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Here, Melmo learns about pairs.

For some reason, Melmo & her newfound Mentor have chartered a plane & flown out to sea. The engine fails, and they crashland.



Here are details rarely seen, as the pilot loads his pistol


and slaps the magazine into the handle.


He brings back his kill, hoping to cook it, but--


















Melmo sees the male usagi all alone, & decides to comfort him. But she dows not understand that this will only deepen his pain.

Now, when a forest fire occurs,











































There is a bit more to this episode, but this is the part I wanted to share.

Viki lists this as #5, but I have the DVD set, & it is #4.

Episode 5 The Burning Deserted Island - Viki.com

Anyway, with this, the 1st 4 are subbed on Viki.


The rabbit offers this as he would a marriage proposal, but Melmo does not take it as such.


"What? We are going to make a baby?"



BTW, W3 had similar subplot some 10 years earlier, 04 CAMPHOR TREE STORY, in which the male usagi falls in love with Bokko.

So, anyway, the subs make clear that all the critters on the island forsook other habitats because of the pollution, & decided to live together just as Leo insisted they should, in JUNGLE EMPEROR.

Streaming on Viki, but misidentified as episode 5:

5 The Burning Deserted Island (MELMO)