♪ If I’d kept walking and never stopped by that ticket gate
♪ Would I have lived happily ever after, never knowing you?
♪ If I hadn’t jumped over the back gate and escaped outside
♪ The radiance from the stars above
♪ would have turned into stains on my shoes
♪ Stretched out on the linoleum floor Hands scraped from handstands
♪ It was right before dawn when dizziness hit me
♪ upon realizing this place was also on the edge of the galaxy
♪ I heard your voice, and desperate to deliver my answer,
♪ I sparkled, sparkled, sparkled, and cried out
♪ The moment I jumped over the chain link fence, stumbled, and fell,
♪ the world began to take color
♪ Leap out into the depths of the universe,
♪ let the plazma blast through everything in your path
♪ Utterly mesmerized,
♪ oblivious to the bruises and scars to follow
♪ Though we're separated by light years,
♪ there's no stopping me now that I'm on the move
♪ At this moment, your voice sounds so distant
♪ Shining on
~♪
MACHU! PUT YOUR PILOT SUIT ON!
Are you sure this thing can make an atmospheric entry?
Isn't Earth supposed to be really huge?
Can we really make it to where Shuji is?
GQuuuuuuX...
Wait, wait a sec... No parachute?!
Oh no, we're falling! We're falling!
THE ROSE OF SHARON
The Rose of Sharon.
Oh! She's up.
Kanchana, she's up!
- Ow... - It's okay.
No bones are broken.
We gotta let the Mistress know!
Where is this?
Kabas estate.
Kabas estate...?
Ow...
Out of range...
This must be Earth...
Ow...
Okay...
Mm-hmm...
This is real gravity...
It's no different than in the colony.
Ah! The sea!
Can't see it from here...
But...
...the real sky and the real sun.
Oh yeah... I escaped from the Zeon ship yesterday.
Amate Yuzuriha.
Or, do you prefer "Machu?"
Unlock the electromagnetic lock, and remove the handcuffs also.
I'll return these to you.
MACHU! MACHU!
This chatty robot isn't allowed here, but I'm told you have special permission.
MACHU.
Looks like your phone screen is cracked.
But it seems to power on.
You can't make calls, since the lag would reveal the ship's position.
You may send texts, though.
Of course, they'll be censored.
NEW MESSAGE HAS ARRIVED. A DAY AGO. TAMAKI YUZURIHA, A DAY AGO. MISSED CALL.
Wh...
O--Oh...
Why don't you contact your mother?
Though, I know I wouldn't be able to, if I caused this much trouble...
I know it was just a game to earn some pocket money,
but you've landed yourself in serious trouble that’s not easy to escape from.
A change of clothes.
Don't complain about the size.
I don't wanna wear a Zeon military uniform! It's so lame, too.
LAME! LAME!
Why should you be given an official uniform?
These are my own clothes. You're welcome!
Commander Challia Bull. I've brought the suspect, Sir.
The Mistress knew that you'd be coming down.
Hmm...
So we had this room, and even a doctor, all ready for you by yesterday.
The Mistress' "dreams" actually come true.
She said, the one who chases the rose must be coming down from above...
"The one who chases the rose..."
Then I have to go thank her, the one that you call "The Mistress."
Not now though...
'cause a lover will be arriving soon.
A "lover?"
Kabas estate...
What... is this place?
Are you all... being held here against your will?
Not really...
I mean, we're just maids.
We're lucky enough to be wearing beautiful clothes and have food to eat.
Right?
But...
If you go visit the town, you'll see kids begging everywhere.
Machu...
You should be grateful for the good fortune of being born in Side 6.
Calm your fury, pilot of the GQuuuuuuX.
This guy with a mustache... the one who spoke to me...?
During the last war, half of the population perished...
...and many of the survivors lost their homes and became refugees.
The sacrifice for the spacenoids' independence was far too great...
...but that is precisely why a war like that must never happen again.
Is this ship moving?
Guess we've left the colony.
We are headed for Earth to provide protection for a military facility.
Commander, that matter is classified.
So... please tell me about the pilot of the Red Gundam.
Shuji Ito.
Do you know anything about his connection to Char Aznable?
...which means, Shuji hasn't been captured?
Where is he, then?
He is missing.
He answered before I said it...
He's just like Shuji...
He disappeared from Side 6 along with the Red Gundam.
Do you have any idea where he might have gone?
That's classified, too!
Shuji...
The Gundam is searching for the rose...
That's right.
He is looking for The Rose of Sharon.
Commander! That matter is--
The Rose... of Sharon...?
It... appeared abruptly within cislunar space during the One Year War.
It's an anomalous object that shouldn't exist in this world...
...and it holds the power to shape the destiny of the Earth sphere.
Believing that, we carefully recovered it
and performed a thorough analysis at Granada,
but it was lost during a fierce battle.
He's not the only one in search of the rose.
What is Shuji Ito trying to achieve by finding the rose?
You really don't know anything, do you?
We can't get anything from her or the junk traders, Sir.
Perhaps we should assume that they just happened to be found together,
and don't have any actual connection?
The Gundam is searching for a rose.
That's why I need to go to Earth.
Earth...
Oh...
The rose is on Earth...
...is that what he said?
Shuji is looking for the rose.
Then I should be able to see Shuji if I go to where the Rose is.
WHO IS THIS? THE ROSE WILL BLOOM SOON.
The rose?
THE ROSE WILL BLOOM, THE ROSE WILL BLOOM!
THE LOCK WILL OPEN. TO THE RIGHT.
Who is that?!
ARE WE GOING?
We're going!
Omega Psycommu is activated!
GQuuuuuuX activation signal confirmation!
Machu?
How?
What happened to her cell's electromagnetic lock?
I see. So that's how it is, then.
Seal the port side mobile suit deck!
- Do not let the GQuuuuuuX get outside! - Roger!
No...
We'll let her go.
Why...?
Is it your Jupiter-returnee intuition?
It's just mirroring.
She is aware she is being censored.
For the time being, it would be wise to obey the mysterious messages.
He almost seems happy.
Then we will let it launch.
But, are you sure about this?
Whatever he wants.
Let 'em go right away.
But who... is sending these messages?
Surely... this Newtype is quite a handful...
Isn't she crazy about him?
Oh? Who's that?
Oh... you're the Mistress' house guest.
Customers will pick you up if you're hanging out like that around here.
So this "Mistress", what's she like?
Mm... she's so gorgeous, calm, and always so kind to us.
Sal flowers look so good on her. Such a wonderful person.
There are migratory birds that cross over the Himalayas.
Hmm...?
In the past, nobody imagined... that birds could cross mountain ranges...
...just as they couldn't imagine that humans could live in space.
Um... thank you so much for your help.
Huh? I know this person...?
Why did you come here?
Um...
There's no rose here.
I'm looking for a boy who's chasing that rose.
"A boy?"
I'm jealous.
The girls at the mansion told me...
...that you can see the future in your dreams.
I don't know.
What I see are dreams about the other side.
The other side?
My self on the other side is in love.
Truly in love, not something that's paid for.
A very young Zeon officer visits this mansion
and falls in love with me at first sight...
...and he even buys my freedom and takes me away from here.
My life truly begins then.
After he takes me to space, I'm prepared to fight for him,
and even die for him.
You want to go to space?
I will be free, I am certain... if I go to space.
I'll be able to do anything then.
But he loses his life fighting against the Federation's white mobile suit.
...and then Zeon loses the war.
Are they the bad guy?
No, that's not true.
Even the one in the white mobile suit is pure.
I fall in love with both of them.
The two are both so precious to me.
But it doesn't end there.
In my dreams, I meet the officer in red over and over again.
Over and over again, he and I meet... but...
...it's the same every time-- the white mobile suit always kills him.
I... am unable to protect those I care about.
Hey, it's time--your lover for the night will be here.
You, house guest, should go back to the mansion, too.
It's all just a dream.
You are...?
Lalah Sune.
Lalah...
That's the girl?
The one that was in the fighter craft that crash-landed?
We'll hand her over to Zeon in the morning.
I'm in contact with the Mangaluru Police.
That's too bad-- She might seem a little green now,
but if she sticks around, she's cute and could make a name for herself!
We'll help you escape by tonight.
Those are the Mistress's instructions.
We'll take care of everything, just trust us.
But there's one thing we need to ask you.
We need you to take the Mistress with you.
The Mistress deserves to be somewhere, far better than this.
All the girls at the mansion have been waiting for this day.
We believe that you're the one who can take the Mistress to space.
She won't listen to us if we talk to her about it.
But, we ask you-- please take the Mistress with you!
Fire! Fire!
Weren't they supposed to set fire only to the storage shed?
The bigger the commotion, the better.
It's all good.
Let it all burn to the ground.
Who escaped?
We don't know, Sir. Perhaps everyone did.
Argh! Y'all focus on putting out the fire!
Dammit!
There'll be men coming after us in no time. Just go!
You are coming with me!
This... isn't just a plane, but it's part of a mobile suit.
Both of us can ride in it, if we squeeze in tight!
You deserve to be somewhere, far better than this.
You can be much freer if you're in space!
TIRED OF WAITING, MACHU.
What are you doing?!
Is that you, Lalah?!
Get in, Miss Lalah!
Don't move! House guest, you get off, too!
I won't be going.
Why not? Don't you want to go to space?
I... must wait for him.
Him? But that's just a dream, isn't it?!
Please, just go!
Do as I say, Lalah!
Go to the rose!
You have things to do!
Lalah!
Hold on, GQuuuuuuX!
Weren't you the one that brought me here in the first place?!
Lalah!
IT'S THE OCEAN, MACHU.
I wanted to swim... in the real ocean.
But the GQuuuuuuX is at the bottom of the ocean, right?
What are we gonna do?
ON LAND, IN WATER, AND IN SPACE, IT'S ALL-PURPOSE. NO PROBLEM.
The what?
No way!
Are we really gonna be... okay...
DEPTH 100. WE CAN GO DEEPER.
There it is!
GQuuuuuuX...
Huh?
What's that? So huge...
THE ROSE! THE ROSE!
Is that... the Rose of Sharon?
Who's that? She looks like Miss Lalah...
What's going on here?
Ugh...
To think the Rose of Sharon was in a place like this.
It seems we owe Machu our gratitude.
Thanks to her, we've found what we were looking for.
And I can give Lady Kycilia some wonderful news, too.
You had this in mind from the moment you let her go...
Increase the Minovsky craft output... to plus thirty!
Huh?
It looks distorted.
It must be in an unstable state in this universe.
It looks more like a tulip than a rose.
Is this a spaceship?
This is not something that we made.
It’s a specialized mobile armor that was never completed
due to its development being halted.
How is it right here in front of our eyes?
She asked to know who was on board.
She really is from a new generation of Newtypes.
She had noticed that, too.
Within the Rose of Sharon, frozen in time a girl remains in eternal sleep.
Almost certainly... a Newtype from the other side.
Captain... you saw this same girl at Solomon, didn't you?
♪~
♪ A roundabout fantasy, anthology
♪ Mystery & Mystery
♪ I'm acting on instinct
♪ The impulse that rises to the beat of my heart
♪ "I don't care anymore..."
♪ I just want to know easy things
♪ What I really wish for the stars
♪ No more excuses for my anguish
♪ No more, it's meaningless
♪ What do you think?
♪ It's like I've lost my way.
♪ My heart is a thorn in my side.
♪ It's just the same old thing over and over again.
♪ Like I'm dancing in a birdcage.
♪ Weak and pierced Till it's mended
♪ Struggling and crying And try not to disappear
♪ It's so convenient like some magic
♪ If you're the hero, there's a beginning and an end
♪ No matter what happens in the end, it's always a happy ending
♪ Then let me do what I want
♪ I don't care anymore.
♪ I fell headlong
♪ into a zero-gravity Midnight escape
♪ The Secret Behind the Secret, I'm a Prisoner of that
♪ Take it all with you
♪ I'm celebrating life with everything I've got
♪ Thinking of the stars mingling together
♪ I can't believe someone says "I love you"
♪ This night is all Wonder
♪ Singing of love
~♪
PREVIEW
A Solar Ray for restoring Earth's environment?
Or is that a gigantic laser satellite cannon?
I hear that two of the most top-level VIPs are attending the completion ceremony.
Next episode: Yomagn'tho Blockade.
Red Yomagn'tho.... Blue Yomagn'tho... Yellow Yomagn'tho... There, I said it!
YOMAGN'THO BLOCKADE