No way! Miura, what are you doing here?
Thank goodness... I found you, Morita-senpai...
Miura!
Miura, are you okay?
Yukari, who is this?
An underclassman at the school I go to.
I feel terrible...
Miura...
Come on, Satsuki! Quit standing around!
You're a doctor, aren't you? Do something!
I'm looking for you, miageta sora. I'm looking for you, the sky I gazed up into.
Bokura wa tooku toberun da. We can fly far, far away.
Kyuu ni hareta aosa ni shisen nobashi, Looking up into that suddenly clear blue,
...kyou no kanshoku wa... ...today feels like it's gonna be...
...nijuumaru de ikeru yo! ...the day it all comes together!
Kuchiguse wa "Daijoubu!" My favorite phrase is "It's okay!"
Sore dake. That's all.
Fukuzatsu ni kangaekondenaide. Don't read too much into it.
Ima o sagashi ni yukou. Let's go look for the here and now.
I'm looking for you, tada aru sora. I'm looking for you, the waiting sky.
Jiyuu ni takaku toberun da, We can fly freely into your heights,
...omoi nimotsu topparatte. ...casting off our heavy burdens as we go.
Kimi kara mieru sora wa... The sky you see from where you are...
...taeru koto wa nai, daijoubu! ...goes on forever, so it's okay!
Arukidaseba kitto kanaetai mirai... If we take that first step, I know we'll write...
...itsuka jiyuu ni egaku yo. ...whatever future we want to come true.
This is Tanpopo Commander Yukari Morita.
I will enter the transfer orbit... now.
Looks like motion sickness. A little rest, and she'll feel better.
One eight-hour flight, then a three-hour flight.
Then twenty hours in a boat. Then 50 minutes of mountain roads to get here.
I've never been on the move so long in my life...
I never thought that you'd actually come!
Senpai, I thought about it the whole week I was suspended.
About how much I want to go into space, too.
Hey, what are you saying, Miura?
You didn't come here for a tour?
I want to go into space, too!
Didn't you say that anybody could be an astronaut, Senpai?
Uh, did I say that?
Satsuki, how much would you say she weighs?
Weight, 36 kilos. Height, 153 cm.
Measurements, 74 cm, 52 cm, 75 cm.
Now you hold it right there, buster!
I've heard that little phrase from you before!
What, exactly, do you have in mind for Miura?
If you go back to Japan, we'll be forced to search for your replacement.
Right, Kinoshita?
Yes, basically.
There's that, and she herself says that she wants to go into space.
I say we take a proactive approach to the matter.
I haven't formally announced any intent to go back to Japan.
Come on, Miura.
Senpai!
Hey, can I leave your luggage here?
Take the car over to the dorms!
S-Senpai!
You need a nice, long rest in a bed.
Hey, you're not going to the Taliho village?
Mukai, is a twin-seater orbiter doable?
A twin-seater? On an LS-5?
Yukari weighs 38 kilos,
...so we'd need to shave off another 40 kilos to carry a second person.
You're planning on putting that girl in it?
...so we'd need to shave off another 40 kilos to carry a second person.
If we only send up a pilot, we can't do any real work up there.
You mean an MS?
Including a backup on the ground, we'll need three people.
Three people, assuming that Yukari will be staying.
Come on, she won't quit.
I'm against it.
We can't put a girl who gets sick on ships and in cars into a rocket.
In that case, I'd say we need to give her a thorough battery of aptitude tests.
How are you feeling, Miura?
Lying down for a while made me feel much better, Morita-senpai.
Just "Yukari" is fine.
Okay, Yukari-senpai.
- Look, Akane... - Yes?
About what you said earlier...
You lugged that all the way down here?
Yes.
You're gonna put something in here?
I thought there might be some pretty fish near here.
Yeah! There are, there are! Whole bunches of them!
Let's go catch some later!
Sure.
One fish, two fish, red fish...
...blue fish...
I thought about them the whole time I was suspended.
The words you said that day.
The words I said?
Yes. That the Earth looked blue from space.
That sounds kinda familiar, now that I think about it...
It was Gagarin.
When Gagarin first looked down at the Earth from space,
...he said it looked like "an elegant bride behind a thin, tender blue veil."
I'm a star student.
There's a part of me that's always frantically trying to protect that star status.
That wants to keep being one forever.
But part of me hates that side of myself.
Whenever I try to do something,
...I catch myself thinking stuff like, "Is this appropriate behavior for a star student?"
I can't stand that part of myself. I want to break free of those restraints.
That's what makes you so amazing!
You live your life to the fullest, not caring about those limits!
I want to go into space with you and see the blue Earth for myself!
Look, I might be quitting this job.
No! You can't!
Please don't quit! I'm begging you!
All right, all right. For now... let's go to the beach!
We need to look for fish to put in here!
-The water here is SO pretty! -Yup!
Sure.
A twin-seater?
Yeah. We're going to be hiring a new astronaut soon.
We're pulling out all the stops to get it designed ASAP.
I swear, I wish you guys would stop and consider the hell you put us through.
We do, we do! I'll make it up to you, honest!
Dumplings from Tientsin again?
What, you don't like them?
Of course he likes them!
Then we have a deal!
That's not the issue...
Trust me, durians are yummy!
I've never tasted one before.
We'll go pick one sometime!
Okay!
Thanks, I'll pass.
Why?
Mr. Mukai.
When will the designs be finished?
In about two weeks, I guess.
Yeah! Let's do it!
Yukari! Akane! C'mon in!
Put some clothes on, for Pete's sake!
It's so pretty...
What did I tell you? Wanna go for a swim?
I didn't bring a swimsuit with me...
Oh, okay.
Without a swimsuit... Skinny-dip...
All right. If you say so, I'll strip down!
-H-Hey, wait a minute! -Yukari! Akane! I caught some fish!
They're real pretty! You should keep 'em, Akane!
They're beautiful! Thank you!
They'll cook up nice!
So, how are we supposed to get these back to the dorm?
Hey! High-school astronauts!
Yasukawa! Bring a plastic bag from the car! Hurry!
What? Why?
Oh, you want to be an astronaut, huh?
Yes. Do you think it's impossible?
Nah, as long as there's nothing seriously wrong with you, they'll force you into it.
No, they'll force you into it even if there IS something seriously wrong.
Oh.
Training here is a real nightmare, I tell ya!
I lost count of how many times I passed out!
Cut it out! Stop scaring her!
Seriously, it's that bad!
This guy was their astronaut before we came along.
He works as a taxi driver now, but he's more or less our senpai.
What do you mean, "more or less"?
It's nice to meet you, Senpai.
You, too.
Eat up, folks! Whatever you want!
Eat all you like!
Yes, we make more!
You won't be able to stuff yourself once you start training, so live it up while you can!
Sure.
Let's see... I'll have the qing jiao rou si and hui guo rou!
Mapo tofu and bon bon chicken for me!
Sure thing!
Oh, and some gyoza, shao mai, and shao long bao dumplings!
-And a Tientsin rice bowl and chili shrimp! -Coming right up!
Let's eat!
Yasukawa-senpai, this is wonderful!
G-Great! Eat all you want, don't hold back!
-Sure! -We wont hold back!
Almond jelly and sesame dango!
And two more helpings of this for each of us, okay?
-And ketchup and mayonnaise! -And peach manju and milk tea!
Three each!
Awesome!
Yes? Kurosu here.
Ah, hello? Look, I need to discuss something with you.
Just in case, that sort of thing.
I see.
That thing we discussed. We might need to go through with it.
Ah, that action we discussed, sir?
Right. Anyway, just keep it filed away in the corner of your mind.
Understood, sir.
I'm so stuffed! I haven't eaten that much in ages!
Akane? What's wrong?
I'm fine.
-You call this fine? -You're really pale.
Don't worry, I'm fine... Honest, I'm...
You don't look fine to me!
I bet you haven't completely recovered yet.
Yes... I always get lightheaded during morning school assemblies, too...
You three are unbelievable! Talk about taking advantage of a guy's generosity!
What's wrong?
Yasukawa! Get the car!
Right!
She doesn't have much endurance, does she?
What's the matter? Are you all right?
Y-Yes, I'm fine...
Let's start the next test.
Are you ready in there?
Yes, ma'am.
This is a test to determine how well you adapt to changes in pressure.
Try your best to keep from letting go of the dead man's switch in your hand.
But if you're trying to be an astronaut, you'll have to endure as much as you can.
All right, shall we proceed?
Yes, ma'am.
Watch it, Satsuki, their Flight Surgeon, is a real sadist.
S-Sadist?
She made Matsuri and me pass out more times than I can count.
Yup.
But this is a medical exam, right?
Officially.
In reality, she's running human experiments to see how far they can be pushed.
What's the pass/fail cutoff?
Depends on the mood Satsuki's in!
I guess you pass if you keep Satsuki entertained.
Anyway, I have to endure as much as I can...
All righty, we just arrived at 2000 meters above sea level.
We'll drop back to one atmosphere, and then shoot up to 5000 meters, so get ready!
I forget, what's the elevation at the top of Mt. Ararat?
Um... Mt. Ararat... That's in Turkey near the Iranian border, and...
And it's 5165 meters tall!
I expected no less from a ace student. So, how do you feel?
I'm fine.
Really? You're not overexerting yourself?
No, ma'am. I'm fine.
Okay, let's pay a visit to the Annapurnas next.
Um... The Annapurnas are in the Himalayas, and are 8091 meters tall!
All right, we've arrived.
Now, which integer has the square root...
...that's closest to the base of the natural logarithm?
Let's see, the base of the natural logarithm is e, which is 2.71828.
The closest square root would be...
Root 8 is 2.82...
Root 7 is... Huh? I forget.
Huh?
Hm, let's square e to eliminate the roots above that...
Two times two is four... Seven times seven is...
Huh?
Seven times seven... Seven times seven is 49, so...
I-It's seven!
Correct!
Okay, let's climb down!
What' the matter? You throwing in the towel?
No... I'm not.
-Really? -Yes, ma'am.
Let's go, then.
Satsuki was really disappointed.
She probably didn't think she was worth tormenting.
How's Akane doing?
Hanging in there. She's about to go into the centrifuge.
You don't think she's gonna go to full power, do you?
What do you mean?
If it's too much for you, you need to quit. I can't make that call for you.
I feel fine...
-Are you ready? -Yes, ma'am.
During liftoff and reentry, our rockets experience a load of at least...
I know. They're subjected to 8 g's, right?
I see you've done your homework.
Satsuki, you're gonna go full power on her? Are you trying to kill Akane?!
- Akane, can you hear me? - Hey!
Do you see the buttons in front of you?
I'm supposed to press them when they light up, right?
It looks like you've explained the various tests to her.
That saves me some trouble. Thank you.
Quit hazing her under the pretext of medical tests!
-Yukari-senpai? -Akane?
It's all right.
We'll start out at 2 g's. How do you feel?
I'm fine!
I'm raising it to 3 g's.
Akane can't handle that yet!
That's not for you to decide.
She hasn't called it quits yet.
In space, no one's there to help you.
You have no one to rely on but yourself.
I gave up everything to come here!
My parents were dead set against it!
I used all my savings, but I still could only buy a one-way ticket!
So if I don't get the job, I can't even go home!
I can't believe she passed out at just 4 g's.
She can't even ride a roller coaster like that.
This puts us in a bind... Is there any hope for her?
She passed out at just 4 g's, but she didn't give in, not even at the very end.
Her academic skills and intelligence are off the scale.
On that front, she's an outstanding candidate.
But unless we do something about her physical strength...
I see...
We have to go through with it, I suppose.
I suppose we do.
Yukari-senpai... Where am I?
-The testing is over. -How did I do?
Take it easy for now.
I didn't make the cut, did I?
We don't know that yet.
I passed out, didn't I?
At how many g's?
Um. Around 4, I think.
Just 4 g's...
I can't cut it as an astronaut, not with that...
I'm sorry.
Why are you apologizing? You didn't do anything wrong!
I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
You don't have to apologize!
You want to go into space, right? You want to see the blue Earth from space, right?
You threw away everything you had and came here with that one goal in mind.
Yukari-senpai...
So we're gonna take you into space and show it to you!
I'll take you up there!
Yukari, I thought you were quitting.
I-I AM gonna quit! Someday.
I knew you weren't gonna quit.
There you go again, telling me what I'm gonna do...
The truth is, you wanna go back into space, don't you, Yukari?
Looking at Akane finally made you realize that.
Matsuri...
I knew it all along. I'm your little sister, after all.
Yukari, let's take Akane into space!
Yeah! Lt'd be cool if all three of us went next time.
But those orbiters are really tiny...
I wonder if Mr. Mukai can do something about that.
Don't you worry, Akane! I'm sure you passed the exam!
T-Thank you!
Akane!
Huh? What's up, Matsuri?
Akane isn't in her room?
Konna hareta asa wa naze ka... Why does my heart race...
...kokoro ga hazunderu? ...on clear mornings like this?
"Kyou wa hayaku deyou" nante ne... I muttered, "I'll leave early today"...
...maegami naoshi tsubuyaita. ...as I straightened up my bangs.
Nani kite yukou? What should I wear?
Moshikashitara kyou, Who knows, I might meet...
...suteki na hito deau ka mo yo. ...my Prince Charming today.
Ashita-yuki no basu ni notte... I'll hop aboard the bus for tomorrow...
...dekakete yuku yo. ...and head out for the day.
I will go, go.
Kinou to onaji kyou wa nai. Today is never the same as yesterday.
Hon no sukoshi chigau keshiki... Let's team up with the wind...
...kaze to isshou ni mitsukeyou. ...and find that little change of scenery.
Next Time
I told her that we'd go into space together...
Next Time
It's already started, so we have to see it through to the end.
Next Time
Yukari-senpai, I'm sorry...
Next Time
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