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Tekkaman Blade

My fingertips are stained with blood

and nothing can stop them...

...until the day it's over, once and for all.

Destiny gone mad...

Even though I've stumbled into this eternal loneliness...

...somewhere deep down inside I can smile.

Only this battle can set me free.

Now that I no longer have anything more to lose...

...I'm never going to give up the chase

and I'll reclaim the future for myself.

I know that my soul

will find its way back to this planet someday.

Until the day this body of mine

finally shatters into pieces...

Big Brother...

Big Brother Kengo...

Please let me out!

I want to fight Takaya.

I want to fight Tekkaman Blade!

Blade...

As long as we're Radam...

...it stands to reason that we should work for the Radam cause.

You're the traitor... siding with the humans!

Evil...

Don't you agree, Big Brother Takaya?

Shinya...

Tek-Setter!

Go to hell, Blade!

How long am I going to be trapped in here?

What's wrong?

You're not acting like yourself, Big Brother.

You can't forget, no matter how hard you try.

Are the memories in your heart confusing you, Big Brother?

Amaryllis...

Miyuki's favorite flowers will make a perfect funeral wreath for a traitor...

I'm sure it'll make her happy, too!

Shut up!

Shut up!

Shut up!

Shut up!

Big Brother Kengo, I've got to fight Takaya.

Rapier!

Out of mercy I'm going to destroy you myself.

You shall die as a Tekkaman!

Big Brother Takaya!

Evil!

High-coat Voltekker!

What the...

I've confirmed my own existence through my battles with Takaya.

Fighting Takaya is the only thing that matters to me!

Miyuki!

Miyuki!

Blade!

You can hear me, can't you? Big Brother Kengo!

Come on, let me out of here!

Takaya's calling to me!

Big Brother!

Big Brother!

THE TRUE INVADER

We Radam are intelligent but fragile life-forms without physical bodies.

For that reason, we cannot carry out invasions on our own.

And being a fertile tribe, we found it impossible to stay on only one planet.

And so our journey began...

...a journey to breed the Radam all throughout space.

And at last, my branch of the Radam tribe found them...

...human beings, the ideal hosts!

It's some kind of distortion up ahead!

Impossible! It can't be gravity waves... not here.

The distortion is expanding!

Transfer the image to the screen.

Right.

Unbelievable!

Dad...

Dad, what is it?

It can't be from Earth...

Don't tell me...

Is it an alien?

The distortion is expanding faster now!

We'll get trapped in the gravity waves!

Change course at once!

I can't, it's too late!

The human beings we encountered had ideal bodies.

They have suitably evolved brains and bodies built for action.

They took an interest in us, boarded the Radam mothership...

...and were then captured...

...by our invasion system, the Tek-Set System!

Dad! Dad!

Run... run, Shinya... Takaya!

Dad!

No...

The Tek-System...

...a system built to compensate for our fatal deficiency...

...our fragile bodies...

...enabling us to battle physically superior tribes.

The system launches automatically when an intelligent creature...

...approaches the Radam.

We obtain any needed information from the humans we've absorbed...

...implant the Radam's instinct to fight as one of our soldiers...

...and "format" the body as a Tekkaman.

It is an ideal system...

It is an ideal system, but still an unforeseen problem occurred.

The complex process to transform a human body into a Tekkaman...

...was compromised by an outside element.

Takaya...

Because of this, an incomplete Tekkaman...

...that is, the traitor, Tekkaman Blade was produced.

Blade's betrayal... was caused by none other than our father, Kozo Aiba.

And it proved to be a devastating blow to us Radam.

But you have a mission to fulfill.

I know it will be difficult, but I'm going to do what I can.

We're out of time.

They're coming to eradicate me!

Eradicate you?

Dad!

Takaya, your mission is to destroy Shinya and Miyuki...

...whose bodies have been possessed by the Radam.

But...

I know it won't be easy. But you know this as well as I do.

You've got to do it, or the human race will be completely destroyed!

The Radam are planning to invade Earth!

Farewell, Takaya...

Starting today, you're to forget that name.

Your enemy is the invading Radam... they're not your siblings!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Big Brother Kengo! Shinya! Miyuki!

This greatly hindered our plan to invade Earth...

...because the incomplete Tekkaman Blade and...

...also Rapier, who was ejected from the system, chose to fight us.

We lost our precious comrades, Axe, Dagger, and Lance in the struggle...

...but our time is drawing near, so I suppose they didn't die in vain.

Their deaths laid the foundation for a glorious Radam future.

Farewell, Goddard!

I won't let you escape!

Voltekker!

This wasn't the only thing hindering our plan to invade Earth.

Our mothership was heading directly to Earth after we took over the Argos.

But because of Kozo's interference, we lost control and...

...made an emergency landing on the dark side of the Moon.

I immediately revised our plan.

First, we attacked the Orbital Ring to use as our vanguard base...

...and as a plant to breed Radam monsters with its solar energy.

The people were helpless before us...

...until the traitor Blade appeared.

We pressed on with our plan to invade Earth...

...with the Orbital Ring as our foothold.

Unaware that our real base was on the dark side of the moon...

...the humans made numerous attempts to thwart us.

But they were worms, after all, and no match for us Radam.

When the Radam monsters mature...

...they descend from the Orbital Ring, take root in the Earth...

...and transform their bodies into Radam trees.

And when the trees bloom...

But this is...

A Radam tree in full bloom!

Absorbing human beings to produce Tekkamen host bodies.

That is the Radam tree's purpose... a plant for cultivating Tekkamen.

A body captured by a Radam tree may have faint brain waves...

...but it is a living corpse.

He's like an empty shell.

Once a Radam life-form enters this body...

...that human becomes a member of a new Radam species.

Human beings are still unaware of our true intentions...

...but it won't be long before their fear becomes tangible...

...and our secret shall be revealed to all mankind.

Still, by then it will be too late.

Is he transforming?

Evil...

Shinya, you've done more than your share to help our cause.

When I'm completely assimilated with this ship...

...our battle to invade Earth will be over.

And there will be no need for you to fight anymore.

Voltekker!

Blade did indeed succeed in upgrading to Blaster Mode.

Because of this, he's destined to die even if he doesn't fight.

I don't want to lose any more of my comrades.

Big Brother Kengo, that's why I want to fight Takaya.

If he doesn't have much longer to live, then before he dies...

I have no time to lose!

I've spent all of my life in pursuit of Takaya.

I've never spared any effort if I thought it'd help me defeat him.

No... not yet!

Right hand! Your right!

Use your feet! Don't just punch with your hands.

And even on the day that I did beat him...

...the look on Takaya's face was not one of defeat.

That's when it hit me...

I might have won the race, but I still lost to Takaya.

In first place, Shinya Aiba with a time of 10.90.

In second place, Takaya Aiba with a time of 10.91.

You did it, Shinya! Congratulations!

I thought you'd beaten me.

What are you talking about?

You won because you practice every single day.

Come on, what are you doing?

It was the same thing then, too.

I surrendered all hope before the power of Nature, but not him.

Until the very end, Takaya didn't give up.

He showed me that day how strong-willed he was, leaving me...

...with no doubt in my mind.

Takaya!

Master Shinya!

Are you all right, Shinya?

Somehow, yeah.

But at this rate...

Don't give up, Shinya.

It won't do us any good to give up hope.

That's right, no good can come of losing all hope.

That's why I won't give up... and I shall defeat Takaya.

That's why I've got to upgrade to Blaster Mode just like he did.

Shinya, hurry! Grab hold of my hand.

What are you waiting for, Shinya? Hurry up!

I won't let it end like this!

I'm going to win, no matter what!

So don't take Takaya away from me!

Big Brother Kengo!

Lord Omega...

In a dream I had last night, I saw your smiling face.

But when I opened my eyes,

it was still the same as yesterday.

Forgetting what kindness is, I close off my heart.

All the pain and hatred raining down day after day.

D-Boy wanders along the brink of his memories.

He takes Aki to visit a memorable spot for him...

...only to find the past that he can never return to.

Next episode of Space Knight Tekkaman Blade...

..."The House In Which Time Stood Still."

Brush away those tears underneath your mask!

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