2 - A Wish for Carnations

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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.