Welcome to Hamakaze Aquarium's live show!
Strange things happen each day at the aquarium.
Imada-san, disaster!
A fish is dead!
Idiot! Look at its eyes!
- It came back to life! - It wasn't dead, idiot!
Each time, I'm called an idiot...
Yoshizaki-san!
There's an extra shrimp!
Ah...
That's an empty shell.
A shrimp moulted.
Moulted? Do shrimp moult?
You should know that, idiot!
I've been called idiot so often...
- Buccal... - Yes!
A buccal cone is an organ
the clione uses to catch its prey.
I've started answering when I hear "idiot".
It's now a month and a half since I was seconded to this aquarium.
You moved too slowly!
Your elbow is bent!
While enduring the shark man's torment...
I finally debuted as MC of the dolphin show!
But that joy was fleeting...
Due to personnel reduction,
one member of staff
will be made redundant.
Redundant?
This is the worst case scenario.
Director!
Yes, what is it?
I can't agree to personnel reduction.
Whether you agree or not,
you were told it's an order from headquarters.
This is blatant harassment.
Um...
It's because I came here, isn't it?
That's not it.
HQ have been on at us to reduce staff for ages.
Yeah, and not just staff.
"Reduce the quality, reduce the food".
"Crabs and sea otters use too much electricity. Reduce them."
All they ever say is, "Reduce".
As director,
I greatly regret that it has come to this.
I'll consider the best course of action.
Please give me time.
The one fired...
...will be me.
What?
Aquarium Girl
Subtitles by Candylemon
Don't come?
Episode 3
"Diver Debut!"
We came because you didn't contact us.
Sorry!
There's some trouble at work right now.
What kind of trouble?
No...
No... no... no...
Thank you for coming to Hamakaze Aquarium
to visit us today.
Aquarium?
Um... Glutton!
I'm at a yakiniku place called "Hamakaze Glutton".
There's an event on
where everyone can try whatever they want.
Well, fine.
We'll come again to discuss your sister's wedding.
- See you. - You'll come again?
You never listen...
Isn't it Ueki-kun's day, not yours?
You switched?
Ueki-kun didn't feel well.
- He should've told me... - Next time.
Sh?ta's too gentle.
He can't scold his juniors.
He blames himself for all their mistakes,
and doesn't have any self-confidence.
But when he taught me food prep,
he seemed...
That's because you don't treat him with prejudice.
You gave him figures,
and obediently practised "wan-tan-men".
Wan-tan-men!
Wan-tan-men! Wan-tan-men!
Three more minutes!
He's Chief of Fish in name alone.
He's just baggage here.
That's what he believes, anyway.
Because of that, his fish team
completely ignore him.
But you know,
it's not just Japan where he's seen as an expert,
he was scouted before by a foreign lecturer.
Eh~ That's amazing.
But that alone isn't enough.
When he became chief,
people complained it needed someone with more leadership ability.
Then why was he picked?
The director insisted.
Rather than people of average ability,
he prefers to promote people who excel at something
in order to create something new.
Kaji may be excellent at diving
and handling marine mammals,
but he's got no human skills to praise.
That's right.
For starters, he shouts too much.
Who shouts too much?
Ah...
Time to prepare for the show!
I wonder what the director will do.
I refuse to let anyone be made redundant.
Hello. There's space here.
I've never seen a dolphin show before.
They're very cute.
I often come with the Association,
and everyone enjoys them.
My, Seimiya-san, you're quite the loyal customer.
That's not true.
- Have some snacks. - Thank you.
We have Association members with us today,
so we expect a crowd.
Please sit close together, if you will.
I was hungry.
You three visitors there.
I'm sorry, but other visitors can't sit,
so please have your bags on your laps.
Also, eating and drinking isn't allowed.
Isn't it?
Ah, if paper or plastic bags get in the pool,
it would be dangerous if dolphins swallow them
so please cooperate... Whoops.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Is that acceptable to you elderly visitors?
- Call the person in charge! - Eh?
Whatever you do you cause trouble!
I'm sorry.
I was negligent.
I didn't tell her about Mrs Seimiya.
Still, submitting a complaint just because she was cautioned
is a bit much.
Mrs Seimiya is the landlord's wife.
She's a local dignitary.
She's introduced many large groups to us.
She lost face in front of her friends
and was casually called elderly.
Of course she'd be angry.
Chief, I've ordered a confectionery box from Shin?d?-san.
I'll go now.
An apology gift for Mrs Seimiya?
Naturally.
If this loses us revenue from large groups,
what do you think headquarters will say?
A leaf moved!
There!
It's just a leaf fish moving.
Leaf fish?
Well, they're always mimics,
so they look like leaves.
Mimics?
Fish change their body colour to look like sand or leaves
to hide themselves from predators.
Leaf fish use mimicry.
I wish humans could do the same.
Then we could hide when we mess up.
Yuka!
Kumiko!
- Hello. - H-hello...
What's up?
I've been made Yagami-san's assistant.
Eh~ Really?
From now on, pass information to me.
Nice one!
Shima. How are you?
Chief, about the staff cuts...
If you quit,
we'll still need to cut staff here.
But the method is...
If results are poor, it's natural to cut staff.
It improves business performance.
Attacking the chief won't change anything.
I saw the dolphin show the other day.
Well, to be candid,
it was dull.
I dozed off several times.
They may not be flashy,
but the intention is for
visitors interested in dolphins to enjoy them.
"Intention" isn't enough in business.
It's essential to have a centrepiece for the summer vacation period.
A centrepiece, meaning?
I had an inspiration.
That jump that soaked us with water the other day.
That would appeal on hot summer days.
I think visitors would enjoy it.
"This feels good! Yay~!"
But that C1 jump was a chance success.
I don't think we could include it right now.
I'm asking you to.
It's not that easy.
It's a phantom jump, right?
Only C1 can do that jump.
That adds even more value.
I'm sorry, but I refuse.
Maybe this aquarium isn't up to it.
Even that dolphin isn't very intelligent.
- C1 is intelligent! - Stop it.
Then prove it by showing us that jump.
An intelligent dolphin can do it, right?
Fine!
I'll show you the C1 jump in a live show.
Idiot!
You did just what he wanted.
I had to after what he said about C1!
- You've forgotten the most important thing. - What's that?
Finally doing food control and feeding,
and being MC for shows is only half of it.
You've barely even started as a trainer.
Ah!
Eh? You only just realised?
The blood rushed to my head, and I forgot the position I'm in.
Kaji, what about Shima-san's diving qualification?
Diving qualification?
In order to dive here
you need national diving certification.
You can't work in the water here
unless you're qualified.
Do you all have it?
Anyone not qualified as a diver
can't be a dolphin trainer here.
Cleaning the water tanks
and quickly recovering things that fall in
are part of a trainer's job.
So I should, too?
Obviously.
Oh!
The next test is in two weeks.
If you can't pass first time,
even if you manage a C1 jump
you can't be in the summer holiday shows.
Pass first time?!
That's a high hurdle.
Still, Shima-san is powerful
so perhaps she'll do surprisingly well?
No no...
However hard she tries, it's absurd.
Evolution is a miracle
that occurs precisely because
creatures overreach their own limits.
It's fine to be absurd.
As a child, I wanted to grow taller
so I hung many times from the horizontal bars.
By the way, about the personnel reduction...
There are time
when we have to let something go
in order to evolve.
"A weight of mass 400 grams,
"attached to as spring balance as pictured,
"will show how many grams
"in 50 cubic centimetres of water?"
I dunno.
What's a spring balance?
No one said there'd be maths problems!
It's true I'm an idiot, as the shark man says.
I talk big when I don't know anything.
If you give food for that height,
C1 will think he'll be fed for low jumps.
Let him know that jump was no good.
- Refocus and try again. - Right.
Being goaded by Chief Morishita
and played for a fool by my ex-boyfriend
made me angry, but it's not just that.
For myself, too,
I want to see C1 do a C1 jump again.
It's not to win against someone,
I want to achieve a successful C1 jump for myself.
Alright, try a C1 jump.
Yes.
Try again.
Right.
Kaji, sorry.
May I borrow Shima-san for a moment?
Is something wrong?
The fish team have been changing shifts without permission again.
Two people haven't turned up today.
Go on.
Help Sh?ta until show time.
Right.
Sorry. Thanks.
Lichen?
Whatever we do, it gets on the fish tanks.
If we leave it they get covered
and it looks bad for visitors.
So we take it off with this brush.
I see. Is there a trick to it?
Like the "wan-tan-men".
In food prep and cleaning,
it's vital to have rhythm!
Yes, teacher!
1! 2! "When you say banana, slide!"
"When you say slide, ski!"
Keep an old-fashioned rhythm like that
while saying associated words and taking off lichen.
That way even monotonous work can be fun.
I don't get it, but okay.
"When you say ski, Kumiko!"
You like Kumiko, don't you?
What do you mean?
I thought so when she was here before.
Lucky guess!
No no, it's not that...
- "When you say ski, Kumiko!" - Stop it.
She reminds me of a clownfish...
It's not romantic feelings...
- Imada-san! - Yes?
You're late confirming the invoice!
Sorry, I'll do it now.
Try it, I'll be right back.
When you say banana...
When you say...
When you say banana, what?
Ah, a bucket.
Hey! What are you doing?!
I thought I'd wash off the lichen.
Chlorine contamination in the spare tank.
- Help us out. - Chlorine?
That bucket's used for chlorine-based detergent
so if it's used with fish they'll die.
I'm sorry!
- Let me help you. - Just move.
I'm sorry!
Ah, I used that bucket for the lichen.
Imada-san, if you must get help from the mammal team,
watch them properly.
Don't you care if fish die?!
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Complain later.
Hurry and move them out!
You really do cause trouble whatever you do!
I'm very sorry!
It was my fault.
I apologise.
The fish team
complained directly to the chief.
What about?
After what happened today,
their pent up resentment of Imada exploded
and they came to speak to me.
Imada, you never even participate in the underwater shows.
I messed up diving before
and it ruined a show.
Since then, I'm no good at dealing with the public...
Things like that happen.
It doesn't mean Sh?ta neglects his duties.
He has the full show procedure in his head,
and organises them...
You're making Kaji defend you for running away from people.
They say you're unreliable as chief.
Everyone's nervous about the staff cuts.
Let's just get through the summer holiday.
You two troublemakers.
What are you looking at?
Hey, don't ignore me!
Hey, C1.
If you don't think I can pass the diving exam,
jump once.
If you think I can, jump twice.
Guess you don't know.
You jumped twice!
You jumped twice, right?!
I'll do it!
I'm going to do it!
I knew it, she's an idiot.
C1, thank you!
Sh?ta, is everything okay?
Yuka-chan's late.
Think she's comfort eating 'cause she failed?
I'm back...
How'd it go?
Did you try self-grading?
It was...
No good.
Unless I entered things wrong, I passed!
Oh, congratulations!
Get over yourself.
You didn't fool me, idiot!
You're very cheerful. This is where the hard part starts.
You can't call yourself a diver
with just an exam pass alone.
Are you up to the practical part?
Don't worry.
Kaji is an excellent diving instructor,
so he'll teach you well.
She'll soon learn, right?
That's a massive nuisance for me.
Thank you in advance!
You're not a shop customer.
Well use the rapid sea monkey method,
and if you complain I'll make you swim with weights.
Brace yourself!
How long will you take getting ready?
Sorry.
- I'll teach you the jack knife today. - Right.
Dive head first.
Bring your legs straight up
- so your body's vertical. - Vertical, right.
Give it a try.
Here goes...
- Dive head first. - Okay.
Get your head down.
Idiot!
Yes! Eh?
- Idiot! - Am I?
How many times have I told you?
Dive with your feet straight upwards!
Yes...
- Try again! - Right.
It's no good.
My knees...are laughing.
Director.
Is it true Isogawa-sensei has resigned?
Yes, that's right.
Kaji, sorry for not consulting you.
This place can't function without you.
I can't believe you'd cut staff like this.
- That's disrespectful. - You're wrong, Kaji.
The director tried to protect us
by making me commissioned staff.
So you're wrong to blame him.
I wanted to consider the future
and put some distance between us.
What will happen from now on?
It's not Sensei who should quit.
It's me.
Wait... Imada-san!
Sh?ta, stop that.
Apart from me, the fish team are all excellent.
The work will go smoother without me around.
I don't believe that.
You should continue here.
Don't worry.
The director thinks I can get into the local animal hospital,
and he'll negotiate to get me back here part-time.
The director and Isogawa-sensei
are on their way to speak to the doctor there.
Kaji, you do the morning meeting.
Kaji!
I'll leave Shima-san's training to you.
I'll be here in a while.
- Imada-san. - Oh...
People scare me.
Eh?
I understand fish,
but I don't understand people's feelings at all.
So I get nervous and freeze in front of an audience.
I try to properly instruct the team,
but I rush and don't do it well.
I understand.
With the C1 jump and diving,
I can't get them right.
But lately,
I feel like C1 is testing me.
Testing my resolve.
I'll definitely succeed at the C1 jump.
So if only once,
please participate in an underwater show.
I can't...
You know more about fish than anyone, don't you?
I bet you'd give a wonderful show.
I want the fish team to know that.
I said I can't.
Okay, Kumiko! Kumiko!
If you take part in an underwater show,
I'll arrange you a group date with Kumiko.
No, I can't do it, I can't!
Are you happy to stay like this?
I can't do it!
Your cue timing's off, try again!
- Right. - Kaji, it's opening time.
Like this, the C1 jump is a dream within a dream.
In that case, why not give up?
I'll talk to Morishita.
It's fine.
C1 will jump.
There are other ways to attract visitors.
Come to think of it,
frantically relying on a mere dolphin is inefficient.
Don't call him a mere dolphin.
She doesn't have the guts.
It's best to give up without being obstinate.
Yagami-san, that's too much...
- Hey, ex-boyfriend. - Huh?
You think she'll always be your woman
and you can look down on her whenever you want.
But she may not be the woman you knew before.
I don't care if you're an HQ elite or what,
don't underestimate someone serious.
Eh?
- Mum! Why are you here? - Ah, Yuka, welcome back!
We came to get a custom kimono for your sister's wedding.
We couldn't go back without seeing you.
- Right, Papa? - Yeah.
I gave you a duplicate key for emergencies.
Don't use it when it's not an emergency!
- Hey, Yuka. - Yes?
Don't you wear a suit for work?
I helped with an event today.
Huh?
Yuka, what's that?
Dolphin show?
Ah~
That singer you always used to listen to.
I've got a senpai who likes her,
so I've been hearing about her shows.
Don't take her name in vain.
"Nagori Yuki" is a classic.
Do you still hate sea creatures?
Of course!
Just hearing the word sea makes my skin crawl.
- Yuka. - Yes?
Where's the tea?
I haven't drunk it lately, so I haven't bought it.
No rice or miso, either.
How do you live?
I'd rather not cook if I can sleep even a minute longer.
If you're living this parched a life in T?ky?,
come back home, marry and give us grandchildren.
That's a woman's happiness.
Dad, that's sexual harassment all over the world.
Not eating, and accusing your parent of harassment!
Papa, you know,
there's a 24-hour supermarket by the station.
Go and buy food.
Tea, rice, miso,
I'll text you the rest when you get there. Let's go!
Why do I have to go?
Helping out his wife is a man's happiness.
That feels good.
Do you have a proper bath every day?
The water must be freezing at the aquarium.
That's right.
Huh?!
- Bingo. - No fair, asking leading questions!
How did you know?
The announcement earlier.
I heard the word aquarium.
I checked with your company.
They told me you'd been seconded.
- Does Dad know? - No way.
If he knew he'd drag you away.
That's true.
Why does he hate the sea so much?
Who knows?
How about leaving and coming home?
But somehow it's really fun.
Although it's so hard I could die.
But compared with aimless office work at HQ,
it feels more meaningful.
Do you have an aim now?
I'm aiming to become a fully-fledged dolphin trainer.
I'm nowhere near it yet.
Someday.
I never thought I'd hear you say you had a goal.
There's a long way to go, but I'm trying.
Hey! This is heavy!
Come and get it!
Okay! Thank you!
Well, just do what you can.
- I won't tell Papa. - Thank you.
Coming!
I'll be over there today.
Maimi and Arisa are coming too.
They say they want to see Kaji-san.
Well, maybe he's not bad-looking...
Yoshizaki-san, what's wrong?
- Your stomach hurts? - It hurts...
Yoshizaki-san! Someone help!
It's Yoshizaki-san! Your stomach?
Yes?
Diarrhea?
Yes. The cake we got was bad.
The feed prep staff are okay,
but about half have already eaten it.
But calling an ambulance would worry visitors,
so the director's taking people in his car.
I've got a meeting now so I can't go straight back.
- Are there enough staff for the show. - Ah, ours is fine.
But apart from Imada-san the fish team was wiped out.
Cancel the next underwater show.
I'll be back for the evening one.
- Tell Sh?ta. - Okay, got it.
Ah, Imada-san, I called Kaji-san...
Shima-san, you've had a diving crash course, right?
- You're licensed? - Yes.
Can you be assistant for the underwater show?
I can't, I've never done it.
We need an assistant to support the diver.
Kaji-san just said to cancel the next show.
I invited Mrs Seimiya to the next show.
Call the person in charge!
Eh?!
She finally accepted tickets as an apology.
She's coming with her son.
Her son loves fish.
He's looking forward to the show.
Chief Kurano!
The people with mild symptoms are rehydrating
and resting in the nap room.
What will you do?
Imada-san, please be in the show.
No, I...
You have the procedure in your head, right?
But I can't participate.
If you keep hiding like a leaf fish in the shadows,
nothing will ever change.
However hard I try, it's no good.
It can't be helped.
Shall I apologise to Mrs Seimiya again?
Wait!
C1.
If I successfully get C1 to jump,
you'll be in the show. How about it?
C1, give Imada-san courage.
C1, please! Jump!
Imada-san, if you would.
If you want to hide that much, you'll be hiding forever!
The fish you love so much
fight desperately to survive
in seas and rivers full of enemies.
You haven't learned anything from them.
The fish would be disgusted!
They can't rely on a coward for anything.
I'll be the assistant for the show.
- What? - I'll do it.
I'm crying in the centre,
and you come with that bamboo grass
to swim around in front of me.
- Understand? - Got it.
Thank you all very much for coming today.
The underwater show will begin shortly.
Today's show is a special performance with the romantic theme of
"Orihime Hikoboshi Tanabata Fantasy".
Please come to the lagoon water tank.
It's time for the underwater show.
Once again, hello, everyone.
Hello~!
Uh-oh.
I'm suddenly nervous.
What shall I do?
Kaji-san! Why?!
The meeting was cut short.
So I'm intruding.
I bet you're chickening out now.
- I am not! - Liar!
I'm not lying. I'm going.
Idiot, I'll go.
- I'm going! - I said I'll go!
I'll be fine! Give it back!
I'm going.
- Sh?ta! - Imada-san!
Who's doing the sound?
Yoshizaki-san!
Are you alright?
I'm very resilient.
Then you could've done the show with no trouble!
Did you deliberately fake a stomachache?
That's our chief, you're sharp!
I'm not that bad natured though.
Ah!
Ueki-kun, I'll do the show in your place.
You may have guessed, the mastermind was...
- Yoshizaki-san. - Yes!
Sometimes it takes a push
for someone to move forward.
Just now Sh?ta finally said he wanted to do the show,
so I did the audio.
That was a risky plan.
Using the trouble to spur Sh?ta on.
I can't understand the director.
Looks like there was some confusion today.
Well, a lot happened.
When it's needed,
both humans and fish survive by instinct.
Yes.
But we don't need the visitors to know what goes on behind the scenes.
The show must go on.
When the aquarium doors open,
it's no longer the everyday world.
We have to do our utmost
to give visitors a good time.
Thanks to all of you they've met safely this year,
so even if it rains next year
let's use the spell to let them meet again.
When Orihime-sama shakes the bamboo,
the takasago fish gather around.
Takasago, build a bridge across the Milky Way.
Now the two will be able to meet again next year.
Wasn't that great?
Although I didn't expect it.
Right?
Amazing.
That boy's quite interesting, isn't he?
Looks like he's taken a step forward.
Kaji-san, are you crying?
I know it was moving, but enough to cry?
- Shut up, I'm not crying. - You are.
If you laugh, I'll clobber you.
Sorry...
Seimiya-san.
Um...
About before...
As I thought, Hamakaze Aquarium...
...is fun.
Please visit us again!
Everyone...
I'm immature as a chief.
A chief who can't move for himself
won't move others...
From now on, I'll participate in shows.
In order to become a worthy chief,
I want everyone to tell me what I need to fix.
I won't run away or hide anymore.
I may not be able to give orders,
but I'll do my best so please support me!
Please support us.
- Hey... - Ah, good work.
Kumiko said your show was really fun.
About the promise you made before...
Any time will be fine.
What promise was that?
1! 2! "When you say shrine, it's matchmaking!"
"When you say matchmaking, it's a meeting".
"When you say a meeting, it's..."
A group date?
Is that why you did the show?
Not just that, but that was...
Leave it to me!
You have my total support!
I can rely on you.
I've never seen it swim.
Incredible!
The success rate for C1 jumps is now 70%.
We'll adjust the summer shows
to incorporate the C1 jump
and let Shima make her trainer debut.
The C1 jump will be the centrepiece of the summer shows.
Well, that should be alright.
Chief, shall we call the media
to attract more customers?
Media?
Do we have to go that far?
We can publicise it as a summer date spot.
A date here would be lovely, Chief Morishita.
It would.
Chief Morishita, we look forward to your help.
Sorry, when you're working.
What did you want to say?
Yuka...
What do you think of that Kaji guy?
Huh?
He's strict and bad-mouthed,
but I really respect him as a trainer.
Could you make some time for me?
- We're already... - I won't make you get more data.
I just want to talk to you.
Think about it.
Ah, good work.
Sensei, call me when you know.
Sensei, is something wrong?
The health check results this time...
C1 has abnormal white blood cells
and his ALP level has dropped.
What does that mean?
You can cure him, right?
In the worst case...
The worst case?