E12 - Idea 12 Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) [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!