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Fansubbed by Shadowlord

Sorry for disturbing you so suddenly.

No problem.

Your father...

He's such a dandy.

That's the wrong one. He's over here.

Ah, that's him. I remember now...

Erm...

Yes?

Why are you talking about my parents...

Not long ago...

they were living together in harmony.

But then they split up.

Oh! Mother!

You've changed a lot...

You're wrong.

You've seen her on the photo, haven't you?

Oh, really? Well...

So, who are those people?

Well, somehow my friends have called some other friends...

and they have also called their friends...

I don't know who they are anymore...

My uncle didn't hit me.

I don't understand it, too.

My father and mother have moved to the outskirts on their own.

Right now, I'm here all alone.

This house is way too big for me...

so I rent the basement to other people.

And...

Yes?

They wanted me to take a look in there.

Ah...

Even though I said I don't want whatever there is and they should take it with them.

Oh, this must be my father's...

Uncle?

He looks so friendly on this photo.

Wait...

Just let me scribble it a bit!

At least let me draw him a mustache!

What are you saying? You'll be in trouble if you draw on a dead person's photo.

Oh... sorry...

I become so angry when I see his face.

What?

It's that face.

He made that face when he stepped on the people's heads who were kneeling down before him on the ground.

What?

"It makes me angry that you know me".

Yes?

"It makes me angry that you know me".

That's what he was always saying.

So it was here...

I've been looking for it all the time.

Erm...

What is that?

It's totally ragged and fixed with adhesive tape.

Some pages seem to been torn out, too.

Without this book, everyone would have...

forgotten him, like he had always wished for.

What?

What do you mean by that?

Do you want to know?

No, not really.

If you want to know, then I have no choice.

Hey, you just want to tell me, right?

Just how many years ago did it happen?

He's begun already...

It started in a certain hospital...

The stars were twinkling in the night sky...

The patients were sleeping peacefully...

when the nurse transformed into a demon...

What?

The doctor was wearing flashy tights.

Wait a moment...

Believe in your dreams!

YOU CAN FLY!

It was at that night...

What night?!

No, I can't wash myself that way!

Because of the cast... yes...

No... I already smell a bit, I think...

Yes, it's also itchy!

If you won't go to sleep...

I'll stain your pajama with blood!

Scary!

It's bedtime, Takita.

Ah, just a moment...

Shall I let you bleed till there's not a single drop left in your body?

Onuki, she said it's bedtime.

Shut up!

What?

It makes me angry that you know me.

Don't use my name so lightly.

I don't know who you are, old man, but be quiet at night!

Nowadays everyone can become a nurse, it seems.

Even such brainless garbage...

like you.

What was that?!

Tamako, don't!

If you hit a patient again, you'll really be in trouble.

Vanish right now!

What's your problem?

What have you done today?

Oh... drugs?

Ca... call the doctor...

You want to die, don't you? So, why did you come here?

If you want to kill yourself, why did you come back to this hospital?

Hot!

Oh, did that hurt?

I thought you were just garbage.

What happened?

Oh? Muromachi?

Ah...

Hey, someone help!

Muromachi has... ah...

Hey, someone help! Muromachi has...

Congratulations. You're hospitalized again.

You leave hospital, kill yourself and come back again.

But don't remember my name.

I don't want it to be in your head that is nothing more than a waste dump.

Muromachi!

Muromachi, are you OK?

Are you OK?

"Ribbit, ribbit"

"Bring me my snacks, kidnap the bee's children!"

"I'm very hungry!"

"I'm in a bad mood."

Oh, hello. Is he there?

What's with Junpei?

I see...

Hey, Takiringo...

My name's Takita.

Just who might that Junpei be?

You shouldn't listen to other people's phone calls.

Certainly, he's his henchman! His henchman!

Do you think so?

OK, tell me when he's back.

"When he's back..."

Junpei is probably kept in penal servitude.

Everyone!

GOOD MORNING!

What's that?

Doctor!

Don't call me in that boring way!

Just...

call me Peter Pan, please!

Why?

You kids seem to be really in trouble.

Haven't you seen the notice board?

"Summer Christmas"

And every year we're doing a performance together.

This year... yes...

What about Peter Pan?

Are you wearing these awkward tights because of that?

Yes!

And you're gazing into the camera.

That's right!

So, Wendy!

Wendy?

Let's go on an adventure trip together!

Oh, well... I'm serious wounded, so...

So, Takita, you just have a minor injury, right?

That's right, but...

Damn! That way Peter Pan is all alone!

Who will...

Ah, Captain Hook!

Hey, who's Captain Hook?!

Good morning.

What?

What's going on?

Come to my room later.

Why?

I want to talk to you about...

that thing that I took out of your body.

U... understood.

So, let's go to Neverland to look for our friends.

You two...

Good morning.

Have you seen Onuki?

I don't even want to see that old guy.

Kinomoto!

Is there a problem?

He's not in his hospital room.

Didn't he say where he went?

I don't care as long as it's far away.

Kinomoto!

Oh, uncle!

Where have you been?

Erm...

What's that high bill?

It's the bill for the hotel where I've slept last night and for the bottle of wine I've opened.

A hotel? And you've drunk wine?

Who said I've drunk it?

I've just opened it.

But because of the smell I didn't drink it.

It wasn't a good wine.

A bottle of wine for 150.000, and you've only opened it?

I don't have care about wine I don't like, even if I need to pay for it.

I'm the president of the Ruwaaru corporation.

I don't have to be worried about money.

Uncle...

Really...

You and your stupid husband...

You...

have put me in such a dump-like place!

Uncle, how do you do?

There he is, your beloved stupid husband.

How was work today, darling? Were you very busy?

Everyone seemed to be very busy, but I wasn't busy at all.

Good to hear that you had nothing to do.

Come this way.

What?

Oh, about that meowing cat...

You mean Mii?

That stupid cat.

That miserable thing huddled against me.

So I've kicked her away.

What?

After that, she hobbled away.

Why are you laughing?

It was so funny how she walked.

Like that...

Onuki!

What?!

"It makes me angry that you know me".

Hm?!

Mii! Mii! Mii!

Have you called me?

What?

Well, you pushed the button, right?

I did not push it. I've just put my hand on it by chance.

That's how it is. Because there's a mountain we can climb it.

Because there was Saori's recorder lying in the classroom...

I've started licking on it.

What are you doing, Horigome?

Ah... n... no! Saori!

Pervert! I hate you!

Wait! It wasn't my fault.

It's the fault of puberty!

Just what the hell are you?

I'm a human.

The saddest being on this planet.

What?

Stained with desire, we betray and fight...

Ah! So disgusting!

That's life!

I don't want to be a human anymore!

I want to become a flower.

Or a bird, or an insect.

I want to become Saori's recorder!

Enough! Vanish!

Don't talk to me ever again!

Oh, this button...

I've created it when we were rebuilding the nurse call system.

I don't care!

Oh, there's dust on your shoulders...

Vanish!

Note: Old fart.

That snotty old fart!

Hotel? Wine?

Just hand over the company and retire somewhere!

Go and tell him to cultivate pesticide free vegetables somewhere!

He has his reasons for this, so let's get along with him.

You don't have to tell me that. I'll get along with him...

until you've become the president.

But...

There's a limit to my patience!

That again...

Why is this so difficult? You're his nephew.

At least try to talk to him.

Donate him something, pay him or give him money.

Just money.

I want to become the company president's wife soon.

We'll hire a maid and I'll wear a wavy dress...

And parties every night!

Even the dogs will be wearing clothes!

Why are you laughing?

Well, I'm just happy the way everything is right now.

You're like tofu.

What?

You're too soft.

You call yourself a man?

Sorry.

There you are, Captain Hook.

Who?

Tinker Bell, then?

I won't take part in your performance.

Whew!

So, what do you want from me?

Ah, this...

I've made a necklace out of it.

Stop fooling me!

I'm absolutely serious!

See, I took it out of your body.

Who in this world would wear a bullet around his neck...

he's been shot with?

You've been shot?

What? Have the policemen told me something wrong?

They've told me it was an accidental gun discharge.

Sure, you...

They've told me, some incapable friend of you...

has shot you accidentally.

Ah...

You've been shot?

It... it was just an accident.

Right. So, take this.

I think it will suit you very well.

Thanks.

Tinker Bell with a bubble-perm hairstyle.

Pippappi-tida, Tinker Bell.

I said, I won't do it!

"Ribbit, ribbit"

"Bring me my snacks."

"Kidnap the bee's children!"

"I'm very hungry!"

"I'm in a bad mood."

"The Toad Prince is a selfish prince."

"The Toad Prince is a hated prince."

It was that person, right?

Actually, he wasn't an old fart at heart...

Oh? Really?

He started working hard without a single penny,...

established a small company...

He worked twice as hard as others and with a lot of work the company grew big...

until he collapsed right in the middle of a meeting.

For 40 years he was fighting at the front.

Because he was that kind of person.

Don't make fun of me!

That he had to stay in bed all day long without doing anything...

was even more painful than death to him.

Really, he cursed every single day and found fault with everybody.

Don't make fun of me!

You don't make fun of me!

You old fart!

So he's an old fart after all?

Yes, through and through.

What?

But it was so easy to make fun of him.

Hm.

Hello, you greenhorns!

Just who the hell are you?!

I'm here, because you've hit the answer button.

I've just hit it by chance, because I've put my hand on it!

Interesting theory! Because you've put your hand on it...

Because you've put your hand on it, by chance, you've...

hit a female employee's bottom.

What?

Don't lie, master of harassment!

Do you even understand the pain of the woman you've touched?

I can't love men anymore for the rest of my life!

Realize your infamy, dirty old man!

We should seek death penalty against you!

So, death penalty!

Is there anything left you want to say before you die, Onuki?

It makes me angry that you know me.

Sorry, but the answer is "pond snail".

For what question?

I've seen a pond snail in that pond before.

It had the head of a human.

Pond snail?

Yes.

It came up like this...

Don't mess with me! Stop it right now!

Hey, how is it?

That damned cat.

She was moaning after I've kicked her. One leg - or maybe two?

So? How many are broken?

If I kicked your leg, how many might be broken?

Okay, come and break both of my legs!

I'll get an excellent lawyer after that...

and he'll ruin your life!

Do you like that? A lawsuit.

What?

Poor guy...

Poor?

I'm not at fault here.

A guy who has prolonged his stay in this hospital with the compensation he's got...

shouldn't be so self-important!

Even now...

a heap of work and hundreds of subordinates...

are waiting for my return.

They're different from you.

You don't have a house or family to return to...

You dammed filthy transvestite!

Hey!

This is my place.

Go somewhere else immediately.

"Ribbit, ribbit"

What?

"The Toad Prince is a selfish prince."

"Today, he's ordering the Whirligig Beetle and the Pond Skater..."

"to do mean things again."

"Ribbit, ribbit"

"I'm very hungry!"

""Hurry and bring me my snacks, kidnap the bee's children!"

"No matter how fast he was swimming,..."

"the Whirligig Beetle couldn't reach the beehive above the water."

"No matter how long his legs were,..."

"the Pond Skater couldn't kidnap the bee's children."

"Haven't you heard my orders?"

"Bachan Keron! Bachan Keron!"

"The Toad Prince destroyed the Whirligig Beetle's house."

What's that story?

How mean. That's "The Toad Prince".

Bachan Keron!

Give it to me.

Please lend me that book, yes?

I'll read the rest to you.

Yes.

"Bachan Keron!"

"Bachan Keron!"

"The Toad Prince lives in the water and destroys other animal's houses."

"He does this, because there's no need for weak beings in this world."

"For weak beings..."

"it's the best just to die."

"Bachan Keron! Bachan Keron!"

"The weak beings shall all die..."

"and just the strong beings should be left alive."

"They..."

"mustn't be born weak."

"Bachan Keron! Bachan Keron!"

"I'll finish off all the weak ones..."

"It's their destiny to be kicked away."

"So, all the weak beings will all die..."

"and just the strong, strong Toad Prince will be left alive."

End?

Yes.

I've read exactly what is written down here.

Oh, really...

Thanks!

What?

I'm Paco. And you are?

What's your name?

I don't want to be remembered by someone like you.

Beautiful.

Beron!

I'm a pond snail!

Horigome?

Oh... doctor.

Erm... about my psychotropic drugs...

That's not your fault, but regarding your therapy...

How was it? Yes, first of all...

you have to accept the fact that you're a human...

I don't want to be a human any longer!

Humans are...

Ho... Hori... Horigome!

Even if it's painful, you can't lock yourself in a snail-shell.

Humans don't have a shell to begin with!

Yes... yes...

What? You still haven't found Junpei?

Hey, hey, hey Taki Chobire.

My name's Takita.

Jailbreak!

Finally, Junpei has escaped from prison.

Any clue where he's left?

How far did that idiot escape?

Bye.

I'll pull out your intestines

and boil them in a pot

Scary!

It's bedtime.

Erm...

Shall I make a wax figure out of you?

Ah, no... erm... when can I leave hospital?

And when will my cast be removed.

Ask the doctor.

I... I...

I want to return to my work as a fireman quickly.

A want to help people.

I want to save people's lives.

Acting so self-important just because you're a fireman...

Ouch...

I feel uneasy when I'm just sitting around...

that way, my useless old self is coming back again.

What? There was a time you were even more useless than right now?

I was a weakling.

Because I was so weak, I've kept close to strong guys.

We've fought and destroyed things...

We've hurt a lot of people...

But when I sacrifice my own life and help other people...

I can forget that time.

If I don't wear my fireman suit again soon...

my worthless old self will...

Hey, are you sleeping?

Or are you crying?

Muromachi...

Muromachi?

The culprit is you!

Shounen Ninja has arrived!

Mama, where are you?

Just leave the peace of earth to me!

Hey, am I going to die?

What do you want?

Uncle, you're ruining the flowers.

Shut up!

If you don't want anything from me, just vanish already!

Erm... well...

Company's profits of this month...

Hm.

Just how deep did they fall without me?

It's great!

They rose up by five percent!

So you don't have to be worried about the company at all.

Just relax...

Are you trying to say, that the company isn't worried when I'm not there?

Uncle?

That I'm an old man who had collapsed in the middle of a meeting?

Do you want to say that I should retire immediately?

No, I didn't mean it that way...

If I'd become president, you could relax a little more...

Don't mess with me!

I have...

built this company up on my own!

I've built and brought it up all alone.

And now...

That's not funny!

Why should I give it to you?

Muromachi? Muromachi...

Wait!

Wait, uncle!

You're noisy!

What?

What are you doing? The flowers! The flowers!

I don't care about the flowers!

Don't.

Onuki, are you searching for something?

I've lost my lighter.

Lighter?

Here, take mine.

That's not the problem, it was of pure gold.

It was only a lighter!

What was that? You transvestite!

This flowerbed...

This flowerbed was arranged by a small child...

who had died in this hospital last year.

So what?

Don't.

That brat is buried right here...

So you're saying that he's become fertilizer, right?

So it's enough to just say "sorry" to him, I guess.

So, we can bury you here too as fertilizer, yeah?

Just try it, bitch!

Muromachi!

Where have you been, in your condition?

Muromachi!

Muromachi!

"The malicious Toad Prince..."

"decided to bully the very, very small Medaka's children today."

"The malicious Toad Prince..."

"ate all the water plant's flowers which the Medaka's children raised with care."

Hey.

Go away!

You had a name like a dog, right?

Paco or something like that.

Hey, what's going on?

Why do you know my name?

What?

That's because you've told me before.

That's a lie.

Yesterday, you've called yourself that way.

On this bench.

I don't know you.

Don't mess with me!

We've read this stupid book together!

I don't know.

Stop it!

Now you're angry...

Damn...

Whatever!

Oh damn!

I have a lighter!

It's beautiful, right?

You thief!

Are you an ally of that thief?

You're annoying!

Let me go!

Hey Paco! What's going on?

He's the worst!

Yes.

Terrible guy.

He should've stopped after he had kicked that cat.

Yes.

Blow the dark mood away!

Horigome!

Illusion!

I don't understand you very well.

Horigome's here for an encore...

Teleportation!

But isn't it strange?

No, it suits her very well.

I mean that Paco.

Why was she playing dumb?

Oh, that.

On the way home from a trip with her family...

It was the day before Paco's seventh birthday.

On a mountain road the car got hit by a truck in a curve...

Ah!

Below the cliff there was the deep, deep sea...

Her father and mother have died...

And that Paco was the only one who survived...

seems to be a miracle.

Her wounds healed and the pain went away...

But... in her brain...

seemed to be a place where she accumulated her memories.

There...

Hey, where are mum and dad?

I've explained that to you yesterday, haven't I?

Yesterday?

That means, she...

forgot the people's faces and names she had met on that day...

when it became night and she felt asleep.

Then...

She could only keep one single day in her memory.

Ah... that's why she couldn't remember...

anything about the lighter.

Why she had put it in her pocket.

Yes.

He...

had hit that girl.

Although...

I wasn't hit...

by my uncle...

So, in the end it's OK to scribble on him, right?

The continuation of that story...

Yes?

There's a continuation, right?

You mean what happened...

after the old fart found that out?

Yes.

Do you want to know?

No, not at all.

It started in a certain hospital...

What? Again?

The summer sun was shining brightly...

A miserable transvestite was singing a love song...

I will never forget you

Whoever will embrace...

The doctor was wearing a glittering skirt...

With that dress...

I can't go to the ball.

That's all a bit strange...

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Takitate Gohan.

I'm not Takitate Gohan.

It started working yesterday.

What?

The air conditioner.

The air conditioner next to the bicycle parking lot.

Yea...

No! Don't tell me you didn't know?

Oh...

You know, it's just a rumor I've heard...

That... air conditioner....

is connected to the air conditioning system of the morgue.

Yes...

That means... that means...

If it starts working now...

Someone is going to die!

Paco, let's read the book somewhere else.

Why?

I like it here.

Go!

You're an eyesore.

Go immediately.

Are you feeling good, uncle?

Apparently not.

It's good, that you've found your lighter.

Yea.

This is the first lighter you had bought...

when your company gained profit for the first time.

For you, it is...

a very important...

Shut up! Disappear right away!

Yes.

Oh... damn!

Here.

I like it here.

It's beautiful, right?

Hm.

it's broken and full of scratches...

No flame will come out anymore...

But it's beautiful.

He seems to be lonely.

If he stops being president...

he will lose his beloved work.

Sure.

That tattered old fart is always so cocky...

"I won't hand over the company to you!"

But...

He thinks all the people around him are his enemies.

He's brawling at everyone, hurts others and drives them crazy...

Why does that old fart lead such a lifestyle?

He was always working alone.

Always...

he was all alone...

Do you know me?

No.

Haven't we met?

Well...

no.

I'm Onuki.

Onuki?

Yes.

Who am I?

Onuki.

Right.

Right.

"The malicious Toad Prince..."

"was very violent today again."

"But it was no fun at all. I've made everyone suffer..."

"but I'm not happy at all."

"The selfish prince is all alone in a corner of the big, big lake"

That book is boring. It's not interesting at all.

Oh... no... I mean...

I'll buy you a much more interesting one.

So just throw that book away.

No, no. That's impossible!

I read it every day.

Every day?

Because... because...

Here!

Happy birthday. Please read it very day. Your mum.

Right?

Mum said, I should read it every day...

And today's my seventh birthday.

Oh... I see.

When I woke up this morning, it was lying right next to my bed.

I wonder when mum came to me?

Maybe yesterday, while I was sleeping.

I wish I could've met her.

Paco...

Onuki.

You've touched my cheek yesterday, too, right?

You did, right? Yesterday...

My cheek...

That's...

Yes, you did. This hand...

Do I know you?

Oh...

Paco.

It's time for your medicaments.

Yes!

This might be difficult to see, but...

I'm Cinderella.

Because nobody wanted to do Peter Pan...

Paco...

What?

I wonder if she will still remember me tomorrow.

No.

But she did remember.

What I did yesterday.

That's not possible.

It's true.

That child...

She said it when I touched her cheek.

"Onuki."

"You've touched my cheek yesterday, too, right?"

That's what she said.

She said that?

"But I haven't touched her."

"I've hit her", that's what you think.

Right.

Have I become weak?

Do you have to be strong?

That's...

Isn't it OK to be weak?

But I have to be strong.

Even with all the money I've got from the company...

For Paco...

No...

I can't do anything.

You want to do something for her, right?

I don't know.

There's something.

I'm sure there's something you can do for her.

Doctor, why can't I stop crying?

Since I was a child...

I haven't cried a single tear.

I don't know how to stop it now.

If you're a doctor, please tell me.

What can I do to stop it?

That's easy.

If you cry a lot, it will stop.

The rain won't stop.

And there was something, right?

What?

Something that he could do for her.

Yes, indeed.

"Bachan Keron!"

"Bachan Keron!"

"The Toad Prince is a selfish prince."

"The Toad Prince is a hated prince."

Do you know me?

No.

Well...

Oh, he gave her a lot of money...

And she had found a famous doctor in another country?

No.

Huh?

Uncle.

You've touched my cheek yesterday, too, right?

Yes.

I'm Onuki.

I'm Paco.

Today is my birthday!

So...

A video game or a toy...

He bought her anything she wanted...

No.

I read this book every day.

Because... because...

Here!

"Happy birthday"

"Read it every day. Your mother."

"Bachan Keron!"

"Bachan Keron!"

Oh...

The rain has stopped.

"The malicious Toad Prince..."

"decided to bully the very, very small Medaka's children today."

"The malicious Toad Prince..."

"ate all the water plant's flowers which the Medaka's children raised with care."

What's a Medaka?

You don't know what a Medaka is?

It's a small fish.

There should be one in that pond.

Really?

I want to see it!

Where?

There!

"Wonders, wonders and even more wonders."

"The belly of the prince was shining."

"If you looked closely, you could see..."

"it was the flower that was shining."

"The one the Medaka's children were raising with care."

"It was such a wonderful, wonderful flower!"

The flower was still shining? Even though he had eaten it?

Yes, that's how it is written down here.

That's wonderful.

I can't believe it.

That's right.

This world is full of...

wondrous things.

Women are like the sea

And there are wondrous creatures.

"For some reason, a lot of tears were flowing out of the Toad Prince's eyes."

"While the flower inside his stomach was shining, a lot of tears came out of his eyes."

"All the things he had done up to now and all the flowers he had eaten in the destroyed houses..."

"made him so sad."

"Sorry."

"Sorry."

"I was such an idiot."

"I don't know why, but..."

"a lot of tears are coming out."

"All the tears the others have cried up to now..."

"are now flowing out of my eyes."

What are you doing?

Wait, Muromachi!

What do you want, you transvestite?

Don't make fun of transvestites!

Transvestites are twice as attractive!

Give it back!

When you leave the hospital.

How self-important...

Don't mess with me, ugly woman!

What was that?

Just die already, damn old fart!

Damn old fart?

That Onuki!

He said, I'm just garbage.

I'm not garbage!

I understand...

No, you don't!

I...

am garbage.

I'm afraid to die, but...

I'm even more afraid to live.

Damn! Adachi Yumi! Sugita Kaoru!

Dammit!

Drew Barrymore, Jody Foster!

Wha... what?

Why don't women change?! Why doesn't their voice change?

They don't get a beard and not so many muscles.

That's...

When I was small, a was a TV star!

I wanted to be praised and always studied cute performances.

Look, here!

With my cute acting I could do it! It was my strong point!

But when I turned twenty...

it looked "disgusting" with a beard...

"like a transvestite".

Don't make fun of transvestites!

For men it's coffee, for women it's milk...

Mixed up, it's Café Olé for transvestites!

Don't mess with me! I'm...

I'm an actor!

Right!

I'm...

I'm...

not an actor.

Nobody...

does remember me anymore.

Even though...

I've made everyone so happy back then.

I've played a child dying on cancer.

I've said my text, with my eyes full of tears...

And everyone all-around Japan was crying!

What are you doing?

What?

Hey, am I going to die?

GOOD MORNING!!!

Today I'm going to read this book.

That's fine!

It's a birthday present from my mother.

That's because today is my birthday!

Oh, happy birthday, then.

Happy birthday.

So, how is Muromachi?

He's suffering all the time.

"What's up, Toad Prince?"

He was always alone...

And he couldn't do anything about it.

I have no clue what I should do.

He said exactly the same thing.

He was crying like a child.

You've touched my cheek yesterday, too, right?

Yes.

I'm...

Onuki.

The old fart has seen an angel!

"So many tears are flowing down!"

"All the tears the others have cried up to now..."

"are now flowing out of my eyes."

"I won't forgive you. I won't forgive you."

"I won't forgive you, Crayfish Demon!"

Don't lose, Toad Prince.

Up to now I've done a lot of mean things.

I was was an idiot, but...

now I want to do something for everyone.

But the Crayfish Demon is very strong!

I'll die soon!

But I'll stand up every time!

Its wondrous power is letting me do this.

While the flower in the prince's stomach is shining...

wonders and bravery are pouring out out him.

Onuki.

Onuki.

Does it hurt?

No, I'm OK.

It doesn't hurt.

I... I'll call the doctor.

Oh no!

Maybe the air conditioner next to the bicycle parking lot was meaning him.

Onuki.

Ah...

Tomorrow is OK.

Let's continue reading tomorrow...

No...

It's over soon.

I want to...

read it till the end.

You're reading it to her every day, right?

The picture book.

Yes.

Hm.

I can't think of anything else.

What're you doing?

Oh? Nothing...

I'm just checking whether your head is still OK...

because the old fart has suddenly become a nice person...

Don't mess with me, you quack doctor!

Good, you're back to your normal self.

Maybe you've really been chosen by god.

By god?

In order to make Paco happy...

you've...

That's nonsense!

I just...

want to be in this child's heart tomorrow...

that's all.

About this time...

she should have already forgotten who I am.

When I'm together with her...

I can't help but to think that I'm a weak being, too.

Does that hurt?

No.

It's more like my heart is becoming lighter.

Doctor!

Why do we have to assemble at this time of the day?

Is everyone here?

Humans...

Lala-la-lalalala-la

it's sad, right? Being a human...

Well, well...

Please listen. My first song for tonight...

Sit down.

So, today...

there's a superb suggestion from Onuki for you all.

Well...

Rejected!

What?

Rejected!

Horigome, please listen to him first.

But isn't it much more interesting to decide before listening to him?

I'm absolutely against it and that's why I'll start singing now.

Sit down.

So... well...

It's about Summer Christmas.

Here... what do you think about it?

I want to do this play together with all of you...

"The Toad Prince versus the Crayfish Demon"?

Is this the script?

How is it?

Rejected!

I'm also against it!

Why should we do what that old guy wants?

Isn't he always just looking down on us?

Why should we do what he wants?

That's true.

I can fully understand why you're saying this.

I know that you all...

hate me.

But just that play...

Wha... wha... what's going on?

Hot!

Onuki!

Onuki.

Not so close... your beard is prickling me.

What's with the air conditioner next to the bicycle parking lot?

Are you OK? Do you want to lay down?

It's natural that you're angry.

But...

What?

Is that true?!

What?

But, isn't this strange?

But... but isn't everyone of us needed for this script?

So what?

Who's gonna watch?

Good morning!

Oh!

It's a really superb suggestion, right?

Wha... what's that?!

I'm the only one without a role!

There aren't enough characters in this play.

Rejected! Absolutely rejected!

Then you're just discarding the weak ones as always.

You're just a prankster, after all.

Humans... humans...

One, two...

I absolutely cannot play that role.

No problem. I'll give the role and the company to someone else...

I'll do it. Please let me do it.

Wow! I'm the Toad Prince! Isn't that the main character?

You've got a nice role.

Here, you're "Medaka"...

I absolutely won't do that!

Hey, hey. This is gonna be fun!

Let me join in!

What?

You've touched my cheek yesterday, too, right?

Yes.

I'm Onuki.

Onuki?

Yes.

Come.

I'll read this picture book to you.

Why the hell should we do that just for that child's entertainment?!

Don't make fun of us!

You're just an old fart who laughs about people who are suffering!

And now you're suddenly acting like a good person!

It's already too late to pretend that you're a good person!

Someone like you should just drop dead! You should die and go straight to hell!

Please... please wait!

Listen to my story...

Don't touch me, old man!

What's with that performance?!

Is he a bad person?

No.

He's not a bad person.

Let's go.

Do it!

What?

Do the performance! Aren't you an actor?

As I would do that...

Aren't you just scared?

Shut up! That's just nonsense!

Why should I take part in that performance,...

when that child will forget everything anyway?

You won't know that if you don't try it out!

"The Toad Prince is a selfish prince."

Let me go! Bitch!

"...and the Pond Skater..."

"to do mean things again."

I believe him. He's...

trying to let something remain...

in this girl's heart, which is forgetting everything...

Even though it seems stupid.

"Haven't you heard my orders?"

This is stupid!

I'll do it.

What?

I'll play the Medaka!

I'll show you damned weak coward...

the willpower of a layperson!

Ribbit, ribbit.

"I'm very hungry!"

"I'm in a bad mood."

"The malicious Toad Prince..."

"The Toad Princess was worried about the Toad Prince."

The Toad Princess?

She's the mother of the Toad Prince.

Wow, Kinomoto. You have a daughter?

Well, I haven't seen her for the last twenty years, but...

she's going to marry soon!

He's the employee of a top-notch trading company.

Isn't that wonderful?

Because this is going to be a big change for her, she had sent me this card.

Are you going to the ceremony?

I can't go. Which face should I show them?

This one? Or one with a beard?

If her father, who looks like her mother,...

would appear, everybody would laugh!

It would be too embarrassing.

Look, here...

It even stands here: "You don't need to come to the ceremony".

You're always so cheerful, Kinomoto.

He's dead?

Junpei has been...

killed?

Shall we go back to your room, Paco?

He's dead...

Junpei...

Was he a relative?

Or a friend?

A monkey.

A monkey?

A monkey.

He sometimes came from the mountains to play with me...

Strawberries.

He ate them straight out of my hand.

Out of my hand.

We've played together in my room.

One day he's found a gun from my gang which I've kept.

He was so clever.

He turned to my direction...

and shot me...

You...

You've been brought here, after a monkey had shot you?

Don't you believe me?

No.

He was so shocked.

He just screamed and ran off to the mountains...

Yesterday, he's been shot by a huntsman.

If you think it's funny, just go on and laugh...

This hospital...

is only full of crazy people.

Yes.

That quack doctor...

has taught me how to stop crying.

Do you want to know how?

Yes.

If you cry a lot, it will stop.

Junpei is dead...

He's dead...

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

Junpei is dead...

He can't be dead...

"I don't know why, but..."

"So many tears are flowing down!"

"All the tears the others have cried up to now..."

"are now flowing out of my eyes."

"I won't forgive him, I won't forgive him. I won't forgive the Crayfish Demon."

Because of the Crayfish Demon's pincers...

my body is all worn-out...

as long as I have courage...

I'll fight against him with all my might!

"Toad Prince, don't cry and don't lose."

"Cute, cute..."

"Toad Prince..."

"But the Crayfish Demon's very strong!"

"I'll die soon!"

"But the Toad Prince is..."

"always standing up again"

"He's always, always standing up again"

Hey, what is that?!

You've written this script and made it extra "cute", right?

You've written it, right?! I'll kill you, old fart!

"Its wondrous power is letting me do this."

"This feeling was suddenly born in a corner of my heart"

"A gentle feeling that was suddenly born."

"Sorry everybody! Sorry everybody!"

"But the Crayfish Demon's very strong!"

"I'll..."

"die soon!"

I won't forgive him, I won't forgive him, I won't forgive the Crayfish Demon"

Muromachi!

Takita! Takita!

Hang in there!

What's with him?

Takita!

Aren't you a fireman?

Muromachi...

Why?

Takita!

What happened?

What happened, answer!

We fell together.

From a window... from the third floor...

Why?!

I don't know!

He just suddenly tried to hold on to me!

Have you tried to jump out of the window?

But, I can't do this!

I've tried to read it and try it out...

But... I can't do it.

I can't do such a cute performance!

Even though I'm the Crayfish Demon... the villain's part...

I'm not scary at all.

I...

I'm not good enough anymore...

Don't fool me.

Don't fool me!

Let me go!

There was once a stupid little girl.

What?

And she liked a certain boy.

But he was a person on the other side of the television screen.

She saw him in the role of a child who was dying in a hospital...

She was really touched and couldn't stop crying...

And without knowing she's become a nurse...

You...

It wasn't me!

That girl...

had seen all movies and all his appearances on TV...

When the boy had grown big...

and became unpopular...

Even though everybody had forgotten him...

she could never forget him!

Ah!

Don't fool me, dammit!

Is that your's?

That girl...

was living together with two good-for-nothing parents...

They were poor and stupid...

They were evil...

There were no good things in her life...

Title: The Ugly Duckling

But...

But when she looked at that boy...

she was so happy.

You were...

the dream of that child.

Do it!

Play the Crayfish Demon!

It doesn't matter whether you're weak, bad...

a kid or a transvestite!

Show it to her one more time!

Hey, am I going to die?

She wants to see it!

This child...

This year at Summer Christmas...

we'll start for today in the waiting room...

and will be performing the act...

"The Toad Prince versus the Crayfish Demon".

Wow, what's this?

Oh, the Pond Skater.

The Whirligig Beetle...

Fish, and...

Medaka.

The Pond Snail and...

and a strange... insect?

I'm the Dragonfly Larva.

A dragonfly larva? There was a dragonfly larva?

No, there wasn't.

It's just a shaky old man.

I'm the Dragonfly Larva.

The title we'll present to you is...

"The Toad Prince versus the Crayfish Demon"

Ribbit, ribbit.

Oh, a frog!

"Bring me my snacks, I'm very hungry!"

"I'm in a bad mood."

Toad Prince!

"The Toad Prince is a selfish prince."

"The Whirligig Beetle is swimming very fast..."

Fast, fast.

"The Pond Skater is swimming up and down..."

Up and down.

"He's ordering them to do mean things again."

Could it be that she's suddenly become very cute?

"Bring me my snacks, kidnap the bee's children!"

What're you saying? We can't do that.

Ah!

We're living in the water.

How should we be able to kidnap the bee's children?

Oh, why are you talking in Kansai dialect?

Don't change your text!

Ouch!

Go on, go on...

Go on...

Ah, now I've forgot everything.

Idiot!

Ah, sorry. We'll try to go on.

What?

"Haven't you heard my orders?"

"Take this, then!"

Bachan!

Keron!

How mean!

Bachan Keron!

Please forgive me...!

Stop it! Toad Prince! Stop it!

"The angry Toad Prince..."

"destroyed the house of the Pond Skater,..."

"the house of the Whirligig Beetle..."

"and the house of the Pond Snail."

Let me go, let me go, let me go!

Stop it! Stop it!

"And also the house of an insect which I don't know."

I'm the Dragonfly Larva.

"He's destroyed all of them."

Ah!

Hm.

This song is "Miserarete".

What? What? What is that?

Women are like the sea

Oh? Who's that? An enemy?

I'm the princess!

Impossible!

Toad Princess...

Toad Prince...

My sweet, sweet...

Toad Prince.

Why have you become such a malicious child?

This performance stinks!

Oh! Over there he's...

destroying the flowers which the Medakas had raised.

Stop!

Let's go! We have to save them!

Yes!

Come, let's go together.

Yes!

Go!!!

YES!!!

Onuki was so enthusiastic.

That was a nice Christmas.

The last one?

You knew?

Medical science can't do anything anymore.

How much?

How much time is left?

Can medical science at least predict that?

The predicted time span has already passed a long time ago.

Hey, hey, whose turn is it now?

Now, the Medaka's flowers are going to be eaten and the Toad Prince's belly will start shining...

Medaka? That's my turn!

Why didn't you tell me?

What? I?

It's OK, the Dragonfly Larva is helping out.

The Dragonfly Larva?

Stop, Toad Prince.

Stop, Toad Prince!

Stop, Toad Prince!

Further, there's something I'm really worried about.

Shut up.

But it's about the "Last Rain".

Last Rain?

It's coming! Something terrible is coming!

What?

There it is!

Bugegegegegegege...

Buge...

I work for the Crayfish Demon:

I'm the Mud Lobster Witch!

Scary! That's really scary!

Such worthless beings like you...

shall all become food for the demon!

Bugegegegegegege...

Buge...

No! It hurts!

That's too much, Masami.

Who the hell is Masami?

So that you can become the company's president...

no... so that the dogs can wear clothes...

I'll do everything!

What's going on?

Impossible...

Cr... Cr... Cr... Cr...

Crayfish...

Demon.

Exactly!

My name is...

Crayfish Demon.

I don't get it.

Such lowly and not cute creatures like you...

cannot be allowed in my lake!

It's scary, but in a different way than before!

It's evil and cute at the same time...

Such garbage like you...

should all be eaten by me as a snack!

Beautiful...

What're you doing, dammit?!

Bugegegegege...

That's too mean, you...

Bugegegege...!

Buge... Buge...

Human speech cannot describe this anymore...

Buge....!

Stop it!

"And so everyone in the lake..."

"had been eaten by the Crayfish Demon."

Everyone?

Yes, everyone!

It hurts! Let me go!

Hikomaro!

Bugegegege...!

Buge...

Buge...!

Ribbit.

Ribbit!

Toad Prince!

Wha... what happened?

Hey, Toad Prince, they're all dead!

I'll never forgive him...

I won't forgive him!

I won't forgive the...

Crayfish Demon!

I won't forgive you, too!

I was so malicious up to now.

I was so stupid.

I've done so many mean things up to now.

I was such a blockhead.

I won't forgive him, I won't forgive him, I won't forgive him!

I won't forgive the...

Crayfish Demon!

You...

Paco, where did he go?

That way!

Let's go, Paco!

Yes!

Assault!

Hm... was that really him?

He seemed like a different person.

That's what happens when he's together with a child.

Why are you crying?

Because... because...

The air conditioner...

Bugegegege...

Oh, Masami is dead.

Yes!

Now, peace will finally return.

We've defeated the Mud Lobster Witch, right?

Yes, a strange insect...

The Dragonfly Larva?

I'll kill you!

Imago!

Here!

You!

Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!

Toad Prince!

Ribbit!

You!

Don't lose, Toad Prince!

What?

How impudent!

Toad Prince!

Sorry, everybody!

Sorry, everybody!

Toad Prince!

Die!

I was so malicious up to now.

Help me, Toad Prince!

It was such a stupid blockhead.

I want to do something for them...

Toad Prince!

But...

But the Crayfish Demon is very strong!

I'll...

die soon!

But...

I'll stand up every time!

Its wondrous power is letting me do this.

"This feeling that was suddenly born..."

"in a corner of my heart."

Don't lose!

Sorry...

Everybody.

Sorry!

Everybody...!

Toad Prince!

Oh, wha... wha... what now, Toad Prince?

Onuki?

Onuki?

Hurry, Tamako. Bring him to the hospital room!

No, let me finish this, please.

I'm OK, it's just a spasm.

Don't talk anymore!

I want to finish it.

This is the dying scene anyway...

Onuki, hey, Onuki. What's going on?

It's OK, Paco.

See, the story will be over soon.

I have no choice but to pull "that" out, then.

Here, press it!

What's that?

Hm? What's that?

You're a jokester, huh?

Ahhh... that impudent Toad Prince...

That you still had such a power left...

I... I...

I've lost!

What's that?

What?

This is the rain of the last scene.

This is supposed to be rain?

Even shabbiness has its limit.

That's why I wanted to talk to you about it before...

Kouichi...

Sorry, uncle.

Hm.

How miserable.

Hey you. Please...

Please read the rest of the story.

But...

If you don't read it till the end,...

it won't be possible tomorrow as well.

I'll read it.

"After the Toad Prince had died, it was raining heavily."

"As if everyone in heaven was crying"

"It was raining heavily."

"After the Toad Prince had died, it was raining heavily."

"The rain which the frog always loved so much, was falling down from heaven."

Rain.

What a heavy rain.

No...

There's someone in the garden!

Is that Takita?

It's Takita!

Takita!

You're a great fireman!

Buge!

Rain more! Rain more!

"After the Toad Prince had died, the water plants'..."

"lovely, lovely small yellow flowers..."

"started to blossom gently..."

"The small, small yellow flowers..."

"were blooming in the big, big lake."

"This was the story of a small, small frog..."

"in a big, big lake."

Paco...

I'm really glad now that you've told me this story...

till the end.

End?

What?

But... he had died, didn't he?

Not at all, meow!

It really was just a spasm after all.

After he rested for a while...

He recovered immediately.

What?

What?

What? Would it have been better if he'd died, meow?

Ah, no, but...

That it turned out that way...

It was much more moving the way before.

Well, then... he died.

"Well, then", stop lying!

Don't make things up, please.

Oh... But...

I wanted to change the truth so that you like it...

It doesn't matter whether I like it or not. The truth is the truth, right?

Yes.

Please tell me the truth till the end.

Yes, I've understood.

Now I'll tell you the truth.

The true end...

Uncle! Uncle!

Onuki.

It's time to say goodbye.

Just let her peacefully pass away.

I beg you!

If I don't touch her cheek...

she won't know who I am!

Onuki.

You know,...

because you've read that picture book with her together,...

she had felt like a normal child.

But Onuki...

Really,...

just by meeting you, she had felt like the child she could've never really been.

I just want to touch her cheek.

I beg you, doctor!

I...

I want to be in that girl's heart!

This...

This picture book...

is the book I've been reading with her together!

I don't need it.

I don't need that book anymore.

I don't need it. I don't need that book anymore!

Paco...

It's your birthday, right?

Happy birthday.

"You..."

"It makes me angry that you know me".

The person who always had said that...

while desperately trying to remain in Paco's heart...

managed to remain in the hearts of everybody.

So this is the story behind this book.

It's regrettable! I...

Ah, no... his story was quite lovely, right?

It was based on the book I had written.

What?

"Horigome..."

What?

You're the author of this book?

I've disturbed you long enough.

Bye.

Oh, yes...

I've forgot the most important thing.

Oh!

That's...

So that we would never forget what happened...

everyone of us...

got a page of the tattered book.

But even without it...

I will never forget what happened.

I give it back.

Because of its title and bad workmanship...

this book didn't sell at all.

But this book is still...

the most happy book on earth.

Bye.

"The Toad Prince versus the Crayfish Demon"

What?

Erm.

Ribbit!

Oh!

Wow!

Toad Prince.

Ribbit!

One, two, three, four.

You've made a pool of water with your tears.

Let's swim together in it

Please tell me the reason of your tears

Up and down, up and down

We'll jump over it

After you've started laughing, the sun came out

Your tears were twinkling

Let us search for your treasure

Up, up, up, up

Let's go up to the sky.

Because you are here, the flowers are blooming

Please remember what happened today

Women are like the sea

"Bachan Keron."

"Bachan Keron."

""Bring me my snacks."

"Kidnap the bee's children!"

"The Toad Prince is a selfish prince."

"The Toad Prince is a hated prince."

End!

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