Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune Episode 1 English Dubbed Episode Title: A Diplomatic Mission Episode Description: The disaffected Akira, sick of his boring life on Earth, takes up the offer from his acquaintance, Vasha Pupkin, to enlist in a trade federation orbital drop infantry unit known as Yakitori even though the casualty rate is 70%. He is teamed up with four other recruits to form the K321 unit and are sent on a diplomatic mission as part of an intergalactic force to guard a cat-like special envoy on the planet Barka. They are almost immediately caught up in a battle against the mole-like inhabitants who are rebelling against an unfair financial deal proposed by the trade federation which will exploit their planet.