Utawareru Mono Summary By Mastress Alita ~~~~~ Note: My knowledge of Japanese is very limited and this summary was made heavily from information gathered from using Anime Game Text Hooker + Atlas Japanese Translation Software for translation. Therefore, there are likely going to be errors. If you find incorrect information, please let me know so I can fix it. ~~~~~ Part 1 A man wakes up in a strange place. He sees a girl above him telling him that everything is going to be fine, and he fades back into sleep, listening to a soft singing. The next day he awakes and the girl is there, telling him to keep still because he has suffered a terrible injury. Confused, she tells him that she is Eruruu and he is in her home. She asks if he remembers, that he fell in the forest. She found him wounded and brought him to her home and he had been asleep for three days in critical condition. She tells him that everything will be alright, as her grandma and herself have been taking care of his wounds. He thanks her and falls back asleep. ~~~~~ He awakes the next day and sees a young girl looking over him. As soon as he opens his eyes, she wanders off. Even though it brings him great pain, he stands, taking in his surroundings. He steps outside, and Eruruu sees him. She rushes to him and tells him he must go back in and rest, that he is too hurt to be moving around yet. He insists that he is okay, and she tells him that it is a very severe injury and he should still be resting, and helps him back to the house. Inside, she tends to his wounds, and he thanks her again. She then asks him what his name is. He realizes that he cannot remember his own name, nor how he got the injury. Eruruu's grandmother then comes into the room with more medicine and says he has amnesia. Eruruu asks if something can be done, and her grandmother says that there is no medicine that can bring back someone's lost memory, they'd just have to wait for it to come back around. She says the important thing is for him to heal, and he goes back to bed. He wakes later that night in extreme pain, but feels a cold rag on his head. He looks up, and notices it is a young girl, not Eruruu, and assumes it must be her sister. He then notices her ears and tail, which he'd never noticed before. Not sure if he's just seeing things, he reaches out a hand to feel and she scampers off. Then Eruruu comes to see him. She lays him back down and says he is looking a bit better. She asks if he has remembered his name yet, which he hasn't. She says he must be hungry and starts feeding him some porridge. As he eats, he notices her ears and tail as well. She asks what it is, and then he reaches out to stroke them, finding that he isn't just seeing things, they are real. Surprised, she pushes him away, but then apologizes, saying he scared her suddenly touching her tail like that. She then says that she needs to wipe off his face and asks for him to remove his mask. He is very confused by this, so she holds up a mirror to show him and says she tried to remove it but couldn't. The man looks shocked at seeing the white mask with the small horns on his face. He tries to remove it but becomes overwhelmed in pain. He tries again with no luck -- the mask won't come off, and trying to do so brings him pain. He has no idea what it is or how it got there. ~~~~~ The next day, the man is up and Eruruu asks if he is really okay, and he says he needs to get up and walk a little to heal rather than just stay in bed all the time. Eruruu's grandmother asks if he has recalled anything, and when he confirms he hasn't, she says that he must be given a name cause they have to call him something, and she gives him the name "Hakuoro" until he can get his memory back. Then she gives him some clothes that belonged to her son. He asks Eruruu if they suit him and she says they do very much. He thanks the grandmother and she tells him her name is Tusukuru. [Visit outside] Hakuoro and Eruruu go outside. They walk for a moment but he gets tired and asks if they could rest for a moment. Then a man approaches Eruruu and asks her who this strange "masked stranger" is. She explains that he is the one she found wounded and they have been taking care of him. He says that he looks suspicious and asks if she is alright, and she says it is an awful rude way to greet someone. This calms him down and he introduces himself as Teoro, who is considered a "father" to the people there. He introduces himself as "Hakuoro" and Teoro looks surprised; Eruruu explains that her grandmother picked out the name because he has amnesia. A woman then comes over, and is introduced by Eruruu as her "elder sister" and wife of Teoro, Sopoku. Hakuoro is confused by her saying it is her sister, and she explains that they aren't blood related, she is simply like an elder sister figure to her. He is then introduced to three of the villagers: an elderly man named Yaapu (who goes by Yaa), a large middle-aged man named Uuhamutamu (who goes by Uu), and a young boy named Taanakun (who goes by Taa). They talk about how the villagers have been rebuilding a building in the village that was damaged in an earthquake recently. The eldest of the villagers says he remembered the last earthquake like that being when he was young. The whole village seems to have a very "family-like" quality between all the members, and Teoro formally welcomes Hakuoro and starts referring to him as "Anchan" (brother). Teoro and the others leave, and Hakuoro remarks that everyone is friendly and seems like a good person, and Eruruu says this is true. [Visit fields] The walk past the fields and Hakuoro asks if they have always been so barren. Eruruu says that they've had no luck with getting growth there, no matter how much they plant and water it. She says that after so many tries they should give up. She then asks if he is ready to leave. [At the house] Back at the house, they hear a girl's voice. The little girl is there, and Eruruu introduces her, Aruruu, her little sister, to Hakuoro. She quickly leaves, and Eruruu says she must just be surprised to see him wearing their father's clothes because he looks similar to him. She says their father died, and their mother died giving birth to Aruruu. He says he is sorry, and she replies that it happened when they were very young. She says that "Hakuoro" was her father's name. That evening after resting, he wakes up hungry, having had nothing to eat since the porridge the night before. He goes out to the main room, where Eruruu and Aruruu are making dinner. Tusukuru notes the big feast being prepared and Eruruu says it is in celebration of Hakuoro's recovery. They say a prayer to Yaanaun, the Forest God, and Witsarunemitea, the great God, and then have dinner. Tusukuru invites Hakuoro to stay with them and asks Eruruu and Aruruu if it is alright; they agree and he thanks them. That night as he lays down for bed, he wonders just who he is, but before thinking on it much falls asleep. ~~~~~ [Visit outside] The next day, Hakuoro steps outside. He sees a yawning Aruruu. So far she has always avoided him, and he wonders why, so he decides to take a chance to talk to her while she is still half asleep. He sneaks up to her quietly, and unnoticed, reaches out to pat her hair. She doesn't take notice of him and starts wagging her tail, but then he makes a noise and she is made aware and runs off again. He notices her looking at him from around a corner, and he motions her to come, and she runs off, and he decides his attempt was a failure. [Visit field] Hakuoro goes to the field and starts hoeing. Teoro visits him and asks what he is doing, and he says that everyone else is working and he should be as well. Hakuoro wants to try to fix the soil in the field so that it may be able to harvest their Mororo plants again, and gets support and help from the other villagers. [At the house] When Hakuoro enters, Aruruu once again scampers away. A little later in the day Eruruu and Aruruu leave on an errand, and Tusukuru asks Hakuoro if he will join them. They leave, and Eruruu tells him they are going to the forest to collect medical herbs. When entering the forest, Eruruu and Aruruu say a prayer to the Forest God Yaanaun. There is a legend that the evil god Mutikapa lives in the forest for which they need protection. Hakuoro finds it a bit amusing that they would believe such a rumor. Hakuoro asks if the forest is safe then, and Eruruu says that it is fine because they aren't going very far in and it's daytime, but going into the interior at night is very dangerous. The two girls busy themselves picking plants, humming. Hakuoro tries to help Eruruu, and she describes different plants and herbs. When she's ready to leave, she notices Aruruu is missing. They find her up in a tree eating an apple, and Eruruu demands she come back down. Aruruu had climbed too high and was too scared to get back down, so Hakuoro decides to climb the tree to get Aruruu down. He extends a hand to her, but she doesn't take it. He tries to coax her down, and the branch snaps and she starts to fall, and he snatches her and breaks her fall. Now late into the evening, after dark, they return to the village. Eruruu is angry because she got so scared at what happened, but starts to calm back down. Aruruu fell asleep being carried back on Hakuoro's back, and in her sleep mumbles, "Father." Hakuoro asks Eruruu if he looks that old to be called father, and gets a laugh out of her. ~~~~~ [Visit field] The next day Hakuoro once again goes to the field. Eruruu and Sopoku come with some items that he tells them to mix together and put on the field to help the plants grow. They wonder if such a "charm" will work. [Visit bedroom] Back at the house, Aruruu sees Hakuoro. Ever since the event at the forest, Hakuoro expects their relationship to be better now, for her to jump into his arms instead of run away. But then... she ends up running away. That night, Hakuoro is awakened by a sound. He thinks he hears Tusukuru's voice outside, and wonders what is going on as it is around midnight. He sneaks over to look out the window, but sees no one there. He looks in the main room, but she isn't there, only Eruruu and Aruruu are there sleeping. He wonders where she could've gone at such an hour but then goes back to sleep. ~~~~~ [At the house] Tusukuru and Eruruu are working at making medicines. When Eruruu sees Hakuoro enter she greets him, and then Tusukuru slaps Eruruu's hand and tells her to pay attention. Hakuoro is surprised to see this part of Tusukuru. She tells Hakuoro not to intrude, and he apologizes. She then continues teaching Eruruu on how to prepare the medicine. Eruruu thinks she'll never be as good as her grandmother, but is told by Tusukuru she will be with practice, and that she was once like that as well. [Visit field] The fields are now starting to get some growth. Teoro says that they've been working on watering, and then notices a look on Hakuoro's face and asks what is wrong. Hakuoro feels like someone is watching him. He says nothing and Teoro goes back to work, and then Hakuoro sees Aruruu slip out and look at him. As soon as he says her name, she runs off. Later that day it is time for the workers to take a break. Eruruu is surprised to see that there are actually some Mororo plants growing, and Teoro asks if she really believed that they couldn't do it, and she gets a little embarrassed. Sopoku says that it is largely thanks to Hakuoro, but he claims that it wasn't him, but the work of everyone. Later, Hakuoro returns back to the village, but is then summoned by Teoro who tells him to come with him. He takes Hakuoro back to the fields, and the fence has been knocked down and part of the field destroyed, many of the Mororo taken from the ground. Teoro curses, wondering who could do such a thing. Hakuoro notices a tooth mark on a plant, and then Eruruu points to where some monkey-type creatures called Kimamau are on the other side of the field. They run off and Sopoku says they are fast and therefore hard to capture, but that they normally don't come here. Eruruu gets upset and Sopoku comforts her, telling her they can't give up. Teoro swears that he is going to go chase the Kimamau away. Hakuoro says that unless they are defeated, they will just come back and do it again. That night the village meets to come up with a plan to take care of the Kimamau. They decide to split into two groups and drive the Kimamau into a trap to defeat them. [Battle 1 - Defeat the Kimamau] Hakuoro and Teoro fight the Kimamau. In the middle of the battle, Eruruu shows up, saying she can help with healing. After the Kimamau are defeated, she apologizes for intruding, and Hakuoro forgives her, patting her on the head, which makes her blush. Teoro says they need to return to the village. With the Kimamau threat gone, the Mororo fields florish. Eruruu and Aruruu say that they are going to go work on burning Mororo plants as a means to preserve them. While leaving, Aruruu stops and stares at Hakuoro, he asks how she is and she smiles at him before leaving. ~~~~~