Everly:
Affranchi, is that a space shuttle?
Affranchi:
Yeah. It's a vehicle that takes people to space.
Everly:
You mean we can't go to space unless we ride in one of those things?
It's scary.
Affranchi:
Scary? Yeah, I guess it is.
Escaping the Earth's gravity
is no easy feat.
Everly:
Why do you know something like that?
Affranchi:
Huh?
Everly:
This is weird, Affranchi!
You know things you have no business knowing.
Affranchi:
Everly...
Everly:
It's strange.
Really strange!
Affranchi:
Everly's right.
I said it unconsciously,
but it wasn't something I could have known.
Ul:
Metatron have been holding on to Char Aznable's memories
for a while now.
And so they implanted those memories into a single person's head.
Affranchi Char, that person is you.
Affranchi:
Ul Urian...
That man told me
that I was a vessel for
storing Char's memories.
That I was just a puppet who wasn't even capable of loving someone.
Everly:
Hey, Affranchi,
why were you able to
pilot that machine, Gaia Gear?
Affranchi:
Why? I'm not sure.
Out of desperation, probably.
Everly:
Promise me something.
Promise me you won't pilot one of those Man-Machines ever again.
Affranchi:
Okay... I understand, Everly.
Joe:
How's it looking, Michel?
Can you see Gaia Gear's armor?
Michel:
No, it's fine.
The sheet's covering it really well.
You can't see anything.
Kellan:
Hmph, is just covering it with this sheet going to keep it hidden?
If just a bit peeks out,
people will soon figure out that it's a Man-Machine.
Michel:
Kellan,
stop complaining and get to work.
Kellan:
Shut up. Who says I have to anyway, Michel?
Michel:
Your superior office says so.
Kellan:
Just because you joined Metatron before me,
don't act like you're more important.
Metatron doesn't need some strict caste system.
Joe:
Hey, Kellan...
Affranchi piloted this Man-Machine, right?
Kellan:
Huh?
Yeah, he did.
He really surprised me back then.
That guy, Affranchi, you don't think he's
been given pilot training somewhere in secret or something?
Michel:
That's not it.
He's what you'd call a 'Newtype'.
The moment they're sitting in the cockpit,
their brain just figures out
the best way to pilot it.
No sweaty training necessary.
Kellan:
Hmm, must be pretty convenient, being a Newtype.
Joe:
Newtype... The Red Comet...
Could this be the return of Char Aznable?
Kellan:
Forget about that
and finish up quickly so we can go out.
Joe:
Go out?
Go where?
Kellan:
You should know!
We've come to Hong Kong!
Chinese food! We're getting Chinese food!
Madras:
Hey!
Don't you two run off!
Kellan:
Uh-oh, here comes the boss from hell.
Krishna:
So we had a place like this waiting for us?
This is a refrigerated warehouse, isn't it?
Madras:
The owner's business failed and so he skipped town.
So for the moment we can use it however we want.
Where's Affranchi?
Krishna:
He's on the roof.
You can see the space shuttle launch site from there.
Madras:
Oh, sightseeing with Everly, is he?
Krishna:
It's not like that.
You must have noticed it too, Captain Madras.
Ever since he got in the Gaia Gear, Affranchi's been acting strange.
He looks like he's in a really bad state.
Madras:
He's been through so much in such a short time.
Well, he'll be alright.
Affranchi is the man who will become our leader.
Small things like that won't discourage him.
Krishna:
That's right.
Madras:
Bring those two here.
We're going into town.
Krishna, can you drive us?
Krishna:
Yes sir.
Krishna:
It sure is busy.
Ah!
Such bad manners!
Affranchi:
Captain Madras,
where are we going?
Madras:
I'm taking you to meet the person
behind the Char Continue Operation.
Affranchi:
Char Continue...?
Madras:
The project to resurrect Char Aznable.
That project's leader is here in Hong Kong.
They've been waiting for you.
I'm sure you have some questions for them as well.
Affranchi:
Yeah... However...
Madras:
Are you scared?
I understand how you feel.
But you can't avoid it any longer.
You have to know the truth, even if it's harsh.
Everly:
Ah!
Affranchi:
Hey, stop that!
What do you think you're doing?
Madras:
Leave them be.
They're just kids messing around.
Affranchi:
But still!
Affranchi:
Is this city always like this?
Madras:
There's just too many people.
There are 50 million people living in this little town.
Affranchi:
50 million?
Madras:
People keep coming here, more and more of them.
MaHA's goons are
systematically stopping everyone before they let them go to space,
but they won't be able to keep up.
Everly:
Affranchi,
I'm feeling a bit sick...
It's getting hard to breathe...
Affranchi:
This is what the rest of the Earth is like?
Madras:
Watch your step.
This place was built a long time ago, and it's not in good condition.
It's well-suited to be a Metatron hideout.
Ah, here we are.
Miranda:
Hello?
Madras:
It's Madras.
Sorry we're so late.
The roads were packed.
Miranda:
Welcome.
I've been waiting for you.
Well, come on in.
Madras:
Allow me to introduce you to everyone.
This woman,
is the leader of the Char Continue Operation.
Miranda:
I'm Miranda Howe.
Madras:
This is Affranchi Char.
Miranda:
Yes, I can tell.
Welcome to Hong Kong, Affranchi Char.
Affranchi:
What's with this sense of nostalgia?
I've met this woman somewhere before.
At least it feels like I have.
Everly:
What's wrong, Affranchi?
You're daydreaming.
Affranchi:
Ah, no...
Miranda:
Captain Madras,
Could you leave me alone with Affranchi?
Madras:
Sure, that's no problem.
Everly:
What for!?
I'm always by Affranchi's side!
Affranchi:
Everly, please.
Can you let us talk together on our own?
Everly:
Affranchi?
Affranchi:
Please.
Everly:
...okay.
If that's what you want... then it's okay.
Krishna:
Say, Everly,
why don't you come shopping together with me?
Madras:
Yes, that'd be great.
Go on!
Affranchi and Everly,
both of you only have what you were wearing when we picked you up, right?
You should buy a change of clothes.
Krishna:
Come on, let's go.
Miranda:
That young lady was Everly?
She's just as charming as I thought she'd be.
Affranchi:
You know about Everly?
Miranda:
If has something to do with you, then I know about it.
I know how you lived on that tropical island...
Who you were raised by...
Affranchi:
Do you know Gaba Suu?
Miranda:
Of course. Come on, take a seat, Affranchi.
I'll make you something to drink.
What would you like? Coffee, black tea...
Affranchi:
Please tell me, Miranda.
Am I... Am I an artificial person?
Miranda:
I heard about that from Captain Madras.
That man from MaHA,
it seems he's told you some strange things.
Affranchi:
What is it?
Miranda:
What does it really mean
to bring a person into this world?
There's a man and a woman,
they make love, and as a result a new life is formed.
Is that what you think?
But even so,
there's no difference between that and artificially creating a human.
Affranchi:
I think that sort of reasoning
desecrates human life itself.
Miranda:
How old-fashioned of you.
Things like "the mystery of life"
are just old-fashioned talk from
the days before the development of biotechnology.
Whether there's love involved or not,
follow the right procedures and a new life is born.
It makes no difference to the new life how it's born.
Right now the most important thing is
the truth that Affranchi Char exists in this world.
Not what sort of process
gave birth to you.
Affranchi:
But the most important thing to you people
is not me, but Char Aznable.
The hero of the Space Colony independence movement.
A spaceborn man influential 100 years ago.
Miranda:
No...
What we need right now is
the young man bearing the memories of Char Aznable,
Affranchi Char, we need you.
Affranchi:
But then,
why did you leave me on that tropical island?
Miranda:
I wanted you to have a proper childhood on Earth.
Affranchi:
What?
Miranda:
Char Aznable,
who was born in space and who died in space,
never experienced Earth in the true sense.
So he did a horrible thing and tried
to drop a meteorite on the Earth to freeze it
and kill everyone who still lived there.
An earthborn man would never think of doing something like that.
If Char had the perspective of someone looking up to space from Earth,
then the space colony independence movement of 100 years ago
might have gone a bit differently.
What we want is an earthborn Char Aznable
to lead the independence movement once again.
Affranchi:
An earthborn Char Aznable?
Miranda:
The only one who can save the dying Earth,
is you, Affranchi Char.
Marisa:
Have you noticed, Captain?
Dargol:
Hmm?
Marisa:
The music changed after you came in.
To Wagner.
Dargol:
Ah...
Marisa:
It seems the manager of this restaurant
knows your tastes well, Captain Dargol.
Dargol:
For each and every station in life, there is a corresponding path to success.
It appears that the manager here knows what his is.
Marisa:
It's proof of MaHA's dominion over Hellas.
Dargol:
Yes.... All the legal matters have been settled.
Metatron's former base will
become Space MaHA's headquarters.
Ironic, isn't it.
Marisa:
I heard that Ensign Urian had to be rescued.
Dargol:
He was on a lifeboat with the rest of his submarine crew
and with no idea of where he was.
I heard he was found by a Hong Kong MaHA rescue party.
Marisa:
I never expected that Metatron would come down to Earth.
Dargol:
That alone
shows the value of Affranchi Char.
Marisa:
What will you do?
Dargol:
We'll trap Affranchi Char on Earth.
Metatron have no way to get to space
by themselves.
If we ground the Space Shuttles, then it's over for them.
We can leave the rest to Ul.
Ul will want a chance to make up
for his failure.
Marisa:
It seems you have a high opinion of Ensign Urian, Captain.
Dargol:
You think so?
Marisa:
I do.
I've heard that it was you yourself
who enlisted Ensign Urian to MaHA.
Dargol:
I liked his eyes.
He has the eyes of a man with hidden ambitions.
Marisa:
Ambition?
Dargol:
Ul wishes to have the whole world in his hands.
That ambition of his will become my strength.
I want to have people like Ul by my side at all times.
Marisa:
But then, one day, one of them might turn around and slice your throat.
Dargol:
That will be the day when I no longer have my strength.
But I won't go down without a fight.
Marisa:
Yes... I believe in your strength as well, Captain.
Now the Earth Reverse Immigration Plan can truly begin.
We'll be busy.
Jiang:
Seems like you've had a tough time, Ensign Urian.
Ul:
I must thank you, Major Jiang Wen Fu.
Hong Kong MaHA has been of great assistance.
Jiang:
Still, I can't quite believe it.
The man called Affranchi Char...
The first time he pilots a Man-Machine, he fights a Gaussa,
and takes it down.
If that's true,
then he's almost certainly a Newtype.
Ul:
Surely not even a Newtype is a threat
to the ace pilot Jiang Wen Fu.
Jiang:
Haha... That Affranchi Char...
He must be planning on going to space.
Ul:
Yes, Metatron are looking forward
to his arrival.
Jiang:
Metatron...
They're fundamentally mistaken.
People can't escape Earth's gravity after all.
People have been living in space for 200 years now,
but have they adapted to the void of space?
Nothing will change.
Things like 'Newtypes' are nothing more than fantasy.
Space dwellers used non-existent things like that
as a foundation to advocate independent sovereignty.
"Those living in space are elites,
so they don't have to listen to what people on Earth say."
How could someone be so arrogant?
Ul:
Major,  I'm a spaceborn myself.
Jiang:
You don't believe in Newtypes or anything like that, do you, Ensign Urian?
Ul:
I'm opposed to the idea that Spaceborns are
more 'elite' than Earthborn people.
A true elite is a person who has ambitions and works hard to achieve them.
Jiang:
You could say that.
Hey, stop the car.
Driver:
Yes sir.
Jiang:
Shall we go for a little stroll, Ensign Urian?
I'll show you around Hong Kong.
Jiang:
How are you finding the city so far?
Occasionally I fly through the skies above Hong Kong in a Man-Machine.
It's against regulations, but nobody stops me.
The hundreds of skyscrapers packed together,
stretching upwards to the heavens...
It's quite a brutal sight.
Looking at them,
I get the urge to burn them all to the ground.
I always wonder how refreshing it'd feel
it all these buildings crumbled away.
Though even if all this fell into ruin,
I'm sure it wouldn't even be 10 years before the view is lined with skyscrapers once again.
It's that sort of town.
Ul:
You can feel the energy of human beings here.
It's packed with an almost overwhelming vigor.
Jiang:
It's not vigor.
It's anger.
Ul:
Anger?
Jiang:
Since the colonization of space began,
many hundreds of people have been
taken to space against their will from this town.
The anger those people felt
flows through this town.
You can't hear them? Those voices of unimaginable anger.
Miranda:
Ah... It's raining.
Affranchi, come and see this.
It's so dark, it's like the city's covered in dust.
But no matter how hard the rain may fall,
the filth of this city won't be washed away.
Affranchi.
Captain Madras told me something.
He said that if the space colonies hadn't been built,
the entire Earth would be covered in human beings.
Miranda:
And now that you've come here, you understand what that would be like?
Affranchi:
Yes... I feel like I do.
Miranda:
If you understand that,
then leaving you to grow up on that tropical island was worth it.
Affranchi:
The bountiful nature on that island
was something special...
Miranda:
Yes.
The island you grew up on is a lost paradise.
If we wish to restore the Earth to that natural paradise,
then all of humanity must leave for outer space.
There are over twenty billion humans.
It is not possible for us to live in harmony
with the Earth's environment.
Affranchi:
The history of humanity
is a history of abusing the Earth.
Miranda:
It was because people realized this
that they built the space colonies.
Humanity's paradise
should be built inside a space colony.
And so we should leave the Earth to other living beings.
Isn't that the least we could do for the Earth?
Man has had the arrogance to consider himself the lord of all creation,
and has defiled the Earth.
The time has come to open our eyes and see our irresponsibility.
When MaHA began their attack on Metatron,
inside of you,
Char Aznable began to awaken.
That's not mere coincidence.
Affranchi:
If I go out into space,
will I really turn into
Char Aznable himself?
Miranda:
There's no need to be afraid.
Char's memories and your identity are seperate things.
Affranchi:
But-
Urgh!
Char:
...if humans do not establish a home in space, then the Earth will wither away...
...for now, the Earth is still beautiful...
Affranchi:
Char's Aznable's memories...
...they're trying to engulf me...
Miranda:
No, Char's memories will become your strength.
So, you must go to space.
Krishna:
Everly, what do you think about this one-piece?
It's a good price too.
Everly:
Isn't it a bit plain?
Krishna:
Well, what about this one?
Everly:
I'm worn out.
Why are there so many people here?
Krishna:
Why don't we take a little break then?
They're selling juice over there.
Let's go.
Krishna:
This juice is so cold and delicious!
Everly:
You think so? It tastes like medicine.
It's a strange taste.
Krishna:
Really?
That tropical island was probably full of delicious fruit,
you must have had fresh juice every day.
Everly:
Yeah.
After drinking fresh-picked coconut juice,
I can't drink juice like this at all.
Krishna:
I see... That sounds wonderful.
That's the sort of life I dream of.
Everly:
Hey...
Will Affranchi be happy if he goes to space?
Krishna:
Huh?
Everly:
Well?
Will he be happy?
Krishna:
I don't know.
But we need Affranchi.
Everly:
I'm thinking about Affranchi.
I don't want to hear about what you need!
...sorry.
You've treated me so nicely,
and I'm being so rude...
Krishna:
It's fine, I really understand how you feel.
However,
I don't think there's anything I care about that much...
But I think you should go to space together.
If he's together with somebody he loves,
then that should be enough to make him happy.
Everly
You think so?
Krishna:
I think so.
Everly:
I see... that's right!
Krishna:
Well, let's hurry up and pick out something.
We need to get back before it's dark.
Krishna:
Good, it's stopped raining.
Everly:
Hey, this one-piece isn't too much, is it?
I wonder what Affranchi will say.
Krishna:
It suits you perfectly.
He'll love it.
Ul:
Krishna!
Krishna:
What?
Ul Urian!?
