The Tatami Time Machine Blues (四畳半タイムマシンブルース)

Ayo

Should I come along?

No need! Then it gets more complicated! -Senior, we have to hurry!

Have we arrived?

Akashi?

Sorry, I'm a little nauseous...

Are you okay?

Don't worry. The controller!

There isn't any!

It must be Ozu and friends.

Instead of just returning the operator,

we also had to bring the time travelers back.

We have to find them!

Akashi is unreliable.

First of all, I hid the time machine.

What?

You came back so fast.

Shouldn't you be cleaning up?

Speak!

What are you guys doing?

It's like a steam bath in here!

Hey! Give the operator! -Operator?

AC controller!

If that...

What?

Thank you for your cooperation!

What?

When did you change clothes?

Only just. -What?

Leading actors like us?

No problem, right?

Of course the problem.

A field staff changed clothes before me?

What an exaggeration.

Right?

Right.

Akashi too. Instead of wasting time with him,

You should pay more attention to the actors...

Aren't you meddling too much?

What do I do, when do I change, and who am I with,

it's all mine.

This is a clear invasion of privacy! -Wait a minute!

I vehemently oppose it!

I didn't mean to violate your privacy!

Right.

It was just a comment about the director's supposed attitude...

That is none of your business.

Hurry up and change your clothes. The costume will be washed.

Yes, I understand.

Hurray! Time machine is the best!

You guys have come. Finally come!

Hanuki! -Did anything good happen?

What? Why aren't you excited?

Was the past fun?

Past?

Yes, the past.

True too! For you this is the present.

That is, the us you see today are from the future.

What are you talking about?

I mean you two are heroes in the era of the downfall of the Shogun!

And we you see are humans from the distant future!

No, not like that!

You're drunk, aren't you? -No, I'm not drunk.

Let me help you freshen up.

I told you, I'm not drunk!

Look! He is very drunk!

You're so drunk! -Drunk what?

Wait, what's this?

I should have said it!

The universe is in danger of extinction!

What do you mean?

If the past changes, then the future will change.

That's right.

In other words, our very existence is in danger.

What?

So far what have you done?

I got involved in filmmaking.

What?

I direct the acting,

make Ozu a kumadori,

and share soda

to the staff!

We were silent.

The spirited figure of Hanuki on the set yesterday

is the Hanukkah that comes from the future.

It is okay, right?

Is that bad?

Anyway, don't delve into the past any further!

What?

Where did Master and Ozu go?

To the Oasis.

Yesterday the Vidal Sassoon bottle was stolen, right?

They said they would catch the culprit.

Why?

Do they want to destroy the universe?

Let's bring them back!

Don't go there!

Hey! -What is it?

What's wrong, Kakashi?

Are the seniors going to the Oasis?

Right, what about Akashi?

After cleaning up, I intend to go to the Used Book Festival.

You're really productive, aren't you.

Because summer is short.

Disgusting! -I remember that conversation.

is

does my voice sound like that?

Strange sound.

What? -Good grief!

How strange.

Won't it open?

Not.

Anybody home?

Maybe the door is jammed.

Let's tell the boarding house owner.

Take advantage of that to be a reason for negotiating rental prices.

Well, I'll hold on until the Oasis.

Isn't this situation unreasonable?

Of course it makes sense.

Yesterday I went to the shooting location.

That is true.

This all explains

why our conversation is not clear before time travel.

Is it really okay?

However,

in the Oasis there are Higuchi and Ozu who came from the future.

We had to get them both out before we came yesterday.

OASIS

MAN

What?

Hanuki, were you at the Oasis yesterday?

Me?

Not.

Very?

In that case...

Sometimes it's good to go to a bath like this.

When we heard Hanuki's voice from the women's bath...

Surely it is

Hanukkah from the future!

Otherwise, it doesn't make sense.

Hanuki!

Come on into the bath!

What? I don't want to.

I hate baths.

Yesterday you entered the bathhouse, Hanuki.

I told you, I'm not in. -Precisely for not entering,

You must enter now!

What?

Just leave it to me!

Please help.

IT IS PROHIBITED TO SPY. IT IS PROHIBITED TO BE INDECENT

Ozu! What are you doing?

Two!

Welcome to yesterday.

How do you feel after riding a time machine?

Where's the AC controller?

No need to worry.

I've secured it here.