1. But...Copy !req
2. but they're such a perfect match that she's happy just to see them together.Copy !req
3. Deep in the French countryside, the girl Pico's love is laid out in beautiful imagery.Copy !req
4. Her crush, Maes York, is engaged to Ninophy,Copy !req
5. Two gazes, never meant to cross,Copy !req
6. Two gazes, never meant to cross,Copy !req
7. now entwine.Copy !req
8. now entwine.Copy !req
9. How presumptuous! Doing that with Maes...Copy !req
10. He's just doing it to be kind.Copy !req
11. The prelude to the storm...Copy !req
12. No way! You know I've always loved you!Copy !req
13. Even I—!Copy !req
14. This is the story
of a storm of love,Copy !req
15. and the girl
who blossomed for a moment
and then fell, Pico.Copy !req
16. Flower of ParisCopy !req
17. The Too-Lovely Flower of the Antoine AcademyCopy !req
18. Come on, everyone's watching Cosmos vs. AlienCopy !req
19. Their battles are always marvelousCopy !req
20. He commands a fleet, but he's really been an alien since before he was bornCopy !req
21. The distance between "micro" and "macro" is so importantCopy !req
22. At least when it comes to misunderstandings in space treatiesCopy !req
23. If it's this or be the second coming of Adam and EveCopy !req
24. Everyone's probably better off how they are nowCopy !req
25. Come on, take a closer lookCopy !req
26. Come on, be a little more eagerCopy !req
27. Come on, let's hold hands gentlyCopy !req
28. Come on, put a smile onCopy !req
29. Talk and talk, gossip up a stormCopy !req
30. But soon it's more than just a jokeCopy !req
31. Cross the mountains, cross the valleysCopy !req
32. Get to the planet he lives onCopy !req
33. Come on, everyone's watching the captain, the queen, and the aceCopy !req
34. Yes, the missile counterbarrage is readyCopy !req
35. But the man aiming has really been an alien since before he was bornCopy !req
36. Now, the cosmos is spaceCopy !req
37. It's just one wide sweepCopy !req
38. The cosmos's sugary tasteCopy !req
39. It's just one sweetCopy !req
40. Just a pinch of magic when you're together with herCopy !req
41. Just a pinch of sugar and you can have herCopy !req
42. Episode 130 "Arakawa Cinema Bulletin"Copy !req
43. Flower of ParisCopy !req
44. The Too-Lovely Flower of the Antoine AcademyCopy !req
45. Thanks, I think I can really get inside your head with this.Copy !req
46. I'm impressed, Ric. I didn't think you'd have the stuff to make a movie.Copy !req
47. Well, I am the man who has everything.Copy !req
48. Why did you decide to up and write a film script, though?Copy !req
49. Well...Copy !req
50. I wanted to make something out of your relationship with Nino...Copy !req
51. Plus, I wish I had that kind of thing with the Mayor.Copy !req
52. If it's like that, I just -have- to man the camera!Copy !req
53. I understand your love so well it hurts!Copy !req
54. Wow, thanks so much!Copy !req
55. Then Ric can be the director...Copy !req
56. Wait, you expect me to do it?Copy !req
57. What a waste of time...Copy !req
58. I'm not into this at all...Copy !req
59. Wow, great! It looks like you're already having more fun than you expected!Copy !req
60. To be honest, one of my hobbies used to be making short films.Copy !req
61. I've already finished casting. They're waiting in the green room over there.Copy !req
62. Wait, we're already filming!?Copy !req
63. I'm not even comfortable with the characters or the setting yet!Copy !req
64. Just read it! It'll suck you right in!Copy !req
65. Well sure, but there's a pretty big cast.Copy !req
66. Pico's crush, Maes York.Copy !req
67. Kind and serious.Copy !req
68. SG president, heir to an industrial empire, and an all-around athlete.Copy !req
69. And talented enough at catching girls' hearts to be a model.Copy !req
70. Doesn't he just catch your heart?Copy !req
71. I'm just curious why you didn't cast me as him.Copy !req
72. With so many characters, everyone will be able to pick one to empathize with!Copy !req
73. Oh? Like who?Copy !req
74. Pico's classmate, the hopeless delinquent Stalin.Copy !req
75. Don't get me wrong, I'm not fighting for you.Copy !req
76. Secretly, he loves Pico.Copy !req
77. Pico's neighborhood friseur, Rusty.Copy !req
78. Don't just laze around looking like that! You need to realize how beautiful you are!Copy !req
79. Secretly, he loves Pico.Copy !req
80. Billy the hitman. Hired by a rival to rub out Pico.Copy !req
81. That's enough to move even my heart.Copy !req
82. Secretly, he loves—Copy !req
83. That last line makes it impossible for me to feel like any of them!Copy !req
84. Plus, he likes the rain!Copy !req
85. Well, Billy already turned me down anyway.Copy !req
86. I wonder why?Copy !req
87. Green RoomCopy !req
88. All right, Director, time to say hi to the actors!Copy !req
89. With this mess of a cast, I'm surprised that only Billy turned her down.Copy !req
90. CAST
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Pico
Maes York
Stalin
Rusty
BillyCopy !req
91. CAST
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Pico
Maes York
Stalin
Rusty
BillyCopy !req
92. P-ko
Mayor
Star
Last Samurai
BillyCopy !req
93. Oh well, if casting's already over, I don't need to worry about it. Just start filming.Copy !req
94. All right, I'm here!Copy !req
95. I'm Ric, I'll be directing "Flower of Paris: The Too-Lovely Flower of Antoine Acade"—Copy !req
96. Green RoomCopy !req
97. Leave it shut. We were just getting into our roles.Copy !req
98. Sorry about that.Copy !req
99. Green RoomCopy !req
100. Green RoomCopy !req
101. Green RoomCopy !req
102. Green RoomCopy !req
103. Green RoomCopy !req
104. Green RoomCopy !req
105. Green RoomCopy !req
106. Green RoomCopy !req
107. Not a single one of them even read the script!Copy !req
108. All of them looked like they thought they were the lead.Copy !req
109. Episode 131 "Camera, Action"Copy !req
110. P-ko! None of them have any inclination of being a side character!Copy !req
111. Bonsoir!Copy !req
112. Dammit, she's already set in her role too!Copy !req
113. Ko, I'm ready to film!Copy !req
114. The set's ready, Ric!Copy !req
115. We tuned up the church!Copy !req
116. I don't want to tell them I can't do it now that we're in this deep...Copy !req
117. The camera's set up and everything, so even though I really don't want to, I have to go through with it!Copy !req
118. Ric, am I on yet? I'm already in costume.Copy !req
119. Brothers! Give me a breeze from the right and some nice diffuse lighting rather than a spotlight!Copy !req
120. Sure, director!Copy !req
121. Stay just like that, Nino!Copy !req
122. If you like uniforms that much, I'd be glad to wear one anytime!Copy !req
123. All right, now I'm getting into it!Copy !req
124. CAST
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Pico
Maes York
Stalin
Rusty
BillyCopy !req
125. Ninophy
Friend 1
Friend 2Copy !req
126. So Nino's role is as Pico's rival, the daughter of a company president...Copy !req
127. All right, let's start with the Pico-Ninophy scene!Copy !req
128. Action!Copy !req
129. A scene where Ninophy, her fiance being stolen away by Pico, challenges her to a duel...Copy !req
130. Wait, can Nino even act?Copy !req
131. The white glove!?Copy !req
132. What do you mean by this, Ninophy!?Copy !req
133. Wow, she can be that expressive!?Copy !req
134. All right, now for the line about beautiful roses having thorns...Copy !req
135. Tasty eggplants... have thorns?Copy !req
136. Wait, no, potatoes?Copy !req
137. I guess potato sprouts are poisonous...Copy !req
138. Wait...Copy !req
139. Ah, whatever,Copy !req
140. Nino, did you forget your lines?Copy !req
141. Whatever! Take that!Copy !req
142. A... A duel!?Copy !req
143. What, we're going with that!?Copy !req
144. It's impossible! There's no way a man like Maes could love someone like me!Copy !req
145. Okay, now Pico's friends are supposed to appear and cheer her up...Copy !req
146. Editing's going to be tough with the camera moving around like this.Copy !req
147. What's wrong? You look sad.Copy !req
148. You're scaring happiness away!Copy !req
149. I'm sure Maes loves you.Copy !req
150. Yes, be happy!Copy !req
151. Guys...Copy !req
152. Cheer up!Copy !req
153. I haven't even started on the editing and it's already turning into a CG-spam fantasy flick!Copy !req
154. Cut, cut, cut!Copy !req
155. A three-character party—elf, dwarf, and hobbit.Copy !req
156. Episode 132 "To the Ends of Delusion"Copy !req
157. P-ko, what are you doing casting Sister as a girl anyway!?Copy !req
158. That's a girl!Copy !req
159. Wait, you were serious!?Copy !req
160. A uniform accessorizes well with a machine gun.Copy !req
161. What is this, a homage to Yakushimaru?Copy !req
162. Maybe if you at least wore stockings...Copy !req
163. Forget about that!Copy !req
164. Just get back to directing, Ric!Copy !req
165. This is where the princes appear and the love story speeds up!Copy !req
166. Should both of them be in topknots?Copy !req
167. Oh man...Copy !req
168. The three men fight for Pico's hand. In order to stop them, she sacrifices her life.Copy !req
169. In the final scene, Maes, consumed with sadness, follows her to the grave.Copy !req
170. Oh man, it's raining again, too.Copy !req
171. Whatever, ignore it, just get through this...Copy !req
172. Action!Copy !req
173. Stop it, you three! You don't have to fight over me!Copy !req
174. I only have eyes for Maes!Copy !req
175. Please understand, Stalin!Copy !req
176. Shut up!Copy !req
177. Just who are you calling reckless?Copy !req
178. I'm just blessed a little too much by the God of Punk...Copy !req
179. Stalin, you're so insensitive!Copy !req
180. Okay, I guess I can at least feel like Pico now.Copy !req
181. Don't you understand, Rusty?Copy !req
182. I can't.Copy !req
183. Choshu and Satsuma must ally for the sake of a new Japan!Copy !req
184. Man, he sure loves Ryoma.Copy !req
185. None of them actually read the script, did they?Copy !req
186. And the Mayor's the worst of them...Copy !req
187. Wait...Copy !req
188. I love her more than anyone!Copy !req
189. You can't even have her over my dead body!Copy !req
190. Ma... Maes...Copy !req
191. He followed the script!?Copy !req
192. So you want to take her for yourself?Copy !req
193. Very well...Copy !req
194. Stop it, you two! There's no need to resort to violence!Copy !req
195. He's the furthest off from the script...Copy !req
196. Wait, is he realizing P-ko's feelings embedded in the script and responding to them in character?Copy !req
197. I can't allow that to happen!Copy !req
198. I'm better-suited!Copy !req
199. I'm the one best-suited to play Sakamoto Ryoma!Copy !req
200. Stop it!Copy !req
201. Not bad...Copy !req
202. You either.Copy !req
203. Look... Look at Japan's sunrise!Copy !req
204. ~Fin~Copy !req
205. All right, that's a wrap.Copy !req
206. ~Fin~Copy !req
207. Great work!Copy !req
208. P-ko... You really are the heroine of a tragedy right now...Copy !req
209. One week later...Copy !req
210. Okay, it's time to start the show!Copy !req
211. Everyone, be sure to set your phones to vibrate.Copy !req
212. Wow, I can hardly wait!Copy !req
213. You sure are optimistic for someone who was on set.Copy !req
214. Weren't you cut from both sides in the last scene?Copy !req
215. Now, now, Ko.Copy !req
216. We just had so much good material that something had to get cut.Copy !req
217. You're such a flatterer, Mr. Takai!Copy !req
218. It's starting!Copy !req
219. Wow, it even has that!Copy !req
220. What do you think beauty is?Copy !req
221. That's my voice!Copy !req
222. Sometimes beauty leads to tragedy...Copy !req
223. Yes... Beauty is a sin.Copy !req
224. Stop it! You don't have to fight over me!Copy !req
225. This is the person I love the most! His name is—Copy !req
226. Takai!Copy !req
227. He's the only one for me!Copy !req
228. I love you,Copy !req
229. Takai!Copy !req
230. Stay with me,Copy !req
231. Takai!Copy !req
232. Hold me,Copy !req
233. Takai!Copy !req
234. It's a masterpiece!Copy !req
235. It's said that not a single person left their seat until after the credits.Copy !req
236. Episode 133 "Riverbank of Horror"Copy !req
237. What's going on? Seems like quite the ruckus...Copy !req
238. Are they holding a festival on the riverbank?Copy !req
239. If they're in a ring like that, maybe a Bon dance?Copy !req
240. Yay!Copy !req
241. Grudge!Copy !req
242. Yay!Copy !req
243. Keep going! 30 more times!Copy !req
244. So it's not a Bon dance?Copy !req
245. Wait, they're wearing weird headbands too...Copy !req
246. Not good enough!Copy !req
247. You think you can test people's guts with that kind of yell!?Copy !req
248. Grudge!Copy !req
249. What the hell are you guys practicing!?Copy !req
250. Great timing, Recruit.Copy !req
251. We've got all the ghosts appearing in "Riverbank of Horror" gathered.Copy !req
252. Those are some pretty healthy-looking ghosts.Copy !req
253. HaCopy !req
254. unCopy !req
255. tedCopy !req
256. HoCopy !req
257. uCopy !req
258. seCopy !req
259. Where'd this come from, anyway? How long have you been planning a haunted house?Copy !req
260. We use the same set every year.Copy !req
261. Look, Ric! Look!Copy !req
262. We're one-eyed brats!Copy !req
263. Wow, you scared me.Copy !req
264. Everyone just loves getting dressed up!Copy !req
265. They're in such a hurry to dress up that no one's ever left to be the audience!Copy !req
266. So whose guts are being tested, anyway?Copy !req
267. You guys haven't thought this through at all, have you.Copy !req
268. Try not to make trouble, I guess.Copy !req
269. Oh man...Copy !req
270. Welcome. The entrance is right that way.Copy !req
271. No thanks, I'm fine.Copy !req
272. That's right, Star. Ric is afraid of ghosts.Copy !req
273. Wait, Nino!?Copy !req
274. What, ghosts?Copy !req
275. I can't believe it! Your guts must be size extra-small!Copy !req
276. Well, there we go, Star.Copy !req
277. Just like your brains?Copy !req
278. What!?Copy !req
279. Plus, why would I be afraid of something as unscientific as spirits?Copy !req
280. Fine, then go right in!Copy !req
281. There's no need! My guts are perfectly settled already!Copy !req
282. There's no such thing as ghosts, right, Sister?Copy !req
283. Yeah, you're right.Copy !req
284. I only believe in things I can shoot.Copy !req
285. See? Even the holy man, Sister, agrees!Copy !req
286. Why would I be scared of things that don't exist?Copy !req
287. Missed 'im.Copy !req
288. That means... It must have been a hallucination.Copy !req
289. It must have been a hallucination.Copy !req
290. What were you looking at, Sister!?Copy !req
291. Episode 134 "Practice Test of Guts"Copy !req
292. Let's go, Ric!Copy !req
293. We'll show you around the haunted house!Copy !req
294. Ric, I'll stay by the entrance trying to scare people.Copy !req
295. You don't have to! Being welcoming is fine!Copy !req
296. Do your best!Copy !req
297. See you, Ric!Copy !req
298. Why am I even doing this?Copy !req
299. Oh, it's Ric!Copy !req
300. Stella!?Copy !req
301. Why are you crying in here?Copy !req
302. I'm so scared that I can't walk!Copy !req
303. You can't?Copy !req
304. Wow, I never expected her to be this scared...Copy !req
305. Okay, fine, I'll carry you.Copy !req
306. You'll carry me?Copy !req
307. You mant to make it to the end too, right?Copy !req
308. I'd rather go with someone too, anyway.Copy !req
309. Thanks...Copy !req
310. Somehow, Stella's light weight reassures me.Copy !req
311. You don't need to cry anymore.Copy !req
312. This heavy weight...Copy !req
313. No, this crushing weight...Copy !req
314. It's gotten so heavy...Copy !req
315. It's a crying king of fists!Copy !req
316. Tee-hee! I got you!Copy !req
317. That's terrible!Copy !req
318. Using such a clever trick right from the start!Copy !req
319. This is...Copy !req
320. I've gotta calm down and keep going!Copy !req
321. What's that!?Copy !req
322. Who's using this old trick?Copy !req
323. I was ready for that one!Copy !req
324. Lemme see who—Copy !req
325. Wait, Whitey!Copy !req
326. That's too short!!Copy !req
327. Let go, Ric! It's not too short at all!Copy !req
328. As long as I use this stool, there's more than enough rope to dangle that piece of konnyaku!Copy !req
329. You're using that rope to dangle konnyaku!?Copy !req
330. Stop being so misleading!Copy !req
331. Huh? How?Copy !req
332. Just never mind.Copy !req
333. The scary part was how it seemed like he'd really do it if he slipped!Copy !req
334. It surprised me, but it wasn't really ghoulishly scary.Copy !req
335. Kappa? So the Mayor's here?Copy !req
336. He must be trying twice as hard as anyone else.Copy !req
337. He'll probably put on a great performance...Copy !req
338. Behold! This is the kappa!Copy !req
339. I don't wanna look scared...Copy !req
340. Okay, I'll just stay calm no matter what!Copy !req
341. Here goes!Copy !req
342. The fearsome kappa, Lord Kappa!
- Arakawa Riverbank ResidentsCopy !req
343. Oh, hi there. I'm the current kappa.Copy !req
344. The modern world is all about dirty tricks and using force.Copy !req
345. You'd better watch your back.Copy !req
346. I'm a kappa. I'm a creature of instinct.Copy !req
347. You'd better keep an eye on your shiri-kodama.Copy !req
348. He's acting like an A-list actor!Copy !req
349. Terrifying live kappa!Copy !req
350. He's really scary!Copy !req
351. Episode 135 "The Greatest Fear"Copy !req
352. Grudge!Copy !req
353. Lick, lick!Copy !req
354. Yeah. Sure. Fine.Copy !req
355. What's with that reaction, Ric?Copy !req
356. You aren't perturbed at all!Copy !req
357. Oh, I'm just so stuffed that scary things paralyze me.Copy !req
358. What's with him? I thought he'd really be freaking out by now!Copy !req
359. This is better.Copy !req
360. No, Nino, it's terrible.Copy !req
361. You can't have a haunted house without screaming.Copy !req
362. If he's doing that, no one's having any fun, not even him!Copy !req
363. Really? Then what kind of scream would you like?Copy !req
364. Something like "Mommy!", of course.Copy !req
365. So scaring Ric that bad would make him happy, right?Copy !req
366. Of course! Let's team up and pull it off!Copy !req
367. I set up this mirror before...Copy !req
368. Hm, not that great. In my experience, the scariest haunted houses are "sound horror"Copy !req
369. I think there's sunglasses in this box.Copy !req
370. It's dark, so they're enough to blind him.Copy !req
371. Okay, so I'll put them on him from behind...Copy !req
372. And I'll make scary noises all around. It's perfect!Copy !req
373. I'll scare you to death, Ric! Enough to show Nino what a scaredy-cat you are!Copy !req
374. There he is!Copy !req
375. Wow, this room is pretty dark...Copy !req
376. What!? There's something on my face!Copy !req
377. Stop messing with my hair! What are you doing!?Copy !req
378. All right, now it's my turn!Copy !req
379. Wait, Nino, those aren't sunglasses you put on Ric!Copy !req
380. What's going on?Copy !req
381. What the hell!?Copy !req
382. This doesn't do any good at all!Copy !req
383. Da—Copy !req
384. Da-da-da-da-da-daddy!Copy !req
385. He's so scared!Copy !req
386. It's said that his shriek echoed along the riverbank...Copy !req
387. Looking back at the end of my journey,Copy !req
388. as the days I long for passCopy !req
389. I see you wrapped in your red coat,Copy !req
390. playing without waiting for winterCopy !req
391. Farewell, mazelike days , I'd thank you if I realized daysCopy !req
392. Oh, oh, goodbye daysCopy !req
393. Looking forward at the beginning of my journey,Copy !req
394. I take a deep breath so I won't have to stopCopy !req
395. We're both swimming upstream toward tomorrow,Copy !req
396. Swaying side to side like fishCopy !req
397. Pain? No thank you days, sadness? No thank you daysCopy !req
398. Oh, oh goodbye daysCopy !req
399. Episode 136 "Arakawa Parlor Trick Championship"Copy !req
400. I made it to the party!Copy !req
401. This isn't your daddy's belly joke!Copy !req
402. I, Takai, will replicate Ric's wink on my stomach!Copy !req
403. Wow, he winked.Copy !req
404. Not bad, Takai!Copy !req
405. Wait, Takai, it's running!Copy !req
406. It looks like a curse!Copy !req
407. Oh no!Copy !req
408. Hey, Billy, why did you turn down P-ko?Copy !req
409. Next time, 5 Bridge×2.Copy !req
410. I don't want to star alongside anyone but you, Jacqueline.Copy !req
411. Billy!Copy !req
412. Illustration: Nasou ShohaCopy !req