"Shirahamaya"
Even to the moon?
"Shirahamaya" --Eh?! --A new TV show...?
I want you to make me a firework that'll go all the way to the moon.
"Oh! Edo Rocket on the air" I want you to make me a firework that'll go all the way to the moon.
"The moon"... you mean the moon?!
"Fire Be Gone" "The moon"... you mean the moon?!
"Fire Be Gone" That's right-- the moon.
Fireworks...? To the moon?!
Come take me far away
"Oh! Edo Rocket"
Karakurijikake nagareboshi
Chikagoro hayari no ajia
Itsu datte tsuretette
Take me far away
Yokochou sushiya kaminari
Intaanashonaru oo-edo
Asoko made tsuretette
Take me far away
Ameagari no sora
Takaku takaku
O-Tentou-sama sumairu shiteru
Tooku made tsuretette
Take me far away
Oshiro no yane kara miageta
Kagayaku mangetsu kirei
Sonna toki pororo
Namida ga dechau
Nanchatte zenbu uso
Take me far away
That's a good one! "To the moon" huh?
Well, if I could do it I wouldn't mind givin' it a shot myself!
Really? In that case--
I said if I could do it!
In this world there are things you can do and things you can't .
Anyway, sorry you put all your faith in ol' Seikichi Tamaya here...
...but aah been wup aww night, and aahd weally wather have my dreams in bed.
So please go home now.
But...!
Listen, I dunno who you are or where you're from...
but if you plan to keep on playin' me for a sucker, you can forg--
A" sucker" ? No, I didn't come here to pay you for a sucker.
What I want is for you to make me a firework!
But... what's a sucker?
Oh, they sell 'em! They sell 'em!
Just turn east as you exit the front of the house and keep right on going.
You'll wind up at a place we call the Big River.
There you can wash that face of yours and wake the hell up!
Now I'm tired!
Okay.
Huh...?
Let's go to bed, Seikichi.
Open up... I don't care where, just lemme see!
I can see you're excitable due to a lack of sleep.
You'll be able to respond a little more calmly once you have a nap
and give the brain-paralyzing secretions a chance to calm down.
Then I think you'll be more inclined to consider my proposal.
I don't have the first goddamn clue what you're even talkin' about.
I guess you don't know very many big words.
We were poor, for heaven's sake! I couldn't go to the temple school!
I think you'll find that's accurate from a historical perspective.
Forget about it. Just c'mon.
I'm tired, too.
I don't know how I can just jump into bed with a complete stranger...
But then again, maybe that's the thing nowadays--
Oh, that's right!
No, it's not what you think! I swear I'm not like those sexually depraved
kids you see nowadays on those cop reality shows!
"Seikichi Tamaya (alias)" kids you see nowadays on those cop reality shows!
--My name-- --Eh?!
"North" " Furai" " Kanda" " row" "house" "west" " east" " elevation"
Stay awake!
What do you want?!
Your name-- what is it?
Oh...
Sora.
Call me Sora.
Ah, so it's Sora, is it? What a nice name.
Whoa! Gin... what the hell're you doin' !
Seikichi! If you're gonna keep pussy-footing around, I'll just get in the bed instead.
Nice day to roll around in bed, wouldn't you say?
Gin! What about that hole?!
What can I say? It was urgent.
I heard a woman's voice coming from your room.
Urgent?! What's so goddamn urgent about that?! Gin!
"Gin"...! " Gin"...!
Cut it out with that! Sounds like I'm the City Commissioner of North Edo or somethin'.
Don't you know? About the current City Commissioner of North Edo?
He trolls around town in disguise, telling people--
Call me " Kin the Playboy"--
but of course everyone knows who he really is,
even though he somehow thinks he's pulling it off.
So everyone's gotta call him " Kin" like he asks, and--
Um, who are you?
I'm Ginjiro the locksmith.
Locksmith...?
These magic fingers will open any lock you set before them.
Even if that lock...
...is to the tightly sealed...
...door to... your...
...heart... right here...
There ain't no keyhole there!
Well, I'm not surprised an amateur like you doesn't get it. Leave this to a pro like me...
"Pro" ain't even a word!
A spineless wimp like you has no call to yell at me.
The firework to the moon... why the hell not?
Why can't you just say "Sure, I'll give it a try"...?
What the hell're you talkin' about?
Weren't you the one who just told me not to rush it?!
I never said that.
Yes you did!
Besides, why the moon, for heaven's sake?! It's gotta be hundreds of feet away!
I think it's about 1 billion 254 million feet.
What the hell kinda crazy huge number is that?!
The castle in Chiyoda is 300 feet...
...but 100 feet is about the best we can do with our fireworks...
...and at this point we're not even allowed to do a real launch.
The important thing right now is--
I can't hear you... I can't hear you...!
Listen to me!
Are you listenin' I've been tryin' to come up with some new fireworks techniques
so I'll be ready when these stupid reforms end and I can launch fireworks again!
So I don't have time to waste buildin' no fireworks to send to the moon!
Seikichi! Think about who you are!
Aren't you supposed to be the number-one fireworks maker in Edo?
Aren't you supposed to be the most stubborn... and the most outrageous...
...and the most reckless... and the most naive--
Oh, whoops. The grammar checker just told me I'm using too many " and's " there--
"Overuse of 'and' " Oh, whoops. The grammar checker just told me I'm using too many " and's " there--
At any rate, you know... the " Ballsy Moron" !
That's you, Seikichi Tamaya!
For a second there I really thought you were gonna say somethin' cool about me,
but now I just feel like a piece of shit.
That's it! You said it yourself just a minute ago!
"I wanna make huge fireworks, somethin' no one's ever done before...
...somethin' no one's ever seen before!"
"I'll fill Edo! I'll fill Japan! I'll fill the world with my fireworks!"
"I'll seize the fireworks of the world in my hand
and conquer the world of fireworks!"
Did I say that...?
The point is, it takes more than just "fun" to get the fireworks up there.
It takes money, and you risk your life...
What I'm sayin' is, fireworks ain't just some game to me!
It ain't no game. It's somethin'. .. bigger, and...
...I dunno... it just means somethin' to me!
What's wrong with it just being " fun" ?
Ever since Lord Mizuno stepped in
the world's been a neverending parade of frugality, thriftiness, restraint, and taboo.
"Don't build extravagant houses. Don't put on frivolous shows."
"Stop making mechanical gizmos that are just toys. Stop launching fireworks."
"Drugstore" "Stop making mechanical gizmos that are just toys. Stop launching fireworks."
"Drugstore" And now this hot little number shows up out of the blue...
"Drugstore" askin' you to build her some crazy firework to go to the moon of all places.
"Drugstore" If you don't call that " fun," I don't know what is.
Isn't it enough for it to just be fun?
I hate that kinda crap!
Pig-headed jerk...!
Big brother!
Look what I got! Another new picture offering was hanging up at the Kanda Shrine!
Remember two weeks ago when that meteor shot across the sky and faded out?
It looked almost like the meteor last night.
There's a guy who used math
to calculate the trajectory of the meteor based on its speed and direction!
And you know what? His answer was the same as the one I got!
See? It even says the name of the guy who solved it-- " Genzo" !
Wait a sec... Genzo? Where've I heard that name before...?
Ah-choo.
Oh, well.
Hold on... Ginjiro? You brought another woman home with you...?
Fireworks for the older brother, arithmetic for the younger...
and both completely out of touch with the real world.
Nice to meet you. My name's Sora.
Shunpei?
What's the matter, Shunpei? Your face is beet-red.
Why's that? What's wrong? Did I catch cold? No, that can't be it...!
It's simple-- you've got a crush on Sora.
This is why I hate people! I don't understand them! They're so irrational!
Math is perfect! 8 plus 8 is 16, 16 squared is 256, and snap!
You get the answer just like that!
"Two Hundred Fifty Six" You get the answer just like that!
"Two Hundred Fifty Six" Do you know the circle ratio?
It's irrational!
Whew, I'm so glad I had a rigorous education!
But I just can't relax if there's something that doesn't make sense in my mind!
I wanna have the answer right there, just like math.
Big brother, what's wrong with me...?!
Uh, well... that's uh...
Woof! Woof!
Listen, mister you there, Ginjiro! You can't just bring women home with you!
Hey, not me. This one's Seikichi's bad.
Huh?!
Oh, Shunpei. Do you have a cold?
It's not a cold. But I can't figure it out.
Sniff sniff. Sniff sniff! Sniff sniff. Sniff sniff!
I'm the lovely little watchdog and the guardian of morals at the Furai row house.
My name is O-Nui.
Ah...
What's this?! It's a huge hole in the wall!
Ah, that's uh, one of those mysteries of the universe, or whatever you call 'em.
Wait! What about the calculations I had up on this wall?!
Why don't all you guys stop screwin' around and messin' up my room!
Whatever! Why don't you just shut up
and make a firework that'll go to the moon like the lady asked you!
A firework that'll go to the moon...?
That's right. Sounds fun, doesn't it?
This girl Sora right here asked--
Sora?
Sniff sniff. Sniff sniff.
She's not in the immediate vicinity. That's weird...
"Mi" " Mi"
I'm going to bed.
Guess I'll go do some work or somethin'. ..
Now, Ginjiro... make sure you make enough to pay for the wall repairs.
Sure thing.
What's wrong with everyone?
You guys are so weird.
Playin' me for a fool like that!
And I was even startin' to take the bait...!
We finally found you, sky beast!
Yet another innocent girl sacrificed...
Say your prayers!
"Shirahamaya"
Chan-ka chan-ka chan-ka chan-ka...
"Shira" Chan-ka chan-ka chan-ka chan-ka...
"Shira"
Ka-chan!
My my, if it isn't Ginjiro.
Uhh... O-Ise!
Well, I can see you're busy, so I'll be on my way--
Ginjiro, I don't have any locksmithing work for you. None of that...
...but I think I'd like you to take a quick look at this.
There's some dirt here, Ma'am .
Well, sorry about that.
By the way, I heard you got locked in the storehouse.
Huh?
So he was lying. I knew it.
That Ginjiro...
Gin?! Oh, right! I mean, yeah, I was!
The keyhole looks pretty clean for having been picked open.
So then, what were you doing in here anyway?
Oh, right... I was, uh... dancing!
Dancing?
Practicing for the shrine festival!
But then the key just, uh, broke all of a sudden, and well--
What about your employees?
Oh, no no! I get embarrassed if anyone sees me dancing, so I was all alone.
What kind of dance was it?
Uh... um, what was that dance again...?
Oh, right-- the abacus dance!
I'd like to see that one.
It's not funny!
Now I've actually gotta do some kind of abacus dance
or that Akai clown's gonna be all over me again, bitching about this and that.
And all because of your stupid bullshit story!
O-Ise, I'm so flattered you still think of me in that way--
You're an asshole!
Anytime you find yourself in a situation, I'm the one who gets in trouble!
Why don't you quit screwing around with that piss-ass locksmithing work,
or whatever it is you call it,
and try finding something you can actually get serious about for once.
As long as there's some fun in it, that's good enough for me.
You're such a liar!
The only thing you've managed to do is stop facing the world head-on.
Ever since you threw in your lot with Oshio and since things went sout--
So are the two of you done fixing your story up?
I'm afraid I don't know what you're talkin' about.
Ginjiro, you've got some dirt on you.
I'll bet we can get even more dirt to come out if we beat on it a bit.
Cut me some slack here, would you?
Get your jelly noodles here!
Ice-cold jelly noodles!
Whoa!
You again.
What's up with that outfit?
What's going on...?
What are you guys doing?
That thing sucks people's blood.
A citizen like you has got no chance against it, so get lost.
It's been that naughty, huh...?
Hey!
Wait just a minute!
What the hell?! That tickles!
So that's it.
What was that...?
Where the hell'd you go, Ginjiro...?!
South Edo Secret Agent Nishinosuke Akai?
Down here.
We're going to need you to give us a detailed statement about that man.
City Commissioner's orders.
A mummy...?!
Huh?
It's Shinza. The old man put in a good word and got him released.
My god... I can't believe they beat you like that just for makin' mechanical toys!
They also asked me about the fireworks, but I didn't tell 'em anything.
Let's get outta here. It's boring lookin' at sad little fireworks like that...
...compared to the ones at the Ryogoku River Festival, that is.
I'll stay and watch.
Huh?
What for?
Remember? At this year's river festival we didn't even have a Tamaya display.
And the Kagiya show had barely any, just two or three wimpy ones.
We used to watch the fireworks every year.
They'd shoot 'em off every night for three months after the river opening.
That was until just a few years ago. It used to be so awesome...
There's nothin' we can do about it. They keep sayin' fireworks are just silly fun...
...that there's no place for 'em in these " frugal" times of ours.
Don't look down!
Huh?
I said don't look down. When people keep lookin' up, good things happen.
But the fireworks are...
Listen, if... I mean maybe...
...if there was a kind of firework that went all the way to the moon--
To the moon?! Awesome!
Seikichi, are you gonna launch some more fireworks?
No no, I'm just sayin'. I'm sayin' if.
Like if we did, then--
Then everyone'd lift their faces and look up!
'Cause they'd wanna see your fireworks!
Hey, it's Seikichi Tamaya!
Hey! Shoot off some fireworks for us!
Tamaya!
Whoa!
It's so pretty...!
They don't even have this color in Tamaya fireworks!
I've never seen a red like that before!
H-How'd you manage to make that color?!
Oh, Seikichi.
It's amazing...!
Magic powder.
You can even mix it in with your gunpowder, and it makes the color change.
A coloring agent!
Saltpeter... and sulfur... and what's this white stuff?
This must be what changes the color, depending on how much you add.
I'm impressed! The white one's called strontium carbonate.
Strone-tea-oom...?
Ah, I know it! I know it! I ate some in Fukagawa one time.
Don't butt into other people's conversations!
So this girl asked you to build her a firework that could go to the moon...?
Really? That's great!
Seikichi's the only person in Edo who could be asked to do a job like that!
But if you shoot up a firework like that, the City Commissioner's Office'll--
That's right!
Sounds like fun!
With your knowledge and my skills...
...if the two of us work together, we just might be able to do the impossible!
--So does that mean...? --Yeah...
I'll take the job!
And it won't be just a game!
I'm gonna make one so huge that everyone's gonna look up and see my fireworks!
Wow!
In that case, starting today, I'll be moving in with Seikichi!
Eh?!
Th-Th-That's not gonna... uh, there's Shunpei to think about and...!
No way! On moral grounds, that's an absolute no!
But I... I don't have anywhere else to go.
What is it?
It's the landlord of this row house-- the Old Man in the Corner.
He almost never shows his face. He's a real mysterious guy.
It's the old man...
"Pass"
Pass.
What does that mean?
Pass! It means you've passed!
It means you can live here!
But that's a woman living with two men! Are we really okay with that...?!
We've got a empty room, so she can stay there!
--Here you go! Rules for moving in. --Good luck, Seikichi!
--C'mon, the room's this way. I'll show you around. --But you gotta watch out for the City Commissioner's Office!
--Make sure and use your door bar! --Shit, if I was worried about the Commissioner's Office...
I wouldn't even set off fireworks in the first place!
I'm all over this!
"The Man Was Waiting" I'm all over this!
"The Man Was Waiting"
Uranaishi wa itta
Atashi no te o nigitte
"Omae no tabi wa tsuzuka no darou"
"Kore kara saki mo zutto"
Amari ni ooki na tsuki ga sore o miteita
Haiwei no iriguchi wa doko ni demo aru
Sono ki ga aru no nara
Atashi ni kisu o shite
Michizure wa kimi
1 00 miles, 200 miles
Ichiban suki na kimi o saratteku wa
Motto saki made michi wa tsuzuku kara
1 00 miles, 200 miles
Niji o oikakeru 400 miles
Kitto dare mo ga futari o urayamu wa
Mita koto nai mono o mi ni yukou, baby
"Next time"
Thank you so much for always takin' such good care of my Rokube.
I'm Rokube's wife.
So who was it, goddamit?! Who said I had a face like a gargoyle?!
But more importantly, what the heck's my real name...?!
Next time, the third episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...
"A Silver Fox Bound by Fate" Next time, the third episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...