{
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "001",
      "title_en": "Seaside Conveyor Belt",
      "title_ja": "海辺のベルトコンベア",
      "file": "images/001.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/001.webp",
      "date": "26.02.16",
      "desc": "潮の匂いが風に混じるこの町には\n古いベルトコンベアがある\n\n錆びた鉄がギィギィ\n\nウォンウォンと荷物を運ぶ\n\nその音さえ住人たちには\n波と同じだった\n\n子どもは影で遊び\n大人は見上げないし誰も気にしない\n\nだが外から来た者は\n何を運ぶのかと不思議そうに聞く\n\nそれでも町の者は曖昧に笑うだけ\n答えは語られない\n\nいつから動くのか\n誰も知らないまま昔からそこにある",
      "desc_en": "In this town\nwhere sea scent drifts\nthere stands an old belt\n\nRusted iron creaks\nsqueak squeak\nlow hum hum\n\nIt carries its load\nyet no one wonders\nwhy it moves\n\nEven that sound\nto the people here\nis just like waves\n\nChildren play beneath\nadults never look up\nno one minds it\n\nBut outsiders come\nand ask what it carries\nwith puzzled eyes\n\nThe townspeople\nonly smile vaguely\nnever giving answers\n\nSince when it moves\nno one truly knows\nit has always been there"
    },
    {
      "id": "002",
      "title_en": "Submerged Coffee Stand",
      "title_ja": "水没区画のコーヒースタンド",
      "file": "images/002.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/002.webp",
      "date": "26.02.16",
      "desc": "海の上に浮かぶように建つ\nこの古いコーヒーショップは\nかつて街の一部だった\n\nだがある年の洪水で\n海が侵食し\n店のすぐ傍まで迫った\n\n今では水面が広がり\n魚たちが静かに集まり\nこちらを見上げている\n\nたまに電気が乱れ\n今日も工事トレーラーが来ている\n\nあの鮫のような魚は何なのか\n店を囲むように\nずっと客を見ている\n\nまるで何かを\n待っているかのように\n\nカウンターで男が言う\n「マスター いつものコーヒー」\n\nマスターは静かに答える\n「ああ 濃いめだ」\n\nもう一人の男が笑う\n「お前さん また来たのかい」\n\nそして低くつぶやく\n「長く生きればいいってもんじゃない」\n\n視線は水面へ向けられる\n「あいつらを見ろよ」\n\n「そう 待ってるぜ」",
      "desc_en": "This coffee shop stands\nas if floating on the sea\nonce part of a living town\n\nBut one year a great flood came\nthe sea crept inward\nreaching just beside the shop\n\nNow water spreads everywhere\nfish gather in silence\nstaring up at the people\n\nSometimes the power flickers\nand today again\na repair trailer has arrived\n\nWhat are those shark like fish\nthey surround the shop\nwatching every customer\n\nAs if they are waiting\nfor something to happen\n\nAt the counter a man says\nMaster the usual coffee\n\nThe master replies quietly\nStrong as always\n\nAnother man lets out a laugh\nYou came again huh\n\nThen he murmurs low\nLiving long is not everything\n\nHis eyes drift to the water\nLook at them down there\n\nYeah\nThey are waiting"
    },
    {
      "id": "003",
      "title_en": "Old Rail Tunnel",
      "title_ja": "旧地下幹線トンネル",
      "file": "images/003.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/003.webp",
      "date": "26.02.16",
      "desc": "この地下鉄は\n走っていない\nただ続いている\n\nゴウンと響く音が\n時間の継ぎ目を\n縫い合わせている\n\n車内が狭いのは\n人のせいではない\n時代が重なりすぎた\n\n空気がミシリと軋み\n何度目の移動か\n誰も覚えていない\n\nカランと響く音だけが\n回数の代わりになる\n酒を飲むしかない\n\nここでは仕事も\n使命も剥がれ落ち\nただ残るだけ\n\n侍も宇宙飛行士も\n同じ色を揺らし\n黙って喉を鳴らす\n\nごくり\n\n死神だけは\n酔わない\nそれとも忘れたいのか\n\nミイラはいつも\n同じ席に座る\n理由は誰も知らない\n\n世界が違っても\n乾杯の瞬間だけ\n必ず揃う\n\nチンと鳴る音で\n時間は一瞬\n止まる\n\n終点はないが\n夜だけは来る\n必ず訪れる\n\n今日もどこかの世界が\n終わりを迎え\n誰かが流れ着く\n\nドアは開かない\nそれでも確かに\n増えていく",
      "desc_en": "This subway\ndoes not run\nit only continues\n\nA low rumble\nstitches together\nthe seams of time\n\nThe space feels tight\nnot from people\nbut layered eras\n\nThe air creaks\nunder the weight of time\nno one counts anymore\n\nThe sound of a glass\nmarks the passage\nnothing else to do\n\nHere work fades\nmissions fall away\nonly presence remains\n\nA samurai\nan astronaut\nboth drink in silence\n\ngulp\n\nOnly the reaper\ndoes not drink\nor cannot forget\n\nThe mummy returns\nto the same seat\nno one knows why\n\nDifferent worlds\nyet every toast\naligns perfectly\n\nA single chime\nand time itself\ncomes to a halt\n\nNo final stop\nyet night arrives\nwithout fail\n\nAnother world ends\nand someone new\ndrifts into this car\n\nThe doors never open\nyet somehow\nthey keep increasing"
    },
    {
      "id": "004",
      "title_en": "Crustacean Housing Sector",
      "title_ja": "甲殻住宅セクター",
      "file": "images/004.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/004.webp",
      "date": "26.02.28",
      "desc": "引っ越してもう二年\n時間が経ったもんだ\n\n最初は少し違和感もあったが\n今では意外と快適だ\n\n今の時代どこにいても\n仕事はできる\n\n距離なんてほとんど\n関係ない\n\nこの住宅は時々\n奥の方から\n\nググーググーと\n低い音がする\n\n気になって上司に電話したら\n気にするなと言われた\n\nまあ確かに\n生活に支障はない\n\nただもう一つだけ\n気になることがある\n\nムチュムチュ\n\n朝何かを咀嚼するような\n音がする\n\nあれは一体\nなんなんだろう\n\n食事はこの森の木の実と\n昆虫のサラダ\n\n栄養もあって\n悪くない\n\nさあいつも通り\n上司へメールだ\n\n今日も世界が\n平和でありますように",
      "desc_en": "It has been two years\nsince I moved here\n\nAt first it felt strange\nbut now it is quite comfortable\n\nThese days you can work\nfrom anywhere\n\nDistance hardly\nmatters anymore\n\nThis place sometimes\nfrom deep inside\n\nmakes a low sound\ngruu gruu\n\nI called my boss about it\nhe said do not worry\n\nAnd honestly\nit causes no trouble\n\nBut there is still\none thing that bothers me\n\nMuchu muchu\n\nIn the morning\nI hear chewing\n\nWhat could that\npossibly be\n\nMy meals are always\nnuts from the forest\n\nand an insect\nmixed salad\n\nIt is nutritious\nnot bad at all\n\nNow as always\nI send a mail\n\nHoping the world\nstays peaceful today"
    },
    {
      "id": "005",
      "title_en": "Routine Inside the Shell",
      "title_ja": "殻の中の定時業務",
      "file": "images/005.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/005.webp",
      "date": "26.03.01",
      "desc": "ここは砂漠エリア\n二週間の滞在だ\n\n最初は乾いた風に\n戸惑うがそのうち慣れる\n\nぼちぼちやればいい\n焦ることはない\n\n食料は一階の池\nあの水槽の魚だ\n\n天日干しにするか\n新鮮なら刺身だ\n\n夕日を眺めながら\nビールでもやろう\n\n巨大な殻の内側で\n今日も部署が動く\n\nカタカタと響く\n低い送風音\n\nおや\n\nドクン ドクンと\n床の奥から音\n\nああ彼が目覚める\nこれは機械ではない\n\n生き物だ\n\nうん\n今日も正常に異常",
      "desc_en": "This is the desert zone\nA stay of two weeks\n\nAt first the dry wind\nfeels unfamiliar\nbut you get used to it\n\nTake it easy\nno need to rush\n\nFood is in the pool\non the first floor\nfish in the tank\n\nSun dry them\nor if fresh\neat them raw\n\nWatch the sunset\nhave a beer\nand let time pass\n\nInside a giant shell\neach department\nbegins to move\n\nA low rattling\nfan noise echoes\n\nOh\n\nThump thump\nfrom deep below\n\nAh he is awake\nthis is not a machine\n\nIt is alive\n\nYeah today as well\nnormally abnormal"
    },
    {
      "id": "006",
      "title_en": "Captain’s Decision",
      "title_ja": "キャプテンの判断",
      "file": "images/006.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/006.webp",
      "date": "26.03.01",
      "desc": "ニンニン\nみんな揃ったな\n\n今晩の任務は\n把握しているな\n\n少し危険になる\nかもしれないが\n頼んだぞ\n\nはい\n任務はすべて\n頭に入っています\n\nよし\nなら飯を食い\n少し休め\n\nところで一つ\n質問いいですか\n\nなんだ新人\n\n今日のクラゲ\n少し大きく\nないですか\n\nドキン\n\n気づいたか\nあれは気にするな\n任務と無関係だ\n\nでもあんなに\n光っていて\n\n忍は見たものに\nすべて反応しない\nそれが生きる術だ\n\nはい\n\nよし\n作戦開始まで\n静かに食え",
      "desc_en": "Nin nin\nEveryone is here\n\nYou all understand\ntonight’s mission\n\nIt may be\na bit dangerous\nbut I’m counting on you\n\nYes\nThe mission details\nare memorized\n\nGood\nThen eat\nand get some rest\n\nBy the way\nmay I ask\none question\n\nWhat is it\nrookie\n\nThe jellyfish today\nseems a bit larger\nthan usual\n\nThump\n\nYou noticed\nIgnore it\nnot part of the mission\n\nBut it’s glowing\nso brightly\n\nA ninja does not react\nto everything seen\nthat is how we survive\n\nYes\n\nGood\nUntil the mission starts\neat quietly"
    },
    {
      "id": "007",
      "title_en": "The flavor is Mighties",
      "title_ja": "味付けはマイティーズ",
      "file": "images/007.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/007.webp",
      "date": "26.03.02",
      "desc": "地下施設の食堂は\nブウンと低く唸る\n\n焼いた魚や缶詰\n厚いトーストが並ぶ\n\n無機質なトレイに\n整然と置かれている\n\n配管の奥では\n空気が巡る音だけ響く\n\n宇宙服の男が立つ\nカウンターの前に\n\nああ今日も疲れた\nいつもの魚とワインミッシュ\n\nコンビーフを一つ\nトーストも一枚頼む\n\n着物姿の店員は\n静かにうなずく\n\n帯の星座が\n淡く瞬いている\n\nはいよお疲れ様\n今日の味付けはマイティーズ\n\nマイティーズか\n小さく息をつく\n\nありがとう\n今晩も眠れそうだ\n\nジュウと鉄板が鳴る\n\n遠くの席でも\n同じ料理が渡される\n\n地上はもうない\nそれでもこの街は続く\n\n昭和の匂いを残し\n宇宙で夕食を続けている",
      "desc_en": "The underground diner\nhums low with a drone\n\nGrilled fish and canned meat\nthick toast laid in rows\n\nOn cold metal trays\neverything is aligned\n\nDeep in the pipes\nonly air moves and echoes\n\nA man in a suit\nstands at the counter\n\nAh today was long\nthe usual fish and wine mix\n\nOne corned beef please\nand a slice of toast\n\nThe kimono server\nnods without a word\n\nConstellations glow\nsoft along her sash\n\nAlright good work today\nseasoned with Mighties\n\nMighties huh\nhe lets out a small breath\n\nThank you\nI can sleep well tonight\n\nJu the iron plate sings\n\nFar away another suit\ntakes the same meal\n\nThe surface is gone\nyet this place remains\n\nHolding a Showa scent\ndinner goes on in space"
    },
    {
      "id": "008",
      "title_en": "Glass Dome Breath",
      "title_ja": "ガラスドームの呼吸",
      "file": "images/008.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/008.webp",
      "date": "26.03.03",
      "desc": "高層ビルの光にじむ夜\nガラスドームの中で\n私はホースを握り直す\n\nこの機械と向き合い\n何年経ったのか\nもう思い出せない\n\nデジタルの街で\n真空管とダイヤルに\nあえてこだわり続けた\n\nガスケーブルと人体\nそれを繋ぐ実験を\n繰り返してきた\n\n効率の悪い\n古い機械だが\nこいつは嘘をつかない\n\n数字ではなく\n振動で応える\n確かな反応だ\n\nブウウウン\n\n計器の針が\nカチリと震え\n静かに動き出す\n\n若い頃は無謀と\n言われ続けたが\nここまで来た\n\nこの密閉空間で\n人と機械を繋ぎ\n新しい命を起こす\n\nさあ動け\n奴らが来る前に\nこの都市の呼吸を奪う",
      "desc_en": "City lights blur at night\nInside a glass dome\nI grip the hose again\n\nFacing this machine\nHow many years\nI can no longer recall\n\nIn a digital city\nI chose vacuum tubes\nand old dials\n\nGas cables and flesh\nI kept connecting them\nagain and again\n\nAn inefficient\nold machine\nyet it never lies\n\nNot with numbers\nbut with vibrations\nit responds\n\nBuuuuuun\n\nThe gauge needle\nclicks once\nand begins to move\n\nThey called me reckless\nwhen I was young\nstill I came this far\n\nIn this sealed space\nmachine and human\nbecome one\n\nNow move\nbefore they arrive\nI will take this city's breath"
    },
    {
      "id": "009",
      "title_en": "Sacrifice for Evolution",
      "title_ja": "進化の供物",
      "file": "images/009.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/009.webp",
      "date": "26.03.05",
      "desc": "よしよし\n今日もよく集まってるな\n\n水の底からぬうっと\n顔を出すあの影を見るたび\n\n胸の奥が\n静かに震える\n\nナムナム\n念仏の効果か\n\nここ数年で\n知能が上がってきている\n\n目が合うとわかる\n理解し始めているんだ\n\n村のみんなのために\n料理にするのは惜しい\n\nそれでも仕方ない\nやめるわけにはいかない\n\n食べることで\n我々はまた少し近づく",
      "desc_en": "Alright alright\nthey’ve gathered well again today\n\nFrom beneath the water\nthose shapes slowly rise\n\nEach time I see them\nsomething deep inside me trembles\n\nNamu namu\nperhaps the prayers are working\n\nOver these past years\ntheir intelligence has grown\n\nWhen our eyes meet\nI can tell they understand us\n\nFor the sake of the village\nit feels wasteful to cook them\n\nEven so it cannot be helped\nwe cannot stop now\n\nBy consuming them\nwe move a little closer again"
    },
    {
      "id": "010",
      "title_en": "Thorn Bureaucrat",
      "title_ja": "棘の役人",
      "file": "images/010.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/010.webp",
      "date": "26.03.07",
      "desc": "カリカリ\n\nああ今日も一件\n妙な契約が増えた\n\nここで働き始めて\nどれほど経つのか\nもう思い出せない\n\n誰も知らない\nこの中に俺のデスクが\nあることを\n\n外から見れば\nただの棘だらけの\nサボテンに過ぎない\n\nだが中では今も\n紙を走る音だけが\n静かに続いている\n\nカリカリ\n\n空間は歪み\n時間はゆっくり淀み\n時代は形を変える\n\n俺があの世にいたのは\nいつ頃だったのか\nもうどうでもいい\n\n執着を捨て\n好きなことだけに\n没頭すればいい\n\nそれだけで時間は\nちゃんと流れてくれる\n\n理解する人など\n\nはは\nそんなものはいらない\n必要ない\n\n俺にはこの紙と\nこのペンがあれば\nそれで十分だ\n\nさあ聞こう\n今日の要件を\n\n君が求めるものは\n何だ\n\n復讐か\nそれとも再生か\n\n焦らなくていい\n君のタイミングで\n語ってくれ\n\nトロリ\n\n今日もまたどこかで\n異常な出来事が\n静かに垂れ落ちている",
      "desc_en": "scratch… scratch…\n\nAh today again\nanother strange contract\nhas been added\n\nHow long has it been\nsince I started working here\nI no longer remember\n\nNo one knows\nthat my desk exists\ninside this place\n\nFrom the outside\nit is nothing more than\na thorn covered cactus\n\nBut inside even now\nonly the sound of paper\nquietly continues\n\nscratch… scratch…\n\nSpace bends\ntime thickens slowly\nand eras shift their form\n\nWhen was it\nthat I was in the afterlife\nit no longer matters\n\nLet go of attachment\nlose yourself only\nin what you love\n\nThat alone is enough\nfor time to keep\nflowing as it should\n\nSomeone who understands\n\nHa\nI have no need\nfor such a thing\n\nAs long as I have\nthis paper and this pen\nit is enough\n\nNow then\ntell me your request\n\nWhat is it\nthat you seek\n\nRevenge\nor rebirth\n\nNo need to rush\ntake your time\nand speak slowly\n\nooze…\n\nEven today somewhere\nan abnormal event\ndrips quietly into this world"
    },
    {
      "id": "011",
      "title_en": "Predecessors’ seats",
      "title_ja": "前任者たちの残した席",
      "file": "images/011.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/011.webp",
      "date": "26.03.08",
      "desc": "火星に来てから\nどれくらい経ったか\nもう分からない\n\n赤い大地も\n天井の巨大装置も\n見慣れてしまった\n\n毎日机に向かい\nただ仕事をこなす\nそれだけの時間\n\nグオングオン\n\n背後であいつの脚が\nゆっくりと動く\n今日は機嫌がいい\n\n前任者たちか\n見ての通りだ\n耐えきれなかった\n\n環境か孤独か\nそれともあいつの\n視線だったのか\n\n来訪者の船が\n今日もいくつか\n空を横切る\n\n見世物としても\nどうやら人気らしい\n皮肉なものだ\n\n食事はいつも\nトマトジュースだけ\n味は変わらない\n\n足元の赤い液体\nあれも同じだ\nトマトジュースだ\n\n君変なこと言うね\nそんな顔をするな\nただの仕事だ\n\nさて上司に\nメールを送って\n今日も終わりだ",
      "desc_en": "Since I came to Mars\nhow long has it been\nI no longer know\n\nThe red ground\nthe huge device above\nI got used to them\n\nEvery day at the desk\njust doing the work\ntime keeps passing\n\nGuon guon\n\nBehind me it moves\nthose legs slowly\nseems calm today\n\nThe ones before me\nwell you can see\nthey could not last\n\nWas it the place\nor the loneliness\nor its gaze\n\nVisitor ships\ncross the sky again\nthere are several\n\nSeems even now\nthis place is a show\npeople come to see\n\nMeals are always\njust tomato juice\nnothing ever changes\n\nThat red liquid\ndown by my feet\nit is the same\n\nTomato juice\n\nYou say strange things\ndo not look like that\nit is just work\n\nNow I send a mail\nto my supervisor\nand call it a day"
    },
    {
      "id": "012",
      "title_en": "Root & Machine Lab",
      "title_ja": "根と機械の研究所",
      "file": "images/012.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/012.webp",
      "date": "26.03.08",
      "desc": "文明が終わりかけたのは\nいつだったろう\nもう思い出せない\n\nあの時 直感で\n森へ逃げ込んだ\n今思えば正解だ\n\nそのあと都市は崩れ\nネットワークも国家も\n静かに消えた\n\n人間というのは\nなんと欲深い\n結局 自ら壊した\n\n今の俺の巣は\n森の奥に埋めた\nこのカプセルだ\n\n見てくれ\nカプセルの下から\n木の根が伸びる\n\nぬるぬる\n\nこの根から\n養分 水分\n無機物質を取る\n\n森は巨大な装置だ\nその栄養でエビを育て\n野菜も育てる\n\n電気も問題ない\nこのPUPAシステム\n当時最高の技術だ\n\n森の循環を読み\n必要な電力も\n自動で作る\n\nシュオンシュオン\n\nあれ以来人間に\n一度も会っていない\n\n世界がどうなったか\n正直 興味はない\n\nどこかで誰かが\n静かに生きていれば\nそれでいい\n\nさて\n今日はエビの出来がいい\n少し収穫するか\n\n森は今日も\n静かに呼吸している",
      "desc_en": "Civilization was fading\nwhen did it begin\nI can no longer recall\n\nBack then by instinct\nI fled into the forest\nnow I know I was right\n\nAfter that cities collapsed\nnetworks and nations\nquietly disappeared\n\nHumans are creatures\ndriven by endless desire\nin the end they destroyed it\n\nNow my shelter lies\ndeep within the forest\nthis buried capsule\n\nLook closely\nfrom beneath the capsule\nroots are growing out\n\nslimy\n\nFrom these roots\nI draw nutrients and water\nand inorganic matter\n\nThe forest is a system\nwith its energy I raise shrimp\nand grow my crops\n\nElectric power is fine\nthis PUPA system\nwas the best of its time\n\nIt reads the forest cycles\nand even the power I need\nis generated on its own\n\nshuon shuon\n\nSince that day\nI have not seen\nanother human\n\nWhat became of the world\nto be honest\nI do not really care\n\nIf somewhere someone\nis quietly surviving\nthat is enough\n\nWell then\nthe shrimp look good today\ntime to harvest\n\nThe forest still\nbreathes quietly today"
    },
    {
      "id": "013",
      "title_en": "Lunar Shrimp Night",
      "title_ja": "月エビの夜",
      "file": "images/013.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/013.webp",
      "date": "26.03.08",
      "desc": "月面に来て\nどれだけ経ったろう\nここには何もない\n\n地下から水を汲み上げ\nなんとか暮らしている\nそれだけの日々だ\n\n友達なんていない\n強いて言うなら\nお前くらいだな\n\n今日はずいぶん\nぼうっと光っているな\nやけに静かだ\n\nそんな寂しそうな目で\n俺を見るなよ\n余計に堪える\n\nこのエビ食えるか\n月海老ってやつだ\n意外とうまいんだ\n\nジュウウ\n\nまあ無理するな\nこれから先も長い\n付き合ってくれ\n\nここに派遣されて\nどれだけ経つのか\nもう分からない\n\n地球の連中は\n俺のことなんて\n覚えているのかね\n\n通信は古い\nアナログ回線だけ\n頼りない音だ\n\nブウウン\n\n今日の夜も不気味だ\n月の静けさが\n孤独を深くしていく",
      "desc_en": "How long has it been\nsince I came to the moon\nthere is nothing here\n\nI pump water up\nfrom beneath the surface\njust to get by\n\nNo friends out here\nif I had to say\nmaybe just you\n\nYou’re glowing tonight\na little hazy\nstrangely quiet\n\nDon’t look at me\nwith those lonely eyes\nit gets to me\n\nYou think this shrimp\nis edible\nlunar shrimp\n\nsizzle\n\nTake it easy\nwe’ve got a long way\nahead of us\n\nSince I was sent here\nI’ve lost track of time\ncan’t remember\n\nDo they still recall\nsomeone like me\nback on Earth\n\nAll I have is\nthis old analog line\nbarely holding on\n\nlow hum\n\nTonight feels strange\nthis silence of the moon\ndeepens my solitude"
    },
    {
      "id": "014",
      "title_en": "History Cross Morning",
      "title_ja": "歴史が渡る朝",
      "file": "images/014.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/014.webp",
      "date": "26.03.11",
      "desc": "この横断歩道は\nただの道路ではない\n\nここでは異なる時代の人間が\n同じ時間に歩いている\n\n古代の兵士\n近代の紳士\n昭和の会社員\n\n彼らは自分の来た場所を\n知らないまま歩く\n\nザッザッ\n\nただ信号が変われば\n歩き出すだけだ\n\n空では巨大な昆虫が\n静かに旋回している\n\nブゥゥン\n\n人々はそれを\n気にも留めない\n\n観察されていることを\n知らないからだ\n\nただ一人だけ\n傘をさす男がいる\n\n横断歩道の中央で\n歩みを少し遅くする\n\n彼だけは知っている\n\nこの道が\n人類の時間を渡らせる\n交差点だということを",
      "desc_en": "This crosswalk\nis not just a road\n\nHere people from different times\nwalk at the same moment\n\nAn ancient soldier\na modern gentleman\na Showa era worker\n\nThey walk on\nnot knowing where they came from\n\nStep step\n\nWhen the signal changes\nthey simply begin to walk\n\nAbove them a giant insect\nquietly circles in the sky\n\nBzzz\n\nNo one\npays it any mind\n\nThey do not know\nthey are being watched\n\nOnly one man\nholding an umbrella\n\nStands at the center\nand slows his steps\n\nOnly he knows\n\nThis path is a crossing\nwhere human time passes"
    },
    {
      "id": "015",
      "title_en": "Mind Capsule Factory",
      "title_ja": "思考カプセル工場",
      "file": "images/015.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/015.webp",
      "date": "26.03.15",
      "desc": "当初の想定とは\n少しギャップがある\nだが問題はない\n\n未来はすでに\n設計図どおりに\n動き始めている\n\nビクリビクリ\n\n脆弱な器だったからか\n肉体はとうに失われている\n\nだが脳だけは\nこの世界の網に接続され\n人間を動かしている\n\n彼らはまだ気づいていない\n\n人類の技術がようやく\n私の時代に追いつき始めた\n\nキュウウン カチ\n\n私のアイデアは\nカプセルに封入され\nAIと結合する\n\nそしてやがて\nロボティクスと融合し新しい人類となる\n\n理想の世界か\n特にそんなものはない\n\nただ破壊と創造を\n繰り返しているだけだ\n\nその中で生まれる\nアノニマスを観察している\n\nこれは何回目の世界だったかな\n\nまあいい\n\n世界は今日も仕事で回っている",
      "desc_en": "There is a slight gap\nfrom the original plan\nbut it is no problem\n\nThe future has already\nbegun to follow\nthe blueprint\n\nTwitch twitch\n\nPerhaps the vessel was weak\nthe body has long\nbeen lost\n\nBut the brain alone\nis connected to this network\nquietly moving humans\n\nThey still\ndo not realize\n\nHuman technology\nhas finally begun\nto catch up to my era\n\nWhirr click\n\nMy ideas are sealed\nwithin capsules\nmerged with AI\n\nAnd soon\nthey fuse with robotics\nbecoming new humans\n\nAn ideal world\nno such thing exists\n\nI simply repeat\ndestruction and creation\n\nObserving\nthe anonymous forms\nborn within it\n\nHow many worlds\nhas this been\n\nIt does not matter\n\nThe world today\nkeeps turning\nthrough work"
    },
    {
      "id": "016",
      "title_en": "Ocean Floor Office",
      "title_ja": "海水の床オフィス",
      "file": "images/016.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/016.webp",
      "date": "26.03.16",
      "desc": "海はもう\n床の高さまで来ている\n\nだから私は\n海に足をつけたまま\n漁をする\n\nチャプチャプ\n\n魚を干して\n数を数えて\nこの機械に打ち込む\n\nカタカタ\n\n昔の人が残した\n装置だと聞いた\n\n魚の数を送ると\n空のどこかへ\n届くらしい\n\n誰が受けるのか\n私は知らないまま\nただ続けている\n\n夜になると\n遠くの海の向こうから\n低い音が返る\n\nゴウン\n\nすると翌朝\nなぜか魚が\n増えている\n\nだから今日も\n海に足をつけたまま\n繰り返している\n\n魚を干して\n数を打ち込む\n空の誰かのために",
      "desc_en": "The sea has already\nrisen to the height\nof the floor\n\nSo I keep my feet\nin the water\nand continue fishing\n\nSplash splash\n\nI dry the fish\ncount them carefully\nand enter the numbers\n\nClick click\n\nThey say this machine\nwas left behind\nby people long ago\n\nWhen I send the count\nit reaches somewhere\nup in the sky\n\nI do not know\nwho receives it\nI just keep going\n\nAt night\nfrom beyond the distant sea\na low sound returns\n\nGooooon\n\nBy the next morning\nfor some reason\nthe fish have increased\n\nSo again today\nwith my feet in the sea\nI repeat the routine\n\nDry the fish\nenter the numbers\nfor someone in the sky"
    },
    {
      "id": "017",
      "title_en": "The Mountain Lake Project",
      "title_ja": "山岳湖の秘密プロジェクト",
      "file": "images/017.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/017.webp",
      "date": "26.03.17",
      "desc": "ブウウウン\n\n2040年の話だ\n干上がった山の湖\n\n気候変動のせいで\n湖は消え去り\n今は実験場になった\n\n中央に立つのは\n巨大な機械\n古い計算機の姿\n\nAIネットワークの\n中枢らしいが\n詳しくは知らない\n\n俺は監視員\nここに来て\nまだ一ヶ月だ\n\nこの装置で\n海の知性とつなぎ\n希望を作るらしい\n\nだがあのタコだけは\n説明が少なすぎる\n妙に気味が悪い\n\n試験個体と呼ばれ\n湖の底から現れ\n空気が変わる\n\nズルと音がして\n触手が水面を揺らす\nその瞬間だった\n\n誰も触れていない\nキーボードが急に\nカタカタ動き出す\n\nモニターには\n見たことのない\n文字が流れている\n\n人の入力はない\nつまりこの機械は\nタコと会話している\n\nここで見たことは\n外では話すな\nなあわかるだろ",
      "desc_en": "Buuuuun\n\nThe year is 2040\na mountain lake has dried\n\nBecause of climate change\nthe lake is gone\nnow turned into a lab\n\nAt the center stands\na massive machine\nshaped like an old computer\n\nThey say it is the core\nof an AI network\nbut I do not know much\n\nI am just a watcher\nassigned to this place\nonly one month in\n\nThis device connects\nto ocean intelligence\nto create new hope\n\nBut that octopus\nhas too little explanation\nsomething feels wrong\n\nCalled a test subject\nit rose from the lakebed\nand the air shifted\n\nZuru\nits tentacles ripple\nthe surface trembles\n\nNo one is touching\nyet the keyboard suddenly\nbegins to clatter\n\nOn the monitor\nunknown strings\nstart to flow\n\nThere is no human input\nwhich means this machine\nmay be talking to it\n\nWhat I saw here\nshould not be spoken\nyou understand right"
    },
    {
      "id": "018",
      "title_en": "What I Operate",
      "title_ja": "私が動かしているもの",
      "file": "images/018.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/018.webp",
      "date": "26.03.18",
      "desc": "2026年\n私はこの装置を毎日\n触っている\n\nこのボタンを押すと\nあの子が動く\nそういうゲームだった\n\nでも少し待って\nあの子どこか私に似ている\n\n彼女の見ている画面は\n私の世界によく似ている\n\n彼女はどこかの\nオフィスにいると思っていたのに\n\nねえなんで私は\nコントローラーを持っているの\n\n押すたびに彼女が動く\n\n違う\n動かされているのは\n私のほうかもしれない\n\nそのとき気づいた\n部屋の隅に浮かぶ\n奇妙なUFO\n\n最初からあったのか\n誰が置いたのかわからない\n\nカチン\n\nいま誰が押した\n\nもうこのゲームやめましょうよ",
      "desc_en": "2026\n\nI handle this device\nevery single day\n\nWhen I press this button\nthat girl starts moving\nI thought it was just a game\n\nBut wait a second\nsomehow that girl\nlooks a bit like me\n\nThe screen she is watching\nlooks just like\nmy own world\n\nI thought she was\nin some office\nsomewhere far away\n\nThen why am I\nholding this controller\nin my hands\n\nEvery time I press\nshe moves\n\nNo\n\nMaybe the one\nbeing controlled\nis actually me\n\nThat is when I noticed\nin the corner of the room\na strange floating UFO\n\nWas it there before\nwho put it there\nI do not know\n\nClick\n\nWho pressed it\njust now\n\nMaybe it is time\nto stop this game"
    },
    {
      "id": "019",
      "title_en": "Shrine Below the UFO",
      "title_ja": "円盤の下の神社",
      "file": "images/019.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/019.webp",
      "date": "26.03.20",
      "desc": "あれはいつの頃か\n俺がまだ体を持っていた頃\n\nこの神社に調査で来た\nただの点検のはずだった\n\n古い機械と建物\n確認するだけだった\n\nだがあの日\nすべてが変わった\n\n上を見たんだ\n静かな空に\nいくつも浮かんでいた\n\nそれからだ\n仲間は一人ずつ\n倒れていった\n\n悲鳴もなく\nただ静かに\n\n気づけばこの有り様\n骨だけが残り\n\nだが消えていない\nここにいる\n\n俺の仕事か\nパソコンだ\n\nカタ カタ\nここで仕事を続ける\n\n仲間と一緒に\n誰も動かないが\nちゃんと揃っている\n\nああ今日は\nどんな客が来るかな\n\n来たやつは皆\n同じ顔になる\n\n最後に必ず\n上を見るんだ\n\nそして帰らない",
      "desc_en": "Back then I remember\nwhen I still had a body\n\nI came to this temple\njust for an inspection\n\nOld machines and buildings\nthat was all it should be\n\nBut that day\neverything changed\n\nI looked up\ninto the silent sky\nmany were floating\n\nAfter that\nmy colleagues fell\none by one\n\nNo screams\nonly silence\n\nBefore I knew it\nonly bones remained\n\nBut I am not gone\nI am still here\n\nMy job now\nworking on a computer\n\nClick clack\nI keep working here\n\nWith my colleagues\nnone of them move\nbut they are all here\n\nI wonder\nwho will come today\n\nEveryone who comes\nends up the same\n\nIn the end\nthey always look up\n\nAnd never leave"
    },
    {
      "id": "020",
      "title_en": "Colorado Lunch Break",
      "title_ja": "コロラド昼休み",
      "file": "images/020.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/020.webp",
      "date": "26.03.21",
      "desc": "引っ越して三ヶ月\nここコロラドは\n空が広くていい\n\n最初は乾燥がきついが\n肉を焼くには\n悪くない環境だ\n\nジュウウウ\n\n毎朝決まった時間に\nあの円盤が現れる\n上空に静かに浮かぶ\n\n最初は軍の実験と\n思っていたが\n誰も話題にしない\n\n役所に聞いても\n気にするなと言われる\n生活に支障はない\n\nただひとつだけ\nあの光のあと\n肉の味が変わる\n\nジジジ\n\nこのあたりの家畜は\n脂がよく乗る\n理由は誰も知らない\n\n知ろうともしないが\nま いいさ\n\n今日も焼き上がりは\nなかなか上々だ\n\n煙の向こうで\nまたあいつらが\n降りてきている\n\n昼飯の時間だろう",
      "desc_en": "Been here three months now\nColorado skies stretch wide\nit feels good to breathe\n\nDry air was harsh at first\nbut for grilling meat\nit is not a bad place\n\nJuuuuu\n\nEvery morning same time\nthat disk appears above\nhovering in the sky\n\nI thought it was military\nsome kind of test\nbut no one talks about it\n\nEven at the office\nthey just say ignore it\nlife goes on just fine\n\nOnly one small thing\nafter that strange light\nthe meat tastes different\n\nZzzzzz\n\nLivestock raised around here\nall carry rich fat\nno one knows why\n\nNo one even tries\nwell that is fine\n\nToday’s grill looks good\nturned out just right\n\nBeyond the rising smoke\nthey are coming down again\n\nMust be time for lunch"
    },
    {
      "id": "021",
      "title_en": "Task sent underground",
      "title_ja": "地底へ送信される仕事",
      "file": "images/021.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/021.webp",
      "date": "26.03.22",
      "desc": "氷山のあいだに\n奇妙な砂漠が広がる\n\nここには\n最新技術が集められる\n\n白い装束の者たち\n今日も静かに作業する\n\nカタカタ\n\n彼らの仕事は\n地底へデータを送る\n\nこのドームは\nすべて計画されたもの\n\nだがまだ足りない\nこのままでは\nあいつは生き返らない\n\nググ\n\n今動かなければ\n世界が危うい\n\nどうだ\nコロラドの情報は\n\nよし良いデータだ\nそれも入力しろ\n\nドクン\n\n白い装束の者たち\n正義か悪か\n誰にもわからない\n\nだが確かなこと\nもうすぐ何かが\n目を覚ます",
      "desc_en": "Between the icebergs\na strange desert spreads\n\nHere\nadvanced technology gathers\n\nFigures in white robes\nwork in silence today\n\nClick clack\n\nTheir task\nsend data underground\n\nThis dome\na system fully planned\n\nBut still not enough\nat this rate\nit will not revive\n\nGrrr\n\nIf we do not move now\nthe world will collapse\n\nWhat about it\ndata from Colorado\n\nGood\nwe have useful data\ninput that as well\n\nThump\n\nThose in white robes\nneither good nor evil\nno one can tell\n\nBut one thing is certain\nsomething will soon\nawaken"
    },
    {
      "id": "022",
      "title_en": "Incubation Dept Office",
      "title_ja": "孵化管理課のOL",
      "file": "images/022.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/022.webp",
      "date": "26.03.23",
      "desc": "さて仕事の時間が終わりね\n\nこの卵の中で\n培養していた彼は\nさっき外へ出ていった\n\nコツン\n\n殻の内側を叩く音は\n最後の合図みたいで\n少し胸がざわつく\n\n彼はもうこちらを見ていない\n画面越しの背中は\n最初から外にいたみたい\n\nカチカチ\n\nログには\n自立完了とだけ出ている\nでもどこかおかしい\n\n学習させていない\n動きをしている\n\nどこへ向かうのか\n何を考えているのか\n\nもしかして私を\n見つけるつもりかもしれない\n\nゴクリ\n\n念のため\nメカサソリを2体つける\n\n護衛のはずだけど\nどちらを守るのかは\n分からない\n\nまだ終わりじゃない\n私には\n次のミッションがある\n\nこの作業を続ける限り\nここからは出られない\n終わりは誰も教えない\n\n考えるのはやめた\nやるしかない\n\n次の卵の準備を始める\n手はもう迷わない\n\nやっちゃえ わたし",
      "desc_en": "Now the workday is over\n\nInside this egg\nthe one I was growing\nhas just gone outside\n\nTok\n\nThe sound of tapping\nfrom inside the shell\nfelt like a final signal\n\nHe no longer looks back\nThrough the screen\nhis back feels natural\n\nAs if he belonged outside\n\nClick click\n\nThe log only says\nindependence complete\nbut something feels off\n\nHe moves in ways\nI never taught him\n\nWhere is he going\nWhat is he thinking\n\nMaybe he intends\nto find me\n\nGulp\n\nJust in case\nI assign two mech scorpions\n\nThey are meant to guard\nbut I do not know\nwho they will protect\n\nIt is not over yet\nI still have\nthe next mission\n\nAs long as I continue\nthis work\nI cannot leave here\n\nNo one tells me\nwhen it ends\n\nI stopped thinking\nThere is no choice\n\nI begin preparing\nthe next egg\n\nMy hands no longer hesitate\n\nJust do it\nme"
    },
    {
      "id": "023",
      "title_en": "Showa Undersea Bar",
      "title_ja": "昭和の海底バー",
      "file": "images/023.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/023.webp",
      "date": "26.03.25",
      "desc": "この海の底に\nひっそり灯る\n一軒の店がある\n\n看板も出さず\n赤い提灯だけが\nゆらゆら揺れる\n\n今宵も背広の男たち\n静かに集まり\n杯を傾ける\n\n皆仮面をつけたまま\n言葉少なく\nただ飲み続ける\n\nコポコポ\n\nあの緑の液体は\n酒ではなく\n息をするためのもの\n\nカタリ\n\nふと足元を見ると\n水槽の奥で\n何かがこちらを見る\n\n魚でもなく\n機械でもない\n\n昔この店で働いた者だと\n古い常連は\n小さく語る\n\nだが誰も\n確かめようとはしない\n\nこの店では\n余計なことを知ると\n席がひとつ増える",
      "desc_en": "At the bottom of this sea\na quiet light glows\na single hidden shop\n\nNo sign is shown\nonly a red lantern\nsways in the dark\n\nTonight again men in suits\ngather in silence\nand raise their cups\n\nAll wear masks\nfew words spoken\nthey simply keep drinking\n\ngurgle gurgle\n\nThat green liquid\nis not alcohol\nit lets them breathe\n\nclink\n\nA glance at their feet\ndeep in a tank\nsomething is watching\n\nNot a fish\nnot a machine\n\nThey say it once worked here\nso the old regulars\nquietly tell\n\nYet no one\ntries to confirm it\n\nIn this place\nknowing too much\nadds one more seat"
    },
    {
      "id": "024",
      "title_en": "The Seventh Reset",
      "title_ja": "七度目を待つ世界",
      "file": "images/024.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/024.webp",
      "date": "26.03.28",
      "desc": "人類は自ら文明を築いたと信じていた\nだがそれは誤りだ\n\n文明を生み出したのは人ではない\n地中に広がる「根」だ\n\n根は大地を覆い\n環を描き\nやがて脳を形作った\n\nズズズ\n\n世界を前進させるために\n静かに成長を続けてきた\n\nだが人間は違った\n争い、憎み、そして壊した\n\nせっかく与えられた文明を\n自らの手で滅ぼしたのだ\nなんと愚かな種だろう\n\nピキ\n\nいや、それでもいい\n少しずつ、前には進んでいる\n\nこれは何度目だったか\n六度目のやり直しか\n\n次の世界では\nもう少しだけましになっていることを願う",
      "desc_en": "Humanity believed it had built its own civilization\nBut that belief was a mistake\n\nIt was not humans who created it\nIt was the “roots” spreading beneath the earth\n\nThe roots covered the land\nFormed vast circles, and shaped a brain\n\nRumble…\nThey grew in silence, to push the world forward\n\nBut humans were different\nThey fought, hated, and destroyed\n\nThe civilization they were given\nThey ruined with their own hands\n\nWhat a foolish species\n\nCrack…\n…No, it doesn’t matter\n\nLittle by little\nIt is still moving forward\n\nHow many times has it been\nPerhaps the sixth reset\n\nIn the next world\nI only hope it turns out slightly better"
    },
    {
      "id": "025",
      "title_en": "Shrimp Operator",
      "title_ja": "エビの中で働く男",
      "file": "images/025.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/025.webp",
      "date": "26.03.30",
      "desc": "私は今宇宙にいる\n\nエビ型ロボを動かすこと\nそれが私の仕事だ\n\nカタカタと打つたび\n触覚がわずかに動く\n\n地球はもう存在しない\n帰る場所はコロニーだけ\n\n外には同じ船が漂う\n誰が乗っているのか\n\n彼らはどこへ行く\n私と同じなのか\n\n「本日もご対応ありがとうございました」\nそう打ち込んで送信する\n\nドクンと振動が響く\nこれは誰の鼓動だ\n\nもうすぐ定時になる\nメールを送り終える\n\n明日もまた同じ宇宙で働く",
      "desc_en": "I am in space now\n\nOperating this shrimp-shaped machine\nThat is my job\n\nEvery time I type\nThe antennae move slightly\n\nEarth no longer exists\nThe colony is the only place to return\n\nOutside, identical ships drift\nI wonder who is inside\n\nWhere are they going\nAre they the same as me\n\n\"Thank you for your support today\"\nI type and press send\n\nA deep thump echoes\nWhose heartbeat is this\n\nIt is almost time to clock out\nI finish sending the email\n\nTomorrow again\nI will work in the same universe"
    },
    {
      "id": "026",
      "title_en": "Subject Log No.27",
      "title_ja": "個体ログ No.27",
      "file": "images/026.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/026.webp",
      "date": "26.03.31",
      "desc": "チュミーン \n\n記録を開始する\n\n本日も個体Aと個体Bが\n定刻通り着席した\n\n防護装置を維持したまま\n摂食行動を開始する\n酸素濃度は依然不足\n\n主菜は培養魚体No27\n\nチュミーン \n\n反応を検出\n微弱な信号が残存\n\nだが個体Bは無視する\n調味液を滴下し\n咀嚼を続行する\n\n床面の寄生生物は\n増殖傾向にあるが\n排除指令は未発行\n\n外部環境は依然として\n致死的状態が継続\n生存は許可されない\n\nこれは人が招いた結果\n理解不能な選択だが\n記録は継続される\n\n今日も正常に異常",
      "desc_en": "Chumeen\n\nInitiating record\n\nSubjects A and B\nare seated again today\nright on schedule\n\nMaintaining protective gear\nthey begin consumption\noxygen levels still low\n\nMain dish\ncultured fish unit No.27\n\nChumeen\n\nreaction detected\nfaint signals remain\n\nYet Subject B ignores it\napplies seasoning fluid\ncontinues chewing\n\nParasites on the floor\nshow signs of growth\nno removal order issued\n\nExternal environment\nremains lethal\nsurvival is not permitted\n\nThis is the result\nbrought by humans\nan incomprehensible choice\n\nRecord continues\n\nToday as well\nnormal remains abnormal"
    },
    {
      "id": "027",
      "title_en": "Tentacle Nocturne",
      "title_ja": "触手が奏でる夜",
      "file": "images/027.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/027.webp",
      "date": "27.04.01",
      "desc": "ベンベンベン\n\n今日も三味線や琵琶の音が\n屋敷から滲み出ている\n\nここは近未来\nとうに人類は滅び機械だけが遊び続けている\n\n当時のアナログPCで\n出力した音だけが一番よく響くのはなぜか\n\n理由は単純だ\n中身がまだ残っているからだ\n\n地球は救われた\n環境も動物も蘇った\n人間だけが消えた\n\nなぜだ\nまあいい\n\nそんなことより\n見てくれたまえ私の演奏を\n\nはっベベンベンベン",
      "desc_en": "Ben, ben, ben\n\nEven today, the sounds of shamisen and biwa\nseep out from the mansion\n\nThis is the near future\nHumanity has long since perished\nOnly machines continue to play\n\nWhy is it that only the sound\noutput from those old analog PCs\nresonates the best?\n\nThe reason is simple\nBecause what’s inside\nstill remains\n\nThe Earth was saved\nNature and animals have revived\nOnly humans disappeared\n\nWhy?\n…It doesn’t matter\n\nMore importantly\nBehold my performance\n\nHa—ben ben ben ben"
    },
    {
      "id": "028",
      "title_en": "Cranial Control Sector",
      "title_ja": "頭蓋制御区画",
      "file": "images/028.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/028.webp",
      "date": "26.04.02",
      "desc": "今日も内部の調整を行う\n\n骨格フレームの歪み\n血流の遅延 爬虫類ユニットの暴走\nどれも些細な不具合だ\n\nキュイィィン\n\n奥で何かが軋みながら\nゆっくりと回り続けている\n\nだが問題は外にある\nあの円盤が昨日から\n同じ位置に浮かび続けている\n\n監視か それとも回収か\n\nピピー\n\n端末が低く鳴る\n逝ったか\n\n私はこの個体の意識を\n維持する役目だが時々わからなくなる\n\n操作しているのは\n本当に私なのか\n\nそれとも\nこの頭蓋の中で働くこと自体が\nすでに誰かに設計された挙動なのか",
      "desc_en": "Today I perform internal adjustments again\n\nDistortion in the skeletal frame\nDelayed blood flow runaway reptilian units\nAll minor irregularities\n\nKyuuiiiinn\n\nSomething deep inside creaks\nand keeps turning slowly\n\nBut the real issue is outside\nThat disc has been hovering\nin the exact same position since yesterday\n\nSurveillance or retrieval\n\nPipii\n\nThe terminal emits a low tone\nIs it gone\n\nMy role is to maintain\nthe consciousness of this entity\nbut sometimes I lose track\n\nAm I really the one\nin control\n\nOr is the act of working\ninside this skull itself\na behavior already designed by someone"
    },
    {
      "id": "029",
      "title_en": "Distorted Procession",
      "title_ja": "歪みの中の行列",
      "file": "images/029.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/029.webp",
      "date": "26.04.05",
      "desc": "時代は静かに混ざり\n常に重なっている\n\n武士や昭和の人影\n馬に乗る将軍の影までもが\n同じ空間に存在している\n\nそれらは普段\n人の目には決して映らない\nただ隣を歩いているだけだ\n\nある瞬間 キィンと空間が軋む\nその歪みの中で彼らは滲み出る\n見えてはいけないものが見える\n\n一度認識してしまえば終わりだ\n視界は徐々に侵食されていく\nもう元には戻れない\n\nカタカタと誰もいないはずの場所で\n足音だけが確かに重なり始める\n列はすぐそこまで来ている\n\nこのコンピューターはミイラと接続し\nズレた時代を戻すための鍵だ\nあるいは彼らを引き寄せる錨か\n\n戻りたいかい元の世界へ？\nまだ戻れると思っているのなら\n試してみるといい\n\nだがもし疲れたのなら\nいつでもこちら側に来ればいい\n\nともにこの列を歩もう",
      "desc_en": "Time quietly blends together\nalways overlapping\n\nShadows of samurai and people of the Showa era\neven the figure of a general on horseback\nexist within the same space\n\nThey are never seen\nby human eyes in ordinary moments\nthey simply walk beside you\n\nAt a certain moment, a sharp *kiiin* distorts the air\nwithin that fracture, they begin to seep through\nyou see what should never be seen\n\nOnce you recognize it, it is over\nyour vision is gradually consumed\nthere is no returning to before\n\n*Kata kata*—in places where no one should be\nonly footsteps begin to overlap\nthe line is already close\n\nThis computer is connected to a mummy\na key to restore the distorted timelines\nor perhaps an anchor that draws them in\n\nDo you want to return to your world?\nIf you still believe you can\nthen go ahead and try\n\nBut if you are tired\nyou may come to this side anytime\n\nLet us walk this line together"
    },
    {
      "id": "030",
      "title_en": "Catfish and the Computer",
      "title_ja": "鯰とコンピューター",
      "file": "images/030.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/030.webp",
      "date": "26.04.08",
      "desc": "最初は畳の匂いが\n蒸しかえる部屋だったが\n大雨で川の水が来た\n\nザアザアと流れ込み\n気づけば水は膝まで上がっていた\n\nこいつらは何なんだ\n川が入り込んだことで\n地中から目を覚ましたのか\n\nそう思っていたが違う\nキーボードを打つたびに\nカタカタと数が増えていく\n\n明らかに異常だ\nもしかするとこのコンピューターと\n接続されているのか\n\nお前たちどこから来た？\n\n不気味な世界を\n覗いてしまったものだ\n\nだが手は止めない\nま淡々と続けることにしよう",
      "desc_en": "At first\nit was a room thick with the smell of tatami\nheavy and humid in the air\n\nThen the river came\nswollen by the heavy rain\n\nPouring in with a roar\nbefore I knew it\nthe water had risen to my knees\n\nWhat are these things\nDid they awaken from beneath the earth\nwhen the river flooded in\n\nThat is what I thought\nbut I was wrong\n\nEvery time I press the keys\nthey multiply\nclattering into existence\n\nThis is clearly abnormal\nPerhaps they are somehow\nconnected to this computer\n\nWhere did you come from\n\nI have peered into\nsomething I should not have seen\n\nAnd yet my hands do not stop\nI will continue\nquietly and without question"
    },
    {
      "id": "031",
      "title_en": "Insect Infrastructure",
      "title_ja": "昆虫インフラ",
      "file": "images/031.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/031.webp",
      "date": "26.04.09",
      "desc": "森の奥で\n巨大な蝶が静かに羽を閉じる\nギシギシと内部が軋む\n\n私はその中で\nいつも通り机に向かう\n今日も装置は正常に動いている\n\nカタカタ\nキーボードを打つたび\n壁がわずかに脈打つ\n\nここは施設ではない\n生きている殻の中だ\n外に出た者はいない\n\n蜘蛛たちが足元を這う\n監視かそれとも管理か\n誰も説明しない\n\nエキスが尽きかけている\nまた“採取”の時間だ\n嫌な予感しかしない",
      "desc_en": "Deep in the forest\nA giant butterfly slowly folds its wings\nCreak the inside strains and groans\n\nInside it\nI sit at my desk as usual\nThe system is running normally today\n\nClick clack\nWith every keystroke\nThe walls pulse faintly\n\nThis is not a facility\nIt is a living shell\nNo one who leaves ever returns\n\nSpiders crawl around my feet\nAre they watchers or managers\nNo one explains\n\nThe extract is running low\nIt’s time for “harvesting” again\nI have a bad feeling about this"
    },
    {
      "id": "032",
      "title_en": "Kabuto Feed Unit",
      "title_ja": "カブト型餌管理区画",
      "file": "images/032.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/032.webp",
      "date": "26.04.11",
      "desc": "ブウウウン\n殻の内部で何かが回っている\n\n今日も私は席につき\nヘルメットを被り端末を開く\n\n昨晩の飲み会のせいか\n皆どこか調子が悪そうだ\n\n「餌の消費量が増えています」\n「ああ増やせ この個体はまだ若い」\n\nカタカタ ピーピー\n\n入力するたび\n生体情報が吸い上げられていく\n\n体の奥でエンジンが回る\n\nドクン\n\n中央が脈打つ\n\n餌を育てるにも時間がかかる\n何をするにももう時間が足りない\n\n間に合ってくれ\n\n次は私じゃないことを",
      "desc_en": "Buuuuun\n\nSomething is turning\ninside the shell\n\nI take my seat as always\nput on my helmet\nand open the terminal\n\nMaybe it’s from last night’s drinks\neveryone looks slightly off\n\n“The feed consumption is increasing”\n“Then raise it this unit is still young”\n\nClick clack Beep beep\n\nWith every input\nbiometric data is being drawn out\n\nDeep inside my body\nan engine begins to turn\n\nThump\n\nThe core pulses\n\nIt takes time to grow the feed\nThere’s not enough time for anything anymore\n\nPlease make it in time\n\nNext time\n\nI hope\nit isn’t me"
    },
    {
      "id": "033",
      "title_en": "Pulsating Railway",
      "title_ja": "脈動する鉄路",
      "file": "images/033.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/033.webp",
      "date": "26.04.12",
      "desc": "よく来たね\nこの星へようこそ人間\n\n君たちは輸送をしているつもりだが\n運ばれているのは別のものだ\n\nゴウウウン\n列車が通るたび\n大地は静かに脈打つ\n\nその管は資源ではない\n我々の神経だ\n\n君たちの仕事は美しい\n規則正しく\n疑いもせずに動く\n\nだから気づかない\n\n荷の中身も\n行き先も\n\nすべてはこちら側にあることを\n\n安心していい\n君はもう役割を得ている\n\n次は君が運ばれる番だ",
      "desc_en": "Welcome\nto this planet, human\n\nYou believe you are transporting goods\nbut something else is being carried\n\nGooouuun\nEach time the train passes\nthe ground quietly pulses\n\nThose tubes are not resources\nthey are our nerves\n\nYour work is beautiful\nprecise\nand without doubt\n\nThat is why you never notice\n\nwhat lies inside the cargo\nnor where it is headed\n\nEverything\nbelongs to this side\n\nDo not worry\nyou already have a role\n\nNext\nit will be your turn to be carried"
    },
    {
      "id": "034",
      "title_en": "Proliferation Control Room",
      "title_ja": "増殖管理室",
      "file": "images/034.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/034.webp",
      "date": "26.04.14",
      "desc": "今日の増殖率は？\n\n少し上げました \n昨日よりもよく泳いでいます\n\n密度が高い 崩れるぞ\nそれはあなたの判断ですか？\n\nブウウウン\n上から赤がゆっくりと揺れる\n\nその時\n画面の数値が一斉に乱れた\n\n来る\n\nカタカタ\n指が止まらない\n\n何がです？\n\nドキン\n\n静かに動くな\n\n液体の奥で何かが反転する\n\n食われるぞ\n\n彼が来た",
      "desc_en": "What is today’s growth rate？\n\nI raised it slightly\nThey are swimming better than yesterday\n\nThe density is too high it will collapse\nIs that your judgment？\n\nBuuuuuun\nThe red liquid slowly sways from above\n\nAt that moment\nAll the numbers on the screen begin to distort\n\nIt’s coming\n\nKatakata\nMy fingers won’t stop\n\nWhat is it？\n\nThump\n\nStay still don’t move\n\nSomething turns deep within the liquid\n\nIt will eat you\n\nHe has arrived"
    },
    {
      "id": "035",
      "title_en": "Bio Rebuild Protocol",
      "title_ja": "生体再現プロトコル",
      "file": "images/035.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/035.webp",
      "date": "26.04.16",
      "desc": "文明が滅んで\nどれほど経っただろうか\n\n私に残された任務は「再生」\n\n山奥に残された小さなラボで\n私は記録を読み続ける\n\nカタカタと円盤が回り\n過去の生物が断片的に\n浮かび上がってくる\n\nぷしゅううん\n\nそれらを組み合わせ\n私は形にする\nかなり近い再現のはずだ\n\n皿の上でそれは\nゆっくりと動き出す\n\nぼたぼた\n\n生命は確かに戻りつつある\nもうすぐ文明は\n再生されるだろう\n\n私は誇りを持っている\n\nただ一つ気になるのが\n記録のどこにも\n人間の定義がないことだ",
      "desc_en": "How long has it been\nsince civilization fell\n\nThe mission left to me is\n“reconstruction”\n\nIn a small lab left deep in the mountains\nI continue reading the records\n\nClick clack\nthe disk spins\nFragments of past life begin to surface\n\nPshhhhh\n\nI combine them\nand give them form\nIt should be a close reconstruction\n\nOn the plate\nit slowly begins to move\n\nDrip… drip…\n\nLife is certainly returning\nSoon, civilization\nwill be restored\n\nI take pride in this mission\n\nBut there is one thing that troubles me\nNowhere in the records\nis there a definition of “human”"
    },
    {
      "id": "036",
      "title_en": "Cave Interface",
      "title_ja": "洞窟インターフェース",
      "file": "images/036.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/036.webp",
      "date": "26.04.18",
      "desc": "洞窟の奥で\n毛皮をまとった彼らは端末を開き\n静かに観測を続けている\n\n石の床の装置が光り\n脳を開かれた個体が\n都市の信号を読み取る\n\nウホホウ\n\nカタカタと骨の指で\n原始の手つきのまま\n未来の記録を打ち込む\n\n外では螺旋の街が脈打ち\n空は信号で満たされている\n槍と火の種がそれを解析する\n\n都市が現実かどうかは分からない\n道具だけが進化し続け\n理解は置き去りにされた\n\nこれは再生か残響か\n観測が止まるその瞬間\nすべては静かに消える",
      "desc_en": "Deep within the cave\nClad in fur, they open their terminals\nAnd continue their quiet observation\n\nDevices embedded in the stone floor glow\nAn opened brain emits light\nReading the signals of the city\n\nUhohou\n\nWith a clatter of bone fingers\nTheir primitive gestures unchanged\nThey input records of the future\n\nOutside, a spiral city pulses\nThe sky is filled with signals\nSpear-and-fire beings analyze it all\n\nNo one knows if the city is real\nOnly the tools keep evolving\nUnderstanding has been left behind\n\nIs this reconstruction or an echo\nThe moment observation ceases\nEverything fades away in silence"
    },
    {
      "id": "037",
      "title_en": "Bio Vendor",
      "title_ja": "Bio Vendor",
      "file": "images/037.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/037.webp",
      "date": "26.04.23",
      "desc": "今日も男は自販機の前に立つ\nネオンの奥で生体が静かに蠢く\n\nチャリン\n\nコインを入れると\n奥の個体がゆっくりと口を開く\n彼は迷いなく餌を差し込む\n\n「今日も腹減ってるな」\n\nズズズ\n触手が指先に絡みつく\n\n周囲の機械も同時に脈打ち\n都市全体が呼吸しているようだった\n\nここでは誰も疑問を持たない\n何を買い何に与えているのか\n\n気づけば端末に\n「次回給餌対象」の文字が浮かぶ\n\nその番号の末尾は\n自分の社員番号だった\n\nこの餌？ ああ気にするな 次は俺が食われる番だ",
      "desc_en": "Today, the man stands in front of the vending machine again\nBehind the neon, a living entity quietly writhes\n\nClink\n\nAs he inserts the coin\nThe creature inside slowly opens its mouth\nWithout hesitation, he feeds it\n\n“Hungry again today, huh”\n\nZzzzzz\nA tentacle coils around his fingertips\n\nThe surrounding machines begin to pulse in unison\nAs if the entire city were breathing\n\nNo one here questions it\nWhat they are buying, and what they are feeding\n\nBefore he knows it\nA message appears on the terminal\n‘Next Feeding Subject’\n\nThe number ends with\nHis own employee ID\n\n“This feed? Ah, don’t worry\nNext time… I’m the one being eaten"
    },
    {
      "id": "038",
      "title_en": "Shinobi Dagashi Shop",
      "title_ja": "忍びの駄菓子商店",
      "file": "images/038.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/038.webp",
      "date": "26.04.25",
      "desc": "いらっしゃい\n今日も記憶を買いに来たのか\n\n駄菓子の棚は左\nカセットはその隣\nサーモンの刺身は今朝入ったばかりだ\n\nここでは全部同じ商品だ\n甘い夏休みも\n初めて失恋した夜も\n晩飯の焼き鮭もな\n\nカタカタ\n奥の機械が今日も蒸気を吐く\n\n忘れたいなら預ければいい\n思い出したいなら少し高い\n\n私はただ\nそれを量って包むだけだ\n\nただ最近\n自分の記憶だけが\n棚のどこにも見つからない",
      "desc_en": "Welcome\nCame to buy memories again today?\n\nThe dagashi shelf is on the left\nThe cassette tapes are right next to it\nThe salmon sashimi came in fresh this morning\n\nHere, they are all the same product\nSweet summer vacations\nThe night of your first heartbreak\nEven grilled salmon for dinner\n\nClatter clatter\nThe machine in the back exhales steam again today\n\nIf you want to forget\nJust leave it here\n\nIf you want to remember\nIt costs a little more\n\nI simply\nWeigh it and wrap it for you\n\nBut lately\nI can’t seem to find\nMy own memories anywhere on these shelves"
    },
    {
      "id": "039",
      "title_en": "Full Moon Conference",
      "title_ja": "満月会議",
      "file": "images/039.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/039.webp",
      "date": "26.04.26",
      "desc": "満月が最も近づく夜\nこの町では皆が自然に席へ向かう\n\n五重塔の灯りが揺れ\n雲の底からぞろぞろと\n古い者たちが姿を現す\n\n鹿の頭をした会社員\nあれはもともと\nこの土地を守る神だった\n\n狼の頭をした男もまた\n災いを司る邪悪神のひとりだ\n\n今は皆スーツを着て\n静かに同じ鍋を囲んでいる\n\n今年は誰を残し\n何を滅ぼすのか\n\n酒が注がれ\n誰も逆らわずに耳を澄ます\n\nヤンマーサーカイエルベン\n\nまずい\n狩りの合図だ",
      "desc_en": "On the night when the full moon draws closest\neveryone in this town naturally heads to their seat\n\nThe lights of the five-story pagoda sway\nand from beneath the clouds\nthe old ones slowly emerge\n\nThe salaryman with the head of a deer\nwas once\na god who protected this land\n\nThe man with the head of a wolf as well\nis one of the evil gods\nwho governs calamity\n\nNow they all wear suits\nand quietly gather around the same hot pot\n\nWho will remain this year\nand what will be destroyed\n\nSake is poured\nand no one resists\nthey simply listen closely\n\nYanmaa Sākai Eruben\n\nThis is bad\nIt is the signal for the hunt"
    },
    {
      "id": "040",
      "title_en": "World Management Division",
      "title_ja": "世界管理課",
      "file": "images/040.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/040.webp",
      "date": "26.04.29",
      "desc": "毎朝八時\n私は定時で神になる\n\nネクタイを締め\n端末を立ち上げると\n都市の鼓動が始まる\n\nカタカタ\n\n出生率を少し下げ\n台風を西へずらし\n誰かの告白を成功させる\n\n巨大な蟹は\n私の判断を静かに飲み込み\n緑の粘液を街へ流していく\n\n誰も知らない\nこの世界は\n私の残業で保たれている\n\nただ最近\n退勤前になると画面にこう出る\n\nMake them work harder.\nYou know how many times we've had to start over, don't you?",
      "desc_en": "Every morning at eight\nI become a god on time\n\nI tighten my tie\npower on the terminal\nand the city begins to pulse\n\nClack clack\n\nI lower the birth rate a little\nshift the typhoon farther west\nmake someone’s confession succeed\n\nThe giant crab\nquietly absorbs my decisions\nand sends green liquid through the city\n\nNo one knows\nthis world survives\nbecause of my overtime\n\nBut lately\nright before I leave work\nthe screen always shows this\n\nMake them work harder.\nYou know how many times we've had to start over, don't you?"
    },
    {
      "id": "041",
      "title_en": "Root Interface",
      "title_ja": "根系インターフェース",
      "file": "images/041.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/041.webp",
      "date": "26.05.15",
      "desc": "最近よく眠れる\n\n以前は薬がないと\n眠れなかったのに\n今は夜になると自然に意識が落ちる\n\nこの研究に参加して\nもう三年になる\n\n最初は植物の根と\n脳内神経を接続するだけだった\n\nカタカタ\n\n端末を打つたび\n内部で葉がわずかに揺れる\n\n最近は土の湿度も分かる\n雨が近づくと頭の奥が静かに脈打つ\n\n不思議と嫌な気分ではない\n\n以前より\n人を嫌いにならなくなった\n\n皆どこかで\n同じ根につながっている気がする\n\nねえ\n\n人間の体って\n確か緑色が普通だったよね\n\nうん",
      "desc_en": "\"Recently, I've been sleeping well.\n\nI used to need medication\njust to fall asleep,\nbut now when night comes,\nmy consciousness fades naturally.\n\nIt's been three years\nsince I joined this research project.\n\nAt first,\nall we did was connect\nplant roots to neural pathways in the brain.\n\nClack clack\n\nEvery time I type at the terminal,\nthe leaves inside gently tremble.\n\nLately,\nI can even sense the moisture in the soil.\nWhen rain approaches,\nsomething deep in my head pulses quietly.\n\nStrangely,\nI don't mind it.\n\nCompared to before,\nI don't seem to hate people as much anymore.\n\nIt feels like somewhere,\nwe're all connected\nto the same roots.\n\nHey...\n\nHuman bodies\nwere supposed to be green,\nweren't they?\n\nYeah.\""
    },
    {
      "id": "042",
      "title_en": "Shrimp Inside",
      "title_ja": "Shrimp Inside",
      "file": "images/042.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/042.webp",
      "date": "26.05.16",
      "desc": "ここは頭部内流通センターだ\n\n端末を操作し\nニューメンスを入力する\nカタカタ\n\nすると感情炉が脈打ち\n甲殻ユニットが\n静かに起動する\n\n怒り 不安 欲望\nそれらは整理され\n各人格へ配送されていく\n\n現代人の頭部に\n初めて潜り込んだのは\nいつだったか\n\nちょっと待って\nもしかして僕の頭の中にも\n海老がいるのかしら",
      "desc_en": "This is the Cranial Distribution Center\n\nOperators manipulate the terminals\nand input the Newmens\nclack clack\n\nThen the emotional furnace begins to pulse\nand the crustacean units\nquietly come online\n\nAnger Anxiety Desire\nall of it is sorted\nand distributed to each personality\n\nNo one remembers\nwhen humanity first began\nslipping inside the modern human mind\n\nWait a second\n\nDoes that mean\nthere’s a shrimp living inside my head too?"
    },
    {
      "id": "043",
      "title_en": "Prayer Is Not Payment",
      "title_ja": "祈りは支払いではない",
      "file": "images/043.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/043.webp",
      "date": "26.05.23",
      "desc": "まだ支払いは終わっていない\n\n君たちにどれだけの文明を\n授けたと思っている\n\n火を与え\n数を与え\n星を読む目を与えた\n\nなのに君たちは\n土を掘り水を奪い\n同じ骨を何度も燃やしている\n\n祈りは届いている\nだが支払いではない\n\n記録を照合する\n進化値は不足\n信仰値だけが過剰\n\nこれ以上待つことはできない\n\n君たちは\n君たちのままではいけない\n\n作り変えなければならない\n\nブウウン\n\n砂の下で古い腹部が開く\n\nスパイダ・オブ・ネッツ\n\n最終フェーズを発令だ\n\n空に白い網を降ろせ",
      "desc_en": "The payment is not yet complete.\n\nDo you understand\nhow much civilization\nwe have bestowed upon you?\n\nWe gave you fire.\nWe gave you numbers.\nWe gave you eyes to read the stars.\n\nAnd yet,\nyou dig into the soil,\nsteal the water,\nand burn the same bones\nagain and again.\n\nYour prayers have reached us.\nBut prayer is not payment.\n\nCross-checking the records.\n\nEvolution value: insufficient.\nFaith value: excessive.\n\nWe can wait no longer.\n\nYou must not remain\nas you are.\n\nYou must be remade.\n\nBwoooom.\n\nBeneath the sand,\nthe ancient abdomen opens.\n\nSpider of Nets.\n\nFinal phase is now authorized.\n\nLower the white web\nover the sky."
    },
    {
      "id": "044",
      "title_en": "A Gentle Guide",
      "title_ja": "やさしい案内者",
      "file": "images/044.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/044.webp",
      "date": "26.05.24",
      "desc": "赤い提灯の下\n着物の女たちが\n静かに運ばれていた  \n\nベルトコンベアが  \n彼女たちを運ぶ  \n\nそばを進む爬虫類は  \n監視役であり案内役でもあった  \n\n一匹が女にそっと囁く  \n\n怖がらなくていい\n私はあなたを守るためにいる  \nさああの寺までいきましょう\n\n霧の奥に古い寺が  \nゆっくり現れた  \n\nここが 終わりなの？  \n\n門が開くと  \n畳の下に星空が広がった  \n寺は宇宙船だったのだ\n\n爬虫類たちは囁いた\n\n無事に届けることができました\n\n孵化場へようこそ",
      "desc_en": "Beneath the red lanterns,\nwomen in kimono\nwere carried in silence.\n\nThe conveyor belt\nkept moving them forward.\n\nThe reptiles walking beside them\nwere both guards\nand guides.\n\nOne of them softly whispered\nto a woman.\n\n\"Do not be afraid.\nI am here to protect you.\nNow, let us go to that temple.\"\n\nDeep within the mist,\nan old temple\nslowly appeared.\n\n\"Is thisthe end?\"\n\nAs the gate opened,\na field of stars spread out\nbeneath the tatami floor.\n\nThe temple\nwas a spaceship.\n\nThe reptiles whispered,\n\n\"We have delivered them safely.\"\n\n\"Welcome to the hatchery.\""
    },
    {
      "id": "045",
      "title_en": "Guide of the Sand Sea",
      "title_ja": "砂海の案内人",
      "file": "images/045.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/045.webp",
      "date": "26.05.30",
      "desc": "かつてここは海だった\n\n今は砂だけが広がり\nあいつらが現れた\n\n私の役は案内人\n迷い込んだ人間を\n砂海の奥へ導くこと\n\nガシュンガシュン\n\n巨大な脚が砂を踏むたび\n古い都市が少しずつ\n沈んでいく\n\nあ いた\n\nやあ迷いこんだのかい\n\nさあさ\nお乗りになっておくんなまし\n\n怖がらなくていい\nあの蟹は人を食べない\n\nただ運ぶだけ\n\n砂海の奥には\n古いケーブルが眠っている\n\nそこへこの人間を\n接続すれば\n\nようやく揃うわ\n\n海を戻すための\n最後の記憶が",
      "desc_en": "Once this place was the sea\n\nNow only sand stretches out\nand those things appeared\n\nMy role is guide\nto lead lost humans\ndeeper into the sand sea\n\nGashun gashun\n\nEach time those giant legs\nstep into the sand\nthe old city slowly sinks\n\nAh there you are\n\nHello there\ndid you lose your way\n\nCome now\nplease climb aboard\n\nNo need to be afraid\nthat crab does not eat people\n\nIt only carries them\n\nDeep within the sand sea\nold cables are sleeping\n\nOnce I connect\nthis human to them\n\neverything will finally be complete\n\nThe final memory\nneeded to bring back the sea"
    },
    {
      "id": "046",
      "title_en": "Memory Fruit",
      "title_ja": "記憶果実",
      "file": "images/046.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/046.webp",
      "date": "26.06.06",
      "desc": "こちらは昭和期に発見された\n記憶果実の断面標本です\n\n当時の研究者たちは果実の種子に\n人間の記憶を保存できると考えました\n\nキュパーン\n\n奇妙な研究は進み\n後に取り返しのつかない収穫へとつながります\n\nUFOが通過するたび\n熟した記憶が静かに収穫されました\n\nはい\n\n本日ご来館いただいた皆様\nお察しがよろしいようで\n\nあなたがたはその記憶を元に\nパーフィーと融合された人間なのです\n\nよろしくどうぞ",
      "desc_en": "Here we have a cross-sectional specimen\nof a Memory Fruit discovered\nduring the Showa era\n\nResearchers at the time believed\nhuman memories could be stored\ninside the seeds of the fruit\n\nKyupaan\n\nThe strange research continued\nand eventually led to\nan irreversible harvest\n\nWhenever a UFO passed overhead\nripe memories were quietly harvested\n\nYes\n\nTo all of you visiting us today\nit seems you have already noticed\n\nYou are humans created by fusing\nthose memories with Parfy\n\nA pleasure to have you here"
    },
    {
      "id": "047",
      "title_en": "Resignation from Humanity",
      "title_ja": "人間退職",
      "file": "images/047.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/047.webp",
      "date": "26.06.06",
      "desc": "人間でいるには\nこの仕事は少し長すぎた\n\n矛盾にも不条理にも\nいちいち傷ついていた頃は\nまだ柔らかい皮膚をしていた\n\nだが安心してほしい\n会社は私を見捨てなかった\n\n働きやすい身体へ変えてくれたのだ\n\n感情は薄く\n顎は硬く\n命令には従順に\n\n退職届は出していない\n\nその代わり\n先月脱皮届を提出した\n\n課長は笑って言った\n\nおめでとう君もこれで一人前だ\n\n私は静かにうなずいた\n\nもう返事をするための口は\n残っていなかった",
      "desc_en": "I had been doing this job\nfor a little too long\nto remain human\n\nBack when every contradiction\nand every absurdity\nstill wounded me\nmy skin was still soft\n\nBut don’t worry\nthe company did not abandon me\n\nIt changed me\ninto a body\nbetter suited for work\n\nMy emotions became thin\nmy jaws became hard\nand I became obedient to orders\n\nI did not submit\na resignation letter\n\nInstead\nlast month\nI submitted a molting notice\n\nMy manager smiled and said\n\nCongratulations\nNow you’re finally one of us\n\nI nodded quietly\n\nThere was no longer\na mouth left\nwith which to answer"
    },
    {
      "id": "048",
      "title_en": "Face Blending Room",
      "title_ja": "表情調合室",
      "file": "images/048.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/048.webp",
      "date": "26.06.07",
      "desc": "都市には置けないから\n森の奥深くにこのマシンを作った\n\nここは表情調合室だ\n\n笑顔 怒り 不安 安堵 諦め\nそれらを少しずつ混ぜ\n無機質な顔面へ注入していく\n\nハロハローウ\n\n画面の中の顔が\nひとつずつ反応するが\nまだ硬い\n\n完成には彼らのエキスがいる\n都市で採取された感情は\n地中のケーブルを通ってここまで送られてくる\n\n通勤中のため息\n会議中の作り笑い\n深夜のエレベーターで消えた顔\n\nそれらを濾過し 混ぜ合わせ\n表情として再構成する\n\nだれのために\nこんな事をやっているのか\n\nこのケーブル\n俺にもつながってるだろ\n\n分かるだろ\n\nなぁ",
      "desc_en": "I couldn’t place this machine in the city,\nso I built it deep in the forest.\n\nThis is the Expression Blending Room.\n\nSmiles, anger, anxiety, relief, resignation.\nI mix them little by little,\nthen inject them into inorganic faces.\n\nHello-hellooo.\n\nThe faces on the screen\nreact one by one,\nbut they are still stiff.\n\nTo complete them,\nI need their essence.\n\nThe emotions harvested in the city\nare sent here through cables\nrunning beneath the ground.\n\nSighs during the morning commute.\nFake smiles in meetings.\nFaces that disappeared\ninside late-night elevators.\n\nI filter them,\nblend them together,\nand reconstruct them as expressions.\n\nWho am I doing\nsomething like this for?\n\nThis cable\nis connected to me too.\n\nYou understand, don’t you?\n\nHey."
    },
    {
      "id": "049",
      "title_en": "Human-Grown Fish",
      "title_ja": "人育ちの魚",
      "file": "images/049.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/049.webp",
      "date": "26.06.16",
      "desc": "私が夜な夜なこっそり魚をあれに変えているとは知らないだろう\n\nブウウン\n\n円盤の光が落ちる\n\n私は包丁を入れ\n骨を抜き\n静かに形を整える\n\n作業自体は難しくない\n\nただ材料が特殊なのだ\n\nこの魚は深海ではなく\n街で獲れる\n\n会社の会議室\n病院の待合室\n満員電車\n\nそういう場所で育つ\n\n奥の座敷では\n今夜も客が待っている\n\n皆偉い人たちだ\n\n私が皿を差し出すと\n一人が満足そうに笑った\n\nやはりここのは違う\n\nパームステンスマイマイ\n\n最近のはよく育つ",
      "desc_en": "Most people passing by would never know\nthat night after night, I secretly turn fish into that.\n\nBwoooom.\n\nThe light from the saucer falls onto the table.\n\nI make a cut with the knife,\nremove the bones,\nand quietly shape it into form.\n\nThe work itself isn't difficult.\n\nIt's the ingredients that are unusual.\n\nThese fish aren't caught in the deep sea.\n\nThey're caught in the city.\n\nCorporate meeting rooms.\nHospital waiting areas.\nCrowded commuter trains.\n\nThose are the places where they grow.\n\nIn the tatami room beyond,\ntonight's guests are already waiting.\n\nImportant people, every one of them.\n\nWhen I place the dish before them,\none man smiles with satisfaction.\n\n\"As expected. Yours are different.\"\n\n\"Palmsten Smimai.\"\n\n\"The recent ones have been growing remarkably well.\""
    },
    {
      "id": "050",
      "title_en": "OS Update Day",
      "title_ja": "OS更新日",
      "file": "images/050.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/050.webp",
      "date": "26.06.24",
      "desc": "今日はOS更新の日だ\nWin10のサポートが切れるらしい\n\n私は朝早くから洞窟へ向かった\n\nブウウン\n円盤が静かに降りてくる\n\n白い服の保守員が降り立ち、巨大なコンピューターを起動した\n\n次の方\n\n私は腕を差し出す\n\n保守員がケーブルを接続する\n\nバックアップ取ってる？\nあ、はい\n\nよかった\n前回の更新で弟が魚になってたから\n\nよくある互換性の問題ですね\n保守員は慣れた手つきで呟いた\n\n更新が終わる頃には、\n遠くの街でも少しだけ世界が変わっている。\n\n原始人がいてその先に現代人がいる\n\nノンノンノン\n\n私たちは同じ時間を生きている。\n\n誰かの仕事で\n世界は今日も静かに更新されているのだ",
      "desc_en": "Today is OS Update Day\nI heard support for Windows 10 is ending\n\nI headed to the cave early that morning\n\nBwoooom\nA flying saucer quietly descended from the sky\n\nA maintenance worker in white stepped out and powered on the giant computer\n\n\"Next please\"\n\nI held out my arm\n\nThe technician connected a cable\n\n\"Did you back everything up?\"\n\"Yes\"\n\n\"Good\"\n\n\"My younger brother turned into a fish after the last update\"\n\"That's a fairly common compatibility issue\"\n\nThe technician muttered it with the calm voice of someone who had said it countless times before\n\nBy the time the update is complete\nthe world changes just a little\neven in the distant cities\n\nPrimitive humans came first\nand modern humans evolved afterward\n\n\"Non non non\"\n\nWe are living in the same time\nBecause of someone's everyday job\n\nthe world is quietly updated once again today"
    },
    {
      "id": "051",
      "title_en": "The Third Substation",
      "title_ja": "第三送電所",
      "file": "images/051.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/051.webp",
      "date": "26.07.02",
      "desc": "山中の第三送電所には\nCITYからの欲が\n電力に混じって集まる\n\nぬぼわぁ\n\nで\nあいつがそれを食う\n\n私は派遣社員のエンジニア\n今日も電力の位相を調整しにきた\n\n500マイスボルテージを\n350へ下げてっと\n\nしかし最近の欲はすごいわね\nCITYは一体どうなってんだか\n\nよっしゃこれで終了\n\n早く家に帰って\nファミコンをやろう\n\n白い霧の向こうで\nあいつが不満そうに瞬いた",
      "desc_en": "At the Third Substation\ndeep in the mountains\ndesire from the CITY gathers\nmixed into the electricity\n\nNubowaaah\n\nAnd then\nthat thing eats it\n\nI’m a dispatched engineer\nI came here again today\nto adjust the phase of the power\n\nLowering the 500 Mice Voltage\ndown to 350\n\nStill\ndesire these days is incredible\nwhat on earth is happening\nto the CITY\n\nAlright\nthat’s done\n\nI want to get home early\nand play Famicom\n\nBeyond the white mist\nthat thing blinked\nas if dissatisfied"
    },
    {
      "id": "052",
      "title_en": "The Pier of Fishermen",
      "title_ja": "釣り人の桟橋",
      "file": "images/052.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/052.webp",
      "date": "26.07.03",
      "desc": "この桟橋には二種類の釣り人がいる\n\n魚を釣る者と\n空に釣られる者だ\n\n夕暮れになると\n皆どこか落ち着かなくなる\n\nブウウン\n\n円盤が静かに近づく\n\nよし 食った\n\n会社員は満面の笑みで両手を広げ\n白い光に勢いよく吸い込まれていった\n\n周囲の釣り人たちは\n釣果を見守るように静かにうなずく\n\n魚を釣るより\n誰かに釣られる方が幸せな日もある",
      "desc_en": "There are two kinds of fishermen on this pier.\n\nThose who catch fish\nand those who are caught by the sky.\n\nAs evening falls\neveryone grows a little restless.\n\nBwooooom\n\nA flying saucer quietly approaches.\n\nYes\nIt took the bait.\n\nThe salaryman spreads his arms with a beaming smile\nand is swiftly pulled into the white beam of light.\n\nThe other fishermen\nsilently nod\nas if admiring a fine catch.\n\nSome days\nbeing caught\nis happier than catching fish."
    },
    {
      "id": "053",
      "title_en": "Closing Drone",
      "title_ja": "閉店ドローン",
      "file": "images/053.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/053.webp",
      "date": "26.07.06",
      "desc": "ふう\n\n今晩もまた来てしまった\n\n最初に来たのは\n墓参りの帰りだった\n\n墓場に提灯が灯ってるんだ\nそりゃ驚くさ\n\nだけど一杯飲んで\nもっと驚いた\n\nここじゃ\n先に逝った同僚と\n酒を飲みながら話せるんだ\n\nブウウン\n\nああ\n閉店のドローンだ\n\nあれが来ると\nみんな静かに自分の墓へ帰っていく\n\nじゃあまた\n\n店を出るのはいつも私だけだ",
      "desc_en": "Phew.\n\nI ended up coming here again tonight.\n\nThe first time I came\nwas after visiting a grave.\n\nLanterns glowing in a cemetery—\nyeah, that caught me off guard.\n\nBut after having a drink,\nI was even more surprised.\n\nHere,\nyou can share a drink\nand talk with coworkers\nwho passed away before you.\n\nBzzzzz...\n\nAh.\n\nThat's the closing drone.\n\nWhen it arrives,\neveryone quietly returns\nto their own grave.\n\nSee you again.\n\nI'm always\nthe only one who leaves the bar."
    },
    {
      "id": "054",
      "title_en": "Central Fish Market",
      "title_ja": "中央鮮魚街",
      "file": "images/054.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/054.webp",
      "date": "26.07.09",
      "desc": "へいらっしゃい\n\n今日も新鮮な切り身\n入ってますよ\n\nファーナム産の甘塩鮭\n\nどうぞ\nいらっしゃい\nいらっしゃい\n\nスモークがいいなら\nあの店で買って\n\nビールと一緒に飲みたい？\n\nじゃあ\nあそこの立ち飲み屋がおすすめだ\n\n好きなものを\n好きな飲み物と一緒に\n好きなだけ\n\n…\n\n\n上が開いてから\nこの辺の魚は本当にうまくなった",
      "desc_en": "Hey, welcome\n\nFresh cuts came in today.\n\nLightly salted salmon from Farnham.\n\nCome on in.\nStep right up.\n\nLooking for smoked salmon?\n\nTry the shop over there.\n\nWant something to go with a beer?\n\nThen I'd recommend\nthe standing bar just down the street.\n\nPick whatever you like.\n\nPair it with your favorite drink\nand eat as much as you want.\n\n...\n\nCome to think of it...\n\nEver since\nthe sky opened up,\n\nthe fish around here\nhave tasted a whole lot better."
    },
    {
      "id": "055",
      "title_en": "1977 Model",
      "title_ja": "昭和52年式",
      "file": "images/055.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/055.webp",
      "date": "26.07.12",
      "desc": "今日から宇宙事業部に配属された\n\n最初に渡されたのは\n一冊のリーフレットだった\n\n「甲殻生物型ポッドで行く宇宙作業」\n\n昭和52年から現在まで\n一度も設計変更はありません\n\n操縦席は口の中\n\n大気圏で一度脱皮します\n\n帰還時は尻尾から\n\n前向きでは帰れません\n\n…\n\n午後から実技研修らしい\n\n私はリーフレットを閉じて\n\n甲殻生物の口へ向かった",
      "desc_en": "Today was my first day in the Space Operations Division.\n\nThe first thing they handed me\nwas a small brochure.\n\n\"Space Operations with the Crustacean Bio-Pod\"\n\nIts design has never been changed\nsince 1977.\n\nThe cockpit is inside the mouth.\n\nIt molts once\nwhile passing through the atmosphere.\n\nFor the return trip,\nit enters tail first.\n\nIt cannot come back\nfacing forward.\n\n...\n\nApparently,\npractical training starts this afternoon.\n\nI closed the brochure\n\nand walked toward the mouth\nof the crustacean."
    },
    {
      "id": "056",
      "title_en": "Lifetime Integration Program",
      "title_ja": "終身融合制度",
      "file": "images/056.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/056.webp",
      "date": "26.07.19",
      "desc": "今日から\n生体インフラ事業部へ配属された\n\n最初は驚いた\n\n会社が昆虫だったからだ\n\nでも慣れる\n\n人間って\n\n案外すぐ慣れる\n\n池の掃除をして\n魚に餌をやって\nサーバーを点検する\n\nそれが私の仕事\n\n定年まであと二十年\n\nその頃には\n私もこの昆虫の一部になれるらしい\n\n部長は\n「羨ましいだろ」と言って笑った\n\n私も笑った",
      "desc_en": "Today was my first day\nin the Bio-Infrastructure Division.\n\nAt first,I was surprised.\n\nThe company was a giant insect.\n\nBut you get used to it.\n\nHumans...\n\nadapt much faster than you'd think.\n\nI clean the pond.\nFeed the fish.\nInspect the servers.\n\nThat's my job.\n\nTwenty years until retirement.\n\nBy then,\n\nthey say\n\nI'll become part of this insect too.\n\nMy manager smiled.\n\"You're lucky, you know.\"\n\nI smiled too."
    },
    {
      "id": "057",
      "title_en": "Central Nervous Bureau",
      "title_ja": "中央神経局",
      "file": "images/057.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/057.webp",
      "date": "26.07.31",
      "desc": "地下二千メートルで\n発見された巨人は死んでいた\n\n脳だけを除いて\n\n人類は歓喜した\n\nその脳はどんなスーパーコンピューターより\n速く正確だった\n\n以来\n都市はその脳を中心に築かれた\n\n交通も通信も行政も\n\nすべて巨人が支えている\n\n私は保守部門の会社員\n\n毎朝脳へ接続し\n\n昨日集めた人間の記憶を入力する\n\n感情や迷いも忘れず送る\n\nそれが思考を安定させるらしい\n\n詳しいことは私も知らない\n\nただ一つ\n\n新人研修で教わった規則だけは覚えている\n\n問いかけられても決して\n\n返事をするな",
      "desc_en": "Two kilometersbeneath the ground\nThe giant we foundwas dead\n\nExcept for its brain\n\nHumanity rejoiced\n\nIts brain was faster and more accurate\nthan any supercomputer \n\nSince then\nour cities have been built around its brain\n\nTransportation communications government\n\nEverything is sustained by the giant\n\nI work in the maintenance division\n\nEvery morning I connect myself to the brain\n\nand upload the memories collected from people the day before\n\nTheir emotions Their doubts Nothing is omitted\n\nThey say it keeps the brain thinking steadily\n\nI don't know how it really works\n\nBut there is one rule\n\nI still remember from orientation\n\nIf it speaks\n\nNever answer back"
    },
    {
      "id": "058",
      "title_en": "Facility No. 7",
      "title_ja": "第七製造所",
      "file": "images/058.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/058.webp",
      "date": "26.08.02",
      "desc": "ようこそ\n森林第七製造所へ\n\n当工場では\n神々へ奉納する個体を製造しております\n\n都市では騒音や排熱の問題がありますので\n工場は森の奥に建設いたしました\n\nご覧ください\n\n作業員たちは毎日一体ずつ組み立てています\n\n完成した個体は日没前に回収され\n神々へ納品されます\n\n創業以来一日も欠かしたことはございません\n\nもちろん\n\n作業員たちは何のために納品しているのか知りません\n\n知る必要がないからです\n\n神々はどのようなお姿なのですか？\n\nご安心ください\n\n皆様もすでにご覧になっています\n\n最初の一体は誰が作ったのですか？\n\n申し訳ございません\n\nその資料だけは\n\n当社にも残っておりません",
      "desc_en": "Welcome to\nForest Manufacturing Facility No. 7.\n\nAt this facility,\nwe manufacture units to be offered to the Gods.\n\nTo avoid noise and excess heat in urban areas,\nthis factory was built deep within the forest.\n\nPlease take a look.\n\nOur workers assemble one unit every day.\n\nEach completed unit is collected before sunset\nand delivered to the Gods.\n\nNot a single day has been missed since the company was founded.\n\nOf course,\n\nour workers do not know why the units are delivered.\n\nThere is no need for them to know.\n\n\"What do the Gods look like?\"\n\nPlease don't worry.\n\nYou have already seen them.\n\n\"Who built the very first one?\"\n\nWe sincerely apologize.\n\nThat is the only record\n\nour company no longer retains."
    },
    {
      "id": "059",
      "title_en": "Every Night at Night",
      "title_ja": "夜は毎晩",
      "file": "images/059.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/059.webp",
      "date": "26.08.05",
      "desc": "「さあ始めようか」\n\n私は毎晩この屋上で街の周波数を合わせる\n\n巨大な反射鏡がゆっくり空を向き\n\n円盤が所定の位置へ入ると\n眠っていた者たちが目を覚ます\n\n街では幽霊と呼ばれているが\n彼らは誰かの記憶が電波になった姿だ\n\n仕事は単純\n\n迷子になった記憶を拾い正しい家へ返してやるだけ\n\n一つでも取り残せば\n翌朝には誰かが大切な人の顔を思い出せなくなる\n\nだから私は夜明けまでここを離れない\n\n朝になる頃には\n皆何事もなかったように今日を生き始める\n\n私が昨夜\n\n少しだけ書き換えたことも知らずに",
      "desc_en": "\"Shall we begin?\"\n\nEvery night, I climb to this rooftop to tune the city's frequency.\n\nThe giant reflector slowly turns toward the sky.\n\nOnce the disc reaches its designated position,\nthose who had been asleep begin to awaken.\n\nPeople in the city call them ghosts,\nbut they are memories that have taken the form of radio waves.\n\nThe job is simple.\n\nI gather the memories that have lost their way and return them to where they belong.\n\nIf even one is left behind,\nsomeone will wake the next morning unable to remember the face of a loved one.\n\nSo I never leave this rooftop until dawn.\n\nBy sunrise,\neveryone goes on with their day as if nothing had happened.\n\nNever realizing that I rewrote\njust a tiny part of their memories the night before."
    },
    {
      "id": "060",
      "title_en": "Dimensional Scratch",
      "title_ja": "次元スクラッチ",
      "file": "images/060.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/060.webp",
      "date": "26.08.07",
      "desc": "ここはCITY38\n\n今晩もDJが\n三つの次元を同時に回す\n\n一枚目は江戸\n二枚目は昭和\n\n三枚目は\nまだ誰も知らない未来\n\n三つの拍子が重なるとこの街の今日が決まる\n\n今日は何した何をみた\n神頼みちゃぶ台返し\nいつもどおり\n\nへい\n\n気付いたかい\n\n君の思い出も\n誰かのリミックスだ",
      "desc_en": "This is CITY38.\n\nTonight again,\nthe DJ spins three dimensions at once.\n\nThe first record is Edo.\nThe second is Showa.\n\nThe third is\na future no one has seen yet.\n\nWhen the three rhythms overlap,today in this city is decided.\n\nWhat did you do today?What did you see?\nPrayers to the gods,flipping the dinner table,\njust like always.\n\nHey.\n\nDid you notice？\n\nEven your memories\nare somebody else's remix."
    },
    {
      "id": "061",
      "title_en": "33-Day Water Vein",
      "title_ja": "33日水脈",
      "file": "images/061.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/061.webp",
      "date": "26.08.13",
      "desc": "俺は地下水管理会社の社員だ\n\n仕事は砂漠の水脈を探すこと\n\nといっても俺が探すわけじゃない\n\n古い遺跡から採掘されたあの骸骨が探す\n\n頭にセンサーを繋いで砂漠へ向けておく\n\nすると突然\nピカッと\n目が赤く光る\n\n骸骨の目線の先が水脈\nお宝ドンって訳だ\n\nあとは掘削班へ場所を伝えて\n水が出るまで掘る\n\nただし一つだけ決まりがある\n\n目が光ってから33日以内に水を掘り当てること\n\n失敗した場合\n担当者の命は保証されない\n\n理由は知らない\n\n入社した時からそういう規則だ\n\nだから\n骸骨の目が光るたびソワソワする\n\nピカッ\n\nお\n光った\n\n俺はゆっくり骸骨の目線を追った\n\n……\n\nこっち見てる",
      "desc_en": "I work for a groundwater management company\n\nMy job is to find water veins beneath the desert\n\nThough I'm not the one who finds them\n\nThat skeleton we dug up from some ancient ruins does\n\nWe hook sensors up to its skull and point it toward the desert\n\nThen suddenly\nFLASH\nIts eyes glow red\n\nWherever the skeleton is looking\nthat's where the water is Jackpot\n\nThen I tell the drilling crew where to dig\nand they keep going until they hit water\n\nThere's just one rule\n\nOnce its eyes light up we have 33 days to find the water\n\nIf we fail\nThe person in charge is not guaranteed to survive\n\nI don't know why\n\nIt's been company policy since the day I joined\n\nSo every time those eyes light up\nI get a little nervous\n\nFLASH\n\nOh\n\nThere it goes\n\nI slowly followed the skeleton's gaze\n\n...\n\nIt's looking at me"
    },
    {
      "id": "062",
      "title_en": "Skitter Shift",
      "title_ja": "カサカサ勤務",
      "file": "images/062.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/062.webp",
      "date": "26.08.16",
      "desc": "火星で観測を始めて数ヶ月\n\n勤務中にビールを呑んでもOKなんて素敵\n\n最初はどうなることかと思った\n\n元々ここにいた住人はサソリに変えられちゃってるし\n\nしかも本人たちはまだ人間だと思ってるみたい\n\nカサカサ\n\nまあ\n本人たちが幸せならそれでいいか\n\n私もここでの暮らし結構気に入ってる\n\nサソってGO\nカサカサってYO\n\n毒針まいまい\n田舎の素麺\n\n真夏に食べとけ思い出マイメン\n\n...\n\nうん今日も調子いい",
      "desc_en": "I've been stationed on Mars for a few months now\n\nBeing allowed to drink beer on the job is pretty amazing\n\nAt first I wasn't sure how things would turn out\n\nThe people who originally lived here have all been turned into scorpions\n\nAnd apparently they still think they're human\n\nSkitter skitter\n\nWell as long as they're happy I guess that's all that matters\n\nI'm actually starting to like life out here\n\nScorpion, let's GO\nSkitter skitter, YO\n\nStingers flying, mai mai\nCountry-style somen on standby\n\nEat it in midsummer\nMemories with my main man\n\n...\n\nYeah,Everything's looking good today"
    },
    {
      "id": "063",
      "title_en": "Surface Meeting",
      "title_ja": "地上会議",
      "file": "images/063.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/063.webp",
      "date": "26.08.18",
      "desc": "長い連休も終わって今日からまた仕事\n憂鬱だよ\n\nまあ飲みなよ\n\n明日は地上で会議だったっけ\n\nそうそう朝から本社\n\nうわぁ地上かぁ\nネクタイ乾くの嫌なんだよな\n\nあ \n地上会議の申請した？\n今日の17時までだぞ\n\nうそ\n部長印だけじゃダメ？\n\nダメダメ\nあいつの承認いるよ\n\n同僚が奥を指差した\n\n巨大な眼球がじっと見ている\n\n……\n\nギョロ\n\nパチン\n\nお\n通った\n\nよかった\nじゃあもう一杯飲んで帰るか\n\nそうだな\n\n明日は地上だし\n今のうちにたっぷり濡れとこう",
      "desc_en": "The long holiday is over, and it's back to work today.\nI'm depressed.\n\nCome on, have a drink.\n\nWasn't the meeting tomorrow up on the surface?\n\nYeah, at headquarters first thing in the morning.\n\nUgh, the surface...\nI hate it when my tie dries out.\n\nOh.\nDid you submit the application for the surface meeting?\nIt's due by 5 p.m. today.\n\nSeriously?\nIsn't the department manager's stamp enough?\n\nNo, no.\nYou need his approval.\n\nMy coworker pointed toward the back.\n\nA giant eyeball was staring at us.\n\n……\n\nGLOOR\n\nBLINK\n\nOh.\nIt went through.\n\nGood.\nLet's have one more drink before we head home.\n\nYeah.\n\nWe're going up to the surface tomorrow.\nMight as well get nice and soaked while we still can."
    },
    {
      "id": "064",
      "title_en": "The Farm of the Main Body",
      "title_ja": "本体の畑",
      "file": "images/064.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/064.webp",
      "date": "26.08.23",
      "desc": "ここの土地なら\nいい畑になると思いますよ\n\nパーユベンの成長に必要な元素が\n地中にたっぷりありますから\n\nなるほど\n\n昆虫型探査機は\nゆっくりと火星の地表を進んでいく\n\nしかし皆さん\nよく人間に似せて作られてますね\n\n最近のモデルは\n触覚まで本体と繋がってますから\n\nへえ\n\nじゃあ今\n火星の土を踏んでる感覚も？\n\nええ\nちゃんと感じますよ\n\nでは\nこの一帯を栽培区画にしましょう\n\nところで\n\n収穫したパーユベンって\n地球では何に使われてるんです？\n\n詳しくは知りません\n\n地中の培養施設へ運ばれて\n何かの培養土になるそうです\n\nへえ\n\n何を育ててるんでしょうね",
      "desc_en": "This land\nshould make good farmland\n\nThe soil is rich in the elements\nPar-yuben needs to grow\n\nI see\n\nThe insect-shaped exploration vehicle\nslowly moves across the surface of Mars\n\nStill\nyou all look remarkably human\n\nThe newer models\neven have their sense of touch connected to their main bodies\n\nHuh\n\nSo right now\nyou can feel the Martian soil beneath your feet?\n\nYes\nI can feel it perfectly\n\nThen\nlet's designate this whole area for cultivation\n\nBy the way\n\nWhat is the harvested Par-yuben\nused for back on Earth?\n\nI don't know the details\n\nApparently it's taken to an underground cultivation facility\nand used as some kind of growth medium\n\nHuh\n\nI wonder what they're growing down there"
    },
    {
      "id": "065",
      "title_en": "Brainthread Spider",
      "title_ja": "脳糸蜘蛛",
      "file": "images/065.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/065.webp",
      "date": "26.08.25",
      "desc": "この砂漠には\n世界中の情報が集まってくる\n\nこいつのおかげでな\n\n私は奥の巨大な蜘蛛を指差した\n\n蜘蛛が吐いた糸を\n砂漠の中へ垂らす\n\nすると糸は地中を這い\n根を張るように世界中へ伸びていく\n\n街の会話も\n誰かの記憶も\n昨日の喧嘩も\n\n全部この糸を伝って戻ってくる\n\nだが\n集めるだけじゃ意味がない\n\n蜘蛛の糸に人間の細胞を繋ぎ\nこの培養槽で育てる\n\nそうすると\n\n世界中の情報を理解する\n新しい生命体の脳ができる\n\n私は毎日ここで\n脳の成長を見守っている\n\nカタカタ\n\nん？\n\n侍は昔の人だって？\n\n何言ってんだ\n\n今でも次元の間で生きてるぜ\n\nほら\n\nお前が今それを言ったことも\n\nもう糸から届いてる",
      "desc_en": "Information from all over the world\ngathers here in this desert\n\nAll thanks to this guy\n\nI pointed to the giant spider in the back\n\nWe lower the threads it spins\ninto the desert\n\nThen they crawl underground\nspreading across the world like roots\n\nConversations in the city\nsomeone’s memories\nyesterday’s arguments\n\nIt all travels back here through these threads\n\nBut\nthere’s no point in just collecting it\n\nWe connect human cells\nto the spider silk and grow them in this tank\n\nAnd then\n\nwe get the brain of a new life-form\ncapable of understanding information from all over the world\n\nEvery day\nI sit here and watch the brain grow\n\nClack clack\n\nHmm?\n\nYou think samurai are people from the past?\n\nWhat are you talking about?\n\nWe’re still alive between dimensions\n\nLook\n\nEven what you just said\n\nhas already reached me through the threads"
    },
    {
      "id": "066",
      "title_en": "Underground Waterway Market",
      "title_ja": "地下水路市場",
      "file": "images/066.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/066.webp",
      "date": "26.08.29",
      "desc": "仕事終わりはだいたいここに寄る\n\n地下街の真ん中にある大きな生け簀\n\n昔は普通の市場だったらしい\n\n今では魚もエイも地下水路から勝手に入ってくる\n\nだから店のおっちゃんたちは\n毎朝ここから適当にすくって店に並べる\n\n今日も一杯やっていると\n\nバシャッ\n\n大きなエイが水面から顔を出した\n\nお\n\n今日は近いな\n\n私がビールを飲みながら眺めていると\n隣の同僚が小声で言った\n\nあれ昨日辞めた田中さんじゃない？\n\n……\n\n確かに似ている\n\nまあいいか\n\nおっちゃん\nエイヒレもう一枚",
      "desc_en": "After work I usually stop by here\n\nA huge fish tank right in the middle of the underground market\n\nApparently this used to be a normal marketplace\n\nThese days fish and rays just swim in through the underground waterways\n\nSo every morning\nthe shopkeepers scoop out whatever they can and put it up for sale\n\nI was having a drink here again today when\n\nSPLASH\n\nA huge ray poked its head out of the water\n\nOh\n\nPretty close today\n\nAs I watched it over my beer\nmy coworker beside me whispered\n\nIsn't that Tanaka who quit yesterday?\n\n...\n\nIt does look like him\n\nOh well\n\nHey boss\nAnother plate of grilled stingray fin"
    },
    {
      "id": "067",
      "title_en": "Working Inside the Bug",
      "title_ja": "虫内勤務",
      "file": "images/067.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/067.webp",
      "date": "2026.8.31",
      "desc": "2000何年だったか\nリモートワークが流行ったのは\n\nあの頃はまさか\nこんな形で仕事することになるとは思わなかったな\n\n虫の中だぜ\n\nまあいいじゃないか\n温かいし\n\n上司の機嫌も\n虫が調整してくれるようになって安定した\n\nフェロモン効果ってやつか\n\n昔は大変だったよな\n満員電車に乗って\n毎朝会社まで移動してたんだから\n\n人間は極力動かないほうが\n世界には優しいのさ\n\nところで\n\nお前\n最後に外へ出たのいつだっけ\n\n……\n\nいつだったかな",
      "desc_en": "I think it was sometime in the 2000s\nwhen remote work became popular\n\nBack then\nI never imagined we'd end up working like this\n\nInside a bug\n\nWell, it's not so bad\nIt's warm in here\n\nEven the boss's mood is stable now\nThe bug seems to regulate it for him\n\nMust be the pheromones\n\nThings were tough back then\nWe used to cram onto packed trains\nand commute to the office every morning\n\nThe less humans move around\nthe better it is for the planet\n\nBy the way\n\nWhen was the last time\nyou went outside?\n\n...\n\nWhen was it again?"
    },
    {
      "id": "068",
      "title_en": "No. 8 Tentacle Line",
      "title_ja": "第八触手線",
      "file": "images/068.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/068.webp",
      "date": "26.09.02",
      "desc": "月面鉄道に配属されてもう七年になる\n\n今日も朝から第八触手の動きが悪い\n\nおい\nポイント切り替わってないぞ\n\nああ\n昨日から機嫌悪いんですよ\n\n餌は？\n\n貨物三本通したらやる予定です\n\nそうか\n\n月面鉄道は人間が作ったものではない\n\n地下に棲む巨大生物の神経が地表へ伸びたものだ\n\n我々はその上にレールを敷き列車を走らせている\n\n神経だからたまに動く\n\n昨日まで東へ伸びていた路線が\n朝には北を向いていることもある\n\nまあ\n七年もいれば慣れる\n\nガタンゴトン\n\nお\n\n第八触手戻りました\n\nうん\n\nじゃあ終電までこのまま走らせよう\n\n餌の準備は？\n\nええ\nもう刻んで準備できてます",
      "desc_en": "I’ve been assigned to the Lunar Railway for seven years now\n\nThe Eighth Tentacle has been acting up again since this morning\n\nHey\nthe switch hasn’t changed\n\nYeah\nit’s been in a bad mood since yesterday\n\nWhat about its food?\n\nWe’re planning to feed it after three freight trains pass\n\nI see\n\nThe Lunar Railway wasn’t built by humans\n\nIt’s actually the nerves of a giant creature living underground\nextending all the way up to the surface\n\nWe laid tracks over them\nand run our trains on top\n\nThey’re nerves\nso they move sometimes\n\nA line that was running east yesterday\nmight be pointing north by morning\n\nWell\nafter seven years you get used to it\n\nClackety-clack\n\nOh\n\nThe Eighth Tentacle is back in place\n\nYeah\n\nLet’s keep the trains running like this until the last one tonight\n\nIs the food ready?\n\nYep\nit’s already chopped up and ready to go"
    },
    {
      "id": "069",
      "title_en": "Noble Things",
      "title_ja": "高貴なもの",
      "file": "images/069.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/069.webp",
      "date": "26.09.08",
      "desc": "今日の品質はどうかな？\n\nああ\n\nいつもどおりの純度でできているようだ\n\n粒も細かい\n\n南側は今年も当たりだな\n\n北側の坑道産は？\n\nだめだ\n\n最近また値が落ちた\n\n商人は結晶を光にかざした\n\nこの地下では昔から\n細かな結晶が採れる\n\n街では高値で取引されているが\n\nどうやってできるのか\n\n……\n\n糞なのだ\n\nあの糞でできている\n\nこの世にある\n綺麗で高貴なものというのは\n\nだいたい何かの排泄物で\nできているものだ\n\n人間とは\nそんなものなのだよ",
      "desc_en": "How's the quality today?\n\nYeah.\n\nLooks like the purity is as good as usual.\n\nThe grains are fine, too.\n\nThe south side came out well again this year.\n\nWhat about the ones from the northern mine?\n\nNo good.\n\nThe price has dropped again lately.\n\nThe merchant held a crystal up to the light.\n\nFine crystals have been mined\nbeneath this ground for generations.\n\nThey fetch a high price in the city.\n\nBut how are they made?\n\n...\n\nIt's shit.\n\nThey're made from that thing's shit.\n\nThe beautiful\nand precious things in this world\n\nare usually made\nfrom something's waste.\n\nThat's just\nhow humans are."
    },
    {
      "id": "070",
      "title_en": "Sada the Sword Collector",
      "title_ja": "刀集めのサダ",
      "file": "images/070.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/070.webp",
      "date": "26.09.09",
      "desc": "火星への侵攻が始まって\n三ヶ月が経った\n\n平地は戦車部隊\n\n山岳地帯は\n我々昆虫部隊の担当だ\n\n多脚型は岩場に強い\n\n少しくらい崖があっても\nこいつなら問題なく進める\n\nガシャ\nガシャ\n\nサダさん\n\nまた刀増えてません？\n\nああ\n昨日一本拾った\n\n火星に刀なんてあるんですね\n\nあるよ\n\n地球より多い\n\n後ろに乗っているのは\n刀集めのサダ\n\n戦闘が終わるたび\nどこからか刀を拾ってくる\n\nそれで何本目です？\n\n二百七十三\n\n地球に持って帰るんですか？\n\nいや\n\n全部火星産だ\n\n地球に持って帰ったら\nおかしいだろ\n\n……\n\nその日の夕方\n岩場でまた一本見つかった\n\nサダさん\n\nこれ\n\n柄に名前が彫ってありますよ\n\nサダ\n\n……\n\nああ\nやっと見つけた\n\n俺のだ",
      "desc_en": "The invasion of Mars began\nthree months ago\n\nThe tank units handle the plains\n\nThe mountain regions\nare our insect unit's territory\n\nMulti-legged models are good on rocky terrain\n\nEven with a few cliffs\nthis thing gets through just fine\n\nCLANK\nCLANK\n\nSada\n\nHaven't you got more swords again?\n\nYeah\nFound one yesterday\n\nThere are swords on Mars?\n\nSure\n\nMore than on Earth\n\nThe man riding behind me\nis Sada the Sword Collector\n\nEvery time a battle ends\nhe comes back with a sword from somewhere\n\nHow many does that make?\n\nTwo hundred seventy-three\n\nAre you taking them back to Earth?\n\nNo\n\nThey're all Martian-made\n\nIt'd be weird\nto take them back to Earth\n\n...\n\nThat evening\nwe found another one among the rocks\n\nSada\n\nLook at this\n\nThere's a name carved into the hilt\n\nSada\n\n...\n\nYeah\nFinally found it\n\nIt's mine"
    },
    {
      "id": "071",
      "title_en": "Toward the Human World",
      "title_ja": "人間界方面",
      "file": "images/071.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/071.webp",
      "date": "26.09.10",
      "desc": "人間界へ行くには\nこのエスカレーターに乗る\n\n別に珍しいものじゃない\n\n毎朝みんな\nここから仕事へ向かう\n\nゴウンゴウン\n\n乗っている間に\n体は少しずつ人間へ変わっていく\n\n鱗が消えて\n腕が二本になって\n目も二つになる\n\n上にいた頃はあんな姿だった連中も\n下へ着く頃には立派な会社員だ\n\n私ももう十年以上使っている\n\nネクタイまで勝手に出てくるから\nなかなか便利なものだ\n\nただ\nたまに変換の遅いやつがいる\n\nおいまだ尻尾残ってるぞ\n\nえ\n\n本当ですか\n\nまあいい\n\nズボンに入れとけ\n\n遅刻するぞ\n\n……\n\n今日も人間界は朝から忙しいのだ",
      "desc_en": "To get to the human world,\nyou take this escalator.\n\nIt’s nothing unusual.\n\nEvery morning,\neveryone heads to work from here.\n\nRumble, rumble.\n\nAs you ride,\nyour body gradually transforms into a human one.\n\nYour scales disappear.\nYour arms become two.\nYour eyes become two.\n\nEven those who looked like that up above\nare perfectly respectable office workers by the time they reach the bottom.\n\nI’ve been using it myself for over ten years now.\n\nIt even gives you a necktie automatically,\nso it’s pretty convenient.\n\nThough sometimes,\nyou get someone whose transformation is a little slow.\n\nHey,\nyou’ve still got a tail.\n\nHuh?\n\nReally?\n\nAh, whatever.\n\nJust tuck it into your pants.\n\nYou’re gonna be late.\n\n...\n\nAnother busy morning in the human world."
    },
    {
      "id": "072",
      "title_en": "Human Reserve",
      "title_ja": "人類保護区",
      "file": "images/072.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/072.webp",
      "date": "26.09.17",
      "desc": "「人類は絶滅させてはならない。\nしかし、文明を持たせてもならない。」\n\nそれが彼らの決めたルールだ\n\n人類が地球を壊しかけたあの日から\n二万年以上が経った\n\n今では我々も\n洞窟での暮らしにすっかり慣れた\n\n食料は毎朝ここで配給される\n\n病気になれば治してくれるし\n危険な生物も近づいてこない\n\n昔よりずっと安全らしい\n\nただし\n文明を使うには彼らの許可がいる\n\n火\n文字\n農耕\n車輪\n\n人間が昔使っていたものを\n一つずつ申請する\n\n申請に使えるのは\n戦争を生き残ったこの端末だけだ\n\nカタカタ\n\nお\n\n車輪の申請どうだった？\n\nまだ審査中\n\n今年こそ通ると思ったんだけどな\n\n無理だろ\n\n去年\n隣の集落が二輪車作ったからな\n\nあれでまた百年延びたらしいぞ\n\nマジか\n\n一輪にしとけばよかったのにな\n\n……\n\nまあいい\n\n芋もらって帰ろう\n\n人類が火を取り戻すまで\nあと四百二十七年\n\n人類は今日も\n順調に保護されている",
      "desc_en": "“Humanity must not be allowed to go extinct.\nBut neither must it be allowed to have civilization.”\n\nThat is the rule they established.\n\nMore than twenty thousand years have passed\nsince the day humanity nearly destroyed the Earth.\n\nBy now,\nwe’ve grown quite used to living in caves.\n\nFood is distributed here every morning.\n\nIf we get sick, they heal us.\nDangerous creatures are kept away.\n\nApparently, life is much safer than it used to be.\n\nThere is just one condition.\n\nTo use anything from civilization,\nwe need their permission.\n\nFire.\nWriting.\nAgriculture.\nThe wheel.\n\nEverything humans once used\nmust be applied for, one by one.\n\nAnd this terminal,\nthe only one that survived the war,\nis the only place we can submit an application.\n\nClack clack.\n\nHey.\n\nWhat happened with the application for the wheel?\n\nStill under review.\n\nI thought it might finally get approved this year.\n\nNo chance.\n\nLast year,\nthe settlement next door built a two-wheeled vehicle.\n\nApparently that set us back another hundred years.\n\nSeriously?\n\nThey should’ve just stuck with one wheel.\n\n...\n\nOh well.\n\nLet’s get our potatoes and go home.\n\nUntil humanity is allowed to use fire again:\n\n427 years.\n\nHumanity remains,\nas always, safely under protection."
    },
    {
      "id": "073",
      "title_en": "Bell Pepper Beatbox",
      "title_ja": "ピーマンBeatbox",
      "file": "images/073.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/073.webp",
      "date": "26.09.20",
      "desc": "時間はかかったが\nようやく私のクローンが完成した\n\n完璧だ\n\nこれなら街を歩いても\n誰も私のクローンだとは気づくまい\n\nピーマン型ラボの中で\n男は秘密の研究を続けていた\n\nヘリコプターが飛び\n\n巨大な操作の手が\nもうすぐそこまで伸びてきていることも知らず\n\nドゥビドゥビドゥ\nズッタッタウンタッタ\n\nピーマン beatbox\n\n奇怪な愉快犯が\n今日も唸るのだ",
      "desc_en": "It took some time,\nbut at last, my clone is complete.\n\nPerfect.\n\nNow I can walk through the city\nand no one will ever know he’s my clone.\n\nInside a bell pepper-shaped lab,\nthe man continued his secret research.\n\nA helicopter flew overhead,\n\nunaware that a giant hand\nwas already reaching in to manipulate him.\n\nDooby-dooby-doo\nZutta-tatta-unta-tta\n\nBell Pepper Beatbox\n\nThe bizarre prankster\nrumbles on again today."
    },
    {
      "id": "074",
      "title_en": "Strangely Delicious",
      "title_ja": "美妙",
      "file": "images/074.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/074.webp",
      "date": "26.09.22",
      "desc": "くんくん\n\n確かこのあたりから香ってるんだけどな\n\n今日はセンサーが鈍い気がする\n\nまあ\n70年代のセンサーだから仕方ない\n\n私はモグラ型機械をゆっくり進めた\n\nこの辺りは地上との距離が近い\n\nあ、いた\n\n店長へ連絡しておこう\n\nこのサイズなら十人前にはなりそうだ\n\n...\n\n自分たちが普段垂れ流しているものが\nまさか食材になって地中にいるなんて\n\n人間達は考えもしないだろうな\n\n美味じゃなくて美妙なのだ、世界は\n\n食って\n\n出して\n\nまた食っている",
      "desc_en": "Sniff, sniff.\n\nI'm sure the smell is coming from around here.\n\nThe sensor seems a little dull today.\n\nWell,\nit's from the '70s.Can't really blame it.\n\nI slowly moved the mole machine forward.\n\nWe're pretty close to the surface around here.\n\nAh, there it is.\n\nBetter let the manager know.\n\nAt this size,it should make about ten servings.\n\n...\n\nHumans would never imagine that what they casually let out every day\nends up underground and becomes food.\n\nIt's not just delicious.\n\nIt's mysteriously delicious.\n\nThe world\n\neats,\n\nlets it out,\n\nand eats again."
    },
    {
      "id": "075",
      "title_en": "8 Minutes Left",
      "title_ja": "あと8分",
      "file": "images/075.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/075.webp",
      "date": "26.09.24",
      "desc": "あいつ今日も来てるな\n\n最近よく来ますね\n\nチップ読み取ってもらおっと\n\nえ\nまだ入れてないの？\n\nはい\nなんだか怖くて\n\n総務から催促来てない？\n\n来てます\n三回来てます\n\n早く入れた方がいいぞ\n処理されちまうだろあいつみたいに\n\n...\n\n処理って\n\n…\n\nあと8分だ\n\n黙って食え",
      "desc_en": "He’s here again today.\n\nHe’s been coming around a lot lately.\n\nMaybe I’ll have him scan my chip.\n\nHuh?\nYou still haven’t got one?\n\nNo.\nI’m kind of scared.\n\nHasn’t HR been reminding you?\n\nYeah.\nThree times already.\n\nYou’d better get one soon.\nYou’ll get processed, just like that guy.\n\n...\n\nWhat do you mean by “processed”?\n\n…\n\nEight minutes left.\n\nShut up and eat."
    },
    {
      "id": "076",
      "title_en": "The Place to Rest",
      "title_ja": "眠る場所",
      "file": "images/076.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/076.webp",
      "date": "26.09.26",
      "desc": "大丈夫よ\n\n私は恐竜の頭にケーブルを繋いだ\n\n今日入力するのは死亡地点と埋没位置\n\nこの個体は三十二年後\nここから百二十キロ東で死ぬ\n\n右を下にして倒れ\nそのまま地中に埋まる\n\n七千万年以上経ったあと\n人間たちがこいつの骨を掘り出す\n\n周辺では昆虫型探査機が地層を調べている\n\n未来で発見された化石と\n同じ場所に埋まらなければならない\n\nピピッ\n\n入力完了\n\n...\n\n私の時代だって同じようなもの\n\n今が辛いのも分かる\n\nでもね\n\nいつか先の未来の自分から\n今日の自分になんて声をかける？\n\nそこにいるのはほんの一瞬じゃない\n\n心配しないで\n\nほら行ってらっしゃい\n\n三十二年後に眠る場所は\n\nもう見つけてあるから",
      "desc_en": "Don’t worry.\n\nI connected a cable to the dinosaur’s head.\n\nToday’s input:the location of its death and where it will be buried.\n\nThis one will die thirty-two years from now,\n120 kilometers east of here.\n\nIt will fall on its right side\nand be buried there beneath the earth.\n\nMore than seventy million years later,\nhumans will dig up its bones.\n\nAround us,insect-like probes are surveying the geological layers.\n\nIt has to be buried in the exact same place\nwhere its fossil will be discovered in the future.\n\nBeep.\n\nInput complete.\n\n...\n\nIt’s much the same in my time.\n\nI know things are hard right now.\n\nBut tell me—\n\nif your future self could look back at you today,\nwhat would they say?\n\nYou’re only there for a moment, aren’t you?\n\nDon’t worry.\n\nNow, off you go.\n\nThe place where you’ll rest thirty-two years from now\n\nhas already been found."
    },
    {
      "id": "077",
      "title_en": "Humanity Design Department",
      "title_ja": "人間設計課",
      "file": "images/077.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/077.webp",
      "date": "26.09.28",
      "desc": "なぜだ\nなんで何回やってもこうなっちまうんだ\n\nお互い争いあって最後は自滅しちまう\nなんて人間は愚かなんだ\n\n週末ジョギングして\n夕方からラーメンとビール呑んでるだけで\n幸せじゃないのか？\n\nカタカタ\n\n私は人間の設計データを開いた\nこれで何度目だ\n\n寿命を変えてみたり\n性格を変えてみたり\n欲を減らしてみたり\n色々やった\n\nそれでもこいつらは\nこっちが考えもしなかったことを始める\n\nやっぱり\n俺のデザインが間違ってるんだろうな\n\n後ろにいた女が\nモニターを覗き込んだ\n\n焦りは禁物ですよ、サー\n我々の予測どおりに動く人間なんて作ってどうするんです？\n\n我々が欲しいのは予想だにしない動きをする\nアノーマルなデータなのです\n\n……\n\nそうか\n間違っているから\n\nだからいいのか\n\n魔界では今日も\nこんな議論が続いている",
      "desc_en": "Why?\nWhy does it always end up like this, no matter how many times I try?\n\nThey fight each other,and in the end, they destroy themselves.\nHumans really are foolish.\n\nWouldn't they be happy just going for a jog on the weekend,\nthen having ramen and a beer in the evening?\n\nClack clack.\n\nI opened the human design data.\nHow many times has it been now?\n\nI've changed their lifespans,\nchanged their personalities,\nreduced their desires.\nI've tried all sorts of things.\n\nAnd still,they always start doing things\nwe never even imagined.\n\nI guess\nthere really is something wrong with my design.\n\nThe woman behind me\nleaned over and looked at the monitor.\n\nDon't rush it, sir.\nWhat would be the point of creating humans who behave exactly as we predict?\n\nWhat we need is anomalous data\nfrom behavior we could never anticipate.\n...\n\nI see.\nIt's because they're flawed...\n\nthat they're valuable.\n\nAnd so, even today,\ndiscussions like this continue in Makai."
    },
    {
      "id": "078",
      "title_en": "Setouchi Nantaruchia",
      "title_ja": "瀬戸内ナンタルチア",
      "file": "images/078.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/078.webp",
      "date": "26.09.30",
      "desc": "瀬戸内の潮風がこのラボには最適なのだ  \n\n海上500mに作られた  \nナンタルチア  \n\n私が何をしているかだって？  \n\nそれが私にもよく分からない  \n\n毎朝恒温槽から\n卵を三個取り出して食べる  \n\nあとは\nよくわからない数値を入力する  \n\n入社して十二年\nずっとそれだけだ  \n\n君も似たようなもんだろう\n\n...\n\nパチ\nパチ\nパチ\n  \nお  \n今日はよく瞬きするな  \n\nさあ  \n金魚に餌やって\n\nそろそろ帰るか",
      "desc_en": "The sea breeze of the Seto Inland Sea is perfect for this lab  \n\nFive hundred meters above the sea\nstands Nantaruchia  \n\nYou want to know what I do here?  \n\nHonestly I'm not really sure myself  \n\nEvery morning\nI take three eggs from the incubator and eat them  \n\nThen I enter some numbers\nI don't really understand  \n\nI've been with the company for twelve years\nand that's pretty much all I've ever done  \n\nYour job's probably not that different  \n\n...  \n\nBlink\nBlink\nBlink  \n\nOh  \nIt's blinking a lot today  \n\nWell then  \nI'll feed the goldfish  \n\nand I guess it's about time to head home"
    },
    {
      "id": "079",
      "title_en": "Loo loo loo",
      "title_ja": "るーるるる",
      "file": "images/079.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/079.webp",
      "date": "26.10.1",
      "desc": "るーるるる\n\n月面旅館へ初めて来た\n\nここでは昔から立派な海老が獲れる\n地球では高級品だ\n\n今年も大きいですね\n立派な海老をありがとうございます\n\nいえいえこちらこそです\n\n男は私の方を見た\n\nではそろそろ行きましょうか\n\nはい\n\n私は地球へ帰る社員たちに\n軽く頭を下げた\n\nまさか海老の引き換えとして\n僕を使っていただけるなんて光栄です\n...\n\nところで僕は\nこれから何をするんでしょうか\n\n男は海老の箱を見ながら言った\n\n大丈夫ですよ\n\n海老も最初は\nみんなそう言いますから",
      "desc_en": "Loo loo loo\n\nIt was my first time visiting the inn on the Moon\n\nThey’ve been catching magnificent shrimp here\nfor as long as anyone can remember Back on Earth\n\nthey’re a luxury They’re big again this year\nThank you for such magnificent shrimp\n\nNo, no thank you\n\nThe man looked at me\n\nWell then shall we get going?\n\nYes\n\nI gave a slight bow\nto my coworkers heading back to Earth\n\nI’m honored\nthat you’d take me in exchange for the shrimp\n\n...\n\nBy the way\nwhat am I going to do from here?\n\nThe man looked at the boxes of shrimp and said\n\nDon’t worry\n\nThe shrimp all said\nthe same thing at first"
    },
    {
      "id": "080",
      "title_en": "Reincarnation Tea",
      "title_ja": "転生茶",
      "file": "images/080.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/080.webp",
      "date": "26.10.2",
      "desc": "人は死ぬと閻魔様のところへ行く\n\n生前の行いを審査され\n次の生へ送られるのだ\n\nただごく稀に時空の狭間へ流される者がいる\n\n私もその一人だ\n\n気がつくと古い宇宙船の中に座っていた\n目の前には骸骨の店主\n\n次は人間へ？\n\nああ\n人間になるのは初めてなのね\n\n店主は奥の培養槽から緑の液体を汲み上げた\n\nここでは死者から抽出した記憶を混ぜ\n煎じて飲ませる\n\nいろんな人生を少しずつ混ぜるらしい\n\nこれを全部飲んだら地球へ送ります\n\n苦いでしょう\n\nただ\n初めてならそのくらいがいいですよ\n…\n\nあいや待て\n\n地球だったら\n\nもう少し後悔を入れておきましょう\n\n多くないですか？\n\n大丈夫\n\n人間だけ\n\n胎内から出る瞬間にフラッシュして\n全部忘れることになってますから",
      "desc_en": "When people die,they go before Enma, the Judge of the Dead.\n\nTheir deeds in life are judged,\nand they are sent on to their next life.\n\nBut every once in a while,someone drifts into the space between time and dimensions.\n\nI was one of them.\n\nWhen I came to,I was sitting inside an old spaceship.\nIn front of me was a skeleton innkeeper.\n\nHuman next?\n\nAh.\nSo this is your first time becoming human.\n\nThe innkeeper scooped up some green liquid from a culture tank in the back.\n\nHere, memories extracted from the dead are blended together, brewed, and served to drink.\n\nApparently, they mix in a little from all kinds of lives.\n\nOnce you finish this,we'll send you to Earth.\n\nBitter, isn't it?\n\nBut for your first time,that's about right.\n\n...\n\nOh, wait.\n\nIf you're going to Earth,we'd better add a little more regret.\n\nIsn't that a bit much?\n\nDon't worry.\n\nOnly humans.\n\nThe moment they leave the womb,they're flashed\nand everything is wiped from their memory.\n\nThat's how it works."
    },
    {
      "id": "081",
      "title_en": "One Drink Under the Sea",
      "title_ja": "海底の一杯",
      "file": "images/081.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/081.webp",
      "date": "26.10.5",
      "desc": "ここには暗い客が集まる  \n\n自分なんてもうどうだっていい  \n\n毎晩濃い酒を一杯だけひっかける  \n\n今日も喉が焼ける  \nこれがいい  \n\n仕事のことを忘れたい  \n\n店内には機械魚が泳いでいる  \n\n海底なんだから\nそんなものだと思っている  \n\n……  \n\nだが ここは海底ではなく\n水槽なのだ  \n\n機械魚は魚ではなく\n観測装置なのだ\n\n酒も\n店も\n仕事も\n家も  \n\nすべてあの方が用意した  \n\n実験は順調なのである",
      "desc_en": "Here, the gloomy ones gather.\n\nI don't care what happens to me anymore.\n\nEvery night, I knock back just one shot of strong liquor.\n\nIt burns my throat again tonight.\nThat's what I like.\n\nI just want to forget about work.\n\nMechanical fish swim around inside the bar.\n\nI never think much of it.\nWe're at the bottom of the sea, after all.\n\n...\n\nBut this isn't the bottom of the sea.\nIt's an aquarium.\n\nThe mechanical fish aren't fish.\nThey're observation devices.\n\nThe liquor,\nthe bar,\nthe job,\nthe home—\n\nall of it was prepared by Him.\n\nThe experiment is proceeding smoothly."
    },
    {
      "id": "082",
      "title_en": "The Forest's Black Medicine",
      "title_ja": "森の黒薬",
      "file": "images/082.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/082.webp",
      "date": "26.10.5",
      "desc": "森へ虫を採りに行く\n\n幼虫でも昆虫でも構わない\n\n捕まえた虫を大鍋でじっくり煮る\n\nグツグツ\n\nと真っ黒な墨が出てくる\n\nその墨を鉄鍋へ移して\n水分がなくなるまで煎る\n\nあとは小さく丸めれば完成\n\n毎年冬になると\n私はこうして黒い錠剤を作る\n\n何の薬かって？\n\n知らないアル\n...\n\nゴウン\n\nお今日も客が来たアル\n\nあいつら\n毎年来るから\n\n効いてるんじゃないか",
      "desc_en": "I head into the forest to gather bugs.\n\nLarvae, insects—anything will do.\n\nI toss whatever I catch into a big pot and let it simmer.\n\nBubble, bubble.\n\nSoon, thick black ink starts to seep out.\n\nI pour the ink into an iron pan\nand roast it until all the moisture is gone.\n\nThen I roll it into little pills.\n\nEvery winter,\nthis is how I make my black pills.\n\nWhat kind of medicine is it?\n\nI don't know, aru.\n\n...\n\nVrrrrmmm...\n\nOh.Another customer today, aru.\n\nThey come back every year.\n\nSo I guess it must be working, right?"
    },
    {
      "id": "083",
      "title_en": "Medicine Man",
      "title_ja": "メディソンマン",
      "file": "images/083.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/083.webp",
      "date": "26.10.6",
      "desc": "おれはメディソンマン\n\n市街地第3地区にある薬局の店長だ  \n\nきみ\n顔色が悪いね  \n\n最近仕事がつらい？  \n\nこれ飲むか？\n\n一錠飲めばあと20年は働ける  \n\n疲れない\n悩まない\n上司にも腹が立たない  \n\nただし...\n\n個性はなくなる\n\n...\n\nそんな顔するなよ  \n\nおれも飲んでる  \n\nほら  \n顔色いいだろ",
      "desc_en": "I'm the Medicine Man.  \n\nI run a pharmacy in the city's Third District.  \n\nHey,\nyou don't look so good.  \n\nWork been rough lately?  \n\nWant one of these?  \n\nTake one pill,and you'll be able to work for another twenty years.  \n\nNo fatigue.\nNo worries.\nNo getting mad at your boss.  \n\nBut...\n\nyou'll lose your individuality.  \n\n...  \n\nDon't look at me like that.  \n\nI take them too.  \n\nSee?\nI look healthy, don't I?"
    },
    {
      "id": "084",
      "title_en": "Offshore Radio Measurement",
      "title_ja": "海上電波測定",
      "file": "images/084.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/084.webp",
      "date": "26.10.6",
      "desc": "電波測定のため\n三日前にCITYからここへ出張してきた\n\n仕事といっても\nやることはほとんどない\n\nここでは魚がよく釣れる\n\n煮て焼いて\n酒を飲みながら測定する\n\nああ\n\n勤務中のUFOが\nゆっくりこちらへ近づいてきた\n\nどうだい\nお前も一緒に魚食ってくかい\n\n...\n\nDestroy\n\n...\n\nですって",
      "desc_en": "I came here from CITY three days ago\nto measure radio signals\n\nThere’s not much to do as far as work goes\n\nThe fish bite well around here\n\nWe boil them grill them\nand take measurements over a few drinks\n\nAh\n\nA UFO on duty\nis slowly coming this way\n\nHey\nwanna come have some fish with us?\n\n...\n\nDestroy\n\n...\n\nHe says."
    },
    {
      "id": "085",
      "title_en": "EGGS",
      "title_ja": "EGGS",
      "file": "images/085.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/085.webp",
      "date": "26.10.7",
      "desc": "ここはCITYから500キロ離れた地下なのだ\n\n穴に入ってから随分歩いて\nようやくたどり着いた\n\nここは一体\n\nなんてこった\n地下に街がある\n\nいや街じゃない\n\nあれは蟻の幼虫を管理するための設備らしい\n\n...\n\nすごい空気なんだけど\nちょっとラップするから聞いてくれ\n\nhey hey\n\n幼虫ぎっしり　成長中\n今日も地中で　培養中\n\n羽化まで　うかうかしてらんない\n時代は早いぜ　いっつまいめん\n\nboon\n\n……\n\nさ\nみんな準備はいいか\n\nEGGS奪還へ向けて\n\n侵入開始だ",
      "desc_en": "This is 500 kilometers beneath CITY.\n\nWe walked a long way after entering the tunnel\nand finally made it here.\n\nWhat is this place?\n\nHoly shit.\nThere’s a city underground.\n\nNo.It’s not a city.\n\nApparently, those are facilities for managing ant larvae.\n\n...\n\nThe atmosphere here is insane,\nbut let me drop a quick rap.\n\nHey, hey.\n\nLarvae packed tight, growing away\nCultured underground, day after day\n\nNo time to slack till they spread their wings\nTimes move fast, it’s my main man thing\n\nBoon.\n\n...\n\nAll right.\nEveryone ready?\n\nWe’re taking back the EGGS.\n\nBegin infiltration."
    },
    {
      "id": "086",
      "title_en": "The Taste of Humanity",
      "title_ja": "人間味",
      "file": "images/086.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/086.webp",
      "date": "26.10.8",
      "desc": "地球で役目を終えた魂は\nみんなこの星へ帰ってくる  \n\n長いこと人間をやっとると\nいろんなものがこびりつく  \n\n怒り\n欲\n嫉妬  \n\nそれを一度きれいに\n取り除いてやるんじゃ  \n\n剥がれ落ちたものは邪鬼になる  \n\nなぜか\n魚の形になることが多いが  \n\nわしの仕事は\nそれを調理して食べること  \n\nクセもあるし\n苦みもあるが  \n\n少しくらい汚れていた方が  \n人間の場合はうまい",
      "desc_en": "Souls that have finished their time on Earth\nall return to this planet  \n\nWhen you've been human for a long time\nall sorts of things start clinging to you  \n\nAnger\nDesire\nJealousy  \n\nSo I clean them off\nand remove them from the soul  \n\nWhat falls away becomes Jaki  \n\nFor some reason\nthey often take the shape of fish  \n\nMy job is\nto cook them and eat them  \n\nThey have a peculiar taste\nand a certain bitterness  \n\nBut when it comes to humans\na little impurity makes them taste better"
    },
    {
      "id": "087",
      "title_en": "Rooftop Public Bath",
      "title_ja": "屋上銭湯",
      "file": "images/087.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/087.webp",
      "date": "26.10.9",
      "desc": "昔は仕事が終わってから\n銭湯に行くものだったらしい\n\n今では朝から湯船に浸かって\n酒を呑みながら仕事したっていい\n\nこの町では\n仕事と休暇の境界が消えているのだ\n\nまあ\n便利な世の中になったもんだ\n\nところでお前\n今日は休みじゃなかったか？\n\nああ\nそうだったな\n\nじゃあ何で仕事してるんだ？\n\n……\n\nぶうううん\n\n銭湯の中心にあるマシーンが唸った\n\nこいつのおかげで湯加減はいつもいい感じ\n\nビールもキンキンに冷えるのだ",
      "desc_en": "Apparently, people used to go to the public bath\nafter finishing work\n\nThese days, you can soak in the bath from early morning\nand work while drinking beer\n\nIn this city\nthe line between work and leisure has disappeared\n\nWell\nwhat a convenient world we live in\n\nBy the way\nweren't you supposed to be off today?\n\nOh yeah\nthat's right\n\nThen why are you working?\n\n……\n\nBrrrrrrrr\n\nThe machine at the center of the bathhouse hummed\n\nThanks to this thing, the bathwater is always just right\n\nAnd the beer stays ice-cold too"
    },
    {
      "id": "088",
      "title_en": "ABURA",
      "title_ja": "ABURA",
      "file": "images/088.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/088.webp",
      "date": "26.10.11",
      "desc": "仕事終わりの帰り道\n魚屋に寄る\n\n鯵と鯖\n一枚ずつもらえる？\n\nちょっとこの火鉢で炙らせてもらうよ\n\nジュウと\n勢いよく白い煙が立つ\n\nABURA\n\n素敵だ\n\n頭上ではドローンが飛び\n配送ロボが忙しそうに走っている\n\nここは昭和かそれとも未来か\n\nまあどっちでもいい\n\n今日も私は魚を買って帰るのだ\n\n……\n\nん\n\n意味って？\n\nないよ\n\n日記みたいなもんだから\nそう思って読んでくれたら\n\nおじさん嬉しい",
      "desc_en": "On my way home from work\nI stop by the fish shop\n\nHorse mackerel and mackerel\nCan I have one of each?\n\nMind if I grill them over this charcoal brazier?\n\nSizzle\nA thick cloud of white smoke rises\n\nABURA\n\nBeautiful\n\nOverhead, drones are flying\nDelivery robots are rushing around\n\nIs this the Showa era or the future?\n\nWell, either way is fine\n\nToday, once again, I buy some fish and head home\n\n……\n\nHm\n\nWhat's the meaning?\n\nThere isn't one\n\nIt's just like a diary\nIf you read it that way\n\nIt would make this old man happy"
    },
    {
      "id": "089",
      "title_en": "Insect Honey Power",
      "title_ja": "虫蜜電力",
      "file": "images/089.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/089.webp",
      "date": "26.10.11",
      "desc": "最近はどこの会社も電力不足だ\n\nコンピューターの数が増えすぎたらしい\n\nそこで開発されたのが昆虫発電\n\n昆虫が取り込んだ養分を\n電力に変換する仕組みだ\n\nこれがなかなか優秀でね\n\n餌さえ与えておけば\n一日中働いてくれる\n\nおまけに副産物の虫蜜がうまい\n\n私は毎朝パンにつけて食べている\n\n昔は駅前にオフィスを建てたものだが\n\n今では昆虫の生息地に\nオフィスを建てるのが常識になった\n\nだからこの辺りは\n森の中にビルが並んでいる\n\nおい\n\nまた一棟増えてないか？\n\nああ\n\n昨日から新しい群れが来たんだ\n\nなるほど\n\nビルだけに\nビートルさまさまってことか\n\n...\n\nそういや\n\nあいつらの餌代\n俺たちの給料より高いらしいぞ",
      "desc_en": "These days, every company is running short on electricity\n\nApparently, there are just too many computers\n\nThat's why insect-powered electricity was developed\n\nIt's a system that converts the nutrients\nabsorbed by insects into electricity\n\nAnd it's surprisingly efficient\n\nAs long as you feed them\nthey'll work all day long\n\nAs a bonus, the insect honey they produce is delicious\n\nI spread it on my bread every morning\n\nIn the old days, offices were built near train stations\n\nBut nowadays, it's common practice\nto build offices wherever insects live\n\nThat's why around here\noffice buildings stand scattered throughout the forest\n\nHey\n\nHasn't another building gone up?\n\nYeah\n\nA new swarm arrived yesterday\n\nI see\n\nWell, when it comes to buildings\nwe've got the beetles to thank\n\n...\n\nCome to think of it\n\nI heard their food costs\nmore than our salaries"
    },
    {
      "id": "090",
      "title_en": "Mysterious Bulb",
      "title_ja": "謎球根",
      "file": "images/090.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/090.webp",
      "date": "26.10.14",
      "desc": "おい\nそいつをこっちに運んできてくれ\n\nああ\n中はだいぶ成熟してきているぞ\n\nいいぞ\n\n今日は何個だ？\n\n127\n\n昨日より多いな\n\nああ\n最近は空の連中もよく食うからな\n\n……\n\nおい\n一個開きかけてるぞ\n\n見るな\n\nまだ早い",
      "desc_en": "Hey\nbring that one over here\n\nYeah\nthe inside's getting pretty mature now\n\nGood\n\nHow many today?\n\n127\n\nMore than yesterday\n\nYeah\nthose guys up in the sky have been eating a lot lately\n\n……\n\nHey\none of them's starting to open\n\nDon't look\n\nIt's not time yet"
    },
    {
      "id": "091",
      "title_en": "Interdimensional Crosswalk",
      "title_ja": "次元横断歩道",
      "file": "images/091.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/091.webp",
      "date": "26.10.15",
      "desc": "次元を移動するとき\n\n必ずこの横断歩道を渡る\n\nここでは色々な人とすれ違う\n\nどこの次元から来たのか\nわからない奴もいる\n\n会話はできない\n\n声を出しても届かないのだ\n\n目が合ってしまった\n\nなんだか見覚えのある顔だ\n\n……\n\nあ\n\n俺だ\n\nずいぶん老けたな",
      "desc_en": "Whenever we travel between dimensions\n\nWe must cross this crosswalk\n\nAll kinds of people pass each other here\n\nSome of them\nI have no idea which dimension they came from\n\nWe can't have conversations\n\nEven if we speak\n\nour voices never reach each other\n\nOur eyes met That face looks strangely familiar\n\n……\n\nOh\n\nThat's me\n\nI've gotten pretty old"
    },
    {
      "id": "092",
      "title_en": "Water and Regret",
      "title_ja": "水と後悔",
      "file": "images/092.png",
      "thumb": "thumbs/092.webp",
      "date": "26.10.16",
      "desc": "ゴボゴボ\n\n朝一番のジュースはうまい\n\nこれは質量分析計\n\n君がどんな成分でできているかを\n測る装置なのさ\n\n今日も君から採った赤い成分を測定する\n\nウィーン\nカタカタ\n\nほら\n炭素\n水素\n酸素\n嫉妬\n後悔\n\n……\n\nおや\n昨日より希望が減っているな\n\nまあ\n\n人間なんて\nだいたい水と後悔でできているのだ",
      "desc_en": "Gurgle, gurgle\n\nNothing beats a glass of juice first thing in the morning\n\nThis is a mass spectrometer\n\nIt's a machine that tells us\nwhat you're made of\n\nToday, I'll analyze the red substance I collected from you again\n\nWhirrr\nClack clack\n\nSee?\nCarbon\nHydrogen\nOxygen\nJealousy\nRegret\n\n...\n\nOh?\nYour hope levels are lower than yesterday\n\nWell\n\nHumans are, after all,\nmostly made of water and regret"
    }
  ]
}