The following chapter is written in journal entry format. The journals were used as key evidence for the defense of Honda Kiku at his trial for the deaths of 812 people. These entries were found in the many journals found at the home above the flower shop and were written by Honda Kiku.

Day 4:

I spoke to Yao and the others again. They have become nicer ever since they turned into flowers. Even Kim-ly-san is nicer as well. It's a lot of fun to play with them. Kuro-nii stares at me funnily every time I talk or play with them. Why can't he see that they have changed? He told me that he doesn't want to see me talking to them. I continue to talk to them, though. Now that they have changed they are more fun to talk to. They don't yell at me anymore, and that's a good thing. I never liked it when they yelled. My head always hurts… Wonder why… I don't remember much of the ways things were liked before they became flowers…

Day 7:

Nii-san left me alone today for a while. He said he was going to go into town to buy food and stuff. I let him since I wanted to stay and play with the others. Yao begin to teach me how to dance today. I had to be taught everything over and over. When the lesson was almost over nii-san returned. He told me some person had followed him and that the person wished to separate us. I was confused but frightened. We were always told to remain away from people we didn't know. I asked Kuro-nii what we should do. He told me we were going to turn the person into a flower. I was a bit surprised about why he would suggest that. But I didn't want to be separated from him. So I agreed. I was starting to dig the hole when nii-san said that there was an easier way. I helped him get the flowers, and I planted them and he went to do something with the remains

Year 1:

It's been a year since I have turned them into flowers. I played with them today again. Kuro-nii has finally allowed me to have contact with my friends. Every week I get a new one. He never plays with us though. He tells me that I should just enjoy myself and let him deal with everything else. I just agreed and continued to learn new things from all of them. I am happy. From what little I remember I know I never used to have this much fun. I asked Kuro-nii about it and he said all we used to do was work for our family. I took his word for it. It's easier to agree with Kuro-nii, he knows more than I do…

Year 4 Day 234:

My head hurts… it hurts a lot… I practically begged nii-san for forgiveness. I will never ever wander outside again. He told me not to go out or I will get lost. I went out anyway. I wanted to see what the forest looks like. I got lost though. When Kuro-nii found me he was very mad. I was very happy to see him. He took me down to one of the dungeons, and chained me. Next thing I know he puts something on my head and covers my ears with it. Before I can ask him anything the thing starts to make a lot of noise. My head immediately began to hurt. It hurt. More than usual. I don't remember much about what happened next. When I awoke Kuro-nii was standing next to me. He told me that was punishment for disobeying his orders. The thing was still making noise but not as much as before. He eventually took them off and carried me back upstairs. I think I will sleep now. Maybe my head will stop hurting this badly…

Year 5 Day 169:

Kuro-nii took me to the forest today! I was so excited since I have only been in there once before. I got ahead of him but not by a lot since I didn't want to get lost again. While he prepared our picnic spot I explored around making sure that he could see me. I heard noises and I looked up and saw three strange people there. I immediately hid behind my brother scared that this people will separate us. Kuro-nii talked to them while I stayed behind him. I realized they were not going to hurt us when nii-san invited to eat with us. I did talk to them. But I wonder why they don't understand me. I left them to talk and I went to play around the clearing. Eventually they left and we headed back home.

Year 5 Day 170:

Kuro-nii took me to this strange place today. I thought it was strange since I have never gone out of the mansion or the forest before. We met up with the people we met yesterday. I was surprised since they kept saying stuff. I understood parts of what they said. I panicked when they said I was to be separated from my brother. I clung on to him refusing to let go. Eventually Kuro-nii told me it was temporarily… that we he was going to be waiting for him will they did some tests. Tests? What are tests? It was the smaller one. The one who said his name was Feliciano that finally persuaded me to leave my brother.

Year 5 Day 190:

I have been learning a lot of things lately. They have begun to teach me to speak a language they say is called 'English.' I don't understand why I need to learn it. I can communicate just fine with people. They told me that it was necessary so that I wouldn't depend on nii-san as much. They also told me that nii-san knew English. I was surprised since I have never heard anyone speak such language. Much less my brother. I kind of understood when they showed me a chart with Japanese characters and strange looking figures in the other. They told me the strange shapes were written in English. I can already write my name in that language. It looks strange to me though…

Year 6 Day 10:

Ludwig-san has gotten other people to come see me. He said that since I was very interested in flowers I should become a florist. I was confused. What's a florist? When I finally asked him he said it was someone who sold flowers. Today someone came and began to teach me how to make something called a bouquet out of some roses. It took me a while to finally get it to look like hers. I was very excited. I can speak English more fluently now. It turns out that I understood the language but I couldn't speak, read, or write it. Kuro-nii was surprised when Feli-kun told him that I never noticed the difference between both languages. I myself was surprised when I finally managed to tell both apart.

Year 6 Day 345

Kuro-nii got very mad at me today. I actually understand why now. I was going to leave him to begin working in the city. We argued. He won. It wasn't a surprise since I had never gone an argument against him. When I invited him to come live with me Kuro-nii said that there was no way that he was going to go and live in the city. He also told me that Ludwig-san and Feli-kun had told him that I needed to do this alone. They wanted to see if I was capable of living by myself. Then he told me to go and to be careful. He told me, ordered more like it, to visit him once a week so we could plant another flower together. I agreed and he told me to remember everything that he had told me to say to people if they asked about my background. I agreed, and that day I left.

Year 7 280:

I met up with Asa-san today. It was also the first time I meet Francis-san. It was fun hanging out with them. Almost as fun as all the friends I have back at the mansion. I had already chosen a flower and I gave the message to Kuro-nii. When we met up at the garden he got mad that I was hanging out with new people. I started hearing a strange noise and my head started hurting again. I must have passed out because I woke up chained up in the dungeons again. And next thing I knew he started to torture me with the… the headphones. I don't know for how long he kept them there, but I agreed to his demands in the end. He took them off and handed me my pain killers. I took them and begged him to forgive me. He eventually did and consoled me, saying he was sorry for punishing me like that. I just agreed to what he said and fell asleep.

Year 13 Day 245

I made the mistake of telling Kuro-nii that I was in a relationship with someone. It's been a while since I have seen him this mad. I tried to reason with him. I told him that I was lonely in the shop since he had refused to come with me. I told him that I needed help since I could barely stand the headaches I got from trying to finish up all of those orders. I don't why he suggested turning him into a flower. I continued to beg and reason with him. I was surprised when he asked me that if I didn't think he ever got lonely. I was surprised and I told him so. Why should he be alone when he is surrounded by all of my friends? I don't why he gave in, but I am glad he did.

Year 14 Day 343

Kuro-nii announced he was going back to Japan. I was confused about why he wasn't taking me with him. He told me he needed to take the sign to Japan in order to do some rituals. He said the rituals were necessary since he wanted to see if it was time for us to stop planting flowers in the garden of gardens. I agreed with him, and I promised to continue planting while he was over there. He just smiled at me and said he would try to not delay very long. I wanted to visit him more often, but he said we were to keep things like they were. To not change anything. He should be leaving soon. And I am a little frightened of being left alone. We have never been apart for long (except for the month that I spent in Japan and the years I was with Ludwig-san and Feli-kun, and even then I still got to see him). I shall await his return, hoping that we can be together once more… just like we always have.