01x03 - Fomalhaut

[bunniefuu]

[Ukegawa] You're

into stargazing now?

[Ganta] Yeah, beginners start

with just getting the moon

into focus, but it's

harder than I expected.

It was pretty difficult

to find with a telescope

and I couldn't get it

to focus right.

Wow.

So you're gonna take pictures?

Our advisor said we'd be

doing some astrophotography,

but I haven't had a chance.

Ah, maybe you can use

that camera you got

back in the fifth grade.

I don't know about that.

Man, that's crazy.

So you went and joined

the Astronomy Club?

-[Ganta] What's wrong with that?

-[Ukegawa] Nothing.

Cool if I swing by and watch

you in action sometime?

[Ganta] Dude, no.

Spare me.

Besides, aren't you busy

with student council?

[Ukegawa] I just want

to pop by for a bit.

[Ganta] No way!

You're gonna distract me.

[Ukegawa] Aw, man.

[opening theme]

[students] March!

One, two, one, two, one, two.

Hey, wait for me!

[lively music]

[ASTRONOMY CLUB]

[Isaki] It's hot today.

[Ganta] Here, you sign, too.

Mm!

[Twosie meows]

Oh.

[Isaki giggles]

We're all set!

Let's take it to our advisor.

[NURSE'S OFFICE]

Okay. Your application

has been accepted.

[both chuckle]

Since Isaki will

be juggling two clubs,

you'll have to be the

club president, Ganta.

Okay.

But since we only

have two members,

that's just a formality

and there's nothing

I actually have to do, right?

[Kurashiki sighs]

You'll have to attend the annual

budget meeting in September.

Most presidents are second-

or third-years.

They make a presentation

about their club activities

over the past year and then

propose a budget for approval

by the student council.

The results of that

meeting determine

how much funding each

club gets next March.

So, it's all about money?

That's a big part of it,

but you also have to show them

that you're engaged

in legitimate club activities,

or no more observatory.

A presentation on our

legitimate activities.

What activities should

we do anyways?

Beats me.

[audio boings]

[audio pops]

[Kurashiki huffs]

This is the only record left

of activities

done by the previous club.

[YUI SHIROMARU]

The Kuyo High

School Astronomy Club,

first prize winner

at the National High School

Astrophotography Contest-

[both gasp]

Taken by Yui Shiromaru.

I reached out to that alumni

and explained everything.

So, pay her a visit.

She'll be expecting you!

[train tracks clacking]

[Ganta] I'll ask Ukegawa

for some advice

on figuring out

the budget meeting.

What?

Why would he know?

Well, he's on

the student council.

He'll pull strings?

He doesn't have that much pull,

but maybe he can help me plan

a good strategy for

the budget meeting.

If they give us money,

then we can make the

observatory more comfortable.

I'll fill a tub

with some water and ice

to keep watermelons and

ice cream for snacking.

That'd be misappropriation

of funds.

[buzzer rings]

[TICKET DISPENSER]

[train hissing]

[announcer] Now arriving

at Wakuraoensen Station.

This is a local train

[Isaki groans, gasps]

-headed for Anamizu.

-Ganta, we're here!

[announcer] The next stop

is Tatsuruhama Station.

[WELCOME TO WAKURAONSEN]

Now, departing for Tatsuruhama.

[pleasant music]

[Isaki] So, this alumni, what

kind of shop do they work at?

Um, not sure.

I only have the business name

and address.

[Isaki giggles]

Is it a hot springs?

[Gantah laughs] I doubt it.

[pleasant music]

So, we just gotta go

straight the whole time?

-Yep.

-Nice, that's easy to remember!

[pleasant music continues]

[Isaki] Are we're almost there?

[Ganta] Not sure, I think so.

[pleasant music continues]

[footsteps pattering]

[music ends]

[Isaki] Rice paddies as

far as the eye can see.

[Ganta] Yep.

[birds squawking]

[Isaki stammers]

Rice paddies, utility poles!

That's all there is out here!

Nothing else!

Oh, crap!

Maybe we walked past it!

Let's head back.

[cars droning]

Is this it?

Seems like it.

It's not closed down?

It's said online they were

still in business, so, yeah.

[both groan]

[door creaking]

Oh.

[energetic electro music]

[buttons clicking]

[Isaki grunting]

[electro music continues]

So this place is

actually an arcade?

[Yui] Hey, you two kids

over there.

[both yelp softly]

Real gutsy of you

to hang out here after school.

Pretty sure that's

against the rules.

[both stammering]

Hmm?

Wait, are you two

from Kuyo High?

Oh, Kurashiki told me

you were coming.

Come on, Astronomy Club.

I'll tell you everything

you wanna know.

[OPEN FOR BUSINESS]

[footsteps pattering]

She seems kinda creepy.

Are you sure we

should follow her?

[Ganta groans]

[door clicks]

Hi, Rollo, I'm home.

You two come in.

[both] Thanks for having us.

[door closes]

Take a seat wherever.

[relaxing music]

[both gasp softly]

[Yui sighs]

Hmm?

[Yui screams]

[Ganta yelps softly]

[comical music]

[Yui] Well, what do

you wanna ask me?

Um, yeah, so, I'm the club

president, Ganta Nakami.

And I'm Isaki Magari.

[Ganta] We wanted to know

what kind of activities

an Astronomy Club does.

I don't know.

With group stuff,

I'm basically clueless.

The third-years left me as the

only member 'til graduation.

So, yeah, I was always alone.

[Ganta groans softly]

But that meant I got to

monopolize the observatory.

It was just like having my

own private room at school,

and it's where I spent

all my time.

Felt oddly comfortable

to be in there.

[Isaki chuckles]

Huh?

Is that your camera, Ganta?

[Ganta] Yeah, it is.

Let me see it.

This is a primo camera.

Geez, it's pitch-black.

I tried to take a picture

of some clouds on a

night with a full moon.

[Yui] Put it on a

low ISO setting

and adjusting the f-stop helps,

but learn how to focus first.

So, wait, I can take a good

picture if I know all that?

[Yui] Assuming you can remember.

What exactly does a

low ISO setting do?

And what's a f-stop?

Not so close!

[Isaki giggles]

-[Ganta] Please teach me!

-You gotta back off first!

Good grief.

[playful music]

Hm?

Hmm.

[Ganta grunts]

[grunts]

Uh, anyways, please help us!

Whether or not we can stay in

the observatory depends on it.

I'm getting hungry.

[water burbling]

[pasta sloshes]

[oil hisses]

[Rollo meows]

She really likes doing

things her own way.

More like she's totally

self-centered.

Collaboration is clearly

not her strength.

I bet she spent all her time

at school being by herself,

just playing on her phone

or sleeping at her desk

during recess.

[Ganta yelps]

And probably didn't have

a single friend in class either.

[Ganta grunts]

[Isaki] Oh.

You projected so hard

it blew up on your face.

Food's ready.

Eat.

[Isaki gasps]

It looks great!

Thanks for the meal.

Thanks for the meal!

[Ganta chomps]

[Ganta] It's delicious!

This place is great.

Is this where you live,

Ms. Shiromaru?

That's right.

I'm the manager here, after all.

[Isaki] You are?

That's awesome!

I guess. I'm surprised

that you two

would go through

so much trouble.

Why bother reviving

the peeper club?

Peeper club?

Oh, you didn't know?

You gotta practice how

to focus the telescope,

which means during the day,

you'll be looking at people

in the school yard

instead of stars.

[Isaki growls]

No, no way!

I'm not doing this to

be some kind of creep!

[Yui chomps]

[Yui sighs]

Listen, we need to

be heading home soon.

So, can you start teaching us?

You bet I can.

It's about the perfect time.

[bugs chirping]

[footsteps pattering]

It's a new moon tonight, so

stars should be easy to find.

[stand rattling]

All right, give the camera.

Oh, okay.

[Ganta] What is that thing

supposed to be for?

It's a lens hood.

Helps to block out

the excess light.

Step one, get focused.

Make sure to switch

the focus mode

from auto to manual.

After deciding which

star you wanna look at,

gradually just turn the

ring on the lens here

to adjust the focus.

Stop when you think the star

is at its smallest and sharpest.

[Isaki] Doesn't that

look about right?

[Ganta] Nah, a little more.

Oh, I did it!

Next, open up the settings page.

The f-stop here indicates

the amount of light

that's coming through the lens.

On this camera, it looks

like the lowest setting

for your lens is F2.8.

'Cause the sky is so dark,

you'll want the number

to be as low as possible,

which allows the greatest

amount of light to come through.

The ISO setting controls the

camera's sensitivity to light.

The higher the number, the

brighter the stars appear.

The moon is weak tonight,

5,000 should be fine.

Just remember that raising

the number too high

can end up with a picture full

of gritty-looking

crap like this.

You're still a beginner,

so don't stress too

much about composition.

Just frame the star you want

to photograph in the center.

[lively music]

Does this seem like

it's all lined up?

Hmm, looks good.

All that's left is

releasing the shutter.

Pressing the button directly

makes the camera shake.

So, it's best if you have

a remote shutter control,

but for now,

just use the self-timer.

The exposure time should be 20

seconds,

which means that once

you trigger the shutter,

it takes in light for a

full 20 seconds.

[shutter clicks]

[both gasp softly]

[bugs chirping]

[both exclaim in awe]

It's super pretty!

It turned out awesome!

[Isaki] Let's try

taking another one.

[Ganta] Okay.

Uh, so, we trigger the shutter

for 20 seconds and

[bright music]

[WAKURAONSEN STATION]

Thank you for all your help!

Can we come back again to

ask you more questions?

[Yui]

Well, I heard the observatory

was turned into a warehouse

for a long time after I left.

I don't wanna see it

end up like that again,

so I'll drop by occasionally.

[both gasp softly]

-[Isaki] Great!

-[Ganta] Great!

[bright music ending]

[ASTRONOMY / SPACE SCIENCE]

[EPISODE 3: FOMALHAUT]

[PISCIS AUSTRINUS]

[cicadas chirping]

[coach] On your marks!

[whistle blows]

[water sloshes]

[water splashing]

[water sloshing]

[water splashing]

[Isaki panting]

[Isaki grunts]

[water splashes]

[students] Thank you very much!

[footsteps pattering]

[Isaki yawning]

[Isaki yawns]

Oh.

Oh?

[yawning] Hello, Yui.

[Yui] Don't talk and yawn

at the same time.

Sorry, I'm having a

sudden yawn attack.

[zipper zipping]

[Kurashiki]

Good, everyone's here.

Then it's time for

our meeting to start.

Ooh, we got a tent?

I wanna go inside!

[Kurashiki] We'll start

with the club president.

Have you thought

of any activities

to be part of your presentation

at the budget meeting?

Let's hear what ideas

you've come up with.

Well, I actually did

some research on it,

and found out that there'll be

a Perseid meteor shower

in August.

So I'm thinking that we

could hold a viewing party

on the school's roof.

A viewing party?

You invite other people

to come and watch

the meteor shower.

Oh

I've never done one, though,

since I was always by myself.

I think advertising it to people

outside of the school

would be best.

You might get more participants.

Cool, then we're gonna

need posters.

"Coming this August,

the Perseid meteor shower

viewing party.

Please feel free to come

join us and have a good time!"

You'll need to recruit

some event personnel.

[Isaki giggles]

Ideas on who can help,

club president?

Hmm.

I figured you were lacking

in the friend department.

[Ganta]

Don't pretend you know me.

[Isaki] There's nothing

to worry about!

I'm sure that Ukegawa

will totally help us out!

And besides, I can gather

up some volunteers, too!

[Kurashiki] So, are you

willing to do this thing?

Hmm.

Yeah.

This is gonna be awesome!

All right, just one

last thing to cover.

There's going to be a contest

for starry night sky

photographs.

If you manage to win any

sort of prize,

then the school won't

have a problem

providing the club with funds.

There's no way

I'm ready for this.

I mean, I only

just started learning

how cameras work, remember?

I would only be

embarrassing myself.

A small price to pay, right?

Ah

Besides, there's no

reason to be nervous.

Oh?

You can always depend

on your mentor here.

Uh

Hmm.

A national contest.

[NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL STARRY

NIGHT SKY PHOTOGRAPH CONTEST]

Clean up before you leave.

[Isaki screaming]

No, no, no, no, no!

Mentor!

[Ganta] What's this?

[Yui] A camping chair.

You're gonna need one for sure.

It's super easy to set up.

Also, get a tent

and sleeping bags.

Pick the most lightweight

ones you can find, okay?

Sometimes, the best place to

snap a photo is on a mountain,

which makes heavy

luggage a pain.

Is the subject of the

photo a judging criteria?

Hmm, it can be.

Generally speaking, you

score more brownie points

with photographs taken

in your local area.

So you're lucky to be

from Ishikawa Prefecture.

For example,

this place has been called

the "Salar de Uyuni" of Japan.

If you go on a day

with no waves,

you can get a beautiful picture

of sky reflected on the sea.

Oh, wow!

Our summer camp is in Chirihama.

Uh, wait, is that really true?

Didn't you hear our teacher

explain it during homeroom?

Well, that works out perfectly.

Go take a photo there.

[Ganta] Hmm.

But I don't know

if I'm good enough.

You can do it.

[Isaki giggles]

[Ganta] I'm returning

the key to the roof.

And here, our notebook.

Perfect, keep up the good work.

Seems like you'll be just fine

serving as club president.

I'm not very confident

about that,

but I'm determined to do

everything I can.

Have you been getting

any sleep lately?

[Ganta] A little bit.

Not really at home, though.

Just in the observatory.

[Kurashiki] I see.

[sighs] I guess even the fact

that you can't sleep

might carry some kind of

meaning to it, you know?

Meaning? You think so?

[bicycle gear clicking]

[Isaki] I'm gonna work on making

a poster for the viewing party,

so you're in charge

of the camera, okay?

[Ganta]

Things are gonna get busy.

They sure are,

but you look excited.

Yeah, I am.

After finding the observatory

and becoming friends

with you there,

we joined the astronomy club

and learned about pictures

you can only get at night.

Now, insomnia helps

to capture the stars.

That's kind of amazing.

It totally is!

[bugs chirping]

[CLOSED]

[NANAO CITY]

[footsteps pattering]

Like the forecast said.

[Rollo meowing]

[claws scraping]

[PANCAKE MIX]

[MILK]

[mixture sloshing]

Okay, Rollo, hold down the fort.

Oh.

Fine.

Be that way.

[calm music]

[motorbike whirring]

[bugs chirping]

[Yui sighs]

[bugs chirping]

[calm music continues]

[NANAO CASTLE RUINS]

[palms pat]

Forgive my trespass.

Hmm?

[shutter clicks]

[Yui groans]

[button clicking]

[shutter clicks]

Just right.

[lively music]

[batter sizzling]

[shutter clicks]

[batter sizzling]

[lively music continues]

Now, I feast.

[lively music continues]

[Yui chomps]

[Yui giggles]

[shutter clicks]

[watch beeps]

Huh?

[shutter clicks]

[Yui gasps softly]

Stunning, isn't it?

But I guess you really

can't tell, huh, Rollo?

Too bad nobody's around

to see this.

Huh?

[paw smacking]

Hmm.

[paw smacking]

[ASTRONOMY CLUB:

IT WAS GREAT TO MEET YOU!]

[ONE PICTURE SELECTED]

They're high-schoolers.

It's so late!

What am I thinking?

[Yui breathing heavily]

[paw steps pattering]

[Rollo thumps]

[phone pops]

Oh.

I actually sent it!

[sharp inhale]

I sent the picture I took in the

middle of the freaking night!

[READ]

[Yui screams]

[phone notification pops]

Hmm?

[Isaki] Super pretty!

[Ganta] That's incredible!

The landscape framed

against the starry sky

makes them both stand out.

How do you even

take a picture like that?

Seriously amazing!

Are you sh**ting pics right now?

[Yui] There's no better time for

taking pictures

of the night sky.

There's a half moon

and hardly any clouds.

So, after I finished work,

I came to a spot near

the Nanao Castle ruins.

[Isaki gasps]

Those two are total

night owls, I swear.

[serene music ending]

[ending theme]