01x11 - The Dark Era

[bunniefuu]

Days gone by,

in which there is liquor

Hey.

Yeah.

You're both pretty late.

Have a seat.

Is it just me, or is something different?

Episode 28

The Dark Era

You seem rather relaxed.

Do I?

Believe it or not,
I'm more important than either of you.

Dazai Osamu

Youngest Port
Mafia Executive

You'd better respect me lots.

Sakaguchi Ango

Port Mafia Informant

Hear that, Odasaku-san?

No kidding.

Oda Sakunosuke

Low-level Port Mafia Agent

We aren't worthy.

Why don't we lowly grunts drink together?

Yes.

We don't have a choice, do we?

I want to toast, too.

You're all right today.

All right how?

You don't smell.

The first time I met you two...

You were stinky and nasty.

You made my office smell.

That was the nature of our work that day.

You say that, but would you be happy if we were all shiny and smelled like flowers?

No, please! That's creepy.

Anyway, cheers.

Maintenance?

Oh, yes.

It's a precious tool of my trade.

I just remembered that
there used to be a superstition

about your soul getting sucked out
every time a picture's taken of you.

Your soul gets sucked out, huh?

Ango! Take lots of pictures of me!

Until my life runs out! Please!

That would be a waste of film, so no.

Gimme for a second.

Wait—

Odasaku, say cheese!

You can develop film?

You move a lot whenever I click, don't you?

Do I?

And then, like, stuff happened and stuff.

Sure, sure.

I think I'm drunk.

That's when I had this curi—

curious thought, that I could die.

Rats.

What do you mean, rats?

I think Odasaku-san thought
you were talking about curry.

Curry, huh?

Maybe I'll make some.

I'm a good cook.

Lies.

Your cooking needs to be censored.

It might be fun to cook together,
the three of us.

We'll bring one item each
and put it in the pot.

That's what they call "dark hot pot"!

Come on, Ango, stop being so cranky.

Look at Odasaku.

Right, Odasaku?

Dazai, your finger's touching me.

I have so much to say.

Hot pot sounds like a good idea
at this time of year.

I know! Since you guys are so
busy with your duties...

I'll make you some special
superhuman stamina hot pot!

This can only end badly.

It'll be especially good this time!

It's going to taste of miracles
like you've never known.

I should probably ask. What's in it?

The remains of superhuman stamina hot pot that I accidentally burnt,

fermented just a little bit
with vinegar and Tabasco,

wrapped and concealed
in kindness and love.

That's not concealed!

How could that possibly be any good?!

Cooking is love.

You trust love way too much.

Say something, Odasaku-san!

It wouldn't be good?

What part of what he just said
gives you that confidence?

What part? I mean...

Dazai said it would be good.

That's all.

Uh-huh...

Exactly. It's really good, Ango.

It's eye-meltingly, cheek-poppingly good.

You've got that mixed up.

We'd love to try it someday, Dazai.

Of course.

Who's writing New Year's cards?

Me.

Listen, Dazai-kun...

New Year's greeting cards are
intended to express gratitude

for the passing year and a wish for
ongoing friendship in the coming year.

Do you have that in you?

Sure I do. How rude.

Anyway, I grab a brush and some
New Year's greeting cards,

and doodle a little something...

Whoops, I messed up.

Happy
New Ye

I ran out of space.

Rookie handwriting mistakes!

Whatever, I'll send this one to the boss.

What about your gratitude?!

Maybe I should have more than just text.

Like drawings?

The zodiac would be the thing to do.

The zodiac, huh?

Next year is the year of the ox.

This looks like a cow, right?

Please don't waste a card
on a draft, Odasaku-san.

Done.

How are you so good?!

The kids nag me to draw for them.

Still, though...

Cool, I'll draw something, too.

Done!

Creepy!

It looks like a ghost
haunting Odasaku's cow.

That's so rude.

They're Holstein buddies.

It looks like it's being attacked by demons!

So, what should I do with the next one?

Are you done yet?

Why don't you just make a sweet potato stamp?

What's that?

You carve a stamp out of a sweet potato.

That sounds fun!

Sir!

You have sweet potatoes?

r6aY waN
yqq6H

aʞusonuʞ6S
ebO

Impressive!

But you're making rookie stamp mistakes.

Rookie stamp mistakes

Text is backwards
if you carve it
into a stamp
as normal

Meanwhile, I was careful about that.

My text is perfect.

Curse

Happy Year of the Ox!

You wrote "curse" instead!

Also, is this even a cow?

Messed up again.

That's yet another card
for me to give the boss.

Are you going to send
all your cards to the boss?

What about your cards, then, Ango?

No.

I don't want to show you.

Hey, Odasaku! Take!

Woof.

Good boy. Good boy.

It's even lamer than I thought.

That's why I said no!

Sorry.

Let's make it a collab with my potato stamp.

My poor cow.

Stop enjoying this
and stop him, Odasaku-san!

I'm not enjoying this.

Forget it.

These are your greeting cards, Dazai-san.

If you're happy with them, whatever.

Done.

The last shenanigans of the year.

Imagine what it must be like to receive
those cards first thing in the new year.

Well, then...

Oda
Sakunosuke-sama

Sakaguchi
Ango-sama

I don't know if we'll see each other in the new year, so I'll give these to you now.

Happy early new year!

Yay! Happy
New Year

Happy
New Year

It's kind of sobering when your own
shenanigans come back at you, huh?

Yeah.

It comes with a cash gift, though,
so maybe it's worth something.

Thanks, Dazai.

You're so positive.

Of course I am.

I have a happy personality.

They're intended to express
gratitude for the passing year

and a wish for ongoing friendship in the coming year.

Gratitude and ongoing friendship...

Ango.

Let's be good to each other.

Okay, let's toast to the new year!

It's still early for that.

Dazai-kun, what are these?!

Are they cursed? Creepy!

What are you reading, Odasaku?

"One day, a man was walking
alone in a forest when..."

I'm asking about the title.

"That's when..."

Horror, huh?

"What appeared before him?"

What appeared before him?

"1. A white rabbit"



"2. A large wolf"



"3. Candlelight"



It's a psychological test?!

If I had to choose, I guess 1.

I'll go with 3, then.

If you chose 1, you seek the purity of white and the warmth of the rabbit.

You are, in fact, prone to loneliness.

No way.

If you chose 2, you seek the strength of a wolf.

Deep down, you are prone to loneliness.

If you chose 3, seriously,
you're really prone to loneliness.

Wait, mine was so half-hearted!

I don't think you should trust that book.

You think so?

Why don't we try one more question, then?

Please, Ango?

No.

Here goes, then.

"You are in paradise.
You can have anything you'd like."

"What is the first thing that comes to mind?"

Curry, curry, curry...

Curry.

Of course I'm going to think about curry
if you keep whispering "curry" in my ear!

Apparently, it's the first impression you give off to the person of your dreams.

I guess it works?

This is a misunderstanding!

I like curry, too.

Please don't try to make sense of it!

Sorry.

I'll make it up to you by doing
a psychological test for you two.

One day, when I was visiting Ango's work room,

I found a book that caught my attention, and...

I put the book back and left.

That actually happened, didn't it?

Wait! There's more.

I, Dazai Osamu, have been
regretting it ever since.

Now, here's the question:

If I were to apologize with sincerity now,
would Ango forgive me?

I knew it! It actually happened!

There, there.

He would.

Odasaku's correct.

Wait, why?!

Man, I feel better
thanks to that psychological test.

That's not a psychological test.

Here's one last question.

"There are stars in the night sky.
How many do you see?"

The answer is easy.

There are zero.

It's pitch dark.

Uh, well...

I think I would want something,
even if it's just a candlelight.

You are prone to loneliness, Ango.

Odasaku, what's this test about?

This test reveals your
level of friendship!

You'll have as many good times
with your friends as you
said you saw stars.

I mean, it's just a test.

The three of us just
happened to gather here.

It's nothing more.

We don't even know if we're
going to be safe tomorrow.

That's true.

I didn't get to die today, again.

Another ordinary day is coming
to an end. That's all.

I like that, Odasaku.

Well, then, a toast to an ordinary
day for the three of us.

Cheers.