Cherry Blossom Dilemma

**Cherry Blossom Dilemma** will be the ninth episode of the second season of LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Living the Pony Life. In Canada, it was paired with "Princess Probz", but in production order, it was paired with "The Best of the Worst".

## Synopsis

**Teletoon**: *As Ninjago City is preparing for the annual Cherry Blossom Viewing festival, the Ninja and Megan bring Okino for their viewing pleasure, but when he got caught by one of Skull Sorcerer's Thorntus, Sakurau, the Ninja and Megan attempt to stop it!*

**Cartoon Network Asia**: *The Ninja, Megan and Okino were looking at the sweet Cherry Blossoms for the viewing festival, but the monster tries to steal his Eternity Crystal, so the seven must stop using Spinjitzu Burst.*

## Plot

### Part 1

The episode begins with Okino meditating quietly at the Monastery, as a Ronin outside Terra Karana, he will continue moving on. Master Wu then have a conversation with Okino as he was fine during the adventure when guiding the Ninja, and since he decided to stay in Ninjago, he had much of his ideal to be as a ranking master for a Ninja.

Back at the Monastery, Nya was playing koto with the Ninja, as they enjoyed listening to this heartfelt melody. Okino returns, having heard that he wanted to prove his friendship outside the game, and most NPCs, including Racer Seven. Lloyd wanted Okino to learn more about his resonance beyond the reality. Megan then comes that she missed the sound of the koto that Nya played. Nya played the koto again, but before that, she decided to bring them for the Cherry Blossom Viewing festival, a festival in Ninjago City where people look at cherry blossoms blooming, mostly consists of having an outdoor party beneath the sakura during daytime or at night. Megan then glad that she never see cherry blossoms before on Earth.

As the Ninja brings the Mane Six, Spike, Okino and Megan for the Cherry Blossom Viewing festival, Twilight Sparkle declines as Pinkie Pie was practicing for the Royal Jelly Juggernaut. Lloyd then accepts her decision, as they went without the ponies. Somewhere in the Dungeons of Shintaro, Princess Twivine Sparkle targeted Okino to steal his Feather of Memories from his soul, so she decided to summon a Thorntus, Sakurau, to extract his soul.

The festival was filled with the air in Ninjago City, as it was filled with cherry blossoms bloom throughout the day. The Ninja, Megan and Okino enjoyed the viewing of the cherry blossoms, and enjoy eating food on their creative bentos together. Nya then plays the koto, in which some people joined to listen the melody of the song. Viewing for a perfect scenery, Okino then spots an old woman who can't walk to the picnic spot. As the Ninja and Megan is taking a group shot, they realized that Okino had left because he thought that he wasn't enjoyable viewing the cherry blossoms. They decided to look for Okino, as he doesn't want to be the odd one out.

## Cast

* Applejack - Ashleigh Ball
* Cole/Hero Cole - Kirby Morrow
* Fluttershy - Andrea Libman
* Jay/Hero Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
* Kai/Hero Kai - Vincent Tong
* Lloyd Garmadon/Hero Lloyd - Sam Vincent
* Megan Williams/Sailor Sky - Kelly Sheridan
* Nya/Hero Nya - Kelly Metzger
* Okino - Alessandro Juliani
* Pinkie Pie - Andrea Libman
* Rainbow Dash - Ashleigh Ball
* Rarity - Tabitha St. Germain
* Sakuaru - Sienna Bohn
* Skull Sorcerer - Ervin M Jordan
* Spike - Cathy Weseluck
* Twilight Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Twivine Sparkle - Tara Strong
* Zane/Hero Zane - Brent Miller

## Locations Visited

* Ninjago
	+ Ninjago City
	+ Mountain of Impossible Heights
		- Monastery of Spinjitzu

## Trivia

* **Narrator**: Okino
* This is the eighth episode in the North American airing.
* Nya wears a pink yukata for a second time since the Pony Life short, "Let's Dance!".
* Okino plays a major role in this episode since "Labyrinth of the Red Dragon".
* This is the first episode where the Ninja and Megan transform without the Mane Six.

## Changes

### Changes from the original Pony Life cartoon

* None of the events take place in the original cartoon.
* Pinkie Pie going to practice for the Royal Jelly Juggernaut is a spoof to the previous episode.