TRIGUN STAMPEDE

There! We're rolling.

Today is the twins' first birthday!

It's already been a year, huh?

It really went by in a flash.

You made food for me again.

Come on! Let's eat already!

I don't have to eat like Vash does.

Hey, I'm a plant, too.

This is such a waste.

It doesn't matter whether you eat it or not.

It's about making sure everyone gets a share.

It's not a waste at all.

Rem, the recording light's off.

Oh, you're right.

What?!

Hey, you two!

You're watching that again?

You're such a doting parent.

Oh, you didn't know?

I'm the most doting parent in the universe...

of the cutest twins in the universe.

Let's do a birthday party again next year.

You must be joking.

We will. For sure.

My tears scattered like bits of paper

Scared of the unknowable tomorrow

I lived the same day over and over, back and forth

But a new morning never came

All the reasons to calm down

Are just some moments until the crash

I'm no longer the one that everyone knows

Took off the fragile armor

I don't want to lose any more love

I don't want to lose any more love

There's still no line between today and tomorrow

My waking nightmare doesn't end

And yet I won't lose hope

And yet there's no night that doesn't end

Not here, not here

Nai? Where'd you go?

A brilliant success! I finally did it!

But you killed even Rem!

Don't you scold me.

You're my accomplice.

You're the one who gave me the program access code!

Right, Vash?

I have to find Rem... Our ship...

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!

I never imagined anything like this would happen!

I want this all to end...

I want to disappear...

Hey, it's a kid! He's still alive!

I knew it...

There's no mistaking it. That's a plant reaction.

He looks human to me.

"Independents."

Inde... whatsits?

Plants are usually cloned from an original cell.

But on rare occasion, plants can actually give birth.

You're telling me this plant was born from another? Seriously?

What risks does he pose?

Shouldn't we toss him in a case like the other normal plants?

No... I don't think so.

You're not sure? Who knows better, then?

One of the Sinners in molecular plant studies. Or maybe Conrad, the team leader.

Conrad? From Ship Five?

Where am I?

Hey, he talks!

Well, his genetic makeup is very human.

That's not what I meant!

What did you mean, then? You're too rattled.

Ugh! Whatever.

Do you remember which ship you were on?

Ship Five.

Do you know what happened to the ship? To Rem?

Officer Rem Saverem, on duty at the time of the crash...

Do you know her?

She raised us.

"Us"?

Were there other Independents?

Just one more... But he's probably dead.

So you ditched everyone and ran on your own?

What a shit.

Come on, Brad!

He's hiding something.

You think he's suspicious? He's just a kid.

I'll go find Ship Five.

It's been over eighty hours since the crash.

There's very little chance anyone survived.

Maybe they activated their gravity plant in the nick of time like we did.

Why did you save me?

Huh?

I wanted to die there.

We're only here because we got lucky.

So we survivors can't talk like that, even if we don't mean it.

Let's think about what we can do starting now.

What's your name?

Vash.

I'm Luida Leitner.

I wound up in charge of this ship, Ship Three.

Can I ask you a few questions?

What do you produce as a generator?

Electricity? Chemical compounds? Or maybe amino acids?

Nothing.

Unlike normal plants, I can't make anything.

The other one wasn't like me. All I do is eat, drink, and sleep.

Right. Like a human.

You told me to think about what I can do starting now...

But I can't do anything. Nothing at all.

Brad called in.

He rescued survivors from Ship Five, but Rem wasn't there.

The ship was in ruins, so I'm sorry. She probably...

Rem stayed aboard until the bitter end, trying to stop the crash.

The survivors told us.

This is all you could find of Rem's?

We spent two weeks in the rubble to find this.

I don't want to hear any complaints.

I'm sorry. Did you find anything else?

We recovered the black box.

It's badly damaged, though. Not sure if we can analyze it.

There's also this, but it's no good.

Ship Five was destroyed, and ours is in pretty bad shape...

We're stuck.

So, how long are you going to keep that kid around?

Didn't like the food?

I'm not going to eat it. You should stop bringing it to me.

It's a waste.

It doesn't matter whether you eat it or not.

We found this in the ruins of Ship Five.

She really cared for you.

Believe in yourself. There has to be something that only you can do.

I can't do anything...

Is that the monster?

Look at him! So grotesque.

Just kill him already.

Meeting you has brought me so much joy...

There's no point keeping him alive.

Like he said, he's a plant that doesn't produce anything.

Luida, are you listening?

Hold on. I'm almost done reconstructing this.

Got it!

Critical error in navigation settings.

Time to emergency cryosleep recovery is...

One hour?! They won't make it in time at this rate...

The injection data was replaced?! Who did this...?

Wait, is this...

Manually repairing trajectory control system. Control thrusters at maximum.

Please hurry!