I'm gonna destroy you guys…
and do whatever it takes to get back to Earth!
I have to tell them how beautiful it is here…
How big a leap for mankind this is!
That is my mission!
Don't fuck with humanity!
You fucking roaches!
Oxygen levels at 3%.
I have to take Ichiro…
…and get…
…out…
Thanks, Captain.
It's over, Shokichi.
There must be more roaches around.
Let's get back.
We can't let the Captain's and Ichiro's effort go to waste.
Hey!
What…is that?
It's important for you to be surprised.
I am Aleksandr Newton.
I am in charge of Bugs 2.
The cluster of pyramids you are looking at right now…
…was probably built by the gods of Rahab.
Rahab…?
The Unbreakable Ones
Big bro!
Big bro.
Big bro…
Big bro!
I'm hungry, big bro!
Ichiro…
You must…
…go to college…
…and find a stable, high-paying job…
For all your siblings, too…
That guy smells.
Nice work, Hiruma!
I bet you have what it takes to get into Tokyo U!
The Sleeping Chironomid.
In environments without water, the larvae of this creature
can enter a defensive state called cryptobiosis.
A sleeping chironomid in this state
cannot be killed by intense heat, freezing cold, or even exposure to vacuum.
And then, once replenished with water,
it may resume activity as if nothing had happened.
Awake?
What's with that getup?
Well, I thought it might fool them for a while, at least.
Plus, it really helps with the atmosphere.
So, did you get it?
One of them got left here.
Wow! So this must be…
Yeah. A Terraformer's egg.
That organism is called the Terraformer.
Ever since they were discovered on the Bugs 1 mission,
we have been researching them.
That immunological tolerance became the basis of your BUGS surgeries.
When they are exterminated, they hide their genetic code within an egg.
There are some who wish to bring those back to Earth.
Whatever you do, you must…
…destroy those eggs.
That sound…
Bugs 2 is trying to take off!
I see.
So you've obtained it.
Looks like I was not wasting my time sneaking you onto Bugs 2.
Bring it on back to Japan!
Good grief.
They're back already?
We need to get off the ground, pronto.
Off we go.
No need to panic, Ichiro.
They're a little ahead of schedule,
but my poison can keep them in place until we get back to Earth.
The Emerald Cockroach Wasp.
With its special stinger,
it can infiltrate a portion of the cockroach's brain,
and turn them into living meals for their larvae.
In a sense, they are insects that control cockroaches.
Now…
Do what I say and don't move a muscle.
Not until I say you can.
Well,
that's pretty much it.
Hm?
N…no way!
Why won't they listen?
My poison was able to control all the other roaches around here…
Drug tolerance.
No, this is…
…evolution!
Vice Captain…
Yeah. Let's go.
Wood, come in!
Hiruma, what's going on?
Damn it, something unexpected is happening.
Well, I suppose so.
I had no idea…
…that a professor like you would take this so far.
You probably want to use the large Terraformers as weapons,
but you don't know the whole story.
Evolution will always surpass our expectations,
and will always continue to take place.
Do you think it's…
Shokichi.
Leave these guys to us.
Go after it.
This guy's faster than the others.
No, he's almost like a human!
Mom…
Mom, I passed!
I did it!
I just need to stick at it for four more years…
Once I become a government official, I'll be able to support you!
Hey, bro.
A teacher at school wants to see you.
Huh?
What? Pregnant…?
Horrible…
On the day of the culture festival…
Hiruma…he forced himself on me, and…
What?!
What the hell is she talking about?
What a pickle you're in now, Hiruma.
Ah, now I get it.
With the teacher, huh? What a pickle, indeed.
They won't draft a damage report,
…but you'll have to drop out of school and give up on going to college.
In this shithole of a world…
I can't trust…
…anybody.
I need money…
I need money!
I need money!!
I need money!!!
I need money!!!!
I need…
money!!
Enough of this bullshit…
Ichiro…
Damned right!
We'll make it back alive!
No way in hell we're dying in this place!
Wait!
The cells of an insect can continue to function after its brain function terminates,
capable of moving its body or secreting pheromones.
That string is of the bug that became Nanao Akita's base—
the ability of the silkworm moth!
I don't know what the hell you plan on doing with a human body, but…
put her down.
Let go.
I couldn't understand why they attacked us.
But now, I think I get it.
It's the same feeling we humans have when we see a cockroach…
pure malice!
Now, the black wings of the desert locust extend…
and, in exchange for the increased strain on Thien's body,
the oldest insect awakens.
If desert locusts grow up in an environment lacking in food,
they spread their wings and form a pitch-black swarm.
Gaining the power of flight, they become exceedingly ferocious,
devouring all grasses and human foods in sight.
Since antiquity, in various lands, desert locusts have been counted among hailstorms and plagues...
as natural disasters.
They are getting closer...
to the bodies we have.
No, perhaps…
they approach the bodies of the gods.
Was this all predestined, too?
Ever since Rahab sowed these seeds on Earth,
humans and cockroaches have been fated to quarrel,
despite sharing a birthplace.
You…
disgusting piece of shit!
Despite the change in their environment, their planet,
and even their physical form,
we continue to fight.
Thien!
Ich—
Ichiro!
If I had to name one miscalculation,
it would be that even when they are trampled like insects all their lives,
humans…
…have willpower.
Shokichi...
Vice-captain...
Thien!
He overdosed.
They were so strong, so many, that we couldn't have won otherwise.
The BUGS surgery is a surgery to prevent the human body from rejecting insect tissues.
But if the effects of an injection last too long, the shock to the body's immune system will prove fatal.
I somehow managed, but it's too late for Thien...
I went…a little overboard…
Why would you…?!
Get yourselves back to Earth.
To tell the truth, I don't know why I even came to Mars, or what I'd do back on Earth...
Bye-bye, Thien.
Where's Ploy going?
She's going to work in the city.
Work...?
The hell does this filthy kid want?
I've never seen a girl like that 'round here!
Ploy...
Ploy...?
Sorry, but there's nobody by that name here...
Boss, does he mean...?
Oh, that's right…
Maybe it's that infected girl...
The one we got rid of the other day...
Bye-bye, Thien.
I don't have anything...
…anything left.
But...
Shokichi,
And Ichiro,
Both of you have something a cold, bug-like guy like me doesn't—
A will to live.
That's why...
I've…
…grown to…
…like you guys.
Pretty gross, huh?
You can't tell if I'm a man or a bug anymore...
Don't be stupid!
The hell do you mean, “cold”!?
You have warmth!
The warmth…
…of your tears!
You are a man!
And you are my friend!
Thank you for fighting by my side.
2619 A.D.
Hey, isn't kinda weird for the prime minister to be eating at a 300-yen buffet?
It's all the same once it goes down.
Well, I guess you're right.
Are you really going again? To Mars?
I was pretty surprised, myself.
I found myself wishing I could go together with them, you see?
I see...I'd like to meet them too, someday.