# 2 - A Wish for Carnations
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G3KHEVDDD/aquarion-myth-of-emotions)
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***SIGN*** AQUARION
**[01:33] Rimiya**
This is...
**[01:34] Toshi**
a robot, right?
**[01:36] Sakko**
They never taught us about this.
**[01:41] Munakata**
The Mechanical Angel...
**[01:43] Munakata**
Aquarion.
**[01:46] Vice-Principal**
Unbelievable! Those three fused
and turned into Aquarion?
**[01:51] Saruta**
That mysterious agency
with the Vector Machines
**[01:54] Saruta**
must have been working toward this!
**[01:59] Toshi**
Here it comes!
**[02:00] Sakko**
Okay.
**[02:02] Sakko**
Take this!
**[02:05] Rimiya**
You got it!
**[02:07] Munakata**
It seems that the Vector Siegel pilot,
Otori-kun, is controlling it right now.
**[02:12] Sayo**
No, the three of them are
controlling it together.
**[02:17] Rimiya**
Now's our chance!
**[02:18] Sakko**
Yeah!
**[02:20] Rimiya**
Yes! A double punch!
**[02:21] Toshi**
I'm here, too.
**[02:22] Sakko**
Yeah!
**[02:23] Rimiya**
Let's back off.
**[02:26] Sakko**
Or make it think we are!
**[02:27] Toshi**
And then a triple kick!
**[02:29] All three**
Aquarion, triple kick!
**[02:33] Sakko**
Oh! Hey, come back here!
**[02:35] Munakata**
Don't go after it!
**[02:37] Sakko**
Ugh.
**[02:37] Toshi & Rimiya**
Phew.
**[02:42] Seri**
Did you see those things fly off?
**[02:44] Yura**
They're probably the Space
Preservation Agency's new mecha units.
**[02:46] Momohime**
I guess Enoshima really is a
Preservation Agency base.
**[02:51] Momohime**
Oh.
**[02:51] Seri & Yura**
Huh?
**[02:53] Momohime**
They came back.
**[03:02] Sakko**
What is this place?
**[03:05] Sayo**
Guys!
**[03:09] Sayo**
I'm so glad that you're all safe!
**[03:12] Toshi**
Mm-hmm.
**[03:14] Rimiya**
Sensei, what is this place?
**[03:17] Saruta**
It's the Space Preservation
Agency's Enoshima base.
**[03:21] Toshi**
So those rumors about a
secret base were true.
**[03:24] Munakata**
And this is the organic
quantum computer, DEAVA.
**[03:29] Munakata**
She's the one who chose you as Elements.
**[03:32] Sayo**
DEAVA... like a god.
**[03:35] Principal**
I think you know by now, but the reason you
were chosen was to fight those things.
**[03:40] Rimiya**
Aquarion.
**[03:42] Rimiya**
Oh, right. I heard a voice.
**[03:44] Sakko**
What the heck is that thing anyway?
**[03:46] Munakata**
A legendary Mechanical Angel that is said
to have knowledge of heaven and earth.
**[03:50] Sayo**
Knowledge of heaven and earth...
**[03:52] Saruta**
It is the ultimate weapon that
we have been searching for.
**[03:58] Principal**
We want to use Aquarion's powers to
protect our universe with your help.
**[04:06] Toshi**
So what are you gonna do?
**[04:08] Rimiya**
About what?
**[04:09] Toshi**
Piloting Aquarion or not.
**[04:11] Toshi**
Munakata-sensei said we have
to decide by ourselves.
**[04:16] Sakko**
They always use the same trick.
**[04:18] Sakko**
That make it our responsibility.
Like, "You're the one who chose to do this."
**[04:21] Toshi**
Huh?
**[04:23] Sakko**
Because we were in primary school.
**[04:25] Rimiya**
Oh, the scout class.
**[04:26] Toshi**
But doesn't everyone want to
get into the elite class?
**[04:30] Sakko**
In our case, we were sold off.
By our parents.
**[04:34] Rimiya**
Huh?
**[04:35] Sakko**
Well, at least that's what I always thought.
**[04:39] Sakko**
When I was a kid, I took some kind
of national test in preschool.
**[04:44] Sakko**
I guess I got a pretty good score.
**[04:47] Sakko**
And then some people in
suits came to see me.
**[04:51] Sakko**
They said something about gathering
all the high-scoring kids
**[04:53] Sakko**
and having them participate in an
experimental education program.
**[04:58] Sakko**
At first, there were maybe thirty of us.
**[05:01] Sakko**
They put us in a place that looked like a hospital
and made us do all sorts of experiments.
**[05:05] Sakko**
Soon kids dropped out.
First one, then another.
**[05:09] Sakko**
I don't know what their standards were,
**[05:11] Sakko**
but Sayo and I were among
the kids that remained.
**[05:15] Sakko**
Momohime was there too,
one year older than us.
**[05:17] Toshi**
Momohime-sama? I'm so jelly.
**[05:21] Sakko**
They kept this quiet, but some
kids who dropped out ended up,
**[05:24] Sakko**
I don't know, kind of broken or something.
**[05:27] Rimiya**
What do you mean? What was broken?
**[05:30] Sakko**
Their hearts.
**[05:31] Sakko**
Anyway, that's when I stopped trusting them.
**[05:36] Sakko**
Schools and teachers, I mean.
**[05:38] Rimiya**
And started getting in trouble
for bad behavior, huh.
**[05:41] Toshi**
Rimiya-kun, you don't need to be so blunt.
**[05:43] Rimiya**
Then are you going to quit
being an Element, Sakko?
**[05:46] Sakko**
Look, do you remember...
**[05:49] Rimiya & Toshi**
Hm?
**[05:50] Sakko**
I mean, did you feel something?
**[05:52] Sakko**
What was that?
**[05:54] Toshi**
Dunno. Kind of like a new emotion, I guess.
**[06:00] Sakko**
Sorry, I'm going home this way. See you.
**[06:02] Toshi**
Uh...
**[06:06] Momohime**
Huh?
**[06:11] Momohime**
He's at it again?
**[06:17] Saruta**
The Space Preservation Agency
has spent many years
**[06:21] Saruta**
preparing for an invasion from mythic space.
**[06:25] Munakata**
It all began with a set of clay
tablets that were discovered
**[06:28] Munakata**
in a secret archive, hidden deep
within a certain set of ruins.
**[06:31] Munakata**
These texts, known as the Naacal Tablets,
contain myths about the creation of the world
**[06:35] Munakata**
and details about ancient
super-civilizations.
**[06:38] Saruta**
That myth system was also
a kind of philosophy.
**[06:42] Saruta**
A theory of the universe.
**[06:44] Saruta**
It's just like what modern science
might call a multiverse theory.
**[06:50] Saruta**
Remember how I taught you space can be split
into two via a double-slit experiment?
**[06:55] Saruta**
Still, considering the absolute volume of
the universe, it would be more economical
**[06:59] Saruta**
to pretend that those trivial
differences don't exist.
**[07:02] Saruta**
The power of the universe to negate such
a split, almost like healing a wound,
**[07:07] Saruta**
is what we call the universe's
ability to self-correct.
**[07:11] Saruta**
The cat may be alive or dead,
**[07:14] Saruta**
but both realities can be incorporated
into the universe without contradiction.
**[07:17] Munakata**
Research into the Naacal Tablets was begun
in secret by international organizations
**[07:21] Munakata**
and predates the Space Preservation Agency.
**[07:24] Munakata**
And then, here in the
underground caverns of Enoshima,
**[07:27] Munakata**
we found wreckage of vehicles that incorporate
the power of that ancient civilization.
**[07:32] Saruta**
We were able to revive them using
the power of modern science,
**[07:36] Saruta**
but we still hadn't uncovered
their true function.
**[07:39] Munakata**
The Naacal Tablets contain a warning
**[07:43] Munakata**
to use those vehicles to prepare for an
eventual invasion from mythic space.
**[07:47] Rimiya**
Mythic space?
**[07:49] Munakata**
The realm of monsters that have
been driven out of our universe.
**[07:53] Munakata**
The universe of the Shadow Angels.
**[07:55] Saruta**
The monsters' universe, which split
off roughly 12,000 years ago,
**[08:01] Saruta**
is connected to our universe
at the quantum level.
**[08:04] Saruta**
And right now, it is trying to
fuse with our universe again.
**[08:08] Saruta**
When that happens, the differences
between the universes will cancel out,
**[08:12] Saruta**
and just as the violation of CP-symmetry
erased dark matter right after the big bang,
**[08:17] Saruta**
the larger space—even if it is only
slightly so—will eliminate the other one.
**[08:23] Saruta**
The Mythic Beasts will try
to expand their territory
**[08:27] Saruta**
in order to eliminate our universe.
**[08:31] Munakata**
Our last hope for staving off that
threat is the Mechanical Angel,
**[08:35] Munakata**
Aquarion.
**[09:02] Momohime**
Oh, Munakata-sensei.
**[09:04] Yura**
Is something up with Munakata-chi, Momo?
**[09:06] Momohime**
I don't know.
**[09:08] Seri**
What do you mean?
**[09:09] Momohime**
I don't know, but I have a feeling she knows
something about what happened to Sayo.
**[09:13] Seri**
Sayo? You mean that second-year girl you
were friends with? The one who died?
**[09:17] Momohime**
I'll go ask her.
**[09:22] Momohime**
Munakata-sensei!
**[09:23] Momohime**
Huh?
**[09:29] Saruta**
The higher-ups have been waiting.
**[09:31] Awakening Council Member 1**
We, the members of the World Awakening
Council, talked about Aquarion.
**[09:36] Principal**
It was fortunate that we discovered
the legendary Mechanical Angel.
**[09:39] Principal**
Even then, however,
**[09:40] Principal**
we were still unable
to defeat the Mythic Beast.
**[09:44] Awakening Council Member 2**
How is it that you weren't even
aware the Vector Machines
**[09:46] Awakening Council Member 2**
could fuse and become Aquarion?
**[09:49] Saruta**
When fused, the internal structure
of the Machines changes completely,
**[09:53] Saruta**
into something almost like
an organic life form.
**[09:56] Saruta**
I've never seen anything like it.
**[09:57] Principal**
When the Sun, the Moon,
and Mercury are in alignment,
**[10:00] Principal**
the melody of a new fusion
begins to resonate.
**[10:03] Principal**
It may be what the line in the
Naacal Tablets is referring to.
**[10:07] Awakening Council Member 3**
How are the Elements doing?
**[10:10] Munakata**
I was able to deliver my lectures.
**[10:12] Munakata**
I expect they're searching
their conscience right now.
**[10:15] Awakening Council Member 4**
Regarding the Elements,
**[10:17] Awakening Council Member 4**
are you certain that you have recruited
the best possible candidates?
**[10:19] Saruta**
They were chosen by DEAVA,
so there's no question.
**[10:24] Awakening Council Member 1**
The organic quantum computer we developed
**[10:27] Awakening Council Member 1**
gives oracles based on logic
that even we don't understand.
**[10:31] Principal**
But right now, it's the only thing
we have to depend on.
**[10:35] Principal**
Take care of things, you two.
**[10:38] Munakata**
Just as expected.
**[10:48] Munakata**
I'll say this one more time, but you don't
have to do this if you don't want to.
**[10:52] Munakata**
This universe might be destroyed if
you don't, but I cannot force you.
**[10:57] Munakata**
Ichiki-san?
**[10:59] Sayo**
I'll do it.
**[11:01] Sakko**
Sayo?
**[11:02] Sayo**
I always want to do whatever
I can to be helpful.
**[11:07] Sayo**
If the job is protecting all the
people of the world, I'll do it.
**[11:12] Munakata**
Hatano-kun?
**[11:13] Toshi**
Please ask me last.
**[11:16] Munakata**
Tsukishiro-kun?
**[11:17] Rimiya**
I guess I don't mind.
**[11:19] Munakata**
Okay. And you, Otori-kun?
**[11:22] Sakko**
Yeah, I'll do it.
I know I can't say no anyway.
**[11:25] Munakata**
Weren't you listening?
You are free to say no.
**[11:28] Munakata**
But still, thank you.
**[11:30] Munakata**
Finally, Hatano-kun?
**[11:32] Toshi**
If everyone else is doing it,
then I will, too.
**[11:38] Sakko**
Kind of pisses you off, right?
**[11:40] Rimiya**
Does it?
**[11:41] Toshi**
But I'm actually pretty serious.
I don't mind doing it.
**[11:46] Rimiya**
Toshi...
**[11:47] Toshi**
My mom was so excited when
I got accepted to this school.
**[11:53] Toshi**
I think you all know that
I always got the worst grades.
**[11:57] Toshi**
I was never into studying
the way everyone else was.
**[12:01] Toshi**
It just didn't stick for me.
**[12:03] Sakko**
So that's why you're always
studying like crazy.
**[12:07] Sakko**
That's gotta be a pain.
**[12:11] Toshi**
What Ichiki-san said made me
realize that I lack a heart.
**[12:17] Toshi**
But if someone like that can still protect
the world, it makes me a little happy.
**[12:23] Rimiya**
Well for me it's a little different,
Toshi, but I don't mind doing it either.
**[12:28] Rimiya**
I think I probably lack something, too.
But then when that happened,
**[12:33] Rimiya**
this feeling came over me.
**[12:36] Rimiya**
It was like the empty part
of me was being tickled.
**[12:39] Rimiya**
It was a really weird feeling.
**[12:41] Rimiya**
I just wanted to feel that way again.
**[12:45] Sakko**
Yeah, good point.
**[12:49] Rimiya**
I didn't know this could
connect to the Escar.
**[12:53] Toshi**
By the way, we forgot to
ask about Ichiki-san.
**[12:57] Rimiya**
Yeah.
**[12:58] Sakko**
Back in primary school,
Sayo and I were in the same club.
**[13:02] Rimiya**
Club?
**[13:03] Sakko**
The dismantling club.
**[13:04] Sakko**
A weird club where we took things
apart to see how they worked.
**[13:08] Sakko**
And there were only three members.
**[13:11] Sakko**
It was me, Sayo, and Momohime,
who was a year older.
**[13:14] Toshi**
Momohime-sama?
**[13:16] Sakko**
She's the one who started the club.
**[13:19] Sakko**
Sayo was a lot like me.
**[13:21] Sakko**
Ever since I was a kid,
I was never afraid of anything,
**[13:25] Sakko**
so I was always doing
really dangerous stuff.
**[13:28] Sakko**
She never thought about
her own safety either.
**[13:31] Sakko**
We were always doing risky stuff,
**[13:33] Sakko**
so Momohime basically
had to watch out for us.
**[13:36] Sakko**
We collected all this junk and took it apart.
**[13:39] Sakko**
It was a lot of fun at first,
but I started getting bored after a while.
**[13:43] (Flashback) Kid Sakko**
Hey, it's boring if we just dismantle stuff.
Let's build something with these parts.
**[13:48] (Flashback) Kid Sakko**
A robot or something!
**[13:49] (Flashback) Kid Momohime**
That sounds fun!
**[13:51] (Flashback) Kid Sayo**
Yeah!
**[13:52] Sakko**
I guess we wanted to keep it secret,
**[13:55] Sakko**
so we hid in a cave on the other side of the
island and put it together there. Then...
**[14:01] (Flashback) Kid Sakko**
Why are you putting a flower on it?
**[14:03] (Flashback) Kid Momohime**
It's a nice carnation!
**[14:05] (Flashback) Kid Sayo**
Do you remember, Momo-chan?
**[14:06] (Flashback) Kid Sayo**
A long time ago, you told me
I was like a carnation.
**[14:11] (Flashback) Kid Momohime**
Sure I do!
**[14:12] (Flashback) Kid Sayo**
In class, we had to compare ourselves to
something and I didn't know what to say.
**[14:16] (Flashback) Kid Sayo**
You whispered to me and said,
"You're like a carnation, Sayo."
**[14:20] (Flashback) Kid Momohime**
It just popped into my head.
It's my favorite flower.
**[14:24] (Flashback) Kid Sayo**
Then I started liking carnations, too.
**[14:28] (Flashback) Kid Momohime**
What should we name it?
**[14:30] (Flashback) Kid Sayo**
Churo.
**[14:31] (Flashback) Kid Sakko**
What kind of name is that?
**[14:32] (Flashback) Kid Sayo**
It's the name of a mythological warrior.
**[14:34] (Flashback) Kid Momohime**
Okay. Here we go!
**[14:37] (Flashback) Kid Momohime**
Mythic Hero Churo! Activate!
**[14:42] (Flashback) Junk Robot**
Starting. Starting. Reset.
**[14:46] (Flashback) All three**
Huh?
**[14:46] Junk Robot**
Space, fusion, annihilation!
**[14:48] (Flashback) All three**
Aah!
**[14:50] Junk Robot**
Space, fusion, annihilation!
***SIGN*** Dismantling
Safety Is Number One
**[14:54] Junk Robot**
Space, fusion, annihilation!
**[14:59] Junk Robot**
Space, fusion, annihilation!
**[15:00] (Flashback) Kid Sakko**
Hey!
**[15:02] (Flashback) Kid Momohime**
Sakko!
**[15:03] (Flashback) Kid Sayo**
Be careful!
**[15:04] Junk Robot**
Space, fusion, annihilation!
**[15:06] (Flashback) Kid Momohime**
Sayo!
**[15:08] Junk Robot**
Space, fusion, annihilation!
**[15:15] Junk Robot**
Space, fusion—
**[15:18] Sakko**
One way we were different was that although
Sayo never thought about her own safety,
**[15:23] Sakko**
when she saw someone else in danger,
she would risk her life to help them.
**[15:27] Sakko**
That night of the funeral,
I suddenly remembered it.
**[15:30] Sakko**
The carnation.
**[15:33] Sakko**
But the next day, they didn't say
anything about that on the news at all.
**[15:37] Sakko**
They said it was a random act of
violence, committed by a person.
**[15:40] Rimiya**
Huh?
**[15:42] Sakko**
The people who witnessed it didn't
remember the robot, either.
**[15:47] Sakko**
We even started to wonder if it had
all been a dream or something.
**[15:52] Sakko**
Then we dismantled the dismantling club
and the three of us slowly drifted apart.
**[15:58] Sayo**
That's the universe's ability to self-correct.
**[16:01] Sakko**
Huh?
**[16:02] Sakko**
Whoa!
**[16:03] Toshi**
She appeared again!
**[16:05] Sayo**
Hey, Sakko, do you want
to go back to that cave?
**[16:08] Sakko**
But it's off-limits after what happened.
**[16:11] Sayo**
That doesn't matter. Let's go.
**[16:29] Toshi**
What do you make of this?
**[16:31] Rimiya**
Hmm.
**[16:33] Sayo**
Look, it's still here.
**[16:36] Sayo**
I still remember.
**[16:40] Sayo**
They say the universe's ability to self-correct
can work forward and backward in time.
**[16:48] Sayo**
Even in a universe where a person's life and
death can coexist without contradiction,
**[16:53] Sayo**
if you move forward or backward enough,
you end up dead anyway, right?
**[17:00] Sayo**
Did I die?
**[17:05] Rimiya**
They said your last words were,
"I don't want to die."
**[17:08] Sakko**
Rimiya!
**[17:08] Rimiya**
Hmm?
**[17:12] Sayo**
Yeah? Thank you, Rimiya-kun.
**[17:17] Vice-Principal**
It's the crack from before!
**[17:19] Vice-Principal**
The same thing is coming out!
**[17:20] Principal**
Munakata-sensei, please contact the kids.
**[17:23] Munakata**
All right.
**[17:25] Saruta**
Thank goodness. They're right nearby.
**[17:38] Munakata**
*A Mythic Beast has appeared.*
**[17:40] Munakata**
* I need the four of you immediately.*
* I'll open a gate.*
**[17:42] All four**
Huh?
**[17:45] Rimiya**
We can go from here?
**[17:47] Munakata**
* Hurry up! You're launching with*
* the same team as last time.*
**[17:51] Sakko**
If the universe does have the
ability to correct itself,
**[17:53] Sakko**
then we can find a way
to correct your future.
**[17:55] Toshi**
He's right!
**[18:00] Sakko**
As long as you don't deploy with us,
at least you won't die.
**[18:03] Sakko**
From now on, we'll always protect you.
**[18:14] Munakata**
Vector Machines, all units take off!
**[18:18] Munakata**
*Vector Siegel, launch!*
**[18:23] Munakata**
*Vector Feoh, launch!*
**[18:28] Munakata**
*Vector Tir, launch!*
**[18:36] Sakko**
Here we go!
**[18:37] Rimiya**
Okay!
**[18:38] Toshi**
Yeah!
**[18:43] All three**
Mythic Star Fusion! Go, Aquarion!
**[18:48] Saruta**
You can't! The mana gauge hasn't
reached fusion level yet!
**[18:52] Toshi**
Whoa!
**[18:53] Rimiya**
Toshi!
**[18:54] Saruta**
He's okay. I switched him to autopilot.
**[18:58] Munakata**
But at this rate...
**[18:59] Principal**
Yeah. With his emotions shut off,
his unit won't be able to join in the attack.
**[19:05] Sayo**
Sensei!
**[19:06] Munakata**
Ichiki-san?
**[19:07] Sayo**
I'll go.
**[19:09] Munakata**
All right. Saruta-sensei, teleport her.
**[19:14] Saruta**
Okay.
**[19:19] Rimiya**
This isn't gonna work!
**[19:21] Sayo**
*Rimiya-kun, go right!*
**[19:24] Sakko**
Did you...
**[19:25] Munakata**
*Now's your chance! Unite your feelings!*
**[19:30] Saruta**
The gauge has reached
fusion level! Go for it!
**[19:33] Sakko; Sayo; Rimiya**
Mythic Star Fusion!
**[19:35] Sakko; Sayo; Rimiya**
Go, Aquarion!
**[19:53] Rimiya**
What's happening?
It wasn't like this before.
**[20:00] Sayo**
Ah, this feels so nice.
**[20:12] Sakko**
Let's go!
**[20:13] Rimiya & Sayo**
Yeah!
**[20:18] Sayo**
Don't! You're too exposed!
**[20:21] Sakko**
That was close!
I keep losing all sense of fear.
**[20:25] Sayo**
Don't worry. I'll be scared for you instead.
**[20:28] Sakko**
Sayo...
**[20:30] Rimiya**
Sakko, behind us!
**[20:34] Sayo**
No!
**[20:45] Sayo**
Sakko, now's your chance!
**[20:49] Sakko**
Sayo!
**[20:52] Sakko**
Aquarion! Infinite Despair Punch!
***SIGN*** Infinite Despair Punch
**[21:21] Sayo**
You did it, Sakko.
**[21:24] Sakko**
Sayo! Hold on!
**[21:27] Sayo**
I finally understood.
**[21:30] Sayo**
This is what it feels like
to care about yourself.
**[21:36] Sayo**
I don't... want to die.
**[21:43] Sakko**
*And in that moment, I remembered...*
**[21:49] Sakko**
*about when I went to pick that flower.*
**[21:53] (Flashback) Eri**
She was honestly kind of a
weird girl, that Ichiki-san.