"1969 years later the end of the East" "Hey, What are you doing, damn bitch?" "!" "No, It's not true" "It's a lie!" "How many times should i tell you it's true?" "Here, look.." "Riichi's mother has this thing here.." "and Riichi's father put "his" inside..." "What about my father?" "Hold on!" "It's almost out!" "Hold on to it!" "Where is she?" "Where is she?" "Stop!" "Well, then?" "It's an healty boy!" "It's a boy!" "It's a boy!" "Why didn't you made a girl, huh?" "Mommy..." "Thank you!" "Damnit, I lost everything..." "It sure is a boy." "Riichi..." "From now on, your name will be Riichi!" "Explosives!" "Can't breathe!" "I'm coming out!" "Oh.. what a cute baby you are!" "KISHIWADA SHONEN GURENTAI" " BOUKYO-HEN Young Thughs of Kishiwada" " Nostalgia" "So, what do you think about this hole..." "Your father made it" "When he was angry with the world.." "..he made it tastes his fists!" "Hey!" "Granpa!" "Granpa.." "Granpa!" "How did you reckognize me?" "And you'r asking too?" "Granpa, you don't give up, do you?" "These are the last days of the season for the strawberries.." "Be careful with that dried squid, it's poisoned.." "What!" "These strawberries are poisoned!" "What are you talkin' about?" "There are no poisoned strawberries here.." "Otherwise the neighbours would be already dead!" "Listen.. what are those wounds on your face?" "How did it happen?" "Up to now, the administration had left the educational system to be in charge of handling the ongoing violent incidents and student demonstrations..." "Hey, Toshi" "If i would have been younger, i would have joined them... ..those demonstrators... ..and i would have been more succesfull with the ladies!" "Don't you think?" "Would've been a dream..." "Too bad you missed the chance!" "So that son of a bitch of the yarn store.." "..with his ugly face carrying firecrackers.." "..dashing at him on a bike with his jacket off.." "..he was waving his weapon in the air." "..but then.." "..this treasure of the Nakabas family.." "..fronted him with no fear!" "It's because of this, that he got those glorious wounds!" "In the shape of a cross the flesh tore open and a lot of blood spilled!" "Up to where did you made it?" "You didn't get out of dodge while he was in that state of shock, did you?" "His eye was turning white and he was twitching." "Shut up, you dummy!" "Riichi, you're coming up a fine man, aren't you?" "Hey, Ma, It's gonna spill, Ma!" "Nakaba are you alright?" "Which is the reason?" "Huh?" "Did you put this on because you've got a hangover, or because you wanted to treat the wound?" "Which one is it?" "For the wound." "Do you think this works?" "Didn't your parents tell you anything?" "It's not like that." "Don't know what it is, but it stings so much it's making me faint." "Are your parents home today?" "Yeah." "Riichi!" "Bastard Sada is here!" "Sada is here?" "What the hell is this?" "So scared you have the teacher to go home?" "Stop it!" "i have got some adult business today." "Don't have time for young children." "That's enough!" "Which school are you boys from?" "Tadaoka elementary?" "You boys..?" "What?" "How creepy is this?" "What's creepy?" "Hey, you're from Tokyo, aren't you?" "Listen, that kind of narrow mind is the cause of wars in the world." "What would you do when it comes around and someone important to you gets killed?" "Teacher, there's no point trying to talk sense into an idiot." "What did you say, bastard?" "I'm Home" " Hello." "Where's dad?" "You know where." "Brother's still working." "Wait inside." "I'm gonna get Dad." "Nice to meet you.My name is Ito, I teach the 6th graders' homeroom." "Tea..." "Please have some tea." "Thank you." "I was cooking some tea porridge in our shamble kitchen here." "Teacher, would you like to try it?" "Oh, no thank you.I'm really fine." "Oh, excuse me, that was your tea." "So...are you single?" "What?" "Teacher.." "Dear, Teacher came to see us." "Nice to meet you." "She's a pretty good looking woman." "What kind of talk is that?" "That's our teacher" "Please do forgive him, Teacher." "Everyone's being so overly protective of you?" "huh?" "So, what is it?" "Did you come visiting someone's home with no courtesy gift?" "Hey, dear.." "How dare you visit someone's home without a gift!" "And what do you want?" "You've got the damn nerve to come here empty-handed and find faults with us." "Apologize to Maki-chan!" "Maki-chan?" "I'm really sorry i hadn't thought of it" "But i'm not here to find faults with you." "Excuse me one minute, Teacher." "What's wrong with all of you?" "How you dare you talk to the teacher like that?" "What's this?" "Are you ok?" "What the hell are you doing?" "Bastard, stop it!" "Hold it!" "Hold it , i say!" "No matter what, you shoudn't kick your parent!" "But..." "Pants down!" "What?" "I said your pants down!" "What the hell for?" "Pants down!" "There.." "Forgive us Teacher!" "Please, forgive us!" "Teacher, I'm sorry about this." "I'm going to punish him, so please forgive him." "Toshio, here I go." "Hold on tight." "We're very sorry." "We're sorry." "Don't be.." "I'll show you once, so watch me." "One.." "..two.." "..three... remember to make an upward stroke here." "...four, five, six, seven strokes." "Now, this one's "endurance" which means to be patient." "You got it?" "OK?" "Now, I'll write it, so pay attention to the strokes." "Hey, hey.." "look who's out, it's Kotetsu again..." "Yeah." "But what is he doing at this hour?" "He's always hanging out with his granny." "The other day, too, i saw the two at the river bank." "What are you doing?" "Let's not make a fuss today." "What are you doing?" "Looking for something lost?" "Hello!" "Hello!" "If you're gonna keep it for a while, we can help." "That's OK.." "She ain't never gonna find it.." "Dear.." "We got drunk." "I am back from a long journey." "Hello!" "What are you wearing?" " Shut up!" "Make us a bed." "Right now!" "What bed?" "Who's this?" "Hey, daddy?" "Daddy, don't leave me alone" "Akemi!" "Hurry up, come inside!" "This hurts... this is from over there on the corner, you know, on the corner..." "Hurry up!" "I'm Akemi" "Riichi, that's bad manners." "I want a seconds." "Does your tummy ache?" "That's great." "I wish i could go to the moon, too." "Huh?" "And do what?" "It gives you hopes and dreams, you see." "You just don't get it, do you, sis?" "Hey.." "Huh?" "You think we'll get to go one day?" "I'm done." " Good work." "Exhausted." "The dick for the progress and harmony of mankind." "What's that?" "The dick for progress?" " Kuri." "It's in the ad for the world expo, you know." "They're doing it next year." "Really?" "Haven't heard of it." "What's that?" "What?" "Hey, we've got food!" "She cooked it before she left." "What are we gonna do from tomorrow?" "We've got no money, do we?" "You only care about food and money, I see." "That's why Dad's working now." "Here, do these look like pills?" "Which way of folding looks like pills?" "They ain't look like a pill.No way these shit will pass as pills!" " Hey, hold it!" "Why are you looking at me like that?" "Damn brat!" "I've got the second prize." "Wow!" "See?" "I told you he's great at it." "He always gets the second prizes and third prizes." "He's genius." "Really, he's the best in Japan when it comes to drawing." "Can't you get many first prizes?" "Shut up!" "Riichi, where are you..." "It's only with drawing, i see." "Nakaba?" "What's the matter?" "Did anything happen?" "Teacher, were you crying?" "No, I wasn't." "You're lying." "Here." "Oh, thanks." "Do these look good on me?" "Yeah." "Just one moment." "It's Ito, Hello?" "...I've got a student with me right now." "Let me call you back.." "...yeah....yeah.." "I can't think about it right now..." "..yeah... yeah.." "I'm fine, i really am." "Let me visit your family again tomorrow." "That's OK." "You'll get hit again." "You can't talk sense into an idiot." "Don't say that." "You shouldn't give up." "I wonder where your mother went?" "Hey." "Yes?" "Do i come from a messy tangle between Dad and Ma?" "Well, that's usually the case." "It is the same with everybody?" "Isn't there anyone that don't?" "That Christmas guy insist he doesn't, for one." "Santa?" "He's not quite Santa." "What about Santa?" "He comes from the messy tangle, too?" "I don't know." "Don't you know?" "Aren't you suppose to be a teacher?" "Don't ever say that again." "I see." "Mine's nothing compared to your problem." "Did something happen to you, too, Gus?" "Yeah." "My older brother.." "he's a scumbag!" "Hey, Kotetsu!" "Where are you off to?" "Where'r granny?" "A home?" "It's a home.." "...where lots of old men and women are." "Hey, what was your granny looking for down there?" "I'm not really sure." "She just kept saying "The paint, the paint.".." "She became senile since last spring... ..and she started saying that out of the blue." "You know, she'd weep for them." "It must have been something very important to her." "But I've no idea why she comes looking for it in the river." "Pop and Mom, they had no idea granny used to paint before." "They'd buy her paintings to replace hers but it didn't help her a bit." "What's that?" "I'm going on a journey to train myself." "Pop andMa can't help me." "I know I'm repeating myself but..." "What shall we do?" "He ain't gonna be back for a while." "But since he's out, the mother may be coming back in a few days." "Do you know where she is?" "Well, we' ve an idea, actually a good one." "How come they don't try to cooperate with each other?" "He was my dad's favorite, you know." "Hey!" "How much you got on you?" "You want train fare?" "Who wants to use such shabby transportation?" "Hey." "What is it, old woman?" "Old woman?" "Shucks, I need a can opener." "Do you wanna take soy powder with you?" "Well, grandpa, take care." "Have a safe trip." "Spaceship Apollo is now flying in the orbit, the condition is steady..." "Sorry i'm late." "Sorry." "You made it." "Hey, Riichi's here." "He's here?" "This is yours." "Apollo 11!" "I'm right here!" "Last time i visited my cousin, i saw many people doing some kind of training." "If we get there, we can train ourselves as much as we want." "That sounds good." "How far we need to go?" "Well, not far at all." "If the ocean is tough to cross, we can always catch a ferry." "Is it an island?" "Akemi." "Akemi?" "What's the matter?" "Don't see you around much." "What's this?" "What'd you want, ol' man?" "What was that?" "Excuse me, give a second, okay?" "We're the Kishiwada Thugs!" "Are y'all stupid?" "Idiots!" "Assholes!" "Scumbags!" "Mama, what'd you get?" "I can't let you see." " Let me see." "Shut up, old men, shut up." "Go home, stupid!" "I don't care.Here I come." "I wonder what it eats." "This little guy, he can breathe under water." "Has he got some special thing for that?" "Toshi!" "It's smiling!" "It's smiling!" "Hey, you." "He's swimming....so cute!" "He's swimming." "Kinda funny looking." "We can't spend money so freely." "But we've gotta have coffee-flavored milk." "This is the most popular thing in America." "Each and every American including the president looks up at the sky through this." "It's no wonder." "You can see Captain Armstrong and everything through this, you see." "Hey!" "Have you ever... ?" "No, we don't know about that." "He's Lying." "He's crazy." "Let's go." "Hey!" "You don't understand." "You don't understand a thing." "The captain ain't gonna stay up there forever." "He's gonna come back soon." "If you dilly dally on it.." "..unfortunately.." "Boys, boys." "Don't you think your parents and Armstrong are gonna be around forever." "Haven't we reached the port yet?" "Do you think we missed it?" "Wait a minute." "The map." "We're taking a boat from the port to here, right?" "Yeah." "I don't really know." "It's a place called Cape Ashizuri." "I don't know the characters for it." "Ashizuri, Ashizuri..." "What's the character for "zuri" ?" "Zuri, Zuri, Ashizuri..." "Hey, can it be this here?" "It took us this long to travel from here to here." "And we're gonna take a boat to Shikoku, and we still have all this to travel, don't we?" "Oh well." "Oh, well?" "You're an idiot." "A real idiot." "I'm starving." "Great drawing." "Thanks." "Say.." "How come you're looking at the sea and drawing mountains?" "This is what it looks like to me." "Something from your memory?" "Many things happened, you see." "And I can't go home." "Could this be your house?" "Hey.." "Is it fun to draw?" "It's fun." "It sure is." "Let's go home." "What?" "Why?" "No matter how far we go or where we go, things are gonna be the same." "What about our training?" "Before we do, let's give your granny paint again." "We've got the arts and crafts contest right after the summer vacation." "Oh." "But the port is right there." "But..." "The ferry..." "Okay?" "Tastes good." " It's good." "I think i'm gonna eat a banana." "Oh, please arrange a pick up for us." "We're broke." "A car, you know, a limo, will you?" "No rush, you don't need to rush." "Riichi!" "Ma, where have you been?" "Hey, I want the top for this." "This way." "Let's go." "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry." "Oh no, what have you done?" "I'm really sorry." "Which family are you from?" "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "We're stealing many things anyway." "Why don't we just go and steal the paint?" "Don't you know the word "sincerity" ?" "But we're stealing so many things." "We have no choice, you see." "Let's meet at the fishing store tomorrow." " Yeah." "You." "Huh?" "You made her cry the other day, didn't you?" "Are you Teacher Ito's student?" "A man shouldn't make her woman cry." "That's true." "You're right." "I'd always known that." "If you make her cry again, I'll kill you." "I'm counting on you." "I'm here." "Anything the matter?" "Nothing." "Riichi, watch out." "Gus, what happened?" "Riichi..." " Gus, are you alright?" "Hey." " This isn't a junk yard." "Sorry, i couldn't defend it.." "Kotetsu, hand me the meriken." "Damn bastards!" "Hey, hey." "So you want us to be the bad guys." "Oh, give it a little more shine, can you?" "Hey..." "Hey, this here was it so big?" "Shut up and work." "Nakaba did a great job." "First Prize." "Apollo Moonlanding." "I'm really grateful." "Thanks." "I'll go and hide them in the river." "Later!" " Yeah." "Later." "She's been missing since this morning." "Any idea where she could be?" "The river bank." "What are you doing, mister?" "They're gonna build a factory." "They're gonna fill up the holes over there, too." "This here's all gonna be a factory next year." "Aren't you gonna make strawberries any more?" "You're unlucky." "So unlucky." "He's not gonna stop using poison now." "In just a few days." "I wonder where dad is?" "Yeah." "Dad told me a long time ago he'd made this hole." "No way." "Toshio isn't such a big shot after all." "Don't say such a thing." "But, then, how were these holes made?" "Bombs during the war?" "These holes are the reminders of the glory of our ancestors." "Our ancestors buildt an ancient civilization." "They built huge columns around here." "These are where they used to stand." "The bastards of Yamato Imperial Court took at the law department of the university, in an attempt to keep the police from entering they covered the barricade of desks and chairs withgasoline and lit it." "It appearsthe fire then transferred to the building up to the roof  and the fire and smoke forced the 39 student protesters who had locked themselves up inside to come out and surrender, they were all arrested." "Though they put the fire out before long students reacted violently and set other structures on campus on fire and the police special force unit struggled with them..." "Hey, Ma!" "Hey!" "What is it?" "Idiot!" "Outta the way!" "Hey, what are you doing?" "Aren't we having supper?" "What's the matter?" "Nakaba was right." "You can't talk sense to an idiot." "What?" "Hey, what gives an idiot the right to live?" "Tell me, what's that about?" "Well, what an unreasonable story?" "What?" "Wanna do it?" "A happy new year to you all." "We have now entered 1970, the beginning of a new era." "Toshi, don't go." "Toshi?" "Shut up!" "Toshi, don't go home." "Let's stay together." "I guess I'll let you pass." "Oh, this?" "Did someone do that to you?" "No, I burned myself." "And someone put this on me." "I see." "I won't be able to see you any more soon." "Be a manly man." "Do you like men?" "I love fine man." "Nothing beats a fine man." "Nothing is worse than a narrow minded man." "The teacher of 6th grade homeroom #5 loves men!" "She's got naughty, messy tangles!" "Stop it!" "Stop!" "What are you saying?" "Stop it!" "She's got naughty, messy tangles!" "Paper!" ""Hello, hello, from the countries of the West"" ""Hello, hello, from the countries of the East"" ""Hello, hello, people from the world"" ""Hello, hello, meet in the country of sakura"" ""Hello in this year 1970"" ""Hello, hello, let's shake our hands"" "I'm home." "Riichi..." "You've finished it, right?" "Of course." "Checkmate." "Did you kick Ma out again?" "No..." "Wait..." "He's grown so big.." "What, getting old, are you?" "What checkmate?" "Come on, join us." "What's going on?" "What's going on?" "Yeah, give them a special treat." "Spaceship!" "Come home safely!" "Hi." " How are you?" "I'm back." "Welcome home." "You look good in that." "Shall we?" "Riichi." "Do you want me to take you to the bicycle race track?" "Me?" " Yeah." "Coming!" "Here, take my bag home for me." ""Some day your dad will understand our love"" ""You turn away, I'll hold your trembling shoulders"" ""So good night, good night, baby, hold your tears"" "Just go to sleep tonight, good night..." "Translated by Ann Jiitsu"