Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari (Poco's Udon World)

Shinobu? Shinobu!

Your dad's home.

Really?!

Ah, that's good.

Souta Incoming Call

What's up?

Nakaji. Hewwo.

Hey, now. Poco, give that back.

Nakaji!

Come on, Poco. Now.

Huh?

Poco's Udon World

Chicken on the Bone

Episode 5: "Chicken on the Bone"

Poco, you're eating too wildly. You'll get your hands sticky.

Nakajima, you have all you like, too.

It's my treat.

I do love the chicken here...

But I drove here.

If I can't drink beer, this is just torture!

Actually, I have a favor to ask of you...

No. Whatever it is, it's bound to be somethin' annoying.

Don't drag me into it.

Come on! Join me for a while. You're free today, aren't you?

I got somethin' to do tonight.

We'll be done by then. Please?

The flavor is already so spicy and juicy.

But...

Paired with fresh cabbage, it's even more perfect...

The runt understands that instinctively.

What are you mumbling to yourself?

Hurry up and eat before it gets cold.

Dang it!

It's amazing!

Nakaji, yummy?

Looks like we've reached an agreement.

Souta, juice.

Juice!

So, where are we goin'?

Just to the high school.

Huh? Our high school? Why?

Juice. Juice.

Manabe-san from our second-year class asked me

to make a video for a class reunion.

She wants me to make a movie of the teachers who can't attend.

Like Sonezaki-sensei, the Classic Japanese teacher.

You know, the one everyone called "Old Man Sone"?

Listen.

Huh?

You've been gallavantin' around with that runt all the time.

What about your job?

Uh...

Well... I'm still on vacation, so...

I don't know what all is goin' on, but...

You gotta get yourself more together.

Bad! Bad!

Nakaji, bad! Nakaji, bad!

Poco!

I'll buy you another one, okay?

Don't spoil him!

I never expected you to come with a child in tow, Tawara-kun.

Er... Yeah, well...

You never know what'll happen in life!

Nakajima-kun, are you going to take over your father's hospital?

I heard you're working at the hospital over by Ritsurin right now.

I'm still in training.

And I don't know if I'll take it over...

Huh? Really?

It's complicated.

Seeing you two sitting next to each other

reminds me of our supplementary Classic Japanese lessons.

You both had terrible grades!

Yeah, well, mine were better than Souta's.

What?! Mine were better!

No, mine were!

Ruu raru ruu raru suu sasu shimu!

[Note - A melody used to help memorize classic Japanese verb conjugations]

Imperfective! Conjunctive! Predicative!

Attributive! Hypothetical! Imperative!

Anybody can do rote memorization!

Oh, shut up.

Bad! Bad!

Bad! Bad! Souta! Nakaji! Be nice!

Poco's in a huff...

That's right.

How bad off must you be, to need such a little tyke to scold you?

I didn't cover this in our lessons,

but having friendships that don't change, even as you age, is a wonderful thing.

Don't ever forget that.

Wow! This tree's still here?

What are you doing?

I used to stash my dirty mags inside this tree, way back when.

Of course, there's nothin' here now.

Souta!

Nakaji!

Brings back memories, doesn't it?

You know, I...

I haven't gone to even one of our class reunions or anything.

After I moved to Tokyo, I fell out of touch with the friends I had here.

Maybe...

Deep down, maybe I did look down on them.

Just because I went to the big city...

I guess I had the wrong idea in my head.

I've always thought you were wrong in the head, too.

Ouch...

It might be late in coming,

but I agreed to work on the movie

because, even if it's little by little,

I wanted to get back in touch with this place.

Hey.

Huh?

What's that?

Souta!

Hey! Don't run this way, idiot!

It's huge!

Hey, weren't you always afraid of big dogs?

You're bawling?!

Waaah

Waaah

I can't! I seriously can't handle this!

For the love of God!

This crap always happens when we're with the runt!

Shoe!

Poco!

Hey, you!

Whaddaya think you're doin', fool?!

Nakaji.

Are you hurt? Do you feel okay?

Owie, owie?

Jeez, what are you doing?

Shuddup. I do what I want.

Honestly, you're so...

You always stink like soup stock!

Get 'im, John! Bite 'im!

Hey, you!

Whaddaya think you're doin', fools?!

You're as stupid and cool as ever.

The "stupid" wasn't necessary.

I wonder where its owner is.

Oh, yeah.

You said you're busy tonight, right?

If you need to go...

Ah, right.

You oughta come with me.

Huh?

It's the least ya could do after draggin' me into your headaches.

Yeah, sure.

I'm sorry!

I-I'm so sorry. My dog...

Wait, huh?

From Tawara Udon!

Er...

Oh, uh... I'm Tawara Souta.

Poco!

Huh? Is his name... Poco?

Yeah... Actually...

Oh, wow! It's like a tanuki's name!

Oh! My name is Fujiyama Sae.

I really am sorry for the trouble.

Nah, it's no big deal.

It looks like Poco-chan's made fast friends with Merukuru.

M-Merukuru... chan?

That's right.

She loves people and she's a very good dog!

Would you like to pet her, too?

Huh?!

Er... Uh...

I do like fluffy things, but...

Welp, I've got someplace to be.

Wait! Nakajima?!

Souta, doggie?

She said you can play with the doggie again another time.

Anyway, what did you have to do?