"This program is brought to you by EMI Music Japan." "Why can't I stay here?" "Don't you have to go to school?" "What's wrong with working after school and on holidays?" "my teachers tell me to get some experience in the real world." "That might be true." "But are you really OK having a student working part-time here?" "Master has designated her as his Metal-diving buddy." "So Minamo is registered as this office's secondary employee." "Her?" "Are you serious?" "Yeah." "Isn't buddy like partner?" "I'll have to do my best." "Coming!" "Atoll of Desire - inside" "the Meta-Real was developed over 50 years ago the executive director of the Electronics Industry Physical and Chemical Research Institute." "It is the highest level of scientific achievement where human memories and consciousness are digitalized into a cyberbrain monitoring system." "we have deviated from its ideals and let our debased desires to run rampant." "known by the masses as the "Metal" for short. has become the driving force for technology advances." "it is no exaggeration to say that this Metal culture has already its roots." "What the ordinary citizens seek from the Metal is the eternal pleasure liberated from the suppression in real life." "In other words..." "Orgasm." "That's right." "Many people enter the Metal to secretly search for every kinds of orgasmic experience..." "What's an orgasm?" "or living beings." "I see." "He is one of those people." "Bob Zhouen? Are you from the Advisory Committee?" "I am nothing more than a spokesperson for the investors." "not your hands." "That's what makes you troublesome." "What kind of person is he? as well as a good friend of mine." "He has a private cyberdiving bed inside his condominium on this island" "Cyberdiving Bed = Bed like device to ensure the safety of Metal network users and to augment sensory feedback precision during cyberdiving." "so that he can enter the Metal to refresh his brain." "he went brain-down." "Brain-down?" "leading to coma." "which remains still a mystery." "There are no other treatments apart from salvaging the consciousness from the Metal." "I made a request to Denriken through the Advisory Committee for a skilled diver." "that diver also went brain-down." "Mr. Masamichi Haru." "Kushima?" "Yes. and acted as one of the financial backers of the Denriken. speaking as his personal friend." "Why did you take up the case?" "I can't refuse Kushima's request." "But the diver who got in trouble was the one you saved?" "This is going to be risky." "This isn't good." "It'll be fine." "nothing can go wrong." "What's wrong?" "There aren't any green peppers." "Hey..." "Is a diver's buddy there just to watch? it is expected that they both help each other to ensure that the diving is carried out safely." "and gathering information beforehand." "Will I be able to do all that?" "Hey." "Don't get involved in this investigation." "Why?" "It's not a job for amateurs." "I'm not even sure why Sensei would authorize Mr. Haru to do this dive." "But Mr. Haru decided to do it." "as his buddy." "How much do you know about Metal-diving?" "You dive into the cyberbrain sea." "You don't even have a cyberbrain." "How are you going to watch his back?" "It worked well last time." "he had the support of the entire Denriken as his "buddy." "Can you replace that?" "Mr. Haru said that I am his buddy!" "we're not done talking." "I'm finished!" "What's with him?" "I can do the preliminary investigation myself." "the diver that Mr. Haru rescued went brain-down." "Here he is." "right above Mr. Haru's office." "There was a vortex." "Vortex?" "The Metal has vortices?" "I saw one this huge." "you are too lustful." "That's why you got sucked in." "What's that supposed to mean?" "that's for sure." "Here you go." "Aren't you a tenant from below?" "I hope you'll stop by at Dream Brothers again." "thank you." "Hey!" "What?" "Don't butt in on my conversation with her." "Go tidy up those tanks." "right. after I was swept into the vortex." "I blacked out." "I didn't wake up until after I was rescued." "You blacked out?" "Yeah." "I wonder what that was." "That?" "I saw something when I touched Zhouen's consciousness." "What was it?" "A sexy babe!" "It looked like a Metal Avatar they sell around Hanamachi." "Her assets were like this." "How can you talk to a girl like that?" "we have a visitor from the Denriken." "Souta?" "Why are you following me?" "We're just heading the same way." "What about you?" "Should you be here?" "Don't leave me behind." "Don't go any further." "You're going home." "Why?" "I want to help Mr. Haru." "I want to find the avatar program that diver was talking about." "And what will you do when you find it?" "Can you analyze it?" "I'll figure it out somehow." "There are police here too." "You can't rely on the police around these parts." "are autonomous androids installed all over the Island for the purpose of maintaining public order." "This island is supposed to be completely perfectly managed." "places like this beyond control crop up." "Denriken hires people like me to investigate these corners when digital data alone just won't do." "Souta." "It is the buddy's job to ensure the diver is in a calm mental state." "What do you think will happen if you go there and get into trouble?" "What will happen to Mr. Haru?" "He'll worry about me." "Why did Mr. Haru make you his buddy? nothing can go wrong." "I don't want to just watch." "you are there to show him the way home." "Isn't that important?" "Go back." "You're his buddy." "But..." "This is my job from here." "I'll send the data to your terminal." "It's like time has stopped." "It's like his consciousness was frozen by the Island power outage." "How is the situation inside the Metal?" "It's strange." "The ground is solid." "But I can't touch the objects I see." "It must be a mask." "Is that it?" "I found Bob Zhouen's avatar." "but it appears in female form." "Can you see it?" "What is going on?" "I guess he has a taste for that sort of thing." "I heard once that female pleasure is more sustainable." "Mr. Zhouen's female avatar is set to relay female sensory feedback directly to his male consciousness." "This enables him to experience an orgasm three times as pleasurable as the norm." "Is he seeking for stronger stimulation?" "dive in." "Roger." "It's a vortex?" "Vortex?" "Why do I feel the urge to jump into the vortex?" "that vortex is made up of Mr. Zhouen's thoughts." "Don't get sucked in." "Right." "Are you the one who sold Bob Zhouen the avatar?" "I'm from the Denriken." "I'm taking you into custody." "Where's Mr. Haru?" "The situation's not good." "can you hear me?" "Minamo?" "Mr. Zhouen's consciousness is inside that vortex." "Inside that vortex?" "Souta is still investigating the cause of brain-down in Hanamachi." "He said he'll send the data as soon as he's completed the analysis." "Hanamachi?" "He went there alone?" "Yes." "Request the police to send him backup." "The public security system at the red-light district is off-line." "It will take one hour to restore." "I have released your functionality restriction." "Head to the scene right away." "Roger." "Holon's going there?" "Don't worry about her." "Haru takes priority." "don't rush in before we know where that vortex is heading." "Right." "though." "Haru!" "Diver signal lost." "Mr. Haru?" "Mr. Haru!" "Mr. Haru!" "Mr. Haru!" "Mr. Haru!" "Where am I?" "His thoughts are flowing into my consciousness." "Souta?" "Minamo?" "I have the source code for the avatar program." "Give it to Sensei." "Souta?" "Are you OK?" "it's up to you now!" "Souta?" "Souta?" "That's Aoi?" "Yes." "This is the programmer Mr. Zhouen relies on regularly." "He testified that Mr. Zhouen asked him to recode an existing avatar to augment its stimulation." "Are these the genes of the near-death experience program that was in vogue 8 years ago?" "That program uses theta waves from the brain as trigger to induce artificial death experience." "Man's greedy instinct has even turned death into entertainment." "That is why it was banned." "That's it!" "I bet that program is why Mr. Zhouen's consciousness got swept away." "The person who dived before Mr. Haru said that he saw an erotic avatar inside the vortex." "Is that it?" "where human thought is most deeply rooted." "It's like the place where desire stagnates." "Haru's own consciousness will be overwritten by it." "He is a man after all." "Oh no!" "What should we do?" "We have to trust him." "Mr. Haru?" "Mr. Haru!" "Optimize the signal of her voice and feed it back." "Don't miss his signal." "Understood." "Holon?" "I am sorry that I am late." "Dr. Kushima is waiting for you." "Will I meet my end here?" "Minamo is going to tell me off." "Mr. Haru." "Mr. Haru!" "Mr. Haru!" "Minamo?" "Mr. Haru?" "Diver's cognitive signal detected." "It's weak." "Keep tracking it." "Mr. Haru." "Mr. Haru." "Mr. Haru!" "Minamo is calling me." "That's right." "I've found it at last." "My very own sea." "Mr. Haru?" "Mr. Haru!" "come back." "Mr. Haru!" "Minamo." "Mr. Haru?" "Minamo!" "Diver located." "He is heading to the surface of the Metal." "He heard your voice." "Yes." "You really did a splendid job." "Mr. Zhouen's family must be quite impressed with the Denriken. might be the reason for this." "But I cannot mention this in front of his family." "including that diver Haru." "He was able to overcome Mr. Zhouen's thought." "Brain-down." "it appears that there has been more incidents since the power outage." "Do you know the cause?" "I think it lies in the very concept of the Metal itself." "I suspect this phenomenon is going to appear more often." "More often?" "That's a rather pessimistic answer." "The Metal is the product of our dreams." "depends on it. everyone." "playing the role of Minamo Aoi. we have uploaded this glossary on the show mobile site." "Metal Avatar!" "This means one's own self within the cyberbrain world." "We shall update this glossary as new words get featured in each episode." "Everyone please check out the mobile site after watching the show." "see you next week." "Real Drive!" "This program was sponsored by EMI Music Japan." "Real Drive" " The Office of Cyberdiving Investigation" "Cut across by invisible lines" "The world map has become a patchwork of colors" "As the nation borders are scarred by wounds of history" "I search for the medicine to cure the world" "A voice from the distance past" "Has delivered us the silent message" "Ah I shall continue to walk this planet" "Till I leave behind no footsteps" "In becoming the wind" "Till I leave behind no footsteps" "In becoming the wind" "In becoming the wind Shining upon the impregnable fortress" "Is the seductive light that stops my track" "My initial speed is dragged down by compromises" "And things are not progressing as planned" "That damned head wind" "Is blowing cowardice into my head" "The one who can truly cut through this without faltering" "Is the streamline warrior" "He gets up and takes the world" "He grinds his teeth and searches for the future" "He paints our times in blossoming colors" "He banishes slobber into darkness" "Sunrise shall carry away our bitterness" "I want to see it with you on the neverland hill" "Lets chase after tomorrow facing ahead"