8 - The Merfolk

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SIGN    Episode 8
    "The Merfolk"
[01:38] YAEKO
    He's rather weak, and his mind is fading,
[01:41] YAEKO
    but you heard what I told Magi-kun, right?
[01:45] YAEKO
    You saved my great-grandfather, didn't you?
[01:49] YAEKO
    The professor probably wrote
    about him in his novel, too.
SIGN    Back Alley
     the small second-class soldier
[01:54] MOGURA
    So he's alive.
[01:55] YAEKO
    Now that I think about it,
    he sometimes said strange things.
[02:00] (Flashback) YUHACHI
    Yaeko, let's not go to the beach right now.
[02:03] (Flashback) YUHACHI
    We'll get dragged in.
[02:04] YAEKO
    I just figured he was a deeply
    devout man from the country,
[02:07] YAEKO
    but you talked about how you
    got us involved in all this,
[02:11] YAEKO
    and that's the reason we can see things now.
[02:14] YAEKO
    But there are many ways a person
    can become involved, aren't there?
[02:18] YAEKO
    Even friendship or helping
    someone counts as involvement.
[02:22] YAEKO
    I imagine it also depends on the person,
[02:24] YAEKO
    but if that's the case, it'd make sense
    if my great-grandfather could see things.
[02:29] YAEKO
    Would you be willing to meet him?
[02:32] YAEKO
    And these days, he seems to spend more
    time in the past than the present...
[02:36] YUHACHI
    We're transporting lumber
    to construct the camp again?
[02:41] YUHACHI
    It's exhausting work since I'm so small.
[02:44] YAEKO
    Great-grandpa, you don't
    have to do that anymore.
[02:47] YAEKO
    Have a donut.
[02:48] YUHACHI
    Where did the other new recruits go?
[02:51] YUHACHI
    They'll get in trouble with the veterans.
[02:55] YAEKO
    Maybe it's a selfish request,
    but I want you to meet him.
[02:59] YAEKO
    No, maybe I want to see what
    will happen if you meet him. Sorry.
[03:04] YAEKO
    Is that a no?
[03:05] YAEKO
    Would it be dangerous?
[03:07] YAEKO
    Also, my hometown's seafood is delicious,
    and you can eat all you want.
[03:11] MOGURA
    I want to go.
[03:13] MOGURA
    I want to go, but there's a problem.
[03:15] MOGURA
    I can't afford to travel!
[03:17] YAEKO
    I'll pay for it!
[03:18] MOGURA
    I can't make a student pay for me.
[03:21] MAGI
    What about all the food you made me pay for?
[03:25] MOGURA
    I'll have to use my ace in the hole.
[03:27] MOGURA
    I'll get Toshiro to pay.
[03:29] MAGI/ID
    It's like how Ryo-san gradually
    became more brazen
[03:31] MAGI/ID
    about bumming money off of Nakagawa.
[03:34] MOGURA
    I have a reason, you know.
[03:36] MOGURA
    He writes on the analysis and history
    of fantasy and children's literature.
[03:41] MOGURA
    If I invite him, he's likely to come along.
[03:44] MOGURA
    I'll take advantage of that.
[03:45] MAGI
    I'm not sure that makes sense, but whatever.
[03:50] MAGI
    Yae-chan, where are you from, anyway?
[03:54] YAEKO
    An island.
[03:56] MAGI
    Hey, I can see it now!
[03:57] MAGI/ID
    That's an island.
[04:00] TOSHIRO
    A merfolk legend, huh?
[04:01] TOSHIRO
    That's a good theme for an essay
    on children's literature, Magi-kun.
[04:06] TOSHIRO
    Japan's first children's author
    wrote about Japanese merfolk.
[04:10] YAEKO
    You mean Ogawa Mimei.
[04:11] YAEKO
    I love his work.
[04:12] YAEKO
    That story's actually pretty scary.
[04:14] MOGURA
    I've read it, too.
[04:16] MOGURA
    It was in a book I picked up a long time ago.
[04:18] MOGURA
    Books!
SIGN    Books!!!!
[04:19] MOGURA
    I don't care what they're about! I want 'em!
[04:21] MAGI
    So that's why the genres on your
    bookshelf are such a mystery.
[04:25] MOGURA
    Yeah. In the past few months, I've picked up
    four copies of the same self-improvement book.
[04:30] TOSHIRO
    A legend about merfolk who kidnap people?
[04:33] TOSHIRO
    How intriguing.
[04:35] TOSHIRO
    I hope we can determine
    the origin of the legend.
[04:39] MAGI
    If this were a horror film,
    you'd have just doomed us to die.
[04:46] MOGURA
    It's so much clearer here.
[04:48] SHIO
    Let's take a picture.
[04:48] KYOKO
    Say cheese.
[04:50] MAGI/ID
    What is this mismatched group?
[04:52] (Flashback) YAEKO
    I'll be interrogated if I only bring men,
    so I'd like to bring another girl.
[04:57] (Flashback) YAEKO
    We'll treat you to seafood. What do you think?
[04:59] (Flashback) SHIO
    I'm in!
[05:00] (Flashback) TOSHIRO
    There's no telling what people would say
    if I accompanied a college girl by myself,
[05:05] (Flashback) TOSHIRO
    so I'd appreciate you making
    this a family vacation.
[05:07] (Flashback) KYOKO
    Hooray!
[05:09] YAEKO
    Shio-chan, did you get your parents' permission?
[05:12] SHIO
    It was no problem.
[05:13] SHIO
    Our family motto is "make yourself
    stronger by trying everything."
[05:16] SHIO
    I'll even take on a great white shark.
[05:19] YAEKO
    That's impressive.
[05:20] YAEKO
    Even Jason Statham could barely make that claim.
[05:23] SHIO
    Don't worry. "Shio" means "merfolk."
SIGN    Shio
SIGN    Merfolk
[05:25] SHIO
    My parents named me that
    hoping I'd be a good swimmer.
[05:28] YAEKO
    That's what they meant?
[05:30] SHIO
    I'm planning to get certified as a lifeguard.
[05:33] SHIO
    I went to China with my older
    sister to train in martial arts
[05:35] SHIO
    and Guam to practice firing
    with live ammunition.
[05:37] SHIO
    I do all kinds of training.
[05:39] YAEKO
    You have an older sister?
[05:41] SHIO
    Yes. She bakes baguettes for me every morning.
[05:45] SHIO
    Hey, that rock is impressive.
[05:47] YAEKO
    Don't lean out too far.
[05:50] YAEKO
    The tidal currents here are unique.
[05:53] YAEKO
    Sometimes outsiders have accidents when
    they swim carelessly in the water.
[05:57] YAEKO
    That contributes to the locals'
    worship of merfolk and the sea.
[06:02] MOGURA
    Now that you mention it, people who
     live by the sea rarely swim in it.
[06:05] YAEKO
    Yeah, that is common!
[06:08] MAGI
    Like how a lot of people born in
    Tokyo almost never visit Shibuya.
[06:12] YAEKO
    They don't?!
[06:18] MAGI/ID
    Now that I think about it…
[06:21] (Flashback) MOGURA
    Time to wear the shoes I've been
    saving to preserve their soles!
SIGN    Mogura Bath
[06:24] (Flashback) MOGURA
    We're going on a trip, right? I'm excited!
SIGN    The Shop Guillotine
[06:27] (Flashback) UKIGUMO
    You're going somewhere? How nice.
[06:30] (Flashback) UKIGUMO
    Safe travels.
[06:32] (Flashback) MOGURA
    Thanks. If I see any unusual shells,
    I'll grab them for you.
[06:36] (Flashback) MAGI
    Is that an appropriate souvenir for an adult?
[06:37] SIGN
    Drawer Street
[06:38] MAGI/ID
    So Mogura's allowed to travel
    far from his "prison."
[06:44] MAGI/ID
    Though I have no idea who's allowing it.
[06:48] MAGI/ID
    No, actually...
[06:50] MAGI/ID
    I feel like that area could
    be called his safe place.
[06:52] MAGI/ID
    Somewhere to live away from the eyes of
    the Japanese police, run-down as it is.
[06:56] MAGI/ID
    I don't understand it,
    but he's friendly with that woman.
[07:00] MAGI/ID
    She even gives him candy.
[07:02] MAGI/ID
    If it were me, I wouldn't
    want to leave that place.
[07:05] MAGI/ID
    But isn't falling into that
    mental state the true cage?
[07:10] MAGI/ID
    I'd definitely lose my mind.
[07:13] MAGI/ID
    No, he probably actually has.
[07:16] MAGI/ID
    He's such a busybody despite that.
[07:18] MAGI/ID
    Everyone ends up asking him for favors.
[07:21] MAGI/ID
    Even though he's naïvely ethical,
    opportunistic, and deeply human,
[07:25] MAGI/ID
    he'll make sacrifices to help
    others despite his circumstances
[07:30] MAGI/ID
    in a way that's superhuman.
[07:33] MAGI/ID
    It makes me wonder...
[07:34] MAGI/ID
    Is our meddling really helping him?
[07:38] YAEKO
    Magi-kun, we're here.
[07:41] YAEKO & SHIO
    Yay!
[07:47] MAGI
    Um, shouldn't you tell your family you're here?
[07:51] YAEKO
    What?
[07:53] YAEKO
    You're such a city kid, Magi-kun.
[07:56] YAEKO
    At the moment we disembarked,
[07:58] YAEKO
    "Kirihara's daughter brought
    outsiders to the island.
[08:01] YAEKO
    One boy her age, two roughly high school-aged
    children, and three people in their 30s.
[08:07] YAEKO
    No criminal records."
[08:08] YAEKO
    That information had already
    spread throughout the island.
SIGN    Swish
[08:12] MAGI
    Are they CIA?!
[08:14] YAEKO
    If you need to buy something,
    besides the co-op, we've got "nakama."
[08:17] YAEKO
    Just leave your payment if
    there's no employee present.
[08:20] YAEKO
    I'll let them know.
[08:21] MAGI
    What's a "nakama"?
[08:23] YAEKO
    I don't know how else to describe it.
[08:25] YAEKO
    Whatever it is that middlemen do.
[08:27] YAEKO
    Vendors.
[08:28] MAGI
    So they're shops where
    all the locals act like regulars?
[08:32] YAEKO
    Don't be so shocked.
[08:35] YAEKO
    There are lots of good people on the island.
[08:36] YAEKO
    Before I moved to Tokyo, they all helped
    me practice the habit of locking up.
[08:41] MAGI & MOGURA
    A fascinating story.
[08:43] YAEKO
    What else do you need to know?
[08:45] YAEKO
    Oh, never eat natto in the presence of the
     main landowning family's matriarch.
SIGN    Never do it...
SIGN    Never do it...
SIGN    Or else...
[08:50] MAGI
    Why not?!
[08:51] YAEKO
    Don't even mention beans.
[08:53] MAGI
    Why not?! What's the reason?
[08:56] MAGI
    Why won't you tell us the reason?
[08:58] YAEKO
    If you ever become a resident of this island,
[09:04] YAEKO
    you'll be told on the third
    day of your third year.
[09:07] MAGI
    Yae-chan, are you having fun
    messing with city people?
[09:11] MOGURA
    By the way...
SIGN    Stare
SIGN    Stare
[09:13] MOGURA
    The spirits keep staring at me.
[09:15] MOGURA
    Are they former islanders?
SIGN    Where's he from?
SIGN    Where'd he
     come from?
[09:18] YAEKO
    Yeah, seems like it.
SIGN    Why's he here?
[09:19] YAEKO
    They tend to be curious about outsiders.
[09:23] HANADA
    Oh, Yaeko-chan.
[09:25] YAEKO
    Granny Hanada.
[09:27] HANADA
    You're lookin' finer than a
    frog hair split eight ways.
[09:30] YAEKO
    Aw, shucks. I wouldn't go sayin' that.
[09:33] HANADA
    And you brought a pack of
    handsome fellas with you.
[09:38] HANADA
    Makes me feel young again.
[09:41] MAGI/ID
    Nothing makes Tokyoites feel
    more inferior than this.
[09:41] YAEKO
    What are you sayin', granny?
[09:45] HANADA
    You goin' to Kirihara-san's house?
SIGN    Bicycle Rentals
SIGN    Hanada
SIGN    Motorcycles
[09:48] HANADA
    Feel free to use any of the bikes around here.
[09:51] HANADA
    Just return 'em when you leave.
[09:54] YAEKO
    Thank you.
[09:56] MAGI/ID
    They've got their own way of living here.
[09:59] YAEKO
    It's two hours on foot, so let's borrow some.
[10:02] YAEKO
    Who's got a license and can take a passenger?
[10:14] SHIO
    Yahoo!
[10:25] YAEKO
    I would've made multiple trips
    if you'd waited at the harbor!
[10:30] MOGURA
    No! I don't want to wait alone!
[10:33] MAGI
    You weren't lying when you bragged
    about going 70 kmph on a bicycle.
[10:39] MAGI/ID
    Is that where they're holding the festival?
[10:42] MAGI/ID
    The sea looks so far down.
[10:43] MAGI/ID
    I guess Yae-chan's family lives
    in the middle of the island.
SIGN    Hey! Yaeko!
    Welcome home!
[10:49] YAEKO
    Dad, Mom, Grandpa, Grandma,
    brothers and sisters!
[10:55] YAEKO
    Great-grandpa!
[10:59] DAD
    Welcome back, Yaeko.
[11:01] DAD
    Welcome, guests.
[11:07] YUHACHI
    You...
[11:08] YUHACHI
    Oh, are you Sato-san, the
    new guy at the town hall?
[11:12] MOGURA
    Who?!
[11:14] YAEKO
    I guess it didn't occur
    to him that you'd be you.
[11:18] MOGURA
    Could be my haircut.
SIGN    Scratch
    Scratch
[11:20] MOGURA
    A haircut can really change
    your impression of someone.
[11:23] YAEKO
    Sorry, after you came all the way here.
[11:26] MOGURA
    Nah, I'm glad.
[11:28] MOGURA
    It's rare that I get to meet old acquaintances.
[11:31] MOGURA
    Thanks, Yae-chan.
[11:35] YAEKO
    But my great-grandpa seems lively today.
[11:38] YAEKO
    I think it's because we have so many guests.
[11:40] MOGURA
    Sure. Then let's enjoy the festival together.
[11:45] MAGI
    This place is huge.
[11:46] MAGI
    Does this whole area belong to your family?
[11:50] YAEKO
    It's just big is all. It's not worth much.
SIGN    Relative
SIGN    Dad
[11:56] MOM
    Thank you for looking after Yaeko.
SIGN    Mom
SIGN    Little Sister
SIGN    Grandfather
SIGN    Grandmother
SIGN    Great-grandfather
[12:01] MAGI/ID
    They're all tiny.
[12:02] YAEKO
    That's my little sister.
[12:04] YAEKO
    She's still in grade school.
[12:06] YAEKO
    Come on, say hello.
[12:09] YOSHINO
    Hello. I'm Yoshino.
[12:11] YAEKO
    This is my little brother.
[12:12] YAEKO
    He's in middle school.
[12:13] MIYAMA
    Hello. I'm Miyama.
[12:15] MAGI/ID
    Such innocent siblings.
SIGN    Magi's Younger Brother
[12:19] MIYAMA
    There's not much here, but enjoy the seafood.
[12:24] MIYAMA
    Sis, did you bring any gifts?
[12:25] YAEKO
    You sound so greedy when you put it like that.
[12:27] YAEKO
    But I did. Here.
[12:29] MIYAMA
    Hey, they only make these in Tokyo.
[12:32] MIYAMA
    All right! Thanks, sis.
[12:34] YAEKO
    You greedy little thing.
[12:36] MAGI/ID
    Lucky. I wish my brother were like him.
SIGN    His Actual Younger Brother
[12:39] MOM
    I know you just got here,
    but we've got to go help out.
[12:44] MOM
    Feel free to look around the island.
[12:45] MOM
    Yaeko, could you take your
    great-grandpa with you?
[12:48] YAEKO
    Sure.
[12:53] MOGURA
    The scale's pretty big.
[12:55] YAEKO
    The whole island is here.
[12:57] YAEKO
    The actual festival is tomorrow.
[12:59] YAEKO
    That's the merfolk statue. It's the
    main attraction of the festival.
[13:04] MAGI
    So it's that kind of merfolk.
[13:06] YAEKO
    You're allowed to take pictures.
[13:08] MAGI
    Great. A few photos would
    be perfect for my report.
[13:12] YAEKO
    Right? Who doesn't pad their
    reports with pictures?
[13:16] YAEKO
    Shooting that statue with arrows
    is the highlight of the festival.
[13:19] YAEKO
    After that, it's set on fire.
[13:21] MOGURA
    I see. For warding off misfortune.
[13:24] YAEKO
    They do that at tsuina rituals, too.
SIGN    Bounce
SIGN    Bounce
[13:27] YAEKO
    All kinds of movements are performed during
    the ritual, but try to follow along.
[13:34] MAGI
    What is that?
[13:35] MAGI
    I'm more interested in that than the main event.
[13:37] YAEKO
    It's best to involve as many participants
    as possible, which is why guests are welcome.
[13:42] MAGI
    Why don't you ever explain the
    reasons behind the island's rules?
[13:46] MAGI
    Let me write about those in my report.
[13:48] YUHACHI
    Oh, a shooting range.
SIGN    Shooting Range
[13:50] YAEKO
    Great-grandpa, do you want to try?
[13:52] MOGURA
    Hey. Let's do it, too.
[13:54] MOGURA
    Magi, you play FPS games, right?
[13:56] MOGURA
    Show us your skills.
[13:57] MAGI
    What?
[13:59] YAEKO
    Sir, would you like to try as well?
[14:02] YAEKO
    What's the matter?
[14:05] TOSHIRO
    Ikebukuro likes this and doesn't want to leave.
SIGN    Grilled Squid
[14:09] YAEKO
    Oh, that thing for drying fish.
[14:11] TOSHIRO
    She demands that I eat fish.
[14:13] TOSHIRO
    Ikebukuro tastes whatever I eat.
[14:16] YAEKO
    That's how it works, huh?
SIGN    Mmmph
[14:19] TOSHIRO
    She's also demanding that
    I acquire one of these devices.
[14:24] MAGI
    Wow, Great-grandpa!
[14:26] SHIO
    Very cool!
[14:28] YUHACHI
    You're not bad either.
[14:30] MAGI
    Oh, no. You're way better than me.
[14:33] MOGURA
    Come to think of it, he used to be a good shot.
[14:36] YAEKO
    My great-grandpa used to have a hunting license.
[14:41] YUHACHI
    Would you like to try, Sato-san?
[14:43] MOGURA
    I'm not Sato-san!
[14:47] MOGURA
    I suck.
[14:48] MOGURA
    I've always been terrible with guns.
[14:50] YUHACHI
    You can't hit anything, Sato-san.
[14:53] MOGURA
    I told you, I'm not Sato-san!
[14:55] YUHACHI
    You really suck.
[14:56] YUHACHI
    You're embarrassing yourself
    in front of the young 'uns.
[15:05] SHIO
    Wow! Very cool, Mogura-san!
[15:08] MOGURA
    Go ahead and choose whatever
    prize you'd like, ladies.
[15:11] YAEKO & SHIO
    Hooray! Thanks!
[15:12] YUHACHI
    Sato-san...
[15:15] YUHACHI
    Don't you think it's childish to
    act that way towards your elders?
[15:18] MOGURA
    You old fart!
[15:19] YAEKO
    My great-grandpa seems
     to be enjoying himself.
[15:23] YAEKO
    He's always been vain and competitive.
[15:26] MAGI
    He's a cute great-grandfather.
[15:28] YAEKO
    Anyway, both guns and bows
    involve firing at targets,
[15:32] YAEKO
    but I guess you can be good
    with one but not the other.
[15:35] MAGI
    Well, it depends on the person,
[15:37] MAGI
    but they work differently,
    and the way you aim is different.
[15:42] MAGI
    I wonder if there are people
    who are good with both.
[15:45] MAGI
    That'd be impressive.
[15:47] YAEKO
    That's how it works, huh?
[15:49] MAGI
    It depends on the person. It depends, but...
[15:52] MAGI/ID
    Does that mean he's used a bow for way longer?
[15:57] SHIO
    Yaeko-san, you can see the
    ocean clearly from here.
[16:01] YAEKO
    That's the rock we saw coming in on the boat.
[16:04] YAEKO
    It's called Merfolk Rock, and...
[16:08] YAEKO
    It looks like something's emerging from the sea.
[16:21] MOGURA
    I see. So that's the merfolk.
[16:24] MOGURA
    Accidents at sea, capsized ships,
    suicidal drownings, natural disasters.
[16:28] MOGURA
    A lot happens on the ocean.
[16:30] TOSHIRO
    So it's a collection of regrets at sea.
[16:33] KYOSHIRO
    It's not uncommon, but it's huge.
[16:37] MOGURA
    It must've emerged because of the festival.
[16:40] MOGURA
    Like I said when we dealt with the stalker
    spirit, a lot of spirits want to be noticed.
SIGN    Waaah
[16:50] YUHACHI
    O merfolk...
[16:52] YAEKO
    So this festival really is
    for pacifying the merfolk.
[16:56] YAEKO
    On the boat here, I said the
    tidal currents were unique,
[17:00] YAEKO
    but that rock, Merfolk Rock,
    is also known as Arrival Rock.
[17:04] YAEKO
    When there's an accident at sea,
    the body frequently washes up there.
[17:09] MOGURA
    That explains all the spirits gathered there.
SIGN    Waaah
[17:12] MOGURA
    Their sense of individuality is weak.
[17:14] YAEKO
    Come to think of it, Maggie-kun performed
    a threat display on the way here.
[17:18] MAGI
    Most people can't see that, right?
[17:22] MAGI
    This is going to be confusing
    when I write my report.
[17:24] TOSHIRO
    There's a challenge to describing what
    you've seen as though you haven't.
[17:30] TOSHIRO
    I experience it all the time.
[17:31] TOSHIRO
    Anyway, it's rare for these to
    actually be shaped like merfolk.
[17:35] TOSHIRO
    It could be similar to Ikebukuro
     and Nabeshima.
[17:39] YAEKO
    Merfolk really do exist.
[17:42] YAEKO
    Is that thing okay?
[17:44] YUHACHI
    Well, the merfolk is sad.
[17:48] YUHACHI
    Through worship, distance must be maintained
    between this world and the afterlife.
[17:53] YUHACHI
    There's nothing we can do
    about the merfolk's sadness.
SIGN    Waaah
[17:58] YUHACHI
    All we can do is make sure
    we don't get dragged in.
[18:02] YUHACHI
    It's important to draw a line.
[18:04] YAEKO
    He says that all the time.
[18:06] YAEKO
    Maybe he really can see it.
[18:11] (Flashback) SOLDIER A
    I'm amazed you recovered, Kirihara.
[18:15] (Flashback) SOLDIER A
    Youth is incredible, huh?
[18:17] (Flashback) YUHACHI
    I'm surprised, too.
[18:24] (Flashback) YUHACHI
    Can you see them, too?
[18:26] (Flashback) MOGURA
    What?
[18:26] (Flashback) YUHACHI
    Both you and I are in rough shape, huh?
[18:30] (Flashback) YUHACHI
    Be strong.
[18:31] (Flashback) YUHACHI
    Even if that's not an illusion, all we can
    do is make sure we don't get dragged in.
[18:37] (Flashback) YUHACHI
    You give food to the dying, right?
[18:41] (Flashback) YUHACHI
    That's noble,
[18:42] (Flashback) YUHACHI
    but I think you need to draw a line.
[18:48] YAEKO
    Huh?
[18:51] MOGURA
    What is it, Yae-chan?
[18:55] YAEKO
    Um, Mori-kun?
[19:00] YAEKO
    Is that you, Mori-kun? No?
[19:03] YAEKO
    Um, is that...
[19:06] YAEKO
    It's Kirihara Yaeko. It's been a while.
[19:09] YAEKO
    Um...
[19:15] MOGURA
    Friend of yours?
[19:17] YAEKO
    Yes, but...
[19:23] YAEKO
    The festival eve event is starting.
[19:25] MOGURA
    Let's check it out.
[19:29] MOGURA
    Hey, Magi.
[19:30] MOGURA
    Don't stare too long.
[19:32] MOGURA
    Like I said, if an attention-seeking
     spirit takes a liking to you,
[19:35] MOGURA
    you could end up possessed.
[19:37] MAGI
    Oh, right.
[19:38] MOGURA
    That must be what they mean by the merfolk
    bewitching people and kidnapping them.
[19:43] MOGURA
    Pay it no mind.
[19:45] SACHI
    Guests to the island,
    thank you for coming today.
[19:50] SACHI
    On behalf of the islanders,
    the Samejima family thanks you.
[19:54] YAEKO
    That's the main landowning
    family's matriarch.
[19:55] SACHI
    This spring festival dates
    back to the Keicho era.
[19:58] YAEKO
    You guys haven't been eating beans, have you?
[20:00] MAGI
    Seriously, what's with that vaguely scary rule?
[20:02] SACHI
    Since then, it's been passed
    down without interruption
[20:04] MOGURA
    Is she the queen of the island?
[20:06] SACHI
    for years as an important event on the island.
[20:07] YAEKO
    Something like that.
[20:08] YAEKO
    To be precise, she's the king's mother.
SIGN    Fishermen
[20:10] YAEKO
    Like my parents, most of the islanders
    work for a seafood processing company.
SIGN    Factory 2
SIGN    Factory 3
SIGN    Processing
SIGN    Yaeko's Mom
SIGN    Yaeko's Dad
SIGN    Processing
[20:16] YAEKO
    The president of the company
    is that woman's son.
SIGN    Factory 1
SIGN    Exported As Specialty
SIGN    Headquarters
[20:20] YAEKO
    Her family were originally the village heads.
[20:23] YAEKO
    That's her son, the president.
[20:26] YAEKO
    In any case, she stands
    above all other islanders.
[20:29] MAGI
    She's that important, huh?
[20:31] YAEKO
    Yeah, that's different from Tokyo.
[20:34] YAEKO
    Be careful what you say. They'll come for you.
[20:37] MAGI
    Who's "they"?
[20:37] YAEKO
    The authorities.
[20:38] MAGI
    The authorities?!
[20:39] SACHI
    Please join us, everyone.
SIGN    Bounce Bounce Bounce
[20:42] YAEKO
    In any case, their family makes sure the island
    prospers, so they know what's going on.
[20:51] SACHI
    Thank you.
[20:55] MOGURA
    That's the gift of the powerful, huh?
[21:03] SHIO
    Seafood!
[21:04] MOGURA
    Seafood, seafood!
[21:05] YAEKO
    Have as much as you'd like!
[21:06] MOM
    Help yourselves.
[21:07] YAEKO
    Each person gets ten minutes to bathe!
[21:09] MOGURA
    Like a strict school trip!
[21:12] YAEKO
    The men can sleep on the first floor,
    and the women will sleep on the second.
[21:15] YAEKO
    Sorry, Kyo-chan.
[21:17] YAEKO
    I wish your family could've
    gotten their own room.
[21:20] KYOSHIRO
    That's fine. Don't worry about it.
[21:22] KYOKO
    Toshiro-san, we'll have to
    sleep separately tonight.
[21:25] KYOKO
    Oh, right.
[21:27] KYOKO
    Yaeko-chan, I'm sorry if I'm overstepping,
[21:32] KYOKO
    but your friend Mori-kun at the event...
[21:34] KYOKO
    Is he, um... all right?
[21:36] YAEKO
    What?
[21:37] KYOKO
    If he is, then don't worry about it.
[21:40] KYOKO
    He just seemed kind of down.
[21:44] TOSHIRO
    What did you see?
[21:45] KYOKO
    It's not certain.
[21:47] YAEKO
    One moment.
[21:52] YAEKO
    I hope this doesn't prejudice you against him.
[21:57] YAEKO
    Let me say first that
    appearances aren't everything,
SIGN    Graduation Album Bonds
[22:00] YAEKO
    but this is what Mori-kun
    was like in high school.
SIGN    Episode 9
    "The Great Mother's Love"