In the year 192 of the Allied Earth Calendar, mankind is on the brink of extinction. The Orbital Ring was built to realise mankind's dream of venturing into space, but it has been occupied by alien lifeforms...
Trapped on the ground, mankind has no way of avoiding attacks from the Orbital Ring. The land has been gutted and cities have been destroyed.
Earth is steadily heading toward ruin...
- Intro

Beginning with the soon-to-be-familiar recap (partially recorded above for your convenience), this episode begins more or less where the first left off. To sum up, a mysterious amnesiac (nicknamed "D-Boy") is insistent on getting into space to do battle with the Radam aliens, and has commandeered what might be Earth's last spacecraft to accomplish such. Upon reaching the Orbital Ring (the Radam base, as it were), D-Boy transforms into a vaguely robotic, crystalline life-form known as Tekkaman Blade, a being strong enough to leave some manner of dent in the Radam forces.
His new comrades Noal (a sly ladies' man) and Aki (a female scientist in the vein of Susan Calvin) can only watch in awe, as they've grown quite used to the idea of the Radam being invincible. In fact, the usually-riotous Noal is so shaken that the best joke he can crack is "He's not a Dangerous Boy...he's a Destroying Boy!" Commander Freeman is not impressed, remarking "what a surprising development" with a wholly unsurprised look on his face. Speaking seriously, Freeman's still unsure of D-Boy's alliance (or even his species), so Aki and Noal receive the order to keep an eye on the Dangerous Boy and bring him home safely.
Meanwhile, the generic NPCs of the Allied Defence Force can't believe what they're seeing either. A quick council of war begins as SEELE (or a group bearing a suspicious resemblance to same) discusses potential battle plans, since they now have Tekkaman Blade on their side (maybe).
Tekkaman saves Aki and Noal from a Radam, then turns back into a human guy, once again naked somehow. (At least Aki has the decency to turn her head away this time.) Without the faintest explanation of what happened to his pants (or that uniform shirt, for that matter), D-Boy collapses, demanding food. This is provided, along with, thankfully, pants. He reacts with confusion to the name "D-Boy"- which, admittedly, makes sense, as the name was made up when he was out of the room. Still, he agrees to use the name, since he still claims to be amnesiac.
Noal refuses to believe the obvious lie of amnesia (apparently, he's the only one not fooled), but D-Boy is adamant that it's true, so there's not much that can be done. With that, D-Boy makes his leave of the Blue Earth, apparently trying to get inside the Orbital Ring.
(I was hoping for a joke about D-Boy just trying to walk outside, since he seems used to prancing around the vacuum of space as Tekkaman, but that would be kind of out-of-place in a show like this. Maybe I should do a gag comic about it.)
The merry trio enters the Orbital Ring with D-Boy in the lead, apparently intending to show them why the Radam have occupied the area. The answer, it seems is energy- the Orbital Ring has a powerful solar generator, ideal for the Radam's purposes.

This is an interesting bit of symbolism, I suppose; the evil aliens are plant-like lifeforms, so sunlight (usually associated with goodness and purity) is an important commodity to them, and some of the series' most important battles take place in bright sunny places. Meanwhile, the humans of Earth have been forced into hiding in a Caves of Steel-type scenario, rarely seeing sunlight.

Ignoring all the literary significance, it's decided (by the humans, natch) that the Radam babies have to be destroyed. However, a sudden explosion interrupts this endeavour. Surprise! Tekkaman Dagger (from episode one) has come back to play. Not wishing to put his new friends in danger, D-Boy starts to run off, with Noal and Aki trailing behind- but this, too, is a trap; D-Boy is trying to get them out of the battle zone, that he might fight Dagger alone. Aki reminds him that he has to come back to Earth with them, and then she and Noal return to the Blue Earth.
With that, a great Tekka-Duel begins. Well, actually, a very brief Tekka-Duel begins. Blade makes relatively quick work of Dagger (not killing him), then helps the Blue Earth launch. Tekkaman Dagger, probably feeling cheated by his minuscule screen time, tries to attack once more, but is met with the first usage so far of the VolTekka. (The animation here is admittedly cool-looking, although Blade's voice actor needs to take some shouting lessons from Tomokazu Seki.) This buys the three amigos enough time to get back to Earth in relative safety. Even Noal begrudges D-Boy something resembling trust, and they make their triumphant return, with the leader of the Allied Earth Defence Force (who looks kinda like Charles Xavier) proclaiming the certainty of Earth's victory.

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose...

Guide: 04/22/08 | Posted By: Tally Solleni | 0 comments