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00:00...washed up on the shore of a little island called Sameshima.
00:04They were both weak and terribly ill,
00:07so the village chief and his son did everything they could to nurse them back to health.
00:12One day, the woman told them she hailed from across the sea.
00:17She said she used to work at a bean confectionary in town.
00:20She fell in love with a married shopkeeper and gave birth to his child.
00:25She was cast out.
00:26The cruel confectioner even hired brigands to chase her away.
00:30Two years after they washed ashore,
00:33the confectioner's men showed up on the island and cornered them.
00:36You see, the shopkeeper and his wife were unable to conceive.
00:40They did the unthinkable and tore the woman's child from her grasp.
00:44As for her, they struck her down with their swords and threw her into the merciless sea.
00:50As the men began the journey home to collect their payment, the sea grew angry.
00:54A storm appeared as if from nowhere, and a horrifying creature towered over the terrified criminals.
01:00They abandoned the helpless child and tried to flee for their lives.
01:04But before long, the raging sea swallowed them whole.
01:07The grotesque merfolk resembled the slain mother.
01:10But there was no trace of her former beauty, as she had become a malevolent spirit.
01:16Following the instructions of Koetsu, a priest who had come to the island,
01:20the village chief's son said a prayer to quell her anger.
01:25Afterward, they presented the mummified child as an offering,
01:29and the violent storm subsided.
01:32Such is the tragic tale of how Samashima came to be known as Merfolk Island.
01:38Now don't move a single millimeter!
01:42You outsiders ruined our sacred festival!
01:58It's not for you.
02:00It's for the islanders and my family!
02:02What was that arrow?
02:04No, sir.
02:05You won't get away with this.
02:07I knew you were suspicious, which is why I've been watching you!
02:10You don't say.
02:12Guess that's what your mama told you to do, eh, sonny?
02:15I am suspicious, because I know everything.
02:17Old man Oedipus, a demented little vixen and a monstrous hag.
02:21I doubt it'll make much of a difference, but I'll go ahead and say it anyway.
02:25You're a sorry excuse for a president!
02:27Who exactly are you?
02:30What was with that arrow?
02:32What's that glowing lamp?
02:34What did you do to help the Mori boy?
02:36And how is it possible the other kid came out of this uninjured?
02:39That's some pretty clear thinking for a glorified puppet.
02:43It's wasted potential.
02:44You're good with words and quick-witted.
02:47Careful with that.
02:48It's a knife for butchering fish, isn't it?
02:50I don't detect many openings.
02:52You practice a martial art, don't you?
02:54You clearly had a decent upbringing.
02:56You're even fairly good-looking considering how old you are.
02:59You'd be a decent catch if you ever weaned off of mama's milk.
03:02Anyway, no one wants to see a middle-aged man school an old-timer.
03:07Let's not and say we did.
03:09Besides, there's still Boss Hag and Lady Landmine.
03:12I hate to break it to you, but if this were an anime, you'd have zero stans.
03:16The big bad boss needs to at least be young and handsome, you know?
03:19Don't you dare insult my family!
03:22Some family.
03:25Pulled straight out of that old legend.
03:28With a head resembling an infant.
03:32And the body of a woman.
03:36It lures men into the sea with its force.
03:40I know your dirty little secret.
03:43Your family is the hideous merfolk!
03:45Wow!
03:47Qi maure ni ka vu
03:50O ko mani nara ko e wo kete
04:05Capri mura no soko de
04:09Yami wo mo ch mo to mo to
04:12Ik so ko de
04:14Sous-titrage ST' 501
05:44That's how it works in the fairy tales Mother tells me.
05:47And though his form is derivative, his bow skills are utterly unparalleled.
05:51He's a complete monster.
05:53Everything Mama says has turned out to be true!
05:56Which means our peaceful island is under threat!
06:00Tell me, do you have a mother?
06:02Or your own family?
06:05Not really.
06:07I'd already assumed that was the case.
06:09You grew up to be such a bad boy because you didn't have a mother's love to help guide you.
06:13You're painfully jealous of my loving family.
06:16You poor wretched soul.
06:19Children who don't know the warmth of family are doomed to become miscreants.
06:23Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
06:25I feel sorry for you.
06:26Mama always tells me how lucky I am to be filled with her love.
06:29And since love is as essential as breathing, you must be positively suffocating.
06:35I'm sorry.
06:36It's not your fault, but that's just how it is.
06:39In all the old stories people like to tell, anyone who doesn't have love in their life is a bad guy.
06:43Don't forget, the bad guys are always going to lose to good boys like me.
06:50And everybody's always anxiously awaiting the moment when the villains are defeated by the forces of good.
06:56Which is why I'm a hero.
06:58For taking out the evil people on the island.
07:00Mother showers me with praise for doing so well and that makes me even stronger.
07:05The true meaning of life is doing whatever Mama tells me.
07:11You've jumped off the deep end!
07:13Thank you for being a classic villain.
07:15I believe now's the part where I kill you.
07:25But I easily cut the bow!
07:30What happened?
07:31Die unenlightened, and your spirit is then sent to one of the six paths.
07:35As you might expect, the hell path is the most torturous one of all.
07:38It has eight greater hells and eight cold hells, each with their own realms.
07:42Also...
07:43Actually, that's enough about that.
07:46The black thread hell is one of the eight greater hells.
07:49There, the dead are tied up and punished with long ropes.
07:52This is one of the ropes used for that purpose.
07:55It used to be black once, before all the blood.
07:58It's not easily cut by earthly objects.
08:01I can't tell if you're insane or just trying to scare me!
08:03By the way, I've got a question for you.
08:06If your Mama's so great, why didn't she at least teach you the basics?
08:09You know, things like not pointing sharp objects at people.
08:12Seems more important than her weird lessons on love.
08:14Don't you ever insult my Mama, you monster!
08:17I only know what she taught me!
08:19Who's the nut job now?
08:21Come on, man!
08:22Just pay for yourself for a change!
08:33Poor baby.
08:35Good thing I'm living as a fully grown 30-year-old.
08:38If I were his age, this little scuffle would have taken forever.
08:41Damn it, not good!
08:50We can't just let him die!
08:52Even if I tried shooting an earthly arrow,
08:54I'm afraid I don't have nearly enough power to exercise a spirit as OP as that merfolk.
08:59Damn it.
09:05Yeah!
09:06There you are!
09:07I was just starting to worry!
09:08In that moment, something went from a bit hazy to crystal clear.
09:33The fact that Ikebukuro is a fierce creature who demands respect!
09:38Well, there's one more reason not to slack off in the professor's glasses!
09:45You're a lifesaver!
09:46Thank you both for coming to help!
09:48I've been curious as to why it's shaped like merfolk.
09:51Aside from how it came to exist in the first place,
09:54that was my biggest lingering question.
09:56Uh-huh.
09:57And now, we can uncover its true identity.
09:59Ikebukuro!
10:01If you pull on its head, I'll buy you your very own squid spinner, okay?
10:07Nabashima!
10:08Don't fail me!
10:09You're by far the coolest creature here!
10:11Now pull the thing's tail!
10:12Now pull it up!
10:20Oh!
10:22Huh!
10:34Ow!
10:34Oh!
10:35Oh!
10:35It's a shark!
11:00How fascinating.
11:02Shark attacks have long plagued the island.
11:04However, we do get the occasional great white and tiger shark around these waters.
11:08There are even records of it from the Edo period.
11:11This place used to be called Samishima, otherwise known as Shark Island.
11:16This book describes the origin of the merfolk legend.
11:19As someone who grew up here, I imagine you're familiar with it.
11:23It's fairly standard for a folktale.
11:25There's even a priest who shows up.
11:28The author of this one is Yutaro Kirihara.
11:31Meaning, Yuhachi's father wrote this story.
11:34Great-great-grandpa!
11:36No way!
11:36Yes way.
11:37I suggest you peruse the contents.
11:41Old man Haneda got drunk and told me a strange story.
11:45He said that several generations before he was born, the ancestors of the Samajima family came to this little island of ours.
11:53Apparently, there's a bit of truth to the island's legend.
11:57The Samajima ancestor who was the village chief sold the woman's child to the confectioner's hired men.
12:03The woman was distraught and chased after the boat, but she was attacked by a shark.
12:08The islanders struck the shark with harpoons, killing the creature at the cost of their own lives.
12:13Both the woman and her child perished as well.
12:16Their lifeless bodies washed up on what has since come to be known as merfolk rock.
12:22After my son, Yuhachi, was discharged, he once told me that he could see the merfolk.
12:30It's painfully clear what happened.
12:32The island's dark past created a part-human, part-fish mass of spirits.
12:37Years of unchecked growth transformed the monster into a true behemoth.
12:40A common folklore trope, some poor human dies while experiencing powerful emotions.
12:47Their spirit possesses a nearby animal, turning it into a monster.
12:51For example, the bakeneko.
12:54It's just like in Santo Kyorin's Baika Hioretsu, but that was a goldfish.
12:58The warning about not eating beans in the old woman's presence likely comes from that story as well.
13:04Um, professor, please allow me to pay for the exorcism.
13:07I only work part-time, but I'll pay you when I get a proper job.
13:13Very noble, but the debt is paid.
13:15Huh?
13:16In rare books.
13:17In addition to those, there's one more.
13:20A first edition of the Restaurant of Many Orders.
13:23It's perfect.
13:24Mint.
13:25I assure you it's quite valuable.
13:27Your great-grandfather gave it to me.
13:29He said it was a token of his appreciation for looking after you.
13:32Hehehehe.
13:34As for Mogura, he gets the moth-eaten rucksack.
13:39I don't want that!
13:42I'm glad you're here, professor!
13:43I was assaulted!
13:44This vagrant hit this old man right in the head!
13:46He used a metal lamp or something!
13:48Just look at this wound!
13:50There's nothing there, old man.
13:52Uh, it couldn't have healed so quickly!
13:55You had yourself a little slipski and it knocked you out.
13:58You must have been hallucinating.
13:59That doesn't make a lick of sense!
14:01How do you explain that pool of blood right there?
14:03Someone butchered a fish and forgot to clean up.
14:06Impossible!
14:07On another note, you see anything out of the ordinary?
14:11Because it's no hallucination.
14:13Uh...
14:14I wouldn't say we're exactly close buddies now, but there's definitely a deep bond between us.
14:29It's the price you pay for what you've done.
14:31Take a good look.
14:33Mama!
14:34Mama!
14:35Mama!
14:36Mama!
14:36Oh!
14:39Pathetic.
14:39Magi and Yae were able to adjust to the spirit world pretty fast.
14:43But this is how stubborn people tend to react.
14:46I wonder when that geezer will finally snap out of it.
14:49So that's what happens when your sand hits zero.
14:52Mama!
14:53Mama!
14:55Help me!
14:57Mama!
14:59Oh, let's have a quick breather.
15:01I just need a minute.
15:03You two had better take the motorbikes to go and join Mogura.
15:08We'll mosey down to the shore and see if there's anything we can do to help out.
15:12It sure seemed like a good idea, but going downhill on foot is harder on the knees than I expected.
15:17Seems like you can barely stand.
15:20Once you're over 30, your body becomes your greatest enemy.
15:24But you're in such good shape, I bet you'll be fine even when you're 50 years old.
15:28I bet so too!
15:29My 80-year-old grandma actually competes in triathlons!
15:33Let me carry you!
15:34Oh, wow!
15:35Perhaps I'll take you up on that kind offer.
15:41Amazing!
15:42My knees already feel better!
15:48What are you gals up to?
15:52We were in a hurry to reach the shore, but then my poor knees gave out.
15:56Where are you going?
15:57To the shore?
15:58An islander fell into the sea, so now I need to go down and check on him.
16:02But no need to worry, I hear he's doing just fine.
16:05It's a miracle!
16:06Yippee!
16:07Anyway, please hop in.
16:09Ah!
16:09I was wondering, have you ever left the island?
16:16Hmm?
16:16I really think you should give it some thought.
16:19That sounds like a delightful idea.
16:21But I could never leave the island when there's so much work to do!
16:24I bet you could find plenty of jobs in the outside world.
16:28And you'd be able to experience some new things.
16:31For example, you could be a dominatrix!
16:34Huh?
16:35Huh?
16:35Oh, never mind.
16:40Okay.
16:41And what did you mean by that?
16:43That's a great idea!
16:45Ah!
16:45No one asks your opinion!
16:47We'd be customers.
16:48It would be an honor to be filleted by you.
16:51You sound like some backwards islanders!
16:54And please stop talking in unison like that!
16:56There's clearly a demand in the market.
16:58And you're the perfect genre of person to pull it off!
17:01What does that even mean?
17:03And Tokyo is terrifying!
17:05A professor's wife, huh?
17:07Who knew someone like you would be such a total oddball?
17:10Ahaha!
17:11Forgive me!
17:13Except, don't you think the truly odd thing here is what you did to Mori?
17:17Where is this coming from?
17:21Dark deeds always come to light.
17:23It's rude to accuse someone based on conjecture.
17:26You're such a smart girl.
17:28Even when you're caught off guard, you don't lose your cool and make it worse.
17:32You're most certainly competent.
17:34And that's why I would strongly encourage you to leave the island.
17:37Especially while you're young.
17:39I don't need advice from an old woman!
17:42It's a good idea to listen to your elders every now and then.
17:44You're starting to scare me with all this stuff.
17:48I don't know what you think you found out about me, but I need you to stop this nonsense.
17:52You don't have to concern yourself with me.
17:55How do you feel about your fellow islanders?
17:57And about Mori?
17:59And are those gentlemen your valued colleagues?
18:03You can't be serious!
18:05They're servants!
18:06We employ helpers as well, but we still value them.
18:09That's enough!
18:10Servants are merely servants!
18:12They exist to please me!
18:13So you finally admitted how you truly feel!
18:16I heard a nasty rumor that your family has been known to eliminate anyone who isn't part of your bloodline.
18:22I'm not one to criticize how other families operate, but it's a bit much to even take out spouses and only trust your own blood.
18:29How do you know all that about my family?
18:32And I haven't even mentioned the fact that you lack a strong male role model in your life.
18:36Yummy role model!
18:38Oh, and you're obsessed with forcing those around you to obey your every whim.
18:44That's why it upset you so very much when Mori wouldn't obey your command to go out with you.
18:49Shut your stupid mouth!
18:50Who do you think you are?
18:52An adult who's responsible for guiding children like you!
18:55I am not a child!
18:57I'm 20 years old!
18:58Go crawling back to your husband with that vapid smile of yours and leave me alone!
19:02I don't need a man to rule over this island!
19:04All spouses are just outsiders anyway!
19:07It's a false game to believe in romantic love!
19:09Forbidden technique unleashed!
19:15Activate!
19:16Back when I was 18, Toshido told me something beautiful when he gave me this pretty little ring I'm wearing.
19:26You're both okay!
19:28Thank goodness!
19:32I see you two came to join the party.
19:35Tell me what happened.
19:36Gotta be making that up!
19:41There isn't a man alive who really talks like that!
19:44It's simply impossible!
19:45And besides, I don't need to find a man to live a fulfilling life!
19:49We can talk like that.
19:51I don't care!
19:52It doesn't count if you at least say that's dumb out of obedience!
19:55You sure?
19:56Try it!
19:57We'd say anything you'd want us to!
19:59Or perhaps I don't want to know what happened.
20:01So, did Ikebukuro do a good job?
20:04He's still at work.
20:05Feasting on the folk of the merfolk.
20:17It's the merfolk's final stand!
20:19It's targeting her because she's overwhelmed by sadness!
20:22Help me, please!
20:25Something's holding me down!
20:27It's the sound of Jima girl!
20:28Isn't anyone gonna save her?
20:30Leave it to me!
20:34No, Shio!
20:36That was under your clothes?
20:40Shio, were you planning to swim or something?
20:42Gotta be beach-ready at all times, so I wore this!
20:46Instead of underwear!
20:47You do know what you're wearing isn't classified as beachwear?
20:51Maybe she wanted to go long-distance swimming?
20:53But if you wore that instead of underwear, you'd have to go commando afterward.
20:58Red alert!
20:59I told you the ripcurns are crazy here!
21:02It's me!
21:03My magical red panda and I almost died in that same current.
21:14On that fateful day, a new merfolk legend was born.
21:23It is said that a young woman of enormous strength swam like a mighty fish and rescued
21:28the village chief's beautiful daughter.
21:31Given the lovely creature's superhuman speed, there could be no doubt that she was, in fact,
21:36the island's fabled merfolk.
21:38At least, that's how Grandma Haneda would describe the event.
21:43Oh, guess I have to go commando now.
21:45Hmm, would have thought President Samejima would be here.
21:54Merfolk are way scarier than I ever knew!
21:57Merfolk is a good one.
22:27Come in and pray it
22:29We go away and start it
22:31I'm still free
22:33I don't want to die
22:35I need to hate it
22:37I'm still free
22:39I'm still free
22:40I need to go
22:42I'm still free
22:44I'm still free
22:45I'm still free
22:46I think I'm still free
22:48I want to share
22:49I'm still free
22:51I want to go
22:52I don't think I'm no
22:53I need to
22:54I want to
22:55move forward
22:57I'll see you next time.
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