Original subtitles

[panting]

[robot] You are Yosuke.

[Yosuke] And do you know who he is?

- [robot] Kihachi. - [Yosuke] Indeed, that's right!

I will finally make you complete.

Just a few more minutes.

And now, at last, everything we need is in place.

The time has come to revive our dream.

[steam hissing]

[machinery whirring]

[panting]

Yosuke! [gasps]

Kihachi! Are you in there?

Say something, Kihachi!

Hmm?

[gasps]

Well, look who decided to join us.

Please! You have to let Kihachi go!

I know he's in there!

[Kihachi groans weakly]

But he's not.

That's not true! You can't fool me!

- [solemn music playing] - [Inako gasping]

- Stay back! - [Inako squeals]

[grunts]

[Yosuke screams]

I knew it!

[Yosuke wailing]

You don't understand! Their souls are merging into one. It's a delicate process!

You're ruining everything!

Stop! Get away from there!

Kihachi! You have to wake up!

[straining]

- [yells] - [Yosuke groans]

Little Bug…

You said you would create the Age of Electricity!

So you have to get up! You have to fight!

If you stay, all of those dreams will be over.

There won't be an Age of Electricity. So get up!

[Yosuke screams] You can't!

[Inako straining]

[power fizzing]

- Kihachi! - [grunts weakly]

You… came…

[Inako] Mmm.

I couldn't just leave you here by yourself.

You haven't even tasted my sake yet.

Come on, get on your feet. We need to get out of here fast.

[gasps]

[seethes]

Where do you think you're going?

[screams] You two are never going to get out of here!

[thumping]

[grunts]

- [Yosuke panting] - [Inako gasps]

Yosuke!

[roaring]

[Inako yelps]

It's hot!

[Yosuke] Kuga! You bastard!

[Kengo grunting]

[Yosuke screaming]

Come back! You've ruined everything!

[Kihachi, softly] Yosuke…

No, don't leave!

Stop! Please! Come back!

Kihachi, your brother…

[sounds fade]

Seiro…

- Mr. Mizoe! - [Ukon] Let's go!

- [Izo] No! Yosuke! - [Sakon] The whole place is falling apart!

[water flowing gently]

[Seiroku] Yosuke!

Hey.

Hey, Yosuke.

Oh…

[sighs] Yes! We're together at last.

[Seiroku] It's been tough, hasn't it?

[Yosuke] It definitely has! It's all your fault, you know?

[power building up]

[Kengo] Get out of here, all of you!

This whole place is going to collapse!

Run! Hurry!

- [all gasp] - [man] Run!

[men yelping]

[robot] Kihachi.

[power fading]

[metal creaking]

[intense rumbling]

[people yelping]

[screaming]

[distant crashing]

[Inako panting]

- [Noriko] Inako! - Oh!

- Big sister! - What happened to Kihachi?

- [rumbling continues outside] - [bottles clinking]

- Yosuke did something to him. - [explosion]

[people gasping]

[woman] What's happening?

Electric…

[gasps] Kihachi?

It's the Electric Brain.

It's out of control.

We have to stop it.

[heavy crashing]

- [Izo grunts] - [Noriko gasps]

Kengo!

Where is he? Where's Yosuke?

Yosuke's still in there.

He's trapped beneath that damn puppet.

I have to go back to save him!

[grunts] Didn't you hear that loud noise just now?

[groans] The factory is collapsing,

and since it was built underground,

it's created a huge sinkhole in the city.

- There's no way you can get back in there. - [whimpering]

[Kihachi grunts]

I'm sorry, big brother. This isn't the Age of Electricity that you wanted.

What are we going to do now?

We'll come at it from above.

We have to rescue Yosuke from the Electric Brain.

- [gasps] Let me help you! Please! - [Inako] Oh!

I'll do anything you ask!

[solemn, optimistic music playing]

It still seems like just a fairytale to me.

Flying through the air in an electric vehicle.

- Yajiro, hook up the batteries. - [Yajiro] Got it.

Okay, Little Bug, pull this cord out.

- [Inako] Right. [grunts] - Kengo, plug that one back in.

- Hey, Bug? - Huh?

I'm sorry. I got lost in the project.

I became obsessed with making the Electric Brain a reality.

I'm really sorry.

Well, it's about time!

Do you have any idea how worried I was about you? You better not do that again.

[Kihachi whimpers]

[Kihachi gasps]

Let's go!

[both grunt]

[Yajiro] Ready when you are, Kihachi.

- [Kihachi] Yajiro, hurry up and climb in. - Huh? What?

- No, I'm afraid of heights! No, I can't! - [Kihachi] What?

In that case, please allow me to take his place.

No, let me go instead.

You're both too heavy. We'll never get off the ground!

- Kihachi! - [yelps]

You're coming?

Yeah, of course I'm coming!

I will do whatever it takes to help you create the true Age of Electricity!

- [music fades] - [sighs]

[snoring softly] Me-me-me-me-me-me!

[Kate] Do you really think it's gonna be able to fly?

- Inako believes in him, so we should too. - Yeah, you're right!

[Yajiro] This dial starts the engine. Once you pick up speed,

you might need to adjust this gauge over here.

- [Inako] Right. - [Noriko] Inako!

- [Inako] Huh? - Promise you'll come back safely.

I will. You have my word, I promise.

- You ready? - Yeah!

[straining]

Cut the rope!

- [groans] - [cheerful music playing]

- [Kengo] They're flying! - [all gasp]

- [Inako] We did it! We're really flying! - [Kihachi] Uh-huh! Uh-huh!

- [wails] - What's going on?

Are you all right up there?

[whimpers] Yeah, I'm fine.

We… we need to keep flying in this circular pattern

as we enter the sinkhole.

Tell me when the plane's three meters from the wall.

I'm counting on you!

Okay, three meters from the wall. Got it!

- You can do it! I believe in you. - Right!

- That's three meters! - Okay, got it!

[grunts]

[straining]

[electricity buzzing]

[Inako and Kihachi panting]

[Inako] I don't know how, but we made it.

[Kihachi] We need to hurry.

We can use that hole to descend into the factory.

- Let's go, Bug! [grunts] - [Inako] Coming!

- [Kihachi] Can you jump? - Yeah!

I don't understand how it's still able to run in this state.

The Electric Brain is forcing it to maintain operations.

We have to hurry. If this thing keeps going,

it's gonna destroy all the steam engines in the city.

Kihachi, wait. What about that doll?

[Kihachi sighs]

It's back here.

[straining]

- [Inako screams] - [Kihachi] Get back!

[both coughing]

[steam hissing]

[machinery whirring softly]

It looks just like… your big brother…

[gasps]

This here is the Electric Brain.

But still, it does look like him.

He's a pretty determined guy. Yosuke, I mean.

- [robot] Yes. - [both gasp]

[robot] Yosuke Mizoe is here.

[both grunting]

I'm really sorry about this.

I swear I'll make you again properly someday.

[Inako straining]

It's all right. I understand.

[Kihachi grunts]

- [both gasp] - Yosuke!

[both straining]

[Kihachi yells]

- [Inako yelps] - [Kihachi gasps]

[wistful music playing]

[Yosuke laughing]

[Yosuke] Aah!

I have to tell you, your little brother really is quite a handful.

Well, he is my brother, after all.

[Yosuke laughs]

No doubt about that!

Aah!

I'm so happy.

Seiroku, now that you're here,

we can create the Age of Electricity!

- The two of us! - Hmm.

Huh?

[sighs]

- [gasps] - [Seiroku] Mmm.

You have to move forward. You'll be fine, even without me.

What do you mean?

From now on, let me be a memory that lives in your heart.

Yosuke, the two of you will do great things together.

[gasps]

When I said "the two of us," that's not what I meant.

[screaming]

[clattering]

[Inako gasps]

[whimpers]

Kihachi…

[machinery stops]

[deep rumbling]

[metal clanking]

We have to get out of here. [grunts]

Without the Electric Brain to operate the systems, the steam factory will take over,

and it won't be able to handle this much overload.

Huh?

[metal creaking and groaning]

[Kihachi and Inako panting]

- [Kihachi yelps] - [Inako strains]

[both grunting]

[both panting]

[both struggling]

- This is bad. - [Inako gasping]

We don't have enough of a runway here for us to take off.

[both yelp]

[whimpers] That wind is strong.

The steam factory is starting to overload, so it's creating heat underground.

And heat causes air to…

Hurry! Climb on board!

What?

The hot air's creating an updraft!

Now!

[heavy rumbling and crashing]

[straining]

[wind gusting]

- [all gasping] - What in the world is happening?

The sky…

[Kengo] Oh! [gasps]

The aircraft! Kihachi!

Inako!

Damn it! I don't think the plane's gonna make it.

[Yosuke sighs]

Seiroku…

[gasps] Seiroku!

[Inako] Mr. Mizoe!

Where is he? What happened to Seiroku?

Yosuke, my brother is--

We were finally together! You have to go back!

We can't go back!

- Stop moving around! - Shut up! Take me back to him right now!

Damn it, I need him!

My brother's gone!

But his dream for the Age of Electricity lives on!

It's up to you and I to create it.

- Do you understand? - Huh…

[poignant music playing]

[Yosuke] Huh?

[no dialogue]

I can't. Not without Seiroku.

Think about it. We both shared the vision

that helped build the Electric Brain.

I can't create the Age of Electricity without you!

I'm going to need your help, Yosuke!

I can't. No one can understand the emptiness I feel.

- [Kihachi] Yosuke! - [Inako] Mr. Mizoe!

Yosuke!

Oh, Seiroku…

Huh?

Oh.

Seiroku…

[both gasp]

Tell me, what am I supposed to do now?

[Izo] Mr. Mizoe!

[Izo gasping shakily]

- [spluttering] - [music fades]

I've got you, sir! Hold on, Mr Mizoe!

I hate you. I hate you!

[debris clattering]

Just a little further. You can do it!

- Hold on tight, Inako! - Right!

[metal squeaking]

- [Kengo grunting] - [both screaming]

[screaming]

[wind whistling]

[Noriko] Inako!

[sobs]

You did it. [chuckles]

That was amazing.

[sighs]

Yeah! I made it home.

[panting]

[chuckles]

Seiroku, he really is your little brother.

[Kihachi panting]

[Inako and Kihachi chuckle softly]

A FEW MONTHS LATER

[gentle, optimistic music playing]

OFFERINGS MOMOKAWA SAKE BREWERY

[man] With deepest reverence, O Gods above,

we humbly offer you these gifts.

[Jinemon] All the preparations are going well.

- Yes. - It's almost time.

- Indeed it is. - [gasps]

Hey!

[Inako] It's been a while, hasn't it?

[Kihachi] Yeah, Saki sent me an invitation.

She said the first batch of Electric Nishiki

was being offered to the Ise Shrine, and that I should come.

I don't know why, since I can't even drink yet.

I'm still glad you came.

And besides, you wouldn't want to miss big sister and Kengo's wedding.

[sighs happily]

[Kihachi chuckles softly]

I guess we have a lot to celebrate.

Let us celebrate the first blessing of the Electric Nishiki.

Everyone, eat and drink to your heart's content.

[laughs happily]

And now, without any further ado…

ELECTRIC NISHIKI

…let the true celebration begin!

[all gasp]

What is that doing here?

Electric Nishiki?

- But we left them all at the shrine! - I rescued this one.

[Inako and Jinemon] Uh…

- [Saki] Delicious. - [Jinemon] Hm!

[Saki] This is truly exceptional, Inako!

The flavors have a gentle roundness, like the moon,

followed by a crispness almost like an electric shock.

This is the most innovative sake I've ever tried!

Thank you so much, Miss Saki.

So, um… how is he?

Is Yosuke… Is he okay?

Oh, he's just fine.

Seems he wasn't as discouraged as we all thought.

He's already moved on to his next endeavor.

He's been traveling all over the world.

[Kihachi gasps happily]

That's good to hear.

[music fades]

[Inako] Kihachi, wake up.

[Kihachi groans]

It's time to get up! We have to go.

[Kihachi] I'm so tired, Bug. Where are we going?

[Inako] I can't tell you. It's a surprise.

[Kihachi] So, how long do we have to wait?

Just a bit more.

Is that what we're waiting for?

Look over there, quick!

[Kihachi] Hm? [gasps]

What's that in the distance?

[Inako] It's Mount Fuji.

[Kihachi] You really can see it from all the way over here.

[Inako] My mother always said she knew of a place where you could see Mount Fuji.

She told me she wanted us to go together someday, but…

she never made it out here.

[wistful music playing]

Is that why you kept asking me if we could see Mount Fuji from the kite?

Miss Saki told me exactly where I could go to see it.

And so… I knew I had to share it with you.

[chuckles] Thanks. This view is amazing!

- You know, ever since I met you, Inako… - Hm?

So much has changed.

Learning about the catalog and my brother…

and discovering that my true passion was to create the Age of Electricity.

So… thank you.

I should thank you.

You inspired me to finally have the courage to make my mother's sake.

That's why…

I swear, one day I'm gonna be able to show you the Age of Electricity!

I'm not sure how long it'll take.

- But I swear I'll show you! - [wind whistling]

Will you wait for it?

[gasps]

Yes.

I believe in you, Kihachi.

I'll be by your side for as long as it takes.

[no dialogue]

[Kihachi] Uh…

Uh… Kihachi?

Wait! Where are you going? Come back!

- At least tell me why you're leaving. - No reason. I just wanted to.

Normal people don't just suddenly take off for no reason.

[Kihachi] I… I said it's nothing, so it's nothing. Leave it alone!

Isn't your talent supposed to be believing people?

[Inako] It is, but spending time with you has made me into a more suspicious person!

[Kihachi] Gah!

Why, you little…

- [whimpers] - [Inako] Hey!

Get back here! Why are you running away?

- [Kihachi] It doesn't matter! - [Inako] Kihachi!

- Slow down! Wait for me! - [Kihachi] Shut up!

[Inako] Come on!

SPARKS OF TOMORROW

CHAPTER 13: TO THE FUTURE WE DESIRE

[theme song in Japanese playing]