Future-Retro Hero Story is set in the same universe as Outlaw Star--in fact, it is the origins of the Outlaw Star's setting. A pulp science-fiction series with plenty of humor, action, and adventure to go around, it's the story of Juji Godoh and the ship he inherits from his grandfather, Captain Roger Fortune!
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