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. He left behind four sons who are now happily living with their mother.

Yasaburo visits Yajiro, who lives in the bottom of a well as a frog and forgot how to transform back into himself. When a storm comes, the three non-frog Shimogamo brothers race to help their mother, who is terrified of thunder.

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. He asks to borrow Yakushibo's flying inner parlor, but ends up having to make a dangerous deal with Benten.

During the traditional Daimonji leisure cruise, the Ebisugawas come to pick on the Shimogamo family. Yasaburo fights bravely, but loses the Fujin Raijin folding fan. Fearing Benten's wrath, he goes into hiding after the inner parlor crashes.

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

Benten and Yasaburo look at some autumn foliage with Professor Yodogawa. Yodogawa has plenty to say about philosophy of eating and tells the story of Benten and Yodogawa's first hot pot victim.