[Shiki] Now that we're here, you're closer to Homura!
I'm taking you to her no matter what!
[Rebecca] Ta-da! I have my own Ether Gear now like you guys.
[growls furiously]
[dramatic music playing]
[Homura] Someone as disgusting as you,
deserves to be disciplined by Valkyrie's sword.
[slam]
Thanks, Teacher…
[Homura] Even after death, you found a way to save my life.
[intense, dramatic music playing]
The Kurenai Dragoon is not about to fall to the likes of one pathetic human!
-[alarm blaring] -[gasps]
[Kurenai] Drakken Joe's ship is here!
Damn brat!
I can't afford to waste any more of my time on you than I already have.
Not when I still have to punish Drakken Joe for stealing my Crimson Eye!
Increase output to max capacity!
Show your true power…
[mechanical whirring]
…Kurenai Dragoon!
[blast]
[grunts]
-[Shiki] Whoa! -[crash]
[intense music playing]
Your aim is worse than your haircut!
[chuckles] Or was I just creating the perfect opportunity
-so I could lock on to you? -[beeping]
-[beep] -You're good as dead!
[Kurenai] Queen Nova…
…fire!
[gasps]
[whooshing]
[ominous music sting]
["FOREVER" by L'Arc-en-Ciel playing]
SOMEONE TO LOVE
You can run all you want,
but Queen Nova never allows its target to escape.
[whooshing]
[grunts]
[Shiki] That just means I have to work a little harder,
and use some fancy maneuvers of my own!
[explosion]
How's that for a great escape?
[crash]
[yelps]
[intense music continues]
[Kurenai] Your efforts are useless.
It won't stop until it makes impact with its target.
I got an idea!
-[gasps] -[thud]
-So, what if I do this? -Brat!
If you plan to dodge at the last moment again,
then it's no use!
Kurenai Dragoon's armor is too thick to be pierced by its own weapons!
But I was able to damage it with my bare fist.
[Kurenai gasps]
[gasps in horror]
[Shiki] I'm not dodging 'em this time!
[whooshing]
-[stomp] -[Shiki] I'm using them for more power!
He caught the Queen Nova with his bare hands?!
No! He's holding it back with gravity!
[electricity crackling]
[screaming]
-[clang] -[Kurenai] Why didn't I think of that?!
He's converting the missile's kinetic energy to gravity!
Let's see how much weight the Kurenai Dragoon can endure!
This can't be happening!
My dragoon is supposed to be invincible!
[intense music continues]
[Shiki] Magimech Attack…
[whooshing]
Gravity Impact!
MAGIMECH ATTACK GRAVITY IMPACT
[battle cry
[explosion]
Bu-- But how…
This was my trump card.
It was supposed to be the ultimate weapon.
[anguished cry]
[seething]
[Kurenai] Please, have mercy on me!
I surrender!
[rapid gunfire]
-Hold on. -[men] Huh?
[Paul] There's something's wrong with the punishers!
[punishers powering down]
[Eger] They shut down?
Oh yeah!
Victory is ours!
[Nino] Only anime can save the universe.
[machine beeping]
But if I do this, I might be able to save a few people.
[chuckles]
[crowd cheering]
-[crowd clapping] -I don't understand. What happened?
-[Rebecca] Nino shut them down for us. -Hmm? [gasps]
You mean that otaku guy? He was kinda creepy.
[Pino] Nino is a famous B-Cuber.
[Happy] Well, I found his passion for anime to be endearing.
Forgive me for taking so long.
Had I found the strength inside of me to move forward sooner,
we might have been able to prevent some of this damage.
It's okay, you don't need to apologize.
-[Homura] But I-- -[Van] Seriously!?
-[Yak] Look over there! -[all] Huh?
-Hey, guys! -[Rebecca and Happy] Shiki!
-Why are you half-naked?! -Master!
This was Valkyrie's final wish, wasn't it?
[gasps]
[groans]
To reunite you with the mother who abandoned you.
It's Madame Kurenai!
What's she doing here?
And why is she so hot?
[gasps]
Homura.
You're my mother…?
-[crowd murmurs] -[hunter 1] That kid captured her?
[hunter 2] You've got to be kidding me, right?
Good job, young man.
Now we can all finally bring her down together.
This is for Valkyrie, you crooked hag!
[hunter 1] Everything you put us through in this miserable labor camp of yours.
Start begging for mercy!
You, you lived off of our blood, sweat, and tears!
-I'm gonna enjoy this… -Get off me!
[Shiki] Hold on a second.
We have to do the right thing and let Homura decide her fate.
-[gasps] -[crowd] What?
[hunter] Why should we do that?
[Pino] Oh.
This kid is the only reason
that Madame Kurenai was brought here in the first place.
I think it's safe to say that he's earned the right to choose how she's punished.
Seriously?
[Paul] Besides, Homura was Lady Valkyrie's number one apprentice
and Madame Kurenai's daughter.
[gasps]
There is no one more worthy of deciding her fate.
[grunts] Yeah, but we got a bone to pick.
No, I understand.
-We'll leave that to Homura. -But, sir…
[Eger] My only request is that her fate involves severe punishment.
Any show of compassion would be disrespectful.
Only If you agree to follow this one condition of mine,
will we allow it. Okay, gentleman?
-[hesitant murmuring] -[man] Fine, then.
[elegiac music playing]
Homura…
You look just like me when I was around your age.
You've grown so much.
Would you untie me so I can hug you?
I've missed you so much, dear.
[grunts softly]
Aren't you happy to see your real mother again, Homura?
I'm sorry, you're probably still upset at me for leaving you.
Just know that you were always in my heart
and I've thought about you every day since then.
[beeping]
Huh?
[Kurenai] What is that thing?
And why does it look so filthy?
[young Homura] It's important cuz my mom gave it to me.
I always bring it wherever I go.
That way, my mom can find me again.
[Homura] Do you not remember this?
Huh? Of course I do… It's, um…
It's the only thing I have left, that connects you and I.
But it seems even that one connection has been severed.
[alarmed] Wait, Homura! What are you doing?!
Calm down and think about this logically!
Don't let these jaded men tell you what to do!
I'm your mother!
No, please, Homura!
Help me! I don't want to die like this!
I'm sure everyone you slaughtered here in the labor camps
felt this same fear in their final moments alive.
[screams]
No!
[intense music climaxing]
[swift slash]
[music fades]
[gasps]
Homura!
[gasps]
You forgive me after everything I've done?
Oh, what a kind young lady you've grown up to be!
I cannot forgive you for what you've done.
[Kurenai] Huh?
[Homura] But it doesn't mean that you're unforgivable.
I simply have no interest in you anymore.
[gasps]
You have my thanks for giving birth to me.
I'm truly grateful.
However, I have no feelings toward you beyond that.
There is no place in my heart for you.
My teacher believed I needed a mother,
which is why she went to find you,
but she couldn't have been more wrong.
Now that I've met you,
I know what I needed wasn't a mother at all.
What I desperately needed,
was someone who loved me.
-[gasps softly] -[Homura] You might be my mother,
but you abandoned me and never once even tried to find me again.
Yet a complete stranger, with the body of a machine, took me in
and cared for me as if I were her own.
She was more of a mother than you ever could've been for me.
Because Valkyrie was someone I loved,
someone I desperately needed to have in my life.
And so,
I have no anger, hatred, or sympathy toward you as my mother.
This is your punishment.
You must leave this planet, never to return again.
-[Homura] And please… -[Kurenai gasps]
…I ask from the bottom of my heart, that you remain out of my life forever.
I don't want to see your face again.
Is that understood?
[whimpering]
[sobbing]
[Kurenai panting]
Who knew my daughter was so stupid?
[laughs]
Did she think I would have a change of heart after all that nonsense?
-[man] There you are! -[thuds]
[groans]
[grunts]
[grunting weakly]
'Sup, bitch.
I was worried I wouldn't see you again.
That voice! Is that…?
[dramatic music playing]
[Kurenai whimpering]
Grab her.
Hey now! She's way hotter than you made her out to be.
For real!
Stop! Unhand me!
Do you have any idea who you're dealing w--?
[loud clang]
[crowd chuckling]
[Cedric] Yeah, I don't really care.
From here on out, you're our little pet and if you behave, you might get to speak.
But only if we give you permission. Right, Madame Kurenai?
[underling] You're not pulling any punches here, are you, Cedric?
Don't do this.
[Cedric, mocking] "Don't do this…"
[crowd laughs]
[Kurenai] No!
-[beating continues] -[crowd laughs]
[dramatic music climaxes and fades]
[gentle music playing]
[Homura] If this stuffed animal is my only connection to my real mother,
then it belongs here with you
You were my teacher, my best friend, and my mother.
You cared for me.
Thank you for all you've done for me.
I love you.
[Xiaomei] Thanks to Shiki and the crew's help,
the people in Planet Sun Jewel's labor camp
had regained their stolen freedom.
Many of the laborers began working freely under a new regime
that quickly came into place after the rebellion.
Don't worry, they were paid handsomely for their work.
This planet became well-known among adventurers
as a famous treasure-hunting spot, and enjoyed a long period of prosperity.
I'm sorry, I have a tendency to reveal more about the future than I should.
Let's turn back time for a second.
After the spectacular fight with Madame Kurenai,
Shiki returned to the Edens Zero
and shared the news of Valkyrie's death to the remaining Four Shining Stars.
[sobbing]
[sobbing] Moscoy! Mos, Mos, Moscoy, Mos, Mos--
Moos…!
Why didn't you bring Valkyrie's body back to the ship?
We had no choice.
[Homura] Teacher had become a symbol of hope for the people of Sun Jewel.
-[Sister grunts] -[thud]
Like I give a shit.
She belongs here with us!
[Sister] There's a chance we could've fixed her.
Hell, I probably could've fixed her had you brought her back!
I know what we can do!
All of our thoughts, memories and personalities
are backed up in the Edens Zero cloud storage.
We can restore them and build Valkyrie again from scratch.
But then it would be a different Valkyrie than we knew.
Her memory and personality would be the same.
And what's so different about that?
It still isn't enough, there's so much more to it.
[grunts]
There are certain types of neurotransmitters,
such as endorphins and dopamine that cannot be restored.
[Witch] In other words, while her core memories would remain,
her euphoric experiences she shared with Homura would be lost.
[Sister] That's still better than her being dead!
[Witch] She's already dead.
[Sister] What's the point of having a backup, then?
[Witch] The backups are there to repair unforeseen errors or partial damage.
[Sister scoffs]
[Witch] They should not be used to deny death.
Shiki, help me out!
[Sister] You get final say on this ship.
So hurry up and convince this heartless witch to revive Valkyrie!
I'd love to try and help out,
but I didn't understand a word of what you guys just said.
What the heck is an "endorstage" supposed to be?
What?
Master, the words endorphins and cloud storage are different things.
[Shiki] I'll leave the complicated stuff like that to you guys.
However, I do know what Grandpa used to tell me.
[Demon King] Believe it or not, Shiki,
machines experience death just like humans do.
But because we have death, we can appreciate the importance of life.
The value that we put on life may differ though,
since we machines and humans don't have similar lifespans.
Even so, if we both live our lives to the fullest,
then our hearts will outlive us.
[grunts]
Going off that,
I think we have to accept what happened to Valkyrie.
The death of a friend is also proof
that they once lived with all their heart, like you and me.
[grunts softly]
[Homura] I agree with Shiki.
We have to move forward to honor her memory.
[Homura] Bringing her back would be an insult to her sacrifice.
And If we need all Four Shining Stars to head to Mother,
then so be it, I will become the new Valkyrie.
[poignant music playing]
[Shiki] You'll do what?
Wait a sec,
don't you have to be an android to be one of the Four Shining Stars?
[Hermit] There's no rule saying a human can't be.
Moscoy…
[Rebecca] You'll get to be a star someday, Mosco.
You are far too kind.
Thank you, Homura.
[Homura] I don't know if I could ever replace what Teacher was to everyone,
but still, if it was Valkyrie's mission to help send this ship to Mother,
then I accept this--
-[Sister] It wasn't a mission. -Hmm?
We finished our duties 15 years ago.
We're all joined here now by our own free will.
This is my choice.
[Sister scoffs]
[Rebecca] Sister, wait!
Please, give me a moment to go and talk with her.
[Shiki] Welcome aboard, Valkyrie!
-Huh? -Are you gonna take up her torch?
Yeah, but I'm not nearly worthy enough to be able to use Teacher's name!
Fine, then how about just using a different name?
That's perfect!
It's only right the new Valkyrie gets a new name.
What do you think, Homura?
Wait, that's such a good idea for a new video!
I think Valkyrie II or Valkyrie Jr.
would be an extraordinary new name for her.
Yeah, thanks Pino, but no.
I know! Homukyrie.
Anything but that!
Something… like Vahomukyrie?
Stop combining the two!
A big platter of Valkyrie, with a side of juicy Homura.
[Rebecca] We're not ordering food.
Homura.
-[all] Hmm? -[Mosco] Mos?
[Hermit] Valkyrie is gone.
So why not use your real name? I like it.
[gasps]
It's been decided then, Mosco is to be the next Valkyrie.
Maybe next time, Mosco.
-Here's my idea for her new costume! -Whoa!
[Pino] Sudden increase of male adrenaline detected
from Master Shiki and professor Weisz.
-You expect me to wear that outfit? -[Weisz] Yeah, put it on!
[Rebecca] You guys are the worst!
[static]
[Drakken Joe] A decoy, huh?
Tricky. Well played, Edens Zero.
The ship we've been following was a hologram?
This has to be a joke, right?
But when did they swap places?
It may have been a ploy from the start.
Either way, they anticipated our arrival.
Guess they're a bit smarter than we thought.
[Maria] Well, since they got away, what do you want to do now?
[chuckles]
I think I have an idea of where they're going.
[Witch] It seems we lost that giant warship.
It's funny,
who knew they would fall for something so comically simple as a decoy.
She used to love coming up to this deck, and watching the stars for hours.
[Witch] Yes.
[Sister] And when she got injured in battle,
I would always be waiting here to fix her.
[Witch] Yes.
[Sister] I had no idea it was this painful to lose a friend.
[Witch] Yes.
Can you at least pretend to act like you give a shit?
[gasps]
[poignant music playing]
[Witch] I always envied that about Hermit.
She's not afraid to cry and be honest.
I thought that maybe we could be like that too if we were alone.
-[cries softly] -[Witch] What do you think?
[both crying]
[poignant music rising]
[both continue crying]
[Xiaomei] From witnessing Shiki set off on his grand journey
to the birth of a new shining star aboard the Edens Zero,
we've seen quite a lot.
I think an intermission is long overdue.
Don't worry, there's still more adventures to look forward to for Shiki and his crew.
Like the Edens Zero being chased by the Oración Seis Galáctica
and the battle with Drakken Joe.
And the true identity of Captain Connor,
who muttered about being the captain of Edens One.
We still don't know if the Edens Zero
will be able to successfully break through Dragonfall
and reach Mother like they planned.
You don't want to miss the next exciting chapter of this story.
Trust me, I've seen it.
I'm glad you came.
And this isn't a farewell.
We'll see each other again soon.
And when the time comes that we do,
I will have plenty more stories to share with you all.
Stay safe until our next adventure.
["Sekai no Himitsu" by Sayuri playing]
[Shiki] I wish you could see it, Grandpa.
You wouldn't believe how many new friends I made!
[chuckles]
Rebecca, Happy, Weisz, Pino, Homura,
Witch, Sister, Hermit, Mosco, Captain.
And Valkyrie.
Not bad, right?
I'm that much closer to making 100 friends!
And I didn't forget.
We're heading to the place you couldn't reach in time.
Next stop, Mother!
Ready or not, here we come!
[Mother] And so the children set off on their journey.
I wonder, what change will they bring to the universe?
Will Shiki become the legendary hero he wants to be?
Or will he bring about destruction as the new Demon King?
Only time will tell for certain.
He must walk forward on his own two feet.
[epic music playing]