Ep. 5: Benten captures Yasaburo in Kyoto to perform tanuki tricks for the Friday Fellows.
Aired on August 4, 2013
While Yasaburo hides from Benten in Osaka, Kinkaku and Ginkaku help her locate him during a trip to Kyoto. Benten forces Yasaburo to perform tanuki tricks for the Friday Fellows. The episode reveals that Yasaburo’s mother was once saved by a man who gave her onigiri. Additionally, it is disclosed that Hotei, a member of the Friday Fellows, has loved tanuki since he saved one and fed it onigiri. This connection explains his enduring affection for the creatures and ties into the events surrounding Yasaburo’s capture and subsequent performance for the group.
Episodes
- Ep. 1 · A young tanuki receives a dangerous delivery mission from an older tengu.
- Ep. 2 · Yasaburo visits Yajiro, a frog who forgot how to transform, while the Shimogamo brothers help their mother during a storm.
- Ep. 3 · Yasaburo seeks Benten's help to secure a vessel for Shimogamo tradition
- Ep. 4 · The Shimogamo Family Faces Ebisugawa Harassment During the Daimonji Cruise
- Ep. 5 · Benten captures Yasaburo in Kyoto to perform tanuki tricks for the Friday Fellows.
- Ep. 6 · Professor Yodogawa pursues Benten and Yasaburo while viewing autumn leaves
- Ep. 7 · Yasaburo and friends persuade Professor Akadama to bathe, leading to a confrontation with the Ebisugawa twins.
- Ep. 8 · Yajiro recounts the night their father was eaten to Yasaburo and Yaichiro
- Ep. 9 · Yasaburo Persuades Professor Akadama Amidst Kaisei's Brotherly Conspiracy