Ranma...!
Be a girl and put on this high-thigh swimsuit.
See here--
How come I gotta do that?!
Can't you oblige a helpless old man?!
No way! I'm a guy!
So turn into a girl already!
Forget it!
That ol' lech is a real pain!
Akane!
I'm tired of playin' with toy fireworks!
Let's ask Kasumi for some dinner--
Out you go.
Whatcha doin', Akane?
I bought fireflies at the night fair.
I wanted to turn them loose.
Where'd ya turn 'em loose? There's no glow at all.
I turned them loose near this pond.
Strange...
What? What's so funny?
You were tricked. By the owner of the stall.
He must've sold you weird bugs and said they were fireflies.
That's not so!
But they're not glowing, right?
I guess there're suckers like you everywhere!
Sorry I'm such a sucker.
Was there a temple nearby?
What was that?
It didn't look like no firefly.
Badger of Mt. Kokkuri...
Looked to the sky and wept.
Place where Crane and Turtle meet...
Kogane! It's you!
Hateful...!
It's great to see you, Kogane!
Have you been well?
Yes. Thank you for all your help.
Thanks to you, I can rest in peace.
Then don't scare us by sayin' "Hateful...!"
It's just the standard ghost greeting.
I'm sorry I scared you--!
N-Never mind, already! Don't let it bother ya!
Fine!
So you came to visit on Obon, the Festival of the Dead?
Even ghosts take summer vacations?
Since I have no family, I have nowhere to return at Obon.
Isn't this an imposition, after all...?
Not at all!
Come, eat with us, Kogane.
It's Kogane's homecoming.
Let's party!
Please let me help, too.
Really? You can pass out the plates, then.
Here.
One...
Two...
"Shudder"
Three...
Four...!
Okiku! You broke our heirloom plate!
You shall pay with your life!
My lord, please forgive me!
That was scary...! I don't know what came over me.
It was my fault. I am a bother, after all.
Aw. quit cryin'!
Yes! No one thinks you're a bother.
Right! I'm glad you came, too!
Ghost or not, I love all young girls!
Kogane!!
Quit that, ol' pervert!
Man, it's hot!
He'll pay!
Sure, it's summer.
But he can't be under the same roof with Akane all day! Dammit.
If only he were gone...!
Curse you, Saotome!!
Curse you, curse you, curse you, curse you...!
Hey, Gosunkugi!
Whatcha doin' here in the middle of the day?
Y-Yo, Saotome! Hi.
Hey, it's Gosunkugi!
Akane!
Could you stop doing that at our house?
I'm sorry...!
What a beautiful doll!
She's beautiful!
Imagine, a girl who Ioves curse dolls so much...!
Would you like to see my other collection as well?
You have more?
I'd love to see them.
Here's what you do in this curse.
At midnight, on parchment made of boar skin...
mix charred poison lizard and toad with wolfsbane juice.
And with it, write the name of the one you wish to curse.
Then in three days...
he'll drop dead.
"G-gulp"
That's amazing. You know everyhing, Gosunkugi.
I've really learned a lot.
Where's Kogane?! Where?
I told you, she went to the night fair with the others!
How could they leave me behind?!
Kogane's mean, too!
I thought she'd need fresh panties and bra.
So I stole all of these!!
Why not give them back, Grandfather Happosai?
Here, Ranma.
Thanks.
What happened to Kogane and Gosunkugi?
Huh? They were around there just a minute ago.
Maybe they wanted to be alone.
Those two might be perfect for each other.
Kogane, this is a famous area where ghosts frequently appear.
Do you like it?
Yes. It's just wonderful.
It's very restful here.
Pretty.
Imagine, a girl who Iooks this good in a graveyard.
Kogane, you're Iike a fairy that plays among the gravestones!
Thank you, Gosunkugi.
Could she be interested in me...?
I'm attractive to a girl?
For the first time in my Iife...
I think a girl Iikes me!!
Kogane? I found you.
Ghost!
No, no! It's me, it's me!
Filthy monster!
Kogane-e-e!
Ranma, do you think Gosunkugi and Kogane will be all right?
You just said they were perfect for each other.
But that's the problem.
Why?
Gosunkugi doesn't know Kogane's a ghost, right?
If he should ever find out--
K-Kogane...!
How impulsive you are.
What'll I do?!
Kogane, you're quite daring, after all, aren't you?
Daring...daring...!
C'mon, Ranma!
Still worried? They're doin' fine. Just leave 'em alone!
But what'll happen when Gosunkugi finds out Kogane's a ghost?
So what? Let him like any kind of girl.
Kogane's way better than any weirdo girl around here.
That's insulting. Just what "weirdo girl" do you mean?
Nobody.
Tell me!
Why can't Gosunkugi fall in love with a ghost?!
What?!
K-Kogane's a ghost?!
You were listening, Gosunkugi?
Is that true?
Yeah...
B-But that's not important--!
She did seem ghostly, after all.
Akane, don't DO that!!
Curses!
Gosunkugi!
Kogane...?
Rats. Even Kogane saw what happened.
What'll we do?
Just leave Gosunkugi to me!
Akane, take care of the rest!
Ranma--!
Kogane, don't be so sad.
I'm not sad. You were all so wonderful to me.
The tears just came.
It was a very pleasant Obon.
Kogane? How do you feel about Gosunkugi?
What do you mean?
He's a very good friend.
"Friend"?
Oh.
Shoot! Where'd he go--?!
Gosunkugi!
Gosunkugi...
I know how you feel.
But...
How can I put it--?
So what if the girl you love is a ghost?! So what?!
You gonna give her up?!
Saotome, you can't understand how I feel.
No, I don't!
Even if she's a ghost or monster...
or the klutziest, most uncute girl with no figure--!
If ya love her, what can you do?
Saotome, that's not why I'm in agony.
In my whole life, I've never felt so happy.
For the first time, a girl loves me.
Even if she's a ghost or monster.
So what's the problem, Gosunkugi?!
If I want Kogane's love...
I've got to give up the girl I've kept in my heart all this time.
Still, it'll be difficult to give Akane Tendo up.
But then I'll never have a chance like this again.
If I choose that, I can't have this.
If I choose this, I can't have that.
Raise the red, raise the white.
Keep the red down, and the white up.
What's with this guy?
Take care, Kogane.
Come and visit again.
Thank you for everyhing.
Akane!!
What's happening with Kogane?!
She has to go back now.
When Obon is over, it is the rule for ghosts...
to return to the spirit world with our escort fires.
It's good-bye?! But we were only beginning...!
It's cruel!
- Too cruel! - Gosunkugi..!
Gosunkugi...
No need to worry!
Just do this!
Now Kogane won't have to go home, right?
Come play with me!
Quit it, dirty letch!
Ranma!
Why do you keep bothering an old man like me?! You ingrate!
Who's the ingrate?!
This is terrible!
If I don't return to the spirit world by today...
I shall be punished for breaking the rule..
and turn into an evil spirit!
An evil spirit?!
You're jokin', right?
No, this is no joke.
Don't worry. I'll prepare another escort fire.
Please.
Unless you do...
I'll turn into this!
Pretty clever mask.
What I said was true!
At the stroke of midnight, I'll turn into an evil spirit!
What're those?!
The evil spirits have come for me.
What?!
There's still time.
We've got to return Kogane to the spirit world, quick!
But how--?
Look out, Kogane!
Evil spirits or whatever!
I'll exorcise them!
Blast! It's like fightin' air!
Can't hit it--!
Ranma!
They're spirits with no physical body.
Not even Ranma's martial arts will work on them!
"That's right"
Dad, Mr. Saotome! Stop admiring them. Do something!
What's that? I see!
Even evil spirits fear the Master's glare!
Then...
Happo Return Fire!
Awesome, ol' freak!
The evil spirits are shrinking back!
That's our Master!
"Impressive"
My brassiere!
Come back, Happosai!
Give back my brassiere!
Oh, Master!
Crud! We shouldn't have depended on that ol' pervert!
Time's running out, Ranma!
Can't something be done?
But the escort fires have died out.
If only we had escort fires...!
Rats! It's no use!
I can't cause you any more trouble.
- Whatever happens to me...! - No!
Wait, Kogane!
I'll never let those evil spirits get you!
I'll get you back to the spirit world!
Gosunkugi!
A human escort fire!
I get it! Gosunkugi's turned his own body into an escort fire...
to return Kogane to the spirit world!
Evil spirits, disperse!
Come on, Kogane!
Gosunkugi, you did all this for me?!
Hurry!
Gosunkugi!
Rats! It's all over!
We're out of time!
Gosunkugi!
Kogane!
Gosunkugi's body is glowing!
What're those?!
Fireflies!
The fireflies I released called their friends!
"S-So beautiful..."
So pretty!
Hurry, Kogane!
The fireflies will be your escort fire!
Gosunkugi...
Kogane...
Thank you for a wonderful summer memory.
I should be the one to thank you.
Good-bye, Gosunkugi.
Kogane!
Good-bye.
I'll see you again next summer, won't l?
I'll be waiting, Kogane.
I can't let Akane Tendo go, after all.
But this is one thing; that's another.
Whatcha doin' over there, Gosunkugi?
Y-Yo, Saotome!
Yo.
See...you.
See ya.