Original subtitles

Yahoo!

How was that? Was that a new record?

This handheld tape measure wasn't even long enough to reach!

200m measure

You're amazing, oneetan!

All right!

I'm number one!

That's Muromi-san for you.

She's the most athletic out of all of us.

Well, you're gonna be fast when you don't have

Boobs

much resistance slowing you down.

Oh, it's Fuji-san.

My breasts are in the way, so I can't really swim very well.

My shoulders get stiff.

I envy that you don't have to deal with such an unbalanced figure.

I'm really jealous.

I wish you could take some of this weight off me!

Shut up, you useless fish!

Why don't you go suffocate in those big boobs of yours!

Muromi-san on the Shore

Episode 5 "Muromi-san and Twin Mountain"

Fishing is all about patience.

You sit motionless while your line dangles in the water,

much like the string hanging from a

florescent lamp in a room where no one lives anymore,

and you sit there until the sun sets.

Nothing is visible beneath the water.

No one knows where we're headed.

Only the feel of the rod in my hands

shows me the line between past and present.

Stare...

And like this, I...

You scared me!

Wh-What is it?

Takkun...

You know...

Uh... You see...

She's acting different than usual...

Did I do something?

Well... Do you think a girl's boobs should be big or small?

I want you to answer me for real.

Either's fine, really.

I told you to answer me for real!

I guess bigger is better.

You're a jerk, Takkun!

I guess they're better small.

I don't need your sympathy!

There's no right answer!

Hey!

Dash!

The Sun...

Yes, the Sun was bright then.

It was a time before humans ruled the world.

Look, look!

It's Muromi-san's underwater dance!

Muromi-san?

Where? Where?

Over there! Look!

How elegant...

You couldn't dance that gracefully

without a tail as beautiful as hers.

Um...

Hey, Muromi-san!

Is there some secret you have for keeping your tail that pretty?!

No, I don't really do anything special.

I guess if I had to say something, I sleep a lot, eat a lot,

and have a lot of fun.

I found some really good fruit on this island I went to the other day.

Let's all go there together.

Sure!

My bright Sun would shine brilliantly on everyone,

I'm in!

Let's go.

without any discrimination at all.

Fuji-san, do you like fruit?

Y-Yes...

I want to be like Muromi-san!

Before we knew it, humans became the rulers of the land,

and eventually everything we could see from the ocean

was blotted out by their presence,

but no matter how much time passed,

the Sun continued to shine as brightly as ever.

That's totally right!

Things have gotten pretty funny since the young people in the village

have started doing weird things.

Why?!

Huh? What is it?

M-Muromi-san!

Y-Your ta...

Ta?

Your tail!

My tail?

I've had more chances to come up on land,

so it rubs on the ground.

You can't go up on land!

I can do whatever I want, can't I?

The people on land are interesting.

But... But your tail!

And why do you care?

Our bodies aren't meant for land!

If you keep worrying about where you're meant to go,

you'll end up not going anywhere, and that's no fun.

But you can't do that!

Oh, for crying out loud!

And why are you flailing those

pointlessly huge boobs around while you gripe at me?

You trying to show off?!

My boobs just get in the way when I try to swim.

The people on land don't seem to think that way.

Damn it, if mine were just a little bigger...

Hey there.

Oh, Levia-san? 'Sup.

Yeah. Yeah.

Getting together to drink? I'm totally okay with that!

I'm headed there now.

We're still talking he—

Muromi-san's changed since she took an interest in the land.

I hate everything!

I hate the land for changing Muromi-san!

I hate Muromi-san now that she's changed!

And now in the present,

on what should be a moonless night, the light pouring from

the windows guides the humans home,

almost as if it were attempting to ridicule me

now that I have lost my Sun.

Hey, take a look!

Are you looking?!

So you're still into this guy?

Takkun and I are best friends now!

I'm going to go hang out with him again today.

Can I go with you too, oneetan?

I'm going to have fun with Takkun!

Humans haven't made any progress

Oneetan! Can I go or not?!

in the last few thousand years, have they?

Have fun! Have fun! Have fun!

Their culture may have advanced, but they're still crude beasts on a mental level.

Shut up!

"Sekarashika" means "shut up" in southern Japan.

Hey, Muromi-san! Muromi-san!

Oh my...

She almost looks like she's enjoying that.

Don't look, Hii-chan.

So he's completely normal.

I told you he was just your average boy.

Don't run away, boy.

I need to leave!

I need to leave before I get caught up in something weird!

You're the human seducing Muromi-san

into coming up on land, aren't you?!

That's not it! That's not it! Your misunderstandings are gonna kill me!

Krill you? Want some ragworms, too?

Well, I have krill and ragworms, but...

I've almost had enough with Muromi-san as it is,

but you guys saying weird things about me might be the last straw.

So you're not having a good time?

Huh?

Then tell Muromi-san that yourself.

Tell her she's bugging you by coming up onto land.

So that means you don't like Muromi-san coming up on land, then?

This guy's sharp.

That's right.

Our bodies are made for living in the water.

Well, your lower halves are fish, I suppose.

And at this rate, Muromi-san's body...

Wait, is she going to die?

I just won't be able to stand looking at her anymore.

Her tail used to be so beautiful

and I can't continue watching it be damaged any further!

What? You were talking about her tail?

You don't know anything, do you?!

You don't know just how beautiful her tail...

How beautiful, elegant, and wonderful her tail was.

H-Hey, wait!

I need to get out of here before I get caught up in something weird!

Muromi-san.

Buzz-a-buzz-buzz! Buzz-a-buzz-buzz!

It's still hot out.

I should have left when the sun was getting a bit lower.

Wait.

Why are you stopping me from going places?!

I think it's weird enough you're traveling on land in the first place.

I'm going to buy some stuff from the convenience store.

Why are you so used to life on land, exactly?

You're going fishing, aren't you?

I know you are.

Just shut up.

Using that skateboard was really using your head.

Now you can move around with ease on land.

I bet the reason why her tail's so beaten up

is because it drags around on land.

Hey, Muromi-san...

Yahoo!

Hey there.

She's on a skateboard!

'Sup.

I guess as long as she's having fun...

Takkun, go ahead and wait for me!

I'm not going so I can wait for you!

"Wait for me," huh?

The only thing I'm waiting for is feeling the weight of my prey

pulling down on this rod.

So you ready to do this?

Why are you guys always here?

Hey, I'm Sumida.

I'm Fuji.

Do all mermaids have this much free time?

Shut up.

I want you to tell Muromi-san today!

Tell her she's bugging you here on land!

Do it! Do it! Do it!

W-Wait...

Sea urchin flash!

Ow!

Ow!

Muromi-san, why are you always targeting my boobs?

Because they're easy to target.

Multi-Edged Sword

I'm pointy, so I don't like it when people aren't straightforward!

I know you don't want me up on land,

but I can't believe you're doing something as low as using Takkun.

But I want you to be like you were before, with your tail all beautiful.

Well, it's true that it's not so great now.

You're always so annoying.

Just leave me alone.

I'm saying this for you, Muromi-san!

If you don't come up on land, it'll come back.

I kind of want you to treat your tail better, too.

What do you think, Takurou-kun?

Huh?

That's right, boy!

You'd prefer a pretty tail too, right?

Honestly, I don't really care, but...

I don't really care...

Don't really...

Well, it's Muromi-san's body.

So I think respecting each other's lifestyles

is what it means to be friends, you know?

I think it's good for someone to do what they like

without listening to others.

Takkun...

He's only been alive for some ten-odd years,

and yet he's got such mature opinions!

You don't get it!

You don't get it at all!

There's nothing good that can come out of us being on land!

How can you understand when you haven't spent much time up here?!

I understand this place is worthless!

My brain's tumbling around!

It doesn't look like this is going to end.

I have no choice.

Last Resort

Fishing is all about patience.

You sit there until the sun sets,

and when the sun sets, you go home.

That was impressive.

My Sun...

Work... I want to work.

I don't care what it is. Sumida-san, give me work to do.

How about counting the marinated cod roe over there?

Okay. 1, 2, 3...

26,700...

This is fun.

Next Time "Muromi-san and Ryuuguujou"

26,701...

Work is fun!

That's scary.