How It All Goes Down
- Pumpkin wins "the apprentice's award" (16.3). No, it has nothing to do with Donald Trump.
- But Mameha tells Sayuri not to worry.
- Hatsumomo has been taking Pumpkin many, many places, which earns her the award, but they don't stay long, which will damage her reputation in the long run.
- However, Mameha is worried about one thing: that Mrs. Nitta will adopt Pumpkin.
- If she does, Hatsumomo would have control over the okiya, and Sayuri would never be rid of her.
- Mameha has a plan, though: an engagement where Hatsumomo won't be.
- It's a sumo wrestling competition attended by the President of Iwamura Electric: Nobu Toshikazu.
- Nobu has burns all over his body and is missing an arm.
- Nobu brought a colleague: the Chairman. Sayuri almost swoons at the sight of him.