There's no more time!
You've got to get in the rocket now!
C'mon, hurry!
I understand.
You've really helped me, Tamakichi.
Thanks, Princess Kaguya. Now take care.
"Mimatsuya Head Office"
--Shunpei! --Shunpei!
"Love" " Love" --Shunpei! --Shunpei!
"Love" " Love" Shun--!
Something... you could call... a dream...?
Huhhhh...
Sure have been a lotta unexpected developments.
They're fantastic...
So it's been... four months already, huh?
If Ginjiro's comin' back already, I guess I better, too.
Time to get started.
Even so...
...who ever heard of anime characters deciding what to do by watching the story so far...?
I think that's a first.
It's gotta be.
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
Hey, whatcha got?
Where do I put this?
Bring that over here!
We're ready for that now.
Almost launch time, boys.
Hey, where'd my hammer go?
Do this here like this and this...
That'll do it!
Watch it... watch it...
We write the name like " a dragon flaps its wings" and pronounce it " Shoryu."
This thing's a masterpiece!
A three-stage design, huh?
Yeah!
For the first stage, we set off a whole crapload of gunpowder.
That's just to get the heavy rocket up in the air.
Then in the second stage we finalize the flight angle and reach liturgical pomposity--
You mean " critical velocity," right?
Some people call it that, too.
So once we reach that, on the third stage you finally...
You finally... reach the moon.
The moon's really within reach, Sora.
Yeah.
Easy... easy...
That's it!
--That's it! --Easy...
--That's it! That's it! --Easy... easy...
--That's it... that's it... --Easy... easy...
Easy... does it!
All right! Yeah! Woo-hoo!
Lookee that!
We did it!
Awesome!
Hey! Look here!
Nice work, everyone!
Looks great!
Aaaa... what a complete waste of time.
We did somehow manage to take care of Kin's request, though.
But I still wonder where in the heck that big ol' show-off wound up runnin' off to...
Who do you mean?
There she goes again!
When she knows exactly who we mean!
I already told you Ginjiro's none of my concern, didn't I?
Wait, who said anything about Ginjir--
I said knock it off!
Why don't you guys just kick the princess back to the damn moon, already...?!
"We rent!" " Shirahamaya"
I can at least give you somethin' to wash up with.
Nah, I wanna hurry back to Ishikawa Island.
I know how you feel. That thing ain't just Sora and Seikichi's baby anymore.
The rocket belongs to all of us now.
Well, if it isn't Miss Kagiya.
Oh my goodness! It's you, ma'am ! Welcome back finally!
Welcome back! Welcome back! Welcome back! Welcome back!
Welcome back, ma'am .
We haven't seen each other in quite some time now, have we Miss Kagiya?
"Shira" " Shirahamaya Kanda-Suehirocho"
Hey, you.
"Shira" " Shirahamaya Kanda-Suehirocho" Yes'm !
Seems we got some odd customers in while I was away, wouldn't you say?
It was nothin' She just wanted me to arrange for some carpenters!
The request was completely legit, I swear!
It's just...
Spit it out.
She said she wanted us to keep it a secret from Seikichi and the others.
Oh, right!
It's gonna be fine.
Sure thing!
Hey, over here!
All right, hold on a sec.
So then, I guess we're finally ready to launch... and say goodbye.
Yeah. You guys've been such a big help to me.
Stop actin' like some stranger.
Hm? Sora...?
Yeah...
...they say even women pissed standin' up back in these days, but I wonder if that's true.
Well I sure ain't never seen it happen in no period drama, I'll tell ya that.
My point exactly.
What the hell's that?
Probably just some trash bag from an illegal waste dump, right?
Dah!
Yeah!
Dalahhh!
Yah-ha-hah!
Yah-hee! Ya-la-la-la-la-la-lah!
Who ya lookin' for?
Uh, well...
Who... ya... loo... ook... in'. .. for?
Well, that's the... the um...
I just, you know... I had a feelin' Gin might show up or somethin'.
Like he'd just pop in, you know, with this look on his face like nothin' ever happened.
Ya can't do this, big brutha! Ya can't do this!
C-Can't do what...?
You can't do it.
Definitely can't .
You really can't !
I don't know what's going on, but you can't .
Can't ...
Can't !
Okay, okay.
--Everyone move back now. --You can't do this to us!
You good with that? That story, big brutha?
Oooooo... it ain't no good!
What's the deal with you and this sudden " rowdy teen" bit?!
'Cuz Sora's leavin' tomorrow, ya blockhead!
So why're ya standin' here pretendin' ta look' for Gin?
Ev'ryone knows you're lookin' for Sora!
Where do you get off?! Assumin' you know who people're lookin' for...
It's friggin' obvious. When somethin's obvious, it's just obvious.
Why you gotta act like that, big brutha? It's just pathetic to look at.
The only pathetic one here is you, kid brother.
The truth is, you're the one who came out here lookin' for her.
B.........
Bullshit!
Hey, now! I ain't proud of it, but my instincts ain't too good!
And they 'specially ain't too good when it comes to boy-and-girl stuff.
That's the truth, and I freely admit it.
But there is something I can state with confidence, and that's --
Yep. That I've kinda had a thing for Sora the whole time.
Wh-Whoa... that's not the line you had in the play, man.
Who cares. We hardly ever follow the play anyway, right?
At any rate, I ain't gonna start havin' weird thoughts
about some girl my kid brother has a thing for.
I don't need no 'scuses from you.
Huh...?
You don't want her to go, do you? If you're honest.
If you tell her not to, I guarantee you Sora won't go.
I don't think she will, either.
I think what Sora really wants is--
What the hell kinda nonsense are the two of you spoutin' here?!
If she ain't leavin', then what happens with that rocket over there?!
We didn't build that thing just for Sora, you know.
We built it to get everyone in Edo to start lookin' up again.
It ain't some game! That thing really means somethin'
And romance and shit don't got nothin' to do with it!
My big brother's a big idiot.
Just the stubborn pride of a fireworks maker... I guess.
I get the feeling he's just afraid of getting turned down flat if he asks her.
Oh!
"Smack" Oh!
Mm-hmm!
So that's Tamaya's big firework, eh?
The more I look at it, the more it looks like a total ripoff of my Ascending Dragons.
Rippin' off ain't good, bub! We don't like ripoffs!
Huh...?!
Tetsuju Zoom!
Princess!
I mean Sayuri.
It's you, isn't it?
So you made it out safe after all!
Sayuri! My shoe's gonna fly off!
So... shall we go back to the village together?
Sayuri!
Forget about Tamaya's firework! Who cares about this thing?!
Sayuri!
What...? But we haven't turned on the elekiter yet...
Who're you again?
Shunpei and O-Nui are both just crazy.
Sora and me live in completely different worlds.
I mean, ain't gettin' Sora home the thing we've all been workin' toward this whole time?
To just up and say don't leave, after all that--
Is there something wrong with the leaves, Seikichi?
Uh?! No, um... l-I was just thinkin' we could have stuffed grape leaves for breakfast tomorrow!
That sounds yucky for breakfast!
Yeah, sounds yucky to me too.
Seikichi?
Tomorrow's the day, ain't it?
Yeah.
--Uh! --Um!
--Get on with it already! --C'mon!
Wh-What the hell, you guys?!
If you're gonna do it, just step up and do it, for heaven's sake!
That's right!
What're all you guys doing here?
Oh, that's right, I forgot-- Seikichi, something's wrong!
Huh?
How'd those things get ignited?!
At this point, we got no choice.
Sora, fly up and get in!
That's crazy, big brother!
That thing's gonna take off now! Our rocket's on the move!
No, I'm not going.
But Sora...!
Is that... maybe because...?
It didn't work.
It's too heavy. The damn thing's too heavy.
--Big brother! --Seikichi!
So that's his best, huh?
Don't tell me you did this...!
Do you think that I would need to?
I'm gonna do it.
Count on it.
Mine'll work. I don't plan to screw up like Seikichi.
"KA"
Seikichi...
There was no malfunction in either the elekiter or the ignition switch.
I think... the only explanation is that someone got in and--
The only explanation is that someone got in and did this on their own, big brother.
In that case... I think she's probably still alive, then.
By " she"... you mean the blue beast?!
Hey, look on the bright side, guys.
What if we'd gone ahead and put Sora in that sorry excuse for a rocket?
She'd be dead by now, wouldn't she?
What'd you say?! Some rubberneckin' passerby ain't got no right talkin' to us like that!
--Calm down, big brother! It's no good taking it out on people we don't know! --Goddamn bastard! Who the hell you think you are?!
Shunpei, we're gonna start all over from scratch.
My rocket ain't just some ordinary firework.
For the sake of everyone in Edo, I've gotta launch it up there or else!
Hey guys, we found some weirdo!
Sayuri... dalalalah...
Hey, it's Tetsuju.
We found him lyin' on the ground right next to the rocket.
I'm guessin'. .. maybe he's the one who went and lit up the rocket?
Is that true, Tetsuju?
Well, knowin' you, I guess I wouldn't put it past you...
...but I'll ask you anyway-- Why would you do somethin' like that?!
Watch out!
For all we know, that's the blue beast in disguise.
Huh?
I kept it quiet from everyone, but this morning I found two of the workers dead.
The bodies were chewed and ripped apart.
But... I thought the blue beast was supposed to be gone now.
What if it was lying low...
...and just waiting this whole time for Seikichi to finish the rocket?
Gwuhhh...! Fwuhhh...!
Dalah.
Hm?
What's seems to be the trouble, Princess Kaguya?
I don't buy it...!
No, this is the real Tetsuju.
How do you know?
He's not quite used to the dubbing process yet.
--Hold on a sec. See here and here? Those are the brackets. --Right, right...
--Got it? --Sorry 'bout that.
"Gwufuh" and " dalah"... got it.
Kazuki Nakashima, this stuff's hard to say...
Oh, okay!
W-Wait one goddamn minute! You can't just decide if it's me or not based on that!
This anime...!
I think that's a first.
Hm? I've heard that somewhere before.
Tetsuju, did you see who ignited the rocket?
Like I said, it was Sayuri.
I guess she still wants to go back to the moon.
"Sayuri"...?
That's his pet name for the blue beast.
So I guess she's alive, then. The blue beast is still--
In that case, we've really gotta hurry up and get the rocket ready.
It's Kin!
Unfortunately... take a look around.
Nothin' to worry about.
The truth is, the shogun's heard about the rocket too...
...and he says he definitely wants to see it happen.
So does that mean...?
Yeah! And also, additional workers too!
Yah-hoo! All right! Awesome!
Sora, just a little while longer.
We'll go back and fix the design, and next time it's gonna be a top-notch rocket.
We're gonna do this!
Okay.
"Leap Month 9"
You...!
I heard it was your shop that sent out the workers... to work for the Kagiyas.
And what's the problem with that?
On my way back to Edo, I ran across somethin' pretty distasteful.
"Yat ta Yo"
Wait up, big brother!
Hey, O-Riku! Mister Kagiya! You guys in there?
Look, Seikichi-- it says "Temporarily Closed."
Huh?
Since fireworks makers tend to close up shop in early fall...
...maybe they went out to Hakone for a hot springs cure or something...?
They're in Shimoda.
Shimoda?
That's really gross, O-Ise! If you gotta pee, just do it over there somewhere.
Who the hell's talkin' 'bout how women in these days used to pee standin' up too, huh?!
When I said " Shimoda" I meant here!
They're doin' a hot springs cure way the hell out there...?! That really sucks.
I was thinkin' of askin' 'em to help out with the gunpowder mixin', but...
We're so busy we're running around like crazy.
In that case, shall we go to Shimoda?
I mean, we really should go.
What're you talkin' 'bout, O-Ise? We ain't got time to be sittin' around in no hot springs.
I don't care, 'cuz we're goin'
Uh, okay...!
I still think this ain't no time for us to be doin' this kinda crap.
There's no point in you hanging around for the rocket assembly anyway, big brother.
Well I for one am having lotsa fun, Seikichi.
What great scenery!
Well sure, the scenery's great and all, but havin' us suddenly head out on another trip...?
I'm just fed up with bein' a slave to the needs of the script.
Once we pass over that hill, we should be able to see the ocean.
Oh yeah?
You gotta check this out, Sora!
The wind that blows from the sea around Izu feels so warm and--!
What's wrong, big brother?
What the hell is that...?
Is that... something the Kagiyas made?
I see now! O-Riku was sneaking around building her own rocket behind our backs!
Why would she do that?
Because she really, really hates to lose.
She must think she can build a better rocket than Seikichi, so--
Big brother!
O-Riku!
Seikichi!
Go away! You can't be here!
That's right! What're you doin' here, Seikichi?!
O-Riku...! Mister Kagiya...!
Now listen here, you. This is a Kagiya fireworks test site.
You can't just come bargin' in like thi--
"Fireworks"...? You call this fireworks?!
This ain't no contraption for launchin' things high in the air!
It's for distance... and accuracy in shootin' things far away!
And it's pointin' at the far side of the ocean!
Eh?! So it's a...?
That's right. This is a cannon, all right.
But why...?! It's not true is it, O-Riku?!
Are these two even really Kagiyas?
Are you sayin' maybe... they're blue beasts in disguise?!
Wh... What do you...?
What item do you buy on Wednesdays?
Easy-- Shonen Sunday.
She's the real thing.
What kinda stupid logic is that...?
Even so, there ain't no way the Kagiyas could build somethin' like this on their own.
Look how the ramp's lined with sheets of ice.
This time of year, the only ice available is what's stored in the Fuji lava caves...
...and that's s'posed to be reserved for the shogun only.
So the fact that they're usin' it means--
You are correct. This construction is a government affair.
Torii!
Lower your heads!
The man you will see before you is our nation's glorious Council Elder...
...the esteemed Lord Mizuno, Prince of Echizen!
Mizuno... heeeere!
This promontory at Shimoda projects into Edo Bay and thus serves as our watchtower.
By firing from here, we will be able to sink incoming foreign ships with just a single shot.
Using this rocket, of course.
Why, goddamnit...?!
Why the hell would you even... build somethin' like this?!
"Hijack the You-Know-What!"
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 time"
Um, well... okay, here goes!
Ker-splat! Ker-snap! Duh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh!
Huh? Isn't this supposed to be the short performance segment...?
Um, well... the twenty-fifth episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...
"When a Master's Work Cries for the Moon..." Um, well... the twenty-fifth episode of Oh! Edo Rocket...
"When a Master's Work Cries for the Moon..." Tamaya!