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[00:02] Raiden
    Ten years ago, the old Giad Empire
[00:05] Raiden
    unleashed autonomous war machines,
    called Legion, upon the continent.
[00:09] Raiden
    The Legion were nigh unstoppable in combat,
[00:11] Raiden
    and their large-scale offensive did major damage
    to the surrounding nations.
[00:18] Raiden
    The Giad Federacy held off
    many of their attacks,
[00:21] Raiden
    but the sudden appearance
    of the Legion's new ultra-long-range artillery
[00:23] Raiden
    wiped out their forward bases.
[00:25] Raiden
    This new type of Legion, the Morpho,
    carried a massive railgun.
[00:29] Raiden
    And the capitals of every nation
    were within its firing range.
[00:33] (Flashback) Reporting soldier
    We estimate it will take
    a minimum of eight weeks
[00:34] (Flashback) Reporting soldier
    for repairs and for it
    to become combat capable again.
[00:36] (Flashback) Reporting soldier
    If we can't find some countermeasure by then...
[00:40] (Flashback) Reporting soldier
    we will be defeated.
[00:42] Raiden
    The Federacy's army, facing annihilation,
    put together a plan to destroy the Morpho.
[00:47] Raiden
    A suicide squad was put together to head
    into Legion-held territory alone.
[00:50] Raiden
    It was composed
    of those best capable of the job,
[00:54] Raiden
    and those who would least be missed.
[00:56] Raiden
    The 15 members of Nordlicht Squadron,
    including the Eighty-Six.
[01:02] Richard
    You'll be at the vanguard
    of the largest joint operation in history.
[01:06] Richard
    The edge of the spear
    that pierces the Legion's defenses.
[01:09] (Flashback) Myna
    I guess Eighty-Six aren't welcome,
    no matter where they go.
[01:10] Richard
    Spearhead.
[01:12] Richard
    Give this your all.
[01:14] (Flashback) Haruto
    We lived with pride!
    Right up to the very end!
[01:19] (Flashback) Kujo
    But that was only
    because of you, Undertaker.
[01:22] (Flashback) Kujo
    Our Reaper!
[01:29] (Flashback) Shin
    I'm left behind... always.
[01:34] Raiden
    Shin's survived countless battles
    and brought an end
[01:35] Lena
    I won't let you die.
[01:38] Raiden
    to the lives of many of his comrades.
    Always alone.
[01:41] Raiden
    He's finally found someone he could
    entrust himself to, and she left him as well.
[01:46] Raiden
    He felt that
    he'd lost his will to live.
[01:49] (Flashback) Lena
    I won't forget.
[01:57] (Flashback) Shin
    Goodbye.
[03:31] Raiden
    The operation to destroy the Morpho
    was exceedingly simple.
[03:34] Raiden
    A joint task force with soldiers
    from all three militaries
[03:37] Raiden
    would throw its full weight
    into distracting the enemy,
[03:39] Raiden
    and our suicide squad would head in
    through the now-undefended areas.
[03:43] Raiden
    We would attack and eliminate the Morpho
    while it was still under repairs.
[03:47] Raiden
    The most important question was this:
    How would we get to the Morpho? But...
[03:53] (Flashback) Kurena
    It flies?
[03:55] (Flashback) Raiden
    "Ground-effect vehicle"?
[03:57] (Flashback) Grethe
    A plane that uses ground effect—
[03:59] (Flashback) Grethe
    which occurs when you stay right
    above the ground—to fly.
[04:02] (Flashback) Grethe
    It can get you to the Morpho far faster
    than a transport helicopter.
[04:08] (Flashback) Grethe
    That's the power of the Nachzehrer!
[04:10] (Flashback) Frederica
    And then what?
[04:12] (Flashback) Frederica
    If we do get to the Morpho,
    can we win?
[04:17] (Flashback) Frederica
    And even if we do win,
    we'll be in the middle of enemy territory.
[04:20] (Flashback) Frederica
    How will we get back?
[04:28] (Flashback) Grethe
    Well—
[04:29] (Flashback) Shin
    It's more important to take out the Morpho
    than worry about how we'll get back.
[04:36] (Flashback) Frederica
    You regret not telling your brother
    not to go, right?
[04:40] (Flashback) Frederica
    You still regret that he went to his death
    without you saying anything!
[04:44] (Flashback) Frederica
    So why are you trying
    to do the same thing he did?
[04:49] (Flashback) Frederica
    Why are you trying to make me suffer,
[04:52] (Flashback) Frederica
    as your brother made you suffer?
[04:56] Raiden
    There was no guarantee
    we'd make it back alive.
[04:59] Raiden
    The operation itself was insane.
    But that wasn't all.
[05:04] Raiden
    He'd lost his friends. His brother.
[05:06] Raiden
    And I didn't feel
    any desire to live from him.
[05:15] Raiden
    His new reason for living
    was to keep fighting.
[05:18] Raiden
    Maybe Frederica saw in him her old knight.
[05:26] (Flashback) Shin
    Frederica...
[05:28] (Flashback) Frederica
    Don't go, Shinei...
[05:32] (Flashback) Frederica
    I don't want you to die like Kiri.
[05:37] (Flashback) Frederica
    I don't want to lose another big brother.
[05:47] Raiden
    Four weeks later,
    the day of the mission was upon us.
SIGN    5 minutes to mission start
[05:53] Officer
    Mr. President.
[05:55] (Flashback) Ernst
    Yes.
[05:56] (Flashback) Ernst
    Let's get started.
[06:00] (Flashback) Ernst
    Attention, comrades!
[06:03] (Flashback) Ernst
    The Western Theater forces will begin
    an all-out march into Legion-held territory.
[06:10] (Flashback) Ernst
    This battle will determine not only the fate
    of the Federal Republic of Giad,
[06:13] (Flashback) Ernst
    but also those of the United Kingdom of
    Roa Gracia, the Alliance of Wald,
[06:19] (Flashback) Ernst
    and the other nations whose cries for help
     we haven't even heard yet!
[06:23] (Flashback) Ernst
    This is the greatest operation
    in the history of mankind!
[06:30] (Flashback) Ernst
    We will be a symbol of justice
    for the world!
[06:33] (Flashback) Ernst
    Keep our successful battles
     close to your heart
[06:36] (Flashback) Ernst
    and advance, bravely, valiantly!
[06:43] (Flashback) Ernst
    Begin the mission.
[06:44] (Flashback) Female Soldier
    Fire!
[06:46] (Flashback) Soldier 1
    Fire!
[06:46] (Flashback) Soldier 2
    Fire!
[06:55] (Flashback) Grethe
    Okay, here we go!
[06:57] Operator 1
    Nachzehrer, take off!
[07:05] Raiden
    The soldiers of the United Kingdom
    of Roa Gracia, the Alliance of Wald,
[07:09] Raiden
    and the Giad Federacy gave
    everything they had
[07:13] Raiden
    in deadly combat
    against the advancing Legion forces.
[07:18] Tank Soldier
    If you have something
    you want to protect, then fight!
[07:21] Tank Soldier
    Raise your heads and go forward!
[07:25] (Flashback) Raiden
    The Federacy isn't retreating.
[07:28] Tank Soldier
    Just a little more!
[07:29] Tank Soldier
    Just hang in there a little more!
[07:31] Tank Soldier
    And then those goddamn disgusting Eighty-Six will...
[07:35] Tank Soldier
    Then we'll win!
[07:40] (Flashback) Kurena
    Yeah.
[07:41] (Flashback) Kurena
    If we take out the Morpho, we win, right?
[07:48] Raiden
    But the Legion soon blocked our path.
[07:54] Shin
    Lieutenant Colonel.
[07:55] (Flashback) Grethe
    Yes. I just saw them.
[07:57] (Flashback) Grethe
    They've come to block our path.
[07:59] Shin
    Can we dodge them?
[08:00] (Flashback) Grethe
    Not easily.
[08:02] (Flashback) Grethe
    I told you.
    Turning's not this baby's thing.
[08:05] (Flashback) Grethe
    I'll handle them.
[08:08] (Flashback) Grethe
    Don't worry. Just head for the Morpho.
[08:10] Raiden
    How?
[08:12] (Flashback) Grethe
    I was hoping I could land
    before you got off, but...
[08:16] (Flashback) Grethe
    May the speed of the gods protect us!
[08:35] (Flashback) Officers
    We've lost contact with the Nachzehrer!
[08:38] (Flashback) Officers
    The task force is currently in combat
    with the Morpho's defenders
[08:42] (Flashback) Officers
    and is approaching the target.
[08:44] Anju
    Hey, are they leading us somewhere?
[08:46] Bernhardt
    Well, Commander?
[08:48] Raiden
    With this many around us,
    Shin's ears alone can't help.
[08:52] Kurena
    We'll just have to keep going!
[08:56] Raiden
    When we made it
    past the endless hordes of foes,
[08:59] Raiden
    we finally saw our target:
    the Morpho.
[09:05] Raiden
    That's it?
[09:07] Theo
    It's that big?
[09:09] Anju
    The Morpho's kind of like a millipede.
[09:11] Kurena
    More like a centipede?
[09:14] Kurena
    It's got long legs,
    and it's kind of squirming around.
[09:16] Theo
    It doesn't matter.
[09:18] Theo
    It's disgusting either way.
[09:19] Shin
    Læraðr HQ, we've sighted the enemy near the
    high-speed train terminal at Kreutzbek City.
[09:24] Shin
    It doesn't seem
    to have finished its repairs.
[09:26] Shin
    We will now begin combat.
[09:33] (Flashback) Kurena
    It moved!
[09:36] Kiri
    I'll kill you! I'll kill you!
[09:39] Kiri
    I'll kill you! I'll kill you!
[09:40] Raiden
    When we got close, the Morpho,
    which we thought was undergoing repairs,
[09:41] Kiri
    I'll kill you! I'll kill you!
[09:44] Kiri
    I'll kill you! I'll kill you!
[09:45] Raiden
    suddenly began to move.
[09:59] Kiri
    I'll kill you! I'll kill you!
[10:03] Kurena
    It's fixed?
[10:04] Theo
    What do we do?
[10:05] Berhardt
    Commander!
[10:06] Kiri
    I'll kill you! I'll kill you!
[10:09] Kiri
    I'll...
[10:12] Raiden
    We were all caught off guard
    by this unexpected development. And then...
[10:18] Frederica
    Get back, Shinei!
[10:19] Frederica
    What you're seeing isn't Kiri!
[10:22] Kiri
    I'll kill you!
[10:24] Kiri
    I'll kill you all!
[10:31] Shin
    Everyone, retreat! Now!
[10:33] Raiden
    What's wrong?
[10:34] Shin
    I'll explain later!
[10:35] Raiden
    Roger!
[11:05] (Flashback) Kiri
    That mark...
[11:07] (Flashback) Kiri
    It belongs to the Nouzen clan.
[11:11] (Flashback) Kiri
    Follow me, Baleygr.
[11:14] (Flashback) Kiri
    You're like me.
[11:15] (Flashback) Kiri
    You have no place,
    except on the battlefield...
[11:20] Raiden
    The massive Morpho was a threat
    to every nation in the world.
[11:24] Raiden
    Inside it was Kiriya Nouzen,
    Frederica's former bodyguard.
[11:30] Raiden
    He'd lost his home and family
    during the war
[11:34] Raiden
    and dedicated everything he had
    to protecting Frederica.
[11:37] Raiden
    When he lost the one thing
    keeping him going, the Legion took him.
[11:44] (Flashback) Kiri
    I'll teach you...
[11:46] (Flashback) Kiri
    I'll make it so you're all alone.
[11:52] Raiden
    We somehow managed
    to survive the railgun blast
[11:56] Raiden
    and began our pursuit of the Morpho,
    and Kiriya, once more.
[11:59] Raiden
    But as the battle grew closer,
    Shin's behavior only grew stranger.
[12:05] (Flashback) Raiden
    Don't think you can keep everybody
     else alive by doing this.
[12:10] (Flashback) Raiden
    Why did you kill your brother?
[12:12] (Flashback) Raiden
    Wasn't it so you could keep going forward?
[12:15] (Flashback) Raiden
    You didn't survive all that
    just to kill your brother, did you?
[12:18] (Flashback) Raiden
    Don't misunderstand that!
[12:23] (Flashback) Shin
    Then...
[12:26] (Flashback) Shin
    Then why...
[12:32] Raiden
    Frederica lost the Giad Empire,
[12:35] Raiden
    and the knight she looked up to
    as an older brother was stolen by the Legion.
[12:38] Raiden
    She decided that the reason
    she would be allowed to live
[12:42] Raiden
    was to be able to release him herself.
[12:45] Raiden
    Seeing Frederica in the same state
[12:47] Raiden
    as himself gradually began
    to have an effect on Shin's heart,
[12:51] Raiden
    after spending so much time
    averting his eyes from the past, and his fear.
[12:54] (Flashback) Frederica
    But last fall was fun, wasn't it?
[12:59] (Flashback) Frederica
    When you left the eighty-six districts.
[13:01] (Flashback) Frederica
    It was the first time you were able
    to decide everything for yourself—
[13:04] (Flashback) Frederica
    the first time you had freedom, right?
[13:09] (Flashback) Shin
    It was fun.
[13:11] (Flashback) Shin
    Because I thought it would be over soon.
[13:13] (Flashback) Shin
    I thought we'd die without anyone
    ever knowing what happened to us.
[13:17] (Flashback) Shin
    But we survived, unfortunately...
[13:20] (Flashback) Shin
    I was supposed to die.
[13:23] (Flashback) Shin
    The future is too long
    for someone like me.
[13:28] (Flashback) Shin
    I'm the only one of us
    who still isn't truly alive.
[13:33] (Flashback) Shin
    I'm just the Reaper.
[13:37] (Flashback) Shin
    And the ones who call me that
    will someday go on ahead...
[13:43] (Flashback) Shin
    and leave me behind.
[13:53] Raiden
    Forty-eight hours after the mission began,
[13:55] Raiden
    the damage and attrition
    to our unit was heavy,
[13:57] Raiden
    and our fuel was running out.
[13:59] Raiden
    But we wouldn't get another chance
    at this mission.
[14:01] Raiden
    We had to find the Morpho and kill it.
[14:05] Raiden
    But...
[14:06] Anju
    How much longer until the Morpho?
[14:08] (Flashback) Shin
    15K as the crow flies.
[14:10] (Flashback) Shin
    It moved a little and stopped.
[14:13] Shin
    I don't know why, but we'll use
    this opportunity to get close.
[14:17] (Flashback) Frederica
    It seems to be after something.
[14:20] (Flashback) Theo
    Below! They're firing!
[14:24] Theo
    Anju!
[14:25] (Flashback) Kurena
    Anju!
[14:26] Kurena
    Anju!
[14:28] (Flashback) Anju
    But... sorry. I don't think
    I can climb back up.
[14:30] (Flashback) Anju
    I'll handle them.
[14:33] (Flashback) Anju
    You guys go.
[14:34] Raiden
    The Legion forces blocked our progress
    and split us up.
[14:38] Shin
    We shook them off, but another group
     is trying to block our path.
[14:42] (Flashback) Theo
    They'll get in our way when
    we're fighting the Morpho, won't they?
[14:47] (Flashback) Theo
    So I'll be a decoy here.
[14:49] Theo
    I'll be as careful as I can. Hang in there.
[14:56] Kurena
    Go on, quick!
[14:57] Kurena
    I can provide more support from here,
    because it's easier to see.
[15:00] Kurena
    Get close while his attacks
    aren't concentrated!
[15:03] Kurena
    Go!
[15:06] Raiden
    Kurena!
[15:07] Raiden
    One by one, our comrades left us behind
    to delay the enemy.
[15:17] Frederica
    Raiden!
[15:18] (Flashback) Shin
    What's wrong?
[15:19] (Flashback) Raiden
    It won't kill me.
[15:21] (Flashback) Raiden
    But... sorry.
[15:23] (Flashback) Raiden
    I'm out of the game now, too.
[15:27] Raiden
    Don't die.
[15:29] Shin
    Sure.
[15:32] Raiden
    And then it was just Shin,
    heading toward the Morpho alone...
[15:37] Shin
    Fido.
[15:39] (Flashback) Frederica
    What's wrong?
[15:43] (Flashback) Frederica
    What are you doing?
[15:45] Shin
    You're staying here.
[15:48] Shin
    Fido will stay and hide.
[15:50] (Flashback) Frederica
    Shinei!
[15:51] Shin
    If something happens to me,
    take Frederica back to base.
[15:55] Shin
    Don't worry about recovering the others.
[15:58] Shin
    Get her back to the Federacy.
[16:01] (Flashback) Shin
    Open up, Fido!
[16:02] (Flashback) Shin
    I need to tell that idiot directly.
[16:03] Shin
    Frederica.
[16:05] (Flashback) Shin
    You're scared to lose him,
    but you want to save him anyway, right?
[16:09] (Flashback) Shin
    Your knight.
[16:14] Shin
    Survive, so you can do that.
[16:22] (Flashback) Kiri
    I knew you'd come.
[16:25] (Flashback) Kiri
    I can't wait to rip you apart!
[16:29] (Flashback) Kiri
    Now, come to me!
[16:32] (Flashback) Kiri
    Come! Come!
[16:33] (Flashback) Kiri
    Come! Come!
[16:49] (Flashback) Kiri
    Incredible moves...
[16:59] (Flashback) Kiri
    Just as I was hoping for!
[17:02] (Flashback) Shin
    I'm still too far away?
[17:04] Kiri
    I'll kill you! I'll kill you! I'll kill you!
[17:11] (Flashback) Shin
    When I'm fighting,
    I can forget everything.
[17:15] (Flashback) Shin
    Yeah. It's nice and peaceful.
[17:19] (Flashback) Kiri
    Yes, you have to get close
    to pierce my armor with those tiny guns.
[17:25] (Flashback) Kiri
    But don't you think
    you're being a little reckless?
[17:31] (Flashback) Frederica
    No, Shinei!
[17:32] Frederica
    Don't get close to him!
[17:34] Frederica
    Kiri was just like you!
    Close combat was his specialty!
[17:48] Raiden
    After a flurry of attacks
    at unimaginable speed,
[17:51] Raiden
    Shin's Reginleif was no longer
    capable of fighting.
[17:54] (Flashback) Shin
    One round left.
[17:56] (Flashback) Shin
    Engines at their limit.
[17:59] (Flashback) Shin
    Wingmen all down.
[18:01] (Flashback) Shin
    I'm all that's left.
[18:03] (Flashback) Shin
    The enemy is unharmed.
[18:05] (Flashback) Shin
    Enemy main guns and subweapons
    are still functional.
[18:10] (Flashback) Shin
    This may be... the end, yeah.
[18:17] Anju
    Go, everyone.
[18:18] Theo
    I'll leave it to you.
[18:19] Kurena
    I'm on it.
[18:20] Raiden
    Don't die.
[18:22] Lena
    I won't forget!
[18:24] Raiden
    Shin himself probably didn't think
    he could win. And then...
[18:52] (Flashback) Shin
    While you still can, huh?
[18:56] (Flashback) Kiri
    You're still interfering?
[19:01] (Flashback) Kiri
    Don't you dare!
[19:29] (Flashback) Shin
    You won't let me get close,
    no matter what, huh?
[19:32] Lena? Grethe?
    Attention unknown pilot!
    If you can hear me, fall back!
[19:56] (Flashback) Kiri
    I'll kill you! I'll kill you!
[20:00] (Flashback) Kiri
    I can fight!
[20:02] (Flashback) Kiri
    Pierce me with a hail of bullets,
    rip my body apart, and I can still fight!
[20:07] (Flashback) Kiri
    Maybe I'll die here, but...
[20:10] (Flashback) Kiri
    But I can still kill them all!
[20:19] (Flashback) Frederica
    Fool!
[20:24] (Flashback) Frederica
    Have you forgotten your master's face,
[20:28] (Flashback) Frederica
    Kiriya Nouzen?
[20:30] (Flashback) Kiri
    Princess...
[20:34] Frederica
    Stop fighting, Kiri!
[20:37] Frederica
    You have no reason to fight!
[20:40] (Flashback) Kiri
    Princess, what are you saying?
[20:43] (Flashback) Frederica
    What's wrong, my knight?
[20:45] (Flashback) Frederica
    Come on. Save me.
[20:47] (Flashback) Kiri
    Princess! What are you doing, Princess?
[20:50] (Flashback) Kiri
    Princess! Princess!
[20:53] (Flashback) Kiri
    We finally meet again, and you...
[20:57] (Flashback) Frederica
    Kiri!
[20:58] (Flashback) Kiri
    Princess...
[21:00] (Flashback) Kiri
    Princess!
[21:03] Lena
    Now!
[21:20] Shin
    Frederica.
[21:22] Shin
    Where is your knight?
[21:26] (Flashback) Frederica
    Kiri is...
[21:30] (Flashback) Frederica
    Behind the main gun.
[21:32] (Flashback) Frederica
    Between the first pair of wings!
[21:36] Raiden
    Frederica was once afraid
    of losing Kiriya.
[21:40] Raiden
    But when she said the words
    to free her knight from the endless battlefield,
[21:43] Raiden
    there was no uncertainty
    in her voice.
[22:02] Raiden
    Kiriya Nouzen became part of the Legion
[22:05] Raiden
    at the end of his battles
    to protect the young Frederica.
[22:10] Raiden
    What was left of his soul was now
    about to be released from the battlefield,
[22:15] Raiden
    by none other than her hand.
[22:21] Raiden
    Frederica had made killing Kiriya
    her reason for living.
[22:26] Raiden
    With her wish fulfilled,
    what would she see in her future?
[22:32] Raiden
    And first killing his brother Rei,
    and now Kiriya, Frederica's knight,
[22:39] Raiden
    Shin had made releasing them
    from the battlefield his reason for living.
[22:45] Raiden
    With that reason fading away,
[22:47] Raiden
    what would he feel now
    that the battle was over?
[22:52] Raiden
    Would he find something to keep him
    connected to this world?
[22:58] (Flashback) Frederica
    Farewell.
[23:36] Shin
    "Shin."