When all else fails, in a last act of defiance, the remaining "tanuki" stage a grand illusion, temporarily transforming the urbanized land back into its pristine state to remind everyone of what has been lost. Finally, with their strength exhausted, the "tanuki" most trained in illusion follow the example of the "kitsune": they blend into human society one by one, abandoning those who cannot transform. While the media appeal comes too late to stop the construction, the public responds sympathetically to the "tanuki", pushing the developers to set aside some areas as parks. However, the parks are too small to accommodate all the non-transforming "tanuki". Some try to survive there, dodging traffic to rummage through human scraps for food, while others disperse farther out to the countryside to compete with the "tanuki" who are already there.