6 - Arpeggio of Blue Steel

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[00:11] Tou
    Makie...
[00:14] Tou
    You were created as a puppet.
[00:17] Tou
    And yet, I came to care for you.
[00:22] Tou
    And now, you are attempting
    to form a bond with those
[00:27] Tou
    who are not human,
    the enemies of humanity.
[00:33] Tou
    How ironic.
[00:37] Tou
    Although, I don't know why,
[00:41] Tou
    I have a feeling this bond
[00:45] Tou
    that you are trying to form
    with them will change the world
[00:54] Tou
    more than the most powerful weapon.
[00:59] Tou
    Goodbye, Makie.
[01:04] Tou
    My precious daughter...
SIGN    Arpeggio of Blue Steel
SIGN    Friend
[03:11] H
    A friend...
[03:19] H
    We're surrounded.
[03:21] Kiri
    I detect heat.
[03:23] Kiri
    Are they after you and me?
[03:24] H
    No.
[03:26] (Flashback) Tou
    They had decided to discard
    her as casually as they
[03:29] (Flashback) Tou
    might an outdated computer.
[03:33] H
    Their target...
[03:35] H
    is Makie.
[03:43] Kamikage
    It's me.
[03:44] SpecOps
    We have cut off all power
    to the Osakabe residence.
[03:47] SpecOps
    We are about to move in.
[03:50] Kamikage
    Understood.
[03:51] Kamikage
    We don't know what combat power
    mental models possess on their own.
[03:55] Kamikage
    Exercise due caution.
[03:57] SpecOps
    Roger.
[03:58] Kamikage
    This operation is singularly
    focused on Osakabe Makie.
[04:02] Kamikage
    Keep that in mind.
[04:06] Kamikage
    We must prevent the
    Fog from obtaining intel
[04:09] Kamikage
    on vibration warhead
    manufacture, at all costs.
[04:14] Kiri
    I see.
[04:16] Kiri
    So they're trying to do away with
    the girl before we get the intel.
[04:21] H
    It's very likely, given that they did
    not launch an assault from the outside
[04:24] H
    and instead chose to
    infiltrate this building.
[04:26] H
    They intend to take out
    Makie without fail.
[04:29] Kiri
    They're coming straight for us.
[04:31] H
    The location of this
    room seems to be known.
[04:34] H
    We don't have much time.
[04:36] H
    Kirishima, can I leave Makie
    in your care for a while?
[04:41] Kiri
    Haruna, are you...
[04:43] H
    I'll be right back.
[04:46] Trooper
    We have arrived on the second floor.
[04:48] CO
    All right, surround the room.
[04:50] CO
    Secure Osakabe Makie, ASAP.
[04:57] Trooper
    Stay calm.
[04:59] CO
    You must be the mental model of
    the fast battleship, Haruna.
[05:02] H
    That's correct.
[05:04] CO
    Surrender without resistance.
[05:05] CO
    We will guarantee your safety.
[05:07] H
    "Surrender without resistance"?
[05:11] CO
    That's right.
[05:12] CO
    Our only goal is to dispose
    of Osakabe Makie.
[05:17] CO
    Calm down!
[05:18] CO
    It's not our intent to
    engage you in combat!
[05:22] H
    Intent?
[05:23] H
    Allow me to teach you
    what "intent" means.
[05:32] H
    This is my intent.
[05:35] CO
    We have no choice! Fire!
[05:46] CO
    What the?!
[05:47] H
    I am unhappy tonight.
[05:51] H
    Very unhappy.
[05:54] Makie
    No, Haruharu!
[06:03] H
    Makie...
[06:04] CO
    Osakabe Makie!
[06:09] Kiri
    Sorry, Haruna.
[06:11] Kiri
    I only took my eyes off her
    for a second and she...
[06:15] Makie
    Haruharu.
[06:16] H
    Hear me out, Makie.
[06:18] H
    I'm...
[06:20] Makie
    ...a mental model of the Fog.
[06:26] Makie
    So it's true.
[06:29] H
    I'm sorry.
[06:31] H
    I didn't intend to deceive you.
[06:42] H
    Makie...
[06:51] Kiri
    Hah, look at her.
[06:54] Kiri
    When she learns Haruna is of
    the Fog, she reacts like this.
[06:57] Kiri
    Well, I guess it's only natural.
[06:59] Kiri
    Humans and the Fog can
    never become friends.
[07:03] H
    Kirishima.
[07:05] Kiri
    Haruna?
[07:06] H
    I have a favor to ask.
[07:08] H
    Can you protect Makie?
[07:11] Kiri
    Huh?!
[07:12] H
    I'll distract the enemy.
[07:14] H
    Use that chance to escape
    this mansion with Makie.
[07:18] Kiri
    Are you...
[07:20] H
    We cannot put Makie in danger.
[07:24] Kiri
    Well, I suppose.
[07:26] Kiri
    We must learn how the new warhead
    is manufactured from her.
[07:30] H
    Yes.
[07:31] Kiri
    All right, leave it to me.
[07:33] H
    Thank you.
[07:41] H
    I guess this is the best I can do with
    the nanomaterials at my disposal.
[07:57] Trooper
    Osakabe Makie!
[07:59] Chopper
    Shrike Two, we have
    visual on the target!
[08:01] Chopper
    Initiating attack!
[08:14] Kongou
    So the developer of the new warhead
[08:17] Kongou
    was not Osakabe Toujuurou,
[08:19] Kongou
    but Osakabe Makie, the last Design Child.
[08:24] Kongou
    Humanity fears the prospect
    of the warhead's
[08:26] ---
    manufacturing methods
    becoming known to us,
[08:28] Kongou
    so they have decided to
    eliminate Osakabe Makie.
[08:31] Maya
    Man, that's so cruel.
[08:35] Kongou
    It appears that the new warhead is
    quite the trump card for humanity.
[08:43] Kongou
    In any case, what is Haruna thinking?
[08:46] Kongou
    Why didn't she report directly to me?
[08:50] CO
    The mental model has fled to the
    back courtyard with Osakabe Makie.
[08:54] CO
    We're going after them.
[08:55] Trooper
    Yes, sir!
[09:11] Kiri
    Man, why am* I *tasked with babysitting?
[09:22] H
    They don't let up.
[09:31] H
    I'll crush you.
[09:32] (Flashback) H
    No, Haruharu!
[09:41] H
    We were born as weapons.
[09:44] H
    Those who have lost their
    lives to my cannon fire
[09:47] H
    probably number in the hundreds.
[09:50] H
    Until now, their deaths
    meant nothing to me.
[09:56] H
    So, I can't become your
    friend after all, Makie.
[10:02] Kiri
    Haruna.
[10:05] Kiri
    Haruna! Hey, can't you hear me?
[10:07] Kiri
    Haruna!
[10:09] H
    What is it?
[10:10] Kiri
    What's the matter?
[10:11] Kiri
    Is something wrong with your comm link?
[10:13] H
    It's fine.
[10:15] H
    More importantly, how is Makie doing?
[10:17] H
    Is she all right?
[10:18] Kiri
    Yeah.
[10:19] Kiri
    But she hasn't said a single word.
[10:24] Kiri
    It looks like finding out you were
    with the Fog was a huge shock.
[10:30] H
    I... see.
[10:33] Kiri
    We're currently near
    the front entrance.
[10:34] Kiri
    What should we do?
[10:36] H
    I'll use the decoy to concentrate
     the enemy in the back courtyard.
[10:40] H
    Use that opportunity to get Makie
    out of here via the front gates.
[10:43] Kiri
    Hey, this is just a suggestion,
[10:45] Kiri
    but why don't we ask Maya for backup
    since she's offshore Kamakura?
[10:48] Kiri
    Her firepower would be more than
    enough to take out these guys.
[10:51] H
    No, we can't.
[10:53] Kiri
    Why?
[10:53] H
    Maya's firepower would be enough to
    obliterate the entire unit in an instant.
[10:57] Kiri
    Why is that a problem?
[10:59] H
    Makie does not wish it...
[11:02] Kiri
    Hey, Haruna! Hey!
[11:05] Kiri
    She cut me off!
[11:08] Kiri
    In any case, why hasn't
    this girl budged at all?
[11:13] Makie
    Yotarou.
[11:15] Makie
    Do you think... Haruharu got away okay?
[11:19] Kiri
    Huh?
[11:20] Makie
    Those scary people are
    probably here to get rid of me.
[11:27] Makie
    So as long as she stays away from
    me, Haruharu should be safe.
[11:32] Makie
    This is all I can do for Haruharu...
[11:37] Kiri
    This girl...
[11:39] Makie
    Yotarou, a long time ago...
    I made a bomb.
[11:46] Makie
    I didn't even know what it was.
[11:50] Makie
    But I knew that if I did it,
    Dad would be happy.
[11:55] Makie
    Dad would praise me.
[11:57] Makie
    So I worked really hard to design the
[12:02] ---
    vibration warhead.
[12:05] Makie
    But when it was finished,
    I was left all alone...
[12:12] Makie
    And... And you know,
[12:15] Makie
    that bomb was made to kill the Fog...
    to kill Haruharu and her friends.
[12:24] Makie
    That's why...
[12:28] Makie
    I never deserved to become friends
    with Haruharu in the first place.
[12:43] OpA
    All autonomous multi-ped
    combat vehicles,
[12:46] ---
    the Rock Crabs, have been deployed.
[12:49] OopB
    Who knew we'd need to send these
    in to neutralize a single child.
[12:54] OpA
    Monster...
[12:55] OpB
    Target the mental model
    and Osakabe Makie!
[12:59] OpB
    Fire!
[13:04] H
    Not good. My processing
    speed's decreased.
[13:06] H
    I can't maintain the decoy.
[13:09] OpA
    That's not Osakabe Makie!
[13:16] OpB
    All units, retreat!
[13:18] OpA
    Urgent directive to all units!
[13:19] OpA
    Locate the real Osakabe Makie!
[13:24] H
    Makie...
[13:38] TrooperE
    We have a message from Platoon 3.
[13:40] D
    Report.
[13:41] E
    The mental model in the
    back courtyard did not,
[13:43] E
    in fact, have Osakabe Makie with her.
[13:45] D
    What's going on?
[13:46] E
    It was a sophisticated decoy.
[13:48] Kiri
    Crap...
[13:50] Kiri
    They figured it out!
[13:54] D
    I-It's Osakabe Makie!
[13:57] Kiri
    Damn!
[14:03] Kiri
    What?!
[14:04] Kiri
    Why's it so small?!
[14:06] Kiri
    Damn it! This body's not gonna cut it!
[14:12] Makie
    Y-Yotarou?!
[14:14] Kiri
    Makie, get down!
[14:22] Makie
    Yotarou, you can talk?
[14:24] Kiri
    I-I'll explain later!
[14:27] Kiri
    First, we need to get out of here, now!
[14:30] Makie
    We can't.
[14:31] Makie
    Did you hear what they said?
[14:33] Makie
    Haruharu's fighting in the back
    courtyard right now, right?
[14:36] Kiri
    Well, that's...
[14:38] Makie
    We have to go help her.
[14:39] Kiri
    Don't be an idiot!
[14:40] Makie
    But!
[14:42] Kiri
    Do you think Haruna wants to
    drag you into the fight?!
[14:46] Makie
    But...
[14:48] OpA
    Directive to all units.
[14:49] OpA
    We have a visual on target.
[14:51] OpA
    Neutralize both target
    and mental model ASAP.
[14:54] OpA
    Repeat: neutralize ASAP.
[15:03] H
    I am the fast battleship Haruna of the Fog.
[15:07] H
    Combat is my sole reason for existing.
[15:13] H
    Indeed, the reason I am
    trying to protect Makie
[15:17] H
    is to learn how vibration
    warheads are made.
[15:20] H
    That is all.
[15:33] H
    And yet, why can I not kill them?
[15:40] H
    What is this?
[15:41] H
    What is this turmoil inside of me?
[15:44] Makie
    Haruharu!
[15:48] Makie
    Haruharu!
[15:49] H
    Makie?!
[15:52] Trooper
    We've found Osakabe Makie!
[15:57] H
    Makie!
[16:01] H
    No...
[16:03] H
    No!
[16:05] H
    I...
[16:07] H
    I don't want to lose Makie!
[16:11] CO
    Fire!
[16:25] Makie
    Haruharu?!
[16:29] H
    Makie, why are you here?
[16:32] H
    I—
[16:32] Makie
    No!
[16:33] Makie
    I still like you, Haruharu.
[16:41] H
    I am of the Fog.
[16:44] Makie
    That doesn't matter!
[16:46] Makie
    I don't think you'll ever forgive
    me for making that bomb, but...
[16:55] H
    Makie...
[16:59] Makie
    But I don't want this.
[17:01] Makie
    You're my friend.
[17:05] Makie
    I don't want to lose my friends.
[17:10] H
    Makie.
[17:17] Makie
    Haruharu!
[17:22] H
    This is bad...
[17:23] H
    I can't discharge the absorbed
     energy fast enough.
[17:26] H
    I don't have much nanomaterial left, either.
[17:29] H
    They'll break through to us
    if I don't do something.
[17:32] Kiri
    Damn it!
[17:33] Kiri
    If I only at least had my physical body,
[17:36] Kiri
    I could smash these crabs into pieces!
[17:39] H
    Are we done for?
[17:41] H
    Am I unable to protect Makie, after all?
[17:48] H
    I don't care who.
[17:50] H
    Someone... someone, help us!
[17:55] H
    Help!
[17:57] H
    Anyone!
[18:05] OpB
    What?!
[18:06] OpB
    What's going on?
[18:08] OpB
    The Rock Crabs are being obliterated!
[18:10] OpB
    This is—
[18:18] H
    401!
[18:23] I
    Scan complete.
[18:25] I
    No life signatures.
[18:26] G
    All right. Attack at will.
[18:28] I
    Attacking at will.
[18:41] I
    Haruna, what are you doing here?
[18:46] H
    I...
[18:48] H
    We're protecting Makie...
    protecting a friend.
[18:54] I
    I see.
[18:56] I
    Then I'll help.
[18:58] Sou
    Iona's coordinates, confirmed.
[19:01] Sou
    We have the data on her surroundings.
[19:03] Sou
    Going to monitor.
[19:05] G
    All right.
[19:06] G
    Attack while avoiding life signatures.
[19:08] G
    Sweep the area clean of
    all unmanned weapons.
[19:12] Shizuka
    Captain, incoming message from
    Assistant Secretary Kamikage.
[19:15] G
    Patch him through.
[19:18] Kamikage
    What are you doing, Chihaya Gunzou?
[19:21] G
    You must know.
[19:23] Kamikage
    Do you intend to turn the
    military against you?
[19:28] G
    We are not working for the military.
[19:31] G
    You only asked us to deliver the
    vibration warhead to America.
[19:37] G
    That is all.
[19:39] Kamikage
    So you'll do as you please otherwise?
[19:42] G
    Yes.
[19:43] Kamikage
    You are about to commit a grave mistake.
[19:50] G
    We're going on the offensive.
[19:51] G
    Kyouhei, give them a show.
[19:53] K
    Roger!
[20:02] Makie
    Awesome.
[20:04] OpA
    80 percent of the Rock Crabs are destroyed!
[20:06] OpA
    It's no use! We can't maintain
    our position any longer!
[20:09] CO
    Directive to all units! All men, retreat!
[20:17] OpB
    A m-mental model!
[20:20] OpB
    R-Retreat!
[20:21] OpB
    Retreat!
[20:26] I
    The battle is over.
[20:34] Makie
    We made it.
[20:38] Makie
    Um, Haruharu.
[20:42] Makie
    You know, I...
[20:44] H
    Makie.
[20:47] Makie
    Haruharu?
[20:50] H
    Makie, I have a favor to ask.
[20:53] H
    Will you be my...
[20:57] ---
    our friend?
[21:01] Kiri
    I'm included?
[21:02] Makie
    Haruharu...
[21:07] Makie
    Okay!
[21:24] H
    401...
[21:28] H
    Why did you save me?
[21:33] I
    Because I heard you.
[21:36] H
    What?
[21:37] I
    I heard you call for help.
[21:39] I
    So I came.
[21:44] H
    I see.
[21:45] H
    I did.
[21:47] Kiri
    Hmph!
[21:48] Kiri
    401, you have my thanks,
[21:51] Kiri
    but we could've handled them ourselves.
[21:54] I
    Who are you?
[21:55] Kiri
    I'm Kirishima!
[21:57] H
    Chihaya Gunzou, correct?
[21:59] H
    Where do you intend to go from here?
[22:04] G
    To our stronghold.
SIGN    Iwoto
[22:28] Takao
    Where am I?
[22:32] Takao
    Huh?
[22:33] Takao
    Wh-What's this?
[22:37] Hyuuga
    Takao, what'd you come here for?
SIGN    Illustration by: Ishiguro Masakazu