Toward the Terra Volume 3 : Return to Life Earth translated from Kodansha Anime Comics by Ann Nichols, Dr. K., Sgt. Major Miller, and Yoshishige Shimada Retyped by William Chow Inside Front Cover: (text): That the human race would come attacking Nasuka was foreseen, so Jomy decided to leave Nasuka. Soon after ten Mu space ships left, missile war ships came attacking. It was a violent war... Nasuka was destroyed and a large number of lives were lost. By now, going to Earth was the only way to live. No matter what the obstacles, even if it means destroying the Earth... Inside Back Cover: (same as Volume 1) p.3 ( 3. Return to Life Earth ) p.4 ( Cast Introduction ) The story so far: Jomy, who became the new chief of the Mu, escaping from human pursuers, sought a peaceful land on the frontier planet of Nasuka. Jomy had Tony with Karina through the first natural childbirth after SD, but the hands of the human race extended to Nasuka also. To Keith, who landed on Nasuka, Jomy says...!? Note: The descriptions for Jomy, Keith, Tony, Phischis, Harley, Marker and Grand Mother are identical to the descriptions given in Volume I and II and will not be repeated. Computer Terra: Came forth from the depths of the destroyed Earth. What is its true character...!? The Story p.7 (Marker heading toward Nasuka) p.8 (Keith turns and sees Tony) Kei: Huh? Tony: (telepathically) Dangerous! You are dangerous... p.9 Man at Screen: Emergency instruction - patrol plane in process of infiltration - breaking through the barrier! Jomy: What!? MaS: The telepathy barrier has no effect. Jomy: Telepathy has no effect!? One of us? Tony: (tele) Kill! Kill! Jomy: Who...whose voice am I hearing now...? p.10 (Tony shatters observation window) Kei: Ooooh... MaS: There's been an explosion at the base entrance. Jomy: What!? MaS: At the Psychological Examination Room! Jomy: (thinks) Keith! p.11 (Keith comes to, throws shard of glass at Tony, hitting him in the chest) p.12 Tony: Ooo...Aaahhh! p.13 Kar: Tony! Jomy: Karina! Kar: My Tony is... Jomy: (at a loss for words) Kar: No nooo! (banging her head against the wall) No! No! Noo!! p.15 (Karina explodes the barrier, running into the afterburn of Keith's escaping ship) Kar: Noo! Jomy: Karina!! Karinaah! Karina!! p.16 Kar: Tony!! Jomy: Karina... Kar: Ah ah Tony... Jomy: Karina! Calm down! Karina! Kar: Wah! Tony!! To...Tony... (dies) p.17 Jomy: Karina...! Karinaah! Keith! I won't let you get away!! p.18 Phis: Ah...Ah... p.19 Jomy: Phischis!? Mark: Lt. Keith Anyan! Can you hear me, Lieutenant!! Kei: Marker!! That's you! Mark: Yes. I am presently at point ENN 334. Kei: Well, in 10 seconds we will destroy the ship. Envelope me in a telepathic barrier. p.20 (Jomy retrieves Tony and Phischis) p.21 (ship fades away) p.22 Mark: S.O.S.! S.O.S.! This way Pesetra Base Patrol Ship No. PE332. Navigation impossible - drifting... My passenger is Members Elite 076-223 Keith Anyan. p.23 (Mu ship) Alf: Don't get up yet. Phis: Tony is? Alf: Is safe now in Sick Bay... Jomy: ...Karina ia dead. p.24 Phis: Ah--I was attracted by that Earth man and I couldn't control myself... Galaxy is cracked...moving...three destinies... Mankind...Mu...one more... I can't catch it. Mu: Soldier, come immediately to the doctor's room, please. p.26 Jomy: What happened!? Mu: Tony is... Jomy: This is...Tony!? Mu: (We're) seeing quite a metamorphosis - he's growing every moment! Tony: I have grown, haven't I? I had to. I have to help you. p.27 Jomy: I can't believe you're Tony... Tony: (to Phischis) I don't want to see your face. Get out! Jomy: What are you saying! Tony: But this person killed Karina! Jomy: (at a loss) Tony: She taught the way out to the Earthman. She protected him... I saw it all! Traitor!! p.28 Jomy: Tony!! Whatever Phischis did, I will not allow you to talk like that. Tony: You're in love with Phischis. You loved Phischis more than my dead Mama... Mama is to be pitied. Phis: Ah Ah... Jomy: Phischis! p.29 Tony: Leave her alone. There's more important things to do. We're in danger if we do not act quickly. The human race is going to come attacking this world for sure. Jomy: ! p.30 Crewman: It's too sudden to understand! Mark: In your condition it would be absurd to use the brain wave communicator. Kei: It is so. As a VIP, I command you to leave the room immediately. This is ME 076-223. I desire direct communication with Grand Mother... Emergency... emergency communication. A judgement of Grand Mother about a new race of Mu is necessary...ah... p.31 UNK: Insert badge key, please. Roger! Emergency communication circuit TIZ is open. p.32 SD: Emergency order in efect! Emergency order in effect! This is the Earth Government as well as Grand Mother's direct order. There is no change. Attack "Nasuka"! Attack "Nasuka", the sixth planet of the Jitan solar system! Within 60 hours the destruction attack is necessary - Nasuka's surface as well as underground. p.34 (ships taking off) p.35 SD: Missile launching schedule - tomorrow morning 6 o'clock. Repeat... p.36 (Mu ship) Zelu: It is difficult to convince these men whose life has become Nasuka to leave in 10 hours. Ela: Soldier himself is the one who educated them. p.37 Jomy: I have decided! I do not know when the attack will come - after two hours? After one day...? Or it may not come at all. However, Tony is predicting a 100% possibility. So after 10 hours, using all the ships, we are leaving Nasuka! p.38 SD?: All ships take off completion. All ships warp preparation (for going) toward Mark S757 NP114 P4B Jitan Solar System, sixth planet, Nasuka. Commence warp! p.40 Jomy: What!? As much as one third... Har: They say they will avoid danger by staying in the underground living quarters - one third with young people as the core. Jomy: Looks strangely red. MaS: Soldier, something is approaching the port side at terrible speed. Jomy: They're missiles!! Har: Maintain the same direction. Full speed ahead!! p.41 Jomy: Can we evade? Har: I suppose it's all right. The missiles are heading toward Nasuka. Jomy: What! Harley! Send the ship back!! Let's return to Nasuka. Har: It's unreasonable. They'll impact on Nasuka in about 2 minutes. Jomy: We have to rescue them... I'll go. Open the airlock! p.42-5 (Jomy in energy form heads back to Nasuka) p.46 Jomy: Calm down! Everyone, calm down! This way, quickly! p.48 Har: What's the matter! MaS: There's a destroyer pressing us on the port side - terrible number. Har: Scatter the fleet!! p.49 (more attack) p.50 Phis: (thinks) Aah Nasuka is ... Nasuka is ... my fault...my... p.51 (attack and carnage) p.52 Woman: Where is Soldier!? Tony: (tele) Quiet... It's all right... I am here. Don't be afraid! We will not be defeated. Mu: It's Tony! Tony: Turn about 30 degrees starboard! Telepathic concentrating (for a) barrier. Spread a telepathic barrier. p.53-60 (Mus raise the barrier as Nasuka is destroyed) p.61 Phis: Soldier! Has Soldier really returned alive!? Jomy... What happened? Jomy!? Dr. N: I can't believe this. He came from within that big explosion on Nasuka. Leo: (tele) However, the shock of the explosion affected his eyes, ears, and mouth... p.62 Dr. N: No, perhaps he shut himself up by his own will. Phis: Oh!! That... Jomy!! Oh!! p.63 Jomy: (from now on speaking ONLY telepathically) Listen, Mu comrades... Ever since I inherited Soldier Blue's will I have been thinking. I have been mulling over, seeking for a method to return to Terra without fighting the human race... However, no matter how far we escape in this vast space...they will discover and kill us and Nasuka is gone. Now hesitation cannot be permitted. In order to live, we go to Terra. Even if Terra we destroy. We are gong to Terra! p.66 Phis: Soldier! p.67 (Jomy retreats) Tony: Soldier will not meet anyone anymore. Soldier has closed his mind. Therefore he does not see. Therefore he does not speak. Therefore he does not hear. However, I have succeeded to Soldier's will. And Soldier's will is only... to go to Terra! p.71 Man: That's right, go to Terra. Tony: No matter how long it takes, we go to Terra! p.72 Ten years later Narrator: Ten years have passed, and the Mu, who have lost eighty percent of their comrades, have strengthened their system with Tony at the centre. They have stolen missiles from the human race by guerilla activity. And they started the long journey to Earth in a great fleet. p.73 Kei: You summoned me? GM: Keith Anyan, I have been waiting for you. You know the recent Mu attacks around the frontier area? Kei: Yes, it seems a rather full scale engagement. p.74 GM: Earth, too, will have to meet with a full-scale defense. Today the Earth Government proclaims martial law and Keith, you were appointed as General Commander. You were appointed. You have absolute authority over Earth defense. Give us a good fight. Kei: Thank you very much. Well, then... GM: Keith... as you have guessed, the person who offered the egg you were grown from was the Mu woman you met on Nasuka, Phischis. p.75 Kei: ...As I have suspected. However, what is unsolved in my mind has to do with the question of the origin of the Mu. GM: Again... That question? Because the Mu are the human race's enemy, why isn't that essential element removed? You're constructing the answer to that question in your own mind, right? But I can't tell you whether or not your guess is correct. Now the Mu extermination is your business. The position of the Chief of State of Earth that has been vacant for a hundred years is waiting for you. p.76 Kei: Earth's Chief of State? GM: Yes. do well, we pray. Kei: (his mind is a blank) p.77 (Mu ship) MaS: Long range missiles have been fired. One minute, 27 seconds until they arrive at the ship. Second missile, third missile, fourth missile. The firing is continuing. Tony: Alright, fighter ship corps, take off! (tele) Aim telepathy at the missiles' fuses. p.78 Pilot: (thinks) Those must be the fuses... p.79 Mu: Remarkable! Prof: Even if the telepathy of all of us is combined, all we can do is make a telepathic barrier. Har: The other missiles are approaching at 30 degrees left. Something like warships coming at range 20. p.80 Tony: Fighter corps, missiles and battleship about 30 degrees left of this ship. (tele) This ship will continue to Gurebulu Military Base. Finish off and return. Female Pilot: Roger! Male Pilot: Roger! p.81 (Earth) Man to Left: The Mu are sending a telepathic request for communication. If we don't answer, they'll proceed to attack. Man to Right: Commander, let's try to communicate. Kei: That is not necessary! The Mu are the human race's enemy - fight only. We will use a special troop composed of VIP and attack. p.82 Mu: The telepathic barrier is not effective. Har: It's specially trained troops. All right, prepare the missiles. Oow! Ooh --! p.83 Mu: A fire has broken out! Har: Put out the fire with all our strength! Are the missiles ready yet? MaS: We need ten minutes. Har: Where are our attack planes! Hey! It's Tony. p.84 Tony: (tele) Formation, right turn! Break through the enemy center. It's the specially trained VIP corps. Telepathy is not effective! Do not let one vessel escape! Kill them all. p.85-94 (Mu fighter planes attack and destroy the Earth squadron) p.95 Har: Tony! Why do you kill everyone, even those who came to surrender? Your method is too cruel. Tony: I act by soldier's will. I do not permit opposition. p.96 Har: Wait! If we continue to fight cruelly like this, we, too, will be ruined. Tony: You're getting cowardly... Harley... My will is Soldier's will! p.97 Phis: (tele) Jomy, can you hear me! It's me, Phischis. Please open your closed mind. The human race and the Mu both struggle in the marsh of hatred. You always said to be human is to love. Compassion is what we seek... The Earth without love is not a homeland! We have had too much hatred! p.99 Boy: Argh! Tony: Receive your judgement!! Boy: Gaah! Kids: Ooooo Argh! Kids: Oooo Gah! Tony: Launch the missiles! MaS: Roger! p.100 Har: Do you mean to destroy the station!? Those children have done no wrong! MaS: The missile launching preparations are complete. Tony: All right. Launch the missiles. Har: Tony!! MaS: Missiles launching. Jomy: Wait! Stop! Mu: But... p.101 Jomy: I am the chief of the Mu. Children! I am the Mu chief, Jomy Marcus Shin. You are not our enemy. The enemy is the SD system which robbed love from you. Try to remember that gentle season when you were small. Try to regain once more the eyes of children that do not see evil. p.102 Man: Education Station E-1077 has opened up to the Mu entirely in accordance with everyone's will. p.103 Man at Right: Again!! Soleido Military Base has gone to them too! Why are they surrendering one after another without taking action Commander! The VIP Special Corps attack has failed! They will come directly to the Earth defense line. We have to do something... Man at Left: Commander! p.104 Guy with Moustache: When we think about it, it's not that the Mu have done anything particularly wrong to us. Guy without Moustache: Seems that way! We, too, have fallen out of the elite corps, same as the Mu. Fat Lady in Red: It's the end! We'll be invaded by the Mu! Young Man: What's going to happen to us! Girlfriend: No! I don't want to die! Young Man: Let's run! p.105 Crowd: Aah! Argh! Save us! Gah!! p.106 Someone: Let me go!! Guard: No!! Guard: No ---! p.107-8 (Mu ship closes in on Earth) p.109 Mu: Look! It's the Earth!! Mu: Beautiful! Alf: God... Leo: Soldier, finally we come to Terra... I wanted you to see Terra is really blue!! p.110 Man on Left: Emergency communication. The Mu troops are approaching the Earth defense line. Man on Right: A number of the enemy with the mother ship in the center, including ships from the Earth administration that went on the Mu side, adding to the whole... Man on Left: They've finally come... Jomy: I am Jomy Marcus Shin. We desire communication with the Earth government and to meet with us. p.111 Someone: Commander!! Kei: Tomorrow, Earth time 1800 hours, Earth Defense Central Headquarters. I/we will be waiting. Jomy: Tomorrow, Earth time 1800 hours. Agreed. Your prompt decision is appreciated. p.112 (Keith's apartment) Mark: (tele) Is your mother among those Mu? p.113 Kei: (tele) Yes. I was born from the egg received from the Mu woman, Phischis. If I can, I wnat to see her again. (aloud) Now, go to sleep. Mark: Yes, sir! p.112 (Mu ship) Tony: Jomy, I am going, too! It's dangerous! To board alone... what will you do if they trap you? p.115 Jomy: I believe Keith. I will invite him to this ship after the meeting. Wait for us. p.116 (Jomy lands on Earth) p.117 (he confronts Keith) Kei: It's been a long time, Jomy. p.118 Jomy: Please excuse the telepathy... I have lost the use of words. Kei: I don't intend to apologize. That was my duty. Our battle is finished. It is you Mu's victory. GM: The war has not ended yet, Keith Anyan. p.119 Kei: No. It's too late. Now the only way left is to surrender Earth to the Mu. We've lost, Grand Mother. Jomy: Keith, that is wrong. Yes, we did fight, as ones who are destined to fight before their birth... Kei: (his mind is a blank) Jomy: And many lives have been lost. Keith, why did we fight? Why did we kill each other? (to Grand Mother) You are the true enemy!! p.120 GM: What are you saying, Mu Chief Jomy Marcus Shin? Now I will terminate your life. (Grand Mother attacks Jomy) Jomy: Argh! p.121-127 (Jomy retaliates, finally defeating Grand Mother) p.121 Jomy: Aah! Aah! Uooo! Oooahh! p.124 Observer: Wah! (surprise) p.126 Jomy: Oooaaahhh! p.128 Kei: Jomy! Now (get up). Jomy: It's okay. Terra is the homeland for those who have life, not a machine. Let's go! p.129 Kei: (loss for words) GM: (weakly to the end) Education Sample No. 753306 E1077, Keith Anyan - fire at Jomy Marcus Shin!! Fire!! (Keith shoots Jomy) p.131 Tony: Jomy! Kei: (thinks) Jomy! (aloud) ...Jomy! Jomy!! Jomy... p.132 GM: Well done, Keith Anyan. That is good. (Keith focuses his anger on Grand Mother) GM: ...Can't understand!! Can't understand. Keith, you should not aim your emotion toward me. p.133 Kei: Grand Mother, I will not forgive you. GM: Stop, Keith! Kei: I ahve been your faithful servant - now is too much!! (enough is enough) GM: I can't compute your emotion, Keith. My system does not include your insubordination. Kei: It must be because I was created as an experiment. I am an android. However, look. p.134 GM: Stop, Keith. (Keith bites his finger, it bleeds) p.135 GM: Nooo... p.136 (blood falls on Jomy) p.137 (Grand Mother collapses as Keith picks up Jomy) p.138 Kei: Aah! Tony: Jomy! Kei: Aah! Tony: Jomy! Kei: Aieee! p.139 (final destruction of Grand Mother) p.140 Computer Terra: (to Keith) I have long been waiting to inform just one being... I am Computer Terra. Being directly connected to Grand Mother, I was designed to awaken at her death. Listen carefully!! The human race created the SD system to perfectly regulate the birth of human life in order to save the Earth which was about to die. But the human race was not certain that it (SD) was perfect. Therefore, they incorporated into the birth process an element which was a direct reverse gene. Kei: Is that the Mu? ComT: Yes, it is. They wagered the future of the Earth onto one of these two elements. Which won? Never mind. That is not my concern. Jomy: Keith, run! Run!! Keith! Kei: (thinks) What has controlled and ordered me is completely gone. Now I will terminate my life by my own will!! p.143-4 (aftermath) p.145 Someone: All right, gather the injured ones into the valley!! Mu: A little more. Hang in there. Dr. N: Finish disinfecting. I will operate immediately. Man: Let us help. Dr. N: Of course. Humans and Mu, makes no difference. Please help. p.146 (Mu ship) Tony: 25 persons... Our ability has far exceeded the humans'. We'll only become the enemies of the humans if we stay on the peaceful Terra. p.148 Someone: Departure preparations are completed! p.149 Tony: Okay, let's go! (thinks) Jomy, we were born in accordance to your will and we have lived in accordance to your will. From now on, too, from a far corner of the universe... we'll maintain our watch over the future of the humans and the Mu. And when they regain true humanity we will call upon them once more. The nostalgic Terra, our homeland... Here, where everything began... p.152-8 (end credits)