# 20 - MEMORIES OF THE YOKA
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*GeGeGe no Kitaro*
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I want to ask if you've seen a flower
like this in the forest anywhere.
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Help me!
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Ever since we found that flower,
**[00:28] ---**
there have been terrifying sounds
every night!
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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*
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*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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*yoru wa hakaba de undoukai*
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*Sports festivals in the graveyard at night*
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*tanoshiina tanoshiina*
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*It's so fun, it's so fun*
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*obake wa shinanai*
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*Ghosts don't die*
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*byouki mo nannimo nai*
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*Or get sick or anything*
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*ge ge gegege no ge*
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*Ge, ge, gegege no ge*
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*minnade utaou gegege no ge*
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*Let's all sing together, gegege no ge*
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*minnade utaou gegege no ge*
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*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*
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What are you doing?!
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-Fire! Fire!
-Somebody! Help me!
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CHAPTER 20
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MEMORIES OF THE YOKA
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Yes?
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Yes, this is.
**[02:41] ---**
What? Aunt Toshiko...?!
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She collapsed outside?
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That's pretty close.
I'll go check up on her.
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What is it?
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Mana, you're free, right?
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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?
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She's your grandmother's older sister,
so she's actually your great-aunt.
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She's a bit of a black sheep
among our relatives,
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but she took a liking to me for
some reason, and was always good to me.
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What are you here for?
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Nobody asked you to come.
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You seem well.
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Shouldn't you be lying down?
**[03:29] ---**
You hit 90 and things start breaking down.
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TOSHIKO SAWADA
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It's a fact of life.
Everyone should leave me alone.
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Now, now.
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Mana, was it?
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Yes...
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She's gotten big, hasn't she?
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Are you studying hard?
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Huh? Uh... Sort of.
**[03:55] ---**
"Sort of " what?
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I hate it when people can't give
a straight answer.
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Give me a simple "yes" or "no"!
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Uh, yes!
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Very good.
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I'll go get you a change of clothes.
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I can do it myself, but no one listens.
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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?
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It's almost *obon* season.
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The flowers...
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Will you check on the flowers?
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How many years has it been?
I've missed this.
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I'd stopped coming here.
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Plus, Aunt Toshiko isn't really
a people person.
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Hmm...
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I can't find any relevant records.
**[05:24] ---**
Nanashi... If he really has no name,
there's no way to research him...
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Why don't you take a break?
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Ah, some refreshments.
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Thanks, Catchick.
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It's nothing.
Sand Witch asked me to bring these.
**[05:40] ---**
Have you been
keeping touch with Mana-chan?
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What's going on?
**[05:45] ---**
She seems to frequently get involved
in Nanashi incidents.
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We should probably keep tabs on her.
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Speak of the devil.
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Huh? What is this?
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Hmm?
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Huh?
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Hmm...
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Are these...?
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Hmm...
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Red flowers... Red flowers...
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These are all different.
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There's nothing on the internet.
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I looked in an encyclopedia once,
but I never found anything.
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Huh?
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Whenever *obon* season comes around,
they always suddenly bloom.
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But I've never seen so many before.
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Oh really?
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Oh?
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A photo?
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This is Aunt Toshiko.
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Huh. Who's the guy with her?
**[06:43] ---**
WITH SOUJIRO-SAN
1942
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It's probably Aunt Toshiko's sweetheart.
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Her sweetheart?
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I heard about him.
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When Aunt Toshiko was young,
she fell in love with a man from Tokyo.
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They even promised to marry.
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But...
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One day, he suddenly disappeared.
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He just said, "I promise I'll be back."
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Aunt Toshiko waited,
believing those words.
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But he never showed up again.
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Since then, she felt she couldn't
love or be loved by anyone.
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She's lived alone
to this day believing that.
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That guy just disappeared?
That's horrible!
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True.
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But, this Soujiro-san might have had
some reason why.
**[07:50] ---**
1942 means the war had already started.
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The war?
**[08:01] ---**
You came all the way here?
**[08:04] ---**
These two were interested
in these flowers.
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Then, they're *yokai* related or something?
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These are called yoka.
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They're flowers that bloom from
*yokai* activity or spirit power.
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So why are they at Aunt Toshiko's house?
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I don't sense any malicious presence.
**[08:23] ---**
It looks like these flowers
came from the south.
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Someplace very far away.
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We should check it out.
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The flowers...
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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.
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And the ferryman is Kawauso.
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It's much faster than it looks!
**[09:10] ---**
Are you really coming with us?
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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.
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Good grief...
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She's a good kid. That's nice.
**[09:25] ---**
Why are you here?
**[09:26] ---**
I'm bored.
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Don't get in our way, or else.
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Okay, we're off!
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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?
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Huh?
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IN MEMORIAM
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This is... Japanese?!
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KITARO'S TREE HOUSE
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SHIGERU MIZUKI'S PARADISE
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
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-*"Scratch, scratch."*
-*"Ge."*
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*"Shake, shake."*
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Japanese...
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Why in a place so far away?
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This is a monument to fallen soldiers.
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Huh?
**[10:43] ---**
Japanese soldiers fought on
this island during the war.
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And many died.
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The war...
**[10:53] ---**
The Pacific War.
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Didn't you learn about it at school?
**[10:58] ---**
I've heard about it.
But why on an island so far south?
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Long ago, Japan tried to expand.
**[11:07] ---**
Against America, England, France...
**[11:10] ---**
Japan fought with countries
it considers friends now.
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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*...
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I knew we went to war with America,
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but, I thought it was like
Japan just got invaded and lost.
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No, Japan also invaded
and fought in other countries.
**[11:37] ---**
Such an age really happened.
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It's been over 70 years.
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I suppose the memories
of war are fading...
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This is...
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Whew! Walking should be easier here!
**[11:56] ---**
But, something's...
**[11:57] ---**
KARIMARU FORESTY CO., LTD
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Japanese again.
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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--
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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.
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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...
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Right now, I'm far away from Japan,
**[13:16] ---**
where long ago, lots of
Japanese people came and fought...
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And, even now...
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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.
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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!
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The Tubuan?
**[14:44] ---**
It's because we cut the forest
and tried to disturb the sacred tree!
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The sacred tree?
**[14:50] ---**
You're hiding something shady.
**[14:53] ---**
Dad.
**[14:54] ---**
Hmm. The Tubuan...
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Kitaro! I can't find Mana anywhere!
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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?
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Maybe it's not a bad *yokai*.
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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.
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Does it want me to follow it somewhere?
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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...
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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...
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TOSHIKO SAWADA
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SOUJIRO
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Or a powerful feeling must have
taken root in it.
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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.*
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*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.*
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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...*
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