Macross Frontier – Episode 21
August 28, 2008
Macross Frontier 21: Blue Ether (蒼いのエーテル; Aoi no Eeteru)
Kuran Kuran’s wrath, Ranka’s farewell, new song, and new ending 
Bad haircut guy takes over the control.
Kuran Kuran’s Wrath. She didn’t get enough screen time in this episode.
Ranka will sing again.
They nuke it all with dark energy.
Honoring the fallen.
Ranka is asked to sing at the funeral, but she refuses…
Instead, she runs off to the forest and engages in hot sex with Ai-kun.
As we expected, Ai-kun turned into Vajra.
Now the final scene… Ranka and Alto are making paper planes.
This part was priceless lol
Ranka finally revealed to Alto what she did with Ai-kun in the forest…
Alto obviously didn’t like it….
Ranka protects Ai-kun with her life!
However, Alto can’t forgive them and shoots! :O
Burera is fast as lighting!
Ranka says goodbye…
New Ending
Macross Frontier 21 New Ending
Aoi no Eteru (Blue Ether) Lyrics:
Fan-transcribed lyrics in Japanese text (from YKFan):
わたしの名前をひとつあげる
大切にしていたのを
あなたの言葉をひとつください
さよならじゃなくて
光は粒 そして波
あなたは鳥 そして宇宙
ずっとそばにいて 微笑めばつながった
すべてがひとつに調和してたあの日
ずっとそばにいたかった どんなに声に託しても
あなたまで届かない
蒼い 蒼い 蒼い旅路
攻撃でもない 防御でもない
真ん中の気持ち
きらめきと 絶望の間に
真ん中の気持ち
未来は羽 そしてナマリ
わたしは水 そして炎
ずっとそばにいて 愛よりも近かった
すべてがひとつに 暖かだった日
ずっとそばにいたかった 音楽も聞こえない
あなたから遠ざかる
蒼い 蒼い 蒼い旅路
蒼い 蒼い 蒼い旅路
Romanization of Japanese text:
watashi no namae o hitotsu ageru
taisetsu ni shiteita no o
anata no kotoba o hitotsu kudasai
sayonara ja nakute
hikari wa tsubu soshite nami
anata wa tori soshite uchuu
zutto sobaniite hohoemeba tsunagatta
subete ga hitotsu ni chouwa shiteta ano hi
zutto sobaniita katta donna ni koe ni takushite mo
anata made todokanai
aoi aoi aoi tabichi
kougeki demonai bougyo demonai
mannaka no kimochi
kirameki to zetsubou no aidani
mannaka no kimochi
marai wa hane soshite namari
watashi wa mizu soshite honou
zutto sobaniite ai yori mo chikatta
subete ga hitotsu ni atatakatta hi
zutto soba ni itakatta ongaku mo kikoenai
anata kara toozakaru
aoi aoi aoi tabichi
aoi aoi aoi tabichi
Translation by Rick:
I give you my one name,
the one I’ve cherished.
So please say one word to me,
but not the word “goodbye”.
If light is a particle and a wave,
then you are a bird and the universe.
All along, I was smiling by your side, in touch with you,
the day when everything was in harmony as one.
All along, I want to be by your side,
but I can’t summon my voice to reach out to you.
My blue, blue, blue journey.
My feeling is neither aggressive nor defensive,
but somewhere right in between,
My feeling is neither of glitter nor despair,
but somewhere right in between,
If the future is of feather and lead,
then I am of water and fire.
All along, I was by your side, even closer than love itself,
the day when everything was embraced in warmth as one.
All along, I want to be by your side,
but you can’t even hear my music as I am banished far away from you.
My blue, blue, blue journey.
[...] like Macross Frontier 21 will involve some scary [...]
LMAO, awesome captions.
Since they mentioned the MDE previously I knew it wouldn’t be long before they used it.
I heartily agree there should have been more screen time given to Klan kicking Varja butt!
Thank you coming back to comment
As for captions, it is all Ranka’s fault!
Hopefully, we’ll see more action by Kuran later
Ah I like commenting here so no problem, thanks for the comment back on Intent too
I do hope so, poor Klan, she really tugged on the old heartstrings there, sitting in Michel’s fighter crying over his helmet.
And the picture in his cockpit was the clincher *gets misty eyed*
And I hope Ai-kun used protection…
Yes, those scenes brought back the memories… Kuran and Michael was such a great couple…
haha Oh yeah, Ai-kun was very careful
I updated the post with ending video and beautiful lyrics of the new song Aoi no Eteru (Blue Ether)
They are beautiful and they even managed to be correct in their science
(If light is a particle and a wave) lol
But the song really is fitting for Ranka and her feelings. It sums them up perfectly, how she feels all this but is indecisive and has felt them all along, even though she can’t tell him.
(All along, I was by your side, even closer than love itself. but you can’t even hear my music as I am banished far away from you.)
LOL good good no more Varja babies!
Indeed, at least in the songs they stay true to science, unlike in some episodes. “Management and prevention of V type infection” Nah, we’ll just pasta it
They know physics, but fail in biology 
Yes, the song reflects Ranka’s feelings well.
No more babies, but what if Ranka is already pregnant? Recall how she often has abdominal pain! :O
LOL, that is true, she could be experiencing some implantation cramping…
hehe It all started in episode seven when they were singing with Sheryl together.