Oo, you're so naughty, Princess...
Wh-Wha...wh-wha...?!
Get back...!
What kind of shit are you pullin' here?!
What, you mean the roof? We can compensa--
This is a period piece, damnit!
Now apologize! Apologize to the Gekidan Shinkansen troupe right now!
Oh, that. Well, I can just do this, and...
...all better, right?
Yes. And I'd like to give my regards to Mister Nakashima and Mister Inoue as well.
What about Seikichi Tamaya?
Seikichi...?
Oh, well he was an impudent little shit.
As far as fireworks go, I have to say he's got a real talent for it.
But in the whole of Japan, he's still number tw--
No, I mean where! Where is he?!
He went back down the mountain.
Back down the mountain...?!
I think he may've been plannin' to steal
--my Ascending Dragon technology, --So I'm just one step behind him, huh?
--but what'd that asshole do? --And here I finally found out where he was...
He up and took the princess with hi--!
"The princess" ?!
You're saying there was a woman?!
--Who was it?! --Uh, I mean...!
--Where'd she come from?! --Wait... I'm sorry! I just...!
--Just what kind of person was she?! --I mean... uh, wait...! Just, um...!
Like I was saying...!
--Seikichi was lookin' for a way how --Shut up!
--to launch a firework to the moon. --Oh, Seikichi...!
--So he came to beg the master here --Whoa...! Hey... wait...
for help in showin' him how! I swear!
I don't see anything here about him begging you for help.
But never mind. Who the hell is this woman?!
Like I told you... that's Princess Kaguya.
What the--?!
"Sora"
Ayagami!
Sora.
W-Wait a sec!
I knew I'd seen you somewhere before!
That's right... you're that daughter of Kagiya's !
The one with the reputation for bein' a cast-iron bitch!
O-Riku!
One of these days death'll be comin'. ..!
For me.
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
Perfect... everything according to calculations!
At this rate, it looks like we'll make it!
But I wonder, how'd you come up with the idea?
The idea of launching the cannon itself and packing the gunpowder inside...
I learned about the whole thing from some bears and raccoons.
Oh...?
Well anyway, the next thing is the distance to the moon--
You figured it out?!
I've been trying, but I just don't know how to compute it on my own.
--In that case-- --So anyway, what I did was post it as a math problem at the usual shrine.
There's a guy there who always solves my problems. His name is Genzo.
And I'm sure he can do this one too!
Round and round... round and round... round and round... round and round...
So there you are, at it again!
Wastin' all your energy on triangles and circles and all those other useless things!
While meanwhile, the repairs on the scales are pilin' up.
Ah, that was heavy...!
The only useful thing about all that addin' and subtractin' you love so much...
is the fact that you can use it to do work like this.
So unless you get your head out of the clouds and do some solid work...
people aren't gonna notice you, no matter how much time passes.
The fact that I'm useless to people...
...means the filmers are cutting corners...
...and even the finishers are scrimping on paint.
--What was that?! --Eh?!
--What happened?! --What's goin' on?!
Tell me where that Sora girl is!
This makes the eighth victim-- all of 'em young women.
And all the blood pulled from her body.
It still has to be lurking around here somewhere.
You can't let it get away! The City Commissioner chewed me out again yesterday.
If we don't score a few more points on this front, you and me both are in for a shitstorm.
Well, I'll leave all the ass-kissing of Commissioner Torii up to you.
How--!
I heard a sound from over there.
Let's go!
The sky beast...?!
--Don't lose it! --Sir!
Bellybutton, sir! We have to change into our Men in Black suits!
Don't call me Bellybutton, damnit! No more " Bellybutton"...!
--Bellybutton, sir! --Bellybutton, sir! --Bellybutton, sir!
You guys're doin' that on purpose...!
All right, change clothes!
Change clothes!
Man in Black... " Ears" !
Man in Black... " Eyes" !
Man in Black... "Arms" !
Man in Black... Heel--!
Ankle--!
Knees!
Like I keep sayin', how come you guys always go first?!
--Ankles come before heels! --Huh?! Who decided that?! --C'mon, what difference does it make?
All right, you guys. Go ahead and bicker to your hearts' content...
'cuz this is the last time we'll be announcin' our names.
What?!
Bellybutton! Bellybutton!
M-hm... m-hm...
Now let's go!
Yo!
Those guys are so cool...!
But what's up with that " change clothes" thing?!
Some kind of perverted clothes fetish?! Oo, makes me feel dirty inside!
Well, now I'm glad I'm not one of those Men in Black guys!
I'm so glad I'm just a one-generation secret agent vassal!
I'm glad I'm just Nishinosuke Akai!
Good-lookin' woman... what a waste.
Why...?! Why me?!
I'm not some shady character like Ginjiro!
I've never been all footloose and fancy free like Seikichi and those jerks at the row house!
I'm a serious guy... all I've ever done is live a serious life!
I wanna... I wanna do more with my life...! I want more...!
Hatchobori!
Stay right there, beast!
Are you all right, Hatchobori?
It's Nishinosuke Akai!
So you guys wanna play dumb, huh? Well, in that case...!
Whoa!
Fireworks.
Fireworks? B-By chance you're not that daughter of Kagiya's ...!
Who throws fireworks all the time...!
Who everyone calls the lovely little explosion girl...!
You're not O-Riku Kagiya, are you?!
You should know that I'm a lovely little watchdog myself!
"Roku" " San" You should know that I'm a lovely little watchdog myself!
"Roku" " San" Watch out!
I can't believe you actually did it!
Y-Yeah, and bein' a fireworks maker yourself
you should know you're not s'posed to do things like that!
Hey, all I did was just shift it a little bit!
Look, it's just a cel drawing.
Eh?!
And as for this hole in the ground, look here...
See? It's just drawn in, that's all.
Well, how about that!
Wait... what's this one?
That's just something from another scene.
It happens! It happens! That really happens sometimes!
Mail for other studios sometimes gets mixed in with ours!
Oh, it happens. It happens.
Come on people, cel drawings aren't even used in animation nowadays.
Huh?
So it's O-Riku Kagiya.
As I recall, you and Seikichi are old childhood friends who grew up together as kids.
Eh?!
So then, O-Riku... what brings you here?
"Kagiya"... you mean the one who makes almost all the fireworks in Edo...?
The one from the whole "Tamaya!" and " Kagiya!" thing...?
That one?!
I came to bring Seikichi back home with me.
Eh?!
--Back to the Kagiya home. --Eh?!
Some childhood friend's gonna take Seikichi...?!
--You're as dumb as a stump! --Huh...?
It's obvious what she's talkin' about-- she's his fiancee.
Oh, yum... fancy whey...
My, oh my! Friends since childhood, and now it's the girl who's coming to propose!
This calls for a celebration!
What the hell! What's that Seikichi got that I don't ...?!
Oh hi, Seikichi!
Huh...?!
Hey, everyone! Seikichi just got back!
Oh...!
I guess congrats're in order, eh Seikichi?
We never knew you had such a cute fiancee.
Why'd you hide her from us, huh?
Cute fancy whey...?
Fiancee? My big brother doesn't have a--
Hey, it's O-Riku!
Whoa!
Well, if it ain't O-Riku Kagiya! So whatcha doin' over here?
Is this the girl they call Sora?
Huh?
She's weird.
Wait, you're copying her!
Nuh-uh. If they're in fashion now, then well...
--Seikichi! --Uh?
This girl's pulling the wool over your eyes!
What...? What the hell you talkin' about?!
I heard you're gonna make a firework to go to the moon...?
Eh?!
These days, they're saying even normal fireworks are an unnecessary amusement,
and there's less and less of 'em all the time.
So tell me, just what do you think's gonna happen...
if you go launching some crazy firework to the moon?
The city cops'll come and arrest you before you can say boo!
They'll claim you violated the thrift proclamation under the new reforms.
B-But hey, doin' a job you been asked to do's just part of bein' a professio--
You really love this girl that much?!
Eh?!
For all you know, this girl's working for that City Commissioner Torii guy!
Eh?!
That's Torii's a sly one, laying those kinds of traps all over the place!
I heard of that kinda thing myself!
"Bathhouse"
Say there, fellas... that stupid thrift proclamation sure does suck, don't it?
Shhh! Don't talk about it so loud!
Orders for roof tiles're way down 'cuz of it...
Ain't no carpentry work now neither...
So I wonder... who in the heck's to blame for this, huh?
That'd be Mizuno and that City Commissioner monster.
Ah-hah! Now you said it!
You're under arrest! Under arrest! Under arrest!
Oh no!
This girl's trying to get Seikichi thrown in jail by getting him to launch a firework
so big that everyone can see it!
That's ridiculous! This girl just wants to go back home to the moo--
Er, I mean... anyway, I just wanna get everyone to look up at the sky, and that's it!
You just said it yourself, didn'tcha?
If you launch a firework big enough to reach the moon, everyone'll see it.
All the way from the shogun and those guys up at the top down to
well, down to people like the ones here in this row house.
What I want's for everyone to look up and smile and feel happy for a change.
And I'm just tryin' to launch the kinda fireworks that'll make that happen.
You jerk! You jerk! You jerk! You jerk!
If you're doing it because you're in love with this girl, why don't you just say so?!
Whoa--!
You jerk!
"Tama River" " Seal"
Just how far do you plan on following me, Akai?
"Tama River" " Seal"
Nah, just kiddin'
We've known each other too long now for me to suddenly start puttin' on airs.
Anyhow, I think you better steer clear of the Furai Row House for the time bein'.
Why's that?
You go lingerin' 'round there too much, and the residents are gonna think somethin's up.
Those guys're none too smart, but they've got good instincts.
Even worse, they've got big mouths.
It's a trifecta of factors that can lead to some nasty rumors.
And nothin' good can come of that.
Very well. I'd rather avoid seeing too much of your ugly mug anyway.
Or wait... no, maybe I should've said " Thy ugly mug."
Nah, "your ugly mug" is just fine.
You're rather nonchalant.
You're Kagiya's daughter... aren't you?
Mister Akai...!
So how's your old man?
And what were you doing at the Furai Row House?
Not putting together some nasty plot with Seikichi Tamaya, now were you?
S-Seikichi! You should keep a close watch on that one!
Unlike me, he's been going against the government!
What?
Ooo... I can't figure it out! Can't figure it out! Can't figure it out!
How come my big brother's the only one?!
How come Sora, and then O-Riku...?!
--How come all these totally cute girls just flock to him?! --What's this " fiancee," Seikichi?
Oh, she's uh... the daughter of this Kagiya guy I stayed with a long time ago.
But I, um... took off. I ran away.
Why?
'Cuz Kagiya fireworks are " gentleman" fireworks.
He takes money from rich guys and makes 'em whatever kinda fireworks they ask for.
They can get their names put in, or pick whatever sounds and flashes they want.
But I just... you know...
If anyone's gonna be popular with girls, it should be me!
--So that girl... Why'd she come here? --Look at my flowing hair!
My stylish glasses!
--I've got a sexy modern look! --Forget her. She's always been like that.
And a primo " kid brother" voice!
Big brother!
Hi there!
Do you know where I can find a place called " Kagiya" ?
Huh...?
"KA" " Fireworks Maker" " KA"
Hi, Dad.
Oh, O-Riku. How was Seikichi?
Oh, um... I missed him again.
Oh, is that right?
He's a cheeky one all right, but he's got more talent for it than I do.
If we could just get him to come back home,
next year we'd be able to launch some fireworks we could really be proud of.
Yeah...
But I guess it's my fault too, for getting too carried away with all the bells and whistles.
Miss O-Riku!
Someone from the Furai Row House--
Seikichi?
Why are you here?
Because you've got it all wrong.
Huh?
Seikichi isn't making those fireworks because he's in love with me.
Well, considering all the crap he spouted when he took off from this place,
about how making fireworks for the benefit of rich jerks wasn't his idea of fun,
frankly, doing it for a cute girl is--
But that's not why!
All right then, why?!
The fireworks are for me to go back home to the moon on.
Like you're supposed to be some kinda Princess Kaguya or something...
But I am a Princess Kaguya!
I can't tell you the reason why, but I'm going back home to the moon.
And that's what the fireworks are for.
Th-That's insane...
Once the firework goes up, it's farewell for me and Seikichi.
So what I'm saying is, Seikichi's not in love with me.
If he really was in love with me
he couldn't very well build a firework to send me away, now could he?
So why...? Why'd you come all the way here just to tell me that?
I wanted you to understand.
He really does just want to make the kind of fireworks that'll make everyone look up.
I already knew that.
It's all he's ever talked about for years.
"I wanna make some huge fireworks... the kind no one's ever seen before...
...the kind no one's ever done 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!"
I guess he really did say all that about the world of fireworks.
Nah, we just made that part up.
I really don't understand women.
Is that right?
Look out!
You fool! The idea that a City Commissioner would go to a dump like this in person...!
It's not historically accurate!
Well, there's an equally improbable guy here!
A hooligan who's launching fireworks in violation of the thrift proclamation!
He may even be using fireworks as part of some vile scheme to overthrow the shogunate!
Look out!
Shit... that's the one, the beast they say only attacks young women!
Maybe I should change back into my normal form now...
O-Riku!
I made this thing myself. I was actually hoping to show it to Seikichi, but...
But you can't shoot off fireworks in the middle of the city like this, right?!
If Akai sees it, then so much the better.
Get out of there!
I'm sendin' you to hell!
O-Riku!
Step aside!
I just told you, I ain't makin' no fireworks!
If that's true, then step aside and show me what's inside!
Little shit...! I said move!
I believe that was in the direction of the Kagiya shop.
Kagiya?! I don't believe it! That girl... tricked me...?!
Whatever the case, I doubt we shall find any fireworks here.
Sorry to have disturbed you.
Wait a goddamn minute!
Sh-Shush...!
Who the hell do you think you are, accusin' people like that?!
I am Tadateru Torii, Prince of Kai. Do not call a person a monster.
Uh...
W-Wait for me, City Commissioner, sir!
You think the City Commissioner'd really be wanderin' 'round this place?
Shit...
Well, if it really is him, then he's the one who's been makin' everyone look down!
The fireworks just now... those colors were really somethin'
Did they really launch 'em at Kagiya's place...?
Looks like it's gone now.
You should go too.
Eh?
The government people'll be here before long.
I mean, I'll just tell 'em li'I ol' inexperienced me...
screwed up and accidentally set off some gunpowder.
I'm sure I can get 'em to look the other way somehow or other.
O-Riku...
The truth is... I wanted to be his only reason for making fireworks.
But he's just... " everyone, everyone," you know?
I know what you mean.
I'm home!
He says... with no one even here, of course.
Help... help me...
"Duel to the First Love"
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"
Hey! I'm Rokube the roof tiler!
Lately it's been so damn noisy inside the row house
that I toss 'n' turn and can't get no sleep!
But what I really wanna know...
...is how the hell I'm s'posed to close my mouth!
Next time, the seventh episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...
"That Crazy Girl Just Flew!" Next time, the seventh episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...