E25 - Hokuriku Frontline (Part 2)

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[00:15] ---
    I guess that's it for you.
[00:16] ---
    Gashin!
[00:17] ---
    My princess!
[00:24] ---
    How disappointing.
[00:38] ---
    Phew, just in the nick of time.
[00:40] ---
    I'm glad we weren't too late.
[00:42] ---
    Kei! Nayuta!
[00:44] ---
    Gashin and Shion sent us.
[00:46] ---
    "Go help those two out," they said.
[00:48] ---
    Of course, we also have to
    support our partners,
[00:51] ---
    so we can't give you our full attention,
[00:52] ---
    but we can still allocate a lot of
    resources to this fight.
[00:56] ---
    It'd be more than enough to back Gai up,
    who's completely exhausted.
[01:00] ---
    I was just taking a nap!
[01:02] ---
    Keep telling yourself that.
[01:03] ---
    You can't be too tired
    if you can back talk.
[01:06] ---
    Thanks.
[01:08] ---
    Okay, let's work together
    to take him down!
[01:10] ---
    Yeah!
[01:27] ---
    "AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline"
[02:42] ---
    "Episode 25: Hokuriku Frontline (Part 2)"
[02:53] ---
    The advance guards are defeated!
    They're breaking through!
[02:56] ---
    We've deployed
    unmanned reinforcement units.
[02:59] ---
    I'm transferring the command to you now.
[03:02] ---
    Good timing, Dahlia.
[03:03] ---
    This is exactly why you're
    my second-in-command.
[03:06] ---
    Thank you.
[03:07] ---
    Watch out for the left flank.
[03:08] ---
    The enemy units should be
    making contact soon.
[03:12] ---
    Nothing gets past him...
[03:14] ---
    Deploy units to the left flank and engage!
[03:23] ---
    I never thought assessing the situation
    would take me this long without Kei.
[03:27] ---
    It proves just how dependent I was!
[03:29] ---
    But we're all in the same boat,
    so no complaining!
[03:34] ---
    All frontlines are still
    being pushed back.
[03:36] ---
    Oceanian teams 5 and 8 have fallen back.
[03:38] ---
    Asian defense team 2
    is requesting support!
[03:41] ---
    Our number of units deployed
    are down almost 15%.
[03:47] ---
    You'll need to make a decision,
    with the worst-case scenario in mind.
[03:52] ---
    Do we keep going, or...?
[03:58] ---
    I've pushed out so many upgrades,
    but I still can't keep up with them.
[04:03] ---
    Those Tactical AIs based off of Ghost...
[04:06] ---
    They're constantly outperforming
    our calculations... How can we...?
[04:12] ---
    Ghost?
[04:40] ---
    They have the advantage
    in terms of speed and power!
[04:43] ---
    The damage to the pilot
    is less than my own.
[04:47] ---
    And for some reason,
    their reaction speed has increased!
[04:51] ---
    Which means the conditions are the same!
[04:52] ---
    That's what I'm talking about!
[04:55] ---
    Northeast teams 4 and 7
    have defeated the enemy troops.
[04:58] ---
    Teams 16 through 18
    have started advancing forward.
[05:00] ---
    Brad Watt's unit is engaging the original
    hand-to-hand combat type AMAIM.
[05:05] ---
    --Looking good.
    --Sir.
[05:07] ---
    But your son, Captain Brad Watt,
    seems to be fooling around a little bit.
[05:14] ---
    Why would he only take on the original
    AMAIM with such a high-performing unit?
[05:18] ---
    Because it's the original AMAIM.
[05:19] ---
    That unit is the only thing
    that can take it on.
[05:24] ---
    Hence the unit development
    and AI research.
[05:29] ---
    You have a point. I can't complain since
    you have the results to show for it.
[05:35] ---
    It seems the next-gen unit development
    will go according to your proposal.
[05:41] ---
    We've already started preparations.
[05:45] ---
    It looks like Brad's having a tough time.
[05:48] ---
    No matter. He seemed to be
    snooping around my business.
[05:53] ---
    If this goes on, they'll likely
    take each other down.
[05:58] ---
    If I can silence Brad while also
    defeating the original AMAIM,
[06:03] ---
    the tide will turn
    towards us in a big way.
[06:08] ---
    And even if we lose, he'll take the blame.
[06:11] ---
    I have nothing to lose.
[06:18] ---
    You're pretty persistent, aren't you?
[06:21] ---
    Chasing me all the way here.
[06:24] ---
    I made a promise to my team
    in front of their graves!
[06:26] ---
    That I'll make sure you pay for your sins!
[06:28] ---
    The foreign special forces unit is nothing
    more than a ragtag team, Captain Dialo.
[06:35] ---
    If you, our lieutenant,
    didn't sell us out, they'd still be alive!
[06:39] ---
    Not only did you sell intel to the enemy,
[06:41] ---
    but you also stole our supplies
    and made a profit off of it!
[06:44] ---
    That's how you got to where you are now!
[06:46] ---
    Soldiers and mercenaries make money
    by putting their lives on the line.
[06:51] ---
    That's why I exchanged their lives
    for money. What's so wrong with that?
[06:56] ---
    I'll never forgive you...!
[06:58] ---
    Then, let's cut the chitchat
    and get on with it.
[07:02] ---
    German!
[07:03] ---
    You're so easy to rile up...
[07:13] ---
    That's what makes you easy to manipulate.
[07:21] ---
    People like you deserve to be
    on the ground like this
[07:26] ---
    and die pathetically.
[07:33] ---
    Chief! Chief!
[07:36] ---
    Hey, Chief! We got the combat data
    from recovered units and...
[07:42] ---
    I'm such an idiot!
[07:44] ---
    I was too focused on trying to
    solve the problem, but...
[07:47] ---
    If they've based their AIs off of Ghost,
    we can follow suit!
[07:51] ---
    Chief...
[07:53] ---
    With a tactical AI
    based off of their program...
[07:58] ---
    Please work!
[08:17] ---
    The unmanned units' behavior has changed!
[08:20] ---
    This is...
[08:25] ---
    An I-LeS based tactical AI...
[08:29] ---
    I was hoping to see that lion dog,
    but I suppose that's asking too much.
[08:36] ---
    But the performance is excellent!
[08:39] ---
    Let's go! It's our turn now!
[08:41] ---
    Eurasia attack team 1
    has defeated the enemy troops!
[08:43] ---
    Friendly units are taking less hits!
[08:45] ---
    Various areas are
    pushing back the frontlines!
[08:47] ---
    What's going on?
[08:54] ---
    It seems your friends
    are making a comeback.
[08:59] ---
    Man, they really are stubborn.
    Is it worth all this trouble?
[09:02] ---
    Of course it is!
[09:03] ---
    Why is that?
[09:04] ---
    So we can get Japan back!
[09:06] ---
    Why else?!
[09:08] ---
    Is this channel open?
[09:12] ---
    A place where we can live safely as
    Japanese people without being afraid...
[09:16] ---
    That's what we're fighting for!
[09:18] ---
    That's just greed!
[09:24] ---
    We all have it.
[09:27] ---
    Some want money, some want happiness.
[09:31] ---
    And this AMAIM is what I want!
[09:35] ---
    There are those who seek power,
[09:38] ---
    those who seek wealth...
[09:40] ---
    But I seek violence!
[09:45] ---
    Look around you!
[09:47] ---
    The unmanned units are the stars of
    this show, mercilessly taking lives.
[09:51] ---
    They feel no pain!
[09:54] ---
    To protect our soldiers' lives, they shoot
    at the enemy from a safe distance.
[09:59] ---
    It's an ugly world!
[10:01] ---
    That's why I'm going to destroy it,
    using this AMAIM!
[10:05] ---
    This war will put on a good show!
[10:08] ---
    That's the reason why you took Ghost?!
    Attacked TRYVECTA?!
[10:12] ---
    I'll be number one, and for that, I don't
    care if Japan, or the world collapses!
[10:19] ---
    What in the world is he
    yapping about on-air?
[10:30] ---
    I'd ask what your last words are,
    but my hearing's shot from just now.
[10:35] ---
    Not that there's a need to hear it.
[10:44] ---
    When we soldiers die,
    we just become body counts in war.
[10:50] ---
    How could you say that...?
[10:52] ---
    It's the same for the population,
    birth rates, and death rates!
[10:55] ---
    They're just numbers!
[10:57] ---
    The will of an individual doesn't matter!
[11:01] ---
    You're wrong! I changed when I met Gai!
[11:07] ---
    Amou...
[11:08] ---
    We went to different places,
[11:09] ---
    and met different people.
[11:11] ---
    Warm people, kind people,
    each one of them living their lives.
[11:16] ---
    I have comrades, I made friends,
    and it made me happy.
[11:21] ---
    Amou...
[11:22] ---
    I just want everyone to be happy!
[11:26] ---
    Amou...
[11:29] ---
    Isn't it the same for you guys?!
[11:32] ---
    Gai was always by my side.
[11:36] ---
    When I was happy...
[11:38] ---
    ...and when I was sad!
[11:43] ---
    Gai was happy with me and
    suffered through the pain with me.
[11:46] ---
    Gai comforted me so many times!
[11:52] ---
    We aren't just numbers!
[11:54] ---
    Gai was right there by my side!
[11:56] ---
    But that's how the world is!
[11:59] ---
    But then...
[12:01] ---
    Then the AIs are
    more human than we are!
[12:12] ---
    Stop this nonsense from airing, now!
[12:17] ---
    I'm sorry to bother you,
    Deputy Commander Spears.
[12:21] ---
    I'm with the Public Safety Department.
[12:23] ---
    Energy levels are low, output's down
    by 35%, rerouting now.
[12:28] ---
    The armor's reaching its limit, too!
    We can maybe take one more hit.
[12:33] ---
    Let's do our special move, Gai!
[12:36] ---
    We'll put everything we've got
    into this attack.
[12:39] ---
    And it only accepts audio input.
[12:44] ---
    Jeez, twist my arm, why don't you?
[12:50] ---
    Let's do it, Amou!
[12:52] ---
    Yeah!
[12:53] ---
    Go!
[13:00] ---
    Bardiche Breaker!
[13:22] ---
    Looks like this is it.
[13:25] ---
    Your technology is
    too far advanced, Ghost.
[13:29] ---
    Your time ends here, with me.
[13:32] ---
    I'm gonna take you down with me.
    I don't wanna hear you complain.
[13:53] ---
    We did it... We did it, Gai!
[13:59] ---
    Gai...?
[14:09] ---
    Gai?!
[14:12] ---
    This is a joke, right?
[14:15] ---
    Gai...
[14:35] ---
    No...
[14:39] ---
    Gai...
[14:53] ---
    Gai!
[15:10] ---
    It's only been a week since the battle,
    and life is back to normal already.
[15:14] ---
    That's just how things work. Look.
[15:19] ---
    The NAC and NJCO have started
    their peace negotiations.
[15:24] ---
    They still need to iron out
    the details, but...
[15:27] ---
    After this ordeal, Commander in Chief
    Edgar Freeman has resigned.
[15:31] ---
    With all that's happened, I don't think
    there was any other way.
[15:35] ---
    Anyway, I'm surprised you accepted.
[15:37] ---
    The supervisory position?
[15:39] ---
    I thought you wanted to
    return to your home country.
[15:42] ---
    I've grown attached to the NJCO.
[15:45] ---
    Besides, this may come as a surprise,
    but I love Japanese saké and shochu.
[16:02] ---
    Second Lieutenant...
[16:04] ---
    So this was your driving motivation.
[16:09] ---
    Deputy Commander Spears' breach of trust
    and misuse of military funds.
[16:14] ---
    The "other arrested party" mentioned
    in this article is German, isn't it?
[16:20] ---
    I only became aware of my father's
    wrongdoing some time ago.
[16:25] ---
    I was torn about what to do...
[16:29] ---
    But I couldn't let him get away with it,
    because we're family.
[16:34] ---
    I started working with
    the Public Safety Department early on.
[16:38] ---
    They gave me the intel about
    Congressman Roy Walker and Pike Davis.
[16:43] ---
    That's why you threatened them.
[16:46] ---
    I had a hunch there was going to be
    an assassination attempt
[16:49] ---
    in order to force
    the congressmen into submission.
[16:52] ---
    A sniper would take the shot,
    but it wouldn't be a kill-shot.
[16:56] ---
    I used the war he wanted
    to start against him
[17:00] ---
    to drive him into a corner.
[17:04] ---
    He's bound to make a mistake during
    a large-scale mission like that.
[17:07] ---
    I know I'm terrible...
    I could've stopped the whole thing.
[17:11] ---
    The Deputy Commander had already
    completed his behind-the-scenes work.
[17:15] ---
    You couldn't have stopped him alone.
[17:17] ---
    Still, there were casualties.
[17:21] ---
    That's why you wanted to die with Ghost?
[17:28] ---
    Why did you take me off your team?
[17:30] ---
    I wasn't sure what the charges would be,
[17:34] ---
    and I didn't want to get you involved.
[17:37] ---
    Ray and Charlie knew what they
    were getting themselves into.
[17:42] ---
    Stop, you're gonna pop my stitches out.
[17:48] ---
    I'm part of the team!
[17:50] ---
    You should trust me a little more.
[17:54] ---
    I'm sorry...
[17:57] ---
    Engineer Ory explained that
[18:00] ---
    you're alive because the ejection mechanism
    was triggered before the explosion.
[18:06] ---
    Based on the combat data
    they managed to retrieve,
[18:10] ---
    it looks like it was Ghost
    that activated it.
[18:18] ---
    I see.
[18:25] ---
    I'm glad you're alive.
[18:34] ---
    Thank you, for not killing German.
[18:38] ---
    Now we can get all our answers.
[18:41] ---
    I don't think he's
    going to talk willfully.
[18:47] ---
    There was this man...
[18:50] ---
    His parents went to war zones.
[18:53] ---
    They were good doctors
    that treated everyone,
[18:56] ---
    regardless of their race or origin.
[18:58] ---
    But one day, they were killed
[19:01] ---
    by a soldier they had treated just a few
    days ago, for treating an enemy soldier.
[19:07] ---
    Ever since then, he loathed
    soldiers and mercenaries,
[19:11] ---
    for killing his parents.
[19:13] ---
    Is that...?
[19:18] ---
    What will you do now?
[19:20] ---
    The NJCO has hired TRYVECTA
    as an AI development organization,
[19:25] ---
    so I'm thinking about settling down here.
[19:28] ---
    What about you, Mr. Dialo?
[19:29] ---
    I'm going back to HQ.
    My field days are over.
[19:33] ---
    All this action is bad for my back.
[19:35] ---
    Oh, please!
[19:38] ---
    Thank you.
[19:41] ---
    Right back at you!
[19:54] ---
    Is that for Gashin's father
    and Lieutenant Masaki?
[19:58] ---
    Yes. I finally have good news for them.
[20:03] ---
    Yeah...
[20:05] ---
    We're counting on you.
    You're our new maintenance chief.
[20:09] ---
    I won't let you down!
[20:11] ---
    Besides, Ms. Misuzu is still with us
    as the maintenance manager!
[20:14] ---
    Worst case, we can ask
    Ms. Misuzu to check our work!
[20:18] ---
    Seriously?
[20:21] ---
    I'm staying here.
[20:23] ---
    Sure, we got Japan back,
    but only a part.
[20:27] ---
    Not the entire country.
[20:28] ---
    The Japanese government
    is still with the NAC.
[20:31] ---
    We asked them to join us, but they won't
    give us a straight answer. Pathetic.
[20:36] ---
    I'm going back to my hometown.
[20:38] ---
    I'll stay on as a member of NJCO,
[20:41] ---
    but I can't bring back
    Himeno ware soon enough.
[20:45] ---
    I'll be with you
    wherever you go, my princess.
[20:48] ---
    Thanks.
[20:51] ---
    You're really going?
[20:53] ---
    Yeah. I promised Gai
    that we'd travel together.
[21:02] ---
    Misuzu said that the AI unit retrieved
    was damaged severely.
[21:07] ---
    She was only able to
    recover the logic program.
[21:10] ---
    It's installed in your phone.
[21:13] ---
    She couldn't recover the memory data,
    so it's like a new born baby.
[21:18] ---
    Don't worry, leave the unit repair
    to the professionals.
[21:22] ---
    We'll help them, too!
[21:23] ---
    I'm sorry that I--
[21:25] ---
    Don't be sorry.
[21:26] ---
    Ah, right. Thanks.
[21:30] ---
    I'm going to start making
    new memories with Gai again.
[21:41] ---
    Good morning, Amou.
[21:43] ---
    G-Good morning.
[21:46] ---
    Today's the day. You take care, now.
[21:49] ---
    I will. Thank you.
[21:52] ---
    I'll see you later.
[22:03] ---
    Hey, good morning, Gai.
[22:07] ---
    Ga... i?
[22:09] ---
    Yup. That's your name.
[22:13] ---
    I'm Shiiba Amou. Nice to meet you.
[22:17] ---
    A... mo... u?
[22:21] ---
    
[22:23] ---
    
[23:55] ---
    "Thanks for watching!"