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
NIGHTLY DUTIES
Hey, Rinko, don't do that again.
Do what?
That smoochy thing here.
Huh?
My lips will rot if a girl's spit gets on them.
So if you don't promise that you wont do it again, then-
Nope.
I won't make such a promise.
Say, did they rot?
Are they really going to rot?
Hey, have they started rotting already?
Well, when are they gonna start to rot?
I wanna see the rotting!
Shut up.
Hey, Ichiro.
I'm going to marry you, so we can do it asimany times as we want.
'Cause I'll be your bride.
Come on! Hurry, let's go!
If we waste any more time it'll become morning!
We've gotta explore!
Geez, that was quite a turn of events...
Quiet down, Bean Jelly.
Do you know what the time is?
It's the middle of the night.
Usually, you barely bark and are really quiet.
So what's the matter with you?
Is something the matter?
Is there someone on Mount Enkin?
Hey, Rinko...
I wanna go home and sleep now.
Geez, you're such a wimp, Ichiro.
Your fellow explorers would be shocked to hear that.
No point in saying that.
It's not like we have a goal or anything.
So let's go home.
This small Buddhist statue that was enshrined up ahead fell into the valley.
Buddhist statue?
Actually, I was hoping that you would return that statue to where it was.
Come on, this way.
Hey, Bean Jelly.
Don't pull on me so hard.
But I wouldn't think there was an idiot out there who'd venture up the mountain at this hour.
See, during the last earthquake, the Buddhist statue that was here...
Oh, you're right.
It's left behind traces.
When we first met and you said you had a request, did you mean this?
Yeah.
That's pretty bad, Rinko.
Dropping a Buddhist statue...
You'll incur the wrath of the heavens.
I-I didn't drop it.
Can't be helped then.
I'll bring it up then.
Really?
Yep.
I guess we can chalk it up to the duties of one born into the fate of an explorer.
So?
Where did the statue fall off to?
Eh?
WHAT?!
Don't be kidding around.
How do you expect me to get down there?
It's not like I'm a daredevil adventurer.
Well you see, I'm not an adventurer. I'm just an explorer.
What?
I mean, after falling from here, the statue couldn t possibly be whole anymore, right?
It's probably lying there in a thousand pieces.
No...
You're saying it's fine?
Yeah.
Geez! Can't be helped then.
Hang in there, Ichiro.
This is scary!
It's that dog again!
We have to run away!
It's all right.
I can just beat up Bean Jelly.
Hey, Bean Jelly!
You plan on leaving me behind?
This is bad.
Horse Dung Priest is with him.
R-Run away!
Ichiro!
Geez, just how much longer do you plan on sleeping?!
You got him!
Morning.
What's with I-chan?
Who knows...
I-chan!
Hey, I-chan!
Ichiro-kun, wake up.
Ichiro-kun!
Did you see that? This is the true power of an explorer.
Ichiro, you're awesome!
It's no big deal.
So where's the statue?
Here.
Exactly what part of it is small?
But it's small.
That looks really heavy.
It's not heavy.
It's really heavy!
What're you gonna do about this?!
Geez. I get it.
Go! Go! I-chi-ro!
I-chi-ro!
W... We... made it to here.
Doodle doodle.
Bean Jelly, you bastard...
Ichiro...
Let's be together forever, all right?
M... Marriage?
Well, there was a bit of this and that, and that's how it turned out.
Geez, hows this happening to me when I'm still so young?
I-I'll just pretend I didn't hear that.
What's that supposed to mean?
I told you 'cause you were nagging me about it.
I'm totally against it!
Wh... What is it?
Y-Y-You can't possibly get married in your fourth year of elementary school.
Th-That's right.
Yeah. You have to be in middle school at least.
I-Is that how it is?
I know that already.
And my dad always says a marriage runs into problems if you rush into it.
Problems... like what?
I-I believe it's about...
Women being demanding...
And he said that one's...
one's nightly duties are a big problem.
Yeah, that's what he said.
Yeah... Night, huh?
That's right.
Night is a big problem.
God, there's no time to sleep.
You really can't keep up with the demands of women.
Doesn't Ichiro seem like an aged alien?
Could it be because of his nightly duties?
Hey, what are nightly duties anyway, Youhei-kun?
How would I know, you idiot?!
You're here again, Bean Jelly?!
You little...
How dare you mess with us every night!
Today I'm not going to let you...
live through the night!
B-Bean Jelly!
Are you okay? Hang in there!
The only person who'd do something like this is that brat!
Eh, Bean Jelly?
What, he's already been rescued?
This is bad!
Go, Bean Jelly!
Don't let him escape today.
Though that brat is not the kind that can be captured by Bean Jelly.
Is he there?
Isn't this...?
Seeing how he's been losing weight, I'm sure that I'm right!
If you've seen real examples of it during the war, then you may be right.
It's gotta be that!
Huh?
So, Ichiro is...
Yeah, he probably has tapeworm in his stomach.
Well, here you go.
I'll get you some medicine for it, so don't worry and eat up.
Yeah, you need to feed the worm.
How about we call it Saburo?
Hey, Mom, where's Rinko's breakfast?
Huh?
Oh, sorry, I'm completely out of it.
Hey, it's too early for you to be getting senile.
Yeah, that's too much for even new-bride bullying.
Don't laugh, you old geezer!
Morning.
Ouch.
Just a minute.
I have a stone in my shoe.
Geez.
Ichiro, let's go to the mountain.
Can't we go after school?
There's no more time.
If we don't hurry, we won't make it.
All right.
Sorry about that.
I-chan?
What's the matter?
Oh, come to think of it, when are Rinko-chan's parents going to come get her?
Huh?
Who's Rinko-chan?
Hey, are you really going senile?
Rinko-chan is the daughter of our distant relatives on the other side of Mount Enkiri...
Wait... Did we have relatives on the other side of Mount Enkiri?
More than that, do people even live on the other side of Mount Enkiri anymore?
Ichiro!
Wh-What is it?
Don't scare people like that, Horse Dung Priest!
So it was you after all.
What do you mean, "after all"?
Why are you so quiet?
Ichiro.
What?
Move away from that girl.
Huh? What was that?
How'd your face get like that in the short time since I last saw you?
You look like a bird's young chick.
Can't be helped.
Saburo's living in my stomach.
You got a problem with that?
Move away from that girl!
Don't mess with-
Rinko?
Rin...
Hey, Rinko!
Rinko!
Rink-
Ichiro!
Let go of me!
Hey, Horse Dung Priest!
It's because you said weird stuff that Rinko got mad and ran off!
How're you going to make this up to me?
Ow!
Open your eyes, Ichiro.
You must stop all dealings with that girl at once.
If not, you'll lose your life.
Your face is already showing the shadow of death.
Huh?!
What are you talking about?!
I don't understand!
That girl is not of this world!
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
Horse Dung Priest!
I just need a little more time to bring the statue back up!
Why are you suddenly talking to me about the past?
What does that have to do with me?
Stop it! I don't want to hear it!
Stop it!
Rinko is a relative of ours!
She's not a ghost!
At this rate you are going to lose your life.
MOTHER AND CHILD STATUES
Don't you understand that, Ichiro?!