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You still didn't eat?

I know you've been through a lot.

You're trapped in here.

You think you'd be better off dead.

But at least, eat.

It's my job to make sure you do.

I'll bring something else later.

What now?

I hear you worked

in an ice-cream parlor.

What's the matter?

Are you okay?

You've got a human side after all.

Captain...

Tasty.

Thank you, sir.

Chief made it. It's "ice cream"...

You've got to eat to get well.

I'll leave it here.

Your family?

You speak Japanese?

They're dead?

Yeah, it's just me, now.

You think of them?

I'll never forget.

Captain.

Last night, a guard thought

he heard Morse code.

Morse code?

A misfit crew, a strange, new weapon...

Even as a last resort, this mission

doesn't feel right.

Lt. Commander Masami.

You've read Dostoevsky's

"Crime and Punishment"?

The story of Raskolnikov,

the young man who kills a loan shark.

Remember who it was

he really wanted to kill?

Unusual for you to be here.

How is she?

If only she'd eat something.

Ever read this?

Yes, back when I was a student.

Raskolnikov, the hero,

claims he didn't kill the old woman

but killed himself.

Why did he say that?

"Deicide"...killing God?

Deicide?

He broke the Sixth Commandment

and thus killed God within himself.

God in himself...

Killing himself at the same time.

Suicide, huh?

Killing God and himself...

August 9th, 02:
48 - Tinian Base

USAF B-29 Superfortress "Boxcar"

Kazan Archipelago

What are you doing?

You had me scared.

No wonder, being trapped in here.

Give me a second...

This is your Captain.

In two days we reach our objective.

First we surface to overhaul the guns.

Those with spare time,

steel yourselves for our final battle.

May I...

ask your name?

Paula.

Paula...

Atsuko Ebner.

Atsuko?

Grandma was Japanese.

Is that right?

I'm Yukito Origasa.

Yukito...

If we make it back to Japan,

come see my hometown.

It's a port town with huge shipyards.

Western buildings, churches...

There's a streetcar.

Long stone stairways...

lead to my secret spot.

The crew have settled in.

Damn Origasa...

Amid a world made mad by war

her gentle voice, so pure and serene

like a shaft of sunlight

in the dark water

brought them a moment of solace.

You want a drink, too?

How the hell can it drink?

It's a Leica.

You like photography?

Yes.

I wanted to be a photographer.

Really?

Pick it up if you like.

Lieutenant...

You have a daughter, right?

Unlike me, she's a beauty.

This is her cat's cradle.

She begged me to take it.

I just saw a jumble of string.

But she taught me...

to make a bridge.

I hope we can leave them a better world.

I forgot... emotional talk is taboo.

I'll make Origasa scrub toilets

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