Season 1

1 - Encounter

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    Singularity of unknown origin
    has appeared at coordinates
[00:28] ---
    one-two-five, negative nine-seven-nine.
    It is beginning to expand.
[00:30] ---
    Gravitational anomaly detected.
[00:31] ---
    Internal mass increasing
    at a geometric rate.
[00:34] ---
    Retreat! Retreat!
[00:36] ---
    Propulsion problem on
    Proto-Valiancer Unit 2.
[00:38] ---
    He will get pulled in at his
    current rate of acceleration.
[00:42] ---
    What's wrong, Unit 2?! Accelerate!
[00:44] ---
    D-Damn it!
[00:58] ---
    Beat your wings
[01:00] ---
    See the light of hope
    in the sky you have yet to see
[01:05] ---
    And don't ever give in
    to the weight of sorrow
[01:08] ---
    Echo unto eternity, UNISONIA
[01:18] ---
    That world you see before your eyes
[01:23] ---
    What colors is it made up of?
[01:28] ---
    Measure feeling match
[01:30] ---
    The pain of loss isn't something
[01:33] ---
    You want to get used to, and yet
[01:36] ---
    Even on a night like this,
    the stars are beautiful
[01:42] ---
    Like a tarnished coin spilling
    from the palm of your hand
[01:48] ---
    Can't go back
[01:49] ---
    Want to go home
[01:51] ---
    The two, back-to-back
[01:54] ---
    Break through
[01:56] ---
    Turning unfading emotions
    into a lasting bond
[02:01] ---
    Like painting over a colorless world
[02:04] ---
    Let this sympathy reach
[02:07] ---
    Growing the wing
[02:08] ---
    Let's build the
    future that we envision
[02:13] ---
    We can change even fate
[02:16] ---
    Transcending time, UNISONIA
[02:25] ---
    "Encounter"
[02:41] ---
    Wake up, Aoba Watase!
[02:44] ---
    Okay, okay.
[02:54] ---
    "Zogilia to Mine New Natural Resource"
    "Milk"
[02:58] ---
    Honestly! Aren't you going to be late?
    And the new term just started!
[03:02] ---
    I'll be fine as long as
    I make the train at twelve past.
[03:05] ---
    I swear! Are you sure?
[03:09] ---
    Thanks for breakfast.
[03:12] ---
    High school kids sure have it
    rough with their commute.
[03:14] ---
    Quiet, middle-schooler.
[03:16] ---
    Tsubasa, hurry up and get ready.
[03:19] ---
    Okay.
[03:21] ---
    Well, I'm going.
[03:23] ---
    "Fire Dept"
[03:23] ---
    See you later!
[03:25] ---
    Be careful!
[03:30] ---
    I might've cut it a little close.
[03:38] ---
    "Press Button to Cross"
[03:43] ---
    "Local Sobu Line 07:12 Mitaka 6"
    "Local Sobu Line 07:15 Nakano 6"
[03:47] ---
    I made it somehow.
[03:49] ---
    Aoba.
[03:50] ---
    Over here.
[03:51] ---
    Hey, long time no see!
[03:53] ---
    What did you do over the summer?
[03:55] ---
    Hawaii.
[03:55] ---
    For real?
[04:03] ---
    Morning.
[04:08] ---
    "Seio High School"
[04:10] ---
    No, I'm telling you it's for real.
[04:11] ---
    Morning!
[04:12] ---
    For real?
[04:12] ---
    Morning!
[04:13] ---
    Yo.
[04:14] ---
    Yo.
[04:15] ---
    We got new seats.
[04:19] ---
    "Ozaki, Abe, Azuma, Imaki, Todoroki, Shiba"
[04:19] ---
    Whoa, I'm in the front row.
[04:21] ---
    I'm in the back. I'm so lucky!
[04:24] ---
    Let's see...
[04:29] ---
    Aoba, you're next to Yumihara.
[04:31] ---
    Ooh.
[04:38] ---
    Morning, Yumihara.
[04:40] ---
    M-Morning, A-A... Aoba.
[04:44] ---
    Nice to see you.
[04:45] ---
    Uh, nice to see you...
[04:48] ---
    "Off the Coast of Hachijo Island"
[04:56] ---
    Since this is the first
    day of the second term,
[04:58] ---
    I'm going to go over the schedule.
[05:01] ---
    First, the midterms are in October...
[05:03] ---
    Hina Yumihara.
[05:04] ---
    She's a returnee from abroad,
[05:07] ---
    who came back to Japan in April
    and enrolled at this high school.
[05:10] ---
    That's about all I know,
[05:12] ---
    but she keeps acting kind of cold
    towards me, or maybe stiff and formal.
[05:17] ---
    Did I do something to her?
[05:26] ---
    Got it.
[05:27] ---
    What?
[05:28] ---
    Here.
[05:35] ---
    You okay?
[05:37] ---
    I-I...
[05:38] ---
    I'm fine!
[05:40] ---
    Thank you.
[05:41] ---
    Uh, sure...
[05:43] ---
    Or actually, why are you
    so stiff and formal...
[05:44] ---
    Watase! Yumihara!
[05:46] ---
    What are you doing?
[05:48] ---
    Oh, no... We're not really...
[05:50] ---
    It's nothing.
[05:51] ---
    So sorry about that.
[06:07] ---
    Oh, damn it!
[06:09] ---
    So, Aoba wins again?
[06:11] ---
    He's a merciless bastard.
[06:13] ---
    All right! Then it's my turn next.
[06:16] ---
    Sure.
[06:18] ---
    Aoba, did you do something
    to that returnee from abroad?
[06:21] ---
    Huh? You mean Yumihara?
[06:22] ---
    Yup. It's Hina, isn't it?
[06:25] ---
    She's cute, huh?
[06:26] ---
    I'm jealous, Aoba.
[06:28] ---
    Huh? You're not making any sense.
[06:30] ---
    I haven't done anything.
[06:32] ---
    But you know, ever since
    the entrance ceremony,
[06:35] ---
    it's like she's been
    watching you and only you.
[06:42] ---
    I was talking. That's no fair.
[06:44] ---
    There's no rule that says I have to wait.
[07:03] ---
    He's good at basketball, don't you think?
[07:08] ---
    In middle school, we were
    both on the basketball team.
[07:11] ---
    But I ended up getting injured.
[07:15] ---
    I'm the one who picked this high school.
[07:18] ---
    Because it's close to the hospital
    where I get physical therapy.
[07:21] ---
    And then Aoba got it
    in his head to come here, too.
[07:26] ---
    It's not even like my injury
    was because of him.
[07:31] ---
    It made me happy.
[07:32] ---
    Because I was nervous about going to
    a separate high school all by myself,
[07:36] ---
    on top of being injured.
[07:39] ---
    Isn't he a great guy?
[07:46] ---
    Hey, Yumihara.
[07:48] ---
    What is it about Aoba that you like?
[07:51] ---
    It's not like I...
[07:59] ---
    "Off the Coast of Hachijo Island"
[08:18] ---
    What just happened?
[08:21] ---
    Where am I?
[08:23] ---
    What are my coordinates?
[08:27] ---
    Is the clock out of whack?
[08:31] ---
    It's the year 2014?!
[08:34] ---
    It can't be...
[08:38] ---
    I've traveled across time?
[08:42] ---
    In other words, this is the past?
[08:45] ---
    If that's true...
[08:50] ---
    I'm definitely in the past.
[08:52] ---
    What's up with this sieve-like security?
[08:58] ---
    "Aoba Watase, Tokyo
    Prefectural Seio High School"
[08:59] ---
    That's right!
[09:00] ---
    That's definitely you, Aoba Watase!
[09:04] ---
    To think I'd run into
    you even in this place!
[09:10] ---
    I'm coming for you.
[09:17] ---
    "Anomaly Detected"
[09:23] ---
    What's this?
[09:25] ---
    What's wrong?
[09:26] ---
    I got a disaster advisory.
[09:27] ---
    Feel the shake?
[09:28] ---
    Nope. Maybe it's a false alarm?
[09:31] ---
    Yeah, maybe.
[09:33] ---
    A-Aoba... Everyone...
[09:35] ---
    Hm? What is it?
[09:37] ---
    Hey, look at that.
[09:47] ---
    What the heck is this thing?
[09:49] ---
    So you did come.
[09:51] ---
    What is that thing?
[09:52] ---
    It's huge.
[10:01] ---
    What a stupid look you've got
    on your face, Aoba Watase!
[10:04] ---
    It's a look that says you never even
    dreamed that I'd ever show up here!
[10:08] ---
    But this is no dream!
[10:20] ---
    Run!
[10:33] ---
    Damn it!
[10:38] ---
    What the hell is going on?!
[10:39] ---
    This way!
[10:43] ---
    Ryutaro! Junichi!
[10:50] ---
    So it's after me?!
[10:52] ---
    I can't hit him! Why not?!
[10:57] ---
    The targeting information
    isn't precise enough?!
[11:00] ---
    So it requires line of sight!
[11:08] ---
    Damn! I'm out of ammo?!
[11:13] ---
    Why is that thing after Aoba?!
[11:15] ---
    Junichi, I'm borrowing this!
[11:17] ---
    Borrowing what?!
[11:19] ---
    This is the end!
[11:28] ---
    What?!
[11:36] ---
    If it's me you're after, follow me!
[11:38] ---
    Don't mess with me!
[11:53] ---
    Hey, there's something flying this way!
[11:55] ---
    That's a robot, isn't it?
[11:56] ---
    Everybody, run!
[11:58] ---
    What's with everybody?!
[12:08] ---
    Scurrying around all these tight places...
[12:12] ---
    You think you can escape me?!
[12:18] ---
    Where'd it go?
[12:22] ---
    Yumihara?!
[12:23] ---
    Follow me!
[12:25] ---
    Why?!
[12:26] ---
    Why would you...
[12:26] ---
    There's no time! Hurry!
[12:29] ---
    H-Hey!
[12:30] ---
    Damn it!
[12:44] ---
    Damn it!
[12:50] ---
    CVP-014A, boot up!
[12:58] ---
    That's far!
[13:03] ---
    It's over!
[13:07] ---
    What?
[13:09] ---
    What the?!
[13:13] ---
    Another one?!
[13:16] ---
    Boot-up process, all green.
    I made it in time!
[13:19] ---
    That's...!
[13:32] ---
    Wait!
[13:34] ---
    Huh?
[13:36] ---
    Get in!
[13:37] ---
    Yumihara!
[13:38] ---
    Hurry!
[13:43] ---
    It can't be...
[13:47] ---
    It can't be...
[13:51] ---
    Are you really the Yumihara I know?
[13:55] ---
    Be quiet.
[13:56] ---
    Why?
[13:58] ---
    Why in hell?
[14:01] ---
    Why?!
[14:09] ---
    Hina, why?!
[14:18] ---
    Tell me why, Hina!
[14:22] ---
    I know. I just need this one time.
[14:37] ---
    Goodbye.
[14:51] ---
    Amazing...
[15:01] ---
    Remaining rounds of ammo, two.
[15:03] ---
    Enemy energy reading, terminated.
[15:04] ---
    You defeated him?
[15:06] ---
    Yes.
[15:08] ---
    Wh-What are you looking at?
[15:11] ---
    You okay?
[15:13] ---
    I'm fine!
[15:15] ---
    Can I ask you about this?
[15:16] ---
    About what?
[15:17] ---
    All of it.
[15:21] ---
    All right.
[15:26] ---
    I think you'll find it hard to believe,
[15:28] ---
    but I came to this world
    from the same future
[15:31] ---
    as the person who was piloting that robot.
[15:33] ---
    What? You mean...
[15:35] ---
    It means we're future people.
[15:37] ---
    I am...
[15:40] ---
    And so was he.
[15:44] ---
    Then, what about this thing?
    This robot, too?
[15:47] ---
    That's right. It came from the same future.
[15:50] ---
    It's getting rickety in
    all sorts of places now, though.
[15:56] ---
    All this time, ever since I came to
    this era, I've been watching over you.
[16:01] ---
    Over me?
[16:02] ---
    Yes, over Aoba Watase, all this time...
[16:06] ---
    The Aoba from before I
    met him, meaning you.
[16:11] ---
    "Watase, Yumihara, Tanabe, Miyano, Fujii"
    
[16:12] ---
    Today, when we ended up seated next to each other,
[16:15] ---
    I was really surprised.
[16:16] ---
    Because I'd never imagined,
    even in my wildest dreams,
[16:20] ---
    that there'd come a time when
    we'd be sitting next to each other.
[16:28] ---
    You seem mystified.
[16:29] ---
    But I couldn't afford to be apart from you.
[16:34] ---
    Because I knew that he was
    going to come kill you someday.
[16:40] ---
    How?
[16:41] ---
    That's because...
[16:44] ---
    I heard it from you.
[16:46] ---
    Huh?
[16:48] ---
    "Metropolitan Police Department"
[16:53] ---
    Whoa, hey, things are
    about to get crazy here!
[16:56] ---
    Aoba, get off.
[16:58] ---
    Wh-What?
[16:59] ---
    My job here is done.
[17:00] ---
    I was able to defeat the enemy
    who wanted you dead.
[17:03] ---
    You go back to your life here again.
[17:06] ---
    You can forget about this story
    of people from the future.
[17:09] ---
    Hold on, Yumihara.
    What are you going to do?
[17:12] ---
    I'm going to run.
[17:13] ---
    I don't want to get caught, after all.
[17:16] ---
    You're going back... to the future?
[17:18] ---
    I don't know any way to do that.
[17:21] ---
    I'm just going to run, that's all.
[17:22] ---
    Just run? But where are you going to go?
[17:24] ---
    With a giant robot like this,
    once you've been spotted...
[17:27] ---
    I know that!
[17:29] ---
    But right now, I don't have
    any other choice, do I?!
[17:34] ---
    I know!
[17:48] ---
    Hina, even after that beating,
[17:50] ---
    even in death, there's
    still something I can do!
[17:55] ---
    Don't tell me he plans to self-destruct?!
[17:57] ---
    What?!
[17:58] ---
    Eject!
[18:00] ---
    It won't open!
[18:12] ---
    Hey, we're taking damage!
[18:14] ---
    It's falling apart due
    to lack of maintenance!
[18:19] ---
    I never imagined that
    you were over here, Hina.
[18:23] ---
    I knew that you would be coming.
[18:26] ---
    I see.
[18:27] ---
    In that case, do you know
    what happens after this, too?
[18:31] ---
    You're going to die,
    along with Aoba Watase, and me!
[18:42] ---
    This is...
[18:43] ---
    The singularity...
[18:46] ---
    I see. So that's it.
[18:49] ---
    Huh?
[18:50] ---
    Hang on tight.
[18:55] ---
    Hina, what are you planning to do?!
[18:57] ---
    What are you thinking?!
[19:00] ---
    I finally understand.
[19:02] ---
    So, this is how it was fated to be.
[19:03] ---
    Fated?
[19:05] ---
    I'd always wondered...
[19:07] ---
    Why you'd appeared before me...
[19:10] ---
    Why I've been unable to forget you...
[19:13] ---
    Yumihara...
[19:15] ---
    It's Hina.
[19:17] ---
    Hina?
[19:19] ---
    Aoba, trust me.
[19:23] ---
    All right, Hina.
[19:26] ---
    You're so trusting!
[19:30] ---
    You plan to leap in there?!
[19:34] ---
    It's starting to close!
[19:48] ---
    Here we go!
[20:13] ---
    Aoba.
[20:17] ---
    This is goodbye.
[20:18] ---
    What?
[20:19] ---
    Goodbye?
[20:22] ---
    You're going to the future now.
[20:24] ---
    To the future?
[20:26] ---
    What about you?
[20:29] ---
    Dio is waiting.
[20:31] ---
    What?
[20:32] ---
    Who's that?
[20:40] ---
    Wait!
[20:41] ---
    What's going on?
[20:43] ---
    Hina?!
[20:44] ---
    What is this?!
[20:46] ---
    What in the world is this?!
[20:48] ---
    Dio is waiting, Aoba.
[20:52] ---
    Hina... Hina!
[21:01] ---
    Dio?
[21:02] ---
    Dio!
[21:06] ---
    Dio!
[21:08] ---
    Dio, do you read?!
[21:10] ---
    This is Dio. I have two on my tail.
    Things are getting hairy!
[21:13] ---
    Sorry! I've got my hands full here, too!
[21:15] ---
    Sorry, me, too, Dio!
[21:17] ---
    I'll handle it somehow!
[21:19] ---
    Dio?
[21:21] ---
    Dio?!
[21:39] ---
    Concentrate your firepower!
[21:41] ---
    Company, get them under
    effective fire, stat!
[21:42] ---
    Targets are moving too fast!
[21:44] ---
    Retreat! All vehicles, retreat!
[21:46] ---
    1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
    is no longer combat-worthy!
[21:48] ---
    This is bad! We probably don't
    have much left down there, do we?!
[21:52] ---
    So, we have to fight these
    guys with no cover fire!
[21:58] ---
    What is all this?!
[22:02] ---
    The Luxon's Feeling Match number is rising!
[22:05] ---
    What are you saying, Petty Officer Nasu?!
[22:06] ---
    Wait, Mayuka, there's
    no one aboard that one, right?
[22:09] ---
    But the reading...
[22:11] ---
    And the Matching with Dio is incredible!
[22:14] ---
    Who the hell is it that's
    Matching with me?!
[22:17] ---
    Where the heck am I?
[22:19] ---
    Where's Hina?!
[22:23] ---
    Nice Coupling.
[22:27] ---
    With my heart, I call out
[22:31] ---
    To the far side, mutually drawn
[22:35] ---
    Forgetting even the reason I ache
[22:40] ---
    Just for now, please
[22:44] ---
    I know you
[22:49] ---
    I'm looking for you
[22:53] ---
    Softly pressing my lips to the bright
    afterimage I can't keep from leaving
[23:02] ---
    If hesitation is what gives way
    to the slightest of hopes
[23:11] ---
    To as many gentle mornings
    as the times I have wandered
[23:20] ---
    In the future that
    leads back to that sky,
[23:24] ---
    I want to save you,
    I want to protect you
[23:29] ---
    In the future that arrives at that dream
[23:33] ---
    Wait for me
[23:36] ---
    The love we'll surely find
[23:41] ---
    I want you to reach out for it
[23:48] ---
    Next time on Buddy Complex.
[23:48] ---
    "Next Time 'Nice Coupling'"
[23:51] ---
    "Nice Coupling."

2 - Nice Coupling

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[00:15] ---
    You're going to the future now.
[00:18] ---
    To the future?
[00:20] ---
    What about you?
[00:21] ---
    Dio is waiting, Aoba.
[00:25] ---
    Hina... Hina!
[00:34] ---
    Beat your wings
[00:36] ---
    See the light of hope
    in the sky you have yet to see
[00:41] ---
    And don't ever give in
    to the weight of sorrow
[00:44] ---
    Echo unto eternity, UNISONIA
[00:54] ---
    That world you see before your eyes
[00:59] ---
    What colors is it made up of?
[01:04] ---
    Measure feeling match
[01:07] ---
    The pain of loss isn't something
[01:10] ---
    You want to get used to, and yet
[01:12] ---
    Even on a night like this,
    the stars are beautiful
[01:18] ---
    Like a tarnished coin spilling
    from the palm of your hand
[01:24] ---
    Can't go back
[01:26] ---
    Want to go home
[01:27] ---
    The two, back-to-back
[01:30] ---
    Break through
[01:32] ---
    Turning unfading emotions
    into a lasting bond
[01:37] ---
    Like painting over a colorless world
[01:40] ---
    Let this sympathy reach
[01:43] ---
    Growing the wing
[01:45] ---
    Let's build the
    future that we envision
[01:49] ---
    We can change even fate
[01:52] ---
    Transcending time, UNISONIA
[02:01] ---
    "Nice Coupling"
[02:07] ---
    "Advanced Tactical System"
    "Research and Development Laboratory"
[02:09] ---
    Enemy Zogilia force
    composed of six Valiancers.
[02:11] ---
    Garrison Team and assault
    aeroship Zuihou are returning fire,
[02:13] ---
    but taking heavy casualties!
[02:19] ---
    Leave the materials ranked
    C or lower untillater!
[02:20] ---
    Top priority goes to fuel, ammo, and food!
[02:21] ---
    What a pretty pickle to get into.
[02:23] ---
    We just had to come under
    attack while loading up cargo.
[02:25] ---
    How much longer until we can take off?
[02:27] ---
    Resupply, 3 Gauge remaining!
[02:29] ---
    Cygnus Valiancer Team,
    please prepare to sortie.
[02:32] ---
    Lieutenant Conrad here, requesting
    permission to mobilize Dio's Bradyon.
[02:36] ---
    Captain?
[02:40] ---
    We can't even request to
    mobilize the Luxon, though.
[02:43] ---
    Dio, you okay?
[02:45] ---
    Yes.
[02:46] ---
    This is payback for Marcus.
[02:48] ---
    With three Valiancers,
    we might have a chance.
[02:50] ---
    The enemy is probably
    after Dio's Valiancer, right?
[02:52] ---
    Will the brass go for it?
[02:54] ---
    Lieutenant, permission to mobilize
    the Bradyon has been granted.
[02:57] ---
    The Captain asks that you do your utmost
    to keep it from falling into enemy hands.
[03:00] ---
    More unreasonable demands
    for you to live up to, Dio Weinberg.
[03:03] ---
    Stow the chitchat, Jarl.
[03:05] ---
    You'll be sitting ducks
    if you go up straight.
[03:07] ---
    If you don't want to die, follow me.
[03:09] ---
    Here we go!
[03:10] ---
    Roger.
[03:11] ---
    Roger!
[03:17] ---
    Is this their idea of putting up a fight?
[03:20] ---
    I'm laughing it up here, Bizon.
[03:22] ---
    Tarjim, our objective is
    not to defeat the enemy.
[03:26] ---
    Keep your eyes peeled for any and
    all suspicious facilities or equipment!
[03:28] ---
    Bizon, reinforcements.
[03:32] ---
    You three above me, come with me!
[03:34] ---
    Roger!
[03:41] ---
    Once we're out of the smoke,
    we take a pass at the enemy.
[03:43] ---
    We'll break away before
    they can return fire.
[03:45] ---
    Roger.
[03:47] ---
    Enemy craft!
[03:48] ---
    What?!
[03:49] ---
    You called it, Bizon.
[03:52] ---
    No existing data. It's
    probably a new model.
[03:54] ---
    So that's the jackpot.
[03:56] ---
    Benesh and Passo, you take the Beryls.
[03:57] ---
    Lasha and Mikhailov, take the new model.
[03:59] ---
    Tarjim and I will take the aeroship.
[04:02] ---
    Don't let your guards down!
[04:04] ---
    Roger!
[04:16] ---
    How does it look, Lasha?
[04:17] ---
    It's tougher than a Beryl,
    but I think we can handle it.
[04:21] ---
    If you can capture it, do it.
[04:22] ---
    Roger!
[04:27] ---
    I can't shake them.
[04:37] ---
    Who's that?!
[04:44] ---
    Nice Coupling.
[04:46] ---
    The Luxon is showing a
    Nice Coupling reading for Dio's Bradyon!
[04:50] ---
    What?
[04:51] ---
    What did you say?!
[04:54] ---
    That's impossible!
[04:55] ---
    M-Maybe the pilot Marcus is on board?
[04:58] ---
    But Marcus's vitals ceased
    to register 20 minutes ago.
[05:03] ---
    And anyway, the hatch was supposed
    to have been buried under rubble.
[05:06] ---
    Can we see inside?
[05:07] ---
    The internal camera is broken,
    so we have no visuals.
[05:10] ---
    This is Lieutenant
    Commander Lene Kleinbeck.
[05:12] ---
    State your name and affiliation.
[05:14] ---
    Who's that?
[05:15] ---
    Hina?
[05:16] ---
    Where's her voice coming from?
[05:18] ---
    Hina?
[05:19] ---
    Is that you, Hina? Where the heck am I?
[05:22] ---
    Your name and affiliation!
[05:24] ---
    That's not Hina?
[05:26] ---
    Uh, well, Aoba Watase,
    a first year at Seio High School.
[05:30] ---
    Aoba Watase?
[05:32] ---
    Someone from the lab?
[05:34] ---
    At any rate, it's dangerous there.
[05:36] ---
    Move it in front of the cargo elevator.
[05:38] ---
    You tell me to move it, but...
[05:40] ---
    Don't tell me you don't
    even have a Category A?!
[05:42] ---
    Piloting without a license is
    against military regulations!
[05:45] ---
    Get off the craft at once!
[05:46] ---
    Get off? But how do I do that?
[05:49] ---
    You will face disciplinary
    action once combat is over!
[05:51] ---
    Sit tight until then!
[05:58] ---
    NECTTAR Gun 3 has been hit!
[05:59] ---
    Only three guns capable
    of deploying Curtains remain!
[06:01] ---
    What about the Valiancers?
[06:02] ---
    Two on the Bradyon.
    One each on Beryls A and C.
[06:05] ---
    Still engaging the enemy.
[06:08] ---
    Mayu, what was it that you said earlier?
[06:11] ---
    Um, that the Luxon showed a
    Nice Coupling reading for the Bradyon...
[06:15] ---
    Right.
[06:17] ---
    Let's have the two conduct the Coupling.
[06:19] ---
    What?!
[06:20] ---
    Captain?!
[06:21] ---
    The battle isn't going well for us.
[06:23] ---
    At this rate, the Luxon will be
    captured by the enemy without a fight.
[06:27] ---
    If he can share Dio's abilities,
[06:29] ---
    even a beginner could at least
    move to the elevator, right?
[06:32] ---
    You intend to have Dio conduct a Coupling
    with someone we know nothing about?!
[06:36] ---
    The reading is green, right?
[06:38] ---
    Yes...
[06:39] ---
    But sir...
[06:41] ---
    There are issues with maintaining
    classified information as well!
[06:43] ---
    I'm fine with taking
    responsibility on that score.
[06:45] ---
    If we leave things as they stand,
[06:47] ---
    not only will they be in
    jeopardy, but so will we.
[06:50] ---
    Besides, it's not in my nature
    to take a beating lying down.
[06:53] ---
    You know that, don't you, Lt. Commander?
[07:01] ---
    Luxon, Bradyon, initiate
    the Coupling process!
[07:04] ---
    Roger!
[07:10] ---
    But XO!
[07:11] ---
    CO's orders.
[07:13] ---
    Roger.
[07:15] ---
    Do you hear me?!
[07:17] ---
    I'm going to conduct a
    Coupling with you now.
[07:19] ---
    What? A Coupling?
[07:21] ---
    You just have to do what I tell you!
[07:28] ---
    What the heck?
[07:37] ---
    Is this for real?
[07:47] ---
    I'd say we just have a little more to go.
[07:51] ---
    Hey, there's another one!
[07:53] ---
    I'll go!
[07:54] ---
    Wait.
[07:55] ---
    Mikhailov, you go.
[07:57] ---
    Tarjim, you come back.
[07:59] ---
    Roger.
[08:02] ---
    That's no fun, Bizon.
[08:04] ---
    Are they onto us?!
[08:05] ---
    Damn it! I won't let you go over there!
[08:08] ---
    Do you hear me?!
[08:09] ---
    Call out, "Connective, Dio!"
[08:11] ---
    Bradyon in range to
    receive the Seventh Code!
[08:14] ---
    Roger!
[08:18] ---
    I should go back him up.
[08:21] ---
    C-Connective...
[08:23] ---
    "Connective!" That's "Connective, Dio!"
[08:26] ---
    Dio?
[08:28] ---
    Dio is waiting.
[08:29] ---
    That's right! "Connective, Dio!"
[08:31] ---
    You're Dio?!
[08:32] ---
    What?!
[08:38] ---
    Dio, I'm Aoba Watase!
[08:41] ---
    Hina said you'd be waiting!
[08:51] ---
    Dio, what's going on?
    You're going to move out of range!
[08:54] ---
    Hurry up and conduct the Proposing!
[08:56] ---
    Aoba Watase, just do what I tell you!
[09:00] ---
    All right.
[09:03] ---
    He's headed towards the same place?
[09:05] ---
    Mikhailov, just fire from where you are!
[09:07] ---
    Roger!
[09:14] ---
    You hear me?
[09:15] ---
    It's "Connective, Dio!"
[09:18] ---
    Connective, Dio!
[09:21] ---
    Acception!
[09:22] ---
    Linkage commencing!
[09:24] ---
    First Proposing!
[10:02] ---
    Did I get him?!
[10:07] ---
    What?!
[10:15] ---
    What the hell is that?!
[10:16] ---
    They transformed?!
[10:24] ---
    Coupling...
[10:25] ---
    It's a success!
[10:27] ---
    The Match is optimal!
[10:40] ---
    He's coming!
[10:48] ---
    What?!
[10:49] ---
    He's fast!
[10:58] ---
    So, the Coupling was a success.
[11:00] ---
    For real?!
[11:01] ---
    Incredible...
[11:03] ---
    For him to be this compatible with me...
[11:08] ---
    Did I just... take control of a robot?
[11:11] ---
    That's right.
[11:12] ---
    With the Coupling established,
    you now share Dio's piloting knowledge.
[11:16] ---
    Share?
[11:17] ---
    You already know how
    to control Valiancers now.
[11:21] ---
    Enemy incoming!
[11:22] ---
    Enemy?!
[11:33] ---
    This is...
[11:41] ---
    What the heck is this?
[11:46] ---
    He's almost on me already!
[11:56] ---
    It moved!
[12:06] ---
    Damn it!
[12:07] ---
    Why you!
[12:10] ---
    How powerful is this thing?!
[12:11] ---
    The Bradyon is at double
    its usual power output!
[12:14] ---
    The Coupling is living
    up to our expectations?
[12:16] ---
    More importantly, never mind walking,
[12:18] ---
    that guy over there has
    gone straight into combat.
[12:21] ---
    Is that the Coupling, too?
[12:23] ---
    No, he's not normal.
[12:25] ---
    He rated high, but for
    him to be at this level!
[12:29] ---
    You're nothing but a
    Confederation Valiancer!
[12:42] ---
    Damn it!
[12:50] ---
    I'm flying?!
[12:52] ---
    You're not getting away!
[12:55] ---
    He's coming!
[12:59] ---
    There it is again!
[13:04] ---
    All right!
[13:19] ---
    Mikhailov!
[13:20] ---
    He got him?!
[13:21] ---
    How dare you?!
[13:24] ---
    You're not going anywhere!
[13:25] ---
    Damn it!
[13:26] ---
    Arm 2 severed! Only close
    quarter combat blade left on hand!
[13:29] ---
    Damn.
[13:30] ---
    All mission craft, retreat!
[13:33] ---
    We've ferreted out the new model.
[13:34] ---
    Taking further losses would be pointless.
[13:37] ---
    Roger.
[13:38] ---
    Hey, man, are you serious, Bizon?
[13:47] ---
    I just finished this guy off.
[13:49] ---
    Move it, Tarjim! Or we're
    leaving you behind!
[13:52] ---
    Roger!
[13:57] ---
    Enemy force retreating!
[13:59] ---
    Valiancer Team, return to base.
[14:07] ---
    If the enemy came from the south,
[14:09] ---
    there's the possibility of a second wave.
[14:11] ---
    It looks like we're in for a hectic time.
[14:13] ---
    Captain, what shall we do with
    the person on board the Luxon?
[14:17] ---
    I don't think we have much of a choice.
[14:20] ---
    This secret base is finished, anyway.
[14:22] ---
    Mayu, come with me!
[14:23] ---
    Yes, ma'am!
[14:34] ---
    Is it over?
[14:42] ---
    Decoupling.
[14:51] ---
    What's happening?
[15:11] ---
    Rush order issued for all personnel.
[15:11] ---
    Quickly secure everything
    that's been brought in!
[15:13] ---
    Soft reboot good on all craft!
[15:21] ---
    He still hasn't come out?
[15:23] ---
    Maybe he doesn't even
    know the basic controls?
[15:25] ---
    Hey, what's the matter?!
[15:29] ---
    Dio?
[15:31] ---
    What do I have to do to get it to open?
[15:34] ---
    Maybe it's down here...
[15:41] ---
    It opened!
[15:43] ---
    Thank goodness...
[15:47] ---
    Who are you?
[15:49] ---
    So, using an out-of-the-way
    laboratory location came back to bite us.
[15:54] ---
    And to have one of the Couplers die...
[15:57] ---
    I believe we ought to evacuate immediately.
[16:00] ---
    Agreed.
[16:01] ---
    We can't make your
    existence publicly known,
[16:04] ---
    so openly sending reinforcements
    is out of the question.
[16:06] ---
    Head for the main base immediately.
[16:09] ---
    Furthermore, make sure you
    leave no trace of our experiments.
[16:12] ---
    Yes, sir.
[16:13] ---
    By the way, with regards to
    the new qualifier in my report...
[16:16] ---
    I told you, leave no trace.
[16:19] ---
    Understood, sir.
[16:24] ---
    The year... 2088?
[16:27] ---
    That's right.
[16:29] ---
    This war... What's going on?
[16:31] ---
    What do you mean?
[16:32] ---
    Uh, well...
[16:35] ---
    Where do I even begin?
[16:40] ---
    Currently, the nation of Japan is allied
    with the Liberty Treaty Confederation
[16:44] ---
    and this ship is also a Confederation ship.
[16:46] ---
    The Confederation has been at
    war with the Republic of Great Zogilia
[16:49] ---
    since the year before last, and as you
    saw, the fighting has been intense.
[16:53] ---
    Well? Do you understand now?
[16:55] ---
    Is this really... the future?
[16:58] ---
    Huh?
[16:59] ---
    XO, this guy keeps insisting
    that he's from the past.
[17:03] ---
    It's the truth, Dio!
[17:06] ---
    Don't address me by name so familiarly.
[17:08] ---
    But you're Dio, right?!
[17:09] ---
    I have no reason to let you call me that.
[17:11] ---
    But Hina said...
[17:13] ---
    Put the gun away already!
[17:15] ---
    Not until you reveal your true identity.
[17:18] ---
    None of this crap about
    coming from 70 years ago!
[17:20] ---
    Like I said, I'm not lying!
[17:22] ---
    Both of you, that's enough.
[17:23] ---
    Dio, put your gun away.
[17:27] ---
    XO, message from the Captain.
[17:29] ---
    You're asked to come to the Captain's office
    along with Officer Hill and Ensign Weinberg.
[17:33] ---
    Understood. Thank you.
[17:35] ---
    Ensign Weinberg.
[17:37] ---
    Yes, ma'am.
[17:38] ---
    Hold on a second!
[17:40] ---
    Hey, Dio!
[17:42] ---
    Her name is Hina Yumihara!
[17:43] ---
    She's a girl with long hair and
    she was wearing this hair clip!
[17:50] ---
    She said that you...
[17:52] ---
    I know nothing of this.
[18:04] ---
    Mikhailov's ultimate sacrifice has
    brought us one step closer to victory.
[18:09] ---
    We received word that the
    Liberty Treaty Confederation
[18:11] ---
    had a new Valiancer that had acquired
    tactical capabilities not so long ago.
[18:14] ---
    With all the numerous
    dummies that they'd deployed,
[18:17] ---
    it seems you did a magnificent
    job hitting the jackpot.
[18:20] ---
    The Adminburo back home
    is urgently demanding a sample specimen.
[18:25] ---
    You will capture one
    immediately, I presume,
[18:28] ---
    Commander Gallant?
[18:30] ---
    Of course, Madam Special Officer.
[18:33] ---
    I look forward to seeing results.
[18:35] ---
    Slava Zogilia.
[18:39] ---
    So, what about his claim?
[18:41] ---
    Everything he had on him were
    things that existed about 70 years ago.
[18:45] ---
    Having said that,
    many of the items can be faked,
[18:48] ---
    so it's a real stretch
    to take him at his word.
[18:50] ---
    We're talking about time
    travel here, after all.
[18:53] ---
    Well, that sounds like a normal response.
[18:55] ---
    How shall we deal with him?
[18:57] ---
    He's the hero who saved us, but...
[19:00] ---
    We can't have him leaking
    our secrets, either.
[19:03] ---
    I'd say we have to have him
    come with us to the main base.
[19:05] ---
    I believe that is a sound decision.
[19:07] ---
    Where is he now?
[19:08] ---
    Lieutenant Conrad invited
    him to his own cabin
[19:10] ---
    until we passed the verdict on his fate.
[19:12] ---
    There goes Lee again, taking liberties...
[19:14] ---
    No, it's inside the ship
[19:17] ---
    and we also have a tracer on him,
    so there's no need to restrain him.
[19:20] ---
    Throwing him straight into a cell
    would only serve to foster bitterness.
[19:24] ---
    Captain, do you intend to
    make use of him again?
[19:27] ---
    Don't like that idea?
[19:29] ---
    He's still technically the Buddy
    you conducted a Coupling with, right?
[19:31] ---
    That was an act of necessity.
[19:33] ---
    With a bastard like him? Never again.
[19:36] ---
    Well, let's pray that such
    an occasion never arises again.
[19:39] ---
    As soon as we're ready,
[19:41] ---
    the Cygnus will take off
    for the North America Base.
[19:43] ---
    Roger.
[19:45] ---
    It seems you've been allowed to keep these.
[19:47] ---
    Thank you.
[19:51] ---
    Um, are you all right?
[19:56] ---
    You don't look too all right.
[19:59] ---
    Here.
[20:00] ---
    What?
[20:00] ---
    Eat a little something and unwind.
[20:02] ---
    Thanks.
[20:04] ---
    Fifteen minutes to takeoff.
[20:06] ---
    I have to go back.
[20:11] ---
    Hey.
[20:13] ---
    The door will open if you press here.
[20:16] ---
    But it's a big place,
    so be careful not to get lost.
[20:19] ---
    Okay.
[20:19] ---
    See you later.
[20:23] ---
    What's going on?
[20:27] ---
    Have I really traveled to the future?
[20:31] ---
    Hina, is it really like you said?
[20:35] ---
    You're going to the future now.
[20:37] ---
    Dio is waiting.
[20:41] ---
    He totally wasn't waiting...
[20:49] ---
    Ogi, how's it look?
[20:51] ---
    Main engine almost at critical threshold.
[20:53] ---
    Sensor range, all clear of hostiles.
[20:59] ---
    There are a lot of unknowns
    about the new model's capabilities.
[21:01] ---
    Don't let your guards down.
[21:02] ---
    Roger!
[21:07] ---
    Engine, ready!
[21:08] ---
    Navigation, good to go!
[21:10] ---
    Information, fusion complete!
[21:12] ---
    FCS, all green!
[21:15] ---
    Captain.
[21:16] ---
    Mm.
[21:18] ---
    Cygnus, lift off.
[21:28] ---
    What's going on?
[21:29] ---
    We're moving?
[22:14] ---
    I pray that this mission is successful.
[22:16] ---
    Death to the foes of Zogilia.
[22:18] ---
    Death to the foes of Zogilia.
[22:20] ---
    Death to the foes of Zogilia.
[22:22] ---
    Death to the foes of Zogilia.
[22:24] ---
    Death to the foes of Zogilia.
[22:27] ---
    With my heart, I call out
[22:31] ---
    To the far side, mutually drawn
[22:35] ---
    Forgetting even the reason I ache
[22:40] ---
    Just for now, please
[22:44] ---
    I know you
[22:49] ---
    I'm looking for you
[22:53] ---
    Softly pressing my lips to the bright
    afterimage I can't keep from leaving
[23:02] ---
    If hesitation is what gives way
    to the slightest of hopes
[23:11] ---
    To as many gentle mornings
    as the times I have wandered
[23:20] ---
    In the future that
    leads back to that sky,
[23:24] ---
    I want to save you,
    I want to protect you
[23:29] ---
    In the future that arrives at that dream
[23:33] ---
    Wait for me
[23:36] ---
    The love we'll surely find
[23:41] ---
    I want you to reach out for it
[23:48] ---
    Next time on Buddy Complex.
[23:48] ---
    "Next Time 'Meeting Again'"
[23:51] ---
    "Meeting Again."

3 - Meeting Again

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    Discovered in the first
    half of the 21st century,
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    the revolutionary energy
    source called Nectoribium
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    shook up the world order.
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    In possession of vast deposits,
    Zogilia, a global powerhouse,
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    swallowed up its neighboring
    countries and continued to expand.
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    Soon, countries
    in opposition to Zogilia
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    formed the Liberty
    Treaty Confederation
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    and war broke
    out on a global scale.
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    Over the course
    of several great wars,
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    the Confederation found
    itself driven to disadvantage
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    and they began developing
    a radical new combat system.
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    And that was the Coupling System.
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    However, there was a flaw
    in the System at the time
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    and development was halted due
    to the high number of casualities.
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    That brings us
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    to the Third Far Eastern War,
    which has been going on since last year.
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    During that time, development
    work was done in secret
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    and the flaw was overcome in this...
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    Wait...
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    Aoba...?
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    Please wake up!
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    Beat your wings
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    See the light of hope
    in the sky you have yet to see
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    And don't ever give in
    to the weight of sorrow
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    Echo unto eternity, UNISONIA
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    That world you see before your eyes
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    What colors is it made up of?
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    Measure feeling match
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    The pain of loss isn't something
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    You want to get used to, and yet
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    Even on a night like this,
    the stars are beautiful
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    Like a tarnished coin spilling
    from the palm of your hand
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    Can't go back
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    Want to go home
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    The two, back-to-back
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    Break through
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    Turning unfading emotions
    into a lasting bond
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    Like painting over a colorless world
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    Let this sympathy reach
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    Growing the wing
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    Let's build the
    future that we envision
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    We can change even fate
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    Transcending time, UNISONIA
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    FL350, at Level 1 cruising altitude.
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    "Meeting Again"
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    Switching engines, output
    at critical threshold.
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    At the ready to go to maximum battle speed.
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    It seems he's very good
    at dozing off during class.
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    Captain, your behavior
    is less than commendable.
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    But I'm doing this because
    I'm worried about Mayu.
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    The Coupling System is
    as top secret as they come.
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    Whether he's a time
    traveler from the past
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    or he's just an unregistered civilian,
    he needs to be kept under surveillance.
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    Petty Officer Nasu has excellent
    marks in self-defense training as well.
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    Please rest easy.
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    But I mean...
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    Captain.
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    Very well, Lieutenant
    Commander Kleinbeck.
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    Sorry about that, um...
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    I am Mayuka Nasu.
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    I was giving that lecture because you
    said you didn't know anything.
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    I may not look it, but I'm the Coupling
    Engineer and I'm busy, you know.
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    You're that important
    around here, Mayuka?
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    Oh, no...
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    I'm actually assistant to Elvira,
    who's the Engineering Officer.
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    I'm sorry!
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    I was tired.
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    Getting attacked out of
    the blue and running for my life,
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    and then piloting that robot...
    I've been through a lot.
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    It was a Valiancer.
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    Right, a Valiancer.
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    But there shouldn't have been
    any Valiancers seventy years ago.
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    No, so like,
    it came from the future.
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    That's what Hina said, too.
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    Hina?
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    My classmate, Hina Yumihara.
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    She came from
    the future to save me
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    and she's the girl
    who sent me to this era.
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    I wonder what happened
    to her after that...
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    If we were to assume
    that you aren't lying...
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    If you assumed that...?
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    The most likely explanation...
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    would be a dream, I suppose.
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    What?
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    So you don't believe me.
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    Oh, we're here.
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    This is it.
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    This is the Valiancer
    that you piloted, the Luxon.
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    The Luxon...
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    It was just a short while ago that
    I was definitely in there with Hina...
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    Valiancers and wars...
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    I've really come
    to the future, haven't I?
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    Huh?
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    Its shape is completely different
    from the Valiancer I got on in my time.
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    That's because this is a prototype.
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    There's none other like it.
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    Right now, Elvira
    is rewriting the data for you.
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    The data? For me?
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    Valiancers made for Coupling are
    fundamentally adjusted for each pilot.
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    The next time you pilot it,
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    I believe you'll find the fit
    to be much better than before.
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    What?! Uh...
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    I'm... piloting this thing again?!
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    You're not?
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    Huh? But then, why did the Captain
    direct us to make the adjustments?
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    Me? In combat again?
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    What are you doing?
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    It's him...
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    You better not pull a
    gun on me again, Dio.
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    I thought I told you
    not to call me by name.
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    Petty Officer Nasu,
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    this ship is designated top secret
    by Joint Command Headquarters.
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    No civilian should have permission
    to freely wander aboard this ship.
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    Um, Elvira asked me to,
    so I'm showing Aoba around the ship...
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    Mayuka's not at fault here!
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    Why don't you talk directly to me?!
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    I will not demand that you
    observe military regulations
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    when you are not a soldier.
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    And lashing out at a girl
    is something a soldier does?!
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    Petty Officer Nasu is also a soldier.
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    Um, you two...
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    The alert to get to battle stations!
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    Oh, no!
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    Oh, hey!
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    Aoba, I'm sorry!
    Please go back to your room!
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    Wait! Mayuka?!
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    Where was my room again?
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    Hostile Valiancers
    have breached Perimeter 3.
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    Two minutes to contact!
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    Engine to threshold in five minutes.
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    We'll have to buy ourselves
    at least three minutes.
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    All hands, prepare for interception!
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    Pardon me for being late!
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    It's done.
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    Help me with the rewrite.
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    Yes, ma'am.
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    Valiancer Team,
    you are asked to maintain air cover
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    until output reaches the
    critical threshold.
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    Roger that.
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    Enemy Valiancer team
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    consists of the same units that
    attacked earlier. Three Valiancers.
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    That's fewer than before.
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    I approve of this trend!
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    Valiancer Team, taking off!
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    All Valiancers have cleared the deck!
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    All right! Make sure
    we prep for their landing, too!
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    Yes, sir!
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    Roger!
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    So? What the heck are you doing?
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    Amazing...
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    That ship's silhouette isn't one
    that matches any existing data we have.
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    So this one's a new model, too.
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    It's like a swan or something.
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    Enemy ship's engine output is increasing.
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    I wonder if they mean
    to break away from us.
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    We're being intercepted.
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    Don't go down before the main show!
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    The goal is to buy time! Don't push it!
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    Valiancer Team has made contact!
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    Deploying NECTTAR Shield!
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    Seven Sequences until main
    engine reaches threshold!
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    Dio, take the guy with the red crest!
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    Roger.
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    Is that all?!
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    Did we give you too much credit earlier?!
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    I'm yawning here!
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    It looks like the white new
    model hasn't shown up yet!
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    So, it's begun.
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    Main engine, moments to threshold!
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    Valiancer Team,
    return to base at once!
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    All units, please return to base!
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    Let's get out of here!
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    Roger.
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    About time!
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    Right on schedule, I guess?
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    We'll retreat, too.
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    Damn, I don't like this.
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    Hostile Valiancers are pulling away.
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    Main engine at threshold!
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    Valiancers are heading inside the Curtain.
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    Scheduled to be stowed upon arrival.
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    Cygnus, accelerate to top speed...
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    High energy transmission
    source at 6 o'clock!
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    Evasive action!
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    Taking evasive action!
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    Rear propulsion block has suffered
    a direct hit from a NECTTAR Gun!
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    A NECTTAR Gun?
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    I thought there were
    no such vessels in the vicinity!
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    We have a composite image!
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    A Valiancer?!
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    That unit!
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    Don't tell me that's Zogilia's...
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    Alfried Gallant!
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    So, it was his team that's
    been doggedly coming after us.
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    Left wing engine nacelle has been hit!
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    This is a NECTTAR Rifle.
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    A NECTTAR Gun that can be carried
    by a Valiancer deployed to the front line?
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    So, firing twice back-to-back is the limit.
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    The star of Zogilia's
    National Defense Force
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    coming out here,
    equipped with a new weapon...
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    This isn't our day.
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    Unable to restore top speed capabilities!
    We can't break away!
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    Valiancer Team, intercept him!
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    You don't have to tell us!
    We're on our way!
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    What the?!
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    They hadn't fled?!
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    That was a good feint, Bizon.
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    A matter of course for something like this.
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    The fruits of this battle
    are still to come!
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    Here we go!
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    Roger!
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    At this rate, the Cygnus will be in danger!
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    We'll hold those guys off!
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    Dio, can I leave Alfried to you?!
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    Of course, sir.
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    So that's it.
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    At this speed, it must
    be pre-transformation.
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    That's good for us.
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    Are you running?!
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    Hurry it up!
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    Make it quick or we're goners!
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    We got hit again?
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    Yeah.
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    Well, this is war, after all.
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    War...
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    Not only that, but our opponent's
    a formidable one this time.
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    We might be in for another scuffle.
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    Can you swim?
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    What?
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    We're over the ocean here,
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    so if we crash, that might help
    to extend your life a tad.
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    Don. Aoba. There's a little
    something I'd like to discuss with you.
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    Hey, Captain.
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    Me, too?
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    Enemy Valiancer approaching
    the limits of our perimeter!
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    Be careful, Dio!
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    Just a little farther!
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    There he is!
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    Why isn't he returning fire?
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    This is where the real show starts.
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    So, I was being lured out here!
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    Close quarter combat would
    be rough for me with this equipment.
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    I'll back you up as soon as it's charged.
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    Capture the new model.
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    Roger!
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    Close quarter combat?
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    Go down, foe of Zogilia!
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    That's Hina for you.
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    She's not Lieutenant Commander
    Ryazan's pride and joy for nothing.
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    This is the Bradyon. I'm surrounded
    by three enemy units!
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    Is this the best the Confederation's
    new Valiancer can do?!
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    This one is strong!
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    Damn it!
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    I can't go anywhere, either!
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    So, the enemy's goal
    was to capture the Bradyon?!
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    Can we provide cover fire?
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    He's outside of our effective range.
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    Dio...
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    I guess this means we played
    right into Alfried's hands.
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    Everything's ready.
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    The Luxon's good to fly at any time.
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    Wha?! The Luxon?!
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    Aoba!
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    Him!
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    I'm really sorry to have to end up
    relying on you, a civilian, once more.
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    Having said that,
    we're in no position to be picky.
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    In order to save our ship, we have
    no choice but to send you into combat.
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    Not at all. There's no way I'm
    dying out here if I can help it, either.
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    Please let me go!
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    But man, this is still scary.
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    Are you ready to take off?
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    Yeah!
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    You already shared Dio's
    piloting knowledge in the last Coupling.
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    You should have no problems flying.
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    Brace against the impact of the launch.
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    Just fly towards the red Valiancer.
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    We'll direct the timing
    of the Coupling on our end.
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    The timing is tricky for
    Coupling in combat airspace.
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    Be careful, Aoba.
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    If you don't want to do this,
    you can call it quits.
[14:04] ---
    Like hell I'm calling it quits!
[14:06] ---
    What's with him?!
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    Luxon here, send me out!
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    Commander, it's the other new model!
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    I see it.
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    Hina.
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    You heard him.
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    Don't let your guard down.
[14:24] ---
    Roger!
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    Fifteen seconds to Coupling zone.
[14:29] ---
    So in the end, I'm with him again.
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    What?!
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    Is he trying to flee?!
[14:43] ---
    Here goes, Dio!
[14:45] ---
    The Luxon has entered
    Seventh Code Coverage area!
[14:48] ---
    Proposing!
[14:49] ---
    Connective, Dio!
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    Acception!
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    Approach Ring, deployed!
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    Estifitguide, commencing navigation.
[15:02] ---
    Approach Ring, accepted.
    Commencing Linkage.
[15:05] ---
    Forceveil, open.
[15:08] ---
    Emphatier Level increasing.
[15:10] ---
    Consultation, commencing.
[15:11] ---
    Estifit, out!
[15:18] ---
    Coupling, complete!
[15:21] ---
    They got the Coupling done!
[15:23] ---
    Bizon, the enemy!
[15:24] ---
    Leave it to the Commander.
[15:27] ---
    So, this is...
[15:31] ---
    What?!
[15:32] ---
    That's...
[15:34] ---
    I'll leave things here to you!
[15:35] ---
    Things here?! Where's "here"?!
[15:41] ---
    There it is again.
[15:45] ---
    Could this be...?
[15:49] ---
    This is Dio's...!
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    Be gone, foes of Zogilia!
[15:58] ---
    If you can last just one minute, I can...
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    I see.
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    With speed like this, it's like
    a different Valiancer than before.
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    However, if all you have
    is speed, you're just a target.
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    Did you think you could hit me?!
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    He saw it and evaded it?
[16:18] ---
    Impossible!
[16:22] ---
    Go down!
[16:24] ---
    I must have missed!
[16:26] ---
    Commander!
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    Sorry, Passo. I have to regroup.
[16:29] ---
    Roger that, sir!
[16:30] ---
    You're not getting away!
[16:32] ---
    The Commander?!
[16:34] ---
    Commander!
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    Why you!
[16:41] ---
    Dio left this to me, after all.
[16:44] ---
    Out of my way!
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    A Confederation Valiancer has
    Alfried of Zogilia on the run!
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    The Luxon's putting up a good fight, too.
[16:55] ---
    In Coupling Valiancers,
    it's only to be expected.
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    The two units share their full potential,
    including that of their pilots.
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    That is the Coupling System.
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    Via the Linkage,
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    the pilots share not just their
    minds, but all sensations
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    with zero latency and zero degradation,
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    improving the performance of
    each other's Valiancer geometrically.
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    Zogilia's pilots are
    currently facing Valiancers,
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    which far surpass the
    usual technological limitations.
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    This speed! This power!
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    Did we misjudge the
    Confederation's Valiancer technology?
[17:32] ---
    Or else...
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    Commander, I'll stop him for you!
[17:36] ---
    No! Don't be rash!
[17:40] ---
    What?!
[17:42] ---
    You thought you could hit me like that?!
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    Passo!
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    If only I had the specs for combat...
[17:58] ---
    I'm heading over
    to the Commander's aid.
[17:59] ---
    We're counting on you!
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    Got it!
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    Its mobility is unbelievable!
[18:04] ---
    I'm starting to get the hang of this.
[18:06] ---
    I've stopped seeing what
    looks like Dio's hands, though...
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    What was with that movement just now?!
[18:20] ---
    Don't mess with me!
[18:21] ---
    What?!
[18:34] ---
    I did it!
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    The enemy pilot?
[18:45] ---
    What?
[18:53] ---
    Hina...
[18:55] ---
    Hina!
[18:58] ---
    Hina? Isn't that...?
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    Emphatier Level dropping!
[19:02] ---
    This is dangerous! Maintain levels!
[19:04] ---
    I'm working on...
[19:06] ---
    The Link is about to be forcibly severed!
[19:08] ---
    Why?!
[19:10] ---
    The Luxon's cockpit
    release is being engaged!
[19:13] ---
    Huh?
[19:13] ---
    What?!
[19:14] ---
    You bastard! What are you
    doing in the middle of combat?!
[19:17] ---
    It's Hina! Hina's here!
[19:22] ---
    That bastard...
[19:23] ---
    Dio, brace for impact!
[19:26] ---
    No!
[19:29] ---
    A forcible Decoupling...
[19:36] ---
    The Bradyon has decelerated!
[19:38] ---
    Dio, increase altitude!
[19:40] ---
    R-Roger...
[19:51] ---
    Please wake up, Hina!
[19:53] ---
    Showing mercy to the enemy...
[19:55] ---
    I don't know about that.
[19:57] ---
    Maybe he doesn't
    think she's the enemy.
[20:11] ---
    A Confederation... pilot?
[20:14] ---
    Hina, you're awake?!
[20:16] ---
    You okay?
[20:18] ---
    How do you know my name?
[20:20] ---
    It's me! It's Aoba Watase!
[20:22] ---
    Aoba?
[20:23] ---
    That's right! Aoba!
[20:25] ---
    I'm coming over there.
[20:29] ---
    What is he... doing?!
[20:31] ---
    Does he mean to take her prisoner?
[20:33] ---
    Bastard!
[20:34] ---
    Get away from Hina!
[20:37] ---
    Bizon!
[20:46] ---
    I made it in time!
[20:47] ---
    Out of my way!
[20:49] ---
    Aoba, get back inside your cockpit!
[20:51] ---
    Lee? But Hina is...
[20:53] ---
    I don't care who she is!
    Bring her with you if you want!
[20:56] ---
    All right.
[20:59] ---
    Stay away!
[21:00] ---
    You are a foe of Zogilia!
[21:02] ---
    Hold on!
[21:06] ---
    Survival priority system activated.
[21:12] ---
    Hina!
[21:17] ---
    Hina! You okay?!
[21:18] ---
    Bizon!
[21:19] ---
    Take cover!
[21:29] ---
    Lee!
[21:31] ---
    Lee?
[21:32] ---
    Lieutenant Conrad, please respond!
[21:35] ---
    The enemy?!
[21:36] ---
    It looks like they can't
    take much more, either.
[21:38] ---
    All units, retreat.
[21:40] ---
    Lasha, roger.
[21:41] ---
    Tarjim, roger.
[21:43] ---
    Bizon, I've secured the Fortuna.
[21:45] ---
    That was a fiasco, Commander.
[21:47] ---
    I am aware of that,
    Madam Special Officer.
[21:50] ---
    A second failure will not be
    permitted, Alfried Gallant.
[22:03] ---
    Lieutenant Junior Grade Duran,
    what damages has the Beryl C sustained?!
[22:06] ---
    The left arm got blown off,
    but it looks like the cockpit's untouched.
[22:10] ---
    Opening Hatch 2.
[22:11] ---
    Come in for immediate landing.
[22:13] ---
    Roger.
[22:13] ---
    Hina was there.
[22:13] ---
    Also, can you verify the Luxon's status?
[22:16] ---
    I can't tell. I don't see
    any external damage, though.
[22:20] ---
    Hina, was it?
[22:27] ---
    With my heart, I call out
[22:31] ---
    To the far side, mutually drawn
[22:35] ---
    Forgetting even the reason I ache
[22:40] ---
    Just for now, please
[22:44] ---
    I know you
[22:49] ---
    I'm looking for you
[22:53] ---
    Softly pressing my lips to the bright
    afterimage I can't keep from leaving
[23:02] ---
    If hesitation is what gives way
    to the slightest of hopes
[23:11] ---
    To as many gentle mornings
    as the times I have wandered
[23:20] ---
    In the future that
    leads back to that sky,
[23:24] ---
    I want to save you,
    I want to protect you
[23:29] ---
    In the future that arrives at that dream
[23:33] ---
    Wait for me
[23:36] ---
    The love we'll surely find
[23:41] ---
    I want you to reach out for it
[23:48] ---
    Next time on Buddy Complex.
[23:48] ---
    "Next Time 'The Time for Resolve'"
[23:51] ---
    "The Time for Resolve."

4 - The Time for Resolve

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[00:15] ---
    Do you get it?!
[00:17] ---
    You almost got Lieutenant Conrad killed!
[00:21] ---
    All right, careful now.
[00:23] ---
    You'll be fine. You're not going to die.
[00:26] ---
    Lee...
[00:27] ---
    You opened your cockpit during combat
[00:29] ---
    and on top of that, you tried to
    make contact with an enemy pilot?!
[00:32] ---
    What were you thinking?!
[00:33] ---
    Hina was there...
[00:38] ---
    Like hell it matters who was there!
[00:40] ---
    Zogilia is the enemy!
[00:42] ---
    Can't you even tell the difference
[00:43] ---
    between who you should fight
    and who you should protect?!
[00:45] ---
    Hina isn't the enemy! She kept me safe!
[00:48] ---
    You're still saying that?!
[00:50] ---
    Leave it at that, Dio.
[00:52] ---
    You're in rough shape from
    the forcible Decoupling, right?
[00:55] ---
    But...
[00:56] ---
    It isn't like you to get so riled up
    when the guy has no training.
[00:59] ---
    I agree.
[01:00] ---
    He may be able to pilot a Valiancer,
    but he's still a civilian.
[01:05] ---
    You can't go measuring him against
    the pride and discipline of a soldier.
[01:09] ---
    Understood.
[01:11] ---
    Come on.
[01:13] ---
    You saved me from having to go for a swim.
[01:19] ---
    Lee!
[01:28] ---
    There. Go on.
[01:33] ---
    Aoba...
[01:35] ---
    Lee...
[01:37] ---
    Hey, you're okay.
[01:41] ---
    Yes.
[01:42] ---
    Um...
[01:43] ---
    If you hadn't been there, we might've
    wound up dead both of these times.
[01:50] ---
    Ow...
[01:51] ---
    Hey now, lay off the chatter.
[01:54] ---
    You're our savior.
[01:57] ---
    Don't let this get to you.
    Because I'm fine.
[02:02] ---
    I told you not to talk. Come on, off we go.
[02:09] ---
    The Cygnus will now head for the Narashino
    Base for repairs and for supplies.
[02:15] ---
    All hands stay at Patrol Station One
    and keep a strict watch.
[02:24] ---
    "Convertible Interception Carrier, Trident"
[02:27] ---
    Please wait, Madam Special Officer O'Keefe.
[02:30] ---
    I cannot agree with Ensign
    Ryazan being sent to the brig.
[02:30] ---
    "The Time for Resolve"
[02:34] ---
    It was only the enemy pilot who
    recklessly sought contact with her
[02:37] ---
    and I do not believe that was
    due to any oversight on her part.
[02:40] ---
    According to the records,
[02:41] ---
    that enemy pilot called
    out the ensign's name.
[02:45] ---
    How do you explain this fact?
[02:47] ---
    If it is a crime to have your
    name known to the enemy,
[02:51] ---
    then I am also guilty of this.
[02:52] ---
    Her greatest crime
[02:55] ---
    is that she has given
    me cause to doubt her.
[03:00] ---
    Commander.
[03:01] ---
    There is no way that Ryazan...
    that Hina is consorting with the enemy.
[03:05] ---
    I know.
[03:06] ---
    But sir, Hina is currently...
[03:08] ---
    I will do everything I can to get
    her released as soon as possible.
[03:13] ---
    Yes, sir.
[03:19] ---
    "Narashino Base"
[03:27] ---
    Are you really sure it was all right to
    grant him permission to disembark?
[03:31] ---
    I don't see why not.
[03:32] ---
    He said he's originally
    from Narashino, right?
[03:35] ---
    That is exactly why.
[03:37] ---
    And it seems he was once acquainted
    with a Zogilian pilot as well.
[03:40] ---
    Considering the need to maintain secrecy...
[03:41] ---
    It'll be fine. I'll be sure to put
    him under surveillance as well.
[03:54] ---
    Come on out, Mayuka.
[03:57] ---
    I already know you're there.
[04:00] ---
    I didn't know I'd been made.
[04:02] ---
    You don't have to worry.
    I won't run away or anything.
[04:05] ---
    Oh, no. This is part of my duties.
[04:07] ---
    Right. You're a soldier, too...
[04:12] ---
    Oh...
[04:14] ---
    Um, where are you trying to get to?
[04:17] ---
    There's no point to me sneaking
    around anymore, so I'll be your guide.
[04:21] ---
    You don't need to do that.
    I've lived in this town since birth.
[04:25] ---
    Though, that was 70 years ago.
[04:30] ---
    You're still sticking to that story?
[04:32] ---
    Because, it's the truth.
[04:34] ---
    If that's the case,
    you'll need me even more.
[04:37] ---
    Because the city has changed an awful lot.
[04:40] ---
    Right...
[04:41] ---
    That's right!
[04:43] ---
    I wonder if Mayuka will be okay.
[04:45] ---
    I never imagined that
    she'd volunteer for the duty.
[04:49] ---
    I was a little surprised that
    her tastes ran in that direction.
[04:52] ---
    Is that what this is about?
[04:53] ---
    What? But...
[04:55] ---
    I am going to be stepping out,
    so I will leave the rest to you.
[04:59] ---
    Yes, ma'am!
[05:07] ---
    This... is my house?
[05:10] ---
    Yes, if the address you gave me
    is correct, this is definitely it.
[05:15] ---
    This area was appropriated
    in order to expand the Narashino Base,
[05:20] ---
    but due to subsequent changes
    in the military situation,
[05:23] ---
    it seems the land has remained unused.
[05:26] ---
    What happened to my family?
[05:29] ---
    Tsubasa should at least...
[05:31] ---
    Tsubasa?
[05:32] ---
    My little sister. Even if this is
    the world 74 years later, she'd still...
[05:39] ---
    I guess she'd be 88 years old...
[05:41] ---
    Unfortunately,
[05:43] ---
    I don't see any data on a resident
    by the name of Ms. Tsubasa Watase.
[05:47] ---
    There are a lot of holes in the
    database due to the chaos of war.
[05:50] ---
    I'm sorry I can't be of any help.
[05:54] ---
    How about we get going?
[05:56] ---
    All right.
[06:16] ---
    "For Pedestrians and Bicyclists"
[06:23] ---
    It's like a completely different city.
[06:25] ---
    I guess it's been 70 years.
[06:29] ---
    "Seio Tokyo Metropolitan"
[06:31] ---
    Thank you very much.
[06:33] ---
    "Do Not Enter"
[06:33] ---
    lt looks like this place has changed, too.
[06:37] ---
    Oh, please wait for me!
[06:57] ---
    Here.
    What?
[06:58] ---
    Grab on.
[06:59] ---
    Oh, okay.
[07:03] ---
    Up we go. Be careful there.
[07:05] ---
    You okay?
[07:06] ---
    Y-Yes.
[07:10] ---
    Thank you very much.
[07:20] ---
    The Second Far Eastern War
    started eight years ago
[07:22] ---
    and that seems to be when
    it sustained this damage.
[07:25] ---
    It looks like it's been closed ever since.
[07:29] ---
    I see.
[07:37] ---
    War...
[07:39] ---
    That's...
[07:40] ---
    Aoba?
[07:52] ---
    So, I guess this place survived...
[07:58] ---
    Do you know? That thing's
    called a basketball.
[08:02] ---
    Sure, I know. Because I used
    to be on the basketball team.
[08:05] ---
    What? Basketball's been
    around since that long ago?
[08:10] ---
    Long ago, huh?
[08:11] ---
    Oh...
[08:13] ---
    Oh, it's fine. It's the truth.
[08:20] ---
    Yes!
[08:21] ---
    Damn it! You got me!
[08:22] ---
    You seriously show no mercy.
[08:30] ---
    Yumihara...
[08:32] ---
    It's Hina.
[08:34] ---
    Hina?
[08:36] ---
    Aoba, trust me.
[08:40] ---
    Stay away!
[08:41] ---
    You are a foe of Zogilia!
[08:45] ---
    It was like she was a different person.
[08:48] ---
    But that was definitely Hina.
[08:54] ---
    Both my home and my school are gone.
[08:56] ---
    What's a guy to do?
[08:58] ---
    Aoba...
[09:00] ---
    There's no swirl of light.
[09:03] ---
    Swirl of light?
[09:04] ---
    Yup. When we went into it,
    there was this flash of light
[09:08] ---
    and before I knew it, I
    was here in this world.
[09:11] ---
    But the thing isn't here.
[09:14] ---
    I wonder why it was there...
[09:22] ---
    Not many cars passing by, are there?
[09:24] ---
    There should still be a decent number
    of people left around here, though.
[09:30] ---
    You're going to the future now.
[09:33] ---
    Dio is waiting.
[09:36] ---
    Mayuka.
[09:37] ---
    Yes?
[09:38] ---
    Zogilia is far, right?
[09:40] ---
    What?
[09:41] ---
    W-Well, yes, it's far. It's on the
    other side of the ocean, after all.
[09:46] ---
    Why do you ask?
[09:47] ---
    I'm thinking that I have no choice
    but to see Hina and ask her in person.
[09:50] ---
    Hina? As in...
[09:53] ---
    You're talking about going to Zogilia?!
[09:55] ---
    Would that be impossible?
    I guess it'd be dangerous?
[09:57] ---
    Of course, it would!
[09:59] ---
    Zogilia is an enemy nation!
[10:01] ---
    Besides, they may have seen your face
    during the previous engagement.
[10:06] ---
    If they know your face, you may
    be detained and killed, you know.
[10:10] ---
    I see... You're right.
    There's a war going on, after all.
[10:15] ---
    Of course.
[10:17] ---
    What the heck am I saying?
[10:20] ---
    Aoba...
[10:29] ---
    Thank you very much.
[10:49] ---
    What's the matter?
[10:52] ---
    Would it be all right if I didn't
    pilot the Valiancer anymore?
[10:56] ---
    What?
[10:57] ---
    Right now, the Cygnus is the
    only place I have to go back to,
[11:02] ---
    but if I go back there,
[11:04] ---
    that means I might be piloting
    the Valiancer again, right?
[11:08] ---
    But if I do,
[11:11] ---
    I wonder if someone might get
    hurt again because of me...
[11:15] ---
    Like Lee...
[11:17] ---
    That's not...
[11:18] ---
    That's not something I...
[11:25] ---
    Aoba.
[11:27] ---
    I'm really glad that you appeared, Aoba.
[11:32] ---
    What?
[11:33] ---
    You had that Matching with Dio out of the
    blue, and even though it was your first time,
[11:37] ---
    the Emphatier Level of that
    Coupling was unbelievable,
[11:40] ---
    and you saved us. Twice.
[11:45] ---
    You are...
[11:47] ---
    I think that you... might be our savior!
[11:53] ---
    Mayuka...
[11:54] ---
    I feel wrong asking you this
    when you're not a soldier,
[12:00] ---
    but won't you please come with us?
[12:02] ---
    Please pilot the Valiancer again.
[12:04] ---
    We need you, Aoba!
[12:08] ---
    We have no choice but
    to send you into combat.
[12:10] ---
    You saved me from having to go for a swim.
[12:12] ---
    You're our savior.
[12:22] ---
    All right.
[12:24] ---
    Let's go back to the Cygnus.
[12:28] ---
    Okay!
[12:31] ---
    You want to continue to fight on the Luxon?
[12:33] ---
    Yes.
[12:35] ---
    I can't go back to the past, and both
    my home and my family are gone,
[12:38] ---
    but there are people here
    who make me feel needed.
[12:42] ---
    I'd like to help out here.
[12:44] ---
    I see.
[12:45] ---
    And besides...
[12:47] ---
    By piloting the Luxon and fighting,
    I may get to see Hina again.
[12:51] ---
    I want to see her and ask her for
    the truth about various things.
[12:54] ---
    If she stands in your way as your enemy,
[12:57] ---
    what do you intend to do?
[12:59] ---
    I don't know.
[13:00] ---
    Wha?!
[13:01] ---
    But I will trust Hina!
[13:05] ---
    Well, I think that's fine.
[13:07] ---
    Captain?!
[13:09] ---
    A bastard like that... No...
[13:11] ---
    Nothing, sir.
[13:13] ---
    "The boy from the past."
    Kind of has a nice ring to it.
[13:17] ---
    Elvira, as the Special Duty Officer
    in charge of the Coupling System,
[13:21] ---
    what's your opinion?
[13:25] ---
    His Emphatier Level with
    Dio is outstanding.
[13:29] ---
    I believe there is no one else as
    qualified as he to pilot the Luxon.
[13:40] ---
    In that case, with regards
    to your position...
[13:44] ---
    Hey, that looks pretty good on you.
[13:47] ---
    But to think... you, an ensign, huh?
[13:50] ---
    Accurately speaking,
    I'm called a reserve ensign
[13:52] ---
    and it's a wartime something or other.
[13:54] ---
    Um, forget about me. How are you?
[13:57] ---
    Oh, nothing wrong with
    my bones or my brain.
[14:00] ---
    I'm told that I'll get better
    with some bed rest.
[14:02] ---
    Ruggedly built, aren't I?
[14:04] ---
    I'm glad...
[14:05] ---
    But!
[14:07] ---
    Just don't forget this one thing.
[14:08] ---
    I was able to come back alive
    this time because I was lucky.
[14:12] ---
    So don't ever do something like that again.
[14:14] ---
    Like hell I'm ever going
    through this again!
[14:18] ---
    I won't! I am so sorry about this!
[14:20] ---
    Also, no more forcibly
    severing the Coupling.
[14:24] ---
    What?
[14:26] ---
    In order to dramatically improve
    the abilities of the Linked Buddies,
[14:29] ---
    the Coupling System makes your minds
    resonate to amplify one another.
[14:33] ---
    Forcibly severing that connection
    is an incredibly dangerous act
[14:36] ---
    that could very well cause
    a mental breakdown!
[14:42] ---
    Why don't you say something?
[14:44] ---
    Elvira, are you saying this
    out of concern for me?
[14:47] ---
    Of course!
[14:49] ---
    Honestly! You pilots!
[14:52] ---
    I guess the newly appointed
    ensign still can't understand
[14:55] ---
    the workings of a woman's mind.
[14:56] ---
    That includes you!
[14:58] ---
    You're killing me!
[14:58] ---
    I swear!
[14:59] ---
    Ow, that hurt. You're totally killing me.
[15:00] ---
    See if I care anymore!
[15:04] ---
    I'm glad our classified
    information was kept safe.
[15:07] ---
    If it's thanks, please
    say it to Aoba Watase.
[15:10] ---
    He's the one who resolved to return.
[15:13] ---
    That's true.
[15:15] ---
    Thanks to that, we didn't have to
    see a demonstration of your skills.
[15:20] ---
    If he had plotted to make his escape,
    would you have shot him?
[15:24] ---
    You are the one who ordered me to do so.
[15:27] ---
    Well, that's true, but...
[15:29] ---
    How are things with the ship?
[15:31] ---
    As we suspected, the left wing engine
    nacelle will require serious repairs.
[15:36] ---
    Oh, dear.
[15:37] ---
    We have received word that the
    Chitose Base could accommodate us.
[15:40] ---
    Chitose, huh?
[15:42] ---
    That's out of our way,
    but there's no helping it.
[15:44] ---
    Let's depart as soon as the
    emergency repairs are done.
[15:47] ---
    Roger that, sir.
[16:06] ---
    What's going on?
[16:08] ---
    We have received an SOS
    from a civilian vessel.
[16:10] ---
    Accident?
[16:11] ---
    No, they say they are
    surrounded by Zogilian forces.
[16:14] ---
    Currently, for the enemy forces,
[16:17] ---
    we have one Flamberg
    and eight Kugels confirmed.
[16:19] ---
    Dio, Aoba, can you hear me?
[16:22] ---
    Yeah, I hear you.
[16:24] ---
    Please conduct the Coupling just
    before you enter combat airspace.
[16:28] ---
    We will direct the timing on our end.
[16:30] ---
    What? Why?
[16:31] ---
    Because currently,
[16:33] ---
    the two of you can only maintain the
    Coupling for a maximum of 300 seconds.
[16:36] ---
    Do you understand?
[16:37] ---
    Got it.
[16:39] ---
    Dio?
[16:41] ---
    Roger.
[16:48] ---
    I never imagined we'd run
    across such big game out here.
[16:52] ---
    Bogeys approaching, 8 o'clock!
[16:55] ---
    "666th Independent Hybrid Battalion"
    
[16:55] ---
    IDed as Confederation.
[16:56] ---
    "Lieutenant Commander Bonner"
[16:56] ---
    They're enemy Valiancers!
[16:57] ---
    They're enemy Valiancers!
[16:57] ---
    From the south?
[16:59] ---
    Identify the units.
[17:00] ---
    One is a Beryl, but the
    remaining two are unknown.
[17:03] ---
    New models?
[17:05] ---
    Valiancer Team, prepare to intercept them.
[17:07] ---
    You will shortly be arriving in
    combat air space. Are you ready?
[17:11] ---
    Yeah!
[17:11] ---
    Commencing Coupling in 3, 2, 1...
[17:16] ---
    Proposing!
[17:17] ---
    Connective, Dio!
[17:19] ---
    Acception!
[17:24] ---
    Approach Ring, deployed!
[17:26] ---
    Estifitguide, commencing navigation.
[17:29] ---
    Approach Ring, accepted.
    Commencing Linkage.
[17:32] ---
    Forceveil, open.
[17:34] ---
    Emphatier Level increasing...
[17:36] ---
    No, it won't stabilize!
[17:37] ---
    Wh-What's happening?!
[17:39] ---
    Damn it!
[17:40] ---
    What's going on?
[17:42] ---
    Coupling requires the
    two to be of one mind.
[17:45] ---
    In order for that to happen,
    they must trust and accept one another,
[17:50] ---
    but there are many factors
    that can hinder that process.
[17:53] ---
    The greatest of which is emotion.
[17:55] ---
    Did something happen?
[17:57] ---
    I reported this to you, remember?
[17:58] ---
    They're still at odds with each other?
[18:00] ---
    It appears so.
[18:03] ---
    Valiancer Team entering combat air space!
[18:05] ---
    No choice. We'll go in as is.
[18:08] ---
    All right, me, too.
[18:10] ---
    For real?!
[18:30] ---
    Enemy ship closing in on civilian vessel!
[18:35] ---
    Don't tell me they plan to board?!
[18:37] ---
    How barbaric...
[18:39] ---
    Can we target only the Flamberg?!
[18:40] ---
    Impossible!
[18:41] ---
    Stuck together like that, the civilian
    vessel will take damage, too!
[18:52] ---
    That crest!
[18:54] ---
    I see. No wonder the enemy
    is so intent on getting them.
[18:58] ---
    What do you think you're doing, Dio?!
[19:00] ---
    You're crazy to be
    charging in there by yourself!
[19:05] ---
    Damn it!
[19:06] ---
    Dio?
[19:07] ---
    Aoba, can you hear me?
[19:09] ---
    Oh, yes.
[19:10] ---
    About that ship. It seems it's a ship
    that belongs to Dio's family.
[19:14] ---
    Dio's?! Then...
[19:16] ---
    Yeah, there's a possibility
    that Dio's family is on board.
[19:20] ---
    No, they probably are.
[19:22] ---
    Even within the Confederation,
    the Weinbergs are an illustrious family.
[19:25] ---
    Taking them hostage would open
    the door to all kinds of negotiations.
[19:28] ---
    That's what the enemy's after.
[19:30] ---
    So that's it.
[19:31] ---
    But even for Dio, they're not
    an opponent he can handle alone.
[19:37] ---
    I understand.
[19:43] ---
    Dio, are you listening?
[19:46] ---
    I may never get to see my family again.
[19:49] ---
    Being in that position now,
[19:50] ---
    I can really understand how
    desperate you must feel!
[19:53] ---
    Your family... people we should
    protect are in there, right?!
[19:57] ---
    Let me help you protect them!
[19:59] ---
    Dio, let's conduct the
    Coupling one more time!
[20:03] ---
    Roger that.
[20:06] ---
    Connective, Dio!
[20:09] ---
    Acception.
[20:12] ---
    Emphatier Level increasing!
[20:14] ---
    Level has reached a point
    where Coupling is possible!
[20:20] ---
    Coupling, complete!
[20:22] ---
    Ah, to be young.
[20:34] ---
    Wow...
[20:35] ---
    Impossible! What was
    that movement just now?!
[20:38] ---
    Civilian vessel is breaking away!
[20:40] ---
    R-Retreat!
[20:43] ---
    You're not getting away!
[20:48] ---
    I'm coming, too!
[20:54] ---
    Civilian vessel breaking away!
    Moving outside blast range!
[20:57] ---
    Fire!
[21:10] ---
    Dio. Aoba. Can you hear me?
[21:13] ---
    Oh, yes.
    Yes, sir.
[21:14] ---
    You guys stay out there to
    escort the civilian vessel
[21:17] ---
    and make port at Chitose.
[21:20] ---
    I understand.
[21:21] ---
    Roger.
[21:28] ---
    So that's the Chitose Base.
[21:36] ---
    That's...
[21:40] ---
    "Chitose Base"
[21:47] ---
    Hey, Dio.
[21:53] ---
    Stand back! Have you forgotten
    the face of Dio Weinberg?!
[22:02] ---
    Dio!
[22:03] ---
    Fiona! You're all right!
[22:05] ---
    So that Valiancer really was you, Dio!
[22:09] ---
    Yeah!
[22:09] ---
    Younger sister?
[22:11] ---
    What are you doing, Dio?
[22:14] ---
    Father...
[22:16] ---
    The things you ought to be doing
[22:18] ---
    should not include frittering
    your time away here.
[22:25] ---
    His father?
[22:27] ---
    With my heart, I call out
[22:31] ---
    To the far side, mutually drawn
[22:35] ---
    Forgetting even the reason I ache
[22:40] ---
    Just for now, please
[22:44] ---
    I know you
[22:49] ---
    I'm looking for you
[22:53] ---
    Softly pressing my lips to the bright
    afterimage I can't keep from leaving
[23:02] ---
    If hesitation is what gives way
    to the slightest of hopes
[23:11] ---
    To as many gentle mornings
    as the times I have wandered
[23:20] ---
    In the future that
    leads back to that sky,
[23:24] ---
    I want to save you,
    I want to protect you
[23:29] ---
    In the future that arrives at that dream
[23:33] ---
    Wait for me
[23:36] ---
    The love we'll surely find
[23:41] ---
    I want you to reach out for it
[23:48] ---
    Next time on Buddy Complex.
[23:48] ---
    "Next Time 'Scars'"
[23:48] ---
    "Scars."

5 - Scars

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[00:17] ---
    "501st Mobile Company,
    193rd U-boat Brigade"
[00:34] ---
    "Special Officer O'Keefe"
[00:35] ---
    I will now go over the offensive operation
[00:38] ---
    "National Security Committee
    Administration Bureau"
[00:38] ---
    that we will shortly be
    committing our forces to.
[00:42] ---
    "Chitose Base"
[00:57] ---
    The things you ought to be doing
[00:59] ---
    should not include frittering
    your time away here.
[01:02] ---
    I wonder what that
    was about yesterday.
[01:05] ---
    Crewman Aoba Watase.
[01:07] ---
    Crewman?
[01:08] ---
    For Crewman Aoba Watase's
    new recruit training today,
[01:12] ---
    I, Ensign Saburota Ogisaka,
    am to serve as head instructor.
[01:16] ---
    I am his assistant,
    Petty Officer Mayuka Nasu.
[01:20] ---
    Huh?
[01:25] ---
    Beat your wings
[01:27] ---
    See the light of hope
    in the sky you have yet to see
[01:32] ---
    And don't ever give in
    to the weight of sorrow
[01:35] ---
    Echo unto eternity, UNISONIA
[01:45] ---
    That world you see before your eyes
[01:50] ---
    What colors is it made up of?
[01:55] ---
    Measure feeling match
[01:58] ---
    The pain of loss isn't something
[02:01] ---
    You want to get used to, and yet
[02:03] ---
    Even on a night like this,
    the stars are beautiful
[02:09] ---
    Like a tarnished coin spilling
    from the palm of your hand
[02:15] ---
    Can't go back
[02:16] ---
    Want to go home
[02:18] ---
    The two, back-to-back
[02:21] ---
    Break through
[02:23] ---
    Turning unfading emotions
    into a lasting bond
[02:28] ---
    Like painting over a colorless world
[02:31] ---
    Let this sympathy reach
[02:34] ---
    Growing the wing
[02:35] ---
    Let's build the
    future that we envision
[02:40] ---
    We can change even fate
[02:43] ---
    Transcending time, UNISONIA
[02:52] ---
    "Scars"
[02:53] ---
    This is the form requesting
    use of the Chitose Base.
[02:55] ---
    The form requesting
    supplies, a list of goods,
[02:58] ---
    "11th Aerial Expeditionary Strike Force"
[02:58] ---
    "1st Navy Special Squadron Captain Kuramitsu"
[02:58] ---
    and a combat report concerning
    the earlier engagement.
[03:01] ---
    Please look through them all and sign them.
[03:03] ---
    Can't we just take care of this by
    calling these extralegal measures?
[03:07] ---
    No, we cannot.
[03:08] ---
    We deal with top secret
    classified material, after all.
[03:12] ---
    Isn't that precisely why we need
    to go through these formalities?
[03:15] ---
    Your words leave me
    no room for argument.
[03:17] ---
    The repairs to the ship are
    scheduled to be completed shortly.
[03:20] ---
    I have also received word that
    Lieutenant Conrad is recovering well.
[03:24] ---
    I'm glad to hear that.
[03:26] ---
    What are our two most essential
    classified military pilots up to?
[03:30] ---
    Shall I summon them?
[03:31] ---
    Nope, just making small talk.
[03:33] ---
    Ensign Weinberg is checking on
    his Valiancer and doing physical training.
[03:38] ---
    As for Ensign Watase, Ensign Ogisaka
    and Petty Officer Nasu are...
[03:41] ---
    Are they doing that?
[03:43] ---
    Yes, that.
[03:45] ---
    I wish you wouldn't make that face.
[03:48] ---
    This is our tradition, after all.
[03:50] ---
    The military is founded on the basis
[03:52] ---
    of high morale,
    the will to observe regulations,
[03:54] ---
    and daily training in
    preparation for extreme situations!
[03:58] ---
    What is this?
[03:59] ---
    It is exactly as he said.
    We have the Captain's permission as well.
[04:03] ---
    Oh, no, I mean...
[04:04] ---
    We've got the Captain's
    permission, too, Crewman Watase!
[04:09] ---
    Now listen up!
[04:10] ---
    Right now, you are less than human!
[04:12] ---
    When you survive my training,
    then and only then will you be a soldier!
[04:16] ---
    Until then, the only words you will
    speak are "Yes, sir!" and "No, sir!"
[04:20] ---
    Got it, you piece of human trash?!
[04:24] ---
    I'm leaving!
[04:24] ---
    Oh, please wait!
[04:26] ---
    Y-You see, you received
    your commission just yesterday,
[04:31] ---
    and you're still new to this ship,
[04:32] ---
    so we thought to show you around the ship
[04:34] ---
    in the form of new recruit training.
[04:39] ---
    All right, fine.
[04:40] ---
    When this training is over,
[04:42] ---
    you will be formally
    commissioned as a reserve ensign.
[04:44] ---
    Now, arm yourself with your
    weapons, Crewman Aoba Watase!
[04:48] ---
    Weapons?
[04:51] ---
    No laughing and
    no crying will be permitted!
[04:53] ---
    You are a cleaning machine!
[04:55] ---
    If you can't clean,
    your existence is worthless!
[04:58] ---
    No slacking off! Are you making
    a play for sympathy by acting tired?!
[05:02] ---
    You defeatist piece of
    trash heap scum!
[05:05] ---
    If you want to hate me,
    go ahead and hate me!
[05:07] ---
    It'll fuel you and make you stronger!
[05:09] ---
    But never forget this.
[05:11] ---
    Orders from your
    superior officers are absolute!
[05:16] ---
    With that in mind,
[05:17] ---
    you will place this hospital urinal
    between Lieutenant Conrad's legs,
[05:20] ---
    Crewman Watase.
[05:21] ---
    Get real!
[05:27] ---
    Ensign Ryazan, returning to duty, sir.
[05:31] ---
    I have been told that I owe my return
[05:33] ---
    to you putting in a good
    word for me, Commander.
[05:36] ---
    "Commander Gallant"
[05:36] ---
    "501st Mobile Company, 193rd U-boat Brigade"
    
[05:36] ---
    Thank you very much, sir.
[05:37] ---
    lt's nothing you need to thank me for.
[05:39] ---
    And besides, you don't seem satisfied.
[05:42] ---
    It is not as if I have been
    cleared of all suspicion, so...
[05:47] ---
    Prove your innocence
    through your own actions.
[05:52] ---
    However, don't get too fired up
    and lose sight of our mission objectives.
[05:56] ---
    Yes, sir!
[06:00] ---
    Hina.
[06:02] ---
    Bizon!
[06:03] ---
    Are you all right?
[06:05] ---
    I'm all right.
[06:06] ---
    It's just the Madam Special Officer
    doing what she always does.
[06:16] ---
    Seriously?
[06:18] ---
    They expect me to clean
    this huge area all by myself?!
[06:21] ---
    Well, then, we have
    other work to attend to.
[06:25] ---
    When you're done, come to
    the bridge. No goofing off now.
[06:30] ---
    Like hell I'm doing this!
[06:38] ---
    Isn't that...?
[06:41] ---
    Those without authorization are
    not allowed entry beyond this point.
[06:44] ---
    The regulations forbid it.
[06:46] ---
    But...
[06:47] ---
    It's regulations, ma'am.
[06:49] ---
    Mistress Fiona...
[06:51] ---
    It's fine. Let's just leave.
[06:59] ---
    Excuse me!
[07:01] ---
    Hey, I thought I recognized you!
[07:04] ---
    Oh, you're the one from...
[07:06] ---
    Aoba Watase. I'm the Luxon's pilot.
[07:09] ---
    You're Dio's...?
[07:11] ---
    Younger sister.
    My name is Fiona Weinberg.
[07:14] ---
    Want me to go get him?
[07:16] ---
    You came to see Dio, right?
[07:18] ---
    No, it's fine.
[07:20] ---
    After what our father said to him,
    I don't think he'll want to see me.
[07:25] ---
    What do you mean?
[07:26] ---
    Dio feels guilty.
[07:29] ---
    Towards me.
[07:30] ---
    Or rather, towards our family.
[07:33] ---
    Guilty?
[07:34] ---
    Yes.
[07:53] ---
    The enemy's numbers are too great!
[07:55] ---
    7th Platoon, we're retreating!
[07:56] ---
    Commander?!
[07:57] ---
    They've breached our line of defense!
[07:59] ---
    The 1st and 2nd Companies
    have both retreated!
[08:02] ---
    It will serve no purpose to
    stay here any longer!
[08:04] ---
    But...
[08:05] ---
    Mom and Fiona are still there!
[08:09] ---
    Let me go! I still...
[08:21] ---
    Mom! Fiona!
[08:28] ---
    Our mother died in that attack,
    and my legs were also...
[08:34] ---
    I had no idea...
[08:36] ---
    The enemy's forces were massive.
[08:38] ---
    So it's not anyone's fault.
[08:41] ---
    But our father blamed Dio
[08:44] ---
    and Dio has blamed himself for
    what happened to our mother and me.
[08:47] ---
    I'm worried about how
    Dio is handling things.
[08:53] ---
    All right. I understand.
[08:55] ---
    What?
[09:02] ---
    What's wrong?!
[09:04] ---
    M-My stomach suddenly...
[09:06] ---
    Owowowow...
[09:07] ---
    Hang in there. I'll call the medic
    team right away.
[09:09] ---
    Th-That's okay.
    I think it'll pass soon...
[09:12] ---
    Probably...
[09:14] ---
    Hey, are you really okay?
[09:18] ---
    Maybe we'd better call
    the medic team, after all?
[09:21] ---
    I-I'll be okay.
[09:23] ---
    But you...
[09:26] ---
    Um, was it really okay?
[09:29] ---
    Was what okay?
[09:30] ---
    Won't you get yelled at for this later?
[09:32] ---
    You don't need to get
    permission just to see family.
[09:35] ---
    Besides, if there's
    someone you want to talk to,
[09:37] ---
    I think you should talk to them
    when you want to talk to them.
[09:41] ---
    But where the heck is Dio anyway?
[09:44] ---
    Maybe we can find
    out if we go to the bridge.
[09:50] ---
    "Man From the Past! Welcome!"
[09:51] ---
    Welcome to the Cygnus!
[09:53] ---
    Wait. Huh?
[09:54] ---
    Who's this girl?
[09:56] ---
    Oh, yeah. This is Dio's younger sister.
[09:58] ---
    And her attendant.
[10:00] ---
    Or actually...
[10:00] ---
    "Man From the Past! Welcome!"
[10:01] ---
    What is this?
[10:03] ---
    This is a welcome party for you, Aoba.
[10:05] ---
    We always do this
    when we get someone new.
[10:08] ---
    It's our tradition.
[10:09] ---
    They pulled this on me on the last ship.
[10:12] ---
    They called it new recruit training
    and made me clean all over the ship.
[10:15] ---
    Then, that was...
[10:17] ---
    Don't hold it against me.
[10:19] ---
    Everyone asked me to,
    so I had no choice but to do it.
[10:21] ---
    Had no choice?
[10:22] ---
    More like, you were totally into it.
[10:24] ---
    You watch too many movies.
[10:25] ---
    Shut up!
[10:27] ---
    Come on now, hurry up and put this on.
[10:29] ---
    This is part of the tradition, after all.
[10:33] ---
    Thank you very much, Aoba.
[10:35] ---
    I'm very happy to know what
    kind of people Dio is surrounded by.
[10:42] ---
    Then, should we invite Dio, too?
[10:44] ---
    When I told him it
    was a welcome party for Aoba,
[10:46] ---
    he declined to attend, though...
[10:48] ---
    Hey! Wh-What's his problem?!
[10:59] ---
    Yes. Training room.
[11:02] ---
    Dio.
[11:03] ---
    Fiona?! What are you doing here?!
[11:05] ---
    I brought her here.
[11:07] ---
    Why would you be...
[11:08] ---
    Come to the bridge.
[11:10] ---
    You don't have to
    come to my welcome party,
[11:12] ---
    but you could at
    least talk to Fiona, right?
[11:16] ---
    Dio?
[11:26] ---
    "15th Aerial Strike Force"
[11:35] ---
    "Pacific Fleet, Zogilian
    National Defense Force"
[11:40] ---
    Emergency dispatch
[11:41] ---
    from our defensive force
    deployed in the Otaru region.
[11:43] ---
    Zogilian force invading from
    across the Sea of Japan.
[11:46] ---
    Currently engaged in hostilities.
[11:47] ---
    They outnumber us nearly two-to-one.
[11:50] ---
    Send reinforcements
    from Misawa and Chitose.
[11:52] ---
    Chitose, especially. I don't
    care if we leave the base empty.
[11:55] ---
    What shall we do about that one ship?
[11:57] ---
    Mobilize it, of course.
[11:58] ---
    "Vice Admiral Richardson, Pacific
    Fleet Acting Commander"
[11:58] ---
    What good are new models
[12:01] ---
    if they're of no use at a time like this?
[12:03] ---
    What?! They expect us to mobilize, too?!
[12:06] ---
    Our engines aren't even at 100% yet!
[12:08] ---
    Are they sure about this?
[12:09] ---
    I thought this ship and the Coupling
    System were supposed to be secrets.
[12:12] ---
    But this is an order, right?
[12:14] ---
    Yes, sir. Officially issued from
    Joint Command Headquarters.
[12:17] ---
    Then we have no choice.
[12:19] ---
    The Cygnus will now depart for
    Otaru with all due haste.
[12:24] ---
    Our objective:
[12:25] ---
    to bolster our defensive force,
    who is currently engaged in hostilities,
[12:27] ---
    and to halt the advance
    of the invading enemy forces.
[12:30] ---
    Valiancer Team,
    quickly prepare to move out.
[12:32] ---
    See ya out there.
[12:32] ---
    All units, launch once we're afloat.
    See ya out there.
[12:35] ---
    Fly ahead, rendezvous
    with our defensive force,
[12:37] ---
    and hold the front until
    the Cygnus arrives.
[12:41] ---
    Dio.
[12:42] ---
    Fiona! Why are you still there?!
[12:44] ---
    I'm sorry. There was something
    I wanted to say to you, no matter what.
[12:49] ---
    What is it?
[12:51] ---
    Dio, you did nothing wrong.
[12:55] ---
    Even if someone were to blame you,
[12:58] ---
    I forgive you.
[13:01] ---
    Mistress Fiona, we must hurry.
[13:03] ---
    See you later, Dio.
[13:12] ---
    Ship 1, Ship 2, take off in order.
[13:15] ---
    After taking off, proceed
    at Battle Speed II and...
[13:21] ---
    What's that?!
[13:23] ---
    Multiple bogeys approaching from 6 o'clock!
[13:25] ---
    They're Zogilian Valiancers!
[13:27] ---
    You're not sending any
    reinforcements to Otaru.
[13:30] ---
    Our unit's mission
[13:32] ---
    is to coordinate with our main force
    invading from across the Sea of Japan
[13:35] ---
    to launch a surprise attack on the
    Chitose Base and take control of it.
[13:39] ---
    Don't you so much as
    scratch the civilian vessels.
[13:42] ---
    Like hell I'd do anything so disgraceful!
[13:44] ---
    With no reinforcements showing up,
[13:46] ---
    I wonder how well their defensive
    force will hold up against our attack.
[13:49] ---
    Chitose is going down.
[14:21] ---
    Nicely played, Alfried Gallant.
[14:23] ---
    What would you like for us to do, Captain?
[14:25] ---
    There is no choice here for us.
[14:27] ---
    Let's take everything we've
    got and tackle the enemy in front of us.
[14:31] ---
    Propose this change
    of plans to Base Command.
[14:33] ---
    Cygnus, emergency takeoff.
[14:39] ---
    All hands, Battle Station One.
[14:41] ---
    Once we change course,
    the Valiancer Team will...
[14:43] ---
    Where's Fiona?!
[14:44] ---
    We received word earlier that
    she made it safely to the Weinbergs' ship.
[14:50] ---
    I see.
[14:52] ---
    Thank goodness.
[14:52] ---
    You guys are totally in synch.
[14:55] ---
    Bradyon, launching!
[15:03] ---
    If Fiona and the rest
    are safe, we can go all-out!
[15:06] ---
    Idiot! Don't rush in!
[15:13] ---
    Found you, white one!
[15:16] ---
    That Valiancer!
[15:17] ---
    Hina!
[15:21] ---
    Aoba?!
[15:22] ---
    That bastard...
[15:27] ---
    Hina, don't go on your own!
    It's too dangerous!
[15:30] ---
    Let her continue
    this course of action.
[15:32] ---
    If she can capture
    the new model now,
[15:34] ---
    she will be cleared of all suspicion.
[15:36] ---
    It is also in line with
    our nation's strategic plans.
[15:38] ---
    So she's still under suspicion?!
[15:42] ---
    Because of you, I have
    come under needless suspicion!
[15:45] ---
    Hina, it's me! It's Aoba!
    Don't you remember me?!
[15:48] ---
    Death to the foes of Zogilia!
[15:57] ---
    Dio...
[15:59] ---
    Aoba...
[16:02] ---
    That bastard...
[16:04] ---
    Go on ahead if you're worried, Dio.
[16:06] ---
    But right now, we have
    to hold this front...
[16:08] ---
    You're so not honest with yourself.
[16:10] ---
    Dio, orders from the Captain.
[16:12] ---
    Please conduct the Coupling
    with Aoba to overturn this situation.
[16:16] ---
    Hey, you heard her!
[16:24] ---
    Don't get in their way!
[16:25] ---
    You're all such insensitive bastards!
[16:32] ---
    Multiple bogeys at 6 o'clock!
    Deploying rear NECTTAR Curtain!
[16:35] ---
    Engine output, stable!
    Damage to ship, negligible!
[16:38] ---
    Where's Dio?
[16:39] ---
    He hasn't arrived within the
    Seventh Code Coverage area yet!
[16:44] ---
    What is it?!
[16:45] ---
    Multiple bogeys approaching from behind!
[16:47] ---
    Verifying the data!
[16:48] ---
    It's a Zogilian force!
[16:50] ---
    Curtana Class, 11! Flamberg
    Class, 25! Numerous Valiancers!
[16:53] ---
    Approximately five minutes
    out from the Chitose Base!
[16:57] ---
    So they broke through
    our defensive force.
[16:59] ---
    Hold on, sir!
[17:00] ---
    The silhouette of the ship up ahead...
[17:06] ---
    That's...!
[17:17] ---
    Is that even fair?!
[17:19] ---
    We'll take you out in one fell swoop.
[17:25] ---
    Hey, is this...
[17:27] ---
    One of those "caught between
    a rock and a hard place" scenarios?!
[17:30] ---
    Captain, it is impossible
    to continue to defend the base!
[17:33] ---
    Caught from the front and back,
    even we cannot withstand this!
[17:40] ---
    All right.
[17:42] ---
    We'll abandon the Chitose Base.
[17:44] ---
    The Cygnus will now
    break away from this airspace.
[17:46] ---
    But how?
[17:48] ---
    If we use that, we just may...
[17:50] ---
    The way those
    two are now, it might work.
[17:52] ---
    Captain!
[17:55] ---
    Stop this, Hina! Stop!
[17:57] ---
    You brought me here, remember?!
[17:59] ---
    So why?!
[18:00] ---
    You won't attack me?!
    Make a fool of me, will you?!
[18:07] ---
    Go down!
[18:12] ---
    What?!
[18:15] ---
    Dio!
[18:22] ---
    I can't get close!
[18:25] ---
    Wait a minute!
    Hina's in that Valiancer!
[18:28] ---
    That's enough already!
[18:29] ---
    You seriously won't attack her?!
    Are you an idiot?!
[18:31] ---
    But Hina is...
[18:32] ---
    Dio. Aoba. Listen.
[18:34] ---
    The Cygnus is going to
    abandon the Chitose Base
[18:36] ---
    and break away from this airspace.
[18:38] ---
    Hey, now, are you sure about that?
[18:40] ---
    It seems we have approval
    from Joint Command Headquarters.
[18:42] ---
    Then let's get the hell outta here.
[18:46] ---
    They're not coming after me?
[18:48] ---
    But for this to work,
[18:50] ---
    it's absolutely essential for the Buddies
[18:51] ---
    to work as a unit and
    to have Coupling alignment.
[18:53] ---
    Not only that, but the Aeroscales
    won't be able to withstand the load,
[18:56] ---
    so we'll only be able to do this
    once for a limited amount of time!
[18:59] ---
    You heard her. There's no time
    to be fixating on that Valiancer!
[19:03] ---
    All right.
[19:06] ---
    Then I'll bring the fight to you!
[19:08] ---
    Connective, Dio!
[19:09] ---
    Acception!
[19:13] ---
    That's...!
[19:15] ---
    Damn them!
[19:18] ---
    They fled?!
[19:20] ---
    How dare you mock me?!
[19:26] ---
    They're too fast! I can't catch up!
[19:48] ---
    The Luxon and the Bradyon have
    arrived at their designated positions.
[19:52] ---
    Thirty seconds, all right?
    That's the limit.
[19:54] ---
    Be careful, both of you.
[19:56] ---
    Main engine has reached critical threshold!
[19:58] ---
    Cygnus, advance straight ahead
    behind the Luxon and the Bradyon.
[20:01] ---
    Maximum battle speed!
[20:06] ---
    Code T2Rise, activate!
[20:08] ---
    Here we go!
[20:09] ---
    Right!
[20:17] ---
    They're coming straight at us?
[20:19] ---
    A bold tactic.
[20:20] ---
    What are they trying to do?
    Let me test them.
[20:26] ---
    What?!
[20:27] ---
    They deflected it?!
[20:45] ---
    Don't go crashing into me or anything!
[20:47] ---
    I'm doing what I'm supposed to, aren't I?!
[20:49] ---
    If you want me to back
    you up, be honest and say so!
[20:51] ---
    The hell kind of thing to say is that?!
[20:57] ---
    It's time!
[21:07] ---
    Fire!
[21:28] ---
    What are you doing?!
    After them! After them!
[21:31] ---
    It's no use.
[21:32] ---
    We've achieved our objective.
[21:34] ---
    Moving to take control of the Chitose Base.
[21:45] ---
    Father, Dio protected us, you know.
[21:49] ---
    He's surrounded by
    incredibly wonderful people.
[21:57] ---
    How did you like
    them engine handling skills?!
[22:00] ---
    Irrelevant, right?
[22:01] ---
    What?!
[22:04] ---
    I'll leave the rest to you,
    Lieutenant Commander.
[22:06] ---
    Yes, sir.
[22:11] ---
    I swear, talk about being reckless.
[22:13] ---
    Get your butt down here already!
[22:19] ---
    I appreciate what you did
    for my sister, Aoba.
[22:27] ---
    With my heart, I call out
[22:31] ---
    To the far side, mutually drawn
[22:35] ---
    Forgetting even the reason I ache
[22:40] ---
    Just for now, please
[22:44] ---
    I know you
[22:49] ---
    I'm looking for you
[22:53] ---
    Softly pressing my lips to the bright
    afterimage I can't keep from leaving
[23:02] ---
    If hesitation is what gives way
    to the slightest of hopes
[23:11] ---
    To as many gentle mornings
    as the times I have wandered
[23:20] ---
    In the future that
    leads back to that sky,
[23:24] ---
    I want to save you,
    I want to protect you
[23:29] ---
    In the future that arrives at that dream
[23:33] ---
    Wait for me
[23:36] ---
    The love we'll surely find
[23:41] ---
    I want you to reach out for it
[23:48] ---
    Next time on Buddy Complex.
[23:48] ---
    "Next Time 'The Other Coupler'"
[23:50] ---
    "The Other Coupler."

6 - The Other Coupler

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[00:13] ---
    Is the report that the Coupling
    System was used in Chitose true?!
[00:18] ---
    Wasn't development on that
    supposed to have been banned?!
[00:20] ---
    Where have they been
    getting their funding from?!
[00:22] ---
    After their repeated failures,
    they still haven't had enough?!
[00:26] ---
    We may be at war, but this is outrageous! Do
    they think that they can get away with this?!
[00:28] ---
    I demand a satisfactory explanation! It
    happened at a good time, wouldn't you say?
[00:31] ---
    To end the impasse
    we've reached in this war,
[00:33] ---
    we would've had to let our prize
    fighter out of the cage eventually.
[00:38] ---
    "Rear Admiral Green, 1st Navy
    Special Squadron Commander"
[00:38] ---
    No matter what the Council says,
[00:40] ---
    there are millions who will support us.
[00:44] ---
    You mean to get
    the people on your side?
[00:47] ---
    I've made the arrangements.
[00:50] ---
    "Cygnus"
    "Mobile Strike Aeroship"
[00:54] ---
    Me?! In a swimsuit?!
[00:56] ---
    Just saying that it's a possibility.
[00:58] ---
    It seems they'll mainly be filming
    the Luxon and the Bradyon,
[01:02] ---
    but they said they want footage
    from around the ship and of the crew.
[01:05] ---
    Please hold on a second.
[01:06] ---
    So, not only has the brass sent
    us out into this airspace with no cover,
[01:10] ---
    without even a flight formation,
    to head for the Hawaii Base on our own,
[01:14] ---
    but now they expect us
    to pretend like we're actors?!
[01:16] ---
    If that will get us off the hook,
    it might be a small price to pay.
[01:20] ---
    That may be true, but...
[01:22] ---
    Carriage coming in for approach.
[01:31] ---
    A promotional video...
[01:33] ---
    They have time to be making
    stuff like that during a war, Jarl?
[01:36] ---
    They're making it because we're at war.
[01:38] ---
    It's for things like recruiting
    more troops and raising funds.
[01:42] ---
    Well, it's all kinds of complicated.
[01:44] ---
    Unlike what goes on in your head.
[01:46] ---
    What's that supposed to mean?
[01:48] ---
    More like, do you even get it?
[01:50] ---
    If they're making a promotional
    video on the Coupling System,
[01:52] ---
    the stars of it will be Dio... and you.
[01:55] ---
    What?! Me?!
[01:56] ---
    Depending on how photogenic you are,
[01:58] ---
    it just might decide whether
    the Confederation wins or loses.
[02:01] ---
    Whoa! Wait! This is too sudden!
[02:04] ---
    Ooh! So these are the Luxon
    and the Bradyon?! That's great!
[02:08] ---
    Whoa! Ensign Weinberg!
[02:11] ---
    The rumors that you're the
    best-looking pilot in the Confederation
[02:13] ---
    sure are well-earned!
[02:15] ---
    And you're Aoba Watase?
[02:17] ---
    I-I'm new, but I'll do my best to...
[02:19] ---
    Sorry, but you won't
    have any scenes in this video.
[02:23] ---
    Huh?
[02:24] ---
    Because we've brought in a Coupler
[02:25] ---
    who'll be a good match
    for Dio, visually speaking.
[02:28] ---
    That's a Beryl Explorer.
[02:31] ---
    Long time no see, Dio!
[02:33] ---
    You're...!
[02:35] ---
    Fromm!
[02:36] ---
    Hey, how've you been?
[02:40] ---
    Ensign Fromm Vantarhei,
[02:41] ---
    here as a Coupler for the purpose
    of shooting the promotional video.
[02:44] ---
    Hey, I'm Jarl Duran.
[02:47] ---
    Aoba, I'm sorry about this.
[02:49] ---
    What?
[02:50] ---
    I'll be borrowing your
    Luxon just for a little while.
[02:54] ---
    Since my Beryl can't conduct a Coupling.
[02:57] ---
    R-Right.
[02:58] ---
    I heard!
[02:59] ---
    You put out a Nice Coupling
    reading with Dio
[03:01] ---
    without even any
    preliminary adjustments?
[03:04] ---
    That's amazing.
[03:04] ---
    Y-You think so?
[03:07] ---
    I want you to tell
    me all about yourself later.
[03:09] ---
    About me?
[03:11] ---
    Yup. You've got an
    unusual background, right?
[03:13] ---
    Oh, uh... I guess.
[03:20] ---
    Beat your wings
[03:22] ---
    See the light of hope
    in the sky you have yet to see
[03:27] ---
    And don't ever give in
    to the weight of sorrow
[03:30] ---
    Echo unto eternity, UNISONIA
[03:40] ---
    That world you see before your eyes
[03:45] ---
    What colors is it made up of?
[03:50] ---
    Measure feeling match
[03:53] ---
    The pain of loss isn't something
[03:55] ---
    You want to get used to, and yet
[03:58] ---
    Even on a night like this,
    the stars are beautiful
[04:04] ---
    Like a tarnished coin spilling
    from the palm of your hand
[04:10] ---
    Can't go back
[04:11] ---
    Want to go home
[04:13] ---
    The two, back-to-back
[04:16] ---
    Break through
[04:18] ---
    Turning unfading emotions
    into a lasting bond
[04:23] ---
    Like painting over a colorless world
[04:26] ---
    Let this sympathy reach
[04:29] ---
    Growing the wing
[04:30] ---
    Let's build the
    future that we envision
[04:35] ---
    We can change even fate
[04:38] ---
    Transcending time, UNISONIA
[04:47] ---
    Red doors lead to dangerous compartments.
[04:47] ---
    "The Other Coupler"
[04:49] ---
    doors are related to classified matters
[04:52] ---
    and you will be prohibited
    from entering either.
[04:54] ---
    Incidentally, this aeroship...
[04:56] ---
    What is it?
[04:57] ---
    Just thinking that the
    crew of the Cygnus is fortunate.
[05:01] ---
    To be sharing their fate with
    such an alluring superior officer.
[05:05] ---
    Huh?
[05:11] ---
    Now, this aeroship is
    currently on active duty,
[05:14] ---
    so we may become engaged
    in battle at any time...
[05:16] ---
    I couldn't have asked for better news!
[05:18] ---
    It's in honest-to-goodness
    life-and-death battles
[05:21] ---
    that you always get the best footage!
[05:24] ---
    I'm counting on you, Fromm!
    And you, too, Dio!
[05:26] ---
    I'm happy to get
    to fly with you again.
[05:28] ---
    Yeah, I suppose.
[05:32] ---
    Did you hear?
[05:33] ---
    The pilot that came to shoot the
    Coupling System promotional video
[05:36] ---
    is supposed to be super good-looking!
[05:38] ---
    I heard!
[05:38] ---
    Wow, I'm surprised.
[05:39] ---
    I didn't think you were the sort
    of girl who was interested in this stuff.
[05:43] ---
    That's not true.
[05:44] ---
    I'm curious to know things
    like what his brainwaves are like
[05:47] ---
    or what his Sympathy Specter
    deviation levels are like.
[05:51] ---
    I see.
[05:53] ---
    Well, I guess you've got Aoba Watase.
[05:56] ---
    What?
[05:56] ---
    All right!
[05:58] ---
    Let's go!
[05:59] ---
    Huh? Go where?
[06:02] ---
    To feast our eyes!
[06:05] ---
    Before we start shooting, I want
    to scout for locations on the aeroship.
[06:08] ---
    Can we get authorization for that?
[06:11] ---
    He's gorgeous!
[06:13] ---
    Then I will have one
    of our soldiers guide you...
[06:15] ---
    Me!
[06:16] ---
    Please allow me!
[06:17] ---
    Petty Officer?!
[06:18] ---
    I'm Anessa Rossetti!
[06:20] ---
    Don't just think of me as your guide!
[06:21] ---
    If there's anything
    I can help with! Anything at all!
[06:23] ---
    We're so lucky to have
    such a sweet girl looking after us!
[06:28] ---
    Honestly...
[06:29] ---
    I know!
[06:31] ---
    How about we ask her to serve
    as the host in the promotional video?
[06:34] ---
    Great idea, Fromm! Let's go with that!
[06:37] ---
    Do you mind?
[06:38] ---
    Of course not!
[06:39] ---
    Dio...
[06:39] ---
    It's settled then.
[06:41] ---
    Oh, Dio.
[06:42] ---
    I'll see you later.
[06:46] ---
    Then, where would you like to go first?
[06:48] ---
    How about the bridge?
[06:53] ---
    You know him, right?
[06:55] ---
    That guy... Fromm, was it?
[06:58] ---
    Yeah.
[06:59] ---
    What's he like?
[07:04] ---
    Lake Louise?
[07:06] ---
    A training facility for Couplers.
[07:08] ---
    We were in the same class there.
[07:10] ---
    I see.
[07:12] ---
    On paper or in practice,
    in simulators or in real Valiancers,
[07:16] ---
    he made excellent marks.
[07:18] ---
    I had no idea.
[07:20] ---
    And he seems kind of like a good guy, too.
[07:23] ---
    He's a likeable guy.
[07:25] ---
    It seemed like he always had
    people around keeping him company.
[07:29] ---
    The exact opposite of you, huh?
[07:32] ---
    It's a quality that's
    unnecessary in a soldier.
[07:35] ---
    But he was really good, right?
[07:40] ---
    I have a problem with guys
    who don't take things seriously.
[07:44] ---
    And with busybodies, too.
[07:48] ---
    You mean, me?!
[07:50] ---
    At this point,
[07:51] ---
    we've seen no sign of any units taking
    off to pursue us from the Chitose Base.
[07:55] ---
    Taking control of enemy
    territory is no simple thing.
[08:00] ---
    I'd say they've got their
    hands full just getting things in order.
[08:09] ---
    About the rendezvous at the Hawaii Base...
[08:11] ---
    Wait, what are you doing?
[08:13] ---
    N-Nothing, please don't mind me, sir.
[08:16] ---
    "Chitose Base"
[08:18] ---
    The Vajra?
[08:19] ---
    Its outfitting and deployment
    tests were completed just last week.
[08:23] ---
    It will be arriving here shortly.
[08:25] ---
    Such a cutting-edge aeroship is
    to be assigned to my unit?
[08:28] ---
    You fought bravely to bring down Chitose,
[08:28] ---
    "Senior Admiral Konev"
[08:28] ---
    "National Defense Force
    Siberian Front Commander"
[08:31] ---
    and National Defense Force Central
    Command was extremely impressed.
[08:34] ---
    They feel you've lived up to the
    name you've made for yourself.
[08:37] ---
    I am deeply awed to hear it.
[08:39] ---
    Well, given your
    distinguished military service,
[08:41] ---
    I doubt even the Adminburo
    will be complaining.
[08:44] ---
    Be that as it may,
[08:46] ---
    I cannot believe they will be
    content to merely look on in envy.
[08:50] ---
    If they would even just stay
    out of our way, I would be grateful...
[09:05] ---
    I wasn't able to clear their suspicions.
[09:09] ---
    Why didn't that new model fight back?
[09:13] ---
    It's me! It's Aoba Watase!
[09:16] ---
    That pilot...
[09:18] ---
    What in the world...?
[09:21] ---
    Hina, you there?
[09:23] ---
    Lasha?
[09:27] ---
    Quick! Come!
[09:30] ---
    Oh, good. They're still here.
[09:34] ---
    Cute, aren't they?
[09:37] ---
    Yeah.
[09:40] ---
    Yeah, deer are great.
[09:43] ---
    The fawn in particular would
    taste great stewed in tomatoes.
[09:46] ---
    What?!
[09:47] ---
    All right. Then I guess I'll make
    a quick trip back to borrow a rifle.
[09:51] ---
    Oh! You can't do that, Tarjim!
    That's not what this was about!
[09:58] ---
    I'm glad to see you've cheered up.
[10:04] ---
    Here goes the real take!
[10:05] ---
    Ready!
[10:08] ---
    Over here we have the
    Coupling Valiancers, the Luxon
[10:12] ---
    and the Bradyon.
[10:14] ---
    Now, let's have a word with
    Senior Chief Petty Officer Don Naher,
[10:16] ---
    who is in charge of their maintenance.
[10:20] ---
    Do you run into any problems with them
[10:22] ---
    that you don't with normal Valiancers?
[10:23] ---
    Let me think.
[10:25] ---
    I'd say it's having
    some happy-go-lucky idiots
[10:27] ---
    pulling me away from important work.
[10:30] ---
    I-I see.
[10:32] ---
    I imagine you must put a lot
    of care into the nutritional balance
[10:36] ---
    of the meals for the
    Coupling Valiancer pilots, right?
[10:39] ---
    I like to think I put a
    lot of care into every meal,
[10:41] ---
    no matter which serviceman it's for.
[10:43] ---
    O-Of course, you do!
[10:46] ---
    Taking a little break
    between all that hard work!
[10:48] ---
    Recharging both mentally and
    physically in the best possible spot!
[10:52] ---
    That's great! That's great!
    Love that sexiness!
[10:55] ---
    You're awesome!
[10:56] ---
    Oh, my!
[10:59] ---
    This is absurd!
[11:04] ---
    Then, the Protection Division?
[11:05] ---
    lt will allow the people of Zogilia
[11:06] ---
    "Undersecretary Malekov"
[11:06] ---
    "National Security Committee
    Administration Bureau"
[11:07] ---
    to see the power of the Adminburo,
    and at the same time, it will serve
[11:10] ---
    to get the better of the military,
    who have been growing big-headed.
[11:13] ---
    Two birds with one stone.
[11:14] ---
    Truly brilliant,
    Undersecretary Gile Malekov.
[11:16] ---
    All the data you sent
[11:18] ---
    on the engagements between
    Alfried Gallant's team and those bastards
[11:22] ---
    has already been
    forwarded to the Gáe Bulg.
[11:25] ---
    When a successful
    outcome has been achieved,
[11:27] ---
    you, too, will receive what you are due.
[11:30] ---
    Slava Zogilia.
[11:39] ---
    "Gáe Bulg" "Protection
    Division Tactical Assault Aeroship"
[11:43] ---
    Now is the time to make manifest
[11:45] ---
    the power of the Adminburo's
    Protection Division!
[11:48] ---
    The foolish Confederation's new weapon
[11:50] ---
    is nothing to fear
    before what we bring to bear!
[11:53] ---
    We are ready to mobilize, Your Excellency!
[11:55] ---
    Good.
[11:56] ---
    "Dorzhiev, 1st Airborne Division Commander"
[11:57] ---
    Then here we go!
[11:58] ---
    Yes, sir!
[12:15] ---
    Their Emphatier Level won't
    stabilize at the prescribed value?
[12:18] ---
    Could it be that this means Dio
    and Fromm can't conduct a Coupling?
[12:22] ---
    It's almost to the point
    where we can't authorize it.
[12:24] ---
    Please wait!
[12:24] ---
    What?!
[12:25] ---
    In the tests at Lake Louise,
[12:27] ---
    I believe Fromm and I produced
    a Nice Coupling reading.
[12:30] ---
    Even among the Coupler candidates,
[12:33] ---
    we were the most compatible, remember?
[12:34] ---
    Dio, your Emphatier Waveform
    has altered compared to before.
[12:39] ---
    My waveform has altered?
[12:42] ---
    That's right.
[12:42] ---
    It's beginning to stray
    from the standard waveform.
[12:45] ---
    That can't be...
[12:46] ---
    The cause?
[12:47] ---
    There's no knowing at this point.
[12:49] ---
    Could it be because he's
    experienced active combat?
[12:52] ---
    I can't deny that as a possibility.
[12:55] ---
    I don't really care,
    but what about the shoot?!
[12:57] ---
    Um, I have a suggestion.
[13:00] ---
    What is it?
[13:03] ---
    One minute, you're a debuting actor,
    and the next, you're a cameraman!
[13:05] ---
    That's quite the promotion, boy!
[13:08] ---
    Don't you give me that, too, Don.
[13:10] ---
    Ensign Watase, report to
    the testing room immediately.
[13:13] ---
    I repeat. Ensign Watase...
[13:27] ---
    This can't be!
[13:29] ---
    Amazing... What's with these numbers?
[13:32] ---
    Their first Coupling test ever,
    and to get a Matching on this order...
[13:35] ---
    Yes...
[13:36] ---
    So, how is it? Will it work? Or won't it?
[13:40] ---
    Elvira?
[13:41] ---
    In terms of the numbers,
    there are no problems.
[13:46] ---
    I will authorize it.
[13:46] ---
    In that case, we'll swap in Dio later
    for the footage inside the cockpit.
[13:51] ---
    We'll go with Aoba for
    the Coupling with Fromm!
[13:54] ---
    Huh? What?
[13:56] ---
    Looking forward to it.
[13:58] ---
    Looking forward to it?
[14:00] ---
    What do you mean?
[14:06] ---
    All Valiancers now taking off
    are in the service of the PR Division.
[14:10] ---
    I repeat, they are in
    the service of the PR Division.
[14:13] ---
    Furthermore, due to
    the swapping in of a Coupler,
[14:16] ---
    some changes have
    been made to the roster of pilots.
[14:18] ---
    Aboard the Luxon will
    be Ensign Aoba Watase.
[14:21] ---
    All right!
[14:22] ---
    Aboard the Bradyon,
    in place of Ensign Dio Weinberg,
[14:25] ---
    will be Ensign Fromm Vanterhei.
[14:27] ---
    This may be our first time as Buddies,
    but I won't be going easy on you.
[14:30] ---
    Sure! You can count on me!
[14:32] ---
    Furthermore, Ensign Weinberg
    will be piloting a Beryl.
[14:38] ---
    Active combat experience, huh?
[14:40] ---
    That impacted my Emphatier
    Waveform? That's ridiculous...
[14:44] ---
    If that's true, then why only me?
[14:47] ---
    Cheer up, Dio.
[14:49] ---
    Days like this happen.
[14:51] ---
    Yeah, that's right! Nothing
    to worry about, cameraman!
[14:54] ---
    Don't get cocky.
[15:00] ---
    That's great! That's great, Luxon!
[15:02] ---
    I'm expecting some
    slam-dunk footage here!
[15:16] ---
    Then let's begin, Aoba.
[15:18] ---
    Sure! Here goes!
[15:21] ---
    Connective, Fromm!
[15:23] ---
    Acception!
[15:29] ---
    This is...
[15:31] ---
    Even compared to when Aoba
    and Dio conducted their first Coupling...
[15:34] ---
    It is...
[15:59] ---
    Aoba really is amazing.
[16:01] ---
    What?
[16:02] ---
    He can do that without even having
    taken the Coupling training course.
[16:12] ---
    Their speed is incredible.
[16:23] ---
    If it had only been with me,
    it might've passed for a fluke.
[16:26] ---
    But to even pull it off with
    Fromm on their first meeting...
[16:30] ---
    What in the world is he...
[16:36] ---
    Break!
[16:42] ---
    More bogeys on radar!
    Targets are Valiancers!
[16:45] ---
    Send Lieutenant Junior
    Grade Duran out immediately!
[16:47] ---
    Yes, ma'am!
[16:48] ---
    Are they from Chitose,
    as we've been expecting?
[16:50] ---
    There are no signs of
    any troops taking off from there!
[16:52] ---
    Then, where in the world...?
[16:55] ---
    Visual coming in from the Beryl E!
[16:57] ---
    Those Valiancers!
[17:02] ---
    So that's the new model that brought
    our Protection Division all this way.
[17:07] ---
    We'll proceed as briefed.
[17:08] ---
    Keep the Swan distracted!
[17:10] ---
    Yes, sir!
[17:15] ---
    Be careful!
[17:16] ---
    They're an elite unit
    from the Zogilian motherland!
[17:19] ---
    For real?!
[17:20] ---
    It looks like they're making a serious
    bid to crush the Coupling System.
[17:30] ---
    Damn it!
[17:31] ---
    Taking these guys on with a Beryl is...
[17:36] ---
    This is the protection corps!
[17:38] ---
    We've really got targets on
    our backs now, huh?!
[17:40] ---
    Give me a break!
[17:44] ---
    Damn it!
[17:58] ---
    You're not getting away!
[18:01] ---
    What?!
[18:03] ---
    As might be expected of
    a first-time Coupling,
[18:05] ---
    they can't fight as well as they'd like...
[18:07] ---
    Their Emphatier Level is staggering.
[18:10] ---
    If they're still struggling, it means
    they're up against tough opponents.
[18:21] ---
    Damn it! That's the
    protection corps for you.
[18:23] ---
    I don't see any openings at all!
[18:32] ---
    Floating mines!
[18:33] ---
    What route should I take?!
[18:36] ---
    I can't move well.
[18:40] ---
    Damn it! I can't get out!
[18:43] ---
    Oh, this way!
[18:47] ---
    This is the only spot!
[18:48] ---
    If I can keep going and break through...
[18:59] ---
    Don't tell me...!
[19:00] ---
    They're herding the Luxon?!
[19:02] ---
    I can't go to his assist!
[19:07] ---
    Aoba!
[19:10] ---
    Damn it!
[19:11] ---
    Hah! Beaten so easily!
[19:19] ---
    Did you think you could win against
    us with just speed and mobility?!
[19:24] ---
    They plan to lure him into
    the line of fire of their guns!
[19:27] ---
    Not so fast!
[19:36] ---
    What?!
[19:49] ---
    What the hell?!
[20:02] ---
    Thwarted by a mere mass-produced
    Confederation Valiancer...
[20:05] ---
    Shall we pursue?
[20:06] ---
    Now that they've broken
    our encircling formation,
[20:08] ---
    we'll need to rethink our strategy.
[20:14] ---
    Hostiles are pulling out!
[20:16] ---
    That was great!
    I got the most awesome footage!
[20:19] ---
    Awesome! Just awesome!
[20:22] ---
    I'd say we haven't
    seen the last of them.
[20:24] ---
    Yes, sir.
[20:25] ---
    We will keep a sharp lookout.
[20:37] ---
    Pulling off what you did in a Beryl?
[20:40] ---
    You really are something else.
[20:41] ---
    Thanks, man. You saved me.
[20:43] ---
    You really are amazing.
[20:47] ---
    It was my duty, after all.
[20:49] ---
    There you are! There you are!
[20:51] ---
    There's really nothing
    more visually powerful
[20:53] ---
    than combat when lives are at stake!
[20:55] ---
    So, this will be our last scene.
[21:06] ---
    Okay, are we ready?
[21:08] ---
    Then here goes the real take!
[21:11] ---
    Five... Four... Three...
[21:17] ---
    Now, come join us and...
[21:19] ---
    Let's conduct a Coupling!
[21:22] ---
    Okay, that was good!
[21:23] ---
    Good work, you two!
[21:25] ---
    That was great!
[21:27] ---
    Did we get enough material?
[21:28] ---
    Then let's go back and
    get right to editing.
[21:34] ---
    As soon as we get resupplied
    and maintenance is done,
[21:36] ---
    we remobilize immediately.
[21:37] ---
    Don't give them any time to rest!
[21:40] ---
    Yes, sir!
[21:42] ---
    I see.
[21:43] ---
    It's no surprise that Alfried
    Gallant had trouble with them.
[21:46] ---
    But things won't go
    the same again next time.
[21:50] ---
    The Confederation's new Valiancer...
[21:52] ---
    I see what to do now!
[21:54] ---
    There they go.
[21:57] ---
    I had no idea you had
    it in you to look like that.
[21:59] ---
    Look like what?
[22:00] ---
    "Let's conduct a Coupling!"
[22:03] ---
    It was my duty, after all.
[22:05] ---
    He was a good guy, wasn't he?
[22:08] ---
    It would've been nice if he could've
    stayed a little longer, don't you think?
[22:11] ---
    Not really.
[22:12] ---
    Don't say that, Dio.
[22:14] ---
    Huh?
[22:15] ---
    But everyone on the film crew just...
[22:18] ---
    Fromm, is it true that you're staying
    on to be assigned to the Cygnus?!
[22:23] ---
    What?!
[22:24] ---
    Oh? Didn't I tell you?
[22:27] ---
    With my heart, I call out
[22:31] ---
    To the far side, mutually drawn
[22:35] ---
    Forgetting even the reason I ache
[22:40] ---
    Just for now, please
[22:44] ---
    I know you
[22:49] ---
    I'm looking for you
[22:53] ---
    Softly pressing my lips to the bright
    afterimage I can't keep from leaving
[23:02] ---
    If hesitation is what gives way
    to the slightest of hopes
[23:11] ---
    To as many gentle mornings
    as the times I have wandered
[23:20] ---
    In the future that
    leads back to that sky,
[23:24] ---
    I want to save you,
    I want to protect you
[23:29] ---
    In the future that arrives at that dream
[23:33] ---
    Wait for me
[23:36] ---
    The love we'll surely find
[23:41] ---
    I want you to reach out for it
[23:48] ---
    Next time on Buddy Complex.
[23:48] ---
    "Next Time 'Buddy'"
[23:51] ---
    "Buddy."

7 - Buddy

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[00:14] ---
    "Lake Louise Special Operations School"
    
[00:14] ---
    Men, this team that you've
    all been assigned to
[00:17] ---
    is one whose very existence
    is being kept under wraps.
[00:19] ---
    However, Valiancers
    that utilize the Coupling theory
[00:23] ---
    will be what decide the
    outcome of our war with Zogilia.
[00:26] ---
    Once Coupling Valiancers are deployed
    to all Confederation tactical units,
[00:31] ---
    you will be the ones who
    make up the core of our military.
[00:34] ---
    I want you to keep that in
    mind as you undergo training.
[00:39] ---
    I will now introduce
    the members of our team.
[00:41] ---
    First, the proponent
    of this theory, Doctor Fermi.
[00:48] ---
    Hey. You're Dio Weinberg?
[00:50] ---
    Yeah.
[00:52] ---
    I'm Fromm.
[00:53] ---
    The two of us are apparently
    the youngest on the team.
[00:56] ---
    It's nice to meet you, Dio.
[00:58] ---
    Nice to meet you.
[01:01] ---
    Wow, so you volunteered for this
    after being deployed on the front line.
[01:05] ---
    Was there some reason for that?
[01:13] ---
    Because Fiona...
[01:14] ---
    What?
[01:17] ---
    I just want the power
    to defeat the enemy, that's all.
[01:22] ---
    Dio, the front line, where were you?
[01:24] ---
    The Omura Base.
[01:26] ---
    Omura, as in...
[01:28] ---
    The place that got bombed recently?!
[01:37] ---
    Beat your wings
[01:39] ---
    See the light of hope
    in the sky you have yet to see
[01:44] ---
    And don't ever give in
    to the weight of sorrow
[01:47] ---
    Echo unto eternity, UNISONIA
[01:57] ---
    That world you see before your eyes
[02:02] ---
    What colors is it made up of?
[02:07] ---
    Measure feeling match
[02:09] ---
    The pain of loss isn't something
[02:12] ---
    You want to get used to, and yet
[02:15] ---
    Even on a night like this,
    the stars are beautiful
[02:21] ---
    Like a tarnished coin spilling
    from the palm of your hand
[02:27] ---
    Can't go back
[02:28] ---
    Want to go home
[02:30] ---
    The two, back-to-back
[02:33] ---
    Break through
[02:35] ---
    Turning unfading emotions
    into a lasting bond
[02:40] ---
    Like painting over a colorless world
[02:43] ---
    Let this sympathy reach
[02:46] ---
    Growing the wing
[02:47] ---
    Let's build the
    future that we envision
[02:52] ---
    We can change even fate
[02:55] ---
    Transcending time, UNISONIA
[03:04] ---
    "Cygnus" "Mobile Strike Aeroship"
    
[03:05] ---
    Zogilia aired a piece of their own?
[03:07] ---
    lt was by coincidence, but it seems
[03:07] ---
    "Buddy"
    
[03:09] ---
    the enemy had propaganda in mind as well.
[03:11] ---
    The music is so grandiose.
[03:14] ---
    At this rate, they'll be coming
    at us again with all they've got.
[03:17] ---
    "Captain Kuramitsu, 11th Aerial Expeditionary
    Strike Force"
[03:17] ---
    "1st Navy Special Squadron"
[03:17] ---
    Quickly prepare to come under attack!
[03:19] ---
    Roger!
[03:20] ---
    "Chitose Base"
[03:22] ---
    It's your fault for
    pointing a gun at them.
[03:25] ---
    How else was I supposed to bring them down?
[03:27] ---
    I already told you, that wasn't the point!
[03:34] ---
    It's here.
[03:35] ---
    That's...
[03:37] ---
    Our new ship.
[03:43] ---
    "Gáe Bulg, Protection Division
    Tactical Assault Aeroship"
[03:45] ---
    The National Defense Force's new ship
[03:47] ---
    mobilized from Chitose?
[03:48] ---
    Ostensibly, the memo states
    that their mission is to block
[03:51] ---
    the gathering of Confederation
    forces at the Hawaii Base,
[03:54] ---
    but their flight path
    runs through our battlefield.
[03:56] ---
    "Dorzhiev, 1st Airborne Division Commander"
    
[03:57] ---
    lt's already too late.
[03:58] ---
    By the time they arrive,
[04:00] ---
    the enemy's new ship will be
    at the bottom of the ocean.
[04:05] ---
    We can no longer detect the enemy!
[04:06] ---
    What?
[04:07] ---
    In rough seas, a low-flying
    object can be hard to detect.
[04:12] ---
    As if an aeroship that size
    would disappear among the waves!
[04:16] ---
    Search everywhere!
[04:18] ---
    Detecting multiple objects...
[04:20] ---
    Islands!
[04:25] ---
    Enemy ship detected.
[04:26] ---
    It's the Protective Division's
    flagship, the Gáe Bulg.
[04:29] ---
    That's an annoying
    one to be finding out here.
[04:31] ---
    Enemy ship has
    commenced reconnoitering.
[04:34] ---
    They probably lost track of us.
[04:36] ---
    At full speed,
[04:38] ---
    we're less than two hours away
    from the Confederation Hawaii Base...
[04:41] ---
    They said they don't have a single
    ship to spare to send to our aid.
[04:44] ---
    We'll just have to handle it on our own.
[04:47] ---
    We are a freshly
    commissioned state-of-the-art ship.
[04:50] ---
    In electronic warfare,
[04:52] ---
    it's certainly possible that we
    stand a chance against the Gáe Bulg.
[04:54] ---
    There's no need to evade them completely.
[04:57] ---
    Time is on our side.
[05:03] ---
    A storm?
[05:04] ---
    With maximum wind speeds
    of sixty meters per second.
[05:07] ---
    At its current pace, it will reach
    these waters in another hour.
[05:11] ---
    Are you saying a mere storm
    could bring down the Gáe Bulg?
[05:14] ---
    No, sir.
[05:15] ---
    However, at these wind speeds,
[05:17] ---
    it won't be feasible to
    send out the Valiancers.
[05:19] ---
    I believe the enemy also hopes
    to dodge an encounter with us.
[05:24] ---
    Waste no time in finding the enemy ship!
[05:28] ---
    Enemy ship, initiating a scan!
[05:30] ---
    Electronic jamming!
[05:31] ---
    Jamming signal!
[05:38] ---
    Opting for an evasive
    strategy at this point, huh?
[05:41] ---
    Our captain might not look like much,
[05:43] ---
    but starting with an assault aeroship,
    he's commanded six vessels,
[05:45] ---
    and he's apparently never been sunk.
[05:47] ---
    Is bringing the fight
    to them not an option?
[05:50] ---
    There's a chance they've
    stocked up on even more Valiancers
[05:52] ---
    than what they sent out
    last time, you know.
[05:54] ---
    Gack.
[05:55] ---
    In contrast,
    we've got a grand total of four.
[05:58] ---
    Five, just barely.
[06:01] ---
    Lee!
[06:02] ---
    Lieutenant!
[06:03] ---
    Lee!
[06:04] ---
    What? You've recovered from
    those massive injuries already?
[06:07] ---
    For injuries like that,
[06:09] ---
    three days is normally more
    than enough to make a full recovery,
[06:11] ---
    Boy From the Past.
[06:13] ---
    That's amazing...
[06:14] ---
    Not "fully" recovered. "Nearly," right?
[06:17] ---
    The doctor said I'm good,
    so it's as good as a full recovery, right?
[06:22] ---
    Lieutenant.
[06:23] ---
    I've been assigned
    to the Cygnus as of today.
[06:26] ---
    Ensign Fromm Vantarhei, sir.
[06:28] ---
    My apologies for not coming
    by to offer my greetings earlier.
[06:31] ---
    Yeah, I heard.
[06:33] ---
    I'm Lee Conrad. Good to meet you.
[06:35] ---
    Lee.
[06:37] ---
    Oh, my bad.
[06:40] ---
    Fromm. And Aoba and Dio.
[06:42] ---
    Elvira wants to talk to you.
[06:44] ---
    To us?
[06:51] ---
    Forty minutes until
    the storm zone reaches us.
[06:54] ---
    360 degree active search signal!
[06:56] ---
    Excellency!
[06:57] ---
    That will completely
    pinpoint the location of our ship!
[07:01] ---
    The Gáe Bulg will not be
    brought down by that puny Swan!
[07:04] ---
    360 degree active search signal!
[07:07] ---
    360 degree active search signal, incoming!
[07:09] ---
    No regard for their own security, huh?
[07:12] ---
    Neutralize the frequency, stat!
[07:13] ---
    Neutralizing frequency!
[07:16] ---
    Frequency neutralized.
[07:21] ---
    This is the standard Emphatier
    Waveform of a Coupling pilot.
[07:25] ---
    What is this?
    Is it basically brainwaves?
[07:27] ---
    It's the waveform necessary
    to conduct a Coupling.
[07:31] ---
    The old Coupling System was flawed,
[07:34] ---
    and you know that that
    resulted in many casualties, right?
[07:36] ---
    Yeah.
[07:37] ---
    So, in order to avoid
    repeating the same mistakes,
[07:40] ---
    our team did two things.
[07:44] ---
    One, the development
    of the cutting-edge cockpit
[07:47] ---
    that reduces signal delay
    and degradation to nearly zero.
[07:50] ---
    That cockpit...
[07:52] ---
    Yes. Elvira developed that, you know.
[07:55] ---
    Wow, I had no idea.
[07:57] ---
    And two, assembling people with potential
[08:00] ---
    and putting them through Coupler training.
[08:02] ---
    Every Coupler has
    undergone rigorous training
[08:04] ---
    to conform each of their Emphatier
    Waveforms to the standard waveform,
[08:10] ---
    to the point that they're
    all almost completely identical.
[08:13] ---
    Thanks to that, our experiments
    were met with success this time.
[08:16] ---
    That's amazing...
[08:18] ---
    Our greatest miscalculation was you, Aoba.
[08:21] ---
    What?
[08:21] ---
    Take a look at the next screen.
[08:23] ---
    You appeared out of the blue,
[08:25] ---
    synched with Couplers we had trained,
[08:28] ---
    and conducted perfect Couplings.
    This is your waveform.
[08:33] ---
    Wow...
[08:34] ---
    Aoba, your waveform matches up
    perfectly with the standard waveform.
[08:39] ---
    If it's a coincidence, the odds
    of this happening are astronomical.
[08:43] ---
    But this is where the problem starts.
[08:45] ---
    This is Dio's latest waveform.
[08:48] ---
    What?
[08:49] ---
    It's off?
[08:50] ---
    How?
[08:52] ---
    During the several dozen
    tests he conducted with Marcus,
[08:55] ---
    he was nearly aligned
    with the standard waveform,
[08:57] ---
    but after only a
    few Couplings with Aoba,
[09:00] ---
    this is what happened to Dio's waveform.
[09:03] ---
    So that's why he didn't
    match up with me anymore.
[09:06] ---
    You talk as if it's not your problem.
[09:08] ---
    Don't tell me...
[09:09] ---
    This is your waveform after the
    one Coupling you conducted with Aoba.
[09:15] ---
    Me, too?!
[09:16] ---
    But with Aoba...
[09:18] ---
    it works.
[09:20] ---
    What?
[09:21] ---
    It does.
[09:23] ---
    On top of that, the Emphatier
    Level that indicates your compatibility
[09:26] ---
    is even gradually going up.
[09:28] ---
    What's going on?
[09:30] ---
    We don't know the details yet.
[09:32] ---
    But the reason you
    can conduct Couplings
[09:34] ---
    even with a misaligned waveform
[09:36] ---
    is because Aoba naturally
    has the standard waveform,
[09:39] ---
    which allows his Buddy
    a greater margin of error.
[09:42] ---
    Greater margin?
[09:43] ---
    Meaning,
    you can conduct Couplings,
[09:45] ---
    even with someone who has an
    extremely nonstandard waveform.
[09:48] ---
    All the more true for a
    Coupler who's received training.
[09:51] ---
    But that permits your
    Buddy's waveform to diverge.
[09:55] ---
    What do you mean?
[09:57] ---
    Is there some problem?
[09:59] ---
    Ordinarily, a Buddy who diverges
    too far from the standard waveform
[10:02] ---
    ceases to be able to conduct Couplings.
[10:05] ---
    In other words, at this rate,
[10:07] ---
    Dio and Fromm may no longer be
    able to conduct Couplings except with you.
[10:14] ---
    The ultimate goal of the Coupling Project
[10:16] ---
    is to have the trained
    Couplers be able to Buddy up at will,
[10:19] ---
    conduct Couplings,
    and fight on every battlefield.
[10:23] ---
    That's why you
    underwent that rigorous training.
[10:27] ---
    Conducting Couplings
    with Aoba is a double-edged sword.
[10:31] ---
    How much time will
    it require to restore waveforms
[10:34] ---
    that have grown grossly
    misaligned due to those Couplings?
[10:36] ---
    Or even if they can be
    restored with retraining...
[10:39] ---
    At this stage, we don't know.
[10:41] ---
    Are Dio and I no longer capable
    of conducting Couplings, after all?
[10:45] ---
    We could give it another try.
[10:48] ---
    Then...
[10:51] ---
    They found us.
[10:52] ---
    The enemy ship has detected us!
[10:54] ---
    I guess we couldn't dodge them.
[10:56] ---
    It's a state-of-the-art search signal!
[10:58] ---
    It's not from the Gáe Bulg!
[11:01] ---
    What's that?!
[11:03] ---
    lt doesn't match any of the known ships!
[11:04] ---
    "Vajra" "Heavy Attack Cruiser Aeroship"
[11:05] ---
    lt's a new Zogilian ship!
[11:08] ---
    Identified! The enemy is the Swan!
[11:11] ---
    "Commander Gallant, Lieutenant
    Commander Sirojanko"
[11:11] ---
    This new aeroship certainly is something.
[11:13] ---
    Kind of you to say so.
[11:15] ---
    Valiancer Team ready to move out.
[11:18] ---
    Commander.
[11:19] ---
    Send this intel to His Excellency,
    Commander Dorzhiev, immediately.
[11:22] ---
    Commander!
[11:27] ---
    Will the Protection Division
[11:29] ---
    graciously accept information
    from the National Defense Force?
[11:33] ---
    It is a given that we inform
    those who can be trusted.
[11:37] ---
    "National Security Committee Administration
    Bureau"
[11:37] ---
    "Special Officer O'Keefe"
[11:37] ---
    Or will you defy my instructions?
[11:42] ---
    You must be joking,
    Madam Special Officer.
[11:46] ---
    Captain, transmit the location
    of the Swan to the Gáe Bulg.
[11:49] ---
    Also, let them know that we will
    send reinforcements should they request it.
[11:53] ---
    Roger that, sir.
[11:54] ---
    Hina, don't be discouraged.
[11:56] ---
    There will be other
    chances to redeem your honor.
[12:03] ---
    The National Defense Force
    has its uses now and then.
[12:06] ---
    Commander Gallant sends word
[12:08] ---
    that if there is a request for
    reinforcements, he will send them.
[12:11] ---
    No need.
[12:12] ---
    Tell him to pay close heed to how we fight!
[12:15] ---
    Gáe Bulg, full speed ahead!
[12:16] ---
    Full speed ahead!
    Target, the new enemy ship!
[12:37] ---
    The new enemy ship isn't approaching us.
[12:40] ---
    The only one approaching is the Gáe Bulg?
[12:42] ---
    Zogilia's National Defense
    Force and Protection Division
[12:44] ---
    have different chains of
    command, after all...
[12:47] ---
    If they don't both attack us at
    the same time, we still have hope.
[12:51] ---
    Prepare to intercept them!
[12:52] ---
    Valiancer Team, prepare to launch!
[12:57] ---
    We'll have to decide, here and now.
[12:59] ---
    What?
[12:59] ---
    On this sortie...
[13:00] ---
    No, from now on,
    who will Buddy up with whom.
[13:05] ---
    All right.
[13:06] ---
    Then let's decide on three.
[13:14] ---
    All right.
[13:19] ---
    One!
[13:20] ---
    Two!
[13:21] ---
    Three!
[13:25] ---
    It's decided. You two will be Buddies.
[13:27] ---
    Dio...
[13:30] ---
    I don't want to waste all that training.
[13:33] ---
    You understand, right, Dio?
[13:35] ---
    I suppose.
[13:39] ---
    Dio.
[13:41] ---
    You're fine with this?
[13:44] ---
    I'll definitely hate to
    see the training go to waste.
[13:47] ---
    But the uncertain Coupling with Fromm
[13:50] ---
    isn't something we can
    afford to test on the battlefield.
[13:52] ---
    Dio...
[13:56] ---
    It's not as if we know for sure
    that retraining won't restore things.
[14:00] ---
    Besides, putting you
    in a Beryl all by yourself
[14:02] ---
    won't add to our fighting strength.
[14:04] ---
    What?
[14:05] ---
    Let's go. There's no time.
[14:06] ---
    H-Hey! Wait, Dio!
[14:09] ---
    What did you mean by that?!
[14:10] ---
    Exactly that!
[14:15] ---
    The storm is close! Be careful!
[14:17] ---
    Roger!
[14:20] ---
    Rewrite the CMS for me.
[14:22] ---
    It's done already.
[14:24] ---
    I kind of had a feeling this would happen.
[14:27] ---
    I see.
[14:28] ---
    What are you talking about?
[14:29] ---
    It doesn't matter!
[14:31] ---
    Bradyon, ready to take off!
[14:33] ---
    What the heck?
[14:35] ---
    Luxon, ready!
[14:40] ---
    The enemy's two new
    Valiancers have been launched.
[14:42] ---
    All right. Stick to the plan.
[14:44] ---
    Yes, sir!
[14:46] ---
    Alfried Gallant.
[14:48] ---
    Watch from over there
    while I emerge victorious!
[14:50] ---
    Enemy Valiancer team
    is splitting into two groups!
[14:54] ---
    How many are out?
[14:55] ---
    Five Valiancers to a group.
[14:56] ---
    One group is headed for us.
[14:58] ---
    We'll have to split up, too.
[15:00] ---
    Valiancer Team, send one
    group to defend the Cygnus.
[15:03] ---
    If the Coupling Valiancers
    are their target,
[15:05] ---
    the group attacking the
    Cygnus should be the diversion.
[15:07] ---
    Let's switch it up and take care
    of them with the Luxon and the Bradyon.
[15:10] ---
    Roger!
[15:12] ---
    We'll stop the rest!
[15:14] ---
    Roger!
[15:15] ---
    That's tough enough already, Lee!
[15:17] ---
    No whining!
[15:20] ---
    That white one isn't here.
[15:22] ---
    Wait, their movement is strange!
[15:25] ---
    Are they planning to get us?
[15:27] ---
    Did we fall for their trap?!
[15:28] ---
    Don't tell me...!
[15:30] ---
    They're attacking us from both sides!
[15:33] ---
    You see, when it comes to combat,
[15:34] ---
    if you have plenty of troops in reserve,
[15:36] ---
    you can handle things
    in any number of ways!
[15:38] ---
    Damn it!
[15:39] ---
    Get them!
[15:43] ---
    The Luxon and the Bradyon
    are surrounded by ten enemy Valiancers!
[15:46] ---
    The difference in fighting
    strength is too great.
[15:50] ---
    Damn it!
    They got reinforcements!
[15:52] ---
    So they think five is enough to handle us?!
[15:54] ---
    They're actually right!
[15:57] ---
    Their fighting strength
    is something else.
[15:59] ---
    I once heard that
    Protection Division ships
[16:01] ---
    receive more supplies
    than is their allotted share.
[16:04] ---
    I could not be more envious.
[16:07] ---
    At this rate, it'll be
    like last time all over again!
[16:09] ---
    We're going to break
    out before we get surrounded!
[16:11] ---
    Got it!
[16:12] ---
    Connective, Dio!
[16:14] ---
    Acception!
[16:19] ---
    I'll clear the way!
[16:21] ---
    Watch out!
[16:25] ---
    Damn.
[16:26] ---
    So their encirclement is already complete?
[16:28] ---
    It was like this the last time, too.
[16:29] ---
    Before I even knew I was being surrounded,
[16:32] ---
    they'd already limited where I could go.
[16:37] ---
    We're blocked in every direction!
[16:40] ---
    This way!
[16:42] ---
    I can't get through!
[16:46] ---
    Does it look like
    I might be able to get through?
[16:48] ---
    Can I make it?!
[16:49] ---
    What?!
[16:51] ---
    No good?!
[16:53] ---
    During our earlier encounter,
[16:55] ---
    I gained a good grasp
    of how your Valiancers perform.
[16:57] ---
    There will be absolutely
    no escape for you this time!
[16:59] ---
    Damn it!
[17:01] ---
    We've got no more moves to make, Dio!
[17:02] ---
    No, there's something we haven't tried.
[17:05] ---
    You don't mean...
[17:07] ---
    It'll be harder than last time.
[17:08] ---
    And you! You better not slow me down!
[17:16] ---
    If the two are going to move together,
    capturing them will be easy.
[17:18] ---
    Surround them!
[17:19] ---
    Roger!
[17:21] ---
    Valiancers are accelerating!
[17:23] ---
    Their Emphatier Level is rising!
[17:25] ---
    No, you can't be! Are you
    two doing the Code T2Rise?!
[17:29] ---
    Oh yes we can be!
[17:30] ---
    Here we go!
[17:38] ---
    What is that?
[17:39] ---
    This reportedly happened
    once in Chitose!
[17:41] ---
    Keep them surrounded.
    I will take them down.
[17:47] ---
    We're going on the offensive, too!
[17:49] ---
    Okay!
[17:56] ---
    Amazing!
[17:57] ---
    They're even going on the
    attack while maintaining that state!
[18:00] ---
    By conducting Couplings with Aoba,
[18:03] ---
    Dio's waveform had
    diverged from the standard,
[18:05] ---
    but conversely,
    his potential had increased.
[18:07] ---
    Then...
[18:08] ---
    Sometimes, a double-edged sword
    can in fact grow stronger in battle.
[18:14] ---
    The effectiveness of their Coupling
[18:16] ---
    is on the verge of exceeding
    anything I'd ever imagined!
[18:25] ---
    H-How can they possibly do this?!
[18:29] ---
    This is the end!
[18:37] ---
    Impossible...
[18:39] ---
    The plan was supposed
    to have been perfect...
[18:45] ---
    Your Excellency!
[18:52] ---
    Time for us to strike back, too!
[18:53] ---
    Wh-What are our orders?!
[18:56] ---
    Retreat!
[18:57] ---
    Hey, don't retreat without orders!
[19:04] ---
    Decoupling.
[19:09] ---
    Dio, let's go help them over there!
[19:14] ---
    Disengagement of Coupling confirmed.
[19:16] ---
    Valiancer Team, move out.
[19:18] ---
    Roger.
[19:19] ---
    Full speed ahead
    with the storm at our back.
[19:21] ---
    Assist the Protection Division.
[19:23] ---
    Roger that, sir!
[19:24] ---
    According to our military researcher,
[19:27] ---
    once disengaged, it apparently
    takes time to restore the Coupling.
[19:31] ---
    I can't have them saying later
    on that the National Defense Force
[19:34] ---
    stood by and left the
    Protection Division to its fate, after all.
[19:36] ---
    Retreat! Make it quick!
[19:42] ---
    Damn it!
[19:43] ---
    Now they come?!
[19:47] ---
    Don't get caught in the storm!
[19:49] ---
    The National Defense Force's
    new ship has begun to take action!
[19:51] ---
    Prepare to intercept them!
[19:53] ---
    No.
[19:54] ---
    We're in no position
    to take them on right now.
[19:56] ---
    Let's flee into the storm.
[19:58] ---
    Into the storm?!
[20:00] ---
    Roger.
[20:01] ---
    Bring the Valiancer Team in! Quickly!
[20:07] ---
    I could've gone for a little longer.
[20:09] ---
    You’ll get penned in by the fresh troops.
[20:11] ---
    Move it! I want us back
    on the ship in under two minutes!
[20:13] ---
    Roger!
[20:14] ---
    Dio! Aoba! You guys hurry, too!
[20:16] ---
    Roger.
[20:16] ---
    Dio, enemy units!
[20:19] ---
    This time, for sure!
[20:21] ---
    That's Hina's...!
[20:22] ---
    It just had to be now!
[20:32] ---
    So they mean to flee into the storm.
[20:34] ---
    It appears the remnants
    of the Protection Division
[20:36] ---
    have completed their withdrawal.
[20:38] ---
    Shall we reverse course in pursuit?
[20:40] ---
    If they'd intercepted us head-on,
    we could've taken them down, but...
[20:44] ---
    We are here to be
    a part of the next operation.
[20:47] ---
    We should avoid incurring
    unnecessary losses.
[20:50] ---
    Roger that, sir.
[20:51] ---
    Maintain course and keep us moving!
[20:53] ---
    Valiancer Team, don't chase them too far.
[20:55] ---
    Roger.
[20:56] ---
    If we keep going, we'll end
    up in the middle of the storm.
[20:59] ---
    Return to base!
[20:59] ---
    Roger!
[21:03] ---
    Bizon, it's Hina!
[21:04] ---
    What?
[21:05] ---
    What are you doing, Hina?!
[21:07] ---
    I'll follow orders.
    After I've defeated the enemy!
[21:10] ---
    Damn it.
[21:11] ---
    I'm turning back!
[21:12] ---
    Hina, come back!
[21:13] ---
    That kind of thing is my job!
[21:19] ---
    The three Beryls have landed.
[21:21] ---
    What about the Luxon and the Bradyon?
[21:23] ---
    We'll be bringing them in soon.
[21:25] ---
    Bradyon, coming in for landing.
[21:29] ---
    Luxon, coming in for landing.
[21:34] ---
    Foe of Zogilia!
[21:36] ---
    Hina, stop this!
[21:39] ---
    What are you doing?! Fight back!
[21:41] ---
    But this is Hina's...!
[21:43] ---
    If only...
[21:44] ---
    If only you had never appeared...!
[21:46] ---
    Hina, retreat!
[21:49] ---
    Damn it!
[21:52] ---
    Hina!
[21:56] ---
    Closing hatch!
[21:58] ---
    It's too dangerous!
[21:59] ---
    Is everyone back yet?!
[22:01] ---
    It's the Luxon!
[22:03] ---
    Stop this, Hina!
[22:05] ---
    Let go!
[22:13] ---
    Hurry, Aoba!
[22:17] ---
    Watch out!
[22:23] ---
    Aoba!
[22:27] ---
    With my heart, I call out
[22:31] ---
    To the far side, mutually drawn
[22:35] ---
    Forgetting even the reason I ache
[22:40] ---
    Just for now, please
[22:44] ---
    I know you
[22:49] ---
    I'm looking for you
[22:53] ---
    Softly pressing my lips to the bright
    afterimage I can't keep from leaving
[23:02] ---
    If hesitation is what gives way
    to the slightest of hopes
[23:11] ---
    To as many gentle mornings
    as the times I have wandered
[23:20] ---
    In the future that
    leads back to that sky,
[23:24] ---
    I want to save you,
    I want to protect you
[23:29] ---
    In the future that arrives at that dream
[23:33] ---
    Wait for me
[23:36] ---
    The love we'll surely find
[23:41] ---
    I want you to reach out for it
[23:48] ---
    Next time on Buddy Complex.
[23:48] ---
    "Next Time 'Stormy Night'"
[23:51] ---
    "Stormy Night."

8 - Stormy Night

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[00:30] ---
    Wh-Where am I?!
[00:32] ---
    I... What the heck happened?
[00:37] ---
    No good, huh?
[00:48] ---
    What is this place?
[00:50] ---
    Did I crash?
[01:07] ---
    So it's an island...
[01:11] ---
    That's...
[01:22] ---
    Hina!
[01:27] ---
    I-It won't open...
[01:30] ---
    Hina!
[01:31] ---
    Hina! Wake up, Hina!
[01:33] ---
    Hina!
[01:35] ---
    Hina!
[01:41] ---
    Beat your wings
[01:43] ---
    See the light of hope
    in the sky you have yet to see
[01:48] ---
    And don't ever give in
    to the weight of sorrow
[01:51] ---
    Echo unto eternity, UNISONIA
[02:01] ---
    That world you see before your eyes
[02:06] ---
    What colors is it made up of?
[02:11] ---
    Measure feeling match
[02:14] ---
    The pain of loss isn't something
[02:17] ---
    You want to get used to, and yet
[02:19] ---
    Even on a night like this,
    the stars are beautiful
[02:25] ---
    Like a tarnished coin spilling
    from the palm of your hand
[02:31] ---
    Can't go back
[02:32] ---
    Want to go home
[02:34] ---
    The two, back-to-back
[02:37] ---
    Break through
[02:39] ---
    Turning unfading emotions
    into a lasting bond
[02:44] ---
    Like painting over a colorless world
[02:47] ---
    Let this sympathy reach
[02:50] ---
    Growing the wing
[02:52] ---
    Let's build the
    future that we envision
[02:56] ---
    We can change even fate
[02:59] ---
    Transcending time, UNISONIA
[03:08] ---
    "Stormy Night"
[03:13] ---
    "Vajra, Heavy Attack Cruiser Aeroship"
    
[03:15] ---
    Why not?!
[03:16] ---
    Why will you not approve a
    search for Ensign Ryazan?!
[03:20] ---
    What point is there in searching
    for a low-level officer?
[03:23] ---
    Wha?!
[03:23] ---
    "Special Officer O'Keefe"
[03:23] ---
    "National Security Committee Administration
    Bureau"
[03:24] ---
    Searching for His Excellency,
    Commander Dorzhiev,
[03:26] ---
    comes first.
[03:27] ---
    And we do not even know
[03:28] ---
    where he might have crashed.
[03:30] ---
    Don't you mean,
    "where he might've been shot down"?
[03:34] ---
    Tarjim!
[03:36] ---
    As soon as your Valiancers
    are repaired and refueled,
[03:38] ---
    you will rendezvous with
    the search team immediately.
[03:40] ---
    This is an order.
[03:43] ---
    Yes, ma'am.
[03:44] ---
    "Commander Gallant" "501st Mobile
    Company, 193rd U-boat Brigade"
[03:48] ---
    Still currying favor,
    even with a dead man.
[03:52] ---
    "Cygnus"
    "Mobile Strike Aeroship"
[03:56] ---
    No.
[03:58] ---
    "Captain Kuramitsu"
[03:58] ---
    No. I can't approve a search for Aoba.
[04:01] ---
    Wh-Why not? There's
    a storm going on out there.
[04:04] ---
    If we don't find Aoba quickly...
[04:07] ---
    That's why.
[04:08] ---
    In addition to the bad weather,
[04:10] ---
    while we've withdrawn from combat,
    the enemy may still be nearby.
[04:15] ---
    Neither the Cygnus nor our Valiancers
    have come away unscathed.
[04:18] ---
    With the situation as it stands,
[04:19] ---
    I've based my decision on giving
    top priority to the safety of the crew.
[04:23] ---
    Am I wrong to do so, Lee?
[04:26] ---
    No, sir.
[04:26] ---
    But with Coupling Valiancers,
    only when we have a set of two are they...
[04:30] ---
    I've weighed all sides
    to come to this decision.
[04:35] ---
    The Cygnus will remain here
    and maintain a state of alertness.
[04:39] ---
    Once the storm
    has passed, we'll start to move.
[04:43] ---
    Just to be safe,
[04:44] ---
    the Valiancer Team will be on standby,
    ready to mobilize at any time.
[04:47] ---
    Roger.
[04:48] ---
    Roger.
[04:49] ---
    Roger.
[04:50] ---
    Roger that, sir.
[04:59] ---
    I swear, he's like a child.
[05:01] ---
    Sir?
[05:02] ---
    The sort who feels motivated to
    do something when he's told not to.
[05:06] ---
    So true.
[05:12] ---
    Thank goodness! You're awake!
[05:17] ---
    Wh-Whoa, whoa! Hold on!
[05:19] ---
    I haven't done anything.
[05:20] ---
    I forced open your cockpit
    because you were sinking
[05:23] ---
    and I pulled you out to bring you...
[05:27] ---
    Ow...
[05:29] ---
    I'll take you prisoner
    and prove my innocence!
[05:37] ---
    I guess there's no
    way to get it working like this.
[05:40] ---
    And it looks like my
    pack got washed away, too.
[05:44] ---
    I'm going to check your Valiancer, too!
[05:47] ---
    Sure.
[05:52] ---
    So this is a Coupling Valiancer...
[05:57] ---
    This one is no good, either...
[05:58] ---
    I told you, didn't I?
[06:00] ---
    That it looks like it's broken.
[06:02] ---
    Well, that's all right.
[06:03] ---
    I've got my hands on a survival pack now.
[06:06] ---
    And at worst, if I could
    just get the radio working...
[06:09] ---
    I'll look into it more
    closely once it gets light.
[06:11] ---
    Are you lacking in a
    sense of gratitude or what?
[06:22] ---
    I finally get to see you,
    and you treat me like this?
[06:25] ---
    Save your breath, prisoner of war.
[06:27] ---
    Put that down!
[06:28] ---
    It's mine to begin with anyway!
[06:30] ---
    Allowing your pack to be stolen from you?
    You're a failure of a soldier.
[06:32] ---
    I'm not a soldier!
[06:34] ---
    Uh, I mean, I'm a soldier now, but...
[06:37] ---
    What is a man like you
    doing piloting a new Valiancer?
[06:40] ---
    Because you brought me here.
[06:42] ---
    Huh?
[06:43] ---
    A Valiancer suddenly
    came after me at school
[06:47] ---
    and you saved me, remember?
[06:51] ---
    Then, you said something
    about how Dio was waiting
[06:54] ---
    and you sent me over here.
[06:57] ---
    To this world seventy years later...
[07:01] ---
    To have a man like you
    piloting their new Valiancer...
[07:04] ---
    The Confederation must
    be really short on able personnel.
[07:08] ---
    You don't remember?
[07:10] ---
    What are you talking about?
[07:11] ---
    Hina!
[07:12] ---
    Do not address me so familiarly by name!
[07:14] ---
    And why do you even
    know my name to begin with?!
[07:17] ---
    Like I said, you were my classmate!
[07:20] ---
    Your name is Hina Yumihara!
[07:21] ---
    And when that Valiancer
    attacked me, you saved me...
[07:24] ---
    Enough.
[07:25] ---
    Your classmate? Saved you?
[07:27] ---
    Going on and on about
    things that don't make sense!
[07:30] ---
    Hina...
[07:31] ---
    I will say this much.
[07:33] ---
    No matter how much this
    Hina of yours resembles me,
[07:37] ---
    that Hina is not me.
[07:39] ---
    My father is a lieutenant commander
    of the Zogilian military,
[07:42] ---
    assigned to the 101st
    Independent Reconnaissance Brigade,
[07:44] ---
    Viktor Ryazan.
[07:46] ---
    At the age of ten, I was enrolled in
    the 11th Military Preparatory Academy
[07:50] ---
    and after graduation,
    I served at the Lipetsk Base
[07:53] ---
    and then was assigned
    to the 501st Mobile Company.
[07:55] ---
    It's impossible that
    I ever had contact with you!
[07:57] ---
    Quit joking around!
    What the hell is this?!
[07:59] ---
    All this time, I've been
    trying to see you and...
[08:05] ---
    Any further talk is unnecessary.
[08:08] ---
    The military's Investigations Division
    will interrogate you for the rest.
[08:11] ---
    Hina...
[08:23] ---
    Where are you going?
[08:25] ---
    We're outside the storm zone.
    It's possible to fly now.
[08:28] ---
    That's not an answer.
[08:30] ---
    We can't afford to lose the Luxon.
[08:33] ---
    I figured you'd say that.
[08:38] ---
    A message from the Captain.
[08:41] ---
    He said that three hours is the limit.
[08:44] ---
    And he wants you back after that.
[08:48] ---
    Why are you following me?
[08:50] ---
    It'd be a problem if you went missing, too.
[08:53] ---
    Also, that saying about a mummy
    collector becoming mummified.
[08:56] ---
    Do whatever you want.
[08:57] ---
    Oh, and one other message.
[08:59] ---
    From Elvira.
[09:01] ---
    She said that with a Coupling Machine
[09:03] ---
    there just may be
    something that could be done.
[09:10] ---
    Have you still not found
    His Excellency, Commander Dorzhiev?!
[09:13] ---
    We are searching for him, but nothing yet.
[09:15] ---
    There's no way we're going to find him.
[09:17] ---
    One shot-down Valiancer
    in this vast ocean...
[09:20] ---
    Th-That's not true. Right, Bizon?
[09:23] ---
    What?
[09:24] ---
    Oh, no, no. I wasn't
    talking about the Fortuna.
[09:27] ---
    I mean, all she did is crash.
[09:29] ---
    Yeah, you're right.
[09:33] ---
    Watch your words, Tarjim.
[09:35] ---
    Unlike us,
    Bizon's known Hina since they were little.
[09:39] ---
    All right.
[09:41] ---
    Damn, what a pain.
[10:00] ---
    I was in the same class with Hina,
    but I'd barely spoken to her before.
[10:07] ---
    The first time was
    practically when she saved me.
[10:10] ---
    I really don't know what
    kind of girl she is
[10:12] ---
    or even what sorts of things she likes.
[10:15] ---
    When I saw her, I'd planned
    on asking her all sorts of things.
[10:19] ---
    Like, why did she save me?
[10:22] ---
    Or like, how can
    I get back to my own time?
[10:26] ---
    But here I thought
    I'd finally gotten to see her
[10:29] ---
    and you tell me you're not her...
[10:33] ---
    If that's true, then where did she go?
[10:36] ---
    Is it really not possible for
    me to return to my own time?
[10:50] ---
    Hina?
[10:51] ---
    Shh!
[10:57] ---
    Wh-What's that?!
[10:58] ---
    This is...!
[11:12] ---
    What was that just now?!
[11:13] ---
    What happened?!
[11:15] ---
    We can't see anything if
    you put out the fire!
[11:17] ---
    Hurry!
[11:18] ---
    Shut up! Quiet!
[11:19] ---
    It wasn't me!
[11:20] ---
    The wind blew it out!
[11:22] ---
    I'm pretty sure the pack had...
[11:26] ---
    It's been completely blocked.
[11:31] ---
    For real?
[11:32] ---
    It might actually have
    been good that the fire went out.
[11:35] ---
    Without air circulating,
    we'll eventually run out of oxygen.
[11:39] ---
    R-Right...
[11:45] ---
    H-Hey...
[11:48] ---
    What are you doing?
[11:49] ---
    Can't you tell by looking?
    I'm digging us out of the landslide!
[11:52] ---
    I'll be damned if I die for nothing
    in this place with the enemy!
[11:56] ---
    Then I'll help, too.
[11:59] ---
    It'll go faster if there's
    two of us instead of one, right?
[12:02] ---
    Come on, hurry up and cut this thing.
[12:06] ---
    I'm not going to do anything,
    especially not now.
[12:08] ---
    I'm not interested in
    dying in a place like this, either.
[12:12] ---
    All right.
[12:20] ---
    I can finally be more comfortable.
[12:22] ---
    If you show even the slightest
    sign of doing anything funny...
[12:24] ---
    You don't have to worry.
    I won't do anything like that.
[12:59] ---
    Man... How much do we have
    to dig until we reach the outside?
[13:03] ---
    And no matter how much we dig,
    it just keeps caving in from above.
[13:14] ---
    All right! Break's over!
[13:17] ---
    Don't underestimate a former
    basketball player's endurance!
[13:32] ---
    Th-The landslide came from above.
[13:36] ---
    What?
[13:37] ---
    There might be less
    rubble closer to the ceiling.
[13:43] ---
    Yeah, you're right.
[14:20] ---
    Looks like it really is the
    Protection Division Commander's Valiancer.
[14:24] ---
    Well, it turned out
    exactly like we expected.
[14:29] ---
    Bizon?
[14:30] ---
    Hey...
[14:32] ---
    Hey, what the hell are you doing?!
[14:35] ---
    The search is complete.
[14:36] ---
    What did you say?!
[14:38] ---
    Our company will take independent
    action from here on out.
[14:42] ---
    What are you...?!
[14:42] ---
    The Division Commander's death
    in action has been confirmed.
[14:46] ---
    I believe we have fulfilled our mission.
[14:49] ---
    In that case...
[14:50] ---
    Roger that!
[14:55] ---
    Hina...
[15:01] ---
    Still can't find him?
[15:03] ---
    It's going to have been three hours soon...
[15:05] ---
    Could he have been carried away
    by the ocean currents?
[15:08] ---
    If that's the case, we'll have
    to recalculate the search area.
[15:11] ---
    If you're alive, at least get a
    distress signal out already.
[15:29] ---
    Damn it, this is bad. It's starting
    to get harder to breathe.
[15:33] ---
    At this rate...
[15:38] ---
    Hina?!
[15:40] ---
    Hina! Hey, hang in there!
[15:43] ---
    Hina!
[15:44] ---
    Don't tell me we're
    running out of oxygen?!
[16:00] ---
    I won't let you die!
[16:01] ---
    I won't let you die, no matter what!
[16:12] ---
    I... I...
[16:17] ---
    What the?
[16:32] ---
    Oh... it's over...
[16:43] ---
    Am I... going to die?
[16:48] ---
    Like this?
[16:50] ---
    In this place?
[17:04] ---
    You okay, Hina?!
[17:08] ---
    I'll get you up on land soon.
[17:20] ---
    You okay? You're not hurt anywhere?
[17:24] ---
    I'm so glad. Seriously...
[17:28] ---
    The pack's been washed away.
[17:30] ---
    We really don't have anything now.
[17:33] ---
    And the cave is under water, too.
[17:36] ---
    I guess we have no choice
    but to wait out the storm here.
[17:39] ---
    If...
[17:40] ---
    What?
[17:41] ---
    If things stay this way...
[17:52] ---
    What? No way...
[17:57] ---
    ba. Ao...
[17:59] ---
    can hear... respond...
[18:02] ---
    Aoba!
[18:03] ---
    Dio?!
[18:04] ---
    All right. I got you.
[18:06] ---
    Okay. I'm glad.
[18:09] ---
    A message from Dio!
[18:10] ---
    They found Aoba! He's all right!
[18:15] ---
    I'm glad. I'm so glad.
[18:21] ---
    Anyway, the Coupling System
    sure is incredible.
[18:25] ---
    By expanding the
    Coupling range many times over,
[18:29] ---
    you can do things like pinpoint
    the location of a Buddy's Valiancer
[18:31] ---
    and do a remote boot-up.
[18:34] ---
    Just what's the principle behind all that?
[18:36] ---
    It's love.
[18:37] ---
    That's fantastic!
[18:38] ---
    What? Love? Huh?
[18:40] ---
    You dummy! They're joking, of course.
[18:43] ---
    But this mode requires
    a lot of energy, so...
[18:48] ---
    I told them three hours,
    but they didn't come back.
[18:51] ---
    I will have a stern word with them later.
[18:54] ---
    Go easy on them, okay?
[18:56] ---
    We did find him, after all,
    so all's well that ends well.
[19:06] ---
    Report your status.
    What's going on over there?
[19:08] ---
    What about the enemy?
[19:09] ---
    What? Th-The enemy...
[19:11] ---
    Um, well...
[19:15] ---
    What's wrong? Hurry up and report!
[19:18] ---
    Um, so like...
[19:20] ---
    Oh! The signal quality just suddenly...!
[19:23] ---
    What?! Aoba!
[19:26] ---
    Hina!
[19:27] ---
    What's Zogilia's communication frequency?
[19:29] ---
    What?
[19:30] ---
    You're going to contact them!
    To tell Zogilia that you're here!
[19:46] ---
    Hina?!
[19:47] ---
    Did you find her?
[19:48] ---
    Yeah, I got her.
[19:50] ---
    Let's hurry!
[20:05] ---
    Beautiful, isn't it?
[20:06] ---
    Even after seventy years,
    I guess sunrise is still the same.
[20:10] ---
    Why?
[20:13] ---
    Why did you have me contact Zogilia?
[20:16] ---
    Because otherwise, you'd have
    become our prisoner of war, right?
[20:20] ---
    I kind of didn't like
    the idea of that, so...
[20:24] ---
    You're a failure of a soldier.
[20:26] ---
    Agreed.
[20:33] ---
    Looks like Dio's here.
[20:34] ---
    Someone will be
    coming for you, too, right?
[20:37] ---
    Yes.
[20:38] ---
    Okay, then you'd
    better hurry up and hide.
[20:41] ---
    Y-You're right.
[20:44] ---
    Oh, wait!
[20:48] ---
    Here.
[20:49] ---
    Huh? What is this?
[20:51] ---
    It's your hairpin.
[20:53] ---
    When we got sent over here,
    it looks like you had it with you.
[20:57] ---
    I'm returning it.
[20:58] ---
    But I'm not that Hina...
[21:00] ---
    I know that.
[21:02] ---
    But I want you to have it.
[21:07] ---
    Here.
[21:10] ---
    Sorry, you can go now.
[21:14] ---
    Uh, um...
[21:15] ---
    I'm Aoba Watase.
[21:17] ---
    I-I'm...
[21:18] ---
    I know.
[21:20] ---
    Bye.
[21:31] ---
    Well, hello, hello.
    Thanks for coming to get me!
[21:33] ---
    You bastard. What the hell were
    you thinking, cutting off communications?
[21:37] ---
    It can't be helped, right?
[21:38] ---
    The signal quality suddenly
    took a turn for the worse.
[21:41] ---
    A ridiculous story like that...
[21:43] ---
    Well, it's okay, right?
[21:44] ---
    Since we've got Aoba back,
    safe and sound now.
[21:47] ---
    Yeah, that's right.
[21:48] ---
    I'll make it a problem later.
[21:50] ---
    Oh? Are you in any position to talk, Dio?
[21:53] ---
    Huh? What are you talking about?
[21:55] ---
    The truth is...
[21:56] ---
    Fromm, we're retrieving this
    thing and getting out of here!
[21:59] ---
    H-Hey! Wait! I'm not on board yet!
[22:15] ---
    Aoba... Watase...
[22:27] ---
    With my heart, I call out
[22:31] ---
    To the far side, mutually drawn
[22:35] ---
    Forgetting even the reason I ache
[22:40] ---
    Just for now, please
[22:44] ---
    I know you
[22:49] ---
    I'm looking for you
[22:53] ---
    Softly pressing my lips to the bright
    afterimage I can't keep from leaving
[23:02] ---
    If hesitation is what gives way
    to the slightest of hopes
[23:11] ---
    To as many gentle mornings
    as the times I have wandered
[23:20] ---
    In the future that
    leads back to that sky,
[23:24] ---
    I want to save you,
    I want to protect you
[23:29] ---
    In the future that arrives at that dream
[23:33] ---
    Wait for me
[23:36] ---
    The love we'll surely find
[23:41] ---
    I want you to reach out for it
[23:48] ---
    Next time on Buddy Complex.
[23:48] ---
    "Next Time 'The Coupling System'"
[23:51] ---
    "The Coupling System."

9 - The Coupling System

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[00:20] ---
    Do not address me
    so familiarly by name!
[00:23] ---
    No matter how much
    this Hina of yours resembles me,
[00:26] ---
    that Hina is not me.
[00:28] ---
    And now, I have no other leads to go on.
[00:32] ---
    I guess I really can't go back...
[00:35] ---
    So I'm stuck living here...
[00:45] ---
    Beat your wings
[00:47] ---
    See the light of hope
    in the sky you have yet to see
[00:52] ---
    And don't ever give in
    to the weight of sorrow
[00:55] ---
    Echo unto eternity, UNISONIA
[01:05] ---
    That world you see before your eyes
[01:10] ---
    What colors is it made up of?
[01:15] ---
    Measure feeling match
[01:18] ---
    The pain of loss isn't something
[01:21] ---
    You want to get used to, and yet
[01:23] ---
    Even on a night like this,
    the stars are beautiful
[01:29] ---
    Like a tarnished coin spilling
    from the palm of your hand
[01:35] ---
    Can't go back
[01:37] ---
    Want to go home
[01:38] ---
    The two, back-to-back
[01:41] ---
    Break through
[01:43] ---
    Turning unfading emotions
    into a lasting bond
[01:48] ---
    Like painting over a colorless world
[01:51] ---
    Let this sympathy reach
[01:54] ---
    Growing the wing
[01:56] ---
    Let's build the
    future that we envision
[02:00] ---
    We can change even fate
[02:04] ---
    Transcending time, UNISONIA
[02:12] ---
    "Cygnus"
    "Mobile Strike Aeroship"
[02:15] ---
    My apologies for not reporting
    in sooner, Vice Admiral Richardson.
[02:18] ---
    "Vice Admiral Richardson, Pacific
    Fleet Acting Commander"
[02:19] ---
    lt seems your arrival has
    been greatly delayed.
[02:22] ---
    I am sorry about that.
[02:22] ---
    "Captain Kuramitsu"
    
[02:23] ---
    We ran into Zogilia's
    Protection Division along the way.
[02:27] ---
    "The Coupling System"
[02:27] ---
    I hear you almost lost one
    of the new Valiancers.
[02:30] ---
    Well, not that its loss would affect anything
[02:31] ---
    in the big scheme of things.
[02:35] ---
    Your ship is set to take
    part in the upcoming operation.
[02:38] ---
    Do your best not to get in the way.
[02:41] ---
    Good morning, everybody!
[02:44] ---
    Huh?
[02:44] ---
    What?
[02:45] ---
    D-Doctor!
[02:48] ---
    Hold on a second!
[02:49] ---
    This line is secure on the highest level!
    How did you hack into it?!
[02:52] ---
    Hmm, you're annoying.
[02:55] ---
    Huh? Wha...
[02:56] ---
    "Alessandro Fermi"
[02:56] ---
    "Pacific Rim Neuroscience Research
    Laboratory Director"
[02:57] ---
    Now, let me start over.
[02:59] ---
    How are you all doing,
[03:00] ---
    my friends aboard the Cygnus?
[03:02] ---
    You seem to be the
    same as ever, Doctor Fermi.
[03:06] ---
    Captain, there is a ship
    approaching us from up ahead.
[03:09] ---
     It's the Crane, the
    Coupling System Research Ship.
[03:11] ---
    "Crane, Coupling Research Ship"
[03:23] ---
    Welcome to the Cygnus.
    We are happy to have you aboard.
[03:26] ---
    Yes, thank you,
    beautiful young lady.
[03:29] ---
    I'm glad to see you
    looking so well, Doctor.
[03:32] ---
    Thank you.
[03:34] ---
    As for you... I think you may have
    gained a few more fine wrinkles.
[03:39] ---
    Oh, you and your jokes, Doctor.
[03:41] ---
    Well, I know I only just got here, but...
[03:43] ---
    A demonstration of the Coupling System?
[03:46] ---
    That's right.
    We'd like you to show Doctor Fermi.
[03:50] ---
    Thanks in advance!
[03:51] ---
    It seems he came all this
    way from Hawaii just for this.
[03:54] ---
    From Hawaii?
[03:55] ---
    Yup. From Hawaii,
    where we should be arriving soon.
[04:00] ---
    I guess he couldn't wait.
[04:02] ---
    But right now, the Luxon is...
[04:04] ---
    Fortunately, the cockpit
    block didn't take any damage.
[04:07] ---
    It'll be possible to conduct a Coupling.
[04:11] ---
    Huh. So that old man is the one
    who developed the Coupling System.
[04:16] ---
    Precisely speaking,
[04:17] ---
    I should say that he's the
    leader of the development team.
[04:20] ---
    What do you mean?
[04:21] ---
    Certainly, it was Doctor Fermi
    who proposed the Coupling theory
[04:26] ---
    and the core work of developing
    the System was done at the Doctor's lab...
[04:31] ---
    but what finally made the practical
    application of his theory possible
[04:34] ---
    was the cockpit designed by Elvira,
    who was one of his staff members.
[04:37] ---
    In other words,
    that makes me the inept master
[04:40] ---
    whose disciple snatched
    away his moment of glory.
[04:43] ---
    D-Doctor...
[04:45] ---
    But that's fine, isn't it?
    Being the inept master?
[04:48] ---
    What?
[04:49] ---
    You see, it was under Elvira's grandfather
[04:52] ---
    that I began my research into the
    fundamentals of the Coupling theory.
[04:55] ---
    So I've known her since she was in diapers.
[04:59] ---
    I had no idea!
[05:01] ---
    It took her a long time
    to get out of those diapers.
[05:03] ---
    It had us worried.
[05:04] ---
    Doctor!
[05:07] ---
    But well...
[05:08] ---
    Now, that little girl is a researcher
    who is even more accomplished than me.
[05:12] ---
    How could I possibly be unhappy about that?
[05:15] ---
    That's a nice story.
[05:17] ---
    Enough with the chitchat
    already. We're going to begin!
[05:20] ---
    Ensign Watase!
[05:22] ---
    Connective, Dio.
[05:23] ---
    Acception.
[05:31] ---
    Emphatier Level, frequency is stable.
[05:33] ---
    I had no idea the Enharmonic Controls
    had been perfected to this degree.
[05:37] ---
    Beautiful!
[05:39] ---
    How long does the
    Coupling connection last?
[05:41] ---
    The operational limit of 300 seconds.
[05:43] ---
    Perfect.
[05:53] ---
    Ten seconds to Decoupling.
[05:56] ---
    Five, four, three, two, one.
[06:02] ---
    Decoupling.
[06:07] ---
    The System and the
    pilots are both in good shape.
[06:11] ---
    Thanks for your cooperation, Aoba, Dio.
[06:13] ---
    Sure.
[06:25] ---
    What do you want?
[06:26] ---
    Maybe you can fool some machines,
    but don't think you can fool me.
[06:30] ---
    What do you mean "fool"?
[06:32] ---
    You saw her, didn't you?
[06:33] ---
    On that island?
    That woman named Hina or whatever?
[06:36] ---
    No.
[06:37] ---
    Don't tell me such a transparent lie.
[06:39] ---
    It's true. That's not the Hina I know.
[06:43] ---
    What?
[06:44] ---
    Here... In this world seventy
    years later, Hina doesn't exist.
[06:50] ---
    The Hina Yumihara,
    who saved me and sent me into the future,
[06:53] ---
    doesn't exist anymore.
[06:56] ---
    I see. So that's why you're depressed.
[06:59] ---
    I'm not depressed!
[07:00] ---
    You're a more sensitive
    soul than I'd thought.
[07:02] ---
    I told you, I'm not depressed!
[07:05] ---
    This idea that an enemy pilot
    would know how to return to the past...
[07:09] ---
    Where did you get that from anyway?
[07:11] ---
    Even a child in grade school
    would come up with a better story.
[07:14] ---
    It's not a story!
[07:16] ---
    I thought it was the only possibility.
[07:19] ---
    I won't bring it up anymore.
[07:27] ---
    What was that for?!
[07:28] ---
    Are your eyes open now?!
[07:30] ---
    How long do you plan to
    keep sniveling for?!
[07:32] ---
    The Luxon's repairs will be done soon!
[07:34] ---
    Even a guy like you is better than noth...
[07:36] ---
    The one who's being sniveling...
[07:38] ---
    is you, isn't it?!
[07:43] ---
    Just until the other day,
    you were brooding about your sister!
[07:46] ---
    Quit lecturing me like
    you're so much better than me!
[07:48] ---
    Why you...
[07:52] ---
    Fiona has nothing to do with this!
[07:55] ---
    You sissy's boy!
[07:57] ---
    Shut up, you dithering fool!
[08:02] ---
    Hey...
[08:04] ---
    You bastard!
[08:06] ---
    What the hell are you guys doing?!
[08:08] ---
    Stop this, Dio!
[08:09] ---
    Let go!
[08:11] ---
    Hey! I said, let go!
[08:12] ---
    I'm going to make
    this idiot come to his senses!
[08:14] ---
    Shut up!
[08:18] ---
    I swear! You guys are so much trouble!
[08:20] ---
    You two took it a little too far.
[08:23] ---
    The Captain said to
    cool your heads here for a while.
[08:26] ---
    See you later.
[08:27] ---
    Don't make us needlessly
    exert ourselves. Sheesh.
[08:37] ---
    Ah, to be young!
[08:41] ---
    Oh?
[08:42] ---
    Where's Doctor Fermi?
[08:43] ---
    What?
[08:45] ---
    Oh, now that you mention it...
[08:49] ---
    Hey, there you are.
[08:51] ---
    I hear that you're from the past?
[08:53] ---
    From seventy years ago, I think it was?
[08:55] ---
    You don't believe me anyway, right?
[08:59] ---
    How much do you know
    about the Coupling System?
[09:03] ---
    What?
[09:04] ---
    You see, to put it simply,
[09:07] ---
    that device connects
    the two pilots' brains in parallel
[09:10] ---
    to dramatically increase processing power.
[09:14] ---
    I see...
[09:16] ---
    The key to this system
[09:18] ---
    lies in relaying the two
    pilots' thoughts without any delays.
[09:21] ---
    Because a time lag
    would be a hindrance in combat.
[09:25] ---
    Relay thoughts without delay?
[09:27] ---
    You can explain all you want.
    You're wasting your time on that idiot.
[09:30] ---
    The hell was that, you bastard?!
[09:32] ---
    Yes, yes.
[09:34] ---
    Right now, you're only separated by a wall,
[09:36] ---
    so you can make
    yourself understood in this way.
[09:38] ---
    But on the battlefield,
    it doesn't work that way.
[09:41] ---
    The farther apart
    you are, the greater the lag.
[09:45] ---
    Even delays on
    the order of nanoseconds
[09:47] ---
    are more than enough to prevent
    you from conducting a Coupling.
[09:51] ---
    Then, how are we
    conducting these Couplings?
[09:56] ---
    Time-leaps.
[09:57] ---
    What?
[09:58] ---
    If there's going to be a one
    nanosecond lag in relaying thought,
[10:03] ---
    you just send the thought
    one nanosecond into the future
[10:06] ---
    and the problem is solved.
[10:07] ---
    Is that even possible?
[10:09] ---
    On the level of elementary particles, yes.
[10:12] ---
    On the level of elementary particles?
[10:15] ---
    What's so funny?
[10:16] ---
    It means that, in the end,
    the Doctor doesn't believe your story.
[10:21] ---
    What did you say?!
[10:23] ---
    You two seem to get along great.
[10:25] ---
    Most excellent.
[10:35] ---
    The new line of Valiancers is to
    be equipped with Coupling Systems?
[10:38] ---
    You hadn't heard?
[10:40] ---
    It's going to be rolling out soon.
[10:41] ---
    It's just two Valiancers for now, though.
[10:43] ---
    Those hard-headed higher-ups
    must be relenting a little.
[10:47] ---
    Then, are you saying we are close
    to mass producing Coupling Valiancers?
[10:51] ---
    Unfortunately, we're not to that point yet.
[10:53] ---
    The Confederation doesn't put
    much stock in Coupling Valiancers.
[10:57] ---
    Even though the enemy
    has become fixated on them.
[10:59] ---
    Zogilia's got him, after all.
[11:02] ---
    Him?
[11:03] ---
    A researcher, who was
    at the Doctor's lab, like me.
[11:07] ---
    He defected to Zogilia.
[11:09] ---
    He was excellent at what he did,
[11:11] ---
    so he must have a good appreciation
    for the importance of Elvira's cockpit.
[11:16] ---
    What is the name of this man?
[11:19] ---
    Hahn. His name is Wilhelm Hahn.
[11:19] ---
    "Wilhelm Hahn"
    
[11:19] ---
    "Zogilian Science Academy Test Laboratory 2 Director"
    
[11:22] ---
    I do think this is quite
    an interesting operation.
[11:25] ---
    Very well.
[11:27] ---
    I will speak to the
    Adminburo on your behalf.
[11:30] ---
    "Commander Gallant,
    Special Officer O'Keefe"
[11:30] ---
    Thank you very much, Doctor Hahn.
[11:33] ---
    Please do your best,
    Special Officer O'Keefe.
[11:36] ---
    I imagine that for you,
    this will be your final chance.
[11:41] ---
    I wish you luck.
[11:43] ---
    Slava Zogilia.
[11:47] ---
    "Vajra"
    "Heavy Attack Cruiser Aeroship"
[11:50] ---
    And that sums up
    our upcoming operation.
[11:53] ---
    Any questions?
[11:54] ---
    Commander, just who in
    the world is this Doctor Hahn?
[11:59] ---
    He's just some scientist and
    he's got pull with the Adminburo?
[12:03] ---
    That's not normal.
[12:04] ---
    That is not for you to know.
[12:10] ---
    I will be leading the team
    and taking command today.
[12:16] ---
    Are you fine with this, Commander?
[12:18] ---
    We'll let her have her way.
[12:27] ---
    It's me! It's Aoba Watase!
[12:29] ---
    I'll get you up on land soon.
[12:31] ---
    But I want you to have it.
[12:33] ---
    Aoba Watase...
[12:35] ---
    Hina.
[12:38] ---
    Bizon!
[12:39] ---
    What's wrong? You look upset.
[12:42] ---
    Hina, how did you get
    a signal out from that island?
[12:48] ---
    Not much time should've passed
[12:50] ---
    between us receiving the
    signal and us arriving there.
[12:53] ---
    But the Fortuna's cockpit was
    already submerged in the ocean.
[13:00] ---
    From the Confederation's new Valiancer.
[13:01] ---
    What?! Then you...!
[13:03] ---
    No!
[13:04] ---
    I found it in the woods
[13:06] ---
    and I was about to take
    it when the enemy came back.
[13:08] ---
    So I just sent out the
    distress signal and...
[13:11] ---
    I was unarmed, so...
[13:13] ---
    But there were no Valiancers
    on that island other than the Fortuna.
[13:17] ---
    It left before you all arrived.
[13:20] ---
    I was hiding,
    so I didn't get a good look, though.
[13:25] ---
    No one would ever believe that, right?
[13:27] ---
    It's too convenient...
[13:30] ---
    Have you told the Commander about this?
[13:33] ---
    Not yet.
[13:34] ---
    Tell the Commander.
[13:36] ---
    It'll be troublesome if the
    Special Officer notices it first.
[13:40] ---
    You're right.
[13:42] ---
    From now on,
    you tell me these things earlier.
[13:45] ---
    I'm the only one who'll believe
    you no matter what happens.
[13:48] ---
    All right.
[13:51] ---
    Bizon.
[13:52] ---
    There's no time.
    Go get in your cockpit quick.
[13:55] ---
    Roger.
[14:11] ---
    Enemy Valiancers approaching.
[14:13] ---
    Ten minutes until we make contact.
[14:15] ---
    All hands, prepare for air-to-air combat!
[14:19] ---
    Out! We're mobilizing!
[14:30] ---
    Are we sure about this? Sending those
    two out in their current state...
[14:33] ---
    What? They've always been
    like that from the very beginning.
[14:37] ---
    That is true, but...
[14:40] ---
    Here they come!
[14:41] ---
    Spread out and prepare to engage!
[14:43] ---
    Roger!
[14:45] ---
    Don't think about anything
    else right now. Focus on fighting.
[14:48] ---
    I know that!
[14:50] ---
    Aoba. Dio. Please commence
    conducting the Coupling.
[14:53] ---
    Roger.
[14:54] ---
    Roger.
[14:56] ---
    Connective, Dio.
[14:57] ---
    Acception.
[15:04] ---
    Multiple heat signatures approaching!
[15:06] ---
    Zogilian cruise missiles!
[15:08] ---
    Deploy the NECTTAR Curtain!
[15:14] ---
    Damage?!
[15:15] ---
    All negligible. No problems here.
[15:17] ---
    Second wave, incoming!
[15:19] ---
    The Cygnus won't have the
    NECTTAR Curtain charged up in time!
[15:22] ---
    All Valiancers, take down
    as many missiles as you can!
[15:24] ---
    Roger!
[15:31] ---
    Wha?!
[15:32] ---
    There's no time to be surprised!
[15:38] ---
    I can do that, too!
[15:41] ---
    Just wait, Hina!
[15:43] ---
    I'll take this bastard down!
[15:45] ---
    Aoba!
[15:47] ---
    Wha?!
[15:49] ---
    Commander, you will provide cover!
[15:50] ---
    Roger that.
[15:52] ---
    Him again!
[15:55] ---
    Pesky bastard!
[16:04] ---
    Damn it!
[16:06] ---
    It got past me?!
[16:10] ---
    The Crane has been hit!
[16:11] ---
    Lieutenant Conrad, take down all
    missiles headed for the Crane as well!
[16:15] ---
    Don't allow any more to find their marks!
[16:17] ---
    There's no need for that.
[16:19] ---
    Doctor!
[16:20] ---
    I'm all right.
[16:22] ---
    And the Crane won't go down so easily.
[16:24] ---
    But...
[16:26] ---
    Elvira, I've taught you everything
    I learned from your grandfather.
[16:31] ---
    It's time you graduated.
[16:34] ---
    I will entrust the future to you all.
[16:39] ---
    Can we even take down this many?
[16:41] ---
    Quit your whining!
    Do what you're here to do!
[16:48] ---
    Amazing...
[16:49] ---
    That's Aoba and Dio for you.
[16:52] ---
    Now, if we just wait for the enemy
    to exhaust their supply of missiles...
[16:55] ---
    Let's just hope they do
    exhaust their supply.
[17:01] ---
    More missiles still incoming!
[17:03] ---
    Just how many did
    they come prepared with?!
[17:05] ---
    Don't tell me...!
[17:06] ---
    They're aiming to wait
    out the Coupling time limit.
[17:09] ---
    According to Doctor Hahn's prediction,
[17:12] ---
    those new Valiancers can maintain
    their Coupling for 300 seconds.
[17:15] ---
    In other words, they have 90 seconds left.
[17:19] ---
    Once the Decoupling happens,
    these numbers will be totally impossible.
[17:23] ---
    Keep at it!
[17:24] ---
    There's still more missiles coming!
[17:26] ---
    But the Coupling is already...
[17:28] ---
    Don't give up, Aoba Watase!
[17:31] ---
    Didn't you resolve to
    remain on the Cygnus and fight?!
[17:35] ---
    You're an idiot!
    And a hopeless one at that!
[17:38] ---
    But once you've made up your mind,
    you stay the course, no matter what!
[17:41] ---
    Isn't that the kind of man that you are?!
[17:44] ---
    Right now, the Cygnus
    is in need of strength!
[17:46] ---
    And you have the strength
    to meet that need!
[17:50] ---
    Fight! For the people who need you!
[17:55] ---
    Hurry up, Snivels!
[18:00] ---
    Oh, no! I let one slip by!
[18:05] ---
    I told you that I'm not sniveling!
[18:07] ---
    What?!
[18:08] ---
    Quit lecturing me like you're so
    much better than me, you sissy's boy!
[18:13] ---
    What was that?! You're the
    one who was down in the dumps!
[18:18] ---
    I was just copying you!
[18:20] ---
    Bastard! Of all the things
    you could've said...
[18:23] ---
    Amazing!
[18:24] ---
    Those two are arguing and still...
[18:27] ---
    All those missiles...
[18:28] ---
    But the time is already...
[18:31] ---
    Ten seconds until the Decoupling.
[18:33] ---
    Nine...
[18:34] ---
    Eight...
[18:35] ---
    Seven...
[18:36] ---
    Six...
[18:37] ---
    Five...
[18:38] ---
    Four...
[18:39] ---
    Three...
[18:40] ---
    Two...
[18:41] ---
    One...
[18:42] ---
    It's time.
[18:48] ---
    Not yet!
[18:53] ---
    The Coupling is being maintained!
[18:55] ---
    What?!
[18:58] ---
    Impossible...
[18:59] ---
    Madam Special Officer, your orders.
[19:02] ---
    K-Keep firing those missiles!
[19:05] ---
    There may have been a miscalculation,
[19:06] ---
    but the Coupling can't last for long!
[19:09] ---
    Fire! Fire! Fire!
[19:16] ---
    We're going out there, too!
[19:17] ---
    Roger!
[19:18] ---
    The duration of the Coupling has
    exceeded 400 seconds!
[19:21] ---
    I can't believe it...
[19:30] ---
    All missiles have been intercepted!
[19:32] ---
    Th-That can't be...
[19:50] ---
    E-Eject!
[19:53] ---
    Open! Open up!
[19:56] ---
    I am not someone who
    deserves to die in such a place!
[19:59] ---
    N-No!
[20:03] ---
    Are you all right, Madam Special Officer?
[20:05] ---
    That voice... Alfried Gallant...
[20:08] ---
    The operation has ended in failure.
    All Valiancers returning to base.
[20:12] ---
    Y-Yes...
[20:24] ---
    Hey, Snivels, you're
    good when you put your mind to it.
[20:27] ---
    Shut up, sissy's boy.
[20:31] ---
    The duration of this
    Coupling was 429 seconds.
[20:35] ---
    I can't believe it.
[20:37] ---
    For it to greatly
    exceed even our ideal value...
[20:40] ---
    Elvira.
[20:41] ---
    Yes?
[20:42] ---
    That was a Nice Coupling.
[20:45] ---
    Doctor?!
[20:46] ---
    Doctor!
[20:47] ---
    What's wrong, Doctor?!
[20:50] ---
    Doctor!
[21:19] ---
    Unfortunately, it seems the
    Adminburo has decided to replace you.
[21:24] ---
    You should receive word soon.
[21:27] ---
    Why not take it easy until then?
[21:29] ---
    I envy you!
[21:31] ---
    I don't even know how many years
    it's been since I've had time off.
[21:34] ---
    Doctor Hahn.
[21:36] ---
    What is it, Commander Gallant?
[21:39] ---
    Now that the Swan has arrived in Hawaii,
[21:41] ---
    conventional tactics
    will no longer be effective.
[21:43] ---
    Therefore, I would like to execute
    the operation I had proposed earlier.
[21:48] ---
    Proposed?! When?!
[21:50] ---
    I have already contacted
    the appropriate parties.
[21:54] ---
    You can rendezvous with the tactical
    unit in question straight away.
[21:57] ---
    I expect good things, Commander Gallant.
[22:00] ---
    Slava Zogilia.
[22:10] ---
    Reinforcements at a time like this?
[22:12] ---
    Who the heck are these people?
[22:13] ---
    Tarjim!
[22:18] ---
    It is very good of you to come,
    Lieutenant Commander Ryazan.
[22:21] ---
    What?
[22:22] ---
    Have you been well, Hina?
[22:24] ---
    Father!
[22:27] ---
    With my heart, I call out
[22:31] ---
    To the far side, mutually drawn
[22:36] ---
    Forgetting even the reason I ache
[22:40] ---
    Just for now, please
[22:44] ---
    I know you
[22:49] ---
    I'm looking for you
[22:53] ---
    Softly pressing my lips to the bright
    afterimage I can't keep from leaving
[23:02] ---
    If hesitation is what gives way
    to the slightest of hopes
[23:11] ---
    To as many gentle mornings
    as the times I have wandered
[23:20] ---
    In the future that
    leads back to that sky,
[23:24] ---
    I want to save you,
    I want to protect you
[23:29] ---
    In the future that arrives at that dream
[23:33] ---
    Wait for me
[23:36] ---
    The love we'll surely find
[23:41] ---
    I want you to reach out for it
[23:48] ---
    "Next Time 'Father and Child'"
[23:48] ---
    Next time on Buddy Complex.
[23:51] ---
    "Father and Child."

10 - Father and Child

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[00:26] ---
    Doctor Fermi...
[00:33] ---
    What's he doing here?
[00:37] ---
    Isn't that...
[00:47] ---
    Beat your wings
[00:49] ---
    See the light of hope
    in the sky you have yet to see
[00:54] ---
    And don't ever give in
    to the weight of sorrow
[00:57] ---
    Echo unto eternity, UNISONIA
[01:07] ---
    That world you see before your eyes
[01:12] ---
    What colors is it made up of?
[01:17] ---
    Measure feeling match
[01:20] ---
    The pain of loss isn't something
[01:23] ---
    You want to get used to, and yet
[01:25] ---
    Even on a night like this,
    the stars are beautiful
[01:31] ---
    Like a tarnished coin spilling
    from the palm of your hand
[01:37] ---
    Can't go back
[01:39] ---
    Want to go home
[01:40] ---
    The two, back-to-back
[01:43] ---
    Break through
[01:45] ---
    Turning unfading emotions
    into a lasting bond
[01:50] ---
    Like painting over a colorless world
[01:53] ---
    Let this sympathy reach
[01:56] ---
    Growing the wing
[01:58] ---
    Let's build the
    future that we envision
[02:02] ---
    We can change even fate
[02:06] ---
    Transcending time, UNISONIA
[02:14] ---
    "Hawaii Base"
[02:17] ---
    Weinberg. Watase. You two ensigns,
[02:17] ---
    "Father and Child"
[02:19] ---
    as well as Petty Officer Nasu,
[02:21] ---
    will be granted half-watch shore leave.
[02:21] ---
    as well as Petty Officer Nasu,
[02:23] ---
    You three are to remain
    together as much as possible.
[02:26] ---
    That is all.
[02:27] ---
    Yes, ma'am.
[02:28] ---
    Come on, Doctor Fermi
    hates doom and gloom.
[02:31] ---
    You know it, too, Mayu.
[02:33] ---
    Yes...
[02:35] ---
    Okay, then, here's my shopping list.
[02:37] ---
    What? You, too, Elvira?
[02:40] ---
    What do you mean "too"?
[02:44] ---
    I also got one from Anessa.
[02:47] ---
    I see.
[02:48] ---
    That's long.
[02:51] ---
    Say, that was your old man
    at the church earlier, right?
[02:57] ---
    Yeah.
[02:58] ---
    Was it okay? That you
    didn't go say hi or anything?
[03:01] ---
    It's no big deal. It's fine.
[03:04] ---
    I heard from Fiona.
[03:05] ---
    That things aren't so hot
    between you and your old man?
[03:10] ---
    It's none of your business, is it?
[03:12] ---
    But I mean...
[03:13] ---
    I am so sorry to keep you waiting!
[03:19] ---
    I had a hard time deciding what to wear.
[03:22] ---
    We haven't been waiting at all.
    Hurry up and get in.
[03:24] ---
    Oh, all right.
[03:26] ---
    A change of outfit makes
    you look so different than normal.
[03:29] ---
    I'm not used to wearing this,
    so I wasn't sure about it...
[03:33] ---
    It looks good on her, doesn't it?
[03:36] ---
    Sure.
[03:36] ---
    Don't give such a noncommittal response.
[03:38] ---
    Nav, take us to Ala Moana.
[03:40] ---
    Hey, don't ignore me!
[03:47] ---
    A military exercise?
[03:49] ---
    The experience of having
[03:51] ---
    the Coupling System
    operating within a task fleet
[03:54] ---
    will be recorded
    in a computer simulation.
[03:57] ---
    Then, has Joint Command Headquarters
[03:59] ---
    given their stamp of approval
    on its practical application?
[04:01] ---
    "Rear Admiral Green"
[04:01] ---
    "1st Navy Special Squadron Commander"
    
[04:01] ---
    They're all but there, I'd say.
[04:04] ---
    The complacent cagey old bastards back home
[04:08] ---
    are being indecisive and holding
    back from taking that final step.
[04:11] ---
    Then, this military exercise is also...?
[04:14] ---
    That's right.
[04:16] ---
    I want you to get them all fired up.
[04:19] ---
    Especially with the pressure coming
    from political and financial circles
[04:21] ---
    starting to grow more overt.
[04:24] ---
    We shall fight furiously so as
    to live up to your expectations.
[04:29] ---
    Aw, man, it would've
    been nice to go shopping.
[04:33] ---
    So you're also in
    the group staying behind.
[04:36] ---
    Fromm!
[04:37] ---
    Here we are in Hawaii, too.
    It's too bad, isn't it?
[04:39] ---
    No way, I'm totally okay with it!
[04:41] ---
    I asked Mayuka to do my shopping for me.
[04:44] ---
    Mind if I sit next to you?
[04:46] ---
    Sure.
[04:47] ---
    Let's eat together.
[04:51] ---
    That should do it for Anessa's cosmetics.
[04:55] ---
    That leaves...
[04:56] ---
    Say, Dio.
[04:58] ---
    What is it?
[04:58] ---
    Want me to try talking
    to your old man for you?
[05:01] ---
    You?! What kind of idiotic talk is this?
[05:04] ---
    Because, I mean,
    he won't listen to you, right?
[05:07] ---
    Like there's any way he'd
    listen to what you have to say!
[05:10] ---
    But at this rate,
    don't you feel bad for Fiona?
[05:14] ---
    Think of how much she's
    worrying about you and your old man.
[05:17] ---
    I told you that it was
    none of your business, didn't I?
[05:20] ---
    But you...
[05:21] ---
    Shut up! No more!
[05:22] ---
    Please stop this, both of you.
[05:28] ---
    Nav, stop the car.
[05:32] ---
    H-Hey, what are you doing?
[05:34] ---
    Wait, Dio?
[05:35] ---
    I'm going off on my own.
[05:37] ---
    They told us to stick together, remember?
[05:39] ---
    "As much as possible," she said.
[05:40] ---
    Dio!
    Hey, come back!
[05:42] ---
    Dio! Hey!
[05:44] ---
    Hey!
[05:46] ---
    The hell is his problem?
[05:47] ---
    Let's go, Mayuka.
[05:50] ---
    What? But...
[05:51] ---
    It's fine. Forget that guy.
[06:02] ---
    The things you ought to be doing
[06:04] ---
    should not include frittering
    your time away here.
[06:07] ---
    Even if someone were to blame you,
[06:10] ---
    I forgive you.
[06:14] ---
    Could it be that
    you are Young Master Dio?
[06:18] ---
    It is you!
[06:20] ---
    Paul...
[06:30] ---
    See, my old man was a firefighter.
[06:35] ---
    He was a passionate guy
    with a strong sense of justice.
[06:39] ---
    He often told me that it was
    the man's job to protect his family.
[06:45] ---
    So when my old man passed away, I thought,
[06:48] ---
    from now on, I'm going
    to protect my family on my own.
[06:54] ---
    But you know...
[06:55] ---
    I got into middle school,
    joined the basketball team and stuff,
[06:58] ---
    and forgot about
    ever having those thoughts.
[07:01] ---
    By the time I'd realized,
    it was already...
[07:04] ---
    It's not like I could've done anything,
[07:06] ---
    even though I talk
    about protecting my family, but...
[07:09] ---
    If you're both alive
    and living in the same era,
[07:12] ---
    it's a shame to be on bad terms...
[07:15] ---
    Aoba...
[07:21] ---
    Isn't that...
[07:24] ---
    Fiona!
[07:26] ---
    Aoba!
[07:31] ---
    What did you want to talk about?
[07:33] ---
    Considering how Zogilia approached
    their last engagement with us,
[07:36] ---
    I really have to think that
    Hahn is seriously becoming involved.
[07:41] ---
    Hahn?
[07:42] ---
    You mean, your colleague from
    the lab that Doctor Fermi mentioned?
[07:46] ---
    Yes.
[07:48] ---
    I suspect he's in a position to have
    a say in detailed tactical matters.
[07:53] ---
    In which case...
[07:55] ---
    By about our next encounter,
    things will get dicey...
[07:57] ---
    Yes.
[07:59] ---
    What kind of man is he?
[08:00] ---
    He's incredibly good at what he does.
[08:03] ---
    I almost wish I didn't
    remember just how good.
[08:07] ---
    Elvira?
[08:08] ---
    Oh, she was an excellent engineer.
[08:11] ---
    Second to me, that is.
[08:13] ---
    "Wilhelm Hahn"
[08:13] ---
    "Zogilian Science Academy Test Laboratory 2 Director"
    
[08:13] ---
    The magic
    key that she created is the cockpit.
[08:17] ---
    All you have to do is bring that back.
[08:19] ---
    Because as far as the Valiancer frame goes,
[08:21] ---
    ours is superior in terms of performance.
[08:25] ---
    "Vajra"
    "Heavy Attack Cruiser Aeroship"
[08:28] ---
    She's a girl of age that
    even I found to be a handful
[08:32] ---
    and you've tamed her quite nicely.
[08:33] ---
    "Lieutenant Commander Ryazan"
[08:34] ---
    You really are something
    else, Commander Gallant.
[08:37] ---
    Her hard work has
    been of great help to me.
[08:41] ---
    Lieutenant Commander Ryazan,
    I am most happy to see you looking well.
[08:44] ---
    And you, Commander,
    your skin tone is looking awfully fine.
[08:47] ---
    You hardly look like the officer
[08:49] ---
    who failed to safeguard the
    Protection Division Commander.
[08:52] ---
    As scathing as ever.
[08:57] ---
    Those Confederation Valiancers?
[09:00] ---
    Yes, we'll infiltrate the
    Hawaii Base and seize them.
[09:04] ---
    Is it possible?
[09:05] ---
    Of course. That's what we're here for.
[09:08] ---
    I see.
[09:10] ---
    How would you like something to drink?
[09:13] ---
    Milk? Or grape juice?
[09:16] ---
    Stop that. I'm not a child anymore.
[09:19] ---
    That is so true.
[09:21] ---
    You've become all grown up in
    the short while we haven't seen you.
[09:24] ---
    What kind of stupid thing to say is that?
[09:29] ---
    L-Lieutenant Commander!
[09:30] ---
    I-I was joking!
[09:32] ---
    You're going naked
    on this upcoming operation.
[09:35] ---
    Oh, come on!
[09:36] ---
    Ensign.
[09:37] ---
    Y-Yes, sir.
[09:39] ---
    You will be participating in
    this operation as well.
[09:41] ---
    What?
[09:42] ---
    Commander Alfried suggested it.
[09:45] ---
    It seems you've laid your hands
[09:46] ---
    on the interface of one
    of these new Valiancers.
[09:49] ---
    You will be there to help the
    operation go smoothly. Understood?
[09:53] ---
    Yes, sir.
[09:57] ---
    I hear you're especially
    gung-ho about getting that white one,
[10:01] ---
    so the Commander must have
    seen fit to give you this opportunity.
[10:03] ---
    Lieutenant Commander,
    please allow me to participate as well.
[10:07] ---
    You, too, Lieutenant Junior Grade Gerafil?
[10:08] ---
    It is my understanding
[10:09] ---
    that it takes a pair of the new
    Valiancers to be an operational unit.
[10:12] ---
    Having been on a lot of missions with her,
[10:14] ---
    I believe I would be a
    good fit to accompany her.
[10:16] ---
    Hm, and I could entrust
    you to keep Hina safe as well...
[10:21] ---
    I'll be counting on you, Bizon.
[10:23] ---
    Yes, sir!
[10:25] ---
    I'll propose your inclusion
    to the Commander.
[10:29] ---
    Get one complete outfit for each of them.
[10:30] ---
    Roger.
[10:31] ---
    And also, a teddy bear for Hina.
[10:42] ---
    Wow, so you guys have
    a vacation home over here.
[10:45] ---
    Yes. I had no idea
    all of you were here as well.
[10:49] ---
    How is Dio doing?
[10:51] ---
    What?
[10:51] ---
    Oh... Oh, he's doing well.
[10:54] ---
    I see.
[11:00] ---
    With your father?
[11:03] ---
    Yes.
[11:04] ---
    We were in the middle of lunch, but...
[11:07] ---
    I have been telling my father that
    he should have a good long talk with Dio,
[11:13] ---
    but he was having none of it...
[11:16] ---
    It made me so unbearably sad...
[11:19] ---
    So you ended up leaving the
    restaurant without even meaning to.
[11:22] ---
    Yes.
[11:23] ---
    I swear! Father and
    son are both so stubborn!
[11:26] ---
    Aoba!
[11:27] ---
    Did something happen with Dio?
[11:29] ---
    What? Oh, no, nothing happened.
[11:33] ---
    All right! Let's go back!
[11:34] ---
    What?
[11:35] ---
    I'll talk to your old man, after all.
[11:37] ---
    I'll give it to him good!
[11:39] ---
    What?!
[11:40] ---
    Uh, um, I don't think that will work.
[11:42] ---
    Why not?
[11:43] ---
    I hardly think my father will listen
    to someone he has only just met
[11:47] ---
    and besides, I don't even know
    if he'll see you based on my word...
[11:51] ---
    But I mean...
[11:52] ---
    I appreciate the thought, but I'm sorry.
[11:58] ---
    Then, do you want to come shopping
    with us to take your mind off things?
[12:02] ---
    What? You wouldn't mind my coming along?
[12:06] ---
    Of course not.
[12:07] ---
    But aren't you in the middle of a date?
[12:09] ---
    What?
[12:10] ---
    No, no, it's nothing like that at all.
[12:13] ---
    Right?
[12:14] ---
    What?
[12:15] ---
    R-Right.
[12:16] ---
    Then I would love to!
[12:17] ---
    Okay, it's settled!
[12:19] ---
    On a date...
[12:19] ---
    Is there anywhere you want to go?
[12:20] ---
    Let me think...
[12:23] ---
    You came along at the perfect time.
[12:26] ---
    Mistress Fiona was
    here as well just earlier, but...
[12:29] ---
    Fiona was?
[12:33] ---
    Please excuse me.
[12:46] ---
    But at this rate,
    don't you feel bad for Fiona?
[13:58] ---
    I've heard that you live
    next to each other?
[14:00] ---
    They moved in next door
    when I was about ten years old.
[14:03] ---
    Back then, I'd never even dreamed
[14:05] ---
    that the brave and famous
    Lieutenant Commander Ryazan
[14:07] ---
    would move in next door.
[14:09] ---
    Come to think of it,
    where were you before you moved there?
[14:12] ---
    Hm? Well, various places.
[14:15] ---
    With Hina?
[14:17] ---
    That would be the case.
[14:19] ---
    Come to think of it,
    until we moved in next to Bizon, I...
[14:24] ---
    Here we are! I've brought it!
[14:27] ---
    I've been waiting for this!
[14:29] ---
    All right! Pass out the glasses.
[14:34] ---
    A toast to the success of our operation
[14:36] ---
    and ever greater prosperity
    for our motherland.
[14:39] ---
    Here you are.
[14:41] ---
    I'm still...
[14:42] ---
    You're all grown up, right?
[14:46] ---
    To the goddess of luck in battle.
[14:49] ---
    Slava Zogilia!
[14:51] ---
    Slava Zogilia!
[15:02] ---
    Grape juice?!
[15:25] ---
    You were of assistance to us in Chitose.
[15:28] ---
    My thanks.
[15:29] ---
    Please. It was my duty.
[15:35] ---
    Why were you at Doctor Fermi's funeral?
[15:38] ---
    I was well acquainted with the Doctor.
[15:41] ---
    My company was one
[15:43] ---
    that had the privilege of supporting
    his research in no small way.
[15:47] ---
    I didn't know.
[15:49] ---
    Thanks to that, all kinds
    of information comes my way...
[15:52] ---
    It seems you're paired
    up with quite a unique Buddy.
[15:56] ---
    Someone named Aoba Watase, is it?
[15:59] ---
    Yes.
[16:01] ---
    I hear that when you
    conduct Couplings with him,
[16:03] ---
    it causes your Emphatier
    Waveform to diverge
[16:05] ---
    and makes you unable to conduct
    Couplings with other Couplers.
[16:09] ---
    If I go through training again,
[16:11] ---
    there is the possibility that it
    will restore my original waveform.
[16:14] ---
    Is that confirmed?
[16:16] ---
    No.
[16:20] ---
    What did you say
    when you joined the military?
[16:24] ---
    That I wanted to protect
    our family... to protect everyone.
[16:27] ---
    Is becoming a Coupler
    who cannot choose his Buddy
[16:31] ---
    your idea of being a soldier?
[16:35] ---
    This man was a
    civilian until just recently.
[16:38] ---
    He'll likely be shot down in no time.
[16:41] ---
    Once that happens, all that
    will be left is one good-for-nothing.
[16:45] ---
    One soldier, who couldn't
    even protect his family.
[16:50] ---
    It's still not too late.
[16:52] ---
    Quit the military.
[16:54] ---
    Going to the front line isn't the
    only way to protect your country.
[17:00] ---
    That guy...
[17:02] ---
    is not a man who
    will be shot down so easily.
[17:04] ---
    How can you possibly assert that?!
[17:06] ---
    This is war!
[17:08] ---
    You know well how unforgiving it is!
[17:11] ---
    It's true that he's lacking
    in resolve as a soldier
[17:16] ---
    and he's the sort of person who
    easily makes contact with the enemy...
[17:20] ---
    And he's stupid and
    insensitive and irresponsible,
[17:24] ---
    and an annoying busybody
[17:27] ---
    who doesn't think twice about
    getting personal with you, but...
[17:33] ---
    But him...
[17:34] ---
    Knowing him...
[17:35] ---
    What are you saying
    that man is capable of?!
[17:38] ---
    Your words are nothing more than
    an admission of your own inadequacy!
[17:44] ---
    That's enough. I understand.
[17:47] ---
    Go back.
[17:54] ---
    I'm glad that we
    were able to talk today.
[17:57] ---
    Your show of concern for me made me happy.
[18:02] ---
    Please excuse me now.
[18:09] ---
    You've changed.
[18:12] ---
    Come home once in a while.
[18:15] ---
    It'll make Fiona happy.
[18:18] ---
    Yes, sir.
[18:25] ---
    Man, that sure was fun!
[18:28] ---
    Yes, it was!
[18:29] ---
    Feel better?
[18:31] ---
    Yes.
[18:31] ---
    Then, shall we head back soon?
[18:34] ---
    What?
[18:35] ---
    Your father must be worried, right?
[18:37] ---
    I think it'd be better
    if you went back now.
[18:40] ---
    Don't worry! I won't let your
    old man say one word against you!
[18:44] ---
    Aoba!
[18:47] ---
    You're right. I'll go back.
[18:53] ---
    Is it this restaurant?
[18:54] ---
    Yes.
[18:56] ---
    Isn't this right around where Dio got off?
[19:00] ---
    What? He was with you?
[19:02] ---
    H-He was. I'm sorry we didn't tell you.
[19:06] ---
    Oh, it's Dio.
[19:10] ---
    So he went to eat.
[19:13] ---
    Don't tell me!
[19:15] ---
    Fiona?
[19:17] ---
    What are you doing with Aoba and her?
[19:19] ---
    I ran into them and they
    invited me to go shopping with them.
[19:22] ---
    Were you eating here, Dio?
[19:24] ---
    Yeah.
[19:25] ---
    By any chance...
[19:28] ---
    With Dad.
[19:29] ---
    What?
[19:29] ---
    You did!
[19:38] ---
    What's with him? It looks like he
    was able to have a proper conversation.
[19:42] ---
    Look what he can do
    when he puts his mind to it.
[19:44] ---
    I'm sure your words pushed
    him in the right direction.
[19:49] ---
    After he was so against it, too.
    He's so not honest with himself.
[20:06] ---
    Aoba.
[20:09] ---
    Do you want to go back?
[20:12] ---
    To your own time?
[20:13] ---
    What?
[20:15] ---
    Will this time not do?
[20:22] ---
    I'm sorry. I don't know.
[20:25] ---
    I see.
[20:28] ---
    Petty Officer Nasu.
[20:30] ---
    Thank you for all you did for Fiona.
[20:32] ---
    Oh, no, please.
[20:33] ---
    Fiona, you'll catch his stupidity
    if you hang out with him,
[20:36] ---
    so stay away from now on.
[20:37] ---
    The hell was that, you bastard?
[20:40] ---
    I understand, Dio.
[20:42] ---
    Oh, hey! You, too, Fiona?!
[20:44] ---
    Man, that's so mean.
[20:47] ---
    I bet you told her some
    messed up story, didn't you?!
[20:49] ---
    Maybe, maybe not.
[20:52] ---
    We will now begin
    the military exercise.
[20:55] ---
    Activating Coupling Mode.
    Duration is 300 seconds.
[20:59] ---
    Hostiles entering effective range.
    Commencing to intercept Group One.
[21:00] ---
    Target Alpha One, firing NECTTAR Guns.
    Luxon and Bradyon countering enemy fire.
[21:03] ---
    Group One, Group Two,
    destruction of all units confirmed.
[21:05] ---
    Target Alpha One,
    taking more and more damage.
[21:07] ---
    Twenty Valiancers
    and two assault aeroships...
[21:09] ---
    "Vice Admiral Richardson,
    Pacific Fleet Acting Commander"
[21:12] ---
    So this is the Coupling System...
[21:15] ---
    Mission objective has been achieved.
[21:17] ---
    Units on this side will immediately...
[21:18] ---
    "Maintenance Building 7, Hawaii Base"
[21:27] ---
    Aoba! Dio! Thanks for your hard work!
[21:30] ---
    Elvira says the military
    exercise went beautifully!
[21:34] ---
    You're rushing the start of
    Code T2Rise by about 0.2!
[21:37] ---
    You're the one who's slow, right?!
    Maybe you're not fired up enough!
[21:41] ---
    Thanks to you pushing too far ahead,
[21:43] ---
    we missed at least three
    that we could've shot down!
[21:45] ---
    That's not true!
    Don't exaggerate things!
[21:48] ---
    I wasn't exaggerating!
[21:48] ---
    Honestly...
[21:49] ---
    It's your idiocy that...
[21:58] ---
    Commencing operation.
[22:27] ---
    With my heart, I call out
[22:31] ---
    To the far side, mutually drawn
[22:35] ---
    Forgetting even the reason I ache
[22:40] ---
    Just for now, please
[22:44] ---
    I know you
[22:49] ---
    I'm looking for you
[22:53] ---
    Softly pressing my lips to the bright
    afterimage I can't keep from leaving
[23:02] ---
    If hesitation is what gives way
    to the slightest of hopes
[23:11] ---
    To as many gentle mornings
    as the times I have wandered
[23:20] ---
    In the future that
    leads back to that sky,
[23:24] ---
    I want to save you,
    I want to protect you
[23:29] ---
    In the future that arrives at that dream
[23:33] ---
    Wait for me
[23:36] ---
    The love we'll surely find
[23:41] ---
    I want you to reach out for it
[23:48] ---
    Next time on Buddy Complex.
[23:48] ---
    "Next Time 'The Truth'"
[23:51] ---
    "The Truth.”
[23:52] ---
    

11 - The Truth

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[00:15] ---
    These are the first R&D
    models, Prototype 0.
[00:18] ---
    The Skyknight and the Firebrand.
[00:21] ---
    The ones that produced numerous casualties.
[00:23] ---
    The previous generation of machines
    to the Luxon and the Bradyon.
[00:26] ---
    Wow...
[00:27] ---
    Do they work?
[00:28] ---
    That's hard to say.
[00:29] ---
    They apparently still do regular
    maintenance work on them, though.
[00:33] ---
    But what are these things
    doing here at the Hawaii Base?
[00:36] ---
    They're technically here to be studied,
[00:39] ---
    but they're more like
    archival research material.
[00:42] ---
    The new Valiancers being
    developed will be complete soon.
[00:46] ---
    These will never take to the skies again.
[00:49] ---
    The machines that Doctor
    Fermi engineered...
[00:51] ---
    It's sad, but...
[00:56] ---
    Mayday! Mayday! This is
    Transport Airline Flight 507!
[01:01] ---
    Left engine on fire! Requesting
    emergency landing at the Hawaii Base!
[01:04] ---
    Roger that. Use Runway 2.
[01:04] ---
    "Hawaii Base"
    
[01:06] ---
    Fire Services Team, get moving!
[01:18] ---
    What's that about?
[01:19] ---
    Looks like a civilian ship.
[01:21] ---
    Do you think everything's all right?
[01:22] ---
    The alarms aren't even
    going off, so I wouldn't worry.
[01:27] ---
    "Gate 5, Hawaii Base"
[01:35] ---
    "Vajra"
    "Heavy Attack Cruiser Aeroship"
[01:37] ---
    It's time.
[01:44] ---
    Wh-What was that?!
[01:45] ---
    Explosions?!
[01:51] ---
    V-Valiancers?!
[01:56] ---
    Emergency alert! Emergency alert!
[01:58] ---
    Enemy Valiancers have appeared on base!
[02:00] ---
    Enemy operatives seem
    to have infiltrated as well!
[02:03] ---
    All tactical units...
[02:05] ---
    They're in a panic.
[02:06] ---
    It's almost comical.
[02:08] ---
    You should pretend to be
    a little panicked, too.
[02:11] ---
    Don't count on it, sir.
[02:16] ---
    Now, let's go help ourselves to the prize.
[02:24] ---
    Beat your wings
[02:26] ---
    See the light of hope
    in the sky you have yet to see
[02:31] ---
    And don't ever give in
    to the weight of sorrow
[02:34] ---
    Echo unto eternity, UNISONIA
[02:44] ---
    That world you see before your eyes
[02:49] ---
    What colors is it made up of?
[02:54] ---
    Measure feeling match
[02:57] ---
    The pain of loss isn't something
[03:00] ---
    You want to get used to, and yet
[03:02] ---
    Even on a night like this,
    the stars are beautiful
[03:08] ---
    Like a tarnished coin spilling
    from the palm of your hand
[03:14] ---
    Can't go back
[03:15] ---
    Want to go home
[03:17] ---
    The two, back-to-back
[03:20] ---
    Break through
[03:22] ---
    Turning unfading emotions
    into a lasting bond
[03:27] ---
    Like painting over a colorless world
[03:30] ---
    Let this sympathy reach
[03:33] ---
    Growing the wing
[03:35] ---
    Let's build the
    future that we envision
[03:39] ---
    We can change even fate
[03:42] ---
    Transcending time, UNISONIA
[03:51] ---
    "The Truth"
[03:54] ---
    Father.
[03:56] ---
    This is your face, Father.
[03:59] ---
    I drew it in class at school.
[04:05] ---
    The teacher praised me
    for drawing well, too.
[04:08] ---
    Is that right?
[04:10] ---
    That's great.
[04:12] ---
    Yup!
[04:15] ---
    The military academy?
[04:17] ---
    Yes, sir.
[04:18] ---
    That is what I have decided.
[04:20] ---
    That I will become a soldier,
    who guards the motherland of Zogilia
[04:23] ---
    and protects the people
    living in this country.
[04:27] ---
    Like you, Father.
[04:37] ---
    Hina.
[04:39] ---
    It's almost time.
[04:40] ---
    Yes, sir.
[04:41] ---
    "Maintenance Building 7, Hawaii Base"
[04:48] ---
    Here we go.
[04:54] ---
    What's the situation?
[04:56] ---
    Give us details on what's going on.
[04:57] ---
    It's just like you heard on the broadcast.
[04:59] ---
    We currently have enemy troops on the
    base wreaking havoc at various locations.
[05:04] ---
    Eight Valiancers have been confirmed.
[05:06] ---
    Tarjim, it's about time.
[05:08] ---
    Damn. I could've gone for
    more, but I guess not.
[05:12] ---
    Of which, two broke away
    and took to the air.
[05:15] ---
    A firefight seems to have
    broken out on the tarmac, but...
[05:18] ---
    But?
[05:19] ---
    I can't figure out what the enemy's after.
[05:22] ---
    I mean, only eight Valiancers
    to take on a base of this size?
[05:26] ---
    I asked Command how we should respond,
[05:29] ---
    but all I got was, "Take out
    the enemy! Protect the base!"
[05:32] ---
    So, what should we do?
[05:34] ---
    Yeah, so given all that, I'm thinking
    we want to take independent action.
[05:39] ---
    Elvira and Mayu, quickly
    make your way back to the ship.
[05:42] ---
    Yes, sir.
[05:43] ---
    Aoba and Dio, go retrieve
    the Luxon and the Bradyon,
[05:46] ---
    which we sent over to the
    base's Maintenance Building 7.
[05:49] ---
    Fromm, you'll be their escort.
[05:51] ---
    Aye-aye, sir.
[05:52] ---
    Now, let's begin.
[05:56] ---
    There's no knowing where
    the enemy might be lurking.
[05:59] ---
    If you don't want to die, defend yourself.
[06:02] ---
    For real?
[06:47] ---
    The hatches have been left open.
[06:49] ---
    That's convenient.
[06:53] ---
    How does it look? Will it work?
[06:55] ---
    Yes, sir! It'll be no problem!
[06:57] ---
    It looks like it'll take a while, though.
[07:00] ---
    Make it as quick as you can.
[07:02] ---
    Roger!
[07:03] ---
    How are things on the other end?
[07:04] ---
    They're reportedly engaged in combat,
[07:06] ---
    but they'll likely be able to hold out.
[07:08] ---
    All right.
[07:09] ---
    As soon as they circumvent the
    boot-up security, we'll start retreating.
[07:13] ---
    Roger.
[07:17] ---
    You're going to contact them!
    To tell Zogilia that you're here!
[07:22] ---
    Because at that rate, you'd have
    become our prisoner of war, right?
[07:27] ---
    I kind of didn't like
    the idea of that, so...
[07:37] ---
    Hina!
[07:44] ---
    Father!
[07:45] ---
    Lieutenant Commander!
[07:46] ---
    Father!
[07:52] ---
    They're on to us!
[07:53] ---
    They sure are reckless,
    and this is their own base! Sheesh!
[07:58] ---
    Quick! This way!
[07:59] ---
    Father!
[08:00] ---
    I'm fine...
[08:05] ---
    Hina! Lieutenant Commander!
[08:11] ---
    Miss, you treat the
    Lieutenant Commander's wound.
[08:14] ---
    We'll rendezvous with another detachment
    and secure a line of retreat.
[08:17] ---
    I understand.
[08:18] ---
    Well, then.
[08:22] ---
    We need to stop the bleeding fast!
[08:25] ---
    Father?
[08:27] ---
    H-Hina... there's something...
    I need to tell you.
[08:32] ---
    Don't talk! You'll exacerbate the wound!
[08:34] ---
    Listen...
[08:36] ---
    Listen to me!
[08:41] ---
    Hina... You...
[08:44] ---
    are not... my real daughter.
[08:48] ---
    What?!
[08:58] ---
    Aoba!
[08:59] ---
    I-I'm okay!
[09:01] ---
    We've gotten split up.
[09:03] ---
    We'll head to the target location
    using the corridor on this side.
[09:06] ---
    You find a way around
    and head over as well!
[09:08] ---
    Don't die!
[09:09] ---
    What? Wait...
[09:13] ---
    What?
[09:17] ---
    It was ten years ago now...
[09:23] ---
    I was stationed in
    fiercely contested Zagreb,
[09:28] ---
    and it was amidst the burned-out ruins
    of the battlefield that I met you.
[09:35] ---
    Back then, you were dressed in tattered clothes,
    could barely speak, and had no memories.
[09:44] ---
    The only thing that you
    remembered was the name "Hina."
[09:51] ---
    I took you in as a war orphan
[09:54] ---
    and thus, you and I became family.
[10:01] ---
    You can't...
[10:03] ---
    You can't suddenly tell me
    this and expect me to...
[10:07] ---
    Can't believe it?
[10:10] ---
    No one at death's door would
    joke about something like this.
[10:18] ---
    Hurry!
[10:19] ---
    Don't let Zogilia get away with
    any more than they already have!
[10:23] ---
    Go, Hina.
[10:25] ---
    What?
[10:26] ---
    Get away from here before the enemy comes.
[10:29] ---
    Then you come with me!
[10:32] ---
    I'm beyond saving already. Leave me behind.
[10:35] ---
    I don't want to!
[10:37] ---
    Hina...
[10:38] ---
    No!
[10:39] ---
    Hina!
[10:41] ---
    Let me at least play
    the heroic father in the end.
[10:46] ---
    But... But...
[10:50] ---
    Go, Hina.
[10:54] ---
    Father...
[10:58] ---
    Go!
[11:19] ---
    What about him?
[11:20] ---
    Is he dead?
[11:22] ---
    Guess I'll put a bullet
    in him just to be safe.
[11:24] ---
    How boorish.
[11:27] ---
    Right when I was pleasantly lost
    in memories of my daughter...
[11:30] ---
    I swear...
[11:32] ---
    I'll take you to hell with me.
[11:39] ---
    Another explosion?
[11:41] ---
    Man! I'm just a kid in high school!
[11:45] ---
    Like hell I can shoot this thing
    just because you suddenly tell me to!
[11:47] ---
    Or more like, where the heck am I?
[11:57] ---
    Father...
[12:00] ---
    You...
[12:02] ---
    are not... my real daughter.
[12:06] ---
    The only thing that you
    remembered was the name "Hina."
[12:11] ---
    I... I...
[12:16] ---
    Because you brought me here.
[12:18] ---
    Like I said, you were my classmate!
[12:21] ---
    Your name is Hina Yumihara!
[12:23] ---
    If that's true, then where did she go?
[12:35] ---
    Hina...
[12:40] ---
    Hina, what are you doing here?
[12:43] ---
    Don't tell me the enemy soldiers
    who infiltrated the base were...
[12:46] ---
    I turned out... not to be me...
[12:50] ---
    What?
[12:51] ---
    Who in the world am I?! Am I the
    Hina that you were talking about?!
[12:56] ---
    Answer me...
[12:58] ---
    Hina...
[13:04] ---
    The Lieutenant Commander?!
[13:05] ---
    Yeah, while I was away.
[13:08] ---
    What about Hina?
[13:09] ---
    I don't know.
[13:11] ---
    It doesn't look like she was
    caught in the blast, though.
[13:14] ---
    Hey, cover me!
[13:16] ---
    What?
[13:17] ---
    Wait! Where do you think you're going?!
[13:19] ---
    What about our work?!
[13:20] ---
    It'll finish the rest of the way on auto!
[13:22] ---
    I'm going to go look for Hina!
[13:24] ---
    H-Hey!
[13:37] ---
    I see. So, Lieutenant
    Commander Ryazan is...
[13:40] ---
    Yes, sir.
[13:42] ---
    Is it possible to continue
    with the operation?
[13:44] ---
    We are slightly behind schedule,
[13:46] ---
    but within the range of
    what we anticipated.
[13:47] ---
    All right. Then as of now, I place
    you in command of things on site.
[13:52] ---
    We will set things
    in motion on our end as well.
[13:54] ---
    Yes, sir.
[13:55] ---
    Commander.
[13:57] ---
    This will not be a problem.
[13:58] ---
    Right now, let us make the success
    of this operation our top priority.
[14:08] ---
    I see, so that's how it was.
[14:11] ---
    Yeah.
[14:12] ---
    It just may be that I'm the
    Hina that you were talking about.
[14:17] ---
    If I am, the memory loss and
    stuff would kind of make sense...
[14:22] ---
    I'm not sure how that all works out, but...
[14:25] ---
    Hina...
[14:27] ---
    Seriously, what's going on with me?
[14:30] ---
    Tell me, what's going on?
[14:35] ---
    Come to our side, Hina!
[14:37] ---
    What?
[14:38] ---
    Come join us aboard the Cygnus!
[14:41] ---
    Wh-What are you say...
[14:43] ---
    It'll be okay.
[14:44] ---
    They accepted me, and
    I'm from 70 years ago.
[14:47] ---
    You may be the enemy,
[14:48] ---
    but they'll understand
    once we explain it to them.
[14:51] ---
    And there's a guy I trust, too.
[14:53] ---
    His name is Dio and he can be a
    little insufferable sometimes, but...
[14:57] ---
    Anyway, it'll be all right!
    You have my word!
[15:00] ---
    B-But I...
[15:04] ---
    I don't even know exactly who I am...
[15:09] ---
    You're you, right?
[15:11] ---
    I don't care if you're Hina,
    who's lived here her whole life,
[15:14] ---
    or Hina, who was my classmate.
[15:16] ---
    You're you.
[15:17] ---
    I accept it all.
[15:19] ---
    So...
[15:21] ---
    Okay?
[15:25] ---
    Th-Thank you...
[15:28] ---
    But...
[15:29] ---
    Hina!
[15:31] ---
    Get away from him!
[15:32] ---
    Bizon!
[15:33] ---
    Hurry!
[15:35] ---
    You're...
[15:40] ---
    From the new Valiancer...
[15:41] ---
    Hina, so you really are...!
[15:43] ---
    No, you're wrong! You're wrong!
[15:44] ---
    Then why defend him?!
[15:46] ---
    That man is the enemy!
[15:47] ---
    That's because...
[15:48] ---
    Hold on! Listen to what...
[15:49] ---
    Shut up!
[15:50] ---
    Hina, aren't you our comrade
    and a soldier of Zogilia?
[15:55] ---
    All this time, you've
    fought alongside us, so why?!
[15:58] ---
    I-I'm...
[16:00] ---
    Lieutenant Commander Ryazan
    didn't die so you could do this!
[16:05] ---
    Do you mean to betray even your father?!
[16:08] ---
    That's not...
[16:12] ---
    Damn it... Damn it...
[16:16] ---
    Damn it!
[16:21] ---
    Bizon!
[16:27] ---
    Aoba!
[16:28] ---
    Damn!
[16:30] ---
    Hina!
[16:30] ---
    Don't!
[16:31] ---
    But!
[16:33] ---
    Fromm, get that idiot out of the way!
[16:36] ---
    You got it!
[16:37] ---
    Come on, just hurry up
    and take cover already!
[16:39] ---
    We'll talk later.
[16:40] ---
    We'll be done circumventing
    the security soon.
[16:43] ---
    Our mission is to seize the
    Confederation's new Valiancers.
[16:46] ---
    Got that?
[16:51] ---
    All right. Let's go.
[16:57] ---
    Aoba!
[16:58] ---
    Aoba...
[17:06] ---
    Looks like things are
    settling down on the ground.
[17:09] ---
    We're going to take out the two in the air!
[17:11] ---
    Damn straight!
[17:12] ---
    Gotta make sure they pay for raiding us!
[17:16] ---
    What?!
[17:17] ---
    The radar's picking up something!
[17:18] ---
    Multiple heat signatures!
[17:19] ---
    Missiles!
[17:21] ---
    Deploy NECTTAR Curtain!
[17:23] ---
    Spread it out as far as you can!
[17:24] ---
    Don't let them come down on the base!
[17:32] ---
    Honestly! What in the world are they up to?
[17:35] ---
    Do they plan on destroying
    the base instead of occupying it?
[18:02] ---
    Dio! Aoba!
[18:04] ---
    So you finally made it out of there!
[18:06] ---
    No!
[18:07] ---
    The enemy is piloting them!
[18:09] ---
    They've been taken!
[18:10] ---
    What?!
[18:11] ---
    Captain?!
[18:12] ---
    Mm.
[18:15] ---
    Let's shoot them down.
[18:16] ---
    Wha?! B-But, sir...
[18:18] ---
    Better than letting the enemy have them.
[18:21] ---
    Please don't!
[18:22] ---
    Hina's on one of them!
    And you want to shoot them down?!
[18:25] ---
    That's enough already!
[18:26] ---
    Don't you understand what's going on here?
[18:29] ---
    It's not something Hina did willingly!
[18:31] ---
    What?
[18:32] ---
    Hina's struggling right now!
[18:34] ---
    Her father passed away and she
    doesn't know who she is anymore!
[18:38] ---
    She's not in any state to do these things!
[18:40] ---
    But those Coupling Valiancers
    have in fact been...
[18:42] ---
    I can't shoot down Hina
    when she's like that!
[18:45] ---
    And I won't let you!
[18:55] ---
    Aoba and Dio are...!
[18:57] ---
    This is...!
[19:00] ---
    They can't use the Coupling System.
[19:03] ---
    We're settling this in one go!
[19:04] ---
    Right!
[19:05] ---
    Don't do this!
[19:06] ---
    Those Valiancers are dangerous!
[19:08] ---
    Come back to base immediately!
[19:10] ---
    I'm sorry, Elvira.
[19:13] ---
    Give me the Remote Access Priority
    to those two Valiancers over here.
[19:16] ---
    I have to make it so they
    can't conduct a Coupling!
[19:18] ---
    Y-Yes, ma'am!
[19:19] ---
    You understand, right?
[19:21] ---
    Our goal is to recover the Luxon
    and the Bradyon! Nothing more!
[19:24] ---
    Yeah, I know!
[19:26] ---
    Here we go! Connective, Dio!
[19:28] ---
    Acception!
[19:51] ---
    The Skyknight and the Firebrand
    have successfully conducted a Coupling!
[19:54] ---
    That's impossible! How could
    they succeed with these settings?!
[20:15] ---
    Damn it.
[20:16] ---
    I had no idea a different cockpit
    would make piloting so much harder.
[20:19] ---
    Bizon, hostiles headed your way!
[20:28] ---
    Damn it! These bastards...
[20:30] ---
    Hina, you're on that Valiancer, right?!
[20:32] ---
    This voice!
[20:32] ---
    Stop this! It's not too
    late if you stop now!
[20:36] ---
    Aoba...
[20:39] ---
    Get away from Hina!
[20:44] ---
    Aoba!
[20:45] ---
    You! You, I'm taking out right here!
[20:48] ---
    Damn it! Don't get in my way!
[20:51] ---
    Let Aoba go!
[20:53] ---
    Why you!
[20:57] ---
    Their Emphatier Waveforms!
[20:59] ---
    This is...?!
[21:25] ---
    Bizon!
[21:29] ---
    What was that... just now?
[21:35] ---
    We have achieved the
    objective of this mission.
[21:37] ---
    We are bringing everyone back in.
[21:39] ---
    All units, depart for the rendezvous point.
[21:41] ---
    B-But, sir...
[21:43] ---
    Engaging them any further
    would be pointless.
[21:47] ---
    Let's go, Bizon.
[22:00] ---
    Damn it!
    Whoa!
[22:03] ---
    Don't run away, you idiots!
[22:15] ---
    Wh-What was that just now?
[22:23] ---
    Aoba... you...
[22:27] ---
    With my heart, I call out
[22:31] ---
    To the far side, mutually drawn
[22:36] ---
    Forgetting even the reason I ache
[22:40] ---
    Just for now, please
[22:44] ---
    I know you
[22:49] ---
    I'm looking for you
[22:53] ---
    Softly pressing my lips to the bright
    afterimage I can't keep from leaving
[23:02] ---
    If hesitation is what gives way
    to the slightest of hopes
[23:11] ---
    To as many gentle mornings
    as the times I have wandered
[23:20] ---
    In the future that
    leads back to that sky,
[23:24] ---
    I want to save you,
    I want to protect you
[23:29] ---
    In the future that arrives at that dream
[23:33] ---
    Wait for me
[23:36] ---
    The love we'll surely find
[23:41] ---
    I want you to reach out for it
[23:48] ---
    Next time on Buddy Complex.
[23:48] ---
    "Next Time 'The Bond Between Them'"
[23:51] ---
    "The Bond Between Them."

12 - The Bond Between Them

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[00:13] ---
    "Hawaii Base"
[00:19] ---
    Honestly!
[00:20] ---
    After I explained the dangers
    of the old Coupling Valiancers
[00:23] ---
    over and over to them!
[00:24] ---
    This is the problem with pilots!
[00:29] ---
    It just may be that I'm the
    Hina that you were talking about.
[00:33] ---
    Come join us aboard the Cygnus!
[00:36] ---
    Th-Thank you...
[00:37] ---
    But...
[00:44] ---
    There are no anomalies to be
    seen in either of their brainwaves.
[00:46] ---
    I see. Thank goodness.
[00:48] ---
    But Dio's Emphatier Waveform
    has diverged further.
[00:52] ---
    What about the Emphatier Level?
[00:53] ---
    Um...
[00:54] ---
    No way! Up 15%?!
[00:57] ---
    I thought it might be.
[00:59] ---
    That time, I calibrated the settings
    to make a Coupling impossible,
[01:03] ---
    but they broke through even
    that to connect with each other.
[01:07] ---
    The bond they share is already
    far beyond anything I'd imagined.
[01:17] ---
    Dio...
[01:18] ---
    What's up?
[01:20] ---
    Are you... really from the past?
[01:23] ---
    What?
[01:29] ---
    Beat your wings
[01:31] ---
    See the light of hope
    in the sky you have yet to see
[01:36] ---
    And don't ever give in
    to the weight of sorrow
[01:39] ---
    Echo unto eternity, UNISONIA
[01:49] ---
    That world you see before your eyes
[01:54] ---
    What colors is it made up of?
[01:59] ---
    Measure feeling match
[02:02] ---
    The pain of loss isn't something
[02:04] ---
    You want to get used to, and yet
[02:07] ---
    Even on a night like this,
    the stars are beautiful
[02:13] ---
    Like a tarnished coin spilling
    from the palm of your hand
[02:19] ---
    Can't go back
[02:20] ---
    Want to go home
[02:22] ---
    The two, back-to-back
[02:25] ---
    Break through
[02:27] ---
    Turning unfading emotions
    into a lasting bond
[02:32] ---
    Like painting over a colorless world
[02:35] ---
    Let this sympathy reach
[02:38] ---
    Growing the wing
[02:39] ---
    Let's build the
    future that we envision
[02:44] ---
    We can change even fate
[02:47] ---
    Transcending time, UNISONIA
[02:56] ---
    "Military Cemetery, Alaska"
[03:00] ---
    "The Bond Between Them"
[03:20] ---
    Who the hell is he?
[03:23] ---
    Who do you mean?
[03:24] ---
    The man who was next
    to you when your father died.
[03:28] ---
    Aoba Watase, the pilot of one of
    the Confederation's new Valiancers.
[03:32] ---
    I'm asking you what
    your relationship is with him.
[03:34] ---
    There's no real relationship!
[03:37] ---
    Then why did you defend him?!
[03:40] ---
    You met him on that
    island, too, didn't you?! Well?!
[03:46] ---
    You!
[03:47] ---
    It's not like that! I
    haven't turned traitor!
[03:50] ---
    The island was the
    first time I ever talked to him!
[03:51] ---
    You really expect me to believe that?!
[03:54] ---
    I...!
[03:55] ---
    I turned out not
    to be my father's child.
[03:59] ---
    What?
[04:01] ---
    I was a war orphan, who could
    only remember the name "Hina."
[04:06] ---
    Father said he took me in
    and raised me as his daughter.
[04:11] ---
    He told me just before he died.
[04:17] ---
    When I met him on the island,
    he... Aoba Watase...
[04:22] ---
    said that I came from the past.
[04:25] ---
    The past?
[04:26] ---
    Yes.
[04:28] ---
    He said that the person who saved
    him in a world seventy years ago
[04:31] ---
    and sent him to this world was me.
[04:35] ---
    What kind of nonsense is that?
[04:37] ---
    You're right. It's ridiculous, isn't it?
[04:40] ---
    But...
[04:42] ---
    We'd never met,
    and yet, he knew about me.
[04:47] ---
    If my lack of childhood
    memories could also be explained
[04:50] ---
    as shock due to
    traveling here from the past...
[04:52] ---
    Knock it off already!
[04:54] ---
    That's just BS they came up
    with to confuse you, of course!
[04:58] ---
    But he said that this belonged to me!
[05:01] ---
    Get real!
[05:06] ---
    Listen to me!
[05:07] ---
    No matter what you say,
[05:09] ---
    it won't change the fact that
    you were with a Confederation pilot!
[05:12] ---
    If I were to report that,
[05:14] ---
    I doubt even Commander Gallant
    would be forgiving then!
[05:17] ---
    I'm the only one who
    can forgive you these things!
[05:20] ---
    Don't think about anything else!
    Just do what I say and don't make waves!
[05:24] ---
    Got that?!
[05:25] ---
    All right.
[05:30] ---
    Don't!
[05:56] ---
    "Alaska Base"
[06:04] ---
    The Estifit Parameter
    still isn't stabilizing.
[06:07] ---
    Coupling fitness is D+.
[06:09] ---
    Thus, it's gotten the better of
[06:09] ---
    "Wilhelm Hahn"
[06:11] ---
    every last one of the pilots at this base.
[06:13] ---
    Except for her.
[06:16] ---
    Putting up these numbers
    on her first synchronization test...
[06:20] ---
    You are the angel
[06:21] ---
    who holds the promise of a
    brilliant future for Zogilia and me,
[06:26] ---
    Hina Ryazan.
[06:28] ---
    You are telling me to
    pilot a Coupling Valiancer, sir?
[06:32] ---
    Indeed.
[06:33] ---
    You have the makings of a Coupler.
[06:35] ---
    You want to avenge
    your father's death, don't you?
[06:38] ---
    With my Valiancer,
    which will far surpass the performance
[06:41] ---
    of any Coupling Valiancer
    that has come before it,
[06:44] ---
    that will be possible.
[06:45] ---
    Even the Confederation folk
    who drove your father to his death
[06:48] ---
    should be easy pickings for you.
[06:51] ---
    You're you, right?
[06:55] ---
    Please give me time to think about it.
[06:57] ---
    Wha...
[06:58] ---
    Of course.
    Take your time and think it over.
[07:03] ---
    What is that?
[07:04] ---
    Your brainwaves
    are in disarray after the test
[07:06] ---
    and this accelerating
    agent will help restore them.
[07:10] ---
    Come, give me your arm.
[07:12] ---
    Yes, sir.
[07:18] ---
    You saw Aoba's memories?
[07:21] ---
    Yes.
[07:22] ---
    Just before the Decoupling
    happened with the Skyknight,
[07:25] ---
    numerous images
    came flowing into my mind.
[07:28] ---
    I can only believe that
    they were Aoba's memories.
[07:32] ---
    Is that even possible?
[07:34] ---
    With the prototype Coupling Valiancers,
[07:36] ---
    the connection between
    the Couplers is strong,
[07:38] ---
    so they sometimes end up sharing,
[07:40] ---
    not only their thoughts, but their
    memories and consciousness as well.
[07:43] ---
    Then, what I saw was...
[07:45] ---
    My memories, probably.
[07:48] ---
    Due to that strong mental
    connection that the prototypes forge,
[07:53] ---
    the effect of the Coupling is
    greater than in our current model.
[07:56] ---
    Isn't that a good thing?
[07:58] ---
    If it could be controlled, yes.
[08:01] ---
    Strengthening the mental bond
[08:04] ---
    is tantamount to blurring the
    boundary between the self and others.
[08:07] ---
    If one were to continue conducting
    Couplings in such a state,
[08:11] ---
    in time, it would become difficult
    to maintain one's sense of self,
[08:13] ---
    putting a great strain on the mind.
[08:16] ---
    In such a case,
    at worst, it can lead to death.
[08:20] ---
    This time, it was because
    your Emphatier Level was so high
[08:24] ---
    that you only suffered
    the sharing of some memories.
[08:26] ---
    You should count yourselves lucky!
[08:28] ---
    Yes, ma'am.
[08:29] ---
    By the way, Dio,
[08:31] ---
    about these memories
    of Aoba's that you said you saw...
[08:34] ---
    What was in them?
[08:37] ---
    It's hard to believe, but...
[08:39] ---
    I saw scenes that exactly
    matched the things Aoba said
[08:42] ---
    when he first arrived aboard the Luxon.
[08:46] ---
    It may be true that he came from the past.
[08:50] ---
    Dio...
[08:51] ---
    That's just...
[08:52] ---
    Surely not...
[08:54] ---
    It sounds too good to be true.
[08:56] ---
    Captain! Do you mean to believe him?
[08:58] ---
    Hmm, I can't really say.
[09:01] ---
    But either way, it doesn't
    change anything, does it?
[09:04] ---
    Th-That's right!
[09:07] ---
    No matter what happened,
    Aoba is still Aoba!
[09:09] ---
    He is the Man From the Past,
    just as he's always been!
[09:12] ---
    Mayuka...
[09:14] ---
    Isn't that right, Elvira?
[09:16] ---
    That's true, but...
[09:18] ---
    It is true! It changes nothing!
[09:20] ---
    Just how was it that you
    came to this era again, Aoba?
[09:24] ---
    That was something Hina did to...
[09:26] ---
    That Zogilian pilot again?
[09:29] ---
    Why do you suppose
    the enemy would save you
[09:31] ---
    and send you to this era?
[09:33] ---
    That's easy for you to ask, but...
[09:35] ---
    What about you, Dio?
[09:37] ---
    I couldn't say why. However...
[09:40] ---
    You're going to the future now.
[09:42] ---
    Trust me.
[09:44] ---
    There is no doubt that Hina
    Yumihara holds the key to it all.
[09:51] ---
    As of 1300 today,
[09:53] ---
    Hina Ryazan has been transferred
    to Bureau 5 of the Adminburo.
[09:59] ---
    That's ridiculous! Right now, Hina...
[10:01] ---
    Are you sure this is not some mistake?
[10:04] ---
    Doctor Hahn,
[10:05] ---
    Ensign Ryazan has submitted
    a request for a leave of absence.
[10:08] ---
    That is sure to be some mistake.
[10:11] ---
    She volunteered herself
    to become a Coupler.
[10:15] ---
    Volunteered?
[10:16] ---
    Yes.
[10:17] ---
    That must be how badly
    she wishes to avenge her father.
[10:21] ---
    A touching story, don't you think?
[10:23] ---
    Furthermore, from here on out,
[10:25] ---
    the military, to say
    nothing of you, Commander,
[10:27] ---
    has no right to interfere in her affairs.
[10:30] ---
    Please do not forget that.
[10:33] ---
    What the hell are you thinking, Hina?!
[10:36] ---
    I am avenging my father's death.
[10:38] ---
    I told you not to make any waves!
[10:41] ---
    If you wanted, I'd do anything...
[10:44] ---
    Hina?
[10:45] ---
    Slava Zogilia.
[10:50] ---
    Do you know, Bizon Gerafil?
[10:53] ---
    Doctor Hahn.
[10:55] ---
    Ordinarily, Couplers
    need to spend a long time
[10:58] ---
    becoming synchronized with
    the System and with their Buddies.
[11:02] ---
    Luckily, in her case, she is almost
    perfectly synched with the System,
[11:08] ---
    but she has no Buddy, you see.
[11:12] ---
    Then it's simple.
[11:14] ---
    I'll become her Buddy.
[11:16] ---
    Unfortunately,
    your Emphatier Waveform
[11:19] ---
    is not a good match
    for either the System or her.
[11:22] ---
    Wha?!
[11:24] ---
    Having said that, it isn't
    as if there's anyone else suitable.
[11:28] ---
    Want to give it a go?
[11:30] ---
    Synchronizing in a short amount
    of time will be a little rough, though.
[11:33] ---
    Like I care!
[11:34] ---
    If it means I can be there for Hina,
    I'll brave even the fires of Hell!
[11:39] ---
    A good attitude.
[11:52] ---
    Just wait, Hina!
[11:54] ---
    For you, I'll... I'll...!
[12:03] ---
    The Cygnus will now be joining
    the Confederation Pacific Fleet
[12:08] ---
    to capture a Zogilian military stronghold.
[12:11] ---
    We only made port
    in Hawaii a short while ago
[12:13] ---
    and I am fully aware that none
    of us have gotten enough rest.
[12:17] ---
    However, this upcoming
    battle is a crucial one
[12:19] ---
    with the potential to overturn
    our deteriorating situation in this war.
[12:23] ---
    I expect you to fight with
    greater ferocity than ever before.
[12:24] ---
    "Liberty Treaty Confederation
    Pacific Fleet"
[12:30] ---
    Having said that, it's still sudden.
[12:32] ---
    Now that the Luxon and
    the Bradyon have been taken,
[12:35] ---
    there is a need to rush this operation.
[12:36] ---
    Well, sure.
[12:38] ---
    Once they train up some Couplers,
[12:40] ---
    we'll be stuck warring
    against Coupling Valiancers.
[12:43] ---
    If we're going to strike,
    the sooner the better.
[12:46] ---
    But still...
[12:47] ---
    Yes.
[12:48] ---
    Up until now, the brass was reluctant
[12:50] ---
    to acknowledge the capabilities
    of Coupling Valiancers.
[12:52] ---
    But the moment they fall into
    enemy hands, they tremble in such fear.
[12:55] ---
    I have mixed feelings about that.
[12:57] ---
    Captain, Rear Admiral Green is on the line.
[13:00] ---
    I feel bad about springing
    this operation on you, Kuramitsu.
[13:03] ---
    Not at all.
[13:04] ---
    How are things going with
    those new Coupling Valiancers?
[13:08] ---
    Not to worry.
[13:10] ---
    The transport ship with the Valiancers
    has already left the mainland.
[13:13] ---
    You'll be able to rendezvous
    with it at the scheduled location.
[13:16] ---
    The problem is that rendezvous point.
[13:18] ---
    It's smack in the middle
    of the battlefield.
[13:21] ---
    It seems overly rash...
[13:23] ---
    I have heard that the
    Cygnus's Couplers are excellent.
[13:26] ---
    I expect good results.
[13:28] ---
    What's up with that?
    Talk about irresponsible or what?!
[13:31] ---
    They're not about to leave
    the valuable Couplers idle, huh?
[13:35] ---
    I can appreciate the sentiment, but...
[13:37] ---
    I'm fine with that.
[13:38] ---
    As long as there is a Valiancer
    for me to pilot, I'll go out there.
[13:41] ---
    Or more like, where
    are we headed right now?
[13:44] ---
    Hmm? Alaska.
[13:46] ---
    Alaska?
[13:47] ---
    Yup.
[13:48] ---
    Captain!
[13:50] ---
    What does it matter?
[13:51] ---
    It's information that'll be released
    in another thirty minutes anyway.
[13:56] ---
    What is this?
[13:57] ---
    It's a gigantic NECTTAR
    Cannon that's 420 meters long.
[14:01] ---
    We call it the Gorgon.
[14:04] ---
    Zogilia was constructing it in secret,
[14:07] ---
    but at this size, it's hardly something
    they can keep hidden away.
[14:10] ---
    The Confederation
    knew they were constructing it.
[14:13] ---
    The thing is, we thought
    it'd be a while longer
[14:15] ---
    before it was completed, but...
[14:18] ---
    This morning, the cannon
    started getting powered up.
[14:22] ---
    Does that mean it's complete?
[14:25] ---
    Probably.
[14:26] ---
    I hear all hell broke loose at
    the General Staff Office thanks to that.
[14:31] ---
    Its power is estimated
    to be fifty megatons.
[14:34] ---
    That's enough to wipe out an entire city.
[14:37] ---
    Wha...
[14:37] ---
    Holy cow...
[14:39] ---
    We are now going
[14:40] ---
    to take out the Gorgon, which is
    at the Zogilian military's Alaska Base.
[14:47] ---
    Let's see...
[14:48] ---
    Fiona got in touch with me.
[14:50] ---
    Oh, what'd she say?
[14:52] ---
    She asked me to give you her best.
[14:55] ---
    I see. Is she doing well?
[14:57] ---
    Yeah, it seems she heard through our father
[15:00] ---
    that a large-scale operation
    was in the works.
[15:02] ---
    The Confederation's oversight
    of top secret intel sure is shoddy.
[15:05] ---
    Hmm. I wonder if she's
    getting along with your old man.
[15:12] ---
    Looks like you've
    found your resolve.
[15:14] ---
    What?
[15:16] ---
    Yeah, I'll protect the Cygnus.
[15:19] ---
    What will you do if Hina shows up?
[15:25] ---
    I doubt I'll be able to fight her.
[15:29] ---
    That time...
[15:30] ---
    I accept it all.
[15:33] ---
    Th-Thank you...
[15:35] ---
    But...
[15:36] ---
    Hina!
[15:38] ---
    That time...
[15:39] ---
    If I'd pulled Hina to me,
    even by force...
[15:41] ---
    Are you saying you
    could've saved her then?
[15:44] ---
    Oh, it's nothing that grandiose.
[15:47] ---
    It's just that she was struggling
    all by herself and I couldn't ignore that.
[15:53] ---
    Do you realize just how dangerous
    what you tried to do could have been?
[15:58] ---
    Yeah, I know.
[16:00] ---
    But even then, I...
[16:05] ---
    Well, try doing things the way you want.
[16:08] ---
    What?
[16:09] ---
    Knowing you,
    you're not going to listen anyway.
[16:13] ---
    Besides...
[16:15] ---
    Dio is waiting.
[16:21] ---
    Dio?
[16:22] ---
    Here's the thing.
[16:23] ---
    Just as you care about Hina,
    there are things I have to protect, too.
[16:29] ---
    If those things are endangered,
    I'll choose them over Hina, all right?
[16:34] ---
    Yeah, I understand.
[16:36] ---
    Thanks, Dio.
[16:38] ---
    Looks like I've caught your stupidity.
[16:46] ---
    Enemy units detected.
[16:48] ---
    Twenty heavy combatant ships.
    Forty assault ships.
[16:50] ---
    On approach vector to this base!
[16:52] ---
    Those incompetent
    Intelligence Division bastards!
[16:55] ---
    I thought the Confederation
    was supposed to go recapture Chitose!
[16:58] ---
    Thanks to that, there's barely
    any troops left to fight here!
[16:58] ---
    "Vice Admiral Kagan"
[16:58] ---
    "3rd Alaskan Unit
    Commander, Siberian Front"
[17:04] ---
    What business brings you here,
    Madam Special Officer O'Keefe?
[17:07] ---
    I have no time to be cleaning up
    the Adminburo's messes right now.
[17:11] ---
    There is something I wish to show you.
[17:13] ---
    Take a look at this.
[17:17] ---
    A plan for an operation?
[17:19] ---
    Wha?! What kind of
    idiotic operation is this?!
[17:22] ---
    Then, do you mean to say
    you have a better strategy in mind,
[17:25] ---
    Base Commander, sir?
[17:29] ---
    I made him agree to the operation,
[17:29] ---
    "Vajra, Heavy Attack Cruiser Aeroship"
[17:31] ---
    just as you told me to, Commander Gallant.
[17:34] ---
    I am glad to hear it.
[17:36] ---
    We are at an overwhelming
    disadvantage in this defensive battle
[17:39] ---
    and if we emerge victorious, being
    credited with proposing this operation
[17:44] ---
    should allow you to regain
    your voice within the Adminburo.
[17:48] ---
    I will not thank you.
[17:50] ---
    I am fine with that.
[17:51] ---
    I merely used you in order to give
    myself an advantage in my own battle,
[17:55] ---
    nothing more.
[17:58] ---
    Well, then.
[18:07] ---
    Hina!
[18:10] ---
    Bizon.
[18:12] ---
    Surprised? I don't blame you.
[18:14] ---
    But this is all part of
    being worthy of your Buddy.
[18:18] ---
    I am going to avenge my father.
[18:21] ---
    That's right.
[18:22] ---
    Let's avenge Lieutenant Commander
    Ryazan's death, the two of us.
[18:25] ---
    Slava Zogilia.
[18:28] ---
    Hina.
[18:30] ---
    Come, let's go!
[18:32] ---
    We'll kill Aoba Watase together!
[18:34] ---
    Yes.
[18:36] ---
    That's right. That's right!
[18:55] ---
    "Super Long Range Heavy
    Tactical Fixed Artillery Gun, Gala Puska"
[19:03] ---
    Aw, man.
[19:04] ---
    We only have three operational Valiancers
[19:06] ---
    and yet, here we
    are being sent into battle.
[19:09] ---
    That's why we're here, standing
    by in the rear, remember?
[19:11] ---
    Once Dio and Aoba's Valiancers arrive,
[19:14] ---
    we'll be ordered
    to the front line, I'm sure.
[19:17] ---
    Ugh! It's disgusting!
[19:18] ---
    Suddenly changing their tune
[19:20] ---
    the moment they realize
    Coupling Valiancers are useful.
[19:24] ---
    Message from transport ship.
[19:26] ---
    They expect to arrive on schedule.
[19:27] ---
    Roger.
[19:28] ---
    High energy reading
    coming from enemy base!
[19:31] ---
    Energy within the Gorgon
    is rapidly increasing!
[19:34] ---
    So they've decided to fire off
    at least one round before we get them?!
[19:37] ---
    Keep it together!
[19:38] ---
    It'll take them at least half a
    day to supply it with enough energy
[19:42] ---
    to reach Confederation territory.
[19:43] ---
    XO!
[19:44] ---
    What is it?
[19:45] ---
    The Gorgon is...
[19:46] ---
    moving!
[19:48] ---
    Don't tell me they're
    targeting this fleet?!
[19:51] ---
    That's ridiculous!
[19:52] ---
    Because, I mean,
    between us and that cannon...
[19:56] ---
    is a mountain!
[19:58] ---
    Entry of firing data complete.
[20:00] ---
    Nectoribium at critical threshold.
[20:03] ---
    There's no turning back now.
[20:06] ---
    Yes.
[20:07] ---
    Fire the Gala Puska!
[20:16] ---
    Here it comes!
[20:17] ---
    Evasive action!
[20:28] ---
    51% of enemy fleet has
    been immobilized or destroyed!
[20:32] ---
    We did it... We did it!
[20:35] ---
    Commander,
[20:36] ---
    Valiancer Team mobilizing
    to mop up surviving enemy units.
[20:40] ---
    All right. Permission granted!
[20:43] ---
    Orders from flagship to
    continue with the operation!
[20:45] ---
    Ships in the vanguard are to take
    up their designated operational roles.
[20:49] ---
    U-Understood.
[20:59] ---
    "Fleet under 3rd Alaskan
    Unit, Siberian Front"
[21:02] ---
    Pay no attention to ships that
    will go down on their own.
[21:05] ---
    Same with any ships that flee.
[21:07] ---
    Roger!
[21:11] ---
    Here they come.
[21:12] ---
    Spread out and intercept.
[21:26] ---
    You two there,
    you're too far forward.
[21:29] ---
    You'll be surrounded.
[21:30] ---
    Commander, it's me.
[21:32] ---
    Is that you, Bizon?
[21:34] ---
    That thing you're in...
[21:35] ---
    I am belated in reporting this to you,
[21:37] ---
    but like Hina, I, too, have
    been transferred to the Adminburo.
[21:41] ---
    Therefore, we will be acting
    at our own discretion here.
[21:44] ---
    Which means that Valiancer is Hina?
[22:01] ---
    Bizon... Hina...
[22:04] ---
    How long do you plan to keep us waiting?!
[22:06] ---
    We're checking on
    the battle situation right now.
[22:08] ---
    Please wait just a little longer!
[22:09] ---
    Everyone's going to get
    shot down while you're doing that!
[22:13] ---
    Are our Valiancers all right?!
[22:15] ---
    They should have
    been outside the line of fire,
[22:17] ---
    but we haven't been able to
    ascertain the ship in this chaos.
[22:20] ---
    No...
[22:21] ---
    I'll contact you as soon
    as we have confirmation.
[22:23] ---
    Stand by until then.
[22:27] ---
    With my heart, I call out
[22:31] ---
    To the far side, mutually drawn
[22:35] ---
    Forgetting even the reason I ache
[22:40] ---
    Just for now, please
[22:44] ---
    I know you
[22:49] ---
    I'm looking for you
[22:53] ---
    Softly pressing my lips to the bright
    afterimage I can't keep from leaving
[23:02] ---
    If hesitation is what gives way
    to the slightest of hopes
[23:11] ---
    To as many gentle mornings
    as the times I have wandered
[23:20] ---
    In the future that
    leads back to that sky,
[23:24] ---
    I want to save you,
    I want to protect you
[23:29] ---
    In the future that arrives at that dream
[23:33] ---
    Wait for me
[23:36] ---
    The love we'll surely find
[23:41] ---
    I want you to reach out for it
[23:48] ---
    Next time on Buddy Complex.
[23:48] ---
    "Next Time 'Acception'"
[23:51] ---
    "Acception."

13 - Acception

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[00:16] ---
    Fire the Gala Puska!
[00:23] ---
    51% of enemy fleet has
    been immobilized or destroyed!
[00:26] ---
    We did it... We did it!
[00:29] ---
    What in the world is going on?
[00:31] ---
    We are going to mop
    up the surviving enemy units!
[00:34] ---
    Follow my lead!
[00:44] ---
    Let's go, Hina!
[00:45] ---
    We're going to kill Aoba Watase!
[00:47] ---
    Slava Zogilia.
[00:54] ---
    "Acception"
[01:02] ---
    Strike team has broken
    through the enemy's front lines!
[01:05] ---
    Gala Puska,
    prepare to fire a second round!
[01:08] ---
    A second round?
[01:09] ---
    I do not believe that was
    in the operation I proposed!
[01:11] ---
    I am the commanding officer.
[01:15] ---
    Enemy forces have
    broken through our front lines!
[01:17] ---
    Focus our remaining forces!
[01:19] ---
    Our forces should still
    have the upper hand here!
[01:22] ---
    Don't let them fire
    that cannon ever again!
[01:26] ---
    Message from the fleet flagship.
[01:28] ---
    Reserve forces are ordered
    to incapacitate the Gorgon.
[01:31] ---
    They want us to rush the enemy
    base under these circumstances?
[01:34] ---
    What would you like to do?
[01:37] ---
    Orders are orders.
    We have no choice but to do it.
[01:40] ---
    Roger that, sir.
[01:42] ---
    Full speed ahead!
[01:45] ---
    You'll be the ones to determine
    the outcome of this battle.
[01:48] ---
    I'm counting on you, Dio, Aoba.
[01:50] ---
    But absolutely no conducting
    Couplings in these Valiancers.
[01:54] ---
    I'll send your
    adjustment data on ahead.
[01:57] ---
    They're different Valiancers,
    but the cockpits will be the same.
[02:00] ---
    Good luck.
[02:01] ---
    Follow me!
[02:02] ---
    Don't fall behind!
[02:03] ---
    Roger!
[02:10] ---
    Fire a second round?
[02:11] ---
    We have been informed
    it will be in fifteen minutes.
[02:13] ---
    The fool. Has this unfamiliar
    success in battle gone to his head?
[02:16] ---
    But if we can hit them again,
    it will decide the course of this battle.
[02:20] ---
    That weapon can
    destroy cities and wipe out fleets.
[02:23] ---
    You think it can be fired without limit?
[02:27] ---
    The Gala Puska draws
    its energy directly from Nectoribium.
[02:31] ---
    Just to fire that thing once,
    the amount of Nectoribium it expends
[02:36] ---
    equals the amount
    that Zogilia mines in a year.
[02:38] ---
    Seriously?
[02:39] ---
    A year's worth? It can't be...
[02:42] ---
    Winning the war would be
    meaningless if there is no country left.
[02:45] ---
    But the one who urged them to use
    that weapon is you, Alfried Gallant.
[02:51] ---
    Commander?
[02:52] ---
    Let's go!
[02:54] ---
    We'll take advantage
    of the enemy's confusion
[02:55] ---
    and we will decide
    the outcome of this battle!
[02:57] ---
    Roger!
    Roger.
[03:14] ---
    Slava Zogilia.
[03:21] ---
    We've been caught up in the
    fighting against Zogilia's vanguard!
[03:23] ---
    We can forget about
    the Gorgon at this rate.
[03:26] ---
    Valiancer Team, move out!
[03:28] ---
    Dropping us right
    in the thick of it, huh?
[03:31] ---
    Cut the chitchat, Jarl!
[03:33] ---
    Here we go!
[03:33] ---
    Roger.
    Yeah, yeah.
[03:45] ---
    Damn it! I can't move forward!
[03:47] ---
    There's suddenly
    a whole lot more of them!
[03:49] ---
    I'm going to create
    an opening! Follow me!
[03:52] ---
    There's no need for that, Commander.
[03:54] ---
    Bizon?
[03:55] ---
    Hina and I will do away with the enemy.
[03:58] ---
    Hina, come, let's conduct a Coupling.
[04:01] ---
    Roger.
[04:02] ---
    Doctor, if you please.
[04:04] ---
    All processes are green.
[04:08] ---
    Connective, Hina!
[04:09] ---
    Acce...
[04:12] ---
    What are you doing, Hina? "Accept," right?
[04:17] ---
    What a troublesome child.
[04:22] ---
    I'm sorry. It looks like there
    was an oversight on my part.
[04:25] ---
    I've removed the impediment.
    It should be fine now.
[04:29] ---
    Be careful! What if something
    were to happen to my Hina?!
[04:33] ---
    Sorry about that.
[04:34] ---
    Here we go!
[04:35] ---
    Connective, Hina!
[04:43] ---
    Hina!
[04:59] ---
    Now, go show them.
[05:03] ---
    Slava Zogilia.
[05:20] ---
    Indefatigable and Inflexible's
    Valiancer teams have been wiped out!
[05:24] ---
    Codewave detected from
    the two enemy Valiancers!
[05:27] ---
    They're Coupling Valiancers!
[05:28] ---
    What?!
[05:29] ---
    I had no idea they
    had Couplers over there...
[05:34] ---
    Look, Hina!
[05:36] ---
    This is what the
    two of us are capable of!
[05:40] ---
    What's gotten into Bizon?
[05:42] ---
    But this is amazing...
[05:44] ---
    Don't let this chance slip by! Let's go!
[05:51] ---
    There's the Swan, Hina!
[05:52] ---
    Aoba's come all this way for us!
[05:57] ---
    You're in my way! Move it!
[06:00] ---
    They're too fast!
[06:02] ---
    There's no way we can go
    up against Coupling Valiancers!
[06:04] ---
    Oh, no! The Cygnus!
[06:09] ---
    Left NECTTAR Gun has been hit!
[06:16] ---
    Right engine nacelle has been hit!
[06:18] ---
    Output down by 40%!
[06:20] ---
    T-minus thirty seconds until
    NECTTAR Curtain is charged up again!
[06:23] ---
    Be gone!
[06:31] ---
    What the?!
[06:36] ---
    It's the Luxon Next and the Bradyon Next!
[06:39] ---
    Aoba!
[06:40] ---
    Good grief. Finally!
[06:42] ---
    A NECTTAR Rifle?!
[06:44] ---
    We cannot ID those Valiancers.
[06:46] ---
    A new model, then?
[06:47] ---
    Let's do this, Dio!
[06:48] ---
    Don't order me around!
[06:50] ---
    Connective, Dio!
[06:52] ---
    Acception.
[07:01] ---
    Enter the heroes.
[07:03] ---
    You two took forever!
[07:05] ---
    No kidding.
[07:17] ---
    Coupling Valiancers?
[07:18] ---
    They're the Confederation's
    new Coupling Valiancers.
[07:21] ---
    The pilot is probably...
[07:24] ---
    Aoba Watase!
[07:26] ---
    Aoba...
[07:30] ---
    Those Valiancers...
[07:32] ---
    Are they the ones you saw in the past?
[07:34] ---
    Yeah, the one that came to
    kill me and the one Hina was on...
[07:38] ---
    Don't tell me...
[07:39] ---
    Here we go, Hina!
[07:43] ---
    Is it Hina piloting that one?!
[07:45] ---
    Here they come!
[07:53] ---
    What's with those new Valiancers?!
[07:54] ---
    Amazing...
[07:56] ---
    So that's what combat looks
    like between Coupling Valiancers...
[08:00] ---
    Emphatier Level at 90%!
[08:02] ---
    It's the greatest Match we've ever seen!
[08:04] ---
    I never imagined
[08:05] ---
    that we'd be seeing combat
    between Coupling Valiancers so soon...
[08:09] ---
    This should yield some valuable data.
[08:11] ---
    This is...
[08:13] ---
    Elvira, please look.
[08:15] ---
    What is this?
[08:16] ---
    At any rate, this means the enemy's
    overwhelming advantage is gone.
[08:21] ---
    Attack with everything we've got!
[08:23] ---
    This is the crucial turning point!
[08:31] ---
    Our troops are taking losses.
[08:33] ---
    So we've lost the advantage of surprise.
[08:36] ---
    To think we've been reduced to
    relying on Coupling Valiancers, too.
[08:40] ---
    Damn it! They're strong!
[08:42] ---
    Aoba, if you don't fight like
    you're going to take them down,
[08:44] ---
    you're going to get killed!
[08:46] ---
    I know that, but...
[08:48] ---
    Both of you, listen!
[08:49] ---
    There was some weird
    signal noise, so we analyzed it.
[08:52] ---
    There's something strained
    about the Coupling on the enemy side.
[08:55] ---
    They might be
    forcing something somewhere.
[08:58] ---
    If that's true, it's an opening
    we can take advantage of.
[09:01] ---
    So I have an idea.
[09:06] ---
    I see.
[09:07] ---
    This is a gamble. And one
    with pretty bad odds at that.
[09:10] ---
    Let me do it. I'm sure
    Hina's got to be on that thing.
[09:13] ---
    All right.
[09:19] ---
    Here we go, Aoba!
[09:20] ---
    Right!
[09:21] ---
    Decoupling!
[09:25] ---
    They dissolved their Coupling?!
[09:36] ---
    Hina, can you hear me?!
[09:38] ---
    It's me!
[09:39] ---
    What?
[09:40] ---
    What the?! Damn it!
[09:42] ---
    The cockpit had this
    kind of functionality?!
[09:46] ---
    Wh... at?
[09:48] ---
    Hina! It's Aoba!
[09:51] ---
    Ao... ba...
[09:52] ---
    That's right! Aoba!
[09:57] ---
    Aoba...
[09:59] ---
    It's me! It's Aoba Watase!
[10:01] ---
    You're you, right?
[10:09] ---
    Aoba!
[10:11] ---
    Hina!
[10:22] ---
    There's the forcible Decoupling!
[10:23] ---
    Now!
[10:24] ---
    All right!
[10:34] ---
    Why you! What did you do, Aoba?!
[10:40] ---
    Dio. Aoba.
[10:42] ---
    It looks like the Gorgon has begun
    to power up to fire a second time.
[10:45] ---
    T-minus four minutes until
    estimated time of firing.
[10:47] ---
    There's no time.
[10:48] ---
    Understood.
[10:49] ---
    Let's go, Aoba!
[10:51] ---
    Roger!
[10:57] ---
    T-minus three minutes to firing.
[10:59] ---
    Please wait! We still have
    friendlies on the battlefield!
[11:01] ---
    They have all been notified.
    We will fire as planned.
[11:06] ---
    Understood.
[11:08] ---
    Three Valiancers rapidly approaching!
[11:15] ---
    Are you awake, Hina?
[11:17] ---
    Aoba...
[11:19] ---
    I had no idea that you were a Coupler.
[11:22] ---
    I don't really understand.
[11:23] ---
    I thought I declined Doctor Hahn's
    request that I be a pilot...
[11:27] ---
    What do you mean?
[11:29] ---
    I couldn't speak to the details,
[11:31] ---
    but knowing him,
    I imagine he'd use any means.
[11:34] ---
    That's my Hina!
[11:42] ---
    Hina! You okay?!
[11:44] ---
    Let's conduct a
    Coupling one more time!
[11:45] ---
    Stop it, Bizon!
[11:47] ---
    They're coming! We have to hurry!
[11:50] ---
    Connective, Hina!
[11:55] ---
    No!
[11:57] ---
    What's wrong, Hina?! Are you okay?!
[11:59] ---
    Answer me, Hina!
[12:00] ---
    Hina!
[12:01] ---
    Stop!
[12:04] ---
    The enemy Valiancer
    is emitting Force Consultors!
[12:06] ---
    I knew it...
[12:07] ---
    Hahn, you've made it
    possible to conduct Couplings
[12:10] ---
    that ignore the will of
    the Couplers, haven't you?!
[12:12] ---
    The mistake lies in being
    shackled by preconceptions.
[12:16] ---
    At this rate, the enemy
    will forcibly conduct a Coupling!
[12:22] ---
    Hina, the two of us are
    going to conduct a Coupling now!
[12:26] ---
    What?
[12:26] ---
    It'll be fine, Hina! Trust me!
[12:30] ---
    Aoba...
[12:32] ---
    Hina!
[12:33] ---
    Connective, Hina!
[12:35] ---
    Do it, Aoba!
[12:38] ---
    Connective, Hina!
[12:47] ---
    Emphatier Level is rising!
[12:49] ---
    It's still going up and up and up!
[12:50] ---
    What's going on, Aoba?!
[12:53] ---
    Ensign Ryazan...
[13:06] ---
    Aoba.
[13:08] ---
    Hina.
[13:11] ---
    In the beginning, I hated you.
[13:15] ---
    That's true.
[13:17] ---
    But you continued to
    place your trust in me all this time.
[13:25] ---
    This time, I'll place
    my trust in you, Aoba.
[13:32] ---
    Acception.
[13:45] ---
    Aoba...
[13:49] ---
    Why, Hina?! Tell me why!
[13:54] ---
    What's going on? What is that light?!
[13:57] ---
    U-Unknown!
[13:59] ---
    Darn it! Fire the Gala Puska!
[14:35] ---
    Singularity of unknown origin
    has appeared at coordinates 125, -979.
[14:40] ---
    It is beginning to expand.
[14:41] ---
    Gravitational anomaly detected.
[14:42] ---
    Internal mass increasing
    at a geometric rate.
[14:44] ---
    Retreat! Retreat!
[14:47] ---
    Propulsion problem
    on Proto-Valiancer Unit 2.
[14:49] ---
    He will get pulled in at
    his current rate of acceleration.
[14:53] ---
    What's wrong, Unit 2?! Accelerate!
[14:55] ---
    D-Damn it!
[15:10] ---
    Bizon...
[15:11] ---
    I'm pretty sure that's
    the thing from when...
[15:13] ---
    What is it?
[15:14] ---
    I told you before, remember?
[15:15] ---
    I went into that thing
    and came to this era.
[15:20] ---
    A time tunnel...
[15:22] ---
    A time tunnel?!
[15:23] ---
    I see, so that's the
    thing you were talking about...
[15:26] ---
    Yeah, I'm pretty sure it looked like that.
[15:29] ---
    It can't be...
[15:31] ---
    Why you!
[15:33] ---
    You won't get away with this,
[15:35] ---
    Aoba Watase!
[15:38] ---
    Because you brought me here.
[15:40] ---
    A Valiancer suddenly
    came after me at school
[15:44] ---
    and you saved me, remember?
[15:48] ---
    Aoba will be... attacked...?
[15:53] ---
    A time... tunnel...
[16:00] ---
    I get it now!
[16:02] ---
    Hina!
[16:03] ---
    What's wrong?!
[16:04] ---
    Aoba, it's exactly like you said.
[16:07] ---
    What?
[16:08] ---
    This time, I'll be the one to save you!
[16:13] ---
    Wait, Hina!
[16:15] ---
    Don't, Aoba! It's dangerous!
[16:17] ---
    Out of my way, Dio! If I don't go now...!
[16:20] ---
    Hina!
[16:26] ---
    Accelerate, damn you!
[16:33] ---
    See you later, Aoba.
[16:43] ---
    Hina!
[17:05] ---
    I...
[17:17] ---
    I wonder when this is...
[17:26] ---
    It'll be fine.
[17:28] ---
    I have time. I'm sure of it.
[17:44] ---
    Wait for me, Aoba.
[17:49] ---
    I see, so Hina...
[17:52] ---
    Hina alone...
[17:55] ---
    has been going back and
    forth across the same time all along...
[17:58] ---
    to make sure I...
[18:11] ---
    I...
[18:14] ---
    Who... am I?
[18:18] ---
    Hina has been doing the
    same thing over and over again,
[18:22] ---
    and I've never been able to stop her...
[18:26] ---
    Hina...
[18:28] ---
    Hina!
[18:34] ---
    Aoba, it's exactly like you said.
[18:37] ---
    What?
[18:38] ---
    This time, I'll be the one to save you!
[18:40] ---
    Wait, Hina!
[18:50] ---
    Aoba, hurry!
[18:51] ---
    What?
[18:52] ---
    What's wrong?
[18:53] ---
    You're not going to stop me?
[18:55] ---
    Why would I stop you? She's Hina, right?
[18:57] ---
    The one who saved your life?
[19:00] ---
    Oh, yeah, that's right.
[19:03] ---
    You know, don't you?
[19:09] ---
    See you later, Aoba.
[19:13] ---
    Hina, don't go!
[19:15] ---
    Aoba?! Why?!
[19:17] ---
    It's time to put an end to
    doing this over and over again!
[19:19] ---
    What are you saying?!
[19:20] ---
    If I don't go, Bizon will come to kill you!
[19:23] ---
    I know!
[19:26] ---
    It's no use saying
    anything to him right now.
[19:28] ---
    You got this, Aoba? Don't miss!
[19:31] ---
    Right.
[19:34] ---
    What are you bastards doing?
[19:38] ---
    So long.
[19:44] ---
    Why you!
[19:46] ---
    Aoba!
[19:47] ---
    Hina!
[20:13] ---
    Evacuate! Evacuate!
[20:20] ---
    What happened to Bizon?
[20:22] ---
    The Alaska Base...
[20:23] ---
    It's not as if this war is over.
[20:26] ---
    Is this the punishment meted
    out to those who have succumbed
[20:29] ---
    to the siren song of Nectoribium?
[20:32] ---
    The Zogilian forces are withdrawing!
[20:37] ---
    So, we managed
    to survive somehow.
[20:39] ---
    This is Dio. Rendezvousing shortly.
[20:42] ---
    Aoba, likewise.
[20:43] ---
    Aoba!
[20:46] ---
    The heroes return.
[20:50] ---
    Aoba, why did you stop me?
[20:54] ---
    Why? Because...
[20:56] ---
    I didn't want to let you go. That's all.
[20:59] ---
    That was your chance
    to go back to the past. So why...
[21:04] ---
    That's...
[21:06] ---
    This guy doesn't think.
[21:08] ---
    The hell was that?!
[21:09] ---
    There might still be other chances, right?!
[21:12] ---
    Talk about optimistic.
[21:13] ---
    But it's true, isn't it?
[21:15] ---
    No one knows the future, after all.
[21:18] ---
    Aoba...
[21:20] ---
    Besides, there's a
    guy who'd miss me if I left.
[21:26] ---
    Are you talking about me?!
[21:27] ---
    Who else would I be talking about?
[21:29] ---
    You're more dense than I thought.
[21:31] ---
    Dense...! I don't want
    to hear that from you!
[21:32] ---
    You're right. No one can know the future.
[21:33] ---
    And like there's any way I'd miss you!
[21:40] ---
    Bradyon Next. Luxon Next.
    Plus one captured Valiancer.
[21:44] ---
    Coming in for landing shortly.
[21:45] ---
    Roger.
[21:46] ---
    Ready to receive Valiancer Team!
[21:50] ---
    With my heart, I call out
[21:54] ---
    To the far side, mutually drawn
[21:59] ---
    Forgetting even the reason I ache
[22:03] ---
    Just for now, please
[22:07] ---
    I know you
[22:12] ---
    I'm looking for you
[22:16] ---
    Softly pressing my lips to the bright
    afterimage I can't keep from leaving
[22:25] ---
    If hesitation is what gives way
    to the slightest of hopes
[22:34] ---
    To as many gentle mornings
    as the times I have wandered
[22:43] ---
    In the future that
    leads back to that sky,
[22:47] ---
    I want to save you,
    I want to protect you
[22:52] ---
    In the future that arrives at that dream
[22:56] ---
    Wait for me
[22:59] ---
    The love we'll surely find
[23:04] ---
    I want you to reach out for it
[23:12] ---
    "Central Committee Political
    Administration Bureau of Zogilia"
[23:39] ---
    So, this moment has finally arrived...
[23:42] ---
    There is no such
    thing as a future for you.
[23:45] ---
    You will enjoy the full brunt of my wrath,
[23:49] ---
    Aoba Watase.