01x03 - Episode 3

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If the black dot...

is one of those...

A micro black hole?

That was my conclusion.

There's a black hole
at the center of this object.

Black dot...

Black dot...

When I heard the sound...

I sensed a spot floating in the darkness.

Was it always the same?

It was the first two times.

But when I vocalized it...

this time...

I sensed a different image.

They say Earth is beautiful...

but I can't see it.

The people I met on Mars...
Their faces...

Their expressions... The object...
I never saw them.

But they exist within me.

The people that I met.

Here on Mars, our population is 100,000.

Each life carries a huge meaning.

I know there's much sadness and grief...

but for tonight let's just pray.

Today marks 23 years
since the space port incident.

So in memory of all lives lost
here on Mars,

this is a public broadcast
of Alto Colony Radio!

Okay!

The object will be ours.

Yes. Special order. Understood.

Special order. Understood.

Lili! Now's your time to shine!

Seeking light

Barely alive

Our planet is far

Far away

Though forgotten

This is our home

We work

Under the sun

Sweat soaked sand

Flowers bloom in shadow

Our country is far

Far away

We grow roots underground

We get drunk

We work

Under the sun

We sing

Under

The sun

Lili!

Thank you for that
wonderful performance!

Oh come on! Let her talk!

Please calm down!

Mars branch chief Patel.

You should have arrested her sooner.

I'm declaring a special order.

Maintaining peace is of the essence.
Enforcement must be strict.

Get down! All of you! Now!

Get down!

They've reached Horcos Street!

Where's Lili?!

In the green room with Dale!

- Dale! Thank you!
- Maru!

Lili, we're leaving!

What's going on?

ISDA is arresting
everyone involved with the object.

Luke Madison?

Dale, please tell Lili.

I loved her singing.

Take the back route out!

I'm headed for the surface!
What do we do from there?

Leave?!

Leaving Colony 0 won't be easy!

Besides, they can track our tags!

Dammit!

Gale?

Back, back!

Not this way!

Go!

Lili, I'm sorry to involve you in this!

Split up?

How long until your warehouse?

Towards the Pacific side,
over one more ridge.

Will we be in time for the experiment?

Message from Riki Kawanabe.

It's from Dr. Kawanabe.

Oh. Okay.

Aoto.

Director Huang is arresting
everyone involved with the objects.

I'm running from the police and army.
I'll have to postpone the experiment.

I'll contact you later.

Something happen?

They're trying to take
the Mars object, too.

It's ISDA.

What did you intend to do with this?

Give it to ISDA?

I've kept it safe for 22 years.

That's why the world still exists.

Dad was right.

Dad was right!

Hold on! Aoto! Aoto!

Are we headed for Whale Co.?

That's right.

Whale Co. has their own space port.

We've been instructed to fly to Phobos.

Phobos? Mars' moon?

Roughly 6,000 kilometers from Mars.

An eight hour trip
with Whale Co.'s rocket.

We can experiment on the object there.

With Aoto.

I haven't heard the object
for a while now.

Madison has it.

It must be protected at all costs.

ISDA must assume that I have it.
It's a diversion tactic.

Are we going to Phobos
to continue our research?

What's your point?

Catch them before they reach Whale Co.!

Where's Dr. Kawanabe?

Chief, they're rounding up people
involved with the object on Mars.

We will arrive at ISDA Japan branch
in 30 minutes.

I'm exhausted!

Aoto! Aoto!

Aoto!

Aoto!

ISDA? ISDA?

They're ahead.

- ISDA?
- Let's head back.

Ow!

Mr. Kitamura! Are you okay?!

Aoto!

Are you okay?

Mr. Kitamura.

I can't go on!

Shiraishi!

Go! Go on without me!

Run!

Shiraishi!

Dr. Shiraishi better be safe.

ISDA staff have secured him.

But he won't talk.

It's not too late.

Hand over the object.

I have orders from...

I heard they're chasing Dr. Kawanabe
and his object on Mars.

What does Director Huang want with these?

That's not for a simple staff member
to know.

For 22 years...

my father protected this object.

If I...

If I just hand it over...

Shiraishi!

Run and we'll eventually find you.

Before you catch me, please...

let me experiment with Dr. Kawanabe.

There's something we have to confirm.

We might be able
to uncover its secrets.

I know that Dr. Kawanabe
is onto something.

All right.

The Kansai University of Science where
Dr. Shiraishi and Kawanabe worked is near.

Let's go there.

It's no good!

The wheel's jammed
and I can't get it to run!

At this rate, we'll run out of power
and then air!

Madison?

Madison?

You didn't double-cross me, did you?!

You took the object and then let us...

That snake.

This was his plan from the start.

We should...

head to Whale Co.

How do we do that?

We walk there.

Where's Dr. Kawanabe?!

It's cold.

I'm sorry.

I weakened the thermostat
to conserve our batteries.

If our suits should fail...

Don't think about it. Just walk.

Dr. Kawanabe.

I can't breathe.

You're running low on oxygen.

Come on.

Come on! Don't fall asleep!

Lili!

Lili!

There's so much...

you have out there to learn!

You're going to Earth!

You're going to see Aoto!

Lili! Lili!

Lili!

Lili!

Lili!

Lili, wake up!

Lili!

Lili!

Thank goodness! Thank goodness!

Thank goodness!

If you had died...

Ema would be heartbroken!

Why are you saving us?

Madison sent me.

Then...

If you're fugitives from ISDA...

that makes me a traitor.

Excuse me.

You said that if I'd died...

Ema...

would be heartbroken.

There's something that you need to know.



I handed you over to ISDA.

Handed me over?

You were born...

in a Cocoon cave.

Your mother...

Ema...

That was her name.

She died right after you were born.

Your father, Sugar, died as well.

Wait...



You mean the space port incident?

I didn't know that Chief Takima
would adopt you.

I'm no longer a member of ISDA.

Luke Madison.

I have a request.

Not for Earth's Mars...

but for Mars' Mars.

That wasn't me. It's the other Sugar.

Yes.

Somebody used the fact that I exist.

They fanned the flames
of anti-ISDA sentiment.

Are you saying that you're not?

Director Huang's Moby records.

Give them...

to me.

That man pretended to be Sugar
and provoked the colonists.

I need his testimony.

Director Huang must be behind it.

Maru.

Do you still have a tag?

I need it for access.

Catch the man.
I'll try a different route.

So Dr. Shiraishi and Kawanabe
were both here 22 years ago.

We can use the lab down there.

Chief?!

Shiraishi, sorry.

Aoto, hand over the object.

Uh...

Don't be daft!

Hey! You!

- What the hell?!
- Mr. Kitamura!

Where's your sense of adventure?!

Mr. Kitamura!

Didn't you dream of space as a kid?!

Don't worry.

Director Huang cannot have the object.

I came here to protect it.

You'll be fine.

AJ?

I'm sorry.

This isn't a joke!

Lili could have died out there!

And the object?!

I'm conducting the experiment now!

ISDA is after the Earth object
as we speak.

I want to test the second image
she spoke of.

We have no idea what's going to happen.

I've studied them thoroughly.
Don't worry about that.

We're testing a function
built into the objects.

If they aren't weapons,
it shouldn't cause an expl*si*n.

And even if they are weapons...

it's logical to assume
there'd be multiple safety locks.

Plus, if they are weapons,
you'd expect they'd hide themselves.

But the objects showed themselves
through the phenomena.

Thus, while the chances of this experiment
being dangerous aren't zero...

they're low enough.

And what if something happens
to the objects by then?!

Don't you want to see?!

Don't you want to know?!

Aren't you curious?!

Lili.

I'll go to Phobos!

I'll take Dr. Kawanabe's tag.

That'll buy some time.

Do your experiment.

Have the army take Nemesis 5
and head to Phobos.

Lili, will you help me?

The sound is getting louder.

This sound woke me up.

It's like it's calling me.

Okay. Good.

I'll contact Aoto on Earth.

We begin in 30 minutes.

I'm sorry.

Can I send a message first?

Moby. Mom.

Mom...

I walked on the Mars surface
for the first time today.

I wore a space suit
and Dr. Kawanabe led me by the hand.

Even though I'm grown up...

I still can't do anything by myself...

can I?

I thought that you protected me
ever since I was born.

I know about Ema now.

In 30 minutes means


We've got 20 minutes left!

Okay!

Even though I'm grown up...

I still can't do anything by myself...

can I?

I thought that you protected me
ever since I was born.

I know about Ema now.

But...

you'll always be...

my only mom.

I wish...

I'd talked to you more on Mars.

I regret that.

Though forgotten

This is our home

We work

Under the sun

Sweat soaked sand

Flowers bloom in shadow

Our country is far

Lili...

I wish...

I'd told you the truth sooner.

I don't know why I didn't.

I assumed...

that's what was best for you.

Back then...

how I felt about Mars...

I can't.

A voice message just isn't enough.

I wish I could see your face
as you hear this.

I'm sorry.

Also... what you said on the radio...

I...

I never made any sort of plan like that.

I...

I never made any sort of plan like that.

You have to believe me.

Moby. Mom.

One minute left.

It's almost time.

That it is.

Lili.

Let's get started.

Earthquake alert. Earthquake alert.
Please get to safety.

It's not an earthquake.

It just detected a gravity wave.

It's the phenomenon!

Lili...

do you see anything different?

We don't know what's going to happen next.

It could be a giant expl*si*n
like Madison feared.

Don't scare us.

You can step outside if you like.

You too, Chief.

Lili, how is it?

I see a different image.

Mimic it.

We're entering uncharted territory.

Maru, there you are.

You disobeyed Director Huang's order...

and colluded with Whale Co.

You waited for me?

I don't know.

You're half correct.

I got sick of working
with the army guys.

I guess we have to
because the police are unreliable.

At least you're self-aware.

These fliers.

Everyone's saying...

they came from above.

Someone dropped them from here.

So...

I was looking for traces here.

Maru.

Give me your hands.

I know who spread the fliers.

Well?

Nothing.

Aoto?

Nothing's happening.

Maybe we just can't sense it.

You mean something's already happening?

Yes. Let's give it some more time.

Any change?

No gravity waves detected.

No other changes.

So nothing happened.

Lili.

Thank you for your help.

It's okay.

Aoto! Aoto!

- Yes?!
- Aoto!

Yes? What is it?

The door had an auto-lock.

- An auto-lock.
- What?!

I panicked.

Man.

That was a bit of a letdown.

I panicked.

That was a bit of a letdown.

Wait. Let's give it some more time.
We don't know yet.

You think? If you say so.

Try contacting Dr. Kawanabe.
Ask what's going on.

It'll take 10 minutes, though.

It'll be rude during the experiment.

Nah. I'm pretty sure this is a bust.

Aoto?

Is that you, Aoto?

I just heard Lili's voice.

Yeah, I think I heard a girl's voice.

Lili?

It really is you!

What's going on?!

This is beyond me, ma'am.

Mom? Are you there, Mom?

Lili.

Can you hear me?

So that's it.

Lili's voice activated the objects,
and with the second command...

Are you serious?

Director Huang.

I have the object.

I'm headed to headquarters now.

Well done. I await you here.

We meet here at last.

The space port incident happened here


You fired the first shot, didn't you?
From there.

The members of Cocoon had no weapons.

So they couldn't have fired
at Deputy Chief Takima.

I check all ISDA records of incident.

You had to be the sn*per.

This was your doing, too.

Many of the colonists are protesting.
They don't know that if they do,

they'll be forced to repatriate.

Madison gave me access...

to your Moby records.

Arriving in 30 minutes.

Message from Gale.

This is Mars branch deputy chief Gale.

I used the name Sugar...

and ordered
the kidnapping of your daughter.

And I am the younger sister
of the Sugar...

who died in the space port incident.

I know what I did
to your daughter was despicable.

I'm truly sorry.

The colonists who were born on Mars
like your Lili was...

desperately need your help.

Where's Lili?

She's exhausted from the surface travel
and experiment.

Today's Alto Colony Radio, is broadcasting
from in front of the ISDA Mars Branch!

Protestors of the Earth Repatriation Plan
have gathered here!

Reconsider the plan to leave Mars!

Give us the freedom to stay!

Today, I managed to talk to
the Whale Co. CEO, Mr. Madison!

He's promised an entertaining show,
so we're presenting live!

It appears Mr. Madison has arrived!

Dr. Kawanabe, are you giving the object
to ISDA?

I'm just showing what it can do.

We'll stay tuned!

They're carrying a box
containing the black object!

What sort of entertaining show
do they have prepared?

It's okay. We're still connected.

So this is the object?

That's right.

It's what my father protected
for 22 years.

So it wouldn't be misused.

I can't wait ten minutes.

What have you learned about the object?

Director Huang.

There's something I have to ask first.

What is t?

Ever since founding ISDA,
you've pushed...

to develop Mars
and its surrounding asteroids...

using considerable command.

It was because you had massive funding,

from the energy and military industries.

Was the Earth Repatriation Plan...

put in place to satisfy their requests?

We can discuss this later.

It's to terraform Mars
into a planet similar to Earth, correct?

Is that why you wanted
to obtain the object?

Yes.

You'd burn Mars' surface with lasers...

and cause massive explosions underground.

Even if it meant that
the colonist living there

might die in the process?

If this plan succeeds, in 1,000 years
Mars will have an atmosphere and water.

This is a plan to build
Noah's Arc in space.

If a hundred or a thousand lives need
to be sacrificed, so be it.

We don't need to have any tagless
who defy us come to Earth.

The plan is already in motion.

I have both the Earth and Mars objects.

How...?

Mr. Madison.

Have you heard everything that
Director Huang has said?

The objects...

are on Mars and on Earth.

By creating a wormhole between them...

simultaneous communication
is now possible.

The objects are connecting Mars and Earth
faster than light.

Impossible.

This is ISDA Mars branch
deputy chief Gale.

I used the name Sugar...

and kidnapped Lili.

However...

Another Sugar planned
the protest movement against ISDA.

Director Huang, that was you.

And where is your proof?

This contains a recording...

of the army captain carrying out
Director Huang's orders.

So this is the man...

who spread the fliers.

ISDA provoked the colonists...

and the colonists protested ISDA.

I don't have time.

I need proof connecting this man to ISDA.

That was your voice.

You faked a tagless
opening fire 22 years ago,

to provoke the subsequent violence,
didn't you?

And...

Director Huang gave that order to you.

It's only been 40 years
since humanity began colonizing Mars.

But in that 40 years,
Mars has created its own history.

Roots of evil
must not cloud the future of Mars.

It's still only been 40 years.

We have a chance to stop it now.

I see.

You tricked me using the object.

This world is so very foolish.

We don't know when the organisms
that created the object might invade.

To take me down, is to abandon all hope
against future threats.

Why did your father hide the object
for 22 years?

He said out of fear of the unknown.

But it wasn't fear of
and future threats you describe.

Are humans worthy of these objects?

Are we mature enough to use them?

My father...

feared the objects because of this.

But...

fear will keep you from moving forward.

I will research these objects...

to better the future of humanity.

I wish to dig deeper.

But the threat to our future...

will still be there.

People of Mars,
this is ISDA Japan Branch chief Takima.

Can you hear me?

As lead for the Earth Repatriation Plan
in place of Director Huang...

I am reexamining the plan.

Nemesis 5 and FTL shuttles
scheduled to head to Earth,

will fly as scheduled.

However...

Those who wish to remain
may do so.

Did you hear that?! You heard it, right?!

Mom...

We can continue to live on Mars
if we wish to do so!

Did you hear that, people of Earth?!

The cheers of the people living on Mars!
The voices of the Mars people!

They probably can't without the object!

I guess you're right.

Recognize it? Sure.

I do.

That morning you woke me up early
three years ago.

I dreamed of going to Shiba
and finding 42 ryo.

It wasn't a dream!

You really found it!

You said it was a dream!

You said you'd hear me out!

Fine. I will.

Go on!

I was happy!

I was happy!

Shiraishi...

We were at the lowest of the low
back then.

I was so happy!

I didn't know what to do!

Dr. Kawanabe, it's Lili.

I thought you did something bad.
I'm sorry I know you didn't.

It turns out you didn't.
When I asked you said you'd drink...

Sorry!

Nemesis 5 is leaving.

Yes.

It leaves Mars tomorrow.

I came to say goodbye.

I see.

Well.

That's good.

What's wrong?

Is the object here?

Sure. Right next to us.

Dr. Kawanabe, this is bad.

What?

I can't hear any sound from the object.

What?

You were right 22 years ago, Dad.

The object contains a micro black hole.

It could still contain unknown powers.

I see.

Instant communication, huh?

Yeah.

I'm quitting ISDA and going to work
at the university lab.

I'm going to continue research
with Dr. Kawanabe.

Will you join us?

Aoto...

Listen.

If you're going to be a scientist,
keep your ears peeled.

I'm certain there are
other objects out there.

So, after instant communication...

the waves from the object changed?

It's possible...

that humans can't detect them anymore.

Then I guess I'm no longer needed.

You've served your purpose well.

Then...

Did I serve the greater good?

Of course.

If we listen...

maybe we're all being called.

Perhaps...

they're always calling.

Maybe you can't see it,
but it's still there.

Lili-E1102!

You're headed to Earth, too?

I need to talk to you.

Listen...

In the rocket or on Earth...

from now on...

I'll always be by your side.

By my side?

Someone is waiting for me on Earth.

Someone?

They say Earth is beautiful.

But I can't see it.

Those I met on Mars...
Their faces...

Their expressions... The object...
I never saw them.

And those I'll meet on Earth.

I can't describe what they look like.

But they exist in me.

Lili.

Mom.

I've missed this.

This smell.

This sensation.

But...

You're squeezing too hard.

You haven't changed at all.

Is the ocean near?

Yeah. It's right there.

Wow, the sound of it.

Can you hear?

It's pretty scary.

Oh, here it comes.

Is it cold?

This is the ocean?!

The ocean.

It's really all water?

It's all water.

- More waves!
- Oh wow!

There's something called
the Drake Equasion.

It calculates the chances of organisms
encountering each other in space.

The number of planets,
the chances of life forming...

the chance they'll develop communication
are all in there.

According to that,

the chances of a man meeting
his ideal mate are 34 in a billion.

- Wait, what?
- Huh?

What about life?

Oh? I can see Mars!

What's it like?

Hold out your hand.

About that big.

But a little red.

Maybe someday we can use that object,

and develop instantaneous travel.

- For people?
- For people.

That would be amazing.

Our radio program still broadcasts
with a time lag,

but maybe someday
we'll broadcast instantly to Earth.

In two years, the research results
of the object will be announced on Mars.

Gale will create a new
self-governing organization...

and consider a new setup with ISDA.

Using gravity waves, brainwaves,
and soundwaves,

the object calls out
to all beings on a planet

to gather information it seems.

And through the third
and fourth activations...

It seems this object was created
by a species with no optic senses

as a probe.
That's the hypothesis I've reached.

They must by trying to understand
this universe like ourselves.

A black dot?

All we need to do is try to understand.

There's no need
to treat the unknown as a threat...

or to fear it.