5 - Antarcticans Are Like Walking Rumors. | But In the End, The Antarcticans' History and Roots Are a Mystery, Too.
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[01:32] Teacher
This is Quetzalcoatl Sassassul-san,
from Antarctica.
[01:46] Teacher
You'll sit next to Kimihara-san.
[01:51] Teacher
Kimihara-san, as her neighbor,
show her the ropes, okay?
[02:01] Suu
Nice to meet you.
[02:02] Hime
Y-Yeah... You, too.
[02:05] Teacher
Now, let's start class.
[02:07] Teacher
Stand.
[02:09] Teacher
Bow.
[02:12] Suu
I'm sorry!
[02:13] Kyoko
No problem.
[02:15] Teacher
Take your seats.
[02:27] Teacher
Focus on the lesson, everyone.
[02:36] Hime
"I wish to drink it, but a mounted
pipa player urges me on."
[02:40] Hime
A classic poem...
[02:41] Hime
Chinese, at that.
[02:42] Hime
Would she know that?
[03:02] Teacher
Kimihara-san!
[03:05] Shige
What happened?!
[03:07] Nozomi
Hime was startled.
[03:12] Nozomi
Hey, you're awake?
[03:15] Kyoko
Are you okay?
[03:21] Nozomi
She's not in here.
[03:24] Hime
Whew...
[03:25] Kyoko
Don't "whew" us.
[03:27] Kyoko
I mean, sure, she's scary, but...
[03:29] Nozomi
If you faint at every little thing,
you won't be able to come to school.
[03:33] Kyoko
That, too, but it could also be
interpreted as discrimination.
[03:39] Hime
Oh, no! Discrimination has
nothing to do with it!
[03:44] Hime
It's just... snake people...
[03:47] Kyoko
They bother you?
[03:49] Kyoko
Better not let anyone
else hear you say that.
[03:51] Kyoko
You're asking for trouble.
[03:53] Hime
Yeah...
[03:54] Nozomi
Why do they bother you, anyway?
[03:58] Hime
Remember that movie,
The Fear of Antarctica?
[04:02] Kyoko
Which one? The old one or the remake?
[04:05] Hime
The one that's in color.
[04:06] Hime
We watched it at home
when I was little, and...
[04:32] Lady
Who's there?!
[05:02] Nozomi
I get it.
[05:04] Kyoko
The one where the centaur heroine
gets swallowed, huh?
[05:07] Kyoko
Then it spits up her skin and
disguises itself as her.
[05:10] Nozomi
They show that on TV sometimes.
[05:12] Nozomi
I kinda like it.
[05:14] Kyoko
It's a movie that gets
referenced a lot these days.
[05:17] Nozomi
That whole thing is so far-fetched, though.
[05:19] Kyoko
It worked fine in the
novel it was based on,
[05:22] Kyoko
but the rough edges stand out
a lot in the film version.
[05:24] Nozomi
The part where it spit up her
skeleton was realistic, though.
[05:28] Kyoko
Realistic in a sort of fake way.
[05:31] Hime
The production quality doesn't matter!
[05:33] Hime
The point is, they've scared me
ever since I saw that as a kid.
[05:37] Hime
What should I do?
[05:39] Nozomi
You're asking us?
[05:41] Kyoko
You have a problem with snake people
because of a movie, right?
[05:45] Kyoko
Then maybe you should watch it
again and overcome your trauma?
[05:49] Hime
Huh? I couldn't...
[05:51] Nozomi
That'll just make her even more scared.
[05:53] Kyoko
No, no. I get that it might've
been scary to the baby princess,
[05:58] Kyoko
but the film itself just an old B movie.
[06:01] Kyoko
One that's a little... you know.
[06:04] Kyoko
If you watch it now, you'll think,
"Wow, that's all it is?"
[06:07] Kyoko
And your trauma will be gone!
[06:10] Nozomi
You really think so?
[06:12] Kyoko
You have nothing to lose, right?
[06:18] Hime
By the way, did you guys carry me in here?
[06:23] Kyoko
Do I look like a professional
wrestler or weightlifter to you?
[06:29] Hime
Jeez...
[06:31] Shige
May I come in?
[06:33] Hime
Yes.
[06:37] Shige
How are you feeling?
[06:38] Hime
I'm all right now, thank you.
[06:41] Kyoko
Shigetoki-san carried you here.
[06:44] Kyoko
Komori and Nekomi helped, too.
[06:48] Hime
Thank you very much.
[06:50] Shige
No trouble at all.
[07:03] Suu
Um... It seems I scared you.
[07:07] Hime
Oh, no, not at all...
[07:09] Suu
I was trying to smile,
but I didn't do a very good job.
[07:14] Nozomi
Really? What'd it look like? Let's see.
[07:22] Nozomi
Yeah, that definitely packs a punch...
[07:25] Suu
Maybe I can never fit in with
all of you, after all...
[07:30] Nozomi
H-Hey, come on... The thing with
Hime is, there's this movie...
[07:35] Suu
A movie?
[07:38] Nekomi
Man, Kimihara sure is heavy.
[07:41] Komori
But... she felt really soft.
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[07:51] Nozomi
So, um... that's the story.
[07:54] Nozomi
It's a terrible movie, really.
[07:57] Suu
I see. So a thing like that exists.
[08:02] Kyoko
Now look!
[08:03] Nozomi
Yeah, but...
[08:06] Suu
It sounds highly interesting.
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[08:12] Shige
I'm not allowed to enter the classroom,
so I'll leave you here.
[08:15] Nozomi
Okay, got it.
[08:21] Nozomi
Yo!
[08:24] Pres
It's unusual for you guys to
come in here yourselves.
[08:28] Nozomi
We cleaned the aquarium before,
didn't we, Shrimp-senpai?
[08:32] Pres
Who are you calling a shrimp?
[08:35] Suu
Hello. I'll be joining you.
[08:38] Pres
H-Hello...
[08:41] Vice
Oh, wow! It's an Antarctican!
[08:45] Suu
Pleased to meet you.
[08:47] Nozomi
We can talk later.
[08:49] Nozomi
Vice Prez, you have a lot of
videos stored here, right?
[08:55] Nozomi
Found it!
[08:58] Nozomi
Well, let's watch it!
[09:00] Hime
Huh?!
[09:02] Nozomi
What?
[09:04] Hime
I'm not ready for this...
[09:08] Nozomi
I'm putting it on.
[09:14] Kyoko
No closing your eyes.
[09:16] Hime
But...
[09:18] Pres
Is this okay?
[09:21] Vice
I just hope she doesn't get mad.
[09:33] Guy
Alyssa, what's wrong?!
[09:38] Nozomi
Eyes on the screen.
[09:39] Guy
You aren't Alyssa!
[09:44] Guy
Who have you turned into this time?!
[09:48] Guy
Let's check your blood!
[09:55] Both
S-Sorry!
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[10:05] Kyoko
What did you think?
[10:07] Hime
It was still scary!
[10:09] Suu
It was scary.
[10:11] Suu
Humans certainly are incredible.
[10:13] Suu
To come up with a terrifying
monster like that...
[10:17] Hime
It ate people... Do you...
[10:22] Suu
No, no, don't be silly!
[10:25] Suu
Please don't see me in the same
light as a monster in a movie.
[10:27] Suu
We don't even have venomous fangs.
[10:33] Suu
Unlike mammals that chew food,
[10:35] Suu
our jaws aren't strong at all.
[10:37] Suu
Even if one of us did bite you,
it would feel like a kitten biting you.
[10:42] Suu
Of course, we can't kill by
constricting like snakes do, either.
[10:47] Suu
And we don't have expanding rib cages,
[10:50] Suu
so we can't swallow things whole.
[10:54] Suu
I can't even entertain the thought of eating
someone I can speak with like this.
[11:01] Suu
But if I'm seen as a
monster like this one...
[11:06] Kyoko
Well, there's nothing worse
than that, for sure.
[11:09] Pres
Are you going to sue them or anything?
[11:12] Suu
No.
[11:13] Suu
I came here to put an end to
misunderstandings like this, after all.
[11:19] Suu
I would be honored if you
would be my friends.
[11:23] Kyoko
Oh, it's nothing...
[11:26] Hime
We'd be happy to be your friends.
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[11:38] Nozomi
Hey, Hime!
[11:39] Kyoko
Hime!
[11:39] Pres
Wha—
[11:40] Vice
Princess!
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SIGN But In the End, The Antarcticans' History and Roots Are a Mystery, Too.
[11:54] Fuji
Quetzalcoatl-san.
[11:57] Suu
Yes?
[11:58] Fuji
I'd like to ask you a question. May I?
[12:01] Suu
Sure.
[12:02] Girl
I would, too!
[12:03] Guy
Me, too!
[12:04] Manami
Okay, okay. Everyone in order.
[12:08] Guy
You're taking charge again?
[12:13] Fuji
Well, can I go first, then?
[12:16] Fuji
Quetzalcoatl-san, you're a reptile...
[12:18] Fuji
or rather, not a warm-blooded
creature, right?
[12:21] Fuji
How do you live in Antarctica,
where it's so cold?
[12:25] Suu
Good question.
[12:26] Suu
There are two things you're mistaken about.
[12:30] Suu
First, we are warm-blooded creatures.
[12:34] Suu
We're more like birds than primitive
reptiles such as snakes.
[12:39] Suu
Also, although we're commonly
referred to as "snake people,"
[12:42] Suu
that's only a vernacular term
based on our appearance.
[12:45] Suu
Our actual link to snakes
is believed to be quite tenuous.
[12:49] Suu
In the first place, if I didn't
have the ability to maintain
[12:53] Suu
a stable supply of energy to my brain,
like other warm-blooded creatures,
[12:57] Suu
I wouldn't be able to talk
to you all like this.
[13:00] Suu
The brain consumes a lot
of energy, after all.
[13:03] Suu
Second, not all of Antarctica
is buried under ice and snow.
[13:09] Suu
Also, I grew up in an environment where
it's expected that we'd have heating,
[13:13] Suu
so I don't fare well in the cold.
[13:15] Akira
My turn next.
[13:18] Akira
Is it true that Antarcticans have controlled
humanity from the shadows since ancient times?
[13:22] Suu
Well...
[13:24] Suu
Legends say that if you trace our
civilization back several millennia,
[13:28] Suu
our ancestors,
who still crawled on the ground,
[13:30] Suu
built underground cities
all around the world.
[13:33] Suu
It's unknown whether that's true, though.
SIGN All of these books have been banned by the Department of the Interior's Bureau for the Conservation of Normal Society.
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[13:35] [SONG] Text
Snake People Are Behind All
the World's Conspiracies
[13:35] Suu
But all the things written
in so-called "occult books"
[13:39] Suu
are basically groundless.
[13:41] Suu
Our contact with humans
began relatively recently,
[13:45] Suu
and it has been very limited.
[13:47] Suu
We differ on a spiritual level,
for starters,
[13:50] Suu
so it's difficult for us to comprehend humans,
much less control them.
[13:54] Suu
We are not omnipotent.
[13:57] Akira
Is it true that your kind ruled the Aztecs?
[14:00] Suu
As it happened,
[14:01] Suu
we did contribute some knowledge
and technology to their civilization,
[14:05] Suu
but the rule was that we could not
interfere in government affairs.
[14:08] Suu
Humans and Antarcticans had minimal
involvement with each other.
[14:12] Akira
But humans are trying to get
involved with you now?
[14:15] Suu
Well, yes.
[14:17] Suu
In the past, the very existence
of Antarctica was unknown.
[14:22] Suu
But now, it's easy to travel
there in airplanes and boats.
[14:26] Nade
But why'd you come to this school?
[14:29] Suu
Because it's in a college town with an
environment replicating the one I'm used to,
[14:33] Suu
and I felt I could expect to
find people of intelligence
[14:37] Suu
and understanding who wouldn't
greatly exceed a normal range.
[14:42] Manami
In other words, because we're*
slightly above average?
[14:45] Suu
Also, it's neither hot
nor cold in extremes.
[14:49] Inukai
The wind gets pretty cold here in winter.
[14:52] Akechi
And it's hot in summer.
[14:54] Katsura
So, pedantic questions aside...
[14:57] Katsura
Quetzalcoatl-san, do you have a boyfriend?
[15:04] Suu
No.
[15:05] Katsura
I see! Just like me, then!
[15:08] Katsura
What type of guys do you like?
[15:11] Suu
That's a difficult question.
[15:14] Suu
Only our queen can lay eggs,
[15:17] Suu
and most of our common citizens
and warriors are female.
[15:22] Katsura
Oh. I see.
[15:24] Suu
So I shouldn't really have
romantic feelings...
[15:29] Akechi
Shouldn't? Does that mean you do?
[15:32] Suu
We do feel specialized emotions
of favor toward certain individuals.
[15:38] Suu
These things are hard to explain, though...
[15:41] Suu
I'm not sure whether it's equivalent to
friendship or romantic interest in humans.
[15:48] Suu
I believe that, while we are fairly
proficient in the natural sciences,
[15:53] Suu
our understanding of ourselves
is less than that of humans.
[15:58] Suu
And our lack of knowledge about ourselves
[16:01] Suu
is something we learned from humans.
[16:04] Omaki
This is starting to sound pedantic again...
[16:06] Guy
Okay, next question...
[16:07] Girl
I'm next!
[16:10] Manami
All right, time's up.
[16:13] Kojima
Aw, I wanted to ask her what she eats.
[16:16] Manami
You'll find that out at lunchtime.
[16:18] Fuji
But we still don't know
anything about her at all!
[16:22] Manami
You'll learn more in time.
[16:24] Manami
All right, back to your seats!
[16:33] TV
Now is the time to bring
victory to our nation!
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Evolutionary Theory
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[16:43] TV
If you have pale skin, this is for you!
[16:46] TV
Magical Girl Pretty Horn!
[16:49] TV
Kazuko-san!
[16:51] TV
No...
SIGN Breaking
SIGN Shocking! The Work of an Antarctican UFO?
[16:53] TV
In the case of an American research
ship being sunk in Antarctic waters,
[16:58] TV
the US government has evacuated Antarctica.
[17:00] TV
However, the government of
Antarctica remains silent.
[17:04] TV
Other nations have expressed dismay
in response to this incident,
[17:09] TV
but are resigned to watching and waiting
to see what both nations do next.
[17:13] TV
Next in the news...
[17:21] Nozomi
What's that about?
[17:24] Hime
Morning, Suu-chan!
[17:26] Suu
Oh... Good morning.
[17:28] Nozomi
So what's with that thing on your head?
[17:31] Kyoko
Is it Antarctican fashion?
[17:33] Suu
Ah, no... It's, um...
[17:37] Suu
The news...
[17:38] Kyoko
Hm? What?
[17:40] Kyoko
Oh, the thing about the
American ship that was sunk?
[17:43] Kyoko
And?
[17:45] Suu
I felt it would be best to avoid drawing
attention to myself, if at all possible.
[17:49] Nozomi
Avoid drawing attention?!
[17:52] Nozomi
Lower your head.
[17:55] Nozomi
How are you avoiding attention?
[17:56] Kyoko
Idiot! Don't do that!
[18:00] Suu
It's all right. A little overreaction
like this is no big deal.
[18:03] Kyoko
It doesn't look that way to me...
[18:06] Suu
More importantly,
was that what you call a "retort"?
[18:09] Kyoko
Uh, that's not more important...
[18:12] Nozomi
Look, you're not some
burglar who needs a mask.
[18:15] Suu
I felt I should at least try...
[18:17] Kyoko
Yeah, no. First of all,
no one can hurt you right now.
[18:20] Kyoko
Also, it was an American ship,
so we should be fine here.
[18:25] Suu
Do you think that's true?
They were still humans.
[18:28] Hime
Well, yeah...
[18:31] Hime
Anyway, Suu-chan, you always
wear clothes like that, huh?
[18:35] Suu
I do wear a different one each day...
[18:37] Suu
Does it smell?
[18:39] Hime
That's not what I meant!
[18:41] Nozomi
Come to think of it, you guys are
always dressed that way on TV, too.
[18:46] Suu
Apparently, its origins lie
in human monk garments.
[18:51] Suu
By the way, the hems are short in
following with advice I received
[18:53] Suu
from the lady ambassador,
who is also my language teacher.
[18:58] Hime
It does look very girlish!
[19:00] Nozomi
Teacher? So you learn a
language by studying it?
[19:04] Nozomi
Not through sleep-learning or something?
[19:06] Suu
Of course. Memory works
in essentially the same way
[19:10] Suu
for all animal species, including insects.
[19:13] Suu
My teacher taught me everything from
mannerisms to general knowledge,
[19:16] Suu
all with great passion.
[19:19] Nozomi
You've had it rough, huh?
[19:21] Suu
Oh, no. I've had so much help,
I couldn't feel more guilty.
[19:26] Kyoko
Are you required to dress like that?
[19:28] Suu
No, not at all.
[19:30] Hime
Then would you like to come
look at clothes with us?
[19:44] Nozomi
You look surprisingly
good in girly clothes.
[19:47] Hime
Why don't you try some on, Nozomi-chan?
[19:50] Nozomi
Me?!
[19:54] Kyoko
You look like a boy in drag!
[19:56] Hime
It's fine! If we just comb your hair out...
[20:06] Hime
You both look so handsome!
[20:08] Suu
I think it's a bit too open
in the seat, though...
[20:12] Lady1
That one's meant for trying on,
so the tail opening is one-size-fits-all.
[20:15] Lady1
If you buy it, we'll alter
it to fit you perfectly.
[20:18] Lady2
Hang on!
[20:20] Lady2
I've never altered anything
for a snake person before!
[20:22] Lady1
If you refuse, you'll be sent
to a correctional clinic.
[20:24] Lady1
If you can't do it, just get the owner.
[20:32] Hime
What do you think?
[20:33] Suu
It's cold and delicious.
[20:36] Suu
Still...
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[20:37] [SONG] Text
Strained relations between the US and Antarctica continue.
US government considering recall of ambassador to Antarctica.
[20:38] Suu
Everyone is being so kind,
even after that terrible incident.
[20:45] Nozomi
Well, it's not like that was your fault.
[20:49] Kyoko
They don't even have proof
Antarctica's government did it, right?
[20:53] Suu
That's true.
[20:54] Suu
We are capable of protecting ourselves
from beasts and belligerent peoples—
[21:00] Suu
I'm sorry. I can't say any more than that.
[21:03] Kyoko
Uh, I don't think you need to.
[21:06] Nozomi
A-hup.
[21:08] Nozomi
Well, anyone up for a movie?
[21:10] Kyoko
One of your choosing?
[21:12] Nozomi
What? It's a really popular one!
I'm sure it'll be good!
[21:17] Hime
I don't want to see anything violent...
[21:20] Nozomi
You're not supposed to think
about that. Just enjoy it.
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[21:26] Nozomi
See? That was pretty good, right?
[21:30] Suu
It certainly made me think.
[21:33] Nozomi
Huh? It's just meant to entertain.
There's nothing to think about.
[21:37] Suu
I hope to deepen my understanding enough
to think the same way someday.
[21:42] Kyoko
Why? For work?
[21:44] Suu
Normal Antarcticans would
see it as their duty.
[21:49] Suu
But I'm not normal, and I think...
[21:53] Suu
that's why I'm here.
[21:57] Nozomi
Wow, nice line! Like something out of a movie!
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