Ah, I see that translation of this epic story is moving along just fine. Excellent! :3 Also, toilet cleaning rag? No wonder the little blobs were in distress. And a small mistake in that text below koyukkurisa: it's "guarantee", not "guaruntee".
>>I just realized... if dropping off the stalk is a yukkuri being born and beginning it's life, what is the state of yukkuri on the stalk? Consider it as a human baby in development: if it is removed from the womb in early stages, it can't live too long; if it is removed when is close to estimated birth date, death probabilities are small. For koyukkuri's development cycle see post #480.
How have stalks progressed? Do they still get drawn with leaves on them? Leaves bring up a problem with them being able to do some form of photosynthesis. I could see drawing leaves on by accident.
Maybe leaves are just an ornament used by most artists to make the stalk easier to identify. Koyukkuris in a stalk feed by sucking mother's filling or any liquid where the stalk's root is submerged. There is a special case in yukkuris with paste core: the root connects to mother's paste core outer membrane, which allows passing brain filling and normal filling to the babies. Each liquid has different effects: pure water causes death by melting; shit or stale bean paste turns koyukkuris into manjus; sugary water in early development stages causes inadequate mental development or lack of cognitive functions in yukkuris with paste core, while in later stages is a substitute for mother's filling; the filling emitted by the Peni Peni causes increased sex drive.