:10:04
It's been a while!
:10:06
Do it for the clan!
:10:10
With old Fireball Oroku
as the instructor,...
:10:12
...the art of transformation
was quickly rediscovered as planned.
:10:16
The students,
recruited from various clans,...
:10:20
...were enthusiastic
and made good progress.
:10:23
Well done, Shoukichi!
:10:37
As a child, I was always
interested in human activities.
:10:41
But our laws said that
we shouldn't go near them.
:10:45
Still, my departed father seemed to
encouraged me more than dissuade me.
:10:49
Careful observation of humans is
the basic foundation of transformation.
:10:53
He probably thought
it would be useful in the future.
:11:17
Of course, not all students
were equally proficient.
:11:21
In fact, most of them
were pretty hopeless.
:11:29
The basics of transformation require
rigorous training of mind, body, and soul.
:11:33
Foxes have a natural knack for it.
:11:35
But tanuki are by nature lazy,
so some would fail to master this craft.
:11:43
Hey!
:11:51
Ponkichi!
:11:52
When the saints are lined up,
let's all turn around and round.
:11:55
:11:58
At the time, I was really into
transformations and never realized...