Help me... please.
Help...
Utsutsu?
Anyone?
Is anyone out there?!
Thank you...
That's enough!
Doing that will kill you!
I want to save them!
You know that, right?
But I want to save them!
I want to save them... save them.
Save them! Save them!
Save them! Save them! Save them! Save them!
Use my life as well.
Okay.
Amazin', ain't it?
Can they see Gatchaman?
Are you a... Gatchaman?
You betcha!
Amnesia...
Remind!
Hiya!
I'm Ichinose Hajime.
Why'dja do that?
Idiot!
Why?
Is anyone there?
Are you all right?!
Why, why, why, why, why?
Why'dja do that?!
Gatchaman!
I fly amaze the crowd
Baby wrap it up
and I feel immoving
The loneliness' too strong for me
Only ground for me
Almost on it
Alight the land
The show baby wraps it up
but I'm feeling to end this
Little bit of surprise for me
on this upper layer on the planet
The words you wove is
we are now home
Don't let your fear hold you back
Go! Fly like a bird
I have to fight them and go the distance
I let this piercing noise guide me
As I fly to the other side
The words you wove is
we are now home
Reunited with all these weak
Yet strong individual spirits
I have to fight them and go the distance
I let my rampant feelings guide me
As I answer the call
Go! The crowds are calling my name
Gatchaman played major role in rescue?
Yesterday, at approximately 1:00 PM,
a ceiling panel collapsed in Kanishiro Tunnel on the Joufuku Expressway,
Really?
trapping dozens of cars inside in what became a major accident.
However, those present on-site used
Did you know a Gatchaman played a big part in yesterday's tunnel collapse?
information provided by the social network service GALAX to conduct a speedy rescue operation.
What?! Really?
Gatchaman's cute.
I saw the Gatchaman. It was a girl.
Miraculously, there were no casualties.
It wasn't some cosplay?
Aren't Gatchaman an urban legend?
During the rescue efforts,
a strangely-dressed girl was caught on a security camera inside the tunnel.
Wow! Gatchaman.
Why don't we let Gatchaman...
Mayor of Tachikawa
Shimizu Shouhei
Huh? This is...
It is causing wild speculation that she may be a Gatchaman,
Hajime?!
a figure who was thought to exist only in fiction.
We now have confirmation that Gatchaman exist.
What will you do?
Of course, I'll take advantage of them...
to update the world.
Why does she break the Gatchaman rules so easily?
What's more, why aren't I chewing her out for it?
What have you done, Newbie?!
Not only did you transform without permission, you exposed your true face!
Unacceptable!
Inconceivable!
Unprecedented!
Messed up!
A big problem!
It's a big problem?
O-O-O-Of course!
In any military organization, divulging information is a capital offense!
Aiding the enemy!
The worst kind of war criminal!
Lord JJ!
Please judge her!
However, for my sake, please spare her life.
Please! Please, I beg of you!
Oh, no response.
Impossible!
Lord JJ!
How can there be no summons, given this crisis?
Will you not even offer any words to us?
Without this one's punishment, the team will lose discipline!
Lord JJ!
Then why don'tcha decide, Pai-Pai?
Yer the leader.
Um... well...
I can hardly take it upon myself to deliver judgment on such an important issue.
Indeed, it would not do to make a rash or hasty decision.
That's right.
Hey, Jou!
Where are you going?!
Now that it's come to this,
we should keep a low profile for the time being until the heat dies down, right?
I'll go wait it out at the apartment.
The apartment?
Oh, yes!
Let's go on hiatus for a while!
Don't take any action for the foreseeable future!
There haven't been any MESS sightings, anyway!
That must be what the lack of response from Lord JJ means too!
That's right!
All right. Dismissed!
You rarely come back to this apartment.
So your coming here means there's equipment you need.
You were lying when you said you won't do anything.
I can now focus on finding that joking Gatcha bastard.
Want to come along?
Well, I...
I see.
You're worried about that girl too.
No, that's not the reason!
Well, good luck.
I said that's not it!
Utsutsu, you were outta it th' whole time.
Are ya okay?
Yesterday, someone I helped said...
"Thank you."
Wow!
That's great!
But...
I feel bluetsutsu...
I see. I see.
Squeeze!
Cut, cut, cut...
Snip, snip, snip... snip!
There!
Here!
A present to Utsutsu for a good deed!
What?
Perfect!
Right? Right?!
Wow!
Ultra hella cute!
Oh, it's from the Papyrus store owner.
Sugane, why're you comin' along?
To keep an eye on you.
Who knows what you'll do next if I leave you alone?
Oh, sounds tough.
Wow!
There's a fireworks festival today!
Utsutsu, let's go see!
Hey.
Yeah?
Why'd you show your face to an outsider yesterday at the accident site?
Ain't it obvious?
I told you, right?
That you must never reveal your Gatchaman identity.
Well, it was because I wanted to talk face-to-face.
Just for that?!
What're you talkin' 'bout?
It's hella important!
You didn't need to do it right then and there though, did you?
But I did need ta do it right then 'n' there!
So it wasn't a whim?
You were aware of what you were doing?
Sure was.
A whim?
I ain't that irresponsible.
I see...
I've been waitin' forever for this new release!
The handlin' feels great!
The edge is awesome too!
Is this really the best time to be checking out scissors?
Hajime, you should run.
Huh? Why?
Oh, there she is!
Are you Ichinose Hajime?
In th' flesh.
You're the Gatchaman who appeared at the scene of the accident yesterday when the Kanishiro Tunnel
collapsed onto the Joufuku Expressway, right?
Yep, th—
It's a misunderstanding.
A misunderstanding...
Oh, are you Ichinose's boyfriend?
What?!
What's it like to have a Gatchaman for a girlfriend?
Are you people also Gatchaman?
Please transform for us!
X.
Yes?
Summon the GALAXters for a game.
We seek everyday knights who wield a weapon stronger than the sword
to rescue a princess in a certain predicament
from scoundrels who've forgotten the meaning of chivalry
and help guide her to LOAD!
Those who give aid shall be astonished by the princess!
The only reward is honor!
Come to the Round Table!
Don't get a big head from all the attention.
Forget Gatchaman!
You're pissing me off!
Run!
I'll hold them back!
Yer so cool, Sugane.
Just go!
Aye aye, sir.
Utsutsu, let's blow this joint!
Yeah!
Huh?
Gatcha!
I think we can run away as soon as we use the Amnesia Effect.
Oh, right!
But this's kinda fun, like playin' hide-'n'-seek.
Oh, it's from GALAX!
Invitation
Greetings. My name is LOAD GALAX.
There are still many reporters wandering around in your vicinity.
Being found will be an inconvenience.
If you would accept my invitation, I could let you escape without being caught.
If you accept, please follow General X's directions.
Greetings.
My name is LOAD GALAX.
There are still many reporters wandering around in your vicinity.
Being found will be an inconvenience.
If you would accept my invitation,
I could let you escape without being caught.
If you accept, please follow General X's directions.
Smells fishy...
What?
I accept.
Acknowledged.
Ms. Ichinose Hajime, in 15 seconds, please exit to the corridor and head right toward the stairs.
Fun!
4, 3, 2, 1!
Let's go!
Hey, there she is!
We got caught.
Please keep walking.
Fer real?!
Can you tell us a bit more?
Come on, Hajime!
I'm bluetsutsu...
So do you finally feel like giving a proper interview...
Wh—
Oh, so you're the princess.
This is indeed surprising.
Nice to meet you.
Thank you for protecting us all this time,
dear Gatchaman princess.
I'm honored to meet you.
I am a knight who has received instruction from LOAD.
A princess?
Oh, this way, please.
Please wait for four seconds.
Gotcha!
2, 1...!
Oh, you're the princess?
We've been had!
I ain't a princess.
I'm Hajime!
Please get on.
I entrust the rest to you, young knight.
You can count on me!
So freakin' fun!
Look!
They're going up!
Oh, those pearls are wonderful.
Hanadama pearls, no?
You're right!
Yes, indeed.
There she is!
Okay!
Please head toward the North Exit.
Roger!
Please head straight toward the North Exit.
Impossible...
This's hella fun!
What?
So much fun!
Amazin'!
Where'd they go?
Invitation
An invitation?
See ya!
LOAD GALAX is waiting for you in this building.
Oh!
They're the bat guys who came to Papyrus!
This way, please.
Reserved All Day
Oh, yer the one I saw yesterday!
How was your journey here?
Yeah, it was hella fun!
It's like everyone was playin' a game.
The people who helped us all looked like they were havin' fun!
That's the world to come, the world I'm trying to create through GALAX.
What?
Yer the one behind GALAX?
Yeah.
Thank you for accepting my invitation, Gatchaman.
Or rather, Ichinose Hajime and your friend.
I am LOAD GALAX.
So it's here...
Amnesia Effect.
Go, Bird!
Don't glare at me like that.
I'm not your enemy.
Well, just telling you is kind of boring.
Oh, I know.
As a token of my friendship,
I'll start by erasing all of the info about Ichinose Hajime that's now circulating online.
Ya don't really need ta.
Why not?
Because I don't really care.
You really are different.
Interesting.
You seem interestin' too, LOAD!
Thank you...
The last guest seems to have arrived.
So they can see us!
I invited you all here because I wanted to talk with you.
Talk?
With GALAX, I'm trying to create a world like what you just experienced.
An ideal world where people are matched to the situation by their skills and act based on internal, positive motives—
that's the world I want to update this one to.
Wow!
GALAX is pretty amazin', fer sure!
Lately, everyone's been solvin' lotsa incidents and accidents together.
It was a huge help yesterday too!
GALAX is great.
Will you stop being Gatchaman, then?
Gatchaman aren't necessary in the world to come.
What?!
Oh, Sugane.
"Gatchaman aren't necessary"?!
That's right.
They're more of a hindrance.
Those who were given power protecting the weak—
what part of that is a "hindrance"?
When there are those with special powers,
people come to rely on them.
That will not help raise their awareness.
You can see this, just by observing this distorted world.
The world has become too large and complicated for the minority with power to support.
I don't know how many of you there are,
but how many people can you claim to be capable of supporting?
But that doesn't mean—
The world we're aiming for through GALAX
can support even those who fall through your cracks.
What the world needs from now on aren't stand-out heroes,
but the entire human race turned into heroes!
Do you understand now?
The world will be updated very soon.
If you really want to save the world,
stop being Gatchaman and act as GALAXters...
Oh, this?
Ain't it cute?
It's my current favorite!
That's all I wanted to say.
Will you stop being Gatchaman?
I understand what you're saying.
But I don't think Gatchaman are unnecessary—
I won't stop.
Why?
Were all the sparkly things at the accident site yesterday yer friends, LOAD?
What are you talking about?
LOAD, yer prettier without makeup.
Yer so pretty.
It's such a shame.
I think you can become even prettier!
I'm sure of it!
Go on ahead.
When we were talking to LOAD,
I hadn't deactivated the Amnesia Effect.
Yet they could still see me.
In addition, they reacted when they saw your NOTE.
They seemed to be playing dumb about yesterday's accident too.
It's far more than suspicious.
There's definitely something more to that guy!
'Course there is.
The heavy makeup was a bit of a disappointment.
But... there might be a reason for that too.
I still don't get you, you know?
That a fact?
I'm the type who has to be sure.
No makeup, huh...
I'll hold you
What an amazing girl.
Still unaware of where my feelings are headed
I try to enjoy myself, but it always gets me down
Makes me want to disappear
I can't tell the difference between fact and fiction
This world I live in is just a puppet
A half-empty notebook
Full of emotions that cannot be put into words
Those pure feelings
Keep screaming out my name
No man is an island
We all wish to be connected
It is that desire that keeps you safe
And gives you strength
Even if the changing times make walking hand-in-hand
A thing of the past
We fully understand this chaos
And that dreams have the power to change destiny