#fukutomi shinbei

[quirinah]

nindraw 10: artistic growing pains

[komatsudaya]

Episode 24-10 忍者食の謎をさぐれ！の段

[wrinkleworth]

Season 30 Episode 40 transcript-ish

Episode summary: A foreign merchant visits the academy, whereupon he sees Tachibana doing some sick ninja moves. Impressed, he tries to get him to be his bodyguard.

Essentially a fan translation of the episode. Hopefully someone else did this one before.

Translations not 100% accurate but gets the point across enough. Phrasing kinda sucks and some liberties were taken. In short: my Japanese is god-awful.

[A carriage pulls up to the Ninjutsu Academy’s front gates. Quen Castella, a Nanban (overseas/foreign, i.e. Portuguese) merchant, steps off the carriage.]

Castella: How strange. There’s no one around.

Hemu Hemu: Hemu hemu!

[Ninjutsu Academy’s gates open]

Shinbei: Mr. Quen Castella the Nanban merchant --

Hemu Hemu: Hemu hemu!

RKS trio: -- welcome to the Ninjutsu Academy!

Castella: Shinbei-kun, Rantarou-kun, Kirimaru-kun! How nice to see you again!

RKS trio: It’s nice to see you again too!

Rantarou: The headmaster has been patiently waiting for you!

RKS trio: Please, hurry on in!

Castella: Thank you very much~

[The group enter the school grounds but stop after a bit to spectate Tachibana Senzou do some ninja moves and bomb the courtyard. He ends the sequence with a hair flip.]

Castella: Bravo, bravo! Who’s that with the silkily flowing hair?

Shinbei: That’s Tachibana Senzou, a sixth-year of class i!

Rantarou: Tachibana-senpai is one of our top students! He’s a hard worker and the school’s most collected and level-headed! He’s also the very best when it comes to handling explosives and gunpowder.

Castella: He’s amazing! I must have him as my bodyguard!

Kirimaru: Your “body guard”?

Castella: Someone who will protect me, Quen Castella, from earthly perils!

Kirimaru: Oh, so like a personal guardian?

Castella: Yes, like what you said. If he becomes my bodyguard, I shall pay you with however much you desire!

Kirimaru: Say that last bit again…!

Castella: I shall pay you with however much you desire!

Rantarou & Shinbei: Kirimaru!

Castella: I shall discuss this with the headmaster.

[Castella leaves the scene, leaving the trio in the courtyard]

Kirimaru: All I have to do is convince Tachibana-senpai to become Mr. Castella’s bodyguard!

Rantarou & Shinbei: Kirimaru.

Rantarou: I don’t think it’s going to be that easy.

Kirimaru: How come?!

Rantarou: There’s no way he’d agree just because you ask nicely.

Shinbei: *nods in agreement*

Kirimaru: Well, in that case, by the power of my – no. By the power of zeni, Tachibana-senpai’s heart will become set on it! Just you watch!

Rantarou & Shinbei: There’s no way that’ll work…

Kirimaru: But Mr. Castella promised he’d pay as much as we want!! *Kirimaru runs up to Senzou* Tachibana-senpai!

Senzou: Hm? Oh, Kirimaru.

Kirimaru: Would you become Quen Castellla’s bodyguard if you got paid a ton?!

Senzou: His... bodyguard?

Kirimaru: Yeah!! And we can split the pay however you’d like so long as I get a share!

Senzou: *sigh* My heart shall not be swayed by monetary means.

[Crushed, Kirimaru crawls back to his friends like a caterpillar]

Kirimaru: Shinbei… ;-;

Shinbei: What is it?

Kirimaru: Go ask Mr. Castella for another plus for working under him…

Shinbei: On it!

Kirimaru: No matter what it takes… I will make Tachibana-senpai his bodyguard…!

[Scene changes to the headmaster’s room where he’s in a discussion with Castella]

Headmaster: Senzou is often looked up to within the academy...

Castella: Seeing his talent definitely left a strong impression on me!

Headmaster: Is that why you’re seeking Tachibana Senzou’s employment?

Hemu Hemu: Hemu

Castella: Please! I beg of you!

Headmaster: Hmm…

Hemu Hemu: Hemu-hemu..

Shinbei: Excuse meee! Mr. Castella!

Castella: Oh, Shinbei-kun! How can I help you?

Shinbei: What’s the food like where you’re from?

Castella: Well...

[Scene cuts back to the courtyard with Rantarou and Kirimaru, who’s focused on polishing a zeni coin]

Rantarou: I’m starting to think the chances of Tachibana-senpai becoming his bodyguard are slim next to none.

Kirimaru: Hush! There’s still a chance yet!

Shinbei: Tachibana-senpwai~

Senzou: Hm..? Shinbei, what’s with all the drooling?

Shinbei: If you become that merchant’s bodyguard, there will be all sorts of delicious Nanban dishes and fruits and desserts to try...!

Senzou: … *le sigh* My heart shall not be swayed by mere confections.

Kirimaru, in tears: Rantarou…

Rantarou: What is it, Kirimaru?

Kirimaru: It’s your turn now. Go ask Mr. Castella for something that’ll buy Tachibana-senpai’s heart.

Rantarou: Something that’ll ‘buy his heart’?

[scene cuts back to the headmaster’s room]

Castella: Please, please, please! I’m begging you!

Headmaster: Well, it is true that Tachibana is among the best of the Nintamas…

Hemu Hemu: Hemu hemu...

Rantarou: Pardon me! Mr. Castella!

Castella: Oh, Rantarou-kun!

Rantarou: Can you think of anything rich about your homeland?

Castella: Plenty! There are plenty I can think of!

[Scene cuts back to the courtyard. Rantarou hurries up to Senzou.]

Rantarou: Tachibana-senpai~

Senzou: Rantarou.

Rantarou: If you become his bodyguard, you’d get to see the beauty of the world and dazzling new sights all while traveling in a trading ship!

[Sen entertains the idea but snaps out of it.]

Senzou: My heart shall not be swayed by such things, nor will it be swayed by anything at that!

Rantarou: Even if Tachibana-senpai’s heart won’t be moved by anything… MY heart has been moved!!

Kirimaru & Shinbei: Rantarou!

Rantarou, ascending: If I become Mr. Castella’s bodyguard, I’d get to travel around and see all the beautiful views!

Kirimaru, Shinbei, and Senzou: Huh?!

Shinbei: Me too! If I became Mr. Castella’s bodyguard, I’d get to eat all sorts of yummy foreign foods~

Kirimaru: Why didn’t you say that earlier?! My heart’s been set from the very start. If I became Mr. Castella’s bodyguard, I’d get loads and loads of money!

Senzou: You guys…

[Castella enters the scene in good spirits.]

Castella: My meeting with the headmaster has ended.

RKS trio: Mr. Castella!

Kirimaru: No matter what we say, Tachibana-senpai just won’t agree to be your bodyguard!

Castella: But why not?

Senzou: … As a Nintama, I wish to continue my dedication in this current path until I have learned all that I can of ninjutsu.

Castella: If that’s so, I suppose there’s no use in trying to change your mind.

Rantarou: In that case…

Castella: Hm?

Rantarou: The three of us will become your bodyguards instead!

Castella: The three of you?

Shinbei: Yup!

Kirimaru: Your safety’s guaranteed!

Castella: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

RKS trio: Why the dramatic “no”?!

Castella: I refuse to have small children acting as my bodyguards!

Headmaster: Well said! Those kids won’t protect you from squat! Take ME as your bodyguard!!

[Senzou and Castella gape at the headmaster in shock before keeling over.]

- END -

[animemakeblog]

“Nintama Rantarou” New Anime Movie Announced for December 2024

Dokutake Ninja Tai Saikyou no Gunshi, the upcoming anime film for the Nintama brand, was revealed during the Nintama 30th Commemoration! event. At the same time, the production firm Shochiku unveiled a teaser image and an announcement campaign on their official website (see picture). December 2024 will see the film's premiere in Japanese theatres.

[jinnaizaemon]

Happy movie trailer day! In the meantime I'm making myself busy translating the second movie, and because I have a stupid amount of notes about that scene introducing the special Kisanta rescue team (the kids who didn't complete their homework), I thought I'd share them here. It's a bit long, so it's under the cut!

"1st year ha-class, Settsu no Kirimaru. Assigned with a book report. Planned to copy someone else’s homework. I was too busy working part time jobs!"

In the background there's a seigaiha wave pattern, which has been used since the Heian period, and so is well established already during Muromachi where Nintama takes place. Because of the unending motion of waves, it's an auspicious pattern that evokes resilience.

Then, there's of course the little coins Kirimaru loves so much ("kozeni!"). They are called eiraku-tsuho after the japanese reading of the characters 永樂通寳 on it, but back then they were commonly called eiraku-sen. They are copper coins worth 1 mon (the currency of the time) each, and they have a square hole in the middle so they can be tied to a string.

The text scrolling across the screen goes like this: 人も歩けば銭を拾う. "Even people can pick up coins if they keep walking." Looks like Kirimaru's own take on the japanese proverb "Even a dog can pick up a stick if it keeps walking.", meaning that good things are bound to happen if you keep going. 成るも成らぬも銭次第. "When there's money, there's a way." Literally "Success depends on money.", but is a spin on "when there's a will, there's a way". 銭は天下の落とし物 "Coins are what heavens dropped and left behind", literally. So something like "Coins fell from heavens' pocket." If it's a spin on a proverb, I don't know about it, sorry!

"1st year ha-class, Fukutomi Shinbei. Assigned with kanji exercises. Planned to copy someone else’s homework. Instead I ate a lot of yummy food!"

In the background are konpeitou, a type of candy introduced in Japan by Portuguese traders by the end of Muromachi.

At the time, it was an exotic and expensive product, but surely it's something Shinbei would be able to enjoy back at his family home in Sakai, whose port became a hub for foreign trade at the time due to Oda Nobunaga forming friendly relationships with the Portuguese (a missionary even gifted him konpeitou to earn his favors). So if there's one character who could afford konpeitou, it would probably be Shinbei! (I'm sure Tasogare Jinbei would love it too.)

The scrolling text reads: 地上の子の最大の幸福は満腹なれ "In a full belly lies a child of earth's chief happiness." Shinbei's own take on these verses part of Goethe's West-Eastern Divan: In sense of personal being lies A child of earth's chief happiness. 衣食足りて宿題忘るる "The poor can't afford homewowork." It comes from the japanese proverb "once fed and clothed, one learns manners", which I think in English would be "the poor can't afford manners". Literally translates to "Once fed and clothed, you forgeget about homework". Yes, Shinbei added an extra character, so the last word gets an extra vowel lol.

"3rd year ro-class, Kanzaki Samon. Assigned with farm work practice. Somehow never found the way to the assigned farm. That was homework for a 2nd year? So stupid!"

Behind him are mah-jong tiles with the characters for the fourth cardinal points on them: 北 (north), 南 (south), 東 (east), 西 (west). Obviously relating to his sense of direction.

The text reads: 進退は疑うなかれ "Don't doubt your actions." 敵を見て謀るなかれ "Do not scheme just by watching the enemy." Sadly I don't know where these lines come from. 迷わず行けよ行けば判る "Just go without hesitation; if you go, you will understand." This is taken from a quote by pro-wrestler Antonio Inoki.

"4th year i-class, Tairano Takiyashamaru. I tore the social science work I was given since it was for 1st years! I boast the best grades in my year, don’t make a fool of me!"

The rose frame evokes early shoujo manga, most notably The Rose of Versailles by Riyoko Ikeda, where roses are a recurring symbol in the story of the main characters' enduring beauty and dignity even in the hardest times. That idea of beauty, utsukushisa, is something Takiyashamaru mentions a lot, insisting on doing things beautifully always.

The scrolling text reads: 選ばれし者の恍惚と不満ふたつ我有り "I have both the ecstasy and displeasure of being the chosen one." Taken from Dazai Osamu's short story Leaves. 天才を天才たらしめるのは私の本能 My instinct makes me a genius among geniuses. His own take on a quote by Bob Dylan:  "I believe that instinct is what makes a genius a genius.". He made it about himself... classic Taki...

"5th year ro-class, Fuwa Raizou. Got overwhelmed with apprehension over the science exercises aimed at 3rd years that I received. How come that homework is so easy?"

In the background are lined up onigawara. Oni is often translated as "ogre" or "demon", but originally the figure of the oni symbolizes everything that is out of human's power and influence, making them not necessarily malicious ; all events that amount to luck, fate, force of natures like earthquakes, storms, etc, Which is why you find onigawara, roof tiles made in the shape of oni, placed there in order to ward off evil and misfortune. Fuwa Raizou's name sounds similar to the yojijukugo (four kanji compound expression) 付和雷同 "fu wa rai dou" meaning "to follow others blindly". That's not very sympathetic towards ever hesitant Raizou, but the characters used to spell his name are different : 不(un-) 破(breakable) 雷(thunder) 蔵(warehouse, ownership) The unbreakable mind who puts thunder in a box, who made thunder his own. Under his indecisiveness there's a reliable senpai and protector, just like the onigawara!

Raizou has only one sentence scrolling across the screen:

お前の実力はこの程度ということなのだろうか "Could this be the extent of your ability?" I don't know if this refers to something else, the sentence being very... anime fight-speech like it makes it difficult to research haha.

"You never change, Raizou. Gave up on homework to follow Raizou. 5th year ro-class, Hachiya Saburou."

I love this transition! His introduction mirrors Raizou: He comments first, gives his reason for not doing his homework second, and shares his name last. Excuse my sloppy edit in the picture above, I wanted to include all the mask in one picture. The striped background evokes a theater curtains, and all of Raizou's onigawara are swapped with masks from Noh theater - they all represent different characters, of different archetypes, gender, etc. Some are humans, some are spirits, some are good or evil... conveying of course Saburou's mastery of disguise! I tried to name all the masks on the picture above, but I'm really no expert so I might have made mistakes. Incidentally, Ayakashimaru from 1st year ro-class is named after the "Ayakashi" Noh mask. Although they aren't pictured here, there exist masks named Fushikizou, Heita, and Magojirou.

As for the scrolling text... take a deep breath everyone because it's a lot:

比翼の鳥 連理の枝一膳の箸 把手共行 碎啄同時 "Lovebirds flying together, intertwined branches of a tree, A pair of chopsticks, walking hand in hand, a chance opportunity."

There's.. a LOT going on here, yojijukugo and poetic imagery, so let's break it down:

比翼の鳥 連理の枝 hiyoko no tori, literally birds in flight, is an expression meaning "a happily married couple". renri no eda means intertwined branches, the "renri" part refering to trees growing to become cojointed. In Japanese, such trees are seen as an auspicious symbol of marriage, and "renri" is an expression to refer to an intimate relationship.

This specific imagery is found in the Chinese poem, the Song of Everlasting Regret, telling the story of star-crossed lovers:

“In the heavens, we vow to be as two birds flying wingtip to wingtip, On earth, we vow to be as two intertwined branches of a tree.”

一膳の箸 ichizen no hashi is literally "a pair of chopsticks".

把手共行 hashukyouko means "to go together, hand in hand".

碎啄同時 sottaku douji means an once in a life time chance, a golden opportunity. It evokes two people learning and working in sync, and in Buddhism, it refers to a teacher helping a disciple attain enlightenment.

Oh...Saburou...❤️

"6th year ha-class, Zenpouji Isaku. Got an assignment for 4th years, “Steal the flag of the Tasogaredoki army”. But it didn’t count since I ripped the flag I got to make bandages out of it. It was in pieces, but I did bring back a whole flag…"

I'm not sure of what is in the background haha. The designs and the brown side remind me a lot of the matchboxes sold in the Taisho era and until mid Showa. They're known by the word for "matchbox label", 燐票, rinpyou. These matchboxes were used for advertising, notably by drugstores for selling medicine. This is at least what the designs of the boxes on the screenshot reminds me of, especially the blue Junko (the snake being associated with traditional medicine too).

The text reads: ちちんぷいぷい いたいのいたいのむこうのおやまへとんでゆけ "There, there, ouchies fly away, to the mountain over there." The whole sentence is written in the easy to read, phonetic hiragana alphabet, to match the "baby speech" tone of the sentence. The first part, chichin puipui, is used as a "spell" by parents, nurses, etc to comfort small children in pain. Then, the ouchies are sent flying away with a motion of the hand to make them feel better.

That's it for today! I hope it wasn't too long to read! Thank you for reading this far! If you have extra info, please let me know!

[incorrect-nintama]

*cooking class*

Shinbei: I’m 10 years old tryin to know who to cook scrambled eggs for my family in the morning

Kisanta: I tried your scrambled eggs and thank you so much and I’m only ten years old and I’m thanking you beacuse I needed to learn how to cook thank you so much

Kanemon: Im 14 and i just cook my first successful scrambled eggs

[inkyminx]

WHY DOES NO ONE TALK ABOUT THIS

[hrmkos-blog]

nintama is really cute and everyone should see it!!

[askburningpassion]

Just then, 4 humans entered the cave. The middle aged captain of the sea pirates "Hyōgo Pirates Crew", Hyōgo Daisankyoueimaru and three little boys, a red haired, freckled, glasses boy named Inadera Rantarou, a blue haired and scarfed boy Settsuno Kirimaru and a plump, short and chubby boy named Fukutomi Shinbei. They gasped when they saw Rai hovering over Rikichi.

"Boys! Get behind me!" The captain ordered. The frightened boys did so.

(Merformers, Future) Two shark femmes were idly swimming in the deep blue sea, one purple and lavender, the other red, blue and black with hints of yellow. Their red optics glowed in the water.

A lone mer shark was resting on a secluded rock in the waters. Her tail was dipped in the water, Mildly resting, not moving when the disturbance alerted her of company.

[quirinah]

me when i forget to post anything. memorial service of old art and abandoned wips from 2023 i released as a hurrah for the new year

commentary: x

[sirtabris]

somehow I’ve finished sannin ichinen hagumi ^q^;;;

[incorrect-nintama]

Kirimaru: hey what’s up

Shinbei: It’s a movie about a old man turning his house into a hot air balloon

Kirimaru: thanks

[linyongche]

福富新兵衛,你是Hunter x Hunter的小傑富力士嗎?

[quirinah]

on the doodle canvas. straight up "drawing it". and by "it", haha, well. let's justr say.    Nintama