1 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:30,848 There's a word, "world." 2 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:35,850 Until middle school 3 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:40,682 I thought the "world" was a place with cell phone signals. 4 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:44,842 But I wonder why... 5 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,406 I can't reach anyone on my cell. 6 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:52,166 Hello? 7 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:54,721 Hey... Is anyone there? 8 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:57,289 How far do I have to go? 9 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,327 I'm lonely. 10 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:04,806 Noboru? 11 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:08,405 I'm going home. 12 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,726 So... Where am I? 13 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:33,607 Oh yeah... 14 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,287 I'm not in that world anymore. 15 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:50,603 Wait, Noboru! 16 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:52,520 Nagamine... 17 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:54,009 How did you do in the finals? 18 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:54,330 "July 2046" 19 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:54,331 How did you do in the finals? 20 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:54,684 "July 2046" 21 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:54,691 How did you do in the finals? 22 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:56,045 "July 2046" 23 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,401 I did great in the finals. 24 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,284 Then we can go to... 25 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:02,284 The same high school?! 26 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:04,726 Maybe... 27 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:08,486 Look, Noboru. 28 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:12,211 A spaceship. 29 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,010 That must be the Lysithea of the UN Space Army. 30 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,648 I wonder if they recruited anyone from this town. 31 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:21,041 Yeah... 32 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,170 It's going to travel beyond the solar system. 33 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:29,602 Yeah... 34 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,004 I heard it's going after the aliens that attacked Mars. 35 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:33,962 Yeah... 36 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,289 Where do you think the Tarsians come from? 37 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:38,807 Yeah... 38 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,127 You're not interested? 39 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:48,640 A little... 40 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,281 Let's stop by the convenience store. 41 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:54,407 Yeah... 42 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:02,961 Where should we eat? 43 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:04,491 The bus stop. 44 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:26,841 Joining the kendo team in high school too? 45 00:03:26,920 --> 00:03:29,002 I don't know yet. 46 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:29,968 How about you? 47 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:31,809 I'm going to. 48 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:33,724 You should too. You're good. 49 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,765 You just want to be in the same club as me. 50 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,201 What are you talking about? 51 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,448 Should we go home? 52 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:46,487 Okay. 53 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:48,250 It stopped raining. 54 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:58,721 Look. 55 00:03:58,880 --> 00:03:59,927 The sky! 56 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:03,484 They're Tracers. 57 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:10,007 - So pretty. - Yeah. 58 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:13,962 Guess what? 59 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:15,406 Noboru... 60 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:16,806 I'm... 61 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:19,449 going aboard one of them. 62 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,369 "April 2047, Mars" 63 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:50,721 There it is! 64 00:04:58,680 --> 00:04:59,727 Hit it! 65 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:16,047 Noboru, we went through a training program on Mars. 66 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:21,003 After all, I am a Select Member so I did pretty well. 67 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:24,450 I saw Olympus Mons and Valles Marineris. 68 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,642 Sightseeing on Mars! 69 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,645 I saw the Tarsian Ruins too, of course. 70 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,970 I saw them so often in textbooks 71 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:39,089 but I can't believe I saw them for real. 72 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:44,044 I realize how the solar system isn't just for us humans. 73 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:49,683 The 2039 exploration unit was destroyed by the Tarsians here. 74 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:54,607 We're now pursuing them with technology acquired from them. 75 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,367 I've gotten used to life on the Lysithea. 76 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:08,361 We came to Jupiter after the training on Mars. 77 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:11,330 We're taking a break in a base on Europa. 78 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,244 I never get bored gazing at Jupiter's clouds. 79 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,490 The flux tube between Io and Jupiter is amazing too. 80 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:20,489 The biggest lightning in the solar system! 81 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:27,244 Will it reach him? 82 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:55,531 It's from Nagamine... 83 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:03,730 Mikako Nagamine was a classmate and a good friend in middle school. 84 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,927 I was hoping we could go to the same high school... 85 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,406 But she's on Jupiter now. 86 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:17,524 She was recruited by the UN to be a Select Member of its space army 87 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:23,291 and joined a huge fleet of stars/ups to go after the Tarsians. 88 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:28,284 To think about it, she was pretty smart and athletic 89 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,522 but the UN Space Army?! 90 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:33,843 It's kind of a crazy story. 91 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,203 We're departing Jupiter. 92 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:39,882 The Lysithea is headed way beyond Pluto. 93 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,202 The specific destination is still confidential. 94 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,449 It's going to take longer for the emails to reach you 95 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:50,002 but 6 months at most from the Oort Cloud, which is farthest. 96 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:54,410 "lt's like airmail of the 20th century so it'll be okay." 97 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:57,723 What's okay? 98 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:05,800 I spent the first semester of high school 99 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:08,321 exchanging emails with Mikako. 100 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,850 No new messages. 101 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,120 The farther Mikako travels away from Earth 102 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,369 the longer it takes for us to exchange emails. 103 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:23,248 No new messages. 104 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:27,686 It's just that... 105 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:31,202 All I do is wait for her emails. 106 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,051 "August 2047, near Pluto" 107 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:43,722 Noboru, I'm on Pluto in the farthest reaches of the solar system. 108 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,407 We left Earth half a year ago 109 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,844 and have continued our surveillance since Jupiter but 110 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:54,965 we haven't found any traces of the Tarsians anywhere. 111 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:58,803 But Noboru. . . To tell you the truth 112 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:03,802 I wish we don't find them so we could go back to Earth. 113 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:05,123 What? 114 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:19,450 The enemy? Really? 115 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:20,647 I have to go too? 116 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:57,328 I have to get him. 117 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:14,922 What's that? 118 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:53,962 A whole year between Noboru and me! 119 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:55,570 I have to email him! 120 00:11:11,680 --> 00:11:12,806 I have to get him. 121 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:16,490 Or we won't make it. 122 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:24,767 I have to go back. 123 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,606 "Checking mailbox..." 124 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:19,889 "Time required to send email: 1 year, 16 days, 12 hrs" 125 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:45,526 It'll take a year for this email to reach you. 126 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:51,011 From Sirius, it'll take 8 years one way. 127 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:53,326 Noboru... 128 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:57,366 Will you forget about me? 129 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,202 "August 2048" 130 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:14,920 A year passed and it's summer again. 131 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:19,491 I stopped waiting for Mikako 's emails this past winter. 132 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:24,086 I haven't heard from her for a whole year. 133 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:52,645 It's from Mikako... 134 00:13:53,680 --> 00:13:55,011 The first one in a year. 135 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:59,002 "...The Lysithea just made a 1-light-year warp..." 136 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:04,001 "The Lysithea. . . " 137 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:08,086 The Lysithea is going to make a long-distance warp. 138 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,767 Our destination is Sirius, 8.6 light years away. 139 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:15,766 When you get this email, I'll already be on Sirius. 140 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:20,842 Now it'll take 8 years and 7 months to send emails to each other. 141 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,085 I'm sorry. 142 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,521 We're kind of like 143 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:34,048 lovers separated on Earth and in space. 144 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:47,201 I think we only had eyes for each other since middle school. 145 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:48,887 But. . . 146 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,925 8 years at the speed of fight... 147 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:54,601 It's no different from eternity. 148 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,480 The time lag gets bigger between Mikako and me. 149 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:00,849 So I set up goals. 150 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:05,081 To make my heart much harder, colder, and stronger. 151 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:09,604 To stop knocking on a door I know won't open. 152 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:12,969 To become an adult on my own. 153 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:44,122 Since last century, we knew Sirius had its own planets 154 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:44,530 "August 2047 Sirius Alpha & Beta Star Systems" 155 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:44,884 but we're the first ones to see them with our own eyes. 156 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:44,891 "August 2047 Sirius Alpha & Beta Star Systems" 157 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:45,210 but we're the first ones to see them with our own eyes. 158 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:45,211 "August 2047 Sirius Alpha & Beta Star Systems" 159 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:45,530 but we're the first ones to see them with our own eyes. 160 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:45,531 "August 2047 Sirius Alpha & Beta Star Systems" 161 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:45,884 but we're the first ones to see them with our own eyes. 162 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:45,891 "August 2047 Sirius Alpha & Beta Star Systems" 163 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:46,210 but we're the first ones to see them with our own eyes. 164 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:46,211 "August 2047 Sirius Alpha & Beta Star Systems" 165 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:46,530 but we're the first ones to see them with our own eyes. 166 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:46,531 "August 2047 Sirius Alpha & Beta Star Systems" 167 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:46,884 but we're the first ones to see them with our own eyes. 168 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:46,891 "August 2047 Sirius Alpha & Beta Star Systems" 169 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:47,210 but we're the first ones to see them with our own eyes. 170 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:47,211 "August 2047 Sirius Alpha & Beta Star Systems" 171 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:47,530 but we're the first ones to see them with our own eyes. 172 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:47,531 "August 2047 Sirius Alpha & Beta Star Systems" 173 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:47,884 but we're the first ones to see them with our own eyes. 174 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:47,891 "August 2047 Sirius Alpha & Beta Star Systems" 175 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:48,210 but we're the first ones to see them with our own eyes. 176 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:48,211 "August 2047 Sirius Alpha & Beta Star Systems" 177 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:49,326 but we're the first ones to see them with our own eyes. 178 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,287 Agharta, the 4th planet of the Sirius System... 179 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:26,888 Agharta's sky, clouds, and sea look like Earth's. 180 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:30,323 Even so, they're complete! y different. 181 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,402 I'm getting farther away from Noboru in time and distance. 182 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,523 I want to go in the rain... 183 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,163 Go to the convenience store together and eat ice cream... 184 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:46,804 Noboru... 185 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,324 "To the 24-year-old Noboru from the 15-year-old Mikako" 186 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,283 "I still love you very much..." 187 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,048 "Sending mail..." 188 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,131 Reach him! 189 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:32,921 Me? 190 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:34,282 So... 191 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:36,648 We finally made it here. 192 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,765 Growing up can be painful sometimes 193 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:48,007 but I'm sure you'll make it much, much farther 194 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:51,050 to other galaxies and other universes even. 195 00:18:51,360 --> 00:18:52,043 Okay? 196 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,049 So come with me. 197 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,051 I want to entrust it to you. 198 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:00,687 But all I want to do is see Noboru again. 199 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,527 I want to tell him "I love you." 200 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,406 Don't worry. You'll see him again. 201 00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:43,964 I don't understand! 202 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,609 "Space Technology Magazine" 203 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:03,044 "Space Army wins battle against Tarsians 8 years ago" 204 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:06,687 "Serious damage, return to Earth questionable" 205 00:20:12,120 --> 00:20:17,570 That one summer day, I remember thinking 8 years was an eternity. 206 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:21,928 My life has had its share of uncertainties 207 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,607 but my goals from that day remain the same. 208 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:28,323 I did what I had to and 209 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,687 next month, I'm finally joining the fleet. 210 00:20:45,120 --> 00:20:46,451 "You've got mail" 211 00:20:51,360 --> 00:20:52,407 Mikako... 212 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:56,849 "Hello to the 24-year-old Noboru from the 15-year-old Mikako" 213 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:38,885 There were only 2 lines in her email, the rest was noise. 214 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:43,645 But it's still a miracle, I think. 215 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,487 Mikako, l... 216 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:49,160 You know, Noboru... 217 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,328 I miss so many things. 218 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,723 Because there's nothing here. 219 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:54,841 For example... 220 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:59,926 For example, summer clouds, the cold rain, the scent of an autumn breeze... 221 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:04,285 The sound of rain on the umbrella and the soft, spring soil... 222 00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:06,522 The peaceful feeling in a late-night convenience store... 223 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:10,010 And also the chilly air after school... 224 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:11,804 The smell of a blackboard eraser... 225 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,809 The distant sound of a truck at night... 226 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,442 The smell of asphalt in the afternoon rain... 227 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:22,925 Noboru. .. I wanted to... 228 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:24,605 I wanted to... 229 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,803 share them with you forever, Mikako... 230 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:57,883 The fleet is sinking! I have to protect the Lysithea! 231 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,407 Noboru... 232 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,931 We're far apart, so very, very far apart but... 233 00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:16,002 Thoughts may be able to transcend time and distance. 234 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,046 Have you ever felt that way? 235 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:23,087 If it can happen even for an instant 236 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,047 what would I think about? 237 00:23:26,120 --> 00:23:28,566 What would Mikako think about? 238 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:59,322 We're thinking the same thing, right? 239 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,360 Noboru... 240 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,242 I'm right here.