Koi seyo shounen shoujo tachi
Kirari hitomi ni hoshi irete
Umareta manma no jounetsu ga
Hibana chirasu Jungle Haré nochi Guu!
Mekurumeku koshitsuki MUCHO
Kodomo nya kiwadoi AMIGO
Kisu shitara suikomaresou
Kowai momo mitasa TONIGHT
Ojikeduitara dame
Oshite osarete GOING
Dokkiri kibun ga iine
Chakkari asa made DANCING
LOVE LOVE LOVE
TROPICANA
Yashi no kokage de tsukamaete
Jirashite tokoton tokoton
Gomen ne anata wa mou toriko
Nigerarenai Jungle Haré nochi Guu!
Koi seyo shounen shoujo tachi
Kirari hitomi ni hoshi irete
Umareta manma no jounetsu ga
Hibana chirasu Jungle Haré nochi Guu!
I'll come pick you up... wherever you are...
However many years it may take...
So, wait for me...
Okay. I'll do my best...
I won't give up, so make sure to come pick me up.
That dream again...
POKUTE LEGEND
I had such a nostalgic dream...
Oh? A dream about the past?
Yup, from when I first left home.
Oh, but this worries me...
So, who is this idiot that told you that he'll come get you, Mom?
That was awfully rude of you to say, don't you think?
Oh, geez, who was it? It's vexing!
If it's something about the past, why don't you ask Bell or something?
No way! If I asked Bell...
Oh, Ojou-sama!
You're having dreams of the past?
That's proof that you're longing for your old home!
Let's hurry home, as soon as tomorrow!
Hurry, hurry!
She'd say something like that for sure.
Hey, Guu, what have you been doing?
Serving all the kids that saw Guu for the first time today.
Oh, I see.
Who was it!?
Was it a friend of mine? One of my older brothers or sisters?
To think that Mom had enough brains to worry about something so petty as this...
No, I don't remember. Mm, what was it? Who was it? To think that Mom had enough brains to worry about something so petty as this...
Well, since it's something that you've already forgotten, I'm sure it's not important.
That's true!
I guess this is as far as my mom's brain goes...
Morning!
Well, today's lesson...
Siesta!
Cut it out!
Eh? I'm not really cutting anything...
Then, I'll give you some homework.
Write a report.
You're free to pick the topic. No matter what you pick, finish it by tomorrow.
So, today's class is over now!
Good night!
A free-topic report...
It can be about anything, right?
I think I'll come up with a new recipe for cooking pokute.
I think I'll write a book report or a short novel.
I'm going to finish my calculation problem sheets!
I'm going to finish up the one-piece dress that I've been working on!
Geez, we're the ones that have to have a good grip on ourselves...
A free-topic report... What should I do?
How about reporting on the habitat of wild animals?
Eh? What would I be researching?
For example... the Stupid Couple.
Where's the fun in that?
In the first place, the Stupid Couple are humans.
Studying is not about whether or not it's fun to do.
Are times like this the only times you can make reasonable arguments!?
Oh, Haré and Guu! What's up?
I bet you guys came here to be jealous of how lovey-dovey we are!
Go ahead, look at us some more!
And spread the legend of our love to the entire world!
That is the burning world of love!
Oh no, burning, burning, burning love!
Between Addy... and Chet...
The burning love, yeah!
What is this welcome-to-my-world atmosphere that they always make?
The legend of love?
Wait! Legend?
Hey, that might be cool, gathering the legends of this village.
Even though one thing turned into another, it's all thanks to Guu...
Can I really make them burn?
A Molotov Cocktail!?
Ah! You've gotten taller!
Now, let's go home, let's go home. Ah! You've gotten taller!
Now, let's go home, let's go home. Oh no, you make my head spin!
Spinning, spinning, spinning...
A legend, was it?
Yeah. But it's okay if you don't know any.
Let's see...
This is a story I heard from my friend.
A woman had her ear pierced.
One day, she was going to disinfect the ear, and took her earring off...
...and a thin string was hanging from the pierced area.
Thinking it was rubbish, she tugged on it.
But the string kept getting longer and longer, without end, until it suddenly snapped.
Low and behold, that string was her precious optic nerve!
A-And what happened?
Well, it was her optic nerve...
That means, her eye...
A string from the ear...
Oh, see you later, Bell. You were a big help! Thanks!
What's the point of feeling jealous of a legend?
Burn! Burn!
That's enough! Hurry up and put it away!
Oh!
You guys always get along so well...
Oh, Ashio! That's right!
Hm?
Oh, a legend...
Come to think of it, one of my friends went to the beach to play.
And, he tripped and scraped his knee.
His wound healed soon, but after a while he started feeling strange things in his knee.
It started hurting more and more, and when he couldn't take it anymore and went to the doctor...
...he ended up having surgery immediately.
When they opened his kneecap, behind his kneecap...
...was a bunch of small barnacles.
Let's see, the other urban legends that I know of...
N-No need for any more legends of that sort.
Well, thanks for letting me listen to it! See ya!
Wait a minute! I still have a great one!
Hey!
What I want to hear aren't those sort of legends!
I mean what part of those stories are any different from horror stories!?
Oh, it's the elder!
That's right...
The elder would know this village's legends!
Elder!
Oh, Haré! And...
Guu-sama!
Hello, Elder...
Haré and Guu-sama, why, yes, hello!
Man, Elder's fear of Guu is worse than usual today.
Even though I want to hear legends from him, I don't think he's gonna tell me anything...
I can't speak with you when you're so far away. Come a bit closer!
Yes!
A bit closer...
...a bit more...
...a bit more!
Did you call for me, Guu-sama?
Tell this ignorant boy all the legends and stories surrounding this village.
Yes, as you wish.
There really are legends in this village?
Yes, in fact, this jungle has a legend about a sacred beast.
A sacred beast?
It's called...
The Pokute Legend!
Pokute...
Once a long time ago, pokutes were worshipped as gods in this jungle...
That's enough.
However, one day, a woman and her infant child got lost in the jungle.
Listen to what others say!
She apparently failed an attempt to cross the river, so she was found downstream.
However, the infant was nowhere to be found.
A year later, someone from the village found a two-and-a-half-year old child in a pokute nest.
It couldn't be...
That's right! The pokutes were raising the child!
Since then, the pokutes have been respected as kind-hearted creatures...
...and they've been a valuable food supply for the village.
There's some relationship between that story and being a food source?
Hey, what happened to that rescued baby?
Yes, she still lives in this village.
Eh? Then she must be really old!
What are you talking about, Haré? She lives right next door to you...
Eh?
It's Rebecca.
I think it happened about 20 years ago.
I see... Then, your story is more like a memory than a legend.
You could say that.
I've had enough.
Thanks, Elder.
That's not what you really think.
Why did you try to cause a commotion like that?
Hm?
If relationships can go smoothly because of a word of thanks, you can't wish for better than that!
That's fooling people.
I call it moving up in the world.
A child who hasn't come of age yet...
How pitiful.
Don't stare at me with eyes full of pity!
Oh, that's right.
I'm going to stop by Rebecca's house, okay?
Rebecca?
Oh? Isn't she home?
I wanted to ask her if she really was raised by pokutes...
Eh?
Pokute!?
W-What's going on here!?
This place is full of pokutes!
Our ojou-sama is not currently here.
I would like you to come back another day.
Oh, I see.
Yes, so please go home.
I guess I have no choice...
And who the hell is that taking a nap right there, dammit!?
I'm telling you that our ojou-sama has stepped out!
To where!? If you're saying that she stepped out, why don't you try telling me where she went!
There's no way I'd give out such private information to a complete stranger!
And you're nothing but a mere servant!!
Just because you're her previous primary physician, don't raise your voice!
You're the one with the loud mouth, you human obstacle!
What was that!?
Sheesh, what's going on here?
One of your friends is here, Ojou-sama.
Hey.
Oh, it's unusual for you to invite me to a council meeting, doctor.
You think so?
Ojou-sama, Ojou-sama, Ojou-sama, Ojou-sama, Ojou-sama, Ojou-sama, Ojou-sama...
Senpai, people can hear you.
Why are there pokutes here?
What in the world are they doing?
Cleaning the room?
But... Why are pokutes doing household chores?
Huh! Can this really mean that she's raising pokutes because she was raised by them?
Is she a real pokute master?
Huh? I didn't notice that they all disappeared!
Oh, welcome, Haré.
H-Hello.
Huh? My room is all clean again...
How strange.
Again?
You haven't realized it?
Then, the pokutes are doing things around the house of their own will...
In other words, it's the pokutes' parental instinct toward Rebecca?
And, what do you want today?
Um... Well, let's see...
A legend?
Yeah, a legend about this village. Anything will do.
Let's see...
I've heard of a story like this.
You take two mirrors, and place them face-to-face.
And, when midnight strikes...
...pokutes appear from the depths of the mirror.
If you're able to catch the pokute in the one moment that it tries to jump from one mirror to the other...
...it will grant you any one wish.
That's the legend I know. I never tried it out, so I don't know if it's true or not.
Hmm.
Well, we have a town council meeting now, so I'll be going.
Oh, okay.
Can I ask you to lock up the house?
Sure. Take care.
See ya.
They're already starting to clean...
Pokutes sure have it rough.
Hey, what are you doing in someone else's house!?
Even though those are pokutes, those are Rebecca's parents!
Come on, spit them all out!
Hey, Haré! How've you been doing?
Oh yeah, that's right!
You know, the other day, Haré, you visited us, right?
Put him back in!
Come on, let me talk for at least a little bit!
What? You're talking to Haré again? Let me talk to him, Seiichi-kun.
Hi!
Yamada-san wants some yarn.
She wants to knit a sweater.
Right, Yamada-san?
A sweater needs to be knit with each stitch full of tears, emotions, and grudges.
Oof!
Wow, it's been quite a while since we last came outside.
Yeah, it brings back memories!
Since we got out, we may as well look around for a bit.
Sounds good!
No! Get back inside her!
And here we go!
Oh!
A new rendezvous!
Guu, put them back.
Okay.
Wait, don't put me back in as well!
If you live here, it's like a palace.
No! I want to go back!
Oh no, doctor!
Doctor? Aren't we going to the council meeting?
It's not that way.
This way is the right way.
I mean, the council meeting is just an excuse.
Eh?
Weda-chan, I just wanted to go somewhere alone with you.
Oh my gosh, doctor, you tell jokes with such a straight face!
I didn't mean it as a joke...
Let's head straight to the meeting without taking any detours. I didn't mean it as a joke...
Let's head straight to the meeting without taking any detours.
Weda-chan...
What?
Could it be...
...that you... hate me?
Not really.
What do you mean by, "Not really?"
I'm home.
Ojou-sama, Ojou-sama, Ojou-sama...
What's she doing?
Ojou-sama, Ojou-sama, Ojou-sama... She's been like that since Ojou-san went out with Dr. Clive.
Ojou-sama, Ojou-sama, Ojou-sama... Mom and the school doc?
Ojou-sama, Ojou-sama, Ojou-sama...
Senpai, Ojou-san can see anyone she wants, don't you think?
Shut up!
The man best suited for our ojou-sama is taller, more handsome, and must be a refined gentleman!
Don't force your third-party opinion on her.
Such a sketchy, ordinary guy is no good, no good at all!
Ojou-sama, Ojou-sama, Ojou-sama...
Ojou-san's feelings are the most important.
Right, Bocchan?
Y-Yeah, that's true.
Besides, I think it's impossible for Mom to fall in love with that school doc.
Then, Senpai, I'll head out to go pick up Ojou-san soon.
Come to think of it, I never asked Mom how she felt about the school doc.
Then, you ditched the doctor and came all the way out here?
Of course I did.
I feel sorry for him.
It would be good for him to show up here.
What? The school doc isn't here yet?
Thank heavens.
But still, Mom sure is drunk already.
Then, I will sober her up.
Stop it. Why do you always think of only the most basic and dangerous ideas?
Well, whatever. But Weda, don't you need to go home soon?
It's fine. It's fine.
Someone is waiting for you.
It's fine. It's fine.
Is it okay for you to ignore him?
It's fine. It's fine.
I mean, Ashio comes to drag me back home so early, but he's weak against puzzle games!
I really don't understand what you're talking about, Weda.
Ashio sure has it tough.
Come on, Ojou-san, it's almost time to go home.
Nooo!
You've already had too much to drink tonight.
Ashio, the way you always scold me hasn't changed a bit!
It's really annoying!
Is that so?
But you know, there was a time when I had a crush on Ashio.
Oh, Weda, so you did have a girlish period?
I'm sorry I did.
I still think fondly of you.
I see...
All right, you guys have something for each other!
How you say "still" brings tears to my eyes...
Maybe you still feel something as well, Weda?
Well...
I do like him...
But I-It's not really a-anything like that
No, It's nothing like that...
Congratulations!
It's the start of a new relationship!
What are you talking about!? That's the most aggravating conclusion you can make!
Yeah, yeah. Now then, we're going to hurry on home.
What are you doing!? Let me go! Yeah, yeah. Now then, we're going to hurry on home.
Kya! So forceful!
Go straight home!
No! I have to clear up this misunderstanding!!
Good luck you two!
Geez, Rebecca, stop that!
Come on now... Geez, Rebecca, stop that!
Staying up late at night is the enemy of beauty and health.
Noo!
Rebecca...
Maybe she's a little jealous?
All right, peeper No.2, don't lose sight of them!
Oh, right.
Wait, who's a peeper!?
Sheesh, everyone still has the wrong idea cause they're drunk.
And Ashio, you too... Don't say things like that all of a sudden!
It's shocking.
Then, I'll just say it bit by bit.
Bit by bit?
And, if the ojou-san doesn't like it, I won't say anything more.
Misunderstandings can be cleared up in the morning.
That's true... Oh, well.
It's too much of a bother, anyway. Besides...
...it's not something that disturbs me too much.
But you know, Ashio, you try to take care of me way too much.
You don't have to come pick me up each and every time.
Of course I'll come pick you up...
...no matter where you are.
I'll come pick you up...
...wherever you are...
However many years it may take...
So, Ojou-san...
...wait for me.
Please, wait for me...
That's it... it was Ashio.
Thanks, Ashio.
So, why don't we go back home for once?
No!
The madam's worried, so don't be so selfish like that...
I'm not being selfish! Not at all!
Don't thrash about so much. I'm not being selfish! Not at all!
Not at all, not at all, not at all... Don't thrash about so much.
Not at all, not at all, not at all...
I-it's dangerous, Ojou-san.
You know, Mom and Ashio are more like family - like sister and brother - more than lovers.
And the child who's relieved to say that isn't normal, either.
Are you okay, Haré?
I just want Mom to be happy, as an important family member!
Can I say something?
What?
You have an Oedipus complex.
Who has an Oedipus complex!?
The pokute legend...
Oh no!
I forgot about my homework!
See, look at this! My new one-piece dress!
Can someone try this new flavor?
I wrote a romance novel!
I drew a gangster manga!
What should I do?
Am I the only one that forgot to do the homework?
That's right, Guu forgot as well, so I have some excuse.
Hey, what did you do for homework, Guu?
Amazing! It's a ship-in-a-bottle!
That's an old man's hobby!
Or rather, when did you have time to build that!?
Am I the only one that forgot to do the homework!?
Morning!
Good morning!
Now...
First period today...
Sir!
Don't you have something to do before that?
Our homework!
The free-topic report!
What was that about?
NEXT EPISODE
Eh? I'm going to do this?
It's not my style to do something like this... Oh, well.
Let's see, it seems like girls named Marie and Guu are really eager to support the relationship between me and Weda...
Honestly, it's like, "Leave us alone," you know?
That's it.
Hey, damn you! Is that all you have to say!? Can't you do it a little more seriously!?
It was really dumb of me to let you do all of it.
Come to think of it, Marie isn't her usual cheerful self lately...
I wonder if something is wrong with her?
Sleeping Side-by-Side
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