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Twilight Q

Episode 1

A Knot in Time

August 1987

Mayu!

Let's go back to the hotel now!

Just a minute.

I'll be there soon!

Dr. Albarish, a member of the UN science academy, has warned the world about the effect of air pollution,

water contamination and the greenhouse effect on the environment.

That warning is...

Hey, let's go dancing!

This is our last night in the resort.

Forget about that camera already!

Do you really think I should?

I don't think this was dropped today or yesterday.

From the damage it has, it must've been one or two years ago, maybe longer.

Someone dropped it in the sea and it's drifted and wandered, riding on the Kuroshio current...

and finally it washed ashore on this beach.

Do you still think this camera isn't important?

Aren't you curious about what's on the film?

Look, let's go to that shop!

Okay!

Let me see, you're Takizawa-san, right?

Here.

Yeah, that.

I assume it got discoloured by the gas produced by the battery.

Did you leave the film inside the camera for more than a year?

Someone I don't know and myself, taken together...

Big brother, you're late!

Yeah, I'm sorry.

So this is the camera in question.

Right.

I don't know why, but she's gotten so obsessed with that camera.

Can you help her out?

Will you do me a favour, please?

Well, let me see...

You won't do it? You're stingy!

No, I didn't mean that.

It's just that, even if I investigate it, I couldn't promise to figure anything out.

Is it that complicated?

To find out exactly when and where it came from is very difficult.

I think I can only find out approximately.

— Is that okay with you? — Yes.

Then I'll take this with me, okay?

Kiwako, don't you see it? The romance of the Kuroshio current?

I'd rather have chestnuts than romance.

Note: marron [chestnuts]; roman [romance]

I'd like to order another marron puff, please!

If this is me...

...then who are you?

I see you're studying hard.

Father, you were early today.

Is that sarcasm? It'll be midnight soon.

But!

The battery must've run out.

Yeah, I guess.

Thus the chief martial law administration decided to strike on February 29th...

declaring the uprising army to be rebels after receiving situational reports four days after the incident began.

However, when the command from the Emperor, "Get back to your unit," was issued,

many soldiers escaped from the control of their rebel commanders and returned to their unit one after another.

Thus in the afternoon that day, the coup d'état of the Showa era,

which had shocked the capital, was put down without even the sound of a single shot.

There's a report on the investigation. "I'll be waiting at Surling. Signed, Kiwa."

This is still class time!

6th period was cancelled. Excuse me!

If you go upstream along the Kuroshio Current,

it stems from the North Equatorial Current near the shore of Luzon Island.

We can assume the camera must have come from somewhere along this "highway of the sea."

If that's true... Yaeyama Islands, Taiwan, the Philippines, Saipan, and ahead of that is Hawaii!

And also, the things on the camera that looked like dirt were a kind of "kokemushi."

Kokemushi?

It's a common type of sea algae that's able to eat through nets. It also reduces the quality of farmed kelp.

It grows fast. From the looks of it, it must have been growing on the camera for two to three weeks.

But the camera's damage is...

That's right, it wouldn't get that damaged in only two or three weeks.

The problem is that kokemushi grows quickly after it adheres itself to something,

but we don't know how long it took before the kokemushi got there.

What? You mean you don't know much of anything.

That's why I sent the camera back to the manufacturer through our laboratory's connection for them to investigate.

Did they find out something?

Yes, something rather unbelievable too...

What is it?

You'll find out when we get there.

I wanna know now!

I'll try to keep this brief.

This camera hasn't been released yet.

This product is one we're still developing, aiming for a release in May of the next year.

But, that's...

We're troubled by this more than you are, as a matter of fact.

The production number is July of next year.

The ABS resin's discolouration indicates that...

it must've been exposed to the sun for at least a year, maybe two.

Which means that this camera, which shouldn't exist until July of next year...

has been around for two years.

By the way, was there any film in the camera?

No, there wasn't.

W-Wait a sec!

It's gone.

September 1993

September 1987

It's almost autumn, but it's still so bright and hot!

What's the deal?

You haven't been yourself lately.

Really?

Why did you lie about the film?

What was on it?

There was a picture...

I can't tell you right now.

Huh? What do you mean? Tell me!

I'm sorry. Not now.

Argh, that's no fun!

If I tell you now and show you like I did with the camera...

I'm afraid it will disappear suddenly.

Because of that, I can't.

All right, I understand.

— Instead... — What is it?

Thanks.

I want to go to that island one more time!

I feel like I have to go there.

My brother's going there.

Look over there.

They're going to investigate the red tide.

Please, can I go along with them, too?

As an assistant, carrying luggage, cooking, I'll do anything.

Well, they did say that they don't have enough people, and there's that camera incident...

But what about school?

It's okay. I don't care, even if it means getting kicked out of school!

— Oh, you bad girl! — Say anything you like.

But do you think your parents will let you go?

Well, Kiwa, you're my friend, right?

Here.

And so, she says she's scared of being alone.

So I decided to stay with her until her brother comes back.

If that's the case, why don't you invite Kiwa-chan to our home?

Then I don't have to worry about you needlessly.

No way.

Her home is a house, not like our apartment.

It'd be too dangerous if no one was there for a week.

Please, can I?

Well, it's not that far away.

— I guess it's okay. — Yay.

The red tide, which has brad in the Ryukyu Islands, is still continuing to grow.

The spraying of Octadecatetron hydrochloric acid, which is said to be the sovereign remedy of red tide,

He's going to investigate that thing, right?

doesn't seem to affect it at all.

Yeah.

If this growth continues, poisonous gas may be produced.

Therefore the government is seriously assessing the...

Looks like the sea is bleeding.

Yes, it's worse than we expected.

The main reason for these red tides is sea water becoming overnourished by rotten drainage water from cities.

Therefore, it generally occurs in a bay or near the beaches.

But when it appears in open seas...

You still insist on your theory?

Guess so.

What is it?

That the Earth is a marvellous organism.

It may be over-optimism, but I'd like to believe in the self-healing powers of nature...

That the Earth is trying to heal its wounds in ways that we humans can't even begin to fathom.

Well, I know we really shouldn't depend on her that much.

Professor, do you think it's a variety of Gonyaulax?

I don't know.

We'll have to get samples.

It was around there.

The camera was just tangled onto the coral reef.

It was after the typhoon if I remember correctly.

Yes.

Hey, you two.

You can't swim here.

The water's gone bad.

If you swim in the spoiled water, your body will rot as well.

So don't do it.

Ah, Mayumi-chan!

Yes.

What?

Kamimura-san.

The red tide is producing gas. Pack your bags just in case.

Gas?

A red tide sometimes produces a gas which can irritate the mucous membranes.

It's nothing unusual.

However, in this case...

Anyway, we'll speed up the investigation. Meanwhile, please instruct the residents on the beach to evacuate.

To where?

We're on an island, surrounded by the sea.

Where would we bring them to?

We know that the poisonous gas is lighter than air.

Close all windows, and take shelter in low-lying areas...

As it rises upwards, the gas would be dispersed by the jet stream.

But if it meets up with a rain cloud, dissolves into the rain, and falls to the ground...

Damn!

People couldn't be killed by something like that, could they?

Are you all right?

Yes.

Mayumi-chan.

Hey.

Hey, come back!

March 2039

I didn't believe you were really going to come.

It's mine!

But the surname is...

I read your diary.

I often thought about it...

If I could meet you here, to talk to you.

Why?

You can't ask me why.

I don't know the answer to that.

I just kept thinking, while I read your diary that not only events that had happened,

but those that are happening now, and those which will happen in times to come, had all already happened.

Soon your time to travel will come.

Don't be afraid of it. Okay?

I don't understand, but...

You'll be fine. You did well, indeed.

Strange, isn't it?

Excuse me, were you happy?

I really appreciated you very much.

February 1936

You thought you were doing the right thing,

but if you see that you weren't, don't stand in defiance.

Remember your duty and don't rebel against the emperor.

To do so would be to sully his name.

Ignore the orders of the emperor

It's not too late, even now, to stop resisting and to return to your units.

If you do so, all your crimes will be forgiven.

Not only your families, but also all the people of the nation, are praying for you.

Return from wherever you are now, immediately!

Young General Rebels and Attacks Civilian Authorities

February 26 – Showa 11 (1936)

A battle may occur.

To those in the area, listen carefully to the following:

First the direction of the battle...

The woman, over there!

Wait!

Stop or I'll shoot!

It's not the same.

It's not the same as what I learned.

Where did you come from, girl?

You know civilians are not allowed outside!

Answer me!

The bombardment has begun!

Come with me!

September 1987

She's coming around.

Could you watch her for me for a second?

Yes.

Mayu, what were you doing at the laboratory?

We were worried about you.

The laboratory?

You were unconscious on the laboratory floor.

The red tide!

What happened to it?

We haven't gotten any report of a red tide this year.

What's wrong?

Sensei, was there fighting in the February 26 incident, in 1936?

No, there wasn't any.

We just studied that a little while ago.

I'm so glad.

She'll be fine. You'd better get some sleep.

August 1988

Being leaders for the Ocean School is a lot more boring than I expected.

Don't you think you're lucky to be travelling on a ship for free?

Plus, you're getting paid!

You're enjoying this?

I got a feeling my brother set me up...

Here he comes...

Do you know him?

He's a new assistant hired by my brother's lab.

He said he'll catch up with us in Saipan.

Sensei, I have to pee!

Mayumi-sensei's taking a rest, so please ask Kiwako-sensei to take you to the restroom.

W-Wait!

You're Hirata-san, right?

Yes.

Mayumi-sensei.

Smile!

Okay.

— Let me see it next! — No!

It's my turn!

— Give it back! — No way!

Hey! Give it back!

Wait!

What are you going to do now?!

Like I care!

I'm so sorry, Hirata-san, your camera...

It couldn't be helped.

The North Equatorial Current, which runs along Saipan...

becomes the Kuroshio Current near the shore of the Philippines and Luzon Island.

And ahead of it is Taiwan, Yaeyama Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands.

That camera might make it back to Japan someday.

Yes, by passing through time.

Love is like an amazing cloud

It flows across the sky and brings people together

This I learned after meeting you

This is the first time, but I feel that I've known him before

That's right, reflection I took your picture in my mind

On that day beyond time when I first met you

That's right, reflection It's a trick of time, sweet déjà vu

I remember you in my heart

October 1992