Okarun, Miko, and Muko visit Moe Moe Kikoho where Momo is working as their waitress. Miko and Muko spend the whole meal teasing and nitpicking her service. At the end, they pull Momo and Okarun into a group photo, one on each side. Momo snaps, venting about them showing up just to embarrass her and tricking her into thinking it was a normal restaurant job. After praising her first day, they agree to leave and drag Okarun with them. When he says he wants to stay, they exchange knowing looks and tell him to “take his time” before leaving without him.
Okarun apologizes to Momo and offers to wait until her shift ends to walk her home. She declines and sends him off. Later, when Momo heads out after closing, she finds Okarun waiting outside. He insists she shouldn’t walk alone. As they walk, he instinctively reaches for her hand but quickly pulls back. Unbothered, Momo takes his hand herself, saying it’s just to keep warm.
Back at the house, Jiji succeeds in his ki training, holding off Manjiro and keeping the Evil Eye suppressed. Momo and Okarun return home together. Seiko asks where they’ve been and Momo mentions her new job. Jiji and Aira rush over—Jiji eager to share his success, Aira questioning why Momo and Okarun were together—and collide, spilling Aira’s boba on Jiji. The shock triggers Jiji’s transformation into the Evil Eye.
Okarun tries to master the punch
Momo moves to splash Jiji with hot water, but the Evil Eye summons his cursed house first, blocking the attack and locking down her hands. Seiko launches a talisman but it bounces right off. As the Evil Eye closes in, Momo shoves him back with her psychic powers—but he shrinks the cursed house to drag himself closer and strangle her. At the last second, Momo spits the hidden hot water in her mouth, snapping Jiji back to normal. Okarun rushes to Momo’s side while Seiko covers Jiji with a towel, insisting it wasn’t his fault. Jiji notices Seiko’s burned hand… and the tension between Okarun and Momo. Later that night, Aira apologizes to Momo for causing the mess, but Momo reassures her. In the boys’ room, Okarun and Jiji lie back-to-back, Okarun’s fist clenched.
The next morning, Okarun visits Mr. Mantis Shrimp at work. Shocked by the alien’s human disguise, he blurts out questions about aliens on Earth before kneeling to ask to become his apprentice—he wants to learn how to throw a punch. Mr. Mantis Shrimp refuses, saying violence is bad, and hands Okarun bags to move instead. Okarun helps but keeps asking, and keeps getting rejected.
Exhausted but fired up, Okarun heads home determined to master a punch. Seiko questions his late arrival, joking he’s got a part-time job like Momo. Meanwhile, Jiji avoids his gaze. Outside, Manjiro warns Seiko the Evil Eye can’t be contained anymore and urges her to call the hayashi. Seiko vents her frustration, saying adults should bear kids’ burdens so they can live in fantasy. Manjiro pushes back—sometimes kids have to face reality, and optimism isn’t always enough.
Aira wants to get stronger too
On the other side of the house, Okarun secretly trains his punches. Turbo Granny catches him, mocking his efforts and asking why he’s even bothering. Okarun says he wants to get stronger to defeat the Evil Eye, but Turbo Granny reminds him that throwing punches won’t be enough. After some back and forth, he admits he truly wants to grow stronger, and she decides to take him somewhere else to start his real training. Aira notices them leaving and tails them in secret.
Turbo Granny leads Okarun to his school. He’s confused, but before he can figure it out, Aira shows up, revealing she’s been following them the whole time. She demands answers while Turbo Granny insults her, sparking a heated clash between the two. Okarun frantically tries to keep the peace as tension builds.
Inside, Aira learns from Okarun why they’re there and immediately insists on tagging along so she can get stronger too. She also admits the words she spoke in her Acrobatic Silky form weren’t hers but the yokai’s—though she ends up blurting them again after Turbo Granny insults her. In the music room, Okarun is tense about being there at night while Aira edges closer for his attention, only to accidentally punch him when a piano note suddenly rings out.
The musicians arrive
Turbo Granny laughs, saying it was her, which annoys Aira. They check on each other, and while Aira sulks, Turbo Granny orders Okarun to jump to her piano rhythm. When he asks why, she explains the difference between his combat rhythm and the Evil Eye’s: the yokai can act four times in the span it takes him to jump once. Okarun assumes that means the Evil Eye is just faster, but Turbo Granny snaps that her speed is greater—it’s about technique.
She clarifies he needs to improve how fast he can switch actions in a fight: right now he can do two moves, Aira and the Evil Eye can do four, and the Evil Eye can even do ten counting its cursed house attacks. Then the piano starts again—but this time it’s not Turbo Granny. A giant-headed musician appears, followed by five more. As the noise blares and Okarun and Aira cover their ears, Turbo Granny warns “they” are here, and the musicians demand to know who caused the earlier disturbance.
