Huh?
What is it?
It hurts!
Another injury?
It happened yesterday and the day before.
I asked the students what happened and they said that they didn't know.
What's happening over there?
In this world,
There are many demons in disguise.
Sometimes they show their fangs and claws, and attack us.
However,
He will be the emissary of justice...
...Who came from the very depths of hell...
In order to protect us.
Nube
Hell Teacher
NUBE
There are so many things we don't know in this world
Kono yo wa wakaranai koto ga takusan aru
No matter what kind wind blows,
donnakaze ga fuitemo
Let's become undefeatable.
makenai hito ni narou
But there are still
Sore demo yowai yatu
weak ones that exist.
kanarazu iru monda
I shall protect them.
mamotte age mashou
That's the strength.
sore ga tuyosa nanda
From today,
Kyou kara ichiban
I'm the strongest one,
takumashii no da
Sorry for making you wait,
omatase shimashita
here's the strong one
sugoi yatsu
from today,
kyou kara ichiban
I'm the coolest person
takumasii no da
Rippin' roarin' almighty NUMBER ONE
Bari Bari Saikyou NUMBER ONE
Yes, indeed.
Naruhodo
From today, I'm number one. Number one!
Honto kyou kara ichiban ichiban da ichiban
Do Not Use!?
The kappa under the horizontal bars
Ouch!
[A Tetsubou is a gymnastic horizontal bar]
What should I do? The Tetsubou test will be done tomorrow,
[Sakaagari: pulling yourself upwards with a forward, circling movement]
I'm small, so I can't do Sakaagari, either...
If I can't do this, the others will laugh at me.
I need to practice so I'll be able to do this tomorrow.
I can do this!
Please get off of me!
Okay, I'm sorry...
So, you do gym class?
Yes, today we do the Tetsubou.
This month, many student have been getting injured, so be careful.
Okay. Is there a demon?
I hate you!
Why?
Hmm? I can't feel an evil aura.
I thought a demon made these accidents happen, but I don't feel a thing?
Sensei?
What are you doing?
Did you drop something?
Ah? No! The ground smells like spring...
Anyway, let's start the Testubou test.
First, I'll show you how to do it.
What? You Sensei?!
An awkward person like Nube can do Tetsubou?
Watch me then...
Back in my days as a student, they called me tetsubou master, "Nuchan."
[Daisharin means Giant Swing]
Daisharin!
[Tonkachifu means Hammer Style]
Tonkachifu!
The students look to me as a Master.
Oh! Ritsuko-sensei is also watching.
I need to show my beautiful and amazing style to capture Ritsuko-sensei's heart.
'One-handed Daisharin'
What do you think Ritsuko-sensei?
I've done it again?
It's okay. Some day, Ritsuko-sensei will recognize me.
Let's start the test.
First, Kimura Katsuya.
Okay.
Very good.
Next, Kurita Makoto.
Ye-Yes.
What's wrong Makoto?
Sensei, we should not use Tetsubou...
[A Kappa is a Water Demon]
...'cause this Tetsubou has a Kappa!
Kappa?
Yesterday, I was practicing alone when suddenly he showed himself.
Maybe he lives here?
Tetsubou? There's a Kappa?
If you want to lie, try something more believable.
You only want to excuse yourself because you can't do it. Right, Makoto?
Who would believe your stories...
I'm not lying!
Yeah! I can't do Tetsubou.
But I'm not a person who lies to excuse himself from a test!
Bu-But...
...besides, a Kappa lives in a river or a lake.
Why did he choose a Tetsubou as his home, then?
Please say something, Sensei...
Okay.
From now on, we won't use this Tetsubou.
Why?!
Do you believe his story?
Yeah, it's true that our school is based near a marsh,
But we've never heard any rumours about a Kappa.
No.
We know now,
that this place is cursed...
...because something lives under this Tetsubou.
Okay, everyone...
...we will do marathon, instead.
Prohibited
You decided to put "Prohibited" signs on the Tetsubou without asking us?
Nueno-Sensei, explain yourself.
Because a Kappa lives there.
Kap-pa?
Kappa is it?
That's impossible!
We know that many students were injured over there...
...but don't tell us that the cause is a Kappa.
Get those signs off now!
No.
I know that something lives there.
What's the connection between the Kappa and the Tetsubou?
What's this?
A Kappa can fart and fly in the sky!
What?
Fart?
If he does that, even the Hell Teacher can't win!
Nonsense! Can someone report him?!
Kappa?
Farts?
Nube-Sensei believes in Kappa stories?
Is he crazy?
Kappa only exist in stories. They can't be true.
He believed in Makoto's story, but it's all lies...
Nube-Sensei is a bird brain.
Sensei?
Sensei.
That's enough!
They will not believe us.
They think we are crazy.
I'll just tell them that it was all a lie.
But,
Yup, a dark shadow appeared...
Then,
don't tell them that.
Whatever people say to you,
don't think of it and just stay quiet.
But if people still say something to you,
gather evidence and show it to them.
Don't tell them that you're lying.
Makoto.
Sensei.
But,
I smell something in this Tetsubou.
That's why I smell something, I stepped in dog poop!
He decided not to use Tetsubou!
I've waited for this day to show my hidden skills!
There's no such thing as a Kappa!
Where are you?
KAPPA!?
Sensei...
Sensei did his best for me!
I'll show everyone that the Kappa...
...exists and is not a lie!
Makoto?
Yesterday, when I was practicing Tetsubou, you appeared!
I know that if I do this, you'll show up again!
He is...
Hey, Makoto!
Makoto!
Makoto!?
Makoto!
Hell Teacher
NUBE
It's trouble!
Sensei!
Makoto... the Kappa!?
What?
Huh?
The Kappa took Makoto somewhere...
What!?
He disappeared here.
Disappeared?
Then suddenly a marsh-like thing appeared...
...and a Kappa took Makoto in.
Marsh?
Is Makoto really inside there?
Makoto!
Hiroshi.
Did Makoto really disappear here?
I'm not lying!
If you said a marsh appeared here...
...then it's possible that there is a tunnel down there where water flows.
What's that?
That's just ordinary metal.
These are called...
Dowsing Rods.
They respond near water.
If there really is water down there, these will respond.
I see...
The water flows this way...
This is...
an old well?
There is a possibility...
...that Makoto might be inside this.
Makoto!
Where do you think this water came from?
From a marsh or from the river?
Maybe a marsh?
There is a marsh behind our school.
That's it...
The Kappa lives in that marsh.
Huh?
If the Kappa lives in the marsh, then why does he attack students at the Tetsubou?
Nube?
I don't know.
Does Kappa really exist?
I saw it!
It really was a Kappa.
A Kappa was originally called a God of Water,
but they changed that and called them demons.
It is a god, so it is powerful.
We should be careful...
Makoto!
Makoto?!
Idiot! Don't hug me!
Wh-Who hugged first, actually?
In here, this is beneath the testsubou.
It's huge...
Why is there a big hole here?
Every year, the water here corrodes the rock surface.
This process is called, "Kantou Roubonsonto".
The sides are volcanic ash which corrodes quickly.
Be careful.
We don't know where the Kappa hides.
Hiroshi!
Nube!
Let go of Hiroshi!
Hiroshi!
Kappa, you're a demon, but I know that you're a Water God.
I want to talk to you in peace, but...
...if you continue acting like this,
I will never forgive you!
Wait!
Makoto!?
You're safe?
That Kappa is not a demon.
What?
What do you mean?
The Kappa was always here to protect us...
... from that!
An unexploded bomb?!
Why is this underneath...
... our school?
A bomb?
During the war, they must have dropped it here...
... but it didn't explode and remained here.
We are running out of time!
It may drop any time if someone moved it.
Once it falls, it will surely explode.
Hmm...
Kappas aren't real. They only exist in stories...
Here they are.
Okay, everyone...
You are now allowed to play here as long as you like.
Alright!
This is bad!
They've started using the tetsubou!
If this continues...
Sensei!
Nube!
What should we do?!
We don't have time,
I don't know if this will work...
In my left hand, where the Demon is sealed...
... lend me your strength...
Don't hurt the living people above us!
Move away from the tetsubou!
The situation above is now okay, but down here it isn't.
Sensei!
Over here!
We're all safe now.
Yeah!
That's because of him. He led us here.
You were trying,
to save the students from the bomb.
That's why you scared them away from the tetsubou.
You tried to warn the students by doing that.
You really are...
... a kind creature.
Hiroshi!
Today's gymnastics activity, tetsubou, is cancelled, so it's changed to table tennis.
I'm good at table tennis!
Ah, Sensei?
[A Tengu is a long-nosed goblen, one of the Japanese mythological creatures]
A Tengu appeared on that table...
Tengu?
You're one of them!
Everyone should have dreams, you and I
Yume nara aru hazuda
Everyone should have dreams, you and I
anata ni mo boku ni de mo
But it's been difficult to pursue, because we are too busy
mitsukari nikui dake da
isogashi sugite
Everyone is connected by invisible power
Mienai Chikara de
dare mo ga tsuyoku tsunagatte iru
It's not important whether you're at my side or we're apart
nani mo taishita koto janai yo
soba ni ite mo hanarete ite mo
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow
kinou kyou ashita to
egao no anata waitsudemo
in this heart of mine is always your smile
kono mune ni iru yo
You've got to be strong
It's never too late
Never say Die... Yeah
Hell Teacher
NUBE
Eleven...
Twelve...
Thirteen!
This can't be true. These stairs have 13 steps.
Hiroshi, they said that if you try to step on the 13th step, you will disappear!
Eh...
What should we do?
Hell Teacher Nube,
The school's Seven Mysteries
Demon of the 13th step
The school's Seven Mysteries
Demon of the 13th step
How many steps are there in your school?