You're mad at me, aren't you, Seikichi?
I ain't mad at you.
Your voice sounds mad...
I said I ain't mad!
All right, all right.
I guess it's hard to tell for sure.
But clearly you're upset.
Hmph!
Which gives me an idea! Seikichi!
Huh...?
How 'bout the two of you take a trip to a hot springs or somethin'
Wh-Why should I?!
Won't it be easier to do your fireworks way out in the mountains with no one else around?
And while you're at it, the two of you can make up...
Let's make up, Seikichi!
See what I mean? Sora's all ready to forgive you, buddy!
Let's do it, Seikichi!
So be on your way then, young ones!
Come take me far away
"Oh! Edo Rocket"
Artificial shooting stars made with tricks
Asia is all the rage these days
Take me away anytime
Take me far away
The Yokocho, the sushi stands, the Kaminari
The great international city of Edo
Take me all the way there
Take me far away
Up in the sky just after the rain
Way way up high
The Holy Sun smiles down upon us
Take me someplace far
Take me far away
I looked up from the roof of the castle
And the full moon was shining so pretty
At times like those
The tears come dripping out
Just kidding, it's all lies
Take me far away
I'm here, big brother! It's another fine day outside!
Huh? He's not here...?
If you're lookin' for Seikichi, he went out.
He's goin' round the 34 temples in Chichibu to test his fireworks.
No need to worry, guys.
'Cuz, you know, Sora went along too.
"The Argument is the fifth episode of Oh! Edo Rocket"
When do we start?
Start what?
The fireworks test launches!
We try launchin' in a place like this, we're gonna wind up startin' a forest fire.
All right...
Then let's go look for a place where we can!
What kinda place is this...?!
What's wrong? There's nothing around here that could possibly catch fire.
It's just no good!
Eh?
We can shoot these things up till the cows come home, and it still won't do us no good!
Why's that?
"Why" don't even enter into it!
We're tryin' to launch a firework to the moon here.
So unless we get ourselves some kinda huge-ass cannon,
then fill it to the brim with gunpowder and set it off,
we ain't got a chance in hell of makin' it all the way to the moon.
But if the explosion's too powerful, it's gonna blow the cannon up right along with it.
I dunno what to do...
So it can't be done...? The moon's just too far after all...
It can't be done...
...is easy to say.
But doesn't it just get your goat to leave it at that?
A huge firework that goes all the way to the moon!
No one's ever launched anything like that.
In fact, I doubt anyone's ever even thought about it.
That's what makes this whole thing worth doin'
And that huge firework was something I especially wanted to show you.
Oh, Seikichi...!
Too bad I'll never be able to bring myself to say any of that.
And then she says she wants to ride on top of it...! Of all the crazy-ass plans!
Do you know about Princess Kaguya?
What's that got to do with the price of eggs...?
Because I also fell down from the moon.
Huh?!
I'm the Edo Princess Kaguya.
I swear... you say the craziest shit I've ever heard!
No, I mean I really...!
Now listen here! You really gotta stop makin' fun of people like thi...
Whoa!
Derreh!
What the...?!
--Daddalah! --Daddalah!
Daddarreh!
Daddalah!
Dadada zoonda daddabala! Daddaba zoonda lyaah!
Dalala zoonzoo! Dalalala lambah!
Dahaha hah! Dadala zoomba doolooba zoonda daddabah!
Dalaba choochoo laloo. Chooloo koolah!
Oooo! Dee! Darreh hee!
Dalaba doongah. Darumeh lah, darumeh lah...
Doombah...?
Doombah! Doombah doombah!
I have been awaiting thy arrival, my princess.
What, you can speak?!
Of course I can speak. What are you all surprised about?
Well then, what the hell was all that just now...?
Well, I suppose it's no wonder you couldn't understand it.
After all, it's the exalted language of the moon.
Is that true?
Nah, I don't think so...
So then, let us take our leave, my princess.
Before long, the preparations for thy welcome party will be complete.
Come, let us head over there now.
Hey! Who the hell do you think you are?!
I'm Tetsuju the Human Fuse. Pleased to meet you!
That's not what I mean!
No? It's not? Oh well...
I just never imagined ol' Seikichi Tamaya'd bring me the princess!
My hat goes off to you,
but I can take it from here. Feel free to run along now.
Hold on a sec... you know who I am?
I had the pleasure of seeing your fireworks at last year's Ryogoku festival.
All those fireworks you launched in competition against the Kagiya ones...
...it was a fantastic display.
But in the whole of Japan, you're still number two.
Number two?! Then who the hell's number one?!
Well I don't wanna be one to toot my own horn, but...
All right, time to go.
That's right! Let us take leave of this shorty-pants and be on our way, my princess.
What's with all the " princess" crap?!
Whaddaya mean? The princess here said it herself!
That Princess Kaguya stuff?! Obviously she's just kidding, you idiot!
You... sacrilegious little swine!
Princess Kaguya once descended upon this very mountain!
Long, long ago, she landed on this mountain in a brightly shining fava bean!
That's ridiculous. If fava beans could fly, we'd all be livin' the good life.
C'mon, let's get out of here. This is a waste of time.
If we don't hurry and make it to the inn, the sun's gonna go down on us.
Cheers!
Like I was sayin...!
What, you're still here?
I thought I said you could run along now.
Or maybe...
...maybe you wanna join in our little welcome party...?
Well, if that was the case, why didn't you just say so?
I guess you're not really the "honest" type, are you now?
Bartender, let's have a round for my friend here.
Don't want it!
C'mon, you drink some too, Seikichi.
Poor Tetsuju was so lonely, livin' all by himself way out here in the woods,
and he doesn't getta talk to no one 'cept Hideo and the other guys...
Hideo...?
"Hideo" Hideo...?
"Hideo"
"Takeo" " Sadao" "Yoshio" " Masao" "Yukio"
"Takeo" " Sadao" "Yoshio" " Masao" "Friends"
Or maybe you're one of those...?!
Maybe you don't got the decency to sit down and have just one drink with the man...?!
Whoa! Those things ain't food!
See what I mean here? Drinkin' too much is really hard on your body...
Whatever's tied to me by a thread is mine.
It's been the rule in our clan for generations now.
That rule sucks.
But I'm guessing it's taught you that this world of ours is a tricky place.
No, actually not.
Wow, what a difference a professional tool makes! Such a clean cut...
But don't go cuttin' my thread!
Sorry 'bout that. But we really gotta get goin' now...
I'm not leavin'.
Sora, what're you doin' !
Hey, big guy. I wanna hear more about Princess Kaguya.
Sure. Let's go back to my place where we can take our time...
Bye-bye!
Bye-bye...
So that's how it's gonna be, huh? Fine! Do whatever the hell you want!
But I'm leavin'
I ain't kiddin' I'm leavin'
See if I care, goddamnit! Just don't come cryin' to me later...!
Shit...
There's a bear!
A bear...?
Oh, hey there, Yoshikawa!
Eh?!
Oh, is that all? Are you comin' too?
If you wanna come along, all you gotta do is say so, man.
Guess you're not the " honest" type...
This is our clan's greatest treasure.
Now don't go stealing it.
I ain't gonna steal it!
It's called the Jewel Beetle Shard. Pretty cool, huh?
And now let's put it away.
So what is it, anyway?
It's the family treasure of our clan.
Yeah, got that. But what is it?
You wanna know, huh? All right then, I'll tell you.
This shard is a piece of the very fava bean that Princess Kaguya rode to earth in.
My ancestors received the shard as a gift directly from the princess herself,
and thus has the story been passed down to me.
Oh yeah...?
You don't believe a word of it, do you?
It's probably just some kinda thing brought here by foreigners.
What kind of thing is " some kinda thing" ? Let's be specific in our answers!
Fine... it's probably just an item brought here by foreigners.
Where there's smoke, there's fire!
Legends like this don't just spring up out of thin air... you dumbass!
Oh, is that right. Is that right.
Yes, that's right. That's right.
Dick...
Tell us more 'bout it, Tetsuju.
I wanna hear 'bout Princess Kaguya!
I win!
She's just drunk and talkin' shit.
--Sore loser... --Shut up!
Haha! Raised your voice! I was right... I was right...
Bam!
Prin... cess... Ka... gu... ya!
Oh, right right. Right away.
Tetsuju the Human Fuse! Legend of Princess Kaguya starting immediately!
That's it! Yay-yay-yay-yay yay-yay-yaaay!
Hmph!
Counting back, it was many hundreds of years ago. The encounter came suddenly.
Oh, I forgot... about these people you've been seeing all startled here...
Well, they're the ancestors of our clan.
Who the hell're you talkin' to...?
Well, I'm just glad we got to be in this episode!
True 'nuff! True 'nuff!
But wait a sec! How come they picked us?!
Probably 'cuz we're used along the same lines, I guess.
Ah, that makes sense. Glad we're such easy characters to use!
True 'nuff! True 'nuff!
But are we really okay with that...?!
Thus the princess became forever linked to our clan.
And the spirits of the attendants who landed in this place along with the princess...
protect and keep watch over this holy ground even as we speak.
I have encountered several of them myself, and beyond being peach-colored...
I would say that their appearance was roughly the same as that of foxfire.
How's any of that even close to bein' about Princess Kaguya, huh?
What about the bamboo stalk?! What about the old bamboo-cutter?!
What are you, some kind of moron?!
Princesses who fall to earth from the moon are all, without exception...
Princess Kaguyas!
Yeah, and who says?!
Yeah, well I say!
So how did the princess get back home to the moon?
Huh?
Was she able to go home?
Who knows.
"Who knows"...?! But that's the most important part, you idiot!
Uh-h... r-really?
Yes, really! It's generally accepted that Princess Kaguya returns to the moon!
Which is why I'm countin' on you...
Yes, yes. I'll take you to the moon or wherever you wanna go on my firework.
Oh, Seikichi...!
Whoa...! Hey... wait... Sora, people can see...
Seikichi?
Yes, Sora?
I gotta puke...
--Oh, shit... --I guess the best move here is just to pretend we can't hear her.
Seikichi...
That role is something that I, Tetsuju the Human Fuse, have already taken on.
What're you talkin' about?
The princess. I will take responsibility for delivering her safely back to the moon.
Just as I was wonderin' what crazy shit you were gonna say next--
Ah, parting is such sweet sorrow!
But if such is the wish of the princess, I will gladly devote myself to the cause!
Perhaps not today... but one day, with these hands I shall. I swear it!
Whatever. It can't be done.
No, not by you it can't .
What was that?!
With your fireworks
the cannon gives out long before the firework even gets close to making it to the moon.
Am I wrong?
That's nothin'. It ain't no big problem!
Look at your pack over there.
The contents of that pack are the best you can muster right now.
If that's all you've got, then a target like the moon's nothing but a far-off pipe dream.
So I see your point. Your " can't be done" makes perfect sense.
Listen, you! I've had enough of your shit!
But it's a different story with me.
If we're talking my fireworks, there's certainly no target I can't reach,
and I can make it to the moon just fine.
Oh, is that right? In that case, why don't you just change night into day, then!
So how 'bout it? Can't do it, can you?
You're a disgrace.
Why don't you try being a man, and face up to your own impotence...
...eh, Seikichi Tamaya?
That's enough, goddamnit!
I don't care if it's to the moon or the goddamn Milky Way!
I'll shoot a firework up as far as I goddamn wanna!
Oh yeah, I'll do it, goddamnit!
It's just...
...if I launch it all the way up that high
what am I s'posed to do if somethin' goes wrong up there...?!
I'm ... I'm , you know...
I'm worried 'bout what might happen to Sora up there!
My my!
Seikichi.
How long've you b-b-b-b-been there?!
"I don't care if it's to the moon or the goddamn Milky Way"...
Seikichi... you're...
Seikichi?
"Lion's Den"
Damn it all... I wish a lion'd just come along and eat me.
"Lion's Den"
"Beware of Lion"
"Do Not Enter!"
"No Solicitors"
"Tetsuju's Lion's Den"
What're these...?
These're made outta iron! He's packin' gunpowder into these iron tubes...
Whoa, and the fuses're built in!
But why's he cakin' fat around the outside...?
Oh, that's so it'll ignite even if it's windy or rainin'
And by adjusting the amount of gunpowder in the fuse...
it looks like he's able to tune the time to ignition.
M-hm... m-hm...
What?! Whoa, uh... um... I mean, uh... um, you know... uh...
...th-th-that stuff back there, uh... I mean...!
"That stuff"...?
Yeah, that stuff back there. You do remember, don't you?
Which stuff?
Hold on! Maybe she was so drunk she don't remember...!
Wow, sure has gotten chilly out here!
Well, I feel pipin' hot.
Whew, can't be too careful 'round you!
I ain't stealin' it!
Touching is off-limits too!
These Ascending Dragons are my very heart and soul!
Ascending Dragons...?
So you've heard of 'em?
I've just heard rumors.
That they shake the earth, split the sky, and shoot up straight as an arrow!
I've just heard stories about fireworks like that existing.
So these're them, huh?
They were originally used as signal flares by the Takeda cavalry.
They soar up to heights that put those sad little wiffling balls of yours
completely to shame, boy.
I see. So it seems that dirt on your hands wasn't just for show after all.
Hands?
Hands.
When you make fireworks
the gunpowder gets in the wrinkles, underneath your fingernails...
...the dust just works its way into the skin of your hands and you can't get it off.
It don't say nothin' 'bout whether he's the best in Japan or not,
but what it does say is he's another guy who busts his ass makin' fireworks.
It's really worked its way into your hands too, huh?
Whoa, it caught fire.
Don't do that!
That's awesome! Do it to me! Do it to me!
We have ignition!
Five...
Four...
Three...
Two...
One...
Ignition!
It flew!
I gotta say, I'm impressed.
Wait, that's it!
All I gotta do is stop thinkin' about it like I'm shootin' up a fireworks ball!
That's it! We use that!
We'll be able to get you there if we use one of those!
The idea of ridin' fireworks all the way to the moon... it's just crazy, plain and simple.
But still... now that I've accepted the challenge...
...I'm gonna see it all the way through to the end!
"Tetsuju's Bath"
"Do Not Enter!"
Thank you, Seikichi.
It's so sweet to think you were worried about me.
She remembers...!
Thank you.
Uh?
This is what the fortune-teller told me
While holding my hand
"Your journey will continue"
"Well into the future"
And an incredibly big moon looked down upon us
You can enter the highway from anywhere
And if you feel so inclined
You can give me a kiss
You're my traveling companion
1 00 miles, 200 miles
I'll steal you away because you're my favorite
Because the road keeps going further on
1 00 miles, 200 miles
Chasing a rainbow 400 miles
I'm sure everybody'll be jealous of us
Let's go see something we've never seen before, baby
"Next time"
People call me the lovely little fireworks girl... O-Riku, that's me!
So what's up with me? I'm an all-new character.
Which means I wasn't even in the original play!
Which means I don't even know what kind of character I am...!
Next time, the sixth episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...
"Duel to the First Love" Next time, the sixth episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...