[165 minutes later logo]
Ready? 3, 2, 1, sing! [sings "Best of Friends" while strums the strings]
Kubo and the Two Strings quotes
Who are you? How do you know my name?
Karasu
We're your family, Kubo. Your mother's sisters. We've been looking for you for so long. (Washi appears from behind Karasu)
Karasu and Washi
It's so pleasure to meet you, Kubo, face to face. Come, Kubo. Come to your aunties. There's no reason to be afraid. We just need your other eye. (Kubo runs off into the forest) Your grandfather admires us.
Raiden
Who am I?
Villagers
You're the kindest old man in the world!
Monkey [Kubo, Monkey, and Beetle trapped by the mystical smoke. Washi enters]
Release us!
Washi
Oh sister. I remember how we looked up to you. Such a waste. All we ever wish to be a family in our home amongst the stars.
Monkey I think we're far from definitions of family.
Beetle [Washi reaches out to Kubo]
Don't you touch him, you witch!
Washi
And then there's you! The thieving insect who stole my sister's soul.
Monkey What?
Washi
You've been together all this time and you hadn't realized? (Uses the smoke to grab an origami of Hanzo and turns it into an origami of Beetle) You took her from us. It's the only thing we took from you. How those memories spill from your head up wiping up the recollection on your obscene union, Hanzo.
Beetle What?
Monkey Hanzo?
Beetle [Kubo is shocked]
I-I didn't know.
Monkey [Washi throws him against the wall]
No!
Washi
(faces Kubo)
I'm forgetting what I came here for.
If you must blink, do it now.
[strums the strings and it lights the lanterns on the water]
I know why you want my eye. Because without it, I can't look into the eyes of another and see their soul. Their love...
Raiden the Moon King Everything you loved is GONE! Everything you knew has been taken from you!
No... it's in the memories. The most powerful kind of magic there is.
[strums the strings again and summons the spirits from the lanterns, much to the Moon Beast's anger]
It makes us stronger than you'll ever be. These are the memories of those we've have loved and lost. And if we hold their stories, deep in our hearts… then you will never take them away from us.
Monkey, I think he's in trouble! We should help him!
Monkey Kubo, your aunts are still out there! I'm sorry, but we have to head for shore!
Monkey [Kubo jumps in the water, leaving Monkey distraught]
Kubo! [runs across the leafy galleon and jumps off to dive in for Kubo, but a mechanical hand attached to a chain grabs her by the leg and pulls her back onto the deck. She looks up above her as Karasu gently floats down towards the boat holding the chain in her hand]
Karasu
Oh, how precious. I come here to fish, and all I reel in is a wretched ape. it is a shame that this filthy creature is all that's left of my sister's magic.
Monkey This filthy creature will tear you APART!
Monkey [runs to Karasu with a sword in her hands, jumps up and strikes at her who blocks the attack with a sword of her own]
Let me guess, you have questions.
Why did—?
Beetle I'll start. First question - if I'm Beetle and you're Monkey, why isn’t he called boy?
Monkey Oh, boy.
[famous line]
If you must blink, do it now. Pay careful attention to everything you see and hear, no matter how unusual it may seem. And please be warned: if you fidget, if you look away, if you forget any part of what I tell you, even for an instant, then our hero will surely perish.
Monkey, you saying yourself.