Was the turtle who took Urashima Tar? to the dragon's palace
male or female?
I don't know, which?
More importantly, why am I in the sea?
You there! It's morning!
Your clothes are dry!
Penguin...
Um... Where am I?
Dragon's Palace.
Dragon's Palace...
How I came to be in Dragon's Palace
would be explained
on what was the worst day of my life.
Unbelievable events occurred in quick succession.
It's a ?500 million contract!
Do you understand?!
But I was temporarily entrusted with it,
and I never opened it once.
Honestly!
Four pages went missing
while you were entrusted with it,
so obviously you lost them.
But...
Wait... Hey hey.
Don't blame Shima so much.
I was careless to leave it with her.
I'm truly sorry, everyone,
but please find it as soon as possible.
I'm sorry, please do.
Please. I'm so sorry.
Chief Morishita's too kind.
It's 100% Shima-san's fault.
Never mind, let's search.
I'm sorry, Kumiko.
Chief.
I made a copy of the missing papers.
I don't know if it'll be accepted, though.
That's Yagami. You're sharp.
Thanks, that's a great help.
You have mail.
Mail has arrived.
What the hell?
- Shima. - Yes.
Come here...
Right.
This is...
Huh?!
"Shima Yuka of Division 3 is group date crazy!"
"Top class group sex ever day!"
No no no no no...!
"No no no no no", you say.
It's not true.
It's true that's me in the photo,
but it's a misunderstanding.
I see.
In other words, it's like this.
Let's see...
Your boyfriend dumped you, so you got drunk at a group date.
While blind drunk,
you went to a hotel with two men
but threw up in the lobby.
A staff member at the hotel where you slept
let you wear a... penguin?
...let you wear a penguin costume.
That's right! So...
...if you ask this woman, she'll tell you.
- You took a photo. - I thought we should.
Ah!
Was the turtle who took Urashima Tar? to the dragon's palace
a male or a female?
Hm? What?
I barely remember,
but it was pasted at the hotel entrance.
Dragon's Palace quiz.
Ah, you may soon know the answer.
How come?
Apologies for the short notice,
but you're being unofficially seconded.
Eh?!
For now, to an affiliated aquarium.
Aquarium?
Aquarium Girl
Subtitles by Candylemon
Episode 1
"The World's Best Aquarium"
Today we're expecting around 100 visitors from the group.
A nursery and elementary school will also visit,
so everyone, please give your support.
Yes, sir.
Let's not have any trouble while the director is away on business.
Yes, sir.
That concludes the morning meeting.
Dismissed.
Let's work hard together.
Chief.
I won't agree to it.
That's irrelevant.
I've told you it's an order from headquarters.
Give it up.
She'll be here from today.
A novice without knowledge or experience...
Won't something like before happen again?
Even if you say that to me, the director okayed it.
Well, we have to accept it.
I can't do that.
That she's late on her first day
is evidence she's not suited to this work.
I'm lost.
I haven't just lost my route,
I've also lost my way in life.
The aquarium is a dumping ground.
I'm being exiled.
But the chief was right.
Please! I'll do anything!
Let me stay at headquarters!
Please!
But it might not be bad for you.
How come?
The current double uproar
has made everyone here negative towards you.
Come on, stand up...
I'll convince the higher-ups to let you
come back here as soon as possible.
Listen,
you're a kind person
so I think working with animals will suit you.
Healing my broken heart at the aquarium
might not be so bad.
Koro~!
Hm?
Help!
The box Koro's in floated away!
Koro?
Koro~! Koro~!
Koro~!
Just wait, I'll be right back.
You stay here.
It's okay.
Stay there! Don't move!
Here we go.
There. What a relief!
Thank you!
It's just a rumour,
but this girl from headquarters got in trouble at work and with men.
They say it's a demotion.
A hellcat?
That's just a rumour.
She might be unexpectedly good.
She might be here as a spy.
A kunoichi?
I get it!
She may just look like a hellcat,
but she's a female spy
- here to see the state of the business. - I'm sorry~!!
Good morning.
No way she's a kunoichi.
She doesn't have the sex appeal for a hellcat.
Ah, once again,
I'm from Yottsu Boshi headquarters.
I'm Shima Yuka. Pleased to meet...
I'm the general affairs chief, Kurano.
The director is on a business trip until next week.
I'll introduce you when he returns.
Okay.
Here we have a Marine Mammals Division,
a Fish Division,
and an Amenities Division,
but you'll be in the Marine Mammals Division.
Kaij?? (monsters)
Beasts of the sea, "Marine Mammals".
Sea creatures.
You'll be responsible for ocean mammals
such as dolphins, sea lions and penguins.
The site chief, Kaji, will teach you.
I have no intention of teaching anything.
Kaji!
Isokawa-sensei, you're a vet, right?
I'm also a keeper, though.
Jack of all trades.
This is the penguin specialist, Yoshizaki-san.
Pleased to meet you.
Over there is Imada-kun, in charge of fish.
The gas has made you ill,
so let's patiently cure you.
Imada-kun!
Pleased to meet...
Well...
Sh?ta's only comfortable talking to fish.
Have you ever kept fish?
No, I haven't.
My father hates sea creatures,
so even when my neighbour got a goldfish...
Don't chatter.
I think I'll have a lot to learn,
so pleased to...
Ah...
Ah, I'm sorry! Fish...
You're in the way.
Hurry and go back to headquarters.
Everyone's a novice at first.
Why did you take that attitude from our first meeting?
Why did you come here?
Perhaps to investigate the business.
I came here to work!
- One week. - Huh?
Within a week,
you should be able to identify all our four dolphins by name.
Identify dolphins?
Then get C1 to accept food from you.
C1?
If you can't do that,
I'll get the director to send you back to headquarters.
C1? That's a high hurdle.
The director won't accept that.
If he doesn't do it, I'll quit.
Who'll coordinate the site if you're gone?
That's how serious I am.
I want an end to the suffering
headquarters have put us though since I became chief.
If we let headquarters dump their baggage on us,
this aquarium is finished.
What's C1?
Wow~ Cute!
The one that just jumped is the male C1.
He's the most mischievous of our dolphins.
- C1. - Right.
That one in the foreground is male B2.
Back in the holding pool there is female F3.
The one that just raised her head is X0.
C1, F3.
B2, X0.
The letter is from their pod of wild dolphins.
The number gives the order they were caught.
- Could you tell me their names? - Those are their names.
Eh? I mean like Flipper, or Chappy...
The animals here aren't pets.
Well, there are various ways of thinking,
but the aquarium's job is to show organisms' ecology,
not to rear them.
So if the keepers get emotionally involved
it might cloud our judgment.
Of course, some aquariums nickname them.
But we don't do that.
Approach slowly and touch.
Around here.
I'm Shima Yuka.
Hello.
Hey!
I suppose when you've done that you'll watch from the water's edge.
But I have to learn the dolphins' names.
Then look from the furthest audience seats.
I'll learn their features faster from close up.
Don't be impertinent.
If you're here bothering them
you'll confuse the dolphins and their training will be wasted.
Hanging around here is selfish.
Don't get in our way.
Those malicious eyes.
That's him!
If you slack off, Kaji will push you in the shark tank.
Eh?
Advice from me.
Hurry back to headquarters.
Why?
Useless hangers-on
will be prey for the sharks.
Prey for the sharks?
Please! Let me go back to headquarters!
In any case,
if I can't pass the one week test
they've said they'll send me back.
I'm sorry, but unfortunately
even if you come back there's no job for you.
But...
Yuka, are you okay?
Kind of.
Ah, I'll have to pass on next week's group date.
After the Dragon Palace business.
Eh~ You're not coming?
They're Yamato Bank head office elites.
Shima-san, please come.
It's fun when you're there!
Ah~ I'm sorry.
When they heard about the bankers, they forced their way in.
Ah, don't worry.
I won't put you in charge.
No, I really can't make it.
- I still can't distinguish the dolphins. - Dolphins?
C1.
No... F3?
Eh? Hey.
Are you listening, Yuka?
Shima-san.
I'll call you back.
This is a dolphin training whistle.
Practise, because you'll use it for feeding them.
It's hard to make much noise at first.
Dolphins react to the sound of the whistle!
Don't practise near the dolphins!
Sorry, sorry.
I won't.
Dolphins jump in the wild, too.
Performances are born from that play.
Without ever forcing them,
we use that playfulness to train them.
It's also a way of letting them play.
In that way, we're able
to let visitors see the whole dolphin.
Kaji is only gentle with animals.
I don't know if he'll ever acknowledge me...
Hm?
I'm really bad with people.
If someone's unpleasant to me,
even if I know they don't mean it,
I'll lose my composure before I know it.
I know I should keep more distance
with work colleagues.
To not get carried away,
or speak without thinking...
Shima-san...
You may be unexpectedly suited to this work.
- Isokawa-sensei! - Yes?
C1's breath smells wrong.
I'll be right there.
Oh, Kaji.
Staying again tonight?
A precaution, because X0 has an elevated body temperature.
Kaji, fighting against headquarters is futile.
People there are like that girl.
Think of the visitors, and accept it.
Do you believe like them?
We're, "Amusement park grunts
"who just need to attract customers."
Kaji...
C1.
B2.
Er~ F3, X0.
Practising identifying the dolphins?
At first they all looked the same to me,
but now I can tell quickly.
Well then...
Who's that over there?
That's C1.
He has a distinctive scar on his tail fin.
That one splashing is male B2.
The most nimble.
The one chasing the larger female F3, is X0.
Excellent!
Perfect!
Shima Yuka-san, welcome to Hamakaze Aquarium.
Are you from the Amenities Division?
I'm the director, Utsumi.
Director?!
This is the director's office?
Yeah...
I renovated it myself to look this way.
Wow~ So many photos.
Did you take these yourself?
Ah, could I ask you one thing?
Yes. What is it?
Was the turtle who took Urashima Tar? to the dragon's palace
a male or a female?
Hoho, that's a pretty good question.
No... No no no...
I can't tell him it's from a love hotel quiz.
How about you investigate the answer yourself?
Eh~?
There's a lot to do in an aquarium.
Did you think keepers had lots of spare time?
No no... No no no...
Ow~!
This is the thawing tank.
First we take the next day's food from the freezer,
and leave it here to thaw overnight.
When the fish are thawed,
we weigh out a day's ration for each group
and cut them up like that.
Wow, they're good.
Here.
Try cutting it into three.
Right.
You stink...
Can't you even cut fish?
What's going in there?
Medicine.
Medicine? Why?
Sea creatures in the wild eat live fish.
But we couldn't provide that every day.
We have to feed them
fish thawed from the freezer...
The freezing and thawing process
removes vitamins and nutrients,
so we give them vitamins like humans to make up for it.
I thought an aquarium would do things in a more natural way.
Don't aquariums say things like,
"Just like nature" and "At one with nature"?
We know that.
But even keeping the right water temperature uses enormous power,
An aquarium can't be just like nature.
The contradiction is inevitable.
Let me try again!
Hey! Get your hands off that fish.
Pardon?
Are you planning to feed an animal
with something touched by those hands?
But these days chefs can be like this.
I told you to get your hands off that fish.
That horrible shark man!
He's always so bossy!
Ouch!
The moment a dolphin performs well, you blow the whistle.
When they return, you give food.
They associate the whistle sound with being fed,
and recognise the sound as a positive signal.
When you give them food,
Give it head first, not tail.
Here.
Hey! Eat it, C1.
If C1 won't
none of the others will let you feed them.
So none will take food from you.
Maybe they will if I throw it.
B2, here!
Eh?!
Why?
Hey!
I told you not to blow that indiscriminately!
I'm sorry, I'm sorry!
This isn't a game.
Don't treat dolphins casually!
Don't worry, Mama will come soon.
Director.
Director, what's wrong?
He got separated from his mother.
Don't cry, it'll be fine.
Mama will be here soon.
Hey! Marine Ranger!
I'm Shark Gidora.
Can you protect the earth if you cry like that?
I'm not crying!
- I'm not crying! - You're feeling better.
- Signature move time! - Marine Kick!
You got me...
- I'll remember this! - You did well.
- Take care. - Bye bye.
You were a great help.
Signature move.
It's made me feel better, too.
That reminds me,
C1 has a signature move, too.
A daring, high speed, spinning jump
to catch a thrown fish.
It's called a "C1 jump".
C1 jump.
A challenging performance only C1 can do.
- I haven't seen that yet. - That's right.
For 6 years now,
C1 hasn't done a proper C1 jump.
Why not?
He did it with an old trainer.
Since he quit, he hasn't done it.
For C1, a C1 jump
wasn't a performance,
he was playing with him.
So he won't do it with another trainer.
Redevelopment?
Yes, it's still at the exploratory stage,
but there are plans
to build high-rise apartments in this Bayside district.
Given current visitor numbers there's no point in this facility remaining.
Saying this so suddenly...
Anyway, please increase revenue.
Rather than academic exhibitions,
hold events to generate media buzz.
Even museums and art galleries
have lately been finding ways to entertain visitors more.
The current lack of staff
means we have to work without holidays.
We can't run more events...
I want to see a concrete plan next week.
Next, let's meet the colourful fish!
Here's a blotched foxface.
In front of Onee-chan's face are...
- Shima-san! - Yes?
When the star's ready, we want microphone 1.
Star, mic. 1
Mic. 1...
Microphone 1, ready!
- If it isn't Shima... - Chief!
How are you?
I'm relieved to see you're working hard.
I'm likely to be kicked out soon though.
I was planning to contact you.
- Is that true? - It's true.
How about the three of us go for some delicious sashimi today?
- The usual place. - Thank you.
- That's settled then. - Yes.
- What time do you finish? - 6:30.
6:30? Okay.
Hello...
I want to talk to you.
What is it?
Yuka...
Don't tell anyone we were dating.
Huh?
Losing documents, a scandal,
demoted to an aquarium.
You're completely finished at headquarters.
You're wrong.
That was a misunderstanding.
If I endure it for a while here,
Chief says I'll be able to go back.
Taku, believe me.
Could you stop calling me Taku?
I don't want to be compromised at work.
Anyway,
we aren't, and never were, an item.
From the start,
me dating Taku was a miracle.
He was the top performing new hire.
Son of a distinguished trading company.
Admired by everyone...
What did you want to talk about?
- Shima-san, go out with me. - Yes.
Eh?!
Don't want to?
It's not that, but why?
Do people need a reason to like someone?
At that time,
I used up a lifetime's worth of luck.
He unilaterally dumped me after just 3 months,
and I was thrown into a pit of despair.
Cold...
My heart is colder than my body.
Anyone in there?
There's no one for me anymore.
What a waste of electricity.
Huh?! Hey... You're kidding!
Hey, someone! Anyone!
No way!
This is bad bad bad!
Apartments, here?
Sh?ta heard the men from headquarters discussing it earlier.
They're always selfish...
Maybe that hellcat was a kunoichi after all.
Speaking of Shima-san, I haven't seen her.
- What was that noise? - What?
You heard something?
Ah, I hear it, too.
Over there?
Hey!
- Wake up! - Shima-san!
- Shima-san, are you okay?! - Hey!
Back to life...
You're so carefree.
You could've died in there.
Why didn't you answer when called?
Well, I was lost in thought.
Fetch the hose.
Okay.
What are you doing?!
How long are you gonna be in there?!
Unbelievable. This is sexual harassment!
After the trouble your carelessness caused,
you have no right to say that!
If you'd frozen to death,
we'd be responsible and this place would close!
Oh...
You should understand.
This is no place for someone irresponsible and uncommitted like you.
It may seem like meaningless work to you,
but one mistake here can threaten lives.
We protect lives with this work.
Don't get in our way.
She's late.
She was still at work not long ago.
She may be a while.
Right...
It's good to finally be rid of Shima.
I'm glad.
What do you mean by that?
This is just between us.
I've been wanting to get rid of her for ages.
Seriously.
Why's that?
Last year,
We had a meal with the managing director of Katamiya Electric.
I took Shima to liven things up,
but she got drunk.
She can't read the mood.
We've never had any complaints.
Here~! I have a complaint!
That chief, he's a nice man.
He's nice, but he dumps all his work on his subordinates.
He runs his subordinates ragged.
From now on... Ready!
...We look forward to working with you!
- You said it! - Right?
After that, I was taken off the Katamiya Electric job.
Damn her!
I've been waiting for a chance to force a mistake
and get her demoted.
I took four pages from the contract I gave her,
and blamed the loss on her.
Then, that scandal, too?
I told Hana-chan from dispatches
to tell me anything she heard.
"Poor Shima's depressed after being dumped", she said.
So I lured her to a group date
full of sex-hungry men.
I'm glad I got a good photo.
Isn't that borderline criminal?
No no...
Shima's the one who went with the men.
Well, even without that,
the top bosses ordered her demotion.
There's no way she'll ever come back to headquarters.
Then why do you act so friendly to her?
It's my way to get back at you.
If I acted friendly,
I thought she might let me screw her once.
Sorry, ex-boyfriend.
Even you make fun of me.
C1!
I'm definitely gonna feed you!
Good morning!
Here already?
I wanted to get here early.
C1.
As I am now,
there's no place for me at this aquarium.
Nobody needs me.
But...
I'm just like these fish.
Thrown into this tank,
all we can do is live here.
Among the dolphins here,
C1 is the cleverest by far.
He won't take food from someone unreliable.
It's true what he says.
I'm uncommitted.
Compared to the people here,
I don't have their knowledge and skills.
We aim to be Japan's most enjoyable aquarium.
Everyone, smile again today.
Bring the visitors back with your smiles.
Let's do our best again today!
Let's work hard together.
Smile...
Welcome, welcome.
Welcome to Hamakaze Aquarium!
This lady's scary!
W-welcome!
Welcome! No good?
Here's the right answer.
It's upside-down!
It's upside-down,
but seals' ears are just here.
I don't know the right answer,
but I have to try.
If I falter, it's over.
Loggerhead turtle...
I have to find something here.
He's almost reached Yuka-oneesan.
Is C1 in a bad mood today?
C1, come on, just...
I can't give up.
Even I have pride.
I'm fine!
Is that girl okay?
A new breeze is blowing.
Breeze?
Sorry about that!
Wow, impressive!
The children will love it.
Tomorrow's your appointment with Kaji?
Yes.
But C1 still hasn't taken food from me.
Kaji is desperate.
Since becoming chief he's worked without holidays,
trying to protect the animals and staff.
He's resolved himself.
He's put his neck on the line to drive you out.
Listen, C1.
Why won't you take food from me?
Don't ignore me!
Listen, C1.
If I have to leave here,
there's nowhere left to go.
To me, the people who work here
seem to shine.
Watching closely for the slightest change,
finding ways to make your lives easier,
they're always thinking of you all.
Doing their best so that visitors
will love you like they do.
Protecting the aquarium from morning to night,
for 24 hours, with all their strength,
they protect your lives.
I've only just begun to work a little,
and if I'm honest,
it's too easy to run away.
This isn't what we discussed.
- But... - Selling off unpopular animals...
Ah, how about finding somewhere to take them?
Move.
This...starfish?
Nothing will change if it's gone.
The jellyfish, too...and catfish.
Sell off the jellyfish and catfish?
And starfish.
He said we don't need plain creatures.
He only thinks about money.
Everyone at headquarters is the same.
Hey, feed C1.
Today's the last day.
Hey~ Shima! What's up?
Has that dolphin starved yet?
Hey hey,
why won't that dolphin eat?
C1 will only take food from people he trusts.
Trusts? A dolphin?
No no, when it's hungry, anyone's hand will do.
It's just an animal.
No wonder there aren't many visitors to a childish pool like this.
- Childish? - Don't.
I'm sorry, he's still young.
Hey.
The only visitors here
are children and tourists killing time.
It's fine if it's childish.
Even though it is.
Was the turtle who took Urashima Tar? to the dragon's palace
male or female?
- I know. - Eh?
The Urashima Tar? legend
originated in West Japan,
and the sea turtles who lay eggs on Honsh? are Loggerhead turtles.
Furthermore,
the children bullied the turtle on land
and Urashima Tar? rescued it,
so the one he met
must have been a female on land to lay her eggs.
What are you talking about?
When I researched it,
I thought, "Sea creatures are fascinating".
So this aquarium
is fun even without anything flashy.
- So... - Shima, Shima.
We can discuss that over drinks.
After you stood us up last time...
Right? Honestly...
Still, I envy all of you.
Doing leisurely work with animals
at this idyllic seaside.
Ah!
Sorry about that.
This is just a thin sponge.
Will this appeal to modern children?
What?
The dolphins are talking to you, Chief.
They're angry with you
for being so arrogant when you don't know
what the staff here go through to protect this place!
You're being rather arrogant yourself
for someone who can't even feed dolphins.
C1!
Oh?
Perhaps it's you they're laughing at?
This is the last fish of C1's meal today.
Even if I go back to headquarters,
Chief will drive me out.
There's nowhere for me to go.
A daring, high speed, spinning jump
to catch a thrown fish.
It's called a "C1 jump".
Hey... What's with that dolphin?
C1 jump...
That was a C1 jump, definitely.
I thought I'd never see it again...
Shima-san, amazing.
No way...
What, "C1 jump"? We're leaving!
Wait a minute!
Speak politely to me, you stupid slut!
Shut up, you lying, crappy boss!
I'm going to make this the world's best aquarium!
Whatever...
One more thing!
However nice you acted, I'd never have screwed you!
Just so you know!
Maybe I insulted him too much...
No need to worry about it.
It's too late, anyway.
Well, that's true.
Shima-san, here.
Your personal kitchen knife.
Personal kitchen knife?
You're a staff member here now.
Thank you very much.
If it's here, perhaps I can make it.
Kaji, let's celebrate today.
The return of the C1 jump!
- Return? - Yeah.
That was just a fluke.
Yagami, get back with Shima.
You're good at pretending.
I have to destroy her.
Shima?
Or that aquarium?
Eh?
After only a week here you said you'd make it the world's best.
That was a figure of speech.
I won't acknowledge you.
No way.
Previous statement withdrawn.
I'm just a mackerel thrown into the shark tank.