Chapter Summaries

Kyujo Kyoya fought the Black Ginn in an exhibition match, believing he had found an opening after surviving its attacks. The Ginn’s apparent energy failure proved to be a trap, but Kyoya ultimately destroyed it with Magnum Gundam’s Excalibur, and the audience cheered.

• The Black Ginn outmaneuvered Kyujo Kyoya, damaged Magnum Gundam, and destroyed its Floating Blades with precisely aimed special ammunition.
• Kyujo Kyoya tried to keep fighting at range, but the Ginn shot into his rifle barrel and disabled it.
• Kyujo Kyoya used the remaining Floating Blades as accelerators and pursued the Ginn, while Yuuto noticed its apparent ammunition and energy limits.
• The Black Ginn faked an energy problem to lure Kyujo Kyoya into a trap, but Kyoya unleashed Excalibur and cut through it.
• The audience celebrated Kyujo Kyoya’s victory, and the host invited spectators to try the battle in the Experience Zone.

Inori defeated GBN audience members in the Black Ginn before joining the Archangel as it reached the ruins of Junius 7. After Kira investigated a distress signal, Inori sang a memorial performance for the victims of Bloody Valentine, leaving the crew in silent tribute.

• Inori beat the audience challengers, including Yuuto, with the Black Ginn and then watched the next episode begin.
• The Archangel found a distress signal coming from Junius 7, and Kira set off alone in Strike to investigate.
• Inori arranged for the Archangel crew to collect materials near Junius 7 while she prepared to perform.
• Inori sang "Ourania" and another song as the crew remembered the people killed at Junius 7, while Miriallia scattered white flowers.

Inori Yuzuriha sang a Magic Tower Continent requiem that Lacus heard from her escape pod, and Kira rescued both Lacus and Inori. Lacus arrived aboard the Archangel and immediately recognized Inori as her favorite singer, while Kira and the crew watched in confusion.

• Inori Yuzuriha sang a four-part requiem that moved Lacus to tears inside her escape pod.
• Kira followed a distress signal, found Inori Yuzuriha and Lacus's escape pod, and carried them back to the Archangel.
• Inori Yuzuriha opened the pod, and Lacus floated out with Haropla.
• Kira instinctively took Lacus's hand, but Lacus let go when she recognized Inori Yuzuriha.
• Lacus greeted Inori Yuzuriha as a fan and asked her for an autograph.

Lacus signed Inori Yuzuriha’s Haropla and Funnel, then revealed her identity as PLANT chairman Sieghel Klein’s daughter. As the Archangel questioned Lacus, Kira left with Frey to bathe.

• Lacus signed her name on Inori Yuzuriha’s pink Haropla and Funnel.
• Mu recognized Lacus Clyne’s name and asked her to come for questioning aboard the Earth Alliance vessel.
• Cruze received a report about Heliopolis and Athrun’s sacrifice, while Athrun told Cagalli that PLANT’s marriage laws had given him a fiancée.
• Murrue Ramius sent the gathered crew back to work, leaving Kira and Lacus alone briefly before Kira walked away.
• Frey persuaded Kira to leave work and bathe with her.
• Mu questioned Lacus about her father, Sieghel Klein, the chairman of PLANT’s Supreme Council.

Athrun and Cagalli discussed his arranged engagement while repairing a salvaged thruster, and Lacus prayed for the dead as she watched Earth’s ruins from the Archangel. The chapter ended with music beginning to flow through the silent universe.

• Lacus told Murrue that she had been pushed into an escape pod after an Earth Alliance ship’s inspection turned unpleasant, and said she had heard a voice while inside it.
• Frey helped Kira wash and style her hair before Kira returned to work, worried that Frey’s kindness would disappear if she learned Kira was a Coordinator.
• Athrun told Cagalli that genetic matching among Coordinators supported their low birth rate, then learned her name while they continued repairing a salvaged thruster.
• Lacus placed Haropla on her lap and prayed for peace for every soul as she watched the desolate Earth outside the Archangel.
• Inori recognized the sorrow in Lacus’s expression, and music began in the silent universe.

Inori Yuzuriha’s live song comforted the Archangel’s civilians while news of Athrun Sarla’s disappearance reached PLANT. Sieghel Klein learned that Lacus Clyne was missing, and Kira overheard Frey arguing with Miriallia about delivering food to a Coordinator.

• Inori Yuzuriha sang “Planetes” live aboard the Archangel, soothing the civilians as they listened and wept.
• Sieghel Klein learned that Athrun Sarla was missing and that two PLANT ships had been heavily damaged.
• Cruze questioned Sieghel about the Black Coffin and alien life, but Sieghel dismissed the Black Coffin as an unfounded rumor.
• Sieghel received urgent news that his daughter, Lacus Clyne, had disappeared, while Lacus listened to Inori’s song and felt at peace.
• Kira overheard Frey refusing to deliver food to a Coordinator, and Miriallia stepped in to do it herself.

Inori Yuzuriha used Mind Induction to shape Frey’s influence over Kira, while Lacus left her room and joined the others in the dining hall. After Frey rejected Lacus and voiced anti-Coordinator beliefs, the adults dispersed the group, leaving Frey, Cagalli, and Miriallia to sit with Inori nearby.

• Inori Yuzuriha explained that she was neither a Coordinator nor a Natural and that she had influenced Frey’s attachment to Kira through Mind Induction.
• Lacus walked into the group carrying Haropla, asked for food, and invited Inori Yuzuriha and Kira to eat with her.
• Frey refused Lacus’s offered handshake and shouted that Lacus was just a Coordinator, upsetting Kira.
• Inori Yuzuriha began to explain that Lacus was beyond the narrow definition of a Coordinator, but Mu and Murrue interrupted her.
• Mu asked Kira to escort Lacus back, and the group separated before Inori sat in the dining hall with Miriallia, Cagalli, and Frey.
• Frey denied being part of Blue Cosmos but defended its ideals and called genetic alteration against nature, while Cagalli and Miriallia stayed silent.

Inori Yuzuriha confronted Frey over her hatred of Coordinators, using Mind Induction to expose jealousy beneath Frey’s arguments. The confrontation ended with Inori claiming she had never undergone Genetic Engineering and denying the label of Coordinator.

• Frey complained that Coordinators disgusted her, while Miriallia and Cagalli avoided agreeing with her.
• Inori challenged Frey’s claims by pointing out that nature and human society both involved genetic change and selection.
• Inori accused Frey of resenting Coordinators out of jealousy and inferiority, and Frey backed away as Inori pressed her.
• Inori revealed that Mind Induction had helped Frey’s own memories and morality turn against her arguments.
• When Frey called Coordinators monsters, Inori said she had not undergone Genetic Engineering and had denied being a Coordinator from the start.

Inori confronted Frey about her resentment toward Coordinators and hinted that Blue Cosmos was driven by forces behind the scenes before Frey begged her to stop. Meanwhile, Lacus and Kira spoke in Lacus’s quarters, where Lacus recognized Kira from Inori’s music videos and explained that she had planned to invite Inori to the Junius 7 memorial event.

• Inori eased the pressure on Frey, then argued that Frey’s pain stemmed from within herself and challenged Blue Cosmos’s public ideals.
• Inori began to reveal what truly drove Blue Cosmos, but Frey broke down in tears and asked her to stop.
• Inori returned to her seat, leaving Frey crouched on the restaurant floor, unable to refute her but still overwhelmed by resentment and helplessness.
• Kira brought Lacus a meal in her officer’s quarters and admitted she was a Coordinator, which Lacus welcomed.
• Lacus recognized Kira from Inori’s music videos, learned that Kira was Inori’s manager, and said she had intended to invite Inori to the Junius 7 memorial event.

Kira, Lacus, and Inori shared an awkward meal aboard the Archangel while Mu and Murrue discussed the danger of taking the two famous singers to the lunar headquarters. The chapter left Murrue worried that the Earth Alliance would exploit or imprison Inori and Lacus, along with the other children aboard.

• Lacus asked Kira about his pilot suit, and he admitted he knew her songs and had researched her career.
• Inori arrived after being sent away from Frey and teased Kira about whether he liked Lacus or Frey.
• Kira, Lacus, and Inori ate together while the live broadcast shifted to the Archangel's bridge.
• Mu and Murrue debated whether the Archangel should take Lacus to the lunar headquarters and worried about how the Alliance would use her.
• Baki Ramius warned that Inori would not be allowed to leave freely, and Mu said he doubted the crew could stop her if she tried to escape.

Murrue and Natall discussed how to keep the Archangel from being held responsible for its damage, while Athrun and Cagalli struggled to survive in space until Cagalli revealed her reserve of recycled water. After Athrun detected an unknown signal, Inori prepared to seek authorization to intervene, leaving the stranded pair unsure whether to flee or wait for help.

• Mu suggested deleting the Archangel’s recordings and having the crew leave before arrival, but Murrue objected; Natall offered to share responsibility for the ship’s damage.
• Mu joked that the crew might surrender to ZAFT and be protected by Lacus, easing the tension before Murrue asked what to do about Cagalli.
• Athrun finished connecting the thruster to the Aegis and Red Astray, while Cagalli noticed he was dehydrated and revealed her reserve of filtered recycled water.
• Cagalli switched Athrun’s line to hydration mode, and he drank the water and regained strength.
• Athrun received an unknown signal and warned Cagalli that it could be from Scrap Merchants or mercenaries, leaving them to decide whether to flee or wait.
• Inori watched their predicament and began seeking authorization to intervene, since she could not pilot an MS without Kira’s approval.

After dinner, Kira and Frey tried to repair their relationship while Lacus and Inori Yuzuriha discussed singing together. The Archangel received a transmission from the Earth Alliance’s Eighth Fleet and learned Cagalli was safe, leaving the crew hopeful that rescue was near.

• Lacus asked Inori Yuzuriha to perform a concert together after the war, and Inori agreed.
• Sai apologized to Kira for Frey’s remarks, but Frey arrived and led Kira away, determined to prove her feelings were sincere.
• Mu and Murrue received and decoded a transmission from the Eighth Fleet’s advance ship, the Montgomery.
• The crew celebrated after learning Brigadier General Halberton’s unit was coming to rendezvous with the Archangel.
• Inori Yuzuriha told Murrue that a probe had found Cagalli safe and healthy.

Inori Yuzuriha volunteered to pilot the Blue Astray through the Debris Field and rescue Cagalli, while Kira authorized her to defend herself and return fire. As Lacus wondered where they were headed, a forgotten question surfaced in her mind.

• Murrue Ramius learned Cagalli was far from the Eighth Fleet’s advance force, and Inori Yuzuriha explained that the Blue Astray had enough fuel to make the rescue trip if it flew straight through the Debris Field.
• Murrue Ramius refused to send Kira, but Inori Yuzuriha offered to go and said she needed authorization; she estimated Kira could retain seventy percent of his fighting strength without her.
• Sai told Frey that her father was coming with the advance force, and Frey tightened her grip on Kira’s hand when Inori Yuzuriha announced she had found Cagalli.
• Kira accepted that Inori Yuzuriha would pilot the Blue Astray and authorized her to defend herself and return fire if necessary.
• Lacus studied Inori Yuzuriha’s signature on the Haropla, reflected on the differences she sensed between Inori and other Coordinators, and began recalling a question someone had asked.

Inori launched the Blue Astray to rescue Cagalli while the Archangel prepared to rendezvous with the Atlantic Federation fleet, and Murrue learned that Frey's father wanted to see her. In the debris field, Athrun and Cagalli planned to seize a mercenary ship, but an unknown attacker destroyed it before they could act.

• Inori launched the Blue Astray toward Cagalli as Murrue adjusted the Archangel's course to give her a boost.
• George Allstar thanked the Archangel for rescuing civilians and asked to see his daughter, Frey, after the rendezvous.
• Yzak and the others continued searching for Athrun, but Cruze returned with repaired G units to attack the Archangel's advance unit.
• Athrun and Cagalli hid among wreckage as a transport ship and two Ginns approached, and they decided to seize the vessel to escape.
• An unknown attacker fired on the transport ship and blew it apart, drawing the two Ginns toward the source of the shot.

Rondo Gina Sahaku ambushed Cagalli and Athrun to eliminate them and recover the Astrays, but Inori’s Blue Astray intervened. Gino’s reinforcements opened fire, leaving Athrun and Cagalli scrambling for cover beside the Aegis.

• Cagalli and Athrun discovered that the one-armed Gold Astray had killed a GINN pilot who tried to surrender, then found it waiting to ambush them as they returned to the Aegis.
• The Gold Astray’s pilot, Rondo Gina Sahaku, recognized Cagalli and threatened to kill her and Athrun to silence them.
• A beam from the Blue Astray disabled Gino’s rifle, and Inori ordered him to surrender, then shot down his weapon again when he resisted.
• Gino called in his Mobile Armor reinforcements, which began firing at the Blue Astray and the surrounding wreckage.
• Athrun activated his jetpack and rushed to the Aegis for cover while Cagalli remained exposed to the attack.

Inori Yuzuriha killed Gino Sahaku and made the retreating Orb forces surrender, then rescued Cagalli and Athrun. She revealed she had demanded compensation from ZAFT for Heliopolis’s destruction, leaving Athrun stunned by the scale of her claim.

• Inori Yuzuriha evaded Gino Sahaku’s attacks, pried open the Gold Astray’s cockpit with a modified tactical knife, and killed him.
• Inori announced Gino’s death to the Sahaku-affiliated Orb forces, which promptly retreated.
• Inori found Cagalli and Athrun beside the Aegis and Red Astray, and Cagalli recognized her as the pilot of the Blue Astray.
• Athrun asked if Inori had come to capture him, but she explained that she had already sent ZAFT a compensation claim for Heliopolis’s destruction.
• Inori told Athrun that her claim included concert losses, property, lost wages, emotional distress, and shares and real estate she had owned on Heliopolis.

Inori explained that she wanted ZAFT to grant her the authority to pursue Forced Liquidation, then invited Athrun to travel with her while charging fees for rescues and appearances. She used robots and four-unit palm control to begin repairing and transporting the Aegis Gundam and Astray units.

• Athrun questioned why Inori cared about ZAFT paying, and she said Forced Liquidation was what mattered.
• Inori invited Athrun to come with her and said he would owe a rescue fee; Athrun warned he would come after her again, and she welcomed the prospect of collecting appearance fees.
• Cagalli promised Orb would pay Inori for the damage caused by its cooperation with the Earth Alliance.
• Inori revealed a Black Coffin and deployed robots to repair the Aegis Gundam and Astray units.
• Inori explained that the Red Astray could not be used, but its parts could be switched with the gold unit's, and Athrun asked how she planned to control the Gundams.

Frey learned that Kira was a Coordinator and reacted with disgust, while Kira struggled to find a sense of purpose aboard the Archangel. The chapter ended with Frey rejecting Sai as he tried to explain why they had kept Kira’s identity from her.

• Frey went to the hangar looking for Kira and overheard Sai, Tolle, and Kazui discussing Coordinators and Kira’s identity.
• Kazui revealed that Kira was the only Coordinator among the girls, and Frey overheard him.
• Frey recalled her closeness with Kira, then fled when Sai tried to explain.
• Kira helped a lost refugee child reunite with her mother and felt needed for the first time.
• Kira heard Frey calling her disgusting and accusing her friends of hiding that she was a Coordinator.
• Sai tried to defend himself and reach for Frey, but she rejected him and pulled away.

Frey confronted Sai over his feelings for Kira, while Kira broke down in Lacus's arms and Frey struggled with jealousy after learning Kira was a Coordinator. Meanwhile, Inori Yuzuriha prepared to tow the damaged machines out of the Debris Field and told Athrun he could leave once they reached safety.

• Frey accused Sai of using her as a replacement for Kira, then walked away from him as he decided to wait until she calmed down.
• Kira crouched alone until Lacus found her and comforted her, prompting Kira to finally cry.
• Frey scrubbed herself raw in the bath, and Miriallia realized she was reacting to Kira being a Coordinator.
• Frey admitted to herself that she might be jealous of Kira, while Lacus told Kira she wanted to ease her pain.
• Inori Yuzuriha outlined a plan for four machines to fly together out of the Debris Field and told Athrun he could leave afterward; Athrun offered to pay the rescue fee himself.

Athrun questioned Inori about why Coordinators and Naturals were enemies, and her questions forced him to reconsider PLANT’s claims of innocence. He recognized that PLANT’s worldwide deployment of N-Jammers had harmed civilians and escalated the conflict, leaving him shaken and disillusioned.

• Athrun invited Inori to immigrate to PLANT, but she rejected the idea and challenged the claim that PLANT represented all Coordinators.
• Inori asked Athrun to consider whether PLANT would still emphasize Coordinator identity if it ruled the world, and he realized it might suppress that distinction for social stability.
• Inori questioned why Naturals opposed Coordinators and pointed out that PLANT could share genetic enhancement technology but did not make it universally available.
• Inori asked Athrun to consider how many people died from famine, accidents, and energy shortages after N-Jammers were deployed across Earth, and he could not estimate the toll.
• Athrun realized that PLANT’s worldwide N-Jammer deployment had punished civilians and intensified the conflict rather than bringing peace.