Winter is here and the sakura trees are still blooming. In Yoshiyuki's dream, the Asakura sisters are intimating with him in his bed until Sakura awakens him. The class votes on a Christmas class event. Anzu and Akane decide upon a puppet show, and Suginami chose a haunted house. Yoshiyuki breaks the tie by picking the puppet show with him and Koko as the lead characters. At home, the news reports of mysterious incidents occurring in Hatsune-Jima. Yoshiyuki practices the puppet show with Otome. That evening, Otome notices a change in the island's sakura trees. Sakura is shown at the magical sakura tree.