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20 - MEMORIES OF THE YOKA

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[00:16] ---
    GeGeGe no Kitaro
[00:19] ---
    I want to ask if you've seen a flower
    like this in the forest anywhere.
[00:24] ---
    Help me!
[00:25] ---
    Ever since we found that flower,
[00:28] ---
    there have been terrifying sounds
    every night!
[00:35] ---
    The world you see isn't all there is.
[00:38] ---
    There are things you can't see.
[00:41] ---
    See? In the darkness behind you...
[01:01] ---
    Ge, ge, gegege no ge
[01:01] ---
    ge ge gegege no ge
[01:05] ---
    Slumbering in bed in the morning
[01:05] ---
    asa wa nedoko de gu gu gu
[01:09] ---
    It's so fun, it's so fun
[01:09] ---
    tanoshiina tanoshiina
[01:13] ---
    Ghosts don't have school
[01:13] ---
    obakenya gakkou mo
[01:17] ---
    Or tests or anything
[01:17] ---
    shiken mo nannimo nai
[01:21] ---
    Ge, ge, gegege no ge
[01:21] ---
    ge ge gegege no ge
[01:26] ---
    Let's all sing together, gegege no ge
[01:26] ---
    minna de utaou gegege no ge
[01:29] ---
    ge ge gegege no ge
[01:29] ---
    Ge, ge, gegege no ge
[01:34] ---
    yoru wa hakaba de undoukai
[01:34] ---
    Sports festivals in the graveyard at night
[01:38] ---
    tanoshiina tanoshiina
[01:38] ---
    It's so fun, it's so fun
[01:42] ---
    obake wa shinanai
[01:42] ---
    Ghosts don't die
[01:46] ---
    byouki mo nannimo nai
[01:46] ---
    Or get sick or anything
[01:50] ---
    ge ge gegege no ge
[01:50] ---
    Ge, ge, gegege no ge
[01:54] ---
    minnade utaou gegege no ge
[01:54] ---
    Let's all sing together, gegege no ge
[01:58] ---
    minnade utaou gegege no ge
[01:58] ---
    Let's all sing together, gegege no ge
[02:03] ---
    minnade utaou gegege no ge
[02:03] ---
    Let's all sing together, gegege no ge
[02:17] ---
    What are you doing?!
[02:18] ---
    -Fire! Fire!
    -Somebody! Help me!
[02:30] ---
    CHAPTER 20
[02:31] ---
    MEMORIES OF THE YOKA
[02:36] ---
    Yes?
[02:37] ---
    Yes, this is.
[02:41] ---
    What? Aunt Toshiko...?!
[02:43] ---
    She collapsed outside?
[02:45] ---
    That's pretty close.
    I'll go check up on her.
[02:49] ---
    What is it?
[02:51] ---
    Mana, you're free, right?
[02:52] ---
    I have my summer homework!
[02:54] ---
    I can't decide what to do
    for my research project.
[02:58] ---
    Then you're free.
[03:01] ---
    Aunt Toshiko in Chiba?
[03:03] ---
    She's your grandmother's older sister,
    so she's actually your great-aunt.
[03:10] ---
    She's a bit of a black sheep
    among our relatives,
[03:13] ---
    but she took a liking to me for
    some reason, and was always good to me.
[03:19] ---
    What are you here for?
[03:22] ---
    Nobody asked you to come.
[03:25] ---
    You seem well.
[03:27] ---
    Shouldn't you be lying down?
[03:29] ---
    You hit 90 and things start breaking down.
[03:29] ---
    TOSHIKO SAWADA
[03:34] ---
    It's a fact of life.
    Everyone should leave me alone.
[03:36] ---
    Now, now.
[03:41] ---
    Mana, was it?
[03:43] ---
    Yes...
[03:45] ---
    She's gotten big, hasn't she?
[03:48] ---
    Are you studying hard?
[03:50] ---
    Huh? Uh... Sort of.
[03:55] ---
    "Sort of " what?
[03:57] ---
    I hate it when people can't give
    a straight answer.
[04:01] ---
    Give me a simple "yes" or "no"!
[04:03] ---
    Uh, yes!
[04:05] ---
    Very good.
[04:06] ---
    I'll go get you a change of clothes.
[04:10] ---
    I can do it myself, but no one listens.
[04:13] ---
    Don't trouble your doctors too much.
[04:16] ---
    I've lived this long by myself.
    I'm perfectly ready to kick the bucket.
[04:21] ---
    Sure. But we'd miss you,
    so hold on a little longer.
[04:25] ---
    Is there anything you want
    or need me to do?
[04:35] ---
    It's almost obon season.
[04:40] ---
    The flowers...
[04:42] ---
    Will you check on the flowers?
[04:49] ---
    How many years has it been?
    I've missed this.
[04:54] ---
    I'd stopped coming here.
[04:58] ---
    Plus, Aunt Toshiko isn't really
    a people person.
[05:19] ---
    Hmm...
[05:21] ---
    I can't find any relevant records.
[05:24] ---
    Nanashi... If he really has no name,
    there's no way to research him...
[05:29] ---
    Why don't you take a break?
[05:32] ---
    Ah, some refreshments.
[05:34] ---
    Thanks, Catchick.
[05:36] ---
    It's nothing.
    Sand Witch asked me to bring these.
[05:40] ---
    Have you been
    keeping touch with Mana-chan?
[05:43] ---
    What's going on?
[05:45] ---
    She seems to frequently get involved
    in Nanashi incidents.
[05:49] ---
    We should probably keep tabs on her.
[05:53] ---
    Speak of the devil.
[05:56] ---
    Huh? What is this?
[05:58] ---
    Hmm?
[06:00] ---
    Huh?
[06:01] ---
    Hmm...
[06:03] ---
    Are these...?
[06:04] ---
    Hmm...
[06:09] ---
    Red flowers... Red flowers...
[06:12] ---
    These are all different.
[06:14] ---
    There's nothing on the internet.
[06:17] ---
    I looked in an encyclopedia once,
    but I never found anything.
[06:21] ---
    Huh?
[06:22] ---
    Whenever obon season comes around,
    they always suddenly bloom.
[06:26] ---
    But I've never seen so many before.
[06:30] ---
    Oh really?
[06:32] ---
    Oh?
[06:36] ---
    A photo?
[06:38] ---
    This is Aunt Toshiko.
[06:40] ---
    Huh. Who's the guy with her?
[06:43] ---
    WITH SOUJIRO-SAN
    1942
[06:46] ---
    It's probably Aunt Toshiko's sweetheart.
[06:49] ---
    Her sweetheart?
[06:50] ---
    I heard about him.
[06:52] ---
    When Aunt Toshiko was young,
    she fell in love with a man from Tokyo.
[06:59] ---
    They even promised to marry.
[07:04] ---
    But...
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    One day, he suddenly disappeared.
[07:11] ---
    He just said, "I promise I'll be back."
[07:15] ---
    Aunt Toshiko waited,
    believing those words.
[07:20] ---
    But he never showed up again.
[07:25] ---
    Since then, she felt she couldn't
    love or be loved by anyone.
[07:31] ---
    She's lived alone
    to this day believing that.
[07:38] ---
    That guy just disappeared?
    That's horrible!
[07:41] ---
    True.
[07:43] ---
    But, this Soujiro-san might have had
    some reason why.
[07:50] ---
    1942 means the war had already started.
[07:55] ---
    The war?
[08:01] ---
    You came all the way here?
[08:04] ---
    These two were interested
    in these flowers.
[08:06] ---
    Then, they're yokai related or something?
[08:09] ---
    These are called yoka.
[08:12] ---
    They're flowers that bloom from
    yokai activity or spirit power.
[08:15] ---
    So why are they at Aunt Toshiko's house?
[08:19] ---
    I don't sense any malicious presence.
[08:23] ---
    It looks like these flowers
    came from the south.
[08:27] ---
    Someplace very far away.
[08:30] ---
    We should check it out.
[08:42] ---
    The flowers...
[08:45] ---
    Will you check on the flowers?
[08:51] ---
    If we're traveling, we'll need to prepare.
[08:54] ---
    Yes. We'll head out tomorrow morning.
[08:56] ---
    Okay.
[09:03] ---
    It's a clam boat.
[09:05] ---
    And the ferryman is Kawauso.
[09:07] ---
    It's much faster than it looks!
[09:10] ---
    Are you really coming with us?
[09:13] ---
    I want to know about those flowers.
[09:15] ---
    As promised,
    I got permission from my parents.
[09:19] ---
    I said it's for my research project.
[09:22] ---
    Good grief...
[09:23] ---
    She's a good kid. That's nice.
[09:25] ---
    Why are you here?
[09:26] ---
    I'm bored.
[09:27] ---
    Don't get in our way, or else.
[09:30] ---
    Okay, we're off!
[10:01] ---
    It's this island. I'm sure of it.
[10:04] ---
    It's hot. We've come pretty south.
[10:08] ---
    We've just crossed
    the equator it looks like.
[10:10] ---
    The red flowers came
    all the way from here?
[10:18] ---
    Huh?
[10:20] ---
    IN MEMORIAM
[10:21] ---
    This is... Japanese?!
[10:26] ---
    KITARO'S TREE HOUSE
[10:29] ---
    SHIGERU MIZUKI'S PARADISE
    PAPUA NEW GUINEA
[10:31] ---
    -"Scratch, scratch."
    -"Ge."
[10:32] ---
    "Shake, shake."
[10:34] ---
    Japanese...
[10:35] ---
    Why in a place so far away?
[10:40] ---
    This is a monument to fallen soldiers.
[10:42] ---
    Huh?
[10:43] ---
    Japanese soldiers fought on
    this island during the war.
[10:48] ---
    And many died.
[10:52] ---
    The war...
[10:53] ---
    The Pacific War.
[10:55] ---
    Didn't you learn about it at school?
[10:58] ---
    I've heard about it.
    But why on an island so far south?
[11:03] ---
    Long ago, Japan tried to expand.
[11:07] ---
    Against America, England, France...
[11:10] ---
    Japan fought with countries
    it considers friends now.
[11:14] ---
    It's probably hard for someone
    of your generation to believe, Mana-chan.
[11:18] ---
    Man, it really was a crummy time.
[11:21] ---
    Namu namu...
[11:23] ---
    I knew we went to war with America,
[11:27] ---
    but, I thought it was like
    Japan just got invaded and lost.
[11:32] ---
    No, Japan also invaded
    and fought in other countries.
[11:37] ---
    Such an age really happened.
[11:41] ---
    It's been over 70 years.
[11:44] ---
    I suppose the memories
    of war are fading...
[11:52] ---
    This is...
[11:53] ---
    Whew! Walking should be easier here!
[11:56] ---
    But, something's...
[11:57] ---
    KARIMARU FORESTY CO., LTD
[11:59] ---
    Japanese again.
[12:00] ---
    Rare trees go for high prices.
[12:03] ---
    So I hear some businesses go
    all the way overseas to cut them down.
[12:08] ---
    We've got the proper permissions here.
[12:13] ---
    We're not trying to
    disrupt your work or anything.
[12:18] ---
    I want to ask if you've seen a flower
    like this in the forest anywhere.
[12:27] ---
    It's not my fault! It's not my fault!
    I'm just doing my job!
[12:30] ---
    This flower--
[12:30] ---
    I don't know!
[12:32] ---
    That look of terror...
[12:34] ---
    Something’s cursed you, hasn’t it?
[12:36] ---
    Talk to me.
[12:38] ---
    The yokai consultant for any supernatural
    phenomenon, the BiBiBi no Rat Man,
[12:43] ---
    and his merry companions are here to help.
[12:47] ---
    Help me!
[12:49] ---
    Ever since we found that flower,
[12:51] ---
    there have been terrifying sounds
    in the forest every night!
[12:57] ---
    Now we don't have to
    wander the jungle all night.
[13:00] ---
    That was out of line.
[13:02] ---
    Well, I'm curious about
    that so-called "sound."
[13:06] ---
    Mana, what's wrong?
[13:08] ---
    It just hasn't really sunk in...
[13:11] ---
    Right now, I'm far away from Japan,
[13:16] ---
    where long ago, lots of
    Japanese people came and fought...
[13:22] ---
    And, even now...
[13:24] ---
    They're doing it because there's a demand.
    It's the principle of capitalism.
[13:29] ---
    That's not what I wanted to talk about.
[13:32] ---
    Where are you going?
[13:34] ---
    I thought I'd get some water.
[13:36] ---
    I can do that.
[13:38] ---
    It's fine! Don't follow! Got it?!
[13:41] ---
    Can't he tell that I have to pee?
[14:11] ---
    A-An air raid?!
[14:13] ---
    Charge!
[14:17] ---
    Hmm.
[14:17] ---
    I can't see any flashes of explosions
    or gunfire anywhere.
[14:21] ---
    There's no vibrations or blast waves.
    No smell of gunpowder either.
[14:25] ---
    It's really just the sound.
[14:28] ---
    Hmm...
[14:30] ---
    But, these are definitely
    the sounds of war.
[14:34] ---
    Please do something!
    Every night these terrifying noises...!
[14:40] ---
    The Tubuan! It's a curse of the Tubuan!
[14:43] ---
    The Tubuan?
[14:44] ---
    It's because we cut the forest
    and tried to disturb the sacred tree!
[14:49] ---
    The sacred tree?
[14:50] ---
    You're hiding something shady.
[14:53] ---
    Dad.
[14:54] ---
    Hmm. The Tubuan...
[14:56] ---
    Kitaro! I can't find Mana anywhere!
[15:02] ---
    What are you doing?!
[15:04] ---
    -Fire! Fire!
    -Hold on! Don't die!
[15:06] ---
    What... What is this?!
[16:15] ---
    It's not doing anything?
[16:17] ---
    It's just following me?
[16:20] ---
    Maybe it's not a bad yokai.
[16:28] ---
    Oh, I know!
[16:29] ---
    Betobeto-san, go ahead.
[16:34] ---
    Was that it?
[16:45] ---
    It's not disappearing.
    Maybe it's not Betobeto-san.
[16:56] ---
    Does it want me to follow it somewhere?
[17:34] ---
    Huh?
[17:37] ---
    This is the source of the yoka.
[17:39] ---
    Kitaro!
[17:41] ---
    You never cease to worry us.
[17:44] ---
    I'm sorry. I...
[17:46] ---
    We know. It's all right.
[17:53] ---
    These are...
[17:54] ---
    Remains of soldiers...
[17:57] ---
    From their clothes,
    they appear to be Japanese.
[18:00] ---
    No one found them and they were left here.
    Namu namu...
[18:03] ---
    When we dug up the roots, we found these.
[18:07] ---
    We called the company and they said,
    "Exporting the tree is a must.
[18:10] ---
    If they're in the way,
    just throw them away."
[18:13] ---
    You'd throw away the remains of your
    ancestors who fought for your country?!
[18:18] ---
    How could you?!
[18:19] ---
    Forgive us! We'll forget the tree!
[18:22] ---
    The Tubuan took pity
    and were protecting their remains.
[18:28] ---
    The Tubuan?
[18:29] ---
    They're ancient spirits
    that live in islands around here.
[18:34] ---
    Normally, they won't harm people.
[18:37] ---
    They must have been intimidating
    those who would disturb the remains.
[18:41] ---
    They used their most
    terrifying experience, the sounds of war.
[18:50] ---
    Um, I know it's strange for me
    to be saying this...
[18:56] ---
    But, thank you very much!
[19:07] ---
    Oh, what happened to those footprints?
[19:11] ---
    Well?
[19:12] ---
    Yes.
[19:14] ---
    The power that's creating the yoka...
[19:17] ---
    This is its center.
[19:20] ---
    A letter?
[19:21] ---
    It's sealed and
    doesn't look like it was ever sent.
[19:25] ---
    That dead guy must've written it.
[19:27] ---
    He got killed before he could send it.
[19:30] ---
    Normally, paper should have
    rotted away long ago.
[19:33] ---
    A strong spirit power...
[19:37] ---
    TOSHIKO SAWADA
[19:42] ---
    SOUJIRO
[19:49] ---
    Or a powerful feeling must have
    taken root in it.
[20:06] ---
    A feeling that he died
    before he could say something.
[20:10] ---
    From there, the yoka were born,
    and rode the winds far away to Japan.
[20:16] ---
    This year's blooming must have been
    a final message
[20:21] ---
    because he sensed
    this place would be lost.
[20:25] ---
    I finally understand...
[20:27] ---
    Lots of people really fought here.
[20:31] ---
    And died here...
[20:43] ---
    In the letter,
[20:44] ---
    Soujiro-san wrote of how
    his parents were strict about lineage

[20:48] ---
    and wouldn't allow his marriage.
[20:51] ---
    Soujiro-san didn't give up, angering them,
    and he was forced to enlist in the army.

[20:56] ---
    Before he could send word,
    he was sent to a far-away battlefield.

[21:01] ---
    He wrote of so many things
    that he hadn't been able to tell.

[21:07] ---
    And...
[21:07] ---
    "I promise I'll come home to you."
[21:11] ---
    I see.
[21:13] ---
    He came back, just like he promised...
[21:20] ---
    Thank you...
[21:39] ---
    War.
[21:42] ---
    Long before we were born,
[21:44] ---
    in a far-away place,
[21:46] ---
    there was a time when
    many people killed and were killed.

[21:51] ---
    We have to know about it.
[21:56] ---
    We can't allow ourselves
    to forget about it.
[21:59] ---
    ABOUT WAR
    ABOUT PEACE
[22:05] ---
    aitsu no geta no oto ga shitanda
[22:05] ---
    I heard the sound of his geta
[22:11] ---
    aitsu no geta no oto ga shitanda
[22:11] ---
    I heard the sound of his geta
[22:18] ---
    ushiro ni iru aitsu wa dare darou
[22:18] ---
    Who is that behind me?
[22:24] ---
    furimuku koto nado dekinaiyo
[22:24] ---
    I can't turn around
[22:29] ---
    mienai chikara wo mieta to omoeba
[22:29] ---
    If I believe I can see an invisible power
[22:35] ---
    kesenai yami no sono mukou
[22:35] ---
    Beyond that darkness that can't be erased
[22:40] ---
    aitsu no geta no oto ga shitanda
[22:40] ---
    I heard the sound of his geta
[22:46] ---
    aitsu no geta no oto ga shitanda
[22:46] ---
    I heard the sound of his geta
[22:53] ---
    karan koron karan koron
[22:53] ---
    Clop-clop, clop-clop
[22:56] ---
    karan koron karan koron
[22:56] ---
    Clop-clop, clop-clop
[22:59] ---
    karan koron karan koron
[22:59] ---
    Clop-clop, clop-clop
[23:06] ---
    Dad, it looks like
    Rat Man is tricking yokai to make money.
[23:11] ---
    Next time on GeGeGe no Kitaro
[23:14] ---
    "Flame on! The Solitude of the Takuro-Bi"
[23:17] ---
    The door to the unseen world opens...
[23:19] ---
    
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