01x03 - Episode 3

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Let's go after them.
We have to bring them back!

Right.

Shall I go too?

- You stay here! Don't make this any worse!
- Senpai, we have to hurry.

Have we arrived?

Akashi?

Forgive me... I have motion sickness...

Will you be okay?

Don't worry about me. The remote!

It's not here. Or here. Or here!

Ozu and the others must have it.

We not only have to return
the remote to its original spot,

but also recover
those reckless time travelers!

We have to find them...

Akashi would be of no help.

First things first,
I decided to hide the time machine.

What's this?

You left the set awfully soon.

Shouldn't you help pack up?

Say something!

What's with you two?

It's like a steam bath in here!

- Hey! Hand over the remote!
- Remote?

The air conditioner remote!

That's...

What?

Another job well done!

What?

When did you two change clothes?

- Just now.
- What?

And you left us, actors, in the lurch?

Does it matter?

It matters.

A mere crewmember like you changing
before my great self?

It's inexcusable.

Right?

Exactly.

Akashi too.
Rather than loaf around with this jerk,

you should work
on your rapport with actors...

Aren't you being a bit presumptuous?

I have the right to be wherever,
change whenever,

and spend time with whomever I please.

- You're clearly invading my privacy!
- Whoa! Slow down!

I strenuously object!

No one has any interest
in invading your privacy!

He's right.

I was merely commenting
on a director's proper role...

I don't need your advice on that either.

Please just hurry up and change.
I have to launder your costumes.

Okay, we get it.

Yes! Time machines are awesome!

I see you're here. You all came!

- Hanuki!
- Did something good happen?

What? Why does everyone look so glum?

Let's go have fun in the past!

The past?

Right. The past.

Oh, I get it.
This is still the present for you guys.

Which means that from your perspective,
we're beings from the future!

What are you talking about?

In other words!
You two are Edo-era revolutionaries,

so from your perspective,
we're from a distant future!

Come on! You know that's not it!

- Say, it seems you had too much to drink.
- Oh, come on. I'm not drunk!

Let's go get you sobered up.

I told you, I'm not drunk!

Look at that! She's wasted!

- She's completely intoxicated!
- Intoxicated how?

Hey! What's the deal?

That's our line!

You were about to destroy
the entire universe!

What's that supposed to mean?

If you change the past,
the present changes too.

Obviously.

And that means
our existence could be threatened.

What?

What were you doing this whole time?

I mingled with the film sh**t.

What?

I issued directions to the actors

and gave Ozu kumadori makeup.

Oh, and to the crew...

I gave out bottles of cider!

We were speechless.

The Hanuki we saw playfully
romping around the set yesterday

was the Hanuki from the future.

Will it be okay?

Did I do something wrong?

Whatever the case,
no more interfering with the past!

What?

Where are Ozu and the Master?

At Oasis.

The Vidal Sassoon bottle
was stolen, right?

They're going to catch the culprit.

What's wrong?

Do they want to destroy the universe?

We have to bring them back!

We're in trouble!

- Hey!
- What now?

Akashi! What are you doing?

Senpai, are you
and the others going to Oasis?

That's right. What about you, Akashi?

As soon as the clean-up is done,
I'm going to the Used Book Fair.

You sure are productive.

Summertime is shorter than you think.

- Yuck!
- I remember that conversation.

Is that really

how my voice sounds?

I sound like a weirdo.

- Huh?
- Whoa!

That's strange.

Won't it open?

No.

Is someone in there?

I bet the door frame warped.

Let us inform the landlord.

We can use it to negotiate
a discount on rent.

Well, I guess I can hold it
until we reach Oasis.

Are we sure everything's consistent?

How couldn't it be?

You saw me on the set yesterday, right?

That's true.

It also explains

why you and I weren't on the same page
before we began time traveling.

Is this really okay?

In any case,

Higuchi and Ozu's
future selves were at Oasis.

We have to bring them back
before our selves from yesterday arrive.

OASIS

MEN'S BATH

Huh?

Hanuki. Were you at Oasis yesterday?

Me?

No way.

You weren't?

Which means...

A public bath can be nice
from time to time!

When we heard Hanuki's voice
from the women's bath...

It must have been

the future Hanuki!

That's the only way it makes sense.

Hanuki!

Time for a bath!

What? Count me out.

I hate public bath houses.

You were bathing here yesterday, Hanuki.

- I told you, I wasn't!
- And precisely because you weren't,

you need to do so now!

What?

Leave her to me!

I'm counting on you.

NO PEEPING
INDECENT ACTS STRICTLY PROHIBITED

Ozu! What the hell are you doing?

Hello there.

Welcome to yesterday.

Did the time machine provide
a comfortable ride?

Where's the air conditioner remote?

There's no need to worry.

I've got it right here with me.

- That remote stays in yesterday!
- But why?

If we change the past,
the universe will self-destruct.

It wasn't easy to get, you know!

I don't like it, either.

But I'm begging all of you.
Just come home before you do any damage.

Where's Higuchi?

He's staking out at the bath.

Oh, so you're here too, young one.
Which of you is it?

I'm the one from the future!

Get out of that bath, now!

I can't do that.

I'll force you out if I have to!

Ozu! Help me out!

Wait...

Why are you taking a bath?

ELECTRIC BATH

This is no time for that!

Do you want the universe to collapse?

- Oh no.
- What?

This is bad. They're here!

At that moment, I had a realization.

When we arrived at Oasis yesterday,

there were three customers inside.

But right now, there are none.

Cover your heads with towels! Hurry!

Don't let our selves
from yesterday catch on.

If they spot us,
the universe will collapse!

But we have to catch the shampoo thief.

That is true.

If it's shampoo you want,
I'll buy you some!

No. The issue here is justice.

Man, that's going to be
one interesting movie.

You can't be serious.

Are you unsatisfied, Jogasaki?

It was b-movie trash.

I'll never acknowledge it.

Well, it's an amateur film, after all.

In the first place, why did Higuchi
play Ryoma Sakamoto?

What a naive bunch we were.

I could never have dreamed
that at that very moment,

the future of the universe was at stake.

The movie will undoubtedly
be a masterpiece!

The likes of you could never understand.

Bath houses are nice
in the summer, aren't they?

I agree.

But they're very nice in the winter, too.

I agree.

We agree on a lot.

I can feel my heart in my mouth.

This shampoo is of the finest quality.

Try it out.

Oh my, you have my gratitude.

- Higuchi! Jogasaki!
- Is that you, Hanuki?

Well, this is a rare occurrence.

A public bath can be nice

from time to time!

SAY SOMETHING

Huh?

What? Leaving already?

I have things to do.

Why don't you just relax?

Why did you go home early, anyway?

No particular reason.

I know. It's a woman.

Looks like I hit the mark.

- Keep quiet!
- There's no need to get angry.

Look.

I stole it before it could be stolen.

Now everything's consistent, right?

He's right. It's consistent.

It merely meant that the one
who stole Higuchi's Vidal Sassoon

was Higuchi himself.

The stupidity of all this space-time
shadow boxing made me dizzy.

Ozu!

That demonic smile could only mean
that Ozu intended to follow me.

Akashi! Are you in there?

Did it go well?

Ozu slipped away again!

What?

I'll go after Ozu.

You go on ahead

and send Higuchi and Hanuki
back to the future.

Understood.

And this!

- Put it back where it was!
- Got it.

Well, well.

I was following Ozu.

Ozu was following yesterday's me.

Yesterday's me
was following yesterday's Akashi.

I was following Ozu
follow me following Akashi.

In any case, Ozu has to be stopped.

Any act he performs could unleash
chaos on the space-time continuum.

And most of all,

the thought of him seeing me
in the state I was in yesterday

is unbearably humiliating!

- Ozu!
- What?

- You caught up already?
- We're going home.

No way.
Things are just getting interesting.

There's nothing interesting!

What?

You're going to ask Akashi out,
aren't you?

That's not it!

- I have to see this.
- Get back here!

Finding myself was easy.

I was desperately following Akashi as she
surged through the shelves of used books.

Watching from a neutral perspective now,
I looked beyond suspicious.

It was an agonizing sight.

Had I been able, I wanted to rush over
and tell myself to give it up.

Man. I guess this is what they mean
by youth in full bloom.

I have no excuse.
I'll carry the shame for life.

What's wrong with that?
Your existence is shameful to begin with.

What?

You're retreating.

Don't tell me it ends here?

That's the end.

Hold it right there.

You invited Akashi to attend
Gozan no Okuribi with you, right?

I didn't invite her.

Then who did?

How should I know?

Strangely enough,

while watching myself retreat,
I felt a rush of anger.

Had I been able, I wanted to rush over
and tell myself to follow her.

Yesterday's me had the carefree idea
that there would always be tomorrow.

However, that tomorrow will never come.

What are you doing now?

I'm going to give
yesterday's you a pep talk.

I already told you!
Doing that will destroy the universe!

How can you know

if you don't try?

- It's obvious without trying!
- It's always the same with you.

You never grasp the opportunities
dangling before your eyes!

It's about time you showed some pride!

There's nothing I can do now!

Let go of me!

There's still time to change things.

What else would a time machine be for?

My destiny is set in stone.

No one can undo the flow of time!

Of course I...

want to change things!

But please.

Just quit fighting and come back with me.

It was just a little joke.
I didn't think you'd take it seriously.

Oh, shut up! You are such a pain!

You think I don't know that?

SHIMOGAMO YUUSUISOU

What?

Akashi?

Hey.

Didn't you return to today?

Senpai...

The time machine won't come back.

- What?
- What?

We've been

left behind.