Sora, is that... you?
"Stunned"
B...Bloodsuckin' monster...!
"Stunned" B...Bloodsuckin' monster...!
"Stunned" That's right! She's the bloodsuckin' monster!
"Holy--!" That's right! She's the bloodsuckin' monster!
We just caught her attackin' a young woman!
What...?
Now hold on a sec! She's --
Oo! I can't figure it out! Can't figure it out! Can't figure it out...!
Let go of Seikichi, you monster!
Out with the bad!
In with the good!
Quit it, everyone! Wait just a minute!
Calm down and think about it!
--Seikichi! --Seikichi!
Sora...
I can't believe you'd do something so awful, takin' other people's lives like that.
Why'd you do it?
Whoa, it's getting away!
After it! Run after it!
Okay...
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
Show me your true face.
Why should I?
Because you think I look too much like my pursuer?
I can look even more like her if you want.
And while we're at it, shall I make myself your woman now?
Hell no!
So you already knew Sora was the white beast.
You did, didn't you?
You have a strange and unusual power-- on this planet that makes you a freak.
Now it makes sense. That must be why you sympathized with Sora.
It ain't sympathy!
This power of mine... the power to open up anything and everything...
It makes me the key. All I do is just open the door.
But I'm doin' it for her sake!
Doon tookoo ten tookoo derreh tookoo doon dekkeh ten derreh teh--!
"Mi" " Mi" Doon tookoo ten tookoo derreh tookoo doon dekkeh ten derreh teh--!
Stupid inferior lifeforms.
Sora...
Oh, Captain! We been waitin' for you!
Captain, sir...!
That girl from the Furai Row House... Akai caught wind that she was the white beast!
And as soon as we tracked her down, sure enough, she was!
Captain Bellybutton, hurry and finish her off!
No one kills this one!
We keep it alive and subject it to scrutiny.
Then we can get the blue one too.
We've got the white one right here!
If you won't finish her, I will!
This is our long-awaited quarry, so I'm gonna claim it!
How can I get you out of this? I've gotta find a way...
Gin!
Gin! That beast you've got there...
...believe it or not, it's Sora!
So please, don't be rough with her!
Silence!
Don't try to get in the Captain's way!
The " Captain"...?
All of us are the Men in Black...
...and our Captain... is your precious Ginjiro!
What the hell's he talkin' about, Gin?!
This is just another role I was born to carry out, man.
You can't fight fate.
A" role"...?!
I'm Ginjiro the Bellybutton, Man in Black, covert operative for the shogun.
That's my name.
Covert operative...!
Wait, so that means you're working for the government?
We serve directly under South Edo City Commissioner Torii!
T...Torii?!
What the hell?! You been teamed up with that asshole the whole time?!
Pretendin' to be our friends, and this whole time just spyin' on us?!
Spyin' on all of us... tryin' to mess up our fireworks plans...
...and now you're goin' after Sora?!
You're wrong!
Ginjiro knew all about who I was, and he did what he could to protect me.
Shit.
Eh?!
Wait, what'd she just say...?!
Captain--!
Nothing but the desperate words of a sky beast, men.
She's just making it up as she goes along!
We're gettin' outta here.
Eh?
There's no place for us here... not for either one of us.
But maybe... if we stick together...
Sora?
If I run away now, all it'll do is make things worse for Seikichi and everyone in the row house.
Ginjiro!
Sora!
Whoa!
Good work! By getting the beast to drop its guard, you enabled me to finally bag it.
Let's hear it for the Commissioner!
--Yay yay yay yay! --Long live Lord Torii!
The insolence!
Ginjiro, have you gone mad?
Hey Gin!
I dunno what the hell's goin' on, but kick his ass!
That's right! There ain't no way our Ginjiro's
--the lap dog of the authorities! --Everyone connected with you,
--Hey, what's wrong with being a dog? --including all your neighbors in the row house,
--That's not really the point, O-Nui. --will be rounded up and sent off to the blocks for their heads to go on display.
Everyone shut the hell up!
That sky beast was a bloodsucking monster.
And it's been put down thanks to the direct intervention of the Commissioner!
This was all done for you-- for the peace and safety of the townspeople!
But that's --!
I guess he's right.
Please forgive my insolence, Mister Commissioner.
Hmmm...
However, I just feel that even if she was a sky beast...
...there was no cause to go shooting her down without any discussion.
You have no problem killing them when they resist. You said as much yourself.
Yes. However, this one was able to speak.
I felt we might be able to extract some information about the remaining sky beasts.
...ei... kichi... run away...!
Sora... why'd you attack those people?
It wasn't me.
It was someone... from the same planet as me who fled here and...
I've been chas--
Silence!
Cut it out!
Shit...!
Seikichi! For right now, just run away!
The rest'll work itself out somehow!
Aaaagh! Lum-chan!
"Roku"
Um... okay...
What the--?!
This is it.
Hm?
This is it as far as my role is concerned.
You have done well. Go and await my instructions.
What do we do at this point?!
What do you mean " at this point"...?
She means about Sora! About the rocket!
C'mon, what the hell're we s'posed to do?!
They brushed Toyama aside by making him a Senior Investigator,
so now he can't do anything to help!
Right now you're all we've got!
You people expect me to do everything for you?!
Just... leave me alone already.
Well, well... so this is one?
Yes, sire.
And she won't speak a word to anyone?
This is the white beast. In the reports it was stated that there is a blue beast as well, sire.
Oh, but as far as that goes...
I feel that may be something that Ginjiro just made up in order to throw us off track.
Ignorant fool! Don't the Men in Black all say they have seen it themselves many times?!
Uh... uh-huh...
We will hunt down and locate the blue beast no matter what it takes!
Where is it, you? Where is your companion hiding out?
She's doing the same thing that I did.
Yes...?
She's disguised herself as a woman.
Hmm... this is all very interesting indeed.
By the way, I have many things that I'd like to ask you about your world.
Huh?
Ahem!
For instance, what do people eat on your planet?
Eh?!
Council Elder--!
We speak of " desert worlds," so I'm guessing you dry fish before you eat it, right?
I like dried fish all right, but personally, I prefer to eat fish raw.
"Rocket Diagram of Riding Part"
"Unclear" " Sora here" " Mystery" " Unknown"
What the hell do I do with all this stuff now...?
What's wrong?
I'm just thinkin' of givin' up this firework for good.
Why's that?
'Cuz... the whole thing was a damn lie.
So I guess... you're not up for it?
Not when it's a sky beast?
Lady!
Sora...?!
No... it's not her.
Hey you, are you a friend of Sora's ?
Say somethin', goddamnit!
It wasn't me. It was someone from the same planet as me, who fled here and did this!
I've been chasing them and...!
That's it. Now everything's all gone.
There's no rocket in Edo anymore.
So then... other self...
What will you do now?
Honey!
You all right, honey?!
Oh no! Look how your teeth are all exposed now!
Like you didn't know he was born that way.
I'm so sorry. It looks like this time, not even a bribe from the old man's gonna work...!
That's to be expected.
After all, the fact is we were basically harboring a bloodsucking monster.
We got off by saying we were tricked because she looked just like a woman, but still...
Well, but... that's honestly what happened.
So I guess... we were all tricked, huh?
Oh...!
All this stuff with Sora's one thing, but I'm really worried about Seikichi!
What about my brother?!
Apparently, Seikichi's work shed blew up in a huge explosion yesterday!
Eh?!
Oh no! Don't tell me the poor guy lost all hope 'cuz of Sora turnin' out to be a beast and all...!
Hey you know, beasts are people too!
I dunno, I think beasts are just beasts...
Seikichi wouldn't do nothin' like offin' himself, guys.
What's the deal, Gin? Why are you here...?
It's 'cuz this is the City Commissioner's Office.
After all, this is where Gin really works, isn't it?
"San" " Roku" After all, this is where Gin really works, isn't it?
"San" " Roku" At any rate, Seikichi wouldn't go dyin' or anything like that.
We're usin' all our available resources to look for him.
So don't worry.
"Don't worry," huh? What worries me is him bein' found by the likes of you guys.
What do you mean by that, eh?
Surely you're not implying that you'd be harboring a major criminal like that, are you?
I did you people a favor by telling the authorities you were tricked by the sky beast...
...but Seikichi was building a firework to go all the way to the moon.
So I have a hard time believing he didn't know who she really was.
No, he really didn't know!
C'mon, everyone. Just go now.
But listen--!
Those guys have nothing to do with it. Don't involve them anymore.
Yeah well, you never know...
Leave the Furai Row House alone.
If you value your life, you'll do what I say.
Is that a threat?
I'm serious.
I must admit, Commissioner Torii's estimation of me has gone way up.
So for the time being I'll go ahead and look the other way.
Just as a favor to a colleague that Commissioner Torii's got by the short and curlies.
What was that?
You can talk tough all you want,
but in front of that guy, there ain't a thing you can do, and you know it.
Course that goes for both of us.
Get lost.
Who're you trying to intimidate?
It won't work-- I'm not scared of the likes of you anymore.
Hiii-yah!
Now it's my turn! Check this out!
Earthware plates... earthware plate throwing...
Earthware plates... earthware plate throw--
"Earthware plates against bad luck" Earthware plates... earthware plate throw--
"Earthware plates against bad luck" I'll take 'em all.
"Earthware plates against bad luck" Huh...?
"Earthware plates against bad luck" Ah well, that's music to my ears, boy-o!
I'm guessin' you're mad as hell about all the thrift proclamations we got nowadays...
...and I can't say as I blame ya.
May as well toss yourself off a buncha plates and clear your head, eh?
"Earthware plates against bad luck" "Sold Out! Sorry Folks!" May as well toss yourself off a buncha plates and clear your head, eh?
"Earthware plates against bad luck" "Sold Out! Sorry Folks!" And ya never know-- one might make it to the moon!
Shut up!
Huh?
Goddamnit!
Shit! Shit!
Shit!
Why...?
Why, goddamnit?!
I swear... you just can't seem to top me no matter whatcha do, huh?
You come to arrest me or what?
I ain't got no interest in no small-time chump like you, man.
What I wanna know is what the hell you're doin' mopin' around in a place like this.
So you knew the whole time? About Sora lookin' like that?
Yep, I knew all right. That make you mad?
Wha--?! Why should it?!
'Cuz you didn't know shit. Not about me, and not about Sora.
I mean, a guy like me's on such close and intimate terms with Sora...
...that I know practically everything there is to know, man.
That don't make me mad or nothin'
It's just... how come you couldn't even tell me the truth?
I was putting you guys off guard and waiting for my chance to nab her.
You... you actually believe that shit about her?!
Does she look like the kinda person who could go around killin' people?!
There's another beast out there that looks kinda like her.
I just saw it myself!
I don't know 'bout that,
but if it's true, then why don't you march on down to the police station and tell 'em?!
"That beast is a beast, all right, but it's not a bad beast.
It's just a little bit weak in the head"... try sayin' that.
Sora ain't weak in the head, you asshole! She's just a little ditzy!
Who's gonna believe a thing like that?
Course... come tomorrow mornin' that girl's gonna be a goner.
A goner...?!
Can't let a monster like that stay alive.
So we're gonna secretly end that girl's life.
You're lyin'
She's a quarry that we worked long and hard to capture.
I ain't gonna let you do it!
That girl... she goes around killin' people. She's a monster.
No she ain't !
I mean it. I mean it... I really believe Sora!
And I'm gonna put her in a rocket and send her to the moon, just like she wants!
I made her a promise!
So you finally admit it.
All that shit about people lookin' up was just an excuse.
The real reason you were buildin' the rocket was 'cuz it was for Sora.
That don't even matter right now.
Sora's in my hands now, man. I'll kill her, and have fun doin' it.
Like I'll let you have her!
Punk-ass kid. Quit your hollerin'.
You just go back to makin' your little fireworks and call it good.
I ain't ... I ain't ...
I ain't no damn kid!
Big brother!
I can't believe you were really here!
That was awesome, O-Nui!
It's because Seikichi's scent is a lot like yours, Shunpei.
--Huh? --Oop!
Looks like you still got your legs, I see.
Why the hell wouldn't I?
We understand it was a huge shock... to find out about Sora and Gin and all.
It's fine... I'm fine.
But it ain't fine!
Big brother?
Listen, guys... while we were buildin' the rocket, it was pretty fun, wasn't it?
What's that got to...?
It was really exciting. It was like a dream or something.
In that case, let's keep doin' it.
But... Sora's already been...
We're gonna save her.
Eh?!
Wait... by " save her" you don't mean...
...bustin' her outta jail?!
Seikichi! Get outta here now!
You're under arrest! Under arrest...!
Eh...?!
Those Hatchobori goons again?!
Everyone, gather up some cherry blossoms.
Huh?!
Seikichi Tamaya!
Give it up... nice and easy!
How pretty...!
Wait, this isn't the time for gazing in rapture!
After them! Run after them right now!
You're under arrest! Under arrest...!
"Killing Melody at First Light"
Shabara pappara Shabara pappara
I'm lovesick
Inside my head
All the things I'm not supposed to do
Just rattling around
Aa, what a seductive profile
I'm already used to seeing your poker face
But you know what I want, and still it's another da capo
Our happy ending is still a long ways off right now
But I want to do more ad-lib loving first
I got rhythm
Lalalala lalalala
Lalalala lalalalalaaaa
"Next time"
Eh? You wanna know if I've seen Genzo?
Never mind that... the row house's in a complete state of uproar!
Ah... we're so busy it's like runnin' 'round with our heads cut off!
What's with this dove?!
Go on, get outta here!
Next time, the eighteenth episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...
"Up Against the Divine Lord's Dungeon" Next time, the eighteenth episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...
"Up Against the Divine Lord's Dungeon" Good luck! Tamaya!