E12 - Idea 12
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[00:00] Yok
Don't worry. I've invited God here, too.
[00:04] Yok
His arrival is imminent.
[00:10] Shi
Th-This light!
[00:13] Shi
Is this...
[00:14] All
God?!
SIGN Heaven's Design Team
[01:54] Shi
Th-The door opened!
[01:56] Shi
Is God really coming to Hell?!
[01:59] Kan
Crap, crap! It'll come out that
Neptune-san faked being sick!
[02:02] Kan
Hide!
[02:04] Shi
This is the bell that
rings when God arrives!
[02:18] Ued
Oh, good evening, everyone.
[02:21] Ued
And congratulations on the
founding of Hell's sales team!
[02:25] Tsu
Ueda-san?
[02:26] Shi
That's an amazing bird.
[02:28] Yok
That's Garuda, the bird God rides on.
[02:31] Yok
It's magnificently gorgeous,
with unwavering bravery.
[02:33] Yok
It's the strongest and most ideal of birds.
[02:35] Yok
So cool!
[02:37] Kim
The flowers are on fire!
[02:39] Kan
Hot! Watch out! You have
to be careful, birdie!
[02:42] Tsu
Where is God, though?
[02:44] Ued
Just when we were about to arrive,
[02:46] Ued
some urgent business came up in Heaven.
[02:48] Ued
So the bird got the flowers
and a celebratory message.
[02:52] Una
Oh, no. The bird's on fire, too!
[02:55] Mei
Extinguish, extinguish!
[02:56] Miz
It's to be expected if it creates that much
fire and there are flowers flying around.
[02:58] Ued
There, there.
[03:00] Shi
Was this maybe one of
your designs, Venus-san?
[03:04] Kan
It didn't pass, but yes.
[03:06] Kan
It wasn't suited to Earth,
but the client liked it,
[03:09] Kan
so now it's their ride.
[03:12] Shi
That's one flashy ride.
[03:14] Yok
Incidentally, what was the issue with it?
[03:16] Kan
I thought it would be beautiful if
it protected itself with flames,
[03:20] Kan
so I made it emit a mist of fat from its
mouth and ignite that with its teeth.
[03:25] Miz
Watch it!
[03:26] Kan
Then I realized that teeth are
quite a bit heavier than beaks.
[03:30] Kan
It couldn't fly right.
[03:32] Kan
It became a bird that would plummet into
a mountain it had just set on fire.
[03:36] Yok
That would make it hard to survive.
[03:39] Yok
Such a shame. It's such a good design!
[03:41] Kan
Right?! That's why I couldn't give up.
[03:44] Kan
I carry around a prototype, but you know...
[03:48] Shi
You brought your work with you?
[03:50] Shi
No, you can't burn that!
[03:52] Ued
It's fine. He's just trying
to deliver a message.
[03:59] Miz
That noise... Is that a tape-based
answering machine?
[04:02] Kim
The client's rocking some
old equipment, huh?
[04:05] Gar
Playing back message.
[04:07] Ued
See?
[04:08] Shi
The bird has a recording function...
[04:11] Gar
Everyone.
[04:14] Shi
It's really God's voice.
[04:16] Miz
Even though I know God's not here,
I'm still nervous.
[04:19] Gar
It's always a pleasure dealing with you.
[04:22] Gar
My congratulations on the
founding of Hell's sales team.
[04:25] Gar
For this occasion,
[04:27] Gar
I would like to present you with an animal that
will be useful in your attractions.
[04:32] Gar
Order!
[04:36] Gar
An animal that can be used
in Hell's attractions.
[04:39] All
What?
[04:40] Kim
I thought the bird was bringing a present.
[04:43] Mei
But we're supposed to make it? Starting now?
[04:46] Gar
A versatile animal that can be sent
to both Earth and Hell would be swell.
[04:51] Tsu
That's unreasonable!
[04:53] Gar
By the way, I thought Neptune was sick,
but I see him at the party.
[04:58] Una
I-I'm sorry! I was faking it!
[05:01] Kan
B-But that's only because
we told him to say that!
[05:04] Mei
He also did finish the order for
the "fluffy but spiky animal"!
[05:08] Gar
I'm glad you're not sick.
[05:10] Gar
I'm looking forward to your next project.
[05:13] Gar
That animal in your arms is accepted.
SIGN Accepted
SIGN Rabbit
[05:17] Gar
All right, everyone, I'm counting on you!
[05:20] Ued
This was a recording, so you
can't have a conversation.
[05:24] Gar
No more messages.
[05:27] Una
God's not mad... and looking
forward to my next project.
[05:31] Shi
That's great. God is so kind.
[05:35] Mei
Not kind at all.
[05:36] Miz
We just got hit with an
unreasonable request.
[05:39] Kim
Aw, man, I was just enjoying
the feast. Now we gotta work?
[05:43] Una
That reminds me, we have to come up
with an alternative idea for the familiar.
[05:47] Yok
That can wait until next time.
[05:49] Tsu
What kind of attractions do
you plan to have in Hell?
[05:52] Yok
Oh, well...
[05:54] Yok
We're planning on doing something not
found in Heaven! Namely, "surprise."
[05:58] Yok
It would be great if it's
"an animal that surprises even angels."
[06:01] Tsu
Even angels...
[06:05] Hig
Easier said than done! A versatile
animal that can be send to Earth and Hell?
[06:10] Hig
On top of that, it needs to surprise angels.
[06:13] Hig
Sounds difficult.
[06:14] Mei
If it was just Shimoda-kun, it'd be easy.
[06:18] Mei
Shimoda-kun!
[06:20] Mei
Hold this.
[06:24] Mei
See? Easy.
[06:25] Shi
Anybody would be surprised if they were
suddenly handed a huge tadpole like this!
[06:30] Shi
This is really huge, though!
How big is the frog going to be?
[06:34] Mei
This big.
[06:35] Shi
That's tiny!
[06:36] Mei
I made it to fulfill the order
"gets smaller as an adult."
[06:40] Mei
The tadpoles are this big so they can
survive in estuaries with high salinity.
[06:45] Shi
Huh? What?
[06:47] Hig
Think of a cube.
[06:49] Hig
If you double the length of one side,
[06:51] Hig
you need eight times as many cubes,
[06:53] Hig
but the surface area is
only four times greater.
SIGN 8 times the volume,
but 4 times the surface area
[06:55] Shi
I see! That's why being bigger makes you
less susceptible to external influences.
[07:00] Hig
And when they become frogs
and leave the saline water,
SIGN Salinity
[07:02] Hig
they don't have to be as big.
[07:06] Hig
Being big also means you have to eat more,
SIGN Paradoxical Frog
[07:10] Hig
so that would make finding
enough food tougher.
[07:12] Shi
Wow, that's amazing.
[07:15] Mei
Ueda-san, were you surprised?
[07:18] Ued
Yes, I was really surprised.
[07:20] Ued
The difference is so stark!
[07:23] Mei
No good. She wasn't surprised at all.
[07:25] Hig
Most things probably don't surprise her.
[07:28] Tsu
How about this?
[07:30] Ued
Oh?
[07:37] Mei
Oh, Shimoda-kun ran away.
[07:40] Ued
That was a shock.
[07:41] Tsu
Hm, that didn't surprise Ueda-san, either.
[07:45] Tsu
Shimoda-kun is... hiding under a table.
[07:49] Tsu
That's a good reaction.
[07:54] Tsu
Experience it.
[07:56] Tsu
The design team's first masterpiece,
the tyrannosaurus.
[08:01] Tsu
The teeth are serrated like steak knives,
[08:03] Tsu
and as big as large bananas,
[08:05] Tsu
able to slice through flesh with ease.
[08:07] Tsu
Its jaw is about nine times as
powerful as an alligator's,
[08:10] Tsu
putting it in the top class of dinosaurs.
[08:17] Tsu
Tables are child's play.
[08:22] Tsu
It doesn't matter where
you run, Shimoda-kun.
[08:26] Tsu
The tyrannosaurus's greatest strength
is neither its speed nor its claws...
[08:35] Tsu
But its sense of smell.
[08:45] Shi
This sound... Could it be?
[08:50] Ued
God?
[08:51] God
Everyone.
[08:53] ---
It's the client!
[08:56] God
Everyone.
[09:00] God
It's always a pleasure dealing with you.
[09:05] God
My congratulations on the
founding of Hell's sales team.
[09:09] Kim
Haven't we heard this before?
[09:10] God
For this occasion, I would like to present you
with an animal that will be useful in...
[09:15] Kan
Yay, what a success!
[09:18] Shi
Venus-san?
[09:20] Ued
So then, that voice just now...
[09:22] God
A versatile animal that can be sent
to both Earth and Hell would be swell.
[09:26] Kan
This birdie's trick. It's very
good at imitating voices.
[09:31] Kan
Even Ueda-san was surprised.
[09:34] Ued
Yes, I was really surprised.
[09:37] Ued
I honestly thought God was with us.
[09:41] Kan
If you want to surprise people at an attraction,
you need sound effects, right?
[09:45] Kan
I made its throat muscles soft, so it
can be super good at imitating voices.
[09:50] Bir
Playing back message.
[09:53] Shi
Wow, even the machine noises are perfect!
[09:55] Shi
But how did it learn God's voice?
[09:58] Kan
Remember when I took it out a bit in Hell?
[10:02] Kan
It looks like it heard and
memorized the voice then.
[10:04] Bir
I-I'm sorry! I was faking it!
[10:07] Shi
O-Oh, that was Neptune-san.
[10:10] Una
That was not good for my heart...
[10:12] Kan
This baby can replay any sound!
[10:15] Kan
Since I took away the
heavy teeth, it can fly,
[10:17] Kan
so the "can go to both Earth and Hell"
part is covered, too!
[10:24] Shi
God has spoken!
[10:27] God
Accepted!
SIGN Accepted
SIGN Superb
Lyrebird
[10:30] Kan
Yes!
[10:32] Mei
That's great!
[10:33] Kim
Well done!
[10:34] Miz
I'm glad that's over.
[10:36] Tsu
Now we can send it to Yokota-san, too.
[10:38] God
Huh, that's an interesting bird.
[10:42] Hig
The real one is here!
[10:44] Bir
Huh, that's an interesting bird.
[10:48] Bir
Who are you?
[10:49] Bir
Who am I?
[10:51] Bir
I am you.
[10:52] Yok
Yay! Now I can play the "dark self
that's buried deep within me" game!
SIGN The Illustrated Guide to Creatures That Really Exist
[10:57] Ken
The Illustrated Guide to Creatures
That Really Exist!
SIGN ° There are various interpretations
[11:02] Yok
Wow! So this is the undisputed
champion of Earth!
[11:05] Yok
By the way, twelve meters seems quite large.
[11:08] Yok
I thought gravity made it impossible
to stand if you're too big?
[11:11] Tsu
That's true, but the tyrannosaurus
is not as heavy as it looks.
[11:16] Yok
Oh, is it like a papier-mâché thing?
[11:19] Tsu
Actually, quite close to that.
[11:21] Tsu
Please consider the bird's
respiratory organs.
SIGN Lung
[11:24] Yok
There are a lot of bags
attached to that lung!
SIGN Air Sacs
[11:26] Tsu
These are called air sacs,
and are part of the
[11:29] Tsu
respiratory system used for
sending air into the lung.
[11:31] Tsu
This system is more efficient than
just breathing with the lung.
[11:35] Tsu
And something similar
to the birds' air sacs—
[11:37] Yok
—was inside the tyrannosaurus, too?
That's why it was light!
[11:41] Yok
It would be inappropriate to compare
life's wisdom to papier-mâché.
[11:45] Yok
How beautiful! A dragon of destruction
that harbors the void in its body!
[11:51] Tsu
Suddenly, I have no idea
what you're talking about.
[12:12] Shi
Hello, everyone—
[12:16] Kin
Oh, no, Shimoda-kun!
[12:18] Kin
Are you all right?!
[12:19] Shi
Ow...
[12:21] Tsu
Are you okay? Are you hurt?
[12:23] Shi
I'm okay. I just stepped on something...
[12:26] Shi
Oh, what's this?
[12:28] Kan
I'm sorry. It's a mess because we're
sorting through old designs right now.
[12:36] Shi
This creature must be a
mascot for something!
[12:39] Shi
What is this? It's so cute!
[12:41] Shi
But I've never seen a creature like this before.
[12:44] Shi
What kind of animal is it?
[12:46] Mei
Oh, that?
[12:47] Kan
It's a rejected rough
draft from a while ago.
[12:49] Kan
That brings back memories.
[12:52] Tsu
I remember now, that design
used to look like this.
[12:55] Shi
So this design was turned
into something else?
[13:00] Kan
What could it be?
[13:02] Tsu
Try guessing!
[13:04] Shi
Uh, can I have a hint?
[13:06] Una
Let's see... It's still cute now.
[13:08] Mei
Somewhat cute.
[13:10] Kim
Unfortunately, it can't be eaten.
[13:12] Tsu
It's not a horse.
[13:13] Miz
Nor a snake.
[13:14] Shi
Those were not hints.
[13:17] Shi
I'm bad at quizzes.
[13:19] Shi
Would it be possible to get
some more helpful hints?
[13:22] Kan
Hm, let's see.
[13:23] Miz
Even though we have
very different tastes,
[13:25] Miz
in this rare instance, we all like it.
[13:28] Kan
True, it might be a character
we've all come to love.
[13:31] Shi
Then I wonder if it's a
masterpiece that even I know about.
[13:34] Kim
If you didn't know about it,
it wouldn't be a quiz, right?
[13:37] Shi
How big is it, roughly?
[13:39] Mei
About 170 centimeters?
[13:42] Shi
That's bigger than I expected!
[13:44] Shi
Appearances often undergo
changes from the rough draft...
[13:47] Shi
Lovable, rather large... Like a lion?
[13:51] Kan
Sorry.
[13:52] Una
That's not it.
[13:53] Tsu
This is the original design for the lion.
[13:57] Shi
That's huge!
[13:58] Shi
Wait, wheels?!
[13:59] Mei
The order was for a "male where
only its appearance is impressive."
[14:03] Shi
"Only"?
[14:04] Kim
If the manliest male in the group gets
all the females and gets to reproduce,
[14:08] Kim
"Then why not just put all his skill points
into looks and forget about the rest?"
SIGN Kindness
SIGN Looks
SIGN Strength
SIGN Intelligence
SIGN Wealth
[14:12] Kim
the client said.
[14:14] Miz
The females can do the hunting.
[14:16] Tsu
So while it was nice that we made him big,
[14:19] Tsu
his movements got sluggish, so we
turned his hind legs into wheels.
[14:24] Shi
I guess he doesn't care about
looks if it's not a horse.
[14:28] Shi
Are these wheels are functional
and not just for decoration?
[14:32] Kan
Of course.
[14:34] Kan
They were able to run across the savanna,
up rocky hills, and over all sorts of terrain.
[14:37] Shi
That sounds useful!
[14:39] Miz
But there was an unexpected downside.
[14:42] Miz
The wheels left tracks, and they were loud.
[14:46] Miz
They gave away the lion's position
and made prey run away.
[14:49] Shi
I see.
[14:50] Shi
But that might be useful for driving
prey where you want them to go.
[14:54] Miz
That's what we thought too, but...
[14:56] Hig
What are you talking about?
[14:57] Una
The pitiable lion.
[15:00] Hig
Ah! You mean the one we set loose on Galapagos,
[15:04] Hig
and was happily driving his prey around
until he got stuck in a swamp.
[15:07] Kim
He couldn't get out, and even
though he was just a demo unit,
[15:11] Kim
we still felt really bad for him.
[15:13] Hig
Is that when we scrapped the idea?
[15:15] Tsu
Now that I think about it,
we might have acted a bit too hastily.
[15:19] Shi
A bit?
[15:20] Kan
In the end, if appearance is all that matters,
[15:23] Kan
we figured that his body doesn't
have to be all that big.
[15:26] Shi
What do you mean?
[15:27] Una
We added a fluffy mane!
[15:30] Una
Since it's just a fluffy mane,
[15:32] Una
it's light, but still makes his
body look cooler and bigger, right?
SIGN Lion
Final Form
[15:37] Kan
We made it so that the more male
hormone testosterone it has,
[15:40] Kan
the more gorgeous the mane.
[15:42] Kan
So that also works as the
proof of an "impressive male."
[15:45] Miz
On top of it, the mane also seemed
to protect his neck.
[15:47] Shi
I see. So that's how you settled
on the design for the lion.
[15:52] Shi
Then that means this one...
[15:53] Shi
Since the antlers look similar,
is it the deer?
[15:57] Tsu
This is the original design for the deer.
[16:00] Shi
It has a tree growing out of its head?!
[16:02] Shi
That's like something from a fairy tale!
[16:04] Mei
We thought that giving it antlers that looked
like a tree could be used for camouflage.
[16:08] Kan
That might have been a bit naïve.
[16:10] Shi
What was the problem?
[16:12] Kan
When the antlers grew over
the course of many years,
[16:15] Kan
they got unnecessarily big.
[16:17] Shi
That's so pretty!
[16:19] Kan
And then, when the female would pick
a male with an impressive tree...
[16:30] Kan
A male whose antlers became thin
was no longer desired at all.
[16:34] Kim
Since the antlers were just as thin as
real branches, they could break off easily.
[16:37] Shi
That poor guy!
[16:38] Kan
If the antlers take years to become impressive,
[16:41] Kan
it also takes years for them to grow back.
[16:44] Kim
And during that entire time,
no female would want him.
[16:46] Shi
That poor guy!
[16:48] Kim
That's why we made it so the
antlers grow in new every year.
[16:51] Kim
This way he can re-enter the
reproduction play-offs again!
[16:54] Shi
Reproduction play-offs?
[16:56] Kan
We went from branch-like
antlers to simple, thick antlers!
[17:00] Shi
Having them regrow every
year sounds draining,
[17:03] Shi
but I guess there's an important reason for it.
[17:05] Shi
It's like a safety mechanism.
[17:08] Shi
Hm, so it's not the deer, either.
Could I get another hint?
[17:12] Tsu
It walks on two legs!
[17:14] Shi
Oh, that's a huge hint!
[17:16] Shi
Right, it's got wings! Could it be a bird?!
[17:20] Shi
Does that mean such a cute
face is rat-a-tatting poop!?
[17:25] Kan
Cut that out!
[17:26] Kan
My birdies were like this
from the beginning!
[17:29] Kan
The fully-formed idea descended into me!
[17:32] Shi
I-I'm sorry.
[17:33] Kan
But I'm impressed you remembered
pooping often to stay light.
[17:37] Kan
Well done.
[17:38] Shi
It left an impression on me.
[17:41] Kan
To begin with, heavy antlers on
a chubby body with tiny wings...
[17:45] Kan
That's not going to fly.
[17:47] Kan
A bird's legs are light and thin.
[17:49] Kan
The arm muscle was moved down to
the pectorals, to help move the wings!
[17:52] Kan
And so its arms were lost,
but instead, it has a long neck.
[17:57] Kan
It can move its head skillfully, right?
[17:59] Shi
Oh, so the long neck is
like an arm replacement.
[18:02] Shi
Kind of like an elephant's trunk.
[18:03] Kim
And the real ones are tasty!
[18:06] Shi
But Jupiter-san, you said this
animal doesn't get eaten, right?
[18:10] Shi
Does that mean it's not a herbivore?
[18:13] Shi
I heard carnivores taste bad...
[18:16] Kim
Hm, not sure.
[18:17] Mei
I guess if you had to say,
it could be a herbivore.
[18:19] Una
I do vouch for its cuteness, though.
[18:21] Shi
Neptune-san says it's cute,
so something fluffy?
[18:25] Miz
I can't say that it's fluffy.
[18:27] Tsu
But Shimoda-kun's really
been doing his homework.
[18:31] Una
Good job.
[18:32] Kan
You're actually listening to what we say.
[18:34] Shi
Well, it's always so interesting
how you solve problems.
[18:38] Shi
But I still don't know what
this rough draft was for.
[18:42] Mei
It shoots beams from its eyes!
[18:44] Shi
Is there an animal like that?!
[18:46] Shi
Oh, is it the whale?!
[18:49] Una
They do shoot beams.
[18:51] Una
But sorry. Wrong.
[18:53] Una
This pup uses the beams to scan designs.
[18:56] Shi
Scan?!
[18:57] Kim
And it prints out documents from its mouth!
[18:59] Shi
Prints out?!
[19:01] Tsu
And the antlers are a Wi-Fi antenna!
[19:03] Shi
That's a multi-function device, right?!
[19:06] Kan
Not quite, but it can do a lot of things.
[19:09] Miz
It's right there.
[19:12] Tsu
It's you.
[19:15] Tsu
Shimoda-kun, it's you.
[19:19] Shi
Wait, I was created here,
by this design team?
[19:24] Mei
Sorry.
[19:25] Kan
That's wrong!
[19:28] Hig
You're a regular creature, made by God.
[19:31] Miz
Before you came, we talked about
making an assistant for Ueda-san.
[19:35] Tsu
That's why we first came up with
a helper mascot character.
[19:39] Shi
So that's why it looks like this.
[19:41] Una
But it was big and got in the way.
[19:43] (Flashback) Kan
Eek!
[19:44] Shi
Why did you make it so big?
[19:47] Kim
Well, if it wasn't our size,
it wasn't very practical.
[19:50] Mei
If it's too small, it can't even
make copies or open doors.
[19:56] Tsu
Well, it wasn't such a good design.
[19:58] Kan
The worst was its voice.
[20:05] (Flashback) Cha
How's your progress?
[20:08] (Flashback) Cha
How's your progress?
[20:09] (Flashback) Cha
If I could somehow get it by tomorrow...
[20:12] (Flashback) Cha
The client's been pressuring me, too.
SIGN How's your progress?
[20:15] (Flashback) Cha
How's your progress?
[20:16] Miz
I really wonder who set it to that.
[20:20] Hig
Anyway, in the end, you came to our company.
[20:24] Tsu
You're the final version of
that rough draft, Shimoda-kun.
[20:28] Miz
We all like you.
[20:30] Kim
Your handmade desserts are always tasty.
[20:34] Shi
I'm so happy that the design team
I love so much was involved in my birth!
[20:41] Shi
I will cherish this fact!
[20:44] Kan
When did he become so lovable, huh?
[20:48] Mei
Yeah, huh?
[20:49] Shi
I'd like to make merchandise of this guy!
[20:52] Tsu
Do as you like.
[20:54] Kim
It was worth making that, huh?
[20:56] Kan
That enthusiasm and passion
is what supports us.
[21:02] Shi
A new order!
[21:04] God
A bird that doesn't lay eggs!
[21:07] All
What?
[21:09] God
Make it work, please.
[21:12] Miz
Well, we're used to the client being
unreasonable and making us do everything.
[21:16] Shi
I'm sorry about that.
[21:18] Tsu
Birdies fall under your umbrella,
right, Ven-chan?
[21:21] Kan
This is a hard one!
[21:22] Una
I can help with its cuteness.
[21:24] Mei
I wonder what cute thing
it should give birth to...
[21:26] Kim
I hope it'll be something I can eat.
[21:29] Kim
I'm excited!
[21:30] Hig
All right, I'm ready for anything!
[21:32] Tsu
Then let's begin our meeting.
[21:36] Shi
I look forward to seeing what kind
of animal this leads to!
[22:02] God
Shimoda! Time to work!
[22:05] Shi
Y-Yes! Coming right away!
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