Original subtitles

The Lonely Shadow

Screenplay: Chiaki Konaka

Director: Yukio Kaizawa

It's Mysterious Magical Fun Fun Pharmacy! Get in line!

Let's do one more round!

Yeah!

You're up, Potpourri!

Yep!

There!

Got it in a good spot!

Hurry up, Potpourri!

Potpourri, you suck!

What's up?

Are you okay?

Potpourri?

I'm fine. Just fine.

The sunset's so pretty!

It certainly is.

Glad to see it again after it rained all day for a while.

Later.

See you.

Bye bye.

Bye bye!

Bye bye! See you at school tomorrow!

Let's go, Potpourri!

Yeah, let's go home.

What?

What is it, Potpourri?

What a chilly wind!

Sorry, let's get going.

Yeah!

It was nice of Potpourri to walk you home.

Yeah!

Hopscotch is great!

It was pretty fun. We should play again sometime.

Yeah, we totally need to!

Yeah! See ya, Natsumi!

Bye bye!

Bye bye!

What is it, Granny?

Oh, it's nothing.

Probably just my imagination.

Hello, Mr. Tobacconist!

Hey there, Potpourri. Careful on the way home!

Hello, Mr. Photographer!

Got your shadow!

Oh, Potpourri?

I got your shadow!

Shadow tag, huh? I used to play that too, you know.

What were you photographing?

The sunset.

The sunset is interesting, don't you think?

It makes the shadows of people and buildings reach farther.

As if the shadows themselves are growing taller.

The shadows are growing?

That's really interesting!

M-My shadow's gone!

This is bad!

Your shadow what?

I definitely had it when we were playing hopscotch!

Oh my, Potpourri!

Magic, magic, come on out!

Shuka shuka!

Let's go, Pinch!

Shuka!

Here we go!

Shuka!

I wonder if losing your shadow somewhere is normal.

Oh, isn't that...

My shadow?

My shadow's playing with someone else?

Stealing my shadow like that... I'll show you!

Hold up!

Gimme my shadow back!

Shu!

Stop!

Shuka.

Owie...

My shadow! Where's my shadow?

The sunlight's...

What now? The shadows are gonna disappear!

They'll all disappear along with my shadow!

What do I do now?

The street lamps...

Oh yeah! I have my magic!

Rick's light can make shadows!

Magic, magic, come on out!

Rick? Rick, are you around?

Rick! Rick?

Rick!

Why's it you, Laluu?

I just wanted something to light the darkness.

What?

Whose feelings are you showing me?

I'm in the world of the shadows.

No! We're playing hide-and-seek.

She'll find you!

What? Who's that?

Wait! Don't go!

Wait!

There!

Who are you supposed to be?

Why'd you take my shadow? What do you want with it?

Whose shadow are you, anyway?

I'm no one's shadow. I'm just a shadow.

What?

I'm a shadow person.

A shadow person?

I'm always here, with everyone's shadows.

I like to play with the other shadows when they come around.

You play with our shadows?

It was supposed to finally be the season for long shadows, but it was just cloudy all the time.

But this evening the sun came out for a bit and made shadows. I was just so happy.

But you stopped playing so soon.

So I...

I was just so bored.

I just wanted to play with your shadow a bit more!

Mr. Shadow Person?

Huh?

It's pitch black...

B-But I'm not scared or anything!

I sleep with the lights off, y'know!

My shadow! My shadow's back!

There!

Gotcha!

How's that? I'm pretty good at shadow tag.

Shadow tag's great!

Let's make a promise. A pinky promise!

Promise me that we'll keep being friends.

Mr. Shadow Person...

Bye, Mr. Shadow Person! See you tomorrow!

Thank you, Potpourri.

hitoribocchi hitotsu wasurerateta ki no mi

A lone fruit, from a forgotten tree.

furikaette futatsu kinou fuita kaze yo

Turn around and there's two, with the wind from yesterday.

mikazuki ni mittsu omoide o uta

Three with the crescent moon, singing of reminiscence.

Fourth is joy, of that small life.

yorokobi o yottsu chiisakatta inochi

One day, it will be told. One day, gently.

itsuka tsutaete itsuka yasashiku