E18.5 - If There's Something Worth Dying For

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[00:01] Narr - Frederica
    The Eighty-Six.
[00:03] Narr - Frederica
    Branded "less than human" by our neighbors,
     the Republic of San Magnolia,
[00:08] Narr - Frederica
    they were forced to fight on the front lines
    against the unmanned weapons of the Legion.
[00:15] Narr - Frederica
    It all goes back to when their war ended,
[00:18] Narr - Frederica
    and they found themselves in the Federacy.
[00:23] Narr - Frederica
    Their burdens are heavy
    and will never disappear.
[00:44] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    I know.
    I just want to chat a little.
[00:49] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    Oh, the generals were all really worried,
    so they made me wear this biohazard suit.
[00:58] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    My name is Ernst.
[01:01] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    And you?
[01:03] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    Shinei Nouzen.
[01:06] Narr - Frederica
    The Giad Federacy brought five child soldiers
     who'd been found on the western front
[01:12] Narr - Frederica
    and made them citizens.
[01:16] (Flashback) Flashback - Giad Officer
    The safest thing for the Federacy
    would be to eliminate them.
[01:21] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    If they've fought for so long,
    they should be given peace.
[01:26] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    Especially if their homeland
    refuses to do it.
[01:31] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    I want the Federacy to be just, at least.
[01:34] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    Because...
[01:35] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    that is the ideal of mankind.
[03:11] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    Welcome, poor souls who were banished
    from your country!
[03:17] Narr - Frederica
    They were soon brought to Ernst's mansion.
[03:20] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    Oh, no.
    She's not my daughter.
[03:22] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    Do you really think I'm the daughter
    of this lowly bureaucrat?
[03:25] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    I'm—
[03:26] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    Frederica Rosenfort.
[03:28] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    Some things happened,
    and now she's staying here.
[03:32] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    So I'd appreciate it if you'd think of her
    as a slightly naïve little sister.
[03:39] (Flashback) Flashback - Raiden
    "Little sister," huh?
[03:43] Narr - Frederica
    One month passed from when they
    came to the capital, Sankt Jeder.
[03:48] Narr - Frederica
    They all seemed to feel out of place
    in this peaceful city.
[03:54] Narr - Frederica
    And then Shinei met a certain boy.
[03:59] (Flashback) Flashback - Eugene
    Sorry for just talking
    to you out of nowhere.
[04:00] (Flashback) Flashback - Eugene
    I'm Eugene Rantz.
[04:02] (Flashback) Flashback - Eugene
    Nice to meet you.
[04:04] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    Shinei Nouzen.
[04:05] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    Frederica Rosenfort!
[04:07] (Flashback) Flashback - Nina
    Nina Rantz.
[04:09] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    What are you doing?
[04:11] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    I read her a book,
    and she took a liking to me.
[04:15] Narr - Frederica
    He said he was enlisting to earn a living
    and support his little sister.
[04:21] Narr - Frederica
    Yes, the battle with the Legion wasn't over.
[04:29] (Flashback) Flashback - Kaie
    I know it's an awful thing to ask.
[04:33] (Flashback) Flashback - Kaie
    It still hurts.
[04:36] (Flashback) Flashback - Kaie
    Staying here hurts.
[04:39] (Flashback) Flashback - Kaie
    I'm dead. I want to go home.
[04:43] (Flashback) Flashback - Kaie
    So... Shin.
[04:46] (Flashback) Flashback - Kaie
    Our Reaper...
[04:52] (Flashback) Flashback - Kaie
    Please, save us.
[04:56] Narr - Frederica
    They decided this place wasn't for them
[05:00] Narr - Frederica
    and chose to go back to the battlefield.
[05:03] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    Why?
[05:05] (Flashback) Flashback - Theo
    "Why?"
[05:06] (Flashback) Flashback - Raiden
    We're sorry for being suspicious at first.
[05:09] (Flashback) Flashback - Raiden
    This is a good place.
[05:11] (Flashback) Flashback - Raiden
    So we stayed here a little too long.
[05:14] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    We were lucky, that's all.
[05:17] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    If we use that as an excuse
    to stay here,
[05:20] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    what can we say to those
    who died fighting until the end?
[05:23] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    Even if we're going to die either way,
    we can choose how.
[05:28] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    If we're going to die someday, we will
    fight till the end. That's the life we chose.
[05:33] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    Please don't take that from us.
[05:36] Narr - Frederica
    And when I saw that,
[05:39] Narr - Frederica
    I revealed that I was the
     last Empress of the Giad Empire —
[05:43] Narr - Frederica
    the ones who had released the
    Legion onto the continent —
[05:46] Narr - Frederica
    and I begged them to fulfill my wish.
[05:49] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    If you're going back to the battlefield,
[05:52] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    take me with you!
[05:55] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    And help me destroy my knight's ghost!
[05:59] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    He was taken by the Legion?
[06:01] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    Yes. The Legion who attacked you
    just before you reached this country.
[06:07] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    How do you know?
[06:09] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    The power of the blood
    I inherited allows me
[06:12] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    to see glimpses of the present
    and past of those I meet.
[06:16] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    But seeing is all I can do!
[06:19] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    I can't save Kiriya alone!
[06:22] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    So please... help me!
[06:25] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    Like the brother you saved,
    and who saved you in turn...
[06:29] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    Save my knight!
[06:35] Narr - Frederica
    After becoming official members
    of the Giad military,
[06:41] Narr - Frederica
    they were taken to the place
     their comrades had reached in the end.
[06:45] (Flashback) Flashback - Grethe
    We decided the names
    of your comrades on the plate,
[06:48] (Flashback) Flashback - Grethe
    all 575 of them,
    should be recorded here.
[06:52] (Flashback) Flashback - Grethe
    So we did this.
[06:54] (Flashback) Flashback - Gretehe
    I am Lt. Colonel Grethe Wenzel,
    commander of the 1028th Test Unit.
[06:59] (Flashback) Flashback - Grethe
    Glad to be working with you all.
[07:01] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    Thank you.
[07:03] Narr - Frederica
    And I had a surprise for them, too!
[07:05] Narr - Frederica
    Though Shinei realized it immediately.
[07:12] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    Fido?
[07:14] (Flashback) Flashback - Anju
    What are you saying, Shin?
[07:16] (Flashback) Flashback - Raiden
    Do you name all your pets
    the same thing?
[07:20] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    No, this is Fido.
[07:22] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    The one who was with you.
[07:26] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    You are the proof that we made it here.
[07:30] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    Perform your mission until you rust away.
[07:35] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    Want to go home together, once more?
[07:43] (Flashback) Flashback - Theo
    Saw that coming.
[07:44] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    Shouldn't you be a little worried?
[07:49] (Flashback) Flashback - Grethe
    So he does know how to smile, huh?
[07:56] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    By the way, Shinei.
[07:57] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    I have another surprise for you.
[08:02] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    It's important to you, isn't it?
[08:10] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    Yeah.
[08:15] Narr - Frederica
    The five were assigned
    to Nordlicht Squadron,
[08:18] Narr - Frederica
    a test unit for a new type of
     high-mobility Feldreß called the "Reginleif."
[08:23] Narr - Frederica
    But their incredible combat abilities
    caused others around them to fear them.
[08:26] Flashback - Officer 1
    Who killed them, I wonder?
[08:28] Flashback - Officer 3
    The headless skeleton,
    possessed by a Reaper.
[08:30] Narr - Frederica
    Then Shinei met the boy he'd first
    encountered at the library, Eugene Rantz.
[08:37] Narr - Frederica
    But...
[08:39] (Flashback) Flashback - Eugene
    She became a mascot, huh?
[08:42] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    Yeah.
[08:43] (Flashback) Flashback - Eugene
    Nobody even likes that old custom anymore.
[08:45] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    Even someone like her,
    if she's there, we have to protect her.
[08:50] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    How's your sister? Is she doing well?
[08:53] (Flashback) Flashback - Eugene
    Yeah, I think.
[08:56] (Flashback) Flashback - Shin
    Then you really shouldn't have
    joined the military, right?
[08:59] (Flashback) Flashback - Shin
    The war's not going well.
[09:01] (Flashback) Flashback - Shin
    And I don't think that's going to change.
[09:03] (Flashback) Flashback - Eugene
    Yes. My unit lost fifteen
    people just yesterday.
[09:08] (Flashback) Flashback - Eugene
    But then what about you?
[09:18] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    Again? They never give up.
[09:21] (Flashback) Flashback - Eugene
    I bet girls don't like them.
[09:26] (Flashback) Flashback - Eugene
    Okay, see you later.
[09:48] (Flashback) Flashback - Eugene
    Please...
[09:54] (Flashback) Flashback - Eugene
    Thank you.
[10:09] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    But why go back to the battlefield?
[10:11] (Flashback) Flashback - Marcel
    Why didn't you save him?
[10:13] (Flashback) Flashback - Officer
    It's not too late.
[10:14] (Flashback) Flashback - Officer
    Leave the army and live happily.
[10:17] Narr - Frederica
    Everyone asked, "Why?"
[10:20] Narr - Frederica
    without realizing that
    it was an insult to them.
[10:24] Narr - Frederica
    They were the Eighty-Six.
SIGN    If There's Something Worth Dying For
[10:31] Narr - Frederica
    We all met up again at the main camp.
[10:36] (Flashback) Flashback - Grethe
    Welcome back!
[10:38] Narr - Frederica
    There was news of an
     upcoming Legion attack.
[10:43] Narr - Frederica
    A major battle was approaching.
[10:46] Narr - Frederica
    He could already hear their voice, even then.
[10:52] Narr - Frederica
    Then I decided to tell him
    about my knight, Kiriya.
[10:58] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    My knight, Kiriya Nouzen, was a member
    of the Nouzen clan like you.
[11:03] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    But he was four years
    older than you...
[11:06] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    So when I saw him last,
    he looked how you do now.
[11:10] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    The Giad Empire used the Legion
    to attack our neighbors.
[11:16] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    But after that, the people rebelled,
[11:19] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    and the Imperial family was chased
    to a border fortress.
[11:23] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    And Kiriya had to fight to protect me...
[11:29] Frederica
    Kiri fought and fought to protect me...
    Killing so many people...
[11:38] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    I turned him into that monster.
[11:44] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    And in the end...
    the Empire fell, and many died.
[11:50] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    And only the Legion were left.
[11:52] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    You all have a future,
    and that cannot be taken from you.
[11:57] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    A future?
[11:59] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    Your next leave.
[12:00] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    Where you want to go.
[12:02] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    What you want to do someday.
[12:03] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    Anything like that will do.
[12:06] Flashback - Lena
    Is there something you want to do?
    Somewhere you want to go, or want to see?
[12:17] (Flashback) Flashback - Raiden
    But... are you okay?
[12:20] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    What do you mean?
[12:21] (Flashback) Flashback - Raiden
    You're not thinking of anything
    you don't need to be, are you?
[12:25] (Flashback) Flashback - Shin
    The future?
[12:27] (Flashback) Flashback - Shin
    I never have.
[12:30] (Flashback) Flashback - Shin
    I've never needed to.
[12:33] (Flashback) Flashback - Raiden
    It was always about this time of day,
    wasn't it?
[12:36] (Flashback) Flashback - Raiden
    You think the Major's doing okay?
[12:43] Flashback - Raiden
    How many?
[12:44] Flashback - NShinei
    I don't want to even try to count.
[12:46] Narr - Frederica
    And then the Legion launched
    their all-out attack.
[12:58] (Flashback) Flashback - Soldier 2
    Are those all...
[13:00] (Flashback) Flashback - Soldier 2
    There are so many!
[13:09] (Flashback) Flashback - Grethe
    No... So every area in the theater
    is under large-scale assault?
[13:15] Flashback - Shinei
    Ma'am.
[13:16] (Flashback) Flashback - Grethe
    Lieutenant Nouzen, what's the situation?
[13:18] (Flashback) Flashback - Grethe
    When will you be ready to go?
[13:20] Flashback - Shinei
    Whenever.
[13:21] Flashback - Shinei
    Nordlicht squadron is all ready to go.
[13:24] (Flashback) Flashback - Grethe
    Maintain our combat lines
    until the other units
[13:26] Flashback - Grethe
    are ready to go, no matter the cost!
[13:29] (Flashback) Flashback - Shin
    Roger.
[13:43] (Flashback) Flashback - Soldier 8
    A Reginleif...
[13:50] (Flashback) Flashback - Soldier 8
    So this is Nordlicht squadron...
[13:54] Flashback - Shinei
    Withdraw and regroup, please.
[13:57] Flashback - Shinei
    We'll buy you time.
[14:01] (Flashback) Flashback - Anju
    Okay... Let's get to work.
[14:08] (Flashback) Flashback - Kurena
    I'll start with their commanders.
[14:10] (Flashback) Flashback - Kurena
    I'll be changing places, so back me up.
[14:14] (Flashback) Flashback - Raiden
    Roger, Kurena.
[14:15] (Flashback) Flashback - Raiden
    Leave the little ones to me.
[14:33] Narr - Frederica
    I don't have the power
    to go to the battlefield,
[14:37] Narr - Frederica
    but if I could use this power to see,
    I could help them!
[14:57] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    There!
[14:59] (Flashback) Flashback - Operator
    The second wave is being held off
    in all combat areas!
[15:03] (Flashback) Flashback - Operator
    Nordlicht squadron has begun advancing
    on the enemy's main formation!
[15:07] (Flashback) Flashback - Operator
    They're still fighting on the front lines!
[15:18] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    What are you doing, Shinei?
[15:29] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    Shinei!
[15:44] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    You...
[15:51] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    You mustn't keep fighting like that!
[16:26] Flashback - Grethe
    Command to all members
    of Nordlicht squadron.
[16:29] Flashback - Grethe
    Good work.
[16:31] Flashback - Grethe
    The Legion are falling back.
[16:34] Flashback - Grethe
    Return to base.
[16:39] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    Roger.
[16:43] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    Shinei, you fool.
[16:47] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    You're just like Kiri.
[16:53] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    You huge fool!
[17:05] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    On that day,
    Kiri attacked the Republic.
[17:09] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    What I saw was a shattered wall
    and a burning five-color flag.
[17:15] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    And a huge Legion...
[17:20] (Flashback) Flashback - Kiri
    I'll kill you!
[17:21] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    Get down! Kiri is...!
[17:28] Narr - Frederica
    The railgun-equipped Legion named "Morpho"
[17:32] Narr - Frederica
    was the one that absorbed Kiri.
[17:37] Narr - Frederica
    Kiri destroyed the Federacy's front lines,
    and the Republic as well.
[17:42] Narr - Frederica
    The military leaders decided to launch
     an attack to take it out directly.
[17:48] (Flashback) Flashback - General 3
    Whatever unit we choose
    to eliminate it will die.
[17:51] (Flashback) Flashback - General 2
    That's why we should choose those
    who are most likely to succeed,
[17:54] (Flashback) Flashback - General 2
    and least likely to be missed.
[18:06] (Flashback) Flashback - Nina
    Why did you abandon him?
[18:08] (Flashback) Flashback - Nina
    Why didn't you save my brother?
[18:14] (Flashback) Flashback - Nina
    You killed him, right?
[18:17] (Flashback) Flashback - Nina
    Give my brother back!
[18:20] (Flashback) Flashback - Man 1
    If you'd died instead of him...
[18:24] Flashback - Lena
    I won't forget!
[18:27] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    Major...
[18:30] (Flashback) Flashback - Grethe
    Lieutenant Nouzen,
    General Richard wants to speak with you.
[18:34] Narr - Frederica
    The Division Commander for the Western Forces
    made the decision
[18:37] Narr - Frederica
    to go with a plan which used Shinei's power
    to destroy the Morpho.
[18:41] Narr - Frederica
    It would involve sacrificing Shinei
    and the other Eighty-Six.
[18:47] Narr - Frederica
    Yes. Just as his old country had done.
[18:53] (Flashback) Flashback- Shinei
    I'm left behind... always.
[18:59] (Flashback) Flashback - Lena
    I won't let you die.
[19:05] (Flashback) Flashback - Lena
    I won't forget.
[19:10] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    Goodbye.
[19:17] Narr - Frederica
    A massive transport constructed
    by the former Imperial Military: the Nachzehrer.
[19:22] Narr - Frederica
    This craft flew just above the ground
[19:25] Narr - Frederica
    and would take their Reginleifs
    into enemy territory.
[19:30] Narr - Frederica
    There was no guarantee they'd return.
[19:38] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    Frederica.
[19:39] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    I'm not leaving.
[19:41] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    I came because I heard you were
    throwing a tantrum about not leaving.
[19:45] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    It's not a tantrum.
[19:46] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    Why are you so insistent on sending us
    back to the rear?
[19:51] (Flashback) Flashback - Shinei
    Didn't you want us to kill your knight?
[19:57] Narr - Frederica
    No. No, Shinei!
[20:01] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    You regret not telling your brother
    not to go, right?
[20:05] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    You still regret that he went to his death
    without you saying anything!
[20:09] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    So why are you trying
    to do the same thing he did?
[20:14] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    Why are you trying to make me suffer,
[20:16] (Flashback) Flashback - Frederica
    as your brother made you suffer?
[20:21] (Flashback) Flashback
    Frederica...
[20:22] Narr - Frederica
    You understand that if the battle takes you,
[20:28] Narr - Frederica
    you'll become a ghost like Kiriya.
[20:31] Narr - Frederica
    You can't go. You can't die.
[20:35] Narr - Frederica
    Shinei...
[20:36] Flashback - Grethe
    The country you finally reached
    is far from a utopia.
[20:41] Flashback - Grethe
    Not one person in this country
    wants you to die in battle.
[20:46] Flashback - Grethe
    We want you to stay alive.
[20:49] Flashback - Grethe
    That goes for me, the Division Commander,
    and the rest of the unit.
[20:55] Flashback - Ernst
    And me, too.
[20:58] Flashback - Ernst
    Nordlicht's success in this mission will determine
    the fate of the Federacy,
[21:04] Flashback - Ernst
    the surrounding countries, and humanity.
[21:06] Flashback - Ernst
    Keep that in mind.
    And make sure you destroy the Morpho.
[21:12] Flashback - Ernst
    And one more thing.
[21:14] Flashback - Ernst
    This is your highest-priority mission.
[21:18] Flashback - Ernst
    Come back alive.
    All of you.
[21:28] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    That's right.
[21:30] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    Come back, no matter what.
[21:33] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    Let's get started.
[21:36] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    Attention, comrades!
[21:40] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    The Western Theater forces will begin
    an all-out march into Legion-held territory.
[21:46] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    You are the mighty shield
    that defends your homeland,
[21:51] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    and the sharp sword
    that cuts open a future for humanity!
[21:56] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    We will be a symbol of justice
    for the world!
[21:59] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    Keep our successful battles
     close to your heart
[22:02] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    and advance, bravely, valiantly!
[22:08] (Flashback) Flashback - Ernst
    Begin the mission.
[22:11] Flashback - Operator 3
    Opening canopy. Deploying catapult rails.
[22:17] Flashback - Operator 1
    All joint locks deployed.
[22:22] Flashback - Operator 3
    Nachzehrer, ready for takeoff!
[22:39] Flashback - Anju
    Th-This is scarier than I thought.
[22:43] Flashback - Theo
    Is the person who came up with this crazy?
[22:45] Flashback - Grethe
    Oh, it's an honor to have you say that!
    I thought nothing scared you!
[22:50] Flashback - Grethe
    It's a little over 1000 km to our goal.
[22:53] Flashback - Grethe
    Enjoy our nine minutes or so
    in the sky!
[22:56] Flashback - Operator 4
    Nachzehrer has taken off successfully
[23:00] Flashback - Operator 4
    and is proceeding as planned!
[23:07] Flashback - Kurena
    If we take out the Morpho, we win, right?
[23:11] Flashback - Raiden
    We have to live up to their expectations.
[23:13] Flashback - Theo
    Yeah, if they're working that hard.
[23:16] Flashback - Anju
    Yeah.
[23:18] Voices
    Save me! Save me!