E3 - Fighting Puppet

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[00:00] Hiro (016)
    The nestlings had a dream.
[00:03] Hiro (016)
    A dream of soaring the skies.
SIGN    Name?
[00:05] (Flashback) Ichigo (015)
    Name?
[00:07] (Flashback) Hiro (016)
    Yeah, I gave myself one.
[00:10] (Flashback) Hiro (016)
    I'm Hiro.
[00:11] (Flashback) Ichigo (015)
    Why am I Ichigo?
[00:14] (Flashback) Hiro (016)
    Because that's how your code
    is read. 015, for Ichigo.
[00:18] (Flashback) Ichigo (015)
    That's my name?
[00:21] (Flashback) Guard
    What about me, then?
[00:23] (Flashback) Guard
    Think of one for me, too.
[00:26] Hiro (016)
    Within their dark, cramped nest,
[00:28] Hiro (016)
    they clung to one another
[00:30] Hiro (016)
    and waited for their parents,
    who would never return.
[00:34] (Flashback) Mitsuru (326)
    Hey...
[00:36] (Flashback) Mitsuru (326)
    Give me a name, too.
[00:39] (Flashback) Hiro (016)
    Sure thing!
[00:49] Hiro (016)
    But we believed
[00:51] Hiro (016)
    that great blue skies awaited us outside.
SIGN    Plantation: Inner City
[02:34] Ichigo (015)
    All done?
[02:35] Hiro (016)
    Yeah. They said they didn't
    find anything wrong.
[02:38] Ichigo (015)
    Oh. That's good to hear.
[02:43] Hiro (016)
    Hey...
[02:47] Hiro (016)
    Ichi—
[02:47] Nana
    Ichigo, get ready.
[02:49] Ichigo (015)
    Roger.
[02:57] Hachi
    He's the first sample that's ever piloted
    with her and taken so little damage.
[03:01] Hachi
    He failed to common connect with Delphinium,
[03:05] Hachi
    but he was compatible with Strelitzia,
    even though he wasn't conscious.
[03:09] Nana
    The only thing that could explain it is...
[03:12] Hachi
    ...the special specimen?
[03:16] Goro (056)
    Did something happen between
    you two in the cockpit?
[03:19] Hiro (016)
    Why do you ask?
[03:20] Goro (056)
    Well, Ichigo was acting a bit
    weird after the mock battle.
[03:25] Hiro (016)
    She seemed mad when I ran
    into her earlier, too.
[03:29] Goro (056)
    She's always gotten too worked
    up when it comes to you.
[03:33] Hiro (016)
    She has?
[03:35] Goro (056)
    I mean, there aren't many of you with
    codes in the teens. You're basically siblings.
[03:40] Goro (056)
    And you've always been together,
    with me by your side.
[03:43] Goro (056)
    It was a miracle that all three of us got
    assigned from the special class to here.
[03:49] Hiro (016)
    Siblings, huh?
[03:52] Hiro (016)
    Yeah, you're right.
[03:55] Hiro (016)
    Hey, Goro.
[03:57] Hiro (016)
    You're her partner. Could you tell
    her for me that it wasn't her fault?
[04:02] Goro (056)
    Sure, I don't mind.
[04:04] Goro (056)
    But what are you going to do now?
[04:06] Hiro (016)
    I'll try asking if I can
    ride with Zero Two again.
[04:10] Goro (056)
    Hiro...
[04:12] Goro (056)
    You've heard the rumors about her, right?
[04:15] Hiro (016)
    That nobody has ever piloted
    with her more than three times?
[04:18] Hiro (016)
    A rumor is all it is.
[04:20] Goro (056)
    Didn't you say you saw what happened
    to her previous partner—
[04:23] Hiro (016)
    Look, Goro.
[04:25] Hiro (016)
    If Zero Two is the only one I can ride with,
[04:30] Hiro (016)
    then I have to ride with her.
[04:33] Hiro (016)
    Our entire purpose in life is to pilot
    the FRANXX. That's why we were born.
[04:41] Futoshi (214)
    So what happened to that talk about
    Hiro possibly becoming a parasite?
[04:46] Ikuno (196)
    He could only connect for a bit at the start,
    so I don't like his chances.
[04:50] Zorome (666)
    No way he's getting in with that weak shit.
[04:53] Mitsuru (326)
    I don't know about the ones who only
    managed a draw against that, either.
[04:57] Zorome (666)
    Huh? That was Miku's fault
    for randomly falling over.
[05:01] Miku (390)
    Excuse me? Don't you remember
    what you said back then?
[05:05] Zorome (666)
    Why would I? Waste of time.
[05:08] Miku (390)
    You're unbelievable.
[05:09] Kokoro (556)
    Don't fight. It'll affect your numbers.
[05:13] Ikuno (196)
    Either way, I don't think Papa's going
    to accept a parasite who can't pilot.
[05:19] Futoshi (214)
    Yeah.
[05:21] Futoshi (214)
    We saw so many kids disappear
    from the Garden due to that.
[05:25] Kokoro (556)
    It was so sad.
[05:28] Miku (390)
    Ichigo's no better, though.
[05:30] Miku (390)
    Don't you think she's being too biased
    toward Hiro? She's supposed to be our leader.
[05:34] Miku (390)
    I don't know how Goro's putting
    up with it as her partner.
[05:37] Ichigo (015)
    What does Goro have to do with it?
[05:42] Goro (056)
    What's this about me?
[05:44] Ichigo (015)
    If Hiro becomes a parasite,
    he'll be a great help to us.
[05:47] Ichigo (015)
    That's all there is to it.
[05:49] Miku (390)
    If he does.
[05:52] Ichigo (015)
    He still has a chance.
[05:54] Miku (390)
    I'm not so sure.
[05:56] Miku (390)
    He couldn't even get it done with you.
    I think it's over for him.
[06:00] Ichigo (015)
    But he did pilot Strelitzia.
[06:04] Ichigo (015)
    Even if he was unconscious,
    he did save us back then.
[06:09] Ichigo (015)
    I believe in him.
[06:12] Mitsuru (326)
    Ichigo...
[06:13] Mitsuru (326)
    I can understand why you'd
    want to stick up for him,
[06:17] Mitsuru (326)
    but given that he was unconscious,
    he was only taken along for the ride.
[06:20] Ichigo (015)
    We don't know that for sure!
[06:22] Mitsuru (326)
    Sure, Hiro was special.
[06:25] Mitsuru (326)
    Even among the double-digits,
    he was a cut above.
[06:29] Mitsuru (326)
    We were all certain that he'd be
    our leader and show us the way.
[06:34] Mitsuru (326)
    But reality had other ideas.
[06:37] Mitsuru (326)
    Hiro couldn't become a parasite.
[06:40] Mitsuru (326)
    He's not who he used to be.
[06:45] Mitsuru (326)
    We must give up and cut our losses.
[06:47] Mitsuru (326)
    I don't want to see this
    pathetic side of Hiro anymore.
[07:13] Zero Two (002)
    Darling, you pervert.
[07:16] Zero Two (002)
    Quit staring.
[07:17] Hiro (016)
    S-Sorry!
[07:20] Zero Two (002)
    It's fine. The doctor said parasites
    are better off being a little pervy.
[07:25] Hiro (016)
    Still, why does that make me a pervert?
[07:29] Zero Two (002)
    I was tired of waiting for you.
[07:31] Zero Two (002)
    Let's go.
[07:32] Hiro (016)
    Huh? Go where?
[07:47] Hiro (016)
    We children have restrictions
    on where we're allowed to go.
[07:51] Hiro (016)
    Nearly all of this area is off-limits to us.
[07:53] Zero Two (002)
    Oh?
[07:56] Hiro (016)
    Is that an S-class ID?
[07:59] Hiro (016)
    Wh-What are you doing?
[08:01] Zero Two (002)
    If we go through together, like this...
[08:06] Hiro (016)
    I got in!
[08:09] Zero Two (002)
    See? Piece of cake, right?
[08:21] Hiro (016)
    Wow!
[08:24] Hiro (016)
    How'd you know about this place?
[08:27] Zero Two (002)
    All the plantations have similar designs.
[08:30] Zero Two (002)
    This is nothing special.
[08:32] Hiro (016)
    Really? But I've never set
    foot in the city before.
[08:38] Hiro (016)
    We've only ever known the birdcage
    and a few other facilities.
[08:50] Zero Two (002)
    Why are you staring at me again?
[08:53] Hiro (016)
    I'm trying to think up a name for you.
[08:55] Zero Two (002)
    A name?
[08:56] Hiro (016)
    I'm really good at naming people.
[08:58] Zero Two (002)
    Huh... Well, I'm fine with Zero Two.
[09:02] Hiro (016)
    But doesn't it feel kinda lame
    to go by your code number?
[09:05] Zero Two (002)
    Hup!
[09:07] Hiro (016)
    Huh? Wha—
[09:08] Hiro (016)
    Wait, don't!
[09:10] Zero Two (002)
    Once we die, we'll only be a statistic.
    It won't matter what we were called.
[09:15] Zero Two (002)
    Just look at this lifeless city.
[09:20] Zero Two (002)
    There are no skies or oceans here.
[09:23] Zero Two (002)
    It's isolated on a one-way street
    to nowhere, a dead end of life.
[09:26] Hiro (016)
    Look, that's not safe! Get back here!
[09:28] Zero Two (002)
    Say, darling.
[09:30] Zero Two (002)
    Wanna run away with me?
[09:34] Zero Two (002)
    I can get you out of here, darling.
[09:48] Zero Two (002)
    Just kidding.
[09:51] Hachi
    We've received sortie orders from HQ.
[09:53] Futoshi (214)
    Huh? W-We're going out to fight already?
[09:56] Nana
    Don't get so nervous.
[09:58] Nana
    You won't have to fight klaxosaurs like
    the one from before right off the bat.
[10:02] Miku (390)
    Thank goodness.
[10:03] Nana
    We would've liked to ease you in,
[10:06] Nana
    but we can't afford to, unfortunately.
[10:09] Hachi
    You'll be facing a Conrad-class klaxosaur.
[10:12] Hachi
    It's a bit smaller than a FRANXX.
[10:15] Hachi
    Klaxosaurs are attracted by magma-energy
    reactions and appear in their vicinity.
[10:20] Hachi
    And lately,
[10:21] Hachi
    they've been showing up deep in a Level 8
    mine on the outskirts and wreaking havoc.
[10:26] Hachi
    Even the automatic bulwark
    systems can't keep up with them.
[10:29] Nana
    Also, Strelitzia won't be a part of this mission.
[10:33] Nana
    You'll have to defend Plantation 13
    by yourselves eventually.
[10:39] Nana
    If you can't eliminate this klaxosaur,
[10:41] Nana
    you won't be able to handle any in the future.
[10:44] Nana
    So focus on the task at hand.
[10:46] Nana
    Ichigo and Goro will have field command.
[10:49] Both
    Roger.
[10:50] Hachi
    That's all.
[10:52] Hachi
    All hands, prepare to board.
[10:56] Goro (056)
    Is the mock battle still bothering you?
[10:59] Goro (056)
    We're going into actual
    combat now. Switch gears.
[11:02] Ichigo (015)
    I know.
[11:05] Ichigo (015)
    Hey...
[11:11] Ichigo (015)
    I'll do my best as leader.
    Take care of the handling.
[11:15] Goro (056)
    Sure. Let's do this.
[11:17] Zorome (666)
    My first battle at last!
[11:19] Miku (390)
    You'd better not go crazy by
    yourself again, you hear me?
[11:22] Zorome (666)
    Relax! I got this!
[11:26] Miku (390)
    I'm not sure you've got anything.
[11:31] Goro (056)
    Ready, Ichigo?
[11:32] Ichigo (015)
    Yeah. Come to me.
[11:50] Hachi
    What's wrong, Chlorophytum?
[11:51] Mitsuru (326)
    Doesn't look like Ikuno can do this.
[11:53] Ikuno (196)
    I'm nearly there! Just give me a bit!
[11:56] Mitsuru (326)
    Don't bother. It's over.
[11:59] Announcer
    Chlorophytum's para-capacity is below
    required levels and dropping further.
[12:04] Hachi
    No go, huh?
[12:07] Hachi
    Chlorophytum will stay behind.
    The other three are to head out without it.
[12:11] Ichigo (015)
    Roger that.
[12:12] Nana
    This might be tough.
[12:17] Kokoro (556)
    What a big hole. How far down does it go?
[12:20] Zorome (666)
    This is nuts. It's a monster pipe.
[12:24] Goro (056)
    They used these to extract
    the magma reserves, huh?
[12:28] Hachi
    Head down to Level 8.
[12:30] Hachi
    As you're well aware already,
[12:32] Hachi
    in order to completely
    neutralize a klaxosaur,
[12:34] Hachi
    you must extract its core,
    which is essentially its heart,
[12:37] Hachi
    and shatter it using your
    customized magma-energy weapons.
[12:42] Hachi
    Shatter the core and finish off
    the klaxosaur without fail.
[12:44] Hachi
    Got that?
[12:48] All
    Roger!
[12:51] Ichigo (015)
    Heading to objective.
[12:52] Ichigo (015)
    Follow behind Delphinium, both of you.
[12:55] Kokoro (556)
    Understood.
[12:56] Ichigo (015)
    And Miku?
[12:57] Miku (390)
    Understood!
[13:00] Nana
    What happened?
[13:01] Nana
    Are you not feeling well?
[13:03] Ikuno (196)
    No, that's not it.
[13:05] Nana
    Very well. You have always
    been a bit unstable.
[13:10] Nana
    We'll run some tests on you
    tomorrow, just in case.
[13:13] Mitsuru (326)
    If I may... Maybe the two of
    us have compatibility issues?
[13:18] Nana
    A lot of parasites experience this at first.
[13:21] Nana
    It isn't grounds for splitting you two up.
[13:25] Mitsuru (326)
    Is that so?
[13:29] Ichigo (015)
    We have visual on klaxosaur.
    FRANXX spreading out.
[13:32] Ichigo (015)
    In position.
[13:34] Ichigo (015)
    Commencing operation.
[13:36] Miku (390)
    Huh, it's smaller than I thought it'd be.
[13:39] Kokoro (556)
    What a relief.
[13:41] Ichigo (015)
    Stay alert. We'll do this as planned.
[13:59] Zorome (666)
    Gotcha!
[14:05] Futoshi (214)
    Way to go, Zorome!
[14:07] Hiro (016)
    They did it!
[14:08] Zero Two (002)
    Not yet.
[14:13] Hiro (016)
    Zero Two?
[14:16] Zorome (666)
    See? That's what I'm capable of!
[14:18] Miku (390)
    Hey, cut it out. You're embarrassing me.
[14:21] Ichigo (015)
    It's not over yet! Destroy the core at once!
[14:23] Zorome (666)
    I-I know, I know.
[14:26] Zorome (666)
    For a klaxosaur,
    this thing wasn't a big deal.
[14:36] Ichigo (015)
    Miku?!
[14:40] Zorome (666)
    Hey, Miku? Miku!
[14:42] Futoshi (214)
    Damn you!
[14:53] Zorome (666)
    Hey, Miku! You okay?
[14:55] Zorome (666)
    Miku!
[14:56] Ichigo (015)
    You okay, Miku?
[15:03] Goro (056)
    There was another one?
[15:04] Futoshi (214)
    Uh, wait a second...
[15:11] Kokoro (556)
    How...
[15:13] Kokoro (556)
    How many of them are there?
[15:14] Ichigo (015)
    Let's get away from here for now!
[15:17] Kokoro (556)
    Yeah.
[15:18] Nana
    This is bad.
[15:19] Nana
    They've attracted several klaxosaurs
    by releasing their magma energy.
[15:23] Zero Two (002)
    See what I mean? You should've
    sent me right from the start.
[15:28] Nana
    You...
[15:30] Zero Two (002)
    Are you sure about this?
     They're all gonna die, you know.
[15:34] Hiro (016)
    Send Zero Two and me to help!
[15:37] Hachi
    That's not happening.
[15:40] Hachi
    You're not an official stamen. I can't
    give you permission to board a FRANXX.
[15:44] Zero Two (002)
    This is no time to stick to the rules.
[15:47] Zero Two (002)
    This plantation's squad is
    about to be wiped out again.
[15:52] Zero Two (002)
    Just send me out already.
[15:54] Zero Two (002)
    Let me ride with my darling.
[15:56] Nana
    You will not be allowed to sortie.
[16:01] Mitsuru (326)
    If Hiro can't do it, I guess I'll have to go.
[16:05] Ikuno (196)
    Mitsuru?
[16:06] Mitsuru (326)
    She's right. They're all going to
    die if we don't send Strelitzia.
[16:11] Mitsuru (326)
    And I'm the only stamen
    parasite here right now.
[16:14] Mitsuru (326)
    Then I have to go, right?
[16:16] Nana
    Strelitzia is no ordinary FRANXX.
     If you aren't used to its connect—
[16:20] Mitsuru (326)
    I'll be fine.
[16:22] Mitsuru (326)
    Even Hiro here could ride it,
[16:24] Mitsuru (326)
    so there's no way I couldn't.
[16:30] Nana
    Can you ride with Mitsuru, Zero Two?
[16:33] Zero Two (002)
    Uh, did you not hear me?
[16:36] Zero Two (002)
    I said I want to ride with my darling.
[16:41] Zero Two (002)
    You feel the same, right, darling?
[16:46] Hiro (016)
    Zero Two...
[16:48] Hiro (016)
    Go with Mitsuru.
[16:52] Zero Two (002)
    You really want me
    riding with someone else?
[16:57] Hiro (016)
    Please.
[16:59] Zero Two (002)
    Hmm...
[17:01] Zero Two (002)
    If you say so.
[17:04] Zero Two (002)
    Got it.
[17:14] Mitsuru (326)
    Don't come crying to me when you
    regret the goody-two-shoes act later.
[17:17] Mitsuru (326)
    I'm going to prove that I can pilot
    Strelitzia better than you did.
[17:23] Hiro (016)
    There may have been a part of me
    that hoped she would refuse.
[17:35] Miku (390)
    Huh?
[17:37] Zorome (666)
    Mi...
[17:38] Zorome (666)
    Miku!
[17:40] Miku (390)
    Wh-What's gotten into you?
[17:45] Zorome (666)
    Miku came back to life!
[17:47] Kokoro (556)
    Thank goodness!
[17:48] Miku (390)
    I never died!
[17:50] Ichigo (015)
    Miku, are you o—
[17:53] Miku (390)
    I'm fine!
[17:54] Futoshi (214)
    But we won't last much longer.
[17:57] Hachi
    Strelitzia's coming to back you up.
    Can you hold out until it arrives?
[18:01] Futoshi (214)
    All right! If we can just
    hang in there until then...
[18:04] Kokoro (556)
    Yeah!
[18:05] Ichigo (015)
    Who is it? Who's piloting it?
[18:07] Goro (056)
    Hey, Ichigo! Focus!
[18:10] Goro (056)
    Why'd she suddenly get so heavy?
[18:12] Goro (056)
    Ichigo!
[18:18] Miku (390)
    H-Hey!
[18:22] Miku (390)
    What's gotten into you?
[18:24] Goro (056)
    We can't stay here!
[18:26] Goro (056)
    Run to the center!
[18:39] Goro (056)
    We have to hang on until Strelitzia gets here.
[18:44] Goro (056)
    What's wrong?
[18:47] Futoshi (214)
    We can't handle this many!
[18:51] Miku (390)
    Hey, Leader...
[18:53] Miku (390)
    What're we gonna do about this?
[19:01] Ichigo (015)
    If I hadn't let my mind drift
    to stupid thoughts back there,
[19:04] Ichigo (015)
    things might not have come to this.
[19:09] Ichigo (015)
    Strelitzia would've made it on time, too.
[19:14] Ichigo (015)
    I've failed as a leader.
[19:28] All
    Strelitzia!
[19:40] Ichigo (015)
    Hiro?
[19:42] Ichigo (015)
    Is it you, Hiro?
[19:43] Mitsuru (326)
    All of you get back.
[19:45] Zorome (666)
    Huh? That voice... Is that you, Mitsuru?
[19:48] Hachi
    All units, let Strelitzia handle
    things there and evacuate.
[19:52] Goro (056)
    Roger.
[19:54] Goro (056)
    Let's go, Ichigo.
[19:55] Ichigo (015)
    Y-Yeah...
[20:02] Mitsuru (326)
    This is amazing!
[20:03] Mitsuru (326)
    I feel the power! I feel
    like I can do anything!
[20:07] Mitsuru (326)
    I'm amazed changing partners
    could make such a difference.
[20:10] Mitsuru (326)
    I knew I wasn't the problem!
[20:14] Mitsuru (326)
    I'm just as good as Hiro!
[20:16] Mitsuru (326)
    Hiro!
[20:17] Mitsuru (326)
    Are you watching this?
    We're in perfect harmony!
[20:21] Mitsuru (326)
    I can pilot Strelitzia as I please,
    without losing consciousness!
[20:27] Mitsuru (326)
    If you want,
[20:28] Mitsuru (326)
    I don't mind becoming your official partner.
[20:32] Mitsuru (326)
    We'd make the greatest duo, don't you think?
[20:38] Zero Two (002)
    Oh, really?
[20:41] Zero Two (002)
    I guess I can try going
    all-out for a bit, then.
[20:45] Mitsuru (326)
    Huh?
[20:46] Hachi
    Strelitzia, that's enough.
    The other units have evacuated.
[20:50] Hachi
    Get out—
[20:50] Zero Two (002)
    I'm gonna have some
    more fun before I leave.
[20:53] Nana
    No! Return at once, Zero Two!
[20:56] Nana
    That girl...
[20:58] Nana
    Prepare to retrieve Strelitzia
    and its stamen at once.
[21:03] Ikuno (196)
    "Retrieve"?
[21:07] Kokoro (556)
    Strelitzia saved us all again, huh?
[21:10] Futoshi (214)
    I never expected Mitsuru
    to be the one piloting it.
[21:14] Zorome (666)
    I'm sorry. That was my bad.
[21:16] Miku (390)
    Don't be stupid. It doesn't
    matter whose fault it was.
[21:20] Miku (390)
    We're partners, right?
[21:22] Zorome (666)
    Mi... Miku!
[21:24] Zorome (666)
    You're actually a nice girl!
[21:25] Goro (056)
    What's wrong? You're not
    acting like yourself.
[21:25] Miku (390)
    Gross! Stop it!
[21:28] Ichigo (015)
    Sorry. I guess I got careless
    once I heard help was on its way.
[21:32] Ichigo (015)
    Get your act together!
[21:35] Futoshi (214)
    Oh, they're back.
[21:54] Hiro (016)
    The hand she held out and the smile
    she offered to me alone came at a price.
[22:03] Hiro (016)
    Mitsuru?
[22:08] Hiro (016)
    The rumors were true.
[22:11] Hiro (016)
    Mitsuru's wretched state was
    all the proof I needed.
[22:14] Zero Two (002)
    Yeah, this guy really isn't
    cut out to be my darling.
[22:18] Zero Two (002)
    My darling is you and you alone.
[22:23] Hiro (016)
    And I thought back to what she said before:
[22:26] Hiro (016)
    "I can get you out of here."
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