E2 - 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...
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