# E3 - You Can't Run from the Aquarium
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G9DUE1ZV7/you-cant-run-from-the-aquarium)
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**[00:14] Equa**
Coffee cups?
**[00:16] Martes**
Um... Two dozen.
**[00:18] Equa**
Sugar?
**[00:21] Martes**
Four kilograms.
***SIGN*** Ulula
**[00:22] Equa**
Nine millimeter hollow-point rounds?
**[00:26] Martes**
Four hundred.
**[00:27] Equa**
Anti-drone EMP mines?
**[00:30] Feles**
Thirty-six.
**[00:32] Equa**
Hm... I think that's everything.
**[00:35] Equa**
Thank you for helping me to take stock.
**[00:38] Martes**
Don't mention it, Equa-senpai!
**[00:41] Feles**
That aside, is storing the café and
extractor gear together a good idea?
**[00:48] Equa**
Hm?
**[00:49] Martes**
Is it a job?
**[00:51] Pengians**
*Pen! Pen! Pen!*
**[00:52] Equa**
Our clients are pengians
from Ikebukuro Cluster.
**[00:55] Equa**
The Sunshine Troupe.
**[00:57] Feles**
Huh? All of them?!
**[01:00] Martes**
One, two, three, four, five, six... 18?!
**[01:06] Equa**
There are a lot of them,
but let's do our best.
**[01:08] Martes**
Let's!
***SIGN*** Estab Life: Great Escape
**[02:49] Equa**
As you see, train tracks divide Ikebukuro
Cluster into eastern and western halves.
***SIGN*** You Can't Run from the Aquarium
**[02:55] Equa**
West Ikebukuro, across the tracks,
is devoted to capitalism.
**[03:01] Equa**
East Ikebukuro, where we are,
is communist territory.
**[03:06] Martes**
So, we need to get our clients
from the East to the West?
**[03:12] Equa**
Yes. This railroad crossing opens
several times a day, but...
**[03:18] Ulula**
Bow-wow-wow!
**[03:21] Ulula**
Awoo!
**[03:26] Martes**
Oh man...
**[03:28] Alga**
Are you all right?
**[03:30] Equa**
These tracks look easy
to cross, but they aren't.
**[03:33] Equa**
And the trains are timed to make you
want to cross. Not very nice, is it?
**[03:38] Equa**
Therefore, um... Well...
**[03:44] Feles**
We can't use this place for an extraction.
**[03:47] Alga**
What should we do about Ulula?
**[03:49] Martes**
Let's put him to bed underground.
**[03:51] Equa**
I'm sorry, Ulula-san.
**[03:54] Equa**
We'll do your share of
the work while you rest.
**[04:06] Feles**
Where are the clients?
**[04:07] Equa**
In that building there.
**[04:18] Pengians**
Pen!
**[04:19] Pengians**
Pen!
**[04:27] Mirpen**
Standard human citizens?
You don't see that every day.
***SIGN***
**[04:31] Mirpen**
And you work as sports reporters?
**[04:34] Martes**
We have an appointment to interview
Mikhail-san from the Sunshine Troupe!
**[04:40] Mirpen**
Mikhail? Did you say Mikhail?
**[04:44] Equa**
We did. Do you know him?
**[04:48] Mirpen**
No.
**[04:50] Mirpen**
You may pass.
**[04:54] Martes**
What was that guy's deal?
**[04:59] Mikhail**
That was too slow! Start over from part B!
**[05:05] Mikhail**
Still too slow! Again!
**[05:08] Mikhail**
Do you think you can impress an audience
with a performance like that?!
**[05:11] Mikhail**
Again!
**[05:14] Martes**
Whoa.
**[05:16] Equa**
This is the foremost ballet
troupe in East Ikebukuro.
**[05:18] Pengians**
Pen!
**[05:19] Pengians**
Pen!
**[05:24] Mikhail**
Repeat that part until
you've got it perfect!
**[05:27] Pengians**
Pen!
**[05:34] Mikhail**
We'll stand out here. Follow me.
**[05:49] Mikhail**
Our performances are art.
**[05:53] Equa**
Of course.
**[05:55] Mikhail**
My aesthetic sense demands perfection
down to the angle of every beak.
**[06:00] Mikhail**
Every drop of splashing water in
our little universe is calculated.
**[06:05] Equa**
I see.
**[06:08] Mikhail**
But the Party's censors
do nothing but complain.
**[06:12] Mikhail**
They keep rejecting our ideas.
**[06:15] Mikhail**
Our artistry is lost on them.
**[06:19] Equa**
I see!
**[06:26] Feles**
Huh?!
**[06:28] Feles**
He's adorable!
**[06:33] Mikhail**
What is it? Has my beauty bewitched you?
**[06:37] Feles**
Oh, no, um...
**[06:43] Equa**
In other words, you're fleeing in
search of freedom of expression?
**[06:48] Equa**
You want to escape to the West, even if
it costs you your cushy ballet lifestyle?
**[06:53] Mikhail**
That's exactly right.
**[06:55] Mikhail**
Although it will mean
betraying a close friend.
**[07:06] Equa**
Then please place your thumbprint here.
***SIGN*** Client: Mikhail (seal)
***SIGN*** Written Consent to Run Away
***SIGN*** Client: Mikhail (seal)
**[07:13] Mikhail**
But I'm not the only one who wants to leave.
**[07:16] Mikhail**
There are 18 of us.
**[07:18] Mikhail**
How will you extract us all to the West?
**[07:21] Equa**
We'll run a tether from the roof of
this building to West Ikebukuro.
**[07:26] Equa**
Then, you'll just slide over on a pulley.
**[07:33] Mikhail**
Are you sure that will work?
**[07:34] Equa**
We do this all the time.
**[07:36] Equa**
Although we do have a plan B,
if you're concerned.
**[07:41] Mikhail**
No. Go ahead with this one.
**[07:44] Equa**
In that case, we'll make our
move at midnight tonight.
**[07:54] Feles**
What's the "plan B" you told him you had?
**[07:58] Equa**
It's, well...
**[08:04] Mirpen**
Sports reporters?
**[08:07] Mirpen**
I checked around, and you're not registered.
**[08:11] Mirpen**
You're under arrest on
suspicion of espionage!
**[08:15] Equa**
No violence.
**[08:17] Feles**
But...
**[08:18] Equa**
Please run.
**[08:49] Martes**
How could Equa-senpai be so reckless?
**[08:52] (Flashback) Martes**
Equa-senpai!
**[08:54] (Flashback) Feles**
This way! Hurry!
**[08:55] (Flashback) Martes**
Senpai!
**[08:59] Alga**
The little lady wasn't being reckless.
**[09:01] Alga**
She made the right call.
**[09:03] Martes**
Like hell she did!
Equa-senpai ended up getting caught!
**[09:09] Feles**
We would all have been captured otherwise.
**[09:14] Feles**
Let's assess the situation first,
then decide what to do about it.
**[09:18] Feles**
Got that?
**[09:20] Martes**
I'm not so sure.
**[09:23] Feles**
About what?
**[09:24] Martes**
You're weirdly calm. Aren't you worried?
**[09:26] Feles**
Of course I am!
**[09:30] Feles**
More importantly, what are
the secret police up to?
**[09:33] Alga**
They put the Sunshine
Building on high alert.
**[09:36] Alga**
We can forget about our original plan now.
**[09:40] Feles**
And the clients?
**[09:41] Alga**
Mikhail and his troupe got off
with a light interrogation.
**[09:44] Feles**
That's all?
**[09:45] Alga**
The ballet is a mark of
prestige for the East.
**[09:48] Alga**
They can't come down too hard on it.
**[09:50] Feles**
Still, it's odd. They caught
on to us too quickly.
**[09:53] Martes**
Maybe we just stand out in
a town full of penguins.
**[09:57] Feles**
I think there's more to it.
**[09:59] Feles**
We might have a leak.
**[10:05] Mirpen**
So, you insist that you don't
know anything about this woman?
**[10:11] Mikhail**
I just gave her an interview.
**[10:14] Mirpen**
Oh-ho?
**[10:16] Mirpen**
We've been friends since elementary school.
**[10:19] Mirpen**
You became an artist,
and I joined the secret police.
**[10:22] Mirpen**
But while our chosen paths differ,
we've told each other a lot.
**[10:26] Mikhail**
What about it?
**[10:29] Mirpen**
You've seemed dissatisfied with
your programs at the pool lately.
**[10:39] Mirpen**
Are you hoping to defect to the West?
**[10:42] Mikhail**
Don't be ridiculous!
**[10:45] Mirpen**
You'd have no censors to deal with there.
**[10:48] Mirpen**
Did their nonsense about
"freedom of expression" attract you?
**[10:53] Mikhail**
I know I've complained,
**[10:56] Mikhail**
but I only said those things
because I trust you as a friend!
**[11:02] Mirpen**
If you betray the Party,
you're not my friend anymore.
**[11:09] Mirpen**
Mikhail, don't imagine
**[11:12] Mirpen**
that you can get away from me.
**[11:18] Mirpen**
I'll catch the rest of the spies,
so prepare for the consequences.
**[11:24] Mikhail**
Mirpen...
**[11:36] Mikhail**
Mirpen!
**[11:38] Mikhail**
You have every right to be angry,
**[11:40] Mikhail**
but I can't compromise.
**[11:42] Mikhail**
In order to pursue true art, I must—
**[11:47] Martes**
Excuse us.
**[11:48] Alga**
Internal security was surprisingly lax.
**[11:51] Mikhail**
Wh-What are you doing here?
**[11:53] Feles**
We couldn't risk a phone call,
so we came to talk in person.
**[11:59] Mikhail**
Did you hear that whole conversation?
**[12:02] Feles**
Of course.
**[12:03] Feles**
Now I understand how they
caught onto us so quickly.
**[12:08] Martes**
I can't believe you and that secret
police penguin are buddies.
**[12:12] Mikhail**
You've got it wrong! I—
**[12:14] Martes**
Quit your yapping! We're breaking her out!
***SIGN***
**[12:19] Mirpen**
This ID of yours
**[12:22] Mirpen**
is so well made that I can
hardly tell it's a fake.
**[12:26] Mirpen**
How did you do it?
**[12:27] Equa**
I'm sure the forger will
be delighted to hear it.
**[12:30] Equa**
They seemed rather proud of it.
**[12:33] Mirpen**
That wasn't a compliment.
**[12:35] Equa**
Oh, pardon me.
**[12:37] Mirpen**
And what's that pass?
**[12:40] Mirpen**
It's made with unknown technology.
**[12:42] Equa**
Oh, it's really not as special as—
**[12:46] Mirpen**
Even your DNA data is full of mysteries.
**[12:49] Mirpen**
You're not a therianthrope
or a standard human.
**[12:51] Mirpen**
I can't even tell if you're human at all.
**[12:56] Mirpen**
An analysis of your telomeres
puts your age at 300.
**[13:00] Mirpen**
Or 17.
**[13:03] Mirpen**
Or 56,700,000,000.
**[13:07] Mirpen**
Basically, your genes make no sense!
**[13:11] Mirpen**
Tell me! Who the hell are you?!
**[13:15] Equa**
Well... I'm not exactly sure myself, so...
**[13:27] Mirpen**
But there's one thing I am certain of.
**[13:30] Mirpen**
You're an extractor, aren't you?
**[13:34] Equa**
Um, well...
**[13:37] Equa**
Yes. I'm impressed you saw through me.
**[13:39] Mirpen**
I knew it. The secret police
records include reports
**[13:44] Mirpen**
that expert extractors have aided
numerous defectors in the past.
**[13:49] Equa**
I'm honored that you think so highly of us.
**[13:51] Mirpen**
Like I said, that wasn't a compliment!
**[13:53] Equa**
Oh, I'm so sorry.
**[13:57] Mirpen**
Why do you do it?
**[13:59] Equa**
Excuse me?
**[14:00] Mirpen**
Here, their livelihoods are assured.
**[14:03] Mirpen**
No one in their right mind
would go to the West.
**[14:08] Equa**
I just want to help people who
find where they are suffocating.
**[14:14] Mirpen**
And you don't care if they
die in the gutter afterward?
**[14:20] Mirpen**
A bird that escapes its
cage can't live long.
**[14:23] Mirpen**
So, why let them go?
They'll just end up dead!
**[14:28] Equa**
I'm not sure how to take
that, coming from a penguin.
**[14:34] Mirpen**
I refuse to play along with
any more of your games.
**[14:38] Mirpen**
Now, answer me!
**[14:40] Equa**
Please take two steps back.
**[14:43] Mirpen**
What are you—
**[14:44] Equa**
Please just do it.
**[15:18] Alga**
She's in the fifth floor interrogation room.
**[15:21] Martes**
Okay. I'm on my way.
**[15:23] Feles**
Mikhail, get started.
**[15:25] Mikhail**
R-Roger that!
**[15:27] Pengians**
Pen!
**[15:35] Pengians**
Pen...
**[15:44] Head Guard**
Th-They're not just
attacking the front gate.
**[15:47] Head Guard**
Shells seem to be striking the building
from all sides, one after—Pen!
**[15:51] Mirpen**
Start by assessing the situation!
**[15:54] Mirpen**
Drones, focus on the gate! Officers,
identify enemies in the vicinity!
**[15:58] Mirpen**
No, not you! You stay here!
**[16:00] Mirpen**
Send your subordinates to—
**[16:02] Mirpen**
What? I can't hear you!
**[16:07] Mirpen**
Hey! I can't hear you!
**[16:13] Mirpen**
Has anyone *seen* the enemy?!
**[16:16] Mirpen**
Find out if anyone has actually
been shot, you nincompoops!
**[16:21] Mirpen**
I know about the front gate!
I mean anywhere else!
**[16:24] Mirpen**
This might be someone's
attempt at a diversion!
**[16:30] Mirpen**
Forget it! Just wait there! I'm on my way!
**[16:34] Mirpen**
What?! She's gone?!
**[16:43] Feles**
I'm running low on ammo.
**[16:47] Alga**
We're at our limit. Pull out.
**[16:49] Feles**
No! We can't abandon her!
**[16:53] Equa**
Abandon who?
**[16:56] Alga**
Are you hurt, little lady?
**[16:59] Equa**
I'm sorry I made you worry,
Feles-san, Alga-san.
**[17:04] Feles**
I-I wasn't exactly worried.
**[17:08] Alga**
That's not how it looked to me.
**[17:12] Equa**
So, what are our plans now?
**[17:14] Feles**
Um...
**[17:16] Alga**
We haven't decided.
**[17:18] Equa**
In that case, follow me.
**[17:27] Mikhail**
Hurry!
**[17:33] Mirpen**
After them! Hunt them down!
**[17:42] Feles**
Didn't you say you had a "plan B"?
**[17:44] Equa**
I'm sorry. I hadn't actually thought of one.
**[17:47] Feles**
What?!
**[17:49] Equa**
But, um... this might work out.
**[17:52] Alga**
The usual, then?
**[17:53] Feles**
Huh?
**[17:58] Equa**
Turn right at the second intersection,
then drive straight.
**[18:03] Mikhail**
But that will take us to—
**[18:04] Equa**
Exactly! The Saikyo Line crossing!
**[18:07] Feles**
What?!
**[18:13] Mikhail**
I-If we keep going this way...
**[18:15] Equa**
Straight ahead.
**[18:16] Mikhail**
But...
**[18:17] Equa**
Go faster. Full speed ahead.
**[18:19] Feles**
Hang on! You can't be serious about—
**[18:25] Equa**
Don't worry. Believe in me.
**[18:28] Martes**
Of course, *I* believe in you...
**[18:39] Mirpen**
Don't tell me they're suicidal?
**[18:57] Mikhail**
We're done for! It's going to hit us!
**[18:58] Equa**
Don't worry. It will only graze us.
**[19:23] Mikhail**
W-We made it?
**[19:27] Alga**
That's Fatal Luck—the little lady's
power to predict the future.
**[19:32] Alga**
Not even I know how it works, though.
**[19:39] Mirpen**
No one should be able to predict
when this crossing will be clear.
**[19:46] Mirpen**
But that woman did it.
**[19:50] Mirpen**
Who on earth is she?
**[19:54] Mikhail**
Farewell, my friend.
**[19:57] Equa**
Are you all right?
**[19:59] Mikhail**
I have no regrets.
**[20:01] Mikhail**
After all,
**[20:02] Mikhail**
we've finally made it to
the world of the West!
**[20:07] Mikhail**
We're free! We're in a free
world with no censors!
**[20:13] Mikhail**
And here, we'll pursue true art!
**[21:54] Mikhail**
Our bottoms are *freezing*!
**[21:58] Mikhail**
Pen pen pen pen!
**[22:00] Pengians**
Pen!
**[22:01] Pengians**
Pen!
**[22:02] Pengians**
Pen!
**[22:06] Mikhail**
Thank you.
**[22:08] Mikhail**
This... This is...
**[22:10] Mikhail**
Slappy-slappy Punch!
**[22:16] Martes**
Slappy-slappy! Slappy-slappy!
**[22:20] Feles**
*This* is "true art"?
**[22:22] Mikhail**
Slappy-slappy Punch!
**[22:26] Mirpen**
Mikhail...
**[22:30] Mirpen**
You went so far as defecting to the West...
**[22:34] Mirpen**
to do *this*?!
**[22:43] Equa**
Mikhail-san is working
hard to become a success.
**[22:46] Equa**
I'm so impressed with him.
**[22:49] Martes**
Capitalism is *rough*!