Arumi, are ya happy 'bout goin' to Hokkaido?
I'm real happy 'bout it.
I just don't get that.
Don't you got any love for the Abenobashi Shoppin' Arcade?
I really like this town.
Everyone's so warm and cheery and kind,
no matter where I go, there's no way I'll ever find a town I love more than this place.
Then, wouldn't you normally not want to go anywhere else?
That's why people say you're still a kid.
Don't tell me you're plannin' on stayin' in the same place for the rest of your life.
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Final Episode Return to Life! The Legendary Onmyou Mystic *
Stayin' where you were born makes you a kid
and goin' to the northern lands makes you an adult?
Then, what does that make penguins? And what about polar bears?
Archi Ves Old Japan Travelogue ~Hokkaido in the Harsh winter~ Then, what does that make penguins? And what about polar bears?
Archi Ves Old Japan Travelogue ~Hokkaido in the Harsh winter~
I'm just goin' to Hokkaido 'cause it's Dad's dream.
It's always been Dad's dream to become independent
and try out his skills in the world.
French A La Carte Service Grill Pelican Journal and try out his skills in the world.
Starring Grandpa Masa Asahina Papa Asahina and try out his skills in the world.
Starring Grandpa Masa Asahina Papa Asahina
He could gain independence without movin', ya know.
When I heard that the entire family was gonna move to Hokkaido,
truth be told, I thought, "It's the northern end, that's mega far."
But I found a globe in a closet at home...
I tried drawin' a straight line from Osaka to Lake Akan.
And when I kept stretchin' that line straight on,
it ended up at a monster city.
You hear me? New York!
Where we were goin' wasn't the northern end of the world.
It wasn't the end of it.
There's still New York beyond it.
New York There's still New York beyond it.
What? New York isn't beyond Hokkaido.
New York's to the east.
If you meant beyond Tokyo, I could understand, but...
My dear Sasshi, the Earth is round.
Can a grade school kid, who doesn't even know that,
really fill the shoes of an Onmyou mystic?
So, what about it? What's the big deal with New York?
Don't you feel anythin'?
I've been thinkin', I want to keep goin' farther and farther.
I want to go as far as I can while I'm alive.
Europe, Africa, Antarctica...
I definitely want to go out into space too.
You've been to space once already.
Not that stupid nonsense,
I want to go to the honest-to-goodness space in reality.
Reality, huh?
Someday, when I'm all grown up,
I'll stand on the moon and look at the Earth in the distance.
By then, it'll have been a decade
since Abenobashi had disappeared without a trace...
The Dream Shopping Road Fun Tasty wonderful Abenobashi Shopping Arcade Thank you for your business
No one will even remember that there used to be a shoppin' arcade here
and the Abenobashi Shoppin' Arcade will live on only in my heart.
And where'll I be then?
That's why you're a kid.
Is that it?
I can't think of anythin' else...
Not for you...
When are you goin' to stop playin'?
I told you, it's time for dinner.
My dad's attitude seems kinda weird somehow.
Now that you mention it, it is kinda weird,
but he's also the same as always. Like he's himself.
I made tonight's dinner ya know. Hurry up and come eat.
Mom's out helpin' with the vigil.
Vigil? Has someone passed away?
Wait a minute! Hold it, hold it!
Arumi, you wait here for a minute!
Rules Treat with respect. Make sure to clean up after yourselves. Many people use this screening room. Always return the switch to its original position. Put away the reel right away. Please observe these rules. - Timing G
Say, Dad, why are you the only one who's still yourself in this world?
I don't like these kinda things.
So, Grandpa Masa really is dead in the world over there.
Of course. All people die someday. That was Grandpa Masa's time.
But Grandpa Masa's still alive in this world.
Even Grandpa's grown young again and is as energetic as Mune-mune.
That's 'cause you're messin' around again
with that spectacular failure of a magic trick that man did long ago!
That man? Dad, you knew about Eutus?!
Knew, nothin'. It's Abeno Seimei, right? He's my old man.
In other words, he's your grandfather by blood.
What? Then what about the Grandpa that lives with us?
Rules Treat with respect. Make sure to clean up after yourselves. Many people use this screening room. Always return the switch to its original position. Put away the reel right away. Please observe these rules. - Timing G He ain't related to anyone in our family.
What do you mean?
In short, he's a stranger.
I can't believe how smoothly you rattled off that shockin' fact!
Well, I was surprised too,
when I was a kid and that man came out of my drawer.
Drawer?
The drawer of my desk.
It was the entrance to the path to another world.
Is that for real?
For real.
And he left me a sample packet for an Onmyou mystic trainin' course,
tellin' me to study it.
Oh, that's the same as me.
Introduction to the Onmyou Way The one that comes with 6 CDs.
They were sonosheets in my day.
Huh? Which sheets?
Anyway, it was rubbish.
Talkin' high and mighty 'bout this Onmyou Way,
but in the end, that stuff's just trickery.
After all, it can't change a single thing in the real world.
Like the slightest thing's gonna change 'cause of those tricks.
Such foolishness.
They're not zombies, I say.
Anyone who dies is gonna stay dead.
Oh, the rice is done.
Let's go back to reality.
What? Go back? But...
With Grandpa not bein' related to any of us,
Grandpa Masa was his one and only childhood friend.
Dad, I'm gonna go without dinner today.
I'm not goin' back yet!
Hey, hold it.
It doesn't matter, I can't take Arumi back to a place like that!
Arumi!
Sasshi.
Come on, let's go!
Where?!
Damn reality...
Lake Akan in Hokkaido that you've been talkin' about!
Or New York or the Amazon or the surface of the moon!
Fine with you, right?!
Sure, but not unless Mom, Dad, and Grandpa Masa are with us too.
I'll do somethin' about that too!
Isn't this
the correct one?
This is the world we were born in!
No! This thing ain't it!
This freakin' Abenobashi isn't it!
Our town has stores who've all known each other for ages,
and it's where everyone's warm and cheery and kind.
You could search the entire world, you wouldn't find a better town!
Closing Announcement we have run this shop for generations in Abenobashi and we are truly regretful that we must close our doors. To our faithful customers, thank you for your patronage a this time. You could search the entire world, you wouldn't find a better town!
Close our doors. You could search the entire world, you wouldn't find a better town!
Close You could search the entire world, you wouldn't find a better town!
Oh, really.
I'm fine gettin' off here.
No!
Why're you so riled up over this?
It's no use, Sasshi.
No matter how much a kid like you throws a tantrum,
nothing's goin' to be resolved.
The only thing that'll change is what's in your head.
Only your imaginary world.
But this is reality and here, you can talk 'bout all the Onmyou spells and science you want.
You still won't be able to move even a single pebble.
This is nothin' but a toy.
In the end, you're just a kid out even after the sun's gone down.
Arumi, like you said, this is the correct world.
Turtle Bath
If you walk to the other side of the arcade from here,
the real Grill Pelican will be there.
You're all grown up now, so you understand, don't you?
All things extant in this world,
gods of Heaven, gods of Earth, let them be as they should be!
Thus shall it be!
Is he at that rebellious age or somethin'? What a darn willful child.
I oughta smack him.
Mr. Kouhei
Grill Pelican Mr. Kouhei
Everyone in Abenobashi
Japanese Bears Crabs
Hokkaido
Hokkaido Foxes Salmon
Lake Akan Bad Boy
It's the pits!
Nothing's comin' to me!
My mind's completely empty! My talent's all dried up!
I-am-to-tal-ly-in-a-slump-now!
Can't you just hop on over to whatever shoppin' arcade you want,
Not good! Can't you just hop on over to whatever shoppin' arcade you want,
Not good! Like you've been doin' all along?
Not good!
This is not good. This shouldn't be happenin'...
I hate this!
Say, Sasshi, in that last world we were in...
That last world?
You know how it was like our original real world?
Back there, a sorta...
A sorta scary thought floated into my head...
Scary thought? You mean,
like you let it out, thinkin' it was just a fart,
but it felt oddly warm,
so you think that might not have been all you let out?
Sorta like that?
That's you, not me.
It wasn't like that.
It was more of a painful and sad fear...
Well, it was only for a second.
Not exactly a thought, I'm not sure what to call it.
Like a nightmare...
And I thought maybe that it was affectin' us now a little.
No, I don't think so...
The vigil, who died?
What're ya talkin' about?
Oh, you don't have to bother with anythin' my dad said.
He'd turned into an awful weird character, hadn't he?
Yeah. That was like the embodiment of stupid!
Just by havin' that lump of stupidity show up,
I couldn't live in that condo anymore.
Talk 'bout scary.
Really? Then we don't need to go back to that world again?
Do we need to go back? There's no reason to go back.
Not to that seedy world.
That world was the least connected to us of the ones we've visited.
From now on, we have only to march forward!
Well, you wanna go check out New York to begin with?
Let's see, New... Yor...
Nuu Yoook
I don't know English.
How am I gonna make New York if I don't even know English?!
In the end, you're just a kid.
I don't got to come back to that...
Boy.
Huh?
Have you seen this man anywhere?
Why is it that you can produce Mune-mune when you're in a slump?!
And what's with her outfit?!
What's with this underwear look that's even more perverted than ever before?!
I can't help it. It's that nature of a man sorta thing.
That's like the only area where you're not a kid.
Don't flatter me.
That wasn't praise.
Ah, you seem to be busy, so I'll just excuse myself.
Well, bye-bye.
Wait!
Mune Imamiya!
Huh?
Who is this kid?
I am your grandson, Satoshi.
What are ya sayin'?
You must be joking!
How could someone as young as me have a grandkid like you?
This is just insulting.
No, you should know, Grandma.
What? What do you mean, Sasshi?
All the worlds we've gone to were produced from things in my head.
So, the only things that appear are people I know
and the places I can think up with my imagination.
I heard it from Eutus.
Mune-mune, your true identity is my grandma.
But I don't know what you were like when you were young.
There's no way you can be a character I came up with.
I don't know this retro four-and-a-half mat room
with communal toilets and no bath either.
Keep the bathroom clean and fresh You soil it, you clean it - Landlord with communal toilets and no bath either.
With communal toilets and no bath either.
In other words, this is a world of bitter regret that the wandering soul of Grandma created!
Grandma, I've trained and become an Onmyou mystic!
I've got the power to make everyone happy!
I want to put your soul to rest, Grandma. Okay?
Why're ya chasin' after a guy lookin' like that?
You were joined with that man once, weren't you?
That's why Dad was born, and then Sis and me were born.
Grandma, are ya sayin' you regret the decades you spent with Grandpa?
A kid like you'd never understand, even if I told ya why.
You've gone back to bein' a kid too!
You're just a kid and...
You're just a kid...
Don't smoke!
Is that really the issue here?
Are ya listenin' to me, Grandma?!
Say, Satoshi.
If you've got all these powers that you say you have,
let's give it a try, shall we?!
I don't know if I'm scared or happy, I'm so confused!
Let me see that man again, one more time.
Please!
Wait...
I can't breathe...
I want to see him. I want to see him.
I want to see him!
One more time...
Just one more time!
Okay. Okay, it'll be all right.
I'll manage it somehow with my powers.
For real?
I'm so happy.
So, summonin' him is all fine and good,
but what're ya gonna do when you see him again?
What am I gonna do?
It's obvious, isn't it?
What? It's obvious?
When'd it become obvious?
Well, I guess it can't be helped. It's not somethin' kids know 'bout.
I was stupid for askin' ya.
You don't even have hair growin' yet, after all.
What's with you all?! Everyone's makin' fun of me, sayin' I'm a kid!
But you are a kid.
You're still in grade school, right? You can't help it.
You're cute.
I'll be okay, so don't worry 'bout me.
Rather, worry 'bout makin' sure your dear girlfriend doesn't cry.
Good luck.
Say, how far are we gonna walk?
Oh, Arumi, you don't have to walk, 'cause it won't make a difference.
Then why're you walkin'?
Shoot, what Dad said was right.
This thing really is nothin' more than a kid's toy.
It's not gonna take us to New York or Lake Akan or anythin' else real.
So, that open lot we were in was the one and only true reality...
Arumi, like you said, this is the correct world.
Turtle Bath Arumi, like you said, this is the correct world.
If you walk to the other side of the arcade from here,
the real Grill Pelican will be there.
In Mourning
You're all grown up now, so you understand, don't you?
Arumi, I'm sorry.
Let's go home.
To our Abenobashi.
All things extant in this world,
gods of Heaven, gods of Earth, let them be as they should be.
Thus shall it be.
Sasshi.
Thank you.
Arumi already knows.
She knows Grandpa Masa won't be there if we go back.
Why?! Why am I a kid right now?!
Why am I an ignorant and powerless grade school kid?! Mister!
People's souls exist for a span of tens of thousands of years, right?!
Then why the heck am I a kid right now?!
Something's wrong here!
I want to make Arumi happy right now!
I can't be a kid! I've got things I have to do!
I'll quit bein' a kid for Arumi, 'cause I care 'bout her!
Sasshi!
Mister! Eutus! Abeno Seimei!
Answer me!
Where's the grown up me?!
Damn, this kid's unbelievable. How dare he summon me?
There we go.
Well, it can't be helped, since I've already been summoned.
Guess this Mister's goin' to do a little work here.
Sasshi's true identity is the Onmyou Minister Yasuchika?
Well, I had no idea your fate was linked like that.
It's so classic, it's not quite funny, though.
I knew it!
That bastard's sleepin' there again!
Hey, get down!
You bastard!
You listenin' to me?!
Why you! Take that and that!
You little!
Damn fat cat!
This thing here is the precious bird spirit!
You thickheaded bastard!
Arumi, you're too fast!
You're just too slow!
Grandpa Masa...
Ah, Arumi! Sasshi!
Grandpa Masa, there's actually somethin' we want to ask 'bout.
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So, what happened to Lake Akan tourist hotel in Hokkaido?
That ended up fallin' through.
And I was lookin' forward to Hokkaido too.
I see.
And today, I've brought an amazin' and respected man here from Tokyo.
This is Mr. Abe, a specialist in urban plannin'.
Merci, you are too kind to take the time.
I am his secretary, Muneko Muneyama. Nice to meet you.
Non, non, the pleasure is mine. Bon jour.
Yeah, yeah, that's right. Bon jour.
Well, bein' human, havin' your health is what's most important!
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
The End And all you do is just embrace me
Man, it's over. I never once got to do the preview.
Everyone was always gettin' in my way.
Say, Sasshi.
Fine, who cares? They could've let me do at least one preview.
Sasshi, you know...
Never mind! Just leave me alone.
Doin' the next episode preview was my lifelong dream too.
You know, right now...
What?!
This is the preview, right now.
Huh? Why's there a preview for the final episode?
Beats me. Funny, isn't it?
Well, at any rate, this was your honest-to-goodness last chance.
Next Episode Mystery! Abenobashi * Shopping Arcade Well, at any rate, this was your honest-to-goodness last chance.
Next Episode Mystery! Abenobashi * Shopping Arcade And now, we're outta time.
Next Episode Mystery! Abenobashi * Shopping Arcade