are others more fit to travel down the tunnels I dug". In the epilogue, the old man that Simon has become watches his former comrades setting out to contact other races throughout the galaxy to help prevent the Spiral Nemesis and ensure the safety of the universe. It is revealed that the narrator at the beginning of most episodes is old Simon, since the narrator's Japanese and Bang Zoom! English dub voice actors also voice old Simon. Kamina Personal Gunmen: Gurren Gurren Lagann is a young man from Giha, a subterranean village, who dreams of leaving the underground and going to the surface, a place which he alone believes he saw as a child with his father. His father went on, but Kamina was too hesitant to join him. As a result, Kamina swore that he would one day return to the surface and rejoin his father. Possessing a seemingly arrogant personality, Kamina is very passionate about his goals and will pursue them without a trace of fear, hesitation, or sometimes sense. This attitude often manifests itself in dramatic speeches which have the power to rally all those who hear them to his call. As his first act of notoriety, Kamina forms "Team Gurren" and convinces his "blood-brother," Simon, to help him with his plan to drill through the roof of the village and get to the world above. However, the plan fails. Kamina willingly takes the blame for disrupting the peace and is jailed by the village chief. At night, Simon breaks him out to show him an extraordinary artifact he unearthed, only to be interrupted by a large Gunmen that crashes through the village's ceiling. A young girl sharpshooter named Yoko descends from the surface and ends up joining Kamina (now carrying a nodachi that he stole from the village chief) and Simon as they pilot the newly unearthed Gunmen Kamina names "Lagann". Together, they defeat the invading Gunmen and reach the surface in the process. After the trio breaks through, they meet many enemies and friends as they continue forward. Kamina eventually gets his own Gunmen, which he names "Gurren". During a fight, Kamina discovers a skeleton that turns out to be his own father. After burying him, Kamina takes his father's tattered cloak and a small piece breaks off at the end. Simon grabs this piece and ties it around his arm, signifying their bond. The