Thirty-eight-year-old Susumu Kodai, Koichi Yamadera, has stepped away from the EDF after Final Yamato and now commands a cargo vessel named Yuki as part of the Third Emigration Fleet. The mission’s stakes rise instantly when the Earth flagship, the Blue Noah, leads the First Emigration Fleet toward Amare and is suddenly hit by a torrent of unidentified ships. The EDF fights back, but the onslaught overwhelms the defending fleets, leaving Blue Noah critically damaged. In the ensuing chaos, Captain Yuki Mori Kodai—the captain’s wife—orders an emergency warp on a failing support ship, then vanishes without a trace, setting a mystery that will haunt Kodai.
When Kodai boards the wrecked Blue Noah with a small boarding party, three enemy ships arrive with no warning. In a desperate, razor‑sharp maneuver, Kodai at the helm drives Blue Noah a short distance, just long enough for one precise shot to be fired. That single strike destroys all three enemy craft, a display of timing and skill that hints at the veteran’s hard‑won instincts.
Back at EDF headquarters, Commander Sanada lays out the grim math: a black hole is looming, and Earth’s defenses are already stretched thin. He reveals that Kodai’s wife is missing after the earlier battle, a personal blow that sharpens Kodai’s resolve. Sanada presses him to assume command of the Third Emigration Fleet, urging him to live up to his wife’s example—volunteer spirit and courage under pressure.
Kodai returns home to a tense scene with his daughter Miyuki Kodai, and the two share a moment of brittle warmth as he tries to reassure her amid uncertainty. Soon, a harsher truth arrives: the Second Emigration Fleet has fallen to three separate fleets—the Beldel, Furide, and Ethos—meaning Earth now faces four distinct enemies. Accepting command of the Yamato, the rebuilt flagship that will lead the mission, Kodai learns that Sanada will helm the ship from Aquarius, the icy asteroid that now serves as a command base.
Meanwhile, far beyond Earth, the Alliance’s leadership—Metzlar at the helm of the SUS fleet and other leaders from Amare, Beldel, Furide, and Ethos—reveal the broader game. Metzlar and his allies manipulate events to portray Earth as an aggressor, while Ethos admiral Gouri begins to doubt the SUS’s version of “peace.” The early hints of an impending fracture in the Alliance’s front line signal a pivot that could shift the war’s balance.
With the Yamato taking a central place in the plan, the fleet prepares to reach Amare by a bold, almost reckless route: slingshot around a small black hole, BH199, then surge their warships and arks toward Amare at speeds far beyond conventional travel. Gouri watches the first arks slip through the hole, and, still unsure, orders a cautious attack. Kodai answers with decisive leadership—launching fighters, splitting escort forces to challenge the Beldel and Ethos fleets while Yamato squares off against the Furide. The battle unfolds in a furious ballet of beam fire and missiles, with the Yamato trading blows with Furide ships, deploying shield rockets, and keeping an Ark convoy alive under heavy assault.
Across the broader front, the Beldel fleet engages the Emigration Escort Ships in a brutal dogfight, while the Ethos flagship’s commander, Gouri, finds his resolve strengthened by the Yamato’s tenacity. The Yamato absorbs punishing fire and, in a pivotal moment, orders a Missile Barrage that tears into the Furide fleet. Gouri, observing the Yamato’s courage, begins to see that the alliance’s cause may be compromised by the SUS’s machinations.
As the escort fleets struggle to push through, a key Ark falls under heavy fire. Kodai seizes the moment to shield the ark, maneuvering the Yamato between danger and escape. The Ethos leader’s respect grows, and he quietly signals a willingness to let the EDF go in peace, though his position remains fragile and volatile within the Alliance.
Eventually, the Third Emigration Fleet and the Escort Fleet reach Amare, greeted by joyous survivors and a sobering truth about the mission. An Amarean survivor reveals that Yuki’s ship reached Amare with a hollow hull—its captain’s hat found as a haunting relic of a vanished crew. The arrival marks a turning point in Earth’s story: the long voyage has exposed not only military threats but also political tremors within the Alliance’s leadership.
Back on Earth, the EDF celebrates the landfall, but the broader politics remain unsettled. Queen Iriya of Amare sheds light on the SUS’s true ambitions: Amare’s riches, resources, and military protection come at the cost of Amare’s autonomy, and the SUS’s “peace” is a cover for domination. The Amare government and military prepare to defend their world from an increasingly aggressive SUS presence, while General Pascal’s Amare Navy debates how far to stand with Earth.
The Yamato’s captain learns that a direct assault on the SUS fortress could tilt the war, and the Amare flagship joins the Earth escort fleet for a final, decisive strike. The SUS fortress rises with five neutron-pillared towers, a formidable defense that tests every aboard the Yamato and Shinano, their auxiliary craft. The enemy’s neutron cannons threaten to erase the Allied ships, and the Amare flagship sacrifices itself to shield the Yamato long enough for Kodai’s crew to act.
In a daring gambit, the Shinano sacrifices itself to disable the fortress’s shields, allowing Kodai to unleash a devastating Wave Motion Gun barrage. The fortress’ pillars crumble, and the SUS flagship Maya is destroyed in a climactic blow. Metzlar and Barlsman survive, but the balance of power tilts away from the SUS as the Ethos and Earth forces press their advantage.
Metzlar’s form finally reveals itself as an energy being, a particle of the SUS’s true nature that transcends the physical realm, and he is briefly seen outside the fortress as he vanishes. The Yamato, battered but steadfast, returns to Earth as the energy foe’s ominous plan is exposed. Metzlar’s last revelation clarifies the black hole’s true purpose: a weapon designed to siphon Earth’s resources, a threat that could only be countered by a fearless, unified stand.
With Earth saved, the Yamato’s Wave Motion Gun is retooled to respond to future threats, and the ship heads toward a hopeful, fragile peace. The crew mourns the losses—Navigator Maho Orihara among them—but their sacrifice empowers a hard‑won victory. As the arks begin their return to Earth, Kodai resolves to secure a future in which the human and Amare peoples can live with dignity, and a reconciled Kodai shares a quiet moment with his daughter, a promise of healing and a renewed sense of purpose.
- First mentions linked:
- Susumu Kodai: Koichi Yamadera
- Miyuki Kodai: Ayumi Fujimura
- Sho Tenma: Daisuke Sakaguchi
- Ryo Kamijo: Kentaro Ito
- Maho Orihara: Ryoka Yuzuki
- Yuki Kodai: Noriko Yume
- Jun Kobayashi: Daisuke Namikawa
- Yoichi Sakurai: Kenji Nojima
- Saburo Kinoshita: Kohsuke Toriumi
- Jiro Shima: Ryotaro Okiayu
- Ryohei Nakanishi: Kappei Yamaguchi
- Tasuke Tokugawa: Toru Furuya
- Sakezo Sado: Ichiro Nagai
- Minoru Goda: Akimitsu Takase
- Analyzer: Kenichi Ogata
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