"Ｄａｄｄｙ， ｈａｖｅ ｙｏｕ ｅｖｅｒ seen a dragon? when I was little. so the elders summoned him to make it rain." "Are dragons scary?" "they're scary." "But they're kind gods." "don't eat things like fireflies. humans are even scarier." "They've come." "Daddy's going to have a talk with them first." "Go and hide in the grass around here." "What?" "But I wanna go too!" "No!" "I'll call you when we finish talking and then—" "right?" "That's right." "Bring it over when I call you." "You can give it to him." "Doesn't this carp look delicious?" "I'd do anything to have this." "You'll be able to catch something like this in no time." "You reckon?" "Yeah." "hurry up and hide somewhere." "Okay." "Get down lower." "something feels weird tonight." "Be careful." "I know." "My plate feels really dry tonight... but in a pleasant way." "I apologize sincerely for keeping you so late." "Me too." "I stayed too long." "Don't say such things." "Please come by again." "I can't come up with money you know—" "No!" "I didn't mean it in that way! but you'll never know when they'll suspect you... the superiors are so bothersome these days." "Please be careful." "I keep it at a level where they won't find out." "we're just turning land into farmland;" "not that more farmland is needed." "Our nests are being feathered in place of the farmers'." "Indeed." "Evening." "I didn't mean to scare you!" "Please excuse me." "I won't take much of your time." "Could you please listen to my story for a second?" "I actually have a request to an official such as yourself." "A request?" "About what?" "Well..." "I'm someone who's living in the Ryuujin swamp." "According to there's a plan to reclaim the Ryuujin swamp and turn it into a paddy field." "That plan..." "Could you please reconsider it?" "If you take the swamp we can't live." "reconsider it." "This is beyond a meek monster like yourself." "P-Please forgive my rudeness!" "You!" "Kappa... weren't you?" "I couldn't hear what you were talking about..." "But you were talking and looking pleased..." "Stop lying!" "you're going to tell isn't that right?" "!" "H-Hold on please!" "What are you talking about?" "I didn't hear anything!" "Stop pretending that you didn't hear!" "Trying to blackmail a samurai?" "Outrageous!" "My lord!" "Forgive us!" "Forgive us!" "Forgive us!" "Idiot!" "Don't come here!" "Daddy!" "This!" "Give this and—" "Forget it and go back! so please don't get angry with us!" "Please forgive Daddy!" "Be quiet!" "Shimizu-sama! there may be others too!" "N-No!" "There aren't any others!" "Just us!" "Let's run!" "They're gonna attack us at any moment!" "Officer!" "Please calm down!" "Daddy?" "I-It's a curse!" "Summer Days with Coo" "So not fair!" "Bali island?" "I'm going to Hokkaido!" "I'm going to my dad's home village." "am I the only one without a holiday plan?" "This is serious." "It's already July." "Summer holidays are gonna start real soon." "What about your parents' home towns?" "You're not planning to visit them? so they said it's too close." "where's Bali island?" "Dunno." "Somewhere in the South." "What's there?" "The sea?" "Are you stupid?" "You better know more about it." "I'll find out once I get there." "It doesn't matter!" "Damn you!" "Lame Kikuchi!" "Kou-chan fancies Kikuchi?" "Stop kidding!" "No way!" "See ya!" "Hey!" "I'm heading off!" "That hurt..." "A fossil of a tortoise?" "Awesome!" "Uehara-kun!" "What's that?" "Nothing!" "Can you climb up?" "Are you alright?" "You aren't hurt?" "It's all because you were walking there." "Show-off!" "Ugly-face!" "That'll be brother!" "Check before you open the door!" "Who is it?" "It's me." "Brother's come home a big mess!" "Wha—" "Kouichi!" "I... tripped." "will you stop it?" "It's troublesome enough that the laundry's not drying properly at the moment." "Don't increase the amount of laundry!" "You bitch!" "Understood?" "Mmm..." "Don't "Mmm" me." "Yes." "Now go get changed." "Yes..." "Huh?" "What're you doing?" "It's got... nothing to do with you!" "Get lost!" "Kouichi?" "What're you doing?" "!" "umm..." "You've even locked the door?" "Open this door!" "I wasn't doing anything." "I was just washing an unusual stone I picked up." "Then why did you lock the door?" "'Cos "this" kept getting in my way." "I didn't!" "You did." "I was only watching!" "What?" "!" "What?" "!" "what is it?" "!" "Hey!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "NO!" "Quick!" "Quick!" "Get rid of it!" "Anywhere!" "What?" "Seriously!" "Seriously!" "Seriously!" "Really!" "Quickly!" "isn't this a kappa?" "A kappa?" "!" "Yeah... is it true?" "so in this kind of situation you come home early? where's the kappa?" "Dunno." "you're early!" "this is it?" "Amazing!" "It really looks like a kappa!" "this is a kappa." "it does look like one." "It is one!" "Where did you find it?" "At Kurome river." "Be careful! don't you think?" "Yeah... but it got bigger as I soaked it in water." "Coo! so I thought I'd name it Coo." "Wait!" "Hold on!" "What do you mean by "name it"?" "Don't tell me you're planning on keeping it?" "!" "Dad." "No way!" "You aren't allowed to keep such a creepy thing in this house!" "I don't like it either!" "I'll take care of him well." "You said the same thing when you picked up the dog on the street." "Then you got tired of him quickly and I have to take care of him now." "I do sometimes." "you know Kappa are very rare creatures." "Like the Toki. don't we have to report him to the government?" "don't be so negative and take a look." "I don't want to!" "Really!" "It's surprisingly cute!" "I won't!" "Please." "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "Don't come closer!" "please." "Geez!" "That's enough!" "I'm getting angry." "Don't... kill me." "What?" "!" "Don't... kill me." "Save... me..." "Kouichi!" "Place it back in the water quickly!" "Sure." "Hey!" "It just spoke!" "Pour water onto the plate on its head." "a kappa is weakened if its plate dries." "Huh?" "It's true?" "Yeah... hurry up!" "So you could talk?" "Did you feed it anything?" "!" "Yeah." "I heard kappas are usually associated so I gave it a few." "It's eaten a little. you know." "You have to feed it with something that will give it more energy!" "Like what?" "Let's see..." "Something like..." "Would it eat sashimi and the like?" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Here." "It ate it!" "As expected from Mom!" "eh?" "what shall we do?" "can you really take the responsibility?" "I will." "Definitely!" "let's keep for the time being." "What?" "Why?" "It's pitiful to expose a kappa to no?" "Are we keeping it?" "Your brother wants to keep it." "It's so weak." "Why don't we help it?" "Hey." "She's really annoying." "Get lost." "Geez!" "That kid!" "I told him so many times last night too!" "I'm coming in." "Here's your lunch." "It's your lunch." "Can you eat it by yourself?" "Thank you very much." "N-No problem. but where am I?" "What?" "Is it close to Kurume river?" "Kurome river was called "Kurume river." "How far in the past was that?" "Around the Edo period..." "What?" "!" "Coo was born in the Edo period? they wore their a top-knot." "What are you doing?" "What about samurai?" "Swish!" "Slash!" "Splatter!" "Hey!" "Something's wrong with it!" "What's wrong?" "are you okay?" "Is it the samurai?" "Are you scared of samurai?" "Daddy was slain by that samurai..." "I see." "My condolences. there was an earthquake." "I fell into a crack in the ground and got buried alive." "What?" "!" "So you have been buried till now?" "How fortunate that you stayed alive... relax." "Samurai are no more." "Why?" "Why?" "That's because... and the era of the samurai ended more than a hundred years ago already." "die!" "I'm greatly indebted to you." "I've fully recovered." "I will be visiting you at some point with some fresh fish." "Thank you so much." "I shall return to Ryuujin swamp." "What?" "Kouichi!" "hold on a second!" "Is it this way?" "Are you thinking of going outside?" "You can stay with us! that's what Daddy used to say. but the outside world's changed a lot since you last lived in it." "There are a lot of dangers too..." "That's right." "Are there samurai out there?" "there aren't!" "Guys sure are desperate..." "It's best if you don't go out there." "Coo?" "maybe I'll stay in your care for a little longer." "please." "Isn't your plate dry?" "It is." "Bring some water! but mineral water!" "Sure!" "Wow!" "This is good water!" "This is spring water." "Can you tell?" "Yeah." "what's Coo's real name?" "I can't tell you that." "What? I'd get defiled or cursed by the human." "We won't do such a thing!" "Coo! I've forgotten my real name!" "What?" "!" "Cheer up." "You'll remember it eventually. will you be fine with "Coo"?" "Coo..." "So I wind up taking care of it after all." "Its food isn't cheap either..." "I'm not talking about you." "You have to cook this for 10 minutes." "it's starting to smell good. let's make another dish." "Yes." "Using seasoned vegetables." "the second dish is" "Video tape:" "Red Riding Hood" "I'm back." "Is the TV interesting?" "It's interesting." "You shouldn't sit so close to the screen." "It's not good for your eye." "Coo..." "Tee-hee." "Coo..." "Yukari is great!" "What?" "How can you steal this much everyday?" "What?" "We can't steal anything in the day nor at night. woman are hard workers." "Humans are the same." "That's true. goodbye!" "Bye-bye!" "Excuse me!" "Thank you." "Well then..." "Bye-bye!" "What's that?" "Snails!" "Ossan!" "Go away!" "don't bully it." "Hi-chan always sits here!" "it's a mai-mai." "It's a snail!" "Stupid!" "It's not stupid!" "You call it a mai-mai too." "What?" "No!" "It's eaten it!" "It ate the snail!" "You didn't catch it for Coo?" "Don't humans eat mai-mai?" "there are cases but..." "What?" "You don't eat it raw!" "You cook it properly." "It's called escargot..." "That's just a Shimeji mushroom." "I won't feed you snails at home." "They're quite good escargot." "You want to try them in a restaurant?" "I don't!" "I don't!" "I don't!" "what other kinds of insects do you eat?" "stop it. giant water beetles and such." "Dragonflies are pretty good too." "worms." "what's this?" "!" "Don't open it!" "You've got to hide yourself." "This is a bicycle." "Something you ride on. and don't talk either." "something's coming!" "That's a car." "That's also a vehicle." "It won't do anything to you." "This is where I found you." "You were buried in that hole." "Is this Kurume river?" "Yeah." "It's called Kurome river now." "Where is there a fence?" "I can't go in the river because of it." "We don't go in the river much." "Why?" "Is there an evil Kappa in it?" "Of course not!" "This is Ryuujin swamp?" "!" "What's this building?" "Where's Ryuujin swamp gone to?" "!" "Yourvoice is too loud." "Are you sure this is the right place?" "this is where" "Daddy and I used to live." "Maybe it was buried?" "There aren't any swamps around here..." "Coo!" "That's a train over there!" "A huge vehicle!" "The area around here isn't that is it?" "Can I come out?" "No you can't!" "People pass by here and there are houses around here too. it's full of people... yeah..." "There aren't any of them around here anymore." "What?" "Kappas... a few hundred years have passed." "Where should I go?" "Just stay here." "Mommy was also killed by a human." "I... neither will my family. you'll be safe." "It's true!" "Kouichi!" "Dinner!" "Eat and regain your spirit!" "Huh?" "Dad's home early these days." "don't handle him so roughly!" "It's alright." "Coo." "This is your chair." "What's wrong with Coo?" "Is he sick?" "I took him outside today." "You weren't seen were you?" "I think it was fine." "Think" isn't good enough!" "That's mine!" "Mine!" "What's this?" "You're so noisy! why don't you let him borrow it?" "No!" "What?" "Hitomi!" "Look what you did to him!" "what's going on?" "Coo?" "Is it time for sumo wrestling?" "you thought it was time for sumo wrestling?" "Kappas love to sumo wrestle! it said so in a book." "What?" "So it was true!" "What's this?" "Hitomi." "Awesome!" "Coo!" "It's nothing." "I'm really surprised." "He's so tiny... it's my turn." "Come on!" "Just wait a second!" "What?" "Mom?" "we're having dinner first!" "Now!" "you too!" "Okay! and then we'll have our match!" "Let's do that!" "shall we?" "Let's do it!" "Be careful!" "Okay!" "Face each other..." "Ready..." "Go!" "What?" "!" "No way!" "I was caught off guard!" "One more time!" "Sure." "Kouichi?" "One more time!" "I give in..." "No!" "Stupid brother!" "Shut up." "I can't help it." "Coo's too strong." "Daddy?" "Alright!" "Shall we?" "You are?" "Face each other..." "Ready..." "Go!" "It's not good to just rely on force." "I give in." "Coo." "It's impossible." "it's Mommy!" "What?" "No!" "No!" "No!" "stop bullying Coo." "You might be thrown again." "Does that taste good?" "it's good." "I'll let you drink a little." "don't." "I'll just pour a tiny bit onto your plate." "congratulations." "Wow!" "This water's full of energy!" "I kind of feel good." "Seems like the alcohol soaked through his plate..." "Really?" "Wow!" "He's turned completely red!" "didn't I tell you?" "I hadn't really expected..." "I pray to Ryuujin-sama..." "Is he drunk?" "~ The plate's drying out; make it rain. ~" "~ Hey-ho ~ pouring rain. ~ drop. ~" "~ Jyon jyorage ~ even the elderly will begin to dance!" "~ pouring rain. ~ drop. ~" "Cooooooooooo~" "Coo!" "goodness!" "Bring water and ice!" "are you okay?" "You can't just open that by pushing." "Coo?" "Just do what I say." "Yo!" "So it was you!" "Don't speak out loud." "The people in the house will notice you." "Speak in your head like me." "I can't do that yet." "Just try it." "Can you hear me?" "Yeah." "Really?" "I can hear you. but I couldn't use it back then..." "Maybe it's because I've stayed in the ground for so long?" "But I didn't know that dogs had this ability too." "You find ones with this ability every so often. understood?" "I understand." "It's such a nice rain." "I should be thankful." "You like rain?" "How unusual." "I'm going to wander about." "Make sure you aren't seen by humans." "Be careful." "Okay." "Do you want to take that off and come with me?" "I have an obligation to the family so I can't take it off." "How inconvenient." "Not really." "I get fed." "It's better than being a stray." "make sure you return." "The people who live in this house aren't that bad." "and you're here too." "Really?" "Is it that scary?" "Apparently." "So you'll probably be completely freaked out." "Seriously?" "What's this?" "It's just a film." "but..." "Kappa..." "Do you keep something that looks like one?" "A kappa?" "What?" "Ayana says she heard it from Hitomi-chan." "That you keep a kappa in your house." "What?" "I scolded her..." "I don't think we can hide it forever..." "We should start thinking about what we're going to do with Coo..." "Geez! they take things too easy!" "It's not something that" "I should be worrying about! just to us." "Please!" "There's no such thing as a kappa..." "Don't lie to us!" "Everyone's talking about it on the internet!" "Family Uehara's Kappa!" "there isn't one." "Fine!" "Keep it all to yourself." "I don't care anymore." "Let's go." "Hey!" "What on earth?" "Is it true?" "!" "He has a kappa?" "Do kappas actually exist anyway?" "Let's go." "Do kappas actually exist?" "I'd laugh if they do." "Let's go home." "Shall we go somewhere before heading home?" "Oops!" "Sorry!" "Looser!" "you should you know." "That's right. they'll get carried away." "It's fine." "I don't mind." "Why?" "She's so gloomy." "Uehara-kun!" "Huh?" "The kappa..." "Is it that thing you found that time?" "Dunno." "will you?" "ugly-face!" "Hey!" "Welcome home!" "It's boiling on the second floor." "Can't stand it!" "let's sumo wrestle!" "Let's do it!" "You're freezing..." "Will you forgive me?" "Those guys..." "Geez!" "Here!" "Cut it out!" "I told you not to sumo wrestle upstairs!" "I'm sorry..." "Sorry." "it was just getting good... can you read me this book!" "This..." "It's a kappa." "Does it say something about kappas?" "It does." "I wonder where this is?" "Enno." "A journey to meet the kappas." "Seriously?" "!" "Can you meet kappas?" "but "Toono." "Of course the answer's no." "Going on a trip so far away with just you and Coo?" "What?" "Come on!" "Don't believe those magazines." "It doesn't actually mean you'd see any ka— maybe we can find some sort of clue!" "Then how about we all go?" "We don't have any plans to go anywhere right?" "What?" "What's that?" "Isn't it better if everyone goes?" "Hitomi wants right?" "Hi-chan wants to join the stamp rally." "Note:" "Stamp rallies are events where children collect character inked stamps usually at train stations." "We can join that anytime. what do you say?" "Well..." "I'm in a rather delicate situation with my work this summer..." "What?" "Dad." "Let's do it." "Stop it!" "do you even know how to get to Toono?" "I can go there once" "I've looked it up." "no way." "What kind of job is a "delicate" job?" "Dad!" "it will be sunny in most places." "Check that you haven't forgotten anything!" "I'm checking now!" "The temperature will be higher than usual." "You've got your cell phone?" "Yeah." "Your ticket?" "Got it." "Make sure you drink water frequently." "I'm off now." "I know." "I hope you can find your own kind." "Okay." "See ya." "Don't push yourself." "Make sure that" "Coo doesn't get seen." "Sure." "All you talk about is that..." "I'm off." "Call us when you get there!" "Yeah!" "Mom's so annoying." "Always repeating the same things." "Don't say such things about your parents." "Don't speak." "We'll get caught." "He doesn't even look back." "He's just embarrassed." "What?" "What on earth?" "Ok." "I'll call you when I arrive." "later." "Cooo~" "Don't come out!" "Can you bear with it for a while longer?" "Coo?" "Take a look outside." "Coo!" "It's moving fast!" "The scenery is flying by!" "The paddy field!" "Kouichi!" "Just like it was around Ryuujin swamp!" "Really?" "So where we live used to be like that?" "Looks like there are kappas around there." "Yeah!" "Shin-hanamaki." "This is Shin-hanamaki." "Customers changing to the Tamae-line... it suddenly got so hot... it has." "The train will soon be arriving at platform two..." "Nice to meet you." "This place is full of kappas!" "Bring it on!" "Why didn't you call as soon as you arrived?" "Kappas?" "Stop wandering around and go rent a bike." "okay?" "I know..." "Your brother's safely arrived." "He might as well dump Coo there!" "Don't say such things." "We've arrived at the Kappa pool!" "Are we there?" "Don't come out!" "Can I come out?" "there are a lot of people here." "Does it look like there are kappas?" "Look there." "You see the camera over there? and the images are placed on the Internet." "So if there's a kappa you'd know right? 000 yen reward." "But you mustn't injure it." "You catch kappas?" "!" "A kappa?" "!" "Yes. researching kappas." "I see." "Yup." "A place where kappas may still exist? where do you suggest?" "I'd have caught one and got 000 yen as my reward by now." "There aren't any kappa that'll make a mistake and let themselves be caught by you! so show me your map." "sure." "Thank you very much." "Be careful!" "Yes." "It's boiling." "That felt good!" "Splash some more!" "You sure?" "Yes." "Keep the river clean" "Does it say that there are kappas here?" "nah." "It's around here." "That's a good river." "Yeah!" "I can smell fish too." "kappas?" "Can I come out?" "Can I?" "Okay." "I'll put you down—" "Hey!" "Hey!" "He's not coming up..." "This isn't good..." "A live fish tastes so good!" "it's so good to be able to swim again! Kouichi?" "Yeah..." "Kouichi's going right?" "right?" "Come on!" "Hurry up!" "I wish I'd brought swimming trunks." "I-It's freezing!" "What's this?" "What's this?" "You're acting like a girl!" "So what do you think of the Kappa's Fart-Swim?" "I drank water because of that!" "Coo's swimming is super awesome!" "It's unreal!" "Any kappa can swim like that." "Kappas are amazing!" "I'm thrilled! are they?" "It's a river where you'd expect kappas to be around... so let's visit them tomorrow." "Okay..." "This is a Magari-ya." "Note:" "Magari-ya ( )" " Found in heavy snow filled areas in northern Japan." "It was built toward the end of the Edo period." "So this is a Magari-ya?" "It's impressive..." "The kids from Tokyo sure are different." "What?" "really!" "I'm not." "Seriously!" "but the house is surrounded by paddy fields." "It's really a countryside." "Here you are." "they'll bring fortune." "Do you know what a Zashiki-warashi is?" "vaguely." "It's something like isn't it?" "It's said that a Zashiki-warashi lives in our house." "What? I don't want you to be scared of it." "Zashiki-warishi is a good god that brings fortune to the house." "so what's bent about this Magari-ya?" "Note: " Magari-ya" literally translates into "Bent-House." "You came from Tokyo?" "On your own?" "Kids from Tokyo are so independent!" "it's nothing. it's something!" "It's something." "I'm not that..." "And he eats well too." "he does." "He's just a kid." "Indeed." "a kappa?" "That's unusual." "You must be the Zashikiwarashi-sama." "That's right. but I can't find them." "Do you know where they might be?" "I haven't seen any kappas in the last hundred years." "Coo..." "Did my kind go elsewhere?" "Or have they all died?" "What?" "~ The flower bloomed." "The wind blew. ~" "~ The snow danced and everything disappeared. ~" "~ so are you. ~" "~ Just sleep." "Go to sleep. ~ and it always will; tomorrow will always come. ~ sweet child. ~ sleeping child. ~" "I hope we'll find some kappas today!" "Kouichi..." "Yeah?" "Let's just go home." "What?" "!" "But you don't know if what the Zashiki-warashi said is true or not." "I know." "How?" "! there may be some place... our kind doesn't lie." "Humans are the only ones that lie." "let's go home." "We're getting the bullet-train that departs in the afternoon." "We can't go back till then." "Book:" "Lalalaiwate" "has Coo ever left the place he was born in?" "this is the first time." "Right then!" "Kamaishi Station" "where are we going?" "Wait and see." "don't throw me like that!" "Coo!" "I'm... speechless..." "What a huge pond!" "It's the sea." "Sea?" "Why don't you have a swim?" "Water!" "Water!" "Quick!" "Water!" "It stings!" "What salty water!" "I doubt there are any fish in such salty water." "There are lots!" "They must be really salty fish!" "What're you saying!" "The fishes Coo eats at home were all caught from the sea. let's look for kappas elsewhere." "sure." "I'm going to go and get stung again." "East Kurume Station" "West Exit" "you!" "Are you Uehara Kouichi-kun?" "I'm working for this place..." "I'd like to hear your story about your kappa." "Just for a bit!" "isn't this it?" "!" "kid." "Take a photo!" "What're you doing?" "!" "I didn't do anything!" "It did something!" "What happened?" "They took photos!" "Coo?" "Those weekly pictorial magazine people came during lunch." "They were probably waiting." "I'm asking you not to publish them!" "Coo's swimming is super awesome!" "He can jump like a dolphin!" "That's exactly why I'm asking you not to!" "It's true!" "Coo?" "What's a dolphin?" "It's a f-i-s-h!" "You took it without our consent." "There's no way!" "Idiot!" "Hey!" "Who's more stupid?" "A dolphin's a mammal!" "wait!" "I'm not finished yet!" "Idiot!" "Kouichi!" "Liar!" "A dolphin's a fish!" "Mommy?" "A dolphin's a mammal..." "Wha—" "I'll teach you properly about them next time." "Coo's really amazing!" "He can swim by farting!" "How can you act like that in our current situation?" "Apparently Coo can swim by farting." "Coo's about to appear in a magazine." "The whole of Japan's going to find out about him!" "Don't take it out on us!" "Just think about what we're going to do now!" "That's right!" "I have a souvenir for Hitomi!" "I picked it up from the sea." "isn't it?" "It's an apology for eating your mai-mai the other day." "it's beautiful... what about a thanks?" "isn't it?" "I'm sorry." "Thank you." "It's fine." "He's beginning to take huh?" "Alright then!" "what?" "I'm doing you a favor!" "he's still a brat..." "Kouichi still has a long way to go." "That's all." "Why isn't Kouichi more friendly to her?" "Humans are complicated creatures." "You understand a lot about humans." "I've lived for a long time with humans." "Humans do scary stuff sometimes..." "True..." "Middle magazine: "Footage of an actual kappa!" "Uehara-san!" "please!" "Please!" "Uehara-san!" "he looks old in that." "His hair's strange too." "Not again." "Yes?" "Yes?" "Yes?" "I'm sorry but we don't want interviews." "Thank you for visiting." "I'm sorry but..." "Excuse me." "Sorry?" "About what?" "Come on." "Keep it strong!" "that is... and we'd like to decline all interviews." "By "He" do you mean the kappa?" "Is it true that kappa has a psychic power to break cameras?" "We didn't witness such a power." "It's probably false information." "But afterwards our cameraman had a fever." "I think it's a coincidence." "Excuse me." "hold on a second!" "we're altering our regular programs to provide live coverage on the kappa living in this present day... you're really popular." "Why don't you want to be on TV?" "It's scary..." "The surrounding area is normally but..." "Those people... and that thing with big eyes..." "They're scary... this matter's become huge." "I feel really bad..." "Do kappas really exist? but..." "Don't worry." "It's quite fun!" "He announced that the kappa was scared... did you really break the camera?" "I don't know. the kappa's about a meter long..." "I felt as though that eye and the flashing light so..." "Something that resembles hair is on its head... so..." "It'd be really cool if you did have some supernatural power!" "What are you going to do about work today?" "I'll take a holiday today." "the camera used to photograph the kappa was destroyed by some kind of power." "This may be evidence of kappas having so-called supernatural powers..." "What is it?" "Nothing..." "Aren't we going to watch it?" "we aren't." "Geez..." "You don't have to pick it up." "Someone's here." "What?" "Damn it!" "That's the house!" "I'm close by... is that the house?" "can you come over?" "Let's go there!" "Quick!" "That's the house!" "It was on the Internet!" "What else does" "Kappa-chan eat?" "like cucumbers..." "Cucumbers!" "cucumbers if we're talking about kappas!" "So that was true!" "I look kind of old there... what else does..." "You can't exactly help it." "You are old." "I really have to go..." "It's not fair." "Mom and dad got to go on TV." "It's not as if I went on TV because I wanted to." "It was really embarrassing." "It's my fault!" "It's my fault that Yukari grew old!" "that was just a joke." "I'm still young." "My skin's still smooth." "Coo?" "What's this?" "So rude!" "But I wonder why they don't show it to us?" "was it?" "We don't even know if it's really right? how are we supposed to believe it? of all things." "but can I make a short film of you using our own video camera?" "right?" "Well..." "It's okay." "I can't trouble you all anymore." "Really?" "Thank you!" "Uehara Yasuo-san" "Kappa" "Filmed by" "Featured Story of the Day" "Direct Investigation!" "can you lower your head?" "Like this?" "like that." "That's his plate." "Can you show your back?" "He's got a shell on his back." "is it?" "Can you spread out your hand?" "He has webbed hands." "the kappa really does exist. Kawakami-san?" "This is a real surprise!" "but also famous for his research in kappas" "Kawakami Susumu" "Assistant Manager at The National Research Center of Aquatic Organisms" "It's real." "You can only call it a kappa." "Makes me want to go see and confirm it even more." "What's going on? but they're ignoring it?" "I'm off." "Be careful." "Sure." "there he is!" "Uehara-san!" "Excuse me!" "Let me through!" "Uehara-san!" "Please allow us to make a film casting Coo-chan as the main lead!" "For a TV commercial!" "This is the plan for a drama series!" "Wouldn't you like to have a volume of kappa photographs?" "Coo-chan!" "Coo-chan!" "You're being a nuisance to the neighbors!" "Please don't shout!" "Shut up!" "You're the one who's loud!" "come out!" "That's right!" "Come outside!" "Please don't shout!" "...So could Coo-chan and your family appear on the TV program they're sponsoring?" "We have important deals so please." "Alright." "Really?" "I owe you all that much." "I can't be afraid of them forever." "Awesome!" "TV!" "Okay? just ignore it." "Okay. my child's coming out." "Please don't film him!" "Go ahead." "Please let him through!" "Kouichi-kun!" "Is Coo-chan ok?" "let us hear your story." "Kouichi-kun!" "Kouichi-kun!" "Wait!" "Don't run!" "Just a bit!" "Hey!" "It was really troublesome." "I couldn't get out of the house..." "Kappa's fart!" "Uehara-kun!" "The name of that dog isn't it? I saw the name while visiting your home." "Why did you name it Ossan?" "Note: "Ossan" translates often as an old stranger. so..." "Did you go anywhere?" "Like on a trip?" "Toono." "Really?" "Then did you go to Hanamaki?" "only to change trains..." "Is that so..." "What about Hanamaki?" "It's the home village of Miyazawa Kenji." "Note:" "Miyazawa Kenji" " Night on the Galactic Railway novelist." "Do you like him?" "Miyazawa Kenji?" "I like him." "You've never read his works?" "not really." "Book spine:" "Famous Children's stories:" "Collection 5" "Please don't push!" "Coo-chan has finally appeared outside!" "are you okay?" "I'll come with you." "Just ask them." "What's wrong?" "Can't we take Ossan with us?" "What?" "What's up?" "Coo's asked if we could take Ossan too." "What?" "Please... what're you doing?" "The car's coming out!" "Please stand back!" "Please don't push!" "Stand back!" "Stand back!" "Wow!" "They fell!" "Amazing!" "Don't be scared." "It'll be fine." "There's something wrong with Kouichi." "he's in high spirits." "Humans can change all of a sudden." "My previous owner was like that." "What happened?" "We got on really well when he was a kid." "We used to play together a lot." "I really liked him and he took good care of me too." "he began to be bullied by his own sort." "I was the only one he could bully in return." "I was beaten every day." "He probably was too. but it was really sad." "and I didn't like seeing him turning into what he was either." "So I ran away. and then Kouichi came." "Kouichi's similar to that guy when he was a kid." "I wonder why humans change?" "I wonder too..." "Good morning." "Morning." "please." "Please wait here until it's time." "See you in a while." "What shall we do?" "About its lower body?" "It's not a good idea to have it exposed..." "It's not?" "Definitely not." "Not the entire body..." "Where are the kids?" "that." "Uehara's Kappa-chan is being broadcasted on TV." "Really?" "Was it today?" "Nobody's going to come today... shall we?" "sure." "we'd like to invite our special guest for today..." "Lunchtime Live Special Show the kappa" "On Air for the First Time! makes his appearance!" "Please!" "It's so cute!" "Really!" "Lunchtime Live Special Show the kappa" "On Air for the First Time!" "please." "Thank you for coming on." "Nice to meet you." "Pleased to meet you." "It's Coo-chan!" "Hello." "really..." "Isn't that a robot?" "there are still a lot of people but..." "What?" "It's real!" "It's true!" "Really!" "It's broadcasting right now!" "Today's show uses no tricks!" "Please trust your own eyes!" "That kid!" "000 yen!" "Isn't he that kid?" "!" "how do you feel right now?" "maybe he's feeling a little nervous?" "can he?" "This is awesome!" "I'm thrilled!" "What?" "It kind of smells." "It's the perfume." "It seems like Coo-chan doesn't like perfume." "I don't smell!" "let's see." "you smell!" "You do!" "I'd like to welcome our other guest." "He studies folklore and claimed that it's Shimizu Sumio-san." "Please." "please." "Welcome." "Hi." "we'd like to take a closer look at the mysteries surrounding kappas." "Shimizu-san is someone who has long believed in the existence of kappas and researched... what's wrong?" "This guy..." "He looks exactly like the man who killed my Daddy!" "What?" "!" "I'm deeply moved." "Coo-chan." "So you had confidence in your theory?" "Sure." "There was evidence that was passed down in our family." "What could that be?" "A kappa's arm." "A kappa's arm?" "it's the remnants of a mischievous kappa got rid of." "This is it." "I just couldn't think of kappas as just being imaginary monsters." "would you be able to show it to us?" "Do you think it's really a kappa... maybe it's something" "Coo-chan would rather not see." "I want to see it." "Daddy... you mean..." "That arm..." "It's your father's arm?" "No way..." "It can't be... is that true?" "Is that your dad's arm?" "It's true!" "It's Daddy's arm!" "How do you know?" "Because I can!" "I can't help it!" "But..." "What to do?" "can you give it back?" "It's really precious to me." "Your ancestor killed my Daddy!" "My Daddy wasn't a mischievous kappa!" "He was an expert kind and..." "An admirable kappa!" "He only asked if they could refrain from turning Ryuujin swamp into a paddy field but..." "Your ancestor suddenly drew out his sword and killed Daddy!" "The Daddy who I really loved!" "Is that true?" "It's too much of a coincidence." "Is this for real? do you think it's true?" "that..." "It's something that happened so... that's true..." "Coo..." "Coo-chan has the ability to see the past?" "You could say he has some kind of mysterious power..." "Don't cry." "Stop it!" "What?" "!" "What's this?" "!" "what's going on in the studio?" "!" "What's happening?" "I can't see what's going on like this!" "this isn't good!" "Start the commercials!" "Y-Yes!" "The commercials started." "calm down..." "Hand that arm over to... what are you guys doing?" "Go and save him!" "Damn it!" "It's alright." "Don't be scared..." "We won't do anything..." "Get on!" "Wait!" "I-It got away!" "Coo!" "hold on!" "We're on air!" "What?" "A kappa and a dog?" "Hey!" "Catch that!" "Where to?" "Somewhere..." "A quiet place with no humans..." "Okay!" "that's Coo-chan!" "What is this place?" "!" "It's full of humans and cars everywhere!" "An arm?" "!" "They're so noisy!" "That was close!" "This is such a dangerous place!" "Wait!" "Wait up!" "What?" "Coo-chan!" "Wait!" "aren't you tired?" "You've run enough!" "No." "Not yet!" "It feels good to be able to run every now and then." "isn't that a kappa?" "!" "It's Coo-chan!" "Coo-chan!" "It's Coo-chan!" "Coo-chan!" "Don't come after us!" "Let's go after it!" "No way!" "Is that Coo-chan?" "Coo-chan!" "Wait!" "Oh crap!" "Ossan!" "Are you alright?" "I screwed up..." "I'm afraid you have to go on your own from here..." "What?" "!" "No!" "Please get up!" "It hurts..." "Shit!" "It's my fault!" "It's my fault!" "I wonder if he's still alive..." "Would it have been better if" "I'd stayed and got beaten?" "he'd have a way to get rid of his frustrations... and up!" "...And become like that time again..." "Ossan!" "Ossan!" "Did it die?" "So cruel!" "Quick!" "Take a photo!" "A photo!" "Eugh!" "Looks gross!" "he's upset. doesn't he?" "How pitiful..." "Hey!" "It's meat!" "Meat!" "Let's eat it before the guts rot away!" "It's feeding time!" "Let's eat that little one too!" "What was that?" "!" "Coo-chan!" "It's dangerous!" "Coo-chan!" "Get down!" "where's the police?" "Coo-chan!" "Coo-chan!" "Coo-chan!" "Watch out!" "He's climbing up!" "Coo-chan!" "Come down!" "Yeah!" "That kappa!" "Coo-chan!" "Coo-chan's climbing the tower!" "Is Ossan dead?" "Why... over there!" "Coo-chan!" "Where?" "Over there!" "Coo!" "There're stairs inside." "Let's get closer." "Can we get to the steel frame from the stairs?" "you can use the gateways in between." "but we're the family with Coo." "Which way?" "there aren't any quiet places around here where there aren't any humans..." "This is like..." "A nest of humans." "There are no kappas anywhere anymore..." "They were all killed by humans..." "It's completely dry..." "I'm out of energy... what should I do?" "I'm tired..." "I want to go where Daddy is... right?" "save me!" "Daddy!" "Daddy!" "Daddy!" "Coo!" "Stay still!" "We're coming to save you!" "Put the rope over there!" "Right!" "Hurry!" "The keys!" "Quick!" "yes!" "Coo!" "please!" "What's that cloud?" "It's freaky!" "no!" "What is it?" "Daddy..." "You're saying that I shouldn't right?" "Coo!" "Stay there!" "I'll never do anything that will upset Coo!" "So please!" "Don't run!" "Hold on tight." "Here. didn't he?" "He did what we couldn't do. nothing was seen on the photos or the video." "The relationship between the dragon A mysterious power threatens our peaceful lives" "Isolate it immediately!" "The Kappa's a dangerous monster!" "Get rid of it!" "but the demands for a proper investigation into the powers that Coo-chan holds has become stronger." "...And then you twist as you swipe the opponent's leg out from under them." "Like this?" "I see." "Okay!" "One more time!" "Sure." "it's ready." "this is perfect." "That looks good." "Thank you for such a fine piece of work." "It's nothing." "Don't thank me for that." "Hi-chan wants one too!" "I thought you'd say that." "Here." "That piece of glass you got from Coo-chan the other day... put it in here." "Hitomi!" "Stop stuffing things down there!" "Yes." "What're you two doing?" "Yay!" "Brother's the only one who's being left out!" "Yay!" "Kouichi?" "Not really." "He wants one too!" "Shut up!" "You!" "wait there!" "Brother says... your dad said... give that to me!" "There's no point we'll be visiting a place with a clean river." "Really!" "Yay!" "so where are we going?" "It's not being decided yet." "Are we taking lunch with us?" "we are." "Can I catch fish there?" "Of course!" "Most likely the people from but dad said it doesn't matter." "You must be looking forward to it." "Right now everyone they'll get used to him." "And then you'll be able to live like you used to." "Yeah." "I wanted to see the dragon too." "I didn't even realize it was there." "Why don't you ask Coo-chan?" "I did ask if he that his dad did. right? aren't they?" "Coo-chan and his father..." "Huh?" "I guess so... Kou-chan?" "Is this a friends-only-club?" "No!" "It's not like that!" "the gloomy Miss-Unlucky and the Kappa brother!" "You two suit each other!" "isn't that kappa dangerous what with all those powers?" "!" "Crying and holding that mummified arm!" "Watching that scene freaked me out!" "That's 'cos it was his murdered dad's!" "It can't be helped!" "How do you know?" "Did you check their DNA?" " Hear!" "Hear!" " Hear!" "Hear!" "Coo can tell!" " What?" " What?" "What're you talking about?" "Have you turned crazy because of the kappa bug?" "What do you mean by "kappa bug"?" "My dad was saying that so it probably carries some strange diseases!" "Beware!" "Kappa bug!" "Kappa bug!" "Kappa bug!" "Kappa bug!" "Kappa—" "Kappa— Stop it!" "Stop it!" "Miss Unlucky's upset!" "What's up?" "Having your period?" "I heard your dad left your family after having an affair." "What?" "What's that got to do with anything?" "!" "Then it turns out..." "Your mom was too!" "idiot!" "Stop it!" "You..." "Wow!" "I can see your panties!" "What you getting worked up about?" "Idiot!" "You got infected by the kappa bug too?" "Right?" "Go on!" "Do it!" "Beat him up!" "Come on!" "Push him!" "Push him!" "That's right!" "Beat him up!" "Come on!" "Alright!" "I'm sorry!" "You're strong..." "Coo taught me." "He's strong at sumo wrestling." "I see." "It's the first time" "I've ever had a fight." "It's best if you don't." "Yeah." "It's the same place as last time." "It was around here where you found Coo-chan." "probably." "We can't really tell can we?" "It's been a while since then. Uehara-kun..." "I'm moving away. so I'm moving to my mother's hometown." "I'm moving and I'll be attending a school there at the start of the new term." "I see..." "You talk to me..." "Thanks." "don't cry..." "A lot of stuff's happening to you." "But do your best... I'll be off now..." "See ya." "you better go home soon." "What? Coo says he's leaving!" "Why? and he got all excited when he saw it." "Kouichi!" "Take a look at this!" "Letter:" "Send yourself here as a package." "Come here." "Come immediately." "isn't it?" "that wasn't written by a human!" "What do you think?" "What's wrong?" "Has something happened?" "nothing." "How do you know?" "What if somebody's trying to trick you?" "I can tell by looking at it." "It's better to do what it says." "I'll go tomorrow!" "Tomorrow?" "!" "right?" "We were supposed to go to the river tomorrow. weren't you?" "I'm sorry." "Stupid Coo!" "Get lost!" "Hitomi..." "It's a bit sudden..." "Coo is leav—" "Is moving on." "but tonight is his farewell party!" "wishing Coo all the best... why don't you stop him?" "Why are you letting him leave so easily?" "do you remember telling me how lively Coo was in the river at Toono?" "I do..." "We're different to Coo." "Where we live and how we live." "Then we can go to that sort of place!" "We were supposed to go there!" "But we can't go there everyday." "Coo used to live daily in that kind of habitat. it's not natural to him." "Daddy used to say this:" "Humans snatched water sky and even the places for the Gods will be taken as theirs. they will lose their souls..." "I used to think that humans were those sorts of monsters... we probably are... I've come to realize that not all humans are like that." "Then why don't you just stay here? I'll have to live like a human." "Mommy and all my ancestors are waiting." "How could I face them if I'd forgotten the way of the kappa when I get there? it'll get harder for me to leave you all." "That's why I'm going." "let's eat." "Let's." "Yeah." "Yummy!" "Yummy!" "Yummy!" "Yummy!" "Yummy!" "Right." "quick! the camera." "one more!" "are you okay with the light?" "this flash isn't scary at all!" "Is this enough water and food?" "Plenty!" "Take the photos." "It includes those from yesterday." "I'll keep it safe with me." "Right!" "Shall we go?" "Okay!" "Let's go!" "when's the next time you're coming again?" "Tell me." "When will you come again?" "Coo is..." "When... will you... don't cry. but I'll definitely come by and see you again." "Kappas don't lie." "Please believe me." "I wish you the best." "I'm sorry about how things turned out." "Thanks for coming to our home!" "Not at all." "Thanks for all the care." "it'll be goodbye." "Suzuki-kun... look at that." "He's holding something..." "People from the press!" "We've given up on raising Coo in this kind of environment!" "What does he mean?" "What's going on?" "I'm taking Coo to a place where he can live naturally like a kappa!" "Please stop observing our house from now on!" "Coo-chan?" "Right now?" "Where are you taking him?" "!" "are we?" "Nah." "We aren't wrong." "It was wrong until now." "He's leaving?" "!" "Wait up!" "Hurry!" "Stop being so slow!" "Quick!" "Hurry!" "Looks like he's relocating Coo-chan!" "Right!" "They're all gone!" "Kouichi!" "Be careful." "Ok." "I'm dropping you." "Okay." "there's somewhere" "I want to visit beforehand." "I thought you were up to something." "Sure." "Hello?" "is Sayoko-san there?" "Uehara-kun?" "What's up?" "Coo." "Come in." "Are you alone?" "Just come in." "Okay. so I thought before that..." "Who's this?" "Kikuchi." "Nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you too. but it's thanks to Kikuchi that I found you." "So I owe my life to you too?" "Thank you so much." "Not at all." "I'm glad I could meet you." "Kikuchi's strong. but she tries her best on her own." "I was also harsh to Kikuchi..." "Kikuchi is leaving tomorrow too." "I wanted Coo to meet Kikuchi." "Kikuchi understood Coo's feelings far better than I did." "Thanks." "I better go before it gets too late. just in case." "Can I come with you to the station?" "What?" "Sure!" "Coo? I'm glad you two were the ones who found me." "really." "It wasn't just a coincidence." "It was definitely something that was decided a long time ago." "Thank you. but that was just me thinking." "I'll jump into a new place!" "Otherwise nothing will ever change." "Yeah." "I think I said something that was a bit odd." "It's fine." "Can I write you a letter?" "What?" "Sure!" "I'll definitely write one back!" "do you know my address?" "Yeah." "I kept the New Year's card you sent me before." "Well then." "Yeah." "I'm going to send you off now." "Okay..." "Are you okay?" "I'm fine." "I can't come with you any further." "I'd like to send this package off." "Write on this please." "sure." "Oh!" "please." "It's done." "when will it be picked up?" "That?" "Yes..." "In about an hour..." "Thank you." "Kouichi." "I'm sorry I surprised you." "It's just that I could hear the voice of your mind this whole time." "don't blame yourself so much." "I don't have a grudge or anything. and that's not a lie." "Coo!" "I-I had more to..." "Coo..." "Kouichi." "we'll meet again sometime! I'm glad I didn't die." "I'll take good care of it!" "I don't believe this!" "are you okay?" "you!" "Keep yourself strong!" "water!" "Water!" "Phew!" "I'm back to life!" "Are you feeling okay?" "Sure!" "are you?" "How come you took the form of a human? it's best to take the human form! it's like a relative of the kappas." "Japan." "I'll teach you how to take the form of a human." "It's really handy!" "You can go to bars where the young ladies are!" "What's this place called?" "This is Yanbaru in Okinawa." "That was really dangerous." "I thought I've got to do something about this." "Welcome." "You can stay here as long as you like." "Humans hardly ever come here." "You can definitely take your time resting your mind and body." "Thank you." "Kijimuna-san." "Stop it!" "Don't be so formal." "You can just call me Ossan." "Okay!" "I'm Coo." "It's the name" "I was given by humans." "there's a river in my forest." "Why don't you go and take a swim?" "Yeah!" "I want to swim! allow me and Daddy to live here for a while." "Allow me to take enough fish to keep me alive from this river." "Daddy? maybe there are kappas out there who can take the form of a human." "I'm going to go on a journey to find the kappas." "Then I'll go and see Kouichi too!" "Daddy... but I made friends who are humans." "Nyuudougumo ga shiroku ukande bokura wo oi koshiteku" "A white towering thundercloud floats in front of us." "Kimi wa fui ni damatte sora wo miteta" "Suddenly you fall silent and look up at the sky." "Nandaka chotto fuan ni natte kimi no shisen wo sagasu Anotoki kimi wa mou kimete itanda ne but you already made up your mind." "Zutto soba ni irareru to omotte ita toki ga kawattemo even after the seasons changed." "Dakedo donnani hanarete itemo kimochi wa kitto tsunagatte iru yo our hearts are connected." "Dareka ga kimi ni tsumetaku shite mo kokoro wo tozasanai de" "Don't close your heart even if someone's cold to you." "Kimi wo omou hito ga sou koko ni iruyo" "There's always someone thinking of you right here." "Zutto kimi ga kimirashiku nareru basho de itsumo waratte ite" "Please continue to smile in that place that allows you to be yourself." "Moshimo kimi ga kurushii toki niwa aini yukuyo kono sora wo koete" "If you're in pain I'll come and see you beyond this space and time." "Kobore ohita tool tool natsu no shizuku kaze ga sotto mirai e hakonde yuku" "A drop that fell in summer eons ago is gently blown by the wind towards the future." "Zutto kimi ga kimi rashiku nareru basho de itsumo waratte ite" "Please continue to smile in a place where you can be yourself." "Moshimo kimi ga kurushii toki ni wa aini yukuyo" "I'll come and see you..." "Kono sora wo koete ...beyond this space and time."