1. If you must blink,Copy !req
2. do it now.Copy !req
3. Pay careful attention
to everything you see,Copy !req
4. and hear.Copy !req
5. No matter how unusual it may seem.Copy !req
6. And please be warned,Copy !req
7. if you fidget,Copy !req
8. if you look away,Copy !req
9. if you forget any part
of what I tell you,Copy !req
10. even for an instant,Copy !req
11. then our hero will surely perish.Copy !req
12. His name is Kubo.Copy !req
13. His grandfather
stole something from him.Copy !req
14. And that really is the least of it.Copy !req
15. Well, hello, Kubo.Copy !req
16. How was it today?Copy !req
17. It wasn't a bad crowd.Copy !req
18. I got two pennies and a lint ball.Copy !req
19. This is pretty good lint.Copy !req
20. And what have you got planned for today?Copy !req
21. Oh, you know, the usual.Copy !req
22. Monsters?
Of course.Copy !req
23. You think you can work in
a fire-breathing chicken?Copy !req
24. The chicken again?Copy !req
25. The chicken is funny.Copy !req
26. A touch of comedy to balance
the whole thing out.Copy !req
27. They're gonna be throwing money at you.
I just know it.Copy !req
28. They'll throw something at you.
I don't know.Copy !req
29. Okay, I'll see what I can do.Copy !req
30. And do you plan on finishing
the story this time, young man?Copy !req
31. If you must blink, do it now.Copy !req
32. Pay careful attention
to everything you see and hear,Copy !req
33. no matter how unusual it may seem.Copy !req
34. And please be warned,Copy !req
35. if you fidget, if you look away,Copy !req
36. if you forget any part of what I tell you,Copy !req
37. even for an instant,Copy !req
38. then our hero will surely perish.Copy !req
39. Hanzo was a mighty samurai,
but he was alone.Copy !req
40. His family taken from him,Copy !req
41. his kingdom in ruins,Copy !req
42. and his army destroyed
by the dreaded Moon King.Copy !req
43. You may recall,Copy !req
44. Hanzo was roaming the distant Far LandsCopy !req
45. in search of a magical suit of armor.Copy !req
46. The only weapon in the whole worldCopy !req
47. that could protect him from
the power of the Moon King.Copy !req
48. This armor was made up of three pieces.Copy !req
49. The first...Copy !req
50. I know! I know!Copy !req
51. The sword unbreakable.Copy !req
52. The second...Copy !req
53. The breastplate Impene...Copy !req
54. Impenetrable.Copy !req
55. Impenetra-bubble!Copy !req
56. And finally, the third weapon,Copy !req
57. the final piece of the armor...Copy !req
58. I know this one. Pick me!Copy !req
59. The helmet invulnerable!Copy !req
60. Before Hanzo could claim the armorCopy !req
61. and unite the pieces
to reveal their true power,Copy !req
62. he was attacked by the Moon King's beast.Copy !req
63. Yes!Copy !req
64. Kill the chicken!
Rip it to pieces.Copy !req
65. Oh, my.Copy !req
66. Hanzo was filled with rage.Copy !req
67. His soul tormented by
the grief of a family stolen from him!Copy !req
68. At last, our hero was
face-to-face with his nemesis,Copy !req
69. the Moon King.Copy !req
70. So, be sure to come back tomorrow.Copy !req
71. What? Oh, come on!Copy !req
72. People like an ending.Copy !req
73. Where are you going?Copy !req
74. No, you can't...
You can't leave!Copy !req
75. Kubo.Copy !req
76. Kubo.Copy !req
77. Yes, Mother.Copy !req
78. I'm here.Copy !req
79. Hungry?Copy !req
80. And even though he could barely seeCopy !req
81. his own hand in front of his face,Copy !req
82. Hanzo and his army of loyal samuraiCopy !req
83. pressed on through the blizzard.Copy !req
84. And suddenly, as quickly as it had started,Copy !req
85. the storm cleared before him.Copy !req
86. Hanzo breathed a sigh of relief,Copy !req
87. for he was home.Copy !req
88. His fortress?Copy !req
89. The Beetle Clan castle!
Yes.Copy !req
90. At the very edge of the Far Lands,Copy !req
91. hidden from the Moon King
by powerful magic.Copy !req
92. And then what happened,
when he got to the castle?Copy !req
93. When who got to the castle?Copy !req
94. Hanzo! My father!Copy !req
95. Hanzo.
Hanzo was at the castle?Copy !req
96. He...Copy !req
97. Just give me a second. I'm...Copy !req
98. No.Copy !req
99. It's gone.Copy !req
100. I can't...Copy !req
101. I'm sorry, Kubo.Copy !req
102. Perhaps I could recall a different story.Copy !req
103. Mother,Copy !req
104. what was Father like?Copy !req
105. This one is easy.Copy !req
106. Hanzo was a mighty warrior,Copy !req
107. skilled with sword and bow.Copy !req
108. No, what was he really like?Copy !req
109. When he wasn't fighting,Copy !req
110. when he was with us.Copy !req
111. He was just like you.Copy !req
112. Like me?
Yes.Copy !req
113. Strong, and clever, and funny,Copy !req
114. and, oh so handsome.Copy !req
115. Mother.
Come on!Copy !req
116. Never forget how much
he loved you, Kubo.Copy !req
117. He died protecting us.Copy !req
118. Did the Moon King...Copy !req
119. Your grandfather.Copy !req
120. Did Grandfather and your
sisters really kill my father?Copy !req
121. It can't be true, can it?Copy !req
122. They're family.Copy !req
123. No, they are monsters.Copy !req
124. Grandfather and my sisters
stole your eye, Kubo.Copy !req
125. They must never find you again.
Never!Copy !req
126. You must always stay hidden from the
night sky, or they will find youCopy !req
127. and they'll take you away from me.Copy !req
128. Promise me,Copy !req
129. you will never let this happen.Copy !req
130. Promise me, Kubo!Copy !req
131. Don't be sad, Kubo.Copy !req
132. Kubo?Copy !req
133. Remember what you must do, Kubo?Copy !req
134. Remember?Copy !req
135. Keep you with me at all times, Mr. Monkey.Copy !req
136. And?Copy !req
137. And keep Father's robe
on my back at all times.Copy !req
138. Yes, Kubo.Copy !req
139. And there's one more thing.Copy !req
140. Never, ever stay out after dark.Copy !req
141. Remember?Copy !req
142. Yes, Mr. Monkey.
Good boy.Copy !req
143. Bedtime.Copy !req
144. Mother, wake up.
You're dreaming.Copy !req
145. No.Copy !req
146. Kubo.Copy !req
147. Kubo, is that you?Copy !req
148. Yes, Mother. I'm here.Copy !req
149. Kubo, what happened to your eye?Copy !req
150. Paper boy!Copy !req
151. Here, here!Copy !req
152. Come on. Come on.Copy !req
153. Come sit next to me.
I got us a good spot here.Copy !req
154. What do you think?Copy !req
155. I got myself all spruced up for the big day.Copy !req
156. I do so love the festival.Copy !req
157. A time to celebrate.Copy !req
158. You know, it's a shame
you never stay past sundown.Copy !req
159. There's fireworks, and singing,
and dancing,Copy !req
160. and feasting, of course.Copy !req
161. But the best part of all.Copy !req
162. Do you see those lamps and altars?Copy !req
163. We use those to speak to the
loved ones that left us behind.Copy !req
164. We listen to their tales,Copy !req
165. and guide their safe return
to the blissful pure land.Copy !req
166. Really?
Did you speak to someone?Copy !req
167. Yes, I did. My husband.Copy !req
168. His voice was as clear and loud,Copy !req
169. as the one you use for your stories.Copy !req
170. In 72 years, he never had a thing to say.Copy !req
171. Now he's gone, I can't shut him up.Copy !req
172. You have someone you wanna talk to.Copy !req
173. Very much.Copy !req
174. Well, what's stopping you?Copy !req
175. Don't I need a lamp?Copy !req
176. Well, I'll bet you could
make a really nice one,Copy !req
177. with that paper folding thing you do.Copy !req
178. You see,Copy !req
179. not just a pretty face.Copy !req
180. Now, hurry along.Copy !req
181. Go! There's still time before dark.Copy !req
182. Go! Get out of here.Copy !req
183. Place the lamp at the altar.Copy !req
184. Very good.Copy !req
185. What do we do next, Daddy?Copy !req
186. Now we pray.Copy !req
187. We ask her spirit to honor us with its light.Copy !req
188. Grandma, will you please honor...Copy !req
189. Softly, softly.Copy !req
190. Hello, Father.Copy !req
191. I hope you're well.Copy !req
192. I mean, I know you're dead,Copy !req
193. but I hope everything is okay.Copy !req
194. Look, it's your robe.Copy !req
195. Mother says I'll grow into it.Copy !req
196. She says you were a great leader
who died protecting me.Copy !req
197. Saving one of my eyes.Copy !req
198. Two would have been ideal but,Copy !req
199. thanks anyway.Copy !req
200. Father, I'm worried about Mother.Copy !req
201. With every day that goes by,
she drifts further away.Copy !req
202. She talks a lot about you, but...Copy !req
203. But I just don't know.Copy !req
204. I don't think she remembers
what's real anymore.Copy !req
205. I don't know what's real anymore.Copy !req
206. I just wish you were here,Copy !req
207. so I could talk to you, see you,Copy !req
208. find out what I should do.Copy !req
209. Daddy, Daddy, she's here!
Grandma is here!Copy !req
210. Now it's time for the final part.Copy !req
211. We have to help her
get back to the spirit world.Copy !req
212. But she just got here.Copy !req
213. Come on.Copy !req
214. Father? Hello?Copy !req
215. Anytime.Copy !req
216. Fine!Copy !req
217. I don't need you anyway.Copy !req
218. Kubo.Copy !req
219. I'm sorry.Copy !req
220. Kubo.Copy !req
221. Kubo.Copy !req
222. Little boy.Copy !req
223. What happened to your eye?Copy !req
224. Who are you?Copy !req
225. How do you know my name?Copy !req
226. We are your family, Kubo.Copy !req
227. Your mother's sisters.Copy !req
228. And we've been looking
for you for so long.Copy !req
229. It's so lovely to meet you, Kubo.Copy !req
230. Face-to-face.Copy !req
231. Come, Kubo.Copy !req
232. Come to your aunties.Copy !req
233. No reason to be afraid, Kubo.Copy !req
234. We just need your other eye.Copy !req
235. Your grandfather admires it so.Copy !req
236. Help! Help!Copy !req
237. Somebody help!Copy !req
238. Help!Copy !req
239. Look out!Copy !req
240. Run!Copy !req
241. We're here, Kubo.Copy !req
242. Your family has come for you.Copy !req
243. Kubo.Copy !req
244. Mother.Copy !req
245. Kubo, you must find the armor.Copy !req
246. It's your only chance.Copy !req
247. Remember this.Copy !req
248. Mother!Copy !req
249. No mother!Copy !req
250. No!Copy !req
251. Mother!Copy !req
252. Kubo.Copy !req
253. Kubo!Copy !req
254. Can you hear me, Kubo?Copy !req
255. I said your mother is gone.Copy !req
256. Your village is destroyed.
Burned to the ground.Copy !req
257. We landed here in the Far Lands.Copy !req
258. Your enemies aren't far behind.Copy !req
259. We must search for shelter
before your grandfather comes.Copy !req
260. We need to go now.Copy !req
261. Come on, get up, let's go.Copy !req
262. Once we're inside,Copy !req
263. you might be tempted
to complain about the odor.Copy !req
264. Keep in mind my sense of smellCopy !req
265. is 10 times stronger than yours.Copy !req
266. You have questions, I can tell.Copy !req
267. Who...
You get three.Copy !req
268. I think I have more.Copy !req
269. Three, but first you're gonna eat.Copy !req
270. Why only three?Copy !req
271. Okay, that was your first question.
What?Copy !req
272. I don't understand what's happening!Copy !req
273. Who are you?Copy !req
274. You don't recognize me?Copy !req
275. All these years,
you had to keep me in your pack.Copy !req
276. Well, now you know why.Copy !req
277. But you were a wooden charm.Copy !req
278. You were this big.Copy !req
279. I called that charm Mr. Monkey.Copy !req
280. And if I were alive at that point,Copy !req
281. I might have found that insulting.Copy !req
282. Look, your mother used the
last of her magic to save youCopy !req
283. and bring me to life.Copy !req
284. Here. Drink.Copy !req
285. It smells.
Everything in here smells.Copy !req
286. Drink it.
I don't want it.Copy !req
287. I said drink it.Copy !req
288. You're a mean monkey, aren't you?Copy !req
289. Yes. Yes, I am.Copy !req
290. And that's three. You're out of
questions now, so just listen.Copy !req
291. I'm here to protect you, Kubo.Copy !req
292. And that means you have to do as I say.Copy !req
293. So, if you don't eat, you'll be weak.Copy !req
294. If you're weak, you'll be slow.Copy !req
295. If you're slow, you'll die.Copy !req
296. It's too hot!Copy !req
297. Drink.Copy !req
298. Oh, excuse me.Copy !req
299. Okay, you better start
taking this seriously, Kubo.Copy !req
300. This is real.
This is not a story.Copy !req
301. Those things, your aunts,
they never get hungry.Copy !req
302. They never sleep.Copy !req
303. They will find you!Copy !req
304. And if we're not prepared,Copy !req
305. they'll kill me and take your other eye.Copy !req
306. What are we gonna do?Copy !req
307. We're going to find the armor.Copy !req
308. It's the only thing that can protect you.Copy !req
309. So it's real.Copy !req
310. Really real.Copy !req
311. Don't worry.
I'm not going to keep it.Copy !req
312. I pulled that from her head.Copy !req
313. I didn't mean to.Copy !req
314. Your mother was very powerful.Copy !req
315. She blessed your robesCopy !req
316. so that when the need was most,
they would fly you away.Copy !req
317. She used the last of that
power to bring me to life.Copy !req
318. This bracelet, her hair, it's a memory.Copy !req
319. And memories are powerful things, Kubo.Copy !req
320. Never lose it.Copy !req
321. One more question?Copy !req
322. Last one.Copy !req
323. Do you know where it is?Copy !req
324. The armor?Copy !req
325. No. No, I don't.Copy !req
326. Now, go to sleep.Copy !req
327. Goodnight, Monkey.Copy !req
328. Kubo.Copy !req
329. Kubo.Copy !req
330. You were talking in your sleep.Copy !req
331. You were dreaming,
calling out to your father,Copy !req
332. and then the paper flew out of
your bag and folded itself intoCopy !req
333. him.Copy !req
334. He's been standing there for hours,Copy !req
335. quietly judging us.Copy !req
336. I'm not even convinced
this counts as origami.Copy !req
337. I could swear scissors were involved.Copy !req
338. Back home in the cave,
my mother's dreams did this,Copy !req
339. and the paper always
unfolded itself by morning.Copy !req
340. What's that about?Copy !req
341. What are you doing?Copy !req
342. I guess this is how my father answered me.Copy !req
343. I'm tempted to say that entrusting our fateCopy !req
344. to the guidance of a small paper manCopy !req
345. seems like a bad idea.Copy !req
346. But it's the best bad idea we have.Copy !req
347. You're growing stronger.Copy !req
348. You might not wanna look
quite so pleased about that.Copy !req
349. We grow stronger,Copy !req
350. the world grows more dangerous.Copy !req
351. Life has a funny way
of keeping things balanced.Copy !req
352. Monkey, do you ever say
anything encouraging?Copy !req
353. I encourage you not to die.Copy !req
354. I encourage you not to die.Copy !req
355. Mosquitoes. Annoying.Copy !req
356. Wasn't me, I swear.Copy !req
357. Paper runs out, as does patience.Copy !req
358. I didn't ask them to do that.Copy !req
359. The second time.Copy !req
360. I didn't!
At least, not exactly.Copy !req
361. I mean, I felt it, but...Copy !req
362. Magic is not meant to be easy.Copy !req
363. You need to learn control.Copy !req
364. Concentrate on what you're doing,
and always remember,Copy !req
365. don't mess with the monkey.Copy !req
366. Tread carefully, Kubo.Copy !req
367. This isn't one of your stories.Copy !req
368. How do you know?
Maybe it is.Copy !req
369. And I'm the valiant hero
and you're the mean monkey.Copy !req
370. Heroes come and go.Copy !req
371. Any moment, something terrible
could come out of nowhere and...Copy !req
372. Monkey!Copy !req
373. Kubo!Copy !req
374. Monkey, wait.Copy !req
375. He wasn't trying to hurt me.Copy !req
376. He just wanted...Copy !req
377. Hanzo.
Hanzo?Copy !req
378. Hanzo.Copy !req
379. I still think I'm gonna stab him.Copy !req
380. Why must you always assume the worst?Copy !req
381. Pardon me for not trusting
this giant, spiky, insect-monsterCopy !req
382. that just kidnapped you.Copy !req
383. Hanzo. Yes, I remember him.Copy !req
384. I think, maybe, he was my master.Copy !req
385. What?
What did you say?Copy !req
386. We had a crest.
A samurai crest.Copy !req
387. Have you seen this crest before?Copy !req
388. This is a miracle.Copy !req
389. You have our robes.Copy !req
390. You're wearing our robes!Copy !req
391. Why are you wearing our robes?Copy !req
392. He doesn't have to answer your questions.Copy !req
393. Anyway, who are you?Copy !req
394. Many years ago, I was cursed.Copy !req
395. Trapped in this cursed state.Copy !req
396. Cursed to wander the Far Lands.Copy !req
397. Cursed or curs-ed.Copy !req
398. No comrades, no master.Copy !req
399. Not even a name or a single memory,Copy !req
400. of the noble warrior I once was.Copy !req
401. You used to be a man?Copy !req
402. No, not just any man.Copy !req
403. A samurai.Copy !req
404. I mean, I'm pretty certain.Copy !req
405. Look, I had the stuff.Copy !req
406. I mean, I'm either a samurai
or a really bad hoarder.Copy !req
407. Either way, inside my thorax
beats the heart of a warrior.Copy !req
408. If you have no memory,Copy !req
409. how can you be certain of anything?Copy !req
410. Because I get flashes.Copy !req
411. They come about from objects
I find on my travels.Copy !req
412. Sometimes it's a sound.Copy !req
413. Or a smell.Copy !req
414. You must get a lot of flashes.Copy !req
415. The memories, they fade.Copy !req
416. And all I'm left with is the sense that I was...Copy !req
417. once part of something much greater.Copy !req
418. Monkey, can I tell him?Copy !req
419. I really don't think that's a good idea.Copy !req
420. He has a right.
Absolutely not.Copy !req
421. But...
No buts.Copy !req
422. I...
No!Copy !req
423. What?
Tell me what?Copy !req
424. No.
Hanzo was my father.Copy !req
425. Kubo!Copy !req
426. This is a miracle.Copy !req
427. I have found the son of my master.Copy !req
428. Don't even.Copy !req
429. Whatever brings you to these
lands, whatever your quest,Copy !req
430. it is now my quest, too.Copy !req
431. I will join you, and I will give
my life for you, if necessary.Copy !req
432. You will?Copy !req
433. What? Do you think that's possible?Copy !req
434. Look, kid, I mean, I know how these
quests go. People die all the time.Copy !req
435. They drop like flies.Copy !req
436. That doesn't matter.Copy !req
437. 'Cause I have a feeling this is my destiny.Copy !req
438. No, it isn't!Copy !req
439. We can't trust anything you say,Copy !req
440. because you can't trust anything you say.Copy !req
441. We don't know anything about you.Copy !req
442. Monkey, you said it yourself.Copy !req
443. Our quest is a difficult one.Copy !req
444. A samurai,Copy !req
445. even a cursed one with no memory,Copy !req
446. that looks like a bug, could be helpful.Copy !req
447. Yes, I am certain I could be helpful.
Indispensable.Copy !req
448. In what way?Copy !req
449. Firing an arrow into a wall
is hardly what I call...Copy !req
450. Impressive.Copy !req
451. Oh, look at that.Copy !req
452. Literally, the first time I've ever done it.Copy !req
453. Just tell me of our quest,Copy !req
454. and I will quickly demonstrate
my numerous indispensabilities.Copy !req
455. Well, that's kind of a long story.Copy !req
456. You've got my attention.
I promise I won't even blink.Copy !req
457. I actually don't think I even can blink.Copy !req
458. Do I have eyelids?
Fine.Copy !req
459. Walk and talk.
Hanzo has found a path.Copy !req
460. So,Copy !req
461. you used to be a toy monkey.Copy !req
462. Kubo, I really don't see how
this part is important to our story.Copy !req
463. I kept her in my pocket.Copy !req
464. She was only like this big.Copy !req
465. Okay, Kubo, that's enough.
Tiny.Copy !req
466. And she was called Mr. Monkey.Copy !req
467. I wasn't a toy.Copy !req
468. I was a charm.Copy !req
469. Of course you were.Copy !req
470. That doesn't look good.Copy !req
471. Don't touch anything.Copy !req
472. He did it.Copy !req
473. Okay.Copy !req
474. No. No. No.Copy !req
475. Yes.Copy !req
476. Kubo, look.Copy !req
477. The sword unbreakable.Copy !req
478. It could be a trap.Copy !req
479. Allow me.Copy !req
480. What, it's not a trap if you do it?Copy !req
481. Stealth is my middle name.Copy !req
482. You don't even have a first name.Copy !req
483. Don't worry. I got this.Copy !req
484. The mighty Beetle is victorious!Copy !req
485. I don't got this.Copy !req
486. I don't got this!Copy !req
487. For crying out loud!Copy !req
488. I invoke the sword unbreakable!Copy !req
489. It broke.Copy !req
490. So, does it just mean the handle or...Copy !req
491. I'm a little disappointed
with this magic sword.Copy !req
492. It's not the right sword, you idiot!Copy !req
493. Look!Copy !req
494. The sword!
It's in his head.Copy !req
495. Hey! I've got a bone to pick with you.Copy !req
496. See, because he's made of bones.Copy !req
497. You're an embarrassment.Copy !req
498. This is problematic.Copy !req
499. Enough with the arrows!Copy !req
500. Foot!Copy !req
501. You can fly?Copy !req
502. Apparently, yes!Copy !req
503. Are you sure it isn't the sword unfindable?Copy !req
504. I think I found it!Copy !req
505. A hand here. Anyone?Copy !req
506. Anyone else?Copy !req
507. Kubo!Copy !req
508. Kubo!
Monkey!Copy !req
509. No!
Kubo!Copy !req
510. Yes!Copy !req
511. Thank goodness that's over.Copy !req
512. Everything turning black.Copy !req
513. Then open your eyes.Copy !req
514. I can't feel my wings.Copy !req
515. You didn't even know you
had them five minutes ago.Copy !req
516. Stop wriggling.Copy !req
517. Here.Copy !req
518. Is that feeling better?Copy !req
519. Oh, yeah.
A little to the left.Copy !req
520. Down, just a bit.Copy !req
521. Right there. That's good.Copy !req
522. Wait, you're being nice to me.Copy !req
523. Don't tell anyone.
We did it, Beetle.Copy !req
524. We got the sword.Copy !req
525. Put that down, it's sharp!Copy !req
526. Okay, we're done here.Copy !req
527. Get up.Copy !req
528. We have a lot of walking to do.Copy !req
529. You can't be serious.Copy !req
530. I'm always serious.Copy !req
531. Are you two going to fight, again?Copy !req
532. Of course not.Copy !req
533. We're having a grown-up conversation.Copy !req
534. You're going to fight again.Copy !req
535. Kubo, just go over there
and play with something.Copy !req
536. Not that!Copy !req
537. Monkey, this is the Long Lake.Copy !req
538. We can't walk around it.Copy !req
539. We need to swim across.Copy !req
540. I can carry Kubo.Copy !req
541. Carry Kubo.
That's your better idea?Copy !req
542. Look, I appreciate your help. I really do.Copy !req
543. But when it comes to the boy,Copy !req
544. I know what's best.
Oh, is that right?Copy !req
545. And what's best is not to be fielding
ideas from a talking cockroach.Copy !req
546. This coming from a talking monkey.Copy !req
547. I can still hear you, you know.Copy !req
548. Then play louder.Copy !req
549. This conversation is over.
Monkeys don't swim.Copy !req
550. Not to worry. Monkey see, monkey do.Copy !req
551. How long have you
been waiting to say that?Copy !req
552. Ever since I met you.Copy !req
553. Hey, what were we grown-up
conversation-ing about?Copy !req
554. You're ridiculous.
You're just absolutely ridiculous.Copy !req
555. Ridiculous!Copy !req
556. Crossing the lake is a ridiculous idea.Copy !req
557. It's not your fault.
There's no sense left in your head.Copy !req
558. I think I resent that.Copy !req
559. I may not know everything.Copy !req
560. Anything.
Anything.Copy !req
561. But I do know Kubo is more
capable than you think he is.Copy !req
562. You're being a tiny bit overprotective here.Copy !req
563. I'm being a lot overprotective here.Copy !req
564. It's my job to make sure Kubo
is safe, and that is not safe.Copy !req
565. You. You are not safe.Copy !req
566. Kubo is just a child.Copy !req
567. And an incredibly gifted one.
He just saved our lives.Copy !req
568. Yes, he's very powerful,
but he still has much to learn!Copy !req
569. What?Copy !req
570. Well, fast learner.Copy !req
571. Did you know you could do that?Copy !req
572. Show off.Copy !req
573. Okay, now take a deep breath.Copy !req
574. Clear your mind.Copy !req
575. Guess I got that part covered.Copy !req
576. Now, draw back slowly.
That's it.Copy !req
577. Close one eye.
Guess you got that part covered.Copy !req
578. Concentrate on what is
directly in front of you.Copy !req
579. Let everything else fall away.Copy !req
580. And release!Copy !req
581. Yeah!Copy !req
582. Perfect shot!Copy !req
583. Not bad.Copy !req
584. And what's your plan for getting
the fish into the boat,Copy !req
585. so we can actually eat it?Copy !req
586. Well, I said I was teaching
him how to shoot, not fish.Copy !req
587. Fishing is tomorrow's lesson.Copy !req
588. Give me that.Copy !req
589. Grabby monkey.Copy !req
590. Now try it.Copy !req
591. Pull back and...Copy !req
592. A rope.Copy !req
593. It's a pretty good idea.Copy !req
594. And you're not an awful shot.Copy !req
595. Okay, now you two are being weird.Copy !req
596. We're going to need
something to cut this with.Copy !req
597. Sword unbreakable.Copy !req
598. Must you play with your food?Copy !req
599. Yes.Copy !req
600. What's the matter, Kubo?Copy !req
601. You act like you've never had a mealCopy !req
602. sitting between a monkey
and a beetle before.Copy !req
603. I've never had a meal sitting
between anyone before.Copy !req
604. Come on, eat.
You need energy.Copy !req
605. And this is much better than whale soup.Copy !req
606. Kubo, question.Copy !req
607. Before you started on your heroic quest,Copy !req
608. what were you like?Copy !req
609. Well, I looked after my mother mostly.Copy !req
610. And I told stories,Copy !req
611. about mighty warriors seeking revengeCopy !req
612. with battles, and monsters, and magic.Copy !req
613. I was pretty good at telling them.Copy !req
614. Not so good at ending them.Copy !req
615. Sometimes I would tell my mother
stories about little things.Copy !req
616. Like skimming rocks across the river or...Copy !req
617. catching fireflies in the mulberry fields.Copy !req
618. And when I told those stories,Copy !req
619. I could see her eyes were mostly clear.Copy !req
620. I could tell she saw me.Copy !req
621. Really saw me.Copy !req
622. I could see her, too.Copy !req
623. Her real self.Copy !req
624. Her spirit trying to fight its way out.Copy !req
625. It was beautiful.Copy !req
626. You know something, Kubo?Copy !req
627. Back when you just told stories,Copy !req
628. before you went on this great adventure,Copy !req
629. you were still very much a hero.Copy !req
630. We're gonna have to head for shore.Copy !req
631. Find a hiding place and...Copy !req
632. The second piece of armor.Copy !req
633. The breastplate.Copy !req
634. It's down there?Copy !req
635. Okay, I got it.Copy !req
636. Beetle, wait!
No, don't worry.Copy !req
637. Beetles can hold their breath
under water for a very long time.Copy !req
638. What? Since when?Copy !req
639. It's a well-known fact, Monkey.Copy !req
640. So, you don't remember anything
at all, but beetles swimming?Copy !req
641. That's what sticks in there?Copy !req
642. No, Beetle.Copy !req
643. My mother told me
a story about the Long Lake.Copy !req
644. There's something under the water.Copy !req
645. Oh, yeah?Copy !req
646. What kind of something?Copy !req
647. She said there was a garden of eyes,Copy !req
648. eyes that stare into you, into your soul.Copy !req
649. They show you secrets,Copy !req
650. things to keep you down there with them.Copy !req
651. Forever.Copy !req
652. Okay.Copy !req
653. Well, I won't look
directly into anyone's eyes,Copy !req
654. even if I'm being incredibly sincere.Copy !req
655. You're gonna miss me, Monkey.Copy !req
656. Be careful.Copy !req
657. He's searching for the armor
just like his insolent father.Copy !req
658. Yes, sister.Copy !req
659. Then we must ensure he does
not find what remains.Copy !req
660. Monkey, I think he's in trouble!Copy !req
661. We should help him.Copy !req
662. Kubo, your aunts are still out there.
I'm sorry.Copy !req
663. But we have to head for shore.Copy !req
664. Kubo!Copy !req
665. Kubo.Copy !req
666. Look at this.Copy !req
667. I come fishing and all I reel in
is a stinking ape.Copy !req
668. How pathetic that this filthy creatureCopy !req
669. is all that's left of my sister's magic.Copy !req
670. This filthy creature will tear you apart!Copy !req
671. Kubo.Copy !req
672. Kubo?Copy !req
673. I have crushed creatures who could
fit this world on their fingernail.Copy !req
674. This victory brings me no honor.Copy !req
675. Imagine how you're going
to feel when you lose.Copy !req
676. I felt loss only once.Copy !req
677. Eleven years ago, I lost my sister.Copy !req
678. She fell in love with a fool
and betrayed our father!Copy !req
679. She was an ungrateful coward!Copy !req
680. Who's the coward now?Copy !req
681. I got it! I got it!Copy !req
682. Beetle, what happened?
Where's Kubo?Copy !req
683. Get back down there!
He's in trouble!Copy !req
684. I got it.Copy !req
685. Mother. Mother.Copy !req
686. Mother. Mother.Copy !req
687. Mother.Copy !req
688. It never fails to amaze meCopy !req
689. how the creatures down here fight
so hard just to die another day.Copy !req
690. Down here,
there are days worth fighting for.Copy !req
691. There is nothing down here worth anything!Copy !req
692. It's pathetic what happened to my sister.Copy !req
693. I looked up to her.
She was so strong.Copy !req
694. And love made her weak.Copy !req
695. No!Copy !req
696. It made me stronger.Copy !req
697. Over here.Copy !req
698. The eyes...Copy !req
699. It was the eyes.Copy !req
700. They had him in a trance.Copy !req
701. Oh, no.Copy !req
702. No.Copy !req
703. Come on. Come on, Kubo.Copy !req
704. Wake up. Please wake up!Copy !req
705. Please, please wake up.Copy !req
706. It's gonna be all right.Copy !req
707. It's gonna be all right.Copy !req
708. I'm here.Copy !req
709. I'm right here.Copy !req
710. I saw...Copy !req
711. What? What did you see?Copy !req
712. I saw...Copy !req
713. Mother.Copy !req
714. My son.Copy !req
715. So, you must look more like your dad, then?Copy !req
716. You're staring.Copy !req
717. Let me guess.
You have questions.Copy !req
718. Why...
I'll start.Copy !req
719. First question.
If I'm Beetle and you're Monkey,Copy !req
720. why isn't he called Boy?Copy !req
721. Oh, boy.Copy !req
722. Questions can wait.Copy !req
723. We need sleep.Copy !req
724. Tell us your story, then we can sleep.Copy !req
725. Please?Copy !req
726. Okay.Copy !req
727. Perhaps you can help me.Copy !req
728. The night I met your father...Copy !req
729. Mother.Copy !req
730. My sisters and I went
to the Temple of Bones to kill Hanzo.Copy !req
731. Oh, right.Copy !req
732. At the bidding of the Moon King,Copy !req
733. my sisters and I had come down
from the night skyCopy !req
734. and killed many noble warriors.Copy !req
735. Your grandfather told usCopy !req
736. that any man who found the magical armorCopy !req
737. would grow too powerfulCopy !req
738. and be a threat to the heavens.Copy !req
739. That night, I arrived at
the temple before my sisters.Copy !req
740. And there he was, the mighty Hanzo.Copy !req
741. You have offended my father, I told him.Copy !req
742. Now you must die.Copy !req
743. Yeah, that's so you.Copy !req
744. Beetle.Copy !req
745. We fought.Copy !req
746. Hanzo was strong.Copy !req
747. But then he stopped.Copy !req
748. He looked into my eyes and
uttered four simple words.Copy !req
749. These words changed everything.Copy !req
750. I love you,Copy !req
751. Monkey?Copy !req
752. You are my quest,Copy !req
753. he whispered.Copy !req
754. I had seen the wonders of the universe,Copy !req
755. but the warmth of his gaze
as I looked into his eyes...Copy !req
756. That...Copy !req
757. That I had never known.Copy !req
758. It was his humanity I saw.Copy !req
759. And it was more powerful than anything
in my cold realm.Copy !req
760. In recognizing his compassion,Copy !req
761. I recognized my own.Copy !req
762. I spared his life.Copy !req
763. He gave me mine.Copy !req
764. And...Copy !req
765. And then he gave me you.Copy !req
766. But your grandfather found us.Copy !req
767. His rage at my betrayal shook the heavens.Copy !req
768. Your father and his army gave their lives,Copy !req
769. allowing me to escape
with you in my arms.Copy !req
770. Why does Grandfather hate me?Copy !req
771. Kubo...Copy !req
772. He doesn't hate you.Copy !req
773. He wants to make you just like him.Copy !req
774. Blind to humanity,Copy !req
775. as I once was.Copy !req
776. Only then can you take
your place beside him,Copy !req
777. as part of his family.Copy !req
778. Cold and hard.Copy !req
779. And perfect.Copy !req
780. I'll never be like him,Copy !req
781. never.Copy !req
782. I know.Copy !req
783. He's exhausted.Copy !req
784. Me, too.Copy !req
785. I'm not tucking you in.Copy !req
786. You're hurt.Copy !req
787. It's just a scratch.Copy !req
788. Monkey,Copy !req
789. why didn't you tell him sooner,Copy !req
790. who you really are?Copy !req
791. The magic that keeps me here, it's fading.Copy !req
792. Soon I'll be gone.Copy !req
793. And then Kubo will be alone again.Copy !req
794. Not alone.Copy !req
795. He is the son of Hanzo.Copy !req
796. I will do everything I can
to keep him from harm.Copy !req
797. Thank you, Beetle.Copy !req
798. To know Kubo has someone
to watch over him when I'm gone.Copy !req
799. That would be a fine way to end my story.Copy !req
800. Your story will never end.Copy !req
801. It will be told by him and by
the people he shares it with.Copy !req
802. And by the people they share it with.Copy !req
803. And by the people they share it with,Copy !req
804. and by the people they share it with.Copy !req
805. And by the people...
Beetle.Copy !req
806. The point is,Copy !req
807. your story will live on,Copy !req
808. in him.Copy !req
809. Hello, my young friend.Copy !req
810. Why don't you join in my song?Copy !req
811. But how did you...Copy !req
812. You're...
Even blinder than you?Copy !req
813. Twice as much, to be precise.Copy !req
814. Which means I see double the truth.Copy !req
815. This is all a dream.Copy !req
816. Is this a good dream or a bad one?Copy !req
817. See for yourself.Copy !req
818. My father's fortress.Copy !req
819. Yes.Copy !req
820. The last piece of the armor.Copy !req
821. It's here?Copy !req
822. Follow the setting sun and you'll find it,Copy !req
823. in the place that might
have been your home.Copy !req
824. Claim your birthright, Kubo.Copy !req
825. Give this story a happy ending.Copy !req
826. Mother! Beetle! Wake up!Copy !req
827. I'm up. I'm up.Copy !req
828. Well, I'm down.Copy !req
829. Off.Copy !req
830. I think I slept on something.Copy !req
831. Sword uncomfortable.Copy !req
832. The helmet, I know where it is.Copy !req
833. I saw it in a dream, Beetle.Copy !req
834. A dream?Copy !req
835. Well, it doesn't mean anything in particular.Copy !req
836. I mean, I dreamed I fought a giant
skeleton with swords in its head.Copy !req
837. That really happened.Copy !req
838. Oh, yeah.Copy !req
839. Beetle.Copy !req
840. Come on, this way.Copy !req
841. I spy with my one eye
something beginning with S.Copy !req
842. Snow?
No.Copy !req
843. Snowflake?Copy !req
844. No.
Okay.Copy !req
845. Snow covered trees.Copy !req
846. Nothing to do with snow.Copy !req
847. How about serious?Copy !req
848. Stupid.Copy !req
849. Okay, I got it.Copy !req
850. Snow.Copy !req
851. He said it wasn't snow.Copy !req
852. It's a song.Copy !req
853. Well, that's not fair.Copy !req
854. How do you see a song?Copy !req
855. You look.Copy !req
856. Golden heron.Copy !req
857. It's believed they hold
the souls of the departed,Copy !req
858. carrying them over
to wherever they need to go.Copy !req
859. What are they singing?Copy !req
860. It's beautiful.Copy !req
861. Many say the song's about
what happens when we die.Copy !req
862. How we don't just disappear.Copy !req
863. We don't?Copy !req
864. So, what happens to us?Copy !req
865. Well, like Kubo's paper, we shift.Copy !req
866. We transform so we can continue
our story to another place.Copy !req
867. The end of one story is merely
the beginning of another.Copy !req
868. I remember this place.Copy !req
869. This was where my father
prepared for his quest.Copy !req
870. There's something I don't understand.Copy !req
871. Why would the helmet be here?Copy !req
872. Kubo!Copy !req
873. Release us!Copy !req
874. Sister.Copy !req
875. I remember how we looked up to you.Copy !req
876. Of all of us, you shone the brightest.Copy !req
877. Such a waste.Copy !req
878. All we ever wished was to be a
family in our home among the stars.Copy !req
879. I think we have very different
definitions of family.Copy !req
880. Don't you touch him, you witch!Copy !req
881. And then there's you,Copy !req
882. the thieving insect who stole my sister's soul.Copy !req
883. What?Copy !req
884. This is precious.Copy !req
885. You've been together all this timeCopy !req
886. and you haven't even realized?Copy !req
887. You took her from us.Copy !req
888. It was only fitting
we took something from you.Copy !req
889. How swiftly those memories
spilled from your head,Copy !req
890. wiping out all recollection
of your obscene union.Copy !req
891. Hanzo.Copy !req
892. What?Copy !req
893. Hanzo?Copy !req
894. I... I didn't know.Copy !req
895. No!Copy !req
896. I'm forgetting what I came here for.Copy !req
897. Mother!Copy !req
898. It's okay. I'm here.Copy !req
899. Father?Copy !req
900. My son.Copy !req
901. Seems I'm married to a bug.Copy !req
902. Yeah.Copy !req
903. But a samurai bug.Copy !req
904. You are my quest.Copy !req
905. You always have been.Copy !req
906. Hanzo, keep him safe, no matter what.Copy !req
907. I promise I will.Copy !req
908. No!Copy !req
909. Fly home, Kubo.Copy !req
910. Kubo?Copy !req
911. Is that you?Copy !req
912. You have to leave this place.Copy !req
913. The Moon King, he's coming.Copy !req
914. Grandfather!Copy !req
915. It's me, Kubo!Copy !req
916. I know you can see me!Copy !req
917. Hello, grandson.Copy !req
918. It's so good to see you at last.Copy !req
919. So to speak.Copy !req
920. And I see you found the armor.Copy !req
921. Seems your mother had a reasonCopy !req
922. to bring you to this dreadful place after all.Copy !req
923. I see.Copy !req
924. I know you do.Copy !req
925. That's how this all began.Copy !req
926. You finally saw me.Copy !req
927. It was my fault.Copy !req
928. I should've listened to my parents.Copy !req
929. Kubo, we both want the exact same thing.Copy !req
930. You want to take my other eye.Copy !req
931. That's what you want!Copy !req
932. Well, yes.Copy !req
933. But do you know why I want it?Copy !req
934. Because you're old,
and mean, and cruel.Copy !req
935. Now, that's a little harsh.Copy !req
936. As long as you cling
to that silly, useless eye,Copy !req
937. you can't come up to live with me.Copy !req
938. In the heavens.Copy !req
939. You'll be stuck down here in this hell,Copy !req
940. staring with that lonely eye
at hate and heartacheCopy !req
941. and suffering and death.Copy !req
942. Where I want to take you,Copy !req
943. we have none of those things.Copy !req
944. It'll just be you with your family.Copy !req
945. Where you belong.Copy !req
946. My family is gone.Copy !req
947. You killed them.
No...Copy !req
948. They brought their fates upon themselves!Copy !req
949. They disgraced me and upset
the order of everything!Copy !req
950. That's how your story goes.Copy !req
951. Oh, Kubo...Copy !req
952. When you're up there with me,
you will be beyond stories.Copy !req
953. You will be...Copy !req
954. immortal.Copy !req
955. You will be...Copy !req
956. infinite.Copy !req
957. No. You're wrong, not infinite.Copy !req
958. All stories have an end.Copy !req
959. Is that right?Copy !req
960. And how does this story end?Copy !req
961. I kill you.Copy !req
962. Very well.
Is this your wish,Copy !req
963. to do battle with a hideous
monster who ruined your life,Copy !req
964. to prove your worth
like your doomed father?Copy !req
965. How mortal.Copy !req
966. You want to be human?Copy !req
967. Then share their weakness!Copy !req
968. Suffer their humiliation!Copy !req
969. Feel their pain!Copy !req
970. This is the end of your story.Copy !req
971. Now, take one last
look with that lonely eye,Copy !req
972. one last look at this
wretched place you call home.Copy !req
973. I'm not leaving.Copy !req
974. For every horrible thing down here,Copy !req
975. there's something far more beautiful.Copy !req
976. My mother saw it.Copy !req
977. So did my father. I see it.Copy !req
978. Even with just one eye.Copy !req
979. Then I'll just have to rip
it out of your head again,Copy !req
980. won't I?Copy !req
981. If you must blink, do it now.Copy !req
982. I know why you want my eye.Copy !req
983. Because without it,Copy !req
984. I can't look into the eyes of
another and see their soul.Copy !req
985. Their love...Copy !req
986. Everything you loved is gone!Copy !req
987. Everything you knew
has been taken from you!Copy !req
988. No.Copy !req
989. It's in my memories.Copy !req
990. The most powerful kind of magic there is.Copy !req
991. It makes us stronger than you'll ever be.Copy !req
992. These are the memories of
those we have loved and lost.Copy !req
993. And if we hold their stories
deep in our hearts,Copy !req
994. then you will never
take them away from us.Copy !req
995. And that really is the least of it.Copy !req
996. Where am I?Copy !req
997. Hello, Grandfather.Copy !req
998. Oh, hello.Copy !req
999. What happened to your eye?Copy !req
1000. Don't you remember?Copy !req
1001. No, I... I'm sorry, young man.Copy !req
1002. But I seem to have forgotten my story.Copy !req
1003. Can you help me?Copy !req
1004. I'll tell him.Copy !req
1005. No, we'll all tell him.Copy !req
1006. We'll tell him everything he needs to know.Copy !req
1007. You are the kindest, sweetest manCopy !req
1008. to ever live in this village.Copy !req
1009. Really?
Yes.Copy !req
1010. Every day, you walk around smilingCopy !req
1011. and handing out coins to children.Copy !req
1012. Like me!Copy !req
1013. And old women.Copy !req
1014. You... You taught my kids to swim.Copy !req
1015. What?Copy !req
1016. And you give blankets to the poor.Copy !req
1017. You're a good man.Copy !req
1018. You fed the hungry.
You always lend a helping hand.Copy !req
1019. You're a great example.Copy !req
1020. It turns out I'm pretty selfless.Copy !req
1021. That's why we love you.Copy !req
1022. You know, we have something in common.Copy !req
1023. We both adore your grandson.Copy !req
1024. His name is Kubo.Copy !req
1025. Kubo?Copy !req
1026. I'm sorry.Copy !req
1027. But I...Copy !req
1028. But I don't remember.Copy !req
1029. Well...Copy !req
1030. Your grandson's a storyteller.Copy !req
1031. He'll tell you all the stories you've forgotten.Copy !req
1032. Really?Copy !req
1033. Of course.Copy !req
1034. Hello, Mother.Copy !req
1035. Father.Copy !req
1036. I know my stories can tend to get a little,Copy !req
1037. long,Copy !req
1038. so I'll keep this brief.Copy !req
1039. I'm very grateful I've had
the chance to meet you both,Copy !req
1040. hear your wisdom,Copy !req
1041. feel your kindness,Copy !req
1042. even eat a meal sitting between you.Copy !req
1043. This was a happy story.Copy !req
1044. But it could still be a whole lot happier.Copy !req
1045. I don't know exactly what the rules areCopy !req
1046. or how this works,Copy !req
1047. but if there were any way to...Copy !req
1048. You know...Copy !req
1049. I still need you.Copy !req
1050. So I can say this has been a happy story,Copy !req
1051. or I could feel it.Copy !req
1052. We could all feel it.Copy !req
1053. Then we could end this story.Copy !req
1054. Together.Copy !req
1055. The EndCopy !req
1056. By LESAIGNEUR
Sync & corrections October 2016Copy !req