Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 (1998–…): Season 1, Episode 9 - My Nation Underground - full transcript
Something is swiping boomers from Tokyo's subterranean tunnels, and a rumor about a certain AD Policeman's interest in Priss throws a wrench in the Knight Sabers' gears.
What? Still down seventeen
percent?
Please! The connectors used in
this area are from the 20's.
We can't do anything about that!
The infrastructure in the outlying
areas is supposed to be like that.
The 28th area is better, because
there's a common drain there.
The drains in the 32nd area are
separated by corporation.
An abnormal condition is
confirmed. Shall I fix it?
Yes, and hurry up.
We have three more places
to work on.
I am beginning repair.
I asked the director of
the interior areas,
and he said human beings aren't
necessary underground.
I have to go underground in the
middle of the night by myself.
Well, it's a rule, and you'll
have to get over it.
Underground drains from before
the quake need human control.
You owe your job to rules like
that. You should appreciate them.
Later.
Geez! What a big mouth.
Hey, haven't you finished
it yet, stupid?
The K3 parts are broken.
Replacement is necessary.
Oh, great! What luck!
I didn't bring any old style
parts with me!
Damn, everybody passes their
troubles onto other people!
Screw this, I'm going to have
a smoke now!
Don't scare me!
Good morning!
Good morning, Linna!
Did you hear that Ms. Hatori in
sales got demoted?
No way! Why?
They found out that she's been
giving kick backs to Genom.
I'm shocked. She seemed
like a dedicated woman.
She's a female manager and the
most successful for her age.
It's because of this company.
The people who were born in the
20th century are all thick headed.
Oh, the accounting boomer was
looking for you a little while ago.
You made a mistake on
your paper work.
Oh, no!
She was around here
a little while ago.
The missing boomer, right?
What's that?
Haven't you heard? The rumor
about boomers disappearing?
It's happening in the
outlying areas.
Really?
It's just a rumor.
If it was true, it would be
on the news.
Look, the accounting
boomer is back.
There are seven cases that
are almost certain.
If some suspicious cases
are included,
then the number rises to more
than twenty in six months.
I added apple flavor to the tea.
There are no traces of human
beings being attacked.
It means the boomers didn't
transform into mad boomers.
Is someone stealing the boomers?
But then why is news
censorship necessary?
Yes, Sir. It's still being
investigated,
but the boomers that disappeared
may have been destroyed on site.
Destroyed? It doesn't seem like
anti-boomer terrorism.
Usually, the only pieces left
at the site are very small,
so we can't tell exactly
what happened there.
But there is a strong possibility
that the boomers were smashed,
like they were put in a huge
compactor or something.
Does it have anything to do with
what I've been looking for?
According to the data
on your screen,
thirteen out of the fifteen missing
boomers have disappeared
within a one kilometer radius
in the 28th area,
and all thirteen disappeared while
fifteen meters underground.
The 28th area...
I checked the area against
the pre-quake map.
The lab of a company called
Bioscape was located in the area.
That's all the information up
to the point of the disaster,
but the thing you've been looking
for might be in this area.
It was a good idea to proceed with
the news censorship, I guess.
Continue to...
Just a second!
Someone has hacked
into the system!
I have to cancel your access to
the data temporarily now.
I'll trace and catch the bastard!
Damn! I'm sorry, but I couldn't
catch the hacker.
It's okay. Mice are everywhere
these days.
That was close!
But I found out that what Sylia
guessed was exactly right.
The boomers listed as missing
concentrate in a certain area.
What concentrates?
Hey, hey, Nene-chan.
Might you have been using your
PC for private purposes?
You're going to get in trouble
for things like that.
No, I haven't! And don't
call me "chan"!
Our organization isn't a private
company. It's supported by taxes,
so each individual has to have
a proper sense of morality.
By the way...
Well, you were at that club called
Hot Legs, weren't you?
Uh oh, again!
I thought you stayed there
after the show was over.
Do you go there often?
Not that often.
But, Leon-pea, why
were you there?
Don't use my name with "pea"!
I thought there was a gloomy
guy standing in the corner,
and I found out it was you,
so I was surprised!
I went there, because
Priss asked me to!
What?! Priss asked you to come?!
What's that?
Priss asked a guy?
This is something!
Is that so?
But, Leon-pea, how long
have you known her?
Well, I don't really know
her, you see.
I didn't know that.
She didn't tell me anything!
I see. Priss did ask you.
Nene, are you a good
friend of hers?
We're good enough friends to
know each other's e-mail address.
Do you want to know hers?
I didn't intend to ask you
for something like that.
Sorry, I won't tell you.
She told me that she doesn't want
to be followed by weird fans,
and she'll only tell it to a
few special people.
Especially, men.
Does she have a special man?!
You want to know her address just
like I thought, don't you?
I said I didn't intend to ask for it!
But don't you think there's
something wrong?
With what?
The television news.
There might actually be some
boomers missing,
but what if someone's
covering it up?
You're still talking about that?
The AD Police live feed was cut in
the middle of an interesting scene.
I feel like they show us only what
they want to show us.
You want to talk about the
Knight Sabers, don't you?
What information we can or can't
get might be controlled.
Are you the kind who connects
everything to a conspiracy?
Hey, you, if we're late
getting back to work,
the acting section chief
will scold us again.
Wait!
Priss-chan!
What is it?
Priss, you know Leon who works
at the same station I do, right?
Yeah.
He came to your live
show, didn't he?
I didn't know you knew each other.
Not really, but what about it?
Well, I realized that you're
a girl, Priss.
Do you need to call me about
stupid things like that? Bye!
Geez.
Geez, she's not gentle at all!
No way! A man working
for the AD Police?
That's right! I was so surprised.
Like since when, you know?
Isn't that a bad idea?
Why? Leon-chan's a nice guy.
That's not the point!
But he's the late bloomer type.
Priss is like that too, you know.
The AD Police are a kind of enemy
of the Knight Sabers, aren't they?
Is it a good idea for
her to hide this?
He's the type who can't go for it
without someone pushing him.
Imagine what Sylia would
say about them.
On top of that, Priss doesn't seem
like she likes the AD Police.
But I wonder why?
I could really enjoy it, if they start
an intimate relationship, so...
Hey, Nene, are you
listening to me?
One, two, three, four...
Good. Go five meters lower.
I don't like working in places
where the ground isn't stable.
No matter how hard we work,
nothing built here will be stable.
What we're doing now is making
the foundation's sub-foundation.
I wonder how long it'll be before
the start of actual construction?
We used to say, don't go
underground in the outlying areas.
What does that mean?
Everything below a certain level
was the "Deep Underground".
There were no records. Those
places were beyond our control.
Some companies, and even the
government, built secret facilities.
The area where we are now were
crowded by many labs like this.
What do you mean by
"secret facilities"?
You know, P4 experimentation
and things like that.
When we tunnel around here, we
sometimes hit one of the facilities.
If you hit one, don't ever go in.
If you enter one without
any preparation,
the ghost of a lab worker who was
buried alive will appear!
Don't scare me like that, man!
But those rumored places
are around here, right?
Oh, that one?
What the hell are you
talking about?
You didn't know?
There's a rumor that boomers are
under attack by something.
Well, why don't we let one boomer
go into that right drain?
Listen. Start measuring
the right drain.
Good. Go eighty meters
deeper from there.
I thought I hated boomers, but
I might have been scared.
What is it?
Nothing.
I see.
Sylia, recently, you've been...
You looked as if you
were impatient.
It's time for you to go to bed.
Yes, Ma'am.
Wait.
I will protect you.
Hey, what's the matter?
What are you doing?
What? You can't go any farther?
Well, you may come back now.
Each algorithm has its own style
that depends on the programmer.
And I can identify each algorithm
by reading its style. Look.
Incredible, Nene-chan!
I haven't seen a special
technique like this before!
Call me a genius!
I have a better opinion of
you now, Nene-chan.
Excuse me, but I can't ignore
you calling me "chan".
Would you stop doing that?
Oh, sorry. Then I'll call you Nene.
You should call me Miss Nene!
Well, Miss Nene, teach me
about this one now.
Well, I guess.
Nene, I thought you came
here to do some training.
Sure, after I finish this.
You can't go straight
in this case, so...
I remember something, Sylia.
There's someone who might
be a good partner for Priss.
One of my co-workers named
Leon-chan. He's a nice guy.
He seems to be falling
in love with Priss.
So I'm thinking of helping him!
Your co-worker? So he's an
AD Police officer, isn't he?
What the hell are you thinking?!
Do you understand
what our job is?!
Sylia...
If you don't know what you've
been doing, you will be fired.
You're nothing but a drag on us.
Let's see...
Excuse me, but I have to
leave for a short while.
Sure.
You're here early. Did
you take a day off?
Yeah. I went somewhere on
business, then came straight here.
What is it?
Nothing. I just came by.
Did I interfere with your work?
No.
Say, Priss...
Can I ask you something?
About what?
The AD Police.
I've been wondering why you
hate them so much.
Did Nene tell you something?
No, not at all. I haven't heard
anything from her.
She's good.
She did something she
shouldn't have!
No, I'm the one
wondering about it.
I just don't like their way
of doing things.
When they have a mission
as a pretext,
they don't care how horribly
they hurt people.
I can't stand a grandstanding
attitude like that.
Is that all?
Priss! Linna! A mad boomer
has appeared.
How long do you intend
to pout?! Let's go!
What's wrong, Nene?
Priss, Linna, hurry up and change!
Leave her alone.
I can do it! I can do it!
Run!
We did it! We got here first!
Unusual, isn't it?
What the hell is that?!
We don't have time
to be impressed!
I wonder if we'll be able to control
it until the tank gets here?
I guess that's impossible.
Geez! The same pattern as always.
Linna, wait until you're
close enough!
This is the place. The 28th area.
Linna, behind you!
It's mine!
That idiot did it again!
Nene, don't attack it
from the front!
I...
I'm not a drag on you!
I did it!
I told you!
Nene!
What?!
What the hell?!
What the hell is that?!
Hey, hey, hey! Guess what?!
Leon-chan was removed from the
investigation of that huge thing!
Some kind of pressure was applied
to him I guess, but it's strange!
It seems as if Genom is working
in the shadows.
I can sense the strong
smell of conspiracy.
First of all, where did that
thing come from?
Could it possibly be a
crime syndicate?
Next Bubblegum Crisis!
percent?
Please! The connectors used in
this area are from the 20's.
We can't do anything about that!
The infrastructure in the outlying
areas is supposed to be like that.
The 28th area is better, because
there's a common drain there.
The drains in the 32nd area are
separated by corporation.
An abnormal condition is
confirmed. Shall I fix it?
Yes, and hurry up.
We have three more places
to work on.
I am beginning repair.
I asked the director of
the interior areas,
and he said human beings aren't
necessary underground.
I have to go underground in the
middle of the night by myself.
Well, it's a rule, and you'll
have to get over it.
Underground drains from before
the quake need human control.
You owe your job to rules like
that. You should appreciate them.
Later.
Geez! What a big mouth.
Hey, haven't you finished
it yet, stupid?
The K3 parts are broken.
Replacement is necessary.
Oh, great! What luck!
I didn't bring any old style
parts with me!
Damn, everybody passes their
troubles onto other people!
Screw this, I'm going to have
a smoke now!
Don't scare me!
Good morning!
Good morning, Linna!
Did you hear that Ms. Hatori in
sales got demoted?
No way! Why?
They found out that she's been
giving kick backs to Genom.
I'm shocked. She seemed
like a dedicated woman.
She's a female manager and the
most successful for her age.
It's because of this company.
The people who were born in the
20th century are all thick headed.
Oh, the accounting boomer was
looking for you a little while ago.
You made a mistake on
your paper work.
Oh, no!
She was around here
a little while ago.
The missing boomer, right?
What's that?
Haven't you heard? The rumor
about boomers disappearing?
It's happening in the
outlying areas.
Really?
It's just a rumor.
If it was true, it would be
on the news.
Look, the accounting
boomer is back.
There are seven cases that
are almost certain.
If some suspicious cases
are included,
then the number rises to more
than twenty in six months.
I added apple flavor to the tea.
There are no traces of human
beings being attacked.
It means the boomers didn't
transform into mad boomers.
Is someone stealing the boomers?
But then why is news
censorship necessary?
Yes, Sir. It's still being
investigated,
but the boomers that disappeared
may have been destroyed on site.
Destroyed? It doesn't seem like
anti-boomer terrorism.
Usually, the only pieces left
at the site are very small,
so we can't tell exactly
what happened there.
But there is a strong possibility
that the boomers were smashed,
like they were put in a huge
compactor or something.
Does it have anything to do with
what I've been looking for?
According to the data
on your screen,
thirteen out of the fifteen missing
boomers have disappeared
within a one kilometer radius
in the 28th area,
and all thirteen disappeared while
fifteen meters underground.
The 28th area...
I checked the area against
the pre-quake map.
The lab of a company called
Bioscape was located in the area.
That's all the information up
to the point of the disaster,
but the thing you've been looking
for might be in this area.
It was a good idea to proceed with
the news censorship, I guess.
Continue to...
Just a second!
Someone has hacked
into the system!
I have to cancel your access to
the data temporarily now.
I'll trace and catch the bastard!
Damn! I'm sorry, but I couldn't
catch the hacker.
It's okay. Mice are everywhere
these days.
That was close!
But I found out that what Sylia
guessed was exactly right.
The boomers listed as missing
concentrate in a certain area.
What concentrates?
Hey, hey, Nene-chan.
Might you have been using your
PC for private purposes?
You're going to get in trouble
for things like that.
No, I haven't! And don't
call me "chan"!
Our organization isn't a private
company. It's supported by taxes,
so each individual has to have
a proper sense of morality.
By the way...
Well, you were at that club called
Hot Legs, weren't you?
Uh oh, again!
I thought you stayed there
after the show was over.
Do you go there often?
Not that often.
But, Leon-pea, why
were you there?
Don't use my name with "pea"!
I thought there was a gloomy
guy standing in the corner,
and I found out it was you,
so I was surprised!
I went there, because
Priss asked me to!
What?! Priss asked you to come?!
What's that?
Priss asked a guy?
This is something!
Is that so?
But, Leon-pea, how long
have you known her?
Well, I don't really know
her, you see.
I didn't know that.
She didn't tell me anything!
I see. Priss did ask you.
Nene, are you a good
friend of hers?
We're good enough friends to
know each other's e-mail address.
Do you want to know hers?
I didn't intend to ask you
for something like that.
Sorry, I won't tell you.
She told me that she doesn't want
to be followed by weird fans,
and she'll only tell it to a
few special people.
Especially, men.
Does she have a special man?!
You want to know her address just
like I thought, don't you?
I said I didn't intend to ask for it!
But don't you think there's
something wrong?
With what?
The television news.
There might actually be some
boomers missing,
but what if someone's
covering it up?
You're still talking about that?
The AD Police live feed was cut in
the middle of an interesting scene.
I feel like they show us only what
they want to show us.
You want to talk about the
Knight Sabers, don't you?
What information we can or can't
get might be controlled.
Are you the kind who connects
everything to a conspiracy?
Hey, you, if we're late
getting back to work,
the acting section chief
will scold us again.
Wait!
Priss-chan!
What is it?
Priss, you know Leon who works
at the same station I do, right?
Yeah.
He came to your live
show, didn't he?
I didn't know you knew each other.
Not really, but what about it?
Well, I realized that you're
a girl, Priss.
Do you need to call me about
stupid things like that? Bye!
Geez.
Geez, she's not gentle at all!
No way! A man working
for the AD Police?
That's right! I was so surprised.
Like since when, you know?
Isn't that a bad idea?
Why? Leon-chan's a nice guy.
That's not the point!
But he's the late bloomer type.
Priss is like that too, you know.
The AD Police are a kind of enemy
of the Knight Sabers, aren't they?
Is it a good idea for
her to hide this?
He's the type who can't go for it
without someone pushing him.
Imagine what Sylia would
say about them.
On top of that, Priss doesn't seem
like she likes the AD Police.
But I wonder why?
I could really enjoy it, if they start
an intimate relationship, so...
Hey, Nene, are you
listening to me?
One, two, three, four...
Good. Go five meters lower.
I don't like working in places
where the ground isn't stable.
No matter how hard we work,
nothing built here will be stable.
What we're doing now is making
the foundation's sub-foundation.
I wonder how long it'll be before
the start of actual construction?
We used to say, don't go
underground in the outlying areas.
What does that mean?
Everything below a certain level
was the "Deep Underground".
There were no records. Those
places were beyond our control.
Some companies, and even the
government, built secret facilities.
The area where we are now were
crowded by many labs like this.
What do you mean by
"secret facilities"?
You know, P4 experimentation
and things like that.
When we tunnel around here, we
sometimes hit one of the facilities.
If you hit one, don't ever go in.
If you enter one without
any preparation,
the ghost of a lab worker who was
buried alive will appear!
Don't scare me like that, man!
But those rumored places
are around here, right?
Oh, that one?
What the hell are you
talking about?
You didn't know?
There's a rumor that boomers are
under attack by something.
Well, why don't we let one boomer
go into that right drain?
Listen. Start measuring
the right drain.
Good. Go eighty meters
deeper from there.
I thought I hated boomers, but
I might have been scared.
What is it?
Nothing.
I see.
Sylia, recently, you've been...
You looked as if you
were impatient.
It's time for you to go to bed.
Yes, Ma'am.
Wait.
I will protect you.
Hey, what's the matter?
What are you doing?
What? You can't go any farther?
Well, you may come back now.
Each algorithm has its own style
that depends on the programmer.
And I can identify each algorithm
by reading its style. Look.
Incredible, Nene-chan!
I haven't seen a special
technique like this before!
Call me a genius!
I have a better opinion of
you now, Nene-chan.
Excuse me, but I can't ignore
you calling me "chan".
Would you stop doing that?
Oh, sorry. Then I'll call you Nene.
You should call me Miss Nene!
Well, Miss Nene, teach me
about this one now.
Well, I guess.
Nene, I thought you came
here to do some training.
Sure, after I finish this.
You can't go straight
in this case, so...
I remember something, Sylia.
There's someone who might
be a good partner for Priss.
One of my co-workers named
Leon-chan. He's a nice guy.
He seems to be falling
in love with Priss.
So I'm thinking of helping him!
Your co-worker? So he's an
AD Police officer, isn't he?
What the hell are you thinking?!
Do you understand
what our job is?!
Sylia...
If you don't know what you've
been doing, you will be fired.
You're nothing but a drag on us.
Let's see...
Excuse me, but I have to
leave for a short while.
Sure.
You're here early. Did
you take a day off?
Yeah. I went somewhere on
business, then came straight here.
What is it?
Nothing. I just came by.
Did I interfere with your work?
No.
Say, Priss...
Can I ask you something?
About what?
The AD Police.
I've been wondering why you
hate them so much.
Did Nene tell you something?
No, not at all. I haven't heard
anything from her.
She's good.
She did something she
shouldn't have!
No, I'm the one
wondering about it.
I just don't like their way
of doing things.
When they have a mission
as a pretext,
they don't care how horribly
they hurt people.
I can't stand a grandstanding
attitude like that.
Is that all?
Priss! Linna! A mad boomer
has appeared.
How long do you intend
to pout?! Let's go!
What's wrong, Nene?
Priss, Linna, hurry up and change!
Leave her alone.
I can do it! I can do it!
Run!
We did it! We got here first!
Unusual, isn't it?
What the hell is that?!
We don't have time
to be impressed!
I wonder if we'll be able to control
it until the tank gets here?
I guess that's impossible.
Geez! The same pattern as always.
Linna, wait until you're
close enough!
This is the place. The 28th area.
Linna, behind you!
It's mine!
That idiot did it again!
Nene, don't attack it
from the front!
I...
I'm not a drag on you!
I did it!
I told you!
Nene!
What?!
What the hell?!
What the hell is that?!
Hey, hey, hey! Guess what?!
Leon-chan was removed from the
investigation of that huge thing!
Some kind of pressure was applied
to him I guess, but it's strange!
It seems as if Genom is working
in the shadows.
I can sense the strong
smell of conspiracy.
First of all, where did that
thing come from?
Could it possibly be a
crime syndicate?
Next Bubblegum Crisis!