# E6 - The Hero Disappeared?!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GK9U3EEW2/the-hero-disappeared)
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**[00:06] Sign**
Fairy Princess
**[00:06] Sign**
Minky Momo
**[01:36] Narrator**
Long, long ago...
**[01:38] Narrator**
In a "long, long ago" recent enough that
it could very well seem like tomorrow...
**[01:43] Narrator**
In a universe over there, in an Earth
over there, in a city over there,
**[01:47] Narrator**
there lived a girl.
**[01:50] Narrator**
She looked like a completely normal
girl of the kind you'd find anywhere.
**[01:53] Narrator**
The one difference was...
**[01:56] Narrator**
The girl could use magic to
transform into a grown-up!
**[02:00] Narrator**
They called her Minky Momo.
***SIGN*** The Hero Disappeared?!
**[02:07] Momo**
"The Hero Disappeared?!"
**[02:29] Momo**
Morning, Mama...
**[02:30] Papa**
Morning, Momo!
**[02:32] Momo**
Papa?!
**[02:33] Papa**
Hey! Breakfast'll be ready soon!
**[02:37] Momo**
Where's Mama?
**[02:38] Papa**
Well...
**[02:39] Momo**
What is it?
**[02:42] Mama**
Fiend! Have a taste of my Kapow spell!
**[02:48] Mama**
Yes, go!
**[02:50] Mama**
Now it's time for my Haroom spell!
**[02:52] Momo**
A video game?
**[02:53] Papa**
Yeah. She's been at it since last night.
**[02:56] Papa**
She won't listen to a word I say.
**[02:59] Papa**
Talk to her, would you, Momo?
**[03:02] Momo**
Okay! I'll give her a piece of my mind.
**[03:06] Mama**
Yes! That's it!
**[03:07] Mama**
Sure-kill Max Bomber!
**[03:09] Momo**
Hey, Mama...
**[03:10] Mama**
No, stay out of my way!
**[03:12] Mama**
I'm just about to level up!
**[03:13] Mama**
Magic! Sword! Sword! Magic!
**[03:16] Mama**
Go, get him! Don't lose, Hero!
**[03:19] Momo**
This is going nowhere.
**[03:25] Momo**
Mama kicked us out for being a nuisance.
**[03:28] Lupi**
But she also gave us spending money!
**[03:32] Momo**
True!
**[03:33] Chamo**
Hey, what should we buy?
**[03:34] Chamo**
Toys? Candy? Or...
**[03:37] Cook**
Investing it would be the wise decision.
**[03:39] Chamo**
No! That's too boring!
**[03:41] Momo**
Anyway, let's hit the town!
**[03:43] All**
Yeah!
**[03:45] Momo**
Yahoo!
**[03:50] Man**
Seriously, I can't...
**[03:52] Man**
Everyone, please...
**[03:53] Kids**
Tell us what's going on!
**[03:56] Man**
I mean, I really don't...
**[03:59] Momo**
What's going on?
**[04:00] Man**
I mean it, please...
**[04:01] Man**
Hey, what's going on?
**[04:03] Boy**
The hero in the game just disappeared!
**[04:07] Momo**
Huh?
**[04:08] Momo**
This game... it's the one Mama's playing!
**[04:14] Mama**
My hero disappeared!
**[04:20] Momo**
Yeah, knew it.
**[04:21] Mama**
Why? Why did he disappear?
**[04:24] Mama**
A dozen years as a mystery novelist,
**[04:27] Mama**
and I've never encountered
such a baffling mystery!
**[04:30] Mama**
I can't solve it!
**[04:33] Papa**
What's the big deal?
**[04:34] Papa**
It's just a character in a game.
**[04:36] Papa**
I know, I'll buy you a new game tomorrow!
**[04:39] Papa**
Okay?
**[04:40] Mama**
No! I need *my* hero!
**[04:42] Mama**
I put my heart into raising that character!
**[04:46] Mama**
He's an extension of me!
**[04:49] Mama**
Come back to me!
**[04:50] Mama**
Lito!
**[04:55] Queen**
The main character of a
video game has gone missing?
**[04:59] Queen**
Is such a thing possible?
**[05:02] King**
It's a real squid in the ointment.
**[05:04] Queen**
And it seems the lady of the
house has collapsed from the shock!
**[05:11] Papa**
Get it together, dear!
**[05:12] Mama**
My hero... where is my hero?
**[05:16] Papa**
Dear...
***SIGN*** We gotta do something.
**[05:21] Chamo**
Yeah, we gotta!
**[05:22] Lupi**
Yes, you're right!
**[05:24] Lupi**
But what *do* we do?
**[05:25] Momo**
Good question.
**[05:26] Momo**
I know. Let's get searching!
**[05:28] Lupi**
For who?
**[05:29] Momo**
The hero!
**[05:30] Chamo**
Where?
**[05:31] Momo**
In the game!
***SIGN*** How?
**[05:33] Momo**
With magic!
**[05:34] Lupi**
Is that even possible?
**[05:36] Momo**
We won't know until we try!
**[05:38] Momo**
But games are a dreamland for children.
**[05:41] Momo**
I'm sure we can do it!
**[05:46] Momo**
Magic, magic!
**[05:47] Momo**
Take me into the game!
**[06:14] Momo**
Where are we?
**[06:16] Lupi**
Inside the game, maybe.
**[06:17] Momo**
Then the magic worked!
**[06:19] Chamo**
Hooray!
**[06:20] Lupi**
But what do we do now?
***SIGN*** Let's find a castle or a town and ask around.
***SIGN*** That's how roleplaying games work.
**[06:28] Momo**
Then let's get looking for a town!
**[06:30] Momo**
Eh?
**[06:35] Momo**
What's wrong? I can't move!
**[06:37] Lupi**
Gotta move!
**[06:39] Chamo**
Let's move!
***SIGN*** Moving...
**[06:41] Momo**
I can't move!
***SIGN*** That's right, we're characters in a game now.
***SIGN*** We can't move unless someone on the outside moves us.
**[06:50] Chamo**
Oh, no!
**[07:07] Papa**
Oh? There's characters...
**[07:10] Papa**
Hey, dear! I think your hero's back!
**[07:14] Mama**
Say what?!
**[07:23] Papa**
Are you all right?
**[07:24] Mama**
Hero... My hero...
**[07:26] Mama**
Yes!
**[07:28] Mama**
Oh, but he looks different.
**[07:30] Mama**
And he didn't always have
those allies with him...
**[07:35] Mama**
I'm pretty sure my hero was a boy!
**[07:38] Mama**
And this character looks kind of familiar...
**[07:43] Mama**
It can't be, can it?
**[07:45] Momo**
Stay away!
***SIGN*** Ow, ow, ow!
**[07:49] Chamo**
That hurts!
**[07:50] Lupi**
H-Help me!
**[07:54] Papa**
Dear, she needs help!
**[07:57] Mama**
I guess so.
**[07:58] Mama**
I don't really know what's going on,
**[08:00] Mama**
but I guess I'll give it a try!
**[08:06] Momo**
Hey, I moved!
**[08:07] Chamo**
So did I!
***SIGN*** Let's run!
**[08:09] Lupi**
Which way?
**[08:10] Momo**
To the left!
**[08:14] Chamo**
My body won't listen to me!
***SIGN*** I bet your mother's at the controls!
**[08:19] Mama**
This way, not that way! That way!
**[08:21] Mama**
That way! Yes, that way! No, this way!
**[08:25] Momo**
That way, that way... that way, that way...
**[08:28] Chamo**
This way, this way!
***SIGN*** What's going on here?!
**[08:32] Lupi**
Your mother's so bad at this!
**[08:37] Queen**
Look out!
**[08:38] King**
La-dee-da! What's her mother doing?
**[08:41] King**
Momo's almost out of hit points!
**[08:43] King**
If she runs out of hit points
in the game, she dies!
**[08:47] Queen**
Will that happen to the real Momo, too?
**[08:49] King**
Yes! It'll be curtains!
**[08:51] Queen**
Run, Momo!
**[08:55] Kids**
Please! Help!
**[08:59] Kids**
Hey, there's some weird characters in there!
**[09:02] Kids**
They're almost out of hit points!
**[09:05] Kids**
Yeah! But they don't have any herbs, either.
**[09:07] Kids**
And they can't use healing spells!
**[09:09] Kids**
They've gotta get to a castle or a town,
**[09:12] Kids**
or they're gonna die!
**[09:13] Kids**
Hang in there! You're almost to a castle!
**[09:16] All**
Go! Go! Go!
**[09:20] Papa**
Dear, you'd better hurry or the
hero will be eaten by a monster!
**[09:23] Mama**
You're not helping!
**[09:25] Mama**
They're not following my controls!
**[09:33] Momo**
Oh, oh, oh!
**[09:34] Momo**
When did so many enemies show up?!
**[09:36] Chamo**
We're done for! They're gonna eat us!
**[09:39] Momo**
Quit crying and run!
**[09:41] Momo**
Wait, huh?
**[09:43] Lupi**
I can move myself again!
**[09:46] Chamo**
Yeah! I wonder what happened!
***SIGN*** We'll investigate later!
***SIGN*** For now, run!
**[09:50] Momo**
Yeah! Run!
**[10:00] Lupi**
A castle!
***SIGN*** Lucky us!
***SIGN*** If we make it inside, we'll be inside a barrier,
***SIGN*** and the monsters won't be able to follow us!
**[10:07] Momo**
Great!
**[10:22] Mama**
Well, that's a relief.
**[10:24] Papa**
I got so fired up, it was like I was
rooting for a member of my own family!
**[10:28] Mama**
Agreed!
**[10:29] Mama**
And it looks like the characters
are moving on their own now, so...
**[10:33] Sign**
Fairy Princess
**[10:33] Sign**
Minky Momo
**[10:38] Sign**
Fairy Princess
**[10:38] Sign**
Minky Momo
***SIGN*** I'm exhausted!
**[10:58] Momo**
Oh, my!
**[11:00] Momo**
It's posters asking about the hero!
**[11:03] Lupi**
Forget that for now! Where
in the world are we?!
**[11:06] Woman**
Welcome to Laconia, the castle town.
**[11:09] Momo**
It's a pleasure to meet you.
**[11:11] Momo**
We're looking for the hero there.
**[11:13] Momo**
Have you seen him?
**[11:14] Woman**
Welcome to Laconia, the castle town.
**[11:17] Momo**
Um, thanks.
**[11:19] Momo**
Um, so... do you know where the hero—
***SIGN*** It won't work, Momo.
***SIGN*** We're inside a game.
***SIGN*** The characters can only say what they were programmed to say.
**[11:28] Momo**
I see. That's inconvenient.
**[11:30] Woman**
Oh, no, it's our job to do
exactly as we were told.
**[11:34] Woman**
It's only natural.
**[11:36] Momo**
Is that the line you always say?
**[11:39] Woman**
Well, saying the same line
every time gets so boring.
**[11:43] Woman**
Sometimes you just want
to say something new!
**[11:47] Lupi**
Are you sure it's okay for you
to make up your own lines?
**[11:50] Woman**
Actually, yeah, I am saying
the wrong lines now...
**[11:54] Woman**
Is this okay?
***SIGN*** I get it now!
***SIGN*** The disappearance of the main character
***SIGN*** and us entering the game world
***SIGN*** is throwing the programming out of whack!
**[12:05] Momo**
Is that also why we went between being
controlled and moving on our own before?
***SIGN*** I'm okay about the part where we can move freely,
***SIGN*** but everyone else moving freely might throw the world into chaos.
***SIGN*** We've got to find the hero and restore things to normal
***SIGN*** before something awful happens!
**[12:22] Momo**
What do we do?!
***SIGN*** For now, let's go see the king.
***SIGN*** He might know something.
**[12:27] Momo**
Yeah.
**[12:38] King**
Are you the ones who asked to see me?
**[12:40] Momo**
Yes!
**[12:41] King**
And how can I help you?
**[12:43] Momo**
We're looking for the missing hero, Lito!
**[12:45] King**
Oh, that's good to hear.
**[12:47] King**
The loss of the hero means none of
our scheduled events are happening.
**[12:54] Momo**
Do you know where he might be, Your Majesty?
**[12:57] King**
Yes, I do!
**[12:59] King**
The truth is, since I gained the ability
to move on my own, I snuck out for a walk.
**[13:05] King**
And I saw the hero entering a cave!
**[13:08] Lupi**
Then why didn't you call him back?!
**[13:11] King**
Never! I am a king.
**[13:13] King**
My job is to wait for the hero here.
**[13:17] King**
None of the rest of it is my business.
**[13:19] Lupi**
Oh, what a selfish old king!
**[13:22] King**
A king has a right to be selfish.
**[13:24] King**
Oh, I know!
**[13:26] King**
If you want to go save the hero,
**[13:29] King**
I can lend you the royal
sword and a suit of armor.
**[13:33] Momo**
That sounds great!
***SIGN*** Would that sword happen to be the sacred sword bestowed to heroes?
**[13:38] King**
That's right!
**[13:39] King**
Once I bestow it on someone,
that means my job is over.
**[13:44] King**
Then I can just nap and daydream
and do whatever I want!
**[13:47] Chamo**
So selfish!
**[13:53] Mama**
This game isn't much like the
magazines described it...
**[13:57] Mama**
The characters are all
moving on their own, too.
**[14:00] Papa**
Well, that's okay, isn't it?
**[14:01] Papa**
We even learned where the hero is!
**[14:03] Mama**
No, no! It's boring if I
can't control it myself!
**[14:12] Lupi**
Get back here, you!
**[14:17] King**
Yes, keep it up! La-dee-da!
**[14:19] Queen**
It's a dungeon!
**[14:20] Queen**
Be careful, Momo!
**[14:26] Chamo**
It's dark and creepy in here!
**[14:29] Momo**
Let's muster our courage and venture forth!
***SIGN*** Is that...
**[14:39] Momo**
Hooray! A treasure chest!
**[14:42] Lupi**
Oh, what sort of wonderful
treasure could be inside?
**[14:47] Both**
Heave-ho!
**[14:49] Momo**
Huh?
**[14:50] Lupi**
Is this a treasure?
**[14:52] Lito**
I'm not a dang treasure.
**[14:54] Lito**
I'm a person and my name is Lito!
**[14:56] Momo**
Lito? Then you're the hero?
**[14:59] Lito**
Nah. I've quit the hero biz.
**[15:01] Lito**
I'm hiding in here until
people forget about me.
**[15:05] Lito**
Leave me be, would you?
**[15:07] Momo**
Wait a minute! What's going on?
**[15:08] Momo**
Why are you quitting heroing?
**[15:10] Lito**
Having made it this far, you should know.
**[15:13] Lito**
A hero has to fight scary monsters every day,
**[15:17] Lito**
scraping together money to save some
princess you've barely met seen.
**[15:22] Lito**
Why do I have to suffer like that?
**[15:28] Zone**
So that's where you were hiding, Hero Lito.
**[15:31] Lito**
You're Demon King Zone!
**[15:33] Lito**
How did you get here?
**[15:35] Zone**
Thanks to your newly-found cowardice,
**[15:38] Zone**
I've been released from the
bounds of my programming,
**[15:40] Zone**
and now I'm free!
**[15:45] Momo**
This isn't funny!
**[15:47] Lupi**
Yeah!
**[15:48] Lupi**
Go on! Defeat that bad guy already!
**[15:52] Zone**
If you think you can face
me, then try your best!
**[16:00] Momo**
We're falling!
**[16:08] Rubisa**
Help me, Lito!
**[16:10] Zone**
Princess Rubisa!
**[16:14] Lupi**
Saving the princess is your job, isn't it?
**[16:16] Lupi**
Do something!
**[16:18] Lito**
I can't!
**[16:19] Momo**
Why not?
**[16:20] Lito**
I'm not a high enough level
to beat the Demon King!
**[16:23] Momo**
How will you know unless you try?
**[16:26] Momo**
It's gross to give up
before you've even tried!
**[16:28] Lito**
No, I'm scared!
**[16:30] Lito**
Please, just leave me alone!
**[16:34] Zone**
You see that? That's who your hero really is!
**[16:37] Zone**
Now, I'll start by crushing this girl!
**[16:44] Momo**
This is awful!
**[16:46] Momo**
You've made me mad!
**[16:52] Momo**
Parariru Parariru Doririnpa!
**[16:55] Momo**
Tiaran Tianan Maririnpa!
**[16:58] Momo**
Become a hero with a Minky touch!
**[17:28] Kid**
Hey, there's two heroes now!
**[17:30] Kid**
Yeah!
**[17:31] Kid**
And the new hero is already level 60!
**[17:35] Momo**
Try me, Demon King Zone!
**[17:37] Momo**
I'll face you!
**[17:38] Zone**
And who might you be?
**[17:39] Momo**
Warrior of Justice, Momo the Hero!
**[17:42] Momo**
Now, give the princess back!
**[17:44] Zone**
A nobody hero like you challenges me?
**[17:48] Zone**
You don't stand a chance!
**[17:50] Momo**
You've said it now.
**[17:51] Momo**
Face my fire magic!
**[17:53] Momo**
Blazer!
**[17:56] Momo**
Eh?
**[17:57] Momo**
Then... lightning magic!
**[17:59] Momo**
Kapow!
**[18:01] Momo**
Eh?
**[18:02] Momo**
Ice magic, Shiver!
**[18:04] Momo**
Air blades, Whoosh!
**[18:06] Momo**
Froom! Babam! Kerpow!
**[18:08] Momo**
What's going on?
**[18:10] Chamo**
What went wrong?
***SIGN*** Momo wasn't programmed into the game's system,
***SIGN*** so even at a high level, she can't use magic.
**[18:19] Zone**
What's the matter, child?
**[18:21] Zone**
I'll take my turn now.
**[18:23] Zone**
Fire magic!
**[18:27] Chamo**
Momo's in trouble!
**[18:30] Momo**
Cookbook! Chamo! Lupipi!
**[18:35] Momo**
Open your eyes, Lito the Hero!
**[18:37] Momo**
You're the only one who can save this world!
**[18:41] Zone**
Nothing you say will change anything.
**[18:43] Zone**
He's a mere marionette, forced to dance
for the audience in the role of a hero.
**[18:48] Zone**
Take this! Lightning magic!
**[18:53] Trio**
Momo!
**[18:54] Lito**
Momo the Hero!
**[18:55] Kid**
The hero lost!
**[18:58] Kid**
That's okay! She's not dead!
**[18:59] Kid**
And Lito the Hero is still there!
**[19:02] Kid**
He'll beat Demon King Zone for sure!
**[19:04] Kid**
Yeah! Get him!
**[19:07] Mama**
Go, Lito!
**[19:08] Papa**
Go for it! We're with you!
**[19:10] Momo**
Stand up, Lito the Hero!
**[19:13] Momo**
If you don't stand up now,
you'll regret it all your life!
**[19:24] Kids**
Lito! Lito! Lito! Lito! Lito!
**[19:30] Lito**
I'm the legendary hero, born
to bring peace to this world!
**[19:35] Lito**
Who will protect this world if I don't?!
**[19:39] Lito**
Let's go, Demon King Zone!
**[19:41] Zone**
Feeling up to it, child?
**[19:43] Zone**
But your bravery is pointless.
**[19:45] Zone**
You cannot defeat me at your current level!
**[19:51] Momo**
Lito! Use this!
**[19:55] Lito**
This is... the legendary sword, Peach Blade!
**[19:59] Lito**
What is this... the power
welling up from inside me?
**[20:03] Momo**
The power of the children's hopes
and dreams are empowering you!
**[20:08] Zone**
Wretched fool!
**[20:10] Zone**
Feel the most powerful spell, Gigantos!
**[20:15] All**
Go, Lito the Hero!
**[20:18] Lito**
I won't give up!
**[20:22] Zone**
I-Impossible! He can't break through
Gigantos at his current level!
**[20:30] Lito**
Die, Demon King!
**[20:40] Lito**
Princess Rubisa!
**[20:43] Rubisa**
Lito, thank you!
**[20:44] Momo**
Well done, Lito the Hero!
**[20:46] Kids**
Nice one, Lito the Hero!
**[20:47] Kids**
You did it!
**[20:48] Kids**
Hooray!
**[20:49] Mama**
What a romantic story!
**[20:52] Papa**
Yes, a truly moving event!
**[20:55] Papa**
I'm sure it was fully planned from the start.
**[21:04] Mama**
Oh, Momo! What are you dressed like that for?
**[21:06] Momo**
Oh, whoops!
**[21:08] Momo**
I forgot to give it back.
**[21:17] Lito**
Your Highness, our world
will now be happy forever.
**[21:21] Rubisa**
Lito...
**[21:23] Lito**
Princess...
**[21:29] King**
And so the game reached its happy ending!
**[21:32] King**
La-dee-da?
**[21:34] Rubisa**
But...
**[21:35] Rubisa**
The other...
**[21:37] Rubisa**
The one who appeared out of nowhere,
and disappeared just as suddenly...
**[21:41] Lito**
Momo the Hero.
**[21:42] Lito**
I'll never forget the
friendship you showed me.
**[21:45] Rubisa**
Momo the Hero... she was so wonderful!
**[21:49] Rubisa**
I love you, Momo!
**[21:51] King**
Oh, dear. What's all this, now?
**[21:53] Queen**
What's the matter?
**[21:55] King**
It looks like it's not over.
**[21:57] Queen**
Oh?
**[21:58] King**
The princess, unable to
forget the other hero,
**[22:02] King**
abandoned Lito the Hero and left the
castle to find the Momo the Hero.
**[22:08] King**
But that will all be explored
another time in another game!
**[22:14] Lito**
*Princess! Please, come back!*
**[22:18] Momo**
Oh, dear.
***SIGN*** I guess you can't program a girl's feelings.
**[22:23] Momo**
But if video games are this much
fun, I might have to play again!
**[22:29] Momo**
Next time as the main character!
***SIGN*** Next Episode Preview
**[24:11] Momo**
Piano, piano.
**[24:12] Momo**
The piano cries, seeking memories.
**[24:14] Momo**
The snow falls, summoned by the piano.
**[24:16] Momo**
Piano, piano. Tell me, piano...
**[24:19] Momo**
Let frozen fingers free days
of love buried by the snow.
**[24:22] Momo**
Next time on *Fairy Princess Minky Momo*:
**[24:24] Momo**
"A Concert in the Snow."
**[24:26] Momo**
You can say that kind of late-autumn
reflective tone doesn't suit me,
**[24:29] Momo**
but I'm still gonna do it!
***SIGN*** A Concert in the Snow
**[24:31] Momo**
La-dee-da-dee-da!