Halloween Jiangshi Night Episode 3 Part 1

Things start off with a flashback right off the bat where Li Chou is begging someone the game labels Neighborhood Council President to consider. The NCP wonders whether it’s okay to have a Halloween celebration in a town filled with temples, so Li says that he wants to have more people see how great Asakusa is. He brings up the sense of old Tokyo history and the prosperity of the market street, then the impact of Kaminarimon.

Li Chou goes as far as to say that he wants the people who have ‘come back’ due to Kizuki/the Ghost Festival to visit Asakusa Temple. The President tries to get Li to calm down and says he’s not that against the idea. He offers to talk to the temple priest but says it might turn into a debacle. After that he comments on how passionate Li is and his surprise at how current Umamichi students are.

Flashback then shifts over to Daikanyama where Li Chou has just asked Maria about collaborating festivals, saying he wants to do something that’s never been done before. Maria says she’ll pray for his success but tells him she doesn’t think many people will agree at Daikanyama due to Umamichi’s reputation.

Li Chou is quiet for a moment before saying he understands. Even so he’d still like to show people that the students there aren’t scary and that the school has lots of good points to it through the festival. He doesn’t want the school to be prejudged as a delinquents school and appeals to Maria for help.

Maria notes that Li Chou is trying very hard for the festival and says she can see his love. She agrees to try talking to the people on her side again, so he thanks her. Maria hopes that that things will turn out great, then starts talking about how there was never much of an exchange between their schools before.

Maria says the reason is because the love they advocate and the path that Umamichi talks about are thought of as different things. To elaborate, love is seen as a connection to one thing while paths are seen as something that will split towards many things. Maria personally doesn’t think that there’s no room for overlap though, and Li Chou agrees.

Flashback shifts back to Umamichi as Li Chou calls for Sanat Kumara. He shows up and comments that it’s unusual for Li to be in a good mood. Li in turn says that he’s been told the neighbors around the school agreed to decorate for Halloween. They did make it conditional that it better not lead to trouble though, but hey they agreed.

Li is happy that things seem to be turning around and swears to make it as popular as Daikanyama’s event. Sanat Kumara compliments him for getting results after all the bowing and scraping he did. Li talks about how they’ll start their festival at night, partly due to the distance involved. Still he plans on getting everyone to see how amazing the place is at night. He even plans to have a parade as the finisher.

Li Chou asks Sanat Kumara’s opinion as he says this will be the end of the gangster school image. Sanat notes that Li is trying to get to some higher far off place, and Li brags about how he’ll get there himself without having to deal with the uncultured swine. He aims to be someone completely different from who he’s been up to this point.

Sanat Kumara goes quiet, which Li Chou notices. Sanat then has a question for him. He likes that Li knows his shame, but he also says that Li is far too afraid of it. He talks about how failure is embarrassing and something people want to forget. But failure is also a part of the path he’s taken, even if he has supernatural powers. No one can make it so that they’ve never failed before.

Anyways, Sanat Kumara says all that is also a wall that Li Chou has to overcome probably. He stops with the point he’s trying to make and tells Li to move towards where he wants to go. Whatever comes of it, he needs to look closely at what the results are.

Li Chou picks up with narrating, saying it seemed like Sanat Kumara seemed sad when he told him that. He wonders if it’s because Sanat knew it would turn out as a failure like this. If so, he wonders why he wasn’t told. If it was going to fail to begin with, he’d never have bothered.

Li asks why things turned out like this. Where did he go wrong and fail at? He chants that he doesn’t want to fail. If he were to do so again, he...doesn’t finish that thought.

Title card pops up, and this chapter is called Decisive Battle! Heroic Hallow Night

Things then tune back in as Ryouta turns up at the temple market street taking a breather and saying it’s really rough being on a packed train after eating. Behemoth apologizes and says it was his fault for going around Daikanyama. Ryouta brushes it off since it’s also why they managed to find everyone, so all’s well that ends well.

Kengo talks about how they got stuck in the train doors while carrying lots of street food. Touji says it took some time to share and eat through a bunch of it, but they couldn’t go wasting food. Behemoth says he’ll be careful so that this doesn’t happen again.

Ryouta notes that Shirou’s been quiet and wonders if he’s still with them. Shirou is there having something of a PTSD episode, which Ryouta finds alarming but Kengo says it’s business as usual from looking after people too much. Touji sighs and says the guys could have handled it even if Shirou wasn’t there and says this is why he’s not inclined to be festive.

Kengo needles Touji about stuffing himself with pumpkin youkan, and Touji tries to excuse himself saying he couldn’t resist the sweetness. Shirou then comes to and asks what happened while he was out, so Behemoth announces he’s okay and tells him that they’re heading for Umamichi.

Shirou asks why the gang is headed for Asakusa Temple then, so Kengo says some of Ryouta’s friends are at a costume rental near the place and waiting. Touji adds that there’s a lot of tourist shops near the market street, which makes it ideal for costume places. Ryouta wanted the gang to dress up too if there was time, but Shirou notes there isn’t.

Ryouta admits to that so he figures they’ll just go as is. Touji then spots Ryouta’s friends and comments that they look out of season. Yule spots the gang at that point and greets them, going Merry Christmas before correcting to Happy Halloween. Ryouta happily greets him back while Shirou expresses surprise at the Santa costume. He does admit it counts as a costume though.

Yule laughs and says he was originally thinking of something else, but he didn’t have the time after helping Krampus get dressed up. Since he’s going with this, Krampus will be going as something extra special. Shirou asks where Krampus is, so Yule moves over to reveal Krampus is hiding behind him and his bag.

Krampus is embarrassed and asks people to not stare at him. Touji is surprised at his choice of a King Yama costume, so Krampus says he wasn’t originally planning to dress up. He also says Yule pushes him into it since it was Halloween. Yule is surprised at this since he saw Krampus staring at the window and was interested because of that. Krampus says he was looking at a tokusatsu costume.

Yule is shocked at that and asks if he wants to go back and switch, but Krampus declines because it’s too small. Ryouta suggests that Krampus could have gone with his wrestling outfit from way back since he thought that was cool. Krampus thinks it’s too embarrassing to walk around in, but then says it’s more that he only wants to be dressed like that in the ring.

Krampus goes back on that too and says he doesn’t want to be dressed like that outside the ring. It has to be saved for something like an ultimate showdown between rivals! Ryouta’s taken aback at this and drops the point, and Touji comments on how it’s so troublesome.

Kengo changes the subject and talks about how unusual it is to see Santa School people outside of Christmas. Yule agrees after thinking about it and says they don’t usually go out when it isn’t Christmas. They spend the year researching what kids are excited about. Krampus says the Black Santa side of things research what scares them instead.

Yule says they started talking about dressing up and joining for Halloween, but Krampus says the King Yama costume was the only one they had in his size. Kengo figures it’s fine since there’s some commonality between Yama and Krampus’s regular work. Behemoth adds that it looks great with his tough looks, and Krampus is flattered as he compares it to old school management level villains.

Behemoth gets a text from Ziz, and Shirou comments that Ziz is supposed to be at Umamichi already. Behemoth then relays that Ziz will be leaving temporarily for personal stuff and will be back soon and that you’re with her. Ryouta wonders what that’s about before suggesting heading to the market street.

Touji figures that Ryouta must be going for the famous fried manju they have, and Ryouta admits to it with some embarrassment. He also says he wants to go see all the decorations since they don’t usually do that. Shirou is fine with it but says they should hurry since there isn’t that much spare time. Yule tells Krampus they should go too, but Krampus thinks going in his costume is a bad idea. Ryouta assure him it’s cool and starts pulling him along.

Scene shifts back to your side as Motosumi shows everyone around while trying to find the missing jiangshi. Crowds are huge what with the tourist joints and Halloween stuff put up, which Harlot eventually points out along with the presence of jiangshi. Motosumi says nothing’s happened yet, then tells his kids to not let go. Ziz reassures him that she’s holding their hands.

Motosumi comments that Ziz calling them his children sounds misleading but asks for her help in keeping track of them. Tetsugyuu gets bumped into and threatens whoever it is, then asks Harlot to not trip over herself looking for the mobs.

Harlot in turn is surprised at his worry over her and says she’ll dump anyone who hurts her or children into the trash. For now though she thanks him for his concern. She hates violent men, but she says she’ll be nice to children who’ve been hurt. He feels awkward about her patting him on the head when Harlot segues it into a threat telling him not to hurt the jiangshi either or else.

You comment on all the people and jiangshi around and hope nothing happens. Motosumi talks about how people associate Asakusa with Kaminarimon, Asakusa Temple, and the market street. Lots of tourists from other worlds come by throughout the year. Ziz wonders if the people in costume are also coming to the school festival and comments on all the types of people mixed together with the tourists.

Motosumi adds that the market street decorating for Halloween also is bringing in attention. With all the crowds here he figures Li Chou must be sticking his nose in the air all proud of himself. Li is preoccupied though, so Motosumi teases him for looking like some sad stray. He objects to this immediately.

You comment about how Motosumi and Li Chou seem to get on well, say they speak similarly, or ask if Li is okay. Going A, Motosumi says it’s been like that since they first met a while ago. Flashback kicks in as he asks if Li is used to the school yet. Li seems afraid of him, but Motosumi warns him to not show it if he doesn’t want the thugs to target him. He decides to teach him to speak like a gangster, which Li doesn’t seem enthused about.

As flashback ends, Li Chou freaks out and says that’s supposed to be a secret. Motosumi laughs and says he did promise and points out that he’s taken well to it. In any case Li gets defensive at you looking at him and accuses you of looking down on him. You either deny it one of two ways or just silently stare.

In A and B at least, he accepts it after a beat but says you better remember that. Anyways Gouryou runs up after managing to get through the crowds and Benten says the crowd control was pretty tight. You comment on Gouryou being all sweaty, on Benten being there, or ask about there being crowd control.

Gouryou asks if Hanuman and Nezha are here yet, but figured if crowd control is up then they can’t do anything about that. Crowd control is news to Li Chou though, but Benten thinks it was his idea. She says the one in charge was doing improv rap for the people waiting to get in. They had cool and dark tracks and are trending on social media as the Mystery DJ Halloween in Asakusa.

Li Chou repeats that he has no idea what any of that is. Gouryou asks about him not knowing but shrugs and says eccentrics do their own things on Halloween.

Anyways Harlot talks about how some of the Resurrection Incense smoke has wafted over to the area, but fortunately there doesn’t seem to be any effects yet. Gouryou says there hasn’t been a trigger, so if nothing happens the jiangshi are good obedient students.

Li Chou suggests catching all the jiangshi now while things are peaceful, but suddenly Scheheristine screams that the jiangshi are pulling pranks on her. Li freaks out, and you comment on the convenient timing and how it’s the same voice as in the gym.

The jiangshi start falling under the influence and start acting out. At one stall they start playing with the goods there, and at another the stall owner begs them to not eat her stuff. Li Chou pales as he tries to beg them to stop as he especially doesn’t want an incident to happen in the market street. He falls to his knees and covers his face he’s so aghast.

Benten asks what’s going on since this isn’t just prank level stuff the mobs are doing. Harlot says the stall sellers won’t be making any distinctions about what the mobs are doing. Gouryou says his suspicions are getting stronger and says the timing was too perfect. You ask if someone is manipulating the events or stay quiet.

Harlot doesn’t know why anyone would do this but says if anyone is taking advantage of those pure children, she’s gonna do something or other. Gouryou agrees they’re being used but says it feels like there’s some strange string pulling then. Then he notices something.

Someone is yelling about how the mobs can’t take the pie they have since it’s for you and Hanuman as a present. You either recognize the voice, ask who called, or focus on the present part. Ryouta tries saying no, briefly considering only one per person before taking it back since there isn’t enough for that.

Kengo just yells wondering where they all came from, which Yule echoes. Touji tells everyone to get away from the jiangshi since something is wrong with them. Shirou says they’re all over the place before asking where Behemoth went. He turns out to be nearby being forcefed by some mobs, and Ryouta notices it’s the famous fried manju they’re feeding him.

A bunch of other mobs are trying to take Yule’s Santa bag, and he asks if Halloween was supposed to be like this. Krampus apparently blows one away as he says it’s wrong. Yule has to ask what he means, so Krampus says his intuition is saying the mobs aren’t bad kids. He also picks up that people around them want the mobs to be bad kids, which confuses him.

As jiangshi crowd around Krampus, Yule is amazed at his lack of a reaction to that. You call out and say you’re coming to help. Sanat Kumara seems surprised the gang is here but decides it’s less important than the other things he needs to deal with.

You try to talk to Sanat Kumara, and you internally note that he seems different now but think that it’s reasonable if things outside the school are causing issues. Sanat asks if Li Chou has a plan and says he’ll do things his way if there isn’t. Harlot accuses his methods of being violent and says she’ll calm the mobs down.

Tetsugyuu offers to help Harlot since she’s a friend of yours and gets ready to fight, but she tells him not to hurt them. He gets flustered but says he knows. Tetsugyuu also comments that Harlot scolding him makes him feel like his mother is scolding him, which weirds him out.

Sanat Kumara denies acting for the sake of violence and says he’s trying to help his beloved kouhai tread a more innocent path. It just happens to require the use of force to fix it sometimes. He tries to compare stopping someone from straying from their path to parental love.

Harlot asks if he’s trying to show his model for it, but promises to give him hell if the kids are hurt. Ziz steps in to keep the topic from going on and influencing the mobs any more. She then tells Motosumi they need to evacuate the children from the area, and he agrees as he tells them to not let go of Ziz.

The kids worry over what’s happening as they ask if the mobs are okay and will go back to normal. Motosumi crouches down to pat their heads and tells them it’ll be okay. In the meantime they should wait and eat some pie. They wish you guys good luck.

Li Chou stands there quietly, so Motosumi tells him to move his ass since the festival is still on before taking the kids elsewhere. Sanat Kumara also tries to talk Li into action or giving him some directions.

Li Chou eventually says he can’t trick anyone anymore. He can’t think of any possible way of hiding his failure out there in such a public area. Sanat Kumara tells him it’s okay to sit and hang his head to his shock. He concedes that Li’s artifact has to be handled with care and that he understands his reluctance to use it. Still, doesn’t he have other things he could do?

If Li Chou still says he won’t do anything then Sanat Kumara says he can do that. You either object to his phrasing, go on with Harlot and Tetsugyuu, or express some sadness over Li. Sanat doesn’t look back, but you see some sadness in his eyes. Li Chou starts venting about how he didn’t want to fail, and you spare him a glance before you head over to start the episode battle.