Because of the rush to give Kuroyanagi the tarts in the previous episode, his reaction turns this episode into a parody of The Lord of the Rings with elements of The Chronicles of Narnia, starring Azuma as Frodo, Kawachi as Sam, Kanmuri as Legolas, Ken Matsushiro as Gimli, Tsukino as Arwen, the old man at the loquat store as Gollum, Meister Kirisaki as Gandalf, and Yukino as a cross between Sauron and the White Witch.