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.
Jeez. This war really isn't ending.
I say this... every time...
but let's seriously... obtain laughter today.
Indeed. I was sorting through my library again yesterday,
and found another document on laughter.
Ooh, tell us!
Apparently there was something called "relatable situations"
that was used as a method to produce laughter.
Relatable situations...?
A "relatable situation" is when someone would talk
Relatable Situations (Noun) A method of getting laughter by talking about little things that everyone has experienced and getting the audience to relate.
about little things that people have experienced in daily life,
which would bring forth the feeling of being
relatable and would produce laughter.
What?
Merely stating little things that happen in daily life
would produce laughter?
I don't really... understand the mechanism...
Anyway, let's give it a try.
So, Fujii, you seem like you'd be very good at this,
so tell us an amazing relatable situation.
I don't know if I'll be good or not, but I'll give it a try.
It appears the variations of the tall order have increased.
Let's see...
Don't you feel warm when it's sunny outside?
Doesn't the ground get all wet when it rains?
How was that?
I tried to think of relatable situations in regards to the weather,
but were you able to relate?
It's true that it wasn't false information,
but rather than producing laughter through relating,
I thought, "This robot is stating the most obvious things so boldly,"
and felt rather disappointed.
I will never... get that time back...
I see. I wonder why?
I wonder if it doesn't work if it's something too obvious?
Try saying something that's not so obvious.
Okay, then...
You have a lot of work when it's sunny out, huh?
Dot... Dot... Dot...
How was that? I thought it went well.
I can't say that I really got it...
What exactly did you mean by that?
You know, on nice days, you do laundry,
put the futon out to air, and clean the entryway.
It's a very busy day for maid robots, with many things that must be done.
The weather has nothing to do with...
the work at the factory...
The weather doesn't impact my work at the library, either.
I see.
I guess there are things that aren't
relatable if your standpoint is different.
This is difficult...
Whenever Fujii brings up the weather...
this inexplicable atmosphere always follows.
It's true, you totally have a point.
I'm really sorry.
The robots haven't realized it,
but Mori had a brilliant example of a relatable situation.
All right, Mori, try telling us a relatable situation.
This movement...
And this movement...
Actually have the same number of motor rotations...
That is a very robot-like relatable situation.
Indeed. But I've never
posed while having the number of motor rotations in mind
so I didn't really get it.
True, and I think the number of
rotations may be different depending on the model.
It's your turn next, Kato.
Tell us a relatable situation...
Here I go. Check out this relatable situation.
We are currently
looking for relatable situations.
Eh?
Question mark?
How was that? You could relate, right?
You may laugh.
It's true that we felt it was relatable...
But instead of understanding laughter...
it felt like you were reiterating our current objective...
But it wasn't something too obvious to the rest of the world,
and something that the three of us could relate to...
Hmm... I wonder what's missing...
It's like when you say a relatable situation,
you start to wonder if it's actually relatable or not.
I agree.
Indeed.
Yet again, another brilliant relatable situation.
To understand the direction of the relatable situation,
I'll share samples that humans used and laughed to.
Let's see the... specific examples...
Wow, there are a lot...
If there's one that interests you, go ahead and use it.
Then how about this one?
This seems to be weather related as well,
and it's called, "It always rains when you have something
important to do, doesn't it?"
I wonder what that means.
I've never heard of the weather changing because of
someone's personal schedule.
Does that mean... the humans could control the weather...?
I wonder if there's anything else.
"Don't you start... walking like a robot... when you get nervous?"
Walking like a robot when you get nervous?
Oh, that's true.
I could be walking like a robot when I'm nervous.
This is definitely... relatable...
It is!
Hold it, Fujii!
It's true that we may walk like robots when we're nervous,
but exactly how do you walk when you're not nervous?
Eh? I walk like a robot when I'm not nervous, too.
We're robots... so that's obvious...
Exactly. There isn't a time that we're not walking like robots.
Oh! You're right!
Now that I think about it,
I always thought that robots were programmed
in a way that emulated how humans walked...
Wait, what do you mean?
If they only walk like robots when they're nervous,
that means the humans usually walked differently from us.
I wonder how the humans normally walked...
I see...
They definitely picked a rather troublesome example.
Then how about this?
There's one called "Do you ever end up calling your teacher, 'Mom'?"
Teachers are the professors that would teach education.
Meaning in our case, it'd be the manufacturer.
"Mom" refers to the person who gave birth to them, right?
Indeed, so in our case, it'd be the manufacturer.
Meaning it would be,
"Do you ever end up calling your manufacturer 'manufacturer'?"
Nothing's wrong.
Something this obvious is relatable...?
That's quite an amazing interpretation.
I still can't understand it.
It looked like it'd be pretty easy this time,
but it ended up being rather difficult.
We couldn't find a relatable situation that worked.
These are the things that randomly pop up right when
you're about to go into sleep mode while recharging,
but totally forget by the time you're done recharging.
Oh, totally.
You always end up thinking that you should have written it down.
Right as the robots have unknowingly said their third relatable situation,
to be continued in the second half.
Experiment! Experiment!
There's something I'd like to try, but do you mind?
What is it?
I found data on a form of cosplaying called
"crossdressing" that was a popular way to produce laughter.
So the male robots would dress up like female robots?
Let's try it...
Yes!
Su-ba-ru!
Experiment... Start!
Crossdressing Commandos
It looks like there's been less casualties at least...?
I'm not really sure what's going on anymore...
Experiment failed!
Well, then...
What's this?
It's apparently a shop called a beach hut.
I have no idea what any of this stuff is used for.
Let's find out.
Well, well, well, well...
Who's going first today?
Me.
Then we'll start with Kato.
Hey, sea witch,
you told me you'd give me human legs.
Nothing's changed from my ankles on!
What do you mean? What do you mean that
nothing's changed from your ankles?
Um...
There was a fairytale called "The Little Mermaid."
Yes, yes.
Um...
The Little Mermaid?
Yes.
A creature called a mermaid, that's half fish,
fell in love with a human.
It's weird.
She wanted human legs, so she asked a witch for some.
So she thought that the witch changed her legs, but...
But she did it half-ass?
Would be nice if she did her job right.
Wow, Fujii has a sharp tongue today!
Such a sharp tongue!
I'm just gonna keep poking.
Poking?
So today's the day that you're going to keep poking.
Yes. I'm gonna say something before someone else does.
Taking the offense.
I see.
Poking...
Well then, I'll go next.
We got a super rare item in today, a giant squid!
Here are your squid rings!
What exactly are squid rings?
Humanity had quite a fascination with a thing called a giant squid.
They would then deep fry them in oil, and eat them.
Wow.
I see...
Kato, your stomach...
Your stomach totally just reacted to the squid rings and made a sound, Kato.
My stomach totally rumbled. I'd like to try some squid rings.
Then is it okay that I go?
Sure.
I got me one!
Do you get it?
This spear is called a "mori."
Mori.
I don't look like that fork thing.
Mori...
Mori's become a fork looking thing...
This is mori, and you're a Mori, too...
They're me and I'm them...
Well, if I actually explain it...
There used to be someone that was on a deserted island
that would get really excited when he caught something.
He'd go, "I got me one!"
So he'd catch a killer whale, like this.
A killer whale?
Yup.
A killer whale?
A killer whale.
This thing is called a killer whale, apparently.
Can you actually catch a killer whale?
Probably, though, it's ferocious.
I see.
Can you eat it?
You can. It's savage.
These look like the eyes here, but they were actually over there!
How ferocious!
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