Fuu takes a dip in a nearby hotspring. Meanwhile Mugen and Jin question the objective of their task: to find the Samurai that smells like Sunflowers. They remenice over the events that have lead them this far. They remember the dutch trader and his information for sending them to Nagasaki, and conlude that Fuu is hiding something.

As Fuu is bathing, Mugen rumages through her belongings and swipes her journal. He brings it back to Jin and opens it up. But, he cant read. =[ Jin starts from the beginning and reads outloud.

It's been a year since Fuu's mother has died, and she has worked the courage to leave. The journal begins on the day that she met Mugen and Jin.

July 11: She introduces Mugen as a ruffian with unkempt hair. She thought he would be bad company. Then, she saw him fight and thought that the daikan's son would have been better than him. Jin walked in, and was attractive at first, but then he began fighting as well. She wondered if they were alike on the inside.

July 12: The next day they were persued by the armless man, and she got drunk. That's all she remembered. P.S. The yaki manjuu were delicious.

July 14: Jin and Mugen abandoned her. She was put in a brothel, but saved by what the fortune teller had told her. Pots saved the day.

July 19: She was captured and life is topsy-turvey, thanks to her two bodyguards. Originally, she took the modeling job to pay for the ferry. The artist was attractive and a bit of a snob. She wonders why she even took the Ukiyoe job and liked the man. But, unlike Mugen and Jin, he was nice to her. He said he was going to Holland. Where could he be? P.S. The roasted squid he fed her was delicious.

He was apprehended soon after and never made it to Holland. In the future he'd be immortalized as the creator of Ukiyoe. His art and character were opposite.

Mugen questions why they were going to Edo til now. But Jin doesn't know and nothing was recorded.

A few days later, she got her fill of food and was happy. The anago don, dojou nabe, and edo sushi were delicious. Sweet things go to a different place, but in her case, it's free things. They saw kabuki and firewords.

Mugen is agitated that her diary is all about food and nothing about the Samurai that smells of Sunflowers. They find out that they went to Edo, because she reard rumor that he was there.

She gets taken hostage again from a pickpocketer. Her purse was stolen and couldn't eat. She has a dream about her mother. After everything that has happened, she didn't have time to feel alone. She couldn't tell Shinsuke's mother what happened, but she'd like to express her feelings later in a letter.

It's difficult to predict the future, but drawings by Koikawa Harumachi attempt that. These are the predictions. What idiotic hair styles!

They left for Nagasaki, but were still in Edo. They pawned Jin's glasses for food. It was delicious. Jin and Mugen chased after a middle aged woman. She says she wasn't jealous, but they weren't being good bodyguards. She notes that Osen's breasts were large and may be what men prefer. She was hit on too, but by an odd man. She feels that they are loosing site of their objective by needing to find jobs all the time. P.S. The pear was delicious.

Recently there have been complaints about the disorder in youngsters sex lives. In the Edo era they were nonchalant. In the Meiji era they became abstemious. Homosexuality flourished in the Edo era and had a more noble status.These are told by "The Saw" Manzou, the undercover detective.

They left Edo and came to the Hakone Checkpoint, but were duped. Fuu wonders if she is too trusting of people. She had her worst thoughts about Mugen. She decides not to believe in him anymore. Mugen doens't care and she spent alot of time with Jin... quiet time. She wonders if he is shy or if he doesn't like her. She's sad that he hasn't opened up.

The 1950s of San Francisco saw the "Beatnik Generation" and Zen. The hippies inherited this influence, dropped from society, and listened to psychedelic music. Those who came closer to Zen: chanted, burned incense, and meditated.

Next, they stayed at a Zen temple. The were given free food and sleep, but had to adhere to temple rules. The monk tells Jin that freedom isn't won or gained. You should live as you are suppose to and accept it. Fuu wonders if she is okay, with them as companions. The monk says that meetings are once in a lifetime, it is fate. Mugen says that he wants to become stronger and beat that man (Jin or Tsujigiri?) The monk gives him a good wallup.

Fuu remembers the predicaments she's been in, but she's had fun. If she hadn't met Jin and Mugen, she would've never have made this trip. No matter what, she wants them to be with her to the end of the road. She imagines that they feel the same way, but anticipates them reading her journal. Idiots...

Notes:
This episode is just one big note.

However, it's hilarious when Mugen speaks to the monk about getting stronger.

She also starts out by listing dates with each journal entry, but doesn't follow that.

This episode also features a new ending and song.