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Episode summaries
Warning! This page contains spoilers. - "Bust through the Heavens with Your Drill!"
In an attempt to escape their mundane lives, Kamina and Simon bear witness to a monstrous Gunman, as it crashes into the middle of their subterranean home. Together with the Gunman's pursuer, the female stranger, Yoko, the two young men find the key to both defeating the massive intruder and leaving Giha Village. - "I Said I'm Going to Pilot That Thing!!"
With the mysterious Lagann in hand, Kamina and Simon take Yoko back to her home village of Ritona. Life on the surface world catches up to Kamina and Simon, as they find themselves assisting in defending against a new Gunman threat and the Beastmen who pilot them. - "Who Do You Think You Are, Having Two Faces!?"
In the aftermath of the previous battle, Kamina, Simon, and Yoko proceed to forage for provisions. However, a chance encounter with a formidable Beastman and his powerful Gunman forces the Gurren and the Lagann to partner up like never before. - "Having Lots of Faces Doesn't Make You Great!"
In order to take the fight to the Beastmen and their Gunmen, Team Gurren sets out from Ritona Village to strike a possible Gunmen rallying point. Along the way, they encounter the eccentric Black Siblings, as well as the prospects of having to defeat a multi-faceted enemy on empty stomachs. - "I Don't Get It, Not One Bit!"
Team Gurren's continuing journey brings them to an underground village, where society mandates a humbling existence and the worship of Gunmen as divine beings. - "Sit in the Hot Tub 'Till You're Sick!!"
Having picked up new members in their last adventure, Team Gurren continues onwards to the Gunmen rallying point. However, not everything is as it seems to be at a slight pit stop at a hot springs getaway in the middle of nowhere. - "You're Gonna Do It!!"
More details of the Beastman Empire are revealed as Thymilph, one of the Four Divine Generals of the mysterious Spiral King, arrives to support Viral's Enki, with the massive mobile Gunmen fortress, the Dai-Ganzan. Seizing the opportunity to land a great victory, Kamina and Simon pilot the Gurren-Lagann against seemingly overwhelming odds. - "Later, Buddy"
Having temporarily stalled Viral and Thymilph in the last skirmish, the Team Gurren and their newly arrived allies join forces as the "Team Great Gurren" and launch a decisive strike against the regrouping Gunmen force. The massive battle violently reaches its conclusion, but at a terrible cost for the Team. - "Just What Exactly Is Human?"
Team Great Gurren managed to take control of the enemy fortress, but is still mourning on Kamina's death, especially Simon. After falling off a cliff, he notices a Gunman throw a capsule into a deep valley. Simon inspects it and finds he is able to open it with the same drill key he uses to pilot Lagann, and inside is a young human girl named Nia, but their introduction is cut short when an enemy Gunman appears. - "Who Really Was Your Big Brother?"
Having been temporarily spared by Adiane, another of the Four Divine Generals, Team Great Gurren uses the reprieve to reassess their situation. Nia learns of Kamina's significance in Simon's erratic behavior and offers him some stinging, yet honest advice, which draws the ire of an untrusting Yoko. With tension building within the Team, the crew scrambles to stand by Nia's side when Adiane returns to complete her stalled attack. - "Simon, Please Remove Your Hand"
Great Gurren Team fall into a trap set by the third member of the Four Divine Generals, Guame. The Team is taken captive and stored underground to await execution. While digging an escape path, Simon finally understands Kamina's last words to him and after having a discussion with Guame, Nia finds out the reason why she was thrown away. - "Miss Yoko, I Have Something To Ask Of You"
On their way to Teppelin, the Beastmen's capital city, Team Great Gurren stumbles on a vast ocean and must wait for modifications on the Dai-Gurren before crossing it. While the rest of the group play at the beach, Yoko starts to feel uneasy about Nia and all the attention she gets from them. After preparations are complete, Team Great Gurren begins their sea cruise, oblivious to the fact that an ambush is underway by Adiane and Viral. - "Everybody, Eat To Your Heart's Content"
Trying to do her part in Team Great Gurren, Nia decides to become a cook, but just before the crew have a taste of her dishes, Cytomander, the fourth member of the Divine Generals, launches an aerial attack on the Dai-Gurren. Simon leads the counter-attack on the Gurren-Lagann, this time accompanied by Yoko, who replaces a sick Rossiu. - "How Are You, Everyone?"
At last, Team Great Gurren arrives at the outskirts of Teppelin, but before aiming to the city, they must face a combined full-scale attack of Cytomander and Guame's forces. - "I'll Head Towards Tomorrow"
The last of the Divine Generals fall, and the city of Teppelin collapses, revealing a Gunman of gigantic proportions. Simon and Nia struggle to pass through it in order to confront her father, the Spiral King himself. - "Entire Polysynthesis"
A recap of the story's events, as of episode 15. - "You Understand Nothing"
During the following seven years, a new civilization rises and prospers under Simon's leadership. However, these peaceful times come to end when the threat mentioned in Lord Genome's last words starts to reveal itself. - "You Will Tell Me The Secrets of This World"
After the Anti-Spirals' first attack and Nia's astonishing announcement, Simon looks desperately for her, while Rossiu finally completes his secret project. - "We Will Survive, By Any Means Necessary"
To soothe the public opinion, Rossiu overthrows Simon and puts him under arrest. But when the Anti-Spirals launch a large-scale attack on Kamina City, he is left with no option but to let Simon engage the enemy using the Gurren-Lagann, not before resorting to extremes to put him under his control. - "To How Far Will God Test Us?"
Simon ends up stumbling on Viral in prison, while Kittan discovers the shocking truth behind Rossiu's emergency escape plan of the Anti-Spirals' Human Extermination System. - "You are Someone Who Must Survive"
Yoko's peaceful life during her absence is revealed. After she rescues Simon and Viral from prison, Team Great Gurren is reunited again. - "That is My Last Duty"
The Gurren-Lagann and the Arc-Gurren join together to form the massive Arc-Gurren-Lagann and stop the Human Extermination System. - "Let's Go, This is the Final Battle"
The members of Team Great Gurren make their preparations for the imminent war against the Anti-Spirals, but Rossiu is missing. However, when Kinon tells Simon about what he really intends to do, both start to look desperately for him. - "How Could I Forget? This One Minute, This One Second"
Guided by Simon and Nia's feelings for each other, Team Great Gurren break through dimensions in search for the Anti-Spirals' homeworld. But after falling into the enemy's trap, they end up losing some of their most precious members, due to its vicious offensive. - "I Accept Your Dying Wish!"
Team Great Gurren struggles to escape from the ocean of despair created by the Anti-Spirals without success, until history repeats itself, as another irreplaceable member of the Team saves them through self-sacrifice. - "Let's Go, My Friend"
After finally converting their flagship into the gigantic Chouginga Gurren-Lagann, Simon and his friends successfully fight back against the enemy. However, when their enemy starts to use their own memories and desires against them, an old friend from the past appears to help. - "The Lights in the Sky are All Stars"
At last, Simon and Nia are reunited, and by combining the power of its members, Team Great Gurren creates the galaxy-sized Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann, and engage the Anti-Spiral threat in a decisive battle to determine the fate of the universe.
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Shout Box
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"Lagann Impact!"
