Episode Title:
Tsubomi & Mutsumi
Episode Description:
Shion wonders if researching Ninomae might lead to Momo. The only record of her is the Ninomae Journal, which Ai finds stored with Mutsumi's embarrassing Taiyo merchandise collection. The journal mentions a Yozakura silk mill. Mutsumi is sent to bed with a fever while Taiyo, Kengo, Shinzo and Futaba investigate the mill and find the body of the fifth Yozakura head, Itsuwa. Itsuwa awakens wielding Black Cherry Blossoms. She then reveals the blossoms are Tsubomi's roots spread all across Japan, absorbing humans to prolong her life and resurrect the Yozakura heads to protect said roots. Itsuwa has no interest in serving Tsubomi and asks to be killed. Taiyo's ring warns him Mutsumi is in danger. Tsubomi sprouts from Itsuwa's body, revealing that with her own body withering, she planted seeds into her bloodline to cultivate an heir, resulting in Mutsumi. She begins absorbing Mutsumi to restore her own body. Itsuwa crushes Tsubomi, revealing only the heads are keeping Tsubomi alive so they must destroy them to wither the roots. Tsubomi begins draining the someinine from Taiyo, Kengo, Shinzo, and Futaba. Furious, Taiyo activates Amaterasu Chaotic Blooming and severs Itsuwa's roots, which causes Tsubomi to retreat.
