AWTY 164 - Persuit Pl. (Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits)

Hello and welcome to our weep there yet an exploration, education, and anime. I'm your anime idiot, patrick dugan.

I'm an anime expert, D hollander.

And I'm brenda mccullough. Your anime Lee Hayiori from the hit TV show Hayori's homestead.

Yeah.

Don't ask where I get my information from. I can't tell you either.

Cool.

I never do because I'm afraid of where it comes from.

It's like a pandora's box. Like you could get something useful in there, but you're just going to get a lot of bad stuff before that, I imagine.

Mystically, you're going to die first.

Yeah.

I imagine brendan's brain is like digging around a bunch of old boxes, like when you're cleaning your room after a really long time and then you play with all of the toys that you find.

Yeah.

And then there's just like a bought the storage unit. Let's just root around, see what age memorabilia is left over in here.

My mind is just the tlc show storage force where you're just opening up being like, what's inside this one? It's like, well, it's a lot of, like, half eaten cupcakes and some weird spiderman comics that are like smooshed with the cupcakes. All right, let's check the next unit. There's just a body. There's just a dead man in this one.

And it's all completely worthless.

One day I'll find that pokemon card that jars are one day.

Can't re out there, can't resell anything else. Just that just that.

It's basically just gambling.

We gamble with our own lives every week on this show. What is our risk this week?

I'll tell you. This week we're watching kaku Rio bed and breakfast for spirits. Yeah, I found the title a while ago and I was like, that seems nice. And then I looked up what it actually was and I was like, that's less nice. But now I'm so we're doing it together.

Look how scared we are. That sounds nice. I don't trust it, though. Let me look this up. Yeah, I was right not to trust.

It because yeah, just hearing the title, you're like, ah, spirited Away, the series.

Cool.

Great. I'm on board. And then details are less great.

Yeah, but yeah, it came out in 2018 and that's pretty much all I know about it, aside from a short synopsis that I will not say. No spoilers.

No spoiler. I assume there's a bed and a breakfast and maybe a spirit or two. Or two. That's about all I got going for it's.

Just about someone with alcoholism who just has a drink every day and eats breakfast in bed and someone who's just very severely depressed. I feel like we're talking hard alcohol spirits, not ghosts. Got you down the wrong path.

I feel like that would be like a stage play, like an experimental theater kind of stage play where you just.

Watch a one man show.

Yeah, you watch a man and he doesn't say anything. That's just the whole thing.

It's all one location. It's just like the bed as all.

You just get slowly amazed at, like, is he eating his fifth omelet? It's been an hour.

How does he have the energy to make himself these omelets?

He's making them. He hasn't left the bed this whole time.

Not paying $75 to see a stage play that could have just been a mirror in my bedroom. I don't need that.

Fun fact, there is a show on Broadway right now called dana Eight. That's my name. It is not a happy play.

It never is.

No.

Yeah. For anyone who's curious, I'll say very briefly, it's about, like, a woman that was based on a true story about a woman who was, like, kidnapped in Florida.

Oh.

And I think it's just the actress lip syncing to stuff for, like, an hour and 15 minutes.

Like, who let the dogs out by the baja?

Man, I wish. I wouldn't be surprised if it was, like, real tapes. It's probably a very emotional experience, like.

911 calls or something. Or something she record on her phone.

Yeah, maybe.

But anyway, finally, true crime made it to the great. Wow.

It was a 48 Hours murder or mysteries or something.

Let's continue to exploit the blight of others for our entertainment. Real people's feelings don't matter as long.

As we can sell it, baby.

Oops. My opinions about true crime entertainment are seeping through.

We have to stop a segue back. My intro was about the kpop idol Lee Hayori, who apparently just got married and opened a bed and breakfast and turned into a reality show with her husband. And it's apparently just chill as hell.

Yeah, I think that because that sounds very appealing and I did not take any energy to look it up.

I don't know where to watch it, but I am curious to watch it.

Sounds nice. Sounds like a Terrace House kind of thing, if you guys know what Terrace House is.

Also heard of it. Just imagine, like, Pink the singer just, like, opens up your bedroom door when it's like, hey, I got breakfast. You like eggs? I got toast as well. What the fuck? Yeah. Hell yeah.

Fresh towels you asked for.

Oh, hell yeah. This is lovely.

Incredible.

Well, shall we get into this? See which celebrity opens our guest door?

Yeah.

Who's at the door?

Please leave.

Oh, no, lock the door.

This is just Beauty and the peace. Literally.

No, I got nothing. I thought of literally anything. No, he's a dog's worth.

Well, we do have friendly side characters, but yeah, we'll get into it.

Yeah. So episode one, we get the opening right off the bat. It's got a lot of shamisan, and we know what that's called now, thanks to the Snow White notes.

Someone mentions a shamisan, I think, in episode, and I sort of like, dry, cold, sweating, where you're just like flashbacks.

Shred. I know. Now, this is objectively bullshit. This is bad music.

Snow White Nose is a beautiful show, but holy shit, they're so far off their own ass. Anyway, we're not here to talk about that.

So we see a young girl. She's with a spirit, and she tells it to eat her because she'll be dead soon anyway. And if it doesn't eat her, then it shouldn't leave her alone, and it hands her an orb. Can I offer you an orb in these trying times?

Yeah, I thought it was, like, a dumpling or something, but it was never really made clear. It was just like a ball.

So as an adult, she says that an ayakashi saved her life. And ayakashis are just like spirits, spirit monsters, supernatural monsters. And she was surprised by its kindness. And she can see supernatural monsters? She has been able to since she was a little kid. She says that some are bad, but some are nice and cute. And she feeds a bunch of little kappa guys. Very sweet.

Much cuter than the kappas we're familiar with.

I mean, introducing cute spirits and then.

Being like, kappas, we know their secret.

So her name is subaki awi. There are so many cherry blossoms.

A lot of cherry blossoms.

A lot of cherry blossoms in this show. So she passes the steps to, like, a temple, and she sees a spirit in a spooky mask sitting there, and it tells her that he's hungry. So she goes over to him, and she's like, don't have to be so passive aggressive. Here, take my bento. Saying that she doesn't want him to attack humans because if he gets too hungry, he'll eat a human.

Just hangry.

So he reaches out. He has long, sharp acrylics, and he scratches her with one of his nails, and she hits him with a K by. And he says, it's delicious. And he calls her by her name, and she's like, how'd he know that? And she explains, we get a tragic backstory since she could see the monsters when she was little, her mother just left her, and her grandfather is the one who raised her and taught her to cook. And a few days ago, he passed away, so it's fresh. She says that she's okay being alone and that he left her some money so she'll be fine. And she passes those steps again and sees that the ayakashi left her a gift. It's like a hair accessory and what looks like a bento. And she goes to open it, but it kind of opens on its own. And then she's enveloped in a blue darkness.

Not again.

Shucks. And she remembers her grandpa saying to be careful around ayakashi, and she apologizes for letting her guard down. Then the spirit from before comes up, and he says that she's his bride. What crazy is coming. Oh, man. She wakes up, and he's there in this room with her, along with a bunch of other masked humans. They look like humans, but they're spirits. And he takes off his mask and oh no, he's hot. Shocking. And he says she's going to be his wife. And she's like, hold up now. And then the other people at the table are like, she's not good enough for you. That might not be the right choice. And she's like, yeah, listen to them.

Everyone agrees we shouldn't be going through with this except for you.

So she tries to run and she runs out onto a balcony. And she's met with a lovely view, but she doesn't know where she is. And he tells her that she's in the hidden realm of Ayakashi and the building they're in is Tanginia and it's an inn. So she's like, oh, I recognize that name. I've seen it in a picture with my grandpa's things. And he says that he's the keeper of Ten jinya, the Ogre God. Or people call him master. Inn keeper. He says that he knew her grandpa and her grandpa could also see Ayakashi. So naturally, time to wife her up. Sure.

What other option do you have?

Yeah, she says no thanks. Accusing him of making it up. But he says he's not. And her grandpa is actually the one who promised her to him. And she's like, I don't believe that for 1 second. You lying ogre. He is? Yeah.

Weird. The one person who can attest to this is dead crazy.

But the ogre god says her grandpa had the ability to go between the worlds. And one day he went on an extravagant spree at the temple, whatever that means. He racked up a bill, went into debt and offered his granddaughter as collateral.

It starts with her mom just abandoning her because she can see spirits. It's like, okay, shitty parent. It's like, well, grandpa adopts her. So grandpa's like and then this is like, God damn it.

God damn it.

Grandpa shitt family.

Yeah, she can't believe it, but it's true. He shows her a contract that her grandpa signed, but she's still very much not about it. She's like, I don't want to do this. So he tells her that she needs to learn her place. And I was like, that's not good. And he calls upon some maids. These maids are great. They're just three maids that don't have faces. He tells them to give her the torture and hell treatment, but it turns out to just be some spa time. And they put her in a nice yukata. And he tells her that she looks lovely in it and she's still not into it. She's like, my grandpa is dead. Can't you just like, forgive his debt and marry somebody else? And he's like, no, you don't understand. I'm so horny.

Specifically you.

He says that he wants her because she'll taste the best due to her spiritual powers. But he can't eat her because she's dear to him, which is an exhilarating pleasure. Oh my God.

This dude's just into edging. He wants her but can't have her. And that gets him off even more. And just edging.

He's terrible. But it's like moments like these where my twelve year old brain is like, oh my God. Wow. He loves me.

But he also loves trying to eat me. But he would never do that because he loves me.

Oh, my goodness. And her grandpa was also a famous human, so that makes her valuable, even if she didn't have powers. She asks how much her grandpa's debt is, and he says it's ¥1 million. And she says, I'll just work it off. You don't need to marry me. I'll just work here. And he says, that's not possible. And she's like, Why can't we compromise? And then he calls her an arrogant brat, and he's not very nice to her anymore. Telling her that if she works there, she can't stay in a guest room. And if she's not his bride, she doesn't have any protection against anything or anyone. Which then not being able to stay there, thinking that's rude. But the lack of protection thing in my brain, that makes sense because it's like she's got nobody else there, so it makes sense.

It's also like a threat.

Yeah.

Be a shame if something happened to you if you didn't. All right, great.

Thanks, man.

Maybe I will die while we do that. fuck. You fucked us dead. I'm dead.

Yeah, I'll just jump off his balcony. She yells at him, saying that he's showing his true colors. And then she has a flashback. Her grandpa is telling her that Ayakashi get hungry and she needs to appease them by giving them food and then back in the present. She wonders why he would do this, and did he actually care about her at all? She gets out of bed saying she's hungry. She opens the door and sees a little guy, just a little guy, and he offers her some food. He's the nine tailed fox. gingi. He says he's the young master of the inn, which makes her think that the ogre god is his dad. And he's like, oh, no, incorrect. He says they're actually the same age, but he can shape shift. So right now, that's just the form he's taken. He's just like a little kid. Yeah.

I was never really clear about the titles, specifically with Master in Keeper and Young Master. I feel like young master is like prince or something.

No, I think it's a succession thing. So once the ogre god isn't the innkeeper anymore, this kid will be.

He's just next in line.

He says they're actually around the same age. Yeah, he was in that room earlier when she woke up. And he shapeshifts into a hot woman and then a cute little fox. You don't like the fox?

I'm just saying to the other two.

I could have been a hot lady longer. So she eats the food. She says it's delicious. He talks to her about the ogre god, saying he's nice and great to work for, and he's a high ranking god, like, amongst the ogre gods. And she's like, I don't care. I'm going to work off the debt. Not going to marry him. I can cook, so I'll work in the kitchen. gingi says, no, they're sexist. They're not allowed to work in the kitchen. Women aren't allowed there.

So she says, what a great way to see that gender roles just don't matter. They're made up.

Sure are.

But also still sexist.

Remember, cooking is women's work. Unless you're in a different part of the world, then how dare you try to cook?

Yeah.

All that really is consistent is women.

Don'T have rides, even in the industry. Chefs are, like, mostly men in America. Anyway, Hot takes here today. We're punching. So she says she'll find something else to do. He says he's glad that she likes the dish. It's the only thing he knows how to make. And she reminisces about the first time she ate spirit food. And it turns out, I don't know if it happened earlier and I didn't notice it, but she ate the orb that the ayakashi handed to her. And gingi seems uneasy about that, so maybe it wasn't good. The next day, she's going around looking for work. First lady, she's the young hostess. She says, no, you can't do anything for me. I don't want you to work for me. I don't like you.

She's a bitch.

Yeah. And everybody says no because no one wants help from a human woman. So she's like, maybe being his wife is the only choice. And then she sees some arrows leading down a hallway. Should she follow them? She says, this is probably not a good idea. And then she does it anyway. So she goes through a door to the outside and she finds another building. And she goes in, and it's like a little restaurant. And gingi is in there, and he's in his usual form now, which is like a young man, very handsome. He asks why she's there. She says she wandered out there after her unsuccessful job search. And he explains that the building is going to be torn down. And she's like, oh, why is it closed? And he says, this building has a lot of bad luck. Nothing can thrive here. It's been a few things, and I thought the last thing a restaurant would last, but no. So he's there to clear stuff out, and she asks if she can use some of the ingredients and equipment to cook something for him, since he cooked for her. And he accepts the offer and asks for omu rice, because he had it once in the human world. They call it the apparent world. And he's thought about it since. So she cooks it up and he tries it, and it's delicious. And she says, yeah, I learned my secrets from my grandpa. And he's like idea. You should open a human food restaurant here. And then we cut to a couple of guys that we haven't seen before discussing Alley, saying that she arrived so close to the ceremony. And that's episode one entirely.

That's that last scene. Don't you love it when you get Spirited away to a magical realm full of demons and mystical creatures and you still got to work. You still got to find a job?

Where have I heard that before?

Inescapable you know what, beauty and the.

Beast and Spirited Away?

You know what? She just starts selling? mayonnaise. I hear they love mayonnaise. Episode two starts with a flashback to Grandpa's funeral. Apparently happened pretty recently in the present day timeline. There's a lot of people there. We all get, like, silhouettes of them, so we don't see actual details. But from what the people are saying, it's kind of implied that it's a lot of akashi, more so than humans. And there's a lot of people there. A few of them are saying, like, oh, man, I'm going to miss that old guy. A lot of them are saying, like, man, that guy was one piece of shit. I'm glad he's dead.

It's like, okay, maybe she's taking me dead body.

Yeah, that was hard.

It seems like it was a lot of the women saying, I'm glad he's dead. And then there was like one guy being like, oh, boy, I missed my friend. It's like, okay, sucks for you.

The negative outweigh the positive one here.

Yeah, it's a lot of those. Like, I remember your grandfather so well. It's like but everyone has nothing good to say about I can't get a read on this guy.

He stole $10,000 from me.

Yeah, you just keep gambling and then you offer up your granddaughter's collateral. Way terrible.

All the people there like, yeah, that asshole just keeps giving away my children to spirits. Come on. That's the thing.

I don't care how wildly and charming you can be. If you wait for your child as a collateral for your debt, that's just objectively making you a piece of shit. There's no real redeeming yourself after that one. It's going to probably be like, he only trusted the master in keeper and he's leaving her in nurse care when he dies. blah, blah, blah. There's probably some twist to it. Anyway, Ali says back in the present day that cooking always calms her down. So she's going to be doing a lot of cooking in the hidden room because she's anxious and nervous and scared. And then she's contemplating opening the restaurant. When she walks back into the inn, she's thinking like, well, if I can make it here, but the restaurant failed last time. That was a previous business. I don't know how it would be any different for me. And she walks into the lobby of the inn and sees a bunch of eye, a cow. She's just fighting, throwing shit. And he's yelling, food is bad. A lot of that. And she's like, oh, boy, what's happening? A little is this the tanuki girl? Yeah. I didn't write her name down at first. A little tanuki girl says, like, oh, there are a bunch of guests. They're like of the tengku clan. And they said the food is boring here and sucks. And so the chefs got all mad and sort of fighting it's like, man, these chefs seem like real assholes. And then eventually the Master Ink Keeper shows up and chastises everyone calms down when he walks in. But then I think it was like the mistress and the young hostess are with him, and they chastise awey for not bowing and paying proper respects when the Young Master Innkeeper walks into the room.

Whatever.

I am married to him, yet I respect them. And he tells her not to get involved with ayakashi business. It's like that you're not part of the staff. Don't involve yourself with this and leave it to them. So she's like, all right, cool. And dips on back to her little restaurant. And while she's there, she's sitting down just reflecting on stuff, and she hears some groaning and looks over and sees an old drunk tango guy passed out alongside the building. Well, all right, time to take care of him. I've dealt with drunk grandpa enough. I know what to do. She drags him inside. Eventually he wakes up and she gives him some water and stuff, and he's like, oh, where am I? It's like, oh, you're at the end, but I don't know. You were outside of it for some reason. He's like, all right, cool. I get drunk a lot, so this happens. That's not good. He's like, well, you're probably hungry since you passed out. He wants some food. And he says, Well, I can't eat food made by a woman, but I'll eat it anyway. It's like, all right, you didn't need to say just that. I'll eat it.

Some thoughts can be inside. Thoughts.

Yeah.

What a wild notion. So eventually she feeds him all the food she made earlier using LinkedIn grinnies that were left in the restaurant. And she introduces herself. And of course, he knows her grandfather, because everyone does. And he says, oh, I'm master of the tingku plant. And I ended up like that because I started a fight with the chef over the food, saying how bland and boring the food and the hidden realm is. And he starts, like, reflecting nostalgically about memories he had with her grandfather, saying, like, I had great times with him. It's like, oh, you like my grandfather? nah, he was a piece of shit. But boy, how do we have fun to get? No one has anything kind to say without also saying, like, nah, you kind of fucking sucked. It's like, why do people like him, man?

He was so cool.

He was so charming and rad, and he killed my kid. But he was cool about it, so I let him do it.

He said it was a prank.

It was for his social media. He said, I don't understand it, but yeah, the Master Tank who says, like, oh, yeah, I get drunk all the time, and one time I fell into the river, and your grandfather swam out and saved me. She's like, oh, so he saved your life. That was good. Yes, but it was a holy river, and it's forbidden to ever fishing it. So he was also kind of breaking the law by doing it in the first place. Well, he saved you, so he did a courteous thing and helped someone out. He's like, yeah, but he also asked for a reward after saving me. It's like all right. Okay. I get it. Grandpa sucked. There was no red thing at straws.

He's a solid 50% of a man. We'll just leave it at that.

And Master tingu is like, I didn't have anything for him, so I said I'll give him an iou. For one of our legendary tingu fans, but I never ended up actually giving it to him. Or rather, he never ends up cashing in the iau he never actually asked for. Now he talks about how he's the one who actually taught me how to cook. So if you like the cooking, it's thanks to him. He's like, oh, that makes sense. Back when he was come to the hidden realm all the time, he always said how bland and boring the food was. I got to agree with him. So it makes sense why Master Tank, who likes ali's food the way her grandfather cooked, and then Ali tells him, he's like, oh, by the way, where is that old son of a bitch where I can give him an old one, too. It's like, oh, he's dead. It's like, oh, boy, wasn't ready for that. And he gets them all melancholy, and he's like, I always forget how fragile he humans are. You don't even live for 100 years. Like, what what a short lifespan. It's like, well, I'm depressed now. Time to go. And he just leaves and just flies up back to one of the airships that they rented. And she reflects on how she wish she could have cooked more for wish he could have cooked her grandfather's last meal, because they find out the way he passed away as he ended up falling down the stairs and cracking his head open. And one of his last meals was in the hospital while he was trying to recover. She's like, I wish I could have could have cooked him a nice home cooked meal before he went. And the next day, we see foxboy shows up at the restaurant and takes alley with him. Like, we got to go. There's no time to talk. It's like we're running for like 20 minutes. You probably could have said the sentence, no time to talk. Always annoys the hell on it because you could talk while doing other stuff.

No, I don't feel like explaining.

Yeah, I would rather that line they're.

Running, and they're just like.

Let me.

Explain the political history of this thing.

We got to go. And then just go. Once back inside the inn, all the aikashi are gathered there, like the tengu clan. We see, like, the chefs and stuff yesterday that were fighting, but everyone's civil now, and it turns out the master, tangu, is there. He's like, I ever solved everything between everybody, and I just wanted to thank you for the food. Turns out tangu's here. We were tearing it up. We rented one of the airships from the end, flew up, I got pissed trunk, fell off the son of a bitch, and it just crashed. Landed right by your restaurant. Who knew? It's like, okay, sure.

Thanks for explaining.

You have wings. I'm amazed you fell off anything ever. But okay, well, if you fainted, he just seems like a real drunk guy. He says, as thanks, I wanted to actually give you the tengu fan I owed your craft father. And everyone in the room is like, the legendary tengu. She's like, neat. It's like a leaf rat. That's neat. I guess I'll put it under my tea kettle and stuff. It'll be really pretty. This is legendary artifact.

I'll do some of that crayon leaf art with it.

Yeah, I'll make stencils.

I'll turn into a turkey. It's almost Thanksgiving.

And she's like, oh, I can't take this. He's like, no, take it. I owed it to your grandfather, so it's effectively yours anyway. Just take. And as he leaves, he says, you know what leaves? As he departs, he says, oh, I'm the master of this region over on this mountain. If you're stuck here paying off your grandfather's debt trying to work and pay that off for God knows how long, that fucking sucks. Why don't you come with me? Come to my big old mountain. You can live like a queen. You can marry one of my sons. You can just chill. You can enjoy life and not be working to pay off someone's debt. It's super easy. And I'm not shitty like the ink keeper here. Keeper was like, whoa, what the fuck?

But you are being sold to my child, so still, call me a little call me, yeah.

He's like, you can marry one of my sons. You don't have to. But foxboy steps in and says, no, she is promised to the master inkkeeper. And Master Tango is outraged. And they go out with the fuck. You can't promise it to someone else's. Promise. He's fucking dead. fuck. It's like and he offers it again, saying, like, yeah, just come to my mountain. Just leave this all behind. And Ali says, like, well, I'm stuck here until I pay off the debt, and I want to earn the respect and clear my grandfather's name. I don't want. To just fail, even though he kind of left me out here to dry. And she's like, you know what? As payment, though, you can take the fan back. And he's like, no, the fan hears that's done. Just leave it. But if you ever change your mind, the mountain is pretty rad. Just so then Master tanker goes up to the Master Inkkeeper uber god. He says you have to treat her well, or treat her well at all cost. So he's basically saying, like, I got drunk with her grandpa a lot. So now I also see her as a granddaughter, even though I met her last night for the first time. Okay. And Ali says that Ali should open up the eatery in the house that she was in because all the food here sucks. So it'd be a nice change of pace to eat somewhere else nearby. And all the in staff are outraged at the suggestion. How dare you? The chefs are right here. Master in Keeper. Shut them all down. He's like, Shut up. We're still staff. He's still a guest. Don't talk back. So he quits them all down, and then they leave, and everyone goes back inside. And once back inside, we see the little tanuki go from earlier. Her name is Kaziga, and she tells Ali that about what? Tells Ali about helping out her. She tells awi that by helping out Master tengu, she solved the fighting that was happening last night, heal the relations between the inn and the ten. So she's like, not even knowing it, you helped resolve our problem in a different building entirely. And she's like, Well, Master tangi was hyping up your food so much, I got to try some of that myself. And Ali sees Master and keep her walking up the stairs at that time. She's like, oh, hold that thought, and runs up to him asking, like, hey, I got the approval from one of the old masters of the democrat or ayakashi. Is that enough approval to try and open up that restaurant? Give it a shot. He goes, Give me a moment to ponder this. Boom. They're on an airship, and they're just, like, flying over to the hidden realm. He's like, oh, okay, no need to flex. And basically saying that feeding Aikashi would be hard because it's never been done before, especially with human food. But it's certainly worth a try. You can certainly give it a shot, and we'll see how it goes. And that's episode two.

He stopped being so angry at her for rejecting him outright, and now he's like, yeah, fine.

I mean, if a dude on the street was just bugging me, scratched me, took my food, and then spearded me away to another realm where he said, I will be his friend, I wouldn't be thrilled with him either, so I don't know why he's so pissy. Listen, I feel like it's common to.

Respond if I were in her situation, if I were not very happy in a relationship with someone I'm going to marry. And I was spirited away to live with a hot demon man, and he was like, I want to marry you so bad and treat you like a princess. I'd be like, okay. So I respect her for standing up for herself.

But also being easy out. I mean, true.

So we start episode three. We get the flashback to awe being visited as a child. And the spirit is like, what do you wish for? What do you want? I'll make your wildest dream come true. And she's like, I just want to eat my mom's cooking one more time. I want some curry rice. And that's when she's given the orb and eats it.

I watched the dump for this one, so I don't know if it's different, but it's going to be wrong. Specifically, your monster. That's a tough ask. You just said you can grant any wish. What the fuck?

Trick my brain into having me think it? Give me a sponge. I don't care.

Did you say your mom's curry rice? Not like the regular candy curry specifically?

I got this ball.

How about that?

There's a 711 down the street. Did she happen to bring that to.

You at some point? slurpy.

I saw some little debbie snacks. This should hold you over.

You like oatmeal cream pies.

So we are back on the Sky Boat Tour, where we left off in episode two. And we get a little world explanation here. So the Hidden World is basically an island with eight zones that different clans are in charge of. So ogerman explains that matsuba is one of those rulers, so she didn't know it. She essentially made friends with a king, so that's why it was such a huge deal. So he's like, all right, you've done good. I can't deny it. My prisoner wife here. Let me reward you with a makeover.

Wait. Anything else pretty before?

Yeah, what's wrong with the clothes I had?

What the fuck?

Yeah, it was laundry day when you spirited me away. But.

I want to see someone get spirited away, and they're just in, like, power range or pajamas or something. It's just something really embarrassing. I got to wear this the rest of my life. Shit.

So she gets all dolled up.

She gets a bath.

She gets new clothes and makeup and all that fun stuff. And tell me where you heard this one before. So she is given a hair pen. That's a flower.

Okay.

It'S a rose, but it's a rose. It's a beautiful gift, but also a timer. The rose quartz, as it starts to wilt, that's an indication of how much time she has left to pay off her debt. So weird. She has to undo all this stuff before the flower wilts and dies, or else she's trapped there forever.

I can't believe Beauty and the Beast stole their premise from this anime.

I know.

Yeah, it's kind of rude.

So unoriginal. Just the worst. But he's like, Here, let's go on a little excursion. Let me take you on a date, babe. So they go to the hidden world's capital, Utah. That's where the king of this land lives. So this is like the bustling metropolis of the land. So eli has to wear a mask to hide that she is a human because this isn't Ogre Man's turf, so can't fully protect her, so got to play it safe. So they go into a store and start looking at a bunch of beautiful crystal plates and supplies. And he's like, yes, take whatever you want. And she's like, no, I don't trust you. Nothing comes for free. You're going to add this to my debt, so give me nothing. I take no free things from you. He's like, but what about dinner?

And she's like, okay, all right.

I can't.

So they go to dinner, and they're having innards young, beautifully translated. ah, innard's hot pot. And she's like, oh, this is so delicious. Is this your favorite meal? He's like, no, my favorite meal is girl. And she's like, oh, yeah, that checks out.

You call me.

I don't know if you're trying to seduce me or what, but I'll take you at face value. Then they are joined by someone else. This is geisha suzuran. suzuran. I'll say it more eloquently sue susie. Yeah. She visits them, and Ogrman is like, oh, yes, this is the in manager's younger sister. The red headed guy. I don't remember him too well, but he's one of those staff people.

He was there.

Yeah, he's established it's fine. Don't worry about it too much. So she is very popular in this town and has connections to the end. So naturally she also knows Grandpa. So she's like, yeah, where is that old crazy son of a bitch? He gave a beautiful toast at my wedding, but also stole my wallet. So again, pure 50 50. And before aui can respond, Ogre is like, oh, yeah, he's not here. She's the only one in this world. So for some reason is hiding that he's dead. And he's like, oh, so while you're here, you rock that shamison. So why don't you shred for us? And she does. So they leave the restaurant. owie is feeling watched as she's walking away. She gets hints that someone is following her. She stumbles in the crowd. She drops her hair pin. And when she goes to get it, she looks up, and Ogre Man is gone. So she tries to go down naturally. He probably went down that dark alley, right? That's where I'll meet up with him. Yeah.

You know the direction we were going in? He probably took a hard left turn.

Yes. Into this place. With no witnesses, she goes down there and she slips on ice. She falls and drops her fan. And she starts to get cornered by spirits who are like, yep, that's a human. I'm going to eat the hell out of her.

Yeah.

So she's cornered and uses the fan to she's like, no and shakes it at him, and it summons a gust of wind zelda. Okay, now I have reference. Okay. And she just use it to completely blow them away. So great. She's not defenseless because she has this super powerful fan. So she's still feeling watched and sees the ends hostess is there. She also has ice powers. I don't remember that being established, but sure. Okay.

She's got to have something, I think. hurry or you guy something. There's like an ice demon, like sort of mythos in Japanese, like folk. A beautiful ice woman.

There she is.

Yeah, it's a common trope.

Oh, frozen. Now I understand.

Let it go and all that toy story.

So she's there. She's the one that was following her because she's so jealous. She wants to marry Ogre Man and wants to kill her, I guess. All right, sure. So susie coincidentally is also getting chased at this exact moment in this exact alley.

It's the chasing alley.

Oh, no.

Pursuit place. Sorry, title. Got it. Okay. So aoe is like, all right, fuck you, hostess, and just take suzy and runs away. But the hostess catches up and it's like, hey, you just left me back there. Yeah, you were trying to kill me. Fuck you.

Yeah, I don't know why she's insulted. Yeah, why would I take you?

What'D you expect? You're here following me. All right, so susie, we get her deal. She was being chased by a clan that runs like the most popular kimono shop in town, the yahata yaz. And she is supposedly again, tell me where you heard this one before. She was sold to the prince for marriage. And she's like, no, that sucks. That guy is a womanizer and sucks. So I don't want to do that. understandably? So she's running away. So as they keep running, they finally get back to Ogre Man and he's like, all right, you're all being chased, so it's time for us to go. Let's go back to the ship. But they're still being followed. So they get to the ship and we see Tan, the man who suzy is the truth to, steps up and is like, hey, you got something that belongs to me. And Ogre is like, hey susie, get on the ship. Don't worry. She's like, yes. She was up. So the ship starts to take off, and Ali is like, oh, it's leaving without us. But the Ogre man is like, oh, well, sorry. She's actually on her way to go visit her brother who lives at my inn. And Tan is like, that's bullshit. You're just stealing my wife. Don't you have enough wives? And Tan declares war. So him and his clan, they start firing arrows. Ogrman catches one. ooh, so powerful.

Wow.

But they set the sails of his ship on fire. Oh, no, they can't get away. Right?

Maybe that's magic work.

So they're getting attacked, and allie uses the fan to blow away a volley of arrows. And the clan is like, oh, hold up. Is that the fan? Is that matuba's fan? Oh, shit. She's not evermind snack for us. She actually is powerful and respected, so seeing that gives them enough pause for Ogrman to pick up alley and fly her up to the ship. So romantic. So how this reminds me of how you kidnapped me earlier. So they go back to the inn, the manager and susie are reunited, and they're like, great, we're home safe. Hey, host girl. What the fuck? You were not supposed to be on that trip. You were in charge at the inn and just abandoned your post, so yeah, that super sucks. Go to your room while we decide your punishment.

Correct me.

We'll talk about this later, young lady.

Beans. So owie goes back to the restaurant and she's catching up with Fox Man, filling them in, and they're discussing a bunch of recipes and things that they can do with the restaurant. And he's like, oh, I have this cherry juice. We can make a nice dessert. Yeah, basically, the food that is served inside the inn is very traditional spirit fare, so it's not the most exciting stuff, but a lot of foods that are served in the human world are not common here. You know how I freaked out over some omelet rice yesterday? Yeah, that shit is very popular because that's not common. So she's like, oh, what other dishes can I make? And he's like, well, I know you love curry rice, so how about trying that now? He's like, oh, how did he know I like curry rice? We haven't talked about it.

Suspicious.

But then tanooki. It was Tanuki girl. It doesn't matter. It's about to end. Runs in with host girl on her back and is like, oh, she collapsed. Oh, no. She fainted after getting told she's probably going to die or something.

She fainted after being reprimanded one time.

Her crush said she was disappointed. He was disappointed in her, and now she's dead. Oh, boy.

I mean, I get it.

Yeah, understandable.

But that's where we end episode three.

Yeah, I got immediately. My question is, so Ali just ties her identity of being human with just a mask. They don't sense any magical shit on her. They can't, like, smell that she's human. It's just a mask, right?

I guess.

But then nearly every other person we've seen just looks human. Specifically the young hostess.

Yeah.

So how come no one thinks she's human? Or the Chavezing girl, susie? Like, she also looks human. All the women look very not monstrous.

And I take offense, a thing of like, they haven't said it, but in my brain, maybe it's like the thing of, like, how she looks that like, even though she is very pretty, it's like, oh, the women here are, like, beautiful, and you're not.

It was very offhandedly said, like, oh, yeah, a lot of these spirits have multiple forms. Most of them have a human form, and they just gloss over it, and it's like, yeah, we're not going to draw a bunch of demons. They're hot people. They're hot people. Right? Okay. Care about them. I mean, yeah, but.

So how do we feel?

Are we there?

Yeah. So politically, show not that great, but entertainment wise, this really delivers on the core premise of, yeah, I really just want to open a restaurant in the spirit world and serve food to spirits. Don't get too deep into the actual plot of being a wife slave of this ogre god. But no, it's just a cute little in where I serve food to spirits. Like, that element is extremely appealing. So much so I'll give the rest of the past, but I got my eye on you.

Yeah, it was fine. I do like that he didn't hate her for a long time because that would have been really exhausting if that was, like, longer than one episode of him being like, I hate you now because you're independent. Don't want to be my wife. But he very quickly turned around and was like, okay, fine.

Yeah. Literally had one other person be like, hey, dude, you're treating her like shit. She's rules. Be nicer and she'll want to marry you.

Yeah. So now I can kind of look forward to their relationship developing and her actually liking him and yeah, I thought it was fine. It's a little too long for me to want to finish it's. 26 episodes.

Oh, yeah.

But I like all of the fairy tale elements. Like, yeah, we're joking. Like, it's just like Beauty and the Beast and whatever. But it's a spirit world with people with spirit powers. So sure, it might be influenced by some fairy tales, but that's fun, you know?

Yeah, I do like that. They're like, hey, we got to rescue this guy's sister because she just got sold off to marry this one guy who kind of sucks. So we got to rescue her from that forced marriage. It's like, cool. Yeah, we'll totally do that. It's like, hey, wait a minute.

Hold on a second. Hold on.

Hey, that marriage does not benefit me personally at all. So we got to break it up.

I don't know. She's marrying J. Michael tatum. He seems like a good guy. He's in every fucking other anime we watch. I'm wondering if I could just change the E to Square to just a J. Michael tatum Square, because I feel like that will trigger a lot more. Yeah, fair. But yeah. Watching this, I was hesitant of it because we've had the restaurant from a Different World or whatever anime, which I think the second season of that just started. And that one, we kind of got it pal cleanser. We said, you wouldn't want to binge it because you'd see through all the cracks and stuff. It's a nice after dinner mint of a show. Like, you watch one to get in a good mood and probably move on. And I'd agree because it was, like, 13 episodes. Yeah, it's short enough. This seems fine. And it felt like a mix of that plus Ancient Maggas Bride, which is one of my favorite series of all time. And it made me very conservative. Like, oh, no, I was just going to tear into that one the same way we torn to this one. But, yeah, I get previews. I'm waiting for a guest on that one. That way you can't be as mean to it because I really care about but, yeah, like I said, just from watching it animation style, I thought it would have been an older show. And he said it was, like, 28. Okay.

It was weird.

It felt a little dated, like the.

Aesthetics of the designs are fine, but yeah, it's nothing to write home about.

Yeah, it's a low energy show, so there's not a lot of dynamic poses or movement with any of the characters. So it's kind of like they're all just pretty mannequins, just slowly moving around the set pieces. It's fine, but it's a chill. Five of it's a bed and breakfast, and not a lot is going to happen. theoretically. Yeah.

We had one action sequence, and it was two volleys of arrows and a gust of wind. So not the most thrilling.

Yeah, it was pretty all right, overall.

Yeah, it's a solid 6.5 out of ten.

Yeah, just like Grandpa solid 50%.

It all came back around.

I got to imagine it's like, when I die, you got a promise to marry my granddaughter. So I know she's well taken care of sort of thing, because there's just nothing ingratiating about this old man.

Maybe he is just terrible.

Maybe he is, but it's just like it feels like they want you to like him. So it's kind of a weird dynamic, I guess, maybe from everything, from Owie's standpoint. But then again, the bar is pretty low with her because her mom is just like, you see ghost by and just bailed on her, and I guess the dad's dead. So, yeah, maybe she just has a very low bar for her grandpa, and maybe she comes to the realization of, like, hey, maybe you did kind of suck.

It was Grandpa or the orphanage. I'm really grateful I'm not in an orphanage right now. So yeah, I'll take it.

We saw how that plays out with Core Princess. So dodge a bullet there.

Well, what we have going on next week next week?

I figured we've had a decent run with stuff. This is pretty good transitioning.

We have lashes before my eyes every single time we started things like this. I'm like, we had fun, but we've.

Had it too good for too long. It's time for a mind you what anime really is, and that's garbage like grandpa. Let me set that bar it's a little lower so everything else seems good by proximity, by comparison. Next week we're going to watch a show I don't know much about, but boy, howdy the premise? Boy, howdy the premise? Next week we're watching Acican, so get ready for this.

Oh, boy.

See, the real connection of why that phrase bums me out so much is it just implies, hey, Patrick, your next weekend is going to suck. You're going to start it out on a real sour note.

But we always have fun when we.

Watch garbage, don't we?

We like to have an hour and a half and then we're going to goof on it and then it's good.

It'll be okay. We'll hold your hand, patch you on the back. It'll be hold your hair back while you throw.

Yeah, that's more like it. If we got piled on a glass of water on the counter, it's fine.

If you all would like to help me fill the reserves of good stuff, like genuinely good stuff, you can send those recommendations to our email are wetheryet@gmail.com. Or you can reach out to us on twitter or instagram at areweeb there yet? On both. You can find me on twitter and instagram at Mr. Patrick dugan, but probably not much for too long.

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