# 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.