Need I point out that this is the son of Phantom F. Harlock? A pilot of a Messerschmitt fighter in the German air force during World War II, he encounters Tochiro Oyama, a Japanese optical instruments designer, after crash-landing on the Autobahn. As the Allies advance further into Germany during the war's final stages, Harlock helps the peace-loving Tochiro escape to the safety of Switzerland. He passes his own Revi C-12/D optical sight to Tochiro, a device he has superstitiously carried from plane to plane, referring to it as "my heart and eyes." Lamenting the circumstances of the world at that time, which prevent these two like-minded, honorable men from pursuing their dreams, he turns back from the sanctuary of Switzerland and leads the approaching French partisans away from his friend, knowing that a pirate must always face up to his actions. His fate is unrecorded.
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