01x03 - Possessions

[bunniefuu]

[evocative music playing]

[intriguing music playing]

[whimsical music plays]

Huh?

[gasps]

Ikuzo!

[Usagi babbles]

Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!

[laughs] Hyah, hyah!

-[Usagi] Wah!
-He's gonna tucker himself out.

Guy, settle down.

Lord Kogane ordered us
to get rid of the Yokai.

He didn't say to k*ll 'em.

So this is the cultural museum.

No one comes here. It's a dump.

It used to be great!

I mean, it's sad that the city
has let it fall apart like this.

[grunts]

That's why it's full of Yokai.
These are Tsukumogami.

Really? Tell us more, nerd.

Tsukumogami are Yokai.

They inhabit objects
that haven't been taken care of.

Well, this place is full of things
no one takes care of anymore.

These Yokai don't seem dangerous.

They're more annoying.

Stop that!

Hyah, hyah! Hyah!

[whimsical music continues]

[laughs] Ah, hyah!

Usagi, you're just making things worse.

I'm finally fighting Yokai!

[laughs] Yes!

[grunts]

[mystical music playing]

-[bang]
-[squealing]

[lively music plays]

Hyah!

[whooshing]

[clang]

Hyah!

-[Usagi] Hyah!
-[cracking]

Stop that!

What is that?

It's the Yokai.
Yokai are made of spirit energy.

That's the spirit
that was possessing the Shoji screen.

[tense music plays]

Uh-oh.

I think you made them mad.

[low growling]

Run!

-[screams]
-[grunts]

[chittering]

[intense music playing]

[grunts]

[grunting]

-[chittering]
-[Chizu screams]

[grunts]

[slurping]

[both screaming]

[theme music playing]

[intriguing music playing]

[chittering fading]

-[sighs relieved]
-[creaking]

[growling]

They have a jewelry room in this museum?

[gasps]
Oh, how did I not know this was here?

[cackles] I love culture!

[gasps]

[grunts]

[squeals]

[hisses]

[screams]

[grunts]

Huh?

I promise I'll never snatch another purse!

[gasps]

[squealing]

Hmm.

[screams]

[grunting]

[grunts]

-[Kitsune straining]
-[hisses]

[gasps]

Hyah!

[gasps]

Whoa!

[grunts]

[ominous music plays]

Lord Kogane!

You are a thief!

You mean the jewelry?

[chuckling nervously]
I'm just taking it to have it cleaned.

Maybe? As far as you know?

You are a pickpocket and a purse snatcher!

For your crimes against Neo Edo,
you will pay.

With your head!

[screams, grunts]

[straining]

[intense music playing]

[grunts]

[eerie music plays]

[screams]

Kitsune, are you okay?

No. Lord Kogane, he--

He… he was right there.

He was gonna cut off my head.

[gasps]

That's weird. Because usually
with thieves, we cut off…

[in evil voice] …their hands!

[screams]

[clang echoing]

[tense music playing]

Hyah!

Hyah! Ah!

[Usagi grunts]

[chattering]

-[Spot] Yeep, yeep!
-[Usagi grunting]

[intense music playing]

Ah!

-[thud]
-Yeep!

You will pay for your aggression.

How do you talk with no mouth?

[intense music continues]

Wah!

[tense music playing]

Mm?

I know who you are!

You're Dare Mo, The Faceless One!

I drew pictures of you when I was a kid
because I was bad at faces.

[Usagi] You’re one of those Yokai
who can change shape.

Oh, that’s so cool.

I can do more than change shape.

I can destroy you.

-[Spot squeaks]
-[grunting]

[traditional music playing]

[grunts]

Huh?

-[gasps]
-[whooshing]

Hands off my friend, dirt-sack!

[forcefully] Yeep!

[tense music resumes]

Hyah!

[grunting]

[Faceless Usagi]
You can't defeat me.

I am stronger than you,
with thousands of years of experience.

Maybe. But I'm closer to that sword.

[intense music sting]

Hyah!

[Faceless Usagi grunts]

[gasps]

[Spot] Huh?

That was intense.

So, should we--

[screams]

Ow, that's a lot of teeth!
That's a lot of teeth!

Face the wrath of the hat!

Oh! [grunts]

[menacing music plays]

[yelling]

[grunting]

[grunts]

[screaming]
You haven't seen the last of me!

[scraping]

You know, they always say
to expect the unexpected,

but when that's a hat with teeth,

I wonder to myself, is that really
what I want to be expecting?

That's a lot of jewelry
for a poor street performer.

Yeah well, that's a lot of judgy for a guy
whose ancestor m*rder*d the Shogun.

Miyamoto Usagi was a great hero.

Look, I'm hungry,

and this jewelry is sitting around
when it could be buying me food

and possibly some shoes
that don't have holes in them.

I think that's a better use of its time.

Hey, I--

Now how about you find Gen
and I find Chizu,

and then we all deal with these Yokai
so Lord Kogane doesn't throw us in jail?

Meep, eep?

[perplexed tone] Uh-uh-uh.

[lively music playing]

[whooshing]

[gasps]

[grunts]

[intriguing music plays]

[plucking samisen strings]

[plucking koto strings]

[drumming]

[plucking strings]

That is… suboptimal.

[instruments playing menacingly]

[grunting]

[gasps, grunts]

-[tense music plays]
-[hisses]

-[drumming]
-[grunts]

[fast-paced music playing]

[strings crash]

[grunts]

[drumming stops]

[grunts]

[Kitzune] What the heck was that?

It is totally not normal for someone

who works in a temple
to be able to do that.

Well, you know,
my father taught me some things.

He-he was an amazing martial artist.

Hey, you don't have to tell me the truth,
but don't tell me lies.

[Tetsujin] Ah.

Chizu, my young apprentice.

Tetsujin! What are you doing here?

It's probably Dare Mo.
This Yokai who can look like anything.

You're not supposed
to figure it out that fast.

Also, he likes to do this thing

where he turns around
and his face is gone.

I am not going to do it now.

Oh, come on. Please?

No. It's no fun if you know it's coming.

Now would be a good time
to go all stabby-crazy again.

All right.

Come on. We have to find Usagi and Gen.

[panting]

[fast-paced music playing]

[clattering]

[whooshing]

[grunting]

Stop it!

You’re a beautiful piece of furniture
with charming painted details.

And these plates are exquisite!

I don't want any
of these precious things broken!

[fast-paced music cl*max]

-[crash]
-[grunts]

[groans]

[intense music playing]

[roars]

[grunts]

Dare Mo!

What's happening here?

One of them is Dare Mo.

[growls]

Yeep. Yeep-yeep!

You! Prove you're Gen!

Tell me something about yourself
only I would know.

You don't know anything about me.
We met a few hours ago.

So it is you.

Dare Mo!

Stop it!

That's my sister.

Hi, I'm Toshiko.

So, Gen, your friends seem nice.

Wow, you guys look exactly alike.

Why do people always say that?
We're totally different.

-His vest is different.
-Look at her eyelashes.

I've been looking for you forever.
Where have you been?

You know, first I was with a carnival,

and then I lived on a cactus farm
for a while. [chuckles]

-And then I--
-Oh, shut up.

I missed you.

But, like, how'd you know
he'd be here at the museum?

Do you always know
what he's thinking because of…

[chuckles] …twins magic?

-Uh, it was a random guess.
-I'm very museum-y.

You guys are so bad at lying.

Toshiko, are you in trouble again?

Well, um,

I kind of borrowed some money.

-Not the Bat Squadron--
-From the Bat Squadron.

-Is that bad?
-The worst.

The bats are savage, relentless brutes.

I borrowed a lot. Like a real lot.

[clearing throat]
They are, um, kind of peeved.

Ugh.

Okay, obviously, I'm gonna help her.
She's my sister.

Now, can we quit talking about this
and go get k*lled by Yokai?

[lighthearted music playing]

[tapping]

Huh?

[growls]

Hyah!

[exclaims]

[all] Huh?

Mm?

-[Usagi] Aah!
-[crash]

[groans]

[exhales]

[wind gusting]

[Usagi] What's this room?

Welcome.

-[blade rattles]
-Huh?

[robotic voice] Thank you for visiting
the Lord Kogane Experience.

Here you will learn all about Neo Edo's
greatest hero, Lord Kogane Kunihiko.

-Lord Kogane…
-Uh, that thing is so fake.

Yes, just like the real Lord Kogane.

Disgusting.

This used to be my

favorite part of the museum.

Lord Kogane is known
all over the world for his…

Obviously, Lord Kogane
wrote everything these robots say.

…prowess.

Lord Kogane was educated
at prestigious Neo…

We can't keep running
around this place forever.

We have to find a way
to get rid of all these Yokai.

As a youth, he took an interest in…

[normal voice] Stabbing you in the back!

-[clang]
-[Usagi grunts]

Almost got you.

Guys, guys, this one is Dare Mo.

[laughs]

[crackling]

Whoa! I didn't know you could do that!

[Faceless Lord Kogane]
You learn something new every day.

Except not tomorrow,
because you'll be dead.

[grunting]

You still stink at fighting.

I don't disagree.

[grunts]

There’s just too many of 'em!

Maybe we should just give up on this place
and let Lord Kogane put us in jail!

[grunts]

[Chizu] I'm inclined to agree.

[grunts]

Go if you want. I'm not giving up!

We can't let them have this house!

[grunts] Why do you care? It's a dump!

Because we used to live here!

Wait. What?

This place is huge!

-[grunts]
-You must have been crazy rich.

We lived here when we were kids.

Our family had been in this house
for generations, but we lost everything.

We had to move.

[Gen]
The city turned the place into a museum.

[Usagi] How did you lose everything?

-[Toshiko sighs] Our mother--
-Never mind!

You guys gotta get out of here.
We'll handle this.

No, if this house is important to you,
we're not giving it up. Right?

-Right. We're a team!
-[grunts]

Yes. We're… a team.

Thanks, guys.

-Girl Gen! [grunts]
-Thank you.

And it's Toshiko.

Sorry. [grunts]

[Toshiko gasps]

[grunts]

[tense music playing]

How can we beat these things?
They're made of energy.

[tense music continues]

[grunts]

Auntie?

Hyah!

You don't want to fight me, Usagi.

Of course I want to fight you.
You're a Yokai.

I wanted to fight Yokai since I was a kid.

You wanted to fight Yokai.

You wanted to be a samurai.

You wanted so many things,
but all you got was failure.

You disappointed your auntie
and you released hundreds of Yokai.

You're treacherous,

just like your ancestor.

You should just leave Neo Edo
before you make things any worse.

[tense music continues]

Usagi, my true power isn't changing shape.

It's seeing what's in your heart.

And in your heart, you know
you put this whole city in danger.

[grunts]

[grunts]

[intense music plays]

No!

[slow motion scream]

-[clang]
-[slashing]

[tense music plays]

[screams]

[whooshes]

[Usagi] Gen!

[ethereal music plays]

[gasps] You have a Kaikishi weapon!

[squeals]

[powerful music playing]

[screaming]

[music fades]

Is Gen… okay?

Ugh, this is gonna
take years to grow back.

Does it look stupid?

[chuckling] Oh my gosh, so stupid!

Your face is all sad
and not pointy, like it…

Uh…

You guys look fine though.

[clears throat]

Please, don't use your weapon's power.

Um… Right. Its power.

Don't make me… do that.

I was only trying to defend myself
and my fellow Yokai.

-Why do you want to fight us?
-Because…

Because you're Yokai.

You're monsters.

It's true. Some of us are monsters.

But some of you are monsters.

Not all Yokai are bad.

None of us had done anything to you
when you attacked us.

Well…

Yeah, but--

Usagi, remember when we first got here
and I tried to get you to settle down?

Yeah, you were kind of going nuts
on the Yokai for no reason.

Oh, man. Am I the jerk here?

Well, you know…

I wouldn't say that.

Yes, you are the jerk.

[beam retracting]

I'm sorry.

I promise in the future,
I'll try to try to stop and think

and not go sword-crazy
and start chopping you guys up.

Thank you.

I will leave this place,
but the Tsukumogami will remain.

They are here
because this house is neglected

and they will stay
as long as that is the case.

-Please treat them kindly.
-Mm.

These Yokai can be cruel or kind.

[slurps]

It all depends on how you treat them.

[peaceful music playing]

We were supposed to clear out
all these Yokai.

How are we going
to explain this to Lord Kogane?

[Lord Kogane]
Attention, Rabbit and… those other guys.

Well, now's our chance to find out.

Hurry up! It's late, and I'm cranky.

Lord Kogane, great to see you.

Listen, we've got, uh,
most of the Yokai taken care of, but--

-I don't care.
-Wait, what?

The cultural museum
is not my problem anymore.

Didn't she tell you she bought it?
I'm glad to be rid of the dump.

That exhibit about me
really did not capture my noble spirit.

Wait, wait, wait!

You bought it?!

Gen, our family fell apart
when we left Neo Edo.

I thought maybe--

You're talking about things
that aren't me, so I'm leaving.

-I just wanted to remind you.
-[feedback rings]

I will put you all in jail unless you keep
fighting Yokai any time I tell you to.

Okay. Good night.

[Toshiko] Ugh.

I just thought
if we could get the house back,

maybe we could be a family again.

And that's why you borrowed money
from the Bat Squadron.

[gentle music playing]

I'll pay it back.

It's worth it to have
our beautiful house back.

-[thud]
-[clattering]

Hey, we can help you fix it up.

-Sure.
-Thanks, Gen's friends.

Oh my gosh, I have to get to the hospital!

Because of your horn.
Ugh, I'm so sorry about that.

No, my pinkie! I got a cut.

Uh…

I don't see…

There's a cut, and it hurts a lot,
and it's filling up with death germs!

[whimpering]

Hey, it's okay, big guy.
I'll take you to the hospital.

Well, I'm gonna start cleaning up.

You guys want to give me a hand?

I'd love to… [chuckles]

…but I have to go.

Cool, cool. Maybe we can
meet up at the hospital later?

Check in on Gen?

Come on, Toshiko.

I know exactly
where to start this cleanup.

[lively music playing]

[crashing]

[voice distorting] Welcome…

[tense music playing]

[sudden musical sting]

My lady.

[evil music playing]

There was interference
in the Ki-Stone energy today.

Explain.

A young rabbit came to the temple

and released Yokai
trapped in the Ki-Stone.

Yokai?

There haven't been
any Yokai for centuries.

It doesn't matter.

You must remain undercover at the temple

and let no one suspect you, Chizu.

You are my eyes and ears there.

Soon, we, the Neko Ninja Crew,

will rule Neo Edo once more!

[cackles]

[laughs]

Only I laugh!

[stops laughing]

-[clears throat]
-[evil music resumes]

[continues cackling]

[cackling echoes]

[closing theme music playing]