It's okay with you, isn't it?
If there's at least one Hatchobori who wants to share the same dream as you.
Um... thank you so much!
Once we get out of here, it's just a quick hop in the air and we're out of the castle!
Sora, you go first.
Be careful, okay Sora?
You too, Seikichi.
Seikichi!
I would've preferred to kill him in a crueler manner, but...
I went ahead and let him die easy.
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
I would've preferred to kill him in a crueler manner, but...
...I went ahead and let him die easy.
Akai, sir!
We've been on standby here, just as you instructed, and lo and behold!
It was just as I suspected-- Tamaya busted the beast out of prison and let it go free.
That's a boldfaced lie!
You bitch...! You still try to resist?!
Stop it!
Y-You...!
Wh-Why are you still alive?! I know I shot you!
I'm alive thanks to this!
"Kan'ei" " Copper" " Era" " One" I'm alive thanks to this!
"Kan'ei" " Copper" " Era" " One" I'm bein' protected by everyone in the row house!
I swear, you people just won't quit.
Obstinate little bugger.
Even when it comes to Lord Mizuno's reforms,
you guys pretend to be layin' low, but then go on livin' the fun life like always.
Compared to you guys, the life of a cop sucks.
Every year, on the night of New Year's Eve, we get called over to the home of our superior...
We require your service another year.
and if we don't get told that, then it's like, " Okay, that's it for you."
And we're fired. No more job for us anymore.
It's not like you see on TV. It's a way harder life than that, bein' a cop.
That's why it'd be nice if I could just...
Well... what I mean is, just die already.
I dunno what the hell you're sayin'
Of course you don't ! There's no way you could possibly understand.
You don't have a goddamn clue!
You win!
What was that?
Nishinosuke Akai... please don't do it.
Please let Seikichi go.
I promise I won't resist anymore. You can do whatever you want to me.
You don't get it, do you?
You're one thing... and he's another.
And what we're gonna need...
...is for the both of you to die!
What the-- ?!
"Filmed at the residence of Nishinosuke Akai (age 28), policeman for the South Edo City Commissioner's Office" What the-- ?!
"Filmed at the residence of Nishinosuke Akai (age 28), policeman for the South Edo City Commissioner's Office"
Whoa, it's that lady!
Wh-Who did this?! Who dropped this thing here?!
We did... over here!
We went to the Hatchobori's house and found the blue beast hiding there!
What you just saw is irrefutable evidence!
Tenho! Tenten!
You bastards...!
What're these stupid performers tryin' to pull here?!
They obviously made this shit up! It's a sham! This is how it always is with TV!
Oh, so you wanna play dumb, eh?
Okay then, whaddaya say... to this!
Huh?
Is that a...?!
It's something we found hidden inside Akai's house.
We were just gonna seize on some weakness of yours, and then use it to threaten you.
But we wound up stumbling onto something truly outrageous.
What the hell? What do you even use it for?!
It's ... it's a--
I see how it is!
All this time you were... using it to...
...do what exactly...?
What, you don't know?!
No idea.
I've got a pretty good idea what it's for.
I think you were usin' that thing to secretly...
...do some cosplay stuff!
Remember that old shonen manga magazine...
that ran articles showin' how to make monster costumes?
Everyone was copyin' it!
That makes sense.
Like I'd even do that!
All right, then, you and the girl together!
You think I'm a nerd...?
Every nerd I know says the same thing.
Look at that thing! Obviously I was usin' it to kill people!
Ehhhhhh?!
Yeah... I mean, uh... that was just a little joke on myself there.
'C-Cuz you know, a Hatchobori cop such as myself could never do a thing like that.
Why'd you do a thing like that?!
Like I said, I didn't do anything like that!
It all makes sense now.
He pretends to be the blue beast, and then does everything he can to throw off our search.
He was doing it in order to regenerate her body.
He had to keep feeding her bodily fluids from higher organisms.
Are you... talkin' about blood?
Stand down!
Oh, Mister Commissioner! You came at the perfect time!
Please help me out! Everyone here's being really mean to me!
Cutting! Slice! Slash-lash-lash-lash-lash-lash!
Commissioner Torii...!
First you shelter the beast. Then you pretend to be the beast and commit murder after murder.
Any such man is a disgrace to the City Commissioner's Office.
Prepare to die, Akai.
I just wanted to be with her... I just did it for her...!
Hatchobori... what're you sayin'
Bring it on! I'll be damned if I let myself get killed in a place like this!
Slash-a-lash-a-ree!
Akai...!
I can't believe he just killed him.
If he let him live, it'd come back to bite him on the ass.
So I guess that's why he just cut him down.
That Torii's one scary guy.
I didn't use the sharp side.
Ehhhhhh?!
This man is a perpetrator of serial murders involving exsanguination of the corpse.
We will see to it that he comes to justice in due time.
Sir!
So then... next we come to the two of you!
Eh?! But he's the one who did all the bloodlettin' murders...!
You are very much mistaken if you think that absolves you two of your own crimes.
The crime of flouting our national ban on foreigners and illegally trespassing in Japan...
...and the further crime of sneaking into this castle in Chiyoda...
...in an attempt to aid and abet a prison break.
These are crimes which simply cannot be overlooked!
I swear... we got one commissioner who's too soft, and now this one's a real hardass.
The greater crime falls on him who watches idly by as our great country crumbles.
However insignificant I may think you tiny worms are, nevertheless...
I must destroy anyone who threatens to undermine the foundations of our society.
This is what is best for the Tokugawa.
I shoulda known. Even if we'd gotten away, as long as this commissioner's around...
...we wouldn'ta had no place to go anyhow.
You asshole!
Take care of this mess, starting with those two!
Hey! Get on with it already!
Okay, let's wait just a minute there, Mister Torii.
And you are...?
Who's that?
Not a clue.
I've never seen this guy on the show's website.
They're just slow about updating it, that's all.
Not too shabby.
Same goes for you.
Wait wait wait wait wait!
Left Gate Guard Lieutenant Kagemoto Toyama is takin' this situation under control!
Mister Toyama, as this matter does not concern you in your position of Senior Investigator,
I would ask that you leave it to me, the City Commissioner.
Ah, whatever... running full out is pretty dang tough when you're over 50!
Mister Torii, this is for you.
It's a letter from Lord Mizuno.
And we were just gettin' to the good part...
Oh brother... looks like the expiration date on my rejuvenatin' potion was already up, huh?
Eh?!
Mister Old Man?!
--No way! --What's goin' on?!
What? You did this?!
Well, it's just like it says-- I'm gonna be takin' those guys back home with me now.
So you sold your aspirations, did you, Tadakuni Mizuno?!
I'd say that's overstating it, Mister Torii.
Let him do as he pleases with this bunch.
Our concern now is Akai. Go and wring that Akai's neck!
Make him cough up the whereabouts of the blue beast!
There's no need for that now.
My eye...!
My eye! She took my damn eye!
How dare you!
Akai...
You came for me...? You really came for me?
We're escaping.
We won't let you!
We will most definitely capture Akai and the blue beast...
...and make them pay double, for what you have done as well.
Not only did you do it with Tanuma,
but now you've managed to worm your way into Mizuno's graces as well.
I am not the " monster" here. The monster is you, Gennai Hiraga!
You flatter me.
Do not presume for a moment that this is over.
It doesn't do much good talking about the future to an old man, you know.
She probably can't get too far, not carrying Akai like that!
That bitch...!
This way.
After her!
What's all the ruckus?
After Mizuno's order, they should be letting Sora go free any minute now.
Ginjiro.
I'm sorry... gettin' you involved too...
Ah, it's no big deal.
The important thing is, there was a traitor involved here, just like that time in Osaka.
It was Akai. He was teamed up with the bloodsucking beast.
So that's what it was...!
Are you leaving?!
Take care of Sora and Seikichi for me.
Ginjiro!
So... what do we do from here?
For starters, I need to reintegrate the one that split off from me.
So I'm gonna chase her.
Okay, then...
I'm coming with you.
Man, I was sure surprised!
Just how the heck does that trick work anyway, Mister Old Man?!
So are you really Gennai Hiraga?
Yep. That's what they called me when I was a young man.
Who the hell's Gennai Hiraga?
He lived about 70 or 80 years ago... an important scholar who was real popular in Edo.
But come to think of it, didn't he die in prison after being arrested for some crime...?
If he's still alive, he'd be... 120 or 130 years old?!
Yeah, well at one point I happened across some herbs for rejuvenatin' and extendin' life...
...so I was giving them out to the Council Elders of the time in exchange for political favors...
...but then, with one thing or another, it just became a hassle...
...so I wound up fakin' my own death and goin' into hidin'.
So then, I'm guessin' you used some of that medicine on yourself...?!
Sure. The one I used just now was a rejuvenatin' potion.
That'd be so great! I wish I had some of that rejuvenatin' potion myself.
I'm tellin' you, you don't need it.
Neither do you!
So anyway, about that potion...
Council Elder Lord Mizuno'd been askin' for it over and over for a very long time, so...
...for a tiny present we got him to do us a huge favor, and that's how it went down.
The whole diabolical plan was Ginjiro and the old man's doin'.
So then, where's Ginjiro now?
He said to let Mister Toyama here reap all the rewards in his place.
So does that mean... it's really goodbye, then?
That one... he ain't comin' back, guys.
He don't look it, but he's a serious guy deep down.
Just which part of Ginjiro are you callin' " serious" ?!
He was... he was workin' for Torii the whole time.
That bastard was spyin' on us...!
"Beware of Lion"
What's gotten into you, Sayuri?! I'm sure we can work it out! Right?
Let's just talk this over.
Oh, that's right-- it must be that thing from before!
I'm telling ya, that wasn't no, you know, not a girl, exact--
Eh? Not that? Okay, is it the fountain pen...?!
A fountain pen's not really for writin', you know. It's more an art thing.
So you know, it makes sense that it's expensi--
What? Not that either? Oh, I know! It's about those Betamax tapes, isn't it?
Okay, I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I don't really know what I did, but I apologize!
I won't do it again! I'm really sorry! I'm really sorry! I'm really sorrrrrrrrrry...!
Princess...?
"Do Not Enter!" "Tetsuju's Lion's Den"
Coooo...
Well, I'm just glad it worked out!
Hey, Sora...
...where're you goin'
You overheard Rokube's wife talkin' back there just now, didn't you?
'Bout how she saw the blue beast goin' off somewhere with Tetsuju.
So are you goin' to Tetsuju's place?
What the ladies saw... I think it's one of the other beasts that split from that girl's body.
And that means the blue girl and Akai will probably go after it.
The Hatchobori too?!
In that case, I'm goin' too!
This is my responsibility!
Well, unless we settle this thing with them, I ain't gonna be able to build the rocket in peace!
I won't let you!
I'm goin'
When I say no, I mean no!
If I say I'm goin', I'm goin'
We'll accompany you!
H-How the-- ?!
I'm ashamed to admit it, but... we lost track of Akai and the girl.
You guys are awesome...!
At this rate, it looks like we're gonna get the jump on 'em!
If you keep talkin', you're gonna bite your tongue!
I can't believe I haven't caught up with 'em yet.
It'd really suck if they took a backroad on me.
What happened?!
My buddy got it from some weird customer...!
Heave-ho! Heave-ho! Heave-ho...!
Goddamn grunts! What the hell're you doing?!
Ya wanna know somethin', officer?
We shake customers like this to coax a big tip out of 'em...
and that's why they call it a " shakedown" !
Yeah, ya sure learn a few things from this anime!
Cu... Cut it out...!
Heave--
Akai!
Te... Tetsuju...! Where the hell's Tetsuju the Human Fuse...?!
Where is she? That bitch...!
Dalah!
Ah, it's the princess!
Welcome! It's a pleasure to see you again!
Tetsuju...?
What's this? I see you brought everyone along with you, eh?
Have you seen a blue beast around here?!
Huh? A blue beast...?
Yeah, can't say that I have.
We do have a princess here, of course.
You remember the one I told you about.
The Princess Kaguya who came down to our village from on high!
A princess?!
What's wrong with you, Tetsuju?
Ah, Princess... allow me to introduce you to the princess.
Wait, hold on... two princesses?
Ah well, when it comes to princesses, it doesn't hurt to have a whole bunch, now does it?
Princess!
That's a damn beast!
Sir... please just let us rest a little...!
I can sense her close by.
Got it.
Let us down!
All right, you two. You can go now.
Okay then, we'll be on our way.
To the other side, I mean.
I knew it...!
Akai!
Bastard! What the hell do you think you're doin' !
Ginjiro!
Right now I'm Bellybutton of the Men in Black!
Don't worry, I've got this one covered! Hurry and go!
Wait...!
All right, bring it on. At this point, you may find I'm quite a match for you with my sword!
That masked man... it was you, huh?!
Why the hell'd you team up with that beast?!
That woman's a monster who kills people and sucks out their blood!
I took a page from you and that Tamaya punk.
I decided that from here on out, I'd live my life for fun and fun only.
You're under arrest! Under arrest!
That goddamn bitch...! Where the hell is she?!
What is the meaning of this attack?!
Princess Kaguya came here searching for her fava bean so she could return to the moon!
--You mustn't interrupt her search! --Tetsuju, that thing isn't your Princess Kaguya!
I must not betray the princess, even if it means going against an order from the princess!
Huh? What?
A princess is a princess, who becomes a princess... a princess because she's a princess... huh?
Look at the beast-- what the heck is it tryin' to do over there?!
The princess just wants to bid farewell to Earth.
What's goin' on?!
Oh no...!
"Utter Nonsense"
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"
I'm Left Gate Guard Lieutenant Toyama, the North Edo City Commissioner!
"Everyone here, raise your faces!"
Wait, who was that just now? It was Matsukata, right?
Umenosuke? Hideki? Yukio...?!
Hey, you gotta look this shit up in the Chiezo, man!
Next time, the twentieth episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...
"Woman Who Smiles in the Face of Hardship" Case closed!