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81 - HOT BLOODED MANGA ARTIST THE YOKAI HIDERIGAMI

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    GeGeGe no Kitaro
[00:16] ---
    Why can't a manga written by a yokai
    earn an award?
[00:22] ---
    Wh-Who's there?
[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...
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    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
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    It's so fun, it's so fun
[01:05] ---
    tanoshiina tanoshiina
[01:09] ---
    Ghosts don't have school
[01:09] ---
    obakenya gakkou mo
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    Or tests or anything
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    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
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    yoru wa hakaba de undoukai
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    It's so fun, it's so fun
[01:33] ---
    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
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    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
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    My manuscript...
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    CHAPTER 81
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    HOT BLOODED MANGA ARTIST
    THE YOKAI HIDERIGAMI
[03:00] ---
    Hmm. This is entertaining.
[03:03] ---
    Isn't it?!
[03:04] ---
    Especially the faces in the second panel
    on Page 3, and the Page 16, 17 spread!
[03:09] ---
    Yes.
[03:10] ---
    So? What else did you like?
[03:12] ---
    Bring on the compliments! I can handle it!
[03:16] ---
    HIDERIGAMI
[03:19] ---
    A-Anyways, why did you suddenly
    decide to draw manga?
[03:24] ---
    Suddenly? It wasn't suddenly.
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    I've been interested in manga since
    the days of Hokusai.
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    After over a century of reading,
    I got so into them I had to draw my own.
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    Once I drew this, I figured I wanted
    a lot of people to read it.
[03:43] ---
    Aren't you here to ask me something?
[03:47] ---
    Oh, right. Actually...
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    A monster!
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    I went to a bunch of publishers
    to see if I could get it in a magazine,
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    but nobody would even read my manuscript.
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    Kitaro, could you hand in
    my manuscript for me?
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    Me?
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    Since you look more like a human.
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    You won't be able to maintain
    a lie like that for long.
[04:14] ---
    They'll eventually find out
    it's a yokai writing it.
[04:18] ---
    So what then?
[04:20] ---
    I-If it happens it happens!
    I'll figure something out!
[04:24] ---
    Come on! I'm begging you!
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    We're both yokai. We're kinsmen!
[04:32] ---
    Yokai and humans
    should keep their distance.
[04:40] ---
    Hmph! Acting like
    it's doomed from the start.
[04:44] ---
    You coward!
[04:46] ---
    "Coward", is it?
[04:50] ---
    Yokai and humans.
    It would be great if it all works out.
[04:55] ---
    But Kitaro's been forced to face reality
    more than you realize.
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    A monster!
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    Honestly. Can you believe
    that's our editor in chief?
[05:30] ---
    What an embarrassment.
[05:34] ---
    Hand it over.
[05:37] ---
    A newcomer bringing in
    a hand-drawn manuscript?
[05:41] ---
    How very analog.
[05:47] ---
    This manga is trash.
[05:51] ---
    Go home.
[05:58] ---
    The faces in the second panel on Page 3...
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    Plus the page 16, 17 spread...
[06:05] ---
    At least those weren't bad.
[06:08] ---
    R-Right?!
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    I'll be your editor.
[06:11] ---
    Huh?
[06:13] ---
    Are you sure?
[06:14] ---
    About what?
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    Can't you see I'm a yokai?
[06:19] ---
    There are only
    two types of manga in the world.
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    Manga that entertain
    and manga that don't.
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    The artist's appearance doesn't matter.
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    My edits are ruthless.
    You sure you're up for this?
[06:36] ---
    Y-Yeah!
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    I'm Sumitomi, the vice editor in chief.
[06:42] ---
    I'm Hiderigami.
[06:51] ---
    You've set your eyes on a good business.
[06:54] ---
    Everywhere publishing is in a slump,
    but manga is still going strong.
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    All the dramas and movies
    are adaptations of manga.
[07:02] ---
    I'm sure everyone involved
    is raking it in.
[07:06] ---
    Sensei! Allow me to be your manager!
[07:46] ---
    No.
[07:48] ---
    I thought I fixed where you told me to.
[07:52] ---
    You didn't.
[07:54] ---
    What is the protagonist thinking?
    What is he feeling?
[07:59] ---
    His motivations don't
    reach the reader at all.
[08:04] ---
    You've got one week.
    Put your soul into it this time.
[08:11] ---
    No.
[08:13] ---
    Dammit!
[08:15] ---
    No.
[08:18] ---
    No!
[08:23] ---
    You know what? I bet he's being mean
    because you're a yokai.
[08:28] ---
    Sumitomi isn't like that.
[08:30] ---
    Are you sure?
[08:32] ---
    You know, you could always
    upload it directly to the internet.
[08:36] ---
    The internet?
[08:37] ---
    Bypassing the editor and hitting readers
    with what creators really want to draw...
[08:43] ---
    That's how you really
    move readers these days.
[08:54] ---
    Hey!
[08:55] ---
    I've set up a manga site!
    You're always welcome to publish there!
[08:59] ---
    We're both yokai! As kinsmen
    let's work together!
[09:04] ---
    One more time.
[09:08] ---
    Just one more time!
[09:14] ---
    Is it because I'm a yokai?
[09:18] ---
    Because I'm...
[09:20] ---
    Stop making me say it!
[09:23] ---
    It's because you're not conveying
    the protagonist's motivations.
[09:31] ---
    How can I?! I'm a yokai!
[09:33] ---
    How am I supposed to know
    the motivations of a human?!
[09:38] ---
    I warned him!
[09:40] ---
    Wait, Kitaro!
[09:41] ---
    But Dad...!
[09:42] ---
    Just wait!
[09:50] ---
    A series?
[09:52] ---
    Don't be ridiculous.
[09:54] ---
    Why not, Chief?
[09:56] ---
    He's a yokai!
[09:58] ---
    What about it?
[09:59] ---
    Readers will never take to a manga
    written by a monster!
[10:03] ---
    And what if you anger him
    and he goes berserk?
[10:07] ---
    You'd be risking your life.
[10:10] ---
    When facing an artist,
    an editor is always risking his life!
[10:15] ---
    Listen to me, Chief.
[10:18] ---
    We're not just
    shuffling around papers here.
[10:21] ---
    This is a clash of souls!
[10:25] ---
    Enough of your excuses!
    Just publish my manga! Otherwise...!
[10:30] ---
    So you can't understand
    how a human protagonist feels?
[10:33] ---
    So what if I can't?!
[10:35] ---
    So a human artist can't draw
    a manga about a yokai protagonist?
[10:41] ---
    A female artist can't draw
    a manga with a male protagonist?
[10:45] ---
    There are tons of such masterpieces!
[10:49] ---
    Shut up!
[10:54] ---
    There's nothing a manga artist...
[10:57] ---
    There's nothing that you can't draw!
[11:08] ---
    You've got one week.
[11:11] ---
    Put your soul into it this time.
[11:19] ---
    "Yokai and humans
    should keep their distance."
[11:23] ---
    Kitaro, perhaps the day when
    you won't have to say that is approaching.
[11:26] ---
    LATEST ROCKET-MEN COMIC NOW AVAILABLE!!
[11:29] ---
    POPULARITY SKYROCKETING!!
    ROCKET-MEN
[11:31] ---
    Check it out! It's the Rocket-Men!
[11:33] ---
    Whoa! Amazing!
[11:58] ---
    Enjoying your weekly series?
[12:01] ---
    I haven't slept in three days.
[12:04] ---
    Can't take it?
[12:05] ---
    I'm having so much fun I'm dying here.
[12:11] ---
    Here's something better than
    an energy drink.
[12:16] ---
    This is...?!
[12:17] ---
    Yeah.
[12:18] ---
    Rocket-Men has been nominated for
    the Japan Comic Award!
[12:23] ---
    The Japan Comic Award?!
[12:29] ---
    KITARO WILL SUPPORT TOO!
[12:32] ---
    HIDERIGAMI
[12:34] ---
    -"We're pals, right?"
    -"Fwish!"
[12:37] ---
    -WHO IS POPULAR MANGA ARTIST HIDERIN?
    -DEBUT ARTIST'S 200-MILLION-COPY HIT!!
[12:40] ---
    -TOP PICK FOR JAPAN COMIC AWARD
    -PUBLISHER HIDES HIDERIN'S IDENTITY
[12:43] ---
    -NO INTERVIEWS
    -WE WILL INVESTIGATE AUTHOR'S IDENTITY
[12:52] ---
    The Japan Comic Award is
    an award with history and authority.
[12:57] ---
    A newcomer being nominated is unheard of.
[13:01] ---
    Even if I get the award,
    I can't go to the award ceremony.
[13:07] ---
    My identity's a secret.
[13:09] ---
    Your manga will grasp
    the hearts of many readers,
[13:13] ---
    and eventually win a huge award.
[13:16] ---
    I knew it from the start.
[13:19] ---
    Didn't I tell you when you debuted?
[13:21] ---
    Hiding your identity is pointless and
    will be more trouble than it's worth.
[13:27] ---
    So, why don't you take this opportunity to
    reveal that you're a yokai?
[13:33] ---
    Huh?
[13:34] ---
    If people find out a yokai is writing it,
    I'm sure the manga will lose popularity.
[13:39] ---
    That's what scares me.
[13:41] ---
    Tell me, Kitaro, what should I do?
[13:49] ---
    I'm sorry that
    I called you a coward back then.
[13:56] ---
    Yokai and humans should keep their...
[14:00] ---
    Hiderigami.
[14:03] ---
    Yokai and humans can find
    a happy ending together.
[14:08] ---
    It doesn't happen often.
[14:10] ---
    But... it happens.
[14:12] ---
    I've seen it happen before
    with my own eye.
[14:18] ---
    So...
[14:27] ---
    I am Hiderin.
[14:30] ---
    The manga artist Hiderin is me,
    the yokai Hiderigami.
[14:35] ---
    How dare he!
[14:38] ---
    A-A yokai manga artist?!
[14:41] ---
    Don't you think
    you've betrayed your readers?!
[14:45] ---
    This world has only manga that entertain
    and manga that don't.
[14:51] ---
    The artist's appearance doesn't matter.
[14:56] ---
    Am I wrong?
[14:57] ---
    Everyone out there reading my manga!
[15:01] ---
    -Being a yokai doesn't change your manga!
    -I love Rocket-Men*!
[15:05] ---
    -I'll continue to support you!
    -We're with you!
[15:11] ---
    To manga.
[15:13] ---
    Yeah. To manga.
[15:24] ---
    We're from the police.
[15:26] ---
    Could you open up?
[15:31] ---
    Decline the Japan Comic Award nomination?!
[15:35] ---
    Why?!
[15:37] ---
    Surely you've heard
[15:39] ---
    about the illegal site that's been
    making a profit by uploading manga.
[15:44] ---
    COMIC BIBIBI.com FREE!!
[15:44] ---
    The owner's been arrested.
[15:46] ---
    They're announcing the details in
    tomorrow's news, but...
[15:46] ---
    READ TOP COMICS ANYTIME
    WITH BIBIBI POINTS!!
[15:50] ---
    the culprit's a yokai.
[15:53] ---
    What does that have to do with this?!
[15:56] ---
    The author of Rocket-Men is also a yokai!
[16:00] ---
    He's not the same! He's a different yokai!
[16:02] ---
    A yokai is a yokai.
    That's how the public will see it.
[16:05] ---
    If we're doing business... manga business
    with a yokai, how will that look?
[16:10] ---
    From a risk standpoint...
[16:12] ---
    This is ridiculous!
[16:13] ---
    I told you I was against
    publishing a series.
[16:17] ---
    Besides, the Comic Award
    has tradition and authority.
[16:21] ---
    Don't you think having a monster win it
    is a mockery?!
[16:28] ---
    We're declining the award
    and cancelling the series.
[16:31] ---
    We'll recall his books...
[16:33] ---
    I've had enough!
    I'm taking this up with the president!
[16:37] ---
    You think this is a unilateral decision?
[16:43] ---
    The president and all the other executives
    share my opinion.
[16:52] ---
    Forgive me!
[16:53] ---
    I'll quit my job and start up
    a new manga magazine somewhere.
[16:57] ---
    It'll take a while,
    but you can write a new series there...
[17:03] ---
    Sumitomi.
[17:05] ---
    Thank you for saying that for me.
[17:09] ---
    But you don't have to quit anything.
[17:12] ---
    Hiderigami?
[17:14] ---
    I'm the only one who should quit.
[17:17] ---
    Quit?!
[17:19] ---
    You're not...!
[17:20] ---
    I got to dream the dream.
[17:23] ---
    It's a shame it ended like this,
    but I regret nothing.
[17:30] ---
    Don't!
[17:43] ---
    You fool.
[17:45] ---
    Things aren't that simple
    for guys like us.
[17:50] ---
    Not when we've already
    poured our souls in this.
[18:07] ---
    WHAT'S WRONG WITH EATING IN THE BATHROOM?
    WINS JAPAN COMIC AWARD
[18:10] ---
    ROCKET-MEN
[18:25] ---
    Why?
[18:35] ---
    Why can't a manga written by a yokai
    earn an award?
[18:44] ---
    Wh-Who's there?
[18:53] ---
    A-Are you with Hiderigami?!
[18:56] ---
    Manga is a culture built by us humans!
[19:00] ---
    It's your own fault for
    waltzing into our culture uninvited!
[19:05] ---
    Why shouldn't we discriminate
    between humans and non-humans?!
[19:14] ---
    Kitaro!
[19:17] ---
    Hiderigami.
[19:18] ---
    It's okay.
[19:20] ---
    But...
[19:23] ---
    Kid, outsiders shouldn't get involved.
[19:27] ---
    S-Sumitomi!
[19:29] ---
    Let's talk this over!
[19:30] ---
    We're both human! We're kinsmen, right?!
[19:40] ---
    See you.
[19:43] ---
    RESIGNATION
[19:48] ---
    Aren't you mad at all?
[19:50] ---
    I'll work for a different magazine.
[19:55] ---
    Sumitomi, show him.
[19:56] ---
    Right.
[20:02] ---
    RETWEET IF YOU THINK ROCKET-MEN
    IS THE REAL WINNER!!!
[20:18] ---
    Sure, there are scum among the humans.
[20:21] ---
    But they're not all like that.
[20:24] ---
    I'm fortunate enough to have a friend.
[20:26] ---
    A reliable friend who'll fight with me.
[20:30] ---
    You too.
[20:32] ---
    You're a friend too, Kitaro.
[20:36] ---
    Don't give up! Let's keep trying together!
[20:39] ---
    "Yokai and humans
    should keep their distance"?
[20:42] ---
    That's not true!
[20:45] ---
    I'll continue to draw and prove it.
[20:50] ---
    Let's prove it together!
[20:57] ---
    NEW MANGA FROM ROCKET-MEN ARTIST, HIDERIN
[21:03] ---
    No.
[21:04] ---
    MONTHLY SHONEN MAGNUM
    EDITORIAL OFFICE
[21:05] ---
    I thought I fixed where you told me to.
[21:09] ---
    You didn't.
[21:10] ---
    The protagonist's motivations don't...
[21:14] ---
    Wait, the protagonist is
    a yokai this time!
[21:18] ---
    As a yokai, draw it so it conveys more!
[21:22] ---
    Yeah, but, he's kind of an awkward guy.
[21:25] ---
    It's hard to convey how he feels.
[21:27] ---
    That's your job as
    a manga artist, isn't it?!
[21:30] ---
    I guess so!
[21:35] ---
    BECAUSE I HAVE FRIENDS!!
[22:03] ---
    The skin sweats, the breath shortens
[22:03] ---
    asebamu hada tsumaru iki
[22:07] ---
    The wind stops, the door opens
[22:07] ---
    kaze ga yami tobira ga hiraku
[22:12] ---
    Hair stands on end, feet freeze
[22:12] ---
    minoke yodachi sukumu ashi
[22:17] ---
    The uninvited shall not enter here
[22:17] ---
    manekarezaru mono fumiiru nakare
[22:24] ---
    Curiosity and fear assault in waves
[22:24] ---
    koukishin to kyoufu ga
    kawaru gawaru oshiyose

[22:27] ---
    Why are only the five senses heightened?
[22:27] ---
    naze ni gokan dake ga togisumasareruno
[22:30] ---
    The veil slowly rises on an unknown world
[22:30] ---
    shiranakatta sekai no
    maku ga jojo ni agaruyo

[22:34] ---
    None has heard of it before
[22:34] ---
    dare mo kiita koto nai
[22:36] ---
    This screeching frenzy in the darkness
[22:36] ---
    kyousou ga yami ni hibiku
[22:42] ---
    Stand aside, aside
    The supernatural are passing through

[22:42] ---
    sokonoke noke mononoke ga tooru
[22:46] ---
    In a shower of leaves, they appear
[22:46] ---
    konoha shigure to tomo ni yatsura arawaru
[22:48] ---
    Stand aside, aside
    The supernatural are dancing

[22:48] ---
    sokonoke noke mononoke ga odoru
[22:52] ---
    Everyone dance madly however you like
[22:52] ---
    dare mo kare mo osuki ni odori kurueyo
[22:55] ---
    Woo-ooo-ooo
[22:55] ---
    hyuu doro doro
[22:57] ---
    Woo-ooo-ooo
[22:57] ---
    hyuu doro doro
[23:01] ---
    Dad, Rat Man's running
    another suspicious business...

[23:05] ---
    Huh? Sand Witch?!
[23:08] ---
    Next time on GeGeGe no Kitaro
[23:10] ---
    
"Geriatric Nuppeppo"*
[23:13] ---
    The door to the unseen world opens...
[23:15] ---
    
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