If you're having trouble using the plane
why don't you just ask Santa the carpenter to help out?
If you need something similar to a roof tile
doesn't it just make sense to ask Rokube the tiler for help?
It's stupid for the two of you to try and do everything yourselves
when you could be getting everyone else in the row house to pitch in, too.
The truth is, everyone wants to help.
If you'd just ask them to pitch in a little bit
they all say they'd jump at the chance to lend you a hand.
Are you even listening?
We're doin' fine.
No you're not!
I said we're doin' fine!
Why're you being like that?!
I just... I just don't wanna drag everyone else into this.
--I just told you! I ain't makin' no fireworks! --lf that's true, then step aside!
And show me what's inside!
I am Tadateru Torii, Prince of Kai.
I swear... that Seikichi, he sure is hard at work!
Unlike us, just sittin' here...
Oh Santa...!
Heya!
Here's your knives, all sharpened like I promised!
"San" Here's your knives, all sharpened like I promised!
"San" Thank you!
"San" Lookee here! With 'em sharp like this, don't matter if it's a big ol' radish,
or a tough burdock root, you can cut 'em in half with one slice!
And while you're at it, you can even snip snip snip open your robe belts.
Naughty!
All right, that'll be 36 copper coins each.
Eh?!
--That's too much, you greedy old man! --Ow! Ow ow ow ow! C'mon, cut it out!
--Sharpening knives, selling little knickknacks... --It's my livelihood on the line here!
--No matter how you slice it, it's not the work he wants to do. --Times're just really hard right now!
--Hey... speakin' of which, where'd Shinza run off to? --What can I say?!
Come to think of it, he's been gone a lot lately.
Most likely, bein' arrested that one time was more than enough for him.
Let's just leave him be for a while.
But weren't all you guys gonna be helping Seikichi out?
Shyeah!
He ain't gonna let us do nothin' to help him. That's what he said.
What the hell you talkin' 'bout?!
I told you not to get involved in no dangerous crap!
Well... seems you risk your life just tryin' to stay alive, don't it?
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
So another murder by exsanguination, huh? Let's see here...
C'mon guys, it's nothing to get that worked up about...
Sick bastard really outdid itself with this one, didn't it?
Hey, do you know the locations of the recent sky beast sightings and where it's struck?
Yes.
The " O" s are murders and the "X" es correspond to witness accounts.
"Castle" " Nishinomaru" The " O" s are murders and the "X" es correspond to witness accounts.
It's just as I suspected.
Look... the marks are all concentrated around the south part of Edo, near Shinagawa.
I'd say our beast has gone and found itself a lair, boys.
So you're saying it's somewhere around here?
Can't say for certain, of course, but I'd wager the chances are damn good.
From now on, we focus our investigation on the area around here.
--Got it? --Got it!
What? What's with that face?
Nothing.
The air's starting to take on a touch of humidity. We're gonna get some rain, all right.
Shall we head back, then, Captain?
"Shinza"
"Dedicated" " Dedicated"
Hello, Shinza. You're awfully late.
I'm sorry. We're being watched so closely these days...
Think nothing of it. In fact, I don't even know how to thank you for this.
To tell you the truth, I never thought in a million years you'd agree to take on this job.
I'll admit, I was afraid to do it. But I am a professional, after all.
These times of " thrift" and " frugality" are bound to end sooner or later.
And the dawn of the new age will be your moment in the sun as Japan's top engineer.
Let's do our best to make it happen!
Right.
So then, shall we get started?
Rain, huh?
Oh, I almost forgot... I'd like you to try this out.
What's this?
Just press down on the round area right there.
Whoa! My man Shinza has done it again.
The fact that you're Edo's number-one engineer really shows.
Oh stop, you're embarrassing me...
Shinza!
Anyone seen Shinza?!
What's wrong?
There's been a murder... another murder by bloodletting!
Another one?! It just ain't safe, is it?
They said the victim was found lyin' inside the Saihoji Temple grounds...
and from what I heard, the body matches Shinza's description!
I was so worried I came runnin' fast as I could!
Shinza's dead?! But why?!
But they've been sayin' all the victims are good-lookin' girls.
Holy shit...!
Maybe this time's an exception...!
Hey, aren't there rumors goin' 'round
about some beast from somewhere overseas that's prowlin' the streets of Edo?
I wonder if that thing's what's behind all these killings.
So there have been rumors... I guess there's no stoppin' 'em once they start.
Huh?
Uh, I mean... um, just thinkin' out loud...
--I can't believe some beast like that killed Shinza!
--Now hold on,
--we still don't know if it's Shinza or... --Damn it all to hell!
What the hell! What're those no-good cops even doin' over there?!
Like I said, it's still...
No, Shinza! No!
First kickin' the shit outta the poor guy at the police station and now this!
Hey c'mon, let's hear the facts first...
Shinza!
We won't stand for this! Sonuvabitch!
Goddamn you, Shinza!
--This ain't no time to be sittin' around stuffin' your face! --Wait, he's alive...?!
What's goin' on?
Whaddaya mean, what's goin' on?! You been murdered, that's what!
Eh?!
He said they found your corpse lyin' around inside Saihoji Temple!
Don't you even remember?
Come to think of it, I did go out and walk around a little last night...
--That's it! --Hey!
That musta been when it happened!
Wh-When it happened...?
It was one of those blood-suckin' killin's !
Some goddamn beast from overseas came and sucked all your blood out!
l-I'm feelin' kinda dizzy...
--It's the blood! --No it's not!
So it's true... that thing sucked out all your blood!
Oh, Shinza! Oh, no!
What do I do?!
Ain't no "What do I do" about it!
Times like these is when you gotta suck it up and stand strong!
That's right! What the hell you doin' lollygaggin' around?!
Here you kicked the bucket and all, but you still ain't gone to get your compensation!
Look, it's your problem, so you've gotta do this yourself!
Off to the Saihoji, Shinza.
O-Okay! I'll get goin' right now!
You idiots...!
I swear, you people! Every last one of you!
What is this, some kinda trainin' camp for dumbass-wannabes?!
If Shinza's lying dead at the Saihoji, then who the hell's the Shinza right here?!
I've got it... he's a ghost!
Eh?!
--And you're an idiot squared! --Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow...!
Cut it out with all the idiot crap already! The departed soul at the Saihoji ain't Shinza!
Huh...?
In that case, who's this Shinza here...?
Now listen here, you...
E-Everyone listen up! I heard Shinza got killed at the Saihoji Temple!
Eh?!
Everyone just cut it out...!
So what you're sayin' is, the guy who got killed wasn't Shinza...?
How many times do I gotta say it before you people finally get it?!
So then, who actually was killed?
It seems he was carrying an umbrella that Shinza made.
They said it was some mechanical umbrella with Shinza's mark on it.
Ah, I see. So that's how they figured it was Shinza.
But what about that beast? Up to now, it was only attackin' young women, right?
That really is scary. If men start gettin' attacked too
then how can we have any peace of mind when we go out on the town at night?
I guess it means if you don't wanna die, you better sit tight and keep quiet.
It's pretty much the same as havin' the government and city officials on you.
A beast from overseas...
Saihoji Temple...
...the complete opposite direction of all the other sky beast sightings so far.
What could it mean...?
What's wrong, Gin?
Ah, it's nothin'. I'm just gonna go out for a bit.
It sure don't look like " nothin" ' when you just up and leave like that!
Anyhow, I feel real bad for the departed and all...
but I'm glad it was someone else. Ain't that right, Shinz...?
Huh? Where's Shinza?
Why'd something like this happen...?!
I sure hope it wasn't 'cuz they found out about the machine...!
No, no, it's too soon to say for sure! But still...
I better do somethin' quick, before someone finds it!
Gotta hurry...!
Ow...
Gotta finish it right away...!
"ABCDE" Gotta finish it right away...!
"ABCDE" Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!
Hurr...?!
"FBCDE... KBHDE... KGHIJ... AGMIJ... ALMNJ... FLCNO... FBCNO... FBCDO... KGHDE..."
"START"
What do I do?! Oh no, what do I do?!
"NHK Electronics" "Cheap prices! Worry-free shopping!"
"Fullmetal Ukiyoe Artist" " Now Playing!" "Shinkansen departing for Next Age" "Cafe Corona Coal-Roasted Coffee"
"Cyber" " Moe" " Capital Books"
"AKIBA" " Oh! Edo" "Tora no Ana"
Eh?!
"AKIBA" " Oh! Edo" "Tora no Ana"
"Radio & Electronics"
"Tea" " Girls" " Mi Mi"
What the hell's that?
What's going on?
A... machine...?
Yeah, it's a machine, all right.
It's a machine.
It's definitely a machine.
Huh?! A machine...?!
Hey!
Oh hey, Santa. What was it like?
I saw somethin' I shouldn'ta seen...
What'd you see?
The machine's underarms.
Its underarms...?!
"Shinza" Its underarms...?!
Shinza!
"Right" " Left"
Help me...!
He's inside it, ain't he?
Yeah, he's in there, all right.
What're we gonna do?! He's askin' for help in there
and the thing keeps staggerin' around and smashin' into things!
Let's go... we're gonna help Shinza!
"Help" ? As in doin' what, exactly...?
First we're gonna stop that thing!
That's easy 'nuff to say, but...!
Tenten!
On it.
Fire!
Didn't work...
Then maybe this'll work!
But hey, I guess it's stopped...?
Oh no!
Look!
Isn't that the direction of the... the row house?!
This is bad.
This is real bad.
Yeah, this is bad.
Everyone back to the row house!
Hurry!
What do we do?! What the hell do we do?!
Get a grip! There's gotta be some good way outta this!
Everyone...
Mister Old Man!
Run away.
That's your decision?!
Well, look at it... it's already gotten this close.
Gettin' mixed up in this kind of thing's not really my cup of tea. See you later.
Bye!
Wait! Wait! What do we do about the row house?!
I'm sure it'll... well, I think it'll work itself out somehow.
How could it possibly work out...?!
What do we do, huh? What do we do?
How am I s'posed to know...?!
Help us!
It's Genzo's mom!
Hey, you standin' next to her! Who the hell're you?!
Who cares about that! Just hurry and climb down!
Doo doo... doo dooooo doo doo...
Doo da doo... dooooo doot... doo doo...
Sora!
Help me...!
I'm coming to help you right now.
"Don't Never Pull Out!" "Loosen" "Tighten"
That's it!
"Tokin"
Whoa, Sora...
H-Hey, Sora...!
Scared the hell outta everyone for nothin', man.
Man oh man, what do we do 'bout all this?
For now, we're sayin' some coffee shop called Fuji Girl was gonna open in Akihabara
and they were puttin' up this huge advertising display, but it fell down.
That seems to be the story everyone's tellin' right now.
You two did that...?
Wow, that's pretty damn good.
No no no no...
It just seemed like that was already the story on the street, so we left it at that.
Sure saved your butt, eh Shinza?
But...
...the one who really saved everyone was Sora.
Yeah... I think we all know that.
Gin!
"Gin"...! " Gin"...!
"Two Hundred Fifty Six" "Gin"...! " Gin"...!
"Two Hundred Fifty Six" Do you know the circle ratio?
I can't hear you... I can't hear you...!
I'll be moving in with Seikichi!
I remember this place...
Sora!
Seikichi...
Listen, Sora... why'd you leave?
I didn't want to drag everyone into my problems.
So were you startled?
Looks like it.
Tell me, Sora...
is it really true that you fell from the sky?
Yeah, it is.
So, when you said you wanted to go back home to the moon, that was also true?
That's what I've been telling you since the beginning, isn't it?
I'm someone who flies through the space between planets.
I fell down here by accident.
If I can make it back to the moon, then I'll be able to contact my people.
But the vessel I came in is broken, so I can't use it to fly out.
That's why I turned to you guys for help.
But I guess now that doesn't seem possible anymore.
Hold on a sec! What makes you think that?!
I just know. Once I saw the looks on your faces...
it was like you were looking at... some kind of monster.
Gimme a break! Stop lookin' down your nose at people!
We're just human, that's all. You surprise us with somethin' like that
and of course we're gonna be startled!
But c'mon, you really think we're such tight-assed jerks
that we'd treat you like a monster after all we've been through together?!
You really think we're tight-assed jerks like that, huh?! I'm askin' you!
But I just...
Never mind, just come on!
But...!
You're hurting me, Seikichi!
Look.
Oh! It's Sora!
There, there... why the long face on the goddess who saved our little row house, huh?
Look here... O-Nui, it's time for tea. And Sora, you come along too now.
Well, what's this? What took you so long to get back, huh?
Welcome back.
Welcome home, Sora.
Welcome home!
I guess I'm home.
C'mon now, have some tea or something.
Where'd you run off to, anyway...?
Oh, I just...
Well look at this... everyone gathered together!
Mister Old Man!
That thing sure did a number on this place, didn't it?
l-I'm so sorry...
Oh, don't worry 'bout it. It'll fix itself in no time.
Fix itself...? How do you mean?
I mean like this.
Oh, wow! The old man's really got it!
Yeah, like this could even happen...
That aside, it seems you've all made up your minds on this.
Our minds...?
Hm... hm...
A rocket, huh?
Eh?
You know, it's just another word for a fireworks cannon.
"Rocket"... what do you say we start callin' it that?
"Rocket" ?
Right.
"Moon-Woman-Fly" Right.
"Moon-Woman-Fly" Write it like " to the moon is where the woman will fly"
"Moon-Woman-Fly" and pronounce it " rocket."
No one could ever read that.
Oh really?
--Yes, really. --Eh?!
Rocket, huh?
I think it's a great name.
Yah, I know!
All right! Let's everyone work together!
I'm in! I've had it up to here with this cramped life we been livin'
I honed these skills of mine through more hard work than you can shake a stick at...
and I'm givin' it all I got!
All right, then! Let's do this!
--Let's put our face to the wind, people! --I'm all fired up and rarin' to go!
Yeah! Let's get 'er done, shall we?
Listen up, everyone! With this thing we ain't just talkin' fireworks no more,
we're talkin' a dragon!
A huge dragon that's gonna split the skies over Edo and race up to heaven!
A dragon?
A dragon...
A dragon, huh?
I can't wait to see it!
Take a good look, Sora.
I'll show you that when the workin' people of Edo set their minds to somethin'. ..
there ain't nothin' we can't accomplish!
Yeah... I see that!
"That Crazy Girl Just Flew"
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"
I'm Heels of the Men in Black!
And I got to appear in one of these next episode previews before Knees!
This proves that heels are more important than knees...
and more important than ankles too!
But even so, who knows how long it'll be before I get to show up again.
Next time, the eighth episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...
"Love, Murder... He Does It All" Next time, the eighth episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...
"Love, Murder... He Does It All" Hee-uhls!