1. Sweet cake and sugared tea.Copy !req
2. A frilly, pastel-colored dress.Copy !req
3. And gossip about someone's love life.Copy !req
4. Girls could hold tea parties that last for centuries with only these.Copy !req
5. Were princes agreeable to yeast, they could blend with the chocolate and custard.Copy !req
6. We could all share him. That would be a good prince.Copy !req
7. Asking the butler who fulfills all requestsCopy !req
8. to make sure we're never at a lack for sweets,Copy !req
9. firmly asking himCopy !req
10. to make sure that we don't wake up from the dream.Copy !req
11. But princes are really chocolate.Copy !req
12. Once the doors of the party close, the 99% cacao, bitter,Copy !req
13. real you is waiting.Copy !req
14. Come on, everyone's watching Cosmos vs. AlienCopy !req
15. Their battles are always marvelousCopy !req
16. He commands a fleet, but he's really been an alien since before he was bornCopy !req
17. The distance between "micro" and "macro" is so importantCopy !req
18. At least when it comes to misunderstandings in space treatiesCopy !req
19. If it's this or be the second coming of Adam and EveCopy !req
20. Everyone's probably better off how they are nowCopy !req
21. Come on, take a closer lookCopy !req
22. Come on, be a little more eagerCopy !req
23. Come on, let's hold hands gentlyCopy !req
24. Come on, put a smile onCopy !req
25. Talk and talk, gossip up a stormCopy !req
26. But soon it's more than just a jokeCopy !req
27. Cross the mountains, cross the valleysCopy !req
28. Get to the planet he lives onCopy !req
29. Come on, everyone's watching the captain, the queen, and the aceCopy !req
30. Yes, the missile counterbarrage is readyCopy !req
31. But the man aiming has really been an alien since before he was bornCopy !req
32. Now, the cosmos is spaceCopy !req
33. It's just one wide sweepCopy !req
34. The cosmos's sugary tasteCopy !req
35. It's just one sweetCopy !req
36. Just a pinch of magic when you're together with herCopy !req
37. Just a pinch of sugar and you can have herCopy !req
38. Episode 164 "Encounters With Ignorance"Copy !req
39. Screw this!Copy !req
40. What was that!?Copy !req
41. He got away...Copy !req
42. Sister! And Stella! What's going on!?Copy !req
43. Nothing much. Just an intruder.Copy !req
44. He tried to infiltrate the church!Copy !req
45. That was just a normal deliveryman...Copy !req
46. Don't touch that, Ric! It's dangerous!Copy !req
47. We don't know what he could have been carrying.Copy !req
48. I'm pretty sure it's not anything you're imagining.Copy !req
49. I wonder who it's for, though?Copy !req
50. Toru Shirai
Under the Bridge, On the Riverbank
Arakawa, Arakawa Ward, TokyoCopy !req
51. Toru Shirai? So it's for Whitey?Copy !req
52. Why do I have to bring it to him, anyway?Copy !req
53. His wife sent it?Copy !req
54. Now that I think of it, he said...Copy !req
55. "I haven't seen my wife and daughter back home in Hokkaido in six years"Copy !req
56. Important documentsCopy !req
57. Important documentsCopy !req
58. Important documents!?Copy !req
59. You haven't been home for six years! I can't think of you as a husband anymore!Copy !req
60. Sign this, and let us have our freedom...Copy !req
61. Are these the papers for a divorce!?Copy !req
62. It really is dangerous!Copy !req
63. I don't wanna do this! It's too stressful!Copy !req
64. This is really hard to deliver. I feel like an executioner.Copy !req
65. Shimazaki and Whitey? What are they doing here?Copy !req
66. Leap from here...Copy !req
67. And we'll be free.Copy !req
68. I see. You feel the same way?Copy !req
69. This is the only way forward for us...Copy !req
70. This atmosphere...Copy !req
71. A lovers' suicide!?Copy !req
72. Let's go.Copy !req
73. There's nothing to hold us back.Copy !req
74. Yes.Copy !req
75. You two! Stop!Copy !req
76. Line change attachment!Copy !req
77. Two lines cleared with your free right leg!Copy !req
78. Extend your lower waist more!Copy !req
79. Okay, next, the cross change!Copy !req
80. Cross change!Copy !req
81. Um...Copy !req
82. What are you doing there, Ric? Move!Copy !req
83. You're standing right in the way of line-following's finishing move, the "Great Wheel"Copy !req
84. No, what the hell are you doing!?Copy !req
85. Episode 165 "Master and Disciple"Copy !req
86. That's too bad. I thought she'd clear the white line trial by 21 hands.Copy !req
87. What do you mean, 21 hands? What are the rules even supposed to be!?Copy !req
88. Shimazaki, what the heck are you doing here!?Copy !req
89. I'm sorry! I didn't get around to telling you, but...Copy !req
90. Mr. Shirai's been coaching me twice a week.Copy !req
91. I can't remember the last time I was able to move my body like this. It's so fun!Copy !req
92. I... I see.Copy !req
93. If she looks that relieved, I guess it really is a good way to relax.Copy !req
94. Anyway, Ric, I'd like to keep going while she's still warmed up.Copy !req
95. Fine.Copy !req
96. Well, at least she's still focused on her work.Copy !req
97. I'm glad it's nothing more serious.Copy !req
98. All right, next is the "Flamingo"!Copy !req
99. Yes!Copy !req
100. Huh?Copy !req
101. Why are you still unsteady?Copy !req
102. You wouldn't be if you'd done the daily exercises I told you.Copy !req
103. To be honest, this week I've been really busy at work...Copy !req
104. Yeah, I had her go all the way to LA alone.Copy !req
105. I see... I get it.Copy !req
106. So that's all following white lines means to you.Copy !req
107. It's not like that, Coach! I'm serious!Copy !req
108. Then why can't you stand!?Copy !req
109. Those exercises are the kind of thing you can do even during a meeting or presentation!Copy !req
110. I did it myself...Copy !req
111. Just leave it to our firm, one two three four!Copy !req
112. You'll see the results, one two three four!Copy !req
113. Really!? If you did that in front of me, I'd walk out then and there!Copy !req
114. Even Shimazaki can see what's wrong with you now!Copy !req
115. Wait, you're both ignoring me!Copy !req
116. Goddammit, listen!Copy !req
117. Shimazaki.Copy !req
118. You understand why I'm being this strict with you?Copy !req
119. Because... Because I'm so slow to understand...Copy !req
120. Wrong!Copy !req
121. It's because you have the raw talent to be one of the best liners out there!Copy !req
122. The talent to repaint the world's white lines!Copy !req
123. Coach... I...Copy !req
124. I'll do it!Copy !req
125. Seriously, you two! Stop!Copy !req
126. Episode 166 "Mastering White Lines"Copy !req
127. All right. Well said.Copy !req
128. There's half a year left before White Line Australia.Copy !req
129. First, we need to get you used to dry earth.Copy !req
130. International already?Copy !req
131. No, I'll do it!Copy !req
132. I want to go to Australia!Copy !req
133. Hold it, Shimazaki!Copy !req
134. Ko!? Oh, sorry, I forgot you were there.Copy !req
135. No kidding!Copy !req
136. Anyway, calm down!Copy !req
137. What will happen to your projects at work!?Copy !req
138. There are things you have to do!Copy !req
139. That's right! I...Copy !req
140. Why have I been observing the riverbank for over a year?Copy !req
141. To take that girl's "precious thing", right?Copy !req
142. This is no time to be distracted by other matters!Copy !req
143. Great, she's back to looking like normal.Copy !req
144. So you understand, Shimazaki?Copy !req
145. What? Are you doubting yourself?Copy !req
146. Can you answer a few questions for me?Copy !req
147. Of course.Copy !req
148. Then here's four to start.Copy !req
149. What will my expected income be?Copy !req
150. What are the prospects of the sport?Copy !req
151. What's society's impression of a liner?Copy !req
152. Is there official sanction from the government?Copy !req
153. She touched on all the scary parts at once!Copy !req
154. Oh, and...Copy !req
155. What do I mean to you, Coach?Copy !req
156. That's five, isn't it?Copy !req
157. I knew it... Shimazaki's fallen for Whitey...Copy !req
158. And she doesn't know he's married, either...Copy !req
159. Okay, let me answer the fifth question first.Copy !req
160. I want to walk by your side forever,Copy !req
161. Wait, what are you saying!?Copy !req
162. Will you consider it?Copy !req
163. Um... I...Copy !req
164. I'm going to go practice the "Flamingo" over there!Copy !req
165. Whitey! Don't you have something more important than her to think about!?Copy !req
166. I don't care anymore. I'm the type who doesn't care about what he already has.Copy !req
167. He's a terrible human being!Copy !req
168. Never mind keeping the singles championship! This time, I'm going for the doubles!Copy !req
169. ... Doubles?Copy !req
170. Okay, now that that's decided, I'm going to work on my Flamingo too.Copy !req
171. Guess I've got to change up the training regimen a little, too.Copy !req
172. This son of a bitch is stringing women along without even noticing!Copy !req
173. I can't take it!Copy !req
174. Whitey, your wife mailed you some important documents!Copy !req
175. Maybe this will scare some sense into him!Copy !req
176. Oh, they're finally here?Copy !req
177. I've been waiting for those.Copy !req
178. Wait, you knew they were coming?Copy !req
179. Of course! Why else would you be here now?Copy !req
180. The guy probably wouldn't have given it to me anyway. Thanks.Copy !req
181. I completely misunderstood him!Copy !req
182. All this time I've thought that even though Whitey was separated from his wife,Copy !req
183. he was trying hard to make sure she didn't turn into a chicken!Copy !req
184. All right, where'd I put my chop?Copy !req
185. It's just too cruel to his wife to let them split up like this!Copy !req
186. What are you doing, Ric!? Give that back!Copy !req
187. You can't sign off on something like this so casually!Copy !req
188. It even has a letter with it!Copy !req
189. You need to understand your wife's feelings!Copy !req
190. Dear.Copy !req
191. Are you in shape for the Australia Cup?Copy !req
192. Lately, the earth hasn't felt that sticky.Copy !req
193. I think you should exercise your legs and hips more than usual, but you probably know better than me.Copy !req
194. But I know that you'll win no matter what condition you're in!Copy !req
195. I love your lining more than anyone, so take care of yourself.Copy !req
196. Be careful not to run out of powder, too!Copy !req
197. Line like you've always wanted to.Copy !req
198. Kaoru.Copy !req
199. This is...Copy !req
200. I can't have my entry forms for tournaments notarized myself, so I have my wife stand in for me...Copy !req
201. Your wife's too damn understanding!Copy !req
202. Oh, and here's something from my daughter.Copy !req
203. Is this what high school kids are into these days?Copy !req
204. Your daughter's supposed to be in her rebellious phase, yet she still loves you that much!?Copy !req
205. Meanwhile, Shimazaki...Copy !req
206. Mr. Shirai...Copy !req
207. Attempted to break 5 minutes in the Flamingo.Copy !req
208. Episode 167 "To Know Peace"Copy !req
209. Today, P-ko hosts a pastel-colored tea party.Copy !req
210. And here's today's dessert!Copy !req
211. Gelato drowned in espresso!Copy !req
212. Please, enjoy yourselves.Copy !req
213. A splash of sweetness amidst the bitter, cold gelato enveloped by hot coffee...Copy !req
214. Passion amidst serenity...Copy !req
215. It's like being in love!Copy !req
216. Right, Nino?Copy !req
217. Je ne peux pas parle francais.Copy !req
218. Wow, Nino, you know French?Copy !req
219. Comment allez?Copy !req
220. Bonsoir? What's wrong, Last Samurai?Copy !req
221. You look like a fish out of water.Copy !req
222. Indeed.Copy !req
223. You look ennuyé.Copy !req
224. Have you been enchanted by the chocolate?Copy !req
225. The gelato's drowning.Copy !req
226. You've got to save it, okay?Copy !req
227. Gelato...Copy !req
228. I have not a duty to defend gelato!Copy !req
229. My teacup!Copy !req
230. A man needs naught but green tea and a candy.Copy !req
231. Gaudy china, over sugared tea...Copy !req
232. A tea party with such little wabisabi is execrable!Copy !req
233. What the heck is wabisabi!?Copy !req
234. Stop being so rude! Everyone was having fun!Copy !req
235. Right, Mayor?Copy !req
236. Last Samurai... That's it.Copy !req
237. Your words echo in my heart like the sound of a shishi-odoshi!Copy !req
238. You understand my spirit, m'lord Mayor!Copy !req
239. All right, us boys are having our own tea ceremony!Copy !req
240. Sorry, P-ko, but I'm leaving!Copy !req
241. No way!Copy !req
242. Not you, Sister. You're getting me another coffee.Copy !req
243. Yes, madam. Stella, prepare fresh beans and a cup.Copy !req
244. Yes, sir!Copy !req
245. M'lord Ric? Would you like a taste of wabisabi as well?Copy !req
246. Green tea?Copy !req
247. Nice and Japanesey?Copy !req
248. "ey"?Copy !req
249. Sure, I like grilled stuff and manly mono.Copy !req
250. I'm no shoshinsha at the tea ceremony either!Copy !req
251. Mono... Shoshinsha...Copy !req
252. Very well. We assemble under the cherry tree in an hour.Copy !req
253. An open-air tea ceremony? How elegantly Japanese!Copy !req
254. I'm looking forward to it!Copy !req
255. Ah, you've arrived.Copy !req
256. The tea ceremony is hospitality embodied.Copy !req
257. Let us lose ourselves in its comfort.Copy !req
258. I'm sure you're quite experienced, but if there's anything you don't understand, feel free to ask.Copy !req
259. Wow, his topknot seems normal now...Copy !req
260. He seems almost reliable today!Copy !req
261. This bowl is quite wabisabi!Copy !req
262. Oh, Star, you understand wabisabi?Copy !req
263. Well, just a bit...Copy !req
264. It's like that! If you want to envision wabisabi, think of Ginkakuji!Copy !req
265. I went there on a field trip!Copy !req
266. Ginkakuji, huh.Copy !req
267. I guess that's the basics.Copy !req
268. Ginkakuji must be the most popular example.Copy !req
269. For us it's more Kinkakuji.Copy !req
270. Then again, I guess Ginkakuji is the new Kinkakuji.Copy !req
271. This feels terrible!Copy !req
272. Episode 168 "Wabisabi"Copy !req
273. Then, shall we begin?Copy !req
274. I'll take the seat of honor... The one furthest in.Copy !req
275. Get a hold of yourself! If you snap now, we lose!Copy !req
276. We need to be like a stream, flowing coolly past...Copy !req
277. That's the path of the tea master!Copy !req
278. You're right. We need to be better at the tea ceremony than them.Copy !req
279. Such smooth gestures.Copy !req
280. But I want to think I can do something, not just sit here and watch!Copy !req
281. I know! Maybe complementing his utensils will work!Copy !req
282. What was that bamboo whisk thing called?Copy !req
283. That's it! The chasen! It's a chasen!Copy !req
284. that understanding faceCopy !req
285. That's a fabulous—Copy !req
286. Um... That's a topknot!Copy !req
287. Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.Copy !req
288. You're correct. This is using Lord Nobunaga's "chasen topknot" as it's called.Copy !req
289. But you just put a clump of hair into something you're having people drink.Copy !req
290. Come on, one hair is normally enough to call the manager over!Copy !req
291. M'lord Ric!Copy !req
292. M'lord Ric, it seems you understand nothing at all.Copy !req
293. Why won't you look at me when you talk?Copy !req
294. I shall show you an example, then!Copy !req
295. What's he doing? It's an example, but of what?Copy !req
296. But...Copy !req
297. I can't take my eyes off his flowing movements!Copy !req
298. It's beautiful!Copy !req
299. What is he!?Copy !req
300. How elegant.Copy !req
301. This is how to retort at a tea ceremony.Copy !req
302. Seriously!?Copy !req
303. The entire process took about 40 seconds.Copy !req
304. Episode 169 "Wabi Awakening"Copy !req
305. "Experienced", and you don't even know that...Copy !req
306. Perhaps inviting you was a mistake...Copy !req
307. It was my intent to complete your awakening to the world of wabi at this tea ceremony.Copy !req
308. Those who do not understand the beauty of wabi should depart!Copy !req
309. Hey, I know all about wabisabi!Copy !req
310. So do I!Copy !req
311. I've dug myself in deep, I can't leave now!Copy !req
312. I see.Copy !req
313. Then, starting again with the Mayor as the guest of honor...Copy !req
314. If I just copy them exactly, I'll surprise them when it's my turn!Copy !req
315. All right, grasp the bowl with both hands...Copy !req
316. Place it in front of you...Copy !req
317. Remove your shell...Copy !req
318. How artful.Copy !req
319. How elegant!Copy !req
320. Er, that was an accident!Copy !req
321. Oh, sorry to bother you again.Copy !req
322. Ric!Copy !req
323. That's it! That's exactly the timing!Copy !req
324. That's a perfectly wabi retort!Copy !req
325. But you're still...Copy !req
326. No, it was fabulous.Copy !req
327. You might be a real natural at this.Copy !req
328. They really like me!Copy !req
329. I see, huh.Copy !req
330. I guess I'm just better at rock than wabisabi.Copy !req
331. And Star, compared to you...Copy !req
332. He's even wearing a hat while sitting at tea ceremony.Copy !req
333. But I look cool in it!Copy !req
334. I can't stand it.Copy !req
335. I don't want to envy your mask for being so much more refined than my shell, but...Copy !req
336. I'm so jealous!Copy !req
337. But your shell is so wabi!Copy !req
338. I dunno, I thought your mask was pretty wabi.Copy !req
339. Perhaps you two do have some potential.Copy !req
340. Shall I test it?Copy !req
341. We'll do our best!Copy !req
342. What do you think of this pebble?Copy !req
343. I guess this chipped part feels kind of wabi.Copy !req
344. No, isn't the moss more wabisabi?Copy !req
345. You really do have a good eye for this!Copy !req
346. Very well, which is the most wabi of these rocks?Copy !req
347. The grasshopper on this rock!Copy !req
348. No, this chuck of concrete really fulfills the sabi part of wabisabi!Copy !req
349. Then it has to be this rock!Copy !req
350. No way! It's this rubble!Copy !req
351. It's this rock!Copy !req
352. Looks like it's going pretty well.Copy !req
353. I guess the boys didn't really fit in at my tea party.Copy !req
354. I tried not to go too heavy on the sweets, but...Copy !req
355. Maybe I should just give up...Copy !req
356. Don't worry, P-ko. We'll be with you.Copy !req
357. That's right. Just taking part in someone you like's interests is enough to make you happy.Copy !req
358. You want to know the Mayor even better, don't you?Copy !req
359. Y-Yeah, that's right!Copy !req
360. Let's go.Copy !req
361. This is the Mayor's beloved world of wabisabi...Copy !req
362. Mayor!Copy !req
363. No!Copy !req
364. That stack isn't wabi at all!Copy !req
365. My wabisabi!Copy !req
366. How about mine, master?Copy !req
367. It's three layers of wabi and seven layers of sabi!Copy !req
368. Not enough! It needs four more layers of wabi!Copy !req
369. How many times do we have to stack these up before we leave...Copy !req
370. There's no elegance in that at all.Copy !req
371. People who make that understanding face when they don't really get it are the worst.Copy !req
372. You mean those who try the hardest for wabi?Copy !req
373. In the world of tradition, it is necessary to drive out newcomers.Copy !req
374. Looking back at the end of my journey,Copy !req
375. as the days I long for passCopy !req
376. I see you wrapped in your red coat,Copy !req
377. playing without waiting for winterCopy !req
378. Farewell, mazelike days , I'd thank you if I realized daysCopy !req
379. Oh, oh, goodbye daysCopy !req
380. Looking forward at the beginning of my journey,Copy !req
381. I take a deep breath so I won't have to stopCopy !req
382. We're both swimming upstream toward tomorrow,Copy !req
383. Swaying side to side like fishCopy !req
384. Pain? No thank you days, sadness? No thank you daysCopy !req
385. Oh, oh goodbye daysCopy !req
386. Episode 170 "Arakawa Open-air Classroom, First Period"Copy !req
387. First period
"Life on Venus"Copy !req
388. Today, I'll be giving a lesson on how to breathe on Venus.Copy !req
389. Okay!Copy !req
390. Venus has low levels of oxygen combined with poisonous levels of carbon dioxide,Copy !req
391. so you need to master the skill of breathing out only the carbon dioxide from your inhalation.Copy !req
392. First period
"Life on Venus"Copy !req
393. First period
"Life on Venus"Copy !req
394. First period
"Life on Venus"Copy !req
395. First, go like this.Copy !req
396. See? Give it a shot.Copy !req
397. Sorry, I don't think I can handle it.Copy !req
398. Like this? Huh?Copy !req
399. You should practice not breathing in order to stop wasting our precious oxygen.Copy !req
400. But that means...Copy !req
401. Yes, no more breathing. No. More.Copy !req
402. Bro! Bro, did you shrink?Copy !req
403. It just seems like that because you got taller, Tetsuro!Copy !req
404. Really?Copy !req
405. Next time, 10 Bridge×2!Copy !req
406. Either way is humiliating!Copy !req
407. Illustration: Go NagaiCopy !req