Ep. 35: Wheel Lock's mother opposes plating and asks him to continue the fight before she dies.
Aired on May 25, 1979
Wheel Lock's mother opposes the tradition of plating and attempts to organize a resistance movement. On her deathbed, she requests that Wheel Lock carry on the struggle against gold plating. Tetsuro ventures into the center of the conflict, entering a magnetized tower covered in plating. Inside the structure, he encounters an unexpected presence. The narrative focuses on the personal stakes for Wheel Lock as he inherits his mother's mission while Tetsuro investigates the core of the plating phenomenon. This segment details the transition of leadership within the resistance and the dangers faced by those entering the fortified tower.
Episodes
- Ep. 31 · Tetsuro encounters an assassin on Fury Planet while helping a tofu vendor.
- Ep. 32 · The crew meets space warrior Edmond on the apple-shaped Sweet, Sweet Planet.
- Ep. 33 · Lasen imprisons Tetsuro on the screw-specialized planet Ulatres before chasing his escape.
- Ep. 34 · Maetel encounters Wheel Lock in a gold-obsessed society where wealth is measured by plating.
- Ep. 35 · Wheel Lock's mother opposes plating and asks him to continue the fight before she dies.
- Ep. 36 · Tetsuro and the group encounter Dr. Cicropros and his clones in an abandoned ghost colony.
- Ep. 37 · Tetsuro confronts animals on a pet soul planet after mistaking Maetel for being attacked
- Ep. 38 · The Planet of the Cowardly Elder faces crisis due to President Delmukade's refusal to adopt a mechanical body.
- Ep. 39 · Tetsuro and Maetel recover stolen passes from weak inhabitants of the Mist Capitol