Araragi begs Shinobu for her help, which she eventually provides. He then formulates a plan to confront the Curse Cat and save Hanekawa.

A recap episode retalling the events of Nekomonogatari (Kuro), narrated by Koyomi. On the first day of Golden Week, Koyomi Araragi, together with Tsubasa Hanekawa, buries a tailless cat that was ran over by a car. A supposedly petty and commonplace event. However, the curtain rises on the “nine days of hell" that follow.