[♪ pleasant music playing]
[grunts]
-[metal rattling] -[grunts]
[groans loudly]
[groans]
[muffled scream]
[Nanao gags]
-[Ai] Everybody's a little... -[coughs]
...weird?
[Taiyo] 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 cracker to cheer you up!
These days, these are my favorite!
[Taiyo] 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.
[Ai] 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! -[Taiyo] Hey, all right.
-I wanna go! -Okay, then I guess we'll send you over.
Yay!
[♪ opening theme music playing]
MISSION: YOZAKURA FAMILY
-[Taiyo] When crossing the street... -[Ai] Raise my hand!
MISSION 35 AI'S ERRAND... MUTSUMI'S MAJOR DIET MISSION
If you get lost?
Find a policeman!
[Taiyo] If anyone strange comes up to you?
-I'll clobber him! -[Taiyo] Very good!
You tell the shopkeeper,
"The usual pork loin and pork fillets, 30 kilograms each, please."
[Ai] Okay!
I'll be going, then!
[♪ lighthearted music playing]
[sighs]
I'm just as worried as you.
Let's secretly follow her, huh?
But not that disguise, all right?
What?
[♪ music continues]
[Ai] ♪ Raise your hand as you cross the street! ♪
Ai was able to cross the street.
[exclaims excitedly]
RED PIG SPECIAL SALE TODAY
Please let me have some!
Welcome!
[crying] Ai's going shopping all by herself!
Your eyes and nose are running like crazy, Mutsumi!
[shopkeeper] Sorry, miss. Everything's all sold out today.
[Ai] What?
Sold out?
That's unusual.
[shopkeeper] 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.
[♪ thrilling music playing]
Ouka Buta!
[Taiyo] 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"?
[Mutsumi] Huh?
[Ai panting]
[Taiyo] She's pulling away from us!
[old man] 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.
-[Ai] Thank you, Gramps! -Huh?
-[water splashing] -What?
[Ai mumbles excitedly]
[Mutsumi] 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
[Ai] Those... something...
are something?
Hmm, too many hard characters for me to read,
but it seems amazing!
[stomach rumbles]
I'm starving.
TREE
[both] Mmm?
[Ai] Inedible.
Edible.
Inedible.
Edible but tastes yucky.
Edible!
[Mutsumi] Look at her, Taiyo!
She's sorting poisonous plants and mushrooms by smell!
Ai's so amazing!
[Taiyo] True, that's amazing natural intuition.
Hmm?
[Taiyo] Huh? She's heading off somewhere again?
Hey... is Ai going to be all right?
Hold up, Taiyo. Over there.
[chuckling]
[both] Huh?
[Ai] Ahh!
So fresh!
[Mutsumi] She caught a whopper!
[Ai] 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] ♪ 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! ♪
[Taiyo] 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.
[Ai] Huh, what?
I'm right back at the acorn tree.
I wonder where I am right now.
[both] She's lost?
[Ai] Let's see.
When you get lost...
I know!
A policeman!
[Taiyo] 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?
[Taiyo] 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.
[Mutsumi] What a good child, doing as she's told!
[Ai] 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.
[old man] I-Is that right?
What an interesting thing to say, little girl.
[Mutsumi] Wow, that's our Ai!
[old man] So because it was all sold out at the butcher shop,
you came to the mountains to catch some?
Ai, was it? How impressive!
[chuckles] 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?
[Ai] 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.
[♪ sentimental music playing]
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.
[exhales deeply]
Let's wait at the station at the foot of the mountain.
Yeah.
[Ai panting]
[wild boar growls]
[♪ tense music plays]
Pork cutlets!
[Ai chuckles]
Everyone's gonna be so happy!
-[Taiyo] Hey there! Ai! -Huh?
Come on, let's head home!
[Ai] Taiyo? Mutsumi?
[both] Huh?
What are you doing here?
[Taiyo] What is that thing?
[Mutsumi] Beats me.
[Taiyo] Can you take this to the table?
[Ai] Okay!
Pork cutlets, everyone!
-[Taiyo] Wow! -[Shinzo] 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!
[all] Let's dig in!
[Ayaka] Please eat plenty!
[Futaba] So good!
-[Mutsumi] Ai, it's so good! -[chuckles]
[Ayaka] Lady Mutsumi, here's today's schedule.
You'll be inspecting the products at the gun manufacturer, Donpachi.
And you'll be dining with the defense association, Omamori.
[Mutsumi] Thanks, Ayaka.
[Ayaka] Hmm?
[Mutsumi] I can't fasten the hook on my skirt.
I wonder if it shrunk.
[Ayaka] Did they botch it at the cleaners, maybe?
[Mutsumi] Th-The cleaners.
[Ai] Mutsumi!
Looky, looky! Futaba put a ribbon on me!
Huh?
Squishy, squishy.
Your tummy's all squishy, Mutsumi!
-Squishy, squishy! Squishy, squishy! -[gasps]
[Mutsumi] 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?
[gasps]
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.
[Futaba] 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.
[Mutsumi] 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.
[Shinzo] Are you ready?
Let's go, Mutsumi.
Start!
[Mutsumi gasps]
[♪ exhilarating music playing]
Hey... Big Bro.
I can't move. Hold up--
[Shinzo] M-My bad!
I thought playing a survival game would be fun and a way for you to lose weight.
[Mutsumi] You were so fast, I couldn't even take one step.
Also, this suit...
is so heavy.
[Shinzo] What? But I lightened it up to 50 kilograms for you.
AIRSOFT MOMOKO ABSORBS LIGHT GUNFIRE
[Mutsumi] 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!
[♪ music continues]
[snoring]
I was just about to get my soul detoxed.
I thought it was so soothing, you dozed off.
[Futaba] Don't push her too hard.
[Nanao] 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.
[Nanao] All right.
This is the drug for losing weight that I concocted.
Sorry! Nanao, is that stuff safe?
[Nanao] Totally safe!
It's what I use to shrink myself.
All organic, derived from herbal tea.
[Mutsumi] 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.
[♪ heartwarming music playing]
[Taiyo] This pace okay with you, Mutsumi?
[Mutsumi] Yeah. It's just right.
You don't have to be so concerned about me, Taiyo.
Huh?
[Mutsumi] You know all about my diet, don't you?
It's written all over your face.
[Taiyo] Oh, hey, you see... [chuckles awkwardly]
[Mutsumi] Sorry. It's not even a big deal, but I hid it from you.
[Taiyo] 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?
[Mutsumi] Really, I'm fine, all right?
It's just that...
my legs went limp for a second there.
[Taiyo] I'll carry you on my back, so why don't we head home?
[Mutsumi] I'd appreciate that.
[exclaims delightedly]
[laughs]
[Ai] Mutsumi!
Looky, looky!
Taiyo!
Mutsumi's tummy is nice and flat now!
Look here... Ai!
All right!
Let's celebrate with a cake!
[all] Yeah!
[♪ closing theme music playing]
NEXT EPISODE TSUBOMI & MUTSUMI