Episode
Blue Gender: Eclosion
Overview
Marlene notices that Yuji's behavior is getting stranger and stranger. On the battlefield he is a force to be reckoned with, but he has an unhealthy obsession with destroying the Blue. Has Yuji turned into something that he once despised -- a cold-blooded killer?
Details
- Series
- Blue Gender
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2000-02-11
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Eclosion is Episode 17 in Season 1 of Blue Gender. It aired on 2000-02-11. The runtime is 24 min.
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Episode 16: A Sign
A large attack force is sent to Earth, the first wave in a new campaign to reclaim the planet from the Blue. Yuji is awed when a fellow Sleeper, Tony wipes out an entire Blue nest on his own. Yuji determines to be the best at any cost. But is this unhealthy obsession with beating Tony really a symptom of a much greater problem?
Episode 18: Chaos
Director Miyagi reveals to Marlene the true cause of Yuji's accelerated rate of achievement -- an infestation of ""B cells"" that have begun to eat away at his mind. And unless she can do something to stop it, Yuji's sanity will soon slip away completely.
More episodes from this season
Episode 15: Calm
After beginning an intensive new combat training with the newly formed Sleeper Brigade, Yuji finds himself the object of another young Sleeper's attention. Even the sterile military enviroment of Second Earth cannot subdue all human urges, but as Yuji soon discovers, a little human contact could cost him everything.
Episode 19: Collapse
The Sleeper Brigades launch yet another offensive against the Blue and Yuji's lust for battle grows out of control as his B cells begin to take hold of his sanity. Meanwhile a mutiny has begun on Second Earth, and Marlene finds herself with an integral part to play in the plan to overthrow the High Council. But Marlene has her own reasons for aiding Seno Miyagi…
Episode 14: Set
Marlene's attempts to free Yuji from the laboratoy in which he is being held are thwarted. Now she must once again stand before the High Council to defend her actions, this time with Yuji at her side. When Chairman Victor reveals the Council's true reasons for recovering the Sleepers, Marlene is stunned to learn that Yuji may be humankind's last hope at taking back the Earth.
Episode 20: Versus
The second airborne operation meets with disaster when the Blue counterattack outnumbers Second Earth forces five-to-one. But even as the combat units are desperately falling back, Marlene pushes further into the battlefield. Knowing the horrible truth about Yuji's slipping sanity, she's determined to confront him on her own terms…and bring him back from the brink of self-destruction.
Episode 13: Heresy
When Yuji disappears from the Medical Station, Marlene defies orders and decides to find him on her own. Now, with Amick Hendar's security forces on high alert, Marlene must descend into the lower reaches of the Military Station to find the one man who may know Yuji's whereabouts -- Science Director, Seno Miyagi.
Episode 21: Joker
While Marlene flies a distraught Yuji back to Second Earth. Tony uses his Sleeper skills to infiltrate the High Council. The sky is turned into the newest battleground for survival. Only this time, the Blue have mutated into something unthinkable…
Episode 12: Progress
Yuji is rushed into intensive care after being attacked by a Blue aboard the shuttle to Second Earth. Now, Marlene must face an inquiry before the High Council and defend her recent actions on the planet's surface. But Marlene has questions of her own, and soon begins to suspect a dark design behind the Council's plans for the recovered Sleeper, Yuji.
Episode 22: Dogma
Yuji and Marlene infiltrate the Blue infested Medical Station and are soon reunited with Rick and Soo. While Soo attempts a daring rescue of the station's hibernating civilian population, Marlene, Yuji, and Rick attack the heart of the problem -- Tony. But before they can reach their objective they encounter an unexpected obstacle standing in their way.
Episode 11: Go Mad
The lives of the remaining recovery squad members are thrown into jeopardy when a renegade officer attempts to hijack the shuttle and escape on his own. The attempt is thwarted, but the cost is the diversion of valuable resources from the battlefield, where Marlene and a small team of Armor Shrike pilots are fighting to stay alive!
Episode 23: Soliste
With Rick injured too severely to continue, Marlene and Yuji continue through the Medical Station alone. They arrive at the main computer room to find Tony waiting for them. Now Yuji must confront his one time friend and rival, and the only way to stop him is to kill.