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It's said that, if you go there, any dream can come true.

I know. Let's go to Isekandar.

"I know. Let's go to Isekandar." I know. Let's go to Isekandar.

"I know. Let's go to Isekandar."

If you could have a once-in-a-lifetime dream come true, what would you do?

If I was ever asked that, here's how I would respond:

"I wouldn't do anything."

--Out of my way! Move it! Move it!

--What? --Out of my way! Move it! Move it!

--What? --So why do things always turn out like this?

Give it back, you bastard!

Damn it!

Move!

Gotcha!

This way.

Hey, hold it!

Why do I have such bad luck in life?

Is this yours, mister?

Found it! My successful future!

--Huh? --Wait, are you the one who stole my future life of bliss?

--Wait, are you the one who stole my future life of bliss?

Nope. Here's your culprit.

You can have him, too.

Hey, wait.

"Brought together unexpectedly" "Robby Yange and Hatchi Kita" ♪ Let's go to Isekandar! Let's go to Isekandar! ♪

"Let's go on a sightseeing tour of the universe!" "Traveling Companions; Journey to the Star" ♪ Let's go to Isekandar! Let's go to Isekandar! ♪

"Let's go on a sightseeing tour of the universe!" "Traveling Companions; Journey to the Star" ♪ Let's go to Isekandar! ♪

Pops, my usual, for two.

Two? Got a girl? Don't get duped again, now.

You've got it all wrong!

There we go.

Hey, man, cash? In this day and age?

As you can see, it's on the blink.

Not again. That thing really is as hopeless as ever.

Heh, my life of hopelessness is also almost at an end.

--Huh? --My do-nothing life of bliss awaits me.

--My do-nothing life of bliss awaits me.

You should be so lucky. You gotta work if you wanna eat.

Hold on a second.

For whatever reason, the family I come from had money.

But I didn't get along with my out-there parents,

and ran away from them in my teens.

Ever since, I've gone from one job to another,

and right now, I guess you could say I'm a freelance reportage writer.

Once, I got taken in by this woman to be a wagyu beef rancher,

"Mad cow disease outbreak!!" Once, I got taken in by this woman to be a wagyu beef rancher,

"Mad cow disease outbreak!!" but all my cows were slaughtered due to mad cow disease.

Trying to turn things around, I invested in a nata de coco plant,

but all I had to show for that was a whole lot of inventory and debt.

After eating the unsold nata de coco every day,

the constipation I'd been suffering for years got better...

...but then I nearly died in an accident.

What's worse, I was suspected of staging the accident

and didn't collect any insurance.

Then I starting dating a beautiful nurse I met as a result,

except she was the girlfriend of some dangerous high-roller.

We've broken up, already!

I have no money, no job, and no woman.

My life has been a series of misfortunes, like I'm possessed by something.

Oh, my draft is just about ready.

I'm sorry, Robby. Our webzine isn't going to be published.

Huh?!

So when I heard about this, I thought I'd go for it.

It's my chance to find that life of bliss that's called success.

Ready for you, Robby.

Here you go.

--Thanks. --Come again.

"I know. Let's go to Isekandar."

Thanks for waiting.

Dig in. These fries are the best in the world.

Pops has the sharpest tongue in the world, though.

They really are great.

Hmm? Aren't you eating? It's my treat to thank you for what you did.

Look, you know how many calories French fries have?

Huh?

Not to mention that when a potato is heated to high temperatures,

it forms a great deal of acrylamide.

--Small amounts are one thing, but too much of it--

--Just shut up and eat what I bought for you. --Small amounts are one thing, but too much of it--

Okay, I'll take this.

Crazy caterpillar.

"Crazy caterpillar"?

It was wriggling like a caterpillar.

I've never been called anything so cryptic before.

You have an interesting way of thinking, mister.

I do? Wait, who do you think you are?!

I'm the person who helped you, mister.

Oh, right. That you are.

But you have to stop calling me "mister"!

Then what should I call you?

I'm Robby Yarge. And you are?

No one important enough to tell you who I am.

Whoa, and there he is! You always wanted to say "no one important,"

when really, you're just itching to tell me your name.

And then afterward, I beg you, "Please, just tell me your name,"

and you end up having no choice but to answer, right?

Well I hate to do this, but I'm not going to ask again.

Hatchi Kita.

--Huh? --That's my name.

Whoa, you told me who you are!

Tell me, that's money in your bag, right?

Huh?

Honestly, thinking you can buy success or a future with money, at your age?

You still have the out-and-out brain of a kid, at least.

What was that?

Look, mister...

What did I say about not calling me "mister," you little brat?

Okay, Robby Yarge, you have some ketchup right here.

Shut up! I want to be set free from everything in the world!

I'm talking money, people, even gravity!

Huh?

You know, that whatchamacallit 50 years ago

where we first went to the moon and made first contact?

It was supposed to be a springboard for becoming super-rich

and setting up a kingdom or whatever on the moon, right?

Huh? What was it called again...?

Y-Yeah... Still, Robby, you should live an honest life.

Hmph, don't you worry about that.

In fact, I'm going to start a super-respectable enterprise.

A respectable enterprise?

Yeah, in Ebi. [ebi: "shrimp"]

"Ebi"?

Uh, I mean, Ebi... Ebi... the Ebina Service Area sure is awesome, huh?

Those Mount Fuji Burgers are damn tasty.

Anyhow, I'm gonna secure my future with this money.

Then I can enjoy a life of bliss every day without having to work!

I'll bet you're jealous.

Not at all.

Best to be honest with yourself, kid.

Stop treating me like a "kid." Besides, all I want is to not be bored.

Huh?

I'm searching for things that are interesting.

Huh? Searching for interesting things?

"Hey, look up in the sky at that cloud!

Oh, it changed shape! Wow, how interesting!"

"Look, down at your feet. There are ants walking in a line. Wow, how interesting."

Like that? You're killing me, here.

No, not like that. To me, the world is one of pre-established harmony

and all too predictable. Everything can be seen one, two, three steps ahead--

even hundreds of years into the future, and holds no interest at all.

Analyzing a genome, which ordinarily would take years' worth of time,

and even predicting the weather,

can now be instantly accomplished with a quantum computer.

Nothing unpredictable ever occurs anymore.

Nothing ever happens in this world that can surprise me.

I'm not sure I get you. I've had nothing but the unforeseen happen to me so far.

Huh?

What is it you do, anyway? You in college?

I'm job-hopping. I skipped grades and graduated college a long time ago.

Whoa, you're a whiz-kid?

And even going to college, I didn't learn a single new thing.

What a dummy. College is supposed to be more for playing than learning.

Why are you looking at me like that?

It's nothing. I just hate things that are so askew.

A whiz-kid and a stuffed-shirt?

You know, it's because you live your life on arrow-straight rails

that it's so linear and uninteresting, isn't it?

--Huh? --If you don't get off the beaten path and run into stuff,

nothing unpredictable will ever happen.

Oh, crap! It's almost time for me to claim my success!

You can have the rest of the fries. Good luck!

Yes!

Now I just let the money collect and I'll be a success!

"Contract" Now I just let the money collect and I'll be a success!

I've earned my future life of ease and bliss! Yahoo!

Thank you!

--Amazing! --You're good.

Ha-ha-ha, just tell me whatever you girls want.

I'm about to make a whole bunch of money!

Then I want to go there.

Isekandar?

It's a real power spot they've been advertising like crazy lately

that's supposed to bring you happiness.

It really is a miracle world.

A miracle world?

I know. Let's go to Isekandar.

Ah, I'd sure like to go to Isekandar and find happiness.

So would I.

Heh, I don't believe in that sort of spiritual business.

I already have a gift that will bring me happiness without all that.

Hello?

Yes, very well. Tomorrow, then? Please send me the name and address.

Here's my top-floor penthouse.

--Really? --Really?

Okay, here we are.

Huh? This is your high-rise condo with the nice night view?

Isn't it a bit run-down?

No, no, wait till you see the view.

This isn't what I pictured.

Not in a thousand years.

I'm out of here.

Me, too.

Huh? Hey, hold on! The hell?

I'm home...

You're back, Robby?

Man, you reek. You're the worst.

But, nothing new about that.

Knock it off, would you?

Who is it so early in the morning? Huh?

You're that guy from yesterday.

We meet again.

But why are you here?

It's my job.

Your job? Oh, you're delivering that liquor I ordered.

Just leave it inside.

Give it back.

Give what back?

The money. You have to pay back money that you borrow.

Huh?

My boss insists on it.

Ah! You mean, your job is being Yang's debt collector?

I'm never likely to cross paths with anyone in my life who's in debt,

so I thought it might be interesting.

Huh?

And indeed, I wasn't anticipating running into you like this again.

There are still things of interest out there, huh?

"Pray at the Isekandar Temple"

"Pray at the Isekandar Temple" ♪ Let's go to Isekandar! ♪

"Go shopping on Okage Street" ♪ Let's go to Isekandar! ♪

"Get Akafucrystals as gifts" ♪ Isekan is a great place! ♪

♪ Let's go to Isekandar! ♪

"Act now and this Isekandar bag is included!!" ♪ Come on, let's go! ♪

Whoa! Ow! Ow! Come on, let me go!

You remember how I caught the criminal who stole your bag yesterday?

As it happens, I've had some special training.

Huh?

But I already knew all of it and didn't learn anything really new.

Are you for real--

So you borrowed that money from the company I work for?

Yeah, that's right, which makes me a customer!

Is this how you should be treating your customers?

As long as you pay your interest.

I should be earning money hand over fist by now.

I'm invested in a southeast Asian shrimp hatchery, see?

--I'll pay you back tenfold, just wait! --Keep it down, would you?

There, you see? They're calling me already.

Hello?

Huh? Are you serious?! What the hell?!

What's your call about? I have a pretty good guess already, but for the record?

Some tanker ship collided with the shrimp hatchery and wiped them out.

Damn it, whose tanker was it?!

What's so funny?!

You've obviously been hoodwinked.

Robby, did you get rolled by a girl again?

The wagyu beef, the nata de coco,

the surefire gambling scheme, the click-fraud malware--

How many times is this now?

You really aren't that dumb, but put you with a woman

and you instantly turn into a basket-case scumbag show-off.

So, what about my successful future?

Before you start going on about the future, pay back the money you owe.

Like I told you, I hate it when things are askew.

You're planning to take me back to them?

That's my job.

What do you think they're going to do to me?

Who knows? They said they were going to have you work off the money,

so put you on a tuna boat, or maybe sell your kidneys.

Please! Let me off the hook! I'll buy you some more fries!

--Don't want any. --Salad, then.

Don't want any.

Then what? Meat? Rice? Bugs? Or, um... uh...

Ah! Over there!

I'm not going to fall for that.

Oh, down at your feet!

--Huh? --Hey.

Hold it!

Honestly...

Hatchi sure is taking a while.

Mr. Yang, we're going to go see what's happening.

No, wait.

I'm coming, too.

Give back the money you borrowed!

I can't give it back even if I wanted to!

Give it back!

I can't do the impossible!

Crap!

Damn!

Yikes! Yang and his crew are here!

What's wrong, Robby?

W-W-What do I do?! They're gonna take my kidneys!

At this point, I have to go for broke.

Hey, Robby!

He isn't answering.

What do we do, Mr. Yang?

Doesn't matter. Blow the whole door down.

Robby, what are you doing?

Making tracks in the Nagaya Voyager.

You think it's going to start up that easily after sitting here for decades?

Yes!

Seriously?

Nagaya Voyager blasting off!

Huh?

What did I tell you?

Mr. Yang, I'm really going to blow it down.

Heh, I don't mind. Do it.

Come on! Get going, I say! Get going!

It's not an old TV. Give it up, Robby.

How can I give up?! You want me to sell my kidneys?!

I'm begging you, start up!

What's that?

The penthouse!

It's rising!

No, it's...

Go!

Damn you, Robby!

Yes! I gave those guys the slip!

Well, I think that calls for a toast right now!

Before you break out the booze, input a destination, you basket-case scumbag.

Anywhere is fine. For now, as far away as we can get to escape.

You think that Galactic Immigration is just going to let you through

while you leave the Earth system without a reason?

Oh, really?

Plus, if it gets out that you're running from a debt collector...

I know! Isekandar!

Isekandar?

They keep running those ads a lot lately about seeing Isekandar once in your life.

If we go there, we can apparently chase away evil and find happiness.

Idiot! If they're running that many commercials,

it's obvious they're desperate to make an unpopular place catch on.

Yeah, but the Akafucrystals they sell on Isekandar

are supposed to have awesome powers.

You lamebrain! That can't be true--

I'd like one, too--an Akafucrystal.

Right? Wait, huh?

We meet again, Robby Yarge.

What are you doing here?

What am I doing? You're the one who shut me up inside the airlock, mister.

It took some doing to unlock it.

And here I thought I'd gotten away.

I made up my mind! I'm coming with you to Isekandar!

--Huh? --You said it yourself, mister.

Don't always go straight; take some turns once in a while.

I did?

Tell me, can this ship go all the way to Isekandar?

No reason why it couldn't.

I have no idea what's going to happen next! Everything is unpredictable!

This is a first for me!

Get real, idiot. Go away, right now.

How am I supposed to go away under these circumstances?

Don't talk back to me! Your name is Hatchi, right?

Okay, Hatchi, you can go out through the hatch!

Ikku, open the hatch.

I just came in through that hatch, actually.

What?!

What was that?

What kind of tasteless, tacky spaceship is that?

--It's Mr. Yang. --Huh?

That man is quite insistent.

I didn't think he'd follow me into space.

Hey, second wave incoming!

What are you doing? Increase our speed!

Catch Robby, whatever it takes!

--Yes, Mr. Yang. --Yes, Mr. Yang.

They're catching up!

Do something, Ikku!

Don't ask the impossible!

Damn it!

What are you laughing for?

You were talking so big yesterday about predicting the future.

Oh, everything that's happening right now was completely unforeseen.

Even I can't guess what will happen! It's awesome! Insanely awesome!

It's nothing to laugh at. If they catch us, we can't go to Isekandar.

We can't have that. No way!

Oh, no! They've caught us!

The tractor beam has them!

Now we just have to reel them in.

You belong to me now, Robby.

Weightlessness?

What is all this?

Space fighters?

Looks like it.

If you had these, you should have said so sooner.

I didn't know these were aboard, myself.

But at this point, there's no other choice.

No other choice but to what?

Break off the tractor beam with this!

That would be... Interesting! And unforeseen!

Can you pilot one of these?

Yeah. I have a hobby fighter's license.

I can manage to fly a commuter, at least, so...

Is this right?

Almost there. Just you wait, Robby.

What?!

All right! Hey, Hatchi, swing around from the right.

Would you mind not giving me orders, Robby Yarge?

They even have those things?

--Don't let them escape! --Yes, sir.

Whoa, they're shooting at us! Uh, are there any weapons in here?

Hey, there's something lit up on my console.

Huh?

What, this?

Well, at this point, let's go for broke.

--Yeah. --Hyah!

Galaxy Traveler Hizakuriger!

What's that? Where's that music coming from?

It seems to be coming from the cockpit speakers.

Whoa, it's starting to move on its own!

It's completely automatic?

What in the world are they doing?

Huh?

What the...?

Hizakuriger!

They combined?!

Is this for real?!

Why... Why am I the bottom half?!

Space--the final tourist spot.

There, we'll no doubt find epicurean feats to stagger the imagination

and entirely new activities waiting for us!

"Next time:" "#02 'Truth Found From an Octopus'"

"Next time:" "#02 'Truth Found From an Octopus'" Next time, "Truth Found From an Octopus."

"A giant robot has appeared" "but this isn't a robot anime (probably)"

"Will Robby and Hatchi" "be able to reach Isekandar?"