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Saber Marionette J to X

Bearing many memories that cannot be undone...

I am happy at times, but why am I...

...sad sometimes?

You'll hurt if you deny your true feelings...

Something's changed since I realized that

There are times when people need kindness

Not with words but just by embracing them

There are times when people don't need kindness

In order to seek the future with your own strength

This way, Daddy! This way!

You've got to stay still.

How is Daddy going to see you?

But I'm shy.

And you mustn't chase Ralba around so much.

Come on, you should go and say "hello" to Daddy.

Smile, or that pretty face will go to waste.

Come back soon, Daddy.

I've been a very good girl.

Come back soon, Daddy.

I've been a very good girl.

Come back soon, Daddy.

I've been a very good girl.

Come back soon, Daddy.

I've been a very good girl.

Come back soo...

I must hurry.

I have little time left.

Time...

The Dream in the Circuit

Xian

Why, Otaru?

Why?

What are we supposed to do now?

I don't know...

We have a new home now...

I've made the right decision.

They'll be happier living in Xian.

You coward!

I'm...

I'm...

Good. When we've finished this part of the job...

...we should call it a day.

Is this my new home?

Bloodberry.

Why are you just standing there?

Akashi...

Well...

I'm not in a rush to hear your answer.

Huh?

I want you to know that you shouldn't feel obliged...

...to join us.

You're like family now.

You can come whenever you want...

...and stay for as long as you want.

Akashi...

What if...

...I'm just saying, what if...

...I were to become human...

...how would you feel?

Doesn't matter.

Whether you're a marionette...

...or Otaru Mamiya's marionette...

...you're the one I fell in love with.

If you're the one who's deciding...

...on what you want...

...I don't mind either way.

I...

Let's stop this.

I can't handle this heavy stuff.

Have some dinner before you go.

It's almost dinner time.

Honestly...

...I want...

...to become human?

Dig up a big one, and you can eat it.

Look! Mine's the biggest!

No! Mine's bigger!

Wait a minute. I'm the one who picked that.

No! I did!

Hey, Cherry!

What are you doing? I thought you already left.

We heard from Brother Shonen...

...that you were going back to Japoness.

What? But that's...

I know.

You were worried if we could go on by ourselves.

Don't trust us?

No. That's not it.

See? I'm even taking good care of Kotaru.

Don't worry.

We can manage without you taking care of us.

It seems that way.

But we'd still like you to come and visit.

Ow!

You're the one who was saying you'll miss her!

Idiot!

Cherry?

Brother Shonen.

Brother Shonen, I...

Cherry, do you think you could cook up some of those pancakes?

I'm trying because they begged me to...

...but I can't seem to do it right.

Sure! I'd love to!

Yay!

I'll help!

Me too! Me too!

Last one in is a rotten egg!

Brother Shonen?

Well, uh...

...I was just thinking that a person...

...who's so deeply loved by children...

...is probably what a mother is like.

Well...

Don't you want to become human?

I wanna do it! Me too!

Did you hear?

Yeah. Something about an upset win?

Heisuke Mishima of Japoness, I hear.

Japoness...

When women are brought back...

...is Otaru going to forget...

...about us?

I'm not going anywhere.

We'll always be together!

No matter how times change...

...or how the world changes...

...a person's heart never changes!

Together...

He said we'd always be together.

Why did Otaru lie?

Zhou Clinic

Lime.

What are you doing there?

Why don't you go in?

Oh, yeah. Careful with the stairs. They're damaged.

Doctor!

What? What's wrong?!

Lime?

I don't know what happened...

...but you must be hungry.

Have as much as you want.

If you eat, all of those bad feelings will go away.

Human beings face all sorts of trials in life.

Human...

It's because I'm a marionette...

...and not human that...

...Otaru...

...I'm sure...

So, Otaru's no longer a suspect?

That's what we've heard from General Chao.

Thank goodness.

He's currently tracking down a criminal named Dr. Hesse...

...together with Faust and the saberdolls as well.

Faust?

Is there still something sinister?

According to statements made by Mr. Yan...

...Dr. Hesse was apparently building a large spacecraft.

It's called the Neo Mesopotamia.

What?

Given what we know of Dr. Hesse's plot...

...we believe this incident in Xian is a precursor to something bigger.

The recent attack on the clone laboratories...

...is likely a part of the bigger plan.

We can't let those precious lives...

...be used as pawns in some evil plot.

Please speed up the search for the master clones.

A spacecraft... And the master clones...

Dr. Hesse...

...what are you plotting?

Zhou Clinic

What are you doing, Lime?

Doctor!

Where did everybody go?!

Where?

Did they leave because I'm a marionette?!

Don't be silly, Lime.

They were all discharged yesterday.

Discharged? Why?

Your attentive nursing care helped them heal faster than we thought.

You did well.

Really?

Don't look so sad.

They've all recovered from their ailments.

It's a good thing.

But...

Humans are lucky if they can stay out of the hospital.

Oh, by the way...

I have a message they wanted me to give you.

They said, "Thank you for everything."

Thank you...

Thank you, huh?

I wonder if everyone was happy...

...to be discharged.

I don't get it. I've never been sick...

...and injuries can be repaired easily.

Machines like you will never know...

...the pain and suffering of those of us who bleed red!

Otaru was suffering too.

He was really suffering.

Why? I don't get it! I really don't get it!

It's because I'm not a human being.

That's why Otaru and everybody's gone!

No. I don't want that...

I want to be human!

I want to become human and be Otaru's bride!

I will turn you into a human being.

Don't you want to be human?

What horrible weather.

Well, they say this railroad's okay with plasma clouds.

Anyway, you know what?

Otaru?

Otaru...

You didn't sleep last night...

...and you haven't eaten today.

I'll get some box lunches at the next station.

Don't want it.

Come on, you're going to get really sick.

Just leave me alone, Hanagata.

Otaru Mamiya.

You?

Hey! Sorry to keep you waiting, Otaru!

There were so many different lunches...

...I bought one of each kind!

There's nothing like a box lunch with tea when traveling by train!

God, I love that melting plastic smell!

Hey! How about some, Otaru?!

Otaru?

Bathroom?

What are you thinking, Otaru Mamiya?

What will you do in Japoness, after you've abandoned your girls?

We got the guy who was after them in the first place...

...and their memories are back.

I'm sure they'll manage quite well without me.

The troubles aren't over.

We caught Yan...

...but we lost track of Dr. Hesse, the real mastermind of this.

It was Hesse's plan to take Lime and the others...

He'll surely go after them again.

What? Why would he do that?

We don't know.

All the data from Kokin Palace was taken by Hesse.

Otaru Mamiya!

It's the one from the other day!

It's one of Hesse's marionettes!

Lord Faust!

Are you okay, Luchs?

Yes. The fight was not difficult.

He thinks he can get the three of us with one of those?

No. He was just buying time.

I don't know why, but the Neo Mesopotamia is not ready.

Otherwise, Hesse would have been airborne by now.

Then our timing is good!

We'll get him on the ground!

A self-destruct device!

Plasma?!

Hesse!

You!

Tiger! Luchs! Panther!

The tin dolls can sleep for a while.

It's been a while, Supreme Commander Gerhard Von Faust.

Don't call me that!

I'm not the same man you remember!

You're right. And I am no longer your subordinate.

When's dinner, Cherry?

Now, now...

What kind of a scheme are you plotting with a spaceship?

I'm going home.

Back home, after 400 years.

Home?

Earth.

Don't be stupid.

400 years?

It was...

...on the original Mesopotamia that man arrived on Terra 2!

That was 300 years ago!

Yes, that's right.

But can we be sure...

...that the Mesopotamia was the first to arrive on Terra 2?

What if a ship had arrived on Terra 2 a hundred years earlier?

The Frontier Project?!

But that was just a rumor and there's no record of it.

No record? I see.

I guess they destroyed it to hide the fact that the mission failed.

What's this Frontier Project?

What do you mean by "failure"?

Long before the colonization project of the Mesopotamia...

...there was another, necessitated by Earth's deteriorating environment.

In the first stage of the plan, a scout ship was sent out.

Using the experimental worm-hole drive...

...it set out to search for a planet suitable for human life...

...outside of the solar system.

However...

...there was an accident during the mission.

One member of the scouting party was left on the planet.

You're not!

Yes. That was me.

I am the first man who stepped onto Terra 2.

When I descended onto the planet in the shuttle...

...I was the advance scout.

I didn't know as I was descending...

...that I was landing onto a planet with incredible plasma charges.

I took a plasma hit, and the shuttle was critically damaged.

I called for a rescue...

...but they weren't able to descend through the plasma.

And so I was abandoned on Terra 2.

I waited. I waited forever.

I believed them when they said they'd return from Earth to get me.

But there was no rescue party.

I was abandoned by Earth.

Is that why you built a spaceship?

To go back to Earth?

That's right.

And now that there's a plasma dissemination system...

...and also no threat from the Mesopotamia...

...you see a perfect opportunity to return to Earth.

Going back home might have a nice ring to it...

...but what's the point of it now?

And after wreaking havoc on everyone?

Besides, the one who wants to return is not you...

...but rather your original!

You're wrong. I am not a clone.

Don't be ridiculous!

Nobody can live for 400 years.

Are you sure about that?

Wha?!

A cyborg!

I gave up my body...

...in order to return to Earth...

Except for here.

But the 400 years was quite a long wait.

I don't have much time left.

So, I'd prefer that you'd stay out of my way.

Let's go, Lime.

Lime!

Why?!

I'll show you my master work of 400 years!

The Neo Mesopotamia!

Lord Faust!

The pressurized ground plasma is being released!

Let's get out of here!

Lime!

Let's go, you fool!

Lime!

I'm happy about your decision, Lime.

I'm not being bad, am I?

I'm not doing anything wrong, am I?

All I want...

...is the worm-hole chart so I can return to Earth.

I can't go home if I don't have that.

You can download that data from the Mesopotamia.

Is that... Is that all I have to do?

Not to worry. I'm going back to Earth.

That's all.

I can become human now.

Become human...

Don't give in, Lime! Don't believe that man!

Wake up, Lime!

I don't need eternity...

Just the moment I spend with you.

I want to feel the passion and sorrow...

I want to feel your heartbeat.

I want to protect and be protected...

By your warm gaze.

It's not about strength...

Let's engrave that deep in our souls.

I do have faith and I do believe...

In the road that I tread from now.

You are here and I am here...

There's nothing else that we need.

Rather than search for the meaning of life...

Feel the life in you now.

Let's search step-by-step...

For something more than simple answers.

Preview

And the young man pondered...

..."What is beyond that rainbow?"

"I know, there must be a wonderful future that lies ahead."

"A wonderful future where people live without sorrow..."

"...and where laughter abounds."

And the young man...

Saber Marionette J to X. Next episode...

The Girls Beyond the Rainbow

I love you, Otaru!