Mahoromatic ~ Something More Beautiful ~
Mahoro’s gonna go away…
Mahoro’s gonna go…
You can’t, I won’t let you!
You said you’d never leave, remember?!
You said we’d always be together! Always!
Didn’t you say you’d be the one person who’d never leave me?
Mahoro!
Maho…
And so, I found myself all alone again.
In the first 14 years of my life,
…I learned the meaning of “loneliness” time and time again.
But there are some pains you never get used to no matter how often you experience them.
In the end, my meeting Mahoro just made me more miserable.
I thought I would completely seal away the sights and sounds of that time,
…my friends faces, and that precious memory itself.
And I decided never to return to Japan. To that town where Mahoro no longer was.
“Jils,” was it?
Yep.
Do you have a lot of contacts around here?
Nah, I’m just a simple traveling salesman, chief.
Of course, I don’t mind at all when people underestimate me like that.
Barkeep, another milk with no ice.
Coming right up.
My line of work is pretty flexible.
I’ll make deals with anyone, Terran or Saint.
What do you sell? Women? Weapons?
Oh, I’m plenty familiar with both.
I’ve even got some Management regulars who…
That organization doesn’t exist anymore!
My apologies.
So, chief, what do you want?
I want you to transport something.
What’s the cargo?
The cargo is me.
Name your price, and I’ll pay it. I want you to get me to Earth in one piece.
Milk, no ice.
You an Earth native, chief?
Do I look under 20 to you?
Nah, nah, but you don’t look like an old man of 80, either.
Welcome.
Something the matter, chief?
When a man’s lived away from his homeland for too long,
…he starts to pine for the littlest things, the most trivial sights.
The huge trees on the mountains behind his house as a child.
The wind that crosses the hills, making the grass rustle and sway.
Friends that he shared his dreams with.
And the crashing of the waves on the seashore…
The sun as it sinks beneath the horizon…
I want to go back home, no matter what. Back to that blue Earth.
Jils.
Yeah?
If you’re a traveling salesman who plies his trade on the colony worlds,
…maybe you’ve heard the rumors.
About a Vesper assassin who doggedly hunts down Management holdouts.
He’s a demon that’s obsessed with death.
I hear that this flesh and blood human volunteered for this dangerous job,
…even though it’s typically only done by combat androids.
Of course, they say that more than half of his body has been replaced with machinery now.
I can’t understand why someone would do that.
It’s dangerous.
It’s truly dangerous work…
Because it’s not something a human should do!
Heave ho…
Hey, Jils.
There isn’t a hotel in town that’ll let in two armed guys dragging a body bag around.
Just ditch that thing and let’s go.
Ditch it? What in the world are you talking about?
It may be scrap now, but this is a genuine, honest-to-goodness combat android.
Bring this little gem to the right people, and we’ll have our hotel money!
You went and cut this one up good, too… What a waste.
Still, it’ll fetch a good price. The head doesn’t have a scratch on it.
Only 150 of these Canan-models were built by Management just before they went under.
They’re a hot item with… Huh?
Now it’s honest-to-goodness scrap.
Hey, wait a minute, Master Suguru!
Don’t call me “master.” It’s just Suguru.
Why does the very sight of androids set you off, anyway?
There was that Mephlis-type a while back, right?
There was no call to burn the thing.
It was completely shut down already.
It’s their faces.
I hate ‘em.
Of what, combat androids?
Their faces, huh?
Their human expressions and mannerisms…
They bring up memories of the past.
Their voices, too.
No, nooo!
No way, I don’t wanna go back to the stupid hotel yet!
We came all the way out here to the edge of the universe,
…so how come there aren’t any souvenirs that shout “space” or “SF”?!
You know, like T-shirts or keychains!
Okay, we’ll go back after we take one more look at that oversized planet!
You’re not getting away!
Uh, Suguru?
Cut us some slack!
Ms. Shikijo, it’s more than two hours until the next planetrise!
M-Ms. Shikijo!
The hotel’s gonna lock up!
You’re…
Got it!
Suguru Misato, year 3 class 4, seat number 32!
Correct!
Sheesh, men sure go downhill once they’re past 30…
Are you still in touch with Kawahara and Hamaguchi?
Oh, that reminds me, what about that flat-chested girl who lived at your place?
No, Ms. Shikijo.
I haven’t been back to Earth in more than ten years.
Oh, you don’t say…
Still, how come you haven’t aged a day in 20 years?
It’s unnatural.
Hey, don’t talk about people like they’re some kind of monster!
What you see here is the product of backbreaking effort and investment!
And just to be clear, I haven’t had plastic surgery.
This is a 100% pure, all-natural body!
Anyway, I’m glad to see that you’re looking well.
You, too, ma’am.
Well, I’m these kids’ chaperone, so I’d better get going.
Junior high schoolers are so pushy these days…
For their class trip, they wanted to go into space.
All right, let’s go.
Y-Yes, ma’am!
Okay.
Let’s meet again.
If you’re still alive.
You take care, too, Ms. Shikijo. Goodbye.
An old acquaintance of yours?
Yeah.
We always look out at the same moon,
…but today, I sense something out of the ordinary.
Something murmuring… Almost sad.
You don’t suppose someone else is going to die, do you?
Ryuga, what makes you say that?
I don’t sense anything.
Oh, you don’t?
I suppose that means my sixth sense still isn’t up to snuff.
I just started training with it, so perhaps I was trying too hard.
I see that you’ve been going back and forth to Earth quite a lot these days.
Is Minawa doing well?
Yes. She’s grown up, but everything else about her is the same.
The truth is… it’s Sera that’s the problem.
Ever since she was stationed on Earth…
Well, now I’ve learned how to feel jealousy just like everyone else.
Looking at you laughing like this,
…it seems to me that perhaps Terrans and Saint are completely identical.
I’m not so sure.
On the contrary, I’ve come to feel that perhaps it’s our differences that are greater.
A Terran’s life span is brief beyond comparison to ours.
Because of their fleeting life span,
…they have a great strength deep in their hearts that we could never hope to gain.
To me, it looks like a fire burning within them.
Yes, that certainly plays a large role.
I’ve said too much. Please forgive me.
No, that’s quite all right.
I have experienced much the same thing, so I understand.
If you don’t mind, there is one other thing I’ve meant to ask you for quite some time.
He was still young back then, a Management executive candidate.
He who led us out of the Management base after we were shot down and taken prisoner,
…and he escaped with us.
Back then, that man, Yuichiro, and I were bound together,
…and we became the first Saint / Terran couple.
Then, your bloodline has continued in…
Yes, in the son born to our daughter, Yuka.
In Suguru Misato.
There’s nothing to worry about, chief.
I’m gonna borrow this for a minute.
I won’t burn you or anything.
Yep, I’m just gonna take your head like a human being.
Here goes. Sorry about this.
Jils…
Why did you stab me?
Huh?
‘Cause there’s a bounty on your head, that’s why!
Looks like you’re so obsessed with work that you weren’t paying any attention to yourself.
And… away we go…!
Are you some kinda moron?
This…
…is how…
…you use these!
I blew it…
Aw, what the hell?! You’re an android, too?!
Damn it, this pisses me off!
I bet you escaped from a Management research site!
Aw, crap…
The thing about beam saber wounds…
Is that they ain’t covered by my insurance!
And of course you don’t know that, you dumbass! Hick!
You an Earth native, chief?
Me? Yeah, I’m from Tokyo.
A town called Hiryu out on the outskirts.
You’re leaving?
C’mon, finish destroying me!
Forget it.
If you’re gonna take a wife, make it a Hiryu girl…
I hate it when this happens…
They’re beautiful,
…sweet…
…and well-behaved…
Damn, that hurts…
Crap…
I think it went though my natural organs, too…
Still dawn, huh…?
I guess the doctors won’t be open yet…
Our next journey will prove to be a long one, won’t it, Matthew?
To be honest, it’s beyond my imagination, as well.
It’s not even clear whether another humanity can exist in the universe.
Please select the absolute minimum number of volunteers to accompany us.
This will be a journey with no destination.
We are all used to aimless wandering.
But I’ve removed those who would look back on Earth with regrets.
It would just be too painful for them.
What of your own memories, Leesha?
I have chosen my path as a Saint and abandoned my family to come this far.
I have nothing now.
Except?
Yes, except there is one thing that troubles me.
Cocktails Made with the Latest Machinery! 250 Varieties!
I can’t stand cocktails.
And anyway, cocktails and oden noodles don’t go together, old man!
If you don’t like it, leave your money on the table and get out, you thug.
— First Saint Robber Gang Appears — “Saint-like” Theory Crumbles
Oops.
Ow…
What kind of good luck charm is that?
This isn’t… a good luck charm.
I just keep it so I won’t forget somebody who betrayed me.
It’s none of my business, but you’re better off letting go of women from your past.
It happened back when I was a kid.
That’s a long time to carry a torch for somebody.
I SAID, that ain’t why I…
Are they good memories?
Yeah…
Back then, every day was bright and sunny.
Everything.
It was like we were standing in the springtime sun all year round.
Everybody has a time in their life like that.
The springtime sun, huh… You’ve got to hold on tight to that.
Geez, make up your mind!
Shochu diluted with hot water, with a salted plum.
Well I’ll be… You DO have real drinks here.
How old are you, old man?
33 this year.
Huh? You’re a year younger than me? Man, you look old!
Aw, who asked you?
You don’t need to worry about him.
Suguru Misato has a very strong spirit.
But he’s so very lonely right now…
I have decided today to leave behind a portion of my memory for him.
One of your precious memories? Will that be permitted?
Twenty years ago, a region I have never been able to cope with was born…
…within me, Matthew, the collective consciousness of Saint.
The emotion known as nostalgia.
It is a memory of the springtime sun.
This memory will be of no use to us on our journey,
…but I believe it will prove helpful to him.
Where…
…am I?
Suguru…
I need to find Suguru…
But…
How?
Um…
This ain’t good…
I’m breathin’ my last, and I’m seeing some weird shit.
The old man at the noodle shop is right.
I gotta get over her.
I’ve got one weird grim reaper lookin’ over my shoulder.
Um, I’m looking for a junior high school boy who wears glasses.
Have you seen him?
I waited for you all alone…
I mean, you said you wouldn’t go anywhere!
You said we’d always be together…
Suguru…?
I got me a cutie reaper here… I must be losing it.
If I go over to 3rd Avenue and get laid, it’ll be morning in no time…
If I’m still alive then, I’ll go see a doctor…
Suguru.
Dirty thoughts are bad!
Let’s go back home.
Back to that town where everyone is waiting.
Mahoro…?
Mahoro!
Suguru!
Mahoro!
Suguru!
I’m sorry, Suguru!
I… I left you all alone, Suguru!
Mahoro! It IS you, Mahoro!
Thank goodness!
It’s you, Mahoro!
Thank goodness… Thank goodness…
You’re alive!
Thank you so much for being alive…
Mahoro!
Let’s go on a picnic!
With some tasty boxed lunches!
I mean, look at how great the weather is!
Manazashi sotto hitotsu
Making one, careful stare…
Hey… Hey, wait a minute… Didn’t we do this before?
Darenimo mitsukaranu youni
…so no one else can see.
Sheesh, what is it with you guys and hiking in the mountains?
You’re wearing high heels again, Ms. Shikijo?
Funwari jikan dake ga
Only time floats by…
You never learn, do you?
Hamaji? Huh? Where’s Minawa?
Nagarete wa kiete’ku
…to pass and disappear.
Uh… Minawa? She’s over there.
Ne, kitto
Hey, don’t you think…
Hey! Minawa!
“Negai Kotoba” wa
the “wishing word”…
Look at how far up she is… She’ll never hear you.
Sora e to todoite
…reaches the sky.
Whew… Here’s the summit.
Koukai mo namida mo
Regret and tears…
Everybody!
Omoide ni naru hazu
…will surely become a memory.
It looks like I got here too fast…
Uh… What should I do?
Narande aruita kono michi
This path we walked together,
Oh, I know! I’ll climb down and then come back up again!
So anyway, what was your dream, Mahoro?
Itsuka itsuka koko ni kaette kuru yo
someday, someday I will return here.
Hey, that’s right, you never told us!
My dream?
Nanigenaku furimuitara
If I turn around casually…
We want to know.
Well, my dream is…
Yeah…?
Hora kimi no egao
See? Your smile.
Oh, I know! It’s to become Suguru’s wife!
Suguru, your face is beet red!
I’m so jealous!
There’s little hope for us in the future, I guess…
It’s a dream. When it’s all said and done, it’s just a wish, got it?
Yeah, yeah… It’s just a dream.
I came out and said it!