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[[File:Dramacd3 cover.png|alt=Cover for the third Drama CD featuring Kokone and Alpha|thumb]]
'''Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō''' '''3''' (サウンド・ストーリー ヨコハマ買い出し紀行 3 ''Sound Story Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō 3'') is the third and last audio drama made for the series, released by Aniplex in December 4, 2002<ref name=":0">https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125600/https://www.aniplex.co.jp/yokohama/news/saportshop.html</ref>. Around 5 years after the [[Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou 2 (Audio Drama)|previous release]].

It’s notable for featuring the series author [[Ashinano Hitoshi]] as the narrator for the opening episode. With the exception of part of the main cast, this drama had an entire different staff, including Choro Club, who was in charge for the soundtrack.

== Summary ==

== Announcement ==
Following the first two drama CD’s re-release, it was announced on the official Aniplex’s site that a new series was being produced, focusing on episodes that hasn’t appeared in the [[Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: Quiet Country Cafe (OVA)|OVA]], including two new original stories<ref name=":1">https://web.archive.org/web/20080517232526/http://www.aniplex.co.jp:80/yokohama/news/dorama.html</ref>. Iwasaki Taku, who previously worked on the second OVA and was responsible for it’s ending song, also worked on the arrangement for the cover<ref name=":2">https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125633/https://www.aniplex.co.jp/yokohama/news/recording.html</ref>.

== Cast & Staff ==

=== Cast ===
Alpha Hatsuseno - Shiina Hekiru

Kokone Takatsu - Nakagawa Akiko

Makki - Nagasawa Miki

Takahiro - Toyonaga Toshiyuki

Uncle - Iizuka Shōzō

Ayase - Morikawa Toshiyuki

Narration - Ashinano Hitoshi

Male customer & Old man - Takemoto Eiji

Tunnel store man - Miyazawa Tadashi

Old woman - Akado Mayumi

== Episode List ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Track
!Title
!Japanese Title and Romanization
!Based on
!Appearing
Characters (In order of appeareance)
!Soundtrack
|-
|1
|Café Alpha
|カフェアルファ - ''Café Alpha''
|[[Chapter 30]]
|Alpha and the male customer. Inicial narration by Ashinano
|Café Alpha - Main Theme
Yūnagi no Jidai
|-
|2
|Everyone's Ships
|みんなの船 - ''Minna no Fune''
|[[Chapter 45]]
|Takahiro, Makki and Alpha
|Natsu no Kodomo - Orchestration
|-
|3
|Hot Sand
|あついすな - ''Atsui Suna''
|[[Chapter 49]]
|Alpha, Takahiro and Makki
|Musashino Kuni Ryōjō
|-
|4
|Mountain Tunnel
|やまのあな - ''Yama no Ana''
|[[Chapter 51]]
|Ayase, Old man and Tunnel store man
|A7M2-gata Shisakuki no Yūtsu
|-
|5
|Osoba
|おそば - ''Osoba''
|Original story
|Kokone, Alpha and Old woman
|Tsūru do Yokohama
|-
|6
|Barbecue (Blue Light Yokohama)
|バーベキュー 「ブルー・ライト・ヨコハマ」song by : アルファ - ''Barbecue (Blue Light Yokohama) song by Alpha''
|Original story
|Takahiro, Makki, Alpha, Kokone and Uncle
|Blue Light Yokohama
|-
|7
|One Year's Absence
|一年空間 - ''Ichi nen Kūkan''
|[[Chapter 81]]
|Alpha, Takahiro and Uncle
|Fūka "Toki no Kishibe ni te..."
AT-6 "TEXAN"
|-
|8
|Frog
|かえる - ''Kaeru''
|[[Chapter 85]]
|Alpha
|Yūnagi no Jidai Orchestration
|}

== Gallery ==

== Trivia ==

* Unlike its prequels, the featured stories wasn’t broadcasted on a radio show.
* The third drama CD and the second OVA were basically produced as one project.
** The CD was released first on December 4, the OVA's first episode was released on December 18<ref name=":0" />.
** They both have the same cast. This release have different voice actors for the Uncle and Takahiro.
** The soundtrack is the same and also had Iwasaku working on some tracks. The previous release mixed new and old songs from Gontiti. 
** The cover wasn't drawn by Ashinano this time, being done by the OVA illustrator, Yamagata Atsushi.
** The chapters choices keep a certain continuity with the OVA.
*** Track 2 introduces Makki.
*** Track 3 shows more of her relationship with Alpha and Takahiro.
*** Track 7 continues where the second OVA episode ends.
* Blue Light Yokohama is a popular single by Ishida Ayumi. Being a very popular song in Yokohama city, once was chosen as the city's song on a popularity contest held in 2008<ref>https://www.asahi.com/showbiz/music/TKY200805270419.html</ref>.
* Ashinano’s participation and Shiina’s “Blue Light Yokohama” cover were also present in the announcement<ref name=":1" /> and were heavily marketed.  A few small interviews were released on this topic.<ref name=":2" /> <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230320123532/https://www.aniplex.co.jp/yokohama/news/dora_special.html</ref> Ashinano lines were also revealed on the web site news section.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230320123532/https://www.aniplex.co.jp/yokohama/news/ashinare.html</ref>
* Ashinano, jokingly, gave the staff the permission of doing other types of stories such as Alpha in a school setting or doing a part-time job, but they decided to do it faithful to the manga.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230320125500/https://www.aniplex.co.jp/yokohama/news/dorarepo.html</ref>

== See Also ==
[[Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou - Quiet Country Cafe - Original Soundtrack]]

[[Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou 3 - Booklet Interviews]]

== References ==
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