Kawase has suggested that Subaru start working on a new series, but Subaru can't come up with any good ideas. So, at Kawase's recommendation, he decides to try taking a trip somewhere for a change of pace. As he's thinking about where to go, he suddenly notices his mother's flower garden in the yard, which she had planted as a gift to him using seeds and seedlings from places she'd traveled to. Each plant is labeled with the location it was acquired from, but the space labeled "Tokushima" has nothing planted in it… so Subaru decides to visit Tokushima.
Season: 1
Eating Together
After meeting a deadline, Subaru sleeps well into the afternoon. When he finally wakes, he's greeted by an email from Hiroto announcing that his sister Narumi and her friend Haru-chan will be paying him a visit. He barely has time to feel surprised by the short notice before the girls arrive at his door. They bring food made by Haru-chan's mother as a gift, and Subaru can't suppress his stomach's hungry growls in response. He wants to share it with Haru, but Haru-chan says human food isn't healthy for cats and offers to make some cat-safe homemade food for her.
The Threat
Under direct orders from the emperor himself, Maomao tries to care for an ailing Concubine Lihua, but finds her work impeded by Lihua's own ladies-in-waiting.
The Unsettling Matter of the Spirit
Tasked with investigating a ghostly woman dancing nightly on the palace walls, Maomao finds a sleepwalking Concubine Fuyou. But with no medicinal cure for sleepwalking, she's forced to dig deeper to find the real reason behind Fuyou's affliction.