Mizuho Kazami of the Galactic Federation.
Class C resident observer, in charge of planet number Delta-DES8228.
Is that you?
Yes, sir.
I have read the report from the investigation department.
Revealing your identity to a life form belonging to your assigned planet.
Physical contact with the life form who learned your true identity.
Unauthorized use of the system to enter that life form's mind.
Each of these is a crime serious enough to warrant capital punishment.
Do you have any objections to this report?
Yes, sir. I have one objection.
He is not a life form belonging to my assigned planet.
He is Kei Kusanagi. My husband.
It is a wife's duty to act in order to save her husband from danger.
Objection overruled.
We will now render our verdict.
Mizuho Kazami, you are to be stripped of your status as resident observer...
...and forcibly returned to headquarters.
All life forms that associated with you on Delta-DES8228...
...will have their memories sealed away, and all research material will be erased.
- Furthermore, we will not conduct direct... - Kei... Kei...
- ...supervision of Delta-DES8228 for now, - Kei... Kei...
- ...and use the unmanned surveillance... - Kei...
- ...system via parallel motion. - Kei... Kei...
- Dismissed. - Kei...
Kei...
Konoha, this is all I've got!
Oh, you can't be serious!
We'll start up again tomorrow. Tomorrow, okay?
Idiot.
Oh, why did I have to pick such an insatiable wife?
I-It's a misunderstanding! You've got it all wrong!
Darn it, I just lost another patient...
Honey!
Who was that woman just now?
No, wait!
Are you ready?
Yeah!
We're ready, too!
And snacks?
Here.
Why Pochy?!
I just felt like it.
Sheesh!
Hey, it's starting!
The bird men have gathered again this year at sun-drenched Lake Biwa.
It's time for the 27th Birdman Olympics!
Where's ol' Yamada? OI' Yamada!
He won't be on screen until the man-powered propeller plane division.
There he is.
Cheering Section Reporter: Eriko Shindou
Hello, Shindou here.
Cheering Section Reporter: Eriko Shindou
He's eating fried noodles behind the reporter.
Cheering Section Reporter: Eriko Shindou
Way to go, ol' Yamada. He's trying to win crowd support.
Maybe he just wanted to eat some noodles.
Man, I wish he'd taken us with him, just like that time in Okinawa.
He said he wanted to concentrate.
After all, this is his dream...
A dream, huh...
Yeah.
Yeah, living for a dream is what makes you human!
I'm going for Tokyo! I'm going for the legislature!
I'm gonna go there and toss out the rotten politicians!
Japan, stand up and say no!
Don't let anybody walk all over you!
My dream is to tag along with Hyosuke...
Yeah, come on! I'll take you on!
What about you, Ichigo?
To find someone.
Someone who will accept me for everything that I am.
That might be what I'm looking for, too.
I hope you find him, Herikawa.
I have a feeling that I've already met that person.
I see.
I guess my dream would be to meet an alien.
Get real.
What?! I can at least dream, can't I?
Your idea of a dream might be a bit different from ours.
What about you, Kei?
Me? Let's see...
I feel like there used to be something there.
What's that mean?
I'm sorry.
You don't have to apologize.
That's okay, searching for a dream is still a dream.
That's what you mean, right?
Yeah.
He's about to fly.
Entry #12, Yama-chan Flyers, seems to be ready to go.
Okay, here it goes. Yama-chan Flyers is taking off.
Will it manage to catch the air and fly?
Oh, no! Yama-chan Flyers is quickly losing speed!
- It's falling, it's falling! - It's okay!
No, it's made a recovery!
It's climbing! Yama-chan Flyers is climbing steadily!
It's gaining altitude!
It looks like it has achieved a stable flight state!
Amazing!
Go, ol' Yamada! You go get 'em!
He's really amazing! Just amazing!
He's really flying!
Yeah! Keep on going to the far shore!
Go for it! You can do it!
This summer vacation may have been great, but it's still about to end...
That's true.
We can't hang out like this next year, with entrance exams and all.
That's true.
Still, I can't really wrap my head around what's going to happen next year...
Huh? What is it?
Um, do you want to make this summer vacation even more memorable?
You're pretty forward...
Hyosuke, you're a wimp.
Sorry.
I can't believe he actually won!
He gave everything he had for today. He didn't even care about his classes.
That's true.
So, I hear you met your folks?
Yeah.
How did it go?
You know, it was a lot more normal than I thought it would be.
We just made small talk.
Like what we saw on TV the night before...
So, you took a step forward.
Maybe. It hardly seems real, though.
Minoru told me once that when you're walking forward, you don't feel it.
When you stop and look behind you,
...that's when you can see just how far you've moved forward.
You haven't had any standstills, Kusanagi?
It's strange. I don't, even when it feels like I ought to be having one.
Even though I've had this sense of loss since last fall,
like there's a gaping hole in my heart.
But I don't know what it was that I lost.
I see...
What?
Maybe you're not coming to a standstill because you're searching for that something.
Oh, I see... You might be right.
It's something important. I know it.
You think so?
Probably.
What's that mean?
Thanks for your business! Herikawa Groceries!
Or rather, sir...
You're already back from Lake Biwa?
You should have taken your time and enjoyed the trip--
Yo.
S-Sir, what's that--
What's what?
You're kidding, right? What's this all about?
You can have that.
This is your trophy from the--
But...
I won because a girl from Herikawa Groceries brought me lunch.
She's the behind the scenes MVP.
I humbly accept this award.
Sure!
You know, Herikawa...
What?
Do you think this will make me popular?
I don't know...
A shooting star..
They're moving.
Space seems like it's standing still, but it's not.
The universe is expanding. It's endlessly accelerating.
Kei...
I'm back...
But, you don't--
Listen up, everybody! I've got some big news!
Morning, everyone!
I'm late, I'm late!
Hyosuke, you're saying things out of order!
Don't sweat the small stuff!
What you have to focus on is that I've got big news!
So, what's this news?
Oh, this is gonna knock your socks off!
Our old homeroom teacher, that old hag Fujimoto, just quit!
You're kidding!
It's for real! Isn't that amazing?!
This really might be big news.
But that's not it. What's big is this next part.
Our new teacher is a woman!
But she's just another old hag, right?
She's not! She's young!
Is she pretty?
Apparently.
You haven't seen her yet?
It's only a rumor.
But isn't it strange that our teacher would quit at this time of year without saying a word?
Idiot, that doesn't matter.
High school life is more fruitful with a babe for a teacher instead of some old hag!
Are you really going, Mizuho?
Even if you do, Kei's memories are sealed away.
He's forgotten all about you.
You shouldn't do this, sister.
You'll be Ionely. You'll feel even more Ionely if you see him.
I'm going.
Because I might be able to start it up again.
But even if it doesn't...
Even if it doesn't, seeing Kei is my priority one right now...
H-Hello.
Unbelievable!
Kei...
He didn't remember me after all...
Maybe it's only to be expected...
M-Mr. Yamada?
I've heard that you were walking around town with a female student of ours the other day.
Would you care to explain?
She was just helping me shop for parts.
Even if that is the case, people can have misunderstandings.
I hope you won't give them cause for any.
Yes, sir. I apologize.
M-Mr. Yamada, that outfit--?!
Have we been introduced?
Oh, no, um... It's nothing.
I'm sorry.
Of course things have changed. It's been a whole year in this planet's standard time.
It's almost as if I had been in a standstill.
Did Kei feel this way, too?
This feeling...
Thanks!
Apartment 201, right?
Yes, thank you.
Okay, then...
Kei...
Be calm, be calm...
Oh, you're in my class.
Oh, I'm Kei Kusanagi.
I'm going to be living here as of today.
I guess that means we'll be neighbors.
I hope we'll get along.
S-Sure.
Then...
Actually...
Would you like me to help you out?
Thanks.
Okay, we'll be going now.
Thank you for your trouble.
This one is a bit heavy, and it's actually something very important.
Let's carry it together.
Sure.
Mind your step there.
Right.
Gently, gently... This is a priority one.
What's inside this box?
That's a secret.
I can see down your sweater.
Huh? Oh, no!
Ouch...
I-I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Why are you crying?
Oh, it's nothing...
Really, it's nothing. It's nothing.
It's no use... I just can't handle this.
I want to tell him everything. But I... But...
Are you back here as a resident observer again?
No, not this time.
I had my mother and Maho help me to hack into the unmanned surveillance system...
...and forced my way back to this planet to--
Wait...
Huh?
Ma'am.
We finally meet again, ma'am.
Why isn't your memory--
I've been staring at this.
And when I saw you today, I remembered.
I was able to remember.
Really?
Yeah.
Were we married?
We went to the beach on our honeymoon.
Ma'am, I'll keep that promise to you that pulled me out of that standstill.
I'll love you so much that you'll say it's too much.
Kei...
I'll hold you here in the real world.
Kei...
Ma'am...
Hey, wait a minute. So when I came into the classroom, you...
Oh, you idiot! I don't care anymore!
Idiot, idiot! I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!
Really?
But I love you, too.
Ma'am...
Please, teacher, stay with me.
Is that all you want?
I want you to kiss me.
Sure.
Let's get married.
Sure.
- That's my priority one. - That's my priority one.
I'm accelerating.
My teacher and I...
...will continue to accelerate.