Stellvia Of The Universe
01 - Wellcome
Shima is acompanied to the spaceship by her father because her mother didn't want to come. But surprisingly, her brother is already there... and he managed to bring her mother to. After a little face-off with her mother and receiving a gift from Masato, Shima boards the ship that will take her to Foundation 2: Stellvia. On board the ship she meets a strange man and even stranger girl...
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02 - Puzzlement
One of the Stellvia instructors briefly explains what they are doing there but Arisa just can't sit still and both girls get yelled at. Later on the students are asked to chose thir classes and Arisa makes a new friend, Yayoi. Yayoi also introduces Akira (the scary girl that yelled at them) to Arisa and Shima. The all prepare for their first flight in space...
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03 - I'm Sorry
Well... the exams are coming up and our students should study, and since Shima is a genious programmer she's "elected" to teach the kids. The instructors meet in a conference to follow up on the Great Misson status, but meanwhile, the study group isn't doing that well... Shima explains the programming to Kouta while all the others are having fun... until they overwrite Stellvias program by mistake...
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04 - I'll Do My Best
Today Space Flight training is on the shedule... and Shima once again proves she's vergy good at messing up. This time the students have to pass an obstacle course, but shima reprograms her Bianca's computer so Leila has to chase her again. But somehing unexpected happens and Shima crashes into Leila, earning herself punishment duty. She has to polish the communication lense...
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05 - Chance
Whoa Leila is mean today... and it's space flight training again. Today: Slalom! Poor Shima is being forced to do things she doesn't really want to do all the time now. And to top it all of, it's Athletics Festival time. This is when 5 Foundations compete against each other. And Stellvia's commander gives the top four the tast to win the game of Astroball. But there are 5 players needed... so Kent decides they'll recruit one of the prep students into their team...
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06 - I Won't Lose
The 37th Athletics Festival is already under way with Stellvia leading the board. And it's finally time for Astroball! Just who got the bright idea of putting Arisa into the comentator seat? Anyway... it's Astroball time and team Stellvia is facing tem Vision. Kent decides for Shipon to guard to goal while the top four try to intercept the ball, but wait... they fail! And Vision team's forward shoots... Shipon blocks... and hits an obstacle! Which means she's out of the game and team Stellvia is one player down.
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07 - I'm Frustrated
Shima is slowly but surely moving up her grades and her classmates reward her for it by making her pay for their breakfast. Their instructors are also very impressed by her improved performance. Next on the training shedule is the Lightning Joust, which is Yayoi's worst nightmare as it seems... and her adversary is no other than Shima. Yayoi loses the match and Leila isn't happy about it, but Yaoi reassures her tomorrow will be better. The prep students are about to face the regular students and the top four.
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08 - Is It Me?
Hutter and James observe while the Tatsanov Generator is being assembled and wonder if they'll succed in stopping the second wave. At the same time the prep students are training at the Zero G course. Of course Shipon is the best among them but still 15 seconds off the record set by Machida. But then surprisingly another person appears wearing a non-Stellvia space suit and matches Machida's record. Shipon then recognises the person as Rinna... her rival has finaly arrived.
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09 - I Won't Lose!
The second wave has reached Ultima, where Rinna's father is stationed and all communication is lost with the Foundation. There are now 48 hours left before the wave reaches Stellvia and Earth. Rinna's friends are all worried about her but she shows no sighns of weakness. Meanwhile Shima, as a starting member of the Great Mission, is training against the wave and fighting her fears that paralyze her.
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10 - Wellcome Back
It's December 19th. 1 minute till the Second Wave reaches Stellvia and thus Earth... Everyone is anxuous to see if the great wall will hold. The wave then hits the wall and... it holds! The Stellvia leaders are starting to congratulate eachother when something hits the Foundation. They realize the wall is holding back the wave, but some smaller pieces are passing through. Shima is ordered to fill in the holes that the pieces make with smaller generators when a distress call reaches her and she decides to go on a rescue mission.
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11 - The Real You
It has been 75 hours since the second wave passed and everything seems normal again. Well... almost everything. Anyway, Stellvias prep students are going to try the DLS (Direct Link System) navigation today. Everyone feel sick while trying it out since it's completely diferent from what they are used to. Only Rinna is having fun with it... so much fun she's going to throw up. And Of course our Infinity pilots, Kouta and Shima master the system as well.
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12 - Confession
Christmas eve! Everyone is busy decorating and making party preparations. Well since Rinna is about to leave our friends decide to combine the christmas party and Rinna's farwell party. While they decorate the tree they discuss Koutas brave move saving Shima from Machida. And James is trying to decide whether to expell Machida or not. In the mean time Arisa realises she needs a star to top the tree... but Najima just bought all the stars! On the way to her room she mumbles about the start and Shoujin overhears that and offers to give on of his...
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13 - Winter Break
Everyone is leaving Stellvia for their hard earned winter break vacation. Except Arisa, who seems to have some family issues. On board Fujiyama Shima and Kouta spend their time together, Jojo thinks of making advances towards Akira but chickens out... so she takes the iniciative. Pierre also goes to talk to Yayoi, but gets rejected with a smile. After the landing the Big Four make arrangments for Shima and Kouta to sneak from their fans using Akira and Jojo as decoys...
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14 - Dreams And Reality
The Fujiyama is on it's way to Stellvia with only a few people on board. After the Fujiyama docks Arisa comes to wellcome Shima and Kouta. Shima brought some Hot Spring cookies for Arisa and, surprisingly, Machida. The students and teachers wonder if there is a possibillity of war while the Stellvia and Space Agency commanders discuss the possibilities. Maybe one of the Foundation is behind the attacks, or maybe Ultima is staging it... there might even be aliens or rebels. Meanwhile Ultima is fighting off ghosts...
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15 - I Don't Know
Stellvia's Security Department wants the students to train armed combat but Leila refuses. So the Security Department's commander shows her pictures of the unidentified flying object that's appearing around Ultima. The only diference is... the pictures haven't been taken at Ultima. They were taken at Akapsu and El Santo. Meanwhile Shima has some love trouble. It seems that Kouta, now that he has been chosen to monitor Infinity, has no time for her. On top of that, she catches him having tea with Ren!
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16 - Under Suspicion
Shima and Kouta are on board Gagarin V along with the Top Four and Jenrai as the commander. 30 days after leaving Stellvia and 10 days before reaching Ultima Gagarin V is joined by Clarke, from Odyssey. The Top Four have accepted Shima and Kouta as two of them. Later they get visitors from the Clarke. It's the same people that the fought in the Astroball match. Shima then calls Rinna and as they talk an alarm gets off on Ultima and the connection breaks up. Soon after Gagarin V makes contact with Ultima's Residential block drifting in space.
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17 - Battle
After the Keity's from Clarke and Gagarin V barely escape, with substantial help from Infinity, the attack from the UFO's Gagarin is filled with wounded pilots. The scientists, with Rinna's father among them, are still trapped inside Ultima. Gagarin V and Clarke are getting reinforcments... a support ship, Strelka, is on its way carying additional generators for Infinity in order to make it at least as maneuverable as the Keity's. Also on board are Leila and Machida.
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18 - Distant Voice
As Kouta, Shima and Rinna return to Stellvia a big wellcome party awaits them. Since Kouta and Shima were away for 80 days the girls want to know what happened between him and Shima. After she tells them nothing happened they are, of course, dissapointed in him. Meanwhile the committee discusses the distruction of Ultima by the UFO. After dragging Ultima into the space string they created a micro black hole using it's gravitational system. That event caused the string to slow down... it's now going to arrive to the solar system in 60 days.
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19 - Crybaby Hothead
After returning from the mission Kouta reports about the shimmer to the commander. He also says it might be a communication attempt. Back in the room Arisa wants to know what happened on the mission for Shima to be in such a bad mood. Meanwhile Kouta is talking to his sister about what happened seeking a female advice.
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20 - The Future To You
Simulations show the cosmic fracture decomposes any objest that it comes in contact with. Such big things as planets and even stars are no exception. Meanwhile Rinna is visiting Shima and Arisa again. When her mother picks her up she thanks both girls for taking care of her daughter while she and her husband work. On the way hime she proposes to Rinna to have a party this sunday inviting all her friends in order to thank them for all they did at Ultima.
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21 - Invisible Wall
The prep students are doing maintenance of thir Biancas while Shima and Kouta still have trouble talking to eachother. This time Jojo & co. notice that and talk to the girls about it. Of course they are surprised to find out it all started 2 episodes ago. But they start a plan to reconcile them. It has never been a good idea to let the guys take care of love problems! Meanwhile, Rinnas father found out the way to stop the space fracture... there are, however, a couple problems.
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22 - Each Separate Path
Shima is still having problems using the new DLS so Kouta asks the commander to reconfigure the Infinity's systems for him alone. This time it's Hutter that defends Shima's potential. The preparations for the Genesis Mission are well on their way, but without an exact attack point the success chance lies at 0.73%. To make things even more interesting, Jinrai gets a visitor from the Solar System Federation. There are 38 days left for everyone to get ready...
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23 - That's Why You Exist
Jinrai calls Shima into his office to tell her she won't be sitting in the Infinity during the mission. He instead puts her into Halcyon's pilot seat. Halcyon is a copy of Infinity which was constructed on Akapsu. Meanwhile Stellvia's evacuation is fully under way. In just one day Stellvia will start moving towards Saturn to intercept the space fracture. Of course our prep students decide they'll stay on board without anyone knowing. On Earth some dissorders start because of fear...
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24 - Darkness Once More
Shima is trying to master Halcyon without the DLS system and she's doing a good job at it. But all that information is wearing her out. The prep students are hiding in Arisa's room now with nothing to eat... but luckily for them there are people who they can trust on board the Foundation. It's Kent that brings them provisions. He's not the only one to know they are ther though. Top Four are not called that way just cos it's fancy. Meanwhile El Santo, Odyssey and Akapsu are moving to the closest point possible towards the space fracture.
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25 - Goodbye
After the destruction of El Santo Jinrai decides they have to start the mission ahead of the shedule. Keittys are sent out to collect data on the fracture. They are followed by Infinity and Halcyon, which is only 60% operational by now. Arisa, Piere, Rinna and Yayoi decide to take and install the Generator on Halcyon against Jinrai's orders. Meanwhile Akira, Jojo and Masaru reach Stellvias main computer and start hacking into it. It is now 3hr and 51 minutes untill the fracture reaches the final line of defense.
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26 - A Voice Of Brilliance
After Halcyon is hit by a gravitational irregularity all that's left of Shima are her childhood memories. All the communication with the Halcyon is interrupted and all the sensors on Keittys are off-line. But noone abandons hope... It is June 23rd, 2357. Will it be humanitys last day?