is the main protagonist

Protagonist

A protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...

 of the Eureka Seven

Eureka Seven

Eureka Seven, known in Japan as , is a mecha anime TV series by Bones. Eureka Seven tells the story of Renton Thurston and the outlaw group Gekkostate, his relationship with the enigmatic mecha pilot Eureka, and the mystery of the Coralians....

series. He is referred to in episode previews simply as "the boy".

Character outline

Renton thinks his life is mundane and dreams of doing the extraordinary. At the beginning of the series, he becomes a member of Gekkostate in order to be near his idol, Holland, and his love at first sight, Eureka

Eureka (Eureka Seven)

is the female protagonist of the Eureka Seven series. She is referred to in episode previews simply as "the girl".-Character outline:Eureka is a girl created by the Scub Coral. She has pale skin, medium-length turquoise hair, and lavender eyes, and wears a blue and white one-piece dress...

. In seasons one and two, the other crew members generally see Renton as Gekkostate's "busboy", doing chores such as cooking and cleaning. He occasionally rides with Eureka in the Nirvash typeZERO and is able to lift. In the third season, Renton is shown to mature a bit. Eureka and Renton continue to pilot the typeZERO, and his relationship with Eureka deepens, though the kids (Maurice, Maeter, and Linck) still refuse to regard Renton as their "papa". In season four Renton matures even further, coming into his own as a father to the kids and a prominent member of Gekkostate (even though Renton quits Gekkostate at the final episode).

Eureka

Eureka has been with Renton ever since the typeZERO crashed at Axel Thurston's garage. Renton falls in love with her right away, but she does not return his feelings until seasons three and four, where Eureka and Renton are seen holding hands and are nearly always together. In episode 34, Holland says, "Eureka's partner is you, Renton." The growth of their relationship is reflected by the fact that the typeZERO requires both Eureka and Renton as pilots to maximize its capability. Their connection is similar to the one that Sakuya has with Norb and Anemone

Anemone (Eureka Seven)

is a character in the Eureka Seven series. She is a soldier of the United Federation of Predgio Towers.-Character:Anemone is the pilot of the Nirvash typeTheEND. She is regularly accompanied by her strange and overweight pet, Gulliver. He is an unknown species but seems to resemble a badger...

 has with Dominic

Dominic Sorel

is a character in the Eureka Seven series. He is a soldier of the United Federation of Predgio Towers.Little is known about Dominic's past and his non-military life. He is under the command of Col. Dewey Novak as a special intelligence force...

, but Eureka and Renton's relationship gets the most development throughout the story. Eureka never formally marries Renton, though at the end of the series Axel Thurston lists Eureka as "Eureka Thurston" in the family record book.

Maurice, Maeter, and Linck

Maurice, Maeter, and Linck are Eureka's adopted kids. Though the relationship between Renton and the kids is hostile in the first two seasons, their relationship deepens in seasons three and four, and in episode 50 Maurice is able to implicitly call Renton "papa". Maeter's and Linck's feelings toward Renton are not as clearly stated, but several scenes imply that they too feel that Renton is their "papa". In episode 50, the kids are listed in the family record book as Renton's adopted kids.

Gekkostate

In the first and second seasons, Renton is generally looked down upon by crew members of the Gekko, and is forced to do menial chores and look after the Gekko Market. Renton is able to pilot the type-ZERO AKA the Nirvash with Eureka, but after Eureka is hospitalized, Renton is forbidden to pilot the Nirvash for a short time. In the later parts of the show, the members of Gekkostate respect Renton more and acknowledge his status as Eureka's partner. He also gains the trust of Holland and many other Gekkostate members. Holland's final words toward Renton are, "It's just like him to graduate without consent."

Charles and Ray

When Renton temporarily leaves Gekkostate, he meets Charles and Ray in a town. The two of them bring him to their ship and allow him to stay with them. While Renton lives with them, they treat him as their son and Renton feels happy and accepted. Charles teaches Renton about the winds and how to feel them. However, when Renton discovers that they have received instructions to attack the Gekko, he decides to leave. Once Renton returns to the Gekko, Charles and Ray are killed by Holland, and Renton realizes that he must use what Charles has taught him to protect Eureka.

Dominic Sorel

Renton's only meeting with Dominic is in the first season finale where they are forced to work together to retrieve medicine for the injured Eureka and Anemone. In spite of his knowledge that Dominic is on the opposite side, as well as taking note to his hapless quirks, Renton leaves on good terms with Dominic. Although he never personally sees Dominic again, he gains enough of an understanding of his relationship with Anemone that he helps her try to accept his feelings.

Manga

Eureka seveN's manga version differs from the anime version. Please advice that this synopsis only covers Vol. 6. Renton Thurston was seriously injured as he flew Eureka to the Zone. Anemone was able to get into the Zone first not knowingly that Nirvash "typeTHEEND" was sending a deadly virus to the Coralians. Here as seen, Eureka and Anemone (when not drugged) were not enemies, but long-time friends. Dominic attempted to help Renton with his quest to save Eureka from the zone. There he was confronted with the Coralians. Renton was first assigned to act as decoy for Dominic, however, when Dominic pilots Nirvash "TypeTHEEND" the machine's arm wasn't fixed yet. Renton went into the Zone while Dominic faces off death by the Coralians. Renton was able to meet a false Eureka that manipulated him to be eaten by the Coralians. Eureka was able to get out of the Coralian's imprisonment and prevent Renton to be eaten thus saved the world. At the end, like the anime, Renton was able to profess his love toward Eureka (although much earlier he already did), but Eureka materialized with the Coralians. The ending was two years after this incident. Renton lives with Eureka's adopted children, Maurice, Maeter, and Linck, and his grandfather, Axel Thurston, in Bellforest. He works at a windmill and anticipates the return of Eureka, as he refuses to mourn her death.

Movie

When Renton was a young boy he became friends with Eureka. He with Eureka and Larva Nirvash went with Professor Dominic to witness a rainbow flower's bloom. The army took Eureka away and Renton didn't know what to do. When Eight years pass, Renton became a soldier and serves with the Gekkostate. During a mission, Renton finds Eureka and rescues her thus evolving Nirvash in a different body. Renton learns that the Gekkostate are not really working with the army only for them to use Renton and Eureka to find Neverland so they can stay young. When Renton was injured by a gunshot, he sees Dominic's spirit and tells him to not let go of his feelings and for him to "Don't ask for it, do it forself, or you won't get nothing" which Renton rose up and evolve Nirvash again to a new form (which is not the form we saw in the TV series) and he and Eureka escapes. Holland went after them and fought them, which he activated his hard drive only to find out that Talho is pregnant with Holland's child and with that he lost the fight with Renton and Eureka. Renton pass out from his wound as Eureka told him it will be alright as Nirvash pierce the command cluster so that "The Hammer of God" can enter the Command Cluster to destroy it. When Renton woke up, he sees a naked Eureka with long hair and her voice is messed up, his wound was gone, and Larva Nirvash is big. Before Larva Nirvash disappear into fragments of light, he told Renton that he and Eureka can fly now even without wings and that their own two feet can carry them to the future. As Renton and Eureka with his jacket on her are wondering, Eureka pointed to Renton that there are two rainbows and a rescue shuttle that comes to pick them up and than Eureka kiss Renton on his left side of his face. As Renton and Eureka hold each other's hand, Renton realize that both Dominic and Nirvash were both right and that Renton smiles as he knows that he and Eureka will have a happy future together.

Reception

Anime News Network

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stated in its review of the series' first DVD that "Renton is a pretty normal male lead for a series like this." However, while initially describing him as immature, the site said in its review of the seventh DVD that "Renton proves that he has grown up a bit by not being thrown for a loop by learning what makes Eureka special."