E23 - To Be Myself

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    Reppuzan!
[00:30] ---
    You did it, Ms. Sakamoto!
[00:32] ---
    You did it, Major!
[00:34] ---
    Yes!
[00:36] ---
    Major? Is something wrong?
[00:39] ---
    No, it's nothing.
[00:55] ---
    My magic power... is nearly gone...
[01:11] ---
    Someday, someday I'll be able to fly
[01:17] ---
    through the promised skies with you again
[01:27] ---
    Some nights are so frustrating
    and painful that you can't sleep
[01:33] ---
    They happen to everyone
[01:38] ---
    Whenever you feel that way,
    call me-- I'll rush right over
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    at the speed of sound
[01:49] ---
    Even if it's fate, I'll struggle against it
[01:54] ---
    Because, see, you always give me a smile
[01:59] ---
    Our dreams are still far from coming true
[02:04] ---
    but together we can make it happen,
    with our unbeatable courage
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    Your tears sparkle and shine
[02:15] ---
    But if you use the magic of your smile
    to change them into wings
[02:22] ---
    I'm sure you'll be able to flutter them
[02:28] ---
    So go over the rainbow and further beyond
[02:39] ---
    "Episode 11: To Be Myself"
[02:47] ---
    Ms. Sakamoto! It's me, Miyafuji!
[02:50] ---
    Commander Mina has a message for you!
[02:52] ---
    Ms. Sakam--
[02:57] ---
    Ms. Sakamoto?
[02:59] ---
    Huh?
[03:04] ---
    Maybe she's still training outside?
[03:08] ---
    The Reppumaru...
[03:11] ---
    What I want to master is a *Reppuzan
    *that transcends the Reppuzan...
[03:14] ---
    ...the Shin-Reppuzan.
[03:17] ---
    Shin-Reppuzan...?
[03:19] ---
    Yes. A secret technique of the Fuso Empire,
    passed down since antiquity.
[03:23] ---
    If I can master it,
[03:25] ---
    I'll be capable of destroying any
    Neuroi at all with a single blow.
[03:41] ---
    Wow! So this is the Reppumaru...?
[03:50] ---
    Miyafuji!
[03:53] ---
    Pull yourself together, Miyafuji!
[03:57] ---
    Ms. Sakamoto...?
[03:58] ---
    Thank goodness. Can you stand?
[04:00] ---
    Y-Yes...
[04:06] ---
    U-Umm, Ms. Sakamoto... That sword...
[04:09] ---
    You fool!
[04:10] ---
    You will never touch this
    sword again! Is that clear?!
[04:13] ---
    Y-Yes, ma'am!
[04:15] ---
    I'm sorry...
[04:29] ---
    There they go...
[04:31] ---
    Who was in that plane?
[04:33] ---
    Ms. Sakamoto and Commander Mina.
    They said they have
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    an important meeting
    to go to at headquarters...
[04:38] ---
    Oh.
[04:40] ---
    I feel like I've made
    Ms. Sakamoto angry at me
[04:43] ---
    for the first time in a long time...
[04:45] ---
    Oh, there they are!
[04:47] ---
    Hey!
[04:48] ---
    Come over here, both of you!
[04:55] ---
    Here goes!
[05:06] ---
    Why are we all taking a bath
    so early in the morning like this?
[05:10] ---
    Captain Barkhorn says we
    should relax now while we can.
[05:14] ---
    This could be our last bath here, after all.
[05:17] ---
    Huh?
[05:18] ---
    Yeah, Mina and the major went to HQ.
[05:21] ---
    Sounds like the final operation is
    being put into motion. Scary, scary!
[05:26] ---
    Final operation?
[05:28] ---
    Yes. We're going to launch
    a full-scale attack
[05:32] ---
    on the Neuroi hive over Venezia!
[05:36] ---
    What is the meaning of this?!
[05:37] ---
    General. Are you saying the Witches
    won't be needed for this operation?
[05:43] ---
    I'm not saying that.
[05:45] ---
    I'm simply saying that the Witches
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    won't be the main force used
    to destroy the hive. That's all.
[05:51] ---
    Things are different in this case.
[05:55] ---
    Your 501st has never actually directly
    taken down a Neuroi hive before.
[06:02] ---
    Yes, that's true. But...!
[06:04] ---
    Commander Mina. This operation
    has already been decided upon.
[06:10] ---
    Isn't that right, Captain Sugita?
[06:14] ---
    Yes. The Fuso imperial battleship Yamato
[06:18] ---
    will be the one to destroy the
    Neuroi hive currently over Venezia.
[06:22] ---
    Captain!
[06:23] ---
    With all due respect,
    the Yamato is a standard weapon!
[06:26] ---
    I find it hard to believe it can
    destroy a Neuroi hive in the air!
[06:29] ---
    It isn't a standard weapon, Major.
[06:33] ---
    It-- the battleship Yamato--
    is our ultimate weapon.
[06:39] ---
    Ultimate weapon?
[06:41] ---
    Yes.
[06:43] ---
    After studying the Warlock
    experiment conducted in Gallia,
[06:48] ---
    the Fuso navy succeeded in developing
    a more stable core control system.
[06:53] ---
    It can only be used for ten minutes,
    but it is now possible
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    to transform a ship into a Neuroi
    and keep it under complete control.
[07:00] ---
    You're going to turn the
    Yamato into a Neuroi?!
[07:03] ---
    Have you gone mad?!
[07:04] ---
    Only a Neuroi can defeat the Neurois.
[07:07] ---
    The Witches are incapable
    of destroying the hive.
[07:11] ---
    There is nothing a Witch can't do!
[07:13] ---
    If mastered, my Shin-Reppuzan
    can take down a Neuroi hive!
[07:20] ---
    Major Sakamoto...
[07:23] ---
    At your age, shouldn't you have
    already dropped out of the squad?
[07:29] ---
    If this operation fails, our only choice
    left will be to surrender Romagna.
[07:37] ---
    If that happens, the 501st
    won't escape unscathed either.
[07:42] ---
    Do you get my meaning?
[07:44] ---
    Our meeting is over.
[07:46] ---
    Operation Mars will commence
    tomorrow at 1000 hours.
[07:50] ---
    General!
[07:51] ---
    Stop, Major Sakamoto!
[07:53] ---
    Mina?!
[07:54] ---
    The 501st Joint Fighter Wing
    is to protect the Yamato
[07:57] ---
    as it charges at the enemy Neuroi!
[08:02] ---
    Understood, sir!
[08:11] ---
    We're going to use every ounce
    of military might we have
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    to destroy the Neuroi hive and
    finish everything in one fell swoop.
[08:18] ---
    That's the plan for the final battle.
[08:21] ---
    What if we fail?
[08:24] ---
    If we fail, all of Romagna will
    be surrendered to the Neurois
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    and the 501st Joint Fighter Wing
    will be disbanded.
[08:33] ---
    Surrendered?! The 501st disbanded?!
    That's utterly insane!
[08:38] ---
    Mina! You actually agree with those orders?!
[08:41] ---
    You know I don't!
[08:45] ---
    You know I don't agree with them...
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    But we don't have enough strength
    left to continue a drawn-out war.
[08:53] ---
    Even if we do continue fighting,
    it'll only worsen the harm done.
[08:57] ---
    This is the only option we have left...
[09:01] ---
    Romagna...
[09:03] ---
    ...surrendered...
[09:04] ---
    You can't be serious...
[09:14] ---
    No! No!
[09:17] ---
    It'll be okay. Don't worry.
[09:19] ---
    We won't let any Neurois
    destroy your hometown.
[09:22] ---
    We just need to win, right?
[09:24] ---
    Y-Yeah! We just need to win!
[09:26] ---
    Yes!
[09:27] ---
    Yeah! Let's win!
[09:29] ---
    We will win!
[09:31] ---
    You heard 'em, Trude.
    What's with the wimpy attitude?
[09:35] ---
    I-It's not like that! I'd fight
    them all alone if I had to!
[09:39] ---
    You won't fight alone!
[09:43] ---
    We're the Strike Witches! All eleven of us!
[09:46] ---
    Yes! With all eleven of
    us, we can definitely win!
[09:55] ---
    The eleven of us...
[10:12] ---
    Ms. Sakamoto seemed different today...
[10:17] ---
    The marks from the Reppumaru
    still haven't gone away...
[10:24] ---
    Ms. Sakamoto. Are you awake? Ms. Sakamoto?
[10:30] ---
    Ms. Sakamoto?
[10:54] ---
    Tonight. I must master the
    Shin-Reppuzan tonight, no matter what!
[11:02] ---
    Come on! Work!
[11:18] ---
    Mina... You knew?
[11:22] ---
    I knew it would happen someday.
[11:26] ---
    I see...
[11:28] ---
    It truly is a double-edged sword.
[11:31] ---
    It's a supernatural blade that gives
    you extra strength on the battlefield
[11:34] ---
    but also consumes tremendous
    amounts of magic power.
[11:38] ---
    The Reppumaru has nearly depleted
    all the time you have left as a Witch.
[11:45] ---
    I can still fight!
[11:53] ---
    You have to stop, Mio!
[11:55] ---
    Not yet! I will master the Shin-Reppuzan!
[12:00] ---
    No! Don't you understand?! You can't now!
[12:03] ---
    Please! Just once! One hit is all I ask!
[12:07] ---
    Just let me unleash one Shin-Reppuzan!
[12:14] ---
    Please... Let me...
[12:17] ---
    Let me remain one of the eleven!
[12:22] ---
    I beg you, Mina...
[12:31] ---
    Mio...
[12:45] ---
    That can't be... Ms. Sakamoto...
[12:52] ---
    The 501st Joint Fighter
    Wing will now take part
[12:56] ---
    in Operation Mars in order to wipe
    out the Neurois from this region!
[13:02] ---
    Our duty is to protect the Yamato,
    the flagship of the Allied fleet.
[13:07] ---
    Move out!
[13:09] ---
    Understood!
[13:21] ---
    Let's do our best, Yoshika!
[13:23] ---
    Yeah!
[13:25] ---
    Yes! I'll try extra hard,
    for Ms. Sakamoto's sake!
[13:29] ---
    That way she won't have to fight!
[13:48] ---
    Look! Witches!
[13:50] ---
    The Strike Witches!
[13:56] ---
    So this is the Yamato?
[13:58] ---
    It's humongous!
[14:03] ---
    There it is.
[14:04] ---
    Yes.
[14:06] ---
    There it is...
[14:07] ---
    Yoshika.
[14:08] ---
    Yeah.
[14:09] ---
    "Venezia"
[14:15] ---
    That's the Neuroi hive...?
[14:17] ---
    That's right!
[14:18] ---
    The enemy's leader!
[14:33] ---
    We're coming up on Venezia.
    Now entering Neuroi defense perimeter.
[14:38] ---
    Three minutes to Yamato-Neuroi
    transformation.
[14:43] ---
    The USS Nicholas has been hit!
[14:44] ---
    All hands to battle stations!
[14:51] ---
    It's begun! We must protect
    the Yamato until it transforms!
[14:55] ---
    Understood!
[15:07] ---
    Yoshika!
[15:09] ---
    This is tough...
[15:11] ---
    They're focusing their attack on the Yamato!
[15:14] ---
    Damn! They've realized
    the Yamato isn't normal?!
[15:17] ---
    Come on, Lucchini!
[15:19] ---
    Righty-o!
[15:25] ---
    Woohoo!
[15:29] ---
    Got 'em!
[15:30] ---
    Right over here! Come get me!
[15:34] ---
    Sanya!
[15:35] ---
    Right!
[15:40] ---
    I only shot one, too...
[15:42] ---
    That was great, Sanya!
[15:47] ---
    Hey! They just keep coming!
[15:50] ---
    Just shut up and blast them!
    Think of them as medals flying your way!
[15:53] ---
    I don't care about that stuff!
[15:59] ---
    Damn! There's no end to 'em!
[16:01] ---
    Get outta Romagna!
[16:03] ---
    Yoshika! Are you all right?!
[16:05] ---
    Yeah! I'm fine!
[16:08] ---
    Stay strong! I gotta try extra hard!
[16:14] ---
    Are you okay, Major?!
[16:15] ---
    This is nothing at all!
[16:17] ---
    Miyafuji and the others are trying
    their hardest! I can't do any less!
[16:25] ---
    Anti-Neuroi, anti-aircraft artillery!
[16:27] ---
    All ships, commence fire!
[16:42] ---
    We're surrounded!
[16:43] ---
    Lynne! Perrine!
[16:46] ---
    No, you don't!
[16:48] ---
    Ms. Sakamoto!
[16:49] ---
    Major!
[16:50] ---
    Reppuzan!
[17:09] ---
    Are you all right, Ms. Sakamoto?!
[17:15] ---
    My magic... The Reppuzan...
    They don't work...!
[17:23] ---
    Distance to target: 11,000! 30 seconds
    to Yamato-Neuroi transformation!
[17:28] ---
    Magic Dynamo ready to activate!
[17:32] ---
    Show them how fearsome humans
    are when driven into a corner!
[17:36] ---
    20 seconds! 19! 18!
[17:39] ---
    Damn!
[17:43] ---
    Hang in there, Lucchini!
[17:45] ---
    I'm just getting started!
[17:46] ---
    Sheesh, you're hopeless...
[17:48] ---
    Are you all right, Lynne?!
[17:50] ---
    Y-Yes!
[17:54] ---
    Everyone low on magic energy,
    retreat to the Amagi aircraft carrier!
[18:00] ---
    I... can't fight anymore?
    I can't protect anyone anymore?
[18:07] ---
    4! 3! 2! 1!
[18:11] ---
    Zero!
[18:12] ---
    Activate Core Control System II!
[18:15] ---
    Starting Magic Dynamo!
[18:31] ---
    Has it started?!
[18:32] ---
    Looks like it.
[18:33] ---
    Look, Eila...
[18:35] ---
    Whoa, it really is turning into a Neuroi!
[18:47] ---
    The Yamato's Neuroi
    transformation is complete!
[18:49] ---
    Approximately nine minutes
    of operable time left!
[18:52] ---
    Send the Yamato aloft!
[19:28] ---
    The Yamato is flying...!
[19:32] ---
    All systems functioning normally!
[19:34] ---
    Success!
[19:38] ---
    Awesome!
[19:40] ---
    Sanya! Look! Look!
[19:41] ---
    I am looking...!
[19:43] ---
    Now locked onto the enemy
    Neuroi hive! Trajectory is clear!
[19:47] ---
    Maintain course! Full battle speed!
[19:51] ---
    Mission complete! Everyone
    return to the Amagi!
[19:59] ---
    Major... Our mission was a success.
[20:03] ---
    Fighting meant everything
    to me. It was my life.
[20:08] ---
    But now I've lost my shield and
    can no longer use the Reppuzan...
[20:15] ---
    You've fought a lot for one person.
[20:22] ---
    Thank goodness!
    Now Ms. Sakamoto won't have to fight!
[20:40] ---
    Oh! At this rate, it'll be destroyed!
[20:43] ---
    No, it's all right. It's regenerating.
[20:46] ---
    That's the power of Neuroi transformation...?
[20:49] ---
    Yes! Transformed into a Neuroi,
    the Yamato is invincible!
[20:53] ---
    Distance to Neuroi hive: 1,000!
[21:02] ---
    500!
[21:03] ---
    What firepower!
[21:05] ---
    300!
[21:09] ---
    Charge into it!
[21:16] ---
    Now! Fire main cannons!
[21:19] ---
    Fire cannons!
[21:20] ---
    We win!
[21:31] ---
    Wh-Why isn't it firing?!
[21:33] ---
    Don't tell me it's...!
[21:35] ---
    Captain! Its weapon control
    system won't respond!
[21:38] ---
    What?!
[21:39] ---
    Its Magic Dynamo has shut down!
[21:41] ---
    It's no good! We can't fire its main cannons!
[21:44] ---
    I can't believe this!
[22:02] ---
    Captain!
[22:04] ---
    So this is how it ends...
[22:08] ---
    You have all fought valiantly.
[22:11] ---
    However, the Yamato's
    Magic Dynamo is offline,
[22:15] ---
    and we're unable to fire its main cannons.
[22:16] ---
    The operation has failed...
[22:19] ---
    Failed?!
[22:21] ---
    Oh, no... We've lost?!
[22:23] ---
    That can't be!
[22:24] ---
    You can't be serious!
[22:27] ---
    Ms. Sakamoto...
[22:29] ---
    All ships, hard aport!
    Withdraw from the battle lines!
[22:34] ---
    Not yet!
[22:36] ---
    This isn't over yet!
[22:38] ---
    It's not over yet! This battle
    isn't finished, nor am I!
[22:43] ---
    Mio!
[22:44] ---
    I'm going to board the Yamato
[22:45] ---
    and restart the Magic Dynamo with my magic!
[22:49] ---
    No, Mio!
[22:50] ---
    Ms. Sakamoto!
[22:51] ---
    "To Be Continued"
[22:55] ---
    Even in wide-open skies where
    being alone might make you cry
[23:00] ---
    I won't run away, I'll stand up to it head-on
[23:03] ---
    Together with my friends
[23:06] ---
    Over Sky
[23:18] ---
    If you've felt wind in the palms
    of your hands, you'll be all right
[23:26] ---
    Let's have faith and jump
[23:30] ---
    With just one hop we can reach
    the clouds floating in the distance
[23:35] ---
    I never imagined how exhilarating it was
[23:41] ---
    We're going to protect everyone's future
    using all the courage we have
[23:49] ---
    Now hold tight and take flight
[23:54] ---
    Even in spacious skies where
    being alone might make you cry
[23:59] ---
    As long as you have friends,
    you can smile-- see, it isn't a miracle
[24:05] ---
    I promised and I made up my mind
[24:10] ---
    So I won't run, I'll stand up to it head-on
[24:14] ---
    For an even more wonderful world
[24:19] ---
    Over Sky
[24:26] ---
    Our dreams are still far from coming true,
    but together we can make it happen!
[24:30] ---
    With our unbeatable courage!
[24:31] ---
    On the final Strike Witches 2:
    "Beyond the Eternal Sky."
[24:35] ---
    "Episode 12: Beyond the Eternal Sky."