Listen, all!
From this day forth, this man, Senku, is the new chief of Ishigami Village!
Ishigami Village?
Yes, Senku.
I've known about you for a long time.
Your name is Ishigami Senku.
Thanks. Everything finally makes sense now.
If everyone on the planet was petrified, who first made this village?
Why do you and Kohaku clearly have foreign blood in you?
All the mysteries are solved.
No, sorry... None of it makes sense to me.
Yeah. How does Senku happen to have the same name as the village?
Wait, Ruri, you knew about Senku?
I probably come up in your priestess mythology, don't I?
Yes.
Mythology? You mean like Momotaro with the gorilla and all that?
No wonder you people know about folk tales
and giant animals you would never have seen before.
Yeah, Ruri-nee taught us about all kinds of things.
The stories the priestess uses to pass down knowledge to the next generation,
the Hundred Tales.
Ruri.
This last story, the hundredth,
is believed to be a true story that happened a long, long time ago.
The story my mother told me was very powerful, and very kind.
The hundredth story of the Hundred Tales.
Its title is...
"Ishigami Senku."
sora no iro wa doushite
空の色はどうして
The color of the sky,
aoku mieru no darou ka
青く見えるのだろうか
why does it look blue?
kiiroi koe agete
黄色い声あげて
Raising a yellow voice,
umareta kioku no shizukesa
生まれた 記憶の静けさ
we're born
ao to kiiro ga mazariatte dekita
青と黄色が混ざりあって出来た
And quiet memories are made of a mix of blue and yellow.
midori ni wa hana wo
緑には花を
Flowers for green,
hana ni wa mizu wo boku ni wa yume wo
花には水を 僕には夢を
water for flowers, and dreams for me.
zero ni tashite ima wo kakete
ゼロにたして 今をかけて
Make it zero, bet the present.
nagareru akai chi moyou
流れる赤い血模様
The flowing red is like blood,
sen wo hiite kara wo watte
線を引いて 殻を割って
draw a line. Break the shell,
saita hana no moyou
咲いた花の模様
like a blooming flower.
tsunagu teishiki fude wo motte
繋ぐ定式 筆を持って
Connecting a formula, hold the brush.
torimodoshite iku inochi
取り戻していく命
Reclaiming lives
me ni mienai ruuru e ima
目に見えないルールへ今
Let's go now, towards those unseen rules
ikou, ikouru wo sagashi ni iku
行こう、イコールを探しに行く
In search of an equals sign.
douka junsui na hajimari wo
どうか純粋な始まりを
Who has a pure beginning,
shoudou ni kawaru hajimari mo
衝動に変わる始まりを
and a beginning changed by impulses
seimeiryoku wo sangenshoku de hirogete
生命力を三原色で広げて
Life force expanding in primary colors.
hakushi no jidai kako mo sute
白紙の時代 過去を乗せ
A blank page era, throwing away the past,
kizukiage kizukasare
築き上げ気付かされ
building up and being forced to realize
kuroku natte imada keshite
黒くなって 未だ消して
And blackening in the end.
tsumiage tsugi wa doko e
積み上げ次はどこへ
Where will it build up next?
aa bokura no ashita ni iro ga attara
ああ 僕らの明日に色があったら
Ah, if our future had a color
me ni mieru you ni saa egaite iku
目に見えるように さあ 描いていく
I'd draw it in the colors that I see.
Opening Subtitles by Kylede Akamatsu
A
Tale
for
the
Ages
Why do you keep following me, Moon?
Even if I juke it really hard, it follows me ten billion percent of the time.
Ever since he was very young, the boy, Senku, showed interest in anything strange.
Maybe it has a crush on you, Senku.
I don't need that crap right now.
I'm talking serious science.
What kind of preschooler are you?
The reason the Moon looks like it's following you
is because it's super-duper far away.
It's especially far away for me, since I failed the astronaut exam.
I don't care about your wistful poetry right now, either.
My leg cramped up in the middle of the clothed swimming exam.
I was never a good swimmer to begin with.
That was rough.
When's the next time they'll be recruiting astronauts?
Who knows?
It's something like once per decade.
I'm going to space.
An astronaut!
What
I
want
to
become
That's a great dream.
Well, when you grow up...
No, I'm going immediately.
Senku loves space as much as I do,
but he thinks for himself and builds things for himself.
He was thoroughly hooked on the fascination of science.
Hirosue University
What's your next class?
My grades are so bad.
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The first time they've hired in ten years.
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Science Lab
What are we doing with this thing, Senku?
My hand's moving on its own!
What the heck?!
Of course it is.
I'm sending electricity straight into the muscles.
What is this weird suit?
My limbs are twitching and doing breaststrokes on their own!
The clothed swimming test is your biggest issue with the exam, right?
We'll pound the motions into your muscles
with the electrode training suit from hell.
I can't swim in this thing!
{=1}Astronaut Selection Exam Venue
He made that crazy suit himself? In fifth grade?
So was it actually useful?
Of course not.
I figured.
Though...
Senku made it just for me.
I had to swim in it, even if it killed me.
In the end, I managed to make it through the clothed swimming test,
and I made it here to the interview.
I'm going to become an astronaut and go into space, no matter what.
And I'm going to work for science.
That's the only way I can repay Senku.
— 5 Years Later —
The crew has begun boarding.
The launch of the Soyuz rocket is about to commence.
There's also an astronaut from Japan
Hey, are you terrestrial TV?
Online?
planning a long-term stay on the International Space Station...
Either way, this is live, right?
It's Ishigami Byakuya-san!
Senku, knowing you,
you probably aren't watching the broadcast, but just in case...
I'm going to bring home tons of scientific gifts for you.
Just wait!
Oh, shut up.
Shoot, I gotta go. They're going to leave me behind.
Wait, is that your dad, Ishigami-kun?
Let me see!
Students, class is still in session.
The man who started the first generation of Ishigami Village...
was Ishigami Byakuya.
My father.
This is the Soyuz.
Commencing final preparations for docking with the International Space Station.
Docking successful.
Welcome to the International Space Station!
Y-You've had a long journey.
Pleasure to work with you.
Sorry about my husband.
He's got a huge voice for someone with no balls.
I'm Ishigami Byakuya.
This is Shamil.
Nice to meet you.
Why are these hallways so narrow?
I'm not the same as y'all.
I spent 50 million dollars to buy a seat in the Soyuz.
I'm a space tourist, I'll have you know.
And this is how you greet me, Diva Lillian?
Don't tell me you don't know me!
N-No, of course I do.
I even have your CDs.
Then you get it, don't you?
I do.
C-Calm down.
Do you really?
Why are you laughing, Byakuya?
I could have kept it up a while longer.
Jeez!
Sorry, it was just so bad.
Who even talks like that?
What a way to start our stay.
Stop laughing and make her stop, old man.
I'm truly sorry, everyone.
I'm Lillian Weinberg.
I look forward to this coming week.
I'll try my best not to get in the way.
I thought the next week was going to be hell.
You got us good.
If you were being serious, one more minute and I would have killed you.
I'm Dalia. Nice to meet you.
That trembling giant over there is my husband, Yakov.
I thought I was going to have a heart attack.
Dalia and I were both doctors.
Talk to us if you ever feel sick.
That's reassuring. Thank you.
Yakov's good to have around.
It's his second time in space, after all.
He's a bit of a wimp, but he's a veteran.
Why are you acting like you're such a hotshot?
Knock it off, old man.
I'm kind of a big deal.
You, too. Don't get full of yourself.
The girl behind him is Connie.
She was a staffer at NASA.
I-I'm...
I'm a huge fan of yours, Lillian-san!
Huh?
That came out of nowhere, Connie.
Um...
That's all.
Come on, Connie-chan.
Get in there and demand an autograph.
Go on!
May I... have your... autograph?
Sure, of course.
Thank you!
Did you see my assist?!
Well, I guess it's time to set the stage for a proper greeting for Diva Lillian,
who spent 50 million to get here.
This'll be our background music for the rest of the trip.
Agreed!
Let's play it at least a hundred times a day.
No! Please, no! That's too embarrassing!
I'm sorry, I really am!
That concludes my mini-concert in space.
I'm not masochistic enough to want to sing live
in front of my astronaut buddies,
so you'll have to let me off the hook now.
See you, fans!
Aren't y'all going to use the comms, Shamil and Byakuya?
To contact your family or anything?
No need.
I don't have family.
What about you, Byakuya?
I have a son named Senku,
but he's a bratty kid, like Shamil here.
He has no interest in staying in touch.
He's probably focused on his research right about now.
The distribution of posts about stone swallow figures
being found around the world is proportional
to the distribution of swallow populations.
Calculating statistical significance would be overkill.
Which means these stone figures are real swallows that have been petrified.
Swallows being petrified all over the world?
That's so insane, it's hilarious.
This is exhilarating.
Can't sleep?
Sorry, was I too loud?
So loud, my eardrums popped.
Sorry about that.
You really like singing, huh?
I've been singing my whole life.
Since you were a kid?
I picked up a record in the trash one day.
I've been listening to songs every day since.
Then, one day, my record player broke down.
After that, I started singing for myself.
Singing was just so much fun.
I want all kinds of people from all around the world to hear me sing.
If it makes people appreciate the world and feel glad they were born,
that would make me so happy.
Just as I felt back then...
Sorry about that.
This is seriously embarrassing.
Hey...
Would you mind letting Senku hear you sing someday, too?
Of course.
Hey!
I'm miso soup!
Help me!
I don't want to get eaten!
Whew, I'm flying!
Zero gravity!
I'm free!
Oh, no, you don't!
What are you doing?
Want to try some Japanese, Shamil?
This nutrient jelly is enough for me.
For every meal?!
D-Don't you get tired of it?
Here.
What's that? Noodles?
It's ramen that I had custom-made.
It's the same taste you can get at the popular spot my son Senku and I frequented.
I don't deny that you have good taste, but you're pampering us.
The Space Agency people are here to work.
Humans don't need to have fun to survive.
Come on, just try it.
It'll shock you.
See?
Isn't it scary good?
Really? Can I try some?
No...
Look.
Outside the window.
At Earth.
Senku!
Why?!
I can't get in touch with either NASA or Roscosmos!
Is it broken?
No, no one's responding.
N-No one's responding over amateur radio, either.
That light...
Something must have happened on the surface.
Something terrible.
L-Like a nuclear war?
Don't even talk like that!
Yes!
The Internet works.
Is anyone tweeting about the situation?
No good.
Everyone around the world stopped posting at the same time.
I know! The live cameras!
There!
What the hell is this?
Statues?
Is this even possible?
Oh, God...
We shouldn't do anything rash.
Let's wait here.
There are seven billion humans on the planet.
Let's wait for the survivors to contact us.
They'll help us!
Wait for how long?
A month?
Two months?
With humanity in this state,
we don't have any hope of a rescue out here in space.
Let's go back to Earth.
What are you talking about, Byakuya?!
I told you, there are seven billion people!
Someone will come help us!
No, Yakov.
We're the last six humans.
Wait for help?
You're wrong.
We're going to help them.
All seven billion humans.
yume no you na hanashi de ii
夢のような話でいい
mou ichido kikasete
もう一度聞かせて
kinou ga owaru nara, kyou mo owaru
昨日が終わるなら、今日も終わる
sonna dareka ga kimeta ruuru
そんな誰かが決めたルール
hyakuoku nen demo ichinichi to sureba
100億年でも１日とすれば
sugu ni tadoritsukesou deshou
直ぐにたどり着けそうでしょう
toki ga nagaretatte kawaranai mono ga arun da
時が流れたって 変わらないものがあるんだ
sore dake wa Starry Night
それだけは Starry Night
yume no you na hanashi de ii
夢のような話でいい
shiranai yori shikatanai yori genjitsuteki da
知らないより しかたないより 現実的だ
hora, mou ichido koe wo kikasete
ほら、もう一度 声を聴かせて
sono omoi wa itsu made mo
その想いはいつまでも
kawarazu ni itsu made mo
変わらずにいつまでも
kimi wo matteiru
君を待っている
Karaoke by Kylede Akamatsu
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