"It's starting!" "[Note:" "Written on Elizabeth's sign." "Parody of an MGM silent film.]" "Elizabeth's first errand" "Starring" "Elizabeth Kotaro Katsura" "All the people in Edo" "I need you to run an errand." "An errand?" "Katsura:" "There's a sale on shampoo at the Oedo Mart." "Why me?" "though I may not look the part." "Katsura:" "I can't go shopping at a supermarket in broad daylight..." "You can keep the change." "Hostess Bar Only 2000 yen!" "Hostess Bar Old Lady Paradise" "Nakamura Restaurant" "Flower Shop" "Hemorrhoids." "Your Worries" "Katsura:" "Elizabeth isn't back yet..." "Where's the Oedo Store again?" "Where is the Oedo Store?" "Michael:" "I can't read Japanese." "I'm trying to get to the Oedo Store." "Old Man:" "My eyes aren't too good." "Where is the Oedo Store located?" "Pedro:" "How about you listen to my story instead?" "Pedro:" "This weird kid showed up at my place again last night." "Pedro:" "They ring my doorbell and say... 20 minutes later this story doesn't really have a punch line or anything." "Where is the Oedo Store located?" "Pedro:" "Huh?" "Oedo Store?" "Pedro:" "Never heard of it." "what's up?" "Big Sale ...My spare sign... is gone." "What do I do?" "Excuse me." "Shinji Takamatsu.]" "Where's the Oedo Store?" "Kagura:" "Over there." "Elizabeth." "Katsura:" "This is... conditioner." "Katsura:" "Unbelievable!" "This is unbelievable!" "Katsura:" "I expected you to be a little more useful." "Katsura:" "What are you going to do if my long hair becomes all dry?" "!" "Katsura:" "I don't want to end up with dandruff." "I'll have a hard time leading my men if my head's covered with flakes." "look at you." "Whoohoo!" "[It was back in winter...]" "["It Takes a Bit of Courage to Enter a Street Vendor's Stand"]" "[The Whinery]" "Welcome!" "old man." "It sure is." "It might snow soon. but Earth's only getting warmer on the outside." "the town and the people's hearts are just getting chillier." "Got that right." "When will I get some warm action going on?" "[Note: "Warm action" refers to getting some more money in his wallet.]" "big guy." "but I'm looking for something sweeter." "Sweeter?" "but could you mix a little coffee milk or strawberry milk in there?" "Can you fix one up?" "big guy." "You know what they say." "Something sweet helps when you're exhausted." "big guy." "You look awfully tired." "And your hair's all white." "Did something happen?" "I was born this way." "why not let it out here?" "Huh?" "Men are vain creatures." "whether at work or at home." "Some things can only be told to a stranger." "Men need a place like this." "There really isn't anything on my mind... the audience is watching." "Don't worry." "This place protects the privacy of its customers." "Like how they can't even see your face." "I see." "Yeah." "so nobody will know who you are." "Feel free to say anything." "I see." "the practice here is to pretend you don't recognize each other if you're acquaintances." "First:" "Complain all you want." "Second:" "Come alone." "Third:" "Pretend you don't recognize each other if you're acquaintances." "Fourth:" "Forget everything you hear in this place and do not tell a soul." "A place where you can feel free to complain." "That's what this stall is for." "big guy." "Don't think too much and just spill your guts today." "yeah?" "coffee milk with shochu." "you say?" "so I don't really have anything..." "'Sup." "welcome!" "big guy." "Could you slide over a bit?" "Give this handsome samurai a seat." "sorry." "Not at all." "Go ahead." "I can finally warm myself up." "It's freezing out there." "really." "It wasn't this bad yesterday." "Indeed." "We're pretty much guaranteed to have snow..." "Eh?" "Why did the two of you suddenly stop talking?" "Don't tell me... no." "It's nothing." "pops." "Give me hot sake." "and an egg." "[Note:" "Fish cakes and tofu fritters are popular items in an Oden hotpot.]" "Gotcha." "And the usual... right?" "do you come here often?" "Huh?" "you just asked for the usual..." "Do you have a lot of complaining to do?" "only once in a while." "yeah." "You've been here at least fifty times." "pops?" "Could you butt out?" "Please stop." "Huh?" "You're here today to complain again?" "I'm just here for a drink today." "Is it that gorilla boss of yours again?" "keep your mouth shut." "Stop it!" "your boss is a gorilla?" "Sounds hard..." "No wonder you want to complain." "you've got it wrong." "Though he's a gorilla." "It's not like I'm badmouthing him all the time." "you just go..." "Die!" usually." "Pops!" "Die!" "You die!" "big guy." "The mayo samurai's boss is always pestering this woman." "And this guy has to clean up afterwards every time." "I see." "That sounds rough." "but "Die!" was a little shocking." "when I say die..." "It's like a figure of speech..." "Like an expression of love..." "I wouldn't tell him to die." "right?" "raise the sign again." "One more time." "right?" "Look carefully." "Look carefully at the fourth item!" "Stare long and hard!" "I got it." "I got it." "I got it." "Don't worry." "Don't worry." "right?" "big guy." "Look carefully at the third item." "pops!" "I'm back!" "Gori-san." "It's been a long time." "What a troublemaker." "aren't you?" "it was freezing out there today." "So I had a drink over there." "But now is when I get serious!" "we've got ourselves a bunch of complainers here today!" "This looks fun!" "Ah?" "Mayo Samurai-san?" "You look pale." "what are you doing?" "Slide over." "Slide over." "so make plenty of room." "we were just enjoying ourselves." "Listening to the mayo samurai's story." "pops." "Can't we drop that subject already?" "Can't we drop it already?" "Huh?" "What?" "What story?" "this guy's boss is a gori" "Ah!" "What?" "!" "Is that UFO?" "!" "you realize that UFOs are flying around all the time in this world." "And that gorilla's always pestering this woman and he thinks the gorilla should just die" "Look!" "That's definitely a UFO!" "let's go check it out!" "Heh..." "That kinda sounds rough... huh?" "What a coincidence." "I have the same nickname as that person." "Gori-san." "Huh?" "are you crying?" "I'm not!" "Not at all!" "Just got something in my eye!" "I have allergies!" "can I leave now?" "Eh?" "I'm feeling sick after drinking too much." "Mayo Samurai-san." "Listen to what Gori-san has to say." "This gorilla's completely different from yours." "no!" "It's okay!" "They don't need to hear my story!" "This gorilla's in a relationship with a hostess girl right now." "wait!" "And this gorilla is always watching over her as a bodyguard." "Wow..." "That's impressive." "He's her bodyguard..." "A bodyguard that hides under eaves and stuff... right?" "You won't find anyone else like this these days." "You won't." "You won't find a bodyguard like that." "That wouldn't be called a bodyguard." "this woman hasn't let him do..." "Ah!" "Isn't that Kazuo Umezu?" "!" "[Note:" "Kazuo Umezu is considered the godfather of Japanese horror manga.]" "so you'd think she could show her appreciation by letting him..." "Look!" "That has to be Kazuo Umezu!" "Let's all go and do the famous hand sign!" "[Note: "Guwashi!" is a handsign used in the manga "Makoto-chan" by Kazuo Umezu.]" "Don't you find this woman pathetic?" "She's a terrible match for Gori-san here. but he's such a nice guy." "Good evening." "Pony-chan." "[Note:" "Nicknamed that after her ponytail.]" "Er?" "Do you have the night off?" "I was just stopping by on my way back from shopping. so I thought I might offer my appreciation for imposing all the time." "ah..." "Pony-chan..." "Um..." "Ah!" "Have a seat." "Have a seat." "men!" "Slide over!" "We've finally got a woman here." "Pony-chan?" "I didn't hear a thing." "Gori-san?" "You didn't lose your chance." "Why not switch over to this lady?" "She's a good girl." "Huh?" "everyone?" "You're all pale as ghosts." "Gori-san..." "Huh?" "Gori-san's foaming at the mouth." "I wonder what's wrong." "Are you okay?" "Huh?" "Something's growing out of his back?" "Onion?" "It's a green onion." "Green onion growing from his back... it's burrowing in!" "Gori-san!" "This is terrible!" "It must be a phantom killer." "The work of a phantom killer." "How terrifying..." "I've never heard of a killer that stabs people with green onions!" "This must be the work of a real monster." "To harden a sprig of green onion to such a degree and stab without being noticed..." "They must be an enhancer type of nen power." "[Note:" "A parody of HUNTER X HUNTER.]" "I should probably close up soon." "Don't worry." "so the killer won't return to the scene of the crime." "let's drink." "I'm taking Gori-san to the hospital!" "I'm off then!" "Mayo Samurai-san." "Hey!" "Wait!" "You're going to leave me alone here?" "!" "Leave me alone in a cage with an enraged monster?" "!" "What are you talking about?" "so I was thinking about tagging along..." "But they're already gone." "That was fast!" "All the way over there in no time!" "Just forget about it." "Why not have a drink with me?" "Pony-chan?" "You prefer this guy over Gori-san?" "I'll pour the sake for you." "That's nice." "Quite a pretty picture." "You two look great together." "You think?" "Do you come to this place often?" "this is my first time here." "I just happened to get off the train early and noticed this oddly named place: the Whinery..." "[Note:" "Parody of TV show "Burari Tochu Gesha (Getting off the train early)."]" "does P-Pony-ch..." "Does Pony-sama come here to complain often?" "It's been this long I'd say." "five times." "That's more than what I was expecting..." "She's been coming here for five years." "Holy cow!" "How much pent-up hate does she have?" "!" "How much complaining has she done?" "!" "who often came here to complain." "A bona-fide whinery!" "A whinery specialist!" "though she may not look that way." "She lost her parents when she was young and she's watched over her little brother by herself this whole time." "That little brother is the problem." "Most of her complaining these days is about that little brother." "he must be an undependable little brother." "I can already picture it." "Glasses and that whole package." "the problem isn't with her brother but with the people around him." "Her brother seems to have joined a bad bunch of people." "and irresponsible..." "Smegma Samurai." "that's it." "Smeggy Sammy." "is there really a need to abbreviate it?" "Isn't that a little too cruel?" "Her brother's gotten weird ever since he started working for Smeggy Sammy." "Tissues all over the place in his room." "Washing his underwear by himself in the morning." "He didn't used to be that way." "That's got nothing to do with Smeggy Sammy." "That's a part of nature." "Oh?" "Really?" "What kind of nature would this be?" "I'm sure that Smeggy Sammy is working hard in his own way." "The fact that the brother follows him when he has no money shows how much he cares for the brother..." "What could you possibly know about Smeggy Sammy?" "I know more than you do!" "I understand Smeggy Sammy 100%!" "she keeps complaining about how she can't do anything about Smeggy Sammy these days." "it might be considered plotting instead of complaining." "What do you mean by plotting?" "That sounds really scary... so she has to create her own opening." "Like letting him drink until he's completely smashed." "Hey!" "What are you two plotting?" "!" "What are you going to do to Smeggy Sammy?" "!" "the green onion I bought is gone." "I need to go buy another one." "She just went to procure a weapon!" "It was her!" "She's going to leave a green onion sticking out of Smeggy Sammy's back!" "I just remembered something I have to take care of." "I'll leave the money here." "big guy." "What?" "I have something to tell you." "I've been listening to people complain for decades." "tens of thousands of complaints." "stuff that gets you down." "But I was able to bear it all for decades." "That's because there's love behind every complaint." "Why won't things go my way when I'm working so hard at my job?" "right?" "Complaints are just an expression of love when something doesn't go your way." "Like a form of bragging." "big guy." "Smegma Samurai." "Take good care of Pony-chan." "Oh?" "He already closed." "something came up." "I see." "Wanna get a drink?" "Huh?" "I'll tag along." "Are you sure?" "You may have to listen to my complaints until morning." "That's fine." "Since I understand the true meaning of a complaint." "Wait!" "I won't forgive you for holding hands with Pony-chan!" "Gori-san!" "Don't force yourself!" "The green onion's still in your back!" "Who was that?" "The next episode..." "Any place with a bunch of men gathered around will turn into a battlefield!" "[The Tsu Terakado Fanclub is in danger of disbanding!" "The cause of this crisis is...] or more like a realization) It's hard to do something you don't usually do.]" "[See you next time.]"