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I have also heard that, in

I have also heard that, in literary cases such as story narration, sequences of verbs may also be expressed using the infinitive (Base 2) form rather than the TE form. For example:

こうして ヤマト は 冥王星 ガミラス 基地 お 消滅 させ
koushite YAMATO wa meo-ou-sei GAMILAS kichi o shoumetsu sase

艦 の 修理 お つづけ ながら 一路 イスカンダル へ の 旅 お 急いだ
kan no shuuri o tsuduke nagara ichiro ISKANDAR e no tabi o isoida

The last verb, 急いだ, is past tense, and imparts that tense to the prior verbs, させ and つづけ, both of which are in their infinitive forms.

  • Thus, the Yamato, having annihilated the Pluto Gamilon base,
    continued repairs to the ship while they earnestly hurried on the journey to Iscandar.

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