A Word in Your Eye

We've recently celebrated obon here in Japan. This is basically a celebration of the spirits of the dead returning to Earth for a short time, which mostly gets celebrated from August 13 to 15 (apparently Japanese ghosts, like salarymen, only get a short vacation, then it's back to work).
( a dance, some fireworks, and... )

aka Will she or won't she dance at the obon festival?

The short version: Today's episode focused on 10-year-old Nunoe (the little girl who will become the wife) deciding whether or not to compete with the boys at the upcoming obon festival. So three years have passed since yesterday, and Japan has gone to war... but for one little girl, the real question is whether or not to try to win some lemon soda.
( 15 minutes of fame? )
It seems as if we're getting a concentrated dose of background. Kind of interesting that most of today's episode was very straight-forward acting, no ghosts and goblins involved. But will Nunoe fight back or not? And what will give her the oomph to perform at the festival and win that ramone? Stay tuned...