Big brother! Sora!
Check it out! I posted another problem yesterday and I got another answer back!
Oh...?
It was about computing the exact orbit of that same meteor that fell around Katsushika!
I posed it as a problem and this Genzo guy came back with an answ--!
That's nasty! Big brother, you're nasty!
You dork... get over here and give me a hand, Shunpei.
G-Give you a h-hand...?! That's like...
Take one, and add one, and add one again, and that's three...
In other words, a th-threesome...!
That's it! I'll call it a "Three-Hee"...!
--"Thuh-ree..." " hee..." --Help, Shunpei!
"Three Hee" --"Thuh-ree..." " hee..." --Help, Shunpei!
Okay!
Eh?! What the...?! Stop!
Shunpei!
How could you do something like this, Seikichi?!
She's a woman, helpless against mistreaters--!
That's right! That's right! I'm a woman, helpless against mosquitoes!
Hey, men get bit by mosquitoes just as much as women do!
Oh well, don't matter.
Shunpei, watch Sora for a bit, will ya?
Huh?
I'm gettin' ready to mix the gunpowder now.
I keep tellin' her over and over, but she still keeps tryin' to come in.
Oh, so that's what this was about.
Listen, Sora, my big brother wasn't trying to be mean or anything.
Blending the gunpowder is the most dangerous part of being a fireworks maker.
He doesn't even let me come near when he's doing it.
He just doesn't want you to get hurt, that's all.
Uh... uh-uh-uh... um...
Oh come on, Sora...!
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 sound... it can't be anything else.
It has to be their ship!
I'll be the one to take this sky beast down! No one else better get in my way!
Shit...
You s-s-sky beast!
I am Ginjiro of the Men in Black!
Listen up, sky beast!
Give it up... nice and easy!
Sorry 'bout that... but I can open up anything.
And that includes your hardened flesh.
Huh...?
Where'd Sora go...?
Oh, Sora! There you are!
Listen, my brother told me to watch you, so... hm?
Sora, I don't remember your hair being this long...
H-Hey! Who are you?! What'd you do with Sora?!
Me? I'm ... you know... Genzo.
Genzo...?! You're not the Genzo, are you?!
So you remember me...?
Genzo... so you're the same Genzo who solved this math problem!
Wow, what a surprise to see you! What are you doing here?
I just can't believe it...! Your math skills are amazing!
But wait, isn't this Katsushika Village? You must've come to check your calculations!
To see whether the meteor landed or not!
But it's funny... haven't I seen you somewhere before?
Yeah, I mean... we live in the same...
Nah, I must be imagining things...
Y-You did a good job there, Ginjiro.
Yeah, but speaking of that... didn't you just tell everyone to stay out of your way?
Eh?
Oh, is that right?
Sir! Go right ahead!
--So the Hatchobori Hound shows his fangs, huh? --W-Wait, you--! This isn't fair!
There were two sky beasts!
Captain, sir!
What's goin' on?! There should only be one of these left!
It's ... it's just more... more glory for us...
This ship won't fly anymore either...!
The self-destruct...!
Get out of the way!
Damnit...!
Captain, sir! Are you injured?
I'm fine.
Hey! What happened to the body of that blue one from before?!
Those sky beast bastards must be cannibalizing each other...!
Shunpei!
And, uh... whatsisname, I can't rem--!
They're from the Furai Row House...!
--They've seen it, so it's probably better if we just let them get eaten--!
--Shut the hell up! --They've seen it, so it's probably better if we just let them get eaten--!
Hey, you!
Huh?
Get it out for me!
What...?
My helmet!
I'm so pleased. You're finally seeing what it means to be our captain...
I guess it's not so bad.
--Captain! --Captain!
Are you all right, sir?!
Captain!
Man in Black Ginjiro... I renew my orders for you.
You are to be the captain of the Edo City Commissioner's covert operations squad,
which we refer to as the Men in Black.
Sir.
Each member of the Men in Black is given the name of a part of the body,
and this name is the codename by which they are addressed.
"Ears!"
"Arms!"
"Eyes!"
--Heel--! --Ankle--! --Knees!
--It's ankles! --Think about it!
--Ankles come first! --Knees are more important!
Heeeeeeeels!
--Knees are more important! --Most important part of the leg! --Gotta be the ankles!
--Um... so... --The heels!
--So your codename is... --I said knees!
Hey!
"Man in Black, Captain Bellybutton" Hey!
"Man in Black, Captain Bellybutton"
...Bellybutton.
"Bellybutton" ?!
That is the codename for the leader of the Men in Black.
The fact that you possess a most splendid bellybutton worthy of the name
is something that I had the honor of verifying with these very hands the other day.
Oh, that's right...
Please forgive my impudence... Bellybutton, sir.
Just don't call me that...!
Akai, you will assume the role of conveying my instructions to the team.
I expect you to assist them well.
Huh?
Wasn't my role supposed to be monitoring these guys...?
Compared to the likes of common policemen,
the importance of covert operatives is... much higher.
"Map of Japan" "Nagasaki" " Osaka" " Kyoto" " Edo"
From now on, you will obey Ginjiro's orders.
Captain, sir.
Whenever you need us, just give out a call.
Your voice will always reach my ears.
So then...
...sorry!
So then... sorry.
Okay.
Just a little combustion accelerant.
No, don't do that! Don't do that!
Don't drink from the bucket, Sora!
You have to pour the water out of the bucket and into a bowl before you drink it.
You understand-- we can't have everyone's lips touchin' the bucket!
"Roku" " San" You understand-- we can't have everyone's lips touchin' the bucket!
"Roku" " San" Oh, okay. I'm really sorry!
Oh, don't worry 'bout it, don't worry 'bout it...
Hey! You lechy little--!
What the hell you doin' !
G-Gimme some too...
Hey, you! Give it back!
--You little--! --Quit it! Quit it! --You tryin' to hog it all?!
--I said gimme that! --Ready! It's ready!
Give it!
Look at this, Shunpei!
Eh? Whoa there... who's this guy?
Huh? Who are you?
He's already forgotten me...!
That's weird... I could've sworn last night l--
Who cares. Just look!
Just sprinkle a little here...
...then this...
...and we're ready.
Whoa!
You did it!
Big brother, that's amazing! It's totally better than all your other gunpowders!
How'd you do it?
Yeah, that's uh... well, I was kinda sleepy when I mixed it, so I don't really remember...
But anyhow, with this gunpowder I can pretty much launch 'em as high as I wanna!
Hey, Sora! That firework to the moon... I'm gonna make it happen!
Okay.
Say... did I eat my breakfast...?
Yep, you just ate!
Watch out!
Say... did I eat my breakfast...?
Yep, you just ate!
Sniff sniff sniff... I feel so giddy!
Hey, Mister Old Man! Mister Old Man in the Corner!
The launch'll be August 28, the day of river dance at the Sumida River!
But that don't give you much time!
They don't do quite as much as they used to because of all the reforms and stuff...
but on the day of the river dance the Kagiya people shoot up lots and lots of fireworks.
If we launch ours up at the same time, theirs'll mask the sound and smoke from ours!
And more importantly, all the crowds who come out to see the Kagiya fireworks...
are now gonna be able to see a Tamaya firework go all the way to the moon, right?
Right.
So then, where are you gonna launch from?
That's our problem.
That Hatchobori goon's got his eye on me, so if I pick the wrong spot...
And I don't wanna do it too far from Edo.
What's wrong with right here?
Eh?!
By " here" you mean the Furai Row House?!
It's too dangerous!
But everyone here can keep a secret,
and no one'd ever imagine someone'd launch fireworks from inside a row house.
As long as we're careful not to start a fire, it should be fine.
You really think it'd be okay, Mister Old Man?
But hold on...! What if ol' Hatchobori comes snoopin' 'round on launch day?
How 'bout tellin' him we're practicin' for the festival?
We just make a huge racket, sayin' it's practice for the shrine festival.
And then we use that as a reason for not lettin' anybody into the row house.
Sounds like a plan.
If that's how it's gonna be, I can't wait!
If we're talkin' festival, then we gotta start puttin' together all kindsa stuff!
Let's do it!
Yay! Festival! Festival!
Hey, Gin...
Hm? What's up?
Thank you.
I, uh... I thought you'd be against it.
Oh, c'mon. Why would you think that? As long as it's what you really wanna do...
Uh... yeah.
What should we do, Tenho?
Just keep an eye out. That's all we can do for now.
"Shirahamaya"
--Where is it? Where is it, huh? --Hey, hey! What about...? Well, you're right, this is a rental shop,
--You found somethin' --Nah, never mind this one. and we do make our living renting out most anything,
--Just hurry and find somethin' --Where's the damn... no, that's not... but we don't have whole "festival kits" just lying arou--
Found it! but we don't have whole "festival kits" just lying arou--
Festival's the place for a man to show his stuff!
Gotta strut our stuff in the pure white undercloth!
"Shira" Gotta strut our stuff in the pure white undercloth!
"Shira" Now wait just a minute there! That's some high-end cloth that just came in!
"Shira" Whoa-ho! Let's try 'em on right here!
--Eh?! --You stupid engineer--!
Wait, that idea's not half bad!
Okay, take it off! Take it off! Take it all off!
You dirty ol' sonsabitches!
Excuse us! I'm so sorry 'bout this!
Sheesh... I'm exhausted...
You've got very good taste, I see.
This is a superb collector's item that makes lavish use of cypress.
You can bump it as much as you want and it'll still stay steady as a rock.
You're the one, aren't you?
The one who said you wanted to see a firework fly all the way to the moon.
We'd like to rent this, too.
"August 28 River dance at Sumida River"
Kagiya!
Tamaya!
What an idiot! Tamaya ain't even launchin' this year!
You just shut the hell up! Seikichi Tamaya's my favorite!
Come back to us!
Tamaya!
"Mimatsuya Head Office"
That's weird.
"Mimatsuya Head Office" For some reason, there's not a single spec of dirt on the ground today.
"Mimatsuya Head Office" Normally they're such filthy pigs...!
"Mimatsuya Head Office" Oh, Hatchobori!
"Mimatsuya Head Office" Call me Mister Akai!
Oh? Well in that case, you should start calling me Captain.
I'm actually here about the sky beasts--
Hey, better watch out.
Goin' to the festival! Yay yay yay yay! Goin' to the festival! Yay yay yay yay!
Wh-What the... what the hell?!
It's the festival, man! Practicin' for the festival!
Goin' to the festival! Yay yay yay yay! Goin' to the festival! Yay yay yay yay!
What's this, some kind of fad now...?
Uh... guess so.
Hey, you two over there! What're you doin' standin' around?
Goin' to the festival! Yay yay yay yay!
--Goin' to the festival! Yay yay yay yay! --Eh?! Eeeeek!
We're all good here! Tell Seikichi to go ahead and launch right away!
Sorry.
All right.
Shunpei, you head over to the old man's place, too.
But why? I wanna help you with the whole thing.
If this was a normal firework, we'd stay right next to the cannon no matter what.
But this one's way different.
I got no idea how much fire and blast there's gonna be when we light it up.
I mean, look how far away I'm gonna be standin' when I light it.
You just never know.
Big brother...
Hey, just sit back and watch!
Okay.
Be careful!
Here goes.
Seikichi...!
Whoa, Sora! What the hell you doin' !
Didn't I tell you it was too dangerous for you to stay here in the row house?
So then...
"So then" cut it out with the excuses! I'm tellin' you, it's dangerous here!
Sorry.
"Sorry" ?! Well... don't apologize.
If you're gonna say somethin', just say " thanks" ! I mean, c'mon...
Just feast your eyes on this, Sora-- a firework that's gonna reach the moon!
Course, it ain't just you now, is it? I'm gettin' everyone in Edo to watch this one!
All right, time to light this one up!
Seikichi! Have you seen Sora?!
Gin...! You could get hurt!
I mean it-- where's Sora?!
Sora!
Where are you?!
Sora! Sora!
What the hell're you doin' !
Get outta there, Sora! It's dangerous!
Shit, it won't open!
Yeah, it's locked really tight.
That's because we're going into space.
"Space"...?!
C'mon Sora, what're you tryin' to pull here?! We're sittin' on top of a firework!
We stay up here, we're gonna get blown sky-high!
The firework's going all the way to the moon, right?
Uh... yeah, but...
Well then, I'm going all the way to the moon, too.
Are you crazy?! Ain't no way this heavy thing's goin' up!
What's gonna happen is we're gonna get blown to bits when the gunpowder explodes!
Is that true?
Isn't it obvious?!
Anyway, just open the door! If we don't hurry and get outta here...!
Once the door's closed, it can't be opened.
What?!
So... you wanted to go to the moon all along?
Yeah, but if I'd said something like that, I don't think anyone would've taken me seriously.
I can't believe you'd do this...
Leavin' like this...
You were gonna leave without even sayin' goodbye?!
What? But I did say goodbye! I said " sorry"...
You said " sorry" ?!
Whoa, it opened...!
Ginjiro!
Let's get outta here!
Shit...
What was that? Did I just see a... a wooden shrine fly up...?
Oh, you're so silly, Mister Akai! Look, your glasses are all fogged up!
Huh? Really?
Practice, people. Practice.
Goin' to the festival... Yay yay yay yay...
I guess going to the moon's just...
...impossible.
If you wanted to go to the moon, you coulda just said so from the start...
Seikichi...
But no, first you had to find someone to launch a firework for you,
so you could hitch a ride on it and take off to who knows where.
Just like when you first showed up... off to who knows where...
Sorry.
It ain't sorry!
It ain't sorry! Are you listenin' When you leave someone
you're supposed to say " farewell" !
"Farewell"...?
So farewell!
Why are you crying?
Seikichi...
"No Need to Get Excited"
Uranaishi wa itta
Atashi no te o nigitte
"Omae no tabi wa tsuzuku 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"
Dala?!
Zudala! Sunda bala bichi.
Zudala bazun bazuda!
Next time, the fifth episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...
Te...tsuju...!
"The Argument is the fifth episode of Oh! Edo Rocket" Te...tsuju...!