Tomoru Shindo is just an average college-student type in CITY5, an
island metropolis in the Pacific. He's having trouble beating a simulator
game -- he always dies and can't save the heroine. The game is played during
rem sleep, replacing your dreams. Tomoru is also unsure if he wants the
standard life of getting a "ticket" and working for a company. A "ticket" is
apparently like a recommendation or something. It seems to entitle you to
work for a good company -- like having a successful interview for an
internship or something. He also has a relative working in the mines on the
Moon, apparently a very profitable, but boring, existence. Tomoru sometimes
skips out on classes to visit the History Musium I first saw Orgun the summer after my freshman year -- while
at home and going through CJAS withdrawal. I especially liked the future
picture of life -- the armed forces recruiting as heavily as ever, the
engineering life well-paid but unsatisfying, only the upgrade in technology
a change form today. Check out the cool food service table! Pay close
attention to when Tomoru leaves; the ordering program misinterprets what
they say for "parfait." Well, it amused me anyway. I suppose the army's new
fighting person equipment is a bit ridiculous. The other character to notice
is the scientist Michi and her sidekick Isaac. To be honest, Issac isn't her
sidekick, but a supercomputer that is helping her construct an object from a
message that was received from space by the military. It's kinda like
Contact (note: Orgun is older than Contact). Anyway,
the military starts getting worried when the thing is close to completion --
Is it a weapon (why didn't they consider this before they built it)? Well
everything goes bad for everyone in the first episode, so just sit back and
enjoy the ride.
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