E9 - What I Want to Protect

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[00:32] ---
    Oh? This is quite dangerous of you.
[00:37] ---
    Promise me you'll never wear a Striker again.
[00:43] ---
    Is that an order?
[00:49] ---
    Orders from someone dressed like
    that don't hold much authority.
[00:53] ---
    I'm serious!
[00:54] ---
    Go into battle again and you
    won't come back! I'm sure of it!
[00:59] ---
    So you'd rather kill me yourself, then?
[01:04] ---
    That's nothing but contradictions.
[01:06] ---
    This isn't like you at all.
[01:08] ---
    No! It isn't like that!
[01:12] ---
    I must continue to fly.
[01:34] ---
    That which I can do, I want
    to make come true, one by one
[01:40] ---
    Let's walk step by step toward our dreams
[01:46] ---
    That which I can do, I want you to know, too
[01:52] ---
    Don't give up, spread your wings
[01:57] ---
    Now let's fly, for tomorrow
[02:07] ---
    Even when you hold your knees to
    your chest, sick and tired of it all
[02:13] ---
    Don't worry, don't cry, I know you can do it
[02:19] ---
    You only need to open the
    door of courage a tiny bit
[02:24] ---
    Really embrace that smile
    and soar high into the sky!
[02:33] ---
    That which I can do, too
[02:37] ---
    I want to keep kindness safe
[02:40] ---
    After you wipe your tears,
    let's fly off to tomorrow
[02:46] ---
    I want these feelings to reach
    you, using my special magic
[02:52] ---
    I promise not to look downward anymore
[02:58] ---
    For freedom, for the future
[03:14] ---
    "Episode 9: What I Want to Protect"
[03:28] ---
    Oww!
[03:35] ---
    Sheesh! Only for today, got it?!
[03:46] ---
    Do you have a moment?
[03:47] ---
    Oof!
[03:48] ---
    Sorry for using you like this.
[03:51] ---
    No, this is no problem at all!
[03:53] ---
    It's data.
[03:54] ---
    About the Neuroi from the other day.
[03:59] ---
    The Neuroi attacked on August
    16th and August 18th.
[04:03] ---
    We intercepted mysterious signals at
    each location each time it appeared.
[04:09] ---
    The frequencies are off,
[04:11] ---
    but their waveforms are extremely
    similar to Sanya's singing.
[04:16] ---
    Yes...
[04:16] ---
    Singing?
[04:19] ---
    It looks like we can assume the
    Neuroi was copying Sanya's actions.
[04:24] ---
    Yes...
[04:25] ---
    Let's expand the level
    of analysis even further.
[04:28] ---
    Things are going to get busy for a while.
[04:30] ---
    Yes...
[04:32] ---
    I'd like to inform Barkhorn
    and Hartmann now as well.
[04:36] ---
    Call them here.
[04:37] ---
    Umm, Barkhorn is off duty today.
[04:41] ---
    She left before dawn.
[04:43] ---
    Where to?
[04:44] ---
    London.
[04:45] ---
    London?
[04:47] ---
    Her unconscious little
    sister apparently woke up.
[04:51] ---
    She tried to leave in a
    hurry with a Striker,
[04:55] ---
    but everyone stopped her!
[04:57] ---
    She's usually such a calm person, too!
[05:02] ---
    It's no surprise.
[05:04] ---
    Her sister is her very reason for fighting.
[05:09] ---
    Everyone has the courage to fight
[05:12] ---
    because they have something very
    important to them they want to protect.
[05:18] ---
    Y-Yes...
[05:25] ---
    This is the medical ward! Not so loud!
[05:28] ---
    Oh, sorry!
[05:30] ---
    I rushed straight here, so...
[05:36] ---
    Chris...!
[05:49] ---
    Were you okay without me, Big Sis?
[05:54] ---
    Don't be silly! Of course I was okay!
[05:57] ---
    Who do you think I am?!
[05:59] ---
    She was a lost cause all the way!
[06:02] ---
    She was in real bad shape
    until just a while ago!
[06:04] ---
    She kept acting all reckless
    and fighting like crazy.
[06:07] ---
    Sis!
[06:08] ---
    Why, you!
[06:10] ---
    I'm here to visit her today!
[06:11] ---
    Not to tell her that stuff!
[06:13] ---
    But it's the truth.
[06:14] ---
    Not true, not true! It's not true at all!
[06:16] ---
    I'm always calm and collected!
[06:19] ---
    Sis... You seem to be in good spirits!
[06:23] ---
    I do?
[06:23] ---
    That's thanks to Miyafuji.
[06:26] ---
    Miyafuji?
[06:27] ---
    Yeah! She joined just recently!
[06:32] ---
    She looks kind of like you, you see.
[06:34] ---
    Like me?!
[06:35] ---
    Wow! I'd love to meet her!
[06:38] ---
    Yeah? Then I'll have her visit next time.
[06:41] ---
    Really? Do you think she'll
    be friends with me?
[06:46] ---
    She's pretty weird, but she's nice.
[06:49] ---
    I'm sure you'll be good friends.
[06:51] ---
    Oh, but even though you look alike,
[06:53] ---
    you're much prettier of course!
[06:56] ---
    Talk about blind sisterly love...
[07:04] ---
    What's this?
[07:07] ---
    What's this doing here?
[07:10] ---
    Who's it for?
[07:12] ---
    Mina Dietlinde Wilcke?
[07:16] ---
    It's for Mina?
[07:18] ---
    Major Sakamoto...
[07:25] ---
    What am I sneaking around for?
[07:28] ---
    I should do it proudly and openly!
[07:30] ---
    Proudly and openly!
[07:31] ---
    Until recently, being next to Major
    Sakamoto was an everyday occurrence!
[07:37] ---
    When did I begin sneaking around the
    shadows to catch glimpses of her?!
[07:41] ---
    That's right! It's Miyafuji!
[07:44] ---
    Ever since that puny little
    raccoon dog showed up...!
[07:48] ---
    Excuse me, Major Sakamoto!
[07:50] ---
    You promised to teach me how
    to do a hard left turn...
[07:59] ---
    This is Miyafuji's...! What's going on?!
[08:02] ---
    What is Major Sakamoto doing
    in that pipsqueak's room?!
[08:06] ---
    Umm, what did you need to tell me?
[08:09] ---
    At ease. This is your room.
[08:12] ---
    Yes, ma'am.
[08:17] ---
    Well done!
[08:18] ---
    Yesterday's encounter.
[08:20] ---
    That was your first success
    in battle, was it not?
[08:27] ---
    Yes!
[08:28] ---
    But it was only because of
    all the training you gave me!
[08:32] ---
    Please continue to teach me lots of things!
[08:36] ---
    I would appreciate it!
[08:47] ---
    Well said, Miyafuji!
[08:49] ---
    Indeed, you're still a
    wet-behind-the-ears fledgling!
[08:52] ---
    Your first success in battle
    is just the beginning!
[08:54] ---
    I'm going to have to crack
    down on you even harder now!
[08:58] ---
    I know! I'll triple your amount
    of training starting tomorrow!
[09:03] ---
    What's that look for?!
[09:05] ---
    I-I'm so envious...
[09:05] ---
    N-No, I'll try my hardest!
[09:07] ---
    Yes! Now that's more like a girl from Fuso!
[09:10] ---
    Umm...
[09:12] ---
    Y-Y-Yes, Lyn?!
[09:20] ---
    Perrine...
[09:22] ---
    Lyn...
[09:23] ---
    What are you two doing?
[09:24] ---
    Umm, well, Perrine was just...
[09:29] ---
    Oh, what's wrong, Perrine?
[09:31] ---
    Your forehead is bright red!
[09:34] ---
    Wh-What are you doing?!
[09:36] ---
    There's nothing wrong at all!
[09:38] ---
    You seem a little feverish...
[09:41] ---
    Please leave me alone!
[09:43] ---
    All right, girls. It's time for training.
[09:45] ---
    Oh, yeah! That's what I
    came to get Yoshika for!
[09:50] ---
    Then get ready at once!
[09:52] ---
    Y-Yes, ma'am!
[09:59] ---
    Miyafuji! Watch your rear!
[10:02] ---
    R-Right!
[10:05] ---
    Gotcha!
[10:13] ---
    That technique...!
[10:19] ---
    The Perrine-Miyafuji team wins!
[10:21] ---
    That was amazing, Yoshika!
[10:24] ---
    She got me!
[10:26] ---
    That's so weird! I was right behind her, too!
[10:30] ---
    You've really matured, Miyafuji!
[10:32] ---
    Oh? Do you think so?
[10:36] ---
    Let me see!
[10:38] ---
    Let me see!
[10:38] ---
    Wh-What are you doing?!
[10:40] ---
    Too bad. There's no change here at all.
[10:43] ---
    Yeah, it's obvious enough.
[10:44] ---
    Knock that off!
[10:46] ---
    But you've definitely improved your skills.
[10:48] ---
    Really?
[10:49] ---
    Yeah! But you wouldn't have
    been so lucky at high altitude!
[10:54] ---
    We might actually make a good pair!
[10:58] ---
    Don't be ridiculous! Teaming up with
    you is the last thing I'd ever do!
[11:03] ---
    You're amazing, Yoshika!
[11:04] ---
    You joined only a short while ago, too!
[11:07] ---
    You're like a full-fledged Witch now!
[11:10] ---
    Do you think so?
[11:12] ---
    But I get the feeling Barkhorn would
    say I still have a long way to go.
[11:16] ---
    I still have even further to go, though.
[11:21] ---
    I'm so jealous!
[11:22] ---
    I-I think you're amazing, though.
[11:26] ---
    Huh? What part of me is?
[11:30] ---
    What part...?
[11:37] ---
    Miyafuji! When did you learn
    that major technique?!
[11:41] ---
    Huh? I didn't know you were here, Perrine.
[11:43] ---
    I've been here this entire time!
[11:45] ---
    The hard left turn is Major
    Sakamoto's specialty!
[11:48] ---
    How did you learn it?!
[11:49] ---
    I only tried to copy what she did...
[11:52] ---
    Liar! If such a high-level technique
    could be learned by watching it,
[11:55] ---
    no one would struggle to master it!
[11:58] ---
    Major Sakamoto must be teaching
    you in secret! That's not fair!
[12:01] ---
    What?! I'm not lying!
[12:04] ---
    You insist on playing dumb,
    huh? You have some nerve!
[12:07] ---
    I'm not sure what you're talking about...
[12:09] ---
    Miyafuji!
[12:10] ---
    Y-Yes?!
[12:12] ---
    I hereby challenge you to a duel!
[12:15] ---
    A d-duel?!
[12:19] ---
    Sorry, but I went ahead
    and read what was inside.
[12:25] ---
    "Stay out of this. Don't stick your
    nose where it doesn't belong."
[12:29] ---
    What does that mean?
[12:31] ---
    It's intriguing.
[12:32] ---
    You haven't done anything to
    be ashamed of, have you, Mina?
[12:36] ---
    Huh? No, I haven't.
[12:39] ---
    All we've done is research the Neurois...
[12:42] ---
    Then why were you sent this?!
[12:45] ---
    Any idea who sent it?
[12:47] ---
    Too many possibilities to even count.
[12:49] ---
    Yes.
[12:50] ---
    I'm sure there are plenty of people
    in the military who despise us.
[12:56] ---
    But I have a good idea who might resort
    to something as vulgar as this.
[13:00] ---
    He probably already knows something
    that goes to the heart of this war.
[13:06] ---
    We must've treaded close to it.
[13:08] ---
    Who's "he"?
[13:11] ---
    Trevor Maloney... An Air Force general.
[13:20] ---
    Not those.
[13:22] ---
    But those are...
[13:24] ---
    We're about to duel.
[13:28] ---
    You can't be serious! I don't want to!
[13:30] ---
    I can't point a real gun at a person!
[13:32] ---
    Don't be silly. We're not
    actually going to shoot them.
[13:36] ---
    It's only to make it feel real!
[13:38] ---
    Even so!
[13:39] ---
    I didn't join the Witches
    for this sort of thing!
[13:43] ---
    Sheesh. You said the same sort of
    nonsense when you first joined, too.
[13:48] ---
    I told you. It's only to make it feel real.
[14:05] ---
    Miyafuji. Do you read me?
[14:07] ---
    The first to take the other's back
    for over 10 seconds wins. That's all.
[14:12] ---
    Is that acceptable?
[14:16] ---
    "Safety" / "Fire"
[14:16] ---
    The safety switch is... Yeah, it's on.
[14:28] ---
    There she is!
[14:39] ---
    Honestly, now! Why can't you stay still?!
[14:57] ---
    It's the alarm!
[14:58] ---
    A Neuroi has appeared?!
[15:00] ---
    Grid East 23. A solo fighter.
[15:03] ---
    It's on course for London.
[15:04] ---
    Commander! This is Perrine!
[15:06] ---
    Miyafuji and I are already in
    the air, doing, uhh, training!
[15:10] ---
    We'll go on ahead!
[15:11] ---
    What?! Why wasn't I informed of this?!
[15:16] ---
    You will remain there on
    standby! Is that clear?!
[15:18] ---
    Y-Yes, ma'am.
[15:19] ---
    Mio!
[15:20] ---
    Perrine!
[15:21] ---
    You heard her.
[15:22] ---
    We have to wait here for the others...
[15:23] ---
    I'm going on ahead!
[15:26] ---
    It'll get away if we just sit here!
[15:29] ---
    Stop! You're disobeying orders! Come back!
[15:31] ---
    Don't worry about me!
[15:33] ---
    I'm skilled enough to at least hold it off!
[15:35] ---
    Q-Quit acting cocky and get back here!
[15:41] ---
    Mio!
[15:44] ---
    You're going to go anyway?
[15:46] ---
    I saw it! Your shield didn't
    work during this last battle!
[15:58] ---
    I've realized it myself. I'm twenty now.
[16:02] ---
    My magical power has long passed its peak.
[16:05] ---
    It looks like my daily training hasn't
    let me escape my fate as a Witch.
[16:10] ---
    Then why?!
[16:12] ---
    My life as a warrior is nearing its limit.
[16:16] ---
    But, even so, I must take flight.
[16:20] ---
    Is it because of Miyafuji?
[16:22] ---
    But she's close to being
    a full-fledged Witch too.
[16:25] ---
    You've already done enough!
[16:27] ---
    I have faith that she can
    still fly much, much higher.
[16:34] ---
    And someday I want to see her
    flying not behind everyone,
[16:39] ---
    but in the very front of them all.
[16:45] ---
    Don't worry. Until I see that happen, I...
[16:50] ---
    Mio...
[16:58] ---
    Where could it be? I should
    be pretty close by now...
[17:06] ---
    Found it!
[17:07] ---
    Huh?
[17:19] ---
    It's little... but it's definitely a Neuroi.
[17:24] ---
    I might actually be able
    to take it down myself!
[17:44] ---
    The safety switch!
[17:49] ---
    "Safety" / "Fire"
[17:50] ---
    There!
[18:01] ---
    The Neuroi... looks like a person?!
[18:07] ---
    So Miyafuji went off by herself?!
[18:10] ---
    I'm sorry! It's my fault that we were...!
[18:13] ---
    We can discuss it after
    we shoot down the Neuroi!
[18:15] ---
    Yes, ma'am...
[18:17] ---
    Don't go getting any ideas, Miyafuji.
[18:23] ---
    The Neuroi we fought the
    other day sang Sanya's song.
[18:27] ---
    Is it possible they're copying us?
[18:31] ---
    Could it be? If so, then...
[18:45] ---
    It's almost like a Witch!
[18:50] ---
    Wait! Stop!
[18:58] ---
    Huh?
[19:04] ---
    Umm...
[19:06] ---
    Hello. Who are you?
[19:09] ---
    Wait, you're a Neuroi.
[19:12] ---
    I already know that, but...
[19:15] ---
    Miyafuji definitely made
    contact with the Neuroi!
[19:19] ---
    But Sanya can't tell anything beyond that.
[19:23] ---
    I'm sorry.
[19:24] ---
    You don't think she was caught, do you?!
[19:26] ---
    What's going on?!
[19:28] ---
    Can't you tell her to get out of there?!
[19:30] ---
    Our calls to her aren't getting through!
[19:32] ---
    No luck here, either.
[19:34] ---
    The Neuroi could be using
    a jammer of some sort.
[19:38] ---
    Miyafuji...
[19:51] ---
    Wait, are you teasing me?
[19:53] ---
    Come on! Stop!
[19:56] ---
    I said stop!
[19:58] ---
    Come on! Quit it!
[20:05] ---
    Why... Why am I laughing?
[20:14] ---
    Hey...
[20:16] ---
    Are you guys really our enemy?
[20:37] ---
    We still haven't caught up, Mina?!
[20:39] ---
    Well, actually, the Neuroi
    is retreating back to Gallia!
[20:43] ---
    It might be returning to its den!
[20:44] ---
    Don't tell me they've set
    a trap for Miyafuji?!
[20:54] ---
    There's another Witch with Miyafuji!
[20:57] ---
    No, I see a core! It's a Neuroi!
[21:16] ---
    What are you doing, Miyafuji?!
[21:18] ---
    Ms. Sakamoto?!
[21:20] ---
    Shoot!
[21:21] ---
    Shoot it, Miyafuji!
[21:23] ---
    No! This Neuroi is...!
[21:25] ---
    What are you doing?! Just shoot it!
[21:28] ---
    No! Please wait!
[21:30] ---
    Don't let it fool you! That isn't a person!
[21:32] ---
    You're wrong! It's not what you think!
[21:34] ---
    If you won't shoot, then move!
[21:38] ---
    Damn thing!
[21:48] ---
    Major!
[21:50] ---
    Ms. Sakamoto!
[21:55] ---
    Ms. Sakamoto!
[21:57] ---
    Major!
[21:59] ---
    What's wrong?! What happened?!
[22:01] ---
    The major's been shot by the Neuroi!
[22:03] ---
    Her shield was up, too!
[22:06] ---
    Could it be...?!
[22:08] ---
    Captain Barkhorn. Follow the Neuroi!
[22:12] ---
    But the major...!
[22:13] ---
    Follow it! That's an order!
[22:16] ---
    R-Right. Understood!
[22:21] ---
    Commander Mina...
[22:23] ---
    Mio...
[22:38] ---
    Ms. Sakamoto... Please open your eyes!
[22:42] ---
    Ms. Sakamoto! Ms. Sakamoto!
[22:46] ---
    "To Be Continued"
[22:46] ---
    Ms. Sakamoto!
[23:00] ---
    Always keep me bookmarked
    inside of you, okay?
[23:06] ---
    Praise me lots by saying, "Good
    job!" while smiling, okay?
[23:11] ---
    Always be fully serious,
[23:14] ---
    and don't be shocked by the gaps
[23:17] ---
    If you don't move on through the here and now
[23:20] ---
    there'll be no future, you know?
[23:23] ---
    If the point of fighting has warmth to it
[23:29] ---
    then I'll fight to the end
[23:31] ---
    for a world for us that won't need fighting!
[23:43] ---
    With you, I'm sure I can do it
[23:47] ---
    If we firmly hold our fate lines together
[23:54] ---
    heart-to-heart and hand-in-hand,
[23:59] ---
    we'll be accomplices toward our dreams
[24:04] ---
    It feels like we can fly anywhere
[24:10] ---
    believing in our sleeping wings
[24:20] ---
    Why won't anyone listen to me?
[24:22] ---
    Why won't anyone believe me?
[24:25] ---
    I want to be certain about what I felt.
[24:29] ---
    On the next Strike Witches:
[24:31] ---
    "I Want You to Believe."
[24:41] ---