これは新しいノーチラスの試運転が終わった後、
キミに撮ってもらったもの。

艦は戦うに足る目的を手に入れて、
船員たちは念願の冒険に恵まれて、
船長はひとりのマスターと知り合った。

創作小説の登場人物と、
神話のかたすみにいただけの海神の仔。
その二つから生まれたものは英霊ではなく幻霊で、
ほんとうのはなし、
キャプテンを務める自信も、世界を救う熱意も、
そんなにありはしなかった。

でも航海はしたかった。
胸を熱くする冒険がしたかった。
偏屈で、謎めいて、おっかなくて、
それでいて信念のひとに憧れたのは
読者だけじゃないってコト。

そんな半端な幻霊が『その気』になったのは、
自分より半端で、頼りなくて、
誰かが面倒をみないとやっていけない主人公を
見つけたからだ。

冒険は万人に等しく試練と成長を与える。
その事を、僕たちはこの召喚で実感した。

艦は戦うに足る目的を手に入れて、
船員たちは念願の冒険に恵まれて、
船長はひとりのマスターと知り合った。

これは、その時の記念写真。
いまも僕の胸に残る、輝かしい出港の思い出。
この記憶があるかぎり。
キャプテン・ネモは、その最期まで、
キミの旅を護り続ける。

This was a picture that you took right after we finished our test drive of the new Nautilus.

The ship gained a purpose that was worth fighting for.
The crew was blessed with the adventure they had longed for.
And the captain met a Master.

A character taken from a fictional novel. A child of the sea god who only existed in a snippet of mythology. What was born, after combining these two, resulted in me becoming not a Heroic Spirit, but a Phantom Spirit. And quite honestly, I didn't have much confidence to fulfill the duties as captain, nor I didn't have that much of a desire to save the world.

Yet I still wanted to go on a voyage. I wanted to go on a heart-pounding adventure. It wasn't just the readers who longed for a man of faith who was also eccentric, mysterious, and scary.

And the reason why I, as this fragmentary Phantom Spirit, started to get serious was when I met the protagonist, who was just as incomplete, helpless, and they wouldn't be able to get by unless someone had to take care of them.

Adventures test and cultivate anyone equally. And we realized that upon our summoning.

The ship had gained a purpose that was worth fighting for.
The crew was blessed with the adventure they had longed for.
And the captain met a Master.

This was a picture that commemorated that moment.
It's a great memory of when we set sail that I still hold dear in my heart.
And as long as I have this memory, I, Captain Nemo, will continue to protect your travels until the very end.