02x08 - Ai-san no Otsukai/Mutsumi Daietto Daisakusen

[bunniefuu]

Everybody's a little...

...weird?

Hmm.

Well, they went through a lot
on the mission.

I see. What about you, Taiyo?

You're not tired?

Sure, a little.

But I want to keep the house in order.

I'll help you with that!

Flutter, flutter!

Ohh.

Oh!

S-Sorry, Taiyo.

I was just planning to repaper it, anyway.

Now we know that it's earthquake-proof.

And the bathroom's all spick and span.

Thanks a lot, Ai.

Hmm.

Don't worry, Ai.

Taiyo meant every word of that.

Your wanting to help is enough.

Thanks, Mutsumi.

But...

Have a rice cr*cker to cheer you up!

These days, these are my favorite!

Mutsumi! About dinner,
would pork cutlets be okay?

I'll go shopping now
if that's fine with you.

Shopping? Pork cutlets!

I'll go buy the meat!

You, Ai?

Sure! I'll go!

Can you do the shopping, Ai?

The place with the red pig
standing out front, right?

I know, 'cause you're always going there!

But you've never gone there
all by yourself before.

I can tell which meat is yummy!

It smells like grass and the sky.

I wanna go! I wanna go!

I wanna go! I wanna go! I wanna go!

I wanna go! I wanna go!
- Hey, all right.

I wanna go!
- Okay, then I guess we'll send you over.

Yay!

YOZAKURA FAMILY

When crossing the street...
- Raise my hand!

MISSION 35 AI'S ERRAND...
MUTSUMI'S MAJOR DIET MISSION

If you get lost?

Find a policeman!

If anyone strange comes up to you?

I'll clobber him!
- Very good!

You tell the shopkeeper,

"The usual pork loin and pork fillets,


Okay!

I'll be going, then!

I'm just as worried as you.

Let's secretly follow her, huh?

But not that disguise, all right?

What?

♪ Raise your hand
as you cross the street! ♪

Ai was able to cross the street.

RED PIG
SPECIAL SALE TODAY

Please let me have some!

Welcome!

Ai's going shopping all by herself!

Your eyes and nose
are running like crazy, Mutsumi!

Sorry, miss.
Everything's all sold out today.

What?

Sold out?

That's unusual.

Will some beef do instead?

Pork cutlets.

Mister, where does your meat come from?

Where? You mean where it's produced?

I sell a brand called Ouka Buta...

Miss?

Where's Ai going?

Let's go after her!

EAST OUKA POLICE BOX

Ouka Buta?

Yeah, that meat is delicious.

I think it's a local specialty
from the next prefecture over--

Thank you!

Please tell me
that she's not lost or a runaway.

Ouka Buta!

Too fast!

EAST OUKA STATION

For the Ouka Buta town,
just take this line to the end.

I should go along this path, right?

Thanks, lady!
- "Go along"?

Huh?

She's pulling away from us!

Ah, Ouka Buta?

There are farms here,
but the ones that are especially tasty

are the wild Ouko-tonushi that live
in the mountains beyond this river.

Thank you, Gramps!
- Huh?

What?

Don't tell me
Ai's going to capture them herself?

No way. Why would she go that far?

Maybe she wants to make sure
we can have some.

Wow!

Look at those mountains!

This is the Benizakura
Mountain Range, huh?

So she is going after those Ouka Buta.

Among them, the larger specimens
raised in these lush forests

are renowned as a rare delicacy.

OUKA BUTA

Those... something...

are something?

Hmm, too many hard characters
for me to read,

but it seems amazing!

I'm starving.

TREE

Mmm?

Inedible.

Edible.

Inedible.

Edible but tastes yucky.

Edible!

Look at her, Taiyo!

She's sorting poisonous plants
and mushrooms by smell!

Ai's so amazing!

True, that's amazing natural intuition.

Hmm?

Huh?
She's heading off somewhere again?

Hey... is Ai going to be all right?

Hold up, Taiyo. Over there.

Huh?

Ahh!

So fresh!

She caught a whopper!

I'm gonna catch
some unbelievable meat...

and eat some delicious pork cutlets!

Yeah!

Who would have thought we'd get to see
how much Ai's grown through an errand?

What was the errand again?

♪ Ai's ears can hear everything! ♪

♪ If I growl and roar
they'll hear me on the moon! ♪

♪ Wagging my tail will cause a storm! ♪

Hey, Mutsumi.

It's getting late,
so shouldn't we give her a hand now?

But Ai's having so much fun.

I want to let her explore
to her heart's content.

Huh, what?

I'm right back at the acorn tree.

I wonder where I am right now.

She's lost?

Let's see.

When you get lost...

I know!

A policeman!

Which she won't find here.

Right.

No choice.

Um, let's see.
Where can I find a policeman?

Little girl.
- Hmm?

What are you doing way out here?

I made sure my scent is obscured, too.

I'm going to pretend to be a local
and send her home.

I'm supposed to toss weird people!

Ugh.

What a good child, doing as she's told!

Sorry that I threw you.

You weren't a weird guy at all,
Gramps, were you?

Gramps, you have
the same kind scent as my family.

I-Is that right?

What an interesting thing to say,
little girl.

Wow, that's our Ai!

So because it was all sold out
at the butcher shop,

you came to the mountains to catch some?

Ai, was it? How impressive!

Oh, I wouldn't say that.

But your family must be worried about you.

It's fine to be enthusiastic
about your errand,

but it's time that you headed home.

I can't. That meat is so yummy!

If they eat it, they'll feel better!

So I'm bringing it home, no matter what!

I-Is that so?

Why are you so determined?

Well, I want Taiyo and the others
to feel better.

I stayed at home the whole time,
but when Taiyo and the others went out,

I think something happened.

Because I caught a sad scent from Taiyo

and Mutsumi and everybody else.

They're all super-nice to me.

So even when things are tough for them,

just to make sure
that I won't worry or get sad,

I think they keep it a secret from me.

That's why I never ask them about it.

But I love them all,
and I want them to stay well.

It's because I want them to stay well

that I'm trying hard to run this errand.

I see.

You're something else, Ai.

Fine, then. You should keep trying
until you're satisfied.

But make sure you don't take too long
and make them worry.

Gramps...
- Mmm?

I'm busy now, so see you later!

Thanks for showing me the way home!

Good work, Taiyo.

Let's wait at the station
at the foot of the mountain.

Yeah.

Pork cutlets!

Everyone's gonna be so happy!

Hey there! Ai!
- Huh?

Come on, let's head home!

Taiyo? Mutsumi?

Huh?

What are you doing here?

What is that thing?

Beats me.

Can you take this to the table?

Okay!

Pork cutlets, everyone!

Wow!
- Awesome!

So this is an "Ouko-tonushi"?

Super rare even among the Ouka Buta.

This one grew to maximum size, huh?

Now then, let's dig in!

Let's dig in!

Please eat plenty!

So good!

Ai, it's so good!

Lady Mutsumi, here's today's schedule.

You'll be inspecting the products
at the g*n manufacturer, Donpachi.

And you'll be dining
with the defense association, Omamori.

Thanks, Ayaka.

Hmm?

I can't fasten the hook on my skirt.

I wonder if it shrunk.

Did they botch it
at the cleaners, maybe?

Th-The cleaners.

Mutsumi!

Looky, looky! Futaba put a ribbon on me!

Huh?

Squishy, squishy.

Your tummy's all squishy, Mutsumi!

Squishy, squishy! Squishy, squishy!

It's not that I don't see
how this happened.

I know that I've been overeating
a little lately.

I always did enjoy eating
as much as the next person.

For safety, I almost always travel by car.

And my job
calls for lots of dinner parties.

And while working at my desk,
I always have some kind of snack

to nosh on.

Mmm!

WEIGHT / WAIST SIZE /
BLOOD PRESSURE

It's my duty as Yozakura head
to keep an eye on my health.

Whoa!

But lately...

SECRET

...I admit that I've been a little lax.

I can't be negligent
about managing my own health.

As the face of the Yozakura family,
as the supported younger sister...

GOTTA WIN

...and most of all, as Taiyo's wife,

I want to be diligent about it!

Ahh!

At least that's what I thought.

Why?

Why...

does cake in the middle of work
taste so yummy?

Once again,
I've opened the fridge without thinking!

It's important to taste, right?

Let's have these together!

Sure, why not?

I have no willpower.

I don't think
I can resolve this on my own.

The secret to not gaining weight?
I don't know.

I've always been a light eater,
and I've never gained weight,

so I don't know what to tell you.

And I have no idea
how to deny that remark.

It's no use asking members of our family.

Basically, our metabolism and energy
consumption are amped up like crazy.

None of our lifestyle choices
will help you.

I mean, you drink that stuff every day,
and it doesn't affect you at all.

That's because
I burn all my calories with my brain.

Lately, the Old Man Hunter app's
been keeping my mind in overdrive.

You're going to break down.
Let's forget about that.

All that one's body craves is nutrition.

POTATO CRACKERS

So, Mutsumi,
you should be honest with your body.

You like these, don't you? This stuff...

Big Sis...

you're so mean.

She's right, Mutsumi!
Don't give it another thought.

Nothing could be more alluring
than you just as you are!

Not only that...

should there be even one less picogram
of your exalted existence,

that would be an unbearable loss
for the entire world!

He really doesn't know the way
to a woman's heart, that moron.

Not like I'm trying to lose weight
for you, Big Bro.

Get lost.

My kid sisters are so cold.

I'm going to ask the others for advice.

Are you ready?

Let's go, Mutsumi.

Start!

Hey... Big Bro.

I can't move. Hold up--

M-My bad!

I thought playing a survival game would
be fun and a way for you to lose weight.

You were so fast,
I couldn't even take one step.

Also, this suit...

is so heavy.

What? But I lightened it up
to 50 kilograms for you.

AIRSOFT MOMOKO
ABSORBS LIGHT g*nf*re

I can't move!

Detox is my specialty!

Just leave it to me.

If we can stay
in this specially built stone spa sauna,

swathed in heat-inducing wrap
and treatment masks

at 100 degrees for an hour,

you'll be back to your old self
in no time!

I was just about to get my soul detoxed.

I thought it was so soothing,
you dozed off.

Don't push her too hard.

Really, Big Bro Kengo's
always living on the edge.

You have to lose weight naturally.

Thanks!
I knew I could count on you, Nanao.

All right.

This is the drug for losing weight
that I concocted.

Sorry! Nanao, is that stuff safe?

Totally safe!

It's what I use to shrink myself.

All organic, derived from herbal tea.

It makes me nervous,
so I'm not taking it.

Am I tired?

My body feels heavy.

No, actually, I might be physically heavy.

Huh?

Goliath's not around.

Hey. Morning, Mutsumi!

Taiyo? What are you doing up so early?

I heard that you've been running lately,
so I thought I'd join you.

This pace okay with you, Mutsumi?

Yeah. It's just right.

You don't have to be
so concerned about me, Taiyo.

Huh?

You know all about my diet, don't you?

It's written all over your face.

Oh, hey, you see...

Sorry. It's not even a big deal,
but I hid it from you.

It's a big deal for you,
though, isn't it?

Whatever you decide to work hard at,
I want to cheer you on.

I was just watching over you till now.

I'm so awkward, and I didn't know
what I should say to you.

"Don't worry about it"
probably isn't right.

And if I said "You lost weight"
or "You look so pretty,"

when you don't think that way yourself,
it wouldn't make you happy.

And then, before I knew it,

I found myself thinking of nothing but you
even during my missions.

And then it hit me.
- Huh?

There's nothing that I enjoy more
than thinking about you, Mutsumi.

Mutsumi?

Sorry!

Did you get exhausted keeping up with me?

No, no. I'm fine.

No, seriously, you don't look fine!

Did you twist your ankle?

Do you have a stomachache?

Really, I'm fine, all right?

It's just that...

my legs went limp for a second there.

I'll carry you on my back,
so why don't we head home?

I'd appreciate that.

Mutsumi!

Looky, looky!

Taiyo!

Mutsumi's tummy is nice and flat now!

Look here... Ai!

All right!

Let's celebrate with a cake!

Yeah!

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