Ixhoba lokuxhatshazwa ngokungapheliyo, u-Aito Eyama ukhathazwa ngabafundi afunda nabo abaqhubeka bemngcikiva bebetha. Nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yokujika nje kweziganeko, ufumana isimemo esingaqhelekanga "soMdlalo wokuThimba," apho uloyiso luthembisa ubutyebi obungakholelekiyo. Ukuthatha inxaxheba, kufuneka amkele indima yokuthimba kunye nokukhetha ixhoba libe linye ukuvalelwa inyanga. Ku-Eyama, olona khetho lukhethiweyo ngu-Aya Kirishima, inkokeli yabo baxhaphazayo kunye nomthombo wokubandezeleka kwakhe. Imigaqo yomdlalo ilula: umgcini-ntolongo unokwenza nantoni na ayithandayo ngebanjwa labo lokubulala; kodwa ukuze uphumelele umdlalo, isazisi somthimbi kufuneka sihlale sifihliwe. Ukukhululwa emthethweni, isisele esizimeleyo, kunye nemali yokuthenga izinto — zonke izixhobo eziyimfuneko zinikezelwe.
U-Eyama ulawula ukuziphindezela kwakhe okukhohlakeleyo kunye nokuziphindezela "kukaThixo", udibana nabanye abathumbi, elowo ene-ajenda zakhe ezifihliweyo. Ngeli xesha, u-Aya uyala ukuba libanjwa elithobelayo kwaye uza kuhamba nangaliphi na ixesha ukubaleka ekuthinjweni. Nangona kunjalo, iinzame zakhe zisongela ukuvusa ubumnyama obufihlwe ngaphakathi kwe-Eyama enqwenela ukukhutshwa.
