Planet Weber
The distant past.
At a distance of 62 light-years from Earth Lambda 8018 lies the planet Weber.
This was the site of an interstellar war fought by artificial humanoids and mechanical soldiers.
Artificial humanoid sharpshooter
("Triple Nine")
What's the matter, 942?
Now resuming my duties.
Hold it.
Exolayer Earth A0073 (Alpha Oh-Oh-Seven-Three)
Those who wish to follow the emotion in their hearts… they call to me.
Death Gavan… does not stop.
Galactic Federation Police Data Center, Exolayer Earth Λ8018 (Lambda Eight-Oh-One-Eight)
Hey, Suzuki. Come here.
Hey!
The mainframe's going haywire?!
Huh?! Stop it, fast! Before it affects systems elsewhere!
I can't! I can't even force a shutdown!
- Alert the other departments! - Sir!
SUPER SPACE SHERIFF GAVAN INFINITY
Ties to Setsuna's distant past...
The dynamic duo of Setsuna and AGI is on the case!
EPISODE 8: DER FREISCHÜTZ
Comissioner Amou!
- Thank you for coming. - Thank you for coming!
Listen up.
- Ma'am. - Ma'am.
The error was seemingly caused when the mainframe's outer casing...
was struck by this.
- Huh? - A bullet?
Where could it possibly have come from?
We're still waiting to hear from the lab.
942.
So we're talking about a long-range shot with pinpoint accuracy?
Sir Reiji?
Emorgear case, isn't it? So here I am.
Colonel.
So, you think this bullet might...
It's us again, Commissioner Amou.
We detected some negative Emorgy originating from this Earth.
AGI, if you would?
Roger that.
Laser Conversion!
Forsooth, how peculiar!
AGI. You're on ballistic analysis.
I'll take that.
Hey!
On it!
Analysis finished.
Found trace amounts of negative Emorgy.
Specifically, a type with the ability to drive a target's systems haywire.
I've connected some dots.
There've been a few recent incidents caused by strange malfunctions.
A cargo freighter crashing into a pier.
A substation failure leaving thousands of homes without power.
An excavator going out of control, causing multiple casualties among the workers.
So that's that. Whoever shot that bullet's got a Nega-Emorgear.
Commissioner. I should like to peruse the scene of those incidents once more.
Sounds good.
Go ahead, Setsuna.
I'm with you, then.
One moment.
This case is under our jurisdiction.
So any crisp division of labor should be handled by me.
You...
will be coming with me.
What're you...?!
- Reiji.
I get how you feel,
but you're to follow Commissioner Amou's orders.
Sir Reiji. What troubles thee?
Thou wouldst appear rather on edge.
Nah, it's no big.
Roger, Colonel.
Then that's that.
Investigator Doki and I will do additional ballistic analysis.
Setsuna will look into the other incidents.
And Ms. AGI...
Hm?
Right!
Waaaaaa! Gavibes!
Exolayer Earth Λ8018
Scene of the cargo freighter collision
Oooh, I love this!
Follow-up inspection did, indeed, turn up evidence of a bullet impact.
Very well.
Lambda's sea is so totally gorge!
Quite...
Lady AGI, I'm sorry to bring you into the fire like this.
Relax! I go out in the field with Reiji all the time.
I can support you however you need!
Laser Conversion!
AGI: Forensics Mode!
It doesn't get any less peculiar...
AGI, starting the analysis!
And now, Learning with AGI!
"AGI" is a nickname for "Artificial General Intelligence".
Not only can she perfectly reproduce human emotion,
she's also got 256 quettabytes of onboard memory,
3,000 PetaFLOPS' worth of computing power,
aaand is just the coolest Emorgy humanoid ever!
Yay!
Okay, all done!
The shooter was...
right up on that building!
They made that shot from 5,250 meters!
Like I thought...
What?
Nothing. Let's head to the next scene.
A black Gavan?
Yeah.
We're thinking he's our dimension jumper.
That's why I have to go after these Nega-Emorgears.
If we want to get to him... I'm pretty sure that's the key.
Noted.
Although... it seems to me you're trying to do it all on your own.
My predecessor as Gavan made this mess.
It's up to me to clean it up.
I get how you feel, but...
Right now, you're like an unsheathed sword at the ready.
But they say the finest sword... is the one that remains undrawn.
You know, Setsuna told me...
that you were the very model of the Way of Gavan.
That's what he's been telling people?
It's because he trusts in you.
MINATO-AN SOBA SHOP
Welcome!
Here you are, two orders of somen noodles in red bean soup!
cold cream soba
choco mint soba
strawberry jam soba
tsukimi soba
somen in red bean soup
Mt. Fuji soba
special
kitsune soba
tempura soba
butterbur sprout tempura
canola blossom tempura
maple syrup beef udon
marshmallow
curry udon
wakame udon
kamo seiro
So your recommendation was somen in red bean soup?
That's definitely something you don't see on our Earth!
And you eat it with a spoon and fork?!
Don't mind if I do!
Hey, it's really good!
Lady AGI... thy visage is remarkably expressive.
Yep!
That's how the Chief programmed me!
This is so hard...
That's quite enviable.
We are both humans created artificially...
yet only one of us possesses emotions which can pass for human.
Well, that's just not true.
From what I've seen,
I don't think you're any less equipped for emotions than I am.
You think that of I?
I mean, Hisor sure seems to like you.
If you didn't have emotions, you couldn't use Emorgy.
Also, you should hear what Reiji says about you.
How, when you work together, something in you...
kindles a fire in his heart so hot it burns!
You and Reiji...
I think you're kindred spirits, without a doubt!
I'm not the model Gavan he thinks I am.
I'm an impulsive, immature novice...
who loses his temper and rushes in blind.
I think that intense, passionate nature is exactly what draws him to you.
I think it's had an effect on him.
Him choosing to act as bait is a testament to that.
As bait?
Right.
Setsuna seems to have a hunch as to our perp's identity.
Looks like it's done.
Scene of the excavator incident
The shooter was atop that mountain over there.
They made this shot from... 5,865 meters!
It's near.
Huh?
Hisor, charge!
Lady AGI, keep thy distance.
Electroplate.
Hisor, activate!
"Electroplate". With this command, the Gavan System is initialized.
So, let's take another look at the electroplating process.
Space Sheriff Gavan Bushido.
Have at thee.
As soon as the command is given, stored Emorgy is made to go critical...
Hisor, charge!
reacting with the supply of vaporized Gavarion within the Trigger.
Electroplate.
It takes a single millisecond for this vapor to deposit into a solid, plating the user in a combat suit.
Hisor, activate!
A pointless diversion.
Doshiyon!
Setsuna!
Are you all right?
'Course you are. Knew you would be!
Electroplate!
Gekido, activate!
Reiji!
So I was too late.
Setsuna...
Come to your senses!
The Divine is watching!
That's right. Just like that.
Let's go back to how it was in the good old days...
...942.
Tough as I expected!
Tell me, is this your "Way of Gavan"?!
Setsuna!
Emotional Burst!
Reiji!
Reiji! Reiji!
Reiji...
Very well done, 942.
Come back with me. To the battlefield.
Thus is mine adversary...
...uncover'd.
How can you move freely, 942?
Thanks to our buddy here.
Isn't that... Scutt?!
The berserker effect of the Emorgy on this bullet...
should be negated by Scutt refreshing power.
Let's just hope it doesn't come to that.
And here we are.
But how did you survive...
...942 cutting you down?
That's because...
Scutt!
Setsuna!
Emotional Burst!
Through Lambda, wandering on
...once your bullet's effect wore off...
A facsimile of life,
I made sure only to strike Sir Reiji with the hilts of my Gavarion Blades.
A facsimile of life, much like time, refuses to end
I know that it's a cycle that will never end:
Putting myself in his shoes, I figured Sir Reiji would trust in me.
Man will never be free of sorrow
Yet as I stand, knowing I can spare them not
I persist, resist nevertheless
"Trust in you"?
Time and again, time and again
I will be their unyielding shield
Even if this peace is just fleeting
You talk...
Even if my smile is wavering
I'll cherish it all...
...as if you were human!
And someday, I know...
999...
I'll cross beyond time itself to see you once again
Prithee tell:
Has a heart, such as beats within man's breast, manifested not inside thyself?
Embracing my fate of knowing sorrow, for
This is to say: Is thine unrelenting pursuit of me...
that is to know love
...not the result of emotion overpowering you?
The proof I have lived etched into me,
Shall I name them?
Loneliness my companion so loyally,
I swing unceasingly, it's as simple as that
Unrest.
Hatred.
And, of course...
Putting everything on the line for the now
Longing.
I'm here... and so I will be
Here until the tears begin to fall
Emotions...
...overpowering me?
Emorgears react to the user's emotion...
and the user, in turn, reacts to theirs.
Our war has been over for a long time.
I beseech thee...
Starting now, live on... as a human being.
Just as I am doing.
I'll leave the interrogation to you.
Find out where that Nega-Emorgear came from for me.
Ack, ouch! Ugh...
What is the matter?
Well, Setsuna...
That hit coulda been a little softer, y'know! It was a little too good!
Only because I trusted, Sir Reiji, that thou wouldst be able to take it.
That's what you call trust?
No, hold on, back up! You just used yourself as bait for that sniper.
Actually deranged!
Speak not so.
Putting myself in your shoes, I knew you'd stop my rampage.
Even if it cost both our lives.
Such was my trust in you.
That's what you call trust?
So it is, indeed.
Dude, ow!
Oh, whoops. That one's on me.
Confirmed: You two are straight gavibes!
You did that last one for the bit, didn't you?
"Did it for the bit"? I do not know this expression.
You don't know the...? Dude, I know for a fact you're lying!
Comet trails of emotion
Streaking above, they kinda feel like a promise
Astronomical odds aside, time to save the world
I say true strength isn't all physical
And it nods, that secret star
Right past infinity with imagination
Future's on standby! Gavibe! Bye-bye-bye
Love is the strongest! Give into its beauty now
Transcend your scars, transcend this whole earthly plane!
Stopping malice dead in its tracks
Shake it! Take it!
Your life time!
Love is the strongest! Resolve times infinity
might be what blows this whole case wide open!
Let these words ring out through the whole galaxy:
"Love always prevails"
Without doubt, never wavering!
Death Gavan is the key suspect in the spread of Emorgears.
That being said, the Supreme Council does not believe it is the work of a lone perpetrator.
If that's so...
Who could be the man behind the man?
That is what we still do not know.
However, his words about a "Universal Truth"...
certainly suggest Death Gavan's been given a method to his madness.
In that case, Supreme Commander...
I request clearance to search for Death Gavan personally.
Granted.
As you wish, sir.
Yukaider?
But, this Emorgear...
It's been missing for a long time now...
Next time
The return of the delightful Yukaider calls for a translator from Earth Iota.
Next time
This program is a work of fiction
Misunderstandings and conflicting emotions between the young ladies.
In trouble beyond their wildest dreams, what is KikiKoto's plan?
Next time on Super Space Sheriff Gavan Infinity:
Forensics Team in Krisis
Next time
Forensics Team in Krisis
Episode 9
Forensics Team in Krisis
Hey, what's Phantom Thief Fade doing here?
Next time
Oh no! It's an Earth-shattering Krisis!
Is this really the time to be fighting, Koto?!