Planetes
Abandoned artificial satellites. Tanks jettisoned from shuttles.
Refuse 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.
Hull separation mechanism system check.
Couplers, power transmission, guidance and control.
Connection of all systems to avionics confirmed.
Moving elements of gravity adjustment mechanism...
Awesome! This baby's fresh off the assembly line!
It's still in the wrapper!
Fee! Can I rip this off?!
Knock yourself out.
Oh, yeah! I love this stuff!
I feel like a captain already!
He's like a kid who just got a new toy.
Men are kids their whole lives.
Wow, check this out! It's got a D5 instead of a D2!
Tanabe, you have a visitor.
What, here?
She said that she's been waiting for you to return to Seven, so I brought her on board.
Who could it be?
Me, that's who!
Lucie?
I have something important to talk to you about. Come with me.
Someplace where we can be alone.
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.
Planetes
Phase 14: Turning Point
You like him, don't you?
Yeah...I think.
Have you slept with him?
Of course not! We haven't done anything...
Well, we did almost kiss, though...
Ah.
At first, I thought he was just some irresponsible guy...
But when he chews me out over something, it's really because he has pride in his job.
And he has a soft side, too...
When I'm practicing, he stays with me until I can do it properly on my own.
And he's got a strong sense of justice, and he likes kids a lot, too.
Uh...What are you talking about?
What I'm saying is, we almost kissed. Hachimaki and me.
With Diaper Man?!
Come on, stop calling him that! All astronauts wear diapers.
I'm dense about these things, so I never realized how I felt.
You noticed it first, didn't you, Lucie?
I wonder when I started feeling this way about him? I always...
Oh, I'm sorry. I'm doing all the talking.
You wanted to talk about something, right, Lucie?
So, what is it?
Hang in there!
Um, with what?
Hang in there!
Hang in there, Tanabe!
Listen to this! Toy Box 2 can make it to the moon on its own,
...and can even land on the surface!
The engine's a laser-ignition model,
...and if we added extra tanks, it might even be able to go all the way to Mars!
Say, Hachi.
How's Tanabe been lately?
She's been giving me the cold shoulder ever since the Space Defense Front incident.
I asked her out to dinner a while ago, but she turned me down.
Has she said anything to you?
No, not really.
What?
Oh, crap! I totally forgot about that!
We went that far, so...
So I have to do this right.
As the man...
I've gotta do it right...
Sempai, we're supposed to mix this in with the ferret feed, right?
See it through all the way. To the bitter end.
Sempai!
Oh. I'm sorry, I wasn't listening.
Do you have Earth-lag?
Your mom's pork cutlets were delicious, and the sea was pretty.
It's not surprising that you miss the Earth.
Tanabe...
Yes?
Um...Once we're off, do you want to go grab something to eat?
Sure, we can go once Fee and Yuri get back.
That's not what I meant!
Um, I...I meant just you and me.
You don't want to?
I've been meaning to tell you something...
Listen up, everyone! The following is an order from the manager.
Orders from the manager?
Orders from the assistant manager.
Um, what is it?
Effective today, I am hereby banning office dating here in Second Division, Debris Section!
Did you say something?
It's less than 100 days until the Von Braun's outfitting is to be completed.
What do you mean, the shipping schedule for the tandem mirror engine hasn't been fixed yet?
It looks like the load was too much for Claire.
Following through on the matter was your job as her superior.
I'd like nothing better than to offer her some guidance,
...but she seems to be rather busy with other things.
She's over at the OSA right now.
I see it was a mistake to let her oversee the Orbital Security Operating Audit, as well.
Her mistakes have been awfully conspicuous lately, too.
Perhaps you should assign someone else to oversee it.
We'll accept it this time, but be more careful from now on, all right?
I will. I'm terribly sorry.
When can we expect the attached forms?
Sometime next week.
Make it before the end of this week. I'm going on vacation next week.
I'll do that. You need Form 35, right?
Yep, that's the one.
Wait!
And you are?
Could you please tell me? How is Temara Poitier doing?
Tanabe, you know about Third Division, right?
They're our lunar division, right?
Right. The daughter of their division manager works for Technora as a receptionist.
She got pregnant recently.
Isn't that wonderful news?
No, it's not!
What, they don't know who the father is?
No, he's a scientist who also works for Third Division.
Ah, an office romance.
They say the division manager is raging mad.
All of Third Division is in turmoil right now!
How come?
It's the manager's daughter and a rank-and-file employee!
Their social standings are too different!
What do social standings have to do with it?
Inside a company, it matters plenty.
So, what's happened to the two kids?
The boy's been reassigned to a mining plant on Mars.
They can't do that! It's not right!
They can't break up two people who love each other!
There's no such thing as labor or management where love is concerned!
Look, in a company, there are!
Now that you mention it, that Kuroda boy who transferred here recently asked to come here...
...because he couldn't stand working in the same department as his ex-girlfriend.
See what I mean? Office romances cause all sorts of trouble.
Still, that doesn't mean you...
Yeah, it makes you feel sorry for them, doesn't it?
Chief, it wasn't just the regular employee who was demoted.
They didn't!
They did! They shipped his supervisor off to Mars, too.
He was on the verge of retirement, but that didn't stop them.
Officially, it's for an expansion of our Mars environmental business.
I can't believe something like that happened while we were on vacation...
Anyway, office romances are banned for the time being.
All right?
Aw, but...
That's an order from the section chief, Tanabe.
From the assistant section chief.
Please understand, Ai. I'm going to be retiring soon.
Please! Okay?
Hachi! That goes for you, too!
Why are you telling me?
You have a history of it, remember?
You used to go out with that Claire girl over in Control Section, right?
H-How did you know that?!
Ai mentioned it a while ago.
Claire dumped you because you say mean things like that!
Hachi, is there anyone that you're interested in?
You aren't seeing someone already, are you?
N-No, there isn't! I'm not seeing anybody, and I'm not interested in anybody!
Technora women might be real go-getters, but they've all got ugly personalities!
That's that, then.
H-Hey!
Well, thanks for your understanding, everyone!
I still haven't... agreed to anything.
That's a tall order... And it's a big rush, too.
You've got that test flight to the moon tomorrow, right?
All right, I'll try to get everything together before then.
Sorry about that. I owe you one.
Sure. I'll see you at 1900 hours, then.
Sure.
Yuri, did something happen down on Earth?
You think I've changed?
A future engineer broke something for me.
The part of me that couldn't let go of the past.
Mr. Temara Poitier is being held under extremely humane conditions.
However, I'm told that all the research data for his spacesuit was confiscated.
Because the technology could be applied towards weapons, I suppose.
Why are you standing up for him?
Is it sympathy? Or out of opposition to INTO?
I...
I suppose I'll never be one of the nobility...
What are you mad about?
I'm not mad!
Yes, you are! I said that because...
Because of the ban on office romances.
That's what you get for blabbing!
It's better this way, isn't it? Now you don't have to make do with what's on hand.
C'mon, don't be so sarcastic!
I can't help it, I have an ugly personality.
Look, that was me responding in kind!
I couldn't help it.
It's prohibited!
Going any farther is now prohibited.
Cheng-Shin! What's that you're reading?
The documentation on the Von Braun. It's going to Jupiter.
They're going to start taking crew applications soon.
You're joining the crew?!
I plan to take the test.
This is Jupiter we're talking about! You won't come back for seven years!
I suppose not...
How can you say it like that?
Calling Seven, this is DS-12.
We are go for taking free. Main umbilical, separate.
Separation complete. You copy?
I copy. Taking free.
DS-12, this is Seven. Establishing datalink via Navstar.
Did something happen between those two?
DS-12, this is Seven. Establishing datalink via Navstar.
What two?
DS-12, this is Seven. Establishing datalink via Navstar.
Hachi and Tanabe. Things seem to be awfully chilly between those two.
Datalink confirmed.
Hachi and Tanabe. Things seem to be awfully chilly between those two.
We will be making orbital plane change using ME to reach transfer orbit,
Hachi and Tanabe. Things seem to be awfully chilly between those two.
We will be making orbital plane change using ME to reach transfer orbit,
It's just one of their usual fights. It's nothing to worry about.
...so we will separate using OMS until we reach changeover point.
Still...
...so we will separate using OMS until we reach changeover point.
It seems a little different from their usual ones.
Please verify vector and window datalink.
It seems a little different from their usual ones.
Please verify vector and window datalink.
DS-12, this is Seven. Vector and window navigation data matrix downlink complete.
Planetes
Are we there yet?
We're at Lagrange One, running a translink test with the Fishbones.
Oh, really? I guess I'll go back to sleep, then.
Say, Tanabe...
About Apollo Park...I said I'd take you there, remember? Once we reach the moon, we...
No thanks. Why don't you go by yourself and try to score with some girls, Sempai?
You never let things go, do you?
Better that than forgetting everything like you do.
Forget what?
You don't remember what you tried to do to me on Earth, do you?
M-Moron! Don't bring up that crap here!
"That crap"? What do you mean, "That crap"?!
Fine, just forget about it.
Abort the translink test, you two. A meteoroid is coming at us along our trajectory.
I copy. C'mon, Tanabe, we're heading back.
I know that! I can hear Fee's transmissions over here, too, you know!
I was just getting confirmation, damn it! Don't bite my head off!
Please come in.
I can't help it. I have an ugly personality.
DS-12! DS-12, please respond!
I can't help it. I have an ugly personality.
DS-12! DS-12, please respond!
Would you give it a rest?!
DS-12, do you read? Come in, DS-12.
This is DS-12. We read you.
What's going on?
Thank goodness we got through! Who's in charge over there?
I'm Technora's Second Division, Debris Section (Assistant) Manager, Arvind Lavie.
I'm the highest ranking person aboard this ship.
Please, Mr. Manager. You've got to save our dream.
Our experiment module is along the meteoroid's path.
It'll only be two more days before our experiments produce results.
We beg of you. Is there anything you can do to save our module?
Wait, that's...
That's one of our company's unmanned modules.
Yes, sir. I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself.
My name is Ning Mantegna. I'm a scientist with Technora's Third Division, Research Section.
Mantegna? Oh, pregnancy boy!
Pregnancy boy?
You know, the guy who knocked up the daughter of Third Division's manager!
Don't worry about it. You said you'd do the right thing, didn't you?
Yeah, yeah! It's that stupid old man's fault for not giving you two his blessing!
-He's right! -Yeah!
Right?
Please listen to me.
We've spent five years researching catch connective tissue...
...to create a new concept in armor material.
But we're going to be split up and transferred next week.
This is our last chance!
Well, I'm fully aware of your circumstances, but...
That guy is one narrow-minded dad.
Please help! You're the only ones anywhere near here!
Don't let our last dream die. Please.
Sempai?
Hold it, Hachimaki!
We might be able to do something for them if we use our impact drivers.
That's not what I mean! Destroying meteoroids is prohibited!
You're prohibiting this, too?!
You only have a license to collect debris, remember?
Meteoroids are natural bodies, not debris!
What's that got to do with anything?!
Everything! There's a little thing called the Space Environmental Protection Act!
If you break INTO law, you'll be a criminal!
I'm your superior, so I'll be held responsible! I won't be able to support my children!
Which means that if I move the module, there's no problem, right?!
Um. Well, I guess...
Would that work?
Sure, why not?
Thanks, Second Division.
Don't sweat it. I'm doing this 'cause I want to.
You should also do what you want. Forget about parents or your company rank.
Okay, now...
A little over three minutes to collision, huh?
If I use my return fuel, too, I should be able to...
That's far enough, men of the Second Division.
What the...?
We of the Third Division are in charge of Lunar orbit.
I'll have to ask Second Division to stay out of this.
Who the hell are you?
Norman Schwimmer,
Division manager of Third Division.
Mr. Division Manager, sir!
The dumb daddy, huh?
Manager, please! Let us complete this experiment!
What do you hope to accomplish by researching sea cucumbers?
It'll be better for the company to let that meteoroid hit the module...
...and collect the insurance money.
So you knew that the meteoroid was coming, and you still...
Cut off their transmission.
Please, sir! What happened to your daughter is my responsibility, no one else's!
I'll have to ask you to walk away from this, Second Division.
Yes, sir! At once, sir!
Hachi, come back here! That's an order from the Third Division manager!
I'm Second Division. He's got no no authority over us.
But you're still a mere rank-and-file employee. Are you going to disobey a superior?
Damn right I am. This doesn't have anything to do with who's labor and who's management
Collision in two minutes, 25 seconds.
You little fool!
In my jurisdiction, rank-and-file employees aren't allowed to backtalk their superiors!
Shove it!
When somebody tells me something's prohibited or tells me to stop something,
...that makes we wanna do it even more!
How dare you talk to me that way, you little peon!
Oh, crap. It's got too much mass. One Fishbone doesn't have the thrust to...
Sempai!
I'll help!
Okay, don't rush it. Stay calm and link up.
I copy!
Avionics control master-to-slave couplers, in.
Connection complete.
Okay, we'll do a de-orbit burn with our combined thrusters. Punch it!
I copy!
Balancing remaining propellant. Adjusting common center of gravity.
Darn those two...All right, we'll just have to cut off the module's location data feed...
Composite vector now along axis of thrust.
Darn those two...All right, we'll just have to cut off the module's location data feed...
No one but the captain is allowed to touch the controls.
Hey! Yuri, what do you think you're doing?!
Hachimaki!
I'm sending you the vector for the rendezvous coordinates, so push 'em over there.
I copy.
This sector belongs to Third Division! I'm the top dog around here!
Are you listening to me?! Hey!
Shove it!
If we don't do something here, it's gonna create debris!
Do you expect us to sit back and do nothing?! Do you?!
Okay, start pushing!
Right, Sempai!
Combustion at maximum. Continuing to increase thrust and build up delta-v!
Will cut thrust once transfer orbit reached!
Secondary hull, separate.
Linkage joints, disengaged. Laser guidance control, confirmed.
Separation complete.
Target acquired.
Guidance control. Fine-tuning relative velocity while in neutral position to target.
Rendezvous complete. Vectors synchronized!
Catch up.
Target secured. Ignition!
Experiment module EM42 is exiting its orbit.
Target meteoroid will make a near miss.
Put me through to Second Division. I want to talk to their boss.
Sempai, look!
Do we have a connection?
Barely. It's voice-only.
It'll be enough.
That's the man from earlier!
Section Division crew, do you read me?
Yes, we read you!
Thank you. Now we can go to Mars with no regrets.
I see.
We've decided to continue our work on Mars.
Well, I hope your experiments are successful.
Oh, and give my best to your girlfriend, too.
You could always take her with you to Mars, you know.
I copy!
Thank you so much, Debris Section.
Over and out.
The division manager's gonna have my hide... What'll it be? Dismissal, demotion, a pay cut?
I wouldn't be so sure.
If there's one thing that Dolf's always hated, it's being ordered by someone to do something.
Hey, are you listening to me? Your people acted improperly inside my jurisdiction!
How do you intend to make amends for this?
You have my apologies.
However, they did what they did to prevent the creation of debris, correct?
They did what the Debris Section is supposed to do.
What did you say?! They screwed things up inside my turf!
If you'd like to lodge a complaint, could you do it in an official document?
Make sure to include concrete examples of how they breached company regulations.
These new ships sure run through the breathing sequence fast.
Do you think we'll be okay? We disobeyed a division manager.
When somebody tells me something's prohibited or orders me to stop,
...it makes me want to do it.
I bet Lavie is passed out in the cockpit.
Like I said, if somebody says something is prohibited, I...
Right, right. You already said that.
Tanabe...
Yes?
Office romances are prohibited, right?
Tanabe, um...About you and me... Do you want to...
...do it?
Wha...?! What're you saying, you pervert?!
How could I possibly say yes if you ask me like that?!
M-Moron, I didn't mean that!
I meant...picking up where we left off on Earth.
I'm asking you if you want to go out with me.
-Do I have to spell it out?! -How am I supposed to know that?!
For one thing, you've got no delicacy!
You go through other people's drawers and you walk around in your diapers!
Look who's talking! You wear diapers, too!
That's why I'm saying that you've got no delicacy!
So, what's it gonna be?
Your answer.
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: In her Case...
The deal will be made here at Seven. This trio came up here yesterday.
Next Time: In her Case...
Would you mind if I took the afternoon off?
Next Time: In her Case...
I came here to see you.
Next Time: In her Case...
Say something, damn it.
Planetes