E6 - Raison d'Etre

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    What's the problem with that Anima?
[00:03] ---
    Cracking her allies' comm
    links to shoot them down?
[00:05] ---
    That's crazy!
[00:06] ---
    Why did you bring someone like that here?
[00:09] ---
    Overwhelming skill and talent.
[00:11] ---
    Combat experience.
[00:13] ---
    She's at a level that Gripen
    and Eagle can't hope to match.
[00:18] ---
    Now that the continent's fallen,
[00:19] ---
    Komatsu is the front line
    of the war. We need her.
[00:23] ---
    But teamwork will be
    impossible at this rate!
[00:30] ---
    Do you think she's a bad person?
[00:35] ---
    Well, I don't think we can trust her.
[00:37] ---
    I don't understand what she's thinking.
[00:41] ---
    Then the one thing I can do is
    correct that misunderstanding.
[00:44] ---
    As for the way she thinks,
     her highest priority...
[00:48] ---
    ...is to save humanity.
SIGN    No Smoking
[02:23] ---
    It's saving humanity from the Xi.
[02:26] ---
    Listen to me.
SIGN    Raison d'Etre
[02:27] ---
    Not humans. Humanity.
[02:31] ---
    She's trying to protect the entire species.
[02:35] ---
    Humanity?
[02:38] ---
    She's the first Anima the JSDF created.
[02:42] ---
    She was my first work.
[02:44] ---
    We had some unusual hopes for her,
[02:46] ---
    and we didn't know when the
    next Anima would come.
[02:49] ---
    Perhaps she thought she had
    to do everything by herself.
[02:54] ---
    You know what Eagle's personality is like.
[02:56] ---
    There's no way she'll be able
    to get along with Phantom.
[02:59] ---
    I thought that you and Gripen might...
[03:02] ---
    I'm sorry.
[03:03] ---
    That relationship has already fractured.
[03:07] ---
    Maybe you should all go get drunk together?
[03:10] ---
    Get to know each other better.
[03:12] ---
    I'm a minor.
[03:15] ---
    I'm joking.
[03:17] ---
    The realistic solution is to limit the
    amount of time you interact with each other.
[03:23] ---
    But is that really a team, then?
SIGN    Director's Office
[03:32] ---
    Are you done talking with Haruka?
[03:35] ---
    I guess.
[03:37] ---
    Want to go get some food?
[03:38] ---
    I need to talk to you.
[03:40] ---
    So let's go somewhere quiet.
[03:43] ---
    Are you okay?
[03:45] ---
    I'm so hungry, I could die.
[03:48] ---
    We're going right now!
[03:57] ---
    Heaven?
[03:59] ---
    Don't be ridiculous.
[04:03] ---
    I brought some yogurt drinks.
[04:05] ---
    I got two. One for me and one for...
[04:08] ---
    Hey, don't act like I
    brought them both for you!
[04:13] ---
    Here, eat up.
[04:15] ---
    Thanks.
[04:19] ---
    Um...
[04:21] ---
    Here. "Aah."
[04:24] ---
    Where did you learn to do that?
[04:26] ---
    One of the maintenance staff said that
    I could seduce any man by doing this.
[04:31] ---
    I need to talk to that guy.
[04:33] ---
    Badly.
[04:36] ---
    You're not happy?
[04:38] ---
    You only do stuff like
    that for someone special.
[04:42] ---
    I think you're special, Kei.
[04:45] ---
    That's not it.
[04:47] ---
    I mean, if you like them,
    or you're in love...
[04:51] ---
    I like you Kei.
[04:52] ---
    I love you.
[04:54] ---
    Don't say that until you actually
    know what those words mean.
[05:06] ---
    You girls are all unique, aren't you?
[05:10] ---
    You mean us Anima?
[05:11] ---
    You all seem like really
    different people.
[05:17] ---
    Wouldn't it be easier to just
    make a group of JAS39s
[05:22] ---
    and a group of F-15s?
[05:24] ---
    That's impossible.
[05:26] ---
    You can only make one Anima
    from a particular model.
[05:29] ---
    Really?
[05:30] ---
    When Eagle was born,
[05:32] ---
    it meant the end of all attempts to
    make a Daughter from the F-15 family.
[05:35] ---
    She's a J model, but there will
    be no C or D models born.
[05:41] ---
    In the same way that humanity as a
    group has its own survival instincts,
[05:44] ---
    the "species" called JAS39 and F-15
    have their own unique characters
[05:49] ---
    and raison d'être.
[05:51] ---
    And the Anima may be an icon of that.
[05:54] ---
    It may be that creating a soul isn't so
    simple that you can do it with a single plane.
[05:59] ---
    That's what someone from TRDI said once.
[06:02] ---
    That's really philosophical.
[06:06] ---
    That means that you guys are just
    gonna have to get along, I guess.
[06:11] ---
    Sorry.
[06:13] ---
    I'll explain.
[06:18] ---
    Humanity's salvation...
[06:21] ---
    Yeah.
[06:22] ---
    I think I understand that.
[06:25] ---
    "If I go down, it's all over."
[06:28] ---
    Just looking at the combat
    information archives tells you
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    how much pressure the first
    Daughters were under.
[06:36] ---
    It's not just Phantom.
[06:38] ---
    All the Anima in the other countries
    are the same too, probably.
[06:41] ---
    Other countries?
[06:43] ---
    That's right.
[06:44] ---
    Russia was the first country to
    research the Anima and Daughters.
[06:47] ---
    Next was the Japanese Phantom.
[06:49] ---
    Then the American Rhino, later.
[06:52] ---
    But forget that, Kei. We have our
    own problem to deal with!
[06:56] ---
    What's that?
[06:58] ---
    We need to be strong enough
    to defend Komatsu Base.
[07:00] ---
    And so we need to win in one
    of our training exercises.
[07:03] ---
    We lost to both Eagle and Phantom.
[07:06] ---
    Right now, we're in last place.
     At the bottom.
[07:09] ---
    This is a serious emergency.
[07:12] ---
    Oh, you're right.
[07:15] ---
    I was supposed to be
    thinking about that, too.
[07:17] ---
    Yeah.
[07:28] ---
    I'm so tired.
[07:30] ---
    I knew we left too late.
[07:32] ---
    In the end, this was all we got.
[07:34] ---
    Is this place always like this?
[07:37] ---
    It's the place with the biggest
    discounts near the station.
[07:41] ---
    And it's running the biggest
    sale in its history this week.
[07:44] ---
    You dragged me out of the
    house on my one day off.
[07:48] ---
    I haven't had any time to think about
    the homework Gripen gave me.
[07:52] ---
    Don't worry. Big Sis Minghua will treat you
    to something as thanks for your hard work!
[07:56] ---
    Anything you want!
[07:58] ---
    Seriously?
[08:00] ---
    I-In exchange...
[08:02] ---
    Come with me this afternoon.
[08:04] ---
    There's a new supermarket near the station.
[08:07] ---
    We can get things there we couldn't get here.
[08:08] ---
    Yes? Hello?
[08:10] ---
    This is an emergency summons.
    Briefing in 15 minutes.
[08:13] ---
    I'll be waiting.
[08:15] ---
    Hey! You can't just...
[08:17] ---
    So once we're done shopping, there's
    this spot called Kibagata Park.
[08:21] ---
    It's a little far, but do you want to go?
[08:25] ---
    You can rent boats!
    It sounds like a lot of fun.
[08:28] ---
    Sorry, Minghua. I've gotta run.
[08:32] ---
    You can get me something next time.
[08:33] ---
    I'll think about what I want.
[08:35] ---
    Wai—
[08:41] ---
    What's your problem?
[08:43] ---
    Today at 0630,
[08:46] ---
    the Xi entered our ADIZ on the southwest
    side of the East China Sea.
[08:50] ---
    The JSDF and USAF scrambled immediately,
[08:53] ---
    but both suffered heavy damage
    and failed to defeat the enemy.
[08:57] ---
    The remaining enemy forces are circling an
    area 150 kilometers north of Ishigaki Island.
[09:02] ---
    Some of them have gone to Umidori
    Island, an uninhabited island nearby.
SIGN    Photo: Japan Coast Guard
[09:09] ---
    What is that?
[09:11] ---
    It may look bizarre,
[09:13] ---
    but from our analyses,
    this appears to be their FOB.
SIGN    Photo: Japan Coast Guard
[09:18] ---
    Their forward operating base.
[09:21] ---
    Forward operating base?
SIGN    Photo: Japan Coast Guard
SIGN    Photo: Japan Coast Guard
SIGN    Photo: Japan Coast Guard
SIGN    Photo: Japan Coast Guard
SIGN    Photo: Japan Coast Guard
SIGN    Photo: Japan Coast Guard
[09:29] ---
    After reaching Umidori Island,
[09:33] ---
    the Xi automatically deployed their cargo,
[09:35] ---
    which is transforming into a base,
[09:38] ---
    most likely.
[09:39] ---
    What happens when it's done transforming?
[09:42] ---
    Well, it would be a disaster,
    to put it mildly.
[09:46] ---
    This is the First Island Chain.
[09:48] ---
    The Far East's defense line against the Xi.
[09:52] ---
    And this is where they've landed.
[09:57] ---
    If they can maintain a presence here,
[09:59] ---
    the East China Sea defense
    line will collapse.
[10:03] ---
    What do we do?
[10:05] ---
    Destroy the base before it's finished.
[10:08] ---
    What else?
[10:09] ---
    So we just go blow it up?
[10:12] ---
    It's not that easy.
[10:15] ---
    We're not bombers.
[10:18] ---
    Even if we carried all the bombs we could,
[10:20] ---
    there's a limit to how much firepower we
    could bring to bear against a ground target.
[10:23] ---
    We wouldn't be able to neutralize
    the enemy's presence on the island.
[10:27] ---
    Correct.
[10:29] ---
    Thus, the US military and the
    JGSDF will attack the base.
[10:35] ---
    The remaining ships of
    the 7th Fleet, as well as
[10:37] ---
    the JGSDF forces on Ishigaki Island,
    will saturate the island with missiles.
[10:41] ---
    One hundred SSMs. About 50 tons of explosives
     will burn everything on that island to ash.
[10:46] ---
    But they have their EPCM.
[10:48] ---
    Normal weapons won't reach the target.
[10:52] ---
    Hence, the Daughters will take over guidance
    while the missiles are in flight.
[10:55] ---
    This operation will require you to run
[10:57] ---
    an air superiority mission while providing
    targeting support against all targets.
[11:02] ---
    Given the processing power required, we're
    going to have Phantom handle the guidance.
[11:06] ---
    The other two will provide escort.
[11:11] ---
    Escort?
[11:13] ---
    You're telling me to entrust
    these two with my life?
[11:16] ---
    Yes.
[11:17] ---
    Is that a problem?
[11:21] ---
    Hey...
[11:24] ---
    I refuse.
[11:26] ---
    I don't want to die for nothing.
[11:29] ---
    Hey, are you saying you don't
    trust me to escort you?
[11:33] ---
    But this entire operation depends
    on your processing power.
[11:37] ---
    You know nobody can do it but you.
[11:43] ---
    Then may I be placed in charge
    when we're in flight?
[11:47] ---
    If I'm allowed to change our mission
    parameters in response to the situation,
[11:51] ---
    I'll consider it.
[11:56] ---
    No way! No way! No way!
[11:59] ---
    Who does she think she is? Just because
    she won one single mock battle!
[12:02] ---
    That brat! Brat! Brat!
[12:04] ---
    Calm down.
[12:06] ---
    If you're that upset,
    you'll get in an accident.
[12:14] ---
    Kei, Haruka wants you to hurry up.
[12:16] ---
    He says to get your butt out there.
[12:17] ---
    Did something happen?
[12:19] ---
    Word came in from recon
    planes in the mission area.
[12:22] ---
    Additional transport-type Xi arrived
    and dropped more containers.
[12:25] ---
    Additional escorts have arrived,
    and it's getting difficult to get close.
[12:29] ---
    Let's hurry.
[12:38] ---
    Barbie 03, contact departure.
[13:05] ---
    Barbie 01, cleared for take off!
[13:14] ---
    After refueling mid-air at Cape Muroto,
[13:16] ---
    you'll head for the mission area.
[13:18] ---
    Eagle and Gripen are to bring down
    as many enemies as possible.
[13:21] ---
    Phantom is to enter the island's airspace,
[13:24] ---
    and as soon as the data link is established,
[13:26] ---
    give the launch order to the
    JGSDF and American militaries.
[13:28] ---
    Got it?
[13:29] ---
    02, roger!
[13:30] ---
    03, roger.
[13:34] ---
    Gripen... Can you open a
    channel just to Phantom?
[13:38] ---
    I can. Why?
[13:39] ---
    Can you let me talk to her for a second?
[13:42] ---
    Something feels wrong.
[13:47] ---
    01 to 03. Do you read?
[13:50] ---
    What is it? Why do you need
    to use encrypted comms?
[13:53] ---
    Kei wants to talk to you.
[13:55] ---
    Passing the mic to him.
[14:00] ---
    Is that you, Phantom?
[14:01] ---
    Yes. Do you need something?
[14:04] ---
    I heard from Yashirodoori-san.
[14:06] ---
    Um, you're trying your best to be useful
    to humans in your own way, right?
[14:13] ---
    We need to do something about this base...
[14:17] ---
    What happens if we don't?
[14:21] ---
    Humanity's total population is 7.5 billion.
[14:24] ---
    Japan's population, however,
    is a mere 120 million.
[14:27] ---
    Just 1.6% of humanity.
[14:30] ---
    Even if everyone on the island chain dies,
[14:32] ---
    it's a small loss from the
    perspective of the larger whole.
[14:35] ---
    You're willing to let Japan be destroyed?
[14:38] ---
    I cannot allow myself to die here.
[14:42] ---
    There are many enemies,
    and few Anima to deal with them.
[14:47] ---
    I absolutely need to live for as
     long as I can and destroy the Xi.
[14:51] ---
    That is my reason d'être,
    the reason I was born.
[14:57] ---
    The original Anima, like myself,
[14:59] ---
    underwent a rather roundabout
    method of development.
[15:03] ---
    We were forced to undergo
    countless simulations.
[15:07] ---
    We were forced to undergo different lives,
     under different conditions
[15:09] ---
    and for differing lengths,
    billions if not trillions of times.
[15:13] ---
    In terms of how much time I experienced,
    I'd say it was about a century.
[15:20] ---
    A century?
[15:29] ---
    It was quite difficult, you know.
[15:32] ---
    Immediately after birth,
[15:33] ---
    I didn't even know how to smile.
[15:38] ---
    Thanks to that, I was able to get more
    combat experience than the other Anima.
[15:44] ---
    I was able to make full use of my abilities
    and knowledge to complete my mission.
[15:50] ---
    I always have been, and I always will be,
[15:53] ---
    right up until the very last moment.
[15:59] ---
    Don't worry.
[16:01] ---
    If Eagle and Gripen can do their jobs,
    I'll follow the plan.
[16:06] ---
    O-Okay.
[16:09] ---
    I'm returning to my checklist.
[16:10] ---
    Have a pleasant day.
[16:14] ---
    Done talking?
[16:17] ---
    Yes.
SIGN    Umidori Island
[16:28] ---
    EPCM level rising.
[16:30] ---
    Gust 24,
[16:32] ---
    25,
[16:33] ---
    26...
[16:35] ---
    It's still rising.
[16:36] ---
    29,
[16:38] ---
    30...
[16:39] ---
    Deploying shields.
[16:40] ---
    Master arm, on.
[16:43] ---
    Kei, are you okay?
[16:45] ---
    Your heartbeat is unsteady.
[16:46] ---
    As are your breathing and pulse.
[16:49] ---
    I'm fine. Don't worry about it.
[16:53] ---
    Barbie 01, engage.
[17:09] ---
    Yahoo!
[17:11] ---
    She hit one with that?
[17:28] ---
    New enemies approaching.
[17:30] ---
    Radar contact. Four...
[17:33] ---
    No, eight of them.
[17:36] ---
    How much firepower do we have left?
[17:38] ---
    Eight AAMs.
[17:40] ---
    Eagle has 10 left, so 18 total.
[17:43] ---
    That and our machine guns.
[17:45] ---
    Where is Phantom?
[17:46] ---
    She needs to get into position
    and give the attack order.
[17:51] ---
    Hey, get over here!
[17:53] ---
    We made you an opening!
[17:56] ---
    Above.
[18:00] ---
    If the enemy is using EMCON,
    you're not going to get a warning.
[18:04] ---
    And if they get between you and the sun,
    visual identification is difficult.
[18:06] ---
    Striking from a blind spot is the
    traditional way to do a dogfight, right?
[18:17] ---
    Oh, jeez!
[18:18] ---
    Just get over here!
[18:21] ---
    I'm running out of missiles!
[18:23] ---
    You seem to be fully occupied
    protecting yourself.
[18:26] ---
    Can you also protect me?
[18:28] ---
    It's not whether I can do it, I am doing it!
[18:31] ---
    Just follow the plan!
[18:33] ---
    Eagle!
[18:34] ---
    No!
[18:41] ---
    What is this?
[18:46] ---
    Take this, dang it!
[18:51] ---
    Limits reached. We should withdraw.
[18:54] ---
    No way! Not when we're this close!
[18:56] ---
    If we run out of ammo, it will be too late.
[18:58] ---
    We won't be able to flee.
[19:04] ---
    Gripen, Eagle, below us!
[19:16] ---
    What the hell was that?
[19:18] ---
    An SAM. A cluster bomb...
[19:21] ---
    Gripen, are you okay?
[19:22] ---
    It's the type launched from the ground.
[19:24] ---
    Probably a new weapon.
[19:26] ---
    More are coming!
[19:29] ---
    Retreat! Eagle, get out
    of here at full speed!
[19:37] ---
    No way!
[19:39] ---
    No way!
[19:40] ---
    We can't win like this.
SIGN    Naha Base
[19:48] ---
    Why didn't you do what Daddy told you to?
[19:51] ---
    Because you two can't be
    trusted to do your jobs.
[19:53] ---
    If you'd managed to achieve air superiority,
[19:56] ---
    I would've followed the plan.
[19:59] ---
    We can't take down that base like that!
[20:01] ---
    What do we do?
[20:02] ---
    Without enough combat power,
    there's nothing we can do.
[20:06] ---
    Why not ask the US or Russian
    military for additional Anima?
[20:11] ---
    And if they can't send any?
[20:13] ---
    We just abandon this area.
[20:16] ---
    You're certainly pessimistic, aren't you?
[20:19] ---
    Basically, you don't want to die, right?
[20:22] ---
    A weapon that chooses the battlefields
    it wants to fight on?
[20:25] ---
    That's pretty pathetic.
[20:27] ---
    K-Kei?
[20:29] ---
    That's a cheap provocation.
[20:31] ---
    Did you think you could
    provoke me into helping?
[20:34] ---
    Provoke you? Don't be stupid.
[20:37] ---
    I'm simply telling the truth.
[20:39] ---
    Those enemies were nothing compared
    to the attack on Komatsu.
[20:45] ---
    Right, Gripen?
[20:46] ---
    You shot down more Xi than that
    during that battle, right?
[20:51] ---
    This is nothing? Of course it's nothing.
[20:54] ---
    These guys were chumps.
[20:58] ---
    It's ridiculous that Phantom
    is afraid of them.
[21:01] ---
    No, that's not right.
[21:03] ---
    She's just weak.
[21:05] ---
    So weak she can't win unless she catches
    you off-guard in a mock battle.
[21:08] ---
    That's a very funny joke.
[21:10] ---
    You think she could beat
    me in a straight-up fight?
[21:14] ---
    With her unstable, light airframe,
[21:16] ---
    and carrying fragile cargo like you?
[21:19] ---
    Of course. A coward like you
    wouldn't last an instant.
[21:23] ---
    That's what she says.
[21:26] ---
    Let's make it clear who's right.
[21:29] ---
    If we win, you're going to
    change the way you act.
[21:32] ---
    You're the new girl, and you're
    going to start listening to orders.
[21:35] ---
    And if I win, you'll do whatever I tell you?
[21:41] ---
    Hm...
[21:43] ---
    Then I'll ask you to leave Gripen
    and be my partner instead, maybe.
[21:50] ---
    Very well.
[23:27] ---
    Next time on Girly Air Force...
[23:30] ---
    ALT 07: "After the Bewilderment."
SIGN    After the Bewilderment
SIGN    Barbie 01, cleared for take off!