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.
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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...?
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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?
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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,
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and tried, and tried,
and tried, and tried! And--
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That's hilarious!
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So that's why she fixates on the tower...
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Professor Yagyuda is also very
knowledgeable about radio waves.
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He should have a solution
for this case, too!
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However, there is one problem...
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Problem?
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After losing all of his personal wealth,
Professor Yagyuda traveled to Brazil.
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He works there as a garimpeiro
to generate funds for research.
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Gary Pale?
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Got'em Pay Low?
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A prospector in the Amazons, right?
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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.
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Alternate...
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Hey!
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Radio!
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We can contact
Professor Garimpeiro with the radio!
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Radios can't be hacked, it's invincible!
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Really?!
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Y-Yes! That is precisely why I asked
Tamotsu to set up that antenna!
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Really?
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But... Isn't Brazil on
the other side of the planet?
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Can you really reach them with a radio?
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Well, about that...
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Yes! We can!
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You all will hear the waltz
in the stratosphere!
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"What Are Radio Waves?"
"Connecting Via Short-Wave"
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"Amateur Radio handbook"
"Introduction to Radio Engineering
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Let me explain.
Communicating with Brazil is not easy!
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We mostly have all the equipment we need,
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but the weather and ionosphere
conditions we can't control.
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If we could control the sun by praying,
I would pray all day long...
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Then I will pray!
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Oh, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi!
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Will Japanese gods listen to you?
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Oh, Ukko! Ilrmarinen!
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Now we have to be patient!
We have to wait for the "wind!"
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Yeah!
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Good, it seems like we are ready...
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First of all, how do we deliver
radio waves to Brazil?
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Radio waves normally only
travel in a straight line.
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There is no way to reach
the other side of the Earth.
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This is where we use something called
the ionosphere, up in the sky.
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"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.
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However, even then,
South America is very far away.
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Communication by voice
would not be realistic.
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We should use Morse code, which can be
used under less than optimal conditions.
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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,
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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.
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Yes!
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We may want to replace the rig, too...
[13:17] ---
Matome! Grab that box
from under the staircase!
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Y-Yes!
[13:20] ---
The rotator is acting up! Arisa, check it out!
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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!
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Wow! A ham pizza while
operating a radio! Good pun!
[14:09] ---
Niwaka placed the order
before going to school!
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She is such a great sister-hero!
[14:15] ---
Working at the pizza place today?
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Yes, there was a maid draft meeting
this month and I got this job.
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You guys look serious!
[14:24] ---
We are undertaking an extremely
complex communication mission!
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Communication?
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Oh, the poison waves from that new antenna
sure did throw Akiba into chaos!
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Isn't any of the gear down here affected?
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We're underground,
which weakens the effect.
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Also, I do have some protection
built into the walls.
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But who knows how long that would last...
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Wow, you're in a bit of a pickle.
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Listen!
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Wow! This is great, like a sci-fi movie.
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What's this?
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Don't touch too much!
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Here it comes!
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Professor! It's an "A!"
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It's a "K!"
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End message... "Thank you, doctor..."
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Professor! Did you write it down?
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Yes!
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A, L, M, H, K...
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Is this some kind of code?
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Tamotsu, do you get it?
[15:48] ---
Hmm... It could be an acronym.
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"Thank... You... All...
Hahaha... Kluk kluk kluk..."
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That makes no sense whatsoever!
[15:58] ---
Maybe it's not alphabetical,
maybe it's the order of the letters.
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Or it could require some sort of
mathematical reasoning...
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I don't understand at all.
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That's it! Arisa!
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--Huh?
--That! That right there!
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Hmm? There's no more chicken left!
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No, that's not it!
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A, L, M, H, K!
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This is what he meant!
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We need more material!
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Momo! Early morning special discount
garlic chicken, one hundred orders!
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W-What?!
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All of the radio waves
in Akiba are mine now!
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It has been too long...
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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!
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What is it? "Old-school alien life forms"?
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Let me see...
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What is that?!
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Denko Busujima!
Your radio waves are useless now!
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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?
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Thank you, Professor Yagyuda.
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Alumi Haku!
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Alumi?
[17:56] ---
Haku?
[17:57] ---
Yes. You young folk call it aluminum foil.
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Aluminum completely shuts out radio waves!
Not a single milligauss gets through!
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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!
[18:48] ---
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!
[19:08] ---
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!
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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.
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Why did you do those things?
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It was... three days ago.
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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.
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But then, a woman
with a weird hat stopped me.
[20:04] ---
Weird hat lady said, "Don't die.
Your dreams will come true,"
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and reached out to me.
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When I took that hand...
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Next thing I knew, I was
spreading waves on that tower.
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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.
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If you can just stay alive, maybe someone
will build a tower in Akihabara.
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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?
[20:58] ---
Hello, everyone. This is 89.3 MHz,
Mini-FM broadcast by Electro Mayo Studio.
[20:59] ---
"Electric- Mayo Studio"
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As usual, we're live from Akihabara!
[21:07] ---
I'm your DJ, Tamotsu Denkigai.
And today's guests are...
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...the super popular
local idol trio, the Manias!
[21:16] ---
Hello!
[21:17] ---
I hear you're doing really well!
[21:19] ---
The number of downloads of your new song
reached three digits, right?
[21:22] ---
That's right! Everyone, have you heard our
new song, "Match for Three Thousand?"
[21:26] ---
All right then--
[21:27] ---
FM radio? Why all of a sudden?
[21:30] ---
Hey, I'm doing free advertisement for you.
[21:32] ---
Who even listens to this stuff?
[21:34] ---
Hey, it reaches all the way to Brazil!
[21:37] ---
Speaking of Brazil, I like coffee.
[21:39] ---
Doesn't coffee sometimes smell like natto?
[21:41] ---
What does everyone put in their natto?
[21:44] ---
I'm very standard, I stick with sugar...
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That's not standard! It's just you!
[21:50] ---
Without further ado, here's
"Match for Three Thousand" by Manias!
[23:25] ---
Street Fighter V! SF5 is coming to our show!
[23:28] ---
Big Bro! Aren't you supposed
to say, like, Straight Hunter, Strip Fire?
[23:30] ---
You know, make up a fake title?
[23:31] ---
Don't worry, Niwaka.
Who would have thought...
[23:33] ---
It's officially supported!
[23:34] ---
What?! Awesome!
[23:34] ---
"TRIP 5 - No Reason I'd Lose"
[23:35] ---
Akiba's Trip The Animation! Next episode,
[23:38] ---
"No Reason I'd Lose!"
[23:39] ---
Let's go turn the tables!
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