Ryuuya-dono...
What?
I want to ask a favour of you.
It is still a little embarrassing, but...
...will you watch me?
kieru hikoukigumo bokutachi wa miokutta
消える飛行機雲 僕たちは見送った
We watched the fading contrails go by.
mabushikute nigeta
眩しくて逃げた
I ran away because it was too bright.
kuyashikute yubi o hanasu
悔しくて指を離す
I let go of your hands because it hurt.
todokanai basho ga mada tooku ni aru
届かない場所がまだ遠くにある
The place I can't reach is still far away.
negai dake himete mitsumeteru
願いだけ秘めて見つめてる
I gaze at it with a wish locked away inside.
kodomotachi wa natsu no senro aruku
子供たちは夏の線路 歩く
The children walk on the summer railway tracks,
kodomotachi wa natsu no senro aruku
子供たちは夏の線路 歩く
The children walk on the summer railway tracks,
ryoute ni wa tobitatsu kibou o
両手には飛び立つ希望を
with hope that will take flight in my hands.
kieru hikoukigumo oikakete oikakete
消える飛行機雲 追いかけて追いかけて
I chased and chased the fading contrails.
kono oka o koeta ano hi kara kawarazu itsumademo
この丘を越えたあの日から変わらずいつまでも
Nothing changed since the day we went past that hill.
massugu ni bokutachi wa aru youni
真っ直ぐに僕たちはあるように
I hope we can be our honest selves forever,
watatsumi no youna tsuyosa o mamoreru yo kitto
わたつみのような強さを守れるよ きっと
and definitely protect this Poseidon-like strength.
watatsumi no youna tsuyosa o mamoreru yo kitto
わたつみのような強さを守れるよ きっと
and definitely protect this Poseidon-like strength.
watatsumi no youna tsuyosa o mamoreru yo kitto
わたつみのような強さを守れるよ きっと
and definitely protect this Poseidon-like strength.
Here goes...
Wait just one moment!
What's that?
Can't you tell?
They're beanbags.
What are you planning to do?
I'm going to juggle!
I was able to juggle three of them earlier!
Part 2
I can tell you're doubtful!
It's true! I really can juggle three of them!
Good night.
Don't go to sleep!
Go back to bed.
I'm keeping watch right now.
Your master is going to show you the skills of an expert!
It is a subject's duty to prostrate himself and watch in awe!
Now you're just talking crazy!
Then I order you!
Hey! Wait, wait, wait!
Don't order me as my master for something like this! That's cheating!
I do not want you to give me more of your stupid vows!
Ow! Don't bite me every single time!
That is because you manhandle me every single time!
Fine. I'll watch, so just hurry it up.
The way you say things is always...!
All right! All right! I want to watch!
I would love to have the honour of seeing it, so just do it!
As always, your words lack sincerity.
That aside, I'm sure your attitude will change after you watch me juggle.
I have finally got the hang of it.
It was terribly simple once I learned the trick to it.
I am as good a juggler as Uraha now!
All right...
I believe I finally understand how important it is to put one's whole heart into learning something.
Oh?
Behold...
That was an accident.
I did not lie!
I really could do it!
I never said you were lying.
I'll be watching, so just keep trying.
I'll do it right this time!
You should relax.
Even experts can't do things right when they're nervous.
I guess so.
Here goes.
See?! See?! I did it!
You did really well.
I don't need your solace.
I'm not trying to comfort you. You were able to juggle like that because you tried really hard.
Not knowing when to give up is amazing.
I can't tell if you're praising or speaking ill of me.
I'm praising you.
In any case, you did well, Kanna.
I want to get better.
You'll be an expert as long as you practise every day.
You're exaggerating.
No, I'm not.
Will you watch me juggle again?
Sure. As many times as you want me to.
Get some sleep while you can.
We're going to be walking the entire day.
So we have to go through all of these mountains.
Passing through the mountains is the best way to avoid our pursuers.
I am going to fetch some water.
What's wrong, Kanna?
Please spare me...
It won't go in...
It won't go in, I say...
Please spare me...
No more... please...
I can't eat any more...
Hey! You'll catch a cold if you sleep like this!
Hey! Don't fall back asleep!
Not again!
Ryuuya-sama. That is not enough.
That hurt. What was that for?
Kanna-sama, I am glad to see you in high spirits.
Do I look like I am in high spirits?
Can't you wake me a little more gently?
Then I shall watch my strength next time.
I'm telling you to stop pulling my pillow away!
You have strange ears.
Won't they get caught in the plants when you run?
With such long ears, I'm sure you can hear things really far away.
Why, you...! How dare you tease me?!
Wait! I say wait!
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
Be quiet!
Stay still for a change!
What were you looking at?
It's a map I got at the market.
This was quite a find.
What's this chicken scratch?
It's the name of the river.
You can't read?
Well, no one taught me.
Of course I can't read.
I'm surprised Uraha let that happen.
I did not.
Kanna-sama said she did not want to learn from me.
That is your fault!
Don't tell me you forgot about that incident with the poem collection.
I did that in order to enrich your mind.
There's no way my mind could be enriched with that method of teaching!
What are you talking about?
At one time, I was teaching poems to Kanna-sama.
A little hardship always accompanies learning.
And yet, Kanna-sama...
Memorising 100 poems a day is "a little" hardship to you?!
There is a total of 4500 poems, so we could not take our time!
I haven't slept in five days...
Please continue until you memorise 200 more.
I'm surprised you didn't die.
That's right.
I thought I would have been killed at that rate.
So I threw all the poems into the stove!
Thanks to that, the six volumes of kokin poems were used as kindling in the preparation of breakfast.
That morning's meal certainly had a refined taste to it.
Are those thoughtless words coming from this mouth?!
T-Thtop it!
A mouth that cannot recite a single poem is utterly meaningless!
That ith completely abthurd!
I might as well sew it shut!
What are you doing?! Help me!
Hey, I'm scared of Uraha, too.
You worthleth fool!
I am terribly sorry! I lost a bit of self control!
Don't worry about it.
Why are you the one excuthing her?
You're still talking funny.
I've had enough!
I'm going to practise juggling over there.
I'm starting to go crazy over here.
Then I shall come with you!
No you will not!
Why are you hitting me?
I am taking it out on you!
What happened, Kanna?
A monk...
I don't see any wounds.
He probably died from emaciation.
Ryuuya-dono.
Do you have a moment?
What? The beanbags again?
No.
Is something bothering you?
What do you mean?
Yes...
If there's something you want to say, just come right out and say it.
What I want to say...
Then let me say one thing.
What is it?
There's a caterpillar on your head.
Animals and bugs really seem to like you.
Don't just sit there! Help me!
I thought you looked unwell.
Your master asked because she was concerned about her subject.
What does that leave me with if you are like this?
Sorry.
I'll tell you, so just stay here.
You're not going to tease me again, are you?
It's not going to be an interesting story, though.
Are you sure you want to hear it?
Go ahead.
I've never seen my parents' faces.
Why is that?
I was probably abandoned.
An unsui took me in when he saw me crying by the road.
An unsui is a monk who travels around the country.
Sure, being called an itinerant monk might sound good...
...but they wander around without lodging and survive off charity.
We went everywhere together.
To the north, the south, the east, the west.
So he was your foster parent?
I don't know if I could even call him that.
He was really strict, and he never opened his mouth when he wasn't reciting sutras.
[Note: Monks are given names according to the temple in which they are initiated.]
He never told me his monk name.
It was during the summer when I was about five.
Some bandits attacked us in a mountain pass.
The unsui was killed by a single sword slash.
Looking at that dead monk back there reminded me of him.
So you didn't have a mother, either.
What?
I don't know if it's right for me to search only for my mother.
Don't worry about it.
This is what I want, too.
The unsui was praying even after he was cut.
He prayed that even the ones who killed him would be able to make it to Paradise.
Then he died, covered in blood.
I wasn't killed.
The bandits said I wasn't even worth killing.
And then I was alone again.
I was alone ever since then.
I did anything to live.
I stole swords and spears, and joined the ranks in wars.
I even killed people.
I did everything in my power just to survive.
Until recently.
Recently? What happened recently?
You can call it a change of heart.
Anyone can change as long as they have the opportunity.
Those bandits must have regretted it deeply.
What?
They killed a great monk. Of course they'd regret it.
I really doubt that he was a great monk.
What is there to doubt?
The bandits didn't kill you because his prayers were answered.
I see.
Maybe the unsui did save me then.
If only I had realised it sooner.
I may have gone down a different path in life.
I wouldn't want that!
Then I would never have met you.
I guess so.
I'm also glad I met you.
Ryuuya-dono...
Um...
I...
What?
I'm not sure what to do next.
So, I'll leave the rest to you.
H-Hey!
It's embarrassing. Hurry up!
Hey, do you know what I'm going to do to you?
Don't take me for a fool. Of course I know.
I heard from Uraha.
I knew she put you up to this.
To me, you are...
I don't know how to say this.
It's like...
Uraha told me that when you talk about your past, I shouldn't miss the opportunity.
All men will tell the woman they love about their past.
...is what she said.
She read me like a book.
And when he finishes talking, I am to slowly undress.
And it is important to be sure that not all my chest is visible.
She's an acting coach, too...
Did I do something wrong?
Do you prefer men instead?!
Wait just a moment.
Oh, I know.
I heard there are some men who like women, but are impotent.
Don't say things like that!
Did I bare too much of my chest?
All right.
Prepare yourself. I'll show you that I'm a man.
Ryuuya-dono, you have a weird look in your eye.
You're the one seducing me.
Be quiet and let me sink my venomous fangs into you.
You have venom?
All men do.
They also have a lot of things you don't know about.
I'll show you everything you need to know.
H-Hey! Stop!
Stop!
S-Stop! Stop!
Uraha! I know you're hiding somewhere over there.
Get out here!
As usual, you are quite perceptive.
Are you all right, Kanna-sama?
I don't really know, but I think it didn't work out right.
Ryuuya-dono...
Did I make you mad?
I'm not mad.
Uraha, you knew I wasn't going to touch her, didn't you?
The odds were against me on this particular gamble, though.
There's no other man more harmless than me.
You can be called "impotent" as well.
Shut up!
She's sleeping well.
She was practising with her beanbags quite a bit today...
She does have a pretty adorable face when she's like this.
I wanted to teach her the wiles of love before some strange men start making advances at her.
And you used me for practice?
She's still a kid.
She's never even played with dolls or beanbags before.
Mother...
Are you awake?
I was dreaming.
It was a dream of another place.
I was wearing strange clothes, and I was different in shape and form.
Was that me?
What did you look like?
I don't remember.
But Mother was beside me.
And kind people were beside me.
I was happy.
That is a nice dream.
Just make that dream a reality.
You'll see your mother soon.
Then that dream won't be a dream anymore.
You're right...
Wishes will be answered as long as I pray for them...
Look! Look! I can do it!
They're still going! They're still going!
You just need a little more practice.
But it was splendid, Kanna-sama.
If you keep practising a little more, you will be even better!
Really?
Will I be good enough to show it proudly to Mother?
Of course!
It's time to go, Kanna.
What's wrong? Won't you come with us?
Is that your mother?
Isn't that nice...
Live happily for the rest of your life.
shiroku togireta yume no kirehashi wo tsukamaete
白く途切れた夢の切れ端をつかまえて
Trying to catch the white fragments of his dream,
shounen wa hashiru
少年は走る
a boy runs.
te wo hanashitara
手を放したら
When he lets go,
dokomademo tooku kaze no ne ni kieteyuku
どこまでも遠く風の音に消えてゆく
it disappears into the sound of the wind in the distance.
itsuka mieta yasashisa wa mou nai
いつか見えた優しさはもうない
The kindness that he once saw is now gone.
hitori fumidasu ashidake miteru
ひとり踏み出す足だけ見てる
He steps forward alone, looking only at his feet.
asa ni wa kieta ano utagoe wo itsumademo kiiteta
朝には消えたあの歌声をいつまでも聞いてた
He always listened to the song that disappeared by morning.
bokura ga nokoshita ano ashiato wo itsumademo otteta
僕らが残したあの足跡をいつまでも追ってた
He chased forever those footprints we left.