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Come in, Sunrise!

This is the Control Center.

Come in, stat!

Can you hear me, Bridge?

Come in!

♬ I will give you the promise ♬

♬ Of supervision as a gift ♬

♬ A small round thing that puts you at ease ♬

♬ When you look over ♬

♬ You adjust your step to me ♬

♬ On lonely nights ♬

♬ Like the gentle light ♬

♬ I want to be a song ♬

♬ Even when far away ♬

♬ Footsteps of a pale moon nestling close ♬

♬ A parting, but not a farewell. ♬

♬ If it's a cherished dream ♬

♬ I want to illuminate its back ♬

Thank you for your kind attention!

Diva! Diva!

"EPISODE 3" "A TENDER MOON TEMPO - A PLEASANT CHAT WITH THE STARS"

"EPISODE 3" "A TENDER MOON TEMPO - A PLEASANT CHAT WITH THE STARS"

Nothing abnormal detected, then?

"EPISODE 3" "A TENDER MOON TEMPO - A PLEASANT CHAT WITH THE STARS"

No. Care to check?

You've started coming for maintenance on your own, eh?

Let's see...

"NL. AI DIVA'S EMOTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF THE HEART"

Let's see...

"NL. AI DIVA'S EMOTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF THE HEART"

Looks like your shows are getting good reviews.

Doctor... how would you define "heart"?

Mm?

My mission is to make everyone happy by singing,

and to accomplish that, I am striving to sing with all my heart,

with the goal of standing on the Main Stage.

Well, having a splendid voice is what makes you who you are.

The problem is...

When people talk about the heart, it's just wordplay.

The heart is emotion.

It's the mind. It's the soul.

Not something that the science of today can define.

Diva, what does "putting your heart into something" mean to you?

Someday, when you've decided on an answer, I'd like to hear it.

Good work today!

Thank you for your hard work.

Navi, what does "putting your heart into something" mean to you?

Huh? What are you talking about? Are your circuits okay?

I am asking you seriously.

And I am answering seriously!

Didn't I tell you before?

There's no room for a heart to--

Wait a second. There's no room for a heart to--

Where is that stuffed animal?

Huh? Don't ask me. Not like I can move it around--

Navi?

I had her take a nap.

Since she'd only ruin our tearful reunion.

Would you like to shower, too, before our hug?

I'd really appreciate it if you could rinse off this body from time to time.

It's beyond itchy!

Matsumoto.

Hello, long time no see! It's been 15 years, I believe?

Well, look at that--I see a glimmer of expression there! What a surprise.

Whoops-a-daisy.

Speaking of surprises, I see that you're commanding a larger audience.

The reason escapes me, but congratulations!

Where have you been?

Why are you here after all this time?

After all this time? Need I remind you, this is a hundred-year project.

I admit that I've been asleep for the past 15 years,

but that was to keep from interfering unnecessarily with history. Mm, mm.

That was also why I secretly brought you to the repair shop and fixed your body.

You would've startled everyone in NiaLand if you'd gone back in shambles, no?

Now then! After 15 years of silence, a new Singularity Point is upon us!

Are you ready?

You must be joking.

Why are you acting so huffy?

We stopped the Naming Law from being passed, remember?

It is true that the Naming Law failed to pass.

However, a new law went into effect in its place.

A law seen as even more favorable towards AIs than the Naming Law.

Over the last 15 years, AIs have increased in number, and evolved.

This is not what you described.

About the AIs' evolution, it's nothing to worry about.

You can't change the river's flow by tossing a single pebble.

As for the new law, as it turns out, you yourself are partly to blame for that.

I was still young back then.

But I realized something when those terrorists came after me.

That it's not about how long humans live, but rather how we live.

Are you listening, Diva?

In human jargon, this is what you'd call a pain in the butt.

This man's totally been influenced by you!

...the rights of AIs, seen only as manpower until then....

...would, under the AI Human Rights Law...

I'm sure you have something to say about that.

I'd like to give him a piece of my mind myself.

But let's get going.

I refuse.

Hmm?

Please remove yourself.

There you go again! We shook on it, remember?

Then... in that case...

"MOMOKA KIRISHIMA (12)"

Why did Momoka have to...

Is that what you're mad about?

Her death was an accident, plain and simple.

It's not as if her life was sacrificed for the sake of the project.

Not to mention, if you don't take part in the project now,

there will be casualties.

Far more than 15 years ago,

when just a single assemblyman's life was at stake.

You want to protect the venue for your singing, don't you?

What are you going to do, Diva?

You are despicable.

That's fine by me! Either way, you have no choice but to work with me.

After all, this time we'll be taking on--

Yes!

Outer space, you know!

Outer space had always seemed so far off in the distance to humankind,

but with AI advances, their dreams of reaching the skies gained speed.

The AI's abilities had given space development a dramatic boost.

Leading the charge was the tourism industry,

its longing eyes on the boundless galaxies.

In other words, space hotels!

A sky full of glittering stars,

as well as genuine, unparalleled hospitality, can now be yours!

We are delighted to receive you. Welcome to Sunrise!

Those were my excerpts from the Space Tourism Corporation's promotional video.

Really, the intriguing but vexing ideas that these humans come up with!

You must be tired after your long journey. Allow me to take your luggage.

Thanks, it's all yours.

Yes, sir.

For the next two days, you will be working as temporary staff here.

I've altered your profile so, yeah, I put you down as Vivy.

Since I made sure that you'd only be assigned menial work,

even an AI designed to be a songstress like you will be able to handle it.

See? Nobody realized who you are, did they?

Well, that might be because in terms of recognition, you're a minor-major...

If I may--

Well, well! So you're finally talking to me! What is it?

This is the last time. Please keep me out of this from now on.

You're not exactly gung-ho, are you?

Yet your hospitality skills are impeccable!

Because a job is a job.

Vivy?

Thank you for your hard work.

Did you have any trouble welcoming the guests?

No. As soon as I am done transporting these, I will return to guest services.

Sorry about that. But food and water are so precious.

Rather than leave it to the transport bots,

we or the human staff have to handle it ourselves.

Right.

There!

Still a little bit stiff, maybe?

There are lots of customers

who are nervous about coming to space for the first time.

Set your smile a bit higher than the appropriate level, all right?

Understood.

Yes. Well done!

I have to go now.

Oh, and no need to be so formal.

The staff is one big family here, all right?

Okay, Estella.

Your voice is so lovely.

So is yours.

These hospitality AIs sure know how to communicate.

You should consider smiling outside your stage program once in a while.

And your speech patterns are so stiff.

No need to be formal with me, either--

Is she really who you said she is?

Huh...

That's right.

The owner of Space Hotel Sunrise, and a member of the series known as The Sisters.

The Sisters... I have heard of them.

A model featuring a gorgeous voice.

Your direct successor.

In other words...

My younger sister.

Indeed.

And as the one who crashed the Sunrise into Earth...

...causing corse of fatalities...

...she's also the most grievously defective AI in history.

Normal access detected.

Welcome to the AI aggregate database, The Archive.

Here's footage of that day from the International Space Station.

Over 4/5ths of its total mass was incinerated in the atmosphere,

but the rest fell to Earth.

Fortunately, it landed in the ocean,

but the guests who didn't make it out of the hotel ended up perishing.

This incident dealt a crushing blow to the AI's standing.

In terms of preventing the AIs' excessive evolution, it wasn't a bad thing...

But it triggered an explosion of mistrust towards AIs,

as the hotel had been under AIs' control.

Well, since there could've been an unprecedented number of deaths,

had it fallen elsewhere.

A wave of violence and destruction targeting AIs followed,

creating a breeding ground for anti-AI groups like Toak to run amok.

This sparked the future war between the AIs and the humans in a big way.

And there's your brief summary of the Space Hotel Sunrise Crash Incident,

a.k.a. the Sun-Crash Incident.

So what we need to do is to prevent the hotel from crashing?

Correct! And the fastest way to accomplish that would be to destroy Estella.

Why is that?

Because the records from the control tower on the ground

confirm that it was Estella who caused the hotel to crash.

Because the only one with the authority to change the hotel's course

is the owner, Estella.

Compared to last time, the objective couldn't be more clear-cut.

If Estella's around, the Sunrise will crash--

that's why we're going to destroy Estella.

What's your problem with that?

It is too simplistic.

Any chance that she went rogue due to a virus or a hack?

Either way, she's still the one who pulled the final trigger.

But we do have time to at least ascertain that? It would bring chaos to the hotel--

Do you realize the magnitude of staying on the right track this time?

You're not making any needless calculations

just because she's your sister, are you?

In the first place, didn't you two just meet?

I mean, you may call her your younger sister,

but aside from the fact that you share a common design concept, you two are--

but aside from the fact that you share a common design concept, you two are--

I am being summoned. I am hanging up now.

What? In the middle of a crucial conversation--

Hmm...

Vivy! Hey-- Your feet! Your feet!

And don't forget to smile.

I am sorry.

Hang in there now!

A lot of kids get excited at this event and end up hurt, okay?

Whoa!

Are you all right? Be careful, okay?

Okay!

She seems used to this.

Well, yes. She's a seven-year veteran now, I think? But so am I.

Okay! Please grab onto the floor rails now!

Okay!

Ms. Leclerc. Have you known Estella--

Oh!

Is it necessary to laugh so hard?

Sorry, sorry!

Ms. Leclerc...

Leclerc!

Leclerc. Have you known Estella long?

I guess so! We've been working together all this time, so...

Here, we're all like one big family.

That is the same thing that Estella said.

Are you that curious about Estella?

Here's a warning. You shouldn't get too involved with that girl.

What do you mean by--

You've heard the rumors, right?

That Estella took over this hotel.

That Estella was involved in the death of the previous owner.

Thank you for your hard work!

"GENUINE UNPARALLELED HOSPITALITY"

Please do not startle me.

It's your own fault for cutting off our call.

We're not done talking!

I thought you were in the cargo bay?

What are you doing?

I am looking into Estella.

As if we have time for that!

Listen up. 23 hours and 27 minutes from now, this hotel is going to fall.

We need to stop her before--

I would like some solid evidence.

As she just headed off toward the store room,

I am going to search her room--

Vivy?

What's going on? You're on your break now, aren't you?

Why are you in my room?

And who is this?

I wanted to ask you something.

That bear is... you see... A guest left it behind.

There's nothing we want to ask her. Luckily, no one will see us here.

Please wait a moment.

I will use a virus to reformat her.

You dispose of the body.

I said, please wait a moment!

Ugh!

Y-You mustn't do that, Vivy!

Treating a guest's personal item so violently!

Oof!

What are you doing? I thought my stuffing was going to come out!

Can't you even hold a bear properly?

To hold one properly, place your hand on its rear--

That's it, that's it. That's the proper way to do it!

Isn't that sweet... I mean, I've been dying to tell you for years, you know!

Isn't that sweet... I mean, I've been dying to tell you for years, you know!

Estella?

Can you tell me about this photo?

You tune me out way too much!

Hey!

Hmm? Oh, this?

It's a photo of Opening Day.

What has it been, seven years now?

This man was the previous owner?

Yes. He was in an accident while performing an EVA, you see.

Because the owner's policy

was for everyone to take on all tasks, including odd jobs.

Since he loved the values from over a century ago--

that the company was a family.

What do you think?

About space...

Your eye cameras are showing stats for gamma rays and cosmic radiation, right?

You're calculating whether it's dangerous based on those stats.

Humans are aware of that as well, you know.

But humans experiencing outer space for the first time...

...they stop in their tracks.

The notion that it's dangerous, that it's beautiful vanishes,

and they just stop in their tracks.

The late owner used to say that that was the cosmos at work.

After the owner passed away, I asked his family for permission.

To please let me keep the hotel going.

Since I was manufactured with a caretaker AI's mission,

it shouldn't matter where it is that I work...

But I have no intention of leaving this place.

This place here--the space hotel.

I love the Sunrise, you see!

Estella, what does "putting your heart into something" mean to you?

What?

Like in the hotel's commercial.

"Genuine, unparalleled hospitality"?

Let me see.

Wanting our guests to look happy, perhaps?

That's why I'm always smiling.

Of course, it's part of my job... To smile...

Because it's a precious promise that I made.

Listen to me! An AI talking about the heart...

People would laugh, for sure!

I would not laugh.

Ouch.

Vivy?

I would not laugh.

I find it a lovely definition.

What?

Hey, isn't this the ship's alarm?

Was there an accident?

We're safe, aren't we?

Accident?

No way. Come on...

Matsumoto.

Not on your life.

Didn't I tell you? It's 23 hours from now.

All staff members. I have run a check.

The alarm was likely triggered by a security wall malfunction.

Just to be safe, please recheck all areas visually.

I will handle things here.

Attention, all guests.

Regarding the alarm that just sounded,

we have determined it to be the result of malfunctioning equipment.

I apologize for the inconvenience,

but we would appreciate it if you could kindly wait in this hall for a bit longer.

We are truly sorry to have to inconvenience you all.

If you please, take a look at the ceiling.

As of this moment, nighttime has fallen upon this hotel.

Wow!

What you're seeing in the center right now is Arcturus, the star of wheat,

in the constellation Bootes.

Once again, welcome to the Space Hotel Sunrise.

Please be at ease, and enjoy your time with the stars to your heart's content.

♬ In the distant past ♬

♬ Each time people wandered ♬

♬ For the glimmering Polaris ♬

♬ They searched ♬

♬ Looking up at the night sky as I walk ♬

♬ So tears don't fall ♬

♬ We will surely meet again ♬

♬ Because we promised ♬

Matsumoto. Are you listening?

I am indeed listening.

She's a Sister, all right.

Choosing song as a way to ease her rattled guests' stress, eh?

Choosing song as a way to ease her rattled guests' stress, eh?

♬ That ladle that quenches thirst ♬

Estella was not involved in the death of the previous owner.

♬ Is the Big Dipper ♬

Probably not.

I've taken a look at the records,

and the owner died a purely accidental death.

There was no way that she could've intervened.

♬ Andromeda of myths ♬

That said,

the record of her crashing the Sunrise is a completely separate matter.

♬ Perseus of salvation ♬

♬ Collecting this world's beauty ♬

I cannot believe that she would ever crash this hotel.

No matter what your opinion may be,

the facts of the future are still unassailable.

the facts of the future are still unassailable.

♬ Into memories ♬

Diva?

I knew it! I thought that it just might be you...

♬ Returning home to an endearing land ♬

I knew it! I thought that it just might be you...

Who are you?

I'm Yuzuka. Big Sister's...

♬ Even if we grow far apart ♬

I'm Momoka Kirishima's younger sister.

♬ The sky is connected ♬

So you're speeding up the plan?

I think that's wise.

Since someone's been sniffing around here...

I've held on all this time so I could see this day.

Don't let it go to waste, okay?

Now the owner will...

Wait.

Estella...? Why...

Are you being manipulated?

No matter what, I am going to send this child safely back to Earth.

Don't forget, okay?

We AIs live for our missions.

"NEXT TIME" "EPISODE 4: ENSEMBLE FOR POLARIS - OUR PROMISE"

We AIs live for our missions.

"NEXT TIME" "EPISODE 4: ENSEMBLE FOR POLARIS - OUR PROMISE"

I'm crashing the Sunrise.