11 - The Merfolk and the Bakeneko

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SIGN    The Tale of the Merfolk
[00:01] WOMAN/NA
    Once upon a time,
[00:02] WOMAN/NA
    a beautiful woman and an infant washed
    up on an island called Sameshima.
[00:09] WOMAN/NA
    Considerably weakened,
[00:12] WOMAN/NA
    the village chief and his son did their
    best to nurse them back to health.
[00:17] WOMAN/NA
    The woman said she had come from across the sea.
[00:21] WOMAN/NA
    The woman, who worked at a
    bean confectionery in town,
[00:25] WOMAN/NA
    fell in love with the young shopkeeper
    and gave birth to a baby.
[00:29] WOMAN/NA
    However, she was cast out and
    even had brigands set upon her.
SIGN    2 Years Later
[00:36] WOMAN/NA
    Two years later, the confectioner's
    men came to the island.
[00:41] WOMAN/NA
    The shopkeeper and his wife couldn't conceive,
[00:45] WOMAN/NA
    so they demanded the woman's
    child and took it from her.
[00:49] WOMAN/NA
    They cut the woman down with swords
    and threw her into the sea.
[00:55] WOMAN/NA
    As the men cast off to return home,
    the seas grew rough,
[00:59] WOMAN/NA
    a storm descended upon them,
    and a horrifying merfolk appeared.
[01:05] WOMAN/NA
    They abandoned the child and attempted to flee,
[01:08] WOMAN/NA
    but they were eventually swallowed by the waves.
[01:12] WOMAN/NA
    The merfolk's face was that of the woman,
[01:15] WOMAN/NA
    but there was no trace of her beauty,
    as she'd become an unsightly malevolent spirit.
[01:21] WOMAN/NA
    Following the instructions of Koetsu,
[01:25] WOMAN/NA
    the priest who came to the island,
    the village chief's son said a prayer.
[01:30] WOMAN/NA
    When they mummified the child's body and
    presented it as an offering, the storms calmed.
[01:37] WOMAN/NA
    This is how Sameshima came to
    be known as Merfolk Island.
[01:45] MOGURA
    Don't move a millimeter!
[01:59] KOITARO
    The island's...
[02:00] KOITARO
    Our ancestors'...
[02:03] KOITARO
    Mother's... sacred festival...
[02:07] KOITARO
    That arrow...
[02:09] KOITARO
    Sir, you can't do this.
[02:12] KOITARO
    I've been watching you
    since you're so suspicious.
[02:15] MOGURA
    Is that what Mama told you to do, sonny?
[02:20] MOGURA
    Not only am I suspicious, I know everything.
[02:22] MOGURA
    An Oedipus complex fogey, an evil
    little girl, and a monstrous hag.
[02:26] MOGURA
    I doubt it'll do any good, but let
    me say the decent thing anyway.
[02:30] MOGURA
    You call yourself a
    company president, you fogey?
[02:33] KOITARO
    Who are you?
[02:35] KOITARO
    What did you do with the arrow?
[02:36] KOITARO
    What is that lamp?
[02:39] KOITARO
    Did you do something to the Moris' boy?
[02:41] KOITARO
    Why is the other one uninjured?
[02:43] KOITARO
    It doesn't make sense!
[02:44] MOGURA
    You think pretty clearly for a puppet.
[02:47] MOGURA
    You're wasting your potential.
[02:49] MOGURA
    You've got a way with words,
    and you're quick-witted.
[02:51] MOGURA
    Careful with that. Is that
    a knife for butchering fish?
[02:55] MOGURA
    You don't have many openings.
[02:56] MOGURA
    You practice a martial art, don't you?
[02:59] MOGURA
    You must've been raised well.
[03:00] MOGURA
    You even look pretty good for your age.
[03:04] MOGURA
    You'd be a desirable man if you were weaned.
[03:07] MOGURA
    Anyway, nobody wants to see a fight
    between a middle-aged man and an old-timer.
[03:12] MOGURA
    Let's not do this.
[03:13] MOGURA
    On top of that, you've got that boss
    hag and minefield girl behind you.
[03:17] MOGURA
    If this were a manga or anime,
    you wouldn't have any fans.
[03:21] MOGURA
    You gotta at least have a young handsome boss.
[03:25] KOITARO
    Don't insult my family!
[03:27] MOGURA
    Your family, huh?
SIGN    About This Shrine
     The merfolk of the island's merfolk legend is enshrined on the reef on the north side of Masago Bay.
    With a head resembling an infant and the body of a woman, it lures men into the sea with its voice.
    Originally a human girl, its life was filled with grief. When its child was taken by humans,
    it became a malicious spirit, and its beautiful form transformed into an unsightly merfolk, causing rough seas, and the surrounding eight islands are said to have been destroyed in a single night.
     In the third year of the Keicho era, Koetsu the priest dedicated a child's mummy to Sakazukiyama Watatsumi Shrine (present day Samejima Shrine), sparing the island from disaster.
    During the annual Spring festival, the islanders perform a ritual using arrows and flames to quell the malicious spirit and pray for safety on the sea. While feared as a source of calamity, the shrine has also been used for many years as a landmark for those returning to the mainland.
[03:30] MOGURA
    Isn't this what it said?
SIGN    With a head resembling an infant and the body of a woman, it lures men into the sea with its voice.
[03:32] KOITARO
    Goo-goo ga-ga.
[03:33] MOGURA
    "With a head resembling an infant
[03:37] MOGURA
    and the body of a woman,
[03:37] SACHI
    Yes, yes!
[03:40] MOGURA
    it lures men into the sea with its voice."
SIGN    Shriek Shriek Shriek Shriek
[03:46] MOGURA
    The unsightly merfolk
[03:48] MOGURA
    is your family!
SIGN    Episode 11
    "The Merfolk and the Bakeneko"
[05:23] KOITARO
    Anyone who mocks my family is a bad person!
[05:26] KOITARO
    Apologize!
[05:27] MOGURA
    Are you throwing a tantrum now?
[05:29] MOGURA
    You're a child in every way!
[05:34] MOGURA
    Wh-Whoa! That was close.
[05:36] MOGURA
    That thing is sharp.
[05:38] KOITARO
    Anyone who offers an opinion
    is an enemy of peace.
[05:41] KOITARO
    Mother was right.
[05:43] KOITARO
    Kirihara brought calamity to the island.
[05:45] KOITARO
    Calamity is a monster that
    arrives in human form.
[05:49] KOITARO
    That's how it works in the
    fairy tales Mother tells me.
[05:52] KOITARO
    And though his form was derivative,
    his bow skills were exceptional.
[05:56] KOITARO
    He's a true monster.
[05:57] KOITARO
    Everything Mama says is always right.
[06:00] KOITARO
    Our peace is being tested.
[06:05] KOITARO
    Do you have a mother? A family?
[06:09] MOGURA
    What? No.
[06:11] KOITARO
    I didn't think so.
[06:14] KOITARO
    You grew up to be a bad boy because you
    don't know a family's—a mother's love.
[06:18] KOITARO
    You're jealous of our family.
[06:21] KOITARO
    Poor thing.
[06:24] KOITARO
    Children who don't know the warmth
    of a family turn out wrong.
[06:28] KOITARO
    You don't realize that's you, do you?
[06:29] KOITARO
    You poor thing.
[06:31] KOITARO
    Mother always tells me that I know love.
[06:34] KOITARO
    That's important for human beings.
[06:36] KOITARO
    You don't understand? Poor thing.
[06:40] KOITARO
    I'm sorry to say it, but that
    means you're a bad person.
[06:43] KOITARO
    In the stories I love, those who don't
    know love are always bad people.
[06:50] KOITARO
    And bad people must always be defeated.
[06:55] KOITARO
    Everyone's always waiting for the
    moment the bad guys are defeated.
[07:00] KOITARO
    Defeating them makes me a hero.
[07:02] KOITARO
    I've been defeating the
    bad people on the island.
[07:05] KOITARO
    Mother always praises me,
    which makes me even stronger.
[07:10] KOITARO
    It's all about doing what Mama taught me.
[07:16] MOGURA
    You're the one who's crazy!
[07:18] KOITARO
    Thank you for saying something
    a bad guy would say.
[07:20] KOITARO
    I can defeat you now, right?
[07:33] KOITARO
    I cut through the bow so easily.
[07:35] KOITARO
    How?
[07:36] MOGURA
    In Japan, when people die, they're sent
    to one of the Six Paths or paradise.
[07:39] MOGURA
    The Hell Path, the harshest of all paths,
[07:43] MOGURA
    is divided into the Eight Greater Hells and
    the Eight Cold Hells, each with eight realms.
[07:47] MOGURA
    Additionally...
[07:48] MOGURA
    Actually, that's enough about that.
[07:51] MOGURA
    In the Black Thread Hell, one of the Eight
    Greater Hells, the dead are tied up with ropes.
[07:57] MOGURA
    This is one of the ropes they use there.
[08:00] MOGURA
    It's stained red with blood,
    but it was originally black.
[08:03] MOGURA
    It's not easily cut by objects of this world.
[08:05] KOITARO
    You really are crazy.
[08:08] MOGURA
    By the way, I've got a question for you.
[08:11] MOGURA
    Did your Mama not teach you
    the incredibly basic lesson
[08:14] MOGURA
    of not pointing sharp objects at people?
[08:16] MOGURA
    That sounds way worse than whatever
    she taught you about love.
[08:19] KOITARO
    Don't insult Mama, you monster!
[08:21] KOITARO
    I only know what I've been taught!
[08:23] MOGURA
    What kind of logic is that?!
[08:26] MOGURA
    Would you just...
[08:30] MOGURA
    ...think for yourself for once?!
[08:33] KOITARO
    Mama...
[08:38] MOGURA
    Poor kid.
[08:40] MOGURA
    I'm glad I'm in my 30s right now.
[08:43] MOGURA
    If I were his age, that
    could have taken forever.
[08:48] SIGN FX
    FWAP FWAP
[08:53] MOGURA
    Magi! Mori-kun!
[08:54] YAEKO
    Magi-kun! Mori-kun!
[08:56] MOGURA/ID
    Even if I fired an arrow of this world,
[08:58] MOGURA/ID
    I lack the power to exorcise an
    otherworldly creature like that merfolk.
[09:03] MOGURA
    Damn it!
[09:09] MOGURA
    Nice, boss! You got here in time!
SIGN    Meow
SIGN    Waaah
[09:35] MAGI/ID
    In that moment, it was clearer than
    it had ever been to me
[09:39] MAGI/ID
    why Ikebukuro-san deserved to
    be referred to as Ikebukuro-san.
[09:43] YAEKO/ID
    I'd better not fail any of
    the professor's classes.
[09:49] YAEKO
    Sir! Kyo-chan!
[09:51] YAEKO
    Thank you for coming!
[09:53] TOSHIRO
    "Why is that thing shaped like a merfolk?"
[09:56] TOSHIRO
    How it became a mass of spirits aside,
    that was my biggest question.
[10:01] YAEKO
    Right.
[10:02] TOSHIRO
    In other words, this is its true identity.
[10:04] TOSHIRO
    Ikebukuro, I'll buy you a squid spinner later,
    so pull on the merfolk's head!
SIGN    Squid Spinner
SIGN    Motivated By Food
[10:12] KYOSHIRO
    Nabeshima, don't let me down!
[10:14] KYOSHIRO
    You're the coolest one here,
    so pull on the merfolk's tail!
SIGN    Motivated By Coolness
SIGN    Eek
[10:57] YAEKO
    Eek! The merfolk split into a human and a fish!
[11:02] MAGI
    It's a shark!
[11:05] TOSHIRO
    Shark attacks have occurred
    in this area for a long time.
[11:09] KOITARO
    But around here, great whites and
    tiger sharks do occasionally appear.
[11:13] KOITARO
    There are even records from the Edo period.
[11:16] TOSHIRO
    Apparently the island itself used to
    be called Sameshima, or Shark Island.
[11:20] YAEKO
    What?
[11:21] TOSHIRO
    This describes the origins
    of the merfolk legend.
[11:24] TOSHIRO
    Since you grew up on the island,
    perhaps you've heard it.
[11:28] TOSHIRO
    It's a genuine folktale.
    There's even a priest who suddenly shows up.
[11:33] TOSHIRO
    And this was written by Kirihara Yutaro-san.
[11:36] TOSHIRO
    In other words, Yuhachi-san's father.
[11:39] YAEKO
    Great-grandpa's dad?
[11:41] TOSHIRO
    Yes. The contents were quite interesting.
[11:46] YUTARO
    Old Man Hanada got drunk and told me this story.
SIGN    Old Man Hanada got drunk and told me this story.
     Generations before he was a child,
     the Samejimas' ancestors came to this island.
[11:50] YUTARO
    Generations before he was a child, the
    Samejimas' ancestors came to this island.
[11:59] YUTARO
    Apparently the island's legend is half-true.
[12:02] YUTARO
    The Samejima ancestor who was
    village chief sold the woman's
[12:07] YUTARO
    child to the confectioner's men.
SIGN    The woman became distraught and chased after
    the boat, but she was attacked by a shark.
     The islanders struck the shark with harpoons,
     but they died along with the shark.
     The woman and her child died as well.
[12:09] YUTARO
    The woman became distraught and chased after
    the boat, but she was attacked by a shark.
[12:14] YUTARO
    The islanders struck the shark with harpoons,
    but they died along with the shark.
[12:18] YUTARO
    The woman and her child died as well.
[12:21] YUTARO
    Their dead bodies washed up on
    what's now known as Merfolk Rock.
SIGN    Their dead bodies washed up
     on what's now known as Merfolk Rock.
     After my son Yuhachi was discharged,
     he remarked that he saw a merfolk.
[12:27] YUTARO
    After my son Yuhachi was discharged,
    he remarked that he saw a merfolk.
[12:35] TOSHIRO
    To summarize,
[12:37] TOSHIRO
    the island's dark history caused a part-human
    and part-fish mass of spirits to form,
[12:41] TOSHIRO
    and years of growth turned it
    into a minefield of a monster.
[12:46] TOSHIRO
    You see it often in fairy tales,
[12:48] TOSHIRO
    but when animals are near humans who die
     while experiencing powerful emotions,
[12:52] TOSHIRO
    the human's spirit possesses the
    animal and turns it into a monster.
[12:56] TOSHIRO
    Bakeneko are one such example.
[12:58] YAEKO
    Or like in Santo Kyoden's "Baika Hyoretsu".
[13:02] YAEKO
    That was a goldfish.
[13:03] TOSHIRO
    The warning about not eating
    beans in the old woman's presence
[13:07] TOSHIRO
    likely comes from that story as well.
[13:09] YAEKO
    Sir.
[13:10] YAEKO
    Let me pay for the exorcism.
[13:13] YAEKO
    I only work part-time now, but I promise
    I'll pay once I get a proper job.
[13:17] TOSHIRO
    Thank you, but I've already been paid.
[13:20] YAEKO
    What?
[13:21] TOSHIRO
    In addition to those,
    we found a first edition of
[13:25] TOSHIRO
    "The Restaurant of Many Orders"
    in the Kirihara family storehouse.
[13:28] TOSHIRO
    Look it up. It's quite valuable.
[13:32] TOSHIRO
    Your great-grandfather gave it to me
    for looking after you.
[13:41] TOSHIRO
    Mogura, he wants you to have
    his moth-eaten rucksack.
[13:44] MOGURA
    I don't want it!
[13:47] KOITARO
    Mr. Professor from Tokyo!
[13:48] KOITARO
    Can you believe this? He hit me in the head!
[13:51] KOITARO
    It was a metal lamp or something!
[13:53] KOITARO
    Look at this wound!
[13:54] MOGURA
    What wound?
[13:56] KOITARO
    Huh? What?
[13:58] KOITARO
    It's not there? Did it heal?
[14:00] MOGURA
    You slipped on your own
    and knocked yourself out.
[14:02] MOGURA
    Maybe you hallucinated.
[14:04] KOITARO
    There's no way.
[14:06] KOITARO
    There's even a pool of blood here!
[14:08] MOGURA
    That must've come from a butchered fish.
[14:11] KOITARO
    Impossible!
[14:12] MOGURA
    By the way, can you see things now?
[14:15] MOGURA
    This one's no hallucination.
[14:28] MOGURA
    I wouldn't say we're close now, but there's
    definitely a deep bond between us.
[14:29] KOITARO
    Mama!
[14:34] MOGURA
    This is the price you pay for all you've done.
[14:36] MOGURA
    Take a good look.
[14:38] KOITARO
    Mama! Mama!
[14:40] KOITARO
    Mama!
[14:43] MOGURA
    I mentioned before that Magi and Yae-chan's
    brains and eyes adjust quickly,
[14:48] MOGURA
    but this is how stubborn people react.
[14:51] MOGURA
    I wonder when he'll return to his senses.
[14:54] YAEKO
    So that's what happens when
    your SAN hits zero.
[14:56] KOITARO
    Mama!
[14:57] KOITARO
    Mama! Mama!
SIGN    Nom nom nom nom
SIGN    Nom nom nom
[15:01] KOITARO
    Mama!
[15:05] KYOKO
    Sorry, Shio-chan. Give me a minute.
[15:09] (Flashback) KYOKO
    You two take the motorbikes to Mogura-chan.
[15:12] (Flashback) KYOKO
    We'll go down to the sea and see if
    there's anything we can do to help.
[15:17] KYOKO
    That said, walking downhill on foot
    is harder on the knees than I thought.
SIGN    Pant
SIGN    Pant
SIGN    Pant
SIGN    Pant
SIGN    Pant
SIGN    Pant
[15:22] SHIO
    You can barely stand.
SIGN    Pant
SIGN    Pant
SIGN    Pant
[15:25] KYOKO
    Once you're over 30, your body starts
    falling apart from the inside.
SIGN    Pant
SIGN    Pant
SIGN    Pant
[15:29] KYOKO
    But I bet you'll be fine even in your 50s.
[15:33] SHIO
    Probably. My 80-year-old grandma
    competes in triathlons!
[15:38] SHIO
    I'll carry you.
[15:39] KYOKO
    Oh, perhaps I'll take you up on that.
[15:46] KYOKO
    Wow! My knees are so unbothered!
[15:51] KYOKO
    Oh?
[15:55] YUI
    What are you doing?
[15:57] KYOKO
    We were in a hurry to reach the sea,
    but my knees gave out.
[16:01] KYOKO
    Are you going there, too?
[16:02] YUI
    Yes. An islander fell into the sea,
     so I need to go check on him.
[16:07] YUI
    But from what I've heard, he's okay.
[16:09] YUI
    Great. What a miracle.
[16:11] YUI
    Oh, hop in.
[16:18] KYOKO
    Yui-chan, have you ever left the island?
[16:21] KYOKO
    I think it might be a good idea.
[16:24] YUI
    That sounds fun, but I have
    to work for the island.
[16:29] KYOKO
    I think there are plenty of jobs
    you could do there.
[16:32] KYOKO
    It'd be a good idea to experience more things.
[16:35] KYOKO
    For example...
[16:37] KYOKO
    Being a dominatrix.
[16:39] YUI
    What?
[16:41] KYOKO
    Nothing.
[16:45] YUI
    Um, what did you mean by that?
[16:48] POCHI 1 & 2
    We think that's a great idea!
[16:50] YUI
    Don't suddenly express your own opinions!
[16:52] POCHI 1 & 2
    We'd patronize your business!
[16:53] POCHI 1 & 2
    We'd love to be filleted by you!
[16:56] YUI
    Don't make such islander suggestions!
[16:58] YUI
    And stop shouting in unison inside the car!
[17:00] KYOKO
    I think there's demand for it.
[17:03] KYOKO
    After all, you're that genre of person.
[17:06] YUI
    What does that mean?
[17:07] YUI
    Tokyo is a terrifyin' city!
[17:10] YUI
    A professor's wife, huh?
[17:12] YUI
    You're a bit of an oddball, aren't you?
[17:16] KYOKO
    I'm sorry.
[17:18] KYOKO
    But what you did to Mori-kun is
    far stranger, don't you think?
[17:24] YUI
    Where did that come from?
[17:25] KYOKO
    Evil deeds always come to light.
[17:28] YUI
    Please don't insult me based on conjecture.
[17:31] KYOKO
    You're smart.
[17:33] KYOKO
    Even when caught off guard,
    you don't panic and dig yourself deeper.
[17:36] KYOKO
    You're definitely competent.
[17:39] KYOKO
    That's why I recommend you leave
    the island at least once.
[17:42] KYOKO
    Especially since you're young.
[17:44] YUI
    I've heard enough, old woman.
[17:46] KYOKO
    It's good to listen to older
    women once in a while.
[17:50] YUI
    You're scaring me. What's your problem?
[17:52] YUI
    I don't know what you think
    you heard, but please stop.
[17:57] YUI
    You don't need to worry about me.
[17:59] KYOKO
    What are the islanders to you?
    What about Mori-kun?
[18:04] KYOKO
    Are those two important colleagues to you?
[18:08] YUI
    Oh, please. They're servants.
[18:11] KYOKO
    We have helpers, too,
     but they're all important to us.
[18:14] YUI
    What is this about? Servants are servants!
SIGN    Graaah
[18:17] YUI
    They exist to be commanded!
SIGN    Reeeaaah
[18:18] KYOKO
    You've revealed how you truly feel!
[18:21] KYOKO
    I heard your family eliminates
    everyone who isn't of your bloodline!
[18:26] KYOKO
    I don't wish to criticize other families,
[18:29] KYOKO
    but you even eliminate spouses
    and trust nothing but your blood!
[18:34] YUI
    How do you know about my family structure?
[18:36] KYOKO
    Furthermore, you don't have an
    independent male role model.
SIGN    Roll Model?
[18:41] SHIO/ID
    Roll model?
[18:43] KYOKO
    And you're obsessed with
    forcing others to obey you.
[18:48] KYOKO
    That's why you became excessively angry
    with Mori-kun when he didn't obey you.
[18:54] YUI
    Shut up, shut up!
[18:55] YUI
    Who do you think you are?!
[18:56] KYOKO
    An adult responsible for guiding children!
[19:00] YUI
    Shut up! I'm 20 years old!
[19:03] YUI
    Go cling to your husband with that
    empty head of yours!
[19:07] YUI
    I'll command the island with my own strength!
[19:09] YUI
    Spouses are all outsiders anyway!
[19:12] YUI
    There's no point in trusting fake intimacy!
[19:17] KYOKO
    Forbidden technique unleashed.
SIGN    Shoof
SIGN    Hummm
[19:19] KYOKO
    Activate ultimate ability.
SIGN    Kapwing
[19:21] KYOKO
    When I was 18, Toshiro-san said this
    to me when he gave me this ring—
[19:31] YAEKO
    Magi-kun! Mori-kun!
[19:33] YAEKO
    You're okay!
[19:36] MOGURA
    Ah.
[19:37] MOGURA
    You two got here, too?
[19:40] TOSHIRO
    Kyoko, what is it?
SIGN    Shut Down by Guilt
[19:44] YUI
    I don't believe you!
[19:46] YUI
    Nobody really talks like that!
[19:49] YUI
    It's not possible!
[19:50] YUI
    I'll become a great person all on my own!
[19:54] POCHI 2
    We'd talk like that if you wanted!
[19:56] YUI
    Not you!
[19:57] YUI
    You're just saying that out of obedience!
[20:00] POCHI 1
    But we would say anything
    you told us to say!
[20:03] TOSHIRO
    Something seems to have happened,
    but I won't ask.
[20:07] KYOKO
    Did Ikebukuro-chan do a good job?
[20:09] TOSHIRO
    Ikebukuro is currently eating
    the "folk" half of the merfolk.
[20:22] MOGURA
    It's the merfolk's last gasp!
[20:24] MOGURA
    It went after her because she's
    disheartened for some reason!
[20:29] YUI
    Something's holding me down!
[20:31] ISLANDER A
    The Samejima girl!
[20:33] ISLANDER B
    She's drifting away!
[20:35] SHIO
    I've got this!
[20:39] YAEKO
    Shio-chan?! Wait, wait, wait!
[20:43] YAEKO
    You wore that under your clothes?!
[20:45] YAEKO
    Shio-chan, you were planning to swim?
SIGN    Ta-dah
[20:48] SHIO
    I thought it'd be an island with a beach,
    so I wore this instead of underwear.
[20:52] KYOSHIRO
    Why would you wear that to a beach?
[20:55] MOGURA
    Maybe she planned on doing a long-distance swim.
[20:58] MOGURA
    And if you wore that instead of underwear,
    what were you going to do after you swam?
[21:02] YAEKO
    It's too dangerous!
[21:04] YAEKO
    Didn't I tell you the currents are unique?
[21:07] SHIO
    It's me!
[21:09] YAEKO
    Oh...
[21:16] MAGI
    Maggie-kun and I struggled
    desperately in those waters.
[21:24] WOMAN/NA
    And so, a new merfolk legend was born.
[21:27] WOMAN/NA
    They say a young woman appeared and swam like
    a fish to rescue the village chief's daughter.
[21:35] WOMAN/NA
    As her speed was superhuman,
[21:38] WOMAN/NA
    she must have been the merfolk
    described in the island's legend.
[21:43] WOMAN/NA
    That was how Grandma Hanada
    described the event later.
[21:48] SHIO
    I forgot to bring a change of underwear.
[21:51] ISLANDER A
    President Samejima still isn't here?
[21:59] KOITARO
    Merfolk. Merfolk are terrifying.
SIGN    Episode 12
     "During the Rainy Season"