Put the tomatoes and the rice like this...
Guys! Dinner time!
Today's main dish is red radish, sausage and tomato fried rice!
Are you trying to tell me my cooking is bad, Captain?
It's not unusual for Captain Ahab to pass on your cooking.
It's delicious, but a little too oily.
But this time, it doesn't seem like that's what it is.
After all, this is already the fifth day.
Poor thing, Lucky's taken a hit from that too.
Thanks for the meal.
It was nothing.
Everyone was starting to become a little strange.
Captain Ahab began acting strangely after that incident.
He locked himself in his room,
met with no one, spoke with no one and took no meals.
All you could hear
was the sound of the Captain's footsteps as he paced about the room, frustrated.
Those footsteps kept sounding, day and night.
It seemed like they were singing an extraordinary song of anger.
Episode Five Super Battleship Moby Dick
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
Come out, Captain! We're all worried about you.
He's laying down on his bed.
How is he? Five days with no food... He must be beat.
True, he's a little gaunt, but it doesn't seem like he's beat.
Now he's just staring at the ceiling.
Well, I don't want to say this,
but the reason the Captain is this way...
Lucky, you started it!
Started it! Started it! Started it! Started it! Started it! Started it!
I'm sorry!
Big Brother, Shiro...
It is true, I started this.
When my cover was blown and they found out I was a girl,
I told them the truth.
About Moad...
About the ultimate weapon that appeared at Moab, Moby Dick.
Then Captain Ahab suddenly went crazy.
But it was obvious that Captain Ahab knew about Moby Dick.
In fact, not just knew about him, but much more than that.
You're frightened.
I am not frightened!
You're frightened like a child.
What was that?!
Snow...
Snow?
Snow...
You said that when it flies through the sky, it makes pure-white snow fall from above.
Are you saying that you know about it too? About Moby Dick?
I don't know.
But I think I remember seeing it before.
So you want to ask me about the white whale?
Well, you're out of luck.
I'm not going to say anything.
I'm not going to talk.
You can't make me talk.
I was trying to forget about him, to erase him from my heart.
What I'm trying to say is that...
The more I open my mouth about it, the more things about it stick to my heart.
And the me that was trying desperately to forget, becomes just a waste.
But that moron Lucky had to wake up the sleeping devil.
No! No!
I'm never going to remember about him!
I have nothing to do with it.
I've forgotten about it!
Get out! You bastard, get out!
We know this full and well.
Any man that wants to become a whale hunter is usually a criminal or an outcast.
That is correct!
Everyone has a secret or two from the past that they can never tell anyone.
That means Ahab is no exception.
Pon!
Yeah, besides, it's the rule not to ask each other questions.
I told you not to eat them!
Pon!
Chii!
Ron! Chii!
Ron!
Kin, Kon, Kan, Hebi, lke, Ban-Ban! It's a high score!
Damn!
Chii!
Pon!
Kan! Pon!
Kan!
Pon!
But me, surprised.
What are you talking about? There's nothing in this world that could surprise you!
Lucky was, girl.
Oh, that. I was surprised at that too.
Lucky, Sachiko...
Richi!
Yo!
You seem to be doing well.
Upsey daisy...
What is it?
Nothing...
So what do you want?
I was surprised.
Surprised?
Yeah...
About what?
Show me your boobs!
Damn!
Good, now's my chance!
He's out!
Hop, hop, hop, hop!
He's come out!
Hop, hop, hop, hop!
Captain!
I got hungry after all.
Hop, hop, hop, hop!
Captain!
Hop, hop, hop, hop!
Damn!
Big Brother, Shiro...
I think I was being too optimistic.
"Brave and bold, frank and sturdy, fast in delivery..."
"Thrice-crowned King of the Whale Hunters," were the words I trusted in as I came here.
But the real Captain Ahab...
Maybe he's just an average rough guy with a ruined reputation.
He might not be the kind of man to help fight the battle you're risking your life in.
If that's so, Big Brother, Sachiko's journey is a failure.
Sachiko... Sachiko...
You must not give up.
Go and meet with Captain Ahab.
But he won't meet with me!
If you desire it, then surely,
your heart will get through.
Big Brother!
If you desire it, then surely, your heart will get through.
What's that?!
Running! Running!
Running? Who is?
Oh, it's Lucky.
If I desire it,
surely, I'll get through!
Captain Ahab, please come out!
I still haven't heard your answer!
I want you to come to my planet, Moad, to defeat Moby Dick!
I just need a yes or a no!
If the universe's best whale hunter answers no, then I will give up!
I will return to Moad!
I will return, and we will fight Moby Dick by ourselves!
Thank you for your assistance. I'm going home!
Hey, Lucky...
Lucky!
Lucky, wait...
I won't ask to see them again, I promise!
Promise!
Captain, no good! Lucky, poor thing! Barba, get mad!
Pardon me!
Big Brother!
It was a while afterwards when we actually found the Captain.
But behold! Captain Ahab was at King Kuron's one and only small, run-down movie theater.
Six adults, two children and one pet.
I was told that the Captain, who likes movies, sometimes comes here by himself in secret,
by another movie fan, Mutz Gunryu.
Oh, is today the Ahab family's movie-watching day?
Even the cheapest B-movie has a story to it.
And every life, no matter how miserable, has a story to it too.
I was trying to erase a story that can't be rewritten.
Trying to forget it.
I thought if I had fun, joked around and took it really easy,
then surely it would eventually disappear.
But...
What can't be erased, can't be erased.
Spill it, Ahab!
What happened between you and Moby Dick?!
I will.
I will talk. I've finally decided.
Talk about it to people, open up my wound!
That's right, there's nothing to fear.
I can just create the continuation of my story myself!
This was when I was still a naïve beginner.
Just a beginner, but I thought I knew everything.
Back when my name was starting to become known.
I thought being a whale hunter was the most fun job I had ever had.
To tell you the truth, I was arrogant.
So arrogant that I finally made a mistake.
Charge!
We got carried away and attacked a ship.
It was a civilian spaceship, that wasn't even registered as a discarded ship yet.
That mistake was a fatal blow.
We became criminals and ended up being wanted and chased.
If I'm chased, I will run.
If I'm attacked, of course I'll retaliate.
We continued to resist the Federation Police.
But we overdid it.
We were too much for them,
so they sent orders to the army to take military action against us.
The army, for God's sake!
What is that?!
The lead vessel of the army was that white ship.
At the time, it was the latest super high-tech space battleship, Moby Dick!
At that time, for the first time in my life, I experienced the emotion of fear.
I thought that white bastard was terrifying.
And beautiful...
Our ship was blown to bits,
and I saw my crew torn apart and blown away like dirty old rags.
You bastard!
In my fading consciousness, white snow...
I saw only the white snow that it scattered.
Why? Why didn't he kill me? I don't know to this day.
Killing me then should've been easier for Moby Dick than squashing a bug.
As if in some sort of commemmoration, he crushed my left eye,
and tore off my left leg.
I was struck down.
He was overwhelming after all.
After that, I was put in space prison and forced to labor. Those days were Hell.
That went on for maybe four or five years.
Then, I was finally able to escape, and immigrated here to King Kuron ten years ago.
There are still people after me, but I've been having fun.
I was going to forget him, clean and simple.
I couldn't help it.
Every time I remembered it, it felt like the blood in my body flowed backwards,
and the left leg that was bitten off began to hurt like death!
But all of that comes to an end today.
Today, my new story will begin!
Mine and Moby Dick's!
The Captain is calling!
Everyone assemble! Bad pun!
Don't be slow!
You're being called!
This is the Ahab Whale Hunter Company's total profits!
Due to circumstances, it has been decided that the company will be dissolved at this time.
Therefore, all employees, including the apprentice, will be given their severance pay.
In descending order of years of employment, each employee may take as much as they want.
First, Mr. Doc Christiansen!
Take to your heart's content.
What are the circumstances?
Oh, it's nothing really, some personal business.
I've just planned a little trip, you see.
I see. You want to go to Moad, and fight Moby Dick all by yourself, is that it?
The matter of Moby Dick is none of your business.
Besides, it will involve a great amount of danger, you know what I mean?
I see.
You were going to take all the glory for yourself.
Don't underestimate us, Ahab!
When did we ever value our lives so highly?!
That's right! I'm going to Moad!
Barba, don't need gold coins!
An enemy of Ahab's is an enemy of ours!
That's right!
The Ahab Company will go to Moad with all of its crew members!
Let's go!
Who needs gold coins?!
Anyway, Big Brother, that's how it ended up.