The Eccentric Family Episode 13 and Final Impressions
The evening boils over as the tension Nise-Emon elections boil over into the Friday Fellows bash.
The evening boils over as the tension Nise-Emon elections boil over into the Friday Fellows bash.
With Yashiro free, he goes to the only help left. As the False Eizan Electric Railway winds through town, will the brothers be able to save Yasaburo and Yaichiro in time?
The Ebisugawas continue to enact their plan as Yasaburo tries to track down the Friday Fellows and save Yaichiro.
As the day of the Nise-emon elections comes around, the Ebisugawa’s spring their trap. As Kaisei comes to warn Yasaburo, she also reveals the truth of the night that claimed his father’s life.
The Shimogamo brothers learn the truth of the night their father died. Determined to move past it, Yaichiro is determined to be elected as the next leader of the tanuki.
The boys force the Professor to go take a bath. When most anime would use this kind of set-up for sexy shenanigans, it’s played straight until Kinkaku and Ginkaku come in to deal a heavy truth to the Shimogamo boys.
We learn a bit more about the circumstances surrounding Souichiro’s death at the hands of the Friday Fellows. Throughout the episode, Yasaburo constantly mentions how much Benten has changed since she joined the infamous club.
Yasaburo is found quite easily by our femme fatale, who forces him to join her and the Friday Fellows for a meal. What follows is the most unsettling conversation I’d ever heard.
In the skies above Kyoto, the Ebisugawas pick a fight with the Shimogamo with Benten in full attendance. Will their hot headedness get Yasaburo thrown in a hot-pot?
Yasaburo is tasked with finding a flying vessel for Obon. After asking Professor Akadama, his searching brings him back to the ever coquettish Benten. What happened between these three to create such a tenuous relationship?
Yasaburo visits the professor as Benten in order to comfort him. Afterwards, most of the episode is then spent to focus on the other members of his family, alive and dead.