Rumble
Look!
It's a peach-shaped boxed lunch.
Bobbing, bobbing down the river...
Peach!
Bobbing, bobbing...
Peach, peach!
Coming home to Kagawa was the right choice, after all.
Poco's Udon World
Tawara Noodles
Episode 7: "Ritsurin Garden"
One, two, three!
No, listen. I turned in
my resignation at work.
Really?! You really quit?
Well... I guess that's what it comes down to.
"You guess"? Are you gonna be okay?
I'll get by.
Gao! Gao!
I plan on doing the same job here, just as a freelancer.
I still have to look after Poco for the time being, anyway...
"For the time being"...
Did you talk with his parents?
Let's just say it's a long story...
And I've decided to live here with Poco for a little while.
Gao! Gao!
Wait, Souta!
Right now, I'm all he has.
Well... This isn't somethin' to discuss on the phone.
I'll come by again sometime soon.
Okay. Talk to you later.
Good job!
So now you're unemployed, huh?
I'm not! I went freelance, that's all.
Apologize to all the freelancers in Japan!
Are you gonna find any gigs in Kagawa?
I can get work from my previous job for a little while.
That won't last forever.
But it's enough for now.
I got introduced to an agency on Shodoshima, too.
An agency on Shodoshima?
Yeah.
Dahama-san from my previous job put me in touch with them.
Well, whatever works.
But you oughta look for clients here.
I will, in time.
Anyhow, it's about time I got back to work.
See ya.
See ya!
Don't imitate me.
Nakaji, bye-bye!
Shall we go back inside?
What to make for dinner...
We had udon for lunch...
Wait, am I really spending all day worrying about and preparing meals?
Oh, that reminds me.
Poco, want to go buy a watermelon?
Huh? Poco?
Poco!
Poco?
Poco! Where are you going?!
Granny!
Huh? Granny's house?
All by yourself?
I guess it's only next door...
Okay. Be careful.
Okay!
Going out all by himself...
He's growing up.
What to make for dinner...
I cook, eat, clean,
then turn around and cook, eat, and clean again,
then go to sleep, get up, and cook, eat, and...
Souta!
Souta.
Welcome home, Poco. Took a while, huh?
Howdy-do?
H-Hello.
Here I thought you went on back to Tokyo.
I did,
but as it turns out, I'm going to live here now.
With your secret love child?
You really want him to be a love child, don't you?
Here. I chilled some watermelon.
Poco, did you hear that? Watermelon!
Yeah! Watermelon!
Is it hard to eat? Want me to pick out the seeds for you?
Give it here.
Watch closely, now.
This is what ya do with the seeds!
D-Did you pick this watermelon from your fields?
That I did.
I tend to the fields as a hobby, though I only grow a little.
Seems like there's been
somethin' in my fields again lately.
Got myself a vegetable thief, or maybe a wild boar...
Or maybe a tanuki?
Whatever it is, I'm afraid it's too fast for me...
Oh... Really?
Well, I sure am surprised you decided
to move back to the countryside.
Well, it's a long story.
I guess everyone wants to go up to Tokyo once.
I definitely wanted to experience Tokyo, yes.
My granddaughter says the same thing.
Though her father says there ain't no reason
for her to leave the prefecture.
It was the same with my family.
He's probably worried about his daughter.
I can understand that now.
Please tell your granddaughter that
she should really talk it over with him.
Like ya know everything....
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
I got a little full of myself.
Watermelon, yummy!
It really is, isn't it?
Tawara Noodles
Poco! Dinner's ready!
Gaogao!
P-Poco! You can't draw on the walls!
No draw?
Crayon...
That's never going to come off, is it?
Manabe-san Incoming Call
Hello? Manabe-san?
Sorry for callin' out of the blue.
I'm not interruptin', am I?
No, actually, I was just feeling one of the pains of parenting...
Were ya? I wanted to check up on ya.
Thanks. Actually, I decided to come back to Kagawa.
Really? You did?
Yeah.
You mean you're gonna live here?
Yeah, for a while yet. Poco, too.
Oh, really!
Oh, in that case, do ya have time tomorrow?
You and Poco-chan?
Yeah, we're free...
There's gonna be a Gaogao-chan show at Ritsurin Garden!
But I hafta take Eitarou for a checkup in the afternoon...
Oh, should I take the kids, then?
Poco would love it.
Would you really?
Sanuki Udon Ueharaya
Open
Sorry about this.
I feel like I'm makin' ya babysit Nozomi...
It's no trouble.
Poco will have a lot more fun with Nozomi-chan there, too.
It's a big help!
She's so tan.
We've been goin' to the pool a lot.
Still, I really wasn't expectin' you
to move back to Kagawa.
Well... I have a lot to think through...
Hot!
It's hot, so make sure you blow on it, okay?
You're like a real family.
Speaking of which, Senpai, I need your advice!
S-Senpai?
Oh, he's drawin' on the walls?
Right... And I don't know
Yummy!
the best way to handle scolding.
Ta-da! It's a big deep-fried tofu!
Drip, drop, drip!
Nozomi.
We don't play with our food, remember?
That's it! That intimidating air!
What do ya mean?
Oh, uh, I mean, like... The authority of a parent?
I don't think I have enough of that.
You do hafta scold 'em when they do something wrong.
But just yellin' won't change their behavior.
So I'd say the most important thing is to always explain it.
Another strategy is to try an' come up with creative workarounds.
S-Senpai... You're so dependable...
Everybody goes through the "drawin' on the walls" stage.
Nozomi did it a lot, too.
Do not!
That's right. You don't anymore, do you?
I bet you drew on walls too, right, Tawara-kun?
Me? I wonder...
Hey! My deep-fried tofu!
Yummy, yummy!
Poco!
Never let your guard down, "Dad"!
Special Place of Scenic Beauty: Ritsurin Garden Map
I really am sorry for askin' you to look after Nozomi.
Call it my thank you for the advice.
It was nothin' that special.
Really, though...
Poco seems to have a lot of fun playing with Nozomi-chan.
Isn't this great, Poco?
We're gonna go see Gaogao-chan with Nozomi-chan!
Okay, I'll call ya as soon as Eitarou's checkup is over.
Okay. Have a safe trip.
Nozomi, you be good, now!
'Kay! Bye-bye!
There's still some time before the show.
Shall we have a look around?
'Kay!
What is this? It's so big an' weird!
I think she's called Hoko-san.
Oh, wow!
So many different souvenirs...
What are these?! They look really modern!
I think I like it...
They're wood-carved daruma dolls. A young woman makes them.
We have hand towels, too.
The hand towels are trendy, too!
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I was only expecting boring, stereotypical souvenirs.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Poco-chan, hold my hand so you don't fall!
Hand!
That's nice of you, Nozomi-chan.
Uh-huh! I'm a big girl now!
She acted like a spoiled baby not so long ago...
Nozomi-chan's growing up fast, too.
Go slow, okay?
Mister!
Mister
"Mister"?!
Ah, it had been a while...
There's a bunch of fish swimmin'!
Right, those are koi.
You're cryin'?
My heart's just a little hurt...
What do koi eat?
Udon?
Want to feed them?
One for 80 Yen, Two for 150 Yen Koi Food Two for 150 Yen
It's so long!
Long!
It doesn't hurt!
Doesn't hurt!
It doesn't hurt!
Doesn't hurt!
Hey! Those aren't for hitting people!
No bullying!
Watch. You break it off like this and...
There.
It ate it!
Ate it!
I wanna try!
Yummy, yummy!
Break it into pieces small enough for them to eat, okay?
Lots of koi came over!
Lots!
That's a lot of fish...
Poco!
That's kind of terrifying...
If I fall in, will they eat me, too?
It's okay! You don't have to worry about that!
Good thing the koi didn't eat us, huh?
Dumplings are yummy!
Yummy!
All right!
Now that the dumplings cheered us back up...
Ready to go see Gaogao-chan?
Gaogao!
Gaogao-chan Show
Hurry! Hurry!
Hurry!
I'm coming, I'm coming.
Look at this crowd...
Gaogao-chan really is popular.
Gaogao-chan!
As far as they're concerned, the show's already started...
A DJ booth?
Wow...
It's the guy from Tawara Noodles!
Hello!
Hello.
Eh... Oh, hello.
Aren't you the priest I met... Um...
Yes, I am Fujiyama.
Two little ones with you today? Looks like fun!
Yeah... I'm watching a friend's child.
I see...
So what's goin' on with the restaurant?
Did you reopen it?!
I'm sorry. Honestly, I don't plan on reopening it.
Oh, okay...
Um... May I ask why you're here today?
Also, do you two know each other?
Oh, he's my older brother.
My sister really loved
the udon at Tawara Noodles.
Tanuki!
Yep! That's a tanuki!
My brother is absolutely infatuated with tanuki.
He collects all kinds of merchandise and books.
This area is absolutely inseparable from tanuki.
Are you also interested in tanuki, Tawara-san?
Oh, no, not especially...
Tanuki! Tanuki!
Oh, right!
My brother's the stage DJ for the Gaogao-chan show today!
You'll be seeing a different side
of me than you saw the other day.
A DJ?
Far away on the edge of space, in Galaxy M87,
there lived a terrifying alien
He's like a different person...
bent on invading Earth.
His name is Ipalnemoani Gaogao,
Gaogao!
Ipalne... What did he say?
and he is said to be the most fearsome alien in the universe.
Sorry. I couldn't hear it, either.
He came from the edge of the universe!
I am Gaogao-chan!
The scar on his back is the mark of a champion!
One, two, three!
Sae-san, too?
The neighborhood's peace
is always, always...
at the limit!
The eyes! Aim for the eyes!
Gao!
Gao! Gao!
Gao!
That was so much fun!
G-Gaogao-chan!
Am I losing my stamina?
Also, those siblings...
What an enigma.
Poco-chan, let's play over there!
Hold my hand!
Hand!
Nozomi-chan got more mature in the blink of an eye.
Are they both going to keep growing up?
Anyway, I was right to come back to Kagawa.
Poco livened up the instant we got back.
Mister! The park's really big!
Big!
A long time ago, there was a zoo next door, too.
They had lions!
Lions!
Lions?
Gao!
Tawara-kun, thanks so much for today.
You were a lifesaver.
Oh, not at all. Anytime.
If you ever need some help yourself, just let me know.
Gao!
Senpai, I'll be counting on you!
It feels so surreal.
We were classmates, and now we're "mom friends"!
Yep, that's how it feels...
Tawara Noodles
Okay, we'll put it here.
Stick!
There! You can draw as much as you want on this spot.
But no drawing on the walls! Got it?
Got it!
Okay. Here are your crayons.
'Kay.
Koi.
Gaogao-chan.
Now that I think about it, I did...
Tawara Souta
Of all things, it would be a lion, huh?
Dad had it rough, too, didn't he?
I can't believe I never realized it until now.
When I told him I was leaving for Tokyo,
I should've talked it out with him more.
Do what ya want.
Souta.
Sleepy.
Oh, right. We'd better go to bed.
Gaogao?
This? It's a lion.
My dad did his best to clean it up, but it looks like he couldn't get it off.
Gao!
Hamada-san Incoming call
Dahama-san?
Gaogao-chan Exercises
Far away on the edge of space, in Galaxy M87,
Lyrics: Shinomaru Nodoka Composition: Hashimoto Yukari
there lived a terrifying alien
bent on invading Earth.
His name is Ipalnemoani Gaogao,
and he is said to be the most
fearsome alien in the universe.
Gaogao-chan and
The Blue Sky
The Tale of Gaogao-chan and Upbringing!
Episode 7: "Gaogao-chan and Upbringing"
Mimi and Momo are looking after
the neighborhood hedgehog family's babies.
Aww, they're so cute!
And a little prickly!
Would Earthlings call even scrubbing brushes "cute"?
Hello?
Gao? You want me to babysit?
We got an urgent call and have to go out.
Sorry!
You can do it, Gaogao-chan!
You have spikes, too. You look like you could be their daddy!
Will they really be okay?
Don't worry!
I know Gaogao-chan can help make those little hedgehogs strong.
Lion cubs become stronger
by being dropped off of cliffs.
Chestnuts?
Gao!
Voices Gaogao-chan: Kuroda Takaya Mimi: Makino Yui Momo: Kokido Shiho Hedgehog-chan 1: Hondo Kaede Hedgehog-chan 2: Hanazawa Kana Hedgehog-chan 3: Kujira Narration: Kujira
Staff Story: Ikeda Rintarou Storyboards/Production: Yamashita Hidemi Art/Backgrounds: Nishiwaki Takumi Art/Backgrounds:: Hori Chikako Coloring: Onodera Emiko Camera: Gotou Haruka Camera: Shiradou Katsunori Production Assistant: Ishibashi Shingo
Narration: Kaname Jun
Udon Prefecture Vice Governor
The highlight of this island is one that's popular with couples: Angel Road.
It's also known for producing olives.
Next episode: "Shodoshima."