:53:00
Some tanuki sold real estate,
and continued to develop the forest land.
:53:06
>But most could not
handle the severe stress...
:53:09
...and wanted to return to the mountains.
:53:13
Really, I can't help but admire how
humans can endure such a lifestyle.
:53:18
In the end, many dropped out and lived
around Hanazono Shrine in Shinjuku.
:53:23
And others scrounge
for leftovers in the red light district.
:53:34
What of Ponkichi
and the other normal tanuki?
:54:04
The saying, "Well, at least they're alive"
must have been created for tanuki.
:54:09
They do not despair over
the development and traffic accidents.
:54:14
They continue to live happily
raising children, and eventually die.
:54:59
There will always be someone