E23 - DARLING in the FRANXX

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[00:04] Kokoro (556)
    "This will surely be our last battle."
[00:09] Kokoro (556)
    That's what everyone believed.
[00:12] Kokoro (556)
    But while the rest had those thoughts
    running through their heads,
[00:16] Kokoro (556)
    a different emotion had
    begun lurking inside me,
[00:20] Kokoro (556)
    and I didn't know what to do with it.
[00:23] (Flashback) Mitsuru (326)
    I'm going to stay behind.
[00:26] (Flashback) Hiro (016)
    Mitsuru...
[00:29] (Flashback) Hiro (016)
    You've chosen this battlefield, huh?
[00:39] Kokoro (556)
    Why did you stay behind?
[00:41] Kokoro (556)
    You could've found another
    partner and gone with them.
[00:48] Mitsuru (326)
    I stayed because I wanted to.
[00:50] Mitsuru (326)
    It's my responsibility to see this through.
[00:52] Kokoro (556)
    Responsibility?
[00:54] Kokoro (556)
    When you don't remember a thing?
[00:58] Kokoro (556)
    I told you, I don't expect anything from you.
[01:03] Kokoro (556)
    So don't mind me.
SIGN    Grand Klaxosaur Fleet
    Mothership Klaxosaur
[02:55] Miku (390)
    You okay, Zorome?
[02:57] Zorome (666)
    These are some crazy Gs! My guts
    feel like they're crumpling up!
[03:00] Goro (056)
    And this is after the G-Canceler's
    abating a lot of it, apparently.
[03:04] Zorome (666)
    Seriously?
[03:06] Ikuno (196)
    I don't know why, but this
    feels just right somehow.
[03:09] Ikuno (196)
    I can move a lot more freely.
[03:11] Miku (390)
    Yeah. Fighting in space
    should be no problem at all.
[03:14] Futoshi (214)
    And check out these weapons.
[03:15] Futoshi (214)
    After all this time,
    we get identical loadouts?
[03:17] Futoshi (214)
    It's like we're a real team now.
[03:20] Zorome (666)
    We've always been a real team, you dope.
[03:24] Futoshi (214)
    Have we?
[03:27] Goro (056)
    We're really in space, huh?
[03:30] Ichigo (015)
    Yeah. So far from home.
[03:34] Nana
    New space equipment for the FRANXX,
[03:37] Nana
    and all these provisions on the ship.
[03:39] Nana
    What if Hiro was right, and the klaxosaurs
    really did leave all of this for us?
[03:45] Hachi
    That would mean humanity has been allowed
    to join the fight to defend Earth.
[03:50] Nana
    Do we really have the right to?
[03:54] Hachi
    If we want to ensure humanity's survival,
    all we can do is believe.
[04:03] Hiro (016)
    We really connected...
[04:06] Nine Alpha
    Like I said, we Nines can
    be both stamens and pistils.
[04:11] Nine Alpha
    Besides, you put too much
    strain on your partner.
[04:14] Nine Alpha
    No ordinary pistil could handle it.
[04:17] Nana
    You're not exactly in the best shape, either.
[04:19] Nana
    Don't push yourself.
[04:21] Nine Alpha
    Gee, thanks for the timely warning.
[04:23] Nine Alpha
    Anyway, give me a taste of what you can do!
[04:29] Nine Alpha
    You want to go see Iota, don't you?
[04:31] Hiro (016)
    Wait, this feels almost like...
[04:34] Nine Alpha
    Of course it does.
[04:36] Nine Alpha
    We're Iota's clones.
[04:38] Nine Alpha
    It's funny how my final partner is a human.
[04:44] Hachi
    All FRANXX, return to ship.
[04:47] Hachi
    We'll be accelerating to
    cruising speed shortly.
[04:50] Ichigo (015)
    Roger.
[05:05] Kokoro (556)
    What do your eyes see?
[05:09] Kokoro (556)
    Everyone's out fighting in space,
[05:12] Kokoro (556)
    but I've lost the ability to fight with them.
[05:17] Kokoro (556)
    I'm not a parasite anymore.
[05:27] Nana
    You understand this?
[05:28] Hachi
    Somewhat.
[05:30] Nana
    How are the controls so similar?
[05:32] Hachi
    Perhaps klaxo sapiens weren't
    all that different from humans.
[05:38] Hachi
    That said, most of the navigation
    system is automated.
[05:42] Hachi
    We're only tagging along
    for the ride, basically.
[05:45] Nana
    What is this route leading to?
[05:47] Nana
    What are we going to find in Mars orbit?
[05:50] Hachi
    Who knows?
[05:52] Hachi
    But Apus is heading there as we speak.
[05:57] Nana
    Looks like getting there won't be easy.
[06:00] Nana
    For some reason, I don't want those
    kids to hurt themselves any more.
[06:07] Nana
    Isn't that weird?
[06:09] Nana
    I mean, I watched over them
    as tools of warfare for so long.
[06:15] Hachi
    Is feeling that way really so wrong?
[06:19] Hachi
    The children's sole purpose
    in life was to fight.
[06:22] Hachi
    If this truly is their final battle,
[06:24] Hachi
    don't you think they'll need someone
    like you in their lives ahead?
[06:31] Goro (056)
    Yo.
[06:32] Ichigo (015)
    Hey.
[06:33] Hiro (016)
    Goro... Ichigo...
[06:36] Goro (056)
    We've always been attached at the hip,
    and now we're even in space together.
[06:39] Ichigo (015)
    Let's get to Zero Two, no matter what.
[06:43] Hiro (016)
    Yeah.
[06:46] Ichigo (015)
    C'mon, Goro. Don't you have something to say?
[06:51] Goro (056)
    Uh... Sorry I hit you.
[06:57] Hiro (016)
    What the heck?
[06:58] Hiro (016)
    Forget it.
[06:59] Ichigo (015)
    If you're gonna apologize, you shouldn't
    have done it in the first place.
[07:03] Goro (056)
    Oh, shut it.
[07:08] Hachi
    Detecting what seems to be a VIRM fleet.
[07:10] Hachi
    All FRANXX, prepare for combat!
[07:15] Nana
    It's not slowing down?!
[07:17] Hachi
    Is it going to plow through to where Apus is?
[07:33] Hachi
    The VIRM are trying to surround Apus.
[07:35] Hachi
    The klaxosaurs are forming a
    defensive line around it, too.
[07:40] Goro (056)
    And we're charging right in there?
[07:43] Zorome (666)
    Damn it!
[07:44] Zorome (666)
    Aren't we gonna fight back?
[07:46] Hachi
    All the energy output is
    focused on the shield.
[07:49] Hachi
    The ship's going to ignore the enemy
[07:50] Hachi
    and head straight for Apus!
[07:52] Futoshi (214)
    Over there!
[07:54] Ikuno (196)
    We can see it now.
[07:55] Miku (390)
    Strelitzia Apus!
[08:00] Ichigo (015)
    Hiro?!
[08:06] Hachi
    All units, follow Alpha's lead!
[08:09] All
    Roger!
[08:11] Ichigo (015)
    Here we go, guys!
[08:13] Nana
    There's a huge number
    of VIRM units near Apus.
[08:16] Nana
    Be careful.
[08:22] Zorome (666)
    Why isn't Apus firing that huge laser?
[08:25] Nine Alpha
    If it could, it would've already.
[08:29] Nine Alpha
    Maybe it really isn't fully
    operational without a stamen.
[08:37] Goro (056)
    Incoming!
[08:38] Ichigo (015)
    Scatter and take them out!
[08:50] Goro (056)
    Hiro!
[08:51] Goro (056)
    Ignore the enemy and head to Apus!
[08:54] Goro (056)
    Zorome!
[08:55] Zorome (666)
    Right on!
[08:57] Zorome (666)
    Follow me!
[08:58] Miku (390)
    Leave the enemies in front to us!
[09:00] Zorome (666)
    Eat that!
[09:02] Ichigo (015)
    Chlorophytum!
[09:04] Ikuno (196)
    We've got your backs!
[09:23] Zorome (666)
    What the...
[09:25] Nine Gamma
    Don't forget about us.
[09:27] Nine Beta
    Get back and relax.
[09:29] Zorome (666)
    Hah! Like I'd let you hospital
    runaways do all the work!
[09:35] Ichigo (015)
    Look!
[09:38] Futoshi (214)
    They're trying to keep us away from Apus.
[09:40] Goro (056)
    Did they realize Hiro's with us?
[09:43] Ikuno (196)
    It'll be bad news if they block us off.
[09:46] Ichigo (015)
    Hiro, use your FRANXX's speed to cut through.
[09:49] Ichigo (015)
    We'll cover you.
[09:50] Hiro (016)
    Got it.
[09:59] Hiro (016)
    Zorome! Miku!
[10:00] Hiro (016)
    Don't push it!
[10:01] Zorome (666)
    If we don't push ourselves now...
[10:03] Miku (390)
    ...then when will we?!
[10:09] Both
    Go!
[10:11] Both
    Hiro!
[10:18] Hiro (016)
    We caught up!
[10:21] Nine Alpha
    Look there.
[10:22] Nine Alpha
    It's the entrance.
[10:24] Hiro (016)
    All right!
[10:28] Nine Alpha
    What?
[10:33] Hiro (016)
    Why, you!
[10:41] Hiro (016)
    If that's not gonna work...
[10:50] Nine Alpha
    Well, this is not good.
[10:55] Nine Alpha
    Looks like this is as far as I go with you.
[11:07] Nine Alpha
    Meeting you guys helped me learn
    a little about being human.
[11:12] Nine Alpha
    But my home is the battlefield,
    and nowhere else.
[11:17] Nine Alpha
    Say hi to Iota for me.
[11:19] Hiro (016)
    Alpha!
[11:22] Nine Alpha
    It's been kinda fun, I guess.
SIGN    Mars Orbit
[11:38] Hiro (016)
    Zero Two, why'd you leave
    me and run off alone?
[11:45] Hiro (016)
    Together, we are one.
[11:48] Hiro (016)
    We'll always be together.
[11:51] Hiro (016)
    Didn't we promise each other that?
[11:55] Hiro (016)
    Answer me, Zero Two.
[12:03] Kokoro (556)
    No!
[12:04] Kokoro (556)
    You can't. What's the matter?
[12:08] Kokoro (556)
    Zero Two!
[12:17] Kokoro (556)
    What is happening to you?
[12:24] Kokoro (556)
    No!
[12:38] Hiro (016)
    Zero Two...
[12:40] Hiro (016)
    Is that you?
[12:44] Hiro (016)
    If it is,
[12:49] Hiro (016)
    then please...
[12:53] Hiro (016)
    Eat me.
[13:03] Hiro (016)
    Is this the picture book in Zero Two's mind?
[13:08] Zero Two (002)
    Stay away.
[13:14] Zero Two (002)
    Why'd you come?
[13:15] Hiro (016)
    To see you.
[13:20] Hiro (016)
    Why'd you leave?
[13:23] Zero Two (002)
    I want you to remain human.
[13:27] Hiro (016)
    I want to be with you.
[13:31] Zero Two (002)
    I can't be with you.
[13:34] Hiro (016)
    Why?
[13:35] Zero Two (002)
    I just can't.
[13:49] Futoshi (214)
    The ship!
[13:51] Zorome (666)
    Hey, look!
[13:58] Goro (056)
    Crap!
[14:01] Ichigo (015)
    Let's go provide backup, guys!
[14:04] Ikuno (196)
    Not letting us go without a fight, huh?
[14:08] Nine Gamma
    We'll distract them!
[14:10] Nine Beta
    Go!
[14:14] Zorome (666)
    Thanks!
[14:15] Nine Gamma
    Shall we go out in a blaze of glory, then?
[14:18] Nine Beta
    Not a bad idea.
[14:28] Nana
    Let's move to another ship!
[14:38] Hachi
    This is it, huh...
[14:39] Hachi
    Leave me and go.
[14:41] Nana
    You don't get to tell me
    that after keeping me alive.
[14:44] Nana
    To hell with that!
[14:46] Nana
    It's your duty to watch
    over their futures, too!
[15:06] Hachi
    What's that?
[15:08] Nana
    That ship was equipped with a bomb?
[15:11] Chief
    Cease your resistance.
[15:14] Hachi
    That voice...
[15:15] Vice Chairman
    Is there any point at all to this warfare?
[15:20] Chief
    All lifeforms will eventually merge with us.
[15:25] Vice Chairman
    Surrender yourself to the gentle,
    perpetual pleasure we offer.
[15:29] Chief
    Our utopia is free of all hatred
    and discrimination between species.
[15:33] Vice Chairman
    Klaxosaurs? Humanity?
[15:36] Vice Chairman
    Such distinctions won't matter anymore.
[15:38] Vice Chairman
    Equality for all!
[15:40] Chief
    And beyond it all, we will attain
    an endless and peaceful slumber,
[15:46] Chief
    and at the same time,
    endless and relentless evolution.
[15:50] Vice Chairman
    Rejecting that to march toward your
    destruction is far too foolish.
[15:57] Chief
    Now, become one with us.
[16:00] Hachi
    To the adults, that may well
    have sounded like utopia.
[16:05] Nana
    But that isn't where the children belong.
[16:09] Nana
    The flames of their lives will never
    burn as bright in perpetual tranquility!
[16:14] Hachi
    It isn't a matter of right or wrong.
[16:17] Hachi
    This is simply the path that the children,
    and humanity, have chosen!
[16:26] Miku (390)
    This is pretty rough.
[16:28] Zorome (666)
    How much longer is Hiro gonna take?
[16:29] Goro (056)
    Don't worry. He's always pulled through.
[16:33] Ichigo (015)
    And we're not the only ones.
[16:35] Futoshi (214)
    Yeah! Those two must be
    fighting back on Earth, too!
[16:39] Ikuno (196)
    Right!
[16:44] Mitsuru (326)
    Kokoro!
[16:46] Mitsuru (326)
    It's not safe here! Get inside!
[16:47] Kokoro (556)
    Leave us be!
[16:49] Kokoro (556)
    She wants to stay right here!
[16:52] Mitsuru (326)
    But it's not good for your body!
[16:54] Kokoro (556)
    I'm going to protect her!
[16:57] Kokoro (556)
    I'm not a parasite anymore.
    I have nothing left.
[17:01] Kokoro (556)
    There's nothing I can do!
[17:03] Kokoro (556)
    So I want to at least be by her side!
[17:06] Kokoro (556)
    So please let me stay.
[17:10] Mitsuru (326)
    Then I'll stay right here with you two!
[17:13] Kokoro (556)
    Leave me alone!
[17:14] Kokoro (556)
    I've told you so many times,
    you don't need to feel responsib—
[17:17] Mitsuru (326)
    It's not about responsibility!
[17:20] Mitsuru (326)
    Please don't say you have nothing.
[17:23] Mitsuru (326)
    If you don't have anything,
    then neither do I!
[17:27] Mitsuru (326)
    But I've found my reason to live.
[17:32] Mitsuru (326)
    I want to protect you and that baby's future.
[17:36] Mitsuru (326)
    I'm a weakling!
[17:38] Mitsuru (326)
    And I don't really understand
    what love is, either.
[17:42] Mitsuru (326)
    But I can keep walking if I'm with you.
[17:47] Mitsuru (326)
    That's what I've come to believe.
[17:52] Kokoro (556)
    Why do you still have that?
[17:56] Kokoro (556)
    Why do you say my name,
    even though it hurts you?
[18:00] Mitsuru (326)
    Even without our memories,
[18:03] Mitsuru (326)
    we can start all over again.
[18:05] Mitsuru (326)
    I'll call your name as many times as you want!
[18:08] Mitsuru (326)
    That is our battle.
[18:15] Kokoro (556)
    Mitsuru... Mitsuru...
[18:20] Kokoro (556)
    Mitsuru!
[18:21] Mitsuru (326)
    Kokoro... Kokoro...
[18:25] Mitsuru (326)
    Kokoro!
[18:26] Kokoro (556)
    Mitsuru!
[18:32] Zero Two (002)
    I was always a monster, so whatever.
[18:34] Zero Two (002)
    But you? I want you to live as a human.
[18:37] Zero Two (002)
    That's why I can't be with you.
[18:41] Hiro (016)
    We promised we'd always be together.
[18:43] Zero Two (002)
    Stay away.
[18:45] Zero Two (002)
    I'm fine by myself.
[18:47] Hiro (016)
    Liar.
[18:49] Hiro (016)
    If you really are, then why
    is your last page left blank?
[18:55] Hiro (016)
    Don't fly off alone.
[18:57] Hiro (016)
    Let me stay with you.
[19:00] Hiro (016)
    Let's rewrite that story's ending together.
[19:05] Zero Two (002)
    Darling...
[19:14] Kokoro (556)
    Zero Two?
[19:21] Mitsuru (326)
    Wh-What's going on?
[19:40] Hiro (016)
    I hereby vow to never let you go.
[19:43] Zero Two (002)
    Okay.
SIGN    Strelitzia
    True Apus
[20:09] All
    Zero Two!
[20:44] Ichigo (015)
    I'm so glad Hiro got to see her.
[20:47] Goro (056)
    Wait, what?
SIGN    Satellite
    Phobos
SIGN    Satellite
    Deimos
[21:06] Hachi
    That's...
[21:07] Miku (390)
    What the heck is that?
[21:09] Zero Two (002)
    A warp gate.
[21:12] Ikuno (196)
    A warp gate?
[21:14] Zero Two (002)
    Yeah. The klaxo sapiens
    built it a long time ago.
[21:18] Hiro (016)
    Listen up, guys.
[21:20] Hiro (016)
    Zero Two and I are going to go through
    that gate and leave the Solar System.
[21:26] Ikuno (196)
    Leave the Solar System?
[21:28] Futoshi (214)
    What? Now?
[21:31] Goro (056)
    Don't tell me...
[21:32] Zorome (666)
    Whoa, wait up! What are you talking about?
[21:34] Zorome (666)
    You met up with Zero Two,
    so why not head back to Earth?
[21:37] Hiro (016)
    Apus and the gate's system are linked.
[21:40] Hiro (016)
    Neither Zero Two nor I
    can stop the process now.
[21:44] Hiro (016)
    Besides, the gate will close soon.
[21:49] Miku (390)
    You're kidding me.
[21:50] Zorome (666)
    This can't be happening.
[21:52] Ichigo (015)
    But why?
[21:55] Ichigo (015)
    Why do you two have to go?
[21:57] Zero Two (002)
    To put an end to this war.
[22:05] Hachi
    So that's what the bomb was for, huh?
[22:11] Ichigo (015)
    Then let's all go!
[22:13] Hiro (016)
    You can't.
[22:14] Hiro (016)
    Only Apus can withstand
    going through the gate.
[22:17] Futoshi (214)
    But what are you gonna do all by yourselves?
[22:21] Ikuno (196)
    The enemy's main force will be
    much larger than this one, right?
[22:24] Hiro (016)
    Yeah. That's why we have
    to take them by surprise.
[22:28] Goro (056)
    You will come back, right?
[22:33] Miku (390)
    No...
[22:35] Ichigo (015)
    I won't let you go!
[22:36] Ichigo (015)
    If that's your answer,
    I'm not letting you go!
[22:38] Ichigo (015)
    Leader's orders!
[22:40] Ichigo (015)
    Come back alive, both of you!
[22:42] Hiro (016)
    Ichigo...
[22:43] Goro (056)
    Exactly! I won't stand for it, either!
[22:46] Goro (056)
    Come back to us, Hiro!
[22:48] Zorome (666)
    I'm not gonna accept a goodbye like this!
[22:50] Miku (390)
    Yeah! Squad 13 isn't complete
    without the two of you!
[22:54] Futoshi (214)
    So come back with Zero Two!
[22:57] Ikuno (196)
    Right.
[22:58] Zero Two (002)
    You guys...
[23:00] Ichigo (015)
    Zero Two.
[23:01] Ichigo (015)
    It doesn't matter how long it takes.
    Make sure you come back with Hiro.
[23:05] Ichigo (015)
    We'll build a home and wait for you!
[23:10] Zero Two (002)
    You're always so bossy.
[23:14] Zero Two (002)
    I promise I'll come back to you.
[23:17] Zero Two (002)
    Together with my darling.
[23:23] Kokoro (556)
    Everyone has their own feelings and desires.
[23:26] Kokoro (556)
    We're all looking for somewhere we belong.
[23:30] Kokoro (556)
    Strelitzia looked so beautiful
    at that moment,
[23:33] Kokoro (556)
    or so everyone who saw
    it would tell us later.
[23:39] Kokoro (556)
    Right now, all we can do is pray
[23:43] Kokoro (556)
    that what awaits those two
[23:45] Kokoro (556)
    is a happy ending.
SIGN    Episode 23
SIGN    DARLING in the FRANXX