We Became a Family (家族になりました Kazoku ni Narimashita?) is the fifty-third chapter of the Dandadan manga series.
Summary[]
Jiji yells out to everyone to put an end to the exorcism as it starts to have an effect on the Evil Eye. Momo is then ordered by Seiko to keep Jiji still with her psychic powers, which caused her unexpectedly to see a glimpse into the Evil Eye's memories. Jiji begs for the exorcism to stop, explaining that he promised to play with the Evil Eye and that he will do his best to be more careful around cold water. Using a fire extinguisher, Seiko puts out the ritual bonfire and tells the hayashi that she has decided to cancel the exorcism, having decided to comply with Jiji to welcome the Evil Eye into the "family" after seeing his spirit. Aira tells the others that she is not willing to comply after pointing out that it would be too much trouble to continue monitoring Jiji. In light of this, Okarun offers to improve himself to keep the Evil Eye in check since he considers Jiji his friend. Hearing Okarun's willingness to help, Momo also agrees to make herself strong as well, which then prompts Aira to change her mind into cooperating with them, as she tells Momo that she refuses to get left behind by her. As Momo and Aira bicker with each other and Jiji comes over to hug Okarun for his support, Seiko notices rain falling and calls out to Momo, Okarun, and Aira to get their hot water ready, only for it to become too late as the Evil Eye punches Okarun into the house. With the exorcism cancelled, the hayashi prepare to make their leave and tells Seiko and Momo to contact them again they need help again, which Momo responds saying that they may contact them sooner, as she becomes upset with the amount of damage done to the house, and is told by Seiko to retrieve some cardboard from the supermarket to avoid getting cold inside.
The next day, Seiko begins to train Jiji on how to control his ki through the exercise of sitting in a seiza posture, explaining to him that he will be able to keep the Evil Eye under control if he is able to unlock his spiritual power.