Mitsuko-chan, I'm going shopping!
Wait for me!
We should get going, too.
What do you think? Can you fix it?
Well.
In spring, Kojiro the Green runs around noisily.
I made up Kojiro the Green last summer.
There!
It's ready. Try it out.
Sure.
When I fell out of Grandpa's wisteria hammock last summer,...
...Kojiro came to mind while I was underwater.
It's something I imagined, so only I can see it.
Shinko.
What do you think?
Huh?
Streams don't usually...
...turn at a right angle like that.
So why does this one?
But hasn't it always been that way?
Do you know how long it's been like that?
Grandpa used to be a schoolteacher.
Shinko, it's been that way...
...for a thousand years.
A thousand?!
Nowadays, that looks like...
...just a big wheat field, but actually this land...
...a thousand years ago...
Grandpa's asthma crises can be really bad,...
...but he taught me all the interesting things that I know.
Mai Mai Miracle
Mitajiri Station! Mitajiri.
Stupid big sister!
Hey, hey, what's wrong?
Sis pulled off Kewpie's arm!
My goodness!
Why would she do such a thing?!
The capital city of this Province was right here a thousand years ago,...
...and this stream was made to flow at a right angle since then.
Suo. This region used to be called the Province of Suo.
And where the stream turns...
New scooter!
This stream follows what was an old ditch around a city block.
Your bike broke down?
So what.
No wonder, that old thing.
Look at my new bike!
And that road where Yoshimura-san and Ejima-san argue...
...has been there since ancient times.
My Grandpa told me all these interesting things.
Thank you, Grandpa!
Did you see Shinko?
No.
Jeez? The steamed bread is also gone.
Shinko!
Shinko! Where are you?
I know you're out there!
If you want to leave home, go ahead!
Shinko! Shinko!
I can't hear you!
I'll give you rice to take!
What was Suo's capital city like...
...a thousand years ago?
Now I know!
And this side?
Shinko!
Come out right now!
I'll be just fine here.
The ship from the Imperial Capital arrives soon. We must meet it.
Imperial Capital?! I'm sure a Princess will come!
Right rudder!
There it is!
I, Motosuke Kiyohara, at 67 years of age, was called here...
...to govern Suo!
Nagiko, come out here!
Let's enjoy the view together.
Hey!
Who's playing in the field?
It's you again! Hey!
Bah! Just when the Princess was coming out!
This is it, Kiiko.
Yes.
You must be Dr. Shimazu?
I'm Fujiwara, General Affairs Department.
Hello.
It's such a long trip from Tokyo.
Welcome, here is my card.
Well, well, well. She must be your daughter?
Yes.
This is the main street.
It's so tiny compared to Tokyo.
Go a little farther, and there's nothing at all.
There are horses and cows.
There are just big wheat fields. Not like Tokyo at all.
Stupid! Idiot!
You shouldn't say that,
even though she was bad.
It's 10 years after the War,
but that's nothing compared to...
...a history of a thousand years.
That's true, Grandpa.
Your medicine.
Daddy didn't come home last night either.
He's too busy working.
Shinko, eat your breakfast quickly!
I'm late, I'm late!
Because of this 'Mai Mai' curl!
You're fast!
But I'm faster!
- It stinks! - Smells bad!
What's that smell?!
Stinks!
Stinks?
Not really, it smells rather nice.
Transfer student, arrived yesterday.
Why'd she use it?
I don't know.
Lipstick! She even wears lipstick.
Pretends to be foreign.
A weirdo.
She makes an awful impression.
Hi, third grade, class three.
The baby of your teacher, Mr Hanada, was born last night!
It was born?!
Yes, so self-study for the first hour.
Yoshioka-san, you color so well!
Not really.
Wonder what they'll name it?
Knowing our teacher, it'll be a trendy name!
Did you listen to the radio?
From 18:00?
Yeah, I did!
Wow! Awesome!
Your colored pencils!
Hey, those pencils I saw,
how many colors are there?
Never seen that before.
What's up?
Ignore her.
2, 4, 6, 8, 10...
12, 14...
Wow! There are 26 colors!
I've never seen such colors!
Yeah, maybe imported?
There sure are lots of reds and blues in foreign countries.
Class, how's your self-study going?
There's Tatsuyoshi, grade five.
Skipped class again.
Ignore him.
Hey, can I borrow this color?
I want to color the Seto Inland Sea with it.
It's a nice color, but maybe not for you.
Of course, he broke it!
That's enough.
Give it back to me!
Be careful, be careful!
Nice clothes.
Are you OK?
Hey, what are you doing to the new girl?!
It's Mr Hanada!
Daddy Hanada!
Daddy!
Don't make fun of me!
Watch out!
Aah... Umm... Shimazu Kiiko-san...
Why didn't you tell? Only Shigeru was punished.
I don't know.
What do you mean "I don't know"?!
Hey.
I'm sorry.
Ah! Hey.
Hold on!
You're so weird.
They call it a 'worker's residence',...
...but there's a whole town here.
I had no idea.
A paper drama storyteller! I want to see!
I want to see the paper drama!
Let's go. Let's go!
Could you...
...go first?
Sure.
Good doggy!
There! Want a tummy rub?
Good doggy!
I see. I guess you don't like dogs.
A deutzia shrub!
They're called 'deutzia' because the branches are hollow.
Deutzia means hollow?
I don't know...
It's OK, nobody's home.
How about your mom?
Not here.
So it's OK, come in.
Wow! You have stairs!
Nice! No one has stairs around where I live.
Sit down.
Okay.
Heidi
A Little Princess
Hey, Bear!
Bear, let's play!
Ah... The dog's called Bear...
Kiiko one month old
Want some milk?
A gas refrigerator!
I heard that a flame cools it, but where is it?
At the back.
Wow!
At my place an ice vendor puts ice in every day.
Hey, I've heard about TV. Have you ever watched it?
Yeah.
In Tokyo.
Once or twice.
Really?! So... so how was it?
The colored pencils came from there?
Yeah.
So, is your father somebody important?
No. A doctor... at the factory.
I shouldn't have...
...worn the perfume.
You shouldn't... feel that way.
I won't wear it to school again.
Yeah.
Why doesn't anyone visit?
Please come here.
Come soon.
Come...
Come on! Come on!
Look! That's my house.
Doesn't it look like...
...like a ship? Look!
Sailing on waves of wheat.
You're right!
And he's my Grandpa.
People find him scary, but not me.
Scary?
But when a thief broke in,
Grandpa invited him to dinner!
And she's my Grandma.
And next...
This way!
Look, it's my museum of secret treasures.
Prizes from Glico candy.
What I'd like
is to light it inside with electricity.
I'd sneak out at night to see the lit-up windows.
Would be so pretty!
That's Mitsuko,...
...my little sister.
Hello.
Here.
What is it?!
Come inside.
Hey, what is it?
What did you bring us?
I-It's...
Shiny foil!
They were on Dad's desk.
Is it OK?
It's a gift.
Wow, it glitters!
It's chocolate!
What's in it? It leaks.
Alcohol 'hin 'hit.
Halcohol?
Halcohol.
I feel like I'm on fire!
Like peppermint water? Or chili oil?
Is chili oil good?
It's awful!
We take it when we can't go poo-poo!
Take it and poo!
Tastes bad!
This is better!
Sweet 'halcohol.
Sweet 'hocolate, sweet 'halcohol!
My Mom won...
...a prize in a magazine photo contest!
Even though married with kids,...
...she told them she was single!
Kiiko, where's your Mom?
My Mom died!
She got water in her lungs and died!
Amazing!
Father!
Mother!
Mitsuko, Mitsuko!
You ate it too?! What should I do?
There's whiskey inside!
Only one left?
No, there's one more.
Actually, two more.
And who are you?
I'm Shimazu Kiiko.
From the worker's residence!
I'm thirsty.
Me too.
This place isn't as deserted as it looks.
Right, you're here.
I don't mean that.
Here, for water.
When I close my eyes, my 'Mai Mai' begins to move.
What is a 'Mai Mai'?
Oh, right here.
I have a spiral on top of my head, and a curl here also!
Oh, you mean that curl?
Not me. I don't have one.
I'm the only one in my family with one.
My hair jumps up like this!
I really wish I didn't have this!
But actually,...
...sometimes this Mai Mai gets really excited!
This wheat field looks deserted,...
...but has a thousand-year-old secret!
A thousand-year-old... secret?!
Yeah, a thousand years!
Bitter!
Are you better now? I'll show you.
This way!
Slow down!
Right here!
Here?
This road has been here for a thousand years.
Really?!
This way!
Wait!
What was it like back then?
Carts pulled by oxen were moving through here.
Look.
Here comes one!
Look, it'll run me down! That was close!
You be careful too!
Out of the way!
Come, come here.
Come to see me.
Soon...
Careful, the river!
River?!
A thousand years ago, blacksmith hammers clang bang bong!
Clang bang bong! Clang bang bong!
Yes, your Majesty?
Please proceed.
Yes.
See, it says...
...the capital city, Kokuga, was here.
Really?
Grandpa told me so.
Look at that!
It's still called The "Kokuga" bus stop!
It really is!
Look!
Look, the river!
It's one thousand years old?
I'm faster!
Another right angle, something big must have been built here.
Something big?
Huge, maybe a mansion!
Wow!
Excuse me!
What are you doing?
Digging for things where an ancient building was.
What kind of building?
Maybe the mansion of the highest noble, the Governor of Suo.
Just like you said.
Hey! Did you find any dolls, maybe?
What?! Dolls?
What were dolls like back then?
Like Kewpie, I guess?
It's impossible to find dolls.
Such soft things don't last underground.
Aw, too bad.
But you know, a girl probably lived here.
Around your age.
Really?!
My, how splendid!
The ceremony of hauling the pine sapling.
It's said,...
...the pine lives for a thousand years.
But I've already become so old.
How much longer can I watch over her?
That scholar said in ancient times the sea reached to Katsuma Shrine.
One thousand years ago.
Reclaimed land.
We can see your house.
We're on the sea!
Splash... splash...
What's that girl like? From a thousand years ago?
Well, let me see. Wait a moment.
Stop, let me try to do it myself first!
Let's see...
Just wait... wait.
I'm waiting.
But you know...
...it would be great if she had a friend.
A friend, like you.
It seems like you spend every day alone, princess.
I was told that a girl my age was waiting for me in Suo.
I was told that,...
...but I've waited for days and no one visits.
I brought lots of Hina dolls and things to play together.
I cut up pretty paper to make kimonos.
Princess,...
...it's true that we arranged for a girl your age...
...to be waiting for you.
However, no one can know how long someone will live.
My sons had a younger sister that they loved so much...
This place may seem deserted to you,...
...but it's not like that for us.
Our ancestors came here from far beyond the sea.
We are a people that work in iron.
The best iron is from stars that fall from the night sky.
Our ancestors came here while chasing a falling star,...
...and made it our home.
We've been making iron here for hundreds of years since then.
If you dig even now,...
...you'll find remains of bellows from hundreds of years ago.
Hundreds of years old?
Hundreds of years old.
All right.
In Katsuma-no-umaya, in the Province of Suo,...
...on the Day of the Mouse.
You must remember.
Oh, pine of a thousand springs.
Remember this day...
At Katsuma Inlet...
The pine lives for a thousand years,...
...remembering that precious day forever.
People have always been here.
And they will be here a thousand years from now.
I can't, I just can't!
I can't imagine what the girl was like.
It seems you can't do it if you don't have a Mai Mai.
I can't even remember what my own Mom was like.
That's Mom before I was born.
I want to have a Mai Mai, too.
Right?
Kiiko, it suits you.
Kaboom machine!
Kiiko, your ears!
You didn't know about kaboom, Kiiko?
No.
Paper, rock, scissors!
P-R-S!
It's Shigeru! With Hitoshi from class five.
In the mulberry field?!
Hey! What are you doing?
Don't worry, Shigeru, it's Shinko!
What's up?
Making a dam.
A dam?
Here goes!
Again!
Ready! Again!
You too, Kiiko.
Eh?!
Here goes!
A loach!
What are you making?
A dam.
It'll be so big!
OK, find a big board! Come on!
Hey, who's that?
Mitsuru, grade six. He loves such things.
Tatsuyoshi, we...
...want that. Out of the way.
Help me.
Shinko-chan, what's that?
An island.
Oh.
Huh?!
Tatsuyoshi...
Here.
There!
We made such a huge dam.
I hope the water fills up.
You know...
Sorry about before.
Huh?
Oh... Right.
It would feel great to let out all the water at once.
Yeah, but...
It would be a waste.
We worked together.
Let's let it all out!
Let's do it!
Do it, do it!
Something red.
What was it?
A goldfish?
The mulberry field stream?
That was an important river a thousand years ago.
They tied boats to that 'Mooring Pine.'
But I don't know about a girl from a thousand years ago.
She was called Nagiko-chan?
Yes.
This book says that was her name.
Really?!
Her father composed waka poems.
He came from Kyoto to govern Suo,
and probably brought his daughter.
She may have been in Kokuga a thousand years ago.
Her name is the only one I know.
Hizuru-sensei smelled so nice.
Yeah.
It was nice.
She was writing a letter.
Was she?
Maybe to her lover?
What?!
Yeah, it's there.
Oh?!
You're here?
To give it some bread.
We saved some lunch too.
Tatsuyoshi!
Oh! Everybody's here. I thought of a name for the fish.
So did I!
How's about 'Hizuru'?
Darn!
Darn.
Oh, I see!
Everybody chose that name.
OK, 10 yen each!
Pay 10 yen, go in quietly.
At the end, leave before the lights come on.
Don't let my dad see you from upstairs!
Ouch!
We're still kids,
but when we grow up
will we kiss like that?
Somehow, I hope that...
Hizuru-sensei will have a happy life.
When I see Hizuru-sensei,
I wonder if my Mom was like that.
Kiiko, here.
Yes.
Look at this rocket tail!
Really!
Just like Hizuru-chan.
Yeah.
What's a Hizuru-chan?
You don't need to know.
What is it? What is Hizuru-chan?
Oh, look!
Sis!
Tell me!
Hey!
Hi, Tatsuyoshi's father!
Sis, tell me!
That's who he is?
Tami-chan, this is Hizuru-chan the goldfish.
It's cute.
Go!
I have lots of new friends.
Because of you.
Thanks.
It wasn't me, it was the Millennium Magic.
The goldfish made new friends, too.
But there is still one friend I'd like to have.
Yes. Me, too.
Nagiko-chan.
Little eyes, little dice eyes!
Come on!
Not so bad.
Switch.
Get revenge, you eyes!
Next, how about this?
Pass my turn.
One more throw!
Wait!
I can't!
How about this! Come on, good!
Well, try this.
Cuckoos! And deutzia!
Put some there! And some more there.
I've never done this.
It's beautiful!
Play with me.
All right!
Destiny Squad, let's go!
Right!
Tatsuyoshi, we'll rely on you and your wooden sword.
Are there really bandits inside the cave?
Shh, they'll hear you!
The bandits may have guns!
But don't worry, we're the Destiny Squad.
That sword belongs to Tatsuyoshi's father!
His father is a 4th-dan kendo master!
Wait, stay calm!
It's a cat.
That was scary!
I was so spooked.
What were those eyes?
Cat eyes.
Just a cat!
No way!
Shinko!
Tell Mitsuko it's nap time!
All right!
Where is Mitsuko?
Oh no! She's not here!
Mitsuko!
Mitsuko-chan!
Mitsuko, are you there?
She's not here.
Where is she?
Let's look below.
Kokuga is so big.
What should I do?!
Hizuru-sensei!
Shinko?
Did you see a little girl?!
Five years old, about this tall.
I didn't see her.
What's wrong?
It's nothing, goodbye.
So, did you find her?
Oh! In front of Shinko's house.
Police.
Thank you so much.
She went into the golf course...
...from Triangle Pond, to collect golf balls.
We are very grateful.
Not at all.
I'll be off now.
What a relief!
You can take it, but put it back.
He's such an honest policeman.
When there was that big robbery,...
...he went in first and caught the criminal.
He's in the real Destiny Squad, right?
Mitsuko, Mitsuko! You're safe!
I see you found your little sister.
Hizuru-sensei?
I see, you searched, too.
Yes.
Sensei, I'm so restless.
I feel like there's something in this big wide Kokuga.
Oh?
Restless and kind of happy.
Maybe it's just growing up.
Maybe not.
I'm grateful to all the adults,...
...my Grandpa, Tatsuyoshi's father, and you...
Huh?!
A pretty ring!
I guess I have to tell you now.
Actually, I'll stop teaching after next Saturday.
Huh?!
I'm going to marry.
This autumn.
But I have to prepare, so I'll quit next week.
It's a secret until Monday.
Who will you marry?
He's from my college days. We'll be living in Tokyo.
He's a rugby player, so he's really athletic.
In that case, I wish I could go to Tokyo.
Come and visit when you're older.
Goodbye!
She'll be a bride! A bride!
Kiiko, Kiiko!
This will be our secret.
Hizuru-chan, congratulations!
Huh? About what?
You too!
Shinko-chan, you too!
Okay.
Let's play!
Yes!
Shinko-chan, faster!
Do they really plant flowers on top of dirt walls in Kyoto?
Yes, the Emperor ordered it. They're beautiful.
So many flowers blooming in the pond!
It's so pretty, Kiiko!
Pretty!
I'll add my marbles.
Me too!
Hizuru's here!
She seems to like it.
Here's a leaf bed. Sleep well, Hizuru-chan.
Fish don't sleep in beds.
It's OK.
Amazing!
What's that?
It's OK.
He'll get mad!
Shh!
We'll add these as decorations.
These people...
...are saying no one should play with me.
"Not with her..."
Why do they do that?
What for?
Huh? Why am I crying?
Huh?
Shinko? It's bad.
Your mother's... perfume?
I thought it would look nice.
But today I saw the top came off...
Big sis, did Hizuru die?
She was more red than the sunset.
Hizuru.
It's hopeless. I tried that already.
Let's give her a funeral!
A funeral! At the historical site!
Holy in Heaven, Holy in Heaven...
Pray for real.
When my big brother died, we prayed him up to Heaven.
Pray like this and Hizuru will come back on August 15.
She won't come back. I know that.
And neither will my mother.
Let's just forget them.
Hey, what's on August 15?
It's when the souls of the dead return.
So, you held the funeral there.
Because I said it was the center of a thousand-year-old site?
I wonder if she'll return with the Millennium Magic.
Under the magic ground she'll become a magic fish,...
...and next time Hizuru will live for a thousand years!
In a thousand years she'll grow to be as big as this house, right?
Or Kiiko will not feel.
Shinko, wait up!
Hey!
I couldn't believe it!
What?
I saw something swimming in the stream.
A red goldfish just like Hizuru!
Really?!
Near my house, by the stone wall.
I saw something red wiggling.
I looked down from above, it was identical to Hizuru.
That's strange, since she's already dead.
Kiiko! Hey, Kiiko!
Holy in Heaven, Holy in Heaven...
Seems like Hizuru-sensei will stop teaching.
What... really?
She had a boyfriend.
Really?
But he was already married.
What?
She was so desperate and with a broken heart,...
...that she'll marry some other man in Tokyo.
It's so disappointing. It makes 'Hizuru' seem like...
...a bad name for a goldfish.
Master Mitsuru, the end is near!
Take that!
Hey!
We were just fooling...
Shinko, are you...
Huh?
Are you confident about taking Kiiko around with you?
What if the goldfish isn't there?
I'm not confident...
But...
I want Hizuru to be there.
Let's search! Tomorrow, too.
Shigeru, it's you who said that you saw her. Come with me.
Tatsuyoshi...
If you say so, Tatsuyoshi...
Mitsuru and Hitoshi?
Well, we...
Get up off your butts! I promise we'll find her.
All right,...
...swear on you life!
We will find the fish tomorrow!
The sword of the Destiny Squad says so!
Since you insist so much,
we have no choice.
Kiiko, you'll laugh tomorrow, too!
Yeah.
Let's promise.
That we'll meet here tomorrow and we'll laugh together.
Masked avenger, where are you?
Tatsuyoshi has grown so much.
He will come!
Again this nonsense?
Careful, Master!
Behind you!
A great danger...
Coming!
The avenger is still not here.
That's all for today's episode.
Radio drama continues tomorrow.
Shinko!
Suzuki-kun is here.
Huh? Suzuki?
Yes.
Suzuki... Suzuki.
Oh, Suzuki Tatsuyoshi.
What is it?
I'm sorry, Shinko.
Huh?
All of you will understand tomorrow.
I have lost all hope.
Crap!
I don't know what you're talking about.
Terrible, terrible.
What happened?
Yoshimura-san just passed by.
He said the policeman that found Mitsuko.
Yes?
He hung himself in the police station!
What?!
He was involved with yakuza at the port.
In a 2nd-floor gambling den at Bar California.
A woman there tricked him into it.
His asthma again.
He owed them hundreds of thousands of yen!
My!
He left a suicide note accepting responsibility.
When our group was breaking up, we managed to stay together
because of Tatsuyoshi and his father's sword.
What will happen tomorrow?
He did nothing wrong. I'm sure of it!
Grandpa, help me.
Enough talk!
Don't you know that his son is Shinko's friend!
Oh my!
Shinko will hear you.
That's who he was.
He did have a son my daughter's age.
Is it painful to die?
Stop.
Don't talk like a junior high student!
Just asking!
You're taking it too personally.
There are many temptations.
Probably gambling got to him before some woman.
It often happens.
Tell me he was innocent.
And tomorrow...
The sword was so dazzling.
Millennium Magic... It's completely worthless.
I totally forgot.
I promised to take a Glico prize to Kiiko.
Can I go now?
Why not tomorrow?
But...
I promised. I'm going.
Shinko, take the flashlight!
I've got it!
Mom, I'm hungry!
Not now, Mitsuko...
Suzuki
You here?!
Is anyone home?!
Tatsuyoshi, you here?
Tatsuyoshi, you home?
Shinko?
Yeah.
From tomorrow,...
...they won't let us meet.
Our promise to meet is ruined.
So we have to find Hizuru by morning.
The two of us?
I ran away.
But why can't we play with you anymore?
That place is to blame, the Bar...
California.
Because of the woman there. She is evil.
Where's your Mom?
With relatives, until tomorrow.
Probably Hizuru won't show up.
The Millennium Magic that Grandpa told me about is gone.
You're OK with saying that?
Tatsuyoshi, let's go!
Where?
Revenge for the broken promise!
I brought rice, we can go anywhere.
Good night, Miss. Be sure to lock the door.
Thank you.
A letter?
"Dear Kiiko, I'm sorry..."
Shinko-chan?!
I'm going far away.
I don't know if someone rich will help me,...
...or if I'll be kidnapped by a gang,...
...but...
I don't understand what you're saying, Shinko-chan.
But,...
...have you gone so far that I can't understand you?
I'm finished with Millennium Magic,...
...and won't involve you in my fantasy world any more.
I'm sorry I did that.
I wonder why?
Because I decided to stop remembering my Mom?
Did Shinko-chan give up, too?
But then, Shinko-chan,...
...that girl from the past that only you know will be gone.
Mom used to read me this book when I was little.
I only know because Dad told me.
If not for you, Shinko-chan,...
...if I would have been alone,...
...I would never have gone there.
The Port
Cops come more often now.
Because that happened.
Since that cop died.
I saw my dad come into this alley with a blonde woman.
And in there is the Bar California.
Are you afraid, Shinko?
Not... at all!
I don't know why it's come to this...
I don't know.
I must get revenge against her!
Let's go!
You insult my novel?!
Learn your letters first!
What did you say?!
Huh?!
Hey! Control yourselves! Lousy drunks!
Hey, don't stop yet! Fight some more!
You pee-pant kids want beer?
Don't look at them.
Yeah.
Clang bang bong! Blacksmith hammer a thousand years ago.
Nearby, a river I'd probably fall into.
Right-angled stream, mansion inside walls.
The girl living there plays with Hina dolls.
Right, I did see her face just one time...
A bride... flowers...
White flowers, in full bloom.
Many laughing people.
But that girl doesn't laugh.
Even though we want her to laugh most of all, Shinko-chan.
Tomorrow's promise...
Tomorrow we will all laugh...
Oh! That girl's not here today!
What?! At some point, I started to see it!
Huh?
Ah!
I have a Mai Mai!
Princess! Princess!
Princess! Little one.
Come, let's go.
Don't go that way. This way.
It's pretty!
Amazing! So many flowers!
Oh! Tatara Mountain!
It's the same shape!
Clang bang bong!
It's so great, Shinko-chan!
Don't give up on a thousand years ago, Shinko-chan!
Bring money next time!
Be strong, we're almost there.
Almost there.
Almost there, almost there.
You will meet her soon, that girl.
Soon, soon, soon.
Here we are.
It's here.
California
Oh!
Who's out there?
Kids...
Are you the woman from Bar California?!
Who's out here?
What's with these lousy brats?
You're the wo-?!
Yes!
I'm the girl from Bar California.
You run the 2nd floor yakuza gambling den?!
Shinko.
Kids who shout like that,
need to be taught what's bad,...
...you little brats.
If your parents can't do it,...
...maybe we should take their place,...
...and teach you a lesson.
Right?
Blonde-haired woman, Tatsuyoshi came for revenge!
His father was a good policeman.
You tricked him, and he committed suicide!
We came for revenge!
Give us back tomorrow's promise!
I beg your forgiveness...
...for her absence from the mansion.
We ate spoiled fish and have fallen ill.
Does your stomach hurt also?
No, but I have to look after my sisters and Mother.
Oh! I forgot to feed the mansion bird.
You always have that look.
You should smile more. Here.
Does that kid always have that look?
He doesn't smile much.
Do it, Tatsuyoshi!
That's enough.
If you had used the sword, you'd have become a yakuza.
Huh? Now smile!
Have a drink.
Boy, want me to teach you how to carve a spinning top...
...that beats all the rest?
Not very friendly!
Why would you do that?
Officer Suzuki showed me how when we were having a glass.
His eyes gleamed with pride at that moment.
He seemed to be happy.
What are you saying?!
His father probably taught him that already.
No, I didn't let him.
My father...
...wanted to teach me once,...
...but I said don't bother.
Then he hit me.
At that time, my father...
...was drunk, stinking of alcohol.
Crap!
When he was a kid,...
...my father passed running by this bar.
I wish I could...
...go and run with him!
Father!
Go home, kid.
Come on, Tatsuyoshi!
Hey, keep it down!
Boo! Boo! Boo!
The Demon of Sickness!
Boo!
He makes everyone sick, but don't worry.
This is...
...Mr. Hoso. He's strong and has four eyes and a spear!
He'll drive out the Demon. Demon be gone!
Oh! The Demon got away!
Help me, Houseman!
Poke, poke.
Ow, ow, ow...
Shinko,...
...I'm leaving tomorrow.
I'm taking the train to my Mom's relatives in Osaka.
But I promise that when I become an adult,...
...I'll teach my kids how to carve tops and attach kite tails!
Shinko, take this.
I'm off!
But Tatsuyoshi,...
...before that, have lots of fun!
Learns lots of fun things to pass on to your kids!
So play as hard as you can! Destiny Squad comrade!
Let's play again tomorrow.
Yeah.
At last, he really...
...smiled.
Well, I better go.
Hello, hello, hello!
Yes?
I want...
Who are you?
I'm Aoki Shinko.
I promised to give a Glico prize to Kiiko.
Oh.
Kiiko, your friend...
Shinko-chan!
I found one!
Put on your shoes! Let's go!
Go where?
Eh?
Hurry!
Yes! I'm going out, Dad!
Going out? Hey, Kiiko!
Hizuru the goldfish is alive?!
I want to see! I want to see!
Want to see?
I want to see! I want to see!
Good!
Shinko-chan, hurry!
Where?
There... around there.
I think it was here...
But... well...
That's strange.
I know it was here.
It's true.
Yeah.
The battery died.
Ah...
Are you scared?
Not with you here, Shinko-chan.
In this pitch dark, under the Milky Way,
I sense things nearby.
So many things all around us.
They're here.
Tatsuyoshi's father,...
...and your mother.
They'll be here, as long as we remember them.
Oh yeah, I found one, see!
It was in a book.
My Mom as a child.
Kiiko, you look like her.
I lost that last race to you.
Actually, I'm the slowest runner.
But you look so fast.
But I always win against Kojiro the Green.
Who is that?
I imagined him.
He runs on water, sword on his back.
There's a lot of those around!
Your head is full of so many things.
Ouch!
What's with you, Shimazu Kiiko?!
Take that!
But this goldfish is real.
It'll be here tomorrow and the next day and the next day...
Yeah.
Shinko!
Oh, Shinko!
Dad!
Dad, are you really Dad?
Huh?! Is there a fake me?
Maybe the shrine God changed into my dad, who never comes home.
Hah! Your Grandpa is worried about you!
I love my Grandpa.
You're so easygoing!
More than half of you, Aoki Shinko, the dreamer,...
...is made out of your Grandpa.
And you are...?
I'm Shimazu Kiiko, from Shinko-chan's class.
Of course.
I am Aoki Tosuke, I study algae at Yamaguchi U.
She lives in the residence.
I'll walk you home.
You're bad ones.
I take after my dad.
Fool! We have different genes!
You're not as high-class as me.
Your dad is nice.
He is nice, everybody's nice.
Kiiko, let's play again tomorrow.
Yeah.
Hizuru-sensei!
At the end of winter, her Grandpa died.
This time, Shinko-chan will be moving...
...to the town where her dad works.
Everyone!
The turtle is for you.
And this is too!
What is it?
I bought them at the sweet shop that just opened.
I wanted to go see it.
Thank you.
Never give in to that mean Hiroko at Kanayama Diner!
I won't give in, Shinko-chan!
Shinko, we'll meet again!
気まぐれ 神さま
Oh, whimsical god
遠い昔 あの場所に
Many years have passed
流れ星 ひとつ 落とした
Since you dropped that single shooting star
あれから随分 時は経ち
In a place long gone
見渡す限りの
Amidst that sea of wheat
青い麦の海
That reached the horizon
君だけに 教えてあげる
I showed only you
たからものの 隠し場所
The hiding place of that treasure
蜩(ひぐらし)
The cicadas
雀(すずめ)に
The tree sparrows
女郎花(をみなえし)
The golden laces
淡色(うすいろ)
The pale colors
花闇(はなやみ)
The wilting flowers
紅絹(もみ)のあか
The crimson threads
双六(すごろく)
The dice we threw
草笛(くさふえ)
The reeds we blew
瑠璃(るり)の玉
The azure beads
わたしの小さなたからもの
They were all part of my small treasure
明日また 笑って遊ぼう
Let's smile and play together once again, tomorrow
待っているよ 海の底
I'll wait for you at the bottom of the sea
誰も知らない ふたりだけの
Unknown to others, it'll just be ours
ひみつの約束 こどものせかい
This secret world of children
神さま 突然
God, you suddenly
あの子 連れてった
Brought that child with you
会えるのは 夏の一日
But could only meet me on the first day of summer
それだけじゃ ちょっと寂しい
Leaving me a little lonely
牽牛星(ひこぼし)
Altair
太白星(ゆふづつ)
And Vega
神楽歌(かぐらうた)
Sing their songs
松尾(まつのを)
While the gods
八幡(やはた)に
Of forests and war
大原野(おおはらの)
Lay in the vast fields
あの道歩けば すれ違う
If they walk down that path, they will pass each other
何時かの国の お姫さま
And one will become the princess of a kingdom some day
明日をずっと 覚えていよう
Let's try and remember what comes tomorrow
甘い甘い風が吹けば
Maybe a sweet, innocent wind will blow
いつか見た 船が浮かぶよ
And that ship we once saw will rise up again
麦の波を きって進もう
Cutting across the waves of wheat
思い出せれば 何時でも
If you still remember me one day
ここに来て 手を繋いで
Come back here and hold my hand
明日また 笑った遊ぼう
And we'll once again smile and play together, tomorrow