A NETFLIX SERIES
HOTEL
Hey.
Ah! How long have you been there? The door was locked.
-Can you give me back my hoodie, please? -Y-You gave it to me, so it's mine now.
I'm never gonna give it back. No way.
Why are you being so greedy? All right, then.
Regsuuld stagga.
Don't try to resist it.
Aw, geez. Look what you're making me do.
Ah, damn. The spell, it's in the way.
You could momentarily break it.
Oh! Great idea.
Release the right arm.
You're so gullible. What are you? Stupid? Naive, id--
Uh…
Huh?
-Awful, right? -Sure.
You could've just let her have it.
Whatever. She never ended up giving it back to me anyway.
She's so greedy.
But even though I didn't get my hoodie back from her,
I did manage to find this nice dress.
Though it's a little too frilly for me. Not really my style, honestly.
Yeah. Man, if only we knew a woman.
So…
Why am I wearing this?
Whoa, it really suits you.
What? You mean it?
She used to wear stuff like that a lot. It brings back-- Huh?
Didn't think I'd ever feel nostalgic about that place.
Isn't this dress really expensive though?
Oh, I don't know. You think so?
-Maybe I should try it on. -Why?
UNCLE: YOU'RE FINE THE WAY YOU ARE
GET HOME
SOLD CHEAPER THAN A SCOURING PAD
After a fair and balanced voting process,
it has been decided that my infamous translation skill
will now be known to the world as…
Wild Talker! Pretty cool, huh?
WILD TALKER
Takafumi, that's on you.
-Yay… -Oh, wow.
MULTILINGUAL
At least it wasn't Uncle's idea.
His was absolutely not an option.
But what are the requirements to activate Wild Talker?
I gotta go.
Huh?
Sorry, I have to go swing by the university.
Oh. A Saturday class?
Uh, well. It's a minor thing.
Uh…
See ya later.
Huh?
Look. I just…
See?
See? If you lure them that way, they fall and automatically die.
Yeah. By the way…
what are you playing this on?
It's a GENESIS.
I bought it with my own YouTube revenue.
Oh-- Oh, yeah?
I learned a lot from these games.
They saved me in the Other World.
Icuras elran.
Oh, there was this village that was about to be attacked by goblins.
So I worked with another team of adventurers
and we stopped them before it happened.
Whoa. Weren't you together?
Oh, uh. That's later on. Move it, move it.
S-Stay away!
Damn you, goblin freak!
Alicia, run!
-I'm not a goblin. -Huh?
And I'm not an orc.
W-Wait. You were at the Winter festival.
Oh, I got surrounded as soon as I entered the village.
-I'm not an orc. -Were you there?
Yeah, you turned the tables on us.
SWORDSMAN, EDGAR HOLY MAGE, ALICIA
FIGHTER, RAIGA
Huh? Work together? Come on, he's clearly on the goblins' side.
Yeah, I agree. He may not be an orc,
but I think he's definitely some kind of monster.
Um, excuse me?
We accepted a request to protect Dordo Village from a wild goblin horde.
Would you be willing to help us? The reward being--
-Yeah, okay. -What?
-Huh? -Y-You'll help us on our quest?
Well, yeah. Aren't you guys in a hurry?
Yes!
T-There are so many of them.
We didn't agree to this.
It's fine. I've handled situations like this.
I have an idea.
Hold on.
Oh…
Hey! Hey, fellas!
Come to papa! Just straight ahead.
Hey, Uncle?
I know. My plan to kick them over the cliff didn't quite work--
-Yeah, you think? -In Golden Axe,
there's this famous powerful Death Stab move you do by dashing into a jump.
It's hard to hit with it, though.
-Wow, he's so high! -It's wind magic.
You are not hitting them.
Yeah, I just told you it's hard to hit with it.
And so, that's how I used a technique from Golden Axe
to put a stop to the goblin horde.
Yeah, right, man!
The move from Golden Axe didn't work out at all.
If anything, it held you back.
Takafumi, as you saw,
SEGA games help you navigate real life situations.
Stop trying to justify it. This is not helping your case.
Anyway, we headed back to the village to receive our reward.
Hey, you're pretty good.
You sure you want to split this equally?
Yeah. I don't want to take a bigger share and end up surrounded again.
Hey, you've made Edgar laugh!
-You've got some stones, man. -You had friends.
You had friends, Uncle!
Question.
You were the one I saw rebuild the barrier of Luvaldram, right?
Oh, man. You saw that?
Did you tell anyone?
No one would believe me if I did.
Honestly, you look… …really pretty scary,
but what you did back there?
-You're a legendary her-- -Icuras cuora.
-Huh? -But, why?
-We trusted you! -Icuras cuora.
So, that's the last time you saw them?
-No, I saw them more. -Huh?
Actually, the third time I saw them,
I could suddenly speak with all of the wild monsters.
What? Monsters?
Now that I think about it, that must mean my Wild Talker ability was on full blast.
-Prayer holy protection to my allies! -They're humans!
I will stop you!
His defenses are just too strong.
-Come on, this again? -Oh, right. Right.
I need to fast forward some more.
You! You're the one.
The one the villagers surrounded at the Winter Festival,
but you turned the tables on all of them.
That's right. I'm not an orc.
Uh? I'm having deja vu.
He erased their memories, so it's the same thing.
I am Raiga.
-I'm Alicia. -Edgar.
Tenma Kuroki.
Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you. -Wow. Another fake name.
What are you all doing out here?
Oh. Well, that old temple over there is a nest for monsters.
The village of Shareg is paying us to exterminate them.
but the three of us are no match.
What are we talking about?
The monsters are called Death Stab Beasts.
Have you ever heard of the animal, "hedgehog"?
They're basically human-sized hedgehogs with huge spikes.
T-That's like Sonic--
It's hard to penetrate their defenses when they ball up.
-We don't know how to defeat them. -What?
Y-You shouldn't hurt them.
Huh?
Listen. Why do monsters attack us?
If we understand the reason,
then we may not ever have to fight them again, don't you see?
-Huh? The reason? -That's stupid.
We don't have time for this. People are getting hurt.
-Oh, there's one! -What? Sonic!
Ugh. The hell?
As you can see, Other World hedgehogs are nothing like the Earth ones.
They're not blue, or fast or anything.
Uh, are you sure about that?
And so the negotiations began.
Monster. Tell me, why are you attacking us?
What have humans done to you?
Did we invade your territory, perhaps?
Are you just defending your young?
Is it revenge?
Tell me now!
I-- I don't want-- I don't want to kill you!
-Ah. I hear it. -What?
I understand him. Wow!
HUMAN MEAT IS DISGUSTING.
Huh? Then why are you--
I ENJOY INFLICTING PAIN WITH MY NEEDLES.
Oh.
THEIR DYING SCREAMS ARE MUSIC TO MY EARS.
I TOYED WITH THEM AS THEY DIED.
Baraibhut folg bastohl.
-Whoa. -So that's how the talks went down.
A strong earnest desire to communicate with others
may be what triggers my Wild Talker ability.
Yeah, maybe.
Uncle really sticks to his guns, huh?
That was crazy.
So then, what did the monster say?
Don't worry about it. There's a hero nearby.
You happen to know anything about that?
Maybe a rumor?
Hero?
It must be the one the elf mentioned.
Huh?
MIFUYU FUJIMIYA - CELL PHONE
Oh, shoot. Fujimiya left her phone. We need to get it to her.
What? Come on. Let's give it to her tomorrow.
'Kay, man. Let me put it like this. Being outside without your smartphone
is like playing a video game without a controller.
We need to go right now!
Man, flying feels amazing!
I know, right?
If it gets too cold in the winter, we'll have to take the train though.
Uh… So, she's somewhere. I guess.
-Oh. -Oh, yeah.
So Fujimiya is definitely here.
PHOENIX FIRE ANNIHILATION
Takafumi, I am not getting involved. This is all on you.
I know.
As long as he's being respectful. She's my friend.
-Your friend, huh? -Huh?
-Can you actually drop me off somewhere? -No, hold on.
I'll grant you the spirits' protection for this.
Oh, hello, spirits!
I can't thank you guys enough for everything you do for me.
Oh, you should check out my YouTube channel.
It's called Uncle From Another World. 'Kay, bye!
All right. You should be able to use my spells for about an hour.
Will you give or take?
Ah, it's sick. Thank you, Uncle.
Takafumi.
What will you do if he turns out to be a good guy for her?
Well, if he's respectful, then I won't have to interfere.
-Gotcha, gotcha. -If not, he's erased.
-What? -His memory.
Ah, okay.
Hey, hey, hey.
Let's go and stay overnight at the beach!
No, thanks.
And why not exactly? We stayed at the hot springs last year.
-Well, I'm busy this year. -Busy?
You didn't let me get any sleep at the hot springs--
-Fujimiya. -Huh?
What? Why are you here?
Huh? Who the hell is this?
You forgot your phone earlier.
Huh? Oh. Oh, thank you.
Huh?
-What do you want? -Wait. Chiaki?
-Huh-- -It's Takafumi. Remember me?
Ta…
Takafumi, no way!
-Mm-hmm. -Wow, it's been years.
You're all grown up. I didn't even recognize you.
Oh, yeah, I may have grown a little.
But you've grown up a lot too.
-Hey, what grade are you in now? Fourth? -Yeah!
I'm here with Sumi to record a YouTube video for our channel.
What are you doing here?
Oh, wow. Your brother?
I heard kids grow up fast, but that's impressive. Crazy.
I know. Chiaki!
Huh?
This is the YouTuber that I mentioned to you before.
Oh, no-- What?
Hello. I'm Uncle from the Uncle From Another World channel.
I don't know you.
Wait, do you do video game commentary?
Oh, uh…
I played Guardian Heroes on the SEGA SATURN once.
SEGA? What the heck is that?
Can you tell me about any other YouTubers that play that sort of game?
Yeah.
There's this one famous gaming channel that does.
Mm-hmm…
You seemed incredibly tense when you showed up at first, you know?
What was that about?
Oh, I guess-- I didn't recognize Chiaki.
And I may have thought he was your boyfriend.
What? You know I don't have a boyfriend!
It wouldn't be weird if you did. You are a cute girl.
So, you were going to pick a fight with my boyfriend or something?
Maybe.
I'll admit. It did upset me to think about you dating a bad person.
I would never date a bad person.
What would you have done if he was some kind of awful guy, huh?
Well, I would've…
Spirit of light.
Actually, something shorter.
Camouflage.
What? Why am I transparent?
Shadow phantom.
Huh. Holograms?
-And now I cast Greater Mobility. -Huh?
It'll come up if you just search for it, I swear.
I borrowed a little magic from Uncle earlier.
So, yeah, I think I could've handled a fight.
Wait, he can lend out his magic?
You know, you seem pretty comfortable using it.
Yeah. I guess I've often imagined
how magic would be used to fight large groups of enemies in the real world.
You see, one of magic's biggest weaknesses
is that it takes too long to say a spell, which renders it useless in combat.
However, with the use of spirit magic,
I can be specific with my words to get a greater effect.
And simply say something along the lines of,
"Spirit of blah-blah-blah, do blah-blah-blah…" and boom. Done.
What do you think? Pretty epic, right? Yeah, I know.
That's absurd.
This is the sort of thing that you could very easily get carried away with
and pay a price for later.
Hey, now. This isn't a Japanese folktale.
Didn't something like this happen back in grade school?
What do you mean?
You know, you stepped in when I was getting messed with.
It was some older kid.
Oh, I remember.
You mean that time you got knocked over, right?
Nope, I didn't get knocked over.
Wait. Huh, really?
Why don't we take a look then?
-Huh? -Memory recall.
Hey! This spot is for sixth graders.
If you're supposed to be the older kids here,
then you should really act like it.
It's hard to tell when you're all crying like big babies.
Sh-- Shut up, ugly!
Ow! Ow, it hurts!
-Moriyan, are you okay? -It really hurts.
Oh, now it hurts?
It was just one hit. Like--
-Are you okay, Sumika? -Takafumi?
How could you hit a girl like that, you jerks?
T-They knocked you back, didn't they?
Are you hurt at all?
No, I'm okay. I swear.
But, your face is all red.
-No, I'm okay. -Can I carry you?
I think I was the instigator in that.
Yeah, yup. Okay. I think I can see that now.
Yeah, looks like it.
But…
I was happy. Really.
You've never stopped saving me, Takafumi. Right?
-Fujimii! -Huh?
Sawa!
Who is that?
It's nice to meet you.
Sorry, let me introduce myself. I'm Takafumi Takaoka.
-Fujimiya's childhood friend. -Hey, Takafumi.
I'm Sawae, but people call me Sawa.
And I've known Fujimii since high school.
Let me ask you,
don't you think that Fujimii has gotten so cute over the years?
A whole lot of boys are interested.
Great idea. We should swap info.
In fact, you should give me the contact info of the other guys.
Oh, wow. You don't waste time.
Hold on. What exactly are planning on doing with that contact info?
I'm not gonna do anything.
Anything they'll remember, if you catch my drift…
Stop it.
Geez, you get one ounce of power and suddenly you go crazy.
I mean, college boys aren't even human though.
If I don't erase them,
they'll take you home from a party and take videos of--
Stop believing all the nonsense you read on the damn internet!
CHIAKI
We left Chiaki outside.
Sorry, Sawa. We have to get him right now. Come on.
Oh, okay then. Goodbye.
Who's Chiaki? And is Fujimii okay?
I walked Chiaki home.
Did you ever figure out what triggers your Wild Talker ability?
Yeah, it seems like it's mostly desperation.
It was never triggered by a casual encounter
with anyone in particular.
Have we figured out why he's still able to speak with the spirits,
even though he's back home in Japan now?
Oh.
It's because Takafumi had documents that would send me away forever.
I was desperate and I thought if I could use magic,
I wouldn't be abandoned again.
Your family was going to get rid of him?
Y-You should show us the hero. Remember that?
Oh, yeah, that's right. We have to finish the story.
Wait, hold on. The hero showed up?
No, not yet, but they seem close.
Icuras elran.
Alicia and her party seem to know something.
It's their third time meeting Uncle, but, uh, they had their memories wiped.
Don't worry about it. There's a hero nearby.
You happen to know anything about that? Maybe a rumor?
-Uh, about that-- -Ahem.
Edgar, can I borrow your sword?
Huh? My sword?
-Uh? -Hand it over.
I'm the chosen Holy Hero, the Shining Crusader.
My name is Alicia Edelcia.