3 - Light Trap in the Darkness

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[00:05] Suika
    We finally made it!
[00:10] Suika
    The Americas!
[00:22] Ginro
    It was such a long trip!
[00:25] Ginro
    At long last...
[00:27] Ginro
    Land!
[00:28] Yo
    Meat!
[00:35] Ukyo
    We didn't get to eat much
    meat while we were at sea.
[00:44] Tsukasa
    The battle team may be in need of
    animal protein after all that training.
[00:53] Taiju
    That's right!
[00:55] Taiju
    We might be able to hunt wild
    animals once we're ashore!
[00:58] Taiju
    What kind of animals are
    there in the Americas?
[01:00] Taiju
    I've never traveled abroad before!
[01:04] Taiju
    This wasn't exactly the
    vacation I had in mind!
[01:07] Minami
    Vacation...
[01:11] Senku
    Meathead here may have
    the right idea, though.
[01:19] Homura
    Look. Past the fog.
[01:58] Gen
    Of course.
[02:00] Gen
    We knew it would be like this.
[02:02] Gen
    Then again, this is our first
    time overseas in this new world.
[02:06] Gen
    We didn't know how the world was going to be.
[02:11] Gen
    Who knows? The Fake Lilian
    story might have been true.
[02:15] Gen
    Maybe it was just Japan
    that was still petrified.
[02:18] Gen
    Maybe the world had already
    gotten back to normal.
[02:22] Gen
    Or maybe they'd fought off the
    petrification beam right from the start.
[02:27] Gen
    Somewhere deep down, we thought, maybe...
[02:30] Gen
    Just maybe! You know?
[02:46] Kohaku
    Look at that cape.
[02:48] Kohaku
    There's a giant clump of statues there.
[02:52] Minami
    You're right.
[02:54] Minami
    Why?
[02:56] Senku
    Probably a huge car crash.
[03:00] Ukyo
    All the cars must have withered away,
    leaving only the statues behind.
[03:07] Yo
    We're on water.
[03:08] Yo
    Why would there be cars here?
[03:12] Ryusui
    In fact, this place was filled with cars.
[03:15] Ryusui
    I passed by here on my own boat.
[03:18] Ryusui
    Several thousand years ago,
[03:21] Ryusui
    this was the gate to the Pacific.
[03:26] Ryusui
    The beautiful, red Golden Gate Bridge,
    shining amid the San Francisco fog.
[03:34] Yuzuriha
    It really is all gone.
[03:38] Yuzuriha
    Everything humanity built is gone.
[03:41] Sailor A
    Part of me was still hoping
    they'd help us out.
[03:46] Sailor B
    Y-Yeah...
[03:48] Taiju
    Nope.
[03:49] Taiju
    That's not it, guys.
[03:51] Taiju
    Once we get and raise corn,
[03:54] Taiju
    the power of science will help us revive
    all the statues around the world!
[04:00] Senku
    Yeah.
[04:02] Senku
    We're the ones going to help them.
[04:06] Senku
    All 7.8 billion people.
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[05:53] Taiju
    Finally!
[05:54] Taiju
    We're in the US!
[05:56] Taiju
    Landfall!
[06:01] Nikki
    Lilian's homeland.
[06:06] Kohaku
    So this is America!
[06:08] Kohaku
    I've heard a lot about it, so I've been
    wondering what it's really like... but...
[06:14] Kohaku
    It doesn't look much different from Japan.
[06:18] Magma
    It's just a forest.
[06:24] Yuzuriha
    I guess all the distinctly
    American landmarks are all gone.
[06:27] Yuzuriha
    Of course it isn't recognizable.
[06:32] Suika
    It's a pine cone!
[06:35] Suika
    I-It's way huge!
[06:39] Senku
    That's a sequoia.
[06:41] Suika
    Sequoia?
[06:44] Senku
    This guy.
[06:47] Chrome
    Holy crap, it's enormous!
[06:51] Kaseki
    I've seen plenty of forests,
    but I've never seen such a huge tree!
[06:58] Senku
    Sequoias get over 80 meters tall.
[07:02] Senku
    They're ridiculously huge.
    The biggest on Earth, in fact.
[07:04] Taiju
    E-Eighty meters?!
[07:14] Ryusui
    Even after civilization's fall,
    the world operates on its own scale.
[07:21] Chrome
    Damn, America...
[07:28] Ryusui
    We'll split into two teams
    here at the Sacramento River.
[07:31] Ryusui
    The resource acquisition team
    will remain on the ship,
[07:34] Ryusui
    and the corn scout team
    will head toward the interior.
[07:38] Tsukasa
    I assume the battle team will
    be escorting the scout team
[07:42] Tsukasa
    to deal with any wild animal encounters.
[08:00] Chrome
    Let's get this corn search started!
    No stone unturned!
[08:04] Gen
    Yeah, that's not happening.
[08:07] Gen
    You have no idea how big the US is.
[08:09] Senku
    We aren't even sure America's beloved
    corn hasn't already hybridized.
[08:17] Senku
    There's a region called the Corn Belt.
[08:19] Senku
    If there's still corn around,
    that's where we'll likely find it.
[08:23] Senku
    On the west coast, our best
    bet is northern California.
[08:30] Senku
    We'll go through San Francisco Bay to
    the Sacramento River and the City area.
[08:35] Gen
    Wait, wait, Senku-chan.
[08:37] Gen
    Most people don't know American geography.
[08:42] Chrome
    Okay, well, point is, we should
    find corn up this river, right?
[08:46] Chrome
    Let's get moving!
[08:48] Gen
    Chrome-chan's so quick to find
    optimism in new situations.
[08:52] Gen
    That's why you're our exploration leader.
[09:00] Ukyo
    Fall is almost over.
[09:02] Ukyo
    We're at the end of corn season.
[09:05] Ukyo
    Let's hope we made it in time.
[09:07] Senku
    Yeah, that won't be an issue.
[09:10] Senku
    The planet goes through a
    thing called precession.
[09:13] Senku
    It's the same thing as how
    a top teeters as it spins.
SIGN    Precession
[09:16] Senku
    Luckily for us, thanks to the planet's axis
    moving slightly over the past 3,700 years,
[09:22] Senku
    the climate is offset by about nine days.
[09:27] Taiju
    So we just barely made it!
[09:30] Senku
    What has me more worried
[09:31] Senku
    is the subtle ecological changes as
    a result of the change in climate.
[09:35] Senku
    We'd better hope we don't get
    attacked by any big creatures.
[09:40] Tsukasa
    I'd enjoy it if we did get
    attacked by a big creature.
[09:44] Kohaku
    Yeah.
[09:47] Ginro
    Wait, what? Isn't it the opposite?
[09:58] Gen
    There you go jinxing it again, Senku-chan!
[10:01] Gen
    I get it now, though... Seriously...
[10:05] Gen
    It's not bad luck or anything!
[10:07] Gen
    There's no such thing as luck!
[10:09] Gen
    Science man Senku is just
[10:10] Gen
    telling us the worst-case scenario
    because he knows it'll happen!
[10:18] Ryusui
    It's a float of American crocodiles!
[10:23] Chrome
    There's so freaking many of them!
[10:38] Alligator
    Meat!
[10:39] Alligator
    Meat!
[10:40] Alligator
    Meat!
[10:43] Kohaku
    Meat!
[10:45] Yo
    Meat!
[10:46] Ginro
    So that's what this is about!
[10:48] Ginro
    That's why you were hoping we'd get attacked!
[10:50] Yo; Kohaku
    Meat!
[10:54] Tsukasa
    I'm grateful to the circle of life.
[11:00] Chrome
    Well, this is something.
[11:03] Chrome
    The almighty all-stars!
[11:32] Ryusui
    We're in the US, which means...
[11:35] Ryusui
    We aren't leaving before we have some of this.
[12:00] Francois
    Please enjoy.
[12:02] Francois
    Crocodile burgers.
[12:06] Taiju; Gen
    Hamburgers!
[12:09] Suika
    Hamburgers?
[12:11] Ukyo
    You eat them like this.
[12:25] Suika
    It's so tasty!
[12:31] Chrome
    Damn, it's so good!
[12:34] Ginro
    How is it so juicy?!
[12:37] Ginro
    I've never had anything like it!
[12:59] Tsukasa
    Senku.
[13:02] Tsukasa
    One of the crocodiles had swallowed this.
[13:06] Kohaku
    Is there something inside it?
[13:18] Senku
    Corn!
[13:23] Kohaku
    This is the fabled American corn?
[13:27] Senku
    Landed right in our hands.
[13:30] Senku
    We've found the key to reviving
    all of humanity upstream!
[13:38] Chrome
    This is the life-giving corn!
[13:40] Senku
    Yup.
[13:42] Senku
    The OP corn crop of the Americas.
[13:45] Senku
    The great Yellow Dent.
[13:47] Gen
    OP crop...
[13:50] Senku
    It tastes like ass, though.
[13:52] Senku
    But we can get alcohol out
    of it insanely efficiently.
[13:57] Taiju
    Which means we're finally
    reviving the whole world!
[14:01] Taiju
    Hang on!
[14:03] Taiju
    We're almost there, statues of America!
[14:07] Senku
    Although I have no idea how
    much of this corn is left.
[14:11] Taiju
    All good.
[14:12] Taiju
    We only need a little,
    and we can grow a ton more.
[14:15] Ryusui
    It'll be a race against time either way.
[14:18] Ryusui
    We need to face our enemy
    before they get to us first.
[14:23] Ryusui
    To face Why-Man!
[14:25] Senku
    Yup.
[14:26] Senku
    We're gonna get right to
    work making Corn City!
[14:35] Ginro
    Corn grains!
[14:38] Kohaku
    They're flowing down the
    river one after another.
[14:42] Homura
    H-Hyoga-sama...
[14:45] Ukyo
    We can be sure they're growing up ahead.
[14:48] Chrome
    There's got to be a crap ton!
[14:54] Senku
    Does corn really drift conveniently
    down the river, though?
[15:03] Yuzuriha
    Hello. Perseus here.
[15:06] Gen
    Heya. Scout team here.
[15:09] Gen
    We found corn on the river.
[15:13] Senku
    We haven't actually found it growing.
[15:16] Senku
    We need information.
[15:18] Gen
    So let us know if you find
    any floating downstream.
[15:23] Yuzuriha
    Okay, roger.
[15:24] Nikki
    You heard them, boys!
[15:26] Nikki
    Keep your eyes peeled!
    Don't miss a single thing!
[15:32] Yuzuriha
    All right!
[15:33] Yuzuriha
    Let's do this!
[16:33] Senku
    It's around here.
[16:35] Gen
    You mentioned a bunch of
    confusing place names earlier.
[16:38] Gen
    The Sacramento City area, was it?
[16:49] Gen
    What are you making in
    such a hurry, Senku-chan?
[16:53] Gen
    A white cloth over the light?
[17:00] Taiju
    You'll attract bugs with
    such a bright light at night.
[17:03] Senku
    That's the whole point.
[17:05] Senku
    It's a light trap.
[17:08] Senku
    We can tell what's in the area from whether
    or not we attract phototactic bugs.
[17:14] Senku
    If I'm right about this...
[17:33] Senku
    European corn borers.
[17:36] Senku
    These moths thrive on corn.
[17:39] Senku
    There's a boatload of corn nearby.
[17:43] Kohaku
    Butterflies, huh? They're beautiful.
[17:46] Gen
    Nah, they're moths.
[17:48] Ukyo
    Butterflies are moths.
    We humans just gave them a different name.
[17:52] Ukyo
    They have a mystical beauty about them, huh?
[17:57] Senku
    Kohaku...
[17:58] Senku
    Actually, everyone from the village...
[18:01] Senku
    Have you guys ever even
    seen this kind of moth?
[18:07] Kohaku
    Now that you mention it,
    I've never seen it before.
[18:10] Kohaku
    I've never even thought about
    different kinds of moths.
[18:13] Senku
    These guys eat cloth more
    than they do grains.
[18:16] Senku
    In other words, their numbers
    should have dwindled
[18:19] Senku
    quite a bit since the humans vanished.
[18:23] Senku
    How did we end up with so
    many in so little time?
[18:28] Senku
    It almost makes me wonder if
    there's a giant corn farm nearby.
[18:33] Taiju
    What's up, Senku? You look so serious.
[18:35] Taiju
    We're reviving all of humanity.
[18:37] Taiju
    What more could you hope
    for than plenty of corn?
[18:50] Tsukasa
    I sense...
[19:06] Tsukasa
    Bloodlust!
[19:08] Kohaku
    What is it?
[19:09] Kohaku
    A beast of some sort?
[19:11] Ginro
    Nothing to worry about with our elite group!
[19:14] Kinro
    It's not convincing when
    you say it while hiding.
[19:16] Matsukaze
    Do you recognize its ki?
[19:19] Tsukasa
    No, there's no such thing as ki.
[19:22] Tsukasa
    Though I do think we're perceiving
    adrenaline byproducts and such.
[19:27] Tsukasa
    Not that I can really say.
[19:32] Tsukasa
    Think...
[19:37] Tsukasa
    I vowed to protect them.
[19:42] Tsukasa
    This faint scent on the air...
[19:49] Tsukasa
    Gun smoke?!
[19:51] Tsukasa
    From a used firearm?!
[19:53] Hyoga
    The enemy is indeed proper.
[20:00] Hyoga
    It seems we were the ones who
    were attracted to the light trap.
[20:14] Tsukasa
    All hands, to the boat!
[20:37] Ukyo
    Machine gun!
[20:39] Ginro
    What the heck is that?!
[20:44] Ryusui
    Don't underestimate a sailor's maneuvering!
[20:51] Ryusui
    Water barrier!
[21:14] Stanley
    Why did they find out?
[21:20] Ginro
    We're saved thanks to
    Tsukasa's superhuman senses.
[21:24] Ryusui
    Are you all relatively safe?
[21:26] Gen
    How?
[21:27] Gen
    Who would have a machine gun?
[21:30] Yo
    I thought there were no more humans left.
[21:33] Gen
    So the US was spared?
[21:35] Ryusui
    That can't be it.
[21:37] Ryusui
    It wouldn't explain why those
    statues were left there.
[21:41] Ukyo
    The only possibility...
[21:43] Ukyo
    is that someone revived
    on their own, like Senku.
[21:49] Ryusui
    And they're growing corn.
[21:53] Senku
    That would be hella fortunate.
[21:59] Senku
    In the worst case, we're going
    to have a proper science duel
[22:01] Senku
    with a science user on the Dark Side.
[22:05] Senku
    We're gonna have to win that fight.
[22:10] Senku
    This is stupid exhilarating!
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