The Irresponsible Captain Tylor
We may be off the maps... Chizu ni Nai Tabi Tsuzukeyou
...but let's stay on this voyage. Chizu ni Nai Tabi Tsuzukeyou
I will be holding, never let you go.
Whatever we may want... Hoshimono wa Tsukamu no sa
...we'll take as we need. Hoshimono wa Tsukamu no sa
So let's just go wherever we please! Omoi no Mama Yukou!
Make me your partner... Kotoba yori Tashikana Koto
...on this journey. Kotoba yori Tashikana Koto
One that you trust more than words! Michizure ni Shite
Come on now and sail away for future! Imasugu sail away for future
Things are waiting... Mishiranu Nanika ga Matteru sa
...that we've never seen before! Mishiranu Nanika ga Matteru sa
Just take your cares... Kodawari Minna Sutetara
...and throw them all away. Kodawari Minna Sutetara
Come together, just think of tomorrow.
Let's go!
M Y WAY IS THE HARD WAY
A
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A new ship... Oh, it's magnificent!
I get itchy for a fight just looking at it!
Aso... The ancient name of a great volcano.
It holds a fighting spirit inside like burning magma!
Just like our own spirits!
I know! Why don't we have an opening party?
An opening party?
To celebrate our moving from the Soyokaze to the Aso.
And to celebrate Mr. Tylor getting his new command!
I like it! Let's make this party one for the books!
Right!
You see...
Commander? Something wrong?
Commander?
It's nothing.
May I speak with Commander Star?
I'm Commander Star.
Excuse me. I'm here from the General Staff HQ for you.
General Staff headquarters?
Deputy commander of intelligence operations?
Precisely, Captain Star.
Captain?
A two-rank promotion.
We think very highly of your skills as an intelligence analyst.
What do you want from me, sir?
Captain Star, why did you join the Space Force?
To fight wars or to defend against them?
Well, of course...
Intelligence division is on the leading edge of our defense!
If you're serious about your career, then you can have only one answer.
If you want to always be out on the front lines...
...with the same people, then I can't help you.
But I don't think a true soldier would waste themselves like that!
Am I mistaken?
We're gettin' a new ship!
Isn't that great?! Aren't you psyched about that?!
YES!
Long live the United Planets Space Force!
Long live the captain!
Glory to us! Tonight we leave all restraint behind!
Okay, people! Drinks are on the lieutenant, so go crazy!
Huh?! I never said that!
Quit sweatin' the details!
Commander Star?
Well, the captain still isn't...
Yeah, you're right.
I wonder what happened to him?
That's what I'd like to know.
Commander... To be among the first to serve on the Aso...
...the newest cruiser in the Force!
I've never been so happy!
By the way, what did GHQ want with you before?
Well...
Lieutenant! Don't tell me you're running away!
Oh, no, I was just wondering where the captain was.
Aw, he's always like this!
He'll show up when we least expect it. Right, Commander?
C'mon, tonight we drink and drink and drink some more!
Excuse me, Commander.
Is something wrong?
Harumi... Why did you enlist?
Um, why did I?
Sorry, I forgot! I'm so used to thinking you're like all of us.
No, I'm happy to hear that. I think.
I'm sorry.
Don't be.
Oh, well, no use fighting it.
This may be my last duty to perform.
Drink up! Drink up!
Kimmy-kins!
Cheers!
Yeah?
Captain!
You could've just used the phone.
Everyone's waiting for you.
Huh? Didn't you tell them?
Were you really serious?
Yup. Look!
I don't... That is so irresponsible...
You said it.
What should we do?
C'mon, lighten up a little. Life works itself out, right?
Is it really that simple? Just let things work out?
Then I'll resign, too.
You, Yuriko?
But you're still wearing your uniform, aren't you?
I'm so confused...
About what?
Headquarters is offering to make me deputy of intelligence operations.
If I take it, I'm grounded. I can't serve on the Aso.
But, if you...
Didn't you just answer your own question?
Captain.
Those idiots from the Soyokaze are having quite a party...
...thinking that they're going to be on the Aso as well.
Foolish, aren't they?
Still against our promoting Tylor?
Or perhaps you're worried about Commander Star's promotion...
...which you're personally pushing for?
Sorry, bad choice of words.
First, position your people around you... Is that your plan?
Never waste an opportunity! No one needs to tell me that twice!
"If you're serious about your career, then you can have only one answer."
Oh, you really know how to play the part.
I wasn't "playing" at anything!
Sorry to call you in before you're even officially assigned here...
...but the commander's on leave...
...and the deputy commander just came down with something.
When I checked in with HQ, they told me...
...to send for you, Commander... I mean, Captain.
Don't worry. You had no choice. Maybe it's better this way...
Huh?
Oh, nothing.
Anyway, we should probably get around to introducing ourselves.
I'm Lt. Cmdr. Yuriko Star, the incoming deputy commander. And you?
Ma'am! Lieutenant Renandi, ma'am!
Well, then, Lieutenant Renandi, give me a status report, please.
And could you please fill me in on this?
Huh?
Something wrong?
No, just a little surprised.
Surprised?
Well, it's just... Huh?
We've spotted an unidentified vessel! Cruiser-class!
Check to see if we have any cruisers patrolling out at that point!
Aye, sir!
I have no info on any of our patrol ships being out there!
Let's ID that ship first. Don't scramble our ships yet.
They have already.
Why?
The system's set to notify security forces as soon as the alarm sounds.
Oh, great...
Tell them to stand by until we give them further orders.
But...
On the double!
The Doroume?! It must be!
This is patrol group 23!
We also confirm an unidentified vessel...
...within the planetary defense line at point W-33.
Moving to investigate.
Request clearance to destroy it if it resists.
We can't recall those security forces...
...as long as we still don't have an ID on that ship.
B- But...
I have to do something. If I don't!
Something wrong, ma'am? You think it's a civilian ship?
No, it's not that...
Then an old, abandoned satellite, maybe?
A satellite?
Isn't there an abandoned satellite near point-107?
The Gemini type-60, abandoned three years ago.
Can our ground-based radar still make contact with it?
Captain!
Commander? Where are you?
Everyone's worried about you.
Sir, an emergency message!
Wh- What the?!
We just lost it!
Captain! That unidentified ship just dropped off the radar!
Search the vicinity.
Got it! W-37, point-107! Huh?
What's wrong?
Gemini type-60...
It looks like an old satellite.
Confirmed! Route this data onto the main monitor.
That's it! The old Gemini type-60 satellite.
Lieutenant, open a line to the patrol group.
Aye! Line, open!
Aye, sir!
This is patrol group 23.
This is Intel Ops command.
That alarm turned out to be a radar systems glitch.
Please secure from alert status at once.
Roger that.
Harumi! Who were you on the phone with all this time?
Well...
It wasn't the captain, was it?
What?! The captain?!
The captain?
Huh?
What about Mr. Tylor?
Damn it, he did it to us again!
I'm gonna kill him!
Come out, Tylor!
It's not what you think!
Oh, no, we're all gonna have to drag Tylor out now!
He's right! C'mon, people, let's go!
Long live the United Planets Space Force!
Thank goodness!
Thank goodness? That's strange.
I shouldn't be happy about an enemy ship getting away.
Something wrong?
Just thinking that I've lived in space for so long...
...that I've forgotten how to feel about things.
Huh?
Smells good.
I officially welcome the new deputy commander.
Thank you. And thanks for another thing.
You reminded me about that old satellite before.
Something wrong?
No...
Actually, you seemed surprised before, too.
Yeah, well, it's the first time I've ever heard a superior say...
..."Thank you" and "Could you please?"
But that's just normal.
True. That's true, but you don't hear it much in the military.
Oh, I don't think so...
Thank you, Yuriko.
Whoa! That's great!
l... I'm sorry, Yuriko! I won't do it again!
Normal...
Captain... Um...
That's right. Perfectly normal.
That's how the captain acted... Which means we...
An emergency message!
"To Tylor and the crew of the Soyokaze. Cheers." - Azalyn
Azalyn...
What appeared to be irresponsible and absurd to us...
...was really just him acting normal and natural.
How he said regulations and procedures weren't everything...
The way he made the impossible into the simple...
...just by doing what felt right to him...
The captain proved it in everything he did. Of course...
Captain?
Thank you, Lieutenant Renandi. It was a pleasure working with you.
Captain!
This is the captain's room?
It's so neat and tidy.
It's not like Tylor.
What's going on?
Yuriko!
You all came? Where's the captain?
Well... The only things here are his uniforms.
Captain...
Are you really...
Captain, are you really leaving the military?
Wha... What did you just?!
The captain told me he was leaving the military.
But why?!
Tell us the reason!
If you want to know... then you'll have to ask him yourself.
He ain't here, so how do we ask him?
Look for him.
B- But how?!
Just look for him! That's all we can do! The rest will follow.
Lieutenant Yamamoto!
Right!
It really wasn't so bad.
Something... Hmm... Yeah, I forgot something.
Where could he have gone?
Mr. Tylor...
Captain!
Not here, either.
Let's check the other bars around here.
That old record album I forgot to return.
All these years...
Not like this! Not without a definite answer. I won't give up! ...it's been waiting here, alone.
Not like this! Not without a definite answer. I won't give up!
I play it again and again.
Could he have?! I play it again and again.
That one song.
Burning it deep inside my memories.
Bit by bit, as time drifts away...
...I see that memories don't last forever.
Even if I hold onto the sad times in my heart...
...sooner or later...
So... yo... ka... ze... ...sooner or later...
So... yo... ka... ze... ...even they will fade away.
And so, here I am...
...piling up all these memories.
Passing time.
Slowly it spins to a stop.
I pick the album up.
Just once more, I want to fly with you... I pick the album up.
Just once more, I want to fly with you...
And I think about...
I still can't do anything by myself. And I think about...
I still can't do anything by myself. ...seeing how somebody is.
And, someday, there I'll be...
...looking back on me this day.
Passing days.
Why is it you and I never seem to meet anywhere romantic?
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor Next Episode
The Soyokaze was our textbook, and its lesson was clear:
"You only live life once, so live it the way you want to."
The final episode: "For His Was a Genius No Rule Could Contain."
Watch for it.
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All he has to do is just... Machi o Aitsu ga Aruiteru dake de
...walk around downtown. Machi o Aitsu ga Aruiteru dake de
He's a playful man who catches... Nandemo Ki o Hiku Ochame na Yatsu sa
...the eyes of all who he meets. Nandemo Ki o Hiku Ochame na Yatsu sa
Oh! That's why, you see... Aa, Dakara sa Sou Kore kara Shuyaku
...he'll be our hero from now on. Aa, Dakara sa Sou Kore kara Shuyaku
So, let's begin... Henshin Byouyomi o Shite yo!
...the countdown for the change! Henshin Byouyomi o Shite yo!
Take a deep breath, and one two. 12345 Ikizugi o One Two
Now stride out... Saa Kore kara Kuridasou
...with your head held high. Saa Kore kara Kuridasou
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