When the wolf returns from his trip to Japan, he finds that things have not gone as smoothly as he'd hoped. He's not happy with the way things are going with his grandparents and his dad, and he's worried that they're going to argue about whether or not he should stay in Japan. He begs the wolf to stay, but the wolf reminds him that it's impossible for him to become human. He reminds the wolf that he can't be like his mother, and that he'll never be like her. The wolf asks the wolf what the human word is for people like him, and the wolf tells him that the word is "kusunoki san," which means "to love." The wolf tells the boy that he didn't come to visit him because he was busy at work, but that he invited his mother over for dinner because she seemed to be having a weird time with her son.