02x02 - Game Dogs

[bunniefuu]

[intriguing music playing]

The time has come to rid myself

of a certain troublesome rabbit.

Little one, go to Usagi.

Find a way to separate him from his yo-yo.

That Kaikishi weapon is the true threat.

When you have done so,
summon me, and I will strike.

And little one?

Make sure you get plenty of calcium.

[intriguing music continues]

[upbeat music playing]

[tools clattering]

[creaking]

[Chizu and Kitsune laughing]
- [Spot yipping]

[Ashibasha honks]

- Come back here.
- You want to play too?

[laughing]

[Ashibasha beeping]

Oh, Ashibasha.
What are we gonna do with you?

Come on. You need new bearings.

You're just about perfect now, buddy.
And you are... done.

[mysterious music playing]

[gasps]

Check it out.

You guys see this? Tsukumogami
only possess things that are neglected.

So now that the hutch is fixed,
this one can move on.

[groans nervously]

[Yokai] Thank you! I am needed elsewhere.

Huh! I wonder where it went.

Eh, two eyes, three eyes, who cares?

[Yokai rustling]

[sighs] My clam pals
just don't have the zazz they once did.

- [tutting] Don't blame the clams!
- [shrieking]

Lord Kogane, I cannot believe
you call yourself an artist.

Um, technically,
I call myself an arts and crafts-ist.

Well, your attention to detail
is exceptionally poor. Sloppy.

[whimpers] Keisatsukan, get my megaphone!

We're gonna go see my Yokai fighting team.

Huh. Man, I can't believe
I used to want to fight Yokai.

They're so cool!

Just like you, Ashibasha. You're awesome.

[Ashibasha chirps merrily]

[sighs] Toshiko,
would you hand me a wrench?

- [Toshiko] No!
- But, Toshiko...

[sighs]

What's going on?
Don't you want to fix the Ashibasha?

If we fix Ashi, it's gonna go away
like the cabinet did,

and like Mom and Dad did,
and I couldn't stand it.

Toshiko...

I won't let this family break up.

Sis.

[sighs in frustration]

- Bro.
- Sis.

Bro.

Sis!

Bro!

[sighs] You're right. Tell them.

Okay, here's the story of our family.

Years ago, when we were little,

or at least younger,

our mother was the greatest surgeon
in all of Neo Edo.

She saved hundreds of lives.

But then, late one night,

he came to the hospital.

Ookami,

the most dangerous criminal in Neo Edo.

He was badly hurt, but Mom saved his life.

When people found out what she'd done...

[protesters clamoring]

[Toshiko] ...they refused
to enter the hospital.

Our family had run it for many generations
and now it was ruined.

[somber music playing]

[Toshiko] We had to leave Neo Edo.

The Shiba doctors
had worked with Mom for years

and they took over the hospital
so it wouldn't shut down.

After they left, the Shiba doctors
were my only friends for a while.

They really look out for me.

[chirping happily]

Thanks, Spot.

[laughing]

Thank you, too, Kasa-Obake.

It looks like you have
a lot more friends now, Gen.

You're right. And I'm gonna
take my friends out to the arcade.

- Let's go have some fun!
- All right!

I finally have enough tickets
to get that awesome bubble blower.

Right. So awesome.

I'll meet you there later.

I'm gonna hang out
with Ashibasha a little.

- [Ashibasha beeping]
- Um, you sure about that?

- [high-pitched drone]
- Huh?

Ugh, Ashibasha!

- [dramatic music playing]
- [on megaphone] Attention, Yokai attack!

Where is it? Where?

It's right... here.

- [music stops]
- Hello!

- Huh?
- You are looking at the third eye, yes?

Very slapdash. Negligent.
Lacking artistic integrity.

That's the Yokai?

Yes! What are you waiting for? Fight it!

Do your yo-yo thing. Trap it
back in the Ki-Stone! Right now, or else...

Blah, blah, blah,
you'll throw me in jail. I know.

Exactly.

No.

Huh? What did you say?

I said no.

I'm a great Yokai fighter. I have defeated
more Yokai than I can count.

- But I don't fight Yokai anymore.
- [Spot sniffing]

At all. Ever. Everything's peaceful now,
so there's no need.

And I have Yokai friends,
like the Ashibasha and Kasa-Obake.

Ahh!

Yokai have as much right to exist
as we do.

I will not fight them or put them
in the Ki-Stone anymore.

Never, never, never!

- [Kitsune] Tell him.
- [Gen] I'm with you.

Fine. Then I'll just throw you in jail.

- You can do that.
- Well, maybe I will.

- Well, maybe you should!
- Well, maybe I'm gonna!

[suspenseful music playing]

Ugh.

But it's just so much paperwork.

Quick tip. That Yokai will go away if you
take care of whatever has been neglected.

You can handle it yourself.

[Toshiko] Ashibasha?

Ashibasha?

- Ashibasha? Ashibasha?
- [Ashibasha beeps]

Ashi, knock it off!

[upbeat music playing]

Ooh, look at all the fluffy toys!

You know who would love one of these?
Kiyoko!

- And also me.
- Don't blow all your money there, Kitsune.

[automated voice] Two joules, paid.

That machine is impossible.
Everything in there is staying in there.

[intriguing music playing]

- Whatcha looking at?
- Okay, but you're not gonna like it.

What the... Someone beat
my high score in the Ki-Cycles?

Who's "Fun Doc Three"?

[automated voice] New high score.

[all] Yay!

I've never been this excited.

Not since this morning.

- What was this morning?
- Breakfast!

[all] Yay!

- It's Gen!
- Hey, there, best buddies!

And Gen's friends!

- Hello, Gen's friends.
- What game is that?

- [dramatic music playing]
- [all] Super Punchy Kick Face Go!

It sounds dangerous.

It is! But if you get hit, just come to
the hospital and we'll fix you right up.

I'm in. How do you play?

- It's a fighting game.
- We can help you get the hang of it.

[laughing]

Okay, listen, guys, we fight Yokai,
and ninja, and bats all the time.

I've also trained with Karasu-Tengu, okay?
I think we can handle some little game.

- [laughing]
- If you say so.

[upbeat music playing]

[automated voice] Two joules, paid.

Round one, begin.

[video game music playing]

[game beeps and boops]

- [automated voice] Round two, begin.
- [grunting]

[groaning]

Round three, begin.

[grunting]

[groaning]

[intriguing music playing]

[groaning]

Okay. I'm fine. Best two out of three?

[Yokai] Is that the best you can do?

I've seen worms do better drawings
on the underside of rocks.

Oh, like you could do better?

Of course not, Sloppy,
I'm a three-eyed clam.

Adjust your expectations accordingly!

But you could do better.

Look! These are marvelous! Mwah!

Chef's kiss. So much life!

I did those years ago.
Before I was shogun.

When I used to feel... inspired.

I am a Tsukumogami. I appear
where something has been neglected.

And I think
what has been neglected here is you.

[sniffles]

You need to get back in touch
with your inner artiste.

Arts and crafts-ist.

You should stop saying that.
It sounds stupid.

- Ashibasha, I've had enough of this.
- [hip-hop music playing]

Ashi?

Ashi!

- [Ashibasha warbling]
- Huh?

[beeps]

[Toshiko sighs]

[straining]

[warbling angrily]

What? No, no, no! You don't have to leave.

I promise I'll never fix you completely.

[honks happily]

Yes, that means you can stay forever.

But not in this alley, okay?
We gotta get you unstuck. [grunts]

[beeping]

[laughs] Good idea,
but where would I find that much butter?

[straining] Yeah. Come on.

How many times
did you get hit in the head?

I don't know.

Somewhere around eleventeen?

Ugh.

Yeah, I don't know how many that is,
but it's too many.

Usagi, here's that thing you wanted.

- My bubble blower! Oh, it's so cool!
- Is it, though?

It's for Spot.

[chirps]

He doesn't know what bubbles are
and he freaks out.

[both chirping excitedly]

So does Kiyoko, apparently.

[Shiba Inu] Don't be mad. That game
can be really rough for beginners.

We're not beginners. We're fighters.
We do it all the time.

Okay, we were the shogun's
official Yokai fighting team.

And for that, you will pay!

O-Dokuro!

How did he sneak up on us again?
He's as big as a house!

Everyone, get out now!

[all screaming]

[sinister music playing]

Oh, welcome back, little one.

No, no, no! Calm down!

Okay, I just said
I'm not fighting Yokai anymore.

Yokai have every right to exist.

O-Dokuro, we have no quarrel with you.

Leave this place in peace.

No quarrel?

You call yourself a Yokai fighter!

Your mere existence offends me.

- No, I gave up fighting...
- [O-Dokuro roars]

- [Usagi] No... How...
- [roars]

Come on, I don't wanna do this.

Whoa!

I just said I was never, never, never
gonna fight Yokai.

You are really starting
to get on my nerves...

Okay, fine, I guess some Yokai
really do have to be fought.

I'll take care of this guy.

Oh, no! Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no!

Having some trouble?

Guys, I lost my Kaikishi weapon!
I can't trap him.

- [O-Dokuro roars]
- [Usagi] Whoa!

Maybe our Kaikishi weapons can do it.

Or maybe not.

- Nope.
- [laughing]

You might as well throw peanuts at me.

The weapons must
all have different abilities.

- Usagi, we have to find that yo-yo!
- It's gotta be here somewhere.

[O-Dokuro roars]

[growling] Stay away from them!

Whoa! That is different. Ahh!

[O-Dokuro whimpers and groans]

[suspenseful music playing]

[groaning]

I don't think my weapon
is gonna trap him either. Usagi!

I'm looking!

- Kitsune, it's in the claw machine!
- I'm on it.

[automated voice] Two joules, paid.

- [machine beeps]
- Ugh!

[automated voice] Two joules, paid.

- [machine beeps]
- [groans]

Ikuzo!

- [machine beeps]
- Ahh!

[automated voice] Two joules, paid.

[grunting]

[groaning]

Oh, hi, guys.

[dramatic music playing]

[Gen] Ahh!

[grunting]

Usagi, we have to do something
to protect Gen!

We're like his family.

[grunting]

[bell dings]

You know what?
I think I know how you can help.

[automated voice] Two joules, paid.

[video game music playing]

Hey, O-Dokuro!

Come fight us in this area
for no particular reason... at all.

I shall!

- Huh? Huh?
- [automated voice] Round one, begin!

- [upbeat music playing]
- [O-Dokuro grunting]

[all] Yay!

No, no, you'd think so, yeah,

but apparently
that's not a big deal to him.

Now you have made me

peeved!

[upbeat music continues]

- Doctors, get outta here!
- [Shiba Inu 1] Gladly!

[Shiba Inu 2] Come by later
for a group discount on bone setting.

- [machine beeps]
- [automated voice] No payment. No payment.

- Guys, I'm out of money!
- Hey, I found the Ashibasha and, uh...

- Whoa!
- I need joules right now!

[automated voice] Two joules, paid.

- That's all I got.
- Then I gotta make 'em count.

[upbeat music playing]

[groaning]

Agh! Whose side are you on, game?

[roars]

Huh? [exclaiming in fear]

Ahh! Ahh!

Huh. Maybe that thing is kinda cool.

[tense music playing]

Come on.

Come on!

No! My hands pass right through them.
Are they ghosts?

[yelping loudly]

Come on!

Usagi, catch!

[yo-yo humming]

[O-Dokuro] What? No!

No!

No! Please! Don't put me
back in the Ki-Stone, I beg of you.

I detest enclosed places.

I don't know. I mean, you tried
to squash us, like, multiple times.

Please! I'm just a head.

I am harmless without my body.

[whimpering] Surely you can show mercy.

Please?

Please!

[sobbing]

I mean,
I guess you really can't hurt anyone,

and I was going to stop fighting Yokai,
and you seem to be kind of freaking out.

I am very much freaking out, yes!

[Gen] Give the skull a break.

All right, all right.

I won't put your head
back in the Ki-Stone, but no biting!

I promise!

Oh, thank you, thank you!

- I'm gonna keep an eye on you!
- Come on, guys, let's go home.

[O-Dokuro] Um, excuse me.

I don't suppose
you have a place I could stay?

Also, could someone carry me there?

And... there.

I...

I...

I am not awful.

You see?

With a little effort,
you can be a decent arts and crafts-ist.

My work here is done, Sloppy.

[Yokai] Follow your passion.

Only art will give you true satisfaction.

And crafts!

[Yokai] Whatever!

Head Keisatsukan,
cancel all my appointments.

You have no appointments, Lord Kogane.

Then make some and cancel them,

for I have decided to dedicate today
to art and crafts.

[Head Keisatsukan] I...

He admires me so.

Now, the googly eyes!

[contented music playing]

[Ashibasha beeps and honks]

Horror of horrors!

You have forced this Yokai
to be your servant!

- [horn honks]
- [Ashibasha chirps]

What? Really?

They are your

friends?

We're more than friends.
The Ashibasha is part of our family.

Perhaps I have,

uh, misjudged you.

- Maybe we misjudged you too, Doki.
- [growls]

Whoa! You promised no biting!

That was before you called me "Doki."

All right, here's a list
of reasons why I will bite.

One, calling me "Doki."

Two, improper use of the word "literally."

Three, wearing of mismatched items.

Four, loud or off-key singing.

Five, interruption of nap time.

Six, sudden movements.

Seven, unnecessary...

[upbeat music playing]