E8 - Their Choice

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    She's founded a company?
[00:03] ---
    For Gundams?
[00:04] ---
    It was Ms. Miorine's own idea!
[00:06] ---
    She solicited investment and
[00:08] ---
    bought out some of Peil's and Shin Sei's
    development teams on the spot.
[00:12] ---
    I almost fainted.
[00:13] ---
    Rich girls do everything flashier.
[00:16] ---
    She must have an ulterior motive.
[00:18] ---
    Four.
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    Doubt.
[00:19] ---
    How did you know?!
[00:21] ---
    Ms. Suletta's been having trouble
    ever since she transferred here.
[00:26] ---
    You will have trouble
    with men in the near future.
[00:29] ---
    What?! That's the last thing I need!
[00:32] ---
    Shouldn't we just let her do as she likes?
[00:34] ---
    It's got nothing to do with me.
[00:36] ---
    It's got plenty to do with you.
[00:38] ---
    Ms. Miorine?
[00:39] ---
    What'd you bring the Princess here for?
[00:41] ---
    I'm setting up the company here.
[00:44] ---
    What?
[00:44] ---
    GUND-ARM, Inc. will be run
    by me and everyone here.
[00:49] ---
    That's it. You're welcome.
[00:50] ---
    Huh?
[00:51] ---
    Say what?!
[00:52] ---
    Now the company's launched,
    there's a ton of things to do.
[00:55] ---
    D-Don't talk like we've agreed to this!
[00:57] ---
    And why us, any--
[00:59] ---
    You'll be properly paid.
[01:01] ---
    Any other questions? None, right?
[01:04] ---
    I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
[01:06] ---
    I apologize for whatever
    Ms. Miorine's doing.
[01:08] ---
    What will your company
    be doing with Gundams, anyway?
[01:11] ---
    That's...
[01:12] ---
    what I'm about to figure out.
[02:47] ---
    That Spacian turd!
[02:51] ---
    Chuchu, class is in session.
[02:53] ---
    Are you okay with this, Nika?!
[02:55] ---
    Why do we need to obey her?!
[02:56] ---
    Huh?
[02:57] ---
    Well, if it means
    I get to work on Aerial...
[03:00] ---
    And if the company is successful,
[03:02] ---
    it's a chance to prove that
    Earthians can do as well as Spacians.
[03:05] ---
    Well, I'm not gonna wait on
    some selfish Spacian bimbo!
[03:10] ---
    It's breaking!
[03:11] ---
    Are you okay with this, Nuno?!
[03:13] ---
    Well...
[03:15] ---
    It depends on the salary.
[03:17] ---
    If it's mighty, I won't complain.
    If it's meager, I'll slack off.
[03:20] ---
    No, no, no, no!
[03:21] ---
    We're talking Gundams! And witches!
[03:23] ---
    They're all cursed!
[03:25] ---
    You want to learn about business, right?
[03:27] ---
    Isn't this perfect?
[03:28] ---
    It's a perfect disaster!
[03:29] ---
    The group's big shots are--
[03:30] ---
    Martin Upmont!
[03:32] ---
    Yes, sir!
[03:33] ---
    If you can't be quiet, leave!
[03:34] ---
    I'm very sorry!
[03:36] ---
    Count me out.
[03:38] ---
    And what do you think?
[03:40] ---
    Depends on what we'd be doing.
[03:42] ---
    Ms. Aliya! Mr. Till!
[03:45] ---
    Do you have any clue where Ms. Miorine is?
[03:49] ---
    You want to know more about Aerial?
[03:51] ---
    Our company will be handling
    Gundams, so I have a lot of questions.
[03:56] ---
    Is Ariel really safe?
[03:59] ---
    Can she be mass-produced?
[04:01] ---
    And why develop her when you
    had to hide that she was a Gundam?
[04:08] ---
    I just sent you all of Ariel's past data.
[04:11] ---
    People who want Gundams
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    will trust numbers
    over your words or mine.
[04:18] ---
    Thank you.
[04:20] ---
    Anyway, mass production
    is impossible at this point.
[04:23] ---
    We haven't pinned down
    the basic elements of the GUND Format,
[04:26] ---
    and aren't ready to accumulate data.
[04:29] ---
    You'll have to begin with analysis.
[04:33] ---
    The Gundam's curse
    is a heavier burden than you think.
[04:39] ---
    So that's what he meant.
[04:41] ---
    Um, Mom?
[04:44] ---
    What is it?
[04:45] ---
    Well, um...
[04:47] ---
    Why did you...
[04:48] ---
    say to me...
[04:51] ---
    that Aerial wasn't a Gundam?
[04:55] ---
    Aerial is family to us, right?
[04:57] ---
    She's not really cursed, is she?
[05:11] ---
    Does it frighten you?
[05:12] ---
    No.
[05:13] ---
    It's your arm, Mom. Same as always.
[05:15] ---
    Thank you. But even so,
[05:18] ---
    people can't help being afraid
    of the unknown.
[05:22] ---
    And they try to
    keep that fear at a distance.
[05:25] ---
    Or even attack it.
[05:27] ---
    Gundams will remain in
    people's minds as forbidden machines.
[05:32] ---
    Even so, I wanted to protect you two
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    from the curse's abominable flame.
[05:39] ---
    Mom...
[05:41] ---
    So that's it.
[05:42] ---
    It was all for us, right?
[05:44] ---
    But of course!
[05:45] ---
    You're my beloved daughters.
[05:48] ---
    I'm sorry for my silly question!
[05:50] ---
    From now on, I'll protect Aerial too.
[05:53] ---
    For your sake, Mom!
[05:55] ---
    Be sure to tell everyone.
[05:57] ---
    It's safe to have Gundams by their side.
[06:00] ---
    Right!
[06:03] ---
    Anyway... Wasn't there something
    more important to ask your mother?
[06:07] ---
    Huh?
[06:08] ---
    Like why you're able to pilot Aerial
    without suffering any harm.
[06:12] ---
    Now you know she's a Gundam...
[06:14] ---
    aren't you scared?
[06:15] ---
    Not at all!
    Aerial and I have always been family!
[06:20] ---
    Have it your way...
[06:22] ---
    Oh, Mercurian Miss.
[06:24] ---
    Did you make up with your mother?
[06:26] ---
    Yes!
[06:27] ---
    In fact, I--
[06:28] ---
    Suletta.
[06:29] ---
    Don't tell that creep a thing.
[06:31] ---
    You're mad again?
[06:32] ---
    You don't want me
    getting close to your groom?
[06:35] ---
    You only want to know more about
    Aerial for your company's sake.
[06:40] ---
    And what about your company?
[06:42] ---
    You have absolutely no time to sit back.
[06:44] ---
    You managed to make it through there,
    but your investors aren't philanthropists.
[06:49] ---
    Depending on your business plan,
    you might go back to zero.
[06:53] ---
    What are you trying to say?
[06:54] ---
    Why not let me take over the company?
[06:57] ---
    What?
[06:58] ---
    On what terms?
[06:59] ---
    What?
[07:00] ---
    Marriage to you.
[07:01] ---
    What?! M-M...
[07:02] ---
    Oh, shut up.
[07:03] ---
    M-M-Marriage?!
[07:06] ---
    1\an8}This ship will now...
[07:06] ---
    Let's discuss this again soon.
[07:08] ---
    1\an8}...enter a docking course.
[07:08] ---
    Bye now, Mercurian Miss.
[07:11] ---
    Uh... I...
[07:11] ---
    1\an8}Please be seated and fasten your...
[07:14] ---
    I-I think I get it. It's you, Ms. Miorine!
[07:15] ---
    1\an8}We will now enter...
[07:16] ---
    1\an8}...a docking course.
[07:16] ---
    Shaddiq is...
[07:18] ---
    1\an8}Please fasten your seatbelts.
[07:18] ---
    in l-l-l-love with...
[07:20] ---
    Don't kid yourself.
[07:21] ---
    What?
[07:23] ---
    It's just that he...
[07:24] ---
    was raised in an orphanage
    run by the Grassley family.
[07:27] ---
    What?
[07:28] ---
    That guy will do whatever it takes.
[07:30] ---
    Don't let your guard down.
[07:32] ---
    Right...
[07:35] ---
    As President Miorine instructed,
[07:37] ---
    I've organized the disclosure
    information for the investors.
[07:40] ---
    You've accepted your fate already?
[07:42] ---
    Putting aside minor registrations,
[07:43] ---
    there are a lot of things
    we have to decide.
[07:46] ---
    Like salary, wages, bonuses, and raises.
[07:49] ---
    They're all money matters, huh?
[07:51] ---
    Those things are important too, but...
[07:53] ---
    We have to start
    with articles of incorporation.
[07:55] ---
    Articles?
[07:57] ---
    They're documents that establish
    the nature of the company.
[08:00] ---
    The company's name, its founders,
[08:03] ---
    the total number of authorized shares...
[08:05] ---
    The specifics will be written
    in the company's business plan, but...
[08:09] ---
    We have to decide
    the company's mission, right?
[08:12] ---
    Whatever it is,
    it should be something profitable.
[08:15] ---
    From what Suletta's mom said,
[08:17] ---
    unless the GUND Format's safety is proven,
    we won't be able to manufacture Gundams.
[08:22] ---
    What about Peil's Gundam?
[08:24] ---
    I think they called it...
[08:25] ---
    Pharact.
[08:26] ---
    Did it use technology
    different from Aerial's?
[08:29] ---
    We can't say without looking into it.
[08:31] ---
    According to the documents
    we received from Peil,
[08:34] ---
    the cost of building one Pharact unit was...
[08:37] ---
    This much.
[08:38] ---
    Are you serious?
[08:40] ---
    How many units of my mobile suit
    could you buy with that?
[08:42] ---
    After buying out Shin Sei's and Peil's
    development teams,
[08:46] ---
    what are the company's assets?
[08:47] ---
    This much.
[08:49] ---
    Are you serious?
[08:50] ---
    That's not even enough
    to feed Giko and the others.
[08:52] ---
    Manufacturing is far beyond
    our dreams at this point.
[08:56] ---
    Let's just make a rosy business plan
    to raise everyone's expectations.
[09:00] ---
    Then people will come to finance us.
[09:02] ---
    What are we gonna sell, then?
[09:04] ---
    Right...
[09:06] ---
    Normally, selling them as weapons
    would seem the most reasonable plan.
[09:10] ---
    Yeah, that would be
    the natural thing to do.
[09:13] ---
    Huh?
[09:16] ---
    What? It would make money, wouldn't it?
[09:19] ---
    You're a war orphan, aren't you?
[09:22] ---
    There are tons of kids like me on Earth.
[09:25] ---
    If we're only selling
    to Earthians, I'm for it.
[09:28] ---
    But that would mean...
[09:29] ---
    Earth would become a battlefield again.
[09:32] ---
    I don't want that.
[09:33] ---
    Hold on a second.
[09:35] ---
    In the first place, selling only
    to Earthians isn't even realistic.
[09:38] ---
    We're a part of the Benerit Group, after all.
[09:41] ---
    What?!
[09:41] ---
    Are you siding with the Spacians?
[09:44] ---
    That's not what I mean.
[09:45] ---
    I didn't come here to build mobile suits.
[09:49] ---
    I love money, for sure.
[09:51] ---
    Even so, I don't feel like
    profiting off killing machines.
[09:55] ---
    At the end of the day,
    you're just another spoiled kid.
[09:58] ---
    Oh, yeah?!
[09:59] ---
    E-Everyone!
[10:00] ---
    We can't fight like this!
[10:02] ---
    She's right. Calm down.
[10:04] ---
    What about you, Nika?
[10:05] ---
    Huh?
[10:06] ---
    If Spacians do as they please
    with the mobile suits we build,
[10:10] ---
    could you handle it?
[10:11] ---
    I...
[10:16] ---
    The one who decides...
[10:18] ---
    should be the president.
[10:22] ---
    What?
[10:23] ---
    Ms. Miorine...
[10:24] ---
    Who cares if we sell weapons?
[10:26] ---
    If you don't like it, you're free to go.
[10:29] ---
    N-No way! We're all in this together!
[10:31] ---
    Huh? It's my company, you know.
[10:34] ---
    If that's how it is,
    you're the one who should leave.
[10:37] ---
    What are you...?
[10:49] ---
    Fine.
[10:50] ---
    Ms. Miorine!
[10:52] ---
    Martin!
[10:52] ---
    Y-Yes?
[10:53] ---
    I'll leave the details of the
    registration papers to you.
[10:56] ---
    Lilique, you'll open the company's
    bank account.
[10:59] ---
    And help Martin with the rest.
[11:00] ---
    Yes, ma'am.
[11:01] ---
    Right.
[11:02] ---
    Is anyone here a decent artist?
[11:05] ---
    Design us a company logo. Make it stylish.
[11:08] ---
    Suletta... and the rest...
[11:10] ---
    Don't lump us together!
[11:11] ---
    Make a PR video that will
    rid Gundams of their bad image.
[11:14] ---
    You've got two weeks.
[11:15] ---
    Two weeks?!
[11:17] ---
    Nail down everything before
    my lousy father changes his mind.
[11:20] ---
    Don't slack off!
[11:26] ---
    That bossy little Spacian turd!
[11:36] ---
    Oh, sorry.
[11:37] ---
    I thought this was a garbage dump.
[11:44] ---
    Come on.
[11:45] ---
    You're not making this fun.
[11:47] ---
    Picking up litter?
[11:49] ---
    How noble.
[11:51] ---
    I'll pick up where you left off.
[11:53] ---
    Sure...
[11:54] ---
    Sorry for the trouble.
[11:58] ---
    Come to our House.
[12:01] ---
    You can shower there.
[12:02] ---
    I won't lick the boots of a wimp
    who was afraid to duel me.
[12:07] ---
    I only avoided it because
    I thought I could leave it to you.
[12:11] ---
    What?
[12:12] ---
    Call me if you change your mind.
[12:15] ---
    I happen to be...
[12:17] ---
    quite fond of you.
[12:22] ---
    I don't need anyone's pity!
[12:28] ---
    Yes?
[12:30] ---
    I sent you some Beguir-Pentes
    and a Michaelis.
[12:34] ---
    They're bringing anti-Gundam weapons too.
[12:37] ---
    I've no intention of seizing it in a duel.
[12:39] ---
    Do it whatever way you like.
[12:42] ---
    But don't forget.
[12:44] ---
    The Gundams must be erased
    from this world.
[12:47] ---
    Yes, Father.
[12:54] ---
    He's far too narrow.
[12:56] ---
    In his vision...
[12:58] ---
    and his ideas.
[13:01] ---
    And our Cathedra shall deny all Gundams.
[13:08] ---
    Gundam...
[13:10] ---
    A mobile suit that kills its pilot.
[13:14] ---
    The GUND Format...
[13:17] ---
    I have to know more.
[13:22] ---
    As soon as your company is ready,
[13:25] ---
    Peil's development team and the Pharact
[13:27] ---
    will be officially transferred to you.
[13:30] ---
    I look forward to working with you,
[13:32] ---
    Ms. Belmeria Winston.
[13:34] ---
    Now, then...
[13:35] ---
    What brings you here today?
[13:37] ---
    I want to learn more about Gundams.
[13:41] ---
    Mobile suits called Gundams that
    cripple their pilots' minds and bodies...
[13:46] ---
    the Vanadis Institute that created them...
[13:49] ---
    and the people we call witches
    are all to be abhorred.
[13:53] ---
    That's what the public believes.
[13:56] ---
    If they were defective,
    they could have been improved.
[13:58] ---
    So why did they reject that...
[14:00] ---
    and try to eliminate them
    by concocting that agreement?
[14:05] ---
    And why did the witches
[14:06] ---
    create the Gundams in the first place?
[14:08] ---
    Don't.
[14:10] ---
    Don't call them "witches."
[14:12] ---
    Does that mean you're a witch too?
[14:15] ---
    I was merely...
[14:17] ---
    enthralled by the GUND's ideals...
[14:20] ---
    and have simply
    been imitating what they did.
[14:23] ---
    The GUND's ideals...?
[14:26] ---
    Can you tell me more about that?
[14:35] ---
    So you can't help hanging
    around this place after all.
[14:39] ---
    Did you know about
    the ideals behind GUND technology?
[14:43] ---
    My father told me most of it.
[14:46] ---
    He trusts you, then.
[14:47] ---
    I worked hard to earn it.
[14:52] ---
    And? Who are you groveling to today?
[14:55] ---
    I came to grovel to you.
[14:58] ---
    There are customers who want Gundams.
[15:01] ---
    If you can develop a machine
    equal in strength to the Aerial
[15:05] ---
    that outperformed
    Jeturk's and Peil's mobile suits,
[15:08] ---
    many buyers would want to obtain it
    even without Cathedra's approval.
[15:13] ---
    And I'm sure you're aware of
    our monetary situation.
[15:16] ---
    Why don't we work together?
[15:19] ---
    Not only can I give you financial
    support until you're on your feet,
[15:22] ---
    I can lend you any personnel you need.
[15:25] ---
    Doesn't sound too bad, right?
[15:27] ---
    And what's in it for you?
[15:29] ---
    Gundams are a game changer that will
    revitalize the stagnant weapons industry.
[15:34] ---
    The group will never grow
    further if it misses this chance.
[15:37] ---
    Isn't your Daddy allergic to Gundams?
[15:40] ---
    I'll bring him around.
[15:42] ---
    I regard it as my filial duty.
[15:46] ---
    Back in the day,
[15:48] ---
    we submitted a project plan together
    in a business competition.
[15:51] ---
    A secret from everyone...
[15:53] ---
    I don't remember a thing.
[15:54] ---
    The plan was accepted,
[15:56] ---
    but our fathers found out and scolded us.
[15:59] ---
    Still, I haven't forgotten that day.
[16:05] ---
    If you and I work together,
[16:07] ---
    I believe we can bring about
    a better future than our fathers.
[16:10] ---
    Miorine.
[16:14] ---
    There. You can clearly see
    where it's been edited.
[16:17] ---
    Mr. Martin, there are mistakes here.
[16:19] ---
    Aw, man...
[16:20] ---
    Come on, you two!
[16:22] ---
    Hurry up and bury the hatchet!
[16:24] ---
    And where's the Princess, huh?
[16:26] ---
    The two weeks are up.
[16:27] ---
    I'll bet she got fed up
    and ran away to Earth.
[16:30] ---
    M-Ms. Miorine wouldn't...
    She wouldn't do that!
[16:34] ---
    You haven't known her
    long enough to say for sure.
[16:39] ---
    Looking for me?
[16:40] ---
    Ms. Miorine!
[16:42] ---
    I-I believed in you...
[16:44] ---
    Ms. Miorine--
[16:45] ---
    You're annoying.
[16:46] ---
    And?
[16:47] ---
    Have you decided?
[16:49] ---
    How we're going to sell the Gundams.
[16:54] ---
    There are two ways to earn revenue.
[16:58] ---
    The first is to sell Gundams as weapons.
[17:01] ---
    In that case, we'll ask no
    questions about who we sell to.
[17:06] ---
    And the other option...
[17:14] ---
    1\an8}Good afternoon, Spacians.
[17:17] ---
    1\an8}We are the staff of Vanadis,
    an institute for Permet research.
[17:22] ---
    1\an8}Almost a century has passed*
[17:22] ---
    What the hell is this video?
[17:24] ---
    1\an8}since we expanded our biosphere into space*.
[17:24] ---
    Who is she?
[17:26] ---
    And we humans...
[17:26] ---
    The one who created the Gundams.
[17:28] ---
    ...have always struggled to
    survive the harsh space environment.
[17:32] ---
    Weightlessness, vacuum,
    atmospheric composition,
[17:36] ---
    space radiation...
[17:39] ---
    Even with expensive
    vaccines and implant apps,
[17:42] ---
    we can barely suppress
    the disorders themselves.
[17:46] ---
    Which is why the GUND medical technology
[17:50] ---
    that we're proposing
    could be a technology of hope
[17:52] ---
    for supplementing the fragility
    of the human body.
[17:55] ---
    GUND medical technology?
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    GUND technology has the potential
    not only to expand the biosphere,
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    but also to reconcile
    the divisions and disparities
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    between the people of Earth and space.
[18:08] ---
    We hope you will join us in
    grasping hold of this ray of light
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    that could lead to a better
    future for all humanity.
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    This is the other way.
[18:22] ---
    Pursuing the true ideals behind the Gundam...
[18:25] ---
    we'll complete the GUND medical
    technology and send it out into the world.
[18:30] ---
    But that means...
[18:32] ---
    Using Gundams to save lives?
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    A mobile suit...
[18:38] ---
    that saves lives...
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    I don't know if the world
    will accept it or not. However...
[18:44] ---
    it's worth a try.
[18:46] ---
    First of all, it's great to take
    a different path from my lousy father.
[18:50] ---
    I'll take on all responsibility.
[18:52] ---
    Any objections?
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    GUND-ARM... GUND-ARM...
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    A ray of hope
[19:12] ---
    GUND-ARM... GUND-ARM...
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    Forward to the future
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    It's safe... to pilot!
    It's reliable... to use!
[19:25] ---
    It can fly! It can dance! Aerial!
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    GUND-ARM, Inc.
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    is dedicated to the medical use
    of GUND technology.
[19:41] ---
    We've finished drafting the business plan
    for investors and streaming the PR video.
[19:45] ---
    The articles of incorporation
    and various applications are done.
[19:48] ---
    Once the school accepts
    our application for a student startup,
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    the company will be officially established.
[19:54] ---
    Thank you all for your hard work!
[19:56] ---
    I'm really tired.
[19:58] ---
    All we did was help with the video, though.
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    A medical company
    that handles GUND technology.
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    It's better than being complicit in war.
[20:10] ---
    There's no good or evil
    when it comes to saving lives.
[20:13] ---
    Right?
[20:15] ---
    I guess.
[20:17] ---
    Thank you, Chuchu.
[20:19] ---
    In my hometown...
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    there are lots of people who lost
    their arms and legs in mining accidents.
[20:27] ---
    If I can make money and be useful
    to my family, there's nothing better.
[20:35] ---
    And so...
[20:37] ---
    has the food
    for the launch party arrived yet?
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    Thank you very much, Ms. Miorine.
[20:44] ---
    For what?
[20:45] ---
    You worked out a plan
    acceptable to everyone, didn't you?
[20:50] ---
    I just couldn't afford to lose them.
[20:54] ---
    To tell the truth... this is kind of fun.
[20:59] ---
    It's like joining a club,
    just like my wish list.
[21:04] ---
    Idiot. This isn't for amusement.
[21:11] ---
    Stop here!
[21:13] ---
    Huh?
[21:16] ---
    Ms. Miorine?
[21:19] ---
    What the hell is this?!
[21:22] ---
    As directed, I've added new regulations.
[21:24] ---
    Article 53, paragraph 3 of the Student
    Business Startup Regulations...
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    "Safety verification of new technology
    used in student businesses."
[21:32] ---
    Miorine can't start her company now.
[21:35] ---
    The Gundam will revert
    to being group property.
[21:39] ---
    Now Mr. Sarius just has to dispose of it.
[21:42] ---
    I feel kind of sorry for Miss Miorine.
[21:45] ---
    Don't worry.
[21:47] ---
    We can all help cheer her up.
[21:50] ---
    I won't let him dispose of it.
[21:52] ---
    The Gundam will eventually be needed
    by myself and the group.
[21:57] ---
    I'll be taking over Miorine's company.
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    And if she refuses?
[22:02] ---
    There's only one solution, right?
[22:05] ---
    Though I doubt that's what Shaddiq wants.
[22:07] ---
    But we're prepared for what comes next.
[22:11] ---
    We'll simply seize the Gundam...
[22:17] ---
    from Miorine's hands.
[23:53] ---
    Next time on
    Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury,
[23:57] ---
    "If I Could Take One Step Toward You."