Translation by: Emi (http://ribon.toxikon.org)
 
Taiyou ga Ippai!
by Fujita Maguro
 
[lit. Lots of Sunshine!]
 
34 pages
Ribon July 1999
 
Monologue : --- It has been 7 days since the rain stopped in the jungle ---
[A girl sits with a tribal gown with her hands up to the sky]
Furu Furu : [chants] Oh rain, oh rain, fall, fall... Grant this earth with the blessing from the heavens ---
[the sun shines brightly]
[everyone is silent]
Mother : Furu Furu... Do it seriously (heart mark)
[hits Furu Furu on the head while smiling]
Mother : Do you expect rain to fall like that?
Furu Furu : Ouch~! Why do I have to pray for rain? I don't want to do this job!
Monologue : This is the tropical jungle. Where I live is a small area of it, in a small village.
Apparently, the jungle needs a lot of water so in our village, for many generations there has
been a person who could freely call the rain by praying for it to control the rainfall in the jungle -------
Father : It can't be helped Furu Furu. Your mother was the one who prayed for rain until now, but
Mother : Sorry -- My powers seemes to have disappeared when I had a fever --
Father : Even if you are a child, the only person who can call for rain is you, Furu Furu.
Because you have your mother's blood in you! The whole of the jungle's fate rests on you!
Furu Furu : I don't want that fate rested on me! I've tried so many times and it still won't rain!
Villagers : Furu Furu ~~ Don't say that, keep trying ---
Mother : Fur Furu... when you really think that rain is important from the bottm of your heart,
then it will rain. It's because you are doing it reluctantly that it won't rain.
Furu Furu : But... I really don't like it! Just leave me alone---!!
[runs off]
Mother : Oh dear... Furu Furu----!! ... She'll come back after a while. Let's leave her be for the moment.
Father : But dear... [shouts] This is the jungle!! It's dangerous for a girl to be walking alone---!!
Mother : Oh.. that's no good! We must bring her back immediately!
 
[Furu Furu is sulking and walking]
Furu Furu : .... stupid everyone. [thinks] I've been practising everyday all week and i'm tired of it---!!
[aloud] If only it was a job like keeping the weath fine, it would have been better. I don't want some
gloomy job like making rain fall. I just can't keep trying.
(flash back) An image of a younger Furu Furu looking at her mother who is praying for rain with
candles on her head.
Furu Furu : [thinks] What am I going to do now? I don't want to go back, but there's
nowhere for me to go...
[a plant rustles behind Furu Furu]
FuruČ : Hm?
[Turns around to see some huge ugly plant called : "Eats anything plant-Hugrius Stomachatus"]
FuruČ : Aaaaaaaaah-----!! No-------!!
[thinks] No-----!! Am I going to be eaten by this!? I know there's no one around.
[aloud] Somebody help me---!!
[a boy comes swinging through the trees]
Boy : yaah! [kicks plant]
FuruČ : What? [thinks] Who's this?
[The boy lands, but FuruČ lands head first onto a rock]
Boy : Huh? Where'd the one with the voice go?
Monkey : Over here Tiki Tiki, behind you. She's fainted.
Hm? This child... She's the same as you, a human child...
 
Tiki Tiki : Hey! You're conscious!
[FuruČ sits up]
Tiki Tiki : [laughs] Hey you're well! That's good! You want to eat a
banana?
Monkey : I was so surprised that there is a human child other than him
this deep in the jungle!
FuruČ : Where am I?
Tiki Tiki : My house! (the tree is his house) You fainted so I brought
you here!
FuruČ : [thinks] That's right... I had [aloud] Thanks for helping me.
And you are?
Tiki Tiki : I'm Tiki Tiki! I'm a human child raised by Paya Paya.
Monkey : I'm Paya Paya~~!
FuruČ : [thinks] What? A monkey?
Paya Paya : Thirteen years ago, for some reason he was abandoned at the
root of this tree. He was so cute so I have raised him since!
TikiČ : [swinging upside down] I've never seen a human besides me!
What's your name?
FuruČ : ....Furu Furu
TikiČ : Furu Furu! You were walking in a very dangerous place. You're
being chased by some bad people aren't you? Live here! I'll definitely
protect you, yeah.
FuruČ : Huh...?
Monologue : Oh... I think I've been misunderstood. [TikiČ and PayaČ beam]
But they seem like nice people so I think I'll let them spoil me for a
while!
FuruČ : Okay!
TikiČ : Right, then let's go Furu Furu!
FuruČ : Hm? Where?
TikiČ : I'm going to tell everyone about you!!
[Swings on a vine holding FuruČ]
[FuruČ screams as they swing]
PayaČ : Oh dear--- I got left behind. Oh well, Tiki Tiki is excited 
because he's met a new friend. That's no matter. The thing that worries 
me is that there hasn't been any rain lately...
 
(TikiČ and FuruČ in front of a whole bunch of animals)
TikiČ : From the right is Don Don the elephant, Nobi Nobi the giraffe,
Bosa Bosa the lion and heaps of others!
FuruČ : I'm Furu Furu! My best regards--!
Animals : Ri~ghto~!
BosaČ : Good for you Tiki Tiki, Furu Furu is a girl~ Be nice to her--
Tiki Tiki : Ohhhhh--- Really? You're a girl, Furu Furu?
[Furu Furu is shocked]
FuruČ : Didn't you know?
TikiČ : Well no wonder... I thought you were pretty.
FuruČ : What... [blushes, then smacks TikiČ and he flies off] What are you saying TikiČ--!
Animals : Whoa~~~ Stronger than Tiki Tiki
FuruČ : I'm so glad.. I might have fun here.
Monologue : There are no restrictions here and everyone is so nice
and they're all such good people (?) too! Also,
FuruČ : Tiki Tiki!
[sitting on a branch eating and drinking]
Monologue : I have the most fun when I'm with Tiki Tiki. I wish
that I could go on like this forever.
 
Monologue : So in the bright sunshine, I forgot all about the rain.
FuruČ : Wow--- What a pretty flower--- I've never seen this one before.
TikiČ : Oh Furu Furu! You can't pick that one!
FuruČ : Why not?
TikiČ : This flower is the "poison antidote flower". If it disappears,
we;re all troubled.
FuruČ : I see... that's a pity.
[TikiČ splashes water on them]
FuruČ : Why are you watering it?
TikiČ : If this doesn't get any water, it wilts straight away. It's not
raining lately so I have to water it.
FuruČ : Oh... It's my fault---- What should I do? I have to go back.
But I don't want to leave Tiki Tiki!
 
Monologue : --- And so, it has been twenty days since the last 
rain fell ---
[Animals gather around]
PayaČ : It's getting bad... The river beds are drying up and small plants
and flowers have wilted. Something like this has been the first since I
was born. Why isn't the rain falling any more!?
[FuruČ is listening behind a tree looking guilty]
[TikiČ swings down]
TikiČ : Hey Furu Furu --- You don't look well. What's the matter?
FuruČ : Tiki Tiki... I'm sorry.. I.. It's all my fault. If I go back,
the rain might fall again!
TikiČ : What are you talking about Furu Furu?
FuruČ : But I didn't want to go back! Tiki Tiki, I--
[people walk through the bushes]
Voice : Furu Furu!
[FuruČ turns to see people]
Father : Finally, I've found you! You're in such a place like this!
FuruČ : Father!?
Father : [grabs her arm] We were looking for you! How did you get this
deep in the jungle? Well anyway, I'm glad you're safe. We're going
home!
FuruČ : Wait father, I still---
[TikiČ kicks her father in the head, knocking him unconscious]
FuruČ : Tiki Tiki...
TikiČ : Run! Furu Furu, they came to capture you right? I don't
want you to go! I'll protect you!!
FuruČ : Tiki Tiki...
Villager : You.... [sets arrow]
[The arrow goes straight through Tiki Tiki]
[Furu Furu stares]
(flash back) Tiki Tiki is smiling and calling her name.
FuruČ : No----- Tiki Tiki-----!!
 
(back in the village)
Father : We thought it had to be some kind of ferocious anthropoid.. 
We never imagined there would be a human.
FuruČ : Never mind about that, help Tiki Tiki quickly! 
Get a doctor----
Father : The wound missed his heart.
FuruČ : Then...
Father : But -- that arrow had poison on it. If we don't remove
the poison, that boy will die soon.
FuruČ : Then remove the poison--
Father : Well --
Mother : It hasn't been raining for a while remember? The poison
antidote flower has wilted and we can't find any.
FuruČ : [thinks] That flower... so it ended up dying.
[aloud] --- Mum...! That flower... if it rains, will it grow back
straight away!? Will Tiki Tiki be okay in time? Then teach me
how to make rain fall again!
Mother : --- You know how to don't you? The only other thing is 
the will of your heart.
Monologue : --- The will of my heart --- The God of the sky, how 
I really really think that rain is important, from the bottom of
my heart.
FuruČ : So please, bring back the life that this jungle had.
Monologue : Please don't let the flowers wilt again, or the
river beds dry up or losing the life of our loved ones.
Dear God...
[FuruČ prays]
 
Monologue : ---- Then --- on the 21st day since the last rain fell,
the rain returned to the jungle once more.
 
Monologue : --- 7 days has passed since then
[FuruČ is sitting on a flight of stairs, dazed]
Villager 1 : Furu Furu doesn't look very happy, even though she got
her powers for praying for rain.
Villager 2 : It can't be helped - She still hasn't made up with
that boy right?
Monologue : That flower grew again and I heard that Tiki Tiki was
saved. But I'm too scared to go and see him. It's because of me that
I trouble them so much. They're all probably.... really angry at
me~~~~!!
[image of angry animals saying "We'll eat you Furu Furu!" and
"Next time we see you, we'll eat you!"]
[a faint voice shouts "Furu Furu-----!"]
FuruČ : What?
[thudding]
[animals appear]
Animals : Furu Furu-----!!
FuruČ : Aaaaaaah!! [sweat drop]
[TikiČ jumps down from one of the animals]
TikiČ : Furu Furu!
FuruČ : Tiki Tiki!? Tiki Tiki, i'm so glad. Are you healed!?
But what are you doing here ---- [thinks] They can't seriously
have come to eat me....?
TikiČ : I've come to pick you up Furu Furu!
FuruČ : Eh?
TikiČ : Let's go back to the jungle Furu Furu. Let's live together in
the jungle! I love you Furu Furu!!
[FuruČ blushes]
FuruČ : Tiki Tiki...
[Animals in the background chorus "Come back Furu Furu~~~!" and
"Everyone's waiting~~~!"]
FuruČ : Okay!
 
Monologue : --- It has been 7 days since the rain returned to the
jungle --- Furu Furu welcomed a wonderful, happy end ---
 
Father : Waht about the rain praying job!?
Mother : It's okay. It doesn't matter where she is.
 
THE END