A curious trio walked along bustling streets lit aglow by the lanterns from a Hinomoto- style festival. Though clearly not family related by blood, the three do have a rather similar air about them.

Okay, what's the deal? Where we going? "A bunch of fruit just arrived from Su Fang's home town and I put a LOT of work into cutting it up, so I need folks to eat it!" "Yeah, okay. I can live with that."

Thanks to you, I'm now a floaty ring expert, but I need you to teach me how to play in the water—so maybe a splashing contest? Have some water, my feline friends! ...Heh. I thought I did quite well there.

One summer day, a young boy from a seaside village met a picture book author. "Can I watch you draw, Norwin?" "Of course you can. Come sit beside me and behold my pencil in flight."

The summer sea is so much fun, I ended up getting quite merry myself. Boar? Crocodile? What say you trust yourself to this hammock and relax?

S'cuse me! Are you free, Mr. Bear? Do you wanna play with us? "You bet! Oh, and you can call me Mariti!" Summertime Mariti is in spirits most high.

The ebb and flow of waves. The wafting scent of flowers. The cat's soft fur in my hand. I am become one with nature. I am sea. I am flowers. I am cat.

The sun's golden rays truly make it feel like midsummer. ...How's that? You're curious about my clothes? Well, the naginata cutie Botan changed her outfit for the season! A style swap now and again is nice, yeah?

The wind feels kinda nice. Guess it's not so bad eating outside once in a while. "Suu! Suu!" *munch* *munch* "You like your lunch there, pal? I'm not usually much for cooking, so chow down."

So our next festival budget is... Hot damn! With this much, we could build a HUGE honkin' float and have all the artisans in town work on it! Whatcha think, Yaten? "Zzzzzz..."