean.

Is she disappearing?

Yeah.

Hey, Kinako...

You'll get better if you go to the Underworld.

But Haruitsuki can't touch you, either.

We can't carry you there.

So... can you walk there by yourself?

Hey, Kinako...

Hey!

She can't seem to walk on her own.

How are we supposed to exorcise her?

Is she just going to disapp—

I'm hungry.

Yahiko, Okina-dono, explain to me what—

Did someone just say "I'm hungry"?

I'm sure I heard a sort of girly voice.

I heard it pretty clearly.

It wasn't my imagination!

I'm hungry.

See? Again!

Haruitsuki, Kinako's saying, "I'm hungry. I want some leaves."

Let her eat, then.

Okay!

Yahiko, another one, please.

Kinako-chan, there's another leaf here.

Looks like we've evaded danger for now.

She must have spent all her energy at once transforming.

I thought she was done for.

Yahiko! More, please!

Yahiko?

Exorcise her.

No. I want to play with Yahiko more.

What? Play with me?

You nearly disappeared.

Someone that weak can't play here with me.

I can.

I feel better when I eat leaves.

Just go to the Underworld.

No.

You're not strong enough to play in the mundane world!

No!

Are you okay?

Yahiko, don't be so rough with her.

Kinako-dono.

To be perfectly clear, if you stay in the mundane world any longer,

you will disappear sooner rather than later.

Let me send you to the Underworld.

No!

Kinako-chan, please go to the Underworld.

You might disappear.

I don't want to go alone.

I'll go if Yahiko goes, too.

Come to the Underworld with me.

Me, too?

Yeah!

No.

Let's go, Yahiko.

I can play with you in the Underworld without any trouble.

I don't want to.

Why not? Let's go, Yahiko.

I'm not going.

Yahiko, Yahiko!

Enough already!

Kinako, that's enough.

If you won't come with me,

I'm never going to the Underworld!

Yahiko!

I wish that I could go there, too!

But I can't.

That's why I'm here.

Why can't you go to the Underworld?

Why, Yahiko?

Because...

of Haruitsuki!

He's making me help around the temple as punishment!

That's why I have to stay here!

He redirected her attention toward Abeno-san!

Haruitsuki!

I'll go to the Underworld with Yahiko.

Tell Yahiko he can go.

No. I won't let Yahiko go.

What?

Don't you think it's about time you forgave Yahiko?

No talking.

Go to the Underworld on your own.

No! I want to go with you!

Kinako, if you keep being stubborn, I won't like you anymore.