Yukodai

Yukodai is the het ship between Yuki Mori and Susumu Kodai from the Space Battleship Yamato and Space Battleship Yamato 2199 fandom.

Original series (1974-2009)
Susumu Kodai and Yuki Mori meet shortly before boarding the space battleship Yamato. Kodai is walking down the hall of a hospital, along with his best friend Daisuke Shima. They'd just returned from mars after finding a dead Iscandarian princess, Sasha, with a wave motion core and message to go to Iscandar to get the Cosmo Cleaner D, a device to save the Earth from the radio active planet bombs. Kodai and Shima pass by Yuki in the hall and stop for a second to look at her, shocked at how much she looks like Sasha. Yuki passes by them and they ask Dr. Sado who she was. Later Kodai is upset after finding out about the death of his brother, Mamoru Kodai. Yuki asks Shima is hes alright and if she can get him anything, Shima informs Yuki of what had happened to his brother. They soon find out about the Yamato and they take many people from around the world to go on the long journey to the Large Magellanic Cloud, to Iscandar.

The Quest for Iscandar
Starting in the year 2199, Yuki and Kodai seem to get along as great friends at the start of their voyage to Iscandar together. Yuki is the head of Radar and Analysis and also a Nurse. In episode 12, they pass near the star Alpha orionis, more known as Betelguese, Kodai finds Yuki looking out a window to the star. He asks what shes doing and she tells him shes praying to it. He thinks thats unscientific and says "girls are weird." She laughs and before they can really talk any more the Yamato is shaken and they both fall to the ground, and have to get back to work. They end up having to go so close to the star itself to avoid the Corona, a trype of gas that the more it gets shot the bigger it gets, and it could suck up the Yamato. Theres a huge flair and they use the Wave Motion gun to go though it. Ends up working out in the end and Yuki is Back to her praying. Kodai finds her once again and asks why shes wishing again, even after what the star had put them through. She says that its alright because her wish will find another good star to make it come true. Kodai asks her what shes wishing so hard for? She tels him its a secret, like before. Kodai tries to get her to tell him and she finally says; "I wished for a certain person to fall in love with me" Kodai laughs at the silly with but stops and asks who exactly what person is? She tells him thats definetly a secret and runs away laughing as Kodai chases after.

In another part of the voyage Kodai is in the suntanning room atlking with Saburo Kato and Analyzer. He comments on how human Analyzer is. Analyzer being the perv he is, talks about how much he is in love with Yuki and wants to marry her. Kodai seems to be a little annoyed by that. Jealous of the robot. Yuki has to go down to planet Beemela to search for food or life forms, along with Analyzer. The people of Beemela are working with the Gamilas against their will. The Queen is forcing them to. The bee people mistaken Yuki and Analyzer for Gamilas, and threaten to kill them in front of their queen as revenge for making them work and die. Luckily Kodai and the Black Tigers are there to the rescue and Yuki runs into his arms not thinking twice about it.

Throughout the rest of the voyage to Iscandar they have many interactions, a memorable one being when they decide to take a picture of them both as a memory for when they got to the Magellanic Cloud. Kodai goes to put his arm around her but as soon as the camera snaps the shot, she slaps his hand away from her. He tells her that it hurt but she says not to be such a baby, and that it will be good memories. She says that children can laugh about mom and dads youth. She then leaves Kodai confused about what she meant. When they get to Iscandar, Kodai finds out his brother is alive, and has been on Iscandar with Starsha this whole time. Mamoru ends up staying with Starsha on Iscandar instead of going home to Earth with the Yamato. Starsha confesses her love to him before he leaves, and he races after her and stays. They leave Iscandar, and just when they thought they were safe from the gamilas, they warp straight to the Yamato and board it, filling it with radioactive gas. Yuki, worried that Kodai is in danger, rushes to the Cosmo Cleaner D to use it to clear away the radioactivity. Sanada tries to stop her, saying it hasn't been tested yet. She convinces him to let her use it and just as she activates it and saves the ship, she had taken in the gas and fell unconscious. Falling down the stairs and to the ground. Kodai runs in to see Sanada in the hall, he asks if everyone is alright to which Sanada replies; "Kodai...Yuki died." Kodai runs up to her "lifeless" body and screams her name, crying and holds her tight. As they get closer to Earth, he takes her body and carries to to the main bridge. He tells her how much he'd fallen in love with her, and that he was going to tell her how much he loved her when they returned to Earth. He cries and brings her into the first bridge. He sits her down on his seat and points to Earth and says thats where they're going to live happy together. He picks her back up, to take her to Dr. Sado, then feels her move. He stops and sees Yuki opening her eyes. He puts her down and hugs her tight before picking her up again and spinning around "She's alive!" HE puts her back down again and she lays her head on his shoulder, looking at Earth. It is now

The Comet Empire
In the year 2201, The second season of the series starts off with Kodai now as acting Captain of the Yamato, doing a space check. He comes home to Earth with Yuki eager to see him. She runs towards him at the airport and they spin around a few times and then Yuki walks with him, holding his arm tightly. She notices a small injury so she takes him to the hospital. Sado says that his injury isn't a big deal and they shouldn't have come to the hospital for something this small, Analyzer says that it was just Yuki wanting to spend more time with Kodai. They go eat out together at a restaurant, and talk about how amazing it is how they can finally be on the surface again. Yuki said she never thought she'd ever be here, eating out with him like this. They're later in the car together and Yuki notices something isn't right with Kodai, they go down to the old underground city from before they went to Iscandar. She leaves him for a second, saying she'll be right back. She goes off to cry. She knows hes going to leave, because he knows theres danger.

He doesn't tell Yuki that hes getting the Yamato crew back together. She just knows, also partly because of Sado. She begs him to let her go, and he finally gives in. The Yamato takes off and shortly after the old Black Tigers arrive, everyone is in the cafeteria having lunch or dinner. Kodai runs off, chasing Mi-kun the cat. He stops when he sees Yuki pick up the cat and run off, he chases after her and asks her why shes here. She says she is a part of Yamatos crew, so she should be there too. He tells her that shes a fool, and should have stayed on Earth, he wanted her safe because he couldn't fear to lose her, but tells her to put on her uniform and get ready. He softly says her name and she runs into his arms as he embraces her.

Yuki throughout the Gatlantis war is always worried about Kodai. After Shima returns from Telezart, leaving his love Teresa, he tells Yuki that she and Kodai should get married soon, because they don't know how much longer they have. Referring to the fact that he'd lost Teresa. Which then switches to a scene of Kodai and Yuki. Yuki asks if they will make it back to Earth, and once again, he hugs her.

When its bearing the end of the season, things get more intense with everything. Kodai has an injured shoulder and looking for Dessler, while Yuki is going everywhere looking for him. She was told to stay on the Yamato, but as always, if Kodai goes, she goes. She finds him and Dessler both pointing guns at each other, and Kodai, losing blood, falls unconscious. Yuki jumps from her hiding spot and rushes towards him crying out his name. She grabs his gun and points it at Dessler. Dessler let's them go, he realizes he never should have done any of this, and leaves them. Yuki brings Kodai back to the Yamato. Him, eager to still try and captain the ship and work, tells Sado and Yuki to let him go back to the main bridge. They both refuse.

And to the last part of the season, Kodai, Saito, and Sanada go down to the Comet Empire, along with the Black Tigers, and the Marines, some dying on the way, And the rest of the Marines dying in Gatlantis. Saito sacrifices himself while Kodai and Sanada make it out with Kato, who dies while bringing them back to the Yamato. With the few crewmembers left, they go on medical shuttles back to Earth, while Kodai stays on the Yamato. Yuki walks up to him, he thought that she went back to Earth and is upset because he knows that hes about to ram the Yamato into the Comet Empire, and doesn't want her to die too. She tells him that even if they save Earth, Earth means nothing to her without him there. She also talks about a cancelled ceremony, meaning that they were probably about to get married soon but had to cancel because of the new threat to Earth. Kodai hugs her and tells her that he will always be with her.

As they are about to go and sacrifice themselves, Teresa appears with Shima. She says she will take care of Zordar. She kills him and destroys the Comet Empire. Kodai, Yuki, and Shima get back to Earth safely.