Ep. 9: Nagate bonds with Placenta Shizuka while Kunato uncovers secrets about Ochiai and terraforming plans.
The narrative shifts from the past, where Doctor Yure restores Sidonia’s population to 500,000 over 100 years, to the present. Nagate and Izana observe Placenta Shizuka, a Gauna placenta resembling Shizuka. Scientist Numi Tahiro tests Nagate’s interaction with the entity, which initially reacts violently but gradually becomes less hostile as Nagate communicates with it. Meanwhile, Kunato, having stepped down from piloting due to psychological distress, witnesses Captain Kobayashi, Dr. Yure, and Ochiai’s clone accessing the auxiliary brain. Kunato learns about Ochiai’s past ambitions through security footage. Kobayashi plans to relocate anti-war protesters to the 7th planet in the Lem star system if 50,000 volunteers emerge. Nagate, promoted to squad leader, achieves victories against Gauna, including an H-1 class Guana 492. He eventually agrees to a vacation with Izana. Numi discovers Placenta Shizuka stares fearfully at the kabizashi storage site, a location also observed by Benisuzume in the distance.
Episodes
- Ep. 5 · Nagate and Shizuka drift in space after Tsugumori fails while Sidonia prepares for search efforts.
- Ep. 6 · Nagate and Shizuka return to Sidonia as heroes before facing a new Gauna threat
- Ep. 7 · Nagate reflects on Shizuka's death while facing new Gauna threats and a planet destruction order.
- Ep. 8 · Nakazono, Samari, and Kunato squads battle Gauna while Nagate retrieves a sample resembling Shizuka.
- Ep. 9 · Nagate bonds with Placenta Shizuka while Kunato uncovers secrets about Ochiai and terraforming plans.
- Ep. 10 · Nagate investigates forbidden research and pilots untested weapons against a massive Gauna threat.
- Ep. 11 · Sidonia faces Gauna pod 542 while pilots deploy 48 guardian frames in a desperate collision avoidance strategy.
- Ep. 12 · Nagate confronts Benisuzume while Samari's platoon infiltrates the Gauna pod to destroy the Master Gauna.