Let's Go To School

Momo tries to convince Seiko that Bamora is an alien, but the older woman reads the situation differently and resolves to arrange for Bamora to enroll at the school as a transfer student, brushing aside Momo's protests. Seiko heads off to work with Turbo Granny tagging along. Left to dress Bamora, Momo lays out clothes, yet rather than changing, Bamora has her kaiju suit morph into a perfect copy of Momo's uniform, leaving her amazed. On the walk to school, Momo coaches Bamora to pronounce her own name and hugs her in delight when she succeeds, then catches herself and recalls that Bamora is supposed to be an enemy.

Momo asks about the golden ball Bamora carries, suspecting it could be Okarun's second kintama. Bamora reveals the orb tucked inside the suit's head, but it no longer looks gold. Once she reseats it and the suit reverts to its original shape, Momo spots the orb glowing gold again and is left with a pile of questions she cannot ask without Mantisian's translator, deciding instead that Turbo Granny should examine it. A glance at the city clock sends Momo into a panic over running late, and she sprints off with Bamora to reach class on time.

Even though Seiko forbade it, Momo cuts through an off-limits ruined district as a shortcut. Before entering she has Bamora join her in a good-luck ritual, then the pair encounter a tall yokai woman who asks whether she is pretty. Momo blurts out the word pomade twice and is promptly blasted into a building by the spirit. This chapter launches the Space Globalists Arc within the Kintama Hunt Saga, appearing in Volume 9 and released September 20, 2022. The yokai is the Slit-Mouthed Woman, Reiko Kashima.