Fancy Dance (ファンシイダンス)

The road you're on has no end

Why do you keep going on?

Why do you have to take it?

Why do you keep going on?

Why do you have to take it?

Nowadays there's no one like you

Why are you still searching for something?

The road you're on has no end

Poor little Masoho.

You're going towards a goal of hope

The sun will rise again

Young people will start walking again

Yohei, that's not fair!

Choose either one.

This is all there is.

FANCY DANCE

To inherit the temple, he must learn to be a monk.

Just one tough year, and his future is fixed.

A great life.

That's right. I'm stuck in a third-rate food company.

So good to be the 2nd generation.

The 10th, actually.

Simply put, the nice Yohei...

mustn't disappoint his father.

Thank you. Grandfather's so thrilled.

It's only a year.

You needn't take over the temple right away.

You're free until your father dies.

Ouch!

Be still, or I'll cut you.

Sorry.

It's only a year. One year.

Then I'll be back.

Don't. Or I'll resent your going.

I want you to resent it.

But you'll still be going.

I'm fed up being a monk!

I'm fed up being a monk!

Floating with the clouds, dancing in the water

That's what the word monk means!

How cruel!

Drop dead!

Her ex was a Christian missionary.

From Jesus to Buddha.

Yohei, come back alive!

Welcome on board.

How noble! Going to Meikei Temple for training?

And so young.

You want one? It's nice.

Thank you.

Ikuo!

- Hey bro. - Why are you here?

I'm going, too.

Two brothers taking the robe,

I'm very impressed!

Would you like one? It's nice.

You still angry?

Don't let him know before you reach the temple.

He's finally agreed to take over the temple.

If you'd become a monk, then why am I here?

I said yes because I know your health is too precarious.

I'm sacrificing everything.

And now you pop up.

I should have left it to you. I don't want to be a monk.

Relax. I'm not interested in Dad's temple. It's all yours.

I'll follow Dad's example and marry into a sect.

That's why you want to be a monk?

I can see from Dad that it's an easy life.

Yes!

...del corazon!

But...

Is the training harsh?

I shouldn't leave you here and go home.

Dad trapped me.

Which way is Tokyo?

All the winds come straight from Tokyo.

Masoho, we have to be chaste now.

Be patient.

The pleasure will be greater.

It's only a year, let's use it wisely.

Well then, I'm off.

Thanks for doing this for me.

Don't say this. It's for us.

Don't, it'll make it harder.

Hi.

MEIKEI TEMPLE

We beseech you to accept us as novices.

Can't hear you.

We beseech you accept us as novices.

Can't hear you.

You're late.

Avert your eyes.

I'm your senior.

You hear me?

Eyes down! Name?

What is your name?

- Chinrai Shinada. - Can't hear you.

- Chinrai Shinada. - Can't hear you.

Chinrai Shinada. Chinrai Shinada.

Chinrai Shinada.

Why are you here?

Don't you know?

Then I won't let you in. Get out!

Anyone else want out?

Why are you here?

To train!

To train what?

To train myself.

What's "myself"?

What's this?

A Walkman.

What? You're not on a vacation!

Get up!

- Ouch! - What are you doing?

Only sutras! No rock music!

- Bullshit! - Get up!

- My leg's numb! - Come over! - Fool!

Come over!

- Get up! - Yes!

You brought a Shinto charm to a Buddhist temple!

Why bring that?

From Mum.

This is not a pub.

RESTING PLACE

What?

What is this?

This is that fat guy's bundle.

Hurry up!

Come on, son.

Who do they think they are?

Novices just admitted are to settle in "Resting Place" first,

to learn the basics of a monk's life.

To bed by nine and up at three.

The first week was spent sitting.

After that we take our meals and clean up the corridors,

leaving us time just for the toilet.

I LOVE YOU

What the hell!

This is a temple!

You fool!

I must consider how much good did I do...

because this food doesn't come easily.

Chinrai, mouth off the bowl. Don't eat like a dog.

Straighten up, hold your bowl,

use your spoon and eat silently.

Yohei, don't do that.

Your tongue.

- Don't scratch your head. - Yes.

Eishun, no noise.

Getting used to the rituals makes the food tasteless.

Porridge and salted sesame for breakfast.

Lunch and supper, soup and vegetables.

Even though we got used to the rituals, we felt hungry all the time.

- Be quick about it! - Yes!

Don't dawdle! Don't dawdle!

Be the rag.

Clean everything, not just dirt.

Don't dawdle!

Come on, hurry!

Move, move.

I didn't know she's the future heiress of a temple.

I've got to be a monk to marry her.

But it's a real goldmine. A building, car park and kindergarten.

Even tennis courts.

- Marrying into money? - What about you?

I'm escaping from a woman.

When my hair is as long as yours, we'll wed...

Stop singing!

- Rags don't sing. - Yes.

Get a move on!

- Go! - Yes!

What's the noise?

Abbot Juryu...

Are you alright?

Ikuo, are you okay?

You're hopeless.

She's beautiful.

After a week we were off probation...

and permitted to enter the temple.

We're now officially leading the lives of ascetics.

In a temple, names are pronounced in Chinese style.

Yohei remained the same,

Ikuo became Ikusho.

It's Shoei and her attendant Jian.

What?

To the senior monks, she's like...

the Rosemary of the temple.

Rosemary?

Don't you read girls' comics?

You're so out of touch.

We both will while we're here.

Of course not. Monks are very trendy.

They're so cool.

KITCHEN

Ouch!

A temple is like an organization,

monks taking various duties.

Even novices have to help out.

The duties are rotated and you can't refuse to do them.

You must do whatever you're assigned.