Fall in love, boys and girls
Twinkle! Put a star in your eye
The passion, the way it was born
Makes sparks in the jungle! Haré+Guu!
How the hips shake, mucho dizzying
Amigo, that's risky for a kid
If I were to kiss, I'd get sucked in
Tonight, I want to see something scary
Don't be afraid
Going from one push after another
The surprising feeling is nice
And you end up dancing till morning
LOVE LOVE LOVE
TROPICANA
Catch me in the shade under the palm tree
Make me wait, more than down to the limit
I'm sorry, but you're already addicted
From the jungle you can't escape! Haré+Guu!
Fall in love, boys and girls
Twinkle! Put a star in your eye
The passion, the way it was born
Makes sparks in the jungle! Haré+Guu!
I thought my body felt a little sluggish since this morning.
It looks like I have a fever now.
Teacher?
Haré is...
Thanks, Guu.
...being too noisy. I can't concentrate on my studies.
What do you mean, noisy!?
You're noisy enough.
Sir, I really feel awful right now!
You look very much alive and well.
I feel awful!
I see...
Well, if you say so, you must be.
I should tell you, "Go rest in the nurse's office..."
But, you shouldn't do that.
Yeah, the nurse's office...
Is something wrong with it?
Haré, you haven't met the new school doctor, have you?
He's someone that came from the big city recently...
Hey, hey. What's he like?
Well, I don't hate the doctor too much myself, but...
That doc almost killed me the moment I met him!
He said he didn't like the way I looked at him!
In any case, kill before you get killed? Got that!?
In my case, when I wanted to get a wound on my finger disinfected...
...he poured the antiseptic right over my head!
I didn't sense that much danger out of him.
But he was rather friendly. He sure was clingy in a strange way.
That's called sexual harassment.
He threw syringes at me, telling me to stop laughing without reason!
Um...
And so, I think how you feel about him really depends on who you are.
Huh?
Well, good luck.
Hey! What's up with those sympathetic looks?
Hey, won't even one of you come with me?
That means, the only one who's left...
The Doctor in the Nurse's office
Everyone is talking such nonsense.
What should I do if the doctor is scary?
Yes, come in.
Excuse me.
What? There's air conditioning in this room?
Close that door.
S-Sure.
And, what do you want?
Um, I haven't been feeling well, so I wanted to rest here for a bit...
You want to rest?
Y-Yes...
U-Um...
I see.
Since you're not feeling well, you might have come down with a cold.
Come here.
You might have a fever, so I'll check you out.
This seems different from what everyone was telling me.
He's a really nice person.
You really do have a fever.
I'll be using the stethoscope. Lift your shirt up.
S-Sure.
Oh, that's right.
What's your name?
My name?
Huh?
Hey, what did you just say?
"My"?
U-Um...
Wha-?
You're a boy!
Oh, this pisses me off!
Don't be making such girly faces if you're a guy!
There's nothing more that I hate in this world than guys with girly faces!
I'm so tired now from being kind without a reason!
Hurry up and get out of here!
What's wrong?
Oh, am I going to be ending my short life in a place like this?
I beg you, please don't read other people's minds without permission.
Listen.
If you die here, you'll make me feel guilty.
Hurry up and go home, and die in your house.
You good-for-nothing quack.
Huh? Did you say something?
N-No, nothing.
I guess I have to go home now.
You know, Guu...
I think Mom is going to be home today.
Can you tell her that I can't move because of a fever, and have her come here?
Is your mom pretty?
Huh?
Not, "Huh?" Is she pretty?
I-I think she's pretty. She looks young for her age.
Any other details?
Hairstyle, body shape, age?
H-Her hair is semi-long...
Mm-hmm.
Her bra size is F-cup.
Oho!
She's slender.
Yeah, yeah!
She's 25 years old.
Oh! On top of that, she's married!
Oh, Doctor, please stop. I have a husband and child!
Oh, but madame, things like that don't matter!
The situation is perfect!
Huh?
You pass!
Pass what?
I did some horrible things to you, didn't I...
So, let's patch things up.
Huh?
That was awfully fast.
Where's Mom?
Here...
Cheer up... . Mom
What was Mom doing back home?
Drinking. Completely plastered.
Doctor...
I have no need for you if your mom isn't coming.
Go home!
A-At least give me some medicine.
Um, can I have some cold medicine, please?
All right, I'll give you one that works really well.
Oh, and a shot while you're at it?
Sure, sure!
But, in return, I want you to come visit me for your physical exams when you grow up!
Okay!
Guu...
I'm thankful for you, but I think I'm going to get a stomach ulcer from all the complaints I have about him.
Have you had any allergies before?
No.
Then, you're fine.
You need to relax until the fever dies down.
Meanwhile, I'll spend my time with that girl...
Huh?
I guess he doesn't recognize Guu before her transformation.
Do you know where she went?
I-I think she already went home.
It's all right, really...
I'm home.
Welcome home, Haré!
M-Mom?
I've been worried about you!
I'm sorry I couldn't go pick you up earlier.
I love you. I love you very much!
M-Mom...
It's true.
If something happened to you, Haré, I don't know what I'd do.
Mom...
That means...
If I'm no longer here, who would clean up this cluttered room, doesn't it?
Eheh...
None of that "Eheh" thing! You stink of booze!
And so, the boy had no time to rest at all.
You don't need to add explanations, either!
The next day...
Haré, I'm glad you got better.
It's just that I don't have the time to be sick.
Geez, my mom...
She's always counting on me to do things.
I'm jealous that she relies on you.
I wish I had a mom that would rely on me, too.
Oh, sorry... I wasn't thinking.
Don't worry about it.
Haré, you don't have a father, right?
I've never seen him.
What kind of a man is your dad, Haré?
Well... I've never heard anything about my dad before.
Mom doesn't talk about him, either.
Oh? There must be something behind it, if Weda isn't talking.
Something behind it?
That's right. It's best if children didn't know about it.
What's up with that know-it-all tone of voice!?
Oh, geez, now that you said it, I can't get it out of my head!
Or rather, Haré, you're the strange one for never thinking about your father.
That's true!
Hey, Mom!
There's something I want to ask you.
We're having shrimp gratin for dinner.
Oh, really!?
Make sure to gut the shrimp.
Okay!
Wait! That's not it!
Mom, don't I have a dad?
Oh, Mom is surprised.
There must be something behind it.
If there wasn't a dad, you wouldn't have been born.
That's not what I mean!
Then, what?
You know...
Why don't I have a dad right here?
Let's see...
I'm home.
Oh, Guu! Welcome back!
We're having shrimp gratin tonight!
Don't change the subject!
All right.
You want a dad, don't you?
No, it's not that I want one.
Wait.
Um...
Now, which one do you want?
No. 1, Lazy-sensei.
No. 2, Chet.
No. 3, Gupta.
No. 4, Uighur.
No. 5, Elder.
No. 6, pokute.
Now, which one do you want?
Just a minute...
Guu, which one do you want?
No. 6.
Oh my, the unexpected one!
Hey now, what are you predicting!?
So a pokute is Haré's father...
Haré, here it comes!
What's wrong, Haré?
No! Anything but that!
Really? Maybe it'd be fun if you got a younger brother or sister?
Yay! Together with big brother! Together with big brother!
They're harmonizing.
Hey, are you all right?
Geez, I've had enough of this!
I'm seriously worried about things here!
Why don't I have a dad!?
Your father is living in the city.
But, I don't know the details myself.
He probably doesn't know that you even exist.
That's how far we've gone our separate ways.
Don't ask me any more than that.
She's usually drinking all day and being a useless drunken heap, but...
If Mom is saying so much...
What was that weird pause just now?
Putting that aside, at least tell me what he's like.
Let's see...
The worst guy... I think.
The worst?
Yeah, the worst!
He's just an enemy to all women!
My life got torn into pieces because I met him!
But...
He did have good points.
Eh? Like what?
He was handsome!
If you took away his looks, he's nothing but a failure.
That's the kind of person he was.
For now, I kind of look like Mom.
And so, you're going to slowly start looking like a failure.
Are you picking a fight with me?
Things aren't exactly cleared up...
Oh, I should ask someone that might know something about this!
Your dad, Haré?
Anything will do. Tell me.
Come to think of it, I've heard something about him.
What? What?
Let's see, it was...
...that he was a high-ranking member of the mafia.
R-Really?
And when you were born, he got caught in an internal struggle.
Eh?!
And he came running from the syndicate, barely escaping with both you and his life.
T-That's dramatic.
But, come to think of it, you were born in this village, so that sounds really fishy.
Not only fishy, it's an outright lie.
And, when she was telling me this story...
Weda was really drunk, so it might have been a joke.
100% of that story is a joke.
That means, the theory that a pokute is the father is most likely...
I beg you, can you steer away from the pokutes?
Haré's father?
Yeah. I thought you might have heard something about him, sir.
I have, in a way.
Really? Hey, what kind of story is it?
Can I really tell you this?
Please, sir!
Then, you need to keep it a secret that I told you this.
Yeah.
You know...
Eleven years ago, on her way back from school...
...she was showered with a strange light...
...and was taken away somewhere...
...and when she came back, she was pregnant.
You're kidding.
But, Weda was drinking at the time, so it may have been a joke.
It is a joke!
No...
...it might be true.
You think you might know something about it?
In other words, the alien was a pokute.
That way, all the mysteries are...
...Not solved!
Just get your mind away from the pokutes!
Geez, at this rate I won't find out anything about my father.
What!?
You don't have a father!?
That means, what, your mother is a widow!?
No, I think she probably got divorced.
Divorce!?
You're kidding me!
She's not someone's wife!?
If that's true...
"Oh, my husband will be returning soon."
"No, no, we're still fine."
That plan is all in ruins!
Geez, don't plan for the ruin of someone's family.
You know, what did your mom tell you about your father?
That he was the worst failure.
A failure, eh?
Are you trying to pick a fight with me, by looking this way?
No, no.
Well, from what I gather, maybe he was some horrible gigolo.
Gigolo?
There really are terrible men out there.
What's with that look?
No, no, no.
By the way...
This means that you're no longer interested in Mom, right, Doctor?
Yeah.
What was that pause that I couldn't help but notice?
Geez! Don't you come to my house just because my mom is free to date people!
Even though I like women more than the average person, I wouldn't go that far.
But, when you're told not to come over, you want to come over even more, right?
Yup, yup.
I won't go! Honest!
He's going to head over.
Yeah.
Hey, how about this?
Oh, isn't that a bit big?
Mom is always happy-go-lucky, and seems airheaded.
But I'm sure something horrible happened between her and Dad.
Maybe I wasn't supposed to ask her about Dad.
That's right! Even if Dad isn't around, I still have Mom!
Excuse me.
Excuse me!?
I've seen you a lot today.
Hey, you! If you can't greet people, you won't end up a decent adult!
Are you a decent adult, you pale perverted school doctor?
I'm going to protect Mom!
...is what he's saying.
Oh?
I didn't say it. I didn't say it.
You know, I didn't think you had such expectations of me.
E-Expectations?
At that rate, I'll just have to whisk her away.
Now, where is your mom?
You've gotten me this aroused...
If your mom isn't beautiful, I'll kill you!
Haré!
Can you help me carry the snacks?
Don't come over here right now! Can you help me carry the snacks?
Don't come over here right now!
Can it be?
Weda? Dr. Clive?
What? You know each other?
Yeah. He's the doctor that I went to back when I was living in the city.
That's right, I took care of her.
Geez, Doctor!
But, I almost didn't recognize you with your white hair!
You must have had hard times.
Oh no, this is on purpose.
It's fashionable.
Oh!
Where do I stand, after trying so hard to keep them from meeting?
You're a clown, so to speak.
You don't have to be so blunt.
But, you know...
Haré!
Come here a sec.
What?
Weda knows that school doctor?
Yeah.
She said he's the doctor that used to take care of her.
The world is a small place...
To think that the brat's mother was Weda...
But still, she's grown in all sorts of places in a healthy way!
She sure changed...
She was so weak back then.
Doctor, what's wrong?
Oh, no, nothing, nothing at all.
Doctor, you're the same as always.
I don't know why, but this irritates me!
A clown with an Oedipus complex.
Stop with that eerie laugh!
But, it was unexpected that you'd have a kid, Weda.
What kind of guy is the father?
It's you, Doctor.
Oh, so it was just a joke!
Hey, Doctor...
Hm?
Nothing comes to mind?
Something does.
A lot of something.
So that's your father.
Here.
Go!
M-Mom...
Is that really true?
Haré...
This is your papa.
So, I'm your papa.
Tears of joy...
I-I don't think that's it.
Haré?
Haré!
It's a lie!
A lie, a lie, a lie!
Of all guys, someone like him!?
Someone like him!?
Why is someone as scummy as that guy my dad?
If that guy, if someone like him is my father, I'd rather have a pokute for a father!
How about it? You want to play catch?
I would like to have a human dad after all.
Damn.
What did you come here for?
You came here to drag me back?
I came here to see you cry, Haré.
Go home!
What about you, Haré?
I'm not going to go back anymore!
Where are you going to go, after leaving your house?
I think I'll have Marie put me up for a while.
Are you a free-loader?
What's that supposed to mean?
Why are you running away from home?
It's shocking that the school doctor was my dad.
But Mom is acting funny.
She said that he was the worst guy, but she's being so friendly to him when she talks...
I don't want to see Mom right now.
Besides, I don't know what happened between them in the past...
...but it looks like they might get back together.
You don't like that?
I don't like it.
Oh man, I don't need a father.
As long as I have Mom, that's all I need.
Haré...
...you don't like having both parents at your side?
Come to think of it, Guu came to our house because both of her parents died.
Um, I'm sorry for complaining so much.
You must be feeling more pain, Guu, because you lost your parents.
Oh, that's right.
I configured things that way.
What do you mean by "configured?"
Don't worry about it.
I will worry!
Oh, well.
Guu cheered me up in a way...
Let's go back to where Mom is.
Huh?
Haré, you're going to run away from home, right?
Live a strong life.
W-Wait a minute!
Mom is back already!
I'm home!
I'm asking you, how about we fill in the ten year gap in my room tonight?
Doctor, your mind is full of it now, just like back then!
No, don't laugh it off.
I'm serious, Weda-chan.
Made your mind up to run away from home yet?
NEXT EPISODE
Huh? You want me to bathe with you, Mom?
I don't want to! I'm already 10 years old!
I'm no longer a small child, so I'm going to bathe alone!
Oh geez, don't throw a tantrum!
Are you really the mother of a child?
But, well, since Guu came here, Mom's attachment has gone towards her, so it's gotten a little easier.
Mom really likes to cling to people...
Hey, wait, Guu! Why are you bathing with your clothes on!?
Don't do such creepy things!
Eh? It's the latest fad in the jungle to bathe with your clothes on?
You're kidding. But, to see if it's true...
Eh? There's a good way to do it? What is it?
Bathe together with a girl?
I see, that's a good thought... Wait I can't do such a thing!
I see that's a good thought... Wait I can't do such a thing!
Viva Non-Non
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