# E9 - Unphysical Layer
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G68D79386/unphysical-layer)
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Huh?
**[00:55] ---**
Stay away.
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One more step, and you'll
never be able to go back.
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Gripen.
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If you make too much contact
with the Unphysical Layer,
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your mind will be unable to maintain itself.
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The more time passes, the more
indistinct your existence becomes.
**[01:14] ---**
The Un... What?
**[01:18] ---**
Johari's Window is open.
**[01:20] ---**
You fell through.
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Where are we?
**[01:27] ---**
The sea.
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The sea?
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This is the only place where
I can get my memories back.
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Memories?
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What did you remember?
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Everything.
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Even the reason you stabilize
when you're with me?
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I understand it.
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Why?
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Because that's how I was made.
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Made? By who?
**[01:53] ---**
What? What did you say?
**[02:00] ---**
Then, um...
**[02:02] ---**
What are the Xi?
**[02:05] ---**
They are... hope.
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"Hope"?
**[02:10] ---**
In order to...
**[02:14] ---**
Hey! Gripen!
**[02:28] ---**
A dream?
**[04:01] ---**
Kei, the lunches are ready!
**[04:01] ---**
Unphysical Layer
**[04:04] ---**
Are you ready to go?
**[04:05] ---**
I need to pack up the blanket.
**[04:07] ---**
And the trash bags and towels...
**[04:09] ---**
Wake up already!
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Sorry, I'm feeling groggy this morning.
**[04:15] ---**
Did I have a weird dream, maybe?
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I'll get the stuff ready!
**[04:20] ---**
You just get yourself ready!
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But...
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Just hurry up!
**[04:29] ---**
What great weather!
**[04:31] ---**
Come on, slow down.
**[04:33] ---**
We can't have any fun if our day
off is too jam-packed to breathe.
**[04:37] ---**
But you never say you want
to go to picnics and stuff...
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And I've got this feeling
that if I don't hurry,
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you're going to run off again.
**[04:48] ---**
What?
**[04:49] ---**
There's no reason for it.
**[04:51] ---**
It's just a feeling.
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Sorry for being weird.
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Anyway, you're sure you don't
have work today, right?
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Yeah.
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*Well, unless the Xi attack.*
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* But things on the continent have been*
* calm ever since the attack on Umidori.*
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Okay, off we go!
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Let's have fun!
**[05:14] ---**
Get in. We need to talk.
**[05:17] ---**
Um... we've got plans.
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We have important plans, too.
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And we need you.
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There's no time. Let's go.
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Wait!
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Hey!
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Kei, you jerk!
**[05:32] ---**
Now what do I do?
**[05:35] ---**
Are you okay?
**[05:36] ---**
Whose fault do you think it is?
**[05:39] ---**
Sorry, but this is important.
**[05:40] ---**
Our negotiating partners kept their
plans vague until the last second.
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This morning, they insisted
on a rush meeting.
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"Negotiating partners"?
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The US Military.
**[05:52] ---**
I'll have them explain when we get there.
**[05:55] ---**
If I tried to explain, it would
probably just confuse you.
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So when will I be able to get home?
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It'll be a while.
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It's going to take three hours
just to get there and back.
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Three hours?
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Where are we going?
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Atsugi.
***SIGN*** Atsugi Base
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It's been a while.
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Two years since we've met in person, I think.
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There was no real need for us to meet.
**[06:29] ---**
Oh, I'll introduce you.
**[06:31] ---**
This is William Shankle from DARPA.
**[06:34] ---**
He and I were grad students in the same lab.
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And now we both work for the military.
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DARPA?
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The American Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency.
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An R&D lab for their military.
**[06:49] ---**
Oh, you're the two man cell
everybody talks about?
**[06:52] ---**
Welcome to Atsugi.
**[06:56] ---**
An Anima?
**[07:05] ---**
You really are a normal human.
**[07:07] ---**
You sure you haven't been modified anywhere?
**[07:10] ---**
No artificial arms or
legs, or implanted chips?
**[07:13] ---**
No, I'm...
**[07:15] ---**
Rhino, that's rude.
**[07:18] ---**
You need to introduce yourself
before you start asking questions.
**[07:21] ---**
I told you that.
**[07:22] ---**
Okay!
**[07:25] ---**
I'm F/A-18E-ANM Rhino, with
the American Pacific fleet!
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We'll be going on the next mission together!
**[07:35] ---**
Nice to meet you.
**[07:36] ---**
Mission?
**[07:37] ---**
You weren't told?
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It was really sudden.
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I thought it would be better to share the
information we have once everyone's together.
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Sheesh...
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Lazy ass.
**[07:49] ---**
Um, what mission?
**[07:52] ---**
The Shanghai Landing Mission.
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We're going to establish a beachhead on the
continent to help launch a counterattack.
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Let me introduce myself properly.
**[08:04] ---**
I'm William Shankle. My specialty is AI,
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but at the moment, I'm researching
Anima and Daughters.
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Rhino here is one of the things we've made.
**[08:13] ---**
Oh, I'm Narutani Kei.
**[08:16] ---**
And this is...
**[08:17] ---**
JAS39 ANM Gripen.
**[08:21] ---**
I'm happy to meet you both.
**[08:24] ---**
As we were just saying, we're planning
an invasion of the continent.
**[08:30] ---**
Taking back Shanghai?
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If we work with you Japanese
Anima, we can do it.
**[08:40] ---**
We're participating, too?
**[08:43] ---**
But...
**[08:44] ---**
But?
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In the last mission, we ran into
an incredible number of Xi.
**[08:51] ---**
At Umidori?
**[08:53] ---**
Yes. There were a hundred,
no, two hundred there!
**[08:58] ---**
If we're attacking China itself,
there'll be even more, right?
**[09:02] ---**
I see. So you're concerned we
don't have enough firepower.
**[09:06] ---**
You're right. The US is
behind in Anima research.
**[09:10] ---**
Our only success so far has been Rhino here.
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But then even if we join you,
that's only four or five Anima.
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We have a plan.
**[09:20] ---**
A plan?
**[09:21] ---**
There are ways to deal with
the Xi besides using Anima.
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The FQ-150A Brawler.
**[10:11] ---**
An unmanned fighter
developed to fight the Xi.
**[10:14] ---**
An unmanned fighter?
**[10:16] ---**
We analyzed the combat data
from the Anima and Daughters,
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turned it into software, and
loaded it into the fighters.
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Twelve of them, a full squadron,
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will be used in this operation.
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But if the Xi use their EPCM,
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only Anima can hit them, right?
**[10:34] ---**
We've analyzed over 10 billion
EPCM patterns and developed
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an algorithm that can deal with it.
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The Brawler can identify the direction
and intensity of the jamming,
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and respond exactly as an
Anima could in every manner.
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It can shoot them down?
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I'm sure of it.
**[10:55] ---**
You can't expect a crappy knock-off
like that to work in a real battle.
**[10:59] ---**
You had to use statistical analysis because
you couldn't actually figure out
**[11:02] ---**
how EPCM works, right, Willy?
**[11:06] ---**
It's better than letting something
as unscientific as an Anima
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remain a black box while using it in combat!
**[11:11] Background**
Who was it who was begging
me for my combat data?
**[11:13] Foreground**
Hey, let's get lunch.
**[11:14] Foreground**
They're going to be a while.
**[11:16] Background**
Without me, you never
could've gotten this done.
**[11:16] ---**
But...
**[11:19] Background**
I took what you and the Russians
started and perfected it!
**[11:21] Foreground**
Yeah.
**[11:24] Foreground**
Let's go.
**[11:24] Background**
If we ever want something to fight
the Xi with besides Anima...
**[11:26] Foreground**
Hurry, hurry.
**[11:27] Foreground**
Let's go!
**[11:28] Background**
Your plan is to use these ugly knock-offs?
**[11:31] ---**
What do you think about
those unmanned fighters?
**[11:34] ---**
I don't know.
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I don't hear anything from them.
**[11:38] ---**
They're as cold and silent as iron.
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They're not like Daughters?
**[11:43] ---**
No. It's hard to put it into words.
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Can they fight the Xi?
**[11:49] ---**
That's impossible.
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Their movements are simplistic,
and their reaction time is slow.
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All they could do is try and dodge.
**[11:56] ---**
I see...
**[11:58] ---**
But that changes if there's enough of them.
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Having any allies who can
work under EPCM is valuable.
**[12:05] ---**
Yashirodoori-san didn't seem to like them.
**[12:09] ---**
I think he doesn't like sending unmanned
fighters up knowing they'll be shot down.
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Because it's not elegant?
**[12:17] ---**
Haruka sees no difference
between humans and machines.
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If you think of the two as separate,
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we Anima are also unmanned units.
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Which means we're expendable, too.
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I'm back!
**[12:31] ---**
I bought a little bit too much.
**[12:34] ---**
A little bit too much?
**[12:36] ---**
Don't worry about it. It's my treat.
**[12:40] ---**
That's not the issue.
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Kei, hurry.
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I am being forced to endure terribly!
**[12:48] ---**
Okay, let's eat.
**[12:57] ---**
Hey, can I ask a question?
**[12:59] ---**
Wh-What?
**[13:01] ---**
How come she can only
fly when she's with you?
**[13:03] ---**
Can you two feel each
other when you're apart?
**[13:06] ---**
Are you, like, connected
by a mysterious power?
**[13:09] ---**
H-Hold on!
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I don't really know myself.
**[13:14] ---**
The JSDF is looking into it, but...
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I see.
**[13:19] ---**
Sorry.
**[13:20] ---**
No, it's fine.
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Tell me about the other Anima, then.
**[13:25] ---**
There're others besides Gripen, right?
**[13:27] ---**
Y-Yeah.
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One of them's really silly and loud.
**[13:31] ---**
And one's really mean and sarcastic.
**[13:36] ---**
Do I have a cold?
**[13:38] ---**
Don't worry.
**[13:40] ---**
They say a certain type of
person won't catch colds.
**[13:44] ---**
What are Kei-san and Gripen doing
at Atsugi right now, I wonder?
**[13:48] ---**
They might be eating a ton
of food at a welcoming party!
**[13:50] ---**
I wish I could've gone!
**[13:53] ---**
I'm so jealous.
**[13:54] ---**
You've got lots of other Anima around you.
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America isn't making any
other Anima besides you?
**[14:00] ---**
Nope! We keep spending a
ton of money and failing.
**[14:04] ---**
The higher-ups are panicking, you know.
**[14:07] ---**
If Japan and America fought, it
would be four Anima against one.
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Eight versus one if Russia joined in.
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War with Japan?
**[14:17] ---**
"Prepare for the worst"
is the military's motto.
**[14:21] ---**
That's probably why they're making
those cheap Brawler things.
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That's... But...
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Humans are weird, huh?
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They've got an enemy outside already,
**[14:31] ---**
and they're looking for an enemy inside.
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Hey, what do you think?
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We look like humans.
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Will the same thing ever happen to us?
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Will we make groups, draw distinctions
between friends and outsiders,
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and look for things to fight each other over?
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There you are.
**[14:54] ---**
I've been looking for you.
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Sorry. We were getting lunch.
**[14:58] ---**
Narutani-kun, do you have
some time after this?
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Yeah.
**[15:03] ---**
You too, Gripen, if possible.
**[15:07] ---**
As I said earlier, AI is my specialty.
**[15:12] ---**
And I've been wondering if it's possible to
analyze the Xi's actions from that perspective.
**[15:16] ---**
The Xi's actions?
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It's impossible to analyze any single action,
**[15:20] ---**
but with millions or tens
of millions of data points,
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it should be possible to see
what priorities drive them.
**[15:26] ---**
Were you able to do it?
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If only it were that easy.
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But...
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I was able to make a simple simulation.
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It's a game, basically.
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Blue are human military units.
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Green are civilians.
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Red are the Xi.
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Once you're done moving, it's Red's turn.
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The CPU will select the appropriate response
for the Xi to take based on your actions,
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using the data it has on them.
**[15:51] ---**
The areas where civilians
are gathered are cities.
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No other areas can hold
large numbers of people,
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and as time passes, unit numbers
outside cities decline.
**[16:00] ---**
Humans can't survive for long periods of
time without infrastructure, after all.
**[16:05] ---**
Then I have to protect the cities, don't I?
**[16:08] ---**
That's one of the things
we'd like to see how someone
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who isn't part of the research team chooses.
**[16:13] ---**
What do I do to win?
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There are two ways. One
is to wipe out the Xi.
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The second is to keep
humanity alive for 10 years.
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If humanity's wiped out before 10
years have passed, it's game over.
**[16:31] ---**
Interested?
**[16:34] ---**
*Where do I start? I know...*
**[16:43] ---**
If I remember right, when
the Xi first appeared,
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none of the nations of the
world really believed it.
**[16:48] ---**
They didn't trust each other, and so
their response was delayed, right?
**[16:51] ---**
They all thought it might actually
be an army from another country.
**[16:54] ---**
If everybody had cooperated from the start...
**[16:57] ---**
Yes, that's a standard opening, but...
**[17:06] ---**
You need to keep in mind how
much more powerful they are.
**[17:09] ---**
It's impossible to beat
the Xi with equal numbers.
**[17:36] ---**
That's a loss.
**[17:38] ---**
You lasted 30 turns. Two
and a half years, I guess.
**[17:42] ---**
Can I try again?
**[17:45] ---**
As many times as you like.
**[18:17] ---**
That's enough.
**[18:22] ---**
All right, I guess it's your turn next.
**[18:25] ---**
Me?
**[18:26] ---**
Yeah.
**[18:27] ---**
I won't force you to, but...
**[18:29] ---**
Kei?
**[18:31] ---**
Go for it.
**[18:39] ---**
Listen, you can't...
**[18:43] ---**
Shut up and watch.
**[19:14] ---**
How?
**[19:15] ---**
The cities were annihilated. There's
not a single military unit left.
**[19:18] ---**
But...
**[19:20] ---**
Humanity survived.
**[19:24] ---**
All you did was draw humanity
away from the cities.
**[19:28] ---**
Into the mountains and forests, places
it's hard to imagine humans surviving.
**[19:33] ---**
What made you do that?
**[19:36] ---**
I don't know.
**[19:37] ---**
I just felt it was better to do that.
**[19:41] ---**
Felt?
**[19:43] ---**
Yes. Intuition.
**[19:46] ---**
It just felt right that way.
**[19:48] ---**
Intuition?
**[19:49] ---**
Is it Haruka's programming?
**[19:51] ---**
Or an effect of the machine learning?
**[19:53] ---**
Hey, Shankle-san!
**[19:53] ---**
Or something else...
**[19:55] ---**
I want to analyze your thought
routines and memory area.
**[19:59] ---**
You don't mind, right?
**[20:00] ---**
I won't hurt your personality data.
**[20:03] ---**
Just a little... just a little!
**[20:05] ---**
Please!
**[20:07] ---**
Shankle-san!
**[20:09] ---**
Yashirodoori-san?
**[20:11] ---**
We're leaving.
**[20:13] ---**
Okay...
**[20:16] ---**
Haruka!
**[20:17] ---**
What humanity needs is information!
**[20:20] ---**
If we just accept things as they
are, we'll never move forward!
**[20:25] ---**
Willy, you don't understand
what the Anima are.
**[20:39] ---**
Um, what did you mean back there?
**[20:43] ---**
About how he didn't understand
what the Anima are.
**[20:46] ---**
Do you think it's possible to
analyze a living creature's brain?
**[20:50] ---**
To perfectly explain every
single action it takes?
**[20:54] ---**
I don't think so.
**[20:57] ---**
You're right.
**[20:58] ---**
The Xi's core is the same way.
**[21:00] ---**
The minute you see them as computers,
**[21:02] ---**
you cease to be able to understand
what they really are.
**[21:06] ---**
That idiot Shankle sees
Anima as simple programs.
**[21:10] ---**
That's why he jumps to conclusions.
**[21:12] ---**
He thinks that if we could read their source
code, we could reveal their hidden mysteries.
**[21:17] ---**
Do these things look that simple to you?
**[21:20] ---**
They have minds. They think.
**[21:23] ---**
Which means they're not programs.
**[21:25] ---**
We need to educate and speak to
them and make them our allies.
**[21:29] ---**
We need to be persistent,
and spend the time it takes.
**[21:33] ---**
The Anima and Xi are different, right?
**[21:36] ---**
Of course!
**[21:37] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[21:49] ---**
*You're you... right?*
**[23:27] ---**
Next time on *Girly Air Force*...
**[23:30] ---**
ALT 10: "The Mission to Retake Shanghai."
***SIGN*** The Mission to Retake Shanghai
**[23:34] ---**
Barbie 01, cleared for take off!