Ok, Episode 4 is really confusing on the first viewing due to multiple jumps in the timeline, but it also introduces Amarao. And Amarao kicks ass (not really). So......here we go.

Ep 4 begins with Haruko playing baseball. She is playing on the neighboring towns team against Naota's hometown's team (managed/coached by Naota's grandfather). Haruko is nailing balls out of the park left and right. Naota is on the other team (The Mabase Martians), and they lose pretty pathetically.

Shigekuni (Naota's grandfather) talks about how pathetic his team, The Martians, are. And how they used to have great batters, but since the MM factory was build, and Naota's brother left...the team has sucked. They dont know if Naota is any good at baseball since he has never swung the bat in a game...he is afraid that he will not be able to match his brother's ability...so afraid he doesnt even try.

Anyways, Shigekuni and the rest of the team eventually realize that Canti is picking up the baseballs scattered throughout the field and is flawlessly tossing them into a bucket. Shigekuni then puts Canti in the outfield and hits him some balls. Everyone is caught. One could assume that this is to show (along with his fighting in episode 3) that Canti is regaining his prior abilities from Episode 1...however, I dont think so. I think it is just supposed to show that Canti can still technically do stuff, he just lacks the initiative. He can follow orders well, but when told to act independently, he faulters....He may be the strength and body aspect of Atomsk, but Naota has the mind part. Only when Canti absorbs Naota (Ep2, 3) can Canti's true power be unleashed. Yadda, yadda, yadda.

Anyways, Canti becomes the newest member of the Martians, and Naota walks off to go home. He sees Haruko, and Haruko tells him he should atleast try and swing the bat. Haruko leaves. Naota walks home.

When Naota gets home, Haruko and Kamon are...fooling around...This upsets Naota, as he remembers the first night with Haruko and how she said she was with Naota cause she met him first. Well....This Kamon is not the real Kamon. He is a robotic copy built by Haruko. Haruko wanted to try and use Kamon's head, much like she used Naota's...to open up a N-O Field (Yes, its N-O...Amarao mentions it in this episode. Sorry for calling it IO in previous posts). Well, it doesnt work so well. Kamon is incapable of producing the field, and so Haruko has this robotic copy of him running around. It also gets Naota jealous, which probably effects the preformance of his own N-O field. Kamon would have been better, since he would have done whatever Haruko asked just to try and get in bed with her....Naota is a little stubborn.

Yeah, so Naota gets pissed about Haruko and Robo-Kamon making out, and he goes outside. He smacks the side of a vending machine with his baseball bat when Amarao shows up. They chat. Amarao buys something from Naota's family shop. Amarao warns Naota that Haruko is dangerous, and not to be trusts. Amarao talks about spicy food, and how both he and Naota dislike the spicy food. He says that if you just grin and bear it, eventually you'll like the spicy stuff. Though, he himself admits to not even bothering. Spicy food=metaphor for growing up. Naota and Amarao both act like they are grownup (Mamimi comments on this in this episode as well), but they arent. Well, technically Amarao is, but he doesnt really act like it...he acts like a kid acting like an adult. A kid in an adults body trying to be an adult. Wahoo. If Naota just accepted himself, lightened up a bit, he wouldnt have so many problems, he would be able to "enjoy the spicy food" so to speak.

Ok...Haruko offers to help teach Naota how to bat. She gives him some lessons later the night. Meanwhile, we see Amarao in his work station...he is the commander of the INterstellar Immigration. Kitsurubami, his female second in command, is giving the details of some mission status. Apparently a satellite of thier control has been damaged and is now no longer under thier control. This satellite has a bomb on it, and was apparently thier ace-in-the-sleave for some action between the Medical Mechanica and the local government. Well...someone damaged the satellite. Who? None other than Haruko. Remember at the beginning when she was playing baseball and smacking those balls out of the park? Yeah, she was hitting the satellite with those balls.

Back at Naota's home. It is night. Naota looks up at the top bunk and realizes that Haruko is gone. He notices a light in Kamon's room..he looks in..and sees Kamon and Haruko having sex (well, assumedly they are having sex. Though, Haruko could just be fixing Kamon, innuendos and so on). Naota freaks, and his new "horn" is shown. Its not really a horn, but a red blinking light...a signal for the falling Satellite.

Next morning, Naota is hanging out with Mamimi. Haruko drives by and tells Naota to get ready for the game. Naota says he doesnt want to play some lame game. Haruko mentions that it will be Canti's first game, which, of course, gets Mamimi excited. Mamimi and Haruko leave. Naota goes home...and sees his dad. He gets upset as his dad starts talking about Naota as if Naota isnt there, then starts rambling about Haruko and how she has made him so much better, ramble on. Naota gets mad, smashes the tv. When he hits the tv, the cord that is connected to robot-Kamon gets pulled, and he falls down and gets busted up.

Amarao shows up and interrogates Naota at his home. He explains how the N-O field works, by using the difference between the left and right hemisphere of the brain, items are able to be transmitted instantly through millions of miles. He also tells Naota about Atomsk, and how Haruko is after Atomsk. He says that Haruko doesnt care about Mabase, she doesnt care about Earth, she doesnt care about Naota, all she cares about is getting Atomsk. He tells him about the satellite, and how it will crash into Mabase and even if everyone evacuated, there would still be tons of casualties. He asks Naota to tell Haruko to hit it out of the "park" for a local fan. Amarao knows it was Haruko who damaged the satellite. He knows that she doesnt care. But he is hoping to use Naota to get Haruko to save the town, cause the last thing he needs on his resume is the desruction of a town...plus his organization is supposed to be semi-secret, and blowing up a town isnt the best way to stay in the shadows.

Evacuation notices are going up all over Mabase. Naota is exploring his house and find the corpse of Kamon shoved in some closet like area. He spazzes, and takes the corpse to the bathroom. He poors water on it, and Kamon comes back to life. Kamon explains how Haruko wanted to use his head, and he gleefully agreed. Though, he was not able to make a N-O field and the result Kamon "died". Haruko smashes onto the scene. Naota explains, and Haruko says that double-headers are rough )she was playing baseball whil Naota was getting interrogated). She takes Naota to the top of the MM factory, and uses the N-O field of Naota to pull out a guitar. She gives it to Naota and tells him to swing at the satellite. Haruko leaves.

Mamimi is with Canti, and she is summoning Nostradamus to destroy Mabase so she wont have to go to school tommorrow. Hah. Naota is alone, and is spazzing as the satillite (which looks like a baseball) is getting closer. Just before contact, Naota calls out for his brother again, and again the Atomsk symbol pops up on Naota's forehead. On Canti's screen the same thing pops up, but Canti is too far to help. Naota makes contact, but he isnt strong enough to push the satellite back. Haruko pops in and smacks the satellite out of Earth's orbit. Why? Well, it isnt shown, but her bracelet probably reacted to Atomsk's power emerging in Canti/Naota, like in episode 1. She then went to Naota with hopes of getting Atomsk. She didnt see Atomsk, but she knew something was up, so she smacked the satellite out to try and figure out what the hell is up with Atomsk.

In this episode you are first introduced with what the hell Haruko is doing, what the hell is going on in Naota's head, and we get introduced to Amarao and Kitsurubami, two important characters for the last two episodes. We also see the relation between Atomsk's power returning to Naota and Naota calling out his brother's name. No, Naota's brother is not Atomsk. He isnt ressurrected as Canti. He is just a guy in America playing baseball. Naota envies him, and envies his strength. Calling out for him just awakens the power of Atomsk inside of him, if Naota envied his father, and say his father as everything he wanted to be, then he would have yelled "Kamon!" just as the satellite was about ot make contact, and the same result (Atomsk power) would have occurred. Oh yeah, Amarao's eyebrows. They arent..normal. They arent even real eyebrows at all, they apparently block the N-O field from forming within Amarao. We see this in Ep 5 (i think, it might be 6), they also make Amarao appear to be older...along with his haircut, and hair color. Notice the theme of looking like a grown up? There ya go.....
 

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