E1 - The Magical Girl of the Alps

Source: Crunchyroll
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[00:00] ---
    
[00:00] ---
    6/5/1940 Imperial Karlsland
[00:07] ---
    Capital City of Berlin
[00:16] ---
    1939. A mysterious enemy
    appeared before humanity.
[00:24] ---
    We called this enemy "The Neuroi."
[01:03] ---
    The Neuroi quickly took over most of Europe,
[01:07] ---
    stealing the homes and nations of many.
[01:15] ---
    Humanity devoted its full efforts to the fight
    against the Neuroi,
[01:17] ---
    and developed new weapons to fight it:
[01:21] ---
    flight-capable devices that could only be used
    by young girls with magical power.
[01:26] ---
    The striker units.
[01:31] ---
    Witches bearing these units came
    from all over the world to fight the Neuroi.
[01:37] ---
    The greatest of these aces were to be found
    in the 501st Joint Fighter Wing.
[01:45] ---
    The world called them "The Strike Witches."
[04:57] ---
    Episode 1:
    The Magical Girl of the Alps
[05:01] ---
    Helvetia Commonwealth
[05:13] ---
    Lausanne Medical School
[05:21] ---
    We're here.
[05:22] ---
    Fuso Empire Navy Officer
    Squad Leader Mio Sakamoto
[05:23] ---
    So this is it, huh?
[05:29] ---
    A student from Fuso?
    That would be Yoshika, probably?
[05:34] ---
    You know her?
[05:35] ---
    Yes.
[05:36] ---
    She should be in the library.
    I'll take you there.
[05:40] ---
    This way.
[05:46] ---
    This place is huge.
[05:48] ---
    That's her!
[05:50] ---
    Umph...
[05:51] ---
    Yoshika!
[05:52] ---
    Fuso Empire Navy Officer
    Medical Officer Yoshika Miyafuji
[05:55] ---
    What's up, Altia?
[05:57] ---
    You have a visitor.
[06:02] ---
    Sakamoto!
[06:04] ---
    Yoshika!
[06:07] ---
    Ow...
[06:08] ---
    Are you okay, Miyafuji?
[06:10] ---
    It's good to see you again, Sakamoto.
[06:15] ---
    Okay, I'll be going.
[06:17] ---
    Thanks for everything.
[06:18] ---
    Thanks, Altia.
[06:19] ---
    See you later.
[06:20] ---
    Yeah, see you later.
[06:25] ---
    Oh? You're putting your hat on again?
[06:28] ---
    I'm still not used to this hairstyle yet.
[06:31] ---
    But it looks so good on you!
    Right, Hijikata?
[06:38] ---
    Yes.
[06:40] ---
    What are you studying at medical school?
[06:42] ---
    Right now I'm learning about
    all the ways to stop blood loss.
[06:46] ---
    Oh? You're reading all that, though?
[06:49] ---
    Yes. I'm only allowed to be a student here
    until the 501st is reformed, after all.
[06:57] ---
    So you're studying every
    minute you have, huh?
[06:59] ---
    That's a good thing.
[07:01] ---
    I get sleepy whenever I read
    a medical textbook, though.
[07:12] ---
    The circus?
[07:13] ---
    Yup. Altia invited me, since they're in town.
[07:19] ---
    A traveling circus, huh?
[07:20] ---
    Will you come with us?
[07:23] ---
    They've got a polar bear that rides a bike...
[07:30] ---
    What's going on?
[07:31] ---
    It's coming from the plaza!
[07:36] ---
    My leg!
[07:46] ---
    Altia!
[07:49] ---
    Yoshika!
[07:50] ---
    Where's the trainer?
[07:52] ---
    It won't listen to me!
[08:01] ---
    Oh, no!
[08:05] ---
    Miyafuji!
[08:06] ---
    Magic?
[08:08] ---
    You know better than this!
[08:10] ---
    Calm down!
[08:17] ---
    Is this...?
[08:19] ---
    Okay!
[08:25] ---
    What's she doing, ma'am?
[08:27] ---
    Just watch.
[08:29] ---
    Yoshika?
[08:32] ---
    Everything's okay.
[08:33] ---
    Calm down.
[08:38] ---
    It's okay. Everything's okay.
[08:58] ---
    That tickles!
[09:00] ---
    Yoshika?
[09:03] ---
    Wow.
[09:05] ---
    She made the bear calm down.
[09:09] ---
    A cavity?
[09:10] ---
    Yes.
[09:11] ---
    It was just in a lot of pain.
[09:14] ---
    I see.
[09:15] ---
    When I whipped it, it must've hit the tooth.
[09:20] ---
    I'm sorry.
[09:22] ---
    It doesn't hurt anymore, right?
[09:26] ---
    Did you know this would happen, ma'am?
[09:30] ---
    It's Miyafuji, after all.
[09:34] ---
    Thanks. But you scared me.
[09:37] ---
    You're a witch, huh?
[09:39] ---
    Yeah. I guess.
[09:41] ---
    Why are you studying medicine
    when you have healing magic?
[09:45] ---
    There was a time when I
    couldn't use my magic.
[09:50] ---
    That's when I realized
    that if I studied medicine,
[09:52] ---
    I could heal people even without magic.
[09:55] ---
    So I had them send me here
    as an exchange student.
[09:58] ---
    Are you in the military?
[10:01] ---
    That's right.
[10:04] ---
    Miyafuji is a soldier.
[10:06] ---
    She's going back to the front lines soon.
[10:09] ---
    U-Um...
[10:10] ---
    I haven't introduced myself yet, have I?
[10:14] ---
    Mio Sakamoto, a Squadron Leader
    in the Fuso Navy.
[10:17] ---
    Aren't you part of the 501st?
    The ones who liberated Gallia and Venezia?
[10:24] ---
    Yup.
[10:25] ---
    So is Miyafuji.
[10:27] ---
    You, too, Yoshika?
[10:30] ---
    You're part of the 501st J-J-Join...
[10:36] ---
    Altia?
[10:38] ---
    Yoshika!
[10:44] ---
    My father is the captain
    of a Venezian warship.
[10:48] ---
    Oh, really?
[10:50] ---
    My dad always said the only reason
    he's alive is that
[10:54] ---
    the 501st is there to fight the Neuroi.
[10:59] ---
    We're soldiers.
[11:01] ---
    Fighting is our mission. It's what we do.
[11:03] ---
    That's right.
[11:04] ---
    Where's your father now?
[11:07] ---
    He's supposed to be heading out of
    the Mediterranean and into the Atlantic.
[11:13] ---
    But he stopped answering my letters.
[11:16] ---
    This has never happened before.
[11:19] ---
    You could use the radio, right?
[11:21] ---
    Right, Sakamoto?
[11:26] ---
    I guess you could at least hear his voice.
[11:28] ---
    Hijikata.
[11:30] ---
    Roger.
[11:33] ---
    This is Ensign Hijikata with the Fuso Navy.
[11:36] ---
    Venezian Naval Command, please respond.
[11:39] ---
    Father...
[11:41] ---
    Understood.
[11:43] ---
    He's on the line.
[11:46] ---
    Hello?
[11:49] ---
    Dad!
[11:51] ---
    I'm so glad...
[11:53] ---
    Yes. One of the Witches...
[11:56] ---
    Yeah!
[11:57] ---
    Sakamoto, I'm glad I'm part of the 501st.
[12:03] ---
    I was able to protect someone with my power.
[12:06] ---
    I'm glad I'm a witch!
[12:09] ---
    I see.
[12:11] ---
    Actually, Miyafuji, I'm being
    officially removed from the 501st.
[12:20] ---
    You're quitting the 501st?
[12:23] ---
    After I turned 20 and lost my magic,
    I lost the ability to fight as a witch.
[12:30] ---
    I understand that, but...
[12:33] ---
    But I can't believe I won't be
    flying with you anymore...
[12:37] ---
    A large-scale operation is starting soon.
[12:40] ---
    You've got other things to worry about.
[12:43] ---
    A large-scale operation?
[12:44] ---
    Father?
[12:46] ---
    Hello? What's wrong, Father?
[12:48] ---
    Hello?
[12:49] ---
    What's wrong, Altia?
[12:51] ---
    Something... something happened
    to my dad's ship!
[12:55] ---
    What's going on?
[12:56] ---
    The wireless suddenly started
    picking up a lot of static.
[12:58] ---
    We don't know why!
[13:00] ---
    What is that?
[13:01] ---
    Dad!
[13:02] ---
    Impossible... an iceberg
    heading straight for us?
[13:04] ---
    Dad! Dad!
[13:06] ---
    Did you hear that, Miyafuji?
[13:09] ---
    An iceberg?
[13:25] ---
    Venezian Battleship Doge
[13:30] ---
    Captain of the Doge
    Carlo Grimani
[13:30] ---
    Impossible! Simply impossible!
[13:33] ---
    It's clearly visible!
    And heading straight towards us!
[13:38] ---
    Are you saying that iceberg
    is heading for our ship?
[13:42] ---
    Captain, we're on a collision course with it.
[13:44] ---
    Evasive maneuvers! Hard to port!
[13:47] ---
    Dad! Dad!
[13:49] ---
    I'm sorry, Altia. I need to hang up.
[13:52] ---
    --I'm glad I got to hear your voice.
[13:53] ---
    --Captain!
    --I'm glad I got to hear your voice.
[13:54] ---
    The iceberg...
[14:07] ---
    It's no good. We can't get a hold of them.
[14:09] ---
    Dad... Something must have happened.
[14:13] ---
    I heard screaming on the radio!
[14:16] ---
    Screaming?
[14:17] ---
    Did you hear that, Hijikata?
[14:19] ---
    No, I didn't.
[14:20] ---
    It's true! I heard it!
[14:23] ---
    It might be a Neuroi attack!
[14:25] ---
    Order the witches to go!
[14:27] ---
    Calm down, Miyafuji.
[14:29] ---
    The Neuroi don't like water.
    They wouldn't pretend to be an iceberg.
[14:33] ---
    And I can't launch witches
    on uncertain information.
[14:37] ---
    Altia. Your father is a veteran.
[14:42] ---
    You don't need to worry
    because he got near an iceberg.
[14:47] ---
    Yeah...
[14:48] ---
    Altia...
[14:52] ---
    Sakamoto.
[14:53] ---
    I'll fly to Antwerpen!
[14:55] ---
    What?
[14:56] ---
    Yoshika?
[14:58] ---
    You heard screaming, right, Altia?
[15:00] ---
    Y-Yeah.
[15:02] ---
    If I'm just going on my own,
    it's not a problem, right?
[15:07] ---
    Miyafuji...
[15:08] ---
    I want to protect them!
[15:12] ---
    Protect them...
[15:19] ---
    Miyafuji, you haven't changed a bit!
[15:26] ---
    But Squad Leader, we don't
    have any striker units with us.
[15:32] ---
    Don't worry, Miyafuji.
[15:34] ---
    Hijikata, bring the car around.
[15:39] ---
    Damn... You're going to regret that.
[15:42] ---
    Ready the guns!
[15:44] ---
    Target the iceberg!
[15:47] ---
    An air force base?
[15:49] ---
    I don't remember any of those in Helvetia.
[15:51] ---
    Even if they're surrounded by the alps,
[15:53] ---
    they don't know for sure
    that the Neuroi won't attack.
[15:56] ---
    There's records showing
    they purchased units, just in case.
[16:00] ---
    Helvetia Air Force Base
[16:00] ---
    I've been waiting for you.
[16:03] ---
    I'm Mayer, the mechanic.
[16:06] ---
    N-Nice to meet you.
[16:09] ---
    I never thought I'd get a chance
    to help out the 501st!
[16:13] ---
    I'm really glad I decided to be a mechanic.
[16:17] ---
    --Wh--?
    --I-Is this it?
[16:19] ---
    Spiderwebs...
[16:21] ---
    Can this thing really fly?
[16:23] ---
    P-Probably.
[16:25] ---
    Probably?
[16:26] ---
    It's perfect! All set to go!
[16:34] ---
    Oh, dear.
[16:37] ---
    Miyafuji, I'm sorry, but with this unit...
[16:40] ---
    I can fly!
[16:41] ---
    Let me try!
[16:42] ---
    Miyafuji?
[16:44] ---
    Yoshika?
[16:45] ---
    Don't worry, Altia.
[16:47] ---
    I'll go make sure your dad's safe, okay?
[16:52] ---
    Okay.
[16:53] ---
    Thanks, Yoshika.
[17:10] ---
    Launch!
[17:24] ---
    What's with this unit?
[17:26] ---
    Miyafuji?!
[17:27] ---
    Crap!
[17:28] ---
    The magic pump's jammed!
[17:30] ---
    What?
[17:31] ---
    She can't even use half
    her magic power with it like that.
[17:34] ---
    What's wrong with you?
[17:35] ---
    It's fine!
[17:43] ---
    Miyafuji!
[17:44] ---
    She's flying!
[17:45] ---
    Wow.
[17:47] ---
    She cleared the jam with brute force.
[17:50] ---
    What powerful magic!
[17:53] ---
    She really never changes...
[17:56] ---
    We're going, too.
[17:57] ---
    Right!
[18:09] ---
    Republic of Gallia Dijon Base
SIGN    Liberion Union Army Air Unit Officer
    Flight Lieutenant Charlotte E. Yeager
[18:14] ---
    Shirley! Shirley!
SIGN    Romani Dukedom Air Force Officer
    Pilot Officer Francesca Lucchini
[18:17] ---
    What's wrong?
[18:20] ---
    You think that contrail's a witch?
[18:22] ---
    You're right.
[18:24] ---
    What unit's she with, you think?
[18:26] ---
    Gallia Republic Sedan Base
[18:29] ---
    Is that a witch?
SIGN    Britannia Federation
    Air Force Officer
    Master Sergeant Lynette Bishop
SIGN    Gallia Republic
    Free Gallia Air Force Officer
    Flying Officer Perrine-H. Clostermann
[18:31] ---
    None of the units have been
    ordered to scramble...
[18:35] ---
    Is somebody violating orders?
[18:37] ---
    There's only one girl who'd do that.
[18:41] ---
    Kingdom of Belgica Saint-Trond Base
[18:44] ---
    What unit is that?
[18:46] ---
    There aren't any flight plans
    filed for Antwerpen.
[18:49] ---
    Maybe somebody's deserting.
SIGN    Imperial Karlsland
    Air Force Squadron Leader
    Gertrud Barkhorn
SIGN    Imperial Karlsland
    Air Force Wing Commander
    Mina Dietlinde Wilcke
SIGN    Imperial Karlsland Air Force
    Flying Officer Erica Hartmann
[18:51] ---
    If you weren't here,
    I'd be going after them right now.
[18:55] ---
    Orussia Empire Libau Base
[18:58] ---
    Suomis Air Force Officer
    Flying Officer Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen
[19:01] ---
    Imperial Orussia Air Force Officer
    Flying Officer Sanya V. Litvyak
[19:02] ---
    Is something wrong, Eila?
[19:04] ---
    This fortune-telling says
    that Miyafuji is flying.
[19:07] ---
    Yoshika's at school in Helvetia, right?
[19:11] ---
    Yeah, but...
[19:28] ---
    This is Miyafuji.
[19:30] ---
    I've passed Antwerpen
    and made it out to sea.
[19:32] ---
    Roger.
[19:34] ---
    My information says her father's ship
    is a Littorio class, the Doge.
[19:37] ---
    Roger.
[19:39] ---
    Huh? Sakamoto?
[19:42] ---
    What?
[19:46] ---
    The Doge...
[19:48] ---
    Altia's dad's ship!
[19:58] ---
    Rear main guns landed a hit.
[20:00] ---
    No effect. It's too big!
[20:02] ---
    The target continues to approach!
[20:04] ---
    Damn! It's a monster iceberg!
[20:12] ---
    Why is a battleship fighting an iceberg?
[20:15] ---
    Distance to the enemy, 500 meters!
[20:17] ---
    It'll catch us before we get
    to Antwerpen port!
[20:21] ---
    Have we requested reinforcements?
[20:22] ---
    The radio's not working.
[20:25] ---
    We can't let it get to Antwerpen!
[20:30] ---
    Hard to port!
[20:32] ---
    All guns, switch to HE shells!
[20:34] ---
    Fight it head-on!
[20:35] ---
    Hard to port! Turning now!
[20:40] ---
    That iceberg looks like
    it's chasing the ship.
[20:48] ---
    A beam? Why?
[20:49] ---
    A beam attack from the iceberg?
[20:51] ---
    Is that a witch?
[20:56] ---
    Is that iceberg...?
[21:19] ---
    What is that? It's huge...
[21:21] ---
    Is it some kind of... iceberg-shaped Neuroi?
[21:26] ---
    Impossible...
[21:27] ---
    The Neuroi are supposed to hate water.
[21:30] ---
    Why would they become an iceberg?
[21:42] ---
    Miyafuji! Come in, Miyafuji!
[21:44] ---
    Damn it! What's going on?
[21:52] ---
    To Be Continued
[23:26] ---
    What was that contrail?
[23:28] ---
    Let's check it out, Lucchini!
[23:30] ---
    Yeah!
[23:32] ---
    Hey, Liberion! Don't go out ahead of me!
[23:34] ---
    Next time: "The Strike
    Witches Come Together."
[23:37] ---
    Wait for me, Yoshika!
[23:39] ---
    Episode 2:
    "The Strike Witches Come Together"
[23:41] ---
    
[23:43] ---
    
[23:45] ---