Ueno Fluffy Dream Kingdom Episode 4 Part 1

We interrupt our regular programming as Kuniyoshi has another chat with us from the narration zone. He’s surprised to see us again and wonders where he is, but figures he’s just going wherever it is he’s going to. Then he wonders what we were talking about before.

Kuniyoshi then remembers that the topic was about having to give up everything else for the thing you care about most. He fully supports that position, where you do your best for what matters most to you. But when asked what would happen if what’s most important and what you happen to do best are different, he says you’d have to give one of them up. For him though those are sometimes the same thing.

Kuniyoshi comments that there are tons of similar things and that it happens a lot. Things like “the thing I have to do first right now” or “the thing I was told to do first.” Every time that’s neglected, everyone gets mad at you. Like the other day Kuniyoshi blew off going to an awards ceremony he got a prize in, which of course pissed people off. He just shrugged it off because it’s not like he’s living for other people’s sake.

Kuniyoshi says that sometimes, he was there with people working on the same genre, but it’s not like they’re going to the same place. The way he sees it, in the end you’re alone. We make a face at him, which surprises him enough to ask why and say he’s seen it somewhere before. He then remembers talking about this with someone at school who also made the same face.

Quick flashback, and it turns out Licht said that. He says he painfully understands, and he seems to beg Kuniyoshi to stop saying it because he admires him. Back to the narration zone, Kuniyoshi starts questioning who we are because he only vaguely recognizes us.

The thought doesn’t stay long in his head as he says he has to go, but he invites us to come if we want to. He’ll welcome us whenever and won’t mind whenever we leave. We make another face at him, which he’s surprised about again and asks why we’re doing so. Kuniyoshi also finds it weird he cares so much about that expression.

Back to where we left off, Durga continues her rampage, and the vibrations of it all reach where the party is. Leib wonders how you’ll all handle this, and narration says that ten minutes after you guys got away from Durga you’ve been discussing the matter.

Jambavan recaps the part where you guys know that Durga likes sweets and why she thinks she can’t have them. Her being a giant in the dream world is a reflection of how big her conflict is, and now that she ate some she’s going Godzilla on everything. Jambavan describes her as a swirl of impatience, regret, and confusion. And if these emotions are tied to her dream world strength and size, it may have tied to how she got that way.

The problem now is in how far Durga will carry on like this and how long it’ll keep up. If you guys mishandle this she might crush you guys along with the world. Leib questions if fighting her directly is the only thing that can be done. Fenrir talks about how people fated to destroy worlds may be betrayed and rejected no matter where they go. You either nod or say there has to be another way.

Alp thinks to himself over candies, calories, and dieting, then has a light bulb go off as he tells everyone he has an idea that might work. You turn to him and ask what he has, and he says he wants to handle things since he thinks Durga will listen in this case. You either agree or express concern.

Either way Wakan Tanka says Durga is coming closer your way while Gunzou says you’ll have to finish things fast whatever you choose to do. Leib decides to let Alp go on with his plan, and Alp leads the way as the gang runs toward her.

You guys run across a bridge and are about to cross a hill when you sense someone there and stop. Gunzou asks what’s wrong, and narration says the presence is very faint. You tell everyone to go on ahead, and Gunzou decides not to press the matter as they all move on. After they go you ask if someone is there and call them to come out.

Parvati appears in response, and you either call her Durga or the Mountain Daughter as the title she used for herself back in Gendarme. Going B, she denies being her and says she isn’t someone who has that name and setting. She calls herself a shadow of the world, hollow, nothing different from the trees and houses you can see. She just appears when someone’s desire shines on her so she appears in response to it and interacts with people.

Parvati says if someone told her to be an obstacle, she will be. If told the opposite, she’ll change that way too. But anyways, Parvati says she’s probably only here because ‘she’ remembers her just a bit in her dreams, so she can only appear now as she does. You ask her if she means Durga or if she’s Durga’s dream.

Going B, she says you can think so. Also to fulfill what this dream was desiring, she says she needs your help. You ask her why, so she says you’re close to Durga and that she thinks Durga will listen to you. You have a similar origin to her.

Parvati elaborates, saying that she serves the walls that divide the worlds, and when Durga was cast off from her, Durga ended up incomplete. As compensation the world sought her as the tiger mount, and that is how she came to be here. Because of that Durga believes there has to be a trade off to accomplish anything, which is something put into her role that guides her. And one day, she might end up thinking she has to give up everything else for what she wants.

Parvati says that you are the same. You are someone incomplete patched together with countless dragons. You live here in Tokyo so that you may one day make up for what you are missing. Parvati then makes a comparison to you two to Ganesha, who she says she knows and says is named for a wall.

It is because of how you live that you can challenge the future. It is because you know there are walls that you can surpass them. By being a wall and destroying them, the contradiction may one day change the world. She believes that one day through living and fighting, you’ll find a new answer.

Parvati repeats that you can get through to Durga, then asks you to do something. You agree to do it if it’s for Durga, though you don’t quite understand everything she talked about. Parvati asks you to give something to Durga. She says she’s bad at picking things because she has to hand out things impartially.

Then she prompts you to hold out your hand so she can give you what you need. She disappears before she finishes speaking, saying something about a path that has to exist for Durga, and in your hand is a piece of candy. You thank her and swear to deliver it.

Title card pops up, and this chapter is called The Will to Succeed is Stoicism (Austere)!

When then tune into Durga’s head for her thoughts on things. She’s wondering what it is she’s destroying and mentions smelling something sweet and delicious. Then she reminds herself that she can’t have any. The thought brings Parvati to mind for her, and she insists she’s not like that indecisive loser. She’s decided to keep winning first place at what she likes. But if it holds her back at winning she’ll have to hold herself off, even from something she likes.

Durga believes an athlete should be stoic when it comes to their goals. And back to the present, she says that’s why she shouldn’t have sweets and that she should therefore destroy it all. When she’s about to swing at the town in a frenzy, Alp jumps in at where she would have swung and says he won’t let her keep doing that.

Durga is surprised for a second, then tells him to get out of the way since this is her personal problem. Alp doesn’t deny that her issue has nothing to do with them, but says she’ll break them too if they leave her alone. He says he understands her determination of wanting to be number one, no matter what. He thinks it’s pretty awesome.

Alp then argues that if she keeps destroying the town, everyone in it will disappear. He urges her to find a way to be number one while still having sweets, suggesting she exercise to burn away fat. She’s surprised by this comment, so Alp says she can eat all she wants if she uses up the calories.

Durga plays along with this for a second so Alp thinks it worked, but she snaps she’s already known about that. She says she exercises everyday, but it isn’t enough. It may be for normal people, but not for sprinters. She doesn’t have the time to do that much weight management and still wear cute clothes! Keeping track of their weight for an athlete is hard okay!? Alp freaks about making things worse, and Leib wonders what he’s doing when he was so confident about this earlier.

Leib says they’ll have to be ready to fight then, then asks Jambavan if he could stop Durga with his power. He responds saying he probably can’t and starts explaining. His artifact can grant him commensurate power against evils that should be defeated, but he isn’t able to see Durga that way. He sees the way Durga acting as grieving.

Leib asks if it could work in reverse, and Jambavan says that can work just fine. If he uses his artifact on the weak and innocent who should be defended, it’ll have healing powers. Jambavan says he’ll take care of anyone caught up in the battle against Durga, so Leib agrees to leave that to him if it comes to it.

Durga gets frustrated and says if people will stand in her way she won’t be able to hold herself back. You run in at this point and try to talk to her, and Leib says you should help too. Then he notices Alp is gone again and asks where he went.

You point him out standing in some candy tree to Leib’s bafflement, and Alp starts rapping to Durga about how information can handle her questions and her impulse to destroy herself. He’ll destroy her preconceived notions but mentions having progressive respect for her request to abstain. Jambavan points out that Alp is using respect wrong, so he tries to wave it off and say it’s about the rhythm. Durga gets offended about being ignored over this tangent and threatens to beat them all, starting the episode battle.