"A huge-ass hand?" "!" "just a..." "Hey!" "dammit!" "The moon!" "The moon!" "597.6)}UNDERGROUND" "An error in the Moon Cannon's firing trajectory?" "correct?" "Yes." "Don't tell me..." "Apparently their capsule encountered it." "quickly." "Yes." "We're out of time." "100)}boku ga boku no mama irareru basho sagasou 100)}tsuki ni terasare hashiridasu yo" "100)}furui shakai nado shikato shite 100)}bokura ga terashi ruuru ni nare {?" "}" "100)}hora!" "buchikowase kono te de" "100)}kimi ga kimi no mama motomeru basho wa doko 100)}dare no iinari ni mou naru na yo" "100)}yume wa shinjiru furikazase" "100)}boku ga boku no mama iru tame ni wa itsumo 100)}shinjita omae wa tsuranukunda" "100)}sou da saigo wa kisu shitai 100)}I'm gonna look for a place where I can stay the way I am." "I set off running." "100)}Ignore the old world and the old ways;" "100)}live by the rules we bring to light." "100)}Look!" "Break it down with your own hands." "100)}Where's a place where you can stay as you are?" "100)}Don't listen any more when people tell you what to do." "100)}Believe in dreams and flaunt your power." "I need I want to kiss you." "100)}{\cHA4237F\3cHA4237F\shad4\be1\blur2\bord1.000001}boku ga boku no mama irareru basho sagasou 100)}{\cHA4237F\3cHA4237F\shad4\be1\blur2\bord1.000001}tsuki ni terasare hashiridasu yo" "100)}{\cHA4237F\3cHA4237F\shad4\be1\blur2\bord1.000001}furui shakai nado shikato shite 100)}{\cHA4237F\3cHA4237F\shad4\be1\blur2\bord1.000001}bokura ga terashi ruuru ni nare {?" "}" "100)}{\cHA4237F\3cHA4237F\shad4\be1\blur2\bord1.000001}hora!" "buchikowase kono te de" "100)}{\cHA4237F\3cHA4237F\shad4\be1\blur2\bord1.000001}kimi ga kimi no mama motomeru basho wa doko 100)}{\cHA4237F\3cHA4237F\shad4\be1\blur2\bord1.000001}dare no iinari ni mou naru na yo" "100)}{\cHA4237F\3cHA4237F\shad4\be1\blur2\bord1.000001}yume wa shinjiru furikazase" "100)}{\cHA4237F\3cHA4237F\shad4\be1\blur2\bord1.000001}boku ga boku no mama iru tame ni wa itsumo 100)}{\cHA4237F\3cHA4237F\shad4\be1\blur2\bord1.000001}shinjita omae wa tsuranukunda" "100)}{\cHA4237F\3cHA4237F\shad4\be1\blur2\bord1.000001}sou da saigo wa kisu shitai 100)}{\cHA4237F\3cHA4237F\shad4\be1\blur2\bord1.000001}I'm gonna look for a place where I can stay the way I am." "I set off running." "100)}{\cHA4237F\3cHA4237F\shad4\be1\blur2\bord1.000001}Ignore the old world and the old ways;" "100)}{\cHA4237F\3cHA4237F\shad4\be1\blur2\bord1.000001}live by the rules we bring to light." "100)}{\cHA4237F\3cHA4237F\shad4\be1\blur2\bord1.000001}Look!" "Break it down with your own hands." "100)}{\cHA4237F\3cHA4237F\shad4\be1\blur2\bord1.000001}Where's a place where you can stay as you are?" "100)}{\cHA4237F\3cHA4237F\shad4\be1\blur2\bord1.000001}Don't listen any more when people tell you what to do." "100)}{\cHA4237F\3cHA4237F\shad4\be1\blur2\bord1.000001}Believe in dreams and flaunt your power." "I need I want to kiss you." "100)}" "Was it trying to kill us?" "!" "sniff..." "That's the smell of sunshine." "So... where are we?" "The planet Earthdash." "The world we ought to have escaped." "What?" "!" "It feels like Hell's doorstep." "Miss Miyuki." "Miss Miyuki." "Miss Miyuki!" "Are you all right?" "Where are we?" "Apparently we fell back to the surface." "Apparently we what?" "We overshot Mooneyes and were on an orbit to circle the moon when that giant hand... didn't you?" "And that giant?" "So this must be..." "Yes." "Miyuki." "You okay...?" "A giant?" "Look!" "What's this?" "!" "I didn't think they could possibly be real either." "huh?" "I thought that was just a fairy tale." "On the moon live the descendants of the giants who once created the heavens." "that." "My mom told me the story when I was little." "And the moon giants are starfarers too..." "Starfarers?" "that's a tasty-sounding name!" "the gods created the world." "and the scars of their struggle became the cornerstones of civilization." "It is said that the first people to play sports with a ball did so in memory of that battle long ago." "and a prodigious player appeared whose skills rivaled the gods'." "and saved both Earthdash and the moon in their hour of need." "He was revered as a legend." "That's pretty much how the story I know goes." "A thunderbolt ball? and the path it traced was the shape of the heavens' creation." "Huh?" "What?" "It's been bugging me." "Why did James and his group deliberately seek us out?" "and even hold championships?" "For the money and... something more?" "Yes." "the moon is searching for someone who can really hurl thunderbolt balls." "And that's..." "What's that?" "Iceman!" "This is the place I least wanted to remember." "was once deluded by the legend. and this leg." "Now the shards of my dream lie deep within the earth." "Iceman..." "This arm aches." "This leg won't be quiet." "You... you're not like me." "You'll do it..." "You'll become the true legend." "Destroy!" "Iceman... he still works!" "Got it!" "Iceman!" "My Zephyr..." "I bet I can do something." "Leave it to me!" "Please!" "Whew!" "Huh?" "don't!" "How was the launch?" "A pleasure to meet you." "her companion. didn't you?" "I knew." "Nice!" "doesn't she?" "no!" "We all have our reasons." "Miss Sela..." "I'll handle the repairs!" "Oh..." "Thanks." "You're not like me." "Duh!" "You and me are different!" "Iceman!" "Wrong side up!" "Ow..." "What the hell?" "!" "Dan!" "Who are you guys?" "Ow!" "Welcome to endsville. {Or shitsville." "Whichever u think fits better szzzt}" "Where'd you come from?" "Where?" "Don't you—?" "We came from up there!" "Where is this place?" "This is the abyss:" "Underground." "Underground?" "Those with nowhere to go end up here." "The town that is rock bottom. for a time." "all of you!" "No!" "Stop!" "Please stop!" "I don't want to die!" "Stop!" "To be chosen is both a disaster and a blessing." "It's the first barrier you must overcome if you wish to crawl back up to the light." "That was quick!" "sniff." "That's the smell of blood." "Let's see..." "This can serve for that and the other..." "And there's still..." "This!" "Let go!" "You let go!" "I want the transforming screw from this!" "I want the mounting!" "Oh!" "give you the screw and me the mounting!" "Just a—!" "no time to waste!" "Come where?" "!" "You're lucky!" "So lucky!" "H-Hey!" "What are you—?" "!" "Let go!" "you—?" "!" "what—" "Let me go!" "You're lucky." "Ow... if you want to stay alive!" "There are weapons over there." "Wh-What?" "!" "Kill him!" "Kill him!" "Kill him!" "Fight!" "There are your weapons!" "If it's a weapon I need... of course!" "You moron!" "What are you doing?" "!" "Pick up a weapon!" "there's plenty!" "There's no drills or planes I want!" He seems to be talking about woodworking tools." "Perhaps it's a figure for not wanting a tool with a point or an edge.}" "Kill him!" "Kill him!" "Kill him!" "Who did that?" "No interference!" "Basquash!" "There." "How about this?" "!" "The winner gives death to the loser!" "Kill him!" "Kill him!" "Kill him!" "They want you to kill him." "H-Hey!" "You're really gonna do it?" "You gonna kill him?" "Hey!" "You dumbasses!" "I can't basquat if I kill him!" "Dammit!" "There's no killing in basketball!" "They're nuts!" "It's that basketball jerk." "That's a pretty good price." "I heard they kept up the chase 'til he went to Dead Bottom." "Shit!" "The lowest level?" "Here you go." "Would you fellows mind telling me more?" "Good work." "Thank you." "You're pretty popular." "For a cute boy!" "The kinky impression is very good." "Don't stare at me!" "Yep!" "That's what appeals to them!" "I can't believe men like this sort of thing!" "gender has no bearing on beauty!" "Artists down through the ages have all—" "Jiiya!" "Be quiet while I'm working!" "Pardon me." "we have one stage left to go!" "No relaxing yet!" "Okay!" "Apparently Dan made it to a place called Dead Bottom." "Bottom?" "we'll go there too." "we gather information." "All right." "though." "Who would have thought the franchise had expanded here?" "There's human industry for you." "but we have a location on the moon too." "Did you find your handsome man?" "Nope." "Still..." "It's quite something that you're a teammate of Iceman's." "well." "He always used to drink right here at the bar." "Said he liked the name of the place." "Three in the Key..." "The 3-second rule." "And then he lost his arm and leg." "all of you!" "you basketball jerk!" "Huh?" "He seems a little different." "The only thing that matches is the basketball!" "Wrong guy." "My name is Iceman Hotty." "Iceman Hotty?" "Scream my name." "And spread the word that Iceman Hotty has returned to Underground!" "Destroy!" "thanks for waiting." "Thank you!" "though." "Is it for a Bigfoot control interface or something?" "Huh?" "I mean a mecha undergoing repairs." "Is that for its controller or something?" "right?" "Can I call you my older sister?" "!" "Call me Thousand." "You?" "I never said." "I'm Miyuki." "Miyuki Ayukawa." "Ayukawa..." "What?" "so that's it!" "I get it." "Get out." "Get out." "Thousand?" "I hate you." "Just get out!" "Dan!" "There's a road on the other side." "tasty smell is calling me." "Excellent!" "I doubt they'll chase us all the way down here." "It's pretty amazing we got down here." "That's Basquash." "Only someone basquatting could come down that slope." "That looks like a slope to you?" "why are we in this mess again?" "Like I know!" "the best we can do is get outside and meet up with Miyuki and the rest..." "Now this is unusual." "General Manager Yan." "A boy fell here from the surface." "You want me to kill him?" "I doubt he'll die." "I can kill legends." "You know him?" "He's a lucky boy." "He was last seen heading toward Dead Bottom from the underground river." "Can you get there?" "Who do you think I am?" "I'm Price." "I'm the price of Hell." "Dan!" "you're loud..." "One of your relatives?" "I don't believe in cannibalism." "A ball?" "Look at that!" "Who's that?" "What're you gonna do?" "Right now I've got a ball!" "Dan JD!" "What on Earth are Dan and Iceman up to?" "They're both excellent Basquashers." "They'll be fine." "I really have no luck with men." "Next time:" "Giant Step." "61.2)}NEXT TIME 171)}GIANT {\alphaHFF}STEP" "171)}GIANT STEP" "I foresee a new encounter!" "Really?" "!" "200)}sora wa takaku kaze wa nagarete 200)}tsuki no hadou wo yami ni toketeku" "200)}dakara ima wa mae dake wo muki 200)}BELIEVE YOUR LOVE kono michi wo" "200)}umi wa hiroku {?" "} nami wa yosetsuku {?" "}" "200)}kimi no kokoro zawameiite yuku 200)}dakara ima wa ue dake wo mukai" "200)}BELIEVE YOUR LOVE kono kimochi 200)}nageki no seiza no shirabe wo" "200)}mune ni kizamu soshite hashiri dasu 200)}bokura wa itsumo nayami nagara" "200)}setsuna no kibou wo sagashiteiru 200)}shiro to kuro{?" "} oto ga majiwaru toki 200)}kitto kitto hatenaku 200)}hikari no saki ni mieru michi wo" "200)}futari de aruku yume wo mita yo 200)}itoshisa sore wa wasureteita" "200)}kimi e no yakusoku 200)}futari no yakusoku the winds are blowing." "200)}The moon's surge dissolves into the darkness." "never look back." "200)}Believe your love and the path you're on." "the waves are breaking." "200)}Your heart stirs within you." "aim upwards only." "200)}Believe your love and the way you feel." "200)}Engrave the song of the constellation of grief 200)}in your heart and take off running." "200)}We're always unsure; we're always searching 200)}for a fleeting moment's hope. 200)}I know it will be limitless." "200)}I dreamed that we walked together 200)}on the path I can see beyond the light." "I'd forgotten love." "200)}It's my promise to you." "200)}Our promise." "200)}sora wa takaku kaze wa nagarete 200)}tsuki no hadou wo yami ni toketeku" "200)}dakara ima wa mae dake wo muki 200)}BELIEVE YOUR LOVE kono michi wo" "200)}umi wa hiroku {?" "} nami wa yosetsuku {?" "}" "200)}kimi no kokoro zawameiite yuku 200)}dakara ima wa ue dake wo mukai" "200)}BELIEVE YOUR LOVE kono kimochi 200)}nageki no seiza no shirabe wo" "200)}mune ni kizamu soshite hashiri dasu 200)}bokura wa itsumo nayami nagara" "200)}setsuna no kibou wo sagashiteiru 200)}shiro to kuro{?" "} oto ga majiwaru toki 200)}kitto kitto hatenaku 200)}hikari no saki ni mieru michi wo" "200)}futari de aruku yume wo mita yo 200)}itoshisa sore wa wasureteita" "200)}kimi e no yakusoku 200)}futari no yakusoku the winds are blowing." "200)}The moon's surge dissolves into the darkness." "never look back." "200)}Believe your love and the path you're on." "the waves are breaking." "200)}Your heart stirs within you." "aim upwards only." "200)}Believe your love and the way you feel." "200)}Engrave the song of the constellation of grief 200)}in your heart and take off running." "200)}We're always unsure; we're always searching 200)}for a fleeting moment's hope. 200)}I know it will be limitless." "200)}I dreamed that we walked together 200)}on the path I can see beyond the light." "I'd forgotten love." "200)}It's my promise to you." "200)}Our promise." "200)} 200)}"