Mobile Era 8013...
This anime is made for the viewer to enjoy the cuteness of robots, while enjoying a hardly noticeable, inoffensive investigation.
On Earth, where humans have long been extinct,
the hordes of military robots that were left behind
continue fighting an endless war.
The war's still not ending.
Let's hurry... and find laughter...
Indeed.
By the way, I was sorting through my library,
and found a very important document on laughter.
What? A very important document?
I wanna know... tell me...
It appears that all of the attempts we made at laughter up until now
were all techniques that are quite hard.
Apparently there is a beginners' method of laughter called "cliché."
Oh, I see!
We've only tried hard methods so far,
so we couldn't produce laughter.
Pretty sure that's not the only reason.
So, what is this "cliché " thing?
Apparently cliché is one of the foundations and theories behind laughter
Cliché (noun) Means "normal," "not special," "as is." Moments or punchlines that are obvious to anyone.
and is one of those things that anyone can think up,
and so it was very understandable and anyone could laugh.
Wow, that sounds like something we can do, too.
A journey of a thousand miles, begins with a single step.
All right, Fujii, try being cliché.
O-Okay. I'll give it a try.
A bit more forceful of a request than usual.
Um, should I use the weather again for trying out cliché?
Indeed. Try saying something anyone can think of.
All right.
I-It's such a nice day...
P-Peaceful!
It's a great day for laundry!
I-I should have aired out my futon!
Lounging in the sun, and such...
Right?
Um, I realized this after trying it, but is it really possible
to produce laughter from something anyone can think up?
If that's the case,
wouldn't that mean humans were laughing all the time?
Now that you mention it, you're right.
Perhaps I misunderstood the interpretation.
Yeah, I think there must be some kind of mistake.
And in regards to you being cliché, there was absolutely
nothing funny about it.
This was the furthest...
from laughter in all your attempts so far...
Oh, please forget about it already!
I already know that!
And this became rather cliché before anyone has realized it...
Apparently, in the cliché genre,
there was an action called "tripping."
By tripping you mean
the action of losing one's balance and falling over?
Right. For example, the person
tripping in situations where it wasn't okay to fall,
like while holding fragile items or when being the center of attention,
was considered a very understandable cliché way of getting laughter.
I see.
Let's give it a try...
All right, Fujii, try tripping in a situation where you absolutely shouldn't trip.
Then...
Let's imagine that I'm holding a pot full of soup.
Oh, no, I tripped!
I failed! Now I have to remake the soup.
Dot... Dot... Dot...
How was that? Did it produce laughter?
It felt like it was on purpose.
I totally knew... that you were going to trip...
I see...
She was asked to trip, so she tripped.
It can't be helped.
I'll give it a try next.
Okay.
I'll imagine that the switch to destroy the world
is at my feet, making it the utmost situation where I can't trip.
Here I go.
I...
will not trip...
no matter what!
How was that? Did it produce laughter?
Um, I was astonished at how audaciously you tripped.
It was more shocking... than funny...
I know. Sadly, this time laughter won't be produced.
Wha?
The fact that I tripped there,
also means that the Earth was destroyed.
Meaning, it was the utmost situation where I shouldn't have tripped.
Oh, I see.
I'm starting to not understand the purpose of this...
This is becoming more bizarre than cliché.
All right, next, Mori.
Try tripping in a situation where you're not supposed to trip.
Understood.
Here we go.
Eh?! Mori? What's wrong?!
What are you doing, Mori?
A situation where you're not supposed to trip:
when you have already tripped.
What? You tripped again when you had already tripped?
Yes.
It was a little hard to understand.
I totally thought this would work...
Rather than cliche,
that's a very original way of tripping.
I wonder what other kinds of patterns there are with being cliché.
Let's see...
There is the scenario where you push someone who specifically
told you not to push them.
Huh? What does that mean?
When someone says "Don't push,"
that already creates a situation where you shouldn't push them.
But when you push them, it apparently produces a cliché laughter
because of the deliberate betrayal.
Oh, I see.
I don't really understand, but I wonder what happened in those situations.
They usually involved scalding water bathes.
Scalding Water Bath (noun) An extremely hot bath used on variety shows and in punishment games.
All right, Fujii, try pushing Mori when she asks you not to.
Okay.
Fujii... Don't push me...
All right, now, Fujii.
Take that!
How's that? Is it producing laughter?
Apparently not yet.
Try pushing harder.
H-How about now?
Harder, Fujii! Push her at full power!
Help me, Kato!
Me?
I can't do this by myself!
Don't you push me, either, Kato... no matter what...
I guess there's no other choice.
Take that!
Not bad... you two...
Do you think that produced laughter?
Yes... it was close to doing so.
Very close.
Will the robots ever be able to obtain laughter?
To be continued in the second half.
Experiment! Experiment!
I found something interesting called "Thai kick" in a file.
Thai kick?
Apparently, receiving a blow called a Thai kick
was a standard way of producing laughter.
Oh, I see!
Let's try... Thai kick...
Yes!
Subaru!
Experiment... Start!
Thai Style Butt Kicking
Apparently we just created more enemies for them...
Yeah...
Experiment failed!
What's this?
This is a place called a sporting goods store apparently.
Let's figure out what everything is used for.
All right, then first...
Mori will go.
Okay.
Right.
All right, Chinese cabbage. The pickled radish is great, too!
W-Wait, wait...
I really don't know what's going on...
Same.
I'm finally... about to eat... the pickled vegetables
that have been pickling...
S-So, the judo gi or whatever is supposed to be Chinese cabbage?
Chinese cabbage.
I guess... I don't completely
not comprehend it being Chinese cabbage...
But the bat....
B-But the bat is pickled radish?
That's pushing it a little...
Yeah...
Well I guess this would be... around three points, maybe?
Out of what?
A hundred.
So low!
Out of everything you've done, this was the hardest to understand.
Instead of the bat being pickled radish...
It might have been understandable if it was one whole daikon.
Yeah, if it was daikon,
it might have matched up with my database better.
It might have been easier if it matched up...
You still can't say it?
Why are you still having a hard time saying it, huh?
Can I go now?
Yes, please go.
Oh, yes, please.
You're quite large, sir, but your ear wax is quite large, too.
So dirty...
Kato.
Yes?
So what's this... ear wax?
Humans expel waste... from various locations.
Oh, waste comes out?
This is the waste that comes out of the ear.
This is where I'm cleaning it out for someone.
I see.
Something that big came from a human?
A big piece of waste like that?
So when... humans expel waste from their bodies... is it warm?
I wonder...
In some circumstances.
Well, humans have a body temperature.
Ooh.
I see.
Then next...
All right, Fujii.
Here I go.
Check!
This is a home base, something called a home base.
Home base.
This is... um... see?
Let me explain.
Please.
Um, apparently, there used to be a game like this.
I see.
It's the Meijin championship series.
Meijin?
Meijin.
What's a Meijin?
Meijin are... people who play this game...
and seem they will reach the top...
Apparently that's what they are called.
So what are people who have reached the top?
The ones that have reached it are...
S-S-Super Meijin? Maybe?
S-S-Super Meijin?
Ask your database.
Searching.
Next time on Straight Title: Robot Anime:
Episode Seven. Once again, on this chan—
Episode Seven