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Kanata Mugen is a young boy defined by his complex relationship with his father, the renowned hyperspace diver Professor Mugen. He sports unkempt light-blue hair that usually obscures his right eye. His typical attire includes a white shirt, black jumper, blue trousers featuring large pockets, black and blue trainers, and a dark green coat and hat. Mysterious glowing blue patterns sometimes manifest on his skin during subspace dives, their origin unknown.
His early childhood unfolded aboard his father's spaceship, where he mastered space survival skills and spacesuit operation at a young age. Professor Mugen instilled in him a passion for subspace, sharing tales of mariners and his dream to discover "the color at the end of subspace." It was then that Kanata received a toy submarine. Following his father's advice to name his own ship, he christened it *Kanatamaru*. Over time, Kanata resented being seen only as "Professor Mugen's son," fostering bitterness towards his father's work, especially the salvaging of sunken ships for profit, which he viewed as theft. He eventually left to attend school and distance himself from subspace, only for news to reach him later of his father's disappearance and presumed death.
After the funeral, Kanata discovered a package containing a robotic parrot named Flint and a VIP Galaxy Pass. Flint activated and instructed him to "follow the path he believes in." Immediately, unidentified pursuers forced him into a life on the run. Using the Galaxy Pass, he boarded the starliner *Begin the Beguine*, but his hunters cornered him. During a staged pirate raid by the *Bentenmaru*, its captain, Marika Kato, targeted him with the question "What color lies at the end of subspace?" – a phrase echoing his father's dream. Recognizing the coded message, Kanata demanded to be taken hostage, securing his rescue.
Aboard the *Bentenmaru*, Kanata learned Marika inherited a promise from her father to aid Professor Mugen. Exhausted and resistant to being treated like a child, he fainted and was taken to the planet Sea of the Morning Star. There, under Grunhilde's watch, he experienced his first peaceful rest in a long time. Speaking with Marika and Grunhilde, he voiced his lingering anger towards his father and frustration at others deciding his fate. Grunhilde's research into Professor Mugen's work and her empathy, revealing her artificial origins and lack of parental bonds, helped soften Kanata's cynicism.
His growth continued when the Hakuoh Academy Yacht Club examined Flint. Kanata recognized the parrot's repeated phrases as the names of his father's fellow divers and their submersibles. He actively participated in solving the puzzle, supplying the final name, *Kanatamaru*, which revealed the location of his father's legacy on comet Hrbek Oda. Confronted by the agent Scarlett Cypher and rival factions seeking the legacy, Kanata chose to pursue his own future, joining the *Bentenmaru* as an apprentice. His prior spacefaring experience proved valuable, with the crew noting his competence. In a key conversation with Marika, he acknowledged his father's influence while embracing the autonomy to forge his own path.
His early childhood unfolded aboard his father's spaceship, where he mastered space survival skills and spacesuit operation at a young age. Professor Mugen instilled in him a passion for subspace, sharing tales of mariners and his dream to discover "the color at the end of subspace." It was then that Kanata received a toy submarine. Following his father's advice to name his own ship, he christened it *Kanatamaru*. Over time, Kanata resented being seen only as "Professor Mugen's son," fostering bitterness towards his father's work, especially the salvaging of sunken ships for profit, which he viewed as theft. He eventually left to attend school and distance himself from subspace, only for news to reach him later of his father's disappearance and presumed death.
After the funeral, Kanata discovered a package containing a robotic parrot named Flint and a VIP Galaxy Pass. Flint activated and instructed him to "follow the path he believes in." Immediately, unidentified pursuers forced him into a life on the run. Using the Galaxy Pass, he boarded the starliner *Begin the Beguine*, but his hunters cornered him. During a staged pirate raid by the *Bentenmaru*, its captain, Marika Kato, targeted him with the question "What color lies at the end of subspace?" – a phrase echoing his father's dream. Recognizing the coded message, Kanata demanded to be taken hostage, securing his rescue.
Aboard the *Bentenmaru*, Kanata learned Marika inherited a promise from her father to aid Professor Mugen. Exhausted and resistant to being treated like a child, he fainted and was taken to the planet Sea of the Morning Star. There, under Grunhilde's watch, he experienced his first peaceful rest in a long time. Speaking with Marika and Grunhilde, he voiced his lingering anger towards his father and frustration at others deciding his fate. Grunhilde's research into Professor Mugen's work and her empathy, revealing her artificial origins and lack of parental bonds, helped soften Kanata's cynicism.
His growth continued when the Hakuoh Academy Yacht Club examined Flint. Kanata recognized the parrot's repeated phrases as the names of his father's fellow divers and their submersibles. He actively participated in solving the puzzle, supplying the final name, *Kanatamaru*, which revealed the location of his father's legacy on comet Hrbek Oda. Confronted by the agent Scarlett Cypher and rival factions seeking the legacy, Kanata chose to pursue his own future, joining the *Bentenmaru* as an apprentice. His prior spacefaring experience proved valuable, with the crew noting his competence. In a key conversation with Marika, he acknowledged his father's influence while embracing the autonomy to forge his own path.