The Life of an Anatomical Doll

Having carried Hana to the Ayase residence, Okarun drops to his knees and pleads with Seiko to let her stay. Seiko suggests keeping the doll at his place instead, but he and Momo argue the household is the safest option, Momo noting they already took in Turbo Granny. Momo adds that Taro has gone back to the school science room and will only remain there if he can keep seeing Hana, and that the shiny orb he carried turned out to be a Christmas ornament rather than the missing kintama. Worn down by their pleading, Seiko agrees to house Hana so long as the romance does not disturb the neighbors, then sets about making dinner while Momo lays the table.

As Momo works, Jiji praises her and Okarun's powers and teases her playfully, drawing a smile from her. Spurred by the memory of Taro's confession, Okarun forces his way between them, claiming there is dirt on Momo, then proclaims he will stop holding back and start fighting for what he wants, breaking into song that Jiji joins until an irritated Momo and a shouting Seiko shut them down. Seiko instructs Momo to pack for a weekend at Jiji's house to purge its curse. Okarun panics at the thought of the two going alone, but Momo reassures him she always meant to bring him along, and he vows to see the job through so Jiji can return home.

Late that night Taro slips out of the school to visit Hana, frightening a pair of students mid seance on his way and getting struck by a truck while crossing the road. Momo keeps Hana company through the wait, and by morning Taro arrives, apologizing that his scattered parts delayed him. Momo wakes from a nap to find the two kissing and is thanked for staying with Hana, then learns to her shock that Taro plans to make the visit a daily ritual. Elsewhere, Jiji lies awake, unable to shake the image of the spirit haunting his house.

Taro agrees to return to the school provided he can keep meeting Hana, who now lives at the Ayase home, and the golden ball from his groin is revealed to be a Christmas ornament. With Momo and Jiji bound for the cursed house, she enlists Okarun, who jumps at the chance to get Jiji out of her home sooner. Taro startles students inside the school at night and reaches Hana late after a truck scatters his body parts. Jiji is kept awake by the Evil Eye recurring in his dreams.

A nineteen-page Cursed House Arc chapter in the Kintama Hunt Saga, it published on November 9, 2021, collected in Volume 4 and adapted as Episode 12. The chapter sets up the weekend trip that launches the main confrontation and foreshadows the Evil Eye haunting Jiji's home.