6 - Is Being Able to Retrace One's Past and Ancestors A Reason to Be Happy or Unhappy? | Does Getting a Job Doing What You Love Really Bring Happiness?

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[01:36] Rino
    Himeno!
[01:39] Rino
    Himeno! Get out of bed already!
[01:55] Rino
    You're going to break the house!
[02:01] Hime
    Morning, Mom and Dad.
[02:05] Souta
    Well, good morning.
[02:07] Rino
    Go wash your face.
[02:09] Hime
    Okay.
[02:14] Souta
    Hey, Himeno, you're still not done?
[02:18] Hime
    No!
[02:18] Rino
    Just finish up already!
SIGN    
[02:22] Hime
    Dad, aren't you done yet?
[02:24] Rino
    What now?
[02:27] Hime
    Come on!
[02:29] Souta
    I'm... working on a big one right now...
[02:32] Hime
    I don't need commentary!
[02:34] Rino
    You're going to be late.
    Why don't you finish up at school?
[02:37] Hime
    I can't!
SIGN    Traditional
[02:39] Rino
    Don't schools these days
    accommodate all body types?
SIGN    Accommodating
    All Body Types
[02:43] Hime
    But it's still cramped.
SIGN    Tall
[02:49] Hime
    And there's no steppy-step at school.
SIGN    Steppy-step
[02:52] Rino
    You don't need that anymore!
[02:54] Hime
    It just doesn't feel right without it!
[02:57] Hime
    I'm going!
[02:59] Rino
    Have a good day!
[03:01] Rino
    Watch out for cars!
[03:06] Rino
    Honestly, she may be bigger,
    but she's still a child.
[03:18] Nozomi
    It's really gotten longer.
[03:20] Hime
    My hair?
[03:21] Nozomi
    Yeah.
[03:22] Hime
    I've been thinking about getting it cut,
     but it's sorta hard.
[03:26] Kyoko
    You feel like it'd go to waste?
[03:29] Hime
    No, the salon is pricey.
[03:31] Hime
    And I can't bring myself to
    ask for another allowance...
[03:35] Hime
    Plus, beauticians never seem too
    happy to work on a centaur.
[03:41] Hime
    I guess we're a bit
    of a challenge for them.
[03:44] Kyoko
    Oh, I can see that.
[03:46] Kyoko
    Especially if the beautician isn't
    the same body type as you.
[03:49] Kyoko
    Trying to comb around my horns
    is annoying even for me.
[03:51] [SONG] Text
    Specialized Comb
[03:53] Nozomi
    Well, that's aggravating.
    That's their job, isn't it?
[03:57] Kyoko
    It must be nice to have your
    mom cut your hair for you.
[04:01] Kyoko
    Anyway, you're a girl. You should be a
    little more attentive to your looks.
[04:05] Nozomi
    Oh, who cares?
[04:07] Hime
    Why don't you try growing
    your hair long, Nozomi-chan?
[04:13] Nozomi
    I can't be bothered. Long hair is a hassle.
[04:16] Nozomi
    I like it better short.
[04:18] Akechi
    What're you talking about? Hairstyles?
[04:20] Hime
    Uh, yeah...
[04:22] Akechi
    I see.
[04:24] Akechi
    All right, then...
[04:26] Akechi
    We will now begin the meeting
     to decide Hime-chan's new hairstyle!
[04:30] Hime
    Huh?
[04:31] Nozomi
    Well... I think you should
    get it cut short.
[04:35] Nozomi
    It's easier.
[04:39] Kyoko
    Well, that's true...
[04:40] Akechi
    No way!
[04:41] Akechi
    That wouldn't suit our princess at all.
[04:44] Akechi
    Hime-chan needs a more gorgeous,
    baroque, rococo style.
[04:48] Akechi
    She has such strong facial features,
[04:50] Akechi
    and she's big in various ways...
[04:51] Akechi
    You should actually accentuate
    all that more!
[04:56] Kyoko
    Ringlet curls, huh?
[04:57] Nozomi
    That'd be tough to maintain.
[04:59] Kyoko
    Nobles didn't wash their hair, did they?
[05:03] Kyoko
    And they wore huge wigs.
[05:05] Akechi
    Why not?
[05:06] Akechi
    You could try cosplaying
    while you're at it!
[05:08] Akechi
    You pose for that sort
    of magazine, don't you?
[05:11] Hime
    Please just forget about the magazine...
[05:14] Inukai
    But it might look good if you
    just straighten it out, too.
[05:19] Akechi
    Oh, yeah, that could work!
[05:21] Akechi
    Then you can play it cool
    with a standoffish look in your eyes!
[05:24] Kyoko
    Who the heck is this?
[05:26] Kyoko
    So what did you have in mind, Hime?
[05:28] Hime
    Well, I was thinking of getting
    it cut to shoulder-length.
[05:32] Hime
    It's a hassle when it's long
    because I keep stepping on it,
[05:36] Hime
    but I wore it short before,
    and people didn't like it.
SIGN    In Middle School
[05:41] Kyoko
    Really? Who didn't like it?
[05:42] Hime
    W-Well, like...
[05:46] Hime
    Shino-chan, for example.
    That's my little cousin.
[05:51] (Flashback) Hime
    What do you think of my new haircut?
[05:56] (Flashback) Shino
    Nee-tan, did you quit being a princess?
[06:00] (Flashback) Shino
    I liked you better as a princess.
[06:04] (Flashback) Hime
    Huh?
[06:06] All
    Really?
[06:07] Hime
    Yes, really!
[06:09] Manami
    I get that, though.
[06:11] Nozomi
    Oh, Class President.
[06:14] Manami
    My younger sisters said
    similar things to me, too.
[06:19] Akechi
    The class president wouldn't
    look bad with short hair...
[06:24] Nozomi
    Your halo is just hair,
    right? Can't you cut it?
[06:28] Manami
    Intentionally cutting a hair halo
    constitutes discrimination.
[06:32] Manami
    It's viewed as the rejection
    of a specific race.
[06:36] Manami
    Of course, if you're born without
    one or have it accidentally cut,
SIGN    Certificate of Deficiency
[06:41] Manami
    the hospital or salon will give
    you a certificate specifying so,
[06:45] Manami
    but that just makes things difficult.
[06:47] Manami
    Also, it looks dumb while
    it's growing back.
[06:50] Nozomi
    Sounds like a lot of trouble.
[06:53] Kyoko
    You've got it easier than anyone here.
[06:55] Hime
    We both have it rough!
[06:57] Manami
    True.
[06:58] Nozomi
    By the way, do you get your tail cut, too?
[07:01] Hime
    It sheds hair on its own when
    it reaches a certain length.
[07:05] Hime
    But some people get pretty fancy with them.
[07:07] Suu
    Something you can only do
    with a shaggy tail, huh?
[07:10] Hime
    Don't look at it so much!
[07:12] Nozomi
    Why not?
[07:20] Hime
    Mom put bell peppers in it again.
[07:22] Kyoko
    What are you, a kid?
[07:26] Kyoko
    I'm not your dad,
    you know. Eat them yourself.
[07:30] Kyoko
    If you don't,
    you'll never grow up mentally.
[07:34] Hime
    My mom told me that, too.
[07:37] Nozomi
    Still...
[07:39] Nozomi
    I can't believe that's enough
    food for someone your size.
[07:42] Hime
    Y-Yeah...
[07:44] Suu
    You're a light eater, I see.
[07:46] Kyoko
    What about you, Sassu-Sassu?
    Do you eat anything?
[07:51] Suu
    I've made my stomach and intestines
    adjust to human society,
[07:54] Suu
    so I can eat most things.
[07:58] Suu
    But my body is designed in such
    a way that I can't chew,
[08:03] Suu
    so I can't eat anything I can't swallow.
[08:05] Kyoko
    Huh...
[08:07] Suu
    Himeno-san, you're not going to eat?
[08:09] Hime
    It's not that... I just...
[08:12] Nozomi
    You're on a diet, right?
[08:14] Suu
    A diet?
[08:15] Hime
    Um...
[08:18] Suu
    Is that true?
[08:19] Kyoko
    Oh, a diet, huh?
[08:23] Hime
    Th-That's, um...
[08:26] Manami
    Kimihara-san.
[08:28] Manami
    Students aren't allowed
     to bring outside snacks to eat.
[08:32] Hime
    U-Um...
[08:35] Hime
    This is the dessert that
    was in my lunch box!
[08:37] Manami
    Those determined eyebrows
    won't convince me.
[08:41] Manami
    I won't take it away since
    I'm not a teacher,
[08:44] Manami
    but if you're that hungry,
    have your mom pack more lunch for you.
[08:47] Hime
    I'm sorry, Tama-chan.
[08:48] Kyoko
    Sorry, Hime.
[08:50] Manami
    Honestly...
[08:50] Nozomi
    The class president's like a mom, huh?
[08:53] Suu
    A "mom"? What is that?
[09:00] Kyoko
    I know you've heard this before,
[09:02] Kyoko
    but it's rare to see a Japanese
    centaur with red hair.
[09:05] Hime
    I know.
[09:07] Hime
    That made middle school
    a rough time for me.
[09:10] Hime
    My conduct teacher suspected
    that I dyed it,
[09:13] Hime
    and he wouldn't believe me.
[09:16] Nozomi
    Isn't that discrimination?
[09:18] Hime
    Yeah, he ended up getting arrested.
[09:21] Nozomi
    Is it because you're half-Japanese?
[09:22] Hime
    No.
[09:24] Hime
    That's just how my mom's family
    has looked for generations.
[09:27] Nozomi
    Huh...
[09:29] Hime
    There's this story...
[09:31] Suu
    A story?
[09:34] Hime
    Sort of a biography...
    but it's almost like a legend.
[09:38] Suu
    I would love to hear it.
[09:41] Hime
    Well...
[09:44] Hime
    My ancestor was a princess who was
    kidnapped by a southern barbarian,
[09:49] Hime
    and her siblings pursued them
    in hopes of saving her.
[09:54] Hime
    They traveled from Southern Europe to Northern
    Europe, even to Anatolia, looking for her.
[09:59] Hime
    Eventually, they found their
    sister and returned to Japan...
[10:04] Hime
    But from then on, all generations of her
    descendants had red-haired babies.
[10:10] Nozomi
    So it does come from being half-Japanese.
[10:13] Kyoko
    The raid on the southern barbarians
    is a pretty famous story.
[10:16] Kyoko
    Wait, Hime, do you come from
    a distinguished family?
[10:20] Hime
    My mom's dad was just an
    ordinary businessman, though.
[10:25] Kyoko
    You don't have historical
    documents or anything?
[10:27] Hime
    I'm not sure...
[10:29] Hime
    Our house was built for sale
    in a new residential area.
[10:32] Kyoko
    Well, it's been handed down
    pretty widely as a biography.
[10:36] Suu
    That's amazing.
[10:42] Kyoko
    In search of the kidnapped princess,
[10:44] Kyoko
    for the sole purpose of bringing her home,
[10:47] Kyoko
    the raiders launched attacks
    all over the continent.
[10:58] Kyoko
    With a single arrow,
[11:02] Kyoko
    they sank an entire ship,
    or so the story goes.
[11:07] Nozomi
    That's ridiculous.
[11:09] Kyoko
    You'd think so, right?
[11:11] Kyoko
    There are apparently records of it, though.
[11:13] Suu
    Regardless of the truth in it,
    it's a fascinating story.
[11:17] Kyoko
    Even after that...
[11:20] Kyoko
    The slaves they freed along
    the way joined them en masse
[11:24] Kyoko
    and became a huge army.
[11:26] Kyoko
    And so they finally achieved their
    goal of bringing their sister home.
[11:33] Kyoko
    And...
[11:34] Kyoko
    the bloodline of that militant
    clan ended with this.
[11:38] Hime
    Eek, scary!
SIGN    Is Being Able to Retrace One's Past and Ancestors A Reason to Be Happy or Unhappy?
SIGN    Does Getting a Job Doing What You
    Love Really Bring Happiness?
[11:57] Mochida
    Hello, this is Mochida of Hell Monthly.
[12:01] Kyoko
    Hi. Naraku appreciates all that you do.
[12:06] Kyoko
    Yes. Yes.
[12:08] Kyoko
    Okay. We'll email it
    to you by this evening.
[12:13] Kyoko
    Thank you again.
[12:17] Mochida
    A girl? Was she his secretary?
[12:21] Kyoko
    You heard. Have it done by 6 PM, Pops.
[12:25] Dad
    Jeez... Not that it matters,
     but a girl shouldn't call her dad "Pops."
[12:30] Dad
    Call me "Dad" or "Father" or something.
[12:32] Kyoko
    Then fulfill your paternal duty and have
    the manuscript done by the deadline.
[12:38] Dad
    You might not like it, but it's not
    easy keeping two kids fed, you know!
[12:43] Dad
    Especially now, when the whole
    industry's profits are...
[12:46] Kyoko
    Yeah, yeah. Just keep working.
[12:49] [SONG] Text
    Hell Monthly
    Editing Department
[12:50] Mochida
    Sir,
[12:52] Mochida
    is Naraku-san really a popular writer?
[12:54] Chief
    Well, fairly, at least.
[12:56] Chief
    A long time ago,
[12:58] Chief
    he drew a lot of attention for an article
     he wrote in a radical undercover investigation.
[13:02] Chief
    Since then, every time that incident makes
    waves on TV, the writer profits again.
[13:07] Mochida
    Oh...
[13:09] Chief
    Why do you ask?
[13:11] Mochida
    Well, I called him a moment ago,
     and a woman answered.
[13:15] Mochida
    I just wondered if he could
    afford a secretary.
[13:17] Chief
    That was his daughter.
[13:19] Mochida
    Huh? That old— I mean,
    Naraku-san is married?
[13:24] Chief
    He wasn't born a chubby old man
    from the crotch of a tree, you know.
[13:30] Mochida
    His daughter, huh?
[13:33] Chief
    I heard she's a pretty cute, slender girl.
[13:37] Chief
    I believe she's in middle...
    no, high school now.
[13:41] Mochida
    A cute high school girl! That sounds great!
[13:45] Chief
    What's great about that?
[13:46] Chief
    Since his daughter's started
    acting as his secretary,
[13:50] Chief
    he's been meeting his deadlines,
    which is great for us, anyway.
[13:55] Kyoko
    Pops, I fixed the weird word choices and typos.
     Go ahead and look it over.
[14:01] Dad
    Got it.
[14:02] Dad
    And I told you not to call me "Pops."
[14:05] Kyoko
    Anyway,
[14:06] Kyoko
    why don't you have a comment from
    Professor Bibu at Library Paradise University?
[14:11] Dad
    I couldn't get an interview.
[14:14] Dad
    Hey! Who are you—
[14:20] Kyoko
    Hello, is this Professor Bibu's office?
[14:23] Dad
    Hey, wait!
[14:24] Kyoko
    Yes. I was deeply impressed
    by the professor's writings.
[14:30] Kyoko
    Really?
[14:32] Kyoko
    Yes, my senpai attended the seminar.
[14:35] Kyoko
    Yes, and I was hoping to hear
    the professor's opinion.
[14:42] Manami
    Turn right at the next corner, please.
[14:45] Kyoko
    I see. Okay.
[14:48] Kyoko
    Thank you very much.
[14:52] Kyoko
    Here. The professor's comments.
[14:54] Dad
    O-Okay...
[14:56] Kyoko
    I'll go put on some coffee. Keep it up.
[15:04] Kyoko
    Is that the class president?
[15:07] Kyoko
    Why's she dressed like that?
[15:10] Kyoko
    Is she cosplaying?
[15:12] Dad
    Hey, hurry up with the coffee.
[15:15] Kyoko
    Yeah, sure.
[15:16] Dad
    What? Something interesting out there?
[15:19] Kyoko
    Well, I just saw a friend
    of mine from school...
[15:22] Kyoko
    in a priestess outfit...
[15:24] Kyoko
    going into the crazy neighbor lady's house.
[15:27] Dad
    Is your friend running
    a curse removal scam?
[15:31] Kyoko
    What? Gonna tell me not to hang
    out with people like that?
[15:34] Dad
    No, I was going to tell you
    to get closer to her.
[15:37] Dad
    I want the story.
[15:39] Kyoko
    Well, the class president doesn't
    seem like that type to me.
[15:44] Lady
    This is the box that's troubling me.
[15:48] Lady
    A medium I spoke to said it's cursed.
[15:53] Manami
    And what did the medium say?
[15:56] Lady
    That the curse was so strong,
    there was nothing that could be done.
[16:01] Lady
    That I should leave it in this spot
    to contain the vengeful spirit,
[16:05] Lady
    and to light the candles
     and make offerings every day.
[16:09] Lady
    But its power still seems
    to be trickling out.
[16:12] Lady
    My cat went missing for a while,
[16:14] Lady
    and I hear noises coming from empty rooms.
[16:17] Lady
    And, sometimes, I sense a
    presence behind me...
[16:22] Manami
    Sounds like she's imagining things.
[16:25] Manami
    Still...
[16:27] Manami
    Very well. I'll quiet the box
     and take it with me.
[16:36] Manami
    Now I'll purify the room
    and exorcise any remaining evil.
[16:40] Lady
    Please do.
[16:42] Manami
    May I ask you to step outside?
[16:45] Lady
    Of course.
[16:54] Manami
    Cleanse! Purify!
[16:58] Manami
    Cleanse! Purify!
[16:58] Manami
    I wonder what I should make for dinner...
[17:04] Manami
    All done.
[17:05] Lady
    Thank you so much.
[17:08] Manami
    Now, about the monetary offering...
[17:11] Lady
    Oh, yes, of course.
SIGN    Offering
[17:14] Lady
    Please accept this,
     along with compensation for the taxi.
[17:18] Manami
    Very well. I'll be back
    later to pick it up.
[17:21] Lady
    Thank you so much.
[17:24] Kyoko
    Yes... Yes.
[17:27] Kyoko
    We look forward to working
    with you next month.
[17:31] Kyoko
    He said it's okay.
[17:33] Dad
    All right! That's one thing taken care of!
[17:36] Dad
    It's a little early,
     but wanna go grab dinner?
[17:38] Kyoko
    We can't.
[17:40] Kyoko
    Nii-chan's getting back late,
    and he'll eat here.
[17:43] Dad
    Aw...
[17:44] Dad
    It's always "Nii-chan, Nii-chan" with you.
     You got a brother complex or what?
[17:48] Kyoko
    Shut up.
[17:49] Kyoko
    I'll make dinner. You just wait and be grateful
    you get to eat your daughter's cooking.
SIGN    Mitama
[18:08] Dad
    Welcome back.
[18:10] Manami
    You're making dinner, Dad?
[18:12] Dad
    Yeah.
[18:13] Dad
    The kids wore themselves out
    playing and passed out,
[18:17] Dad
    and it sounded like you'd be home late.
[18:20] Manami
    And the painting?
[18:22] Manami
    Have you made progress with the painting?
[18:24] Dad
    Oh...
[18:26] Dad
    Actually, I seem to be in a bit of a slump.
[18:38] Manami
    I don't know any more about art
    than what I've read in textbooks,
[18:43] Manami
    but are you really a painter?
[18:46] Dad
    That's a little painful to hear from you.
[18:48] Dad
    It's not as if my painting
    puts food on the table.
[18:51] Dad
    But...
[18:52] Manami
    It's not about whether it puts
    food on the table or not.
[18:55] Manami
    You're off work, and the kids are asleep.
[18:59] Manami
    If you're a painter, shouldn't you
    be using this time to paint?
[19:02] Dad
    Well...
[19:04] Dad
    A painting isn't something you can just
    poke at when you get a spare moment.
[19:09] Dad
    Besides, doesn't it make your life
    easier if dinner's already done?
[19:13] Manami
    In Akutagawa's Hell Screen,
[19:15] Manami
    a painter had to paint his own
    daughter being burned alive.
[19:20] Dad
    That's a pretty awful thing to do,
    as both a painter and a father.
[19:24] Dad
    You'd hate me if I did that to you,
     wouldn't you?
[19:28] Manami
    Of course I would, but...
[19:32] Manami
    If you're an artist and painter,
[19:35] Manami
    you should paint despite
    the hate it earns you.
[19:39] Manami
    Even in spare moments, even if your
    daughter hates you, you should paint.
[19:44] Manami
    If you won't paint,
    then choose a different path.
[19:48] Manami
    Do you want to be an artist,
[19:50] Manami
    or a good father?
[19:58] Dad
    I don't think it's impossible
    to be both of those things.
[20:03] Manami
    Do you have the talent
    necessary to manage both?
[20:08] Dad
    Well...
[20:11] Manami
    You won't establish yourself as a painter,
[20:14] Manami
    but as a father, you only work half
    of the week as a contractor.
[20:17] Manami
    That just makes you
[20:19] Manami
    a lousy father hoping to earn
    compensation for your youngest daughter.
[20:21] [SONG] Text
    Oral Medication
    Mitama Sue
[20:28] Chiho
    Nee-tan...
[20:30] Manami
    Oh, are you awake?
[20:33] Sue
    Nee-nee.
[20:35] Manami
    Well, Dad made dinner for us. Let's eat.
[20:45] TV
    Now for our next story.
[20:47] TV
    The results of America's
    presidential election are in,
[20:50] TV
    and the Democratic Communist
    candidate, Imecocca, has won...
[20:50] Rino
    She fell asleep.
[20:52] Rino
    If she were Shino-chan's age,
     I could easily call this adorable.
[20:58] Rino
    Honestly, she's just a big child.
[21:01] Souta
    Why does she only cozy up to you?
[21:04] Rino
    Because you're a child, too.
[21:07] Souta
    C'mon, give me your spot.
[21:10] Rino
    Ask Himeno about that.
[21:12] Souta
    Aw...
[21:13] Kid
    Later!
[21:14] Kid
    Bye!
[21:15] Kid
    See you tomorrow!
[21:17] Mom
    Sensei!
[21:20] Mom
    Thanks for all you've done for my son.
[21:23] Nozomi
    Oh, it's nothing.
[21:25] Mom
    You're very good at teaching.
[21:29] Mom
    He's never stuck with any
    of his other lessons.
[21:33] Mom
    This is the only one he attends
    without ever missing a session.
[21:36] Nozomi
    Oh...
[21:37] Mom
    We'll see you next time.
[21:39] Kid
    Bye, Sensei.
[21:46] Nozomi
    This makes it so hard
     to decide on my future path...
[21:55] Suu
    I see.
[21:57] Suu
    How very interesting.
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