E23 - The Future of the Aquarium

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[00:07] Fuuka
    Here, soft-boiled.
[00:08] Fuuka
    It turned out good today.
[00:10] Kukuru
    Thanks.
[00:18] Fuuka
    Our shifts are the same today, right?
[00:20] Kukuru
    Yeah.
[00:21] Fuuka
    I'll make something
    for dinner tonight, then.
[00:24] Fuuka
    Wanna eat together?
[00:25] Kukuru
    Yay!
[00:33] Kukuru
    I wish I could know
    what Ban-chan's feeling.
[00:37] Kukuru
    When are they going to get back
    to open waters?
[00:41] Fuuka
    I'm sure they can
    when the time comes.
[00:43] Fuuka
    Like the sea-turtle hatchlings did.
[00:47] Kukuru
    You're right.
[02:21] Director
    Good morning, everyone.
[02:23] Director
    I, Aquarium Tingarla director Hoshino Akira,
    have an important announcement to make.
[02:29] Director
    Our aquarium will be launching
    a new research facility,
[02:32] ---
    opening two years from now.
[02:35] Director
    And it's called the USTD Aquatope Project.
SIGN    USTD Aquatope Project
[02:41] Kuuya
    "USTD"...
[02:43] Eiji
    Umi-yan and his Shochu pops: Totally Devoted?
[02:47] Umiyan
    Really?!
[02:47] Kuuya
    You don't have any.
[02:48] Director
    USTD stands for "Under the Sea with
    sea creatures: Totally Devoted!"
[02:56] Eiji
    I was right about the "totally devoted" part.
[02:58] Kuuya
    Seriously?
[03:00] Director
    The Aquatope will be a big project,
[03:01] ---
    involving not just research
    on species that we raise,
[03:05] ---
    but also exploration of uncharted
    waters and investigation
[03:11] ---
    into environmental issues
    affecting marine life.
[03:17] Director
    Climate change, microplastics,
    overfishing and many other factors
[03:21] ---
    are changing the map
    of the entire biosphere.
[03:27] Director
    How do we respond to these changes?
[03:30] ---
    What can we do for the future
    of these critters?
[03:34] Director
    I want us to go beyond an aquarium
    to ponder these questions.
[03:38] Eiji
    Magnificent.
[03:40] Director
    Now, we're looking for two people
    to make up the first crew of this project.
[03:45] Director
    The crew will have plenty to study
[03:48] ---
    during their two-year training course
    at Waihana Aquarium in Hawaii.
[03:54] Chiyu
    Isn't Waihana where the director was before?
[03:57] Kaoru
    It's the most progressive aquarium
    in the world.
[04:01] Director
    If you're interested, please write a report
    detailing your reasons for wanting to join.
[04:06] Director
    It's time for you to step forward!
SIGN    Facility Broadcast
[04:12] Umiyan
    You young'uns ought to go for it.
[04:14] Eiji
    I'm very interested.
[04:16] Kuuya
    Overseas? Nope.
[04:18] Umiyan
    I'm kind of interested, too, but...
[04:24] Kuuya
    Jeez.
[04:25] Chiyu
    I don't want to leave
    our penguins behind right now.
[04:29] Marina
    They're finally warming up to us.
[04:31] Marina
    It does sound fun, though.
[04:31] A
    Kaoru-san, what about you?
[04:33] Kaoru
    I'm going to go for it, of course.
[04:35] Kaoru
    What about you?
[04:40] Kukuru
    The director's Aquatope?
[04:42] Kukuru
    It sounds really cool.
[04:43] Fuuka
    Yeah.
[04:44] Fuuka
    I hadn't really thought
    about oceanic issues until now.
[04:49] Kukuru
    Imagine being able to train
    at an aquarium in Hawaii.
[04:53] Kukuru
    Wanna go together?
[04:56] Fuuka
    Yeah!
[04:57] Kukuru
    Then again, I don't think I can ask for that
    after I left without notice.
[05:03] Kukuru
    Did you want to go?
[05:05] Fuuka
    Nah.
[05:06] Fuuka
    Not really.
[05:08] Fuuka
    You might get to go back
    to being an attendant, after all.
[05:11] Fuuka
    You're interviewing
    with the director tomorrow, right?
[05:14] Kukuru
    Oh, yeah.
[05:16] Kukuru
    Right, Choko's coming back tomorrow.
[05:19] Kukuru
    I can't wait to see them.
SIGN    I
SIGN    Overseas
[05:43] Fuuka
    I'd have to be away from Kukuru
    for two years.
[05:50] Director
    There's an opening
    for a position as attendant.
[05:53] Director
    Do you wish to transfer?
[06:00] Director
    How is work in marketing?
[06:02] Kukuru
    It's difficult.
[06:04] Kukuru
    The assistant director has given up on me.
[06:06] Kukuru
    He brought up the transfer
    the other day, too.
[06:09] Kukuru
    He probably doesn't think
    I'm cut out for marketing.
[06:13] Director
    Are you sure about that?
[06:22] Boss
    Plankton.
[06:23] Kukuru
    Y-Yes?
[06:24] Boss
    About that plan you had, to invite local kids
    to the new area opening...
[06:30] Boss
    We got the go-ahead.
[06:31] Kukuru
    Really?
[06:32] Boss
    Inform the appropriate departments.
[06:35] Kukuru
    Yes, sir!
[06:35] Kukuru
    Thank you!
[06:46] (Flashback) Director
    Do you know what Suwa-san, the assistant
    director, was doing before he came here?
[06:51] (Flashback) Kukuru
    I heard he worked at a bank.
[06:54] (Flashback) Director
    Yeah.
[06:55] (Flashback) Director
    He was in charge of an aquarium
    that had gone under.
[07:00] (Flashback) Director
    And having learned about the sad fate
    of the animals after the aquarium closed,
[07:04] (Flashback) ---
    he was wracked with guilt.
[07:08] (Flashback) Director
    The first time I met him, he said,
[07:11] (Flashback) Director
    "I don't ever want
    to go through that again."
[07:15] (Flashback) Director
    He came here to Tingarla
    to protect the animals.
[07:27] Akari
    You look pretty gloomy.
[07:29] Akari
    Does that mean you didn't
    get the attendant position?
[07:32] Kukuru
    Nah, he just asked if I wanted the job.
[07:35] Akari
    Oh.
[07:36] Akari
    You and Karin-san are still rivals, then.
[07:39] Akari
    Being an attendant would be nice,
[07:41] ---
    but what about the overseas training
    for the Aquatope project?
[07:44] Karin
    I'm interested, but first I have
    to learn the basics of being an attendant.
[07:48] Karin
    I came to Tingarla because I wanted
    to become an attendant, after all.
[07:52] Kukuru
    Yeah.
[07:53] Karin
    Even if it doesn't work out this time,
    I might get tapped next time.
[07:57] Akari
    You're so positive, Karin-san.
[08:00] Akari
    I heard Kaoru-san threw in her hat
    for the overseas training.
[08:04] Kaoru
    It's a perfect opportunity.
[08:05] Kaoru
    I really want to go.
[08:07] Chiyu
    I'm rooting for you.
[08:08] Chiyu
    You've always been interested.
[08:10] Kaoru
    Yeah.
[08:17] Kaoru
    Miyazawa-san.
[08:18] Fuuka
    Yes?
[08:19] Kaoru
    What are you going to do
    about the overseas training?
[08:22] Fuuka
    What do you mean?
[08:24] Kaoru
    You said you were interested
    in environmental issues.
[08:27] Kaoru
    You might never get
    an opportunity like this again.
[08:30] Fuuka
    I'm interested,
    but I don't want to leave Kukuru.
[08:35] Kaoru
    Ah.
[08:36] Kaoru
    Well, it's up to you to decide in the end.
[08:39] Kaoru
    Bye.
[08:46] Kai
    Kukuru.
[08:48] Kukuru
    Kai.
[08:49] Kukuru
    What's up?
[08:50] Kai
    I came to pick up my stuff.
[08:52] Kai
    But then I heard Choko's coming today.
[08:54] Kai
    I'm going to say "hi"
    before I go home.
[08:56] Kukuru
    Ah.
[08:57] Kukuru
    How's your dad doing?
[08:59] Kai
    He's getting surgery
    at the end of the month.
[09:02] Kukuru
    I see.
[09:04] Kukuru
    I'll go see him sometime.
[09:06] Kai
    Thanks.
[09:07] Kai
    You're still in marketing?
[09:11] Kai
    I thought you would be the one
    taking my position.
[09:15] Kukuru
    Yeah...
[09:24] Kukuru
    I missed you, Choko, everyone!
[09:28] Kai
    Everyone remembers you, huh?
[09:32] Takeshita
    Everyone's in good health.
[09:35] Chiyu
    Uozu Aquarium let us know
    that there were no issues
[09:37] ---
    while they were taking care of them.
[09:40] Takeshita
    One of Gramps's connections?
[09:41] Fuuka
    Yes.
[09:42] Fuuka
    He knows people all over the country.
[09:44] Marina
    Beware the Gama Gama Gramps Network.
[09:48] Umiyan
    G'day.
[09:49] Umiyan
    Hey, it's Choko.
[09:51] Kuuya
    They haven't changed.
[09:52] Takeshita
    It's been a long journey for them.
[09:53] Takeshita
    Let's keep an eye on them here
    for the next few days.
[09:56] Takeshita
    They can come outside after that.
[09:58] Marina
    Okay, understood!
SIGN    The Future of the Aquarium
SIGN    Attendants
SIGN    Penguin equipment
[10:11] Fuuka
    There.
SIGN    Misakino Kukuru
SIGN    1PM, right? Okay!
    I hope Choko's well.
SIGN    You're having dinner with me tonight, too, right?
    Is there anything you want?
SIGN    I have overtime >_< Sorry, we'll have
    to have dinner separately tonight!
SIGN    Sorry...
SIGN    What I Want to Learn Abroad
[10:52] Udon
    I don't see you here
    by yourself very often.
[10:54] Kukuru
    I can't have Fuuka cook
    for me all the time.
[10:58] Udon
    She must be worried about you.
[11:01] Kukuru
    Why?
[11:02] Udon
    I mean, you hole yourself up in Gama Gama
    and run away and stuff.
[11:07] Udon
    That's who you are, though.
[11:09] Udon
    You're honest.
[11:10] Udon
    I like that about you.
[11:13] Kukuru
    Thanks.
[11:18] (Flashback) Kukuru
    Did you want to go?
[11:20] (Flashback) Fuuka
    Nah.
[11:21] (Flashback) Fuuka
    Not really.
[11:26] Fuuka
    I found myself in this job
    after I met someone last year.
[11:33] Fuuka
    That person is always thinking about
    what she can do for the animals.
[11:42] Fuuka
    That was also something that was valued
    at the small aquarium where she was.
SIGN    Morning!
SIGN    I have a lot to do,
    so I'll see you at work!
[11:50] Fuuka
    The other day, I had the opportunity
    to see sea turtles hatch.
[11:53] Fuuka
    It was very heartwarming,
    but at the same time,
[11:57] ---
    I learned about the severe
    environmental changes affecting life,
[12:02] ---
    and I decided that I wanted
    to learn more.
[12:13] Garandu
    Thanks for coming so early in the morning.
[12:16] Garandu
    Those of you here
[12:17] ---
    are the ones who made it
    past the initial screening based on your reports.
[12:20] Garandu
    We'll be using the rest of the time
    until opening to make our final decisions.
[12:24] Director
    As we informed you before, the subject is
[12:27] ---
    any species that you would like to introduce.
[12:30] Director
    You may use any means you wish
    to make a presentation of
[12:34] ---
    what you would like to study
    about this species in this project.
[12:39] Director
    Higa-kun, you're up first.
[12:40] Eiji
    Okay.
[12:43] Eiji
    This is the fish
    that I would like to present.
[12:46] Eiji
    Please try it first.
[12:48] A
    I didn't think we'd be served food.
[12:52] Director
    Thank you!
[12:56] Eiji
    What do you think?
[12:58] B
    It's delicious.
[12:59] C
    It's rich for a white-meat fish.
[13:03] Eiji
    That's eeltail catfish.
[13:06] Garandu
    It's poisonous!
[13:07] Eiji
    Not to worry.
[13:08] Eiji
    It's been prepared by a professional.
[13:11] Garandu
    Also, this isn't our eeltail catfish, is it?
[13:16] Eiji
    Of course not.
[13:17] Eiji
    I wouldn't eat them without permission.
[13:20] Eiji
    As you the chief noted,
    eeltail catfish has poisons.
SIGN    Striped puffer
SIGN    Eeltail catfish
SIGN    Fugu sashimi
SIGN    Tempura
[13:25] Eiji
    The human appetite knows no bounds
[13:29] ---
    and drives us to discover new ways
    to cook even poisonous fish.
SIGN    Inimicus japonicus
SIGN    Red stingray
SIGN    Karaage
SIGN    Stingray fillet
[13:32] Eiji
    But it's known to everyone here
    that market demands
[13:35] ---
    to satisfy this appetite are beginning
    to affect marine ecosystems.
[13:40] Eiji
    If we don't come up
    with a new scheme soon,
[13:43] ---
    we will soon have consumed
    all the fish in the world.
[13:46] A
    Coral reefs are not only
    a resource for tourism,
[13:49] ---
    but also serve an important role
    as a buffer to open waters.
[13:53] B
    Jellyfish are popular now,
[13:54] ---
    but it took a lot of research before
    we could show them off the way we do.
[13:58] B
    Likewise, it may soon be possible
    to raise species that are currently difficult to.
[14:02] Kaoru
    The robber clam is now
    classified as endangered.
[14:05] Kaoru
    In my hometown of Miyako City,
    they were enjoyed by the name "Makugan."
[14:10] Kaoru
    Once an animal goes extinct,
    we can never see them again.
[14:14] Kaoru
    There is a lot in Okinawa
    that we must not lose.
[14:18] Kaoru
    I'd like to dedicate my life
    to look for ways to conserve them
[14:22] ---
    for the next one hundred—
    one thousand—years.
[14:26] Garandu
    Well done.
[14:28] Garandu
    Miyazawa-san, you're last.
[14:31] Garandu
    Where should we go?
[14:32] Fuuka
    Actually...
[14:41] C
    Why are we here?
[14:43] B
    Right?
[14:44] D
    Where's the dolphin?
[14:47] Fuuka
    Hello, everyone!
[14:51] Garandu
    She tripped.
[14:52] Eiji
    A bottlenose dolphin.
[14:54] A
    What...
[14:55] C
    Does she think she's doing?
[14:57] D
    It's the dolphin!
[14:58] E
    Dolphin!
[14:59] D
    It tripped!
[15:01] Fuuka
    I'm fine.
[15:03] Fuuka
    I want to introduce you
    to my friend.
[15:07] Fuuka
    Ban-chan the bottlenose dolphin.
[15:09] D
    There!
[15:10] D
    The dolphin!
[15:11] E
    It's so cute.
[15:12] Fuuka
    How old do you think Ban-chan is?
[15:17] D
    A hundred!
[15:18] E
    Three! Same as Nii-chan.
[15:21] Fuuka
    Thank you.
[15:22] Fuuka
    Ban-chan is still a kid dolphin.
[15:25] Fuuka
    Probably about a year old.
[15:27] D
    Still a baby.
[15:28] Fuuka
    Even at one,
    Ban-chan is a good swimmer.
[15:31] Fuuka
    They normally spend their time
    in a big family.
[15:35] Fuuka
    They chat with each other through whistles.
[15:40] Fuuka
    "A shark's coming! Look out!"
[15:42] Fuuka
    "There are some good sardines over there!"
[15:45] Fuuka
    Stuff like that.
[15:46] Fuuka
    But a little while ago,
    Ban-chan came here all alone.
[15:51] D
    Isn't their mommy with them?
[15:54] Fuuka
    She isn't.
[15:55] Fuuka
    Why do you think Ban-chan is here alone?
[15:58] Fuuka
    Who thinks they're lost?
[16:02] Fuuka
    Okay, thank you.
[16:04] Fuuka
    Who thinks they ran away
    from a big, scary fish?
[16:10] Fuuka
    Who thinks they came to hang out
    with friends?
[16:13] C
    Me!
[16:14] Fuuka
    Thank you.
[16:16] Fuuka
    We all have all kinds of thoughts,
[16:18] ---
    but no one really knows
    why Ban-chan came here.
[16:24] C
    I wish I could talk to Ban-chan.
[16:27] D
    Aren't their mom and dad worried?
[16:29] Fuuka
    Yeah...
[16:31] Fuuka
    I'm sure they miss their family.
[16:33] Fuuka
    But Ban-chan and the other dolphins
[16:35] ---
    seem to have a lot of abilities
    that humans don't.
[16:39] Fuuka
    So I believe they'll eventually find
    their way back to their family.
[16:44] Fuuka
    I hope you all join me
    in watching over Ban-chan.
[16:47] A
    Okay!
[16:48] B
    Bye!
SIGN    USTD Trainee Candidate
SIGN    Shimabukuro Kaoru
SIGN    USTD Aquatope Project
SIGN    Motivation
SIGN    - To protect our beautiful natural resources for future generations -
[16:55] Garandu
    Shall we go with Shimabukuro-san, then?
[16:58] Garandu
    Her report was detailed,
    and her presentation was passionate.
[17:03] Director
    Yes.
[17:04] C
    I agree.
[17:05] C
    I nominate Higa-kun for the second.
[17:07] A
    I agree.
[17:09] A
    He has postgraduate research experience.
[17:12] Garandu
    Although he can be quite unique.
[17:14] B
    Miyazawa-san was quite unique, too.
[17:17] Garandu
    She was the only one
    who left the aquarium.
[17:20] C
    It seemed like a kids' show.
[17:22] C
    I don't know if she's actually ready
    to work at a research institution.
SIGN    USTD Trainee Candidate
SIGN    Miyazawa Fuuka
SIGN    USTD Aquatope Project
SIGN    What I Want to Learn Overseas
[17:26] B
    The theme of the presentation was
    "A species that you want to introduce."
[17:30] B
    I think she was the only one
[17:31] ---
    who had thought through whom she wanted
    to introduce that species to.
[17:35] A
    That being children?
[17:38] B
    Perhaps she wanted children
[17:39] ---
    to appreciate marine life,
    as they'll be the ones inheriting the future.
[17:44] C
    But the Aquatope isn't a kids' facility.
[17:47] Director
    That's not true.
[17:49] Director
    Anything goes, with USTD.
[17:52] Garandu
    She was asking a lot of questions.
[17:55] B
    Maybe she wanted the children
    to ask questions.
[17:59] Garandu
    She's still a child in many ways at this job.
[18:03] Garandu
    So maybe she's asking those
    questions of herself, too.
[18:07] Director
    There are all kinds of
    creatures at an aquarium.
[18:10] Director
    They take on forms and ways of being
    that are foreign to human common sense.
[18:15] Director
    The children who come to an aquarium
    have their imaginations
[18:19] ---
    inspired by being exposed
    to all kinds of strange things.
[18:23] Director
    That may also lead to being imaginative
    about other people.
[18:27] Director
    Don't you think that would make
    for a very kind world?
[18:32] Director
    I sometimes dream...
[18:35] Director
    that some of the children
    who come to the aquarium
[18:38] ---
    will go on to think deeply about life
    and discover new things.
[18:44] Director
    They might solve environmental issues someday.
[18:49] Director
    They might get to see species
    that have gone extinct.
[18:52] Director
    They might come to be able
    to communicate with the animals someday.
[18:58] Director
    Don't you get excited that our work
    might someday be connected to such a place?
[19:16] Kukuru
    I heard.
[19:18] Kukuru
    Congratulations.
[19:21] Kukuru
    You were chosen for the
    overseas training, weren't you?
[19:27] Fuuka
    I can't go.
[19:30] Fuuka
    I can't leave you.
[19:37] Kukuru
    I decided...
[19:39] Kukuru
    to stay in marketing.
[19:43] Fuuka
    Not as an attendant?
[19:45] Kukuru
    I want to gain the skills to protect the animals
    through my marketing work.
[19:50] Kukuru
    I think there's still more I can learn
    from the assistant director.
[19:54] Kukuru
    I'm sorry I kept worrying you.
[19:57] Kukuru
    I turned you into my big sister.
[20:00] Fuuka
    That's not true.
[20:02] Kukuru
    No.
[20:03] Kukuru
    I was being a baby.
[20:04] Kukuru
    When Gama Gama was going away,
    when I was stuck in my marketing work,
[20:09] ---
    when I ran off to the islands
    without telling anyone...
[20:12] Kukuru
    You were always next to me.
[20:16] Kukuru
    But I can't keep depending on you.
[20:22] Kukuru
    So you can go.
    Don't worry about me.
[20:25] Fuuka
    No!
[20:27] Fuuka
    I've made it until now
    because you were next to me!
[20:30] Fuuka
    I'm the one who needs you.
[20:34] Fuuka
    But I can't give up
    on studying more, either.
[20:48] Kukuru
    I'll be your big sister this time.
[20:52] Kukuru
    Your big sister will be waiting here.
[20:55] Kukuru
    So go on ahead.
[20:59] Kukuru
    Study lots while you're there.