*MONACO*
Fujiko dear, this is the famous Monaco Grand Prix course.
It feels so good. Go faster!
All right.
Watch out! Watch out!
Who do you think you are, you crazy driver! I'll teach you a lesson!
Hey, you! Crazy kid driver! This road doesn't just belong to you!
Can you even say "after you please?"
How about a race?
Don't even think about it.
Kids like you should only race with toy cars at home. Forget it.
I guess that piece of junk you call a car would be no competition, anyway!
What? I was being nice, since you're just a kid and all...
OK, I accept your challenge!
Lupan, you're being childish.
Leave me alone!
I can't back down after hearing all those insults.
If you reach the intersection first, I'll give you this check for 5 million lire.
But if you lose, you have to do whatever I say!
All right, whatever you say.
Hey, what's wrong? Are you giving up?
A dump truck!
Whoa, lordy!
The dump truck must be in cahoots with that kid!
Lupan!
- What kind of awful driving was that?
- Ouch, ouch, ouch.
That was pathetic. Do you even have a driver's license?
Shut up! Ouch.
Hey, give us a hand.
Oh, sure.
Huh? You're a girl? I mean...
Are you a girl with big boobs?
Please call me "Kaguya." Lupan, you remember our deal, right?
"Lupan"? How do you know my name?
Anyway, listen. I want you to get me tears of a snowman living in the Himalayas.
What? Tears of a snowman?
Within 10 days, you must collect enough snowman tears to fill this bottle.
I'll meet you here in exactly ten days.
If you succeed, Lupan, I'll give myself to you.
Wh-what did you say?
I'm counting on you.
Well, that was a ridiculous thing to say. Right, Lupan?
Oh, no. His brain is gone.
Kaguya dear, I'll do anything!
"Search for the Treasure of Princess Kaguya" (Kaguya Hime no Takara o Sagase)
Hah! I did it! A straight flush.
I can't stop laughing.
If I keep this up, I might end up taking all of this casino's profits tonight.
If that's so, why don't you play against me?
Well, to play one-on-one with a cutie like you, I don't mind betting it all.
If you win...
...I'll give you this check for 5 million lire...
...But if I win...
You must find and deliver what I'm looking for within the next 10 days.
Fine, since I'll win.
This will be one round only.
Call.
Four of a kind.
I win.
It's too early to get excited.
Royal straight flush.
I win.
So, what am I supposed to find within the next 10 days?
The scale of a mermaid living on the bottom of the Mediterranean.
What? Scale of a mermaid?
Well, Jigen, we have a deal.
Hey, wait! Who are you, and how do you know who I am?
Kaguya.
Kaguya?
She asked Lupan for snowman tears...
...and Jigen for Mediterranean mermaid scales.
Could the next one possibly be.......
Somebody. Somebody!
Stop!
Somebody!
- Stop! - Somebody, help me!
Attacking a helpless lady is unforgivable!
- Run! - Run!
Thank you for saving me. I don't know how to thank you.
It was a natural act for a man who follows the code of the warrior.
I do not require gratitude.
I beg you.
Please help my mother.
Your mother?
My mother has been captured by the men who attacked me.
Unless I find certain something within the next 10 days...
...they say they'll kill her.
And what on Earth do you have to find?
The liver from a live dragon native in the Konron Range of China.
What? Liver from a live dragon?
I'm begging you. I'll be waiting here exactly 10 days from now.
Yes, but...
Snowman tears, mermaid scales, and now a dragon's liver.
I'm going to do a thorough check on that woman.
Hey, Lupan. Why the suitcase? Taking a trip somewhere?
Actually, I'm going to visit the grave of my great grandfather.
If I don't give him a stick of incense once in a while, he curses me. It stinks!
Lupan, that is a commendable attribute, one that seems ill-suited for your usual self.
Hey, Goemon. Are you going somewhere, too?
Yes. I may not return for 10 days.
So, where are you going?
I'm considering going to a mountain retreat to practice fasting. Goodbye.
- Guess I'll be going, too.
- OK, take care.
I will.
I should get going, as well. It's 10 days until the due date.
I've gotta dive to the bottom of the Mediterranean for mermaid scales.
Ten more days. There are only 10 days left.
If we can't find the three things in 10 days, all will be over.
I think that's the national flag of the Phoenix Kingdom.
The items I need will be delivered within the next 10 days, right, Princess?
Absolutely. Lupan and his gang will get them without fail.
This potion, which contains flower pollen from around the world, still...
...lacks the three key ingredients.
Without them, it remains incomplete, Princess.
So, Kaguya is the princess of the Phoenix Kingdom.
I bet they plan to produce something outrageous...
...using the concoction in that cauldron...
...and the 3 ingredients that Lupan and the guys are fetching.
Now that I know, I can't just watch with a finger in my mouth.
Now, I wonder where I can find a mermaid's house...
Damn!
I found one! A legendary mermaid!
*Konron Range.China*
Thank you for flying with us. Please watch your step.
Thank you very much.
Is it you who called me to Monaco?
That's right, Inspector Zenigata.
Fujiko Mine! It's you!
Yes, it's me.
I sent you the international telegram saying that Lupan is in Monaco.
But you're part of his gang.
Why would you betray him by having him arrested?
Fujiko, what are you up to?
All you want is to arrest Lupan, right? Don't you want to know where he is?
Very well. Where is Lupan? Tell me now!
He's in the Himalayas.
The Himalayas?
"Oh snow, oh mountain, you are where we live.
"We can't live in the city."
Hey, that's a mermaid!
Wait!
Hey, don't move!
Damn!
It's a scale. I got a mermaid scale!
This is it.
I, Goemon, certainly have taken the liver from a live dragon.
- It's cold, really cold.
- Yeti! Yeti!
A Yeti? Where?
- Yeti! Yeti!
- I said, "Where?"
Is that it? All right!
Yeti, I won't let you get away! Take that!
Oof!
And that! And that! And that! And that!
Let me outta here, you bastard.
Ouch!
How do you like that, snowman?
That's the Benkei Achilles' Heel. Hurts, doesn't it?
Oh, the tears of a snowman.
I want big, fat teardrops. Come on, hurry up.
Here they come. Come on, drop already!
Oh, my. The tears are frozen.
He screams amazingly loud!
Here is the mermaid's scale, as promised.
In exchange for giving it to you, tell me...
What are you going to do with such a strange thing?
You promised not to ask questions. Thank you, Mr. Jigen.
Here you go.
This is the liver from a live dragon, as promised. Now it is yours.
Thank you so much.
Now my mother's life will be saved. Mr. Goemon, please excuse me.
Yes.
Take good care of your mother.
Hey, it's you, Goemon!
Weren't you fasting in the mountains?
Uh, well, I... What's going on with you?
I'm in a bit of a hurry. Hop in.
Actually, I'm following a woman.
A woman? Perchance, is her name Kaguya?
Do you know her?
Yes.
- Driver's license, please.
- Sure.
It's been a long time, Jigen.
Huh!
Crap! Hold on tight, Goemon!
Yahoo! I did it! Oh, baby!
That hurts! We've been tricked!
In your face!
If you want to blame someone, blame Fujiko!
Lupan!
Lupan, what happened?
These are tears of a Yeti. I was asked to deliver them.
Are you sure these are snowman tears?
Absolutely. It's The curse of the Yeti that did this to him.
Thank you, Lupan.
Stop that car!
Lupan, you're under arrest!
Here's your friend.
What? Lupan!
Oh, man. You should see yourself.
Please be patient.
Until I get that secret potion, you guys are in my way.
Rush us to the Monaco Police.
Looks like all three of us have been taken for a ride by that Kaguya woman.
For now, let's get out of here.
Here we go!
Go!
Ouch!
Wait!
Hot! Hot! Hot!!
Jigen, you call yourself my friend? You tried to grill and eat me!
Hey, hey, wait a minute. Calm down, Lupan, all right?
Do you know a woman named Kaguya?
Kaguya? Kaguya dear? Sure do.
Now this is it.
By combining the pollen of flowers from around the world, a liver from a live dragon...
...a scale from a mermaid and tears of a snowman...
...we can create a secret potion of extraordinary properties.
Princess Kaguya, thank you for your patience.
It is complete, dear Princess Kaguya.
Who... Who are you?
I'm Fujiko Mine. Now I've got your unique secret potion.
Wait! That potion won't be of any use to you!
Larfula!
Lupan.
Kaguya dear, please tell me what you're making with all that junk.
Depending on your response, we may not forgive you.
That's true.
The truth is, the potion will awaken my beloved prince from his ten-year sleep.
Ten years ago, the day I welcomed a prince from a nearby nation as our new king...
...he was stricken with a rare illness with no known cure...
...and has been sleeping in this bed for the past 10 years.
That makes him the Sleeping Beauty... Like in that ballet of Tchaikovsky's.
I have tried all known remedies, but nothing has worked.
A witch predicted that unless I created the potion within the following 10 days...
...he would continue to sleep forever.
No one apart from you gentlemen would've been able to find the 3 ingredients.
But I can no longer save the prince.
Mr. Goemon, please slash me as you wish.
Hold it. Hold it.
So, you couldn't make the potion?
No, I did, but it was stolen by a woman named Fujiko.
Fujiko?
Sounds about right for that woman. It's Fujiko who sold us out to Zenigata.
All right, all right. I'll get the potion back, so don't worry about it.
Lupan.
So come on, Goemon.
Don't look so fierce. Why don't you forgive Kaguya?
Fine. But what on Earth is Fujiko doing with the potion?
I have no idea what it is, but the color makes it look potent.
Hey, Fujiko!
Lupan?
You're a little late. I already took a sip.
You jumped the gun! Do you know what that potion is for?
I'm sure it's a rejuvenating drug to make me the most beautiful woman in the world.
You are so shallow!
That's a really strong potion to wake you from a deep, deep sleep!
What?
What is that sound?
Shh! He's grinding his teeth.
The prince's eyes.
He's waking up.
Prince!
And so, Kaguya dumped us, just like that.
Yeah, but Fujiko tipped off Zenigata, and took the potion for herself.
She won't get away with it this time.
Oh, please don't look so scary.
Hey, hey, Goemon dear. She didn't mean any harm.
Fujiko?
Must be a side effect of the potion.
Lupan! Lupan!
Hey, wake up! Let's go out and have some fun.
Fujiko, enough is enough. This is the third day.
I don't care if it's the third or the fourth! I'm not sleepy!
That's because you drank that weird potion.
Somehow, I'm not the least bit sleepy. I don't know what to do.
Oh, Inspector Zenigata!
Damn, it's Fujiko.
Mr. Zenigata, you're keeping an eye on Lupan, aren't you?
Aren't you bored? I'm bored, too. Why don't we play a game together?
Here, rock-paper-scissors, look this way.
Rock-paper-scissors, look that way.
Rock-paper-scissors, look this way.
Rock-paper-scissors, look that way...
The luxury passenger ship, Venus, carries an art collection,
and babes from around the world. But my target is the treasure.
I successfully sneak in disguised as a woman, but to my surprise,
the owner of the ship, Onabess, proposes to me!
The Next Episode
"Cruisin' in Drag" (Lupan Has Become a Bride) See ya'!
"Lupan Has Become a Bride"