sekkin shitai aoi mirai e watashi honki ni nattan da
接近したい 青いミライへ わたし本気になったんだ
I want to get a bit closer to the blue future. I've turned serious.
sou desu... nanto hakken desu!
そうです... なんと発見です!
Yes... What an amazing thing I've found!
kimochi moyamoya ai de tsunagaretai
気持ちもやもやアイで繋がれたい
I want my feelings to be bound by a hazy kind of love.
kuyashii hyoujou wa yuujouppoi
悔しい表情は友情っぽい
This facial expression of frustration is kind of like friendship.
kimi to sekai no Mixture (saguriai deshou)
君とセカイのMixture (探り合いでしょう)
This is a mixture of you and the world. (We're sounding each other out, right?)
shourai... motto yuubou desu?
しょうらい... もっと有望です?
Is the future... more promising?
nami ga kirakira fui ni ai ni kite yo
波がきらきらフイに会いにきてよ
As the waves are sparkling, suddenly come to see me!
hageshii shoudou wa nan desu ka?
激しい衝動はなんですか?
What's a violent urge?
hate no sekai oshiete yo
果てのセカイ教えてよ
Tell me about the limits of the world.
shiritai mitai koukishin
(Go! Go! Go! Go!)
知りたい見たい好奇心
I want to know! I want to see! I'm curious.
migoto da ne (tsuikyuu shite!)
みごとだね (追求して!)
That's amazing. (Pursue it!)
shite kara gakkari
してからガッカリ
But once you have, what a disappointment.
ochikomu toko ga kawaii
落ち込むとこがかわいい
When you're feeling blue, you're cute.
iu to choushi ni nocchau tsuppashicchau?
言うと調子に乗っちゃう突っ走っちゃう?
When I say that, you get cocky and go running off.
HIGH POWERED hitori ja tarinain da na
HIGH POWERED ひとりじゃ足りないんだな
HIGH POWERED, you can't do it alone.
kimi to (watashi) tomo ni susume
君と (わたし) ともに進め
You and (me), let's move ahead together.
mokuteki ga chigau tte naisho
目的が違うって内緒
It's our secret that our goals are different, though.
HIGH POSITION yabou ni tokimeitara
HIGH POSITION 野望にときめいたら
HIGH POSITION, if you're excited by aspirations,
kimi to (Go! Go!) issho ni (Go! Go!)
君と (Go! Go!) いっしょに (Go! Go!)
Then let's (Go! Go!) together (Go! Go!).
aoi mirai de oyogubeki deshou
青いミライで泳ぐべきでしょう
In the blue future, I suppose we should swim.
aaa... shinryaku tte kibun nanda
あーあ... 侵略って気分なんだ
I feel like I'm invading,
kokoro kouryaku tte kibun... ganbacchae!
ココロ攻略って気分... がんばっちゃえ!
Feeling like capturing your heart... Gotta give it your best!
Eiko-neechan!
Takeru, what are you so worked up about?
Teach me English!
Isn't That English?!
A foreigner just asked me for directions,
but I couldn't help him.
So please, teach me English.
Huh? I can't teach you English.
I want to learn English, too.
You don't need it.
I mean, I'll be invading America at some point, too.
You haven't even accomplished anything in this city,
and you're already thinking about other places?
Wait a second!
There's someone perfect for teaching English.
Coming!
Whoa, Cindy? What's with your clothes?
What? They're normal.
It's not like I'd wear my swimsuit to someone's house.
So I guess you do have some common sense.
Where did the glasses come from?
I usually wear contacts.
Hello.
Hello. You're Takeru-kun, right?
Yes.
Cindy, you speak perfect Japanese, but you're an American, right?
Yes, that's right.
Man, I wish every American was like you.
No freakin' way!
Book: Basics of English Conversation
All right, let's begin with greetings.
All right!
Got it!
Hey, you can speak English after all! That's very good!
I know greetings from watching TV.
Whoa, whoa, at first he was like, "Teach me English"!
I don't even remember any of that!
I have no inkling what Takeru and Cindy are saying!
You're way more of an alien than I am!
This is English, Ika-neechan.
It's fine.
English is like a puzzle,
so if you grasp the basics, it'll be easier than Japanese.
No way...
How could she have learned to speak English in such a short time?
What?! Sister ice water?!
[nee-chan] [koori] [mizu]
What the hell are you saying?
Wait...
"Nature is calling me,"
which means he has to go to the bathroom.
What?
If you need to go to the bathroom, you say, "Me, toilet, go!" Right?
Is... that wrong?
But still, your learning ability is astonishing.
I'm impressed, Squidian.
I told you that I'm not a Squidian!
It might be more efficient for me to focus on teaching the Squidian,
who can then teach the whole family.
Be taught by Ika Musume?!
You are super stupid.
Like I could endure something that humiliating!
Even my sister...
I just realised I need to...
[abunai] Watch out!
Huh, what did she say to me?
Uh...
Man, I'm thirsty...
What is this? I totally love this stuff.
[saikou] Amazing!
I should ask where this is from.
Oh crap, did I say something weird?
I should offer her some sweets.
I guess she doesn't like this kind of thing.
Just looking at her, she seems like she should be a celebrity.
Compared to that, we're just...
[bimbo] Poor.
She's mad?
I can't help that we're poor.
Oh, jeez.
[shiran] I don't care any more!
Huh, she looks kind of sorry now...
I wonder if she feels bad about the "poverty" thing?
[Mondai nai yo] Cindy, don't worry about it.
[itadakimasu] Thanks for the food!
[Udon umai] The udon noodles are yummy.
She's eating the eggplant first...
Maybe she really likes eggplant.
[nasu mittsu] Three eggplant slices.
Why is Cindy avoiding the wasabi?
She doesn't know what she's missing.
You can eat this.
[arigatou] Thank you.
[o mama goto] Huh? Playing house?
Miss Cindy?!
I hope she'll come back.
It's pretty unlikely.
In the beginning, I wasn't so sure about this,
but in the end we were keeping up communication.
What's really important isn't the words.
Communication is all heart.
Oh, a foreigner.
Ika Musume, you just smile...
... and keep quiet, even if he asks for directions.
Got it.
Couples go for udon?
Oh, Yuigahama...
[aru keru yo] You can walk there.
See, communication is all heart.
That suits you just fine, Eiko.
Are pictures of dogs really that funny?
No, it's because you keep tickling me.
What's tickling?
You're saying you've never been tickled?
Think You Can Stop It?!
Ika Musume.
I want you to turn around and put out your hands.
Like this?
And now comes the tickling!
That's freakin' weird!
That wasn't funny at all, but I couldn't stop laughing.
When I do it to myself, nothing happens.
That's right.
It only works if someone else does it to you.
Lemon
Here you go.
Please enjoy.
Obviously, my first victim is...
Please stop!
I can't stand being tickled!
Oh?
Hearing that just makes me want to tickle you more!
Stop acting like a pervy old man!
You mean you're a pervert now?!
And here's the actual one.
You mean she's not fully grown yet?
I didn't mean it on a biological level.
I taught her about tickling,
and now she wants to try it out on people.
Gotcha!
What the hell are you doing?!
Now I get it.
You should've just told me earlier.
What are you doing?
Ika-chan!
Tickle me all you want!
Huh?
What did you expect?
Take this!
Take that!
Koochie koochie coo!
And this! And that!
Damn it!
She's taking this too far!
What the hell are you doing to the customers?!
I'm sorry, I got a little carried away.
But maybe I stand a chance against Chizuru with this.
I really wouldn't go after my sister if I were you.
Why not?
Because getting tickled is about the only thing she can't stand.
Oh, I think that's perfect.
Don't you get it?
Tickling my sister who hates to be tickled...
...is tantamount to an all-out declaration of war.
Sure, but come on...
Don't you want to see Chizuru rolling on the floor laughing?
I do.
It'll be fine.
She wouldn't get mad just because I made her laugh a little.
It would be more like a form of communication.
Here I go.
Take care.
She's so scared that she had to use auto-suggestion.
And now!
Looks like you let your guard down, Chizuru.
It's death by laughter!
I'm sorry, Ika Musume-chan, but I'm not ticklish there.
But...
Then where the heck do I tickle you to make you lose it?
I'm afraid I can't tell you that.
But I will acknowledge your declaration of war.
So I guess this is what death by laughter feels like.
You were brave.
That was a sheer joy to watch!
Thank you, Ika-chan!
What?
Hiccups?
They're probably from laughing too much.
Did you know that if you can't stop by the 100th hiccup,
something horrible will happen to you?
One hundred? I don't have that much time.
For squid people,
something horrible happens to you after 30 hiccups.
Huh?
You can't just apply human standards to squids like me.
So do you have some kind of remedy?
Of course!
I have to be made happy!
I'm going on break.
It's true! I can't help it!
Look, I only have 26 hiccups left!
Talk about a pain...
Then tell us: what would make you happy?
If I told you, it would have no meaning!
You have to try to anticipate what would make me happy and make it a surprise!
You are a serious pain.
What if I let you win at video games?
A massage fit for a celebrity?
An allowance?
Hey!
Here...
Be satisfied, already!
What you're doing isn't enough!
We're trying to cooperate with you,
so why are you being so difficult?
And are you really going to die once you hit 30 hiccups?
I never said I would die.
Huh?
However, my tentacles will mutate in this grotesque way...
...and start attacking anybody and everybody.
Are you serious?
I don't want to keep doing this and have you end up spoiled.
Sis?
Well, Ika-chan?
It's an exquisite meal featuring the spiny lobster!
It looks delicious!
I'm so full.
So, how are you now?
Hmm... let's see.
Huh?
I've had enough of this.
What the heck are you doing?
Threatening me won't make the hiccups go away!
Looks like she's really serious.
We've indulged your little whims until now,
but it stops right here.
Any last words?
I'm sorry for everything I did!
I'm sorry for tickling you, too!
Farewell then, Ika Musume-chan.
No!
Just kidding!
Sorry.
That was a little act to stop the hiccups!
I thought you were going to kill me.
I'm alive! I'm alive, aren't I?
Oh?
It looks like the hiccups stopped.
They did!
I'm so glad!
It's so good to be alive!
I'm glad the hiccups stopped.
There really isn't a better surprise than that.
This is the highest form of happiness!
Eiko-neechan, I'm going to play by the river with my friends!
All right.
Take care though!
I'm going, too!
Hey!
You've got work to do.
Sometimes I want to get some time off, too!
"Sometimes", she says...
Well, I guess it's okay...
...if you make sure Takeru and his friends don't get washed away.
I will!
Get My Drift?!
It's like a long, narrow sea.
It's called a river, Ika-neechan.
You got her to come along.
Good job, Takeru!
Uh, yeah.
What are you going to do?
There's no sand like by the Lemon,
so we can't make a castle.
And beach volleyball would be dangerous.
I've got an idea.
Let's race bamboo boats!
Yeah!
Bamboo boats?
Do you know how to make a bamboo boat?
No, I don't.
Bend both of those sides over.
Okay.
You make cuts that divide it into about three sections.
I see.
Leave out the middle and stick it in the end like this.
Uh huh.
And you're done!
Takeru, that's excellent!
You turned a single leaf into a boat!
I'm seeing you in a whole new light!
It's not that impressive.
Bend here... three sections.... stick it in here and here...
Perfect!
I'm going to call this ship Black Tiger!
What's with the stone inside?
What is that stone supposed to do?
Why, it's me, of course!
A boat with nobody in it can hardly be called a boat!
Everyone, hurry up and let's start the race!
Shouldn't we tell her?
That boat is totally going to sink.
Yeah, but she's got her pride.
Yeah, huh?
Why don't you all just cool down?
What?
Do you have some kind of idea?
I anticipated this, which is why I brought this pumice stone.
Wow, that's awesome!
It really is.
Ika-neechan?
About that rock in your bamboo bo-I mean, in your Black Tiger.
I was thinking this white rock...
...suits you a lot better than that one. What do you say?
Yeah!
That'll be great!
Aren't you guys going to get ready?
It's still floating!
Good!
I guess it won't sink now.
Listen up.
She's a very bad loser,
and if she doesn't come out on top, she gets really mad.
There's no squidding way my Black Tiger could lose!
She'd hate us all!
Yeah.
Their impression of her is...
We have to let her win, no matter what!
Yeah!
Then let's start!
Oh no!
Attack!
Kaboom!
Laser attack!
Giant on the loose!
Ika-neechan's Black Tiger really is awesome!
That boat is unbeatable!
It's awesome!
Ika-neechan, where are you going?
I'm sitting in the Black Tiger GT,
so I've got to see how far she goes!
Ika-neechan...
This is amazing. It just keeps going and going.
My Black Tiger Ticonderoga...
...went back to the sea.
The sea?
This is the sea.
The river and the sea are connected.
I guess that means that all things on the surface...
...go back to the sea.
Oh, it's the Lemon.
I guess that means this is where this squid finds her "home".
I'm back!
Welcome.
To the house on the beach, Lenon!
Lenon
Le-Lenon?
Where the heck am I?!
Ika-neechan isn't coming back, huh?
Nope.
How far did that fool go?
kawaru gawaru kagi wo aketeku
かわるがわる鍵を開けてく
I open the locks in turn
nanimo shiranai watashi no kokoro no
何も知らない私の心の
In my heart that knows nothing.
natsu no nioi wa okubyou na kimochi
夏の匂いは臆病な気持ち
The scent of summer is a feeling of cowardice.
karari to tobashite waratteita
カラリと飛ばして笑っていた
I suddenly changed completely and leaped up with a laugh.
taisetsu dakedo hazukashikute se wo muketari
大切だけど 恥ずかしくて背を向けたり
It's important, but it's embarrassing, so I turned my back on it.
surechigau tabi chikazuita
すれ違うたび近づいた
Every time I passed by others I got close to them.
kurikaeshi hito wo shitteiku
繰り返し人を知っていく
I get to know people through this cycle.
toki wo kasanete kimi wo shiru koto
時を重ねて 君を知ること
I feel this happy to come to know you
konna ni ureshii to omoeru kara
こんなに嬉しいと思えるから
With the passing of time.
kenka wo shitemo kizutsuite mo
喧嘩をしても 傷ついても
So even if we fight and even if we hurt one another,
sugu ni otagai yurushiterun janai ka na
すぐにお互い許してるんじゃないかな
We'll forgive each other immediately, won't we?
dakedo sunao ni narenai no wa
だけど素直になれないのは
But the reason I can't become docile is because
wakari aeru to shinjiteru kara
解りあえると信じてるから
I believe we can understand each other.
Ika-chan, I love you. I adore you!
This is Nagatsuki Sanae.
The next three episodes will be:
I Think That's Radio-Controlled?!
Shouldn't It Tanabata?!
A Little Playtime Alone?!
I Think That's Radio-Controlled?!
Shouldn't It Tanabata?!
A Little Playtime Alone?!
Please watch how the love between Ika-chan and me blossoms.