E9 - More Boring Than I Thought
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[00:05] Pochi
Good morning.
[00:10] Yoka
Morning...
[00:13] Pochi
It's a lovely day outside.
[00:16] Yoka
It sure is.
[00:18] Yoka
Pochi, what's my schedule for today?
[00:21] Pochi
You're free to do as you want until noon.
[00:24] Pochi
Pontaro-san will be joining you for lunch.
[00:27] Yoka
Pontaro...
[00:29] Yoka
Okay, got it.
[00:31] Yoka
No one else is coming over?
[00:33] Pochi
Correct.
[00:34] Pochi
No one will come here, so rest assured.
[00:36] Yoka
I see.
[00:38] Yoka
Let's have breakfast.
[00:39] Yoka
I need to leave for school at 8:30.
[00:42] Pochi
Understood.
[00:43] Pochi
Please change into these first, then.
[00:47] Yoka
Did I do my homework?
[00:49] Pochi
You did.
[00:50] Yoka
Really?
[00:51] Yoka
Thanks, Pochi.
[00:53] Pochi
You're welcome.
[00:56] Yoka
Time to eat.
[00:58] Pochi
Go on.
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[02:55] Pontaro
Oh, Yoka-hime!
[02:57] Pontaro
I see you're looking healthier,
cooler, and sexier than ever.
[03:01] Yoka
Hello.
[03:02] Pontaro
To think you'd greet a humble
servant such as myself!
[03:05] Pontaro
I, Poison Pontaro, am overcome with joy.
[03:07] Pontaro
Which is to say, I'm honored beyond words!
[03:10] Yoka
What's for lunch?
[03:12] Pochi
Ten-times-spicy curry with
an Agano bitter melon salad in vinegar.
[03:17] Yoka
Agano...
[03:19] Pontaro
This rural menu might not be
to Yoka-hime's taste!
[03:22] Pontaro
In other words, make her something different!
[03:25] Pontaro
Pronto!
[03:26] Yoka
Bitter melon's fine.
[03:27] Yoka
But why bitter melon?
[03:29] Pochi
We got some in stock through Hoya.
[03:31] Pochi
It seems it was brought in via caravan.
[03:33] Yoka
Huh...
[03:39] Yoka
Agano...
[03:40] Pontaro
Well, well, well!
[03:42] Pontaro
Pochi-kun, thanks for all your hard work!
[03:44] Pontaro
"Pochi-kun" begins with a "Po,"
just like the humble "Pontaro."
[03:46] Pontaro
As fellow "Po"s, we should both serve
the princess with the utmost loyalty!
[03:50] Pochi
That is what I strive to do.
[03:52] Pontaro
Sheesh, Pochicchi, you only
ever think about the princess!
[03:56] Pontaro
How cute!
[03:58] Pochi
You want to eat, too?
[03:59] Pontaro
Yes, of course.
[04:00] Pontaro
Yes, yes!
[04:02] Pontaro
Time to dig in!
[04:06] Yoka
Um...
[04:07] Yoka
Gontaro-san?
[04:09] Pontaro
It's Pontaro, but yes?
[04:11] Yoka
Tontaro-san, who are you again?
[04:13] Pontaro
Excuse me?
[04:14] Yoka
You come over to hang out a lot.
[04:16] Yoka
I was wondering why, exactly.
[04:17] Pontaro
Oh, come now!
[04:19] Pontaro
Surely you jest, Princess!
[04:21] Pontaro
To think you'd forget your loyal subject.
[04:23] Pontaro
I'm Poison Pontaro, the mayor.
[04:26] Pontaro
Please do try and remember!
[04:27] Yoka
You're going on about
princesses and subjects,
[04:30] Yoka
but I don't really get what you mean.
[04:31] Yoka
I'm no—
[04:32] Pontaro
What are you saying?!
[04:34] Pontaro
Have you forgotten?
[04:35] Pontaro
The day you came to Ikebukuro,
[04:37] Pontaro
which is to say, the day Ikebukuro
welcomed you as our princess—
[04:40] Yoka
When I came to Ikebukuro...
[04:43] Pontaro
—the one who greeted you was none
other than myself, Pontaro!
[04:46] Pontaro
You don't remember?
[04:47] Pontaro
How tragic!
[04:48] Pontaro
If I may put it in more
specialized terminology,
[04:52] Pontaro
it truly is so sad!
[05:00] (Flashback) Man 1
That girl did?
[05:01] (Flashback) Pontaro
There's no mistaking it.
[05:02] (Flashback) Pontaro
She became the trigger, all right.
[05:04] (Flashback) Pontaro
Her personal effects suggest
her name is Nakatomi Yoka.
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[05:06] (Flashback) Pontaro
A high school girl living in Agano.
[05:08] (Flashback) Man 2
Seeing how it turned out, we'd have been
better off heeding those warnings.
[05:12] (Flashback) Pontaro
Hey, now.
[05:12] (Flashback) Pontaro
Let's stick to the story that
everything went as planned.
[05:15] (Flashback) Pontaro
No matter what, it's too late
to say that 7G was a failure.
[05:18] (Flashback) Man 1
How do we change it all back?
[05:19] (Flashback) Pontaro
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
[05:21] (Flashback) Pontaro
No way we're taking the blame.
[05:22] (Flashback) Pontaro
We'll play dumb and keep things as they are.
[05:24] (Flashback) Pontaro
No one knows what went on here.
[05:25] (Flashback) Pontaro
Well, one person does,
but his brain's mush now.
[05:27] (Flashback) Pontaro
All we need to do now
is handle things with her.
[05:29] (Flashback) Pontaro
Listen up.
[05:30] (Flashback) Pontaro
Don't ever let her out of your sight.
[05:32] (Flashback) Pochi
Understood.
[05:33] (Flashback) Pontaro
Slip up in any way, and no more chow for you!
[05:36] (Flashback) Pochi
Good morning.
[05:38] (Flashback) Yoka
Morning.
[05:40] (Flashback) Yoka
Huh?
[05:41] (Flashback) Yoka
What was I doing, again?
[05:44] (Flashback) Yoka
Everything's a blur.
[05:48] (Flashback) Pochi
I think it's about time we got up.
[05:50] (Flashback) Yoka
Why?
[05:51] (Flashback) Pochi
We need to go for a walk.
[05:54] (Flashback) Pochi
I was told that it's important to poop.
[05:57] (Flashback) Pochi
Hurry and wake up.
[06:00] (Flashback) Pochi
Let's go for a walk.
[06:04] (Flashback) Yoka
You remind me of Pochi-san.
[06:05] (Flashback) Pochi
"Pochi"?
[06:06] (Flashback) Yoka
My big dog who loves walks
and is always by my side.
[06:11] (Flashback) Yoka
Not to mention how strong and kind he is.
[06:13] (Flashback) Pochi
Is that so?
[06:15] (Flashback) Pochi
Then please, call me Pochi.
[06:18] (Flashback) Pochi
I'll always be at your side.
[06:20] (Flashback) Pochi
I've taken on a large body now.
[06:22] (Flashback) Pochi
It's most likely strong.
[06:24] (Flashback) Pochi
I may not be able to reach
the heights I once did,
[06:28] (Flashback) Pochi
but that shouldn't pose much of a problem.
[06:31] (Flashback) Yoka
But you're...
[06:32] (Flashback) Pochi
I'm Pochi.
[06:33] (Flashback) Pochi
Let's go for a walk.
[06:37] (Flashback) Yoka
So this is Ikebukuro?
[06:38] (Flashback) Pochi
It appears so.
[06:40] (Flashback) Yoka
Really?
[06:42] (Flashback) Yoka
It's different from what I was expecting.
[06:45] (Flashback) Pochi
Apparently it's like this now.
[06:47] (Flashback) Yoka
I'm not sure whether it's more amazing
or more boring than I thought.
[06:51] (Flashback) Pochi
It might become a more
bustling place in the future.
[06:55] (Flashback) Yoka
More bustling?
[06:55] (Flashback) Pochi
Yes.
[06:56] (Flashback) Pochi
After all, you're here
in Ikebukuro, Yoka-sama.
[07:04] (Flashback) Yoka
That seems unrelated.
[07:06] (Flashback) Pochi
I hear otherwise.
[07:07] (Flashback) Pochi
The current Ikebukuro is deeply
related to you, Yoka-sama.
[07:11] (Flashback) Yoka
You have a point.
[07:12] (Flashback) Yoka
It'd be better if it were
bustling instead of desolate.
[07:15] (Flashback) Pochi
That's right.
[07:16] (Flashback) Yoka
While we're at it, taller and bigger, too.
[07:22] (Flashback) Yoka
With a less distant, more beautiful sky.
[07:27] (Flashback) Yoka
The city sure is nice.
[07:29] (Flashback) Yoka
You feel better when everything's so lively.
[07:31] (Flashback) Pochi
Do you feel bad when it's quiet?
[07:35] (Flashback) Yoka
When it's quiet...
[07:37] (Flashback) Yoka
When something happens, and it's quiet...
[07:39] (Flashback) Yoka
I don't know if I feel bad, exactly.
[07:41] (Flashback) Yoka
I'm fine with it being quiet, but...
[07:42] (Flashback) Yoka
Um, let me think...
[07:50] (Flashback) Yoka
Anyway, the city's nice, too.
[07:52] (Flashback) Pochi
Yes, I agree.
[07:54] Pontaro
The other day, I made my men go search
the Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Ueno areas,
[07:59] Pontaro
but they were nowhere to be found.
[08:00] Yoka
Huh, that's rough.
[08:02] Pontaro
However, thanks to your authority,
[08:05] Pontaro
Ikebukuro is in great shape,
with everything going smoothly!
[08:07] Yoka
Dark matter.
[08:08] Pontaro
What?
[08:09] Yoka
Did they ever find any?
[08:11] Pontaro
Eh...
[08:12] Yoka
Pochi?
[08:12] Pochi
It's neutrinos that they say
have been detected.
[08:16] Yoka
I thought those weren't dark matter.
[08:19] Yoka
Who was it that discovered them?
[08:20] Yoka
Oh, that's right.
[08:22] Yoka
The one who likes video games.
[08:23] Pontaro
"Games"?
[08:24] Yoka
Video games.
[08:28] Pontaro
Games aside...
[08:29] Pontaro
Princess!
[08:30] Pontaro
There are intruders in Ikebukuro
who bear a grudge against you!
[08:33] Yoka
Bear a grudge?
[08:34] Pontaro
That's right!
[08:35] Pontaro
They harp on about how the world's
gone weird and crazy or whatnot!
[08:40] Grudge Holder
There you are, foul witch!
[08:41] Grudge Holder
Bring back the world that disappeared!
[08:43] Yoka
Bring it back?
[08:45] Yoka
I don't really understand.
[08:46] Grudge Holder
You've gone and erased everything!
[08:48] Yoka
Me? I erased it?
[08:50] Yoka
Why?
[08:50] Grudge Holder
Don't play dumb!
[08:51] Grudge Holder
Thanks to you and that
7G incident you brought about,
[08:54] Grudge Holder
the world's gotten all messed up!
[08:56] Yoka
Do you hate this world?
[08:59] Grudge Holder
It's not a matter of love or hate!
[09:00] Yoka
But you think it's messed up, right?
[09:03] Pontaro
What utter disrespect!
[09:05] Pontaro
You dare go against the
authority of the princess?
[09:07] Grudge Holder
Shut up!
[09:08] Grudge Holder
Why must the other train lines
be sacrificed?!
[09:13] Yoka
You're wrong.
[09:14] Yoka
Nothing's been sacrificed.
[09:16] Yoka
It's always been this way.
[09:17] Yoka
And it always will be, too.
[09:19] Grudge Holder
To hell with this way!
[09:21] Grudge Holder
Bring back the old world!
[09:23] Yoka
I know nothing about the world you mean.
[09:25] Pontaro
That's right!
[09:26] Pontaro
It doesn't exist! It can't!
[09:27] Grudge Holder
I know about your powers!
[09:30] Grudge Holder
Witch of Ikebukuro!
[09:31] Grudge Holder
The Ikebukuro you've created
is nothing but a sham!
[09:34] Yoka
Liar...
[09:35] Pontaro
That's right!
[09:36] Pontaro
These people are simply delusional!
[09:38] Pontaro
This old world of theirs never existed!
[09:41] Pontaro
And even if it did, to blame
the princess of all people...
[09:44] Pontaro
Oh! Oh, my!
[09:46] Pontaro
This reeks of a conspiracy!
[09:48] Pontaro
Unforgivable!
[09:56] Pontaro
Serves you right, you no-good egg custard!
[09:59] Pontaro
This is what you get for defying the princess!
[10:01] Pontaro
Which is to say,
die while you're steaming hot!
[10:02] Pontaro
Hot, hot!
[10:03] Pontaro
You sure are damn hot!
[10:04] Pontaro
Aw, man. I ate another one.
[10:06] Pochi
Let us go back.
[10:07] Pochi
It's quite windy here.
[10:11] Yoka
Why did that man hate this world?
[10:14] Pochi
I couldn't say.
[10:15] Yoka
It's fun, right?
[10:16] Pochi
If you think it's fun,
then I, too, find it fun.
[10:21] Yoka
Is it really fun?
[10:23] Yoka
What does it mean to be fun?
[10:26] Pontaro
Pochi, can I have a word with you?
[10:29] Yoka
I don't like that Montaro or whoever.
[10:32] Pochi
I'll be right back.
[10:34] Pontaro
Don't you forget who you're in debt to.
[10:38] Pontaro
You nameless, blockheaded dumbbell.
[10:40] Pontaro
Without me, you'd just be
a member of the loser club.
[10:44] Pochi
Is that all you had to say to me?
[10:45] Pontaro
Do your job!
[10:47] Pontaro
She gets weirdly emotionally unstable lately!
[10:50] Pontaro
If you notice anything out of the ordinary,
let me know right away!
[10:54] Pochi
I understand.
[10:55] Pontaro
Do you really?!
[10:57] Pontaro
If you do anything to betray me,
[10:59] Pontaro
you'll wish you got turned into egg custard!
[11:06] Reimi
This doesn't feel like the
Ikebukuro line at all.
[11:09] Akira
You're only saying this now?
[11:11] Reimi
I bet Mom and Dad would be real
surprised if they could see all this.
[11:15] Akira
You think?
[11:16] Akira
They might just go, "Huh..."
[11:18] Nadeshiko
Reimi, your dad's a naked mole-rat,
and your mom's a tree-kangaroo, right?
[11:24] Reimi
Yeah. And Grandpa's a trilobite.
[11:25] Akira
Oh, shoot!
[11:27] Akira
I forgot to return my books to the library.
[11:29] Nadeshiko
You'll get a fine.
[11:30] Reimi
I bet they're just more weird books.
[11:32] Reimi
It's all right. No one's borrowing those.
[11:33] Nadeshiko
No, it's not, Reimi-chan!
[11:35] Nadeshiko
That's not the issue.
[11:36] Shizuru
This is bad...
[11:38] Nadeshiko
See, Shizuru-chan agrees.
[11:39] Shizuru
I feel like I left my lunch box
behind half-eaten.
[11:42] Group
What?!
[11:43] Shizuru
I think on top of my bed, or inside...
[11:46] Reimi
Ugh!
[11:47] Nadeshiko
What do you mean, "inside"?
[11:49] Shizuru
Well, I just...
[11:51] Akira
I'm sure your mom took care of it!
[11:53] Reimi
Yeah, yeah.
[11:54] Reimi
Don't red pandas wash
their hands before eating?
[11:56] Nadeshiko
You're thinking of raccoons.
[11:58] Reimi
Huh?
[11:59] Reimi
So red pandas don't wash themselves?
[12:00] Shizuru
She always washes the dishes
after cooking and stuff.
[12:03] Reimi
Then it's fine.
[12:05] Akira
What's with that optimism?
[12:06] Nadeshiko
You think that's overly positive?
[12:07] Reimi
Akira, didn't you say
her mom would handle it?
[12:10] Akira
I mean, yeah...
[12:10] Shizuru
Someone'll take care of it...
[12:14] Shizuru
Thanks for coming along with me!
[12:16] Akira
What's this, out of the blue?
[12:18] Reimi
Don't scare me like that!
[12:19] Shizuru
Oh, just felt like it.
[12:21] Nadeshiko
We didn't just tag along.
[12:23] Nadeshiko
We came because we wanted to.
[12:25] Reimi
Yeah, it's been pretty fun.
[12:27] Akira
Once we get back,
[12:28] Akira
I'll need to write a travelogue before
I turn 21 years and three months old.
[12:31] Reimi
Oh, I'll totally read it!
[12:33] Reimi
Wait, I'll be in it, right?
[12:34] Akira
I guess you'll have to be.
[12:36] Reimi
Make me real awesome in it!
[12:37] Reimi
The strong, beautiful, and smart Reimi-chan!
[12:40] Akira
Nuh-uh.
[12:40] Akira
I need to put down the truth.
[12:42] Reimi
What do you mean? It's all true!
[12:44] Akira
Well, we don't know if we'll
even make it back to Agano.
[12:48] Reimi
You mean we might end up
staying in Ikebukuro?
[12:50] Reimi
Nah, probably not.
[12:51] Akira
No way!
[12:53] Akira
Well, I guess it's possible.
[12:55] Nadeshiko
What?
[12:56] Nadeshiko
We need to go back with Yoka-chan!
[12:58] Nadeshiko
Everyone's waiting back home.
[12:59] Reimi
That's true.
[13:01] Akira
Are they really?
[13:02] Shizuru
Huh?
[13:08] Nadeshiko
What's that?
[13:13] Akira
The hermit! In the swan boat!
[13:15] Nadeshiko
The old man who gave us the map?
[13:16] Reimi
That shady guy!
[13:17] Shizuru
Hey, look!
[13:19] Reimi
Isn't he in trouble?
[13:20] Nadeshiko
Do we leave him be?
[13:21] Shizuru
No way, no way!
[13:27] Nadeshiko
We need something to...
[13:29] Nadeshiko
Out of the way, you two!
[13:30] Reimi
What?
[13:30] Nadeshiko
Reimi-chan, bring the rope!
[13:32] Reimi
Huh? Okay!
[13:33] Akira
What now, Nadeko-chan?
[13:34] Nadeshiko
Stop the train, Shizuru-chan!
[13:36] Shizuru
Okay!
[13:44] Swan Hermit
Help me!
[13:46] Nadeshiko
Land!
[13:53] Swan Hermit
Good golly, I thought I was dead.
[13:56] Shizuru
Weren't you going up the Ikebukuro line?
[13:59] Shizuru
Why'd you come from Ikebukuro?
[14:00] Swan Hermit
No, I had passed Agano,
[14:03] Swan Hermit
and was heading deeper and deeper west
in hopes of reaching Nishi-Agano.
[14:07] Akira
Huh?
[14:08] Akira
But you came from Ikebukuro's direction.
[14:10] Nadeshiko
Did you make a wide turn somewhere?
[14:12] Swan Hermit
There's absolutely...
[14:14] Swan Hermit
a possibility that happened.
[14:15] Shizuru
What the heck?
[14:17] Swan Hermit
Let me see the map.
[14:19] Swan Hermit
The one I gave you last time.
[14:22] Shizuru
Where'd we put it?
[14:23] Reimi
Beats me.
[14:24] Nadeshiko
Here it is.
[14:25] Swan Hermit
Can't you treat it with more care?!
[14:26] Shizuru
Everything on it is way too vague!
[14:29] Akira
It's like heta-uma anti-art.
[14:30] Swan Hermit
This map is the only one that shows
the condition of the world today!
[14:35] Swan Hermit
It's a nugget of wisdom!
[14:36] Swan Hermit
Do you remember?
[14:37] Swan Hermit
We first met here!
[14:39] Swan Hermit
And now we're here.
[14:41] Nadeshiko
Is that so?
[14:43] Reimi
Huh?
[14:44] Reimi
Is this mushroom for Higashi-Agano?
[14:47] Shizuru
Huh?
[14:47] Shizuru
And this is Musashi-Yokote's goat people?
[14:50] Nadeshiko
These are... the tiny people of Inariyama?
[14:52] Akira
This one seems like a
really long shot, but...
[14:54] Akira
Chaos from NeriAli?
[14:55] Shizuru
So this map was right all along?
[14:57] Swan Hermit
Didn't I just say?
[14:58] Swan Hermit
It's a nugget of wisdom.
[14:59] Shizuru
Who'd think a guy meandering about in a
swan boat would know all about these places?
[15:05] Swan Hermit
How do you think humans learned about
galaxies 13.4 billion light years away?
[15:11] Shizuru
No idea.
[15:12] Swan Hermit
An inquisitive mind, I say!
[15:14] Swan Hermit
And the ability to calmly observe.
[15:16] Shizuru
I see...
[15:17] Swan Hermit
My inquisition drove me to devote myself
to journeying up the Koma River.
[15:21] Reimi
Ah, I think you mentioned that.
[15:23] Swan Hermit
And for whatever reason, we now
find ourselves reunited here.
[15:26] Swan Hermit
What an intriguing phenomenon!
[15:28] Akira
Are you sure you didn't turn back
without realizing it?
[15:30] Reimi
Oh, yeah. People like that
forget what they did all the time.
[15:33] Reimi
Your brain goes senile as you get old.
[15:35] Swan Hermit
That's not it!
[15:35] Swan Hermit
There's nothing abnormal with my brain!
[15:38] Swan Hermit
If there's anything abnormal here,
it's the world we live in!
[15:41] Swan Hermit
Ah, you think I'm just
pointing out the obvious.
[15:44] Swan Hermit
Mushrooms, pseudo-giants, zombies,
and the now-mighty Koma River!
[15:48] Swan Hermit
It's true that the world has changed greatly.
[15:50] Swan Hermit
But I'm talking about the changes
that are still happening as we speak!
[15:53] Shizuru
Um, what do you mean, still happening?
[15:56] Swan Hermit
The world is contracting,
Ikebukuro is expanding,
[15:58] Swan Hermit
and the rules governing the world
grow ever more turbulent!
[16:01] Shizuru
All this difficult stuff is going
right over my head...
[16:03] Akira
By expanding, is that a figure
of speech for prosperity?
[16:06] Swan Hermit
No, it's literally expanding!
[16:07] Swan Hermit
Ikebukuro is swelling up
like a fleshy balloon!
[16:10] Reimi
That's a real gross image.
[16:12] Nadeshiko
What will happen after all that swelling?
[16:14] Swan Hermit
It'll disappear.
[16:15] Akira
You mean Ikebukuro? Agano?
[16:17] Swan Hermit
It'll all disappear.
[16:19] Nadeshiko
Can't we stop it?
[16:20] Swan Hermit
Nope!
[16:21] Shizuru
You're certain?
[16:21] Swan Hermit
That's the facts.
[16:22] Reimi
Hold on a sec.
[16:24] Reimi
The city has leaders and stuff, right?
[16:26] Reimi
Why don't they do anything?
[16:28] Nadeshiko
Do they not exist?
[16:30] Shizuru
I never thought about it.
[16:31] Reimi
You really need to think about this stuff.
[16:34] Swan Hermit
It's no use.
[16:34] Swan Hermit
If they felt like doing anything,
they'd have done it by now.
[16:37] Nadeshiko
Yeah, that's true.
[16:39] Shizuru
Looks like all we can do is take
matters into our own hands.
[16:42] Swan Hermit
I don't know about that.
[16:43] Shizuru
What?
[16:43] Swan Hermit
I can't help but feel that
there are powers in Ikebukuro
[16:48] Swan Hermit
trying to stop those
who would fix this disordered world.
[16:51] Swan Hermit
If you head to Ikebukuro, you might have
to face off against those fearsome powers.
[16:57] Swan Hermit
Are you prepared to handle that?
[16:58] Swan Hermit
I can't say I am.
[17:00] Makoto
Don't move! Stay still!
[17:04] Makoto
"Where's my cap?"
[17:06] Makoto
"It'll affect the post office
with chapped hands."
[17:08] Makoto
"Consult a tiny squeeze of eye drops."
[17:11] Makoto
Is it no good without his usual hat?
[17:14] Makoto
Further recovery from Pontaro's
wibble-wobble surgery is impossible, then?
[17:17] Makoto
Huh? Hold on.
[17:19] Makoto
"If 7G isn't stopped,
even Ikebukuro will disappear."
[17:22] Makoto
"Must find cause of 7G
and repair broken world."
[17:28] Makoto
"Need to ruin Pontaro's future plans
and put an end to them."
[17:33] Makoto
Has he recovered a bit?
[17:34] Makoto
Wait a minute.
[17:36] Makoto
What do you mean, Ikebukuro will disappear?
[17:38] Makoto
"Increase in entropy."
[17:39] Makoto
"Miniature version of cosmic expansion."
[17:42] Makoto
"The Big Rip."
[17:43] Makoto
"The soap bubbles popped."
[17:45] Makoto
"They popped, and they're gone."
[17:46] Makoto
Forget the theory! When will it disappear?!
[17:48] Makoto
"Choo-choo choo-choo-choo..."
[17:52] Makoto
"No idea"?!
[17:55] Makoto
"It could be tomorrow. It could be
two billion years from now."
[17:59] Makoto
"No one can predict it."
[18:01] Makoto
Zenjiro...
[18:02] Makoto
I wouldn't expect to hear those
words out of an engineer.
[18:05] Makoto
I get it, I get it!
[18:06] Makoto
Whoa, whoa, whoa...
[18:08] Makoto
If we can't avoid
annihilation via expansion...
[18:12] Nadeshiko
Why don't you put a stop to your journey?
[18:14] Reimi
Yeah! It's too dangerous, hermit!
[18:16] Swan Hermit
Don't be ridiculous!
[18:18] Swan Hermit
The world continues to change,
now and in the future!
[18:21] Swan Hermit
How could I turn my eyes away?!
[18:23] Shizuru
How irrational.
[18:24] Swan Hermit
Life is all about being irrational!
[18:26] Shizuru
Did you lead an irrational life before 7G?
[18:30] Swan Hermit
Indeed.
[18:30] Swan Hermit
To sum it up, it was a big, old, absurd mess!
[18:33] Akira
What did you do in Ikebukuro?
[18:35] Swan Hermit
Being grown-up means not
asking questions like that.
[18:39] Swan Hermit
My nugget of wisdom, revised edition!
[18:41] Shizuru
A new map?
[18:42] Swan Hermit
That's right.
[18:43] Swan Hermit
If you're headed to Ikebukuro,
I'm sure it'll be of use.
[18:47] Reimi
Then this is thanks for the map.
[18:48] Reimi
Take it with you.
[18:49] Reimi
We'll probably be able to find more food,
but I dunno about you.
[18:53] Nadeshiko
This as well.
[18:54] Nadeshiko
There's no guarantee that it won't
be cold wherever you end up.
[18:58] Swan Hermit
I'll happily accept those.
[19:00] Akira
You say that, but we might suddenly
run into each other again tomorrow.
[19:03] Swan Hermit
That's also possible.
[19:04] Swan Hermit
Nothing is certain in this world of ours.
[19:07] Nadeshiko
Be careful!
[19:08] Swan Hermit
I could say the same to you.
[19:10] Shizuru
What?
[19:10] Swan Hermit
If you think Ikebukuro is safe and bustling
because of its expansion, you're dead wrong.
[19:15] Swan Hermit
It's the complete opposite!
[19:16] Shizuru
What do you mean?
[19:17] Swan Hermit
Its citizens can't escape,
so they're trapped inside.
[19:20] Swan Hermit
I'm out here purely due to a stroke of luck!
[19:23] Swan Hermit
The Witch Queen of Ikebukuro
is like staring into an abyss!
[19:26] Reimi
Abyss?
[19:28] Swan Hermit
She's made up of mystery,
fear, and the unknown.
[19:31] Nadeshiko
By the Witch of Ikebukuro,
do you mean Yoka-chan?
[19:34] Swan Hermit
That may very well have been
her name, but I forget!
[19:37] Shizuru
Yoka would never do anything bad!
[19:39] Swan Hermit
People change. As does the world.
[19:42] Swan Hermit
Do you know of anything
that always stays the same?
[19:45] Shizuru
Sure I do!
[19:47] Swan Hermit
I see.
[19:48] Swan Hermit
But that only appears to be the same.
[19:51] Akira
Since anything unchanging must always
be moving to stay where it is...
[19:56] Swan Hermit
Exactly.
[19:57] Swan Hermit
Nothing is eternal or indestructible.
[19:59] Reimi
Why do you have to ruin
the mood at the very end?
[20:02] Swan Hermit
Forget what I said, then!
[20:03] Akira
Not happening!
[20:03] Akira
We already heard you!
[20:05] Swan Hermit
I want to learn about the ever-changing,
[20:08] Swan Hermit
and you want to restore the indestructible.
[20:10] Swan Hermit
That's what makes this interesting!
[20:12] Swan Hermit
If I find Nishi-Agano, which lies
beyond your hometown of Agano,
[20:17] Swan Hermit
or if I unexpectedly run into the
Seibu Shinjuku or Tobu Tojo line,
[20:22] Swan Hermit
that's when I'll head back!
[20:23] Swan Hermit
With that, fare thee well!
[20:25] Akira
He left with a cool line.
[20:27] Nadeshiko
How exactly is he planning to go back?
[20:29] Shizuru
Who knows...
[20:36] Nadeshiko
Kusamochi?
[20:37] Reimi
What? Sounds tasty!
[20:38] Akira
What's this one, then?
[20:39] Akira
Curry?
[20:40] Akira
But it's in a bowl.
[20:41] Shizuru
I can tell he looked into all of this,
[20:43] Shizuru
but that hermit's drawings
really aren't great.
[20:45] Reimi
I want some kusamochi!
[20:46] Reimi
With chunky anko!
[20:47] Akira
What? It's gotta be smooth!
[20:48] Reimi
You don't get it.
[20:49] Reimi
The real experts like it chunky!
[20:50] Nadeshiko
Do you think Yoka-chan is doing okay?
[20:55] Reimi
I'm sure she is.
[20:56] Nadeshiko
I'm worried, since something
seemed off about her.
[20:59] Nadeshiko
In the photo, she looked
completely different.
[21:02] Akira
I wonder why they're calling her
the Witch of Ikebukuro.
[21:05] Shizuru
I think it must be some sort of
mix-up or mistake. Gotta be!
[21:09] Reimi
Yeah, totally.
[21:10] Reimi
Yoka-chan's always been so quiet!
[21:12] Reimi
No way she could be the witch!
[21:13] Nadeshiko
Maybe Yoka-chan got involved
with some bad people.
[21:28] Pochi
What do you want?
[21:29] Pontaro
I received a report from Oizumi-gakuen.
[21:31] Pontaro
There are some annoying pests
on their way to Ikebukuro.
[21:35] Pontaro
It seems they know the princess.
[21:37] Pontaro
It'll be a big problem if she meets her
old friends and regains her memories.
[21:41] Pontaro
I've placed Shiinamachi on high alert,
but we need to be extra careful.
[21:45] Pontaro
Be prepared to eliminate them.
[21:47] Pontaro
Your job is to protect the princess.
[21:50] Pochi
I know that.
[22:01] Yoka
What am I doing?
[22:05] Yoka
Why am I in a place like this?
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