01x08 - Magical Technology Expo

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Magical Girls.

Strong, cool, and agile

Everyone wants to be one.

They're well-paid and popular.

It's a respectable line of work.

Their main duties involve

a particular natural phenomenon.

They exterminate creatures called "Kaii."

An increase in Kaii over the years

sparked a Magical Girl industry boom.

Ranging in size from large to small,

over 500 Magical Girl companies now exist.

My little Kana!

Long time no see, huh?

You grew so much!

Did you get taller?

Careful, Koshigaya!

You're squeezing the life out of her!

Oh, sorry.

Welcome back.

It was only a week, but we missed you.

Aw, thank you.

Sakuragi.

Did you learn a lot?

I did.

Thank you very much, Boss.

Now that you're back,

we're going on a little field trip.

Our destination : right here.

EPISODE 8 : MAGICAL TECHNOLOGY EXPO

The annual Magical Technology EXPO.

Here, new Magical Devices and technologies

are unveiled by the experts themselves.

Basically, an industry trade show.

These outfits get us in cheap!

Oh, that makes sense.

-Boss, too?

-Hm?

I pay full admission.

Then why are you dressed like that?

It's too bad men have

an overly aggressive magic output.

Our industry's biggest mystery

I wonder if future technology

can solve that issue.

If that happens,

we'll start seeing Magical Boys!

AST.

What's up, Kana?

Nothing.

Look!

There's the entrance.

There are 465 company booths in total.

Japan's Magical Girl industry leaders,

all gathered at one big event.

Where should we start?

You gotta do Sales stuff, right?

Indeed.

It's fastest to start around this area,

or maybe there

Oh no, the dreaded

traveling salesman problem.

Don't just stand there, Midorikawa.

You're free to go.

I'll be off, then.

I'll gather business cards

and join you in an hour.

Have fun!

What should we check out first?

All these interesting booths

make it hard to decide.

According to that online press release

We should see that Language MQ update

But I also wanted to peek

at their engineers

Or the new tech from Bacon Software

I want to see outfits.

They're fired up, huh?

I could totally live here.

Me too. Let's do it.

Come on, Boss!

Be more boss-like!

Couldn't we use Stealth Magic

to sneak in at night?

Good plan.

For real, don't try that.

KEYNOTE LECTURE : SATISFAC CORPORATION

"Mutations in Kaii"

Mr. Nikoyama.

What is it, Sakuragi?

Do you know this company?

Oh, Satisfac.

They're a fast-growing

mid-sized magical engineering company.

They rank just behind AS

in terms of tech capability.

That girl from AST used technology

for mutant extermination too.

I guess other companies

are jumping on the bandwagon.

Does anything

pique your interest, Sakuragi?

It says there's a presentation

on Kaii mutation,

so I might listen in.

Right.

Yes, hello?

Is the boss angry about something?

Nah, it's complicated.

Powerful technology means

Kaii are getting stronger.

That means we're exposed to

some serious danger.

Oh, really

Um, excuse me!

I think I recognize

those Magical Girl uniforms.

Did you develop

that "Shopping District Magic"?

That was incredible, truly!

I saw your magic on social media!

Crazy stuff!

An original, right?

It's not in the catalogs.

I've been dying to know more!

I even saved all the footage

I could find online.

Yes, um

I can't believe we found you!

There's so much I wanted to ask!

Would you mind answering some questions?

Uh Okay, sure.

Is it Language MQ-based?

Did you use an existing library?

How many engineers oversaw development?

What's your deployment processing speed?

And the development environment?

How did you adjust casting time?

Can I ask about the cost, too?

What's your style and approach to effects?

Regarding development,

you're better off asking our

Oh, sorry for being pushy.

Want me to answer?

I dunno, but I can guess.

Uh guess?

Sounds intriguing,

but maybe some other time.

-If you can, please contact me here.

-Sure.

Bye, now!

That magic certainly

created a buzz, didn't it?

Ain't that great, Niko?

Ko

Koshigaya! Did you see those guys?!

They were product managers

from Direct Core!

What? Who?

The suit guy was Mr. Kashinomi!

He spearheaded open-source Language MQ!

And next to him was Mr. Yokode,

his long-time development partner!

That legendary duo overcame

the "Three-Month Darkness"!

Hang on! Quit freakin' out!

Let's laminate these business cards.

That's company property.

You didn't want to talk with them?

I couldn't do that.

When I talk to strangers,

I get really nervous.

Sorry about that. Did something happen?

Hey, Boss.

Representatives from Direct Core

approached us, but

I froze up again.

I told you, quit worrying.

You don't need to do everything alone.

Our company works as a team.

Okay.

Entry for Satisfac Corporation's

keynote lecture is now open.

Those who wish to attend should proceed

to the main stage in East Area 3.

Again, entry for

Oh! I've got to hear this!

Satisfac's big lecture!

Boss, can we go see?

Alright, let's go together.

-Okay!

-Right on!

LECTURE AREA

They're really popular.

Anti-Mutation Magic

is still a new concept.

Their CEO is drawing attention, too.

Hey! It's starting.

And now, a big round of applause

for CEO Masayuki Oikawa

of Satisfac Corporation!

For someone so young,

he's quite talented.

He's something else, isn't he?

I could listen to this guy for hours.

As stated in that introduction,

my name is Oikawa.

I see many familiar faces here today.

Here come the nerves.

To my acquaintances out there,

you'd better clap for me at the end.

I'll treat you to lunch later.

Let's jump right into

today's demonstration.

We'll be exterminating

this Kaii specimen for you.

Huh?! It's real?!

Plant-Type, eh?

Couldn't even hurt a fly.

As previously explained,

"mutation" refers to

rapid growth in a Kaii's body,

as observed in recent cases.

Today's specimen is

not a threatening variety.

But if we inject some cells

sampled from mutated Kaii,

we can artificially produce

a minor mutation.

A mutated Kaii's mass and attack power

will increase at a rapid pace.

However, it's unknown when and how

each specimen's strength increases.

-Whoa.

-Mutation

Today, we'll slightly increase

its mass only.

Rest assured, we put it to sleep

to avoid any danger.

That's a mutated Kaii?

For a Plant-Type, it looks pretty tough.

This simple growth in mass

sharply increases its power.

With a lack of technology

to fight mutations,

Magical Girls are increasingly

exposed to danger.

In response to this demand,

we've developed the GOG Magic b*llet.

Today, assisted by

a Magical Girl from Pharma-G,

we'll be directly firing a magic shot.

Without further ado, let's get sh**ting!

GOG b*llet

Fire!

Spherical Magic Circle!

Amazing it deployed so quickly!

As you can see, the Magic Circle

fully envelops the target

to inject magic from every angle.

With all the GOGs injected,

we can stop the mutation and contain it.

Looks easy, right?

All with a simple b*llet?

Compression

Format : Wit!

Here, we have Recovery Magic samples.

Try touching it!

Oooh.

Huh? I'm so sorry!

That's strange.

We should have a full magic power supply.

Please hang on, I'll fix it.

No need.

I only have ten seconds left

at this booth anyway.

So, no worries.

Oh, is that so?

What's that?

Some event?

What happened?

Hey, do you think

Yeah, this isn't right.

-Is she okay?

-What's going on?

C Compression!

Ms. Koshigaya!

Get your wand, Kana!

How? This has never happened before

Call for support!

LECTURE AREA

I knew it.

This mutation was fueled by

A mutated Kaii has appeared

in the lecture area!

General attendees, please evacuate!

I repeat, a mutated Kaii has appeared

in the lecture area!

General attendees, please evacuate!

What the heck?

What happened?

Accident in the lecture area!

It's an unidentified mutation!

Unidentified mutation?

You're not going, sir?

This game was a three-hour wait,

and now it's all mine.

I can evacuate later.

But we have the capabilities

for exterminating rapid mutation.

No other company does.

If there's no contract,

then there's no job.

No money for me, either.

If it's that serious, we'll get an order.

Until then, those idealists

will do something about it.

Boss

Guys!

There you are

I knew you'd come.

Are you really

gonna do this?

Yeah.

It's a mutated Kaii, though.

Won't AST do something?

AST won't budge unless it's a paid order.

This one's a Plant Parasite Kaii base.

It likely won't cause harm,

but we can't leave it here.

As a Magical Girl company,

we must take responsibility

and stop this mutated Kaii!

Any objections?

Koshigaya? Sakuragi?

Bring it!

We can do it!

And Midorikawa

I'll film you for promotional purposes.

We need on-the-spot programming

in close proximity.

Got it, Nikoyama?

Sorry, I'm

Boss

I'm really excited right now.

The number you have dialed is busy.

Please try again later.

Can't reach the admins

I'll go get admin approval.

Start exterminating while I'm gone.

Thanks.

No time to waste. Let's begin.

Sweet, now we can demand

free tickets for next year!

More importantly

look how big it's grown.

Yeah.

Y You can't!

I'm in no position to bark orders,

but that specimen is too dangerous!

I tested this Kaii mutation

multiple times before the EXPO,

but this abnormal mutation never occurred.

Its size and growth rate

are off the charts!

And the mutation's not stopping.

Unless you have top-notch magic power

and strength in numbers like AST,

a half-assed extermination

will only endanger your Magical Girls!

We don't half-a*s exterminations.

Our girls will investigate

each individual mutation.

We'll use that data to program magic

for subduing the Kaii.

First, magic to halt growth

and suppress boosted attack power.

We'll attack all angles

and stop the mutation.

Impromptu magic for each new mutation?!

That's ideal, but have you considered

the time needed to make such magic?

Calm down, gramps.

Gramps?

Just watch.

This'll be a piece of cake.

Look, our little Niko's already

pumping out spells.

Relax, our ship is indestructible!

-Nothing's gonna happen

-But

Growth Halting Magic complete.

They just look like

a regular small business

Why are they so confident?

What's the matter? Seasick already?

Hello?

Hey, Boss?

What?

I got permission to exterminate,

but the admins want you here right now.

Got it.

Sorry, I gotta go.

The admins want me.

We'll be fine. Please, go ahead!

We probably have less than 30 minutes

before this mutation peaks out, so

Got it. We'll be fine!

We're a team, Nikoyama.

Don't forget that.

Of course!

With these two around, I'm all set!

Hey, Kashinomi, let's get out of here.

For a mutated Kaii,

I'm sure they contacted AST.

We'll get to witness their new tech!

It's the future of magic engineering.

If you're scared, go evacuate.

Well, uh that's

Huh? AST isn't here?

Kashinomi!

Hey, Oikawa!

Oh, Kashinomi and Yokode.

How've you been?

Wait, why are you here?!

Get outta here, now!

As an engineer,

I couldn't suppress my urge to help out.

Lies.

That company

Well

Execute as you always do!

-Roger!

-Gotcha!

They volunteered,

claiming they could subdue it.

I objected, but they seem confident.

How do they plan to subdue this?

By investigating the mutations

to program new magic for each one

That's not possible!

It stopped growing.

Now, it's tossing seeds to spawn new ones!

Magic to neutralize the seeds?

I'm on it!

For now, I'll send magic to restrain it!

Roger that!

Deploy Restraint Magic B!

Execute function!

Whoa, it's everywhere.

Restraint Magic, fixed output,

unlimited rapid-fire!

Execute function!

Koshigaya, don't be reckless!

They're actually doing it?

No way at that ridiculous speed?

Well, that's not all.

They have the ability to correctly read

and communicate the situation at hand,

the courage and physical strength

to execute crazy ideas,

and the engineering skills to create

the exact magic they need

It's ridiculous, but they work

in miraculous harmony,

all while fighting for approval

behind the scenes.

It's frightening.

It's as if this team was prepared

specifically for these mutations.

And they got a skilled engineer

at the center.

Right

-Niko! The branches move like tentacles

-Mr. Nikoyama! It's producing fruit

What?

Sorry, you spoke at the same time!

My bad! You first, Kana!

Okay! Um

the Kaii started producing fruit.

It looks like an expl*si*n-Type Kaii.

Counter expl*si*n Magic Roger!

And Koshigaya?

I checked its tentacle-like branches.

They move slow, but they're everywhere.

Got magic for that?

No problem! Keep me updated!

What's needed here is lightning speed.

Ten minutes until the mutation peaks out.

I'll do it all in ten minutes somehow!

Counter expl*si*n Magic's done!

Sending to you both!

Huh?

You in trouble, Niko?!

I got nothin'!

SENDING

N No, everything's fine.

It's sending now.

Next, I'll make magic for those branches!

What? Why is the transmission

taking so long?

Mr. Nikoyama! Send me the magic!

Niko! I'm gonna need it pronto!

-Mr. Nikoyama!

-Niko!

The processing speed is dropping?

This isn't our high-spec office PC.

It's failing to keep up with

my usual pace!

Niko! Hey, Niko!

This sucks. I'm an idiot.

Why was I so excited

for such a serious job?

Boss trusted me with this.

Niko! You okay?

Mr. Nikoyama!

I need to deliver.

I gotta deliver!

There are

people counting on me!