Episode 12: Hakone-chan and the New Hot Spring Spirits
The wind feels good.
Want to go inside now?
Yeah.
It's so crowded.
Jeez.
Tohya-sama, this calls for my services.
Ahem.
Ahem
Huh?
I'll send the other people away with the power of my Water of Servitude steam.
That sure was easy.
It seems you're quite weak.
I remember you!
I'm the Ashinoko Hot Springs spirit, Ashinoko.
Goura Hot Springs spirit, Goura.
Nice to meet you.
So you are the new hot spring spirits.
Yup.
It's over for you old-school pre-Meiji spirits.
It's time for us hip kids to shine.
Hip?
You're a Showa-era kid, aren't you?
We'll have the source of your power, the secret box.
And then we're going to rule over all the Hakone hot spring spirits.
They took my most precious secret box.
I'm a failure of a hot spring spirit!
Do not cry, Miya.
Watch as I take it back.
I'm her enemy; why is she doing this for me?
I don't think she sees you as an enemy.
A rival? Nah, probably more like a friend.
Now, return Miya's secret box without resistance.
Your knees are shaking.
There!
How dare you?!
I am falling!
Miya.
You came up here, too?
I consider myself a hot spring spirit, too.
You are right, let us combine our strength.
Here I go.
Look out, Hakone-chan.
H-Hang in there!
What's going on?
Is it some kind of attraction?
All I need to do now is take Hakone's secret box.
You shall not.
I hear you've been slumbering for a hundred years or so, Hakone-san.
We deserve to have the secret boxes more than you lazy spirits.
They have the local gods on their side.
They're at a huge advantage in brute strength.
Give me back my secret box!
Stop it!
I win.
I can't stop my body from groveling!
What are you doing, Goura?
Good job, Miya.
We're back at Motohakone.
To the shrine.
Hakone.