Change of Life (Eureka Seven episode)

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“Change of Life”
Eureka Seven episode
Episode no.	Season – Episode 30
Written by	Chiaki J. Konaka
Directed by	Takao Abo
Original airdate	2005-11-13
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"Change of Life" is the 30th episode of the anime series Eureka Seven.

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The episode begins with Renton, Moondoggie, Stoner, and Matthieu retrieving a large, bulky item from the Gekko cargo holds. Renton narrates that he has returned to life aboard the Gekko, and how he toyed with the idea of running away with Eureka to a peaceful place. He continues with how wrong that seemed, and that despite all that he has learned, he still intends to follow through as he promised Charles and Eureka.

He visits Holland in his quarters, but he finds Talho watching Holland sleep. She tells him that even now, Holland cannot forget about Diane, Renton's sister. He reminds her that although he is close to his sister, he isn't his sister, and that now, Talho is the only one who can look after Holland.

The bulky item, a large piece of cloth, had been affixed to the forward ventral section of the Gekko hull. Hap tells the crew about Tresor and the current plan to use force if necessary. Woz, Jobs, and Renton say that guns probably will not be necessary—one look at the Nirvash will convince them to help. As the others reassure Renton that the guns are a contingency plan, Holland appears and says he will negotiate with the scientists directly.

As Holland and Dr. Morita, the Tresor director, talk, the crew is concerned that it will not go well, given their disagreements. Dr. Morita, however, agrees to let them bring the Gekko and the Nirvash into the large hangar. As predicted, Dr. Morita is immediately fascinated by the evolved Nirvash. He berates Holland for his requests of repairs and upgrades, but Renton and Eureka themselves ask him as well. Although Dr. Morita complains of recent demands from the military tiring out his technicians and staff, he agrees to have the facility perform the needed upgrades.

The design work on the upgrade begins in earnest, and Renton assures Eureka that since the people at Tresor have "Grandpa's smell", they may be a little odd, but they can be trusted. Eureka introduces her friend, Dr. Sonia Wakabayashi, to Renton. Mischa visits Talho in the lab's infirmary, where Holland is resting. She advises Talho to accept Eureka, now that Holland fully accepts Renton, but Talho says she just wanted Holland to stop running away from the truth and be true to himself. Mischa replies that if she has thought about it that far, there is no need for her to be dressed the way she is.

Moondoggie, Gidget, Matthieu, and Stoner talk about Tresor and their development of military weapons, especially KLFs. Stoner tells them that Tresor was originally an archetype research facility, and they never intended to build weapons in the first place. A loud whistling sound pierces the air, and an object impacts the ground. On the roof of one of the lab buildings, Holland asks Dr. Morita about the weapon that was just tested. Dr. Morita answers that he knows very little about the new unit that requested the development of the weapon, only that its name is the "Ageha Squad". They had requested a weapon that can penetrate to the deepest areas of the Scub, using missiles with twenty-four times the thrust of standard missiles, launched from AFX vessels in low orbit.

Sonia comments on the changed state of the Nirvash archetype, and the additional time the redesign and construction will take. After Mischa finds out where a certain man is from Sonia, Eureka points out the archetype's unique cockpit area. The Nirvash is the only archetype that has a dual-cockpit configuration, as if it was designed specifically for two pilots. Sonia invites them to watch a film that Dr. Morita made.

The film recounts the history of the archetypes and how the Tresor scientists developed the first LFO, the Nirvash TypeZERO. The ability to transform into an automobile-like vehicle was discovered when Eureka was at the controls. The scientists had determined that the archetype was moving through the use of trapar, and decided to design the LFO to use the popular sport of lifting to fully take advantage of this ability. They had turned to a mechanic named Axel Thurston to build the lift board for the prototype Nirvash.

After the film finishes, Renton and Eureka discover that Maeter and Linck were also watching. They tell them that Maurice seemed to be avoiding Eureka, who hurriedly goes looking for him. She sees him with Stoner, at a distance, and turns to find Talho with her hair cut and dressed in a less revealing outfit. Eureka tells her that her new outlook is a good thing, because change is not as scary as it may seem.

Dr. Morita concludes a telephone call to a "cranky geezer", and Renton approaches him about the film and his grandfather. Dr. Morita tells him that Axel is his instructor, who left after arguing with the lab's commanders. He recalls how he went to Bellforest to ask Axel to help in the construction of the Nirvash lift board. Morita checks his watch, and starts a "Marudoku shift (マル特シフト, Marudoku shift^?)", which largely involves the entire lab staff dancing to very loud (and according to Holland, very old) music. The loud music wakes Holland, who discovers Talho's new look. In the midst of the music, the physical work on the upgrade begins, and Eureka (without her hat) is joined by Renton in the fabrication area.