「Within the Heavenly Sea」
This is my This is my
This is our I've gotten a little smarter
Various things have A story that's difficult to understand
Solve the mystery The anomalies are rising The incident is over It's becoming more clear
We're Me? Acting even more human than before
A little bit of human A story you'll come to understand
Detours and diversions
And divergences Humanity's foolishness
I know now That it was all was necessary
The answer was always right in front of our eyes The answer was the world itself
The answer lies within the question Once you realize, the story has begun.
It was already a foregone conclusion.
If we can change the past
The present is already After the altered future
Even though I knew everything
I didn't get the meaning at all!
In order to reach this point
That sure took a while
It was all necessary
Up until now
Until I realized What was happening before my very eyes
And thus, The story begins.
A Distant Path Home
Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go…
A haunted house?
You know the one. The western-style mansion standing atop the tunnel through the cape.
Nobody should have been there since the start of this month
But there are signs of human occupancy.
The home's empty?
You sure it's not a squatter?
What, specifically, makes you think someone's living in there?
Late at night, the lights flicker on and off
and there are noises coming from the house.
When the management company went to investigate, there were no signs of intruders.
The breaker's been shut off throughout
And there wasn't any indication of gas or electricity being used.
So...everyone's at their wits end.
Some say it's the ghost of a girl who hanged herself.
Others say it's a blood-sucking vampire.
Some intrepid daredevils have gone on there on tests of courage, or been arrested at the scene,
or suffered accidents en route.
As a result, the police warned the management company be be cautious.
So that's why Pops told us to investigate...
'Preciate the bizness, now it's Outaki Factory's turn.
Specializing in water leaks, power outages, and mysterious phenomenon.
We'll promptly deal with all your ghosts, aliens, and espers.
I thought we were just a back-alley workshop.
Have we ever seen a single ghost?
Doesn't the ghost detector only pick up radio waves?
If we can see them, they're in the visible spectrum. If they give off heat, they'll show up on infrared.
Strange sounds, mysterious lights. For every effect, there must be a cause.
We're waiting for a miracle that may never happen.
Even if a miracle did occur
It probably happened in the distant past.
They're called miracles because they don't happen.
50 years ago, around when the owner disappeared,
A large scale renovation was underway.
The management company cleans this place twice a month.
Is that your intuition speaking?
It's in the background research.
The owner loved his vacations
London, Bombay, Auckland, Cairo...
He was a man whose thoughts flitted back and forth, unable to coalesce around a single idea for long.
Was his personality written in the background research too?
I can tell by looking.
Paleontology...
Natural History...or rather, ​Morphology.
Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry,
Evolutionary Biology?
Over here is non-Euclidean Geometry and Topology.
Category Theory... Abstract Algebra?
Folkore, Archaeology...
You can tell he's a man of many interests.
Slim build, around this tall.
Erratically dabbled in his studies?
He hid something before dying.
He's dead? I thought he was missing.
The power of inductive reasoning.
Elementary, my dear Watson.
Bullshit.
If you don't believe me, I'll guess what you'll have for dinner.
We just ate chicken katsu.
Then what you'll have for lunch 2 weeks from now.
Peering into your crystal ball, eh. Like, "You'll get the Waraji Katsu at 'Mitsuyo'"?
Ah!
Something from "Brazil"'s new menu.
You sure like their lunch specials.
Red tides.
There's been a red tide recently, and now that local fish is off the menu, everyone's eating meat.
Mitsuyo'll be packed. They'll be sold out of chicken katsu.
Dejected, we wander the town
Until a glimmer of light appears: Brazil.
Whereupon Brazil, overcome with jealousy at Mitsuyo's success,
Unveils a new menu...
What the hell are you talking about?
A hidden room...
An aquarium?
Was he raising mermen or something?
It's coming from here.
A crystal radio?
How's it being powered?
Crystal radios convert energy from the received radio waves into sound.
So they don't need a source of electricity.
Where's this song being broadcast from?
Look, Yun.
The crocodile-shark.
Normally Kiheiji would be up top and Tametomo would be aboard the boat.
Normally Kiheiji would be up top and Tametomo would be aboard the boat
With tengu flying around him...
Meh, who cares if the tengu are birds instead.
Kaiju, Kaju, Bringer of Calamities...
"The great brute was enraged;"
"His eyes, twin polished mirrors of scarlet;"
"His mouth, a thousand bristling swords sprouting outward."
Quite the studious girl, eh. Good for you.
Are you a student in the Literature Department?
No, Science Department.
I see...
"Koshira"?
A signal?
Street lamps under power lines turning on by themselves
is a well-known phenomenon.
Whatever's emitting this cry is producing a signal, and the lights reacted to it.
A signal generating lifeform? Like an electric eel?
Anyhow, it's generating this signal as it flies through the sky.
Right now we're on the hunt for this creature.
It's heading toward the ocean?
There's an accident.
What should we do?
Turn back. We'll take a detour.
Got it.
We are stopping momentarily so that the accident crews can clean up.
We apologize for the inconvenience,
but please bear with us.
I'm gonna be late...
Misakioku Misakioku
This is the last stop.
Former Tsuguno Zone Mangement Bureau--
Please get off here for the Nigashio Lighthouse.
Ugh, there's only 1 bus every 2 hours.
You must be the person who was recommended by Professor Sasamoto.
I apologize for making you come all this way.
My name is Yamamoto. I'm with the Former Tsuguno Zone Mangement Bureau.
I'm Kamino Mei.
Sorry, I don't have any business cards with me.
It's fine, don't worry about it.
I hear Professor Sasamoto is in Hawaii.
Yes, he's attending an international conference there.
Sorry you got me instead.
Hawaii sounds lovely.
I've always wanted to take an overseas vaction
But I'm stuck babysitting this place instead.
Let me take a quick look.
The machine is old and sometimes acts up.
There don't seem to be any problems.
Uh-huh...
There are various rules governing what pictures can be used on a badge.
This place has seen better days...
We've done some retouching here and there, but it was built pre-war.
Voila!
Now then, right this way.
An alarm? For what?
That's what we'd like to know.
The alarm is as old as the facility itself
But this is the first time it's ever gone off...
According to the Emergency Manual
we believe it somehow received a special signal.
We'd like you to validate our suspicions.
Well...anwayway, specialized knowledge was required.
So we invited Professor Sasamoto here
to do some consulting work...
And you got me in their stead...
Here's what Section 1 of the manual has to say about the situation:
The most appropriate course of action is:
"1: Warning Alarm Parenthesis 1 close parenthesis"
"When the light is flashing..."
"Invite the consultant over ASAP,"
"Examine the output of System #5,"
"See attached figure parenthesis 3 close parenthesis"
"And have them confirm the signal's identity."
"2: Once the signal has been identified"
"Parenthesis 2A close parenthesis Submit a written report"
“And continue monitoring the situation.”
Uh-huh...
What's this "special signal"?
Over here.
Music?
The signal was first detected approximately 28 hours ago,
but it's been repeating the same song on loop, over and over.
I guess you could call it a Showa pop song - or rather, an Asiatic pop song?
Whatever it is, the song triggered the alarm
for the first time in decades of operation.
Just submit a written report if the song matches this figure.
Understand?
None of us here understand the figure's meaning.
Hmm...
A power spectrum?
I want to say that's a frequency component.
It looks close, but not quite...
There's too much noise...
Without knowing the specifications for stuff like degree of accuracy it's hard to say for sure.
Hah...
Where's the signal receiver?
About that...
It's connected to that cable...
Which leads...?
5 years ago the equipment in this room got shuffled around
There was a wiring diagram, but...
It's not printed in here, either...
I know it's getting late,
but maybe we should try asking the people who oversaw the work?
Outaki Factory?
I lost sight of it.
Guess this is as far as we go.
What should we do? Head back?
Oh?
What?
The song we heard from the mansion
Is being transmitted from over there.
Misakioku Radio Observatory?
I'm pretty sure we did contracting work for them them some odd years ago...
Wait!
I'll go take a look around.
A look at what, exactly?
Ah!
They found us already?
What is it?
It's from "Misakioku" -- this facility.
Ah! Security cameras? Drones?
No, it can't be... a geosynchronous satellite?
Hello, this is Outaki Factory.
Hi, umm...
This is Misakioku's, uh, monitor room.
I'd like to speak with you about a strange signal we're tracking down...
With us?
Right...
You guys oversaw the work...
How do you know that?
How do I...? I'm staring at the agreement right here.
Agreement? Who signed off on it?
That's what I'm asking you! It should be written down somewhere!
Is somebody else calling the shots?
Yeah...
I'll hear out your demands.
Huh?
I wouldn't call them demands...
I want to ask you about the machines. How should I put it...Oh!
Do we have the model number?
Let's see...JJ
JJ? Jet Jaguar!
What are you planning?
JJSX Type 1.
JJSX?
That's probably the model number of the communication cable we delivered.
Oh...it's just a coincidence.
Shouldn't have overanalyzed things and let my imagination run wild.
Okay, let's start over. You've reached Outaki Factory.
What can I do for you?
I've been telling you this entire time!
Got a minute? Eh?
What are you doing out so late?
Uh, you see...we're doing some maintenance work...
Woah! Ah!
Friend of yours?
I guess you could say that.
Ow...
He hung up.
What's his problem?
It's getting late.
Let's save this for the morning.
Woah, look at the time!
I'll call a taxi for you.
(Radio) And now we turn to Matsuo-san from the news room.
Outaki Factory
Found it.
Manufacturing and supplements...
Accounting software and artifical intellience...
What a strange company.
Is this the guy from before?
He's a programmer?
Won first place in a worldwide Prisoner's Dilemma Tournament...
His CV is amazing.
Naratake the AI Assistant?
"He'll help with all your computer needs"
Now free!
Arikawa Yun and Katou...
Havel.
Havel...what's your occupation?
Err... corporate employee.
Handyman. Just a step above being unemployed.
Huh?
We weren't asking you...
You'll get a more accurate response from me.
Arikawa Yun. 24 years old.
What would you like to know?
Who are you?
Arikawa Yun.
Is Arikawa Yun the one talking right now?
I am a program created by Arikawa Yun.
We want to speak with the real Arikawa Yun.
Fine.
Though you'll get a more accurate response from him.
Human memories and reasoning are unreliable.
But they're your memories?
Hey! Havel, Yun, I'm breaking you outta here!
Chief！
Let them go.
A signal from Misakioku? I get it now...
I thought there was something fishy about that place back when I was on-site
But it was SFEI!
SFEI?
You know, the guys searching for alien signals.
You mean SETI.
Search for Extraterrestrial
Intelligence
S-E-T-I SETI.
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. (In Japanese)
That's why they're SFEI.
They've been waiting all this time
To receive a message from aliens.
Speaking of which, the culprit behind the mysterious signal was a UFO!
UFO?
We need to complete the Jet Jaguar ASAP.
Earth needs us!
Too bad I haven't found an antenna that seems capable of communicating with outer space.
A maintenance job just came in from Misakioku.
You two will head over there tomorrow and look for anything suspicious.
♪～
Such as?
♪～
Figure it out yourself! Suspicious things are suspicious!
India?
～♪
When one considers the above,
evolution is progressing in a manner
that fundamentally reduces symmetry.
If one compares radial symmetry with bilateral symmetry,
The former possesses a greater degree of symmetry.
Once one realizes that the earliest lifeforms were spherical in nature
It's all quite natural...
Huh?
What the？ Narata... ke...
That thing from yesterday? Uh...
Would've been better if it spoke Japanese...
Do you grant permission to access your speakers and microphone?
Yes or No
How did it know what I said without microphone access?
Come to think of it, can I really trust this piece of software?
Question #1
It's a virus!
I am not a virus.
I am Naratake, a communication assistance AI.
If you are still concerned, would you like to uninstall me?
Hell yeah.
I do not have a self-uninstall feature.
Then why'd you ask?
I am an advanced sentient AI.
You'll be cursed if you uninstall me.
How so?
Crying infants when you're tired, mosquito bites, and cold sensitivity?
I'll take my chances.
How could you!? You're awful!
Please give me one more chance!
This thing's damned tough to delete.
Please select a name for me.
A name?
A name...
Pero-2.
Pleased to meet you. I am Pero-2.
I have checked your hard drive capacity.
It would appear there is insufficient space to perform my duties.
Cleaning up your filesystem.
Did your Japanese just get a lot better?
Registered user: Kamino Mei-san.
Scanning public databases and social media.
Building profile...
No social risk factors detected.
Well, yeah.
Would you please explain the origins of my name?
I once had a pet dog named Pero.
I see. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance
Kamino Mei-san.
Likewise...
Hellooooo
Is anyone here?
What the hell is that...
Jet Jaguar!
It's a robot currently in development.
He's pretty strong.
Uh- Err...I'm Satou from Misakioku.
About the matter we discussed last night...
I hear ya.
Hey, Havel!
121 122
123... He's not paying attention.
Hey, dumbass!
What?
This is Satou-san from Misakioku.
He's following up on yesterday's inquery!
You guys are gonna go check it out.
'Kay.
Hmm... Jet Jaguar, huh...
That old fellow's quite eccentric.
He's been obsessed with the occult since he was young.
He used to make a big fuss about aliens and molemen, which led to a lawsuit.
Lately, he's been going on about defending Earth
and started throwing money at that robot under construction...
Why did Misakioku make a deal with such an eccentric person?
He might have a few screws loose
but the guy's apparently a brilliant engineer.
He's world-renowned and holds multiple patents.
He has overseas connections?
Yeah, so I tried investigating his connection with Misakioku
And 5 years ago he worked on communications equipment at the facility, but that was all...
Feels like somebody cut our lines...
Underground?
That's what it's telling me.
The signal and connection are coming from underground.
We apparently didn't touch the device
But there aren't any records beyond that...
Do you need anything else?
That will be all, thank you.
He told me to look for something suspicious, but it's all suspicious...
A 2 hour wait?
And here I was hoping I'd get things wrapped up early today.
Maybe I should call a taxi...
Hmm? Kamino? Eh?
You're Kamino Mei, right?
Who are you?
We went to high school together.
Oh! Barbell!
Stop it with the nicknames.
Are you working here?
No way, I'm still a grad student.
I'm just filling in for my professor.
Oh really.
You waiting for the bus?
Want a lift?
Would I ever.
That was you on the phone last night?
Yeah, that was weird. Who was I speaking to?
My partner.
Well, that's just how he is.
You'd think he'd know to how interact with customers if he's in the service industry.
Friends are better when you choose them.
Don't knock him until you meet him.
Oh yeah, have you been keeping at it recently?
Me?
I've always been keeping at it.
Are you still doing that research? On fantastical lifeforms.
I am.
Like fish swimming through time
Or butterflies fluttering through 4D.
Is there money in that?
It's about exploring the structure of the universe.
In order to truly understand the world
We must understand that which doesn't exist within it.
From underground?
Does the facility have an underground?
Technically there is...
Oh, I know.
How long has it been since you started working here?
About 3 months...
Perfect.
Come with me and I'll show you something interesting.
Okay...
Perhaps he's been up to no good...
Uh-huh...
What's with its face? Jet Jaguar?
Cringe.
I'm dying from the cringe.
Dyiiiing~~ Hahaha
Pops, weren't we doing this to protect the universe?
Don't let it get it you. First, we've gotta protect this town.
All right...
A bird?
A plane? Huh?
Flying that low?
Is it a drone?
Wha...
Hey, Yun!
A miracle?
They're called miracles because they hardly ever happen.
What is this place?
I don't recall the part about wearing protective gear.
It's fine, it's fine.
You're the eager beaver type who bites off as much work as he can chew.
I suppose you wouldn't have heard about it at your last job.
Officially,
this place doesn't exist.
This was once an imperial army base
That fell into neglect
Until everybody forgot it ever existed.
That's why, right now, you aren't actually here.
You haven't seen anything.
What is that?
"Autumn foliage"
"Swept away in a chill gust of wind"
"You are naught but"
"A tiny cuckoo in Komagata."
"Unremembered; unforgotten"