I AM SO EASILY ENTERTAINED
Post-Cosmo Warrior Zero Harlock had reconstructive surgery to fix his face because this is the future and you can do shit like that easy
And also him and Zero had babies
But Zero's creepy robot girlfriend wasn't cool with that so some random mom chick is raising them cuz Harlock's got shit to do
And then that explosion in Galaxy Railways ep 1 blows off his eye
(ALSO NOTE THAT MINISCREEN IN THE CORNER WITH THE TRAIN WINDOWS? TELL ME THAT'S NOT MAETEL AND TOSHIRO. THE TRAIN WAS THE 999)
And off-screen carnage scars him again and after the ship blows up and he's presumed dead by his kids he goes off to become regular-show Harlock with the eyepatch and cape
NO SHUT UP IT'S TRUE
also this was the most retardedly hokey scene I ever watched in my life I loved it