# E4 - Flap Flap
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**[00:02] Papa (APE Head)**
Klaxosaur activity has increased lately,
**[00:06] Papa (APE Head)**
and large ones are reportedly showing
up everywhere, which is unprecedented.
**[00:11] Sage B**
The Nines are dealing with them for now,
**[00:15] Sage B**
but they still have other tasks to complete.
**[00:18] Sage C**
How long will we let Strelizia goof off?
**[00:21] Sage C**
Now that the special specimen's
aptitude has been ascertained,
**[00:25] Sage C**
we have no reason to leave
it there any longer.
**[00:27] Sage E**
Indeed. It isn't wise to let her mix
with tainted stamens any more.
**[00:33] Sage A**
If we're recalling her,
we'll have to ready a new stamen.
**[00:38] Vice Chairman**
Not a problem.
**[00:39] Vice Chairman**
There are plenty of parasites
who want to team up with her.
**[02:16] Mitsuru (326)**
A demon...
**[02:17] Mitsuru (326)**
She's a demon. You'd have to
be insane to ride with her.
**[02:21] Mitsuru (326)**
She'll kill you.
**[02:32] Ichigo (015)**
How was he?
**[02:33] Futoshi (214)**
He hasn't touched his food at all.
**[02:35] Futoshi (214)**
Maybe I should eat it so
it doesn't go to waste.
**[02:38] Zorome (666)**
He's been like that ever since we got back.
**[02:47] Hiro (016)**
Mitsuru...
**[02:48] Hiro (016)**
What happened with Zero Two?
**[02:51] Mitsuru (326)**
What... happened?
**[02:54] Mitsuru (326)**
That girl tried to devour everything I have.
**[02:58] Mitsuru (326)**
My blood, my flesh, and my soul...
**[03:01] Mitsuru (326)**
All of it!
**[03:02] Mitsuru (326)**
Everything was normal at first,
**[03:05] Mitsuru (326)**
but after a point, sh-she was out to kill me.
**[03:08] Hiro (016)**
Mitsuru...
**[03:09] Mitsuru (326)**
What's worse, she had a smile on her face!
**[03:12] Mitsuru (326)**
She was smiling the entire time!
**[03:15] Kokoro (556)**
Mitsuru!
**[03:16] Futoshi (214)**
Calm down, man!
**[03:17] Mitsuru (326)**
Ride with her again, and it'll happen to you.
**[03:19] Mitsuru (326)**
You'll end up like me, too.
**[03:21] Mitsuru (326)**
You're out of your mind if you
think you're the sole exception!
**[03:26] Futoshi (214)**
Cut it out, Mitsuru!
**[03:30] Futoshi (214)**
Look, just lie down.
**[03:34] Ichigo (015)**
You okay?
**[03:35] Hiro (016)**
Yeah.
**[03:41] Futoshi (214)**
Got it.
**[03:43] Futoshi (214)**
There.
**[03:44] Zorome (666)**
Whoa.
**[03:49] Ichigo (015)**
Do you still want to ride with her?
**[03:54] Zorome (666)**
Dude, if you keep eating that
much, you'll get even fatter.
**[03:55] Ichigo (015)**
I just can't bring myself to trust her.
**[03:57] Futoshi (214)**
Don't call me fat!
**[03:59] Zorome (666)**
Hey, fatty!
**[04:00] Ichigo (015)**
Especially after seeing
what happened to Mitsuru.
**[04:02] Futoshi (214)**
Don't call me that!
**[04:04] Futoshi (214)**
Wait up!
**[04:05] Ichigo (015)**
Assuming the partner-killing rumor is true,
**[04:08] Ichigo (015)**
you could die if you ride
with her two more times.
**[04:13] Hiro (016)**
Even so, I still have a chance to be
of use if I'm riding with Zero Two.
**[04:23] Ichigo (015)**
You've made up your mind, huh?
**[04:25] Ichigo (015)**
Fine. I won't stop you again, then.
**[04:29] Hiro (016)**
Ichigo?
**[04:30] Ichigo (015)**
As leader, I have to steel myself, too.
**[04:43] Hiro (016)**
Steel yourself, huh?
**[04:46] Hachi**
Yes, klaxosaurs must be eliminated.
**[04:49] Hachi**
But that doesn't mean you get free rein.
**[04:53] Nana**
You didn't need to use that much
power to deal with those klaxosaurs.
**[04:58] Nana**
But because you did, we nearly
lost one of our squad.
**[05:02] Nana**
Are you listening to me?
**[05:03] Zero Two (002)**
I wanna leave. I feel like
I'm gonna suffocate in here.
**[05:07] Nana**
Why, you...
**[05:08] Zero Two (002)**
As long as I have my darling,
I don't care about this place.
**[05:11] Zero Two (002)**
And the rest are sure to die soon, anyway.
**[05:14] Nana**
Zero Two,
**[05:15] Nana**
those kids are your fellow FRANXX pilots,
even if you do belong to different units.
**[05:20] Zero Two (002)**
Fellow pilots? Are you serious?
**[05:23] Zero Two (002)**
Those weaklings are only a nuisance,
no matter how many there are.
**[05:26] Hachi**
They may be an irregular squad,
**[05:29] Hachi**
but they're parasites who were carefully
chosen for their high aptitude.
**[05:32] Zero Two (002)**
Really? Those guys?
**[05:35] Hachi**
You only feel that way
because *you* are special.
**[05:39] Zero Two (002)**
Are you talking about how I'm not human?
**[05:43] Hachi**
I'm talking about your abilities
and nothing else.
**[05:46] Hachi**
Also, it's highly unlikely that 016 will
be given permission to pilot Strelizia.
**[05:49] Zero Two (002)**
What do you mean?
**[05:51] Nana**
We received word from HQ earlier.
**[05:54] Nana**
You'll be returning to the front lines.
**[06:02] Ichigo (015)**
*Assuming the partner-killing rumor is true,*
**[06:04] Ichigo (015)**
* you could die if you ride*
* with her two more times.*
**[06:09] Mitsuru (326)**
* ...but after a point,*
* sh-she was out to kill me.*
**[06:12] Mitsuru (326)**
*What's worse, she had a smile on her face!*
**[06:14] Mitsuru (326)**
*She was smiling the entire time!*
**[06:16] Hiro (016)**
Damn it!
**[06:19] Zorome (666)**
Hiro's training by himself again?
**[06:21] Zorome (666)**
If you leave him alone, he runs forever.
**[06:24] Futoshi (214)**
He's surprisingly hardworking, isn't he?
**[06:27] Futoshi (214)**
That's not how I imagined he'd be.
**[06:29] Miku (390)**
Wait, has he still not given
up on riding with that girl?
**[06:33] Goro (056)**
Well, that is presently the
only way he can stay here.
**[06:38] Zorome (666)**
But doesn't that mean he'll
have to leave if Zero Two does?
**[06:43] Goro (056)**
That would be the natural assumption.
**[06:48] Kokoro (556)**
Maybe he'd be better off going with her.
**[06:53] Kokoro (556)**
It'd be awful if he had
to remain alone forever.
**[06:55] Miku (390)**
Look, I don't know if you forgot or what,
but she has klaxosaur blood.
**[07:01] Miku (390)**
She's not human.
**[07:03] Miku (390)**
Just look at what happened to Mitsuru.
**[07:04] Ichigo (015)**
Hiro's well aware of that.
He wants to ride with her anyway.
**[07:09] Goro (056)**
Ichigo?
**[07:11] Ichigo (015)**
And he isn't the only one
staring death in the face.
**[07:14] Ichigo (015)**
If things don't change, we could find
ourselves dead at any time, too.
**[07:22] Ichigo (015)**
Unless we can defeat klaxosaurs
without Strelizia,
**[07:24] Ichigo (015)**
we won't survive for long.
**[07:27] Ichigo (015)**
We can't afford to mess up again.
**[07:30] Miku (390)**
You messed up just as bad.
**[07:33] Ichigo (015)**
That's right. But it won't happen again.
**[07:36] Ichigo (015)**
I need your help to ensure it doesn't.
**[07:38] Ichigo (015)**
We're a team, aren't we?
**[07:43] Futoshi (214)**
A team, huh?
**[07:45] Futoshi (214)**
Yeah, we are.
**[07:46] Miku (390)**
Y-You don't have to tell me.
**[07:49] Goro (056)**
How very like a leader.
**[07:51] Zorome (666)**
Well, it's high time we showed
Papa and them what we're made of.
**[07:55] Kokoro (556)**
Yeah.
**[07:56] Futoshi (214)**
And if we keep it up,
we could make it big, too!
**[07:59] Ichigo (015)**
We need you too, Ikuno.
**[07:59] Zorome (666)**
Right on!
**[08:00] Zorome (666)**
Let's do this!
**[08:01] Ichigo (015)**
Mitsuru probably knows he
can't mess up again, either.
**[08:05] Ichigo (015)**
Back him up as his partner.
**[08:10] Ikuno (196)**
Okay.
**[08:11] Announcer**
* To prepare for the kissing*
* with Plantation 26,*
**[08:15] Announcer**
*Plantation 13 will switch to mobile setup.*
**[08:18] ---**
*I repeat:*
**[08:20] ---**
* To prepare for the kissing*
* with Plantation 26,*
**[08:24] ---**
*Plantation 13 will switch to mobile setup.*
**[08:48] Hiro (016)**
Why am I hiding from her?
***SIGN*** Boys Bathing
**[08:57] Hiro (016)**
*Two more times...*
**[09:04] Hiro (016)**
I...
**[09:05] Zero Two (002)**
There you are.
**[09:09] Hiro (016)**
W-Wait, why are you here?
**[09:16] Hiro (016)**
G-Give me some space here!
**[09:18] Zero Two (002)**
Hey, darling.
**[09:20] Zero Two (002)**
Run away with me.
**[09:23] Zero Two (002)**
Forget about those weaklings.
**[09:25] Zero Two (002)**
As long as you're with me,
nothing else matters.
**[09:28] Zero Two (002)**
You're the only one who can be my partner.
**[09:36] Zero Two (002)**
Or are you just like everyone else?
**[09:40] Zero Two (002)**
Do you think I'm a monster, too?
**[09:45] Hiro (016)**
Klaxosaur?!
**[09:46] Soldier A**
We've detected one worm-type klaxosaur.
It's heading toward Plantation 13.
**[09:50] Soldier A**
It likely reacted to the energy
emitted by the mobile kissing setup.
**[09:54] Mitsuru (326)**
Shit...
**[09:56] Mitsuru (326)**
I can... I can...
**[09:59] Ikuno (196)**
Can you move?
**[10:02] Mitsuru (326)**
This... is nothing.
**[10:06] Ikuno (196)**
Grab on to me.
**[10:07] Mitsuru (326)**
I don't need to.
**[10:15] Ikuno (196)**
You're such an awkward boy.
**[10:17] Hachi**
We haven't identified the klaxosaur's class.
**[10:19] Hachi**
We've only detected one as of now,
but there may be more in hiding.
**[10:24] Hachi**
Be careful.
**[10:25] All**
*Roger that!*
**[10:26] Hachi**
All FRANXX, commence connecting!
**[10:28] Mitsuru (326)**
I sure hope you can connect this time.
**[10:31] Ikuno (196)**
I get it. I'll be fine now.
**[10:53] Ichigo (015)**
We'll hold it off here.
**[11:01] Hiro (016)**
Is that the only enemy?
**[11:03] Nana**
For now, yes.
**[11:05] Nana**
Changing into your suits won't help.
We're not deploying Strelizia.
**[11:09] Zero Two (002)**
Hey, I didn't say anything.
**[11:33] Ichigo (015)**
Let's go!
**[11:33] Ichigo (015)**
One, two...
**[11:44] Ikuno (196)**
Did we get it?
**[11:45] Goro (056)**
No, I don't think so.
We probably missed the core.
**[11:49] Miku (390)**
We can't kill it unless we find its core.
**[11:52] Miku (390)**
Let's get—
**[11:54] Ikuno (196)**
There was another one?
**[11:55] Kokoro (556)**
We have to save them!
**[12:01] Ichigo (015)**
Damn...
**[12:03] Ichigo (015)**
Just wait!
**[12:05] Ikuno (196)**
From below?
**[12:10] Zero Two (002)**
See? We really should
go too, don't you think?
**[12:14] Nana**
Out of the question.
**[12:15] Zero Two (002)**
Tch. Spoilsport.
**[12:18] Zero Two (002)**
By the way, who just landed
in that transport plane?
**[12:30] APE Soldier**
Code 002. You're coming with us.
**[12:32] Nana**
Your escorts are here. Do as they say.
**[12:37] Nana**
Zero Two, you will return to the front lines.
**[12:40] Nana**
By yourself, obviously.
**[12:42] Hiro (016)**
Wait, what do you—
**[12:44] APE Soldier A**
Hurry. We want to leave while the FRANXX
are keeping the klaxosaur occupied.
**[12:50] Zero Two (002)**
Don't touch me!
**[12:54] APE Soldier B**
Hey!
**[12:59] Hiro (016)**
What's all this about, Zero Two?
**[13:03] Zero Two (002)**
Darling, looks like time's up.
**[13:10] Zero Two (002)**
I felt like things could work out with you, too.
**[13:16] Zero Two (002)**
I wanted to be with you.
**[13:19] Zero Two (002)**
But this is goodbye.
**[13:22] Ichigo (015)**
Ow...
**[13:26] Ichigo (015)**
Zero Two?
**[13:31] Zero Two (002)**
Bye-bye.
**[13:34] APE Soldier**
Come on.
**[13:44] Nana**
Hiro...
**[13:47] Nana**
This was an order from Papa and the rest.
**[13:51] Hiro (016)**
Is it true that Zero Two is a partner killer?
**[13:56] Nana**
She's a special pistil who must keep
fighting on the front lines for them.
**[14:04] Nana**
That will also take its toll on the
stamen who becomes her partner.
**[14:10] ---**
Keep this in mind. She's not
like you normal children.
**[14:15] Hiro (016)**
You mean she isn't human?
**[14:18] Nana**
Simply put, yes.
**[14:22] Hiro (016)**
*Is that really how it is?*
**[14:24] (Flashback) Zero Two (002)**
You weren't frightened by my horns.
**[14:27] (Flashback) Zero Two (002)**
Do you think I'm a monster, too?
**[14:30] (Flashback) Zero Two (002)**
I wanted to be with you.
**[14:32] (Flashback) Zero Two (002)**
Bye-bye.
**[14:37] Hiro (016)**
*No! Zero Two is just like us!*
**[14:43] Nana**
Stop, Hiro!
**[14:49] Hiro (016)**
*Zero Two!*
**[14:52] APE Soldier**
What is it?
**[14:54] Zero Two (002)**
Nothing.
**[15:01] Hiro (016)**
Zero Two!
**[15:09] Hiro (016)**
Wait up, Zero Two!
**[15:12] Hiro (016)**
Damn it!
**[15:14] Hiro (016)**
Hear me out! I...
**[15:16] Hiro (016)**
I was afraid of riding with you.
**[15:20] Hiro (016)**
I'm probably still afraid of it.
**[15:22] Hiro (016)**
But that's not because you aren't human.
**[15:26] Hiro (016)**
It's because I lacked the resolve!
**[15:29] Hiro (016)**
When we first met, I couldn't
take my eyes off you.
**[15:33] Hiro (016)**
You were confident, held your head high,
**[15:36] Hiro (016)**
and were ready to fight the klaxosaurs even
when hurt! And I found that beautiful!
**[15:41] Hiro (016)**
I'd been moping around,
**[15:43] Hiro (016)**
but I felt like I could fly with you.
**[15:48] Hiro (016)**
I realized that I never really
cared about riding the FRANXX.
**[15:54] Hiro (016)**
I wanted to ride with *you*!
**[15:56] Hiro (016)**
So please don't go, Zero Two!
**[16:03] APE Soldier**
Hey, keep moving.
**[16:05] Zero Two (002)**
How can I leave after that?
**[16:24] Hiro (016)**
Zero Two...
**[16:27] Zero Two (002)**
Nobody's ever said such embarrassing
things to me before.
**[16:30] Hiro (016)**
I-It's a first for me, too.
**[16:34] Zero Two (002)**
You wanna ride me, huh?
**[16:38] Hiro (016)**
I'll do it.
**[16:40] Zero Two (002)**
Let me hear it one more time.
**[16:44] Hiro (016)**
Let me...
**[16:45] Hiro (016)**
Let me ride in Strelizia again!
**[16:51] Zero Two (002)**
Now *that's* my darling!
**[16:56] Zero Two (002)**
Run for it!
**[16:58] APE Soldier**
Those two got through the gates!
**[17:13] APE Soldier**
Hold it!
**[17:21] Nana**
*Both of you, get out of there right now!*
**[17:24] Zero Two (002)**
I'm going out with my darling.
**[17:26] Nana**
*You are not getting permis—*
**[17:30] Zero Two (002)**
What's up, darling?
**[17:32] Hiro (016)**
Will I be really be able to pilot?
**[17:34] Zero Two (002)**
Of course you can do this. We can do this.
**[17:40] Zero Two (002)**
Ready?
**[17:44] Hiro (016)**
Yeah.
**[17:46] Hiro (016)**
*It'll be all right.*
**[17:47] Hiro (016)**
*If I'm with Zero Two, I can do this!*
**[18:03] Zero Two (002)**
Let's fly, darling!
**[18:12] Hiro (016)**
I did it...
**[18:14] Hiro (016)**
I'm piloting a FRANXX!
**[18:17] Zero Two (002)**
*That's right. This is what you're capable of.*
**[18:20] Hiro (016)**
I feel myself going deeper inside you.
**[18:24] Hiro (016)**
I can't tell where I end and
where you begin anymore.
**[18:27] Hiro (016)**
But I love it!
**[18:29] Zero Two (002)**
I'm feeling it, too.
**[18:32] Zero Two (002)**
We're a perfect fit, huh?
**[18:34] Zero Two (002)**
But there's more to come.
**[18:38] Ichigo (015)**
Shit!
**[18:47] Ichigo (015)**
Strelizia?!
**[18:52] Goro (056)**
Is that Hiro?
**[18:54] Futoshi (214)**
Are you serious?
**[18:55] Hiro (016)**
Let me handle this.
**[18:57] Ichigo (015)**
* No! We can't afford to rely*
* on Strelizia this time!*
**[19:00] Hiro (016)**
Even I'm...
**[19:01] Hiro (016)**
*I'm part of the team, too.*
**[19:07] Ichigo (015)**
All right, Hiro.
**[19:09] Ichigo (015)**
You deal with that.
**[19:11] Ichigo (015)**
We're going to focus on this one.
**[19:24] Zero Two (002)**
*That didn't feel right.*
**[19:25] Hiro (016)**
Where's the core?
**[19:32] Zero Two (002)**
Oh, no, you don't!
**[19:53] Hiro (016)**
What the...
**[19:55] Zorome (666)**
No way... It was all part of one klaxosaur?
**[19:58] Futoshi (214)**
If it's that long, it won't
be easy to look for the core!
**[20:02] Goro (056)**
But we'll still have to find it!
**[20:09] Miku (390)**
God! Somebody stop this thing!
**[20:12] Ichigo (015)**
I'll do it.
**[20:22] Ichigo (015)**
Come on, guys!
**[20:24] Both**
Yeah!
**[20:29] Zorome (666)**
Okay, we pinned it down,
**[20:31] Zorome (666)**
but now what?!
**[20:41] Mitsuru (326)**
Not on my watch!
**[20:43] Ichigo (015)**
H-Hiro!
**[20:45] Ichigo (015)**
We need you!
**[20:48] Hiro (016)**
Think we can do this, Zero Two?
**[20:50] Zero Two (002)**
*Easy!*
**[20:57] Ichigo (015)**
Hiro!
**[21:34] Hachi**
Target neutralized.
All units, return to base.
**[21:38] Nana**
*I can't believe she ignored Papa's orders.*
**[21:40] Nana**
*Was she planning on this all along?*
**[21:44] Hachi**
But this changes everything.
**[21:48] Hachi**
The numbers conclusively prove
Code 016's compatibility with Strelizia.
**[21:53] Hachi**
How will Papa and the others react to this?
**[22:05] Hiro (016)**
* I'd always dreamed of the day I could*
* take flight to the skies above.*
**[22:10] Hiro (016)**
* And for a while, I'd given*
* up on it ever coming true.*
**[22:15] Hiro (016)**
* But now, I may have finally found*
* a pair of wings to call my own.*
**[22:19] Hiro (016)**
* Even if they're double-edged wings*
* that will slowly destroy me,*
**[22:25] Hiro (016)**
*I'll be able to fly one more time.*
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