E13 - Idea 13
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[00:05] Nar
In the beginning, God created
the heavens and the earth.
[00:11] Nar
He followed it
[00:15] Nar
with light, the water, the land.
[00:20] Nar
Then he created
[00:23] Nar
the many animals that dwelt upon it.
[00:26] Nar
Or... that was the plan.
[00:28] Nar
It got too tedious, so he outsourced it.
SIGN Heaven's Design Team
[02:03] Shi
Hello!
[02:05] Kan
Oh, Shimoda-kun, come in!
[02:08] Mei
Look, look, Ven-chan! A drill shape!
[02:10] Kan
Wow, Pluto-chan, you're a genius!
[02:13] Mei
Would a bag with strings go, too?
[02:15] Kan
That sounds fun, and it totally would!
[02:18] Shi
Snacks? No, clay...
[02:23] Shi
What are you making?
[02:24] Mei
These? Shark eggs!
[02:28] Shi
Yep, that's definitely just a rice bowl.
[02:31] Shi
Wouldn't it hurt the mother
to lay eggs shaped like these?
[02:34] Kan
Unlike birds, fish eggs
are soft, so it's fine.
[02:38] Kan
You can touch them if you like.
[02:39] Shi
All right, then...
[02:42] Shi
Right, sharks are fish.
[02:44] Shi
So these are fish eggs.
SIGN F
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[02:46] Shi
Wait, fish eggs?
[02:47] Mei
That drill is so they can
wedge it into a rock crevice,
[02:51] Mei
so it doesn't get washed away.
[02:54] Kan
This one uses the strings to
entangle itself to do the same thing.
[02:59] Shi
So there are proper reasons for
all of these unusual shapes.
[03:03] Shi
What's the idea behind this rice bowl type?
[03:06] Mei
Well, that's...
[03:08] Kan
We looked up, and it was already like that.
[03:10] Shi
Did they make it without thinking at all?
[03:13] Kan
I know!
[03:15] Kan
Maybe we'll get a pass if we make
this cup not the egg itself,
[03:18] Kan
but a house for the eggs,
[03:20] Kan
with a bunch of small eggs
kneaded into the sand.
[03:24] Kan
That should be safer than
leaving the eggs exposed.
[03:27] Shi
A house for the eggs...
[03:30] Shi
God has spoken!
[03:32] God
Accepted!
[03:33] Kan
What? The bowl?
[03:35] Shi
No. These eggs over here!
SIGN Accepted
SIGN Bullhead
Shark
SIGN Accepted
SIGN Australian
Ghostshark
SIGN Accepted
SIGN Blotchy
Swellshark
[03:41] Kan
Too bad. I thought the bowl
idea was pretty good.
[03:45] Mei
But a lot of the others passed!
[03:47] Mei
Thanks for your help, Ven-chan!
[03:49] ---
I'll go and test these.
[03:50] Kan
Don't mention it. I had fun doing it.
[03:53] Kan
I wish we'd get orders
like this for the birdies.
[03:56] Shi
Weren't you assigned an order
like that the other day?
[04:03] (Flashback) God
A bird that doesn't lay eggs!
[04:06] (Flashback) God
Make it work, please.
[04:08] (Flashback) Tsu
Birdies fall under your
umbrella, right, Ven-chan?
[04:10] (Flashback) Kan
This is a hard one!
[04:13] Shi
There is no immediate deadline,
but apparently he wanted
[04:15] Shi
to see a bird whose chick is suddenly
born live, without hatching from an egg?
[04:39] Kan
And I had almost forgotten about it!
[04:41] Shi
Is there a problem?!
[04:43] Kan
How will they reproduce
without laying eggs?!
[04:46] Kan
That's too ridiculous!
[04:48] Shi
She's really in shock.
[04:50] Kan
What do you think happens to a bird
with a lot of babies in its tummy?
[04:54] Shi
It'll be too heavy to fly.
[04:56] Kan
That's right!
[04:57] Kan
That's why I made it so they lay
the egg as soon as it's done!
[05:00] Shi
O-Oh, I see...
[05:02] Kan
After being laid, the egg is "asleep."
[05:05] Kan
Even if the eggs are laid over
the course of multiple days,
[05:07] Kan
they can be incubated together
because they're made
[05:10] Kan
so that they only activate
when they're warmed!
SIGN It's warm
SIGN All right,
let's grow!
[05:14] Shi
That's such a good design!
[05:16] Shi
Now that I think about it,
the egg system is amazing.
[05:20] Kan
There are other problems, too.
Put out your hands.
[05:23] Shi
Sure.
[05:25] Kan
What do you feel?
[05:27] Shi
Uh, it's quite toasty?
[05:30] Kan
Birdies have a lot of muscles that
help them take flight immediately,
[05:33] Kan
so their base metabolism is high.
[05:35] Kan
They're like motorcycles that are
constantly running their engines.
[05:38] Kan
That's why their bodies are always toasty.
[05:40] Shi
I see!
[05:41] Kan
Birds' body temperatures are
about 42 degrees Celsius.
[05:44] Kan
That means they're really
toeing the line where
[05:47] Kan
proteins start to break down due to high heat.
[05:50] Kan
What do you think happens when you
keep a baby inside that kind of body?
SIGN It's too hot!
[05:54] Chick
It's too hot!
SIGN We must endure!
[05:56] Chi2
We must endure!
[05:58] Shi
They'd be cooked.
[05:59] Kan
That's why they're put outside in eggs!
[06:02] Shi
Oh, that reminds me! Birds have
hollow bones to be lighter, right?
[06:07] Shi
Where does the material for
the egg shells come from?
[06:12] Kan
That's a great question!
[06:13] Kan
We use those hollow bones.
[06:16] Kan
The calcium for the eggs is stored
in the cavities of the bones.
[06:20] Shi
Aha!
[06:21] Kan
The chick, on the other hand,
slowly absorbs the calcium from the egg shell,
[06:25] Kan
which makes the shell thin and easy
to open when it's time to hatch.
[06:29] Shi
Wow! Eggs really are
amazingly well designed!
[06:32] Kan
You see?
[06:34] Kan
And yet... a bird that gives birth to
live chicks instead of laying eggs?!
[06:37] Kan
That's like rejecting everything bird-like!
[06:39] Shi
Then how about going in a different
direction and making a flightless bird?
[06:43] Shi
Like the ostrich or the penguin?
[06:45] Kan
I didn't make either of those.
[06:48] Shi
Now that you mention it...
[06:50] Kan
When they can't fly, they're easier prey.
[06:52] Kan
That means I can't give them
flashy colors, which is boring.
[06:55] Kan
Oh, well. I'll give it a try.
[06:59] Kan
So, no eggs, no wings, and no high
body temperature, either.
[07:05] Kan
All right, that's it!
SIGN Bird
[07:09] Kan
What do you think?
[07:11] Shi
She's stopped caring!
[07:13] Shi
This... isn't a bird... is it?
[07:17] Kan
Why?
[07:19] Kan
What even is a bird?
[07:21] Kan
If you look at it while thinking it's a bird,
doesn't that make it a bird?
[07:24] Kan
See, it's a bird!
[07:26] Shi
P-Please pull yourself together, Venus-san!
[07:30] Shi
All right, let's start from here
and add more bird-like features.
[07:34] Kan
Well, first, the beak?
[07:38] Kan
What else?
[07:39] Shi
U-Um, maybe the front and
hind legs aren't very bird-like?
[07:45] Kan
There.
[07:47] Shi
But it is becoming more bird-like.
[07:49] Shi
I think. Yes!
[07:51] Shi
If the ears were gone,
I think it'd be very bird-like!
[07:54] Kan
Really?
[07:55] Shi
Um, um, then... if the fur
was more like feathers?
[08:01] Kan
That's good enough. Let's say
these are limp feathers.
[08:05] Shi
Huh?!
[08:06] Kan
Feathers have a hard shaft so they
can generate thrust while flying.
[08:10] Kan
If it's flightless,
the feathers can just be like fur.
[08:12] Kan
I'll have Mars-san test this.
[08:16] Shi
I wonder if this is going to work.
SIGN Prototype Lab
[08:21] Hig
It's done.
[08:24] Hig
This first prototype is oviparous, but flightless,
and with a lower body temperature.
[08:29] Hig
If it seems okay, I'll make it viviparous.
SIGN Viviparous
[08:33] Hig
But, how should I put it...
[08:34] Kan
It's more or less a mammal, isn't it?
SIGN Mammals
SIGN Birds
[08:38] Hig
If you divide birds and mammals like this,
[08:42] Hig
then this one would be about here.
[08:44] Shi
It's barely making it!
[08:47] Hig
By the way, right now the
egg is in there like this.
[08:50] Shi
That looks so exhausting!
[08:51] Hig
If it can hold this egg, I think giving
birth to a big baby should be possible.
[08:55] Hig
It seems okay, so should
I remove the egg-laying?
[08:58] Kan
W-Wait! If we cross that line,
won't it stop being a bird?!
[09:02] Kan
It'll be a mammal! What am I making here?!
[09:05] Shi
V-Venus-san, calm down!
[09:07] Kan
My heart can't decide!
[09:09] Kan
If we make this many changes,
will the result still be a bird?!
[09:12] Hig
Oh, boy...
[09:13] Shi
Your worries are valid.
[09:15] Shi
While that's a small step for a bird,
[09:18] Shi
I'm sure it'll be a giant leap for birdkind!
[09:21] Kan
I know! I need the courage to accept change!
[09:25] Kan
I'm a designer first!
[09:26] Kan
The client is God!
[09:29] Kan
All right, I've made up my mind!
[09:30] Kan
Let's just cross this line!
[09:35] Shi
God has spoken!
[09:37] Both
Huh?
[09:38] God
Accepted!
SIGN Kiwi
SIGN Accepted
[09:41] Shi
"That bird's funny, so it's fine," apparently.
[09:45] Kan
What?!
[09:47] Kan
I was finally ready to take that last step...
[09:50] Hig
Wasn't the order for "a bird
that doesn't lay eggs"?
[09:53] Hig
This one still lays eggs. Is that okay?
[09:56] Shi
It seems that its skeletal structure
holding the egg was really funny.
[10:00] Shi
So the order was changed to
"a bird that seems like it only needs
[10:04] Shi
a tiny update to not lay eggs," and accepted.
[10:11] Kan
I'm exhausted! That's so unreasonable!
I might not be cut out for this job!
[10:16] Mei
I'm back.
[10:18] Mei
Hey, Ven-chan! Listen to this!
[10:21] Mei
When I made the egg bowl from earlier
for a snail instead of a shark,
[10:25] Mei
it was accepted!
SIGN Accepted
SIGN Bladder Moon Snail
(Egg)
[10:28] Mei
Ven-chan, you're a genius! Thank you!
[10:32] Hig
You never know what will
tickle the client's fancy.
[10:42] Kan
That's true!
[10:44] Kan
I can even make a bird like this cute!
[10:47] Kan
This is my calling, after all.
[10:50] Kan
It's not easy being me!
SIGN The Illustrated Guide to Creatures That Really Exist
[10:53] Ken
The Illustrated Guide to Creatures
That Really Exist!
[10:57] Kim
This is sudden, but I have a question!
[11:00] Miz
That is sudden.
[11:01] Kim
Why is the kiwi called a kiwi?
SIGN Because it looks like the kiwi fruit
SIGN Because its cry sounds like "kiwi."
[11:04] Kim
One: Because it looks like the kiwi fruit.
[11:07] Kim
Two: Because its cry sounds like "kiwi."
SIGN Because it looks like the kiwi fruit
SIGN Because its cry sounds like "kiwi."
[11:09] Una
Which one could it be?
[11:13] Miz
I know the answer already.
[11:15] Miz
I heard the kiwi cry once
when I was around Venus.
[11:19] Miz
It sounds like "krrrlll," not "kiwi"!
SIGN Because it looks like the kiwi fruit
SIGN Because its cry sounds like "kiwi."
[11:22] Miz
It's #1! I'll even wager my lunch on it!
[11:25] Kim
Oh, too bad! You fell for it.
[11:28] Kim
The right answer was #2.
[11:30] Una
It's the cry? So the kiwi cries "kiwi"?
[11:33] Kim
Yes, but only the male cries "kiwi."
[11:37] Kim
Ven-chan had a female,
and they have a different cry!
[11:41] Miz
You set me up!
[11:43] Miz
But a loss is a loss. Take my lunch.
[11:47] Kim
Yay!
[11:49] Miz
But my lunch today is
vitamin pills and water.
[11:54] Kim
You set me up!
[11:56] Una
You get along so well.
[12:05] Shi
First, I'll tell you each your orders.
[12:08] Shi
Mercury-san: "Doesn't sink."
[12:12] Shi
Pluto-san: "Can swallow needles."
[12:16] Shi
Neptune-san: "Unaffected by ground
that's painful to stand on."
[12:21] Shi
Jupiter-san: "Resists heat and cold."
[12:26] Shi
Venus-san: "Can survive with little water."
[12:30] Shi
Each of you will make one
of these five animals.
[12:36] Shi
And then, apparently, in the end, you have to
[12:38] Shi
"make an animal that combines
all five of those traits."
[12:43] All
Wha?!
[12:44] All
Absurd!
[12:44] All
What does that even mean?!
[12:45] All
Not again...
[12:47] Ued
Oh, my, that is tough.
[12:49] Shi
That's exactly the reaction I expected.
[12:51] Shi
Once again, God's idea
is making everyone suffer.
[12:55] Tsu
Well, everybody seems to
be motivated, so it'll work out.
[12:59] Ued
You're right.
[13:00] Shi
But...
[13:01] Tsu
If we just make them individually
and put it together later,
[13:05] Tsu
we'll manage somehow.
[13:06] Shi
I hope so.
[13:08] Miz
I'm done. Give me a sheet of paper, please.
[13:10] Shi
You're already done? That's quick!
[13:14] Tsu
Mercury-kun, your order was for
a creature that doesn't sink.
[13:18] Tsu
What did you make?
[13:19] Miz
This.
[13:23] Shi
It's straight-up just wire!
[13:25] Ued
That's a simple creature.
[13:27] Miz
It wasn't specified what it doesn't
sink in, so I assumed water.
[13:32] Miz
This guy will stand on water.
[13:34] Shi
It won't sink with that shape?
[13:37] Shi
For floating on water, I imagine
something more boat-like.
[13:40] Miz
That would be too easy. If we're making it,
a more complicated concept is better.
[13:44] Shi
I took inspiration from the pond skater.
[13:47] Shi
Pond skater?
[13:48] Tsu
I see.
[13:49] Tsu
You know how the pond skater has long legs?
[13:51] Tsu
Because they're so long, their weight gets
distributed further, and they don't sink easily.
[13:56] Shi
I see.
[13:57] Ued
Oh, but the feet are different
from the pond skater's.
[14:03] Miz
This is a further enhancement
to the pond skater.
SIGN Water
SIGN Feet
[14:06] Miz
The pond skater has fine hairs on its
feet and floats by repelling the water.
[14:11] Miz
However, this technique can only
be used by small creatures.
[14:14] Tsu
That's right.
[14:16] Tsu
You know how peaches have
this fuzz that repels water?
[14:20] Tsu
The pond skater legs use the same principle.
[14:23] Moz
Pond skaters are extremely light.
[14:26] Moz
So that's enough for them to float,
[14:27] Moz
but if you want bigger creatures to float,
[14:29] Moz
this foot shape with a larger
surface are should be ideal.
[14:35] Moz
All right, it floats! Done.
[14:37] Shi
It's really floating!
[14:39] Tsu
It's the same principle as skis.
[14:42] Tsu
The bigger and flatter the feet,
the less likely you are to sink.
[14:46] Una
Wait, we're making the ground water?
[14:48] Una
Oh, no, that's different
from what I was doing...
[14:51] Shi
Neptune-san, your order was "unaffected by
ground that's painful to stand on."
[14:55] Una
Yes. I pictured the needle
mountain they have in Hell.
[15:00] Miz
What did you come up with?
[15:02] Una
Well, for the needle mountain,
an animal should have really thick soles,
[15:06] Una
so my base was the elephant.
[15:08] Una
Then I worked on adding protectors,
[15:11] ---
so it can sit and rest
on painfully rough ground, too.
[15:15] Tsu
That's quite a straightforward design.
[15:18] Una
I went straightforward with the protectors,
too, and made them from keratin.
[15:21] Shi
Keratin?
SIGN Keratin
[15:22] Una
Just think of it as really thick, hard skin.
[15:26] Shi
Don't you need to protect the entire body?
[15:28] Miz
That'll make it hard to move,
and it'll be heavy.
[15:30] Miz
Worse, it goes against my design!
[15:33] Miz
We have to merge it in the end!
[15:35] Miz
Let's give it longer legs
and make it thinner!
[15:39] Miz
More! Keep pushing it to the limit!
[15:41] Una
The legs will snap!
[15:43] Miz
Drop more weight! Drop more weight!
[15:46] Miz
Drop more weight! Drop more weight!
[15:53] Una
It ended up like this.
[15:56] Ued
Oh, my!
[15:58] Una
Hm, it's really starting to
look like it belongs in Hell.
[16:01] Mei
Would that mean the needles from
the mountain are its main food source?
[16:05] Shi
Pluto-san, your order was
"can swallow needles," right?
[16:08] Mei
Yes.
[16:10] Mei
If the needs can get past the throat,
I think the stomach can handle the rest.
[16:15] Mei
While hard things like
teeth and nails are fine,
[16:18] Mei
it'll be painful if it gets
stuck in something soft.
[16:20] Mei
I wonder how it could be swallowed smoothly.
[16:23] Mei
Jupiter-san, can you eat this?
[16:27] Kim
Sure thing!
SIGN Don't try this at home
[16:35] Shi
He's like a circus performer!
[16:38] Shi
Jupiter-san, are you okay?!
[16:44] Mei
"If you keep the needles vertical,
they won't get stuck in the throat," he said.
[16:47] Mei
Of course, that's it!
[16:51] Mei
Here we go!
[16:53] Mei
I put a lot of claws in the mouth
that will orient the needles vertically,
[16:57] Mei
and send them to the stomach.
[17:02] Ued
Oh, how cute!
[17:08] Mei
And done!
[17:10] Shi
We have to merge that with the others?
[17:12] Tsu
We're making steady progress.
[17:14] Ued
Because everybody here is so skilled.
[17:17] Shi
Then we still need...
[17:19] Kim
I'm done, too.
[17:22] Shi
You had "resists heat and cold."
[17:25] Kim
Yes, this is what I did!
[17:31] Shi
It's big.
[17:33] Kim
Bigger things are more resistant to cold.
[17:36] Tsu
Hot water stays hot longer in a
bathtub than in a cup, right?
[17:39] Tsu
Similarly, the bigger you are, the less
the outside temperature affects you.
[17:44] Kan
Hold it right there!
[17:45] Kan
You just put feet on Neptune-san's seal!
[17:48] Kan
You didn't do any work!
[17:49] Kim
But to ward off cold, protecting
the body with fat is the best!
[17:53] Kim
Hooray for fat!
[17:56] Shi
But how will this handle heat?
[18:00] Shi
It looks like it's panting
because it's too hot.
[18:03] Kim
I thought it could sweat to
keep from getting too hot.
[18:07] Kan
My order is "can survive with little water."
[18:10] Kan
If there's no water to sweat out,
it'll dry out and die!
[18:14] Kim
Oh, yeah. That's tough, Ven-chan.
[18:16] Kim
Good luck!
[18:17] Kan
Wait! You're just shoving this on me?!
[18:19] Kan
Is this one of those things where
you suffer more the later you start?
[18:26] Kan
I guess I have no choice.
SIGN Prototype Lab
[18:32] Kan
Mars-san, help, please!
[18:34] Shi
She made it her problem!
[18:36] Hig
What? Make this resistant
to water scarcity, too?
[18:39] Hig
That's not trivial.
[18:41] Kan
That's why I need you!
[18:43] Hig
I think the fat and fluff are good
for protecting against both heat and cold.
[18:48] Shi
Fluff to protect against the heat?
[18:50] Hig
Both fat and fluff are insulators.
[18:54] Hig
That'll protect the body from the heat.
[18:56] Shi
It's cooler to have a coat of fur?
SIGN Fur
SIGN Fat
SIGN Body
[18:58] Hig
Yes, only the surface heats up,
so the heat doesn't get to the body.
SIGN {\pos(280,145)\frx46\fad(1896,1)\t(5529,6238,\3c&H5F5D4E&\c&H403934&)
}Smooth Ice Cream
SIGN Ultimate Vanilla
SIGN Domestic Cream
SIGN Ultimate Vanilla
[19:03] Hig
If you put a cold carton of
ice cream out in a hot room,
[19:07] Hig
wrapping it in a sweater
makes it melt more slowly.
[19:10] Shi
Oh, I see!
[19:12] Hig
So while that keeps the
body temperature from rising,
[19:16] Hig
it also keeps it from lowering.
[19:18] Hig
To prevent overheating,
you definitely need water...
[19:22] Kan
Oh, how about breaking down the
fat in the body into water?
[19:28] Hig
That could be possible, but...
[19:30] Kan
But?
[19:31] Hig
In order to break down fat,
you need a lot of water.
[19:35] Kan
That defeats the purpose.
[19:37] Kan
Then the only other way is to
store a lot of water in the body
[19:41] Kan
when it can drink, and only use it sparingly.
[19:43] Kan
Where could that water be stored, though?
[19:46] Hig
Let's see...
[19:48] Hig
Red blood cells can store water in the blood.
[19:51] Hig
If you store too much, they'll burst, though.
[19:55] Kan
Can't we make them more robust,
so they don't burst?
[19:57] Hig
We can, but the veins are sized
[20:00] Hig
so that red blood cells barely pass through.
[20:03] Hig
Huge red blood cells would block them.
[20:06] Kan
Oh, right...
[20:08] Miz
What, what? You strugglin'?
[20:10] Kan
You came to mock me because you're done?
[20:13] Kan
But I've already come up with a solution!
[20:16] Miz
Oh, what's that?
[20:17] Kan
I made the red blood cells longer!
[20:20] Kan
By making them elliptical, they can pass
through narrow veins even when they get big!
[20:27] Hig
That could work!
[20:29] Shi
We got an okay here!
[20:31] Miz
But it's too heavy to float!
[20:33] Miz
I want it to be light!
At least reduce the fat by half!
[20:36] Kan
What's with you all of the sudden?!
[20:37] Una
Not again...
[20:39] Miz
In order to protect the body from the sun,
[20:41] Miz
we leave just the fat on the back!
We don't need the rest!
SIGN And then...
[20:51] Miz
When I combined everyone's sketches,
this came out.
[20:54] Kan
Everyone's? You meddled with most of them.
[21:00] Kan
I wonder if this will pass.
[21:02] Mei
Do we start over?
[21:04] Kim
I think the general direction was right.
[21:07] Ued
Where does this baby live, anyway?
[21:10] Shi
Extreme heat and intense cold,
its feet don't sink, and it swallows needles, right?
[21:16] All
Ah!
[21:17] Kan
The desert!
[21:19] Una
You sink in sand, and it's painful
to stand on when it gets hot.
[21:23] Mei
There is little water,
and cacti have thorns!
[21:26] Kim
It's 50 degrees Celsius during the day,
and below freezing at night!
[21:29] Miz
Leave the rest to me!
[21:31] Miz
It doesn't sink, can swallow needles,
is unaffected by pain,
[21:35] Miz
resists heat and cold,
and can survive with little water...
[21:39] Miz
This animal is the answer to all that!
[21:45] Shi
God has spoken!
[21:48] God
Accepted!
SIGN Accepted
SIGN Camel
[21:52] Una
Since the skin on its knees is thick,
it can kneel on hot desert sand.
[21:56] Kim
Just on its back, there's a
big hump of fat and hair.
[22:00] Mei
It can eat cacti.
[22:02] Shi
So it has those claws inside its mouth...
[22:04] Tsu
That was amazing teamwork.
[22:08] Ued
I'm sure God will send down more
of these relay orders now.
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