In Japan, the same fox is a wife, an ancestor, a god's messenger, and a villain. This episode follows four of her jobs: the fox wife of the Nihon Ryōiki, the white fox said to be Abe no Seimei's mother, the messenger foxes of Inari, and Tamamo-no-Mae. It asks what each story was for, who needed it, and where the evidence runs out. Episode 13 of an animated series exploring East Asian fox legends, with the sources checked.