Navigation 01: The Water Planet p5 Announcement: We truly thank you for being aboard today's Sun Line Space Cruise Company's flight from Tokyo to Neo-Venezia. The plane will shortly be entering the atmosphere of Water Planet Aqua. p6 (typing) Salutations - Right now, I am writing this mail from inside the plane. I was excited the whole night long on the plane and did not get any sleep. I will arrive in a new world very soon. p7 Announcement: This water planet, once called Mars, was terraformed over 150 years ago - Announcement: By the polar ice caps melting more than predicted, over 90 percent of the land was covered by ocean. Today we are familar with this planet as the Planet of Water. Announcement: The plane will shortly be arriving Announcement: at the sky above our destination, Neo-Venezia. Announcement: Until the first half of the 21st century, there were water canals present in Italy on Manhome... Announcement: Venezia was built upon a base, a port town that lived in harmony with water. E-mail: When I settle down, I will write you an another email. p8 Email: PS - Please don't worry. Email: I'm feeling wonderful. Email: I've longed for this forever and ever. Email: On this date in history, April 3, 2301, Mizunashi Akari Email: I'll show them and become an Undine*! Announcement: Attention passengers: the plane has just passed the ionosphere. p9 Announcement: We will be arriving in a short while. Please enjoy the scenery below you. p10 Announcement: Welcome to the Water Planet Aqua! p11 Announcement: Welcome to the Marco Polo Space Harbor. Announcement: Customers sightseeing in Neo-Venezia, proceed to Gate 3 and... p12 Akari: Wow! Akari(thought): Just what I expected from the city of water I had so longed for... Akari: This feels so nice! p13 Akari: Enough already... p14 Akari: A Martian Cat...this is the first time I've seen one in person! (Sure is big...) (stare--) Akari: Does Nyanko-san have an appointment with someone, too? (stomach growling) (I've got time before my meeting) Akari: Would you like to eat my lunch with me? Cat: Mew! p15 Akari: I'm Akari Mizunashi. I'm from Manhome. Nice to meet you. Akari: Pretty soon the person I'm moving in with will be coming to pick me up. (i wonder what they're like?) Akari: After today, I'm going to be living in Aqua, too. Akari: Does Nyanko-san have an appointment with someone, too? Cat: Mrew! Akari: Huh? p16 Akari: Nyanko-san? Akari: Nya-Nyanko-saaan! p17 Akari: What the heck... (my bag!!) Akari: Mister! Hey mister!! Akari: Mister, wait up! p18 Akari: Sorry for barging in! Old guy: Hey - it's dangerous to stand up! p19 Akari: Um...excuse me, but could you please... Akari(thought): stop at the place I was waiting... Akari: A letter...he's a mailman. p20 Akari: Everyone really does all their business in boats! Postman: Isn't it funny? Postman: In an age where we can travel into space, this town couldn't get by without boats. Postman: It's so inconvenient. p21 Postman: However, it's strangely relaxing. Akari: I understand. Postman: Oh! You understand too? Akari: Somehow... p22 Akari: I'm from Earth. Akari: And cities everywhere are continuing to beautify and organize themselves, and just make everything orderly. Akari: People, unlike here, can shop, work, and do everything from home. Akari: It's very convenient. Akari: But... Akari: The way that an orderly and convenient city looks gives you an unsatisfied feeling, doesn't it? Akari: That was unfair, wasn't it? (i never really left the city, so what am i saying?) p23 (Laughter) Postman: You say such interesting things for a young person. Postman: What did you come to Neo-Venezia to do? (on a trip?) Akari: I want to become an Undine. Postman: An Undine...aren't they this town's traditional sightseeing specialists who row the gondolas for tourists? Akari: Yes...starting today I will be rooming with the "Aria Company" and doing apprentice training. p24 Postman: However, don't you often hear about how hard the test is? Postman: Akari: But...I want to row gondolas! Akari: Well, can't women only become Undines? Postman: Well, that's because all the other jobs rowing gondolas are men's. Postman: Miss, would you like to try and row a little? Akari: Is it okay? Postman: Eh? I don't mind... p25 Akari: We're off! Postman: Good! Good! Postman: Good! Goo- Postman: Miss...lower your speed some more! p26 Akari: Sorry...I get tense and it seems like I forget myself... Postman: I see, I see. Postman: Ah! Behind you! Postman: We-we're gonna crash! p27 Akari: Ah... p28/29 Akari: An Undine! Postman: Yup...You'll be able become a great Undine. p30 Akari: Wha? Postman: Oh, no, I mean... Postman: To be able to row like that, there's no mistake. Akari: Even though it looked like we would crash? Postman: No, really, really! Postman: Uh-huh. p31 Postman: Well, keep on working at it! Akari: Thank you! Postman: Oh, we're coming out on the main street! p34 Akari: ah? Akari: Ahhhh... p35 Akari: I fell asleep. Postman: Oh? What happened, Miss? Akari: What do I do? Akari: I've been neglecting my meeting with my new roommate this whole time!! Akari: This is no good at all! Postman: Calm down, miss. Shadowy Figure: It looks like you're up, Ms. Akari Mizunashi. p36 Lady: Welcome to Aria Company. p37 Lady: The mailman here waited until you woke up because you seemed to be sleeping so nicely. Akari: Why here? Postman: You said you were staying with the Aria Company. (postman:what, what?) (akari:thank you mister!!) p38 Akari: I'm sorry about today. Lady: Huh? Akari: I ended up not getting to meet the person I had an appointment with. Lady: Ohhh, I see. Lady: The president personally went to meet you, but that is a shame, though. Lady: Isn't that right, Mr. President? p39 Akari: Um...the president? Akari: Whaaaat?! Lady: I guess you weren't told that President Aria always goes to meet new recruits... (yup it seems like there was some confusion) (sorry bout that) Akari: President?...Nyanko-san is the president? p40 Lady: Martian cats can't talk, but their intelligence lines up with that of humans. Nyanko: Mew! :) Lady: The president says hello. Akari: O-okay! Nice to meet you! p41 Letter: Salutations, Letter: This is my first morning being here in Aqua. Letter: The curtain is beginning to open on my new life. TL Notes: - Akari's last name, Mizunashi, literally means "no water." hilarious - I have decided to use "Manhome" for "Earth" because that is what's written in furigana next to "Earth"...it keeps the futuristic feel. - *Undine: In Teutonic folklore, undines are female water-spirits who like to associate with humans. They often join villagers in their dances and merry-making. An undine was created without a soul, but by marrying a mortal and bearing him a child she obtained a soul and with it all the pains and penalties of the human race. (from - http://home.swipnet.se/~w-48250/mythology/u/undine.html)