E9 - Unphysical Layer
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Huh?
[00:55] ---
Stay away.
[01:01] ---
One more step, and you'll
never be able to go back.
[01:04] ---
Gripen.
[01:06] ---
If you make too much contact
with the Unphysical Layer,
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your mind will be unable to maintain itself.
[01:10] ---
The more time passes, the more
indistinct your existence becomes.
[01:14] ---
The Un... What?
[01:18] ---
Johari's Window is open.
[01:20] ---
You fell through.
[01:24] ---
Where are we?
[01:27] ---
The sea.
[01:28] ---
The sea?
[01:30] ---
This is the only place where
I can get my memories back.
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Memories?
[01:36] ---
What did you remember?
[01:38] ---
Everything.
[01:40] ---
Even the reason you stabilize
when you're with me?
[01:43] ---
I understand it.
[01:45] ---
Why?
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Because that's how I was made.
[01:48] ---
Made? By who?
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What? What did you say?
[02:00] ---
Then, um...
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What are the Xi?
[02:05] ---
They are... hope.
[02:08] ---
"Hope"?
[02:10] ---
In order to...
[02:14] ---
Hey! Gripen!
[02:28] ---
A dream?
[04:01] ---
Kei, the lunches are ready!
[04:01] ---
Unphysical Layer
[04:04] ---
Are you ready to go?
[04:05] ---
I need to pack up the blanket.
[04:07] ---
And the trash bags and towels...
[04:09] ---
Wake up already!
[04:12] ---
Sorry, I'm feeling groggy this morning.
[04:15] ---
Did I have a weird dream, maybe?
[04:18] ---
I'll get the stuff ready!
[04:20] ---
You just get yourself ready!
[04:23] ---
But...
[04:24] ---
Just hurry up!
[04:29] ---
What great weather!
[04:31] ---
Come on, slow down.
[04:33] ---
We can't have any fun if our day
off is too jam-packed to breathe.
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But you never say you want
to go to picnics and stuff...
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And I've got this feeling
that if I don't hurry,
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you're going to run off again.
[04:48] ---
What?
[04:49] ---
There's no reason for it.
[04:51] ---
It's just a feeling.
[04:53] ---
Sorry for being weird.
[04:55] ---
Anyway, you're sure you don't
have work today, right?
[04:59] ---
Yeah.
[05:01] ---
Well, unless the Xi attack.
[05:04] ---
But things on the continent have been
calm ever since the attack on Umidori.
[05:09] ---
Okay, off we go!
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Let's have fun!
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Get in. We need to talk.
[05:17] ---
Um... we've got plans.
[05:21] ---
We have important plans, too.
[05:23] ---
And we need you.
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There's no time. Let's go.
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Wait!
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Hey!
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Kei, you jerk!
[05:32] ---
Now what do I do?
[05:35] ---
Are you okay?
[05:36] ---
Whose fault do you think it is?
[05:39] ---
Sorry, but this is important.
[05:40] ---
Our negotiating partners kept their
plans vague until the last second.
[05:44] ---
This morning, they insisted
on a rush meeting.
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"Negotiating partners"?
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The US Military.
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I'll have them explain when we get there.
[05:55] ---
If I tried to explain, it would
probably just confuse you.
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So when will I be able to get home?
[06:01] ---
It'll be a while.
[06:03] ---
It's going to take three hours
just to get there and back.
[06:05] ---
Three hours?
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Where are we going?
[06:10] ---
Atsugi.
SIGN Atsugi Base
[06:20] ---
It's been a while.
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Two years since we've met in person, I think.
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There was no real need for us to meet.
[06:29] ---
Oh, I'll introduce you.
[06:31] ---
This is William Shankle from DARPA.
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He and I were grad students in the same lab.
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And now we both work for the military.
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DARPA?
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The American Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency.
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An R&D lab for their military.
[06:49] ---
Oh, you're the two man cell
everybody talks about?
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Welcome to Atsugi.
[06:56] ---
An Anima?
[07:05] ---
You really are a normal human.
[07:07] ---
You sure you haven't been modified anywhere?
[07:10] ---
No artificial arms or
legs, or implanted chips?
[07:13] ---
No, I'm...
[07:15] ---
Rhino, that's rude.
[07:18] ---
You need to introduce yourself
before you start asking questions.
[07:21] ---
I told you that.
[07:22] ---
Okay!
[07:25] ---
I'm F/A-18E-ANM Rhino, with
the American Pacific fleet!
[07:31] ---
We'll be going on the next mission together!
[07:35] ---
Nice to meet you.
[07:36] ---
Mission?
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You weren't told?
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It was really sudden.
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I thought it would be better to share the
information we have once everyone's together.
[07:46] ---
Sheesh...
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Lazy ass.
[07:49] ---
Um, what mission?
[07:52] ---
The Shanghai Landing Mission.
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We're going to establish a beachhead on the
continent to help launch a counterattack.
[08:01] ---
Let me introduce myself properly.
[08:04] ---
I'm William Shankle. My specialty is AI,
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but at the moment, I'm researching
Anima and Daughters.
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Rhino here is one of the things we've made.
[08:13] ---
Oh, I'm Narutani Kei.
[08:16] ---
And this is...
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JAS39 ANM Gripen.
[08:21] ---
I'm happy to meet you both.
[08:24] ---
As we were just saying, we're planning
an invasion of the continent.
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Taking back Shanghai?
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If we work with you Japanese
Anima, we can do it.
[08:40] ---
We're participating, too?
[08:43] ---
But...
[08:44] ---
But?
[08:46] ---
In the last mission, we ran into
an incredible number of Xi.
[08:51] ---
At Umidori?
[08:53] ---
Yes. There were a hundred,
no, two hundred there!
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If we're attacking China itself,
there'll be even more, right?
[09:02] ---
I see. So you're concerned we
don't have enough firepower.
[09:06] ---
You're right. The US is
behind in Anima research.
[09:10] ---
Our only success so far has been Rhino here.
[09:14] ---
But then even if we join you,
that's only four or five Anima.
[09:19] ---
We have a plan.
[09:20] ---
A plan?
[09:21] ---
There are ways to deal with
the Xi besides using Anima.
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The FQ-150A Brawler.
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An unmanned fighter
developed to fight the Xi.
[10:14] ---
An unmanned fighter?
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We analyzed the combat data
from the Anima and Daughters,
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turned it into software, and
loaded it into the fighters.
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Twelve of them, a full squadron,
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will be used in this operation.
[10:28] ---
But if the Xi use their EPCM,
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only Anima can hit them, right?
[10:34] ---
We've analyzed over 10 billion
EPCM patterns and developed
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an algorithm that can deal with it.
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The Brawler can identify the direction
and intensity of the jamming,
[10:45] ---
and respond exactly as an
Anima could in every manner.
[10:49] ---
It can shoot them down?
[10:52] ---
I'm sure of it.
[10:55] ---
You can't expect a crappy knock-off
like that to work in a real battle.
[10:59] ---
You had to use statistical analysis because
you couldn't actually figure out
[11:02] ---
how EPCM works, right, Willy?
[11:06] ---
It's better than letting something
as unscientific as an Anima
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remain a black box while using it in combat!
[11:11] Background
Who was it who was begging
me for my combat data?
[11:13] Foreground
Hey, let's get lunch.
[11:14] Foreground
They're going to be a while.
[11:16] Background
Without me, you never
could've gotten this done.
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But...
[11:19] Background
I took what you and the Russians
started and perfected it!
[11:21] Foreground
Yeah.
[11:24] Foreground
Let's go.
[11:24] Background
If we ever want something to fight
the Xi with besides Anima...
[11:26] Foreground
Hurry, hurry.
[11:27] Foreground
Let's go!
[11:28] Background
Your plan is to use these ugly knock-offs?
[11:31] ---
What do you think about
those unmanned fighters?
[11:34] ---
I don't know.
[11:35] ---
I don't hear anything from them.
[11:38] ---
They're as cold and silent as iron.
[11:41] ---
They're not like Daughters?
[11:43] ---
No. It's hard to put it into words.
[11:47] ---
Can they fight the Xi?
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That's impossible.
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Their movements are simplistic,
and their reaction time is slow.
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All they could do is try and dodge.
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I see...
[11:58] ---
But that changes if there's enough of them.
[12:01] ---
Having any allies who can
work under EPCM is valuable.
[12:05] ---
Yashirodoori-san didn't seem to like them.
[12:09] ---
I think he doesn't like sending unmanned
fighters up knowing they'll be shot down.
[12:14] ---
Because it's not elegant?
[12:17] ---
Haruka sees no difference
between humans and machines.
[12:20] ---
If you think of the two as separate,
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we Anima are also unmanned units.
[12:26] ---
Which means we're expendable, too.
[12:29] ---
I'm back!
[12:31] ---
I bought a little bit too much.
[12:34] ---
A little bit too much?
[12:36] ---
Don't worry about it. It's my treat.
[12:40] ---
That's not the issue.
[12:42] ---
Kei, hurry.
[12:44] ---
I am being forced to endure terribly!
[12:48] ---
Okay, let's eat.
[12:57] ---
Hey, can I ask a question?
[12:59] ---
Wh-What?
[13:01] ---
How come she can only
fly when she's with you?
[13:03] ---
Can you two feel each
other when you're apart?
[13:06] ---
Are you, like, connected
by a mysterious power?
[13:09] ---
H-Hold on!
[13:11] ---
I don't really know myself.
[13:14] ---
The JSDF is looking into it, but...
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I see.
[13:19] ---
Sorry.
[13:20] ---
No, it's fine.
[13:22] ---
Tell me about the other Anima, then.
[13:25] ---
There're others besides Gripen, right?
[13:27] ---
Y-Yeah.
[13:29] ---
One of them's really silly and loud.
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And one's really mean and sarcastic.
[13:36] ---
Do I have a cold?
[13:38] ---
Don't worry.
[13:40] ---
They say a certain type of
person won't catch colds.
[13:44] ---
What are Kei-san and Gripen doing
at Atsugi right now, I wonder?
[13:48] ---
They might be eating a ton
of food at a welcoming party!
[13:50] ---
I wish I could've gone!
[13:53] ---
I'm so jealous.
[13:54] ---
You've got lots of other Anima around you.
[13:57] ---
America isn't making any
other Anima besides you?
[14:00] ---
Nope! We keep spending a
ton of money and failing.
[14:04] ---
The higher-ups are panicking, you know.
[14:07] ---
If Japan and America fought, it
would be four Anima against one.
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Eight versus one if Russia joined in.
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War with Japan?
[14:17] ---
"Prepare for the worst"
is the military's motto.
[14:21] ---
That's probably why they're making
those cheap Brawler things.
[14:25] ---
That's... But...
[14:27] ---
Humans are weird, huh?
[14:29] ---
They've got an enemy outside already,
[14:31] ---
and they're looking for an enemy inside.
[14:36] ---
Hey, what do you think?
[14:38] ---
We look like humans.
[14:41] ---
Will the same thing ever happen to us?
[14:43] ---
Will we make groups, draw distinctions
between friends and outsiders,
[14:47] ---
and look for things to fight each other over?
[14:52] ---
There you are.
[14:54] ---
I've been looking for you.
[14:55] ---
Sorry. We were getting lunch.
[14:58] ---
Narutani-kun, do you have
some time after this?
[15:01] ---
Yeah.
[15:03] ---
You too, Gripen, if possible.
[15:07] ---
As I said earlier, AI is my specialty.
[15:12] ---
And I've been wondering if it's possible to
analyze the Xi's actions from that perspective.
[15:16] ---
The Xi's actions?
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It's impossible to analyze any single action,
[15:20] ---
but with millions or tens
of millions of data points,
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it should be possible to see
what priorities drive them.
[15:26] ---
Were you able to do it?
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If only it were that easy.
[15:31] ---
But...
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I was able to make a simple simulation.
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It's a game, basically.
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Blue are human military units.
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Green are civilians.
[15:41] ---
Red are the Xi.
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Once you're done moving, it's Red's turn.
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The CPU will select the appropriate response
for the Xi to take based on your actions,
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using the data it has on them.
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The areas where civilians
are gathered are cities.
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No other areas can hold
large numbers of people,
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and as time passes, unit numbers
outside cities decline.
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Humans can't survive for long periods of
time without infrastructure, after all.
[16:05] ---
Then I have to protect the cities, don't I?
[16:08] ---
That's one of the things
we'd like to see how someone
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who isn't part of the research team chooses.
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What do I do to win?
[16:15] ---
There are two ways. One
is to wipe out the Xi.
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The second is to keep
humanity alive for 10 years.
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If humanity's wiped out before 10
years have passed, it's game over.
[16:31] ---
Interested?
[16:34] ---
Where do I start? I know...
[16:43] ---
If I remember right, when
the Xi first appeared,
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none of the nations of the
world really believed it.
[16:48] ---
They didn't trust each other, and so
their response was delayed, right?
[16:51] ---
They all thought it might actually
be an army from another country.
[16:54] ---
If everybody had cooperated from the start...
[16:57] ---
Yes, that's a standard opening, but...
[17:06] ---
You need to keep in mind how
much more powerful they are.
[17:09] ---
It's impossible to beat
the Xi with equal numbers.
[17:36] ---
That's a loss.
[17:38] ---
You lasted 30 turns. Two
and a half years, I guess.
[17:42] ---
Can I try again?
[17:45] ---
As many times as you like.
[18:17] ---
That's enough.
[18:22] ---
All right, I guess it's your turn next.
[18:25] ---
Me?
[18:26] ---
Yeah.
[18:27] ---
I won't force you to, but...
[18:29] ---
Kei?
[18:31] ---
Go for it.
[18:39] ---
Listen, you can't...
[18:43] ---
Shut up and watch.
[19:14] ---
How?
[19:15] ---
The cities were annihilated. There's
not a single military unit left.
[19:18] ---
But...
[19:20] ---
Humanity survived.
[19:24] ---
All you did was draw humanity
away from the cities.
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Into the mountains and forests, places
it's hard to imagine humans surviving.
[19:33] ---
What made you do that?
[19:36] ---
I don't know.
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I just felt it was better to do that.
[19:41] ---
Felt?
[19:43] ---
Yes. Intuition.
[19:46] ---
It just felt right that way.
[19:48] ---
Intuition?
[19:49] ---
Is it Haruka's programming?
[19:51] ---
Or an effect of the machine learning?
[19:53] ---
Hey, Shankle-san!
[19:53] ---
Or something else...
[19:55] ---
I want to analyze your thought
routines and memory area.
[19:59] ---
You don't mind, right?
[20:00] ---
I won't hurt your personality data.
[20:03] ---
Just a little... just a little!
[20:05] ---
Please!
[20:07] ---
Shankle-san!
[20:09] ---
Yashirodoori-san?
[20:11] ---
We're leaving.
[20:13] ---
Okay...
[20:16] ---
Haruka!
[20:17] ---
What humanity needs is information!
[20:20] ---
If we just accept things as they
are, we'll never move forward!
[20:25] ---
Willy, you don't understand
what the Anima are.
[20:39] ---
Um, what did you mean back there?
[20:43] ---
About how he didn't understand
what the Anima are.
[20:46] ---
Do you think it's possible to
analyze a living creature's brain?
[20:50] ---
To perfectly explain every
single action it takes?
[20:54] ---
I don't think so.
[20:57] ---
You're right.
[20:58] ---
The Xi's core is the same way.
[21:00] ---
The minute you see them as computers,
[21:02] ---
you cease to be able to understand
what they really are.
[21:06] ---
That idiot Shankle sees
Anima as simple programs.
[21:10] ---
That's why he jumps to conclusions.
[21:12] ---
He thinks that if we could read their source
code, we could reveal their hidden mysteries.
[21:17] ---
Do these things look that simple to you?
[21:20] ---
They have minds. They think.
[21:23] ---
Which means they're not programs.
[21:25] ---
We need to educate and speak to
them and make them our allies.
[21:29] ---
We need to be persistent,
and spend the time it takes.
[21:33] ---
The Anima and Xi are different, right?
[21:36] ---
Of course!
[21:37] ---
What are you talking about?
[21:49] ---
You're you... right?
[23:27] ---
Next time on Girly Air Force...
[23:30] ---
ALT 10: "The Mission to Retake Shanghai."
SIGN The Mission to Retake Shanghai
[23:34] ---
Barbie 01, cleared for take off!
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