# E11 - Partner Shuffle
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**[00:06] (Flashback) Hiro (016)**
I've been chosen to represent
all of us children.
**[00:09] (Flashback) Hiro (016)**
My code is 016.
**[00:11] (Flashback) Hiro (016)**
I'll continue to show my gratitude to Papa
**[00:12] Mitsuru (326)**
*Don't.*
**[00:14] Mitsuru (326)**
*Don't give him that look of admiration.*
**[00:14] (Flashback) Hiro (016)**
and do my best so we can
all work toward our goals.
**[00:21] Mitsuru (326)**
*He's a filthy traitor!*
**[00:26] Zorome (666)**
How unusual.
**[00:29] Zorome (666)**
You never oversleep.
**[00:31] Futoshi (214)**
Did you have a nice dream?
Your face is all red.
**[00:36] Zorome (666)**
Well, we're going ahead.
**[00:38] Futoshi (214)**
Man, I'm starving!
**[00:42] Mitsuru (326)**
* If you place your hopes in anything,*
* they will be betrayed.*
**[00:46] Mitsuru (326)**
* Promises will go unfulfilled,*
* and faith will be let down.*
**[00:50] Mitsuru (326)**
*That's why I swore to myself that*
**[00:54] Mitsuru (326)**
* I wouldn't expect anything*
* from anyone anymore.*
**[00:56] Mitsuru (326)**
*That way, I would never be hurt again.*
**[02:37] Ichigo (015)**
We killed 25 in total today.
**[02:41] Ichigo (015)**
The enemies were all the same type of
Conrad-class, just like on the other days.
**[02:45] Nana**
Thanks for the report.
**[02:47] Nana**
Due to your efforts, the S-Planning
in this area is proceeding smoothly.
**[02:51] Hachi**
That said, you need to improve your
kill count, codes 326 and 196.
**[02:56] Hachi**
Your Parasite Score is dropping, too.
**[02:59] Mitsuru (326)**
I just wasn't feeling well today.
**[03:01] Hachi**
That isn't enough to explain this.
**[03:04] Hachi**
Anyway, keep it up and defend the
work area from tomorrow onward, too.
**[03:09] Hachi**
That is all. You're dismissed.
**[03:12] Hachi**
Twenty-five... That takes their kill
count in this area to over 90.
**[03:18] Nana**
Yes.
**[03:19] Nana**
Their kills over the past fortnight are
3.7 times greater than in their first.
**[03:24] Nana**
It'd be unthinkable for any other
team to achieve such rapid growth.
**[03:28] Nana**
If their simultaneous puberty
and competitive spirit,
**[03:31] Nana**
the things you called "problems,"
**[03:33] Nana**
are drawing out the full
abilities of these children...
**[03:37] Hachi**
Impossible. That would be a total
refutation of our prior methods.
**[03:42] Nana**
But what if that's exactly
what Dr. Franxx is after?
**[03:51] Zorome (666)**
What are they even doing here?
**[03:54] Zorome (666)**
Nana called it S-Planning or something.
**[03:56] Hiro (016)**
Digging for something, maybe?
That's an excavator, right?
**[04:00] Zero Two (002)**
*It's probably nothing good.*
**[04:04] Zero Two (002)**
I'm about to choke from
the stench of klaxosaurs.
**[04:07] Futoshi (214)**
The fact that we're on this special mission
proves that we've grown stronger.
**[04:12] Kokoro (556)**
It's all thanks to you. You always
try so hard to help carry my burden.
**[04:17] Futoshi (214)**
O-Of course I do!
**[04:19] Futoshi (214)**
If anything happened to you,
it'd be my responsibility!
**[04:23] Kokoro (556)**
Thank you, Futoshi.
**[04:26] Futoshi (214)**
Kokoro...
**[04:28] Futoshi (214)**
H-Hey, I'll keep working to be
the best partner you could have...
**[04:35] Futoshi (214)**
So... could you promise to
be my partner forever?!
**[04:43] Kokoro (556)**
Sure. I promise.
**[04:45] Futoshi (214)**
Really?
**[04:47] Futoshi (214)**
It's a promise, okay? I'll protect
you always and forever!
**[04:52] Miku (390)**
* Could you give it a rest?*
* You're starting to gross me out.*
**[04:56] Zorome (666)**
* Just cut the comms. I can*
* feel my ears rotting off.*
**[04:59] Futoshi (214)**
You overheard all that? That's dirty!
**[05:03] Ichigo (015)**
*Seven enemies closing in from nine o'clock.*
**[05:06] Ichigo (015)**
*They're the same Conrad-class klaxosaurs.*
**[05:08] Goro (056)**
Again? Do they have a nest nearby?
**[05:11] Ichigo (015)**
All units, prepare for combat!
**[05:17] Ichigo (015)**
*What's wrong, Chlorophytum?*
**[05:19] Ikuno (196)**
Hey, Mitsuru!
**[05:21] Ikuno (196)**
Mitsuru?!
**[05:24] Hachi**
The Child Fever...
**[05:25] Hachi**
It came sooner than expected.
**[05:27] Hachi**
It's a good thing the others could take
out the enemy without Chlorophytum.
**[05:31] Nana**
For now, I'll give him an antipyretic.
**[05:33] Nana**
It's only a stopgap measure, but it
should show an effect by tomorrow.
**[05:39] Hachi**
Code 326 has already had the procedure, huh?
**[05:43] Mitsuru (326)**
He's always had a frail body.
**[05:45] Ichigo (015)**
But Mitsuru was the only one who received
that injection and came back.
**[05:50] Miku (390)**
What are you talking about?
**[05:51] Code:190**
The Elixir Injection,
**[05:53] Code:190**
a highly concentrated drug that induces
more yellow blood cell production.
**[05:56] Code:190**
It greatly increases one's parasite aptitude.
**[06:00] Miku (390)**
All that aside, has Mitsuru
always been that way?
**[06:04] Goro (056)**
He didn't used to be.
**[06:06] Goro (056)**
He would always follow Hiro around.
**[06:08] Futoshi (214)**
No way! That's the biggest
shocker I've heard in a while!
**[06:12] Zorome (666)**
So how'd he end up butting heads
with him all the time, then?
**[06:16] Goro (056)**
I have no idea, either.
**[06:20] Goro (056)**
But I think it started not long
before he took the injection.
**[06:24] Goro (056)**
Come to think of it, Hiro changed
a little back then, too.
**[06:28] Kokoro (556)**
The Elixir Injection has a
survival rate of 15%, right?
**[06:34] Kokoro (556)**
I didn't know Mitsuru had
taken such a risky injection.
**[06:43] (Flashback) Mitsuru (326)**
I wanna be like you, Hiro.
**[06:47] (Flashback) Mitsuru (326)**
I want to fight together
with you in a FRANXX.
**[06:51] (Flashback) Mitsuru (326)**
But they say I can't if I stay
like this, because I'm too weak.
**[06:55] (Flashback) Mitsuru (326)**
If I take that injection and come back alive,
**[06:57] (Flashback) Mitsuru (326)**
will you pilot a FRANXX with me, Hiro?
**[07:11] Mitsuru (326)**
Damn it!
**[07:14] Nana**
Okay, you seem to be out
of the woods for now.
**[07:18] Mitsuru (326)**
Let me pilot a FRANXX.
**[07:20] Nana**
It might be too early. Wait a bit—
**[07:22] Mitsuru (326)**
Let me pilot.
**[07:33] Hachi**
This doesn't look good.
**[07:34] Hachi**
If this keeps up, he might
become a pruning target.
**[07:41] All**
"Partner shuffle"?
**[07:43] Nana**
This isn't a order. It's simply
an option available to you.
**[07:47] Nana**
Take this chance to talk
it out with your partners,
**[07:49] Nana**
and if anyone wants to try the shuffle, ask.
**[07:54] Futoshi (214)**
We don't need this shuffle.
**[07:57] Futoshi (214)**
After all, I've already promised
to protect you forever.
**[08:00] Futoshi (214)**
Right, Kokoro?
**[08:02] Kokoro (556)**
Yeah...
**[08:06] Hiro (016)**
Is something bothering you, Zero Two?
**[08:11] Hiro (016)**
Remember when I asked you
to speak your mind with me
**[08:16] Hiro (016)**
because I wanted to get to know you better?
**[08:20] Zero Two (002)**
Did you?
**[08:21] Hiro (016)**
Yeah.
**[08:23] Hiro (016)**
So if anything's weighing on
your mind right now, tell me—
**[08:29] Zero Two (002)**
That's a pain, honestly.
**[08:32] Zero Two (002)**
We can understand each other
just fine by piloting Strelizia.
**[08:38] Ikuno (196)**
Give it a rest already.
**[08:40] Ikuno (196)**
You know what caused this mess, don't you?
**[08:44] Mitsuru (326)**
What are you trying to say?
**[08:46] Ikuno (196)**
Drop the act, would you?
**[08:48] Mitsuru (326)**
Stop it.
**[08:49] Ikuno (196)**
It takes courage to face up
to others and to yourself, huh?
**[08:53] Mitsuru (326)**
Seriously, what's your point?
**[08:54] Ikuno (196)**
You want to be acknowledged,
but not by Papa or the adults—
**[08:58] Mitsuru (326)**
Shut up! I told you to drop it!
**[09:05] Ikuno (196)**
That suits you much better than
acting all cool and aloof.
**[09:09] Ikuno (196)**
But I'm not like you.
**[09:13] Nana**
So, is there anyone who wants to try
riding with a different partner?
**[09:18] Ikuno (196)**
Let me try a pistil-to-pistil
connection, please.
**[09:21] Nana**
Pistil-to-pistil? But...
**[09:24] Ikuno (196)**
I want to try it out as a backup plan for
emergencies when we've lost a stamen.
**[09:28] Ikuno (196)**
Would you help me, Ichigo?
**[09:30] Ichigo (015)**
What? Me?
**[09:32] Ikuno (196)**
Please.
**[09:33] Ichigo (015)**
Sure, I guess.
**[09:35] Nana**
Very well. Let's try it.
**[09:37] Nana**
Anyone else?
**[09:41] Kokoro (556)**
Let me try riding with Mitsuru.
**[09:45] Futoshi (214)**
What? But Kokoro...
**[09:46] Futoshi (214)**
Y-You promised...
**[09:51] Kokoro (556)**
I'm sorry, Futoshi.
**[09:57] Announcer**
* 160 seconds have passed since*
* connection commencement.*
**[09:59] Announcer**
*Both units show no change in numbers.*
**[10:03] Ikuno (196)**
How's it look, Ichigo?
**[10:05] Ichigo (015)**
No good. I don't feel a thing.
**[10:07] Announcer**
Delphinium's numbers remain unchanged.
**[10:09] Announcer**
Timing out.
**[10:11] Announcer**
Genista's score has crossed
the minimum required.
**[10:14] Announcer**
It remains in the lower range,
but it is stable.
**[10:16] Nana**
I suppose that'll do for now.
**[10:19] Ichigo (015)**
I knew it wouldn't work without a boy.
**[10:24] Ikuno (196)**
I was serious, you know.
**[10:35] Ikuno (196)**
Laugh at me if you must.
**[10:40] Futoshi (214)**
Why? Did I do something wrong?
**[10:44] Futoshi (214)**
I tried my hardest for Kokoro's sake!
**[10:46] Zorome (666)**
Maybe that got on her nerves.
Also, lose some weight.
**[10:50] Goro (056)**
But I wonder what Kokoro was thinking.
**[10:53] Hiro (016)**
She's really nice, so she must've felt
she had to do something for Mitsuru.
**[10:57] Zorome (666)**
Especially since he's so miserable.
**[11:00] Futoshi (214)**
I'm clearly the most miserable one here!
**[11:04] Goro (056)**
Calm down, Futoshi!
**[11:07] Futoshi (214)**
Wait! Do you think I'm pathetic?
**[11:10] Goro (056)**
H-Hey, Futoshi...
**[11:12] Mitsuru (326)**
What does it matter who our partners are?
**[11:16] Futoshi (214)**
Like you'd have any idea how I feel!
**[11:22] Mitsuru (326)**
This is a pain.
**[11:24] Hiro (016)**
Mitsuru, try to understand how Futoshi feels.
**[11:33] Mitsuru (326)**
What gives *you* the right to say that?
**[11:41] Futoshi (214)**
Whenever I think about Kokoro,
**[11:44] Futoshi (214)**
I feel this tightness in my chest.
**[11:48] Futoshi (214)**
But now that tightness hurts...
**[11:51] Futoshi (214)**
What is this?
**[11:54] Hiro (016)**
I hear you.
**[12:04] Kokoro (556)**
Look, flowers. Don't they smell nice?
**[12:07] Mitsuru (326)**
What are you playing at?
**[12:10] Kokoro (556)**
Mitsuru...
**[12:13] Kokoro (556)**
Why do you think humans
stopped having children?
**[12:17] Mitsuru (326)**
Probably because we don't need to anymore.
**[12:19] Kokoro (556)**
Really? Wasn't having a baby the
most natural thing in the past?
**[12:26] Mitsuru (326)**
You shouldn't waste time thinking
about unnecessary things.
**[12:29] Mitsuru (326)**
One look at the adults makes it clear.
**[12:32] Mitsuru (326)**
We don't need others to live.
**[12:36] Mitsuru (326)**
Why did you volunteer to be my partner?
**[12:39] Mitsuru (326)**
Futoshi hates me now,
and it's a massive pain.
**[12:43] Mitsuru (326)**
Was it out of pity?
**[12:44] Kokoro (556)**
No! No, it's not like that.
**[12:49] Kokoro (556)**
Look, you should really—
**[12:56] Announcer**
* We've detected what appears to be a*
* Gutenberg-class klaxosaur to the SSW.*
**[13:00] Announcer**
* It's approaching us at*
* 80 kilometers per hour.*
**[13:02] Hachi**
Set up a defensive line 500 meters from
the S-Planning and neutralize the target.
**[13:08] Hachi**
Genista and Chlorophytum
will act as rear support.
**[13:11] Futoshi (214)**
Hold it, Mitsuru!
**[13:13] Futoshi (214)**
Promise me that you'll protect
Kokoro, no matter what!
**[13:16] Mitsuru (326)**
Promise?
**[13:18] Mitsuru (326)**
Don't be ridiculous.
**[13:19] Futoshi (214)**
Look, you...
**[13:20] Kokoro (556)**
Wait, Futoshi. I'll be fine.
**[13:25] Futoshi (214)**
Be careful out there, Kokoro.
**[13:27] Futoshi (214)**
What's done is done. I'll do
my best together with Ikuno.
**[13:31] Kokoro (556)**
Yeah.
**[13:32] Futoshi (214)**
So you... do your be—
**[13:46] Miku (390)**
That thing is huge!
**[13:47] Zero Two (002)**
Finally, one worth fighting!
**[13:49] Ichigo (015)**
Hold it!
**[13:59] Hiro (016)**
No good. Its core is too deep inside.
**[14:01] Zero Two (002)**
Sounds fun!
**[14:02] Hiro (016)**
Wait, Zero Two!
**[14:14] Ichigo (015)**
You okay?
**[14:15] Zero Two (002)**
Mind your own business!
**[14:16] Miku (390)**
That girl...
**[14:20] Miku (390)**
Where did these come from?
**[14:25] Goro (056)**
It's a collective mass of the Conrad-class
klaxosaurs we've been fighting.
**[14:30] Goro (056)**
Even when attacked, they recombine
and close the opening.
**[14:38] Zero Two (002)**
You damn monster!
**[14:43] Zero Two (002)**
Don't stop me, darling!
**[14:44] Hiro (016)**
Don't rush it! Calm down!
**[14:48] Hiro (016)**
What do we do, Ichigo?
We'll never get anywhere like this.
**[14:51] Kokoro (556)**
We need to shoot at it, Ichigo.
**[14:53] Kokoro (556)**
Genista could separate
it with close-range fire.
**[14:57] Miku (390)**
Nice idea! That'll expose the core!
**[15:00] Miku (390)**
Go ahead and fire a round into it!
**[15:02] Ichigo (015)**
But that plan's too risky
for Genista right now.
**[15:05] Kokoro (556)**
All our lives are at risk.
**[15:07] Kokoro (556)**
We're a team, aren't we?
**[15:10] Ichigo (015)**
*Fine. But don't get reckless.*
**[15:12] Kokoro (556)**
Roger.
**[15:20] Ichigo (015)**
Oh, no! Some got past!
**[15:22] Ikuno (196)**
Let's go.
**[15:23] Kokoro (556)**
Yeah.
**[15:30] Futoshi (214)**
Ikuno, you're too tense. Loosen up a little.
**[15:41] Kokoro (556)**
No need to rush, Mitsuru.
**[15:43] Mitsuru (326)**
I know!
**[15:48] Hiro (016)**
You okay?
**[15:49] Kokoro (556)**
Thank you, Hiro.
**[15:54] Hiro (016)**
*Hang in there, Mitsuru.*
**[15:59] Mitsuru (326)**
Why are you always so...
**[16:03] Kokoro (556)**
Mitsuru?
**[16:06] Futoshi (214)**
Kokoro!
**[16:08] Announcer**
Genista's positive pulse is
dropping below minimum.
**[16:20] Ichigo (015)**
Run!
**[16:27] Ikuno (196)**
Are you okay?
**[16:28] Kokoro (556)**
*Th-Thank you, Ikuno, Futoshi!*
**[16:43] Ichigo (015)**
Change of plans! Miku and
I will stop this thing!
**[16:47] Ichigo (015)**
Chlorophytum, take care of Genista!
**[16:49] Futoshi (214)**
I'll protect Kokoro, no matter what!
**[16:54] Kokoro (556)**
Let's start over, Mitsuru.
**[16:59] Mitsuru (326)**
Forget it.
**[17:02] Mitsuru (326)**
If you place your hopes in me,
you'll only be let down in the end.
**[17:06] Mitsuru (326)**
I'm just incompetent.
**[17:08] Kokoro (556)**
You're wrong!
**[17:11] Kokoro (556)**
You're not incompetent.
**[17:14] Hachi**
* What are you doing, Genista?*
* Recommence connecting!*
**[17:16] Hachi**
*Do you realize the situ—*
**[17:18] Announcer**
Genista has entered radio silence.
**[17:20] Hachi**
What are they thinking?
**[17:22] Kokoro (556)**
Mitsuru, you can rely on
others more, you know.
**[17:27] Kokoro (556)**
I'll believe in you,
**[17:29] Kokoro (556)**
so you believe in me, too.
**[17:33] Mitsuru (326)**
Are you kidding me?
**[17:36] (Flashback) Mitsuru (326)**
...will you pilot a FRANXX with me, Hiro?
**[17:39] (Flashback) Hiro (016)**
Yeah, I promise!
**[17:44] (Flashback) Mitsuru (326)**
Hiro, I gave it my all.
**[17:47] (Flashback) Mitsuru (326)**
I'm stronger now.
**[17:48] (Flashback) Mitsuru (326)**
I can fight with you.
**[17:51] (Flashback) Mitsuru (326)**
I kept my end of our promise.
**[17:53] (Flashback) Mitsuru (326)**
With you...
**[17:55] (Flashback) Mitsuru (326)**
Hiro, I...
**[18:00] (Flashback) Hiro (016)**
Promise? What promise, again?
**[18:03] Mitsuru (326)**
Believing in someone will
only get you betrayed!
**[18:07] Mitsuru (326)**
I was a fool for expecting anything from him!
**[18:11] Mitsuru (326)**
Why?
**[18:12] Mitsuru (326)**
Why make that promise if you
were going to forget about it?
**[18:23] Kokoro (556)**
You were deeply hurt, huh?
**[18:26] Kokoro (556)**
So deeply that one normally
wouldn't be able to recover.
**[18:31] Kokoro (556)**
But, you know,
**[18:32] Kokoro (556)**
I've betrayed and hurt someone, too.
**[18:37] Kokoro (556)**
I've even broken a promise.
**[18:40] Kokoro (556)**
I'm not the nice, gentle girl
that you all think I am.
**[18:44] Kokoro (556)**
So if someone were to betray me,
**[18:48] Kokoro (556)**
I don't think I'd have any right to
complain or blame them for it.
**[18:54] Mitsuru (326)**
So I should forgive him, too?
**[18:56] Kokoro (556)**
That's for you to decide.
**[18:59] Kokoro (556)**
What I'm trying to say is,
**[19:01] Kokoro (556)**
these things happen with us.
**[19:05] Kokoro (556)**
We're not perfect like the adults.
**[19:08] Kokoro (556)**
But still, I want to have
relationships with people.
**[19:12] Kokoro (556)**
I want to laugh and cry together with others.
**[19:21] Ikuno (196)**
Hurry up, Mitsuru!
**[19:23] Kokoro (556)**
I believe in you, Mitsuru.
**[19:27] Mitsuru (326)**
What are you...
**[19:31] Announcer**
Genista's negative pulse
ratio is rising rapidly.
**[19:35] Announcer**
At this rate, it will
transition to stampede mode.
**[19:38] Nana**
Stop it! It's too dangerous for you kids!
**[19:42] Ikuno (196)**
Don't, Kokoro!
**[19:45] Mitsuru (326)**
Kokoro!
**[19:55] Futoshi (214)**
Stop, Kokoro!
**[20:04] Kokoro (556)**
Mitsuru?
**[20:06] Mitsuru (326)**
You do the craziest things sometimes, huh?
**[20:10] Kokoro (556)**
But...
**[20:11] Mitsuru (326)**
How can you trust someone else so much?
**[20:14] Mitsuru (326)**
Doesn't it scare you?
**[20:20] Mitsuru (326)**
You're unbelievable.
**[20:26] Kokoro (556)**
Sorry we're late, everyone!
**[20:28] All**
Kokoro!
**[20:30] Futoshi (214)**
That Mitsuru... All right!
**[20:43] Mitsuru (326)**
Go!
**[20:50] Kokoro (556)**
Now!
**[21:14] Futoshi (214)**
Hey, Mitsuru!
**[21:15] Futoshi (214)**
That was so dangerous! Why?
**[21:17] Kokoro (556)**
Futoshi...
**[21:19] Futoshi (214)**
Why'd you make Kokoro do that?!
**[21:22] Kokoro (556)**
Mitsuru!
**[21:24] Futoshi (214)**
Why didn't you dodge it?
**[21:26] Mitsuru (326)**
Do you realize how unreasonable you're being?
**[21:28] Futoshi (214)**
Aren't you a man?
**[21:30] Futoshi (214)**
Hurting a girl is the
worst thing a man can do!
**[21:33] Futoshi (214)**
If you make Kokoro cry,
I'll make you pay, okay?!
**[21:38] Mitsuru (326)**
I promise.
**[21:43] Mitsuru (326)**
I promise to protect Kokoro from now on.
**[21:46] Mitsuru (326)**
Happy now?
**[21:49] Kokoro (556)**
Mitsuru...
**[21:53] Futoshi (214)**
I loved... I loved Kokoro!
**[22:06] Zero Two (002)**
Don't worry. We'll always be together...
**[22:11] Zero Two (002)**
Until the day we die.
**[22:17] Mitsuru (326)**
*"These things happen with us," she said,*
**[22:23] Mitsuru (326)**
*and she was probably right.*
**[22:28] Mitsuru (326)**
* I don't know if I'll ever*
* be able to forgive Hiro,*
**[22:32] Mitsuru (326)**
* but I do know that these things will*
* surely keep happening between us all.*
**[22:42] Mitsuru (326)**
* When I woke up the next morning,*
* my temperature was back to normal.*
***SIGN*** Episode 11
***SIGN*** Partner Shuffle