I'll be the one
I guess you were lost when I met you
Still there were tears in your eyes
So out of trust and I knew
No more than mysteries and lies
There you were, wild and free
Reachin' out like you needed me
A helping hand to make it right
I am holding you all through the night
I'll be the one. I'll be the one
Who will make all your sorrows undone
I'll be the light. I'll be the light
When you feel like there's nowhere to run
I'll be the one
I'll be the light
Where you can run
To make it alright
Stop! Ichiro!
You're absolutely not getting away with this today!
The demon hag is on the rampage!
Hey! Don't steal someone's bicycle like that!
In your face, demon hag!
Oh... Looks like I'm going to die.
Even though I'm still only in the 3rd grade.
I guess I really did get punished for it.
THE VERY BEGINING
Hey... I-chan, let's stop...
We shouldn't be doing something like that.
We must make a proper grave for it, or...
I think your mother would get really mad too...
Hey, I-chan...
I'm Hanada Ichiro.
The one and only true Ichiro.
This is Souta, the wuss.
We've been friends since we were babies.
Oh, Ichiro...
You're back from school already?
THE CURSE OF THE COLOR TV
This old hag is my mom, Hisae.
It's here! The demon hag is here!
Heeey! Stop right theeere!
Stop!
Take another step and this geezer dies!
Hey, give that back to me.
Stop that, I-chan...
What are you doing to your gran'pa?!
You're going to get punished for this!
Either shut up and buy a color TV, or watch the old man die.
You have to choose.
Don't keep making me repeat myself.
Your gran'pa saved up the compensation money he gets for Uncle Takajirou, who died in action,
for a long time to buy the TV we have now.
You're really lucky you have it.
We have no reason to buy another one!
Right, Gran'pa?
Yeah... It's also a memento to remember Takajirou by.
This is my old man's old man.
In other words, he's my gran'pa, Tokujirou.
He's 78 years old.
Whatever!
Old cheapskate!
I-chan!
Geez...
how did we end up with such a child...?
Souta...
Ah?
What color is the sky?
People call it the big blue sky, so don't you think it's blue?
On our TV it's gray.
Y-Yeah?
Ichiro...
Mom told me what you did...
You know...
That frog's ghost is going to haunt you for doing that.
It was run over by a car and dead to begin with.
Right, Souta?
Yeah...
That's why I keep saying that you're an idiot.
What?!
Tormenting the dead is the greatest sin you can commit.
Oh well, whatever.
Whatever happens has nothing to do with me.
Shut up, Fugly!
That's a lie!
I-chan!
This is my older sister, Tokuko.
She's Fugly, 'cause she's fat and ugly.
I made up that nickname.
Hey!
You're peeping over there again?!
How many times have I told you that this is not the toilet?!
So the idiot who was pissing in the house was Ichiro, huh?
Man, you're hopeless.
And there he is!
This is my dad, Daijirou, who pretends to understand everything
when he really doesn't know a thing.
He's a carpenter, so the neighbors call him Dai-chan.
Note: Dai-chan is a reference to daiku [ 大工 ], which means "carpenter".
We'll have mold in the hallway.
It's stinks and it'll start rotting.
You're really tormenting your mother, geez.
It's not my fault that the toilet is outside...
I don't like going there at night 'cause it looks like it's haunted.
What do we do when our oldest son is afraid of the toilet?
If the one thing a misbehaved boy like you is afraid...
of where to actually bless us with its presence,
I doubt it would choose to come to the toilet...
You got that right!
B... But I heard it comes out if you have bad luck...
If you go to the toilet at night...
Should I wipe your bottom...?
Sis said that a ghost would come wanting to wipe your bottom...
Tokuko!
Think about it... Isn't that a really good ghost?
It's wiping your butt for you, right?
Since it's such an obliging ghost, ask it to come again!
You won't need toilet paper, so it's a great deal!
No! No! No!
-No! No! No! - All right, I got it!
If a ghost comes, then capture it and bring it in.
Daddy will sell it for a good price somewhere.
Eather way, you better not use the corridor as a toilet again.
If you do it again, then...
If you buy a color TV, then I might suck it up and think about using the toilet outside...
What... was... that... ?
You brat! You trying to make deals with your father?!
Daijirou, you must learn to control your temper...
Gran'pa!
Wake up...
Please come with me to the toilet.
Wake up already!
Should I wipe your bottom...?
The frog you put into the washing machine?
I threw it away.
What?! But you have to bury it properly!
You can't complain.
You left it out there after all.
If it comes to haunt me, it's your fault!
It's because you are always misbehaving that you are afraid of ghosts so much.
Geez. And it's only afternoon
More importantly, don't you have any homework?
Even though you come home early on Saturdays, if you're just playing all the time...
Damn you! Damn you!
Old hag! Old hag!
A hornet...
Take that!
Stupid hornet! Hornet!
Take that! And that!
AND THAT!
Wh-Wh-Wh-What was that noise just now-
Hey, hey!
Since this is broken, could we get a color TV now?
Why you...
ungratefull little...
Hey! Ichiro!
You're absolutely not getting away with this today!
The demon hag is on the rampage!
Ichiro! Wait!
Hey! Don't steal someone's bicycle like that!
Hah! Catch me if you can!
You idiot!
It's dead end ahead!
Like I care!
In your face, demon hag!
Huh?
What was I doing again?
Oh, that's right...
I got my much-deserved punishment when a car hit me...
Oh... Oh no!
A kid's been hit by a truck!
Hang in there, Hisae-san.
Hang in there, Ichiro-chan!
Hey, kid!
Can you hear me?
Huh?
Is that me lying over there?
I wonder why...
What?! What?!
Wow!
I'm flying in the sky!
There's a girl I don't know flying too.
She's really pretty.
Quite a difference from Fugly.
Hey, miss!
Where are you going?
Take me with you.
Huh?
Hey, miss!
Please wait!
Miss!
Why can't you just tell me? Meanie!
Miss! Hey!
Ichiro!
It's not your time yet!
Ichiro!
It's not your time yet!
SUEKICHI GENERAL HOSPITAL
Ichiro!
I-chan!
Ichiro!
I... I...
It hurts!
Thank goodness.
He's out of danger now.
Miraculously, I survived.
Maybe it was because of the spot I landed on...
I received just a few stitches on my head and was released from the hospital the next day.
You really do have stitches!
Cool!
Whatcha think? Isn't it cool?!
A bad omen...
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Just as I thought!
No matter how many times I count, there's nine stitches.
What are you going to do?
A-About what?
It's really inauspicious to have nine stitches.
You might have been cursed or something...
Shut up, Fugly!
Tokuko!
Don't scare him with stupid things.
Come on Ichiro, we're going to the hospital.
And you're not supposed to take off your bandages.
Your stitches haven't been removed yet!
SUEKICHI GENERAL HOSPITAL
I really don't know how to apologize.
The truck that hit me was totaled, and the driver's injuries would take six months to heal.
But I'm really glad that Ichiro-chan wasn't hurt badly.
Because of our son's mischief you were...
Come on Ichiro!
Apologize!
But still, thank goodness Ichiro-chan is all right.
Really...
Gran'pa seems to think that Gran'ma, who died the year before last, protected him.
Since the incident, he's been constantly thanking her at the altar.
Is that so? But you never know, it might be the case.
You think so... ?
... Five, six, seven, eight...
I-chan, you look tired.
What's wrong?
You know, Souta...
When I was hit by the car...
Ah! Chiro!
There, there.
Your stomach has gotten even bigger, hasn't it?
Hey I-chan, look!
The puppies... They're going to be born soon.
Souta, guard me while I go to the toilet!
Okay.
I-chan, are you done?
Not yet.
Souta-kun, you have to guard the toilet even in the afternoon?
Thanks a lot.
Come to think of it, at that time...
It's not your time yet!
That voice... I get the feelings it sounded like my dead gran'ma.
Ichiro.
Huh?
Ichiro.
I-chan?
I-chan!
I-chan has... !!
There's trouble!
Hanada-san's son has fallen into the toilet!
Ichiro!
I tell you there was a ghost there!
I'm telling you that a ghost came! A ghost!
Listen to me, you damn hag!
Hag! Hag! Hag!
Really. You just keep on lying!
It's your own carelessness that made you fall into the toilet.
Because you are an idiot.
But I'm telling you it's not a lie! If you won't believe me...
Take it!
Learned your lesson? My firecrackers of justice!
Like I've been saying!
It's possible the ghost might be Gran'ma.
So... So you're saying that Gran'ma's ghost made you fall into the toilet?
Ichiro! You're still talking about that?
Did you see how serious Grand'pa just looked?
Didja? Didja?
Geez. You always take him seriously.
That's obviously a lie.
I tell you, it's not a lie!
If you still won't believe me, you'll get more of my firecrackers of justice.
What?! You still have some left?
Come on Ichiro, give me those firecrackers!
Like hell I will!
Ichiro! Hand them over!
Geez... Can't I even eat in peace?
One really shouldn't live for too long...
Then why don't you die?
Ichiro!
Ow...
That's it!
Gran'pa should just die quickly and become a ghost.
Then you'll know that I'm not lying.
What are you, an idiot?
Ichiro...
Who are you, miss?
Are you my gran'ma?
Or are you the butt-wipping ghost?
No.
My name is Yuki.
Yuki... ?
Oh... A dream, huh?
Ichiro.
It's not a dream!
Ichiro...
A-Are you dead??
Yeah...
Then you're a ghost, aren't you?!
I want you to help me, Ichiro.
It seems in addition to the nine stitches,
I have also attained the really inconvenient ability to see ghosts.
Please, Ichiro.
But I really hate ghosts!
Don't pretend you're sorry
I know you're not
You know you got the power
To make me weak inside
Girl you leave me breathless
But it's okay 'cause
You are my survival
Now hear me say
I can't imagine
Life without your love
Even forever don't seem like long enough
'Cause everytime I breathe I take you in
And my heart beats again
Baby I can't help it
You keep me drowning in your love
Everytime I try to rise above
I'm swept away by love
Baby I can't help it
You keep me drowning in your love
So I can suddenly see ghosts.
What's going to happen to me now?
This is scary! I don't want to see any ghosts!
The Yuki ghost that appeared in front of me is taking me to some guy called Seiji.
But Yoki, do you really think I can request anything of a scary dude like this?
Do your best, Ichiro.
THE WISH OF YUKI THE GHOST