E1 - Idea 1
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[00:03] Nar
In the beginning, God created
the heavens and the earth.
[00:07] Nar
He followed them
[00:11] Nar
with light, waters, and the land.
[00:15] Nar
Then he created the many animals
that would inhabit it.
[00:20] Nar
Or... that was the plan.
[00:23] Nar
It got too tedious, so he outsourced it.
SIGN Heaven's Design Team
[02:00] Ued
This is Heaven's design team,
[02:03] Ued
the department where animals are created.
[02:06] Ued
Shimoda-kun, as the newly-hired angel,
[02:09] Ued
you'll be responsible for communication
between the team and God.
[02:12] Shi
Yes, I will do my best!
[02:14] Miz
Ueda-san, is that the new guy?
[02:17] Ued
Yes, be nice to him.
[02:19] Shi
My name is Sh-Shimoda. It's nice to meet you!
[02:22] Miz
Yeah, yeah, welcome.
[02:24] Shi
So God doesn't create
every single animal himself?
[02:28] Ued
There are just too many, so he outsourced
their design and creation to us.
[02:33] Ued
We're an OEM, manufacturing
with the customer's branding.
[02:38] Ued
And God is our client.
[02:40] Shi
That's very illuminating!
[02:42] Ued
It's time for the meeting.
I hope you're ready.
[02:46] Shi
Yes!
[02:47] Tsu
Starting today, a new angel,
Shimoda-kun, will be joining us.
[02:52] Shi
I'm so excited to be here!
[02:53] Tsu
Great.
[02:55] Tsu
I'll jump right into the first agenda item.
[02:57] Tsu
The order from the client
we'll discuss today is:
[03:00] Tsu
"An animal that can eat leaves
that are really high up."
[03:04] Tsu
There are three suggestions so far.
[03:07] Tsu
We'll start with mine.
[03:10] Shi
Wow, a pegasus!
[03:12] Shi
Indeed, a flying animal
can reach leaves anywhere.
[03:17] Miz
Chief Saturn, a horse again?
[03:20] Tsu
Is there a problem?
[03:21] Tsu
The horse design can be
infinitely refactored.
[03:24] Ued
Chief Saturn's best-known
work is the horse.
[03:27] Shi
That's a masterpiece!
[03:29] Ued
Yes, but because the horse
is such a masterpiece,
[03:33] Ued
he now bases all of his designs on it.
[03:35] Tsu
Let's see the next
suggestion, Mercury-kun.
[03:38] Miz
Right.
[03:39] Miz
This is the Ping Pong Tree.
[03:41] Kim
I-Is this an animal?
[03:43] Kim
Rather than eating leaves that are high up,
[03:46] Kim
it looks more like a
plant that gets eaten.
[03:50] Miz
I am not afraid of being innovative,
and I endeavor to design
[03:53] Miz
something that is not constrained
by established norms.
[03:55] Kim
Yeah, I think you went too far.
[03:58] Miz
It can grow and shrink in length at will.
[04:01] Miz
And it captures prey with these balls.
[04:05] Kan
Ew, gross!
[04:07] Kan
Why would you design
something like that?
[04:09] Kan
It's not beautiful.
[04:11] Mei
Really? I like it.
[04:13] Uma
Yeah, Pluto-chan has come up
with carnivorous plants before.
[04:17] Uma
I can see why you like it.
[04:19] Shi
Carnivorous plants...
[04:20] Ued
She's a designer, as well. Her
best-known work is the poisonous frog.
[04:25] Tsu
Now, on to the last suggestion.
[04:27] Tsu
Neptune-kun came up with
this long-necked deer.
[04:31] Uma
Well, if it's an animal that can
eat leaves from the top of trees,
[04:36] Uma
I figured a long neck would help,
so I tried that.
[04:40] All
That's so simple.
[04:42] Tsu
Such a simple idea, Neptune-kun.
[04:44] Uma
It is, huh?
[04:46] Tsu
Anyway, let's toss it to the
engineer to see if it could work
[04:49] Tsu
when we let it loose on Earth.
[04:51] Shi
Engineer?
[04:53] Ued
Designs must pass a number of tests
so we're sure they'll survive on Earth,
SIGN Prototype Lab
[04:58] Ued
Hence this prototype lab.
[05:01] Ued
You submit the design proposals
to the engineer here.
[05:04] Tsu
The engineer makes prototypes based on
our designs to see if they are viable.
[05:10] Shi
So there's even a mechanical department!
[05:13] Shi
Oh, the door opened.
[05:15] Tsu
That was rather quick.
[05:19] Hig
Saturn-san...
[05:20] Hig
I recall telling you that
we cannot make a pegasus.
[05:24] Tsu
Mars-san, I was hoping
that you could do it anyway.
[05:26] Tsu
I mean, it's cool. It's a horse.
[05:28] Hig
An animal this big cannot fly!
[05:31] Hig
I've told you time and time again!
[05:33] Hig
Please accept it already!
[05:35] Ued
That's Mars-san, our engineer.
[05:37] Hig
There's not enough muscle mass
to use those wings to fly.
[05:40] Kane
That's right. Making an animal
fly is a real challenge.
[05:44] Kane
Making it lighter wasn't easy,
so I had to make the bones
[05:47] Kane
and the feather stems hollow, dial up
its excretion frequency, and so on.
SIGN Hollow Inside
[05:51] Kane
The pursuit of beauty isn't trivial.
[05:54] Shi
So, basically, making a
pegasus reality means...
[05:57] Shi
a mega-buff muscle horse that
rapid-fires dung all over?
SIGN Rat-tat-tat
SIGN Rat-tat-tat
SIGN Rat-tat-tat
[06:04] Hig
That's why it's impossible.
SIGN Rejected
[06:05] Tsu
Oh, no.
[06:08] Hig
And Mercury-san, your
Ping Pong Tree also won't work.
[06:12] Hig
It couldn't handle gravity.
SIGN Rejected
[06:15] Hig
Which leaves us with this long-necked deer.
It won't work like this, though.
[06:19] Uma
Really? It should be able to eat...
[06:22] Hig
I figured you'd say that, so I made
it according to your original design.
[06:35] Hig
Cerebral anemia.
[06:37] Hig
If the neck is 10 meters long,
you need a 1.5 ton heart
[06:41] Hig
to transport the blood to the head.
[06:43] Hig
That's why it immediately
collapses from lightheadedness.
[06:46] Shi
The poor thing!
[06:47] Uma
Then how about making the
legs longer instead?
[06:50] Miz
How will it drink water?
[06:53] Miz
That won't work.
[06:54] Kan
Then how about something in between?
[06:56] Shi
Right.
[06:57] Shi
Then both leaves and
water will be reachable!
[06:59] Miz
It also relieves pressure on the heart
and solves the lightheadedness.
[07:04] Hig
All right, I'll take it back
and make another prototype.
[07:06] Hig
But despite being this big,
this pup only eats leaves, right?
[07:09] Hig
I wonder if it can sustain itself.
[07:11] Kim
Then why not make it like the
cows I made a while back?
SIGN Bacteria
[07:15] Kim
They keep bacteria in their gut
that turns leaves into protein.
[07:19] Kim
With those, even a large
animal can be an herbivore.
[07:22] Hig
Okay, I'll try that.
[07:25] Kim
I'll come, too. I want to taste it.
[07:27] Miz
As soon as he makes an animal,
he does a taste test.
[07:30] Shi
A real diversity of ideas here, huh?
SIGN And then...
[07:35] Hig
It's done.
[07:38] Uma
It's so big that it bonks its head.
[07:40] Uma
Should we add horns?
[07:42] Mei
That's not a deer anymore.
[07:44] Tsu
How about adding some horse elements
to its face, something horsey?
[07:47] Kim
It already tastes good
without horseradish.
[07:49] Mei
Stop horsing around.
[07:51] Kan
It's a bit sad without decoration.
[07:53] Kan
I'll come up with something!
[07:56] Ued
Oh, Shimoda-kun, did you just...
[07:59] Shi
I got a message from God.
[08:01] Shi
God has spoken!
SIGN Giraffe
SIGN Accepted
[08:07] God
Accepted!
[08:09] Shi
Wow, it's the birth of a new life form!
[08:13] Tsu
Shimoda-kun, congratulations for
finishing your first assignment!
[08:18] Hig
I told you it's not getting enough protein.
[08:22] Ued
God has spoken again!
SIGN Ping Pong
Tree Sponge
SIGN Accepted
[08:24] God
Accepted!
[08:26] Miz
Seriously?
SIGN The Illustrated Guide to Creatures That Really Exist
[08:28] Ken
The Illustrated Guide to Creatures
That Really Exist!
[08:32] Shi
They're up to five meters tall.
[08:34] Shi
In the wild, they even sleep standing up.
[08:37] Hig
They give birth standing up, as well.
[08:39] Hig
The distance of their butt from
the ground is about two meters.
[08:42] Shi
Wait, what about the babies then?
[08:43] Hig
The moment they are born, they fall
two meters and smack the ground!
[08:47] Shi
That's terrible!
[08:48] Hig
They have soft, tender bodies
so that they don't get hurt.
[08:52] Hig
This is how they drink water.
[08:55] Shi
Wouldn't the blood rush to their heads?
[08:57] Hig
There's an organ near the brain that
stores excess blood, so they're fine.
[09:01] Shi
They're really well tuned!
[09:11] Miz
Among the tens of thousands
of designs we create,
[09:14] Miz
one will stand out and change everything.
[09:18] Miz
This is Saturn-san's
masterpiece, the horse.
[09:21] Miz
I wanted to add some
revolutionary ideas to it.
[09:25] Miz
Front legs? Unnecessary.
[09:27] Miz
Hind legs? Unnecessary.
[09:30] Miz
There's no need to have a separate
hole for intercourse and excretion.
[09:35] Miz
Thus, let me introduce this
revolutionary animal to you.
[09:43] Miz
It's the snake.
[09:45] Kan
I hate this!
[09:47] Kan
Why did our client allow this one to pass?!
[09:50] Miz
Obviously, because the snake's
design is excellent.
[09:53] Kan
I'm so pissed!
[09:54] Shi
I-Is something wrong?
[09:55] Miz
That was an unexpected turn of events.
[09:58] Kim
Sometimes we are curious about how
the animals we designed are doing,
[10:02] Kim
so we take a peek at Earth.
[10:04] Miz
Indeed. The bird class that Venus
did is designed really well.
SIGN Weaver
Bird
SIGN Cry
[10:08] Miz
Especially their eggs.
SIGN Weaver
Bird
SIGN Cry
SIGN I love
these
eggs ♥
SIGN Egg-Eating Snake
[10:10] Kan
What kind of snake only eats
a certain bird's eggs?
[10:13] Kan
A freaking gourmet?!
[10:14] Kim
It's fine! It means they're just that delicious.
[10:16] Kan
It's not fine!
[10:18] Miz
Incidentally, with its simple body shape,
[10:20] Miz
the snake can move, climb, and capture prey.
[10:24] Kan
The more I hear, the more that
thing sounds like it's cheating!
[10:27] Kan
I really want to see that snake suffer!
[10:29] ---
But how to do it...
[10:32] Kim
How about an egg that's hard to eat?
[10:34] Shi
Good idea. Mercury-san,
you should help, too.
[10:37] Miz
How about adding spikes to the egg, then?
[10:40] Shi
That would definitely hurt the
mother when she's laying them!
[10:43] Miz
Then how about having the egg
stick to the parent's belly?
SIGN Stick
[10:45] Miz
The egg could walk.
[10:47] Miz
Or the parent could wrap it
in a cloth and carry it.
[10:50] Kan
Something serious, please?
[10:52] Miz
Then why not just make the shell so
tough the snake can't digest it?
[10:56] Shi
That's good! Right?
[10:59] Kim
Let's have Mars-san make it.
[11:02] Hig
Here you go.
[11:03] Kan
Soon the chick will be born.
[11:13] Shi
Oh no, it exhausted itself!
[11:16] Kim
How about making it hatch faster
when it senses a snake approaching?
[11:19] Hgi
Here you go.
[11:24] Shi
It hatched!
[11:26] Shi
Of course.
[11:28] Kan
It's fine, it's just for the demo.
[11:31] Kan
Ask Mars-san to take it out.
[11:33] Shi
Okay.
[11:36] Kim
That's too bad. It was able to
sense the snake's vibrations...
[11:40] Kim
How about making it jump
out of the nest to escape?
[11:42] Miz
That's jumping from
the frying pan into the fire.
[11:46] Kim
Yeah, they wouldn't be able to fly yet.
[11:48] Shi
The poor thing!
[11:50] Kim
I guess that won't work unless they can
fully move right after being born.
[11:53] Kim
Something like tadpoles.
[11:55] Shi
Oh, "new and fun frogs" are always welcome.
[11:59] Kim
All right, then I'll try submitting that idea.
[12:02] Miz
Well, basically, the snake has no weaknesses.
[12:06] Miz
By the way, the snake can smell by tasting
particles in the air with its tongue.
[12:12] Kan
Th-That smug face again!
[12:14] Kan
The snake and you both
piss me off so much!
[12:16] Kan
Just you wait! The birds won't
be the helpless victims forever!
SIGN Days Later
[12:20] Shi
Jupiter-san!
[12:22] Shi
Your idea from the other day for the frog
that can evade snakes got accepted!
SIGN Accepted
SIGN Red-Eyed
Tree Frog
[12:28] Kim
Really?
[12:29] Kim
Oh, so it passed.
[12:31] Kan
What kind of tweaks did
you do? Please tell me!
[12:34] Kim
Well, as long as the snake
is just looking at them,
[12:37] Kim
the hatching won't begin.
[12:39] Kim
But as soon as the snake strikes,
[12:42] Kim
the tadpoles sense the vibrations
and escape into the water.
[12:45] Kan
That's so clever!
[12:47] Kan
I'm jealous. My birdies
still can't do anything.
[12:52] Shi
Venus-san...
[12:54] Kim
Let's try thinking about it
from the beginning.
[12:57] Kim
So, the snake is approaching.
[13:00] Kim
What happens next?
[13:02] Kan
It's hard. Even if they go higher,
the snake will just climb after them.
[13:06] Kan
Freaking snakes... Freaking Mercury!
[13:10] Kim
Couldn't the parent run away with the nest?
[13:13] Kan
That's as ridiculous as the cloth
carrier idea that Mercury had.
[13:16] Kan
Oh, but wait.
[13:18] Kan
Wouldn't a nest like this
make it harder to eat the eggs?
[13:18] ---
Cross-Section
[13:20] Kan
If the nest is open on the bottom,
the birdies can fly in,
[13:24] Kan
but the snakes would fall down, right?
[13:26] Kim
I see! So let's come up with a
bird that makes hanging nests!
[13:30] Kan
It can't be a new species! I want to
get revenge on that gourmet snake!
[13:34] Kim
So you'll do an update.
[13:36] Kan
Yes.
[13:37] Shi
An update?
[13:39] Kim
Oh, Shimoda-kun, you don't know yet.
[13:41] Kan
It means adding new features
to existing creatures.
[13:45] Kan
How about this design?
SIGN Accepted
SIGN Weaver Bird
[13:48] God
Update!
[13:51] Kan
I'm so happy!
[13:52] Kim
Now they won't be easy prey for the snakes.
SIGN More Days Later...
[13:57] Shi
Good morning—
[14:01] Shi
Wh-What happened to Venus-san?
[14:04] Mei
No clue. She's been like that since
she looked down at Earth.
[14:08] Kim
Apparently, the situation with
the updated bird is escalating.
[14:12] Tsu
The birds enhance their nests.
The snakes redouble their attack intensity.
[14:16] Tsu
Rinse, repeat.
[14:17] Miz
Want to look?
SIGN Type of Weaver Bird
(Sociable Weaver)
[14:22] Shi
It looks like a dungeon.
[14:25] Kan
It's not beautiful!
[14:26] Kan
And even though they're trying so hard,
the snakes still keep coming.
[14:31] Kan
The birdies really do take
after me! They're so brave.
[14:34] Miz
You mean insane?
[14:38] Kan
That's why I thought of a new bird.
[14:41] Kan
Is it possible for me to present
something to the client?
[14:44] Shi
Uh, sure.
[14:45] Shi
The bird class is also always welcome.
[14:51] Shi
God has spoken!
SIGN Accepted
SIGN Secretary
Bird
[14:53] God
Accepted!
[14:55] Kan
Yay!
[14:55] Miz
How?!
[14:57] Miz
This design has gone off the rails in regard
to both personal resentment and taste!
[15:00] Miz
Why did the client give this one a pass?
[15:04] Kan
Probably because my bird
design is excellent.
[15:10] Miz
No, my adorable snake!
SIGN The Illustrated Guide to Creatures That Really Exist
[15:14] Ken
The Illustrated Guide to Creatures
That Really Exist!
[15:17] Mei
Its red eyes make it so cute!
Is it poisonous?
[15:20] Kim
Nope.
[15:21] Kim
The purpose of these red eyes is to flash
them at the enemies to startle them.
[15:26] Mei
And while the enemy is hesitating,
they make their escape.
[15:29] Kim
They are seriously amazing at running away.
[15:31] Mei
I mean, they have the ability to escape
even when they're in the egg!
[15:35] Mei
Besides snakes, they can also
sense floods or droughts,
[15:38] Mei
and turn into tadpoles early
when they feel imminent danger.
[15:41] Mei
The red-eyed tree frog is a natural-born−
No, a pre-birth master of danger mitigation!
[15:47] Mei
Jupiter-san, do you like frogs?
[15:49] Kim
I do! I mean, they're tasty!
[15:56] Kim
I kinda want to eat something tasty.
[15:59] Shi
Should we have a coffee break?
[16:00] Kim
I don't mean right now.
[16:03] Shi
Oh, then I'll make cream puffs
for the next time.
[16:05] Uma
Shimoda-kun, you can make pastries?
[16:08] Kim
No, what I meant is that
I want to eat a tasty creature.
[16:13] Kim
All right! Let's make a tasty animal!
[16:16] Shi
H-He's talking like he's about to cook...
[16:19] Uma
There goes Jupiter-kun's bad habit.
[16:22] Kim
Hey, Shimoda-kun and Neptune-san,
what are you designing?
[16:26] Kim
Can I do a taste test?
[16:28] Uma
N-Nothing's really done yet!
[16:30] Kim
Oh, don't be like that.
Let me see! I can help!
[16:35] Shi
Does this always happen?
[16:37] Kim
You know, you always treat me
like I'm some weird freak,
[16:41] Kim
but the Earth is built on the
principle of the food chain.
[16:44] Kim
Taste is very important!
[16:47] Kim
Its face is so slim!
[16:49] Kim
What kind of creature is this?
[16:52] Shi
Neptune-san is currently
working on an order from God.
[16:56] Shi
It has to be an animal
that eats tiny amounts.
[16:58] Uma
But nothing's settled yet. It's a rough draft!
[17:01] Hig
Neptune-san, I finished
that prototype you wanted.
[17:04] Hig
Want to go to Galapagos Island?
[17:06] Shi
Galapagos Island?
[17:07] Hig
It's an island for testing if prototypes
will survive the conditions present on Earth.
[17:11] Hig
It's actually on Earth.
[17:12] Shi
I've never been to Earth!
[17:14] Shi
I would love to go!
[17:15] Kim
All right, let's all go have a barbecue!
SIGN Testing Island
Galapagos
[17:30] Shi
It's... plain.
[17:32] Hig
This is its default state.
[17:34] Hig
We run tests by applying themes with
various conditions to the island.
[17:48] Shi
Wow, even the temperature
and humidity changed.
[17:52] Hig
And this is what Neptune-san
asked me to make.
[17:55] Hig
It's an animal that eats ants one by one.
[17:57] Hig
As requested, I made the tongue long
so it can eat ants from ant hills.
[18:02] Hig
If you have any other requests,
now's the time to ask.
[18:11] Shi
What is this pose?!
[18:13] Uma
A threat! It's agonistic behavior!
[18:15] Kim
I like it!
[18:17] Kim
It eats ants, and it's not that fast.
[18:20] Kim
I think this one's yummy!
[18:22] Shi
You can tell just from that?
[18:24] Kim
In my experience, most animals that
eat plants or insects are tasty.
[18:30] Kim
The less muscle mass they have,
the tastier they are.
[18:33] Kim
Yes, I bet this one's delicious!
[18:36] Shi
I... I see.
[18:39] Kim
That buff lion tasted super horrid.
[18:42] Hig
Most carnivores don't taste good.
[18:44] Kim
They're more tender if
they have less muscle.
[18:47] Hig
The slow animals tend to melt in your mouth.
[18:50] Hig
It's because they have more
unsaturated fatty acids.
SIGN Unsaturated Fatty Acids
[18:53] Shi
Speaking of, you know how a chicken's
breast and thigh meat taste different?
SIGN Breast
SIGN Thigh
[18:56] Shi
That's because they're
different types of muscle.
SIGN Tires Quickly
SIGN Doesn't Tire Easily
[19:00] Hig
The chest muscles have
explosive power and tire quickly,
[19:03] Hig
while the thigh has endurance muscles
that don't tire so easily.
[19:06] Hig
That means the breast meat
ends up being drier.
[19:09] Kim
In other words, a marathon runner tastes
better than a 100-meter sprinter.
[19:14] Shi
That analogy scares me!
[19:19] Kim
Oh, that's the animal I came up with,
the "lively sausage" (a working title).
[19:25] Shi
It's literally a sausage, isn't it?
[19:27] Hig
I did make it according to your request,
[19:31] Hig
but it's got no eyes and no legs,
and doesn't run away.
[19:33] Hig
If it's tasty, it's guaranteed to go extinct.
[19:36] Hig
Why not give it at least some mobility?
[19:38] Kim
Sounds good!
[19:39] Uma
Hang on!
[19:40] Uma
The reason we from the design
team do taste tests is to add
[19:45] Uma
other abilities to make it easier
for the tasty animals to survive!
SIGN Crap!
I'm super delicious!
SIGN I'll hide in
these thorns!
[19:49] Uma
And yet here you are, making animals
that are just easy to eat.
[19:53] Kim
Don't worry, Neptune-san.
[19:55] Kim
This sausage (working title) contains an
alkaloid that many animals dislike.
[20:02] Kim
Yes, it's capsaicin!
[20:05] Uma
That's...
[20:06] Shi
That's what makes chili peppers spicy.
[20:08] Shi
So it's just a spicy sausage!
[20:10] Hig
So good!
[20:12] Shi
When did you...
[20:13] Hig
These spicy sausages are the best!
[20:15] Uma
Jupiter-kun, capsaicin won't work on birds,
[20:19] Hig
so you should probably
add some other poison.
[20:22] Kim
Oh, I guess.
[20:24] Hig
Well, let's think about it while we eat.
[20:26] Kim
Agreed!
[20:29] Shi
The flavor is just being
recreated from data.
[20:32] Shi
We should keep the food chain in mind, too.
[20:35] Uma
Well, then Jupiter-kun must
undeniably be at the top of it.
[20:39] Kim
It's really good!
[20:41] Uma
This is no good! It needs
to have more defense...
[20:45] Hig
Oh boy, you made major
changes to the design.
[20:49] Hig
I'll have to remake it, then.
[20:51] Uma
I'm sorry.
[20:52] Hig
But there's an animal that you
could take notes from. Wanna see?
[20:57] Kim
I do! I want to sample it!
[20:59] Hig
Hold on.
[21:02] Kim
I wonder what it'll taste like.
[21:04] Shi
O-On Earth, I guess it's survival of the fittest...
[21:08] Hig
Hey, the glyptodont is here.
[21:22] Shi
Jupiter-san!
[21:24] Shi
God has spoken!
SIGN Anteater
SIGN Accepted
SIGN Accepted
SIGN Armadillo
[21:26] God
Accepted!
[21:28] Uma
Wha? Right now?
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[21:32] Ken
The Illustrated Guide to Creatures
That Really Exist!
[21:36] Kan
It's so cute.
[21:37] Uma
But it's got long claws,
and it's not just cute.
[21:40] Uma
The anteater will go into its
threat pose, so take a look.
[21:45] Both
So cute!
[21:47] Kan
So it is just cute.
[21:49] Kan
The armadillo! It's a relative
of the anteater, right?
[21:52] Uma
The ones with the armor are the armadillos,
[21:54] Uma
and the ones without are the anteaters.
[21:56] Kan
It's in such a nice ball shape.
[21:58] Uma
It's really strong this way!
It can even reflect bullets.
[22:01] Kan
Amazing! And cute!
[22:12] Kim
Oh, man... I saw Heaven.
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