Can you see?
That star there is called Mars, and it's right next door to the Earth.
I heard that a lot of people are going to move there in the near future.
I wonder what it's like.
Well, I guess it doesn't look so bad.
If anything, it'd be better than this dead-end town.
I want to go...
Go! Do it!
Hey, we should at least say goodbye...
The ones who burned down the mansion over an argument
about pay are our parents.
Now Sheila doesn't have anything, either.
So it does all come down
to money...
Every inch of my body hurts.
I broke my collarbone.
Damn...
Isn't there some place that
doesn't have gangs, discrimination, or poverty?
Seriously. Something better than here...
Please! Please!
We have nowhere else to go! Please!
Hey, what's going on?
Oh, Captain Komachi.
These guys popped out of nowhere and asked to join the crew.
Volunteers?
Um...
Where's the next place for the interviews?
Sheila's here!
Is it really her? Does she have a heartbeat?
Hey! Don't touch my chest!
Hey!
She always accepted us without any hesitation.
If we were reborn, I wanted to live like this.
Sheila's the one...
...I admired.
The huntsman spider feeds mainly on cockroaches,
and has spread almost as fast as the cockroach.
Its body hair detects even the most subtle movement of the air,
which allows it to read its prey's movements.
Then it stabs its prey, rips it apart,
and eats it.
Even if other cockroaches come towards it when it's feeding,
it's ferocious enough to attack instantly.
I wanted you to be happier than anyone else.
Does losing money mean that your wishes get stolen away, too?!
However, the huntsman spider usually hunts by waiting in the shadows,
and its stamina isn't exactly high.
Captain...
Everyone...
I...
Considering the fact that they might
possess the virus we can't cultivate,
we want to get as many samples as possible.
Marcos!
We're going to beat the crap out of a heap of these roaches here.
If some of them are still breathing, we'll capture them.
Yes, sir!
Don't run away, you roachy bastards.
The captain of the Bugs 2, Donatello K. Davis...
The powers he gained from his BUGS surgery...
the ant that can lift a hundred times its own weight, the paraponera.
There should have been no way that it'd be passed on...
All of the scientists back in the day said it was just God playing tricks.
However, the God on Earth does not play tricks.
Their will and powers were passed down.
Who are you talking about?
The leader of the Japanese and American No. 2 division, Michelle K. Davis.
The Captain's...
She has two powers.
First, what she inherited from her father.
One, two, three, four...
Yes, the muscular strength of the paraponera...
And then the second power she gained from the Mosaic Organ Operation.
The base, once again, is insect-based.
What kind of bug... is that?
In the 20th century,
a peculiar action from a peculiar ant in Malaysia was observed.
The ant self-destructed.
These guys sure die easily.
Nicknamed the blast ant, it is a rare breed.
The powers can be passed down.
We have confirmed that while observing another young man
who underwent the surgery and training.
They will be our greatest weapons, as well as become our hope.
Michelle K. Davis and Hizamaru Akari.
Is Hizamaru Akari there now?
On Mars?
Do you know something?
First, I'll tell you our reasons.
More than anything, we needed firepower on Mars.
We needed as many highly ranked Japanese as we could get.
If something were to occur on Mars...
Alex, keep an eye on the sky above the escape vessel.
Yeah, got it.
Leave those three to me.
It's strange...
Whenever I mutate naturally, rage and fear make me lose my mind,
and it feels like the part of me that's not human takes over...
But when I use the medicine...
I feel like a pupa that's about to take flight,
and I can see the world around me clearly.
I'm not scared!
That was for all of my friends who died on the ship.
And then...
This is for pissing off Michelle-san
with that shitty breath of yours.
But I'm not going to kill you.
And there's a reason for that...
Mars, huh?
You're going to catch a cold.
Hey, can I see that doll?
Huh? Sure...
How sad. It's all broken.
What are you doing here?
I live in that hospital.
My name is Sakurato
Harukaze Sakurato. I'm ten years old.
I'm Hizamaru Akari...
I'm twenty.
Huh... That's a pretty cool name, Hizamaru-san.
Harukaze...
By the way, why are you in the hospital?
My illness is too hard for the doctors in Japan to treat, so I moved.
Hizamaru-san?
Sorry... I've got to get going.
Eh? Hey, what about this?
See you again, Sakurato.
We got one!
Next!
I can see.
Hey, Hizamaru-san!
You're totally scared of the launch date.
You idiot. Of course I'm not.
I'm totally prepared!
Of course you are. But...
Aren't you forgetting something really important?
Eh?
Did you...
I'm pretty good at stuff like this.
Is it from your girlfriend?
Well, maybe something like that...
I knew it. She's not coming to see you off?
No, she's in Japan, awaiting my return.
I see.
I'm jealous,
since I might not be able to wait for your return, Hizamaru-san.
Hopefully someone will be able to fix me up from my illness like that doll.
But it doesn't seem possible.
I heard you got acquainted with one of the patients.
This may sound harsh, but don't say anything
that'll give them too much hope.
You'll get better! You'll definitely get better!
Huh?
We're going to Mars for research.
We'll find the way to treat your illness
from the organisms that only live there.
Really?
Sakurato! Is there something you want to do when you get better?
French... French fries! I want to eat fries!
Sure. I'll buy you the large. What else?
Teach me karate! I want to be macho, too!
Sure thing. I'll even teach you some special moves.
Oh, let's go to the ocean.
Sure.
I want to see a major league game, too.
And eat pizza... and...
And then... And then...
Even if we are safely able to return with a sample of the virus,
there's no guarantee we'll make it in time.
Oh, I want to see a soccer match!
Oh! I know! When I go back to Japan, I want to eat sushi.
It's all right to have hope for now.
It's a hope that's small and far away,
and now we can actually do something with it.
I want you to hold onto this doll...
and wait for my return!
I will sever the root of this sadness no matter what!
Leave it to me!
Second one captured! Next!
I can't see unless I squint, but that's...
String. But Akari's base isn't a spider...
His medicine was in a syringe,
meaning the surgery base was insect.
Not to mention those antennae...
Is it a moth?
Three terraformar samples captured!
I hear that my subordinate has captured about three of them.
Because the species of the bug was rare,
the surgery couldn't be done twenty years ago.
But because we knew that his success rate
would be as high as Michelle K. Davis's, we were able to perform
the surgery on Hizamaru Akari.
He is a powerful weapon for us...
On Mars,
and from now on.
And there's the first batch.
Waiting for the next one!
I'm glad my turn didn't come around.
Damn...
Looks like it worked out somehow.
Yeah. We already investigated the water here, right?
Yes.
It's basically the same as the water on Earth.
Apparently this lake is rather deep just from the frozen soil melting.
Yeah.
Go ahead and call the others.
Got it.
Damn it, that disgusting crap got into my collar.
The hell are you looking at, pervert?
I'll go call everyone.
Alex!
Michelle-san!
You idiot! Your job is over there!
Michelle-san!
Damn it!
Everyone...
Alex!
Well done, Akari.
You're a good subordinate.
I'm counting on you.