"Kame-ya Inn" "Sukeroku-san, you need to—" "Don't wanna!" "Stop being stupid." "We're so short-handed, we even have a child working." "Stop whining and get to work!" "Don't wanna!" "People coming to a hot spring for fun wouldn't understand rakugo anyway." "They'd show up for anyone." "You don't need me here." "Ow!" "That was close!" "You'll pay for that one." "Just go hit the first taiko." "I feel like I'm a zenza again..." "Master Sukeroku!" "Matsuda-san!" "Episode 12" "What are you doing here?" "What do you think?" "I've been searching for you!" "With the young master gone so many months, I've been so worried..." "Yurakutei Pair Event" "Oei-san told me where you were." "This place is so far out of the way, though..." "I was at my wife's deathbed about a month ago..." "I looked up and realized I was all alone." "I felt so lonely..." "But I didn't think I'd get to see you again, Master Sukeroku!" "Everyone at the theater misses you!" "You old liar." "How many years has it been, now?" "No one's gonna remember me anymore." "That is not true!" "When the young master abruptly disappeared from the theater, everyone suddenly remembered... that it wasn't the first time someone so irreplaceable had gone away." "To the audience, going to the theater to hear both your rakugo styles was a joy they took for granted." "Yurakutei Sukeroku" "When something you expect to hear every day goes away, it's truly a lonely feeling..." "Yurakutei Kikuhiko" "Without you two there, it's like the lights in the theater have gone out." "I've been asked about you so often lately, Master Sukeroku." "Everyone's waiting for you!" "For the day when they can once again take listening to your rakugo daily for granted." "Knock off the flattery." "Like I care." "I'll collect tickets and help any way I can!" "Kame-ya Inn" "Kikuhiko" "Hello, there." "They say that a man's three indulgences are drinking, gambling, and sex." "Of course, some do say, "gambling never gets me anywhere,"" "or "I'm afraid I don't drink alcohol..."" "But, there's no man who doesn't love the company of women." "This young man was like a rice cracker, baked and then cooled." "He thought the willow at the entrance to Yoshiwara was a sacred tree of Inari, and that the great gate was simply a shrine gate." "As the saying goes, "Soliciting sex is the night duty of the rejected."" "Well, how'd you like your little overnight stay?" "Pretty good, eh?" "Yes..." "It was fine..." "If you want to go home, then go." "I keep getting stopped at the gate." "Go on." "Good audience." "Warm, but they didn't laugh excessively." "The innkeeper was careful to explain to them just what kind of show this was, so they listened without getting overexcited." "People come in all types." "Thanks." "I guess this is what they mean by "Rakugo is a conversation."" "If the audience is good, the rakugo naturally becomes good." "You're right." "I was able to do good rakugo thanks to them." "It's not just the audience, though." "Bon." "You've become a really good storyteller." "Much better than me." "Stop joking around." "I yielded the star spot to you as the older brother, so if you don't do a good job, you'll embarrass me." "Did you just call me the older brother?" "Be dignified out there." "Anyone would look like the star player in that haori." "This is Master's montsuki..." "A Yakumo should wear this..." "Think of it as a memento." "I'm glad I brought it." "It looks good on you." "Sukeroku" "Outta the way!" "Outta the way!" "Yurakutei Sukeroku" "Hey, Master Sukeroku!" "Thanks for coming out, everyone." "I haven't looked this dignified in a while." "I see one or two people here watching with a grin..." "Believe it or not, I was a storyteller back in Tokyo, once." "Do I look it?" "No?" "Either way, it doesn't feel right." "In the days when there was a fish market on the beach near Shiba, there lived a fishmonger named Kuma." "Kuma knew his trade, but he was a total lush." "He skipped work to drink from morning 'til night for twenty straight days." "But at his wife's urging, he finally went down to the beach." "It's cold!" "Boy, is it cold!" "I hate selling this early in the morning." "The only ones up right now are me and the stray dogs!" "Hush!" "Hush, you mutt!" "Shut up!" "Get away from me!" "Something in the ocean?" "What's this?" "What a dirty old purse..." "This is..." "Dear!" "Dear, open up!" "Hurry, open up!" "What is it, dear?" "What's wrong?" "You only just left to go selling." "Forget about that." "Look!" "This was washed up on the beach!" "What's with that dirty old purse?" "Yurakutei Sukeroku" "Idiot!" "Look at all the money in here!" "I'll count it!" "One, one, one." "Two, two, two." "Three, three..." "Hey, how about that?" "There's 48 ryo in here!" "48 ryo?" "That's a lot of money!" "We need to get it back to whoever dropped it!" "You're so dumb!" "This thing washed up on shore!" "No one's going to come looking for it!" "This is my money now!" "Let's celebrate with a drink!" "Kuma drank what was left from the night before, and was fast asleep in no time." "Dear!" "Wake up, dear!" "How late are you going to sleep, dear?" "Oh, I fell asleep..." "Bring me a towel." "I'm going to the bathhouse!" "Kuma, you certainly brought many friends on the way back from the bath with you..." "Today's a celebration!" "Don't hold back!" "Hey, you, bring some booze!" "And order some eel and some tempura!" "And so, they had a huge feast." "After all the drinking, Kuma fell asleep at some point." "Yurakutei Sukeroku" "Dear!" "Wake up!" "Dear!" "You need to go out selling!" "Dear!" "What do I need to go selling for?" "I've got that 48 ryo I found!" "48 ryo?" "What do you mean?" "Oh, you pathetic man!" "I know we're poor, but still!" "I think maybe you were dreaming!" "Huh?" "Dreaming?" "!" "What are you talking about?" "I picked it up on a Shiba beach!" "You know!" "That dirty purse!" "There was money inside!" "48 ryo!" "I showed it to you!" "I saw nothing of the sort!" "You haven't even been to the beach at Shiba!" "What a pathetic dream!" "I've never heard of the like!" "That can't be true!" "Look at all I ate and drank last night!" "I called the others!" "We had a big party, remember?" "That's right!" "I woke you up and said you were going to the bath!" "You brought your friends, bought sake, eel, and tempura, and when I asked how you'd pay, you said, "Don't worry, I've got plenty!" "It's a celebration!"" "I didn't want to embarrass you in front of your friends, so I couldn't refuse you!" "Wait a minute." "Then you're saying the purse was a dream... but the party was real?" "That's the worst combination possible!" "What are we going to do?" "You're already deep in debt, now you have a party to pay off!" "How are you going to do it?" "!" "So it was a dream, eh?" "Listen, dear..." "This is gonna be a pain..." "couldn't we just kill ourselves?" "Don't talk stupid!" "I'm sorry." "I've been awful to you." "Don't cry." "It's all my fault." "I've finally come to my senses." "I've made up my mind." "I'll never touch another drop of alcohol." "Dear... do you mean it?" "I absolutely do." "To pay off today..." "I'll talk to my brother, and if that's not enough," "I'll talk to your uncle and get a loan together." "And if that's not enough, I'll go all around, begging." "Listen." "Please?" "No matter how many years it takes, I'll pay it back." "This time, I'll really quit drinking." "I promise." "I'll turn over a new leaf and work!" "I don't want to make you cry." "And with that, Kuma became a new man." "He didn't drink another drop, and put his all into working every day." "You could set your watch by the schedule he kept." "Everyone around him was stunned by the change." "In the morning, he woke the earliest, went to the beach and selected the best fish." "He became a skilled fishmonger with a discerning eye." "Even the customers he'd lost came back one after another." "Then, three years later, after he'd finally paid back all his debts," "Kuma spoke to his wife over dinner." "It's been a long time getting here." "I made a lot of trouble for your uncle, too." "Not at all." "You managed to pay it all back, with extra." "It was the least I could do, after taking so long." "Listen..." "About that." "There's something I need to apologize for." "What, did you have a secret stash or something?" "Yurakutei Sukeroku" "No, no!" "It's not like that..." "Then what?" "Out with it!" "I won't mind, so just tell me." "The truth is..." "It wasn't a dream." "What wasn't?" "You know." "Three years ago, you really did pick up that purse." "It wasn't a dream." "Here." "Look." "What's with that dirty purse?" "What is this?" "This is the purse you found on the beach near Shiba." "You really did find it!" "It wasn't a dream!" "The purse I found..." "Then..." "Yurakutei Sukeroku" "You..." "I'm sorry!" "I lied to you!" "But, you were getting so carried away," "I thought you might find a way to spend it all, and never work again!" "So I lied and said it was a dream, and sent the purse to the authorities." "Then after a year, no one came to claim it, and the purse became ours." "But then, I thought you still might stop working..." "And I was just so happy, seeing you finally working so hard..." "That's why I didn't tell you the truth until now." "I'm sorry, my dear!" "It wasn't a dream?" "I see..." "Right." "So that's how it was." "Yes, I see..." "Come on, dear." "Stop crying." "Look at me." "I'm not a bit angry." "Really?" "Yeah." "It's true that ever since I took on that debt," "I've been working my fingers to the bone." "It's been hard." "But, this is the right life for a merchant like me." "Feeding my wife with the sweat off my brow, earning proper money and using that to make a life..." "It's not bad at all." "It was your lie that made me realize that." "I could never have grown this way without you." "I'm grateful." "Thank you." "Dear!" "Hey, dummy." "Don't cry." "Come on, eat your dinner." "Before it gets cold." "You're right..." "Dear." "Would you like some sake?" "Sake?" "Yurakutei Sukeroku" "I got it ready just for today." "You've repaid all your debts." "Come on, just for today." "Here." "Are you sure?" "Thank you..." "Oh, now, now." "Well, now." "Fine color." "Been a while, eh, buddy?" "Thank you..." "No." "I'm gonna lay off." "I can't have this becoming a dream again." "Hey, it's time to get up." "It's gotten late, so the innkeeper said we could stay the night." "They laid some futons out over there." "They've really seen to everything." "Good people." "This whole day's felt like a dream." "Getting to do rakugo like that again..." "It feels like a gift from God." "I've thought about quitting this no-good business so many times." "But once in a while, something like this happens." "Rakugo's nasty like that." "You said it." "It's unusual to see you do a sentimental story, though." "When did you learn that one?" "I had plenty of time here in the sticks." "Was it good?" "I've never seen a "Shibahama" that made me laugh so much." "Because that's my rakugo." "Did you see?" "That's the first time I've ever seen Konatsu laugh like that..." "I've put her through a lot." "Konatsu's a good name, right?" "If it had been spring, Koharu." "In autumn, Chiaki." "In winter, Koyuki..." "But she was born at the height of summer's heat, thus, Konatsu." "In rakugo, you need to consider the season, you know?" "When we get back to Tokyo, let's live in Master's house." "He left it to me, but it's too much house for one person." "And it's an old building, so I don't want renters who might damage it." "We should live there, all of us." "All of us?" "Yeah, after I find Miyokichi." "It'd be a small price to pay compared to taking three apprentices." "Didn't you want to be alone?" "I did say that." "It's true that practicing silently by myself," "I'll become better at rakugo than anyone." "For so long, I thought that rakugo was all I needed." "But after coming here, my inclinations have changed a bit." "I realized while listening to your "Shibahama," too, that people can't understand everything about each other." "And yet people still live together." "The love of sharing trivial, meaningless things with others is human nature." "I suppose that's why humans can't stand to be alone." "For once, we're in agreement." "Really?" "For the first time ever." "Knock it off." "Are you Kiku-san?" "Sorry to disturb you so late, but a customer here insisted on seeing you..." "It's been a while." "You're finally here, huh?" "You took so long, I got tired of waiting." "Look at me." "I missed you." "Sukeroku and Konatsu are waiting for you." "I came to get you." "Let's go back to Tokyo together." "No." "I only want to be with you." "I've gotten so sick of that guy." "He drinks and throws fits." "He won't work, he's dirty..." "I couldn't even show affection to Konatsu when I'd think about how she's his kid..." "I spent every day just getting angry." "But I was able to make it through, knowing that some day, you'd come for me." "I know now, the only time I can really be myself is when I'm with you." "I'm sorry." "It probably sounds like I'm playing you against him." "I promise I'm not." "Kiku-san, forgive me this once." "I'm sorry." "It's all my fault." "The fact that you did this, too..." "It's all because of me." "I'm sorry." "It's my fault." "That's right." "He's a lot like me." "We're both people whose lives went off track because of you." "Hey, why did you come out this far?" "Nothing would have changed if you'd stayed away." "You came because you wanted to change something, right?" "I was so determined to live alone, and yet..." "Why must a person's nature be so foolish?" "Kiku-san..." "Maybe we should die together." "It's so beautiful." "That's a long way to fall, isn't it?" "You..." "Wait!" "I'm sorry." "I got a bad feeling, so I asked the maid, and she told me you were here." "Die?" "Don't you even joke about that." "Stay back!" "It's too late for this!" "I'm sorry." "This has made my mind up." "I'll quit rakugo and get a proper job." "Y-You..." "You and Konatsu are my treasures." "If doing rakugo makes you feel insecure, then I'll gladly abandon that unstable trade." "You mean more to me." "Let me start over." "That "Shibahama" I did today..." "I couldn't have done it without you." "Rakugo isn't something you can do alone." "So that was enough for me." "Thank you." "Where is this coming from now?" "!" "Why did you have to say that?" "!" "Yurie!" "In that moment, I learned Miyokichi's real name for the first time." "Bon." "Let go." "The boards you're on will break, too." "Like hell I'm letting go, idiot!" "Just wait!" "I'll pull you up!" "What if you get hurt and can't do rakugo anymore?" "Like I care!" "Look at her." "She's trembling." "Darling..." "I'm sorry." "I'm so sorry." "I'll go with her in your place." "I can't let her fall to Hell alone." "No!" "Then take me with you, too!" "Sorry, Bon." "Stop it..." "I'm counting on you." "I was abandoned again." "Punishment, perhaps, for my sweet dreams..." "Next time, Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Episode 13." "We appreciate your continued support."