# E8 - Kukuri of the Strange River
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GN7UDWD0Q/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?