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| 1 | "A Girl Admiring the Sunset"
"Tasogare wo mitsu meru shōjo" (黄昏を見つめる少女) | October 14, 1999 (1999-10-14) |
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Shuzo "Shu" Matsutani loses a kendo match at his dojo, where his opponent criticizes him for his lack of defense. Walking across town later in the day, Shu sees a girl named Lala-Ru sitting on a smokestack and watching the sunset. After a short amount of time talking to her, time suddenly freezes as a green beam of light covers the surrounding area. Lala-Ru ends up being captured by officers controlling snakelike machines and transported back into a stationary battleship named Hellywood. Shu is accidentally brought with them. After being chased by more soldiers in the water tower, Shu and Lala-Ru are separated at an operating bridge. Shu grabs Lala-Ru's pendant before he plummets into a tunnel to the outside, one of a barren wasteland. |
| 2 | "A Boy and a Mad King"
"Shōnen to kyō ō to" (少年と狂王と) | October 21, 1999 (1999-10-21) |
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Lala-Ru is taken to see Abelia, who sees the pendant missing but then realizes Shu might have it. Nabuca finds Shu at a lower-level bridge over a large furnace. The pendant unknowingly drops off the bridge while they fight. Shu suddenly stops when he holds Nabuca's knife instead of his wooden stick, and Shu also saves Nabuca from falling when a railing nearly collapses. Afterwards, Shu is arrested and sent to see an aggravated Hamdo, concerned of the pendant's whereabouts. It is explained that Lala-Ru has the power to manipulate the source of water within the pendant, which will help reconstruct the battleship. Hamdo orders Abelia to do whatever necessary to torture Shu and find the pendant. |
| 3 | "A Feast in the Dark"
"Yami no naka no utage" (闇の中の宴) | October 28, 1999 (1999-10-28) |
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Shu wakes up and finds a traumatized girl, first thinking her to be Lala-Ru. Meanwhile, Abelia brings Lala-Ru to see Hamdo, though Lala-Ru refuses to talk, much to Hamdo's chagrin. It turns out that the girl is from America and is named Sara Ringwalt, who was abducted by mistake. Abelia orders Shu to be hanged after another failed interrogation. As an enemy battleship approaches Hellywood, a missile is launched from the rig and successfully makes impact, thereby making a statement for any future attacks. Abelia is given the order from Hamdo that all male soldiers will scout the whole tower to find the missing pendant. |
| 4 | "Discord"
"Fukyōwaon" (不協和音) | November 4, 1999 (1999-11-04) |
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Nabuca requests Boo to keep an eye on Shu, who will be forcefully enlisted with the crew as soon as he recovers. A frustrated Abelia suspends the pendant search for the remainder of the day, since it was found neither in the engine room nor the prison cells. It is revealed that all the soldiers were kidnapped from their hometowns and sent to Hellywood for unknown reasons. The only way to be released is when the war has ended. Tabool, growing impatient, beats Shu up for not saying where the pendant is located. However, Tabool is caught by Nabuca and is to be given lashes as punishment. Shu refuses an order to give the lashings. Nabuca later advises Shu not to run away, lest he be killed by his fellow crew members. |
| 5 | "Murder"
"Hitogoroshi" (ひとごろし) | November 11, 1999 (1999-11-11) |
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Shu and Nabuca enter into a mock battle, wooden stick versus sharp knife. However, the match ends due to Shu's reckless style of combat. Two unknown assailants later invade the battleship and try to assassinate Hamdo. Though Hamdo is able to shoot down one of the assailants, the other one escapes and uses Boo as a hostage to prevent Nabuca from shooting. Shu attacks the other assailant, allowing Boo to break free by stabbing his captor's hand. Nabuca shoots the man in the chest. Shu tries to save the stranger, but Nabuca kills the assailant by shooting him in the head. All troops are ordered to travel through a sandstorm in order to recruit more women and children from a nearby village. |
| 6 | "Disappearance in a Sandstorm"
"Sunaarashi ga kieru" (砂嵐が消える) | November 18, 1999 (1999-11-18) |
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Inside a room, Sara beat a man to death after being violated by him. She flees from Hellywood at night, cuts her hair off and runs deep into the desert. Tabool believes that Shu does not deserve to drink water because of his nonviolent views, while Nabuca tells him that there is no way around this. The Hellywood army begins to attack the village, recruiting women and children by force. However, Shu attempts to release all captives, going against the order. Nabuca shoots Shu in the leg to subdue him from interfering. On the way back to the fortress, Nabuca feels guilty and empathetic for taking part in seizing these innocent victims. |
| 7 | "Night of Flight"
"Nogare no oru" (逃れの夜) | November 25, 1999 (1999-11-25) |
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Shu not only is told by Tabool that he may be sentenced to death, but he is also informed of what has happened to Sara. Remembering his resolve to save Lala-Ru, Shu finds the pendant in an underground cell. He breaks out of prison with Boo's help and manages to slip pass the other male soldiers. He finds Lala-Ru with Hamdo in a greenhouse, shattering through the glass to give her back the pendant, but Abelia shows up and shoots Shu in the arm. Lala-Ru then activates her powers through the pendant and fills the entire fortress with water to make her escape with Shu. The two try to hide in a cavern, but Nabuca ends up chancing upon Shu. After Shu tries to convince Nabuca to join him to avoid anymore bloodshed, Nabuca declines the offer but allows him to escape, returning the favor of once being saved by him. |
| 8 | "Two Lone Souls"
"Hitoribotchi no futari" (ひとりぼっちのふたり) | December 2, 1999 (1999-12-02) |
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An unknown person finds Sara buried in the desert, taking her back to a village. It is theorized that Hellywood could be mobilized by using the available water as fuel. Nabuca and Boo have to keep their mouths shut on the whereabouts of Shu and Lala-Ru. Shu rides on a motorcycle with Lala-Ru in tow, but it lands in quicksand, and Shu fends off a carnivorous plant that had latched onto Lala-Ru with its red vines. It is revealed that Lala-Ru becomes weaker each time she uses her pendant as well as that her powers are taken for granted especially if needed on demand. Shu destroys the carnivorous plant using grenades found in a backpack left behind by a nearby corpse. As the two continue their journey, he says to her that not all people in the world are bad. |
| 9 | "In the Chasm"
"Hazama nite" (狭間にて) | December 9, 1999 (1999-12-09) |
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Shu and Lala-Ru arrive in a village called Zari-Bars, where they meet Sis, who runs an orphanage. Shu has to keep Lala-Ru's identity a secret from Sis to avoid any trouble that could arise. Sis allows the two to stay with her in exchange for working in the fields with the other children. Later at night, Soon says that she misses her father, but she is unaware that he was one of the assailants who was killed in Hellywood. Also, Elamba tells Shu that his entire family was killed by the Hellywood army, which is why he wants Hamdo to be assassinated. Shu is perplexed after hearing all this, and he starts to cry when Lala-Ru comes to see him. |
| 10 | "Prelude to Chaos"
"Konton e no josō" (混沌への助走) | December 16, 1999 (1999-12-16) |
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Shu and Soon walk to a head spring in order to retrieve water for Sis. Elamba, already over there, continues to persist on persuading Shu to help his faction in an attempt to kill Hamdo. An injured soldier named Kazam, claiming to have deserted Hellywood, is taken into the village to be treated for his wound. However, this is just a ruse for Hamdo to find the location of Zari-Bars without any sign of suspicion. Hellywood prepares to launch using water as its source of energy. The nozzles first fail to respond, but Abelia manages to fix the problem in order to prevent the battleship from toppling over. At night, Sara, revealed to be staying at the village, goes into a fit of rage when she sees Lala-Ru right in front of her. |
| 11 | "Eve of Destruction"
"Hōkai zenya" (崩壊前夜) | January 6, 2000 (2000-01-06) |
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Even though Sis figures out Lala-Ru's true identity, she still allows Shu and Lala-Ru to stay at the orphanage. Not only does Sara faint from trauma and stress, but she also learns that she is pregnant. One of the faction members tells Elamba that there is a secret weapon within Zari-Bars capable of destroying Hellywood. It is revealed that Lala-Ru has lived for thousands of years. Despite this, Sis insists that Lala-Ru appears as a lost and lonely child. Sara sneaks out at night to the head spring and drown herself, but Shu painfully manages to stop her from doing so. The next morning Shu and Lala-Ru prepare to leave Zari-Bars. Elamba stops them, planning to use Lala-Ru as collateral to negotiate with Hellywood. Kazam fails to convince Sara to leave the village with him before it becomes invaded by Hellywood. |
| 12 | "This Bloody Earth"
"Satsuriku no daichi" (殺戮の大地) | January 13, 2000 (2000-01-13) |
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Soon takes Shu and Lala-Ru to a watering cavern to hide from the danger that precedes them. Elamba tells his faction of Lala-Ru's true identity, hanging Sis to a post as punishment. After the faction points a gun at Lala-Ru and threatens to come with him and see Elamba, Lala-Ru uses her water powers to drown him and bring everyone outside. When Elamba prepares to take Lala-Ru with him, Hamdo descends Hellywood onto Zari-Bars, causing destruction upon the village. Sis is on the verge of dying while Sara watches over her. As Shu and Soon run to a shelter in order to save the children, Nabuca and Boo soon find them there. Nabuca tells Shu that he must kill to save himself. Overhearing Nabuca being the one who killed her father, Soon attempts to take revenge. As she fires a bullet, Boo blocks Nabuca and takes the hit, which then Nabuca kills Soon in retaliation. |
| 13 | "Now and Then, Here and There"
"Ima, soko ni iru boku" (今、そこにいる僕) | January 20, 2000 (2000-01-20) |
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Zari-Bars is under Hellywood's control and confinement. Lala-Ru disregards Hamdo for his request to use her pendant in order to help refuel the battleship. At an operating bridge, Nabuca is distraught upon learning from Tabool that Hamdo lied about releasing him after this war was over. Nabuca is then shot in the chest by Tabool, falling over the ledge. Before breathing her last breath, Sis tells Sara to not reject her child as a mother when it is born. At the underground prison, Nabuca gives Shu his wooden stick before passing away, allowing Shu to escape and free all the children. When Shu jumps down to rescue Lala-Ru, she uses her water powers to overflow the core of the battleship. During this time, Sara saves all the children, with the help of Kazam at the cost of his life. Hamdo drowns within the tower when Abelia chooses to ignore helping him. When the downpour clears, Shu and Lala-Ru sit at the shore. As they watch the sunset together one last time, she slowly vanishes in his arms. Sara decides to stay with the children, and Abelia sends Shu back to his world. A sunset hovers over the horizon behind the smokestacks. |
