Episode 11: Hakone-chan and the Tekkosen
G-Good day.
Miya.
You have been coming rather often as of late.
J-Just checking on my enemy.
Delivery.
Tohya-sama.
She is after the mediocre, huh?
It must have been from back then.
Back when?
Well...
Yeah?
The monkeys at the hot spring pool, huh?
Do hot spring spirits not like monkeys?
Come to think of it, the other spirits don't like them, either.
There are more?
Yes.
You know how it has always been called the Seven Hot Springs of Hakone?
Each one has its own spirit.
Hakone Yumoto
Tonosawa
Dougasima
Miyanoshita
Sokokura
Kiga
Ashinoyu
Seven Hot Springs of Hakone
Together, they're called the Seven Spirits of Hakone.
Huh...
So, please, Tohya-sama...
Miya, where are the other spirits?
You're a rival. I don't need to tell you.
Wow, there are other spirits?
I'll tell you more.
That's what it was called before Japan opened its borders.
Then they built hot spring towns one after another.
Now it's called the Twenty Hot Springs of Hakone.
You're talking about Goura Hot Springs and Ashinoko Hot Springs.
Indeed.
As a result, the visitors became spread out,
and the Seven Spirits of Hakone are a lot weaker now.
Thanks to that, Hakone and I are the only spirits that have awoken.
Meanwhile, there must be new spirits being
born with the newly developed hot spring areas.
I see.
Our weakening power is simply a sign of the times.
There's nothing we can do about it.
Oh, right.
I remember now.
There might be a solution at the shrine— the source of the hot spring spirits.
I see.
To the gods who'd given us the secret puzzle boxes.
It may be worth going to Ashinoko.
Let's all go visit, then.
Let's go!
Shunjusou
Going out with Tohya-sama.
I can't wait.
What is it, Miya?
This territory belongs to the new hot spring spirits.
We must remain vigilant.
What is it?
Let's go.
Coming.
I have not been to Ashinoko in a long time.
The weather's so nice.
Hey, let's get a ride on that.
I-It's the Tekkousen!
Tekkousen?
It is a giant, steel ship made by Nobunaga or whoever.
War is upon us.
Nah, this is a tour boat.
The steel ship is floating on the water.
I'm glad you're having fun.
Jeez, Hakone, you're way too giddy.
A hot spring spirit must be more composed.
What a view.
It really is!
Great, they're coming right into my territory.