:51:05
Aw, they're gone.
:51:08
I wanted to give them some food.
:51:11
I wonder if tanuki can really transform.
:51:18
Afterwards, when we had lost the war,...
:51:21
...the New Town development
continued without further incident.
:51:28
As time passed,
the town gradually settled in,...
:51:31
...and became an ideal place
for humans to live.
:51:36
The mountain where Manpuku shrine
was, became a trendy residential area.
:51:42
Furthermore, the fact that we
revealed ourselves to the humans...
:51:47
...resulted in many unforeseen benefits.
:51:51
The newspaper wrote articles proposing
ways for humans and tanuki to co-exist.
:51:56
Later development converted
the remaining land into local parks.
:52:06
Watch out for animals
:52:07
But for us, it was already too late,
and too small a space to live in.
:52:11
A group of us moved over the mountain...
:52:13
...to a place called Machida where
there were still forests and farmlands.
:52:18
But there were tanuki already there,
and cornered by development,...
:52:22
...they struggled daily
to survive the dangers of traffic.
:52:29
Finally, we arrived at a decision.
:52:47
That's right.
:52:49
We who could transform, followed the
foxes' example and lived as humans.
:52:56
I became a salaryman, and
my wife Kiyo works at a snack bar.