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44 - MASQUERADE NOPPERABO

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[00:12] ---
    GeGeGe no Kitaro
[00:16] ---
    I knew you were a fake!
[00:20] ---
    A monster!
[00:21] ---
    You'll have to disappear here.
[00:30] ---
    The world you see isn't all there is.
[00:34] ---
    There are things you can't see.
[00:37] ---
    See? In the darkness behind you...
[00:56] ---
    Ge, ge, gegege no ge
[00:56] ---
    ge ge gegege no ge
[01:00] ---
    Slumbering in bed in the morning
[01:00] ---
    asa wa nedoko de gu gu gu
[01:05] ---
    It's so fun, it's so fun
[01:05] ---
    tanoshiina tanoshiina
[01:09] ---
    Ghosts don't have school
[01:09] ---
    obakenya gakkou mo
[01:12] ---
    Or tests or anything
[01:12] ---
    shiken mo nannimo nai
[01:17] ---
    Ge, ge, gegege no ge
[01:17] ---
    ge ge gegege no ge
[01:21] ---
    Let's all sing together, gegege no ge
[01:21] ---
    minna de utaou gegege no ge
[01:25] ---
    Ge, ge, gegege no ge
[01:25] ---
    ge ge gegege no ge
[01:29] ---
    Sports festivals in the graveyard at night
[01:29] ---
    yoru wa hakaba de undoukai
[01:33] ---
    It's so fun, it's so fun
[01:33] ---
    tanoshiina tanoshiina
[01:38] ---
    Ghosts don't die
[01:38] ---
    obake wa shinanai
[01:42] ---
    Or get sick or anything
[01:42] ---
    byouki mo nannimo nai
[01:46] ---
    Ge, ge, gegege no ge
[01:46] ---
    ge ge gegege no ge
[01:50] ---
    Let's all sing together, gegege no ge
[01:50] ---
    minnade utaou gegege no ge
[01:54] ---
    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
[02:09] ---
    Help, Go Go Man!
[02:13] ---
    You're finished!
[02:15] ---
    Go Go Man!
[02:17] ---
    Stop!
[02:18] ---
    Evil Creature Bucketgon!
    Don't touch my friend!
[02:23] ---
    Who goes there?!
[02:25] ---
    I'm the defender of justice,
[02:28] ---
    Go Go Man!
[02:29] ---
    A hero protects his friends!
    Go, go, fight!
[02:33] ---
    Go Go Man's strong! Go, go!
[02:36] ---
    Go, go!
[02:37] ---
    Go, go!!
[02:38] ---
    Here goes! Go, go!
[02:40] ---
    Go, go!
[02:46] ---
    CHAPTER 44
[02:47] ---
    MASQUERADE
    NOPPERABO
[02:53] ---
    It's time for the upbeat
    variety show, Hiking!

[02:58] ---
    Today's guests are from the idol unit
    that's quietly growing in popularity,
[03:02] ---
    the two members of Paradise!
[03:06] ---
    Greetings. I'm Yu.
[03:10] ---
    Hey there! I'm Atsushi!
[03:14] ---
    Together, we're Paradise!
[03:19] ---
    Ah, Yu-kun, you're
    as eloquently prince-like as ever.
[03:25] ---
    Thank you very much.
[03:26] ---
    And Atsushi-kun is ever the playboy.
[03:29] ---
    Wait, seriously?
    I'm a pretty straight-laced guy.
[03:34] ---
    No way!
[03:36] ---
    -You're kidding. That's not possible!
    -Yay, yay, yay, yay!
[03:39] ---
    -Tell the truth.
    -Yay, yay, yay, yay!
[03:42] ---
    Actually,
[03:44] ---
    I'm a girl-loving maniac!
[03:50] ---
    Let's go to commercial.
[03:58] ---
    You girls are cute.
[04:00] ---
    Tell me your RAIN IDs.
[04:02] ---
    Really?
[04:05] ---
    Atsushi, why don't you get their IDs, too?
[04:09] ---
    Nah. That's okay.
[04:12] ---
    Five seconds to airing.
[04:14] ---
    4... 3... 2...
[04:18] ---
    Now for a special guest!
[04:21] ---
    With his new movie in theaters,
    it's the super hero, Go Go Man-san!
[04:26] ---
    Go! The defender of justice, Go Go Man!
[04:30] ---
    Seriously?!
[04:31] ---
    Go Go Man?! Oh wow! Why?
[04:34] ---
    Go Go Man!
[04:36] ---
    Nobody told me!
    I can't believe I'd meet you here!
[04:40] ---
    U-Um... Atsushi-kun,
    do you like Go Go Man?
[04:44] ---
    "Like" doesn't begin to describe it!
[04:47] ---
    I've been a fan since kindergarten!
[04:50] ---
    I'm always saving up my money
    to buy Go Go Man figures!

[04:55] ---
    The last one cost a whopping 400,000 yen,
    but that detail was worth it!

[05:01] ---
    The paint job was especially great.
[05:03] ---
    Th-This is an unexpected side
    to the playboy Atsushi-kun.

[05:08] ---
    I just pretend to be a playboy!
[05:11] ---
    I just do it because
    they told me to and...
[05:21] ---
    Lesson costs, PR costs, HR costs!
[05:24] ---
    "He's an otaku*...
    He was seriously freaky today. LOL"
[05:24] ---
    Just how much do you think
    I've spent on you?
[05:27] ---
    You were finally earning it back,
    and now this!
[05:31] ---
    I'm sorry.
[05:34] ---
    After all I've done for you!
    Atsushi, you're scum!
[05:39] ---
    That's right.
[05:40] ---
    Do you have any idea how important
    this time is for Paradise?
[05:45] ---
    I'm sorry.
[05:46] ---
    What?! Get on your hands and knees
    if you want to apologize!
[05:55] ---
    What... am I doing?
[05:58] ---
    I'm a girl-loving maniac!
[06:02] ---
    Who... is that?
[06:05] ---
    That thing isn't me.
[06:08] ---
    Nobody sees the real me at all.
[06:11] ---
    Who is everyone cheering for?
[06:14] ---
    The real me?
[06:18] ---
    Who is the real me?
[06:19] ---
    Hurry and bow!
[06:23] ---
    Before Atsushi Kitajima,
    you're a member of Paradise.
[06:27] ---
    Swear you'll give your life for
    Paradise's popularity!
[06:32] ---
    Is this going to go on my whole life?
[06:35] ---
    What about the real me?
[06:39] ---
    Are you listening?
[06:45] ---
    I'm... very sorry.
[06:56] ---
    GO GO MANJIRO
[06:57] ---
    Howdy hey! Anything good happen today?
[07:00] ---
    Good evening. Nothing really.
[07:03] ---
    I've been a little down recently.
[07:05] ---
    What's wrong? Did something happen?
[07:07] ---
    I've just been feeling
    less and less like myself.

[07:13] ---
    What?! I get worried if you're not happy.
[07:17] ---
    Thanks.
[07:19] ---
    You know...
[07:22] ---
    It's funny now that I think about it.
[07:25] ---
    What is?
[07:31] ---
    I only know you from online
    and have never met you before,

[07:35] ---
    but you're the closest person to me.
[07:42] ---
    You're my best friend, too.
[07:54] ---
    I want to meet you.
[07:58] ---
    Kitaro!
[08:00] ---
    What's wrong, Nopperabo?
[08:03] ---
    I need your help, Kitaro!
[08:05] ---
    In return, here, a soul tempura!
[08:09] ---
    NOPPERABO
[08:12] ---
    This'll go well with sake!
[08:14] ---
    Wait that's...
[08:23] ---
    Th-This is...?!
[08:25] ---
    Whoops. I forgot if anyone but me
    eats that, their face comes off.
[08:31] ---
    M-My sweet mask...
[08:34] ---
    Forget that. Why do you need
    Kitaro's help, Nopperabo?
[08:37] ---
    Oh, right.
[08:39] ---
    I've been RAIN-ing with a human friend.
[08:43] ---
    He suddenly said he wants to meet me.
[08:47] ---
    But he's not a child,
    so I don't know if he can even see me.
[08:53] ---
    Even if he can,
    seeing this'll just shock him.
[08:58] ---
    Please, do something for me, Kitaro!
[09:01] ---
    Something?
[09:07] ---
    Um, excuse me.
[09:10] ---
    I'm Atsushi Kitajima.
[09:13] ---
    Are you Go Go Manjiro-san?
[09:15] ---
    Uh, yes.
[09:17] ---
    That's right. I'm, uh...
[09:20] ---
    Uh, what was it?
[09:23] ---
    Well...
[09:25] ---
    I'm Ge Ge Mantaro.
[09:29] ---
    That's the situation.
[09:32] ---
    I'm lost as to what to do.
[09:36] ---
    Do you like your current work,
    Atsushi-san?
[09:41] ---
    I thought if I joined
    the entertainment industry
[09:43] ---
    I could become a hero like Go Go Man.
[09:48] ---
    But, I got paired up with Yu.
[09:52] ---
    Before I knew it, I was some
    manufactured idol.
[09:56] ---
    Yu is much more star-like than me.
    Plus he's handsome.
[10:00] ---
    Yu would be the prince,
[10:02] ---
    and I'd be the playboy.
    That's what the president said.
[10:07] ---
    Things got hard from there.
[10:10] ---
    Recently, I can't tell who's the real me.
[10:14] ---
    If it's that hard, why don't you quit?
[10:18] ---
    You should live as you like.
[10:20] ---
    It's not that easy.
[10:23] ---
    But you're the first person
    to say that to me.
[10:27] ---
    Actually, there was one more.
[10:33] ---
    Go, Ak-kun!
[10:36] ---
    I've forgotten his face and name,
    but I loved playing with that kid.
[10:43] ---
    By the way, they've announced
    they're making a new Go Go Man movie!
[10:48] ---
    Oh, really?
[10:51] ---
    Aren't you glad?
[10:53] ---
    Sure I'm glad.
[10:57] ---
    Thanks for today. I had fun.
[11:00] ---
    I did too.
[11:02] ---
    Thanks, Kitaro.
[11:04] ---
    Sure.
[11:05] ---
    Are you sure Ak-kun couldn't tell
    you weren't me?
[11:09] ---
    Probably.
[11:10] ---
    Really?
[11:12] ---
    Nopperabo, why were you
    in contact with Atsushi-san?
[11:17] ---
    I used to play with Ak-kun a lot
    when he was a kid.
[11:22] ---
    Children stand on the threshold
    between human and yokai.
[11:26] ---
    He must have been able to
    befriend a yokai.
[11:30] ---
    Of course, as an adult,
    Atsushi-san's memories have changed.
[11:34] ---
    It seems he thinks
    you were a human child.
[11:37] ---
    Hey, Ak-kun, let's play.
[11:41] ---
    Yeah. Ak-kun slowly
    stopped believing in yokai.
[11:45] ---
    And he stopped being able to see me.
[11:48] ---
    But I still wanted to be Ak-kun's friend.
[11:51] ---
    
"I'm bored."
[11:51] ---
    Then shouldn't you have gone after all?
[11:54] ---
    
"Let's talk!"
[11:56] ---
    Atsushi-kun seemed troubled
    and as if his heart has been weakened.
[12:01] ---
    He might be able to see you in his state.
[12:12] ---
    I'm Ge Ge Mantaro.
[12:15] ---
    Sure I'm glad.
[12:21] ---
    Are you sure you shouldn't have gone?
[12:23] ---
    Yeah. He probably couldn't see me anyway.
[12:28] ---
    I'm happy just being
    Go Go Manjiro on RAIN.
[12:32] ---
    I knew you were a fake!
[12:36] ---
    Atsushi-san.
[12:38] ---
    Is that the real Manjiro-san?
[12:40] ---
    Ak-kun, you can see me?!
[12:44] ---
    A monster!
[12:45] ---
    Wh-What are you?!
[12:47] ---
    Can't you tell? See? I'm...
[12:50] ---
    You're my real RAIN companion?!
    You were deceiving me!
[12:54] ---
    Were you going to eat me?!
[12:56] ---
    That's not...
[12:58] ---
    Get away!
[13:03] ---
    Nopperabo!
[13:04] ---
    Hey!
[13:05] ---
    Manjiro-san... I trusted you!
[13:10] ---
    Ak-kun...
[13:15] ---
    NOPPERABO
[13:18] ---
    BUG FRIEND
[13:20] ---
    -
"No, no."
    -
"Oh, what should I do?"
[13:21] ---
    
"Look me in the eye and tell me."
[13:27] ---
    Atsushi, what's wrong?
[13:30] ---
    Yu, help me!
[13:31] ---
    A yokai! A yokai is trying to eat me!
[13:36] ---
    What in the world?
[13:38] ---
    Forget it. Just hop in.
[13:40] ---
    Right.
[13:43] ---
    A yokai is trying to eat you?
[13:45] ---
    Did getting scolded by the president
    and me shake you up that much?
[13:51] ---
    That's not it...
[13:53] ---
    Forget it. Don't worry about that.
[13:55] ---
    I'll drive you home.
[13:57] ---
    Okay.
[14:00] ---
    Listen, Atsushi,
[14:01] ---
    at this rate, Paradise is going to get
    even more popular.
[14:06] ---
    I'm the prince and you're the playboy.
[14:09] ---
    They say the combination works.
[14:12] ---
    Are you listening, Atsushi?
[14:14] ---
    Yeah.
[14:14] ---
    I LOVE YU
[14:16] ---
    Say, Yu...
[14:19] ---
    I don't think I'm cut out
    for the entertainment industry.
[14:23] ---
    Why all of a sudden?
[14:24] ---
    I'm scared.
[14:26] ---
    The more I play a fake me,
    the more I feel the real me disappearing.
[14:32] ---
    The real me? That's hilarious.
[14:37] ---
    What are you talking about?
[14:39] ---
    Well...
[14:41] ---
    I don't know.
[14:43] ---
    Atsushi, there is no "real me".
[14:47] ---
    What?
[14:49] ---
    I'll show you what
    a "real me" really looks like.
[14:58] ---
    Atsushi, listen.
[15:00] ---
    I need to become a popular idol
    and be surrounded by tons of fans.
[15:07] ---
    If you say you're quitting Paradise,
[15:11] ---
    you'll have to disappear here.
[15:15] ---
    "His partner mysteriously vanished.
    A tragic idol left alone."
[15:20] ---
    Human media loves that kind of
    story, doesn't it?
[15:24] ---
    And I'll get more food... I mean "fans".
[15:29] ---
    What's going on?!
[15:30] ---
    You've gotta take care of your fans.
[15:32] ---
    They're important food after all!
[15:42] ---
    OSHIROI-BABAA
[15:51] ---
    I'll eat them all.
[15:59] ---
    Including you.
[16:05] ---
    
"Help me!"
[16:10] ---
    No! He was another yokai who deceived me!
[16:19] ---
    
"Help me!"
[16:20] ---
    Ak-kun!
[16:23] ---
    So, be eaten here,
    or continue as an idol with me.
[16:29] ---
    Make your choice!
[16:31] ---
    Help me!
[16:37] ---
    That Atsushi human was pretty cruel.
[16:42] ---
    The moment he realized he was dealing
    with a yokai, he does that.
[16:46] ---
    That's how it usually goes.
[16:55] ---
    Atsushi-san is...?!
[16:57] ---
    Oh well. There are plenty of other
    potential idols who can take your place.
[17:04] ---
    Go Go Punch!
[17:07] ---
    You! Why?!
[17:09] ---
    Because...
    Because you're my friend, Ak-kun!
[17:13] ---
    But you deceived me...
[17:16] ---
    Wait, the only person to call me Ak-kun...
[17:20] ---
    Go, Ak-kun!
[17:22] ---
    Nono-kun!
[17:27] ---
    Nono-kun...
[17:28] ---
    That's what you called me, Ak-kun.
[17:32] ---
    Wait, could it be...?
[17:34] ---
    You're... Nono-kun?
[17:37] ---
    Because of my face,
    human children wouldn't play with me.
[17:42] ---
    I hated having no face,
    so I was always drawing fake faces.
[17:48] ---
    But it never worked out.
[17:53] ---
    Come on, let's play! Come on!
[17:57] ---
    I guess they're scared.
[17:59] ---
    I'm not scared.
[18:03] ---
    You're not scared of me?
[18:07] ---
    I'm not scared.
[18:09] ---
    A hero never gets scared!
[18:16] ---
    That's better!
[18:20] ---
    I'll be your friend!
[18:25] ---
    You were my friend...
[18:28] ---
    and the greatest hero of all.
[18:32] ---
    Nono-kun!
[18:33] ---
    Ak-kun!
[18:38] ---
    The lesson you taught me then,
[18:41] ---
    is the lesson I'll teach you now.
[18:45] ---
    You don't have to
    pretend to be someone else.
[18:49] ---
    People can only live
    as who they really are!
[18:54] ---
    You got in my way. How dare you!
[18:57] ---
    Ak-kun, hurry and run!
[18:59] ---
    You won't escape!
[19:03] ---
    Ak-kun, run!
[19:09] ---
    I'm...
[19:13] ---
    I'm...
[19:15] ---
    I'm the defender of justice,
[19:17] ---
    Go Go Man!
[19:24] ---
    I won't abandon my friend!
[19:29] ---
    I'm a weakling who only does as he's told.
    I can't speak for myself.
[19:35] ---
    I'm not a hero at all.
[19:37] ---
    But I'll never abandon my friend!
[19:41] ---
    That's the real me.
    That's Atsushi Kitajima!
[19:44] ---
    You fool! You can both die!
[19:47] ---
    Poison Powder!
[19:55] ---
    Remote Controlled Geta!
[19:59] ---
    Who dares?!
[20:01] ---
    Kitaro!
[20:02] ---
    Oshiroi-Babaa, try fighting me!
[20:05] ---
    Hair Needles!
[20:07] ---
    Powder Hat!
[20:16] ---
    Finger Guns!
[20:25] ---
    Are you okay?
[20:27] ---
    Yeah, barely.
[20:28] ---
    Me too.
[20:30] ---
    Thanks. Thanks, Nono-kun!
[20:33] ---
    I've wanted to say this forever.
[20:35] ---
    Thanks, Ak-kun!
[20:40] ---
    Today's guest suddenly switched agencies.
[20:44] ---
    With a graceful switch
    from playboy to hero freak,
[20:48] ---
    it's the increasingly popular
    Atsushi Kitajima-kun!
[20:52] ---
    I'm the gloomy hero freak,
[20:56] ---
    Atsushi Kitajima!
[21:05] ---
    NONO-KUN
[21:06] ---
    Ak-kun, you can do it!!!
[21:09] ---
    Kitaro, won't you use a smartphone?
[21:12] ---
    I don't need one.
[21:15] ---
    I thought as much.
[21:17] ---
    Do you know what this is?
    It's an analog version of RAIN...
[21:19] ---
    Oh! An exchange diary!
[21:22] ---
    Hi.
[21:23] ---
    Are your wounds better?
[21:24] ---
    Yeah.
[21:25] ---
    You know, RAIN's good, but I was wanting
    to do an exchange diary with Ak-kun.
[21:32] ---
    Did you get that for me, Catchick-san?
[21:35] ---
    Nice, Catchick. How considerate.
[21:40] ---
    R-Right!
[21:41] ---
    Of course I bought this for you two!
[21:46] ---
    Thanks!
    I'll try it with Ak-kun right away!
[21:50] ---
    Thanks a lot! Bye!
[22:00] ---
    I wanna dance
    Like a fool haha

[22:00] ---
    I wanna dance baka mitee haha
[22:03] ---
    Wait until the age synchs up
[22:03] ---
    jidai to doukisuru made matte
[22:06] ---
    Reveal everything
    Fake is lame

[22:06] ---
    abake zenbu itsuwari dassa
[22:09] ---
    If you're gonna show your teeth
    Bite until they're dead

[22:09] ---
    kiba mukennara shinu made kameyo
[22:14] ---
    If you're gonna give up
    Whenever nerves get struck

[22:14] ---
    kado ga tatsu tabi poi wo shitecha
[22:17] ---
    Nothing comes, nothing comes
    Nothing comes

[22:17] ---
    wakenai wakenai wakenaiyo
[22:20] ---
    Don't speak, just do
    Rock 'n' roll star

[22:20] ---
    kataru yori yare rock 'n' roll star
[22:23] ---
    Listen now, listen now
    What about this?

[22:23] ---
    listen now listen now korenara dou
[22:27] ---
    Show your enemies some compassion
[22:27] ---
    teki ni shio okureyo
[22:31] ---
    From death, from death
    From death again

[22:31] ---
    death kara death kara death kara again
[22:34] ---
    Ring out the call in the graveyard
[22:34] ---
    hakaba de narase call
[22:37] ---
    From death, from death
    Crawl up

[22:37] ---
    death kara death kara haiagare
[22:40] ---
    There's no time to be depressed
[22:40] ---
    shonbori shiteru himananka neeyo
[22:42] ---
    From diss, from diss
    Now come on

[22:42] ---
    diss kara diss kara saa kiyagare
[22:45] ---
    A game of escaping from danger to danger
[22:45] ---
    ichinukeshite mata ichinan no game
[22:48] ---
    Starve and search
    Not here

[22:48] ---
    uete sagase kokojanai
[22:50] ---
    The end of the end
    Restart

[22:50] ---
    owari no owari restart
[23:01] ---
    Something lies in the bamboo thicket.
    Dad, I feel a deep darkness...

[23:07] ---
    Next time on GeGeGe no Kitaro
[23:10] ---
    
"The Truth Lies in the
    Thicket of the Mannen-Dake"*
[23:12] ---
    The door to the unseen world opens...
[23:15] ---
    
[23:17] ---