Lady Okuni is so pretty!
The courtesan's procession is spectacular again today.
Sure is.
Hey, Brother, what's a courtesan's procession?
What are you talking about?
It's the parade going on right in front of you!
Then, what's this parade for?
Where is Lady Okuni going?
What's she about to do?
Stare...
Wh-Where is she... What's she...
You know... She's going to a pleasure house to...
Pleasure house? What's that?
Well, you know... A pleasure house is, well... It's, uh...
That's it!
The Dragon Palace! Yeah, it's like the Dragon Palace!
Lady Okuni is Princess Otohime,
and my sea bream and flounder start dancing!
I think you're lying.
No, I'm serious! Right, guys?
S-See? See?
Why not? Why not? Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Koharu, you just watch!
One day, I'm gonna make Lady Okuni my wife!
And then... And then!
Lady Okuni will be all mine!
That guy, this guy, everyone's a moron
This isn't your fantasy
Festive annoyance
What can I say, from right to left
This fleeting life is always lacking
The boring nonsense just drifts away
Leaving a curious atmosphere
No one, even him, says the same thing
What frivolous vilification
Vertically and horizontally, hands lined up
Someone else's unhappiness
We simply sneer at
It's what we live for, so why say it's stupid
I can't take it
This world is already the same after all
Always the same
The usual annoyance
Curious spectators yelling "Hooray!"
I'd rather they shut up
Hang their ears low
And close their eyelids
Unable to feel anything
As if
Come on. Make sure you do it right.
I'm paying a lot for this.
Now this is what I call being a gutter rat...
Squeak...
Come on, work faster, Brother! This is bothering everyone!
Squeak!
What's with you? Got a problem?!
Squeak, squeak!
Damn it all! You'll be happy if I just do it, right?
If you've got a problem with the work, try making more money than me first.
Hey, Helper!
Huh?
Oh, you're the girl from Lady Okuni's...
I'm Orin! You're the Helper, right?
You've gotta help me!
What are you talking about?
Well, see, Lady Okuni was
summoned by one of her patrons last night,
but she hasn't come back.
What?!
Let's go, Orin!
Hey! What about work?!
Weren't you cleaning out the gutter?!
Alleys, Cellars, and a Lavish Banquet!
It's said that the spring cherry blossom lies with chopsticks
engraved with a family crest.
Magoichi.
Yes?
Do me a favor.
Seems Lady Okuni from Shimabara hasn't returned since last night.
Would you lead the investigation?
It's out of my jurisdiction. Are you sure I should?
It was a request from above.
I can't say it out loud,
but apparently, Lord Nagai has put a lot of money into Lady Okuni.
I see. Understood.
Sorry to increase your workload.
Not at all.
What?! Boating?!
Yes. He said he wanted to spend time alone with Lady Okuni...
Damn stinking rich patron!
Lady Okuni insisted that he follow the proper procedure,
but the young master of
Kinokuniya wouldn't listen and took her anyway...
He'll pay for this!
Does he think, "Where might is master, justice is servant,"
just because he has money?!
He's a disgrace to men everywhere!
Mister Helper, please save Lady Okuni.
You got it! Just leave this to Manjiro the Helper!
Oh? So it was the Helper who kidnapped the courtesan?
Yeah. Yesterday, during the courtesan's procession,
he was raging like crazy, saying "I'm gonna make her mine!"
I heard there might have been a young guy who looked
like the Helper at the back entrance to Takasagoya, or might not have.
I know all about it!
Ran off to the river with that courtesan, damn him!
Slick bastard.
What did you say?!
The boat hasn't come back?!
Yeah...
How long do you think it's been since last night?!
What are you gonna do if something happened to Lady Okuni?!
Lady Okuni, I'm coming to save you!
Wait for me!
Come on, Lady...
How many more do I have to add before you'll be with me?
Lady Okuni!
Is that it?
Please be okay, Lady Okuni!
I'll save you from that stupid patron!
Hold it right there!
Hey, Okuni! I'm here to save you!
Sir Manjiro!
Okuni, marry me.
Yes.
I'll never let you go.
Manjiro the Helper is here!
Lady Okuni, I'm here now. You're gonna be fine.
Wh-Wh-Who are you?!
G-G-Get out of here!
What?!
Keep your mouth shut, you perverted little troll!
Sneaky little perverted troll...
Pervert
I, who strung him up, am the manly man of the rumors!
We're here, Lady Okuni!
Give me your hand, Lady Okuni.
Thank you, Mister Helper.
Huh?
Lady Okuni's kidnapper has been apprehended!
What?! Me, the kidnapper?!
I've conducted my investigation.
What?!
Lady Okuni, watch out!
Hold it!
Jeez... First a gutter rat, now a drowned rat...
Come on, Mimawarigumi, take this thing off!
I can't do that.
Lady Okuni, you know I'm not the...
A-Are you okay?
If we stay like this, we'll both catch colds.
What's the matter? Your face is red.
Do you have a fever?
It's nothing!
What's this?
Mister Helper!
Dowsing, dowsing! Yahoo! Yahoo!
Dowsing, dow— Oh!
Could this be a fresh, juicy slab of top grade,
marbled, newly drowned meat?!
I'll call you Yonsuke!
Oh. He's alive.
Mister Helper! Mister Helper!
Lady, where are you going?
It's dangerous to wander off by yourself.
Oh, Sir Suzuki...
I've found a light.
Just as I'd expect of a Mimawarigumi member.
How reassuring to have you here.
I am honored.
Look out, Lady Okuni!
Wait, what?
What?! What?!
Where am I?! Ow, I hurt all over...
You've finally come to?
Hey, Mimawarigumi! What the hell is going on?!
It appears we fell.
Fell? Why?
A rebel tunnel all the way out here...
We were negligent.
Now that Mister Helper is awake,
let's start moving forward and see what we find.
Yes.
Guess we have no choice.
I don't know what it's for,
but this is clearly an underground tunnel built for human passage.
Which means it must lead above ground somewhere.
Let's find the exit quickly and get out.
Mister Helper, it's so dark and scary!
L-Lady Okuni...
Okay! I'll protect you with all I've got, Lady Okuni!
I'm counting on you, Mister Helper.
Please get me out of here,
whatever it takes.
Sure! Leave it to me!
Yes.
Hey, Mimawarigumi! Take this off me already!
I can't do that.
Damn!
Where's Magoichi?
He left this afternoon and hasn't come back.
Hasn't come back.
He's not back yet?
The other day, I was asked
to go after this huge guy, eight shaku tall,
carrying the temple bell that he had stolen on my back.
Then he started to put up a fight. It was terrible!
I really thought I was gonna die!
Oh, how scary!
I knocked out that giant and closed the case like a champ!
Amazing!
Yeah, well, helping people is sort of like my divine calling, you know.
I just can't turn my back on someone who's in trouble.
That's wonderful.
It sort of makes the justice in my blood boil and I just can't sit quietly by.
I don't want to see anyone cry.
I just wanna do something for them.
As a person, as a man, as a Helper...
Wh-What's wrong?
I saw something over there! I'm scared, Mister Helper!
I'm scared...
Okay, damn it! You evil bastard scaring my Lady Okuni!
Quit hiding and get out here so I can beat you into next we—
...some clams?
Would you like some clams?
Buy some clams!
I'll take 'em! I'll take 'em!
I'll take everything you've got!
Okay, how much for all of them?
Three million ryo!
Oh, but I'm flat broke...
What should I do?
That's it! I'm a man, aren't I?!
I'll pay with my body! Do as you please!
What?!
Pay up right now, you stupid, worthless scum!
What happened to him?
A hallucinogen...
Squeak, squeak.
Squeak, squeak!
Squeak!
Hey, why not?! Why not?!
Squeaky squeak!
Wait for me! Squeak squeak squeak!
I see. So that's it.
I thought he was just a petty official, but he's...
Squeak!
I'm scared, Sir Suzuki!
Elaborate work indeed, Saigo.
Oh, no... Not that...
Lady?
Show's Over
Ow...
Are you all right, Mister Helper?
What the hell was that?!
I'm not entirely sure,
but it was a close call.
I'm scared!
Mister Helper, please protect me...
I want to get out of here as soon as possible.
Of course!
Then, let's get moving.
Hey, Mister Mimawarigumi, can't you take this thing off me now?
No, I can't.
You know, I feel like my whole face is swollen.
Did something happen?
You can figure out the path just by using those?
Naturally! Just trust my dice...
I am Osara.
If you can stack ten plates on the tray in the allotted time,
I'll let you pass.
Mister Helper!
Lady Okuni...
All right! You just want your ten plates, right?!
Here I go!
One!
Two!
Three!
Four!
Five!
Too slow!
I am Osara.
If you can stack ten plates on the tray in the allotted time,
I'll let you pass.
They've even rigged a doll like this...
How tasteless.
Five!
Six!
Seve—
Start over!
Seven!
Eight!
Ni—
Try again!
I'm out of steam.
Mister Helper...
You did all this for me...
When we get above ground, I'll...
...just for you.
Please don't think of me as a loose woman.
Okay!
Four!
Eight!
And this makes ten!
Here goes!
For Lady Okuni!
I lose.
Nice try.
Okay, let's go home, Lady Okuni.
No... Okuni.
Yes.
Oh, gosh...
You shouldn't take that off without my consent.
What?!
Come, let's hurry.
What kind of weird door is this?
It won't budge.
Tonight, you will...
Wait, is this...
It may be part of a password.
Well, saves me time if you've figured that out.
Tonight, you will...
"Tonight, you will..."
"Tonight, you will," huh? Yeah, I know that feeling.
Tonight, you will...
...light the Daimonji fires!
What?
See? I was right.
I'm gonna take you to Arashiyama!
Shimabara
Thank you for your help today.
Goodbye.
Uh, Lady Okuni...
That, uh, promise you made...
Oh, yes. Come visit me at Takasagoya anytime.
I'll be waiting for you.
Yeah, of course...
See you later then! Bye!
Until we meet again.
Bye! Bye!
Hey...
What about this thing?!
I'm back, Orin.
Lady Okuni!
Sorry to worry you.
Lady Okuni!
Hey, Magoichi. I was starting to worry.
I have safely recovered Lady Okuni.
Good work.
Go on home and rest.
Yes, sir.
Hey, Sakura.
Brother!
Oh, Koharu?
Today was a great day!
There were all these clams lighting the Daimonji fires with this stupid patron,
going, "Squeak, squeak, squeak!"
What's with you?
I'm your big brother.
Show some respect.
The urge of wanting to try saving you
But for some reason, I can't express it in words right now
The various promises that I can't recall
Remain unfulfilled as night falls somewhere
And I felt utterly defenseless
If I steal something back, I plunder
That which we own will always be such things
I want to obtain everything
But by then, you're no longer with me
Once I realize it, nobody's there
Yeah, yeah. It will always be ours
Yeah, yeah. Still, that's all it is
That's just how it is
Next Time
This is a high temperature, strongly basic
ferruginous sodium chloride hot spring.
It's effective in soothing bruises, scrapes, and nerve pain.
It's also great for stiff shoulders.
Oh, right! Next time on Roman:
"There's a lot to life, and a lavish banquet!"
There's a Lot to Life, and a Lavish Banquet!
I wonder if it's good for lovesickness too...