Kikuhiko and Matsuda inter the ashes of Shin and Miyokichi and takes Konatsu to Tokyo with him although she doesn't want to go. The association president again asks Kikuhiko to take the name Yakumo and this time he accepts. Konatsu stays with him, but is defiant and will not accept his authority. Years later the ex-criminal Yurakutei YotarÅ finally becomes a shin'uchi. After his performance, he goes to see Yurakutei Yakumo, but he is not there, and he meets Konatsu who asks him to recite the "Nozarashi" rakugo. She tells him that she is expecting a child and has temporarily returned to the house. She will not reveal the father, but YotarÅ offers to be the father. At the Yurakutei family grave, Yurakutei Yakumo tells Matsuda that he's been asked to be the Rakugo Association president. YotarÅ arrives at the graves to pay his respects, and asks if he can take the name Sukeroku.