1. The wind blows.Copy !req
2. Its unseen power caresses my cheeks,Copy !req
3. stirs my hair, carries new scents.Copy !req
4. Unlike the days when I was simply pressed forward,Copy !req
5. now I look back, then turn my body toward the headwind's unseen power.Copy !req
6. Come on, everyone's watching Cosmos vs. AlienCopy !req
7. Their battles are always marvelousCopy !req
8. He commands a fleet, but he's really been an alien since before he was bornCopy !req
9. The distance between "micro" and "macro" is so importantCopy !req
10. At least when it comes to misunderstandings in space treatiesCopy !req
11. If it's this or be the second coming of Adam and EveCopy !req
12. Everyone's probably better off how they are nowCopy !req
13. Come on, take a closer lookCopy !req
14. Come on, be a little more eagerCopy !req
15. Come on, let's hold hands gentlyCopy !req
16. Come on, put a smile onCopy !req
17. Talk and talk, gossip up a stormCopy !req
18. But soon it's more than just a jokeCopy !req
19. Cross the mountains, cross the valleysCopy !req
20. Get to the planet he lives onCopy !req
21. Come on, everyone's watching the captain, the queen, and the aceCopy !req
22. Yes, the missile counterbarrage is readyCopy !req
23. But the man aiming has really been an alien since before he was bornCopy !req
24. Now, the cosmos is spaceCopy !req
25. It's just one wide sweepCopy !req
26. The cosmos's sugary tasteCopy !req
27. It's just one sweetCopy !req
28. Just a pinch of magic when you're together with herCopy !req
29. Just a pinch of sugar and you can have herCopy !req
30. Episode 137 "Captain's Return"Copy !req
31. It's morning...Copy !req
32. Someone's under my blankets!Copy !req
33. Nino!?Copy !req
34. She normally kicks me out first, but maybe...Copy !req
35. Nino, what are you—Copy !req
36. Hey, it's too bright...Copy !req
37. You're that manchild SF nerd!Copy !req
38. Huh? You want to live here?Copy !req
39. That's right.Copy !req
40. I'm completely opposed!Copy !req
41. I wonder if you can handle it.Copy !req
42. Why don't you give it a shot? If you're still here in a month, I'll give you a name.Copy !req
43. What, you're not giving him a name yet?Copy !req
44. Of course not, it's nothing to rush into.Copy !req
45. It's only after he proves his quality as a resident that—Copy !req
46. Mayor! Here!Copy !req
47. Heave-ho SamuraiCopy !req
48. Real men
wear loincloths.Copy !req
49. I draw these fanzines as a hobby...Copy !req
50. Welcome to the neighborhood.Copy !req
51. I'm pleased to meet a master like you!Copy !req
52. A master!Copy !req
53. He recognized him as a master!Copy !req
54. Why are you so easy to bribe!?Copy !req
55. Episode 138 "His True Form Revealed"Copy !req
56. Wow, this kappa is so cool!Copy !req
57. He's a genius...Copy !req
58. His ability to capture the Mayor's coolness is fearsome!Copy !req
59. Of course, I drew some for you all too.Copy !req
60. Us too?Copy !req
61. Wow, awesome!Copy !req
62. Really, master?Copy !req
63. This kind of trick normally only works in elementary school...Copy !req
64. ACopy !req
65. ACopy !req
66. ACopy !req
67. This espresso isn't
tasty either...Copy !req
68. I've grown
to dislike it.Copy !req
69. And me
as well?Copy !req
70. This is based on P-ko. It's called Bloom, Mon Feelings .Copy !req
71. And this, modeled after the Iron Brothers, is Smash the State !Copy !req
72. ACopy !req
73. ACopy !req
74. ACopy !req
75. Brother's death...Copy !req
76. Is our rebirth!Copy !req
77. Don't you
understand
that!?Copy !req
78. This is great!Copy !req
79. We're fighting! Cool!Copy !req
80. C'mon, just getting to be the main character in a manga gets them to—Copy !req
81. Is that all it takes?Copy !req
82. And then there's my masterpiece, based on Ric!Copy !req
83. What, you made one about me?Copy !req
84. I guess I at least have to flip through it...Copy !req
85. I'll get a contract!Copy !req
86. I'll get a contract!Copy !req
87. Job-hunting Warrior Recruit!Copy !req
88. Wow, it matches up great!Copy !req
89. Just like I imagined you!Copy !req
90. Why am I the only one that has to be a loser?Copy !req
91. And why am I bleeding in it!?Copy !req
92. What, aren't you happy with it?Copy !req
93. It's my most popular work! I made 8 volumes just out of the Interview arc!Copy !req
94. How many companies turned him down!? He's gotta be worthless!Copy !req
95. You're lucky, Ric.Copy !req
96. Huh? How, Nino?Copy !req
97. Didn't you make one for Nino?Copy !req
98. Yes. It's still in production.Copy !req
99. Do your best! I'm ready for it anytime!Copy !req
100. Man, he sure put a lot of effort into ticking me off.Copy !req
101. It's annoying, but it's well-done.Copy !req
102. You're a pro, aren't you.Copy !req
103. What else have you—Copy !req
104. Nothing? Nothing at all?Copy !req
105. I'm just a spaceship fleet commander with a hobby of drawing manga!Copy !req
106. I hope I make it back to Earth soon to draw some more manga!Copy !req
107. The tales get taller and taller.Copy !req
108. Everyone who lives here has their secrets.Copy !req
109. I guess his is what he's drawn?Copy !req
110. That means that if I find out, he won't be able to live here!Copy !req
111. What's your pen name?Copy !req
112. I don't have one.Copy !req
113. Really?Copy !req
114. Okay, fine, I'll give up...Copy !req
115. But I'm a huge fan of yours! Can you autograph this?Copy !req
116. You should have told me so earlier!Copy !req
117. Potato-chip KuwabaraCopy !req
118. Potato-chip... Kuwabara...Copy !req
119. Bastard! How dare you manipulate the instincts of a manga artist!Copy !req
120. I didn't even come up with the name, my first manager did!Copy !req
121. What a sad, sad life.Copy !req
122. He had reflexively written "2 Ric" as well.Copy !req
123. Episode 139 "To the Ends of Fiery Passion"Copy !req
124. Potato-chip KuwabaraCopy !req
125. Potato-chip Kuwabara...Copy !req
126. An up-and-coming moe artist.Copy !req
127. So he really does draw manga.Copy !req
128. Official home page of Potato-chip KuwabaraCopy !req
129. Magical TwinsCopy !req
130. PeanutsCopy !req
131. His most famous work is Magical Twins Peanuts , huh.Copy !req
132. Huh, he seems pretty popular.Copy !req
133. He must have gotten burnt out and run away from it all.Copy !req
134. I think the shock of being found out has left him cooped up in the church.Copy !req
135. He's got that creepy interest in Nino, I should probably tell Sister.Copy !req
136. I'm coming in, Sister.Copy !req
137. Here's your coffee, Master.Copy !req
138. Oh, thanks.Copy !req
139. You're sure treating him like a famous author.Copy !req
140. The mayor wants the next chapter as soon as he can get it.Copy !req
141. And what's Nino doing?Copy !req
142. I'm his assistant.Copy !req
143. Nino, you can draw manga?Copy !req
144. He gave me a crash course.Copy !req
145. Fishing NutCopy !req
146. NinoheiCopy !req
147. What's up with that disaster!?Copy !req
148. Fishing Nut Ninohei.Copy !req
149. Once upon a time, there was a Venusian who loved fishing. Her name was Ninohei.Copy !req
150. One day, while diving in the river, Ninohei found an overturned sandal.Copy !req
151. Ninohei said, "Ah! The weather on Venus tomorrow will be sunny with a solar breeze!"Copy !req
152. And then, she remembered how much fun fishing was, and lived happily ever after.Copy !req
153. How is that a happy ending?Copy !req
154. You blew up the Earth, didn't you?Copy !req
155. I was trying to be suggestive of catch and release.Copy !req
156. I see, I see. Keep it tense until the end, then a sudden relaxation?Copy !req
157. That certainly does produce a lower casualty—Copy !req
158. So, you have any more yet?Copy !req
159. It's almost done.Copy !req
160. Hey, hold it!Copy !req
161. You fled here because you were sick of drawing manga, right!?Copy !req
162. So if you keep drawing here nothing's changed!Copy !req
163. What are you talking about!? You're completely wrong!Copy !req
164. Out there, I could only draw what those around me wanted to see.Copy !req
165. But here, I can draw what I really want!Copy !req
166. Hey, hey, Master!Copy !req
167. Put Stella in one!Copy !req
168. We wanna see how big brother grows!Copy !req
169. What are you talking about? Is this really what you want to draw?Copy !req
170. Aren't you aiming to please the readers even more than before?Copy !req
171. Well, if the readers are right there in front of me, I want to draw something they'll enjoy...Copy !req
172. But what I really want to draw is...Copy !req
173. I've found you, Potato-chip!Copy !req
174. Oh, I thought it was my civic responsibility to call your editor.Copy !req
175. Deadline's today, what have you been doing down here?Copy !req
176. Wrong! I'm not Potato-chip anymore!Copy !req
177. I already have a name here, I can't go back!Copy !req
178. Potato-chip...Copy !req
179. I always knew, both as an editor and a reader, that you wanted to be recognized as a master!Copy !req
180. Don't run away...Copy !req
181. Please don't turn your back on us and your fans!Copy !req
182. Wait, what, you were already called that?Copy !req
183. Then your new name doesn't count and you don't get to live here.Copy !req
184. Having a home is the most precious thing.Copy !req
185. And yours isn't here.Copy !req
186. Let's go, Potato-chip.Copy !req
187. There's still time! We can do it!Copy !req
188. Show me what happens when you give it 100%!Copy !req
189. You don't have to do Peanuts this time!Copy !req
190. Draw me what you want, how you want!Copy !req
191. What I want to draw?Copy !req
192. Yeah!Copy !req
193. All right! Got it!Copy !req
194. And...Copy !req
195. That bridge is—!Copy !req
196. So it has intelligence...Copy !req
197. Dammit! Our psychic powers won't work anymore!Copy !req
198. What!? Even we can't fend it off!?Copy !req
199. She wasn't the golden corn fairy!?Copy !req
200. I am the Queen of Venus!Copy !req
201. Will I die here?Copy !req
202. Like this? Not having been accepted at a single company?Copy !req
203. RejectedCopy !req
204. Queen of Venus... So far, everything's gone according to your calculations.Copy !req
205. But there's one thing even you couldn't predict!Copy !req
206. This is the power of the human heart! The strength of my determination!Copy !req
207. I'll defeat you with this Galaxy Bridge!Copy !req
208. m 0 0 b -5 -5 -4 -19 -2 -30 b -10 -41 -12 -58 -7 -73 b -13 -74 -24 -78 -28 -89 b -38 -87 -47 -90 -56 -97 b -65 -91 -79 -87 -92 -94 b -94 -89 -100 -81 -108 -83 b -107 -81 -114 -72 -119 -72 b -118 -65 -126 -51 -140 -43 b -135 -39 -127 -25 -134 -12 b -130 -9 -129 -4 -132 3 b -126 14 -126 31 -134 43 b -122 49 -112 67 -116 81 b -111 80 -107 78 -100 78 b -96 80 -101 86 -101 90 b -93 92 -88 104 -85 112 b -77 103 -60 100 -51 117 b -49 113 -36 97 -28 104 b -27 98 -21 94 -19 93 b -12 74 -11 58 0 42 b 0 36 0 31 0 25 b -2 27 -6 19 0 13Copy !req
209. m 0 0 b 61 6 83 -34 88 -54 b 135 -12 180 -47 187 -53 b 190 8 248 -4 259 -14 b 262 43 316 45 329 41 b 306 94 324 139 329 150 b 313 188 331 228 341 241 b 310 292 291 397 306 458 b 297 463 286 474 281 496 b 238 484 225 532 222 544 b 202 536 194 547 189 553 b 183 544 178 542 173 546 b 164 540 161 549 157 556 b 133 529 100 538 83 550 b 49 509 22 514 0 521Copy !req
210. This is the power
of the human heart!
The strength of
my determination!Copy !req
211. I'll defeat you with
this Galaxy Bridge!Copy !req
212. You son of a...Copy !req
213. Great job!Copy !req
214. I don't get what Potato-chip's up to.Copy !req
215. He's washed up.Copy !req
216. When people's burning passions clash...Copy !req
217. Why did you let this through?Copy !req
218. I was worn out then, too. I thought it'd be fresh and new.Copy !req
219. The enthusiasm often leads to complete absurdity.Copy !req
220. Episode 140 "An Important Anniversary"Copy !req
221. I wrote a song for you to commemorate today.Copy !req
222. Do you remember, Nino?Copy !req
223. I'll never forget it.Copy !req
224. A year ago, today, right here...Copy !req
225. You told me you liked sardines...Copy !req
226. Today is Sardine Day!Copy !req
227. Your anniversaries are too damn insignificant!Copy !req
228. Thank you!Copy !req
229. Listen, I know you're just looking for excuses to hang out with Nino,Copy !req
230. but you need to cut out these pissant little anniversaries you make up.Copy !req
231. Yesterday was Scrubber Day, and the day before was Sock Touch Day!Copy !req
232. The melody and the lyrics are always the same too.Copy !req
233. Even Nino's sick of it.Copy !req
234. No, not really.Copy !req
235. That song perfectly grasped the tension of the Sardine Kingdom's rebellion!Copy !req
236. Nino, that never happened.Copy !req
237. See!? It's so boring it's driving her nuts!Copy !req
238. Speaking of anniversaries, Jacqueline said she had an important one with Billy today.Copy !req
239. Oh, I wonder what anniversary they have!?Copy !req
240. Their first kiss? The day they met?Copy !req
241. No, not that...Copy !req
242. It's the day Billy the cockatoo risked his life against a swarm of soldiers to take the queen bee Jacqueline from her hive.Copy !req
243. From her hive? Huh?Copy !req
244. Forbidden love is so wonderful!Copy !req
245. Wait, isn't that more like competition between species!?Copy !req
246. Called "Aves vs. Insecta: Battle for Supremacy over the Skies"Copy !req
247. Episode 141 "Deepening Truth"Copy !req
248. A love surpassing species...Copy !req
249. I've gotta learn from example!Copy !req
250. I guess she's going to go spy on them.Copy !req
251. Yeah, I bet she is.Copy !req
252. But I wonder how Billy celebrates anniversaries?Copy !req
253. Billy's a real man. I'm sure he's completely chill about it.Copy !req
254. Oh well! Looks like we've got to go make sure P-ko doesn't bother Billy!Copy !req
255. It's so terrible how she's peeping! Shameful!Copy !req
256. Oh, there's Jacqueline.Copy !req
257. She's alone. Aren't you supposed to spend anniversaries with your lover?Copy !req
258. She must be waiting for him.Copy !req
259. She's so mature, the waiting would have driven me nuts by now.Copy !req
260. Look how calm she is!Copy !req
261. Now I've got you, Billy.Copy !req
262. I've been waiting.Copy !req
263. I won't let you go any—Copy !req
264. Billy! Billy!!Copy !req
265. Wait!Copy !req
266. Oh no!Copy !req
267. No! It wasn't like that!Copy !req
268. Things are over between us!Copy !req
269. I wasn't trying to be one of those terrible women who go back to their old flame when they feel lonely!Copy !req
270. I believe Billy will come for me!Copy !req
271. Jacqueline!Copy !req
272. The bees are attacking her!Copy !req
273. What, you're here too?Copy !req
274. Never mind heartache for Billy killing you, you'll die for real this way!Copy !req
275. Are you okay!?Copy !req
276. It's okay. Bees don't attack other bees.Copy !req
277. What's wrong, anyway, Jacqueline?Copy !req
278. I heard you had an anniversary with Billy today.Copy !req
279. That's right, it's our anniversary. We had a date...Copy !req
280. I just know he'll be right here!Copy !req
281. Oh, there you are, Jacqueline.Copy !req
282. Your little sparrow was looking for you.Copy !req
283. What!? Jacqueline, you two-timer! You're giving up on birds!?Copy !req
284. I believed in you!Copy !req
285. I had respect for you as a woman!Copy !req
286. There you are, Jacqueline!Copy !req
287. Come with me!Copy !req
288. So that's the "little sparrow"?Copy !req
289. You're just going to elope while Billy's gone?Copy !req
290. I won't forgive that kind of mess of a relationship!Copy !req
291. The hell's wrong with you?Copy !req
292. Billy's gonna get himself killed!Copy !req
293. He's surrounded by 100 Kokucho-kai goons!Copy !req
294. Even Billy can't...Copy !req
295. Even bro can't—!Copy !req
296. It's the White-throated Needletail from order Apodiformes family Apodidae, Hirundapus caudacutus!Copy !req
297. Sister's information was rather precise.Copy !req
298. Episode 142 "A Love Transcending Species"Copy !req
299. What, you know Billy!?Copy !req
300. What does Kokucho even mean? Blackbird?Copy !req
301. Is their leader a bird too?Copy !req
302. What's the approximate military strength of their organization?Copy !req
303. Cut the crap! I'm Billy's sidekick!Copy !req
304. Kokucho means "National bird"! Of course their boss is Green Pheasant!Copy !req
305. No one can lay a finger on the national bird, so it's the biggest gang in all of Kanto...Copy !req
306. And bro and I used to be some of his enforcers...Copy !req
307. What!? Billy used to be a mobster!?Copy !req
308. You didn't know, Ric?Copy !req
309. That's right! Bro is a legendary bird!Copy !req
310. Not a bird could stand in his wake!Copy !req
311. Even the rulers of the roost couldn't match his power or his popularity!Copy !req
312. He was so cool...Copy !req
313. But then he went for the boss's woman!Copy !req
314. The boss's woman?Copy !req
315. If he did that, why'd he go back today!?Copy !req
316. Yeah! It was supposed to be a happy anniversary!Copy !req
317. I tried to stop him.Copy !req
318. But... But Bro...Copy !req
319. He told me he had to today, because he promised his woman he would!Copy !req
320. What are you doing, Jacqueline?Copy !req
321. Wait, so you were the boss's—!?Copy !req
322. I haven't seen you in that kimono in a long time.Copy !req
323. So you're finally going back.Copy !req
324. Yes, I am.Copy !req
325. I said, if Billy was killed...Copy !req
326. So that's what you meant!?Copy !req
327. Bees have excellent stingers.Copy !req
328. I'll pierce the Kokucho with mine.Copy !req
329. A queen bee's poison can be used only once, at the cost of her only life.Copy !req
330. So...Copy !req
331. So I'll always come back, so you never have to use it.Copy !req
332. That's why I promised you I'd be there for our anniversary, Jacqueline.Copy !req
333. I settled things with the godfather.Copy !req
334. Bro!Copy !req
335. Why? Why are you going with that bee woman?Copy !req
336. My loyalty isn't too the gang!Copy !req
337. Didn't I say I was your sworn brother!?Copy !req
338. You may make that face, but at least there's finally someone who knows just how you feel.Copy !req
339. All's well that ends well.Copy !req
340. What are you talking about? Didn't you notice?Copy !req
341. He lost what's most important to us...Copy !req
342. They clipped his feathers!Copy !req
343. Clipped his feathers?Copy !req
344. Dammit! Bro shouldn't be just some caged bird!Copy !req
345. Oh, that thing they do at pet shops?Copy !req
346. There, there, you won't feel a thing.Copy !req
347. For bro to give up on the sky—!Copy !req
348. Quit your chirping!Copy !req
349. I didn't need them, so I just left them behind.Copy !req
350. I don't need to fly away anymore...Copy !req
351. Billy!Copy !req
352. Bro!Copy !req
353. How wonderful!Copy !req
354. Wait, you didn't have wings to begin with...Copy !req
355. No matter what bro said, I couldn't ignore what I saw.Copy !req
356. Looking back at the end of my journey,Copy !req
357. as the days I long for passCopy !req
358. I see you wrapped in your red coat,Copy !req
359. playing without waiting for winterCopy !req
360. Farewell, mazelike days , I'd thank you if I realized daysCopy !req
361. Oh, oh, goodbye daysCopy !req
362. Looking forward at the beginning of my journey,Copy !req
363. I take a deep breath so I won't have to stopCopy !req
364. We're both swimming upstream toward tomorrow,Copy !req
365. Swaying side to side like fishCopy !req
366. Pain? No thank you days, sadness? No thank you daysCopy !req
367. Oh, oh goodbye daysCopy !req
368. Episode 143 "Arakawa Gag Contest"Copy !req
369. I'm mimicking my lover's reactions.Copy !req
370. CucumbersCopy !req
371. Aw, mimicking me? You're making me blush.Copy !req
372. What, are you going flabby!?Copy !req
373. She came up with a reaction I never remember giving!Copy !req
374. She came up with a reaction I never remember giving!Copy !req
375. She came up with a reaction I never remember giving!Copy !req
376. What, not quite?Copy !req
377. Like this, Nino!Copy !req
378. SausageCopy !req
379. She came up with a reaction I never remember giving!Copy !req
380. No, like this!Copy !req
381. She came up with a reaction I never remember giving!Copy !req
382. I think this is it.Copy !req
383. She came up with a reaction I never remember giving!Copy !req
384. She came up with a reaction I never remember giving!Copy !req
385. She came up with a reaction I never remember giving!Copy !req
386. She came up with a reaction I never remember giving!Copy !req
387. She came up with a reaction I never remember giving!Copy !req
388. Prepare yourself, Venusian!Copy !req
389. It is I, Earth Defense Force Captain, Manga Mask!Copy !req
390. Kaboom.Copy !req
391. No, that's not right! The explosions when the hero arrives need to be louder!Copy !req
392. Kaboom!Copy !req
393. That's it!Copy !req
394. Sure-kill next episode, 6 Bridge×2!Copy !req
395. Kablammo!Copy !req
396. Illustration: Lily HoshinoCopy !req