Crane Game!
We have to do it.
To protect the Earth!
Those three girls and I...
The sea! It's so pretty!
You know though, I've never seen a resort so abandoned.
I'd see more people at my dad's fishing port!
This is being paid for by those Space-Whatsits people, right?
We should've gone someplace more expensive!
Guys, you shouldn't say that when she was nice enough to bring us here.
You three seem to be mistaken about something.
Huh?
I'm paying for this trip... myself!
Open Air Bath
This is great water.
You guys have been working so hard lately that I needed to treat you to something.
Once in a while you can be pretty nice, boss.
It's fun to go to a commoner's hot springs!
I've always gone to hot springs in Dubai!
Mirai, shut up, or you don't get any milk coffee.
What? No! No!
Saya-sempai?
I knew it! It's you!
It's been so long!
I saw her on TV!
Tokiko? What are you doing here?
I'm doing a story near here!
I can't believe I'm seeing you here... is this fate?
I'm so happy!
I... I'm glad to hear it.
Do you know her, boss?
Tokiko was an underclassman in college.
I see.
Sempai, who are these girls?
They're idol candidates from my talent office.
Talent office?
Saya-sempai, you're working in an indecent industry like that?
Indecent? Listen...
You've got a nice job as a newscaster, don't you?
Oh, that's not true!
But it's so surprising to see that the Saya-sempai I admired so much
is now working in the background.
She's protecting the Earth in secret, though!
Tokiko, just you watch.
I'll make them into Japan's...
...no, the world's biggest idols! I swear it!
CEO Gorilla is burning!
You three.
Yes?
Out of the bath! We're meeting on the beach!
Make sure you dry your hair first, so you don't get cold!
What are we going to do on the beach?
I know! We're doing fireworks!
How wonderful! I can't wait!
A crane game?
You brought one all the way here?
Weren't we going to take it easy today?
An idol is not made in a day!
Today's prize is a sexy gorilla,
like the sexy prizes you often find at hot springs.
Sexy...?
Everyone, you practiced before we came here, right?
Yes!
Tell me what the trick is here.
When there's a gap in the prize like this one, aim for it.
Put the arm that's on the opposite side of the exit through the gap!
Match the farthest part of the crane claw with the gap.
And then...
Okay!
Super Technique 8: Gap Hook
What's this light?
That's the beam that changed the course of those asteroids!
This is a scoop!
Tokiko!
That's right. If I use Tokiko...
XX Days Left Until the Earth is Destroyed!!
#09 Hot Springs Training in the Gap!