Mystic Christmas Episode 6 Part 2

Tomte begins narrating that at any time somewhere out there, there’s a child crying. They can do nothing and are unable to accomplish anything except cry that they are there. Up until now, Tomte in his act as being a good kid had always ignored them. He has always lived that way in a bid to be accepted, trying to not cause problems and always trying to give.

Tomte has always rejected being given anything and avoided being close to others. He lived that way because he had always cast off a part of himself whenever things became inconvenient. Perhaps somewhere within himself, he thought he’d be discarding things anyways. He always hated worlds that would divide things between good kids and bad kids, and yet he was the one who did it to himself, denying that the bad side of him was him anymore.

Now though, he sees that resetting it all and trying again wouldn’t be weird. Tomte thinks that maybe a part of himself that had memories of his time with Ded and the Santa School May have been thrown out. He’s had so many encounters though, and he found someone who would chase after him if he tried to run away. Tomte then takes this statement back and says he’s sure it’s not the first time this happened.

Tomte starts thinking of the old couple, of Ded, and maybe plenty of others he can’t remember anymore. He never noticed when people tried to talk to his cast off pieces, but now he feels like he can see it now after repeating his mistakes over and over. He wanted to be happy with his other selves.

Tomte says that making every single child out there happy is an easy thing to say. He also says it’s easy to call whatever doesn’t fit with other people evil and cut it off. Tomte says that his goal is probably not something that can be called Santa.

If what he tries to be also becomes something that everyone would accept, Tomte believes he’ll cut away something from himself again. He doesn’t know what to call himself and his many fragments of himself, and for now has to rely upon a borrowed Santa name. But he hopes to figure out what to call it one day.

Tomte thanks the old couple, then says he can still make it in time to see Ded. Things tune back at the sauna village as the group of randos labeled Naughty Kids say that even if they aren’t possessed anymore, they still hate Christmas and Santa. Tomte laughs as he agrees, which surprises them as they ask if he’s Santa. Tomte says he is, and still is at the moment.

Tomte gets ready to punish the randos, which in practice means smacking them with his vihta and sticking them into the saunas as they start moaning about how good a coal sauna feels. Meanwhile, Ebisu is passing out special dishes using potatoes and animal guts, saying he removed the scents and made the tastes suited for young people. He also comments that he’s much better suited to cooking things like this rather than Christmas food.

The crowd of randos love the food, and Tomte prompts them to let out all the words and feelings they’ve bottled up. Sitri says he’s gonna be cool and listen to whatever they have to say, so they better be ready for it. Tomte then declares that this is his new traditional yet innovative style of Black Santas.

Some time later, all the Santa students and organizers have lined up together at the sauna village. Everyone has bags noted not to have any Santa Power or artifact power in them but still filled with presents to be handed out to children. Tomte asks if everyone’s warmed up and eaten yet, then says it’s about time to get the Christmas present handout operation started. He orders everyone to go, and people start getting into sleighs and positions.

Tomte asks you to come with him, saying he wants you to watch over him and make sure he finishes up with everything to the end. You either agree or ask what happened to the naughty kids. Going C, Tomte says his other selves will handle it, and that it’ll be fine since there’s so many of them. They’re currently spread throughout Tokyo to bring an end to the incident. His selves caused all this, so Tomte says his selves should take responsibility.

Yule calls for you guys to get in the sleigh since he and Tomte have the most addresses or whatever on their list to hit up. Tomte adds that they need to go around in Tokyo, then tells you to be careful as you get in. You do so and start looking around.

Takemaru starts calling for any Santas without buddies heading for Asakusa to go with him in his truck. Krampus asks to join in since a lot of the Black Santas are going on foot. Takemaru says it’s fine and waves them in.

Tetsuya sighs about having to hand stuff out and having to be with HIM on top of it. Kengo laughs and teases Tetsuya about looking good in the Santa suit and mangling the expression ‘clothes make the man.’ Tetsuya scoffs at him saying Kengo never grew at all and corrects him on the saying.

Sitri runs up and asks Kengo to come with him for a sec since he was looking for him. Kengo protests and tries to ask where Sitri is taking him, adding that he’s not getting into a Santa costume himself. Sitri says he can’t handle everything he has on his own and asks Kengo to come with him.

Aegir walks up and laughs about how lively the place is and that he’s participating in more than one thing. He calls it the Yule feast and the beginning of the Wild Hunt, then says he’ll be giving treasures to the jewels he hasn’t seen yet. You wonder if this will be alright and say that there’s a few people you aren’t sure of.

Shirou talks to you and says he thinks they’ll fit just right with the children they’ve been assigned to go to. Ryouta says it’ll be fine even if you weren’t worried since everyone’s motivated after the sauna and the food. Moritaka wishes Ryouta good luck in his job as a Santa and says he and Touji will be cheering for you guys. Touji says he’ll be doing logistical support, then tells you to go on.

Tomte turns to whoever’s around and says it’s time to go trail new paths for the new Santas in town. On his call, the sleighs start flying out, and Yule prompts you guys to hang on as he calls out his own NP to get going. The next thing you know, you’re already up in the sky as you comment on how fast and how high you are.

Tomte calls out asking for the children to tell them what they think, then activates his NP as well. As he swings his vihta, a shining mist spreads into the sky, looking like an aurora as it falls with the snow.

Scene shifts to Alice’s room as she recites Humpty Dumpty for a few lines before deviating and saying Humpty Dumpty never got better because Santa didn’t come. A flash outside the window gets her attention, and she sees a trail of light heading towards her. She notes how beautiful it is and compares it to a dream, then says she needs to get her tea party ready.

Back outside Tomte starts crying, which you notice and ask about. He says he can hear the children’s voices and wishes. None of them are the same, and all are varied. He comments that Ded and the others have always been hearing these voices, and you can either pat him on the shoulder, grab his hand, or hug him.

Going B, Tomte notes that you’re warm and compares you to a sauna. Then he tells you and Yule to stand firm as it’s time to make all the children happy as the episode battle starts. More story happens after that.

After the battle, narration describes you seeing the fires of celebratory parties lighting up one by one down below. And as that is happening, Tomte’s pad is glowing as well. Tomte says all of the demons scattered around Tokyo have been picked up now, though he raises the possibility that he has fragments of himself thrown about in other worlds. If there are, then he’ll just have to go find them one day.

Yule talks about how Tomte could be like Ded if he got back all his parts and then be split between white and black. As he thinks on it, he then asks if this means Tomte can qualify as both Santa and Black Santa. He knows that this is what talent is supposed to be, but he still feels envious towards Tomte. Yule then insists that Tomte accompanies him on some special training after Christmas is over.

Tomte doesn’t really get why Yule is mad but is happy to go along with it. He then asks Yule if he can keep going since he wants to check in on everyone else. Yule sighs but agrees.

Over in Asakusa, Takemaru is at Motosumi’s temple and acting like a Setsubun oni. Motosumi’s kids walk up and recognize him, then ask what he’s doing dressed up the way he is. Takemaru attempts to play dumb and cover his accent as he tries to stick to his act.

The kids huddle together as they have an idea. They agree on a plan, then shout out together for Motosumi saying there’s a raid on the temple. Motosumi promptly charges out ready to fight, and Takemaru in surprise tries to say he’s Santa Claus as he continues with his evil oni lines.

Motosumi tells him he’s doing it wrong because the line is supposed to be Merry Christmas for Santa, and that the line for being a monster out to eat bad children is for namahage. Motosumi also points out that if Takemaru is trying to disguise himself he should have gotten a white beard. Takemaru tries excusing himself by saying he has to dress in a hurry and skipped out on the beard.

Takemaru mentions that the Santa School asked him to help, so Motosumi decides to let it be as he asks him to say hi to Ded for him. Takemaru then says it’s time for presents to the children’s delight.

Scene then shifts to the dojo Kagutsuchi and Ikutoshi are at, with Kagutsuchi greeting Santa and Ikutoshi being surprised at who came. Ikutoshi also figures that Kagutsuchi is enough to deal with them though. Sitri is the Santa who came and is annoyed by the remark, and Ikutoshi then tells whoever to come out.

Kengo comments on Sitri having to go to Ikutoshi’s dojo to hand out presents, and Ikutoshi asks the former #6 if he’s also a Santa. Kagutsuchi apparently never met Kengo in this iteration as he asks if they know each other before introducing himself. Kengo is about to give his name when Sitri cuts him off and explains that he came to help as his assistant.

Sitri then says that the two of them came to grant their wish to spar against Santa. Ikutoshi is interested by this as he figures Kengo is good enough to be worth fighting. He then turns back to Sitri and starts to critique his movements towards the end of his fight with Macan before cutting it off and suggesting they get started.

Kengo gets ready as he says he finally understands why Sitri asked him to come along. He says he’s gotten stronger since last time and challenges the two to come at him. Sitri then announces the start of the tag battle.

Scene shifts again to the slums as Barguest asks what Kenta is doing up so late. Kenta doesn’t answer, so Barguest talks about how bad things gather at night around there and suggests that Kenta go to bed. Kenta says he doesn’t want to go home and that he wants to be with Barguest. Also since it’s Christmas Eve, Kenta says he needs to feed Inugami.

Barguest relents and says he’ll go with him then. Once they finish up, Barguest says they should go somewhere warm or else they’ll catch a cold. Kenta agrees and thanks him, though Barguest waves it off.

Barguest then comments that it’s weird how he doesn’t see any vengeful ghosts around for Inugami to eat when Aegir rolls up talking about how the golden hunting pack appears when the fires of Yule are lit. But instead of riding a horse like that ass Odin, Aegir’s come by car.

Aegir then holds up a present for them, which is mostly meant for Inugami. He then releases a bunch of dead spirits he caught with his artifact. Kenta thanks him as he tells Inugami to eat. Barguest is surprised as he asks if Aegir is Santa Claus before recognizing his costume is that of the Wild Hunt. Aegir figures Barguest must be someone from the world of fairies Tir na Nog as he says he’s probably familiar with it from the twelve nights of Christmas. He also says the look suits him better than dressing as Santa.

Anyways, Kenta thanks Aegir again as he says Inugami is full now. Aegir laughs it off as he says he had fun going on a hunt. Since Barguest mentioned looking for someplace warm, Aegir hands them a written invitation. Barguest reads that it’s for the sauna village and asks when it was made. Aegir says it’s only for tonight and is free of charge, so he suggests they may as well go. Barguest thanks him and suggests to Kenta that they go. He agrees and thanks Aegir one more time.

Over in some unspecified shopping district, Nobuharu is trying to sell some champagne for Christmas. Tetsuya walks up and Nobuharu welcomes him asking what he’s looking for before noticing something. Tetsuya says he came to give a dream to the kids in his care.

Nobuharu is amazed as he asks if Tetsuya became a Santa. He answers it’s just for tonight and gives him a present. He also gives him stuff to give to the people lodging there and for Nobuharu’s whole family since Tetsuya can’t be assed to do it himself.

Nobuharu thanks Tetsuya on behalf of everyone else and feels a little bad to be receiving so much. Tetsuya says it’s fine since Santa is supposed to be a giver. He also tells him he looks forward to working with them more in the future, which he also adds a comment about not meaning that as a Santa. Nobuharu then thanks him for his patronage.

Back to your side, Tomte says it looks like everyone handed out their presents alright. Yule asks if Ded can come back now. Tomte says he thinks so and that they’ll just have to wait for something to happen. He then asks if Yule can take him to one more place.

Time skips a bit as you ask Tomte where you guys are and why he wanted to come here. Tomte tells you this is where he met Ded. He apologizes and asks if you two will let him stay there for a bit. He promises to go back later since he has to clean up and thank everyone for helping. Yule agrees, then asks what you plan on doing. You either say out loud you’ll stay with Tomte or just stand there quietly.

Yule seems sad before accepting your answer and heading off. Snow starts to fall as if to shine on the world and to cover it. It just falls from above, silently. Tomte starts talking to Ded as if he were there saying he’s regained his memories. He thinks that it might be why he can finally see the thread that connects them together now. He admits he was right, that he has more ties than he thought. He’s not alone anymore, but it’s also because of that that Tomte feels lonely.

Tomte says he hasn’t repaid Ded for all his help, and he says he wants to help him and see him again. He calls out begging for Ded to come back, and a voice says that Santa Claus is the one who brings happiness to all ‘children.’ White appears as he says that he can’t look away from any crying children.

You call out to Ded and say he came back. He says it’s because Tomte didn’t take his bag. White then admits that he didn’t know if he could come back, but thanks to that choice both he and Black have returned. Tomte rushes up to him in tears, and Ded says his cute student did well.

Ded comments that it’s really hard to make children grow and graduate. He says it’s probably not time for that yet, so he can probably guide them for a bit longer. Ded turns to you and thanks you for supporting Tomte and everyone. If you weren’t here, he suggests Tomte might have cut off a part of himself again.

Black speaks to White about not needing a hug and that White can do it. White laughs that he’s so indirect and that he can stand to be nice at times. Ded then says it’s time to go back to the Santa School then, and the episode ends to be continued in the epilogue.