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| ShortSummary = Upon discovering that Noriko has been spending her extra time training with Ohta, Jung challenges her to a duel, but before they can begin, Noriko breaks down when the sight of space reminds her of Smith's death. On their way back to Earth, the ''Exelion'' fleet is suddenly attacked in the middle of warp by the space monsters, forcing the fleet to exitreveal warpthe nearlocation of the Solar System upon warping out. Surrounded and outnumbered by the space monsters, Tashiro orders the ''Exelion'' to perform a [[kamikaze]] run on the enemy flagship, but Noriko launches in the uncompleted Gunbuster to deal with the alien threat. After saving Kazumi and Jung, Noriko single-handedly stops and destroys the flagship, prompting the space monsters to retreat back to their home world and allowing the ''Exelion'' to return to Earth.

| ShortSummary = Upon their return to Earth in 2032, Noriko and Kazumi formally graduate from high school, and the Top Squadron is disbanded. When it is discovered that the space monsters are assembling a massive army outside the Solar System, Ohta sends Noriko and Kazumi to escort the decommissioned ''Exelion'' to the center of the space monsters' gathering and detonate its degeneracy generatorreactor. While on route to the target, Kazumi suddenly breaks down, as Ohta has been diagnosed with space radiation syndrome and has less than six months to live. Noriko convinces her to continue the fight, as that is what their coach wants, and they combine their ships to form Gunbuster to protect the ''Exelion'' from oncoming attacks. Upon reaching the target, they retreat before the ''Exelion'' explodes, creating a [[black hole]] that takes out the entire space monster army and parts of the Solar System. Gunbuster returns to Earth more than six months later, and Kazumi discovers that Ohta is still alive.

| ShortSummary = It is the year 2048. After marrying Ohta and settling with him until his death, Kazumi warps to Sagittarius A* to rendezvous with the ''Eltreum'' fleet to deliver Buster Machine No. 3, which is the planet [[Jupiter]] compressed into a giant bomb powerful enough to wipe out the space monsters' star system. The fleet and Gunbuster protect the bomb from massive waves of space monster fleets for 22 minutes until the attack stops. The bomb is activated, but fails to detonate, as heavy damages during the battle have reduced its energy output to 98%. Noriko and Kazumi dive into the depths of the bomb and use Gunbuster's main degeneracy generatorreactor to trigger its detonation. The ''Eltreum'' fleet warps back to Earth, leaving Gunbuster behind as it tries to outrun the bomb's massive explosion. TwelveWhile thousanda yearsseverely later,damaged NorikoGunbuster andescapes Kazumithe returnblack hole, it returns to the Solar System in the year 14,292. TheyNoriko and Kazumi see that the Earth is dark, fearing that human civilization has long gone, but a massive light pattern suddenly appears on the planet saying: {{nihongo|"WELCOME HOMƎ!"|オカエリナサイ|Okaerinasai}}.{{Efn|name=okaerinasai|The final [[katakana]] "イ" is reversed, which indicates the current civilization was mimicking the bygone language.}} Noriko bids farewell to Gunbuster as she and Kazumi eject and fall back into Earth.