01x09 - Old Man Takeda

[bunniefuu]

INDO FAMILY

Hikaru, everyone's back at the car.

Hey, Yoshiki.

Think I can eat one of these manju?

SHIITAKE MANJU

Dummy! Of course you can't.

THE SUMMER HIKARU DIED

THE SUMMER HIKARU DIED

EPISODE NINE: OLD MAN TAKEDA

This is the kid, huh?

Well, I suppose boys your age
don't like to heed warnings, do they?

Sorry.

No, so am I.

I didn't expect him to look this normal.

Um...

Thank you for saving us back there.

So, what exactly was that?

I'll tell ya what it was.

A curse of sorts, feeding off
a terribly old and powerful impurity.

Luckily, I managed to drive it away.

What do you mean by "impurity"?

To put it simply,

I guess they're like ghosts or spirits.

Our world and their world

are closer than ya think,
separated by just a flimsy barrier.

When distortions appear,
that barrier gets cracked,

and souls and emotions of the dead
come pourin' out.

All I can do is send 'em back
where they came from

and shut the tiny holes
they crawl through.

But I ain't no god,
so I can't get rid of 'em forever.

God?

I reckon that boy attracts impurities
like nobody's business.

Just like yourself.

What're those things called, again?

Those huge pins
on the roofs of tall buildings.

- Lightning rods?
- Yeah, those.

It's the same idea.

When he was on the mountain,

he collected impurities
just like a lightning rod.

So the town and villages
never had to deal with 'em.

But now, all these incidents
are happenin' left and right.

Then the ones causing these incidents
are the impurities?

Not Hikaru?

Right.

But seein' this many impurities...
It sure ain't normal.

Huh? Where am I?

Chill, Hikaru.

I ain't gonna hurt her.

More like, I can't...

Relax, Hikaru. Want a bite to eat?

They're very tasty.

SHIITAKE MANJU

Holy cow, that's good!

This ain't your house.
Don't go eatin' all her buns.

But...

C'mon.

Hey, Hikaru.

Tell me, what on earth are ya?

I don't even know.

Wanna know somethin'?

A long time ago, my husband
rose from the dead just like you did.

Iori, your food's ready.

Mama.

Get this, get this.
Daddy made my Pokemen stronger.

Did he? Good for you.

I know!

I know this can't go on forever,

but just a little longer wouldn't hurt...

Iori! Iori...

Sorry... I'm sorry, Iori.

I'm so sorry. It's all Mama's fault!

I'll take care of it, okay?

I'm so sorry, Iori.

It was bound to happen. I should've known.

But Hikaru's case is totally different.

I know my husband's soul was in there,

but it was nothin' more
than a plain ol' impurity.

Yeah, I ain't no impurity.

I think.

I'm somethin' totally different.

I guess you're kinda more like...

somethin' that transcends the cycle
of life, death, and rebirth entirely.

You're a bit of an enigma, ain't ya?

So...

Do you know about Nonuki-sama?

Nonuki-sama?

Sorry, I have no idea.

You don't know?

Listen, if these impurities
keep poppin' up,

lots of folks are gonna die.

What do you boys wanna do?

I don't really understand
what a life is worth.

I could just drop everything and run away.

But Yoshiki would never do that.

This stuff's important to him.
So it's important to me, too.

Well,

I've finally found a place I belong,
so I wanna protect it.

I've already decided
I'm gonna stick by him no matter what.

But I don't wanna sit back
and watch people die, either.

I get it.

Hikaru is as important to you
as the town and villages, huh?

I ain't gonna abandon Hikaru.

But I can't abandon our village, either.

In that case,

we'll come up with a plan together.

They're good kids.

Job well done.

Right here. I ain't ever lettin' go.

Ya better not lose it.

Don't move.

Crap...

Why won't it open?!

That stings...

I see how it is.

If he gives ya any trouble,
you can mention my name, okay?

I may only be a housewife,
but folks around here owe me a few favors.

Thanks for the help.

Wait up, Yoshiki! Come on!

Hikaru.

Listen to me, Hikaru.

Don't let Tsujinaka get mixed
any more than he already has.

Ya know what'll happen.

He'll never be able

to return to the human world again.

SHIITAKE MANJU

Hey, granny.
The sign out front says "Ice Creem."

It don't matter.
You can still read it, can't ya?

Even though Hikaru's dead,

time goes on in the village
like nothing ever happened.

And nobody even knows the truth.

- I bought up all the shiitake manju!
- Hikaru.

Go home without me, would ya? Sorry.

Whoa, hey!

I just gotta go somewhere.

No big deal.

CROWLY

Sorry, it's not much.

As long as he's around,
nobody's gonna mourn ya.

But as long as he's here,
I won't forget about ya.

It's been ages!

We used to play here all the time, huh?

Whoa, lookee here!

It's our homemade Super Maruo level.

We'd make sound effects
and run with our fingers.

Yeah.

Hey, how am I different from Hikaru?

Hikaru...

He could read a room better than you.
Like a grown-up.

He was a closed book.

And pretty crafty sometimes.

INDO FAMILY

And, unlike you,
he ain't ever comin' back.

He's gone for good.

Did you like him?

Why?

I mean, you were afraid
to peek at my naked body before, right?

So I kinda thought, maybe...

Don't wanna say.

Lookin' at your body now,
I don't feel a thing.

Besides, I don't think you need to worry
'bout all this emotional stuff.

The heck?

I mean, it's true.
I don't have emotions like that.

I'm built totally different
from you humans, ya know?

But you and I got our own thing, right?

We don't gotta follow the rules.

And ya know what?
You shouldn't have to be human.

I don't even want you to be like a human.

Not again!

If he's gonna stay here,
he can't be allowed to k*ll people.

But even so...

Instead of forcing him
to blend in with us,

maybe we could find a place
where he can be himself.

So, for his sake...

I'll give him everything I got.

THE SUMMER HIKARU DIED

Here's what we know so far.

Nonuki-sama was a god who granted wishes
in exchange for somethin'.

But after a famine
k*lled off a bunch of villagers,

it was deemed a curse god
and stopped comin' down the mountain.

NISAYAMA - FORBIDDEN AREA
NONUKI-SAMA

So it was kinda, like,
sealed away on the mountain?

Probably.

Then there's what Hikaru's grandpa said.

For generations, men from the Indo family
used somethin' called "Hichi-san"

for some ritual up on that mountain.

I guess to make sure
that Nonuki-sama stayed locked up?

Not that I'd know.

Ms. Kurebayashi gave us
some key info about you, too.

'Bout me?

You attract impurities
like a lightning rod.

HIKARU ← ATTRACTS IMPURITIES

But you ain't an impurity yourself.

You're like some big clump
of somethin' hellish.

Somethin' that exists beyond
the cycle of life, death, and rebirth.

That's how they describe me, huh?

So, ya might be some sorta god?

I guess so. They add "-sama" to my name
to show respect.

But if I'm a god,
why do I have all this stress?

Hey.

The reason impurities
are flooding the villages

is 'cause I left the mountain, right?

So wouldn't that mean...

if I go back to the mountain...

After ya finally found a place
to call home?

Don't go doin' that.

Besides, Ms. Kurebayashi's gonna help us.

I'm sure the two of us will find a way.

I mean, all we gotta do
is trap those impurities on the mountain.

They're the ones causing
all this madness in the villages.

You're not gonna lay a finger
on the villagers anymore, right?

Right.

If we study up
on Nonuki-sama and the villages,

we might learn what you are
and why you attract impurities.

And how to get rid of 'em.

Then those impurities
will stop wreckin' our village.

Don't say things like that
till we know for sure.

Thanks.

For starters,

we gotta visit Old Man Takeda
like Ms. Matsuura's daughter said.

That's the old guy
who never leaves his house, right?

Ya think he'll take us seriously?

Dunno.

But he's our only lead.

We have nothin' to lose.

Is this really gonna work?

His son's scary enough as it is.

The Indos' kid? What'cha doin' here?

What a surprise. Can I help ya?

Well...

We got somethin' to ask Old Man Takeda.

Like, an interview for school.

My father-in-law?
He ain't in good shape, ya know.

He won't even go outside.

What'd ya wanna ask?

Well, you see,

this was Ms. Kurebayashi's idea, so...

Kurebayashi?

That's the person he was searchin' for...

Wait here, okay?

What is that lady, exactly?

Who knows?

I've been waitin' for this.

Call Kurebayashi and bring 'er here.

Why are you looking for Ms. Kurebayashi?

I searched for ages,
tryin' to track down a real medium.

The real deal... A real medium...

I need her to come quick...

I'm next on the choppin' block.

You mean... You're next to be k*lled
after Ms. Matsuura?

A wave of impurities
has gone and swallowed up this village.

It's come down from the mountain.

Great big... maimed... -sama...

Ya mean, Nonuki-sama...

Whose fault...

The Indos' son...
Who's takin' the blame for this?

Goin' back all those years,

it's all because of
the Indos' blasphemous act.

What they did
ended up killin' all those people.

Blasphemous...

That's why the men of the Indo family
gotta climb that mountain to apologize.

Generation after generation,
to return what they received...

To return... what they...

You know what I'm talkin' about, Indo!

Hey.

Are ya talkin' about that deadly famine
back in 1749?

It wasn't just the famine.

It was the curse.

Their disgraceful request
brought out its wrath.

Just what did the Indo family do?

Ya don't even know?
No wonder the ritual failed!

Ya never asked?!

Never wondered why your name's "Indo"?!

- Take a look at your family's temple, boy!
- Wait, wait. Calm... calm down.

Yoshiki. This is bad.

It's already inside him.

That mountain...

When I entered that mountain...

I saw it... right there...

On the mountain...

His hair grew all bushy...

Hello,

Hikaru Indo.

What? Who's he?

Sorry, kid.

I just need to confirm something.

Wha...

Had a feeling this old man was in trouble.

So I came running,
and wow, impeccable timing.

Hikaru Indo,
I'm glad our paths have finally crossed.

He's dea...

Hi...

Hikaru?