E7 - Idea 7
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[00:01] Una
One evening, as I was washing
my hair in the bath...
[00:14] Una
I felt like I was being watched,
but of course nobody was there.
[00:22] Una
What was that, I wonder.
[00:24] Shi
That's so scary, huh?!
[00:25] God
I feel ya.
[00:27] Shi
God?
[00:29] God
This is my next divine request.
[00:32] God
That's really scary,
so do something about it.
SIGN Heaven's Design Team
[02:07] Shi
The official request is for
an animal that's watching
[02:12] Shi
even though it looks like nothing's there.
[02:14] Una
That's so ridiculous.
[02:16] Miz
Well, it's par for the course.
[02:18] Mei
Maybe it was an ex who was staring at you?
[02:22] Una
Please don't say things that really are scary.
[02:26] Shi
How about an animal that blends in with
its surroundings like a chameleon?
[02:30] Miz
Hey, your mental image is wrong.
[02:33] Miz
The chameleon is bad at camouflage.
[02:36] Miz
This panther chameleon was already accepted.
[02:39] Miz
The chameleon doesn't change its color
after looking at its surroundings.
[02:43] Miz
It's based on the lighting or its mood.
[02:46] Shi
Its mood?!
[02:47] Miz
For instance, when a male meets
a female he fancies...
SIGN 2 Minutes Later
SIGN 3 Minutes Later
[02:56] Shi
That's so slow.
[02:58] Una
That reminds me of the squids
you made, Pluto-chan.
[03:01] Una
They also change color,
but they do it super fast.
[03:04] Una
How does that work?
[03:06] Mei
Squids have chromatophores on
the surface of their bodies,
[03:09] Mei
and can change color with their muscles.
SIGN Chromatophores
[03:11] Mei
Flexing or relaxing them can make
the change happen in an instant.
[03:15] Shi
That sounds like it could qualify as
[03:17] Shi
"that's watching even though it
looks like nothing's there."
[03:20] Miz
Let's try it in a simulation.
[03:27] Shi
Did we have to go this far?
[03:31] Una
Well, reproducibility and field
testing are important.
[03:35] Mzi
All right, Pluto-chan, bring out your squid.
[03:38] Mei
Coming right up!
[03:39] Una
Scrub, scrub... Scrub, scrub...
[03:46] Una
There's a squid there.
[03:48] Una
It's too obvious that there's a
squid there. Mostly the eyes.
[03:51] Una
And that jiggly three-dimensionality
looks so tasty.
[03:54] Miz
No good, huh?
[03:55] Una
Besides, why is the squid even in the bath?
[03:58] Una
What's the situation? What does the
squid want to do behind my back?
[04:02] Miz
This strange situation has
made him oddly rational.
[04:06] Miz
I guess the squid has its limits.
[04:08] Mei
Then how about making a creature
that becomes transparent in water?
[04:12] Miz
We'd need engineering help for that.
[04:14] Mei
I mean, lifeforms are made of water.
[04:17] Mei
Maybe we can just make a fish
with transparent blood?
[04:20] Hig
That'll be difficult.
SIGN Prototype Lab
[04:22] Hig
The oxygen transporter, hemoglobin,
is the reason blood is red.
[04:26] Hig
If you take that out,
blood can't transport oxygen.
[04:29] Mei
Then how about forcing the blood
plasma to transport it?
SIGN Blood Plasma
[04:32] Mei
Plasma is essentially transparent.
[04:34] Hig
You could, but the efficiency would be terrible.
[04:37] Una
Then make the heart bigger
and the veins thicker.
[04:41] Mei
Let's also add cutaneous respiration!
[04:43] Mei
Then it can take in oxygen directly
from the surrounding water.
[04:46] Miz
Okay!
[04:48] Shi
God has spoken!
[04:49] God
Accepted!
SIGN Crocodile
Icefish
SIGN Accepted
[04:52] Mei
Let's put it in the tub right away!
[04:55] Hig
The tub?
[05:03] Una
I know it's weird to say something
after it was accepted,
[05:06] Una
but it would be terrifying if you
locked eyes with that in the tub.
[05:10] Shi
Oh, we got a follow-up request.
[05:12] Shi
Um, could you make it so you
can't lock eyes with it?
[05:17] Shi
Can the eyes be made transparent?
[05:19] Miz
That's impossible.
[05:20] Meid
Suppose you were an invisible angel.
Then your eyes would be transparent, too.
[05:25] Meid
Your retinas could not absorb the light
hitting the eye. It would just pass through.
[05:31] Shi
Does that mean my invisible self
wouldn't be able to see anything?
[05:35] Mei
Correct.
[05:37] Mei
While nobody could see you, you would
also not be able to see anyone.
[05:42] Mei
You would be able to
experience true loneliness.
[05:44] Mei
How wonderful!
[05:46] Shi
I-I see. And I always thought being
invisible would be fun...
[05:51] Una
Even if you wanted to prank someone,
if you can't see anything...
[05:55] Miz
If we can't make the eyes disappear,
[05:57] Miz
how about adding eyes to creatures
that the naked eye cannot see?
[06:01] Miz
Like a single-celled organism in the water?
[06:03] Una
That means at first,
it'll look like normal water.
[06:06] Una
But if you zoom in...
[06:12] Both
That's super terrifying!
[06:14] Miz
I-Is it no good?
[06:17] Shi
God has spoken!
[06:18] God
Accepted!
SIGN Accepted
SIGN Single-Celled Organism
With an Eye
(Dinoflagellate)
[06:22] Hgi
A single-celled organism
only has, well, one cell.
[06:26] Hgi
And you want to add an eye
to it? Are you serious?
[06:29] Miz
Simple and multipurpose is
my forte. We can do it.
[06:33] Miz
Let's do our best together, Mars-san.
[06:35] Hig
Yeah, yeah. I'll be counting on you.
[06:38] Una
The request was to make
a scary story not so scary.
[06:42] Una
Why did that result in a
scary creature being born?
[06:46] Una
I would have preferred having a cute,
[06:48] Una
small, transparent fish there when
I feel someone looking at me
[06:51] Una
from a place that looks empty.
[06:54] God
I feel you!
[06:57] Shi
"Watching, even though nobody's there"...
Isn't that God?
SIGN The Illustrated Guide to Creatures That Really Exist
[07:04] Ken
The Illustrated Guide to Creatures
That Really Exist!
[07:08] Shi
I didn't know that chameleons
change color based on their mood.
[07:13] Shi
I always thought that was for camouflage.
[07:15] Miz
Chameleons turn black when
they're stressed out or depressed.
[07:18] Shi
They're so sensitive.
[07:20] Shi
It's so interesting that there are creatures
that change color based on their mood.
[07:23] Miz
I think you'd change color, too.
[07:26] Miz
Their color also changes based on the sun.
[07:28] Miz
When it's hot, it goes into
infrared reflection mode,
[07:31] Miz
so its body temperature
doesn't get too high.
[07:33] Shi
So when it's in a light spot,
[07:35] Shi
it gets lighter to reflect the sun,
and when it's in a dark spot, it gets dark—
[07:40] Shi
Wait? Isn't this camouflage?
[07:43] Miz
Yeah, often that's the result.
[07:47] Shi
I see!
[07:50] Miz
See? You changed color.
[07:59] All
Wow!
[08:01] All
So pretty!
[08:04] All
Nice!
[08:06] Tsu
I'm worried.
[08:09] Tsu
Ever since that big fireworks show,
[08:11] Tsu
my grandson Kenta has only been sighing.
[08:16] Ken
I want to meet them again.
[08:18] Tsu
He was drawing something like a portrait.
[08:22] Tsu
I thought it might be my
grandson's first love.
[08:26] Tsu
So I decided to create the
object of his first love.
[08:35] Shi
C-Create?
[08:38] Shi
This situation has gone mad all of a sudden!
[08:41] Shi
What do you mean by "create"?
[08:44] Miz
Wouldn't it be faster to
find the other child?
[08:47] Miz
Pluto-chan was there, too.
Why don't you ask her to help?
[08:52] Tsu
Well, I did go and ask her, but...
[08:57] (Flashback) Mei
I didn't really see anyone like that.
It was very crowded, anyway.
[09:00] (Flashback) Tsu
I see. Sorry for bothering
you when you're busy.
[09:04] (Flashback) Tsu
What are you working on, anyway?
[09:06] (Flashback) Mei
A "creature with eyes that stand out."
[09:09] (Flashback) Mei
I went to the fireworks
because I wanted to see how
[09:12] (Flashback) Mei
the prototype for this nocturnal
animal would react.
[09:14] (Flashback) Tsu
Oh, for the internal competition!
[09:16] (Flashback) Tsu
I might submit something, too.
[09:19] (Flashback) Tsu
The person my grandson wanted to
meet was "cute, with big eyes."
[09:22] (Flashback) Mei
Sounds nice!
[09:24] Tsu
So since I have no leads, I decided
to just create something.
[09:29] Shi
Huh... By the way, why is Pluto-san
staying in a tent on Galapagos?
[09:34] Kan
In order to push herself.
[09:36] Kan
Even though she's in the middle of nature,
[09:38] Kan
she's not even stepping outside of the tent.
[09:40] Kan
It's like she locked
herself in a can to work.
[09:42] Shi
She's very stoic, huh?
SIGN Prototype Lab
[09:44] Tsu
The base is done already.
[09:46] Tsu
Kenta will be so happy!
[09:48] Shi
I don't think seeing something that has a
vague resemblance is what Kenta wanted.
[09:54] Miz
He wanted to have another encounter,
so of course he'll be happy.
[09:57] Shi
I'm surrounded by madmen!
[09:59] Tsu
Here we are!
[10:07] Tsu
I think this is what the
base should look like.
[10:09] Tsu
What do you think?
[10:10] Miz
It looks just like your grandson's drawing.
[10:12] Shi
I really don't think so!
[10:15] Hig
Listen, about this kid...
[10:16] Shi
Finally, a voice of reason!
[10:18] Hig
If the eyes are this big, I can't
make muscles to move the eyeballs.
[10:23] Hig
There's not enough room in its skull.
[10:25] Shi
Wait, that's your objection?!
[10:27] Hig
Eyeballs need quite a lot
of space in the back.
[10:30] Hig
If the eyes are this big,
they'll fill the entire skull cavity.
[10:36] Shi
Hm, but Mercury-san, didn't the ostrich
that you designed also have big eyes?
[10:40] Miz
The ostrich also doesn't have room
for muscles to move the eyes.
[10:44] Miz
That's why I made it so it moves
its entire head to look at things.
[10:48] Tsu
Next, we have this tongue here.
[10:51] Tsu
Mercury-kun, you made an
animal like this, right?
[10:54] Miz
The gecko.
[10:55] Miz
Since it doesn't have eyelids, it licks its
eyes with its tongue to lubricate them.
[10:59] Shi
It's sort of cute.
[11:01] Tsu
I see. You mean like this?
[11:05] Shi
Th-That's not cute!
[11:07] Miz
Chief,
[11:09] Miz
might this line in the eye
be a winking expression?
[11:12] Miz
That suggests there are eyelids.
[11:14] Tsu
Oh, right. Then let's make the
long tongue be for feeding.
[11:19] Miz
One more thing.
[11:21] Miz
This detail here by the mouth.
[11:23] Miz
Could there be two tongues?
[11:26] Miz
That would mean there's one for
grooming and one for feeding.
[11:31] Tsu
I see! Let's go with that idea, too.
[11:36] Shi
Oh, no! Kenta-kun's first love...
[11:39] Shi
Aren't we drifting further and
further from the answer here?
[11:41] Shi
But maybe I should just be happy
the base wasn't a horse.
[11:44] Tsu
Mars-kun, what do you think?
[11:46] Hig
Well, what kind of food are we looking at?
[11:49] Tsu
Since there are two eyes facing forward,
[11:51] Tsu
this is not an herbivore, but a carnivore.
[11:54] Shi
You can tell from just the
position of the eyes?
[11:57] Hig
Having eyes on the sides gives
you a wider field of vision,
[11:59] Hig
which means you can spot
your enemies better.
[12:01] Hig
That's for animals who want to
flee from other animals, or herbivores.
[12:04] Shi
Aha...
[12:06] Hig
On the flip side, having eyes facing forward
[12:07] Hig
grants a wider area where
the fields of vision overlap.
[12:09] Hig
That gives you better depth perception and
lets you know the distance to your prey.
[12:13] Shi
Ah, so animals that want to catch other animals!
[12:16] Tsu
This animal runs and chases its prey.
[12:22] Shi
Every aspect just makes it scarier.
[12:25] Hig
But if the jaw is this small,
[12:27] Hig
it won't have enough power to
tear apart big pieces of meat.
[12:30] Miz
Should we make it swallow the
prey whole, like a snake?
[12:32] Miz
You can make the jaw split sideways and
remove the sternum to open up the rib cage.
SIGN Sternum
[12:36] Miz
Then swallowing prey whole will be easy.
SIGN Snakes don't have one
[12:44] Hig
You need the sternum to attach
the muscles that move the arms.
[12:48] Hig
The snake's fine because
it doesn't have arms.
[12:50] Miz
I guess swallowing whole is out, then.
[12:52] Hig
I don't think explosiveness
or stamina are a thing here.
[12:55] Hig
At best, we're looking at
catching slow insects.
[12:58] Miz
Insects...
[13:01] Miz
Then this must be a snail!
[13:06] Tsu
That's it!
[13:07] Shi
Are you sure?!
[13:10] Tsu
All right, that's the spitting
image of the drawing!
[13:13] Tsu
What do you think?
Will it be love on first sight?
[13:15] Miz
It would be for me!
[13:17] Shi
They've created a monstrosity!
[13:19] Tsu
Shimoda-kun, don't be shy.
Let us know what you think.
[13:21] Shi
Well, um, just one thing...
[13:25] Shi
Maybe it's lacking a little bit of cuteness.
[13:29] Tsu
Cuteness... That's an area
we're not very good at.
[13:32] Hig
Oh, I remember Neptune-san adding hair and
saying cute animals need to be fluffy.
[13:38] Tsu
That's it! Let's focus on
cuteness and fluff it up!
[13:43] Tsu
It's done!
SIGN My Grandson's
First Love
[13:45] Miz
It's spot-on, Saturn-san!
[13:47] Shi
I feel so sorry for your memories
of your first love, Kenta-kun!
[13:51] Mei
I'm back.
[13:55] Mei
Exactly the same!?
[13:56] Tsu
Why?!
[13:59] Tsu
We were trying to recreate
my grandson's drawing.
[14:03] Mei
Oh, that's me.
[14:05] Shi
This little one?
[14:07] Mei
No, no, I'm here.
[14:09] Shi
Oh, so it's not a drawing of the fireworks?
[14:12] Mei
And next to me is this guy.
[14:14] Mei
We ran into Kenta-kun as I was
handing it a snail snack,
[14:17] Mei
so the drawing must be of that.
[14:19] Mei
The prototype was much bigger, too.
[14:22] Mei
Because the eyes are too big to move,
the entire neck can swivel all the way around.
[14:26] Mei
It has two tongues, too.
[14:28] Tsu
Same for ours.
[14:30] Miz
They're perfectly identical!
[14:31] Shi
W-Wait, so the "first love" was spot-on?
[14:36] Shi
And God has spoken!
[14:38] God
Accepted!
SIGN Philippine
Tarsier
SIGN Accepted
[14:41] Mei
Yay! Locking myself in paid off!
[14:44] Tsu
We unknowingly traced your steps.
[14:47] Miz
Kenta-kun's observational
powers are amazing.
[14:50] Shi
After that, the one that Saturn-san made...
[14:54] Ken
I finally found you again!
[14:56] Ken
I missed you!
[14:57] Miz
You did it, Chief!
[14:58] Tsu
Yeah!
[14:58] Ken
I wanted to see you!
[15:00] Shi
I-I'm... happy for you.
[15:01] Ken
So cute!
[15:10] Hig
I don't think the ear canal
should be any bigger.
[15:14] Shi
Mars-san, how's progress?
[15:17] Hig
We're working on "an animal
with good hearing."
[15:20] Tsu
Oh, no! I can see the
eyeball through the ear!
[15:24] Tsu
It might accidentally come out that way!
[15:27] Shi
I've seen you before.
[15:29] Hig
That's why you can't make it so big.
[15:31] Shi
Wasn't this Kenta-kun's little friend?
[15:34] Tsu
I'm redesigning it into
"an animal with good hearing."
[15:38] Tsu
Look, aren't these ears great?
[15:41] Tsu
The ridges are there for a reason, too.
[15:44] Tsu
The sound hits these ridges, which allows the
animal to know where the sound is coming from.
SIGN Sound
[15:49] Tsu
If we can't make the ear canal too big,
[15:52] Tsu
I'll have to improve this area instead.
[15:54] Shi
You mean make them bigger,
like with elephants?
[15:58] Tsu
Elephants don't have good hearing.
[16:00] Shi
Really? But their ears are so big!
[16:02] Hig
You know how you cup your ears like
this when you try to hear something?
[16:07] Hig
A parabolic shape is better
for gathering sound.
SIGN Sound
SIGN Sound
SIGN Sound
[16:10] Tsu
The elephant's ears are
flat and have no ridges.
[16:13] Hig
Because the elephant's ears are heat sinks.
[16:16] Shi
That's right! They get heat
stroke without those ears.
[16:19] Shi
So they can't hear well, huh?
[16:22] Tsu
But their feet can.
[16:24] Shi
Their feet?
[16:28] Tsu
Elephants detect the vibrations
of the ground with their feet,
[16:31] Tsu
and send them through their
bones to their ears.
[16:34] Tsu
It's bone conductivity of a sort.
[16:36] Tsu
When they want to hear better,
they press their feet into the ground,
[16:42] Tsu
similar to how we might press
our ear against a wall.
[16:44] Shi
That's a little bit cute!
[16:46] Tsu
Anyway, this ear is cup-shaped,
and with the round ridges, it's ideal!
[16:52] Shi
So that's why a lot of animals
have this ear shape.
[16:55] Tsu
I was the one who designed
the base model of this ear,
[16:59] Tsu
but this time, I am looking to
make something even better!
[17:02] Shi
When there are no horses involved,
Saturn-san's quite impressive.
[17:06] Hig
These ears might be even better at gathering
sound if they can move freely
[17:10] Hig
to match the angle that the
sound is coming from.
[17:12] Tsu
I see. How about this?
[17:18] Shi
That's a little scary.
[17:20] Hig
Should the ear canals stay
on the sides of the head?
[17:22] Hig
If they're on the sides, they can
pick up sound from all directions,
[17:25] Hig
but it'll make it hard to hear small sounds.
[17:27] Tsu
Right.
[17:28] Tsu
Then let's bring them to the front.
[17:32] ---
There!
[17:34] Tsu
This will up the sensitivity!
[17:36] Hig
If you specialize in one direction,
the sensitivity will go up,
[17:40] Hig
but it also means that they have to move
their head toward sound sources all the time.
[17:43] Tsu
That's fine. This model can turn its neck.
[17:47] Tsu
Since the neck itself grew, too,
it can also bend up and down.
[17:51] Tsu
Lucky!
[17:53] Tsu
Let's test if this is good enough to catch
prey just with sound, without relying on vision.
[17:57] Tsu
Shimoda-kun, please be the prey.
[17:59] ---
Huh?
[18:00] ---
Uh...
[18:02] ---
What?!
[18:05] Shi
I couldn't refuse...
[18:10] Shi
It's coming for me!
[18:13] Tsu
How did you know it's coming?
[18:15] Shi
I mean, the footsteps...
[18:17] Tsu
Oh, that. Okay, let's add
wings and make it fly.
[18:23] Shi
We're not done yet?
[18:25] Tus
Let's adjust the ears too.
[18:27] Shi
Huh, why?
[18:28] Hig
That's revolutionary!
[18:30] Hig
You see, ears can tell where a sound is
coming from based on which ear heard it first.
[18:35] Hig
By shifting them up and down,
[18:36] Hig
they can detect a sound's height
as well as its direction!
[18:38] Hig
That's Saturn-san's genius!
[18:40] Tsu
All right! Now detection is possible
no matter where Shimoda-kun runs.
[18:44] Shi
This is even more terrifying.
[18:50] Shi
I can't sense it anywhere...
but there's really nowhere to hide.
[18:59] Tsu
Aw, how did you know it was flying at you?
[19:02] Shi
I heard its wings flapping.
[19:05] Tsu
This is Mars-san's territory.
[19:07] Tsu
Any good ideas?
[19:09] Hig
Making the flight feathers jagged might
disperse the sound, and thus lower the volume.
SIGN Smooth
SIGN Jagged
[19:15] Tsu
I see!
[19:16] Tsu
Let's do another test!
[19:17] Shi
A-Again?!
[19:22] Shi
I'm sorry... I haven't been attacked yet,
but it's there, right?
[19:28] Tsu
What? How could you tell?
[19:30] Shi
I mean, when it's twisting its head around,
[19:32] Shi
the ears flap around and
are really noticeable.
[19:35] Tsu
You're right.
[19:37] Tsu
The ears are holding it back.
[19:39] Shi
Weren't they the whole point?!
[19:43] Tsu
All right, let's squash
the ears into the face.
[19:47] Tsu
Then its silhouette won't change
even when it's turning its head.
[19:51] Hig
I think that's good.
[19:52] Shi
It is?
[19:53] Tsu
Then I'll gather all the
ideas and present you with...
[19:55] Tsu
An animal with good hearing!
[19:58] Shi
God has spoken!
SIGN Owl
[19:59] God
Accepted!
SIGN Accepted
[20:03] Shi
I'm glad it's not the scary one from before.
[20:07] Shi
Saturn-san, where did the
all-important parabola ears go?
[20:11] Tsu
This round depression on the face.
[20:14] Hig
The entire face is a parabola,
[20:16] Hig
so it can focus the sound in the ear
by moving the surrounding feathers.
[20:20] Tsu
By the way, its skull looks like this.
SIGN Left Ear
SIGN Right Ear
[20:24] Tsu
The ear canals are facing the front
and are vertically misaligned.
[20:27] Shi
So you kept that long neck as-is.
[20:31] Tsu
As you can see, the silhouette is the
same no matter which way it faces.
[20:34] Shi
I'm glad. Since its previous look
is gone, I don't find it as scary.
[20:40] Tsu
What are you talking about?
[20:41] Tsu
The chicks look basically the same as that.
SIGN Barn Owl Chicks
[20:47] Hig
You can also still see the
eyeball through its ear canal.
[20:50] Hig
Wanna look?
[20:51] Shi
I'll pass!
[20:54] Tsu
The flight feathers have a stealth mode.
[20:56] Shi
Amazing! Every feature made it in.
[21:00] Shi
You're really good, Saturn-san!
SIGN Brown
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[21:02] Tsu
Incidentally, they have the same
color scheme as the horse.
[21:05] Shi
Y-You worked the horse in?
[21:06] Hig
Saturn-san, you never miss a beat.
[21:09] Kan
Yay, another highly-evolved birdie!
[21:13] Shi
Oh, Saturn-san designed that.
[21:16] Kan
Let's make you even cuter.
[21:17] Shi
Oh, but it has that silhouette for a reason—
[21:22] Shi
God has spoken!
[21:23] God
That's accepted, too!
SIGN Accepted
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[21:26] Shi
Why?!
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[21:28] Ken
The Illustrated Guide to Creatures
That Really Exist!
[21:33] Tsu
There are these ear-like things on its head,
but they're not ears, right?
[21:37] Kan
Yes, just like other owls, the ears
are in this area of the face.
[21:42] Tsu
So what are these pointy things here?
[21:44] Kan
Decorative feathers.
[21:46] Tsu
What are they for?
[21:46] Kan
Nothing! They're just cute!
[21:49] Kan
Wait, I'll think of something...
[21:53] Kan
How about this? They look like leaves,
so they help with camouflage!
[21:56] Tsu
I feel like not having them
would work even better.
[21:58] Tsu
When it moves its head, they'll stand out.
[22:01] Kan
Now that you mention it...
[22:03] Kan
Wait, then why was it accepted?
[22:06] Kan
It would be better to not
have these pointy feathers.
[22:09] Tsu
God's ways are mysterious.
[22:12] Kan
You're so right! I knew it!
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