1. Arumi, you're too fast!Copy !req
2. You're just too slow!Copy !req
3. Sasshi!Copy !req
4. Masa-jii!Copy !req
5. Don't fall!Copy !req
6. Papa!Copy !req
7. Arumi!Copy !req
8. Arumi! What happened to Masa-jii?Copy !req
9. It brings back memories of way back when.Copy !req
10. Episode 7
Flashback!
Magical Shopping Arcade * BirthCopy !req
11. It was a long time ago.Copy !req
12. Back when we were all young.Copy !req
13. Before Grill Pelican was built.Copy !req
14. Not only that, this is a story from so long ago,Copy !req
15. there wasn't a bit of Abenobashi Shoppin' Arcade standin'.Copy !req
16. With this so-called urban plannin',Copy !req
17. the shacks and open black-markets that popped up after the war were all cleared away good and proper.Copy !req
18. That left this one section of town in front of the train station
completely wide open and bare, like it had just been bombed out.Copy !req
19. The hair on the top of my head was still growin' thick.Copy !req
20. Masayuki, age 22Copy !req
21. Though I was scrawny and no good at fights,Copy !req
22. I was tryin' to be cool,Copy !req
23. and was so with the times in the belief that,Copy !req
24. Electric Bath
Science and Mysticism
For your beauty
and health.
Please give it a try.Copy !req
25. "If you're a man, you should go out there and make your mark! "Copy !req
26. And I may have been a little overly eager.Copy !req
27. T
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28. I was the kind of youth every town had back then.Copy !req
29. Yo, Mune-chan.Copy !req
30. No, I was just a punk.Copy !req
31. Mune, age 18Copy !req
32. Oh, Masa-bou.Copy !req
33. What are you doin' here in the middle of the day?Copy !req
34. Did you get fired again?Copy !req
35. Please, Mune-chan, don't call me "Masa-bou".Copy !req
36. "Bou?" Come on, I'm way older than you.Copy !req
37. Then, should I call you Masa-jii?Copy !req
38. How much older are ya tryin' to make me? That's goin' too far.Copy !req
39. But never mind that,Copy !req
40. I'm not here today just hangin' about for no reason.Copy !req
41. I'm here to do prep work and preliminary inspections
for the awesome project that's bein' started here.Copy !req
42. You get it?Copy !req
43. No.Copy !req
44. I don't really care, but could you go away?Copy !req
45. Mom's told me not to talk to you.Copy !req
46. Yeah, that's the thing! That's exactly my point!Copy !req
47. I'm tryin' to do somethin' about that.Copy !req
48. I'll bet your mom's probably got the wrong idea 'bout me.Copy !req
49. Look, listen to me.Copy !req
50. It's a project that's been authorized by the prefectural governor of Osaka himself!Copy !req
51. Isn't that somethin'?Copy !req
52. And today, I've brought an amazin' and respected Sensei here from Tokyo.Copy !req
53. Well, well, Osaka and Tokyo. You must be keepin' the Tokaido Line busy.Copy !req
54. That's Abe-Sensei, a specialist in urban plannin'.Copy !req
55. Mune-chan, as a man, I haven't really talked about this much,Copy !req
56. but I've got this little dream, see?Copy !req
57. And that's to open up my own shop!Copy !req
58. Not some stupid place like the cafeteria in the department storeCopy !req
59. where I'm forced to work my butt off everyday.Copy !req
60. I'm talkin' about a place that serves serious French cookin'.Copy !req
61. What do ya think?Copy !req
62. And then, start a family.Copy !req
63. Maybe somethin' will, you know, happen between you and me, and...Copy !req
64. Like you know, all I've got to live by is a kitchen knife,Copy !req
65. and English and French are both gibberish to me,Copy !req
66. I can't even read a menu, ya know?Copy !req
67. So, I want to have some kids quick and...Copy !req
68. Well, who knows if it'll be a boy or a girl, but...Copy !req
69. Well, no, it'd be better if it's a boy, wouldn't it?Copy !req
70. I'll train him up and make it so he can speak some language fluently,Copy !req
71. kinda like a cosmopolitan type, who can do business all over the world.Copy !req
72. I'll raise him into somethin' like that and take advantage of that...Copy !req
73. No, I'm not thinkin' about makin' him take over my shop or anythin'.Copy !req
74. Yeah, I know, maybe I'll get him to open a second place in Paris, France, the home of our cookin'.Copy !req
75. And we'd go visit every so often to see how he's doin'.Copy !req
76. Husband and wife, in the city of Paris.Copy !req
77. Bonjour to the Champs-Élysées.Copy !req
78. Arc de Triomphe and Yvette Giraud. But anyway...Copy !req
79. Hey, hey, what d'you think?Copy !req
80. Don't this plan sound great?Copy !req
81. Yes, really... wonderful.Copy !req
82. Sensei! Sensei! Let's hurry, let's hurry, let's hurry!Copy !req
83. I don't care if it's the shoppin' arcade or Heiankyo, let's build it right now!Copy !req
84. Where should we get started? What should I do?Copy !req
85. I'll do anythin'! Shall I hold in my farts too?Copy !req
86. Hammering, hammering.Copy !req
87. Whoa, Sensei, that is way cool!Copy !req
88. This is one of those modern housin' units that's so popular now, huh?Copy !req
89. A
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90. Sensei, are you goin' to be livin' here by yourself?Copy !req
91. Yeah.Copy !req
92. I haven't gotten any furnishings yet, though.Copy !req
93. So, it's empty.Copy !req
94. Oh, there's another room in the back.Copy !req
95. It's a room to bring the ladies home to.Copy !req
96. This is great.Copy !req
97. Really?Copy !req
98. If you need a place, I wouldn't mind lending you my key.Copy !req
99. I tend to be out a lot anyway.Copy !req
100. For real?Copy !req
101. You're okay with me usin' this place?Copy !req
102. You're sure?Copy !req
103. Yes, please, yes!Copy !req
104. Oh, Sensei, you certainly understand a man's needs.Copy !req
105. Well, the truth is, I've got a bit of a plan.Copy !req
106. ls there a futon in the back room? There is?Copy !req
107. All right...Copy !req
108. I'll use the back room...Copy !req
109. To do things like this and things like that...Copy !req
110. Young blood and young bodies riding the tide...Copy !req
111. Ahem!Copy !req
112. So, that's what your plan was about?Copy !req
113. No, no, no! Mune-chan, you got it all wrong! All wrong!Copy !req
114. I'm not thinkin' about anythin' nasty like that!Copy !req
115. Totally, not one bit!Copy !req
116. Nothin' nasty at all!Copy !req
117. Abenobashi Shopping Arcade Development PlansCopy !req
118. Abenobashi Shoppin' Arcade?Copy !req
119. Well? Are ya surprised?Copy !req
120. We're not talkin' anythin' stingy like a house or a shop.Copy !req
121. We're buildin' a brand new town from scratch!Copy !req
122. How 'bout it?Copy !req
123. Abenobashi Shopping Arcade Development PlansCopy !req
124. Hmm, so my family's Turtle Bath is at the northern end.Copy !req
125. A road goin' straight south and another one goin' east-west, with a grid pattern...Copy !req
126. It's kinda like the city of Kyoto...Copy !req
127. Yes!Copy !req
128. This tetrapentic framework itself,Copy !req
129. will change all the yin in the atmosphere to yang.Copy !req
130. It's the one and only system that will create an exquisite balanceCopy !req
131. to counter the powerful welling of the netherworld's power,Copy !req
132. which is characteristic of this region!Copy !req
133. By arranging sacred beasts on all sides, east, west, north and south,Copy !req
134. this matrix will raise the chi ventilation rate to nearly 100%.Copy !req
135. In addition, the true-word barriers erected at the four cornersCopy !req
136. makes the security of this place perfectly reliable.Copy !req
137. The backbone, the mainstay of this thing, will have the greatest range in the industry!Copy !req
138. Compared to previously distributed products, it's an amazing 4.6 times better!Copy !req
139. Through the high-speed dragon vein network, it will be possible
to have a regular connection to distant Taishan and even Kunlun.Copy !req
140. The new thousand year realm bolstered by the ultimate in science and technology!Copy !req
141. That is the Abenobashi Shopping Arcade!Copy !req
142. Abenobashi Shopping ArcadeCopy !req
143. Was that Japanese?Copy !req
144. What a passionate man.Copy !req
145. One saurel meal, one kid's lunch!Copy !req
146. Got it!Copy !req
147. Even after the passage of a thousand years,Copy !req
148. the same flowers bloom in the same shape...Copy !req
149. It reminds me of when we were kids. Right, Masayuki?Copy !req
150. Huh?Copy !req
151. What are you sayin', Sensei?Copy !req
152. Turtle BathCopy !req
153. Mune-chan, are ya goin' to see Abe-sensei?Copy !req
154. I'm deliverin' his lunch.Copy !req
155. Taro, age 21Copy !req
156. That is,Copy !req
157. about the shoppin' arcade...Copy !req
158. The parcels of land they're gonna start sellin',Copy !req
159. can anyone buy them?Copy !req
160. Yeah, I heard there's quite a few people comin' in from other parts.Copy !req
161. I saw Masa-bou this mornin' and he was awful fired up 'bout buyin' a plot.Copy !req
162. It just made me think that in his own way, he's pretty serious 'bout this.Copy !req
163. Wow, Masa-bou said that?Copy !req
164. Moron! Retard! Scum! Ya better take adults seriously!Copy !req
165. All right!Copy !req
166. LoansCopy !req
167. So, like I said, you can take all the interest you want on it.Copy !req
168. Don't you get it?Copy !req
169. I am very sorry.Copy !req
170. Why can't you lend me any money? Tell me!Copy !req
171. This is a bank, right?Copy !req
172. People entrust their money with you,Copy !req
173. you turn around, loan that money out, and skim off the top.Copy !req
174. That's how a bank does business, ain't it?Copy !req
175. I am very sorry, sir.Copy !req
176. Why can't you?Copy !req
177. Day after day, I work hard with sweat on my brows to earn my salaryCopy !req
178. and, okay, so it's not all of it, it's not all of it,Copy !req
179. but I put quite a sum into the vault here every month!Copy !req
180. I'm bein' at least a little useful to you guys too!Copy !req
181. I'm right, aren't l?Copy !req
182. Thank you for makin' use of our savings account, sir.Copy !req
183. Is that it? Don't you got anythin' else to say to me?Copy !req
184. I am very sorry, sir.Copy !req
185. Don't you got a sympathetic bone in your body?Copy !req
186. No, sir, I do not.Copy !req
187. If you run into trouble, show them that business card.Copy !req
188. It should get you through most tough spots.Copy !req
189. Abe SeimeiCopy !req
190. Abe SeimeiCopy !req
191. Abe SeimeiCopy !req
192. Abe SeimeiCopy !req
193. Abe SeimeiCopy !req
194. Abe SeimeiCopy !req
195. Abe SeimeiCopy !req
196. What's this?Copy !req
197. Who is...Copy !req
198. The effectiveness of that business card was as excellent as the ad for soapCopy !req
199. Cleans you fast!Copy !req
200. Cleans you good!Copy !req
201. that went "Cleans you fast! Cleans you good!"Copy !req
202. Even the grim loan officer ground his forehead into the desktop practically beggin' me to borrow the money.Copy !req
203. At the time, I thought he was a worthless guy for changin' his attitude just like that over a scrap of paper,Copy !req
204. but now that I think back, this was the beginnin'
of the ultimate science that Sensei was talkin' about.Copy !req
205. Everything's goin' so smoothly, it's almost creepy, Sensei.Copy !req
206. These're awfully fine chamber pots.Copy !req
207. Wrong.Copy !req
208. But no matter how ya look at them,
they look like chamber pots that the new rich would use.Copy !req
209. These are devices that will serve as the linchpins of the town.Copy !req
210. Stickpins?Copy !req
211. Linchpins!Copy !req
212. AsahinaCopy !req
213. Genbu to the North, Suzaku to the South,Copy !req
214. Byakko to the West, and Seiryu to the East.Copy !req
215. This is in accordance with the fundamental theory behind the harmony of the four gods.Copy !req
216. We will set these sacred beasts up on the roofs of the shopsCopy !req
217. that are located in each of these directions and control the flow of chi.Copy !req
218. And don't you ever come near my daughter again!Copy !req
219. If you do, I'll tie ya up and burn ya!Copy !req
220. But Mother, haven't you heard anything from Mune-chan?Copy !req
221. About the date for the ceremony? Or about betrothal gifts?Copy !req
222. Well, damn it all! Wicked old hag!Copy !req
223. Pig ass! Old bat!Copy !req
224. T
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225. Mune-chan, I picked out a name for my restaurant!Copy !req
226. French One-Course Service, Grill Pelican!Copy !req
227. What do you think? Has a nice ring to it, huh?Copy !req
228. How about it, honey?Copy !req
229. This tree's supposed to live for a thousand years after planting it.Copy !req
230. A thousand years?Copy !req
231. That's a laurel tree.Copy !req
232. There's a lot of mega big ones growin' on the grounds of the Seimei Shrine,Copy !req
233. but why here?Copy !req
234. That man asked me to plant one here.Copy !req
235. That man?Copy !req
236. So, this is for "that man," too, huh?Copy !req
237. Oh, wait.Copy !req
238. I'll deliver it for ya.Copy !req
239. Masa-bou!Copy !req
240. FestivalCopy !req
241. "That man," my butt!Copy !req
242. Pisses me off!Copy !req
243. It pisses me off, so I'm gonna eat it all!Copy !req
244. This is pretty good.Copy !req
245. It's so unfair, I can't stand it.Copy !req
246. I want to be a clam.Copy !req
247. You haven't even had a drop to drink.Copy !req
248. How long're ya gonna sit there babblin' to yourself?Copy !req
249. I can grumble all night long just by sittin' here and starin' at it.Copy !req
250. I'm sayin' that you're bein' a real nuisance!Copy !req
251. What're ya braggin' about? Talk about moronic.Copy !req
252. If you're not gonna drink anymore, I'm closin' up shop!Copy !req
253. Tomorrow's gonna be busy because of Seimei's festival.Copy !req
254. That was my role...Copy !req
255. So, what's wrong with bein' a punk?Copy !req
256. Just y'all watch!Copy !req
257. Someday, I'll build the world's most stupendously large French restaurant!Copy !req
258. I'll turn a whole 100-story buildin' into a French restaurant,Copy !req
259. and have it be open 24-hours a day!Copy !req
260. Please take me...Copy !req
261. Yeah, yeah. Now, hurry on home.Copy !req
262. LoansCopy !req
263. What? He quit?Copy !req
264. Yes. The old man named Kashiwagi-san, right?Copy !req
265. No, I dunno. I dunno his name.Copy !req
266. He had coke-bottle glasses and not a sympathetic bone in his body...Copy !req
267. Yes, yes, him.Copy !req
268. He retired the other day.Copy !req
269. Not only that, he collapsed in the bath that very same day, and went straight to the hospital, unconscious.Copy !req
270. Absolute quiet rest, no visitors allowed.Copy !req
271. He apparently never married and was still single at that age.Copy !req
272. I wonder what he had to look forward to in life?Copy !req
273. What do you think?Copy !req
274. Like hell I'd know! I don't care what happened to that old man!Copy !req
275. I'm talkin' about the money at this bank!Copy !req
276. Yes, yes, of course.Copy !req
277. Get it together, will ya?Copy !req
278. Would you please tell me everythin' from the beginnin' again?Copy !req
279. The bank wouldn't lend money to a good-for-nothing.Copy !req
280. So, I was alone, back at square one.Copy !req
281. People often say that money gets lonely.Copy !req
282. Neither money nor women will come to a man who is all alone.Copy !req
283. Set up a business and start a family...Copy !req
284. Such normal and natural things for ordinary people.Copy !req
285. They seemed like a distant dream that I was never meant to achieve.Copy !req
286. Guess I'll just have to go talk to the Sensei about it.Copy !req
287. I wonder if he'll be there?Copy !req
288. A
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289. Abe SeimeiCopy !req
290. Why did I take the kitchen knife with me?Copy !req
291. I don't remember about that time.Copy !req
292. What was I plannin' on doin' with that kitchen knife?Copy !req
293. What was I thinkin'?Copy !req
294. 'Cause I liked Sensei.Copy !req
295. He was a kind and brilliant man with a sharp mind.Copy !req
296. And on top of that, he was an exceptionally good person.Copy !req
297. He was always thinkin' about other peopleCopy !req
298. and he strove to live for the sake of others. I loved the man.Copy !req
299. It was obvious why Mune would fall for him.Copy !req
300. There was no reason for her to come to a man like me.Copy !req
301. It was only natural that she would be joined with him.Copy !req
302. That completely obvious and natural thing,Copy !req
303. was too sad and heavy for me to bear right then.Copy !req
304. I had probably reached some sort of limit.Copy !req
305. It's a nice moonlit night.Copy !req
306. It isn't like you to ask to see me so late at night.Copy !req
307. What's the matter?Copy !req
308. Masayuki...Copy !req
309. I am powerless after all.Copy !req
310. The world won't go the way I want it to.Copy !req
311. Wow, I never knew that even you felt that way sometimes.Copy !req
312. I don't want to lose anyone any more.Copy !req
313. By the next day, he had disappearedCopy !req
314. without havin' said anythin' to anyone.Copy !req
315. I contacted the municipal office,Copy !req
316. but neither the company on the business card,Copy !req
317. nor the person called Abe had ever existed.Copy !req
318. Ultimately, I never got to be with Mune
and I married Gin, who ran the Horumon cart.Copy !req
319. As shops went up one after another in the shoppin' arcade,Copy !req
320. strangely enough, that one plot of land never went to anyone.Copy !req
321. Ten years later, I was able to open Grill Pelican with my wife.Copy !req
322. AsahinaCopy !req
323. 45 Years LaterCopy !req
324. Say, Mune...Copy !req
325. Was that Seimei reborn, you think?Copy !req
326. Sasshi!Copy !req
327. Hurry up! The festival's portable shrine's gonna leave!Copy !req
328. Arumi-chan, wait for me!Copy !req
329. Sasshi, it's preview time, your favorite.Copy !req
330. Eh, preview, huh?Copy !req
331. You wanna do the next episode preview, right?Copy !req
332. I dunno, we practically had no scenes this episode.Copy !req
333. Yeah, we didn't.Copy !req
334. And the story was so serious, depressin' even.Copy !req
335. Yeah, it was down.Copy !req
336. After that kinda mood, I'd hate to go,Copy !req
337. "Next episode of Magical Shoppin' Arcade Abenobashi, "Copy !req
338. all happy-like and have people think it was dumb or somethin'.Copy !req
339. I don't think you have to worry about that, though.Copy !req
340. Your dumbness is exposed and you're spewin' dumbness all year round!Copy !req
341. Oh, right.Copy !req
342. That's true!Copy !req
343. Next Time
Set Your Heart Aflutter!
Abenobashi * Campus Shopping ArcadeCopy !req
344. Moron.Copy !req