7 - The Ship That Sees the Universe

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[00:01] rep
    This being the first civilian
    Antarctic expedition,
[00:04] rep
    some are saying that this brings
    Antarctica closer to the average person.
[00:08] taka
    Now that Syowa Station has been
    transferred to civilian ownership,
[00:11] taka
    I believe there will be more
    chances for things like that.
[00:14] man
    Do you intend to continue
    doing research like this?
[00:17] taka
    Of course.
[00:19] taka
    Even having become civilians,
[00:21] taka
    we'd like to keep sending expeditions
    and doing observation...
[00:28] taka
    We want everyone to learn about
    the wonders of Antarctica.
SIGN    A Place Further Than the Universe
SIGN    The Ship That Sees the Universe
SIGN    Duty-Free Articles
SIGN    Duty-Free Articles
SIGN    15 Likes 5 Comments
SIGN    #Catchy #Witty #Sensational
[02:23] hina
    Let's run a test.
[02:25] shira
    W-Wait!
[02:26] hina
    We're doing this for you,
    though, Shirase-san...
[02:29] hina
    Let's go. One, two...
[02:31] yuzu
    Jumping!
[02:32] yuzu
    And as you can see, we've arrived
    in Fremantle in a snap!
[02:37] yuzu
    Please, observe!
[02:38] yuzu
    This is the expedition ship
    from Japan, the Penguin Manju!
[02:42] yuzu
    This is the ship we're going
    to take to Antarctica!
[02:45] yuzu
    Now, let's head inside the ship!
[02:48] yuzu
    Now... take it, Shirase-chan!
SIGN    High School Girl Yuzuki Shiraishi Challenge For Antarctic
[02:53] shira
    Right! I am High School Girl
    Antarctic Expedition Member,
[02:55] shira
    K-Kobuchizawa Shirase!
[02:58] sign
    F-From here, I'll b-be making some
    c-c-catchy, witty, sensational reports
[03:03] sign
    as I l-lead you all around Antarctica!
[03:11] hina
    Miserable.
[03:12] shira
    I told you I didn't want this stupid thing!
[03:14] hina
    Stupid thing?! I wrote you a script
    because you said you wanted one!
[03:17] kima
    Even so...
[03:19] kima
    it sure is big.
[03:21] yuka
    It seems to go without saying,
[03:22] yuka
    but it did come all the
    way from over the ocean...
[03:25] yuka
    From Japan...
[03:27] hina
    Congratulations on your long journey!
[03:30] kana
    Come on up!
[03:33] kana
    Kanae-san!
[03:34] kana
    Welcome!
[03:35] kana
    You've finally reached the starting line.
[03:41] kana
    A lot of the rooms look the same,
[03:43] kana
    so make sure you remember your number.
SIGN    Passenger: Passenger: Passenger: Passenger: Miyake Tamaki Shiraishi Kobuchizawa Hinata Mari Yuzuki Shirase
[03:45] hona
    Kanae-san!
[03:47] hona
    The packages we just brought on...
[03:49] kana
    I'll be there in a minute. Just wait.
[03:52] hina
    A four-person room, huh?
[03:54] kana
    Sounds fun, right?
[03:56] yuzu
    There will be fights here.
[03:57] mari
    Why?
[03:58] hina
    Let's try to be optimistic.
[04:00] hina
    But it does seem likely.
[04:01] mari
    Seriously, why?
[04:03] kana
    You have desks and lockers,
    so figure out who'll go where.
[04:07] kana
    And those are the belongings
    you had sent from Tokyo.
[04:11] kana
    Don't open them all.
[04:13] kana
    We'll be carrying them to
    the station after we arrive.
[04:15] mari
    I see!
[04:16] shira
    Huh?
[04:18] kana
    They're locked.
[04:19] kana
    So they don't open by themselves
    when the boat sways...
[04:22] man
    Vice commander!
[04:25] kana
    The welcome party will
    be soon, so until then...
[04:27] hona
    Kanae-san!
[04:28] kana
    Yes, I'm coming!
[04:31] mari
    But what should we do?
[04:32] kana
    Oh, there's also a rule:
    Don't step on the silver part here.
[04:36] kana
    Just to warn you,
[04:36] kana
    we're going to treat you like
    adults from now on, okay?
[04:39] kana
    Figure things out for yourselves!
[04:44] hina
    You know, if they see you like
    that, they're gonna kick you off.
[04:49] yuzu
    It's going to sway a lot when
    the boat starts moving, I bet.
[04:52] yuzu
    Maybe we should do the boat
    report now, while we still can.
[04:55] mari
    Yeah!
[04:57] hina
    Which way did we come from again?
[05:02] hina
    There was a map in the brochure, right?
[05:05] mari
    Yeah...
[05:07] mari
    And so we open this, and...
[05:12] mari
    We're outside!
[05:16] yuzu
    We are up quite high...
[05:19] mari
    Oh? Yuzuki-chan, are you acrophobic?
[05:22] hina
    For real?
[05:23] yuzu
    Why does that make you so happy?
[05:25] mari
    Okay, let's go up!
[05:26] mari
    Let's go over there!
[05:28] yuzu
    I would like to die.
[05:30] yuzu
    Let's go this way. This way.
[05:35] yuzu
    It's the snow cat!
[05:36] yuzu
    Yeah! So they store it in there, huh?
[05:40] hina
    Okay, we definitely gotta cover this!
[05:43] hina
    Shirase!
[05:45] shira
    Is there a script?
[05:46] hina
    Ad-libbing is a reporter's responsibility.
[05:49] hina
    Filming now!
[05:50] shira
    Wait!
[05:51] man
    It's so old. Is it really going to move?
[05:54] man
    They said it would be fine...
[05:58] man
    I have a feeling we don't have
    enough people down below, either.
SIGN    Do your best!!
SIGN    Civilian Antarctic Expedition Members!!
[06:01] man
    Maybe we should go help them later.
[06:03] man
    Yeah.
[06:04] man
    No rest for the wicked...
[06:10] shira
    Um...
[06:11] shira
    W-We're on the expedition ship.
[06:14] shira
    And... there's a snow cat over there!
[06:19] yuzu
    This is the ship's bridge.
[06:20] yuzu
    We haven't left yet, so they
    let us stop by to visit!
[06:24] yuzu
    This is the ship's captain, Mukai-san!
[06:27] yuzu
    And the expedition's commander, Todo-san!
SIGN    Worthless
[06:31] yuzu
    This is the first civilian
    expedition in three years.
[06:34] yuzu
    Could you tell us what
    your goal is this time?
[06:38] todo
    We have several.
[06:40] todo
    Syowa Station has been unmanned
    since the winter team pulled out,
[06:45] todo
    so restoring it to normal functionality
    is our primary motivation.
[06:46] ---
    Ow.
[06:51] yuzu
    Thank you very much!
[06:53] yuzu
    We'll be visiting that same
    Syowa Station very soon!
[06:58] yuzu
    See you then!
[07:00] hina
    Why can't you do what she does?
[07:01] yuzu
    Thank you very much!
[07:02] shira
    There's a reason she's a pro!
[07:04] todo
    Well? Do you like the ship?
[07:05] hina
    Oh, yes! It's so big!
[07:08] gin
    Oh?
[07:09] muka
    I gotta say...
[07:10] muka
    I think this ship might be
    a little too big this time.
[07:15] todo
    Captain.
[07:17] todo
    Have you been to your room yet?
[07:19] todo
    Y-Yes.
[07:20] todo
    Take care of it.
[07:23] todo
    That's the same room Takako used.
[07:29] mari
    Find anything?
[07:30] shira
    No. Not even a doodle.
[07:32] yuzu
    Nothing in here, either...
[07:35] hina
    I mean, even though it's the same room,
[07:37] hina
    they might have changed all the equipment...
[07:40] shira
    True...
[07:41] yumi
    Hey!
[07:43] yumi
    Yumiko-san!
[07:44] yumi
    I know you just got here, but do
    you have a little time to help out?
[07:49] yumi
    We're so short-handed...
SIGN    When you're out, turn your card to red
[07:55] sign
    Then there's eggs, milk, yogurt...
[07:58] mari
    What about pudding?
[07:59] yuzu
    No.
[08:01] hina
    But eggs and milk... are those
    provisions for the boat trip?
[08:05] yuzu
    I don't know, but...
[08:07] shira
    What's wrong?
[08:08] yuzu
    Nothing.
[08:09] yuzu
    I just find it a little weird
    they're going shopping now...
[08:12] hina
    Seriously.
[08:13] hina
    I had this image of them dropping
[08:15] hina
    this many-ton crate of
    provisions onto the ship...
[08:21] man
    Are you with an expedition?
[08:23] man
    Yes!
[08:24] man
    You're so young.
[08:25] man
    To think even girls like you are
    allowed to head out these days...
[08:28] hina
    All this?
[08:29] man
    This isn't that much, actually.
[08:32] man
    The new ship that came by last
    week had a whole container full.
[08:41] mari
    So heavy!
[08:44] mari
    Learn anything?
[08:45] yuzu
    There are quite a few...
[08:48] yuzu
    "Not enough funds."
[08:49] yuzu
    "Not enough people."
[08:50] yuzu
    "The plan itself is unworkable."
[08:53] yuzu
    "There's a new station and
    expedition ship anyway,
[08:56] yuzu
    so doubling up is meaningless."
[08:57] hina
    Sounds about right...
[08:58] yuzu
    I'm turning it off. I don't have
    much room on this disposable SIM.
[09:02] mari
    Shirase-chan, do you know anything about it?
[09:04] shira
    I never even thought about that
    when we were coming here...
[09:07] hina
    Yeah, guess you wouldn't...
[09:09] yuzu
    Still...
[09:10] yuzu
    I feel like things are a
    bit strange on board, too.
[09:14] yuzu
    There don't appear to be enough people,
[09:16] yuzu
    and there seem to be a
    lot of problems, too...
[09:20] woman
    Welcome back!
[09:21] woman
    How did your first errand go?
[09:23] mari
    Good! This is enough, right?
[09:27] woman
    Great job, great job.
[09:28] woman
    Well, I'm sure the locals are
    used to this song and dance.
[09:32] yuzu
    They did seem to be...
[09:35] woman
    What's the matter?
[09:41] hina
    Um... could we ask an awkward question?
[09:45] kana
    Can we really get to Antarctica?
[09:47] yuzu
    Yes.
[09:49] kana
    Of course we will!
[09:51] kana
    After all, Antarctica's not going anywhe—
[09:53] hina
    Please, spare us.
[10:00] kana
    Well, I don't know where you heard about it,
[10:03] kana
    but I understand the nerves.
[10:05] kana
    We have so few people and supplies...
[10:08] kana
    Since we're civilians,
    we've had to make lots of cuts.
[10:11] yuzu
    So it's true...
[10:12] kana
    But...
[10:14] kana
    as I said before,
    there's no way we're not going.
[10:18] kana
    We've made all the necessary preparations.
SIGN    First Civilian
    Antarctic Expedition
[10:20] kana
    And we've taken unprecedented
    precautions with safety, too.
[10:25] kana
    And most importantly,
[10:28] kana
    the people on this ship are determined to go.
[10:35] shira
    Determined...
[10:37] kana
    Antarctica is an unforgiving place.
[10:41] kana
    Blizzards blow at minus dozens of degrees.
[10:45] kana
    The air is so dry that
    your lips chap and bleed.
[10:49] kana
    The sunlight is harsh, so if you forget
    sunblock, you can really get burned.
[10:54] kana
    There's no Internet,
    and no places to have fun.
[10:57] kana
    And yet, we're going.
[10:59] kana
    Preparing little by little
    over three years' time...
[11:03] mari
    Why are you going?
[11:05] kana
    Good question.
[11:07] kana
    If I had to put it into words...
[11:10] kana
    This time, it's to see the sky, I suppose.
[11:15] mari
    The sky?
[11:16] kana
    Yes...
[11:18] kana
    The sky.
[11:28] mari
    What do you think?
[11:30] shira
    I don't know.
[11:31] shira
    She sounded honest, but also
    like she was hiding something.
[11:35] yuzu
    She was absolutely hiding something!
[11:37] hina
    You think so?
[11:38] yuzu
    She said it herself! They're "determined"!
[11:41] yuzu
    They must have a serious reason!
[11:43] hina
    The sky, huh? I wonder what that meant!
[11:46] kima
    No way to find out, I guess...
[11:47] hina
    Yeah. No matter how we try to press it,
[11:50] hina
    when an adult says something like that...
[11:53] yuzu
    We must investigate!
[11:56] hina
    Which way do we go?
[11:59] hina
    Good thing we're all on the same page.
[12:04] nobu
    Don't be like that!
[12:05] nobu
    You're the one who told me to go, Yu-kun!
[12:09] nobu
    Why? Please!
[12:12] nobu
    Yes, I do want to go home!
[12:13] nobu
    You know I want to see you, Yu-kun!
[12:16] nobu
    I don't even know if this
    expedition is gonna work out...
[12:20] nobu
    I'm telling you, I love you!
[12:22] nobu
    I've told you I love you so many times!
[12:22] shi
    Nobue-san!
[12:24] shi
    We're going out for a drink!
[12:26] nobu
    Seriously, why does it have to be like that?
[12:28] shi
    Okay...
[12:29] nobu
    Is the fact that I love you not enough?
[12:33] shi
    That's true, only two days
    left for short sleeves...
[12:36] hona
    Yeah!
[12:38] hona
    I'll have a Kahlua!
[12:40] shi
    I wonder if they have cocktails...
[12:42] yume
    So, what did you want?
[12:44] shi
    Well, I was thinking...
[12:45] shi
    I think the project itself
    might not be possible.
[12:49] yume
    That's your personal opinion, right?
[12:52] yume
    The actual details haven't
    even been decided yet.
[12:56] yume
    There's not really anything we can say yet.
[12:58] hona
    That's our Yume-chan...
[13:01] shi
    You're already sloshed...
[13:03] yume
    Gonna carry her back?
[13:04] shi
    Hell no!
[13:05] shi
    All of us crammed in together,
    I'd never hear the end of it!
[13:09] shi
    Let's get back to the plan!
[13:11] yume
    Concretely speaking,
[13:12] yume
    what we're doing right now isn't
    part of the official plan.
[13:16] yume
    In other words, that's an
    extremely distant goal.
[13:19] shi
    But the commander and Kanae-san
    are obsessed with it, right?
[13:23] yume
    That's incorrect.
[13:26] yume
    The other members are obsessed with it, too.
[13:28] shi
    That makes it even more—
[13:29] hona
    You sayin' you're 'gainst it, huh?
[13:32] shi
    That's not it. I just...
[13:34] hona
    A real man wouldn't grumble 'bout everythin'!
[13:37] shi
    Shut up!
[13:40] shi
    What's wrong?
[13:41] hona
    High school girls in masks!
[13:45] shi
    Where?
[13:48] yuzu
    I told you! I told you!
[13:50] hina
    You don't have to say it twice.
[13:52] yuzu
    They have some amazing plan
    they haven't told anyone about!
[13:56] kima
    But what could it be?
[13:58] hina
    You think...
[14:04] hina
    Antarctic People!
[14:08] kima
    Nice one!
[14:09] hina
    Perfect timing!
[14:10] yuzu
    Please, take this seriously!
[14:12] yuzu
    What if they're planning something awful?
[14:15] yuzu
    They could force us to go along with it...
[14:19] hina
    But thinking won't get us anywhere.
[14:21] yuzu
    Even so...
[14:23] shira
    We'll have to talk to Kanae-san
    one more time tomorrow...
[14:26] kima
    Shirase-chan, that's my plushy.
[14:32] kima
    What's that?
[14:35] yuzu
    Glow-in-the-dark paint!
[14:38] hina
    Shirase.
[14:39] hina
    Wanna sleep here?
[14:44] kima
    You think Shirase-chan's mother did that?
[14:48] hina
    Maybe so.
[14:52] kana
    If I had to put it into words...
[14:54] kana
    This time, it's to see the sky, I suppose.
[15:06] shira
    A place more distant than the universe.
[15:09] shira
    It's not a prison, a place trapped in ice.
[15:15] shira
    It's a place, still unopened,
[15:18] shira
    yet filled with possibilities,
[15:20] shira
    Earth's greatest treasure chest.
[15:32] gin
    Want to look?
[15:38] gin
    I think we all got a little
    too worked up to do it.
[15:43] (Flashback) gin
    As civilians?
[15:44] (Flashback) kana
    Yeah! After the new ship is finished,
[15:47] (Flashback) kana
    they'll be deployed to the new station,
[15:49] (Flashback) kana
    and the current ship and Syowa Station
[15:52] (Flashback) kana
    will be transferred to civilian ownership.
[15:54] (Flashback) taka
    You mean...
[15:55] (Flashback) kana
    We can become the first civilian team—
[15:58] (Flashback) taka
    Let's do it!
[15:58] (Flashback) both
    That was fast!
[16:00] gin
    The ship and the station
    were both hand-me-downs,
[16:03] gin
    but we were so excited.
[16:05] gin
    There are almost no civilian
    stations anywhere in the world,
[16:09] gin
    so we came up with all kinds of plans,
    gathered all kinds of researchers...
[16:14] gin
    We all wanted to make it a success.
[16:19] gin
    Because we knew that this journey,
    this road that we paved,
[16:23] gin
    would continue on into the future.
[16:26] gin
    That's why...
[16:28] (Flashback) kana
    An astronomical observatory?
[16:29] (Flashback) gin
    The plan's been out there for a while.
[16:32] (Flashback) gin
    I'd heard they were building
    one at the new station, too.
[16:35] (Flashback) taka
    That's all the more reason!
[16:37] (Flashback) taka
    We might not be able to rival
    their scale and amenities,
[16:40] (Flashback) taka
    but I think being able to do the
    same research as the new station
[16:43] (Flashback) taka
    is the most important thing we can
    do as civilians in the future!
[16:49] (Flashback) gin
    Yes...
[16:50] (Flashback) kana
    As good publicity, then?
[16:58] gin
    She was probably hoping to find
    something worthwhile somewhere.
[17:03] gin
    Even though she knew that feeling
    could be very dangerous.
[17:08] gin
    Somewhere out there...
[17:10] (Flashback) gin
    Takako!
[17:14] gin
    When we came home, we found a
    harsh reality waiting for us.
[17:19] gin
    Sponsors, afraid of the damage
    to their image, withdrew one after another.
[17:24] gin
    And the next expedition was
    indefinitely postponed,
[17:27] gin
    and the winter mission was withdrawn.
[17:29] shira
    I know that.
[17:31] gin
    But we hadn't changed at all.
[17:35] gin
    Three years ago, in the place
    we discovered with Takako...
[17:38] gin
    with your mother, we would some
    day look at the stars again.
[17:43] gin
    It didn't matter if it
    took ten years or twenty.
[17:47] gin
    And it wasn't just us.
[17:49] gin
    Most of the members who were with us
    three years ago are here again now.
[17:54] gin
    Our budget has been mostly stripped away,
    and we'll get almost no compensation,
[17:57] gin
    and there are some of us who won't have
    anything waiting for us when we return.
[18:02] gin
    And yet we all came here.
[18:04] gin
    And yet we're all still here.
[18:07] gin
    That's the kind of ship this is.
[18:14] taka
    Hey, Gin. Want to go to Antarctica?
[18:17] gin
    Huh? Antarctica?
[18:20] gin
    Why do you ask?
[18:21] taka
    You know, I...
[18:23] taka
    I just...
[18:25] taka
    love leaving my footprints in fresh snow!
[18:36] kana
    Hey, it's been a while!
[18:38] kana
    I'm Maekawa Kanae!
[18:40] kana
    How is everyone doing?
[18:43] kana
    Yes, good!
[18:46] kana
    Now, it's been three years
    since the last voyage.
[18:49] kana
    I'm sure you've all been through a lot.
[18:52] kana
    Some of you have lost hair,
    some have gotten divorced,
[18:55] kana
    some have lost your jobs...
[18:57] yumi
    No one got married?
[19:00] kana
    Well, let's all introduce
    ourselves one by one!
[19:03] kana
    But first...
[19:05] kana
    what you've all been waiting for,
    let's introduce our passengers!
[19:08] kana
    Come on in!
[19:15] hina
    Don't look at the floor.
[19:16] shira
    But...
[19:17] kana
    They're in high school!
[19:19] kana
    They're not Goto or Yajima in drag!
[19:21] kana
    They're real high school girls!
[19:25] kana
    Now, a warning they're not legal.
[19:27] kana
    I'll say it one more time. They're not legal.
[19:29] kana
    Toshio, you hear me?
[19:31] shi
    Why'd you single me out?!
[19:37] kana
    All of our members who made that promise
    three years ago have returned.
[19:45] kana
    And with our new members, all of us here,
[19:49] kana
    these members, are going to the station.
[19:52] kana
    We're going to Antarctica!
[20:09] kana
    All right! From right to left,
    let's have some introductions.
[20:13] kima
    I'm Tamaki Mari. Please call me Kimari!
[20:17] kima
    Um, I wanted to go somewhere new,
[20:20] kima
    to make a real change in my life...
[20:23] kima
    And the next thing I knew,
    I was heading for Antarctica.
[20:26] kima
    I don't have any idea what I am doing,
    but I look forward to working with you!
[20:30] yuzu
    Shiraishi Yuzuki here.
[20:32] yuzu
    I'm a year younger than the others here,
    in my first year in high school.
[20:35] yuzu
    I ended up on this boat for work.
[20:39] yuzu
    The truth is, I really didn't want to come...
[20:42] yuzu
    but I came here wanting to do
    something with other people.
[20:46] yuzu
    I look forward to working with you!
[20:47] hina
    Miyake Hinata here!
[20:49] hina
    I'm cheerful and energetic.
[20:52] hina
    I came here because I
    wanted to do something big
[20:55] hina
    before I took my entrance exams.
[20:57] hina
    I might be little, but I've got a big heart!
[21:01] hina
    I look forward to working with you!
[21:05] shira
    I'm... Kobuchizawa Shirase.
[21:10] kima
    Shirase-chan...
[21:27] shira
    I boarded this ship to do catchy,
    witty, sensational reporting!
[21:34] shira
    I want to open the treasure
    chest of Antarctica
[21:36] shira
    that my mother wrote about with my own hands!
[21:39] shira
    Everyone, let's go to Antarctica together!