# E3 - Fighting Puppet
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYJQ5JWV6/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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