1 00:00:03,980 --> 00:00:06,980 Okinawa 2 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,490 2032 A.D. 3 00:00:16,950 --> 00:00:20,450 Graduation Ceremony 4 00:00:16,990 --> 00:00:18,950 July 31st 5 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,110 Diploma presentation. 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:23,950 Number of Graduates: 2 7 00:00:20,930 --> 00:00:23,810 Earth Imperial Space Force... 8 00:00:23,810 --> 00:00:27,590 Okinawa Girls' Space Pilot High School... 9 00:00:27,590 --> 00:00:29,630 Senior Class 2, Cadet 10 00:00:29,790 --> 00:00:31,510 Kazumi Amano. 11 00:00:31,510 --> 00:00:32,760 Yes, sir. 12 00:00:35,110 --> 00:00:38,300 Awaiting us upon our return from space... 13 00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:40,590 was our high school graduation. 14 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:44,890 How rushed it all seemed. 15 00:00:46,370 --> 00:00:51,390 I've only 4 months of memories on this campus. 16 00:00:51,390 --> 00:00:55,980 But on Earth, 10 years have already passed. 17 00:00:58,380 --> 00:01:00,490 Even Ms. Kashihara... 18 00:01:00,490 --> 00:01:03,120 is now an instructor here. 19 00:01:03,810 --> 00:01:07,490 All my old classmates are gone. 20 00:01:08,350 --> 00:01:09,840 Kimiko's gone, too. 21 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:14,040 Space is a vacuum of memories, too. 22 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,090 And from Senior Class 1... 23 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:20,640 Noriko Takaya. 24 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:21,760 Y... Yessir! 25 00:01:22,390 --> 00:01:26,850 Episode 5 26 00:01:22,390 --> 00:01:26,850 「 Please!! Time Enough for Love! 」 27 00:01:32,500 --> 00:01:35,040 Graduation at age 17... 28 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,490 I should feel privileged, huh? 29 00:01:38,590 --> 00:01:40,800 You don't get it, do you? 30 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,910 According to your birth certificate, you should be 27 now. 31 00:01:43,910 --> 00:01:45,410 Hmm... 32 00:01:45,410 --> 00:01:50,700 So, I'm supposed to be around the age to have kids or something? 33 00:01:56,150 --> 00:01:58,960 Excuse me, aren't you? 34 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:01,850 Miss Noriko Takaya? 35 00:02:04,870 --> 00:02:06,020 Kimiko? 36 00:02:11,210 --> 00:02:16,200 So Hii-chan and Ritsuko both got married? 37 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,570 I guess I've been left behind. 38 00:02:19,380 --> 00:02:22,370 And now you're a mother, on top of all that. 39 00:02:22,370 --> 00:02:24,040 How old is Takami-chan? 40 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:26,040 She'll turn 3 soon. 41 00:02:30,810 --> 00:02:34,120 Ahh... What's that? 42 00:02:35,190 --> 00:02:36,550 It's the Eltreum. 43 00:02:36,550 --> 00:02:38,420 So that's it? 44 00:02:38,420 --> 00:02:39,530 Yes. 45 00:02:38,550 --> 00:02:42,590 Fifth-Generation Space Battleship「Eltreum」 46 00:02:39,530 --> 00:02:42,510 You can make out its shape with binoculars... 47 00:02:42,510 --> 00:02:43,630 even from down here. 48 00:02:46,370 --> 00:02:48,180 Wow, it's huge. 49 00:02:48,180 --> 00:02:51,490 I hear it's over 70 kilometers long. 50 00:02:51,490 --> 00:02:54,770 It's supposed to be an Earth evacuation ship. 51 00:02:55,710 --> 00:02:56,890 What? 52 00:02:57,210 --> 00:03:00,290 Rumors say that since the military takes priority... 53 00:03:00,290 --> 00:03:03,690 a civilian's chances of getting aboard are 4,000 to 1. 54 00:03:04,510 --> 00:03:05,570 That's... 55 00:03:06,470 --> 00:03:08,820 You can look down on me for asking you this... 56 00:03:10,430 --> 00:03:15,550 but could you use your connections to get Takami a place on board? 57 00:03:15,550 --> 00:03:16,550 I want for her... 58 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:19,170 ...to have a future. 59 00:03:20,780 --> 00:03:22,380 Kimiko... 60 00:03:30,850 --> 00:03:32,950 Hello, Kimiko? 61 00:03:32,950 --> 00:03:35,410 Oh... is Mrs. Kimiko there? 62 00:03:35,410 --> 00:03:39,290 Takami-chan? This is big sis Noriko. 63 00:03:39,290 --> 00:03:42,090 No, don't call me "Auntie Noriko" just yet! 64 00:03:42,090 --> 00:03:44,190 Is your Mama there? 65 00:03:44,190 --> 00:03:46,880 Oh, she's out with Papa? 66 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:49,500 So you're watching the house all by yourself? 67 00:03:49,500 --> 00:03:50,870 Good girl! 68 00:03:50,870 --> 00:03:52,420 Okay then, Takami-chan... 69 00:03:52,420 --> 00:03:55,870 please tell your Mama that Noriko said she's sorry. 70 00:03:56,890 --> 00:03:58,250 Right. 71 00:03:58,250 --> 00:04:00,210 Okay, bye-bye. 72 00:04:02,570 --> 00:04:04,960 A future for Takami-chan, huh... 73 00:04:05,570 --> 00:04:08,470 Kimiko really has become a mother. 74 00:04:09,620 --> 00:04:13,180 All this time has passed me by while I was in space... 75 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,850 leaving me behind, all by myself. 76 00:04:18,580 --> 00:04:19,810 Dad... 77 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:26,420 Is this how you felt whenever you came back from space? 78 00:04:26,420 --> 00:04:28,860 This bleak feeling of isolation? 79 00:04:36,980 --> 00:04:38,950 August 6th 80 00:04:39,210 --> 00:04:41,710 4:15 A.M. 81 00:04:42,710 --> 00:04:46,240 Palomar Observatory 82 00:04:48,220 --> 00:04:49,560 What? 83 00:04:49,590 --> 00:04:51,810 Space Force Intelligence Bureau 84 00:04:50,070 --> 00:04:51,590 I can't hear you! 85 00:04:51,590 --> 00:04:53,590 The Constellation Lyra? 86 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:55,930 Near Area 3-26? 87 00:04:55,930 --> 00:04:57,460 A huge mass of enemies?! 88 00:04:57,460 --> 00:05:00,020 There's so many of them... 89 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,060 Surveillance Satellite 90 00:05:00,020 --> 00:05:01,940 they're blotting out our view of space. 91 00:05:01,940 --> 00:05:05,090 Seven parts enemy, three parts black! Got that?! 92 00:05:05,090 --> 00:05:07,820 I repeat! Seven parts enemy, three parts black! 93 00:05:09,010 --> 00:05:13,180 Examining the degeneracy radar's data, due to the enemy's heavy concentration... 94 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,330 General Staff HQ Small Conference Room 95 00:05:12,580 --> 00:05:15,080 6:20 A.M. 96 00:05:13,180 --> 00:05:15,330 we are unable to get an accurate count of them. 97 00:05:15,370 --> 00:05:17,540 Head of Observation Dept. 98 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:17,880 We estimate their number to be over 100 million... 99 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,380 extending over approximately 80 astronomical units. 100 00:05:20,380 --> 00:05:24,010 Their ETA to reach our Absolute Defense Line is unknown at this time. 101 00:05:24,010 --> 00:05:26,050 80 astronomical units? I can't imagine... 102 00:05:26,050 --> 00:05:28,640 Imagine the diameter of Pluto's orbit... 103 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,730 - What? - I don't quite follow... 104 00:05:31,700 --> 00:05:33,660 Admiral Tashiro 105 00:05:31,730 --> 00:05:33,560 They're... 106 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:35,140 finally here. 107 00:05:35,310 --> 00:05:36,660 {\an8}In other news... 108 00:05:36,660 --> 00:05:40,860 {\an8}the anti-space monster force formed 11 years ago... 109 00:05:40,860 --> 00:05:45,530 {\an8}the "Top Squadron," has officially announced that it is disbanding. 110 00:05:45,530 --> 00:05:47,780 {\an8}Sub-Lieutenant Takaya. 111 00:05:47,780 --> 00:05:49,300 {\an8}Commander Ohta has requested your presence. 112 00:05:49,300 --> 00:05:51,620 {\an8}Please report to the staff office immediately. 113 00:05:55,180 --> 00:05:56,120 Rain? 114 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:04,210 You're too self-centered. 115 00:06:04,210 --> 00:06:07,170 You're always like this! You never care about me! 116 00:06:07,170 --> 00:06:10,390 Then don't bother coming here! 117 00:06:47,650 --> 00:06:49,120 Oné-sama? 118 00:06:53,140 --> 00:06:54,260 Coach! 119 00:06:54,950 --> 00:06:56,260 Coach! 120 00:06:57,280 --> 00:06:59,270 Hello! Hello! 121 00:06:59,270 --> 00:07:01,850 This is Okinawa Girls' Space Pilot High School... 122 00:07:03,580 --> 00:07:05,480 Coach, what are you doing? 123 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,560 Don't tell Amano about this. 124 00:07:09,170 --> 00:07:10,360 If you do... 125 00:07:10,530 --> 00:07:11,770 ...you're dead. 126 00:07:13,590 --> 00:07:14,960 Coach! 127 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:16,490 Please, hang on! 128 00:07:17,300 --> 00:07:19,990 Coach! Coach!! 129 00:07:19,990 --> 00:07:21,980 The Next Day 130 00:07:22,930 --> 00:07:28,120 Noriko, I've decided to find a new love. 131 00:07:29,190 --> 00:07:31,330 I'm giving up on Coach. 132 00:07:31,820 --> 00:07:34,680 Two people can't live the same life. 133 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:39,630 After all, "Meeting is the start of saying good-bye" 134 00:07:40,830 --> 00:07:43,450 We only get one life to live, you know... 135 00:07:43,450 --> 00:07:45,440 I don't want to waste even a minute. 136 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,640 "Time stops for no man." 137 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,710 But anyway, you're very gloomy. 138 00:07:51,710 --> 00:07:52,950 That time of the month? 139 00:07:52,950 --> 00:07:54,150 Silly girl. 140 00:08:07,730 --> 00:08:11,800 "Two people can't live the same life." 141 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:17,050 So, we have to live our lives for ourselves... 142 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,930 Coach! Coach!! 143 00:08:22,930 --> 00:08:24,510 Hang on! 144 00:08:25,450 --> 00:08:26,830 Coach! 145 00:08:26,830 --> 00:08:29,900 Takaya, mankind is facing its greatest threat... 146 00:08:29,900 --> 00:08:31,880 since life began on Earth. 147 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:33,110 Forget that now... 148 00:08:33,110 --> 00:08:34,020 Shut up and listen! 149 00:08:39,090 --> 00:08:41,780 The enemy fleet is closing in. 150 00:08:42,260 --> 00:08:44,710 The largest attack ever. 151 00:08:44,940 --> 00:08:48,490 Humanity itself only has one miniscule chance of surviving... 152 00:08:49,310 --> 00:08:51,550 and that's your Gunbuster. 153 00:08:52,060 --> 00:08:53,270 Coach! 154 00:08:53,270 --> 00:08:54,630 Takaya! 155 00:08:54,630 --> 00:08:55,710 Triumph! 156 00:08:57,050 --> 00:09:00,840 To save the Earth and our people... 157 00:09:02,580 --> 00:09:05,640 Gunbuster must triumph! 158 00:09:06,770 --> 00:09:08,770 Listen, Takaya. 159 00:09:09,020 --> 00:09:09,870 Yes, sir. 160 00:09:09,870 --> 00:09:13,280 You and Amano, alone, are mere flames. 161 00:09:14,210 --> 00:09:16,440 Together, you are an inferno. 162 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:18,570 And the Gunbuster as an inferno is... 163 00:09:19,430 --> 00:09:20,530 ...invincible! 164 00:09:20,890 --> 00:09:22,010 Coach. 165 00:09:22,010 --> 00:09:24,240 You're the two I chose. 166 00:09:24,850 --> 00:09:26,810 Together, you can overcome anything! 167 00:09:26,810 --> 00:09:28,660 Yes, Coach! 168 00:09:30,850 --> 00:09:31,800 Takaya. 169 00:09:32,310 --> 00:09:33,530 Yes, sir. 170 00:09:33,530 --> 00:09:37,550 Back then, I intended to protect Admiral Takaya with my life. 171 00:09:38,110 --> 00:09:40,380 But the reality was the opposite. 172 00:09:41,030 --> 00:09:43,560 I feel that I've done you a grave disservice. 173 00:09:44,030 --> 00:09:47,390 Don't say that, Coach. You shouldn't... 174 00:09:47,750 --> 00:09:50,460 The reason I've lived up until now... 175 00:09:50,460 --> 00:09:53,400 is to pass down the future the Admiral entrusted me with... 176 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,280 along with Gunbuster, to the two of you. 177 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,610 But that, too, will end soon. 178 00:10:01,260 --> 00:10:02,530 Takaya... 179 00:10:02,530 --> 00:10:03,810 Yes, sir. 180 00:10:03,810 --> 00:10:08,400 Don't tell Amano about my illness. 181 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:09,930 She's weak. 182 00:10:09,930 --> 00:10:14,750 If she knew, she wouldn't be able to fight. 183 00:10:16,270 --> 00:10:17,760 Takaya, please. 184 00:10:18,730 --> 00:10:21,550 Protect Amano. 185 00:10:22,490 --> 00:10:24,210 Protect her, please... 186 00:10:34,580 --> 00:10:38,600 Me? Protect Oné-sama? 187 00:10:40,340 --> 00:10:41,730 Tears? 188 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:56,050 So she already knows... Oné-sama... 189 00:11:01,090 --> 00:11:03,090 Tokyo: The Imperial City 190 00:11:04,590 --> 00:11:07,100 Earth Defense Agency 191 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:07,160 The main point is that... 192 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:08,560 the enemy has arrived! 193 00:11:09,870 --> 00:11:12,810 Emergency Countermeasures Meeting 194 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:13,310 All we can do is intercept them with everything we have! 195 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,730 What's the status of our last resort... 196 00:11:13,560 --> 00:11:15,810 Chief of General Staff 197 00:11:15,730 --> 00:11:17,280 the Eltreum? 198 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,910 It's currently 16% fitted. 199 00:11:18,070 --> 00:11:20,320 Head of Shipbuilding Division 200 00:11:20,910 --> 00:11:23,780 The day after tomorrow, 1,500 new support members will... 201 00:11:23,780 --> 00:11:25,330 That's no use at all! 202 00:11:25,490 --> 00:11:27,330 Chief of Ship RandD Division 203 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:27,330 There's no way it can launch! 204 00:11:27,490 --> 00:11:29,750 An unfitted battleship is nothing more than... 205 00:11:27,580 --> 00:11:29,850 Deputy Chief of General Staff 206 00:11:29,750 --> 00:11:30,830 a glorified statue. 207 00:11:30,830 --> 00:11:33,750 But at our present strength... 208 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,830 Head of Operations, First Section 209 00:11:33,750 --> 00:11:35,440 we don't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning. 210 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:37,090 Then what do we do? 211 00:11:35,460 --> 00:11:37,060 Vice-Minister of the Space Force 212 00:11:37,090 --> 00:11:41,090 The enemy could cross our Absolute Defense Line by as early as tomorrow. 213 00:11:51,870 --> 00:11:53,600 I have a proposal! 214 00:11:55,290 --> 00:11:56,720 Commander Ohta?! 215 00:11:59,110 --> 00:12:03,820 Send the decommissioned Exelion into the center of the enemy forces, unmanned. 216 00:12:03,820 --> 00:12:06,130 Release the Kingston valve... 217 00:12:06,130 --> 00:12:09,050 and send the degeneracy generator that acts as a warp engine into overload. 218 00:12:09,050 --> 00:12:11,710 And the generator will become an artificial black hole... 219 00:12:11,710 --> 00:12:13,120 after 2 minutes, 40 seconds due to the Void effect... 220 00:12:13,790 --> 00:12:16,290 and then it'll swallow the enemy fleet near Jupiter 2... 221 00:12:16,290 --> 00:12:18,090 along with the entire planetoid. 222 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:23,090 We can use the Buster Machines as its escort. 223 00:12:23,980 --> 00:12:25,590 Ohta... 224 00:12:26,530 --> 00:12:28,260 That's sheer insanity... 225 00:12:28,860 --> 00:12:30,620 The enemy's numbers are in the hundreds of millions! 226 00:12:30,620 --> 00:12:34,770 With only one Gunbuster completed, do we have any workable alternatives? 227 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:36,400 It's the only way! 228 00:12:41,900 --> 00:12:45,400 Ultra-Hikari Express for Tokyo 229 00:12:45,470 --> 00:12:48,930 Train No. 061, Car No. 10 230 00:12:49,910 --> 00:12:51,870 {\an8}This is your conductor. 231 00:12:51,870 --> 00:12:55,120 {\an8}We are currently passing Shin-Okayama Station as scheduled. 232 00:12:55,120 --> 00:13:01,250 {\an8}Our estimated time for arrival at Shin-Osaka Station is 9:31 A.M. 233 00:13:01,940 --> 00:13:05,550 Okayama's specialities, Kibi dumplings and Momiji cakes? 234 00:13:05,550 --> 00:13:08,420 We also have telephone cards. 235 00:13:08,900 --> 00:13:12,420 Oné-sama, it's finally time to go. 236 00:13:22,500 --> 00:13:25,920 You didn't bring much luggage, did you? 237 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,030 Neither did you. 238 00:13:28,030 --> 00:13:32,150 After all, we'll be back before we know it. 239 00:13:35,260 --> 00:13:39,000 Not quite that soon. On Earth... 240 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,290 ...6 months will pass. 241 00:13:46,300 --> 00:13:48,730 ESCAR for Space Base 242 00:13:50,070 --> 00:13:51,460 Oné-sama. 243 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:55,050 Um, about Coach's condition... 244 00:13:57,660 --> 00:13:58,600 I know. 245 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:05,530 But right now, we should be more concerned about the billions of lives at stake here... 246 00:14:05,530 --> 00:14:07,860 than the life of one person. 247 00:14:07,860 --> 00:14:09,740 We have to keep our chins up. 248 00:14:10,170 --> 00:14:12,280 Yeah... You're right. 249 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,750 I'm relieved... You're still your same old self. 250 00:14:23,330 --> 00:14:26,090 Fuji Space Force Base 251 00:14:27,670 --> 00:14:30,630 Buster Machine 252 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,110 Buster Machine 253 00:14:35,140 --> 00:14:37,140 Pilot: Sub-Lieutenant Takaya 254 00:14:37,180 --> 00:14:40,110 Buster Machine 255 00:14:40,180 --> 00:14:42,620 Buster Machine 256 00:14:42,690 --> 00:14:44,620 Pilot: Lieutenant Amano 257 00:14:49,590 --> 00:14:51,400 Is that Coach? 258 00:14:52,260 --> 00:14:53,330 I knew it! 259 00:14:54,970 --> 00:14:57,520 Oné-sama, Coach is here. 260 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:59,620 He looks fine. 261 00:14:59,620 --> 00:15:01,140 Say, Oné-sama. 262 00:15:01,140 --> 00:15:04,310 Maybe you two will get married when we come back. 263 00:15:04,310 --> 00:15:06,880 What do you say? 264 00:15:08,130 --> 00:15:09,880 Well? Did I nail it? 265 00:15:12,010 --> 00:15:14,600 You two make a perfect couple... 266 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,770 and Coach needs someone to take care of him. 267 00:15:19,990 --> 00:15:22,020 You don't get it, do you? 268 00:15:23,290 --> 00:15:27,060 Coach has space radiation syndrome. 269 00:15:28,290 --> 00:15:30,900 He might not last another 6 months. 270 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,000 I may never see him again. 271 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,620 That can't be. Coach... 272 00:15:40,620 --> 00:15:42,870 Coach! 273 00:16:05,910 --> 00:16:09,360 We may never see them again. 274 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:11,400 Okinawa 275 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,900 Is big sis Noriko in that? 276 00:16:19,900 --> 00:16:23,750 Yes, your Mama's very best friend is piloting that... 277 00:16:23,750 --> 00:16:26,240 to ensure a future for you. 278 00:16:26,810 --> 00:16:30,540 When you're older, I'll tell you everything. 279 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:34,290 Mama, are you crying? 280 00:16:35,190 --> 00:16:36,350 It's nothing... 281 00:16:37,530 --> 00:16:39,260 It's really nothing. 282 00:16:45,390 --> 00:16:48,880 Space Battleship Exelion 283 00:17:09,140 --> 00:17:11,520 Acceleration in 15 minutes. 284 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:14,880 Buster Machines, move into position. 285 00:17:17,570 --> 00:17:19,010 Earth time is on top. 286 00:17:19,860 --> 00:17:22,630 We're still sharing the same time as Earth... 287 00:17:23,410 --> 00:17:27,390 But soon, Oné-sama and I will slip into a time stream of our own. 288 00:17:31,420 --> 00:17:33,860 Acceleration in 10 seconds. 289 00:17:33,860 --> 00:17:35,950 8, 7... 290 00:17:35,950 --> 00:17:38,080 6, 5... 291 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:39,870 4, 3... 292 00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:42,240 2, 1. 293 00:17:54,900 --> 00:17:57,930 216 astronomical units to enemy center. 294 00:17:59,550 --> 00:18:03,800 On Earth, 3 days have already passed... No, 4 days! 295 00:18:18,570 --> 00:18:20,360 Planetoid Jupiter 2 296 00:18:23,260 --> 00:18:24,580 Approaching enemy fleet. 297 00:18:25,010 --> 00:18:27,080 Intercept the front line. 298 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:28,960 Approximately 250 million enemy units. 299 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:30,310 Lead is secured. 300 00:18:30,310 --> 00:18:31,960 - Here we go, Noriko! - Roger! 301 00:18:52,060 --> 00:18:54,070 3.8 billion kilometers to go. 302 00:18:54,270 --> 00:18:57,570 - Noriko, keep going, straight to the center! - Roger! 303 00:19:15,060 --> 00:19:16,550 1 billion kilometers to go. 304 00:19:18,570 --> 00:19:19,670 4 months gone already? 305 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,390 I've had enough! I don't want to go any further! 306 00:19:32,650 --> 00:19:34,100 Oné-sama! 307 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:39,780 I can't. 308 00:19:39,780 --> 00:19:41,700 I just can't go on. 309 00:19:41,700 --> 00:19:42,570 Oné-sama... 310 00:19:42,570 --> 00:19:44,260 He's going to die... 311 00:19:44,260 --> 00:19:47,190 Even if I make it back to the Earth, he'll no longer be there. 312 00:19:47,830 --> 00:19:49,830 I never even told him. 313 00:19:49,830 --> 00:19:51,750 I never said, "I love you..." 314 00:19:51,750 --> 00:19:53,330 or, "Hold me." 315 00:19:53,730 --> 00:19:57,090 I've never said a single thing to him! 316 00:20:07,860 --> 00:20:10,350 Back then, I truly hoped that he would kiss me... 317 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:12,890 ...and embrace me. 318 00:20:14,100 --> 00:20:16,680 I wanted him to say he loved me. 319 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:19,150 But... 320 00:20:20,590 --> 00:20:21,900 even then... 321 00:20:22,250 --> 00:20:25,050 I'll never, ever see him again. 322 00:20:25,050 --> 00:20:27,480 No, I just can't take it! 323 00:20:30,120 --> 00:20:32,370 Oné-sama, pull yourself together! 324 00:20:32,610 --> 00:20:34,370 Otherwise, they'll slaughter us. 325 00:20:34,370 --> 00:20:36,540 What about Coach's last 6 months? 326 00:20:36,540 --> 00:20:39,630 Don't you think he wants to be with you?! 327 00:20:39,630 --> 00:20:41,130 His final 6 months! 328 00:20:41,130 --> 00:20:43,880 Don't you think he wanted to hold you and not let you leave?! 329 00:20:44,090 --> 00:20:46,090 But he had to deny himself... 330 00:20:46,090 --> 00:20:47,930 and stake everything on those last 6 months! 331 00:20:47,930 --> 00:20:49,810 On you, and me, and Gunbuster! 332 00:20:50,810 --> 00:20:54,390 These are his last 6 months! Oné-sama! 333 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:58,500 No, they're not just his! 334 00:20:58,500 --> 00:21:01,530 Kimiko, Jung, and everyone else have pinned their very futures... 335 00:21:01,530 --> 00:21:03,490 on the two of us! 336 00:21:04,050 --> 00:21:05,450 If we lose now... 337 00:21:05,450 --> 00:21:08,240 what's the reason that everyone stayed alive up to now? 338 00:21:09,300 --> 00:21:10,700 We must... 339 00:21:10,700 --> 00:21:12,120 We must... 340 00:21:12,120 --> 00:21:14,740 We must win, at all costs! 341 00:21:15,460 --> 00:21:17,920 Please, Kazumi! 342 00:21:18,110 --> 00:21:20,620 Fight!! 343 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:25,800 All right, Noriko, I understand. 344 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:27,570 Let's combine! 345 00:21:27,570 --> 00:21:28,510 Oné-sama! 346 00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:45,280 Your 6 months... 347 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:49,100 These 6 months, I'll fight for you. 348 00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:53,780 It's the only way to share this time with you. 349 00:22:19,540 --> 00:22:23,180 GUNBUSTER!!! 350 00:22:26,710 --> 00:22:29,340 Noriko, the Exelion is still intact. 351 00:22:29,340 --> 00:22:31,030 It's below us, on your port side. 352 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:33,700 Oné-sama, let's use it! 353 00:22:33,700 --> 00:22:35,290 Yes, let's. 354 00:22:42,350 --> 00:22:43,800 Super... 355 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,080 Lightning... 356 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:49,250 KICK!!! 357 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,120 Don't think the combined Gunbuster... 358 00:22:57,120 --> 00:22:59,600 is just some ordinary machine! 359 00:23:01,580 --> 00:23:04,570 It has Coach's... 360 00:23:04,570 --> 00:23:08,980 It has Coach's heart beating within it! 361 00:23:14,490 --> 00:23:17,200 Noriko, enemy units directly above you, coming down fast! 362 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:23,040 Incoming from below! Around 3,000 of them! 363 00:23:23,770 --> 00:23:28,260 HOMING LASER!! 364 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:39,370 Everyone's future... Our future! 365 00:23:39,370 --> 00:23:40,940 I'll pave the way for it with Gunbuster! 366 00:23:41,140 --> 00:23:44,020 Precisely! So don't get in our way! 367 00:23:44,020 --> 00:23:46,680 BUSTER MISSILE!! 368 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,790 Noriko, pull back! We're in their defense zone. 369 00:24:00,810 --> 00:24:03,830 Incoming counterattack. Draw them towards us! 370 00:24:03,830 --> 00:24:06,290 Get as many of them as far away as we can! 371 00:24:06,940 --> 00:24:09,420 Incoming concentrated fire! Around 20,000 rounds! 372 00:24:09,630 --> 00:24:12,420 BUSTER SHIELD!! 373 00:24:15,450 --> 00:24:19,340 You think that's enough to take us down?! 374 00:24:25,620 --> 00:24:28,680 20 million kilometers to go. Just hold out until then. 375 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:31,140 Below, too?! 376 00:24:38,430 --> 00:24:41,580 I had no idea they had things like these. 377 00:24:41,970 --> 00:24:43,580 Who could've imagined it? 378 00:24:51,980 --> 00:24:52,970 They're pretty good. 379 00:24:52,970 --> 00:24:57,640 But don't underestimate the Coach's Gunbuster! 380 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,840 DOUBLE BUSTER COLLIDER!! 381 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,160 The Exelion has reached the center. 382 00:25:20,590 --> 00:25:22,160 It's reaching the gravitational radius now. 383 00:25:23,220 --> 00:25:24,660 It's starting... 384 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,210 Farewell, Exelion... 385 00:25:57,010 --> 00:25:58,200 The mission was a success. 386 00:25:57,030 --> 00:25:59,030 General Staff HQ 387 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:03,670 As of 10:45 P.M. the Palomar Observatory has detected type-G X-rays. 388 00:26:03,670 --> 00:26:07,720 We estimate at present that 99.89% of the enemy forces have already been wiped out. 389 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,750 The shockwave is expected to reach us in 6 months' time. 390 00:26:13,230 --> 00:26:15,760 This time, we're saved. 391 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,770 Hakone Space Force Hospital 392 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:57,920 Coach... 393 00:26:58,970 --> 00:27:00,590 Coach! 394 00:27:06,620 --> 00:27:09,800 I love you, Mr. Koichiro... 395 00:27:31,220 --> 00:27:33,960 Sorry... I'm sorry, Smith. 396 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,420 I promised I wouldn't cry anymore. 397 00:27:36,810 --> 00:27:40,140 But I think Kimiko would be proud. 398 00:27:40,140 --> 00:27:42,590 Right, Dad?