Akane Sumire/Synopsis

Sumire Arc
After being pushed by Aoi into the trash chute, Nene and Hanako find themselves in a small shrine. They discuss what they would do about the situation, but didn't come to any conclusions about where they were. Nene's loud voice led a group of villagers to the shrine, where the villagers immediately assumed that they were wraiths. The villagers were about to beat Nene and Hanako to death when Sumire came and took them in as pets. Nene and Hanako attempted to escape and got knocked back by a lightning barrier. Sumire then asks Nene and Hanako's names. Nene voluntarily offers her name while Hanako refuses. Sumire then decides to call Hanako "Gon".

Later, Nene and Hanako talk on the porch and Hanako reveals that they are still within No.6's boundary. After a bit more talking, Sumire drags Nene back to go take a bath. Hanako tries to follow but since he's a boy Sumire stops him. Before going in the bath, Sumire shows Nene the mask of her lover, which is revealed to be the mask of No.6. Sumire then pinned her hair up, exposing the Yorishiro on her neck. Nene is shocked by this as Sumire giggles stating she is indeed the yorishiro of No.6, she then stats that she found out that Nene was the current Kannagi telling her that she doesn't mind if she takes off the yorishiro seal but tells her to wait a for one more day as her wedding is tomorrow. She then also tells her to keep it a secret from Hanako that she's the yorishiro to which Nene agrees, she thanks her and also gives her a protection charm as a little gift of Sumire's thanks. They then have their bath and sees that Nene is actually a fish.

After they have their bath, Sumire sets up futons for Nene and Hanako to sleep in, then leaves while wishing them goodnight. But vanishes after she and Hanako fight aplogizing to them as Nene is being carried away by the villagers thinking that she is Sumire herself, as Nene walks to the ceremony she sees a silhouette of a young Sumire crying and saying that nobody talks to her nor knows what her father or mother look like she then asks a young oni man that is No. 6 in the past if he would protect her from danger and be by her side forever to which he says yes since he is suppose to watch over her.

When Hanako comes to save Nene, they are about to fall off a cliff, when Sumire appears saying that she will be an end to this as she falls in the water. After she falls, time rewinds and Hanako and Nene are then both teleported back to the first place they met Sumire. She then appears to them, apologizing and explaining that every time she dies, the world's time is reversed back and that this a prison that was prepared for her ever since she was awakened as a yorishiro for No. 6. She then reveals the yorishiro seal on her neck to Nene and Hanako, telling them that they can remove it since it's the only way to leave the world. Hanako was surprised by this and was about ask Nene that if she already knew; however, his mouth is covered by Nene telling Sumire that she has one question, to which Sumire agrees to answer. Nene asks Sumire if No. 6 really is the worst, which confuses her. Nene insists that No. 6 wasn't the best match for her due to his distant personality and lack of affection for her in the past. She then tells Sumire that the only reason she fell in love with No. 6 was that the only life she knew was the village she lived in. She was then told by Nene that she wants to get Sumire out of here and leave this place for good, to which Hanako initially refuses, but finally accepts.