How Many Eggs are in that Omelet?

At the start of the episode, our two heroes Gudetama and Shakipiyo - in the company of detective Hard-Boiled - have been detained by the Egg Mafia. The boss (a Sicilian-style omelette, he proudly clarifies) demands the stolen bags of desiccants are returned, or a cruel and unusual punishment awaits the trio. Of course, the problem is that Gudetama, Shakipiyo, and Hard-Boiled had not succeeded with the heist and someone else had got there first. To return the missing bags of desiccant to the Egg Mafia, the heroes must first find the culprits.

To complicate matters further, the TV producer introduced in Episode 2 (played by Akiyoshi Nakao) is back and on a mission to find Gudetama, so that the talking egg can feature in his show.

The series brings in yet another egg recipe: this time, it is century eggs. These characters are represented as 'shut-ins' in a parallel with Hikikomori phenomenon of modern Japan - although this analogy gets very much lost in translation.

Enjoyable and excellent at depicting characters with just a couple of lines of dialogue, this episode is nevertheless weaker that its predecessor in terms of structure. A lot happens but little is resolved, complications mount, and there is no sign of the mother hen. Perhaps, 'How Many Eggs Are in That Omelet?' works better if immediately paired with Episode 8 of the series.