This is the tale of a man who has yet to realize what his destiny is.
Simon's Lagann and Kamina's Gurren perfect their combination technique,
...and the result is named Gurren Lagann.
Their journey in search of the enemy's headquarters continues. However...
You know, we haven't seen any Gunmen lately.
You have a point. I don't want my skills to get rusty.
What're you doing in here, anyway?
We built you guys a place out of wreckage, didn't we?
This is the best place to be while we're underway.
That thing bounces around so much, it's murder on my butt.
You sure it's not 'cause your ass is too big?
What did you say?!
Ah, this is so comfy!
Geez, you're heavy!
You sure your brains haven't settled into your ass, you dumb broad?
Oh, you don't say?
Sounds to me like you want a taste of one of my meatball bullets.
No, not those!
The surface around here seems to have been made comparatively recently.
How recent is "recently"?
Oh, about four or five hundred years, I'd say.
Ow! Don't shoot, you crazy bitch! You'll kill me!
Thse little things won't kill you, you big baby!
They never get tired of fighting, do they?
Kamina and Yoko fell through.
What an enormous cavern! I've never seen anything like it!
How far down does this thing go?!
Episode 5: I Don't Get it, Not One Bit!
Good thing I came around first...
People have come from the Face God!
Messengers from the Celestial Lands!
Face God?
That's a...
That's a Gunmen!
- What a wreck... - Please don't touch that!
That is our village's guardian deity.
Yo, Forehead Boy! Don't you have more to throw on the fire?
My name is Rossiu. This is all we have here.
This place is a barrel of laughs, ain't it?
Hey! Don't be rude!
Hey! Did you guys really come from the Celestial Lands?
Are you messengers of the Face God?
What's the deal with these kids?
Stop bothering our guests, Gimmy, Darry.
Go somewhere else.
Okay...
I'm terribly sorry. Those children have no parents, so everyone spoils them.
Who cares about that?
More importantly, what's that Gunmen doing there?
Gunmen? You mean the Face God?
Wait, you don't know what that is?
Hah, you weren't any different not too long ago.
What the hell?! What did I do to deserve all this grief from you?
Oh, shut up!
Um, Yoko?
Yes?
I'm sorry, but would you mind putting this on?
Why?
Well, um... Perhaps you could cover up?
Your manner of dress is... Well, it is indecent!
I'm not crazy about outfits like this that restrict my movements.
What now?
Boy, take away the bare midriff, and you got nothing left, do ya?
Scum! Thug! Stinking louse!
You are one hopeless pervert of a man, you know that?
Don't pick up his habits, okay, Simon?
Please stop this violent behavior!
I would expect Celestians to refrain from such lewd conduct in front of our villagers.
Celestians? These people are Celestians?
Yes, they travel in the company of Face Gods.
Please show them all due repect.
Rossiu!
Yes, what is it?
T-There's a problem! Ucom's wife just gave birth!
But that is good news!
I was about to suggest to our guests that we visit the High Priest.
The thing is, one child is a girl, and the second is a boy.
As is the third!
What?!
Huh? Why are they freaking out?
Triplets? To Ucom and his wife?
Yes.
So, that brings the village's population to 52.
We must choose two, then.
Must we go through with this, Father Magin?
Rossiu, do you not understand? This rite bestows a great blessing.
We will celebrate the chosen, just as we did with your mother.
Man, this place is depressing. Old Jeeha Village was nothing like this.
Is it time to eat yet?
Isn't that what this is?
This ain't enough!
I need me some meat... I wanna have meat!
I suspect that this is a grand welcome for us.
They have no electricity. No herds of livestock.
All they have here is a tiny pond and a broken Gunmen.
Which means that even a meal like this is precious.
My apologies. Was the meal not to your liking?
If it is not too much trouble, might I impose on you to tell me of the Celestial Lands?
Really, Forehead Boy?
Does that mean you want more than the life of a celler dweller?
Then let me get this out of the way! Gunmen are no gods!
But that has been our belief since long before I was born.
Your people have always lived like this?
No, they say that our lot has improved considerably since the High Priest...
...took over the administration of the village.
This High Priest guy, who is he?
Celestians, please do not test this boy's piety any further.
Your words are too much for our people to accept.
You're the High Priest?
I apologize for neglecting to introduce myself.
I am called Magin, and I govern this village.
Is that a fact? You're the head honcho of this little dump, huh?
Rossiu, we have an important ceremony tomorrow. Go to bed.
Yes, Father.
You and your friends should turn in for the night, as well.
If you will excuse me...
Bro?!
Are you some kind of moron?!
I don't like that guy.
Not his ugly mug, and definitely not that holier-than-thou attitude.
Gurren Lagann
Wow, the thing still works!
Good morning.
Take it for a spin, Forehead Boy. The key to making it work is spirit!
I had no intention of doing so...
Put everything else out of your head! Just do what feels natural!
It's a great feeling.
Rossiu!
F-Father Magin!
There he is again.
What are you doing, Rossiu?
Who told you that you may touch the Face God?
I-I apologize.
Hang on a minute, old-timer!
It finally came to me.
Bro...
I was trying to figure out why your ugly mug pisses me off so much,
...and I realized that you look like the chief of our old village.
Right, Simon?
Hm, maybe he does...
You and your friends...
Oh, you wanna fight?
...ought to leave this village if you have no further business here.
Say what?!
Huh?
Father Magin, surely it does not need to be held now.
All three of these children might not survive.
Please do not misunderstand, Ucom.
Those chosen during this rite receive the gods' blessing.
Now, please draw.
T-Then I'll draw for my wife and children, too.
Next, please.
Yes, Father.
Is there anyone who has not drawn a lot yet?
Gimmy hasn't gone yet!
Neither has Darry!
Oh, my apologies.
You two are the last, then.
Now, open your hands.
If your lot has a mark, you have been chosen by the gods.
She won! Darry won!
So did you, Gimmy!
Hey, you're right! We both won!
- Yay, we won! - We won!
We won, we won!
What are you saying?
What do you mean, take these kids with us?
Whenever the village's population exceeds 50,
...some are chosen to be the gods' children and are sent up to the Celestial Lands.
Celestial Lands? You mean the surface?!
But that's crazy! You can't send these kids there!
That is your answer, then?
You handle rejection better than I expected, old-timer.
I don't think that's what he means, Bro.
You leave us with no choice, then.
We will conduct our ceremony in the usual manner.
Wait just a damn minute! What's one or two more kids running around?
You don't have to throw them out!
To be sent up to the Celestial Lands means to be released...
...from all the sorrows of this life and to live together with the gods.
It is the ultimate happiness.
Why does it have to be this way? I don't get it, not one bit!
Hasn't anybody ever considered going up to see what it's really like up there?
C'mon, take us there!
What're the Celestial Lands like?
It ain't exactly paradise up there! We can't drag two kids around with us!
Why not?!
- You're mean! - Meanie!
Would you please stop berating our ways every chance you get?
Excuse me?!
Look, old-timer, don't try to play the victim here!
How dare you!
Mind your tone when speaking to the High Priest!
Let it go, Bro. It's their law here in this village.
It's not like they're doing it because they want to.
If you don't WANT to do it, all they have to do is STOP doing it!
Who the hell do you think I am?
I'm Kamina, who would rather die than do something he doesn't wanna do!
Listen up, people! This guy's a fraud who's been feeding you a load of crap!
Don't fall for it!
Please stop this! What do you know of life in our village?
Ah, you're finally starting to speak my language.
Stop this, Rossiu! Don't resort to violence!
I don't understand! How can these people be messengers of the gods?
Endure this trial. The gods are testing us.
C'mon, kiddo!
Stop it this instant, Rossiu!
The mighty Kamina is ready to take you on!
Yo, Forehead Boy! What are you, man or mouse?
Man or mouse?!
What the hell?!
It's another Face God!
Gurren Lagann, I found you!
Get moving, Kamina! Simon!
Thanks, Yoko!
What do you think you're doing to the Face God?
The gods will smite you!
This is getting old...
Bro!
Ready!
Let's do this with style!
Brotherly Combining! Gurren Lagann!
One Face God is fighting another Face God!
How can this be?!
You guys down there! What're you standing around for?!
You're in the way!
Get clear! Hurry!
These things are no gods! They're the enemy!
They're the enemy we fight against!
Bro, it's no use!
These people have believed that Gunmen are gods their whole lives!
In that case, we're gonna kick this thing's ass right in front of them!
That'll make 'em see sense whether they want to or not!
Bro, you're overdoing it!
Butt out!
W-What the...?
The idol!
What are you doing? Don't interfere, you piece of junk!
What the hell?
What is going on here, Father Magin?
Father Magin!
I don't like you. I don't like you at all, old-timer.
If you had that much spirit all along, why didn't you...
I mimicked what I saw you do, that's all.
I myself do not understand what I was doing.
I beg you, it is time for you to leave.
Don't disturb our village any more than you already have.
Say what?!
Let it go, Bro!
What he says is right. We don't belong here in this village.
I don't get it. I don't get it, not one damn bit.
Perhaps we should tell everyone the truth.
What is the truth, Rossiu?
If the truth would destroy this village, do they need to know it?
This village does not have the resources to sustain a large population.
The first thing I did when I became leader of the village...
...was to set a limit of 50 on the people who may live here.
We must not exceed that number, not even by one.
If we succumb to sentimentality or emotion, the village is lost.
For me, that is the one and only truth.
My religion is nothing more than a tool to that end.
Did you also arrange it so that Gimmy and Darry would be chosen?
Yes, because those children have no family.
That way, few would truly grieve for them.
You're joking! If that's true, then what about my mother?
Any regrets I once had, I made my peace with long ago.
Take these, too.
But we can't eat this much!
You mustn't eat it all at once. Eat it a little at a time and make it last.
Okay!
Rossiu! You mean to go through with this?
Yes. I will go with those children.
Once we reclaim the surface as a home for humanity,
...there will no longer be any need to be bound by such painful laws.
Besides, won't it be easier for you if no one else in the village knows the truth?
I understand.
In that case, would you like to take the holy scriptures with you on your journey?
Thank you but I... I no longer believe.
And besides, I thought you knew! I cannot read.
Oh, is that all? You needn't worry about that, Rossiu.
I can't read, either!
This may be no more than dead weight to you now,
...but I would like you to take it with you.
Please, accept it.
Yes, Father.
To Be Continued...
Next Time
If it's invisible, you want to see it!
If you're told not to look, you can't resist peeking!
If it's hidden, you want to see it!
That's what a man's adventure is all about!
Next time on Gurren Lagann,
There Are Some Things I Just Have to See!!
"There Are Some Things I Just Have to See!!"