1. When two middle-aged men meet...Copy !req
2. The conversation inevitably turns to their health.Copy !req
3. There ya go,Copy !req
4. Nothing like a good sake to keep you ticking.Copy !req
5. I take care of my health anyway, though.Copy !req
6. They've never caught anything on my physicals. They even say I could live to be a hundred!Copy !req
7. Wow, a hundred?Copy !req
8. Then again, I'm already a few hundred years old, so I guess I'm a few times healthier than you are.Copy !req
9. I dunno about that.Copy !req
10. Never know what's gonna happen tomorrow.Copy !req
11. No way a human's gonna live longer than me.Copy !req
12. After all, they say whomever eats kappa meat becomes immortal.Copy !req
13. Yeah, sure, the person that eats it.Copy !req
14. ACopy !req
15. Whitey Age 43Copy !req
16. ACopy !req
17. Mayor Claims to be 620Copy !req
18. Oh, now it's on!Copy !req
19. What the heck are those two up to?Copy !req
20. The two, close in age, tend to take each other too seriously.Copy !req
21. Come on, everyone's watching Cosmos vs. AlienCopy !req
22. Their battles are always marvelousCopy !req
23. He commands a fleet, but he's really been an alien since before he was bornCopy !req
24. The distance between "micro" and "macro" is so importantCopy !req
25. At least when it comes to misunderstandings in space treatiesCopy !req
26. If it's this or be the second coming of Adam and EveCopy !req
27. Everyone's probably better off how they are nowCopy !req
28. Come on, take a closer lookCopy !req
29. Come on, be a little more eagerCopy !req
30. Come on, let's hold hands gentlyCopy !req
31. Come on, put a smile onCopy !req
32. Talk and talk, gossip up a stormCopy !req
33. But soon it's more than just a jokeCopy !req
34. Cross the mountains, cross the valleysCopy !req
35. Get to the planet he lives onCopy !req
36. Come on, everyone's watching the captain, the queen, and the aceCopy !req
37. Yes, the missile counterbarrage is readyCopy !req
38. But the man aiming has really been an alien since before he was bornCopy !req
39. Now, the cosmos is spaceCopy !req
40. It's just one wide sweepCopy !req
41. The cosmos's sugary tasteCopy !req
42. It's just one sweetCopy !req
43. Just a pinch of magic when you're together with herCopy !req
44. Just a pinch of sugar and you can have herCopy !req
45. Episode 151 "Checkups Under the Bridge"Copy !req
46. So, after that happened a week ago, we decided to have examinations on the riverbank.Copy !req
47. ImmortalCopy !req
48. We borrowed some diagnostic devices from Ric's company,Copy !req
49. and brought Takai and Shimazaki along, too.Copy !req
50. Wait, he didn't realize I was trying to turn him down?Copy !req
51. Ms. Shimazaki, you'd better not give Ko my results!Copy !req
52. Please!Copy !req
53. What's she so worried about?Copy !req
54. This is terrible timing...Copy !req
55. Yesterday, I ate enough for ten people...Copy !req
56. You look like you haven't had a drop of water in a week!Copy !req
57. What are you talking about? I look so chubby...Copy !req
58. I think I'm gonna fall over...Copy !req
59. She's purging before they weigh her...Copy !req
60. Why the hell do girls do that!?Copy !req
61. P-ko, standing on tiptoes won't make you weigh any less.Copy !req
62. Okay, next. Maria, we're measuring your height.Copy !req
63. Maria?Copy !req
64. What is it, P-ko?Copy !req
65. Man, you're lucky, Maria! Tall and stacked!Copy !req
66. I wanna be like that when I grow up!Copy !req
67. I'd have to hate you then.Copy !req
68. And you, you're plenty cute as you are.Copy !req
69. Especially when you smile.Copy !req
70. Was I letting my expression show too much?Copy !req
71. Next! Stella, your height.Copy !req
72. Yeah, Maria's right.Copy !req
73. Rather than frowning, I need to light things up with a grin!Copy !req
74. Right, Stella?Copy !req
75. Stella, 240cm...Copy !req
76. +Copy !req
77. ObeseCopy !req
78. OverweightCopy !req
79. Normal rangeCopy !req
80. UnderweightCopy !req
81. Dividing her weight by the square of her height, her BMI is...Copy !req
82. 4.2!?Copy !req
83. +Copy !req
84. ObeseCopy !req
85. OverweightCopy !req
86. Normal rangeCopy !req
87. UnderweightCopy !req
88. Stella...Copy !req
89. Teach me how to do that!Copy !req
90. Women are blinded by diets.Copy !req
91. Episode 152 "Shimazaki's Rampage"Copy !req
92. Okay, next are X-rays.Copy !req
93. Please line up in order.Copy !req
94. All right!Copy !req
95. Haven't seen you in a while.Copy !req
96. Mr. Shirai...Copy !req
97. All right! I'll go first!Copy !req
98. Youkai hidden art!Copy !req
99. Look like I don't have my shell on technique.Copy !req
100. I'll hold this for you.Copy !req
101. Thanks!Copy !req
102. All right, let's go!Copy !req
103. Don't be so blasé about taking that off!Copy !req
104. What, you thought I took it off?Copy !req
105. That just means it worked on you.Copy !req
106. Wrong, you idiot!Copy !req
107. These two huge shadows!Copy !req
108. I've never seen lung disease like this before!Copy !req
109. Don't worry about those, they're special bones that kappa have.Copy !req
110. They've started to spin!Copy !req
111. I figured he got pretty hot dressed up like that in summer, but...Copy !req
112. I see you fitted fans inside your suit.Copy !req
113. What are you supposed to be, a desktop PC?Copy !req
114. You got a problem with my skeleton?Copy !req
115. The bone density is almost like plastic...Copy !req
116. You're amazing, Mayor.Copy !req
117. Okay, my turn.Copy !req
118. Go for it, Ms. Shimazaki.Copy !req
119. Sure...Copy !req
120. Why am I so nervous?Copy !req
121. But wait, this is my chance, I have to say something!Copy !req
122. What, though? He looks so serious today!Copy !req
123. He's so cool!Copy !req
124. Oh, is it already done?Copy !req
125. Oh no, it's all over...Copy !req
126. I wanted to talk with him more...Copy !req
127. If it's come to this...Copy !req
128. So, how's it look?Copy !req
129. I'd rather not say in public.Copy !req
130. I think we need to give you a more thorough exam.Copy !req
131. Ms. Shimazaki. What do I show signs of?Copy !req
132. Your heartbeat is irregular...Copy !req
133. You're showing signs... of love...Copy !req
134. You'll be fine.Copy !req
135. She must be wrong.Copy !req
136. Yeah!Copy !req
137. Maybe it's stress from staying on the white lines?Copy !req
138. Shimazaki's rampage was answered with a silence unmatched in the history of the riverbank.Copy !req
139. Episode 153 "Incurably Bold"Copy !req
140. What, you're still at it?Copy !req
141. Thou art late, Star!Copy !req
142. I pray that you abstained from the pipe yesterday.Copy !req
143. If you didn't skip that and eating, they can't take a proper blood sugar reading.Copy !req
144. Yeah, sure I know.Copy !req
145. Man, I'm perfectly healthy without this shit.Copy !req
146. Are you okay, Ric!?Copy !req
147. The hell's wrong with him?Copy !req
148. Does it hurt?Copy !req
149. I'm fine. It was just an allergy test.Copy !req
150. It's a breathing test, so of course I had a spasm.Copy !req
151. Really?Copy !req
152. Then...Copy !req
153. Three cheers for sickliness!Copy !req
154. Okay, next for the blood sugar test.Copy !req
155. Coming~Copy !req
156. Jesus, you're so frail.Copy !req
157. Oh well, if I have to...Copy !req
158. Then...Copy !req
159. Three cheers for sickliness!Copy !req
160. Eh?Copy !req
161. Are you okay, Ric?Copy !req
162. Yeah, I'm fine. It was just from the stress.Copy !req
163. Normally it doesn't happen.Copy !req
164. I see.Copy !req
165. It won't get any worse.Copy !req
166. Hey, wait...Copy !req
167. These numbers look pretty good...Copy !req
168. Now that I think of it, my asthma hasn't acted up lately even when I owe people things.Copy !req
169. I thought it was supposed to be the Ichinomiya family's hereditary disease?Copy !req
170. What's up?Copy !req
171. Wait, Star needs to be tested again?Copy !req
172. Is he okay?Copy !req
173. With how much Star smokes, it makes sense for him to have lung problems...Copy !req
174. What's wrong, Star?Copy !req
175. I'm fine. My blood sugar levels are just abnormal.Copy !req
176. His blood sugar?Copy !req
177. Just like Elvis and John... It's the fate of those born to be stars...Copy !req
178. What are you talking about!? You've got rice all over your face!Copy !req
179. Are you okay, Star?Copy !req
180. What's this all over your face?Copy !req
181. Is it a symptom?Copy !req
182. Are you gonna make it?Copy !req
183. I'm not sure...Copy !req
184. That son of a bitch is doing it to make Nino fawn over him!Copy !req
185. I'm so happy!Copy !req
186. I knew what I was missing was a little weakness!Copy !req
187. What? Ric needs another test too!?Copy !req
188. Damn him!Copy !req
189. Hes getting an EKG while sweating!Copy !req
190. How many hundreds of meters did you just sprint, you bastard!?Copy !req
191. What are you talking about?Copy !req
192. Oh no, my asthma's acting up again!Copy !req
193. Help me, Nino!Copy !req
194. Oh, if you're gonna pull that shit...Copy !req
195. Look at my fever!Copy !req
196. What's wrong with you!? You just rubbed that back and forth in your armpit!Copy !req
197. Oh, I'll show you!Copy !req
198. Those two...Copy !req
199. So this is goodbye?Copy !req
200. Don't worry!Copy !req
201. We're just kinda sick!Copy !req
202. Yeah, he's right!Copy !req
203. People who're only a little sickly live a lot longer than you'd expect!Copy !req
204. But...Copy !req
205. If you're not super-healthy,Copy !req
206. you won't be able to pierce the atmosphere!Copy !req
207. And, that night...Copy !req
208. Sister spent all night in the fridge, but doesn't seem to have managed to catch a cold.Copy !req
209. Why?Copy !req
210. RetestCopy !req
211. Ric... and Star...Copy !req
212. RetestCopy !req
213. If you're not healthy...Copy !req
214. This is goodbye.Copy !req
215. It's really goodbye.Copy !req
216. No, no, we're fine!Copy !req
217. This is just, y'know—Copy !req
218. But it requires plenty of qualities other than just health, right?Copy !req
219. These are things which can serve as tests for those as well.Copy !req
220. All right, let's take those tests, then!Copy !req
221. I'll pass 'em without breaking a sweat!Copy !req
222. Yeah! If he can do it, I'm sure I'll be fine!Copy !req
223. Sister, what are those qualities?Copy !req
224. To be honest, the most important quality for life on a rocket is...Copy !req
225. I bet you'll fail in three seconds!Copy !req
226. Then you'll fail in one!Copy !req
227. Then you'll fail in a hundredth of a second!Copy !req
228. Then you'll fail in a millisecond!Copy !req
229. Cooperation with others, isn't it?Copy !req
230. Impossible.Copy !req
231. Episode 154 "Astronaut Evaluation Under the Bridge"Copy !req
232. For rooms to evaluate your potential as astronauts,Copy !req
233. I suggest you use the shelter in the basement of the church.Copy !req
234. Separating into male and female groups, you'll spend a week in the shelter.Copy !req
235. This will test your ability to cooperate.Copy !req
236. In deep space, the slightest error is life-threatening.Copy !req
237. We must reduce our stress.Copy !req
238. All right, this'll be easy!Copy !req
239. Let's go, girls!Copy !req
240. Sure!Copy !req
241. A week? That's a pretty long time...Copy !req
242. I don't think I can take it!Copy !req
243. Sorry, everyone.Copy !req
244. If I'm more than five meters away from Billy, I'll die!Copy !req
245. Jacqueline drops out in a hurry.Copy !req
246. All right, let's focus and do our best!Copy !req
247. A week-long sleepover!Copy !req
248. Day 1Copy !req
249. Aww, c'mon!Copy !req
250. Day 2Copy !req
251. Wow, I'm scared!Copy !req
252. Day 3Copy !req
253. And then, y'know, Mayor—Copy !req
254. Day 4Copy !req
255. That's great! Let me touch it!Copy !req
256. Day 5Copy !req
257. Aww, c'mon!Copy !req
258. Day six.Copy !req
259. This is great! I could take this test every month!Copy !req
260. Yeah!Copy !req
261. Wow, Stella, you're great!Copy !req
262. You're keeping up your weight training even down here!Copy !req
263. In a situation like this, maybe I'll think up a new finishing move!Copy !req
264. Ooh, I hope you come up with a great one!Copy !req
265. What's wrong, Maria? You look pale.Copy !req
266. Sorry, everyone.Copy !req
267. I can't take anymore. I'm leaving now.Copy !req
268. Why!? Did I say something weird?Copy !req
269. It's not you, P-ko. Just...Copy !req
270. Just one more day! If you do it, we can all go to Venus together!Copy !req
271. But it's been six days...Copy !req
272. I haven't teased anyone in six days!Copy !req
273. You rotting bulb!Copy !req
274. Oh, I'm sorry! I'm supposed to be polite to girls, aren't I!Copy !req
275. But you just love the earth so much, you rotting bulb, that you crawl down this dirty little hole!Copy !req
276. Maria!?Copy !req
277. You're not going to lose a single gram, you eternal dieter!Copy !req
278. I found my new finisher!Copy !req
279. If I twist my arm like this, while loosening up my shoulder blades...Copy !req
280. Now I want to try it on someone!Copy !req
281. Normally I'd use it on Ric, but if I can't go outside...Copy !req
282. Hey, P-ko! Can you do me a favor?Copy !req
283. No way!Copy !req
284. You dirty girl!Copy !req
285. C'mon, pweeeeeease?Copy !req
286. You're going to rot down here!Copy !req
287. Save me, Nino!Copy !req
288. You know, P-ko, what's up with your head?Copy !req
289. I've been wondering all night. Is that...Copy !req
290. A sprout?Copy !req
291. No, that's not it!Copy !req
292. It just grows extra-fast here if I don't cut my hair every five days!Copy !req
293. Don't stare!Copy !req
294. It's not going to bloom or anything!Copy !req
295. It blooms!?Copy !req
296. Oh, good, your root isn't rotten yet!Copy !req
297. A flower's gonna bloom!Copy !req
298. Other than Nino, all the girls dropped out.Copy !req
299. Episode 155 "Agony Endurance Contest"Copy !req
300. The girls normally get along great. If they feel bad enough to drop out...Copy !req
301. I don't think we can pass...Copy !req
302. Maria is disappointed.Copy !req
303. Okay, let's go.Copy !req
304. It's cramped! It's tiny!Copy !req
305. Just having to see this guy's face up close is more stressful than I expected!Copy !req
306. I'd better stay quiet...Copy !req
307. I hate to admit it, but it's best if the Mayor takes charge.Copy !req
308. Mayor?Copy !req
309. May—Copy !req
310. It's a chick!Copy !req
311. What are you talking about, Ric?Copy !req
312. You're wrong! I'm the mayor!Copy !req
313. That voice! It's Jacqueline in there!Copy !req
314. Do you really need to be with Billy that badly?Copy !req
315. Wait, where'd the real guy that's supposed to be in that suit go!?Copy !req
316. Oh, Mayor, what about the test?Copy !req
317. Don't worry about it.Copy !req
318. When I go underground, I instinctively hibernate.Copy !req
319. I just gave Jacqueline one of my old sheddings and sent her along.Copy !req
320. He's terrible at cooperating...Copy !req
321. Come on, Jacqueline. It's the boys' turn, you've got to leave.Copy !req
322. But the mayor said it was okay!Copy !req
323. We're leaving.Copy !req
324. No, Billy! If you can't make it to Venus—Copy !req
325. Shut up!Copy !req
326. Never mind Venus.Copy !req
327. I want to go be with my woman, Mayor.Copy !req
328. Silly...Copy !req
329. Bro!Copy !req
330. Even a minute takes ages!Copy !req
331. This is gonna be tough!Copy !req
332. I knew this was the bad part.Copy !req
333. He's maintaining his Cornish...Copy !req
334. Advance simultaneously with the explosion.Copy !req
335. Immediately take down the bridge and drop the enemy into the river.Copy !req
336. Defend the Mayor to the death.Copy !req
337. And he's imagining the defense of the Arakawa.Copy !req
338. I don't know if I should focus on something internal like these two...Copy !req
339. I don't think we can make it without talking about something.Copy !req
340. But what is there that we won't fight about?Copy !req
341. Hey, wait, this is the girls' logbook.Copy !req
342. Day 2Copy !req
343. This is so fun!!Copy !req
344. This is the firstCopy !req
345. time I've had a chance to talk so long with everyoneCopy !req
346. The snacks are great tooCopy !req
347. I don't have a single complaintCopy !req
348. I don't have a single complaintCopy !req
349. I don't have a single complaintCopy !req
350. I don't have a single complaintCopy !req
351. Nino's sooo eccentric.Copy !req
352. It's just a diary of what they chatted about, though.Copy !req
353. It's full of P-ko's ideas for conversation.Copy !req
354. Well, she seems the most cooperative of them all, so...Copy !req
355. That's it! With all the ideas in here, one of them will work for us! I know it!Copy !req
356. Hey!Copy !req
357. Yesterday I think I caught the Mayor looking at me!Copy !req
358. Don't you just mean that he saw you?Copy !req
359. Okay, that wasn't a very good way for me to strike up a conversation,Copy !req
360. but you guys need to try and keep it up!Copy !req
361. This is a test of cooperation!Copy !req
362. Yeah, sorry, you're right. Just doing this isn't cooperation at all.Copy !req
363. Very well!Copy !req
364. No matter the next topic you offer, we shall take it up with all our might!Copy !req
365. Sure! We'll blow it up big!Copy !req
366. All right! I'm picking a random page!Copy !req
367. Let's see where it lands!Copy !req
368. I had a dream about Kameari from Kat-tsun last night!Copy !req
369. Oh, wow, that's so extraordinary!Copy !req
370. What was he wearing?Copy !req
371. Ric almost started to wonder whether they really were fun guys.Copy !req
372. Looking back at the end of my journey,Copy !req
373. as the days I long for passCopy !req
374. I see you wrapped in your red coat,Copy !req
375. playing without waiting for winterCopy !req
376. Farewell, mazelike days , I'd thank you if I realized daysCopy !req
377. Oh, oh, goodbye daysCopy !req
378. Looking forward at the beginning of my journey,Copy !req
379. I take a deep breath so I won't have to stopCopy !req
380. We're both swimming upstream toward tomorrow,Copy !req
381. Swaying side to side like fishCopy !req
382. Pain? No thank you days, sadness? No thank you daysCopy !req
383. Oh, oh goodbye daysCopy !req
384. Episode 156 "The Men's Elegy"Copy !req
385. Day 7Copy !req
386. What!? It's been seven days, and not one of the boys has come out?Copy !req
387. Looks like it.Copy !req
388. And listen to them having fun.Copy !req
389. I was worried because of how much Star and Ric usually fight, but I guess they get along.Copy !req
390. Maybe this brought them closer together.Copy !req
391. I guess!Copy !req
392. I wonder what they're talking about, let's go find out!Copy !req
393. Okay, boys! The test's over!Copy !req
394. Sorry, but we have to interrupt—Copy !req
395. Yes, and when the King ate the bread I kneaded in the form of Kameari...Copy !req
396. Wow, did that cure his headache!?Copy !req
397. Kameari really is good for everything!Copy !req
398. Oh my stars!Copy !req
399. Yeah!Copy !req
400. Kameari is just the best! He has to be!Copy !req
401. Come on, let's talk about him more!Copy !req
402. Indeed!Copy !req
403. Kameari! Kameari!Copy !req
404. Let's call a doctor.Copy !req
405. This mental illness was named "Kameari's disease" then and there.Copy !req
406. Wow, it's already this late? I must've lost myself in working on Cornish.Copy !req
407. Kameari...Copy !req
408. Huh? Did you just say something?Copy !req
409. Next time! 8 Kameari×2!Copy !req
410. You're such a funny guy, Last Samurai.Copy !req
411. Illustration: Shigeto KoyamaCopy !req