Adam Ward, CEO of SETTEN, the world's largest internet service company,
came to Japan to gain information on the anisotropic being.
Adam hired Gonno Takumi of NNK to interview Yaha-kui zaShunina.
Gonno and his crew were invited inside Kado,
where they saw the Sansa, a device that gives humanity a sense of the anisotropic
and makes sleep unnecessary.
Meanwhile, negotiator Tsukai Saraka told Shindo Kojiro what she wanted.
I want to send Yaha-kui zaShunina back to the anisotropic.
Talnel
They're going to broadcast the footage of the Sansa?
That footage affects the human brain.
What's going to happen if they broadcast that?
Some people could get sick!
We were fine, though.
There were only three of us! That doesn't guarantee anything!
I think it'll be fine.
Gonno-san, you can tell by the feel of it, right?
All it means is that you're able to not sleep.
What if...
What if it's not just that?
How do we take responsibility?
Then why did we come here?
Well...
You always worry too much, boss.
Yaha-kui zaShunina!
Can we contact the outside from here?
Hail to Humanity Mushanokoji Saneatsu
The Sansa?
Yaha-kui zaShunina wants us to use our fullest power to share it with humanity.
It's too dangerous.
Bishop...
With the Wam, it was just the creation method.
But this time, you change the instant you see it.
This is video terrorism.
Gonno, your thoughts?
We should broadcast it.
Insanity!
Of course, we'll warn people first.
We'll declare what it is and have them confirm they want to watch.
But the final decision rests with the individual.
I want to leave it up to the will of humanity.
Why do you feel that way?
Both TV and the internet are just methods to share information.
A true information network can only be created if
there's someone to share it and someone to receive it.
We are the ones who have chosen to share information,
so we mustn't run from that.
So, get this, Gonno.
The whole company told me it was a waste of money,
but last year, we at SETTEN got ourselves a satellite.
A satellite?
Which means...
Simultaneous worldwide broadcast.
Yes, I'll call back as soon as I have confirmation.
Yes, yes!
Yes. Yes.
Goodbye.
Please.
Let me have Shindo-san for one day.
What does that mean?
I want to negotiate with him, as an individual.
I'm aware that this is the most critical moment of this whole endeavor.
But please, just one day...
Sure.
I'll handle things here.
We can handle things for a day while you two aren't here.
Right, Natsume-san?
I'm heading back, actually.
Bu— Wait!
I can't do this myself!
No way!
Hanamori-san.
Thank you.
I can't do this without you, Natsume-san!
Tsukai-san.
Come on, Natsume-san!
I'll treat you to some sake!
Shindo-kun is an unparalleled negotiator.
Come on, please!
But you're the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' ace, as well.
No.
Take responsibility and do your best.
Oh, come on, I'm begging you!
Have a good negotiation.
Not happening.
Natsume-san!
Okay, gotta hang in there just a little longer.
Good morning.
Morning.
Sorry to have you come all the way here.
Chestnut
Is something wrong?
No.
Let's go, then. This way.
I'm not actually sure what I'm doing here today...
Where are we going?
My parents' house, first.
Your parents'?
Kazari
I'm back!
Are you guys home?
Is that you, Saraka?
What's all this about?
Dad! Dad!
Our mother is away, so we can't offer you much.
This senbei is good.
Shindo-san, you have some, too.
Thanks.
I can't believe it's the famous Shindo Kojiro-san, though.
Why is that so hard to believe?
Well, he's famous!
I've seen him a ton of times on TV!
I was on TV, too!
Only at the very beginning.
I only saw you at the airport.
Yeah, but...
I'm still amazed you managed to pull it off, though.
To be honest, I underestimated you.
What do you mean?
But it kind of makes me tear up, you know?
Why...
Shindo-san.
Yes?
She's never been able to cook or clean at all,
but she doesn't really like to dress up and look nice, either.
I gave up and left her to her own devices,
and she ran off overseas on her own.
She's a tomboy, and the most stubborn girl I've ever known,
but she's still my precious daughter.
Shindo-san... please take care of my daughter.
I'm so happy for you, Saraka...
Dad, no!
It's not like that!
Hey, Shindo-san, you say something, too!
Come home to visit us sometimes, you hear?
As your dad says, we're working together on the anisotropic problem—
No! I'm telling you, this isn't what you think it is!
Your happiness is our happiness, Saraka...
Sheesh.
You can be so thoughtless.
If he's just a coworker, why didn't you say so?
You're the one who got the wrong idea!
And then you want to see me doing my engraving?
Everything you do just comes out of the blue.
Shindo-san, she's causing you a lot of trouble, isn't she?
If it weren't for Saraka-san, Japan wouldn't be functioning right now.
Her?
What?
It's called "kazari kanagu," metal fixture decorations.
Our family's been doing this for generations.
"Kazari kanagu"?
The metal decorations that you see at shrines, or religious artifacts.
I see.
I didn't realize that they were all handmade, though.
There aren't many left who can make them...
Did something bad happen?
The only times you come to my workshop are usually when something's got you down.
Nope.
I see.
Looks like they're starting something big.
Is this gonna be okay?
Even if it's not, we can't stop it.
On the other side of the line is anisotropic jurisdiction.
It's almost like it's alive...
Shindo-san, have you ever seen a dragon?
A real one?
Yes.
No.
Me, neither.
They're imaginary, anyway.
Humans imagine dragons, engrave them into metal,
and we feel as if that mere metal is alive.
That's part of what makes us human.
All of that is what humans do.
I've loved aquariums and zoos since I was little.
I begged my parents into taking me to them dozens of times.
I like animals, too.
On the evolutionary tree, jellyfish were one of the earliest branches.
They're said to be similar in appearance to the first animals.
The first animals?
If you follow human evolution back a long way,
we once looked like this.
I can't imagine it at all.
Life has been splitting off, evolving, and spreading since the distant past.
And it was natural.
Everything happened naturally.
Nobody made it.
Nobody's will was involved.
Nature was born naturally,
and that's a miracle.
I rode the water bus many times with my friends in high school.
I loved the way Tokyo looked from here.
It was so crowded and messy,
with all the good things and bad things crammed together.
I loved how it looked like a toy box.
I think negotiation is about understanding someone, and having them understand you.
Mutual understanding.
It's an absolute necessity for negotiation.
What I showed you today
is the path of my life.
I wanted you to know me, so that you can understand how I think.
Is this about you wanting to send zaShunina back to the anisotropic?
It's not that I dislike the anisotropic being.
The technology itself of the Wam and the Sansa
is doubtlessly a benefit for humanity. I realize that.
Why, then?
Because there's something more important than the benefits.
And it's this place.
This place?
The universe.
Where dust gathered and galaxies were born,
where stars were born, and where Earth was born.
On that Earth, tiny lives were born,
and they flourished, and were destroyed, and survived,
until at last, humanity was born.
Humanity created civilization,
built cities, and developed culture,
and we remain alive to this day.
All of that happened here in this universe.
Not in the anisotropic.
It doesn't belong to the anisotropic.
This place belongs to us.
It's not something that Yaha-kui zaShunina can be allowed to destroy.
It belongs to us?
I want to protect the dignity of humanity,
and of the world.
What I...
What we treasure.
I don't know how they built something like this so fast.
It's a next-generation construction method that we used to make SETTEN's HQ.
It's flexible enough that it can be quickly dismantled and moved.
Gonno, today's broadcast will be done online and via satellite.
It'll be the largest in the world.
Estimated views are at...
2.5 billion.
Are we moving too fast?
I don't know the speed at which humanity should advance.
Maybe we should go slower.
Maybe we should go a hundred times faster.
So I want to try both.
Humanity can slow down on its own,
but if we want to go faster, we need the anisotropic's power.
Now's the time to put the pedal to the metal.
I've no intention of stopping the Sansa broadcast.
I've told the police and ambulances to be on standby when the broadcast occurs.
This is a worldwide broadcast via the internet and satellite.
Nobody can stop it.
Shindo, listen to me.
Yes, sir.
I am the prime minister of Japan.
I'll do everything I can to protect Japan, and the people here.
SETTEN is acting in accordance with its own philosophy, too.
Right now, everyone in the world is fighting in their own way,
amidst the chaos of the anisotropic.
But Shindo, you are free.
You told us that the position the government offered you would just bind you.
That's what impresses me about you.
We need the way you can maintain
your individuality, without being influenced by anyone.
Do as you see fit, Shindo.
The special program by networking company SETTEN will start after this, at 8:00 PM,
as a live broadcast by NNK.
This broadcast is planned to contain an appearance
by Yaha-kui zaShunina, the anisotropic being.
I repeat:
The special program by networking company SETTEN will start after this, at 8:00 PM,
as a live broadcast by NNK.
This broadcast will contain footage of a special device given to us by the anisotropic. Viewing this device may have unexpected effects on the human body. Please keep this in mind if you wish to continue viewing.
It is now 8:00 PM, Japan time.
This broadcast will contain footage of a special device given to us by the anisotropic. Viewing this device may have unexpected effects on the human body. Please keep this in mind if you wish to continue viewing.
I am Gonno Takumi, with SETTEN.
We will now share a message from the anisotropic being to everyone in the world.
Emergency Press Conference by Yaha-kui zaShunina, the anisotropic being After this, a new device separate from the Wam will be revealed
Yaha-kui zaShunina, the anisotropic being.
What is it you wish to share with humanity today?
I have brought another device, separate from the Wam,
into this universe.
It affects the human consciousness and senses.
I call it the Sansa.
What exactly do you mean when you say it affects consciousness and senses?
By seeing the Sansa,
humanity can gain a sense of the anisotropic.
A Message from the Anisotropic to Humanity The new device's name is "Sansa"
This causes several changes,
one of which is that
you will no longer need to sleep.
You mean we won't have to sleep to survive?
Here in the universe, humans are
only aware of a portion of what they truly are.
Gaining a sense of the anisotropic
will expand humanity.
It is possible to allow
that expanded region to sleep for you.
Humans spend an average
of eight hours a day asleep,
and during that time, human activity ceases.
Avoiding this will bring humanity
closer to the right answer.
I want to ask you, Anisotropic Being.
What is "the right answer"?
There are problems in the world.
Solving those problems
is the meaning of the world.
Humanity must solve these problems.
It must get close to the right answer.
The Sansa exists for that purpose.
The Sansa will now be shown.
It's expected to have various
effects on the human body.
This broadcast will contain footage of a special device given to us by the anisotropic. Viewing this device may have unexpected effects on the human body. Please keep this in mind if you wish to continue viewing.
I repeat: if you are concerned, please do not watch.
Kado.
The Sansa will open new possibilities for humanity.
I hope that what waits beyond them will bring happiness to the anisotropic,
and to humanity.
The anisotropic being has gained the power of the media.
The changes will spread faster,
like a burning wildfire.
Can we endure this?
A more wonderful world than we have now waits beyond this revolution.
That's what I believed, but...
Now, I'm a little uncertain.
That's why I'm going to talk to zaShunina.
Shindo-san...
zaShunina!
Isn't there some other way to do that?
What's that?
Can we talk for a bit, zaShunina?
I wanted to speak to you, as well,
Shindo.
I have a bad feeling, somehow.
But some people view this change as destruction.
Kado.
The Wam.
The Sansa.
And the fourth device...
Are you... God?
Nanomis-hein