Planetes
Abandoned artificial satellites. Tanks jettisoned from shuttles.
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Debris generated during space station construction.
This vast amount of junk floating in space, space debris, is a very serious threat.
This is a story of 2075, a time in which this space garbage has become a problem.
Go for taking free, roger. Main umbilical, separate.
Separation complete. You copy?
I copy. Taking free.
DS-12, this is Seven. Now establishing link via Navstar.
Datalink confirmed.
We will be making orbital plane change using ME to reach transfer orbit,
...so we will separate using OMS until we reach changeover point.
Please verify vector and window datalinks.
DS-12, this is Seven.
Downlink of vector and window...
You two have a fight? Downlink of vector and window...
You two have a fight? ...to navigation matrix complete.
...to navigation matrix complete.
I copy. Will make de-orbit burn five minutes from my mark...Mark.
So, did you and Hachimaki have a fight?
No, of course not!
Nothing really happened...
Really?
Man, not these rations again...
That reminds me, Yuri. I was talking to Tomord a while ago...
He says you're always down in Records Section...
Excuse me?
Um, forget it. It's no big deal.
Oh, it isn't? Sorry.
You stare out the window and zone out sometimes, Yuri.
Do you see something out there?
Yes. I see space.
Just space?
Yes. There is nothing else.
The air conditioner?
Crap! It stopped again!
C'mon, show a little spirit, damn it!
Mr. Hoshino! Are you all right?
Ow...
It stopped again! Son of a...
Keep working, you bastard!
If you don't circulate the air, we suffocate!
Hang in there, you piece of junk! Work! Work, damn it!
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 10: A Sky of Stardust
-Thank you. -Sign here, please.
Phase 10: A Sky of Stardust
You understand, don't you? This isn't good.
You need to use up all your paid vacation days.
I'm sorry. I will try to use them soon.
You say that, but you haven't used a single day in the past five years!
Oh.
Why don't you use any?
Come to think of it, you never go down to Earth or even the moon.
The rest of us can take care of those animals you look after, so why don't you?
Well, I...
Is it about the debris?
He's right, he's right! Use your vacation days, I don't care if it's on moon or on Seven.
I'm the one that General Affairs yells at, after all.
This came for you. The bosses have it in for us as it is!
Thank you. The bosses have it in for us as it is!
It makes trouble for me when we show up on their radar, got it?!
Yuri! Are you listening to me?!
Yes.
It's a bad idea to use too many paid vacation days,
...but not using them at all is just as...
Carnations?
I forget, is it Mother's Day?
No, that isn't what they are for. I was thinking of putting them up inside Toy Box.
Gosh, I wish a certain new employee would also be that thoughtful.
Hello?
Huh? I copy.
What do you see in Tanabe?
You told me to ask her if she had a boyfriend, remember?
So, she's available, then?
Yeah, but I can't say that I understand your taste in women.
I like how she's completely straightforward.
Even if there's a brick wall in front of her?
That girl has enough power to smash through it.
That's what drives me nuts.
She thinks that love can fix anything and everything. It's embarrassing, I tell ya.
When you've lived for twenty years, you oughta know how to bend a bit or make compromises.
Huh?
What?
Nothing. Now that I mention it, she's been acting kinda strange lately.
She hasn't been herself.
I did it! I broke ten minutes!
I can do it in under ten minutes now, Mr. Gigalt...
Mr. Gigalt! Were you hurt in the fight?!
No, I'm okay... I wasn't hurt.
But...
It's cancer.
It's already progressed too far to be treatable.
So I want you to keep this to yourself. Don't tell him.
Here. This is complete up through yesterday.
Thank you for all your help, Tomord.
Don't mention it. You're always looking after people for me.
This is a big help.
It's not like it's a company secret. Well, see you later.
I should leave this in the usual place once I'm done, then?
Sure.
Man...There's a lot more out here than I thought.
We should be thankful that so much has collected in one spot, shouldn't we?
You're a mature guy, you know that, Yuri?
Tanabe, bring the Fishbone around.
Tanabe.
Tanabe!
Coming!
Um, Sempai...
Yeah, what?
Forget it. I...I guess it's nothing.
What's gotten into you?
Anyway, be careful with your thruster bursts. The exhaust will scatter the debris.
I copy.
And don't forget the sun's position. Gigalt Sensei told us that, remember?
What the hell are you doing?! Be careful!
Oh, crap!
Mr. Hoshino!
Sempai!
You dumb bitch!
Where the hell was your head out there?!
You could've killed me!
I'm sorry...
Today isn't the first time, either! You've been acting weird lately!
You keep spacing out!
I'm sorry...
Apologizing ain't gonna make this right!
An office lady being sloppy down on Earth is one thing,
...but up here in space, it gets people killed!
Do you get that?!
I'm sorry.
What's with you? Is that all you can say?
Mr. Hoshino, I think you have made your point.
Stay out of this, Yuri. She's supposed to be my partner.
Yes, but...
Of all the stupid...
What's going on, you got boys on the brain even when you're on the job?
I do not!
It's not like that at all! I was worried that you might...
That I'd what?
Fine, suit yourself.
If your heart isn't in it, get married or whatever and go back down to Earth.
Who's in here?
Yuri?
Oh, it's you, Miss Tanabe.
What are you doing here at this hour?
I had forgotten to put these up.
Oh, one of the carnations from this morning...
What about you, Miss Tanabe? Were you practicing?
No, I'm just hiding...
Damn it, I can't believe how late we are...
It ain't like we're getting overtime for this. I can't believe that twerp Tanabe!
Look, don't you think you're being a little rough on her?
We're debris haulers, right?
You know as well as I do that even a little lapse in focus can get people killed.
As her sempai, I'm...
If it were only that, I wouldn't say anything.
What're you so worked up about? Lashing out at everybody is pretty pathetic.
I'm just...
Give a little consideration to how she feels.
Tanabe's been practicing in secret aboard Toy Box a lot lately.
Yuri, what's it feel like when you lose someone important to you?
Someone who's really important and you look up to.
But if you were to suddenly lose that person...
...nobody can take his place.
No one else will do.
Say that you're going to lose a person like that...
And you won't even be able to say goodbye properly.
So I want to tell this other person about it.
But I don't want to betray the person that told me not to say anything, so I...
I don't know what I ought to do.
Carrying around secrets is a difficult thing, isn't it?
So, that is what has been bothering you.
Yes, sir.
When you lose someone you love,
...there's no sadness, and there's no grief.
You don't feel anything at all.
You don't think about it. It isn't good to think about it too much.
You eventually have to say goodbye to everyone you meet.
The only difference is whether that time will come sooner or later.
But...
If you don't think that way, it's hurts too much.
All right! All right! All right!
Okay!
Hey, you put Toy Box in Bay Four, right?
Yeah. You forget something?
What's with him? How about an answer, huh?
Hey...
Thanks for everything.
It is best not to over think things.
Yeah. I think I can deal with...
Sempai?
Mr. Hoshino?
Oh, you were getting lessons from him?
I came here to put up some flowers, that's all.
I bumped into Miss Tanabe.
Hey, it doesn't matter to me.
I don't really have the temperament to teach people stuff, anyway.
That's not true at all. You are a fine teacher.
Much better than me.
Gosh, you know all about me, don't you?
But I don't know you at all, do I, Yuri? Even after working with you for three years.
What's with all this cloak and dagger stuff?
Um...Sempai?
I heard something from that guy over in Records. I was gonna ask you about it today.
He says you've been looking for something week in and week out.
You could've asked me to help, you know?! I thought we were teammates!
Why the hell are you hiding stuff from me?
You don't have to sneak around behind my back, Yuri...
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Hey...
Good morning.
Say, Edel...
If you're looking for Tanabe, she's already done the cleaning...
...and left to fix the ship's air conditioner.
I don't really care where she is.
Yuri is down in Records Section.
Did I ask where they were?
What is it, then?
Well, um...
Where'd that flower come from?
Yuri gave it to me. He said there was a clerical error and he got one extra shipment.
You sure that isn't an excuse? Maybe he planned on giving them to you all along, Edel.
I don't think so.
In the language of flowers, white carnations mean "My love still endures."
You sure know a lot, Edel.
Thank you.
Who's that?
He's in Half Section. You know, the guy who looks after people's animals.
What's he doing, looking up veterinary material or something?
Says he's looking through debris found by other companies.
For somebody in Half Section, he's a real go-getter.
I don't think that's why he's doing it, either.
Thank for you choosing to fly with Oberth Aerospace today.
A compass? Why would you go and buy one of those?
Oh, leave me alone. It's a good-luck charm.
I don't think there's anything wrong with it.
There's no up or down in space,
...so they say that what astronauts want more than anything is to know their bearings.
So that's why they keep things like this for good luck.
Hey, you wrote something inside the lid.
No peeking!
Why not?
I think every marriage needs a secret or two. Besides, it's a good-luck charm.
Good luck, huh?
Still, it is rare to see someone who is afraid of suborbital airliners in this day and age.
Lay off.
Where are you going?
You scared to be by yourself? I'm getting some coffee, that's all.
Hey!
Come on, don't look at me like that. I'm not going anywhere.
You need to understand all the trouble I go to, Ai.
It's hard to find suitable prospects for marriage meetings.
I can certainly understand parents wanting to see their daughter...
...married off while she's still in her twenties.
They say that her younger sister got married and had kids a long time ago.
But I don't know many men who are the right age. Or even single men, for that matter.
It wasn't all that long ago when I got an earful from Hachi for recommending a divorcee.
H-Hey! Behave yourself!
And Yuri used to be married, so...
Huh? Yuri used to be married?
You remember that accident a few years ago where debris hit that suborbital liner, right?
The Alnair-8 accident?
Right, right. Yuri told me he was on board that flight. With his wife.
The cabin was torn to pieces.
Yuri was in the rear of the plane at the time, so he survived, but his wife was never found.
Oh! I didn't find this out by snooping!
The girl's family told me! They said that their daughter was all for it,
...but they mentioned that they would prefer a man who had never been married.
What the hell? You didn't have to hide it from us.
These are all of the personal effects that we've recovered so far.
If you don't see your wife's belongings here, then I'm afraid they haven't been found yet.
A compass...
Have you seen one here? A compass.
Sir?
Never mind. It's not important.
Um...Sempai? We're all done over here.
Oh. That was quick.
Guys? Come back inside for now.
I'm picking up a cluster of micro debris on an intersecting orbit, and it's closing in.
Angle of intersection, 71... 72 degrees.
If you stay out there, it might hit you. You copy?
I copy. Returning to base.
We'll just have to come back again later.
Tanabe, we're doubling back.
I copy.
What a pain. Now we will have to come back and start over.
Sempai?
Yeah?
Yuri's wife was never recovered, was she?
Yeah...
You don't suppose that the reason he keeps doing this job is to...
Hey, Yuri? Get clear of there!
Yuri! Do you read me? Debris is heading your way!
Yuri? Yuri!
Hachi! Go grab Yuri! He's breaking off!
Huh? Yuri?
Damn it, we don't have time to turn around!
What's wrong, Yuri?!
You heard me, didn't you?! You're on an intersecting orbit!
Fire your retros and lower your orbit!
I'll send you the orbit data! Tell me when you get it!
Oh, no... He's out of time.
Yuri!
Yuri's hit! We're going in to assist! Give me his telemetry!
Got it.
Module, heavy damage. Suit internal pressure...is still good!
Life pack and batteries are still normal. Comm system, normal.
Heart rate and respiration, unstable? He's unconscious?!
I'm not letting him fall to Earth!
Tanabe! You ready over there?!
I-I copy!
Altitude, zero-three. Zero-two. Zero-one.
He just breached the atmospheric effects boundary!
Wait for us, Yuri... We're teammates, aren't we?
Altitude, 120 kilometers...
We're falling into the atmosphere!
Wake up, Yuri!
Someone is calling me...
It's warm... I forget, where am I?
Um...
Hey, don't look at me like that. I'm not going anywhere.
Not this time.
Yuri!
Give me your hand! Hurry!
I have him!
Way to go! Fee, plot us a breakaway orbit!
I copy!
Yuri! Are you all right?! Yuri!
We're losing speed due to friction! Angle, 5.5 degrees! Output at maximum!
Hachi! I've got an ascent orbit for you! You just need to...
Damn! Fee?
Sempai!
All right, fine!
We'll muscle our way up, damn it!
Please save Yuri...
C'mon, you son of a bitch!
Can you see him from there?
Yeah.
We sure were in a cold sweat out there, huh?
If Fee hadn't grabbed us with the arm, we wouldn't have been doing much of anything.
I always thought of Yuri as kinda standoffish.
But now...
But now?
Yuri may be our teammate and all,
...but maybe there are some things he doesn't want us to know because we're his teammates.
Right.
It's kind of sad, though, He can only lay out a single flower for his wife's burial.
I want to leave a bouquet out there, too. But considering our job...You know?
He's worked his butt off to bring in debris over the years.
I guess we can overlook one artificial flower.
Mission complete.
Returning to base.
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.
Next Time: Boundary Line
But what about Diaper Man?
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Wha...?
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Um...If you don't mind, could I trouble you for that butter?
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What a strange spacesuit.
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I think even I could fit into this one!
Next Time: Boundary Line
Would you like to have dinner with me at Starney's?
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-Love beams, huh? -Zap!
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Somebody help me! I'm stuck!
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