E3 - Rice Planting Song

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[00:03] Tauemon
    First you let the unhulled
    rice absorb water, like this.
[00:07] Sakuna
    And then you sow it in the field, right?
[00:10] Tauemon
    No.
[00:11] Tauemon
    If you wait a while, the unhulled
    rice will begin to sprout.
[00:15] Sakuna
    And then you sow it in the field, right?
[00:17] Tauemon
    No.
[00:19] Tauemon
    They'd be overwhelmed by weeds,
[00:22] Tauemon
    so you let them grow in a seed bed first.
[00:26] Sakuna
    This sounds like a pain in the rear.
[00:29] Sakuna
    Isn't there any kind of rice that
    can be grown and harvested in a flash?
[00:33] Tauemon
    Unfortunately, no.
[00:35] Tama
    Your Highness, that's just
    how growing rice works.
[00:39] Tama
    You spend your time
    sweating as you face the
[00:41] Tama
    silent rice plants day after day,
    watching them grow.
[00:46] Sakuna
    Why do you seem so happy?
[00:49] Tama
    Because you're finally fulfilling
    your true duties as a harvest goddess.
[00:54] Tama
    What could be better than that?
[00:58] Sakuna
    Well, it doesn't make me happy at all.
[01:05] Sakuna
    I guess I'll give it a shot.
SIGN    Episode 3
     Rice Planting Song
[02:47] Sakuna
    It's soft. That should be good enough.
[02:51] Tama
    Your Highness,
    there's still some left over here.
[02:55] Kinta
    And you haven't touched this area yet.
[02:57] Sakuna
    Shut up!
[02:58] Sakuna
    Don't just stand there. You do it.
[03:01] Sakuna
    I'm making rice so we can all eat.
[03:04] Kinta
    We don't have a choice.
    That's the only hoe we have.
[03:09] Sakuna
    I know.
[03:10] Sakuna
    In that case, let's take
    turns every 30 minutes.
[03:14] Yui
    I've never held a hoe before.
[03:16] Myrthe
    It is very difficult.
[03:19] Tauemon
    In that case, I'll do it.
[03:23] Tama
    Your Highness,
[03:24] Tama
    this is the time for you to fulfill
    your duties as a harvest goddess.
[03:30] Sakuna
    Fine, fine!
[03:42] Myrthe
    Did the sprouts grow?
[03:45] Tauemon
    We should be able to plant them soon.
[03:48] Tauemon
    Yes, I see.
[03:51] Tauemon
    Lady Sakuna!
[03:53] Sakuna
    What is it?
[03:54] Tauemon
    When you're finished with that,
[03:56] Tauemon
    I'd like to discuss
    making fertilizer with you.
[04:00] Sakuna
    Fertilizer?
[04:01] Tama
    In simple terms, it's nutrients
    that we can spread in this field.
[04:05] Tama
    However, that's not all...
[04:09] Tama
    In order to help plants take root in spring,
[04:14] Tama
    over the winter,
[04:15] Tama
    we grow plants such as milk vetch that
    will provide the soil with nutrients.
[04:19] Tauemon
    In spring, we'll mix them into the soil to
    increase its fertility, helping the rice grow.
[04:27] Tama
    When you grow and what you spread impacts
    the quality and flavor of the rice.
[04:34] Sakuna
    I see.
[04:36] Sakuna
    So, how is it made?
[04:39] Tama
    Normally you'd use cow or horse manure,
    but we don't have any here, so...
[04:47] Sakuna
    So?
[04:50] Sakuna
    You can't be serious...
[04:52] Kinta
    Pee-yoo.
[04:53] Myrthe
    No, stop! Very bad! You will fall!
[04:58] Sakuna
    You want me to spread this?
[05:00] Tauemon
    No, this will just serve as the base.
[05:04] Tauemon
    We'll move this next
    to the field over there,
[05:07] Tauemon
    add the necessary materials,
    and let it rest to make fertilizer.
[05:11] Kinta
    I found this thing.
[05:15] Sakuna
    You don't mean...
[05:16] Tama
    Come, Your Highness.
[05:18] Tama
    It's time to make your
    first batch of fertilizer.
[05:22] Sakuna
    Wait, no! I'm not doing this!
[05:25] Sakuna
    I know, you! It's time you did some work!
[05:29] Kinta
    I'm not doing a stinky job like that.
[05:31] Kinta
    Besides, I made a living making handicrafts,
    so I'm not suited to field work.
[05:37] Tama
    And Yui and Myrthe are girls.
[05:41] Tama
    They couldn't do something
    as labor intensive as this.
[05:44] Sakuna
    Hey! I'm a girl, too!
[05:47] Tama
    But you're a goddess.
[05:49] Sakuna
    It's always goddess this, goddess that.
[05:54] Tauemon
    I'll handle it.
[05:57] Kinta
    You?
[05:58] Yui
    Can you do it?
[06:01] Tauemon
    It's just using this bucket
    to move that over there.
[06:05] Tauemon
    I may be clumsy, but I can handle it.
[06:10] Sakuna
    I suppose you could manage this much.
[06:14] Tauemon
    Then have yourself some tea
    and rest a while.
[06:25] Myrthe
    It is coarse tea.
[06:28] Sakuna
    I see.
[06:31] Sakuna
    It really doesn't taste like anything.
[06:35] Sakuna
    What are you laughing about?
[06:37] Myrthe
    I learned a Yanato greeting.
[06:41] Sakuna
    Coarse tea isn't a greeting, you know.
[06:43] Yui
    Will he really be all right?
[06:45] Kinta
    He's massive.
[06:48] Kinta
    I'm sure he can handle
    a bit of physical labor.
[06:54] Tauemon
    I spilled it all!
[07:02] Tauemon
    Lady Sakuna! Lady Sakuna!
[07:04] Sakuna
    Don't come in!
[07:06] Tauemon
    I stink all over! I don't know what to do!
[07:08] Sakuna
    To the river! Go to the river
    and wash it off!
[07:12] Tauemon
    But... but I need something
    to wipe it with!
[07:16] Myrthe
    Will someone take this to him?
[07:23] Sakuna
    In the end, I have to do everything.
[07:27] Tama
    I'm proud of you.
[07:29] Kinta
    You're the one who lost
    at rock-paper-scissors.
[07:31] Sakuna
    Oh, shut up!
[07:33] Yui
    Is there something bothering you?
[07:37] Kinta
    I told you to stay away from me.
[07:41] Sakuna
    Honestly...
[07:43] Sakuna
    Tama, a little more to the right.
    My back is killing me.
[07:48] Tama
    Very well.
[07:51] Myrthe
    Excuse me, Sakuna...
[07:57] Sakuna
    Did you mess up again?
[08:00] Myrthe
    Yanato ingredients are challenging.
[08:03] Tama
    It seems we've used up the meat we had.
[08:07] Tama
    Once you're done planting,
    you'll have to go hunting again.
[08:11] Sakuna
    You want me to hunt on top
    of everything else I'm doing?
[08:14] Kinta
    All the adults here are useless.
[08:18] Kinta
    They can't cook, and they
    can't handle manual labor.
[08:21] Kinta
    They can't do anything.
[08:24] Sakuna
    Then don't eat!
[08:25] Kinta
    What?
[08:26] Sakuna
    You haven't done anything
    since you got here.
[08:30] Sakuna
    You have no right to complain.
[08:34] Kinta
    I'm just not forcing myself
    to do what I can't.
[08:38] Kinta
    If I did, I'd end up causing
    problems like these guys.
[08:44] Sakuna
    Looks like I'll have to
    teach him a lesson.
[08:51] Tauemon
    My sincerest apologies!
[08:53] Tauemon
    It's because I'm so useless!
[08:57] Sakuna
    Stop crying!
[09:05] Sakuna
    Ouch...
[09:09] Sakuna
    Kokorowa.
[09:12] (Flashback) Sakuna
    Kokorowa, I was moved by this chapter
    in Unrequited Love Story.
[09:17] (Flashback) Sakuna
    Whoever wrote this must be a genius.
[09:23] Sakuna
    It sure was fun in the capital.
[09:35] Ashigumo
    I see.
[09:37] Tauemon
    I know I'm asking for a lot, but...
[09:43] Ashigumo
    I'll consider it.
[09:56] Tauemon
    By adding water, leveling the soil,
[10:00] Tauemon
    and plowing and irrigating the field,
    it is prepared for planting.
[10:06] Yui
    It's starting to look like a rice field.
[10:08] Sakuna
    Finally.
[10:10] Sakuna
    Anyway, it sure is beautiful.
[10:12] Sakuna
    Of course it is, since I plowed it myself.
[10:14] Tauemon
    Lady Sakuna.
[10:18] Tauemon
    These are the young sprouts.
[10:22] Sakuna
    They've grown so much.
[10:24] Tama
    Your Highness, you should
    plant the first sprout.
[10:28] Sakuna
    Okay.
[10:38] Sakuna
    It's so soft.
[10:40] Sakuna
    I feel a faint warmth, too.
[10:43] Tama
    That is the rice field.
    You are a harvest goddess.
[10:47] Tama
    You must be attuned
    to the power of the soil.
[10:52] Sakuna
    Should I just stick it in there?
[10:55] Tauemon
    It says to grasp it in three fingers
    like you're holding a brush.
[11:01] Sakuna
    Like holding a brush.
[11:03] Sakuna
    Like this?
[11:04] Tauemon
    Now plant it not too shallow
    and not too deep.
[11:07] Tauemon
    About two knuckles deep into the soil.
[11:12] Sakuna
    Let's see. Like this?
[11:17] Sakuna
    It's falling over.
[11:19] Tauemon
    Sprouts often fall over in soft soil that
    has been recently plowed and irrigated.
[11:24] Tauemon
    Being careful not to make too big
    a hole in the ground with your fist...
[11:28] Sakuna
    This sounds difficult.
[11:31] Tauemon
    Finally, gently pull your hand
    forward so it gets caught in the soil.
[11:36] Tauemon
    That's what it says.
[11:37] Sakuna
    Gently pull forward...
[11:47] Tama
    Your Highness, that is the plant
    that will become rice.
[11:51] Tama
    The crop grown by harvest gods
    that is the heart of Yanato.
[11:57] Sakuna
    This is rice, huh?
[11:59] Tama
    Rice is special to harvest gods.
[12:02] Tama
    Eating it will surely
    grant you even more power.
[12:09] Sakuna
    Power...
[12:10] Tama
    Greater divine power.
[12:13] Tama
    Your life energy.
[12:15] Tama
    More power should aid you in battles
    against demons and with your mission.
[12:22] Sakuna
    Really?
[12:23] Sakuna
    Then we could return to the capital.
[12:25] Tama
    Eventually.
[12:26] Sakuna
    Okay, let's do this!
[12:28] Sakuna
    Once these are grown,
    we can fill our bellies with rice!
[12:33] Tauemon
    Fill our bellies?
[12:35] Kinta
    This little bit of rice isn't
    nearly enough for a glutton like you.
[12:39] Tauemon
    That's not what I meant.
[12:43] Tauemon
    Never mind.
SIGN    Planting
    
    Rice seeds are planted in the seedling bed and grown
    until they are large enough to be transferred to the field.
     Because so much manpower is required in the spring,
    large numbers of people get together to plant the rice all
     at once. Groups such as these that helped one another
    were called “yui.” The perennial failure Tauemon had
    been secretly practicing so he could help with farming.
[12:47] Sign
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[12:55] Sakuna
    Hey! I'm back!
[13:02] Sakuna
    What are you doing?
[13:03] Tauemon
    Ah, Lady Sakuna. Welcome back.
[13:06] Tauemon
    Weeds have started sprouting,
    so I thought I'd remove them.
[13:12] Sakuna
    What are you doing?
[13:13] Sakuna
    Is the rice all right?
[13:15] Tauemon
    Yes, barely...
[13:18] Sakuna
    Honestly.
[13:20] Sakuna
    You can stop now. I'll do it.
[13:23] Sakuna
    So, where are these weeds?
[13:25] Yui
    There and there.
[13:28] Sakuna
    But it's only been a few days!
[13:31] Sakuna
    How are there so many?
[13:33] Tama
    It's because there are so
    many nutrients in the soil.
[13:37] Tama
    All kinds of vegetation grow well in it.
[13:40] Tama
    It's important to regularly remove them
    so the nutrients go to the rice.
[13:46] Sakuna
    What a pain in the rear.
[13:50] Sakuna
    Is this it?
[13:52] Sakuna
    And...
[13:54] Myrthe
    Sakuna.
[13:55] Sakuna
    Ah, Myrthe.
[13:57] Sakuna
    I brought venison.
[13:59] Sakuna
    We're feasting on venison tonight.
[14:05] Sakuna
    What's this?
[14:06] Tauemon
    Tekusari dumplings.
[14:09] Tauemon
    In my land, we called
    them red spider lilies.
[14:13] Tauemon
    Though they're poisonous,
[14:14] Tauemon
    you can eat them if you grind up
    the roots and add them to water.
[14:19] Sakuna
    What about the venison?
[14:21] Myrthe
    I am sorry...
[14:23] Tauemon
    Kaimaru started crying.
[14:25] Tauemon
    The venison burned
    while she was comforting him.
[14:29] Sakuna
    So you wasted the venison I brought back?
[14:33] Sakuna
    And now we're supposed to
    eat these poisonous dumplings?
[14:37] Myrthe
    Poison dumplings...
[14:39] Yui
    I like these.
[14:41] Sakuna
    That's not the point!
[14:43] Tama
    Your Highness!
[14:48] Sakuna
    Next time you need help, let me know.
[14:56] Tauemon
    Where are you going?
[15:02] Sakuna
    It's just until the rice is ready.
[15:06] Sakuna
    Just standing hurts.
[15:17] Sakuna
    Beware of spindly growth.
[15:20] Sakuna
    What's spindly growth?
[15:23] Sakuna
    What is it?
[15:25] Tauemon
    Lady Sakuna,
    there's something I have to tell you.
[15:29] Sakuna
    Don't bother apologizing.
[15:31] Sakuna
    No amount of apologies will fill my stomach.
[15:33] Sakuna
    More importantly—
[15:34] Tauemon
    It's actually about that.
[15:36] Sakuna
    About what?
[15:38] Tama
    Your Highness,
[15:39] Tama
    do you think you'll grow enough
    rice this year to fill your stomach?
[15:44] Sakuna
    Are you saying we won't?
[15:46] Tama
    I knew it.
[15:48] Sakuna
    What does that mean?
[15:50] Tauemon
    Even if we grow and
    harvest all the plants here,
[15:55] Tauemon
    we'll only have enough
    rice for a few days.
[15:59] Sakuna
    What?
[16:00] Tama
    And the quality is still low, too.
[16:03] Tama
    I doubt this rice has the power
    to grant you much strength.
[16:10] Sakuna
    That's not what you promised!
[16:12] Sakuna
    Didn't you say I'd get to
    fill my belly with rice?
[16:14] Sakuna
    Didn't you say the rice
    would make me strong?
[16:18] Sakuna
    You lied to me!
[16:20] Tama
    It will eventually.
[16:23] Tauemon
    That's what I meant, too.
[16:28] Sakuna
    How many years will it take?
[16:30] Sakuna
    How many years until I can fill my
    belly with high-quality rice?
[16:33] Sakuna
    Two? Three?
[16:36] Tauemon
    Well...
[16:39] Tama
    It takes many years to gradually
    develop and improve rice.
[16:47] Tama
    It can't be done overnight.
[16:50] Sakuna
    I'm asking how many years!
[16:53] Tauemon
    Probably at least ten...
[16:57] Tama
    Your Highness!
[16:59] Sakuna
    I've had enough.
[17:01] Sakuna
    I haven't been lazy!
[17:03] Sakuna
    I bit back my anger, ran myself ragged,
[17:05] Sakuna
    and endured an empty
    stomach like you told me to!
[17:09] Sakuna
    And this is what I get for it?
[17:10] Tama
    No, wait. That wasn't my intention when—
[17:13] Sakuna
    Silence!
[17:16] Tama
    Your Highness!
[17:19] Yui
    What's going on?
[17:21] Sakuna
    I've had enough!
[17:23] Sakuna
    Everyone's ganging up on me
    to make me suffer!
[17:27] Sakuna
    Well, I can't take it anymore.
[17:29] Sakuna
    I'm going back to the capital so
    I can sprawl out in my spacious room.
[17:35] Sakuna
    I don't care about the mission.
[17:36] Sakuna
    I don't care about anything!
[17:38] Sakuna
    I don't care, I don't care, I don't care!
[17:49] Sakuna
    I thought I was going to die...
[17:52] Sakuna
    I had no idea the rough sea
    was so terrifying at night.
[17:56] Sakuna
    I'd never reach the capital.
[18:07] Tauemon
    Lady Sakuna! Lady Sakuna!
[18:13] Tauemon
    There you are.
[18:20] Kinta
    Here.
[18:21] Yui
    From me, too.
[18:26] Sakuna
    What's this?
[18:27] Sakuna
    They're clean.
[18:30] Kinta
    I told you, I used to make handicrafts.
[18:34] Kinta
    That's the best I can do
    since I lack materials, though.
[18:38] Yui
    And I could make all sorts
    of things with a loom,
[18:42] Yui
    but for now, that's all I can do.
[18:45] Sakuna
    When did you make these?
[18:49] Myrthe
    I smoked the burnt venison.
[18:53] Myrthe
    It is a good way to preserve food.
[18:58] Tama
    And that's not all.
[19:05] Sakuna
    What's this?
[19:06] Tauemon
    A rice paddy the Ashigumo once
    cleared with Lady Toyohana.
[19:11] Tauemon
    I spoke with the Ashigumo,
    and they said we could use it.
[19:17] Sakuna
    But what about unhulled rice?
[19:19] Sakuna
    We only had the ones we planted, right?
[19:22] Tauemon
    The Ashigumo agreed
    to share some of theirs, too.
[19:28] Tauemon
    If we can harvest this entire field,
    it will yield a substantial amount of rice.
[19:33] Sakuna
    Why didn't you say something sooner?
[19:37] Tauemon
    I thought I might disappoint
    you by ruining everything again.
[19:44] Tama
    They didn't want to say anything
    until they were finished.
[19:50] Sakuna
    Humans shouldn't be
    so considerate of a god.
[19:59] Sakuna
    Come on. Let's start planting.
[20:07] Sakuna
    I know what I said, but...
[20:10] Sakuna
    This field is huge. This is taking forever.
[20:18] Myrthe
    My back hurts.
[20:29] Yui
    Quit it, Kaimaru! Go away!
[20:32] Kinta
    And I keep telling you to stay away from me.
[20:35] Sakuna
    No more. I still have to hunt, too.
[20:39] Sakuna
    You handle the rest.
[20:41] Kinta
    Don't be ridiculous!
[20:42] Kinta
    Who do you think tilled this field?
[20:45] Sakuna
    What was that?
[20:50] Yui
    Quiet! I told you to go away!
[20:53] Myrthe
    Don't fight. Let's have fun planting.
[20:59] Myrthe
    Stop that!
[21:01] Tauemon
    Weak roots and weak hearts.
[21:13] Tauemon
    Sink your legs into the mud
    and bend your back.
[21:27] Sakuna
    What was that?
[21:29] Kinta
    A rice planting song.
[21:31] Tauemon
    That's right.
[21:32] Tauemon
    It's a long, hard road
    to happiness when farming.
[21:38] Tauemon
    Conversation leads to discontent
    and demotivates you.
[21:42] Tama
    So our predecessors decided to sing instead.
[21:46] Tama
    Singing distracts you from the pain.
[21:49] Tauemon
    Thin sprouts and thin bodies.
[22:00] Kinta
    That's a surprise.
[22:02] Kinta
    We were born in different places,
    but we sing the same song.
[22:07] Kinta
    The next line is...
[22:09] Kinta
    With empty stomachs we wish
    for golden fields.
[22:19] Sauna
    I see.
[22:20] Myrthe
    It's a good song.
[22:23] Tauemon
    Care to join us, Lady Sakuna?
[22:28] Sakuna
    Fine. At this point, why not?
[22:31] Tauemon
    All together now.
[22:34] All
    Plant the seedlings, let them take root
[22:45] All
    Weak roots and weak hearts
[22:57] All
    Sink your legs into the mud
    and bend your back
[23:09] All
    Thin sprouts and thin bodies
[23:21] All
    With empty stomachs we wish
    for golden fields
[23:33] All
    Plant the seedlings, let them take root
[23:45] All
    Growing stems and miserable fortunes
[23:57] All
    Don't lean against the ridges
    and stand in the sunlight
SIGN    Next Time
    
    Episode 4