Episode 7

**Idea 7** is the 7th episode of the Heaven's Design Team anime.

## Synopsis

### Part 1

Unabara describes a scenario from the other night to Shimoda, Mizushima, and Meido. He explains how he felt that someone was watching him while he was taking a shower. While the team all tries to make sense of his story, God chimes in with a new request- "to do something about that scary situation."

Shimoda checks the official request and explains that God would like an animal that doesn't look like it's there even when it's watching you. While the team tries to figure out how to approach the assignment, Shimoda suggests something like a Chameleon. Mizushima however explains that it isn't so simple. He then explains that chameleons don't really blend into their environment. That their skin changes color based on sunlight and their current mood.

Unabara recalls the squid that Pluto made to change its body's color. After Pluto explains how it works, the team decides to try it out first. They then set up a test area that looks like Unabara's bathroom. They even have Unabara act as the guinea pig, which Shimoda questions whether it was necessary.

The first test begins, and immediately, Neptune can see the squid against the background. Shimoda makes a suggestion of making a transparent animal. But Higuchi states that is nearly impossible as it would need to have the same index of refraction as its surroundings. After demonstrating to Shimoda, the team decides that since water is the closest element, they try making a transparent fish. After some sketching, they get divine approval from God, and the icefish is born. The team puts it to the test, but its eyeball is the only thing distinguishable.

While the team ponders this, an additional request comes in for a version that you can't make eye contact with. Shimoda wonders if the eyes can be made transparent. But Mizushima proclaims that it is impossible to make something totally invisible. Because light is a key factor, making something totally transparent would mean that it would be unseen by everyone, including itself.

Since removing the eyes is not an option, Mizushima suggests something smaller that would be hard to see with the naked eye. What the team comes up with is a single-celled aquatic organism, with one eye. The team is unsure about this, but then Shimoda receives a message from God with divine approval. The single-celled organism is born. The team is confused since the request was to take something frightening and make it less frightening. Yet somehow they did the opposite. Even God's attempt to unnerve the situation doesn't help.

### Part2

Tsuchiya explains to Shimoda and Mizushima how his grandson Kenta has been acting strange lately. While enjoying the fireworks festival, Kenta encountered a girl and can't stop thinking about her. Thinking that Kenta wants to see her again, Tsuchiya decides to recreate her using a sketch that Kenta created. Shimoda is stunned, especially since Kenta's sketch looks rather scribbly.

Mizushima asks whether it would be easier to just find the girl. However, the search has turned up nothing. Tsuchiya stated that Meido was also at the festival and had asked her if she saw anything. But Meido told him that she didn't see the girl that Kenta encountered. She was busy testing an animal prototype for an order God had given. Shimoda is unsure about the idea of recreating Kenta's girlfriend and suggests that maybe what Kenta saw was an animal. But Mizushima disagrees and that Tsuchiya is going to do what he believes.

At that moment, Higuchi brings in the base prototype animal that Tsuchiya requested from her, which resembles an alien child. Everyone except Shimoda is pleased with how well the prototype resembles the girl in the sketch. The first thing Tsuchiya does is make the prototype maneuver its head 180 degrees so that it can see its surroundings. After a quick glance at Kenta's sketch, Tsuchiya deduces that the girl appears to lick her eyeballs with its tongue like a gecko. He then adds that feature as well. Shimoda watches the scene from the corner of the room, worried about how Kenta will react when he sees the prototype.

Upon examining Kenta's sketch further, Mizushima points out that the tongue appears to split in two, indicating that it might be two tongues. Higuchi also notes that with the girl's eyes in front, the girl could be carnivorous. Mizushima suggests getting rid of the sternum so that it swallows its food whole. But Higuchi advises against it since the girl has arms. After some thought, the three conclude that the girl eats small slow-moving prey. After making a few more tweaks, the prototype now has two tongues and eats snails, making Shimoda more worried.

Noticing his concern, Tsuchiya asks Shimoda for his opinion. Hesitant, Shimoda suggests that the girl lacks the cuteness factor. The team considers this, and after some thought, they add some fur. Finally, the team has the girl from Kenta's sketch. A furry monkey-like child, with big eyes, two tongues, and eating a snail on a stick. Shimoda begins to panic over what Kenta's first impression would be. At that moment, Meido walks in having completed her project for God. Everyone turns around and immediately notices that the animal Meido was designing looks almost identical to Tsuchiya's design.

After explaining the situation, Meido realizes that Kenta drew her and the prototype animal she was testing. Meido explains how God wanted her to design "an animal with impressive eyes." After creating an identical prototype animal that was nocturnal, Meido took it to the fireworks festival to see how well it responded. After a successful test, she made some modifications, making the animal smaller and incorporating all of the features that Tsuchiya's design has.

After realizing that the final design was in fact Kenta's crush, God gives Meido's animal divine approval, and thus the tarsier is born. The team is left impressed with how observant Kenta apparently is. Later on, Tsuchiya gives his creation to Kenta who hugs it with joy. His parents, however, are less than thrilled.

### Part 3

Higuchi is helping Tsuchiya in the office on a new order for “an animal with excellent hearing.” She makes a suggestion regarding the size of the ear holes when Shimoda walks in. After exchanging greetings, Shimoda is eager to see the progress the two have made. To his surprise, he sees Tsuchiya working with the alien child prototype that originally became a tarsier.

Tsuchiya alerts Higuchi that he can see the eyeball through the ear hole. She then informs him that they can’t make the ear holes bigger. After getting a lesson on how the ear works, Shimoda wonders if there is a way to make the ears bigger like an elephant. But Tsuchiya informs him that elephants can’t hear well with their ears. Instead they use their feet to pick up vibrations from the ground.

Getting back to the prototype, Higuchi has an idea of making the ridges of the ear respond to the direction of incoming sound. So Tsuchiya adjusts the design giving the prototype multiple ear ridges. Higuchi also notes that with the ear holes on the side, it would be hard to pick up soft noises. Tsuchiya decides to move the ear holes to the front of the face and then gives the prototype a rotating neck. To see how well the prototype does with hunting, Tsuchiya asks Shimoda to pretend to be prey, much to the latter’s hesitation.

The lights are turned off and Shimoda timidly takes position under the office table. Suddenly the prototype starts dashing toward Shimoda, causing him to yell and panic. Tsuchiya stops the test and Shimoda points out that he heard its footsteps. Taking the new information into account, Tsuchiya tweaks the prototype’s design by giving it the ability to fly. He also offsets the ears so that it can pick up sound at different heights, which Higuchi concurs with.

They run another test, but Shimoda is able to tell where the creature is coming from again. It was the rustling of the wings that gave it away. Tsuchiya turns to Higuchi who recommends making the edges of the feathers serrated. After some tweaks they run the test again. But Shimoda is able to spot it without hiding under the table. Shocked, Tsuchiya asks why and Shimoda points out that when the prototype moves its head, the ears start to wave around making it noticeable.

Seeing that Shimoda is right, Tsuchiya decides to squish the ears right up against the face. Ensuring the form stays the same no matter which way the head turns, earning Higuchi's seal of approval. With all the data they collected, Tsuchiya makes a few more adjustments and the result is a new bird species. Suddenly, Shimoda receives a message from God giving divine approval and the owl is born.

As Shimoda gazes at the owl, he wonders what happened to the  parabolic shape of the ears. Tsuchiya explains that the owl’s round depression on its face was made into a parabola, and the feathers help direct the sound towards the ears. Shimoda is happy that the final version isn’t as scary as the previous one, only for Tsuchiya to point out that its chicks look exactly like the previous version. To top it all off, the coloring is the same range as horses.

Later on Kanamori admires the new species of bird. She then makes a slight change to its appearance giving it ear tufts. God gives the new change divine approval and the horned owl is born.

## Characters

* Shimoda
* Ueda
* Tsuchiya (Mr. Saturn)
* Kanamori (Venus or "Ven")
* Kimura (Jupiter)
* Meido (Pluto)
* Mizushima (Mercury)
* Unabara (Neptune)
* Higuchi (Mars)

## Featured Animals

* Icefish
* Single-celled Organism (Warnowia)
* Tarsier
* Owl (Strigiformes)
* Horned owl (Bubo)

## Trivia

* This episode consists of chapters 11, 19, and 25 of the manga series.