Episode Title:
It Blooms Tomorrow
Episode Description:
Takashi helps a renowned Rockwasher look for his apprentice who has stopped writing to him with the help of Hinoe and the two middle-ranked yōkai, as the missing Rockwasher, Azuma, reminds Takashi of himself when he came to the Fujiwaras several months prior. Nyanko-sensei informs Takashi that, even if they find Azuma, he may have been defiled due to having been sealed away by an exorcist; thus depriving him of containing to be a full-fledged Rockwasher. Remembering the flowers on the rocks he had seen at the river earlier in the day, Takashi takes the Rockwasher, where he finally reunites with Azuma. Azuma is ashamed of being deprived of his duty, but is comforted by his overjoyed master. The two then leave elsewhere to go on a journey to find an even better place.
