Crisis! A Starving Karura Loses His Feathers!/Story/Chapter Six

Alright then, let's get this party started!
C'mon, Karura, just sit tight and leave it all to me.
Here goes nothing...!

Ouch-ouch-ouch!!
Please keep your monster strength under control!

That looked like it hurt... Karura's feathers...
So Lord Ashuku Nyorai is still angry at him, then...!

Oh, I'm sorry.
I thought I'd get this done really fast, but... I'll try doing it more gently now.

What did I do to deserve this terrible fate?
But I've got to put up with it - this is all for my feathers' sake!
There's no other way!

That's right. You know scalp massages often hurt a bit, right?
But they'll close up your pores and improve blood flow in the area.

Hm? There - there's another feather falling off!

No way!

I wonder, was the massage too strong for him, perhaps...

No way... Ashuku, isn't there something else you can try?!

Let's see... you could try eating kelp. Sea-based plants are just phenomenally good for hair, I hear. It's definitely worth trying!

Kelp, you say?! I'll eat it! Let me at it!

K- Karura! You didn't have to shove the whole thing into your mouth with such desperation!

(There's... there's bits of kelp dribbling out of his mouth...
He looks exactly like an evil demon right now, but I can't say that!)

Chomp chomp... gulp gulp...
I have to... eat all of this... as fast as I can... for my feathers' sake! Gulp...

(Why is no one questioning if something that's good for hair will also be good for Karura's wings or not?!)

(But I mean... Lord Ashuku Nyorai did recommend it...
and Karura looks so fired up, gobbling it down...)

There! ...I've... eaten it all!

Yep, that was quite impressive, Karura!

Wait - is that another feather breaking off?

What?! Did I go overboard with all that kelp?
There's... there's no time to waste! Ashuku, next, what's next!?

Ugh... my feathers just keep shedding all over the place...
Ashuku, is it really going to be okay after this?
I can't really see this helping...

Well, there's this hair revitalizing cream...
It's supposed to nourish your hair from the roots and strengthen them.
Let's get started with this.

Oh, it's all sticky...
Wait, wait, Ashuku, time out!

You're right, your feathers started dropping as soon as the cream touched your hair...

Are you sure you didn't use a hair-destroying cream instead!?

There's no way I'd do that!

It's no use... no matter what I do, they just keep falling...
I'm looking worse and worse by the minute... waaaah...

Ah, Karura's just fainted on the floor...
Karura, stay strong! Your problem is just going to get worse if you stress about it.

None of these products produce instant effects...
I didn't think his feathers would literally start dropping like flies after that cream.

Maybe his condition isn't caused by stress after all?

What are you saying?!

Oh, Karura, you've come back to us!
So you haven't given up and fallen into despair... I'm relieved.

This is just speculation on my part, but I think your feathers have been falling off due to your karma, not your stress.

Karma...?
But I haven't done anything...

Well, I'm sorry to have to say this, but...
You slack off on chores, you steal food when no one's looking, wreak havoc... you do things like that, don't you?!

Waaaah... waaaaaaaah!

If his karma is causing all this, then... he needs to build up more virtues, is that what you mean?

Yes. This explains why none of the treatments we tried worked for him.

I see... so my feathers are falling off because of all the things I've done so far...

Okay. Let me go get some virtues.

You'll try your hardest, won't you?
If you try to do this like how you usually approach things, your feathers are just going to keep disappearing.

I know.
This is for my wings - I'll do this!