Huh? Kikko, you read boys' comics?
No, I was just bored.
Here. Espresso con panna.
Oh, yes.
Here is your espresso con panna.
Please enjoy.
Um, excuse me.
Yes?
You are Kikko Hoshino, right?
Well, yes.
My name is Jiro Hitoyoshi. I need your help.
(July, the 41st of Shinka Era. Ginza)
Senpai. Jiro Senpai!
Fuurouta, don't be so angry.
Watch your mouth, Hitoyoshi.
Miss Kikko!
Mr. Jiro! I am 20 years old now.
- No, Miss Kikko. - Let go!
What, superhumans?
Fight elsewhere!
It causes problems.
I will definitely catch him.
(Love is to Never Regret)
(April, the 46th of Shinka Era. Shinjuku)
I heard it A voice cursing fate
I found it A way to use my power
What you want are not words, are they?
That love inside I want to send it on
Justice is not on my side
The only thing absolute for me is myself
Come on Wakers. Ready, go!
Protecting the illusions that somebody dreamed of
will liberate the stagnant sky
We hurl our unanswerable cries at each other
And they become the reason we live
What can I do in this hopeless world we live in?
Only those that keep searching
can become the future
Start the revolution!
One of the 12 constellations of the Zodiac.
Along with the Summer Triangle, it's a famous summer constellation.
Scorpio. It's coming into view.
Around it, a celestial body "Elixir" that emits strong x-rays
has recently been discovered.
While scholars around the world pursue its accurate position,
it is said Japan's Prof. Onda finally succeeded in fixing the coordinates.
A certain group has been approaching this Prof. Onda these few days.
Hello, Prof. Onda.
Keep it down.
Here, the item we promised you.
You know industrial spies, right?
Rivaling companies try to steal each others' technology, right?
A transaction is about to be made here.
Japan's leading scientist is about to sell off certain information.
What happens if it's sold?
Japan, no, the world's scientific advances will be delayed 10 years.
Industrial spies are trying to steal our future.
You'll really do it, Hoshinoko?
Why help a stranger...?
But it's for this planet...
So this man is Japan's leading scientist.
And he's an industrial spy.
He's a bad guy.
Please, enjoy.
Well then.
Here is the item I promised you.
Great, thank you.
So this is the newest collimator?
I can finally locate Scorpio Elixir.
Huh? It's the opposite of what I heard.
I thought the professor was selling info.
What is going on?
Wasn't Prof. Onda selling the x-ray source coordinates?
What should I do?
You're a savior of Japan's astronomical studies.
I want to test it right now. Goodbye.
What?
Um...!
I will take the check, young lady.
- Kikko? - What is it?
What are you doing, Kikko?
Forgive me, sir.
Grab it, Kikko!
Darn!
Sleep!
A spy from another planet, huh?
No.
Kikko, are you...?
No I am not!
We have to, Hoshinoko. Set the witch power's channel.
Huh? Are you sure?
Better than standing out and getting caught by journalists.
Who knows what layer you'll be sent to next?
Meteorterre!
It's a witch girl. Right?
Hey. Where is it?
Oh... Here.
Is that...?
An "S" Planetarian.
Um.
I'd like to let people in now.
I am sorry. Just a bit longer.
The Super Population Research Laboratory?
What is that?
Of the Health and Welfare Ministry.
You can check with the government if you like.
Oh, here it comes. Just as planned.
It's Grosse Augen! It's on the humans' side.
It came to fight the evil alien?
- It disappeared. - What?
I'll go this way.
It disappeared. Like always.
But I am counting on you today.
I know.
I need your help a bit more.
Mr. Hitoyoshi, you knew the spy was an alien.
I did.
And you're the witch girl of rumors.
No, wait. I don't know what you're talking about.
Tell me, Kikko.
You called me that again.
What?
People don't call me by my name, so it's embarrassing.
And I didn't know what to do, so I used magic.
Sorry, I won't do it again.
- No, you can... - Look.
It's that alien and Grosse Augen.
You know Grosse Augen?
I saw it in a magazine. The heroic superhuman was real, huh?
Grosse Augen, our ally, huh?
Tell me its accurate position.
What? You can't see it?
I am a regular human.
When Grosse Augen becomes giant, it shifts the temporal phase nearby.
Temporal phase? What?
The Fred & Hoyle effect.
Like movie films.
Each frame is the time we can recognize.
But in reality, there is more time in between each frame.
A gap in time that's right there, but is not visible or tangible.
Grosse Augen goes in that gap to hide from us.
Maybe it's being considerate as to not spread the damage.
Who knows? This machine has an observation mechanism, but...
I cannot read this while driving.
Actually, I don't know how to.
And who are you people?
Superhumans protect the peace of humans.
Then who protects superhumans?
Superhumans hide their identity and live among humans.
We protect those superhumans.
So you don't have to keep changing jobs and boarding places.
You can do it, Grosse Augen.
The evil alien is over there.
That way.
All right.
Lift your head, Equus.
What is that?
An iron horse?
Which way?
This way?
Not here, over there!
You're in the way, witch girl.
In the way?
Earthling. I won't let you ruin our plan.
You just do your invasion plan or whatever.
Watch out!
That's a heat wave attack, so changing the air into a lens is worse.
An answer like that will fail your next test too.
Don't say that now.
I got it, water!
Mr. Cloud.
Bye!
Controlling the atmosphere? What technology.
It's just plain magic.
Too bad.
Since I see you this much, I can't let you go.
What are you doing?
I told you, Grosse Augen is on our side.
Earth's ally, a heroic superhuman.
Hey, where are you going?
Why?
Why did you attack Grosse Augen?
Why? Why are Jiro Senpai and I...?
Got tracked by a dog, huh?
That's the body fluid of a monster called Nuppepoo.
Don't feel anything, right?
But to me, it smells so good.
So no matter how far you are, I can smell you.
Grosse Augen.
Grosse Augen?
You have forcibly possessed a human's body.
Because of that, your bodies are close to the limit.
Maruya's back door.
Is he really Grosse Augen?
Grosse Augen, separate from that human. Or else...
Hear me out.
I cannot separate from him.
We share a life now.
I could tell he was about to die.
There was only one way to save him.
His soul spoke to me.
I answered right away.
"Fine. I will give you my life."
But in exchange, in order to save this planet,
fight with me.
But you could say that Grosse Augen, a monster, took over your body.
Your existences are unstable, dangerous.
But why?
Grosse Augen has fought evil aliens like that in the past.
Thanks.
I understand.
But I have given my life to Grosse Augen.
I want to keep that promise.
If you give your life, you cannot exist.
Don't say you don't mind dying.
Grosse Augen's body is at its limit.
Now, he can still go back to his homeland.
Wait, there must be a way.
Don't come.
No, Kikko.
Magic that deals with human lives is forbidden.
I know. I know, but...
Farewell, Grosse Augen.
We will never forget you, huh?
Where is he?
He was long dead.
Why? You said you protected superhumans.
I dispose of dangerous superhumans.
That's my job too.
Due to the Gemini Accident in America,
we can't get the collimator data.
Then they said they would provide me with the latest version.
I can't believe they were aliens.
The Gemini Accident was probably caused by an "S" Planetarian too.
Watch this.
It catches the x-ray source more accurately than any Earth technology.
However...
Like this, anyone can freely change the data with external radio waves.
But what for?
Thank you for your work. Good luck with your research.
But watch out for evil aliens.
So instead of buying information, it was the opposite.
But we succeeded in luring Grosse Augen to confirm its identity.
Don't complain.
In the planet they call Scorpio-X1,
they say there's an "S" Planetarian base.
They probably didn't want that found.
Oh.
Ah, you're here.
What is this place?
The Superhuman Bureau.
A group that protects and manages superhumans.
Starting today, you're a member.
You are Grosse Augen.
But...
That day...
In exchange for separating me from Grosse Augen,
he let me merge with the comatose "S" Planetarian.
If my heart that loves peace was true,
I thought I could control the "S" Planetarian's mind,
and become a superhuman of justice.
Come to think of it...
There were some reports of an "S" Planetarian defeating beasts.
That day, you disobeyed the Superhuman Bureau
to save that person's life.
You're really the one I...
I won't return to the Superhuman Bureau.
Farewell, Kikko.
Hey guys! You know ghosts, right?
Monsters, beasts, spirits... No, not those.
Ghosts love to play with kids.
They're jolly things always thinking of pranks.
I'm Fuurouta the Ghost. Remember me!