"Don't Let That Child Go!" "Aunt!" "Melmo!" "It's been a while." "How are you, kid?" "Oh, you're a good kid." "I will visit you soon." "Don't be afraid..." "I regret what I did." "I'm very sorry." "By the way, did the police find who killed your mother?" "Please wait, Melmo!" "Don't be afraid." "The reason why I came to visit you today is..." "Let me see, how should I explain it..." "The person who killed your mother is... my colleague." "I recently found out when he died from illness that on his will, he admitted that he was drunk driving one night, and he caused hit-and-run accident." "The guy never told us he hit a woman, until he died." "The woman was your mother." "He was my junior staff, his crime is my responsibility." "I want to apologize in whatever way possible." "Tell me what I can do for you." "Erm..." "If you need money for your living, I'll pay as much as you need." "I'm not suggesting money will solve this, but..." "Erm..." "I... just don't know." "You have two younger brothers, I'm sure it's hard for you." "How about this?" "I don't have any kids myself..." "Would you want to be my child?" "I'll be delighted if you would." "If you want to, that is..." "Goodbye, my mom's house." "I'll come and visit sometimes." "Don't be so nervous, Melmo." "I'm sure Totoo and Touch will be happy too." "Here we are." "This is your new home." "Amazing!" "It's automatic door." "This is your study room, Melmo." "Wow, how clean!" "This is dining room, kitchen is over there." "I will cook something good!" "No need, we have a maid." "Where is this door lead to?" "It's the basement." "I want to see it down there!" "Melmo, there are only mortar and boilers there, it's quite dangerous, so don't open it." "Okay." "Oh, the maid is coming." "This is...!" "Yeah, she said she was your relative so I called her in." "She says she would take care of you." "I'm scared..." "It's your aunt, right?" "Why are you scared?" "Melmo, nice seeing you again." "Yes, yes!" "Okay, Shimizu." "Yes, the answer is date plum." "Melmo, are you feeling alright?" "No..." "I'm fine." "That's why you don't seem okay these days." "I'm just scared..." "Your aunt may have become a nice person like she says?" "I hope so, but..." "I see." "I have an idea." "What is it?" "Pretend you're ill." "And see if she takes care of you really well." "Maybe I should give it a try." "Welcome back, Melmo." "What's wrong?" "Erm..." "I'm feeling a bit cold." "Cold?" "That's not good, you might have caught a cold." "Do you want me to bring you hot water bottle?" "No, I'm fine." "How about a doctor?" "No, I think I'll get better if I rest a bit." "Is that so?" "Okay, have a good rest." "Auntie is kind..." "Maybe she really became a nice person...?" "I feel bad for pretending I'm ill." "What's going on?" "You freaking true toads!" "Totoo, what happened?" "What did she do to you?" "That true toads was in the bathroom!" "But..." "Let him go, I'll slap him dead." "No..." "Let him go!" "If you don't let him go, then I'll punish you too!" "No!" "You...!" "Stop!" "Why are you making a big deal out of just a frog?" "It's the frog Melmo has been taking care of." "Don't make a big deal out of such thing." "Melmo, I heard you're ill?" "Go to bed." "Good night." "Good night." "Melmo, it's really nice view, isn't it?" "Yeah." "There is a ship right there." "Melmo, you don't like your aunt, do you?" "I've told your aunt about it, so don't worry." "It's just that she doesn't have kids so she doesn't really understand you." "So I hope you two get along while I'm on my trip." "Trip?" "I need to go to Hong Kong as business trip." "Be a good girl, right?" "No, please be home with me." "I'm scared." "I can't do anything about this." "I've been waiting." "Come on in." "Hmm?" "Odd." "I saw them going in." "No one is here." "And there is no boilers either..." "Melmo!" "What were you doing?" "!" "Wait!" "Wait!" "What should I do!" "Wait, Melmo!" "Melmo!" "Melmo, come on out!" "I'm not going to do anything!" "So come out!" "What a troublesome kid..." "Melmo!" "I found you." "You kid..." "Stop!" "How many times do I have to tell you?" "Melmo is my daughter." "But this kid..." "You stop it right there." "How irritating..." "Uncle!" "You were scared, eh?" "Everything is okay now..." "I'm going to quit." "This is just so dumb." "Don't say that." "I thought you said you wanted to take care of Melmo." "Yeah I've said that but" "I don't want to do it anymore especially I'm not getting paid much!" "It's not worth it." "You're such a bad person." "Compared to you, I'm not as bad." "You're making loads of money from smuggling." "And using Melmo to hide the fact?" "If the police investigate the hit-and-run accident, it's matter of time they find out your smuggling." "To prevent that, you've told Melmo and adopt her as your daughter?" "What a nice idea." "The police won't investigate much because of that." "You, the mouth is the gate of evil." "Don't try fooling me." "Then just take care of Melmo without complaining." "Don't let her escape while I'm away." "This is horrible...horrible..." "That person was lying to me..." "He is a bad person!" "Okay?" "Don't let the police find out." "Don't let anyone into the basement." "Adults are all liars!" "They fool kids and what's so fun about it!" "Totoo, what should I do?" "Should we go back to mom's house?" "Totoo..." "Okay, let's go back..." "Someone is coming." "Melmo." "I lock your door so that you won't run away like earlier, alright?" "I'll bring you meal, so don't worry." "Auntie, open the door." "This is horrible!" "Nope, I can't do that." "Just stay there, alright?" "Auntie!" "Open the door!" "Totoo, we're locked in!" "What should we do..." "Write a letter... to get help!" "I'm locked in, please rescue me." "But who is going to deliver it to someone?" "You're?" "Are you sure you can do it?" "Hold on." "I've got someone good." "Jump from the window wearing this." "Take care, Totoo." "What an odd picture!" "On top of that, it's not even straight." "What's there?" "Secret path?" "It's the basement here." "But nothing is here..." "What's in those boxes?" "There is a stairs inside of the box..." "It leads outside!" "There is a boat floating." "Odd... who is going to take this boat?" "Melmo, you saw something you shouldn't have." "Now that you know..." "Yeah, my job is smuggling and help stowaways." "The reason why I adopted you is because the police started investigating around me because of the hit-and-run incident." "To prevent myself from getting into unnecessarily trouble," "I decided to take you in but..." "I guess it doesn't matter anymore." "I'm sorry but because you found out everything," "You need to go somewhere far away with this boat." "So far away that you can't come back to Japan anymore." "Just give up, you're just unlucky." "If I can't escape from here," "I can't come back ever..." "Hey girl, I brought you some food." "Anyone there?" "There's someone suspicious..." "What?" "A young girl sneaked in?" "She might be cop." "Catch her and make her spit it out." "This is his room." "Is there anything that I could take as an evidence?" "Where did Melmo go?" "Boss, something is wrong." "What happened in here?" "Someone came in to my room." "Where is she hiding?" "Hey, is that document safe?" "Yes, it's right there behind the TV." "So you're inside, eh?" "Come out within 3 seconds." "One." "Two." "Three." "What?" "These are Melmo's clothes." "So she took Melmo as well, huh?" "Ooops, they took my clothes away..." "Here it is!" "This is it!" "If I take this back, it should be the evidence that he is a bad guy!" "Anyways, I need to get out of here somehow..." "There is only one way to escape from here..." "One red, and tiny bit of blue..." "Ahh!" "Come this way!" "We did it!" "It was close." "Thank you so much." "Let's get it started." "Sure." "What are you starting?" "What are you doing?" "Shhh." "She is laying eggs." "Eggs?" "Please be quiet." "She is delivering babies now." "I'm sorry." "Done?" "Yeah." "Okay, it's my turn now." "What is he doing?" "He is pouring seminal fluid on eggs." "Why does he need to do that?" "Without this, eggs won't hatch." "I lay eggs, and my husband pours seminal fluid." "Then finally babies get produced." "It's all done." "Thanks for the work." "By the way, where are you going?" "To the land." "Which direction is to the land?" "I know which way, I can take you there." "Yeah, since we're done with out jobs." "Goodbye, children." "I hope you all grow well." "Female can't deliver babies without male." "Well, any female to animals, to birds to fish..." "You know those chicken infertile eggs?" "Those eggs won't hatch because male won't participate." "In fish case, when male pours seminal fluid onto the eggs female laid, it will grow as baby fish." "By the way, fish lays a lot eggs at the same time." "That's because babies need to grow up without help from their parents." "Some die from starving, some gets ill, and most of them won't survive." "All the creatures in the sea are looking for vulnerable babies." "Only the babies who lived through battle for survival will be strong adults." "Melmo, don't let bad adults or difficulties you may face turn you down." "What's wrong?" "Run, it's human ship!" "Hurry, hurry, they'll catch you!" "Run!" "Ahh!" "Is freezer open yet?" "Yup. it's open." "Okay, let's put this there." "We've caught tons!" "They're going to freeze me..." "I don't want to freeze to death!" "Help, help!" "Oh, right..." "If I could take out the candies..." "My hands are fin at the moment..." "How can I open the bottle!" "Everyone is going to be frozen..." "Oh you...!" "Please, help me!" "Can you take off the lid of the bottle?" "And then, take one red and one blue..." "Can you put them into my mouth?" "A little bit, almost there!" "What?" "Mermaid!" "This is the man who tricked you?" "Yes." "I'm sorry Melmo, I'm a bad adult." "I'm back!" "Our house is the best, isn't it, Totoo?" "I'll be like those fish, and be strong enough to protect this house!"