Hinomoto
The country suffered grave wounds in
two world wars, but thanks to revolutionary
new technologies, the country recovered.llllllll
This is the country of Hinomoto.
It suffered grave wounds in a great war,
but thanks to revolutionary new technologies,
Aer-Crallllll
Engine developed by Aerocraft Techllll
that produce motion with solar energylllllllllll
and geomagnetism.
Due to the spread of this technology,
steam engines, gasoline engines,llllllllllllllllllllllllll
and diesel engines lost their place.
the country rebounded.
The Age of Mass Railway Discontinuations
In this time, many railroad lines were discontinued as huge
cuts were made to national funding for the railroad sector.
Predictably, lines with low profitability, and lines
where the deteriorated track maintenance lead to
more accidents were forced to shut down.
As a result, railroads became less relevant to people's lives
and continued to drift down this sad path.
However, overshadowed by those advances,
the railroad was losing significance.
There are beings called Raillords.
These Raillords are
railroad car control modules.
Raillordslllllllllllllllllllll
Humanoid, doll-like control modules for railroad trains.
Responsible for assisting with the safe operation of the railroad,
they are each assigned to a single vehicle.
They possess a driving body and a maintenance body, and allll
tablet can be used to activate one or the other.lllll|||||||||
During the Age of Mass Railway Discontinuations, many of them
were discarded along with their trains.
It is the year 1989.
Ohitoyo city, Kumamoto prefecture in the Kyushu region.
Ohitoyo City
Maitesu Festival
Manoka Railroad's C12 67 Raillord
Suzushiro
Yes, Suzushiro speaking.
Understood, I shall get right to it.
Now then, let us raise the curtain on a new stage!
Episode 1: Opening of the Raillord Summit
Oh? You're all here already.
Joushuu Electric Railway's Deha 101 Raillord
Kakaa
I got an invitation from Lady Hachiroku.
Takazaki Railroad's D51 840 Raillord
Ran
Kanmon Railroad's EF 10 23 Raillord
Shirogane
Same for me, as well.
But the all-important Miss Hachiroku isn't here yet...
Hisatsu Mikan Railroad's Kiha 101 Raillord
Kurenai
Nagoya Railroad's Hoji 6016 Raillord
Kiko
Reina's not here, either.
I'm excited to have a discussion with all of you.
Iyokan Railroad's Kou Type 1 Unit 1 Raillord
Iyo
Toobu Railway's 5th Locomotive Raillord
Riiko
No insects here...
This isn't so different from a café in Chugoku.
Chugoku Railway's Toufuku 4 2000 Raillord
Suika
What is going on?!
Something's coming out!
Who?
I'm from the Manoka Railroad. I'm Suzushiro, the C12 67 raillord.
I will be acting as facilitator for this Raillord Summit.
We came here because Hachiroku-chan invited us here...
Right, she said it was a study group to improve operations.
Let me begin with an explanation.
Hinomoto National Railway
It's Hachiroku-san!
Reina's there, too!
Hachiroku-san, smile please!
My apologies for not being able to contact you sooner. Both Hachiroku and Reina had to suddenly participate in a meeting with the humans.
What the?
Therefore, the Raillord Summit will be conducted by Suzushiro-san instead. Thank you for your cooperation.
Does that answer your questions?
It's too bad that I can't fight against Reina.
In that case, we'll help.
Thank you so much!
The purpose of this meeting
is to ask you for revolutionary ideas that will usher in a new era.
You want us to come up with revolutionary ideas?
Yes, I'm sure you can do it!
However, there might be some pain involved.
What do you mean?
I don't like pain.
Well...
Producing Merch
We're producing merch!
Producing merch?!
All right, everyone, let's do this!