In accordance with Rei's plan for the Setsubun Festival, the school will play tag in which they will throw beans at the "ogres." Will there be any "ogres" who survive to become the winner!?
Setsubun Festival (節分祭, setsubunmatsuri) is an event story released on Jan 31st 2017. It could be obtained through point rewards during Shoufuku＊The Ogres and Brothers' Setsubun Festival event and is free to read on Basic in ! mode. The song Play "Tag" is associated with this story.
It features Hinata, Yuta, Ritsu, Mao, Keito, Rei, Sora, and Natsume.
CGs
_Rei_Sakuma_CG.png "(Watchful Demon) Rei Sakuma CG.png (1.34 MB)")
Was Setsubun always like this? Was Setsubun always like this?
_Ritsu_Sakuma_CG.png "(Demon of the Twelfth Lunar Month) Ritsu Sakuma CG.png (1.3 MB)")
まぁいいや。銃を撃ちつづけて兄者を釘付けにする、こっちは 悠々と近づいて仕留めればいいだけ
_Hinata_Aoi_CG.png "(Apricot-Smelling Demon Child) Hinata Aoi CG.png (1.35 MB)")
In order for us to be happy, one of us had to become a sacrifice.
_Yuta_Aoi_CG.png "(Apricot and Fortune Beans) Yuta Aoi CG.png (1.11 MB)")
Wait up~! Aniki! Out with the demons, in with the fortune~!
_Ritsu_Sakuma_CG2.png "(Demon of the Twelfth Lunar Month) Ritsu Sakuma CG2.png (1.42 MB)")
ま～くんやあんずたちと一緒に、ね。まぁ、できる範囲でがんばってみるけど
_Rei_Sakuma_CG2.png "(Watchful Demon) Rei Sakuma CG2.png (1.64 MB)")
すこしでも、おぬしらの内側に幸福の萌芽を宿せたのなら……
_Yuta_Aoi_CG2.png "(Apricot and Fortune Beans) Yuta Aoi CG2.png (1.57 MB)")
"♪~♪~♪"
_Hinata_Aoi_CG2.png "(Apricot-Smelling Demon Child) Hinata Aoi CG2.png (1.65 MB)")
"To those who already know us, and to those who don't—please remember us, always!"
Episodes
| Prologue | |||
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| 1 | Episode 1 | Winter |  
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| Suspicion and Fears | |||
| 2 | Episode 1 | Winter |  
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| 3 | Episode 2 | Winter |
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| 4 | Episode 3 | Winter |    
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| 5 | Episode 4 | Winter |
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| 6 | Episode 5 | Winter |
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| 7 | Episode 6 | Winter |
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| Fumbling in the Dark | |||
| 8 | Episode 1 | Winter |
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| 9 | Episode 2 | Winter |
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| 10 | Episode 3 | Winter |
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| 11 | Episode 4 | Winter |
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| 12 | Episode 5 | Winter |
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| 13 | Episode 6 | Winter |
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| Deep Love | |||
| 14 | Episode 1 | Winter |
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| 15 | Episode 2 | Winter |
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| 16 | Episode 3 | Winter |
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| 17 | Episode 4 | Winter |
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| 18 | Episode 5 | Winter |
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| Epilogue | |||
| 19 | Episode 1 | Winter |
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| 20 | Episode 2 | Winter |
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| 21 | Episode 3 | Winter |
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| 22 | Episode 4 | Winter |
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Author's Comment
"I was in charge of the scenario for Setsubun Festival. Even though it's clear-cut that Keito-san is on the side against the oni (being a son of a temple priest) it's incredibly amusing that he there are so many people with the kanji for "oni" in their names he can drive away with beans." [1]
Trivia
- Setsubun was originally a term used to mark the days when the seasons changed from one to the next; now, the term is only used to describe the day before "Spring" in Japan. Setsubun usually falls on the 3rd or 4th of February.
- About the chapter title "Deep Love": Hiyoku Renri (比翼連理, Hiyoku Renri?) is also a four-character idiom, used to describe a couple deeply in love. This title becomes more meaningful in context when you understand the idiom. Hiyoku describes a mythical creature, hiyoku no tori, where two birds (one male, one female) have one eye (or head) and one wing each, and constantly fly as "one". Renri refers to two trees (with different roots) growing close and merging.