Hanayui no Shou 24-1E

The three girls' Tokushima investigation - 1

[Tokushima]

Gin: Yahoo! We're in Tokushima!

Son: Ooh, Mino-san. You're brimming with energy!

Sum: We're still here to do our duty and reclaim this land, why are you so excited?

Gin: A wonderful question, Sumi. It's because Tokushima has them... UMAs!

Sum: Yuuma? Wasn't that Kouchi?

Son: You're thinking of Ryouma. [1]

Sum: Right... So you mean the two we have in the Hero Club...

Son: You're thinking of Yuuna.

Sum: Okay, I'm out of jokes now... Gin, what are those "yuumas"?

GIN: UMAs are those, come on! Uh... Sonoko?

SON: Unidentified Mysterious Animal. Or UMA for short.

Gin: Yeah yeah, that!

Sum: There's no way you knew that... But are there really UMAs in Tokushima?

Son: What kind of?

Gin: Listen and tremble! It appears in Tokushima! The famous Bubbleman!

Sum: Famous... What exactly is that?

Gin: It's a monster that appears on deserted mountain roads, wreathed in foam!

Son: Like a yeti?

Gin: It's unidentified, so nobody knows! But they say it can run at 200 km/h.

Sum: Two hundred!? That's like a high-speed train!

Gin: So running away from it is pointless, and if you meet it, it will eat you, head first!

Son: That sounds scary!

Gin: That's not all! If you touch the Bubbleman's foam, you'll be cursed, have a high fever and nightmares and die in 3 days tops!

Sum: Why do you sound so happy...

Gin: What, don't you want to see it? I mean we came to Tokushima and all.

Sum: But that's just a rumour, right? Youkai and monsters don't actually exist.

Son: And since you mentioned curses, Fuu-senpai is definitely not going to get involved in this.

Gin: Yeah. That's why we should go investigate, just the three of us!

Sum/Son: Eh!?

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Notes:
1 - Sakamoto Ryouma, a key figure of the Bakumatsu period.