01x02 - Episode 2

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Ema. Here's water.

It's water.

I'll get some medicine.

It's okay.

Look down! That's it! Keep it up!

That's it!

Find anything?

No luck again.

Let's call it a day.

Hey! Look at that!

On the day of the first
Earth Repatriation Plan shuttle launch...

the ISDA Japan Branch chief's daughter,

Lili-E1102, was kidnapped on Mars.

Who are you people?!

Be quiet.

Your life... depends on your mother.

Who's behind this?

They used Sugar's name in their message.

The dead don't make threats.

- Like I care?
- Chip.

- I said I don't know.
- Chip!

At the same time, a strange phenomenon
occurred on the surface.

The researcher Riki Kawanabe, who saw
the same phenomenon on Earth 22 years ago,

found the object
that caused the phenomenon on Mars.

Found it!

I have a request for you.

Find the object
that disappeared 22 years ago.

Your father is Keito Shiraishi?

Mom. This is Lili.

I'm sorry about all this.

I'm safe for now.

Please cancel the plan to abandon
the colonist who'll remain on Mars.

You have 24 hours to respond.

If you won't... listen to their request...

they might k*ll me.

Chief Patel.

Chief Patel.

I received a message from my daughter.

The kidnappers have given me


Find my daughter before then...

and please resolve this
quickly and peacefully.

Also...

My daughter said that
the repatriation plan

would abandon colonists
who remain on mars.

Do you know what she meant?

That order was top secret.
How did she know?

23 hours left.

Chief Patel received a message
from Chief Takima.

No change in the repatriation plan.

Sugar.

Sugar?

If they're using the name of
dead leader of Cocoon...

they must be a member, right?

Shouldn't we round up
former Cocoon remnants and question them?

Shall we raid their base again?

That won't work.

I believe they know our hand.

Sugar knows our locations from our tags.

Then Sugar can monitor tag information?

Reign in your voice and attitude.

Sorry.

They have help from an ISDA member
or someone inside.

What?

Is there a list of staff with clearance?

In the far database.

Yup. Got one implanted.

Does the object really have enough energy
to destroy an entire planet?

Was Madison telling the truth
in his press conference?

Does this object really have enough energy
to blow up an entire planet?

It clearly emits enough energy
to cause that phenomenon, but...

It's unbelievably light.

Five kilograms.
It shouldn't be this light.

So we can't know the scale
of such an expl*si*n.

But there must be a way...

What's that?

That black dot.

It's not all a super-heavy element?

They offered a joint research project.

But... I said no.

Like it?

Is it safe to come back here?

We removed her tag,
so they can't find her.

The police aren't doing anything.

How do you know that?!

You keep quiet!

What are you doing?!

Don't try to escape again.

You escape and I hurt him.

Are you okay, Corn?

- Are you okay?!
- You back off!

Hey!

About the message you sent my mom...

You can't expect them to cancel the plan
in just 24 hours.

So we should just go to Earth?

I know.

Mars is a harsh place.

But we grew up here.

While our parents abandoned us
and ran to Earth...

Sugar and Ema raised us.

Hey. We've got a new friend today.

This is Chip.

Nice to meet you. I'm Ema.

This is your home now.

I'm your mother, and Sugar's your father.

I'm Maru.

Here.

They're both gone now.

SHIRAISHI

Find anything?

No. Not yet.

I doubt you'll find anything here.

I remember when he came out of nowhere
and started searching everywhere.

What a worthless discovery.

It was Kawanabe
who drove Keito to desperation.

Keito wasn't a flawless child.

But...

he was sincere and he wasn't one to lie.

And yet...

But...

he abandoned his family.

Want some food?

No thanks.

So that's where this went.

Hey Dad!

What?

Take a look at this!

Oh, a garnet.

A rare find here. Impressive.

This is a great discovery.

A great discovery?

It means to find or reveal
something previously unknown.

Humans have progressed
by learning what was unknown.

Good job. Keep it safe.

A data chip?

Incoming call
from Japan Branch chief Takima.

The chief?

Aoto?

Oh, Chief! Any word from Lili?

Yes.

She's safe for now.

Aoto... where are you?

I'm looking for something at my father's.

Your father's?

Yes.

Director Huang asked me for
Dad's old files.

Director Huang?

What's this?

A phenomenon
that occurred near here yesterday.

I'm going to search for the source.
Look at this.

This is an image from 22 years ago
my father had.

On the day the found the object,
the same phenomenon was seen above.

The same phenomenon was recorded on Mars
at the same time.

On Earth and Mars?

When was that?

Earth time, January 13, 2103.

Mars time, 13 months, ten days.

Mars time, 13 months, ten days...

What is it?

The day of the space port incident.

Sugar died during the space port incident


That was when people without tags
rioted at the space port, wasn't it?

Is that was ISDA people say?

Sugar was just trying to get medicine
for everyone!

Ema.

Ema. Here's water.

I'll get some medicine. It's okay.

It's Sugar.

The disease was spreading
and only medicine from Earth could help.

But...

This is for people with tags only!

Please step back! You can't!

And yet, your mother deployed the army!

The army?!

I'm requesting deployment.

Because of Mom's orders?

ISDA announced
that Cocoon members fired first.

But Sugar wouldn't do that.

Besides, Cocoon didn't have any weapons.

Are you okay?!

We just want medicine!

On the day of the incident...

Ema died right here.

Ema was pregnant at the time.

And her baby?

The baby was safely born.

But Maru handed it to ISDA.
That's all we know.

Do you hate my mom?

Hate?

This isn't your fault, Takima Suzuki.

Thanks to your quick
and accurate judgement,

resolution was swift. Well done.

You protected Mars.

This kidnapping...

could be my fault.

That's not...

I'll let you know
if I learn anything about Lili.

Right.

"I fear the unknown."

Black dot...

Black dot...

Mr. Kawanabe.

Black dot...

Mr. Kawanabe?

We looked into the marsquake alert
that went off when there wasn't a quake.

It was a seismograph error,
but they all show the same thing.

A quake would give different readings
depending on the location.

So it wasn't a marsquake.

Meaning?

The object. It emits an instant wave.

That phenomenon affects
seismographs and seismoscopes.

Was it the object itself,
or the surrounding environment?

Back to where we found it! Gear up!

We're taking it with us?

Is someone singing?

The miners are gathering after work.

Ema, the woman we mentioned,
used to love singing.

I love it, too.

Everyone's always singing while working.

They're making aquavit.

What are you doing?

Nothing. Lili said she's hungry.

Learn to shut up.
You're lucky Chip isn't here.

I brought you food.

You can use your hands.

Aquavit is liquor, isn't it?

You make it?

Well, not legally.

Wait, it's moonshine?

Tagless like us have to make money
in order to survive.

Lili, have you ever had aquavit?

No. What's it like?

Hey!

Here. Have a taste.

It makes... my tongue numb!

Seeking light

Barely alive

Our planet is far

Far away

Though forgotten

This is our home

We work

Under the sun

We sing

Under the sun

Seeking light

Barely alive

Earth 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

"After ISDA completes the
Earth Repatriation Plan,

Colony 0's life support systems
will be shut down."

"Isn't this mass m*rder? Sugar."

That's been making the rounds.

My radio station got one, too.

Sugar...

You do radio?

Alto Colony Radio.

All troubled young folks love me.

Mito!

First, locate and rescue
Japan Branch chief Takima's daughter.

Then search and detain
former Cocoon members.

Therefore, for the peace and order
of Colony 0,

I'm authorizing military action.

ISDA troops are headed for
the former Cocoon headquarters.

Understood.

Troops are coming. Run.

She's the victim of my case.

Lili-E1102?

Who are you?

I'm ISDA Investigator Maru.

Maru...

Are you hurt?

I'm fine.

Good.

Let's go. Slowly.

We're Whale Co. employees here for...

How rude. Let's go.

Oh. Huh?

Hello.

This is the girl?

That sound.

Sound?

Let's go.

Shall we?

Oh my.

They really tore it up.

Are you ISDA?

ISDA?

How many...
We're not ISDA. We're Whale Co.!

Sorry.

We're investigating an object found here
and its relation to the environment.

You know how criminals
return to the scene of the crime?

Have you been here long?

Even when Nemesis 5
was supposed to launch?

Wait!

On that day...

I just want to know
if anything strange happened.

A marsquake alarm went off.

There was...

Someone heard a sound around here.

A sound?

At the time...

there was a blind girl here.

Excuse me.

What happened to the people there?

They all ran.

All of them?

We'll catch the kidnappers
and their leader.

There's only so many places to hide here.

Nemesis 5 will launch in a few days.

What?

Congratulations.
You finally get to go to Earth.

To Earth...

We're adding the investigation of
iridium formation to the mission goals.

Why is iridium...

Message from Mars Branch chief Patel.

Thank goodness.

Truly, thank goodness.

The army?

I've received word that my daughter
has been safely rescued.

That's a relief.

But the individual named Sugar
remains at large.

The police and army
are searching for them.

About that.

Have you found the object?

It will only have value in ISDA's hands.

Message from Lili.

Lili?

Aoto, I'm sorry about this whole mess.

I'll be on Nemesis 5 in a few days.

But should I really be going to Earth?

But I do want to see you.

Thank goodness she's okay.

That's it. That's where the phenomenon...

Lili, are you okay?

Contact me when you hear this.

And get a new tag right away to be safe.

Lili.

A Mr. Kawanabe from Whale Co. called.

He'd like to see you at his lab
before you leave.

What's that light?

What are you doing?!

I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I...

Dad?

It's you, right?

Who are you?! What are you doing?!

I'm Aoto Shiraishi!

What did you say?

You've been here the whole time?

I don't know you!

Now leave!

This is the epicenter
of a quakeless quake!

What are you talking about?

Two days ago, a strange phenomenon
occurred here, didn't it?

It's similar to one
that an object on Mars caused.


was found in Japan.

But it disappeared.

Along with my father.

I've been looking for it.

I don't know any object.

Then...

let me look around.

Hey!

Wait!

Aoto!

If you were alive...

why not tell us?

You shouldn't get involved.

So you just up and left?

Fire...

Oil...

Nuclear...

With great inventions and discoveries
comes greed and calamity.

They shouldn't be seen or known or exist.
Same with that object.

You understand.

You've seen enough.

It's too soon for humanity.

Let's get started.

When you heard the sound...

what did you do?

When I heard the sound...

I sensed a spot floating in the darkness.

So I tried to chase after it.

As though with my voice.

Did you touch anything?

No I didn't.

Soundwaves...

Or perhaps... brainwaves...

Now...

just like last time...

could you call out?

Earthquake alert.

Outside!

Dad!

It's the third time.

It really appeared.

This isn't an earthquake.

The object is trying to swallow...

everything.

What is it?

A fog around the black dot.

Like last time, there's no shaking
but we have high acceleration readings!

Gravity waves.

No way.

That's the only possibility.

Gravity waves?

When objects of extreme mass move...

Like when a planet explodes,
such waves are emitted.

And this!

This tiny object emitted them.

Gravity waves...

This abnormally light mass...

Quakes without quakes...

If the black dot...

is one of those...

A micro black hole?



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

No way.

What did you intend to do with this?

Give it to ISDA?

Another object was found on Mars.

And another phenomenon occurred.

You can't hide it anymore.

People have to know what that thing is.

And does ISDA share your opinion?

Do they want the truth?

Or the power of this thing?

You two, hurry up!

Shiraishi!

Is this right under the phenomenon?

And the object?

Was it here?

Where is it?!

It's down there.

Who's that?

My father.

What?

My son told me.

You're looking for it?

It's down there.

- Get a light.
- Right.

Come on.

Right!

You decide what happens next.

Go to Kitamura of Shinseiki Publishing.

I've asked him to help you.

Further down!

Right!

This object contains...

a 0.1 millimeter micro black hole.

Its mass is 1/100th of Earth.
In other words...

10 to the 22nd power worth of mass energy.

It's shielded by a layer
of high magnetic magnetite.

So if that magnetite layer is broken...

the object's energy can be unleashed.

Aoto Shiraishi! Aoto Shiraishi!

It's me!

Kitamura of Shinseiki Publishing!

Mr. Ashibe! Shiraishi's gone!

Could it be...?

Find Shiraishi!

Right!

Hurry up!

I'm ISDA investigator Maru.

Maru...

Let's go.

Incoming call.

If I let you catch me...

will I live in peace in a cell?

Chip. What's wrong?

You're acting civil.

The army's coming. Run.

Where are you?! Tell me!

Potato, run!

Chip!

Where are you?! Tell me!

Apologize to Lili for me.

It's okay! Lili will forgive you!

Listen to me, Chip!

She's Ema's daughter!

The girl who was born
during the spaceport incident!

Give her a tag.

So that's why...

Hold on! I'm coming for you!

Sure. I'm waiting.

But you should know something.

Sugar's identity.

Let go!

Get out of here!

Ema.

She's dead.

Chip!

Chip!

Just go!

I'm gonna sh**t!

Go!

What's that sound?

This is...

my guitar.

I recorded it.

Chip was listening to it...

to the moment she died.

Tomorrow...

we're holding Chip's memorial.

If you'd like...

It was all Chip and me.

Lili...

I'm sorry.

You're free.

I'm sorry.

Someday...

let me hear your guitar again.

Sugar's just one man.

Yet we're moving this many
peacekeeping troops.

Perhaps what Director Huang wants...

is to crush anyone
against the repatriation plan.

Maybe I should return to Earth, too.

You didn't leak the additional provision.

Is that correct?

It wasn't me.

How do you know...

I was a science magazine reporter


When that object was discovered...

I was the first to do an interview.

I was at the press conference.

I'm canceling today's press conference.
I'm very sorry.

Where's the object?!

After he disappeared...

I spent 10 years looking for him.

Today was a coincidence.

I usually leave food and such there.

Thank you.

It's not much.

Listen. Is this, the object?

Really?

Yes.

He's never shown it to me before.

I finally get to see it.

Where are we going?

Right. For now, my company's warehouse.

About 30 kilometers from here.



Message from Lili.

What?

Who is it? Not someone from ISDA?!

It's okay. It's a friend on Mars.

Your girlfriend?

Sorry.

Aoto, it's Lili.

I'm safe for now.

It's complicated.
I haven't contacted my mother.

If you disagree with someone,
even a parent...

What do you do if you find
you can't accept what they're doing?

Just sending messages like this...

I feel like I can't say
what I really want to say.

I want to see you.

I want to talk to you directly.

Oh, I'm currently in Colony 0...

at the lab of a Dr. Kawanabe.

The object they found on Mars.

I'm helping them research it.

See you.

Bye.

Aoto, what's wrong?

Uh, well...

Mr. Kitamura...

do you know Dr. Kawanabe?

Yeah.

I met him at Dr. Shiraishi's lab.

What's he like?

He seemed really driven.

Is he someone you can trust?

Depends on what it's about.

This is Aoto. I got your message.

You said you're helping
Dr. Kawanabe's research.

I have a message for Dr. Kawanabe.

It's Aoto Shiraishi.

He has a message for you.

Aoto... Shiraishi?

You mean, Keito Shiraishi's...

Greetings, Dr. Kawanabe.

I'm Keito Shiraishi's son, Aoto.

I'd like to start by apologizing.

I thought my father's disappearance
was your fault.

My whole family did.

But...

my father... is alive.

I saw my father today.

It's been 22 years.

And my father's been hiding it
all this time.

I found the object.

My father is terrified of this object.

Dr. Kawanabe, what are your thoughts?

What should I do with this object?

How should it be used?

I can see Mars.

I can see it...

but even during the Blue Window Season
when we're closest...

it's 88 million kilometers away.

It's so far.

All we can do is send one-way messages
to each other.

Your girlfriend?

Are you thinking about your girlfriend?

Message from Riki Kawanabe.

It's her! Your hearts are connected
even far away.

It's Dr. Kawanabe.

Aoto Shiraishi, this is Riki Kawanabe.

I've scoured Mars for ten years
chasing a phantom that might not exist.

Searching the surface...

where there's no oxygen or life...

I wondered if the object really existed.

If maybe it had all been an illusion.

Even so...

I never once felt any fear.

I only...

held the belief that it existed.

I held on...

and after 22 years I found it.

It really did exist.

And through my analysis...

I felt the fear your father mentioned
for the first time.

I was scared.

The more I studied it...

an impossible theory began to form.

Dr. Kawanabe.

When the phenomenon occurred on Mars...

the same phenomenon occurred on Earth.

I believe...

at exactly the same time.

Message from Riki Kawanabe.

Aoto Shiraishi.

There must be more to the objects
than just the phenomena.

In order to know this unknown...

On Mars and on Earth...

I'd like to do an experiment with you.

What?

Message from Lili.

Mom.

I need to know something.

If people don't leave by the end date,

are you really going to shut down
the colony's functions?

Even the water and oxygen?

Don't you care if the people
who want to remain live or die?

Mom...

End of message.

But you should know something.

Sugar's identity.

Maru.

What's that?

I got a tip. This is Sugar.

What?

Are you sure?

There's no proof.

And no motive.

Where's Chip's Moby?

The communications with their leader
were erased.

"Record of Tagless Lives"?

I'll play it.

Record of Tagless Lives.

This is a record of the lives
of the tagless here in Cocoon.

Our history on Mars
has only been 18 years.

But for those born on Mars,

I wish to leave a record of those
whose existence has been ignored.

Chip. Age 8.

She joined us in a weakened state.

Her parents both died
in a mining accident.

She's a cute girl who loves to sing.

Her best friend Maru is the same age.

Maru joined us at age 8.

Her father died of a lung disease
and her mother returned to Earth.

She's tenacious and smart.

Sugar.

Immigrated in 2085 with his parents,
but lost them soon after.

He founded Cocoon in 2095...

and became its leader.

He was my partner.

Appending.

Sugar has a sister.

Her name is Julie. Age 16.

In 2100 she implanted a tag
and changed her name.

Her name is Gale.

So you're Sugar.

Sugar's precious younger sister.

Gale.

You were in Ema's records.

I never wanted to have a tag.

But I wanted...

to save the tagless
in a different way from my brother.

So I changed my name and joined ISDA.

I wanted to change Mars.

I promised my brother.

But their plan...

Even if there are colonists
who refuse to return to Earth...

and choose to remain on Mars...

Colony 0's functions
will eventually be shut down.

Who are you people?!

Be quiet.

Your life... depends on your mother

The Earth Repatriation Plan
will cause countless casualties.

You're causing the casualties!

You abandoned Chip!

Potato, Corn, and Lili!

Chip...

believed in the future you would create!

I succeeded at nothing...

and abandoned them all.

You can still...

keep your promise.

Why are you here? Where's the object?

We still haven't obtained it.

So you haven't brought good news.

See everyone out.

The Earth Repatriation Plan
was supposed to be our earnest wish.

Mars is too harsh an environment
to live in.

For humanity to abandon its dream...

and to leave Mars
is a bitter decision to make.

Someone has to take on the burden
of everyone's anger.

That's why I chose you.
You're the one I trust the most.

Then why didn't you tell me
about the additional provision?

Are you really going to shut off
the oxygen and water?

The Earth Repatriation Plan was drafted
to respect human lives.

This is unacceptable.

The Earth Repatriation Plan
is also the Mars Rebuilding Plan.

There's no telling
what future will befall Earth.

What unknown organisms might invade.

So we intend to terraform Mars

and make it our second Earth.

We'll take 200 new large-scale FTL ships
loaded with nuclear warheads

and detonate them
deep below the Mars surface.

By firing the lasers of the FTL ships...

we'll create an atmosphere on Mars.

Or so we thought.

But the object was discovered.

Something with that much power...

can alter the Mars environment.

That's why we need it as soon as possible.

Gale.

Gale is dead.

From now on, I'm a tagless, too.

Madison.

Let's get him on our side.

Look at all those people.

Of course. It's a public broadcast
of Alto Colony Radio.

What's that?

Lili?! Where?!

Lili! It's Mike!
What are you doing here?!

Sorry. I'm nervous.

Huh?

Lili! You came!

Forgive my intrusion,
but I'd like to sing.

This is Lili.

I'm Midori.

I've heard about you. It's an honor.

I listen to your radio all the time!

Thank you!

You're singing?

Shut up.

Thank you all for coming
to this memorial service for our friend.

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!

Your daughter is helping Dr. Kawanabe
in his experiments.

They both will be arrested.

We're moving to obtain the object on Mars.

The object will be ours.

Yes. Special order. Understood.

Special order. Understood.

Let's start with a song from this guest.

Mars born and raised, Lili-E1102
will sing for us.

Go ahead.

Lili! Get to Earth!

Faster than light.

What did you intend to do with this?

Director Huang cannot have it.

Give it to ISDA?

We might be able
to uncover its secrets.

Lili, wake up!

Those who wish to remain
may do so.

They say Earth is beautiful,
but I can't see it.

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