E8 - Kukuri of the Strange River

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[00:09] Mik
    Good morning!
[00:11] Dad
    Hello!
[00:12] Sach
    You're alone?
[00:14] Mik
    Yeah. Hime-chan ran into me at Manapa,
[00:16] Mik
    but since it was completely
    full, I let her have my spot.
SIGN    Manapa is what locals call the Manabi Park.
    The Tajimi Public Library is there and
    high school students also go there often.
[00:25] Dad
    I'm sorry about that.
[00:26] Mik
    It's fine! It's always so nice
    and cool and empty in here!
[00:32] Mik
    I mean, it's so cool and quiet in here!
[00:35] Mik
    I mean, it's calming!
[00:37] Mik
    ...I'm sorry.
SIGN    Kukuri of the Strange River
[02:11] Per
    Here's some cold water.
[02:12] Mik
    Thanks!
[02:17] Mik
    Oh, that's so refreshing!
[02:20] Mik
    I'll take a cola float please.
[02:22] Sach
    Are you hungry? I could get you
    some yakisoba, on the house.
[02:26] Dad
    You can also taste-test
    the new curry I'm making.
[02:29] Mik
    Thank you, but I'm fine.
[02:31] Sach
    You sure?
[02:33] Sach
    Then one cola float, please!
[02:35] Dad
    Coming up!
[02:37] Sach
    Look at you, borrowing such a hard book.
[02:41] Sach
    Are you using it to try to
    get ideas for the contest?
[02:44] Mik
    Y-Yes!
[02:46] Mik
    I can't tell her that I just
    went there to cool off
[02:49] Mik
    and borrowed a random book that
    stood out because I got embarrassed.
[02:52] Mik
    Is it all right if I read here?
[02:55] Sach
    Of course! Read away!
[02:57] Mik
    Thank you!
[03:04] Mik
    There's so many words in here...
[03:07] Dad
    Thank you for waiting.
[03:11] Dad
    Hmm, where can I even put this?
[03:13] Sach
    Just here.
[03:16] Dad
    I'll just leave it over here.
[03:17] Mik
    Okay.
[03:21] Sach
    You know, the Toki river was
    completely white when I was a child.
[03:26] Dad
    Ah, yes.
[03:27] Dad
    I think it was already pretty
    clean when I was a kid.
[03:27] Mik
    What? They're going to
    stay here and reminisce?
[03:31] Sach
    Could be. After the eighties,
    everybody worked really hard.
[03:31] Mik
    But I want to drink my cola float.
[03:37] Dad
    Now you can even catch eel
    again, like in the old times.
[03:40] Sach
    Eels, huh? Speaking of eels, Kawase-san
    with the eel business has a daughter,
[03:47] Sach
    her nickname is Kappa.
[03:49] Sach
    She got me on TV twice.
[03:54] Dad
    Which shows?
[03:55] Sach
    The Bowl Concert and then, The Tenpari Quiz.
[03:58] Dad
    Oh, those shows were big with kids around
     here at the end of the Showa era, right?
[04:03] Dad
    And you were in both of them?!
[04:04] Mik
    I can't anymore!
[04:08] Him
    Please keep your voice down in the store.
[04:12] Mik
    Huh?
[04:13] Mik
    When did you get here?
[04:14] Him
    What do you mean? We came
    together, from Manapa.
[04:18] Mik
    Huh?
[04:19] Him
    Let's go back to the club room.
    Touko-senpai is waiting.
[04:24] Mik
    Touko-senpai?
[04:25] Him
    See, our escort's here as well.
[04:33] Mik
    Naruse-san, what the heck are you doing?
[04:35] Mik
    That costume in the middle
    of a Tajimi summer?!
[04:38] Nao
    Shake my hand at the Kokeiyosui Square...
[04:43] Him
    Nao-chan!
[04:46] Nao
    I took it off and I'm still so hot.
[04:50] Him
    Putting it on was the first mistake.
[04:52] Mik
    It's so hot though.
[04:55] Mik
    I'd really like to do something
    that would cool us off.
[04:59] Him
    Something that cools us off?
[05:01] Nao
    So like...
[05:11] Mik
    Wait, wait!
[05:15] Mik
    Whoa whoa whoa Touko-senpai, why
    are you eating shaved ice?!
[05:20] Mik
    And in a bathing suit? In a place like this?
[05:22] Tou
    Mika-chan, did you forget what day it is?
[05:25] Tou
    It's the one day of the year when there
    are a ton of eel in the Toki river.
[05:30] Him
    Wait, there's a day like that?
    Tajimi is really amazing!
[05:33] Mik
    That's a thing?
[05:35] Nao
    Of course.
[05:36] Tou
    Go peek in the river. It's amazing.
[05:47] Him
    Oh, neat!
[05:49] Nao
    This is exciting!
[05:54] Him
    Let's go!
[05:55] Nao
    Right.
[05:57] Mik
    What? Why are you wearing those underneath?
[05:59] Tou
    Every Tajimi citizen knows to do that.
[06:03] Tou
    See... you came prepared too.
[06:09] MIk
    Oh, you're right.
[06:11] Tou
    You look cute, Mika-chan.
[06:14] Mik
    Senpai...
[06:16] Him
    Hey!
[06:18] Him
    Let's catch tons of eel and stuff ourselves
    with as many fancy eel bowls as we can!
[06:22] Mik
    Hold on, we're coming!
[06:29] Him
    The cold water feels so good!
[06:32] Tou
    An eel just touched my foot!
[06:33] Nao
    The mucin is nice and slimy!
[06:36] Mik
    Let's have an eel catching contest!
[06:38] Mik
    The person in last place gets a punishment!
[06:40] Him
    Huh?
[06:41] Mik
    And go!
[06:42] Him
    Hey, no fair!
[06:45] Mik
    Come here!
[06:48] Mik
    Gotcha!
[06:50] Mik
    I think I'm first!
[06:56] Nao
    Yes, you were fast, but you're
     still only the second-best in Tajimi.
[07:01] Mik
    What?!
[07:02] Mik
    Then, who's the best?!
[07:10] Him
    Wow Nao-chan!
[07:12] Mik
    I'm not going to lose!
[07:14] Him
    What?
[07:17] Mik
    Kappa-san?
[07:22] All
    That's so cute!
[07:24] Him
    I've never seen one before.
[07:26] Mik
    Where did you come from, Kappa-san?
[07:30] Mik
    From the river, huh?
[07:32] Nao
    That makes sense.
[07:34] Mik
    What? You want me to follow you?
[07:37] Mik
    Wait, we're coming!
[07:50] Mik
    I had no idea the Toki river
    was this wide and this deep.
[07:53] Him
    It really is!
[07:54] Him
    But wait... how come we can talk underwater?
[07:58] Tou
    Let's just go with it.
[08:00] Him
    Where's Kappa-chan?
[08:02] Mik
    Over there?
[08:06] All
    Is that Ryūgū-jō?!
[08:09] All
    This is incredible!
[08:11] Nao
    With those solemn expressions it's like
[08:13] Nao
    an even grander version of
    Taiyū-in's Koukamon in Nikko!
[08:16] Nao
    No doubt about it, this is Ryūgū-jō!
[08:19] Mik
    It's the Kappa-san.
[08:22] Mik
    Wait!
[08:38] Mik
    What... is this place?
[08:40] Nao
    Ka pa pa.. run pa pa...
[08:46] Mik
    That's so bright!
[08:47] Tou
    Do they want us to go in?
[08:49] Nao
    You know, you've got to go into a
    tiger's den if you want to get a tiger cub.
[08:52] Him
    Does that apply here?
[08:58] Tou
    Is that...
[08:59] Nao
    Look, they have a dais.
[09:01] Nao
    A raised point on which the high
    ranking persons would sit.
[09:03] Mik
    That just looks like a stage.
[09:06] Him
    A high ranking person in
    Ryūgū-jō would be...
[09:08] Mik
    Otohime-sama?
[09:18] Him
    Who is that? I feel like
    I've seen her before.
[09:22] Mik
    That uniform looks nostalgic...
[09:25] Nao
    That might be Taijmi High School's old uniform.
[09:28] Nao
    Back when it was still a girls' school.
[09:30] Tou
    Why do you know all this stuff?
[09:32] Tok
    What are you talking about?
[09:35] Tok
    It's me, it's me! Tokikawa Sachie!
[09:39] Him
    Grandma?
[09:41] Tok
    You got it!
[09:42] Tok
    Surprised you, huh?
[09:44] Tok
    I'm nothing to sneeze at when I'm
    young and in a sailor outfit, huh?
[09:47] Him
    Well, I mean even as my grandma
    you were nothing to sneeze at...
[09:54] Tok
    I'm going to sing for you now, so listen up!
[09:56] Tok
    A real Tajimi song,
    "The Chinese bell flower is blooming!"
[09:59] Him
    Something's starting.
SIGN    Bowl Concert
[10:02] Mik
    What's that?
[10:03] Mik
    Is that a bowl sign?
[10:05] Nao
    That's the score display for the
    old hit show "Bowl Concert"!
[10:10] Nao
    That one's for the full 30 points.
[10:13] Song
    It's blooming, it's blooming.
SIGN    This song "The Chinese bell flower is blooming" is used for the regular broadcast of the Tajimi emergency radio system.
[10:16] Song
    The Chinese bell flower is blooming.
[10:19] Song
    Moving into fall, all of them are blooming.
[10:24] Song
    All over on the Kokei mountain path.
[10:27] Song
    To the right and to the left.
[10:31] Song
    I counted them, one by one!
[10:51] Mik
    Wait, I've seen this before!
[10:54] Nao
    It's that local quiz show that was really
    popular back in the day: Tenpari Quiz!
[10:58] Nao
    You use these hats to indicate if you
    think the question is right or wrong.
[11:04] Sach
    Bring it on, Tenpari Quiz!
[11:07] Sach
    Alright Dr. Genius, please
    give us the next question!
[11:11] Doc
    Question.
[11:12] Doc
    There are more and more
    pottery girls in Tajimi.
[11:14] Doc
    Kukuri Mika-chan is the
    cutest among them all.
[11:20] Doc
    Beep boop.
[11:23] Mik
    What is this? Can I say 'yes'?
[11:25] Him
    What do you think, senpai?
[11:26] Tou
    Isn't it fine?
[11:29] Sach
    Now please put on your hats!
[11:31] All
    Yes!
[11:33] Sach
    Unanimously 'yes'!
[11:35] Sach
    The prize for answering this correctly is a
    one hundred year supply of super fluffy bread!
[11:39] Mik
    Awesome!
[11:41] Sach
    All right then, Dr. Genius.
    What's the correct answer?
[11:44] Dr.
    The correct answer is...
[11:45] Sach
    The answer is?!
[11:50] Dr.
    No!
[11:51] Sach
    No!
[11:52] Sach
    The answer is no!
[11:54] Mik
    But why? Why?!
[11:57] Dr.
    Too bad. Mika-chan is cute indeed,
    but all pottery girls are cute.
[12:03] Dr.
    Picking the cutest is impossible.
[12:07] Mik
    That's not funny!
[12:13] Mik
    What is this? Why?
[12:14] Tou
    Because you were yelling!
[12:16] Mik
    That's not possible!
[12:18] Nao
    It has to be though, because it's happening!
[12:20] Him
    Anyway, we need to get out of here.
[12:27] Him
    Kukuri-chan.
[12:28] Mik
    Huh? Wait, what happened
    to the Tenpari Quiz?
[12:31] Him
    We were just talking with my grandma
    about shows from the past.
[12:36] Him
    I think you were dreaming about it.
[12:38] Mik
    I wanted my one hundred
    year supply of bread!
[12:40] Him
    What kind of dream is that?
[12:50] Koi
    Hey-ho!
[12:53] Koi
    I brought some warabi mochi.
[13:02] Koi
    It's so peaceful here.
[13:05] Tou
    It really is.
[14:25] Mad
    Okay, so the bob-haired girl finally
    figured out what she wants to do,
SIGN    Mini Mini Pottery Club
SIGN    God
SIGN    Mad Demon
[14:29] Mad
    but that's where the real trials begin.
[14:33] Kami
    Next time, we've got "Pound,
    stretch, subtract, and add".
SIGN    Next Time:
SIGN    Pound, stretch, subtract, and add
[14:37] Kami
    What will happen tomorrow?