It seems there is a labor shortage in trying to have the rocket assembled. To solve the problem, the old man recruits a group of cat humans to help. Shunpei takes a whiff of a secret potion that consequently attracts any woman. Sora tells Onui to find the old man for the antidote. Onui changes into her dog form and travels in the downpour, finding the rejuvenated old man at a clubhouse. The women cause a riot at the town tower, all fighting for Shunpei out of love. Onui races toward Shunpei as a dog, and she gives him the antidote as a human by kissing him.
源蔵が算盤を弾いていた。これまで無駄にした時間、月まで届く花火作りに携わる人数、その他諸々を勘案した源蔵の結論は、月まで届く花火を完成させるには八十二年と三ヶ月かかるというものだった。これを短縮するには人手を増やすしかない。そこで清吉とソラが出した結論は、お伊勢から必要なお金を借りることだった。
