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Shh! stop that. Not today!

I'm not taking you on a walk. Please stop it!

Cut it out, you dumb dog!

"Never put off until tomorrow what you decide to do today......"

"Clouds inevitably follow sunshine."

Master, I, Nono, am leaving.

Well, live a full, long life!

I don't think I've ever seen God.

If God had something to wish for...

to what would He have to pray for it?

Even if you gaze up at the starry sky every night with a wish in your heart...

there's no telling when a falling star will come.

So, by saying that wishes come true if you wish upon a falling star...

that basically means that wishes never come true, right?

But...my wish will come true.

Because, I've......

Because, I've been waiting for this falling star!

Was I so dumb I ran away from home...?

The slightly salty miso soup every morning... The winding, hilly road to the library......

The crunching sound when stepping into the first frost......

The scent of the stream......

I loved all of that, but......

Hmm?

Oooooh!

I've finally made it this far.

I, Nono, am gonna become a space pilot, no matter what!

That's because...!

DIEBUSTER The Movie

C'mon, Manager. You can't make a space pilot scrub the floors like that!

Quit teasing around.

Nono-chan, you're still goin' for that?

Of course. A space pilot.

Sir, I've heard you've been out into space before......

- Kinda, yeah.

- Kinda, yeah. - Really?!

It was a school trip, though.

Oh, so you were just a tourist.

It's hard to impress a real space pilot, isn't it?

She's a child, you know. She'll take you seriously.

Well, your daddy here's gonna take ya out to space.

Hup!

B...Boss, watch out!

Now, now, you're walking in space! How's this?

I'll bet even those fleet guys from the Space Force couldn't do stuff like this so well!

Cut it out, please! No! Not there, anywhere but there...!

Please stop it!

Sir, you're creating trouble for us. This will lead to an audit by the agency!

P...Please quit it! Please!

Sir, won't you stop it there? Sir?

Wha...?

Ow-ow-ow......

Please stop! Quit it, please!

Don't! Stop! Not there!

Ow-ow-ow... Hm?

Wh...Wha...Wha...What was that?!

A Topless... Never seen that before.

A Topless?

That customer just now. What kind of person is she?

...A real space pilot.

EEH?!

Wait! Please, hold on!

(Please insert your ID card into the slot.)

Oné-sama!

Huh?

Oné-sama!

Hm?

I've finally managed to catch up with you!

Ah, the girl from before.

Thank you so much for saving me! I, Nono, was so moved!

Just the spirit of cooperation.

Yes! That's true. You're so great, Oné-sama!

Huh?

If you're ever in trouble, Oné-sama, I, Nono, will be sure to help you out!

Who's "Oné-sama"?

I just know I will!

Is that so.

Oné-sama, you're a space pilot, right?

What?

A space pilot!

You don't recognize this uniform?

It's so cool! And moe-moe, too!

It's of the Fraternity's space monster interception squad.

I, Nono, want to join that, too!

I want to become a space pilot like you and protect the people!

That's because...!

That's because I want to be like Nono-Riri!

Nono-Riri is someone who...

I've got no idea who that is, but......

Eh?

Too bad. You wouldn't make it.

I'll stick it out with hard work and guts!

I don't need that stuff.

The only people who can fight together are those who are acknowledged as Topless.

Hey, Princess......

Princess Lal'C.

How's it feel to be back in the lower world after so long?

Like I drew the short straw.

It's cold, the air's all thin, it smells all funky...

and there are no sea birds at all!

There's no way you'll find one there.

I know that. Plus, what we're looking for may not have ever been here.

The prediction this time is from the Serpentine twins.

Their accuracy's been dropping lately......

Ooh, you went there! But I've predicted it, too.

When?!

Don't yell!

Besides that, the Navigational Safety Bureau just issued a report...

confirming that they've sighted suspicious meteorites.

A space monster has got to be there.

Lucky you! Now you'll be a shoo-in for the top kill count again this month, Princess.

Geez... There's no holding a candle to the Curve Wrecker... Mew.

(Vectoring field 9, minus1......)

Nono-chan? What about the diner?

Aah!

Your manager got worried and drove out looking for you.

Sorry about before, I didn't mean anything by it.

C'mon, forgive me! C'mon, please?

What's this thing?

Yo-ho!

- Whoa! - Huh?!

- What the hell?!

- What the hell?! - Hey, it's coming this way!

I'm gonna try to capture it. Back me up!

Surround it from both sides. Let's move!

- Captain!

- Captain! - It's airborne!

HEY! Dammit!!

What the hell is this thing?!

Keep down!

You're not injured, right? Good.

Yes, Oné-sama!

It's that Topless from earlier... This thing... A space monster?!

I haven't seen this type before. A new species, maybe?

Dix-Neuf! Come!!

A Buster Machine!

That's it?

"Buster Machine, Dix-Neuf"

Let's make a quick work of it.

- You too, hurry up and get out of here.

- You too, hurry up and get out of here. - Oné-sama!

You'll get in the way!

Let's go, Dix-Neuf . Activate physical canceller.

Exotic Maneuver!

Incredible... Is that the ether sparkling?

That's...

A power of Topless......

Oné-sama, you're so cool!

Nono-chan! Hey, over here!

- Heeyy! - Manager!

Manager?!

Manager!!

Nono! Stay back!

I'll get you out of there right away!

No, you dummy! Hurry up and get out of here!

Ouch!

What is she doing? I told her she was in the way!

Forget it, Nono. You won't budge it!

No! Nono-Riri would never give up!

Try to be realistic here! There are things in this world that you just can't do!

The space monster is waking up. Give it up!

I'll save her, no matter what!

I'll save her! And then... I'll go out into space!

Because, Nono-Riri would......

No, Dix-Neuf! Don't let it get away!

"4th Planet in the Sol System"

"Mars"

Buster...

BEAM!!!

Oné-sama!

Oné-sama, you did save me again!

She's...alive?

Thank you so much, Oné-sama!

What on Earth is this girl...?

That's how we met, you and I......

"Satellite Base Meganebula"

Good job, Princess. Come right down on deck #4.

Casio, that's the one from before?

Looks like it. An unregistered android.

An android? You are?

We don't see them much in home territory, right.

Doesn't matter. Nicola secured permission for this landing.

So how long has it been since the girl got on board?

4 months or so.

I'm taking care of her on orders from you twins. What's behind it?

The new space monster which showed up on Mars that time...

it's highly likely that it came after that robot-girl.

Isn't that right, dear sister?

Mmm, Titan crab is just delicious!

Many in the military believe it's the existence of Topless that triggers the space monsters' attack.

Could that android be......

Don't make a fuss, Nicolas. We have another favor to ask.

Make sure to bring that robot-girl on with you for the Titan excavation operation this time.

We want a taste of her.

Then your dinner will be served, as promised.

The Topless power will be lost once we grow up......

Before the day comes, I must......

That's Saturn?!

"6th Planet in the Sol System, Saturn"

I must apologize for my long silence.

I'm writing this letter on a spaceship heading to Titan.

You must be very surprised...

because I left home without asking you.

But please don't worry.

I, Nono, am doing fine as a trainee pilot of the Fraternity.

What pleases me the most is that I met my Oné-sama, Miss Lal'C.

She's so cool, so strong, so nice. Oné-sama is such a fabulous person.

Now I, Nono, and Oné-sama came to be the Fraternity's... Ah!

..."Came to be the top team in the Fraternity."

Wow, "top team"......

Please give it back to me, Oné-sama!

- Be quiet now! - Oné-sama, please!

- Oh, for pity's sake!

- Oh, for pity's sake! - Good timing. Let me introduce her to you all.

I'm Nono. I'm in the care of Meganebula.

I'm still just a trainee, but I'll stick it out with hard work and guts!

But how could an android become Topless?

That's pretty impossible, however hard you try.

Right. If you want to fight with us, you'll need your own Buster Machine in the first place.

A Buster Machine......

"48th Moon of Saturn, Titan"

"Planetary Geological Survey Ship Gulliver III"

"Property of the University of Mars, Archaeology Department"

The scale is much larger than what I was expecting.

It's supposed to be remains that date back tens of thousands of years.

Did it really make it here from outside the Sol System...

through the encirclement of space monsters?

That's conjecture, at best.

There's another theory which claims it's the Buster Machine of an alien called Sirius.

That's dangerous... What was that?

The general chairwomen of the excavation operation.

They're saying that we need to leave this no-fly zone immediately.

"Buster Machine, Quarante-Deux"

"Titan Excavation Operation Temporary Base"

(The low for tomorrow's gravitational fluctuation is 0.8G. The high is 2.1G.)

(A fluctuation of plus 0.3G is expected over the course of today.)

(The next gravitational fluctuation forecast is scheduled for 20 o'clock...)

(ahead of the regular schedule.)

Ooh, now you've done it!

Hey, now! Don't go out on strolls without permission!

Stand by in the ship until you get further orders.

And here we gave them a ride this far out!

We've been told to submit to the Fraternity's command structure while on site.

It may be Academy orders, but don't they make us supply all of their equipment...

while taking all of the benefits for themselves?

Even so, we can't disobey orders.

Nicola!

How's the operation? Is it going smoothly?

Who knows?

It's the twins' typical veil of secrecy.

After all, we're only bodyguards.

That means the Titan fluctuating gravity well is about to awaken?

That's just a rumor.

And its true form is supposed to be the legendary Buster Machine?

Yes, it's rumored that it's one of the single-digit machines we've lost the data on.

So, is the pilot going to be that klutz?

Say what?

I'm telling you, it's all rumors. Irresponsible rumors.

They say she's real popular with the space monsters.

And that Miss Klutzy is the reason the Princess's score has gotten even higher lately.

Well, looking at it that way might explain the twins' interest in her.

Not possible.

Unlike the Serpentine twins, I'm Topless even on my own.

I've never once had Nono's help.

You heard her.

Useless girls should go back to the country and get married.

Oh yeah! Is it true that the twins get a special meal menu to themselves?

I hear they hate vegetables.

If I, Nono, had a Buster Machine, could I become your friend...?

If I, Nono, had a Buster Machine, could I get Oné-sama to acknowledge me...?

If only I, Nono, had a Buster Machine......

Excavation Chairwomen, this smell... What cuisine is this?

Oh my, Nicolas.

You don't like Titan crab?

If only I had a Buster Machine, I just know I, Nono, could become Nono-Riri.

"Titan Fluctuating Gravity Well Excavation Site"

The fluctuating gravity well, a mysterious object discovered in a stratum...

approximately ten thousand years old.

The excavation operation was far more intensive than predicted......

Because all of that terrain is made from the countless bodies of dead space monsters.

The remains of the tens of thousands of space monsters...

that threw themselves at the fluctuating gravity well to try and bury it...

with no regard for their own lives.

Despite that, it's still not dead.

It periodically alters its own weight, and lately, it's become even more active.

It's just sleeping.

If it were to awaken, surely it would meet everyone's expectations.

No matter how many space monsters attacked, we'd have nothing to fear.

We could go beyond the Red Milky Way, outside the Sol System...

and reach even the shimmering realms of the stars with our own hands.

But...

I don't have time.

Relax.

You know our real age, don't you?

And the secret behind it, too......

Is this where the legendary Buster Machine is buried?

What is this? Why is my heart pounding so much...?

You snuck into a top-secret excavation site without permission.

That's grounds for expulsion or worse.

I'll tell you something nice.

Is this...a Buster Machine?

It's a machine thought to have been sunk during the Second Battle of the Kuiper Belt...

some 20 years ago.

It was discovered on Pluto. It's currently on the other side of the Sol System.

It's a bit far, but how about it? How about making it your own?

"Buster Machine, Trente-Trois"

We're certain you have the power to save us all.

She's really going all the way to Pluto, I hear.

There aren't even any regular routes there, it'll be a pain.

It's uncertain how many weeks it'll take......

Well, that's her punishment.

What a fool.

Nono's going of her own free will. Couldn't it be your fault, Princess?

If she wants to go, just let her go.

Don't you think the Buster Machines have seemed kind of odd...

ever since we came to Titan?

Hm?

Kinda like they're on pins and needles?

Not possible.

I know everything about Dix-Neuf.

That's our Number One Topless.

You really have given up. Too bad.

Still, the Buster Machines might lend their power to kids like that.

Hard work and guts can't bring about miracles.

Even if a duck wants to fly, it just plain can't.

She could be an ugly duckling, you know.

You sound like Casio.

Ugh......

Trente-Trois, huh...?

Nono-chan, it's time to leave.

Oné-sama......

Oné-sama!

I'm taking some time off for a while.

Oné-sama, you can handle cleaning duty by yourself, right?

Burnable trash goes out on Tuesdays and Fridays.

And don't forget to brush your teeth for at least 5 minutes at a time.

- Make sure to do it every morning and night!

- Make sure to do it every morning and night! - Nono!

I, Nono, need to have a Buster Machine.

That's because...!

You don't have to become Nono-Riri! Just stay here!

What's this month's horoscope for Gemini?

"The end of this month will be a major turning point."

"Everyday toil will be the determining factor."

So, everything will go smoothly, right?

Of course it will.

Oné-sama......

Right now I feel very distant from you.

So, to get closer to you, I, Nono, will......

This is a skylark.

It flies high up in the sky, and chirps constantly.

You can hear its voice, but it's pretty hard to spot......

So you keep looking up in the sky for it, until your neck starts to feel sore.

I wanna see one!

I wanna see, I wanna see, I wanna see! I wanna seeeee!

(Why am I the only one stuck being a redcap?!)

(- Hey, I'm wearing underpants on my head!) (- Why?!)

(Last month's economic activity index was zero......)

(And it's only ten thousand yen, what a deal!)

Nono-Riri was a Buster Machine pilot, she said.

That means she was Topless, right? In that case...

there's no way Nono can become that......

Hm?

Don't tell me that's 3 weeks' worth of stuff?

She's the weird one for doing laundry every day.

I heard from Casio.

Said they're gonna arrive Pluto soon.

And he added, Nono's doing just fine.

Arrival of surveillance subject at destination, confirmed.

Positioning of each Buster Machine, complete.

Gravitational fluctuations in central shaft area, currently stabilizing.

Shafts #2 and #4, stabilized.

Shaft #3, conditionally stabilized.

"Central Shaft, Lowest Level"

Commence the resuscitation procedure!

"Space Force Patrol Vessel θ-0744"

The Red Milky Way has started to brim over!

"Space Force Western Regional Air Defense Control Group (Triton DS)"

"Security Command Center"

40,000...45,000... The highest number in recorded history!

Unable to keep track of them all!

Impossible......

Incredible... They're flooding in from every direction......

Does that mean they're that afraid, like the twins said?

That is seriously amazing!

The Titan fluctuating gravity well's power is the real deal!

The first wave's incoming!

All according to plan. Princess!

Physical canceller full power! Exotic Maneuver!

Approximately half of the space monsters engaged in battle have broken off!

Their estimated course is...

towards Pluto!

Nono!

"9th Planet in the Sol System, Pluto"

That's my line. I myself wished to be here.

I'm more than happy to retrieve Trente-Trois, long believed to be lost.

I, Nono, need a Buster Machine.

I want Oné-sama to acknowledge me. Otherwise, I'd just......

What? What the hell?!

Space monsters! What are they doing out here?!

Half of them took the robot-girl bait, just as planned.

That should buy us enough time to tame this thing.

For us to remain as one, we need Topless ability.

We cannot afford to lose that.

I...It's come!

It's responded to us!

To our call!

Gravitational fluctuations rising!

Clefshin luminescence confirmed with the naked eye!

This light... It couldn't be!

There's no end to them!

Isn't the resuscitation operation done yet?!

What's taking the twins so long?!

Sixth wave, incoming!

Right behind them, waves seven through thirteen!

The radar's all white. There's no defending this!

Good work... Thank you, everyone.

The twins!

They made it in time!

Just a little further. It's beyond that crater.

If I have Trente-Trois......

I'll do it. I'll fight in the Buster Machine!

That's not it!

Hm?

That's...the Titan fluctuating gravity well?

An alien Buster Machine?

What is this?

It got all the space monsters in the northern hemisphere in one hit......

This is no Buster Machine.

It's our comrade!

The Topless that has lived for over ten thousand years...

Has finally answered our call!

Ugh......

That's where the meat came from?!

I thought before that a girl like you would be perfectly suited to a Buster Machine...

that for both you and the Buster Machine, that would be happiness.

But that's not true.

Piloting a Buster Machine is a frightening thing.

Once you pilot a Buster Machine, your heart is captivated by it.

Is that what you really need right now?

I don't think so, and even Lal'C......

If you wanna see it that badly, I'll take you there.

Hm? Is this the first time I've invited a friend to my house...?

For us, Buster Machines are all we have.

When we lose that power, we can't find any other point in living.

It must have been the same for that Nono-Riri person, too!

No, you're wrong.

I don't want to lie to myself any longer!

I'm still Topless! I must be! I will move Trente-Trois!

It's...no use......

The remainder of the space monster horde is gathering on the other side of Titan.

The Titan fluctuating gravity well is in good condition.

Unable to detect any damage to its armor.

Gravitational fluctuations rising further.

That thing is a Topless...?

Yes, an eternal Topless.

With this, we can go on living.

Now, wipe those unpleasant space monsters...

Off of our world at once!

The fluctuating gravity well is rejecting all access codes!

Control is impossible!

What the hell is going on?!

Even the enemies in the planet's shadow...!

Quarante-Deux's explosion has been confirmed! The status of the others is unknown!

Unable to monitor the fluctuating gravity well!

Nhan? Nhan! Dammit! Nhan's dead, too!

Dead?

I'll crush that thing!

Wait, Gurka! Stop Gurka!

He's about to do the Buster Boulder Crush!

You mean he's going to crush the Hyperion?

Stop! We're all going to die, really die!

It's over......

Pasika!!

Dix-Neuf... What is that thing?

A terrible animosity denies humanity......

Eh? A real...

space monster?

Then what the hell have we been fighting up to this point...?!

Ugh... I can't. I knew it......

I knew all along...that my expiration came and went long ago......

Nono?

What happened, everyone?! I can't tell!

Hey, Dix-Neuf! Dix-Neuf!

Move!!

Oné-sama!

Just now, was that... No way...!

Nono? Is that you?

All the way from Pluto? How?

Through warping!

Distance no longer means anything to the bond Oné-sama and I share!

What on earth is she...?

Earth Imperial Space Force...

reporting directly to the Sol System Close Coverage Squadron...

Sixth-Generation Interstellar Cruise Ultimate Weapon...

"With Buster Legion"

I, Nono, was truly a fool!

Whether you have a Buster Machine or not is irrelevant!

Those who think things like, "If only I had a Buster Machine"...

can never reach the true Top!

That's because...!

That's because true power resides in those...

who believe in their power to the very end!

Surely, a true Buster Machine pilot...

the real Nono-Riri...

would have a Buster Machine inside the heart!

BUSTER...

BEAM!!!

SLASH!!!

After the Titan incident...

the world completely changed for us.

Confined in on the utmost planet of the Sol System, Kaminatsuki...

with corrective gear restricting our liberties...

Topless are no longer the force that will save mankind.

"Sol System, New10th Planet, Kaminatsuki"

"Space Force 3rd Grand Fleet, Chief of Staff"

in order to intercept...

the hundreds of millions of fluctuating gravity wells...

that were coming to invade our planet.

That is the black hole we now know as Exelio...

the so-called Nest Hole of the space monsters.

After the counteroffensive operation in which mankind invested everything it had...

it is hypothesized that...

a Sol System Absolute Defense System consisting of unmanned Buster Machines was built.

At the same time, it seems that...

the fluctuating gravity wells' remaining forces had survived...

and most of all, mankind was probably feeling worn out.

They chose to seal away warp technology and shut themselves off within the Sol System.

The defense system evolved over time to become stronger and more efficient.

Ironically, as a result...

the system wound up heavily resembling our enemy, the fluctuating gravity wells.

Their current form is what we now refer to as space monsters.

Hm.

"Commander, 3rd Grand Fleet"

It seems that after a certain point, the system sensed the same threat from us...

the people they were supposed to protect, as they sensed from the fluctuating gravity wells.

- That was... - Hm?

...the Topless.

Ah!

Wow, you made it here.

I'm sorry for taking so long to visit!

Sorry! Ah, I'm so sorry!

I thought I should at least bring something Oné-sama likes......

With all of these physicals and psychological tests and things going on...

I couldn't get them to let me go.

Wow, how'd you manage to get these in such a remote area?

If I say I want something...

the nice men in the secret service find a way to get it for me.

Last night's dinner was Peking duck and foie gras!

I think I could even go to Earth.

After all, we agreed to go to your house and look for skylarks, right, Oné-sama?

WOW!

May I have this skylark?

...It's not a skylark, it's a crane.

Princess, you're so awkward!

On Earth, you give it to someone as a way of showing that you hope they stay well.

It's really supposed to be the one visiting who brings it.

Wow, Oné-sama, you really are amazing!

"Space Force 3rd Grand Fleet, Far North Fleet"

"Flagship Karakoram"

The space monsters' Nest Hole is a region shrouded in mystery...

an area in which mankind has never before set foot.

In particular, the inside of the accretion disc cannot be discerned...

via x-ray or gravitational wave scanning.

The only way to ascertain what may be inside is to go in there directly.

Extrapolating from the similarities between this and the Titan incident......

Is it about to invade the Sol System again?

The new fluctuating gravity well...?!

Two days later...

Nono and I were ordered to accompany the fleet heading for the space monsters' Nest Hole.

Everyone was expecting great things of Nono.

Buster Machine #7 would be able to save mankind, they hoped.

Nicola has reached expiration, and he seemed incredibly weak as he went back to home territory.

I felt so much misery inside sending him off.

Why was I called...

"Former13th Planet in the Sol System, Jupiter 2"

"Having lost 90% of its mass, only its core remains. It is not a planet in its current state."

Ammonia-type space monsters confirmed.

Space monsters deployed ahead, 75,000 in number.

That number is still increasing.

80,000.

- Are you sure they're not going to attack us? - 85,000.

- It's a defense force to protect their nest.

- It's a defense force to protect their nest. - 90,000.

95,000.

They've most likely come to welcome Buster Machine #7.

They've topped 100,000.

Number 7!

Behold, all of these space monsters are obeying #7 alone.

An amazing spectacle even to a Topless like you, isn't it?

She is truly the queen of the space monsters.

The one who wanted you brought along was #7, you know.

I'll bet it was so that you could witness this display of power.

"New11th Planet in the Sol System"

"Black Hole Exelio"

Reverse gravitational fluctuation confirmed near the outer edge of the ergo region...

where the space monsters are gathering.

The scale is incomparable to that of the Titan incident!

This is a fluctuating gravity well?!

It's crawling up out of a black hole?!

The space monsters must have been keeping this fluctuating gravity well sealed away...

ever since it got trapped in Exelio...

in order to protect mankind.

However......

It looks like it's about to break out!

Buster Machine #7 is moving in!

She's sealing the cracks with micro black holes?!

She's rewriting the surrounding physical space, and forming a degeneracy generator......

It's technology that we've lost now.

She'll save us with power from the age of myths......

Queen of the space monsters?

No, she is truly the goddess of the Sol System!

Number...7......

Alright, send the fleet forward!

We'll support her with the Gravitron cannon!

Between #7, and our fleet, the strongest in the Space Force...

we have nothing to fear!

Non-combatant personnel, if you could leave the bridge?

You'll get in the way.

(Enter Level 1 Combat Alert!)

(Ready the main gravity cannon via Code 4!)

- Confirmed! - Prepare shaft number......

- Confirm generation of...... - Activating Bow Ether......

- Squadron #1, Squadron #2...... - Fixing......

Bow Gravitron cannon, FIRE!!

- What the...?!

- What the...?! - It warped space?!

Abnormal increase in gravitational fluctuations!

It's rising up to the visible wavelength spectrum!

That's impossible!

It's overflowing!

The diameter of the fluctuation is over12,000 kilometers!

12,000 kilometers?!

You're saying it's bigger than the Earth?!

Its full body hasn't appeared yet, either.

#7 is using a beam attack!

Even #7's beam...?!

Oné-sama!

Admiral! Order all hands to abandon ship!

We're evacuating as well!

(Code 9, all hands are ordered to abandon ship!)

(Code 9, all hands are......)

- We've got room for one more!

- We've got room for one more! - Hurry up, this is the last escape pod!

From #25 to #21......

Wait......

Even Nicola wound up that way......

The twins, everyone, they all died......

My hands are shaking......

How pathetic......

Ever since the time we first met on Mars, the space monsters were searching for Nono.

They were trying to bring their own master home.

Nono's amazing.

Nothing at all like me......

It was that way from the start......

I, Nono, wanted to become like you, Oné-sama.

I was always so jealous of you, Oné-sama. Because...

you and Nono-Riri are a lot alike.

The person called "Nono-Riri" wasn't anybody special......

She was just an ordinary girl.

She's shaking?

It's not that the world has changed.

It's not that Nono has changed.

The one who's changed...

is me.

Let's fly, Oné-sama!

Dix-Neuf!!

12 ships remain, including ours.

The flagship's IFF signal has been lost!

The space monsters' defense forces are being driven back......

Is even #7 no match for it...?

Admiral, have the fleet pull back. I'll handle it.

You're the Topless from earlier?

I'm going to hit it with Jupiter 2. Retreat back beyond the shockwave perimeter!

What are you saying?!

That's a feat beyond any human capability!

I can do it. If I'm with Nono, I can do anything!

EXOTIC MANEUVER!!

"Jupiter 2, Remaining Core"

The Topless can move even the planets?!

Direct hit at 20 kilometers a second!

My God!

That's......

It didn't come out of the Black Hole Exelio......

It absorbed Exelio itself!

Freely manipulating black holes...

not dying even after being slammed with Jupiter 2......

Mankind's natural enemy......

Ether-separating wave detected!

We believe the fluctuating gravity well will warp from this region!

300 until it reaches the warp entry critical point!

If we don't take it down now, mankind will be wiped out.

Gather the remaining ships.

We'll at least get in one good shot......

It won't do anything, most likely.

However, #7 would......

Nono, you understand?

The only chance we have to take it down is now, before it warps.

We need an even greater energy than that of a planetary impact.

#7 will advance into the remaining core of Jupiter 2.

By igniting a series of micro black holes, she can trigger a degeneracy chain.

Turning Jupiter 2 into a black hole?

If there was an ultragravitational collapse at such close range...

it should be able to destroy even the fluctuating gravity well.

You mean to send her off on a kamikaze attack...?

I won't let you go alone, of course. I'll come too.

I'm getting goosebumps. The two of us, saving the world together!

Let's become stars together, Nono!

What's wrong, Nono?

Nono?

Nono......

The fact that she's abandoned us means that...

we can safely assume the defense system is also gone.

Henceforth, we'll have no choice but to fight off the fluctuating gravity well...

with our own power.

But that's for the best.

This could be considered a rite of passage...

for mankind to truly reach adulthood.

But still, to flee before the enemy like that......

(Reaching warp critical point in 1.5,1.2...)

- (1.0. Critical point.) - Admiral, the fluctuating gravity well is...

entering warp.

Nono......

NONO!!!

(Due to a multiple-vehicle pileup accident...)

(traffic on Atmospheric Route 8...)

(In other news, Route14's reopening will take place 2 hours ahead of schedule......)

"First Natural Satellite, the Moon"

to welcome a small-statured heroine...

The darkness throughout the city is not a blackout, either.

Much like the Earth, everyone has evacuated en masse......

So now, even the imperial city, Lunar Tokyo, is a ghost town.

Ah, it's about time for Earthrise.

It'll be beautiful.

Oh dear, my mistake...

"Ultra Large Scale Ether-Accelerated Assault Weapon, Douze-Mille"

our victory is practically assured.

Though, of course...

the beautiful view of Earth is obscured by its shadow......

The Nest Hole of the space monsters...

that have kept mankind trapped within the Sol System for thousands of years...

we call it the Red Milky Way......

In the past 6 months, it's vanished.

This is the body that they pooled together to form.

However, 48 hours ago...

it suddenly vanished from the former Jupiter 2's orbit.

Its whereabouts after that are unknown.

Why is #7, the defense system of the Sol System...

taking on a humanoid shape?

There's no one clear answer.

Perhaps this is reminiscent of ancient civilizations that molded gods in their own image?

Or perhaps......

Forget about #7 already.

#7 has her own way of living.

I'm glad you could make it.

Amazing, for such a tiny body to move a planet......

You must be tired from the long trip. Please, have a seat.

Do you have any cocoa?

Mind your manners, Lal'C Mellk Mal.

The operation is starting soon.

Aren't any of you going to evacuate?

We're part of the military, after all.

It's not like we value our lives.

What disturbs us now is the fact we cannot cast our doubt aside.

Mover of planets......

Must mankind go this far in order to survive?

Sacrificing the Earth is the only way to save mankind.

Let whoever survives judge whether it's right or not.

Mm-hmm......

We are not gods, after all.

Thank you. I just wanted to meet and confirm it directly, face-to-face.

The key to Douze-Mille is best off in your hands.

Is this all right?

The Topless could become mankind's new enemy.

That is fine.

The fight against them would be far more human...

than the one against the monsters from another planet.

"Buster Machine Public Corporation Lagrange 3, Dock #1"

When you reach your expiration...

do you get the impression that you've been betrayed by the Buster Machines?

No, sir.

Their existence has always been on a level far from that of humans, an eternal one.

The Topless are no more than batteries to them, to be used up and tossed out.

Fighting with no regard for death is something that should be left only to Buster Machines.

Well, I'll try to tell her, but......

I saw in the papers that she was coming to Tokyo.

So I was waiting at the gate to catch her on the way in...

when an MP comes up and... Now I've got this black eye.

Whoa......

A mere mechanic like me cannot even talk to her.

Of course not.

On Mars, there was an assassination attempt by an opposing faction.

Even I'm not allowed to meet with her after that.

Okay, everyone, smile for the camera.

Isn't this the first time everyone's gathered together like this?

In the last hundred years or so, yeah.

- Did you reserve this whole stadium, Miss Lal'C? - I was chosen for Vingt-Sept......

Well, nobody's left in Tokyo, and there's no swearing-in ceremony this year, either.

And, well, this is kinda like a graduation ceremony.

I wanted to get a shot together with everyone now......

Sorry, but would you mind leaving this seat empty?

Ah, for Roy... You two got along well, didn't you?

He was one of the good ones.

So were Nhan, Gurka, and Pasika.

Okay, one more.

Hm?

Casio said not to push yourself too hard.

Yeah, you'll never get any boys with an expression like that.

If we lose, there won't be anything to get.

Ever the "Curve Wrecker," aren't you?

Hmm?

Don't tell me you've got a fever?

I'm the mover of planets.

"Two Months Ago"

"Mars, Marineris"

C'mon, knock it off.

Quit it... Could you stop?!

Cut it out, you dumb dog!

Well, isn't this a surprise!

Miss Lal'C, right?

They're supposedly constructing a hundred thousand more of those things on Mars.

Even so, 70% are up in orbit on standby.

Cocoa... Did Nono like it too?

She loved Japanese cuisine...

because Nono-Riri was a traditional Japanese girl, she said.

Do you know who that is?

All I know is, she was the heroine who saved the Sol System long, long ago.

I wonder if it was the same for her...

being built long, long ago to protect the Sol System.

When I found her, she had lost most of her memories......

The prison of a life lasting thousands, or even tens of thousands of years......

I could never even begin to understand how horrible that might have been.

But, what part of the Sol System was she built to protect?

When you think about that, don't you think you can almost get a grasp on...

why she was given a humanoid shape and a humanoid heart?

I wanted to let her meet Nono-Riri.

Assuming that, as Nono claimed, Nono-Riri really was an ordinary girl...

I suppose she would need a friend.

I guess heroes are always isolated.

Even before, there was a girl who chose a path of solitude...

in order to protect everyone.

I think that that fact kept her going.

She had never met Nono-Riri before, either.

So she must have been glad to have met you, I'm sure.

We will be returning to level 3 security at17 o'clock. Over.

- Rescind integration control on board... - Ether-focusing wave detected.

Being dragged into this battle as a soldier-in-training...

just 6 months after joining the army, that's some luck.

"Space Force 2nd Grand Fleet, Joint Staff Fleet"

"2nd Grand Fleet, Acting Chief of Staff"

"Commander-in-Chief"

We'd like to buy the mover of planets at least a little time.

The Fraternity's Buster Machines are heading in.

Gravitational quake due to warp out will reach us in 11 seconds.

Even though they're barely older than my daughter......

An Exotic Maneuver weakening phenomenon occurs near the fluctuating gravity well.

No acting alone. Let's stick to formation and take it on as a team.

It's hard to perform under constraints......

They're here!

Don't let them get close to Douze-Mille!

So it's started......

Death Anchor!

Southern Cross Shot!

Boss!

I know!

Bastard...!

Buster Blossom!

It's bigger now than it was when it first showed up, isn't it?!

"Exelio Fluctuating Gravity Well (Third Evolution Form)"

It's a monster......

It looks like acceleration course can be secured. What about the final adjustments?

I'll handle them en route.

I'll just get it over with.

After this mission is over, you will answer to Mars military command.

Who cares about that?

As long as the operation succeeds, what happens afterwards shouldn't matter, right?

We can't have that.

Douze-Mille is military property. I request for you to bring it back in one piece.

Same for the pilot.

Thank you, Commander.

But this is pretty much it.

Now, Dix-Neuf!

Let's slam this planet into it and end this.

"Former 3rd Planet in the Sol System"

"Present Ultimate Special Assault Mass Weapon for the Battle on the Mainland"

"Earth"

Douze-Mille,take off!

The Earth is......

Douze-Mille has set the Earth on a crash course.

Even the biggest fluctuating gravity well...

can't survive the impact the mass of the accelerated Earth gives.

Our victory is assured.

Are you unsatisfied with that?

I hope she's thinking the same thing......

Physical canceller, full power.

EXOTIC DRIVE!

The number of rotations is off the scale, climbing even higher!

Final acceleration! To sub-lightspeed!

Slam into it!

It couldn't be?!

That's the Sol System Absolute Defense System's...

combined form?

"Ultra-Gigantic Humanoid Ultimate Weapon"

DIEBUSTER!!

Is it trying to hinder the operation?

But mankind lacks the power to face something so huge head-on!

NUMBER SEVEN!!

Douze-Mille?!

Incredible!

It's like a gigantic Buster Machine!

You've got a lot of nerve, showing up now! Stay out of our way!

This is mankind's battle!

A battle with everything we've got at stake!

We'll save mankind, even if it means abandoning the Earth!

I don't care if it's right or wrong!

It's got nothing to do with you!

You followed me around without asking! You went off on your own without asking!

If we could have stayed friends forever...

I wouldn't have even been afraid of losing my Topless ability!

Friends......

The truth is, I wanted you to keep being my roommate!

I wanted you to come visit my home to see the skylarks!

I didn't want you to call me Oné-sama...

but Lal'C!

Nono, you dumb fool!!!

Dix-Neuf......

I can't hear your voice......

I see.

Of all the times......

Lal'C's Topless ability......

...Dumb fool......

Ultra...

Lightning...

KICK!!!

Even the killer Collider attack doesn't seem to affect it!

Buster...

BEAM!!!

"The person called 'Nono-Riri'..."

"wasn't anybody special......"

"She was just an ordinary girl."

Lal'C......

Nono!

Do you understand, Dix-Neuf ?

Nono's scared.

I don't want to leave her alone out there anymore!

Nono! I'm on my way!

"Dix-Neuf, Spinal Passage"

Dix-Neuf has......

Is this the horn in his right eye?

What on Earth is he doing...?

He's going to use his sealed-away power for Lal'C's sake.

He's going to unlock the true cockpit hidden away in his artificial brain.

Thank you, Dix-Neuf.

There it is!

She can't take anymore...!

The enemy is just far too big.

This the end for mankind......

Let's do it, Dix-Neuf!

He's taking something in?

Something that was taken away millennia ago... a degeneracy generator!

That's Dix-Neuf's true form!

"Buster Machine #19"

Embracing pain and suffering, that's just stupid, isn't it?

But that's what being human is all about!

Power isn't based on how big you are, it's based on the strength of your heart!

Isn't that right, Nono?!

That's...

hard work and guts!!

Yes!

Let's go!

Right, Oné-sama!

Lightning...

Double...

KICK!!!

Destruction of the fluctuating gravity well confirmed!

The Schwarzschild horizon is also falling apart!

Impossible! The black hole is splitting apart?!

That's something which isn't allowed to happen in this universe.

If this keeps up, the singularity will become a naked one.

My God...

you mean a second Big Bang will happen?!

What on Earth is......

Impossible to observe.

Singularities break every single law and equation we know.

They're a realm in which our physics hold no meaning.

"Polydimensional Space, Space-Time Censor Room"

It's raining outside the window.

It's because I bring rain wherever I go, you say.

It can't be helped...

so I eat the panini sandwich your mother cooked in the house.

Begging you repeatedly...

until you relent and let me look at an album of old photos from when you were a kid......

Teasing the cat and being scratched by it......

And then, when the rain lets up...

Oné-sama, you say...

"Come on, let's go see some skylarks!"

I open the door...

and head out under the blue sky.

That's right. I was looking forward to our promise.

Why are you smiling?

As long as you never give up on them, wishes always eventually come true.

We have plenty of time, so......

You wanted to become an ordinary girl, didn't you?

I, Nono, will take the singularity that Nono-Riri made shine.

I won't let you be alone anymore!

In exchange...

No! Nono! Don't go!

I, Nono, will give you my own singularity, Oné-sama.

That's because...!

Lal'C, Lal'C!

Can you hear me?

Lal'C!

If you're alive, that's all that matters!

You could be so much happier without your Topless ability!

No, that's not it......

I was able to meet her thanks to that.

"Ten Years Later"

"Earth"

Yeah, I've been doing field research.

The Okinawa Rail...a protected species.

And you? ...Pluto?

I'll be protecting a diplomatic envoy as far as Sirius.

Doesn't the Earth have a lot of festivities going on today for the Star Festival?

Well, neither of us are at the age where people make wishes anymore......

Didn't you know?

Last night, the Hawaii Gravitational Observatory confirmed it.

I don't think I've ever seen God.

If God had something to wish for...

to what would He have to pray for it?

I've been waiting a long time for this night.

I'm really eager to meet with her and tell her...

about you, the one always smiling......

That's because...!

That's because...

the legendary girl you so idolized, Nono-Riri...

is returning tonight.

"That night, Gunbuster returned."

"WELCOME BACK"

The End