Now and Then, Here and There

Meet happy-go-lucky boy Shu. He lives the typical life of a kid, until one day on the way home from Kendo practice when he sees a mysterious girl admiring the sunset from the top of a factory exhaust pipe.

Lala-Ru is captured by Abelia's men, but her magical pendant escapes with Shu at the last moment. Meanwhile, Shu is discovered and captured by Nabuca, one of Abelia's men.

While imprisoned, Shu meets a fragile blue-eyed girl named Sara who found her way to this hellish future under similar circumstances. Meanwhile, King Hamdo confronts Lala-Ru, desperate to find the location of her pendant.

The young soldiers have their marching orders: Search the entire ship from top to bottom for Lala-Ru's missing pendant. Shu recovers, and is forced to join their ranks as a soldier of Hellywood.

Sara continues to suffer unspeakable horrors as a prisoner turned concubine. King Hamdo's frustration reaches a boiling point as the mission to recover the pendant continues to be fruitless.

After suffering from horrible brutalities for too long, a hardened Sara breaks free from her prison shackles. The young soldiers are now faced with a tour of duty as they leave Hellywood to seek more soldiers.

Shu is court-marshaled for his interference during the mission to recruit more soldiers from the villages that surround Hellywood. While in prison, he uncovers an unbelievable mystery and the fate of this hellish future suddenly falls squarely in his hands.

As King Hamdo recovers from Shu's incredible attack, Lady Abelia discovers that Hellywood suddenly has the ability to mobilize itself across the desert. Now that Shu is on the run, he must face a whole new set of dangers in the wild.

Shu and Lala-Ru's journey takes them to a new village. Meanwhile Lady Abelia succeeds in preparing Hellywood for war, but King Hamdo is more interested in revenge than tactics.

Shu and Lala-Ru are tentatively welcomed by the villagers of Zari Bars. Just when they think that Hellywood is just a mere memory, a lone injured soldier from the fortress hobbles into town in desperate need of care.

Sis, one of the citizens of Zari Bars, finds Sara in the desert, on the verge of death.. As Sis and the other villagers nurse her to recovery, they realize that she is pregnant.

Sara warns the people of Zari Bars that an impending attack from Hellywood is eminent. The village decides that the best strategy is to leverage their possession of Lala-Ru in a negotiation with King Hamdo.

Nabuca finds himself at a crossroad: Continue killing for the empty promise of going home after the war ends, or listen to his heart and put down his gun. Will King Hamdo satisfy his revenge and enslave the entire village of Zari Bars? Will Lala-Ru survive?