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The Forest

What's the matter?

Takkun won't pay attention to me.

He's acting kinda cold.

It'll be fine.

All boys his age act the opposite of the way they feel.

Really?

Well, it's true he's got some good points, but he's still a kid.

Oh, Kawabata-kun!

Here's a gift.

Thanks!

I know! How about giving him a present of some sort?

A present?

A present...

Takkun, take me!

I'm a present!

Treat me nice!

Muromi-san, someone gave you a weird idea again, didn't they?

Sunk...

Sunk...

Quick.

That was quick!

Muromi-san on the Shore

Episode 8 "Muromi-san and the Nice(?) Type"

A certain place in the Antarctic

Save me, Buddha!

Damn it...

No frame-by-frame allowed!!

Curses! It's not fair to attack in numbers!

You guys all just surrounded me!

Just do whatever you want!

I'm going to be laid to waste in the sea through penguins.

More specifically, I'm going to be turned into penguin poop,

break down in the seawater, and disappear!

Even more specifically...

I'm going to turn into

the tastiest poop the sea has ever had!

Muromi, what are you doing?

Levia-san?!

Why are you even here?

Weren't you supposed to be in Scandinavia?

That was the plan, but I mixed up north and south.

I don't want to go all the way to the other side of the Earth,

so I was going to sleep here,

and then I found you getting pecked by penguins.

Are you trying to act like one of those monks

who offer themselves to starving beasts?

I wouldn't try to imitate something so difficult.

Then you should hurry up and shoo them away.

That hurts, doesn't it?

Yeah, but they come at me in groups and all I can do is cry.

They're going to prey upon me no matter what I do.

All you do is think about how you're gonna get bullied next.

I guess I'll just have to warn the penguins for you.

Huh?

What?!

Penguins!

If you do something to hurt Muromi in the future...

I won't...

I won't forgive you!

Now you should be fine for a while.

Muromi, you'd better learn to look after yourself.

Thanks! I owe you one!

Anyway, I'm going to take a nap.

Huh?

Wake me up if something happens.

Good night.

Levia-san! Levia-san!

That looks like a tasty fish.

Why is there a polar bear in the Antarctic?!

Could you do that one more time?

Muromi, I can't drink any more...

Okay, just one more glass.

Levia-san!

Time to eat!

Muromi-san!

Huh?

There's a seal here?

Maybe I should inform the TV station or something...

Or maybe not. I bet you're just waiting for Muromi-san, or something.

Sigh...

Wait, I forget... is it okay to touch them?

I think they're protected by law or something.

Hello?

Who's this?

Oh, Takkun! I'm so happy you called! So what's up?

You know what's up!

What are you going to do about this seal?

How long are you going to make him wait?!

He's gonna start to attract crowds!

A seal?

What are you talking about, Takkun?

This seal.

You're supposed to meet him here, right?

Actually, where are you right now, Muromi-san?

Me?

I'm at Easter Island right now.

Easter Island?!

Takkun is here.

Takkun is here.

I'm here.

I'm here.

So you're really not meeting up with this seal, then?

Nope.

I thought Muromi-san brought you here like everyone else,

but I guess you just wandered in.

Well, honestly, you don't look—

Takkun, you alive?!

Looks like you haven't been eaten by the seal!

What are you doing?

Why are you trying to get close to this human?

I'm glad I came rushing here at mach speed!

That wasn't just mach speed...

Then mech speed!

You got here from a place with a 14-hour time difference in a second.

Then mich speed!

You're just going through all the vowels!

Why are you here?!

Well, I guess it's good you came.

Now you can take him back to his normal habitat.

If you want me to, I can, but...

That might be a little difficult.

Take a look.

Animals always think of you as a fish, don't they?

Yeah.

I don't know if this guy is from the

Sea of Okhotsk or the Bering Sea or wherever,

but I'm sure I'll have lost my lower half by the time I make it there.

The tail was useless anyway!

Zeong!

Do you think you can try your best and get it done?

Then how about giving me something to help me do my best?

Like...

How about a kiss?

You suck!

This isn't even enough!

You're going to have to make this up to me later!

A few days later

Was it really that big of a struggle?

Muromi-san...

Coelacanth-san, let's go up to where there's sunlight.

The weather's good.

I'm scared of the surface.

Why?

It's fun in bright places, too.

I don't know why, but it's scary.

Hiichan!

What are you doing? Let's go already.

Canth...

I wanted Coelacanth-san to hang out with us, too.

Are you trying to get more playmates than you can handle again?

So are you coming?

Scared, scared, scared...

Hey, Coelacanth-san! Wait!

I said wait!

He left...

It's because you made such a scary face!

That was rude!

You could see happiness painted on my whole face!

Anyway, I wonder why he's so scared.

I wanted to have fun with a living fossil.

Huh? A coelacanth?

Yes. I wonder why they don't come up to the surface.

Muromi-san, you don't remember?

Huh? Me? It's my fault?

You did do something, didn't you?!

A few hundred million years ago

Do you remember that the coelacanth

tried to become land creatures a long time ago?

Oh, yeah. I remember we tried to help them.

You can do it!

Yeah, but right after that, you got your heart broken, right?

You need to do something about that habit of forgetting things that you don't like!

Just a little bit...

Just a little bit more and I'll be able to breathe air.

Right after she got her heart broken

Why are you trying to get up onto land, too?!

Fish should...

Fish should...

...stay in the ocean!

That's the happiest place for them!

You shouldn't try to get on land!

Canth!

The bottom of the ocean is nice and calm!

The land is scary.

Scary, scary...

Something's scary.

Oneetan...

At the time I thought that anyone

trying to get up onto land had issues.

I was pretty young back then.

So it was your fault!

You gave him trauma on a genetic level!

You needlessly gave dolphins a bad rep until recently, too!

You haven't really changed, have you, Muromi-san?

Oneetan, take responsibility!

R-Responsibility?

Responsibility, eh?

Well, uh, the reason that I came today is...

The reason you guys are scared seems to be a bit of a misunderstanding...

You see...

The light is scary.

You're scary, too.

The surface is scary.

I don't know why everything's scary, but it is.

Hey!

Scary!

Scary, scary...

Scary for some reason.

Scary, scary...

How's everyone who's watching doing?

We're humanity's idols.

Penguin...

...and Seal!

We can read the preview!

It is now our era!

The time has come for us to soar!

Not that I can soar, being a penguin.

Next time: "Muromi-san and the Secret Advanced Civilization"

See you again next week.

Not that we'll be in the show again!