The Nadesico continues to fight on.
Whether you like it or not,
the only way to stop all the fighting is to fight on.
That's what everyone thinks.
But just how much longer will we have to fight? No one knows.
That dream again.
The Nadesico fights on. Nobody knows when it will all end.
Really, how much longer?
In my spare time, I read about the history of humanity,
only to find out that most of it is full of war.
Assuming that a person lives for a hundred years,
does it mean that another ninety years of my life will be filled
with memories of war like these?
Memories of a time free of war exist for only about ten years,
before I came aboard the Nadesico. Even then...
Tell me, Omoikane, my memories...
I still want to know.
Seven years ago, Ruri, an unidentified orphan,
was adopted by a couple who worked at
a Nergal subsidiary computing research laboratory.
Ruri was intellectually nurtured within the laboratory,
and trained by her foster parents to be a Nadesico crew member,
slated to be completed in six years.
In return for a large compensatory award for her education,
Ruri was handed over to Nergal.
I remember all that.
What I want to know is what happened before that.
But I still want to know.
The answer will never change. Omoikane doesn't know anything.
And I can't remember either.
What a fool I am.
Ruri...
I am your father.
Ruri, I am your mother.
Father... Mother...
Ruri, I am you first teacher, Archimedes.
Archimedes.
Pi.
Archimedes. Pi.
Ruri, I am your father. You did well.
Ruri, I am your mother. You did well.
Banzai! Banzai! Banzai!
Archimedes. Pi!
Well done, Ruri. You're wonderful, Ruri. You're adorable, Ruri.
The first words that I learned.
Father, mother, Archimedes, and pi.
And Pi wasn't apple pie,
but the pi related to the circumference of a circle.
Goodbye.
Thanks. Goodbye.
Next it's time for Japanese.
I ro ha ni ho he to, chi ri nu ru wo,
wa ka yo ta re so tsu ne, na ra mu.
Words beginning with "i".
Words beginning with "ro".
Words begin with "ha".
There sure are a lot words, aren't there?
Wait a minute, please.
Yes, what is it, Ruri?
What is the meaning of this word?
Fool?
That is a word that should not be used in everyday life.
Fool...
I am your fifth teacher for physics, Einstein.
Einstein, E equals M C squared.
Well done, Ruri. You're wonderful, Ruri. You're adorable, Ruri.
Fools.
I recall that I did have friends.
I had human friends as well.
There were the children I studied with.
We were all alike.
But our dreams seemed to vary from one to another.
Father, Mother...
Papa, Mama...
You did fine.
That dream again.
Ruri?
Yes?
Would you come to the bridge, please?
Are we under attack?
No, we have a visitor.
A visitor?
Peace?
Peace for peaceful, I suppose.
Peaceland is a perpetually neutral nation, like Switzerland.
It started out from a theme park where gambling was legal.
The king, Premier, is the great grandson of the original owner.
Yes, I remember going there when I was little.
It's more then a fun place for kids.
They became independent in the last war,
and being a nation of legalized gambling and entertainment,
the money just keeps rushing in.
The Peace Bank that was created as an afterthought
is now filled with mysterious accounts.
Everyone wants to hide their extraneous incomes
and avoid having to pay taxes.
Like Nergal?
In any case,
The Peace Bank and Swiss banks are known
for their absolute secrecy regarding their accounts.
But who onboard the Nadesico has an account in the Peace Bank?
Well, they specifically asked for Ruri.
But I don't have any accounts.
Whatever the case, it's prudent not to anger banks.
The world revolves around vaults and banks.
Please be sure to receive them cordially.
I've come to retrieve you, Princess.
Princess?!
Your Highness' parents struggled for years to be blessed with children.
So they attempted to conceive a child through medical means.
You mean inside a test tube?
They longed desperately for children.
But the overseas medical laboratory conducting the work
was blown apart by terrorists in an unrelated attack.
Your Highness was lost among the debris,
and we have been looking for you ever since.
But I grew up.
Yes, we are well aware of that.
And we are absolutely certain as well.
While other heirs have been born to His Highness since then,
you are definitely the daughter of the King of Peaceland!
My biological father and mother...
Father... Mother...
A princess?
Omoikane, give me references on princesses.
Magical Princess, Natural Lychee!
Not stuff like that.
Let me see references besides those related to anime.
Why? I want to know why?
We'll be off now.
Yes, yes. Please watch over her closely, and keep out of trouble.
I'm a little worried.
Why? How come?
This is wartime, so the princess of Peaceland
should not travel without a bodyguard.
But, but... Why does it have to be Akito?!
So why me?
I understand that no princess is supposed to be without a knight.
Oh, really?
How did you find out about things like that?
I watched some videos.
Hark! Ruri is the name, is it not?
My dear child, thank the Heavens!
Are you my father?
Yes, I am your father!
And this is your mother!
Oh dear, oh dear, you have grown up to be such a wonderful girl!
And...
These are your brothers!
Welcome, Ruri, our dear older sister.
This isn't the place.
We are all together now.
You can be with us all you want, dearest.
Father, I have a request.
Make any wish, child.
Time...
I would like some time.
How much more, Ruri?
Spanners for Mr. Uribatake, spices for Ms. Howmei,
a teddy bear for Ms. Inez.
Whoa!
O Solo Mio!
Our authentic house specialty five star Peaceland original,
pizza and pasta!
Peaceland original? But pasta and pizza are from...
From Naples, Italy.
Everything in this country has been borrowed from elsewhere.
Hey, little girl,
Would you mind saying that after you've tried what's being offered?
See for yourself what this is like!
Okay.
So, what do you think of our house specialty pizza?
Well, I grew up on Mars, so I can't say for sure, but...
Tastes bad.
It tastes bad.
Tastes disgusting, in fact.
What was that?!
Ruri? Ruri?
Excessive amounts of spices, black spices and peppers,
with cheese and olive oil all of mediocre quality.
Cooking that simply attempts to over-stimulate the tongue
is something that's expected from a third-rate cook.
A Martian and a brat are going to insult my cooking?
It doesn't matter if the person is from Mars or Jupiter,
any human being would find this pizza and pasta terrible.
Any person who would enjoy this must have damaged taste buds.
You're interfering with my business.
I'll throw you out!
Stop it! Don't touch this girl!
Mr. Tenkawa!
That should be enough to teach you a lesson.
Master!
Boss!
Chief!
Teacher!
You've got some nerve, you little runt!
He was the one who threw the first punch.
I don't care!
Stay away from her! You'll settle this with me!
Trying to be her knight in shining armor? You got some balls!
She's not some princess! Who the hell do you think you are?
I come all the way out here just to get into a fight.
Peaceland? Yeah, right.
I'm sorry. It was my fault.
Protecting the princess is the knight's job, right?
Of course, I can't say much for myself, getting beaten into a pulp.
That sure was some rancid tasting pizza, wasn't it?
It's hard to believe it came from this world.
A fjord in Scandinavia? Why are we going to such a place?
I asked my father.
If I have biological parents,
then there must be adoptive parents.
But I can't remember.
Jeez.
Ruri?
You must be Ruri.
A messenger from the King informed me that you would be coming.
Are you my father?
Father?
Father... I suppose so.
That day, numerous unidentifiable fertilized eggs in test tubes
were brought in from the medical facility that had been bombed.
Most of them were already dead.
But we felt that those that survived had the right to live,
even if that meant becoming test subjects.
Test subjects?
People can defeat cancer by altering a few genes.
Genetic manipulation is such an outdated way of thinking.
But humanity's future lay on that path.
Superb intelligence that could adapt to future science.
A body free of disease.
Genetic manipulation is the only way to make humans
who can withstand the challenges of interstellar travel.
Here, the air is clean, the water untainted.
Ozone depletion is not pronounced.
A place perfect to raise such children.
Here we instituted infant education.
The children sucked in knowledge like cotton soaking in moisture.
Their genes were altered, weren't they?
Humans learn too many unnecessary things.
We only taught our children what they needed to know.
We did not waste brain capacity.
You are the testimony to all of this, Ruri.
At your young age, for all practical purposes, you control the Nadesico.
Clearly you are superior to other human beings.
I am proud of what you've become.
And the other children?
It's very tragic, but failures do happen.
This methodology was banned years ago.
You see what has become of the institute.
But Ruri, you are one of the few successes to have come out of this.
Of course, now that you know you are a princess,
your happiness may lie elsewhere.
I must return this to you.
When you were four, a Nergal-linked organization recruited you
and your left this place.
I deposited the money I received in a savings account for you,
just in case something happened.
With that card, you will be able to withdraw money
from an account in Peace Bank.
About my father and mother...
Is this what you had in mind?
Ruri, I am your father.
Ruri, I am your mother.
Well done, Ruri. You're wonderful, Ruri. You're adorable, Ruri.
Children need parents.
Good parents that never scold their children.
Normal people could never fit the bill.
Thank you for letting me live.
It was nothing extraordinary.
But nobody asked you to do something like this.
Please go ahead and use this.
Fool.
Ruri!
That sound... That's the sound.
Wow.
Schools of salmon.
I've never seen real ones before.
I returned to the Nadesico with her complement of fools, in the end.
Just like Lindbergh,
high flying pilots, in love with the stars in the moonlit twilight.
I've come a long ways since those dreams I had in my childhood.
To be told I'm but a fool would make my sky blue eyes
change to eyes the color of the oceans.
The next episode of Martian Successor Nadesico is:
"You're the Next Captain of the Nadesico!"
Look forward to this one, alright?