Episode 16

* Episode
* Title Card
* End Card

## Episode Guide

**"A Great Cleaning"** (大 (おお) 掃 (そう) 除 (じ) , *Ōsōji*?) is the sixteenth episode of the *Shadows House* anime series and the third episode of the second season. It aired on July 23, 2022.

## Summary

Kate heads to the training room where she meets Isabelle and Mirabelle, the shadows of the Belle twins. The twins secretly use their soot power on Emilico to force her to get on all fours and bark like a dog, and Kate retaliates by tripping up the twins with soot rope around their ankles, which releases Emilico.

In the morning, the living dolls gather for a rejoicing party, but Rosemary enters, suffering from soot sickness, and a large number of highly dense scorches pour out from her dress. During the chaos, Susie sends the Belle twins away with the special coffee. The scorches fuse into a massive phantom, and the Research Team enters with a newly improved vacuum invention which Emilico attempts to use after one of the members fails to. As the dolls succeed in slowly breaking apart the phantom, Ricky and Shaun attempt to chase a robed figure standing on the ceiling beams, but fails to catch them. Emilico is forced to cling to stair banisters after the vacuum malfunctions but manages to use it to fall on top of the phantom after the power comes back on, succeeding in forcing it to break into smaller scorches. After she helps the Belle twins with scorches, the twins suddenly pick up the coffee bottles and smash them on the floor, to the shock of everyone. The twins are apprehended, and every doll is sent back to their room, forbidden from leaving their rooms.

## Plot

Christopher tells various children a story about the importance of cleaning, and assures Maryrose and Barbara that they can work together to take care of the children once he becomes an adult.

Back to the present, Louise shows her soot power to Kate, who is heading to the training room. In the training room, Kate meets the shadows of the Belle twins: Mirabelle and Isabelle, who may be trying to become the next Star Bearers. The shadows secretly use their soot power to force Emilico to get on all fours and bark like a dog to embarrass Kate, causing her to retaliate by tying the twins' legs with a rope to make them trip, releasing Emilico.

In the morning, all the living dolls gather for the rejoicing party, and Rosemary enters late, revealing she is suffering from soot sickness. Scorches pour out from under her dress, and Emilico identifies them as high-density scorches after one withstands a hit from her broom. Susie has the Belle twins protect the bottles of special coffee, and the scorches head up to the second floor, returning as a giant phantom. The Research Team enters with its newest invention: the mobile soot collector, Oliver Mark II, a giant vacuum cleaner. After Nancy fails to use it, Emilico uses it successfully, and the dolls slowly begin to break up the phantom. Ricky and Shaun notice the robed figure standing on one of the ceiling beams but fails to catch it. The vacuum's power begins to malfunction, getting Emilico stuck on a wall before it is turned off, forcing her to cling to some stairs banisters while the phantom learns to shoot scorches as Barbie enters and regroups the dolls. Emilico requests full power to the vacuum again and manages to destroy the phantom by landing right on top of it. The Star Bearers discuss checking the soot pipes due to the number of scorches, while Emilico heads to the Belle twins to save them from some scorches. The twins suddenly pick up the coffee bottles and smash them. The twins are apprehended by Ben and the First-Aid Team. The rest of the dolls being sent back to their rooms and forbidden from leaving with their shadow masters.

## Characters

1. Christopher (Flashback)
2. Anthony (Flashback)
3. Douglas
4. Doug
5. Sarah (Flashback)
6. Mia
7. Henry (Flashback)
8. Hank (Flashback)
9. William (Flashback)
10. Billy (Flashback)
11. Rosemary (No Lines)
12. Maryrose (Flashback)
13. Barbara (Flashback)
14. Barbie
15. James (No Lines)
16. Laurence (No Lines)
17. Loretta (Flashback)
18. Loretta's Face
19. Robert (Flashback)
20. Emilico
21. Kate
22. Louise
23. Lou
24. Peter (No Lines)
25. Belle Twins
26. Isabelle
27. Mirabelle
28. Patrick
29. Ricky
30. Olly
31. Susie
32. Ben
33. Victor (No Lines)
34. Shaun
35. Robert's Face
36. Pete (No Lines)
37. Nancy
38. Master Robe (No Lines)
39. Liddy
40. Jeremy
41. Benjamin (No Lines)
42. Susanna
43. Oliver
44. Gil (No Lines)
45. Bertie (Cameo)