[Ithekro]

Most of this is speculation since we don't know all that much yet.

Spoiler for "Grave mistakes":

There are examples in history of turning over died people from one grave to return to their home contry for burial.

I'm not entirely sure what Kodai and Shima knew going into their mission to Mars. They knew enough to bring the capsule home, but then they only had a relativelt small recon fighter to get fromthe surface to the Kirishima. They likely have no knowledge of Yurisha before the announcement prior to boarding Yamato. We don't know when they reported the death of the alien passager to Earth. Either right after they got back to base camp, when they report that they got the package that allowed the Kirishima to break off the engagement. Or if that wasn't reported until they boarded Kirishima itself...or even when the vesel arrived back on Earth. It depends on how open or closed their transmissions were since they were using code to keep the Gamilus from knowing what was going on.

Or at least using codes to a point. The combat chatter seemed to be on an Earth frequency since Yukikaze's crew was listening in before Kodai turned them around to head into the fight. Plus Okita's direct video conversation with Kodai at the end of the battle was likely not all that secure compared to the morse style lamp signaling they were doing for ship to ship orders earlier.

Either way we are not sure when Sasha's death was reported, though Yuki is quite present when news comes that Kirishima has picked up the package and is making directly for Earth from Mars...though we don't know exactly how long that took compared to the three weeks spent from Pluto to Mars. Just that Kodai and Shima are still in only their space suits the entire time. (I suppose that was the only uniform they had for the trip...they'll be rather ripe after six plus weeks. Plus Kirishima is still a Zero-G starship. No water showers...Zero-G toilets....fun stuff.)

However, Yuki being Yurisha is possible. I doubt there was a repeat of the scene form the original parade with Yuki's parents wanting her to stay. Also this brings up something interesting. It won't be in the second film, but in the old run and in the live action movie, were is the last messages to Earth scenes were everyone (except Okita and Kodai) have a talk with loved ones back on Earth for maybe five or so minutes at a time. This would be in the third film if done at all. In the original Yuki's mother was still trying to marry her off to someone and finding suitors, partly in a way to keep up hope that her little girl would be coming home...this is of course just before she starts really having feeling for Kodai.

If she is Yurisha...Yuki won't have anyone to talk to on Earth, like Kodai and Okita. will that change the character dynamic? Will it even come up? The Messages to Earth scenes were sort of a powerful reminder of what they were doing before and also sort of heartbreaking in some cases. It was a short break in the action between the defeat of the Pluto Base Forces and before running into Dessler's defenses and scheme of the week. It was also were they did the insert of the Scarlet Scarf song into the series as they left the Solar System and communications range for for the next seven or so months...barring Gamilus relay satelites (a plotline that seemed off in their approach to Balan in the original run....also the entire notion of Aihara (Homer) jumping ship to swim home in a spacesuit is entirely illogical...and thus likely to be removed from the new run).

As for Sasha...they might not bring her home this time around. But maybe Starsha will want her little sister's body to rest on Iscandar, with the rest of her people. So later, after they return home and Earth is safe, Yamato can go on a cruise back to Iscandar to deliver Sasha home. And by then...potentally...pickup another Sasha, who seems fairly popular to this day...even though she was fuctionally only in one movie.