Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (ぬらりひょんの孫)

RIHAN (VOICEOVER): Seven-fold, eight-fold,

the Yamabuki rose blooms.

But not a single fruit it bears.

Such sadness.

Yuki Onna, what's wrong?

Aotabo!

Kurotabo!

What the hell's going on here?

Huh?

Wha--?

I did it.

That went totally--

Master!

-You're like the Supreme Commander.

Your pranks go too far.

Master!

-Hey, is somebody going to get me down or what?

Rikuo Nura, age eight.

That's very funny.

A yokai should never let others get the drop on them.

-Hey, grandpa, does that mean I can have the title?

I want to be Third Heir.

Hm, wait a little longer.

Longer?

-Maybe when you're a little older and more like a yokai.

Really?

I'll do my best.

I'll work hard so I can become a great yokai leader like you.

Ha, ha, ha.

That's my boy.

-You know, I wonder if yokai are that strong.

The ones at our house sure don't look that way to me.

What are you saying to me?

Don't you know about my younger days?

Tell me again, grandpa.

I love hearing about it.

-I had 100 yokai under me, and did amazing things night

after night.

I was feared by humans and revered

by yokai as the Supreme Commander.

When people talk about the Lord of the Night, they mean me.

Awesome.

You're the coolest grandpa ever.

All right then, Rikuo.

I'll show you some more of my yokai magic.

Mhm.

Huh?

Weren't there customers here?

Hm?

Ah!

They punked us!

It's a dine and dash!

-This is a spell that lets you eat for free.

You're so cool, grandpa.

Master.

Master Rikuo.

Good morning to you, sir.

Morning.

Out of the way, guys.

I'm going to be late.

I'll see you guys later.

Have a good day.

-Please be careful out there, Master.

I've got to hand it to him.

He really got us good yesterday.

-He's been going overboard with the pranks the last few days.

That's a good thing.

Huh?

-You should be happy to see him so full of energy.

-Come on, don't act like he didn't get you good too.

Aotabo.

Wah!

Let's not talk about that, OK?

Hey.

Hold on.

Hey, Kana.

You're late, Rikuo.

The bus almost left without you.

Sorry, it was the guys.

The guys?

That's right.

You ought to stop by and visit one of these days, Kana.

You'd like everyone.

I don't want to.

Your place kind of looks like a haunted house from the outside.

To me

Really?

6.9 seconds.

No way.

I lost again.

We all lost to Nura.

You really have gotten fast lately, Nura.

-I don't see any difference between us.

It's not fair.

Of course there's a difference.

My grandpa's the Supreme Commander of the yokai.

The yokai?

-And so that's how the handsome onmyoji swordsman defeated

the fearsome child-devouring yokai.

And the shrine built in his honor

is what's known today as the Aratama Shrine.

The end.

Oh.

Hold on.

Huh?

-Doesn't that story sound a little bit strange to anyone?

Huh?

What do you mean exactly?

-It's just-- it's just the yokai should have been the good guys.

Huh?

What?

What's that?

-Sure, they can kind of be screw ups sometimes.

But Aotabo's strong, and Yuki Onna's

a good cook even though her food's always cold.

-What are you talking about, Nura?

He gets like this.

He'll say weird things sometimes.

-So you're saying there's something

wrong with Kiyotsugu's report, is that it?

Yeah, there is.

I know.

My grandpa's the Supreme Commander of the yokai.

Rikuo.

-Oh, then I guess that means your grandpa has

to be Nurarihyon.

Yeah, that's him all right.

You really know your stuff.

Of course I know about him.

Nurarihyon's very well known.

He likes to go into people's homes

and eat his fill of all their food.

And then after he's done that, he'll

go out of his way to purposely make trouble for them.

He's the pettiest yokai ever.

Gee, sounds pretty lame to me.

Unbelievable.

But don't worry, everyone.

Yokai are just fairy tales that people made up a long time ago.

They don't really exist.

Hah.

Yeah, that's true.

It'd be scary if they really did exist.

Wait, hold on a minute.

You know, my house is full of--

What's your problem, Nura?

Just let it go.

-There are no such things as yokai.

But I'm not lying.

Moving on now.

Does anyone have any questions?

I'll be more than happy to share all the little details

about my research.

Hm?

What's wrong, Master.

You look like you're feeling kind of down.

Yeah, it's nothing.

-There's going to be a meeting with all the clan leaders

today.

You should cheer up.

Huh?

A meeting with the leaders?

-The Supreme Commander wants you to join as well.

RIKUO (VOICEOVER): These are all of the top yokai in the Nura

Clan.

They all look so strong.

They're so cool.

-I've asked all the leaders to come here today for one reason.

I've decided that it's finally time

to name the clan's Third Heir.

It's been three years.

It's about time I did this.

I'd like to name the Third Heir, in other words,

our next Supreme Commander.

I think that's a good idea.

After all, you've been out of retirement this entire time.

It's hard, isn't it?

-There isn't a single yokai who can

compete against Lord Gagoze's evil.

-Not to mention the fact that the Gagoze group has

been responsible for all of the missing children this year.

Not at all.

I consider sending children to the depths of hell my duty.

It's nothing special.

What did you say just now?

Missing children?

You're saying you killed them?

That's right.

And quite a few too.

Evil's name is Lord Gagoze.

-He's such a paragon of yokai virtue.

That's nothing.

I started the fire in Aratama Town.

No way.

No way.

I don't believe it.

I see.

It sounds to me like you're as active as ever, Gagoze.

But grandpa--

Yes.