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The Crayon Kingdom of Dreams

Bum ba-da dum, come along with me

Link your arms together, be a hundred times happier!

An unusual route in an unknown city

The sky, the sea, they're all calling for me

Okey-dokey, hand in hand,

Okey-dokey, clap along

Let's go and guess where the answer lies

Bingo, bingo, legs out,

Bingo, bingo, move your feet

We'll take the Earth's hearts by storm, hey!

Bum ba-da dum, scrunched-up, crying faces

Everybody, come along, come along with me

Okey-dokey, hand in hand,

Okey-dokey, clap along

Happy feelings are overflowing from inside

Bingo, bingo, legs out,

Bingo, bingo, move your feet

Make sure your heart's beating strong, hey!

Bum ba-da dum, no need to be scared,

My lovely little friends are full of energy

Bum ba-da da, bum ba-da da,

Crayon March!

Queen Buretsu!

Wait! My body is vanishing...!

With the death of Queen Buretsu,

I shall condemn the Crayon Kingdom and its people to eternal darkness!

Somebody help me!

Anybody!

Sorry to disappoint!

W-What?!

SILVER PUNCH!

Waaaaaaaaaah!

I-I dreamt...

Silver... I underestimated her...

Who knew that she was gathering the Sacred Bonds?

If she obtains them all, I'll be cast into the darkness once more...

I must hurry and find those Bonds before they do!

Only then and there...

...will Silver's life be...

January's Journey II

Your Highness! Prime Minister Chameleon express-delivered a package here to you.

Express delivery?

New Year's Money!

Awesooooome!

Prime Minister Chameleon and the Crayon Ministers sent me New Year's Money!

Ooh! And there's some from Madame Killup and Mrs. Puuchi!

Heheheheheh! Aren't I lucky?

There's the Bad Habit of Bragging again!

So what? Prime Minister Chameleon and them are simply being kind to me!

Wish I could say the same about you two!

Oh yeah! You two haven't given me any money for the New Year, have you?

She's onto us.

I'm so forgetful...

Besides, there's still something else in the box!

What? Oh, you're right.

I wonder what it is.

Hey, it came with an instruction manual!

Let's see here...

Wow, sounds cool!

Let's play!

I don't think we have the time.

We should have left a long time ago.

It's only for a minute!

Princess Silver, I've found something on the God of Death!

What?!

You found the God of Death?!

Not exactly. I've heard rumours...

Rumours?

From what I've overheard of people in January Village...

The God of Death dwells in the depths of the Great Bamboo Forest atop Earthshake Mountain.

Did you say the Great Bamboo Forest?!

Alright, let's go! Let's head there!

Aren't you a bit overly excited about this?

One of your important missions?

Pre-cisely!

Now let's move on to this Earthshake Mountain, yeah?

Sure! If these rumours are true, this could be our chance to take down the God of Death.

Come on!

Hold on, Princess Silver! You're to remain in this village.

Why's that?

So long as you have Twelve Bad Habits, you have no hope of emerging victorious.

The three of us will check it out ourselves.

Are you kidding me? You saw how I went all-out on the God of Death back on Tombstone Island!

T-That was a fluke!

Deal with it!

We're leaving, Araessa.

Coming!

When she gets in a real huff, there's no way to change her mind.

Would you ladies and gentlemen like to stay the night at our inn?

Thanks, but we're on our way out of town.

Would you happen to know of an Earthshake Mountain?

Earthshake Mountain? Never heard of it.

Have you?

Nope.

Well, do you know of the Great Bamboo Forest?

If it's about bamboo, you'd best talk to the owner of The Bamboo Root!

The Bamboo Root

Hm? You intend on traveling to Earthshake Mountain?!

Forget it. I will not allow this.

Why not?

It's much too dangerous!

What was that piercing sound?

A bamboo tube crafted from the blue bamboo of Earthshake Mountain's Great Bamboo Forest.

A bamboo tube?!

Its sharp resonance totally puts you at ease...

There's more to it than its sound— I've never seen such high-quality bamboo!

Understandably so.

When I first visited that Bamboo Forest, I was awestruck.

Thick bamboo stalks that tower into the sky! And hundreds—no, thousands—of them!

That's why I'd like to go there and take a picture for myself!

Indeed, the Bamboo Forest is as splendid as you'd imagine.

But Earthshake Mountain, as its name implies, is dangerously prone to earthquakes.

When I first went to gather this blue bamboo, the shaking was terrible.

It made sawing quite the hassle.

We aren't all that interested in cutting the bamboo, so we'll be fine.

Earthquakes aren't the only risk.

It is said that the God of Death has dwelled in that mountain for some time.

So the rumours are indeed true.

During my visit, an ominous laughter was quick to surround me...

All the more reason to go!

Could you please show us the way, Mister?

It's hard to make it out on this map...

HERE

JIZOU

TWO PINE TREES

Let's see here...

I think it's this way.

He must have been shaking while drawing it.

He had it rough.

Princess Silver...

Might I suggest you get the Vegetables to assist us?

That's a good idea!

Ooh, you're with him!

Not that I care...

This time we have two big ones and two tiny ones.

They'll be a great help.

Even playing cards makes me think of the Princess...

But this August suit's Moon design is a little strange...

I felt the November suit's Rain design was off, too.

Rain is usually only portrayed in the June cards.

December's Paulownia design is also wrong.

These flowers are definitely not December's intended Paulownia...

That's why we're working on a new deck of cards...

It's time I revealed the goal of my top-secret mission!

Actually...

Whaaaaaaaat?!

They're new designs...

...for playing cards?!

My photos will be used to represent each month in the deck.

They were looking for reference images, so they sent me to take photos.

You call that an important mission?

Of course I do! Prime Minister Chameleon entrusted me specifically with it!

But why playing cards? Aren't they fine as they are?

It's the wish of some selfish bigwig in the royal family.

What a pest!

Well, excuuuse me.

W-Wait...

Is the "selfish bigwig"...

She's right here.

O-Oh no...!

Where d'you think you're going, Cloud?!

That must mean Araessa's important mission

was just Princess Silver's selfish wish.

Aah!

Why'd you have to gasp so loudly?!

Take a look for yourself!

Woooow! What a beautiful lake!

Look closer. That's our Great Bamboo Forest.

Are you kidding?!

Clack

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I can't see it as anything other than a lake.

Not even my homeland has bamboo forests this big!

Wonderful! If a bamboo shoot like Nobilger is impressed, it must be pretty slick.

It really is a sight to be seen. Not that I care...

Clack

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I want to take a picture with them!

Clack

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Come on, Princess Silver! Let's go!

Yeah! Everyone ready?

The bamboo seems plenty sturdy to me.

It looks flimsy at first glance, but its roots are planted firm in the ground. It's not going to fall down.

Besides, it's so blue, even in the midst of winter...

It seems like a good fit for the flower you'd depict in the January cards.

Ah!

Earthquaaaake!

Ow, hey! Get your hands off me, idiot!

No! I'll never let go!

Stonston! Araessa!

Vegetables!

My case, too...!

Are you alright, Princess Silver?

I'm worried about the others. Let's get downhill before there's another quake.

Right.

Wake up, Stonston!

Everything okay, Araessa? Talk to me!

Need anything, Houresore?

N-No... Not that I...

Maybe I care a bit...

Here comes another!

W-What's making that sound?!

The earthquake's vibrations likely make the bamboo collide, which then causes them to resound.

It's that same calming sound we heard back at The Bamboo Root!

Still, all these earthquakes are really getting in the way of our mission...

That's it!

We just have to run in between the quakes!

Let's make a run for it!

Yeaaaah!

In such a dense forest, I bet we're going to lose our way.

Cloud! Try and keep up!

Has it settled down?

Good. It's time we get going!

Wait a minute...

We were just here!

Huh?!

Yes... It would appear we're running in circles.

Did you guys get us lost already?

Not that I—

You should care!

It does all look the same, so I can't blame you.

You can't get a sense of direction.

Don't you worry.

I knew all too well this would happen, so I brought some bread with me.

What's the matter?

Nobilger is very emotional. Not that I care.

I am extremely moved by your actions! To think that someone even younger than me...

I'm... I'm amazed you came up with such a brilliant idea! You're incredible!

Thanks...

Was this your bread?

I-I think so...

I found it on the ground, so I ate it all up...

GULP

Noooooooooooooo!

That gluttony of yours never ceases to amaze me!

I'm really sorry!

IDEA

Oh yeah! My new item should totally come in handy at times like these!

Happy Dance!

Music, start!

Heads up!

This seems fun!

Everybody dance!

Right legs out!

This gets my heart pumping! Not that I'm into it...

Arch your backs!

I-I can't reach...

Would you like to dance with us, Cloud?

I would never do something so childish.

I don't know about that. Your feet are telling a different story.

Come on!

Wait! Cut the music!

Why?!

I saw something moving between the bamboo trees!

Come again?!

W-What's this laughter?

The God of Death?!

I don't think that's how he laughs...

Is it a bird?

No, it's a Daruma!

I'll follow it!

W-What are all these Daruma doing here?

What's got you all laughing?

We've been laughing nonstop ever since the Daruma King defeated the God of Death in a staring contest.

Could you give us some context?

For eight years and eight months, the Daruma King

met the steely gaze of the God of Death.

Once the God of Death's willpower ran out, he broke down.

He wrote a twelve-character Sacred Bond, then ran with his tail between his legs.

Having witnessed Death reduced to this, our King loosened his typically stoic visage and began laughing uncontrollably,

WA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

and the earth trembled. There have been earthquakes ever since,

for we—his descendants—still laugh about it.

I see.

Millions of Daruma come from all over the country to train.

Among those who join us for the New Year, many came just to relax and laugh along with us.

So what are the Sacred Bonds, exactly?

Apparently, they spell out the God of Death's weakness.

What?! I can use them against the God of Death?

Where can you find these Sacred Bonds?

Hey, hold your horses.

Wasn't the God of Death defeated and sealed away by Queen Buretsu?

He's been resurrected!

Oh, is that right?

We need a way to defeat the God of Death! Would you please explain the Sacred Bonds to us?

That would be difficult...

How's it difficult?!

Since our King worried that the God of Death would come to recover the Bond,

he broke the Bond into its twelve characters and scattered them across twelve Daruma Temples.

Do you at least know what the Sacred Bonds spell out?

It was something incredibly unusual.

However, I do have one here with me.

Wait, that...

KU

It looks just like these!

Yes, the Sacred Bonds...! To think you'd possess four of them...

Perhaps you do stand a chance against the God of Death.

Fine. I shall grant you this piece.

Thank you!

To think we've been holding the Sacred Bonds...

If we gather all twelve, the God of Death will be in real trouble! This is great news!

This makes me feel a hundred times better!

We'll brush anything off with laughter

Take a deep breath and laugh to your heart's content

Even when it's out of place, go ahead and laugh

Bamboo shoots and Daruma... This should make for a great flower card.

Clack

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Clack

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If you're embarrassed (hahaha)

just forget about it! Heh-heh-heh!

A-haha, wa-haha

A-haha ha-haha

I finished taking my photographs, we learned how to defeat the God of Death...

All in a day's work.

But we're still missing seven of the Sacred Bonds...

Yep.

We must look for them.

We'll find them right away! He said the twelve Bonds are with the Daruma across the Kingdom, right?

Alright, to the other Daruma Temples! Let's go!

Yeah!

The wedding between our Kingdom's Prince Good and the Hamburger Kingdom's Princess Salad might be called off.

How come?

It's just a rumour, but the Hamburger King would rather Princess Salad marry Prince Spaghetti.

So that's why her marriage to Prince Good is taking so long...

But it's just a rumor.

I think there may be some truth to it, though.

Well, would you look at that? Things are taking an interesting turn...

Princess Salad's been kidnapped?!

Looks like the God of Death is behind this. What'll happen to the wedding with Prince Good?

We've gotta hurry and get the Sacred Bonds!

...but how are we going to do that in a city packed with cars? We can't move an inch!

Pave the way for us!

The Crayon Kingdom of Dreams: January's Journey III!

January's Journey III

It's a brainstorm!

This flower, and that flower, too

flourish in beautiful colour

This person, and that person, too

are one and the same,

so gentle at heart

Oh, under this shining sky

Life is drowned in emotion

In the hands of Gods

In the lands of Gods

All is for one

and one is for all

Oh, on these glittering grounds

Life sprouts into being

From the blood of Gods

Comes our blood of Gods

All is for one

and one is for all