E8 - Echo

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[00:40] Echo Two
    Hey! Make it stop!
[00:43] Echo Two
    What in the world was that?!
SIGN    16bit Sensation:
    Another Layer
SIGN    16bit Sensation:
    Another Layer
SIGN    "Echo"
[02:32] Echo Two
    Sensei! What's with him?!
[02:37] Echo One
    Looks like a guest has dropped
    in through the ceiling.
[02:40] Echo Two
    Is that how guests are supposed to come in?
[02:43] Echo Two
    I heard they used a thing
    called an "entrance"!
[02:47] Echo One
    Perhaps you could call it a
    multidimensional entrance.
[02:57] Echo Two
    Ah, he's awake!
[03:03] Mamoru
    What year are we in right now?
[03:05] Echo One
    It's the year 1985.
[03:09] Mamoru
    1985?
SIGN    Latest
    Model!
SIGN    Recommended
[03:40] Mamoru
    Where is it?
[03:42] Mamoru
    Not that!
[03:44] Mamoru
    Where could it be?!
SIGN    Latest model!
[03:48] Mamoru
    There!
[03:51] Mamoru
    The PC-9801 U!
[03:53] Mamoru
    Released in May 1985, it's the first
    model with 3.5" floppy drives!
[03:58] Mamoru
    Which means...
[04:00] Mamoru
    What?!
[04:01] Mamoru
    It really is the year 1985!
[04:04] Mamoru
    Amazing!
[04:14] Mamoru
    By the way, what is this place?
[04:16] Echo One
    This is Echosoft, a small, brand-new
    software company in Akihabara.
[04:22] Echo Two
    Waah!
[04:23] Mamoru
    When I opened the video game case,
[04:25] Mamoru
    there was a bright light and
    I traveled back in time.
SIGN    Gogo no Tenshi-tachi
[04:28] Mamoru
    *Gogo no Tenshi-tachi *is a game from 1985.
[04:32] Mamoru
    In other words, you're sent back to the
    release year of the game you open.
[04:36] Mamoru
    Is that how it works?
[04:39] Mamoru
    And this place...
[04:42] Mamoru
    It's the Alcohol Soft building!
[04:45] Mamoru
    This place was a game studio even
    before Dad opened up his shop here?
[04:49] Mamoru
    But how do I get back to the
    world that I came from?
[04:54] Mamoru
    How did Konoha go back, again?
[05:00] Echo One
    Mamoru-san.
[05:02] Echo One
    How about it?
[05:03] Echo One
    Would you like to make games with us?
[05:06] Mamoru
    Huh?
[05:07] Echo One
    The truth is, we began creating something
    called "bishojo games" just the other day.
[05:13] Echo One
    However, we don't have any
    clue on what makes a good one.
[05:16] Echo Two
    Indeed!
[05:17] Echo One
    Therefore, Mamoru-san, could
    we ask you to help us?
[05:27] Mamoru
    On one condition.
[05:29] Mamoru
    A PC-98.
[05:30] Mamoru
    Let me use a PC-98.
[05:32] Mamoru
    I'd be happy to work for you then.
[05:35] Echo One
    Very well.
[05:37] Echo One
    I forgot to introduce myself.
[05:39] Mamoru
    Hm?
[05:40] Echo One
    I'm the head of Echosoft, Echo.
[05:44] Echo Two
    I'm an Echosoft employee, Echo!
[05:48] Echo One
    Okay, Mamoru-san.
[05:50] Echo One
    We'll have you start working
    for us right away.
[05:53] Mamoru
    Sure.
[06:02] Mamoru
    I started working part-time at Echosoft,
[06:05] Mamoru
    a company I came across when
    I traveled back in time.
[06:09] Mamoru
    Basically the exact same
    thing that Konoha did.
[06:12] Mamoru
    The people at this company know
    my name for some reason,
[06:16] Mamoru
    and had no qualms in
    letting me work for them.
[06:19] Mamoru
    I can't help but worry how
    Konoha's game will turn out,
[06:23] Mamoru
    but if I'm in the year 1985, you could
    say that time has basically stopped.
[06:29] Mamoru
    Nothing will come out of worrying about it.
[06:32] Mamoru
    Since I don't know how to get back,
[06:35] Mamoru
    I had no choice but to stay here.
[06:39] Mamoru
    That said, Echosoft is a strange company.
[06:43] Mamoru
    They call themselves a game studio,
    but there are only two people working here.
[06:48] Mamoru
    What's more, the president's
    name is also Echo.
[06:51] Mamoru
    His assistant's name is Echo, too.
[06:53] Mamoru
    Even their dog's name is Echo.
[06:56] Mamoru
    You can't be serious.
SIGN    Echo
[06:58] Mamoru
    Well, I'm not one to butt
    in on other people's business.
[07:05] Mamoru
    Since I've been hired part-time,
    I'll put in my wage's worth.
[07:09] Mamoru
    Game programming is a part of my duties.
[07:13] Mamoru
    The president, Echo One, gets an
    astounding amount of work done,
[07:16] Mamoru
    and he develops games
    at an incredible speed.
[07:26] Mamoru
    Graphic artist, scenario
    writer, sound composer,
[07:31] Mamoru
    not to mention programmer.
[07:32] Mamoru
    Echo One has taken on all of those roles.
SIGN    Echosoft Bishojo Game vol.
[07:36] Mamoru
    Well, that wasn't too uncommon in the 80s.
SIGN    Echosoft Bishojo Game vol.
[07:41] Mamoru
    This is an old technique called
    "cling wrap scanning".
[07:45] Mamoru
    You copy the line art, like this...
[07:49] Mamoru
    and then trace over it in a graphics editor.
[07:51] Mamoru
    No mouse involved.
[07:59] Mamoru
    Here, he's actually composing
    the background music.
[08:02] Mamoru
    Music Macro Language, or MML for short,
[08:06] Mamoru
    is a specialized description language that
    he's using to type out the musical score.
[08:10] Mamoru
    You can also use dedicated
    programs to compose music,
[08:13] Mamoru
    but for some people,
    writing MML directly is much faster.
[08:17] Mamoru
    To draw the characters, he's using a
    special tool called a pattern editor.
[08:21] Mamoru
    As you can see, he can use it to
    make pixel art of the characters,
[08:24] Mamoru
    and it also allows you to
    create animations for them.
[08:28] Mamoru
    Hey, do you have a minute?
[08:30] Echo One
    Yes, what is it?
[08:32] Mamoru
    How come you're not using any green?
[08:34] Echo One
    There are only eight
    colors available to use.
[08:36] Mamoru
    No, I know that much.
[08:39] Echo One
    This character has blue armor.
[08:42] Echo One
    I'll use green for a different character.
[08:44] Mamoru
    Ah.
[08:46] Mamoru
    So I guess this black part is
    supposed to be the shadow, then?
[08:49] Echo One
    That's right.
[08:51] Mamoru
    Can you let me try something?
[08:54] Echo One
    Sure...
[08:57] Mamoru
    How's that?
[08:58] Echo One
    Well, well.
[09:00] Echo One
    It looks just like a commercial game.
[09:02] Mamoru
    This is what's called dithering.
[09:05] Mamoru
    Well, I'm just going off what I've seen.
[09:08] Echo One
    Mamoru-san, could you teach
    me some other things as well?
[09:12] Mamoru
    Yeah.
[09:13] Echo One
    Thank you very much.
[09:16] Mamoru
    For example, there's no need to
    use the PSG for sound effects.
[09:21] Mamoru
    If you use system beeps like this...
[09:23] Echo One
    I see, I see.
[09:26] Echo One
    You're a programmer, but you
    can do all sorts of stuff.
[09:30] Mamoru
    Of course I can.
[09:31] Mamoru
    Programmers are the kings
    of game development.
[09:34] Mamoru
    In the past, it used to be that programmers
    would have to do everything by themselves.
[09:40] Mamoru
    Incidentally, the games
    we're making are for PC-88.
SIGN    Keep It Neat & Tidy
[09:44] Mamoru
    This may be a shady game company,
[09:46] Mamoru
    but what they're doing is no
    different from a normal studio.
SIGN    Keep It Neat & Tidy
[09:49] Mamoru
    However, their speed is
    on a different level.
[09:53] Mamoru
    Echo One never goes through trial and
    error, or makes any corrections.
[09:58] Mamoru
    It may sound absurd,
[09:59] Mamoru
    but in just one day, he can complete
    a surprisingly hefty game.
SIGN    Echosoft Bishojo Game vol. 39
[10:06] Mamoru
    Instant beyond belief.
[10:09] Mamoru
    His assistant, Echo Two,
[10:11] Mamoru
    always wears weird clothes and asks me
    to give her a score on how cute she is.
[10:16] Echo Two
    Mamoru-kun!
[10:17] Echo Two
    How many points do I get today?
[10:20] Mamoru
    I don't really get it, so I
    just make up random numbers.
[10:23] Mamoru
    Apparently this is also part of my job.
[10:53] Mamoru
    Maybe I can just stay here...
[10:58] Mamoru
    Guess not.
SIGN    Imagination
[11:09] Mamoru
    Do you really need this many TVs to watch?
[11:12] Mamoru
    One should be more than enough.
[11:14] Mamoru
    It's all just the same program.
[11:15] Echo One
    Do they look the same to you?
[11:18] Echo One
    To me, they all look quite different.
[11:28] Echo One
    An utter failure, it seems.
[11:33] Mamoru
    What's this?
[11:35] Echo One
    This is a device to measure
    the energy that a game has.
SIGN    Gogo no Tenshi-tachi
[11:38] Echo One
    An interesting game contains lots of energy.
[11:43] Mamoru
    Huh...
[11:45] Mamoru
    What an odd device.
[11:46] Echo One
    The games that I make are
    completely devoid of energy.
[11:51] Mamoru
    Well, I don't know whether
    fun translates into energy,
[11:56] Mamoru
    but I can't tell from the design of
    the box that it would be any fun.
SIGN    Echosoft Bishojo
    Game vol. 39
[12:00] Echo One
    Is that something that you imagine?
[12:02] Mamoru
    How can you not imagine it?
[12:04] Echo One
    I don't have the power to imagine anything.
[12:07] Echo One
    I came from a place where
    imagination doesn't exist.
[12:10] Echo One
    Therefore, I don't understand it.
[12:13] Echo One
    Every time, my calculations are correct,
[12:15] Echo One
    but when I actually create a game,
[12:17] Echo One
    it doesn't have any of the thermal
    power that I'd expected.
[12:21] Echo One
    To learn about this thing
    called imagination...
[12:24] Echo One
    That's why I'm creating these games.
SIGN    Neat & Tidy
[12:31] Echo Two
    Mamoru-kun!
[12:33] Mamoru
    Hm?
[12:34] Echo Two
    How many points do I get today?
[12:41] Mamoru
    I was surprised at the idea of anyone in the
    world completely lacking an imagination,
[12:45] Mamoru
    but teaching someone what imagination
    was turned out to be fairly difficult.
[12:55] Mamoru
    It doesn't make any sense
    to not have an imagination.
[12:58] Mamoru
    You know what a donut tastes like, right?
[13:01] Echo One
    For the ones that I've eaten, I do.
[13:04] Mamoru
    These two donuts taste basically the same.
[13:07] Mamoru
    Knowing that, you should be able
    to imagine how this one tastes.
[13:11] Echo One
    That's not imagination.
[13:13] Echo One
    It's reasoning based on experience.
[13:15] Mamoru
    No, that's not my point.
[13:17] Mamoru
    Um...
[13:19] Mamoru
    Now I'm getting confused here...
[13:22] Echo One
    Mamoru-san.
[13:24] Echo One
    Your kind have the ability to feel
    that something is interesting.
[13:28] Echo One
    You can sense how other people
    feel, as if it was yourself.
SIGN    Imagination
[13:32] Echo One
    In other words, that's imagination.
[13:35] Mamoru
    You can explain it to me,
    but not understand it yourself?
[13:39] Echo One
    This is nothing more than analysis.
[13:42] Echo One
    I wasn't using my imagination.
[13:44] Mamoru
    Hmm...
[13:50] Mamoru
    Imagination.
[13:53] Mamoru
    What is imagination?
[13:59] Mamoru
    One day, Echo Two disappeared.
[14:02] Mamoru
    And a full week passed without her return.
[14:11] Mamoru
    Two's been missing for a while.
[14:13] Echo One
    You're right.
[14:14] Mamoru
    Is that all you have to say?
[14:16] Mamoru
    Aren't you worried about her?!
[14:17] Echo One
    Worried?
[14:18] Echo One
    What is that?
[14:20] Mamoru
    She vanished under unnatural circumstances.
[14:22] Mamoru
    What if she's in danger right now?
[14:24] Echo One
    Echo's just fine.
[14:27] Echo One
    There's zero risk of her being in danger.
[14:30] Mamoru
    Is she really okay?
[14:32] Echo One
    Yes.
[14:33] Echo One
    That said, it sure is inconvenient
    without her around.
[14:39] Mamoru
    I'm going to go look for Two.
SIGN    Echosoft Bishojo Game
[14:56] Echo One
    I wonder what kind of games
    Mamoru-san finds interesting.
[15:09] Mamoru
    Where have you been?
[15:11] Echo Two
    Mamoru-kun!
[15:13] Echo Two
    What are you doing here?
[15:15] Mamoru
    Don't give me that.
[15:16] Mamoru
    You didn't come back,
    so I came looking for you.
[15:18] Echo Two
    Why?
[15:20] Mamoru
    Why, you ask...
[15:23] Mamoru
    Well, I guess it's no big deal
    since I ran into you here,
[15:26] Mamoru
    but of course I'd be worried, after you went
    missing for a week without a word!
[15:31] Echo Two
    Worried?
[15:32] Echo Two
    What does "worried" mean?!
[15:35] Mamoru
    What have you been up to over the past week?
[15:38] Echo Two
    I went on a walk with Echo!
[15:41] Mamoru
    That's one hell of a trek.
[15:44] Mamoru
    Okay, I'm heading back.
[15:58] Echo Two
    Mamoru-kun!
[15:59] Echo Two
    I'll go back with you!
[16:20] Echo Two
    Mamoru-kun!
[16:21] Echo Two
    How many points do I get today?
[16:45] Echo Two
    Akerue!
[16:46] Mamoru
    Huh?
[16:47] Echo Two
    Akerue!
[17:04] Echo Two
    Sensei.
[17:06] Echo Two
    I understand what imagination is now.
[17:10] Echo One
    What is it, then?
[17:12] Echo Two
    I can't explain it.
[17:14] Echo Two
    I don't have any way of
    putting it into words.
[17:17] Echo One
    Is that so?
[17:18] Echo One
    Perhaps I've come to an
    understanding of sorts as well.
[17:24] Echo Two
    Let us merge into one.
SIGN    Please come up to the rooftop
[17:49] Mamoru
    Were there always this many stairs?
[17:56] Echo One
    Up here, Mamoru-san.
[18:09] Echo One
    Hello, Mamoru-san.
[18:11] Mamoru
    What's with the get-up?
[18:14] Echo One
    I was performing maintenance on the device.
[18:17] Echo One
    You can see all of Akihabara up here.
[18:19] Mamoru
    Did this building always go up this high?
[18:24] Echo One
    Mamoru-san.
[18:25] Echo One
    What do you think about this town?
[18:29] Mamoru
    Compared to '99, it's not as bright.
[18:33] Echo One
    I can see it.
[18:39] Echo One
    The abundance of energy
    gathering in this town.
[18:44] Echo One
    In time, this will become a place
    where anything is possible.
[18:47] Echo One
    That's the future that awaits this town.
[18:50] Echo One
    This isn't reasoning based
    on my observations.
[18:54] Echo One
    It's what I imagine.
[18:56] Mamoru
    You gained the power to imagine things?
[19:01] Echo One
    Mamoru-san.
[19:02] Echo One
    What do you think about the
    human power of imagination?
[19:06] Mamoru
    Beats me. I'm an engineer.
[19:09] Mamoru
    I let people like Konoha or Kyonshi
    deal with cultural ideas like that.
[19:14] Echo One
    A world where fantastic
    monsters roam freely.
[19:18] Echo One
    A paradise floating in the sky.
[19:20] Echo One
    The dead rising from their graves.
[19:21] Echo One
    A place that exists nowhere.
[19:24] Echo One
    The power to recall things that
    don't exist, and give them form.
[19:29] Echo One
    All humans have the power to
    create things of that nature,
[19:32] Echo One
    as well as to experience them.
[19:36] Echo One
    Perhaps that's what makes them human.
[19:39] Echo One
    Don't you think?
[19:41] Echo One
    The games that we created,
[19:43] Echo One
    along with manga, novels, movies,
[19:46] Echo One
    countless tales dating
    back to ancient times,
[19:50] Echo One
    not to mention religions,
    nations, communities,
[19:54] Echo One
    dreams, hopes, and despair.
[19:56] Echo One
    All of these are concepts created
    through a shared imagination.
[20:02] Mamoru
    You can't just explain every
    single thing with imagination!
[20:05] Mamoru
    Sounds like you're the one
    imagining things now.
[20:08] Echo One
    I know that you're well aware, Mamoru-san.
[20:10] Echo One
    Of the energy that gathers when
    imagination is unleashed.
[20:15] Echo One
    You should have experienced
    it not too long ago.
[20:19] Echo One
    Isn't that right?
[20:27] Mamoru
    An earthquake?
[20:28] Echo Three
    An exceedingly rare kind of lifeform.
[20:31] Group
    Through their imagination, humans
    become multidimensional beings,
[20:36] Echo Two
    and access present, past, future...
[20:40] Echo Two
    Different space-times, different events...
[20:43] Echo Two
    Gaining massive energy from
    quantum possibilities.
[20:50] Echo One
    Upheld by thermodynamics as well.
[20:55] Mamoru
    You people...
[20:56] Mamoru
    What exactly are you?
[20:58] Echo Three
    Your kind are the future.
[21:01] Echo Two
    As well as the past.
[21:02] Echo One
    And the present.
[21:05] Echo One
    Imagination has the power to
    alter both time and space.
[21:09] Echo One
    Imagination is what defines reality.
[21:15] Echo One
    I'm a supporter of the
    games that you all have made.
[21:25] Echo One
    I know we'll meet again someday.
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[21:49] Mamoru
    I see.
[21:50] Mamoru
    So that's what it's like.
[22:00] Mamoru
    I left everything I bought behind...
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