Remy Shimada endured a childhood in France defined by early maternal loss and resulting homelessness, forging resilience as a street urchin through confrontations with hostile peers. A pivotal survival incident saw her trapped for days in a pit as a child; rejecting fatalistic voices urging surrender, she demonstrated inherent defiance against predetermined outcomes.

Her young adulthood featured service as a pilot in the GoShogun team, where she earned equal standing through demonstrated capability, wit, and loyalty. Collaborative missions demanding mutual trust established bonds characterized by familial camaraderie, not hierarchy.

Forty years post-retirement, Remy lived reclusively while concealing a terminal illness. En route to a reunion with former teammates, she suffered a catastrophic car accident, leaving her comatose in critical condition. Medical assessments uncovered both traumatic injuries and her undisclosed illness, reducing survival probability to 5%.

During her coma, Remy experienced converging psychological states: a recurring dream placed her younger self with teammates in a hostile desert city governed by fatalistic doctrines. Inhabitants received "baptisms of blood" foretelling deaths, with Remy's prophecy indicating demise within two days. Simultaneous flashbacks to her childhood adversity in France reinforced thematic parallels between past and present struggles against mortality. Symbolic manifestations of internal conflict emerged, including a predatory panther representing fate and a gravestone bearing her name.

Within this dream narrative, Remy confronted external threats—aggressive citizens and authoritarian forces—and internalized doubt. Her teammates functioned as psychological projections of solidarity and resilience, enabling coordinated resistance against the city's fatalism. The climax featured a literal and metaphorical confrontation where, critically injured, she affixed her revolver to a wounded hand and used her final bullet to defeat the panther atop her own grave marker.

This act symbolized the culmination of her lifelong rejection of predestination, affirming autonomy over existence. Her physical recovery coincided with this psychological victory. Post-coma, her legacy was framed through enduring memory, emphasizing heroes persisting timelessly in collective remembrance.

Additional novel adaptation context includes expanded backstory: childhood exposure to adult situations, explicitly acknowledged illness preparedness, and enhanced camaraderie moments like exchanging non-romantic goodnight kisses with teammates. Novel-exclusive reflections articulated her critique of the desert city's dogma as analogous to real-world subjugation to ideological power structures.