4 - Ham Radio Fighters

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    "Akihabara"
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    Akihabara, the city of dreams,
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    is now under threat from mysterious
    monstrosities, known as the Bugged Ones.
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    The people of the city formed
    vigilante organizations to resist them,
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    but the invasion of the Bugged Ones
    only grew worse each day.
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    This is a story of Tamotsu Denkigai,
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    a young man who gained
    the power of the Bugged Ones,
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    and his merry friends, who stood up
    to defend the peace in Akihabara.
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    "Electric Mayonnaise"
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    Got it! Now I have
    clear reception in the VHF range,
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    so I can catch everything
    from Hokkaido and Okinawa!
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    Of course, the beam antenna
    allows much better reach!
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    After getting Amateur Fourth 10 years ago,
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    I've finally climbed to Amateur First,
    so I should be spending at least this much...
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    What's that...?
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    It's an antenna, for amateur radio.
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    Amateur radio?
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    He's had an antenna in the house
    since elementary school.
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    After spending time in
    the radio shops in Akihabara,
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    I think the passion is back.
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    Is he tired of idols already...?
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    Does he have to have such a giant antenna...?
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    Oh, looking good!
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    Conditions are good today,
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    --maybe we can get a sporadic E...
    --A typhoon is approaching Yonaguni Island...
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    Gotcha! Area 6! Woo-hoo!
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    Radio-o!
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    Tamotsu!
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    Hey, professor! Watch it!
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    Sorry, sorry.
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    But don't you see? It's the
    perfect day for radios today!
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    "TRIP 4 - Ham Radio Fighters"
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    This is Tamotsu, calling Arisa.
    What's your status?
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    This is Arisa. Target in sight.
    Awaiting orders, over!
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    This is Niwaka. You found
    the target? Great! Over.
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    Tamotsu to Arisa:
    hold position, we will confirm.
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    This is Arisa. We have to hurry,
    or else we'll lose it!
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    Tamotsu to Arisa: stay put! Patience!
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    I can't wait any longer!
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    Arisa, going in!
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    Beat you to it!
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    We are number one!
    Rare item grabbed at bargain price!
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    Arisa, you idiot! That other shop
    had it for 120 yen cheaper!
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    I told you to stay put, over!
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    Niwaka to Big Bro: stop being
    so cheap so loud! Over!
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    Tamotsu to Niwaka...
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    Why do you have to transmit
    so close to each other?
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    I can't help it, I can only use this
    within a 30-meter radius in cities...
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    "Fuji Radios and Electronics"
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    So...
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    Time to improve our
    communication infrastructure!
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    Fuji Radio Electronics store,
    you truly have everything!
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    Oh, wow! The legendary Truo TO830!
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    Oh, wow! The Yagesu GT101-Z!
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    This is the FGDX9000, and DS990!
    Oh, the rare Kenrod M2400!
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    It even has the UT-1200 and UT430S
    add-ons for triple-band support!
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    Vacuum tube amp, Yagesu SL-2100!
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    A 572B at the final step... Hmm...
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    Even with automatic tuning
    and clear digital signals,
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    this feeling of warmth can never be beat!
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    Cleared for flight...
    Radar guidance for landing...
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    Hey! That sounds kind of top secret!
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    Are we allowed to listen to this?!
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    Moi, listening in as a hobby is no problem.
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    W-Wow! A new product!
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    This can send pictures digitally,
    and connect via VoIP...
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    Why bother with transceivers?
    Why not just use a smartphone?
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    "Calling hand-held two-way radios
    a 'transceiver' is a commonly made mistake."
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    Hand-held! This is called a hand-held!
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    "The term 'transceiver' is a general term
    that is used for all two-way radios."
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    "Meanwhile, hand-held types
    are called handies or hand-helds."
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    Huh?
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    Radio waves travel differently every day.
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    We have to hone our skills, tech,
    and creativity to capture the waves accurately.
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    Amateur radio includes a sense
    of adventure and curiosity
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    that modern humans have forgotten.
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    It also allows people from around the world
    to communicate anywhere, anytime...
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    These simple radio waves create
    a ton of fun, similar to treasure hunting!
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    I see.
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    Smartphones are indeed useful.
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    But in the end, it is just a console
    for accessing an environment
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    built by some corporation.
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    If we only relied on that,
    we are like unthinking androids.
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    We must build our own connections
    with other humans.
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    Okay...
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    This is why I have a hand-held shell
    covering my smartphone.
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    Yeah, sure...
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    We must now--
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    What's this?!
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    It's tearing my ear drums up!
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    What the... Whoa!
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    There!
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    When did this get here?!
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    It's like Tokyo Tower!
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    What in the...
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    It looks like the legendary
    Akihabara Tower...
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    Indeed!
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    This is the Akihabara Tower...
    Also known as Tokyo Tower 2...
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    We shall retake our dream,
    robbed from us by the Sumida Ward!
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    Hey! A Bugged One!
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    My special Bugged One Waves
    emitted from this tower
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    destroy all communications devices...
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    Its power is far stronger
    than ordinary radio towers!
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    This tower will become
    the strongest radio tower in Japan!
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    What?! I won't let you have your way!
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    Hmph! Prepare microwave attack!
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    Our clothes?!
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    No!
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    How do you like my
    special microwave attack?
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    It's fantastic...
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    It's like being thrown inside
    a microwave oven...
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    Enjoy the power of
    the Bugged One radio wave!
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    Ow!
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    Hmm, I see.
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    An enemy that fights with
    radio waves. This is troublesome.
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    Akiba is in chaos!
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    Computers and smartphones
    are blowing up all over the place.
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    I guess the only way to stop those
    radio waves is to destroy that tower...
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    But we can't even get close to it.
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    The Tokyo Tower 2 dream is a nightmare!
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    Tokyo Tower 2?!
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    Yes, that's what the owner
    of the tower said.
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    "Retaking the dream," or something.
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    Hmm... I see...
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    That Bugged One is probably someone I know.
[08:22] ---
    What?!
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    What do you mean?
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    I must get help from my teacher,
    from back in my Tsukuba days.
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    Tsukuba days?
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    Professor Latu used to be a researcher
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    at the Cutting-Edge Science Center in Tsukuba.
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    Cutting-edge science?
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    Moi! A chosen elite!
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    How did you end up learning
    about Bugged Ones in Akiba...?
[08:42] ---
    Yes... It was an ambiguous
    number of years ago...
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    "Tsukuba City (X years ago)"
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    Back then, the Tsukuba Express
    was not yet in operation.
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    "Japan Cutting-Edge Science Center"
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    The Science Center in Tsukuba was home
    to researchers from all over the world.
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    Although the Bugged Ones
    weren't as active then,
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    we knew they worked
    behind the scenes in Akihabara.
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    I worked with Denko Busujima,
    the owner of the tower, to study them.
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    We were instructed and aided
    by our teacher, Professor Yagyuda,
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    a leading researcher of all sciences,
    including paranormal phenomena.
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    He was the one that
    recommended us to study
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    the Bugged Ones in their
    natural habitat--Akihabara.
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    I didn't know you had such a past...
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    Which part of that was sad?
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    And how does the
    Tokyo Tower 2 thing come in?
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    Through research, we found
    that the Bugged Ones emit
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    a weak but very distinct radio wave.
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    Because of this, we set our eyes
    on a certain project.
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    Have you heard of the plans to build
    a replacement for the Tokyo Tower,
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    a Tokyo Tower 2, in Akihabara?
[09:48] ---
    Sounds vaguely familiar...?
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    It was over ten years ago.
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    If we had that huge antenna,
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    we would have easily been able to
    detect and study the faint radio waves.
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    Denko and Professor Yagyuda
    spent all of their personal wealth
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    to try to invite the tower to Akihabara.
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    They tried, and tried, and tried,
    and tried, and tried, and tried, and tried,
[10:05] ---
    and tried, and tried,
    and tried, and tried! And--
[10:13] ---
    That's hilarious!
[10:14] ---
    So that's why she fixates on the tower...
[10:16] ---
    Professor Yagyuda is also very
    knowledgeable about radio waves.
[10:19] ---
    He should have a solution
    for this case, too!
[10:23] ---
    However, there is one problem...
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    Problem?
[10:26] ---
    After losing all of his personal wealth,
    Professor Yagyuda traveled to Brazil.
[10:31] ---
    He works there as a garimpeiro
    to generate funds for research.
[10:34] ---
    Gary Pale?
[10:35] ---
    Got'em Pay Low?
[10:36] ---
    A prospector in the Amazons, right?
[10:39] ---
    So Professor Yagyuda is out
    in the wilderness in Brazil,
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    but thanks to that tower, we can't
    use the phone or send an email.
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    He wouldn't be able
    to receive them anyway.
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    Therefore, we need an alternate
    method of communication.
[10:52] ---
    Alternate...
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    Hey!
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    Radio!
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    We can contact
    Professor Garimpeiro with the radio!
[11:01] ---
    Radios can't be hacked, it's invincible!
[11:04] ---
    Really?!
[11:05] ---
    Y-Yes! That is precisely why I asked
    Tamotsu to set up that antenna!
[11:10] ---
    Really?
[11:11] ---
    But... Isn't Brazil on
    the other side of the planet?
[11:14] ---
    Can you really reach them with a radio?
[11:18] ---
    Well, about that...
[11:19] ---
    Yes! We can!
[11:21] ---
    You all will hear the waltz
    in the stratosphere!
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    "What Are Radio Waves?"
    "Connecting Via Short-Wave"
[11:29] ---
    "Amateur Radio handbook"
    "Introduction to Radio Engineering
[11:33] ---
    Let me explain.
    Communicating with Brazil is not easy!
[11:38] ---
    We mostly have all the equipment we need,
[11:41] ---
    but the weather and ionosphere
    conditions we can't control.
[11:44] ---
    If we could control the sun by praying,
    I would pray all day long...
[11:49] ---
    Then I will pray!
[11:51] ---
    Oh, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi!
[11:55] ---
    Will Japanese gods listen to you?
[11:59] ---
    Oh, Ukko! Ilrmarinen!
[12:02] ---
    Now we have to be patient!
    We have to wait for the "wind!"
[12:06] ---
    Yeah!
[12:11] ---
    Good, it seems like we are ready...
[12:14] ---
    First of all, how do we deliver
    radio waves to Brazil?
[12:18] ---
    Radio waves normally only
    travel in a straight line.
[12:21] ---
    There is no way to reach
    the other side of the Earth.
[12:23] ---
    This is where we use something called
    the ionosphere, up in the sky.
[12:24] ---
    "Ionosphere"
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    This is a layer of atmosphere
    that got ionized
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    by the sun's ultraviolet rays
    and other things.
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    It reflects radio waves,
    similar to how mirrors reflect light.
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    Weather, time of day, and other aspects
    can make this mirror thicker.
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    Then, you can create
    a chain of reflections to
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    deliver radio waves to
    the other side of the world.
[12:47] ---
    However, even then,
    South America is very far away.
[12:50] ---
    Communication by voice
    would not be realistic.
[12:53] ---
    We should use Morse code, which can be
    used under less than optimal conditions.
[12:57] ---
    We cannot have a conversation in Morse
    code unless Professor Yagyuda answers.
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    First, we start by sending out a call sign,
[13:03] ---
    and try to determine if
    the radio waves reach him.
[13:06] ---
    Hmm, let's try switching to the other antenna.
[13:09] ---
    Niwaka, unplug that coaxial cable
    and plug number three in instead.
[13:13] ---
    Yes!
[13:15] ---
    We may want to replace the rig, too...
[13:17] ---
    Matome! Grab that box
    from under the staircase!
[13:20] ---
    Y-Yes!
[13:20] ---
    The rotator is acting up! Arisa, check it out!
[13:23] ---
    Yes!
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    Oh, Mr. Ionosphere,
    please help us to save Akiba...
[13:55] ---
    Hello! This is maid
    pizza delivery, Pizza Pop!
[13:59] ---
    Here is your extra ham pizza
    and complimentary garlic chicken!
[14:05] ---
    Wow! A ham pizza while
    operating a radio! Good pun!
[14:09] ---
    Niwaka placed the order
    before going to school!
[14:12] ---
    She is such a great sister-hero!
[14:15] ---
    Working at the pizza place today?
[14:16] ---
    Yes, there was a maid draft meeting
    this month and I got this job.
[14:21] ---
    You guys look serious!
[14:24] ---
    We are undertaking an extremely
    complex communication mission!
[14:28] ---
    Communication?
[14:29] ---
    Oh, the poison waves from that new antenna
    sure did throw Akiba into chaos!
[14:33] ---
    Isn't any of the gear down here affected?
[14:37] ---
    We're underground,
    which weakens the effect.
[14:39] ---
    Also, I do have some protection
    built into the walls.
[14:42] ---
    But who knows how long that would last...
[14:45] ---
    Wow, you're in a bit of a pickle.
[14:46] ---
    Listen!
[14:47] ---
    Wow! This is great, like a sci-fi movie.
[14:50] ---
    What's this?
[14:51] ---
    Don't touch too much!
[15:02] ---
    Here it comes!
[15:08] ---
    Professor! It's an "A!"
[15:29] ---
    It's a "K!"
[15:32] ---
    End message... "Thank you, doctor..."
[15:37] ---
    Professor! Did you write it down?
[15:38] ---
    Yes!
[15:40] ---
    A, L, M, H, K...
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    Is this some kind of code?
[15:46] ---
    Tamotsu, do you get it?
[15:48] ---
    Hmm... It could be an acronym.
[15:51] ---
    "Thank... You... All...
    Hahaha... Kluk kluk kluk..."
[15:56] ---
    That makes no sense whatsoever!
[15:58] ---
    Maybe it's not alphabetical,
    maybe it's the order of the letters.
[16:02] ---
    Or it could require some sort of
    mathematical reasoning...
[16:05] ---
    I don't understand at all.
[16:10] ---
    That's it! Arisa!
[16:11] ---
    --Huh?
    --That! That right there!
[16:14] ---
    Hmm? There's no more chicken left!
[16:17] ---
    No, that's not it!
[16:18] ---
    A, L, M, H, K!
[16:21] ---
    This is what he meant!
[16:27] ---
    We need more material!
[16:28] ---
    Momo! Early morning special discount
    garlic chicken, one hundred orders!
[16:33] ---
    W-What?!
[16:40] ---
    All of the radio waves
    in Akiba are mine now!
[16:44] ---
    It has been too long...
[16:46] ---
    For several years, I watched as they
    built the tower in Narihirabashi,
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    and felt my will to live fade away...
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    But now, thanks to Metrotica,
    Akihabara finally has its own tower!
[17:00] ---
    What is it? "Old-school alien life forms"?
[17:04] ---
    Let me see...
[17:07] ---
    What is that?!
[17:09] ---
    Denko Busujima!
    Your radio waves are useless now!
[17:12] ---
    I'll pull that tower down right away!
[17:15] ---
    You can't bluff me, fool!
[17:17] ---
    Microwave gun, fire!
[17:24] ---
    Useless! Useless!
[17:25] ---
    What?!
[17:27] ---
    This outfit completely
    shuts out your radio waves...
[17:30] ---
    It's the Aluminum Foil Armor!
[17:32] ---
    What?!
[17:35] ---
    Let's go, Aluminum Blue, Aluminum Pink!
[17:38] ---
    Is that us?
[17:39] ---
    Yes, Aluminum Red!
    I, Aluminum Blue, am at your side!
[17:43] ---
    So that makes me pink?
[17:50] ---
    Thank you, Professor Yagyuda.
[17:54] ---
    Alumi Haku!
[17:55] ---
    Alumi?
[17:56] ---
    Haku?
[17:57] ---
    Yes. You young folk call it aluminum foil.
[18:02] ---
    Aluminum completely shuts out radio waves!
    Not a single milligauss gets through!
[18:07] ---
    With enough aluminum,
    no radio waves can hurt you!
[18:10] ---
    But I don't think a single sheet
    can stop that powerful attack.
[18:15] ---
    True, if it was just one sheet...
[18:20] ---
    Yes, just one sheet would not be enough.
[18:23] ---
    However, that suit totals 300
    millimeters in layered aluminum!
[18:27] ---
    With their physique, they are able
    to fight in that thick metal suit!
[18:31] ---
    We ended up eating a mountain of chicken
    to get the aluminum, but...
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    Go forth, heroes!
    You are more or less invincible!
[18:40] ---
    Make up for the rest with willpower!
[18:42] ---
    Moi! Willpower it is!
[18:44] ---
    Kind of brawny, for a scientist.
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    Got it!
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    Grr... I must do something...
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    Ah! The eyes! Concentrate fire on
    their eyes, there is no armor there!
[18:59] ---
    Impossible!
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    Oh no!
[19:15] ---
    The tower explodes in a flurry of fireworks!
[19:18] ---
    It seems like this was all an overzealous
    ad campaign from an antenna shop!
[19:24] ---
    I hope everyone's gear gets repaired quickly,
[19:26] ---
    so that you can see this broadcast!
[19:34] ---
    Oh! L-La-chan!
[19:36] ---
    Hey, Den-den, long time no see.
[19:38] ---
    I guess last time I saw you was when
    we saw Professor Yagyuda off to Brazil.
[19:42] ---
    Why did you do those things?
[19:45] ---
    It was... three days ago.
[19:49] ---
    When my tower dreams were
    shattered, I became desperate.
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    I wandered the country,
    and finally ended up here to end my life.
[20:00] ---
    But then, a woman
    with a weird hat stopped me.
[20:04] ---
    Weird hat lady said, "Don't die.
    Your dreams will come true,"
[20:09] ---
    and reached out to me.
[20:11] ---
    When I took that hand...
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    Next thing I knew, I was
    spreading waves on that tower.
[20:24] ---
    I... I did such horrible things...
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    Don't cry. I'll make some calls
    to clear your name. Don't worry.
[20:34] ---
    If you can just stay alive, maybe someone
    will build a tower in Akihabara.
[20:40] ---
    La-chan...
[20:48] ---
    Come on, let's have some drinks
    and talk about old times.
[20:52] ---
    By the way, I got a hold
    of professor Yagyuda.
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    Really?
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    Hello, everyone. This is 89.3 MHz,
    Mini-FM broadcast by Electro Mayo Studio.
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    "Electric- Mayo Studio"
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    As usual, we're live from Akihabara!
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    I'm your DJ, Tamotsu Denkigai.
    And today's guests are...
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    ...the super popular
    local idol trio, the Manias!
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    Hello!
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    I hear you're doing really well!
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    The number of downloads of your new song
    reached three digits, right?
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    That's right! Everyone, have you heard our
    new song, "Match for Three Thousand?"
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    All right then--
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    FM radio? Why all of a sudden?
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    Hey, I'm doing free advertisement for you.
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    Who even listens to this stuff?
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    Hey, it reaches all the way to Brazil!
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    Speaking of Brazil, I like coffee.
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    Doesn't coffee sometimes smell like natto?
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    What does everyone put in their natto?
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    I'm very standard, I stick with sugar...
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    That's not standard! It's just you!
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    Without further ado, here's
    "Match for Three Thousand" by Manias!
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    Street Fighter V! SF5 is coming to our show!
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    Big Bro! Aren't you supposed
    to say, like, Straight Hunter, Strip Fire?
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    You know, make up a fake title?
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    Don't worry, Niwaka.
    Who would have thought...
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    It's officially supported!
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    What?! Awesome!
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    "TRIP 5 - No Reason I'd Lose"
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    Akiba's Trip The Animation! Next episode,
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    "No Reason I'd Lose!"
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    Let's go turn the tables!
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