Sarazanmai (さらざんまい)

This world is built upon connections.

People share blood, the city they live in,

even their desires.

Everyone is connected somehow.

Kazu!

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But I know better than anyone...

...that no matter how strong they may seem,

those connections can easily be lost.

But there's one connection

I never want to lose again.

So this time, I'll do anything to protect it.

There are three important rules in my life

I must follow.

One: I have to take this box with me at all times,

no matter where I go.

Good morning to you!

It's Simply Asakusa Sara TV.

Sara Azuma here!

With my lucky selfies, you'll be happy every single day!

Okay! Let's look at our lucky item for today!

Oh, please don't be anything weird.

Rule two:

I have to watch Sara Azuma's TV show every morning,

and be sure to take her lucky selfie.

Boxes! Find those boxes!

The more there are, the happier you'll be!

So, take your lucky selfie.

Then send it to your special someone

to dish out some seriously happy vibes!

That's all we have on the plate for now!

Get Sara-cky!

Get Sara-cky.

Rule three: I have to share the lucky selfie

with a certain someone every day.

And our relationship has to remain a secret.

But as long as I can keep that connection alive,

nothing else matters.

-- Hey, stupid. --Huh?

--Did you just take a picture? --Um, I don't know.

Cut the bullshit. Now give me your damn smartphone.

No!

I have an important mission on my plate,

and I won't let you stop me!

The more boxes there are, the happier I'll be!

What? Hey!

Damn it! Where the hell did she go?

I pray that we'll be able to connect again today.

-- Hey, you! --

Me?

Yeah. Have you seen some girl in a crazy outfit?

No. Why do you ask?

Hold on. Your phone's the same!

What's your connection to her?

Leave me alone!

Eh, screw it.

What the hell?!

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Huh? I'm at school? It was a dream.

It's still there.

Kazuki!

Uh? Enta.

What is your deal?

How could you leave the club without even telling me?

I was going to talk to you later.

After you already quit!

We've been the Golden Duo for years and now you ruined it!

Good morning! We've got a transfer student today!

This is Toi Kuji. Play nice. 'Kay, everyone?

Huh?

So, that means...

It was real.

That ringing.

Aah...

-- -- Aah...

-- Okay, next! --

There it is again.

-- Dosukoi. --

I think it's calling for us.

Now for our next dish...

This morning, the kappa statue in the shopping district

was found destroyed by unknown perpetrators.

Hi-ya!

--The Asakusa Police have... --

What should I do with this now?

... kappa slayers could strike again!

Whoever did that is going to get their shirikodama

ripped out by a kappa .

--Oh, have mercy on their souls! -- Huh? Shiriko what?

It's a mystic organ inside the anus of every human.

Enta! You ordered something online, didn't you?

Junk I bet! Well, what is it? Come on, show me!

It's for Kazuki!

Would you give me a break already?

Huh? Wh-Whoa! Why is my box flying away?

Right here. That's where it's coming from.

And nobody can hear it but us, huh? Creepy.

He cursed us. The kappa did this to get revenge.

There's no such thing as curses!

You hear that? It's getting louder!

What now? What if the cops come here and arrest us?

I can't get caught. Hell, no.

Yeah, same here. Because then,

my connection with them would be ruined.

-- Something's coming out! -- Farts?

-- --

What the hell?

Good morning.

--What the...? --This happened before.

I've been waiting for you.

Kero kero , gentlemen.

I am Keppi, heir to the throne of the Kappa Kingdom.

By the way, I took the liberty of erasing your memories

of this morning.

--But how? --Is this real?

-- Oh, very real. --

And now that my personage has been revealed to you,

I cannot simply let you go.

Aah! Don't curse me!

And yet...

...perhaps it was fate and not mere happenstance

that led you to awaken me.

And I did call you back here, after all. Kero.

I beseech you.

Please lend me your aid, sons of man.

I've no other recourse.

--Screw you. --What?

Is that a good idea?

I'm not taking orders from a frog.

-- I ain't no frog. -- Huh?

What now?

I ain't no damn frog!

--Uh-oh! He's angry! -- How dare you!

Extraction!

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-- --

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A kappa came out his butt!

Kuji's a kappa ?

Dude, you're a kappa , too.

-- -- A prince can scarcely

be expected to suffer the indignity

of being called a frog. Therefore, I ripped out

your shirikodama in a fit of rage.

Oh, no. This is real bad!

We've come to the Field of Desires.

A place that humans cannot perceive.

Nor can they perceive its denizens,

which as of the present, include you.