1. First, speak, and one rolls out.Copy !req
2. Second, laugh, and two roll out.Copy !req
3. I want to gather more, want to see more.Copy !req
4. Someday, I'm sure, you'll hold yourself responsible for my greed.Copy !req
5. Come on, everyone's watching Cosmos vs. AlienCopy !req
6. Their battles are always marvelousCopy !req
7. He commands a fleet, but he's really been an alien since before he was bornCopy !req
8. The distance between "micro" and "macro" is so importantCopy !req
9. At least when it comes to misunderstandings in space treatiesCopy !req
10. If it's this or be the second coming of Adam and EveCopy !req
11. Everyone's probably better off how they are nowCopy !req
12. Come on, take a closer lookCopy !req
13. Come on, be a little more eagerCopy !req
14. Come on, let's hold hands gentlyCopy !req
15. Come on, put a smile onCopy !req
16. Talk and talk, gossip up a stormCopy !req
17. But soon it's more than just a jokeCopy !req
18. Cross the mountains, cross the valleysCopy !req
19. Get to the planet he lives onCopy !req
20. Come on, everyone's watching the captain, the queen, and the aceCopy !req
21. Yes, the missile counterbarrage is readyCopy !req
22. But the man aiming has really been an alien since before he was bornCopy !req
23. Now, the cosmos is spaceCopy !req
24. It's just one wide sweepCopy !req
25. The cosmos's sugary tasteCopy !req
26. It's just one sweetCopy !req
27. Just a pinch of magic when you're together with herCopy !req
28. Just a pinch of sugar and you can have herCopy !req
29. To be a real man, you need to clutch an ambition or two close to your heart.Copy !req
30. Doesn't matter if you're a boy or a girl, that's what manliness takes.Copy !req
31. And I want you all to be good and manly.Copy !req
32. So I came up with this plan yesterday!Copy !req
33. Here it is! I call it the King Game!Copy !req
34. King GameCopy !req
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38. King GameCopy !req
39. King GameCopy !req
40. King Game? So we're going to draw straws or something to pick the king who gets to call the shots?Copy !req
41. Come on, what are you saying? There's only one way to determine who occupies the throne!Copy !req
42. He's the victorious survivor of a bloody battle!Copy !req
43. Just what era's kings are you talking about?Copy !req
44. Episode 183 "Royal Decree"Copy !req
45. Do you wanna be King!?Copy !req
46. Not afraid of losing, are you!?Copy !req
47. And thus, a tournament to determine the strongest on the Arakawa riverbankCopy !req
48. was held under the guise of a "King Game".Copy !req
49. Come on, are you all just going to go along with the Mayor? I'm out.Copy !req
50. Later.Copy !req
51. Are you sure you don't want to be King? After all, he gets to issue one royal decree.Copy !req
52. It can be anything that the whole riverbank working together could make come true.Copy !req
53. Really? I'll do it! I'm in!Copy !req
54. Me too!Copy !req
55. Well, well.Copy !req
56. Anything?Copy !req
57. You mean that thing other than common senseCopy !req
58. that I've been trying to beat into them during my classes under the bridge?Copy !req
59. "Everyone but Nino must speak politely to me"!?Copy !req
60. Mr. Ric, it's too hot in the summer to wear this suit around.Copy !req
61. You look so cool today, Mr. Ric!Copy !req
62. Mr. Ric, you've made it to the top of the food chain!Copy !req
63. Hey, Ric, if you're not joining in, you'd better split.Copy !req
64. A scrub like you would do better just running away.Copy !req
65. Who're you calling a scrub?Copy !req
66. Not the all-around prodigy Mr. Karate Black Belt here, I hope!Copy !req
67. It's probably just a white belt that you never washed!Copy !req
68. Yeah, keep talking, nooblet.Copy !req
69. Even though I did get it in elementary school...Copy !req
70. Wow, Ric, if I knew you were a trained fighter, you would've been seeded.Copy !req
71. Huh, there're qualifiers?Copy !req
72. Sure, fine, not like any of them are gonna beat me.Copy !req
73. You son of a—Copy !req
74. All right, everyone participating take a piece of paper!Copy !req
75. Now you've got to write down your royal decree!Copy !req
76. Okay!Copy !req
77. In advance?Copy !req
78. Only one, huh? I don't know what I'm gonna put!Copy !req
79. I wonder what I should put.Copy !req
80. Their decree is their wish, right?Copy !req
81. What do I do?Copy !req
82. Everyone looks so happy.Copy !req
83. I hope my wish comes true!Copy !req
84. They're all grinning like little kids.Copy !req
85. I'm sure they're putting down their true wishes.Copy !req
86. Those two absolutely mustn't ascend to the throne!Copy !req
87. Episode 184 "Preliminaries"Copy !req
88. The King Game preliminaries, a battle royale on the water, will now commence!Copy !req
89. The rules are simple! The last man standing on the raft will advance to the championship!Copy !req
90. For the sake of your ambition...Copy !req
91. Fight!Copy !req
92. A battle royale, huh?Copy !req
93. No sense going it alone right now.Copy !req
94. Hey, Ric.Copy !req
95. Why don't we team up and thin out the competition?Copy !req
96. Sure thing, Star. Let's kick some ass.Copy !req
97. Friends until the end. Or at least until we're the last ones left.Copy !req
98. Grownups cheat!Copy !req
99. Hey, you're doing the same thing. Only one of you can advance.Copy !req
100. No, we're different!Copy !req
101. We understand each other without even speaking...Copy !req
102. We're connected by the same hope...Copy !req
103. Yes!Copy !req
104. We both want an oil drum full of Jell-o!Copy !req
105. We both want an oil drum full of pudding!Copy !req
106. Brotherly bonds torn apart by gelatine.Copy !req
107. All right, that's two down.Copy !req
108. Anyway, why don't we take him down while we're working together?Copy !req
109. Yeah, he's the biggest problem.Copy !req
110. If I step off the white lines, my wife will become a white Cornish!Copy !req
111. A white Cornish hen, bred for eating!Copy !req
112. But how are we gonna do it?Copy !req
113. Even if we just try to knock him off...Copy !req
114. A little nooblet like me just hasn't got the guts to push him off a white line!Copy !req
115. Why don't you show me what a black belt can do!Copy !req
116. Aww, really? Come on! Show me how to rock!Copy !req
117. Grow the hell up and go for it!Copy !req
118. Why does it have to be me? Why not you!?Copy !req
119. Hey.Copy !req
120. You want some? I'll beat you!Copy !req
121. I won't let you turn my wife into a white Cornish—Copy !req
122. What do you have against birds!?Copy !req
123. Billy! If you take him off the white lines—!Copy !req
124. What are you, a couple of chirping little songbirds?Copy !req
125. I don't care if you're a cockatoo. That's just inhuman!Copy !req
126. What do we do!? Whitey's gonna—Copy !req
127. It's my molting season.Copy !req
128. That way, he's not off a white line!Copy !req
129. He's amazing! I don't think I can beat him, for entirely different reasons!Copy !req
130. Damn, he's just too cool!Copy !req
131. What the hell do we do!?Copy !req
132. Billy, you're amazing!Copy !req
133. My lovebird...Copy !req
134. Here's my chance! A shove from behind is cowardly, but...Copy !req
135. I have desires too!Copy !req
136. Billy...Copy !req
137. You shouldn't have! Now you're out of bounds too!Copy !req
138. I don't want to hear it.Copy !req
139. I don't want to hear the screams of my woman.Copy !req
140. Never put yourself in that kind of danger again!Copy !req
141. Bro!Copy !req
142. Episode 185 "Gate of the Strongest"Copy !req
143. Three competitors remain!Copy !req
144. Who will move on from the preliminaries!?Copy !req
145. It's about time to wrap this team up...Copy !req
146. I should probably handle P-ko before I finish off that idiot Star.Copy !req
147. First, let's talk to her so she lets down her guard.Copy !req
148. Aren't we lucky, P-ko?Copy !req
149. I didn't think I'd have a chance against Billy, but since you beat Jacqueline...Copy !req
150. I didn't win.Copy !req
151. P-ko...Copy !req
152. Between Jacqueline, whose beloved shows up to save her when she's in a pinch,Copy !req
153. and me, who shoves people into a river to catch her beloved's eye...Copy !req
154. P—Copy !req
155. I may have won the fight, but as a woman, I'm completely defeated!Copy !req
156. Why am I fated to a life of unrequited love!?Copy !req
157. P-ko!Copy !req
158. What's wrong?Copy !req
159. She's suddenly in despair over her relationship with the Mayor...Copy !req
160. Why!?Copy !req
161. Anyway, let's get her to stop crying.Copy !req
162. We may be throwing her off the raft, but not while she's in tears.Copy !req
163. Yeah. P-ko, I'm sure he'll come around some day.Copy !req
164. You're just making things up!Copy !req
165. It seems like you get along well!Copy !req
166. Yep, I'm just making things up.Copy !req
167. Yeah, yeah! You really complement each other!Copy !req
168. With that red-green contrast.Copy !req
169. Hey!Copy !req
170. He's right! I always see Mayor looking around for you, too...Copy !req
171. When he needs more cucumbers.Copy !req
172. Man, I'm hungry.Copy !req
173. Yeah, and don't his eyes look kind when he talks to you?Copy !req
174. Especially when you just gave him cucumbers.Copy !req
175. That's it!Copy !req
176. It has to be true!Copy !req
177. He has to feel the same way about you!Copy !req
178. No way! Stop it, you two!Copy !req
179. But haven't our gazes met a lot lately!?Copy !req
180. And doesn't he usually sit next to me when we all eat together!? Oh man—Copy !req
181. Advancing to the finals, P-ko!Copy !req
182. Huh? Where'd they go?Copy !req
183. Congrats, P-ko.Copy !req
184. What? Did I win!?Copy !req
185. Yeah. You're in the finals now.Copy !req
186. Your feelings for the Mayor kept you going, didn't they?Copy !req
187. All right, next is a no-holds-barred fight to the death!Copy !req
188. The current's too strong!Copy !req
189. At that moment, P-ko heard the gates of Hell open.Copy !req
190. Arakawa's Alcor, Stella!Copy !req
191. The Emerald God of War, Mayor!Copy !req
192. The Holy Warhead, Sister!Copy !req
193. The Poison-Tongued Carpet Bomber, Maria!Copy !req
194. The Reverse-Blade Hairdresser, Last Samurai!Copy !req
195. The Queen of Blunders, P-ko!Copy !req
196. The Sleeping Beauty of Cruelty, Nino!Copy !req
197. The curtain rises on the battle for the throne in the Arakawa King Game!Copy !req
198. A balloon battle?Copy !req
199. Yeah.Copy !req
200. So you lose if your balloon pops? That's cute.Copy !req
201. And you're just the perfect referee.Copy !req
202. You lose if you leave the ring, too.Copy !req
203. Oh, goodie!Copy !req
204. Looking at the lineup, I almost withdrew...Copy !req
205. But if it's going to be like this, even I can win!Copy !req
206. Oh, and one last thing.Copy !req
207. In the interest of a peaceful, gentlemanly competition, there is one restriction.Copy !req
208. Weapons are...Copy !req
209. Yeah, that's it.Copy !req
210. Limited to one per competitor.Copy !req
211. Are you serious!?Copy !req
212. Episode 186 "Commence the Fight to the Death"Copy !req
213. Someone! Anyone!Copy !req
214. Calm down, P-ko!Copy !req
215. You can still withdraw now, so calm down!Copy !req
216. Someone please bring me a hoe from my garden!Copy !req
217. I have two. Get the big one!Copy !req
218. Sure!Copy !req
219. The big one?Copy !req
220. We'll go get it!Copy !req
221. I'm scared. I wonder if I'll be okay?Copy !req
222. Maybe the small one would have been easier to maneuver?Copy !req
223. I'm scared of how quickly you decided on a hoe!Copy !req
224. Stella, remember, no mercy.Copy !req
225. That's my line. For my ambition...Copy !req
226. To make Maria be my mommy, I'll fight with all my might!Copy !req
227. Perhaps it's time for the next generation to grasp their own future.Copy !req
228. I'll lend you my strength!Copy !req
229. Really!?Copy !req
230. What kind of holy man lies like that?Copy !req
231. Here's your hoe, P-ko!Copy !req
232. Thanks!Copy !req
233. Okay, now that everyone's ready, let's start the match!Copy !req
234. With Sister and Stella working together, the power balance is ruined.Copy !req
235. Stella! Formation A!Copy !req
236. It's been a while. This reminds me of our battles in England...Copy !req
237. Yes, back when we were feared as The Tower of Eastern Europe!Copy !req
238. This is it!Copy !req
239. Formation A!Copy !req
240. Amazing! Sister's skirt protects Stella's balloon!Copy !req
241. And Sister's balloon is too high to reach!Copy !req
242. That's it!Copy !req
243. With Nino's jumping power, she can—!Copy !req
244. You're wide open, Nino!Copy !req
245. Could it have failed!?Copy !req
246. No! Look!Copy !req
247. She used a snot bubble as a dummy balloon!Copy !req
248. The real one is still intact!Copy !req
249. No, Sister! You're only allowed one weapon!Copy !req
250. Nino, unable to control her instincts, has gone out of bounds!Copy !req
251. Snacks don't count as weapons!Copy !req
252. Clever...Copy !req
253. Sure, you need to fight to win, but you should save your strength for the final match.Copy !req
254. Stella!Copy !req
255. You shouldn't get that big! We can see straight up your skirt!Copy !req
256. Oh no! I'm being so unladylike!Copy !req
257. That was a dirty trick!Copy !req
258. Stella has been eliminated!Copy !req
259. There, there, don't cry.Copy !req
260. Stella! I will carry out your will!Copy !req
261. Oh, then I absolutely can't lose.Copy !req
262. I wouldn't mind playing Stella's mommy,Copy !req
263. but I'll pass on the pervert daddy tagging along.Copy !req
264. Don't misunderstand, Maria! I don't have that kind of ulterior motive!Copy !req
265. Big words for someone made up of 1% faith and 99% ulterior motives!Copy !req
266. While the top contenders are occupied with each
other, perhaps I shall exterminate a particular youkai...Copy !req
267. Last Samurai has drawn his katana!Copy !req
268. But the Mayor is unarmed! What a mismatch!Copy !req
269. I'll show you a youkai art fiercer than any blade!Copy !req
270. His hair is standing on end!?Copy !req
271. No, his bowl!Copy !req
272. His bowl is spinning rapidly! Amazing!Copy !req
273. What an amazing suit!Copy !req
274. I just told you I'd show you a youkai art.Copy !req
275. Got you!Copy !req
276. Last Samurai has been eliminated!Copy !req
277. But I felt his pop, too!Copy !req
278. So why didn't I hear the sound of it popping!?Copy !req
279. Perhaps my fabulous raven locks blinded you.Copy !req
280. I predicted even your instincts as a hairdresser.Copy !req
281. I win.Copy !req
282. Without even looking in a mirror, he can tell he received a cut like a visual-kei rocker.Copy !req
283. Episode 187 "Fateful Bout"Copy !req
284. Mayor, you're so cool!Copy !req
285. Really? Take a closer look.Copy !req
286. Ah, P-ko.Copy !req
287. Next is our battle.Copy !req
288. I'm serious, so you should be too.Copy !req
289. Every man for his own wish!Copy !req
290. Right. My wish...Copy !req
291. To make the Mayor love me...Copy !req
292. But what's his wish!?Copy !req
293. This makes it tough to see.Copy !req
294. Am I going to take away the dream of the man I love just to make him love me!?Copy !req
295. I... I can't do it!Copy !req
296. P-ko!Copy !req
297. I care more about your happiness than my wish, Mayor!Copy !req
298. P-ko!? You're—Copy !req
299. P-ko... Are you really...Copy !req
300. Even someone as dense as the Mayor has to realize that was a confession!Copy !req
301. There's no mistaking it. That's...Copy !req
302. The fists-down defensive stance!Copy !req
303. You've mastered that legendary technique!?Copy !req
304. I'm sorry it took me so long to show you what I was thinking.Copy !req
305. But it's okay. I feel like something's awakened in me...Copy !req
306. You didn't even have to say it.Copy !req
307. Let's go, P-ko!Copy !req
308. Mayor!?Copy !req
309. No, P-ko, dodge!Copy !req
310. Mayor sees Joe within you!Copy !req
311. What do I do!? We're in front of all these people...Copy !req
312. But I...Copy !req
313. Run before you get hurt!Copy !req
314. I have you!Copy !req
315. Mayor, I lo—Copy !req
316. Cross counter!Copy !req
317. I love you, Mayor.Copy !req
318. And both are knocked out!Copy !req
319. It is said that the Mayor remained green even after burning his life away.Copy !req
320. Episode 188 "Down to the Finalists"Copy !req
321. And now, Sister and Maria have been confirmed as those
remaining in the running for the championship!Copy !req
322. "Have been confirmed." How passive can you get?Copy !req
323. The problem is what happens if she wins.Copy !req
324. I bet her wish is something so terrible that I can't even imagine it!Copy !req
325. Sister! You're the only one we can rely on!Copy !req
326. Don't go easy on her just because you like her!Copy !req
327. Go for the win!Copy !req
328. Of course.Copy !req
329. I haven't even been hit once.Copy !req
330. But first!Copy !req
331. Is anyone here type A!?Copy !req
332. Type O is fine too!Copy !req
333. Sister!Copy !req
334. You dodged all the physical attacks...Copy !req
335. But the psychological ones all hit their mark, didn't they!?Copy !req
336. Thus, the final bout of the Arakawa King Game unfolds.Copy !req
337. Who will grasp the champion's belt of their ambition?Copy !req
338. Will it be Sister or Maria?Copy !req
339. Next ep: Finals!Copy !req
340. Next ep: Finals!Copy !req
341. Next ep: Finals!Copy !req
342. Next ep: Finals!Copy !req
343. Next ep: Finals!Copy !req
344. Next ep: Finals!Copy !req
345. The tense decisive bout comes next time, during 13 Bridge×2!Copy !req
346. Looking back at the end of my journey,Copy !req
347. as the days I long for passCopy !req
348. I see you wrapped in your red coat,Copy !req
349. playing without waiting for winterCopy !req
350. Farewell, mazelike days , I'd thank you if I realized daysCopy !req
351. Oh, oh, goodbye daysCopy !req
352. Looking forward at the beginning of my journey,Copy !req
353. I take a deep breath so I won't have to stopCopy !req
354. We're both swimming upstream toward tomorrow,Copy !req
355. Swaying side to side like fishCopy !req
356. Pain? No thank you days, sadness? No thank you daysCopy !req
357. Oh, oh goodbye daysCopy !req
358. Episode 189 "Arakawa Open-air Classroom, Fourth Period"Copy !req
359. Whitey's White Line LessonCopy !req
360. All right, class is starting.Copy !req
361. Let's begin with the anatomy of a line marker.Copy !req
362. Well, first...Copy !req
363. Well hello there.Copy !req
364. Wow, this is great! It really is a white line!Copy !req
365. Amazing! I never knew white lines could do this before!Copy !req
366. Whitey's White Line LessonCopy !req
367. Look! These free-flowing lines, like a swan soaring into the sky!Copy !req
368. Whitey's White Line LessonCopy !req
369. Whitey's White Line LessonCopy !req
370. Do you see those curves!? Look how the apex slants so smoothly!Copy !req
371. Oh, that reminds me of something.Copy !req
372. You know how they tell you over the loud speakers at the train station to stand back from the white line?Copy !req
373. Come on, why don't they say to stand on the white line!?Copy !req
374. And hey, when a white line splits, which way do you go? Left? Right?Copy !req
375. But wait, there's more to white lines than that!Copy !req
376. Recruit!Copy !req
377. What are you being so formal for, Nino?Copy !req
378. Make me fall in love.Copy !req
379. Leave it to me!Copy !req
380. Next time, 13 Bridge×2!Copy !req
381. Pierce the heavens with our delusions!Copy !req
382. My heart isn't ready yet!Copy !req
383. Illustration: Arina TanemuraCopy !req