"Fire-breathing Burahei"
It was somewhere around here, Mister Commissioner.
"Fire-breathing Burahei" Okay.
"Fire-breathing Burahei" But not good enough!
I've still got one right here!
"Ascending Dragon Launch Celebration" "Rooster Four Hundred..." I've still got one right here!
Right here, right here...
Fuwah-choo.
"Full House"
Man, that's some crazy shit going on there.
"Full House" See what I mean? I don't know if you wanna call it far-fetched... or just plain fake.
This Old Man character here...
Between the underground lottery in the last episode...
...and the repairs to the row house in the one before that...
...and then considering all the incidents he somehow managed to cover up...
...I don't know who the hell he is, but this oldtimer's a real piece of work.
It's been a real thorny job for us.
Background unknown... age indeterminate...
...and not a single person anywhere who even knows his real name.
Not even the people who live in the row house.
And on top of that, no one's seen hide nor hair of Seikichi and Sora since yesterday.
Well, as long as we stay in the dark about who he really is, things're tough on our end, too.
Shall we look into it, then?
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
Come, come, step right up!
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, if you've got time or curiosity or both...
then step right this way and take a look at this!
And... voila!
What's wrong, Tenho?
Nothing. I'm fine.
I swear... gettin' stuck babysittin' Akai, of all things.
Ain't nothin' we can do about it. Mister Torii's orders.
But I wonder if everything's okay.
We're bypassing Captain Bellybutton on this one, aren't we?
Well, whaddaya expect?
Mister Akai went outta his way
to make sure Captain Bellybutton weren't around when he proposed it.
Captain Bellybutton don't want us going nowhere near the Furai Row House.
Well, on this one we ain't gonna be doin' no investigatin' there, anyway.
So I don't reckon that's gonna be much of a problem.
Come back soon!
"Grower Remedies Center of the Four Herbs" Come back soon!
"Grower Remedies Center of the Four Herbs"
"Mimatsuya" " Head" " Ml" " Office"
Here he comes.
"Mimatsuya" " Head" " Ml" " Office"
Hiya... hi there, hi there...
That right?
"Sakurai Inari Shrine" That right?
"Sakurai Inari Shrine" No place to go there, eh little fella?
Well then, care to come along with us?
"Dumplings" " Dumplings"
Hm?
Welcome back!
Well, we can't really say he did anything particularly suspicious.
In that case, I say we take a look inside the house.
Tenho, if we assume for a moment that this is where Seikichi and Sora disappeared...
...then what do you suppose the old man's up to?
Making them take the fall.
Hm?
If I'm right, he was planning to cash in somehow on the rocket project at the row house...
...but what, with one commotion after another, he just couldn't keep covering for those two.
So at that point he tries to cut them out to save his plan...?
Let's get moving... before we're too late to do anything about it!
Presenting Chief Council Elder and Prince of Echizen, Lord Mizuno...
Raise your faces.
Lord Mizuno, sire. How art thou faring on this fine day?
For both the North and South Edo City Commissioners to be called together before thee...
I fear the circumstances must be far from ordinary.
In Kanda there is a back alley tenement called the Furai Row House.
In that tenement lives a man known as The Old Man in the Corner.
He is not to be touched.
Wh-Whatever might thou be referring to, sire...?
Well, when you say " Don't touch" it means don't lay your friggin' hands on someone!
Ah-huhh...
You go touchin' people in bad ways...
and all kindsa sticky situations can crop up, isn't that what they say?
For example, " No!" " Stop it!" " Pervert!"
"But you're the only--" "So you say now, but the truth is--"
"You're so naughty, Your Lordship!" "Oh, yeah..." " Oo, don't touch me there..."
"Ooo, right there! Right there! Right there! Oo, that's it! I like it there!"
You understand now?!
--" Oo, you're such a good lover!" --Uhh... um...
As far as The Old Man of the Furai Row House is concerned...
--you are to pretend he does not exist! --"You really think I'm a good lover?"
"Oh yes, you're such a good lover!"
Yes, sire!
That is all that I called you here to say.
Ah... well... I have some business to attend to, so I must take my leave...!
I dunno if I can do that.
You can't just tell me " Don't touch him"
and expect me to swallow it whole. You do realize that, don't you?
All right, very well.
Approach.
"Be Thrifty"
Bellybutton! Where's Bellybutton?!
"Longevity"
What the hell is all this stuff...?
And this one, too... it's just as bad.
I don't get what any of this stuff is here for.
What's he doing with all this crap?!
Cats, huh?
Cats...?!
Outta my way! Outta my way! Outta my way!
Tenho! Tenten!
Don't go just yet!
He's way too much for those two to handle... I gotta go bring 'em back!
Whoa whoa whoa!
Who the hell're you?!
And what's the big idea peekin' around in Tenho and Tenten's room?!
"San" Who, me? I'm just your run-of-the-mill playboy...
Seems like a shady guy.
He's absolutely a shady guy!
No no no no... I'm not, I'm not, I promise!
C'mon guys, you got the wrong idea here. I'm at a real loss, l--
Shady guy!
Wh-Whaddaya mean?!
That hairdo!
Huh?!
He calls himself a playboy, but this guy's got a samurai hairdo!
"Townperson Hairdo" "Samurai Hairdo"
Holy shit! I didn't have time to redo my hairknot, so I just left it as it was...!
This one's up to no good all right, sure as shootin'
C'mon, get him!
Yaah!
No, wait! Hold on--!
What the hell's with this stupid anime?!
How come they only check the historical facts on idiotic shit like this?!
Ow-ow-ow-ow!
Knock it off! I've had enough of this bullshit!
I'm tellin' ya, I'm Kin the Playboy! I'm not some shady character!
--Wha--?! --Eh?!
--Huh?! --Uh?
Kin-san...?
It's pretty clear now the old man's not just your average geezer.
We keep up the search here, and we'll nail him on somethin' for sure!
And when we do, we'll bring the whole Furai Row House down along with him.
Hold up there!
I seriously doubt you're gonna find any blue sky beasts hidin' in here.
Ginjiro...!
That man...?! I don't believe it!
The search stops immediately! We're pullin' out now.
You gotta be kiddin' me! This row house is unquestionably suspicious!
And that old man's the most suspicious one of the bunch!
I got permission from Commissioner Torii himself!
My orders come from the same Commissioner Torii.
What?!
Somethin' about bein' chewed out by the Council Elder or some bullshit.
He was all up in arms about it.
We're goin'.
We're goin'
Fine.
Hey. You two over there...
Far as I can tell, you're a couple of entertainers.
Question is, what are you doin' here?
If you really are entertainers, then go practice or somethin'.
The time'll come when they'll be packin' the rafters to see you again.
We came here in search of our friends.
Their names are Seikichi and Sora.
I wonder... maybe you've even heard of them yourself?
Nah... can't say I have.
But tell me, did you really come here in search of your friends?
What are you implying?
It's obvious you ain't just a couple of entertainers.
So what are you after?
We just... wanted to see, that's all.
The launch everyone's workin' on-- the firework.
I'm guessing not.
Yeah well, what right do you have makin' innuendos about other people?!
What're you doin' here, huh?!
And what the hell's that mask for?!
So I suppose this means we can't trust each other, mutually speakin'. ..
I'm guessing not.
You're gonna tell me or else!
Go!
Stop there!
Guess they got away...
--Meow? --Meow...?
Meow!
Meow?! Meow!
Kin-san...
Kin-san!
Whoa-hoa...!
No no! No no no no!
Don't get down on the ground!
I'm Kin the Playboy.
Yeah, that's right...
--S-So you are! --that's who I am.
--But isn't Kin the Playboy... --I'm Kin the Playboy.
--actually the City Commissi--? --Oh yeah, that's what I said.
--No, don't say anything! --Oh yeah, that's what I said.
Um, I don't get it. What's going on?
C'mon, you know... this guy's the famous "Toyama no Kin-san" !
Most of the time he walks around town pretendin' to be some playboy...
but he's actually the well-respected North Edo City Commissioner.
"Mumble mumble mumble mumble" but he's actually the well-respected North Edo City Commissioner.
"Mumble mumble mumble mumble" He's so famous there ain't a single person in Edo who ain't heard of him!
"Mumble mumble mumble mumble" But... he just denied it himself.
He still thinks no one knows who he really is...
and they say he gets real cranky the second anyone calls him " Mister Commissioner"...
so just humor him by treatin' him like a playboy, all right?
Okay, then... Kin-sama the Playboy!
What's this " Kin-sama" shit?! I ain't no Korean pretty-boy!
Okay, Mister Cit--
Buh buh buh buh buh buh buh!
Mister what...?
Wantin' to play " Mister Piggyback"...!
Now ain't you embarrassed in front of all these people, dear?
So K-Kin-san...
...wh-what brings you to our little row house... to-d-d-d-day?!
Ah yeah, about that...
Which house belongs to the guy they call The Old Man in the Corner?
The old man?
What's the City Commissioner want with the old man...?!
I guess the City Commissioner just knows a lotta people...
--He's a hip cat! --Hey! One of you just said "City Commissioner," didn'tcha?!
Meow! Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow!
Meow meow, meow meow meow meow... meow!
Meow meow! Meow meow meow-meow...!
Meow...?
Meow...! Meow meow meow meow meow!
Meow.
Meow?
"What are you guys even saying"
"I don't understand what you're saying"
"I don't get it"
"What can we do all we can say is 'meow" '
"I thought maybe since we're all cats we'd be able to make it work"
"But I guess I really don't get what any of you are saying"
"Because I'm a cat"
"But for some reason I do know who you are"
"You are Sora, and this is Seikichi"
"This one is Tenho"
"Correct!"
"And that one is Tenten" "Correct!"
"And that one is Tenten" "You got it!"
"What the hell are you guys even doing here" "You got it!"
"What the hell are you guys even doing here"
"What are we supposed to do now"
"Oh! woh! What are we supposed to do now"
"Isn't there something we can do"
Well... there you guys are.
I was lookin' for you.
What was it... somethin' 'bout the two of you goin' missin' since yesterday?
--Meow! Meow meow meow, meow meow, meow! --Meow... meow meow. Meow meow!
Meow?
Well, look what we have here-- you two must be Tenten and Tenho.
I s'pose you know that bargin' into other people's homes without askin's a no-no.
Remember that... and no hard feelin's afterwards, okay?
Meow!
Meow...!
Meow!
We're back!
What the hell was that, anyway...?
Meow...!
Meow!
What're these...?
We're not back.
Cat ears?
Moe?
So, shall we listen to your explanation now?
That's what we should be askin' you!
What are you up to here?! What's the real reason you're doin' this?!
What do you mean?
Don't play dumb with us!
It's as plain as day that you're tryin' to profit from the rocket everyone's workin' on!
And that you tried to rub those two out when you couldn't keep protectin' 'em anymore!
Isn't that right?!
Who the hell are you, anyway?!
You better tell us the truth! 'Cuz if you don't , we'll cut your throat!
The truth, huh?
Well, I don't mind tellin' you, but you're not gonna believe it.
Why you--!
What the hell are you doin' !
How come you guys are doin' this?!
Why the hell are the two of you doin' this?!
What're you talkin' about?! We're doin' it for you two!
You've got it all wrong!
All wrong...?
How can we have it all wrong?!
He just tried to shut the two of you up by turnin' you into cats!
No he didn't! The old man wasn't the one who turned us into cats!
We came to deliver some rice cakes, but then we got lost...
so we started messing around with the machines, and suddenly we got turned into cats.
Uhh?
Wait wait wait wait wait!
Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
Wait... a... minute...!
I'm Kin the Playboy, and I'm takin' this situation under control!
Huh...?
Eh?
Mister Commissioner...
"Mister Commissioner" ?
Oop.
You two know each other...?
North Edo City Commissioner Kinshiro Toyama...
Yep.
And so... that's basically the story.
I really caused a lot of trouble for you, didn't ' I?
Anyway, just forget all this.
And in return, I'll look the other way as far as the rocket's concerned.
Try not to hate 'em for what they did, okay? They didn't mean any harm, you know.
If I had to guess the truth, I'd say it wasn't so much them followin' orders from me...
...as them bein' genuinely worried about you. That's my take, anyway.
We're truly... very, very sorry!
Never mind that... at any rate, it was one heckuva surprise.
I never woulda guessed in a million years that you two knew Kin.
About us...
--We really did start out --Come, come, step right up!
--as honest-to-goodness street performers. --And... voila!
"Proclamation"
But when all those " thrift" laws got passed...
Well, I'm sure I don't have to tell you what happened next.
We were at a loss like everyone else, but just as we were at our wits' end...
...that's when it happened-- the City Commissioner took us in.
Oh, I see.
The two of us...
I think we were just broken, that's all.
You can lay out all the fine ideals and pretty words you want...
"Ten" You can lay out all the fine ideals and pretty words you want...
"Ten" ...but we all do what we have to to stay alive.
Except... Seikichi's different.
He's so pure, so completely untainted.
So that's why... we just hope he stays that way forever.
I see what you mean. Seikichi's about as straightforward as they come.
--I'm starvin' after all that ruckus! --I'm damn hungry! That looks tasty!
We just... wanted to see, that's all.
The launch everyone's workin' on-- the firework.
Tenho and Tenten...
Seems the two of 'em were secret agents for the City Commissioner, eh?
We live in this tiny little row house
and somehow we still keep secrets!
Damn 'em! I'm gonna hafta go beat the livin' crap out of 'em after this!
Ain't gonna happen, man.
We know who they are now. They can't just keep livin' here like nothin' happened.
Each one of us...
...has a role in this life.
Even the two of us...
...thought we could at least protect Seikichi and the others from behind the scenes.
And we really did wanna see it.
A rocket that goes all the way to the moon...
All right, shall we get going?
Where will you go?
It won't do for them to remain here under these circumstances.
I'm truly sorry for the trouble we've caused.
I'm sure gonna miss you two.
Come on.
Tenho! Tenten!
Everyone's cookin' a big stew together!
So quit standin' around like a couple of fenceposts
and get your asses down here!
Seikichi...?
You better hurry up or we're gonna eat the whole thing ourselves!
Hurry! Hurry!
--Hurry or we're gonna eat it all! --We got us a stew goin' --Come on down and eat with us!
Mister Commissioner...
You heard what they just said. We're really sorry!
Guess I got no choice.
Whoa!
All right, let's eat!
It's simmerin' yummily!
It's chock fulla seasonal veggies!
--And mushrooms too... --Hey, where's the beef?!
I swear... this row house you got here is kooksville city.
Well, what'd you expect?
After all, it's my row house we're talkin' about.
--Yum yum yum yum yum yum yum! --That's the one I was gonna eat!
--It's already almost gone...! --Seasonal veggies are the best!
Yum yum!
Mm, it's so good!
Hey, stop it! Don't just eat all the meat! Have some of the veggies too!
It's really somethin', isn't it?
The " Old Man" of the Furai Row House.
Who'd woulda believed...
...that he's actually Gennai Hiraga.
"The day after tomorrow is Midsummer Day of the Ox" ...that he's actually Gennai Hiraga.
Just how old is he, anyway...?
Well, not that I'm one to talk...
Coo.
"Madhousecatincarnations"
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"
Coo. Coo. Coo... coo.
I don't follow what you're sayin'!
But just leave the rest to me-- Knees!
This is an adult situation called "performing a dual role"!
Next time, the eleventh episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...
"Poppycock!" Next time, the eleventh episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...
"Poppycock!" Knees!
"Poppycock!" Coo.