More good-natured than the average person and as strong as he was kind...
Barba, who was liked by everyone, has passed away.
It's okay! I don't have to go!
How long are you gonna go on making a fuss?!
Lemme go!
You're the only one who hasn't said your goodbyes!
We can't have a burial if you don't do this!
Burial?
You're acting like a kid, moron!
It means we're going to bury him!
If someone dies, we bury them, if someone loses, they pay up!
That's the way of things!
Bury him where?
This is 500 meters underground,
but if you go another 100 meters below, there is a communal cemetery there.
Mr. Barba will be buried there.
Communal cemetery?
Yes...
Let me go! I get it, okay?!
I see... So he's going to be buried, huh?
They say you're gonna be buried.
I can't believe it!
That you died...
Bury me with him!
Speed, hey!
Give it a rest already!
Kick! Kick! Kick!
Barba!
BARBA!
Everyone was the same.
I'm sure everyone felt the same way Speed King did.
I couldn't believe that Barba had really died,
and I didn't want to believe it.
Episode 21
Comeback
Where will I drift to?
Who knows this?
Even in darkness, if you don't give up
Light will definitely come
Solitude and love are fighting against each other
I will go with the wind, no matter how far
As long as I have a dream
I shall continue to live, no matter what happens
As long as you are here
Deep in the heart of Mother Moad...
Please rest in peace.
Your soul will remain in the hearts of the many who knew you
and that sparkle will never fade.
Your smile, your voice, your appearance...
We will bear witness that you indeed existed amongst us.
It's a beautiful place, Barba.
But...
If you pass on, that's the end of it.
You've got nothing.
Hey, Ahab!
I know how you feel!
''Nothing is gained by dying. For good things will come to those who control their weight!''
''If you die you go to Heav'n'' ''If you live it's Hell times sev'n.''
''Even so I have to say give me Hell on any day!''
How's that?
Uh... Am I being too hyper?
Oh! Fireworks in my pants!
Is this is one of those so-called ''lonesome lonelinesses?''
In times like these you need to have a ''positive heart,''
grin with your ''special smile,'' and make ''bright conversation.''
I can't stand it, this dreary atmosphere, dark atmosphere.
Okay, everyone, be merry, please!
The love spreads out into the universe...
Oh! I miss my wife and kid that left me!
Dew...
Are you going, Dew?
Did you make up your mind, Dew?
I haven't decided anything.
But I have made a promise.
I promised to fight together
with a man named Ahab.
Damn! Stupid! Sheesh! You stupid jerk!
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! Excuse me!
My shuttle is sort of stuck,
and I'd really appreciate it if you could, like, lend me a hand!
Please? Pretty please?
Oh?
Hey, Dew, it's you!
See, it's me!
Marie! Marie from Cape God!
Wow! Like, I am so lucky!
Bet I surprised ya, huh?
You see, it was all because I got in on a really lucky story.
Tell you the truth, I applied to a magazine company...
If you switch this to the hovering pattern,
you can shift to the Number 2 nozzle.
Listen to me!
We're going to escape.
Huh? Oh, yes, please.
I signed up for a job at the Cape God Magazine company!
Cuz, Special reporter wanted! High pay! Part-time available!
Can you guess what the featured article is?
''The Two Sides of the Civil Movement in Moad!''
See? I'm perfect!
Cuz, like, I'm acquainted with Captain Ahab and, like, whatnot.
Oh, I'm going to get yelled at by the Captain again if I say ''like'' so much!
You should go home as soon as you can.
This planet is going to be a war zone soon.
I can't go home!
Cuz the editorial department's spaceship put me in this shuttle and then they turned tail and ran.
They've promised if I do a good job,
then they'll send a ship to pick me up.
Why are you so quiet?
In any case, I suppose our only choice is to look for Captain Ahab.
Huh?
I don't know where on Moad they are yet.
No! I thought if I got to Moad I could see Captain Ahab right away!
It's all right. There is a way.
Is there? Really? Can I depend on you?
Say, I brought you some food.
Oh, put it on the table there.
Well, I think you should eat it while it's still warm.
Ahab! Take off your underwear! Mika says she'll wash it for you!
I'm thinking! Shut up!
About what?! It's been 18 hours and 13 minutes!
What are you thinking about that makes you skip meals?!
What do you think, moron?! About Barba!
I see...
Even a man like you... I understand.
It's okay, Ahab, come on! Cry as much as you want to in my arms!
Cry to your heart's content!
I just can't seem to remember...
Huh?
You see...
That Barba, I know he said something really important to me once a long time ago.
When, where, during what? What for?
Well, for now, won't you drink some coffee at least?
Did you remember, Ahab?
What is this really important thing?
That's right, I remember it was during the company entrance test,
when Barba and I first met!
What do you mean by company entrance test?
An interview test! For the Ahab Whale Hunter Company!
Oh, are you the one who's so eager to work for our company?
Barba!
This job is really tough, you know? No matter how many lives you've got, it won't be enough.
Barba, no die, no matter what happen.
Hah! They all say that.
Barba, no lie! Because Barba...
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...
Yeah, that's how it was. Barba said that then.
It was a very weird story that weirdly stuck in my craw.
Dammit!
I can't remember the part that went ''blah blah blah blah blah!''
I see.
Okay then, I'll try guessing!
Barba, no lie! Because Barba...
Liars turn to poor people, lying poor!
That's not it at all.
I'll do it!
Because Barba...
When it comes to whale hunting, leave it to me!
No, no!
For one thing, there were way more lip flaps left! Don't you have any sense of timing?!
Excuse me!
Because Barba...
Liars, friars, frick, frack... bleah!
What good is flubbing your lines going to do?!
Sorry, sorry.
Ta-dah!
In times like this, depend on me!
Barba, no lie! Because Barba...
Still a virgin.
No, don't touch me there! Not here either! Not there either!
How was my mood there?
The worst!
Well, I don't have much experience yet as a voice actor,
but I am aspiring to be an actress, so if it's all right with you, I'd...
I TOLD YOU I WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE!
Madam Special Assistant...
Madam Special Assitant Ohara...
We've discovered a fleet in the Cashmere Nebula at 89 degrees.
Begin transmission. Contact the person with the highest rank.
Understood, Ma'am.
At last, Murato...
You will become my anger and my hatred.
Madam Special Assistant, it is General Ho of 7th Fleet.
Let him wait. I'm on my way.
This is the Federation Zone PP Expeditionary Force's 7th fleet.
We are currently operating in accordance with the Moad Operation
and have just passed Cashmere Nebula coordinate A.
Contacting Moad Garrison Headquarters... Contacting...
That's right...
That was the reason I just couldn't give up and accept Barba's death.
It's that weird story he told me so long ago.
Yeah...
I finally remember now.
Barba, no die, no matter what happen.
Barba, no lie. Because Barba...
Ancestors, Planet Daimama's Tattoo Clan!
We different from Earthlings, die many times, okay.
Die many times? Don't be ridiculous!
Dying is a one-shot deal for anyone. That's why you call it dying!
Barba, come back to life many times, okay. So die many times, okay.
So, Barba, no die.
Sheesh, when he said it I thought it was just a dumb joke.
But now that he's really died on me,
I can't stop thinking about that joke.
That's right!
Barba's a little different from us!
Barba is...
...a descendant of the Tattoo Clan!
Hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop
hop hop hop hop hop hop hop!
Oh, hey, Ahab!
Captain, what's going on?
Where's Barba's luggage?
The luggage he brought with him!
Huh?
Where is it?!
Who brought in this ridiculously huge luggage?
That's Barba's luggage!
What? What's going on?
What are you doing?
What's going on? What's going on?
What the heck are you looking for?
I'm looking for something that will tell me what I need to look for!
Okay, okay.
See, this is what you call the distribution of mementos.
If there's anything you guys want, you can take it.
OKAY!
Barba lives in each of our hearts...
Barba! Barba! Barba lives in each of our hearts...
Shut up, you lot! Barba lives in each of our hearts...
Shut up, you lot! It might seem obvious,
but the mementos Barba left behind were mostly weird-looking objects.
Hey, I got that one! but the mementos Barba left behind were mostly weird-looking objects.
Hey, I got that one! But each of them put their affection for Barba into it
and chose the items their hearts told them to get.
Wow, they're beautiful! and chose the items their hearts told them to get.
Wow, they're beautiful!
You know, I kinda like this one!
Wow...
And as we were doing that,
we finally found what Captain Ahab was looking for!
This is probably an ancient Tattoo language.
Aca, could you translate this on the double, pretty please?
Okay! Roger dodger, Sir!
''If you turn off to the right there's a horse racetrack''
''And if you go to the left a grill restaurant.''
''That girl, I tell you, that girl though she wants to she can't go''
''and oh she'll have her wedding dressed in borrowed clothes!'' Yeah!
I've finished the translation.
Okay then!
Captain! What in the world are you trying to do?
What do you think? Urashima's treasure chest!
The inscription on that box
is the happy secret of Daimama's Tattoo Clan.
One: Don't think he's dead, you'll lose if you think he's dead.
If he dies, give him a bath!
You heard him.
Everyone, dig Barba out!
We're going to give him a bath!
Huh?! What do you mean give him a bath?!
Cook! Go find an empty oil drum!
Lucky! Start a fire!
Yes, Sir!
Two: Song is with the world and the world is with song.
Sing beautifully for him!
Someone get Sara! On the double!
I will!
I only need one person to go! White Hat!
Yes!
You're digging the hole with us!
That's the kind of man you are.
Three:...
What's wrong, Aca?
Well, Mika is nineteen years old, right?
If she's not faking her age, then, yeah, I believe she is.
We need Mika.
Then could you go, Aca?
Okay, roger dodger! I'll be back after these messages!
Doc, could you do me a favor and give a diagnosis on Barba again?
I'm an amateur, but I think my hunch may just be right.
A hunch? What do you mean by a hunch?
A hunch that Barba's not totally dead.
All right!
Weird...
The heart is stopped, but his body temperature is low but stable.
And I can't seem to find any cyanosis on any part of his body.
What does that mean?
That he's not dead, I presume.
I once heard that half-aliens could go into hibernation at will.
Isn't that right, Doc?
At that time, you know, that time he got hit by Murato's laser beam,
didn't Barba maybe go into instant hibernation to protect his own life?
If that's true, it's an amazing story!
Put him into the bath! Mister Barba is going to bathe!
Yes, Sir!
One: Don't think he's dead, you'll lose if you think he's dead.
If he dies, give him a bath!
How's the bath water, Lucky?
On go, go does the fire?
I dare you to say that again, White.
On go, go does the fire,
Mr. Kon Do, Mr. Saito, Mr. Nakamura! Bad pun?
Forgive me! It was a sudden impulse!
Two: Song is with the world and the world is with song.
Sing beautifully for him!
Sara, I'm afraid we can't set up a karaoke set here,
but could we ask you to sing anyway?
I understand.
Something that will make a sleeping heart rise up, please.
It's been a long time!
I prepared for this!
Anata to futaride, chokorete
Together with you, chocolate
Itsu demo, doko demo, chokorete
Any time, anywhere, chocolate
Itsu demo, doko demo, chokorete
Hey, hey, hey! Any time, anywhere, chocolate
The directions called for ''beautiful singing!'' Any time, anywhere, chocolate
Hoshi furu yoru mo
On the starry nights
You sing too, Captain!
Kagayaku asa mo
And also in the bright mornings
Torokete shimau
Oh, it melts me
Shining star...
Bathtime is over!
Yeah!
And now, Academias!
Take that book and read the third direction for us!
Three:
A flower is at its prime at the age of nineteen.
The final touch is a passionate kiss!
There you have it, Miss Mika Michelle lida.
If you're truly nineteen, please do this one thing for us.
You can depend on me!
All right!
I'm jealous...
BARBA!
Barba, Barba, Barba, Barba!
Barba, slept very well.
Two, two, three, four! Three, two, three, four!
Four, two, three, four!
Six, two, three, four!
Eight, two, three...
Hey, Barba!
Yes, Captain Ahab!
Good for you, you bastard!
Barba, loves Captain!
Stop! Barba, loves Captain!
Stop!
Captain! Accept Barba's love!
A miracle has happened to Barba!
Captain Ahab cried...
I didn't know how to express my joy.
At any rate, I thank Miss Sara...
I thank Miss Mika...
And I thank these wonderful men...
And... And more than anyone else...
Hooray for Captain Ahab!
Let go, Barba! Why you... Don't get carried away!
Go on, Barba! He's begging you for more!
But the truth is,
Barba wasn't the only one to make a miraculous comeback.
On dododos, kon gogodos...
On dodo, kon gogo...
And the android so familiar to us, Dew,
was supposed to rejoin us soon.
Don't cry
I am always by your side, protecting you
It's a promise
Smile brightly, especially in hard times
Even the sadness that floats down
Will disappear into a beautiful, white memory
Don't forget that my joy
Is to continue to sing for your sake
Even if we become separated from each other
If you listen closely
Surely you will be able to hear my voice