# E21.5 -
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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."