Pluto Big Comic Original #6, 2008 Act 52 Wassily - Page 1 - Kids: Wheeee!! Heeheehee!! Look out Wassily, or I'll tag you!! You're it!! Wassily: Augh!! Griffith: Are you all right, Wassily? Kid: Oh... - Page 2 - Kid: That's Mr. Simon from the Department of Child Welfare. Simon: Pleasant day. Griffith: Y-yes, very... Simon: Is Epsilon here, today? Griffith: I'm afraid not... Simon: Out and about, is he? Kids: Heeheehee!! Griffith: Yes, he's at a public hearing... - Page 3 - Simon: A public hearing...? Griffith: Yes, with the U.N. Army... Kids: Wheee!! Heehee!! From Tetsuwan Atom, "The Greatest Robot on Earth" PLUTO Act 52, Wassily Naoki Urasawa x Osamu Tezuka Produced by Takashi Nagasaki / Supervision: Makoto Tezuka / Assistance: Tezuka Production - Page 4 - [U.N. Army Command] Man: Now, Epsilon... Did you defeat the enemy? Epsilon: Yes. - Page 5 - Men: Is that the truth? Robots are not supposed to be able to lie... Epsilon: I defeated my enemy. Man: Entirely? Epsilon: I defeated my enemy. Man: What about the safe house? Why couldn't you save the general? Our entire company stationed at the safe house was annihilated in an instant!! Epsilon: That was something else... It was an attack from a different weapon. Man: Let's look at this. These are the parts found scattered around Epsilon's orphanage. - Page 6 - Men: We can't be entirely certain, but they seem to be left arm parts from a Persian-made robot... Possibly from an environmental development robot that was refitted for military use. And you didn't find anything else. Nothing. Epsilon, your pacifism is well known among us... You're not going to tell us... That you allowed that to stay your hand in this instance, are you? - Page 7 - Epsilon: No matter how many times we fight, I cannot think of him as my enemy. Griffith: If you want to speak with him, you'll have to wait until Epsilon returns... - Page 8 - Simon: I chose today for precisely that reason. Griffith: What...? Simon: Ms. Griffith, I'm sure that you know what the public thinks of this place... They don't think that a robot makes a parent. Of course, nobody has issues with you, Ms. Griffith. You're a human, and fully credentialed. The problem is Epsilon. - Page 9 - Griffith: But Epsilon cares for those children more than any human could! Simon: Is it truly in a child's best interest... To eliminate an opportunity to be raised in a normal family environment, just because the child says no? In the case of Mr. Johansen, we must keep good relations... Johansen: Thank you. If I could have one of these children, they would live a full, happy life. Normally, I would bring my wife along to make this request with me... But she is very busy with the opening of a new hospital in Oslo... I must leave tomorrow, myself. - Page 10 - Johansen: But she and I have visited before. We want to foster him. I hope you'll accept. Griffith: I just... Don't know why it has to be HIM... Door: (knock knock) Griffith: Yes? Woman: I brought him. Johansen: Ohhh... - Page 11 - Johansen: Come over, Wassily. Come! Griffith: Wassily... Johansen: Come on, don't be afraid. Wassily, have you ever seen the snow before? Simon: Mr. Johansen is a very famous figure in Oslo. He is planning to make a very generous donation to the orphanage. - Page 12 - Johansen: Would you like to come see the snow with me? Kids: Hey, it's Epsilon!! Welcome back, Epsilon!! Welcome home!! - Page 13 - Kids: Let's play! Read us a story!! No, I want to play tag!! Epsilon: I can only do one thing at a time, kids. Woman: Epsilon is tired, children. Griffith: The hearing must have been awful. Epsilon: Not too bad... Well, what should we play...? Where's Wassily? Kids: He left with a man. A really rich man. - Page 14 - Epsilon: What do they mean? Where did Wassily go? Woman: To Oslo... Epsilon: Oslo...? Why wasn't I informed of this? Griffith: We didn't have a choice... - Page 15 - [Oslo, Norway] Johansen: Oh, would you just knock it off! - Page 16 - Johansen: How hard can it be to keep walking? <