E1 - The Magical Girl Comes Back

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    Asuka, there's big trouble!
[00:21] ---
    Another Disas is attacking the town, chu!
[00:24] ---
    Those damned Disas...
[00:27] ---
    How could they do that
    to our peaceful city?
[00:29] ---
    I'll stop them!
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    Transform with your Magical Karambit, chu!
[00:50] ---
    Magical Girl Rapture Asuka,
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    here to save the day!
[00:57] ---
    January 2016.
[01:00] ---
    A world of lifeforms hostile to humanity,
[01:04] ---
    the Disas,
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    began a stealth invasion
    of the human world.
[01:10] ---
    In February 2017,
    another world that opposed the Disas,
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    the Spirit Realm,
[01:15] ---
    formed a military alliance with Earth,
[01:17] ---
    and created the Spirit Realm Treaty
    Organization to aid humanity.
[01:25] ---
    This resulted in the creation
    of the so-called "Magical Girls,"
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    girls who could synchronize with
    spirits to gain special powers.
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    Despite their beauty,
[01:37] ---
    the battlefield these young girls found
    themselves on was a brutal one.
SIGN    Mt. Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu
[02:18] ---
    An ally?
[02:19] ---
    Iizuka, with the JGSDF.
[02:22] ---
    Constantine Asimov. I'm with the GRU.
[02:25] ---
    Iizuka of the JGSDF...
[02:28] ---
    You were part of the
    Special Operations Group?
[02:31] ---
    That arm...
[02:32] ---
    You okay?
[02:33] ---
    Yeah.
[02:35] ---
    The drugs have kicked in.
[02:37] ---
    I don't feel a lot of pain,
[02:39] ---
    but my head feels like it's full of fuzz.
[02:41] ---
    I see.
[02:43] ---
    I don't think there are any enemies left.
[02:46] ---
    Operation Code Whiskey Charlie
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    has reached the final rendezvous point.
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    How many are left?
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    That I don't know.
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    It's pathetic.
[03:00] ---
    All the best soldiers from
    around the world together,
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    and in the end, all we can
    do is rely on nine little girls.
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    We can't even provide fire support.
[03:09] ---
    There's nothing we can do about it.
[03:11] ---
    This fight is beyond normal
    human understanding.
[03:13] ---
    Those kids are the only ones
    who can save the world.
[03:23] ---
    So that's the Disas Beast?
    The king of the Disas...
[03:25] ---
    Oh no...
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    It's huge!
[03:28] ---
    There were nine of us when
    we started. Only we five are left.
[03:33] ---
    Claudia...
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    Magdalena...
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    Crystal...
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    Patricia...
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    We have to fight our hardest
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    for the sake of those who died, too.
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    It's finally time, ladies.
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    No matter how big it is, it's still a Disas.
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    It has to have a crystal vein somewhere.
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    Get me close to it.
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    Then I'll rip it apart.
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    I don't like letting
    you take over the finale,
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    but I can't see us winning
    this any other way.
[04:07] ---
    Kurumi, put all of your remaining healing
    resources into the magical syringe.
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    Right...
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    Now let's say our motto...
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    Who laughs last laughs best.
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    Let's go!
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    Face-off!
SIGN    The Magical Girl Comes Back
SIGN    Three
    Years
    Later
[04:56] ---
    Dizzy?
[04:58] ---
    Something like that.
[05:00] ---
    You probably need
    more iron in your diet.
[05:02] ---
    Suck on a ten yen piece!
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    But that's not iron! That's bronze!
[05:07] ---
    It's not good for you!
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    Anyway, shouldn't you be
    out there, Nozo-chan?
[05:12] ---
    Our class is gonna lose.
[05:14] ---
    Nah, they're fine.
[05:20] ---
    That transfer student's amazing.
[05:22] ---
    Otori Asuka-san, right?
[05:24] ---
    Her swimming and marathon times
    could rank in the inter-high championships.
[05:29] ---
    Are you curious about our transfer student?
[05:32] ---
    No, I don't know...
[05:34] ---
    Um...
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    An aloof transfer student,
[05:38] ---
    incredibly athletic, who transfers
    in at an odd time in freshman year.
[05:43] ---
    Think she's the heroine
    of a late-night anime?
[05:45] ---
    A late-night anime?
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    Sure, she's mysterious, but...
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    I wonder what she does
    when she's not at school.
[06:11] ---
    What appeared to be a
    Magical Girl was sighted
SIGN    A Magical Girl at the Scene
    of a Drug Cartel's Demise?
[06:15] ---
    during anti-cartel
    operations in Mexico City.
[06:18] ---
    According to experts,
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    the person in this photo
    is likely Mia Cyrus,
[06:24] ---
    a member of the American military.
[06:27] ---
    Mia Cyrus is one of the Magical Five,
[06:30] ---
    who brought an end to the
    Distonian War three years ago...
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    Mommy, look! A Magical Girl!
[06:33] ---
    It's a Magical Girl, Mommy!
[06:35] ---
    Right, right.
[06:36] ---
    Come on, you want a balloon, right?
[06:38] ---
    Mr. Kitty is waiting.
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    Mommy, I want to be a Magical Girl, too!
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    You don't want to be a Magical Girl.
[07:07] ---
    It's dangerous!
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    I wish I could get her to join our team.
[07:13] ---
    Who? The transfer student?
[07:15] ---
    That's right.
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    Her body, the way she moves...
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    She's used it a lot.
[07:20] ---
    You mean she's trained a lot, right?
[07:24] ---
    Hey, you.
[07:26] ---
    There's no smoking on this street.
[07:29] ---
    You hit her foot with your cigarette butt.
[07:30] ---
    I didn't mean to.
[07:32] ---
    Of course not.
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    You almost burned her!
[07:36] ---
    Nozo-chan, that's enough.
[07:38] ---
    Apologize to my friend.
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    Shut up.
[07:46] ---
    You're a grown-up, right?
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    Let me go.
[07:49] ---
    It's your fault for grabbing me.
[07:58] ---
    Do I snap his arm
    and then strangle him?
[08:01] ---
    Bring my elbow down
    on the back of his head...
[08:13] ---
    If you're a grown-up, then act like it.
[08:15] ---
    It's embarrassing.
[08:19] ---
    Umm...
[08:35] ---
    Hey, Otori Asuka-san...
[08:38] ---
    Thanks so much for
    your help this morning.
[08:42] ---
    Asuka-san, you're
    super-athletic, aren't you?
[08:45] ---
    Oh, I'm Makino Nozomi.
[08:48] ---
    And four-eyes here is Hata Sayako.
[08:50] ---
    Hey, don't introduce me as "four-eyes."
[08:53] ---
    But you wear glasses, right?
[08:54] ---
    Sure, but...
[08:57] ---
    Can I push my desk up against yours?
[08:59] ---
    Let's eat lunch together.
[09:02] ---
    O-Okay, I guess.
[09:11] ---
    It's so good.
[09:13] ---
    Hey...
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    Asuka-san,
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    are you a former assassin or something?
[09:21] ---
    What are you talking about?
[09:23] ---
    The way you knocked that
    guy over this morning...
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    You seemed like a real pro!
[09:28] ---
    I used to do aikido.
[09:31] ---
    Um...
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    I've been wondering.
[09:35] ---
    Otori-san, you spend a lot of
    time reading books by yourself.
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    And?
SIGN    Franz on the Waves
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    I love books, too.
[09:42] ---
    That's a great book, isn't it?
[09:45] ---
    Do you like books?
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    You don't, Otori-san?
[09:52] ---
    I don't know.
[09:54] ---
    I don't think it's that I like them.
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    It just keeps me from remembering bad things.
[10:06] ---
    Sorry.
[10:08] ---
    I know that's a weird thing to say.
[10:10] ---
    I guess I don't talk to a lot of people.
[10:14] ---
    Well, enough book talk.
[10:17] ---
    Join the track team!
[10:19] ---
    The track team?
[10:21] ---
    Yup!
[10:22] ---
    Your body, your legs... your breasts!
[10:24] ---
    You need to put them all to good use!
[10:27] ---
    You don't use your breasts in track!
[10:30] ---
    But if you want to read books,
    you could join the literature club.
[10:33] ---
    I'm in it.
[10:35] ---
    What's this?
[10:36] ---
    You trying to steal her from me, Sayako?
[10:38] ---
    I'm not trying to steal her.
[10:40] ---
    Take this!
[10:40] ---
    Take this! Take this!
[10:42] ---
    You like it in the armpits?
[10:44] ---
    Nozo-chan, stop it! Somebody save me!
[10:47] ---
    A club, huh?
[11:02] ---
    It's been a while.
[11:26] ---
    It's been a while.
[11:31] ---
    I'd rather you didn't come to my school.
[11:34] ---
    Can we talk?
[11:36] ---
    I'm not getting in your car.
[11:39] ---
    We can talk at a nearby café.
[11:41] ---
    That's not very secure,
[11:43] ---
    but if you insist.
[11:50] ---
    Was that her dad?
[11:53] ---
    I don't know.
[11:56] ---
    I'll get right to the point.
[11:57] ---
    A new small-scale unit is being set up under
    JSDF Ground Component Command
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    to specialize in magical combat.
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    Its current name is M Squad.
[12:08] ---
    I'll be running it.
[12:10] ---
    A squad?
[12:11] ---
    It'll be very small,
[12:13] ---
    but will be given the same rank
    as the other companies.
[12:15] ---
    I'm not the only Magical Girl.
[12:18] ---
    Kurumi's working at Ground Research and
    Development, at their integrated research lab.
[12:23] ---
    She's a magical warfare research
    officer in Research Division #2.
[12:28] ---
    I see.
[12:30] ---
    Everybody's doing their own thing, huh?
[12:33] ---
    You're going to do it, too.
[12:35] ---
    Come back, Asuka.
[12:38] ---
    I told you.
[12:39] ---
    I'm not fighting anymore.
[12:44] ---
    When I was in middle school,
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    I fought enough for one lifetime.
[13:05] (Flashback) ---
    I'm home.
[13:18] (Flashback) ---
    Disas monsters?
[13:31] (Flashback) ---
    Where are my parents?
[13:34] (Flashback) ---
    Are they alive?
[13:36] (Flashback) ---
    Of course, mu!
[13:41] (Flashback) ---
    Let's make a deal.
[13:42] (Flashback) ---
    Give back my parents.
[13:46] (Flashback) ---
    I'll do whatever I can.
[13:49] (Flashback) ---
    We don't need to make a deal, mu.
[13:51] (Flashback) ---
    We'll give you back your mom and dad, mu.
[13:55] (Flashback) ---
    What?
[13:57] (Flashback) ---
    Little by little, mu.
SIGN    To Asuka-sama
[14:25] ---
    I'm not killing anybody
    now that I'm in high school.
[14:29] ---
    When I do,
[14:32] ---
    lots of people around me get killed, too.
[14:38] ---
    I see.
[14:45] ---
    How's your current school?
[14:47] ---
    What's this about?
[14:49] ---
    I'm your guardian, after all.
[14:52] ---
    That's just what the paperwork says.
[14:56] ---
    Well... It's not bad.
[15:05] ---
    Asuka-san!
[15:07] ---
    Hey, transfer student.
[15:08] ---
    Um...
[15:09] ---
    Hata-san, Makino-san...
[15:11] ---
    Hey,
[15:12] ---
    who was that man you met with
    in front of the school yesterday?
[15:15] ---
    That's...
[15:16] ---
    my dad.
[15:18] ---
    I see. I'm so glad.
[15:20] ---
    For a moment, I thought
    you were whoring yourself out.
[15:22] ---
    Nozo-chan!
[15:23] ---
    You're not supposed
    to come out and say it!
[15:32] ---
    Oh...
[15:34] ---
    I was just thinking that
    you two make a great pair.
[15:38] ---
    We're childhood friends, after all.
[15:40] ---
    Well, now that we know
    you're not a prostitute...
[15:43] ---
    That's so rude!
[15:44] ---
    Did you decide to join the track team?
[15:47] ---
    No, not yet...
[15:48] ---
    Nozo-chan!
[15:51] ---
    Why not give it a try first?
[16:04] ---
    Good work.
[16:07] ---
    I like that look on your face.
[16:08] ---
    The look on my face?
[16:10] ---
    You look like you worked off some stress.
[16:13] ---
    It feels good to get a good workout, right?
[16:17] ---
    Makino-san...
[16:18] ---
    Just call me Nozomi.
[16:20] ---
    Nozomi, have you been part of the
     track team for a long time?
[16:23] ---
    Since middle school.
[16:25] ---
    You know, you want to give your
    all at the thing you're good at, right?
[16:29] ---
    What you're good at, huh?
[16:32] ---
    Nozomi!
[16:34] ---
    Coming!
[16:35] ---
    See you later.
[16:40] ---
    Yeah.
[16:41] ---
    That is a good look.
[16:50] ---
    What is it?
[16:51] ---
    I was just thinking that it's nice
    to have something you like.
[16:56] ---
    Actually, Asuka-san...
[16:59] ---
    Oh,
[17:00] ---
    what I do is just escapism.
[17:04] ---
    I want to keep my mind occupied
    as much as possible when I've got free time.
[17:09] ---
    If I'm not constantly reading a book
    and thinking about something,
[17:13] ---
    it feels like I'll be crushed.
[17:16] ---
    Was I being weird again?
[17:18] ---
    I think that's good.
[17:22] ---
    "If you were a soldier,
    and captured by the enemy,
[17:26] ---
    escape would be your duty."
[17:29] ---
    "When your heart and your
    soul are trapped in a cage,
[17:32] ---
    literature has the task, and the glory,
    of providing you with an escape."
[17:43] ---
    It's a line from this book!
[17:46] ---
    Hey, Sayako...
[17:47] ---
    Yes?
[17:49] ---
    Can I borrow that book?
[17:54] ---
    Okay!
[17:57] ---
    I don't know why,
[17:58] ---
    but when I'm talking to these two,
[18:00] ---
    I feel so at ease.
[18:03] ---
    I quit being a Magical Girl.
[18:06] ---
    All a person needs to do is
    protect the people around them.
[18:11] ---
    But...
[18:13] ---
    Whenever I see something on the news,
[18:16] ---
    I feel something in my heart.
[18:18] ---
    If I'd tried harder,
[18:20] ---
    could I have stopped it?
[18:23] ---
    Am I just running away?
[18:26] ---
    I always thought that, but...
[18:32] ---
    Sa—
[18:39] ---
    Why did I hide?
[19:16] ---
    Comrade Kim Kanth...
[19:17] ---
    You almost killed me, too, you know.
[19:19] ---
    I'm sorry. Security was tight.
[19:22] ---
    We'll take you to the rendezvous point.
[19:28] ---
    We're breaking through.
[19:37] ---
    We'll use the chaos
    to cover our escape.
[19:39] ---
    Shoot some bystanders.
[19:52] ---
    Kim Kanth, a terrorist with the
    East Asia United Front, fled during transport.
[19:56] ---
    A special vehicle belonging to the
    Metropolitan Riot Police was attacked.
[19:59] ---
    Nearby PMs and PCs are to
    head immediately to the scene,
[20:01] ---
    and look out for weapons!
[20:04] ---
    What's going on?
[20:12] ---
    "I won't fight anymore."
[20:14] ---
    I thought I'd made my choice.
[20:18] ---
    But no matter how
    much I try to get away,
[20:19] ---
    the battles come after me.
[20:23] ---
    I heard the voice of destiny.
[20:25] ---
    That's how it felt to me.
[20:35] ---
    "Live your life for the
    sake of those who died."
[20:39] ---
    "Fight."
[20:44] ---
    Your luck ran out when you pointed a
    gun at my friend somewhere I could see you.
[20:50] ---
    A M-Magical Girl?
[20:52] ---
    What's one of them doing here?
[21:14] ---
    I won't kill you.
[21:16] ---
    You'll go to the Public Safety Department's
     Foreign Affairs Section.
[21:27] ---
    Oh.
[21:28] ---
    I guess she didn't retire.
[21:36] ---
    This is going to be fun, Abby.
[21:39] ---
    Yes, my queen.
[21:44] ---
    Once, Magical Girls
[21:46] ---
    defeated the last boss, who led the
    enemies who tried to wipe out humanity.
[21:51] ---
    But there are no endings in the real world.
[21:59] ---
    Even after we defeated the last boss,
[22:01] ---
    peace didn't return to the world.
[22:13] ---
    Our new battlefield is international crime,
[22:16] ---
    indiscriminate terrorism,
[22:18] ---
    civil wars,
[22:19] ---
    and other conflicts.
[22:21] ---
    A Magical Girl's battle never ends.
[23:57] ---
    Asuka's returned to the battlefield, chu!
[24:00] ---
    And so has her old comrade,
[24:01] ---
    the ditzy, easygoing nurse Magical Girl!
[24:05] ---
    Next time:
SIGN    Daily Life and Comrades in Arms
[24:05] ---
    "Daily Life and Comrades in Arms."
[24:07] ---
    With your Magical Karambit,
    rip the bad guys to pieces, chu!