Story guide

The Hoshi wear bands or marks that cannot be removed, and on seeing them Hachiware wonders whether there is a reason they cannot move freely inside the restaurant. Chiikawa watches the Hoshi beside them and notices not only the immediate danger but also that the Hoshi themselves have a problem. The restaurant treats the bands as ordinary, but Hachiware does not accept that they should remain that way. It is not shown how they could be removed or who could remove them; only the possibility arises that the two might be able to return something to the Hoshi. The post shifts attention from the danger of becoming ingredients to the circumstances of the other beings in the same place, making it a turning point in the Three-Star Restaurant Arc.

Story guide

Chiikawa and Hachiware follow the yellow beings as they move away from the restaurant, heading toward the place where the Three Stars are. Rather than simply fearing the yellow beings, the two try to find out what is happening and seek a clue for helping them. The yellow beings move on while looking back, with the restaurant visible in the distance, so the situation is not immediately resolved. Chiikawa runs in the same direction as Hachiware, and Hachiware follows while trying to understand how the others feel. The post does not reveal why the yellow beings are fleeing or whether there is a way to remove the bands. It depicts the pair’s choice not only to avoid the dangerous restaurant, but to return to the circumstances of the yellow beings left there.

Story guide

The yellow beings show gratitude to Chiikawa and Hachiware and this time prepare food for them. A plate resembling an egg dish is set before the two, while the yellow beings gather around with gentler expressions than in the earlier restaurant. Although food is before them, there is no danger here that the two will be made into ingredients; the yellow beings have moved into the role of serving someone. Chiikawa and Hachiware accept the dish in surprise, and the yellow beings leave as if their task is complete. Without deciding the dish’s taste or their future lives, the post quietly closes the restaurant events with a plate offered after helping one another.