Houtarou, Rinne and Hopper1 come back from Gotcha’ing Tricera Chemy. But they are surprised to see Renge acting a bit strange. Sabimaru says she’s been this way since yesterday. Mama Ichinose says based on her experience, Renge is in love.
As Houtarou, Rinne and Supana are battling him, Angel Malgam revives Mama and Papa Kurogane once again. And that is just so he can murder them over and over to…
Over at Kitchen Ichinose, the KIU4 are together as the restaurant is closed for the day while Mama Ichinose attends a high school reunion for the Yo-yo Research Club. That’s when Kyoka-san comes in and introduces herself as Supana’s alchemy instructor.
Houtarou, Rinne, Renge and Sabimaru are at Kitchen Ichinose to formally begin operations of the Kitchen Ichinose Union. From here, they will continue their work as alchemists to protect humans and Chemies alike.
Just as another season of the DGP is about to begin, a strange tree has appeared in the middle of Tokyo. Huge fruits begin falling to the ground and hordes of Jyamato pop out as they burst. Michinaga, Keiwa and Neon hurry out to battle the Jyamatos with Ace arriving fashionably late. But a “Final Boss” arrives to the glee of two mysterious viewers.
Houtarou has trouble focusing in school as the new semester begins. It is as if Minato-sensei had never even existed at the school. The other students laugh at Houtarou for even mentioning the name of a person that doesn’t exist.
Over at Kitchen Ichinose, Houtarou and Mama Ichinose are serving Rinne, Renge and Sabimaru a special New Year’s dish. Houtarou, however, can’t help but think about the terrifying new enemy as well as the orange Gotchard.
Michinaga is awakened with a congratulations from Game Navigator Sarami who says his desire of a jack of all trades store has been fulfilled. Michinaga has no idea what is happening. But Sarami reminds him that he won the DGP Bonus Stage.
Houtarou is excited about all the Chemies he’s been able to befriend. But Sabimaru shows him all the other Chemies that are still out there. Houtarou calls out to Santa to help point him to the missing Chemies. Renge says he has a lot of free time to go out and search, but Houtarou remembers he has a lot of work at the restaurant since it gets pretty busy for Christmas. He asks if they could help out, but Sabimaru hates crowded places and Renge has a part-time job selling Christmas cake. That leaves Rinne to become Houtarou’s special helper.
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As Rentarou seems to be in a hopeless situation, Iroha arrives and shoots at the snake ninpou, freeing her brother. She tells him to get to safety and leave this to her. But Yaminin shoots at Iroha and she falls to the ground. Yaminin, however, decides not to kill Iroha and wants to take her as a trophy instead.