The time is the future, the place is the universe.
In the boundless universe where even light gets distorted, there is a young girl riding on her favorite ship, Rulos.
She went into space again as a diplomat and is also in love. That's Eris from Catia.
However, people call her "Captain Eris."
mitaiken nano
未体験なの
There are many new experiences,
menomae ni kotae ha iroiro arukedo
目の前に 答えは色々あるけど
yet there are varieties of answers right under our noses.
hitotsu no oozora wo nanra fun dekiru
ひとつの大空を何等分できる
How many pieces can the vast sky be split into?
tanoshii kara subete wokudasai
楽しいから全てをください
Please give your whole self to me because I enjoy being with you.
atashitteba dokusen shitai
あたしってば独占したい
I don't really like sharing my fun.
honne gakoboreruyo "Blue Sky"
本音がこぼれるよ
How I truly feel slip out under this blue sky...
もうっ
moutsu!
Jeez!
namae wo kai teokou
名前を書いておこう
I'll write out my name for you,
kie naiyouni
消えないように
so that I will never fade from your memories.
shinken ninattara?
Why won't you be serious about me?
真剣になったら
so~ yu~ no yada nante iwa senai
そゆのヤダなんて言わせない
I won't let you take no for an answer.
jun'ai souchi "Set Up Now" ugoki dase
純愛装置 動きだせ
Let's set up the cupid device and flick it on.
aseri to yume no kassouro
焦りと夢の滑走路
We're driving on a runway full of impatience and dreams,
shiitoberuto ha motto gyutto itashi te
シートベルトはもっとぎゅっと致して
so tighten your seat belt and hold on tight.
saishin souchi "Back Up Now" ugoki dasu
最新装置 動きだす
Let's back up our love and turn on a newer device.
anata no kokoro dakeha
あなたの心だけは
When it comes to your heart,
orijinaru ga hoshi kute
オリジナルが欲しくて
I only want the real one.
sakusen tate mashitayo
作戦立てましたよ
I've come up with a plan to make you mine.
The ultimate first Assistaroid?
She was a traveler from a faraway place and has been traveling for a very long time.
Is it fine that I take the left path to Gemini with Sirius?
Yes.
I understand. Thank you.
As you heard, we're going around the split in the dimension.
Change direction to 175!
Prepare for hyperdrive!
Full speed ahead, warp 9!
Changing direction to 175.
Going full speed into warp 9.
We've entered hyperspace.
All hands, return from hyperspace travel formation to your normal duties.
Excuse me, Captain.
Hey, Lawry. How's the flight?
Very pleasant.
What was the song that was playing?
It's a song from Earth.
From Earth?
It was mixed in with the report we received from the exploration group.
If I may, I'd like to hear more about Earth.
Sure thing.
Come over here.
Let's listen to the song together.
Yes.
Catian Embassy
Here's the general report.
The large tropical cyclone that hit Marshall Islands has gone around the South Pacific high and been moving north.
It's a nice song.
It is.
It was on one of the CDs that Ichika-san gave me.
It's a really nice song.
Can you play it again?
Sure.
It's a nice song.
Yeah.
By the way, Chief...
Didn't you have something to discuss with me?
Oh, about that...
The very first Assistaroid?
Yes, the Unit One that we built on Catia is coming to Earth.
When did you first start using Assistaroids?
About 1,000 periods ago.
1,000 years ago...
They would be your grandma or grandpa.
But, why Earth?
That Assistaroid was built to be used on the first outer space exploration ship.
However, that spaceship ended up in an accident, and...
What about all people on board?
Well, it took us about 800 periods to retrieve the ship.
I see.
It seems like the first Assistaroid wants to come see Earth.
So it wants to see the results of the mission it couldn't fulfill?
I see.
Then how should we welcome it?
Well...
They told me that we don't need to do anything.
We don't need to show it around the vacation spots on Earth?
No.
They simply requested it be allowed to stay at the embassy.
Then the only thing we can do is talk with it.
But I think it will feel more than welcome if you can tell it all about Earth.
More welcome than with me.
Yeah, sure thing.
Leave it to me.
Yes, please.
What?
A request to go back home?
May I have about three days off?
Well, sure.
What, but Milady...
Are you going to let the kitty go?!
Don't make a fuss.
It's only three days.
I'll die!
I can't stand being away from the kitty for even three seconds!
We were simply requested by Eris-sama to take good care of this Assistaroid.
It's not yours at all!
However, it's rare for you to ask for a vacation.
Did something happen?
My grandma is coming
Grandma?
My grandma is coming
Our ancestor
Ancestor?
What's wrong, Eris?
Are you worried about something?
Oh, no.
I was just listening to music.
You must really love that song.
What are you listening to?
It's a song that was on a CD Ichika-san gave me.
It's an insert song for an old anime called "Captain Future."
You're ridiculous!
You're not in grade-school anymore, so listen to something more appropriate!
Don't you dare speak ill of Captain Future!
Ichika-chan?
Captain Future is a space opera written by Edmond Hamilton, and it's an internationally famous sci-fi!
Listen carefully!
In the world of Captain Future, there are Mercurians, Venusians, Martians, Jovians, Saturnians, Uranians-
Hey!
I'm telling you how great Captain Future is, so listen to me!
I can't possibly listen to something so ridiculous.
I guess kids these days can't understand of how great it is.
But it's really interesting with the dreams and adventures.
If you say so, maybe I'll watch it too, Kio-kun.
It's a lovely song.
It sure is.
I also agree.
I think I'll save this to my private system.
It looks like we can buy this off of the Earth's network.
But this is so mysterious...
Earthlings have never been to outer space, right?
Yet, it sure is mysterious that they can express the feelings of space travelers so vividly.
I guess it means that our hearts are similar, despite the difference in species.
Warp-out signal detected on the outskirts of Earth's solar system.
It's our relay ship.
Looks like our guest has arrived.
Get me a comm-link.
Let's welcome them!
We seem to be ready; all the preparations are done.
Now we simply need to wait for the guest.
Say, Eris.
Do all Assistaroids look like them?
No, our earlier models were larger.
They are also very different in appearance.
Only the recent Assistaroids took this design.
Nice to meet you, Eris-sama, Kio-sama.
I am Lawry.
Welcome!
Just as I thought, you tin dolls can't understand the advanced sensations of humans.
What are you watching, Muttley?
Say that again, you incomplete rubber doll!
Ridiculous.
If you have the time to be watching anime, take another look over the operation.
Is she the ancestor of the current Assistaroids?
They call her their grandma, so I'd believe so.
Rather than an Assistariod, she looks more like an android.
Thank you.
During our early stages of development,
there was a strong belief that robots had to be the same size as people to be of any assistance to them.
Mass controller systems didn't exist back then, so to keep Assistaroid weight down, biological parts were incorporated.
Wow...
An advanced concentrated management system,
language decryption system, and the theory of separation management via radiation technologies were completed.
So, the Assistaroid designs began to shrink, ultimately into what you see now.
I see...
But why are there such large differences in the design?
An Assistaroid that looks too much like a person could be mistaken as one,
and it's something neither Assistaroids nor people want.
Being able to do what people can, Assistaroids that resemble them can sometimes bear hatred or fear.
Particularly because they can speak.
For example, if this cookie could speak, could you eat it?
We fall under the misconception that we are people because we're easily understood through words,
when we're nothing more than tools.
You shouldn't say that!
Catian Embassy
We don't think Assistaroids are tools.
Catian Embassy
Of course, it doesn't apply to everyone.
However, when people are cornered, they sometimes try to maintain their mental balance by deceiving themselves.
They're all happy.
They're treated as friends and they're happy with it.
I'm back.
What's wrong?
You're pretty late.
Sorry, time flew while I was deciding what to buy.
Excuse me...
I'd like to walk around outside.
May I have you escort me?
I want to see the night sky from Earth.
S-Sure.
We'd love to, Lawry-san.
In that case, thank you.
This grade-schooler's bones use silicon compounds instead of calcium as their base.
What does that mean, Captain?!
I'm sorry for calling you so suddenly.
Yes, we'll be waiting.
The teacher's coming.
What's wrong, Eris?
I'm sorry.
Do you... hate her?
That's not it.
It's my first time meeting her.
Then, why?
It's just...
If you'd like, you can tell me.
Yeah...
Some of the Catians thought that it's fine having Assistaroids designed like her, while others thought differently.
It would have been fine to have Assistaroids resemble us,
but we began to take away Assistaroids' abilities to use them as tools.
However... perhaps it was we who needed to change.
What do you mean?
Before Assistaroids looked as they do now, our ancestors treated them very poorly.
A war even broke out at one point.
It was only 100 periods ago when we began to see them in a positive light.
Is that so...
But it has nothing to do with-
It does.
The reason I'm here right now is because of my ancestors.
History is all connected, so we can't escape from what happened in the past.
But our ancestors repented, both as owners and as a species, and fortunately Assistaroids have accepted the idea.
We can't repent any further, so...
So?
So...
I don't know what to say to her.
I never thought you'd have trouble talking.
I get it. I'll talk to Lawry-san.
You can just take a break.
Kio-san.
I'm sorry. Please take care of her.
I have calcium in order to control our spaceship's cyclotron.
You've gotten quite important to be making your teacher drive you around.
I thought you'd enjoy, you know... talking with robots from outer space.
Robotic legs, okay.
Robotic arms, great!
Robotic cat ears...
So close.
So very close!
Is Eris-san not coming along?
No, Eris had something to take care of, so I came instead.
Don't worry.
Please tell Eris-san that I don't wish for her to worry about anything.
It's all in the past.
But...
Eris said she is also responsible.
I simply wish for the new generation of Assistaroids to always be on good terms with people.
But, being in a relationship that makes one feel responsible isn't true happiness.
It's beautiful.
Since you came all the way here, I wanted to show you the beautiful side of Earth.
I'm so glad.
I may be able to fulfill my master's wish here.
Your master as in the one who died in the accident?
Yes.
He was very kind, courageous, and the best master I could've had.
I'm still proud to have served him.
That's also why I wanted to come to Earth.
He was traveling through space to get to this planet.
At the time, there were more than a million planets that may have harbored life within our traveling distance.
With the odds against him, he chose to come to this planet.
Why did he...
I think it was just a coincidence.
If that accident hadn't happened, he would have been the first Catian to visit Earth.
That is why I want to do what he wanted to do on Earth.
What he wanted to do?
Being entrapped in a different dimension for a long time due to a warp failure, he kept telling me that...
...if there was humanity on Earth, he was going to look up at the night sky and sing a song.
Not a Catian song, but a song from Earth.
So...
Um...
Yes?
Can I... listen to the song?
Of course.
oira wa sabishii space man
おいらは淋しいスペースマン
I am a lonely space man.
hitori botchi no space man
ひとりぼっちのスペースマン
A lonely space man.
kokyou to yoberu hoshi mo naku
故郷と呼べる星もなく
I have no planet to call as my home,
ore wo matteru ie mo nai
俺を待ってる家もない
nor a house to call home.
hoshi to iu hoshi
星という星
There are planets...
tsuki to iu tsuki
月という月
There are moons...
hitotsu nokorazu sunde wa mita ga
一つ残らず住んではみたが
I've lived on every single one.
yappari ore no suki na no wa
やっぱり俺の好きなのは
But my favorite part of them all
hoshi kara hoshi e no hitori tabi
星から星への一人旅
is this lonely trip I make from one planet to another.
oira wa sabishii space man
おいらは淋しいスペースマン
I am a lonely space man.
hitori botchi no space man
ひとりぼっちのスペースマン
A lonely space man.
uchuu e kaketa, ano yume wa
宇宙へかけたあの夢は
That dream I had of running out to space,
itsuno hi ni ka kanau yara
いつの日にかかなうやら
shall most definitely be realized one day.
hoshi to iu hoshi
星という星
There are planets...
tsuki to iu tsuki
月という月
There are moons...
hitotsu nokorazu sagashi wa shita ga
一つ残らず探しはしたが
I looked for every single one.
ato ni nokoru wa kaze bakari
あとに残るは風ばかり
However, wind is all I have left,
hoshi kara hoshi e no hitori tabi
星から星への一人旅
as I make this lonely trip from one planet to another.
hoshi to iu hoshi
星という星
There are planets...
tsuki to iu tsuki
月という月
There are moons...
hitotsu nokorazu sunde wa mita ga
一つ残らず住んではみたが
I've lived on every single one.
yappari ore no suki na no wa
やっぱり俺の好きなのは
But my favorite part of them all,
hoshi kara hoshi e no hitori tabi
星から星への一人旅
is this lonely trip I make from one planet to another.
Then Lawry, the ultimate first Assistaroid, departed Earth.
Oh, you let Kio handle everything?
Yes...
What a shame.
Lawry lived to see history, you know?
I'm so sorry.
Kio, you had the experience of a lifetime.
I doubt you'll have another chance.
Is she going back home?
No, her remaining activity time's...
Well, she doesn't have very long.
An Assistaroid that has been active for over two periods after its previous owner is lost...
...has the authority to choose a new master or to deny a recharge.
Lawry has picked the latter.
Then, how long does she have?
Half a week at best.
We can't measure the life of her organic parts very well,
so we can't make an exact approximation like we can with our current generation of Assistaroids.
Storm 17 is traveling north from south of Ishigaki Island.
They are all happy.
Master, something wrong?
I'm fine.
I was just thinking, that's all.
I know, Sada-yan.
Can this be fixed at all?
Shall I fix it?
Yeah, if you can.
Thanks, partner.
I'm sorry for making an unreasonable request.
I want to see this scenery until the very end.
Sure thing.
This planet is also very special to us.
By the way, there's a song I'd like to listen to with Earth in our sight.
May I?
Yes, I was about to make that request myself.
I am a lonely space man.
oira wa sabishii space man
おいらは淋しいスペースマン
hitori botchi no space man
ひとりぼっちのスペースマン
A lonely space man.
kokyou to yoberu hoshi mo naku
故郷と呼べる星もなく
I have no planet to call as my home,
nor a house to call as my home.
ore wo matteru ie mo nai
俺を待ってる家もない
hoshi to iu hoshi
星という星
There are planets...
tsuki to iu tsuki
月という月
There are moons...
hitotsu nokorazu sunde wa mita ga
一つ残らず住んではみたが
I've lived on every single one.
yappari ore no suki na no wa
やっぱり俺の好きなのは
But my favorite part of them all
hoshi kara hoshi e no hitori tabi
星から星への一人旅
is this lonely trip I make from one planet to another.
Place your feelings inside a ribbon and choose a gift for your boyfriend!
Miyagi-san How about watching a movie next time? The aliens have placed a computer virus on the man-made satellite, to send mind-controlling videos, in order to invade Earth!
Santa Claus, Christmas...
So much effort, and I'm feeling a little ill...
Next time!
We have come to aim.
Next Time
We have come to aim
I'm coming over to play with you!
See you again!