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Ohno: A period put into operation for only one month, it's a collaboration by Gekidan members for a limited period, "Gekidan Engimono". The third production that starts this week is written by the young entertainers unit Sunny-Side Walker, "Katte ni Nostalgia".
[Gekidan Engimono. Third Performance
"Katte ni Nostalgia"]
Ohno: The script is by Tsuyuno Masaki, directing by Morita Kuukai, and the chairperson is me, Ohno Satoshi from Arashi! And these are the Gekidan members involved!
[Gekidan members: Manabe Kaori, Ikeuchi Mansaku, Kondou Kouen, Nasubi, Sahara Tetsurou, Kawabata Shinobu]
Ohno: Unfolding in an old apartment as the setting, is a matured, heartwarming story! Well, let's start~!
[Aoba Villa]
[21]
[Production, script
Tsuyuno Masaki
(sunny side walker)]
[Music
Fukushima Yuuko]
[Producer
Yabuki Higashi]
[Director
Morita Kuukai]
Oki: Ah. I can't take it, I'm hungry.
Ooya: Oki-cha~n.
Oki: Ooya-san. (*note: 'Ooya' - 'landlord'.)
Ooya: What do you think? Of a melon sage.
Oki: What?
Ooya: They were selling it cheap at the supermarket. Eat it.
Oki: Ah, it's okay...
Ooya: Did you know, that if you ate melon, you'd get smarter?
Oki: What?
Ooya: It's these creases. The creases. These things... are like the creases in your brain.
Oki: I- I- I'll eat it later!
Ooya: If you can make this many creases, you'll pass.
Oki: Ah, okay.
Ooya: In your brain, okay.
Oki: Thank you, every time. I'm going out to shop. For food.
Ooya: You can't! It's going to be cup ramen again, isn't it!? It's because you keep eating that sort of thing that you can't make it, Oki-chan! Get something that's better for your body!
Oki: I'm sorry!
Ooya: Hey, wait! Ahhhh, it hurts, Oki-ch--... it hurts. Oki-chan! You know! If you don't mind, why don't you come eat at my place tonight?
Oki: No!
Ooya: Don't hold back! Obasan will make something delicious for you!
Oki: No, it's alright, really!
Ooya: Honestly, Oki-chan~! Wait up!
[Okinoshima Junji
Ohno Satoshi]
[Furusawa Shiho
Manabe Kaori]
[Kikukawa Kouji
Kondou Kouen
Namajima Tetsuo
Ikeuchi Mansaku
Hanazawa Takashi
Nasubi]
[Ooya, Kimiko
Kawabata Shinobu
Food Cart Owner
Sahara Tetsurou]
[Katte ni Nostalgia
First Episode
(Four episodes in total)]
Kouji: I'm home. Welcome home. Wah, whoa, dangerous! Hot! Hot!! Honestly, Takashi... how dangerous, what the hell is he doing!? Ah! It's a melon! Melon-chan, melon-chan, my girlfriend is melon-pan~ (*note: melon-pan = melon bread) Melon-san, melon-san... my sha-la-la is melon-pan~ Here's a freshly baked melon-pan, sorry to keep you waiting. Ah, I want to eat a watermelon. Ahhh, come in!
Shiho: Kouji! Geez, I don't understand this map! It's wrong at one spot, and the margins and such are so old, I can't even read it!
Kouji: Shiho-cha~n!
Shiho: Stop adding 'chan' to my name! We're way too old already.
Kouji: It's been a while~! I'm sorry for calling your company so many times!
Shiho: I brought it! This works fine, right?
Kouji: Yes yes yes.
Shiho: What's with that "Ehehe~n"?
Kouji: Ah, no, no, I just thought you were really pretty~!
Shiho: Stop it, you pervert! It starts from 7pm, right? What time is it right now?
Kouji: Have you been doing well?
Shiho: Hey~! That's close!! Step away.
Kouji: Sorry.
Shiho: Somehow, I can't relax. I've been so irritated, since morning.
Kouji: I know. It's been eight years, after all. But, well, think of this as your own home!
Shiho: He hasn't been meeting anyone...?
Kouji: Probably not with friends. Rather, we're his only friends, huh.
Shiho: Wait a minute!
Kouji: Ahh, don't look!
Shiho: I'm not looking! What the hell...
Kouji: Tada~!
Shiho: Ah. That's... from the graduation ceremony?
Kouji: Right!
Shiho: The group of four doing that idiotic dance?
Kouji: It wasn't idiotic! It was Sexy Mars! Towards a new journey, we are Sexy Mars~!
Kouji: Give it to me! What the hell, you really can't enjoy a joke, can you! Takashi said this was the best way to bury the eight years worth of blank space. Ah, that's right. Hey, help me out. Tada~! "Tsukioka Masaru. Tsukki's You've Worked Hard In Jail Party". Hold it. I wonder if Tsukki has changed. Maybe he's gone bald. What are you going to do if he turned all grim?
Shiho: So... he's really going to come, huh.
Kouji: What, are you worried?
Shiho: No, not really.
Kouji: But you know, we won't like it if it gets gloomy, right? That's why Tecchan said we should dance Sexy Mars. I said, "No way~! We don't remember the choreography~!" But he said, "If we drink, it'll work out somehow." That's right. "That time, we got drunk and practiced like that, too," I said. Hey, what do you think? Is it crooked like this? Huh? Wait, wait... ah ah!
Oki: Sorry! Crap, crap, crap!!
[insert much screaming]
Kouji: Um! Hello!! Who are you?
Oki: A pervert? BURGLAR! BURGLAR!!
Kouji: Burglar! Burglar!
Kouji: What are you doing??
Oki: Ahhh, let go, let go! Is this the police!?
Kouji: Police!?
Oki: Save me, a weird pervert has-!!
Kouji: Tou~! You can't call them, the police are scary you know~! Ah, are you referring to me as the "weird pervert"? Wait a minute. Who are you?
Oki: Line thirty of the penal code, without a legitimate reason, should one enter a person's home or an area that the person is in charge of, without obtaining permission or by trespassing illegally, regardless of what behaviour one undertakes, if one is arrested on the spot, one will face imprisonment of three years, or be fined a penalty of 100,000 yen.
Kouji: No, what I'm saying is... we're doing Tsukki's "You've Worked Hard In Jail Party" here. So I have a legitimate reason.
Oki: Eh? Eh? Eh!?
Kouji: Let me explain. Our high school friend was released from prison this morning. Hey, wait a minute... it's not over yet. Okay? That guy's best memory was this! Sexy Mars. The four of us did a dance at our high school graduation ceremony. When we did it seriously, people really liked it!
Oki: Too close!
Kouji: So, so, he's coming out after eight years so, in order to celebrate that, we've arranged to gather here.
Oki: No, this is my-!
Kouji: Sexy Mars right, means "sexy martians". In other words, if Martians had sexy women... kind of concept!
Oki: No, this is my home! ... you know.
Kouji: Eh? "My home"?
Oki: Yes, my home.
Kouji: Your home?
Oki: Yes, my home!
Kouji: "My home"?
Oki: No, not yours, my home!
Kouji: "My home"!
Oki: I'm saying-!!
Kouji: "I'm saying"...! Who are you to Takashi!?
Oki: Who the hell is Takashi!?
Takashi: Yo~!
Kouji: Takashi~! You came, you came~!
Takashi: It's been a long time~!
Tetsuo: And in this exact costume!
Takashi: What memories, what memories~!
Kouji: Who is this person?
Oki: No, I'm...!
Takashi: Don't know him.
Tetsuo: Nice to meet you.
Oki: No, um...!
Kouji: We're supposed to gather here, right?
Tetsuo: Where? Where? Here. Right?
Takashi: Yes! My room~!
Oki: Eh!?
Kouji: So it is here. Thank goodness, I got it right!
Tetsuo: Oi! Who the hell is this guy!?
Kouji: Wait, wait...
Tetsuo: You. What's your name?
Oki: Okinoshima.
Tetsuo: You're saying... that this is your own room?
Oki: No, this is-!
Tetsuo: We came here in order to gather in Takashi's room.
Oki: No, but you've gotten the place wrong!
Takashi: What are you saying? If it's a home in Nakano that I used to live in, it's right here, isn't it?
Kouji: See! Even the witness is saying it, right? So what motive do you have entering here without permission? "Used to live"?
Takashi: Yep, three years ago.
Kouji: You're not staying here now?
Takashi: I'm not staying here.
Tetsuo: Then... why are we doing it here?
Takashi: I don't know, I'm not the one who brought it up. Kouji's the one who brought it up!
Kouji: Me!?
Takashi: That's right! See, when I asked, "Where should we celebrate Tsukki's release?" Then you said, "Let's gather in the Nakano apartment like before," and when I asked, "Is the Nakano apartment the place where I used to live?" You said, "That's right!"
Kouji: I did, I did, I said that! Ah. What, I didn't know Takashi had moved!
Tetsuo: I see, I see. I understand.
Oki: What the hell!? Are you all idiots!? At the point where he said "the place where I used to live", you'd normally realize that he moved, right!? When you heard about gathering at a place you used to live in, you didn't think it was strange at all!? Get out please!
All: No, please~!
Oki: Why, WHY!?
Kouji: 'cause Tsukki isn't here yet!
Oki: I don't care, get out! I'll call the police!
Tetsuo: Just until Tsukki comes! During that time, we'll be your friends! Right, friends, friends, friends~!
Oki: GET OUT ALREADY!
All: It hurts, don't push~!
Oki: What the hell was that!
Kouji: What the hell!
Takashi: It was cleaner when I lived in it too!
Kouji: Tsukki's not here yet, huh.
Takashi: Hey, think about this carefully. Isn't this outfit embarrassing?
Kouji: But you came in that, right? I think I'll go change.
Tetsuo: Wait... don't be the only one to change, this is all we've got.
Kouji: As I thought, let's have him let us in.
Takashi: It's fine, that guy's personality is awful, anyway.
Tetsuo: Sh!
Oki: What?
Kouji: Stop, please!
Takashi: How unfair! Let me do it, too!
Kouji: You can't, Takashi! ... okay.
Oki: It's okay?
Tetsuo: My nipples too!
Kouji: You can't, not there! ... okay.
Oki: So it's okay.
Tetsuo: "Display lecherous activities with men and the minute he comes out to peek, we'll rush in" strategy! Well! Have you given up!?
Oki: I wasn't peeking!
Kouji: You're lying~
Takashi: We're sorry, we're sorry, we'll apologize! But please let us wait inside until Tsukki comes. We beg of you!
All: Please!
Oki: You can just call him and let him know you changed the place, right!?
Tetsuo: This morning, he just came out from prison, so he's not carrying a cellphone!
Oki: All I want to do is study, please get out, hurry up!
Ooya: Oki-chan. Just when I thought it was really lively... are these your friends?
Takashi: Hello, Ooya-san! It's Hanazawa.
Ooya: Who?
Takashi: It's been a while~
Ooya: Ah! It's Takashi-chan!
Takashi: That's right!
Kouji & Tetsuo: It's been a while!
Ooya: Oh my, what's going on, I didn't recognize you at all! Wait, what's with these outfits? A parade?
Tetsuo: We're having a class reunion. This is a costume from our memories!
Kouji: Oki-chan said we could use his room!
Ooya: Is that so?
Takashi: It's true, this guy is really a nice person. How nostalgic~! Ooya-san's special hamburger patty~ I sure want to eat it~
Tetsuo: Yeah~
Kouji: How lucky~
Ooya: I got it already. I'll cook some for you!
Three: Hooray~!
Ooya: Obasan loves this sort of thing! I'll throw all effort into it~!
Oki: No, um, that's--
Ooya: Don't worry. Right~?
Kouji: Ah, one more person is coming~
Ooya: I got it. One more person, right?
Takashi: Um, meat and potato stew too!
Ooya: I'll cook anything~!
Tetsuo: In any case, meeting like this is some kind of fate, too.
Kouji: Right! You'll be our good friend from now on.
Oki: Please stop. Besides, I don't like gatherings... and I'm not good with crowds.
Tetsuo: Why?
Oki: I don't have time to turn back to the past! "That time was great", "I want to go back"... I don't want to live my life facing the past like that!
Tetsuo: Facing the past, he says... he sure knows how to talk!
Kouji: Okinoshima-kun is a person who faces forward.
Takashi: How cool~!
Oki: So, only until... that Tsukki person comes.
Three: YAY~!
Oki: Don't open that without asking! Stop! You're noisy! You're noisy, I'm telling you!
Tetsuo: Ah, what is this? It's the law examinations.
Kouji: Eh, amazing! The one for lawyers!?
Takashi: It's hard, isn't it~?
Oki: Kind of.
Takashi: Amazing~!
Kouji: You know, if it's the law examinations, there are really smart people who don't pass despite studying real hard!
Oki: I know that without you telling me! That's why I'm studying! I really don't have time to fool around with you guys.
Tetsuo: You sure say it straight~!
Takashi: So, clearly, you're aiming to be a prosecutor?
Oki: Why?
Takashi: Ah, well...
Oki: Besides, you probably don't know the difference between a prosecutor and a defense attorney.
Tetsuo: It's because there're more bad guys in the prosecutors!
Kouji: That has to be true! During the trial too, even though the prosecutor didn't know Tsukki, he kept bad-mouthing him. But the defense attorney worked hard for Tsukki! What do you call that, look, um... ah, he defended him!
Oki: He's a defense attorney because he defends. The prosecutor isn't bad-mouthing him either, that's just his job.
Tetsuo: Then which one is Oki-chan going for? Defense attorney? Prosecutor?
Oki: I'm... going for prosecutor.
Tetsuo: I thought so.
Takashi: Then before you become a prosecutor, let me tell you. People aren't born evil.
Kouji: That's right. Criminals all have some kind of reason.
Oki: But usually, the guys who commit crimes are stupid.
Tetsuo: What did you say? What did you just say? Those who commit crimes are stupid!? SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME. SO THOSE WHO COMMIT CRIMES ARE STUPID, HUH.
Takashi: (overlapping) Stop, Tecchan! Stop! We're really sorry!
Kouji: It's the prosecutor's fault. Because of that guy... because of that guy, Tsukki couldn't come out.
Takashi: Hey, about Tsukki... you think he's still a virgin?
Tetsuo: Of course he is, he went into jail since he was eighteen.
Kouji: He probably never talked to girls too.
Tetsuo: He must've been thinking of Furusawa Shiho. Speaking of, Shiho-chan isn't here, is she!
Kouji: She did! But she ran away.
Tetsuo: Why?
Takashi: Hey. Tsukki liked Shiho-chan...?
Kouji: You didn't know? You can tell just by looking.
Takashi: Hehh.
Tetsuo: He probably thought that everyday... "I want to meet Furusawa Shiho. I want to meet her."
Kouji: Eight years huh?
Tetsuo: Sure is long.
Oki: Hey. That Tsukki person... why did he go to jail?
Tetsuo: He killed.
Oki: Eh?
Tetsuo: He murdered a person. The form teacher in high school. With a knife.
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Oki: The memories you guys have are really full of ridiculous things.
Tetsuo: Maybe... we're a past he wants to forget.
Oki: Stop it! What are you doing without asking!?
Takashi: Speaking of, I heard that Shiho-chan's getting married.
Shiho: Tsukki~
Oki: Does everyone really want to meet their old friends? Even that Tsukki person too, he's not coming here because he doesn't want to meet you guys, right!?