Shall we?
The daphne's berries have turned red
I try putting in my considerable mood
I didn't come here because I wanted to be born
So, I'm thinking, I'll probably die, even if I don't want to
Pretending to have reached enlightenment
I try living like that, nothing wrong with that
Strict lines are always drawn in the world of man
So, if I go head on, I get hurt all over
Guess I'll just go as I lick-lick my wounds
I'll turn the goblin into vinegar and eat him
Patch, patch with something red
Like a maraschino cherry
And frozen cranberry
Chut, chut, with someone hot
Like an equalitarian
And yam-yngdourian
Fad, fad with something cool
Like a hidden luminary
And will-o-the-wisp too
Buying time with makeshift means
Distract yourself while you wait for the flowers
Arumi, you're too fast!
You're just too slow!
Sasshi!
Grandpa Masa!
Don't fall!
Papa!
Arumi!
Arumi! What happened to Grandpa Masa?!
It brings back memories of way back when.
Episode 6 Flashback! Magical Shopping Arcade * Birth
It was a long time ago.
Back when we were all young.
Before Grill Pelican was built.
Not only that, this is a story from so long ago,
there wasn't a bit of Abenobashi Shoppin' Arcade standin'.
Medachi Mo
Japan's Best Puffer Fish Tsuboraya Puffer Fish Stew With this so-called urban plannin',
the shacks and open black-markets that popped up after the war
were all cleared away good and proper.
That left this one section of town in front of the train station
completely wide open and bare, like it had just been bombed out.
The hair on the top of my head was still growin' thick.
Masayuki, age 22
Though I was scrawny and no good at fights, I was tryin' to be cool Masayuki, age 22
and was so with the times in the belief that,
Electric Bath Science and Mysticism For your beauty and health. Please give it a try. And was so with the times in the belief that,
"If you're a man, you should go out there and make your mark!"
And I may have been a little overly eager.
Turtle Bath And I may have been a little overly eager.
Turtle Bath I was the kind of youth every town had back then.
Yo, Mune.
No, I was just a punk.
Mune, age 18
Oh, Masa-bou. Mune, age 18
What are you doin' here in the middle of the day?
Did you get fired again?
Please, Mune, don't call me "Masa-bou".
"Bou?" Come on, I'm way older than you.
Then, should I call you Granpda Masa?
How much older are ya tryin' to make me? That's goin' too far.
But never mind that,
I'm not here today just hangin' about for no reason.
I'm here to do prep work and preliminary inspections
for the awesome project that's bein' started here.
You get it?
No.
I don't really care, but could you go away?
Mom's told me not to talk to you.
Yeah, that's the thing! That's exactly my point!
I'm tryin' to do somethin' about that.
I'll bet your mom's probably got the wrong idea 'bout me.
Look, listen to me.
It's a project that's been authorized by the prefectural governor of Osaka himself!
Isn't that somethin'?
And today, I've brought an amazin' and respected man here from Tokyo.
Well, well, Osaka and Tokyo. You must be keepin' the Tokaido Line busy.
That's Mr. Abe, a specialist in urban plannin'.
Mune, as a man, I haven't really talked about this much,
but I've got this little dream, see?
And that's to open up my own shop!
Not some stupid place like the cafeteria in the department store
where I'm forced to work my butt off everyday.
I'm talkin' about a place that serves serious French cookin'.
What do ya think?
And then, start a family.
Maybe somethin' will, you know, happen between you and me, and...
Like you know, all I've got to live by is a kitchen knife,
and English and French are both gibberish to me,
I can't even read a menu, ya know?
So, I want to have some kids quick and...
Well, who knows if it'll be a boy or a girl, but...
Well, no, it'd be better if it's a boy, wouldn't it?
I'll train him up and make it so he can speak some language fluently,
kinda like a cosmopolitan type, who can do business all over the world.
I'll raise him into somethin' like that and take advantage of that...
No, I'm not thinkin' about makin' him take over my shop or anythin'.
Yeah, I know, maybe I'll get him to open a second place
in Paris, France, the home of our cookin'.
And we'd go visit every so often to see how he's doin'.
Husband and wife, in the city of Paris.
Bon jour to the Champs-Elysees Avenue.
Arc de Triomphe and Yvette Giraud. But anyway...
Hey, hey, what d'you think?
Don't this plan sound great?
Yes, really... wonderful.
Chief! Chief! Let's hurry, let's hurry, let's hurry!
I don't care if it's the shoppin' arcade or Heiankyo, let's build it right now!
Where should we get started?! What should I do?!
I'll do anythin'! Shall I hold in my farts too?!
Hammering, hammering.
Whoa, Chief, that is way cool!
This is one of those modern housin' units that's so popular now, huh?
Abeno Place This is one of those modern housin' units that's so popular now, huh?
Chief, are you goin' to be livin' here by yourself?
Yeah. I haven't gotten any furnishings yet, though.
So, it's empty.
Oh, there's another room in the back.
It's a room to bring the ladies home to.
This is great.
Really.
If you need a place, I wouldn't mind lending you my key.
I tend to be out a lot anyway.
For real?!
You're okay with me usin' this place?!
You're sure?!
Yes, please, yes!
Oh, Chief, you certainly understand a man's needs.
Well, the truth is, I've got a bit of a plan.
Is there a futon in the back room? There is?
All right...
I'll use the back room...
To do things like this and things like that...
Young blood and young bodies riding the tide...
Ahem!
So, that's what your plan was about?
No, no, no! Mune, you got it all wrong! All wrong!
I'm not thinkin' about anythin' nasty like that!
Totally, not one bit!
Nothin' nasty at all!
North West Abenobashi Shopping Arcade Development Plans East South
Abenobashi Shoppin' Arcade?
Well? Are ya surprised?
We're not talkin' anythin' stingy like a house or a shop.
We're buildin' a brand new town from scratch!
How 'bout it?
Hmm, so my family's Turtle Bath is at the northern end.
A road goin' straight south and another one goin' east-west, with a grid pattern...
It's kinda like the city of Kyoto...
Yes!
This tetrapentic framework itself
will change all the yin in the atmosphere to yang.
It's the one and only system that will create an exquisite balance
to counter the powerful welling of the netherworld's power,
which is characteristic of this region!
By arranging sacred beasts on all sides, east, west, north and south,
this matrix will raise the chi ventilation rate to nearly 100%.
In addition, the true-word barriers erected at the four corners
makes the security of this place perfectly reliable.
The backbone, the mainstay of this thing, will have the greatest range in the industry!
Compared to previously distributed products, it's an amazing 4.6 times better!
Through the high-speed dragon vein network, it will be possible
to have a regular connection to distant Taishan and even Kunlun.
The new thousand year realm bolstered by the ultimate in science and technology!
That is the Abenobashi Shopping Arcade!
Abenobashi Shopping Arcade
Was that Japanese?
What a passionate man.
One saurel meal, one kid's lunch!
Got it!
Even after the passage of a thousand years,
the same flowers bloom in the same shape...
It reminds me of when we were kids. Right, Masayuki?
Huh?
What are you sayin', Chief?
Turtle Bath
Mune, are ya goin' to see Mr. Abe?
I'm deliverin' his lunch.
That is, Taro, age 21
about the shoppin' arcade... Taro, age 21
The parcels of land they're gonna start sellin', Taro, age 21
can anyone buy them? Taro, age 21
can anyone buy them?
Yeah, I heard there's quite a few people comin' in from other parts.
I saw Masa-bou this mornin' and he was awful fired up 'bout buyin' a plot.
It just made me think that in his own way, he's pretty serious 'bout this.
Wow, Masa-bou said that?
Moron! Retard! Scum! Ya better take adults seriously!
All right!
Abeno Bank
Loans
So, like I said, you can take all the interest you want on it.
Loans Don't you get it?!
I am very sorry.
Why can't you lend me any money?! Tell me!
This is a bank, right?
People entrust their money with you,
you turn around, loan that money out, and skim off the top.
That's how a bank does business, ain't it?
I am very sorry, sir.
Why can't you?!
Day after day, I work hard with sweat on my brows to earn my salary
and, okay, so it's not all of it, it's not all of it,
but I put quite a sum into the vault here every month!
I'm bein' at least a little useful to you guys too!
I'm right, aren't I?
Thank you for makin' use of our savings account, sir.
Is that it? Don't you got anythin' else to say to me?!
I am very sorry, sir.
Don't you got a sympathetic bone in your body?
No, sir, I do not.
If you run into trouble, show them that business card.
It should get you through most tough spots.
Seimei Abe
What's this?
Who is...
The effectiveness of that business card was as excellent as the ad for soap
Cleans you fast! Cleans you good! Ushiwaka Soap The effectiveness of that business card was as excellent as the ad for soap
Cleans you fast! Cleans you good! Ushiwaka Soap that went "Cleans you fast! Cleans you good!"
Even the grim loan officer ground his forehead into the desktop
practically beggin' me to borrow the money.
At the time, I thought he was a worthless guy
for changin' his attitude just like that over a scrap of paper,
but now that I think back, this was the beginnin'
of the ultimate science that Mr. Abe was talkin' about.
Everything's goin' so smoothly, it's almost creepy, Chief.
These're awfully fine chamber pots.
Wrong.
But no matter how ya look at them,
they look like chamber pots that the new rich would use.
These are devices that will serve as the linchpins of the town.
Stickpins?
Linchpins!
Asahina
Genbu to the North, Suzaku to the South,
Asahina Byakko to the West, and Seiryu to the East.
This is in accordance with the fundamental theory behind the harmony of the four gods.
We will set these sacred beasts up on the roofs of the shops
that are located in each of these directions and control the flow of chi.
And don't you ever come near my daughter again!
If you do, I'll tie ya up and burn ya!
But Mother, haven't you heard anything from Miss Mune?
About the date for the ceremony? Or about betrothal gifts?
Well, damn it all! Wicked old hag!
Pig ass! Old bat!
Turtle Bath
Entrance
Mune.
Mune, I picked out a name for my restaurant!
French One-Course Service, Grill Pelican!
What do you think? Has a nice ring to it, huh?
How about it, honey?
This tree's supposed to live for a thousand years after planting it.
A thousand years?
That's a laurel tree.
There's a lot of mega big ones growin' on the grounds of the Seimei Shrine,
but why here?
That man asked me to plant one here.
That man?
So, this is for "that man," too, huh?
Oh, wait.
I'll deliver it for ya.
Masa-bou!
Festival
"That man," my butt!
Festival Pisses me off!
It pisses me off, so I'm gonna eat it all!
This is pretty good.
It's so unfair, I can't stand it.
Horumon It's so unfair, I can't stand it.
Horumon If you will have me
I want to be a clam. If you will have me
You haven't even had a drop to drink. I will happily
How long're ya gonna sit there babblin' to yourself? I will happily
How long're ya gonna sit there babblin' to yourself?
Enter the embrace of your arms
I can grumble all night long just by sittin' here and starin' at it. Enter the embrace of your arms
I'm sayin' that you're bein' a real nuisance! Enter the embrace of your arms
What're ya braggin' about? Talk about moronic. Enter the embrace of your arms
I don't know about tomorrow
If you're not gonna drink anymore, I'm closin' up shop! I don't know about tomorrow
Tomorrow's gonna be busy because of Seimei's festival. I don't know about tomorrow
That was my role... I may come to hate you
So, what's wrong with bein' a punk?! I may come to hate you
Just y'all watch!
Someday, I'll build the world's most stupendously large French restaurant! But that's okay
Someday, I'll build the world's most stupendously large French restaurant! If you will have me
I'll turn a whole 100-story buildin' into a French restaurant If you will have me
and have it be open 24-hours a day! Please take me
Yeah, yeah. Now, hurry on home. Please take me
Yeah, yeah. Now, hurry on home.
Loans
What?! He quit?!
Yes. The old man named Mr. Kashiwagi, right?
No, I dunno. I dunno his name.
If you will have me
He had coke-bottle glasses and not a sympathetic bone in his body... If you will have me
He had coke-bottle glasses and not a sympathetic bone in his body... I will happily
Yes, yes, him. I will happily
He retired the other day.
Not only that, he collapsed in the bath that very same day Swear my love for you
and went straight to the hospital, unconscious. Swear my love for you
Absolute quiet rest, no visitors allowed. Swear my love for you
He apparently never married and was still single at that age. Swear my love for you
I don't know about the day we part
I wonder what he had to look forward to in life? I don't know about the day we part
What do you think? I don't know about the day we part
Like hell I'd know! I don't care what happened to that old man! I don't know about the day we part
Like hell I'd know! I don't care what happened to that old man!
I'm talkin' about the money at this bank!
I may wail in my sorrow
Yes, yes, of course. I may wail in my sorrow
Get it together, will ya?! I may wail in my sorrow
Would you please tell me everythin' from the beginnin' again?
But that's okay
Would you please tell me everythin' from the beginnin' again? If you will have me
The bank wouldn't lend money to a good-for-nothing. If you will have me
The bank wouldn't lend money to a good-for-nothing. Please take me
So, I was alone, back at square one. Please take me
So, I was alone, back at square one.
People often say that money gets lonely.
Neither money nor women will come to a man who is all alone.
Set up a business and start a family...
Such normal and natural things for ordinary people.
They seemed like a distant dream that I was never meant to achieve.
Guess I'll just have to go talk to the chief about it.
I wonder if he'll be there?
Abeno Place
Seimei Abe
Why did I take the kitchen knife with me?
I don't remember about that time.
What was I plannin' on doin' with that kitchen knife?
What was I thinkin'?
'Cause I liked Mr. Abe.
He was a kind and brilliant man with a sharp mind.
And on top of that, he was an exceptionally good person.
He was always thinkin' about other people
and he strove to live for the sake of others. I loved the man.
It was obvious why Mune would fall for him.
There was no reason for her to come to a man like me.
It was only natural that she would be joined with him.
That completely obvious and natural thing
was too sad and heavy for me to bear right then.
I had probably reached some sort of limit.
It's a nice moonlit night.
It isn't like you to ask to see me so late at night.
What's the matter?
Masayuki...
I am powerless after all.
The world won't go the way I want it to.
Wow, I never knew that even you felt that way sometimes.
I don't want to lose anyone anymore.
By the next day, he had disappeared
without havin' said anythin' to anyone.
I contacted the municipal office,
but neither the company on the business card,
nor the person called Abe had ever existed.
Ultimately, I never got to be with Mune
and I married Gin, who ran the Horumon cart.
As shops went up one after another in the shoppin' arcade,
strangely enough, that one plot of land never went to anyone.
Ten years later, I was able to open Grill Pelican with my wife.
Grill Pelican Ten years later, I was able to open Grill Pelican with my wife.
Asahina
Turtle Bath Entrance
45 Years Later
Say, Mune...
Was that Seimei reborn, you think?
Sasshi!
Hurry up! The festival's portable shrine's gonna leave!
Arumi, wait for me!
If there were a breeze in your heart
And if that breeze were a spring breeze
I would want to be the only one to feel that breeze forever
Forever
If there were a sky in your heart
And if that sky were a blue sky
I would want to be the only one to soar up into it endlessly
Endlessly
Because all you ever do is laugh
And all you do is just embrace me
Sasshi, it's preview time, your favorite.
Eh, preview, huh?
You wanna do the next episode preview, right?
I dunno, we practically had no scenes this episode.
Yeah, we didn't.
And the story was so serious, depressin' even.
Yeah, it was down.
After that kinda mood, I'd hate to go,
"Next episode of Magical Shoppin' Arcade Abenobashi,"
all happy-like and have people think it was dumb or somethin'.
I don't think you have to worry about that, though.
Your dumbness is exposed and you're spewin' dumbness all year round!
Oh, right.
That's true!
Next Time Set Your Heart Aflutter! Abenobashi * Campus Shopping Arcade That's true!
Next Time Set Your Heart Aflutter! Abenobashi * Campus Shopping Arcade
Moron.
Next Time Set Your Heart Aflutter! Abenobashi * Campus Shopping Arcade