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Tokyo was completely reduced to ashes in World War II.

Afterwards, the city recovered to achieve rapid growth.

There was an electric appliance boom, epitomized by the Three Sacred Treasures.

Jewels, mirrors, and swords are electric appliances?

Not those three.

I'm talking about refrigerators, washing machines, and TVs.

Really?

And so it became the number one "electric town" in the world.

The neighborhood became a hub not only for electronics,

but also for subcultures like comic books, anime, and games,

bringing together a diverse range of entertainment.

I'm talking about...

this town, Akihabara!

UNKNOWN STATION WEAK SIGNAL

From the Akiba Broadcast Station,

this is Radio Akiba, brought to you by DJ Akiba Jiro the Second.

Not a cloud in the sky today, so let's start off with a bang!

Listen to the music! No time to be extinct!

We can hear it clearly now.

Looks like we were right about "Akiba" being Akihabara.

Yeah!

I wonder what kind of person Akiba Jiro is?

Okay, let's find that station!

Here's the first song of the day. Listen up!

TOURING AFTER THE APOCALYPSE

#04 AKIHABARA

Hello!

Is anyone around?

Anyone? Is anyone around?

Doesn't look like it.

Where could that station be?

Hey, found it! This must be it, right?

It probably isn't.

But it says "radio" right there!

In Akihabara, most places with the name "radio" in them are electronics shops.

Really?

I see.

Well, she did say it was the world's number one electric town.

But not all of them are like that.

A drawing of a pretty girl on an electronics shop.

Models of some kind of robot.

And hot pot!

Hot pot.

Come out of there now, hot pot!

Not that there's any chance.

Right.

But I bet it was a really fun town!

I wish I could have experienced it, too.

You probably can.

Like at that place.

That place?

Oh, wow, look at this!

There are tons!

Hey, I bet this would look awesome on you!

Well, what do you think?

I'm wearing it?

Of course!

Oh, hey!

I can't quite let this one go, either.

I love this one, too!

Are you done?

Y-Yeah.

Okay, I'm opening the curtains!

Three, two...

Wow!

You look amazing!

Do I?

Yup, yup! You're adorable!

Hey, Airi, come in as my customer!

And I'll greet you at the door!

Huh?

Ding-dong.

Welcome to our shop! Hello there!

That's totally wrong.

A butler wouldn't say that.

Really? Then you give it a try, Airi!

Show me how it's done!

Ding-dong.

Welcome back, Master!

Meow. Meow. Meow.

- Anyan, you're too cute! - Meow?

Anyan, let me take some pictures!

Meow!

All right, strike a pose!

Anyan, pull your chin in a bit.

Right!

Okay, look at me now!

That's great! You're dazzling!

Love it! Great!

Could you tilt your head a little more?

Yes! Awesome!

Oh! Super awesome!

What a blast! Look how many I've taken!

This one makes you look like an idol, huh?

Admit it. You love it, too, don't you?

- Mmm! - Huh?

What's this?

A monkey?

Whoa!

Ugh.

D-D-Didn't see that coming!

There's a whole bunch of them!

Not a breed we see a lot of, right?

Squirrel monkey, a monkey from Latin America.

Oh?

C-Capi...

Capa...

- Capybara. - That's it!

Mr. Capybara!

It's a giant mouse from a foreign country, too, right?

So Akihabara is a town known for electronics, nerds, and rare animals?

Hmm, not the animal part.

One possibility is that they're the descendants

of the animals that fled from the nearby Ueno Zoo.

The zoo housed 350 species, around 3,000 animals.

Then does that mean that today, Akihabara is a zoo?

Let's go see if there are any more!

I've always wanted to go to a zoo, you know.

Coming.

There are tons!

Hey, pelicans!

Yakitori.

Want some?

Wow, its legs are so long!

It hasn't moved a muscle. Is it alive?

Its heart is beating.

So cool!

They look like dinosaurs!

Oh!

That bird had such gorgeous feathers!

Nothing like what I saw in the book!

There were tons of species that should be extinct.

Just like those penguins at Big Sight, these animals have amazing vitality!

So do the plants, for that matter.

Seems like Akihabara's more of a big meadow than an electric town.

Yoko?

TOURING AFTER THE APOCALYPSE

Beautiful.

Who knew such beautiful creatures existed?

Yoko.

Look.

My heart's about to burst out of my chest!

If it had attacked you, I would have had to fire first,

or you might have gotten killed.

You're right.

But still...

getting devoured by a creature that beautiful,

it might have been worth it.

Right?

Huh?

Just kidding!

I'd hate to get gobbled up alive.

I bet it would hurt.

No question it would hurt.

Let's stay away from that area.

It's their territory.

That's a good idea.

RECEPTION STATUS: NO SIGNAL

- All right, the sun will be setting soon. - Thank goodness! It's still on!

- Going off topic, just like that. - All you listeners out there,

Says the girl who's so into cosplaying!

And in the first place,

it's all because we don't know where the Akiba Broadcast Station is!

He just said, "The Akihabara Station Building."

The Akihabara Station Building?

We're in front of Akihabara Station now, right?

AKIBA BROADCAST STATION COME VISIT US!

I think this is it.

Hey, you're right! This has to be it!

It's in this building! Who knew it was so close by?

Thank goodness!

We should just make it before the show ends!

Great job, Anyan!

Hmph!

We finally found you!

We've reached you at last.

Yahoo!

AKIBA BROADCAST STATION PLEASE COME!! 15F

Hello?

Anyone?

Anyone there?

Hey!

No answer.

It won't open.

I wonder if it's this secure to keep the animals out?

Now that it's come to this...

Hey, hold up a second!

Look!

SEALED: IF YOU NEED TO COME IN, COME FROM THE BASEMENT! THIS WAY

It looks like an entrance, but we can't get in.

They're probably using this truck as a door.

Heave-ho!

I was right! I think we can get through!

I'M GOING ON AHEAD

Seems like something might pop out! Nerve-racking, huh?

There's no scent of wild animals here.

Well, that makes it kind of boring, don't you think?

An elevator?

ELEVATOR OUT OF ORDER KEEP OUT

Can't see anything.

If we fall, it's game over.

It's too dangerous, Yoko. Not like we can use it.

I know that, and yet I still want to take a peek.

That's how humans are wired, right?

There you go again.

Don't blame me if you fall.

Yoko? Are you all right?

POPPING OUT

Just kidding.

I'm done with you! I'm going on ahead!

Oh, Anyan, I'm sorry, okay?

I'm so done!

AKIBA BROADCAST STATION JUST UP AHEAD

Ugh, we finally made it!

Oh.

All right, let's say goodbye for today as we listen to this song.

Our last number is this one!

AKIBA BROADCAST STATION

You're not going in?

W-Well, hey, what should I say?

You think it's okay to just barge in?

- Don't you want to go in first, Anyan? - Huh?

G-Go on! It was you who found this place, right?

If you're not going in, then I'm not, either.

Oh, I'll be going in, too!

Right behind you, that is!

You go first, Yoko!

You should go first, Anyan!

Miss Anyan, please be so kind as to enter first!

- No. - Hey, My Lady, please don't push me.

Right back at you, Yoko--

- Whoa! - Meow!

BANG POW

No one's here.

H-Hello?

Yoko, look.

What?

A computer?

This computer's been airing the radio show.

I think it has a program installed to automatically transmit radio waves.

I see.

So no one was ever here.

Those of you living in this tumultuous era with me,

was I able to play your favorite song?

I hope this broadcast has given you vitality!

Oh, well, what a bummer.

And I'd gotten my hopes up a little.

What do you want to do now?

- Should we spend the night here? - Yeah.

Huh?

Young lady with the cat ears!

Huh? What did you just say?

Hey, looks like we also have a little girl with cat ears visiting us.

Y-You can talk?

I'm DJ Akiba Jiro the Second of the Akiba Broadcast Station.

Nice to meet you!

So it wasn't a recording!

Artificial intelligence.

Um, all right, then!

Let's start over. I'm Yoko, and this is Anyan.

Airi.

Right, Airi.

The two of us are traveling by bike.

Welcome, Yoko, Airi.

N-Nice to meet you!

Hey! By any chance, is this conversation also being aired over the radio?

Live broadcast? I'm so nervous.

What should I talk about?

- Well, why don't you start with a request? - What?

Oh, a song, right?

Let's see. Can it be anything?

Are there any songs that you don't know?

I've got around 10 million songs in my archives!

That many? That's more than we could listen to in a whole lifetime!

How did you collect them?

Um?

How did I collect... collect them?

Since he's an A.I. built to talk on his own,

conversing may not be his strong point.

Is that right?

But there are so many things I want to ask him!

Are you the only one at Akiba?

Where did the person who built you go?

Also— - I can't find any songs with those titles.

You need to make another request.

Those questions were too complex, huh?

All right, then, tell me what song you'd recommend!

Huh? That question wasn't any good, either?

Will I have to give him a specific song title for it to work?

He shut down.

He's getting his power from that solar panel,

so he can only air the show on sunny days during the daytime.

So the broadcast time is from 10 a.m. to sunset.

He's off on rainy days.

Airi, you seem to know a lot about this, huh?

That's what it says on these memos.

I just read them.

"Jiro, I'm leaving Akiba Radio in your hands!"

"So glad I was able to finish the program in time"

"Music will save the world!"

"From the first DJ, Akiba Taro"

Did the person who made Jiro write this?

So this place was a radio station

left behind by someone who created A.I. Jiro

and who left the broadcast to him

so that the music would keep playing even after he was gone, huh?

Yeah.

I wonder if anyone was listening to what we said today?

You couldn't hear it without a radio,

and even if they were close to the radio waves,

you wouldn't notice them.

Yeah, you're right.

I know!

Isn't there a way to let others hear it even if they can't receive radio waves?

Uh...

Even if it's just in this neighborhood, just in Akihabara?

What are we going to do?

All right! Jiro's been putting in so much hard work.

Let's let everyone hear him!

This is an electric town, right?

This is the Akiba Broadcast Station Remodeling Plan!

REPLACE

AKIBA BROADCAST STATION REMODELING PLAN

NECESSARY CABLES 100 M / AMP 70W/100W

Good morning, Akiba!

Not a cloud in the sky!

We're broadcasting live from Akiba Radio again today!

I'll be delivering tons of music to Tokyo!

To the world! To the entire universe!

Your DJ is, as always,

your ears' lover, DJ Akiba Jiro the Second!

Looking forward to hanging out today!

Now, first off, I had a couple of guests yesterday.

So let me share the message they left me!

"Dear DJ Akiba Jiro... "

"please keep on delivering lots of music to the world!"

"We'll come see you in the studio again."

Thank you, Yoko, Airi.

I'll always be waiting for you.

We did it! Our message just got read over the radio!

Yeah.

Today's first song is a tune they requested.

Listen to the music! No time to be extinct!

The song is "The Sun Through My Palm!"

Each and every one of us is alive

It's because we're alive that we sing

Each and every one of us is alive

It's because we're alive that we're sad

When I look at the sun through my palm

I see the blood inside me flowing bright red

Even the earthworms

Even the crickets

Even the water striders

Every single one of us is alive

And we're all friends

Each and every one of us is alive

It's because we're alive that we laugh

Each and every one of us is alive

It's because we're alive that we're happy

When I look at the sun through my palm

I see the blood inside me flowing bright red

Even the dragonflies

Even the frogs

Even the honeybees

Every single one of us is alive

And we're all friends