Zipang 1x5

1. In this place so unreal

2. I wait for dawn to come

3. Farther and farther, like the sky I saw that day

4. What a joke this hope is

5. I acted as if I had forgotten

6. Farther and farther, like the dream I saw that day

7. I just want to know the meaning of it

8. Within this scattered time

9. Along with the breath of ours

10. And of this pain that never goes away

11. Even though the roaring of the sea muffles the voices

12. Darkness engulfs everything ahead

13. The light that passes through our fragile hearts

14. Won't go away

15. We only relied on our compass

16. We believed you

17. While we stand here

18. We're searching for the unseen future

19. Zipang

20. Zipang

21. At the beginning of the 21st Century,

22. the SDF Navy's newest AEGIS class vessel, Mirai,

23. sets off from the Yokosuka Base.

24. However, just as they entered the Pacific Ocean,

25. Mirai was faced with abnormal atmospheric conditions.

26. She was then thrown back to 1942, June 4th,

27. into the Battle of Midway.

28. Caught in the midst of an ongoing war,

29. what should the 241 SDF members of the Mirai do in this era?

30. We have yet to find the answer.

31. Kusaka's Choice

32. When the torpedoes were about 10 meters from us,

33. my adrenaline was pumping, and my blood flowed faster.

34. My blood was pulsing hard, but...

35. I was surprisingly composed. It's just like the drills.

36. Because you're only watching the monitor inside the CIC.

37. It doesn't feel real. We're on the wing over here.

38. As the torpedoes drew closer, my knees started shaking.

39. - Anti-Submarine Rocket"

40. I'm really surprised about the ASROC.

41. The Torpedo Chief pressed the release button, right?

42. The Weapons Officer must've given him a good scolding...

43. ...and made him wet his pants!

44. He wasn't the only one who was frightened.

45. If I was in the same position as Lieutenant Yonekura,

46. I might've pushed the button myself too.

47. That's right, he's not the only one who was scared.

48. Under those circumstances, no one can remain calm.

49. The longer we stay inside this era, the worse it'll be.

50. What's going to happen... to all of us here?

51. Lieutenant Satake.

52. Oh, thank you.

53. Right now, everyone's talking about the ASROC firing error.

54. You can't call deliberation a human error, right?

55. It wasn't right of him to take action without orders,

56. but in a real battle, you can only choose to fire, or not to fire.

57. Even for me, self-defense would be top priority.

58. I'm counting on you. A pilot and his gunner should be one.

59. We'll enter the war and go down together.

60. Don't say such ominous things.

61. A suicide together with you?

62. I don't think I know you long enough for that.

63. That's harsh. Well,

64. I don't intend to lose my life for nothing...

65. ...in this unfamiliar world, either.

66. - Lieutenant Satake... - Yes?

67. What if... we are stuck in this world forever?

68. What should we be doing in this era instead?

69. Beats me.

70. The crew are feeling insecure after their first war encounter.

71. We have no allies.

72. And we face the uncertainty of not being able to go back home.

73. From these building tensions, if another battle should break out,

74. it'll be dangerous.

75. Yonekura's breakdown is a good indication.

76. That's right.

77. We were lucky this time round, but what about the next?

78. We have to take action now.

79. The longer we take to decide, the fewer options we'll have.

80. I know, but there's something I'm more worried about now.

81. Lieutenant, did Kusaka witness everything?

82. Yes, he insisted on watching the battle for himself on the deck.

83. After witnessing the ASROC, did he say anything?

84. "Is this part of God's plan? Or a will of the Devil?"

85. And "this is a battle of the twenty-first century."

86. We can't let him leave. He knows too much.

87. When we examined the black leather bag he had with him,

88. we found a black leather bound report book.

89. A detailed account of the Battle of Midway was recorded inside.

90. Someone carrying a thing like that must be...

91. ...an intelligence professional.

92. I'm guessing,

93. his plane was shot down on his way back to the main unit.

94. To be a Lieutenant Commander at such a young age,

95. he must be an elite soldier.

96. A worst case scenario.

97. If we let him be, he'll dig out every detail about this ship.

98. If he adds on to the insecurity that's affecting the crew,

99. the peace of this ship will not hold.

100. So that means, in that era, Japan still exists, right?

101. But Kikuchi,

102. that man could help us obtain some supplies.

103. Whether it's fuel or food,

104. we'd want it to come from Japan, right?

105. He'll be our handy link with the supplies.

106. They're not going to give it to us for nothing.

107. They'll ask to cooperate with the Imperial Japanese Military.

108. And if that happens, we will definitely change history itself.

109. I don't want to give up.

110. If we change history as we please,

111. our twenty-first century will cease to exist!

112. Our families will also disappear then.

113. But... it's no use after all,

114. to try to prevent all information of this ship from leaking out.

115. If you want to be absolutely sure, there's only one way.

116. Lieutenant.

117. Can I have the key to the sick bay?

118. Oh, sure.

119. Hey?!

120. Like I've mentioned before, this is my responsibility.

121. I hope all of you will not interfere with this.

122. Where's your uniform?

123. The medical officer sent it for cleaning, and gave me this instead.

124. Well, how do I look?

125. It doesn't go with the military sword.

126. It's my walking stick now. Don't be so hard on me.

127. So, you can walk, right? Please come along with me.

128. I can go outside? That's wonderful.

129. I was getting bored with nothing to do.

130. Are you giving me a tour of this ship?

131. Something like that.

132. I'm grateful for your concern.

133. It's up ahead.

134. It's up ahead? Don't tell me...?

135. This is...?

136. It's the ship's library.

137. Nothing compared to the library on land,

138. but it's well stocked on war history.

139. Geez, those two keep doing things to give me a heart attack.

140. The development of this war, and Japan after the war.

141. It's all data that should not exist in this era.

142. Whether to read them or not, the choice is yours.

143. Why are you showing me these things?

144. Given the opportunity, you would want to find out, right?

145. Because that's part of your job, isn't it?

146. What happens after I read?

147. Be mentally prepared.

148. Do you mean to say I won't be leaving this ship alive, then?

149. You have been warned. Anyway,

150. if you read them, you will know too much about us and this ship.

151. By then, you will have to share the same fate as us all.

152. I'm asking you to prepare yourself for that.

153. On the day that you rescued me,

154. Lieutenant Commander Takumi Kusaka...

155. ...ceased to exist.

156. That's what I wanted to hear.

157. Mistakes of the Pacific War

158. Mistakes of the Pacific War

159. Aren't you afraid to know how your fate will turn out?

160. The purpose of life... is to learn.

161. Tomorrow at 0600,

162. send a helicopter to Ogasawara for air observation.

163. During the Showa 17th year, Chichijima...

164. ...should already have a well fortified naval division in place.

165. Of course, in our Heisei period,

166. there are patrols stationed in Chichijima.

167. I'm sure everyone is anxious to know which Navy Division...

168. ...is currently stationed there.

169. That's when we'll decide whether to enter Yokosuka Base.

170. If it is Showa 17th year, it will be difficult for us to enter the base.

171. What should we do if there are those who insist on returning?

172. To return is to face interrogation by the army.

173. I understand how they're feeling, but it's not a simple matter.

174. By the way, Lieutenant Kusaka is still inside the library?

175. Yes. It has been a day since then.

176. He's shut himself inside.

177. He hasn't taken any food, except for some water.

178. Saipan, Guam, Tinian.

179. All divisions destroyed.

180. Deutsch Third Reich Fuhrer, Hitler, committed suicide.

181. Battle of Okinawa, death of 100,000 civilians.

182. Battleships Yamato and Musashi, sunk.

183. Navy Special Division, Kamikaze Task Force, created.

184. Manned Torpedoes, Kaiten, deployed.

185. Air raids extended nationwide.

186. Bombing of Tokyo, 84,000 civilians burnt to death.

187. America completes the atomic bomb.

188. And drops it on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

189. 115,000 in Hiroshima,

190. and 73.000 lives in Nagasaki were claimed by just two bombs.

191. On 15 August 1945, Japan accepts the Potsdam Proclamation and unconditional surrender.

192. Around 2 million soldiers, military personnel and civilians were killed in the great war.

193. What I had predicted was right.

194. The clash between the Eastern Imperial Way...

195. ...and the Western Supremacy resulted in victory for the West.

196. It's a revelation.

197. All 32 years of my life...

198. ...is for this enlightenment.

199. Letting him know about the history of the future...

200. ...was a right thing to do, and also a cruel one at that.

201. Did you do that out of sympathy?

202. Or out of jealousy, I wonder?

203. Jealousy?

204. In this era of his,

205. he has a mission he needs to see through.

206. Something which we don't have now.

207. I don't understand.

208. However, to continue sailing,

209. I really wanted him to have the same mindset...

210. ...as the rest of the 241 members of this ship.

211. This is the story of the country,

212. as it continues into the 21st Century.

213. That room must be a pandora's box for Lieutenant Commander Kusaka.

214. After the hurricane of disasters,

215. I wonder if there's any hope left for him in there?

216. The purpose of life is to pursue knowledge.

217. That's what he said to me.

218. 60 years...

219. In just 60 years after the war...?

220. Lieutenant Satake, 0600.

221. Departing for Ogasawara now.

222. Be on the lookout for other planes, too.

223. We do not want our location to be disclosed.

224. What? They're nothing but seaplanes on Geta sandals.

225. The best they can manage is probably around 300 kmlh.

226. At 450 kmlh, they'll never outrun us.

227. I repeat again, your mission is to observe.

228. No engagement in battle. Okay?

229. Roger.

230. Patrol helicopter, taking off.

231. Beartrap, to returning rail.

232. Beartrap. Arrival at the returning rail!

233. Crewmen on deck, stand by!

234. Wing expansion, engine start.

235. Beartrap open!

236. Take off!

237. Fortune Inspector, Sea Fowl.

238. Take off complete. Skyline clear.

239. My grandfather is 72 years old.

240. He was born in Ogasawara.

241. He's evacuated to the mainland in 1944,

242. before the American Force attacks got intense.

243. So...

244. It's a weird feeling.

245. Since it's the Showa 17th year,

246. my grandfather should still be a school kid, in Chichijima's Ogura,

247. playing with his friends with snot in his nose!

248. Sea Fowl! Twenty minutes to Chichijima.

249. Captain,

250. even though it's a HS-Link transmission,

251. it's still too risky.

252. I'm prepared to take the risk.

253. The decision to enter Yokosuka Base or not,

254. lies with this observation expedition.

255. Let us witness the actual situation with our eyes,

256. before we make further decisions.

257. Sea Fowl to Fortune Inspector. Target in sight.

258. 10 minutes to arrival. Cloud density 2, visibility clear.

259. Oh, it's Ogasawara!

260. Looking at it now, it's not much different from the present.

261. In the exciting story known as history,

262. this country has a shining legacy.

263. Right now, the ones who know about this...

264. ...are the 241 crew members on this ship and myself.

265. Is there a purpose for this?

266. I see Futami Port, Chichijima!

267. Current altitude, 2800 feet.

268. We'll descend to 500 feet from now on.

269. 500's too dangerous!

270. - You know I can handle this. - I believe in you.

271. I wouldn't have opted to be your gunner if I didn't. However...

272. However...? You can let the pigs eat your conditional trust!

273. Let's go.

274. Sea Fowl, we'll be approaching the bay now.

275. There's something on the right side of the bay.

276. Is it a ship, or another plane? Can you make sure?

277. Wait a minute. Let me verify.

278. I see them! There are two supply ships parked in the port.

279. And right behind them...

280. ...are two spy planes!

281. That's dangerous! If we're spotted by them...!

282. Please hurry and escape now!

283. Near the coast, there appears to be a barrack of some sort,

284. and village houses without antennas attached.

285. Numerous transportation vessels sighted.

286. No mistake about it. It is the Showa 17th year!

287. We're drifters!

288. We can never go back to our families ever again!

289. So we won't be able to go back to Japan until this war is over, right?

290. That'll be in 3 years and 2 months.

291. To be drifting in the Pacific Ocean for that long...

292. It's just not possible! We are living people.

293. We all need to breathe and eat!

294. Let's go back to Yokosuka! Let's go back to Japan again!

295. It doesn't matter if the soldiers capture or interrogate us.

296. They're all Japanese, too. They will understand us!

297. And if they want us to aid them in this war, then we should do so!

298. It's much better than being chased around this Pacific Ocean!

299. That's right! That's a better idea!

300. No way!

301. If we were to do that, they will want to take our ship away.

302. What's more, all our crew members will be separated.

303. This Mirai is the only country we have left!

304. How can we hand this country of ours over just like that?!

305. But, Exec! What about our food and our fuel supplies?!

306. If we can't move anymore, we will hide instead.

307. To prevent the alteration of history,

308. and the handing over of this ship,

309. this is the only way left for us.

310. There's another way.

311. - What? - Getting supplies is possible.

312. No one can live disguised as the dead.

313. If all of you choose to continue living,

314. I will do my best to help all of you.

315. Is that a form of gratitude? I'll be glad to accept it.

316. I heard that this ship runs on diesel.

317. We should find some gas in the South Pacific.

318. We can find something like that? Where?

319. The former dutch colony, Asia's largest oil producer,

320. - Palembang. - Palembang?

321. In the largest city of North-eastern Sumatra,

322. which is occupied by Japan since the 14th of February this year.

323. There's inexhaustible crude oil, and 2 oil refineries there.

324. If you don't wish to give up this ship,

325. refueling is the only way left for you to go.

326. Direction 7 o'clock! Distance 1500!

327. Two vessels approaching! Speed, 230!

328. It's way too fast for spy planes!

329. 230?!

330. Those aren't ordinary spy planes!

331. Target closing in rapidly!

332. Fast approaching our maximum speed!

333. Emergency! Two Japanese planes closing in!

334. Oh, no! Sea Fowl!

335. Abandon mission and retreat immediately!

336. Roger! Retreating immediately!

337. Hey, look! There are two planes pursuing them!

338. Watch out! Shake them off and get out of there!

339. Prepare for Anti-Air Warfare!

340. Fascinating.

341. Even an expedition from such a long distance...

342. ...can be viewed through images of such clarity.

343. If our Navy fleet had this,

344. we could've sunk the US carriers at Midway.

345. Lieutenant Kusaka, what're those spy planes armed with?

346. Spy planes? Those aren't spy planes.

347. - What?! - Those are Type 2 sea planes.

348. Each armed with two 20mm and 7.7 mm machineguns.

349. No matter what the circumstances are,

350. we must never try to run away from it all.

351. The one who taught me this, is you.

352. Why are you moving the wings about like this, Lieutenant Satake?

353. It's known as banking.

354. It's supposed to be a signal of friendship in their time.

355. I'm not sure if it still holds true though.

356. I can see the Red Sun, but...

357. The Imperial Navy doesn't have a "Self Defense Force".

358. They give the bank signal, yet they run away!

359. What's taking you so long?!

360. Are you gonna just watch the Umidori get destroyed?!

361. According to Yanagi, those aren't spy planes!

362. They're Type 2 sea planes, with floats attached!

363. ...Fighter planes.

364. Well, if you know that, then give permission to fire!

365. If Satake doesn't do anything about them now...

366. ...they won't be able to return.

367. Otherwise, they'll guide the fighter planes back to Mirai.

368. I know that.

369. Well then, since they've been spotted...!

370. We only have the choice of shooting them down!

371. Oguri.

372. Permission to fire not granted.

373. Kikuchi! If Satake's killed then it's your damn fault!

374. Executive Officer, contact the Umidori one more time.

375. Roger.

376. Lieutenant Satake! Never mind if this ship is discovered.

377. Come back at once!

378. We'll do something if they follow you back.

379. I'll bear the responsibility.

380. One of the interceptor planes...

381. ...has resumed firing position. It's critical.

382. To refrain from initiating battle,

383. it's a rule we must keep for as long as possible.

384. There's no need for battle...

385. ...in a disadvantageous position. Come back now!

386. This is an order, Lieutenant Satake!

387. Battle initiation forbidden.

388. We've had that rule since the force was formed.

389. I'm used to it.

390. It's my fault we've been spotted.

391. I'll definitely shake them off!

392. - It's moving! - It'll fire from the back!

393. Left turn!

394. It has started! Right turn!

395. - We're hitting the surface! - Got it!

396. The other plane is nowhere in sight! I've lost sight of it!

397. It's on top!

398. You're not bad.

399. Checking state of damage.

400. Electric component, navigation system in working order.

401. Fuel tank intact. Damage isn't serious! Just some scratches!

402. Mori! It's our turn next...

403. Mori...?!

404. Mori...!!

405. Passing through the distant time

406. Just peacefully

407. Without losing your way, you walked towards me

408. How many times have I grasped tightly those small hands of yours?

409. Not being able to do anything

410. I kept on praying

411. Sorrow or agony isn't enough

412. That's why now as if I wanted to make up... I'm looking at you

413. Satake, I know you're capable of this.

414. I trust your skills.

415. On the battlefield, when life and death are next to each other,

416. there is no guarantee of one's existence tomorrow.

417. Neither for me, or for this ship.

418. The peace that we are so proud of now,

419. is not something that's maintained solely by guns and weapons!

420. The opponents are Japanese, too!

421. Is there a need for us to be killing our own people?!

422. Next Episode: Order For Attack

423. Next Episode: Order For Attack

424. Welcome to this era.

425. Starting from now, you are the guest.

426. This story is purely fiction. The names of the characters and organizations that appear have no connections with actual people and organizations.

427. This story is purely fiction. The names of the characters and organizations that appear have no connections with actual people and organizations.