Morning!
Good morning!
"Seikichi"
What's wrong, Seikichi?
Uh... well...
Whoa! Watch out!
Hey! What if somethin' happens to the foreshadowin' for next week?!
"Foreshadowing" Hey! What if somethin' happens to the foreshadowin' for next week?!
I'm going to the shrine now.
Ain't you still workin' on the year-end cleanin'
I'll do the rest next year.
But remember we're havin' New Year's noodles at the old man's .
I know that already.
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
Hi Shunpei! Are you going out?
Lelele no le.
Is it alright if I go with you?
Lololo no lo.
Heave ho! Heave ho! Heave ho...!
"Ml" " Ml" Heave ho! Heave ho! Heave ho...!
Sniff sniff. Sniff sniff.
"Adult" " Rin"
O-Nui...?
"Adult" " Rin" "Credit Notebook" O-Nui...?
"Adult" " Rin" "Credit Notebook" What's wrong? Do you have a cold?
That's O-Nui's signal!
She's on her way here!
What the hell you doin'
Hurry up!
C'mon already!
For cryin' out loud...
Year in, year out, always the same when the end of the year rolls around.
"Shirahamaya" " Credit Notebook"
Okay... credit call! Credit call! This is the credit call, everyone!
Yes! And to everyone in the Furai Row House, for another year of your kind patronage,
we at Shirahamaya thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
From loincloths to wooden shrines, you've rented every item imaginable from us...
...and when it came to payment, it was always "Next time" or "At the end of the year for sure"...
and a whole mountain of other empty promises and happy horseshit.
Well today is the day, and I've come to collect on your debts.
I'm not leaving here empty-handed, so everyone please pay up.
"Roku"
Shit... ain't a one of those jerks even here.
When you people wanna borrow somethin' from someone,
you press your forehead to the ground and beg like dogs,
sayin' " I'll never forget this debt I owe you"...
and " I'll pay whatever it takes, even several times over if need be"...
...and whatever bullshit comes to mind!
But come the end of the year, you run like scared rabbits till you're all out of sight.
Well today is the day, goddamnit! You are payin' me today or else!
"Shirahamaya" " Credit Notebook" "Tenpo, Year 13"
"Kanda Furai Row House" " Engineer" " Shinza"
"Kanda Furai Row House" " Carpenter" " Santa"
"Kanda Furai Row House" "Tiler" " Rokube"
There's sure a lotta activity for this early in the mornin'.
Well whaddaya expect?! It's New Year's Eve, a big day for all us businesspeople.
We get up first thing in the morning to go running around collecting on debts.
It's an old Edo custom, isn't it?! And this a period piece, isn't it?!
You could turn these guys upside down and not even lint'd fall from their pockets.
Well, in that case we're in real trouble!
My underground lottery went bust, and I spent quite a bit of my own money on the rocket...
...and now there's not even a hint that I'll see any return on what I put in!
Hey now, don't talk like that.
But Shirahama's a big establishment, which means paying out big overhead!
What do you say the two of us knock off just one more storehouse...?
I'm gonna have to pass on that one.
Yeow! It hurts!
I'll be back. You'll see me again before the New Year's bell rings.
We can just keep hiding up here until the New Year's bell rings.
Right! The rule is, they gotta wait till next year to make another credit call.
But if you think about it, between all the wood and the gunpowder,
we sure racked up one helluva tab with that lady.
Plus the clay for the tiles, and all those tools... the whole nine yards.
And all of it was for Seikichi's rocket, wasn't it?
We sure are actin' stupid, ain't we?
Huh?
Oh, if it isn't Genzo's mom! Fancy seein' you here!
Who was Genzo again...?
Dunno, but that lady's definitely Genzo's mom, right?
Lately I've been borrowin' quite a bit from her myself.
Just little things here and there.
"Ka" " Ka Fireworks Maker" Just little things here and there.
"Ka" " Ka Fireworks Maker" Help me...!
"Ka" " Ka Fireworks Maker" You ain't gettin' away from me!
By the clemency granted you by the authorities, we are removing your shackles.
From now on, watch what you do and try not to cause any more trouble.
Thank you very much, sir.
All he did was service a client. Just shot up a biggish firework like he was paid to do.
And just for that he gets a year in shackles...
But in doing so he ran afoul of a prohibition laid down by the authorities.
Oh, l-I know that, Mister Akai! So I was just sayin' that...
Recently, I've been hearing rumors that you're working on developing new fireworks.
Yeah...
Which is why the City Commissioner would like to have a word with you.
You mean... South Edo City Commissioner Torii?!
Could we please get this matter cleared up before New Year's ?
Coo-wooo!
Shouldn't we be getting back now, Shunpei?
We've still gotta prepare the noodles.
I'll stay here a while longer.
Whenever I'm there I just feel like a third wheel.
So Seikichi and Sora... are they really that close?
Even today, they were just sitting there staring at each other.
Just like this.
Coo coooo...
Coo?
What's happening?!
My cheeks are on fire!
I can't figure it out! I can't ...
--...figure it out! Can't figure it out... --Shunpei, are you still looking for your Naje-Naje?
I don't know.
"Please fix my permagrin. -Rokube"
"Earth" " Moon" " Genzo"
The earth and... the moon?
"Earth" " Moon" " Genzo" This must be a calculation of the orbital path of the satellite around this planet.
"Radius" "Vectors" " Genzo" " Earth" " Circular Orbit" "Approach trajectory" " Escape trajectory"
And these calculations are for breaking free of the planet's gravity.
"Radius" "Vectors" " Genzo" " Earth" " Circular Orbit" "Approach trajectory" " Escape trajectory" The escape velocity.
"Velocity" " Generate required velocity" "Distance" " Ignite fuel" "Maximum velocity" " Minimum velocity" The escape velocity.
"Velocity" " Generate required velocity" "Distance" " Ignite fuel" "Maximum velocity" " Minimum velocity" And this one shows the change in the weight of the gunpowder before and after.
"Velocity" " Generate required velocity" "Distance" " Ignite fuel" "Maximum velocity" " Minimum velocity" Calculations of the velocity and mass ratio.
Who is he, this man by the name of "Genzo". ..?
"Genzo" Who is he, this man by the name of "Genzo". ..?
"Genzo" Um...
"Genzo"
Yes?
Um... did you just say " Genzo" ?
Are you... Genzo...?
Heavens no. I'm Genzo's mother.
So where's Genzo now?
Are you a friend of his? If so, you don't happen to know where he is, do you?
It's been three months now since I've seen him at all. But even before then,
somehow or other, he'd be in the house and I wouldn't even notice it. He's just easy to miss.
All this time I've been thinkin' he's just out and about somewhere...
...but it looks like he's really gone.
Coooooo...
Oh, I see.
I really wanted to meet him.
That Genzo guy... he knows her for sure.
If he didn't , then he wouldn't have any need for those kinds of calculations.
"Copper"
"Kan'ei" " Copper" " Era" " One"
"Offerings"
Genzo...
Coo?
You wasted all your time on circles and triangles and crap that has no practical value for anyone...
...and because of that, now we don't even have a pot to piss in!
I don't know where you are or what you're doin', but when you do come home
be sure to bring a gold coin with you.
Because not havin' any money is about the same as not havin' a head.
Coo-wooooo...
Money.
So money's that important to them, huh?
All right!
Pine decorations! Get your pine decorations!
If you don't buy yourself one of these you can kiss New Year's goodbye!
...she says, but still no customers.
Help!
Hey you!
--Be patient! Be patient! Be patient! --Wait up! Get your ass back here!
Well, on New Year's Eve...
I was just really hoping we could earn a little money to help Seikichi and the others.
Plus, it's not like we can just hand over the allowance we get from Toyama.
I'll take all of 'em!
Eh?
Uh... it's you!
My Tenho! I'm so happy we was able to meet again!
Thanks for your business.
Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing?!
He said he was gonna buy all of them.
Right! That way you gotta close up shop, right?
Huh?
Would you... would you...
Would you consider doing a midnight visit to the shrine with me tonight?
Eh? Well... uh...
"Kan'ei" " Copper" " Era" " One" Eh? Well... uh...
"Kan'ei" " Copper" " Era" " One" Yeah, not a bad idea.
"Kan'ei" " Copper" " Era" " One" Shut it!
Uh, well... uh-uh-uhhhhh...
C'mon, Tenten! We gotta get goin'
What's wrong, Tenho?
Looks like rain! Okay then, Happy New Year!
Rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain...!
What's your problem?!
That guy's one of Ginjiro's goons!
Oh, right... from the thing...
They operate under Torii's orders.
Which means he's scoping us out!
Sure doesn't look like it to me.
He's chasing us!
He can do it too...!
You know for a fact that you put it right here?!
Th-That's right... two hundred gold coins! I organized it and placed it right there!
It's 'cuz you said Yotsui's courier'd be comin' any minute now, ma'am !
So why the hell ain't it here anymore?! Answer me that!
That's what I mean... it's strange! No one's even left the room!
But somehow the money's ...!
At any rate, look around for it one more time!
Yes'm !
Where...?! Where could it've gotten to...?!
It's not here either...!
"Tenpo Money" "Twenty Five Gold"
So this is... money...
"We rent!" " Shirahamaya"
Ma'am ! Wh-Wh-Wh-What should we do?!
If we can't pay Yotsui his money back...!
There's nothing else we can do.
The agreement was for today. We'll just have to hand the entire shop over to him.
I know it does us no good for me to say this now, but...
...for heaven's sake, why'd you spend so much money buying up all that gunpowder?!
If you hadn't overextended yourself like that
we wouldn't have been forced to borrow money from Yotsui at such high interest!
I just felt like it.
Eh?!
I said I just felt like doin' it!
Hm? What's wrong, Seikichi?
Uh! Um... I just, uh, thought somethin' seemed odd.
Odd...? You mean me?
No, not you... you've always been a little odd. It's not that, it's ...
The word " oddness" is spelled almost the same as the word " fondness."
Huh?
What's up with him?
They're not even close!
Huh?
Look.
"Oddness" "Attachment" Look.
"Oddness" " Let's try harder"
Taking me there like this, it's like I'm being arrested or something!
If all he wants to do is talk, we can do that in the house right there!
Get in there!
Ow, that really hurt!
Do you know what this is?
Are you the... City... Commissioner?
Now I see why. You do have a monster face.
You insolent little...!
When we say " monster face," we generally mean this sort of thing.
Ah... making sport of me...
O-Riku Kagiya, do you know what these things are or not?!
Are they for... fireworks?
More specifically, I think fireworks for launching something really big up into the sky.
Yes.
I'm very impressed.
These are from a sky vessel that fell down from the sky.
A"vessel"...? Oh, so this is what Sora was...
...er, what Sora was saying about that thing falling from the sky! People were riding in it?
Perhaps some were.
Listen... can you put it back together?
Huh? Shouldn't you just ask the ones who came riding in it...?
That's not your concern!
Yes or no... can you do it or not?
It is not necessary to restore it exactly.
If you can make it fly, that is good enough.
Akai, it seems to have been just as you predicted.
She's here!
Idiot, that ain't her!
You don't s'pose that girl's some kinda bill collector too, do ya?
"Tenpo Money" "Twenty Five Gold"
All this money... what's it for?
It's very important to you, isn't it? Money, that is.
But...
About Genzo... who was it that asked him to do all those calculations?
Eh?
Was it perhaps...
...a strange girl who's been saying that she wants to go to the moon?
Look... she's heading for the Furai Row House!
Mister Akai, are you supposing the girl's going to Tamaya's place...?
I have a hunch that Tamaya's in cahoots with the sky beast!
"Eats" I have a hunch that Tamaya's in cahoots with the sky beast!
"Eats" That's crazy.
I'm figuring the beast still wants to get its hands on the pieces of its vessel.
So if those pieces get brought into Tamaya's place, then the beast is sure to appear.
But if a sky beast was there, I doubt Captain Bellybutton would just keep quiet about it.
Just shut up and follow me!
"Ka"
"Ka" " Fireworks Maker"
I'm home!
--The Kagiya place... isn't it? --eh-eh-eh...eh-eh...
Come to think of it, I've heard about you sumo guys...
...that you're light on your feet, even at that weight.
Yeah, but I'm really outta shape at this point.
I ain't a sumo wrestler no more.
Oh... sumo performances were hit by the reforms too?
Like you're not suppose to gather big crowds together and stuff, right?
Even the leader of a sumo stable can't keep doin' somethin' that don't make no money.
We was forced to quit, startin' with the wrestlers that wasn't so popular.
You must've been so disappointed.
Well, it weren't like I had any chance of beatin' Shiranui, who's the yokozuna now. [yokozuna: top sumo rank]
So what are you doing now?
There was someone who was willin' to take in even a guy like me...
What are you doing all the way out here?
Are we bein' called?
Sorry for causin' you trouble. I won't bother you no more.
You can come to the row house again if you want!
He's one of those masked guys too, isn't he?
Yeah, he is, but... he's just like us, you know.
Not being able to do the thing he wants to do...
...living with a broken heart...
A vessel that... flies through the sky?!
You should be happy, Dad.
After all, we get to build ourselves a new firework.
This time with Commissioner Torii's stamp of approval!
That may be true, but...
I'm not gonna get beaten out by him.
The one I launch... it's gonna be even better than Seikichi's !
Seikichi...?
What about him?
Oh, n-nothing at all!
C'mon Dad, gimme a hand here.
I'm gonna do this by myself. I'll launch this vessel if it's the last thing I do!
It certainly seems like she has no intention of asking for any help from Seikichi Tamaya.
That little bitch!
What do you say we just leave that poor row house alone?
No! I'm not gonna stop till I track down that sky beast!
It's gotta be somewhere around there...
You called for us?
You're late!
"Tenpo Money" "Twenty Five Gold"
No, that's not it, Sora.
What do you mean? It's New Year's , isn't it?
Yeah, so what? So why'd you go out and buy up all this ginger?
Well?
Yeah, so what? So why'd you go out and buy up all this ginger?
Because... well, look. Don't you call these " ginger eatings" ?
Huh? Wasn't it supposed to be New Year's greetings?
Yeah, you said " gr-eatings"... so gin-ger eatings, right?
But why?
Yeah, you said " gr-eatings"... so gin-ger eatings, right? I don't know anything about that.
No, New Year's greetings... I don't know anything about that.
No, New Year's greetings... When it comes to my boy's activities, nothin' he does is ever of any use to anyone.
But now... it seems there's someone out there who likes all the silly stuff he does.
It's just the strangest thing.
But the money... it's very important, isn't it?
Oh, money schmoney! It doesn't count for anythin' really.
Anyway...
...as soon as he comes home, I'll be sure and give him the message.
So what's your name...?
Shunpei, hold this down for me.
Okay!
Hey Shinza, how long do we gotta stay up here...?
O-Nui! The old man's calling for you!
Seikichi...!
--Woof! --Huh?
A name... my name...
Hey, isn't there something stuck on Sora's face?
Ah, that's it! Sora, it's sticking to you!
Lucky me!
No, not luck... I mean it's stuck to your forehead! There! There!
"Mirror"
--It was off-center. --That thing moves?!
That Seikichi Tamaya... he's a hard one to catch, all right.
But the white beast is somewhere close to him!
It's gotta be there!
The white one's presence has faded.
Even at the Furai Row House, I wasn't able to sense anything.
You were at the Furai Row House...?!
What'd you go there for?!
Hey...
...what's my name, anyway?
Uh...
...the blue... beast, right?
"Heart"
"Maruta"
Ma'am , look at this!
Just now, in front of the store... I found these!
It's gotta be it! It's our missing gold!
That's it! That's our gold!
I guess when you're lucky, you're luck...
Oh crap...
All right!
We made it, guys!
We did it! We did it!
Okay, let's go eat our noodles!
Let's go!
Yep!
Yo, Happy New Year! Wanna come eat noodles with us?
Sounds great!
Course I'm goin'
Me too.
Wait! Us too! Us too!
"Just to Let You Know: I Caught a Glimpse of Tomorrow"
Shabara pappara Shabara pappara
Koiwazurai
Atama no naka
"Ikenai koto"
Meisouchuu
Aa, nayamashii yokogao
Anata no pookaa feisu mou nareta keredo
Nozomi wa shitteru kuse ni mata da capo
Ima wa mada happii endo ni wa tooi keredo
Motto adoribu de koishitai
I got rhythm
Lalalala lalalala
Lalalala lalalalalaaaa
"Next"
I have no name.
Akai calls me things like "beast" or "hey you."
In the script, I am called simply "the blue girl."
Are you just cutting corners?
You want me to suck out your blood?!
Next time, the fifteenth episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...
"Out of Nowhere! Air Raid at New Year's " Next time, the fifteenth episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...
"Out of Nowhere! Air Raid at New Year's " A-woooooooo!