E1 - Alone and Lonesome

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[00:07] Zero Two (002)
    The Jian, also known as
    "the bird that shares wings,"
SIGN    Known as "the bird that shares wings"
[00:11] Zero Two (002)
    only possesses one wing.
[00:15] Zero Two (002)
    Unless a male and female pair
    lean on each other and act as one,
[00:19] Zero Two (002)
    they're incapable of flight.
[00:21] Zero Two (002)
    They're imperfect, incomplete creatures.
SIGN    Imperfect, incomplete creatures
[00:36] Zero Two (002)
    But for some reason,
[00:40] Zero Two (002)
    their way of life
SIGN    Their way of life
[00:44] Zero Two (002)
    struck me as profoundly beautiful.
SIGN    Struck me as profoundly beautiful
[00:47] Zero Two (002)
    It was beautiful,
SIGN    It was beautiful
[00:49] Zero Two (002)
    I felt.
SIGN    I felt
[01:00] Zero Two (002)
    I wanna take a bath.
[01:02] Dr. Franxx
    Not again. Show some self-control.
[01:06] Zero Two (002)
    Hey, how do I smell?
[01:08] Dr. Franxx
    Let him rest.
[01:10] Dr. Franxx
    He's drained after the last battle.
[01:13] Dr. Franxx
    Sheesh, what a high-maintenance girl.
[01:17] Zero Two (002)
    Does Plantation 13 have an ocean?
[01:20] Nana
    An ocean?
[01:21] Zero Two (002)
    I wanna swim in some clear ocean water.
[01:23] Nana
    I'm sorry to say there's no ocean there.
[01:25] Nana
    Won't a shower do?
[01:27] Zero Two (002)
    I'm in the mood for a swim.
[01:29] Pilot
    We'll be descending shortly.
[01:31] Pilot
    Please sit down and buckle your seatbelts.
[01:33] Nana
    Understood.
[01:34] Nana
    Let's continue this later.
[01:39] Zero Two (002)
    I hate how I taste.
[01:43] Hiro (016)
    The Jian is also known as
    "the bird that shares wings."
[01:47] Hiro (016)
    The book I read about it a long time ago
[01:49] Hiro (016)
    said it can't even fly unless a
    male and female support each other.
[01:52] Hiro (016)
    They're pitiful creatures.
[01:58] Hiro (016)
    Until it finds a partner,
[02:00] Hiro (016)
    it must hide among tree leaves,
[02:03] Hiro (016)
    wait with bated breath,
SIGN    The briefing's over. Contact me. We need to talk.
[02:04] Hiro (016)
    and dream of the day it can take
    flight into the skies above.
SIGN    Hey, slacker. Where are you right now?  Anyway, you'd better show up for the recruit welcoming ceremony tomorrow. Got that? Too bad about Naomi, but you've been told you can stay, so don't act all stubborn
[02:18] Hiro (016)
    It's blood.
[02:26] Hiro (016)
    H-Hey...
[02:28] Hiro (016)
    If so, where does a bird that
    ends up never flying go?
[02:36] Hiro (016)
    I know the answer to that all too well.
[02:40] Hiro (016)
    The answer is...
[02:42] Zero Two (002)
    Oh, found one.
[02:53] Futoshi (214)
    "Partner Killer"?
[02:55] Zorome (666)
    Apparently, the girl has horns and fangs,
[02:59] Zorome (666)
    and any parasite that rides with
    her will have his blood sucked
[03:01] Zorome (666)
    and die after the third time, without fail.
[03:04] Futoshi (214)
    Yikes. I don't wanna ride with her.
[03:07] Miku (390)
    Surely that's just a rumor.
[03:09] Zorome (666)
    It's true!
[03:11] Zorome (666)
    Someone actually overheard
    security talking about it!
[03:16] Goro (056)
    Ichigo.
[03:17] Goro (056)
    Did you get a hold of Hiro?
[03:19] Ichigo (015)
    Nope. Not a trace.
[03:21] Zorome (666)
    Hey...
[03:22] Zorome (666)
    So is he gonna stay here after all?
[03:25] Futoshi (214)
    But he didn't attend today's briefing.
[03:29] Futoshi (214)
    Maybe that means he's gonna
    turn down the chance?
[03:31] Kokoro (556)
    Hiro's going to leave? That's so sad.
[03:34] Ikuno (196)
    But if he doesn't, where would that leave
    Naomi? She got caught up in his mess.
[03:39] Mitsuru (326)
    I say Hiro's showing real integrity.
[03:41] Mitsuru (326)
    It must be hard for him to face
    us after what happened, too.
[03:44] Mitsuru (326)
    Spare a thought for how he feels.
[03:47] Miku (390)
    God, how forced.
[03:49] Goro (056)
    Are you okay with this, Ichigo?
[03:51] Ichigo (015)
    That idiot!
[03:55] Dr. Franxx
    Good grief. A transport plane's seats
    are too hard for an old man like me.
[04:00] Dr. Franxx
    Can't we travel some other way?
[04:02] Nana
    Deal with it.
[04:04] Nana
    We don't have many options when it comes
    to transporting cargo that massive.
[04:08] Dr. Franxx
    I haven't seen you in ages, but I
    see you're still as stiff as ever.
[04:11] Dr. Franxx
    I wish the seats and your personality
[04:13] Dr. Franxx
    were this soft and yielding.
[04:16] Nana
    Doctor! Stop that!
[04:18] Dr. Franxx
    Is Hachi well?
[04:20] Nana
    He's been asked to speed up
    the children's training.
[04:23] Nana
    After all, this will be the first trial run
    for the unit we're using this time.
[04:27] Dr. Franxx
    I see.
[04:29] Nana
    May I ask you something, Doctor?
[04:32] Nana
    Why run that test case here?
[04:35] Nana
    And with such a makeshift team, no less?
[04:37] Dr. Franxx
    Something's been bothering me.
[04:39] Dr. Franxx
    Although the geezers in APE
    might not understand it.
[04:44] Nana
    So you do have some sort of idea in mind?
[04:49] Nana
    Oh, and please do attend the startup ritual.
[04:53] Dr. Franxx
    I know.
[04:55] Dr. Franxx
    All that aside, I see that our problem
    child has already gone missing.
[04:59] Nana
    But she was just here...
[05:01] Nana
    Huh? Where...
[05:03] Dr. Franxx
    Over there.
[05:09] Code:081
    Damn it! She's running off again.
[05:18] Hiro (016)
    It's alive!
[05:25] Hiro (016)
    I never knew there was a place like this.
[05:29] Hiro (016)
    A parasite?
[05:31] Hiro (016)
    But the uniform's not like ours.
[06:04] Hiro (016)
    No way!
[06:04] Hiro (016)
    Is she drowning?!
[06:06] Hiro (016)
    I've gotta help her!
[06:12] Hiro (016)
    It was like I'd been put under a spell.
[06:15] Hiro (016)
    Her two alluring horns
[06:18] Hiro (016)
    and my first-ever look
    at a naked female body
[06:20] Hiro (016)
    left me transfixed, unable
    to take my eyes off her.
[06:30] Hiro (016)
    N-N-N-N...
[06:32] Hiro (016)
    Naked?!
[06:33] Hiro (016)
    Wait, no!
[06:34] Zero Two (002)
    Oh. And here I thought you were dead.
[06:38] Hiro (016)
    A-Are you a parasite?
[06:41] Hiro (016)
    Why were you bathing here?
[06:44] Zero Two (002)
    It's so weird. I heard ocean water was salty.
[06:50] Hiro (016)
    Uh, this isn't an ocean.
[06:52] Zero Two (002)
    I know that much.
[06:55] Zero Two (002)
    But it's the most ocean-like place I know.
[07:00] Zero Two (002)
    Aren't you gonna swim?
[07:01] Hiro (016)
    Huh? Me?
[07:03] Hiro (016)
    Nah, I'm good.
[07:05] Zero Two (002)
    Really? But it feels so good.
[07:08] Zero Two (002)
    You were staring so hard,
    I thought you wanted to swim, too.
[07:11] Hiro (016)
    Th-That's because...
[07:12] Hiro (016)
    I thought you were drowning,
[07:15] Hiro (016)
    so I jumped in to save you, and...
[07:19] Hiro (016)
    S-Sorry, but could you put your clothes on?
[07:24] Zero Two (002)
    Oh, I get it! You're a pervert!
[07:27] Hiro (016)
    Where'd that come from?
[07:33] Hiro (016)
    Th-This isn't what it looks like!
[07:41] Zero Two (002)
    Your face looks hilarious!
[07:45] Zero Two (002)
    But you jumped in to save me, huh?
[07:49] Zero Two (002)
    I appreciate that.
[07:50] Zero Two (002)
    Thank you.
[07:55] Zero Two (002)
    That uniform... Are you a parasite, too?
[07:59] Hiro (016)
    No.
[08:00] Zero Two (002)
    So you don't pilot?
[08:02] Hiro (016)
    I can't pilot.
[08:04] Hiro (016)
    I no longer have the ability.
[08:07] Hiro (016)
    I even dragged my partner down with me.
[08:12] Hiro (016)
    I don't have a place here anymore.
[08:16] Zero Two (002)
    Huh. So you're just like me.
[08:21] Zero Two (002)
    I'm always alone, too,
[08:23] Zero Two (002)
    thanks to these horns.
[08:26] Zero Two (002)
    If you don't belong here,
    just build a place where you do.
[08:29] Zero Two (002)
    If you don't have a partner,
    just find another.
[08:32] Zero Two (002)
    And if you can't,
[08:34] Zero Two (002)
    take one by force!
[08:42] Zero Two (002)
    Wow, your taste makes my heart race.
[08:45] Zero Two (002)
    It bites and lingers...
[08:49] Zero Two (002)
    The taste of danger.
[08:50] Hiro (016)
    Wh-What are you...
[08:51] Zero Two (002)
    Would you have preferred a kiss?
[08:53] Hiro (016)
    A kiss?
[08:54] Zero Two (002)
    Oh, you guys don't know, huh?
[08:58] Zero Two (002)
    It's a very special thing.
[09:01] Zero Two (002)
    I think I've taken a liking to you.
[09:03] Zero Two (002)
    Won't you be my darling?
[09:05] Hiro (016)
    D-Darling? You mean partner?
[09:10] Zero Two (002)
    Your ability's probably just still dormant.
[09:14] Zero Two (002)
    I can awaken it for you.
[09:16] Zero Two (002)
    And you weren't frightened by my horns.
[09:21] Hiro (016)
    When she held out that hand,
[09:23] Hiro (016)
    I...
[09:27] Zero Two (002)
    Too bad.
[09:29] Zero Two (002)
    Time's up.
[09:31] Code:081
    We've been looking for you.
[09:33] Code:081
    Why do you keep running off alone?
[09:36] Zero Two (002)
    It's not like there's anything else to do
    until tomorrow's welcoming ceremony.
[09:39] Code:081
    Well, as your partner,
    I'm the one who suffers for it.
[09:43] Hiro (016)
    Partner?
[09:45] Code:081
    Are you a parasite cadet? Your
    welcoming ceremony's tomorrow, right?
[09:50] Code:081
    Sorry she bothered you.
[09:52] Hiro (016)
    It's okay...
[09:55] Hiro (016)
    Um, what did you mean by "partner"?
[09:56] Code:081
    Let me give you some advice.
[09:59] Code:081
    Stay far away from her.
[10:01] Code:081
    She's not the kind of pistil
    that just anyone can handle.
[10:05] Hiro (016)
    Your name!
[10:06] Hiro (016)
    What's your name?
[10:09] Zero Two (002)
    Name?
[10:10] Zero Two (002)
    Do we parasites even have names?
[10:15] Zero Two (002)
    But, well, my code is 002.
[10:19] Zero Two (002)
    Everyone calls me Zero Two.
[10:24] Hiro (016)
    "So you're the same as me," she said.
[10:27] Guard
    Move your feet.
[10:28] Hiro (016)
    Getting mocked for my lack of
    a partner would be one thing.
[10:29] Guard
    Mistilteinn's issued a
    search request for you.
[10:31] Hiro (016)
    But the fact that there was still
    a part of me that hoped for one
[10:36] Hiro (016)
    made me feel pathetic and ashamed of myself.
SIGN    I'm all too aware
[10:42] Hiro (016)
    I'm all too aware
[10:44] Hiro (016)
    that a flightless bird has nowhere to go.
SIGN    That a flightless bird has nowhere to go
SIGN    Plantation #13: "Cerasus"
[11:01] Zorome (666)
    Look at all those adults.
[11:03] Futoshi (214)
    Yeah, they're all here to see us.
[11:08] Hiro (016)
    "You're the chosen ones," Papa said.
[11:10] Papa (APE Head)
    My children, you have had the good
    fortune to be chosen as parasites.
[11:13] Hiro (016)
    As far back as we can remember,
[11:15] Hiro (016)
    we children had code numbers assigned to us,
[11:15] Papa (APE Head)
    Your great predecessors defended
    our cities and our people,
[11:17] Hiro (016)
    and were told that piloting weapons called
    FRANXX in male-female pairs to fight
[11:21] Papa (APE Head)
    and they splendidly took flight
    as our representatives.
[11:24] Hiro (016)
    was our sole purpose in life.
[11:26] Papa (APE Head)
    Turn your life into a blaze of glory and
    shed every last drop of blood you have.
[11:31] Papa (APE Head)
    I pray that you will become a
    shining ray of hope for humanity.
[11:36] Hiro (016)
    Children that aren't fit for
    that purpose have no value.
[11:39] Hiro (016)
    That's exactly why I decided
    to leave this place.
[11:44] Goro (056)
    Ichigo.
[11:45] Goro (056)
    Focus on the ceremony. Papa is watching,
    and so is everyone else.
[11:51] Ichigo (015)
    Right.
[11:54] Hachi
    That's all the official instructions for
    your return to the orphanage.
[11:58] Hachi
    Is there anything else you'd like to know?
[12:00] Hiro (016)
    Nothing, really.
[12:02] Hachi
    Code 016, HQ has given you special
    permission to remain here.
[12:08] Hachi
    Are you certain you don't want to stay?
[12:11] Hiro (016)
    I am.
[12:12] Hachi
    Is that so? Understood.
[12:23] Announcer
    Positive pulse and P-Factor dropping.
[12:26] Announcer
    Timed out.
[12:28] Announcer
    Commencing stage six linking.
[12:30] Announcer
    Measuring ability score.
[12:32] Announcer
    Negative pulse detected.
[12:34] Announcer
    Positive pulse on standby.
[12:36] Announcer
    Three, two, one...
[12:39] Announcer
    Timed out.
[12:43] (Flashback) Hachi
    Code 703 and Code 016.
[12:48] (Flashback) Hachi
    You fail.
SIGN    You fail
[12:52] Naomi (703)
    You should've stayed, Hiro.
[12:55] Naomi (703)
    Did you refuse because of me?
[12:59] Hiro (016)
    No.
[13:00] Hiro (016)
    It's not like I'd be of any
    use even if I stayed.
[13:05] Naomi (703)
    You've always been like that.
[13:08] Naomi (703)
    You're just running away.
[13:11] Naomi (703)
    From your partner, and from yourself.
[13:14] Naomi (703)
    You remember how many of our friends
    disappeared from the orphanage, right?
[13:19] Naomi (703)
    There's no telling when we
    could end up just like them.
[13:23] Naomi (703)
    So don't try to play the hero!
[13:25] Naomi (703)
    Who cares if it's favoritism? You're lucky
    you have a chance to stay at all!
[13:28] Naomi (703)
    We've made it so far!
[13:31] Naomi (703)
    I would definitely stay,
    even if it killed me!
[13:33] Guard
    Quit your chatter.
[13:35] Hiro (016)
    Naomi...
[13:36] Naomi (703)
    Why...
[13:38] Naomi (703)
    Why did you have to be my partner?
[13:46] Futoshi (214)
    Hiro never showed, huh?
[13:49] Zorome (666)
    Forget that crybaby.
[13:51] Miku (390)
    Right to the very end, we could never
    tell what was going through his head.
[13:56] Kokoro (556)
    I hope they both get back safe and sound.
[14:00] Ikuno (196)
    Their ship probably isn't
    headed back to the Garden.
[14:04] Ikuno (196)
    I've never even heard of any
    parasites coming back home.
[14:10] Hachi
    Are you ready?
[14:12] All
    Yes, sir!
[14:19] Naomi (703)
    Well, take care, Hiro.
[14:21] Naomi (703)
    I don't think we'll ever
    see each other again.
[14:24] Naomi (703)
    I'm done now, but you still have a chance.
[14:29] Naomi (703)
    You don't have to factor
    me into your decisions.
[14:31] Hiro (016)
    Wait a second, Naomi!
[14:34] Hiro (016)
    What are you doing?
[14:35] Naomi (703)
    I don't need those things anymore.
[14:37] Naomi (703)
    Share them with everyone.
[14:39] Hiro (016)
    W-Wait!
[14:40] Naomi (703)
    You know, I really like
    this name you gave me.
[14:46] Naomi (703)
    Hiro, I hope you find a good partner.
[14:51] Hiro (016)
    Naomi...
[14:52] Guard
    Don't! You can take the next
    plant and still make it!
[14:56] Hiro (016)
    Naomi...
[15:03] Zero Two (002)
    I smell a klaxosaur.
[15:06] Vice Chairman
    We will hereby begin the startup ritual.
[15:10] Vice Chairman
    With this, you kids will finally
    become official parasites.
[15:21] Goro (056)
    What's going on?
[15:23] Dr. Franxx
    This is bad. The fog is rolling in.
[15:30] Guard
    What's the matter? Get in already.
[15:37] Hiro (016)
    Uh, I think I'll—
[15:40] Hiro (016)
    What was that?
[15:46] Hiro (016)
    Those things weren't there before.
[16:02] Hiro (016)
    Naomi!
[16:15] Guard
    It's a klaxosaur! Ready intercepting fire!
[16:17] Hiro (016)
    So that's a klaxosaur?
[16:54] Hiro (016)
    Wait, that's where...
[16:55] Hiro (016)
    Damn it!
[17:14] Hiro (016)
    Another klaxosaur?!
[17:16] Guard
    Klaxosaur!
[17:17] Guard
    Run away! Take shelter!
[17:19] Dr. Franxx
    A moho-class, huh? It's big,
    strong, and has a fine look.
[17:23] Nana
    This is no time for casual commentary!
    Prepare to evacuate!
[17:26] Nana
    Hurry up and retrieve the parasites!
[17:29] Goro (056)
    What's happening?
[17:32] Announcer
    Garage 2 damaged.
[17:34] Announcer
    Unfit for housing Delphinium.
[17:50] Nana
    A stampede, now?
[17:52] Papa (APE Head)
    What an ugly sight. Did she
    devour her stamen again?
[17:56] Vice Chairman
    It's hard to tell which is
    the real monster here.
[18:15] Hiro (016)
    Guys!
[18:16] Hiro (016)
    What the hell?
[18:44] Hiro (016)
    Ow... What was that?
[18:47] Hiro (016)
    Huh? H-Hey...
[18:51] Zero Two (002)
    Forget about him. He's done for.
[18:54] Hiro (016)
    You're...
[18:56] Hiro (016)
    What are you doing in there?
[18:58] Zero Two (002)
    What, you ask? I'm going
    monster hunting, of course.
[19:01] Hiro (016)
    You're going to pilot this robot alone?
[19:04] Zero Two (002)
    I gotta go.
[19:06] Hiro (016)
    W-Wait a second!
[19:08] Hiro (016)
    You can't! You're hurt!
[19:10] Zero Two (002)
    Out of my way!
[19:12] Hiro (016)
    This is insanity. Besides,
    you're by yourself now.
[19:15] Hiro (016)
    FRANXX can't be piloted alone.
[19:18] Zero Two (002)
    I'm always alone.
[19:20] Zero Two (002)
    That's how it's always been. I'm used to it.
[19:24] Hiro (016)
    No! You'll die!
[19:28] Zero Two (002)
    I'm not afraid of death.
[19:30] Zero Two (002)
    That thing's going to start
    moving again eventually.
[19:33] Zero Two (002)
    And when it does, everyone
    here is gonna die either way.
[19:36] Zero Two (002)
    I'm not afraid of death.
[19:39] Zero Two (002)
    I have a job to do.
[19:43] Zero Two (002)
    I'm going.
[19:46] Hiro (016)
    I'm powerless.
[19:48] Hiro (016)
    Right now, I can't help my friends
[19:51] Hiro (016)
    or fight a klaxosaur.
[19:54] Hiro (016)
    That's what I thought.
[19:56] Hiro (016)
    But as I stared at the girl in front of me,
[19:59] Hiro (016)
    the words that escaped my lips were,
    for some reason...
[20:03] Hiro (016)
    Wait.
[20:06] Hiro (016)
    I'll pilot that robot with you.
[20:07] Hiro (016)
    I'm not about to let you go alone.
[20:12] Zero Two (002)
    Oh?
[20:13] Zero Two (002)
    Are you prepared to die?
[20:16] Hiro (016)
    I don't know.
[20:18] Hiro (016)
    But as I am now, I don't belong anywhere.
[20:23] Hiro (016)
    That's no different from being dead.
[20:25] Hiro (016)
    So take me with you!
[20:28] Zero Two (002)
    Huh... You really are just like me.
[20:32] Zero Two (002)
    You and I are very similar.
[20:34] Zero Two (002)
    It's been a long time since
    I last saw a human cry.
[20:39] Zero Two (002)
    I like the look in your eyes.
    It makes my heart race.
[20:45] Zero Two (002)
    Now come to me.
[20:54] Zero Two (002)
    Let me get a taste of you.
[20:56] Zero Two (002)
    You are now...
[20:58] Zero Two (002)
    My darling!
[21:17] Futoshi (214)
    It's back!
[21:18] Zorome (666)
    It's moving again!
[21:24] Goro (056)
    W-Was it eaten?
[21:26] Dr. Franxx
    No.
[21:27] Dr. Franxx
    That's...
[21:47] Dr. Franxx
    When the negative and positive—
    male and female factors combine,
[21:50] Dr. Franxx
    and their hearts become one,
[21:52] Dr. Franxx
    the iron maiden will reveal her true form.
[22:01] Dr. Franxx
    Now this is a FRANXX!
    How truly beautiful!
[22:03] Dr. Franxx
    You're the best, Strelizia!
[22:06] Nana
    But who's piloting it?
[22:30] Zero Two (002)
    Game over.
[22:54] Ichigo (015)
    That's a FRANXX,
[22:57] Ichigo (015)
    the kind of robot we'll pilot.
[23:01] ---
    Staring blankly out a window
    in class, I ask the sky
SIGN    Episode 1
SIGN    Alone and Lonesome
[23:06] Hiro (016)
    I don't know why, but the warm touch
    of her lips made my heart race.
[23:08] ---
    What am I living for? I don't know
[23:12] Hiro (016)
    Other than that, I remember nothing about
    what happened in the cockpit back then.
[23:14] ---
    The ideal self I wrote down in
    the blank spaces of my textbook
[23:20] Ichigo (015)
    Hiro?!
[23:20] ---
    Isn't a puppet of the adults
[23:20] Zorome (666)
    What's he doing there?
[23:22] Goro (056)
    Wait, there's someone else.
[23:23] ---
    And is as free as a bird in the sky
[23:24] Goro (056)
    Are those...
[23:25] Miku (390)
    ...horns?
[23:29] Futoshi (214)
    You mean that pistil is the one?
[23:29] ---
    Making me dream, and not giving me the power
[23:32] Ichigo (015)
    The Partner Killer.
[23:34] Nana
    Let me introduce you.
[23:35] ---
    To make it come true just
    makes it more painful
[23:37] Nana
    This is Code number 002, a pistil with the
    special forces unit APE directly controls.
[23:41] ---
    When even the length of
    my skirt is decided for me
[23:42] Nana
    She's a girl that carries klaxosaur blood.
[23:46] Hiro (016)
    But having taken this step
    of my own free will,
[23:48] ---
    And I can't find something to live
    for, where does that leave me?
[23:51] Hiro (016)
    I felt like I might be able to fly again.
[23:55] Zero Two (002)
    Found you, my darling.