Nanikashira kojitsuketewa
lya na koto sakete ikiteta
Naiyou nante naiyone
Dono michi no tatsujin mo
Ichinichi ja naritatte nai
Sono risouzou mune ni daki
Muda guchi kikazu
Wakime mo furazu
Demo nakidashi soude nagedashitaku natte
Yowai jibun ni makesou naraba
Sonna jibun torikago ni ire
Tani e tsukiotose
Soshite kitto dare yori shinjite kureteru
yatsura no tame shinnen no tame
Tsuyoku nareru
Tsuranukya iisa
F-Finally I get to go on a date with Miu-san! Hooray!
But why is Niijima there?
To make matters worse, the guys from Ragnarok start attacking me, too!
Wh-What kind of people are you?
You used Miu-san as bait and had those thugs attack me?
A lion would push his child into a valley in order to toughen his child up.
That's also called "tough love."
I don't need love like that!
But they already have their eyes on you.
Yes. The enemy will keep on attacking from all directions.
It's terrible! This is too terrible!
Ken-chan, you've already decided that you're not going to run away, haven't you?
"K-Ken-chan"?
If that's the case, you must prepare yourself!
Why can't I make it go straight?
Wow, Furinji-san is awesome!
Miu-san in school uniform is adorable,
but Miu-san in leotard is pretty hot, too!
And not only that, she's got an amazing energy!
I'd expect nothing less from her!
Furinji-san is fantastic, don't you agree, Takashima-senpai?
Y-Yeah...
Don't you let it go to your head just because you're a little cuter than me!
You're just a freshman transfer student!
Who did this?
I accidentally tripped because someone left a pin at a place like this!
Oh, no! I kicked it too hard!
Look out!
Furinji-san!
- Are you okay? - You really are amazing!
That damn Furinji!
Miu-san is incredible no matter what she does...
They must call a person like her a genius...
But on the other hand, look at me...
This is nothing to brag about, but I'm a dimwit for sure.
So why...
Th-That thrust was unbelievably fast!
At this rate, without a doubt I'll completely get beaten by him!
Well, that's how it is, so,
starting today I'll be spending the night at the dojo on Saturdays and Sundays.
What do you mean, "Well, that's how it is"?
I don't know what you're talking about!
Explain that properly!
Everyone, please take care.
No, Big Brother! I don't want you to go!
You're going to be beaten horribly again, aren't you? I just know it!
Oh, my...
Except becoming strong as soon as possible, I don't have-
Any other way to live...
...according to them.
So, that's how it is.
Like I said, I don't understand that! Hey, wait, Kenichi!
Big Brother!
Well, Sister, good-bye for now.
Saori, did you see Kenichi's eyes?
See, I told you!
He must've been brainwashed by the evil people at the dojo
called Ryozanpaku or whatever!
What do we do? Come on! What do we do?
Just calm down.
Dad, look at this!
Huh? What is that?
I secretly made a copy of the map of the dojo Big Brother has been going to!
Saori, our daughter is very quick, just like her father!
Come on, Sebastian!
Well, I guess I'll go by the dojo and see what's going on.
- Dear! - That's my dad!
I thought you were working this weekend!
Working? What are you mumbling?
I only practice loyalty for my company because I must support my family!
Dad, come on! Let's go!
You must not confound means with the end, Saori.
What? Dad is not coming?
He said that once he calmed down,
he realized that he had a very important meeting that he must attend.
Take this to the people at the dojo.
You make sure to be polite to them.
Mom, do they sell a paralyzing medicine at the drug store?
Now, now. Don't be saying things like that.
Oh, dear, I wonder whose character she took after...
I have a feeling that it's a good dojo.
Because otherwise I don't think he would have lasted this long.
I think he's been threatened and unable to quit although he wants to quit.
That's my take on that! I'll now go check and see if that's the case!
Be careful.
Roger!
I didn't think I'd last for three days here,
but somehow I've managed to endure the training for a month now!
Willpower!
Are you ready?
Hi, Miu-san!
Well, it's been rumored that
I've lasted this long only because I simply wanted to see her here!
There are some things I start noticing as I become more familiar with the dojo.
These martial arts masters never go a day without training.
Huh? Shigure-san, are you going somewhere?
It's... a... secret.
Some people would just disappear one day and not return for two or three days...
- You left yourself wide open! - Oh, Ma-sensei, good morning!
Well, there are some people I just can't figure out no matter how observant I am.
Ma!
And, out of all the other people,
it seems like this man has been the most empathetic so far.
Well, Kenichi-kun, let's have good, solid training for the next two days!
At least, that's what I think...
Um, Koetsuji-sensei, what exactly is this?
This is the stretching machine that I developed on my own.
I call it, "Great Leg Splitter"!
I'd love to teach you how to fight right away,
but flexibility is a crucial element,
along with muscular strength, to a martial artist.
Frankly, your body is too stiff.
There are no real martial artists in this world who have stiff bodies, after all.
We'll spend the first day to help you gain some flexibility quickly.
Miu, go ahead and push him.
Sure.
This is so phony... But I guess I have to trust this guy for now.
We'll do it nice and slow, okay?
I can't take it anymore!
Oh, if you really can't take it,
I want you to shout out the keyword "Gero..."
The machine is designed in such a way that you can't get out of it
until your legs are completely split.
What? What did you say?
You said it intentionally in a way that I wouldn't hear! Uh, hello?
All right, Miu, take your time with him.
Sure!
It's designed to enable you to split your legs fully
180 degrees after 16 hours.
If it really starts to look really bad, I'll ease up a little bit for you.
But it's already...
There! There! There!
More! More!
Trés bien!
Look at you! You're actually pretty flexible!
I completely understand Ken-chan's mixed feelings about this.
At this rate you might make it to 180 degrees before you know it!
How terrible!
They're forcing my brother to do something he doesn't want to do!
I'm going to complain to them!
Come on! Just a little more!
N-No... Don't stop it!
Wow, pretty good!
Then let's take it all the way in one move!
G-Geronimo!!
Stop hurting my brother!
Huh?
Oh? I-I slipped.
Did he just shout "Geronimo"? That was fast.
And I'm impressed he heard the keyword.
Wh-Who would've thought that was actually the keyword? It's a miracle!
Big Brother!
Huh? Honoka?
Wait! Stay away from me! Don't touch me! Owww!!!
Koetsuji-san! Kenichi-san's bones!
Are they dislocated?
Jeez, I did tell him to take his time at it...
There!
What did you do that for?
Huh? Is anywhere else still hurting?
What?
Huh?
I'm okay!
I have a bonesetter's clinic in the back.
Ma has an acupuncture and moxibustion clinic.
"Koetsuji Bonesetter's Clinic" Ma has an acupuncture and moxibustion clinic.
"Koetsuji Bonesetter's Clinic" Basically, I'm a professional when it comes to bonesetting.
"Koetsuji Bonesetter's Clinic" "Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Qigong Clinic" Basically, I'm a professional when it comes to bonesetting.
You can hurt yourself all you want! Because I can fix you right up!
He can break me or fix me as he pleases, huh?
Just what kind of person am I dealing with?
What do you think you're doing to my brother?
Oh, we have a guest?
Sh-She's my sister.
What? Kenichi-san's? Wow, she's so cute!
Oh, my! Her eyes look just like yours!
Now I know exactly what's going on!
Honoka, what are you doing here?
Careful! You stay back!
Uh, huh?
I see... I get it!
She's like a doll! What's your name?
D-Don't get close! You stay away from my brother!
Basically, Big Brother, you have been...
...toyed around by this woman?
Things are getting complicated...
Oh, my! She's so cute!
I can't believe this!
I thought he was being bullied here,
but it turns out that he was being toyed with by a woman like her!
What's this, little one?
Apapapa!
Seems like she's Kenichi-kun's sister.
Oh, she's a cutie. Young lady, how old are you?
I'm surrounded!
Hey, what's your name?
Big Brother, you have to get out of here!
H-Hey, Honoka!
Hurry!
You like big boobs and big butts that much?
I'm disappointed in you, Big Brother!
I-I don't know what you're talking about!
Your brother will stay here only to get stronger! That's it!
Wow, this must be what they call "sibling rivalry"! I'm so envious!
Hey, Titsy! My mom said "hello"!
"Titsy"? O-Okay, thanks.
I'm going home for today! But don't you think you won!
I'll be back!
You're such an embarrassment! Do not come back ever again!
Wow, she gave me a gift.
This is the sponge cake!
Lucky you. I wish I had a cute sister like that.
Don't you have siblings, Miu-san?
I haven't even met your parents yet.
Well, my parents passed away when I was little.
So my grandfather is the only family I have now.
What?
Oh, I have stuff to do around the house, so please carry on, everyone.
- Apapa! Apapa! Apapa!
- Huh? - Apapa! Apapa! Apapa!
Ken-chan, you're the worst!
What? But, because you know, I didn't know!
I really didn't know!
I bet Miu is hurt.
What? Oh, no!
Well, don't worry about that.
That happened before she was old enough to remember it.
I'm terrible! What have I done?
Miu-san... You're always cheerful, smart and beautiful...
And not only are you talented in martial arts
but you're incredibly talented in gymnastics.
Unlike myself, I always thought that you were truly blessed.
But the truth is that you've been forced to
take care of these annoying men in an absurd dojo like this!
You don't even remember the loving warmth of your own parents...
All you have is that scary old man!
"Absurd dojo"?
"Annoying"?
Poor Miu...
Her life up to now has been rather unusual.
Until she was old enough to enter junior high,
she traveled through the country, making pilgrimages with Elder.
"Making pilgrimages"?
You mean, Miu-san has been doing martial arts from such a young age?
That's right.
Elder probably thought that spoiling his granddaughter
because of her parents' absence wouldn't benefit her interests.
That's terrible!
How could I have just dismissed her with words like "genius" and "talented"?
I was only thinking about myself!
I'm going to go and apologize to her!
Hold it. You're in the middle of training, now.
Oh... But!
Apachai-kun, I'll leave him to you next.
All right! It's my turn!
That's your punishment for calling us annoying.
Apapapa! Apapapa!
I'm back...
Welcome back, Shigure-don. You're very early today.
- Hmm? - I'm not going to ask you
what you were doing, but...
Huh? Is he still alive?
What? Oh, yeah, he's still alive.
After all, the basic principle is to keep on training a disciple while keeping him in anguish the whole time.
I see.
H-Hey! The lens!
Apa...
Hello, Shigure-san!
So, he's alive. He's alive.
Yaay! Apachai-san, I'm like jelly!
Apa! Kenichi, you're looking really soft!
See? Like jelly!
Oh, no! That's pretty scary!
Oh, Shigure. Are you concerned about Ken-chan?
Not really.
I should be grateful to Ken-chan.
Ever since he's come, everyone seems to have gradually brightened up.
M-Miu-san made all of this? This is incredible!
Oh, stop it. You won't get anything extra by flattering me!
Now, here you go!
Uh, thank you. Thanks for the food.
Apa... That's not fair.
Huh? Come to think of it, where's Shigure-san?
Supposedly Shigure-san likes to eat alone,
so she always goes up into the attic, and...
Sh-She sure is different, I guess.
And you're pretty different in the way you eat, too, Kenichi-san.
- Huh? - You're hiding your food.
This is, uh, you know...
You see it a lot in kung fu movies and stuff, right?
Uh, Master!
They'd be like, "Eating is also a part of the training," you know...
Here at Ryozanpaku, we don't do such an unseemly thing.
You're right!
- Apapapapa! - That sounds interesting!
Now you try to take it from me!
This is part of the training as well!
Hey, you'd better eat or there'll be nothing left!
You've got to cultivate a true hunger!
Apapapa!
Now, now, stop it! That's shameful.
Well, I'll have to help myself as well.
Grandpa!
My dinner!
I hardly ate tonight.
That was Miu-san's home cooked meal, too! It's just not fair!
To hell with "cultivate a true hunger"! I can't help but to lose my motivation!
And on top of that, I'm left to sleep alone in the dojo.
Well, good night.
What? We're going to sleep next to each other?
Sure, is there a problem with that?
Not at all! There's no problem there! I mean, are you serious?
That's what I was hoping for.
But I guess that would be too good to be true.
Reality is more real than fiction, after all... Huh?
M-Miu-san? What does she want? D-Don't tell me!
Miu-san?
Huh?
Eh?
Is she making fun of me or what?
Wh-What the heck is going on?
Ta-da!
Koetsuji-san told me to make sure,
I feed you some food and not to tell anyone else.
He said he didn't want it to affect you in the training tomorrow.
Wow! Thank you!
You know, that guy is pretty decent.
But that goes for everyone else as well.
It's just that everyone else is a bit off track
when it comes to normal behavior. Here.
Um, I'm really sorry about earlier, Miu-san.
Oh, it's nothing you have to apologize for.
I was with my grandfather for a long time,
but now I have everyone else.
More importantly, don't you think the view from here is great?
Huh? Yeah.
I feel like I can touch the moon.
Right? Right?
This is my favorite place.
My dream has always been to bring a friend up here
and watch the stars together.
Honoka! Honoka!
Welcome back, Dad...
So, how did it go?
Did you find out what has caused my son Kenichi to go astray?
That Titsy...
Wh-What? Titter? Tittle?
Huh?
Then, I suppose your dream has come true.
Yes! And I'm quite happy about that. And what's your dream, Kenichi-san?
My dream for the future is to become a novelist and win the Naoki Prize.
At least that was the plan.
Well, I've been slowly stepping off that path though...
Oh, I'm sure that's not...
What about you, Miu-san? Is there something you want to be in the future?
What? Th-That's a secret!
What? No way! Now I have to know! Why can't you tell me?
It's a secret!
That's not fair.
- I was straight up with... - My dream for the future is...
to become a beautiful bride.
The Third Junior High School, Class 1-4, Miu Furinji.
It's not bad to go crazy That wasn't very nice, Shigure!
It's not bad to go crazy I feel a little better now.
It's not bad to go crazy I thought she was more of an "out there" kind of person.
If it's exciting I have to do it I thought she was more of an "out there" kind of person.
If it's exciting I have to do it
Well, I'll go back in from this side.
Stop hesitating already Well, I'll go back in from this side.
Stop hesitating already My grandfather will kill you if he sees us hanging out
Stop hesitating already at a place like this so late at night.
Stop hesitating already What?
And he'll kill only you.
It's not bad to get excited Um, Kenichi-san...
It's not bad to get excited Huh? What is it? What is it?
It's not bad to get excited Is there something important you want to talk about?
I wonder if there will be happiness and good luck for me, Is there something important you want to talk about?
I wonder if there will be happiness and good luck for me, I hope that we can be friends for a long, long time.
I want to make it come true, come on, let's look ahead and walk on I hope that we can be friends for a long, long time.
I want to make it come true, come on, let's look ahead and walk on A long, long time?
I want to make it come true, come on, let's look ahead and walk on Yes, a long time.
I want to make it come true, come on, let's look ahead and walk on Does that mean we'll just be friends forever?
We'll always just be friends!
Is that a roundabout way of telling me that there's no chance
for me to become her boyfriend?
Oh, well. I guess I can live with that for now.
Amefuri de kakurete mo
Taiyou wa soko ni aruhazu
Yume sae miushinatte ita boku ni
Yuuki kureta egao wasurenai
Kimi ga irukara shinji tsuzukeru
Hikari mune no oku kara afurete kuruyo
Michibata ni saku na mo naki hana no you ni
Moshimo tsumazuki taoreta toki wa
Kono ashi de tachiagarou
The Ragnarok are after me and I have no talent!
I'm just like this flower! I'll never bloom!
Don't worry about it!
It you give something particular to a person, they will surely bloom,
just as if you give a plant water, it will surely bloom.
What is this particular thing?
That is the brutal, painful special training, of course!
What? But if you give a flower too much water, it'll spoil!
So maybe I'll be spoiled if I get too much special training!
What? I'm already spoiled?
You may be the master, but there are things you should and shouldn't ever say!
Damn! You just watch!