As time moves on…
…nothing can return to what it was.
Once events begin to unfold…
…all of the things, the soul…
…and the world itself…
…cannot change course quickly…
…once they begin to move in a particular direction.
Eventually…
…nobody will be able to stop those events.
Is that girl really going to make it in time?
Is she really going to be able to do it?
I’d love to see “East Side Story” and “The Princess and I.”
You’ve got your duties.
That’s enough sightseeing.
What?
You’re the one who dragged me out here.
I dropped everything and came here without telling anyone…
…so I bet Tokio must be pretty mad.
Sorry about that.
Just when the TI psychic for the U.S. is not able to function…
…we detected a pre-Raaja reaction in Manhattan.
Uh, well, it’s all right.
I did get a free trip to New York, after all.
I feel I’m getting a good deal.
It’s coming!
Earth Maiden Arjuna
Episode 11 : The Day of No Return
Hey, is your father alright?
Who knows?
He’s being interrogated daily.
But what can you do?
He was doing some dangerous research…
…using a type of bacteria that can decompose petroleum, after all.
Thanks to that…
…my mom’s been coming around everyday.
It must be hard on her.
But more importantly…
…do you know where Juna went?
TI-2 Earth resonance frequency detected.
– It’s rapidly approaching the Raaja reaction!
– Right! – It’s rapidly approaching the Raaja reaction!
What a strong reaction.
Switch!
TI-2 sound reaction detected.
One, the body effortlessly…
– That’s too fast. – …permeates through all of the universe.
It’s approaching the UN Building at ten o’clock.
Two…
…compose oneself, and exhale onto Earth.
Three…
…look far…
…far beyond the limitless.
Four…
…it is not the goal to shoot the target…
…but rather to become one…
…with the target.
You’re late.
Boy… where did Juna go without telling anyone?
Hey, you want to come to my place tonight?
Huh?
I bet you haven’t had anything proper to eat lately.
I’ll make you a good home-cooked meal.
Are you sure?
Sure.
Now, come on. Step right in.
Thank you.
Um, I thought you were…
…the type who’d live in a place that would be…
…featured in a home decor magazine.
One of those places that looks inhuman?
Yeah.
Well, I mean, uh…
Just make yourself some room over there and have a seat.
Make some room?
Seems unlike me, right?
Uh, I was…
It’s all right.
Once you see my room…
…there’s nothing else that can embarrass me.
Uh, thanks.
Look at me laughing there like a fool.
This is from before I joined S.E.E.D.…
…when I was part of the environmental movement.
We protested clear-cut logging…
…and tried to close down factories causing pollution.
How foolish we were.
We thought the world would change…
…if we were against these things.
You must have liked him.
Uh, I’m sorry.
It’s all history.
We were quite the duo, you know.
If only Kevin didn’t tell me he loved me.
Huh?
But…
There are some things that can’t be dealt with through love.
But still…
I’m not a woman.
Huh?
I’m actually a man.
A man?
Yes, I’m a man.
Uh, um…
…did you have a sex-change?
No. That’s not it.
Look.
This was when I was a child.
I was so happy back then.
I was able to live without knowing who or what I was.
But even after I started high school…
…the changes you’d expect in a young girl didn’t happen.
When I looked into it…
…I turned out to be a hermaphrodite possessing a Y chromosome.
Biologically, that made me a male.
No way.
Mr. Onizuka, thank you for waiting.
Well.
I-It’s so tight…
Thanks to the effects of hormones…
…my mother’s gametocyte cells were all messed up.
I’m sure my mom didn’t realize that the medicine…
…she took while pregnant would have a side effect like that.
But still…
…I can’t accept that you’re…
…anything other than a woman.
You can’t accept it, huh?
That’s why I got myself tested.
Do you know why…
…so many different drugs are being manufactured?
Huh?
Drugs?
I have no idea…
It’s because of…
…garbage.
Earth Maiden Arjuna
Of course…
…there was medicine from long ago.
But the manufacturing of chemical pharmaceuticals…
…is the result of garbage, or rather, industrial waste.
You do know that they started to mass produce…
…all sorts of chemicals during the Industrial Revolution, right?
This led to a lot of coal, tar…
…and other sorts of industrial waste.
While they were finding ways to process this material…
…scientists discovered ways to re-use the material as medicine.
But, medicine is…
Of course, thanks to pharmaceuticals…
…we’ve been able to prevent infectious diseases…
…and they’ve been useful as pain killers.
But there really aren’t that many illnesses that require medicine.
In fact…
…there’s even a theory that…
…a cold can function to cleanse the body…
…and make you tougher.
Cleanse the body?
If you take too much medicine…
…toxins will build up in your body.
It’s not just medicine, either.
Huh?
During the First and Second World Wars…
…a lot of chemicals were manufactured…
…for use in explosives and poison gas.
But at war’s end…
…all that becomes nothing but a waste.
You can’t tear down the factories afterwards, either.
So, the surplus poisonous gas…
…was used as insecticide in the fields.
The nitrogen and materials for the explosives…
…were called chemical fertilizers…
…and were disposed of in farmers’ fields.
As for nuclear waste material from uranium… [Chemical fertilizer]
As for nuclear waste material from uranium…
…it was deemed to be depleted uranium…
…and disposed of in other countries.
No.
Modern civilization is a pile of garbage.
It produces excessive amounts of things we don’t even need.
And troubled by how to dispose of it…
…the world collapses under the weight of the garbage it produced.
Are you thinking about Chris again?
You’ve got to leave Chris alone for awhile.
Is that it?
You dragged me around all day…
…just because you wanted to tell me that?
Are you sure about that?
Huh?
Just giving up so easily?
Of course not.
But that is the fate of modern civilization.
No, I’m talking about Kevin.
Kevin?
Anyone should be allowed to fall in love with anyone, right?
This is the land of freedom.
Kevin said he didn’t have a problem with my condition.
That he didn’t mind that I couldn’t have children.
But I couldn’t abandon it.
I couldn’t give up the job…
…of fighting against this evil modern civilization…
…that did this to my body.
Does it bother you?
Huh?
Uh, no. Not at all.
Sorry.
I have to deal with it now, or it’ll just accumulate.
There’s underwear in there, too.
Huh?
If you want, I can get you a pair.
Hey, stupid. What are you saying?
You wouldn’t want some, would you? Yucky girl’s stuff.
Maybe I’ll take one.
Come on!
Well, things sure seem lively here.
Oh, you’re awake.
You’ve got a guest.
Uh, nice to meet you.
I’m Oshima.
Welcome.
Oh, that’s so embarrassing.
I’m taking it!
Hey, that’s mine!
Kimitoshi!
Shut up, you little pig.
On sale for seventy-eight yen per one hundred grams.
Look, you!
I can’t handle it any more. My family’s so lame.
That’s not true.
It’s a nice, warm home.
Oh, we’re simply noisy.
I’m envious.
My home is strangely silent.
Oshima…
Actually…
…it’s not that difficult to solve the problems of this planet.
Huh?
If only each of us…
…could truly understand what we need from the bottom of our hearts.
That’s all that’s necessary?
Then why hasn’t it worked?
We’re surrounded by convenient things that run on gas and electricity…
…we indulge ourselves in luxury and use cell phones and such.
Think we could give up a life like that?
Huh?
A little bit.
– Then, what about your family? – Huh?
Well, um…
How about your boyfriend?
Boyfriend?
No.
No way. Not him.
You should believe in him a little more. He is your boyfriend, right?
Yeah, but…
Do you know why they can’t give it up?
Huh?
Well, um…
It’s because of fear.
Fear?
Of what?
Once you start something…
…once you acquire something…
…there’s a fear of giving it up.
What is important in life becomes confusing.
That’s why people have to become aware as soon as possible.
The raw gluten is a specialty here.
At least share the taste of the delicacy with Chris.
Chris says he can’t eat anymore.
Before all these dishes were served in front of you…
…the work of hundreds of nameless cooks went into them.
That’s what human nature is all about.
In a sense…
…that one taste may be heavier than the life of one human being.
I’ll be off now, dear.
Are you off to work?
I’m on a nightshift tonight.
That means I won’t be home until the morning…
…so feel free to spend the night if you want.
Dad! What’re you saying?!
Well, enjoy yourself.
See ya!
Show some consideration for Oshima!
So, Oshima…
Huh?
If he’s going to spend the night…
…where am I going to sleep?
Don’t worry. He’ll sleep in Dad’s bed.
Oh, no!
I wasn’t suggesting you should spend the night.
I…
Sorry.
Hello?
Juna?!
Tokio!
Thank goodness.
I got through.
Juna!
Where the heck are you?!
Huh?!
New York?!
Juna!
What are you doing?!
If you don’t cut it out, I won’t be able to keep my mouth shut!
You better apologize to Oshima!
Hello?
Hey, Tokio!
What’s going on, anyway?
Why is Sayuri there?!
Uh, well, uh…
It’s a long story.
I’m the one who called you!
So, why do I have to have Sayuri chew me out?!
Yeah, I know…
…but if you don’t get in touch or anything…
Tokio?!
Huh?
Why was I cut off?
Why would there be a blackout now?
A ghost’s going to come out!
Stop it!
What the…?!
It’s begun.
It’s begun?
Tokio! Tokio!
Earth Maiden Arjuna
I have to go, or no one will save Ikanakucha fukai kurayami ni
The boy who wandered Mayoikonda kare wo
Into the deep darkness Daremo tasukete kurenai
With love alone, I will go Atashi nara itoshisa dake de
No matter where you are Donna basho e demo
I will go running straight to you Mayowanai de hashitte yukeru
So, in a loud voice Dakara ooki na koe de
Call out my name again and again Nandomo atashi no namae wo yonde
Quicker than anyone Dareyori hayaku
I’ll be there Tadoritsuite miseru yo
Close to your side Kiminomoto e
There was a time when there was no garbage on this planet.
A time when there was nothing that they didn’t need.
Nothing…
…no one…
…at all.
One quiet autumn night…
…a nation died.
W-We’ve got to get out of here!
I’m sorry.
What?
Why are you apologizing?
I’m really sorry.
It’s hot! It’s hot!
Ashura is materializing!
Faster!
You fool.
Are you going to go and destroy the world with anger?
Chris!
Juna!
Sayuri! Sayuri!
Get it together! Sayuri!
Tokio…
Can we still not see the way?
Episode 12: The Death of a Nation