E4 - Idea 4
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[00:01] Shi
Good morning!
[00:02] Shi
I hope work's going well for everyone—
[00:05] Shi
It's not.
[00:07] Tsu
Oh, hello, Shimoda-kun.
[00:09] Kan
What's the matter?
[00:10] Kan
It's always like this, no?
[00:12] Shi
Is it, though?
[00:14] Kan
Everybody's stuck right now.
[00:16] Kan
Unlike me, they got hit with
some annoying requests.
[00:19] Kan
Unlucky for them.
[00:22] Shi
Oh, there's an order from God for
you personally, Venus-san.
[00:27] God
Order: Make horses fly somehow.
SIGN Heaven's Design Team
[02:03] Shi
"When you say horse, you think of Saturn-san,"
[02:06] Shi
"but this time I specifically wanted
Venus-san to have a go."
[02:08] Shi
"That dragon from the other day was fun."
[02:10] Shi
That's what God thinks.
[02:12] Tsu
What, you're making a pegasus? I'm jealous.
[02:16] Shi
I'm sure it'll get done if everybody
rallies behind you, Venus-san!
[02:21] Kan
It won't be that easy.
[02:23] Kan
Saturn-san would be crucial,
but he's busy right now.
[02:27] Tsu
I have to work with Mars-san
to repair the prototype lab.
[02:30] Tsu
I need to do it because my
grandson caused the damage.
[02:34] Tsu
But I'm really looking forward
to Ven-chan's pegasus, too!
[02:37] Kan
I really don't like this.
SIGN "Huddles in Corner" Type
[02:40] Shi
Everybody's agonizing...
SIGN "Hugs Knees in Chair" Type
SIGN "Hides What He's Drawing" Type
[02:46] Shi
Pluto-san seems to be relaxed.
[02:48] Kan
It may seem so, but she's the
most stressed-out person here.
[02:52] Mei
I haven't heard back from
the client in three days.
[02:55] Mei
They said "ASAP," so I worked very hard.
[02:58] Mei
But I guess...
[02:59] Mei
There was plenty of time.
[03:02] Shi
I can put some pressure on God!
[03:04] Mei
It's fine.
[03:06] Mei
If you act like you're really enthusiastic,
[03:09] Mei
it'll come back and punish
you in the future.
[03:11] Una
You know what I got?
[03:13] Una
"An animal that runs even
though it has no legs."
[03:17] Una
To make it worse, I'm supposed
to make three proposals.
[03:21] Una
Lately, we only get orders
that are like riddles.
[03:25] Kim
I want something sweet.
[03:27] Miz
I want a homemade caramel custard,
where the caramel is slightly bitter.
[03:30] Kim
Why did you bring up such a
specific treat just now?
[03:30] Shi
I had the impression that designers
are always doing fancy work,
[03:34] Shi
but I guess I was totally off!
[03:38] Shi
Venus-san, I got some additional input.
[03:40] Shi
He said: "You can do what you like!"
[03:43] Shi
God must really trust your designs!
[03:46] Kan
No!
[03:47] Kan
That just means he'll leave it all to me
and only give it some thought when it's done!
[03:50] Kan
This is how you end up in Hell!
[03:52] Kan
We already know what the problems are,
so maybe I just need to go in headfirst.
[03:57] Shi
S-So many muscles!
[03:59] Shi
And so much horse poop!
SIGN Pegasus
(Revised)
[04:01] Kan
I reduced the protein myostatin,
which inhibits muscle growth.
SIGN M
y
o
s
t
a
t
i
n
[04:06] Kan
Isn't he so fit?
[04:09] Shi
I'll just send this to God, then. And... send!
[04:13] Kan
I can rest until we hear back, then.
[04:16] Shi
Oh, I already got a reply.
[04:18] Kan
Already?!
[04:21] Shi
I'll just say what he said directly.
[04:23] Kan
What? I'm scared...
[04:25] Shi
"That's not quite it," he says.
[04:28] Kan
What?
[04:29] Shi
"I wanted something more surprising,
not the same thing."
[04:32] Shi
"Let your originality run wild,
Venus-san!" End quote.
[04:36] Kan
See, there it is!
The "I'll reconsider after seeing it" spiel!
[04:39] Kan
Say what you want from the beginning!
[04:43] Shi
I don't think shouting here will reach him.
[04:45] Kan
That's why I'm doing it!
[04:53] Kan
How about this, then?!
SIGN Pegasus
Final
Revision
[04:54] Shi
Those are some cool lines.
[04:56] Shi
Exceptional!
[04:57] Kan
I gave it less muscle mass
to reduce its overall weight.
[05:02] Kan
It can't take off from the ground,
[05:04] Kan
but if it jumps off a cliff and
rides the air currents, it can fly.
[05:08] Shi
That's so original!
[05:10] Shi
I sent it. I'm sure he'll like this one!
[05:14] Kan
I hope so.
[05:18] Shi
Can I say it?
[05:19] Kan
You already got a reply?
[05:22] Kan
I already have a bad feeling, but go ahead.
[05:26] Shi
He says: "You don't have to stick
to the horse part. Small is okay, too."
[05:31] Kan
Why didn't he tell me that beforehand?!
[05:34] Kan
I'll go and start from scratch...
[05:37] Shi
G-Good luck.
[05:40] Shi
God, this is too much.
[05:42] Shi
Please be more understanding
of the work the designers do.
[05:46] God
Got it!
[05:48] Shi
Thank you!
SIGN 2 Hours Later
SIGN Strawberry Shortcake
[05:52] Kan
I-I-I-It's done. Would you send
it to the client, please?
[05:57] Shi
Yes! Great work!
SIGN Pegasus
Ultimate Final
Revision
[06:00] Kan
This is the ultimate final proposal
for the revised pegasus!
[06:03] Kan
What do you say about this?!
[06:05] Shi
It's so pretty!
[06:06] Kan
I worked off the image of a flower fairy.
[06:09] Kan
Since I made the arms into petal-like wings,
[06:12] Kan
it can disguise itself as a flower.
[06:14] Shi
Wow.
[06:15] Kan
For food, it drinks nectar.
What do you think?
[06:18] Shi
I like it! I'll send it now.
[06:27] Shi
May I say it?
[06:29] Kan
Please.
[06:31] Shi
"The previous hellish iteration was better."
[06:34] Shi
"Use a radial design, and don't make
it colorful," he said.
[06:39] Kan
The previous iteration?
[06:41] Kan
What's with the technical
jargon all of the sudden?
[06:44] Shi
I'm sorry! It's because I had
to open my big mouth to God.
[06:48] Shi
I asked him to be more understanding
of the work you designers do.
[06:51] Shi
I thought he did that, but he's
still just as unreasonable.
[06:56] Kan
It's fine. You said it because
you wanted to help us, right?
[07:00] Kan
The client's at fault here.
[07:06] Una
I can't think of anything.
[07:08] Una
Ven-chan, can I see yours
to take my mind off things?
[07:11] Kan
Sure.
[07:12] Kan
We've all got it rough, huh?
[07:16] Kan
So, go back to the previous
iteration with the bony design,
[07:18] Kan
make the face shorter, too,
and reduce the equine quality.
[07:22] Kan
You know, while I'm at it,
I'll get rid of the leg muscles.
[07:26] Kan
It's done!
SIGN Pegasus Ultimate
Final Revision
Forever
[07:29] Kan
This is the ultimate final proposal
for the revised pegasus, Forever!
[07:35] Kan
Forever-chan hangs from high places,
[07:38] Kan
then uses the momentum
of its fall to take flight.
[07:40] Kan
This way it can be light.
[07:43] Shi
That's so interesting!
[07:44] Una
So it spends its time hanging.
[07:47] Una
Do you want to add the echolocation that
dolphins have, so it won't bump into things?
SIGN Dolphin Echolocation
[07:52] Kan
That's good! And for food...
[07:55] Mei
From the way it looks, it should suck blood.
[07:58] Kan
Nectar.
[08:00] Mei
It would be cuter if it sucked blood.
[08:02] Kan
N-Next time.
[08:04] Shi
I'll send this off right away.
[08:08] Shi
God has spoken!
[08:10] God
Accepted!
SIGN Accepted
SIGN Greater
Horseshoe
Bat
[08:14] Shi
This is great! What a relief!
[08:17] God
This is accepted, too!
[08:20] Kim
What just made it?!
[08:22] Una
A running urchin...
SIGN Lovenia
elongata
SIGN Accepted
[08:25] Kim
That's so freaking cool!
[08:26] Miz
So fast! So awesome!
[08:27] Una
The thing I sent when I stopped caring passed...
[08:31] Kan
Oh no, I forgot to delete that!
[08:33] Kan
There are two sets of teats!
[08:35] Kan
Nothing will come out of the
ones that are on top to us.
[08:38] Shi
The design already got accepted, though.
[08:42] Kan
I'm done. Leave it.
[08:44] Kan
The other ones are... something the baby can
latch onto so it won't fall down.
SIGN False Nipples
[08:49] Shi
"Something"?
SIGN Latch
SIGN The Illustrated Guide to Creatures That Really Exist
[08:53] Ken
The Illustrated Guide to Creatures
That Really Exist!
[08:57] Tsu
What is better at flying? These or birds?
[09:00] Hig
I think the bats.
[09:02] Hig
Unlike birds, which use
their entire arm to fly,
SIGN Bat Wing
SIGN Thumb
SIGN Index Finger
SIGN Middle Finger
SIGN Ring Finger
SIGN Little Finger
SIGN Bird Wing
[09:04] Hig
bats spread their fingers to make a wing.
[09:07] Hig
Fingers allow for more fine-tuned control.
[09:12] Tsu
That just goes to show that the
horse is the most supreme animal.
[09:15] Hig
The horse has nothing to do with this!
[09:17] Hig
...is what I'd like to say, but in
reality, in terms of animal orders,
[09:21] Hig
bats are close relatives of horses.
[09:24] Tsu
There are bats that are
basically horses. See?
[09:27] Hig
That one's just got an elongated
face to have a louder voice.
[09:30] Hig
Looking like a horse is just a coincidence.
[09:45] Miz
What's up with Venus?
She's dressed to the nines.
[09:49] Shi
She seems very enthusiastic.
[09:51] Kan
This time my order is for
"a bird that's like a gem"!
[09:54] Kan
You can't lift your mood
if everything looks drab.
[09:57] Kan
Look at these opals. Aren't they gorgeous?!
[10:00] Kan
What do you think about a bird that
shimmers with rainbow colors like this?
[10:03] Miz
If you keep being so confident—
[10:08] Shi
Ah, yes? All right, understood.
[10:11] Shi
You got a follow-up order. God would
like to see "a bird that makes gems."
[10:17] Kan
I did make birds feel attracted to
shiny things, but making gems?
[10:23] Kan
You can have one of these if you help me.
[10:26] Miz
Keep them. I don't understand gems.
[10:28] Kan
That's right. This place is lacking
in romance and romanticism.
[10:33] Miz
What's that "opal" rock made of?
[10:37] Hig
Opal is silicon dioxide. It's a mineral
formed from silica dissolved in water.
[10:41] Miz
Silica... Ah, like in those
desiccants they put in cracker bags!
[10:46] Kan
Don't say that! That's so unromantic!
[10:49] Hig
Anyway, I made that rainbow-colored
bird you asked me to make.
[10:54] Miz
A bird that flashy will be easy prey.
[10:56] Kan
It'll be just fine!
[10:59] Kan
It's so small it can land here,
weigh about this much,
[11:03] Kan
and it's very fast.
[11:05] Kan
So? You think it'll be attractive food?
[11:09] Miz
I see.
[11:10] Miz
Compared to the effort it takes to catch it,
it's got too little nutritional value.
[11:13] Kan
Exactly! So nothing to worry about!
[11:16] Kan
Mars-san, let me see, please!
[11:17] Hig
About that... I made it, but it
doesn't have enough energy.
[11:22] Hig
It's so small, it can't maintain
its body temperature.
[11:24] Kan
But I managed to make it sparkle!
[11:27] Miz
Do you give up?
[11:29] Kan
O-Of course not! I'll make it work somehow!
[11:33] Kan
If it gets too cold, it should just eat.
[11:35] Kan
Something it can consume
in large quantities,
[11:37] Kan
is easy to digest,
and is also high in calories.
[11:46] Kan
Ah, nectar! That's romantic,
and it's very nutritional.
[11:50] Kan
But since I reduced its leg muscles,
[11:53] Kan
it doesn't have the strength
to walk along branches,
[11:56] Kan
nor the power
to tear apart the petals.
[11:59] Kan
It's ephemeral and cute,
but that's not enough!
[12:03] Kan
Should I make it hover like a bee,
and have it drink directly?
[12:06] Kan
But then these traditional
bird wings won't do.
[12:09] Kan
I have no choice. I'll go
ask the insect department.
[12:13] Kan
Ow!
[12:14] Shi
Venus-san!
[12:16] Miz
That's what happens when you
try to rush in shoes like those.
[12:19] Miz
Putting on too many accessories
is also dangerous.
[12:21] Kan
That may be true,
but don't deny me my looks.
[12:25] Kan
I'm not me if I don't look like this!
[12:28] Kan
That's the same for the
animals we're creating!
SIGN Insect Department
[12:33] Guya
How does a bee fly, you ask?
SIGN Bird
SIGN Up
and
Down
SIGN Bee
[12:38] Guyb
The bee moves its wings back and forth,
creating a vortex in the air that lets it fly.
SIGN Back and Forth
[12:43] Guyc
This design is more suited for hovering in midair,
rather than always moving forward.
[12:47] Kan
I see. Since it's a small, light bird,
it might be able to copy that.
[12:51] Guyd
If you include this ability,
it won't just be able to hover!
[12:54] Guyd
It'll also be able to fly...
[12:56] Guyd
Backwards!
[12:59] Kan
Yay, it flies!
[13:02] Shi
It's able to drink the nectar, too!
[13:04] Hig
Yeah, but since it needs to eat to live,
I don't think it'll survive the night.
[13:09] Hig
If it falls asleep, it'll die.
[13:10] Shi
If it sleeps, it'll die?!
[13:11] Kan
Oh, right! What should we do?
[13:14] Miz
Why not make it hibernate?
[13:16] Kan
Just for the night,
[13:17] Kan
make it lower its heart rate and
body temperature, like during hibernation.
[13:21] Hig
That might let us slow its metabolism
while sleeping to less than 10%.
[13:25] Hig
That'll work!
[13:26] Shi
God has spoken!
[13:28] God
Accepted!
SIGN Accepted
SIGN Hummingbird
[13:31] Kan
Yay! The gem-like birdie is complete!
[13:36] Kan
Thank you, Mercury!
[13:38] Kan
But what exactly motivated you to help?
[13:40] Miz
I take pride in my own style.
[13:44] Miz
You're the same, right?
[13:45] Miz
It's only natural that
I feel compelled to help.
[13:49] Miz
By the way, since you were struggling
so much with that one,
[13:53] Miz
I finished the other one.
[13:56] Hig
Let me see... the bird that makes gems?
[13:59] Miz
Will this work?
[14:00] Hig
Yeah, that's simple.
[14:04] Miz
Let me present it to you.
[14:06] Miz
Doubling down on Venus's base setting
that birds like shiny things,
[14:11] Miz
this bird eats raw diamonds.
[14:15] Kan
Birds don't have teeth,
[14:17] Kan
so they swallow pebbles to store in their gizzards,
which are located in the back of the stomach.
SIGN Gizzard
[14:20] Kan
They use them to crush the food they eat.
[14:22] Shi
S-So it's a diamond gizzard?
[14:26] Kan
But won't it not be able to fly
if it eats rocks that big?
[14:29] Miz
Exactly. That's why I made it flightless.
[14:32] Miz
I made its legs stronger, so it can protect
itself from enemies by kicking and dashing.
[14:36] Miz
The raw diamonds it swallowed
will tumble
[14:39] Miz
in the back of its stomach
for years, eventually becoming
[14:42] Miz
fully-polished gems.
[14:44] Miz
These gems are made—
[14:46] Miz
by this bird!
[14:49] Kan
What is this?! It's looks
scrawny and has no grace!
[14:52] Kan
Why does this bird not have feathers?!
That's not beautiful!
[14:54] Miz
It doesn't need them, since it doesn't fly.
[14:56] Kan
That's so unromantic!
[14:57] Kan
Birdies need to be more like this.
[14:59] Kan
Big eyes and eye lashes!
[15:02] Kan
And luxurious feathers on the body!
[15:03] Miz
Stop it!
[15:04] Miz
You're ruining the beauty of its utility!
[15:06] Kan
Let go!
[15:10] Shi
God has spoken!
[15:11] God
Accepted!
SIGN Accepted
SIGN Ostrich
[15:16] Kan
It's not beautiful.
[15:18] Miz
It's inefficient.
[15:19] Both
That's not the design I wanted.
[15:22] Kan
The client was happy, though.
[15:25] Kan
We did well.
[15:27] Miz
You're right. The result was good.
[15:31] Kan
So, which gem do you want as a reward?
[15:33] Kan
If there's someone you want to
give it to, I'll help you pick.
[15:38] Miz
The diamond will do.
[15:42] Miz
I'll give it to Mars-san.
[15:45] Hig
Wh-What? For me?
[15:48] Hig
Are you sure?
[15:49] Miz
Of course.
[15:51] Miz
You were looking for a lens material
with a high refractive index.
[15:54] Hig
Thank you! This is a perfect lens
to focus my laser beams.
[15:58] Kan
This place is severely lacking in romance.
SIGN The Illustrated Guide to Creatures That Really Exist
[16:03] Ken
The Illustrated Guide to Creatures
That Really Exist!
[16:08] Guya
Since these feathers shimmer because of
the way light bounces off of them,
SIGN Structural
Color
[16:12] Guya
this is called structural color.
[16:14] Guyb
Both soap bubbles...
[16:15] Guyb
...and the oil on ramen
have structural colors!
[16:19] Guyb
This has been a message from the insect department!
We're experts on structural color.
[16:23] Guyb
This is also structural color.
[16:25] Guyb
When you tilt it, it shimmers
with rainbow colors, right?
[16:27] Guya
It's basically emitting color by
stacking blocks that reflect light.
[16:32] Guyb
Please look at this creature,
which has mastered this technique!
[16:45] Ued
Good morning, everyone—
[16:48] Ued
Huh?
[16:49] Ued
Oh, my!
[16:54] Ued
Are you all part of an
avant-garde art exhibition?
[16:58] Shi
We're supposed to be playing hide-and-seek.
[17:01] Ued
In clothes that stand out so much?
[17:03] Shi
Saturn-san, it's not possible...
[17:05] Shi
Your striped horse thing, I mean.
[17:07] Tsu
No, wait.
[17:10] Tsu
Even if an angel like Ueda-san can see us,
[17:13] Tsu
maybe animals won't be
able to spot us so well.
[17:16] Miz
It might be good camouflage against
predators that crouch in the undergrowth
[17:19] Miz
and attack their prey from there.
[17:22] Miz
Shimoda-kun, crouch down there!
[17:25] Shi
A-All right!
[17:26] Tsu
Venus-kun, put these on.
[17:29] Tsu
Those are glasses that
let you see like a lion.
[17:33] Shi
How is it? Am I hidden?
[17:35] Kan
You're highly visible.
[17:37] Kim
Maybe we need to move around?
[17:39] Kna
Somehow, you're even more visible.
[17:41] Kna
It's like, do these guys
not value their lives?
[17:45] Ued
What are you all doing?
[17:47] Mei
The client put in an order that said
"make more stripey animals."
[17:52] (Flashback) Tsu
All right! Let's make a horse,
a stripey horse!
[17:55] Mei
That's why we're all thinking about it.
[17:57] Mei
But we couldn't figure out any reasons
to put stripes on a weak animal.
[18:01] Una
Here.
[18:03] Una
How about an animal that's
cooled by the stripes?
[18:08] Una
When hit by the sun, the white parts and the
black parts will have different temperatures.
SIGN Warm air rises
[18:12] Una
That will cause air to flow,
which could help with cooling?
SIGN Temperature difference
causes air flow
[18:17] Kan
Is that outfit making you cooler right now?
[18:19] Una
Not at all.
[18:21] Shi
Could it be that Neptune-san hasn't slept?
[18:23] Mei
He got an order from the client for
"like a carnivore, but it's an herbivore."
[18:27] Mei
He hasn't slept for two days now.
[18:29] Miz
You don't have to force yourself
to join this stripey business.
[18:31] Una
It's fine. It's a good distraction.
[18:34] Una
Maybe I should just make the animal
I'm working on stripey, too.
[18:39] Una
That's it!
[18:42] Una
If I use the power of gut bacteria,
[18:44] Una
I can easily make a "carnivore" that
can get nutrients from plants.
[18:48] Una
But since it won't have a lot
of energy, it can't move very fast.
[18:52] Una
That's why I thought it should live in high
altitudes where there are few enemies,
[18:55] Una
but it snows there.
[18:58] Una
It can't accumulate enough
energy for hibernation...
[19:00] Una
Not to mention having enough reserves to
grow in a winter coat fit for snow.
[19:04] Una
The way to resolve that is stripes,
or black-and-white!
SIGN White for camouflage in the snow
[19:08] Una
White for blending into the snow!
Black for blending in during the summer!
SIGN Black
for blending in during the summer
SIGN Panda
[19:11] Una
In other words, a multi-season fur coat!
[19:14] Shi
God has spoken!
[19:16] God
Accepted!
SIGN Accepted
SIGN Giant Panda
[19:18] Ued
I'm happy for you. It's cute
how the eyes stand out.
[19:23] Kim
Doesn't this also fulfill the
"striped weak animal" order?
[19:27] Kim
We're done.
[19:29] Miz
Chief, should we give up
on the stripey horse?
[19:31] Tus
Hm...
[19:33] Una
Here. I'm glad forgoing sleep paid off.
[19:36] Shi
Thank you.
[19:39] Shi
Send!
[19:40] Kim
Neptune-san, you're amazing.
[19:43] Una
Oh, it wasn't so—
[19:45] Kan
What is it?
[19:46] Una
No, it just looks like this boy's...
[19:52] Kan
What's going on?
[19:57] Shi
Oh, no! Another design was stuck to it!
[20:01] Shi
It was for the starfish!
[20:03] Kan
Starfish?
[20:04] Kan
What are the characteristics of a starfish?!
[20:06] Kim
It doesn't have a brain.
[20:07] Kim
Instead, it has receptors
on its feet for smelling,
[20:10] Kim
and when it has detected prey,
it moves toward that smell.
[20:14] Kim
Incidentally, starfish are carnivores, too.
[20:15] Kan
No! It's coming this way!
[20:18] Kim
Ven-chan, you're scared so easily.
[20:21] Kan
You're just touching it?!
[20:22] Kim
It's fine.
[20:27] Kan
It's multiplying?!
[20:29] Kim
The base is a starfish, after all.
[20:31] Shi
When you try to catch them, their hair
comes out, and they multiply even more!
[20:34] Shi
And they're scary!
[20:37] Ued
This isn't good. We have to do something.
[20:41] Una
It's because I didn't check properly.
[20:43] Shi
No, it's because I didn't check!
[20:45] Miz
What are we going to do with these?!
[20:47] Kan
It's all over!
[20:50] All
We're doomed!
[20:53] Tsu
You can relax!
[20:56] Tsu
These are tsetse flies,
which transmit sleeping sickness.
SIGN Tsetse Fly
[20:59] Tsu
They sting areas that are uniform in color.
[21:02] Tsu
They should attack the pandas, since they
have wider bands than your clothes.
[21:06] Tsu
Just stay put.
[21:09] Shi
Stay put?
[21:12] Miz
This is like a painting of Hell.
SIGN They fell asleep
[21:24] Kan
For a moment, I had lost hope.
[21:27] Shi
What a great idea to use tsetse flies.
[21:31] Tsu
Since we proved that it's less
likely to be stung by flies,
[21:34] Tsu
can we give this horse a pass?
[21:36] Shi
That was great, but the horse again?
[21:39] Shi
God has spoken!
[21:41] God
Accepted!
SIGN Accepted
SIGN Zebra
[21:43] Bothl
Hooray!
[21:45] Una
I thought it wouldn't work
on those mystery animals,
[21:48] Una
but they fell asleep quite easily.
[21:50] Ued
Oh, that's because I cursed them.
[21:53] Ued
C-Cursed? Are angels allowed to do that?
[21:57] Ued
Should I not have?
[22:01] God
Operational message!
[22:03] Ued
Ueda is going to Hell!
SIGN Expelled
SIGN Next on the Agenda
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