# E1 - The Magical Girl Comes Back
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6G5X85D6/the-magical-girl-comes-back)
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Asuka, there's big trouble!
**[00:21] ---**
Another Disas is attacking the town, chu!
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Those damned Disas...
**[00:27] ---**
How could they do that
to our peaceful city?
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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.*
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*A world of lifeforms hostile to humanity,*
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*the Disas,*
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* began a stealth invasion*
* of the human world.*
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* In February 2017,*
* another world that opposed the Disas,*
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*the Spirit Realm,*
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*formed a military alliance with Earth,*
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* and created the Spirit Realm Treaty*
* Organization to aid humanity.*
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* 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,*
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* 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.
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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.
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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.
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There's nothing we can do about it.
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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...
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Oh no...
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It's huge!
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There were nine of us when
we started. Only we five are left.
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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.
**[03:54] ---**
Get me close to it.
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Then I'll rip it apart.
**[04:01] ---**
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.
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You probably need
more iron in your diet.
**[05:02] ---**
Suck on a ten yen piece!
**[05:04] ---**
But that's not iron! That's bronze!
**[05:07] ---**
It's not good for you!
**[05:09] ---**
Anyway, shouldn't you be
out there, Nozo-chan?
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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,
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incredibly athletic, who transfers
in at an odd time in freshman year.
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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...
**[05:52] ---**
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,*
**[06:20] ---**
* the person in this photo*
* is likely Mia Cyrus,*
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*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...*
**[06:31] ---**
Mommy, look! A Magical Girl!
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It's a Magical Girl, Mommy!
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Right, right.
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Come on, you want a balloon, right?
**[06:38] ---**
Mr. Kitty is waiting.
**[07:02] ---**
Mommy, I want to be a Magical Girl, too!
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You don't want to be a Magical Girl.
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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...
**[07:18] ---**
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.
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Apologize to my friend.
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Shut up.
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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?*
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* 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...
**[09:15] ---**
Asuka-san,
**[09:16] ---**
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!
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I used to do aikido.
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Um...
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I've been wondering.
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Otori-san, you spend a lot of
time reading books by yourself.
**[09:39] ---**
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?
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I don't know.
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I don't think it's that I like them.
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It just keeps me from remembering bad things.
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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,
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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.
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A new small-scale unit is being set up under
JSDF Ground Component Command
**[12:02] ---**
to specialize in magical combat.
**[12:06] ---**
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,
**[12:46] ---**
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.
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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,
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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!
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Why not give it a try first?
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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.
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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.*
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*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—
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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!