Original subtitles

It's... the Earth that I once knew.

Shovel Arm...

Lancer!

Gah!

Hey.

Smile!

-Suspicious! -Suspicious!

On this pure white, frozen planet...

this is how these people have survived,

by using even kaiju as resources like this.

Hey! The icicle!

R-Robo One-Sword Style...

The name's Takimura. My son's Joji.

Thanks so much.

I'm Tetsuo.

All right, let's give them a hand—

What?

I-It's a kaiju!

I-It's a kaiju!

But why...

The ones I've known, the ones that Yukio and I brought down...

Even its bone structure is different!

But it's certainly a...

A kaiju!

How can I defeat it?

I don't have Yukio.

And the shovel's busted.

As if I could accomplish anything with my bare hands.

I know! I'll just take a page from the locals!

Uh, um, how... do you... defeat...

There is no way?

Not good. I think we're screwed.

Gotta get these people out of here!

But how can I do that?

No... hold up!

Wait—

Th-Th-Thank— Thank you!

Thank you very much!

Likewise. Thank you for surviving.

N-No, no...

Huh?

Why?

He was killed on my watch.

Save your brooding for later, Chief Nogi.

Everything's all set.

Let's do this!

Activate the emergency fog machine!

-Hey! -Hey!

Whoa.

Make a run for it! You idiots!

Remember our drills!

Once the fog's up, get out fast!

F.U.G.O.!

Let's go!

-Run up to the surface! -No way am I gonna die!

-Don't look back! -Climb the hell up!

Wow! One word, and they all ran!

Everyone's here, right?

Come on, let's go!

-Right! -Hurry!

Thank goodness.

What a relief!

Now they'll all be...

Oh.

It wasn't really a thought.

Rather, it was his experience as a savior...

who, along with Yukio, had slain countless kaiju.

No... good.

It's no good!

It's up to something.

Unless we do something about it...

more people will die!

So?

Without Yukio...

what can I do on my own?

Tetsuo!

We're outta here!

What are you doing? I said we're out of here!

-Idiot! Don't stop! -Over here!

Hey! Come on!

This way!

Huh? Knock it off, damn you!

Don't! There's no way—

Old Man!

Why...

...would that kid risk his life?

Tetsuo!

Get back!

He needs to come with us!

Hey!

We've got to save him!

Tetsuo!

What?

Huh?

What?

A FEW MINUTES EARLIER

42 hours have passed since the escape pod landed.

Having finished installing massive amounts of data...

the system booted up.

SYSTEM BOOT

Tetsuo!

Huh?

Tetsuo!

That voice.

Yukio?

-What? -What?

Huh?

What?

Yukio's escape pod?

This is the insurance that Yukio had left behind...

the insurance that he never thought he'd use.

Yes, if by any chance,

death were to pull Yukio and Tetsuo apart...

All right, how about we start fighting back?

Wh-Why?

How can you—

TRANSFORMING ESCAPE POD "SNOWFLAKE" COMBAT FORM 1 SNOWBALL

Tetsuo!

Yukio!

14 YEARS AGO

Let's go, Yukio.

Right, Tetsuo!

Huh? What? Hey...

What's this? My joints are all creaky!

What?

Huh? Looks like I forgot to give you a tune-up last night.

Dr. Kojika?

My drink is oil?

Oh, right, I set down the wrong one.

Dad?

Hang in there, you two!

You're gonna pay for this later!

Huh?

MY BAD WATER

He ditched us again—

Jeez!

He was the first friend that I'd ever made.

120 DAYS AFTER THE FINAL BATTLE (YUKIO'S SELF-DESTRUCTION)

HOW EVEN A KAIJU CAN MAKE FRIENDS BY LONELY IWAKI

Yet another baseless how-to book?

Tetsuo...

As if I'd let you die, Tetsuo!

This hole in my heart is weighing me down.

Never closing up, never fading away...

like a scab forming over a wound, little by little, it grows blurry...

only pretending to close up, pretending to disappear.

I assumed that it would always be that way.

I wouldn't write me off if I were you, intergalactic kaiju!

The moment of the blast, I...

the personality called "I" had transferred myself to the pod!

Though the installation did take a long time.

Oh, but, Tetsuo...

I'm home.

Welcome back, Yukio.

He's the first friend that I ever made.

Th-The kaiju! It's still alive and kicking!

Are we screwed?

Wait, what's up with that robot?

No idea!

So you're in a rage, are you?

But no kaiju that shows up in front of Tetsuo and me is exempt from death!

That holds true even if I have no decent weapons to speak of!

Huh?

Is that true, Yukio?

Indeed.

Let's face it. This body is nothing more than an escape pod.

Having arms and legs that work is just gravy.

In terms of specs, it's lowlier than even a prototype.

Is there something you'd like to say?

Not a word!

But what are we gonna do?

I'm sure we'll be fine. You and me!

Too optimistic!

H-He's saying something to that robot.

Hey, you stay back!

Be wary of the kaiju!

Bracing its front legs and neck...

the predation posture.

Tetsuo, watch your—

Th-That monster...

Talk about mind-boggling, Tetsuo!

If that had hit us, we wouldn't have stood a chance.

A-And it looks like it can bombard us with blows, Yukio.

It'll be too late if we attack after dodging.

PREDATION POSTURE

Hey, the kaiju's looking scary.

Are they okay?

Th-They'll be fine.

Huh?

Huh? What?

How can you—

Th-They'll be fine.

It's all good!

Am I right? After all, we...

we've seen this before!

Tetsuo, it's coming.

Right, Yukio.

It's all good.

-Whoa... -Whoa...

Robo One-Sword Style...

Diablo de Polvo!

DIABLO DE POLVO!!!!

Whoa!

He slashed it while spinning and used that momentum to chop it off!

The speed at which it charged him...

he could see it!

STEP 3 MY FIRST FRIEND

APPROXIMATELY 100KM FROM THE BATTLEGROUND

TOKYO

NEXT EPISODE

This is Lonely Iwaki.

The people of this world can be divided into two types,

either the lonely or the not lonely.

And 99.7% of all people are lonely!

We're all the same!

We have our fears and we what we adore!

We're all mutually lonely, which is why we want to become friends in the first place!

And that's why we can!

No lonely, no friends!

STEP 4 THE KAIJU TAMER AND THE CAN OF PINEAPPLE