omoshiroku nai yo no naka
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面白くない世の中
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omoshiroku sureba ii sa
this dull world more interesting
面白くすればいいさ
omoshiroku sureba ii sa
this dull world more interesting
omoshiroku sureba ii sa
this dull world more interesting
4
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tsumaranee no ga kuchiguse nano wa
Some people love to claim that something is boring
“つまらねえ”のが口癖なのは
tsumaranee no ga kuchiguse nano wa
Some people love to claim that something is boring
sore koso honto ni tsumaranai
That habit is the most boring thing of all
それこそホントにつまらない
sore koso honto ni tsumaranai
That habit is the most boring thing of all
sore koso honto ni tsumaranai
That habit is the most boring thing of all
monku wo iu no wa kantan dakedo
It's easy to complain about stuff
文句を言うのは簡単だけど
monku wo iu no wa kantan dakedo
It's easy to complain about stuff
dareka wa nannmo kurenai
but it doesn't do any good at all
誰かは何もくれない
dareka wa nannmo kurenai
but it doesn't do any good at all
dareka wa nannmo kurenai
hashiranai kedo tomari wa shinai
That sort of useless waste of time
走らないけど止まりはしない
dare ni mo nagareru ahou no chi
runs in our idiot blood
誰にも流れる阿呆の血
sawageba sawagu hodo kakitateru
Just party on and on, and the more you do
騒げば騒ぐ程かき立てる
nanto subarashiki hibi
the more awesome will be your days
なんと素晴らしき日々
omoshiroku nai yo no naka
You just have to make
面白くない世の中
omoshiroku sureba ii no sa
this dull world more interesting
面白くすればいいのさ
jibun de mitsukerya
The things you find for yourself in this world
自分で見つけりゃ
hodohodo ni paradaisu da
quickly turn it into a little paradise
ほどほどにパラダイスだ
ki ga tsukeba itsu datte
Before you know it,
ki ga tsukeba itsu datte
Before you know it,
気がつけば何時だって
Before you know it,
ki ga tsukeba itsu datte
Before you know it,
ki ga tsukeba itsu datte
Before you know it,
ki ga tsukeba itsu datte
Before you know it,
uchouten jinsei da
you live a life of pure ecstasy
有頂天人生だ
uchouten jinsei da
you live a life of pure ecstasy
Episode Eight
The Day of Dad's Departure
Yajirou.
矢二郎よ
Oh, big bro.
おや 兄さん
You sound like you're in a bad mood.
えらくご機嫌の悪い声だ
Have you come to lecture me about something?
何か説教をする気かい？
I can't guarantee I'll be able to .take your lesson to heart, though.
ご期待に応えられる自信が無い
After all, I'm just a frog.
俺は何しろ蛙だからな
Yajirou.
矢二郎
I remember the last time .I saw Father very clearly.
俺は父上と最後に会った日のことをよく覚えている
あの日 俺は父上と一緒に長老たちの所へ出掛けていた
That day, I went out with him .to visit the elders.
Afterward, he said he had .some important appointment,
その後 父上は大切な約束があると言った
so he told me to go home without him.
だからお前は先に帰れと言われた
That was nothing unusual, though.
珍しいことじゃない 父上はいつも忙しかったからな
I mean, Father was always so busy.
So he accompanied me as far as Higashioji
父上は東大路まで送ってきて
and waited until I caught the bus.
俺がバスに乗り込むのを見送ってくれた
I still remember the way he looked, even now.
その姿を俺は今でも思い出す
Because that was the last time I ever saw him.
何故ならそれが
俺が見た父上の最後の姿だったからだ
Big bro...
兄さん
What I want to ask you is:
俺が聞きたいのはな
exactly where and when did you last see Father?
お前が最後に父上に会ったのは
いつ どこだったのかということだ
Were you...
お前は
Were you drinking with him that night?
あの夜
父上と一緒に酒を飲んだのか？
Did you get drunk?
お前は酔っ払ったのか？
What about him?
父上はどうした？
Did you leave Father by himself, even though he was drunk?
お前は酔っ払った父上をそのままにしたのか？
Please tell me that's not what happened.
どうか違うと言ってくれ
Big bro, that's exactly what happened.
兄さん
その通りだよ
I'm the one who sent Father to his death.
父上を死なせたのは この俺だ
うああ ああ 何ということだ う
How could you?!
く
You idiot!
この大バカ者め
I was renowned throughout Kyoto as .the least motivated tanuki there was.
俺は京都で一番やる気の無い狸として 勇名を馳せてきた
Never paid any respect by anyone,
誰からも尊敬の念を払われることなく
I sat around like a daruma doll, being totally useless,
達磨ごっこにふける役立たずの俺が
and the only time I displayed the will to do anything
やる気を発揮する唯一の場所は
was when drinking was involved.
酒の席だけだった
Father's "important appointment" that day
あの日の父上の
大切な約束というのは俺との秘密の相談事だった
was actually a secret consultation with me.
その当時の俺は
At the time, I had a really .troublesome problem on my hands.
厄介な問題を抱えていたからだ
I was greatly tormented,
俺は大いに悩み
and I opened up to Father to get his advice.
その思いを父に打ち明け 判断を仰いでいた
I had fallen into an unrequitable love.
俺は
カタのつけようのない恋をしていた
何故それにカタをつけられないかというと
Why was it unrequitable?
Well, the tanuki I loved was awfully young,
俺が恋した相手は まだ大変若い狸で
and on top of that, she had a fiancé.
さらには許嫁がいたからだ
That fiancé was my own .little brother, Yasaburou.
その許嫁というのは
自分の弟 矢三郎だった
Yes, the one I fell in love with was
そう 俺が恋した相手とは
betroth Ebisugawa Kaisei to Shimogamo Yasaburou
Ebisugawa Kaisei.
夷川海星だ
I had told Dad many times that I wanted .to part with the family and leave Kyoto.
俺は家族と別れて京都を去りたいと 父に繰り返してきた
But that day, he was still against it.
だがその日も父は反対した
Our dad, who had tricked even the tengu,
天狗さえ化かしたことのある父には
had nothing in this world to be afraid of.
この世に恐ろしいものなど何一つ無い
Or so I thought.
俺はそう思っていたが
However, even he had one thing he feared:
そんな父が恐れているものが一つだけあった
that his sons would separate .or come to hate each other.
それは自分の息子たちが離れ離れになり
あるいは互いに憎み合うことだった
It was Dad's earnest wish that we would not end up
それは実弟である夷川早雲と
like him and his younger .brother, Ebisugawa Soun,
不幸にも憎み合う仲となってしまった 父の
who unfortunately detested each other.
切実な願いだった
I split my blood between the four of you,
俺はお前たちに四つの血を分けた
so you're each indispensable in your own way.
だから誰が欠けてもいかんのだ
Even if people say .the most terrible things about you,
お前は散々悪く言われているが
you must maintain the balance.
物事には釣り合いというものがある
You're one of the four pillars .of the Shimogamo family.
お前もまた下鴨家の重石なのだ
Anyone who doesn't understand that .isn't worth the time of day.
それが分からん連中の言うことに耳を貸すな
お前は兄弟と離れてはいかん
You can't grow apart from your brothers.
But, Father,
しかし父上…
does that mean I have no choice but to endure this?
では 私はこのまま耐えてゆく他無いのでしょうか
I'll see what I can do.
何とかしてみよう
I don't know if this will work or not,
うまくいくかどうか分からんが
but for the time being, leave everything to me.
ひとまず一切を俺に任せるがいい
Be patient for a bit.
しばらく辛抱して暮らせ
Then Father and I decided to forget our worries
それから俺と父上は
and drink like we'd never drunk before.
悩みを忘れることにして
しこたま酒を飲んだ
Let's do that thing we do!
あれをやれ
あ ふふ
ああ ああ
どわ うひ
はあ あ
あ
ああ
I transformed into the False Eizan Electric Railway
俺は当時洛中を震撼させていた 偽叡山電車に化けて…
that had been terrorizing the town back then,
had Father climb aboard, and ran .through the Shijou neighborhood.
-あ おお -父上を乗せて四条界隈を走り回った
ああ
Father and I had done .this any number of times.
それは俺と父上が繰り返してきた
It was our favorite game.
-お気に入りの遊びだった -きゃあ
That night, I transformed into my specialty, the False Eizan Electric Railway,
俺が得意の偽叡山電車に化けたのは
for the last time.
あの夜が最後だった
Father didn't come home that night.
-ん ん -あの日 父上は戻らなかった
Oww.
てて ん はあ
な
You haven't seen Father?
父上を見なかったか？
And he didn't come home the next day either.
そして次の日も
父上は戻らなかった
んん ん
ん
はあ はあ はあ く
-はあ はあ はあ はあ く く -あ
The Nise-emon...
偽右衛門が は
was eaten by the Friday Fellows!
金曜倶楽部に 喰われた
-え!? -わあ!!
-ああ う -あ
はあ
は は
I deserted Father in the middle .of town when he was drunk.
酔っ払った父上を
俺が街中に置き去りにしたばかりに
That's how he fell into the hands .of the Friday Fellows.
父上は金曜倶楽部の手に落ちたんだ
Yajirou!
矢二郎
あっ
-あ… -ん
はあ はあ はあ
Big bro.
兄さん
Even breathing is too much of a hassle.
息をするのも面倒くさい
んっ
いい加減にしなさい
That's enough!
Swimming is too much of a hassle as well.
泳ぐというのも面倒なことだ
I killed Father.
俺は父上を殺してしまったのだ
I felt like all those terrible things .people were saying were true.
散々皆に言われてきた通りだと思った
I've been an absolute failure of a tanuki.
俺は全くダメな狸だった
Rather than simply being useless,
役に立たないどころか 取り返しのつかない害をなしてしまった
I ended up causing irreparable damage.
悲しんでいる皆にそんなことが言えようか
But how could I say that to your grieving faces?
And yet, I couldn't just act like nothing happened
かと言って そのまま平気な面をして
and live with the family.
家族に混じって暮らすこともできない
That's why I decided to lock everything up inside
だから俺は
一切を飲み込んで井戸の中の蛙になった
and become a frog in a well.
I quit being a tanuki.
狸であることをやめたのだ
I can't show my face to Mother.
母上に合わせる顔が無い
I no longer have the right .to call myself her son.
俺には もう息子たる資格が無い
あ 先生忘れてた
Oh, we forgot about Master Akadama.
We have to go get him.
迎えに行かなくちゃならんな
It's okay. You can go home.
いいよ
兄貴は帰れ
I'll get him.
俺が行く
Rokudou-Chinnouji Temple
How could you neglect your master so?
お前は師匠を放ったらかして
Did you mean for me to walk home alone?!
このわしに１人で歩いて帰れというのか
My most sincere apologies.
誠に申し訳ございません
Hm?
おや？
I bet you're jealous.
羨ましかろう
Kaisei brought me this gift.
海星が献上してきたのだ
What was the occasion?
なにゆえ？
It was when you were in Osaka, busy ignoring me.
お前がわしをないがしろにして大阪へ行っている間
Kaisei visited me a number of times.
海星がよく訪ねてきたのだ
One time, she said, "It'll be getting cold soon," and gave me this.
それで そろそろ寒くなるからと言ってこれをよこした
That girl may have a foul mouth, but she's quite attentive.
あれも口は悪いがよく気が付く
I guess it doesn't matter .if it's a tanuki or a human.
先生は 狸だろうが人間だろうが
You have a soft spot .for girls of all kinds.
相手が雌なら甘いのですな
Quiet, you.
やかましいわ
That's because they're basically .all I have left to look forward to.
それぐらいしかもう楽しみは無いからな
I killed Father.
俺は父上を殺してしまったのだ
I felt like all those terrible things .people were saying were true.
散々皆に言われてきた通りだと思った
I've been an absolute failure of a tanuki.
俺は全くダメな狸だった
はあ
It's cold!
ちめた
ははははは
はははは…
Yasaburou.
-矢三郎よ -はっ
You're unusually quiet.
いやに口数が少ないではないか
I was just lost in memories of my father.
父のことを考えているのです
Mammaries? What nonsense are you spouting?
乳？ 何をたわけたことを
Not mammaries. Memories.
乳ではなく父であります
I see. Memories, not mammaries.
なるほど
乳ではなく父か
So what about Souichirou?
総一郎がどうしたのだ？
No matter how much you think about someone .who's passed on, it won't bring them back.
あの世へ転居した者のことをいくら思い返してみても
詮無いことではないか
It just makes you an idiot.
それだからお前は阿呆なのだ
We just found out that the last one .to see Father was Yajirou.
つい先ほど
父に最後に会ったのが 兄の矢二郎だと知ったところです
Dad went drinking with him,
父は兄と酒を飲み
got blind drunk, and fell into .the hands of those humans.
酔いつぶれて人間の手に落ちたそうです
I thought he fell into a stew pot.
落ちた先は鍋であろう
Well, yeah.
それは そうです
You know, as long as they're alive,
しかしな 生きている限り
both tengu and tanuki .are bound to fall one day.
天狗も狸もいずれ落ちるものであるからな
Even a tengu who flies freely through the sky
天空を自在に飛行する天狗でさえも
will one day fall onto the roof .of some human's house.
人家の屋根に落ちる時が来る
In a tanuki's case, a stew pot is as .natural a place to land as any other.
狸の落ちる先が鍋だとて
何の不思議がある
Souichirou made no mistake about .his own landing place, believe me.
総一郎は落ち所を間違えたわけではないのだ
I know that!
そんなことは分かっているのです
むっ
んん
The last person who saw .Souichirou wasn't Yajirou.
総一郎に最後に会ったのは
矢二郎ではあるまいぞ
ん？
Well, if it isn't Master .Akadama! Good evening.
これはこれは先生 こんばんは
Is that you, Souichirou?
総一郎か ここは寒かろう
It's chilly tonight, huh?
Want a drink?
あ どうだ やらんか
Don't mind if I do.
では お言葉に甘えて一献
Why are you here as a hairball?
なにゆえ毛玉のままなのだ？
I'm past the point where I can transform.
もはや化けられる身ではございませんから
ん ん ん ん
これが飲み納めですな
So this is my final drink.
Souichirou, are you dead?
総一郎よ
お前は死んだのか
I'm afraid I've just been cooked in a stew.
憚りながら つい先ほど鍋になったような案配で
ん
ごく ごく
Of all the idiotic things to do!
全く 阿呆なことをする
Oh, don't say that.
そう仰いますな
We all walk down this road at some point.
誰しも一度は辿る道です
But I told you, didn't I?
だから言うたではないか
Didn't I say to go easy on the screwing around?!
ふざけるのもほどほどにしておけと
I'm a tanuki, you know.
何しろ私は狸ですから
It's a hard urge for me to resist.
なかなかそういうわけには いかんものです
Just another reflection of my idiot blood.
これもまた 阿呆の血のしからしむるところで
Master,
先生 矢三郎のこと
please continue to look after Yasaburou.
くれぐれもよろしくお願いします
He's a weird one.
あれは曲者だな
He really takes after you, as far as idiocy goes.
阿呆なところがお前によく似ている
Though, isn't he a bit too idiotic?
しかし阿呆過ぎはしないか
He truly is.
誠に
But that's what I like about him.
しかしながらそこを私は見込んでいるのです
I know he'll cause trouble for you, but anything .you can do would be most appreciated.
ご迷惑をおかけするとは存じますが
何とぞどうか
Someday, I'm sure he'll .make himself useful to you.
いつの日か 必ずや先生のお役に立ちましょう
Okay.
うんむ
Well, I've got to be going.
では 私はそろそろ行かねば
ああ
Souichirou.
総一郎よ
It's a shame we have to part.
わしはお前と別れるのが残念である
Keep that between you and me, though.
ここだけの話であるが
ふっははは それは良いことを聞いたものです
That's great to hear.
Now I can rest well.
冥土の土産ができました
んん
Well then, Shimogamo Souichirou .shall be retiring early. Do excuse me.
下鴨総一郎 ひと足お先にごめんこうむります
Though it had no shortage .of bothersome matters,
面倒事も沢山ございましたが
it was, more or less, a pleasant life.
まずまずの愉快な一生でした
I sincerely appreciate the kindness you've .shown me all these years, Nyoigatake Yakushibou.
如意ヶ嶽薬師坊様には長いご厚誼を賜りまして
誠にかたじけなく存じます
Did that really happen?
そんなことが
He was an idiot to the last.
しまいのしまいまで阿呆であった
He was too good to be a tanuki.
狸にしておくのは惜しかった
Well, good night, Master.
それでは おやすみなさい 先生
Big bro...
兄さんよ
Father...
父上よ
ん
Did something happen?
何かあった？
We went to Yajirou's place.
矢二郎兄さんのとこに行ってたんだ
Did you have a fight or something?
喧嘩でもしたの？
Mother...
母上
父上が帰ってこなかった あの日の夜なんだけど
We were talking about the night .that Father didn't come home,
and...
その
あの子ね
He was so troubled, you know.
すごく悩んでいたの
And he was in love with Kaisei.
あの子はね
海星が好きだったのよ
そう
Yeah.
And then he went to see Sou about it.
それで 総さんに相談していたんだけどもね
Hey, Mother is worried.
兄貴
母上が心配している
Say something.
何とか言え
Mother.
母上
What is it?
何だい？
You knew?
母上は知っていたのですか
Knew what?
何をだい？
Why Yajirou holed himself up in a well.
矢二郎が井戸に籠もった理由です
あ
I'm his mother.
我が子のことだもの
If I didn't understand him, who would?
私が分かってやらなくては あの子があんまり可哀想だよ
So, Yaichirou,
ねえ矢一郎
please, please don't blame him too much.
お願いだから あの子をあんまり責めないでやっておくれ
I understand him.
私には分かっているよ
I understand him very well.
あの子のことは よーく分かっているよ
You're his big brother,
あなたも兄さんならば
so please try to understand him too.
あの子の気持ちを分かっておやり
分かっていますよ母上
Of course I do, Mother. He's my little brother.
あいつは俺の弟だ
Of course I understand him.
俺にだって分かる
It's because I understand him
分かっているから辛いのです く
that this hurts so much.
When saying good-bye to this world,
この世にさよならするにあたり
our great father split his blood into four:
我らの父は偉大なるその血を律儀に四つに分けた
the eldest inherited only .his sense of responsibility,
長兄は責任感だけを受け継ぎ
the second eldest inherited only .his easygoing personality,
次兄はのんきな性格だけを受け継ぎ
the youngest inherited only his innocence,
弟は純真さだけを受け継ぎ
and me, well, I inherited only his idiocy.
私は 阿呆ぶりだけを受け継いだ
What held us diverse brothers together
てんでバラバラの兄弟をつなぎ止めているのは
was the love of our mother, deeper than the sea,
海よりも深い母の愛と
and the farewell we bid our great father.
偉大なる父とのサヨナラである
Sometimes, one profound separation
一つの大きなサヨナラが
can unite the ones left behind.
残された者たちをつなぐこともある
繋いだ手を振りほどけば
You shake off my hand
tsunaida te wo furihodokeba
いたずらに 君微笑む
and idly smile at me
itazura ni kimi hohoemu
春は嵐 ざわざわする
Spring is ripe with the roll of thunder,
haru wa arashi zawazawa suru
and some cherry blossoms have already left the branches
mou hanabira chirisubonda
もう花びら散りすぼんだ
口癖はケセラセラ
Your favorite phrase is "Que será, será"
kuchiguse wa que sera sera
また呟く声がする
I can hear you whisper it again
mata tsubuyaku koe ga suru
She always vanishes
kanojo wa itsumo
彼女はいつもさよなら言わずに
sayonara
without saying "Goodbye,"
iwazu ni
風と消える
just like the wind
kaze to kieru
I don't know what the future will be like,
mirai no koto wa wakaranai keredo
未来のことはわからないけれど
今ここにある奇蹟は僕のものと
but I'll have faith
ima koko ni aru
that little miracles
kiseki wa
are awaiting me
boku no mono to shinjiteru
信じてる
約束なんてしたくないけれど
I don't want to be tied down by promises,
yakusoku nante shitakunai keredo
but let's hold up our hands
sono te wo kazashite
その手をかざして確かなもの
and find something,
tashika na mono
手に入れよう
something permanent
te ni ireyou
それは僕らを輝かす
that will
sore wa
show just who we are
bokura wo kagayakasu
There's something I'd want to .ask Uncle if he were still alive.
伯父様が生きていらしたら
一度聞いてみたかったことがある
何故私の名は海星なのかと
Why is my name "Kaisei"?
Next Time:
Kaisei, Daughter of Ebisugawa