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
A PARTNER AFTER 13 YEARS
Ichiro!
Gimme back my skirt!
Is that how you speak to the Great Defender of Justice Ichiro-sama?!
Fool!
Get any closer than that and this shitty old man is dead!
You call yourself a Defender of Justice when you take hostages...?
Shut up!
Stop this please... It's too early in the morning!
Mom, please get my skirt back from Ichiro!
Ichiro!
And there she is! The monstrous old blubber hag!
Who you calling an old blubber hag?
Quit it already.
How dare you insult the Great Defender of Justice Ichiro-sama in this manner!
Come on, come on, come on.
Or I'm really gonna get mad. Geez.
You won't get away with treating a Defender of Justice like this!
Oh, Jiro...
Were you done in by the Defender of Justice too?
You really are the only quiet one around here.
It really calms me to be with you, Jiro.
O-Oh no!
These are Tokuko's bloomers!
Please just kill him!
Why'd you give birth to a child like that?!
Don't say stupid things.
If you don't eat up, you're gonna be late for school.
As the person who brought him into the world, you better take responsibility and finish him off.
How can you speak that way, Tokuko?
Your father hates people who speak that way.
How can you say that when you only woke up and got here just now?
You can't speak like that without knowing the circumstances.
Tokuko, don't worry. Eat your breakfast.
Why are you sucking up to your grandkid?
That's disgraceful.
Stop that.
Here you go, Tokuko.
Your skirts all pretty again.
What's wrong?
Does your tummy hurt, Tokuko?
I don't wanna go to school 'cause my skirt looks weird.
I-It doesn't look weird at all!
I just ironed it!
That's right! It looks great, Tokuko!
That uniform really suits you.
- That uniform really suits you. - Yeah, it does.
That uniform really suits you.
It looks cute, Tokuko.
It's good. It's all good.
Take care.
You're looking cool, Tokuko-chan!
Watch out for cars!
Yeah, be careful!
- Bye, Tokuko! - Yeah, be careful!
Somehow it doesn't seem right with them being like that, either.
What? What?
I wonder where he's from...
I heard he's from Tokyo.
Tokyo?! Whoa!
Quiet down.
All right, please introduce yourself.
Yes ma'am.
I've come here from Tokyo due to my father's job.
My name is Yokomizo Hitoshi.
Hey, he's totally your type, right?
He's kinda cool.
Nice to meet you all.
No way!
He's too cool!
Yokomizo-kun when he's laughing...
Yokomizo-kun when he's a little embarrassed...
Yokomizo-kun in profile...
Oh my god!
Everything about him is wonderful...
Yokomizo-kun...
Hanada!
Hanada Tokuko!
Yes sir!
Why are you spacing out?
I'm sorry.
These are the essays you submitted last week.
Everyone did well, but Hanada's was the best.
It was a well-written, down-to-earth essay that didn't put on any airs.
Hanada, come up here and read it aloud to everyone.
This sucks!
Good luck, Toku-chan.
Read it loud and clear.
Of all my essays, why did he have to make me read this one out loud?
I wanna die!
"My Brother."
Hanada Tokuko, Class 1-1.
Above all, my brother is a brat.
He doesn't listen to anything people say.
All he does is mischief and I just can't stand him.
The reason we don't have a TV at home is because he broke it swinging a bat.
Once, he almost died after being run into by a truck.
But even then, he was released from the hospital in just one day.
And for some reason, it was the driver who was in more of a critical condition.
I can't help thinking that it was my brother who ran into the truck.
Oh no.
He's laughing at me.
Since then, my brother has been saying that he can see ghosts.
Whenever he falls into the toilet, he blames it on ghosts.
Whenever anything goes wrong, he blames it on ghosts.
He got stitches on his head after the accident, and all our neighbors have been gossiping,
saying that the reason his hair isn't growing back is because he's been cursed.
Girl's Toilet
There's no hope left!
What're you talking about?
It's more like you've caught his attention before anyone else!
I don't wanna hear your false consolation!
But it's true!
While everyone else was laughing,
Yokomizo-kun was the only person listening to you seriously.
He was really listening carefully to your story of being tortured by your shitty brother.
You did good, Toku-chan.
Yokomizo-kun!
Man, the teachers pile all our textbooks onto us all at once, don't they.
Here you go. That's all of them.
Thank you, Hanada-san.
See you.
Yokomizo-kun, goodbye until tomorrow.
What's this?
Yokomizo-kun!
Oh, I have that one. I'll lend it to you.
I guess l'll return it tomorrow.
Yokomizo-kun...
"Thank you, Hanada-san," huh?
Guess you're really happy he remembered your name, huh?
He's really cool.
Tokuko, help me out with getting dinner ready.
You've been talking about nothing else ever since you got back.
Silly girl.
Let me be.
Yokomizo-kun is my first love.
I'm Yokomizo Yokochin-kun!
Oh, wweally?
I'm shoo happy.
I wuv you, Yokochin.
Stop that, Ichiro!
I'm Yokomizo Yokochinchin-kun!
Note: Yoko [ 横 ] means "sideways". Chin [ ちん ] means "penis" Yokochin [ 横ちん ] is when it's peeking out.
Don't sully my Yokomizo-kun!
Stop that!
Let me drink in peace!
Oh, this boy in the middle, huh?
Pass it here. Let me see.
Show me too! Me too!
- Show me too! Me too! - Ichiro, don't look!
He's all right, I guess...
He loses to me though.
Show me. Let me see too.
You don't have to look, Ichiro!
You're right. He's nothing special.
Hey, brat...
Can you see me?
Looks like I've finally found you, partner.
H-He's a ghost!
What are you talking about?!
But he just laughed with his mouth wide open!
You're so mean!
You're just trying to say something nasty about my precious Yokomizo-kun.
What now, ghosts again?
You never give up, do you?
Yokomizo-kun...
I'm sure he was laughing earlier.
He's suspicious...
Hey, Yokochin ghost boy!
If you're a ghost, you can hear me, right?
Answer me.
Yo, partner.
Y-You damn ghost!
Excuse me, but I ain't no stinkin' ghost.
Then, what are you?
They call me Amanojaku.
Amanojaku?
What's an Amanojaku?
A demon? Or a devil?
Well, something like that.
So, what do you need of me?
Now that's a fine question you ask.
You see, I've been locked away in this place somewhere,
and I've been looking for a partner who can set me free.
Why are you locked away in a photo, anyway?
Didn't I say "this place somewhere"?
This photo is nothing more than a window.
Could this be Yokochin...?
That's right!
Y-You're...
Didn't I just tell ya?
I'm Amanojaku.
What are you doing there?
It cant be helped. I kinda changed this guy's destiny, you see.
Huh?
This guy here was scheduled to be born a girl.
A girl?
Yep!
A girl.
Thirteen years ago, his parents wanted a child and were working hard to conceive one.
We Amanojaku are a tribe that enjoys playing mischief on people...
by preying on their weaknesses.
So I was playing my usual little tricks, and...
I forced Yokomizo's dad to drink when he couldn't really handle alcohol.
If you drink alcohol, your kids are born as girls instead of boys?
Well, that was the day his child was supposed to be conceived.
But since Yokomizo's dad was drunk, he wasn't able to do his duty until the next day.
In other words, he couldn't sow his seed till the next day.
If the day is changed, a girl becomes a boy?
It kinda depends on ovulation patterns.
What's ovulation?
It's the one day of the month when a woman makes the egg of a baby
Egg?!
If the egg and seed don't stick together properly, a kid can't be born.
How do they stick together?!
Oh, shut up!
Either way, mischief that alters someone's destiny is not permissible.
So ever since he was born, I've been locked away inside him.
By who?
How should I know? It's a rule of nature.
In other words, until I change his destiny back to what it was supposed to be, I can't leave here.
And that's where you come in. I'm gonna send you back 13 years in time
to stop my mischief from 13 years ago.
If he's born as a girl like he's supposed to, I should be able to get out of here, no problem.
Man, it took 13 long years for someone to notice my presence.
No way!
I'm a Defender of Justice!
There's no way I'm becoming the partner of a villain!
Oh, I'm willing to wait until you're willing to cooperate.
There's no way I'd ever be willing, dumbass.
Enjoy a lifetime of being locked away!
Oh no!
Mom! Mom!
The photo's gone!
Yokomizo-kun's photo is..
I left it by my pillow!
It's Ichiro!
It's gotta be Ichiro!
Ichiro! Don't lie to me!
I'm not lying! It's the truth!
The talking photo was called Amanojaku,
and by playing a trick he changed Yokochin's destiny.
You plan on blaiming on a ghost again?!
There now, Tokuko... Ichiro's just talking in his sleep.
Good morning, Hanadia-san.
Yokomizo-kun, g-good morning.
In that case, bring it over next time.
I'll take a look.
Leave it to me!
U-Umm, Yokomizo-kun...
Umm... You see...
What is it, Hanada-san?
Nothing.
What should I do about the photo...?
Class 4-2
Be quiet, everyone.
If you keep on being so noisy, I'll really make you take a test.
Geez...
The minute you see a stack of papers, you create a ruckus thinking it's a test.
Isn't there ever a child who actually wants a test?
If there were, your teacher would be so happy-
Nope!
As if there could ever be a kid-
Let's have a test!
I-chan?!
Ichiro-kun!
So cool!
When did you...?
Yo, partner. We meet again.
I should've torn you up from the very beginning.
Why didn't I think of this earlier?
Take that!
I-chan!
Boy, today was crazy, huh?
You got a zero on the test...
but the teacher was really happy, so that's good, huh?
Shut up.
Now that it's all cleared up, I'm hungry.
Let's hurry, Souta.
Hey, wait, I-chan!
Yay!
It's hamburgers!
There is no need to get so excited, lchiro.
All right, sit down already!
I'm so glad I ran back home.
After all, hamburgers are my favorite-
What's wrong, Ichiro?
I hate hamburgers!
Like anyone could...
Like anyone could... eat this stuff!
I didn't mean that!
I never even thought that!
Ichiro!
You little...!
You little horror.
You can talk to ghosts in the shed!
Let me go!
Let me out! Let me out!
I wanna eat hamburgers!
Hamburgers! Hamburgers!
Yo, partner.
You willing to cooperate with me yet?
How can this be?!
I just tore you up into tiny pieces!
There!
It's useless.
Until you're willing to cooperate,
I can make it so you don't get any dinner for two or even three days.
Fine, I got it. I'll cooperate.
I'd be happy to accept your offer to cooperate.
But do you really understand?
I just have to stop you from playing your mischief 13 years ago, right?
That's right.
Make sure that Yokomizo's old man doesn't drink any alcohol.
What's your weakness?
Moron. Do you really think I'd tell you?
There's gotta be something you don't like, right?
I have no weaknesses.
If I had to come up with something, it'd be...
Love.
What's love?
Shut up.
I can't send you back to any time other than those few hours on that day.
Huh?!
If it's only a few hours, I don't have the confidence to do it!
In that case, you'll have to work at it however many times it takes.
As long as you don't succeed, you won't be able to come back to this time.
You'll end up living forever within those few hours 13 years ago.
No way! Who'd agree to a crappy deal like that?
After all, I'm the all-important oldest son of the Hanada household.
If I were to disappear...
Ichiro?
Have you thought about what you've done a little?
See? That's my mom.
Oh, you don't have to worry about that.
Huh? Huh?
What did I come here for...?
Oh no... Am I getting senile?
Huh?
See ya then.
Do good, okay?
You're not coming with me?!
If I could go myself, like hell I would've waited 13 years for a brat like you.
And don't forget, you shitty brat.
Your enemy is not the nice guy you see now. It's me from 13 years ago.
A genuine, indisputable Amanojaku!
This is the past...?
Was this part of the deal?!
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
Here I am, thrown back 13 years in time.
I'm supposed to guard Yokomizo's old man from Amanojaku's mischief, but...
Dammit, that Amanojaku.
He keeps on getting in my way over and over again.
At this rate I'll never be able to get back to my time!
Come to think of it, he said that love is his weakness, right?
What is love?
Finish it up and come back quickly, partner.
AMONOJAKU