# Season 1
# E1 - The State of the World
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G9DUED0Q2/the-state-of-the-world)
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***SIGN*** April 19th, 1973
**[00:06] Komaki**
*On April 19th, 1973,*
**[00:14] Komaki**
* a race of extra-terrestrial lifeforms*
* launched a landing unit from the moon,*
**[00:18] ---**
*which touched down on Earth.*
***SIGN*** Years Later
**[00:32] Komaki**
* Ever since, mankind has been engaged*
* in all-out war with this alien species.*
**[00:38] Komaki**
* The population of Earth has fallen*
* and is now one to two billion.*
**[00:42] ---**
*As the invaders were Beings*
**[00:44] ---**
* of Extra-Terrestrial origin who were*
* Adversarial to the human race,*
**[00:49] ---**
*they were named the BETA.*
**[00:52] ---**
*In order to cope with the threat they posed,*
**[00:54] ---**
*humans developed the Tactical Surface Fighter.*
**[00:57] ---**
* In July of 1998, the BETA*
* advance on Japan began,*
**[01:01] ---**
* and before long, the Kitakyushu*
* and Chugoku regions were lost.*
**[01:05] ---**
* On August 15th, the imperial*
* capital of Kyoto finally fell,*
**[01:11] ---**
* and the battlefield expanded*
* into eastern Japan.*
***SIGN*** September 15th,1998
Sadogashima • Empire of Japan
**[01:38] Fisherwomen**
Another underwhelming catch...
**[01:40] Fisherwomen**
You said it. I wonder why.
**[01:43] Fisherwomen**
Good question.
**[02:12] Sakazaki**
The following are assigned
**[02:14] ---**
to the 3rd Tactical Reserve Squadron
for Sado Base as of today:
***SIGN*** Sado Base 3rd Reserves
Alpha Squadron Commander Sakazaki Koori
***SIGN*** Sado Base 3rd Reserve
Bravo Squadron Commander Ogura Suzuno
**[02:20] Sakazaki**
Lieutenant Murata Akiyoshi.
**[02:21] Murata**
Ma'am!
**[02:22] Sakazaki**
Lieutenant Saotome Madoka.
**[02:23] Madoka**
Ma'am!
**[02:24] Sakazaki**
Lieutenant Komaki Sayoko.
**[02:26] Komaki**
Ma'am!
***SIGN*** Name
***SIGN*** Komaki Sayoko
***SIGN*** Age 21
***SIGN*** Current Address
***SIGN*** Yokohama, Kanagawa
**[02:27] Ogura**
So Komaki's the only one
with combat experience?
***SIGN*** Name
***SIGN*** Komaki Sayoko
***SIGN*** Current Address
***SIGN*** Yokohama, Kanagawa
***SIGN*** Name
***SIGN*** Komaki Sayoko
***SIGN*** Current Address
***SIGN*** Yokohama, Kanagawa
***SIGN*** Name
***SIGN*** Current Address
**[02:31] Ogura**
I want the two of you to undergo
TSF simulation training.
**[02:35] Duo**
Yes, ma'am!
**[02:37] Ogura**
Lieutenant Kusano.
**[02:37] Kusano**
Ma'am!
**[02:38] Ogura**
You're Komaki's wingman now.
Show her around the base.
**[02:42] Kusano**
Roger that, ma'am.
**[03:06] Locker sign**
Komaki
**[03:08] Locker sign**
Sado was fortified early on, so it could be
the keystone of the Sea of Japan's defense.
**[03:13] Komaki**
What happened to the two TSF battalions
that are supposed to be assigned here?
**[03:17] Kusano**
They were sent to Niigata as backup
to deal with the BETA advance.
**[03:21] Kusano**
And to top it off, the two remaining squadrons
**[03:23] ---**
had a lot of their manpower sent with them.
**[03:27] Komaki**
So the idea is to have
new pilots pick up the slack?
**[03:30] Kusano**
That goes for me, too. I arrived
from Yokohama a week ago.
**[03:34] Komaki**
So they put two rookies together?
**[03:43] Kusano**
If Niigata falls and the mountains in
Gunma and Nagano become BETA territory...
**[03:45] Troops**
Lunchtime.
**[03:47] Troops**
Hey, appreciate it.
**[03:48] Kusano**
That'll put the entire Kanto plain
within Laser-class firing range.
**[03:53] Komaki**
Tokyo and your Yokohama would
be in danger of falling, then.
**[04:00] Kusano**
We have to keep that from
happening, no matter what.
**[04:04] Komaki**
My old squadmates were all motivated
to protect their hometowns, too.
**[04:09] Komaki**
But over half of them never made
it back from our first sortie.
**[04:14] Komaki**
They couldn't survive the
eight minutes of death.
**[04:17] Kusano**
I know about it.
**[04:19] Kusano**
But I still intend to protect this country.
**[04:37] Komaki**
Weren't the civilians told to evacuate?
**[04:40] Kusano**
A mandatory evacuation order was issued,
**[04:43] ---**
but they'd bs abandoning the place
where they've spent their lives.
**[04:46] Kusano**
Or the place their families
would be returning to visit.
**[04:49] Kusano**
Many have refused to leave.
**[04:53] Kusano**
Not to mention, with the
fall of western Japan,
**[04:56] Kusano**
it's not even clear where they'd be sent.
**[05:00] Komaki**
The people aren't being
shown the way forward...
**[05:05] Komaki**
By either the government or us.
***SIGN*** September 24th, 1998
**[05:15] Tachibana**
With the Itoi River defense line broken,
**[05:18] Tachibana**
the 6th Division's delay tactics
won't hold much longer.
***SIGN*** Sado Base • Command Center
**[05:24] 2nd**
What about our forces?
**[05:26] Tachibana**
In an emergency,
**[05:27] ---**
the base's TSF squadrons and defensive
units might be sent as reinforcements—
***SIGN*** Sado Base Commander
Tachibana Masakiyo
**[05:32] Monitor**
The sensors in the Sado
strait have got something!
**[05:34] Tachibana**
In the Sado strait?!
**[05:36] Monitor**
Shibata Base has sent word.
**[05:38] Monitor**
Approximately half of the BETA forces
were seen entering the sea at Sakata.
**[05:41] Monitor**
Estimates have them arriving
at Sado tomorrow morning!
**[05:45] Tachibana**
This base is now at emergency
duty status, level three!
**[05:48] Tachibana**
I want all of our forces ready for battle!
**[05:53] Kusano**
The warning alarm?
***SIGN*** Sado Base • Hangar Interior
**[05:56] Komaki**
Sounds like we're not headed
to Niigata after all.
**[06:15] Monitors**
Deep-sea charges at points 1204
through 1405 confirmed detonated.
**[06:19] Monitors**
I've got a hit at 1503.
**[06:21] Monitors**
There's a hit at 1706.
**[06:22] Monitors**
There's a faint reading at 1905...
but it's getting stronger!
**[06:25] Monitors**
I want increased observation
on areas A-20 through A-30!
**[06:28] Monitors**
Hurry and get the noise
from the sea cleared up.
**[06:29] Monitors**
We need as clear an environmental
picture as possible!
**[06:32] 2nd**
It's exactly what we were warned about.
**[06:35] Monitor**
A brigade-sized advance force of BETA
is approaching the first alert line.
**[06:42] Tachibana**
Begin defensive action!
**[06:44] 2nd**
Any word from the fleet patrolling the area?
**[06:47] Monitor**
We've been contacted by the
*Shinano* in the IJN's 2nd Fleet.
**[06:50] Monitor**
They're currently located 35 km
south-by-southwest from Mano Bay,
**[06:53] Monitor**
and have confirmed the first enemy wave.
**[06:59] Monitor**
First wave has made contact
with the minefield.
**[07:01] Monitor**
Minefields 03 through 07 are gone!
**[07:03] Monitor**
Artillery is reporting that
they are ready to fire.
**[07:06] 2nd**
Wait until they're in our effective range!
**[07:10] 2nd**
Have the TSF squadrons ready to sortie!
**[07:13] Monitors**
Roger.
**[07:13] Monitors**
The BETA aren't slowing down!
**[07:19] Monitors**
The first wave has passed
the second alert line.
**[07:22] Crew**
Move it!
**[07:23] Crew**
Come on, hurry!
**[07:24] Crew**
Get going!
**[07:26] Crew**
This way!
**[07:28] Komaki**
A-09, all systems green.
**[07:32] Kusano**
*A-06, all systems green.*
**[07:34] Sakazaki**
*Don't die on me out there, rookies.*
**[07:38] Artilleryman**
I want all all guns on fixed coordinates
and firing for effect, now!
**[07:58] Monitor**
First wave is down. Second wave incoming.
***SIGN*** Imperial Navy 2nd Fleet
Commander Ozawa Hisaya
**[08:04] Ozawa**
Order the ships to fire.
**[08:07] Abe**
All ships, prepare to fire!
**[08:09] Monitor**
All ships, preparing to fire!
***SIGN*** Imperial Navy 2nd Fleet
Staff Officer Abe Tomohiko
**[08:11] Abe**
*We're going to protect Sado.*
**[08:23] Monitor**
2nd and 3rd waves down. 4th wave is incoming!
**[08:30] PA**
All Alpha Squadron units,
prepare for takeoff.
**[08:38] Sakazaki**
* We've got Destroyer-class on the defensive*
* wall that need to be taken out.*
**[08:40] Sakazaki**
* All units, weapons free.*
* Let's quiet these little piggies down!*
**[08:44] A-Squad**
*Roger!*
**[08:44] A-Squad**
Roger!
**[08:50] Komaki**
* Stay calm. Remember what*
* you did in the simulator.*
**[08:53] Kusano**
Roger that!
**[09:00] Sakazaki**
Let's get this done!
**[09:04] Monitors**
Alpha Squadron has successfully suppressed
the area around the defensive wall.
**[09:07] Monitors**
One minute until 5th wave makes contact.
**[09:09] 2nd**
Have Alpha pull back and resupply!
**[09:11] 2nd**
Bravo Squadron needs to be in the
field before the 5th wave hits!
**[09:14] B-Squad**
*Roger.*
**[09:15] 2nd**
Considering what we're up against,
we seem to be holding well enough.
**[09:19] Tachibana**
We've got no TSFs to spare.
I'd say we're barely breaking even.
**[09:23] Tachibana**
Has the US sent reinforcements?
**[09:25] 2nd**
The 7th Fleet is anchored at
Yamagata and hasn't budged.
**[09:29] Crew**
Hey, over here!
**[09:34] Sakazaki**
Alpha, finish your resupply and
get ready to head back out.
**[09:38] Komaki**
Roger.
**[09:39] Crew**
This way! Get a move on!
**[09:46] Komaki**
Sixteen minutes since we sortied.
**[09:48] Komaki**
You made it through the
eight minutes of death.
**[09:52] Kusano**
Thank you.
**[09:55] Ogura**
Bravo! Our visitors are
flashing their asses at us!
**[09:58] Ogura**
We can show our hospitality
by filling them with lead!
**[10:00] B-Squad**
Roger!
**[10:01] Monitor**
Bravo Squadron has finished
clearing the 5th wave.
**[10:04] Artillery**
What the hell is that thing?!
**[10:06] Monitor**
Alpha Squadron has finished resupplying.
**[10:10] Monitor**
There's a new BETA reading at 5606!
**[10:13] Tachibana**
At 5606?!
**[10:15] Monitor**
That's the same coordinates as Bravo Squad!
**[10:21] Ogura**
Ohya!
**[10:29] Ogura**
A goddamned Fort-class?!
**[10:31] Monitor**
Bravo Squadron is running low on ammunition!
**[10:33] Monitor**
We've lost contact with 03, 05, and 08!
**[10:35] 2nd**
Get Alpha Squadron out there!
**[10:37] Tachibana**
There was no word in that
report of a Fort-class!
**[10:40] Monitor**
We believe that they crossed
over from the continent!
**[10:43] 2nd**
From Asia?
**[10:45] Tachibana**
So that's their game...
**[10:47] 2nd**
The listening posts from the initial
invasion weren't repaired in time.
**[10:52] PA**
* Fort-class BETA have appeared at 5606!*
* Alpha Squadron is to mobilize immediately!*
**[10:55] Komaki**
Fort-class?
**[10:56] ---**
*I repeat, Alpha is to mobilize immediately...*
**[11:07] Tachibana**
We need reinforcements!
**[11:08] 2nd**
The homeland's engaged with a
brigade-class BETA force, too.
**[11:11] ---**
They don't have any forces to spare.
**[11:12] Tachibana**
What about the US?!
**[11:14] 2nd**
Still no response.
**[11:17] Tachibana**
What's the point of the damned
security treaty, then?!
**[11:20] Tachibana**
If those things unload any
Laser-class, it's all over.
**[11:24] Squad B**
Back off! Back off!
**[11:27] Ogura**
Ishikawa!
**[11:29] Ogura**
We had to run into a Fort-class
after we finished?!
**[11:36] Sakazaki**
Fall back! We'll take him!
**[11:38] Ogura**
Copy that! All Bravo units, fall back!
**[11:40] Sakazaki**
Alpha Squad, the 35mm guns aren't
going to scratch those Fort-classes.
**[11:44] Sakazaki**
Use your 120mm rounds and aim for the joints!
**[11:48] Sakazaki**
Now, break!
**[11:48] A-Squad**
Roger!
**[11:56] Komaki**
A-06, on me!
**[12:08] Komaki**
Now!
**[12:24] Komaki**
Next!
**[12:25] Sakazaki**
Keep those freaks away
from the defensive wall!
**[12:28] Monitor**
Five of the Fort-classes that
surfaced have been shot down.
**[12:30] Monitor**
There are twelve more heading into the field!
**[12:33] Tachibana**
We're going to be overwhelmed at this rate.
**[12:40] Kusano**
Komaki-san, there's another one coming!
**[12:47] Kusano**
Look out!
**[12:59] Kusano**
I got it!
**[13:03] Komaki**
Kusano!
**[13:05] Komaki**
06, respond! 06!
**[13:08] Monitors**
Alpha Squadron 05, 06, and
08's signals have been cut!
**[13:11] Monitor**
The seventh wave is here!
There are 12,000 of them!
**[13:14] Tachibana**
What about Bravo?
**[13:15] Monitors**
None of the intact units are combat-ready.
***SIGN*** Sadogashima • In Front of the Local Underground Shelter
**[13:20] Troops**
Are all of the residents inside the shelter?!
**[13:31] Troops**
What is that?
**[13:33] Troops**
It's the BETA... They're at the wall.
**[13:37] Komaki**
*A-06! Do you read me, A-06?!*
**[13:41] Komaki**
*A-06! Are you okay?!*
**[13:43] Kusano**
09, this is 06...
**[13:45] Komaki**
*06! Respond, 06!*
**[13:49] Kusano**
Of course I can't get through
when it's important.
**[13:56] Kusano**
Komaki-san?
**[14:15] Komaki**
Commander!
**[14:16] Sakazaki**
Stop the damn BETA!
**[14:18] Troops**
The wall...
**[14:20] Troops**
Oh, no... It's coming down!
**[14:44] Komaki**
Damned BETA! Get out of here!
**[14:47] Sakazaki**
Alpha, hold them here!
They've already caused enough trouble!
**[14:52] Murata**
Damn it!
**[14:53] Murata**
Not another step!
**[14:55] Sakazaki**
Murata, get down from there!
**[15:06] Sakazaki**
Laser-class!
**[15:07] Sakazaki**
All units, evasive maneuvers!
**[15:09] Monitors**
Laser-class have been confirmed on the shore!
**[15:12] 2nd**
The Fort-class deployed them.
**[15:13] Tachibana**
They're finally here...
**[15:16] Tachibana**
Can our TSFs take them out?
**[15:17] 2nd**
With our remaining forces? No, sir.
**[15:21] Troops**
Get away!
**[15:22] Troops**
We can't let these things...
**[15:29] Troops**
Headquarters!
**[15:30] Troops**
Warrior-class have been spotted in F-block!
**[15:32] Troops**
Requesting reinforcements ASAP!
**[15:37] Troops**
Soldier-class...
**[15:57] Crowd**
Run!
**[15:59] Crowd**
No!
**[15:59] Crowd**
Stay back!
**[16:03] Monitors**
The residential block has taken major damage!
**[16:05] Monitors**
An 8th wave is coming ashore!
**[16:08] Tachibana**
Damned BETA!
**[16:16] Ozawa**
I'm afraid this is it, Abe-kun.
**[16:18] Abe**
But Admiral...
**[16:20] Ozawa**
As mortifying as it is, our fleet
isn't equipped to clear BETA
**[16:23] ---**
that have taken an urban area.
**[16:27] Abe**
2nd Fleet... cease fire.
**[16:36] Sakazaki**
This is it, huh?
**[16:38] Tachibana**
*This is headquarters to A-01.*
**[16:40] Sakazaki**
A-01 here.
**[16:42] Tachibana**
*These are your final orders.*
**[16:44] Komaki**
Get out! Get out!
**[16:47] ---**
Get out, damn it!
**[16:48] Sakazaki**
* A-01 to A-09, you've got a civilian*
* transport headed to Ryotsu Port to escort.*
**[16:53] Komaki**
I can still fight!
**[16:54] Sakazaki**
* Not half-crazed, you can't.*
* You're in the way.*
**[16:59] ---**
* Rendezvous with the remnants of Bravo*
* Squadron and execute your orders.*
**[17:03] Komaki**
Roger that.
**[17:20] 2nd**
The 2nd Fleet has ordered the command
center to evacuate to Ryotsu Port.
**[17:25] Tachibana**
An order from Admiral Ozawa, huh?
**[17:27] Tachibana**
Let him know that we appreciate the offer.
**[17:30] 2nd**
Yes, sir!
**[17:31] Komaki**
This is A-09. I'm checking the shelter...
**[17:39] Komaki**
No survivors inside.
**[17:43] Komaki**
Hold on!
**[17:55] Komaki**
I've found a survivor!
**[18:02] Komaki**
She's...
**[18:06] Komaki**
The only survivor.
**[18:09] Komaki**
That's better than nothing!
**[18:17] Civillians**
What's going to happen?
**[18:17] Civillians**
My leg!
**[18:19] Troops**
We're almost to Ryotsu Port.
**[18:29] Civillians**
The BETA!
**[18:35] Ogura**
No, you don't!
**[18:40] Ogura**
What about the survivor?
**[18:41] Komaki**
*I handed her over to the medics.*
**[18:52] Komaki**
You're not going to get them!
**[18:56] Ogura**
There are just too many!
**[19:14] Ship**
* We've got you covered!*
* Get the refugees to safety!*
**[19:16] Komaki**
Roger that!
***SIGN*** Ryotsu Port • Sadogashima
**[19:42] Troops**
Hurry it up! Everyone needs to be on board
before the next group of BETA get here!
**[19:47] Sakazaki**
*Komaki...*
**[19:49] Komaki**
Commander!
**[19:51] Sakazaki**
*Did you complete your mission?*
**[19:53] Komaki**
The civilians are boarding
the transport as we speak.
**[19:57] Komaki**
I'll head your way as soon
as they're all clear.
**[20:00] Sakazaki**
*That won't be necessary.*
**[20:02] Komaki**
But, ma'am...
**[20:03] Sakazaki**
*You've completed your mission.*
**[20:05] Sakazaki**
*And we've completed our duty as soldiers.*
**[20:11] Sakazaki**
* Komaki, you need to remember*
* everything about this disaster.*
**[20:16] Sakazaki**
*And you need to live.*
**[20:18] Sakazaki**
*That's an order.*
**[20:26] Komaki**
I can't... do that...
**[20:33] Sakazaki**
Lieutenant Komaki Sayoko,
for that act of insubordination,
**[20:37] Sakazaki**
*you are hereby dismissed!*
**[20:38] Komaki**
Commander!
**[20:42] Komaki**
Commander! Commander Sakazaki!
**[20:52] Sakazaki**
Come and get me!
**[20:56] Sakazaki**
You goddamn BETA!
**[21:09] Ozawa**
I want those refugee ships in the clear ASAP!
**[21:13] Ozawa**
What about command personnel?
**[21:14] Abe**
No one from central command was
in the evacuation vehicles.
**[21:19] Ozawa**
No one at all?
**[21:21] Abe**
No, sir. They would only respond with,
"We're grateful," when told them to evacuate.
**[21:27] Ozawa**
I see.
**[21:36] Medic**
She's got symptoms of shock,
but no external wounds.
**[21:40] Komaki**
Considering what happened... it's a miracle.
**[21:44] Ogura**
What's the harm in at least one miracle?
**[21:47] Ogura**
After the hell we just went through...
**[21:50] Komaki**
* In the following days,*
* northern Japan fell to the BETA.*
**[21:54] Komaki**
* There were 36 million dead and*
* missing all across Japan.*
**[22:02] Komaki**
* And the 21st BETA Hive was*
* erected in Sadogashima.*
***SIGN*** October 22nd, 2001
# E2 - Recurring Worlds
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GX9UQKEGQ/recurring-worlds)
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***SIGN*** Three Years after the
Fall of Sado to the BETA
**[01:36] Takeru**
* Three years after the*
* fall of Sado to the BETA,*
**[01:40] Takeru**
* on December 2001, humanity decided*
* to abandon the Earth.*
**[01:50] Takeru**
*Alternative V.*
**[01:54] Takeru**
* A plan that called for leaving over*
* a billion people behind on Earth,*
**[01:58] Takeru**
* while only a few hundred*
* thousand attempt to emigrate*
**[02:02] ---**
*to a planet outside of our solar system.*
**[02:07] Takeru**
* And all that awaited the humans*
* who were left behind...*
***SIGN*** And all that awaited the
humans who were left behind—
**[02:11] Takeru**
Get lost!
**[02:12] Takeru**
Just get the hell off our planet!
**[02:24] Takeru**
Where am I?
***SIGN*** Recurring Worlds
**[02:29] Takeru**
It's... my room.
**[02:33] Takeru**
Yeah, this is definitely my room.
**[02:40] Takeru**
Huh?
**[02:41] Takeru**
Why am I...
**[02:43] Takeru**
That was a crazy dream.
Earth being abandoned...
**[02:47] Takeru**
And I wasn't able to do anything.
**[02:56] Takeru**
A dream... Yeah, it was a dream!
**[02:59] Takeru**
*It has to have been.*
**[03:01] Takeru**
It's already 8:00 AM?
**[03:03] Takeru**
I need to get to school.
**[03:21] Takeru**
A Gekishin?
**[03:25] Takeru**
*It wasn't a dream after all.*
**[03:29] Takeru**
*That means...*
**[03:31] Takeru**
*How am I still here?*
**[03:34] Takeru**
*Am I back to that day?*
**[03:43] Takeru**
I am.
**[03:47] Takeru**
There's only two months until
Alternative V gets enacted!
**[03:51] Takeru**
* Everything's the same as that day.*
* The only difference is my memory.*
**[03:59] Takeru**
*On that day, I saw all this.*
**[04:02] Takeru**
*And then...*
**[04:06] Takeru**
Damn it! Here we go again!
**[04:18] Takeru**
*There are gaps in my memory.*
**[04:22] Takeru**
*Have I really come back?*
**[04:27] Takeru**
*Alternative V... Earth being abandoned...*
**[04:34] Takeru**
Were we wiped out, or something?
**[04:36] Takeru**
I remember seeing the ships
leave for space, and then...
**[04:43] Takeru**
*But if what I remember is real,*
**[04:48] Takeru**
* then that means the migrant fleet*
* is being built even as we speak.*
**[04:52] Takeru**
* And the majority of humanity*
* is going to be left to die.*
**[04:58] Takeru**
I can't let it happen!
**[05:02] Takeru**
I need to find her!
***SIGN*** United Nations 11th Force, Pacific Theater, Yokohama Base
**[05:07] Takeru**
The Yokohama Base...
**[05:09] Takeru**
It's just like I remember.
**[05:11] Guard 1**
What're you doing?
**[05:13] Guard 2**
Out for a walk or something?
Hell of a place for it.
**[05:17] Guard 2**
We're gonna need to see your ID and
permit for heading off-base.
**[05:20] Takeru**
*It's just like before...*
**[05:22] Takeru**
*I don't have any ID, or a permit.*
**[05:26] Takeru**
You've got to let me see Professor Kouzuki!
**[05:28] Guard 1**
Excuse me?
**[05:30] Yuuko**
Shirogane Takeru?
**[05:32] Guard 1**
*Yes, ma'am. He's asking to meet with you.*
**[05:35] Yuuko**
Sorry, I don't know anyone by that name.
**[05:38] Guard 1**
*Understood. Sorry to trouble you.*
**[05:45] Guard 1**
*Look, the XO says she doesn't know you.*
**[05:49] Yuuko**
*"Shirogane Takeru."*
**[05:51] Yuuko**
* Did he think giving that name*
* would catch my attention?*
**[05:54] Shirogane**
*You've gotta let me talk to the professor!*
**[05:56] Guard 2**
*Pipe down!*
**[05:57] Guard 2**
*You haven't been making any sense.*
**[05:59] Guard 2**
*Now, settle down. We're gonna restrain you.*
**[05:59] Yuuko**
Fine, fine...
**[06:01] Guard 2**
*Don't resist!*
**[06:06] Shirogane**
* This is no good. If they catch me,*
* I'll be thrown in the stockade.*
**[06:11] Shirogane**
*There's no time for this...*
**[06:13] Guard 2**
Just simmer down.
**[06:14] Takeru**
Don't touch me!
**[06:16] Guard 1**
You... Don't move!
**[06:18] Takeru**
*How'd I...*
**[06:19] Guard 2**
You're not getting another warning!
**[06:21] Takeru**
This... This is why.
**[06:25] Takeru**
Shouldn't we be aiming
those guns at the BETA?
**[06:30] Guard 2**
What are you talking about?!
**[06:33] Takeru**
You dumbasses! This is the
reason why we end up losing!
**[06:36] Yuuko**
What a racket...
**[06:38] Yuuko**
And what's this about losing?
**[06:40] Guard 1**
XO K-Kouzuki...
**[06:43] Yuuko**
What is all this?
***SIGN*** Executive Base Commander Kouzuki Yuuko
**[06:44] Guard 1**
Well, he was yelling his head off...
**[06:46] Takeru**
S-Sensei! Yuuko-sensei!
You've gotta listen to me!
**[06:50] Yuuko**
"Sensei"? I don't remember
becoming a teacher at any point.
**[06:55] Takeru**
*I need to make this fast.*
**[06:57] Takeru**
Sensei, is your research getting anywhere?!
**[07:00] Guard 1**
Damn it, would you just—
**[07:01] Takeru**
If you don't get a move on, you're going
to end up regretting it again!
**[07:04] Yuuko**
"Again"?
**[07:05] Takeru**
Alternative V!
**[07:07] Takeru**
Isn't that bad news?!
**[07:09] Guard 1**
Enough already! Shut up and come with me!
**[07:09] Takeru**
Let go! S-Sensei! Yuuko-sensei!
**[07:13] Yuuko**
Wait.
***SIGN*** High-Intensity Ultrasonic Decontamination
***SIGN*** High-Intensity Ultrasonic Decontamination
***SIGN*** Ready
***SIGN*** High-Intensity Ultrasonic Decontamination
***SIGN*** Ready
***SIGN*** Ready
***SIGN*** High-Intensity Ultrasonic Decontamination
***SIGN*** Exposure in Progress
**[07:26] Technician**
That should do it.
***SIGN*** Exposure in Progress
***SIGN*** High-Intensity Ultrasonic Decontamination
***SIGN*** Exposure Complete
**[07:28] Technician**
He's clean.
***SIGN*** High-Intensity Ultrasonic Decontamination
***SIGN*** Exposure Complete
***SIGN*** High-Intensity Ultrasonic Decontamination
***SIGN*** Exposure Complete
***SIGN*** High-Intensity Ultrasonic Decontamination
**[07:31] Yuuko**
Here you go.
**[07:36] Yuuko**
This is it.
**[07:42] Yuuko**
Right in here.
**[07:44] Takeru**
O-Okay...
**[07:50] Yuuko**
Let's get down to business.
**[07:53] Yuuko**
How did you hear about the Alternative Plan?
**[07:56] Takeru**
The first time I heard it mentioned
**[07:59] ---**
was the evening of December 24th,
from the base commander.
**[08:03] Yuuko**
December 24th of what year?
**[08:04] Takeru**
This year.
**[08:06] Takeru**
Two months from now.
**[08:07] Yuuko**
Two months in the future?
**[08:09] Takeru**
I've returned to a previous point in time.
**[08:12] Takeru**
Are you willing to believe me?
**[08:14] Yuuko**
That's a good question.
**[08:16] Yuuko**
Why don't you tell me more?
**[08:18] Takeru**
I originally came from a world without BETA.
**[08:23] Yuuko**
No BETA?
**[08:25] Takeru**
Right. And I was an ordinary student there.
***SIGN*** Hakuryo Hiiragi Preparatory Academy
**[08:29] Takeru**
But one morning, I woke up in this world.
***SIGN*** United Nations 11th Force Pacific Theater Yokohama Base
**[08:32] Takeru**
I went to school, but it
was a military base...
**[08:35] Takeru**
And the people I knew from my world
were there, but they were different.
**[08:40] Yuuko**
Have you ever heard of the
Everett interpretation?
**[08:43] Yuuko**
It supposes that parallel worlds exist.
**[08:47] Takeru**
That's definitely what it feels like.
**[08:49] Takeru**
But... there are lot of differences,
the biggest among them being...
**[08:54] Yuuko**
The BETA, right?
**[08:55] Takeru**
Yeah.
**[08:57] Takeru**
This planet's been at total war
against the BETA for 30 years,
**[09:02] ---**
and humanity's almost extinct.
**[09:04] Takeru**
I was shaken up by what I saw,
but ended up becoming a cadet,
**[09:08] ---**
and thought I'd try to save the world.
**[09:10] Takeru**
Then came December 24th...
**[09:15] (Flashback) Rabin**
We had been working toward the
advancement of Alternative IV,
**[09:18] (Flashback) ---**
but now the project is moving on.
**[09:21] (Flashback) Rabin**
With the enactment of the
fifth plan, Alternative V,
**[09:26] (Flashback) Rabin**
my authority will be transferred
to a new command,
**[09:28] (Flashback) ---**
under which the Yokohama Base
will be incorporated.
**[09:31] (Flashback) Takeru**
That's... What even is Alternative IV?!
**[09:35] (Flashback) Rabin**
That's not something I'm at
liberty to discuss with cadets.
**[09:40] (Flashback) Takeru**
Would it be different if we were regulars?!
**[09:45] (Flashback) Rabin**
That is how the military operates.
**[09:51] Takeru**
I never found out what Alternative IV was,
**[09:55] ---**
but I saw Alternative V
roll out in front of me.
**[09:58] Takeru**
I will never forget the sight
of those final ships launching.
**[10:05] Yuuko**
And it happens on December 24th?
**[10:09] Takeru**
There's no time left. I know
there's something you have to do!
**[10:14] Yuuko**
What are you talking about?
**[10:16] Takeru**
Find a way to fit fifteen billion
semiconducting parallel computing circuits
**[10:19] ---**
into the palm of a hand!
**[10:20] Yuuko**
What exactly are you after?
**[10:22] Takeru**
I want to stop Alternative V,
and beat the BETA!
**[10:27] Takeru**
Will you believe me?
**[10:29] Yuuko**
The idea that you're here to
sabotage the Alternative program
**[10:32] ---**
seems a lot more plausible to me.
**[10:34] Takeru**
Do you think a spy would go to the trouble
of trying to convince you of this?!
**[10:37] Yuuko**
I want the truth, even if it
means I might have to kill you.
**[10:42] Takeru**
Is this really what you want, Sensei?
**[10:45] Yuuko**
What I want?
**[10:48] Takeru**
For a few hundred thousand
people to escape into space,
**[10:51] ---**
while everyone else is stuck
on Earth, waiting to die?
**[10:55] Takeru**
Is that what you want?!
**[10:59] Takeru**
Because I don't think it is, Sensei!
**[11:03] Takeru**
If it were, you wouldn't have been drowning
your sorrows until you cried your eyes out!
**[11:08] Takeru**
Then act like the genius
you are, and do something!
**[11:11] Takeru**
If you can just figure out Alternative IV...
**[11:16] Takeru**
*Why am I crying like this?*
**[11:18] ---**
* It's like I lost something really*
* important that I can't remember.*
**[11:23] Takeru**
I don't know why...
**[11:26] ---**
but I just can't let Alternative V happen!
**[11:29] Takeru**
We have to make sure IV is a success!
**[11:32] Yuuko**
Yeah?
**[11:34] Yuuko**
Well, I suppose that means
our interests are aligned.
**[11:40] Takeru**
You actually believe me?
**[11:43] Yuuko**
Not entirely, no.
**[11:45] Yuuko**
Still, I have enough reason
to believe you're sincere.
**[11:48] Yuuko**
Something only I could understand.
**[11:51] Yuuko**
And that's enough to keep you around.
**[11:59] Yuuko**
This security pass will get
you as far as my office.
**[12:01] Yuuko**
You're going to enlist in the 207th
Surface Pilot Cadet Flight.
**[12:05] Yuuko**
I've already made the arrangements.
**[12:07] ---**
Your training starts tomorrow, Cadet Shirogane.
**[12:11] Takeru**
Roger that, ma'am!
***SIGN*** October 23rd, 2001
**[12:16] Takeru**
* The Tactical Surface Fighters*
* that fight the BETA...*
**[12:20] Takeru**
* And a training flight to*
* teach people how to fly them.*
**[12:28] Takeru**
* Things ended up starting out the*
* same way they did the last time.*
**[12:36] Meiya**
You there!
**[12:37] Takeru**
Huh?
**[12:38] Takeru**
*Meiya...*
***SIGN*** Mitsurugi Meiya
**[12:41] Meiya**
Don't go any further, please.
It's dangerous.
**[12:45] Takeru**
U-Uh, actually...
**[12:47] Meiya**
Are you looking for someone?
**[12:49] Marimo**
Don't worry about him, Mitsurugi.
***SIGN*** Jinguuji Marimo
**[12:53] Meiya**
Instructor!
**[12:54] Marimo**
Shirogane Takeru, right?
**[12:56] Takeru**
Yes, ma'am!
**[12:58] Meiya**
Then he's the one...
**[13:01] Marimo**
Flight, fall in at attention!
**[13:05] Chizuru**
207th Training Flight,
Squad B, assembled, ma'am.
**[13:08] Marimo**
All right, let me introduce you all.
**[13:10] Marimo**
This is Cadet Shirogane Takeru,
who's just been assigned to the 207th.
**[13:15] Takeru**
I'm Shirogane Takeru.
**[13:17] Marimo**
As you can see, he's a man.
**[13:19] Marimo**
He was previously exempted from
conscription for certain reasons.
**[13:23] Takeru**
It's a pleasure to join you.
**[13:26] 207th**
Good to have you.
**[13:27] Marimo**
Cadets, introduce yourselves.
***SIGN*** Sakaki Chizuru
**[13:30] Sakaki**
I'm the squad commander, Sakaki Chizuru.
**[13:33] Meiya**
My name is Mitsurugi Meiya.
**[13:36] Ayamine**
Ayamine Kei.
***SIGN*** Ayamine Kei
**[13:38] Tama**
I'm Tamase Miki.
***SIGN*** Tamase Miki
**[13:41] Takeru**
*The class rep, Meiya, Ayamine, Tama...*
**[13:44] Takeru**
*As for Mikoto...*
**[13:45] Marimo**
The remaining member, Cadet Yoroi Mikoto,
is hospitalized at the moment.
**[13:49] Takeru**
Oh, yeah.
**[13:51] Marimo**
All right, let's get started.
**[13:53] 207th**
Yes, ma'am.
**[13:56] Takeru**
Huh... is this not a full pack?
**[14:00] Marimo**
Really, Shirogane?
**[14:03] Marimo**
I guess you've got energy to burn,
thanks to your exemption from the draft.
**[14:06] Takeru**
Uh, that wasn't what I—
**[14:08] Marimo**
Well, you've got your wish!
You're going to be fully loaded.
**[14:11] Marimo**
Go ahead and carry the
SAW while you're at it.
**[14:15] Marimo**
Where's my response?!
**[14:16] Takeru**
Yes, ma'am!
**[14:18] Marimo**
Commence march!
**[14:27] Marimo**
Keep those shoulders straight and chins up!
**[14:30] Takeru**
*It's not just my memories.*
**[14:32] ---**
* I still have the conditioning*
* I gained in the other world, too.*
**[14:36] Takeru**
*I had noticed I felt kinda weird.*
**[14:39] Takeru**
* And now that I think of it, I must've been*
* a real burden to them in the other world.*
**[14:46] Takeru**
*Still, even if I continue training,*
**[14:49] ---**
* will that give me a way to make*
* sure Alternative IV succeeds?*
**[14:52] Marimo**
Shirogane, let's hear your explanation
for what I just went over.
**[14:55] Takeru**
Wait, me?
**[14:57] Marimo**
It should be easy enough, if you were
able to think about something else.
**[15:02] Takeru**
This example is a pretty standard
rear-infiltration tactic,
**[15:05] ---**
used by a support unit prior to the
main operation to disrupt enemy comms.
**[15:08] Takeru**
I'd say the best approach would be
to locate the high-voltage lines
**[15:11] ---**
feeding into the base and blow those away.
**[15:13] Marimo**
And why's that?
**[15:16] Takeru**
The objective is neutralizing the
radar facility, not destroying it,
***SIGN*** Radar Equipment Destroyed = Unusable
**[15:20] Takeru**
so it is better to leave it intact for
allied forces to utilize after it is captured.
***SIGN*** Destroy the High-Voltage Cable =
Radar Equipment Is Disabled, but Fixable
**[15:27] Takeru**
This approach is also less dangerous
than targeting the facility itself,
**[15:31] Takeru**
which means a higher chance of success,
and a lower chance of casualties.
**[15:36] Takeru**
That is all.
**[15:38] Marimo**
You can sit down.
**[15:39] Marimo**
But pay more attention during these lectures.
**[15:42] Takeru**
Yes, ma'am!
**[15:43] Marimo**
That is all for today.
**[15:48] Tama**
Shirogane-san, that was amazing!
**[15:52] Meiya**
Yes, I was impressed, too.
**[15:54] Meiya**
I thought you would end up doing push-ups.
**[15:58] Chizuru**
It's not like the question was that hard.
**[16:01] Takeru**
That's kinda harsh, Class Rep.
**[16:03] Chizuru**
I'm not the class rep,
I'm the squad commander!
**[16:06] Mitsurugi**
I think that Shirogane's addition to the
squadron will be a boon to us.
**[16:11] Takeru**
Well, I'll try hard not to disappoint.
**[16:14] Ayamine**
You wanna be a tryhard, huh?
**[16:16] Takeru**
Aw, give it a rest.
**[16:20] Chizuru**
Well, if Mitsurugi is right,
and he does end up contributing,
**[16:24] ---**
I think we've got a great
shot at passing the CCSE.
**[16:28] Takeru**
The Comprehensive Combat
Skill Evaluation, huh?
**[16:32] Takeru**
We pass that, and we get
to move on to TSF training!
**[16:35] Chizuru**
That's right. We absolutely cannot fail.
**[16:39] Mitsurugi**
Indeed we can't.
**[16:40] Tama**
And once Yoroi-san gets back...
**[16:44] Ayamine**
This time...
**[16:46] Takeru**
*Right...*
**[16:50] Yuuko**
And? What exactly is this
decision you've made?
**[16:54] Takeru**
I'm going to graduate from the training flight
as soon as possible to become a pilot.
**[16:59] Yuuko**
You came down here to tell me *that?*
**[17:02] Takeru**
It's to help make sure
Alternative IV is a success!
**[17:07] Yuuko**
What do you mean?
**[17:08] Takeru**
As a cadet, there's a limit to how
much trust I can expect from you,
**[17:11] ---**
or how much help I can offer.
**[17:14] Takeru**
There's a huge difference when a
base commander asks for something,
**[17:18] ---**
compared to a cadet!
**[17:20] Yuuko**
You wanna be base CO? How very ambitious.
**[17:24] Yuuko**
Do you actually know what
Alternative IV entails?
**[17:27] Takeru**
Only bits and pieces.
**[17:29] Takeru**
And the fact that you
were at the center of it.
**[17:32] Takeru**
And how it didn't work out...
**[17:34] Yuuko**
So you're trying to make sure a plan that
you don't even understand is a success?
**[17:38] Takeru**
I just want to keep Alternative V
from happening!
**[17:42] ---**
And if IV succeeds...
**[17:43] Yuuko**
IV's success will amount
to V being scrapped.
**[17:47] Takeru**
And that's enough for me!
**[17:49] ---**
I'll try to get through training as fast
as possible and become a regular soldier!
**[17:53] Takeru**
And I'll do whatever I can to help
Alternative IV succeed as soon as possible!
**[17:59] Yuuko**
Mind if I ask you something else?
**[18:01] Takeru**
Yeah?
**[18:02] Yuuko**
You mentioned you're from a
world with no BETA, right?
**[18:06] Takeru**
That's right.
**[18:07] Yuuko**
What did you feel when you
ended up in this world?
**[18:11] Yuuko**
And what did you want to do?
**[18:16] Takeru**
"I want out of this screwed-up world."
**[18:19] Takeru**
"I want to go back to my world."
That sort of thing.
**[18:24] Yuuko**
And yet here you are,
trying to save this world.
**[18:30] Yuuko**
When did that happen?
What caused the change of heart?
**[18:34] Takeru**
I...
**[18:36] Yuuko**
No need to force an answer.
**[18:39] Yuuko**
Hurry up and become a big shot,
so you can make my job easier.
**[18:47] Takeru**
*I wonder when it happened.*
**[18:49] Takeru**
* "I'm from another world. The war going*
* on here has nothing to do with me."*
**[18:57] Takeru**
*At some point, I stopped thinking that.*
**[19:11] Takeru**
Meiya... er, I guess
I should call you Mitsurugi.
**[19:14] Meiya**
Oh, it's you, Shirogane.
**[19:17] Meiya**
Calling me by my given name so quickly...
**[19:19] ---**
Do you not know the order of things?
**[19:21] Takeru**
Sorry. Guess I'm just casual
to the point of being annoying.
**[19:24] Takeru**
I'm curious. What were you doing?
**[19:27] Meiya**
If it wasn't clear, I was training.
I try to make a habit of it.
**[19:32] Meiya**
I want to become a pilot as quickly
as possible, so I can head to the battlefield.
**[19:36] Meiya**
It's nothing out of the ordinary,
but there are things I'm trying to protect.
**[19:41] Takeru**
*What is this? It feels familiar.*
**[19:45] Takeru**
Can I ask what they are?
**[19:48] Mitsurugi**
This planet, the people of this land,
and the country of Japan.
**[19:55] Takeru**
Mitsurugi...
**[20:00] Mitsurugi**
* I want to protect the people.*
* Their hearts... their souls.*
**[20:05] Mitsurugi**
*I want to defend their way of life.*
**[20:07] Mitsurugi**
* Their spirit, which has been passed*
* down since ancient times.*
**[20:12] Mitsurugi**
* It's my belief that these things*
* are what makes a "country."*
**[20:16] Mitsurugi**
* Because there is no country*
* without its people.*
**[20:18] Takeru**
* Up until that point, whenever*
* I thought of a country,*
**[20:21] ---**
* I thought in broad terms*
* about their government.*
**[20:24] Takeru**
* But I never really thought about*
* what the word actually meant.*
**[20:29] Takeru**
*Meiya helped me realize that.*
**[20:32] Takeru**
*And now I find myself back in this world.*
**[20:36] Meiya**
Is there nothing you're looking to defend?
**[20:41] Takeru**
Sure there is.
**[20:43] Takeru**
I want to protect Earth,
and the entire human race.
**[20:50] Meiya**
Earth and the human race...
**[20:53] Takeru**
And for the record, I wasn't
trying to one-up you.
**[20:56] Meiya**
I wasn't going to suggest you were.
**[21:01] Meiya**
You're an admirable one.
**[21:03] Takeru**
You think so?
**[21:12] Takeru**
* I'm honestly surprised*
* I said something like that.*
**[21:15] Takeru**
*But what I'm trying to protect...*
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E3 - Something to Protect
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G4VUQM5JW/something-to-protect)
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***SIGN*** August 1999
***SIGN*** With Operation Lucifer,
***SIGN*** one of the BETA hives,
***SIGN*** the Yokohama Hive, was captured
**[00:21] English**
Command Post, this is Bravo Leader.
**[00:24] ---**
Currently at four thousand
feet below ground level.
**[00:26] English**
We've arrived at the innermost chamber.
**[00:29] English**
Commencing reconnaissance
of the assigned sector.
**[00:31] English**
This place is huge!
**[00:33] English**
Bravo Leader to Command Post...
no sign of BETA activity on the sensors.
**[00:39] English**
Bravo Leader, this is Command Post.
**[00:41] ---**
Be sure to record any signs of structural damage
that may have been caused by the G-Bombs.
**[00:45] English**
Bravo Leader, copy that.
**[00:48] English**
Lieutenant!
**[00:49] English**
What's up?
**[00:50] English**
Bravo Leader, report your status.
**[00:53] English**
This is Bravo Leader. There's something
in the middle of the hall.
**[01:00] English**
There's some kind of narrow column
stretching from the ceiling to the floor,
**[01:04] ---**
with a transparent section in the middle.
**[01:07] English**
Attempting to identify unknown
objects at maximum range.
**[01:15] English**
Oh, God! What the hell is that?!
**[01:17] English**
Bravo Leader, what's going on?
Report the situation.
**[01:20] English**
Have you found survivors?
**[01:23] English**
They're human... brains!
***SIGN*** October 24th, 2001
**[02:57] Marimo**
Commence assembly!
***SIGN*** Something to Protect
**[03:08] Shirogane**
All done, ma'am.
**[03:11] Marimo**
Fifty seconds...
**[03:13] Marimo**
Ayamine had the previous best time,
at a minute and 17 seconds.
**[03:18] Marimo**
Looks good. No problems.
**[03:20] Marimo**
He left you all in the dust.
Make sure it doesn't stay that way.
**[03:23] 207th**
Ma'am!
**[03:24] Tama**
That was incredible, Shirogane-san!
**[03:27] Shirogane**
It wasn't a big deal.
**[03:29] Meiya**
There's no need for modesty.
**[03:31] Ayamine**
Gonna get my record back...
**[03:32] Sakaki**
I'm with her. Don't expect
to always be on top.
**[03:36] Shirogane**
* There's an idea. Maybe I can*
* help motivate them.*
**[03:40] Shirogane**
I'm kind of curious.
**[03:42] Shirogane**
Do you all have something
you want to protect?
**[03:46] Sakaki**
What brought this on?
**[03:48] Shirogane**
I used to think my own life
was the most important thing.
**[03:53] Shirogane**
But now there's something I wanna protect,
even if means putting myself at risk.
**[03:58] Meiya**
Which led you to discard your exemption
from the draft and come here, right?
**[04:02] Shirogane**
Right.
**[04:04] Shirogane**
I think to beat the BETA, you need
a bunch of strong-willed people
**[04:07] ---**
with high-minded ideals to join up...
**[04:09] Shirogane**
And they all need to work together.
**[04:15] Shirogane**
*You were the ones who taught me that.*
**[04:19] Tama**
I think I understand.
**[04:20] Shirogane**
I guess I'm saying... let's do our best.
**[04:23] 207th**
Right.
**[04:26] Shirogane**
And now that the serious talk is done with,
**[04:30] Shirogane**
do you girls mind if
I choose how I refer to you?
**[04:33] Sakaki**
What do you mean, exactly?
**[04:35] Shirogane**
Class Rep.
**[04:36] Shirogane**
Meiya.
**[04:37] Shirogane**
Tama.
**[04:39] Shirogane**
Ayamine.
**[04:40] Shirogane**
Will those work?
**[04:41] Sakaki**
Why am I "Class Rep"?
**[04:43] Meiya**
I see you've dropped all pretense.
**[04:44] Tama**
Tama? Like a cat's name?
**[04:47] Ayamine**
Kinda normal...
**[04:51] Takeru**
*I think I've moved things up a fair bit.*
**[04:53] Takeru**
*Now, once Mikoto gets back...*
**[04:56] Takeru**
* Was there anything else*
* I could get done ahead of time?*
**[04:59] Takeru**
*Maybe meeting Kasumi?*
**[05:18] Takeru**
*I knew she'd be here.*
**[05:26] Takeru**
Hey!
**[05:32] Takeru**
Did you really have to just up and run?
**[05:42] Takeru**
It's nice to meet you. I'm Shirogane Takeru.
**[05:45] Takeru**
What's your name?
**[05:51] Kasumi**
Kasumi...
**[05:53] Kasumi**
Yashiro Kasumi.
**[05:56] Shirogane**
Hey, you actually told me this time!
**[05:58] Shirogane**
Sorry, that probably doesn't
make a lot of sense, huh?
**[06:03] Kasumi**
I don't mind.
**[06:06] Shirogane**
I see.
**[06:07] Shirogane**
Okay, Kasumi...
**[06:10] Shirogane**
How about we shake hands
to mark the occasion?
**[06:12] Kasumi**
Shake hands?
**[06:17] Shirogane**
Yep. Just like that.
**[06:20] Shirogane**
*Her hands are so tiny.*
**[06:22] Shirogane**
* I guess I never got the chance*
* to notice in the other world.*
**[06:27] Shirogane**
*Well, I've got stuff to do, so I should go.*
**[06:39] Yuuko**
Well, this is new. What's gotten into you?
**[06:43] Shirogane**
Kasumi?
**[06:45] Yuuko**
Come on over here.
**[06:54] Shirogane**
* Something about seeing people whisper*
* in front of me makes me extra curious.*
**[06:59] Yuuko**
Really? Okay, then.
**[07:01] Takeru**
So, what were you talking about?
**[07:03] Yuuko**
Nothing to do with you or anything.
**[07:06] Takeru**
*That's a lie. I'm pretty sure that's a lie.*
**[07:11] Yuuko**
So, what did you want?
**[07:13] Yuuko**
Don't act dumb. You came
down to see Yashiro, right?
**[07:17] Shirogane**
Right...
**[07:18] Shirogane**
That emblem on Kasumi's shoulder
says "Alternative IV," right?
**[07:23] Yuuko**
Yes, it does. And?
**[07:25] Shirogane**
In the other world, it never
really caught my attention,
**[07:28] ---**
because I had no idea what it meant.
**[07:31] Shirogane**
But...
**[07:32] Yuuko**
What is it?
**[07:33] Shirogane**
It got me thinking about Sumika.
**[07:36] Yuuko**
Kagami Sumika?
**[07:38] Shirogane**
Right. When I crossed over
from my original world,
**[07:41] ---**
I recognized a lot of what I saw.
**[07:43] Shirogane**
But Sumika didn't seem to exist anymore.
**[07:47] Shirogane**
You weren't able to find any
trace of her either, right?
**[07:52] Yuuko**
Right.
**[07:53] Shirogane**
But something about Kasumi
reminds me of her.
**[07:58] (Flashback) Kasumi**
You wouldn't understand, Takeru-chan!
**[08:01] Shirogane**
Sumika was the only person who
ever called me "Takeru-chan."
**[08:06] Yuuko**
I'm sure you realize this on some level,
**[08:09] ---**
but she's one of the major
players in Alternative IV.
**[08:13] Yuuko**
And far more important than you are.
**[08:16] Takeru**
Does that go for the brain
in that cylinder, too?
**[08:19] Yuuko**
Yes. It and Yashiro are two parts of a set.
**[08:23] Shirogane**
What exactly *is* Alternative IV?
**[08:28] Yuuko**
A plan that involves a single child
bringing new hope to all of mankind.
**[08:34] Yuuko**
I'm amazed I was able to sum it up so well.
I guess geniuses have a way with words.
**[08:38] Shirogane**
And that child is Kasumi?
**[08:42] Yuuko**
No comment.
**[08:44] Yuuko**
I'm not going to tell you that.
**[08:48] Shirogane**
But I thought you trusted me!
**[08:50] Yuuko**
It isn't even a question of trust.
**[08:54] Yuuko**
I'm curious. Can you actually
change the course of history?
***SIGN*** October 25th, 2001
**[09:02] Marimo**
Today, you're gonna be doing
loaded marching drills.
***SIGN*** In Front of the Storage Facility
**[09:04] 207th**
Yes, ma'am!
**[09:06] Shirogane**
It's the same. Exactly
the same as my memories.
**[09:11] Yuuko**
Has anything new, different from what you
remember, happened these last few days?
**[09:16] Shirogane**
Nothing... Nothing at all!
**[09:20] Shirogane**
No! It's all been the same as before!
**[09:23] Yuuko**
But you've done a fair bit differently
since coming here, correct?
**[09:27] Shirogane**
Right.
**[09:28] Yuuko**
I'd wager that means that possessing
memories of the future
**[09:31] ---**
doesn't really make much of
a difference to the outcome.
**[09:33] Yuuko**
Different routes can lead to the same place.
**[09:36] Yuuko**
And slight differences won't be
enough to affect that outcome.
**[09:39] Shirogane**
Are you saying there's no
way to change the future?!
**[09:43] Yuuko**
How did you even end up here?
**[09:46] Yuuko**
The world you came from originally,
and then the one you found yourself in...
**[09:51] Yuuko**
They were wildly different, weren't they?
**[09:53] Shirogane**
That's right.
**[09:54] Yuuko**
I'd say that means there's an infinite
number of different, parallel worlds.
**[09:58] Yuuko**
There could even be a world for every
different possibility you can imagine.
**[10:03] Yuuko**
In one world, maybe the dinosaurs survived.
**[10:07] Yuuko**
It's easy to imagine one where
Earth never formed, too.
**[10:10] Yuuko**
And yet somehow, you've ended up
in almost the exact same world...
**[10:14] Yuuko**
I'd say that's because
you wanted it to happen.
**[10:17] Yuuko**
"The reason Shirogane Takeru
ended up in this world..."
**[10:20] ---**
"is because he felt like he
needed to do something here,"
**[10:23] Yuuko**
"and strongly wished for it to happen."
**[10:25] Yuuko**
That's one possible interpretation.
**[10:27] Shirogane**
Being able to travel through time and
different worlds just because you want it?
**[10:31] Shirogane**
I've never heard of anything like it.
**[10:33] Yuuko**
If my theory is accurate,
**[10:35] ---**
there could be consequences for both
you and the people you interact with,
**[10:40] ---**
rooted in your travel between worlds.
**[10:43] Shirogane**
After I leave?!
**[10:44] Shirogane**
I don't like the sound of that...
**[10:46] Yuuko**
In that case, make sure that you accomplish
whatever you're trying to do in *this world.*
**[10:56] Shirogane**
Gekishins, huh?
**[10:58] Tama**
Are we gonna get to fly in those?
**[11:01] Shirogane**
Only if we pass the CCSE.
**[11:04] Sakaki**
That's right. We need to be sure to pass,
**[11:06] ---**
and gain the right to pilot TSFs this time.
**[11:15] Marimo**
It's time for today's training!
**[11:18] 207th**
Yes, ma'am!
**[11:21] Shirogane**
*Nothing has changed?*
**[11:24] Shirogane**
*If I'm only making tiny differences...*
**[11:28] Mikoto**
Sorry. You okay?
**[11:31] Shirogane**
Yeah, sorry about that...
**[11:34] Shirogane**
*M-Mikoto?*
**[11:37] Shirogane**
* That's right. She gets out*
* of the hospital today.*
**[11:41] Mikoto**
S-Sorry again. I'm Yoroi Mikoto.
**[11:44] Shirogane**
Right. I'm Shirogane Takeru.
**[11:47] Mikoto**
I was in a rush to see the instructor.
**[11:50] Shirogane**
Hang on. What's today's date?
**[11:53] Mikoto**
It's November 1st. Is something wrong?
**[11:56] Shirogane**
*It's November already?!*
**[11:58] Shirogane**
*Damn it!*
***SIGN*** One Week Later
**[12:00] Shirogane**
Pardon the intrusion!
**[12:02] Yuuko**
I was expecting you.
**[12:03] Yuuko**
So, have you remembered anything?
**[12:08] Yuuko**
Nothing at all?
**[12:11] Shirogane**
There's something big!
***SIGN*** November 11th, 2001
**[12:18] Kasumi**
Good morning.
**[12:19] Shirogane**
Oh, Kasumi?
**[12:22] Shirogane**
Thanks for always coming to wake me up.
**[12:26] Shirogane**
* Come to think of it, it was*
* the same in the last world.*
**[12:28] Kasumi**
Bye-bye.
**[12:29] Shirogane**
One thing, Kasumi.
**[12:31] Shirogane**
You might hear the alarm go off,
but don't worry about it.
**[12:34] Kasumi**
Okay.
**[12:38] Shirogane**
*I hope this works out. Because if it does...*
***SIGN*** Days Earlier
**[12:42] Shirogane**
BETA from Sadogashima are going
to surface on the mainland.
**[12:46] (Flashback) Yuuko**
I need details.
**[12:48] (Flashback) Shirogane**
Right... it happens on November 11th.
**[12:54] (Flashback) Shirogane**
Some of the BETA that surface
**[12:56] (Flashback) ---**
make it past the IJA's defense line,
and we lose track of them.
**[13:00] (Flashback) Shirogane**
A while later, the BETA reconvene and break
through the secondary line of defense.
**[13:06] (Flashback) Shirogane**
They change directions to travel south along
the Northern Kanto final line of defense,
**[13:10] (Flashback) Shirogane**
through Nagano, Gunma, and Niigata...
**[13:15] (Flashback) Shirogane**
With the Imperial Army trying to keep them
from breaking the final line of defense.
**[13:20] (Flashback) Shirogane**
I'm pretty sure if the
Imperial forces had lost,
**[13:22] (Flashback) ---**
it would've meant the BETA
reaching critical territory.
**[13:27] (Flashback) ---**
That was when it became clear
where the BETA were headed:
**[13:31] (Flashback) ---**
Right here. Yokohama Base.
**[13:34] (Flashback) Yuuko**
What happens then?
**[13:35] (Flashback) Shirogane**
Ultimately, the IJA manages
to take down the BETA.
**[13:39] (Flashback) Shirogane**
And that's that.
**[13:41] (Flashback) Yuuko**
Really? That's all?
**[13:43] (Flashback) Shirogane**
Yes.
**[13:44] (Flashback) Yuuko**
I see... from Sadogashima, huh?
**[13:47] (Flashback) Yuuko**
And?
**[13:47] (Flashback) Shirogane**
The safest thing to do would be to wipe
them out while they're coming ashore.
**[13:51] (Flashback) Yuuko**
And you don't know the exact location?
**[13:53] (Flashback) Shirogane**
I know it'll be in Niigata.
**[13:54] (Flashback) Shirogane**
But beyond that...
**[13:58] (Flashback) Shirogane**
Sensei, we have to do something!
**[14:01] (Flashback) Yuuko**
Except there's no evidence
for anything you're claiming.
**[14:04] (Flashback) Shirogane**
But...
**[14:06] (Flashback) Yuuko**
There's one way to prove
you're right, though.
**[14:08] (Flashback) Shirogane**
What's that?!
**[14:10] (Flashback) Yuuko**
To do nothing.
**[14:13] (Flashback) Yuuko**
Let's sit back and see
if it actually happens.
**[14:16] (Flashback) Yuuko**
It'll prove that you're right if it does.
**[14:19] (Flashback) Shirogane**
I'm supposed to just let all those people
be put in danger just to prove a point?!
**[14:22] (Flashback) Shirogane**
If that's a joke, I don't
think this is the time!
**[14:25] (Flashback) Yuuko**
How long do you expect your
ranting to hold water?
**[14:28] (Flashback) Yuuko**
You haven't predicted the
future once so far.
**[14:32] (Flashback) Shirogane**
But... I knew about Alternative...
**[14:34] (Flashback) Yuuko**
The project was already underway.
**[14:36] (Flashback) ---**
There are any number of ways you
could've learned about it.
**[14:39] (Flashback) Shirogane**
B-But...
**[14:40] (Flashback) Yuuko**
I thought you were trying to
save Earth and all of humanity?
**[14:45] (Flashback) Yuuko**
And you're going to flinch at a few dozen,
maybe a few hundred casualties?
**[14:49] (Flashback) Yuuko**
I can't understand that.
**[14:53] (Flashback) Yuuko**
You didn't think you'd be able to accomplish
this without making any sacrifices, did you?
**[14:58] (Flashback) Yuuko**
Do you realize there are
soldiers all across the world
**[15:01] (Flashback) ---**
fighting and dying in battle against
the BETA as we speak?
**[15:05] (Flashback) Yuuko**
If you want to save the world,
**[15:06] (Flashback) ---**
your priority should be proving
that you're right. Am I wrong?
**[15:13] (Flashback) Shirogane**
The math isn't that simple for me!
**[15:16] (Flashback) Shirogane**
I can't just turn a blind eye
to so many people dying!
**[15:22] (Flashback) Yuuko**
You insist on coming up with
a counter-measure, then?
**[15:24] (Flashback) Shirogane**
Please!
**[15:26] (Flashback) Yuuko**
All because of your
completely baseless claims?
**[15:30] (Flashback) Shirogane**
I'm begging you!
**[15:37] (Flashback) Yuuko**
Okay, then. Let's try it your way.
**[15:41] (Flashback) Yuuko**
It's not exactly logical, but you
seem to think it's the right call.
**[15:45] (Flashback) Yuuko**
So I'm going to trust you.
**[15:49] (Flashback) Shirogane**
Then...
**[15:51] (Flashback) Yuuko**
I guess I'll have the imperial forces
in the Etchu and Kaetsu parts of Niigata
**[15:55] (Flashback) ---**
go to DEFCON 2 around the 10th.
**[16:00] (Flashback) Shirogane**
Can we send reinforcements
from Yokohama Base?
**[16:02] (Flashback) Yuuko**
The UN can't provide support without a
request from the Japanese government.
**[16:06] (Flashback) Yuuko**
The thing about armies is
they're slow to get moving,
**[16:08] (Flashback) ---**
and even harder to stop
once they're in motion.
**[16:10] (Flashback) Yuuko**
You had better be ready for what happens.
**[16:12] (Flashback) ---**
Understood, ma'am!
**[16:15] Shirogane**
*If everything happens as I think it will...*
**[16:19] Meiya**
What is it, Takeru? You seem nervous.
**[16:22] Shirogane**
Do I?
**[16:23] Sakaki**
Well, you've been staring at
your watch, for one thing.
**[16:26] Shirogane**
Well, I was just thinking about how,
even though it's our day off,
**[16:28] News**
* The military began an large-scale*
* exercise at daybreak early this morning*
**[16:30] Shirogane**
time is just passing us by.
***SIGN*** EXERCISES IN PREPARATION FOR BETA INVASION
**[16:31] News**
*in preparation for a BETA invasion...*
**[16:37] Touko**
*The radar has picked up something.*
**[16:39] Touko**
*Distance is 500... 400...*
**[16:41] Hayase**
*Looks like the XO was right.*
**[16:45] Michiru**
And we won't be heading back
empty-handed after all.
**[16:48] Michiru**
Commence operation!
**[16:51] Valkyries**
Roger!
**[16:55] Shirogane**
This is it!
**[16:57] Meiya**
What's going on?
**[16:58] Sakaki**
Is that... the emergency assembly alarm?
**[17:00] Mikoto**
What happened?
**[17:00] Sakaki**
Hurry, people!
**[17:03] Sakaki**
Everyone is accounted for.
**[17:05] Marimo**
Here's the current situation.
**[17:08] ---**
This morning at 06:20, a BETA force
from the Sadogashima hive appeared.
**[17:12] ---**
Then at 06:27, they breached
the oceanic defense line.
**[17:15] ---**
The enemy then surfaced at Niigata.
**[17:17] ---**
At 06:48, the 10th
Imperial Division engaged.
**[17:23] ---**
As of now, 07:10, combat is still continuing.
**[17:27] Currently; at 07**
The 14th Imperial Division
has joined the battle,
**[17:29] ---**
and they currently have the advantage.
**[17:31] Currently; at 07**
It's believed to only be a matter of
time until the BETA are wiped out.
**[17:34] Currently; at 07**
Based on their direction,
**[17:37] ---**
it has been deduced that their likely
destination was here: the Yokohama Base.
**[17:42] Currently; at 07**
Which is why, until the BETA
are confirmed to be wiped out,
**[17:45] ---**
the base will be on DEFCON 2 status.
**[17:48] Currently; at 07**
You cadets are on standby.
**[17:51] Currently; at 07**
Head to your rooms, and be prepared to
take action as the situation develops.
**[17:55] Currently; at 07**
That is all.
**[17:57] 207th**
Yes, ma'am!
**[17:59] Shirogane**
*This is totally different from before.*
**[18:00] ---**
*And should keep casualties to a minimum.*
**[18:05] Meiya**
The landing from Sado...
**[18:07] ---**
There'll be fighting on
the mainland, won't there?
**[18:10] Shirogane**
Yeah.
**[18:11] Meiya**
Do you think the people who
live there will be safe?
**[18:15] Shirogane**
They said it was only a matter of
time until the BETA were wiped out.
**[18:18] Shirogane**
It'll be okay.
**[18:21] Meiya**
I suppose you're right.
**[18:25] PA**
*Attention all personnel,*
**[18:26] ---**
* the BETA attack has been eliminated.*
* DEFCON 2 is now being lifted.*
**[18:29] PA**
*I repeat, DEFCON 2 has been lifted.*
**[18:33] Shirogane**
Sensei!
**[18:37] Yuuko**
Would you quiet down?
I can hear you just fine.
**[18:40] Shirogane**
Thank you so much!
**[18:41] Yuuko**
No thanks necessary. I did
it to see what would happen.
**[18:46] Shirogane**
Still, I'm glad! The future's bound
to change for the better now!
**[18:50] Yuuko**
You certainly seem pleased.
**[18:52] Yuuko**
I'm sure this was great for you, but...
**[18:55] Shirogane**
Is there a problem?
**[18:58] Yuuko**
Look, I'm busy, so get out.
**[19:01] Shirogane**
Okay...
**[19:13] Shirogane**
* I'm sure she has her own*
* problems to worry about.*
**[19:15] Shirogane**
*Still... even so...*
**[19:23] Shirogane**
*The future is changing.*
**[19:25] Shirogane**
* We can change it, and make*
* Alternative IV a success!*
**[19:38] Marimo**
That concludes today's training.
**[19:40] Marimo**
Stay where you are and listen up!
**[19:41] Marimo**
You've all done a great job so far.
**[19:43] Marimo**
I think, for a change of pace,
you've earned a little reward.
**[19:47] Shirogane**
*Right...*
**[19:48] Marimo**
Tomorrow, you're all going to be enjoying
a week-long vacation in the South Pacific.
**[19:52] Shirogane**
*I know what happens next.*
***SIGN*** November 13th, 2001
**[20:01] Marimo**
This mission will be carried
out under conditions
**[20:03] ---**
where TSF operation is not an option,
**[20:06] Marimo**
with the objective being to
escape the combat zone, on foot.
**[20:10] Marimo**
In other words, your number one
objective will be getting out.
**[20:16] Shirogane**
*The Comprehensive Combat Skill Evaluation.*
**[20:19] Shirogane**
* If we can get through this,*
* we'll be able to fly TSFs.*
**[20:25] Marimo**
You're going to need to
prove that you're fit
**[20:27] ---**
to be Tactical Surface Fighter pilots!
**[20:30] 207th**
Yes, ma'am!
**[20:31] Marimo**
Synchronize your watches.
**[20:34] Marimo**
Commence operation!
**[20:36] Shirogane**
* Even with the knowledge I have,*
* this exercise won't be easy.*
**[20:40] Shirogane**
*I realize that.*
**[20:42] Shirogane**
*But...*
**[20:43] Sakaki**
We've reached and secured
the evacuation point.
**[20:45] Shirogane**
Where's the transport?
**[20:48] Marimo**
Mission complete.
**[20:49] Marimo**
207th Flight, attention!
**[20:52] Marimo**
Congratulations. You've all
managed to pass the CCSE.
**[21:04] Meiya**
Sakaki...
**[21:06] Mikoto**
Next comes TSFs!
**[21:08] Ayamine**
One step forward.
**[21:10] Shirogane**
Yeah. That's right!
**[21:12] Mikoto**
We did it, Takeru!
**[21:13] Shirogane**
Yeah, thanks to you all!
**[21:17] Shirogane**
*I know we'll be able to change this world.*
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E4 - Comrades
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G14U4X705/comrades)
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**[00:12] Tama**
Got you!
**[00:14] Meiya**
Hey!
**[00:17] Sakaki**
Take that!
**[00:18] Mikoto**
Oh, yeah?!
**[00:26] Marimo**
At least they get a little reward.
**[00:29] Marimo**
They're not going to get many chances to
enjoy themselves like this going forward.
**[00:35] Yuuko**
I'm sure it's fine.
**[00:37] Yuuko**
They all know what they're getting into.
**[00:40] Yuuko**
And if they can pass the CCSE,
we can't afford not to use them.
**[00:44] Yuuko**
There's not enough manpower left
to leave untapped resources.
**[00:51] Yuuko**
It's true... We have to
use everything we have.
***SIGN*** November 23rd, 2001
***SIGN*** Comrades
**[02:50] (Flashback) Marimo**
And that means the computer will provide
support for most of your basic maneuvers.
**[02:55] (Flashback) Marimo**
For manual operation, you'll be using the
control sticks on the console armrests,
**[02:59] (Flashback) ---**
and the throttle pedals in the footrests.
**[03:01] (Flashback) Marimo**
Mastery of these will give your TSF
full three-dimensional maneuverability.
**[03:06] (Flashback) Marimo**
They can provide you with strength,
jumping ability, defenses,
**[03:10] (Flashback) ---**
and sharper senses than
you'd ever have otherwise.
**[03:14] (Flashback) Marimo**
I expect you all get a grasp of
them as quickly as possible,
**[03:16] (Flashback) ---**
and get to work on exterminating
mankind's enemy, the BETA!
**[03:18] (Flashback) 207th**
Yes, ma'am!
**[03:20] (Flashback) Marimo**
Wipe them from the face of the earth!
**[03:22] (Flashback) 207th**
Yes, ma'am!
**[03:40] Marimo**
*That concludes Movement Training Course D.*
**[03:43] Marimo**
*Come on out, Shirogane.*
**[03:50] Shirogane**
*Maybe I overdid it a little.*
**[03:55] Meiya**
Takeru! What were those maneuvers?!
**[03:58] Marimo**
Shirogane...
**[04:00] Marimo**
Are you sure you don't have
any TSF experience?
**[04:04] Shirogane**
Uh, of course not!
**[04:08] Sakaki**
Instructor!
**[04:08] Sakaki**
Was Shirogane really that amazing?
**[04:12] Marimo**
Historically speaking, the fastest
any cadet ever cleared Course D
**[04:16] ---**
was in five days.
**[04:18] Meiya**
And he managed that in
effectively one day?
**[04:21] Mikoto**
That's awesome, Takeru!
**[04:23] Sakaki**
You can't expect us to
complete Course D that fast!
**[04:26] Takeru**
Whoa, I never said I did...
**[04:28] Takeru**
*But thinking back,*
**[04:28] Ayamine**
I can never manage to hover right.
**[04:29] ---**
* they were all looking pretty good*
* after the first two or three days.*
**[04:30] Sakaki**
Maybe if we had a better sense of
the distance from the ground...
**[04:33] Shirogane**
* I think it was after they*
* looked at my control logs?*
**[04:36] Shirogane**
* Instructor! Can you show*
* the others my control logs?*
**[04:40] Marimo**
What?
**[04:42] Shirogane**
If my techniques are really that impressive,
**[04:44] ---**
I think the entire squad could
benefit from using them.
**[04:47] Marimo**
Someone else made the same
suggestion yesterday.
**[04:51] Marimo**
Executive Officer Kouzuki.
**[04:54] Marimo**
On her recommendation, the curriculum for
your training has been completely revised.
**[04:59] Marimo**
As part of that, your squad
will have priority access
**[05:02] ---**
to the simulators until you've
completed your training.
**[05:05] Meiya**
That's...
**[05:06] Tama**
Really amazing!
**[05:08] Sakaki**
Until we're finished?
**[05:09] Marimo**
In addition to that, your personal training
units will be delivered tomorrow.
**[05:14] Shirogane**
Tomorrow?
**[05:15] Marimo**
Right. The XO said that TSFs are like cars,
where experience is the best teacher.
**[05:21] Marimo**
But even I didn't expect her to go this far.
**[05:24] Shirogane**
*For the Fubukis to show up this early...*
**[05:27] Shirogane**
*Things are definitely ahead of schedule!*
**[05:33] Shirogane**
This is for you. It's a shell.
**[05:35] Shirogane**
You probably know about them, right?
**[05:39] Shirogane**
Put it to your ear.
**[05:41] Shirogane**
You can hear the ocean.
**[05:47] Kasumi**
It's rumbling.
**[05:49] Shirogane**
See? You got a little taste
of going to the beach.
**[05:54] Shirogane**
What's wrong?
**[05:55] Kasumi**
I've never seen the ocean before.
**[05:59] Shirogane**
But it's visible from near the base...
**[06:01] Shirogane**
Kasumi, have you never been outside—
**[06:03] Yuuko**
There you are!
**[06:04] Shirogane**
Sensei?
**[06:05] Yuuko**
I've got some questions about your TSF maneuvers.
**[06:09] Shirogane**
Is that a good idea? What about your research?
**[06:12] Yuuko**
Even I need a break sometimes, okay?!
**[06:15] Yuuko**
Now, get a move on!
**[06:16] Shirogane**
O-Okay.
**[06:18] Shirogane**
See you later, Kasumi.
**[06:26] Kasumi**
Bye-bye.
***SIGN*** November 24th, 2001
**[06:30] Tama**
Wow, look! They're already here!
**[06:34] Sakaki**
Those are ours...
**[06:38] Sakaki**
Type-94 Fubukis.
**[06:44] Shirogane**
Hey. I guess the whole gang's here?
**[06:46] Sakaki**
You're late!
**[06:47] Shirogane**
I don't think the Fubukis are
gonna fly away without us.
**[06:52] Shirogane**
*Fubukis... It feels like it's been a long time.*
**[06:56] Staff**
Whoa, is this a—
**[06:58] Staff**
What's it doing here?!
**[06:59] Staff**
It doesn't matter. Just get it uncovered.
**[07:03] Staff**
Come on!
**[07:06] Shirogane**
A Takemikazuchi, huh...
**[07:08] Meiya**
Takeru? You're familiar with it?
**[07:11] Shirogane**
Well, no more than anyone else.
**[07:15] Shirogane**
* They're special units for exclusive*
* use by the Royal Guard,*
**[07:17] ---**
*who take their orders from the Shogunate.*
**[07:20] Shirogane**
* And this purple one is specifically*
* for Meiya's personal use.*
**[07:26] Tsukuyomi**
Meiya-sama...
***SIGN*** Tsukuyomi Mana
**[07:31] Sakaki**
The Imperial Royal Guard?!
**[07:32] Meiya**
How can I help you, Lt. Tsukuyomi?
**[07:36] Tsukuyomi**
Meiya-sama, I was ordered to ensure that
this Takemikazuchi was at your disposal.
**[07:42] Tsukuyomi**
I believe you're aware
of whose wish that is.
**[07:48] Tsukuyomi**
Please, consider her intentions.
**[07:50] Meiya**
Do as you will.
**[08:05] Tsukuyomi**
Shirogane Takeru, what are you doing here?
**[08:09] Tsukuyomi**
How am I talking to a dead man?
**[08:12] Tsukuyomi**
You altered the UN's database in order
to infiltrate this facility. Why?
**[08:17] Kamiyo**
Did your trick not work on our systems?
**[08:21] Tsukuyomi**
I'm warning you to keep away from Meiya-sama.
**[08:23] Tsukuyomi**
Understood?
**[08:27] (Flashback) Tsukuyomi**
How am I talking to a dead man?
**[08:30] Shirogane**
*She said it again.*
**[08:32] Shirogane**
*I'm dead?*
**[08:35] Shirogane**
* What do I even know about the "me"*
* who's originally from this world?*
**[08:39] Shirogane**
*It makes sense that he'd exist, yet...*
**[08:43] Shirogane**
*No. Maybe he... used to exist.*
**[08:46] Shirogane**
*Is the version of me from this world... dead?*
***SIGN*** November 25th, 2001
**[08:53] Pilot Kai**
Somebody better start talking!
**[08:55] Shirogane**
*Great, this again.*
**[08:56] Pilot Kai**
Who the hell does the Takemikazuchi
in the hangar belong to?!
**[09:02] Lady Pilot**
What the hell is that thing doing
in our base? I want answers!
**[09:04] Shirogane**
Excuse me, Lieutenant, but are you
asking out of personal curiosity?
**[09:08] Pilot Kai**
You little...
**[09:09] Lady Pilot**
How about you shut up and just
answer the question, cadet?!
**[09:14] Shirogane**
I can't help but think your
priorities should lie elsewhere.
**[09:17] Pilot Kai**
What did you say?!
**[09:18] Shirogane**
I can't imagine throwing your weight around
against cadets is more valuable than—
**[09:31] Shirogane**
* If only people like them would fight*
* this hard against the BETA...*
**[09:36] Shirogane**
*It wouldn't have ended the way it did!*
**[09:38] Shirogane**
Aren't your power and authority supposed
to be for protecting humanity?!
**[09:43] Lady Pilot**
What?!
**[09:44] Tsukuyomi**
Are UN pilots taught that this kind of
unseemly public display is acceptable?
**[09:51] Kai Pilot**
Th-The Imperial Royal Guard...
**[09:53] Kai Pilot**
Uh, no, Lieutenant, but this
is an internal UN matter that—
**[09:57] Tsukuyomi**
This man is correct.
**[09:59] ---**
The UN did not grant you authority so you
could abuse it for personal satisfaction!
**[10:02] Kai Pilot**
N-No, that's...
**[10:04] Tsukuyomi**
The Takemikazuchi is stationed here under
certain circumstances that were agreed upon
**[10:08] ---**
by the Japanese government
and UN Headquarters.
**[10:11] Tsukuyomi**
This may be a UN facility,
and outside of my jurisdiction,
**[10:16] Tsukuyomi**
but any insult directed at a Takemikazuchi
may as well be aimed at the Royal Guard,
**[10:21] Tsukuyomi**
to say nothing of slandering
the shogun herself!
**[10:24] Tsukuyomi**
Know your place!
**[10:29] Marimo**
You know what this is about, right?
**[10:31] Shirogane**
The trouble in the PX, right?
**[10:34] Marimo**
I've decided what will happen.
**[10:35] Shirogane**
Yes, ma'am.
**[10:37] Marimo**
I'm going to overlook this incident!
**[10:39] Shirogane**
Yes, ma'am...
**[10:41] Shirogane**
What?
**[10:43] Marimo**
At the insistence of Lt. Tsukuyomi,
who's stationed here at the base.
**[10:46] Shirogane**
The lieutenant...
**[10:47] Marimo**
You owe your squad some thanks, too.
**[10:58] Marimo**
Fights aren't won by individuals.
**[11:01] Marimo**
I'm pretty sure you already understand
how important teamwork is.
**[11:05] Marimo**
Don't do anything to betray
their faith in you.
**[11:10] Marimo**
You weren't hurt too badly, were you?
**[11:16] Marimo**
Something about you seems to
draw people in, Shirogane.
**[11:20] Marimo**
And everyone acknowledges how
talented of a pilot you are.
**[11:24] Marimo**
I want you to remember that, okay?
**[11:27] Shirogane**
Okay.
***SIGN*** November 26th, 2001
**[11:33] Marimo**
*Movement Training Course F is now over.*
**[11:36] Marimo**
*That's it for the simulators today.*
**[11:43] Shirogane**
* You can tell how much*
* newer these Fubukis are.*
**[11:46] Shirogane**
* They're way more agile and control*
* better than those clunky old Gekishins...*
**[11:53] Shirogane**
* That said, they're also a lot*
* more sensitive and finicky.*
**[11:57] Shirogane**
* I wish they could be more intuitive,*
* like in video games,*
**[12:01] ---**
*with cancels and combos...*
**[12:04] Shirogane**
*Maybe with special inputs for an auto-cancel.*
**[12:09] Shirogane**
Video games...
**[12:19] (Flashback) Shirogane**
Okay, dash in as soon as the round starts!
**[12:21] (Flashback) Shirogane**
Rifle time...
**[12:23] (Flashback) Shirogane**
Go, Sumika!
**[12:24] (Flashback) Shirogane**
There!
**[12:27] (Flashback) Mikoto**
It's gonna be like that, huh?!
**[12:30] (Flashback) Sumika**
Hey, I hit something!
**[12:32] (Flashback) Shirogane**
Good! Now let's close in!
**[12:34] (Flashback) Shirogane**
When I give you the signal, go for the combo!
**[12:36] (Flashback) Sumika**
What's a c-combo?!
**[12:38] (Flashback) Sumika**
I don't know what you're talking about!
**[12:40] (Flashback) Shirogane**
Don't worry about it!
You're playing on beginner mode.
**[12:42] (Flashback) Shirogane**
Once the marker changes colors, you just
have to pull both triggers at once!
**[12:46] (Flashback) Sumika**
O-Okay, got it!
**[12:48] (Flashback) Mikoto**
Here they come, Meiya!
**[12:49] (Flashback) Meiya**
I'm ready for them!
**[12:50] (Flashback) Meiya**
Now, Sumika!
**[12:58] Meiya**
* That was a really*
* well-thought-out beginner mode.*
**[13:01] Meiya**
* They had combos and auto-cancels*
* mapped to a single button press.*
**[13:06] Meiya**
*I wish these things were as easy
to use as playing* Valgern-On*.*
**[13:12] Meiya**
Wait, maybe they should be?
**[13:15] Yuuko**
What the hell is the
"Valgern-On-ification of TSFs"?
**[13:18] Shirogane**
It's the name of a video game where a lot
of the special maneuvers that I've been using
**[13:23] ---**
can be learned easily by any
player with a little practice.
**[13:26] Yuuko**
"Any player," huh?
**[13:28] Shirogane**
In my old world, the difference between
games and TSFs gave me some pause at first.
**[13:33] Shirogane**
But once I was used to the controls, I was
able to replicate a lot of the same moves.
**[13:37] Shirogane**
I think that's a big part of why
**[13:39] ---**
a total novice like me was able to
figure out TSFs as quickly as I did.
**[13:43] Shirogane**
So I figure, why not have the machine
replicate the same moves I'm using?
**[13:50] Yuuko**
It's an idea...
**[13:51] Yuuko**
But what specifically are you suggesting?
**[13:57] Shirogane**
Cancels and combos.
**[14:04] Shirogane**
For example,
**[14:06] ---**
you know how a TSF will automatically
brace itself when it's about to fall over?
**[14:09] Shirogane**
And once it's in that recovery sequence,
it stops accepting manual inputs.
**[14:13] Shirogane**
Cancels are a way of turning that off.
**[14:16] Yuuko**
Then how would you catch yourself?
**[14:19] Shirogane**
It's more important to have the
option to shoot while falling.
**[14:22] Yuuko**
And what are these combos
you're talking about?
**[14:25] Shirogane**
It refers getting a different
kind of outcome,
**[14:28] ---**
based on the commands
you execute and the timing.
**[14:30] Shirogane**
For example...
**[14:32] Shirogane**
Let's say you throw three right-handed
punches, and a forward kick normally.
**[14:36] Shirogane**
But if you hit those same buttons,
except faster,
**[14:38] ---**
you get right-left-right punches,
and a roundhouse kick.
**[14:42] Shirogane**
That's a combo.
**[14:43] Yuuko**
Like a string of attacks...
**[14:46] Yuuko**
And is there any reason not to have those
attack strings registered to a single button?
**[14:50] Shirogane**
It'd work, but...
**[14:53] Shirogane**
Let's say you're three-fourths
of the way through the sequence,
**[14:56] ---**
then find yourself in danger.
**[14:57] ---**
You need to have the option
to cancel it out and evade.
**[15:00] Yuuko**
I think I understand what you're getting at.
**[15:03] ---**
It boils down to two things:
**[15:05] ---**
a simplification of the controls, and
creating a suite of sequential maneuvers.
**[15:10] ---**
You basically want to automate
the most frequently used moves,
**[15:13] ---**
but also include the ability to
cancel out of those sequences.
**[15:17] ---**
And you think that's possible?
**[15:19] Shirogane**
Yes.
**[15:20] Shirogane**
If you can convert my control logs...
**[15:22] ---**
Then I can handle the setups for the combos.
**[15:24] Yuuko**
That could work.
**[15:25] Yuuko**
But do you really think that TSFs with
preset, inflexible sets of moves
**[15:29] ---**
would be useful in combat?
**[15:33] Yuuko**
It's not like the enemy is always
going to attack the same way.
**[15:36] Yuuko**
Can you really come up with a pattern
for any situation imaginable?
**[15:41] Shirogane**
Maybe we could just stick to the
most broadly applicable ones?
**[15:45] Yuuko**
And you want the computer to be able
to adjust for all variables?
**[15:48] Yuuko**
At a certain level, that amounts to
phasing pilots out of the equation.
**[15:51] Shirogane**
Wouldn't that be better, in the long run?
**[15:56] Yuuko**
You're asking me to create a machine with
cognitive ability comparable to a human's.
**[16:01] Shirogane**
Oh, I get it.
**[16:03] ---**
It doesn't matter how
versatile the move sets are,
**[16:06] Shirogane**
a machine wouldn't be able to accurately judge
how to execute them based on the situation.
**[16:12] Shirogane**
Man, I really thought
I was onto something, too.
**[16:16] Yuuko**
I can see why, which is
why we're going to try it.
**[16:20] Yuuko**
The big issue is the parallel processing speed
needed to sync with pilot input, right?
**[16:25] Yuuko**
TSF movements are controlled via the
human brain, albeit indirectly,
**[16:31] ---**
and that still counts as parallel processing.
**[16:33] Yuuko**
Any corrections to the timing of these
moves on an environmental basis
**[16:37] ---**
should be manageable if we can boost the
computer's automated processing power.
**[16:42] Shirogane**
Then it *is* possible?!
**[16:43] Yuuko**
It'll be easy, too.
I'll have the arrangements made.
**[16:49] Yuuko**
Your training unit is going
to be the testbed for this.
**[16:52] Yuuko**
All of your data's going to
be collected, so keep that in mind.
**[16:55] Yuuko**
Starting today, you're the test pilot
for a new proof of concept.
**[17:01] Shirogane**
I'm... a test pilot?
**[17:04] Shirogane**
That's awesome! Aren't test pilots
supposed to be super elites?!
**[17:08] Yuuko**
Don't get too happy with yourself.
**[17:10] Yuuko**
Do you really think we can find another
pilot with ridiculous moves like yours?
**[17:16] Yuuko**
Come on. That was a compliment.
***SIGN*** November 27th, 2001
**[17:27] Shirogane**
Just a few more minutes, Kasumi.
**[17:34] Kasumi**
I wanted to give you something in return.
**[17:42] Shirogane**
*That's... This drawing...*
**[17:45] (Flashback) Shirogane**
A Game Guy!
**[17:47] (Flashback) Sumika**
Well, it's your birthday, Takeru-chan!
**[17:50] (Flashback) Sumika**
You've always wanted one, right?
**[17:52] Shirogane**
*What is this? What is going on here?*
**[17:55] Shirogane**
* How can Kasumi know about tech*
* that doesn't exist in this world?!*
**[18:00] Shirogane**
Kasumi!
**[18:08] Shirogane**
I don't get it... Kasumi...
**[18:11] Shirogane**
Just what is she?
***SIGN*** Theory of Relativity
***SIGN*** Theory of Relativity
***SIGN*** Theory of Relativity
***SIGN*** Theory of Relativity
**[18:16] Marimo**
That concludes today's lecture.
**[18:18] Marimo**
I've got one bit of news
before you're dismissed.
**[18:21] Marimo**
I know this is sudden,
**[18:23] ---**
but tomorrow, the UN Undersecretary
will be inspecting the base.
**[18:29] Marimo**
What is it, Shirogane?
**[18:31] Shirogane**
The undersecretary's inspection is...
**[18:33] Shirogane**
T-Tomorrow?!
**[18:35] Marimo**
We were previously going
to move up your training
**[18:38] ---**
and begin combat exercises
in the city ruins...
**[18:41] Marimo**
But this is non-negotiable.
**[18:43] Marimo**
You're all to be on standby
inside the base tomorrow.
**[18:45] Marimo**
That is all.
**[18:46] Sakaki**
Salute!
**[18:53] Shirogane**
*This can't be right.*
**[18:54] Shirogane**
* The undersecretary was supposed to visit*
* after we had started combat exercises!*
**[18:59] Shirogane**
*I didn't expect the future to change like this!*
**[19:03] Shirogane**
*If the he's coming to the base,
then* it's *coming, too.*
**[19:09] Shirogane**
*The HSST is going to fall!*
**[19:17] Yuuko**
Really? Well, that should
prove to be quite the show.
**[19:20] Shirogane**
You realize this affects you too, right?!
**[19:23] Shirogane**
If this isn't dealt with the right way,
there's no telling what could happen!
**[19:26] Shirogane**
The entire base could be blown away!
**[19:31] Shirogane**
The future's finally starting to change...
**[19:34] Shirogane**
But this happens tomorrow!
**[19:37] Yuuko**
Give it a rest already.
**[19:39] Yuuko**
If we keep this from happening,
it'd alter the future too much.
**[19:42] Yuuko**
So we're not going to intervene.
**[19:45] Shirogane**
You know what day it is, don't you?
**[19:47] Shirogane**
The 27th of November!
**[19:49] Shirogane**
There's less than a month left
until Alternative V gets underway!
**[19:56] Yuuko**
Fine. I'll deal with it.
**[19:59] Shirogane**
Please do.
**[20:01] Yuuko**
It's strange, though.
**[20:03] ---**
Why are they getting so desperate?
**[20:06] Shirogane**
I dunno... I never thought about it.
**[20:09] Yuuko**
Well, it's probably as simple
as Alternative V advocates
**[20:12] ---**
running out of patience with
how things never seem to improve.
**[20:17] Yuuko**
I wonder if they want to bet it all on a
suicide attack against Kaxgar or something?
**[20:22] Shirogane**
Kaxgar is Target 01, right?
**[20:25] Yuuko**
That's right. Its international
designation is the "Original Hive."
**[20:29] Yuuko**
The spot where the BETA
first touched down on Earth.
**[20:34] Shirogane**
Um... this map is only showing
Hive locations, right?
**[20:39] Yuuko**
That's right.
**[20:41] Shirogane**
There are two BETA hives in Japan...
**[20:45] Shirogane**
One's on Sadogashima.
**[20:47] Shirogane**
And the other...
**[20:50] Yuuko**
You probably know about it, right?
**[20:52] Yuuko**
Back before the operation to retake Honshu,
this area was BETA territory.
**[20:58] Shirogane**
You mean... this location...
**[21:00] Yuuko**
That's right. The Yokohama Base
used to be a hive.
**[21:06] Yuuko**
Some of the BETA's functions
are still intact, too.
**[21:09] Yuuko**
That's why it's showing up on the map.
**[21:13] Shirogane**
*The base we've been living on is a hive...*
**[21:19] Shirogane**
*The BETA used to live here?!*
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E5 - A New Power
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GJWU2JWGD/a-new-power)
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**[00:17] (Flashback) Sumika**
Takeru-chan!
**[00:21] Takeru**
*It was a hive...*
**[00:23] Takeru**
* The place where we've been living all*
* this time used to be filled with BETA.*
***SIGN*** A New Power
**[02:07] Sakaki**
Honestly, why would you
tell such obvious lies?
**[02:10] Tama**
I'm so sorry! I was trying to make him
happy and it just... kept happening.
**[02:15] Takeru**
What's up?
**[02:16] Meiya**
We could use your wit, Takeru.
**[02:19] Meiya**
The undersecretary who's arriving tomorrow...
**[02:21] Takeru**
Yeah, it's Tama's dad, right?
**[02:24] Mikoto**
Wait, you know?
**[02:25] Takeru**
Well, sure.
**[02:26] Sakaki**
Apparently Tamase-san told him
she was our flight's commander.
**[02:31] Takeru**
Sure looks like it.
**[02:34] Tama**
I am so sorry. He was
just so happy about it.
**[02:37] Tama**
And before long, I couldn't take it back...
**[02:40] Takeru**
Hey, if that's the deal,
I've got just the solution.
***SIGN*** FLIGHT COMMANDER
***SIGN*** FLIGHT COMMANDER
***SIGN*** FLIGHT COMMANDER
***SIGN*** FLIGHT COMMANDER
**[02:46] Takeru**
There we go! And so, this calls for
"Operation: Commander-for-a-Day Tamase!"
**[02:55] Flight control**
*HSST-1, this is Yokohama control.*
**[02:57] Flight control**
* Runway Two is clear for you at heading 280.*
* Please make your final approach.*
***SIGN*** United Nations Undersecretary
Tamase Genjousai
**[03:12] Takeru**
Tama, make with the orders!
***SIGN*** Yokohama Base Above Ground Facilities
**[03:14] Tama**
S-Salute!
**[03:19] Tama**
A-At ease.
**[03:21] Marimo**
Allow me to introduce you.
**[03:22] Marimo**
These are the the cadets of the
207th Surface Pilot Cadet Flight.
**[03:28] TamaDad**
Humanity's future is going to
depend on your contributions.
**[03:31] TamaDad**
We'll be expecting great things.
**[03:33] 207th**
Yes, sir!
**[03:34] Marimo**
As for the rest of your tour...
**[03:41] Marimo**
Cadet Tamase will show you the way.
**[03:44] Marimo**
Cadet Tamase!
**[03:45] Tama**
Ma'am!
**[03:46] Marimo**
You are to guide the undersecretary.
**[03:48] Tama**
Yes, ma'am!
**[03:51] TamaDad**
Tama! Look how grown up you've become!
**[03:55] TamaDad**
But it makes Daddy kinda sad!
**[03:57] Tama**
Daddy...
**[03:58] TamaDad**
It's been so long!
**[04:00] Tama**
Here we have the gymnasium.
**[04:01] Tama**
The shooting range.
**[04:03] Tama**
The training gym.
**[04:04] Tama**
The cadet barracks!
**[04:06] TamaDad**
I have to say, honey,
you've become quite dignified!
**[04:09] TamaDad**
Now, then, are you all Tama's subordinates?
**[04:12] Ayamine**
You're a Tama too, pal.
**[04:14] Takeru**
Ayamine! Try and keep a lid on it, okay?
**[04:17] Tama**
I-I don't want any chatter!
**[04:19] Tama**
Stop standing around and clear a path!
**[04:22] Ayamine**
Grrr...
**[04:23] Ayamine**
My apologies, Commander.
**[04:26] TamaDad**
Tama!
**[04:27] TamaDad**
I want to see more of you giving orders!
**[04:31] Tama**
Y-You there! If you've got nothing
to do, go clean the bathrooms!
**[04:39] Takeru**
You can half-ass it, okay?!
**[04:41] TamaDad**
And you are?
**[04:42] Sakaki**
Cadet Sakaki Chizuru, sir.
**[04:44] TamaDad**
Oh, I've heard about you.
**[04:46] TamaDad**
You're apparently every bit as stubborn
and unreasonable as your father!
**[04:53] TamaDad**
Try not to be too much of a
nuisance for my Tama, you hear?
**[04:56] Sakaki**
Yes, sir...
**[04:58] TamaDad**
And you?
**[04:59] Yoroi**
I'm Cadet Yoroi Mikoto, sir.
**[05:01] TamaDad**
Oh, it's you!
**[05:03] TamaDad**
Yoroi-kun, the only one
flatter than Tama herself.
**[05:06] Yoroi**
I... I'm...
**[05:09] Yoroi**
That's so mean... I'm already
self-conscious about it...
**[05:11] Tama**
Takeru-san!
**[05:13] Takeru**
Sorry!
**[05:13] TamaDad**
And you're...
**[05:14] Meiya**
Cadet Mitsurugi Meiya, sir.
**[05:16] TamaDad**
That's you... I see.
**[05:19] Meiya**
You didn't have anything to say about me?
**[05:23] TamaDad**
I prefer my head right
where it is, thank you.
**[05:25] Takeru**
*Makes sense, considering who she is.*
**[05:28] Tama**
Takeru-san, please don't let them get me!
**[05:32] TamaDad**
So you're Shirogane Takeru-kun?
**[05:35] Takeru**
Yes, sir!
**[05:36] TamaDad**
I've heard quite a bit about you from Tama.
**[05:37] TamaDad**
You perform well in both your
studies and in the field,
**[05:40] ---**
and are reliable and level-headed, apparently.
**[05:43] Takeru**
Thank you, sir!
**[05:44] TamaDad**
A lad like you...
**[05:45] TamaDad**
All right, I'm sure Tama is in good hands.
**[05:49] ---**
Please be there for her, at her side,
**[05:51] TamaDad**
just like you have been, going forward.
**[05:54] TamaDad**
I have to admit, I'd like to meet my
grandchild one of these days, after all!
**[06:00] TamaDad**
My grandchild... get it?
**[06:05] TamaDad**
It's a relief to find an heir
to the Tamase family so quickly!
**[06:08] Meiya**
Takeru... we need to have
a few words with you.
**[06:09] TamaDad**
I have to think it's Tama's reward
for her diligent behavior!
**[06:11] Meiya**
Don't worry, it won't take long. Understood?
**[06:12] Takeru**
E-Everyone! We're in front of
the undersecretary, remember?!
**[06:13] TamaDad**
Is it any wonder I'm so proud of her?
**[06:15] TamaDad**
What would be a good place
for the service, I wonder?
**[06:15] 209th**
Flight Commander, we have to prepare
the reception, so if you'll excuse us!
**[06:18] TamaDad**
With my influence, you'd have
your pick of venues!
**[06:21] TamaDad**
Oho, a little performance for me?
**[06:24] TamaDad**
I have to say, your flight seems like
a wonderfully lively bunch, Tama.
**[06:25] Tama**
Takeru-san!
**[06:35] Takeru**
Hey... Kasumi, what time is it?
**[06:39] Kasumi**
It's dark outside.
**[06:41] Takeru**
Okay...
**[06:45] Takeru**
*It changed. The future has changed again.*
**[06:51] Takeru**
You decided to take action on the HSST thing!
**[06:54] Yuuko**
Well, yeah.
**[06:56] Yuuko**
A word of warning... Your flight's got a
lot of complicated family situations,
**[07:00] Yuuko**
so watch yourself.
**[07:01] Takeru**
Right.
**[07:02] Yuuko**
Today we're going to be collecting
data, same as yesterday.
**[07:04] Takeru**
Right.
**[07:05] Yuuko**
I've already made a few tweaks
to the decision-making routines.
**[07:07] Takeru**
Roger that.
**[07:10] Michiru**
So this is the new OS that
the XO was talking about...
**[07:14] Misae**
If the response time is really 30% faster
than what we've current got,
**[07:17] ---**
it'll feel like a totally different machine.
**[07:21] Misae**
That maneuver...
**[07:22] Michiru**
He didn't hesitate at all.
**[07:24] Misae**
If he can move like that...
Just who is this sixth pilot?
**[07:29] Yuuko**
How'd it feel?
**[07:30] Takeru**
I almost can't believe
how much smarter it is.
**[07:33] Yuuko**
Yeah? Let's use this data for the trials, then.
**[07:37] Takeru**
It's finally time?
**[07:38] Yuuko**
We made it in time for the mock battle
that's scheduled for tomorrow.
**[07:40] Takeru**
I never thought we'd be
implementing it so soon...
**[07:44] Yuuko**
I had Yashiro help me out this time.
Be sure to thank her.
**[07:48] Yuuko**
You handle things here.
**[07:51] Kasumi**
Stare...
**[07:52] Takeru**
H-Hey...
**[07:54] ---**
Thanks, Kasumi.
**[07:58] Takeru**
Kasumi, I wanted to ask about the Game Guy
you drew in that sketchbook.
**[08:02] Takeru**
Where had you seen it before?
I've gotta know!
**[08:05] Kasumi**
I haven't really seen it.
**[08:08] Takeru**
So what did you base it on?
Something you saw in a book?
**[08:16] Takeru**
I guess I should head back,
since the battle is tomorrow.
**[08:20] Takeru**
*The last time I did this,*
**[08:22] ---**
* we got our butts kicked because the*
* two of them wouldn't stop bickering.*
**[08:26] Takeru**
Sensei!
**[08:28] ---**
I've got a request.
**[08:29] Yuuko**
No.
**[08:30] Takeru**
It's not a big deal. I just
want you to install the new OS
**[08:34] ---**
in Sakaki and Ayamine's TSFs, too.
**[08:37] Yuuko**
Why?
**[08:39] Takeru**
It should help compress another
five days' worth of training.
**[08:44] Yuuko**
Listen, all of this TSF stuff
is just a side project for me.
**[08:48] Yuuko**
An excuse to try out the practical
application of a certain theory of mine.
**[08:52] Takeru**
A side project?
**[08:55] Yuuko**
My real job is wrestling with a theory
that's so complicated, you could never understand it.
**[09:00] Takeru**
For Alternative IV...
**[09:02] Takeru**
Does this have to do with the gizmo
**[09:03] ---**
that needs fifteen billion
parallel computing circuits?
**[09:06] Yuuko**
A little knowledge and he thinks he's clever.
**[09:08] Yuuko**
Yeah, that's it. This has been an
experiment to help with Alternative IV.
**[09:12] Yuuko**
And you can take it from here.
**[09:14] Takeru**
Wait, how far along is the project, anyway?!
Are you gonna make it in time?!
**[09:18] Yuuko**
Get out.
**[09:19] Takeru**
Quit trying to brush me off!
**[09:21] Yuuko**
I said to get the hell out!
**[09:26] Takeru**
Sensei, this is the second time
I've seen you like this...
**[09:30] Takeru**
The first was when you were depressed after
Alternative IV failed in the other world.
**[09:33] Takeru**
Aren't you a genius, Sensei?
**[09:36] Yuuko**
Would you shut up already?!
**[09:39] Yuuko**
I am a genius!
**[09:42] Yuuko**
Which makes it worse...
**[09:45] Takeru**
I'm sorry.
**[09:48] Takeru**
* I guess I'm the one*
* who's trying to rush things.*
**[09:52] Takeru**
Wait, I recognize this.
**[09:53] ---**
In my original world, you crossed it out and
then started writing this weird formula.
**[09:58] (Flashback) Yuuko**
It came to me while I was
playing a video game!
**[10:02] (Flashback) Yuuko**
This entire school of thought is outdated!
**[10:04] Yuuko**
What?
**[10:06] Yuuko**
But that's the fundamental basis of the
parallel-processing system I'm researching.
**[10:09] Yuuko**
You're saying I came up with a new formula?
**[10:12] Yuuko**
I must've had it! A more viable theory....
**[10:17] Yuuko**
Give it to me!
**[10:18] Yuuko**
Remember the formula now!
**[10:20] Takeru**
Uh, I...
**[10:21] Yuuko**
It can be in bits and pieces, but I need it!
**[10:23] Takeru**
I can't! I had no idea what
I was even looking at!
**[10:27] Yuuko**
*You* don't need to understand it!
**[10:28] Takeru**
You're the one who thought it up!
**[10:30] Takeru**
Why don't you ask yourself
from the other world?!
**[10:34] Yuuko**
Right... that makes sense.
**[10:37] Yuuko**
I can't believe I got worked up like that.
**[10:40] Takeru**
Sensei?
**[10:40] Yuuko**
Fine, I'll do it.
**[10:43] Yuuko**
You wanted the OS for
Sakaki and Ayamine, right?
**[10:45] Takeru**
Y-Yes.
**[10:51] Takeru**
*I'm not much help at all, am I?*
**[10:58] (Flashback) Takeru**
Sumika!
**[11:00] (Flashback) Takeru**
Hey, Sumika! What are you doing?
**[11:03] (Flashback) Sumika**
I'm waiting for Santa...
**[11:04] (Flashback) Takeru**
That's stupid! Santa doesn't come
if the kids are still awake.
**[11:09] (Flashback) Takeru**
I bet he thinks you're bad
because you're still up!
**[11:13] (Flashback) Sumika**
I'm not a bad girl! I just wanted
to say thank you to Santa!
**[11:21] (Flashback) Takeru**
Quit crying!
**[11:22] (Flashback) Sumika**
But... But...
**[11:25] (Flashback) Takeru**
Aw, man...
**[11:29] (Flashback) Takeru**
Here, this! You can have it, so quit crying!
**[11:32] (Flashback) Sumika**
What is it?
**[11:33] (Flashback) Takeru**
Santa gave it to me,
along with the game I wanted.
**[11:35] (Flashback) Takeru**
Everyone who has one of
these dolls is a good kid!
**[11:40] (Flashback) Sumika**
Then if I have this, Santa will come back?
**[11:44] (Flashback) Takeru**
He will!
**[11:46] (Flashback) Sumika**
Really?!
**[11:47] (Flashback) Takeru**
Y-You bet!
**[11:50] Takeru**
*She's really so...*
**[11:56] Takeru**
Good morning, Kasumi.
**[11:59] Kasumi**
Bye-bye.
**[12:01] Takeru**
Yeah...
**[12:03] Takeru**
Today's the mock battle.
Better make sure it works out.
***SIGN*** November 29th: Dawn, The Gymnasium
**[12:09] Meiya**
*Fast, with no hesitation before moving...*
**[12:12] Meiya**
*But that only applies to Takeru.*
**[12:14] Meiya**
*Movement reliant on speed is something*
**[12:16] ---**
* I've dealt with when training*
* with a sword before.*
**[12:18] Meiya**
* To say nothing of the strain that*
* moving so quickly must cause...*
**[12:24] Meiya**
*I can win this.*
**[12:35] Yuuko**
Just keeping my eyes open is a pain...
**[12:37] Marimo**
Hey, Yuuko. Were you up all night?
**[12:40] Yuuko**
I can't even remember the
last time I got any sleep.
**[12:42] Marimo**
So are you up to something again?
**[12:45] Yuuko**
How are you splitting the
teams for the combat exercise?
**[12:48] Marimo**
It's Sakaki, Ayamine, and Shirogane
against Mitsurugi, Tamase, and Yoroi.
**[12:53] Yuuko**
Well, that explains it.
**[12:54] Yuuko**
I'm going to monitor Sakaki's element, then.
**[12:57] Marimo**
Hang on!
**[12:58] Marimo**
You can't just make that call out of nowhere!
**[13:00] Marimo**
You already changed the condition
for victory to total annihilation!
**[13:03] Marimo**
Anything more is—
**[13:03] Yuuko**
It'll be fine. Trust me.
**[13:13] Takeru**
* Unit exterior is clear.*
* Safety measures confirmed.*
**[13:16] Takeru**
Checklist points 1 through 88 are good to go.
**[13:19] Takeru**
Main power online. Now loading
movement control systems.
**[13:23] Sakaki**
The control screen...
**[13:25] Ayamine**
It's different?
**[13:26] Takeru**
All systems green. Opening hangar locks.
**[13:29] Takeru**
Lift-off.
**[13:34] Sakaki**
Springing a new OS like this on us...
**[13:37] Yuuko**
*Don't you worry. It'll be fine.*
**[13:39] ---**
I say this with no exaggeration, in total
seriousness: It's designed for ease of use.
**[13:44] Takeru**
That's right.
**[13:45] Takeru**
And the basic controls aren't any
different from before, either.
**[13:48] Ayamine**
Is it gonna be any good, though?
**[13:50] Takeru**
* You're really gonna ask that in front*
* of the person who designed it?!*
**[13:55] Yuuko**
*Oh, I don't mind at all.*
**[13:57] Yuuko**
* The moment that skepticism*
* turns into shock...*
**[14:01] Yuuko**
It's delicious.
**[14:04] Yuuko**
* Make sure to win, so we can demonstrate*
* the effectiveness of the new OS.*
**[14:11] Sakaki**
I'm a little nervous,
but we'll just have to trust it.
**[14:14] Sakaki**
Come on, you two.
**[14:18] Sakaki**
Gonna crash—
**[14:22] Sakaki**
Wha...
**[14:24] Sakaki**
What the hell?!
**[14:27] Mikoto**
I've got a hit on the radar.
**[14:29] Mikoto**
At point C-5.
**[14:31] Mikoto**
One unit is out in the open...
**[14:32] Mikoto**
And way up in the air, too.
**[14:34] Sakaki**
The controls are way too sensitive!
**[14:39] Takeru**
* The boost in response time will*
* make some crazy moves possible.*
**[14:40] Takeru**
The boost in response time will
make some crazy moves possible.
**[14:42] Takeru**
*Try and get used to it, quick!*
**[14:44] Ayamine**
Yeah, that sounds easy...
**[14:47] Meiya**
I'm not sure what they're
hoping to accomplish,
**[14:49] ---**
but based on those maneuvers,
we can assume that was 06.
**[14:52] Meiya**
Shirogane's machine.
We'll move ahead with the plan.
**[14:58] Meiya**
Tamase, hold to your fixed position.
**[15:00] Tama**
05, copy that.
**[15:02] Meiya**
Don't let Shirogane's maneuvers confuse you.
**[15:05] Meiya**
We have better teamwork and coordination.
**[15:09] Meiya**
With me, Yoroi!
**[15:11] Mikoto**
03, copy that!
**[15:14] Takeru**
Radar has a hit at 14:00!
**[15:16] Sakaki**
Lure them in the opposite direction.
**[15:18] Other Two**
Roger.
**[15:23] Ayamine**
04 here, I've made contact.
**[15:25] Sakaki**
01, copy that. 04, 06, work together to
push the target onto the wider street.
**[15:30] Ayamine**
04, I'm on it.
**[15:33] Takeru**
*Keep pulling back. I'll be there to cover you.*
**[15:38] Takeru**
Get clear, 04!
**[15:39] Sakaki**
The other unit is at 21:00!
**[15:44] Sakaki**
Why are only two of them here?
**[15:46] Sakaki**
Where's the other?
**[15:47] Takeru**
*Considering Tama's sharpshooter skills...*
**[15:51] Takeru**
*She'll be taking aim from a distance.*
**[15:53] Tama**
Sakaki-san and Ayamine-san aren't
moving the way they normally do.
**[15:56] Tama**
But once they're in my sights...
**[16:02] Tama**
We'll win!
**[16:04] Sakaki**
Let's pincer her!
**[16:07] Sakaki**
04, 06, get her attention!
**[16:10] Takeru**
* I bet you think we're falling for*
* your plan, but you're wrong there!*
**[16:14] Takeru**
*Sorry, but I already know what you're after!*
**[16:17] Takeru**
*Time to show what the new OS can do!*
**[16:21] Tama**
Bingo!
**[16:22] Takeru**
Class Rep!
**[16:23] Takeru**
*Defensive split!*
**[16:28] Tama**
I missed?!
**[16:33] Meiya**
That's Shirogane's unit?
**[16:37] Meiya**
Then the one we were targeting...
**[16:39] Takeru**
Class Rep, Ayamine, you all right?!
**[16:41] Sakaki**
01 here, no damage.
**[16:43] Ayamine**
I've spotted Tamase.
**[16:45] Takeru**
Same here.
**[16:46] Takeru**
I'll keep her occupied!
**[16:47] Sakaki**
Copy that.
**[16:48] Sakaki**
We'll deal with Mitsurugi and Yoroi.
**[16:50] Sakaki**
Let's go, 04.
**[16:51] Ayamine**
Roger.
**[16:52] Tamase**
I lost him?
**[16:53] Tamase**
Where did he...
**[16:56] Tamase**
No way! Am I surrounded?
**[17:01] Tamase**
You... I'll get you!
**[17:09] Marimo**
Hit to Tamase's power supply
and lower limbs confirmed.
**[17:12] Marimo**
Fatal damage sustained! She's down.
**[17:16] Takeru**
Got her!
**[17:17] Takeru**
You were too focused on the fire coming
from the other direction, Tama.
**[17:22] Mikoto**
These moves... It's like
I'm fighting Takeru!
**[17:26] Sakaki**
You're too far out in front, Ayamine!
**[17:36] Mikoto**
You can shoot from that position?!
**[17:39] Marimo**
Yoroi's right arm is gone, along
with damage to the left leg.
**[17:42] Marimo**
Fatal damage resulting in system shutdown.
**[17:46] Sakaki**
Don't you think that was a little dangerous?!
**[17:48] Ayamine**
You're just a step too slow.
**[17:49] Takeru**
You guys, Meiya is still out there!
**[17:53] Takeru**
Come on!
**[17:55] Meiya**
* How are the other units capable*
* of that kind of reaction time?*
**[17:59] Meiya**
* Still, if I can anticipate their*
* moves and act before they do...*
**[18:02] Meiya**
*It won't matter how fast they are.*
**[18:11] Sakaki**
01, contact!
**[18:18] Meiya**
An opening!
**[18:18] Meiya**
I have you now, Sakaki!
**[18:24] Takeru**
Class Rep! Evade!
**[18:29] Meiya**
What?!
**[18:30] Sakaki**
Now!
**[18:32] Sakaki**
Shoot her!
**[18:42] Marimo**
* Mitsurugi's unit has taken fire to the engine,*
* resulting in fatal damage. She's down.*
**[18:47] Meiya**
This can't be... How?
**[18:51] Sakaki**
We... We won?
**[18:54] Yuuko**
*Let's hear that status report, 01.*
**[19:00] Sakaki**
*This is Sakaki Element. Mission complete.*
**[19:02] Marimo**
Exercise complete.
**[19:04] ---**
All units, return to your starting positions.
**[19:11] Meiya**
Takeru! What is the meaning of this?!
**[19:15] Takeru**
Wh-What do you mean?
**[19:16] Meiya**
What sort of trick did
you pull with the TSFs?
**[19:19] Meiya**
I'd expect those maneuvers from you,
but your entire team...
**[19:22] Mikoto**
It doesn't make any sense! For all three
of you to be able to zip around like that...
**[19:26] Tama**
The assistance from accumulated
data wasn't able to keep up!
**[19:29] Takeru**
Well, you see...
**[19:30] Yuuko**
If you're really that shocked,
I'd say it was a huge success.
**[19:33] Yuuko**
Sakaki's team had a new proof of
concept installed in their TSFs.
**[19:37] Meiya**
A new OS?
**[19:39] Yuuko**
You're all familiar with
Shirogane's freaky moves, right?
**[19:42] Yuuko**
What you saw today is the culmination
of what he's been doing.
**[19:45] Yuuko**
It's what he's been trying to do all along.
**[19:48] Mikoto**
Say what?!
**[19:49] Yuuko**
Issues with the control systems
kept these maneuvers from being possible...
**[19:52] Yuuko**
But with the new OS, the chains are off.
**[19:55] Meiya**
That's remarkable...
**[19:57] ---**
Those were the movements you've been
picturing this entire time?
**[20:02] Marimo**
XO, why is this the first time
I'm hearing about any of this?
**[20:06] Yuuko**
Oh, did I forget to mention it?
**[20:08] Marimo**
Completely.
**[20:10] Yuuko**
Come on. We're not going to get
anywhere if we sweat all the details.
**[20:13] Yuuko**
And once we're able to feed the data
we've gotten back into the system...
**[20:15] Yuuko**
The TSFs are only going to get smarter.
**[20:18] Yuuko**
The more samples, the better,
**[20:21] ---**
so let's install the new OS on
all of the 207th's machines.
**[20:25] Yuuko**
Which means that, starting today,
**[20:27] ---**
this is now a next-gen OS
development test flight.
**[20:31] Marimo**
You can't make that call! It could
effect the greater UN military—
**[20:35] Yuuko**
Oh, I'm not ready to share
my new toy just yet.
**[20:39] Yuuko**
This is all part of my research.
**[20:43] Yuuko**
Do you understand what I'm saying?
**[20:45] Marimo**
Right.
**[20:46] Yuuko**
I'm going to update the OS
in the simulators, too,
**[20:48] ---**
so play around with it when you get a chance.
**[20:50] Yuuko**
The direction this heads in going
forward will depend on you all.
**[20:53] Yuuko**
I'm counting on you.
**[20:56] 207th**
Yes, ma'am!
**[21:02] Takeru**
Kasumi?
**[21:06] Takeru**
Hey, Kasumi...
**[21:08] Takeru**
Kasumi? Are you in here?
**[21:10] Yoroi**
If you're looking for the professor,
she's in the command center.
**[21:14] Yoroi**
It's a pleasure.
**[21:18] Yoroi**
That said, I will admit I'm a little
shocked to actually see you here,
**[21:23] Yoroi**
Shirogane Takeru-kun.
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E6 - Transfer Experiment
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GN7UDWM98/transfer-experiment)
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**[00:07] Yoroi**
It's a pleasure to meet you,
Shirogane Takeru-kun.
**[00:14] Takeru**
Ow, ow, ow! Ow, ow, ow...
**[00:16] Yoroi**
This is convincing if it's artificial.
**[00:19] Yoroi**
Someone does fine work.
**[00:22] Takeru**
This isn't a joke!
**[00:24] Yoroi**
And yet it's funny.
**[00:25] Takeru**
What is your deal?!
**[00:26] Takeru**
*He was on me before I knew it.*
**[00:29] Yoroi**
It really is you, isn't it?
**[00:35] Yoroi**
There's no need for such caution,
Yashiro Kasumi-chan.
**[00:45] Takeru**
*Who the hell is this guy?*
**[00:48] Yuuko**
Exactly what are you doing in my office?
**[00:52] Yuuko**
Does the Imperial Ministry of Intelligence
have no sense of decorum?
**[00:55] Yuuko**
Or do you have an appointment
I wasn't told about?
**[00:59] Takeru**
*The Imperial Ministry of Intelligence?!*
**[01:01] Takeru**
*Then this guy's a spy?*
**[01:05] Yoroi**
I just thought I'd introduce
myself to the boy, that's all.
**[01:09] Yoroi**
I'm with the Imperial Ministry of Intelligence's
2nd Foreign Affairs Division,
**[01:13] Yoroi**
and my name is Yoroi Sakon.
***SIGN*** Yoroi Sakon
**[02:47] Takeru**
Y-Yoroi as in...
***SIGN*** Transfer Experiment
**[02:49] Yoroi**
I hear you take good care of my son.
**[02:52] Takeru**
Son?
**[02:54] Yoroi**
Well, more like a tomboy of a daughter.
**[02:57] Yoroi**
My apologies.
**[03:00] Takeru**
*This guy just says whatever he wants...*
**[03:01] Takeru**
* Which makes me pretty*
* sure he is Mikoto's dad.*
**[03:10] Mikoto**
All right, it worked!
**[03:13] Mikoto**
There we go...
**[03:15] Mikoto**
Synthetic food doesn't provide everything
a growing body needs, after all.
**[03:21] Mikoto**
Who's that?
**[03:28] Mikoto**
Kei-san?
**[03:32] Yuuko**
So, what brings you by this time?
**[03:35] Yoroi**
Some news regarding the XG-70s.
**[03:38] Yuuko**
Why would there be news at this point?
**[03:39] Yuuko**
I'm still getting all of them, right?
**[03:42] Yoroi**
It's not looking quite so simple anymore.
**[03:45] Yuuko**
And what do you mean by that?
**[03:47] Yoroi**
Certain factions within the imperial military
have been making some ominous moves lately.
**[03:53] Yoroi**
You're aware of the formation of a
so-called "Strategic Studies Group"?
**[03:58] Yuuko**
Can't say that I care.
**[03:59] Yoroi**
You're smart enough to
realize that you should.
**[04:04] Yoroi**
If they were to take action,
**[04:07] Yoroi**
it would create a political and
military power vacuum in Japan.
**[04:11] Yoroi**
What do you suppose a certain country,
**[04:14] ---**
the anti-Alternative forces,
**[04:16] ---**
and other oppositional factions
within the UN will do, then?
**[04:20] Yoroi**
It only stands to reason that the plans
for the XG-70s would be affected...
**[04:25] Yoroi**
To say nothing of your broader agenda.
**[04:29] Yuuko**
I'm convinced. Can we get to the point, now?
**[04:33] Yoroi**
Well, there was recently a top-priority
order that came through...
**[04:38] ---**
an alternate chain of command.
**[04:40] Yoroi**
Directed at the North American HQ
for the UN Space Force.
**[04:45] Yoroi**
Can you imagine how troubling that must be?
**[04:47] ---**
Being asked to keep an eye out
for one of your own HSSTs?
**[04:51] Yoroi**
On top of specific coordinates to watch?
**[04:54] Yoroi**
It made for a panicked day
at Edwards, I tell you.
**[04:58] Yoroi**
Even if it wasn't under their purview anymore,
I can understand the reluctance.
**[05:02] Yoroi**
Then there's the BETA
landing from the other day.
**[05:05] Yoroi**
How were those units in the
perfect place to respond?
**[05:09] Yuuko**
Beats me. Ask the person who gave the order.
**[05:13] Yoroi**
And then there's our
resident living dead man.
**[05:17] Yoroi**
Divine intervention or devilish deception?
**[05:20] Yoroi**
Those are the two possibilities I can think of,
**[05:23] Yoroi**
but I'd love to hear an actual explanation.
**[05:29] Yuuko**
Are you sure that's what
you're actually here for?
**[05:32] Yuuko**
Besides, can't you figure it out yourself?
**[05:34] Yuuko**
That is your job, isn't it?
**[05:37] Yoroi**
Well, now my ears are burning.
**[05:39] Yoroi**
I suppose I'll have to investigate
things the old-fashioned way for a bit.
**[05:45] Yoroi**
Shirogane Takeru-kun, we'll meet again.
**[05:58] Takeru**
*Mikoto's dad...*
**[06:01] Takeru**
*I never met him in the last world.*
**[06:05] Takeru**
* That means things are*
* starting to change, right?*
**[06:13] (Flashback) Takeru**
Okay, first person to scream
has to pay for lunch, got it?
**[06:18] (Flashback) Sumika**
Thanks in advance!
**[06:24] Takeru**
*Another dream about Sumika...*
**[06:29] Takeru**
*Maybe I'm...*
**[06:32] Yuuko**
And these dreams have been
happening frequently?
**[06:35] Takeru**
I wouldn't say that, but every
now and then, since the CCSE.
**[06:44] Yuuko**
Good timing, actually. Let's take a look.
**[06:46] Takeru**
Take a look... at my dreams?
**[06:49] Yuuko**
Did you forget that you're
a drifter from another world?
**[06:53] Yuuko**
If this involves that world,
then it's worth examining.
**[06:57] Shirogane**
But how?
**[07:00] Yuuko**
All you need to do is go to sleep.
**[07:08] Yuuko**
Okay, let's get started.
**[07:10] Yuuko**
Yashiro.
**[07:19] (Flashback) Takeru**
Where am I?
**[07:20] (Flashback) Sumika**
Takeru-chan, wake up!
**[07:23] (Flashback) Sumika**
It's already morning! You're gonna be late!
**[07:28] (Flashback) Sumika**
Takeru-chan!
**[07:34] Yuuko**
How'd it go?
**[07:35] Takeru**
Well, I did dream...
**[07:37] Yuuko**
Was that really all it was?
**[07:40] Yuuko**
While you were dreaming,
**[07:43] ---**
I'm pretty sure that Shirogane Takeru
returned to his original world.
**[07:48] Takeru**
What, did I disappear or something?!
**[07:51] Yuuko**
You didn't...
**[07:53] Yuuko**
But at a certain point,
we couldn't track your brainwaves.
**[07:56] Takeru**
Are you saying—
**[07:57] Yuuko**
You still had other life signs, of course.
**[08:01] Takeru**
How was I able to go back?
**[08:05] Yuuko**
You're extraordinary as it is.
**[08:07] Yuuko**
The idea of a lapse in consciousness
**[08:09] ---**
resulting in a slip between
worlds isn't that strange.
**[08:14] Takeru**
It can't be!
**[08:15] Yuuko**
You know the truth better than anyone else.
**[08:20] Takeru**
I can't go back home now...
**[08:23] Takeru**
I have to save this world!
**[08:25] Yuuko**
I think the issue might have something to do
with the equilibrium between the two worlds.
**[08:32] Yuuko**
You remaining anchored in this world
is tied to your cognizance of it,
**[08:37] ---**
and other people's cognizance of you.
**[08:39] Yuuko**
But your original world was destabilized
with the removal of its Shirogane Takeru.
**[08:46] Yuuko**
So it's trying to pull you back.
**[08:49] Takeru**
It is?
**[08:51] Yuuko**
And it's only effective
when you're not conscious.
**[08:54] Yuuko**
Granted, this is all a theory.
**[08:57] Takeru**
So if I wanted to go back to
my old world badly enough...
**[09:01] Yuuko**
I imagine your perception
of your original world
**[09:03] ---**
would be able to easily overwrite
your recognition of this one.
**[09:07] Yuuko**
Right now, it's never been
easier for you to go home.
**[09:13] Takeru**
*I can go back?*
**[09:15] Takeru**
*To the peaceful world I came from?*
**[09:19] Takeru**
Not yet.
**[09:21] Takeru**
I have something left to do in this world!
**[09:25] Takeru**
I never want to feel that way again!
**[09:30] Yuuko**
Well, we're going to need to send you back
temporarily to accomplish that, anyway.
**[09:37] Takeru**
What are you talking about?
**[09:39] Yuuko**
If this experiment works, it should
help stabilize your condition, too.
**[09:44] Yuuko**
I need you to retrieve those
formulas I came up with.
**[09:48] Yuuko**
That being the case, you and
Yashiro are roommates now.
**[09:59] Takeru**
*What the hell is she thinking?*
**[10:02] Takeru**
*I mean, yeah,*
**[10:04] ---**
* getting those formulas might mean a*
* bunch of progress on Alternative IV...*
**[10:07] Takeru**
* Which will result in me*
* going back to my old world.*
**[10:11] Takeru**
*But what's Kasumi got to do with that?*
**[10:29] Meiya**
It's rare to see Yashiro eating in the PX.
**[10:33] Takeru**
Yeah, it's a whole thing.
**[10:37] Kasumi**
Here.
**[10:39] Kasumi**
Say, "Ahh..."
**[10:42] (Flashback) Sumika**
Say, "Ahh!"
**[10:47] Sakaki**
Shirogane...
**[10:50] Sakaki**
What is with you?
**[10:52] Mikoto**
She's feeding you?! Seriously?!
**[10:52] Meiya**
You and Yashiro seem to have grown
quite intimate in short order.
**[10:54] Tama**
She is! She's really feeding him!
**[10:58] Kasumi**
Did I do it wrong?
**[11:00] Takeru**
N-Not technically, no.
**[11:04] Meiya**
I hate to interrupt this delightful
little meal, but how about an explanation?
**[11:10] Takeru**
N-Now hang on!
**[11:11] Takeru**
You guys are clearly misinterpreting this—
**[11:14] Takeru**
No! Make it stop!
**[11:20] Kasumi**
I guess I did it wrong?
***SIGN*** December 1st, 2001
**[11:23] Yuuko**
For you to return to your original world,
you need a strong desire to go back,
**[11:28] Yuuko**
everyone around you needs to
lose track of your existence,
**[11:31] Yuuko**
and your old world's pull on
you needs to become stronger.
**[11:34] Yuuko**
These are the three factors
we need to address.
**[11:39] Yuuko**
This machine was built to restore you
**[11:41] ---**
to the state you were in before
this world recognized you,
**[11:44] Yuuko**
which should let you travel between worlds.
**[11:47] Takeru**
And it's safe?
**[11:49] Yuuko**
You won't die or anything.
**[11:56] Takeru**
What's Kasumi doing?
**[11:57] Takeru**
Does it have something to do with
why we've been living together?
**[12:01] Yuuko**
Until this experiment succeeds,
you're going to remain in flux.
**[12:06] Yuuko**
Yashiro's job is to keep you
anchored here in the meantime.
**[12:11] Yuuko**
All right, let's get started.
**[12:19] Takeru**
*I guess I have to do this!*
**[12:27] Takeru**
*What's she...*
**[12:29] Kasumi**
Ready.
**[12:30] Yuuko**
Okay, you need to clearly
imagine yourself in your old world!
**[12:34] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
**[12:45] Takeru**
*My old world.*
**[12:46] Takeru**
*My old... world...*
**[13:05] Takeru**
*S-S-Sumika?!*
**[13:09] Takeru**
*It's her!*
**[13:11] Takeru**
*It's really Sumika!*
**[13:13] ---**
*She's moving! And talking!*
**[13:16] Takeru**
*Sumika, it's me!*
**[13:18] Takeru**
You really oughta lock the door
when you use the bathroom, okay?
**[13:22] Takeru**
*Huh?*
**[13:23] Takeru**
Otherwise, you're just asking
for this kind of thing to happen.
**[13:24] Takeru**
*What is this?!*
**[13:27] Sumika**
Takeru-chan, you jerk!
**[13:40] Yuuko**
Would you please take this seriously?!
**[13:44] Takeru**
It worked! I was back in my world!
**[13:47] Yuuko**
Of course you were!
**[13:49] Yuuko**
How did it go?
**[13:52] Takeru**
I couldn't actually do anything.
**[13:54] Takeru**
I tried to talk, but different words came out.
**[13:57] Takeru**
And Sumika didn't react.
**[14:00] Yuuko**
You weren't able to actually interfere
with the other side's events...
**[14:03] Yuuko**
You must not have fully materialized.
**[14:08] Takeru**
Right in the face...
**[14:11] Takeru**
She never changes.
**[14:14] Takeru**
Sumika...
**[14:19] Takeru**
Kasumi?!
**[14:22] Takeru**
What's wrong ?!
**[14:24] Takeru**
Hey! You okay?!
**[14:26] Yuuko**
I told her to sit down.
**[14:29] Takeru**
Is she—
**[14:30] Yuuko**
Her job requires an enormous
amount of focus and stamina.
**[14:33] Yuuko**
I can't say any more just yet.
**[14:36] Yuuko**
I think we're done for today.
**[14:39] Takeru**
Right.
**[14:43] Takeru**
*I'm sorry, Kasumi.*
**[14:50] Takeru**
*You collapsed... Got so worn out...*
**[14:53] Takeru**
*And I had no idea.*
***SIGN*** December 2nd, 2001
**[15:09] Yuuko**
Morning...
**[15:10] Yuuko**
I've done everything I can.
**[15:14] Yuuko**
You've got one shot to pull this off.
**[15:19] Takeru**
I understand. I'll keep that
in mind, and try my best.
**[15:22] Yuuko**
"Try" your best?
**[15:24] Yuuko**
If you're going to take that
kind of half-assed attitude,
**[15:26] ---**
I'll just break the entire machine down!
**[15:29] Yuuko**
This thing takes an inordinate amount
of electricity to use, all right?!
**[15:33] Yuuko**
These experiments cannot drag out any longer!
**[15:36] Yuuko**
People who come up with excuses to fail
are never going to accomplish anything!
**[15:41] Yuuko**
No one cares how hard you try!
**[15:44] Yuuko**
You have to dive in, head first,
dead-set on getting the job done
**[15:47] ---**
to make any real progress!
**[15:49] Yuuko**
I thought you wanted to
save all of humanity?!
**[15:53] Takeru**
Sensei... I remember now.
**[15:57] Takeru**
I know what I need to do.
**[15:59] Takeru**
Save this world!
**[16:01] Takeru**
Then, one day, when this nightmare
is over, I'm going back to my world!
**[16:09] Yuuko**
Take this with you.
**[16:11] Takeru**
What is it?
**[16:12] Yuuko**
Hand it to the other me,
and explain what's going on.
**[16:16] Yuuko**
She should believe you once
she sees what's inside.
**[16:20] Yuuko**
Too much interference with the
other world is asking for trouble.
**[16:25] Yuuko**
You should avoid contact
with anyone other than me.
**[16:28] Yuuko**
Understood?
**[16:30] Takeru**
Got it!
**[16:33] Mikoto**
Miki-san, could you hand me a torque wrench?
**[16:36] Tama**
Okay!
**[16:38] Tama**
The power's out?
**[16:39] Mikoto**
Huh?
**[16:44] Yuuko**
Are you ready, Shirogane?
**[16:47] Takeru**
Yeah!
**[16:48] Takeru**
*Three years ago. The world I used to live in.*
**[16:51] Kasumi**
Power from sources one
through four are stable.
**[16:55] Yuuko**
It's not enough power.
**[16:57] Yuuko**
Yashiro, bring five and six online, too.
**[16:59] Kasumi**
Right.
**[16:59] Yuuko**
* If you can get those formulas,*
* I'll be able to finish the 00-Unit!*
**[17:04] Yuuko**
*Once that's done...*
**[17:06] Takeru**
*I have to remember. This was a school!*
**[17:09] Takeru**
*We all went here.*
**[17:12] Takeru**
* Sumika was by my side, and I never even*
* considered being separated from her.*
**[17:16] Takeru**
*I finally remember!*
**[17:20] Takeru**
*I want to go back to my world.*
**[17:23] Takeru**
*And I want to see Sumika again!*
**[17:41] Takeru**
*The town's intact.*
**[17:44] Takeru**
*My legs... My hands...*
**[17:49] Takeru**
*I'm here!*
**[17:53] Takeru**
I'm back in my old world!
**[17:56] Takeru**
This is awesome, Yuuko-sensei!
**[18:00] Takeru**
Huh...
**[18:01] ---**
Should I really... be crying like this?
**[18:05] Takeru**
I'm home!
**[18:06] Takeru**
I'm back home!
**[18:20] Takeru**
*There's no time for getting lost in thought.*
**[18:22] ---**
*I need to find Yuuko-sensei!*
**[18:23] Takeru**
*Or this will have been a waste.*
**[18:27] Takeru**
Yuuko-sensei!
**[18:29] Yuuko**
Huh?
**[18:30] Yuuko**
This is a rare treat. What brings you by?
**[18:33] Takeru**
It's really important!
**[18:34] Yuuko**
If you want to beg for
test answers, save your breath.
**[18:37] Yuuko**
I heard about how you forgot
your homework... again.
**[18:39] Takeru**
I need you to take this seriously!
**[18:42] Takeru**
There's no time!
**[18:44] Yuuko**
That... is you, isn't it, Shirogane?
**[18:52] Yuuko**
I see.
**[18:54] Takeru**
I know this is probably
all hard to believe.
**[19:04] Yuuko**
Fantastic!
**[19:06] Yuuko**
This is just fantastic, Shirogane!
**[19:08] Yuuko**
This means my Quantum Causality Theory
was right all along!
**[19:13] Yuuko**
Man, I love being a genius!
**[19:19] Yuuko**
It's been a while.
**[19:21] Yuuko**
That's probably the thing to say, right?
**[19:24] Takeru**
Sensei...
**[19:26] Yuuko**
How long has it been since
you were in this world?
**[19:28] Takeru**
Well, from my subjective experience,
about three years.
**[19:32] Yuuko**
"Subjective experience," he says!
**[19:36] Yuuko**
Still, that's long enough for
someone to change, I guess.
**[19:40] Yuuko**
Shirogane...
**[19:42] Yuuko**
Do you miss this world?
**[19:44] Takeru**
Yes.
**[19:47] Yuuko**
Do you want to see Kagami and the others?
**[19:51] Takeru**
Yes!
**[19:53] Yuuko**
Then you need to tackle what you're trying
to do with a strong sense of purpose.
**[19:57] Yuuko**
To get what you want, you'll need
to dedicate everything you have.
**[20:01] Yuuko**
You're an entity that can travel between
worlds through force of will.
**[20:04] Yuuko**
That means you can change those worlds.
**[20:07] Takeru**
But... I've never really gone
between worlds on my own before.
**[20:11] Yuuko**
What you're capable of going forward,
and what's going to happen,
**[20:15] ---**
are going to depend on what
you want, and what you do.
**[20:18] Yuuko**
You need to remember the weight of
the responsibility you're carrying.
**[20:22] Takeru**
Right.
**[20:25] Yuuko**
As for the formulas you need,
give me three days.
**[20:28] Takeru**
Understood. Um, what day is it today, anyway?
**[20:32] Yuuko**
November 26th.
**[20:34] Takeru**
I'll be back for them, then.
**[20:40] Yuuko**
Hey.
**[20:42] Yuuko**
Salute for me, real quick.
**[20:45] Yuuko**
You don't wanna?
**[20:48] Takeru**
Not a problem.
**[20:55] Takeru**
Excuse me, ma'am.
**[21:02] Yuuko**
He looks like the real deal.
**[21:06] Yuuko**
This is probably what makes
being a teacher worth it.
**[21:09] Yuuko**
I wish Marimo could've seen him.
**[21:12] Yuuko**
A person who's become unbound
from the laws of his world...
**[21:18] Yuuko**
He's turned out to be a pretty big deal.
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E7 - Promise
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GK9U38E07/promise)
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***SIGN*** November 26th, 2011
**[00:08] Takeru**
*It's so peaceful.*
**[00:09] Takeru**
*There's no war, no BETA...*
**[00:12] LIttle Girl**
Mama, Mama!
**[00:12] Takeru**
* I did what I came for. Now I*
* just have to run out the clock.*
**[00:14] LIttle Girl**
We're gonna make dinner
together tonight, right?
**[00:16] Mom**
We sure are.
**[00:17] Takeru**
* Peace like this is a way of*
* life for people in this world.*
**[00:18] Mom**
Let's make sure it's really good.
**[00:19] Little Girl**
Yeah!
**[00:21] Takeru**
* But who's actually making it*
* possible for them, and how?*
**[00:25] Takeru**
* People here rely on others for everything,*
* and aren't invested in their own way of life.*
**[00:29] Takeru**
* They don't understand how important it*
* is to fight for what you care about.*
**[00:33] Mikoto**
Takeru?
**[00:34] Mikoto**
Hey, Takeru!
**[00:36] Mikoto**
You finally noticed! What's wrong?
You looked lost in thought.
**[00:41] Takeru**
*Mikoto... is a guy in this world.*
**[00:44] Takeru**
*And after I was told to avoid contact.*
**[00:48] Mikoto**
I've got an idea!
Takeru, let's go play *Valger-On*!
**[00:52] Takeru**
Hey! Whoa, hang on—
**[00:55] Mikoto**
Get a move on! Let's go!
**[00:56] Takeru**
Mikoto! Wait a sec!
**[00:58] Mikoto**
Step to it!
***SIGN*** Promise
**[02:30] Takeru**
* I should be touched just*
* being back here, and yet...*
**[02:44] Sumika**
Takeru-chan?
**[02:46] Takeru**
Sumika....
**[02:49] Sumika**
You still haven't gone home?
**[02:53] Sumika**
Okay, carry my stuff for me.
**[02:56] Takeru**
H-Hey...
**[02:57] Takeru**
* Oh, that's right. She was coming*
* over to make dinner.*
**[03:01] Sumika**
Takeru-chan, you're acting weird.
**[03:04] Takeru**
I've just... been in another
world a lot lately.
**[03:09] Takeru**
And over there, I'm busy
with military training.
**[03:14] Sumika**
Well, you don't have a fever.
**[03:18] Sumika**
It's always video games
with you, Takeru-chan.
**[03:22] Takeru**
Not this time.
**[03:24] Takeru**
I wonder... why you're the only one missing.
**[03:27] Sumika**
Takeru-chan?
**[03:34] Takeru**
Sumika, I'm sorry.
**[03:35] Takeru**
I just remembered something I need to do!
**[03:40] Sumika**
Just be home in time for dinner, okay?
**[03:43] Takeru**
Your hands are beautiful.
**[03:49] Takeru**
Later!
**[03:51] Sumika**
Takeru-chan?!
**[03:54] Sumika**
Takeru-chan...
**[03:57] Takeru**
*I really do belong here!*
**[04:00] Takeru**
* A future where I'm able to*
* come home to my own world...*
**[04:03] Takeru**
*I'm going to make it happen!*
**[04:09] Sumika**
Takeru-chan...
**[04:26] Takeru**
I'm back.
**[04:27] Yuuko**
Looks like you enjoyed your trip back home.
**[04:30] Yuuko**
It was only for three hours... but you
seemed to get something out of it.
**[04:34] Yuuko**
How'd it go?
**[04:36] Takeru**
I made the delivery. In three days...
**[04:40] Takeru**
Kasumi!
**[04:47] Takeru**
Thank goodness.
**[04:50] Takeru**
Sensei!
**[04:51] Yuuko**
Yashiro is critical to the
completion of Alternative IV.
**[04:56] Takeru**
She is?
**[04:59] Yuuko**
Originally, the Alternative Plan was intended
**[05:01] ---**
to establish a means of
communication with the BETA.
**[05:07] Yuuko**
In 1958, when extraterrestrial
life was discovered on Mars,
**[05:11] ---**
it was evident that it had the
technology for interplanetary travel.
**[05:17] Yuuko**
Humanity assembled a group of zoologists,
linguists, mathematicians...
**[05:21] Yuuko**
along with cryptographers provided by
intelligence agencies from around the world
**[05:25] ---**
in order to devise a way to communicate.
**[05:29] Yuuko**
But they couldn't prove that
any language was being used,
**[05:32] ---**
much less figure it out,
before the plan was scrapped.
***SIGN*** 1967
The Sacrobosco Incident
**[05:44] Yuuko**
Then came an encounter with the BETA
while exploring the lunar surface.
**[05:54] Yuuko**
Alternative II was launched in 1968,
**[05:57] ---**
with the objective of finding a way
to communicate with the BETA
**[06:01] ---**
by capturing them and
studying their physiology.
**[06:04] Yuuko**
All we learned from it is that the
BETA were extremely well-adapted
**[06:07] ---**
to even the most hostile environments,
**[06:08] Yuuko**
and they seem to have no digestive
or reproductive systems.
**[06:13] Yuuko**
The idea that such a ridiculous species
**[06:15] Yuuko**
were sophisticated enough
to create advanced technology
**[06:17] Yuuko**
and were within striking
distance of Earth...
**[06:19] ---**
It was enough to give humanity chills.
**[06:23] Yuuko**
And then the BETA touched down in Kaxgar.
***SIGN*** 1973
Beginning of the BETA Invasion of Earth
**[06:26] Yuuko**
That led to the creation of a third project.
**[06:30] Yuuko**
Led by the Soviet Academy of Sciences,
**[06:32] ---**
it was a plan to create artificially-engineered
ESP-capable individuals
**[06:35] ---**
that would be capable of
reading BETA's thoughts.
**[06:39] Yuuko**
That was Alternative III.
**[06:42] Yuuko**
The Soviets had the strongest espers
that they could find marry,
**[06:46] ---**
in order to give birth to children
with higher levels of perception.
**[06:50] Yuuko**
Once they had subjects with particularly
remarkable abilities, they were mass-produced,
**[06:54] Yuuko**
and enhanced further by genetic engineering.
**[06:56] Takeru**
Are you saying...
**[06:58] Yuuko**
Yashiro Kasumi is one of the
people created in such a fashion.
**[07:02] Yuuko**
The ability to perceive thoughts as images and emotions as colors...
**[07:07] Yuuko**
It's called "reading."
**[07:09] Yuuko**
The espers then translate
those sensations into words.
**[07:13] Yuuko**
But they're not capable of
reading a target without coming
**[07:17] ---**
within a certain distance of them.
**[07:19] Yuuko**
That led to a large number of these espers
being assigned to Hive-breaching missions...
**[07:24] Yuuko**
Their survival rate was 6%.
**[07:27] ---**
The readings were successful, and we were
able to prove that the BETA are sentient.
**[07:31] Yuuko**
But the only thing we learned is
**[07:33] ---**
that they don't consider
humans to be a form of life.
**[07:37] Yuuko**
Alternative III was cancelled
before Yashiro was deployed,
**[07:41] Yuuko**
and the plan moved to
its fourth incarnation.
**[07:44] Yuuko**
There's another type of
ability called projection,
**[07:46] Yuuko**
that involves transmitting your own
thoughts and emotions as an image.
**[07:49] Yuuko**
They attempted to transmit
a message of peace to the BETA...
**[07:53] Yuuko**
But it got no response at all.
**[07:55] Yuuko**
Either they have no concept of peace,
or they were ignoring it.
**[07:59] Takeru**
Does that mean the war won't
end until one side is wiped out?
**[08:04] Yuuko**
The goal of Alternative IV
is to complete the 00 Unit.
**[08:08] Takeru**
The 00 Unit?
**[08:10] Takeru**
And once that's finished, humanity can win?!
**[08:12] Yuuko**
That's the whole point, yeah.
**[08:14] Takeru**
What is it?
**[08:15] Yuuko**
It'd be a waste of time explaining.
**[08:17] Takeru**
Does that brain have something
to do with the plan?!
**[08:20] Yuuko**
You know...
**[08:23] Takeru**
What is it?
**[08:24] Yuuko**
You're more concerned about your
own curiosity than
**[08:27] ---**
how others might feel, aren't you?
**[08:29] Takeru**
* It doesn't matter where she came from!*
* It doesn't change who Kasumi is!*
**[08:32] Yuuko**
Yashiro will be able to tell, you know?
**[08:34] Takeru**
I-It's not like that! I just
want to make sure humanity—
**[08:38] Yuuko**
I would've thought you were completely
delusional when you first showed up here...
**[08:43] Yuuko**
If it hadn't been for her.
**[08:46] Takeru**
*Then me even being here is thanks to Kasumi?*
**[08:52] Yuuko**
Yashiro is particularly talented in being
able to capture images from a subject.
**[08:57] Yuuko**
Which is why she is crucial
for this experiment.
**[09:02] Yuuko**
If she had lost track of you,
**[09:06] Yuuko**
you wouldn't have been
able to make it back.
**[09:08] Yuuko**
She was essentially your lifeline.
**[09:12] Yuuko**
But being able to read those images expends
an incredible amount of mental energy.
**[09:17] Takeru**
Right...
**[09:18] Yuuko**
Which is why we needed to intensify the
mental link between the two of you.
**[09:23] Takeru**
And that's why we've been
living together, isn't it?
**[09:27] Yuuko**
From a few seconds to a few hours...
**[09:30] Yuuko**
She doesn't exactly have
the skills of an artist.
**[09:33] Yuuko**
But they're cute anyway, aren't they?
**[09:36] Yuuko**
This must be the most efficient
way for her to capture an image.
**[09:40] Yuuko**
Yashiro was trying to keep an eye on you...
**[09:44] Yuuko**
By leaving a record of
Shirogane Takeru's existence.
**[09:48] Takeru**
*Thank you, Kasumi.*
**[09:54] Takeru**
Kasumi!
**[10:05] Yuuko**
I'll take your report this afternoon.
**[10:09] Yuuko**
Are you really this dense?
**[10:11] Yuuko**
Yashiro *is* a girl, y'know?
**[10:12] Yuuko**
And we've got three days until
the formulas are ready,
**[10:15] ---**
so you can have tomorrow off.
**[10:18] Yuuko**
You're free to do whatever in the meantime!
**[10:19] Yuuko**
So get your butt after her!
**[10:21] Takeru**
Y-Yes, ma'am!
**[10:31] Takeru**
*You didn't come back?*
**[10:35] Takeru**
*I wanted to ask you something.*
**[10:40] Takeru**
*You... have to know about Sumika, don't you?*
**[10:45] Takeru**
* It's not just a coincidence that the two*
* of you seem so similar at times, is it?*
**[10:52] Takeru**
*I've remembered all about Sumika.*
**[10:56] Takeru**
* When I ran into her in my old world,*
* the memories came flooding back.*
**[11:04] Takeru**
* If you've been able to catch a glimpse*
* of the memories that I've forgotten...*
**[11:08] Takeru**
*I'd like to know about them.*
**[11:10] Takeru**
* The things that happened in my old world...*
* and the one before this.*
**[11:15] Takeru**
* All the important things*
* I might have forgotten.*
**[11:20] Takeru**
Please, Kasumi.
**[11:23] Officer A**
The preparations are complete.
**[11:24] Officer B**
We should take the initiative
while we still have it.
**[11:28] Komaki**
I'm of the opinion that we should wait.
**[11:31] Komaki**
There have been earthquakes tied to
volcanic activity in the Chubu region,
**[11:34] Komaki**
with the imperial military
debating the aid response.
**[11:38] Officer A**
The government's bound to
force another evacuation.
**[11:41] Officer B**
And the people continue to suffer.
**[11:43] Officer A**
Still, it only underlines the
righteousness of our cause.
**[11:48] Sagiri**
They are beyond redemption at this point.
**[11:55] Takeru**
Kasumi? You're back.
**[11:58] Kasumi**
Yes.
**[12:00] Takeru**
I see...
**[12:03] Takeru**
Thanks.
**[12:04] Kasumi**
I could tell.
**[12:06] Kasumi**
But I was nervous.
**[12:09] Takeru**
You can see what I'm thinking, right?
**[12:13] Kasumi**
Yes.
**[12:14] Takeru**
I see.
**[12:19] Takeru**
Why don't we grab something to eat?
**[12:22] Kasumi**
Yes.
**[12:26] Takeru**
Why are you being so nice?
**[12:28] Takeru**
Well, if you hurt someone's feelings,
you'd want to apologize...
**[12:32] Takeru**
And do what you could to
make it up to them, right?
**[12:37] Kyouzuka**
The two of you are always together lately!
**[12:41] Takeru**
You've got weird ideas about it, don't you?
**[12:43] Kyouzuka**
Can you blame me? Come on!
**[12:45] Kasumi**
Say, "Ahh..."
**[12:46] Takeru**
Kasumi, I don't think we should do that.
**[12:48] Kasumi**
Do you not like it?
**[12:51] (Flashback) Sumika**
Say, "Ahh!"
**[12:53] Takeru**
It's not that.
**[12:56] Takeru**
But... you don't have to do it.
**[13:00] Kyouzuka**
So you're not running
with the others lately?
**[13:03] Takeru**
Yeah. I've got some time off.
**[13:04] Kyouzuka**
Oh, is that it?
**[13:07] Kyouzuka**
It might be nice to pop up to the roof
and take in the scenery, then.
**[13:13] Takeru**
The scenery...
**[13:15] (Flashback) Takeru**
What's wrong?
**[13:16] (Flashback) Takeru**
I've never seen the ocean before.
**[13:20] Takeru**
You wanna go outside?
**[13:30] Takeru**
Nice weather today!
**[13:32] Takeru**
So, you've never been up here before?
**[13:34] Kasumi**
Yes.
**[13:34] Takeru**
I see.
**[13:36] Takeru**
Well, this is the highest point
we can get to freely around here.
**[13:41] Takeru**
I know, how about some cat's cradle?
**[13:43] Kasumi**
Cat's cradle?
**[13:45] Takeru**
I made a promise to you in the last world.
**[13:50] Takeru**
I'm not really great at it, but...
**[13:55] Takeru**
Now you try.
**[13:58] Takeru**
So first, you use your
thumb and your pinky...
**[14:02] Takeru**
See how it's on your middle finger?
**[14:07] Takeru**
I guess you don't have the talent!
**[14:11] Takeru**
That reminds me, I don't know
where you slept yesterday.
**[14:16] Takeru**
Did you manage to get some decent rest?
**[14:19] Kasumi**
I'm okay.
**[14:20] Takeru**
Well, don't overdo it, okay?
**[14:22] Takeru**
Your job's pretty rough, right?
**[14:24] Takeru**
Still, all we have to do
is collect the formulas.
**[14:27] Takeru**
And we need you to get it done!
**[14:32] Kasumi**
You're not talented.
**[14:34] Takeru**
Hang on! I was trying to...
**[14:36] Takeru**
Do this!
**[14:37] Takeru**
See? Use your middle finger,
and then turn it around.
**[14:45] Takeru**
Now try it again from the beginning.
**[14:51] Takeru**
It's okay.
**[14:52] ---**
Once you figure it out for yourself,
you can get all kinds of shapes.
**[14:57] Takeru**
So try and remember, okay?
**[14:59] Kasumi**
Right.
**[15:02] Takeru**
See over there? That's the ocean.
**[15:05] Takeru**
You can't hear it from this far away, though.
**[15:08] Kasumi**
That's...
**[15:11] Kasumi**
The ocean?
**[15:13] Takeru**
I'd love to take you, but you're
basically a walking top secret.
**[15:17] Takeru**
Once there's peace, let's go together.
**[15:20] Kasumi**
Right.
**[15:22] Takeru**
Y'know, this place has a lot
of nostalgia attached to it...
**[15:26] Takeru**
For me, in particular.
**[15:29] Takeru**
I'm really glad I got to
visit my old world again.
**[15:32] Takeru**
I think every time I go between worlds,
some of my memories get scattered.
**[15:37] Takeru**
There was something the
Yuuko-sensei from my world said.
**[15:41] Takeru**
If there's something I want, I need to
go after it with a sense of purpose.
**[15:45] Takeru**
And that I need to do everything
I can to make it happen.
**[15:49] Kasumi**
What you want...
**[15:51] Takeru**
What do you want to do, Kasumi?
**[15:54] Kasumi**
Read the BETA's thoughts.
**[15:56] Takeru**
Not what was decided for you.
What you want to do, personally.
**[16:02] Takeru**
I want to save this world,
and then go back to my own.
**[16:07] Kasumi**
You do?
**[16:08] Takeru**
That's my plan for once
I've done what I need to do.
**[16:14] Takeru**
When we started the experiments,
**[16:16] ---**
I was nervous that I'd be
tempted to stay home.
**[16:23] Takeru**
But seeing my old world has made me
want to save this one more than ever.
**[16:29] Takeru**
I can't just abandon the
people who live here.
**[16:35] Takeru**
But in the end... I just don't belong here.
**[16:41] Takeru**
Because she's not in this world,
**[16:49] Takeru**
and I think I really do miss her.
**[16:53] Kasumi**
Nostalgia...
**[16:54] Takeru**
What's up?
**[16:56] Kasumi**
I don't know what it's like.
**[16:58] Takeru**
Why haven't you mentioned that before?
**[17:01] Takeru**
You could have told me.
**[17:02] Kasumi**
Classified information.
**[17:05] Kasumi**
And everyone is scared of me.
**[17:09] Takeru**
Who do you mean?
**[17:11] Kasumi**
The adults...
**[17:13] Kasumi**
But you're not afraid of me, are you?
**[17:16] Kasumi**
Why is that?
**[17:18] Takeru**
I'm just... not afraid of you.
I don't know how to explain it.
**[17:22] Takeru**
Are you scared of me?
**[17:23] Kasumi**
No.
**[17:24] Takeru**
See? It's the same thing.
**[17:25] Takeru**
If you can tell what I'm thinking,
then that's that.
**[17:28] Takeru**
And if you get the wrong idea,
I'll just have to clear it up.
**[17:30] Takeru**
You can sense that, right?
**[17:32] Kasumi**
Please don't assume it's easier
for me because I can see thoughts.
**[17:35] Takeru**
Sorry.
**[17:36] Kasumi**
It's okay. You're... funny.
**[17:40] Kasumi**
I'm not making fun of you.
**[17:42] Takeru**
I still kinda feel like you were.
**[17:46] Takeru**
Don't forget about playing cat's cradle.
Or seeing the ocean.
**[17:48] Takeru**
The good stuff and the bad stuff...
Don't forget any of it.
**[17:52] Takeru**
One day, you'll be nostalgic about it.
**[17:55] Takeru**
You get it now?
**[18:00] Kausmi**
It's pretty...
**[18:01] Kausmi**
I'll never forget talking with
you while looking at this view.
**[18:05] Takeru**
Me neither.
**[18:07] Takeru**
And that's what nostalgia is.
**[18:09] Kasumi**
I can be nostalgic, too, can't I?
***SIGN*** December 4th, 2001
**[18:18] Mikoto**
Huh? Where's Kasumi-san?
**[18:20] Takeru**
We're going to be eating
separately starting today.
**[18:23] Tama**
Really?
**[18:25] Takeru**
Where are the others?
**[18:26] Tama**
They should be here any minute.
**[18:28] News**
*With increased volcanic activity,*
**[18:30] News**
* last night, a disaster relief*
* squadron from the IJA was sent*
**[18:34] ---**
* to rescue a group who had illegally*
* returned to their homes.*
**[18:36] News**
* The recovery was handled without much trouble,*
* with the civilians being safely secured.*
**[18:41] Takeru**
*Is he talking about Mount Tengen?*
**[18:42] News**
*Our next story...*
**[18:46] Takeru**
* I see. We didn't get deployed*
* to help with the rescue, then.*
**[18:49] Takeru**
*That should save another ten days.*
**[18:52] Takeru**
* And in a few days, we'll have the*
* formulas needed to complete the 00 Unit.*
**[18:57] Takeru**
* Humanity's chances of winning*
* will start to increase!*
**[19:00] Meiya**
What are you so pleased about?
**[19:02] Meiya**
You can't seriously trust that broadcast.
**[19:05] Meiya**
You know full well
**[19:06] ---**
the imperial forces don't have the
resources to spare on humanitarian aid.
**[19:10] Takeru**
You think they were forcibly evicted?
**[19:14] Meiya**
If you understand that much,
then how can you be smiling?!
**[19:17] Komaki**
There are even more refugees in the city.
**[19:20] Komaki**
Even after the evacuation ends, what good
will it do if their livelihood has dried up?
**[19:25] Komaki**
These people just want to go home.
**[19:29] Sagiri**
Let's get moving. Things need to change
before they lose a place to return.
**[19:34] Meiya**
The only people a forced evacuation
benefits are the government and military!
**[19:38] Takeru**
The ideal solution isn't
always a realistic option!
**[19:40] Takeru**
Those soldiers are putting
their lives in danger!
**[19:42] Meiya**
The duty of an imperial soldier is to
protect the lives and livelihoods of the people!
**[19:46] Meiya**
Danger is a natural part of that duty.
**[19:48] Meiya**
They claim to be acting in the
country's best interests,
**[19:50] ---**
when it's the powerless who
are made to bear the burden!
**[19:52] Meiya**
Those in power aren't using
their authority justly!
**[19:56] Takeru**
You're a UN pilot, remember?
**[20:00] Meiya**
I realize that...
**[20:02] Takeru**
So are we supposed to be out there,
granting people's wishes?
**[20:06] Meiya**
That is a part of our duty.
**[20:08] Takeru**
You're worried about this shit when we're
trying to keep humanity from being wiped out?!
**[20:13] Takeru**
Are you trying to say that we should
put civilian priorities first,
**[20:17] ---**
even if it means everyone dies as a result?!
**[20:24] Takeru**
Ayamine?
**[20:27] Meiya**
You should go after her.
**[20:29] Takeru**
Right...
***SIGN*** To Ayamine
Kei-sama
***SIGN*** To Ayamine
Kei-sama
***SIGN*** INSPECTED
***SIGN*** INSPECTED
***SIGN*** INSPECTED
**[20:40] Takeru**
Who's this from?
**[20:43] Takeru**
I'm coming in, Ayamine.
***SIGN*** INSPECTED
***SIGN*** INSPECTED
***SIGN*** INSPECTED
***SIGN*** INSPECTED
**[20:51] Takeru**
They're all marked "inspected"?
**[20:53] Takeru**
* That's weird. How could you inspect*
* it without checking inside?*
**[20:57] Takeru**
* Wait, could this be the*
* Anti-Alternative faction at work?*
**[21:01] Takeru**
*And is Ayamine involved?!*
**[21:04] Ayamine**
You saw?
**[21:05] Takeru**
Ayamine!
**[21:08] Ayamine**
You're better off not knowing.
**[21:11] Ayamine**
I don't want to kill you.
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E8 - The Capital in Chaos
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GMKUX517Z/the-capital-in-chaos)
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**[01:46] PA**
*We are now at DEFCON 2.*
***SIGN*** The Capital in Chaos
**[01:48] PA**
* All combat units are to be fully*
* outfitted for battle and stand by.*
**[01:51] PA**
* I repeat, all combat units are to*
* be fully outfitted and stand by.*
**[01:57] Meiya**
Takeru!
**[01:59] Takeru**
I've gotta check in with Yuuko-sensei!
**[02:02] Meiya**
Understood. I'll inform the others.
**[02:06] Takeru**
*Is this part of Alternative V?!*
**[02:14] Takeru**
Is Sensei here?!
**[02:18] Takeru**
She must be in the central command center!
***SIGN*** Central Command Center
**[02:21] Ops**
Rebel forces now control
the prime minister's residence
**[02:23] ---**
and the imperial parliament building.
**[02:24] Ops**
They've also occupied the central power
and water purification plants!
**[02:28] Ops**
The United States 7th Fleet has been
confirmed off the coast of Sagami.
**[02:32] Rab**
It gets worse with every moment...
**[02:34] Takeru**
Yuuko-sensei!
**[02:38] Rab**
And you are?
**[02:40] Takeru**
Cadet Shirogane, sir!
**[02:42] Rab**
Oh, it's you.
**[02:44] Rab**
What's the situation in the imperial palace?
**[02:46] Ops**
I'll get confirmation.
**[02:48] Takeru**
Sorry... I thought this
might've been Alternative V.
**[02:53] Yuuko**
No worries.
**[02:55] Yuuko**
It's just a regular military coup d'état.
**[02:58] Takeru**
*Wait, a coup d'état?!*
**[03:00] Yoroi**
I am truly impressed.
**[03:02] Yoroi**
The IJF have been desperate to keep a lid
on this, but you're already informed.
**[03:08] Takeru**
*Mikoto's dad?*
**[03:10] Yuuko**
You're here to tell us about
it anyway, aren't you?
**[03:14] Yoroi**
The coup was organized
by the capital garrison.
**[03:17] Yoroi**
And they're very good, to have the city
under their control in such short order.
**[03:21] Yuuko**
What about the shogun?
**[03:22] Yoroi**
It won't take them long to bring
her in once the shooting starts.
**[03:26] Yuuko**
I know that playing puppet
master must be a lot of fun,
**[03:29] Yuuko**
but I'd rather you stay alive long
enough to still be of use to me.
**[03:33] Yoroi**
Such a selfish outlook!
**[03:35] Yuuko**
I know you've got your own goal here.
**[03:37] Yoroi**
True. And I'm not particular about
the means by which I accomplish it.
**[03:40] Takeru**
* What's going on? The whole tone of*
* this conversation just changed.*
**[03:43] Yoroi**
I'm willing to accept sacrifices,
even if they include
**[03:47] ---**
a relative of the shogun
or my own daughter.
**[03:50] Takeru**
Chief Yoroi?!
**[03:52] Yoroi**
You needn't worry, son.
**[03:53] ---**
I'm smart enough to know there's a time
and a place to make those kinds of moves.
**[03:57] Yoroi**
Both myself and Professor Kouzuki here...
**[04:00] Yoroi**
Relatives of the shogun,
and the UN under-secretary...
**[04:04] Yoroi**
The prime minister, former
IJA general Ayamine Shukaku...
**[04:09] Yoroi**
And myself, the chief of the Ministry
of Intelligence's 2nd Division.
**[04:12] Yoroi**
Did you think it was a coincidence
that a lineup like that
**[04:15] ---**
could all be found in one place?
**[04:20] Ops**
Commander, the rebel forces are
about to broadcast their statement.
**[04:24] Ops**
Should I put it on?
**[04:25] Rab**
Go ahead.
**[04:27] Ops**
It's coming up.
**[04:29] Sagiri**
*My fellow countrymen,*
**[04:31] Sagiri**
* I am a member of the Imperial Mainland*
* Defense Force Capital Defense Regiment,*
**[04:35] ---**
*Captain Sagiri Naoya.*
**[04:38] Sagiri**
* Our empire now sits at the frontline*
* of the battle for mankind's survival,*
**[04:44] Sagiri**
* and my comrades spend their days fighting*
* for the survival of our species.*
**[04:48] Sagiri**
* And yet, the government and military command*
* have failed to live up to their duties.*
**[04:55] Sagiri**
* The disaster rescue operations*
* announced the other day...*
**[04:58] Sagiri**
* Broadcasts painted a noble*
* picture of what happened,*
**[05:02] Sagiri**
* when in reality, residents who refused*
* eviction were forcibly tranquilized...*
**[05:08] Sagiri**
*And transported to refugee camps.*
**[05:13] Sagiri**
* That is the true nature of*
* this "rescue operation."*
**[05:17] Sagiri**
*And it's only the tip of the iceberg.*
**[05:20] Sagiri**
*For too long, it has been policy*
**[05:22] ---**
* to disregard the needs of the people who*
* the government is supposed to defend.*
**[05:26] Sagiri**
* And Her Majesty's so-called retainers have*
* not deigned to inform her of this truth.*
**[05:32] Sagiri**
*If things proceed in this way,*
**[05:34] ---**
* what possible outcome could there*
* be but the fall of Japan itself?!*
**[05:39] Takeru**
Cadet Shirogane, reporting in!
**[05:41] Marimo**
Good. I'll continue the briefing.
**[05:45] Marimo**
Currently, the capital is under
near-complete control by the rebel forces.
**[05:52] Marimo**
The Ministry of Defense, which had resisted,
has now fallen, according to reports.
**[05:58] Marimo**
I need you to brace for bad news.
**[06:00] Marimo**
The interim government has confirmed
that a number of cabinet personnel,
**[06:03] ---**
including Prime Minister Sakaki,
have been assassinated.
**[06:08] Takeru**
Assassinated?!
**[06:14] Marimo**
Captain Sagiri personally murdered the
Prime Minister and his cabinet.
**[06:19] Takeru**
*The Prime Minister...*
**[06:21] Takeru**
*Class Rep's dad was killed?!*
**[06:24] Marimo**
Sakaki...
**[06:26] Marimo**
You have my condolences
on your father's death.
**[06:31] Sakai**
Thank you, ma'am.
**[06:33] Sakai**
But I'm on duty right now.
**[06:44] Rab**
Under-Secretary...
**[06:46] Rab**
You're asking the UN to intervene
and stop the rebel forces?
**[06:49] Tamase**
The UN wants to maintain stability
in Japan as much as is possible.
**[06:54] Yuuko**
Isn't that just because Japan works
as a bulwark against the BETA?
**[06:59] Yuuko**
And can you explain why the American
Pacific Fleet is out in force?
**[07:03] Tamase**
I was told it was a exercise.
**[07:06] Yuuko**
Wow, they have an answer
for everything, don't they?
**[07:09] Yuuko**
After they already abandoned us once...
**[07:11] Rab**
It was my understanding that with
the fall of Sadogashima,
**[07:16] Rab**
America had abandoned the security treaty,
**[07:18] Rab**
and ceded its jurisdiction
and duties to COSEAN.
**[07:23] Tamase**
Are you saying that you
absolutely refuse to do this?
**[07:26] Rab**
Only until the proper channels
have been pursued, sir.
**[07:31] Tamase**
Then I suppose we're at an impasse.
**[07:34] Tamase**
The Americans will be looking for an
opportunity to unilaterally intervene...
**[07:39] Tamase**
And as a Japanese citizen, I want to ensure
that Alternative IV reaches completion.
**[07:45] Yuuko**
Well, if we're sharing our opinions
as Japanese people, here's mine:
**[07:49] Rab**
Professor...
**[07:50] Yuuko**
All America cares about is keeping
the war off their own shores, right?
**[07:57] Yuuko**
They want to G-Bomb the
rest of the world to hell,
**[08:00] ---**
and would be happy to rule over the ashes.
**[08:03] Tamase**
And if we refuse to play ball,
they're likely to do just that, regardless.
**[08:08] Yuuko**
I wouldn't worry about that, sir.
**[08:09] Yuuko**
I won't allow Alternative V or any
American intervention. Not on my watch.
**[08:15] Tamase**
I think we could all use a break.
**[08:19] Yoroi**
That was quite the bold declaration.
**[08:22] Yoroi**
So, things are actually proceeding
smoothly after all this time?
**[08:25] Yoroi**
Do we have Shirogane Takeru
to thank for that?
**[08:27] Yuuko**
You need to behave.
**[08:28] Tamase**
Scary!
**[08:32] Tamase**
Well, I should really be
attending to my own job.
**[08:37] Takeru**
Class Rep!
**[08:39] Sakaki**
What?
**[08:42] Takeru**
What happened really sucks...
**[08:44] Sakaki**
Don't worry about it.
**[08:46] Takeru**
Are you sure you should be on this mission?
**[08:49] Sakaki**
Are you saying I'm not fit for duty?
**[08:51] Takeru**
I just don't want you overdoing it!
**[08:53] Takeru**
You're actually shaking.
**[08:56] Takeru**
Do you realize that?
**[08:58] Sakaki**
I guess you're right. I thought it
wouldn't be so much of a shock.
**[09:02] Takeru**
Everyone's worried about you.
**[09:05] Sakaki**
I'm still the commander.
**[09:08] Takeru**
Will you be okay?
**[09:12] Sakaki**
It's fine. I don't have anyone
left to worry about anymore.
**[09:20] Marimo**
The UN Security Council has decided to
**[09:23] ---**
incorporate the United States 7th Fleet
into its response.
**[09:27] Marimo**
Yokohama Base is going to begin
accepting American forces.
**[09:31] Yuuko**
The Security Council got on
board faster than I imagined.
**[09:36] Yuuko**
And you don't remember any of this happening?
**[09:38] Takeru**
No. The next big thing would've been
**[09:41] ---**
Alternative V being announced
on December 25th.
**[09:44] Yuuko**
That is fantastic.
**[09:46] Yuuko**
This little mess is actually the
perfect opportunity for us.
**[10:00] Mikoto**
Wow, you can smell it all the way up here!
**[10:04] Meiya**
They're being painted for combat.
**[10:07] Takeru**
Combat, huh?
**[10:11] Tama**
E-E-E-Everyone, there's trouble!
**[10:13] Tama**
The IJF have surrounded the base!
**[10:27] Meiya**
Even if this is a UN base,
it's still Japanese soil,
**[10:29] ---**
where another nation's military has
just landed without permission.
**[10:32] Meiya**
As a matter of sovereignty,
it's a natural response.
**[10:35] Takeru**
Why aren't they fighting the rebels?!
**[10:37] Meiya**
You can share a goal, but as
long as your priorities differ,
**[10:41] ---**
your paths can easily split.
**[10:43] Takeru**
What priority is bigger
than stopping the BETA?
**[10:46] Meiya**
That's...
**[10:48] Tsukuyomi**
You're not wrong.
**[10:51] Tsukuyomi**
But the fact of the matter is that
there are other issues to consider.
**[10:54] Takeru**
Lt. Tsukuyomi...
**[10:56] Meiya**
What are you doing here, Tsukuyomi?!
**[10:59] Tsukuyomi**
Your protection is the duty that
Her Majesty assigned to us.
**[11:04] Meiya**
I didn't ask for your nonsense!
**[11:05] Takeru**
Whoa, Meiya...
**[11:07] Meiya**
You needn't worry about me!
**[11:09] Meiya**
Go to her now!
**[11:12] Tsukuyomi**
Meiya-sama...
**[11:14] Meiya**
I lost my composure. Forgive me.
**[11:19] Takeru**
Lieutenant, is Her Majesty okay?
**[11:22] Tsukuyomi**
The rebel forces have turned
away from the imperial palace,
**[11:24] ---**
putting Her Majesty out
of their line of fire.
**[11:27] Meiya**
I see.
**[11:28] Takeru**
Lt. Tsukuyomi, what are
these IJF forces doing here?
**[11:31] Tsukuyomi**
I've heard that the forces used to re-take
the capital are being requisitioned
**[11:35] ---**
from the final and second defense lines.
**[11:38] Takeru**
They're thinning out the second defense line?!
**[11:40] Takeru**
All over this national
sovereignty stuff?! What bullshit!
**[11:44] Tsukuyomi**
I don't appreciate your tone.
**[11:46] Takeru**
None of this is gonna matter
if humanity doesn't survive!
**[11:49] Takeru**
Why not just ask for the UN's
help and take the rebels down?!
**[11:53] Tsukuyomi**
You'd suggest that,
**[11:54] ---**
knowing how much the UN's policy benefits
the interests of a particular country?
**[12:00] Takeru**
I would, ma'am!
**[12:02] Tsukuyomi**
In spite of what that
country has already done?
**[12:06] Tsukuyomi**
One-sidedly discarding a security treaty,
retreating from the Asian theater of war,
**[12:10] Tsukuyomi**
detonating a G-Bomb during Operation Lucifer...
**[12:13] Tsukuyomi**
I'd think any citizen of this
nation would understand.
**[12:17] Meiya**
Tsukuyomi, we're UN soldiers.
**[12:21] Meiya**
Takeru's way of thinking isn't wrong.
**[12:24] Tsukuyomi**
Of course.
**[12:25] Meiya**
Have civilians been harmed in the fighting?
**[12:28] Tsukuyomi**
Not at the moment.
**[12:29] Tsukuyomi**
The rebel forces are awaiting
Her Majesty's endorsement.
**[12:34] Tsukuyomi**
It's unlikely to come any time soon.
**[12:37] Tsukuyomi**
But as time passes, the IJF
will be able to regroup,
**[12:40] Tsukuyomi**
and the risk of US intervention
will only increase.
**[12:44] Tsukuyomi**
To prepare in case the capital
becomes a battlefield,
**[12:46] Tsukuyomi**
the royal guard forces that have been
operating throughout the empire
**[12:50] ---**
are converging on the capital.
**[12:53] Meiya**
Very well. You may go.
**[12:55] Tsukuyomi**
Yes, ma'am.
**[12:58] Meiya**
Forgive her, Takeru.
**[13:00] Takeru**
It's easy to understand
where she's coming from.
**[13:03] Takeru**
We should get back.
**[13:14] Takeru**
Ayamine...
**[13:16] Takeru**
I can still trust you
to watch my back, right?
**[13:21] Ayamine**
If I say "yes," would you
believe me, Shirogane?
**[13:26] Takeru**
You're damn right I will.
**[13:29] Ayamine**
Read this.
**[13:38] Takeru**
It's from "Tsushima Shuuji"?
**[13:41] Takeru**
Man, I can't make heads or tails of this.
**[13:43] Ayamine**
"Tsushima Shuuji."
**[13:46] Ayamine**
But his real name is Sagiri Naoya.
**[13:50] Takeru**
That's the guy who's behind the coup!
**[13:53] Ayamine**
The letters make reference
to a particular name...
**[13:56] Ayamine**
Ayamine Shukaku.
**[13:58] Ayamine**
My dad.
**[14:00] Ayamine**
You've probably heard of the
Tragedy of Gwangju, right?
**[14:04] Takeru**
*Ayamine's dad was a Lt. General in the IJA.*
**[14:07] Takeru**
* He was locked up for*
* desertion under enemy fire.*
**[14:13] Takeru**
He was part of Dad's command.
**[14:15] Takeru**
And idolized him.
**[14:19] Takeru**
People from COSEAN who said that Dad had saved
their lives keep passing me letters lately.
**[14:26] Takeru**
They keep saying that he wasn't wrong for
prioritizing security for the civilian evacuation.
**[14:34] Takeru**
"People should do what they
can for their country."
**[14:39] Takeru**
"And a country should do what
it can for its people."
**[14:47] Takeru**
Dad used to say that all the time.
**[14:50] Takeru**
But I honestly don't know
who's in the right.
**[14:55] Takeru**
I didn't want to read letters
full of other people's regrets.
**[15:07] Takeru**
But maybe if I had read them...
**[15:10] Takeru**
All those people wouldn't have had to die!
**[15:21] Takeru**
Okay. Don't tell anybody else about this.
**[15:24] Takeru**
Okay? I'm your partner in crime.
**[15:28] Ayamine**
Okay.
**[15:40] Marimo**
The interim government in Sendai
**[15:42] ---**
has officially decided to
accept UN military support.
**[15:45] Marimo**
Forces from our base are
being mobilized as we speak.
**[15:49] Marimo**
And our flight has been
assigned to rearguard duties.
**[15:58] Marimo**
Our objective is to defend
the Togashima Fortress.
**[16:01] Marimo**
We'll be operating in an
area southeast of Lake Ashi.
**[16:04] Takeru**
*Lake Ashi... so, Hakone?*
**[16:07] Takeru**
* That's in the opposite*
* direction of the capital.*
**[16:24] Troops**
You bastard!
**[16:25] Troops**
Why'd you shoot?!
**[16:28] Troops**
Do you realize what you've done?!
**[16:45] Marimo**
* We've just received word that fighting*
* has broken out in the capital.*
**[16:49] Marimo**
* Members of the infantry*
* surrounded the imperial palace*
**[16:52] ---**
*and opened fire on the royal guard.*
**[16:54] Marimo**
* The 2nd Wing of the royal guard*
* then returned fire.*
**[16:59] Marimo**
* Captain Sagiri ordered a ceasefire,*
* but the situation still has not been contained.*
**[17:05] Marimo**
* The UN 1st and US 117th Tactical*
* Armored Groups were already en route,*
**[17:11] ---**
*and have made a landing at Shinagawa Wharf.*
**[17:13] Marimo**
*They're currently engaged with the enemy.*
**[17:19] Takeru**
*What the hell is this Sagiri guy doing?!*
**[17:22] Marimo**
*Keep your comms open.*
**[17:25] Marimo**
Once we arrive, you'll split
into Alpha and Bravo Elements,
**[17:28] ---**
and take up positions at the
designated coordinates.
**[17:30] 207th**
*Yes, ma'am!*
**[18:31] Takeru**
It's snowing.
**[18:33] Meiya**
Yes.
**[18:36] Takeru**
*She's in another world.*
**[18:45] Meiya**
What are you...
**[18:49] Takeru**
I wanted to ask you something.
**[18:54] Meiya**
*What is it that you want to know?*
**[18:59] Takeru**
*Do you relate to what these guys are doing?*
**[19:03] Meiya**
What makes you ask?
**[19:06] Takeru**
* That stuff Captain Sagiri was saying*
* sounded pretty familiar to me.*
**[19:12] Meiya**
I can understand their motivation.
**[19:15] Takeru**
Well, I didn't understand at first,
**[19:18] Takeru**
but there was something that
helped me figure it out.
**[19:22] Meiya**
When this country was faced with
catastrophic amounts of death...
**[19:25] Meiya**
What was it that kept the Japanese
people from giving into desperation?
**[19:29] Meiya**
It was the faith that the
people had in their country,
**[19:31] ---**
and the concern that the
country had for them.
**[19:34] Takeru**
*I guess that's what they call "patriotism."*
**[19:39] Meiya**
But the government and military have lost
sight of what their true objective is.
**[19:44] Meiya**
Those whose only concerns
and interests are their own
**[19:48] ---**
have been undermining the country's welfare.
**[19:50] Meiya**
The insurrectionists believe that
they are saving the people,
**[19:54] ---**
and the country, from such individuals.
**[19:57] Takeru**
* You think that a tighter relationship*
* with the UN is making Japan suffer?*
**[20:02] Meiya**
The people who do believe so are the
ones responsible for this coup d'état.
**[20:06] Takeru**
*But what about you, yourself?*
**[20:12] Takeru**
As for me... even if it's true...
**[20:16] Takeru**
If mankind loses the war,
it'll mean the end of everything.
**[20:25] Takeru**
Sorry for dragging you into this.
**[20:28] Meiya**
*You're very strong.*
**[20:32] Takeru**
Look, you're stuck between a rock and a
hard place because of how you project
**[20:36] ---**
your own beliefs about the people
and the shogun onto the rebels.
**[20:40] Meiya**
*My feelings aren't the real issue.*
**[20:43] Takeru**
What do you mean?
**[20:45] Meiya**
I think about the person who is contending
with all of this, and doing it alone...
**[20:50] Meiya**
That's why, even if only as a gesture,
I want to stand with her.
**[20:55] Meiya**
*We've been talking for too long.*
**[21:03] Meiya**
*Takeru...*
**[21:04] Takeru**
What's up?
**[21:06] Meiya**
I ask you to forgive...
**[21:08] ---**
my weakness.
**[21:12] Takeru**
Meiya...
# E9 - Battlefield
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GVWU0PM5P/battlefield)
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**[00:08] Takeru**
I'm gonna take a walk and
see if I can wake up a bit.
**[00:10] Takeru**
Watch my back for me.
**[00:12] Tama**
Roger that.
**[00:13] Meiya**
*Don't stray too far.*
**[00:14] Takeru**
I know.
**[00:22] Takeru**
*The Togashima Fortress...*
**[00:24] Takeru**
* I guess it's like a holiday*
* home for the shogun.*
**[00:28] Takeru**
*Two of them.*
**[00:30] ---**
*They're unarmed?*
**[00:32] Takeru**
Stop! And put your hands behind your head!
**[00:34] Nurse**
Know your place, you insolent fool!
**[00:36] Yuuhi**
Stop it.
**[00:39] Takeru**
Meiya?!
**[00:41] Yuuhi**
Meiya?
**[00:42] Yoroi**
Running into you kids here... Good grief.
**[00:45] Takeru**
Chief Yoroi?!
**[00:46] Yoroi**
I guess I should appreciate
Professor Kouzuki's initiative.
**[00:49] Takeru**
What are you talking about?
Who are these people?
**[00:52] Nurse**
You are in the presence of
Her Majesty, Koubuin Yuuhi!
**[00:55] Nurse**
Now lower that gun, you insolent fool!
**[00:57] Takeru**
Koubuin Yuuhi?
**[00:59] Yoroi**
You would refer to the head of state of
the Empire of Japan, Her Majesty,
**[01:02] ---**
the all-powerful shogun,
without an honorific?
**[01:06] Takeru**
*Th-The shogun?!*
**[01:08] Takeru**
*This girl who looks just like Meiya?*
***SIGN*** The Western Gate
***SIGN*** Battlefield
**[02:44] Officer A**
Her Majesty the Shogun
has already left the capital?!
**[02:47] Officer B**
We've confirmed multiple trains leaving the
city via assorted underground tunnels.
**[02:51] Officer B**
She appears to have been in one of them.
**[02:53] Officer A**
Send a force after her immediately!
**[02:55] Officer A**
We cannot let her fall into the clutches
of the IJF or the royal guard...
**[02:58] Officer A**
And definitely not the UN!
**[02:59] Komaki**
Do you think the intel he
provided us with is trustworthy?
**[03:00] Officer A**
Where could she be headed?
**[03:02] Officer A**
Who let this happen?!
**[03:04] Sagiri**
"In affairs of war, one must lead by example."
**[03:09] Sagiri**
We should have anticipated this.
**[03:11] Komaki**
You think Her Majesty is trying to
move the fighting out of the city?
**[03:15] Sagiri**
We're truly blessed.
**[03:17] Sagiri**
Why should we hesitate in creating
the foundation she needs?
**[03:25] Sagiri**
I'm going to receive Her Majesty!
**[03:28] Yoroi**
I've leaked the fact that
Her Majesty has escaped.
**[03:31] Takeru**
Why would you do that?!
**[03:33] Yuuhi**
It's all right. I ordered him to do so.
**[03:37] Yoroi**
If the rebel forces chase the shogun,
**[03:39] ---**
then the IJF, royal guard,
and UN will all follow...
**[03:43] Yoroi**
Putting a swift end to
fighting in the capital.
**[03:46] Yoroi**
Am I wrong?
**[03:47] Yoroi**
She's chosen the role of lure for herself.
**[03:51] Takeru**
Why not just order all forces to stand down?
**[03:56] Yoroi**
She did, of course.
**[03:58] Takeru**
Why didn't they, then?
**[04:00] Yoroi**
Wasn't this insurrection started by people
upset with a lack of loyalty to the shogun?
**[04:05] Takeru**
* Is he saying the guys behind the*
* coup are doing the right thing?*
**[04:07] Yoroi**
But it seems there's a group that is
dead set on causing a Japanese civil war.
**[04:12] Takeru**
Then the infantry who took the first shot...
**[04:15] Yoroi**
Do you get the picture?
**[04:16] Takeru**
Yes.
**[04:17] Yoroi**
Then you need to escort
Her Majesty to the Yokohama Base.
**[04:22] Takeru**
W-Wait, me?!
**[04:23] Nurse**
Chief Yoroi!
**[04:24] Yoroi**
It should be possible for her
to ride in your TSF, yes?
**[04:28] Yoroi**
And given the situation,
I can't think of a safer place.
**[04:33] Takeru**
You've got a point, but...
**[04:34] Yoroi**
I've got a bit of work left to wrap up,
**[04:37] ---**
so I'm entrusting the shogun
to you, Shirogane Takeru.
**[04:40] Takeru**
Chief Yoroi?!
**[04:41] Yuuhi**
I am truly in your debt for
this assistance, Yoroi.
**[04:43] Yuuhi**
And I pray for your success.
**[04:45] Yoroi**
Thank you very much.
**[04:47] Yuuhi**
I do not wish to hear of further
death among my retainers.
**[04:52] Yuuhi**
Please, take care.
**[04:54] Yoroi**
I can't imagine the depths of
your sorrow, Your Majesty,
**[04:57] Yoroi**
but the root of this
incident is young people
**[05:00] ---**
who took up arms in an attempt to
change this country for the better.
**[05:05] Yoroi**
Even if they went about it the wrong way,
**[05:07] ---**
it goes to show that Japan is still
a country worth fighting for.
**[05:10] Yoroi**
And if this roots out some of the corruption,
then the nation may awaken anew.
**[05:14] Yoroi**
That's what I believe.
**[05:17] Yuuhi**
It's in your hands.
**[05:19] Takeru**
Chief Yoroi, there are American
troops at the Yokohama Base.
**[05:23] Takeru**
Are you sure this is a good idea?
**[05:25] Yoroi**
I'm going to make sure it is.
**[05:29] Takeru**
*I get it.*
**[05:30] Takeru**
* We didn't end up here because*
* it was a low-priority duty.*
**[05:35] Takeru**
*Hell, it ended up being the exact opposite!*
**[05:37] Yuuko**
Isumi, the curtain's about
to rise on this party.
**[05:40] Yuuko**
You ready to go?
**[05:41] Isumi**
*We're itching to get started. What's the job?*
**[05:44] Yuuko**
Keep the enemy from reaching the dance floor.
**[05:46] Yuuko**
I'm counting on you.
**[05:47] Isumi**
*Yes, ma'am!*
**[05:48] Kashiwagi**
Aw, I guess we're out of
the spotlight this time?
**[05:51] Kashiwagi**
Just once, it'd be nice
to have a starring role.
**[05:55] Hayase**
If you're that desperate,
Kashiwagi, I won't stop you.
**[05:58] Hayase**
You could sacrifice yourself while luring
the enemy away from Her Majesty.
**[06:01] Hayase**
That'd be a real tearjerker, right?
**[06:04] Kashiwagi**
Well, big shots always make me
nervous anyway, so I'll pass!
**[06:09] Isumi**
Okay, ladies, our little vacation
is officially wrapped up.
**[06:13] Isumi**
We need to get to Hakone.
**[06:15] ---**
Let's roll out the red carpet so that the
rookies can enjoy their moment of glory!
**[06:19] Valkyries**
Roger!
**[06:28] Marimo**
*This is Command Post to all 207 units.*
**[06:30] ---**
*Here's our current sitrep:*
**[06:33] ---**
* Ten minutes ago, we lost contact*
* with the Atsugi Base.*
**[06:36] ---**
* The signal from Odawara West HQ*
* also went silent shortly after.*
**[06:39] Takeru**
That's central command for the frontline...
***SIGN*** COMBAT ENGAGED
***SIGN*** ATSUGI BASE
**[06:41] Marimo**
* The enemy is currently engaged*
* at Mt. Myoujingatake.*
***SIGN*** COMBAT ENGAGED
***SIGN*** COMBAT ENGAGED
***SIGN*** COMBAT ENGAGED
***SIGN*** COMBAT ENGAGED
***SIGN*** COMBAT ENGAGED
***SIGN*** ATSUGI BASE
***SIGN*** COMBAT ENGAGED
***SIGN*** COMBAT ENGAGED
**[06:46] Marimo**
* The enemy have split in two and*
* are making their way southward.*
***SIGN*** COMBAT ENGAGED
***SIGN*** COMBAT ENGAGED
***SIGN*** COMBAT ENGAGED
***SIGN*** COMBAT ENGAGED
***SIGN*** COMBAT ENGAGED
***SIGN*** Izu Skyline
**[06:49] Marimo**
* We're going to do the same,*
* headed towards the Shirahama Coast.*
**[06:52] Takeru**
* Heading to the Yokohama Base over land*
* would mean running right into the enemy.*
**[06:56] Marimo**
* Enemy E1 is likely to take a detour*
* through old Mishima*
**[06:59] Marimo**
*to stop us from heading too far westward.*
***SIGN*** Former Mishima City
**[07:01] Marimo**
* Enemy E2 seems headed southward*
* on National Highway 135...*
**[07:05] Marimo**
* It's likely that a third enemy group that*
* has split off from them will be on our tail.*
**[07:09] Takeru**
* We'll be blocked off on either side,*
* with someone coming up behind us.*
**[07:12] Marimo**
* We're still headed southward,*
* but if E3 exists as anticipated,*
**[07:18] Marimo**
* then the American 108th TSF Group*
* will intercept, functionally luring them away.*
**[07:24] Marimo**
* E1 and E2 are likely to coordinate*
* in an attempt to surround us at that point.*
***SIGN*** Ruins of the Hiekawa Toll Booth
**[07:29] Marimo**
* The area that used to be the Hiekawa toll*
* booth is likely to be the critical juncture.*
**[07:32] Marimo**
* If we can reach it before them,*
* this mission's success is practically assured.*
**[07:36] Marimo**
* And if we can't get there first,*
* we'll have effectively lost.*
**[07:39] Yuuhi**
You're all in such a difficult position.
**[07:41] Yuuhi**
All because of my shortcomings...
**[07:43] Takeru**
What are you saying? It'll be okay!
**[07:46] Takeru**
*This happened because I changed the future...*
**[07:48] Takeru**
*But I have to keep going!*
**[07:50] Marimo**
* We'll be assuming Arrowhead-3 formation*
* as we advance, with 06 at the center.*
**[07:54] Marimo**
* The 19th Independent Royal Guard Flight*
* will be backing us up in Hammerhead-1.*
**[07:59] Yuuhi**
The 19th Independent Guard Flight?
**[08:03] Marimo**
* As we continue westward,*
* we'll rendezvous with the 11th Fleet,*
**[08:06] Marimo**
*and then return to the Yokohama Base.*
**[08:08] Marimo**
* For this operation, we can't expect*
* any air or fire support.*
**[08:12] Marimo**
*Shirogane.*
**[08:13] Takeru**
Ma'am!
**[08:15] Marimo**
* Our number-one priority is to escort Her Majesty,*
* Shogun Koubuin, to the Yokohama Base.*
**[08:20] Marimo**
* And that's exactly what you're*
* going to do. Understood?*
**[08:23] Takeru**
Roger that!
**[08:24] Marimo**
* This duty is a greater honor*
* than any of us could ask for.*
**[08:27] Marimo**
* I'm expecting the best performance*
* possible out of all of you.*
**[08:29] Marimo**
*00 out!*
**[08:32] Yuuhi**
I am putting you all in such danger.
**[08:36] Takeru**
We're going to get you to the
Yokohama Base safe and sound.
**[08:39] Marimo**
* 207th Tactical Armored Flight,*
* all units, move out!*
**[08:42] 207th**
Roger!
**[08:53] Takeru**
*I'm gonna survive,*
**[08:55] Takeru**
*retrieve those formulas, and save this world!*
**[08:59] Takeru**
*And then I'm going home to my world!*
**[09:02] Takeru**
*No matter what!*
**[09:06] IJF**
This is 604C! We're currently engaged!
**[09:08] IJF**
Requesting reinforcements—
**[09:14] IJF**
Damn it! They're using the same machines!
**[09:17] IJF**
How is this happening?!
***SIGN*** Patriot
**[09:24] Rebels**
We were chosen to defend
the capital for a reason.
**[09:29] Rebels**
Don't underestimate us!
**[09:35] Mikoto**
They got past the IJF!
**[09:39] Meiya**
Stay calm! The royal guard
will be protecting our rear!
**[09:42] Marimo**
This is 00 to all units! Keep
your cool and maintain formation!
**[09:46] Takeru**
* They blew through the imperial*
* army like they were nothing!*
**[09:48] Sakaki**
06, can't you pick up the pace?
**[09:51] Takeru**
Don't be stupid! Her Majesty is strapped
in with a basic safety harness!
**[09:53] Takeru**
Any faster is a bad idea!
**[09:55] Yuuhi**
It's all right. Please, go faster.
**[09:57] Takeru**
Ma'am, I know you took motion sickness drugs,
**[10:00] ---**
but without a fortified suit, it's too risky!
**[10:02] Yuuhi**
Do it, now.
**[10:09] Takeru**
Understood.
**[10:11] Takeru**
06 to all units, we'll use a boost jump
to shortcut over this valley!
**[10:26] Mikoto**
We've got multiple contacts
inbound at four o'clock!
**[10:29] ---**
They're coming from over the ridge line!
**[10:30] Takeru**
*Say what?! Since when?!*
**[10:33] Marimo**
* All units, weapons free!*
* You may return fire at will.*
**[10:36] Marimo**
*06 must be defended at all costs!*
**[10:38] Marimo**
*But do not take the first shot!*
**[10:40] Marimo**
*They shouldn't risk opening up on us!*
**[10:42] 207th**
Roger!
**[10:43] Takeru**
I guess we're killing other humans now.
**[10:45] Rebels**
* This message is for the commanders*
* of the UN forces and the royal guard.*
**[10:48] Takeru**
An open channel? It must be coming
from the guys on our tail.
**[10:51] Rebels**
* We have no intention of attacking, and demand*
* that you come to a stop immediately.*
**[10:55] Rebels**
* Your actions are a grave violation*
* of Japan's national sovereignty!*
**[11:03] Takeru**
Where are they?! Where are they coming from?!
**[11:07] Takeru**
They're in visual range?
**[11:08] Takeru**
Right in front of us? How'd they get so
close without the radar picking them up?!
**[11:14] Spike 1**
* Drop that lock right now, dumbass!*
* You trying to get yourself killed?!*
**[11:22] Spike 1**
* This is the US Army 66th*
* Tactical Armored Battalion.*
**[11:26] Takeru**
Those are American units?
**[11:27] Spike 1**
* Maintain your speed and*
* get out of here, fast!*
**[11:29] Spike 1**
*We've got this handled.*
**[11:31] Takeru**
*We're saved...*
**[11:36] Marimop**
This is 207 Commander. Copy that.
**[11:38] Marimop**
All units, maintain formation
and increase to top speed!
**[11:41] 207th**
Roger!
**[11:53] Rebels**
They're here!
**[11:54] Rebels**
Eight contacts! They're American F-15Es!
**[11:58] ---**
Attention American craft,
cease combat activities immediately.
**[12:01] ---**
I repeat, cease combat activities immediately.
**[12:03] 66th**
Attention unidentified craft: follow UN
military protocol and transmit in English.
**[12:09] 66th**
Follow the official international language.
**[12:11] Rebels**
Your are interfering in an internal
matter of national significance.
**[12:14] Rebels**
We demand you cease combat
activities immediately!
**[12:16] 66th**
I say again, transmit in English,
the international language—
**[12:19] Rebels**
Attention American forces:
English can eat shit.
**[12:21] Rebels**
I repeat, English can eat shit!
**[12:24] 66th**
What?
**[12:26] Rebels**
You cowards already abandoned Japan once!
What do you think you're doing here?!
**[12:32] Rebels**
They're opening fire!
**[12:33] Rebels**
Eight F-15Es... This won't be easy!
**[12:35] Rebels**
Assume Formation Wing-3!
Surround them, and wipe them out!
**[12:44] Rebels**
Enemy fire from seven o'clock!
Hostiles came out of nowhere!
**[12:47] Rebels**
That can't be! There was no radar signal!
**[12:50] Rebels**
There's no matching IFF signal.
**[12:52] Rebels**
Those must be the new American model,
**[12:54] Rebels**
the F-22!
**[12:56] Rebels**
All units, scatter! Try to pincer them!
**[13:07] Rebels**
This... can't be!
**[13:13] Spike 1**
All units, give me a status report.
**[13:16] Spike 2**
Spike-2, all green.
**[13:17] Spike 3**
Spike-3, no problems.
**[13:19] Spike 4**
Spike-4, a-okay.
**[13:20] Spike 1**
Excellent. The enemy forces are
surrounding our friendlies.
**[13:23] Spike 1**
We'll flank them and intercept.
**[13:30] Takeru**
We're saved. I guess those
must be the new American model.
**[13:34] Takeru**
It's hard to believe radar can't catch
them at such close range.
**[13:37] Takeru**
*But at this pace,*
**[13:38] ---**
* E1's going to be waiting for us by the*
* time we get to the Hiekawa toll booth.*
**[13:42] Yuuhi**
You seem anxious. Is everything all right?
**[13:45] Takeru**
Uh, yeah. It's all good!
**[13:47] Yuuhi**
I see. Then you should increase
the pace. Don't worry about me.
**[13:52] Takeru**
Okay...
**[13:58] Takeru**
Are you sure you're okay, Your Majesty?
**[14:01] Yuuhi**
It's quite fine. I even have
some experience at the controls.
**[14:05] Yuuhi**
I may only be a figurehead, but I am
still supreme commander of the military.
**[14:08] Takeru**
Wait, you mean you've piloted a TSF before?
**[14:12] Yuuhi**
That's right. Albeit with only
ninety hours of flight time.
**[14:15] Takeru**
Ninety hours?!
**[14:17] Takeru**
* I'm a different story, but that's more*
* than everyone else in the flight!*
**[14:20] Yuuhi**
It wasn't on hand for certain reasons,
but I have a personal unit, too.
**[14:28] Yuuhi**
Did I say something strange?
**[14:30] Takeru**
No, sorry! It was just... a surprise.
**[14:33] Yuuhi**
Those born into the house of the shogun
**[14:35] ---**
originally had an obligation
to lead from the front in war.
**[14:39] Takeru**
The shogun would fight in person?
**[14:41] Yuuhi**
It's no longer the case, but even then,
there were no shortage of individuals
**[14:45] ---**
tied to the shogun who'd find
themselves on the battlefield.
**[14:48] Takeru**
*Meiya, for one.*
**[14:49] Yuuhi**
And the royal guard's duty is
to defend such individuals.
**[14:54] Takeru**
Makes sense.
**[14:55] Yuuhi**
I'm curious, Shirogane...
**[14:57] ---**
The 19th Independent Royal Guard Flight,
which is accompanying us...
**[15:00] Yuuhi**
Is their commander a Lt. Tsukuyomi Mana?
**[15:04] Takeru**
How'd you know?
**[15:05] Yuuhui**
But if she is here, then it's strange.
**[15:08] Yuuhui**
There's something else I'd like—
**[15:09] Walken**
*Contacting 207th Tactical Armored Flight.*
**[15:12] Walken**
* This is Major Walken, commander of the*
* US Army's 66th Tactical Armored Battalion.*
**[15:18] Walken**
*Alpha Squadron is buying us some time,*
**[15:20] Walken**
*but it's still too early to breathe easy.*
**[15:22] Walken**
* A resupply point has been*
* set down at Kameishi Pass.*
**[15:24] Walken**
* We're requesting that you*
* rendezvous with us there.*
**[15:26] Takeru**
*As glad as I am for the chance to resupply...*
**[15:28] Takeru**
* Wait, maybe he's just confident*
* that they can slow them down?*
**[15:33] Yuuhi**
The American pilots are
risking their lives, too.
**[15:36] Yuuhi**
Hurry along.
**[15:37] Takeru**
Right.
**[15:45] Takeru**
I'm so sorry. I was hoping you could get
some fresh air during the resupply, but...
**[15:49] Yuuhi**
There's no need for concern.
**[15:51] Takeru**
Okay.
**[15:56] Takeru**
Your Majesty, weren't you
about to ask me something?
**[15:59] Yuuhi**
Earlier?
**[16:00] Yuuhi**
Right, I did have a question for you.
**[16:04] Yuuhi**
If Lt. Tsukuyomi is accompanying us,
**[16:07] ---**
there should have been a
Takemikazuchi among your number.
**[16:12] Takeru**
*Hey, I get it now!*
**[16:13] Takeru**
* That Takemikazuchi must have*
* been the shogun's personal unit!*
**[16:17] Yuuhi**
Shirogane...
**[16:18] Takeru**
M-Ma'am?!
**[16:19] Yuuhi**
When we first met, you
called me the name "Meiya."
**[16:23] Takeru**
Th-That's right...
**[16:24] Yuuhi**
Is Mitsurugi Meiya a member of your unit?
**[16:27] Takeru**
That's right.
**[16:28] Yuuhi**
Then why isn't the Takemikazuchi
among your number?
**[16:33] Takeru**
Meiya hasn't used it. Says she
doesn't want special treatment.
**[16:38] Yuuhi**
That does sound like her.
**[16:41] Yuuhi**
There's apparently never been a case of her
wholeheartedly accepting one of my gifts.
**[16:46] Takeru**
Apparently?
**[16:48] Takeru**
Uh, Your Majesty, I've gotta know...
**[16:50] Yuuhi**
Yes?
**[16:51] Takeru**
I haven't been around here for that long,
so I'm not clear, but...
**[16:55] Takeru**
You and Meiya are... sisters, right?
**[17:00] Takeru**
Sorry! I probably shouldn't
have asked, right?
**[17:03] Yuuhi**
It's all right.
**[17:04] Yuuhi**
What has she told you of her background?
**[17:08] Takeru**
Only that she's a distant
relative of the shogun's house.
**[17:12] Takeru**
But... the two of you are identical.
**[17:15] Takeru**
Both the way you look,
and a lot about your personalities.
**[17:17] Yuuhi**
I'd imagine that's the case
because we are actually twin sisters.
**[17:27] Yuuhi**
Shirogane, I have a favor to ask of you.
**[17:30] Takeru**
What do you need?
**[17:32] Yuuhi**
Please give this to her.
**[17:35] Takeru**
What's this?
**[17:36] Yuuhi**
A symbol of the time that
she and I spent together.
**[17:39] Takeru**
A symbol of your time together?
**[17:42] Yuuhi**
It was the only thing
I took with me when I fled.
**[17:45] Takeru**
Isn't it super important, then?!
And you're trusting me with it?
**[17:48] Yuuhi**
I would like her to receive it from you,
someone she clearly trusts.
**[17:52] Takeru**
I...
**[17:53] Yuuhi**
What you've told me has made her
feelings on the matter clear.
**[17:57] Takeru**
Couldn't you give it to her in person?
**[18:01] Yuuhi**
She has no elder twin sister.
**[18:04] Yuuhi**
And the shogun has no younger twin sister.
**[18:09] Takeru**
* I guess this means they're both prepared*
* to deal with everything that entails.*
**[18:16] Takeru**
I understand. I swear that
I'll get it to Meiya.
**[18:20] Yuuhi**
Please.
**[18:23] Walken**
*Attention 207th Tactical Armored Flight.*
**[18:26] Walken**
* The enemy forces have*
* arrived at Yamaguchi Pass.*
**[18:29] Walken**
* We're going to incorporate you into*
* our command, and head out immediately.*
**[18:33] Walken**
*We'll be guarding the flanks and rear.*
**[18:36] Walken**
*Walken out.*
**[18:41] Takeru**
* I never would've guessed Meiya*
* and Her Majesty were twins.*
**[18:44] Takeru**
Your Majesty, are you okay?
**[18:47] Takeru**
This is bad!
**[18:49] Takeru**
I'm going to slow down.
**[18:51] Yuuhi**
You... must not!
**[18:53] Takeru**
But...
**[18:54] Yuuhi**
Motion sickness... is no threat to my life.
**[18:58] Takeru**
Still...
**[18:59] Yuuhi**
If we go any slower,
countless lives could be lost.
**[19:04] Yuuhi**
That must be avoided... at all costs!
**[19:07] Takeru**
* Motion sickness can kill*
* you if it gets bad enough!*
**[19:09] Takeru**
*But she's just as stubborn as Meiya!*
**[19:13] Takeru**
*Not to mention...*
**[19:14] Takeru**
* If it gets too serious,*
* it'll crater national morale,*
**[19:18] Takeru**
* and there'll be even more stupid*
* fighting between humans!*
**[19:22] Walken**
*Hunter-1 to all units.*
**[19:25] Walken**
* An enemy force that advanced*
* through old Mishima City*
**[19:27] ---**
*has made it to the Hiekawa toll booth.*
**[19:29] Walken**
* The 174th Tactical Armored Flight*
* Battalion has engaged them.*
**[19:33] Takeru**
*Hiekawa?! That's the mission critical point!*
**[19:36] Takeru**
*The rebel forces are reacting way too fast!*
**[19:38] Takeru**
* Did they rush on at full speed without*
* considering we'd change course?*
**[19:43] Takeru**
*Could our plan have been leaked?*
**[19:46] Takeru**
Damn it!
**[19:50] USAF**
Russian camo?! Then they're aces
from the Fuji Training Corps!
**[19:53] USAF**
Watch your asses!
**[19:55] Walken**
*All units, maintain course.*
**[19:57] Walken**
* We're going to pass through*
* Hiekawa at top speed!*
**[20:00] Walken**
* The 174th seems to be fighting*
* against the Fuji Garrison.*
**[20:03] Marimo**
* What?! Then the Fuji Training Corps*
* have sided with the rebels?*
**[20:07] Takeru**
*The training corps...*
**[20:09] Takeru**
*I get it!*
**[20:10] Takeru**
* The Fuji Corps were already out in front,*
* and E1 was just shepherding us towards them!*
**[20:14] Takeru**
* And the force that we thought was E1 this*
* entire time were actually from Fuji!*
**[20:17] Takeru**
* That explains how they*
* got into position so fast!*
**[20:19] Walken**
* But this just proves that if we can get*
* past Hiekawa, they'll be out of options!*
**[20:24] Takeru**
* It's true, there are no*
* other IJF bases up ahead.*
**[20:27] Takeru**
* We'd even be able to slow down,*
* and they couldn't catch up.*
**[20:30] Takeru**
* Our biggest priority right now is keeping*
* Her Majesty away from the rebels!*
**[20:34] Takeru**
* It has to be done, for the*
* sake of humanity's future!*
**[20:37] Yuuhi**
Shirogane... do not concern
yourself so much with me.
**[20:39] Walken**
* This is Hunter-1 to Heat Leader.*
* No change in course.*
**[20:41] ---**
*I repeat, there will be no change in course.*
**[20:42] Takeru**
Okay.
**[20:44] Takeru**
* You've gotta make it through this!*
* I'm begging you!*
**[20:46] Takeru**
* If we can just get past Hiekawa,*
* this stupid battle will be over!*
**[20:51] Walken**
* Hunter-1 to field commanders,*
* assume formation Trail-1!*
**[20:54] Walken**
*207th, your top priority is getting clear!*
**[20:57] Marimo**
*This is 00, roger that.*
**[20:58] Takeru**
*There's 1.5 km to Hiekawa...*
**[21:01] Takeru**
*Are we gonna make it?!*
**[21:16] Walken**
*The enemy's made it to the toll booth.*
**[21:19] Walken**
* But with the shogun in our possession,*
* they have to be careful about their next move.*
**[21:23] Takeru**
* But what if they're not*
* actually trying to secure her?*
**[21:28] Takeru**
* If anything happens to her, and they*
* manage to blame the US for it,*
**[21:32] Takeru**
*the fallout would be...*
**[21:33] Walken**
* Hunter-9 and Hunter-13, keep that enemy*
* encirclement from coming together.*
**[21:37] 9/13**
*Roger that!*
**[21:41] Walken**
* Hunter-1 to Hunter-5, go*
* after the enemy pursuers!*
**[21:45] 5**
*Hunter-5, copy that.*
**[21:49] Takeru**
* Three flights of F-22s,*
* putting together a defensive line...*
**[21:53] ---**
*Was this the Major's plan?*
**[21:54] Walken**
* Hunter-1 to field commanders.*
* We're going to break through their center!*
**[21:57] Marimo**
*Roger.*
**[21:58] Takeru**
* There are so damn many of them!*
* Are we gonna make it?!*
**[22:08] Takeru**
If we can just get through...
If we can just...
**[22:14] Takeru**
We have to keep going!
**[22:17] Takeru**
There's no other way!
**[22:34] Takeru**
We made it!
**[22:35] Walken**
* The operation is a success. The rebel forces*
* won't be able to pin us down at this point.*
**[22:39] Walken**
* Once we're past the ruins of Fujimidai,*
* we'll switch to nape-of-Earth flight.*
**[22:42] Walken**
*Head toward the valley.*
**[22:44] Takeru**
That'll mean less stress
on Her Majesty, too.
**[22:47] Takeru**
Your Majesty, we're almost—
**[22:50] Takeru**
Your Majesty?!
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E10 - Resolve
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G31UX7ND3/resolve)
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**[00:11] Rebels**
* We were unable to recover*
* Her Majesty at Hiekawa.*
**[00:14] Rebels**
* I repeat, we were unable*
* to recover Her Majesty.*
**[00:16] Rebels**
We had reinforcements headed toward Hakone!
What happened to them?
**[00:20] Rebels**
* They encountered UN forces at*
* the West Odawara interchange.*
**[00:23] Rebels**
*The first group was wiped out.*
**[00:26] Rebels**
All of them?!
**[00:29] Komaki**
Captain...
**[00:33] Komaki**
I should go.
**[00:35] Komaki**
Please, hurry to Atsugi...
**[00:40] Komaki**
And save Her Majesty.
***SIGN*** Resolve
**[02:18] Isumi**
Good work. Everyone alive?
**[02:21] Tsukiji**
I can't believe our combat test for the new
OS ended up being against other humans.
**[02:25] Touko**
Lt. Tsukiji, focus on the mission.
**[02:28] Touko**
The enemy won't be able to accomplish
their goal if they can't get past us.
**[02:33] Touko**
* They'll be coming with*
* everything they have next.*
**[02:34] Tsukiji**
But maybe we don't have to kill them—
**[02:36] Hayase**
*You know better than that!*
**[02:38] Hayase**
*The best way to minimize casualties*
**[02:41] ---**
* is to make it clear that they*
* are completely outgunned!*
**[02:45] Isumi**
*All of you, listen up!*
**[02:47] Isumi**
We Valkyries are the tip of the
sword that defends humanity.
**[02:51] Isumi**
We execute our missions,
no matter what they are.
**[02:55] Isumi**
And if anyone tries to stop us,
BETA or human, we take them out!
**[03:02] Isumi**
Here they come!
**[03:05] Komaki**
If we can take control here, we'll be able
to send reinforcements further south.
**[03:08] Komaki**
Let's break through quickly!
**[03:10] Komaki**
All units, charge!
**[03:12] Rebels**
Roger!
**[03:13] Isumi**
You're not going anywhere!
**[03:25] Sagiri**
Are we ready?
**[03:26] Rebels**
*Of course we are.*
**[03:28] Rebels**
* Everyone here knew what they were getting*
* into when they decided to follow you.*
***SIGN*** Patriot
**[03:34] Rebels**
And we're ready to be of some
real use to the country.
**[03:38] Sagiri**
As you're all aware, Hiekawa
was unable to hold.
**[03:42] Sagiri**
Right now, the Americans and the UN are in
the process of getting away with Her Majesty.
**[03:48] Sagiri**
Our window of time is short, but leaving
our shogun in their hands is tantamount
**[03:53] Sagiri**
to letting these other countries
dictate our entire future!
**[03:55] ---**
To surrendering this nation's soul!
**[03:59] Sagiri**
We will reclaim that soul!
**[04:00] Sagiri**
The soul of our homeland,
whose name is "Shogun"!
**[04:13] Tsukuyomi**
*Severe motion sickness?!*
**[04:15] Takeru**
Right.
**[04:16] Takeru**
She's not vomiting, but if she does,
**[04:19] ---**
she could choke or become dehydrated.
**[04:24] Tsukuyomi**
*Understood.*
**[04:28] Marimo**
* Lt. Tsukuyomi, the grand chamberlain*
* mentioned something.*
**[04:32] Marimo**
Her Majesty apparently hasn't slept
at all since the insurrection began.
**[04:37] Tsukuyomi**
I see.
**[04:39] Tsukuyomi**
And she boarded a TSF that was to engage
in combat maneuvers in that state.
**[04:43] Tsukuyomi**
It's no wonder she collapsed.
**[04:47] Tsukuyomi**
* At this range, any further pursuit*
* should be physically impossible.*
**[04:51] Tsukuyomi**
* We'll limit TSF movement and prioritize*
* allowing Her Majesty to recover.*
**[04:59] (Flashback) Meiya**
I think about the person who is contending
with all of this, and doing it alone...
**[05:04] (Flashback) Meiya**
That's why, even if only as a gesture,
I want to stand with her.
**[05:11] (Flashback) Yuuhi**
It is a long-held Koubuin
belief that twins
**[05:14] (Flashback) ---**
are a portent of misfortune that
threaten to split the world apart.
**[05:18] (Flashback) Yuuhi**
That is why she was adopted
by distant relatives
**[05:21] (Flashback) ---**
in House Mitsurugi shortly after birth.
**[05:25] (Flashback) Yuuhi**
And in spite of being
forced out of her home,
**[05:30] (Flashback) ---**
and being forbidden to ever
speak of her background...
**[05:33] (Flashback) Yuuhi**
She was trained to serve as my
body double from an early age.
**[05:36] (Flashback) Takeru**
You mean you've never even
spoken to her in person?
**[05:39] (Flashback) Yuuhi**
Even now, simply because she's my sister,
**[05:42] (Flashback) ---**
she finds herself in your unit, forced to
act as a pawn in political games.
**[05:48] (Flashback) Takeru**
Doesn't that just come with being
born into the Shogun's family?
**[05:52] (Flashback) Yuuhi**
Partially, yes.
**[05:55] (Flashback) Yuuhi**
But her presence at the Yokohama Base
**[05:59] (Flashback) ---**
was also intended as a display
of Japan's loyalty to the UN.
**[06:03] (Flashback) Takeru**
So... she's basically a hostage?
**[06:07] (Flashback) Yuuhi**
I'm saddened to say that she was forced
to do so because of my position.
**[06:14] (Flashback) Yuuhi**
I can only imagine how disappointed
she might be with me.
**[06:21] (Flashback) Takeru**
I know for a fact that's not true.
**[06:25] (Flashback) Takeru**
Meiya understands what you're
going through better than anyone.
**[06:29] (Flashback) Takeru**
When she saw the news about
Mount Tengen, she was furious,
**[06:34] (Flashback) Takeru**
talking about how the people's
rights were being trampled...
**[06:37] (Flashback) Takeru**
That's probably the same concern that made
you to do something this dangerous, right?
**[06:45] (Flashback) Takeru**
You probably understand the rebels' motives,
**[06:48] (Flashback) Takeru**
as well as those of the
politicians who are trying
**[06:51] (Flashback) ---**
to work for Japan's interests, right?
**[06:56] (Flashback) Takeru**
I'm pretty sure... I know that
Meiya's always thinking about you.
**[07:04] Takeru**
*Is this what life is really like in this world?*
**[07:08] Takeru**
* You have to be ready to throw your*
* life away to protect something,*
**[07:10] Takeru**
*or someone, at all times.*
**[07:13] Takeru**
*Is that the kind of resolve they have?*
**[07:16] Walken**
*Cadet Shirogane...*
**[07:17] Takeru**
Y-Yes, sir?
**[07:19] Walken**
* Administer a dose of the sedative*
* triazolam to Her Majesty.*
**[07:22] Walken**
*We're on the move again in 180 seconds.*
**[07:27] Takeru**
*Give her triazolam?!*
**[07:39] Rebels**
They're so fast!
**[07:45] Kashiwagi**
Should've known they wouldn't give up easy.
**[07:48] Komaki**
Don't let them lure you into position.
**[07:50] Komaki**
Their aim here is to buy time.
**[07:53] Komaki**
We'll assume Arrowhead-1 and
breach their left flank.
**[07:55] Komaki**
Let's make quick work of this!
**[07:57] Rebels**
Roger!
**[07:59] Isumi**
Maintain formation!
**[08:01] Isumi**
Use your maneuverability
to throw them for a loop!
**[08:03] Isumi**
Dance around, and then surround them!
**[08:11] Rebels**
Speedy little—
**[08:16] Rebels**
Wh-What are those maneuvers?!
**[08:18] Rebels**
Since when can TSFs move like that?!
**[08:22] Takahara**
We can do this!
**[08:23] Takahara**
With the new OS, we can fight
imperial elites on equal footing!
**[08:30] Hayase**
*Takahara!*
**[08:45] Hayase**
Ta...
**[08:46] Hayase**
Takahara!
**[08:52] Komaki**
Don't let their maneuvers confuse you.
**[08:55] Komaki**
We've been fighting unpredictable
enemies long enough
**[08:58] ---**
that it shouldn't be a problem.
**[09:01] Rebels**
Lieutenant Komaki!
**[09:03] Hayase**
You... You assholes!
**[09:10] Rebels**
Not today!
**[09:12] Hayase**
It was this one!
**[09:15] Hayase**
No!
**[09:16] Isumi**
*Focus on the mission, dumbass!*
**[09:18] Hayase**
Captain?!
**[09:20] Isumi**
I'll keep this one pinned down!
**[09:30] Walken**
*We'll get moving again shortly.*
**[09:34] Walken**
* What's the holdup, Cadet Shirogane?*
* Why haven't you dosed her?*
**[09:38] Walken**
* This is the standard treatment*
* for severe motion sickness.*
**[09:42] (Flashback) Marimo**
Triazolam is a heavy-duty sedative,
**[09:45] (Flashback) ---**
and the standard treatment
for severe motion sickness.
**[09:48] (Flashback) Marimo**
That said, sedation can lead
to respiratory depression...
**[09:52] (Flashback) Marimo**
And in a worst-case scenario, cardiac arrest.
**[09:55] Marimo**
* Always keep that in mind when you're*
* considering whether or not to administer it.*
**[10:01] Tsukuyomi**
*Wait a moment, Major!*
**[10:02] Tsukuyomi**
Considering Her Majesty's condition,
I think sedation's too great a risk.
**[10:07] Tsukuyomi**
It'd be one thing if she was able to rest,
**[10:09] ---**
but if she has to continue
transport via TSF—
**[10:11] Major**
* Lieutenant, you're an*
* observer in this operation.*
**[10:15] Major**
*You aren't authorized to speak up.*
**[10:19] Major**
* If we're trying to improve*
* Her Majesty's condition,*
**[10:22] ---**
* the best thing would be to get*
* her off the battlefield ASAP.*
**[10:26] Major**
* Once she's asleep, we'll be*
* able to increase the pace,*
**[10:29] Major**
*which will shorten our time in transit,*
**[10:31] ---**
* as well as ensuring the*
* enemy doesn't find us.*
**[10:34] Major**
*Get it done, Cadet Shirogane.*
**[10:40] Tsukuyomi**
*You will not!*
**[10:42] Tsukuyomi**
Major, in order for Her Majesty's
condition to recover,
**[10:45] ---**
I suggest a period of rest.
**[10:48] Walken**
* Lieutenant, the UN's objective here is*
* to protect the Shogun from these rebels,*
**[10:53] ---**
*and ensure her safe escape.*
**[10:55] Tsukuyomi**
Her Majesty is the Shogun,
head of all affairs of state,
**[10:58] ---**
a position she was chosen for
by none other than the Emperor.
**[11:02] Tsukuyomi**
Her safety is of greater importance
than any governmental mandate.
**[11:05] Tsukuyomi**
*I ask you to please reconsider—*
**[11:07] Walken**
Give it a rest, Lieutenant!
**[11:08] Tsukuyomi**
* Do you really think that the*
* commander of a single combat unit*
**[11:10] Tsukuyomi**
* has the authority to order a*
* drug with dangerous side-effects*
**[11:12] ---**
*be administered to a sovereign head of state?*
**[11:17] Marimo**
*Major...*
**[11:18] Marimo**
If the public gets word of Her Majesty
being unnecessarily drugged,
**[11:22] ---**
even if it's the best option available,
it'll only inflame anti-American sentiment.
**[11:29] Marimo**
* I have a hard time imagining that kind*
* of risk is worth the time and effort*
**[11:33] ---**
*the US is investing in this operation.*
**[11:35] Walken**
I understand that the two of you are soldiers
who have pledged loyalty to your homeland,
**[11:41] ---**
just like myself and my men.
**[11:43] ---**
But I want to make something perfectly clear:
**[11:46] ---**
At a time when humanity's survival
as a species is at stake,
**[11:48] ---**
instead of acting as the strategic
linchpin of the Far East theater,
**[11:51] ---**
* this country is engaged in a stupid, pointless*
* civil war, wasting valuable time and resources.*
**[11:57] ---**
*Your country is the one doing this! Japan!*
**[12:01] ---**
* And the thought of having*
* my men die in service*
**[12:03] ---**
* to a country that immature, that asinine,*
* is something that makes me sick!*
**[12:08] ---**
* Not when those lives are better*
* spent waging war on the BETA,*
**[12:10] ---**
*who are a threat to every human on Earth!*
**[12:14] Takeru**
*He's right.*
**[12:16] Takeru**
* We shouldn't be fighting other*
* humans at a time like this.*
**[12:20] Takeru**
*So, why am I hesitating?!*
**[12:31] Tae**
*No!*
**[12:36] Haruka**
*Tae!*
**[12:37] Haruka**
Get it together! You have to keep moving!
**[12:40] Haruka**
Go on!
**[12:41] Tae**
Akane-chan...
**[12:45] Haruka**
Damn it!
**[12:46] Haruka**
Haruko, the captain's on the
verge of getting cut off!
**[12:48] Haruka**
Back her up!
**[12:49] Kashiwagi**
I know!
**[12:50] Kashiwagi**
But...
**[12:56] Kashiwagi**
I don't exactly have my hands free.
**[13:00] Haruka**
Damn it...
**[13:01] Tae**
*Akane-chan!*
**[13:10] Tae**
Akane-chan!
**[13:15] Isumi**
*What the hell are you two doing?!*
**[13:18] Both**
Captain Isumi!
**[13:19] Isumi**
If you've got a death wish,
then hurry up and get it over with.
**[13:23] Isumi**
Save the squadron the
effort of babysitting you.
**[13:26] Isumi**
*Otherwise, move your asses!*
**[13:28] Isumi**
* If you don't want your other*
* comrades to end up like Takahara,*
**[13:31] Isumi**
then it's up to you to defend them!
**[13:34] Tae**
* She's right. I'm not*
* letting anyone else die.*
**[13:37] Tae**
* We're going to win this battle,*
* and we're all going home alive!*
**[13:41] Isumi**
*Let's get going. You two, with me.*
**[13:44] Both**
*Yes, ma'am.*
**[13:48] Walken**
* Do you know how many people are likely to die*
* in this ten-minute break you're suggesting?*
**[13:54] Walken**
Lives on both sides,
**[13:56] ---**
who should all be fighting against
the scourge of humanity, the BETA!
**[14:00] Takeru**
*The Major's saying all the stuff I believe.*
**[14:03] Takeru**
*But if I give Her Majesty the triazolam...*
**[14:07] Takeru**
*Will she be able to handle it?*
**[14:10] Tsukuyomi**
*You present a fair argument, Major.*
**[14:12] Tsukuyomi**
After our loss to your country,
**[14:15] ---**
our nation lost its pride
and its politicians grew feeble,
**[14:19] Tsukuyomi**
with other countries
interfering in our affairs
**[14:21] ---**
to the point that our
governance was undermined.
**[14:24] Tsukuyomi**
* But you must realize that the reason*
* your men are being put in danger*
**[14:29] Tsukuyomi**
* is because the American government*
* desires renewed influence*
**[14:30] ---**
*in the Far East theater of war.*
**[14:33] Tsukuyomi**
And with that being the case, your grievances
are so misplaced, they're practically slander!
**[14:37] Tsukuyomi**
If your resolve and loyalty are
that shallow, then by all means...
**[14:41] Tsukuyomi**
Run back to the safety of
North America, like you did before!
**[14:46] Marimo**
*That's going overboard, Lieutenant Tsukuyomi!*
**[14:49] ---**
*As the representative of the UN military,*
**[14:52] ---**
* who are overseeing this mission,*
* I need to warn you:*
**[14:54] ---**
* Your choice of words indicate an attempt*
* to antagonize allied forces in a way*
**[14:57] ---**
* that could undercut the*
* success of the mission.*
**[15:01] Tsukuyomi**
I see.
**[15:02] Tsukuyomi**
Then the UN will label the royal guard a
hindrance to the mission and eliminate us?
**[15:08] Tsukuyomi**
*Is that what you mean?*
**[15:12] Takeru**
*What the hell are you saying, Tsukuyomi-san?!*
**[15:14] Takeru**
*And Marimo-chan, too! This is not the time!*
**[15:24] Isumi**
Surrender now. You won't be
able to catch up in time.
**[15:27] Isumi**
Let's put an end to any
unnecessary bloodshed!
**[15:29] Komaki**
Japanese?
**[15:31] Komaki**
Are you Japanese?!
**[15:33] Komaki**
You would attempt to scurry away
**[15:35] ---**
with Her Majesty in spite of everything
you've seen, you traitor?!
**[15:39] Isumi**
We're soldiers with a job to do.
**[15:42] Isumi**
That's all I need to know!
**[15:45] Komaki**
This insurrection happened because people
**[15:47] ---**
keep making that same excuse,
ignoring the truth of what's going on!
**[15:50] Komaki**
If you're only concerned with protecting
your own position and profits,
**[15:54] ---**
with no concern for the
harm it causes others,
**[15:57] Komaki**
how are you any different from the BETA?!
**[16:03] Isumi**
I repeat, put down your weapons
and order your men to stand down!
**[16:06] Rebels**
First flight is wiped out!
**[16:08] Isumi**
Your plan has already fallen apart!
**[16:11] Isumi**
*There's no point in struggling any more!*
**[16:13] Rebels**
*Second flight is—*
**[16:15] Rebels**
*Inoperable... my unit isn't responding.*
**[16:18] Rebels**
*Lt. Komaki, I'm going on ahead.*
**[16:24] Walken**
That's enough, Lieutenant!
**[16:26] Walken**
You already stalled for the
time you were asking for.
**[16:29] Walken**
And I have to admit, I fell for it.
**[16:34] Walken**
Though I get the feeling some of
those taunts were pretty sincere.
**[16:39] Tsukuyomi**
I'm afraid I don't know what you mean, Major.
**[16:43] Takeru**
*I get it... This was all so Her Majesty could rest.*
**[16:48] Takeru**
Y-Your Majesty?!
**[16:50] Yuuhi**
Give me the m-medication...
**[16:54] Yuuhi**
I'll... be fine.
**[16:58] Takeru**
Your Majesty... But...
**[17:00] Yuuhi**
Fool...
**[17:03] Yuuhi**
Do not... waste... any more... time!
**[17:12] Yuuhi**
No... other lives...
**[17:16] ---**
must be wasted!
**[17:28] Isumi**
It's over. Her Majesty will
be under UN protection soon.
**[17:32] Isumi**
She'll be out of the field.
**[17:35] Isumi**
You can't catch up anymore.
Your plan's been thwarted.
**[17:40] Isumi**
This entire conflict ends now.
**[17:44] Komaki**
The snow has already fallen.
**[17:47] Komaki**
As the light of day shines upon
the accumulated drifts,
**[17:50] Komaki**
its melting will herald the end of winter.
**[17:54] Komaki**
Dawn is at hand.
**[17:56] Komaki**
We will be the cleansing flow that
washes our homeland clean of filth.
**[18:02] Komaki**
And where the sun shines,
no trace of snow will remain.
**[18:09] Tae**
Something's incoming overhead!
**[18:11] Isumi**
Is that—
**[18:18] Automated Warning**
*Pull up. Pull up.*
**[18:20] Rebels**
We'll be too visible if we increase altitude.
**[18:22] Rebels**
Fly as low as you can.
**[18:24] Rebels**
*Roger that!*
**[18:35] Rebels**
Deploying!
**[18:41] Rebels**
Assume landing position and watch yourselves.
**[18:43] Rebels**
We don't want to end up Laser-class fodder.
**[18:46] Walken**
An airborne assault?!
**[18:48] Walken**
That shouldn't be possible!
**[18:49] Walken**
Our allied forces are supposed
to have control of the sea.
**[18:52] Walken**
Did they actually fly here over land?
**[18:55] Takeru**
*Are they nuts?!*
**[18:57] Sagiri**
I am Captain Sagiri Naoya,
**[18:59] ---**
with the Mainland Defense Force Imperial
Capital Guard's 1st Tactical Armored Regiment.
**[19:04] Sagiri**
Cease combat activities immediately.
**[19:07] Sagiri**
We have not come here to fight.
**[19:11] Sagiri**
Though we have cause for this uprising,
which puts us at odds with you all,
**[19:12] Sagiri**
* Though we have cause for this uprising,*
* which puts us at odds with you all,*
**[19:15] Sagiri**
* we have only come to receive Her Majesty,*
* whom you all are attempting*
**[19:19] ---**
*to illegally abscond with.*
**[19:22] Sagiri**
* I realize that this is one-sided,*
* but I am proposing a 60-minute ceasefire.*
**[19:28] Sakaki**
What is he trying to do?
**[19:29] Sagiri**
* Know that we make this offer in the*
* name of Her Majesty, Koubuin Yuuhi.*
**[19:36] Sagiri**
*We will under no circumstances violate it.*
**[19:39] Sagiri**
* I hope that all of you will make*
* the realistic choice in good faith.*
**[19:40] Mikoto**
Seriously?
**[19:45] Sagiri**
*I will contact you again in sixty minutes.*
**[19:48] Sagiri**
*If we receive no response at that time,*
**[19:50] ---**
* we will act to contain this situation*
* with every means available to us.*
**[19:54] Sagiri**
*Keep that in mind. Sagiri out.*
**[20:00] Walken**
This is obviously a trap.
**[20:02] Marimo**
With all due respect, Major,
it's inconceivable that an imperial soldier
**[20:06] ---**
would break his word when offered
in the name of the Shogun.
**[20:09] Walken**
And you agree with that, Lieutenant?
**[20:11] Tsukuyomi**
I do. These people have taken action
out of concern for the country,
**[20:15] ---**
and the position Her Majesty is in.
**[20:18] Tsukuyomi**
I believe the sergeant is correct.
**[20:20] Walken**
I'm not sure where this faith in
the enemy is coming from, exactly,
**[20:25] Walken**
but we'll abide by the ceasefire.
**[20:29] Walken**
* I want the 207th in position to*
* respond to an infantry attack,*
**[20:32] ---**
*and protecting Her Majesty.*
**[20:35] Takeru**
* They weren't even trying*
* to hide their markers.*
**[20:37] Takeru**
*So, why would they be so quiet now,*
**[20:39] ---**
* after they took the risk of*
* flying in to get the drop on us?*
**[20:43] Takeru**
* If they keep the ceasefire, it's got to be*
* for their sense of honor or pride, right?*
**[20:48] Takeru**
* But that stuff is completely worthless*
* when it comes to an actual operation.*
**[20:52] Takeru**
*I'm not like them.*
**[20:54] ---**
* Victory for mankind will always*
* be my number-one priority.*
**[20:58] (Flashback) Yuuhi**
No other lives...
**[21:03] (Flashback) ---**
must be wasted!
**[21:09] Takeru**
*Damn it!*
**[21:10] Takeru**
*Your Majesty...*
**[21:14] Takeru**
*What exactly is it that I'm lacking?*
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E11 - Everyone's Thoughts
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GPWUK094E/everyones-thoughts)
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***SIGN*** Everyone's Thoughts
**[01:38] Irma**
Huh?
**[01:40] Tama**
Oh, you're with the Americans.
**[01:43] Irma**
Sending cadets out into combat...
**[01:45] ---**
I guess the UN really is short
on manpower in the Far East.
**[01:48] Tama**
I'm so sorry about all of this.
**[01:52] Irma**
What do you mean?
Why would you apologize for it?
**[01:56] (Flashback) Tamase**
There are people who say I'm selling
Japan out to foreign countries.
**[01:59] (Flashback) Tamase**
But right now, Japan is
the last bastion of hope
**[02:02] (Flashback) ---**
that people will ever be able
to live in the Far East again.
**[02:05] (Flashback) Tama**
The last bastion?
**[02:06] (Flashback) Tamase**
And to protect Japan, we need
the American military's help.
**[02:10] (Flashback) Tamase**
But there are people who don't like that.
**[02:13] (Flashback) Tamase**
Still, somebody has to do it.
**[02:18] Irma**
It must be even harder for you, then.
**[02:20] ---**
Pointing guns at your countrymen...
**[02:23] Tama**
It's... part of the mission.
**[02:25] Irma**
True.
**[02:27] Irma**
Y'know, I'm originally from Finland.
**[02:30] Irma**
I'm actually a war refugee.
**[02:32] Irma**
You know, with Finland being overrun.
**[02:36] Tama**
Why would you enlist in the American
army if you're from Finland?
**[02:41] Irma**
For citizenship.
**[02:43] Irma**
The only way to get it is to
serve until you're discharged.
**[02:47] Irma**
But once I'm a citizen, I can move
my family out of the refugee camps.
**[02:51] Tama**
Your family survived, then?
**[02:53] Irma**
My mother and little sister did.
**[02:55] Irma**
But my father volunteered to serve and
went MIA on the North Karelian front.
**[03:00] Irma**
I want to fight the BETA like
he did, to protect my family.
**[03:06] Irma**
And then one day,
we'll chase them out of Europe,
**[03:09] ---**
and rebuild the Finland my dad
risked his life to protect.
**[03:15] Tama**
* The country her father*
* was trying to protect...*
**[03:17] Irma**
My name's Irma. Irma Thesleff.
**[03:20] Irma**
How about you?
**[03:21] Tama**
Uh... um, it's Miki Tamase!
**[03:24] Irma**
Okay, Miki. Why don't you and your
father come to Finland someday?
**[03:29] Tama**
Sure! I would love to!
**[03:31] Irma**
Okay, it's a promise.
**[03:33] Tama**
Yeah!
**[03:36] Tama**
When you make a pinky swear, whoever breaks
it has to a swallow a thousand needles!
**[03:47] Tama**
She's fighting to get her homeland back.
**[03:51] Tama**
But my daddy...
**[03:54] Tama**
He's dragging people like her into this!
**[03:58] Tama**
He says that we need the American
army's help to protect Japan!
**[04:04] Takeru**
I mean, we do need their help, right?
**[04:07] Tama**
But I'm scared...
**[04:09] Tama**
That he might've caused the coup
to get the Americans involved!
**[04:14] Kamiyo**
Shirogane Takeru.
**[04:17] Kamiyo**
Her Majesty has summoned you.
**[04:30] Yuuhi**
Ordinarily, your remarkable
TSF piloting abilities,
**[04:34] Yuuhi**
in addition to the other soldiers and
resources involved in this operation,
**[04:37] Yuuhi**
would have all been dedicated
to fighting the BETA.
**[04:40] Yuuhi**
Do you agree that it would be tragic to
see them lost in this kind of conflict?
**[04:47] Yuuhi**
So why did you hesitate to
administer the triazolam?
**[04:54] Yuuhi**
Shirogane...
**[04:55] ---**
In time, I can see you having
authority of your own.
**[04:58] Yuuhi**
That means you will be forced
to make many hard decisions.
**[05:02] Yuuhi**
And unfortunately, there will not
always be an obvious correct choice.
**[05:06] Yuuhi**
The choices that you will make, and the
direction in which they take you...
**[05:10] Yuuhi**
Should you find yourself lost,
**[05:12] ---**
have the courage to take a moment to
consider your original motivation.
**[05:15] Yuuhi**
And never hesitate to dirty your own hands.
**[05:19] Yuuhi**
Those who lead must never flinch in
the face of their responsibility.
**[05:23] Yuuhi**
That is all I wanted to tell you.
**[05:26] Yuuhi**
Thank you for coming during this
period of rest. You may go.
**[05:32] Yuuhi**
Shirogane? Is there
something you want to ask?
**[05:36] Takeru**
I was feeling like I lacked
patriotism as a Japanese person.
**[05:40] Takeru**
I think I can understand why Captain Sagiri
was willing to start an uprising
**[05:43] ---**
to change things.
**[05:45] Takeru**
But to me, there's something
more important.
**[05:47] Yuuhi**
And that is?
**[05:49] Takeru**
Humanity's collective focus should
be getting rid of the BETA.
**[05:54] Takeru**
Worrying about Japan's future
can wait until after that.
**[05:57] Takeru**
But it just doesn't even seem like humanity
wants to unite to get rid of the BETA.
**[06:02] Yuuhi**
What makes you question your patriotism?
**[06:06] Takeru**
Everyone in my squad has unique circumstances.
**[06:11] Takeru**
All of them have some major, if indirect,
connection to the country.
**[06:17] Takeru**
When I interact with them,
**[06:19] ---**
it feels like they take being Japanese
a lot more seriously than I do.
**[06:24] Ayamine**
* Our families have known each*
* other for a long time...*
**[06:27] Ayamine**
*And we were almost raised like siblings.*
**[06:31] (Flashback) Gen.Ayamine**
We're going to try and make
sure as many people as possible
**[06:33] (Flashback) ---**
can escape the peninsula safely.
**[06:36] (Flashback) Sagiri**
And we're going to survive.
**[06:39] (Flashback) Sagiri**
Both myself and the general.
**[06:40] (Flashback) Ayamine**
Okay. I'll be waiting.
**[06:44] Ayamine**
* The Tragedy of Gwanju.*
* That's what they called it.*
***SIGN*** UN HQ In Gwanju Lost
***SIGN*** Desertion Under Enemy Fire?
***SIGN*** Lieutenant General Ayamine
**[06:54] Sagiri**
*I'm sorry.*
**[06:56] (Flashback) Ayamine**
Naoya!
**[07:01] Ayamine**
Naoya...
**[07:02] Takeru**
There's the daughter of
UN Under-Secretary Tamase,
**[07:04] ---**
the daughter of former
Lieutenant General Ayamine...
**[07:07] Takeru**
Chief Yoroi's daughter, too.
**[07:10] Takeru**
Along with the daughter of Prime Minister
Sakaki, who was killed this morning.
**[07:15] Yuuhi**
Shirogane...
**[07:16] Yuuhi**
Call everyone here, please.
**[07:19] Yuuhi**
Major Walken...
**[07:21] Yuuhi**
For the assistance that the American
armed forces have provided,
**[07:24] Yuuhi**
as shogun of the nation of Japan, allow me
to express my most heartfelt gratitude.
**[07:37] Walken**
With all due respect, Your Majesty,
verbal thanks are more than enough.
**[07:46] Yuuhi**
Sergeant Jinguuji.
**[07:47] Marimo**
Ma'am!
**[07:48] Yuuhi**
Might I speak to your soldiers?
**[07:51] Marimo**
By all means.
**[07:52] Yuuhi**
You are Sakaki Korechika-dono's
daughter, yes?
**[07:55] Sakaki**
Ma'am!
**[07:56] Yuuhi**
Korechika-dono was a loyal subject.
**[07:59] Yuuhi**
You have my deepest condolences
on his untimely passing.
**[08:04] Yuuhi**
And I ask you to endure this
affair for just a bit longer.
**[08:08] Sakaki**
Yes...
**[08:09] Yuuhi**
You are Tamase Genjousai-dono's daughter, yes?
**[08:13] Yuuhi**
The benefits that your
father's tireless efforts
**[08:16] ---**
have brought to Japan cannot be understated.
**[08:21] Yuuhi**
And your choice to follow him in
service to the international community
**[08:25] ---**
is an admirable one.
**[08:26] Tama**
Right!
**[08:27] Yuuhi**
You are Yoroi Sakon-dono's daughter, yes?
**[08:29] Mikoto**
Yes, ma'am!
**[08:31] Yuuhi**
The shogun's house has the pleasure
of employing him rather frequently,
**[08:34] ---**
and I have met him myself many times.
**[08:37] Yuuhi**
I'm afraid in allowing this to happen,
**[08:39] ---**
I have once again prevented the
two of you from seeing each other.
**[08:44] Yuuhi**
I'm sure you're worried about him,
but you need only bear it for a bit longer.
**[08:48] Mikoto**
Yes, ma'am!
**[08:49] Yuuhi**
And you are?
**[08:50] Ayamine**
Cadet Ayamine Kei, ma'am.
**[08:54] Yuuhi**
I have received instruction in military
affairs from a great many officers.
**[09:01] Yuuhi**
And I am certain that all of them would
lament this current state of affairs.
**[09:07] Yuuhi**
"People should do what they
can for their country."
**[09:10] Yuuhi**
"And a country should do what
it can for its people."
**[09:16] Yuuhi**
One of my mentors would often say this,
**[09:18] ---**
and I carry his words in
my heart at all times.
**[09:22] Yuuhi**
The gravity of those words has never
been as clear to me as in this moment.
**[09:27] Yuuhi**
But I have no intention of playing
the part of underachieving pupil,
**[09:32] Yuuhi**
so can you endure for just a moment longer?
**[09:35] Ayamine**
Yes, ma'am.
**[09:38] Yuuhi**
Cadet Shirogane.
**[09:40] Takeru**
Ma'am!
**[09:41] Yuuhi**
I'd like to offer my heartfelt
thanks to you once again.
**[09:43] Yuuhi**
I can only hope this will help you
find the answers you are seeking.
**[09:48] Yuuhi**
Now, then, with the long-standing
conflict against the BETA,
**[09:51] ---**
our citizens are on the verge
of spiritual exhaustion.
**[09:54] Yuuhi**
Sadly, as I currently am, I'm unable
to even offer a measure of comfort.
**[09:58] Yuuhi**
It's never been more apparent to
me how much I am still lacking.
**[10:00] Yuuhi**
But in spite of that, I still
wish to protect my people...
**[10:03] ---**
To protect their souls, and their country.
**[10:06] Takeru**
*I get it.*
**[10:08] Takeru**
* When they talk about the country,*
* they don't mean the government.*
**[10:10] Yuuhi**
I'm sure those who haven
risen up in this fashion
**[10:13] ---**
let the same noble desire
overwhelm their reason.
**[10:16] Yuuhi**
There is no doubt that they have killed
their countrymen, which is a grievous sin...
**[10:22] Yuuhi**
For which they will face appropriate punishment,
after being tried in a court of law.
**[10:28] Yuuhi**
But...
**[10:29] ---**
I ask that you show some small forgiveness
when considering their motivation.
**[10:33] Yuuhi**
Because the blame for
that lies with me alone.
**[10:36] Yuuhi**
And the notion of humanity's defenders
being counted among the dead, for my sake,
**[10:42] ---**
is something that cannot
be allowed to continue!
**[10:46] Yuuhi**
Which is why I will speak
with the insurgents myself!
**[10:51] Walken**
Your Majesty?!
**[10:53] Yuuhi**
Tsukuyomi, bring me a Takemikazuchi!
**[10:56] Meiya**
Please, wait.
**[11:02] Meiya**
I am Cadet Mitsurugi Meiya.
**[11:05] Meiya**
And with all due respect, I must insist...
**[11:07] Meiya**
That the duty of negotiating
with the insurgents fall to me.
**[11:12] Meiya**
I have often been described as
the living image of Your Majesty.
**[11:16] Meiya**
I beg of you...
**[11:16] Yuuhi**
This is a responsibility
that belongs to me alone.
**[11:20] Meiya**
Your Majesty, your responsibility
is nothing as small as this.
**[11:25] Meiya**
Were anything to happen to you, it would
almost certainly mean doom for the Empire.
**[11:30] Meiya**
If you truly consider yourself
responsible for this conflict,
**[11:34] Meiya**
then you must understand that you do not
personally need to quell their uprising.
**[11:40] Meiya**
I beg you for your permission.
**[11:44] Takeru**
*Meiya...*
**[11:58] Yuuhi**
I leave this matter to you.
**[12:02] Tsukuyomi**
Major...
**[12:04] Tsukuyomi**
I believe having the cadet
act as a body double
**[12:06] ---**
will increase our chances of being
able to break past the encirclement.
**[12:10] Tsukuyomi**
If she's able to talk down the insurgents,
then all the better.
**[12:13] Tsukuyomi**
But if she fails, she'll be providing
a distraction that will improve
**[12:16] ---**
the chances of Her Majesty's escape.
**[12:18] Tsukuyomi**
And even if she is captured,
**[12:20] ---**
by the time they realize who she is,
Her Majesty will be at the Yokohama Base.
**[12:24] Walken**
This doesn't seem to be in the spirit
of what Her Majesty wanted.
**[12:29] Walken**
And the royal guard has no problem with that?
**[12:31] Tsukuyomi**
The odds it offers for all
soldiers safely returning home
**[12:33] ---**
are no worse than any other plan.
**[12:35] Tsukuyomi**
And even if the negotiations are successful,
**[12:36] ---**
the insurgents will be executed eventually.
**[12:39] Tsukuyomi**
I believe Her Majesty proposed
the plan fully aware of that.
**[12:42] Walken**
She's willing to go that far?
**[12:44] Takeru**
Major!
**[12:45] Takeru**
Requesting permission to speak!
**[12:48] Marimo**
Pipe down, Shirogane!
**[12:49] Walken**
What is it with this guy?
**[12:50] Takeru**
Ma'am!
**[12:51] Takeru**
Thank you for permission, sir!
**[12:53] Marimo**
Damn it!
**[12:56] Takeru**
I'm volunteering as well.
**[12:57] Walken**
To what end?
**[12:58] Takeru**
Sir, it'd be smart to have the
shogun's body double in my unit,
**[13:01] Takeru**
where the real deal had been riding.
**[13:03] Takeru**
There's a good chance they've already determined
my unit is the one the shogun is aboard,
**[13:07] Takeru**
which will help with the
authenticity of the ruse.
**[13:09] Takeru**
Please, Major!
**[13:13] Major**
You've already balked at my orders once.
**[13:15] Major**
Is there some reason I should trust you now?
**[13:20] Takeru**
No.
**[13:21] Major**
Then why?
**[13:22] Takeru**
At first I thought that this conflict
was a stupid fight between humans.
**[13:27] Takeru**
But after considering a lot of different
perspectives and positions during the mission,
**[13:30] Takeru**
I wasn't sure what to do anymore.
**[13:34] ---**
But I've realized one thing:
**[13:36] ---**
That I'm a Japanese person,
**[13:39] ---**
and I need to consider what needs to be
done to achieve my goals, take those actions,
**[13:42] ---**
and take responsibility for
what happens as a result.
**[13:44] ---**
That's why I'm volunteering.
**[13:49] Walken**
And what exactly is your goal?
**[13:51] Takeru**
Victory for mankind, sir!
**[13:56] Walken**
I get where you're coming from.
**[13:58] Walken**
But they would be suspicious if you
approached them by yourself.
**[14:01] Tsukuyomi**
A royal guard escort will likely be
necessary to make it convincing.
**[14:05] Tsukuyomi**
Do you agree, Major?
**[14:08] Walken**
We're going with your plan!
**[14:10] Walken**
Dismissed!
**[14:15] Tsukuyomi**
Look after Meiya-sama.
**[14:58] Irma**
Dad...
**[15:00] Walken**
*Hunter-1 to all units.*
**[15:02] Walken**
*I'm going to brief you on the plan.*
**[15:04] Walken**
* Sixty seconds prior to*
* the end of the ceasefire,*
**[15:06] Walken**
* Lt. Tsukuyomi is going to make contact*
* with the rebels via open channel*
**[15:10] ---**
*and make an offer for negotiations.*
**[15:14] Walken**
* For information security, data links*
* are to be disabled during the plan.*
**[15:19] Walken**
* Our success is going to be riding on*
* all of you using your best judgment.*
**[15:22] Takeru**
It's okay. I know you can pull this off.
**[15:24] Walken**
*I'm counting on you all.*
**[15:27] Everybody**
Roger!
**[15:30] Tsukuyomi**
This message is for Captain Sagiri.
**[15:32] Tsukuyomi**
I am Lt. Tsukuyomi with
the Imperial Royal Guard.
**[15:36] Tsukuyomi**
If you are open to discussion,
then I request a response.
**[15:39] Sagiri**
*This is Captain Sagiri.*
**[15:42] Sagiri**
* Have you come to a conclusion*
* with your deliberations?*
**[15:44] Tsukuyomi**
Her Majesty would like to
speak to you in person.
**[15:48] Sagiri**
Is that true?
**[15:50] Tsukuyomi**
* Whether you believe it or*
* not is your choice to make.*
**[16:10] Sagiri**
It is an honor to be in your presence.
**[16:14] Sagiri**
I am Captain Sagiri Naoya,
**[16:16] ---**
with the Mainland Defense Force Imperial
Capital Guard's 1st Tactical Armored Regiment.
**[16:22] Meiya**
Raise your head.
**[16:24] Sagiri**
Ma'am...
**[16:29] Meiya**
It is truly unfortunate that we must
meet under these circumstances.
**[16:35] Sagiri**
I cannot begin to apologize for
having caused you such concern.
**[16:41] Sagiri**
But I beg your patience until the
corruption of the Empire has been excised.
**[16:47] Meiya**
The fact that I caused you all to feel this
was necessary is what truly frustrates me.
**[16:52] Meiya**
I have no doubts that our government
has worked in the interests
**[16:55] ---**
of our country, our people,
and the world at large.
**[16:58] Meiya**
It is my inability to help reconcile
the differences among my subjects
**[17:01] ---**
that is to blame for what has happened.
**[17:03] Sagiri**
With all due respect, Your Majesty,
**[17:05] Sagiri**
if differences cause discord between those
**[17:07] Sagiri**
who would seek to make your
will into political reality...
**[17:09] Sagiri**
it falls to the government and the military
to mend those relationships, not yourself.
**[17:13] Sagiri**
But they have proven they lack the
ability to regulate themselves,
**[17:16] Sagiri**
with no consideration for
the grief it causes you.
**[17:19] Meiya**
I understand what you wish to say.
**[17:21] Meiya**
But it does not change the
fact that responsibility
**[17:24] ---**
the state of our nation
falls to myself, as shogun.
**[17:27] Meiya**
There is no need for you and your
comrades to shed blood in my name.
**[17:31] Sagiri**
Forgive me.
**[17:32] Sagiri**
Hearing your words is truly
like having my spirit cleansed.
**[17:36] Sagiri**
But given this opportunity
to speak to you,
**[17:39] Sagiri**
there is something that I must make you
aware of, as much as it shames me to do so.
**[17:44] Meiya**
By all means.
**[17:45] Sagiri**
This escalation is the result of the
conspiracy meant to play into America's hands!
**[17:51] Sagiri**
It has been said that one of
our men made the first attack,
**[17:54] Sagiri**
but after looking into the
soldier who opened fire,
**[17:56] Sagiri**
we were able to confirm he was in the
employ of an American intelligence agency.
**[18:04] Takeru**
*Damn!*
**[18:06] Sagiri**
America, in its desire to
regain influence in the Far East,
**[18:08] ---**
intends to take you into custody
as a means of ending this conflict.
**[18:11] Sagiri**
That is the nature of their scheme.
**[18:13] Sagiri**
*And it is the interim government in Sendai,*
**[18:17] ---**
* who so readily accepted*
* American intervention,*
**[18:19] Sagiri**
*and who turned the capital into a battlefield*
**[18:22] ---**
* by covering up your attempt*
* to order a ceasefire!*
**[18:26] Sagiri**
That said, I was unable to
prevent what happened.
**[18:29] Sagiri**
And my guilt cannot be...
**[18:32] Meiya**
If you care so much for your nation...
**[18:35] Meiya**
For your people... for Koubuin Yuuhi...
**[18:41] Meiya**
What drove you to strike
down your fellow man?!
**[18:46] Meiya**
Bloodshed gives rise to
more bloodshed, birthing conflict.
**[18:52] Meiya**
Even if you intended express the true
will of the shogun to the people...
**[19:00] Meiya**
How can you condemn the
government who forced people
**[19:02] ---**
from their homes on Mount Tengen
after what you have done?
**[19:05] Meiya**
How can you claim to speak for the people?
**[19:07] ---**
Not after what you have done!
**[19:11] Meiya**
The nation of Japan exists
in the heart of its people.
**[19:15] Meiya**
And the shogun is a mirror
that reflects those hearts.
**[19:20] Meiya**
To defend Japan is to defend its people!
**[19:24] Meiya**
Because there is no such thing as
a country without those people.
**[19:28] Meiya**
You should have known that
better than any other,
**[19:30] Meiya**
yet you have found yourself astray.
**[19:33] Meiya**
But it is not too late to do the right thing.
**[19:36] Meiya**
This conflict must be brought to
an end as quickly as possible,
**[19:39] ---**
so that the people's
hearts can be unburdened.
**[19:42] Meiya**
And only one person can save the
lives of your compatriots...
**[19:46] Meiya**
As well as the the lives of the Imperial,
American, and UN soldiers involved.
**[19:50] Meiya**
Only you can do this.
**[19:53] Meiya**
Your concerns for Japan's
future are not lost on me.
**[20:00] Meiya**
The lessons I have learned
today will inform me,
**[20:02] ---**
as I devote myself to the betterment
of our country and its people.
**[20:06] Meiya**
In the name of Koubuin Yuuhi...
**[20:09] Meiya**
I swear to you.
**[20:18] Sagiri**
Your Majesty...
**[20:19] Sagiri**
The fates of my comrades...
are in your hands.
**[20:47] Sagiri**
Enemy attack!
**[20:48] Takeru**
Wh-What the—
**[20:50] Takeru**
What just happened?!
**[20:52] Meiya**
Stop!
**[20:53] Meiya**
Don't do it!
**[20:55] Walken**
Hunter-2, why did you fire?!
**[20:57] Walken**
Hunter-2!
**[21:00] Tsukuyomi**
What are you doing, Shirogane?!
**[21:01] Tsukuyomi**
Get back!
**[21:04] Meiya**
It's not too late!
**[21:06] Meiya**
There might still be a chance—
**[21:07] Takeru**
Damn it, just put your safety harness on!
**[21:10] Meiya**
But—
**[21:11] Takeru**
I am not letting you die here!
**[21:13] Takeru**
You're gonna live to see Her Majesty!
**[21:17] Takeru**
*Why?!*
**[21:19] ---**
*How the hell did it come to this?!*
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E12 - Fate
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***SIGN*** Fate
**[01:43] Walken**
*Hunter-4, I want you covering 207-06.*
**[01:46] Hunter-4**
*Hunter-4 here! There are too many hostiles!*
**[01:49] Tsukuyomi**
*I'll take the two at 2 o'clock.*
**[01:51] Tsukuyomi**
*06, head in the direction of Shimoda!*
**[01:53] Takeru**
R-Roger!
**[02:05] Irma**
What was I just doing?
**[02:07] Tama**
*Four enemies dead ahead!*
**[02:10] Irma**
Miki?
**[02:14] Walken**
*207-00.*
**[02:17] Walken**
* I want you, 207-06, and 19-01 to rendezvous,*
* and take down anything in your way!*
**[02:22] Marimo**
00, copy that!
**[02:23] Marimo**
01! 04! Keep pace with me!
**[02:26] Sakaki**
*R-Roger.*
**[02:26] Ayamine**
*Roger.*
**[02:28] Takeru**
*You guys better not die on me.*
**[02:29] Takeru**
* You should be able to escape*
* with Yuuko-sensei's new OS.*
**[02:35] Mikoto**
We have to hold them here!
**[02:43] Tama**
Lt. Irma?!
**[02:47] Irma**
We'll handle things here!
**[02:49] Irma**
Join up with your squad!
**[02:51] Tama**
*R-Right! Thank you!*
**[02:54] Irma**
Make sure to stay alive!
**[02:57] USAF**
Hunter-2, you're too far afield!
**[03:00] Walken**
*What the hell was that, Hunter-2?!*
**[03:02] Walken**
*Why did you open fire?!*
**[03:04] Irma**
I did what?
**[03:06] CIA**
*You shot at Her Majesty the Shogun.*
**[03:13] Walken**
*Stay in motion, Hunter-2!*
**[03:20] Tama**
Lt. Irma?
**[03:26] Mikoto**
*Miki-san, you've gotta keep moving!*
**[03:31] Meiya**
Takeru, what's happening?
**[03:35] Takeru**
*This is bad.*
**[03:40] Takeru**
Where the hell did that come from?!
**[03:41] CIA**
Damn it! None of this is going to plan.
**[03:44] CIA**
Let's start with the body double.
**[03:47] Walken**
I used my authorization as
commander to lock your weapons.
**[03:52] CIA**
Captain?
**[03:54] Walken**
I never imagined my unit
would be infiltrated.
**[03:58] CIA**
You should've just shot me
when you had the chance.
**[04:02] Walken**
I'm dragging you back home, where you'll
face justice in the American legal system.
**[04:09] CIA**
Sorry, Captain.
**[04:13] Walken**
He disabled the lock?!
**[04:15] Walken**
That can't—
**[04:23] Takeru**
Why?!
**[04:24] Meiya**
Takeru...
**[04:26] Takeru**
It's okay! We're fine!
**[04:29] Takeru**
*Oh, right... She's not in a Fortified Suit!*
**[04:32] Meiya**
You needn't worry about me.
**[04:35] Takeru**
I know!
**[04:38] Sagiri**
Damn you Americans!
**[04:41] Sagiri**
When will it end?!
**[04:44] CIA**
What?!
**[04:45] Walken**
Stop!
**[04:46] Walken**
Don't kill him!
**[04:58] Walken**
Killing the only source of testimony we had...
**[05:00] Walken**
Hunter-1 to 06, keep moving.
**[05:03] Takeru**
Major?
**[05:04] Hunter**
I said go!
**[05:05] Takeru**
R-Roger!
**[05:08] Sagiri**
You arrogant Americans...
**[05:11] Sagiri**
will not interfere anymore.
**[05:16] Walken**
Lt. Tsukuyomi was right.
**[05:18] Walken**
I think I've underestimated you people.
**[05:22] Walken**
But I'm still a US soldier!
**[05:30] Sagiri**
As long as Her Majesty lives,
our nation will change.
**[05:33] Sagiri**
I've set down the bloodstained
path of a renegade.
**[05:37] Sagiri**
And there's no turning back now.
**[05:40] Walken**
On the honor of my homeland...
**[05:44] Walken**
I can't let you pass!
**[05:47] Sagiri**
If nothing else, wherever those who
would defy Her Majesty's wishes stand...
**[05:53] Sagiri**
I will see them fall!
**[06:04] Walken**
He's holding up well against my Raptor!
**[06:06] Sagiri**
Impressive!
**[06:12] Walken**
What?!
**[06:14] Walken**
Is this what he was aiming for?!
**[06:18] Sagiri**
I'll be joining you soon.
**[06:21] Sagiri**
Go on ahead.
**[06:25] Takeru**
M-Major!
**[06:26] Meiya**
Did something happen to him?!
**[06:41] Takeru**
*I-I'm dead!*
**[06:52] Takeru**
Class Rep!
**[07:01] Ayamine**
Please, stop!
**[07:04] Takeru**
Don't do it!
**[07:06] Takeru**
That's Ayamine in there!
**[07:17] Takeru**
Tsukuyomi-san!
**[07:18] Meiya**
Tsukuyomi?
**[07:19] Tsukuyomi**
Get back. None of you are a match for him.
**[07:22] Tsukuyomi**
You're in the way!
**[07:26] Sagiri**
Lt. Tsukuyomi?
**[07:33] Marimo**
*00 to all units. We're getting out of here.*
**[07:42] Tsukuyomi**
Captain Sagiri!
**[07:44] Sagiri**
You're a member of the royal guard!
**[07:46] Sagiri**
Why would you side with the Americans?!
**[07:49] Sagiri**
Are you really so desperate
to serve your own interests?!
**[07:54] Sagiri**
That you'd bow to outsiders?!
**[07:57] Sagiri**
Answer me, Lieutenant!
**[08:02] Sagiri**
* Or has Japan become so infatuated*
* with the honor of serving mankind...*
**[08:07] Sagiri**
* That it's willing to throw its*
* dignity and integrity...*
**[08:11] Sagiri**
*into oblivion?*
**[08:13] Sagiri**
*Those who fought before us*
**[08:16] ---**
* didn't die so that Japan could*
* be twisted into what it's become!*
**[08:21] Sagiri**
* If we remain dormant after today, then what*
* possible salvation is there for Japan?!*
**[08:32] Tsukuyomi**
* Captain Sagiri... I don't*
* appreciate your tone.*
**[08:36] (Flashback) Tsukuyomi**
I'd think any citizen of this
nation would understand.
**[08:44] Tsukuyomi**
*Captain Sagiri...*
**[08:48] Sagiri**
What is it?
**[08:49] Tsukuyomi**
* I think that you and your comrades*
* have already shown the way.*
**[08:55] Tsukuyomi**
I believe that your actions today
**[08:58] ---**
have stirred the dignity and
integrity of our people.
**[09:01] ---**
* have stirred the dignity and*
* integrity of our people.*
**[09:04] Takeru**
Lt. Tsukuyomi's...
**[09:06] Meiya**
Tsukuyomi...
**[09:09] Tsukuyomi**
*But your means are still inexcusable.*
**[09:13] Sagiri**
I was prepared to do no less.
**[09:15] Tsukuyomi**
The fact that you would go to such lengths,
**[09:18] ---**
yet still be willing to risk your life
in service to our nation...
**[09:22] Tsukuyomi**
is something I commend you for.
**[09:26] Sagiri**
I've done what needed to be done.
**[09:29] Sagiri**
I don't care about accolades
or condemnation.
**[09:42] Tsukuyomi**
Then all that's left for me to do...
**[09:44] Tsukuyomi**
is to help you die with honor!
***SIGN*** Patriot
**[10:27] Sagiri**
Dying to herald Japan's new dawn...
**[10:32] Sagiri**
is a fate as fine as any.
**[10:49] Sagiri**
I leave the rest... to you.
**[11:25] Rebels**
Captain!
**[11:27] Rebels**
It's over.
**[11:39] Takeru**
Was this his endgame all along?
**[11:51] Komaki**
Captain....
***SIGN*** Yokohama, 1999
**[11:56] (Flashback) USAF**
Clear the area immediately.
**[11:58] (Flashback) USAF**
We're deploying a new anti-Hive weapon.
**[12:02] (Flashback) Komaki**
Lieutenant!
**[12:08] (Flashback) Sagiri**
Don't do it! You can't—
**[12:17] Gen.Ayamine**
* People should do what they*
* can for their country.*
**[12:21] Gen.Ayamine**
* And a country should do what*
* it can for its people.*
**[12:28] (Flashback) Ayamine**
I don't know what to believe anymore.
**[12:41] Sagiri**
* I suppose the time has*
* come to find my resolve.*
**[12:45] Sagiri**
* The resolve to see this through,*
* with my own hands...*
**[12:49] Sagiri**
* Things need to change*
* before they lose their place of return.*
**[13:08] Komaki**
Captain Sagiri!
**[13:15] Takeru**
That Takemikazuchi...
**[13:22] Takeru**
Hey, Meiya. About Captain Sagiri...
**[13:26] Meiya**
I know.
**[13:30] Marimo**
What are you doing, Shirogane?!
Stay in formation!
**[13:33] Meiya**
Takeru! What is this?!
**[13:38] Kamijo**
That insolent...
**[13:40] Yuuhi**
It's all right.
**[13:42] Yuuhi**
Please, keep flying.
**[13:46] Takeru**
If you two aren't even allowed to talk...
**[13:50] Takeru**
Then this is the least I can do for you.
**[14:08] Marimo**
As of 13:23 today...
**[14:12] Marimo**
The rebel forces that had resisted
until that point surrendered.
**[14:17] Marimo**
The interim government in
Sendai officially announced
**[14:19] ---**
that the coup d'état has
been brought to a close.
**[14:23] UN**
Present arms!
**[14:27] UN**
Salute the ruling Shogun of Japan,
Her Majesty, Koubuin Yuuhi!
**[14:40] Takeru**
*The price was steep.*
**[14:44] Takeru**
* But I can't say all the*
* bloodshed was in vain.*
**[14:47] Takeru**
* I'm going to do what only*
* I can do to save humanity.*
**[14:52] Takeru**
* As the only Japanese person who*
* has seen three different worlds...*
**[14:57] Yuuhi**
Please, be at ease.
**[14:59] Marimo**
At ease!
**[15:01] Yuuhi**
For your efforts in these events,
you all have my deepest gratitude.
**[15:07] Yuuhi**
I have no doubt that what has happened
is a cause for sorrow in our nation,
**[15:11] ---**
and in the world at large.
**[15:14] Yuuhi**
Is mankind not able to move forward
without spilling its own blood?
**[15:19] Yuuhi**
I continue to believe that is not the case.
**[15:22] Yuuhi**
And it is all of you who embody that belief.
**[15:27] Yuuhi**
What has happened today
will serve as a lesson,
**[15:32] ---**
as I dedicate myself to my duties as Shogun.
**[15:34] Yuuhi**
The United Nations, the Empire,
and even different individuals...
**[15:37] Yuuhi**
While each may have their
own distinct concerns,
**[15:40] Yuuhi**
I believe that their goals, that their
fundamental motivation, is one and the same.
**[15:44] Yuuhi**
That is what I believe.
**[15:47] Yuuhi**
I entrust humanity's future to you all.
**[15:51] 207th**
Ma'am!
**[16:01] Yuuhi**
You have my most heartfelt thanks.
**[16:16] Takeru**
Oh, right. Meiya...
**[16:17] Takeru**
I was told to give this to you.
**[16:22] Meiya**
Th-That's...
**[16:29] Takeru**
It was the only thing she brought with her.
**[16:32] Takeru**
Even if it was only a few days...
**[16:34] (Flashback) Yuuhi**
Even if it was only a few days, it's a
symbol of the time that we spent together.
**[16:39] Takeru**
That's what she said.
**[16:45] Meiya**
You knew all along?
**[16:50] Takeru**
Knew what?
**[16:52] Meiya**
No... it's nothing.
**[17:06] Takeru**
*I'm going to do this.*
**[17:08] Takeru**
* To protect everything with dignity*
* and integrity, including everything*
**[17:11] ---**
*Her Majesty was worried about.*
**[17:19] Marimo**
Yoroi Mikoto...
**[17:21] Mikoto**
Yes?
**[17:22] Marimo**
The 11th Force Military Police
needs a word with you.
**[17:29] Marimo**
Go with them.
**[17:31] Mikoto**
Yes, ma'am!
**[17:34] Marimo**
I wouldn't worry.
**[17:36] Marimo**
There's a limit to what the
MPs can expect from a cadet.
**[17:48] Tama**
Lt. Irma...
**[17:50] Tama**
When we get it all back, I promise,
**[17:53] ---**
I'll visit your homeland.
***SIGN*** Sakaki Family Grave
**[18:08] Sakaki**
I've got some growing up to do.
**[18:12] Yuuhi**
My beloved countrymen.
**[18:16] Yuuhi**
I cannot begin to apologize for the
difficulty you have experienced recently.
**[18:24] Yuuhi**
This uprising was brought on by young people
who sought to correct our nation's course,
**[18:28] ---**
a state of affairs brought
on by my own failings.
**[18:34] Yuuhi**
The things they have done
are by no means permissible.
**[18:39] Yuuhi**
But I cannot condemn the frustration and
dedication to a new dawn for our country
**[18:43] ---**
that led them to rise up.
**[18:47] Yuuhi**
After what has happened, I believe
it is important to consider
**[18:51] ---**
what it means to be Japanese,
and also what it truly should mean.
**[18:56] Yuuhi**
I am sure that this will be a source
of strength as mankind unites as one
**[18:59] ---**
to battle the menace that threatens us all.
**[19:04] Yuuhi**
And as the war rages on
with no end in sight,
**[19:07] ---**
I'm sure you will all be beset with anxiety.
**[19:12] Yuuhi**
Which is why all of us must steel ourselves
as we contend with these dark times.
**[19:19] Yuuhi**
These men, who took up their weapons
against friend instead of foe,
**[19:24] ---**
gave their lives to
demonstrate this to us all.
**[19:27] Yuuhi**
So that the pride and strength
within us all might be reawakened.
**[19:33] Yuuhi**
Nothing of value is gained through inaction.
**[19:36] Yuuhi**
But without a clear goal in mind,
**[19:39] ---**
and by simply lashing out,
**[19:42] ---**
there is no hope of gaining
that which you truly seek.
**[19:47] Yuuhi**
With their noble aims as inspiration,
it is my hope that we will stand as one,
**[19:52] Yuuhi**
and overcome these turbulent times together.
**[19:56] Yuuhi**
Those who sacrificed their lives for
their countrymen and homeland...
**[19:59] Yuuhi**
And the hearts of those who
died fulfilling their duties...
**[20:03] Yuuhi**
I beg you to never forget them.
**[20:06] Yuuhi**
It is my intention to continue forward,
propelled by their collective will.
**[20:10] Yuuhi**
And I ask that you all share your
strength with me in the times to come.
**[20:16] Ayamine**
*What an idiot.*
**[20:18] Yuuhi**
Let us all walk toward the future,
**[20:21] ---**
so that the mistakes of the
past might not be repeated.
**[20:26] Yuuko**
This paid off better than I expected.
**[20:28] Yoroi**
I'm glad that I worked myself
to the bone to pull it off, then.
**[20:32] Yoroi**
So, what exactly happens next, Professor?
**[20:37] Yuuko**
Let's call it a fairy tale.
**[20:41] Yuuko**
One that's very intimate...
**[20:43] Yuuko**
Yet very epic in scale.
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
**[22:19] Rab**
We will now commence the graduation ceremony
**[22:23] ---**
for the the 207th Surface
Pilot Training Flight.
**[22:26] Sakaki**
We're finally...
**[22:27] Takeru**
Regular troops!
**[22:31] Marimo**
Congratulations on your
commissions, Lieutenants!
**[22:38] Takeru**
We're finally in!
**[22:38] Mikoto**
Yeah!
**[22:44] Yuuko**
She'll be here soon.
# E13 - Graduation
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G50UZPXMZ/graduation)
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**[00:05] Meiya**
Takeru? Takeru!
**[00:08] Meiya**
You need to wake up, Takeru.
**[00:11] Takeru**
Meiya?
**[00:12] Meiya**
What's wrong? Are you still half-asleep?
**[00:18] Takeru**
What—
**[00:18] Takeru**
a-a-a-are you doing in my bed?!
**[00:23] Meiya**
Ah, well, I just wanted to
watch your sleeping face.
**[00:28] Takeru**
Enough to trespass?!
**[00:31] Sumika**
Takeru-chan...
**[00:37] Takeru**
Hang on a sec!
**[00:41] Sumika**
Seriously, Takeru-chan?!
**[00:43] Sumika**
How can you be doing this first thing
in the morning?! It's bad karma!
**[02:17] Sumika**
You're so awful! I kept screaming
and you didn't even notice!
**[02:22] Takeru**
I couldn't hear you. Why didn't you
just come in through the front door?
***SIGN*** Graduation
**[02:26] Sumika**
There was a new door!
**[02:29] Meiya**
A-All I did was make a few minor renovations
**[02:32] Meiya**
using some prototype materials
our company has developed.
**[02:34] Takeru**
And you weren't *trying* to lock Sumika out?
**[02:37] Meiya**
Of course not!
**[02:38] Sumika**
It's unfair! When you play hardball,
there's nothing I can do, Mitsurugi-san!
**[02:44] Meiya**
It wasn't my intention to exclude you, Kagami.
Takeru simply didn't hear you.
**[02:44] Takeru**
*This is it. This is what Sumika was like.*
**[02:47] Takeru**
* She had the power to blow all*
* my other thoughts away.*
**[02:48] Sumika**
No fair!
**[02:50] Meiya**
Next time, you should be able
to enter through the front door.
**[02:50] Takeru**
* It's such a relief that she didn't*
* have to deal with the other world.*
**[02:53] Sumika**
Is something wrong, Takeru-chan?
**[02:55] Takeru**
Nah, it's nothing.
**[02:57] Sumika**
You're acting weird! It's so sketchy...
**[03:00] Takeru**
How, exactly?
**[03:01] Takeru**
Aw, crap, we're gonna be late!
**[03:02] Sumika**
Wait up, Takeru-chan!
**[03:04] Meiya**
Don't leave me behind!
**[03:08] Takeru**
* How long will I be able*
* to stay in my old world?*
**[03:12] (Flashback) Yuuko**
Between 15 to 18 hours, I'd say.
**[03:14] (Flashback) Takeru**
That long?
**[03:15] (Flashback) Yuuko**
I wouldn't start celebrating yet.
**[03:17] (Flashback) Yuuko**
It's going to be an immense power
expenditure to transfer you over there.
**[03:22] (Flashback) Yuuko**
And the mental burden on Yashiro when we
bring you back is going to be immeasurable.
**[03:27] (Flashback) Kasumi**
It's ready.
**[03:29] (Flashback) Yuuko**
You need to treat this like our last shot.
**[03:33] (Flashback) Takeru**
Understood!
**[03:38] Chizuru**
Good morning.
**[03:40] Chizuru**
The three of you are just
shy of late again, I see.
**[03:43] Sumika**
Sakaki-san!
**[03:45] Sumika**
Mitsurugi-san was trying to modify
Takeru-chan with some new stuff she invented!
**[03:48] Chizuru**
Wait, what? She's modifying Shirogane-kun?
**[03:49] Takeru**
*Class Rep was a lot girlier over here.*
**[03:52] Sumika**
No, his house!
**[03:54] Meiya**
I-I did no such thing!
**[03:56] Tama**
Good morning!
**[03:58] Mikoto**
Takeru-san!
**[03:59] Ayamine**
Hey, Takeru!
**[04:00] Takeru**
Yo.
**[04:01] Tama**
Hey, hey, hey!
**[04:03] Takeru**
Morning, Tama, gang.
**[04:04] Tama**
Good morning, Takeru-san!
**[04:07] Mikoto**
Morning, everyone!
**[04:07] Takeru**
*School, the classroom, my classmates...*
**[04:08] Ayamine**
H'lo.
**[04:09] Takeru**
*A quiet, peaceful world.*
**[04:12] Takeru**
*I used to take it all for granted.*
**[04:15] Mikoto**
I dunno why, Takeru, but it feels like
I haven't seen you in three years.
**[04:22] Yuuko**
Okay, everyone, in your seats.
**[04:25] Yuuko**
Now, what better way to start a Monday
**[04:27] Yuuko**
than driving some of you
into the depths of despair?
**[04:32] Yuuko**
Time for test results. When your name
is called, stand at your desk, please.
**[04:36] Yuuko**
Usami.
**[04:37] Usami**
Here.
**[04:38] Yuuko**
Nakamura.
**[04:38] Nakamura**
Here.
**[04:39] Yuuko**
Tanaka.
**[04:39] Tanaka**
Here.
**[04:40] Yuuko**
Fukuma.
**[04:41] Fukuma**
Here!
**[04:41] Yuuko**
Ishino.
**[04:42] Ishino**
Here...
**[04:42] Yuuko**
Motoyama.
**[04:43] Motoyama**
Here.
**[04:44] Yuuko**
Kusunoki.
**[04:45] Kusunoki**
Here.
**[04:46] Yuuko**
Shirogane.
**[04:47] Takeru**
Here.
**[04:49] Yuuko**
I want you to come by the
physics lab during lunch.
**[04:53] Takeru**
Wait, only me?
**[04:55] Yuuko**
I don't mind dragging you
there right now, personally...
**[05:00] Takeru**
I understand.
**[05:02] Sumika**
That's what he gets for never studying...
**[05:05] Chizuru**
Rise.
**[05:06] Chizuru**
Bow. Be seated.
***SIGN*** Physics Laboratory
**[05:09] Takeru**
Excuse me.
**[05:12] Yuuko**
There you are.
**[05:14] Takeru**
I'm here to pick up what we discussed.
**[05:17] Yuuko**
Now, what was that again?
**[05:23] Takeru**
I need the thing I asked you about, please.
**[05:25] Yuuko**
I know. That's why I went out
of the way to call you over.
**[05:29] Yuuko**
What kind of time limit are you dealing with?
**[05:31] Takeru**
Ma'am! I was told 15 to 18 hours.
**[05:38] Yuuko**
I really am fantastic!
**[05:39] Takeru**
Wh-What's going on?
**[05:45] Yuuko**
Here you go.
**[05:46] Takeru**
More paper documents?
**[05:47] Yuuko**
It's not like we had a choice.
It's the most reliable.
**[05:51] Yuuko**
No complaining. Go ahead and take it along.
**[05:53] Takeru**
Right.
**[05:54] Takeru**
*With this, Alternative IV can be completed—*
**[05:59] Yuuko**
Huh, an actual six-pack.
**[06:03] Yuuko**
That's so bizarre.
**[06:04] Yuuko**
I wonder how the differences between the
two versions of you get balanced out.
**[06:08] Takeru**
M-Maybe it has to do with
having a stronger will?
**[06:14] Yuuko**
I almost regret letting you go back.
**[06:15] Takeru**
Gimme a break here.
**[06:17] Yuuko**
I'm just playing.
**[06:19] Yuuko**
I had no idea my brainstorming
would be this kind of useful.
**[06:23] Yuuko**
Why don't you run along and save the world,
**[06:25] Yuuko**
and when you get back, I'll be waiting
for an even more interesting story.
**[06:28] Takeru**
I swear, once it's all over....
**[06:32] Takeru**
I'll be back.
**[06:33] Takeru**
I'll come home.
**[06:38] Takeru**
*I've done everything I needed to do.*
**[06:42] Takeru**
*All that's left is to run out the clock.*
**[06:46] Mikoto**
Mr. Jizo Statue, I hope you'll forgive me
for eating your offering so I can get taller—
**[06:53] Mikoto**
I guess I shouldn't, huh?
**[06:55] Takeru**
*There's still time until I have to go back.*
**[07:02] Takeru**
*But if I stay here...*
**[07:06] Takeru**
* There's no telling what kind*
* of effect it could have.*
**[07:14] Takeru**
*I'll have to say goodbye for a while.*
**[07:19] Takeru**
* And once I've taken care*
* of business, I can see them again.*
**[07:32] Sumika**
Takeru-chan, you're awake, right?
**[07:35] Sumika**
Takeru-chan! Takeru-chan, come on!
**[07:39] Takeru**
Sumika?
**[07:43] Sumika**
Y'know, Takeru-chan, you were
acting weird today.
**[07:47] Takeru**
I was?
**[07:48] Sumika**
Yeah! Even now, it's like you're
in a mood or something.
**[07:52] Sumika**
To be more specific, it's,
like... pretty different.
**[07:56] Takeru**
How is that any more specific?
**[07:58] Sumika**
The point is, you're acting weird! Weird!
**[08:01] Takeru**
Okay, then. I guess I've been weird.
**[08:03] Sumika**
If something's going on, you should tell me.
**[08:06] Takeru**
Lately, I've been learning
from a lot of people.
**[08:10] Takeru**
Every one of them has things that they
care about or want to protect.
**[08:14] Takeru**
And because they feel that way,
they know what they need to do.
**[08:17] Takeru**
But I care about so much that's around me...
**[08:20] Takeru**
And I never considered what
I'd do if it was lost or changed.
**[08:25] Takeru**
Can you imagine... what life
would be like without me?
**[08:31] Sumika**
I don't think I'd like that at all.
**[08:36] Takeru**
I see...
**[08:37] Sumika**
What about you? How would
you feel without me?
**[08:42] Takeru**
I... can't imagine life without you
after all this time, Sumika.
**[08:47] Sumika**
What do you... mean by that?
**[08:49] Takeru**
Look, let's go to bed.
You're gonna catch a chill.
**[08:52] Sumika**
I'm putting this down in my diary as "had a
suspicious conversation with Takeru-chan."
**[08:56] Takeru**
Don't put it into writing!
**[09:00] Sumika**
I hope you feel better soon!
**[09:02] Takeru**
I'll be back to normal tomorrow.
**[09:04] Sumika**
Well, good night, then!
**[09:10] Takeru**
*Sumika... I swear I'll come home.*
**[09:24] Takeru**
I'm...
**[09:26] Takeru**
I made it back, then?
**[09:28] Yuuko**
You did.
**[09:29] Yuuko**
Sorry to cut to the chase,
but I need to confirm you've got it.
**[09:35] Takeru**
Here.
**[09:38] Takeru**
I'm back, Kasumi. And thanks
for getting me here.
**[09:42] Yuuko**
Yes! This is it!
**[09:45] Yuuko**
This is what I needed!
**[09:47] Takeru**
Wh-Why are you hugging me?!
**[09:50] Yuuko**
She knew exactly what I needed.
**[09:54] Yuuko**
The other me does not disappoint!
**[09:58] Takeru**
This means you'll be able to
finish your research, right?
**[10:03] Yuuko**
That's right. Once the 00-Unit is complete,
Alternative IV can get underway.
**[10:09] Yuuko**
You're this world's hero.
**[10:12] Takeru**
*Now we can avert Alternative V!*
**[10:16] Takeru**
*We can... change the future!*
**[10:20] Takeru**
Kasumi!
**[10:23] Takeru**
You okay?!
**[10:25] Yuuko**
Take the rest of the day
off to get some rest.
**[10:27] Yuuko**
Business is going to pick
up starting tomorrow.
**[10:29] Takeru**
Right.
**[10:43] Takeru**
It's thanks to your hard work that
I was able to come back to this world.
**[10:50] Takeru**
Thank you.
***SIGN*** December 9th, 2001 The Next Morning
**[10:59] Kasumi**
Good morning.
**[11:00] Takeru**
Morning, Kasumi...
**[11:03] Takeru**
It's 8:00?!
**[11:05] Takeru**
What the hell?! I not only slept through
wake up call, but I'm totally late!
**[11:08] Kasumi**
It's okay. You don't need
to assemble until 9:00.
**[11:12] Takeru**
We're supposed to assemble?
**[11:15] Takeru**
*Was something scheduled?*
***SIGN*** PX 8:10
**[11:21] Takeru**
Class Rep!
**[11:23] Takeru**
Class Rep, you're gonna walk into me.
**[11:25] Chizuru**
Shirogane?!
**[11:27] Takeru**
Careful, there. You're gonna
spill your breakfast.
**[11:30] Chizuru**
I'm sorry.
**[11:31] Takeru**
*Guess I can't blame her.*
**[11:33] Tama**
Takeru-san! Good morning!
**[11:36] Kyozuka**
Is that Takeru? It's been a while!
**[11:39] Takeru**
Where are Meiya and Ayamine?
**[11:42] Tama**
I think they already ate.
**[11:45] Takeru**
And Mikoto's still...
**[11:47] Chizuru**
She's not back yet.
**[11:49] Takeru**
I see.
***SIGN*** Gymnasium 8:50
**[11:54] Takeru**
It's so dark. Are we at the wrong location?
**[11:56] Chizuru**
That can't be.
**[11:58] Tama**
Takeru-san!
**[12:00] Takeru**
Meiya...
**[12:02] Meiya**
Takeru?
**[12:03] Meiya**
Have you finished your special mission?
**[12:05] Takeru**
Yeah, it's all done.
**[12:06] Meiya**
I see.
**[12:08] Meiya**
This assembly...
**[12:09] Meiya**
Something about it is unsettling.
**[12:11] Takeru**
It's fine. I wouldn't worry.
**[12:13] Tama**
It's Ayamine-san!
**[12:14] Takeru**
Yo.
**[12:17] Ayamine**
Yo.
**[12:18] Takeru**
What is this supposed to be about, though?
**[12:21] Takeru**
Did you hear anything, Class Rep?
**[12:22] Chizuru**
No, not a thing.
**[12:24] Meiya**
It was only the 207th that
was summoned, too.
**[12:26] Tama**
You think this might be... disciplinary?
**[12:29] Mikoto**
You really have no idea?
**[12:33] Chizuru**
Yoroi!
**[12:34] Tama**
Yoroi-san!
**[12:34] Takeru**
Mikoto!
**[12:35] Mikoto**
Ta-dah!
**[12:37] Mikoto**
Yoroi Mikoto, returning to duty!
**[12:40] Tama**
You're okay!
**[12:42] Mikoto**
Yep! I'm back!
**[12:43] Chizuru**
I'm so, so relieved!
**[12:45] Mikoto**
Thanks!
**[12:53] Chizuru**
Attention!
**[12:54] Marimo**
Training flight, fall in!
**[12:57] Takeru**
*Th-That's... the base commander!*
**[13:01] Takeru**
*Is he here to announce Alternative V?!*
**[13:05] Takeru**
*Did I fail to change the future?*
**[13:09] Takeru**
* But Alternative V doesn't get*
* announced until Christmas.*
**[13:15] Takeru**
*Is it happening sooner?!*
**[13:18] Marimo**
Salute Commander Radhabinod!
**[13:24] Captain**
At ease.
**[13:26] Captain**
We will now commence the graduation
ceremony for the 207th Cadet Flight
**[13:32] Captain**
of the UN Pacific 11th Force's Yokohama
Surface Pilot Training Academy.
**[13:36] Chizuru**
*He's here for us?*
**[13:38] Captain**
The base CO will now address you!
**[13:39] Marimo**
Attention!
**[13:42] Radhabinod**
Today is one you should be proud of.
You have completed your training curriculum,
**[13:44] Radhabinod**
and have now officially
earned your commissions.
**[13:47] Takeru**
*We're finally going to be real soldiers!*
**[13:48] Radhabinod**
The world is in dire need
of courageous young people.
**[13:51] Radhabinod**
In combat, experience is an invaluable
resource necessary to achieve victory.
**[13:58] Radhabinod**
But there is something
else of equal importance.
**[14:01] Radhabinod**
And that is faith in our victory!
**[14:05] Radhabinod**
For the first time in the
history of our species,
**[14:08] Radhabinod**
the humans of Earth share
the bond of common ground.
**[14:11] Radhabinod**
Cast your thoughts to your neighbors
and all those around you.
**[14:15] Radhabinod**
Whether or not they have any
future at all will depend on you.
**[14:20] Radhabinod**
It is our duty to ensure that the history of
mankind is inherited by the next generation!
**[14:28] Radhabinod**
Young cadets, it is my belief that you share
the same sense of justice that we all do.
**[14:36] Radhabinod**
I expect you to uphold the
honor and responsibility
**[14:38] Radhabinod**
that comes from standing on the
front lines of humanity's defense,
**[14:40] Radhabinod**
and dedicate everything you have in
order to seize victory, and our future!
**[14:46] Radhabinod**
Finally, I have words of congratulations
**[14:49] Radhabinod**
from the ruling shogun of the Empire
of Japan, Her Majesty, Koubuin Yuuhi.
**[14:54] Radhabinod**
Take these words to heart.
**[14:58] Takeru**
*Her Majesty sent a message for us?*
**[15:01] Radhabinod**
"I wish to express my appreciation for
your aid in the recent hardships."
**[15:05] Radhabinod**
"Experiencing the intense
dedication of the young people"
**[15:08] Radhabinod**
"who sought to clear away my doubts
firsthand was a invaluable experience."
**[15:14] Radhabinod**
"However, the loss of those
who will never return"
**[15:16] Radhabinod**
"causes sorrow that feels as
though it could rend my flesh."
**[15:23] Yuuhi**
* Our forefathers cherished and loved*
* this country and it's people,*
**[15:27] Yuuhi**
*and wished for its lasting prosperity.*
**[15:30] Yuuhi**
* Seeing their dreams fulfilled will*
* be no small task, to be certain.*
**[15:35] Yuuhi**
*However, when duty is attended to*
**[15:38] Yuuhi**
* hand in hand with one's fellows, there are*
* few things that cannot be accomplished.*
**[15:43] Yuuhi**
* It is my sincere wish that you all*
* will tread this path of righteousness.*
**[15:47] Radhabinod**
"Please remember that at all times,
my thoughts are with you."
**[15:52] Takeru**
* That last bit... I'm pretty*
* sure was for Meiya.*
**[15:53] Radhabinod**
I want you all to keep in mind
how you have earned the honor
**[15:57] Radhabinod**
of having your promotion acknowledged
by Her Majesty herself.
**[16:01] Radhabinod**
Furthermore, you should know
that this abrupt promotion
**[16:04] Radhabinod**
is in no small part due to
your remarkable contributions
**[16:09] Radhabinod**
in the successful mission
to rescue the Shogun.
**[16:15] Radhabinod**
That is all!
**[16:16] Marimo**
Attention!
**[16:18] Marimo**
Salute Commander Radhabinod!
**[16:22] Captain**
You will now be presented with
your surface pilot wings.
**[16:25] Takeru**
* Your Majesty, I won't make*
* the same mistake again.*
**[16:29] Takeru**
*I've got what I need now.*
**[16:33] Takeru**
* Soon, we won't need to cower in fear of the*
* enemy or fight amongst ourselves anymore.*
**[16:35] Radhabinod**
Cadet Sakaki Chizuru.
**[16:37] Chizuru**
Sir!
**[16:39] Takeru**
*The time is almost here!*
**[16:42] Takeru**
* Watch us. We're finally becoming*
* commissioned officers!*
**[16:44] Radhabinod**
As of this moment, you are now
a United Nations Surface Pilot.
**[16:48] Radhabinod**
Congratulations, Second Lieutenant.
**[16:51] Chizuru**
Thank you, sir!
**[16:54] Radhabinod**
Cadet Mitsurugi Meiya.
**[16:57] Meiya**
Sir.
**[16:58] Takeru**
* Even considering how we passed the*
* Comprehensive Combat Skill Evaluation,*
**[17:00] Radhabinod**
As of this moment, you are now
a United Nations Surface Pilot.
**[17:02] Takeru**
* there were probably political reasons*
* to avoid us being commissioned.*
**[17:04] Radhabinod**
Congratulations, Second Lieutenant.
**[17:06] Meiya**
Thank you, sir!
**[17:07] Takeru**
* For us to be promoted so suddenly,*
* at a time like this...*
**[17:10] Takeru**
* I'm sure how we helped during*
* the coup was a factor,*
**[17:11] Radhabinod**
As of this moment, you are now
a United Nations Surface Pilot.
**[17:12] Takeru**
*but it seems a little too convenient.*
**[17:14] Radhabinod**
Congratulations, Second Lieutenant.
**[17:16] Ayamine**
Thank you, sir.
**[17:18] Takeru**
* I think our squad has lost*
* its value as hostages.*
**[17:21] Takeru**
*But... that works for me.*
**[17:23] Radhabinod**
As of this moment, you are now
a United Nations Surface Pilot.
**[17:24] Takeru**
* Our commission, the successful experiment,*
* and the retrieval of the professor's theories...*
**[17:25] Radhabinod**
Congratulations, Second Lieutenant.
**[17:27] Mikoto**
Thank you, sir!
**[17:28] Takeru**
* And the combat-proven*
* effectiveness of the new OS.*
**[17:32] Radhabinod**
As of this moment, you are now
a United Nations Surface Pilot.
**[17:35] Takeru**
*What more could I ask for?*
**[17:37] Radhabinod**
Congratulations, Second Lieutenant.
**[17:39] Tama**
Thank you, sir!
**[17:42] Radhabinod**
Cadet Shirogane Takeru!
**[17:46] Takeru**
Yes, sir!
**[17:49] Radhabinod**
As of this moment, you are now
a United Nations Surface Pilot.
**[17:50] Takeru**
* In the previous world, I never got to*
* feel the weight of these silver wings...*
**[17:55] Radhabinod**
Congratulations, Second Lieutenant.
**[17:58] Takeru**
Yes, sir!
**[18:00] Captain**
That completes the surface
pilot wings presentation.
**[18:03] Radhabinod**
Work hard out there.
**[18:04] Captain**
Attention!
**[18:05] Captain**
Salute Commander Radhabinod!
**[18:09] Captain**
The 207th Cadet Flight's graduation
ceremony is hereby concluded.
**[18:16] Marimo**
207th Cadet Flight, dismissed!
**[18:18] Chizuru**
Thank you, ma'am!
**[18:20] Everyone**
Thank you, ma'am!
**[18:24] Captain**
This is your schedule for the afternoon.
**[18:26] Captain**
You're to assemble in
briefing room #7 at 13:00.
**[18:29] Captain**
You'll receive details on your assignments,
**[18:32] Captain**
how to procure your uniforms,
and other logistical matters.
**[18:33] Takeru**
* I guess we don't have any reason*
* to be around Marimo-chan anymore.*
**[18:36] Captain**
That is all!
**[18:39] Takeru**
* This must be the last time I'll get to wear*
* this white surface pilot cadet uniform.*
**[18:43] Chizuru**
Thank you, Shirogane.
**[18:45] Takeru**
Class Rep...
**[18:46] Takeru**
Thanks.
**[18:47] Tama**
Takeru!
**[18:49] Tama**
I'm... I'm so...
**[18:51] Takeru**
Come on, you don't need to cry that much.
**[18:54] Mikoto**
Seriously, thanks for everything, Takeru!
**[18:57] Ayamine**
Look at them, fawning over you.
**[19:00] Takeru**
Meiya...
**[19:02] Takeru**
I appreciate everything.
**[19:05] Meiya**
Don't be ridiculous.
**[19:06] Takeru**
I've learned a lot from you.
**[19:09] Meiya**
No... I...
**[19:10] Meiya**
I want to be strong, like you.
**[19:16] Takeru**
Thanks.
**[19:18] Takeru**
Guys, there's one thing left for us to do.
**[19:23] Marimo**
* I'm not protecting them anymore.*
* They'll be going into battle as soldiers.*
**[19:28] Marimo**
*This is for the best, right?*
**[19:31] 207th**
Sergeant Jinguuji!
**[19:33] Chizuru**
Sergeant... well...
**[19:35] Marimo**
Congratulations on
your promotions, Lieutenants!
**[19:39] Chizuru**
Lieutenants?
**[19:40] Takeru**
*That's right. We outrank her now.*
**[19:44] Chizuru**
Sergeant, you've helped me
more than you can ever know!
**[19:47] Chizuru**
I will never forget how much I owe you!
**[19:50] Marimo**
Lieutenant, I'm an NCO.
**[19:54] Marimo**
You don't need to be so polite with me.
**[19:59] Meiya**
You have my most sincere
thanks for your tutelage.
**[20:02] Mikoto**
I'm really grateful to you for
helping me make it this far!
**[20:06] Ayamine**
Thank you for all you've done, Sergeant.
**[20:10] Tama**
Instructor Jinguuji!
**[20:17] Tama**
I'm so... so....
**[20:20] Marimo**
I understand how you feel.
**[20:23] Marimo**
Please, don't worry about me.
**[20:26] Tama**
Right.
**[20:29] Takeru**
Sergeant...
**[20:31] Takeru**
I will always be proud that you
were the one who instructed me.
**[20:35] Takeru**
Without you, I wouldn't be
standing here right now.
**[20:39] Marimo**
I'm honored, Lieutenant.
**[20:41] Marimo**
But you were always a
remarkable individual, sir.
**[20:44] Marimo**
I did not contribute that much.
**[20:46] Takeru**
*Except that's not true, Marimo-chan.*
**[20:49] Takeru**
* You were the one who built me up*
* this much in the last world!*
**[20:53] Takeru**
*You made me into a true surface pilot!*
**[20:56] Takeru**
Even so, you're the one who made
me the man I am, Marimo-chan.
**[21:02] Marimo**
I don't mind you calling me "Marimo-chan"
if that is your preference, sir,
**[21:06] Marimo**
but considering regulations, I think
"Sergeant Jinguuji" might be advisable.
**[21:12] Takeru**
I'll take it under consideration.
**[21:13] Marimo**
Sir!
**[21:16] Marimo**
Please do, Lieutenant!
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E14 - XM3
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GWDU8XE77/xm3)
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***SIGN*** December 10th, 2001
**[00:05] Yuuko**
Congratulations on your promotion.
**[00:07] Takeru**
Thank you, ma'am.
**[00:09] Yuuko**
Moving forward, once you've
finished tomorrow's exercise,
**[00:12] Yuuko**
you'll be assigned to A-01, a special unit
directly under the Yokohama Base's command.
**[00:19] Takeru**
Um... what exercise?
**[00:23] Yuuko**
One I've got big hopes for.
***SIGN*** December 11th, 2001
**[00:27] Kasumi**
Good morning, Lieutenant.
**[00:34] Takeru**
Thanks. But I want you to treat
me the same as ever, okay, Kasumi?
**[00:39] Kasumi**
Sir. Yes, sir.
**[00:51] Chizuru**
We all actually ended up
in the same unit...
**[00:54] Tama**
And after that tearful goodbye!
**[00:56] Marimo**
Excuse me.
**[00:58] Tama**
Sergeant!
**[01:00] Marimo**
Allow me to brief you all on the
trial you'll be participating in.
**[01:05] Marimo**
The purpose of this exercise
**[01:07] Marimo**
is to compare the proof-of-concept
prototype of the next-gen OS, XM3,
**[01:13] Marimo**
against the current release
candidate version.
**[01:16] Marimo**
Flights composed of elite pilots
**[01:19] Marimo**
representing different TSF units
from the base will be participating.
**[01:25] Takeru**
* This trial will decide whether or not*
* the OS we created gets adopted.*
**[01:25] Marimo**
To put it simply, it's going to
be a battle between the flights.
**[01:31] Marimo**
Additionally, the other units have been made
aware of Lieutenant Shirogane's participation
**[01:36] Marimo**
as the original architect of XM3.
**[01:39] Marimo**
I should add that the aggressor force for
the exercise will consist exclusively
**[01:44] Marimo**
of veteran TSF pilots who have flown
over twenty combat missions.
**[01:47] Tama**
That sounds kind of like
they'll be gunning for us!
**[01:51] Mikoto**
It's not gonna be easy.
**[01:52] Chizuru**
Can we convince a bunch of vets who are
used to the old OS of the new one's benefits?
**[01:57] Chizuru**
*How we win will be just
as important as winning.*
**[02:01] Takeru**
It sounds like fun.
**[02:03] Takeru**
I mean, we've already survived an actual
combat mission against a bunch of aces!
**[02:07] Takeru**
Let's show these old-timers what we can do!
**[02:09] Mikoto**
Takeru!
**[02:11] Meiya**
It's as you say.
**[02:13] Meiya**
And we can hardly let the
other flights outperform us.
**[02:18] Takeru**
Okay, let's do this!
**[02:20] Girls**
Yeah!
**[02:22] Takeru**
* What's going to happen when battle-proven*
* veterans are given the new OS?*
**[02:25] Takeru**
*And how well can we perform against them?*
**[02:28] Takeru**
*I want to see.*
**[02:30] OS**
*XM3 online.*
**[02:34] Takeru**
It's got sound now?
**[02:48] Takeru**
*They're veterans for a reason.*
**[02:49] Takeru**
*This won't be easy.*
**[02:55] Takeru**
* It's hard to believe we're*
* up against Gekishins!*
**[02:58] Mikoto**
*Takeru?*
**[02:59] Takeru**
I'm okay!
**[02:59] Takeru**
*Let me handle this one!*
**[03:03] Takeru**
*Come on, asshole!*
**[03:08] Takeru**
*They dodged that?! Can't let them get away!*
**[03:11] Takeru**
*Ayamine!*
**[03:13] Ayamine**
Bandit-1 in range! Engaging offensively!
**[03:17] Takeru**
*Good!*
**[03:17] Takeru**
* Once you've got him on the ropes,*
* pull back to this clearing!*
**[03:21] Takeru**
*I'll circle around for the kill!*
**[03:23] Ayamine**
*Roger that.*
**[03:42] Takeru**
*Now!*
**[03:44] UN Pilot 1**
*I don't think so!*
**[03:46] Takeru**
*How about this?!*
**[03:49] UN Pilot 1**
*That's... impossible!*
**[03:52] Takeru**
Got you!
**[03:57] Takeru**
An A rating?
**[03:59] Ayamine**
The best anyone else managed was a B-.
**[04:02] Takeru**
* I guess this shows we've got a handle on the*
* new version of the OS, even in its first use.*
**[04:06] Takeru**
* Everything's going according*
* to Yuuko-sensei's plan.*
**[04:10] Takeru**
Kind of a shame, though, y'know?
**[04:13] Takeru**
We had a harder time than I figured.
**[04:15] Takeru**
I mean, imagine if we had
totally dominated them!
**[04:19] Mikoto**
You really are something, Takeru.
**[04:22] Mikoto**
I mean, we were up against a team of aces!
**[04:25] Mikoto**
Forget having a hard time, most
people would be totally helpless!
**[04:28] Takeru**
Still, we're just out of training and
managed to hold off these veterans,
**[04:34] Takeru**
and even wipe them out!
**[04:36] Takeru**
Is it really that weird to wish
we could've done even better?
**[04:40] Ayamine**
*How we win is important.*
**[04:41] Takeru**
Exactly!
**[04:43] Takeru**
*The new OS has a lot of potential.*
**[04:46] Takeru**
*Enough to maybe turn the tide of the war.*
**[04:49] Takeru**
Let's aim for total victory
out there this afternoon!
**[04:51] Charlie**
Are you Shirogane from A-207?
**[04:55] Takeru**
*He must be from the aggressor unit.*
**[05:00] Takeru**
That's me, Lieutenant.
**[05:02] Charlie**
Come with me for a chat.
Don't worry, it won't take long.
**[05:06] Ayamine**
Shirogane...
**[05:07] Takeru**
Sorry. Go join up with
the others ahead of me.
**[05:12] Mikoto**
Takeru...
**[05:20] Charlie**
All right, here he is.
**[05:23] Bandanna**
Huh, this is Shirogane?
**[05:26] Myung**
Sure doesn't look like the top of his class.
**[05:29] Dread**
Hell, I'm having trouble believing
he can even fly a TSF.
**[05:35] Takeru**
*What is this?*
**[05:36] Bandanna**
So, Lieutenant Shirogane, I hear
you're the one behind the new OS?
**[05:43] Takeru**
I am unable to share any
information between flights,
**[05:45] Takeru**
to avoid any effect it could
have on the evaluation.
**[05:50] Charlie**
Get a load of this guy!
**[05:52] Charlie**
Love that rookie energy.
**[05:54] Dread**
You've still gotta answer a superior
officer's questions, though.
**[05:57] Dread**
So, how about it?
**[05:59] Takeru**
Yes, it was me.
**[06:12] Charlie**
Hell of a thing you did, kid!
**[06:14] Myung**
We're trying to say that
your brain is awesome!
**[06:16] Bandanna**
I seriously can't imagine how
you thought some of this stuff up.
**[06:20] Dread**
If this thing gets adopted,
people are gonna go nuts!
**[06:24] Takeru**
U-Uh... is the new OS really that useful?
**[06:28] Charlie**
A buncha baby rookies managed
to take us on and win!
**[06:32] Charlie**
What better proof could there be?
**[06:36] Charlie**
What's wrong? Aren't you happy?
**[06:38] Takeru**
I-It's not that...
**[06:40] Takeru**
I just didn't expect the OS I created
to be... welcomed like this.
**[06:45] Dread**
Why would you think that?
We're out to get the BETA, not you.
**[06:51] Myung**
It doesn't matter how long
you've been in the fight,
**[06:53] Myung**
if you've got what it takes,
then you'll be a big help.
**[06:56] Myung**
Who wouldn't appreciate that?
**[06:57] Banadanna**
Have you ever thought about how this new
OS of yours might even save the human race?
**[07:02] Charlie**
You've earned the right to be proud.
**[07:04] Dread**
Catch you later, genius.
**[07:06] Myung**
Don't expect to win the
afternoon trial, though.
**[07:09] Myung**
Get ready to lose.
**[07:11] Charlie**
Okay, let's do this.
**[07:11] Bandanna**
Better get it together, okay?
**[07:13] Myung**
I'm not going down without a fight!
**[07:14] Dread**
Oh, yeah!
**[07:15] Takeru**
* Everything I've done...*
* wasn't for nothing.*
**[07:19] Takeru**
*It really wasn't!*
**[07:25] Chizuru**
*01 to 02, move forward to the tower at H-23.*
**[07:28] Chizuru**
*06, cover her.*
**[07:30] Meiya**
*02, roger that.*
**[07:31] Shirogane**
*06, roger that.*
**[07:32] Comms**
02 and 06 are moving through H-21.
3,000 meters until contact with aggressor force.
**[07:39] Takeru**
*We can do this!*
**[07:41] Takeru**
* Between the new OS and*
* my skills as a pilot...*
**[07:45] Takeru**
*I might finally be able to save the world!*
**[07:51] Takeru**
I've got a ping on my sonic sensor.
They're trying to circle around us.
**[07:53] Chizuru**
*Stay on your toes, 02.*
**[07:55] Meiya**
*I'm going to try and draw them away.*
**[07:56] Meiya**
*Keep an eye out for other units.*
**[07:58] Takeru**
*06, copy that.*
**[07:59] Chizuru**
*06, continue providing cover for 02.*
**[08:01] Chizuru**
* I'll try to pincer them*
* from the other direction.*
**[08:02] Takeru**
*06, copy that.*
**[08:04] Takeru**
* 01, keep your eyes peeled.*
* Make sure to stay behind—*
**[08:09] Takeru**
*What was that? An explosion?*
**[08:10] Chizuru**
*It was over in area 2.*
**[08:13] Meiya**
* This wasn't supposed to*
* be a live-fire exercise.*
**[08:16] Meiya**
*Is it an accident?*
**[08:18] Takeru**
It happened again.
**[08:19] Takeru**
*Should we keep going?*
**[08:21] Chizuru**
I'll call and find out.
**[08:25] Chizuru**
A Code 991?!
**[08:27] Meiya**
*That's... It can't be...*
**[08:28] Takeru**
But... why?
**[08:31] Takeru**
What the hell are the BETA doing here?!
**[08:36] Hornet 1**
*This is Hornet 1 to headquarters!*
**[08:38] Hornet 1**
* Requesting permission to*
* return to the hanger!*
**[08:40] Sword 1**
Sword 1 to headquarters!
We need artillery support—
**[08:45] Takeru**
*This is a BETA attack?*
**[08:47] Takeru**
This is what humanity's enemies can do?
**[08:49] Radio chatter**
*Pull back to the hanger!*
**[08:50] Takeru**
* What is this? Why are you*
* getting beat so easily?*
**[08:51] Radio chatter**
*I'm not getting any confirmation—*
**[08:55] Takeru**
* You're combat veterans, right?*
* And you've got my OS, too?*
**[08:59] Takeru**
*You have to do better than this!*
**[09:05] Bandanna**
*Shark 1 to headquarters, rendezvous complete.*
**[09:08] Bandanna**
* I'm integrating the A-207*
* flight under my command.*
**[09:11] HQ**
* Copy that. A combat-ready team*
* is on their way with weapons.*
**[09:14] HQ**
*Stand by.*
**[09:15] Bandanna**
Shark 1, copy that.
**[09:17] Bandanna**
The faster, the better!
**[09:18] Bandanna**
* You heard HQ! You guys need*
* to fall back to the rear!*
**[09:20] Bandanna**
*Shark 1 and Shark 2 will take point!*
**[09:23] Chizuru**
Everyone... No, 01 to all 207th units,
commence withdrawal.
**[09:28] Meiya**
*02, roger.*
**[09:30] Ayamine**
*04, roger.*
**[09:31] Mikoto**
*03, roger.*
**[09:33] Tama**
*05, roger...*
**[09:35] Takeru**
*06... roger that.*
**[09:37] Bandanna**
Shark 1 to headquarters, the rookies
need some encouragement.
**[09:41] Bandanna**
Requesting authorization.
**[09:42] HQ**
*Copy that. Permission granted.*
**[09:44] Bandanna**
Okay, A-207 units, connect to
the encrypted channel.
**[09:49] Recorded Audio**
* O soldiers under the rain of blood,*
* the black mist, the night rainbow.*
**[09:54] Takeru**
*This is the posthypnotic trigger...*
**[09:55] Recorded Audio**
* O soldiers whose souls are guided by the*
* white water's surface, the drops of the moon.*
**[10:02] Recorded Audio**
* Sing the praises of those names*
* carved into a steel grave,*
**[10:08] Recorded Audio**
* and sound all thousand bells*
* on this rotting land.*
**[10:13] Recorded Audio**
* May we all one day go with joy to the*
* promised land of death and victory.*
**[10:16] Bandanna**
*Next comes the stim. Try to relax.*
**[10:20] Bandanna**
Treatment complete.
**[10:22] Bandanna**
Welcome to hell, rookie lieutenants.
**[10:25] Takeru**
*I could've done without all this.*
**[10:28] Takeru**
*But now I can get back to it...*
**[10:32] Takeru**
* Lieutenant Shirogane, the hero,*
* is back in action!*
**[10:35] Bandanna**
* Your unit was able to push us pretty*
* hard during the combat exercise.*
**[10:39] Bandanna**
* Have some faith in yourselves!*
* All units, got that?!*
**[10:41] A-207**
Yes, ma'am!
**[10:42] Bandanna**
* Then I want your flight to head*
* towards the hanger and come back here*
**[10:45] Bandanna**
*with all the live ammo you can carry!*
**[10:47] Bandanna**
*We're going to hold this spot until then!*
**[10:49] Takeru**
* Lieutenant, I thought they were*
* going to bring the weapons to us?!*
**[10:55] Charlie**
* Are you really dumb enough to take what*
* HQ says at face value at a time like this?!*
**[10:58] Charlie**
* Emergencies mean thinking with*
* your own head and judgment!*
**[11:01] Takeru**
Then we should all fall back
to the hanger together!
**[11:04] Takeru**
Splitting our force at a time
like this is too dangerous!
**[11:06] Charlie**
Someone has to hold this spot!
**[11:09] Takeru**
Are you saying we wouldn't be any help?!
**[11:12] Chizuru**
*Shirogane, what are you doing?!*
**[11:12] Takeru**
At least we're not in Gekishins!
**[11:14] Bandanna**
*What the hell did you learn in the academy?*
**[11:17] Bandanna**
*Don't you get the logistics?*
**[11:19] Bandanna**
*You're retrieving the ammo* because *
you're more maneuverable!*
**[11:22] Takeru**
* What's that supposed to mean?*
* In the end, they still treat us like rookies!*
**[11:25] Takeru**
* You think you're hot shit?!*
* We could buy way more time than you!*
**[11:29] Takeru**
* We're not like you losers,*
* who got your asses kicked!*
**[11:33] Charlie**
*We don't have time for this stupid debate!*
**[11:36] Charlie**
*If any Laser-class show up, we're all dead!*
**[11:38] Takeru**
*But—*
**[11:39] Meiya**
*Takeru, enough!*
**[11:40] Tama**
*Takeru-san, you have to calm down!*
**[11:41] Takeru**
* All of them getting on my last*
* damn nerve! Shut the hell up!*
**[11:45] Charlie**
*Get moving, now! That's an order!*
**[11:47] Takeru**
*Roger that!*
**[11:48] Chizuru**
01 to all units, formation Delta 2!
**[11:51] Chizuru**
* Proceed to the hanger, but keep*
* an eye out for any pursuers!*
**[11:54] All 207th**
*Roger that!*
**[11:56] Takeru**
*God damn it, what the hell am I doing?*
**[11:58] Takeru**
* They got me pumped up on hypnosis*
* and drugs just to run errands?!*
**[12:02] Takeru**
* I'm better than this! I am!*
* I am better than this!*
**[12:07] XM3**
*Warning, warning, warning, warning...*
**[12:14] Chizuru**
*All units, scatter! Full speed evasion!*
**[12:16] Chizuru**
*Head for the hanger!*
**[12:18] All 207th**
*Roger that!*
**[12:21] Chizuru**
06?
**[12:22] Takeru**
There you bastards are!
**[12:26] Takeru**
*Out of my way!*
**[12:28] Chizuru**
Shirogane?!
**[12:29] Meiya**
This is bad... the stimulant
is affecting him adversely!
**[12:33] Shirogane**
Son of a bitch! You're dead!
**[12:37] Shirogane**
I'll kill you all!
**[12:42] Chizuru**
You can't fight them without real ammo!
**[12:45] Shirogane**
*Damn it, why won't they die?!*
**[12:48] Shirogane**
*It's because of you! Shit! Shit!*
**[12:54] Shirogane**
*Get off of Earth!*
**[12:56] Shirogane**
*Give us...*
**[12:58] Shirogane**
our lives back!
**[13:01] Chizuru**
*Shirogane! Shirogane, snap out of it!*
**[13:03] Tama**
*Takeru-san, please!*
**[13:04] Mikoto**
*Takeru!*
**[13:06] Meiya**
Everyone, hurry to the hanger!
**[13:07] Meiya**
Sakaki, I need 06's command authorization!
**[13:10] Meiya**
I'll deal with him!
**[13:16] Meiya**
* Don't do anything rash until*
* the sedative takes effect!*
**[13:19] Takeru**
*I'm not gonna lose to you bastards!*
**[13:23] Takeru**
*I'm gonna save the Earth!*
**[13:34] Takeru**
It's gonna take...
**[13:35] Takeru**
*more than that to stop—*
**[13:45] Takeru**
Shit, what now?! Move! Move,
damn it! I'm gonna die!
**[13:49] Takeru**
Move, move, move!
**[13:51] Takeru**
I can't die in a place like this! Not now!
**[13:59] Takeru**
Are the monitors down?
**[14:12] Takeru**
Am I actually going to die here?
**[14:15] Takeru**
Weren't things going great a second ago?
**[14:19] Takeru**
I haven't saved humanity yet...
and Alternative IV...
**[14:26] Takeru**
I mean, come on! Yuuko-sensei still
needs my help! And the new OS!
**[14:36] Takeru**
Sumika... I still haven't seen Sumika...
**[14:42] Takeru**
It doesn't make any sense!
Dying without seeing Sumika...
**[14:46] Takeru**
It's just wrong!
**[14:53] Takeru**
I don't wanna die... No...
**[14:56] Takeru**
I don't wanna die! I don't
wanna die! I don't wanna die!
**[15:02] Takeru**
Someone! Anyone! Save me!
**[15:15] Bandanna**
Shark 1 to headquarters.
**[15:17] Bandanna**
BETA mop-up in Areas 2 and 3 is complete.
**[15:20] HQ**
*Copy that. Have the remains disposed of ASAP.*
**[15:33] Tama**
Takeru-san's been sitting
there for a long time.
**[15:37] Chizuru**
Let's give him some space.
**[15:40] Chizuru**
If that were me over there, I think
Shirogane would say the same thing.
**[15:45] Meiya**
The same thing could've
happened to any of us.
**[15:54] Chizuru**
Come on.
**[15:55] Chizuru**
The best thing we can do for Shirogane
is to act like nothing happened,
**[15:58] Chizuru**
once he gets back.
**[16:17] Marimo**
Lieutenant Shirogane...
**[16:20] Marimo**
Have you calmed down some?
**[16:24] Takeru**
Please, leave me alone.
**[16:30] Marimo**
Gotta say, you really got your butt kicked.
**[16:33] Marimo**
Surviving something like this
is honestly impressive.
**[16:39] Marimo**
I saw the record from your unit.
**[16:41] Marimo**
You managed to stall several BETA
with nothing more than TSF maneuvers.
**[16:45] Marimo**
The 207th was able to deliver weapons
to the frontline thanks to that.
**[16:50] Marimo**
If it wasn't for you—
**[16:52] Takeru**
Please, don't.
**[16:54] Takeru**
I... I was so deluded.
**[16:57] Takeru**
I thought I was going to be the
big shot who saved humanity.
**[17:02] Takeru**
But... when the BETA actually showed up,
I freaked out and was so scared.
**[17:10] Takeru**
And without even realizing it.
I thought I could still fight.
**[17:13] Takeru**
But it was so obvious to the vets...
**[17:16] Takeru**
Not only did they use the post-hypnotic cue, but the stimulants, too.
**[17:21] Takeru**
And the way I overreacted to that...
**[17:25] Takeru**
I was shouting about how I was going to kill
the BETA when I was shooting paint balls!
**[17:29] Takeru**
How much of a joke is that?!
**[17:33] Takeru**
If I had died, I might've been a hero.
**[17:38] Takeru**
But I didn't want to die.
**[17:43] Takeru**
When the lights went out in the cockpit,
all I could do is cry while I pissed myself.
**[17:49] Takeru**
I'm just a coward!
**[17:53] Marimo**
I don't think there's anything
wrong with being a coward.
**[17:59] Marimo**
People who understand fear
become more sensitive to death.
**[18:04] Marimo**
And when people sense their death coming,
**[18:07] Marimo**
they can dedicate all they have left to
making sure their death is one to be proud of.
**[18:13] Marimo**
But...
**[18:14] Marimo**
If there's something you can
accomplish with your life,
**[18:16] Marimo**
you have a responsibility to see it through.
**[18:23] Marimo**
It doesn't matter if you're a coward.
You don't have to be considered brave.
**[18:27] Marimo**
I'd rather you live as many decades as you can,
protecting as many people as you can.
**[18:33] Marimo**
And in the very end,
**[18:36] Marimo**
as long as you can show what makes you strong,
Shirogane, that's good enough.
**[18:43] Takeru**
But... I...
**[18:46] Marimo**
Y'know, when I was a cadet,
I worked hard like you.
**[18:51] Marimo**
Thanks to that, I was put in charge
of a squadron once I was commissioned.
**[18:55] Marimo**
I was ready for a fight when
I headed to the front lines.
**[18:58] Marimo**
I thought I could handle anything.
**[19:03] Marimo**
But... the results were a mess.
**[19:08] Marimo**
The operation failed, and in my confusion,
**[19:11] Marimo**
I got my subordinates—the classmates
I had trained with—all killed.
**[19:17] Marimo**
At first, I tried to distract myself
from how bitter I felt by fighting.
**[19:23] Marimo**
But over time... I started fighting
while thinking about what it meant
**[19:27] Marimo**
that I was the one to survive.
**[19:31] Takeru**
What it meant?
**[19:33] Marimo**
I wanted to put my experience to use
**[19:36] Marimo**
to help as many pilots
live for as long as possible.
**[19:39] Marimo**
I think that's the reason I survived...
**[19:42] Marimo**
The purpose I found in my survival.
**[19:46] Marimo**
Because there's no other way I can make
it up to my comrades, who didn't make it.
**[19:53] Takeru**
*Marimo-chan...*
**[19:55] Marimo**
Shirogane, here's something interesting:
**[20:02] Marimo**
In my first battle... I wet myself, too.
**[20:08] Marimo**
Just a little though, okay?
Don't let your imagination run wild.
**[20:12] Takeru**
Why would you tell me that?
**[20:14] Marimo**
Because it's the same way for everyone.
**[20:17] Marimo**
Probably the rest of your flight, too.
**[20:19] Marimo**
You don't have to forgive
yourself right now.
**[20:23] Marimo**
But by the time you're able to laugh
while talking about your failures,
**[20:28] Marimo**
I think you'll have found
what it is that you're missing.
**[20:32] Marimo**
Oh, but don't tell the
others about this, okay?
**[20:33] Takeru**
*Marimo-chan... thank you so much.*
**[20:36] Marimo**
I'm a lady, after all.
**[20:36] Takeru**
*I'm so pathetic.*
**[20:39] Takeru**
* I thought I had my head on straight,*
* but then got conceited... and then depressed.*
**[20:44] Takeru**
* It might not be right away,*
* but I promise, I will do it.*
**[20:49] Takeru**
*I'll get my act together.*
**[20:51] Takeru**
*It might take a while, but some day,*
**[20:55] Takeru**
*I'll get over this like you did—*
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E15 - Desertion
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GG1U294X1/desertion)
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**[00:06] Interrogator**
Lieutenant Shirogane.
**[00:08] Interrogator**
I have important questions for you.
Answer with "yes" or "no."
**[00:12] Interrogator**
Do you remember the explosions in Area 2?
**[00:18] Interrogator**
Did you encounter someone there?
**[00:24] (Flashback) Marimo**
It doesn't matter how pitiful it might seem.
**[00:26] (Flashback) Marimo**
You all survived.
**[00:28] Takeru**
Marimo... Marimo...
**[00:32] Takeru**
Marim...
**[00:33] Radhabinod**
If he's this addled... the validity
of his testimony...
**[00:39] Yuuko**
It's not a problem.
Everything he says matches the record.
**[00:43] Radhabinod**
Then Sergeant Jinguuji is definitely dead.
**[00:47] Radhabinod**
That's a shame.
**[01:00] Chizuru**
Is Shirogane... gonna be all right?
**[01:04] Tama**
Takeru-san!
**[01:08] Mikoto**
Takeru...
***SIGN*** Desertion
**[02:56] Takeru**
*This didn't happen before.*
**[03:00] Takeru**
*Is it because I changed the future?*
**[03:03] Takeru**
*Is that why Marimo-chan died?!*
**[03:18] Meiya**
Might I bother you for a moment?
**[03:24] Takeru**
Yeah... come in.
**[03:31] Meiya**
You seem calmer. That's a relief.
**[03:35] Meiya**
You've become the core of our group.
**[03:40] Meiya**
We'd only grow more worried
if you were truly shaken.
**[03:49] Meiya**
We have great expectations for you.
**[03:52] Meiya**
With that being the case, you have an
obligation, a duty, to repay that trust.
**[03:56] Takeru**
So I don't even have freedom of choice?
**[04:00] Meiya**
That's the fate of those born into privilege.
**[04:03] Meiya**
Mistakes may come, but you need
only succeed the next time.
**[04:07] Takeru**
The next time?
**[04:10] Meiya**
Sergeant Jinguuji's death is a tragedy,
**[04:13] Meiya**
but it's not something you
should feel responsible for.
**[04:17] Meiya**
It was simply destiny.
**[04:20] Meiya**
For those who have fallen in
pursuit of mankind's victory,
**[04:24] Meiya**
I believe that those who yet live have
a duty to make that victory reality.
**[04:28] Takeru**
Good for you.
**[04:29] Meiya**
You chose to be in this position,
of your own free will.
**[04:32] Takeru**
Are you kidding me?!
**[04:34] Takeru**
What the hell do you know?!
**[04:36] Takeru**
I've been taken away from Sumika, drafted into
an army... Freedom doesn't enter into it!
**[04:39] Takeru**
Who in the hell would willingly
choose to deal with this insanity?!
**[04:43] Takeru**
I'm not like you! You're here
because you want to be!
**[04:52] Takeru**
* That's not right... Meiya was*
* offered up as a hostage.*
**[04:58] Takeru**
Why aren't you fighting back?
**[05:00] Meiya**
If it would make you feel better...
**[05:05] Meiya**
I beg you. Get through this.
**[05:07] Marimo**
Get through this.
**[05:20] Takeru**
*Enough... is enough.*
**[05:34] Takeru**
*I'm going back to my world.*
**[05:39] Takeru**
Kasumi... you can tell
what I'm thinking, right?
**[05:42] Takeru**
I don't want to be here anymore.
Can you send me back to my world?
**[05:47] Takeru**
What's wrong? You're the
only one who can do this!
**[05:51] Takeru**
You should come too! It's great
over there! There's no BETA!
**[05:56] Takeru**
I bet you'll love it!
**[05:58] Kasumi**
No!
**[06:01] Kasumi**
No!
**[06:03] Takeru**
Are you for real? You're trying to
keep me locked up in this hell, too?
**[06:08] Yuuko**
Would you stop already?
**[06:10] Yuuko**
You look absolutely crazed. It's pathetic.
**[06:14] Yuuko**
If you want to go home,
you should've come to me first.
**[06:17] Takeru**
But you weren't in your office, sensei!
**[06:21] Yuuko**
Whining like a child. Unbelievable.
**[06:24] Takeru**
How are you so calm about this?!
Wasn't Marimo-chan your friend?
**[06:29] Takeru**
I thought you had her working
in the training school
**[06:31] Takeru**
because she was a friend that you trusted!
**[06:33] Yuuko**
I did it because Marimo was talented.
**[06:37] Yuuko**
And that's the only reason.
**[06:39] Takeru**
How can you say that?!
**[06:41] Takeru**
Marimo-chan was...
**[06:45] Takeru**
I don't care anymore.
**[06:47] Takeru**
Just send me back to my world.
**[06:51] Yuuko**
You've served your purpose anyway.
Run along home.
**[06:58] Yuuko**
Remember, 24 hours after Yashiro stops
perceiving you, you're never coming back.
**[07:03] Takeru**
I understand.
**[07:05] Yuuko**
One last warning:
**[07:07] Yuuko**
You need to constantly be aware of
the other world once you're there.
**[07:10] Yuuko**
You'll only be manifesting over there
**[07:12] Yuuko**
through the combination of their
perception of you and your own will.
**[07:15] Yuuko**
If either of those wavers,
Shirogane Takeru might cease to exist.
**[07:24] Takeru**
Kasumi...
**[07:25] Takeru**
I'm sorry I couldn't keep my promise
about making memories.
**[07:32] Takeru**
*Sorry... but I'm going back to my world.*
**[07:46] Kasumi**
Weakling.
**[07:56] Takeru**
I'm... back.
**[07:58] Sumika**
Takeru-chan! It's morning!
**[08:01] Sumika**
Wake up!
**[08:04] Takeru**
Whoa... What was that for?!
**[08:06] Sumika**
Ugh, were you still asleep, Takeru-chan?
**[08:09] Takeru**
I was awake!
**[08:10] Sumika**
Well, the hard part is getting out of bed!
**[08:14] Takeru**
Yeah, I guess you're right. Sorry.
**[08:18] Sumika**
Huh?
**[08:19] Sumika**
Huh...
**[08:21] Meiya**
Good morning.
**[08:24] Meiya**
Are you actually awake, Takeru?
**[08:26] Sumika**
He is, thank you very much!
**[08:28] Meiya**
I see...
***SIGN*** Hakuryo Hiiragi Preparatory Academy
**[08:35] Chizuru**
Huh? What's going on?
**[08:37] Chizuru**
The three of you never arrive this early.
**[08:40] Sumika**
Good morning, Sakaki-san!
**[08:41] Chizuru**
Good morning.
**[08:42] Tama**
Oh, Takeru-san!
**[08:44] Mikoto**
'Morning, Takeru!
**[08:45] Ayamine**
G'morn.
**[08:47] Takeru**
Yeah... good morning.
**[08:49] Sumika**
I'm pretty sure we're always early.
**[08:50] Takeru**
*Damn it. Just looking at them...*
**[08:53] Sumika**
Right?
**[08:54] Tama**
Good morning!
**[08:55] Takeru**
* It's making me so mad...*
* and I know it's not their fault.*
**[08:56] Mikoto**
You guys are early!
**[08:58] Ayamine**
It's not been a while.
**[09:00] Takeru**
This world... is too innocent.
**[09:03] Takeru**
I'm sorry.
**[09:06] Takeru**
Sorry! You okay?
**[09:09] Marimo**
I am. Thank you.
**[09:12] Marimo**
Oh, it was you, Shirogane-kun.
**[09:15] Marimo**
Sorry about that.
I should watch where I'm going.
**[09:19] Marimo**
Shirogane-kun?
**[09:22] Marimo**
Uh... you can let go now.
**[09:28] Takeru**
Marimo-chan...
**[09:30] Marimo**
Come on! You're supposed
to call me "Jinguuji-sensei."
**[09:34] Takeru**
Marimo-chan!
**[09:37] Marimo**
Shirogane-kun, is something wrong?!
**[09:39] Marimo**
Oh, dear... You must be really upset.
**[09:43] Marimo**
But class is about to start...
***SIGN*** Physics Laboratory
**[09:52] Yuuko**
What's up?
**[09:53] Yuuko**
Just don't collapse the second
you get in here, alright?
**[09:58] Takeru**
I'm all right.
**[10:01] Yuuko**
Wait, you're...
**[10:03] Yuuko**
You came back again, didn't you?
**[10:06] Yuuko**
So, what is it this time? Bringing me
with you in all my glory?
**[10:12] Takeru**
It's not that.
**[10:14] Marimo**
I got held up!
**[10:15] Marimo**
Oh, sorry about that, Shirogane-kun.
Were you waiting long?
**[10:22] Takeru**
Marimo-chan!
**[10:24] Marimo**
Shirogane-kun?!
**[10:25] Marimo**
Oh, dear...
**[10:27] Marimo**
Whoa! Hold on!
**[10:29] Marimo**
Again?!
**[10:30] Marimo**
Are you okay?
**[10:33] Marimo**
Calm down, Shirogane-kun. Tell me what—
**[10:34] Yuuko**
Well, I'm clearly a third wheel,
so you two have fun.
**[10:38] Marimo**
It's not like that! I wanted to ask for your—
**[10:40] Yuuko**
Just make sure to lock the door first.
**[10:48] Takeru**
Marimo-chan! Marimo-chan!
**[10:52] Marimo**
What is it?
**[10:53] Marimo**
You're a big boy. You can
tell me what happened.
**[10:57] Marimo**
I'm listening.
**[10:59] Takeru**
I'm sorry!
**[11:01] Takeru**
If I had my act together... you wouldn't...
***SIGN*** Sky Temple
***SIGN*** Sky Temple
**[11:16] Takeru**
I'll walk you home.
***SIGN*** Sky Temple
**[11:17] Marimo**
It's okay. You don't have
to worry about that.
**[11:21] Marimo**
Listen...
**[11:22] Takeru**
Ma'am?
**[11:23] Marimo**
Tell me about it someday, okay?
**[11:25] Marimo**
About what it was you were trying to do,
**[11:27] Marimo**
and why you cried when you were
so frustrated that you couldn't.
**[11:31] Marimo**
And how you managed to get over it.
**[11:35] Takeru**
Okay.
**[11:37] Marimo**
You have to tell me someday.
It's a promise, got it?
**[11:41] Takeru**
Sensei...
**[11:45] Takeru**
Thank you so much for today!
**[11:50] Marimo**
You're quite welcome.
**[11:52] Marimo**
Okay, it's getting late, so let's head home.
**[11:55] Marimo**
I'll see you at school tomorrow!
**[12:01] News**
*Early this morning, a man entered a police station*
***SIGN*** BREAKING
***SIGN*** BREAKING
***SIGN*** KANAGAWA • YOKOHAMA
AROUND 7AM
***SIGN*** 32-YEAR-OLD MAN TURNS HIMSELF IN AFTER
WOMAN FOUND DEAD AT MEAT-PROCESSING PLANT
***SIGN*** WOMAN FALLS HEADFIRST INTO MACHINE, FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED
**[12:04] ---**
* and confessed to murdering a*
* woman at a meat-packing plant.*
**[12:08] News**
* The victim was a teacher who*
* lived in the city of Yokohama,*
**[12:12] News**
*Jinguuji Marimo-san.*
**[12:14] News**
*According to the police,*
**[12:15] News**
* the killer accosted Jinguuji-san while she*
* was walking home, later murdering her.*
**[12:19] News**
* She was fed head-first into an industrial meat*
* slicer, leaving the body in a mangled state.*
***SIGN*** BREAKING
***SIGN*** BREAKING
***SIGN*** KANAGAWA • YOKOHAMA
AROUND 7AM
***SIGN*** 32-YEAR-OLD MAN TURNS HIMSELF IN AFTER
WOMAN FOUND DEAD AT MEAT-PROCESSING PLANT
***SIGN*** WOMAN FALLS HEADFIRST INTO MACHINE, FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED
**[12:24] News**
* The man responsible is said to have*
* a record of stalking Jinguuji-san,*
**[12:28] Sumika**
Sensei...
**[12:30] News**
* and claims to have acted after having seen*
* her eating with another man at a restaurant.*
**[12:36] Takeru**
No... No way...
**[12:39] Sumika**
Takeru-chan?
**[12:41] Takeru**
We only talked.
**[12:44] Takeru**
This can't...
**[12:46] Meiya**
I see. The last one to see her...
**[12:50] Takeru**
*This is wrong.*
**[12:51] Takeru**
*The other Marimo-chan is the one who died!*
**[12:56] Takeru**
This isn't happening!
***SIGN*** Physics Laboratory
**[13:02] Yuuko**
You need to tell me!
**[13:04] Yuuko**
Why did you come back?! And what
happened to the other Marimo?!
**[13:09] Takeru**
She died.
**[13:10] Takeru**
A monster called a BETA
ate her headfirst.
**[13:15] Yuuko**
I told you.
**[13:17] Yuuko**
All physical systems have a natural
tendency towards equilibrium!
**[13:22] Yuuko**
When you came back, the causality
of the other world came with you!
**[13:28] Yuuko**
You brought Marimo's death back with you!
**[13:33] Takeru**
You're saying I caused her death?!
**[13:37] Yuuko**
What was the first thing you
thought about after getting here?
**[13:41] Takeru**
Is it because I was focused
too much on her death?
**[13:45] Takeru**
How can something that crazy be real?!
**[13:50] Yuuko**
I don't believe you...
**[13:52] Yuuko**
Your entire existence at this point is
a list of things too crazy to be real.
**[13:56] Yuuko**
This world is going to become distorted,
with you at the center of it.
**[14:00] Takeru**
*Is this my punishment for running away?*
***SIGN*** BREAKING
***SIGN*** BREAKING
***SIGN*** KANAGAWA • YOKOHAMA
***SIGN*** 32-YEAR-OLD MAN TURNS HIMSELF IN AFTER
WOMAN FOUND DEAD AT MEAT-PROCESSING PLANT
***SIGN*** WOMAN FALLS HEADFIRST INTO MACHINE, FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED
**[14:05] Takeru**
Damn it.
**[14:07] Yuuko**
Just for the record... Marimo is the only
one on the other side who died, right?
**[14:11] Takeru**
Yes.
**[14:12] Yuuko**
As long as no one else over there is dead,
I doubt you'll cause anyone else to die.
**[14:19] Takeru**
Are you sure, Sensei?!
**[14:20] Yuuko**
If you notice anything strange,
come to me right away.
**[14:24] Yuuko**
Before it's too late.
**[14:27] Takeru**
I'm sorry.
**[14:28] Takeru**
If I... If I hadn't come back...
**[14:31] Yuuko**
You need to stop, right now!
**[14:34] Yuuko**
Blaming yourself won't help anything.
**[14:37] Yuuko**
You're a victim as much as anyone else here.
**[14:41] Yuuko**
*If I had realized this possibility sooner...*
**[14:46] Yuuko**
*If I had just...*
**[14:57] (Flashback) Meiya**
Takeru...
**[14:59] (Flashback) Meiya**
Let's all try to feel better.
**[15:01] (Flashback) Meiya**
I believe that's what Instructor
Jinguuji would have wanted.
**[15:26] Sumika**
How could this...
**[15:35] Takeru**
* I didn't come back to put*
* Sumika through all this!*
**[15:44] Headmaster**
*Jinguuji-sensei graduated from this school,*
**[15:48] Headmaster**
*and as an alumna and a teacher,*
**[15:51] Headmaster**
* she was always cheerful, kind,*
* and strict when needed,*
**[15:56] Headmaster**
* putting others before her own needs,*
* dedicating herself to her duty.*
**[16:01] Headmaster**
* There are no words for*
* how sad of a day this is.*
**[16:06] Takeru**
What am I supposed to do?
**[16:08] Yuuko**
What do you suppose Marimo was thinking
about before she was killed?
**[16:13] Yuuko**
I can guarantee you one thing:
She didn't blame you, Shirogane.
**[16:17] Takeru**
Sensei...
**[16:18] Yuuko**
I know that you're sad, too.
**[16:21] Yuuko**
But isn't there something you need to do?
**[16:25] Yuuko**
It must be easy for the people who
have no idea what's going on.
**[16:29] Yuuko**
But even now, as you run about,
**[16:33] Yuuko**
death could be closing in on the people
you know without them being aware of it.
**[16:38] Takeru**
What do you mean?! You said
it would be fine yesterday!
**[16:41] Yuuko**
What?
**[16:42] Yuuko**
Was that seriously enough
to make you rest easy?
**[16:45] Takeru**
Then...
**[16:48] Yuuko**
You must think I'm absolutely fearless, huh?
**[16:56] Yuuko**
I'll help you as much as I can,
**[16:59] Yuuko**
but you're the one that needs to
do something about this, Shirogane.
**[17:02] Yuuko**
All anyone else can ever do is
kick us in the right direction.
**[17:06] Takeru**
Sensei...
**[17:07] Yuuko**
You need to be strong.
It's the only thing you can do.
**[17:16] Takeru**
Marimo-chan died because of me.
**[17:19] Takeru**
Then... should I have stayed there?
**[17:23] Takeru**
I never asked for any of this!
**[17:29] Takeru**
*It's been over 24 hours already.*
**[17:33] Takeru**
*I can't let anyone else be killed.*
**[17:37] Takeru**
* This is my penance for*
* abandoning the other world.*
**[17:41] Sumika**
Takeru-chan, where have you gone?
**[17:45] Meiya**
Shall we look for him?
**[17:47] Sumika**
I'm honestly kind of scared. It feels
like he might just... disappear.
**[17:52] Meiya**
You felt that as well?
**[17:56] Yuuko**
Kagami, I need to talk to you for a sec.
**[18:06] Meiya**
I see you're awake. School is over already.
**[18:10] Takeru**
Yeah...
**[18:11] Meiya**
I doubt sleeping in a place
like this is very restful.
**[18:16] Takeru**
And after you said we
should try to feel better.
**[18:20] Takeru**
Did you need something?
**[18:23] Meiya**
Well...
**[18:24] Meiya**
I was waiting in the classroom
with Kagami for you,
**[18:26] Meiya**
when Instructor Kouzuki came by.
**[18:28] Meiya**
She took Kagami with her.
**[18:30] Takeru**
She did?
**[18:32] Meiya**
She said something strange to me.
**[18:36] Meiya**
To stay away from you.
**[18:39] Takeru**
Y'know, the day it happened, I went
to a restaurant with Marimo-chan.
**[18:44] Meiya**
Is that right? I hadn't heard.
**[18:48] Takeru**
The killer saw us... and...
**[18:52] Takeru**
I...
**[18:53] Meiya**
That's not right! The fault lies
with the one who killed our teacher!
**[18:56] Takeru**
But because she met with me...
**[18:59] Meiya**
Stop this, now! I'll avail myself
to you as much as possible,
**[19:03] Meiya**
so is there nothing I can do to help you?!
**[19:05] Takeru**
I'm scared!
**[19:06] Takeru**
So I just... can't.
**[19:08] Meiya**
Takeru!
**[19:15] Takeru**
Look... you wanna get out of here?
**[19:25] Meiya**
I had no idea this place existed!
**[19:28] Takeru**
Yeah. Hakuryou is the gathering place
for the troubled and the troublesome.
**[19:33] Meiya**
Of course. That explains why you knew of it.
***SIGN*** Takeru-chan
**[20:04] Sumika**
Oh, hello?
**[20:05] Answering Service**
* No one is available to answer*
* the phone right now.*
***SIGN*** December 15th (Sunny) I think Kouzuki-sensei must be really strong to be dealing with her best friend Jinguuji-sensei's death the way she is. She told me to stay away from Takeru-chan. I think she meant to give him some space. But I want to cheer him up. It's his birthday tomorrow, and I can't stand seeing him so sad. I really hope he can feel better soon. You can do it, Takeru-chan! Fight!
**[20:08] Answering Service**
*Please leave a message after the tone.*
***SIGN*** But I want to cheer him up. It's his birthday tomorrow,
**[20:15] Sumika**
*Uh, hello? Takeru-chan?*
**[20:17] Sumika**
*I... do you remember what tomorrow is?*
**[20:24] Meiya**
Would you like to accompany
me somewhere tomorrow?
**[20:29] Meiya**
Remaining cooped up at home
will not do you any favors.
**[20:32] Meiya**
Besides, it's your birthday, too.
**[20:37] Takeru**
Oh, yeah...
**[20:39] Meiya**
If it's a bother, don't worry. Pay it no mind.
**[20:44] Takeru**
Might be nice to go somewhere
to get my mind off things.
**[20:47] Meiya**
Really?! Where would you like to go?
You can choose! I don't mind!
**[20:53] Takeru**
Anywhere's fine, as long as you come with me.
**[20:58] Meiya**
Understood.
**[20:59] Sumika**
The truth is, we were going
to throw you a surprise party.
**[21:04] Sumika**
But after what happened...
**[21:06] Sumika**
Even so, I still want to
celebrate your birthday.
**[21:13] Sumika**
So, Takeru-chan...
**[21:16] Sumika**
Do you... want to go out somewhere tomorrow?
**[21:20] Sumika**
I'll be waiting to hear from you.
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E16 - Diary
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G0DUNPDME/diary)
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**[00:06] Yukino**
So, is this what a "handful" means?
**[00:07] Tsukuyomi**
Oh, Takeru-sama. Good morning.
**[00:08] Yukino**
Eh, whatever!
**[00:10] Yukino/Tatsumi/Minagi**
Good morning, Takeru-sama!
**[00:12] Takeru**
Good morning.
**[00:15] Meiya**
Good morning, Takeru.
**[00:16] Takeru**
Morning.
**[00:17] Takeru**
Sorry that I slept in so late.
**[00:19] Meiya**
No, given your condition,
I could not blame you.
**[00:23] Takeru**
You still could've come to get me, y'know.
**[00:26] Meiya**
What are you talking about?
**[00:28] Takeru**
Remember how we're going out today?
**[00:30] Takeru**
You were the one who suggested it.
**[00:32] Meiya**
I recall no such thing.
**[00:36] Takeru**
Okay, this isn't funny. We just
talked about it yesterday.
**[00:41] Meiya**
I really don't remember. Did I even
talk to you at all yesterday?
**[00:47] Meiya**
Actually, when was the
last time we *did* speak?
**[00:53] Takeru**
Come on, what are you talking about?
**[00:55] Meiya**
Where... am I?
**[00:57] Meiya**
What am I doing in such a place?
**[01:00] Takeru**
Okay, look, if you're making
fun of me, I need you to—
**[01:08] Meiya**
It's rude to suddenly accost someone.
**[01:12] Meiya**
Who in the world are you?
***SIGN*** Physics Laboratory
**[02:47] Yuuko**
I see. So Mitsurugi's
memories just disappeared?
***SIGN*** Diary
**[02:50] Yuuko**
It seems information about this world's Shirogane
has a way to flow into the other world, like a pipe.
**[02:55] Yuuko**
The two worlds are exchanging causality
information, using you as a reference.
**[02:59] Yuuko**
And awareness of you acts as a trigger to
send information through that pipe.
**[03:04] Yuuko**
Think about when you came in here.
**[03:07] Yuuko**
First, I perceived that someone
had entered the room.
**[03:10] Yuuko**
Here, the pipe's sensor activates.
**[03:12] Yuuko**
But "someone is in the room" isn't important
enough information to trigger the sensor.
**[03:17] Yuuko**
When I realize that person is you, however,
**[03:20] Yuuko**
that information is sent
through the pipe.
**[03:23] Yuuko**
And what happens then?
**[03:25] Takeru**
You won't be able to recognize
that it's me anymore.
**[03:28] Yuuko**
And there you have it.
**[03:29] Yuuko**
That's the mechanism behind her amnesia.
**[03:32] Yuuko**
As Mitsurugi was thinking about
where to go with you today,
**[03:35] Yuuko**
she ended up losing her memories about you.
**[03:40] Takeru**
This is awful. How can this be possible?!
**[03:43] Yuuko**
I hate to break it to you,
but it's going to get even worse.
**[03:47] Yuuko**
The more interaction you have
with acquaintances of yours,
**[03:51] Yuuko**
the sooner they'll be
unable to recognize you.
**[03:57] Yuuko**
And once that happens to everyone
who used to know you...
**[04:02] Takeru**
I-It'll be okay. I can always become friends
with them again, and then they'll—
**[04:08] Yuuko**
That won't work.
**[04:10] Yuuko**
You can try to rebuild the relationships,
**[04:12] Yuuko**
but the second their memories of you
become active, the pipe will send them away.
**[04:16] Yuuko**
And the deeper the relationship,
**[04:18] Yuuko**
the more you risk bringing
unpredictable causality their way.
**[04:20] Yuuko**
Like what happened with Marimo.
**[04:23] Takeru**
You mean to say I'm gonna have to live out
my life alone, with no one knowing who I am?!
**[04:30] Takeru**
Why is this happening to me?!
**[04:34] Takeru**
*I'm as insignificant as a pebble.*
**[04:38] Takeru**
* I've only made it this far because there*
* were other people who acknowledged me.*
**[04:43] Takeru**
*But now?*
**[04:47] Takeru**
S-Sumika?!
**[04:48] Sumika**
Y'know, I called you yesterday!
**[04:51] Sumika**
Why didn't you call me back?
**[04:54] Sumika**
Come on, Takeru-chan!
**[04:56] Takeru**
Go home.
**[04:57] Takeru**
Stay away from me!
**[04:59] Sumika**
What are you saying?
Don't be mean, Takeru-chan.
**[05:02] Takeru**
It doesn't matter! Just go!
**[05:04] Takeru**
I don't wanna see you anymore!
And don't talk to me at night!
**[05:07] Sumika**
Wh-What's wrong, Takeru-chan?
Why are you so mad all of a sudden?
**[05:12] Takeru**
I said stay away from me, damn it!
**[05:13] Takeru**
I... hate you!
**[05:18] Sumika**
Takeru-chan, you jerk!
**[05:22] Takeru**
* It's better this way. If the alternative*
* is Sumika forgetting all about me...*
**[05:28] Takeru**
How the hell is this better?!
**[05:37] Takeru**
*I... Why...*
**[05:43] Takeru**
*What is that?*
**[05:46] Takeru**
*It's warm.*
**[05:50] Takeru**
You!
**[05:51] Sumika**
Hey. Good morning.
**[05:53] Takeru**
Why?!
**[05:54] Sumika**
It's cold outside. You really
should be more careful.
**[05:58] Takeru**
* These are the mittens I gave*
* Sumika a long time ago.*
**[06:01] Sumika**
You really oughta apologize, y'know?
**[06:04] Sumika**
What you said really hurt.
**[06:07] Takeru**
I told you to leave me be!
**[06:11] Sumika**
Look, did I do something wrong?
**[06:14] Sumika**
Something to make you hate me?
**[06:19] Sumika**
Just say it! I can't understand
unless you talk to me!
**[06:23] Takeru**
I could tell you, and you still wouldn't!
**[06:25] Sumika**
Yes, I would!
**[06:26] Sumika**
Because it's about you!
**[06:29] Takeru**
You couldn't possibly understand!
**[06:30] Sumika**
I could!
**[06:31] Sumika**
I will understand!
I'll stay with you until I do!
**[06:35] Sumika**
I'm not going anywhere!
**[06:38] Takeru**
You... are so stupid.
**[06:41] Takeru**
Seriously...
**[06:43] Sumika**
That's right! You've known
that for a long time!
**[06:47] Sumika**
Because we've been together for so long...
**[06:51] Sumika**
And if it's about you, I swear,
I'll be able to understand!
**[06:59] Takeru**
Sumika...
**[07:04] BG Kid 1**
Come on, when do I get a turn?
**[07:04] BG Kid 1**
And so the OS I came up with
for the TSFs was doing great,
**[07:08] BG Kid 2**
No way! I'm not done yet.
**[07:08] BG Kid 1**
and in the first exercise,
we were able to beat veterans.
**[07:11] BG Kid 1**
Then hurry up and finish!
**[07:12] Sumika**
That's impressive.
**[07:14] Sumika**
You were kind of a hero
in that other world, huh?
**[07:18] Takeru**
I thought everything was
going to be smooth sailing.
**[07:22] Takeru**
I thought I could save
the world this time.
**[07:25] Takeru**
But it all fell apart.
**[07:27] Takeru**
The enemy attacked in the middle of
the exercise, from out of nowhere.
**[07:30] Takeru**
And our drill instructor...
Marimo-chan... was killed.
**[07:34] Takeru**
Right in front of me.
**[07:37] Sumika**
Jinguuji-sensei?
**[07:39] Takeru**
I got scared, so I ran back to this world.
**[07:42] Takeru**
And then... it happened here, too.
**[07:47] Takeru**
It's my fault.
**[07:48] Takeru**
Yuuko-sensei said I brought Marimo-chan's
death with me, from the other world.
**[07:54] Takeru**
Unbelievable, right?
**[07:55] Sumika**
Why do you say that? I believe you!
**[07:57] Sumika**
Of course I do!
**[07:59] Takeru**
Then you need to stay away from me.
**[08:02] Sumika**
Why?
**[08:03] Takeru**
The more we talk, the more you're
going to forget about me.
**[08:07] Takeru**
Marimo-chan died because she
was dead on the other side.
**[08:11] Takeru**
But those of you who are alive are
going to lose your memories, instead.
**[08:16] Sumika**
Is that true? That explains it...
**[08:20] Takeru**
Explains what?
**[08:21] Sumika**
It doesn't matter!
**[08:22] Sumika**
It's already taken care of,
so forget about it!
**[08:24] Sumika**
Besides, talking to you will make
me forget? It's the opposite!
**[08:27] Sumika**
The more we stay together,
the more I'll remember you!
**[08:31] Takeru**
Normal logic doesn't apply to me anymore.
**[08:34] Takeru**
The same thing will happen to you.
**[08:36] Sumika**
I would never forget you!
**[08:41] Sumika**
I can barely remember us
being apart, Takeru-chan!
**[08:46] Sumika**
If I forgot about you... I wouldn't
be the same person anymore!
**[08:52] Sumika**
The time I spent with you...
those memories...
**[08:56] Sumika**
everything I am is based on on us!
**[08:58] Takeru**
*It's the same for me. I know all that! But—*
**[09:01] Sumika**
So I won't forget!
There's no way I could forget.
**[09:06] Takeru**
We can't. Stop it, Sumika.
**[09:09] Sumika**
I won't stop! I'm not letting go!
**[09:12] Sumika**
I need you, Takeru-chan! Don't push me away!
**[09:17] Takeru**
Sumika...
**[09:19] Sumika**
I won't forget!
**[09:21] Sumika**
I swear! I swear, I'll never forget you!
**[09:25] Takeru**
You'll remember?
**[09:27] Takeru**
You will? No matter what?
**[09:31] Sumika**
So please, please, don't leave me!
**[09:37] Takeru**
Sumika... Sumika!
**[09:48] Sumika**
Well, see you tomorrow.
**[09:50] Takeru**
Yeah.
**[09:52] Sumika**
Takeru-chan, I can't go
home unless you let go.
**[09:58] Takeru**
Hey, Sumika...
**[10:00] Takeru**
Have you ever considered our future before?
**[10:24] Takeru**
Let me get a better look at you.
**[10:27] Sumika**
I love you.
**[10:29] Sumika**
I swear, I won't forget you, Takeru-chan.
No matter what, I won't.
**[10:40] Takeru**
Thank you, Sumika.
**[10:49] Takeru**
* As long as Sumika remembers me,*
* I'll be able to survive, even on my own.*
**[10:55] Takeru**
* Today will be my last at Hakuryou.*
* It's gonna be my personal, early graduation.*
**[11:02] Takeru**
Good morning, Sumika.
**[11:06] Takeru**
* I'm kinda nervous after what*
* happened yesterday.*
**[11:09] Takeru**
* But this is the last time.*
* I should at least greet her.*
**[11:13] Takeru**
Morning.
**[11:15] Sumika**
Oh, good morning, Shirogane-kun.
**[11:23] Takeru**
Sumika?
**[11:28] (Flashback) Yuuko**
They won't be able to recognize you,
Shirogane Takeru, anymore.
**[11:33] Takeru**
*This can't be.*
**[11:35] Classics Teacher**
"I was brought up in a distant
province which lies farther"
**[11:35] Takeru**
*You said you wouldn't forget yesterday.*
**[11:37] Classics Teacher**
"than the farthest end of the Eastern Road."
**[11:39] Takeru**
*You swore you never would!*
**[11:40] Classics Teacher**
"I am ashamed to think that..."
**[11:41] Gym Guys**
Go, go, go!
**[11:44] Takeru**
* I thought Sumika... I thought Sumika*
* would somehow manage to be okay.*
**[11:49] Takeru**
*I...*
**[11:52] Male Student 1**
What was that?
**[11:53] Male Student 2**
It sounded like it came from the gym.
**[11:56] Takeru**
*The gym—*
**[11:57] Takeru**
It can't be...
**[11:58] Male Teacher 1**
Everyone, get back to your classrooms!
**[12:00] Male Teacher 1**
Where's that damn ambulance?!
**[12:02] Male Student 3**
Apparently the basketball backboard that
was suspended from the ceiling fell.
**[12:05] Takeru**
What are you talking about? Aren't the
girls supposed to have volleyball for gym?
**[12:08] Male Student 5**
Not the point, stupid! It's Kagami!
**[12:10] Male Student 5**
She got caught underneath it!
**[12:13] Takeru**
Kagami?
**[12:17] Takeru**
Kagami, as in...
**[12:19] BG Students**
Someone should move it!
**[12:20] Takeru**
*Kagami's...*
**[12:22] Takeru**
*Kagami... Kagami...*
**[12:28] Male Student**
Whoa, what are you—
**[12:28] Male Student**
Please, no more!
**[12:30] Takeru**
Don't take anything else from me!
**[12:32] Takeru**
Let go of me! That's Sumika!
**[12:35] Takeru**
Sumika's...
***SIGN*** Surgery
**[12:45] Takeru**
Sumika... Sumika... Sumika...
**[12:50] Takeru**
Sumika... Sumika... Sumika...
**[12:54] Yuuko**
Where do you think you're going?
**[12:58] Yuuko**
You'd better not be thinking
of jumping off the roof.
**[13:06] Takeru**
Sensei! Let me die, please!
**[13:08] Takeru**
Please! You have to...
**[13:13] Yuuko**
Kagami's alive, by the way.
**[13:15] Yuuko**
Apparently if the metal bar had been off by a
few centimeters, she would've died instantly.
**[13:22] Yuuko**
Right now, you're a fusion of
this world and the other one.
**[13:27] Yuuko**
That means that half of you is my student,
the one I inherited from Marimo.
**[13:31] Yuuko**
You're not dying on my watch.
**[13:35] Takeru**
But as long as I'm alive,
it'll keep happening.
**[13:38] Takeru**
I'm begging you...
Please, just get rid of me.
**[13:45] Takeru**
You're the only one who can do it!
**[13:50] Yuuko**
I understand.
**[13:54] Yuuko**
You're not going to ask where we're going?
**[13:57] Takeru**
It really doesn't matter.
**[13:59] Takeru**
As long as you can get rid of me.
**[14:01] Yuuko**
We're headed to Kagami's house.
**[14:14] Yuuko**
Shirogane! Come on.
**[14:22] Takeru**
What is all this?
**[14:30] Takeru**
"December 24th..."
**[14:32] Sumika**
*Snowy.*
**[14:33] Sumika**
*Takeru-chan didn't give me a present.*
**[14:36] Sumika**
*I wonder if he forgot our promise?*
**[14:39] Sumika**
*Santa didn't show up after all.*
**[14:42] Takeru**
*These are... Sumika's.*
**[14:46] Sumika**
*Takeru-chan is so mean!*
**[14:49] Sumika**
*I broke an ammonite fossil,*
**[14:52] Sumika**
*but Takeru-chan took the blame.*
**[14:55] Sumika**
*Thank you, Takeru-chan. You made me so happy.*
**[14:58] Sumika**
* I think my dream really is to stay*
* with Takeru-chan. It's gotta be that!*
**[15:04] Sumika**
*Yes! I'm in the same class as Takeru-chan!*
**[15:08] Sumika**
*I'm gonna wake him up every day from now on!*
**[15:11] Sumika**
*That was so mean, Takeru-chan!*
**[15:12] Sumika**
* Just because my haircut went badly doesn't*
* mean you get to call me a kokeshi doll!*
**[15:16] Sumika**
* Ugh, he's so annoying! I'm gonna*
* get him to call me cute next time!*
**[15:20] Sumika**
*More like, he'd better say it!*
**[15:21] Sumika**
*It's summertime! It's hot! Time for the pool!*
**[15:24] Sumika**
*Who gives mittens as a gift during summer?*
**[15:27] Sumika**
* Still, I'm glad. I'm going to take good care*
* of the mittens Takeru-chan gave me.*
**[15:33] Sumika**
*Our last culture festival has ended.*
**[15:36] Sumika**
* I'm glad I got to do the last*
* folk dance with Takeru-chan.*
**[15:39] Sumika**
*That's another memory! Yes!*
**[15:41] Sumika**
* Takeru-chan's talking about going to Hakuryou.*
* There's no way I can get in there!*
**[15:48] Sumika**
* I did it! Now we're together*
* for another three years!*
**[15:54] Sumika**
*What the heck was that?!*
**[15:55] Sumika**
* I caught him in bed with some*
* girl I've never seen before!*
**[15:58] Sumika**
*Takeru-chan asked me something strange today.*
**[16:02] Sumika**
* And just like I told him, I can't*
* imagine not being by his side.*
**[16:08] Yuuko**
Look at all of this.
**[16:10] Yuuko**
And it's all about you.
**[16:12] Yuuko**
She's been re-reading these every day in
an effort to shore up her memories.
***SIGN*** February 28th, Sunny.
Graduation soon. Teacher talked about our dreams for the future. When I asked Takeru-chan
about it, he said he wanted to become rich, or the prime minister... a lot of crazy stuff.
I wonder if he's serious?
He said I should become the Cinnabun Boy, but that's just impossible!
Cuz I'm human! What even is a dream. I guess mine would be staying with Takeru-chan?
**[16:17] Yuuko**
I can only imagine how hard it was.
**[16:19] Yuuko**
Realizing she was starting to forget
something she cared so deeply about...
**[16:25] (Flashback) Sumika**
It doesn't matter!
**[16:26] (Flashback) Sumika**
It's already taken care of,
so forget about it!
**[16:28] Takeru**
*That's what she meant.*
**[16:32] Sumika**
*Jinguuji-sensei is dead.*
**[16:34] Sumika**
* I can't think straight.*
* My head's all jumbled up.*
**[16:37] Sumika**
* I keep forgetting stuff lately.*
* Maybe it's from the shock?*
**[16:41] Sumika**
* But it's written in my diary,*
* so I must be forgetting.*
***SIGN*** December 24th, snowy.
Takeru-chan didn't give me a present.
I wonder if he forgot our promise?
Santa didn't show up after all. We did eat some cake. It was a strawberry shortcake.
And really yummy! When we went outside it was snowing.
The same way it was on the day we made the promise. If the snow keeps falling, we're going to have a snowball fight tomorrow.
**[16:45] Sumika**
* Something must be wrong with me if*
* I'm forgetting about Takeru-chan!*
**[16:48] Sumika**
*I need to get a grip!*
**[16:50] Sumika**
*I called you yesterday!*
**[16:53] Takeru**
*Sumika...*
**[16:54] Sumika**
*It's Takeru-chan's birthday today!*
**[16:57] Sumika**
*When I was out shopping, I ran into him.*
**[17:00] Sumika**
*He was trying to avoid me, which made me sad.*
**[17:04] Sumika**
* I wanted to know why, and even though*
* he didn't want to, I got him to explain.*
**[17:09] Sumika**
* He told me a really strange story,*
* like something out of a fairy tale.*
**[17:13] Sumika**
* But I believe it all. Because I can tell*
* when Takeru-chan is joking or lying.*
**[17:20] Sumika**
* Even if everyone else loses*
* their memories of him,*
**[17:23] Sumika**
* even if the entire world doesn't*
* recognize Takeru-chan anymore...*
**[17:27] Sumika**
* I won't. I swear, I'll be the only one who*
* remembers Takeru-chan, no matter what!*
**[17:33] Takeru**
*Sumika!*
**[17:35] Sumika**
*I'm not going to leave him all on his own.*
**[17:39] Sumika**
*I'll always be with him!*
**[17:42] Sumika**
*And in the end, something amazing happened!*
**[17:45] Sumika**
*One of my dreams came true!*
**[17:48] Sumika**
*I got to kiss Takeru-chan! Twice!*
**[17:52] Sumika**
* I've never been happier!*
* There's no way I can forget this.*
**[17:58] Sumika**
* Not after my dream came true!*
* I could never forget that!*
**[18:02] Sumika**
*To me,*
**[18:04] Sumika**
*Takeru-chan is my next-door neighbor.*
**[18:07] Sumika**
* He's also the most important*
* person in the world to me.*
**[18:10] Sumika**
* Read the diaries, and you'll be sure*
* to remember him, so hang in there!*
**[18:13] Sumika**
*Keep reading until you remember!*
**[18:15] Sumika**
* It'll be okay, so just*
* stay calm and remember...*
**[18:19] Sumika**
*Takeru-chan.*
**[18:22] Takeru**
Sumika...
**[18:24] Yuuko**
She's a sweet girl.
**[18:25] Takeru**
Sensei, I love her!
**[18:29] Takeru**
I want Sumika to live!
**[18:32] Takeru**
I used to think that I wanted
her to remember me.
**[18:37] Takeru**
But I don't care anymore!
**[18:39] Takeru**
As long as she's alive...
**[18:42] Takeru**
I've found my nerve.
The sooner I'm gone, the better.
**[18:47] Yuuko**
Understood. Let's get this delivery done.
***SIGN*** Keyaki
General
Hospital
**[18:55] Yuuko**
Sorry about the holdup.
**[18:57] Takeru**
How's Sumika doing?
**[18:59] Yuuko**
No visitors allowed.
**[19:01] Yuuko**
It was a major procedure, after all.
**[19:02] Yuuko**
She's sedated and asleep at the moment.
**[19:05] Takeru**
I see...
**[19:08] Takeru**
*I'm sorry, Sumika.*
**[19:10] Takeru**
* I had no idea how hard you*
* were working to remember me.*
**[19:16] Takeru**
*Thank you for caring so much about me.*
**[19:20] Takeru**
*Goodbye, Sumika.*
**[19:22] Yuuko**
I'm thinking your influence
as a causality conductor
**[19:24] Yuuko**
might be tied to the
strength of your emotions.
**[19:29] Yuuko**
Marimo, Mitsurugi, Kagami...
**[19:31] Yuuko**
The three of them were affected
by causality conduction
**[19:35] Yuuko**
right after having significant
interactions with you.
**[19:38] Takeru**
Never mind that, Sensei.
let's get me out of—
**[19:40] Yuuko**
You need to listen.
**[19:41] Yuuko**
Our objective here
**[19:43] Yuuko**
is to stop the incursion of causality
from the other world into this one.
**[19:46] Takeru**
And that's why we're
getting rid of me, right?
**[19:50] Yuuko**
You are a Shirogane Takeru
who can't exist in this world.
**[19:54] Yuuko**
Which is why we're getting rid of you
by sending you back to the other world.
**[19:59] Takeru**
But we can't!
**[20:01] Takeru**
It's been over 24 hours
since I was sent back here!
**[20:06] Yuuko**
I *will* send you back.
**[20:11] Yuuko**
The laws of cause and effect have
become fuzzy when it comes to you.
**[20:16] Yuuko**
There's a chance that by
getting rid the root cause,
**[20:19] Yuuko**
this world will "loop," and any effects
you've had on it will be undone.
**[20:24] Takeru**
Will that mean nothing happens
to Marimo-chan and Sumika?!
**[20:28] Yuuko**
You've already been attempting something
along those lines in the other world, right?
**[20:35] Yuuko**
I'm sending you back so you can find out
what turned you into a causality conductor.
**[20:39] Yuuko**
Once you resolve that, you'll be able
to truly return to your original world.
**[20:45] Takeru**
I can go back!
**[20:47] Yuuko**
But until it's taken care of, you'll need
to remain in the other world.
**[20:54] Takeru**
I don't mind.
**[20:56] Takeru**
Compared to leaving everything unfinished,
**[20:58] Takeru**
and simply vanishing without taking
responsibility for my actions...
**[21:01] Takeru**
If this gives me a chance to undo the
damage I've done to everyone else,
**[21:07] Takeru**
then I'll head back to the other world!
**[21:10] Takeru**
Actually, I'd beg you to send me back!
**[21:14] Yuuko**
I understand how you feel.
**[21:17] Yuuko**
Okay, let's get going!
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E17 - Return
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GEVUZMXW1/return)
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***SIGN*** December 17th, 2001 10:38 pm
***SIGN*** Hakuryou University Nuclear Research Laboratory
***SIGN*** Return
**[01:48] Takeru**
Where are we?
**[01:49] Yuuko**
The nuclear research lab
attached to Hakuryou College.
**[01:52] Takeru**
Sensei, when I get back to the other side...
**[01:57] Yuuko**
The Shirogane who's originally
from this world will be left behind.
**[02:00] Yuuko**
The effects you've caused
will remain intact, though.
**[02:04] Yuuko**
Which is why you need to go back.
**[02:07] Yuuko**
Otherwise, we could be looking at
five billion dead on this world, too.
**[02:11] Yuuko**
Go on, get us in there.
**[02:13] Takeru**
Right.
**[02:15] Yuuko**
If my hypothesis is right, you won't
even be able to die on the other side.
**[02:21] Yuuko**
More accurately, you're capable of dying,
**[02:25] Yuuko**
and have already done so
quite a few times without remembering.
**[02:29] Takeru**
A few times?
**[02:32] Yuuko**
I'm wondering if the trigger for the loops
**[02:34] Yuuko**
that other world experiences
might be your death.
**[02:37] Yuuko**
That could explain why your
memory is spotty, as well.
**[02:41] Takeru**
Then that's why my memories
of the previous loops is so vague?
**[02:45] Yuuko**
Until you remove whatever's
turned you into a causality conductor,
**[02:49] Yuuko**
you're going to be indefinitely locked
inside of a cyclical fragment of space-time.
**[02:56] Yuuko**
Come on, let's get going.
**[03:07] Yuuko**
This is what we're going to use
to send you to the other world.
**[03:11] Takeru**
This stuff?!
**[03:12] Yuuko**
Oh, come off it. I had to
improvise with what I had available.
**[03:16] Takeru**
But it's been over 24 hours
since I came here.
**[03:20] Yuuko**
Relax. This'll be enough to send you back.
**[03:26] Takeru**
How can you be so sure?
**[03:28] Yuuko**
I learned how from my counterpart.
**[03:31] Takeru**
Were you able to communicate
with the other world?!
**[03:32] Yuuko**
Can you imagine how much easier
this would've been in that case?
**[03:35] Yuuko**
I found it in the documents
you brought me the first time around.
**[03:40] Yuuko**
She had a few contingencies outlined.
**[03:43] Yuuko**
Including one for what to do if you
went AWOL and didn't want to come back.
**[03:49] Yuuko**
She couldn't afford to let you go until she
had the formulas that would save the world.
**[03:55] Yuuko**
An understandable bit of insurance.
**[03:57] Yuuko**
But there were a few falsehoods
subtly slipped into what was written, too.
**[04:01] Yuuko**
By the other me, of course.
**[04:03] Yuuko**
My theory for inter-world travel
did have unresolved problems.
**[04:06] Yuuko**
And she had all the answers
for how to deal with them.
**[04:09] Yuuko**
I didn't realize what she had done until
the causality influx led to Marimo's death.
**[04:16] Yuuko**
I was too excited at my theory for
inter-world travel being proven true.
**[04:21] Yuuko**
And I'm pretty sure the other me
expected that to happen,
**[04:23] Yuuko**
and altered what she wrote
to keep me from realizing the outcome.
**[04:27] Takeru**
She went as far as tricking
an alternate version of herself?
**[04:31] Takeru**
I swear, I'm going to fix
whatever's causing this.
**[04:34] Yuuko**
I thought you might start sulking again.
Glad to see I was wrong.
**[04:38] Takeru**
Right now, my only concern is getting back
to the other world and finishing my job.
**[04:42] Takeru**
Rubbing the other Yuuko-sensei's
nose in it will be an added bonus.
**[04:46] Yuuko**
I would love it if you did that.
**[04:52] Yuuko**
You're about to be forced
to encounter situations
**[04:55] Yuuko**
where your choices will get people killed
over and over again.
**[05:00] Yuuko**
You'll have to choose to let people die
in pursuit of achieving your goals.
**[05:05] Yuuko**
Are you going to be able to endure that?
**[05:08] Yuuko**
Will you always be able to
make the practical choice?
**[05:12] Takeru**
Either way, because
I'm the causality conductor,
**[05:15] Takeru**
I'm the only one who can save
the worlds I've passed through.
**[05:20] Takeru**
Right?
**[05:23] Yuuko**
You know what to do?
**[05:24] Takeru**
Yeah.
**[05:25] Takeru**
I'm gonna save the multiverse!
**[05:29] Yuuko**
A successful transfer is linked
to a strong sense of purpose.
**[05:33] Yuuko**
That resolve, your feelings for Kagami,
Marimo, and everyone else,
**[05:38] Yuuko**
will guide you back to the other world.
**[05:42] Security Guard**
No good! It won't open!
**[05:47] Yuuko**
Damn it all! When we're doing this
to save them, too! So annoying.
**[05:52] Takeru**
Sensei!
**[05:52] Yuuko**
All we need now is power.
**[05:54] Takeru**
If I vanish now, Sensei, the police will—
**[05:56] Yuuko**
Shut up! Conversation over!
**[05:59] Yuuko**
Or are you already losing your nerve?
**[06:02] Takeru**
I'm not going to let my feelings stop me
from doing my duty ever again.
**[06:08] Takeru**
I'm going to do what only I can do,
and I'll feel sad once it's over!
**[06:16] Yuuko**
Maybe Marimo had better taste
in men than I thought.
**[06:20] Yuuko**
You love Kagami, right?
**[06:22] Takeru**
Sensei?
**[06:23] Yuuko**
Answer the question!
**[06:24] Takeru**
I-I do!
**[06:26] Yuuko**
I can't hear you!
**[06:28] Yuuko**
Are your feelings as soft as your voice?
**[06:30] Takeru**
I love Sumika!
**[06:33] Yuuko**
Louder!
**[06:34] Takeru**
I love her!
**[06:36] Yuuko**
Louder!
**[06:36] Takeru**
I love her!
**[06:38] Yuuko**
Still not enough! Again!
**[06:40] Takeru**
I'm in love with Kagami Sumika!
**[06:46] Security Guards**
There they are!
**[06:48] Security Guards**
Damn! It's locked...
**[06:49] Security Guards**
Open up!
**[06:51] Yuuko**
That's parapositronium light!
This is gonna work!
**[06:54] Takeru**
Sensei...
**[06:57] Yuuko**
Shirogane, Kagami is somewhere
in the other world.
**[07:01] Yuuko**
That's how this miracle happened.
**[07:05] Yuuko**
Now, go take care of business,
Shirogane Takeru!
**[07:08] Takeru**
Sensei!
**[07:26] Takeru**
I'm back.
**[07:27] Yuuko**
Well, I didn't expect to find you in here.
**[07:32] Takeru**
Sensei...
**[07:36] Takeru**
I'm sorry for the pathetic way I behaved.
**[07:39] Takeru**
You might not need me anymore,
but please, let me stay here again!
**[07:45] Takeru**
Please give me another chance!
**[07:48] Takeru**
I have to save all of the worlds
I've interacted with!
**[07:52] Takeru**
All the worlds that have
gone wrong, because of me!
**[07:55] Yuuko**
I think you've misunderstood something.
**[07:59] Yuuko**
I never gave you any kind of opportunity,
or took one away from you.
**[08:04] Yuuko**
Did you forget? Weren't we only working
together because our interests were aligned?
**[08:11] Yuuko**
You got to play savior thanks to me.
**[08:15] Yuuko**
And I got to obtain vital formulas
for the completion of Alternative IV.
**[08:19] Yuuko**
It's that simple.
**[08:21] Takeru**
*Playing savior...*
**[08:23] Takeru**
*She's got a point.*
**[08:25] Yuuko**
So, what can you do for me now?
**[08:30] Yuuko**
This needs to be mutually beneficial.
**[08:35] Yuuko**
Since you don't seem to have any idea,
I'm going to arrange an interview.
**[08:38] Yuuko**
Depending on the outcome of that,
I can find a role for you.
**[08:43] Yuuko**
And that'll give you a place here.
**[08:46] (Flashback) Yuuko**
Now, go take care of business,
**[08:48] (Flashback) Yuuko**
Shirogane Takeru!
**[08:50] Takeru**
Please!
**[08:57] Yuuko**
The 00 Unit is ready.
**[08:59] Yuuko**
It was completed the day after you left.
**[09:02] Takeru**
It was?!
**[09:04] Yuuko**
I don't know what you're so surprised about.
**[09:06] Yuuko**
That outcome was guaranteed as soon as
you made it back with the formulas.
***SIGN*** To me
***SIGN*** To me
***SIGN*** To me
***SIGN*** To me
**[09:14] Yuuko**
*Yes. That's right.*
**[09:17] Yuuko**
*Could you bring the 00 Unit to my office?*
**[09:20] Takeru**
So, about this interview...
**[09:22] Yuuko**
Don't rush me.
**[09:28] Yuuko**
There they are.
**[09:30] Yuuko**
Yashiro, right this way.
**[09:33] Takeru**
Kasumi?
**[09:38] Sumika**
* If I forgot about you... I wouldn't be*
* the same person anymore!*
**[09:39] Takeru**
*Sumika?*
**[09:42] Sumika**
*I swear, I'll never forget you!*
**[09:44] Yuuko**
*Kagami is somewhere in the other world.*
**[09:46] Takeru**
What is Sumika doing here?!
**[09:48] Yuuko**
Let me make the official introduction.
**[09:50] Yuuko**
You're looking at the ultimate objective,
and product, of Alternative IV.
**[09:53] Yuuko**
The harbinger of mankind's victory.
**[09:56] Yuuko**
The 00 Unit.
**[09:58] Takeru**
Is this some kind of joke?!
**[10:00] Yuuko**
I wasn't trying to be funny.
**[10:04] Yuuko**
We're in the presence of the key
to eradicating the BETA.
**[10:09] Yuuko**
You and I—
**[10:10] Sumika**
Kill them... I'll kill them all.
**[10:14] Sumika**
The BETA! The enemy, the enemy!
Kill, kill them, I'll kill them!
**[10:17] Takeru**
Sumika? Sumika!
**[10:20] Sumika**
I'll slaughter them all!
**[10:24] Sumika**
BETA! Kill! Kill them, kill them...
**[10:28] Sumika**
Kill them all...
**[10:28] Yuuko**
Well? Anything?
**[10:31] Kasumi**
No. I don't see anything.
**[10:33] Takeru**
Sumika! Are you okay?!
**[10:35] Sumika**
No! No!
**[10:41] Yuuko**
She's never reacted like that before.
**[10:44] Yuuko**
I guess you really are special.
**[10:53] Yuuko**
Oh, are you crying?
**[10:57] Yuuko**
Honestly, and here I thought
you had your head on straight this time.
**[11:02] Yuuko**
You pass, though.
This was a successful interview.
**[11:06] Yuuko**
You've got your place at the table.
**[11:08] Takeru**
Hang on a second. I don't understand!
**[11:11] Yuuko**
You'll be helping to debug
and adjust the 00 Unit.
**[11:14] Yuuko**
Although I prefer to call it "tuning."
Sounds more elegant.
**[11:18] Takeru**
Tuning?
**[11:24] Yuuko**
Our interests have aligned again.
**[11:26] Yuuko**
For the last week, you've been
on a top-secret mission for me.
**[11:31] Yuuko**
Got it?
**[11:33] Yuuko**
It was a dangerous, grueling mission on
the front lines that put your talents to use.
**[11:38] Yuuko**
The documentation already attests to that.
**[11:42] Takeru**
*Did she anticipate me coming back?*
**[11:45] Yuuko**
Do you understand?
**[11:47] Yuuko**
I don't mind impulsiveness,
because it makes you easy to use,
**[11:50] Yuuko**
but unless you get a handle on it,
**[11:52] Yuuko**
you're gonna spend your whole life
as someone else's tool.
**[11:56] Yuuko**
I'll call for you tomorrow.
**[11:58] Yuuko**
In the meantime, try and cool off a bit,
**[12:01] Yuuko**
Shirogane Takeru.
**[12:04] Takeru**
Understood.
**[12:25] Takeru**
*Why does the 00 Unit look like Sumika?*
**[12:30] Takeru**
*Is there some reason?*
**[12:34] Meiya**
Takeru? Takeru, is that you?
**[12:40] Takeru**
Meiya...
**[12:41] Meiya**
Have you just returned?
**[12:43] Meiya**
I imagine your special mission
must have been difficult.
**[12:46] Takeru**
Meiya...
**[12:47] Takeru**
Meiya, back then, I was—
**[12:51] Meiya**
This is for leaving without letting us know!
**[12:54] Meiya**
This is for making us worry!
**[13:01] Meiya**
And that was... my appreciation
for your safe return.
**[13:06] Meiya**
Fool... You are such a fool!
**[13:10] Meiya**
I thought I might never see you again!
**[13:15] Takeru**
Meiya...
**[13:16] Takeru**
Meiya, I'm so sorry. I was...
**[13:19] Meiya**
It doesn't matter. Not anymore.
**[13:22] Meiya**
It seems you've found the resolve
to grapple with your destiny.
**[13:27] Takeru**
Yeah. Finally.
**[13:29] Takeru**
The way you acted during the coup...
**[13:34] Takeru**
And the things that Her Majesty
told me about...
**[13:38] Meiya**
She spoke to you?
**[13:40] Takeru**
And the day Sergeant Jinguuji died...
**[13:44] Takeru**
I think I actually understand
what you really meant now.
**[13:50] Takeru**
On the front lines, I...
**[13:53] Takeru**
I encountered some people
I thought I'd never see again.
**[13:59] Takeru**
And to make sure I never lose them again...
**[14:03] Meiya**
Takeru...
**[14:05] Takeru**
Sorry.
**[14:07] Takeru**
I should be back with the unit tomorrow.
**[14:10] Takeru**
I'll see you then.
**[14:12] Meiya**
The others were quite worried
about you, as well.
**[14:16] Meiya**
I'm curious to see just how many
blows you can weather.
**[14:20] Takeru**
I thought you said you hit me
for their sake already?
**[14:23] Meiya**
A man shouldn't let such
trivial details concern him.
**[14:26] Takeru**
I guess so...
***SIGN*** December 18th, 2001
**[14:37] Michiru**
All right, it looks like we've finally got
A-01 assembled in its entirety.
**[14:41] Michiru**
Shirogane!
**[14:42] Shirogane**
Ma'am!
**[14:43] Tama**
Takeru-san!
**[14:44] Michiru**
Starting today, you're part of A-01 Squadron.
**[14:44] Mikoto**
Takeru!
**[14:50] Takeru**
Second Lieutenant Shirogane Takeru!
**[14:52] Takeru**
It's an honor to be serving with you!
**[14:54] Michiru**
Very good. And good work
on your special mission.
**[14:57] Michiru**
We know better than anyone else
that the XO never runs an easy operation.
**[15:03] Michiru**
We operate under a independent
command structure,
**[15:06] Michiru**
undertaking high-risk missions
in service of Alternative IV.
**[15:11] Michiru**
We were a regiment when founded,
but are down to a squadron's numbers.
**[15:17] Michiru**
The personnel you see are all we've got.
**[15:17] Takeru**
*Suzumiya? Kashiwagi?*
**[15:20] Takeru**
*You guys are here too, huh?*
**[15:21] Michiru**
And we can't count
on any kind of reinforcements.
**[15:25] Michiru**
So you can imagine how glad we are
to have a superstar like you in the lineup.
**[15:28] Michiru**
Hope you're ready to be worked, and hard.
**[15:31] Takeru**
It'd be my pleasure, Captain!
**[15:33] Michiru**
All of the pilots in our squadron are
graduates of the same training school.
**[15:36] Michiru**
Which makes us all
Sergeant Jinguuji's students.
**[15:40] Michiru**
You're joining us, so make sure
not to do anything to shame our teacher.
**[15:43] Takeru**
Ma'am!
**[15:44] Michiru**
Good. Welcome to A-01 Squadron.
We're glad to have you.
**[15:49] Michiru**
I'm Captain Isumi Michiru.
**[15:50] Takeru**
Yes, Captain!
**[15:52] Isumi**
Ease up on the protocol. The XO ordered us
to keep things efficient around here.
**[15:57] Isumi**
Let me introduce you
to the squadron's leadership.
**[16:00] Isumi**
On the far right is First Lieutenant
Suzumiya Haruka, our command post officer.
**[16:04] Isumi**
She monitors battlefield operations
from the command vehicle.
**[16:06] Isumi**
She's a lot scarier than
she seems, so watch yourself.
**[16:09] Haruka**
C-Captain!
**[16:10] Haruka**
What are you saying? Don't you know
how important first impressions are?
***SIGN*** A-01 Squadron Command Post Officer
First Lieutenant Suzumiya Haruka
**[16:15] Michiru**
Sorry, sorry.
**[16:17] Haruka**
It's nice to meet you, Lieutenant.
**[16:19] Takeru**
It's a pleasure, ma'am!
**[16:20] Michiru**
Next is First Lieutenant Hayase Mitsuki,
who's in command of B-Flight.
**[16:24] Hayase**
Welcome to the Isumi's Valkyries.
**[16:26] Takeru**
Valkyries?
**[16:28] Hayase**
It's the squadron's nickname.
***SIGN*** A-01 Squadron B-Flight
First Lieutenant Hayase Mitsuki
**[16:30] Hayase**
Though having a guy added
to our number kinda ruins the name.
**[16:36] Isumi**
And then C-Flight's commander,
First Lieutenant Munakata Misae.
**[16:40] Isumi**
She's a bit of a man-hater. Watch yourself.
***SIGN*** A-01 Squadron C-Flight
First Lieutenant Munakata Misae
**[16:44] Munakata**
Captain, I am not a man-hater.
**[16:47] Michiru**
So she says.
**[16:49] Michiru**
Good for you, Shirogane!
Maybe you've got a shot.
**[16:53] Michiru**
Make sure to familiarize yourself
with your other squadmates ASAP.
**[16:57] Michiru**
Finally, you need to learn the squadron's motto.
**[17:00] Michiru**
Carry out your mission at all costs!
**[17:04] Michiru**
Squadron, recite!
**[17:06] A01**
Carry out your mission at all costs!
**[17:08] Michiru**
Fight to your very last breath!
**[17:10] A01**
Fight to your very last breath!
**[17:12] Michiru**
Make your death count!
**[17:14] A01**
Make your death count!
**[17:16] A01**
Make your death count!
**[17:18] Michiru**
There it is.
**[17:19] Michiru**
Lieutenant Shirogane Takeru?
**[17:21] Takeru**
Carry out your mission at all costs!
**[17:24] Takeru**
Fight to your very last breath!
**[17:26] Takeru**
Make your death count!
**[17:28] Isumi**
Good. Now, you've got a week's
worth of catching up to do.
**[17:32] Isumi**
Brace yourself.
**[17:34] Takeru**
Roger that.
**[17:36] Isumi**
That is all. Shirogane stays behind,
and the rest of you are dismissed.
**[17:44] Hayase**
Hey, Shirogane!
**[17:46] Takeru**
Lieutenant Hayase!
**[17:47] Hayase**
You don't have to act
so buttoned up around here.
**[17:50] Takeru**
Sorry, force of habit.
**[17:52] Hayase**
I heard you're pretty torn up about
what happened to Sergeant Jinguuji.
**[17:57] Takeru**
Lieutenant, listen, I'm...
I'm sorry I couldn't protect her.
**[18:01] Hayase**
You're not the only one
who feels that way, okay?
**[18:04] Hayase**
We're all her students here.
**[18:07] Hayase**
And all of us feel responsible
for what happened.
**[18:10] Hayase**
But we're all trying to keep it together.
Do you get why?
**[18:16] Takeru**
Survivors need to put their experience to use
to help as many people survive as possible.
**[18:22] Marimo**
* I wanted to put my experience to use to help*
* as many pilots live for as long as possible.*
**[18:28] Takeru**
Because there's no other way
to make it up to those who have died.
**[18:35] Hayase**
You got it.
**[18:37] Hayase**
Seems you understand!
**[18:40] Hayase**
And your classmates seem really worried.
**[18:43] Hayase**
So try and act like nothing happened.
**[18:47] Hayase**
That's the etiquette among pilots.
**[18:49] Hayase**
And it's only once you can pull that off
that you're considered fully fledged!
**[18:54] Takeru**
Understood!
**[18:56] Touko**
Lunch was very good.
**[18:58] Kashiwagi**
I'm looking forward to dinner, too!
**[19:00] Touko**
Of course you are.
**[19:03] Akane**
Hey, Lieutenant Shirogane!
**[19:06] Takeru**
Hello, there.
**[19:08] Touko**
We didn't get to introduce
ourselves earlier, did we?
***SIGN*** A-01 Squadron C-Flight
Second Lieutenant Kazama Touko
**[19:11] Touko**
I'm Second Lieutenant Kazama Touko.
***SIGN*** A-01 Squadron C-Flight
Second Lieutenant Kashiwagi Haruko
**[19:13] Kashiwagi**
I'm Second Lieutenant
Kashiwagi Haruko.
**[19:16] Kashiwagi**
This is Second Lieutenant
Suzumiya Akane.
***SIGN*** A-01 Squadron C-Flight
Second Lieutenant Suzumiya Akane
**[19:18] Kashiwagi**
She's Lieutenant Suzumiya's
little sister.
**[19:21] Akane**
So you're the ace pilot
everyone's talking about!
**[19:23] Akane**
Hope you're ready for some competition.
**[19:25] Touko**
And this is Second Lieutenant Usuki Sakura.
***SIGN*** A-01 Squadron A-Flight
Second Lieutenant Usuki Sakura
**[19:28] Sakura**
Nice to meet you.
**[19:30] Kashiwagi**
Great to have you on the squad.
**[19:32] Takeru**
It's a pleasure to meet all of you.
**[19:34] Touko**
We should get going.
**[19:36] Akane**
See you around!
**[19:37] Takeru**
See you later.
**[19:40] Sakura**
Here.
**[19:41] Sakura**
I don't need it.
**[19:48] Takeru**
Thanks.
**[19:52] Ayamine**
Stop that.
***SIGN*** Quiet in the mess hall!
**[19:55] Takeru**
I'll have meal A.
**[19:57] Kyouzuka**
Sure thing!
**[19:58] Kyouzuka**
Well, I'll be! You been okay?
**[20:01] Takeru**
Yeah.
**[20:02] Kyouzuka**
Well, hang in there!
**[20:03] Takeru**
Thank you!
**[20:05] Chizuru**
Shirogane!
**[20:06] Takeru**
Guys!
**[20:08] Meiya**
We were all waiting for you to arrive.
**[20:10] Chizuru**
I-I wasn't exactly waiting.
**[20:13] Ayamine**
So all that fidgeting was a coincidence?
**[20:16] Chizuru**
Did you say something?
**[20:17] Ayamine**
Not really.
**[20:18] Mikoto**
Come on, you two!
**[20:20] Tama**
Th-That's right!
**[20:24] Takeru**
It's good to be back, guys.
**[20:26] Meiya**
I'm sure you faced a difficult task.
**[20:28] Mikoto**
We were seriously worried!
**[20:31] Chizuru**
I'm just glad you're okay.
**[20:34] Tama**
And you managed to
make it back, so that's great!
**[20:37] Ayamine**
Welcome back, Shirogane.
**[20:39] Ayamine**
Now that you're here, we can finally go.
**[20:41] Chizuru**
We were waiting for you to get back
so we could all go together.
**[20:58] Chizuru**
The body was already sent back
to her family, so it's mostly symbolic.
**[21:08] Takeru**
*Sergeant Jinguuji... Jinguuji-sensei...*
**[21:15] Takeru**
I survived, and I'm going to do
everything I can.
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E18 - Sumika
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G7PU4EM3K/sumika)
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**[00:07] Takeru**
She was the brain all along.
**[00:09] Yuuko**
The Yokohama Hive was
captured on August 5th, 1999,
**[00:15] Yuuko**
during Operation Lucifer.
**[00:17] Yuuko**
It was the first time mankind
managed to occupy a hive,
**[00:19] Yuuko**
where they discovered the only human to ever
survive being taken prisoner by the BETA.
**[00:23] (Flashback) Kasumi**
You wouldn't understand, Takeru-chan!
***SIGN*** December 19th 2001
**[02:00] Yuuko**
The BETA don't recognize
humans as being alive.
***SIGN*** Sumika
**[02:03] Yuuko**
Alternative IV was formulated
to take that into consideration.
**[02:07] Yuuko**
The 00 Unit is our only means of
communicating with the BETA,
**[02:10] Yuuko**
because they recognize its sentience.
**[02:13] Yuuko**
When Kagami Sumika was found alive,
we were ecstatic.
**[02:18] Yuuko**
And why wouldn't we be?
**[02:20] Yuuko**
We'd found the perfect specimen
with which to create the 00 Unit.
**[02:25] Yuuko**
But... there were problems when the
time came to transfer her personality.
**[02:32] Yuuko**
To translate information that the BETA
might express, we need human thinking.
**[02:38] Yuuko**
But without any personality or humanity,
it'd be as faulty as machine translation.
**[02:44] Takeru**
That's why you needed the
formulas I brought back.
**[02:47] Yuuko**
You had no way of knowing.
**[02:50] Yuuko**
I was the one who actually did it all.
**[02:54] Yuuko**
Transplanting a personality
**[02:56] Yuuko**
is a lot more complicated than
simply copying a set of memories.
**[03:00] Yuuko**
The 00 Unit not only needed to look like her,
**[03:02] Yuuko**
but also needed functionally identical
artificial biology for the same reason.
**[03:08] Yuuko**
If any of the necessary parts were missing,
**[03:10] Yuuko**
her brain's physiology
would become disrupted,
**[03:12] Yuuko**
leading to the human parts of her dying.
**[03:20] Takeru**
We killed this world's Sumika, didn't we?
**[03:25] Yuuko**
You need to get the
00 Unit functional in time
**[03:28] Yuuko**
for the practical assessment
scheduled a week from today.
**[03:31] Takeru**
* "Functional"? What the hell*
* am I supposed to do?*
**[03:47] Kasumi**
Please, talk to her.
**[03:49] Takeru**
O-Okay.
**[04:00] Takeru**
Hey, Sumika. It's almost Christmas, huh?
**[04:04] Takeru**
Remember how I promised
to give you a present every year?
**[04:08] Takeru**
I was slacking for a while there, but this
year, I promise to get you something.
**[04:14] Takeru**
This really isn't like us, huh?
**[04:19] Takeru**
From here on out, what we need
to do is goof around a bunch.
**[04:23] Sumika**
Need to...
**[04:25] Takeru**
Yeah! We haven't done
all the stuff we need to!
**[04:28] Sumika**
I need to...
**[04:29] Sumika**
What I need to do... need to do, need to do!
**[04:32] Takeru**
Whoa! Hey, are you okay?!
**[04:39] Sumika**
Can't take it... Can't take
any of it, make it stop...
**[04:42] Takeru**
Sumika!
**[04:43] Sumika**
Kill the BETA! Kill you, too!
**[04:45] Takeru**
I'm sorry! I'll never leave you alone again!
I'll stay so much that you'll be sick of me!
**[04:52] Takeru**
Damn it, what am I supposed to do?!
**[04:52] Sumika**
No! No—!
**[04:59] Yuuko**
And that was Kagami's response?
**[05:02] Yuuko**
Understood. Thanks for the update.
**[05:18] Michiru**
If you panic at the sight of BETA
in the simulator, you're going to be useless.
**[05:22] Michiru**
We need to nip any potential problems
in the bud while we have the chance.
**[05:27] Michiru**
* The Shiranui units you rookies will pilot*
* are going to be delivered in a few days.*
**[05:31] XM3**
*XM3, online.*
**[05:33] Michiru**
You'll be training
in the simulator to prepare.
**[05:36] 207th**
Yes, ma'am!
**[05:37] Mikoto**
Man, Takeru really is something else.
**[05:40] Chizuru**
He actually managed an A rating.
**[05:41] Tama**
It's impressive!
**[05:42] Ayamine**
The obvious outcome, naturally.
**[05:46] Mikoto**
Hey, Takeru!
**[05:49] Mikoto**
Since we're done training for today,
wanna all head to the PX?
**[05:54] Takeru**
Sorry. I've got stuff to do.
**[05:58] Tama**
What about dinner, then?
**[06:00] Ayamine**
It's settled.
**[06:01] Takeru**
Yeah, it seriously isn't, actually.
**[06:03] Takeru**
Sorry again, but I'll be busy tonight, too.
**[06:07] Meiya**
Takeru, this business of yours...
**[06:11] Meiya**
Is it a special mission?
**[06:13] Takeru**
Y-Yeah.
**[06:15] Tama**
I didn't realize. Sorry, Takeru-san.
**[06:18] Takeru**
Nah, it's my fault
for not being clear about it.
**[06:21] Chizuru**
Well, we haven't had a chance
to really talk since the coup, right?
**[06:26] Chizuru**
It would've been nice.
**[06:28] Takeru**
*They're all worried about me.*
**[06:31] Takeru**
Sorry, guys.
**[06:32] Meiya**
No. If duty calls, so be it.
Good luck, Takeru.
**[06:38] Takeru**
Thanks.
**[06:39] Tama**
You can do it, Takeru-san!
**[06:40] Mikoto**
We'll hang out some other time, okay?
**[06:41] Ayamine**
Yeah.
**[06:42] Chizuru**
If there's anything
I can help with, just ask.
**[06:43] Meiya**
I'll aid you in any way I can, as well!
**[06:45] Takeru**
I really appreciate it.
**[06:48] Sumika**
No!
**[06:51] Sumika**
Kill...!
**[06:52] Takeru**
Sumika, it's okay! You're fine!
**[06:55] Sumika**
Kill the BETA! I'll kill them!
**[06:59] Takeru**
Is holding you like this
the only thing I can do?!
**[07:02] Sumika**
No! Let go! Let go of me!
**[07:08] Yuuko**
Her numbers are heading
in the right direction...
**[07:11] Yuuko**
But at this pace,
it won't be ready in time.
**[07:15] Yuuko**
How are things with the squad?
**[07:17] Takeru**
We've only just started training
with the rest of the squad.
**[07:20] Yuuko**
Well, the sooner you're ready, the better.
**[07:22] Yuuko**
It's up to A-01 Squadron
to serve as the 00 Unit's protection.
**[07:29] Takeru**
We're going to be guarding Sumika?
**[07:31] Yuuko**
The entire base is going to be
working toward that end, really,
**[07:35] Yuuko**
except that's turned out to be
a bigger problem than I thought.
**[07:38] Yuuko**
We're severely undermanned in that regard.
**[07:41] Yuuko**
If I'm being totally blunt, the majority
of the forces here won't be of any use.
**[07:46] Yuuko**
You saw what a disaster
the trial turned into, right?
**[07:48] Yuuko**
Most of them were worthless. And we're
talking Japan's frontline defenses here.
**[07:52] Takeru**
I think things are running
more tightly since then, though.
**[07:55] Yuuko**
True enough.
**[07:56] Yuuko**
I guess having Isumi collect
them was worth it after all.
**[08:01] Takeru**
Uh... I'm not sure I follow...
**[08:04] Yuuko**
You're the one who told me the BETA would
be incoming from Sadogashima, remember?
**[08:08] Yuuko**
I was able to arrange for
quite a few to be captured.
**[08:12] Takeru**
Y-You mean to tell me... the accident was...
**[08:15] Takeru**
You planned the whole thing, Yuuko-sensei?!
**[08:20] Yuuko**
Just now catching on, huh?
Not too bright, are you?
**[08:25] Yuuko**
You can use it, if you want.
**[08:26] Yuuko**
If you can't accept what I've done,
go ahead and shoot me.
**[08:35] Yuuko**
Knowing you, I doubt you'd miss.
**[08:43] Yuuko**
What's the holdup?
**[08:45] Yuuko**
You're looking at the person
responsible for Marimo's death.
**[08:50] Yuuko**
The plan can continue without me around.
**[08:53] Yuuko**
I've made the appropriate arrangements,
so don't worry about that.
**[08:58] Yuuko**
Or are you afraid to kill someone?
Worried about getting your hands dirty?
**[09:07] Takeru**
It won't be necessary.
**[09:09] Yuuko**
I guess Kagami Sumika being dead
doesn't bother you that much after all.
**[09:14] Takeru**
You're right.
**[09:16] Takeru**
At least, that's how I was acting before.
**[09:19] Takeru**
She's been by my side since I came
to this world for the first time, for years,
**[09:24] Takeru**
but I never realized who that brain was.
I even thought it was creepy.
**[09:29] Takeru**
Sumika was trapped in there,
robbed of all sensation,
**[09:32] Takeru**
while I was so sure
she didn't exist over here.
**[09:35] Takeru**
Actually, it was more like
I was trying to convince myself
**[09:39] Takeru**
that it was okay to feel
relieved that she was safe.
**[09:43] Takeru**
I was avoiding the subject altogether.
**[09:46] Takeru**
And when I learned the truth, it made me
question how deep my feelings actually run.
**[09:50] Takeru**
To be honest, thinking about
the stuff you get up to pisses me off.
**[09:55] Takeru**
But...
**[09:56] Takeru**
I helped you of my own free will.
**[09:59] Takeru**
That's why I'm not going to change my tune
after learning the truth. Not anymore.
**[10:03] Takeru**
So you can keep the gun.
**[10:06] Takeru**
Even if Sumika is artificial now, and even if
she's fated for even more tragedy,
**[10:11] Takeru**
she's better off now than
being stuck the way she was before.
**[10:16] Takeru**
I think she became the 00 Unit for a reason.
**[10:20] Takeru**
And to prove that her
survival meant something...
**[10:23] Takeru**
I'm prepared to fight to the end.
**[10:26] Takeru**
That's how I'll make amends
for surviving where others didn't.
**[10:40] Yuuko**
Well...
**[10:42] Yuuko**
Looks like I can *actually* depend on you now.
**[10:47] Kasumi**
Oh. I got it wrong.
**[10:50] Takeru**
Kasumi, you wanna run
your pinky through the bottom.
**[10:53] Kasumi**
Shirogane-san...
**[10:55] Takeru**
My talk with Sensei ran late.
**[10:57] Takeru**
How's Sumika—
**[10:58] Sumika**
No!
**[10:59] Sumika**
Stop it. No.
**[11:02] Sumika**
No more! No!
**[11:03] Sumika**
Stop it!
**[11:04] Takeru**
Sumika, it's okay! I'm right here!
**[11:09] Takeru**
Sumika?!
**[11:11] Sumika**
No! Let Takeru-chan go!
**[11:12] Takeru**
Sumika, calm down! It's okay! You're all right!
**[11:15] Sumika**
No!
**[11:15] Takeru**
You don't have to worry anymore!
**[11:23] Kasumi**
Something about her feels different.
**[11:29] Kasumi**
She's only like this around you.
**[11:35] Takeru**
Only when she's with me?
**[11:37] Kasumi**
Yes. Her feelings are
more mixed-up than usual.
**[11:42] Kasumi**
It's hard to explain. I'm sorry.
**[11:46] Takeru**
No, it's okay.
**[11:49] Takeru**
I still haven't apologized to you yet.
**[11:53] Takeru**
I'm sorry I ran off.
I was a weakling, like you said.
**[11:58] Takeru**
But I won't do it again.
**[11:59] Takeru**
I'm gonna fight, to make it up
to the people I made trouble for.
**[12:03] Takeru**
So...
**[12:05] Kasumi**
You're not a weakling anymore.
**[12:10] Kasumi**
Thank you for coming back.
**[12:16] Takeru**
Say, Kasumi...
**[12:17] Takeru**
Did you ever read anything
**[12:20] Takeru**
about our counterparts
in this world that made an impression?
**[12:27] Kasumi**
From what I've seen...
**[12:29] Kasumi**
Your face when you wake up.
When you laugh. When you eat.
**[12:36] Takeru**
Hang on. Don't you have
anything a little more... substantial?
**[12:40] Kasumi**
No.
**[12:44] Takeru**
What about that stuff you imitated?
**[12:47] Kasumi**
Those were the memories
I read from you about Sumika-san.
**[12:52] Takeru**
Wait, you've been reading *both* our memories?
**[12:56] Kasumi**
Yes.
**[12:58] Takeru**
Oh, man...
**[13:01] Takeru**
Would there be any point in
sharing my memories with her?
**[13:05] Kasumi**
Please, have faith.
**[13:08] Kasumi**
The memories you have
of Sumika-san are full of joy.
**[13:13] Kasumi**
You should tell her about them.
**[13:15] Takeru**
I see... I guess I should.
**[13:19] Takeru**
My memories of Sumika, huh?
**[13:23] Takeru**
If nothing else, we've known
each other for a long time.
**[13:28] Takeru**
That's it!
**[13:30] Takeru**
The stuffed animal!
**[13:32] Yuuko**
Yeah, those don't exist here.
**[13:34] Yuuko**
Why don't you make it yourself?
**[13:36] Takeru**
Me?
**[13:37] Yuuko**
The 00 Unit has the same reading
and projection abilities as Yashiro.
**[13:43] Yuuko**
Which means that if you
give her a heartfelt gift...
**[13:46] Yuuko**
It'll be like giving her
the memories along with it.
**[13:49] Yuuko**
That should make up for any deficiencies
in the actual product. It's a good plan.
**[14:33] Chizuru**
Our Shiranui units are finally here.
**[14:38] Kasumi**
Right. And then...
**[14:41] Kasumi**
You take this finger and do this. And then...
**[14:44] Sumika**
Not... like... that.
**[14:49] Sumika**
First... do this.
**[14:52] Takeru**
Sumika?
**[14:53] Takeru**
* She's actually reacting to*
* Kasumi and keeping calm.*
**[14:58] Sumika**
Enough of this. Want more training.
**[15:02] Sumika**
Need to train to kill them.
**[15:05] Takeru**
Sumika, cat's cradle is
way more fun than training.
**[15:09] Sumika**
Don't care. Wanna kill.
**[15:12] Sumika**
Wanna kill. Right now.
Slaughter all of them.
**[15:15] Sumika**
Don't take him! No! Stop it!
**[15:17] Takeru**
It's okay, Sumika! No one's
taking anything from you!
**[15:18] Sumika**
Stop! Stop, just stop it, stop, please!
**[15:20] Takeru**
Sumika!
**[15:22] Sumika**
Don't... Don't take him from me!
**[15:25] Sumika**
Don't take Takeru-chan away from me!
**[15:31] Takeru**
* What the hell happened to this*
* world's versions of me and Sumika?!*
**[15:39] Takeru**
H-Hey! Sumika!
**[15:44] Sumika**
Takeru-chan... why did you leave me?
**[15:52] Takeru**
I'm not going anywhere. I'm right here.
**[15:56] Sumika**
You really... really won't leave?
**[16:02] Takeru**
Kasumi!
**[16:03] Kasumi**
Sumika-san is giving off
a very warm color right now.
**[16:08] Kasumi**
It's never been like this before.
**[16:11] Sumika**
It's true.
**[16:14] Sumika**
It really is you, Takeru-chan.
**[16:18] Takeru**
* She actually recognizes me.*
* Maybe now's the time.*
**[16:40] Takeru**
Sumika, come here for a sec.
**[16:45] Takeru**
Hold your hands out.
**[16:49] Takeru**
Now close your eyes.
**[16:54] Takeru**
Okay, open them and take a look.
**[17:01] Sumika**
What is it?
**[17:02] Takeru**
I know it's kind of early, but that's
your Christmas present from me.
**[17:06] Sumika**
Christmas present?
**[17:08] Takeru**
See, there's this guy called Santa Claus who's
supposed to bring presents on Christmas.
**[17:12] Takeru**
That's the story, anyway.
**[17:15] Takeru**
But he doesn't really exist.
**[17:19] Takeru**
Which is why, in the other world,
I made a decision when I was little.
**[17:24] Takeru**
Every year, I would give you
a present in Santa's place.
**[17:30] Takeru**
When I was little, I had no idea
what those presents meant to you.
**[17:37] Takeru**
That didn't actually change
after I was grown.
**[17:41] Takeru**
I never even realized how I felt about you.
**[17:45] Sumika**
It's cold.
**[17:46] Takeru**
Sorry!
**[17:48] Takeru**
* I guess I should've known*
* it wouldn't be that easy.*
**[17:50] Sumika**
No. Then you'll be cold, Takeru-chan.
**[17:53] Takeru**
You wanna head back, then?
**[17:56] Sumika**
No. I want to stay longer.
**[17:59] Takeru**
But you're cold...
**[18:00] Sumika**
If I stay close,
**[18:03] Sumika**
I'll be warm.
**[18:10] Takeru**
Sumika...
**[18:14] Sumika**
It's warm.
**[18:16] Sumika**
You're warm, Takeru-chan.
**[18:20] Takeru**
How so?
**[18:22] Takeru**
You're really warm, Takeru-chan.
**[18:26] Takeru**
And?
**[18:27] Sumika**
But then...
**[18:29] Sumika**
One day, you weren't anymore.
**[18:33] Sumika**
Takeru-chan... you stopped being warm.
**[18:37] Takeru**
Sumika?
**[18:39] Sumika**
I'll get revenge!
**[18:40] Sumika**
They ruined it all!
**[18:42] Sumika**
They took everything from me!
All of it, gone!
**[18:46] Takeru**
It's okay, Sumika! It's all right!
**[18:46] Sumika**
I'll make them suffer like I did!
**[18:50] Takeru**
Sumika, don't worry about that!
**[18:52] Sumika**
Revenge!
**[18:52] Takeru**
You're gonna have to fight in time!
**[18:55] Takeru**
But when it happens, I'll be with you!
I swear I won't leave you!
**[19:07] Takeru**
So for now... just be yourself, Sumika.
**[19:13] Sumika**
Takeru-chan?
**[19:20] Sumika**
It hurts. It hurts, Takeru-chan.
**[19:24] Takeru**
Sumika?
**[19:25] Sumika**
Takeru-chan, help me.
**[19:28] Takeru**
I'm right here! I'm by your side.
**[19:32] Sumika**
You... really are. It's Takeru-chan.
**[19:35] Takeru**
Sumika...
**[19:37] Takeru**
Are you okay, Sumika?
**[19:39] Sumika**
I can hear your voice.
**[19:42] Sumika**
It smells like you.
**[19:46] Takeru**
Sumika? Do you hear me?
**[19:49] Sumika**
What are you talking about?
**[19:51] Sumika**
Huh? What was I saying?
I just want to kill them.
**[19:57] Takeru**
H-Hey!
**[19:59] Sumika**
It hurts. It really hurts.
My head feels like it's gonna split.
**[20:03] Takeru**
Sumika? Are you okay?
**[20:09] Sumika**
It hurts! My head's gonna burst!
**[20:12] Takeru**
Sumika—
**[20:19] Sumika**
Guess what, Takeru-chan? I've got good news.
**[20:26] Sumika**
I can finally get revenge on them.
For the way they killed you.
**[20:32] Sumika**
I'll kill every last one. Just wait, okay?
**[20:35] Takeru**
They killed me?
**[20:47] Yuuko**
Well, this is just fantastic!
***SIGN*** December 22 2001
**[20:49] Yuuko**
Still a work in progress,
but no complaints on my end.
**[20:52] Yuuko**
She should be able to head out
for the assessment on the 25th
**[20:56] Yuuko**
without any problems, at least.
**[20:59] Yuuko**
Isumi will be briefing
you tomorrow, most likely.
**[21:02] Takeru**
About the practical assessment?
**[21:04] Yuuko**
You're already going
to get an earful tomorrow.
**[21:07] Takeru**
Please!
**[21:10] Yuuko**
Just the key points, then.
**[21:13] Yuuko**
In terms of specifics...
we're talking about actual combat.
**[21:17] Takeru**
Where at, ma'am?
**[21:18] Yuuko**
The location will be...
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E19 - The Night Before The Attack
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G9DUEJ59X/the-night-before-the-attack)
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**[00:11] Takeru**
Kasumi?
**[00:14] Takeru**
Sumika?!
**[00:16] Sumika**
Takeru-chan! Would you rather
Kasumi-chan woke you up?
**[00:19] Takeru**
That's not what I meant!
**[00:21] Sumika**
So weird...
**[00:23] Sumika**
Didn't I used to wake you up every morning?
**[00:27] Sumika**
Or did I dream that?
**[00:29] Takeru**
*I'm positive: This is the Sumika I recognize.*
**[00:33] Takeru**
It wasn't a dream. I guarantee you.
**[00:36] Sumika**
Okay!
**[00:40] Sumika**
So, Takeru-chan,
**[00:42] Sumika**
how much time can we spend together today?
***SIGN*** December 23rd, 2001
**[02:19] Radhabinod**
At dawn today, Operation 21st was announced.
***SIGN*** The Night Before The Attack
**[02:26] Radhabinod**
The goal is the BETA hive located
on Sadogashima, Target 21,
**[02:31] Radhabinod**
and the suppression thereof.
**[02:33] Radhabinod**
It's a large-scale joint operation
between the UN and the IJA.
**[02:38] Sakura**
Sado...
**[02:39] Radhabinod**
The primary objective of this operation
is to neutralize the target.
***SIGN*** IJA Pilots
***SIGN*** IJA Type-90 Armored Division
**[02:44] Radhabinod**
Secondary will be occupying enemy facilities,
***SIGN*** Elsewhere, Early Morning UN Orbital Bomber Fleet
**[02:46] Radhabinod**
in addition to collecting enemy intel,
to whatever degree possible.
***SIGN*** UN Orbital Divers
**[02:51] Radhabinod**
We are attacking the forward base
for the BETA invasion of Japan.
***SIGN*** Operation 21st
**[02:58] Radhabinod**
Once this threat has been neutralized,
**[03:00] Radhabinod**
it will improve security for
the entire Far East Defensive Line.
**[03:06] Radhabinod**
You'll be briefed in detail
by your commanders.
**[03:10] Radhabinod**
I expect only the best from all of you.
**[03:12] Radhabinod**
That is all!
**[03:14] Isumi**
A-01 will be the only unit
deploying from our base.
**[03:19] Takeru**
*Only us, huh?*
**[03:20] Isumi**
Our mission will be to escort and
guard an experimental new weapon.
**[03:27] Yuuko**
I'll be direct: Operation 21st was
devised to test this new weapon.
**[03:34] Yuuko**
You all need to keep that in mind.
**[03:37] Yuuko**
It's not an exaggeration to say that
both the IJA and Far East UN forces
**[03:40] Yuuko**
will be acting as guards for the weapon.
***SIGN*** Valkyries A-Flight
**[03:43] Yuuko**
You're going to be protecting
***SIGN*** Valkyries C-Flight
**[03:45] Yuuko**
the strategic anti-BETA weapon that is the
linchpin in preventing humanity's extinction:
***SIGN*** Valkyries B-Flight
**[03:49] Yuuko**
The XG-70b, also known as the Susano-O Mark II.
**[03:55] Takeru**
*It's so huge... That's not a TSF!*
**[03:58] Takeru**
*Sumika's gonna pilot that thing?!*
**[04:02] Yuuko**
The XG-70b is a product of
America's HI-MAERF project.
**[04:06] Yuuko**
A prototype Tactical Aeronautical Fortress.
**[04:10] Yuuko**
It's a conceptual pipe dream,
**[04:12] Yuuko**
designed to enter enemy territory
on its own and destroy a hive.
***SIGN*** Susano-O Mark II
***SIGN*** Charged Particle Cannon Firing Sequence
**[04:16] Yuuko**
The anti-gravity field generated by the
Moorcock-Lechte drive mounted inside it
**[04:21] Yuuko**
is capable of neutralizing
BETA laser offense,
**[04:24] Yuuko**
while the charged particle cannon attacks,
and eliminates, the hive.
**[04:30] Takeru**
*This world has technology like that?!*
**[04:34] Yuuko**
Ultimately, though, it was
shelved before being finished.
**[04:37] Yuuko**
And some less costly, more easily mass-produced
weapons were the ultimate byproduct.
**[04:44] Yuuko**
I'm talking about the G-Bombs.
**[04:50] Yuuko**
I'd rather Japan not endure
another one of those things,
**[04:53] Yuuko**
so I procured this prototype.
**[04:57] Yuuko**
Given that this is our first practical test,
I'm playing things as safely as possible,
**[05:01] Yuuko**
but depending on the outcome,
all future anti-hive operations
**[05:05] Yuuko**
may be performed with 1/100th
of the manpower we'll be utilizing.
**[05:08] Yuuko**
And if we accomplish that?
Then "victory for humanity"
**[05:12] Yuuko**
starts to sound like an actual possibility
for the first time in this entire war.
**[05:17] Yuuko**
The success of Alternative IV is tied
to the success of this operation.
**[05:21] Yuuko**
I'm counting on you.
**[05:23] A-01**
Yes, ma'am!
**[05:27] Isumi**
I'll brief you on the specifics of the
operation the day before we head out.
**[05:31] Isumi**
Dismissed.
**[05:33] Akane**
Well, this is a really big deal, right?
**[05:35] Touko**
Yeah, really.
**[05:37] Akane**
"Yeah, really"?
**[05:41] Hayase**
It's finally happening.
**[05:42] Munakata**
Sado, huh...
**[05:43] Kashiwagi**
Let's do our best!
**[05:45] Hayase; Manakata**
Of course you'd say that.
**[05:59] Haruka**
Come on, Sakura-chan.
**[06:00] Haruka**
Oh, right! I'll see you later.
**[06:03] Tama**
Okay!
**[06:04] Mikoto**
Later!
**[06:05] Chizuru**
See you around.
**[06:07] Takeru**
This is finally it.
**[06:08] Chizuru**
Yeah. After all this time.
**[06:10] Meiya**
Right.
**[06:11] Meiya**
We'll be having our first true battle.
**[06:14] Ayamine**
You're right...
**[06:15] Mikoto**
We finally get to fight the BETA!
**[06:19] Tama**
BETA, and not other people.
***SIGN*** Carry out your mission at all costs
Fight to your very last breath
Make your death count
**[06:33] Techs**
Go! Go! Go! Stop!
**[06:42] Takeru**
*The Susano-O Mark II.*
**[06:44] Takeru**
*And Sumika's gonna be in that thing?*
**[06:47] Tsukuyomi**
Lieutenant Shirogane.
**[06:50] Takeru**
Lieutenant Tsukuyomi!
**[06:54] Tsukuyomi**
We haven't spoken since the incident.
**[06:56] Takeru**
Thank you for everything you did.
**[06:58] Tsukuyomi**
I'm the one who owes you gratitude.
**[07:01] Tsukuyomi**
For protecting Her Majesty,
and assisting Meiya-sama.
**[07:06] Tsukuyomi**
You have my most sincere gratitude.
**[07:08] Takeru**
I appreciate that.
**[07:11] Tsukuyomi**
I realize it's a bit late, but congratulations
on your commission, Lieutenant.
**[07:15] Takeru**
Thanks.
**[07:18] Tsukuyomi**
I have a favor to ask of you.
**[07:21] Tsukuyomi**
Will you come with me?
**[07:31] Takeru**
So... Tsukuyomi-san,
**[07:34] Takeru**
what's this all about?
**[07:39] Ikaruga**
It was just announced
***SIGN*** Elsewhere, 2:48 AM
**[07:41] Ikaruga**
by UN command and the General Staff Office
**[07:46] Ikaruga**
that Operation 21st has been ordered.
***SIGN*** Operational Outline for the
Recovery of Sadogashima
**[07:55] (Flashback) Ikaruga**
You will prepare to take to the field,
representing the Royal Guard.
**[08:05] Tsukuyomi**
This is a personal request of mine.
**[08:09] Tsukuyomi**
Please, look after Meiya-sama.
**[08:12] Tsukuyomi**
Pitiful as it is, there is no one
else I can turn to.
**[08:16] Tsukuyomi**
If you find that she seems to
rush to her death in battle...
**[08:23] Tsukuyomi**
All I ask is that you admonish her.
**[08:26] Tsukuyomi**
I beg you.
**[08:30] Takeru**
Come on, Lieutenant, that's not necessary!
**[08:33] Takeru**
I would've done that,
even if you hadn't asked.
**[08:37] Tsukuyomi**
My unit has been relieved of
our mission to guard Meiya-sama.
**[08:41] Tsukuyomi**
We will no longer be protecting her.
**[08:44] Takeru**
But she's related to the Shogun, isn't she?
**[08:47] Takeru**
And the Shogun's the most
important person in Japan.
**[08:51] Tsukuyomi**
You really aren't from this country, are you?
**[08:56] Tsukuyomi**
Not that it makes a difference anymore.
**[08:59] Tsukuyomi**
Shogun is a title bestowed
by His Imperial Grace
**[09:02] Tsukuyomi**
to the individual who becomes
head of state affairs.
**[09:05] Tsukuyomi**
In more antiquated terms,
they are like a regent.
**[09:08] Tsukuyomi**
After our loss in the war, the Shogun
had practically become a figurehead.
**[09:13] Tsukuyomi**
However, with the invasion of the BETA,
and the recent uprising,
**[09:16] Tsukuyomi**
the position has had its authority restored.
**[09:20] Takeru**
If the office has its power back,
**[09:22] Takeru**
isn't that all the more reason
to make sure Meiya has security?
**[09:24] Tsukuyomi**
In acting as a decoy for Her Majesty,
**[09:27] Tsukuyomi**
Meiya-sama's presence has
become public knowledge.
**[09:30] Tsukuyomi**
The Office of the Shogunate
now has concerns that Meiya-sama
**[09:35] Tsukuyomi**
may be used by the Americans
to carry out a similar incident.
**[09:37] Takeru**
* If they want to pretend she's not related to*
* the Shogun, then she can't have security.*
**[09:41] Takeru**
* Wait, did they let her commission*
* go through because they want her KIA?*
**[09:48] Takeru**
How the hell is that fair?!
**[09:50] Takeru**
After what she went through because of
her love for this country and Her Majesty,
**[09:53] Takeru**
even going so far as to be a decoy...?
**[09:56] (Flashback) Meiya**
What drove you to strike
down your fellow man?!
**[10:04] Takeru**
And now... she really has been...
**[10:08] Takeru**
abandoned, hasn't she?
**[10:22] Takeru**
Lieutenant, I have faith in Meiya.
**[10:26] Takeru**
After everything that's happened,
I think it finally means
**[10:30] Takeru**
that she can actually
begin living for herself.
**[10:34] Takeru**
She'll probably keep fighting for the sake of
Her Majesty, and the Japanese people.
**[10:38] Takeru**
But I don't think she'll do
anything to end her own life.
**[10:42] Takeru**
That's what I believe.
**[10:47] Tsukuyomi**
Right.
**[10:59] Meiya**
Takeru.
**[11:00] Takeru**
Meiya?
**[11:04] Meiya**
There was something I wished to ask you.
**[11:09] Meiya**
Y-You were with someone, the other day.
**[11:13] Meiya**
Who is she?
**[11:15] Takeru**
*It must've been then...*
**[11:18] Takeru**
Oh. You saw us, huh?
**[11:22] Meiya**
"Sumika."
**[11:25] Meiya**
You mentioned that name before.
**[11:28] Meiya**
And that you had been
separated from that person.
**[11:32] Meiya**
Unseemly as it might be, I was wondering...
**[11:35] Meiya**
If the woman you were with was this Sumika.
**[11:40] Meiya**
I can hardly imagine
why I was struck by such a notion.
**[11:45] Takeru**
Meiya...
**[11:47] Takeru**
That girl's involved with my
special mission from Yuuko-sensei.
**[11:51] Takeru**
So I can't even tell you whether or not
your suspicions are right, yet.
**[11:56] Meiya**
I see. But of course. I apologize.
**[12:00] Takeru**
Look, Meiya, I appreciate
you being honest with me,
**[12:04] Takeru**
and I think the way
you do things is admirable.
**[12:06] Takeru**
But you can afford to cut yourself
more of a break, y'know?
**[12:12] Takeru**
You don't have to act like part of
the Shogunate anymore.
**[12:17] Meiya**
I'll try to keep your advice in mind.
**[12:25] Isumi**
Listen up, people!
**[12:27] Isumi**
The BETA always prioritize the machines
**[12:29] Isumi**
with the highest computational power
in the immediate area.
**[12:34] Isumi**
Do you get why the Susano-O Mark II
needs guards now?
**[12:37] Isumi**
For re-supply in the field,
***SIGN*** UN Space Force
***SIGN*** Operation 21st
**[12:39] Isumi**
we'll be using munitions drops
that have been spread along the route.
**[12:42] Isumi**
The beacons should make them easy to find,
**[12:45] Isumi**
but don't get hasty and end up as BETA chow.
**[12:47] A-01**
Yes, ma'am!
**[12:50] Yuuko**
You'll want to pay attention
if you intend on surviving.
**[12:53] Yuuko**
There are a few points to note
while escorting the Susano-O Mark II.
**[12:57] Yuuko**
First of all, always maintain a minimum
distance of 10 meters from its surface area.
***SIGN*** Susano-O Mark II
***SIGN*** Charged Particle Cannon Firing Sequence
**[13:03] Yuuko**
Next, when it prepares to fire its charged
particle cannon, take cover behind it.
**[13:08] Yuuko**
It generates a nasty
electromagnetic field when firing.
**[13:10] Yuuko**
Get caught in it, and you're toast.
**[13:14] Sumika**
Susano-O, activate.
**[13:18] Sumika**
Moorcock-Lechte anti-gravity
drive output nominal.
**[13:21] Sumika**
Stability confirmed.
**[13:23] Sumika**
Rutherford field stable.
**[13:33] Kasumi**
Good luck.
**[13:37] Haruka**
Ninety-eight seconds! That's over the limit.
**[13:40] Isumi**
What?! You morons!
Are you trying to get killed?!
**[13:51] Isumi**
Take this seriously, damn it!
**[13:53] Isumi**
Get it together!
**[13:55] A-01**
Yes, ma'am!
**[13:56] Isumi**
It's time to explain our role
in Operation 21st.
**[13:59] Isumi**
First, the UN Space Force will launch
an orbital bombardment,
**[14:03] Isumi**
followed by long-range saturation fire from
the Imperial Combined Fleet 2nd Squadron.
**[14:09] Isumi**
After that, the Imperial Navy's
17th Tactical Armored Squadron
**[14:11] Isumi**
will launch an amphibious assault
to secure a beachhead.
**[14:14] Isumi**
Whiskey Unit will then land.
**[14:16] Isumi**
Their job is to lure away enemy
reinforcements deployed by the hive.
**[14:18] Isumi**
After that will come the UN Fleet and Imperial
Combined Fleet 3rd Squadron's bombardment.
**[14:23] Isumi**
That's when Echo Unit takes to the field
to further split enemy forces.
**[14:27] Isumi**
Then the Orbital Divers will be dropping in.
**[14:30] Isumi**
Their objective will be
infiltrating Target 21.
**[14:32] Isumi**
Once Orbital Divers confirms reaching
the fourth stratum of the hive,
**[14:35] Isumi**
Whiskey Unit will rendezvous with them
and begin to occupy it.
**[14:38] Isumi**
That's where we come in.
**[14:40] Isumi**
Our only objective is the escort mission.
Once we land, we'll head south with Echo.
**[14:44] Isumi**
The Susano-O Mark II,
A-02 for the purpose of this mission,
**[14:47] Isumi**
will deploy from Yokohama Base.
**[14:48] Isumi**
Until it arrives,
**[14:50] Isumi**
our job is to clear a path along a southeast
trajectory, and to then secure that route.
**[14:53] Isumi**
If the Orbital Divers have successfully
taken the hive at that point,
**[14:56] Isumi**
then we'll commence collecting intel.
**[14:58] Isumi**
But if they fail, A-02 will launch an attack
aimed at neutralizing the hive
**[15:01] Isumi**
and any remaining forces in it.
**[15:04] Isumi**
The XO will be taking command
from the Imperial Navy's flagship,
**[15:06] Isumi**
the heavy cruiser *Mogami*.
**[15:08] Isumi**
Once operations have wrapped up,
we return to Yokohama Base within 48 hours.
**[15:12] Isumi**
That about covers it.
**[15:18] Kyozuka**
Hey, kids!
**[15:21] Kyozuka**
Anyone want seconds?
**[15:22] A-01**
Here!
**[15:22] A-01**
I'll take some!
**[15:22] A-01**
Yes, please!
**[15:24] Kyozuka**
You got it!
**[15:30] Meiya**
Tomorrow is the day.
**[15:32] Meiya**
Will you be all right, Tamase?
**[15:34] Tama**
I-I should be!
**[15:36] Tama**
Besides, I need to stop acting like a baby.
**[15:40] Meiya**
True enough.
**[15:41] Ayamine**
Tomorrow's our first
actual mission against the BETA.
**[15:45] Mikoto**
Kei-san?
**[15:46] Ayamine**
I'm going to fight.
**[15:47] Ayamine**
As a human. And as a soldier.
**[15:50] Mikoto**
This might be the last day
that we're all together like this.
**[15:59] Chizuru**
That's right.
**[16:00] Chizuru**
We're finally in a position to
protect the world with our own strength.
**[16:05] Chizuru**
We can pay back Instructor Jinguuji and
everyone else who raised us to this point
**[16:09] Chizuru**
in the way that we were meant to all along.
**[16:14] Meiya**
And for the sake of those who aided us...
**[16:17] Tama**
Everyone who helped us...
**[16:18] Ayamine**
For their sake.
**[16:20] Mikoto**
Let's do it for them!
**[16:22] Chizuru**
And we're all gonna survive!
**[16:25] 207th**
Right!
**[16:27] Isumi**
Come in.
**[16:29] Takeru**
Excuse me, ma'am.
**[16:30] Isumi**
Head on back and get some rest, Sakura.
**[16:32] Sakura**
Right.
**[16:34] Isumi**
What is it? Come on in.
**[16:36] Takeru**
Okay.
**[16:39] Isumi**
Usuki's from Sado originally.
And somehow, she ended up with us.
**[16:44] Takeru**
Is that right?
**[16:45] Isumi**
Did you eat already?
**[16:47] Takeru**
Yes.
**[16:47] Isumi**
Better get your affairs in order, then.
**[16:50] Isumi**
What's wrong?
**[16:51] Takeru**
Get my affairs in order?
**[16:52] Isumi**
Get rid of anything that
might upset your loved ones
**[16:55] Isumi**
if they need to collect your belongings.
**[16:57] Isumi**
What's wrong?
Got too much material to dispose of?
**[16:59] Takeru**
I-It's not that!
**[17:01] Isumi**
Just take care of it.
**[17:04] Takeru**
Let's do this, guys!
**[17:06] 207th**
Right!
**[17:07] Veteran Tech**
Final maintenance checks
are all done. No problems!
**[17:10] Veteran Tech**
Godspeed!
**[17:12] Techs**
You can do it! Good luck! Come back safe!
**[17:16] Isumi**
We're departing from the Yokohama Base
**[17:20] Isumi**
headed for Joetsu,
380 kilometers to the northwest,
**[17:22] Isumi**
and after loading our units on the TSF
carrier *Osumi*, we head to Sadogashima.
***SIGN*** The Osumi
**[18:08] Takeru**
Want some?
**[18:11] Kashiwagi**
It's called the Susano-O Mark II, right?
**[18:13] Kashiwagi**
Sure sounds strong enough.
**[18:15] Kashiwagi**
Here's hoping the test goes well.
**[18:18] Takeru**
We'll be in real trouble if it doesn't.
**[18:20] Takeru**
Humanity's future is on the line.
**[18:23] Kashiwagi**
If it's a success, though, and the
Susano-O gets officially adopted...
**[18:28] Kashiwagi**
Maybe my little brothers won't have to fight.
**[18:33] Kashiwagi**
I guess I'm being selfish, huh?
**[18:37] Takeru**
You're fighting for your
family, then, Kashiwagi?
**[18:41] Kashiwagi**
When you straight up ask me
like that, I'm not so sure.
**[18:46] Kashiwagi**
I guess it's important
to prioritize your motivations?
**[18:51] Takeru**
I dunno.
**[18:52] Takeru**
But I know that I wouldn't have been able
to move forward if I didn't.
**[18:57] Kashiwagi**
I see. You've had your own
share of troubles, huh?
**[19:03] Kashiwagi**
Maybe I'll think about
my priorities some, too.
**[19:07] Kashiwagi**
Thanks for the tea.
**[19:09] Takeru**
Sure.
**[19:16] Takeru**
*Selfish, huh?*
**[19:18] Takeru**
*I guess I'm the same way about Sumika.*
**[19:31] Sumika**
*Takeru-chan...*
**[19:37] Isumi**
Can't sleep, Shirogane?
**[19:39] Takeru**
Captain.
**[19:40] Takeru**
Not tonight. It's kinda...
**[19:41] Isumi**
I bet.
**[19:43] Isumi**
I never asked, but what are you
fighting for, anyway?
**[19:47] Takeru**
There are a lot of things I ruined,
**[19:49] Takeru**
and other things that I care about,
that I'm fighting to get back.
**[19:52] Isumi**
I see.
**[19:54] Isumi**
The Americans ran a psychological
study comparing mindsets
**[19:57] Isumi**
between the world wars and the BETA war.
**[19:59] Isumi**
What do you think the number one reason
that soldiers were willing to fight was?
**[20:02] Takeru**
To protect humanity or the Earth?
**[20:04] Isumi**
Apparently, it was for their comrades.
**[20:06] Isumi**
That's how it is for me. I want my war
buddies to survive as long as possible.
**[20:13] Takeru**
Um, hypothetically...
**[20:15] Takeru**
Let's say you were going out with someone
in the same squad, and they're a VIP.
**[20:20] Takeru**
In terms of carrying out the mission,
**[20:22] Takeru**
how much would you let emotions
influence your actions, Captain?
**[20:25] Isumi**
That's a tough situation to cook up.
**[20:29] Isumi**
Since I'm a fragile coward,
**[20:32] Isumi**
I'm pretty sure they'd be a big influence,
as long as it didn't disrupt the mission.
**[20:37] Isumi**
I used to fight because there was
a man I wanted to be reunited with.
**[20:41] Isumi**
But the more battles I made it through,
**[20:43] Isumi**
the stronger my desire became
to keep my comrades alive.
**[20:46] Isumi**
You might experience a similar shift
with your sweetheart.
**[20:51] Takeru**
Was he your boyfriend, captain?
**[20:54] Isumi**
My boyfriend?
**[20:55] Isumi**
As things currently stand,
it's completely unrequited on my end.
**[20:58] Takeru**
Sounds kinda ambiguous.
**[21:00] Isumi**
Well, the problem is that I had
three other rivals for his affections,
**[21:02] Isumi**
and to make it worse, they're all my sisters.
**[21:06] Isumi**
My older sister's in Internal Affairs,
**[21:07] Isumi**
and the younger two along with
the guy are TSF pilots with the IJA.
**[21:11] Takeru**
Wait, are they...
**[21:13] Isumi**
From what I could tell at a glance,
my youngest sister is involved in this op.
**[21:18] Takeru**
You must be worried.
**[21:20] Isumi**
I just have to trust in her,
and focus on my own job.
**[21:24] Isumi**
The only upside is that he and my sister
have no idea that I'm here.
**[21:30] Takeru**
You should try making a move
on him once the mission's over!
**[21:33] Isumi**
Well, he's sort of a childhood friend, too.
**[21:38] Takeru**
The truth is, my girl is a
childhood friend, too.
**[21:42] Isumi**
I suddenly have this urge to kill you.
**[21:46] Takeru**
But why?!
**[21:47] Isumi**
Never mind!
**[21:49] Isumi**
Just for reference... what was it
that made you realize how she felt?
**[21:55] (Flashback) Sumika**
How's that feel, Takeru-chan?
**[21:58] Isumi**
What is it?
**[21:59] Takeru**
W-Well... she sorta...
**[22:02] Isumi**
Wha—What?!
**[22:04] Isumi**
I mean, I guess even someone as dense
as him could figure it out after that...
**[22:08] Isumi**
Still!
**[22:10] Isumi**
You need to survive this battle,
and make it up to her!
**[22:14] Isumi**
Those are your orders! Let's hear them!
**[22:16] Takeru**
I will survive, and
I will make it up to Sumika!
**[22:20] Isumi**
Sumika. That's a beautiful name.
**[22:23] Isumi**
Take good care of her for as long as you can.
**[22:26] Takeru**
I would've done it
even without the order, ma'am.
**[22:30] Isumi**
Somehow, that ticks me off.
**[22:33] Isumi**
I didn't think we'd be out here
this long. I'm heading back.
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E20 - Operation 21st
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GX9UQXJ3K/operation-21st)
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***SIGN*** December 25th, 08:56
40km Off West-southwest Coast of Sadogashima
**[00:10] Operator**
No BETA activity detected.
**[00:12] Operator**
I repeat, no BETA activity detected.
**[00:19] Abe**
We've made it back.
**[00:22] Abe**
And I've never forgotten the
frustration I felt when we left.
**[00:25] Abe**
But that ends now. It's time we
show the BETA what mankind can do!
***SIGN*** 999th Penal Battalion
***SIGN*** Special Task Force A-01
**[00:38] Lady Operator**
*A-01 Squad, prepare for launch.*
**[00:40] Lady Operator**
*Forty minutes until launch.*
**[00:46] Sakura/Komaki**
I'm home.
**[00:47] Lady Operator**
*MRV releasing now.*
**[00:49] Bomber Fleet**
*Understood.*
***SIGN*** Meanwhile • Command Post of the Mogami, Flagship of the 2nd Squadron
**[00:51] Pyatkh**
The UN Orbital Bomber fleet has
confirmed the release of entry shells.
**[00:55] Lady Operator**
*Five, four, three, two, one—*
**[00:58] Man Operator**
*Laser fire confirmed from Target 21.*
**[01:03] Man Operator**
* Anti-laser rocket rounds*
* are confirmed as having scattered.*
**[01:05] Lady Operator**
Enemy fire confirmed.
**[01:06] Man Operator**
Heavy metal cloud is now established
in operational airspace, and expanding.
**[01:10] Ozawa**
Begin firing.
**[01:12] Abe**
Begin firing!
**[02:56] Takeru**
This is the beginning of
mankind's counterattack.
**[03:02] Captain Ota Chihaya**
* Wadatsumi units released. Upon deployment,*
* surface and commence missile fire!*
***SIGN*** Operation 21st
**[03:10] Operator**
* Wadatsumi units have landed at the*
* ruins of the new district of Yahata.*
**[03:12] Operator**
*Now advancing on Old Nagaki.*
**[03:14] Operator**
* Old Izumi, Kanemaru, and Futa*
* have been recaptured.*
**[03:21] Operator**
*Missile launch confirmed from Takase.*
**[03:23] Operator**
*Switching to saturation fire.*
**[03:25] Pyatkh**
* Whiskey Unit, armored landing forces,*
* prepare to disembark.*
**[03:28] Pyatkh**
* I repeat, Whiskey Unit and armored*
* landing forces prepare to disembark.*
**[03:31] Stingray-1**
*This is Stingray-1 to HQ!*
**[03:33] Stingray-1**
* Requesting artillery support!*
* They're targeting the TSF carriers!*
***SIGN*** Operation 21st
**[03:46] Pyatkh**
Phase 2 of the operation is underway.
**[03:48] Pyatkh**
The IJN Combined Fleet 2nd Squadron
is maintaining attack. Casualty rate is 40%.
**[03:53] Suyama**
Whiskey Unit has successfully landed.
**[03:55] Suyama**
They've secured Old Yahata and
Old Kawaharada. Casualty rate is at 7%.
**[04:01] Haruka**
Valkyrie Mom to all units.
**[04:02] Haruka**
Echo landing force is currently heading
south towards Ryotsu Bay at full speed.
**[04:07] Hasegawa**
Landing unit casualties are significant,
but not enough to hinder the objective.
**[04:10] Hasegawa**
Confirmed 81 craft, including 49 TSF carriers,
have sunk. Another 52 are heavily damaged...
**[04:15] Takeru**
* We started taking a hell of a lot of*
* losses as soon as things kicked off.*
**[04:19] Takeru**
*I know it's part of the plan,*
**[04:20] Takeru**
* but having to sit here and watch*
* our guys go down like this is rough.*
**[04:25] Isumi**
*Valkyrie-1 to squadron.*
**[04:27] Isumi**
*Echo is ready to touch down at Ryotsu Bay.*
**[04:30] Isumi**
* But our advance forces have been cut down*
* to size by Laser-Class fire from the coast.*
**[04:34] Isumi**
*Be ready to move out at any moment.*
**[04:36] A-01**
*Roger that!*
**[04:38] Pyatkh**
HQ to Echo fleet.
***SIGN*** December 25th, 10:09
Far East UN Fleet, 40km North-by-Northeast off the Coast of Sadogashima
**[04:39] Pyatkh**
* As of this moment, the operation*
* has entered Phase 3. Commence attack.*
**[04:44] Tadokoro**
It's finally time.
**[04:46] Tadokoro**
All gunnery staff, commence fire at once!
**[04:56] Pyatkh**
* HQ to Echo landing forces.*
* Be ready for Alpha strike immediately.*
**[05:00] Pyatkh**
* I repeat, all shipboard*
* landing units, prepare for liftoff.*
**[05:03] Osumi Operator**
* This is Echo Alpha-1 to HQ.*
* All landing units ready for liftoff.*
**[05:08] Pyatkh**
*HQ, copy that.*
**[05:09] Pyatkh**
* Alpha strike is underway.*
* All units, mobilize!*
**[05:12] Isumi**
*Let's go, Valkyries! Everyone, on me!*
**[05:15] A-01**
*Roger!*
**[05:29] Squad Member**
* Whiskey has completed*
* BETA clearance of Old Terada.*
**[05:32] Daiwa Operator 1**
* Whiskey Golf-1 has entered*
* the Kuradani district of Old Mano*
**[05:32] Squad Member**
*Now en route to Old Shimoniibo.*
**[05:35] Daiwa Operator 1**
* where they've encountered*
* a squadron-sized BETA herd.*
**[05:39] IJA Pilot**
* This is Salamander-1 to HQ. The area*
* formally known as Ryotsu is under our control.*
**[05:43] IJA Pilot**
*Ryotsu Port is now secure.*
**[05:44] Daiwa Operator 1**
* Copy that. Second Armored Unit,*
* commence landing.*
**[05:47] Daiwa Operator 1**
*Sweep the area for remaining hostiles.*
***SIGN*** 184 Minutes Since Operation Start, 40km Off West-southwest Coast of Sadogashima
**[05:50] Pyatkh**
Whiskey is collectively at 33% casualties.
**[05:52] Pyatkh**
Echo is at 13%.
**[05:55] Pyatkh**
Both are still capable
of proceeding with the mission.
**[05:57] Pyatkh**
Whiskey's main force is forming a defensive
line across Old Sawane and Old Takase.
**[06:01] Pyatkh**
The detached force has abandoned
Old Kubota, and is moving westward.
**[06:05] Suyama**
Echo's main force has secured
Old Matsugasaki, and is continuing northward.
**[06:09] Ozawa**
I am hereby announcing the
transition to Phase 4 of the operation.
**[06:14] Pyatkh**
HQ to all forces.
The operation is now in Phase 4.
**[06:18] Pyatkh**
I repeat, the operation is moving onto Phase 4.
**[06:21] Yuuko**
The Imperials are doing
a good job of holding out.
**[06:24] Ozawa**
Executive Officer Kouzuki...
**[06:26] Ozawa**
Japan has long dreamed of
eradicating the hive on Sadogashima.
**[06:29] Ozawa**
This may be a joint operation with the UN,
**[06:31] Ozawa**
but we consider it to be a personal battle,
with the survival of our empire on the line.
**[06:35] Ozawa**
It's only natural that our
soldiers would do their utmost.
**[06:38] Yuuko**
You've got a point. My apologies, Admiral.
**[06:42] Ozawa**
If anything, I'm impressed by
the Far East UN's forces...
**[06:45] Ozawa**
It's admirable how they fight so
fiercely after losing their homes.
**[06:49] Yuuko**
This battle is personal for them too, sir.
**[06:53] Yuuko**
A lot of them consider it
a first step to retaking Asia.
**[06:57] Haruka**
Valkyrie squad has occupied Old Kaminiibo.
They're maintaining high alert.
**[07:01] Yuuko**
That's way ahead of schedule.
Impressive, Isumi.
***SIGN*** Operation 21st
**[07:06] Pyatkh**
The UN Orbital Fleet has confirmed
that re-entry shells have separated.
**[07:09] Pyatkh**
Their payload has entered the atmosphere.
**[07:10] Yuuko**
What's A-02's current location,
Lieutenant Pyatkh?
**[07:13] Pyatkh**
Currently passing through the vicinity of
Nagaoka in Niigata Prefecture.
**[07:17] Pyatkh**
All systems functional.
The operation can proceed as planned.
**[07:19] Ozawa**
A-02... that's the new weapon, yes?
**[07:23] Ozawa**
For the sake of everyone
fighting on Sadogashima,
**[07:26] Ozawa**
I hope it can live up to the rumors.
**[07:30] Yuuko**
Of course.
**[07:31] Takeru**
* Valkyrie-11 here. That's eight Grappler-Class*
* down. No reinforcements in sight.*
**[07:35] Takeru**
*Doesn't seem like a coordinated attack.*
**[07:37] Hayase**
* Valkyrie-2, copy that.*
* All units, let's resupply, and quickly.*
**[07:40] Isumi**
Valkyrie-1 to all units.
A-02 is en route, as planned.
**[07:44] Isumi**
Don't let a single BETA get in its way.
**[07:47] Isumi**
And that goes double for keeping
the staging position for Plan B clear.
**[07:50] Isumi**
The pride and glory of Alternative IV's
special task force are on the line here.
**[07:54] Isumi**
Let's make sure the Imperials and
UN soldiers see this was worth it!
**[07:57] Isumi**
You hear me?!
**[07:58] A-01**
*Yes, ma'am!*
**[07:59] Takeru**
*Whiskey's down 30%.*
**[08:02] Takeru**
* The captain's gotta be worried*
* about her sister.*
**[08:05] Takeru**
*Just like Meiya, with Tsukuyomi-san.*
**[08:08] Takeru**
* Harsh as this world is,*
* it's not like people want to die.*
**[08:12] Takeru**
*They're all fighting to give humanity a future.*
**[08:15] Takeru**
*We've got a responsibility to make sure*
**[08:17] Takeru**
* those intentions, and sacrifices,*
* don't go to waste.*
**[08:19] Takeru**
* And I'm not afraid of bearing*
* that burden anymore.*
**[08:22] Meiya**
*Takeru...*
**[08:23] Takeru**
What's up?! BETA?!
**[08:25] Meiya**
*No, it's not them. You need to resupply.*
**[08:28] Takeru**
Oh, right... You scared me for a sec.
**[08:32] Takeru**
We'll swap places, then. You keep an eye out.
**[08:34] Meiya**
*A moment, Takeru.*
**[08:36] Meiya**
Are you all right?
**[08:39] Meiya**
Perhaps it's needless worry...
but I was curious.
**[08:43] Meiya**
Is everything fine?
**[08:44] Takeru**
Yeah. The captain had me go
through a bit of hypnotherapy.
**[08:48] Takeru**
I've had no trouble
holding it together, thanks to that.
**[08:51] Meiya**
That's wonderful to hear.
**[08:54] Isumi**
* Valkyrie-1 to all units.*
* The Orbital Divers are incoming.*
**[08:58] Isumi**
* I want all of you braced for*
* re-entry shell impacts.*
**[09:00] Isumi**
* Don't look at the projected*
* entry course and relax, either.*
**[09:03] Isumi**
* When the enemy opens fire,*
* it could send debris our way.*
**[09:05] A-01**
*Roger!*
**[09:07] Operator**
* Landing points for Sauber,*
* Ghost, Razor, and Juliet confirmed.*
**[09:28] Takeru**
This is what war with the BETA is like?
**[09:31] Operator**
*Sauber squad, proceed to the lower stratum.*
**[09:36] Pyatkh**
Whiskey, Juliet, and Kilo groups have
occupied the first ten levels of the hive.
**[09:40] Pyatkh**
Lima group has made it to the 11th stratum,
and are currently in Hall M15.
**[09:44] Suyama**
No organized BETA resistance so far.
**[09:46] Suyama**
The diversion operations
on the surface are still in effect.
**[09:49] Suyama**
No additional casualties
among diversionary forces.
**[09:51] Sauber-1**
*This is Sauber-1 to command post.*
***SIGN*** 227 Minutes Since Operation Start, 440m Beneath the Hive on Sadogashima
**[09:53] Sauber-1**
* We're in the 12th stratum*
* and have just secured hall M19.*
**[09:56] Pyatkh**
* Command post, copy that.*
* Proceed to the hive's main shaft.*
**[10:00] Sauber-1**
Sauber-1, copy that.
**[10:01] Sauber-1**
Ghost squad, I want a route scan.
**[10:03] Sauber-1**
Razor squad, I want you on alert
and watching the drift in front of us.
**[10:06] Ghost-1/Razor-1**
*Roger.*
**[10:07] Razor-1**
* This is Razor-1, I've got hits on both*
* sonic and seismic! They're below us!*
**[10:11] Sauber-3**
Estimated count is...
**[10:13] Sauber-3**
O-Over 40,000!
**[10:15] Sauber-1**
*All units, fall back to hall N17!*
**[10:18] Sauber-1**
* We'll rendezvous with the rear*
* guard and face them down!*
**[10:20] Sauber-1**
* Let Lima group in the rear*
* know what's going on!*
**[10:22] Sauber-2**
Roger!
**[10:24] Sauber-1**
This is Sauber-1 to command post.
**[10:25] Sauber-1**
There are 40,000 BETA moving up from
the 14th stratum, headed for the surface!
**[10:30] Sauber-3**
* Commander, these sonic readings*
* don't make any sense.*
**[10:33] Sauber-3**
* They're moving above us,*
* where there shouldn't be any shafts!*
**[10:35] Sauber-1**
That's impossible! They'd have be
digging another shaft as we speak!
**[10:39] Ghost-1**
* There's no other explanation!*
* They're digging their way to the surface!*
**[10:40] Sauber-1**
* Shit! Send an emergency heads-up*
* to the rest of the strike force!*
**[10:43] Sauber-2**
*No good! The wired connection is down!*
**[10:45] Sauber-1**
*What?!*
**[10:47] Sauber-3**
*There you bastards are!*
**[10:59] Takeru**
*What's causing these tremors?*
**[11:01] Haruka**
* Valkyrie Mom to all units. We've lost*
* contact with the entire hive strike force.*
**[11:06] Takeru**
A huge force like that? No way...
**[11:06] Haruka**
*The operation is now moving to Test Plan B.*
**[11:08] Takeru**
Were they seriously wiped out that quickly?
**[11:08] Haruka**
* A-02's new objective is*
* neutralization of the hive.*
**[11:12] Isumi**
Valkyrie-1, copy that.
**[11:14] Isumi**
We will continue to secure
A-02's staging point.
**[11:17] Haruka**
* BETA are exiting the hive's assorted*
* gates as we speak. Maintain alert.*
**[11:22] Takeru**
* The Imperials and UN*
* went hard on the distraction...*
**[11:26] Takeru**
*But there are still a lot of BETA left?*
**[11:28] Isumi**
Hayase, Munakata,
**[11:30] Isumi**
we're lucky that there's no Laser-Class,
but there's plenty of everything else.
**[11:33] Isumi**
We'll take them on in our individual flights.
**[11:34] Hayase/Munakata**
*Roger that!*
**[11:35] Munakata**
We're taking the 18 on the left.
**[11:37] Munakata**
C-Flight, follow me!
**[11:39] Touko/Kashiwagi/Akane**
Roger!
**[11:41] Isumi**
The 22 on the right are ours, A-Flight.
**[11:44] Isumi**
Move out!
**[11:45] Chizuru/Mikoto/Tama/Sakura**
Roger!
**[11:47] Hayase**
We've only got 19 in the middle.
**[11:49] Hayase**
Let's wrap them up, and swipe
a few from the other flights!
**[11:52] Hayase**
Show them what Storm Vanguards are made of!
**[11:54] Takeru/Meiya/Ayamine**
Roger!
**[12:13] Hayase**
*B-Flight has eliminated all BETA.*
**[12:16] Munakata**
*Likewise. C-Flight's done on our end.*
**[12:19] Isumi**
Can't believe Hayase's team got the drop
on us again. She stole three of our kills.
**[12:24] Munakata**
That's in addition to the two
she snatched from B-Flight.
**[12:27] Hayase**
What can I say?
My people are good at their jobs!
**[12:32] Isumi**
* I take it they've finally*
* earned your approval, then?*
**[12:35] Hayase**
* Well, you can be a hotshot during training,*
* but that doesn't actually prove anything.*
**[12:39] Hayase**
*It's real combat that you can brag about.*
**[12:41] Munakata**
*You hear that, Shirogane?*
**[12:45] Isumi**
*Everything all right?*
**[12:46] Sakura**
Yes. I'm doing okay.
**[12:50] Isumi**
Okay, all flights,
head to the coordinates and—
**[12:53] Touko**
*Captain!*
**[12:54] Isumi**
What is it, Kazama?
**[12:56] Touko**
* All the BETA in the vicinity of the hive...*
* are headed our way.*
**[13:01] Mikoto**
No way! Were the diversionary
forces wiped out?!
**[13:04] Chizuru**
Their markers are still active.
**[13:06] Chizuru**
Over half of them
are still intact, so why...?
**[13:08] Ayamine**
Only the BETA could answer that.
**[13:11] Kashiwagi**
Well said, Ayamine! We're not gonna
get any answers worrying about it.
**[13:15] Akane**
We've just got to fight!
**[13:17] Akane**
We need to hold the
staging position, no matter what!
**[13:19] Meiya**
Indeed. Fulfilling our mission
is the only way
**[13:22] Meiya**
we can repay those who passed on before us.
**[13:25] Isumi**
* Gather all the resupply*
* containers as you can!*
**[13:28] Isumi**
* We're gonna set up a defensive line*
* at the Niibo dam,*
**[13:31] Isumi**
*200 meters from the staging point.*
**[13:33] A-01**
*Roger that!*
**[13:34] Isumi**
Valkyrie-1 to HQ, we've got
a division-sized herd headed our way.
**[13:38] Isumi**
Requesting artillery support.
**[13:40] Pyatkh**
HQ to all operational fleets.
**[13:43] Pyatkh**
Please target the following coordinates
with your fire support.
**[13:53] Touko**
*Here comes the artillery!*
**[14:01] Munakata**
What a relief. Here's hoping
this actually clears them out.
**[14:08] Munakata**
Laser-Class?!
**[14:09] Isumi**
* All units, fall back to the defensive line!*
* Use the cliffs for cover!*
**[14:14] Pyatkh**
70% of the fusillade was shot down.
**[14:16] Pyatkh**
The BETA forces are still headed
toward A-02's staging position
**[14:19] Pyatkh**
at an average speed of 60 kilometers per hour.
**[14:22] Pyatkh**
From the amount of interceptor fire,
we estimate at least 100 Laser-Class.
**[14:25] Yuuko**
This isn't good. We didn't
anticipate a reserve force this big.
**[14:30] Ozawa**
XO, we should switch to
anti-laser rounds immediately.
**[14:34] Ozawa**
That strain always prioritizes flying objects.
**[14:37] Ozawa**
Even if we can't actually
thin their numbers out,
**[14:39] Ozawa**
we can keep them from targeting our allies.
**[14:42] Yuuko**
Makes sense. Let's do it.
**[14:45] Yuuko**
You catch all that, Lieutenant Pyatkh?
**[14:47] Pyatkh**
*Yes, ma'am.*
**[14:48] Yuuko**
Admiral Ozawa, I believe
that the BETA are after A-02.
**[14:53] Yuuko**
The fact that the Laser-Class weren't used
to attack until now points in that direction.
**[14:57] Ozawa**
Remarkable. How could they
possibly know about it?
**[15:00] Yuuko**
I honestly couldn't tell you.
**[15:02] Yuuko**
But it does fly, and it has the most advanced
**[15:05] Ozawa**
computational abilities
of anything in this area.
**[15:07] Yuuko**
Other than that,
**[15:08] Ozawa**
the only other thing I can think of is
that it has some one-of-a-kind hardware.
**[15:12] Ozawa**
Regardless, if A-02 is humanity's
secret weapon, we can't let them reach it.
**[15:18] Yuuko**
That's what the escort unit is for.
**[15:20] Yuuko**
He...
**[15:21] Yuuko**
No, they will be able to manage.
**[15:24] Haruka**
* The fleet is currently*
* switching to anti-laser shells.*
**[15:27] Haruka**
*Their bombardment will resume in ten minutes.*
**[15:29] Chizuru**
And in ten minutes, the BETA will have
covered another four kilometers.
**[15:33] Takeru**
Damn it! Are we just gonna
have to hide until then?
**[15:37] Ayamine**
Not much else we can do
if there are Laser-Class.
**[15:39] Tama**
And then then four minutes after that,
the Laser-Class will be here...
**[15:43] Mikoto**
I guess the operation depends on
how many Laser-Class
**[15:46] Mikoto**
the fire support can blast
in those four minutes.
**[15:50] Takeru**
The Destroyer-Class are the fastest strain,
and they'll be here even sooner.
**[15:53] Takeru**
I don't see how we can get
behind them while maintaining cover.
**[15:55] Mikoto**
What can we manage in 14 minutes?
**[15:58] Ayamine**
That's enough time to eat 15 yakisoba buns.
**[16:01] Tama**
I'm impressed you can even
think about food right now.
**[16:04] Chizuru**
I get queasy just hearing about it.
**[16:07] Meiya**
They do say that eating is
part of a soldier's duties, but...
**[16:12] Tama**
I hope we all get to eat back
at the cafeteria again.
**[16:18] Meiya**
The base is where our hearts will return.
**[16:22] Takeru**
Guys, quit being so—
**[16:23] Hayase**
Unbelievable!
**[16:25] Hayase**
The second I give you a little credit,
there's all this melodrama!
**[16:30] Isumi**
* Listen up, people.*
* Here's what we're dealing with.*
**[16:33] Isumi**
* The advance enemy force will hit the defensive*
* line in 10 minutes, and the main force in 14.*
**[16:37] Isumi**
*In other words, that's when they reach us.*
**[16:41] Takeru**
* Around the same time,*
* the fire support will kick back in.*
**[16:43] Takeru**
* But even with artillery backing us up,*
* are we seriously gonna expose ourselves*
**[16:47] Takeru**
* to Laser-Class fire while trying to take on*
* a swarm of Destroyer-Class?*
**[16:49] Isumi**
* There are two reasons this spot*
* was chosen to stage the firing sequence:*
**[16:53] Isumi**
* The geography still matches*
* what we have on record,*
**[16:55] Isumi**
* and that geography opens up,*
* facing directly towards the hive.*
**[16:58] Isumi**
*By moving through this valley,*
**[17:01] Isumi**
* it limits the angle of attack*
* that the Laser-Class can target.*
**[17:03] Isumi**
* It also allows us to plan on firing*
* the charged particle cannon*
**[17:06] Isumi**
*without having to adjust for position.*
**[17:08] Isumi**
* The thing is, this location works out*
* for us, just as much as A-02.*
**[17:13] Isumi**
* Considering how we haven't been*
* shot down after our fire support stopped,*
**[17:17] Isumi**
*we can assume that the enemy is after A-02.*
**[17:21] Takeru**
*The Susano-O?! They already know it's coming?*
**[17:24] Isumi**
* We're all going to hide*
* behind cover and cut our engines.*
**[17:27] Isumi**
* A-Flight and C-Flight will face away*
* from the enemy, with B-Flight facing them.*
**[17:31] Isumi**
* We'll be down to our Fortified Suits'*
* passive systems for comms.*
**[17:34] Isumi**
* Valkyrie Mom will give us*
* the signal to start back up.*
**[17:37] Isumi**
*Once the enemy vanguard passes us by,*
**[17:38] Isumi**
* A-Flight and C-Flight will jump on them*
* from behind, wiping them out.*
**[17:42] Isumi**
* The tightness of the valley*
* will be a real problem*
**[17:44] Isumi**
* for a large number of*
* advancing Destroyer-Class,*
**[17:46] Isumi**
* and turning around*
* will be an ordeal for them.*
**[17:48] Takeru**
* That'll mean we can get the drop*
* on them while still behind cover!*
**[17:51] Isumi**
*Fill their asses full of depleted uranium.*
**[17:54] Isumi**
* Once our support fire has got*
* a heavy metal cloud in place again,*
**[17:57] Isumi**
*B-Flight will assault the main force.*
**[17:59] Isumi**
*C-Flight turns around to back them up.*
**[18:02] Ayamine**
We're charging their main force?
**[18:04] Isumi**
* Rutherford field or not,*
* we're can't risk a worst-case scenario.*
**[18:09] Isumi**
I want every last Heavy Laser-Class
on this battlefield dead!
**[18:12] A-01**
*Roger!*
**[18:22] Takeru**
* So we're taking on thousands*
* of BETA with 13 TSFs...*
**[18:27] Hayase**
*You heard the plan, people.*
**[18:29] Hayase**
* If you stick to your training,*
* I'll kick your butts!*
**[18:31] Takeru**
Uh, Lieutenant Hayase, isn't this usually
**[18:34] Takeru**
where they say "stick to your training
and you'll be fine"?
**[18:37] Hayase**
* You think we can afford that kind of*
* softball shit in this situation?!*
**[18:40] Hayase**
* I expect better performance*
* than during training! Got that?!*
**[18:43] Meiya/Ayamine**
*Roger.*
**[18:44] Hayase**
*Especially with you, Shirogane.*
**[18:45] Hayase**
* I need a real hotshot,*
* ace-pilot performance, okay?*
**[18:50] Takeru**
*R-Roger that.*
**[18:52] Hayase**
*I'm counting on you.*
**[18:56] Haruka**
*Valkyrie Mom to Valkyries,*
**[18:58] Haruka**
* the enemy vanguard is continuing to advance*
* at a pace of 90 kilometers per hour.*
**[19:01] Haruka**
* 360 seconds until they reach*
* the defensive line.*
**[19:04] Takeru**
*Damn it...*
**[19:05] Takeru**
* I've got some real bad memories*
* when it comes to dark cockpits.*
**[19:13] Takeru**
* But I'm fine now!*
* The hypnotherapy saw to that.*
**[19:21] Takeru**
Wait, what was that? Why were Meiya and I...
**[19:25] Haruka**
*Valkyrie Mom to Valkyries,*
**[19:27] Haruka**
* the enemy vanguard*
* is passing the defensive line!*
**[19:29] Haruka**
* 90 seconds until the last*
* of them are past you!*
**[19:31] Haruka**
* All units, reactivate! I repeat,*
* everyone needs to switch back on!*
**[19:34] Takeru**
Here we go!
**[19:35] OS**
*XM3 online.*
**[19:39] Isumi**
A-Flight and C-Flight, fire at will!
**[19:42] Isumi**
We're at a buffet, and we're gonna
clean the place out!
**[19:45] A-01**
*Roger!*
***SIGN*** Meanwhile • IJN Combined Fleet 3rd Squadron & UN Far East Fleet
**[19:50] Yamato Operator**
* All ships, prepare for sustained*
* anti-laser round fire!*
**[19:54] Yamato Operator**
*Target coordinates have not changed!*
**[19:55] Tadokoro**
*Fire!*
**[19:57] Isumi**
* Heavy metal cloud is in effect!*
* I repeat, heavy metal cloud is in effect!*
**[20:01] Isumi**
*C-Flight, about face! B-Flight, charge!*
**[20:09] Isumi**
*Don't worry about the runts!*
**[20:11] Isumi**
*Take those Heavy Laser-Class down ASAP!*
**[20:13] Isumi**
Show them why we're called Valkyries!
**[20:16] Hayase**
Let's prove what
Storm Vanguards are capable of!
**[20:18] Takeru/Meiya/Ayamine**
Roger!
**[20:30] Takeru**
Not today!
**[20:33] Hayase**
Shirogane, ignore the Fort-Class!
**[20:36] Akane**
Lieutenant, we've got another three
Fort-Class at 2 o'clock!
**[20:39] Touko**
* Not just that! They're forming up*
* around the Heavy Laser-Class!*
**[20:42] Ayamine**
*So annoying!*
**[20:44] Akane**
* If we don't get past them soon,*
* we'll be overwhelmed!*
**[20:46] Takeru**
* We need to clear out the Laser-Class before*
* the Susano-O enters their line of fire...*
**[20:50] Takeru**
*Damn it, no time for second guessing!*
**[20:54] Takeru**
*Lieutenant Hayase!*
**[20:55] Takeru**
*I'm volunteering to be a diversion.*
**[20:56] Takeru**
* I'll keep them busy while*
* the rest of you go for the kill!*
**[20:59] Meiya**
Is this your idea of assuaging your guilt?!
**[21:02] Akane**
It won't work! In this kind of melee,
you'd be cut off!
**[21:05] Hayase**
You sure about this? Even if they pin you down,
I have to prioritize the Laser-Class.
**[21:10] Takeru**
I'll be okay. You wanted better performance
than during training, right?
**[21:15] Hayase**
Sic 'em, Shirogane!
**[21:16] Takeru**
*Roger that!*
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E21 - The Light of Hope
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G4VUQ91WX/the-light-of-hope)
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**[00:05] Operator (M)**
Checking systems...
**[00:07] Operator (F)**
No exterior abnormalities.
**[00:09] Operator (F)**
Gravity control systems clear.
**[00:12] Operator (F)**
Moorcock-Lechte Drive output is steady.
**[00:15] Operator B**
00-Unit boarding complete.
All systems within standard ranges.
**[00:23] Kasumi**
Sumika-san...
**[00:26] Kasumi**
Good luck.
**[00:29] Sumika**
Kasumi-chan... I'm heading out.
**[00:33] Sumika**
Just wait for me, Takeru-chan.
**[00:39] Operator (F)**
*Systems check complete. All green.*
**[00:42] Operator (F)**
*A-02, preparing for launch.*
**[00:44] Operator (M) 2**
*Unlocking lift locks.*
**[00:47] Operator (M) 2**
*A-02, launching.*
**[00:49] Operator (M) 2**
*I repeat, A-02 is launching.*
***SIGN*** UN XG-70b Susano-O Mark II
**[01:18] Operator 1**
*Rutherford field output is steady.*
**[01:21] Operator 2**
*Spatial coordinates locked in.*
**[01:23] Sumika**
Susano-O, lifting off.
**[01:39] Kasumi**
Please be safe.
***SIGN*** The Light of Victory
**[03:26] Takeru**
*Son of a bitch!*
**[03:30] Haruka**
* Shirogane's unit is surrounded*
* by 23 Fort-Class.*
**[03:34] Haruka**
*In addition to 48 Grappler-Class...*
**[03:36] Haruka**
*And an uncountable number of Tank-Class!*
**[03:38] Akane**
Shirogane!
**[03:41] Akane**
* Lieutenant Hayase, please!*
* At least let us give him cover fire!*
**[03:44] Hayase**
* Can't. It'd defeat*
* the point of the diversion.*
**[03:46] Hayase**
*Focus on the enemy in front of you!*
**[03:48] Akane**
*But Lieutenant—*
**[03:50] Meiya**
*Suzumiya.*
**[03:51] Meiya**
He said he would manage.
**[03:54] Meiya**
I ask you to have faith in Takeru.
**[03:56] Meiya**
* He's fighting to overcome*
* his weakness as we speak.*
**[04:01] Ayamine**
Shirogane didn't run before.
And he didn't die, either.
**[04:06] Akane**
Ayamine... Mitsurugi...
**[04:08] Touko**
*Lieutenant!*
**[04:09] Touko**
*The enemies are dropping like flies!*
**[04:18] Kashiwagi**
*Amazing...*
**[04:19] Akane**
*Shirogane...*
**[04:20] Munakata**
*He's doing it...*
**[04:21] Takeru**
*Just try it.*
**[04:23] Takeru**
*Go ahead and try to kill me!*
**[04:27] Takeru**
I have to change the world!
**[04:31] Takeru**
I don't want to lose anyone else!
**[04:38] Ozawa**
To fight so many Fort-Class by himself...
**[04:42] Yuuko**
All of A-01 has the new OS
installed in their TSFs.
**[04:46] Yuuko**
It's only natural they'd manage
this kind of performance.
**[04:50] Ozawa**
Once the new system has been
adopted by all armed forces...
**[04:55] Ozawa**
It may mean fewer casualties
than ever before.
**[05:00] Yuuko**
The original creator
said the same thing, Admiral.
**[05:05] Ozawa**
It's not your creation, XO?
**[05:09] Yuuko**
No, sir. It's his.
**[05:13] Ozawa**
Incredible! You mean to say...?
**[05:16] Touko**
The diversion's a success!
**[05:17] Touko**
* There's a gap in the*
* perimeter of the Fort-Class!*
**[05:20] Tama**
Takeru-san!
**[05:22] Mikoto**
Takeru really is amazing!
**[05:24] Ayamine**
But we knew that.
**[05:25] Chizuru**
Yeah. He's done it again.
**[05:28] Meiya**
Takeru...
**[05:32] Hayase**
*Okay, that takes care of them.*
**[05:33] Hayase**
* All of you, turn around and*
* go to maximum NOE speed!*
**[05:36] C/B Flight**
*Roger!*
**[05:38] Hayase**
*You did great, Shirogane!*
**[05:40] Hayase**
*Now get out of there!*
**[05:41] Takeru**
* Can't! The rear guard will still*
* catch you guys at this rate!*
**[05:44] Takeru**
I can buy you more time!
**[05:47] Hayase**
All right, but you'd better catch up with us!
**[05:50] Takeru**
*Roger!*
***SIGN*** Meanwhile, at Whiskey Unit
**[05:55] IJF Pilot 1**
*Die, you monsters!*
**[05:59] IJF Pilot 1**
*Damn it, where's* our *artillery support?!*
**[06:02] IJF Pilot 1**
*What a joke!*
**[06:04] Akira**
Look out!
**[06:08] IJF Pilot 2**
*04!*
**[06:09] IJF Pilot 2**
*Can you get up, 04?!*
**[06:12] IJF Pilot 1**
*It's no good!*
**[06:13] IJF Pilot 1**
My drivetrain is shot...
**[06:15] IJF Pilot 2**
*Then bail out, dumbass!*
**[06:17] Akira**
*You've gotta hurry! Come on!*
**[06:19] Akira**
*Commander!*
**[06:21] IJF Pilot 1**
*Isumi...*
**[06:26] IJF Pilot 1**
Sorry. Looks like I'm going first.
**[06:49] Ikaruga**
*You don't appear hurt.*
**[06:51] Ikaruga**
You may fall back.
The Royal Guard will hold this position.
**[06:55] Akira**
R-Roger!
**[06:58] Ikaruga**
*Tsukuyomi, formation Wing Double V.*
**[07:01] Ikaruga**
* Notify the entire squad.*
* We're moving the line forward.*
**[07:04] Tsukuyomi**
Sir. This is Crest-2 to
Royal Guard 16th Group.
**[07:09] Tsukuyomi**
*Assume formation Wing Double V and advance!*
**[07:11] Ikaruga**
*Follow me, warriors!*
**[07:23] Takeru**
*Outta the way!*
**[07:29] Takeru**
Shit—
**[07:33] Isumi**
*You alive, Shirogane?*
**[07:34] Takeru**
*Thanks for the save, Captain!*
**[07:37] Isumi**
Time to hunt those Heavy Laser-Class.
**[07:39] Isumi**
*Let's go!*
**[07:40] Takeru**
*Roger!*
**[07:43] Pyatkh**
Echo's collective losses are at 37%.
**[07:47] Pyatkh**
Notice to Echo and Whiskey:
A-02 is entering its final approach.
**[07:47] Haruka**
XO! A-02 is entering its final approach.
**[07:52] Yuuko**
Here she comes.
**[07:52] Pyatkh**
I repeat, A-02 is entering
its final approach.
**[07:53] Yuuko**
Suzumiya, we'll have Isumi and the others
hold out for as long as they can.
**[07:57] Yuuko**
I'll let you know
when to have them fall back.
**[07:58] Haruka**
Roger.
**[07:59] Ozawa**
The time has come.
**[08:01] Ozawa**
I pray that the sacrifices made by
both armies in this operation
**[08:04] Ozawa**
will have been worth it.
**[08:08] Yuuko**
Rest assured, Admiral...
**[08:10] Yuuko**
I intend to prove that it'll take
more than the BETA to eradicate mankind.
**[08:17] Haruka**
*Valkyrie Mom to Valkyries!*
**[08:19] Haruka**
* A-02 is in its final approach*
* and beginning firing preparations.*
**[08:23] Haruka**
*No alterations in the firing coordinates.*
**[08:29] Takeru**
*She's finally here...*
**[08:32] Takeru**
*Sumika's here.*
**[08:36] Isumi**
*You all heard that!*
**[08:37] Isumi**
* We're turning around and falling back*
* in Arrowhead II formation.*
**[08:40] Isumi**
*Let's get out of the path of fire!*
**[08:43] A-01**
*Roger!*
**[08:46] Pyatkh**
* Picking up high-level energy readings from*
* Heavy Laser-Class. Four sources detected!*
**[08:53] Pyatkh**
*A-02 is under fire from Laser-Class.*
**[08:56] Pyatkh**
*Four seconds remain until maximum output.*
**[08:58] Pyatkh**
*Three... Two... One...*
**[09:02] Pyatkh**
*Fire intensity at maximum.*
**[09:03] Takeru**
*Sumika!*
**[09:13] Takeru**
*Not a scratch?!*
**[09:15] Pyatkh**
Another Laser-Class volley is incoming!
**[09:16] Pyatkh**
Eight sources detected!
**[09:25] Pyatkh**
Rutherford field is warping
within acceptable levels.
**[09:28] Pyatkh**
All systems are functional. No anomalies.
**[09:31] Ozawa**
Th-This is...
**[09:33] Yuuko**
Well, let's get to work.
**[09:37] Sumika**
Anterior safety hatch deployed.
**[09:41] Sumika**
Particle cannon charge rising.
**[09:43] Sumika**
65%... 70%...
**[09:46] Sumika**
75%... 80%...
**[09:49] Sumika**
85%... 90%... 95%...
**[09:55] Sumika**
Charged particle cannon ready.
**[09:57] Yuuko**
Fire!
**[10:30] Abe**
The hive... was demolished.
**[10:33] Abe**
Humanity, at long last...
**[10:37] Abe**
We've...
**[10:40] Abe**
We've *finally*...
**[10:44] Abe**
struck back at those bastards!
**[10:48] Trooper**
* Hooray for humanity!*
* Hooray for Oscar Flight!*
**[10:48] Other Trooper**
*Commander, they did it! Humanity can win!*
**[10:51] Operator**
* The hive is collapsing!*
* I repeat, the hive is collapsing!*
**[10:54] Takeru**
* One shot... It only took*
* one shot to blow it away.*
**[10:59] Takeru**
* No, not just the hive,*
* but all of the BETA on the surface.*
**[11:03] Takeru**
*This is the Susano-O?*
**[11:05] Takeru**
*No... the power of the 00-Unit?*
**[11:11] Mogami Operator 1**
The entire surface structure has
been destroyed. Only the foundation remains.
**[11:15] Mogami Operator 2**
No residual BETA detected.
**[11:18] Ozawa**
This... This is magnificent.
**[11:20] Ozawa**
What remarkable firepower!
**[11:23] Ozawa**
Ma'am, your name will
go down in history for this.
**[11:27] Yuuko**
It's not that significant, sir.
**[11:30] Yuuko**
We can't worry about history books
until we've scoured the Earth of BETA.
**[11:35] Yuuko**
I'll save any celebratory feelings
for after this battle's been won.
**[11:40] Haruka**
* Valkyrie Mom to Valkyries,*
* 120 seconds until A-02 can fire again.*
**[11:44] Haruka**
* Please move to direct support*
* positions immediately.*
**[11:48] Pyatkh**
* A-02 has entered*
* charged particle cannon firing sequence.*
**[11:51] Isumi**
*A-01 to flight leaders!*
**[11:53] Isumi**
* Split up, and take up your*
* guard positions! I want full alert!*
**[11:56] Hayase**
* Stay frosty, B-Flight!*
* Remember, they love to dig!*
**[12:00] B-Flight**
*Roger!*
**[12:01] Mikoto**
Did... you guys see that?!
**[12:04] Tama**
All of those BETA, gone in a flash!
**[12:07] Chizuru**
With a weapon like this, humanity can win!
**[12:17] Takeru**
*It blew everything away.*
**[12:19] Takeru**
* Including the despair and resignation the*
* people of this world have been living with.*
**[12:24] Takeru**
* This represents a concrete*
* possibility of humanity's survival,*
**[12:27] Takeru**
*just like Yuuko-sensei said.*
**[12:28] Takeru**
*And it's a reality now!*
**[12:31] Haruka**
* Ten seconds until A-02 fires!*
* All units, brace for impact!*
**[12:38] Haruka**
*Particle cannon charge...*
**[12:41] Haruka**
*80%... 85%... 90%...*
**[12:45] Haruka**
*95%...*
**[12:47] Haruka**
*Full charge.*
**[12:48] Yuuko**
*Fire!*
**[13:16] Takeru**
*Holy shit.*
**[13:22] Takeru**
*Are these my memories?!*
**[13:24] Takeru**
* If I've been reliving my life*
* on this world every time I died...*
**[13:27] Takeru**
*Could I have ended up... with Meiya before?*
**[13:40] Isumi**
* All units, evasive maneuvers!*
* Do not get caught in that Rutherford field!*
**[13:44] Pyatkh**
Spatial coordinates can't be sustained!
The unit is going to land!
**[13:46] Mogami Operator 1**
Kaluza–Klein Echo is failing!
**[13:47] Mogami Operator 1**
Moorcock-Lechte Drive output
is losing stability!
**[13:51] Mogami Operator 2**
Detecting an irregular split in the
Rutherford field's dimensional border surface!
**[13:55] Mogami Operator 1**
*A-02 has made contact with the cliffside!*
**[13:57] Pyatkh**
*It's not responding! And coming down!*
**[14:07] Pyatkh**
The Moorcock-Lechte Drive is silent
and Rutherford field is down.
**[14:10] Pyatkh**
Plan B cannot continue.
**[14:12] Ozawa**
The Susano-O...
**[14:14] Ozawa**
XO, what can be done now?
**[14:15] Yuuko**
I want a systems check!
Find out why this happened!
**[14:18] Pyatkh**
It's underway, but...
**[14:20] Pyatkh**
There's no sign of any malfunctions in A-02!
**[14:23] Yuuko**
What?!
**[14:23] Lady Operator**
A-02 is down! I repeat,
A-02 has crashed down!
**[14:24] Yuuko**
Wait...
**[14:26] Hayase**
*The Susano-O...*
**[14:28] Isumi**
* I want all of you in defensive positions*
* and standing by for orders!*
**[14:32] Takeru**
*It fell...*
**[14:35] Takeru**
*Did something happen to Sumika?!*
**[14:37] Yuuko**
*You read me, Shirogane?*
**[14:39] Takeru**
Sensei, what happened to the Susano-O?!
**[14:41] Yuuko**
The XG-70's mechanical systems
are fully operational.
**[14:45] Yuuko**
But it's not accepting the restart code.
**[14:47] Takeru**
Then is it Sumika?
**[14:49] Takeru**
Has the 00-Unit shut down?
**[14:52] Yuuko**
* You can relax.*
* She's not in critical condition.*
**[14:56] Yuuko**
The reason we can't assume
remote control has to do
**[14:59] Yuuko**
with the 00-Unit being in stand-alone mode.
**[15:01] Yuuko**
*In human terms, she's unconscious.*
**[15:06] Yuuko**
* Here's what you need to do:*
* Recover the 00-Unit and withdraw from battle.*
**[15:11] Yuuko**
*I've sent you all the data you'll need.*
**[15:13] Takeru**
What about the Susano-O?
**[15:16] Yuuko**
* In accordance with Plan G,*
* we'll ultimately be blowing it up.*
**[15:20] Takeru**
B-Blow it up!?
**[15:21] Takeru**
*But isn't it humanity's secret weapon?!*
**[15:24] Yuuko**
As long as the possibility of the BETA
having advanced intelligence exists,
**[15:27] Yuuko**
we can't risk them capturing the XG-70.
**[15:31] Yuuko**
Besides, you need to understand:
**[15:33] Yuuko**
The 00-Unit is mankind's secret weapon.
**[15:36] Takeru**
But wouldn't the autopilot be
enough to have it return to base?
**[15:40] Yuuko**
I just told you,
it's not accepting remote control!
**[15:42] Yuuko**
I'll have Isumi activate it directly.
**[15:44] Yuuko**
We're running out of time,
so I'm patching her in.
**[15:46] Yuuko**
*Sorry about the delay.*
**[15:48] Yuuko**
* The top priority of this mission is*
* retrieving the 00-Unit unharmed.*
**[15:52] Yuuko**
* Then comes disposing*
* of the XG-70 via explosives.*
**[15:55] Yuuko**
* If time allows, we'll attempt*
* to activate autopilot manually.*
**[16:00] Yuuko**
But if we can't get it in the air
**[16:02] Yuuko**
before the the slowest
of the ships has left the war zone...
**[16:05] Yuuko**
We'll need to detonate it in the end.
**[16:07] Yuuko**
Got it?
**[16:08] Isumi**
*Yes, ma'am!*
**[16:08] Takeru**
Yes, ma'am!
**[16:10] Yuuko**
*After you collect the 00-Unit, Shirogane,*
**[16:12] Yuuko**
* I want you leaving*
* the combat zone via NOE flight.*
**[16:14] Yuuko**
* Once you're out to sea,*
* head northward at top speed,*
**[16:17] Yuuko**
*and come directly to the flagship.*
**[16:20] Yuuko**
*After Shirogane retrieves the 00-Unit,*
**[16:23] Yuuko**
* Isumi will head to the control block,*
* and try to engage the autopilot.*
**[16:27] Yuuko**
*I need you two to get to work.*
**[16:30] Yuuko**
*Plan G will be announced in five minutes.*
**[16:32] Isumi**
Roger!
**[16:32] Takeru**
*Roger!*
**[16:34] Isumi**
I'm headed to the main hatch.
**[16:47] Isumi**
Entering passcode...
**[16:49] Isumi**
And accepted.
**[17:08] Takeru**
Sumika!
**[17:10] Isumi**
Hey, Shirogane!
**[17:12] Takeru**
Hey! Sumika!
**[17:14] Takeru**
Sumika! Come on, Sumika!
**[17:17] Takeru**
Are you okay?!
**[17:18] Takeru**
Sumika!
**[17:19] Isumi**
Sumika?
**[17:21] Takeru**
*Is she really okay?! Sumika!*
**[17:24] Yuuko**
*Settle down!*
**[17:26] Yuuko**
* And don't agitate her, not when*
* we don't know what caused this.*
**[17:37] Takeru**
I-I'm recovering the 00-Unit.
**[17:45] Isumi**
Shirogane...
**[17:48] Isumi**
Is that girl... the 00-Unit?
**[17:55] Isumi**
I see. That's what you meant.
**[17:58] Takeru**
Captain?
**[18:00] Isumi**
Don't worry. Let's get her
out of here. I'll help.
**[18:03] Takeru**
I'll take care of it.
You need to activate the autopilot.
**[18:07] Takeru**
Please, don't let them blow up the Susano-O.
**[18:10] Isumi**
Okay.
**[18:14] Touko**
* Captain, we've got more than a division's*
* worth of BETA moving underground!*
**[18:19] Isumi**
Where are they estimated to surface?
**[18:20] Touko**
They're registering all across the island!
**[18:22] Touko**
It seems likely they're responding to the
ships that are recovering Whiskey and Echo.
**[18:27] Haruka**
* Valkyrie Mom to Valkyries,*
* BETA are surfacing all across Sado!*
**[18:32] Isumi**
You heard her, Hayase, Munakata.
**[18:35] Isumi**
Take your flights and set up a perimeter.
**[18:38] Isumi**
Do not let the BETA reach the Susano-O!
**[18:39] Commanders**
*Roger!*
**[18:46] Isumi**
I'm going to need some time.
**[18:48] Isumi**
Shirogane, get the hell out of here.
**[18:50] Yuuko**
*Hold it.*
**[18:51] Yuuko**
* A bunch of Fort-Class and Laser-Class have*
* popped up near Mano Bay, along the evac route.*
**[18:58] Yuuko**
Isumi, keep trying to get
the autopilot online.
**[19:00] Yuuko**
We're going to chart another
evac route for the 00-Unit.
**[19:03] Yuuko**
* Shirogane, be ready to move*
* at a moment's notice.*
**[19:06] Yuuko**
*Got it?*
**[19:07] Takeru**
Roger.
**[19:13] Yuuko**
I'm back.
**[19:15] Ozawa**
Maybe it'd be wisest to have him
fly directly to the mainland.
**[19:18] Yuuko**
If we're detonating A-02,
then that isn't an option.
**[19:22] Yuuko**
But if we have him take too much of
a detour, he'll run out of propellant.
**[19:26] Yuuko**
And if we rendezvous
any closer to the island,
**[19:29] Yuuko**
he'll be low on fuel, and likely
caught in the blast of the explosion.
**[19:33] Ozawa**
I see. Then the previous route
was truly the best option.
**[19:39] Yuuko**
I'd say the real problem is figuring out
how to get him to these coordinates.
**[19:48] Ozawa**
I think I may have a plan, XO.
**[20:14] TSF Pilot**
*I thought they blew up the hive!*
**[20:17] TSF Pilot (M)**
* This is Oscar to Papa!*
* We need a way out of the combat zone—*
**[20:17] Penal Pilot 1**
*It's no good! They've abandoned us!*
**[20:20] Komaki**
*Hold strong!*
**[20:22] Komaki**
We need to save as many of our
comrades as we can by holding out!
**[20:28] Komaki**
*Come and get me, you BETA scum!*
**[20:38] Komaki**
*Th-The combined fleet?!*
**[20:41] Mogami Operator 1**
The 2nd Squadron
has entered the bay's waters!
**[20:44] Mogami Operator 1**
The Shinano, Mino, and
Kaga are all still intact!
**[20:47] Yuuko**
They effectively made it into the
bay untouched... That's a miracle.
**[20:51] Haruka**
This is Valkyrie Mom to Valkyries!
Plan G is now entering Phase 2!
**[20:54] Kozawa**
This is where things get hairy, Abe-kun.
**[20:56] Haruka**
I repeat...
**[20:57] Haruka**
*We are now in Plan G, Phase 2!*
**[21:01] Isumi**
You heard them. Get going, Shirogane.
**[21:03] Takeru**
*Right. Take care of the Susano-O, ma'am.*
**[21:06] Isumi**
I plan to keep trying for as long as I can.
**[21:08] Isumi**
It'd be a real shame to have to
abandon this thing.
**[21:13] Isumi**
*Shirogane...*
**[21:14] Takeru**
Yes?
**[21:15] Isumi**
The 0...
**[21:17] Isumi**
No. Take good care of that girl, you hear me?
**[21:21] Isumi**
*I'm counting on you.*
**[21:23] Takeru**
Right!
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E22 - Escape
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***SIGN*** Imperial Japanese Navy Operational Flagship Heavy Cruiser • Mogami
**[00:05] Ozawa**
XO, I think I may have a plan.
**[00:08] Ozawa**
We'll have the 2nd Squadron,
currently standing by, enter Mano Bay,
**[00:12] Ozawa**
in order to temporarily
secure the escape route.
**[00:16] Yuuko**
That would put the 2nd Squadron
directly in the line of enemy fire.
**[00:19] Yuuko**
It'd turn into a shootout.
**[00:21] Ozawa**
Luckily, modern battleships are equipped with
anti-Laser-Class systems and heavy-duty armor,
**[00:25] Ozawa**
along with automated
communication via data link.
**[00:28] Ozawa**
They won't go down without a real fight.
**[00:31] Ozawa**
If we don't do something,
**[00:32] Ozawa**
the fleet moving in to retrieve Whiskey
will be completely exposed.
**[00:34] Ozawa**
If I'm right, this is a chance
to kill two birds with one stone
**[00:36] Ozawa**
by saving a lot of soldiers,
**[00:38] Ozawa**
along with humanity's
greatest hope, the 00-Unit.
***SIGN*** Imperial Japanese Navy Combined Fleet 2nd Squadron Flagship • Shinano
**[00:43] Ozawa**
*And those are the details of the plan.*
**[00:46] Ozawa**
*Abe-kun, you're free to raise some real hell.*
**[00:49] Abe**
Yes, sir! Consider it done!
***SIGN*** Aboard • CIC Commanding Officer Abe Tomohiko
**[00:51] Yuuko**
*This is Kouzuki, with the UN Forces.*
**[00:53] Abe**
I consider it an honor to have been
selected for this duty, ma'am.
**[00:57] Yuuko**
You'll need to hold out
for at least twenty minutes
**[00:59] Yuuko**
in order to allow for the unit to withdraw.
**[01:03] Yuuko**
I realize this is asking a lot, but...
**[01:05] Abe**
XO, it's nothing of the sort.
**[01:07] Abe**
The thought of getting to
open up directly on these bastards
**[01:11] Abe**
is a reward in and of itself.
**[01:13] Abe**
They once said that aerial warfare
had made vessels like this obsolete,
**[01:17] Abe**
and now we'll be blasting away at
the Laser-Class who made aircraft obsolete?
**[01:21] Abe**
What could be better?
**[01:23] Yuuko**
As soon as we've confirmed the unit is aboard,
**[01:25] Yuuko**
Plan G will shift into Phase 3,
so commence your withdrawal at that point.
**[01:30] Abe**
*Understood, ma'am.*
**[01:32] Abe**
*One other thing, XO...*
**[01:34] Yuuko**
Yes?
**[01:35] Abe**
*Thank you so much.*
**[01:38] Abe**
As a Japanese citizen and a father,
**[01:42] Abe**
I feel the need to offer you my gratitude.
**[01:46] Abe**
When the new weapon opened fire, that was
nothing less than the light of hope itself!
**[01:59] Abe**
The Empire... no,
humanity *does* have a future.
**[02:03] Abe**
When I saw the hive collapsed and smoking,
I felt sure of that for the first time.
**[02:12] Abe**
* I swear that we will ensure that the*
* main computer is successfully retrieved!*
***SIGN*** Escape
**[03:52] Troops**
* Fall back to Old Minagawa.*
* Where's our fire support?*
**[03:55] Troops**
*Damn it, my ammo...*
**[03:57] Troops**
*We can't keep falling back!*
**[04:01] Troops**
*Where the hell is that artillery?!*
**[04:04] Troops**
*Commander, I think we're...*
**[04:06] Comms**
*23rd Armored Division has been wiped out.*
**[04:12] Troops**
*Stop! Somebody help!*
**[04:15] Troops**
*I'll kill the damn BETA myself!*
**[04:34] Troops**
*We gotta go!*
***SIGN*** Sadogashima Mano Bay
***SIGN*** 20km Out from Mano Bay
**[04:47] Abe**
Our Combined Fleet 2nd Squadron
will now enter Mano Bay.
**[04:52] Abe**
Our objective is to eradicate the BETA,
**[04:53] Abe**
and support the Imperial and
UN Forces in their withdrawal!
**[04:56] Ship Broadcast (Female)**
Now entering Mano Bay.
All crew to battle stations.
**[04:59] Ship Broadcast (Female)**
I repeat, now entering Mano Bay...
**[05:00] Abe**
*Course is set for 0-4-5.*
**[05:02] Abe**
* All ships advance at full speed!*
* Prepare to attack!*
**[05:11] Isumi**
* I want B-Flight and C-Flight*
* moving out in one minute.*
**[05:14] Isumi**
* Your job will be securing*
* Shirogane's escape route to Mano Bay.*
**[05:17] Munakata/Hayase**
*Roger that.*
**[05:18] Isumi**
I want close to radio silence once you're
in motion. Low-power comms only.
**[05:22] Munakata/Hayase**
*Roger.*
**[05:24] Sakura**
Roger...
**[05:25] Takeru**
*Sorry, guys. Go on ahead without me.*
**[05:28] Mikoto**
Don't be dumb! We're going to make sure
you've got a way out, Takeru.
**[05:32] Tama**
We'll make sure to clear a path!
**[05:34] Ayamine**
Is the package you're carrying heavy?
**[05:37] Takeru**
You could say that.
**[05:38] Chizuru**
Mitsurugi, you're watching Shirogane's back.
**[05:41] Chizuru**
Make sure he gets where he's going.
**[05:42] Meiya**
Understood. Godspeed, everyone.
**[05:45] Hayase**
It's almost time...
**[05:46] Hayase**
B-Flight and C-Flight, prepare to move out!
**[05:48] B/C Flights**
*Roger!*
**[05:50] Operator**
Maintain the defensive line through
Old Kanemaru-Takeda-Miyakawa.
***SIGN*** 999th Penal Battalion
**[06:28] Tsukuyomi**
You can move, yes? Then get up.
**[06:31] Tsukuyomi**
*And retreat!*
**[06:50] Komaki**
I survived... again.
**[06:55] Haruka**
* Valkyrie Mom to Valkyries.*
* Plan G is now in Phase 2.*
**[06:59] Haruka**
I repeat, we are moving into Phase 2.
**[07:03] Hayase**
B-Flight,
**[07:04] Hayase**
*move out!*
**[07:06] Munakata**
C-Flight, move out!
**[07:23] Hayase**
Our job is making sure Shirogane's
unit has a path out of here!
**[07:27] Hayase**
I don't want a single BETA left alive!
**[07:29] C/B**
*Roger!*
**[07:31] Isumi**
*Shirogane, completing Phase 2 means you
and the 00-Unit touching down on the* Mogami*.*
**[07:37] Isumi**
*Get it done.*
**[07:38] Takeru**
*Right. Take care of the Susano-O, ma'am.*
**[07:40] Isumi**
I plan to keep trying for as long as I can.
**[07:43] Isumi**
It'd be a real shame to have to
abandon this thing.
**[07:46] Isumi**
*Kashiwagi, Mitsurugi, get ready to take off.*
**[07:49] Mitsurugi/Kashiwagi**
*Roger!*
**[07:51] Kashiwagi**
You make sure to look
after Shirogane, Mitsurugi.
**[07:54] Mitsurugi**
Indeed. Please, be sure to protect
the captain and the Susano-O.
**[08:02] Isumi**
Change of plans, Kashiwagi.
I want you escorting Shirogane, too.
**[08:07] Isumi**
* Hayase and the others ran into*
* the enemy over by Old Kokubunji.*
**[08:11] Isumi**
* It's looking like there were a lot more of*
* them underground than we anticipated.*
**[08:15] Isumi**
*I want you to go with them, just in case.*
**[08:18] Meiya**
Captain, I think it'd be wiser to have
at least one unit remain with the Susano-O.
**[08:24] Isumi**
On what grounds?
**[08:26] Meiya**
Two-person elements are the foundation
of all TSF tactical organization.
**[08:29] Meiya**
Without at least a single escort,
the Susano-O will not only be defenseless,
**[08:33] Meiya**
* but should you need to escape,*
* you'd be isolated, unable to form an element.*
**[08:37] Isumi**
Sounds like all the more reason to have
Kashiwagi watch Shirogane's back with you.
**[08:43] Isumi**
* Recovering the main computer of*
* the XG-70 aboard Shirogane's TSF*
**[08:47] Isumi**
*is the highest priority of Operation 21st.*
**[08:51] Isumi**
*Which means that, as much as possible,*
**[08:54] Isumi**
* he needs to avoid combat and*
* prioritize getting out of here safely.*
**[08:56] Isumi**
* And that means it's up to you and Kashiwagi*
* to form an element and do all the fighting.*
**[09:02] Isumi**
* Mitsurugi, for someone*
* with the kind of resolve you have,*
**[09:05] Isumi**
* giving up your life to protect*
* something might be simple.*
**[09:11] Isumi**
But a defensive mission means that the safety
of your target is the baseline for success.
**[09:15] Isumi**
You haven't done the job properly
unless you also keep yourself alive.
**[09:20] Isumi**
* Sacrificing yourself to save*
* others is noble, don't get me wrong,*
**[09:25] Isumi**
* but it's the kind of trick*
* you can only do once.*
**[09:27] Isumi**
* If you're gonna die,*
* then you need to consider the timing,*
**[09:29] Isumi**
* and make sure that you do it when*
* you're going to get the biggest return.*
**[09:33] Isumi**
*You're like a unsheathed sword, Mitsurugi.*
**[09:37] Isumi**
* You should learn from Kashiwagi's*
* example and relax a little.*
**[09:40] Kashiwagi**
Uh, that's weird,
**[09:42] Kashiwagi**
I always thought I took
everything super-seriously?
**[09:46] Isumi**
You get what I'm saying?
**[09:47] Isumi**
Kashiwagi, Mitsurugi,
you're escorting Shirogane.
**[09:51] Meiya/Kashiwagi**
Roger.
**[09:53] Haruka**
* Valkyrie Mom to Valkyrie-11.*
* Take off immediately.*
**[09:57] Shirogane**
*Valkyrie-11, copy that.*
**[09:58] Meiya**
Captain...
**[10:00] Meiya**
Godspeed.
**[10:01] Kashiwagi**
We're gonna head out early, Captain.
**[10:03] Takeru**
We'll be waiting on the *Mogami*.
**[10:05] Isumi**
Just make sure you get there. Now, go!
**[10:07] Trio**
Roger!
**[10:15] Operator**
Lasers incoming!
**[10:21] Operator**
Twenty-seventh armor plate is damaged.
Put those fires out!
**[10:26] Shinano Operator Otsuka**
Auxiliary battery took a hit!
But it can still fire!
**[10:29] Shinano Operator Akaike**
Sixty percent of the starboard engine armor
is at the danger threshold!
**[10:33] Abe**
We're not through yet! Keep firing!
**[10:38] Crew**
Get the fire extinguisher, now!
**[10:40] Crew**
Get those fires out!
**[10:42] Shinano Operator Otsuka**
We've got a message from the *Mogami!*
**[10:43] Shinano Operator Otsuka**
The main computer has been
recovered, and is en route!
**[10:46] Abe**
Finally!
**[10:48] Abe**
All right, let's pour every last thing
we have into this fight, people!
**[10:51] Mogami Operator Akaike**
Heavy metal cloud density
is too high! Radar is down!
**[10:54] Abe**
Use the data link for sighting!
Have all our guns ready!
**[10:58] Abe**
Fire!
**[11:26] Kashiwagi**
Nineteen BETA have appeared at one o'clock!
**[11:27] Meiya**
Should we go around?
**[11:29] Takeru**
No time! We're going through them!
**[11:31] Meiya/Kashiwagi**
*Roger.*
**[11:32] Kashiwagi**
* This is Valkyrie-7. Bandits are*
* in range. Engaging offensively.*
**[11:36] Valkyrie Mom**
* This is HQ, copy that.*
* Hit-and-run tactics only.*
**[11:46] Takeru**
Outta the damn way!
**[11:49] Sumika**
Takeru-chan?
**[11:52] Takeru**
Sumika?!
**[11:53] Meiya**
*Takeru, something's strange!*
**[11:59] Kashiwagi**
*The BETA...*
**[12:02] Takeru**
*What is this?*
**[12:17] Ayamine**
The BETA... stopped?
**[12:20] Chizuru**
What's going on?
**[12:22] Shinano Operator Otsuka**
Commander! The BETA have stopped moving.
**[12:25] Shinano Operator Otsuka**
Their attack has stopped, too!
**[12:26] Abe**
What?!
**[12:31] Isumi**
*XO, I've got access to the program.*
**[12:34] Yuuko**
Excellent work! How's it look?
**[12:36] Isumi**
*I've managed to secure control authority.*
**[12:39] Isumi**
* Currently waiting for the autopilot and*
* self-destruct programs to boot up.*
**[12:48] Isumi**
It cut out again!
**[12:50] Pyatkh**
XO! A battalion-sized BETA herd
has appeared in Area S!
**[12:54] Pyatkh**
They're headed...
for where the XG-07 crashed!
**[13:00] Haruka**
XO! The BETA forces that were engaging
the 2nd Squadron in Area SW...
**[13:04] Haruka**
They're moving south!
**[13:06] Isumi**
* XO, the software has frozen*
* and isn't responding.*
**[13:10] Yuuko**
What the hell is going on?
**[13:12] Yuuko**
There are BETA in Area S
that are headed your way!
**[13:15] Yuuko**
We're out of time!
**[13:16] Yuuko**
Cancel that attempt on the auto-pilot,
**[13:18] Yuuko**
and focus on prepping to blow the Susano-O.
**[13:21] Isumi**
*Roger!*
**[13:22] Yuuko**
The BETA in the vicinity of Mano Bay
are heading south for some reason, too.
**[13:25] Yuuko**
If that route gets cut off,
**[13:26] Yuuko**
the only way out will be to try
and fly straight to the mainland!
**[13:29] Yuuko**
Shirogane, why aren't you going faster?!
**[13:36] Takeru**
More and more BETA
keep appearing along the route!
**[13:39] Yuuko**
There's been a sudden surge
in BETA activity all across the island.
**[13:43] Yuuko**
And the BETA near Mano Bay
are moving southward.
**[13:46] Yuuko**
You need to move fast before
those Laser-Class pin you down!
**[13:50] Takeru**
Hang on... The enemies in Area S
are headed for the Susano-O!
**[13:54] Yuuko**
* Isumi's moved onto*
* prepping it for detonation.*
**[13:57] Kashiwagi**
But with numbers like these...
***SIGN*** Laser Fire Warning
**[14:02] Takeru**
*Laser-Class?!*
**[14:06] Takeru**
Damn it! Too many of them!
**[14:08] Takeru**
The auto-evade's...
**[14:11] Takeru**
Cancel auto-evasion mode!
Give me manual control!
**[14:21] Meiya**
Takeru! Don't over-extend!
**[14:24] Kashiwagi**
I don't think we've got time
to take it easy, you guys.
**[14:28] Takeru**
*Kashiwagi... you...*
**[14:30] Meiya**
*You were hit?*
**[14:32] Kashiwagi**
Hey, don't worry about me!
Besides, the 2nd Squadron's still under fire!
**[14:35] Kashiwagi**
Hurry!
**[14:40] Takeru**
Kashiwagi, what're you doing?!
**[14:42] Meiya**
Her unit's damaged...
**[14:44] Kashiwagi**
*Shirogane, Mitsurugi...*
**[14:46] Kashiwagi**
Hate to do this,
but you've gotta go on ahead.
**[14:48] Takeru**
What the hell are you saying?
If you're that badly damaged—
**[14:50] Meiya**
*Takeru, I'm heading back.*
**[14:52] Meiya**
*Focus on your escape.*
**[14:54] Kashiwagi**
No, Mitsurugi! You have to protect him!
**[15:00] Takeru**
Where the hell do you think
you're going, damn it?!
**[15:03] Kashiwagi**
I'm going to back the captain up.
**[15:05] Meiya**
What?!
**[15:06] Kashiwagi**
Even if I went with you guys,
**[15:08] Kashiwagi**
I wouldn't make it to the *Mogami*
with my TSF in this shape.
**[15:10] Kashiwagi**
* Not with my propellant leaking.*
* I'd just be in the way.*
**[15:14] Meiya**
Kashiwagi, I'll carry you in my unit!
**[15:17] Kashiwagi**
The mission takes priority, Mitsurugi!
**[15:19] Kashiwagi**
I've got seniority, and that's an order!
**[15:24] Kashiwagi**
Your job is protecting Shirogane, remember?
**[15:28] Meiya**
*But...*
**[15:29] Kashiwagi**
You saw before, right?
**[15:31] Kashiwagi**
How that hive crumbled when
the Susano-O Mark II shot at it.
**[15:36] Kashiwagi**
What the XO said
**[15:38] Kashiwagi**
about the number of people dying in combat
being cut down to less than 1/100th...
**[15:41] Kashiwagi**
I think that, once the kinks get worked out
of the Susano-O Mark II, she might be right.
**[15:46] Kashiwagi**
And Shirogane's carrying its main computer.
Humanity's best hope!
**[15:51] Kashiwagi**
Our job is to get it safely
out of this combat zone.
**[15:55] Kashiwagi**
* When rescuing someone who's in danger*
* puts the mission as a whole at risk...*
**[15:58] Kashiwagi**
*Then you leave them behind.*
**[16:01] Kashiwagi**
*Am I right, Shirogane?*
**[16:03] Takeru**
Kashiwagi!
**[16:06] (Flashback) Kashiwagi**
If it's a success, though, and the
Susano-O gets officially adopted...
**[16:11] (Flashback) Kashiwagi**
Maybe my little brothers won't have to fight.
**[16:18] Takeru**
Meiya, we're maintaining our course.
**[16:20] Takeru**
If you go back for Kashiwagi, you won't
be able to reach the *Mogami*, either.
**[16:24] Meiya**
Takeru...
**[16:25] Kashiwagi**
That's our Shirogane! He gets it.
**[16:29] Takeru**
Kashiwagi... Please, look after the captain.
**[16:33] Kashiwagi**
Got it!
**[16:34] Kashiwagi**
Mitsurugi, you said yourself the captain
should have backup. No more arguing.
**[16:39] Meiya**
*Kashiwagi...*
**[16:40] Kashiwagi**
What's up?
**[16:41] Meiya**
You must return to us.
**[16:43] Meiya**
I still haven't learned how to relax
from you in the way I need to.
**[16:48] Kashiwagi**
*Sure thing! I'll see you later.*
**[16:54] Kashiwagi**
I think I'm gonna need to learn
from that resolve you have, Mitsurugi.
**[17:02] Pyatkh**
The BETA in Area SW
are still headed southward.
**[17:05] Hasegawa**
Whiskey's collective losses are at 55%.
**[17:06] Mogami Operator Suyama**
The 2nd Squadron are moving south along Mano
Bay in order to prevent the BETA advance.
**[17:08] Hasegawa**
Echo's losses are at 65%.
They can't hold out much longer!
**[17:10] Pyatkh**
Another 7,000 meters and the BETA
in Area S will reach the A-02 crash site!
**[17:14] Yuuko**
Isumi, the BETA are seven
kilometers away from you.
**[17:17] Yuuko**
You need to pick up the pace.
**[17:18] Isumi**
The self-destruct program won't boot up...
**[17:21] Isumi**
How's the squad doing?
**[17:23] Yuuko**
Thanks to the 2nd Squadron's intervention,
**[17:26] Yuuko**
Shirogane and the others should be able to
make it out of the danger zone.
**[17:29] Isumi**
*Then that's why they started heading south.*
**[17:32] Yuuko**
*Kashiwagi's jump unit took a hit, though.*
**[17:36] Isumi**
That girl... and right after
I gave her some credit.
**[17:38] Isumi**
She's prepping your unit as we speak.
**[17:41] Isumi**
When it's time to clear out,
it'll be the two of you in it.
**[17:43] Isumi**
Wait, she came back?
**[17:47] Yuuko**
Wasn't that the plan all along?
**[17:50] Yuuko**
Just hurry up with that detonation.
**[17:52] Isumi**
Roger that.
**[17:53] Kashiwagi**
*Ready to clear out when you are, Captain!*
**[17:56] Isumi**
* What the hell are you doing back here?!*
* And why didn't you say something sooner?!*
**[18:00] Kashiwagi**
*We're supposed to be on limited comms.*
**[18:02] Isumi**
* You're authorized for*
* low-power transmissions!*
**[18:06] Kashiwagi**
I guess it slipped my mind?
**[18:09] Isumi**
* I'm gonna rake you over the coals*
* once we get back!*
**[18:11] Kashiwagi**
Looking forward to it, ma'am!
**[18:13] Isumi**
Damn it, Kashiwagi...
**[18:16] Isumi**
Maybe I'm just a poor judge of character.
**[18:25] Takeru**
Bastard!
**[18:29] Takeru**
Meiya!
**[18:31] Meiya**
You mustn't stop! Keep going!
**[18:37] Mikoto**
Now, Miki-san!
**[18:38] Tama**
Right! Firing!
**[18:45] Takeru**
What the—
**[18:47] Meiya**
*Takeru, in front!*
**[18:53] Hayase**
What took you guys so long?
We were getting tired of waiting!
**[18:56] Takeru**
*Lieutenant Hayase!*
**[18:57] Takeru**
*Tama!*
**[19:00] Mikoto**
Get a move on, Takeru!
**[19:01] Takeru**
*Mikoto?*
**[19:06] Hayase**
Your escape route's been secured.
**[19:08] Hayase**
Sakaki, Ayamine, lead the way!
**[19:10] Chizuru/Ayamine**
*Roger!*
**[19:13] Ayamine**
Chatting can wait.
**[19:14] Chizuru**
Follow us!
**[19:16] Takeru/Meiya**
*Roger!*
**[19:20] Hayase**
*What happened to Kashiwagi?*
**[19:22] Takeru**
*She went back to support the captain.*
**[19:23] Sakura**
The captain...
**[19:26] Munakata**
*Usuki!*
**[19:27] Munakata**
Her orders are to escort Shirogane.
**[19:29] Sakura**
Right.
**[19:30] Munkata**
* Good! We'll wait for Miki to clear out,*
* and then we'll be right behind her!*
**[19:34] Squad**
Roger!
**[19:35] Sakura**
Roger...
**[19:43] Abe**
Don't think about conserving ammo!
Fire everything we've got!
**[19:52] Ayamine**
* We'll be at the beach*
* if we can clear this last stretch.*
**[19:54] Ayamine**
*Just gotta maintain altitude.*
**[19:55] Takeru**
This is Valkyrie-11.
We're nearly at the coast.
**[19:58] Haruka**
Valkyrie Mom, copy that.
Maintain trajectory...
**[20:02] Yuuko**
What now?!
**[20:03] Haruka**
BETA have appeared
on the southern tip of Mano Bay!
**[20:05] Haruka**
In the escape route!
**[20:07] Haruka**
These numbers... It's a brigade-sized herd!
**[20:10] Yuuko**
Shirogane, stop, now!
**[20:13] Takeru**
But we're almost there!
**[20:15] Haruka**
* A brigade-sized BETA herd*
* is in your direct path!*
**[20:19] Hayase**
All units, full deceleration!
**[20:24] Chizuru**
Decelerate?
**[20:29] Takeru**
Get back, damn it!
**[20:43] Hayase**
Damage report!
**[20:44] Chizuru**
Valkyrie-8 and Valkyrie-13 are hit!
**[20:46] Ayamine**
*It's light. We can still move.*
**[20:48] Kashiwagi**
I've got a code 991!
**[20:59] Pyatkh**
BETA confirmed in the vicinity of the XG-70!
**[21:02] Pyatkh**
It's a brigade...
no, this may be a corps-sized herd!
**[21:05] Ozawa**
This is madness... just how many BETA
were there inside the Sadogashima Hive?!
**[21:10] Yuuko**
A delay right before
they were in the clear...
**[21:13] Haruka**
* Valkyrie Mom to Valkyries!*
* The BETA numbers are only increasing!*
**[21:18] Takeru**
Damn it!
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E23 - Inheritance
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GJWU239Q5/inheritance)
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**[01:35] Abe**
*Main batteries, do not ease up on that fire!*
***SIGN*** Inheritance
**[01:43] Takeru**
Damn it, we're so close!
**[01:48] Kashiwagi**
I've got a Code 991!
**[01:51] Kashiwagi**
Captain, the BETA are surfacing
from underground!
**[01:54] Haruka**
Brigade-sized herd has appeared
in the south of Mano Bay!
**[01:56] Haruka**
And a corps-size herd of BETA
has appeared in the vicinity of the XG-70!
**[02:00] Haruka**
A-01 Squadron's exfiltration
route has been cut off.
**[02:04] Ozawa**
This is madness... just how many BETA
were there inside the Sadogashima Hive?!
**[02:09] Pyatkh**
BETA have made contact with the XG-70!
**[02:11] Pyatkh**
Kashiwagi has engaged them!
**[02:13] Kashiwagi**
Enemy forces are comprised of
Destroyers, Tanks, Grapplers...
**[02:17] Kashiwagi**
No sign of Laser-Class.
**[02:20] Yuuko**
*Isumi...*
**[02:22] Yuuko**
* There's a brigade-sized herd*
* in the south of Mano Bay.*
**[02:25] Yuuko**
*Time's up. You've got to clear out.*
**[02:28] Isumi**
What about the 00-Unit?
**[02:30] Yuuko**
* They were blocked right before*
* reaching the coast.*
**[02:33] Isumi**
The BETA headed toward the Susano-O
when it briefly reactivated, right?
**[02:37] Yuuko**
*Yes, that's right.*
**[02:39] Isumi**
Understood...
**[02:41] Isumi**
I'm going to do what it takes to
make sure our main objective is fulfilled.
**[02:45] Kashiwagi**
Captain, a ton of BETA are
headed right for you!
**[02:48] Kashiwagi**
You need to get out!
**[02:49] Isumi**
* I'm begging you, Kashiwagi.*
* I need five minutes.*
**[02:52] Isumi**
* Five will be enough,*
* but I need you to keep them busy.*
**[02:54] Kashiwagi**
Bet you're glad I came back now, huh?
**[02:57] Isumi**
*Damn right I am. I owe you.*
**[03:01] Kashiwagi**
I say that, but with these numbers...
that's asking a lot.
**[03:09] Yuuko**
*Shirogane...*
**[03:10] Yuuko**
*You'll have an out in five minutes.*
**[03:13] Yuuko**
* Move out at top speed*
* as soon as you notice a change.*
**[03:16] Yuuko**
*Rendezvous with the recovery fleet.*
**[03:19] Takeru**
What kind of change?
**[03:20] Yuuko**
*You'll know.*
**[03:25] Abe**
Damage report!
**[03:26] Operators**
Starboard anti-air crew have been wiped out!
**[03:28] Operators**
Turret three has been hit, but no losses.
**[03:30] Operators**
A fire has broken out on the flight deck!
**[03:32] Ozora Operator**
Engines are fully functional!
**[03:33] Abe**
Five more minutes! I don't care if every
ship in the fleet is hobbled as a result.
**[03:37] Abe**
We will obliterate the BETA on the south end
of the bay by any means necessary!
**[03:41] Gunnery Chief**
* Main cannons and third AA section,*
* you may target and fire at will.*
**[03:45] Ootsuka Operator**
The *Mino*'s bridge took a direct hit!
Comms are down!
**[03:48] Ootsuka Operator**
They're maintaining their rate of fire!
**[03:50] Ishikawa Operator**
Primary starboard defense compartment
has exceeded armor damage threshold!
**[03:55] Ootsuka**
The *Shinano* is currently 15% flooded!
**[03:57] Ootsuka**
The *Kaga*'s anti-Laser-Class systems
are damaged across the board,
**[04:00] Ootsuka**
but both ships are capable
of continuing battle!
**[04:02] Abe**
Good. Very good!
**[04:06] Abe**
Ladies and gentlemen, this is where
the battle really starts!
**[04:08] Abe**
Our engines and guns are both
fully operable! We are still good to go!
**[04:15] Yuuko**
*Come on...*
**[04:24] Kashiwagi**
* Sorry about that, Captain!*
* Some Destroyer-Class got past me!*
**[04:29] Isumi**
Understood! Two more minutes,
and I'll be able to manage!
**[04:34] Kashiwagi**
*There are just too damn many!*
**[04:41] Kashiwagi**
*Fort-Class?!*
**[04:43] Kashiwagi**
*Captain, hurry!*
**[04:44] Isumi**
Sixty more seconds...
**[04:46] Isumi**
That should do it!
**[04:51] Isumi**
*Everything's set!*
**[04:52] Isumi**
*Get ready to clear out!*
**[04:57] Isumi**
Kashiwagi, I'm done here,
**[04:59] Isumi**
*I'm—to make—escape—*
**[05:03] Isumi**
*Respond! Do you read me, Kashiwagi?!*
**[05:18] Isumi**
*Talk to me, Kashiwagi! Can you hear my voice?!*
**[05:19] Kashiwagi**
Captain... Just hang on...
**[05:22] Isumi**
*Kashiwagi?! Give me a sitrep!*
**[05:24] Kashiwagi**
There are more coming...
**[05:37] Haruka**
Lieutenant Kashiwagi's vitals
have all flatlined.
**[05:41] Yuuko**
Resuscitative measures! Defibrillate her!
**[05:44] Haruka**
Her Fortified Suit's signal is gone, ma'am.
**[05:47] Haruka**
It's likely she...
**[05:49] Yuuko**
I see... Have Kashiwagi marked as KIA.
**[05:54] Haruka**
Yes, ma'am.
**[05:58] Isumi**
Again. I let one of my
soldiers die, again...
**[06:05] Ozawa**
XO, I propose we reroute the 999th Penal
Battalion to assist in the Captain's escape.
**[06:10] Isumi**
*Please, no, Admiral Ozawa.*
**[06:13] Isumi**
*My means of escape has already been totaled.*
**[06:15] Ozawa**
Don't be ridiculous, Captain!
**[06:17] Ozawa**
You are the commander of A-01,
a task force with a special mission!
**[06:21] Ozawa**
Don't think you're
getting out of it that easily!
**[06:23] Isumi**
I'm fully aware, sir.
**[06:25] Isumi**
But as A-01's commander,
there's something I need to attend to.
**[06:30] Yuuko**
* Isumi, given the circumstances...*
* you know what to do.*
**[06:34] Isumi**
Yes, ma'am.
**[06:36] Isumi**
Admiral. The outcome of this operation...
**[06:38] Isumi**
cannot be allowed to hinder
Alternative IV at any cost.
**[06:45] Isumi**
At this rate, the Sadogashima Hive
will not be fully destroyed,
**[06:49] Isumi**
and there's a good chance its BETA
will begin an advance on the mainland.
**[06:53] Isumi**
I'm going to re-engage the
Moorcock-Lechte Drive at once.
**[06:57] Yuuko**
Admiral. Once the Moorcock-Lechte
Drive has been activated,
**[07:01] Yuuko**
all of the BETA on the island
will be drawn towards the XG-70.
**[07:05] Yuuko**
When that happens,
we'll be able to retrieve the 00-Unit.
**[07:09] Pyatkh**
I've confirmed the XG-70's
primary systems are back online!
**[07:11] Pyatkh**
Kaluza-Klein Echo is intensifying!
**[07:14] Suyama**
The BETA in the south of Mano Bay,
as well as across the entire island,
**[07:16] Suyama**
are headed towards the XG-70!
**[07:24] Takeru**
Is this it?
**[07:25] Hayase**
*Time to go. Hurry!*
**[07:30] Yuuko**
She's going to attract all of the enemy,
and then sacrifice herself.
**[07:33] Yuuko**
No, she'll be taking
all of Sadogashima with her.
**[07:37] Yuuko**
That is Isumi's plan, sir.
**[07:39] Ozawa**
Captain Isumi is your
most trusted subordinate...
**[07:42] Ozawa**
You could even say she's been
the key to execution of the fourth plan.
**[07:46] Ozawa**
You're certain about this?
**[07:48] Yuuko**
Whether I'm certain or not doesn't matter.
**[07:50] Yuuko**
This is the most effective,
and best possible choice.
**[07:54] Yuuko**
Brought about by those
chosen to serve as part of A-01...
**[07:58] Yuuko**
The future that contains
the greatest potential.
**[08:03] Ozawa**
A future with the greatest potential?
**[08:06] Yuuko**
Never mind.
Just something that was on my mind.
**[08:10] Yuuko**
Admiral, there's one thing
I'd like to ask of you.
***SIGN*** Fleet Flagship Heavy Cruiser Mogami
**[08:14] Pyatkh**
* All remaining Whiskey and Echo forces have*
* been confirmed as having boarded the fleet.*
**[08:17] Pyatkh**
* Carriers, set course for minimum*
* safe distance immediately.*
***SIGN*** Mogami Infirmary
**[08:36] Takeru**
I've connected the 00-Unit to her
maintenance hardware, as ordered.
**[08:40] Yuuko**
I appreciate it. You've done good work today.
**[08:44] Yuuko**
Our big worries are systems failure
and loss of her original data...
**[08:48] Yuuko**
And there's no sign of anything that severe.
**[08:50] Takeru**
What a relief...
**[08:52] Yuuko**
But there's not much more
we can do out here.
**[08:55] Yuuko**
Once the effects from the
XG-70's explosion have died down,
**[08:58] Yuuko**
you'll fly her back to the base.
**[09:01] Yuuko**
The roads will be down thanks to
the accompanying tsunami,
**[09:03] Yuuko**
and no one is going to be
sailing anywhere for a while.
**[09:05] Yuuko**
But the sky will be safe with
the Sadogashima Hive gone.
**[09:10] Takeru**
Understood.
**[09:11] Takeru**
I guess we couldn't get the
auto-pilot to engage, huh?
**[09:14] Takeru**
How's the detonation going?
**[09:16] Yuuko**
It's looking good.
**[09:17] Yuuko**
We're just waiting for the ships
with Echo and Whiskey to get clear.
**[09:22] Takeru**
I see. Then are the captain and
Kashiwagi headed this way?
**[09:26] Yuuko**
No.
**[09:27] Yuuko**
Isumi's still inside the XG-70.
Kashiwagi's dead.
**[09:33] Takeru**
She is?! Why—
**[09:34] Yuuko**
Because we're at war.
Hundreds of people died today.
**[09:38] Takeru**
No! That's not what I was asking—
**[09:40] Haruka**
Stop it, Lieutenant.
**[09:42] Haruka**
A corps-sized herd of BETA
surfaced near the XG-70.
**[09:48] Haruka**
And they would've likely made
for the mainland if nothing was done.
**[09:52] Haruka**
In order to prevent that, and
save as many lives as possible...
**[09:57] Haruka**
Captain Isumi decided to destroy Sadogashima.
**[10:01] Takeru**
She did?
**[10:02] Yuuko**
It's not just the lives she's saving.
**[10:05] Yuuko**
Isumi is keeping Alternative IV
afloat with her sacrifice.
**[10:08] Yuuko**
Regardless of what caused
the XG-70 to malfunction,
**[10:11] Yuuko**
if the mission had ended any other way...
we would've been in a dire position.
**[10:19] Suyama**
The 2nd Squadron has left Mano Bay!
**[10:21] Suyama**
Severely damaged, but still intact!
**[10:29] Isumi**
Kashiwagi, your death will not be in vain!
**[10:49] Isumi**
Kashiwagi...
**[10:51] Isumi**
I just keep making mistakes.
**[10:55] Isumi**
But in the end, I'm able to keep hope alive.
**[10:59] Yuuko**
* Isumi, the 00-Unit's been*
* successfully recovered.*
**[11:02] Yuuko**
* Echo Fleet's made it*
* to minimum safe distance.*
**[11:06] Yuuko**
*Whiskey will be clear in ten minutes, too.*
**[11:08] Yuuko**
*Go ahead and get started.*
**[11:10] Isumi**
Roger that.
**[11:12] Yuuko**
* That said, it's not like you have*
* much to actually do.*
**[11:16] Isumi**
You've got a point there.
**[11:18] Isumi**
All I need to do is disengage
the remaining fail-safes.
**[11:21] Yuuko**
*Your last ten minutes alive...*
**[11:23] Yuuko**
* If it won't get in the way,*
* I can put you through to your squad.*
**[11:28] Yuuko**
* OPSEC means I can't put you*
* in contact with anyone else, but...*
**[11:32] Isumi**
Ma'am... personal communications
like that are...
**[11:35] Yuuko**
Admiral Ozawa and the other
commanding officers were pretty insistent.
**[11:39] Yuuko**
* Enough that, despite everything else going on,*
* they were willing to run a wired connection*
**[11:44] Yuuko**
between the *Mogami* and
the *Kunisaki* where the others are.
***SIGN*** Heavy Cruiser Mogami Admiral Ozawa
**[11:47] Yuuko**
* All so you could say anything*
* that needs to be said.*
***SIGN*** Battleship Musashi Commander Iguchi
**[11:50] Yuuko**
*As soldiers, Japanese citizens,*
**[11:53] Yuuko**
*and members of the human race,*
***SIGN*** Battleship Yamato Commander Tadokoro
**[11:55] Yuuko**
* they wanted to show their*
* gratitude to you, however they could.*
***SIGN*** Battleship Shinano Commander Abe
**[11:59] Isumi**
* That's... I haven't done anything*
* to deserve that kind of gratitude.*
**[12:02] Yuuko**
Look, they already set it all up.
You should humor them and use it.
**[12:07] Yuuko**
One other thing you should probably know...
**[12:10] Yuuko**
Second Lieutenant Isumi Akira with the IJA's
133rd Regiment has been confirmed alive.
**[12:16] Yuuko**
She's not injured, either.
**[12:19] Isumi**
*I see...*
**[12:22] Isumi**
*Thank you, ma'am.*
**[12:24] Yuuko**
I'm not sure why you're thanking me.
**[12:26] Isumi**
*To everyone who arranged this for me,*
**[12:29] Isumi**
* in spite of the dire situation,*
* let them know...*
**[12:33] Yuuko**
I know.
**[12:35] Isumi**
*XO...*
**[12:36] Yuuko**
What is it?
**[12:37] Isumi**
*It's been a honor.*
**[12:39] Isumi**
* These two years have seemed like an*
* eternity at times, and like a flash at others.*
**[12:42] Isumi**
* Being able to contribute to*
* humanity's future, under your command...*
**[12:46] Isumi**
* is an honor that I will*
* always be grateful for.*
**[12:50] Yuuko**
Come on, cut it out.
**[12:53] Isumi**
* My life likely wouldn't have*
* amounted to anything special...*
**[12:57] Isumi**
*But now it has special meaning and value.*
**[13:01] Yuuko**
Meaning and value you can never
share with anyone else.
**[13:06] Isumi**
I regret not being able to see
the completion of the fourth plan,
**[13:10] Isumi**
as well as humanity's victory, in person.
**[13:13] Isumi**
*But I'm going on ahead.*
**[13:17] Yuuko**
Well, I'm headed for hell,
so I doubt I'll ever see you again.
**[13:21] Yuuko**
Give Marimo my regards.
**[13:23] Isumi**
I'm sorry, ma'am,
**[13:25] Isumi**
but I won't be able to deliver that message.
**[13:28] Isumi**
I'm bound for hell myself.
**[13:32] Yuuko**
* Well, I hope you'll show me around*
* when I get there.*
**[13:35] Yuuko**
*Since I'm headed for the lowest level,*
**[13:38] Yuuko**
* you handle all the tedious*
* arrangements for me.*
**[13:40] Isumi**
Consider it done. I'll clean the floor with
the king of hell and his demons for you.
**[13:48] Isumi**
*Suzumiya...*
**[13:50] Isumi**
* Don't ever underestimate the*
* amount of security you give the squad.*
**[13:55] Isumi**
*Take good care of them.*
**[13:56] Haruka**
Yes, ma'am.
**[13:57] Yuuko**
Shirogane, no one's monitoring the line,
so you're free to say whatever.
**[14:02] Yuuko**
When Isumi gives the signal, it's going to
connect to Hayase and the others.
**[14:06] Takeru**
Yes, ma'am.
**[14:07] Yuuko**
We'll give you some privacy. Take your time.
**[14:14] Isumi**
*Shirogane, I hear the 00-Unit is safe.*
**[14:18] Isumi**
*Well done.*
**[14:19] Takeru**
Thank you, ma'am.
**[14:21] Takeru**
Um... are you... okay?
**[14:25] Isumi**
Yeah. I've got this thing running again.
**[14:28] Isumi**
The Rutherford field's keeping me safe.
**[14:31] Takeru**
*Well...*
**[14:33] Takeru**
*I'm glad your sister's okay.*
**[14:35] Isumi**
Thank you.
**[14:36] Isumi**
But I have to admit, I'm kind of
shocked the XO arranged all this.
**[14:41] Takeru**
* Yuuko-sensei?*
* But she said it was the Imperials who...*
**[14:45] Isumi**
Come on, man. If she hadn't revealed who I was,
**[14:50] Isumi**
they wouldn't have known
to check on my sister, would they?
**[14:54] Isumi**
The XO's consideration,
and the Imperials' compassion...
**[14:58] Isumi**
To be honest, I'm really grateful.
**[15:01] Isumi**
But that's selfish of me.
**[15:03] Takeru**
* They're doing it because you*
* fought for the human race!*
**[15:07] Isumi**
I've gotten so many of
my subordinates killed,
**[15:10] Isumi**
and been involved
with the death of so many others...
**[15:13] Isumi**
Getting to die in a place like this
is enough of a reward.
**[15:17] Takeru**
That's... Captain,
you've done an amazing job!
**[15:20] Takeru**
You're sacrificing your life
to save so many other people!
**[15:25] Isumi**
It's not like that, Shirogane.
**[15:27] Isumi**
Deep down, I'm nowhere near
as admirable as you think.
**[15:33] Isumi**
Right now, the thing I feel
most strongly about...
**[15:37] Isumi**
It's not about all the lives I'll be saving
as a result of my actions,
**[15:40] Isumi**
or humanity's future.
**[15:42] Isumi**
It's not even about Kashiwagi,
or Sergeant Jinguuji, who I got killed...
**[15:49] Isumi**
But my sister being alive.
**[15:51] Isumi**
And the fact I'll never see
my parents or sisters...
**[15:55] Isumi**
Or the guy I told you about...
**[15:58] Isumi**
My personal business is the
only thing in my head right now.
**[16:03] Takeru**
What exactly is wrong with that?!
**[16:05] Takeru**
You've worked so hard for the
Alternative plan this entire time!
**[16:10] Isumi**
*Shirogane...*
**[16:11] Takeru**
Kashiwagi was the same way!
**[16:14] Takeru**
And Sergeant Jinguuji, she fulfilled
her duty until her dying breath!
**[16:19] Takeru**
You've all made such a big mark on all of us!
***SIGN*** Ocean's Surface TSF Carriers
**[16:24] Takeru**
Who cares how it happened?!
You're still saving a ton of people's lives!
**[16:30] Takeru**
Using your last moments alive to think
about the one you love or your family...
**[16:35] Takeru**
Is that really such a crime?!
**[16:37] Takeru**
I don't care what anyone else says!
I respect you, Captain!
**[16:41] Takeru**
And I think what you're doing is incredible!
**[16:46] Isumi**
Shirogane, take good care of the squad, okay?
**[16:51] Isumi**
And share that strength with them.
**[16:54] Takeru**
*I'm not strong at all, ma'am.*
**[16:58] Isumi**
Shirogane, you're plenty strong.
**[17:01] Isumi**
And after today, your reasoning for fighting...
Your philosophy about the war...
**[17:05] Isumi**
And why you feel special...
**[17:08] Isumi**
I think I understand it all.
**[17:10] Isumi**
The 00-Unit candidate
is your girlfriend, isn't she?
**[17:14] Takeru**
*Captain... you knew?*
**[17:16] Isumi**
No.
**[17:17] Isumi**
* But when you called her name*
* and picked her up, I understood.*
**[17:21] Isumi**
*I heard the name "Sumika" yesterday, after all.*
**[17:25] Isumi**
* And it was easy to tell from*
* how you acted toward her.*
**[17:28] Isumi**
*That occasional naïveté of yours...*
**[17:30] Isumi**
*No... that* kindness *is something
I've never encountered in anyone else.*
**[17:36] Isumi**
* Not only that, but you have*
* talent as a pilot, as well.*
**[17:39] Isumi**
*You may end up being humanity's savior.*
**[17:44] Takeru**
Me, a savior?
**[17:46] Isumi**
Well, you sure didn't look like
a rookie out there today.
**[17:50] Takeru**
* That's because of the*
* hypnotherapy you gave me, Captain.*
**[17:56] Isumi**
Oh, don't worry about that. I just had you
run through some relaxation exercises.
**[18:00] Isumi**
Which means you should have
nothing else to fear, right?
**[18:04] Takeru**
*Yes... thank you, ma'am.*
**[18:07] Isumi**
All right...
**[18:08] Isumi**
*It's time to say goodbye to the others.*
**[18:16] Isumi**
*Humanity's in your hands.*
**[18:18] Takeru**
I swear...
***SIGN*** Shirogane Takeru
— Kamiki Koichi —
**[18:21] Takeru**
I swear I'll protect it!
**[18:25] Isumi**
*Goodbye, Shirogane.*
**[18:29] Takeru**
G-Goodbye...
**[18:33] Takeru**
Captain!
**[18:38] Isumi**
*This is Isumi.*
**[18:40] Isumi**
*The missions have all been hell,*
**[18:42] Isumi**
* but you've all done excellent work*
* making it through and following my orders.*
**[18:46] Isumi**
* You are the greatest pilots*
* I've ever known, and my pride and joy.*
**[18:50] Isumi**
* It kills me to have to leave you*
* with the mission unfulfilled,*
**[18:54] Isumi**
*but I know that things will be in good hands.*
**[18:57] Isumi**
* I'm confident that you'll be able to dedicate*
* yourselves even further to mankind's victory*
**[19:02] Isumi**
* and Alternative IV's*
* completion once I'm gone.*
**[19:06] Isumi**
* Hayase, you're in command of*
* the squad now. Take good care of them.*
**[19:10] Isumi**
*Don't ride them too hard, either.*
***SIGN*** Mitsuki Hayase
—Yamamura Hibiki —
**[19:12] Hayase**
Yes, ma'am! You can leave it to me.
**[19:15] Isumi**
*Munakata.*
**[19:16] Isumi**
*You'll be supporting Hayase as her second.*
**[19:19] Isumi**
* That cool head of yours will be*
* a resource she can depend on.*
**[19:23] Munakata**
Understood, ma'am!
***SIGN*** Munakata Misae
—Yamaki Anna—
**[19:24] Munakata**
It's an honor to have
served under you, Captain.
**[19:28] Isumi**
*Kazama.*
**[19:29] Isumi**
* You need to mediate between Kazama and*
* Munakata, as well as keep the rookies in line.*
**[19:34] Isumi**
* That sweet nature of yours is*
* what keeps the squad running smoothly.*
***SIGN*** Kazama Touko
—Waki Azumi —
**[19:37] Kazama**
Yes, ma'am! It's been an honor.
**[19:40] Isumi**
*Suzumiya.*
**[19:41] Isumi**
*You're as capable a pilot as anyone.*
**[19:45] Isumi**
*But don't try and do everything by yourself.*
***SIGN*** Suzumiya Akane
— Ito Ayasa —
**[19:48] Akane**
Yes, ma'am! Thank you!
**[19:56] Isumi**
*Mitsurugi.*
**[19:57] Isumi**
* You know, I happen to have*
* a really incredible sister...*
**[20:01] Isumi**
It honestly gave me a complex,
and I kept my distance as a result.
**[20:06] Isumi**
But... when I realized
it was okay to just be myself,
**[20:09] Isumi**
I was finally able to face her in earnest.
**[20:13] Isumi**
*Look after yourself.*
**[20:16] Isumi**
*And Usuki...*
**[20:18] Isumi**
* We swore to retake your homeland.*
* I'm sorry that won't be happening.*
**[20:23] Isumi**
* I want you to live for your own future,*
* and no one else's, from now on.*
**[20:29] Sakura**
Captain...
***SIGN*** Usuki Sakura
— Isekaijoucho —
**[20:31] Sakura**
Thank you for everything.
***SIGN*** Isumi Michiru
— Taichi Yo —
**[20:50] Isumi**
It's done.
**[20:54] Isumi**
Sergeant Jinguuji...
for keeping humanity's best hope...
**[20:57] Isumi**
For keeping him alive... thank you.
**[21:02] Isumi**
Do you think... I left anything for them?
**[21:07] Susano-O**
*Critical reaction in:*
**[21:09] Susano-O**
*Ten... Nine... Eight... Seven...*
**[21:14] Susano-O**
*Six... Five... Four...*
**[21:16] Isumi**
I wish I could've seen it one last time.
**[21:18] Susano-O**
*Three... Two... One.*
**[21:56] Isumi**
At the base... out in front, where...
**[22:01] Isumi**
the cherry blossoms bloomed.
***SIGN*** December 25th 15:27
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
# E24 - The World Moves On
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***SIGN*** December 25th 15:27
**[00:10] News Broadcast**
* With the success of yesterday's Operation 21st,*
* the Sadogashima Hive was destroyed.*
***SIGN*** The Next Day
**[00:20] News Broadcast**
* Luckily, due to evacuation warnings*
* that were announced early on,*
**[00:23] News Broadcast**
* there have been*
* no casualties in the aftermath.*
**[00:27] News Broadcast**
* The government has announced that all BETA*
* have been eliminated from Japanese soil.*
**[00:32] News Broadcast**
*In the capital, Her Majesty Koubuin Yuuhi*
**[00:34] News Broadcast**
* offered a moment of silence*
* for the soldiers who fell during the battle.*
**[00:39] News Broadcast**
* The official memorial will be held*
* tomorrow at the Budokan.*
**[00:44] Hayase**
We offer this salute to the spirits of
**[00:46] Hayase**
Captain Isumi Michiru and
Second Lieutenant Kashiwagi Haruko!
**[00:57] Isumi**
*Humanity's in your hands.*
***SIGN*** Nippon Budokan • Ceremony Commemorating the Battle of Sadogashima
**[01:03] Akira**
*They call it a memorial...*
**[01:06] Akira**
* But the commander and*
* everyone else's bodies are all gone.*
**[01:10] Akira**
* They went with Sadogashima,*
* when the G-Bomb hit...*
***SIGN*** In Memory of the Fallen Soldiers of the Battle of Sadogashima
***SIGN*** Imperial Royal Guard
Ikaruga Takatsugu
***SIGN*** Imperial Royal Guard
First Lieutenant Tsukuyomi
***SIGN*** Kamiyo Tatsumi
***SIGN*** Tomoe Yukino
***SIGN*** Ebisu Minagi
***SIGN*** Imperial Japanese Army
First Lieutenant Komaki Sayoko
***SIGN*** Imperial Japanese Army
First Lieutenant Isumi Marika
**[01:31] Marika**
Akira!
**[01:35] Marika**
I'm so glad you made it back all right.
***SIGN*** The World Moves On
**[01:38] Marika**
You and the others have saved Japan!
**[01:41] Marika**
Thank you.
**[01:43] Akira**
Thanks to... us?
**[01:46] Akira**
But I didn't do anything.
**[01:48] Marika**
Akira?
**[01:50] Akira**
*I couldn't manage to do anything.*
**[01:57] Yayoi**
Akira?
***SIGN*** Ministry of Home Affairs
Isumi Yayoi
**[01:59] Akira**
Yayoi-chan?!
**[02:01] Yayoi**
Welcome home, Akira.
**[02:06] Akira**
Yayoi-chan!
**[02:10] Yayoi**
It's such a relief to see you
back and in one piece.
**[02:14] Akira**
Yayoi-chan...
**[02:19] Marika**
That reminds me...
**[02:21] Marika**
Were you able to get ahold of Michiru-chan?
**[02:24] Yayoi**
Michiru... isn't coming.
**[02:27] Yayoi**
There's something I need you two to see.
**[02:33] Marika**
What is it?
**[02:35] Marika**
Is that from Michiru-chan?
**[02:40] Marika**
Here!
**[02:42] Akira**
What was that for?
**[02:44] Marika**
Come on! Let's read it.
**[02:46] Akira**
Ugh...
***SIGN*** Death Notification
**[02:54] Akira**
A death notification?
***SIGN*** Death Notification
**[02:56] Akira**
"Name of deceased..."
***SIGN*** At 3:27 PM... Captain Isumi Michiru... was killed...
**[02:58] Akira**
"Isumi Michiru"?
**[03:01] Marika**
What is this?
**[03:02] Marika**
It says the cause of death was
an accident during TSF flight training.
**[03:07] Akira**
That's a lie!
**[03:09] Akira**
It has to be a lie.
**[03:13] Akira**
Michiru-chan can't be dead.
**[03:16] Akira**
Why did it happen while I was on a mission?
**[03:19] Akira**
How could a weak pilot like me survive...
**[03:23] Akira**
when Michiru-chan died,
and not even on the battlefield?
**[03:27] Akira**
Why did she have to die?!
**[03:31] Akira**
It's a lie! It has to be!
**[03:35] Yuuko**
This is satellite footage of where
Sadogashima used to be.
**[03:38] Yuuko**
A forty-kilometer radius around the
blast's epicenter has been wiped clean.
**[03:42] Yuuko**
The operation was, more or less, a success.
**[03:44] Yuuko**
But the damage to the Sea of Japan's coastline
**[03:47] Yuuko**
between the Oga and Noto peninsulas
was worse than expected.
**[03:49] Yuuko**
There were no casualties because
of the advance warning,
**[03:52] Yuuko**
but low-lying areas have been
flooded and rendered unusable.
**[03:54] Yuuko**
There's no projected recovery timeline.
**[03:57] Yuuko**
As a result, the Empire has pulled the
secondary defense line back twenty kilometers.
**[04:02] Yuuko**
They're arranging an interim setup.
**[04:04] Takeru**
* Still, Japan's avoided*
* a major strategic threat.*
**[04:07] Yuuko**
In two weeks' time,
**[04:08] Yuuko**
an operation against Target 20 on the
Korean peninsula will be announced.
**[04:13] Yuuko**
Make sure to train as much as you can
in the simulator until then.
**[04:16] A-01**
Yes, ma'am!
**[04:18] Radhabinod**
This was a difficult mission,
**[04:21] Radhabinod**
and you did a splendid job with its success.
**[04:23] Radhabinod**
I am proud of each and every one of you.
**[04:26] Radhabinod**
But at the same time, there are no words
to express my sadness at the loss of
**[04:31] Radhabinod**
Captain Isumi and Lieutenant Kashiwagi.
**[04:33] Radhabinod**
Yet, as gradual as the gains may be,
**[04:36] Radhabinod**
mankind has made
definite steps towards victory.
**[04:39] Radhabinod**
I continue to expect great things
from you all in the future.
**[04:43] Radhabinod**
Lieutenant Hayase.
**[04:44] Hayase**
Sir!
**[04:45] Radhabinod**
You are hereby named
commander of Task Force A-01.
**[04:49] Hayase**
Thank you, sir!
**[04:51] Radhabinod**
Arrangements for reinforcements
will be made as soon as possible.
**[04:53] Radhabinod**
The unit is in your hands.
**[04:55] Hayase**
Understood, sir!
**[04:59] Hayase**
*Captain Isumi...*
**[05:04] Hayase**
In lieu of a speech, I wanna
make something clear to all of you.
**[05:08] Hayase**
It doesn't matter if she's gone or not,
this unit is still the "Isumi's Valkyries."
**[05:12] Hayase**
That name isn't changing
even with me in charge, got it?
**[05:15] Hayase**
Anyone got a problem with that?
**[05:16] A01**
No, ma'am!
**[05:18] Hayase**
Don't ever forget the Valkyrie spirit
that she and Kashiwagi
**[05:21] Hayase**
spent their lives demonstrating!
**[05:23] Hayase**
Isumi squadron, recite squad motto!
**[05:26] A01**
Carry out your mission at all costs!
**[05:28] A01**
Fight to your very last breath!
**[05:30] A01**
Make your death count!
**[05:32] A01**
Make your death count!
**[05:35] Hayase**
Use today to get as much rest as you can.
**[05:38] Hayase**
Dismissed!
**[05:39] A01**
Yes, ma'am!
**[05:48] Takeru**
What's wrong, Meiya?
**[05:51] Meiya**
Takeru...
**[05:53] Meiya**
I keep thinking about
what the captain said to me.
**[06:00] Meiya**
I'm apparently a sword without a sheath.
**[06:05] Meiya**
She was likely worried that, after having
my security removed and my status revoked,
**[06:09] Meiya**
that I would be fighting
to find a place to die.
**[06:13] Takeru**
You knew about that?
**[06:15] Meiya**
It seems you did, too.
**[06:18] Meiya**
There is no need to fear.
**[06:21] Meiya**
I am now in a position where
I am free to fight as I see fit.
**[06:26] Takeru**
Meiya...
**[06:28] Meiya**
My only concern
**[06:29] Meiya**
is whether I'll be able to find a reason
for fighting, like I had in the past.
**[06:35] Meiya**
I...
**[06:38] Meiya**
I wish I could have spoken
with the captain more.
**[06:45] Meiya**
What is it you are fighting for now?
**[06:50] Takeru**
I've got a short-term reason,
**[06:52] Takeru**
and another one that'll matter more
after mankind achieves victory.
**[06:56] Meiya**
After victory is assured?
**[06:59] Takeru**
Yeah. I guess you could say
I'm trying to get back
**[07:04] Takeru**
as much of what's been lost
or destroyed as possible.
**[07:07] Meiya**
And the more immediate reason?
**[07:11] Takeru**
I told you about the girl I met
during my special missions, right?
**[07:14] Meiya**
You did.
**[07:15] Takeru**
Well, completing those special missions
is the more immediate goal.
**[07:20] Meiya**
I see. Completing your mission,
saving humanity,
**[07:24] Meiya**
and then regaining that
which you have lost, eh?
**[07:28] Takeru**
Yep.
**[07:30] Meiya**
If I don't want to be outdone by you...
**[07:33] Meiya**
I'll need to find something myself soon.
**[07:45] Takeru**
*Huh? Where is every—*
**[07:46] Kyozuka**
Takeru! You did good, kiddo!
**[07:47] Kyozuka**
I'm glad to see you made it back!
**[07:49] Takeru**
I'm back, ma'am.
**[07:51] Kyozuka**
Making it home safe and sound is
the best thing a soldier can accomplish.
**[07:54] Kyozuka**
You still haven't eaten lunch yet, right?
**[07:56] Kyozuka**
It's on the house, so eat for Michiru-chan
and Haruko-chan too, all right?
**[08:00] Takeru**
Ma'am?!
**[08:02] Akane**
You about to eat, Shirogane?
**[08:04] Takeru**
Yeah. You too, Suzumiya?
**[08:07] Akane**
I just finished.
**[08:09] Akane**
Now I'm organizing Haruko's stuff.
**[08:12] Takeru**
I see.
**[08:13] Akane**
I'm the only one left from when
our class was assigned, so...
**[08:17] Akane**
It's kinda gotta be me, y'know?
**[08:21] Takeru**
Suzumiya—
**[08:22] Kyouzuka**
How about something to drink, Akane-chan?
**[08:24] Kyouzuka**
My treat!
**[08:25] Akane**
Really?! I'll take a
synthetic orange juice, then!
**[08:28] Kyouzuka**
Sure thing! What about you, Takeru?
**[08:30] Takeru**
I think I'll have the synthetic
whale combo, tatsuta-fried.
**[08:33] Kyouzuka**
Nah, I was asking about your drink!
**[08:35] Kyouzuka**
Your lunch is synth ginger-fried pork
and synth chop suey on rice!
**[08:41] Takeru**
I know it's a special occasion,
but two entrees?
**[08:43] Akane**
Those were the captain
and Haruko's favorites.
**[08:51] Takeru**
I'll take the synthetic green tea, then.
**[08:53] Kyouzuka**
Coming up!
**[08:58] Takeru**
Seriously?
**[09:00] Akane**
Hey, Shirogane...
**[09:02] Akane**
You and Mitsurugi were with Haruko, right?
**[09:06] Akane**
I'm wondering what she said in the end.
**[09:12] Akane**
But if it's classified, forget I asked!
**[09:19] Takeru**
She was really awesome.
**[09:23] Takeru**
Her unit was damaged in battle,
and was leaking propellant.
**[09:29] Takeru**
So, she told us she wouldn't be coming with us,
because she'd be in the way.
**[09:34] Takeru**
Meiya tried to get Kashiwagi
to board her own TSF....
**[09:37] Takeru**
But Kashiwagi said it was a
waste of time, and to cut it out.
**[09:41] Takeru**
And that Meiya's job was
to keep my unit safe.
**[09:43] Takeru**
So she flew back the direction we came from.
**[09:46] Takeru**
She did it so that we'd focus on the mission.
**[09:50] Akane**
That sounds like her.
**[09:53] Takeru**
I asked Lieutenant Suzumiya about it.
**[09:55] Takeru**
Afterwards, a bunch of BETA
surfaced near the Susano-O.
**[09:59] Takeru**
And she...
**[10:02] Akane**
It's not fair, Haruko.
**[10:08] Akane**
It just isn't!
**[10:12] Akane**
I appreciate this, Shirogane.
**[10:15] Akane**
Thank you for telling me about her.
**[10:18] Shirogane**
Of course.
**[10:21] Akane**
Sorry. I gotta go.
**[10:23] Akane**
It's too much. Gonna go cry on my own.
**[10:39] Kasumi**
Welcome back.
**[10:40] Takeru**
I'm back, Kasumi.
**[10:43] Takeru**
How is she?
**[10:45] Kasumi**
She's waking up.
**[10:47] Takeru**
Sumika?
**[10:50] Sumika**
Takeru-chan?
**[10:52] Takeru**
That's right. Kasumi's with us, too.
**[10:55] Kasumi**
Welcome home, Sumika-san.
**[10:58] Sumika**
Takeru-chan...
**[10:59] Sumika**
When I got close to the island,
I could hear your voice.
**[11:04] Sumika**
I knew where you were the whole time.
**[11:08] Takeru**
I see.
**[11:09] Sumika**
But when I tried to go see you,
**[11:12] Sumika**
they got in the way, so I got rid of them.
**[11:16] Takeru**
You were really amazing. You saved us!
**[11:19] Sumika**
But Takeru-chan...
you didn't love me anymore.
**[11:24] Takeru**
What are you talking about?
There's no way I'd do that.
**[11:27] Sumika**
Then why *did* you do that?
**[11:30] Sumika**
I didn't know what to do!
**[11:34] Sumika**
I can't stand you
leaving me again, Takeru-chan!
**[11:39] Takeru**
I'm not going anywhere, I swear!
**[11:41] Sumika**
No, no, no...
**[11:43] Takeru**
Sumika!
**[11:45] Takeru**
Sumika, look at me!
**[11:47] Takeru**
You know what I'm thinking, don't you?
**[11:51] Takeru**
I love you. I'm going to stay with you.
**[11:55] Takeru**
You can tell, can't you?
**[12:02] Sumika**
It's true...
**[12:05] Sumika**
Thank goodness.
**[12:08] Takeru**
You're probably just tired
after working so hard.
**[12:12] Takeru**
Go ahead and get some rest.
**[12:14] Takeru**
Okay?
**[12:19] Sumika**
Takeru-chan, hold my hand.
**[12:26] Sumika**
You're so warm.
**[12:31] Kasumi**
She's fallen into a deep sleep.
**[12:34] Takeru**
I thought she had gotten more stable lately.
**[12:36] Kasumi**
No, Sumika-san isn't confused this time.
**[12:40] Takeru**
Did you see something?
**[12:42] Kasumi**
Sumika-san thought that you were
in love with another girl.
**[12:47] Kasumi**
And she was very frightened.
**[12:50] Takeru**
Me? Why would she think that?
**[12:58] Yuuko**
The results of the 00-Unit's reading
**[13:00] Yuuko**
during Operation 21st were
even better than I had hoped.
**[13:04] Yuuko**
We now have stub mapping data
for every hive on the planet,
**[13:08] Yuuko**
along with the kind of numbers they have.
**[13:11] Takeru**
That's amazing!
**[13:13] Yuuko**
With another week, we'll have
more detailed information, too.
**[13:16] Takeru**
* Sumika was able to get all that*
* in such a short amount of time?*
**[13:21] Yuuko**
Based on what we know about
intel transmission between hives,
**[13:24] Yuuko**
we'll need to hit Target 20
within two weeks, ideally.
**[13:28] Takeru**
Before they realize mankind is
going on the attack, right?
**[13:32] Yuuko**
The only problem is that the UN brass
have suddenly gotten cold feet.
**[13:36] Takeru**
Did something happen?
**[13:38] Yuuko**
Alternative V advocates have used
the outcome of the mission
**[13:41] Yuuko**
to claim that Operation 21st was a failure.
**[13:44] Yuuko**
Making a big stink about how we should have
just G-Bombed the island instead.
**[13:47] Takeru**
But the whole point was the reading.
Doesn't that mean it was a success?
**[13:52] Yuuko**
Well, obviously I can't just
tell them that, can I?
**[13:54] Takeru**
What do you mean?
**[13:58] Yuuko**
I'm trying to lure the remaining
Alternative V proponents out into the open.
**[14:03] Yuuko**
The people making the fuss right now
are a perfect example.
**[14:06] Yuuko**
We'll use the data we've gained
to neutralize another hive,
**[14:08] Yuuko**
and then go public with our intel on
all the other hives around the world.
**[14:14] Yuuko**
That'll shut them up for good.
**[14:16] Yuuko**
There are people who see
what happened to Sadogashima
**[14:18] Yuuko**
and now think that G-Bombs should be
avoided as much as possible, too.
**[14:24] Yuuko**
We just need to get the UN over
their defensive approach to the war...
**[14:27] Yuuko**
for the sake of what comes after that.
**[14:55] Munakata**
Nicely done, Touko.
**[14:57] Kazama**
Thank you.
**[14:59] Haruka**
That was the Kreutzer Sonata, right?
**[15:02] Hayase**
That's by Rachmaninoff, right?
**[15:04] Munakata**
Sorry, no. It's Beethoven.
**[15:08] Haruka**
Hey, it's okay.
**[15:10] Kazama**
This piece...
**[15:12] Kazama**
The captain complimented
my playing of it before.
**[15:19] Haruka**
I didn't know that.
**[15:21] Hayase**
I can't believe I'm supposed to replace her.
**[15:25] Munakata**
It's one hell of a responsibility.
**[15:27] Hayase**
And you're trying
to raise the pressure, I see.
**[15:29] Haruka**
You'll be fine, Mitsuki.
**[15:32] Hayase**
Well, it's not like I've got an alternative.
**[15:35] Munakata**
Where are the others?
**[15:36] Haruka**
The girls from 207B are digging
a grave for Sergeant Jinguuji.
**[15:41] Haruka**
Akane is organizing
Lieutenant Kashiwagi's belongings.
**[15:44] Haruka**
I asked Lieutenant Usuki
if she wanted to join us, but...
**[15:46] Hayase**
She's probably not ready yet.
**[15:49] Munakata**
She only ever opened up
to the captain, after all.
**[15:52] Haruka**
I think the captain meant
something special to her.
**[15:56] Hayase**
That goes for all of us.
**[15:59] Hayase**
The captain was like that for everybody.
**[16:14] Sakura**
Michiru-san...
**[16:24] Takeru**
An attack on the original hive...
**[16:26] Yuuko**
I wouldn't get excited just yet.
**[16:28] Yuuko**
To make sure it actually happens,
**[16:31] Yuuko**
we need to execute this
next operation perfectly.
**[16:35] Takeru**
But Sumika...
**[16:36] Takeru**
I don't think she's in any
condition to fight right now.
**[16:39] Yuuko**
You can relax.
**[16:41] Yuuko**
Her vitals are more stable
than they were before the mission.
**[16:43] Takeru**
Then do we know why she crashed?
**[16:46] Yuuko**
Not quite.
**[16:47] Yuuko**
But what we do know is her ODL
had degraded abnormally quickly.
**[16:51] Takeru**
ODL?
**[16:53] Yuuko**
It's the fluid that circulates
through the 00-Unit's brain.
**[16:57] Yuuko**
It's supposed to last for 72 hours,
**[16:59] Yuuko**
but had degraded faster than
I thought possible in only 12 hours.
**[17:02] Takeru**
What caused it?
**[17:03] Yuuko**
Hard to say. You have any ideas?
**[17:10] Yuuko**
She was worried about you
leaving her for someone else?
**[17:12] Takeru**
Does that seem like something?
**[17:14] Yuuko**
She was observing you from the
moment she entered the combat zone.
**[17:18] Yuuko**
Do you remember what
you would've been thinking?
**[17:22] Takeru**
What I was thinking?
**[17:25] (Flashback) Meiya**
Takeru...
**[17:27] Yuuko**
You and Mitsurugi?
**[17:29] Takeru**
I couldn't tell you if it was a memory
from a previous loop or a fantasy...
**[17:33] Yuuko**
And in a combat zone, of all places.
**[17:36] Yuuko**
Anyway, I'd say there's a strong likelihood that
is what caused her ODL to degrade so quickly.
**[17:41] Takeru**
Would it really affect her that badly?
**[17:44] Yuuko**
I'm guessing between her hatred
for the BETA and that jealousy...
**[17:49] Yuuko**
It was enough to cause some sort of overflow.
**[17:52] Takeru**
Then it's my fault.
**[17:53] Yuuko**
Okay, stop right there.
**[17:55] Yuuko**
Are you seriously about to start acting
like a whiny brat and run off again?
**[17:59] Takeru**
No! But still...
**[18:00] Yuuko**
You've done a fantastic job, seriously.
**[18:02] Yuuko**
You accomplished something
incredible in very little time.
**[18:08] Yuuko**
You got the 00-Unit ready for
action in under ten days.
**[18:13] Yuuko**
I don't get that sulky look.
That's a major accomplishment!
**[18:16] Yuuko**
You ought to be more proud.
**[18:18] Takeru**
But Sensei, the people
who died on the mission...
**[18:21] Yuuko**
Let me ask you, then:
**[18:23] Yuuko**
Let's say that thought never crossed your mind.
Isumi and Kashiwagi didn't die.
**[18:28] Yuuko**
But what if you died instead?
**[18:30] Takeru**
That wouldn't...
**[18:32] Takeru**
I guess I can't say for sure, can I?
**[18:34] Yuuko**
Even if you start another loop,
**[18:36] Yuuko**
there's no guarantee that it'll
go any better than this one has.
**[18:39] Yuuko**
This moment that we're living in
**[18:41] Yuuko**
is the best possible future,
the one Isumi chose for us.
**[18:45] Yuuko**
She didn't die as a
result of some coincidence.
**[18:48] Yuuko**
She made a decision that brought us
to this state of affairs herself.
**[18:53] Yuuko**
This stuff about her
saving Japan or whatever?
**[18:56] Yuuko**
Isumi's death goes far beyond
whatever you're thinking.
**[19:00] Yuuko**
So don't get the wrong idea.
**[19:11] 207th**
Heave-ho! Heave-ho!
**[19:14] 207th**
Hey!
**[19:17] Mikoto**
We've got it!
**[19:19] Chizuru**
Everything set?
**[19:21] Ayamine**
Ready to go.
**[19:23] Meiya**
Well done, everyone.
**[19:27] Tama**
Now Sergeant Jinguuji can join the captain.
**[19:32] Mikoto**
Yep!
**[19:34] Isumi**
*Sakaki, you need to learn to relax.*
**[19:38] Isumi**
* You manage that, and you'll be able*
* to tap into the potential you've got.*
**[19:42] Chizuru**
Thank you very much, ma'am!
**[19:45] Chizuru**
*Captain Isumi...*
**[19:47] Marimo**
* Sakaki, I know it won't be easy,*
* but show the others the way.*
**[19:52] Marimo**
*They're counting on you, leader.*
**[19:54] Chizuru**
*Sergeant Jinguuji... Captain Isumi...*
**[19:58] Chizuru**
* Like them, and my father...*
* I'll do whatever is best.*
**[20:02] Isumi**
*Ayamine.*
**[20:03] Isumi**
*You might seem cool at a glance,*
**[20:06] Isumi**
* but I can tell how intense and*
* strongly you feel underneath that.*
**[20:09] Isumi**
* And that you think showing people*
* how you feel is weakness.*
**[20:13] Isumi**
*That's not true, though.*
**[20:14] Isumi**
* Relying on others, and having them*
* rely on you, isn't as bad as you think.*
**[20:18] (Flashback) Ayamine**
I need to rely on my comrades...
**[20:21] Isumi**
* Yoroi, your cheery nature is*
* a real asset to the squad.*
**[20:24] Isumi**
*But you're a little too self-absorbed.*
**[20:26] Isumi**
* It's important to listen to what others*
* have to say sometimes, alright?*
**[20:29] (Flashback) Mikoto**
Thank you so much, Captain!
**[20:32] Isumi**
* Tamase, I think the way*
* you're considerate for others,*
**[20:34] Isumi**
*and the group dynamic that makes, is wonderful.*
**[20:37] Isumi**
* But you tend to freeze up*
* when the focus is on you.*
**[20:40] Isumi**
* It wouldn't hurt you to be*
* a little more selfish.*
**[20:43] (Flashback) Tama**
I'll work hard to be a
little more selfish, ma'am!
**[20:45] Isumi**
*Mitsurugi, for someone with true resolve,*
**[20:48] Isumi**
* sacrificing their life to protect*
* someone else is probably easy.*
**[20:53] Isumi**
* And making that kind of sacrifice*
* in defense of another is a noble act.*
**[20:57] (Flashback) Isumi**
But it's the kind of thing
that can only be done once.
**[20:59] (Flashback) Isumi**
If you choose to die,
**[21:01] (Flashback) Isumi**
then you need to make sure you trade your life
**[21:04] Isumi**
*for the greatest gain possible.*
**[21:05] (Flashback) Meiya**
Yes, ma'am.
**[21:07] Isumi**
*You're like a sword without a sheath.*
**[21:13] Meiya**
The captain was our commanding officer
for only two weeks, and yet...
**[21:18] Ayamine**
I know what you mean.
**[21:20] Meiya**
Her words to us at the end
**[21:22] Meiya**
were clearly aimed at troubles
that each of are carrying.
**[21:25] Chizuru**
Even if Sergeant Jinguuji
had talked to her about it,
**[21:28] Chizuru**
she must've really been
paying close attention to us.
**[21:31] Mikoto**
Yeah.
**[21:31] Tama**
I think that, within five years,
**[21:33] Tama**
we need to be as good as she was,
or we won't be able to face her.
**[21:38] Chizuru**
Five years?
**[21:40] Mikoto**
Well, she was five years older than us, right?
**[21:42] Mikoto**
Which is why we need to
catch up in the meantime.
**[21:44] Tama**
That's right!
**[21:45] Ayamine**
Five years, huh?
**[21:47] Meiya**
A good point.
**[21:48] Chizuru**
I'm sure we'll manage by then.
***SIGN*** Sakaki Chizuru
— Ito Miku —
***SIGN*** Ayamine Kei
— Saeki Iori —
***SIGN*** Mitsurugi Meiya
— Nanami Karin —
***SIGN*** Tamase Miki
— Tanaka Takako —
***SIGN*** Yoroi Mikoto
**[22:08] Sumika**
Takeru-chan!
**[22:12] Takeru**
There you are.
**[22:14] Kasumi**
Sumika-san wanted to come out here.
**[22:19] Sumika**
I'm not sure why, but this
spot makes me feel nostalgic.
**[22:23] Takeru**
I see.
**[22:30] Sumika**
Takeru-chan?
**[22:33] Takeru**
* I've finally managed*
* to take one step forward.*
**[22:37] Takeru**
* Toward saving the world...*
* Toward fixing the things I've wrecked...*
**[22:40] Takeru**
*Toward recovering the things I've lost.*
**[22:44] Takeru**
*And... toward being with Sumika.*
***SIGN*** A Fairy Tale about
Love and Courage
***SIGN*** This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.