Tome,
it hurts a little.
It's good if these things are a little on the tight side.
Thank you, Tome.
Very well. Excuse me, then.
It does hurt.
SPARKS OF TOMORROW
CHAPTER SEVEN ELOPEMENT
Thanks, Inari.
Inako.
Big Sis?
You have a guest.
I don't want to run into Jinemon.
Kihachi.
What's the matter?
Inago?
Why are you hiding too?
Well...
Inako, what are you doing here?
Nothing!
Don't do anything stupid and get your furisode dirty!
What's with that getup?
Is something happening today, since you're wearing a furisode?
Um...
Kihachi, why are you at our house?
Kate asked me to come.
Kate?
She said she had something important to discuss.
Geez, just when I finally finished making the battery...
Look! You saw me making it before, right?
An invention to store electricity. If you can carry electricity around--
Inako! You have guests.
- Inako, you look super cute! - It suits you.
- You think so too, right? - Huh?
Well...
I'll go get some cushions.
But why are you wearing a furisode?
Today is my betrothal ceremony.
- Betro-- - Betrothal ceremony?
You mean now?
Mizoe made the decision so quickly. I didn't have time to tell anyone.
What's a betrothal ceremony?
A betrothal ceremony
is a ceremony to formalize the promise of marriage.
The matchmaker brings betrothal gifts to the bride's family.
- So it means you're really engaged? - Yes.
And you're okay with it?
I...
But if I don't get married, the brewery will go bankrupt.
Don't let yourself be fooled!
Kihachi?
What about your dream of brewing sake?
Even with the brewery safe,
it won't mean anything if your dream is crushed!
You were the one who stopped me from giving up!
That's how I used the catalogue
to understand everything electricity could be!
Don't be fooled by money or doubt!
You're Inago, right? Believe in yourself!
You're right.
I want to be like you.
I don't want to get married!
I want to become a master brewer!
Just like my mother, I want to make delicious sake
that makes people smile.
I was so shocked by the betrothal ceremony
that I was about to give up on my dream.
Thank you, Kihachi.
If you're not giving up, neither am I!
I will make my dream of becoming a master brewer come true!
Exactly!
Your dreams can't just end because of this!
Yes, I'll do it!
Good for you, Inako!
A wise decision.
Go, Inako!
Big Sis?
Leave everything to me.
You just fly toward your own sky!
Kihachi, take care of Inako.
Yes!
So, where do we run away to?
Actually, I know just the place.
Here!
This is the main reason I called you here.
This letter is from my dad to you.
Your dad...
who we met at that concert?
Let's see.
"Dear Mr. Kihachi Sakamoto,
come quickly to my house in Hachiman Town, Shiga."
"I have something for you."
"Your brother's..." Huh?
"Your brother's Twentieth Century Electrical Catalog."
"Stuart Smith."
What does this mean?
How does your dad know my brother?
I don't know.
Could Kate's father have the second half of the catalog?
Impossible!
I won't be fooled!
There must be a catch.
It's a trick!
Don't doubt my dad!
This is no time to doubt people!
There might be more of the catalog!
You think I'd believe
some stranger who says they have the catalog?
Won't you regret it if you don't find out?
But... now?
Right now I need to help you escape.
That's what they call a "tiny offer"!
A "timely offer."
Kate's right.
I'm going to run away to Shiga!
Let's believe in Kate's dad!
Okay!
To Hachiman Town, Shiga!
Lake Biwa!
NORIKO MOMOKAWA
Noriko,
there's something I've never been able to tell you.
The truth is, I...
Seiroku...
Oh, Inako!
The matchmaker has arrived!
A betrothal ceremony? Whose?
The younger sister, I heard.
For Inako? Excuse me.
Now, let us commence Yosuke Mizoe
and Inako Momokawa's betrothal ceremony.
My sincerest congratulations to you.
Thank you very much.
These are the betrothal gifts from Mizoe.
We are eternally grateful.
Inako, raise your head.
Inako, don't be--
Ina... Huh?
Noriko? What happened to Inako?
Inako has set out on a journey.
She's heading to Shiga.
Shiga?
What did you say?
Don't tell me that brat talked her into something again!
How much trouble will she...
Kengo, please!
Bring Inako back!
Why do we have to climb up here to get to Shiga?
The ferry and railways from Lake Biwa to the Yodo River
are all under the Mizoes' control.
Easy enough to board, but if we get caught, that's it.
Kate, it's only a bit further once we're at the top.
This marriage will secure my position at the Mizoe Firm.
It'll bring me closer to fulfilling our promise.
Yosuke!
We have a problem.
"Eloped"?
That's what Jinemon said. He's furious.
He asked me to bring Inako back.
Although it seems Noriko has a different idea.
I can't allow this.
How dare he run away from me with the catalog?
And even my honey...
Electric brat! Where are they headed?
To Shiga. We've secured the railways and the regular ferry.
No, he won't take either.
I know how that brat thinks!
I can't take another step.
Are you two okay?
I'm ready to go.
Thank you very much.
Hey, it's coming this way!
Run away!
So you were here after all, electric brat.
- Fancy pants! - Kate!
Kate!
- Go on ahead. - Huh?
What the hell?
Electric brat!
Suzu, Kate, thank you.
MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS
It's dark.
It'll be okay, Kihachi.
The exit is there.
It's dark again.
This one's nearly over too, Kihachi.
The sky is blue.
Once we cross the mountain, the smoke from Kyoto doesn't reach us.
Been a while since I've seen this.
Yes.
I found the canal boat!
You've made this difficult.
Playtime is over.
You think you can run from me?
You cannot.
Do you think we'll be okay now that we've come this far?
I think so,
but we can't let our guard down.
- Keep an eye on our back, Inago. - Yes!
I wish the sky in Kyoto was as clear as this.
Maybe it will be once electricity is more widespread.
With electricity?
If we can replace the things powered by steam engines with electricity,
we should even be able to clear the smoke in the sky.
It probably won't be easy, though.
Electricity really is amazing!
Electricity is what turns the impossible into the possible.
In that case, I want to fly in the sky again!
Huh? The sky?
My mother told me something a long time ago.
She said that you can see Mt. Fuji even from Kansai.
No way that's true.
When we flew with the kite the other day, we couldn't see Mt. Fuji.
If we could fly higher, I bet we could!
Higher than that day?
Regardless of whether we fly in the sky,
I have my big brother's Electrical Catalog with me,
so leave the blue skies to me.
I'll make it happen in the Age of Electricity.
Blue skies will return to Kyoto.
It sounds like a dream.
Huh?
Must be my imagi-- Whoa!
Seize him!
Wait, Kihachi!
You fool!
Don't go to Shiga yet!
What if I can't get my hands on the Momokawa bloodline?
Electric brat!
Boatman! Let me make us go faster!
- Well, okay. - Thank you!
That little...
- Izo, cross the bridge! - Yes, sir!
This is bad!
I was a fool to expect things from you because you're Seiroku's little brother!
You'd elope just to get away from me? You coward!
- Eloped?! - Eloped?!
- No, it's for my dream! - No, it's for her dream!
Yosuke!
Leave the catalog and my honey behind, electric bra--
- Okay! We're out in the open! - Damn it!
I can't reach them!
Do something, Kuga!
Hey!
Knock it down, Yosuke!
Are you kidding, Kengo?
Kuga the steam engine!
Decelerating.
- Oh no! - Kihachi!
Nice one, Kuga!
Now take the catalog away from the electric brat!
Kihachi, you can't go to Shiga!
Nor can you, Inako!
Jinemon's worried about you!
Let go of me, Kengo!
Please, Kengo!
I don't want to give up on brewing sake.
I can't marry Mizoe!
I'm going to create the Age of Electricity!
Don't get in my way!
No, that's not it. I didn't mean to get in your way!
What are you doing, Kuga?!
- One more time, Izo! - Yes, sir!
They're coming for us again.
Can't we go any faster?
- We're already at max! - What do we do?
Inago, buy us a little time!
What?
Hurry, Kuga!
That electric brat is making something!
Kihachi.
Inako.
Kihachi.
Inako.
Oh, Inako!
I'm sorry, Kengo.
Please don't come any closer.
Inago!
Hold on to this!
- Don't drop it! - Okay.
Okay, here we go!
- Inago! - Yes!
Seiroku...
It's the end of the road, Yosuke!
Avoid it!
Yosuke, as expected, we can't go any further.
We've chased them far enough.
We'll head them off at Lake Biwa!
It's dark.
Are you okay, Kihachi?
Inago.
Earlier,
Kengo fell down from above...
Kihachi.
Kengo?
It's all right.
I'm sorry.
I won't chase you anymore.
Inako, Kihachi.
Is that so?
I won't be fooled.
Kengo said he won't, didn't he?
He was coming at us with a face like a demon just a moment ago!
Still!
It's okay, Inako.
Kihachi is right to question me.
So, you can store electricity with that?
It generates electricity using the power of chemical reactions.
On the back of the catalog's pages,
my brother wrote about a "battery."
I used that as a reference to make this.
You really are Seiroku's little brother.
- Impressive. - That's right!
Kihachi is amazing!
Thanks to Kihachi, we were able to escape!
- No. - Huh?
I don't expect Yosuke to have given up yet.
This tunnel will take us straight to Lake Biwa.
But the Mizoe Firm has plenty of boats on Lake Biwa.
That means...
Once we exit this tunnel,
we won't be able to escape.
No...
Boatman, let's turn back!
I'm sorry,
but it's not possible to change our course here.
Aren't there any forks in this tunnel?
Nothing like that. Only...
To dig this tunnel, they drilled something called a shaft,
a vertical hole in the ground.
If you climb up, you'd come out on top of the mountain.
Of course, it'd be reckless to climb up a vertical hole like that.
Kihachi.
I know I'm not in a position to say this.
But just for now, won't you believe me?
I won't get in your way anymore.
Kihachi.
Yes.
When you hear water, we're almost at the shaft.
If you can make the jump, you'll be able to climb up.
Almost there!
- Ready? Hold on tight! - Okay!
It's a boat.
Like a moth to the flame.
Send someone to catch them right away.
Yosuke.
- They're not on the boat! - What did you say?
Impossible. How could this be?
Electric brat!
So bright...
Kengo,
thank you very much.
It's Lake Biwa!
- Find them? - No, they're nowhere.
Yosuke said they'd definitely use a boat.
They must be around here!
Yes, sir!
I heard the Mizoe Firm is looking for someone.
Huh? Must be nice to have so much free time.
Inago.
Thank you very much.
There it is!
Welcome, Kihachi.
Inako.
And Kengo too.
It's been a while, Stuart.
You're acquaintances?
- Yes. - Sir.
My brother's Electrical Catalog...
Yes.
What your older brother, Seiroku Sakamoto, left behind
is in my possession.
That's right.
The Twentieth Century Electrical Catalog.
Subtitle translation by: Daisy Savage