Chapter 148.2

Where One Belongs (2) (いるべきばしょ②, Irubeki Basho) is the second part of the 148th chapter of the To Your Eternity manga.

Summary
Gugu is doing chores around the house when Messar approaches him asking if he's serious about going back to Takunaha, especially after Fushi saw how he is now. Gugu says he never wanted Fushi to see him all beat up like that and that he doesn't want to be an uncool big brother. Messar tells him a big brother's gotta know his little brother too.

Just then Hairo arrives back home and asks if Fushi's there. Messar tells him no and Hairo informs them that he told Fushi everything and then he suddenly took off. Gugu says he's got a bad feeling and takes off on Fushi's horse to go find Fushi. Gugu finds Fushi, wearing his mask, in town fighting the delinquents who previously fought him. Gugu pulls Fushi off and runs away with him.

Fushi takes the mask off revealing he's in Nand's form. He explains that he chose Nand because his body is the closest physically to Gugu's. Fushi wanted to know what Gugu's life was like so he walked around town as him, that's when the delinquents spotted him and picked a fight with him. Fushi hates people that hurt Gugu and got angry, so he fought back. He apologizes to Gugu for putting him through all this and Gugu realizes Fushi was "plowing the field for a potato like [him]." Fushi comments that Takunaha is better than this and Gugu agrees. Gugu explains that things in Takunaha had barely changed. When he was dropped there by Fushi, he saw the Booze Man's shop still intact and the young clerk working there looked just like his brother, Shin. Gugu then realized his brother protected the place. The young clerk took Gugu inside the shop and Gugu's eyes are caught by a portrait of Rean. The clerk tells Gugu that she was the lady who ran the place and that she never married, as she was waiting for her boyfriend to return. The clerk then pulls out an album and shows Gugu a painting of Rean, Booze Man, and Shin together. He tells Gugu that his ancestor (Shin) had the portraits painted many, many years ago. The clerk then flips to a painting of Gugu and the rest of his family together. The clerk jokes that it's him in the photo and comments how much Gugu looks just like Gugu, not knowing it's actually him. The clerk says Gugu will be a big hit at the festival the next day and Gugu feigns knowing what it is. Gugu attends the festival the next day and finds that his mask is on everything from cotton candy to toy-masks. Gugu asks some locals what the festival is for and they explain that it's a festival to honor the monster Gugu who defended the people of the land from evil creatures that once attacked. Some kids spot Gugu and surround him in adoration.

Gugu ends his story by telling Fushi that he felt welcomed there, that it was like a gift left for him by Shin, Rean, and Booze Man, and that he could his future there. However, he says he doesn't plan on leaving his little brother (Fushi) behind or making him sad, so he won't be going to Takunaha. Fushi has mixed feelings about this and Gugu slaps him on the back telling him he's sorry for being a weak big brother getting tempted by Takunaha. Fushi tells him that he was just thinking that he's got a lot more work to do.

A weird dog passes by them and Gugu points it out. The two laugh together and Gugu says he'll have to work harder too.