Chapter 51

As the swap-heavy clash drags on, Hanami starts reading the trades, having grown used to how Boogie Woogie operates. That lost edge does not shake the two students; they trust the earlier wounds from Yuji's Black Flash flurry have brought the spirit close to exorcism. Battered yet still savoring the fight, Hanami conjures a massive bloom stuffed with Cursed Buds and hurls the swarm forward. To pull Yuji clear, Aoi switches places with Hanami and readies a guard against the incoming buds. In roughly a hundredth of a second he calls up an invented memory of Takada-chan, then drops his protective energy so the buds slide off him harmlessly.

Pressing forward again, Aoi explains that whatever holds cursed energy can become a target for his swap, and he observes that the duel has looped back to its starting river. He trades Yuji for the special grade Playful Cloud that Maki carries, equipping himself with the tool. Megumi had stashed that weapon in the water and tipped Aoi off: weakness sits in the branches sprouting across Hanami's face. After Yuji vanishes toward the river, a brutal Playful Cloud swing caves in the spirit's face. Hanami endures by a thread and lashes out with a spiked root, which Aoi slips past.

Nearby trees rot away as the shoulder flower siphons their life into cursed energy, and its eye splits open to gather a tight, focused beam. Certain that Aoi would shrug off such a strike, Hanami begins opening his Domain Expansion. The attempt dies instantly: the school's surrounding curtain dissolves, and every fighter notices Satoru Gojo drifting in the air above. This entry wraps the Hanami bout, sits inside the Kyoto Goodwill Event Arc, showcases Boogie Woogie alongside the Playful Cloud, and was adapted as Episode 20. Its volume printing reaches twenty-one pages because a single page got divided into three.