# E198 - The Rolling Rice Ball
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GX9UQKPJX/the-rolling-rice-ball)
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**[00:01] All**
*Aware! Meisaku-Kun!*
***SIGN*** Aware! Meisaku-Kun
**[00:06] Musubi**
I am...
**[00:07] Musubi**
...extremely angry!
**[00:09] Sign**
Episode 198
The Rolling Rice Ball
**[00:09] Meisaku**
What's wrong?
**[00:10] Musubi**
There's this song that's
totally unacceptable.
**[00:12] Sweets**
What song is it?
**[00:13] Musubi**
A nursery rhyme called "The Rolling Acorn."
**[00:14] Sign**
The Rolling Acorn
**[00:14] Sign**
The Rolling Acorn
**[00:15] Musubi**
I mean, what *are* those lyrics?
**[00:16] Tsurukou**
How does that one go again?
**[00:19] Musubi**
I don't even want to sing it.
**[00:20] ---**
Meisaku-kun, please sing it for me.
**[00:22] Meisaku**
Who, me?
**[00:24] Musubi**
I'll shout, "There!" when it gets
to the unacceptable part.
**[00:26] Meisaku**
Uh, guess I'm singing it, then.
**[00:28] Sign**
"The Rolling Acorn"
Written by Aoki Nagayoshi Composed by Yanada Tadashi
**[00:32] Meisaku**
An acorn rolled down
**[00:34] Musubi**
There!
**[00:34] Meisaku**
Already?!
**[00:36] Musubi**
When you say "rolled down"...
**[00:38] Musubi**
That's a rice ball thing, don'tcha know!
**[00:39] Tsurukou**
"Don'tcha know"?
**[00:40] Musubi**
Anything shaped like an acorn wouldn't roll.
**[00:43] Meisaku**
I think it would, wouldn't it?
**[00:44] Sweets**
Yup.
**[00:45] Musubi**
The most rollable shape is
a triangle. Like a rice ball!
**[00:48] Tsurukou**
Round's better.
**[00:49] Musubi**
Anyhow, that song's unacceptable.
**[00:51] ---**
I've gathered you all here today to show
you the rolling-ability of a rice ball.
**[00:55] Meisaku**
The rolling-ability, huh?
**[00:57] Musubi**
Time me as I roll, okay?
**[00:59] Musubi**
Ready?
**[01:01] Tsurukou**
And he's gone.
**[01:02] Sweets**
By the way, how does
the rest of that song go?
**[01:05] Meisaku**
An acorn rolls into a pond and gets immersed
in the water, then a loach plays with him.
**[01:05] Sign**
The
Rolling
Acorn
**[01:10] Sweets**
Immersed in a pond?
**[01:11] Tsurukou**
If that happened to Musubi-paisen,
it'd be a total disaster.
**[01:14] Sweets**
He'd come apart in the water.
**[01:16] Meisaku**
That's true.
**[01:18] Tsurukou**
That's not a good sound, right?!
**[01:20] Meisaku**
Let's go find him!
**[01:23] Sign**
No Swimming
**[01:24] Musubi**
I'm immersed in a pond
and now I'm in trouble.
**[01:26] ---**
My body's starting to fall apart!
**[01:29] Loach**
Hello there!
***SIGN*** No Swimming
**[01:30] Musubi**
Wh-Who might you be?
**[01:31] Loach**
I'm a loach.
**[01:33] Musubi**
Great timing! Could you nudge me to the shore?
**[01:36] Loach**
Little boy!
**[01:37] Musubi**
Little boy?
**[01:38] Loach**
Let's play together!
**[01:40] Musubi**
Were you listening?
**[01:41] Loach**
If you play a game with me,
I'll take you to the shore.
**[01:44] ---**
All right, what do you wanna play?
**[01:46] Musubi**
You really want to play right now?
**[01:48] Loach**
Choose from the following:
**[01:49] Loach**
"Hide-and-seek."
**[01:49] Sign**
Hide-and-Seek
**[01:49] Sign**
Hide-and-Seek
**[01:50] Sign**
Hide-and-Seek
**[01:50] Sign**
Hide-and-Seek
**[01:50] Musubi**
I can't move right now.
**[01:52] Loach**
"Water play."
**[01:52] Sign**
Water Play
**[01:52] Sign**
Water Play
**[01:53] Musubi**
You mean what we're already doing?
**[01:53] Sign**
Water Play
**[01:53] Sign**
Water Play
**[01:55] Loach**
"Find the loach that's hiding."
**[01:55] Sign**
Find the
Loach That's
Hiding
**[01:55] Sign**
Find the
Loach That's
Hiding
**[01:56] Sign**
Find the
Loach That's
Hiding
**[01:56] Sign**
Find the
Loach That's
Hiding
**[01:56] Musubi**
That's hide-and-seek!
**[01:58] Sign**
Sword Play with Spiked Bats
**[01:58] Sign**
Sword Play with Spiked Bats
**[01:58] Loach**
"Sword play with spiked bats."
**[01:59] Sign**
Sword Play with Spiked Bats
**[01:59] Sign**
Sword Play with Spiked Bats
**[01:59] Musubi**
I've never heard of that,
and I don't want to play it.
**[02:02] Loach**
Oh, come on now.
**[02:03] ---**
You complain too much.
**[02:04] Musubi**
Can't you suggest something
a little more doable?
**[02:07] Loach**
How about...
**[02:08] Loach**
...a staring contest?
**[02:09] Musubi**
I can do that!
**[02:10] Loach**
Best of 100!
**[02:10] Sign**
Staring Contest: Best of 100
**[02:10] Sign**
Staring Contest: Best of 100
**[02:12] Musubi**
That's *way* too many rounds!
**[02:14] Loach**
The longer the game, the better it is, right?
**[02:14] Sign**
Staring Contest: Best of 100
**[02:14] Sign**
Staring Contest: Best of 100
**[02:17] Musubi**
Why do you want to play so much?
**[02:19] Loach**
I get lonely.
**[02:21] ---**
I'm the only one in this pond.
**[02:24] Musubi**
Oh, are you?
**[02:25] Musubi**
Okay, I'll play with you!
**[02:27] Loach**
Thank you! But I have one favor to ask.
**[02:30] Musubi**
Yes?
**[02:31] Loach**
I have an early start tomorrow,
so please be mindful of that.
**[02:35] Musubi**
Huh? We're not playing *that* long!
**[02:40] Meisaku**
Musubi!
**[02:41] Musubi**
Hey, I'm over here!
**[02:44] Meisaku**
A loach?
**[02:45] Musubi**
I'm right here!
**[02:47] Meisaku**
You're tiny!
**[02:48] Tsurukou**
What's happening here?
**[02:49] Musubi**
I'll explain it all...
**[02:51] Musubi**
...in song!
**[02:52] Meisaku**
Why in song?
**[02:54] Sign**
"The Rolling Rice Ball"
Lyrics: Musubi
**[02:58] Sign**
A rice ball rolled down
**[02:59] Sign**
(Translation: Rolling down a gentle hill)
**[03:01] Meisaku**
In English?!
**[03:01] Sign**
Immersed in a game and now in trouble
**[03:04] Tsurukou**
Immersed in a game, not a pond?
**[03:06] Sign**
The loach got tired and bored
**[03:08] Sweets**
You played that much, huh?
**[03:09] Sign**
Little boy, it's about time you went home
**[03:13] Meisaku**
The loach wants him to leave!
**[03:15] Musubi**
Once we started playing,
I got totally sucked in.
**[03:18] Tsurukou**
So can we just agree that rice balls
and acorns both roll really well?
**[03:22] Musubi**
I'm no longer mad about
that section of the song.
**[03:25] Meisaku**
Oh, really?
**[03:26] Musubi**
Only that section, though.
**[03:27] Sweets**
You're still mad about other parts of it?
**[03:29] Musubi**
I'll shout "There!" when you get to it,
so start singing, Meisaku.
**[03:32] Meisaku**
Again?
**[03:33] Sign**
"The Rolling Acorn"
Written by Aoki Nagayoshi Composed by Yanada Tadashi
**[03:37] Sign**
An acorn rolled down
**[03:39] Sign**
Plip-plopping
**[03:40] Musubi**
There!
**[03:41] Meisaku**
Already?!
**[03:42] Musubi**
My issue with it is...
**[03:44] Musubi**
What does "plip-plopping" even mean?!
**[03:46] Meisaku**
Who cares?
**[03:48] Narrator**
And they all lived happily ever after!
***SIGN*** Aware! Meisaku-Kun