Pirates, Coming Through.Marika Kato is approached by two people while she is working at her job at a cafe, which they say that they are acquainted with her mother Ririka. The two later show up to her house that evening and reveal that her father Gonzaemon, captain of the spaceship Bentenmaru, recently died by food poisoning. According to her letter of marque, in order for the Bentenmaru to continue operating legally, Marika must take over as captain. As a confused Marika does some research into the matter, the Bentenmaru's helmsman and medic, Kane McDougal and Misa Grandwood transfer to Marika's school as the new teacher and school doctor respectively, along with the mysterious transfer student, Chiaki Kurihara. Later at her workplace, Marika notices groups of strange men suspiciously monitoring her. When Chiaki arrives, she exposes an impostor disguised as an airport security officer attempting to kidnap Marika and stops him by starting a gun fight in the cafe and dragging Marika to safety.