Eureka Seven episode 09 Paper Moon Shine


Tiptory: I'm very sorry.

Holland: Why are you apologizing?

Tiptory: It's just that... I feel as though I've somehow forced you all to make a fairly painful decision.

Holland: I don't understand what you're trying to say.

Tiptory: But then there's Norb. If you intend to search for him, then you must have known that one way or another, you'd have to go to Ciudades Del Cielo. Didn't you?

Holland: Uh, you see through everything, don't you? Well, Ciudades Del Cielo is a very important place to you people. It's a coincidence. Coincidence.

Tiptory: That's not so.

Holland: Uh?

Tiptory: Of course, to us the Vodarac, that place is the land of purification from which we begin our journey to the Great Wall. However, at the same time, it can become Destiny's Gate to anyone who goes there to visit it.

Holland: Destiny's Gate... True enough.


Ken-Goh: All systems have completed to change over the general standby mode.

Gidget: Thank you. Good job. What's the status of the Compac Interferencer?

Woz: Point systems are go. Of course, in the place that's out in the open like this, it doesn't really matter much.

Jobs: The main engine is still up. We can take off when necessary.

Ken-Goh: Roger that. In any case, it's not likely that we'll be staying around here for very long, anyway. After all, this is...

Talho: Probably not.

Ken-Goh: Mm?

Talho: Since somebody just wants to run away with his tail between his legs. I'm sure we'll be on our way as soon as we drop that lady off.


Hap: You haven't forgotten anything, have you? You should make sure to check.

Tiptory: Thank you for everything.

Tiptory: And also, it's not much in the way of thanks, but I want you to have this.

Holland: We don't need you to give us that.

Tiptory: Oh, come now, just take it with you. After all, you may find you need it someday. And if you do, it will be difficult not having this, right?

Holland: Aw, for Pete's sake... All right. I just pray that we never ever need to use something like this.

Tiptory: And I pray that a wonderful light of Vodarac is waiting for all of you.


Renton: Brother! Brother Doggie!

Moondoggie: I keep telling you, I'm not your brother.

Renton: Brother, take a look at this! See? I'm finally done with it! My brand new lift board! It's so awesome, isn't it?

Moondoggie: That's what you were doing instead of helping out? We're taking off after we're done.

Renton: Uh? How come?

Moondoggie: Because Holland said so. Nothing we can do about it.

Renton: Wait. Holland did? For what reason?

Moondoggie: How the hell should I know?

Renton: There are some really amazing waves coming, aren't there?

Moondoggie: Yeah.

Renton: Holland said he'd go anywhere as long as he knew there were good waves there, didn't you?

Moondoggie: Yeah.

Renton: So I guess Holland is just kind of temperamental, isn't he?

Moondoggie: Beats me. I don't know.

Renton: So, she's getting off the ship here?

Moondoggie: Well, bringing her here was the deal we made.

Renton: Brother, where you headed?

Moondoggie: I'm on going and get out my lift board, too. We can lift here while we wait for the water to fill up.

Renton: Hey, wait up! I'm going with you!


Holland: Status report.

Ken-Goh: No changes. Currently, we're replenishing our drinking water. We'll take off when that's done. That's what you wanted, right?

Holland: Yeah. But those are some great waves out there.

Talho: Pretty unusual. Coming from the guy who supposedly lives for the waves.

Holland: Okay then, what about you?

Talho: What you mean? You got a problem?

Holland: Now, listen!

Hap: Hey, cut it out...

Stoner: Hey, what are you doing, Holland?

Holland: What do you mean, what am I doing?

Stoner: What I mean is, aren't you gonna go out and ride the waves?

Holland: The waves?

Stoner: Yeah. I mean those two are going out ahead of you.

Holland: Those idiots!

Talho: Holland! Wait a minute!


Renton: The waves here really are the total ultimate!

Moondoggie: Yeah.

Renton: I can't believe there's no one else at a great spot like this! Too cool...

Holland: What are you guys doing?

Renton: I'm sorry, we're waiting for the water to fill.

Holland: I'm asking you. What are you doing?!

Renton: It's just, the waves here are really great. I've never seen waves like this before. And those ruined buildings over there. They make good waves even better. I don't know why there aren't any people around here, I'm just grateful that such an amazing spot was even created! So, ya see, we were... Uh? What was that for?!

Holland: Just shut up. You didn't have to punch me all of a sudden like that!

Renton: I want you to tell me why you did it!

Holland: Just shut up!

Renton: What is this?! Why did you punch me again? What was that for?! Oh, I get it... I get it! I get it!


Maurice: Mama looks upset about something.

Linck: It's 'cause Maeter did something to make Mama mad.

Maeter: No, it is not. It's 'cause you peed in your pants, Linck!

Linck: I did not pee in my pants!

Eureka: Renton? What happened, Renton?!

Renton: It's burned through... Wait, these aren't just ruined buildings? They're brand new... Which means that this area was bombed recently? Who's there?! Hey, come back! Ow...

Tiptory: Goodness! It's you!

Renton: Ma'am...


Talho: So, where's the little shrimp?

Eureka: Holland! Renton was...

Holland: Sorry.


Tiptory: I see, I see. Well, that was unfortunate, wasn't it? Does it bother you? It might look like a mobile home on the outside, but it's a monastery on the inside.

Renton: A monastery? Um...

Tiptory: Yes, Renton?

Renton: Are the Vodarac really an anti-government organization?

Tiptory: Now why do you think that would be true?

Renton: Because at school, the teachers, and all the other kids... They said that we really couldn't understand how you guys thought and that you're scary people

Tiptory: Things that you don't know or don't understand can be scary. It's the same for everyone.

Renton: Yeah, but, you don't look you’re that kind of person at all, ma'am.

Tiptory: True, but you can't tell what people are like from their looks. Now the land is just as you see it, never changing. I'm sure if everyone understood that this beautiful place would never have ended up ruined this way. This angry land doesn't just belong to human beings you know. And yet we keep pounding endless numbers of stakes into the shifting scubs, and pretend we have control over them.

Renton: But the textbooks say that if we didn't have the pile bunkers, we'd have tectonic disturbances.

Tiptory: Alright then, why do the tectonic disturbances disappear when we have the pile bunkers?

Renton: I don't know.

Tiptory: You only know what you've learned from reading something that someone else has written. Correct?


Talho: You still can't find him? Come back before it gets dark. Going out in the Nirvash is dangerous. You know that, right?


Renton: Why do you go to so much trouble to gather in a deserted place like this?

Tiptory: Because this is Destiny's Gate.

Renton: Destiny's Gate?

Tiptory: Ciudades Del Cielo. Capital of the sky. The land of the Vodarac, once known for its beauty. No matter how much they try to destroy it, that fact will never change. To follow the path that leads to the Great Wall, or to continue living here in this enchanting and beautiful land. That is the solemn choice that everyone who comes to this holy city must make.

Renton: But it's all torn up.

Tiptory: Yes. One day, several years ago, this town was attacked by the military.

Renton: What?

Tiptory: They destroyed the whole city, tower and all, and then... the militia slaughtered people who were here, just because of their deep faith in Vodarac.

Man: Madam Tiptory! It's terrible! That thing hass come back again! The White Demon!

Renton: The White Demon?


Eureka: Renton! I know that you're here somewhere! Everyone is worried about you! So please hurry and come out!

Renton: Eureka? She came to find me? Eureka!

Eureka: Renton!

Renton: Eureka! Stop it! What did this girl ever do to you?!

Man: That girl is a murderer!

Woman: Yes, and we never did anything to harm her

Man: Military dog!

Renton: What the heck are you saying? Eureka is...

Eureka: It's all right.

Renton: What? Why?

Eureka: Because it's all true. I was a military dog.

Renton: What's that? What's going on?

Tiptory: You both have to get out of here as quickly as you can. The scheduled bombing is starting.

Renton: Scheduled bombing? A military airborne battleship?!


Woz: Enemy airborne battleship approaching fast! It's bombing the southern area of Del Cielo!

Ken-Goh: The circuit rotation isn't improving! We can't fire the main cannon!

Jobs: The flywheel is now stable!

Hap: Alright. Systems are aligned.

Talho: Gidget, where's Holland?

Gidget: He went out in the 909! He said he's going to go pick up the Nirvash!

Talho: Then we'll pull out ahead of him. So tell him better not to be late!

Renton: I don't get it. Why did they do this to you? I mean, they seem like really nice people. I just don't get it.

Eureka: It can't be helped. It can't be helped. It's really my own fault that they're doing this to me.

Renton: But, I can't believe that they'd do something like this to a girl.

Eureka: It can't be helped! Because of what I did... Because I was responsible for so many death. Annihilate all the people living in this city... That was the mission that was given to us, the SOF.

Renton: SOF? But isn't that?

Eureka: Special Operations Force. The unit that we used to be in.

Renton: Wait. Are you saying that the Gekkostate was originally…?

Eureka: That's right. As long as we had orders, we would do anything. We were just a squad of murderers.

Renton: No way. Then the rumors were actually true?

Eureka: There was no reason. We would just follow orders. It was proof that I could exist as I was. Besides... Back then, I couldn't believe in anything or anyone other than the Nirvash and Holland. And that's why, if Holland told me to fight, I would fight. But...

Renton: Are you saying that the children that you found are?!

Eureka: Maeter, Maurice, and Linck.

Renton: No way... Then, does that mean that the commander of that operation was?!

Eureka: The leader of our team, Commander of our SOF unit, was Holland.

Renton: But, but, you guys really couldn't help it, right? I mean, there was a big war going on back then, wasn't there? And, you guys were all soldiers.

Eureka: You don't understand!

Renton: What?

Eureka: We're still fighting a war even now. Renton, what we're doing is not a game or a sport. Whenever I fight, people get hurt. And sometimes lots of them even die. Maybe you haven't realized it yet. But Renton, you're a part of everything that's going on as well. Part of this war...


Maurice: Will she come back? Will Mama come back?

Hilda: It's all right. Holland is going to pick her up right now.

Maurice: Really? Then Mama is coming back?

Hilda: Don't you worry about it. And all this time Holland has never lied to you, right?

Maurice: Hm.


Holland: Dammit, of all times for this to happen!


Eureka: We all want to atone for the sins we've committed in any way we can. But, more importantly, we have to stay alive no matter what. We have to stay alive and make sure we complete our mission. And in order to do that, I'm willing to do anything.

Renton: So then that means you brought me on the Gekko in order to fight?!

Eureka: That's right. I brought you because the Nirvash won't work properly without you. And if we don't have the Nirvash, then we won't be able to complete our mission.

Renton: Uh? What's that supposed to mean?! I don't know anything about your mission or whatever it is, but if that's the case, then why is it... I mean why did... why did you rescue Maeter and the others when you were here?! It's not that I believe everything is exactly as you said. But, the fact is you left the military because you didn't want to kill innocent people just because someone ordered to you, right? You're sitting there talking about missions and stuff, but the way I see it that's really no different from the orders the military gave you! Eureka, you're just lying to yourself! You don't want to see innocent people continue to be killed, do you?! You will atone for your sins in any way you can, right?!

Eureka: But, if we go out right now, we'll cause trouble Holland and the others...

Renton: Oh, is that so?!

Eureka: Renton! What are you doing?!

Renton: I'm getting to use the Nirvash to make the military stop bombing.

Eureka: But it's too dangerous!

Renton: I can't just sit and watch Miss Tiptory and the others here get killed!

Eureka: Well, I feel the same way you do.

Renton: Then, let's go out together! Come on! Ow... I'll do anything, but it just... Eureka...

Eureka: Renton, let's go.

Renton: What?

Eureka: It's the Nirvash. It's telling me I should do what you say.

Holland: That was! The Nirvash?!

Renton: I can't navigate because of the fall we just took, but I patched up the hole, and the data can be seen on the main monitor, so it shouldn't be a problem.

Eureka: What should we do? If we go around the towers, we might not get there in time.

Renton: It's okay. Just look in front of you! We can slip through the space between the two towers and get ahead of them in that way.!


Captain: Alright. Time's up. Mission complete. All troops withdraw from the area immediately.

Operator: Captain! An unknown ship has appeared at two o'clock!

Captain: What?!

Operator: An unidentified LFO, approaching this ship in high velocity.

Captain: An LFO?! You're sure it's not an RPG?! What?!

Renton: Anti-aircraft missiles!

Eureka: It's okay!

Tiptory: I see, so that is what you two have decided. From this time forward, even if a road of hardships awaits you, may there be a glorious light shining down on your destination.

Holland: Breaking the reflectors to reduce their reflectivity. That isn't Eureka's fighting style. No way!

Renton: Eureka. Eureka! Look. Look over there. Hey, listen up this. They say that this is a place that makes everyone choose something. So that means that you must have chosen something here too, Eureka. Besides, like Miss Tiptory told me, no matter how much its appearance changes, it doesn't change the fact that this place is what it is. I think what you chose to do here a long time ago was a thing really amazing, and even now the fact that it's amazing doesn't change. In the same way that this place doesn't change. You know, Eureka, it doesn't matter what choices you had made in the past because I still believe in you. And besides, I also believe that you actually haven't changed one bit from the person you were back then.

Eureka: I have changed. At least I think I have... Ever since you came and joined us, I think maybe I have changed.

Renton: I don't know. I don't know what it was, but at that moment, all I wanted from the bottom of my heart was to be of help to this girl. That was what I had chosen for myself, Sis. That's why...


Renton: I'm responsible for everything that happened. This is something I did all on my own! And that's why Eureka isn't responsible!

Holland: So, what'd you do with your board?

Renton: Uh? What?

Holland: You made a new one, didn't you?

Renton: Well, in all the confusion, I kinda lost it.

Holland: I see. Well then, you can put this on your next board.

Renton: Hey, isn't this?

Holland: I heard all about it from Eureka. As long as you're in possession with that wheel, you're considered an official member of Gekkostate. Which means no more going off on your own.

Renton: U-Um, does that mean?

Talho: Little shrimp!

Renton: Y-Yes?

Talho: Keep it clean or else.

Renton: Wow. What is this messy closet?

Talho: What are you talking about? This is your room. Now, this is your first job as an official crew member. Clean up this room as quick as you can!

Renton: Okay!


Eureka: I haven't changed. I really haven't changed, have I? Isn't that right? That's right, isn't it? Right, Nirvash?


Renton: To be continued!


Talho: To escape from the truth that is the past, the Gekko heads towards the place where everything started. At the same time, a certain plan starts to make its move along with a young girl. Next episode: Higher than the Sun