Planetes
Abandoned artificial satellites. Tanks jettisoned from shuttles.
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Debris generated during space station construction.
This trash, space debris, circles the Earth at speeds approaching 8 km/s.
Should this debris collide with a spacecraft, it could result in a terrible accident.
For this reason, mankind has been confronted by the necessity of collecting this debris.
This is a story of 2075, a time in which this space garbage has become a problem.
Soshite hito wa toki wo koeta yume wo miru, And people dream dreams that transcend time,
...seijyaku no umi ni idakarete. ...held in the arms of a still sea.
Tori ya kumo wo miagete wa... As they looked up at the birds and clouds,
...hakanai inochi moyashita... ...it set their ephemeral souls on fire...
...ikusen no asa ni. ...on a thousand mornings.
Hikari ga mukau basho e... I bet they're taking flight...
...habataku darou. ...to where the light is headed.
Negai wo hanatsu toki wa ima. Now is the time to launch your dreams.
Hatenaki yume wo noseta... Off into the frontier that is carrying...
...frontier e, ...boundless dreams, .
...tooku tooku dive in the sky. ...farther and farther, dive in the sky.
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Phase 7: Extraterrestrial Girl
We humans aren't designed to spend our entire lives in space.
If you don't watch your diet and exercise, you'll be sidelined before you know it,
...and some people go crazy from staying in a closed environment.
Cosmic radiation is unforgiving, too.
Folks who can't handle it all turn right around and go home.
But there are times when sickness or injuries keep you from going back to Earth right away.
That's why the moon is like a convalescent home to folks like us who work in space.
So what it boils down to is that we can't live away from the Earth.
That's just the way it is right now.
Mr. Ramon, your prescription is ready to be picked up at the pharmacy window.
Sempai!
How come you're all ganging up on me like this?
What do you mean?
Aren't we allowed to come visit you?
Oh, uh, I appreciate it.
I guess this isn't gonna work...
It'll take you a week to recover?
So you're going to spend all your time off cooped up in the hospital?
Geez, if I'd known this was gonna happen, I would've stayed on Seven.
They've been bouncing me from room to room, too.
But the ninjas have already been discharged...
With all that stuff they do, they're used to this 1/6 G.
Hachi, I took care of all the paperwork from the hospital.
Also, here's this week's issue of Cosmonauts.
Oh, and worker's comp isn't going to cover this.
Why not?! I saved somebody...
You got hurt while playing ninja, right?
You should've kept your mouth shut!
It's not good to lie.
This happened to me because of those neighbors of yours!
That's why I've been trying to make you more comfortable.
Hachi, why don't you take advantage of this opportunity and go back to Earth to recuperate?
Hey, that's right!
You haven't been back for over a year, right? You can patch things up with your father...
Give it a rest! Astronauts heal faster when they're in space!
That's a fine attitude to have.
But you must not be getting enough physical training if you hurt your leg that way.
Who are you, old man?
I swear, kids nowadays aren't worth their salt.
You have it too easy. You're used to your full pressure suits and Navstars.
Like I said, who the hell are you?
Mr. Harry Roland of room 303, please come to consultation room #1 at once.
Like I said, who the hell are you?
Mr. Harry Roland of room 303, please come to consultation room #1 at once.
Oops, that's me.
Mr. Harry Roland of room 303, please come to consultation room #1 at once.
Harry Roland? That's him?
Repeating...
Harry Roland? That's him?
Mr. Harry Roland of room 303, please come to consultation room #1 at once.
Do you know him?
Mr. Harry Roland of room 303, please come to consultation room #1 at once.
He's an astronaut first-grade with a career spanning more than 20 years.
Mr. Harry Roland of room 303, please come to consultation room #1 at once.
He's one of the heroes on the first manned exploration of the asteroid belt.
That was back when you were kids.
Seems pretty spry for an old-timer. What's he doing in the hospital?
It's pretty obvious that he didn't hurt himself playing ninja.
Don't bring that up again, damn it!
Welcome.
Please click on the magazine you wish to read, and overwrite the old file.
Wanna read this?
It's this week's issue of Cosmonauts. They're doing a special on Earth's environment.
I've already read it.
Oh, thanks.
Well, see ya.
Um...
Oceans? You mean the ones on Earth?
Yeah.
I don't know what I can tell you about 'em. I haven't been back there for a year.
Oh, you haven't?
How long has it been since you came up here? You look about the same age as...
Twelve years.
Twelve...
Twelve years?!
What disease could she have that would keep her from going back to Earth for so long?
If she's been here twelve years, I guess that means she's older than she looks.
No, don't think about that.
I guess it'd be a bad idea to just come out and ask her what disease she's got...
Well, let's see... The ocean, huh?
Okay, the ocean. Well, the sea level has risen in the past twelve years.
My family lives near Kujukuri.
Kuju?
It's on the coast of Japan.
I always saw the ocean, so I never gave it much thought.
I guess it's because I've been living in space for nearly a year.
When you see it from out here, there's something incredibly beautiful about it.
Um. But there aren't many spots that are clean enough to swim in, though.
I think it's a lot better to look at it from a distance.
I guess.
Nono, honey? Time for your exam.
Coming!
That reminds me, I need to pick up my medication and...
Can I borrow this until tomorrow?
That's okay. You can keep it.
Really? Thanks!
Nono.
I'm coming!
Thanks a lot!
See ya!
Twelve years, huh?
Usually, extreme cases go back to Earth for treatment.
Twelve years...
I probably couldn't handle that...
No, could any human handle something like that?
That's too bad. We're on different flights back, Cheng-Shin.
If you see Hachi, could you tell him that I'll be waiting for him on Seven?
I'll pass it along to Tanabe.
She always coming by to bring him changes of clothes and stuff.
I wonder if she feels responsible for what happened?
Tanabe sure is thoughtful.
Actually, there's only one reason that I can think of for a girl to visit a boy in the hospital.
Now what? Didn't I tell you not to come here every day?
I don't come here every day. I stayed home the day before yesterday.
What's that?
A get-well gift. It's an apple.
You're kidding!
They said it was grown in lunar soil.
Hey, are you sure this is safe?
I think it might have evolved into something that isn't a fruit.
You sure are lily-livered, youngster.
Space is full of radiation.
With no atmosphere to protect it, the moon gets over 100 times the radiation the Earth does.
Well, I guess you can't expect 'em to grow the same as they do on Earth...
It looks delicious, doesn't it?
Have you ever eaten one of these?
No, of course not.
You're trying to use me as your poison tester, aren't you?!
Listen up, youngster.
Pay close attention.
It's been over a hundred years since Sputnik. We astronauts made space the world it is today.
And there's no better place for an astronaut to die.
I don't need you to tell me that. That's how I plan to go.
Gross.
Huh?
Thanks for the magazine earlier, um...
Hachirota Hoshino.
Just call me Hachimaki. Everybody else does.
Hachimaki?
That's a funny name. I'm...
Nono. I heard that nurse call you over earlier.
She called you Nono.
Want something to drink? It's my treat.
No thanks, I'm okay.
You could've let me treat you to a juice, you know.
They put me under this afternoon, and now I can't get to sleep.
I've been passing the time here.
Oh, that's why.
You don't have your camera with you today?
Nah.
I got it as a present for my birthday.
But it didn't seem real, not even when I took pictures of it.
Say, Hachi, tell me about that Kuju place.
Oh, you mean Kujukuri Beach?
Yeah.
When I was in high school, I was really into motorcycles.
The salty wind off the sea is really bad for machines,
...but I rode my bike along the seaside roads all the time, anyway.
I never thought about it much, but I guess I really loved it.
Being able to see the ocean, I mean.
Can you see it from here?
No, it's on the Earth's far side right now.
I sure would like to see your ocean, Hachimaki!
Um, I'm sure you will someday.
Well, I should get back to my room.
Me, too. I get in trouble if I stay up too late.
All pharmacists participating in the third set of clinical trials,
...please meet at the Central Pharmaceutical Affairs office.
...please meet at the Central Pharmaceutical Affairs office. Three!
Four.
Five!
I doubt it!
Geez, this game is never gonna end!
Here you go, Hachi. They're all yours.
Hey, Tanabe!
Sorry about that. They said they have to have my company I.D. For their release forms.
That's okay.
-Here. -Thank you.
Hey, wanna join in? It's more fun with three people.
With just two people, it takes forever to finish a game.
Know how to play "I Doubt It"?
Um, I have plans after this, so...
Oh, you do? That's too bad.
I have three cards left. Okay, six!
I doubt it.
Wrong! It was a six!
You're kidding me!
I'm only on the moon through tomorrow, you know?
That's why you called me up all of a sudden?
I wanted to come to Apollo Park.
Unlike you guys. I won't be able to come back here for a long time, Lucie.
This says "Moon Sembei"!
Look, look, I knew they'd have them!
That's so cool!
Is it a Japanese snack food?
I wonder how these are different from regular rice crackers.
Excuse me.
Yes?
Would you mind taking our picture?
We were hoping to get a picture of us with Apollo 11 in the background.
You won't be able to get all of Apollo 11 in the picture from here.
Oh, hey! You get get all of the Eagle module to fit, though!
Let's take it over there. This is your camera, right?
I'm not very good with electronics, but this one's easy to operate, right?
What do you think? Want to go there after we get out of here?
That's a good idea. But my muscles have been shot ever since I was admitted here.
That's why you should go. You've got to get up and moving.
It feels great. The ball flies six times farther than on Earth.
You feel like you've turned into the main character of a golf comic!
I guess I'll try to make a black hole in one, then!
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Find him?
No. He's not in Ward B, either.
How about you?
I've double-checked the monitors, but there's no sign of him.
Maybe we should work on the assumption that he isn't inside the hospital anymore.
Maybe we shouldn't have told him.
Should I call search and rescue?
That'd cause trouble. Let's look for him by ourselves for a while longer.
Are you sure you have everything?
Yeah. I guess it's time to go.
Where's Mr. Roland?
I don't know, I haven't seen him since last night.
Oh, really? I wanted to introduce myself while I had the chance.
Aw, he's just a foul-mouthed old geezer.
Hachimaki!
They say you're being released today?
I was gonna stop by and say hi on my way out.
Are you going back to Earth?
I have a job to do, so it'll be a long, long time before I can get back to Earth.
Well, bye.
If you ever get hurt, feel free to come back here.
Sure, I'll do that.
Say, Nono. About your...
Forget it.
Take care of yourself.
"Take care of yourself"?
AM I SOME KIND OF MORON?!
Twelve years, huh? You'd think that would make things worse.
I never even asked her what disease she had...
The Sea of Tranquility, huh?
It would've been great if this was a real sea...
Hachi! Over there!
What the hell did you slam on the brakes for?!
Hey, is that a person?
Thank you for using the Sea of Tranquility lunar surface spaceport.
How's he look, Fee? Is he in trouble?
The nitrogen levels in his suit are abnormally high.
Guess he didn't do enough pre-breathing, either.
That isn't a full pressure suit?
The nitrogen that was in his blood is vaporizing. It's causing air embolisms all over his body.
He's got severe decompression sickness.
He's still breathing, right? If we get him back to the hospital...
Mr. Roland?
Isn't he supposed to be a veteran?! How could he make such a rookie mistake?!
Don't ask me! How should I know?!
You don't think... Suicide?
Don't be stupid! I'll carry him, so you get the airlock and...
Could you just leave me here?
It's time for me to go...
Mr. Roland?
I have leukemia.
'Cause I was out in space for 20 years.
Nobody loves space more than me... How could she do this to me?
I...
Don't you dare force me to retire!
I still have plenty of good...
Fee. I still have plenty of good...
I'm trying, but judging from his air tank, he's been out here for over ten hours.
Hey, old man! Hang in there! You've had a 20 year career, right?
But you can't...get rid of me that easily.
This way, I'll... I'll be part...
I'll be part of you...
I guess they're putting us on another flight...
Tanabe says she'll wait for us at the spaceport.
Say, Fee...
Yeah, what?
Let's say that there really is something like God out there...
Hachimaki?
I guess he must really hate us humans.
We pollute the Earth, we pollute the moon, and we produce all that debris, too.
Maybe we're like annoying guests who don't take the hint...
...when he's telling us point-blank to go home.
Hachimaki!
What the...
You bi...
Shape up, damn it! You're a debris hauler, aren't you?
You're a grown man, so quit your moping!
What's this about God? Are we supposed to pack up and go back down to Earth?
This is humanity's world now!
That's right. Curling up and hiding in a warm, safe place won't solve anything.
The world can't get by without space resources anymore, and you know it!
Mr. Roland's gonna roll over in his grave if he finds out what cowards you young people are!
Anyway, just focus on your foot getting better!
Stupid Hachi!
He really does have a head like a rock...
Ow...
Hachimaki? You came back?
Well, something came up...
You heard that? Scary lady, isn't she?
She whacks people upside the head.
Hachimaki, do you think you can find another oxygen tank?
I'm on my way to...
There's an airlock up ahead that has full pressure suits stored in it.
They won't find out if we go out onto the surface from there.
Don't tell anybody.
The surface?
The city just entered the nightside.
It's prettier outside at night. It's full of stars.
But the adults never let me go outside. That's why I'm sneaking out.
"The adults"? You're an adult, too, aren't you?
Oh, you don't know? I'm 12 years old.
Oh, you are?
YOU'RE ONLY TWELVE?!
I'm a Lunarian.
I was born and raised on the moon.
They say there are only four of us in the whole world.
Didn't I tell you?
My mom and dad both work on the moon.
They work here as engineers in an ilmenite mining plant.
By the time they found out Mom was pregnant with me...
Come to think of it, I've read about them in Cosmonauts.
Lunarians are born with damage from low gravity disorder.
So even though they seem at first glance to be growing big, their muscles, bones,
...and cardiovascular functions are completely unable to support a body that size.
All done!
Bodies that can't withstand Earth's gravity...
It's pretty cool that I come from the moon, huh?
I'm proud of it.
Nono, don't you ever hate your parents for this?
Haven't you ever wished you could live on Earth?
No matter how nice a place Earth is, there's no point if you're just gonna live there.
But I already made up my mind that when I go to Earth for the first time,
...I'm gonna go swimming in the ocean!
Besides, since my body's never experienced Earth conditions, studying how it develops...
...is telling the doctors a lot about space habitation sickness.
I don't plan on leaving the moon until that job is done.
Plus, every time they learn something new, my body gets stronger!
Also, I don't want to live on Earth.
I just want to go see it because I've never been there.
This is the place I call home.
This is home?
What do you think, Hachi? This is my ocean!
Pretty neat, huh?
Sorry, but to me, its just a desert.
What're you waiting for?! Hurry up! C'mon!
C'mon!
You can only see up to magnitude four stars on Earth, right, Hachimaki?
Look! That's the supernova that they've been talking about on the news!
It's that light that's along the line running through Rigel and Sirius, right?
To me, the moon is nothing but an empty desert wasteland.
But to Nono at least, this place is more than that.
I guess it's all a question of how we look at this selfish, cold universe we live in.
Right, Nono?
Looks like your leg is as good as new.
Yeah, I guess.
Well, vacation's over. The old daily grind is waiting.
You better make your peace with that.
Make my peace?
I already did that.
Still, it's a vast ocean out here...
Gutto mizu wo nomihoshi, We gulp down some water...
...yuuyakegumo miageru no sa. ...and look up at the evening clouds.
Kyou mo ichinichi ga owatte, Let's wind our way home...
...gairoju no shita wo kaerou. ...under the roadside trees as another day ends.
Yaru koto darake de tenpatte, Even if life's so hectic that our tempers flare,
...muri wo shite, tsumazuite mo, ...we push ourselves too hard, and we stumble,
...nani ka kanarazu tsukanderu sa. ...I know there'll be something to grab hold of.
Kiraku ni ikou ze. Let's move on without a care in our hearts.
Subarashii jinsei dakara, It's a wonderful life,
...jibun wo aisuru yuuki wo motou. ...so let's have the courage to love ourselves.
Atarashii doa tataite... Let's take it one step at a time,
...hitotsu hitotsu aruite yukou. ...knocking on new doors on the way.
Subarashii jinsei na no sa. It's a wonderful life.
Kimi mo boku mo subete no hito mo... You and I and everyone else...
...yorokobi to kanashimi no imi... ...keep on searching for the meaning...
...sagashitsuzukete, so just on my way. ...of joy and sadness, so just on my way.
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A picture!
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A ticket to something!
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Money?
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Separation money!
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Yes. Things aren't the same as they were back then.
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We'll do it ourselves!
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The signal's still active, right? We still have its location!
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Oh, crap!
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Sempai!
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Perfect timing. I'd like to discuss something with you.
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She's having an affair?!
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