During a “station opening”, when the denizens of the Mirrored City throw all their unwanted items into the sky, a demon thief steals Yase Douji’s treasured teacup and throws it into the stream of detritus. Koto, A and Un join her retinue, but when they can’t find it, Koto convinces Kurama to provide a replacement. Yase loses her temper and grows into an enormous monster, but Koto subdues her with her hammer, from the handle of which hangs a stuffed rabbit Yase’s mother made her, which Kurama threw out years ago.
When we lose someone important to us, it’s natural to want to treasure an item or two as a symbol of that person. Yase, as is her wont as a demon, takes this practice to the extreme, having a massive custom storage facility built under her gaudy mansion to preserve virtually every object, big or small, that reminds her of her beloved mother. She lives in constant fear of tossing or losing anything, her teacup in particular, believing she’d also lose the memories those items evoke.
Kurama has a different take, and has no qualms about tossing out things that aren’t practically necessary. He believes throwing away the very items that mean the most to her can play a role in their mother’s return. Yase didn’t agree when he forcefully threw out the stuffed rabbit her mom made from the tatters of her yukata, and she still doesn’t agree in the present, at least until Koto arrives and quells her tantrum with a hammer sporting that very rabbit, another clue connecting Koto and Lady Koto.
Rating: 8 (Great)
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