The wind flows away...
...across the faded landscape
Gently reviving my memories
As I proceed down these familiar paths,
There's no going back
The first lies, the final words
The promise we made that day...
...has crumbled and scattered away
An intense but short-lived fragment of memory
And even if I awaken from the dream...
...we once both shared
I'll never forget this feeling, not ever
Those remembered days will shine on, even now
Look. It hasn't even been 5 years,
yet we're the only ones who bothered to come to his grave.
I don't know if he's a living hero or the honored dead...
but society used him as much as it could, then tossed him aside when it got bored.
This is where all those who follow their dreams end up.
I didn't raise your father to make him into someone like that.
"Here lies the savior of the human race ADROC THURSTON"
He really brought misfortune to his parents.
Better to not dream at all than be bait for those...
who can only wait with mouths open for happiness to arrive.
Our dad...
Dad told me, when he left our house for the last time...
"Don't beg for it, earn it. Then it will be granted to you."
Grandpa says what he says, but I still believe in those words.
Someday, Renton, you'll also understand what he meant...
"Don't beg for it, earn it. Then it will be granted to you."
I CAN FLY!!
Sky fish!
No good, leader!
The trapars here are too thin,
and I can't keep up with the speed of the longboard!
Dammit! Cover me, Matthieu!
I'm breaking through!
Hey, you're not thinking of using the CFS, are you?!
I can't lose her in a place like this!
Leader, wait! That's too reckless!
What the? What's with this guy?
What's up?!
He's!
The sky fish...
Interesting.
I understand. I figured it out, Sis.
I can't just wait. I can't just beg.
Right now, I'm going to earn my victory!
A Cutback Drop Turn!
Amazing! He pulled it off!
They're persistent!
I have to shake them off somehow, and catch up to Holland, fast!
That boy?!
Oh, no! Hurry, Nirvash!
Y-You...
I did it. I really did it!
I was really able to do a Cutback Drop Turn!!
It's thanks to you. I was able to do it because of you!
You're the best!
I love you!
I was able to do it because it was you!
It wouldn't have been possible if it wasn't for you!
I love you!!
"Love"?
Yeah! That's why...
I'll protect you!
I'll protect you and this machine!
With this Amita Drive!
You did it just for this?
Gramps told me.
If this is installed, we can access Satori.
And then this LFO,
the Nirvash Type Zero, will awaken to its true power!
That's why...
Amita Drive!
Set, ON!
What? What the heck is this?!
EUREKA?
Wait a minute! What's wrong?!
Not good!
Dammit!
Huh? Why isn't it moving?
Why? WHY?!
Missiles?! No way!
Hold it! Why aren't we moving?!
Why? Why is this?
No, wait a minute!
Is my life over now?
Is it going to end at 14 years?
H-Hold on here!
No good... Nothing's left here.
Everywhere I look, it's just pillars of salt.
I've heard the rumors, but I didn't think it would be of this caliber!
Hey, Stoner!
Where did our leader go?
Over there.
Oh...
Where our princess is.
Holland...
Are you all right?
Yeah, I'm fine.
And everyone else?
Well, we're all fine.
Even so...
This is some power.
I didn't think that the Satori program embedded...
in the Amita Drive would unleash your powers,
the Nirvash's powers, to this extent.
You're wrong.
Nirvash is saying that it was neither the Amita Drive...
nor the Satori program that unleashed this power.
It's saying that the true source of this power was... this boy's talent.
EPISODE 2 BLUE SKY FISH
Gramps!
Renton!
No... That's impossible...
Gramps!!
Hey, digger.
Sorry to bother you, but can I get a light?
Looks like my lighter got messed up before.
Gramps...
What's that LFO?
Renton!
Renton!!
Renton... Is Renton all right?!
Any further combat is useless! We should return to base immediately!
Ridiculous!
And return empty-handed after losing two KLF squadrons?!
But, now that we've confirmed the Seven Swell Effect,
we can't fight with what we have now...
Enough!
You're supposed to be a mere observer aboard this ship!
Information officers should act like information officers!
Fine, then I will use my authority as an information officer.
Under Article 56 of Military Law, Business Orders,
I hereby requisition this vessel's high-speed pod!
I think I can buy time with this.
But it's a matter of time before the guys in the military find out.
I'll do something so that I can keep you and Ren under cover, Gramps.
So hurry up with the preparations to get the hell outta here.
Sorry about this.
Well, I'll see you later, then.
Geez...
He's sleeping with such a peaceful face.
Why do you look so happy?
He did something completely reckless.
That may be so.
But who can compliment him for what he did, other than me?
Common sense may say that it was reckless,
but I'm going to compliment him.
Because he is my family, after all.
Family?
You'll understand when you have your own kids, girl.
I'm...
It's been a while.
I never thought I'd ever see you in front of me again.
What excuse do you have in coming here, huh?
Holland!
How long have you been loitering around here?
Since yesterday, I take it?
And where's that Terminus of yours?
909 would be too easily recognized.
That's why I dropped by using my board.
Sheesh. That's how you always manage...
to make my life into one big mess.
You really bring me nothing but trouble.
One thing...
Let me say just one thing.
Thank you.
Well, I do have a vague idea why you arrived here with the Type Zero.
You came even after promising...
you'd never show your face in front of me again.
You've made your decision?
That's why you're here, right?
After what's happened, you have to take some sort of responsibility,
no matter what happens to us.
Even so, I want to give at least Renton...
the chance to find ordinary happiness here.
Ordinary happiness, huh?
Do you think that boy wishes for something ordinary?
Someday, he will realize which side is correct.
Then why did you have him deliver the Amita Drive?
Why did you make him go through with the delivery,
even though it meant he had to do something so reckless!
You don't believe in what you're saying.
No, you're just fooling yourself as to what you really believe.
You're wrong!
I honestly believe it!
What would you, someone with no permanent home, know about that?!
Then why did you keep holding onto it as if your life depended on it?!
Because it was my son who built it!!
The truth is, you don't deserve to have it!
The only one besides me who does...
...is Renton!
I have no intention of forgiving you!
But right now, you're the only one I can entrust it to!
Enough.
Please, go away.
I'm sorry...
I don't get it. I really don't get it.
I don't get it. Why Dad created such a thing.
Why Gramps kept it hidden.
Why all of this happened...
I... I... What should I do?!
That's for you to decide.
What you believe in, and what you decide...
They're all your responsibility.
It's up to you whether to ride the wave or to kill it.
Isn't that what all ref boarders think of?
It... It's really him!
Is it really all right?
About Second Lieutenant Dominic?
Don't worry about him.
It seems the lieutenant no longer wants to meddle with Gekkostate.
Well, I'll let him go, seeing how he opened the information database to us.
Data verification complete!
Well?
There's a ship in Bell Forest Airport that's not on the Corporation's list!
Bell Forest?! That close?!
Inform the State Forces! Issue a warning to all surrounding areas!
Yes, sir!
Get us to Bell Forest Airport, best speed!
Even if the Aviation Corporation doesn't budge, I'll force a landing!
Prepare the Mon-Soono for launch!
If you have your answer, then say it.
You believed in the wave.
Otherwise you never could have pulled off a Cutback Drop Turn.
As a result, you believed in this world.
And the world answered your beliefs.
One way to go is to stop it all right here.
That may also be a good decision.
But my master once told me...
"Don't beg for it, earn it. Then it will be granted to you."
Th- That's!
What is it that you really believe in?
What did you believe in when you were inside the Nirvash?!
I...
Dammit!
Huh? Why isn't it moving?
Why? WHY?!
Missiles?! No way!
Hold it! Why aren't we moving?!
Why? Why is this?
No, wait a minute!
Is my life over now?
Is it going to end at 14 years?
H-Hold on here!
It's all right.
Trust me.
That's right.
This isn't the first time.
Back then, I'm sure I saw it.
The letters EUREKA were on the Compac Drive...
I saw over my sister's shoulder.
I don't get it.
I don't get it, but...
But now, I think I have a vague idea.
About what my sister really wanted to tell me.
And what I really should be believing right now!
Type Zero, bailout!
Shot down?
Did we get it?!
Impossible!
Matthieu! Pull back!
Why?!
Just get the hell out of there!
It's that kid!
That shrimp delivered the Amita Drive to the Nirvash!
It's coming...
The Seven Swell!
What's going on?!
Unknown particles are appearing from the point of impact!
Trapar area is seeing a sudden increase in range!
This is!
Impossible!
Could this be... the Seven Swell Effect?!
Geez...
Leaving something behind that causes something like this...
You really bring misfortune to your parents.
And on top of that, you get your son involved in it, as well...
This is a light that destroys, that guides us to death.
However...
How beautiful it is...
Confirming increase in electromagnetic radiation!
The trapar field is being reversed!
Can it be?! Oh, no! Order the Mon-Soono to retreat!
Right now, it's!
Amazing...
Truly a god of destruction...
Hey, Diane...
This is how it should be, right? Really...
Like this?
I don't know.
I don't know, but at the time, I felt I wanted to save her.
And, I think Nirvash told me to believe in that...
To believe in that thought.
That's why I decided to believe in it.
By believing, I thought I would be able to rescue her.
Because I thought it would be the proof of my beliefs...
But...
Proof, huh?
If you really want to prove it, come with us.
That's what she wants, too.
The alert siren?!
The Izumo fleet?!
They're here sooner than expected.
Holland!
Sorry, I'm gonna borrow Nirvash's radio!
Sure!
Listen...
Come with us!
I mean... without you, I think it's no good.
It's true that this was the first time a girl said something like that to me.
But, Sis, the real reason wasn't what it seemed.
I thought that I had to protect the Amita Drive in place of Gramps.
And, I thought that I wanted to believe in this girl one more time.
That's why I firmly grasped the hand that reached out to me.
TO BE CONTINUED
To be continued!
Back when I was very small, when I'd look up
The sky above really seemed so vast
I honestly thought that I could
Protect the one I loved with my own hands
Why wasn't I big enough, I wondered
That irritated me so much
No matter how I'd stretch out my hand
I knew that it would never reach
That sky, so very, very large
Even so, I had no doubts at all
Because I believed in a beautiful future
There were times I was irritated
And times I couldn't take it all
And I shed such very, very big tears
Still, I think my eyes never shone so bright...
...as they did when I was young
Reality which glimmers in seven colors.
Adults who can only act bewildered.
And amidst it all, a boy once more boards the Nirvash to embark on a journey.
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