by 植松伸夫
"Puppe! What is wrong with you?"
"Brain circuitry damaged… I'm sorry I lied to you, Blik… I'm a robot…too."
"A robot!?"
"I was built to protect the doctor."
"But you can't be!"
"We…must hurry! Take my heart!"
"But I can't! I don't know how! Can you, Puppe?"
"It is in…my programming…yes."
"Then give the doctor my heart!"
"But…you'll…"
"If it means saving the doctor, I don't care!"
"Blik…"
"I can still be his doll. That's enough."
"…"
"Puppe! Hurry! Hurry!"
Act 12
The doctor finally opened his eyes. How long had it been since that fateful night? Both Puppe and Blik-0 sat in the corner of the room, silent and unmoving. Blik-0's chest panel open, Puppe's wires dangling from her head…
It did not take the doctor long to realize what had happened.
"You gave your lives to save me. When did your hearts become so pure? Oh, thank you! Thank you so much! How you have grown! What I wouldn't give to have you know how important the two of you are to me. I love you, and not being able to tell you pains me so!"
Act 13
Several months have now passed, and the doctor is fully recovered. But is he still researching artificial intelligence?
"Dr. Mabuse! Your students are here!"
Who's this answering the front door? Why, if it isn't Sly! And now he's working for the doctor, helping to keep his laboratory clean and tidy in return for an honest wage. It looks like the little scamp had a 'change of heart' himself!
"Hello, Doctor!"
"What will you be teaching us today?"
Having retired from research, the doctor now spends his days passing on his knowledge to a new generation of scientists.
"What page were we on again?"
"Physiology of Autonomic Functionality, page 28."
"Ah yes… Now where did I put that book?"
And what do we have here? A tin boy and a raggedy puppet, sitting together on the bookshelf.
"Doctor, shall I put on some tea?"
Sly gives a wink to the two dolls as he scurries off into the kitchen. Observing this, one of the students peers curiously at the dolls...who, for an instant, seemed to be facing each other. Or did they?
Dolls kissing?
Impossible!
"My name is Blik-0.
And I'm not a doll.
For I have a human heart!"
Joy, anger, sadness. Perhaps it's having someone with whom to share those feelings that brings us true happiness.
The End…?
So Close
(Blik-0) What are so close you cannot see them?
(Puppe) The feelings inside your heart as you stand here before me.
(Puppe) What are so far, but still you can hear them?
(Blik-0) The words of love I send to you.
(Blik-0) Ah, when I think of you, my heart, it sings; my body, it dances!
(Puppe) Ah, let me open your cage so that you might fly free!
(Blik-0) Can we be together forever?
(Puppe) Must I tell you what you already know?
(Both) Ah, if only we could fly away on the wings of our love,
how happy we would be!
(Both) Ah, we could scale the highest of walls, if only we climbed them together!
(Blik-0) What is so strong it will never, ever change?
(Puppe) This love in my heart for you.
(Both) I love you.
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Nobuo Uematsu
Composer
CEO of Dog Ear Records Co.,Ltd
CEO of SMILE PLEASE CO.,LTD.
Nobuo Uematsu has composed for numerous blockbuster video game titles including the hugely popular game franchise, "Final Fantasy".
In his career path as a game composer, his achievement has gone beyond just in the games. The theme song from Final Fantasy VIII, "Eyes On Me" written and produced by Uematsu for Hong Kong pop star Faye Wong, sold over 400,000 copies worldwide, and its record breaking sales eventually lead the song to win the "Song of the Year (Western Music)" award at the 14th Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards in 1999. To this date, "Eyes on Me" still remains the only song from a video game to win the award, and it also remains as the best selling song from a video game in the world.
In 2006, he collaborated with a Japanese pop singer-songwriter, Angela Aki, and wrote, "Kiss me Goodbye", the theme song of Final Fantasy XII. The song became a smash hit and charted number six on the Oricon charts. He also collaborated with the legendary rock singer Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) on Blue Dragon and a two time Grammy winning artist, Sheena Easton, on Lost Odyssey.
Uematsu has been named as an "innovator" in Time Magazine's "Time 100: The Next Wave – Music" and chosen for Newsweek magazine "100 Japanese whom world respect".
The official Final Fantasy concert series, Distant Worlds ~Music from Final Fantasy~, has been touring worldwide, and Uematsu’s music has been performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Houston Symphony, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and many other renowned orchestras.
Most recently, Uematsu released an album, Octave Theory, with his newly formed rock band, "EARTHBOUND PAPAS". The band is actively performing in Japan and U.S. bringing an incredible musical experience with his music to fans all over the world.
Sound tracks:
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Hiroki Ogawa
Music producer/director of Dog Ear Records Co.,Ltd.
Ogawa grew up in the US when he was a child, and got a big influence from the American Comics.
After Ogawa went back to Japan, he learned compositions and arrangements at the music school and start working in the music industry. But he also continued drawing the illustrations.
In 2011, he created the original character for Nobuo Uematsu's band "EARTHBOUND PAPAS", which is used on the jacket art of their debut album "Octave Theory", and in August 2011, he created the illustration anime & comic for the track "Panini" produced by the music unit ACE.
Title Blik-0 1946
HMC-014-130801
Music & Story Nobuo Uematsu
Illustration Hiroki Ogawa
Publishing office ZipangBooks
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