TSUKIKAGE RAN Kaze ga touge wo... The wind came down...
...orite kita. ...the mountain peak.
Tamoto yurashite... It rustled my sleeve...
...sugitetta. ...and passed me by.
Onna hitori no... Are you gossiping about me?
...tabiyuku wake wo The woman who travels alone?
...uwasa shiteruka, yanchana suzume? Mind your own business, mischievous sparrow.
Nanoru namae wa... The bigger a name to call oneself...
...arudake jama yo. ...the more a nuisance it is.
Aru wa kimama to... What I have is freedom and...
...tomo no osake. ...my companion, sake.
THERE WAS NO GOD IN THIS WORLD
Ouch, ouch, ouch... Hey, Sis... Let's walk a little slower, okay?
Ow, ow...
Your friend is in horrible pain. Can't you be a little more considerate?
Quit bothering me, nincompoop.
W- What?! You heartless woman!
You won't die from a little crick in the neck. Stop that incessant whining.
Y- You...! How can you say such things?!
Ow, ow, ow, ow!!
I wonder what that is? Let's go check it out, Sis.
Strange girl. Her curiosity is still at full force, though her neck is a pretzel.
Of all nincompoops, she is a champion nincompoop.
Hey, everybody! What are you looking at?
Hey! Hey!
Sorry! Coming through! Excuse me for a moment...
Thank you, sir. Thank you!
Thanks to you, my pain is completely gone!
I owe it all to your divine powers, Master Rokkan!
Thank God! Thank God!
That is good. My power reached you because of your diligent training.
Continue to devote yourself to your training.
- Yes, master! - Next!
Yes...
Aah! I can stand firmly! My pain and anguish have also disappeared!
Thank you. Now I will be able to train more!
Good...
Thank God... Thank God...
Everyone! Master Rokkan is the one and only human being...
...able to channel God's will!
If you do as Master Rokkan says, you will all live happy lives!!
What is more, if you devote yourselves to the training without neglecting your faith...
...Master will use his divine power to heal you of your ills as he did these two!
Now, everyone, come with us and apply yourselves to the training at the Rokkan Clan!
Did you hear? Divine powers, he says.
Did you see that?! He cured them! That's amazing.
Everyone! If you undergo the training at the Rokkan Clan...
...some day the divine powers will come to you as well!!
At that time, you will all go on to save the suffering yourselves!
As proof of your devotion for the aim of that day...
...hand in your money seeped in worldly desires!
That act will purify you, heart and soul!
Master!!
Wh- What is it?
Master! Please use your power to heal this undeserving Meow!
Imbicile.
The truth is, I'm having a lot of trouble right now...
Could you possibly heal me with your divine power stuff?
Did you pay attention to what I said, miss?
I said that in order to heal your ills, you must first undergo the training.
For that, you need money.
Perfect. I happen to be carrying more than usual today.
I'll do the training later, I promise!
Wh- What?! Are you playing with me?!
Far from it! I may not look it...
...but I have undertaken long years of training for the Iron Cat Fist!
I can do anything with "training" in the name, so leave it to me!
M... Master! Please, I'm begging you!
- Aren't you gonna help her? - Don't be cheap! Heal her!
Hear, hear!
If you can just make it feel a little better, that'd be great.
Master Rokkan!
She seems to be in very dire condition.
Will you please make an exception and give her a special healing?
Very well.
- Really?! - B- But, master...
Listen, Miss Meow. You have not yet learned the training.
One time may not heal you.
I'll take anything, hurry! I'm hurt here...
Don't say anything!!! Be silent!!
Ow! I mean, it doesn't hurt!!
It's fixed, it's fixed! Here, look! It's fixed!
This is amazing! He's the real thing!
I don't know about that girl. Even her bodily makeup is klutzy.
Master!
Great Master Rokkan! Please make me your disciple, great master!
Uh, n- No... Don't worry about the training. I'm glad you're all better. Goodbye.
No, no! I have realized that this is my real mission in life.
Yes... This is it! This is it! I've finally found it...!
What do your family and relatives do for a living?
Yes, sir. Don't worry!
I am alone in this world, traveling on the whim of the wind from journey to journey...
I am a whimsical soul living day by day, in search of SOMETHING!
And now I finally know clearly what that SOMETHING is!
I will become your disciple, learn the divine power...
...and someday I will give myself to benefit mankind. Aah, it's wonderful!
Perfect! I failed to recognize your way of life, free from the world of greed!
Master, I also implore you! Please allow her to join your disciples!
Please, master! Please!
Very well.
Thank you, sir!
- Good for you! - Yeah!
The nincompoop.
I should change her name to " Ninny" the Nincompoop.
Ninny...?
It's perfect! Ninny...!
Ninny...
Heh! That no-good Rokkan.
Hoh... You really seem to hate him, mister.
Yeah. They drifted in here out of the blue and started sucking in people...
...with hocus about gods and Buddha and divine power and junk. Take a look.
They're the guys dressed like mountain priests.
He calls the people in his flock "disciples"...
...and wheedles money out of what he calls training.
He brainwashes 'em into thinking that giving up their money to him...
...will heal them and give them happiness. Hmph!!
And because they offer so much money for the training...
...some people have lost their stores and have gone into debt... It's horrible.
I hear if they don't pay up, sometimes he won't let them go home until they do.
Can you believe it?!
- Oh, no! - Pardon?
Uh- Uh, no. It's nothing. Nothing at all.
Now I'm in trouble...
Hear me, everyone!
Money is the filth of the world.
Money implants the seed of temptation in the hearts of men.
You are now disciples of Rokkan! You must not allow money to tempt you.
You are able to come closer to God's will by cleansing yourselves, body and soul.
Now is the time to be freed of money! That is the true training.
As proof of your faith, hold out your money.
The greater the amount, the closer God will come to you!
Sir!
I'm glad I brought this, yeah!
I feel kind of excited. I never thought money could buy happiness.
Really, thank God, thank God...
Aah, how splendid I feel!
Money really should be used to help a person out. Thank God, thank God.
Mr. Isuke, your love for God is as splendid as always!!
You will go far in your training.
Ooh! This is amazing! It's a mountain of gold coin!
One, two, three, four, wu, liu, qi, ba...
Mr. Soemon of the Echigoya!
Y- Yes, sir!
Mr. Soemon, your training isn't going smoothly recently, is it?
I... I'm sorry, master.
You need not apologize to me. If I am not mistaken, did you not begin the training...
...in order to bring a good marriage prospect to your only daughter?
Yes... But this is the best I can do. If you wait a little longer...
...I will bring in money from my business. Please wait! Please don't forsake me!
Mr. Soemon, you still have the fine suits you always wear and a large store.
P- Please don't make me sell it! It's a very dear store that I inherited from my ancestors.
My servants will lose their livelihood as well!
Mr. Soemon! Why can't you understand that is precisely the kind of thinking...
...that defies God's true intention?!
If you don't do something, a curse will fall upon your head!
Everyone, let us all chant together with Mr. Soemon so he may not be cursed.
However, I don't know if our power is up to the task. Above all, you yourself...
...were negligent in your training.
Please, please help me!
Everyone... let us pray.
I can't keep this up much longer...
Honestly! That imbicilic, blockheaded, happy-go-lucky Ninny!
What is she thinking, causing me this much worry?! It's inexcusable!
She's completely useless, right when I need her!
The sky is sunny...
My heart is also sunny...
Aah, I really do feel sunny inside...
Ooh! If it isn't Meow! It's Sister Meow.
I worried about you. How are you? Are you well?
Sister, I thought you would be in a place like this.
Yes, I would be, I would be in a place like this.
I was worried about you. I just about resigned myself that I would never see you again.
Aah, I'm so glad I was patient. Got money?
I do.
Oh, you do? That's good.
I thought I should give it to Master Rokkan, but I held back this much...
...because I thought I might need it to salvage a foolish, depraved friend.
Truly, you are a useful girl. Wonderful!
This time I was scared half to death.
Aah, God, Buddha! Please find it within you...
...to offer salvation to this no-good freeloader.
Aah...
Sister, I am saddened. If you continue this sort of activity...
...you'll be sure to receive a curse for it someday.
I'm sure I will be able to save you with my power.
Sister, you can atone for your sins.
It's not too late. Come and we will undergo the training together.
At any rate, let's begin the training immediately starting tomorrow, Sister.
I'll ask Master Rokkan with you. Sister, you have no need to worry.
They are all good people.
Really, yes... When I'm with them...
...for some reason my heart feels warm, and I feel gentle.
Besides, I feel as though I'm given the power to live.
So trust me and come with me. Okay?
Hey, what are you doing?!
Aah, Sister! You poor thing! You've been enslaved by the greed of the world!
Stay back! Don't take even one step closer! Honestly... You always get sucked in so easily...
It's all right. It's all right. You are an innocent.
Ah, poor Sister... You only have to wait a little longer.
Once you start the training, your mind will be put at ease.
- Sister? - What?
Sister, have you ever caught or eaten an Uwabami snake?
Okay then, have you ever killed or picked on one?
Okay then, have you ever heard of anyone in your ancestry doing such a thing?
I see...
Sister, I believe that your love of sake is the curse of an Uwabami snake.
Meow...
They said there might be such things.
That the sins of the ancestors are sometimes visited upon the descendants...
Meow...
Yes?
Do you know what an Uwabami snake is?
They say it's divine retribution.
What is it?
The Echigoya is on fire!!
Sister, it's burning!
A curse really did fall on Mr. Soemon's head!
What? Explain what you mean.
Huh? You know, look. That, that! It's a curse.
ECHIGOYA
Whoa, it's really burning big-time.
It looks like a lost cause to me.
Okinu!
Stop it, master!
Okinu!!
Mr. Soemon!
Mr. Soemon of the Echigoya!
My daughter... My daughter is still inside!!
Sis!!
Hey, you!!
Hey... Don't do it, Sis...!
Sis!
O- Okinu...!!!
Okinu! Okinu! Okinu!!
It's okay. Little Okinu is unharmed.
Thank you, Lady Samurai!
Sis! Are you okay?!
Yeah, somehow.
That's a relief.
I know how deplorable your daily life is...
...so I was afraid you would invite heaven's wrath to rain upon you!
Are you still driveling that nonsense? Knock it off.
Oh, Mr. Isuke!
I'm certain I saw him...
Huh?
Meow, catch him.
Don't drag your feet! Head him off from the other side.
Uh, you got it!
Mr. Isuke!
Mr. Isuke?
You...!
Sis!
What?! Hey, what is this? That's a flint stone and oil! What does this mean?
It means not God, but humans, were handing down His wrath.
God, you really are good at coming up with phrases like " Money is the filth of the world"...
...and " Money implants the seed of greed in the hearts of man."
But what you tell them certainly is true...
It's God's will, so of course it's true.
Don't you think so, Mr. Rokkan?
I would love to agree...
...but regretfully, it's is not the will of God, it's the will of my brain.
Hey, don't forget my star performance!
Yeah, yeah! You and Isuke are great actors! That always takes 'em in.
Now that you mention it, where is Isuke?
He went out to inflict God's wrath, but... hmm... He is late.
- The Echigoya? - Yeah.
The poor guy.
Yeah, but it's a great method to make the other rich sops panic...
...and bring us more money.
All you need to do is pull rich people into the flock.
If you bring in lots of rich disciples, the money will pour in.
This pile will become even taller.
I'm looking forward to that!
Oh, yeah. That brat at the roadside who became a disciple... how's she doing?
Ignore her, ignore her. We have no use for a poor schmuck like her.
We'll cast her out on some pretext.
Well, I thought she was up to something at the beginning...
...but she's nothing. She turned out to be nothing more than a simple nincompoop.
Well, excuse me for being a nincompoop!!
But you are a nincompoop.
Sis?!
- Brat! - Isuke, you goofed, didn't you?!
After a light boxing, this man told me all about your activities without a lot of fuss.
You certainly have good henchmen.
Who the hell are you?!
Oh, me? I am a beautiful lady...
...who happens to despise human scum like you, who are so far beneath god...
...you fall far inferior to maggots.
What?!
Hey, you! I'm more angry!
You have a lot of nerve, deceiving someone with a pure and pretty heart like mine!!
Preaching about plausible stuff like God, Buddha, and God's will...
...using their weaknesses to steal their money...
...and then even lighting fires to frighten them?!
How much suffering does it take to satisfy you meatheads?!
M- Meatheads...?!
I, Lady Meow, never forgive villains like you, so prepare yourselves!
Here, take him back.
Brat!! Don't hold back! Just get her!
Yeah!
Meow!
Oh, my, Master Rokkan, I believe a curse fell upon your head!
Maybe there is no God in this world...
Nope, none.
Master, why don't you use this as an opportunity to return to the path of good?
Thanks to you both, I've come back to my senses.
You have also saved my daughter's life! I really have no way to express my gratitude.
No, no, Mr. Soemon. I know it will be difficult for a while...
...but devote yourself to your business again.
Yes, but...
I feel sort of uneasy with the two of you leaving.
What will we depend on to live from now on?
Are you still saying that rubbish?
First of all, it's a mistake to live dependant on the power of others.
You should live your life depending on your own power.
Ooh!!!
- What? - Brilliant! - What?!
Those are brilliant words! "Live one's life depending on one's own strength."
You have made me realize that, Lady Tsukikage. You are exactly right!
H- H- HEY!!
Aah, what a new and fresh saying!
Hey...
Miss Tsukikage, I beg you. Please find it in your heart to make us your disciples!
Master Tsukikage!!
Master...?
H- Hey, just a minute! You haven't returned to your senses at all!
Don't call me Master!
- Aah, please wait! - Don't be so cold! Please!
Master!!
Oh, my, Sister. You can run even when there's no sake in front of you!
But you know, the world has become really dense...
...if it's forgotten something as simple as living on one's own power.
Huh? Wait a second. That would mean that I'm also dense...
...for almost falling for their deception...
Oh, well!
Hey! Don't follow me! Leave! Leave! Leave!
- Master! Master! Master! - Oh, shut up!!!
The next episode of Tsukikage Ran is: "I Counted On An Enemy."
Don't miss it.