# E3 - A More Terrible War
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRW49K3GY/a-more-terrible-war)
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**[00:04] ---**
Sayako! Sayako!
**[00:09] ---**
I couldn't do anything!
**[00:12] ---**
All I could do was watch.
**[00:15] ---**
I'm so weak.
**[00:20] ---**
Magical Girl War Nurse Kurumi!
**[00:23] ---**
Bear!
**[00:44] ---**
Asuka-san?
**[00:50] ---**
Um...
**[00:52] ---**
It's been a while.
**[00:59] ---**
Make sure you protect me from now on, okay?
**[01:06] ---**
This is sudden,
**[01:08] ---**
but we have another transfer
student to introduce to you!
**[01:13] ---**
I'll be learning here at this school
with you all starting today.
**[01:18] ---**
My name is Mugen Kurumi.
**[01:21] ---**
It's nice to meet you all.
***SIGN*** Northern Mexico, Tijuana
**[03:30] ---**
Magical Girl Just Cause Mia.
**[03:35] ---**
It feels strange when you
transform right in front of me.
**[03:38] ---**
That's because of the Magical Girls'
prosopagnosia inducing field.
**[03:43] ---**
The one that keeps anyone from recognizing you
**[03:45] ---**
as the person you were before you transformed,
unless you reveal your identity.
**[03:47] ---**
It still feels weird,
and we *know* your identity.
**[03:52] ---**
I think it's because my
magical power is too strong.
**[03:56] ---**
Now then...
**[03:58] ---**
It's time to get going.
**[04:05] ---**
I'll take point.
**[04:15] ---**
Just like our source said.
**[04:17] ---**
This is a drug cartel stronghold.
**[04:42] ---**
Nice work.
**[04:43] ---**
The power of that thing amazes
me no matter how many times I see it.
**[04:46] ---**
Specifically, it's a magically-induced
increase in penetrating power.
**[04:50] ---**
It went right through the walls,
**[04:51] ---**
the door, a table with a metal
plate embedded in it,
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and clean through NIJ Level IIIa body armor.
**[04:59] ---**
That's crazy.
**[05:00] ---**
Come on, stay focused.
**[05:09] ---**
There's one more in the back.
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No traps.
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278867...
**[05:25] ---**
98962627886792...
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Numbers?
**[05:34] ---**
**[05:35] ---**
Who are you?
**[05:37] ---**
We're not criminals.
**[05:50] ---**
Ba...
**[05:52] ---**
The Babel Brigade...
**[05:54] ---**
A more terrible war...
**[06:01] ---**
Wh... What the hell was that?
**[06:04] ---**
Looks like there's more
to this than a simple drug cartel.
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If magic's involved,
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that changes things.
**[06:14] ---**
It doesn't change a thing.
**[06:17] ---**
Crushing these fuckers is our job.
***SIGN*** A More Terrible War
**[06:32] ---**
I heard you were with the SDF,
researching magical combat.
**[06:36] ---**
I'm still going to high school.
**[06:39] ---**
I didn't expect you to just transfer here.
**[06:41] ---**
Iizuka-san's got a lot of
influence in strange places.
**[06:46] ---**
When I told him that if he
couldn't get me into your school,
**[06:51] ---**
I was going to quit the Self-Defense Force,
he got it done fast.
**[06:55] ---**
I'm half-kidding.
**[06:58] ---**
Were you thinking I sound like a stalker?
**[07:02] ---**
No,
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I was just a little surprised.
**[07:07] ---**
That Halloween-class...
**[07:10] ---**
The situation's changing.
**[07:13] ---**
But it's not my problem anymore.
**[07:16] ---**
The enemy disagrees.
**[07:18] ---**
It's better if we're both in one place
as much as possible.
**[07:23] ---**
If we could live in the same place, too...
**[07:26] ---**
Hey!
**[07:28] ---**
You two transfer students
are friends already, huh?
**[07:32] ---**
I'm Makino Nozomi.
**[07:34] ---**
This is Hata Sayako.
**[07:36] ---**
Hi...
**[07:40] ---**
You're Asuka-san's friends, right?
**[07:42] ---**
Yay! Yay! Yay!
**[07:44] ---**
Yes, I guess.
**[07:46] ---**
"You guess"?
**[07:50] ---**
I'm Asuka-san's best friend.
**[07:56] ---**
Nice to meet you.
**[07:58] ---**
Yay! Yay! Yay!
**[08:08] ---**
Asuka-san, the Salisbury
steak today is great.
**[08:11] ---**
Want some?
**[08:13] ---**
Okay, just a little.
**[08:16] ---**
Say, "Aah!"
**[08:29] ---**
You two are really close, huh?
**[08:32] ---**
Yes.
**[08:33] ---**
Hey,
**[08:34] ---**
so exactly what is Asuka-san to you?
**[08:37] ---**
My goddess.
**[08:40] ---**
Deep!
**[08:42] ---**
So Asuka-san, what do you think of Kurumi-san?
**[08:47] ---**
Let me see...
**[08:49] ---**
She's somebody close to me
that I can count on.
**[08:52] ---**
She's not just kind. She's strong.
**[08:55] ---**
There are lots of times when I've been in
trouble and only made it out because of her.
**[08:59] ---**
Asuka-san...
**[09:06] ---**
Sayako?
**[09:09] ---**
It's okay.
**[09:10] ---**
Come on, inhale.
**[09:13] ---**
Exhale...
**[09:16] ---**
What happened to her?
**[09:19] ---**
She was at the scene of
the Iidabashi terrorist attack.
**[09:22] ---**
Fortunately, she was unharmed, but...
**[09:26] ---**
Sorry.
**[09:28] ---**
I'm fine now.
**[09:30] ---**
Things have been so crazy lately, right?
**[09:33] ---**
I wonder if there's something we can do.
**[09:35] ---**
"Something?"
**[09:37] ---**
You know,
**[09:38] ---**
there's that stuff they sell online.
**[09:39] ---**
Self-defense items.
**[09:41] ---**
Bulletproof vests.
**[09:42] ---**
If you don't train,
**[09:43] ---**
a bulletproof vest is really heavy.
**[09:45] ---**
It's better to just run away.
**[09:48] ---**
That's right.
**[09:49] ---**
Let the police handle the dangerous stuff.
**[09:52] ---**
I see.
**[09:53] ---**
Well,
**[09:54] ---**
if things get really bad,
the Magical Girls will save us, right?
**[10:07] ---**
Huh?
**[10:08] ---**
Did I say something weird?
**[10:10] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[10:11] ---**
No, that's not it.
**[10:13] ---**
Let's keep things a little
more cheerful, okay?
**[10:16] ---**
That's right.
**[10:16] ---**
Cheerful.
**[10:19] ---**
Right?
**[10:22] ---**
Hey, Kurumi-san, do you swim?
**[10:25] ---**
Yes, a bit.
**[10:27] ---**
Why don't we all go to the pool Sunday?
**[10:32] ---**
The pool?
**[10:33] ---**
Yeah, the pool!
**[10:36] ---**
The pool, where water
droplets bounce off soft skin!
**[10:39] ---**
Where you get to admire rippling
muscles and beautiful curves!
**[10:49] ---**
I don't know about beautiful curves,
**[10:51] ---**
but I do like the idea of swimming.
**[10:54] ---**
If Asuka-san's going...
**[10:57] ---**
I'm fine with that.
**[10:58] ---**
Okay, great!
**[11:00] ---**
Yay!
**[11:10] ---**
That Makino Nozomi
girl sure is pushy, huh?
**[11:15] ---**
But she's a good girl.
She keeps everyone cheerful.
**[11:29] ---**
This school's got a ton of
workout machines, huh?
**[11:34] ---**
There aren't a lot of people here,
either, so it's easy to use them.
**[11:38] ---**
You're a researcher.
**[11:40] ---**
Do you need to train?
**[11:42] ---**
I'm a Magical Girl.
**[11:44] ---**
I never know what will happen.
**[11:47] ---**
You're strong.
**[11:48] ---**
I'm not strong.
**[11:51] ---**
Then how can you still fight so
optimistically after that awful battle?
**[11:59] ---**
Because...
**[12:03] (Flashback) ---**
Hey, does it stink?
**[12:05] (Flashback) ---**
I smell vomit.
**[12:07] (Flashback) ---**
So do I.
**[12:09] (Flashback) ---**
That's strange.
**[12:10] (Flashback) ---**
I know we washed her.
**[12:13] (Flashback) ---**
Want to wash her again?
**[12:15] (Flashback) ---**
There's no point.
**[12:16] (Flashback) ---**
She won't smell better no matter
how many times you do it.
**[12:18] (Flashback) ---**
Why not just stay here all day?
**[12:21] (Flashback) ---**
Nobody wants you stinking
up the classroom.
**[12:24] (Flashback) ---**
Please... just...
**[12:28] (Flashback) ---**
You're garbage.
Garbage doesn't breathe.
**[12:32] ---**
I like myself now that I can
transform into a Magical Girl.
**[12:37] ---**
I don't like the person
I was when I couldn't.
**[12:42] ---**
What about you, Asuka-san?
**[12:44] ---**
You said you wanted
to quit being a Magical Girl,
**[12:47] ---**
but you're still in excellent shape.
**[12:50] ---**
I like keeping myself in shape.
**[12:53] ---**
Is that really all?
**[12:57] ---**
I'm scared.
**[12:58] ---**
Maybe.
**[13:00] ---**
Scared?
**[13:02] ---**
Of the enemy?
**[13:04] ---**
No.
**[13:05] ---**
Of becoming weak.
**[13:32] ---**
This way.
**[13:34] ---**
What's this about?
**[13:47] ---**
Welcome, Master!
**[13:50] ---**
Welcome.
**[13:54] ---**
They're both ace members of the JGSDF.
**[13:57] ---**
These are the members of M Squad,
**[13:59] ---**
an elite unit within the Special Forces Group,
specializing in magical combat.
**[14:04] ---**
I'm Shima.
**[14:05] ---**
Nice to meet you.
**[14:08] ---**
Kaede.
**[14:10] ---**
This is M Squad's secret base.
**[14:13] ---**
We can't do anything too crazy
in a government-owned building.
**[14:16] ---**
But why a maid café?
**[14:19] ---**
I didn't exactly sign up for this, either!
**[14:21] ---**
Calm down, Kaede! Calm down!
**[14:24] ---**
There's a staircase in the back
that leads to sub-basement B2.
**[14:27] ---**
There's a training room and an armory.
**[14:29] ---**
Hey.
**[14:30] ---**
We've been over this.
**[14:32] ---**
I'm not...
**[14:33] ---**
There's been a huge increase
in magical item smuggling lately.
**[14:38] ---**
The war's over.
**[14:40] ---**
That's right.
**[14:41] ---**
The war's over.
**[14:42] ---**
And a new order is being born.
**[14:45] ---**
Criminal spirits are trading magic
for rare materials from Earth.
**[14:51] ---**
Leftover remnants from the war?
**[14:53] ---**
"Remnants" isn't the right
way of looking at it anymore.
**[14:57] ---**
They were able to modify
that Halloween-class.
**[15:00] ---**
Somebody big is backing them.
**[15:03] ---**
And that's not all.
**[15:04] ---**
We're even seeing illegal Magical Girls.
**[15:08] ---**
The world's rules have changed.
**[15:10] ---**
And a new world needs new power.
**[15:16] ---**
It needs your power,
**[15:18] ---**
Magical Girl Rapture.
**[15:22] ---**
I...
**[15:41] ---**
Magical...
**[15:43] ---**
What?
**[15:44] ---**
What did you say?
**[15:46] ---**
Magical Girl...
**[15:49] ---**
Prey...
**[15:50] ---**
Remake the world...
**[15:53] ---**
The world?
**[15:54] ---**
Not the Japanese government?
**[15:57] ---**
New organization...
**[15:59] ---**
Library of Babel...
**[16:02] ---**
Babel Brigade...
**[16:04] ---**
A more... terrible... war...
**[16:09] ---**
Magical Girls are prey, huh?
**[16:12] ---**
This case is a bigger
deal than I thought, huh?
**[16:15] ---**
We'll have to change all our
assumptions about this enemy.
**[16:20] ---**
What can we do against
an enemy like this?
**[16:24] ---**
We're cops.
**[16:27] ---**
Magic or not,
**[16:29] ---**
we just do our jobs.
**[16:32] ---**
So that normal people can live in peace.
**[16:51] ---**
What a beautiful sight.
**[16:53] ---**
Nozo-chan,
**[16:54] ---**
you're such an old man.
**[16:56] ---**
Well, our own forces are just as strong.
**[17:09] ---**
Beautiful!
**[17:11] ---**
Nozo-chan...
**[17:13] ---**
Aw,
**[17:14] ---**
"beautiful" is going too far.
**[17:16] ---**
Right, Asuka-san?
**[17:22] ---**
Asuka-san, wait!
**[17:25] ---**
Okay! Me, too!
**[17:36] ---**
Hey.
**[17:38] ---**
Thank you for coming, guys.
**[17:41] ---**
What's that for?
**[17:44] ---**
Sayako's still pretty down.
**[17:49] ---**
She's a total four-eyes who
always has her nose in a book,
**[17:52] ---**
but she likes to swim.
**[17:54] ---**
Do her glasses have
anything to do with anything?
**[17:57] ---**
I'm glad you came.
**[18:00] ---**
Why?
**[18:02] ---**
She likes cool girls like you and me.
**[18:07] ---**
I think it makes her more excited.
**[18:10] ---**
Cool?
**[18:13] ---**
Hey, where is she?
**[18:17] ---**
Is that her?
**[18:20] ---**
She dives?
**[18:23] ---**
No,
**[18:24] ---**
she's never mentioned it before.
**[19:22] ---**
I'm glad nothing bad happened.
**[19:25] ---**
Really.
**[19:26] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[19:28] ---**
You did a great job with that dive.
**[19:30] ---**
I'm tired of being so scared I can't move.
**[19:37] ---**
*Everyone's moving forward, aren't they?*
**[19:42] ---**
Feel better?
**[19:44] ---**
Yeah.
**[19:44] ---**
I bet.
**[19:46] ---**
You were staring at lots
of crotches at the pool.
**[19:49] ---**
I was not.
**[19:50] ---**
You were, too.
**[19:52] ---**
We know you're a perv.
**[19:54] ---**
Nozo-chan!
**[19:58] ---**
What's wrong, Asuka-san?
**[20:01] ---**
Nothing...
**[20:03] ---**
I was just wondering if it was
okay to do things like this.
**[20:09] ---**
Of course it is.
**[20:11] ---**
Otherwise, you'll regret it when you grow
up and work eighty-hour weeks.
**[20:14] ---**
Eighty-hour weeks?
**[20:16] ---**
You need to have
fun with your life right now!
**[20:17] ---**
So let's do this again!
**[20:22] ---**
Yeah.
**[20:25] ---**
How about we go there next?
**[20:29] ---**
*Cheerleader Samurai vs. Megaton Shark*?
**[20:34] ---**
This?
**[20:36] ---**
Doesn't it look good?
**[20:38] ---**
What do you think, Asuka?
**[20:40] ---**
Fine with me, I guess.
**[20:42] ---**
Okay, let's do it, then!
**[20:44] ---**
I'll go get tickets to see it soon.
**[20:49] ---**
Here you go.
**[20:52] ---**
If Asuka-san's going...
**[20:55] ---**
Yeah.
**[20:56] ---**
Let's come back again, all four of us.
**[20:59] ---**
Okay, see you later.
**[21:01] ---**
Bye!
**[21:04] ---**
I'll be going, then.
**[21:06] ---**
See you.
**[21:09] ---**
Asuka-san...
**[21:11] ---**
Is school fun?
**[21:15] ---**
Yeah.
**[21:16] ---**
I think it is.
**[21:19] ---**
That's why I don't want
to be a Magical Girl anymore.
**[21:23] ---**
I don't want to lose any more
of the people close to me.
**[21:27] ---**
Right...
**[21:30] ---**
I'm glad you have friends here.
**[21:33] ---**
See you tomorrow.
**[21:38] ---**
**Not *fighting because you have
things you care about...*
**[21:41] ---**
* You're supposed to do the*
* opposite, Asuka-san.*
**[21:58] ---**
You're Makino Nozomi,
**[21:59] ---**
daughter of Makino Akinori from
the Foreign Affairs Police, right?
**[22:14] ---**
Now we have all the cards we need.
***SIGN*** I can't wait to see the movie.
**[24:12] ---**
Nozomi was kidnapped, chu!
**[24:14] ---**
Terrible torture or execution...
**[24:17] ---**
Just imagining what she could be
going through makes me shiver, chu!
**[24:20] ---**
Next time, "Babel Brigade—Combat Begins."
***SIGN*** Babel Brigade—Combat Begins
**[24:22] ---**
With your Magical Karambit,
rip the bad guys to pieces, chu!