From: doi@jrd.dec.com (Hitoshi Doi)
Subject: Pat Labor OVA 14 (Yuki no Rondo)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Japan, R&D center
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 92 22:11:28 GMT
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Pat Labor P-14 contains OVA 14 plus the TV episodes 40, 41, 42.
Pat Labor OVA 14 (Yuki no Rondo)

OP song: Idling For You (Tanimoto Norihiko)
ED song: Long Silence (Dynamite Shige)

[This one was very strange, and hard to understand.
 I can't figure out which part is a dream and which is real. - H.Doi]

Asuma worked a late shift the previous day, so he went to work late.
Everyone else was already there.  Then he spotted a postcard on his
desk.  It had been on his desk for four days.  It was an invitation
to a high school class reunion on 12/20.

At the reunion, some of his classmates couldn't believe that Asuma
had become a policeman.  Asuma said that he couldn't believe it himself.
Then the class madonna, Kashima Yukie, came in.  One guy said that she
had become even more beautiful than before.  Asuma just stared at her.

Asuma couldn't go with the others to another place because he had to
work early the next day.  On the way home, Asuma walked with Yukie.
They just walked to the subway, but didn't talk that much.  They
remembered that they walked liked this before when they were in high
school.  As Yukie was leaving, Asuma tried to say something to her,
but held back.

The next day at work, everyone noticed that Asuma was feeling very good.
He was going to take a day off for a date.  Asuma left early, saying
that he had something planned for tomorrow.

Asuma and Yukie went on a date to a museum.  Asuma was explaining about
dinosaur bones.  Yukie said that Asuma hadn't changed.  Then they went
to a planetarium.  But when Asuma returned to his seat from the restroom,
Yukie was gone.  Asuma found a postcard in her seat.  The postcard was
for a picture exhibition.

The next day during work, Asuma was thinking about Yukie and wasn't
paying much attention to work.  When Asuma was resting by himself on
the roof, Noa came and brought him some taiyaki to cheer him up.

[taiyaki = a fish shaped snack with anko inside]
[anko = sweetened soy bean paste]

Asuma went to the picture exhibition, and ran into Yukie.  They both
stood in front of a picture of a snowy scene.  The picture that Yukie
liked was one of a snowy scene of Hokkaido, and was titled,
"A Mysterious Snow".  When Asuma looked closely at it, he saw the snow
really coming down inside the picture!  Then Yukie signed her name
in the registry book.

They went out for a walk.  Then Yukie said that it was also a snowy day
when they went for a walk many years ago.  Just when Asuma said that it
wasn't snowing, it started to snow.  Then Asuma turned around.  But
Yukie was gone!

The next day, the daini shotai had to fight against a Schaft labor.
When Noa was about to fire her gun, Asuma thought that he saw Yukie at
the foot of the wild labor.  But Noa said that there wasn't anyone there.
Then the Schaft labor threw a knife.  It almost hit Asuma.  But Noa then
fired at the labor, and saved Asuma from a dangerous situation.

Back at the office, Asuma said that he saw a civilian there.  But there
was no evidence of it.  Goto asked Asuma to write a written apology.
At 2AM that night while Asuma was working, it started snowing outside.
Then Yukie appeared in front of him again.  This time she came to say
good bye.  Yukie said, "I will be going far away."

Then Asuma said, "We can meet again."

"I'm going very far away."

"It doesn't mean that we will never meet again."

Then Yukie said, "Take care of yourself.  I'm happy you found me.
Good bye Asuma."  Yukie ran out of the tokusha nika building.  Asuma
went after her, but he couldn't catch her.

The next morning Noa woke up Asuma, who was sleeping on his desk.
Asuma got another postcard informing him of a class reunion on 12/26.

At the class reunion, Asuma asked the others if Yukie was coming.
They said that they couldn't reach her.  Then Asuma left.  Asuma went
to the picture exhibition.  He stared at the snowy scene again.
This time he saw a girl with a red umbrella walking away inside
the picture!  Then Asuma looked through the registry book, but he
couldn't find Yukie's name.

At the tokusha nika building, Asuma looked out and it was snowing.
Asuma saw a girl with a blue umbrella walking toward the building.
It was Noa with some taiyaki.
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Hitoshi Doi, International Open Systems Engineering        doi@jrd.dec.com
Japan Research and Development Center               decwrl!jrd.dec.com!doi
Digital Equipment Corporation pan                       doi@decvax.dec.com