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17 - KANI-BOZU AND THE ANCIENT MYSTERY

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    GeGeGe no Kitaro
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    The world you see isn't all there is.
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    There are things you can't see.
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    See? In the darkness behind you...
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    Ge, ge, gegege no ge
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    ge ge gegege no ge
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    Slumbering in bed in the morning
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    asa wa nedoko de gu gu gu
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    It's so fun, it's so fun
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    tanoshiina tanoshiina
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    Ghosts don't have school
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    obakenya gakkou mo
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    Or tests or anything
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    shiken mo nannimo nai
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    Ge, ge, gegege no ge
[01:21] ---
    ge ge gegege no ge
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    Let's all sing together, gegege no ge
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    minna de utaou gegege no ge
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    Ge, ge, gegege no ge
[01:29] ---
    ge ge gegege no ge
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    Sports festivals in the graveyard at night
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    yoru wa hakaba de undoukai
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    It's so fun, it's so fun
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    tanoshiina tanoshiina
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    Ghosts don't die
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    obake wa shinanai
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    Or get sick or anything
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    byouki mo nannimo nai
[01:50] ---
    Ge, ge, gegege no ge
[01:50] ---
    ge ge gegege no ge
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    Let's all sing together, gegege no ge
[01:54] ---
    minnade utaou gegege no ge
[01:58] ---
    Let's all sing together, gegege no ge
[01:58] ---
    minnade utaou gegege no ge
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    Let's all sing together, gegege no ge
[02:03] ---
    minnade utaou gegege no ge
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    What's wrong?
[02:26] ---
    Quiet, Princess.
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    Let's go!
[02:39] ---
    Leave them to me!
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    You take that path!
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    What a fool.
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    What is a yokai doing helping humans?
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    Are you a yokai, too?
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    Human or yokai, it matters not.
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    Begone with you.
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    CHAPTER 17
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    KANI-BOZU AND THE ANCIENT MYSTERY
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    I can still go on drinking all night!
[03:32] ---
    Huh?
[03:34] ---
    Eight legs all together...
    Moving sideways...
[03:38] ---
    My eyes look to the heavens...
[03:40] ---
    What am I?
[03:43] ---
    What?
[03:44] ---
    Answer.
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    What are you, whoops, talking about?
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    You don't know.
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    In that case!
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    Dad, shouldn't you put on some sunscreen?
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    We've come all the way to the ocean.
[04:10] ---
    Why don't you try
    letting your skin tan, Kitaro?
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    Daddy Eyeball-san,
    even your eyeball's tan. Are you okay?
[04:19] ---
    The sun's a little bright.
[04:22] ---
    Wally Wall, could you move a bit closer?
[04:25] ---
    Wally Wall.
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    Thank you.
[04:30] ---
    You came all this way
    and you're still drinking?!
[04:33] ---
    Perfect for the summer ocean,
    this is a cocktail called Blue Hawaii.
[04:39] ---
    Huh? Where's Rollo Cloth-san?
[04:41] ---
    I'm right here!
[04:43] ---
    Oh no!
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    What do ya mean, "oh no"?!
[04:46] ---
    I'd rather be a girl's swimsuit!
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    Hey!
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    I got the leftover crab
    from yesterday's festival!
[04:56] ---
    Man, the town of Sakaiminato is the best!
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    Maybe I'll live here.
[05:01] ---
    You shouldn't, Rat Man. You'll be
    a nuisance to the people of Sakaiminato.
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    Huh? Where's Rollo Cloth?
[05:09] ---
    He said he's going off
    to find some scallops.
[05:13] ---
    I love scallops, too!
[05:15] ---
    You can't catch scallops
    in Sakaiminato, can you?
[05:20] ---
    He said he absolutely had to make
    a seashell swimsuit for Catchick to wear.
[05:26] ---
    I'll maim him!
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    Scary...
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    I'll wear it!
[05:31] ---
    What?!
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    What is that?!
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    Rollo Cloth!
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    But, this isn't cotton, it's...
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    Iron?
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    It's not iron, it looks like bronze.
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    What happened here?
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    Is something wrong?
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    Kinopee-san was...
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    This is...
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    The same as Rollo Cloth...
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    Tell us, Kitaro-san,
    is this also the work of an evil yokai?
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    Kinopee!
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    It's slight, but I sense yokai activity.
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    This was probably a yokai's doing...
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    HANDMADE GOODS STORE
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    They're finding people who have been
    turned to bronze all over town.
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    TEMPORARILY CLOSED TODAY
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    There are strange rumors
    going around, too.
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    WE WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE TIME BEING
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    Strange rumors?
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    Like if you touch someone turned to bronze
    you'll turn to bronze within 24 hours.
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    Or that it's an illness called "bronzitis"
    and is airborne...
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    Everyone's scared
    and holed up in their homes.
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    We better do something soon...
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    So there's such a rumor...
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    It's the perfect opportunity
    for making money!
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    I better act quickly.
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    The best idea here would probably be
    to sell fake medicine.
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    "Take one a day to prevent bronzitis."
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    Something like "bronze-be-gone pills"!
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    If I roll up some boogers,
    it'll cost me nothing.
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    Take one after breakfast, lunch,
    and dinner.
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    Plus one before snack time
    for good measure.
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    As for the price...
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    10,000 yen per pill.
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    Plus sales tax, if I sell at 10,800 yen...
[07:44] ---
    Welcome back.
[07:46] ---
    Where's Sand Witch?
[07:48] ---
    She go buy sweet potato shochu.
[07:51] ---
    Rollo Cloth favorite sake.
    Pour on and maybe fix.
[07:56] ---
    Come to think of it, Rat Man's gone, too.
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    He's not up to something again is he?!
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    Who are you?!
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    Eight legs all together...
    Moving sideways...
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    My eyes look to the heavens...
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    What am I?
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    Huh?
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    Is it a riddle?
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    Answer.
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    Eight legs means it's an octopus!
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    No!
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    So it's your doing!
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    Hair Needles!
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    Watch out, Kitaro!
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    Answer!
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    Centipede.
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    No!
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    A centipede has a hundred legs, not eight!
[08:53] ---
    Hair Spear!
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    What?!
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    Now answer.
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    Eight legs all together...
    Moving sideways...
[09:05] ---
    My eyes look to the heavens...
    What am I?
[09:08] ---
    I've got it! The answer is--
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    Don't, Catchick!
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    Don't answer him!
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    Answer wrong
    and you'll be turned to bronze.
[09:15] ---
    It's okay. I just have to be right then.
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    Eight legs, walks sideways,
    and its eyes face upwards.
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    The answer is...
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    A crab!
[09:25] ---
    No!
[09:29] ---
    Catchick!
[09:31] ---
    Thank you, Shoji-san.
[09:33] ---
    It's nothing.
[09:35] ---
    Now go take that to him.
[09:39] ---
    I brought the sweet potato shochu!
[09:45] ---
    Sand Witch, stay back!
[09:53] ---
    Kitaro!
[09:54] ---
    Princess?
[09:59] ---
    Princess...
[10:00] ---
    Princess, is that you?
[10:02] ---
    Wh-Who are you?
[10:05] ---
    Sand Witch, we should run for now!
[10:09] ---
    Quickly! Drive!
[10:12] ---
    What's wrong?
[10:13] ---
    Just drive!
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    Princess...
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    MUZUKI SHIGERU ROAD IN THE AFTERNOON
    (SAKAIMINATO CITY, TOTTORI)
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    MUZUKI SHIGERU ROAD AT NIGHT
    (SAKAIMINATO CITY, TOTTORI)
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    "-Oh, what should I do?"
    -"I was sleeping."

[10:39] ---
    "Huh?!"
[10:41] ---
    It sounded like
    he called Sand Witch, "Princess."
[10:46] ---
    Do you know him?
[10:48] ---
    He's got the wrong person,
    or rather, the wrong yokai.
[10:51] ---
    I don't know any yokai like that.
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    Kitaro, Cat-san and the others
    were turned to bronze?
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    A lot of the townspeople got turned, too.
[11:02] ---
    What should we do?
[11:04] ---
    Hmm...
[11:07] ---
    Perhaps the Karasu-Tengu of Daisen...
[11:09] ---
    The Karasu-Tengu?
[11:11] ---
    That's right.
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    They've lived for 1,300 years on Japan's
    oldest sacred mountain, Daisen.
[11:18] ---
    The Karasu-Tengu tribe
    might know something.
[11:22] ---
    All right. Let's go.
[11:24] ---
    We can reach the pass by car
    in about an hour.
[11:30] ---
    I found you.
[11:32] ---
    Princess...
[11:34] ---
    He followed you?
[11:36] ---
    Mana, the back door!
[11:43] ---
    Eight legs all together...
    Moving sideways...
[11:48] ---
    My eyes look to the heavens...
[11:50] ---
    What am I?
[11:54] ---
    -Who cares, you bastard!
    -No!
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    Uncle Shoji!
[12:01] ---
    This way!
[12:02] ---
    But...!
[12:02] ---
    You'll be turned to bronze, too! Run!
[12:06] ---
    Princess!
[12:09] ---
    Stop!
[12:19] ---
    Uncle Shoji, I promise
    we'll come back to save you!
[12:24] ---
    Take us to the Karasu-Tengu!
[12:32] ---
    Hey! Are there any Karasu-Tengu here?
[12:38] ---
    Hey!
[12:41] ---
    Mana, watch your step!
[12:51] ---
    Are you hurt at all?
[12:53] ---
    Th-Thank you.
[12:57] ---
    Um, who are you?
[13:01] ---
    P-Please excuse me!
[13:04] ---
    I'm Kojiro the Karasu-Tengu.
[13:07] ---
    Oh, but if the elder finds out, he'll
    scold me, so please keep this a secret.
[13:12] ---
    Hey!
[13:15] ---
    Help me, too! Help me!
[13:23] ---
    I see...
[13:24] ---
    The one doing it is probably him.
[13:27] ---
    Who's "him"?
[13:30] ---
    When was it, I don't remember exactly...
[13:34] ---
    The time was of the warring states.
[13:36] ---
    In a small state, there was a yokai
    who served humans named Kani-Bozu.
[13:42] ---
    Kani-Bozu fought to protect a princess
    who had lost and was fleeing.
[13:48] ---
    They hid in
    a mountain shrine in Sakaiminato.
[13:52] ---
    But enemies could come at any time.
[13:55] ---
    And so, to determine if anyone approaching
    the princess was friend or foe,
[13:59] ---
    he would ask this...
[14:02] ---
    Eight legs all together...
    Moving sideways...
[14:06] ---
    My eyes look to the heavens...
[14:08] ---
    What am I?
[14:10] ---
    Their allies all knew who Kani-Bozu was.
[14:14] ---
    In other words,
[14:15] ---
    those who didn't know
    were enemies after the princess.
[14:20] ---
    Kani-Bozu turned their pursuers
    into bronze, one after another.
[14:26] ---
    But, that didn't last for long.
[14:30] ---
    A powerful wizard hired by their enemies
    sealed Kani-Bozu away.
[14:38] ---
    Eventually, the fleeing princess
    lost her life in Sakaiminato.
[14:46] ---
    I see...
[14:48] ---
    Kani-Bozu returned to present day
    after being sealed away.
[14:52] ---
    But, not knowing
    how many centuries have passed,
[14:56] ---
    to protect that princess...
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    Considering how the town has changed,
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    he should be aware that
    at least some time has passed.
[15:07] ---
    Princess...
[15:10] ---
    Sand Witch-san, you must
    look like that princess.
[15:15] ---
    A yokai shouldn't stick its nose in
    the conflicts of foolish humans.
[15:20] ---
    I warned him time and time again...
[15:25] ---
    Well, there you have it.
[15:27] ---
    Now you know so go home.
[15:29] ---
    The Karasu-Tengu tribe doesn't get
    involved with pointless conflicts.
[15:34] ---
    We never have. We never will.
[15:36] ---
    Wait! Could you at least tell us
    how to restore those turned to bronze--
[15:46] ---
    What should we do?
[15:49] ---
    Is there even a way to restore
    the people turned to bronze?
[15:54] ---
    If you use the sacred water of Daisen,
    it might work.
[15:59] ---
    You!
[16:00] ---
    What are you doing? Won't the elder
    scold you if you get involved with us?
[16:05] ---
    I don't care if I get scolded.
[16:08] ---
    The elder is too stubborn.
[16:12] ---
    The sacred water of Daisen.
[16:14] ---
    If you use this water...
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    They'll be restored?
[16:19] ---
    Yes. There's at least a chance of it.
[16:22] ---
    I'm not strong enough to
    carry a lot at once.
[16:25] ---
    Let's start out with this to see.
[16:31] ---
    Thank you, Kojiro-san.
[16:34] ---
    N-No problem...
[16:42] ---
    Honestly, that Kojiro...
[16:47] ---
    I'll pour it now.
[16:54] ---
    What was I doing?
[16:56] ---
    You're back to normal!
[16:58] ---
    Mana!
[17:00] ---
    K-Karasu-Tengu?!
[17:02] ---
    My name is Kojiro.
    I'm glad you're all right.
[17:05] ---
    It looks like the sacred water
    works like a charm.
[17:09] ---
    Let's carry sacred water from Daisen.
[17:12] ---
    Will the townspeople be willing to help?
[17:16] ---
    We'll ask them, too! Right?
[17:19] ---
    Right! I'm not sure what's going on,
    but I got this!
[17:24] ---
    Princess!
[17:28] ---
    I'm not your princess.
[17:30] ---
    Wake up already!
[17:32] ---
    You've been asleep for centuries!
[17:35] ---
    The world has changed since then.
[17:38] ---
    The princess you protected
    is no longer of this world!
[17:42] ---
    That's a lie! You can't fool me!
[17:44] ---
    It's not a lie!
[17:46] ---
    You already know it, don't you?
[17:49] ---
    You know it, but don't want to believe it!
[17:52] ---
    Silence! That's not possible!
[17:55] ---
    Lies! Lies, lies, lies!
[17:58] ---
    I tell you, I'm not lying.
[18:00] ---
    It's sad, I know,
    but you have to accept reality.
[18:03] ---
    Then answer this.
[18:05] ---
    My name, the one who
    protected the princess for so long.
[18:08] ---
    Eight legs all together. Moving sideways.
    My eyes look to the heavens.
[18:13] ---
    What am I?
[18:15] ---
    If what you say is the truth,
[18:18] ---
    then you should know everything.
    Who I am and what my name is!
[18:22] ---
    Now answer if you can! Now!
[18:27] ---
    That's enough. Be at peace.
[18:32] ---
    Kani-Bozu...
[18:44] ---
    It's not true!
[18:46] ---
    Lies, lies! Princess!
[18:48] ---
    Dear god...
[18:49] ---
    You and your uncle stay here, Mana-san!
[18:54] ---
    Calm yourself, Kani-Bozu!
[18:58] ---
    Kani-Bozu, stop!
[18:59] ---
    Flame Sand!
[19:07] ---
    Oh no!
[19:11] ---
    Oh very well...
[19:29] ---
    Princess!
[19:46] ---
    Internal Electricity!
[20:00] ---
    Glad I made it in time.
[20:21] ---
    Please hear my last wish.
[20:28] ---
    In this town where the princess rests...
[20:33] ---
    Let me be with her...
[20:38] ---
    Kani-Bozu...
[20:43] ---
    Perhaps Kani-Bozu went berserk on purpose,
    hoping someone would defeat him...
[20:54] ---
    And so, the yokai, Kani-Bozu,
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    went to sleep as a bronze statue in this
    town where the princess he loved rests.
[21:04] ---
    We made the other yokai statues
    so that Kani-Bozu wouldn't feel lonely.
[21:10] ---
    Take your time and enjoy.
[21:12] ---
    And so, the town of Sakaiminato
    that I love

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    was decorated with
    wonderful bronze statues of yokai*.
[21:20] ---
    Oh!
[21:22] ---
    Everyone, come see them!
[21:25] ---
    Kojiro.
[21:27] ---
    Getting involved with the humans is fine,
    but don't end up like Kani-Bozu.
[21:33] ---
    I know that!
[21:35] ---
    He was an unfortunate yokai
    when you think about it...
[21:39] ---
    Wait. More importantly,
[21:41] ---
    there's the issue of Sand Witch
    being mistaken for a princess!
[21:45] ---
    Yeah. I still can't believe it.
[21:47] ---
    Oh shut up. You want me to kiss you?
[21:51] ---
    Come to think of it, where did Rat Man go?
[21:54] ---
    Oh! Could he be...
[22:05] ---
    I heard the sound of his geta
[22:05] ---
    aitsu no geta no oto ga shitanda
[22:11] ---
    I heard the sound of his geta
[22:11] ---
    aitsu no geta no oto ga shitanda
[22:18] ---
    Who is that behind me?
[22:18] ---
    ushiro ni iru aitsu wa dare darou
[22:24] ---
    I can't turn around
[22:24] ---
    furimuku koto nado dekinaiyo
[22:29] ---
    If I believe I can see an invisible power
[22:29] ---
    mienai chikara wo mieta to omoeba
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    Beyond that darkness that can't be erased
[22:35] ---
    kesenai yami no sono mukou
[22:40] ---
    I heard the sound of his geta
[22:40] ---
    aitsu no geta no oto ga shitanda
[22:46] ---
    I heard the sound of his geta
[22:46] ---
    aitsu no geta no oto ga shitanda
[22:53] ---
    Clop-clop, clop-clop
[22:53] ---
    karan koron karan koron
[22:56] ---
    Clop-clop, clop-clop
[22:56] ---
    karan koron karan koron
[22:59] ---
    Clop-clop, clop-clop
[22:59] ---
    karan koron karan koron
[23:06] ---
    Dad, a yokai that tricks people
    is causing mischief.
[23:10] ---
    Huh? Catchick?!
[23:12] ---
    Next time on GeGeGe no Kitaro
[23:15] ---
    
"Kawauso's Lie"*
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    The door to the unseen world opens...
[23:19] ---
    
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