# E18 - Higher than the Sky
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**[00:17] ---**
*♪ Even if rain comes falling down,
I won't worry about it... ♪*
**[00:21] ---**
*♪ Even if spears come falling down,
I won't worry about it... ♪*
**[00:26] ---**
*♪ Whatever happens, I
won't worry about it... ♪*
**[00:33] ---**
Eila! That's dangerous!
You need to use your shield!
**[00:37] ---**
Huh? You haven't been paying attention?
**[00:45] ---**
And here we go!
**[00:48] ---**
W-Wow!
**[00:54] ---**
*itsuka itsuka yakusoku no sora*
**[01:00] ---**
*kimi to nara mata toberu yo*
**[01:09] ---**
*kuyashikute tsurakute nemurenai yoru*
**[01:15] ---**
*dare ni demo aru yo*
**[01:20] ---**
*sonna toki wa yonde kaketsukeru kara*
**[01:27] ---**
*oto no hayasa de ne*
**[01:32] ---**
*sore ga sadame demo ne aragau yo*
**[01:36] ---**
*kimi ga hora waratte ne kureru kara*
**[01:42] ---**
*kanaetai yume tooi kedo*
**[01:46] ---**
*issho nara dekiru yo muteki no yuuki de*
**[01:53] ---**
*kirakira hikaru sono namida*
**[01:58] ---**
*egao no mahou de ne tsubasa ni kaetara*
**[02:04] ---**
*kitto kitto habatakeru kara*
**[02:10] ---**
*niji o koe sono saki made*
**[02:23] ---**
Is that it?
**[02:24] ---**
It looks like we've taken out most of them.
**[02:27] ---**
It's strange, though. This was too easy.
**[02:29] ---**
That takes care of all the little ones.
**[02:31] ---**
I'm looking for the main one
that's controlling them, but...
**[02:34] ---**
You think it's still active?
**[02:35] ---**
Are you sure we didn't
blow it up at some point?
**[02:38] ---**
The small ones should've disappeared
if we defeated the main ship.
**[02:45] ---**
What is that?!
**[02:47] ---**
It goes right through the clouds!
**[02:50] ---**
Don't tell me that's the main ship...?!
**[02:53] ---**
Wait here, all of you!
**[02:54] ---**
Major!
**[03:04] ---**
Such height...!
**[03:07] ---**
Is that the core?
**[03:12] ---**
I can't go further...
**[03:20] ---**
This is bad...
**[03:23] ---**
Temporary retreat. We're returning to base.
**[03:26] ---**
But we haven't eliminated the enemy yet...!
**[03:28] ---**
We'll rethink our plan once we've returned.
**[03:30] ---**
We've been out for too long today.
**[03:32] ---**
If we don't head back now,
we won't be able to reach the base.
**[03:36] ---**
"Episode 6: Higher than the Sky"
**[03:52] ---**
What's that?
**[03:53] ---**
What's what?
**[03:54] ---**
Is it a twig from something?
**[03:56] ---**
You're annoying me. It's nothing.
**[03:58] ---**
Where did you find it? Why are
you carrying something like that?
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What's it to you?!
**[04:04] ---**
Can't I at least see it?!
**[04:10] ---**
H-How are you so quick like that, Eila?
**[04:16] ---**
You need more than quickness to be like me!
**[04:19] ---**
I can use magic to see the future.
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I can predict everyone's movements,
whether it's the enemy or even you!
**[04:28] ---**
Wow...
**[04:29] ---**
Haven't you been paying any attention at all?
**[04:32] ---**
I don't mean to brag, but I've
never used a shield in real combat.
**[04:35] ---**
In my eyes, people who rely
on those things are second-rate.
**[04:40] ---**
How can you say that?!
**[04:41] ---**
People say my shield is my
only redeeming quality, too...!
**[04:45] ---**
--Sheesh...
**[04:46] ---**
--You shouldn't talk that way, Eila.
**[04:52] ---**
Welcome back, everyone...
**[04:54] ---**
Sanya!
**[04:54] ---**
Sanya!
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Oh, right. You have night patrol now.
**[05:03] ---**
Yeah.
**[05:04] ---**
Wait, Sanya. There's no need tonight.
**[05:07] ---**
Return to base with us.
**[05:10] ---**
Yes, ma'am.
**[05:18] ---**
Central Command contacted us earlier.
**[05:21] ---**
About this latest Neuroi incident?
**[05:23] ---**
Yes. Romagna's navy and air force
are going to take over from here.
**[05:28] ---**
Oh?
**[05:30] ---**
They must want results too.
**[05:34] ---**
Then let us sit back and see how they fare.
**[05:43] ---**
It must be tough always carrying
something this big, Sanya.
**[05:48] ---**
Not at all. I'm used to it.
**[05:50] ---**
Sanya does a lot of solo night patrol,
so if anything happens,
**[05:54] ---**
she can hold her own in a fight
with this Flieger-hammer.
**[05:58] ---**
Wow! That's amazing!
**[06:02] ---**
But it's less lonely if
someone's with you, right?
**[06:07] ---**
Yeah!
**[06:09] ---**
Oh, right! This is...
**[06:12] ---**
Oh, that's...
**[06:14] ---**
A leaf from a needle-leaf tree?
**[06:16] ---**
Here you go, Sanya.
**[06:18] ---**
It's just a leaf...
**[06:20] ---**
Wow! Thanks, Eila!
**[06:24] ---**
We flew near a cypress forest today, you see.
**[06:28] ---**
It looked a little like
Orussia in the winter.
**[06:32] ---**
There were lots of them near the
house I used to live in, you see.
**[06:36] ---**
Oh!
**[06:37] ---**
Now I see!
**[06:43] ---**
Those are photos taken
by air force recon planes.
**[06:46] ---**
It just looks like a scratch in the film...
**[06:49] ---**
This is the Neuroi that
appeared this afternoon.
**[06:51] ---**
This is what a full shot of it resulted in.
**[06:54] ---**
It has an estimated length
of over 30,000 meters.
**[06:57] ---**
30,000?! Meaning it's 30 kilometers tall?!
**[07:00] ---**
Let's see, compared to Mt. Fuji, that's...
**[07:04] ---**
This is moving toward Rome at a slow speed
**[07:07] ---**
of approximately ten kilometers per hour.
**[07:10] ---**
The real trouble is the location of its core.
**[07:14] ---**
Here.
**[07:14] ---**
The very top?
**[07:16] ---**
Yes. I saw it with my own eye.
**[07:18] ---**
But the highest our Striker Units
can go is 10,000 meters, at most...
**[07:24] ---**
Yes. That's why our plan will utilize these.
**[07:28] ---**
Rocket boosters.
**[07:30] ---**
Will these let us fly to where the core is?
**[07:33] ---**
No, I doubt it's that simple.
**[07:37] ---**
It isn't.
**[07:38] ---**
The boosters are powerful,
but they can only fly for a short time
**[07:41] ---**
due to the enormous amounts
of magic energy they consume.
**[07:44] ---**
Then we should just carry
someone part of the way up.
**[07:48] ---**
Exactly.
**[07:50] ---**
Still, 30,000 meters high...
There's not even any air up there.
**[07:54] ---**
What?! There's no air?!
**[07:56] ---**
You wouldn't be able to
hear anyone talk, then...
**[07:58] ---**
Oh! You might be right!
**[08:00] ---**
What?! You can't hear anything?!
**[08:02] ---**
30,000 meters is an ultra-high altitude.
**[08:04] ---**
It's unknown territory that
far surpasses human limits.
**[08:07] ---**
But we're Witches. There is
nothing a Witch can't do.
**[08:12] ---**
So, we'll need someone with instantaneous,
wide-range attack capabilities...
**[08:19] ---**
Sanya!
**[08:21] ---**
I would like *you* to attack the core.
**[08:23] ---**
Huh?!
**[08:24] ---**
An attack with your Flieger-hammer
will be indispensable to this mission.
**[08:28] ---**
Here, here, here!
**[08:30] ---**
Then I'll go with her!
**[08:31] ---**
Oh, I see.
**[08:33] ---**
Incidentally, Eila. Have
you ever raised a shield?
**[08:36] ---**
A shield?
**[08:38] ---**
I don't mean to brag, but I've never
once raised a shield in actual combat.
**[08:43] ---**
Then you can't do it.
**[08:44] ---**
Right! I can't!
**[08:45] ---**
Huh?!
**[08:46] ---**
Yes, you aren't up to it in this case...
**[08:48] ---**
Wh-Why not?!
**[08:50] ---**
Besides the use of boosters in this plan,
surviving the harsh environment
**[08:55] ---**
will also consume an enormous amount
of magic energy, as will the attack.
**[08:59] ---**
Which will leave Sanya
unable to protect herself.
**[09:03] ---**
So she will need someone to
protect her and serve as her shield.
**[09:08] ---**
I-It isn't like I *can't
*create a shield, though!
**[09:12] ---**
But you've never used one in actual combat.
**[09:14] ---**
Exactly!
**[09:15] ---**
You can't do it after all.
**[09:20] ---**
Miyafuji! You'll do it!
**[09:21] ---**
Y-Yes, ma'am! Huh?
**[09:23] ---**
You're the best suited for this;
you have the most powerful shield here.
**[09:28] ---**
Y-Yes, ma'am...
**[09:37] ---**
L-Listen, could you kindly give me some room?
**[09:41] ---**
Don't look at me. It's cramped in here.
**[09:44] ---**
Why on earth did you call me here anyway?
**[09:48] ---**
Because you're always fighting with Miyafuji.
**[09:51] ---**
The enemy of an enemy is a friend.
**[09:53] ---**
What gives you *that* idea?
**[09:56] ---**
Whew, honestly, now.
Saunas and I don't mix...
**[10:00] ---**
Whatever! Just help me out!
**[10:16] ---**
Sanya?
**[10:18] ---**
Can't you pay attention?!
Let's go, cranky four-eyes!
**[10:20] ---**
Will you stop calling me that?!
**[10:25] ---**
U-Umm...
**[10:28] ---**
Are you sure about this?
**[10:30] ---**
It's fine. Just do it.
**[10:32] ---**
B-But...
**[10:34] ---**
All right, Eila. Think of me as Sanya
and protect me, if you would.
**[10:38] ---**
What? *You*, Sanya?
**[10:41] ---**
--Are you really, really sure about this?!
**[10:43] ---**
--Just do it, will you?!
**[10:45] ---**
R-Right...!
**[10:48] ---**
Whoop.
**[10:52] ---**
A-Are you all right?!
**[10:54] ---**
Why did you dodge it?! That defeats
the purpose of this training!
**[10:58] ---**
My bad. But I can't take it
seriously when it's you...
**[11:03] ---**
Who do you think I'm risking my life for?!
**[11:07] ---**
Lynne! Just start shooting away!
**[11:10] ---**
B-But...
**[11:11] ---**
Just do it!
**[11:12] ---**
R-Right!
**[11:18] ---**
Whew. I couldn't do that, either...
**[11:22] ---**
It's as if her gift has backfired on her...
**[11:25] ---**
Eila! How many times must I tell you?!
**[11:29] ---**
I-I'm sorry!
**[11:38] ---**
Oh? What's this...?
**[11:41] ---**
That's your coat.
**[11:43] ---**
It's cold in the stratosphere, so...
**[11:45] ---**
Oh, right. Come to think of it,
I haven't worn this in a while!
**[11:49] ---**
So, how did it go?
**[11:51] ---**
Huh?
**[11:52] ---**
Perrine's special training.
**[11:54] ---**
O-Oh, you knew?
**[11:57] ---**
Did it work out?
**[12:01] ---**
No. It went badly.
**[12:04] ---**
Oh...
**[12:08] ---**
Huh? Are you taking all those scarves?
**[12:12] ---**
Oh, these?
**[12:14] ---**
They're for you, me, and Yoshika.
**[12:17] ---**
Miyafuji?!
**[12:18] ---**
Yoshika didn't bring anything from Fuso,
so I thought I'd lend her one.
**[12:25] ---**
But...
**[12:26] ---**
...I hope you learn to
use a shield too, Eila.
**[12:30] ---**
It's no use.
**[12:31] ---**
Huh?
**[12:33] ---**
I guess there are just
some things I'm no good at.
**[12:37] ---**
You're going to give up, Eila?
**[12:40] ---**
If I can't do it, I can't do it. I can't
change that, however hard I try.
**[12:44] ---**
You shouldn't give up just
because you can't do it!
**[12:48] ---**
Giving up is the reason you can't do it.
**[12:51] ---**
Then just have Miyafuji protect you!
She could do it from the start!
**[12:56] ---**
You're so dumb, Eila!
**[12:57] ---**
You're so stubborn, Sanya!
**[13:36] ---**
Sanya!
**[13:42] ---**
Ouch...!
**[13:47] ---**
That really happened?
**[13:50] ---**
It's not a laughing matter...
**[13:54] ---**
So, what do *you* want to do, Sanya?
**[13:57] ---**
Me?
**[13:58] ---**
I guess an assignment's
an assignment, though.
**[15:14] ---**
I'm told a Romagna fleet
and air unit made contact
**[15:18] ---**
with the Neuroi today, before dawn.
**[15:20] ---**
And the result?
**[15:22] ---**
Their own attack left the
Zara and Pola cruisers crippled.
**[15:28] ---**
Sounds like we're up.
**[15:34] ---**
That looks great on you, Lucchini!
**[15:37] ---**
I'm hot...
**[15:39] ---**
Just put up with it, Lucchini!
**[15:41] ---**
The stratosphere is
super-duper cold, you know!
**[15:43] ---**
I hate the cold!
**[15:47] ---**
Here, gotta have these, too.
**[15:50] ---**
I'm hot...
**[15:52] ---**
Ms. Barkhorn's coat is a little big on me...
**[15:55] ---**
It's better than wearing nothing.
**[15:59] ---**
What is this?
**[16:01] ---**
I tried making some ginger tea!
**[16:03] ---**
It warms the body!
**[16:05] ---**
Ah, I see.
**[16:09] ---**
How is it?
**[16:10] ---**
I added lots of sugar, so it
should be very easy to drink...
**[16:14] ---**
Yuck...
**[16:16] ---**
Oh, uhh, it's actually better than I--
**[16:19] ---**
I'll have another cup!
**[16:21] ---**
It seems to hits you afterwards...
**[16:24] ---**
But if you think of it as medicine,
it's no problem at all.
**[16:28] ---**
*Why are you wearing Sanya's scarf?*
**[16:37] ---**
Ten!
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Nine!
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Eight!
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Seven!
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Six!
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Five!
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Four!
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Three!
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Two.
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One!
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First, the five members of Launch Team ♪1
**[16:58] ---**
will climb to 10,000 meters
using normal propulsion.
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Once we've reached our maximum
altitude of 10,000 meters,
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Launch Team ♪1 will break off.
**[17:12] ---**
Launch Team ♪2 will quickly
ignite their rocket boosters.
**[17:16] ---**
They will carry the strike team--
Miyafuji and Sanya-- to 20,000 meters.
**[17:26] ---**
After that, Miyafuji and Sanya
will ignite their own boosters
**[17:30] ---**
and climb even higher to 33,333 meters,
where the Neuroi core is located.
**[17:36] ---**
They'll switch to a ballistic flight
and head for the Neuroi core.
**[17:40] ---**
30,000 meters up, the temperature
is -70º Celsius and air is nonexistent.
**[17:45] ---**
Without magic, it'd mean instant death...
**[17:51] ---**
There's no guarantee
you'll come back alive...
**[17:55] ---**
It's time!
**[18:16] ---**
No!
**[18:17] ---**
I'm... *I'm* going to protect Sanya!
**[18:25] ---**
What are you doing, Eila?!
**[18:26] ---**
You said it yourself, Sanya!
You said giving up is why I can't do it!
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I don't want to give up!
**[18:34] ---**
I'm going to protect you!
**[18:41] ---**
Miyafuji!
**[18:43] ---**
Let's go, Eila!
**[18:45] ---**
Huh?!
**[18:52] ---**
Yoshika!
**[18:54] ---**
You can't! Your magic won't last!
**[18:56] ---**
You won't be able to come back!
**[18:59] ---**
I'll bring Eila back.
**[19:04] ---**
I *will* bring her back!
**[19:09] ---**
Th-This is insane!
**[19:11] ---**
Go! Sanya! Eila!
**[19:27] ---**
*The rails that lead into the future grow hazy*
**[19:33] ---**
*A prism blocks the guiding light,
leading us astray*
**[19:39] ---**
*Our unreliable antennas won't
help us find the way out, either*
**[19:45] ---**
*I feel like we're about to be
engulfed by silence and darkness*
**[19:52] ---**
*I want to gently clasp our trembling fingers*
**[19:58] ---**
*and share our unease and courage*
**[20:06] ---**
*We'll add my harmony to your singing*
**[20:12] ---**
*to help guide us, so we don't
get separated at night*
**[20:18] ---**
*A journey of thousands of miles
is no sweat if we're together*
**[20:25] ---**
*Let our sweet duet echo far and wide*
**[20:45] ---**
*Don't turn the tarot cards
that foretell the future just yet*
**[20:54] ---**
*I'd prefer it to stay a secret*
**[20:57] ---**
*When you're hurt, simply sleep
against my shoulder and dream*
**[21:08] ---**
*See? It's all a performance*
**[21:17] ---**
*I want to dissolve the veil of night*
**[21:24] ---**
*by matching your melody with my rhythm*
**[21:30] ---**
*I feel like I can forget about
loneliness when we're together*
**[21:36] ---**
*We'll always be together*
**[21:42] ---**
*My dear*
**[21:47] ---**
Can you hear me?
**[21:49] ---**
Yeah...
**[21:51] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[21:53] ---**
No, I should apologize too...
**[21:56] ---**
Look, Eila. It's Orussia...
**[22:00] ---**
Yeah...
**[22:02] ---**
It's almost like I can
reach the Ural Mountains...
**[22:06] ---**
Want to keep flying past those mountains?
**[22:12] ---**
Sure...
**[22:14] ---**
As long as I'm with you, I can go anywhere...
**[22:20] ---**
I was kidding. I'm sorry.
**[22:23] ---**
We have a place to return to now...
**[22:29] ---**
I think I finally sort of understand
her desire to protect someone...
**[22:51] ---**
"To Be Continued"
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*hitori ja nakisou na hiroi sora de mo*
**[23:01] ---**
*nigenai yo massugu tachimukau*
**[23:04] ---**
*nakama to issho ni*
**[23:06] ---**
*Over Sky*
**[23:19] ---**
*te no hira ni kaze o
kanjita no nara mou daijoubu*
**[23:27] ---**
*shinjite jump shiyou*
**[23:30] ---**
*tooku ukabu kumo hitottobi dekiru yo*
**[23:35] ---**
*sonna dokidoki souzou dekinakatta*
**[23:41] ---**
*minna no ashita no yume
mamorun da yuuki arittake*
**[23:50] ---**
*saa nigirishimete tobitate*
**[23:54] ---**
*hitori ja nakisou na ookii sora de mo*
**[23:59] ---**
*nakama ga ireba egao ni nareru
hora kiseki ja nain da*
**[24:06] ---**
*yakusoku shita kara kokoro ni kimeta kara*
**[24:10] ---**
*nigenai yo massugu tachimukau*
**[24:14] ---**
*motto motto suteki na sekai no tame ni*
**[24:19] ---**
*Over Sky*
**[24:26] ---**
*Emergency alert! It appears
someone has infiltrated the base!*
**[24:30] ---**
*All hands, conduct a search immediately!*
**[24:33] ---**
*On the next Strike Witches 2... Oh!*
**[24:36] ---**
"Episode 7: It's All Creepy-Crawly"
**[24:37] ---**
*"It's All Creepy-Crawly."*