The Eccentric Family

In Kyoto, humans, tanuki, and tengu live side-by-side. The Shimogamo family's father, the head of tanuki society, was mysteriously cooked into a stew.

Yasaburo visits Yajiro, who lives in the bottom of a well as a frog and forgot how to transform back into himself.

In order to uphold a Shimogamo family tradition, Yasaburo needs to do what Yaichiro could not and come up with a leisure cruiser to launch.

During the traditional Daimonji leisure cruise, the Ebisugawas come to pick on the Shimogamo family.

Yasaburo had been hiding from Benten in Osaka, but she finds and catches him and makes him perform tanuki tricks for the Friday Fellows.

Benten and Yasaburo look at some autumn foliage with Professor Yodogawa. He has plenty to say about philosophy of eating and tells the story.

Yasaburo, Yashiro, and Yaichiro convince Prof. Akadama to take a much-needed bath, when they run into the Ebisugawa twins.

Yajiro tells his brothers his account of the night their father was eaten. Later Yasaburo hears a continuation of the story Yajiro doesn't know.

Yasaburo is sent to convince Prof. Akadama to attend the council where the new Nise-emon will be decided. He receives an ominous apology from Kaisei.

The meaning of Kaisei's mysterious apology becomes clear as the Ebisugawa plot to boil Yaichiro in a hot pot is revealed.

Yashiro escapes the Electric Brandy factory and Yaichiro is handed over to the Friday Fellows as the primary ingredient for their year-end hot pot.

Yashiro comes up with a plan to get Yajiro back in the game, leading to the trouncing of Kinkaku and Ginkaku.

Tanuki and human worlds collide as both the Nise-emon ceremony and Friday Fellow year-end bash descend into chaos.