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Labour: A robot specifically designed for construction work.

Labours facilitate dramatic advances in construction, but also in crime.

To combat these new Labour crimes, the police create a special unit: The Patrol Labour.

And thus, the birth of Patlabor.

Yume wo sutenaide me wo sorasanaide

Futari no ai mo kumoru yo

Utsumuita kata wo dakishimeta keredo

Samishisa mune ni tsumotta

Yume wa kimi no buki no hazu da yo

Nee dakara kurushimi mo kirinukete itte

So never cry itsu mo kimi wo mitsumeteru yo

Fair na ikikata no kimi ga suki

So never cry itsu mo kimi no soba ni iru yo

Dakara mata asu e kakedashite

The Tower: S.O.S.

Aw, not again.

Article on the press conference?

Yes. Article on the press conference?

Ever since they introduced a PR department...

the number of reports we have to write have skyrocketed.

LABOUR SQUAD! Yet Another Rampage

LABOUR SQUAD! Yet Another Rampage They're doing their best, you know.

LABOUR SQUAD! Yet Another Rampage

LABOUR SQUAD!Yet Another Rampage Really?

Really?

Anyway, do you want some coffee?

Sure, but shouldn't you finish your report?

The section chief will be coming after us.

You're right.

She's trying a cat's cradle!

Really? She's trying a cat's cradle!

Where does the secret to their popularity lie?

Officer Izumi is quite good.

Skills like that don't prepare you much for a real fight!

We're supposed to be police officers for heaven's sake!

What kind of police officer makes cat's cradles?

I taught her to do that.

Huh?

No, not that way!

There, there! You have to go under there! You'll break it!

There! You need to go with instinct...

When you come down to it, it's a philosophy!

Hmmm... This is hard... When you come down to it, it's a philosophy!

Like this... and like that...

Let me try again.

Give it your best shot!

I did it!

Good job!

Foreign Minister Krause, who is visiting Japan, is touring the Tower City project in Tama.

Miss Sakurayama is reporting on site.

Yes, well we're on the 13th floor of level 3, in Tower 1.

We're 200 metres up.

Now construction has reached 300 metres so far.

But this is the highest floor that's been completed.

The view from here is truly amazing!

When finished, this tower shall soar one kilometre high!

Now let's ask for a comment from Foreign Minister Krause.

Beautiful! Wonderful!

Wh-what's going on?

It's a fire! This is not a drill!

An actual fire has broken out!

The elevator's no good! It's already filled with smoke!

The fire in Tower 1 of the Tower City project has caused gas tanks to explode,

and the flames are now spreading.

The fire started on the south side of the 13th floor, Level 3... about 200 metres up.

Fire-fighting Labours are already on the job.

What caused the explosion?

We don't know yet.

Didn't the sprinkler system operate when the fire first broke out?

I don't have any information about that.

The fire had already spread quite a bit by the time we heard about it.

Maybe it was discovered too late, or maybe...

Why are they calling in us police?

There are eight people, including Foreign Minister Krause, trapped up there.

So, it's a rescue!

Yes.

Lieutenant Goto of Division 2. Division 1 has also been mobilised.

They're fully equipped and will stand by if the situation turns for the worse.

Over and out.

Sure.

Yamazaki and Shinshi,

go to the control room on the south side and relay all data to the command vehicles.

Roger.

Roger. Roger.

Suzuka reporting from the fire department sir.

Nice work. What's the current situation?

The firewalls have been deployed.

I think we have enough time,

but the smoke detectors are offline so it's getting harder to track.

The ventilator shafts are filling up with smoke.

So, it's all a question of time.

Not only that.

Take a look.

The construction crew has tanks of chemicals and liquid oxygen.

There's a high risk of secondary and tertiary explosions.

But we already have our hands full handling the evacuation of the area.

Shinshi, where are the civilians?

Third level, 13th floor, in section 8.

Here? Can you contact them?

No. The explosion severed the communications trunk.

No good. I'm not getting anything.

Could a Labour fit through this passage?

Impossible. It's too narrow.

And the fire in this area makes it too hot to send people in.

We could get a Labour in this area here if we blow the ceiling, but...

But what?

We sent in a fire-fighting Labour.

But it's stuck in this corner.

Oh, dear...

We started removing it, but...

Our second machine got stuck, too.

See, it's stuck in the double wall.

We have no choice then.

If we can't use the passage, then we'll go in from the outside.

But how?

There's a crane on the roof.

What?! There's a crane on the roof.

An Ingram might be able to do it.

Or to put it another way, ONLY an Ingram could do it.

No other Labour could handle that.

Leave it to me!

Let's do this quickly.

Roger!

Fukushima here. Lieutenant Goto, I'd like to see you right away.

Goto reporting.

Thank you. Do you have a plan for the rescue?

We haven't had enough time for preparation, but we're moving in.

I see. That was quick.

What's your plan?

Well, we'll enter from the outside.

The outside?

Is that wise?

Perhaps Division 1 should handle this. They're more experienced.

No, sir. Our experts say that only an Ingram can do the job.

Listen, Goto. Your team has been generating a lot of bad press lately.

But you can fix that if you rescue the Foreign Minister.

This is a chance to prove the value of our Patlabor unit to the city.

Don't forget that the eyes of Japan, no, the entire world are on you.

We're counting on you, Goto.

That explains why all the news crews are here.

Hello, Shinobu.

How's it going?

Difficult.

Anything I can do?

Can you keep the media vultures away?

There's a lot of foreign press here. Who let them in?

Him? Really?

The PR team thinks this could be a windfall.

Unbelievable. They want to use this as a publicity stunt?

Yes.

Bulldog

Rescue Labour

Let's go!

Yes! Let's go!

Ah!

Ouch! Hot hot hot!

Ota, if you can't do it, it's okay to back out.

I'm fine!

As long as my Labour's okay, so am I!

Don't be afraid!

You and Alphonse can do it! Have trust in Alphonse!

I trust him, but I'm still afraid of heights.

Why would anyone build something so big?

The tower crane is ready.

Unit 2, are you ready?

Anytime!

Your target is the equipment platform on Level 3, 11th floor.

Begin descent.

So? Can you get in?

Why, you! I'll blow you apart!

My gun! Where's my gun?

Where's my gun?

You idiot! No one takes a gun on a rescue mission!

What was that?! Sometimes you need it on the scene! Fool!

Be serious!

How could you understand my brilliant tactics?

Shut up! That goes for the both of you!

Oh, boy. Ota, what are you doing?

Go on, Noa.

I get nervous when I don't have my feet on the ground.

Why you...! You...!

Hang on, Ota!

Raise him up!

How humiliating...

How pathetic.

We're all going to die!

Be quiet! Get ahold of yourself!

Give me your jackets, so I can block up this ventilator.

They'll rescue us, so get down on the floor and don't move.

What is it?

-I love you.

Can you make it?

Somehow.

They should be at the end of that passage.

The door's closed.

That's a firewall.

The Ingram can stand the heat for a while.

What do I do?

There's a manual crank on the lower right of the door.

I see it! So I just turn that...

Wait. Check the thermograph.

It might be too hot to touch.

You're right. It's almost 200 degrees.

Use Alphonse!

Right!

I think he's too big.

There's no time!

Okay, I'll try!

It's going to break...

Asuma!

What?!

Alphonse got dirty again!

Idiot! Concentrate on the task!

Will you help me clean him when I get back?

Fine, fine! Whatever you want!

Yes!

There! I found them!

Good! Is everyone there?

One, two, three, four...

Everyone's fine!

Ladies first, Miss.

"Lady"? Oh, dear...

Well, time to go home.

Aren't you forgetting something?

Hey!

Spoil-sport...

Here it is! The front-page story!

Let's see.

"Yesterday morning, at around 11,

"Tower 1 of Tower City, under construction in Tama, burst into flames!

"SNN News reporter Momoko Sakurayama, who was also trapped...

"calmly led the eight victims, a foreign delegation including Foreign Minister Krause, to safety...

"while keeping them calm as they waited for rescue crews.

"An invitation has been extended through the embassy to a banquet to be held in her honour..."

What?! They don't even mention our work!

What's going on?!

They mention you here, Ota.

More Indiscriminate Fire From Rogue Cop!

More Indiscriminate Fire From Rogue Cop! "Metropolitan Police, Special Vehicles, Second Section...

More Indiscriminate Fire From Rogue Cop! "...the 'Patlabor' team, accomplished the rescue...

"...the 'Patlabor' team, accomplished the rescue...

"...with their typical brand of blundering and violence.

"Continuing their indiscriminate use of heavy weapons, they..."

You idiot!

It isn't me, Ota! It's the paper!

The newspaper!

They're right.

Maybe you should forget your gun, and start practising the cat's cradle.

Although it looks like HQ is abandoning their PR efforts.

The PR department is just late in their report.

They're trying to explain how their cheap PR stunt turned into such an embarrassment.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement...

but HQ probably won't release our report to the public.

What's that?

Do you know who came to see us yesterday?

Minister Krause?

He left a gift commemorating the Patlabor team's bravery and skill.

Do you want it?

I want it.

It's yours.

Asuma, over here, too!

Okay, okay.

After Shige finishes diagnostics, do the cockpit too, okay?

I think some of the soot might have gotten in.

I said okay!

Dakishimete Midnight Blue

Konya reiji no bus ni nottara

Midnight Blue

Ichido kiri nara dekiru hazu dakara

Yume ni hikizurare

Ore wa ase mamire no lonely

Hanashi aite no TV switch hipparu

Ashita ichinichi wa

Akogareta machi no gomi no naka

Hayaku main street no sawaritai no sa

Manazashi dake wa itsu demo

Ue wo muiteru tsumori

Tatta hitotsu no michi dakara

Dakishimete Midnight Blue

Konya reiji no bus ni nottara

Midnight Blue

Ichido kiri nara dekiru hazu dakara

Midnight Blue

Konya reiji no bus ni nottara

Midnight Blue

Ichido kiri nara dekiru hazu dakara

This story is fiction... but in 10 years, who knows?

An experimental Labour suddenly makes its appearance in Division 1.

And Lieutenant Nagumo's boasting about how this will help her people surpass Division 2.

That's a sad way of looking at it.

I hear that it's supposed to be superior to our Ingram.

And it looks so cool, too.

You think so? It just looks too aggressive.

I don't like it.

Next time: "New Model 97"

Target, lock on!

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