The Magnificent Kotobuki

Air combat is part of daily life, as a team of beautiful ace pilots battle against renegades in the skies. The talented members of Team KOTOBUKI use their impressive aerial fighting skills to help defend and transport goods across a desolate wasteland. For the right price, protagonist KYLIE, KOTOBUKI's no-nonsense leader REONA, and the rest of the team will take on any enemy that comes their way!

Season 1

E1 - Moonlit Guns For Hire
E2 - The Wandering Six
E3 - Rahama's Longest Day
E4 - Elite Stronghold
E5 - The Splendid Aleshma
E6 - No Place to Return
E7 - Blood for a Nazarin Pound
E8 - The Great Airship Robbery
E9 - The Vagabond Leader
E10 - The Aggressive Bombers
E11 - Duel in Ikesuka
E12 - Kotobuki of the Setting Sun

Season 1

E1 - Moonlit Guns For Hire

Season 1

E2 - The Wandering Six

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[00:27] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[00:34] ---
    Kumo to kumo amime o nukete
[00:37] ---
    Odoru hane kaze o matou
[00:41] ---
    Me no mae de hoshi ga ochiteiku
[00:50] ---
    Akogareta aoi ao
[00:54] ---
    Nijimu chihyou keriageta
[00:57] ---
    Kikasete yo kimi dake no sora no ne o
[01:04] ---
    Tobidatsu jyuuryoku o mikata ni tsukete
[01:11] ---
    Mou ichido nando demo warai nagara
[01:18] ---
    Bokura wa ushiro o muite tobou to wa shinai
[01:25] ---
    Tsukinai yume asu o otte ikiru
[01:30] ---
    Waita zetsubou ni ai o tozashita
[01:33] ---
    Yowai boku wa kirai da
[01:36] ---
    Nagareru ima mukau saki wa mirai
[01:46] ---
    The Wandering Six
[01:46] ---
    Waiter! Pour me another beer, would you?
[01:49] ---
    You truly are something, Zara.
[01:50] ---
    It's no wonder people say
    you could drink an entire keg yourself.
[01:53] ---
    Oh? Well I think I know
    someone even more impressive.
[01:56] ---
    Just take a look at Kylie.
[01:58] ---
    Aren't pancakes meant to be dessert,
    and therefore saved
[01:59] ---
    until after you finish everything else?
[02:01] ---
    You can't prove that!
[02:02] ---
    It is objectively healthier
    to eat your vegetables first.
[02:05] ---
    Who are you kidding, Kate?
[02:07] ---
    Enjoying the food you love is always better
    than forcing yourself to eat stuff you hate!
[02:11] ---
    Eat what you love! Do what
    you love! Nothing beats that!
[02:14] ---
    Seems like a good way to diet.
[02:16] ---
    Right?
[02:17] ---
    "One look and you'll lose that pesky appetite
    with the Kylie-Watching Diet."
[02:20] ---
    Harsh!
[02:21] ---
    You should just give it a try yourself!
[02:22] ---
    Sweet, then spicy, then sweet, then spicy,
    in a yummy endless loop!
[02:24] ---
    Yeah… Maybe if I ever lose the will to live,
    I'll give it a shot.
[02:28] ---
    How about you, Reona?
[02:29] ---
    Kylie...
[02:30] ---
    I have no desire to meddle in the tastes
    and eating habits of my crew.
[02:34] ---
    But I have no such reservations
    when it comes to work.
[02:36] ---
    Hm? What do you mean?
[02:38] ---
    I've told you plenty of times already
    to quit it with your showboating.
[02:41] ---
    You disobeyed orders, and
    went missing as a result.
[02:45] ---
    You had everyone worried.
[02:46] ---
    But I still made it back in the end.
[02:48] ---
    You leave everything up to chance, luck,
    and grit alone and dare call yourself a pilot?!
[02:53] ---
    Sorry, Reona...
[02:55] ---
    Like I haven't heard that before.
[02:56] ---
    Kylie has now apologized
    a total of 389 times.
[02:59] ---
    A prime number, as it so happens.
[03:01] ---
    Kylie doesn't really fly her plane,
    she simply maneuvers it, after all.
[03:04] ---
    That's not true, Emma!
[03:06] ---
    I'm always thinking ahead!
[03:07] ---
    Thinking what, exactly?
[03:09] ---
    Like, "I'm gonna try real hard..."
[03:10] ---
    If you wanna talk reckless,
    Chika's way worse!
[03:13] ---
    Even if she is, how does that make
    what you did any better?!
[03:16] ---
    Kylie, you need to start worrying about the team
    and about yourself more.
[03:19] ---
    Fine...
[03:20] ---
    Reona, you're honestly the only one
    our little thunderbolt Kylie will ever even listen to.
[03:25] ---
    More beer, please!
[03:26] ---
    Cap'n, you got a call from the First Officer.
[03:29] ---
    We're being deployed?
[03:30] ---
    No, that's no problem.
[03:32] ---
    There's going to be a briefing?
[03:33] ---
    Right now?
[03:35] ---
    Very well, then. I'll let
    the squad know right away.
[03:39] ---
    But I thought we were going to have at least
    a week off until our next flight.
[03:42] ---
    They'll be paying us extra to compensate.
[03:44] ---
    If you're in, Reona, so am I.
[03:47] ---
    Me too!
[03:48] ---
    I take it this means our pay will be doubled?
[03:50] ---
    Tripled, it would seem.
[03:51] ---
    My my, how I do love the sound of that!
[03:53] ---
    No arguments here.
[03:54] ---
    Well then, I'll let them
    know the whole squad is in.
[03:58] ---
    You wanna say that again, brat?
[04:00] ---
    What?!
[04:01] ---
    You deaf or something?
[04:02] ---
    Or are you just too embarrassed
    to face the truth?
[04:05] ---
    I sure would be if I was a grown up like you
    and still cutting in line!
[04:08] ---
    You watch your mouth!
[04:09] ---
    Do you know who I am?!
[04:11] ---
    I'm the Tokiwagi, captain of
    the third branch of the Rahama Vigilantes!
[04:14] ---
    So what?
[04:15] ---
    I'm Chika! Of the KOTOBUKI Flight Corps!
[04:17] ---
    Wuzzat, "corrupt-y air snore"?
[04:18] ---
    The KOTOBUKI Flight Corps!
[04:19] ---
    Oh the "tramp corps"?
[04:20] ---
    KOTOBUKI! You're just getting it wrong
    on purpose, aren't you?!
[04:22] ---
    Well am I wrong?
[04:23] ---
    Yer just a bunch of hussy broads
    who'd do anything for cash!
[04:25] ---
    And you're just a bumbling,
    big old bumptious bum!
[04:27] ---
    Outta my way! The Vigilantes eat squads
    like you for breakfast!
[04:30] ---
    Not gonna happen!
[04:33] ---
    Boss!
[04:34] ---
    Oh, how lovely!
[04:35] ---
    Is that Chika?
[04:36] ---
    I honestly expected as much.
[04:38] ---
    I've had it with you!
[04:39] ---
    Back for seconds?
[04:40] ---
    Coming right up!
[04:44] ---
    M-my pancake!
[04:47] ---
    Say you're sorry to my pancake! Do it!
[04:50] ---
    Do it right now and I might forgive you.
[04:52] ---
    So are you? Aren't you? Well?!
[04:53] ---
    You're not gonna?
[04:55] ---
    Well have a load of this then!
[04:58] ---
    Hiya!
[05:00] ---
    There it is, Chika's famous aero-slam.
[05:03] ---
    You wanna mess, string bean?!
[05:06] ---
    Lemme go!
[05:07] ---
    Woah, that's a wing lock!
[05:09] ---
    ...right?
[05:10] ---
    I mean, Reona said if we got into
    fights on the ship, she'd toss us
[05:14] ---
    out no matter how high up we were, so...
[05:16] ---
    I'm not sure that means "go ahead and
    get into fights on the ground", does it?
[05:19] ---
    Wait, it doesn't?!
[05:20] ---
    What were you even doing there, Chika?
[05:22] ---
    Don't you still have a few bolts in you?
[05:24] ---
    It's your fault!
[05:25] ---
    How?
[05:26] ---
    How could the five of you go out without me?
[05:28] ---
    And for curry and rice, too!
[05:30] ---
    We were all under the impression
    that you were still hospitalized, Chika.
[05:32] ---
    Your diagnosis called for two months of care,
    yet today is only day forty three.
[05:35] ---
    You coulda at least checked
    in on my discharge day!
[05:37] ---
    Nope, nope, nope!
[05:39] ---
    Well?
[05:40] ---
    What?
[05:40] ---
    How many did you shoot down?
[05:42] ---
    Two, why?
[05:43] ---
    That's it?
[05:44] ---
    I don't want to hear it from
    you, little Miss Retreater.
[05:46] ---
    That was all an accident!
[05:47] ---
    And it wouldn't have even happened
    if you had been there to back me up!
[05:49] ---
    Because you always fly off on your own!
[05:51] ---
    Well then follow me! Back
    me up! Cover for me!
[05:52] ---
    You know what? I don't even
    feel sorry for you anymore.
[05:54] ---
    And here I was, ready to apologize!
[05:55] ---
    Yeah right! Liar liar pants on fire!
[05:57] ---
    I'm about to kick you both out.
[05:58] ---
    Kylie! Chika!
[05:59] ---
    You'd best control yourselves
    in front of the Madame!
[06:01] ---
    She has no patience for this
    sort of crude nonsense!
[06:03] ---
    Okay!
[06:08] ---
    Thanks for coming.
[06:09] ---
    Sorry to call you out on your time off.
[06:10] ---
    Not a problem.
[06:11] ---
    Right, so, we've got some urgent work, see?
[06:14] ---
    And I'm hoping we can get going
    as soon as we're all prepped.
[06:16] ---
    Where are we headed?
[06:18] ---
    Uhh, well...
[06:19] ---
    To Gadoll.
[06:20] ---
    What are we carrying?
[06:22] ---
    More like "who".
[06:23] ---
    Really?
[06:25] ---
    This is the sort of aircraft
    the Ouni Company flies?
[06:27] ---
    It almost screams destitution.
[06:29] ---
    And what's with this stench?
[06:30] ---
    Are you raising cows, or sheep, or
    albatross on the bridge or something?
[06:33] ---
    Councilor Julia...
[06:34] ---
    Imagine that, someone in
    this wretched place actually knows my name.
[06:38] ---
    Well, your reputation precedes you, ma'am!
[06:40] ---
    I'm far from honored.
[06:42] ---
    Sorry, then...
[06:43] ---
    Loulou, these hardly seem like the sort
    of crew members you'd be proud of.
[06:47] ---
    You will be riding aboard the
    Hagoromo here, Councilor Julia.
[06:51] ---
    But the council has also dispatched a second craft
    with eight Shoki fighters on board to assist us.
[06:57] ---
    The Yufang Ki-44 Fighter, A.K.A.
    the Army Type 2 Single-Seat Fighter.
[07:01] ---
    Reona, I want your KOTOBUKI squad
    to brief with them as well.
[07:05] ---
    Roger that.
[07:06] ---
    I have no problems with an envoy,
[07:08] ---
    but you should know
    that'll make you an easier target for pirates.
[07:10] ---
    As long as we have far greater numbers,
    we will simply
[07:12] ---
    overwhelm them without need for battle.
[07:14] ---
    Or are you too much of
    a fool to realize that?
[07:16] ---
    Sorry, a fool I am, I guess.
[07:17] ---
    Are you quite sure this crew will do?
[07:18] ---
    You do realize that if anything should happen to me,
    it won't only be your pathetic company...
[07:21] ---
    but the entirety of Rahama
    that is held responsible, yes?
[07:23] ---
    Well then, Madame Julia, instead of
    flying on such a "pathetic" craft
[07:26] ---
    perhaps you should ask elsewhere.
[07:28] ---
    Well listen to that!
[07:29] ---
    Did you hear that, Loulou?
[07:31] ---
    Have you not taught your crew any manners?
[07:33] ---
    How dare they speak to a customer like this?
[07:35] ---
    My humble apologies, oh noble client of ours.
[07:39] ---
    I'm in a good mood so perhaps I'll enlighten you on
    why I chose you and this vessel.
[07:44] ---
    Oh, please do.
[07:47] ---
    Because I despise you.
[07:50] ---
    Why does it always have to be
    another woman with an attitude?
[07:53] ---
    Come on now, it's only a one-way,
    two day trip yet she bought up all these supplies!
[07:58] ---
    For a lowly cook like me,
    Julia may as well be royalty.
[08:01] ---
    Another one of your big
    important jobs, I take it?
[08:04] ---
    Gimme a break. A man's gotta make a living.
[08:07] ---
    What's your deal, you old creep?
[08:09] ---
    Go on and take a sip.
[08:15] ---
    Where'd you get your hands
    on something aged like this?!
[08:17] ---
    You know the old Yufang arms factory
    ruins outside town?
[08:21] ---
    Sure I do. But that place
    is picked clean already...
[08:26] ---
    You telling me it wasn't?
[08:27] ---
    Sure wasn't.
[08:29] ---
    Well, color me surprised.
[08:31] ---
    It's like a parting gift from Yufang.
[08:33] ---
    Yep. A real eighty year old treasure.
[08:36] ---
    On our route towards Gadoll,
    our first checkpoint will be in eastern Rahama.
[08:40] ---
    Traveling at 80 degrees for 260 kilometers
    will bring us to Mt. Ofkoh.
[08:43] ---
    From here we will shift direction
    five degrees to the right.
[08:45] ---
    And from there we will head for
    our second checkpoint at Wasaki Pass.
[08:49] ---
    Last week there were reported sightings of
    the Shirokuma Air Pirates.
[08:52] ---
    Then we're probably looking
    at Type 96 Carrier fighters.
[08:54] ---
    These pirates are as sneaky
    as they are persistent.
[08:57] ---
    We can't have anyone pursuing
    any of them too far solo.
[08:59] ---
    Understood.
[09:00] ---
    Your Shoki fighters are faster and
    climb better than our Hayabusa,
[09:02] ---
    and you're far heavier equipped.
[09:04] ---
    I expect you will be able to respond
    to any situation promptly.
[09:08] ---
    Any questions?
[09:09] ---
    Me, me!
[09:11] ---
    Looking as much alike as you do, I
    bet since you live and eat together,
[09:15] ---
    everything must look a lot alike!
[09:16] ---
    Even your po-
[09:16] ---
    -and stuff?
[09:18] ---
    All right then, now let's just hope
    no pirates bother showing up.
[09:22] ---
    You heard the Madame being all
    "My humblest apologies", right?
[09:24] ---
    I couldn't believe it!
[09:26] ---
    It's because she's our client.
[09:27] ---
    But she said she hated the Madame.
[09:30] ---
    Does that mean they know each other
    well enough to hate one another?
[09:32] ---
    That didn't seem like a
    "we just met" sorta hate.
[09:35] ---
    Sometimes you have a truly
    surprising eye for things, don't you?
[09:39] ---
    I would appreciate it if you made
    your point more clear for me.
[09:43] ---
    Well, in order to truly "hate" someone...
[09:45] ---
    ...you must first get to know them, their preferences,
    and their hobbies via long term interaction.
[09:50] ---
    Which would mean the Madame and the Lady
    must be at least acquaintances, if not more.
[09:55] ---
    I see. That seems logical.
[09:57] ---
    Wait, wait!
[09:58] ---
    I know a certain someone who I couldn't stand
    the moment I laid eyes on them!
[10:01] ---
    Oh yeah?!
[10:02] ---
    Yes, yes...
[10:02] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[10:17] ---
    At least the food here is bearable.
[10:19] ---
    Not that it isn't overly salted.
[10:20] ---
    I will send word to the chef, Counc-
[10:23] ---
    Miss Julia.
[10:24] ---
    I should be getting back to my duties now.
[10:26] ---
    Why not let your navigators
    take care of things?
[10:28] ---
    Or are you just sick of being here with me?
[10:30] ---
    No no, don't be absurd!
[10:32] ---
    Take a look.
[10:34] ---
    You can see the abandoned
    town of Kimano from here.
[10:36] ---
    Hard to believe this place was bustling
    with activity not long ago, isn't it?
[10:39] ---
    It's hardly been 10 years, has it?
[10:42] ---
    Rahama still has its salt mines, fortunately.
[10:44] ---
    The real tragedy is in places with nothing
    to offer like Mototsu and Murogashi.
[10:48] ---
    They've lost half their population
    in just the past three years, I hear.
[10:51] ---
    Rahama, Gadoll, heck, even Porokka
    can't just sit around idly now.
[10:56] ---
    No place can, except Ikesuka, that is.
[10:58] ---
    I take it you're a more
    radical politician, then?
[11:00] ---
    Or rather, part of the
    radical integration faction?
[11:03] ---
    I would appreciate it if you refrained
    from trying to label me.
[11:05] ---
    People like you, who jump to conclusions and
    act like they know it all are the worst.
[11:08] ---
    Sorry...
[11:09] ---
    Listen, there really isn't any other way.
[11:11] ---
    We're all in this game of survival together.
[11:14] ---
    Not fall prey to the illusion of freedom those
    wretched lot want to try and entrap us in.
[11:19] ---
    Sure we must do so with unfavorable folk,
[11:22] ---
    but isn't mutual survival better
    than mutual obliteration?
[11:25] ---
    Which is why we must work together.
[11:29] ---
    Or what, are you against us all
    standing on equal grounds?
[11:33] ---
    Do you support that bastard Isao and
    whatever he calls his little alliance?
[11:37] ---
    Or are you just some simpleton who hasn't even
    given the situation a moment's thought?
[11:40] ---
    You might just say I'm on the fence.
[11:42] ---
    Or more accurately, that I'm more of
    a traditional centrist of sorts, maybe.
[11:45] ---
    What a dull man you are.
[11:46] ---
    Right, sorry.
[11:47] ---
    She's certainly made herself plenty of enemies
    with her incendiary remarks, hasn't she?
[11:52] ---
    With that ex-pirate re-integration bill of hers,
    she stirred up all sorts of trouble.
[11:55] ---
    She seems to enjoy herself
    the more enemies she makes.
[11:57] ---
    She's had these weird perversions
    for a long while now.
[11:59] ---
    "Perversions"?!
[12:00] ---
    Have you two known each other a long time?
[12:02] ---
    Ever since our kinder-days.
[12:03] ---
    "Kinder"?
[12:05] ---
    Like kindergarten.
[12:06] ---
    I expect she intends to stir
    up trouble in Gadoll, too.
[12:08] ---
    Oh right, there's going to be
    a general session there, isn't there?
[12:11] ---
    She's like some kind of gang leader, huh?
[12:12] ---
    "Gang"?
[12:14] ---
    "Leader"?
[12:15] ---
    She's pushing for a system that
    will help support and find work
[12:18] ---
    for any who wash their hands of the trade.
[12:20] ---
    So? What's wrong with that?
[12:21] ---
    Yeah, why?
[12:23] ---
    Some people just don't feel like
    they can trust former criminals.
[12:26] ---
    What a bunch of tight-asses!
[12:28] ---
    We might even start losing work to them.
[12:31] ---
    Well I don't like the sound of that!
[12:32] ---
    It's only natural to not want to
[12:34] ---
    dish out money for ex-pirates when
    folks are struggling themselves.
[12:39] ---
    My! Hayabusa's are certainly
    cute, aren't they?
[12:42] ---
    I'm quite fond of them.
[12:43] ---
    It's the shape of their wings.
[12:45] ---
    There's just something to them.
[12:47] ---
    "Something"?
[12:48] ---
    If only they weren't so frail.
[12:50] ---
    The plating is so flimsy,
    and they're armed with what, toys?
[12:53] ---
    Plus they drop if you so much as graze them.
[12:55] ---
    You're not wrong.
[12:57] ---
    But with the right pilot,
    its light weight really gives it an advantage.
[13:01] ---
    Does it, though?
[13:02] ---
    I'd say it seems quite like
    someone in their birthday suit
[13:04] ---
    charging at a giant in a full suit of armor.
[13:06] ---
    Am I wrong, my little pilots?
[13:09] ---
    Loulou seems quite fond of you, you know.
[13:13] ---
    Is she?
[13:14] ---
    No way!
[13:15] ---
    Yes way.
[13:16] ---
    She's a twisted woman though,
    so I doubt you'd notice.
[13:20] ---
    You wouldn't believe how many boys would
[13:22] ---
    fall for her only to be stolen
    away by me back in the day!
[13:25] ---
    Like a love triangle?
[13:27] ---
    Oh no, it'd never go that far.
[13:29] ---
    I'd get to them before they'd get to her,
    bend them to my will, and then toss them aside.
[13:33] ---
    How depraved.
[13:34] ---
    Why thank you.
[13:35] ---
    What would Loulou do if I
    stole you all away from her?
[13:39] ---
    If you truly think you can carry on like this,
    you've honestly got your heads in the clouds.
[13:49] ---
    We've spotted aircraft incoming 50 kilometers
    from our one o'clock.
[13:51] ---
    Message from the escort squad.
    Visuals on radar. Three groups of bogeys.
[13:55] ---
    We're currently moving eastward
    at a speed of 55 kilos.
[14:23] ---
    No way!
[14:24] ---
    Why do I have to back Kylie up?
[14:26] ---
    I wanna be up front!
[14:27] ---
    It's not like I-
[14:28] ---
    If you can't learn from
    your past mistakes or
[14:30] ---
    even follow orders, then I'm
    going to keep you grounded.
[14:32] ---
    You are 2.8% more likely to be shot down on
    your first flight back from a break.
[14:36] ---
    Not me!
[14:37] ---
    You're fresh out of the hospital,
    so just do as you're told.
[14:41] ---
    For fighter pilots one's patience and
    one's lifespan go hand-in-hand, you know.
[14:45] ---
    They do?
[14:46] ---
    Quick-tempered pilots are
    always the first to fall!
[14:49] ---
    Think of this as a good chance to reflect on
    what went wrong last time.
[14:52] ---
    We'll be facing off against the Shirokuma Pirates
    in their cat-marked crafts.
[14:54] ---
    They'll be primarily flying
    Type 96 Carrier-based Fighters.
[14:56] ---
    We aren't expecting there
    will be too many of them.
[15:02] ---
    Ready for takeoff.
[15:37] ---
    Fly high, KOTOBUKI Flight Corps!
[15:39] ---
    Roger!
[16:03] ---
    Confirming bogey count...
[16:04] ---
    Twenty... No, thirty!
[16:06] ---
    Whoa wait, what kind of numbers are those?!
[16:07] ---
    I knew it.
[16:08] ---
    Knew what?!
[16:10] ---
    No ordinary air pirates would
    come after me like this.
[16:15] ---
    How did these pirates get Hiens?!
[16:25] ---
    Something's off.
[16:26] ---
    They're flying Hiens instead of Type 96s?
[16:29] ---
    Where did they find the funds for that?
[16:38] ---
    They certainly shoot well for
    a bunch of horrid pirates!
[16:54] ---
    Nothing beats being back in the skies!
[16:56] ---
    Chika!
[16:56] ---
    You're supposed to be covering Kylie!
[17:47] ---
    Are these really the Shirokuma Pirates?
[17:48] ---
    I've never seen them in numbers like this.
    Or with Hiens for that matter.
[17:51] ---
    Their formations are too controlled, too.
[17:53] ---
    Well, at least one group out here is.
[18:04] ---
    Chika, fall behind Kylie!
[18:38] ---
    You could at least try flying
    in sync with me behind you!
[18:41] ---
    These Hayabusa aren't made
    so you can see behind you!
[18:43] ---
    Why the heck are we even
    grouped in twos then?
[18:45] ---
    Don't forget I'm flying behind you!
[18:48] ---
    I'm not just here to cover your butt!
[18:50] ---
    That's exactly what I wanted
    to say to you on our last job!
[18:53] ---
    Where do you get off talking
    like that to me, now?
[18:55] ---
    Well say it next time!
    Tell me! Share it with me!
[18:57] ---
    Chika! Kylie! Incoming!
[18:59] ---
    Hey, hey, hey now!
[19:01] ---
    Were you even listening, Kylie?!
[19:04] ---
    You big dumb doofus! I hate you!
[19:11] ---
    Chika, about what you said earlier...
[19:12] ---
    What now?
[19:13] ---
    If you eat the same things
    and do all the same stuff,
[19:15] ---
    do you really start to
    become almost the same?
[19:16] ---
    What?!
[19:17] ---
    Like you said before!
[19:18] ---
    Gah, of course normal people will
    if they spend all day every day together!
[19:22] ---
    Who knows with you, though!
[19:25] ---
    Well then...
[19:26] ---
    Here goes!
[19:46] ---
    Out of ammo?
[19:47] ---
    Now's my chance!
[19:48] ---
    Wha?!
[19:49] ---
    Chika!
[20:20] ---
    Color me impressed.
[20:21] ---
    To think they could fly in unison like that.
[20:24] ---
    It is indeed intriguing.
[20:30] ---
    Well, that certainly was just tough enough on them
    to get their heads on straight.
[20:35] ---
    They're not really the sort
    to learn from their mistakes.
[20:38] ---
    Kylie and Chika would probably both deny it,
[20:41] ---
    but there's a lot of similarities
    in the way they fly.
[20:53] ---
    How boring.
[20:54] ---
    What?!
[21:00] ---
    First Officer, I want you to dispatch rescue crew
    to the downed escort planes.
[21:04] ---
    Yes, ma'am!
[21:07] ---
    Much appreciated, Loulou.
[21:10] ---
    Thank you for flying with us.
[21:12] ---
    Where's my, "We look forward
    to you flying with us again"?
[21:15] ---
    This was the last time. I will
    not have you onboard again.
[21:18] ---
    Even if I slap that face of
    yours with another wad of cash?
[21:21] ---
    You're not the type to say
    that in jest either, are you?
[21:24] ---
    Was this not a profitable venture?
[21:29] ---
    I do love you, you know, Loulou!
[21:32] ---
    Hey did you see it? Did
    you see what I pulled off?
[21:35] ---
    Pulled down on the bird tailing her!
[21:36] ---
    And bang-bang-bang! Amazing, eh?
[21:38] ---
    Chika, we've heard enough.
[21:40] ---
    Eleven times already.
[21:41] ---
    Eleven being the fifth
    prime number, by the way.
[21:43] ---
    Are you even listening? Listen!
[21:44] ---
    M'kay!
[21:45] ---
    Don't "M'kay" me!
[22:04] ---
    Ano sora o jiyuu ni kakenukete mitai to
[22:08] ---
    Hanasaki no kaze ni negai o noseta
[22:12] ---
    Akogare ga keshiki o tsukutteiku
[22:16] ---
    Ano toki no kaze wa genki kanaa
[22:25] ---
    Nan no tame ni tatakau no kana
[22:29] ---
    Koko ni iru riyuu wa nan darou?
[22:33] ---
    Toikaketa sora wa kotaenai kedo
[22:42] ---
    Bokura wa tsubasa o motteiru
[22:49] ---
    Haruka kanata nageki no shuuchakuten
[22:53] ---
    Mitsuketa monogataritachi
[22:58] ---
    Kono sora wa dare ni mo ubaenai
[23:05] ---
    Boku wa kakeru nanimo kowakunai yo
[23:10] ---
    Shiawase nara koko ni aru yo
[23:26] ---
    Preview
[23:32] ---
    Next time on The Magnificent KOTOBUKI,
    "Rahama's Longest Day"!
[23:38] ---
    Rahama's Longest Day

Season 1

E3 - Rahama's Longest Day

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[00:11] ---
    Good morning. You're up early, as usual.
[00:14] ---
    It's already 9 o'clock, you know.
[00:16] ---
    Kylie and the rest of
    them are still out cold.
[00:18] ---
    I take it you all must have
    stayed out well after I left.
[00:22] ---
    We gotta enjoy ourselves
    every once in a while.
[00:23] ---
    Especially after dealing with
    our last bit of "cargo".
[00:27] ---
    Plus we all got a nice hefty bonus, too.
[00:29] ---
    I suppose that's true.
[00:30] ---
    What?
[00:31] ---
    I was just thinking how much
    our tenacious Reona has changed.
[00:34] ---
    Especially since I first
    met you back in Sapo.
[00:37] ---
    Spare me your sentimentality.
[00:44] ---
    Rahama is up in flames?
[00:45] ---
    And we're not talking small
    flames. What should we do?
[00:48] ---
    Rahama control tower, this
    is the Hagoromo, come in.
[00:51] ---
    Repeat...
[00:52] ---
    What does the Madame have to say?
[00:53] ---
    Well, see she told me never to wake her up
    unless we're under attack, so...
[00:57] ---
    I'll head for the bridge straight away.
[00:58] ---
    Make it quick!
[00:59] ---
    You'll wanna wake up the others, right?
[01:01] ---
    Can you do that for me?
[01:03] ---
    But only after you get some clothes on.
[01:04] ---
    Hmm?
[01:17] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[01:24] ---
    Flying through the mesh of clouds
[01:27] ---
    Our dancing wings wrap up in the wind
[01:31] ---
    Stars fall right before our eyes
[01:40] ---
    The blue of all blues that drew us in
[01:44] ---
    We kicked up off the blurring ground
[01:47] ---
    Let me hear the sound of the sky you know
[01:54] ---
    Take flight make gravity your ally
[02:01] ---
    One more time, however many
    times, laughing all along
[02:08] ---
    We would never look back when we fly
[02:15] ---
    An everlasting dream we
    live in pursuit of tomorrow
[02:20] ---
    Amid rising despair I locked away my love
[02:23] ---
    I hate my weak self
[02:26] ---
    Here and now passes by as
    we head towards the future
[02:36] ---
    Rahama's Longest Day
[02:36] ---
    Well, it's hard to imagine anything worse
    than being struck by calamity.
[02:39] ---
    But we were fortunate enough to get
    all the fires put out without a hitch.
[02:42] ---
    There wasn't even a single casualty.
[02:44] ---
    All thanks to the firefighters and
    our vigilante force. How splendid!
[02:48] ---
    There's nothing "splendid" about this at all!
[02:49] ---
    That was where the vigilante force
    was stationed, wasn't it?
[02:49] ---
    There isn't?
[02:51] ---
    Did someone start a fire?
[02:53] ---
    Sheesh.
[02:54] ---
    This is just the sorta thing I'd expect
    from you, you bunch of idiots.
[02:57] ---
    Who do you think you're talking to?
[02:58] ---
    I come from a long, honorable
    line of paupers, you know!
[03:01] ---
    Is that a friend of Chika's?
[03:02] ---
    Hey! That's the guy who picked a fight with her
    and got aero-slammed into a pulp!
[03:05] ---
    I was just going easy on you,
    'cause you were all hurt and stuff!
[03:08] ---
    I'd never lose if I was
    actually trying to win!
[03:10] ---
    Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[03:12] ---
    But are you really gonna pick
    a fight with me right now?
[03:14] ---
    This is 12.7mm ammunition.
[03:15] ---
    After you went and let
    your offices burn down?
[03:16] ---
    A repacked junk shell.
[03:18] ---
    The sort that air pirates tend to use.
[03:20] ---
    Air pirates?!
[03:21] ---
    Oh no, they weren't pirates.
[03:22] ---
    They called themselves "Elite Industries".
[03:25] ---
    What a ridiculous name.
[03:26] ---
    They still attacked you though, didn't they?
[03:28] ---
    Aren't you guys supposed to be vigilantes?
[03:30] ---
    You just let them pummel you
    without even fighting back?
[03:32] ---
    All of us bravely fought as best we could!
[03:35] ---
    But our valiant efforts were for naught
    and we exhausted all our options!
[03:37] ---
    So you lost, then.
[03:39] ---
    Tell us everything that happened.
[03:41] ---
    We've got... one, two, three...
[03:44] ---
    Just a whole bunch of incoming bogeys!
[03:51] ---
    Howdy, howdy, good folks of Rahama!
[03:54] ---
    We are Elite Industries.
[03:56] ---
    Elite Industries, I say!
[03:58] ---
    An inferno of hardships
[03:59] ---
    Have no fear!
[04:00] ---
    Spurting blood billowing up from a sandy pit
[04:00] ---
    We'll just be borrowing your runway here!
[04:02] ---
    We'll chase you to the ends of this world
[04:03] ---
    Thank you for your cooperation!
[04:06] ---
    There's no use running
[04:10] ---
    Oh we are a company, we are no air pirates
[04:14] ---
    Come along chosen ones, you are the elite
[04:18] ---
    Elite industries
[04:26] ---
    Howdy, howdy! Pleasure to meet ya, Mr. Mayor!
[04:29] ---
    The name's Torihei,
    and I'm the president and CEO of Elite Industries.
[04:34] ---
    Truth is, we're here with a once in a lifetime sort

[04:37] ---
    of business proposal to
    share with you all today!
[04:41] ---
    What sort of proposal?
[04:42] ---
    Yes, well you see, I've
    heard word that this town
[04:44] ---
    of yours has one fine
    fighter plane tucked away.
[04:47] ---
    Oh, you mean our Raiden?
[04:49] ---
    So it's true?!
[04:49] ---
    Mr. Mayor!
[04:50] ---
    Our company started off as
    a simple logistics company.
[04:53] ---
    But we've since adopted a
    corporate mission to innovate
[04:56] ---
    via concepts, technologies,
    and entrepreneurship.
[04:59] ---
    And now we have been striving
    to make contributions to cultural endeavors.
[05:01] ---
    Using our fleet of now more than 40 fighters
    to spread culture far and wide.
[05:06] ---
    But we still don't have
    all the manpower we need.
[05:08] ---
    And we were looking around for just the right
    sort of fighter plane to do the job, see...
[05:12] ---
    When we heard that just such
    a craft might be found here,
[05:14] ---
    we came out to see if we might strike a deal!
[05:17] ---
    Of course we're willing to make a trade of comparable,
    if not even more value!
[05:22] ---
    Ta-da!
[05:24] ---
    You want us to trade our Raiden for that?
[05:26] ---
    The ukiyo-e that were
    once brought over by the
[05:29] ---
    Yufang still fetch a high
    price among collectors.
[05:31] ---
    And this here is an impeccable recreation
[05:33] ---
    complete
    with an official serial code and everything!
[05:35] ---
    So you're saying it's a fake?
[05:37] ---
    Oh no, no, no, no!
[05:38] ---
    The value of art lays in the piece itself,
    not in its authenticity!
[05:41] ---
    This will one day fetch a
    high price! I guarantee it!
[05:44] ---
    Enough of this non-sense!
    This thing is nothing but a bunch of scribbles!
[05:48] ---
    I wouldn't even trade a paper plane for that!
[05:52] ---
    So be it, then.
[05:54] ---
    We'll try again some other time.
[05:55] ---
    Y-you will?
[05:56] ---
    This was quite the sudden request, after all.
[05:59] ---
    It's only natural that you might want
    some time to think it over.
[06:08] ---
    What a relief!
[06:09] ---
    Thank goodness they were so understanding.
[06:12] ---
    A bitter picaresque
[06:15] ---
    The bloody gore sticks
    never to be wiped clean
[06:16] ---
    Wait!
[06:19] ---
    Wherever you hide we will find you
[06:23] ---
    It's your own fault
[06:29] ---
    Oh we are a corporation,
    we'd never rip you off
[06:30] ---
    That's what you get!
[06:31] ---
    See, our policy with clients who
    don't seem to see the value of our offers...
[06:33] ---
    Come along prepare to be
    duped, instead we are elite
[06:34] ---
    is to give them a crash course in "trade"!
[06:37] ---
    Now then, we'll be back in three days
    with our entire staff!
[06:37] ---
    Elite industries
[06:40] ---
    So you'd best think this over
    real well, you lousy louses!
[06:43] ---
    We won't take no for an answer!
[06:45] ---
    So what was that about
    "bravely fighting," then?
[06:47] ---
    You guys didn't even try!
[06:50] ---
    Wait, but a Raiden, though?
[06:52] ---
    Since when did you guys have
    something like that here?
[06:53] ---
    Wow, so that's a Raiden?
[06:56] ---
    1800 horsepower.
[06:57] ---
    50 kilometers per hour faster
    than the Hayabusa. Sporting four 20mm cannons.
[07:00] ---
    But that all makes it so sluggish.
    I can't say I care for them.
[07:03] ---
    This has been passed down as
    the mayor's personal craft, hasn't it?
[07:06] ---
    What?! You can fly?
[07:08] ---
    I used to be a pilot, you know!
[07:09] ---
    Back in the day people used to call me
    the Prince of the Rahama skies-
[07:11] ---
    Yeah, yeah... maybe once
    upon a time, you were.
[07:12] ---
    What about those pirates, though?
[07:14] ---
    They'll be back in three days, right?
[07:15] ---
    Count me in!
[07:16] ---
    Wait, are you serious?
[07:18] ---
    Well, it's not like these guys can handle it!
[07:20] ---
    They'd be easy pickings for those pirates!
[07:22] ---
    Doesn't that just drive you mad?
[07:24] ---
    Sure, it does.
[07:25] ---
    But if they can't fight back themselves,
    how would handing over one fighter hurt?
[07:30] ---
    It's not like you use it anyway, right?
[07:31] ---
    That's not a bad idea, huh!
[07:32] ---
    What?! But Mayor!
[07:33] ---
    I mean, it's a valuable fighter for sure,
    but it's still just one plane, right?
[07:38] ---
    If we try fighting, who knows
    what will happen to the town?
[07:41] ---
    You get a big nope from me!
[07:43] ---
    What? What's the big deal?
[07:45] ---
    I agree with Kylie.
    A single craft is not worth risking the entire town.
[07:49] ---
    Don't go getting ahead
    of yourselves, girlies.
[07:51] ---
    We work for the Ouni Company now.
     The Madame is the only one who
[07:54] ---
    gets to make these decisions.
[07:57] ---
    If you want to use the KOTOBUKI
    Flight Corps to defend the town,
[08:01] ---
    I must ask that you speak to me, first.
[08:05] ---
    And the young ladies here will require contracts
    and compensation, of course.
[08:10] ---
    How much might that cost, if I may-
[08:12] ---
    That's ridiculous! We don't
    have that kind of money!
[08:14] ---
    Fine! We don't need help from
    the likes of you, anyway!
[08:17] ---
    We'll take them on all by ourselves!
[08:18] ---
    What?!
[08:18] ---
    How?
[08:19] ---
    With sheer guts! Right?
[08:22] ---
    Mr. Mayor, we must request their services.
[08:24] ---
    Hey, are you sure that's okay for you to say?
[08:26] ---
    They said they had a fleet of 40 aircraft.
[08:29] ---
    All we have are eleven Type 97 fighters.
[08:32] ---
    Even assuming we were matched in skill,
    we'd hardly stand a chance.
[08:35] ---
    We have anti-aircraft
    artillery, but we haven't
[08:38] ---
    had carried out proper
    training in over five years.
[08:40] ---
    Considering the current state
    of our vigilante force,
[08:42] ---
    I believe we'd be best off with their help.
[08:44] ---
    Please, just say the word.
[08:46] ---
    I can't do that, though!
[08:47] ---
    I can't just make these decisions on my own!
[08:50] ---
    Especially with the elections coming up...
[08:51] ---
    Mr. Mayor!
[08:54] ---
    All right, then!
[08:56] ---
    Let's hold a town meeting and
    hear what everyone else has to say!
[09:00] ---
    You really don't want to make
    this decision yourself, do you?
[09:02] ---
    I'm no dictator!
[09:04] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[09:06] ---
    We should fight 'em off to the bitter end!
[09:07] ---
    Hear, hear!
[09:08] ---
    But still...
[09:08] ---
    That Raiden is our town's guardian angel!
[09:10] ---
    Rahama would be left with nothing but shame
    if we let it be taken away!
[09:13] ---
    Who even believes in angels anymore?
[09:14] ---
    Fighting back will only
    cause trouble for the town.
[09:16] ---
    You're gonna let the pirates win?!
[09:16] ---
    And we've got public finances to consider...
[09:18] ---
    Then we should just set up
    a special tax or something!
[09:18] ---
    But still!
[09:20] ---
    More taxes?! You gotta be kidding!
[09:21] ---
    What's the vigilante force even doing?
[09:22] ---
    The town is in crisis!
[09:22] ---
    Quit trying to downplay this!
[09:23] ---
    You know, I always thought that
    growing old also meant growing wiser, too.
[09:28] ---
    Age and intelligence do not
    increase proportionally.
[09:29] ---
    The Madame's sure heartless though, huh?
[09:32] ---
    Reona's her usual stubborn self, too.
[09:34] ---
    Can't they just stop thinking about the money
[09:35] ---
    and do something to help
    out the town for once?
[09:37] ---
    What a bunch of cheapskates!
[09:38] ---
    I bet they're calling you a
[09:41] ---
    cold-hearted, miserly, cheapskate,
    stubborn witch right about now.
[09:46] ---
    That's all just part of being in charge.
[09:48] ---
    My, my. You sure have it rough,
    don't you, miss squad leader?
[09:51] ---
    Can I ask you for a moment?
[09:55] ---
    I think our discussions have
    reached their conclusion, so-
[09:57] ---
    No, they haven't!
[09:58] ---
    Yes, they have.
[09:59] ---
    You can't just ask for the impossible.
[10:02] ---
    We wouldn't even be having this
    discussion if the vigilantes
[10:05] ---
    weren't so useless to begin with!
[10:07] ---
    Right, so I'm thinking we will accept the offer
    by Elite Industries, but what do you say?
[10:13] ---
    You're a bunch of fools.
[10:14] ---
    Emma?
[10:15] ---
    So much so, it honestly
    makes me sick to my stomach.
[10:17] ---
    You're dealing with air pirates.
[10:19] ---
    Do you truly think when you hand
    over your Raiden that they
[10:21] ---
    will simply pack up and leave?
[10:23] ---
    You don't think they will?
[10:24] ---
    This is just standard fare for them.
[10:26] ---
    They start you off with demands
    just tough enough to still be swallow-able.
[10:29] ---
    But once you do, they come back
    with even greater demands.
[10:34] ---
    And they do it again, and again, and again.
[10:37] ---
    With their demands getting worse every time.
[10:40] ---
    And before you know it,
    you have nothing left for them to even ask for.
[10:43] ---
    Yeah, I'm with Emma on this one!
[10:46] ---
    Let's fight 'em off, people!
[10:47] ---
    Yeah!
[10:48] ---
    Mr. Mayor, they're right.
[10:50] ---
    The only way we can ensure the safety
    of this town is to fight back!
[10:53] ---
    Maybe we should just call for
    a recess to think things over-
[10:55] ---
    And you claim to be in charge of this town?
[10:57] ---
    A leader who avoids making decisions
    like this is no leader at all!
[11:01] ---
    Do us all a favor and drop
    dead for us here now, then!
[11:03] ---
    Trust me, if we could make it work,
    I'd rather fight back, too!
[11:07] ---
    But even if everyone here agreed,
    our budget simply doesn't!
[11:12] ---
    You're certain you want to fight, then?
[11:15] ---
    I'm here with an offer
    from the Madame herself.
[11:17] ---
    If I'm being honest with you, this is too big of
    a task for the KOTOBUKI Flight Corps alone.
[11:20] ---
    But she says if everyone in town is willing to help,
    perhaps we can lend a hand.
[11:24] ---
    And if you do, she'll cut you a fine deal.
[11:27] ---
    Yeah... Back in the day we all used
    to keep this place safe together.
[11:32] ---
    So that's what we gotta do!
[11:33] ---
    We all gotta stand up, so no one
    thinks they can take advantage of us!
[11:36] ---
    Mr. Mayor, it's time to make a decision.
[11:37] ---
    Mr. Mayor!
[11:38] ---
    Mr. Mayor!
[11:39] ---
    Mr. Mayor!
[11:42] ---
    All right! Then we fight!
[12:09] ---
    These "Elites" sure are
    taking their time, huh?
[12:12] ---
    Any chance they might have thought
    things over and changed their minds?
[12:16] ---
    No, huh?
[12:18] ---
    I know, I know!
[12:23] ---
    This is Red Dragonfly Three!
[12:24] ---
    I've got eyes on enemy fighters coming
    in from the north-northwest!
[12:27] ---
    From the opposite direction?!
[12:28] ---
    That's not how this was supposed to play out!
[12:30] ---
    We misread our enemy,
[12:31] ---
    and they're now moving in from the
    opposite direction of the KOTOBUKI squad.
[12:34] ---
    Which means we'll be taking the lead!
[12:36] ---
    It'll be fifteen minutes
    till they make it back.
[12:39] ---
    We need to hold them off until then!
[12:41] ---
    Bring 'em on! Let's show 'em what
    we vigilantes are made of!
[12:45] ---
    That's the spirit!
[12:46] ---
    But don't let it get to your head!
[12:47] ---
    And don't let them scare you off, either!
[12:50] ---
    Rahama Vigilantes, take off!
[13:10] ---
    Here come their fighters.
[13:12] ---
    They're looking for a fight!
[13:14] ---
    The nerve. And here I was ready to compromise
[13:17] ---
    and offer them another
    ukiyo-e to seal the deal!
[13:22] ---
    How dare they turn down our
    boss- our CEO's kindness!
[13:25] ---
    They must pay for this!
[13:26] ---
    They will!
[13:28] ---
    Spare no sympathy for the sorts that
    can't see how much our art is worth!
[13:32] ---
    HR department! Swat down those flies!
[13:34] ---
    Sales team, light up all their infrastructure
    to teach them a lesson!
[13:38] ---
    But don't you even put a dent on that Raiden!
[13:41] ---
    Aye aye, sir!
[13:42] ---
    They're splitting up!
[13:43] ---
    They might have the numbers,
    but we have greater firepower!
[13:46] ---
    Don't let them shoot you down!
[13:58] ---
    Here's what you get for breaking
    the code of the trade.
[14:05] ---
    What the heck?!
[14:06] ---
    They've got the Raiden out
    right in the middle of town!
[14:10] ---
    Go on and shoot if you like!
[14:10] ---
    Idiots!
[14:11] ---
    Go on then, you stinkin' pirates!
[14:12] ---
    Fire!
[14:18] ---
    Dangit! They aren't making this easy!
[14:58] ---
    Damn!
[15:04] ---
    Wait! Cap'n!
[15:05] ---
    You idiot. Getting all worked up
    only means you've already lost.
[15:08] ---
    Get 'em!
[15:12] ---
    Cap'n!
[15:16] ---
    Out of my way, you.
[15:21] ---
    Tokiwagi!
[15:30] ---
    KOTOBUKI!
[15:31] ---
    Good work holding them off!
[15:32] ---
    We'll take things from here!
[15:34] ---
    Stick to the plan.
[15:35] ---
    Chika and Kate along with
    Zara and I will pick them off from up here.
[15:39] ---
    Kylie and Emma, you two work
    with everyone on the ground!
[15:41] ---
    Roger that!
[15:45] ---
    I'm not gonna lose out to another Hayabusa!
[15:48] ---
    The Type-3 can fly 30 kilometers
    per hour faster than the Type-1,
[15:50] ---
    so if they shake us we can't catch up.
[15:51] ---
    Like I care!
[15:59] ---
    Gotcha!
[16:10] ---
    All right!
[16:19] ---
    Oh no, you don't!
[16:51] ---
    What's the deal with these guys?
[16:52] ---
    Perhaps it's the KOTOBUKI Flight Corps?
[16:54] ---
    Hmph, like we don't have
    enough enemies already.
[16:56] ---
    Take 'em out!
[17:00] ---
    Stop aiming at them!
    You need to anticipate their movements!
[17:22] ---
    Emma, it's time to do this!
[17:23] ---
    You don't need to tell me!
[17:44] ---
    How dare you shoot down our sales chief!
[18:04] ---
    You little...! You're going down!
[18:13] ---
    There they go! They're yours!
[18:14] ---
    Very well, then!
[18:30] ---
    Fire!
[18:39] ---
    Nice! It worked!
[18:40] ---
    We aren't finished yet.
[18:55] ---
    How dare you treat my lovely staff this way!
[18:57] ---
    Emma!
[18:58] ---
    I won't go down that easy...
[19:10] ---
    A rear gunner?!
[19:14] ---
    Emma!
[19:22] ---
    Time to boost our results!
[19:31] ---
    Not on my watch!
[19:35] ---
    The Raiden?!
[19:42] ---
    Don't you underestimate the
    Prince of the Rahama skies!
[19:48] ---
    Dammit! Listen up!
    Don't you dare shoot down that Raiden!
[19:51] ---
    They aren't shooting back?
[19:52] ---
    This might be crazy enough to work!
[19:53] ---
    Emma!
[19:54] ---
    Emma!
[20:09] ---
    Emma!
[20:10] ---
    I'm all right.
[20:12] ---
    And I'm sorry...
[20:13] ---
    Why you...!
[20:14] ---
    You...!
[20:28] ---
    Special delivery!
[20:31] ---
    Pleasure doing business with ya!
[20:32] ---
    All right, fall back!
[20:34] ---
    Aye aye, sir!
[20:44] ---
    Can anyone keep on them?!
[20:45] ---
    It's too late, and I'm out of ammo.
[20:51] ---
    Pull up.
[20:52] ---
    Everyone fought together and
    still this is how things end?!
[20:55] ---
    The town's in pretty bad shape, too.
[20:57] ---
    Maybe they really should have
    just handed it over to begin with.
[21:00] ---
    Far from it.
[21:02] ---
    Rahama has shown that we have what it takes
    to work together to take on any air pirates.
[21:06] ---
    I doubt they'll show their faces
    around here again for a while.
[21:09] ---
    This is the sort of wake up call I needed.
[21:11] ---
    To remind me what it really
    means to protect the town.
[21:31] ---
    I'm sorry for being such a worthless mayor.
[21:34] ---
    Oh no. I must thank you for coming to my aid.
[21:37] ---
    Please forgive me for
    my crude speech last night, as well.
[21:41] ---
    Still, the contracts you signed with the town
    included a clause about protecting the Raiden.
[21:48] ---
    You do understand what this means, yes?
[21:49] ---
    Of course.
[21:50] ---
    Good.
[21:52] ---
    Now go on out there and
    get that fighter back!
[21:54] ---
    Yes, ma'am!
[22:04] ---
    I wanted to try and soar through that sky
[22:08] ---
    So I wished upon the winds right before me
[22:12] ---
    Our aspirations build us scenery
[22:16] ---
    I wonder how that wind is now
[22:25] ---
    Why do we fight, I wonder
[22:29] ---
    What is our purpose here?
[22:33] ---
    I asked, but the skies do not answer
[22:42] ---
    We all have wings
[22:49] ---
    Far away at the end of all lament
[22:53] ---
    The stories we found
[22:58] ---
    No one can steal these skies away
[23:05] ---
    We will soar unafraid of anything
[23:10] ---
    Because happiness is right here
[23:26] ---
    Preview
[23:33] ---
    Next time on The Magnificent KOTOBUKI,
    "Elite Fortress"!
[23:38] ---
    Elite Fortress

Season 1

E4 - Elite Stronghold

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[00:12] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[00:19] ---
    Kumo to kumo amime o nukete
[00:22] ---
    Odoru hane kaze o matou
[00:26] ---
    Me no mae de hoshi ga ochiteiku
[00:35] ---
    Akogareta aoi ao
[00:39] ---
    Nijimu chihyou keriageta
[00:42] ---
    Kikasete yo kimi dake no sora no ne o
[00:49] ---
    Tobidatsu jyuuryoku o mikata ni tsukete
[00:56] ---
    Mou ichido nando demo warai nagara
[01:03] ---
    Bokura wa ushiro o muite tobou to wa shinai
[01:10] ---
    Tsukinai yume asu o otte ikiru
[01:15] ---
    Waita zetsubou ni ai o tozashita
[01:18] ---
    Yowai boku wa kirai da
[01:21] ---
    Nagareru ima mukau saki wa mirai
[01:31] ---
    Elite Fortress
[01:32] ---
    Fly forth, KOTOBUKI Corps!
[01:36] ---
    Tomorrow is the day we have waited for!
[01:40] ---
    Now one pancake! Two pancakes!
    Three and four and five pancakes!
[01:43] ---
    Yes we, we are the KOTOBUKI-
[01:48] ---
    Enough of your tone-deaf nonsense already!
[01:50] ---
    Nothing can stop a good song once it starts!
[01:53] ---
    Plus, squeezing you aboard has already
    thrown my fuel efficiency into a nosedive.
[01:56] ---
    Don't make it worse by complaining!
[01:56] ---
    A nosedive?
[01:57] ---
    I don't weigh that much, you know!
[01:59] ---
    You weigh how many pounds, again?
[02:01] ---
    It's not by choice.
[02:02] ---
    Unlike you I merely have a
    more full figure, is all.
[02:17] ---
    Don't forget, this is all because you went
    and got shot down yourself!
[02:21] ---
    Our wings are rays of light!
[02:23] ---
    Stop-!
[02:25] ---
    Kylie!
[02:31] ---
    Settle down, Kylie!
[02:32] ---
    One of my flaps was feeling a little stuck
    so I'm just trying to shake it loose!
[02:35] ---
    That's not fair, Kylie!
[02:37] ---
    Reona, my right flap feels off, too!
[02:39] ---
    And my rudder seems rather tight.
[02:49] ---
    These girls...
[02:50] ---
    Where's the harm in it?
[02:51] ---
    I won't pretend I don't feel the same way.
[02:53] ---
    We haven't had any time to
    fly off the clock in a while.
[02:57] ---
    Technically we're still "on the clock"
    until we get that Raiden back.
[03:00] ---
    Still, it's been a good while since we've taken
    our Hayabusas out for such a long flight.
[03:05] ---
    We need to fly free like
    that every now and again.
[03:09] ---
    To remind ourselves how
    free the great blue sky is.
[03:11] ---
    And that we only get to fly through it
    because of that freedom.
[03:15] ---
    Freedom doesn't come cheap, though.
[03:16] ---
    And that's what makes it precious.
[03:18] ---
    Now then!
[03:19] ---
    Zara!
[03:20] ---
    Sheesh...
[03:40] ---
    What's your problem, cargo gal?
[03:41] ---
    Well...
[03:43] ---
    Will it still be a ways
    to the Roota Airfield?
[03:45] ---
    Huh, I dunno. Why?
[03:47] ---
    N-no reason. Just...
[03:52] ---
    Well pardon me, girls,
    but Emma here needs to visit the ladies room!
[03:57] ---
    Can she hold it just a bit longer?
[03:59] ---
    We should make it in
    another ten minutes or so.
[04:02] ---
    I think she's good!
[04:04] ---
    Roota is a great big place.
    A really lovely airfield.
[04:08] ---
    You sure know a lot about it.
[04:10] ---
    Have you been out to Roota before?
[04:11] ---
    Way back when the Corps
    was just me and Reona.
[04:15] ---
    It was always so lively.
[04:16] ---
    And always stocked up with
    plenty of vending machines.
[04:19] ---
    Any with curry udon?!
[04:20] ---
    There should be.
[04:21] ---
    And burgers?
[04:23] ---
    You bet.
[04:23] ---
    What about pancakes?
[04:24] ---
    But of course!
[04:25] ---
    Yippee!
[04:26] ---
    Curry udon!
[04:45] ---
    I can handle this.
[04:46] ---
    Do I have your permission, Reona?
[04:47] ---
    Sure.
[05:21] ---
    Hey! That's my plane you just kicked there!
[05:24] ---
    Uhmm...
[05:25] ---
    That way.
[05:26] ---
    Pardon me...
[05:28] ---
    Hey, you old fart!
[05:30] ---
    Is that how you greet people out here?!
[05:32] ---
    Sorry, I thought those rascals might be back.
[05:36] ---
    The stinkin' pirates that left
    Roota in a mess like this.
[05:39] ---
    Was it Elite Industries?
[05:42] ---
    Those morons pretending
    they're running some sort of business?
[05:45] ---
    Nah, it wasn't them.
[05:46] ---
    It was a scarier lot than that.
[05:49] ---
    They just flew in, hit our
    main facilities, and took off.
[05:53] ---
    What about the pancakes?
[05:53] ---
    What about the udon?
[05:53] ---
    What about the burgers?
[05:59] ---
    Nooo!
[06:04] ---
    No...
[06:06] ---
    How could this be?
[06:08] ---
    I wondered what you might be screaming about.
[06:09] ---
    This is unforgivable!
[06:11] ---
    Unforgivable!
[06:12] ---
    First they shoot up Rahama,
    and now my pancakes?!
[06:14] ---
    These were two different groups, though.
[06:16] ---
    Plus, I figured we could
    all eat together here...
[06:20] ---
    So I went ahead and packed
    enough for everyone.
[06:23] ---
    This is so good!
[06:24] ---
    The best!
[06:25] ---
    True bliss. Everything is delicious.
[06:27] ---
    Is this the first time you girls have
    ever had some of Zara's cooking?
[06:29] ---
    Yep!
[06:30] ---
    Oh yes.
[06:30] ---
    I never would have imagined
    you had such a knack for it!
[06:33] ---
    Thanks.
[06:34] ---
    I picked it up a long while back.
[06:36] ---
    I used to work at an airfield like this.
[06:39] ---
    That's where I first met Reona, actually.
[06:41] ---
    Really?
[06:42] ---
    I never knew.
[06:43] ---
    Which airfield?
[06:44] ---
    Sapo.
[06:45] ---
    Sapo was tiny, but it
    sure was a good airfield.
[06:48] ---
    It was.
[06:49] ---
    A good place indeed.
[06:53] ---
    It sounded like you knew
    about Elite Industries well enough.
[06:57] ---
    We're trying to sneak into
    their stronghold unnoticed, see...
[07:00] ---
    That'll be hard to pull off.
[07:01] ---
    They're holed up in a cave they've carved out
    of this big stone mountain.
[07:04] ---
    A real natural fortress.
[07:07] ---
    We should just fly straight in,
    bust 'em up, take the Raiden and leave!
[07:10] ---
    And what if they fly the
    Raiden out to fight us?
[07:12] ---
    Do you wanna pull a mid-air hijack
    like that boss of theirs?
[07:14] ---
    No way!
[07:15] ---
    Absolutely not.
[07:17] ---
    It would be hard to return this
    if we went in guns blazing, too.
[07:19] ---
    And what might that be?
[07:21] ---
    An "ukiyo-e," apparently...
[07:22] ---
    Drawn by some young lady, it would seem.
[07:24] ---
    Their little empress, there?
[07:25] ---
    You've met her?
[07:26] ---
    Nah, but she's the girl their boss
    spends all his money on.
[07:29] ---
    The whole lot of 'em grow soft
    as kittens in her presence.
[07:34] ---
    She's gotta be nothing but bad news.
[07:36] ---
    Well at any rate, we can't attack without
    scouting the place out first.
[07:39] ---
    We need to find some way to get close.
[07:41] ---
    Well lookie here, we've got another visitor.
[07:52] ---
    We were supposed to be performing
    for a company dinner!
[07:54] ---
    You never said it was for
    a company of air pirates!
[07:56] ---
    What's their deal?
[07:56] ---
    Come on!
[07:56] ---
    They're a traveling tavern.
[07:57] ---
    I said no!
[07:58] ---
    Please!
[07:58] ---
    Elite Industries throws these "pub"-licity events
    and calls out all these gals, see.
[07:59] ---
    I'll pay you extra for it and
    everything, come on, I'm begging you!
[08:02] ---
    No way!
[08:02] ---
    Absolutely not!
[08:03] ---
    I ain't heard nothing but bad things.
[08:06] ---
    But whaddya expect from
    a bunch of air pirates?
[08:08] ---
    Ack, what am I gonna do?
[08:10] ---
    These are air pirates we're dealing with,
    I can't just go back on our deal now...
[08:13] ---
    We can't put on a performance
    with numbers like these!
[08:22] ---
    Get a load of this!
[08:23] ---
    This is another masterpiece
    if I've ever seen one!
[08:25] ---
    It's so cool! So incredible!
[08:29] ---
    What about it do you find so incredible?
[08:30] ---
    Well, you know... All of it!
[08:34] ---
    Listen, I'm gonna make sure
    the whole world out there
[08:37] ---
    sees just how amazing your work is!
[08:39] ---
    That's a promise!
[08:44] ---
    Maybe I'm no good at this after all.
[09:04] ---
    Ladies and gents the moment you
    have all waited for is here!
[09:07] ---
    Behold the Agua Dance Troupe!
[09:08] ---
    They're finally here!
[09:11] ---
    Hello there! Thank you all
    for such a lively welcome!
[09:15] ---
    Smooch!
[09:17] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[09:47] ---
    Well, color me surprised.
[09:50] ---
    I never imagined you could dance like that.
[09:51] ---
    Let's just say I've got experience.
[09:55] ---
    It's a real work of art, eh there, new girl?
[09:58] ---
    Now as a man of the arts I can be tough to please,

[10:01] ---
    but you were great out there.
    Lemme buy you a drink.
[10:03] ---
    Be my guest!
[10:04] ---
    Get us two lite beers!
[10:06] ---
    What? I'll take a straight vodka and gin.
[10:09] ---
    Wow!
[10:09] ---
    That's gotta be like 50 proof!
[10:10] ---
    She drinks harder than the boss himself!
[10:13] ---
    I'll take it straight too, then!
[10:14] ---
    How lovely!
[10:16] ---
    To the arts!
[10:17] ---
    Cheers!
[10:20] ---
    The boss can't hold his liquor like that...
[10:26] ---
    Jeez, boss!
[10:27] ---
    See what I mean?
    He just hates to be outdone.
[10:30] ---
    Can't anyone here hold their drink?
[10:32] ---
    Lemme buy you a drink!
[10:33] ---
    I can!
[10:33] ---
    I'll buy your next round!
[10:33] ---
    Me, me!
[10:36] ---
    You really are something.
[10:38] ---
    I've just got experience.
[10:39] ---
    Now then.
[10:41] ---
    I need to fix my makeup.
[10:42] ---
    Take your time!
[10:43] ---
    Oh, I will!
[10:48] ---
    Just my luck, getting stuck on shift today.
[10:51] ---
    At least we're not on guard duty.
[11:02] ---
    The boss and the young lady are
    the only ones with the keys, yes?
[11:06] ---
    Why don't we rig it to blow, too?
[11:09] ---
    Perhaps as a last resort.
[11:11] ---
    A broken Raiden won't do
    us much good, now will it?
[11:19] ---
    You...!
[11:20] ---
    Sorry for snooping.
[11:22] ---
    I just didn't want to
    break your focus, there.
[11:25] ---
    Are you a fan of Hokusai?
[11:28] ---
    Or maybe Kunishige?
[11:30] ---
    You know about their works?!
[11:31] ---
    You could say I've got a bit of experience.
[11:33] ---
    What do you think of my art?
[11:35] ---
    I think they might be a bit
    too on-point for ukiyo-e.
[11:39] ---
    I get the sense that ukiyo-e are more focused
    on the artist's own perception.
[11:45] ---
    But yours are more like an exact image.
[11:48] ---
    I think that might make
    them seem a little forced.
[11:52] ---
    I still quite like these
    works of yours, though.
[11:57] ---
    One look and I can tell how much
    you really love the art you do.
[12:03] ---
    Model!
[12:05] ---
    Will you model for me?
[12:18] ---
    There you are! We're here!
[12:20] ---
    We're here to assault the
    base, stir up commotion,
[12:23] ---
    and make it easier for Zara
    to work from the inside.
[12:28] ---
    Getting as close as we can
    without being spotted is key.
[12:31] ---
    This all rests on how well we can work
    our way through this valley.
[12:34] ---
    Roger!
[12:54] ---
    C'mon!
[12:57] ---
    Here goes!
[13:30] ---
    We're under attack!
[13:37] ---
    Whuzzat?!
[13:38] ---
    We're under attack!
[13:39] ---
    They're right on top of us!
[13:41] ---
    Yahoo!
[13:44] ---
    Kylie and Kate, you hit those tanks.
[13:45] ---
    Chika and I will focus on the fighters.
[13:47] ---
    Emma, you keep an eye to the skies for us.
[13:48] ---
    If Zara doesn't show up in ten minutes, we all make

[13:50] ---
    emergency landings and move in to rescue her.
[13:52] ---
    And when we do, we abandon the Raiden.
[13:54] ---
    Got it?
[14:13] ---
    I've got the right side!
[14:14] ---
    I'll take left.
[14:24] ---
    Boss, it's the KOTOBUKI Corps!
[14:26] ---
    Dangit! They must be after our paintings!
[14:28] ---
    Isn't it the Raiden...?
[14:28] ---
    It's time to send 'em home crying!
[14:30] ---
    Suit up!
[14:30] ---
    You know, this might just be our chance.
[14:33] ---
    I'll handle the Raiden.
[14:48] ---
    Yikes!
[14:49] ---
    Doofus.
[14:50] ---
    Shut up!
[14:54] ---
    Here they come!
[15:19] ---
    Are we under attack?
[15:20] ---
    It seems that way.
[15:24] ---
    There's no time to waste.
    Hand over the key to the Raiden.
[15:28] ---
    No...
[15:29] ---
    The boss and his gang are all airborne now.
[15:32] ---
    No one's gonna come help you anymore.
[15:34] ---
    Now hand it over.
[16:03] ---
    How dare you hurt my darling staff!
[16:08] ---
    Where are you, Zara?
[16:09] ---
    HR Chief, cover my rear!
[16:13] ---
    Leave, I say, leave that to me.
[16:22] ---
    Well, that won't do.
[16:23] ---
    You little...!
[16:25] ---
    My apologies, sir.
[16:27] ---
    But due to personal circumstances,
[16:29] ---
    I am resigning from my position at
    this miserable company as of today.
[16:33] ---
    What?! Do you think this is a joke?!
[16:34] ---
    All of you, take down the HR Chief!
[16:39] ---
    The HR and Sales divisions
    are all on my side.
[16:42] ---
    And after some careful discussion...
[16:44] ---
    We decided we would take our share of Hayabusas,
    Suiseis, and the Raiden as severance!
[16:50] ---
    Our co-conspirators should be relieving
    the young lady of her key right about now.
[16:55] ---
    You've really gone and done it now!
[17:16] ---
    Boss?!
[17:17] ---
    Somebody cover the boss!
[17:19] ---
    The HR Chief is a traitor!
[17:20] ---
    The whole Sales team, too!
[17:22] ---
    We've got trouble!
[17:24] ---
    I'm headed back to the
    ground, you cover for me!
[17:26] ---
    Not if I have any say!
[17:30] ---
    Was that friendly fire?!
[17:31] ---
    They're friends no more.
[17:32] ---
    The boss is about to get shot
    down by our pals out there.
[17:36] ---
    It's too late now.
[17:38] ---
    Now hand it over!
[17:40] ---
    Yeowch!
[17:45] ---
    You...!
[17:47] ---
    ...are way too strong.
[17:50] ---
    Who are you?
[17:51] ---
    Zara from the KOTOBUKI Corps.
[17:54] ---
    I'm here to take back the Raiden.
[17:56] ---
    Sorry for hiding that from you.
[17:57] ---
    I don't care about any of that!
[18:00] ---
    Here's the key. Please go save him!
[18:26] ---
    Zara!
[18:27] ---
    Sorry I'm late. What's the situation?
[18:29] ---
    It's a mess!
[18:31] ---
    Whose side are we supposed to take?
[18:33] ---
    Or are we just gonna shoot 'em all down?
[18:35] ---
    I made a promise that we'd help out.
[18:37] ---
    So...!
[18:41] ---
    The Raiden?!
[18:49] ---
    Well, there goes everything.
[18:50] ---
    I'll get an earful for this, but so be it.
[18:53] ---
    We failed to obtain the Raiden.
    All craft, we're pulling out!
[18:56] ---
    Like hell you are!
[19:00] ---
    So we shoot down the Suiseis?
[19:02] ---
    Yep, they've gone and stirred
    up trouble with the boss.
[19:05] ---
    Roger that!
[19:10] ---
    Well, now. This won't do.
[19:12] ---
    Stick to the course, we'll hold them off.
[19:15] ---
    We'll meet at the rendezvous point!
[19:25] ---
    Watch out for that rear gun!
[19:26] ---
    I will!
[20:31] ---
    We got what we came here for.
[20:33] ---
    Let him go, Zara.
[20:36] ---
    Sure.
[20:38] ---
    Welcome back.
[20:40] ---
    Glad I made it.
[20:52] ---
    Sorry about all that.
[20:54] ---
    You can have the Raiden back. I want you to.
[20:56] ---
    Fine. Let's call it even here.
[21:00] ---
    Let this be a lesson to ya to
    start working an honest job!
[21:05] ---
    I know, it's just...
[21:07] ---
    We brought this along to return it,
    but do you think it's okay if I keep it?
[21:13] ---
    I'd love you to!
[21:15] ---
    Now if only we got to get some of
    that curry udon from the vending machine!
[21:19] ---
    Agh! I almost forgot!
[21:20] ---
    I'm sure it will all be in working order
    the next time we're here.
[21:23] ---
    I do hope so.
[21:25] ---
    So do I! So do I!
[21:26] ---
    Honestly though, I can't stand this sluggish,
    cumbersome excuse for a plane!
[21:30] ---
    You wanna ride in the back with me again?
[21:32] ---
    No, I will certainly abstain from such!
[21:34] ---
    By the time we get back to Rahama,
    your Hayabusa should be good as new, Emma.
[21:38] ---
    Just stick it out.
[21:39] ---
    She's right. Plus, it's a
    fine plane, that Raiden.
[21:42] ---
    It's more equipped than the Hayabusa.
[21:44] ---
    And faster!
[21:45] ---
    I'll gladly trade.
[21:47] ---
    No, thank you.
[21:47] ---
    Gah!
[21:51] ---
    We still all love our Hayabusas
    best, right, girls?
[21:53] ---
    'Course we do!
[22:04] ---
    Ano sora o jiyuu ni kakenukete mitai to
[22:08] ---
    Hanasaki no kaze ni negai o noseta
[22:12] ---
    Akogare ga keshiki o tsukutteiku
[22:16] ---
    Ano toki no kaze wa genki kanaa
[22:25] ---
    Nan no tame ni tatakau no kana
[22:29] ---
    Koko ni iru riyuu wa nan darou?
[22:33] ---
    Toikaketa sora wa kotaenai kedo
[22:42] ---
    Bokura wa tsubasa o motteiru
[22:49] ---
    Haruka kanata nageki no shuuchakuten
[22:53] ---
    Mitsuketa monogataritachi
[22:58] ---
    Kono sora wa dare ni mo ubaenai
[23:05] ---
    Boku wa kakeru nanimo kowakunai yo
[23:10] ---
    Shiawase nara koko ni aru yo
[23:25] ---
    Preview
[23:33] ---
    Next time on The Magnificent KOTOBUKI,
    "The Splendid Aleshma"!
[23:38] ---
    The Splendid Aleshma

Season 1

E5 - The Splendid Aleshma

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[00:12] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[00:19] ---
    Flying through the mesh of clouds
[00:22] ---
    Our dancing wings wrap up in the wind
[00:26] ---
    Stars fall right before our eyes
[00:35] ---
    The blue of all blues that drew us in
[00:39] ---
    We kicked up off the blurring ground
[00:42] ---
    Let me hear the sound of the sky you know
[00:49] ---
    Take flight make gravity your ally
[00:56] ---
    One more time, however many
    times, laughing all along
[01:03] ---
    We would never look back when we fly
[01:10] ---
    An everlasting dream we
    live in pursuit of tomorrow
[01:15] ---
    Amid rising despair I locked away my love
[01:18] ---
    I hate my weak self
[01:21] ---
    Here and now passes by as
    we head towards the future
[01:32] ---
    Oh, great. Here I was ready for my chance to meet her,
    but all I get is you, Saneatsu.
[01:37] ---
    The Madame stayed behind in Rahama.
[01:40] ---
    The place is just buzzing
    with air pirates right now.
[01:42] ---
    You want me to believe they
    just fly right into town?
[01:45] ---
    They really do lately, that's the thing!
[01:47] ---
    The Splendid Areshima
[01:48] ---
    I wish we could just do runs between
    Rahama and Areshima forever!
[01:51] ---
    Or even just move to Areshima for good!
[01:52] ---
    It's quite an orderly, well regulated place.
[01:55] ---
    It's beauty is in its righteousness.
[01:57] ---
    Is it, now?
[01:58] ---
    Tell me though, Chika.
[01:59] ---
    Surely you don't plan on keeping
    that in our quarters, yes?
[02:02] ---
    Absolutely not.
[02:03] ---
    If just because it is unreasonably bulky.
[02:04] ---
    What? But it's so fluffy! Look at this fluff!
[02:07] ---
    It's an anomalocaris.
[02:08] ---
    In ancient times, it thrived
    in the oceans, vast
[02:11] ---
    expanses of water rich in
    salt and other minerals.
[02:14] ---
    Cool! Oceans, huh?
[02:16] ---
    How could you not know that?
[02:18] ---
    Well, oceans haven't existed
    for a long time now, after all.
[02:20] ---
    Chika's subconscious might have driven her
[02:22] ---
    to seek something ocean related
    without her realizing it.
[02:25] ---
    Bingo! Kate, you sure know your stuff!
[02:27] ---
    And just how much did that cost you?
[02:29] ---
    498 pounds and 98 sen!
[02:31] ---
    Wha...?!
[02:32] ---
    Oh let her be.
[02:33] ---
    We all use our earnings in different ways.
[02:35] ---
    Be it to buy stuffed animals, to drown
    in some good drink, or simply stuff our faces.
[02:39] ---
    And speaking of that, where's Kylie?
[02:43] ---
    Delish!
[02:44] ---
    A flavor unlike the pancakes of
    either Rahama or the Hagoromo!
[02:47] ---
    Heya dimwit!
[02:48] ---
    I'm certain I told you all of us needed to
[02:50] ---
    submit flying
    applications to the Areshima airway authorities.
[02:54] ---
    We never used to have to.
[02:56] ---
    That's so totalitarian.
[02:57] ---
    Like it or not, the law is the law and you
[02:59] ---
    cannot just go ignoring it
    and doing whatever you want.
[03:01] ---
    I had a feeling it wouldn't fly.
[03:04] ---
    But once I saw the word
    "pancakes" I just lost control!
[03:07] ---
    I'm sure you know how it can be, right?
[03:08] ---
    I do not.
[03:09] ---
    You ever get so caught up in something that
    you lose sight of everything else?
[03:12] ---
    I do not.
[03:13] ---
    Or just set off headstrong
    down the wrong path?
[03:14] ---
    No!
[03:16] ---
    No...
[03:18] ---
    Reona would never ever get caught
    up in something and rush on
[03:21] ---
    ahead without thinking, now would you?
[03:23] ---
    Would you?!
[03:23] ---
    No!
[03:24] ---
    At any rate, you need to let someone know
    before you go running off like that.
[03:27] ---
    Yeah, yeah!
[03:28] ---
    What a lame excuse for a fighter pilot!
[03:29] ---
    What's the deal with that hideous doll?
[03:31] ---
    It's an anomalocaris!
[03:32] ---
    The subconscious of all ocean life!
[03:34] ---
    Sounds like gibberish.
[03:35] ---
    Woosh! Smash!
[03:37] ---
    One down!
[03:37] ---
    What's your deal, you doofus?!
[03:39] ---
    Hey! Stop it!
[03:39] ---
    Get back here!
[03:40] ---
    Stop!
[03:42] ---
    Oh my, a passenger vehicle?
[03:44] ---
    A modified Tudor Model AA.
[03:45] ---
    To think we'd see a non-cargo automobile.
    Areshima sure is full of surprises.
[03:48] ---
    Oh my goodness!
[03:50] ---
    Are you all right? Are you hurt?
[03:51] ---
    How are you feeling?
[03:52] ---
    Uhh...
[03:53] ---
    Oh thank goodness you're okay.
[03:54] ---
    I'm so relieved, and super sorry!
[03:56] ---
    Think of this as an apology.
[03:57] ---
    That's chump change!
[03:58] ---
    But I'll take it!
[03:59] ---
    Woah! How did you do that?!
[04:01] ---
    A little giftey for you!
[04:01] ---
    Sir, we must be going.
[04:03] ---
    Yeah, yeah, just a minute.
[04:05] ---
    From now on, make sure you look
    right, left, down, and right again! Got it?
[04:09] ---
    Okay!
[04:09] ---
    Thank you! Wonderful! You have my gratitude!
[04:11] ---
    And that anomalocaris! I'm a fan.
[04:16] ---
    Don't run off like that!
[04:17] ---
    Don't shout like that!
[04:18] ---
    Quit causing such a ruckus!
[04:19] ---
    Quit causing trouble for the rest of us!
[04:21] ---
    Can't you just be quiet for a change-
[04:26] ---
    Somebody! Do something about this bird!
[04:27] ---
    That "bird" is Captain Dodo.
[04:30] ---
    I don't care!
[04:31] ---
    It's a message from First Officer Saneatsu.
[04:34] ---
    "Head for the Ocean Sunfish Hotel ASAP."
[04:37] ---
    My goodness, just where were you
    Kotoboofy Fright Snore girls off wandering?
[04:42] ---
    What can we do for you, Councilor Julia?
[04:45] ---
    Take a seat.
[04:46] ---
    You're making it look like
    I'm just picking on you.
[04:48] ---
    Two days from now I have
    a god-awful sort of meeting here.
[04:51] ---
    You can get the details
    from my chief of security.
[04:54] ---
    You'll be handling the air situation.
[04:55] ---
    What sort of "meeting" might this be?
[04:58] ---
    And who is it with?
[04:59] ---
    I cannot simply promise our services
    without knowing the details as to-
[05:01] ---
    I will be meeting with the
    head of View Trading, Isao.
[05:04] ---
    A man dubbed likely to be
    the next head of Ikesuka.
[05:06] ---
    What?
[05:07] ---
    "Isao?"
[05:07] ---
    Never heard of him!
[05:09] ---
    He has plans to deal with the air pirate
    and energy problems.
[05:12] ---
    Insisting on using the capital and connections of
    major corporations,
[05:16] ---
    making himself a hero to the public.
[05:18] ---
    But I can't stand him.
[05:20] ---
    He's trying to influence politics with
    his idealist words and assumption of intrinsic good.
[05:23] ---
    Traveling the world thanks to a seemingly lucky streak
    and a massive fortune alone.
[05:26] ---
    The most devious man you'll ever meet.
[05:28] ---
    And I absolutely despise those
    awful magic tricks of his.
[05:31] ---
    I've about had it with this useless excuse of
    a man poking his nose into political affairs.
[05:36] ---
    And this "meeting" is the worst of it!
[05:38] ---
    I wish I could tell him to shove it and be done,

[05:40] ---
    but I'd never hear the end,
    so I'm going through with it.
[05:43] ---
    All he proposes about national unification,
    mutual benefits, justice, safety, duty, and power--
[05:49] ---
    It's all garbage!
[05:50] ---
    And if he really does believe in all that,
    then he's got crap for brains!
[05:52] ---
    And now we live in the darkest
    of timelines where even
[05:54] ---
    people on the council have
    begun yielding to him.
[05:56] ---
    If I'm gonna sit through this meeting,
    he's going to get a nice solid choking out of it!
[06:00] ---
    Sounds rough...
[06:02] ---
    Anyway that's why I need to prepare
    in case these air pirates-
[06:06] ---
    -if they are even air pirates at all...
[06:09] ---
    Aren't apt to like this arrangement one bit.
[06:11] ---
    I don't plan to get all friendly with Isao,
    but I certainly don't need air pirates interfering.
[06:15] ---
    Especially when they seem to get
    their hands on whatever intel they want.
[06:19] ---
    And if that means I need to protect
    that good-for-nothing Isao, so be it.
[06:22] ---
    Surely you could ask Areshima
    security for assistance?
[06:24] ---
    Of course I can, but I'd rather not be left
    with a debt to any city in Ikesuka.
[06:27] ---
    And so you want our help instead.
[06:29] ---
    Are we finally on the same page?
[06:30] ---
    Without the Madame present,
    this decision rests with our First Officer.
[06:34] ---
    Not like he's the brightest bulb...
[06:36] ---
    I too am a bulb!
[06:37] ---
    One that shines day and night,
    only to light the way before you!
[06:41] ---
    Hey! You're the flower guy!
[06:43] ---
    What's this? Do I have a fan?
[06:44] ---
    Really? Why? What do you like best?
[06:46] ---
    My face? My voice? My charm? All of it?
[06:48] ---
    How embarrassing! How wonderful!
[06:50] ---
    I'm so happy I feel I could just burst!
[06:52] ---
    Look at all that glitter!
[06:53] ---
    You never cease to disgust me.
[06:56] ---
    Do you ever run out of your
    street corner tricks, Mr. Isao?
[06:59] ---
    Lady Councilor, your meeting is with him...?
[07:01] ---
    I'm quite shocked.
[07:03] ---
    Oh, you're familiar?
[07:04] ---
    That makes things easier, then.
[07:06] ---
    Let me introduce you, Isao.
[07:08] ---
    These are the girls of the KOTOBUKI Flight Corps
    who will be handling security.
[07:12] ---
    And their leader, Reona.
[07:13] ---
    Well, well! Well met there, Miss Leader!
[07:16] ---
    Here's a little giftey for ya!
[07:17] ---
    What? Oh... Thank you.
[07:20] ---
    Gotcha! Gotcha good!
[07:21] ---
    Woops, sorry, did that hurt?
[07:23] ---
    It shouldn't be that bad, what's wrong?
[07:26] ---
    Yeowch!
[07:27] ---
    Just kidding!
[07:28] ---
    What's the plan?
[07:30] ---
    The problem will be with how we coordinate
    with the security units.
[07:32] ---
    What?!
[07:33] ---
    Reona, are you seriously
    thinking of doing this?
[07:34] ---
    No thanks!
[07:35] ---
    I'm in! I wanna see some action this time!
[07:37] ---
    We don't even know how many people
    we'll be up against or where they're
[07:39] ---
    coming from. Isn't this a tad rash?
[07:41] ---
    I already have plans that day.
[07:44] ---
    Plans I cannot change.
[07:46] ---
    So that's one "yes" and two "no".
[07:48] ---
    And counting me that's two
    of us with some reservations.
[07:51] ---
    No, we should take this.
[07:53] ---
    We need it.
[07:54] ---
    Why?
[07:55] ---
    Defending Rahama cost us lots
    in repairs and maintenance.
[07:58] ---
    We need to make up for that.
[08:00] ---
    Well...
[08:01] ---
    Why?!
[08:02] ---
    You never gave Chika trouble
    when she went down!
[08:04] ---
    I thought we were supposed
    to be treated equal here!
[08:06] ---
    I'm not blaming you.
[08:07] ---
    I'm simply saying we should do this.
[08:09] ---
    This is tyranny!
[08:10] ---
    We're supposed to talk these things out!
[08:13] ---
    Stupid Reona!
[08:13] ---
    Leave my lil' Malo alone!
[08:16] ---
    Stop it!
[08:17] ---
    Change of schedule.
[08:18] ---
    Tomorrow I will wake up at 0700.
[08:20] ---
    I will spend fifteen minutes
    on breakfast instead of thirty five.
[08:23] ---
    And I will no longer spend an hour and
    forty five minutes staring off into space.
[08:27] ---
    What's the deal, Reona?
[08:29] ---
    This isn't like you.
[08:30] ---
    I almost forgot.
[08:33] ---
    Here's the ten sen I borrowed today.
[08:35] ---
    I don't like to stay in debt.
[08:36] ---
    That's our tenacious Reona.
[08:40] ---
    Maybe she's in love?
[08:41] ---
    Love?!
[08:42] ---
    She started acting strange as soon
    as he came into the picture, right?
[08:45] ---
    Woah... "Love"...
[08:47] ---
    She should've just said something.
[08:49] ---
    I cannot say it is a feeling I am familiar with,
    but it is a necessity of species survival.
[08:54] ---
    If it's true, I'd love to support her.
[08:57] ---
    But it's tough to imagine someone like
    Reona succumbing to such.
[09:02] ---
    Why don't you simply ask?
[09:03] ---
    You don't know or do you?
    Or do you know, but don't want us to know? Which is it?
[09:07] ---
    I'll go with answer one.
[09:08] ---
    That means she doesn't know.
[09:09] ---
    What?!
[09:10] ---
    Oh, but I can tell you
    something she sure hates.
[09:13] ---
    What's that?
[09:14] ---
    She hates being in debt.
[09:15] ---
    I'm fairly certain everyone does.
[09:16] ---
    Yeah, except maybe brainless
    dolts like Chika!
[09:19] ---
    Who you calling a dolt?
[09:20] ---
    Debts are meant to be shirked!
[09:22] ---
    An astonishing view on finance.
[09:37] ---
    What's this?
[09:38] ---
    What's our thunderbolt Kylie doing
    with that sort of look on her face?
[09:41] ---
    Are you okay?
[09:43] ---
    Aren't you on the clock?
[09:44] ---
    Can love drive one to despotism?
[09:46] ---
    What?!
[09:47] ---
    That's the girl from the Hagoromo...
[09:49] ---
    Jeez, just what we don't need.
[09:50] ---
    And she's not alone.
[09:52] ---
    That's one, two, three...yikes!
    You're kidding!
[09:54] ---
    With everyone quitting or getting
    shot down, we're the only
[09:58] ---
    two left in the Nazarin, but look at them...
[10:01] ---
    I'm not even sure we can
    call ourselves a "squad" anymore.
[10:04] ---
    Oh, hey...
[10:06] ---
    Who are you again? What was it...
[10:08] ---
    The Nazarin Air Squad!
[10:09] ---
    Oh yeah! That's it!
[10:11] ---
    You're looking good! That's great!
[10:12] ---
    We're just here filling in...
[10:14] ---
    Hey, so tell me.
[10:16] ---
    Can love drive someone to despotism?
[10:19] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[10:22] ---
    I see, I see.
[10:23] ---
    So you want to put the priority on free will,
    is it, Lady Julia?
[10:27] ---
    I take it you've got your
    own thoughts on the subject?
[10:29] ---
    Well, is one really free with freedom?
[10:32] ---
    It's hard to do anything when
    you're free to do everything.
[10:35] ---
    Plus we still have limits
    and responsibilities.
[10:37] ---
    You'd be surprised how many people can't keep up with
    those.
[10:41] ---
    In the end, people just go on about all
    they want to do, and it gets out of hand.
[10:45] ---
    To put it simply!
[10:46] ---
    It's like going out for a barbecue, trying to grill everything
    at once, and just ending up with burnt food!
[10:50] ---
    And if we were to decide the order the food
    was to be cooked, who would make those rules?
[10:54] ---
    You'll find there are many who would like to use
    the rules and power to their own advantage.
[10:57] ---
    You tell 'em!
[10:58] ---
    Down with all rules!
[10:58] ---
    Kylie, you and the councilor
    might actually get along.
[11:00] ---
    Lady Julia, you need to have more faith!
[11:01] ---
    Ew, no way!
[11:03] ---
    I think, I believe, and I'm sure
    the world is a better place!
[11:07] ---
    And?
[11:07] ---
    Huh?
[11:09] ---
    My my! What might this be?
[11:11] ---
    Perhaps someone here has made
    some unfortunate enemies?
[11:13] ---
    What?! Lady Julia, what have you done? Oh no!
[11:16] ---
    Huh?
[11:17] ---
    Wait, do you mean me?
[11:18] ---
    Could it be?!
[11:20] ---
    Six bogeys spotted incoming
    from the northwest.
[11:23] ---
    The Council Security Force and
[11:24] ---
    the Areshima Private Air
    Security Squad are moving out to intercept.
[11:27] ---
    Wait. What should the Nazarin do?
[11:30] ---
    Patrol to the southeast.
[11:32] ---
    This is why I hate these government types.
[11:35] ---
    Always clinging to each other.
[11:37] ---
    There are only six targets.
[11:39] ---
    They probably just didn't want to crowd up.
[11:41] ---
    I bet they just want to score
    more hits for themselves.
[11:46] ---
    Adolfo, look to your two o'clock.
[11:48] ---
    What? Is there some babe
    or something out there?
[11:51] ---
    Huh?
[11:59] ---
    Areshima! The real fight is here!
[12:07] ---
    So we fell right for the bait, then?
[12:10] ---
    Mind if I share some more bad news?
[12:12] ---
    What might it be?
[12:13] ---
    This incoming group's got twenty 52s,
    and probably two bombers.
[12:18] ---
    How wonderful!
[12:19] ---
    There are eight of us, including the Nazarin.
[12:21] ---
    So while those government boys make their way back,
    you think you can hold 'em off?
[12:26] ---
    "Hold 'em off"?!
[12:27] ---
    Sorry!
[12:28] ---
    But...
[12:28] ---
    We're gonna take 'em all down!
[12:42] ---
    No matter how you go about this,
    we're way outnumbered!
[12:45] ---
    Once the KOTOBUKI squad gets here...
[12:46] ---
    Then what? Look how many there are!
[12:48] ---
    We can't go down here!
[12:51] ---
    This is to rebuild the Nazarin Air Squad!
[12:53] ---
    Yeah, but we gotta survive first!
[13:02] ---
    Dammit!
[13:04] ---
    Oh my! I never thought
    we'd be facing off against air pirates!
[13:07] ---
    Who are they even after?
[13:09] ---
    It's got to be you, Lady Julia!
[13:10] ---
    Someone as big and famous
    as you, you've gotta be it!
[13:13] ---
    I'm sure of it!
[13:14] ---
    What kind of awful excuse
    for flattery is that?
[13:16] ---
    Or do you really just have dirt for brains?
[13:17] ---
    Yup! Sure do!
[13:21] ---
    Look at that glare!
[13:22] ---
    That's scarier than any pirate out there!
[13:23] ---
    I almost peed myself in fright!
[13:24] ---
    How'd you hold up?
[13:25] ---
    It was a close call.
[13:27] ---
    How far off are the KOTOBUKI girls?
[13:29] ---
    They should make contact in seven minutes.
[13:34] ---
    I'm outta ammo!
[13:35] ---
    I'm dry, too!
[13:37] ---
    I'm taking off!
[13:38] ---
    No point in dying out here!
[13:45] ---
    This is not good.
[13:50] ---
    KOTOBUKI?!
[13:50] ---
    Is that her?!
[13:57] ---
    Are you all right?
[13:58] ---
    Looks like they tore
    quite a hole through you.
[14:00] ---
    Dammit!
[14:01] ---
    You girls just wanted us to take a beating,
    so you could come in
[14:03] ---
    and sweep up after, didn't you?!
[14:05] ---
    Precisely!
[14:06] ---
    We can't carry you back to the airport, but do take
    care!
[14:09] ---
    Gimme a break!
[14:10] ---
    Bye-bye!
[14:11] ---
    Those 52s are faster than your Hayabusas.
[14:13] ---
    And those bombers...
[14:15] ---
    My guess is Type 4 Heavy Bombers.
[14:17] ---
    They may be heavy bombers, but they're plenty
    maneuverable.
[14:19] ---
    Stay sharp.
[14:20] ---
    Why thank you!
[14:21] ---
    Kylie!
[14:21] ---
    You're late.
[14:22] ---
    Stay in position!
[14:24] ---
    Sorry!
[14:24] ---
    What? I coulda swore that was Little Miss Pancake
    who flew in a second ago.
[14:29] ---
    FUEL
[14:29] ---
    An ally who breaks formation
    is worse than any enemy.
[14:33] ---
    The KOTOBUKI girls know that well enough.
[14:39] ---
    What's their deal?
[14:56] ---
    Damn!
[15:37] ---
    What's your problem, Reona?
[15:38] ---
    You're doing exactly what
    you always tell me not to!
[15:40] ---
    She is gunning plenty of them down, though...
[15:43] ---
    Something's not right!
[15:43] ---
    I mean, Reona's always the one
    to fight all by-the-books!
[15:48] ---
    That's because she's our leader.
[15:50] ---
    This is how she really flies.
[15:52] ---
    Once an enemy is in her sights,
    she thinks of nothing but taking them down.
[15:55] ---
    That's why she's called
    the "Tenacious Reona".
[15:57] ---
    It's been a long time
    since I've seen this side.
[15:59] ---
    Enemy coming in at six o'clock.
[16:15] ---
    The Type 4 Heavy Bomber, AKA Hiryu.
[16:17] ---
    Fitted with machine guns on its sides.
[16:19] ---
    Analysis? Danger!
[16:24] ---
    Kate!
[16:31] ---
    Kate, fall back!
[16:35] ---
    What are you doing?!
[16:36] ---
    Go ahead and get yourself hurt, Reona,
    but don't let Kate take your fall!
[16:40] ---
    Kylie...
[16:41] ---
    If you're gonna go crazy, at least say so!
[16:43] ---
    We'll follow you!
[16:47] ---
    Sorry, Kylie...
[16:49] ---
    If you're gonna apologize
    do it to everyone else!
[16:50] ---
    Now then Reona, what's the plan?
[16:53] ---
    Isao, sir. Lady Julia. We
    must begin our evacuation.
[16:57] ---
    Not happening.
[16:57] ---
    And why, pray tell?
[16:59] ---
    I'm not evacuating.
[17:01] ---
    If I did, all I'd hear from all those assholes
    once this is over is how I ran away.
[17:05] ---
    Well, no thanks.
[17:07] ---
    I'd have to agree. I'd hate
    to be called a coward.
[17:10] ---
    Then what shall we do?
[17:12] ---
    Voilà!
[17:14] ---
    What did I used to do, again?
[17:16] ---
    You drove a car.
[17:18] ---
    And you almost ran over
    two stupid little girls.
[17:21] ---
    That was just the other day.
[17:22] ---
    I'm talking like long, long ago.
[17:23] ---
    You used to be a magnificent flying ace.
[17:25] ---
    Which just might mean...?
[17:27] ---
    Might mean...?
[17:28] ---
    Maybe I can head out there and fight?
[17:31] ---
    Wh-what?
[17:33] ---
    So be it.
[17:35] ---
    Yay! That settles it!
[17:36] ---
    The Soaring Magician is back in action!
[17:38] ---
    Hold it right there!
[17:40] ---
    Don't you worry!
[17:41] ---
    It's like riding a bike, Lady Julia!
[17:43] ---
    Listen to me when I speak to you!
[17:44] ---
    What is a "bike", anyway?
[17:46] ---
    I will tell you all about them later on.
[17:48] ---
    Very well!
[17:49] ---
    Let's go, then.
[17:52] ---
    What? No way!
[17:53] ---
    How is a doof like that a pilot?
[17:56] ---
    But there's only one man with the name Isao
[17:58] ---
    who went on from being a pilot
    to run a massive corporation.
[18:01] ---
    Does he have no recollection of you, Reona?
[18:04] ---
    I don't know.
[18:05] ---
    Well then there's really no need
    to repay him then, is there?
[18:08] ---
    Time to shirk!
[18:09] ---
    Not gonna happen!
[18:10] ---
    Reona hates being in debt, you see!
[18:13] ---
    All right. Find me an opening!
[18:15] ---
    I'll fly in there and aim for those Hiryu!
[18:17] ---
    Roger!
[18:18] ---
    Don't let them anywhere near Areshima!
[18:35] ---
    Now!
[19:06] ---
    You did it!
[19:07] ---
    Not yet! There's still another bomber!
[19:18] ---
    It's fast!
[19:18] ---
    I'll get it!
[19:20] ---
    It's all yours!
[19:34] ---
    Gosh darn it!
[19:36] ---
    Kylie! Chika! Don't push your luck!
[19:38] ---
    If we don't Areshima's done for!
[19:44] ---
    What's that?
[19:45] ---
    More enemies?
[19:46] ---
    No!
[19:54] ---
    Man, nothing beats flying!
[19:56] ---
    Indeed, sir.
[20:00] ---
    He was known as the Soaring Magician.
[20:03] ---
    An ace pilot from a squad in Ikesuka.
[20:06] ---
    Back during the Rinouchi
    Air War, he supposedly shot
[20:10] ---
    down twelve fighters in a single skirmish.
[20:12] ---
    Never heard of him!
[20:13] ---
    I haven't seen him for eight whole years.
[20:16] ---
    Reona, you were there at Rinouchi?
[20:19] ---
    I was. And I got so worked up
    that I flew right into danger.
[20:22] ---
    And got myself shot down.
[20:29] ---
    The only reason I made it out alive...
[20:30] ---
    was thanks to him.
[20:42] ---
    What is he doing?
[20:43] ---
    He shoulda taken the shot!
[20:49] ---
    Firing from above is what
    anyone else would have done.
[20:53] ---
    I know!
[20:55] ---
    He's going at it from below!
[21:02] ---
    Excellent, sir.
[21:05] ---
    You truly are…
[21:06] ---
    The Soaring Magician!
[21:09] ---
    Shoot! I can't see!
[21:10] ---
    It's because you get so carried away.
[21:13] ---
    I swear I'll stop! Just help me!
[22:04] ---
    I wanted to try and soar through that sky
[22:08] ---
    So I wished upon the winds right before me
[22:12] ---
    Our aspirations build us scenery
[22:16] ---
    I wonder how that wind is now
[22:25] ---
    Why do we fight, I wonder
[22:29] ---
    What is our purpose here?
[22:33] ---
    I asked, but the skies do not answer
[22:42] ---
    We all have wings
[22:49] ---
    Far away at the end of all lament
[22:53] ---
    The stories we found
[22:58] ---
    No one can steal these skies away
[23:05] ---
    We will soar unafraid of anything
[23:10] ---
    Because happiness is right here
[23:25] ---
    Preview
[23:33] ---
    Next time on The Magnificent KOTOBUKI,
    "No Place to Return"!
[23:38] ---
    No Place to Return

Season 1

E6 - No Place to Return

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[00:12] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[00:19] ---
    Kumo to kumo amime o nukete
[00:22] ---
    Odoru hane kaze o matou
[00:26] ---
    Me no mae de hoshi ga ochiteiku
[00:35] ---
    Akogareta aoi ao
[00:39] ---
    Nijimu chihyou keriageta
[00:42] ---
    Kikasete yo kimi dake no sora no ne o
[00:49] ---
    Tobidatsu jyuuryoku o mikata ni tsukete
[00:56] ---
    Mou ichido nando demo warai nagara
[01:03] ---
    Bokura wa ushiro o muite tobou to wa shinai
[01:10] ---
    Tsukinai yume asu o otte ikiru
[01:15] ---
    Waita zetsubou ni ai o tozashita
[01:18] ---
    Yowai boku wa kirai da
[01:21] ---
    Nagareru ima mukau saki wa mirai
[01:31] ---
    No Place to Return
[01:39] ---
    Cut it out! Malo's a good boy!
[01:45] ---
    Quit it!
[01:47] ---
    You're a real pain in the butt, you know!
[01:49] ---
    Well, I suppose we should have expected mister big
    shot Isao to be the center of attention.
[01:53] ---
    But we shot down one of those Hiryu!
[01:55] ---
    I do say we deserve at least a bit
    more recognition for our deeds than this.
[02:00] ---
    Oh yes, I heard Reona was
    really something out there.
[02:03] ---
    Nah...
[02:04] ---
    Sure would have loved to see that
    again for a change, right Anna?
[02:06] ---
    The old "Tenacious Reona".
[02:08] ---
    Don't go imagining things. I
    didn't do anything out there.
[02:11] ---
    If anything I just got in the way...
[02:12] ---
    Oh listen to you, captain!
[02:13] ---
    Always so modest.
[02:14] ---
    No, I honestly have a lot to reflect on,
[02:16] ---
    both as captain, and as a
    fighter pilot to begin with.
[02:18] ---
    It's unthinkable how I could just get so swept away
    that I would break formation like that.
[02:21] ---
    I'm really sorry about it all.
[02:23] ---
    I swear I will make up
    for these blunders some-
[02:24] ---
    Some might call that a debt in and of itself.
[02:26] ---
    What good would it do you
    to be indebted again?
[02:28] ---
    Reona, you're the captain of this squad.
    Let your team help you.
[02:33] ---
    The Madame's right, you know.
[02:35] ---
    We'd all love it if you did.
[02:37] ---
    And quit getting all worked up
    about owing anyone anything.
[02:40] ---
    Can't we just work together,
    no strings attached?
[02:43] ---
    I'll... see what I can do.
[02:45] ---
    You can start by lending me some cash!
[02:46] ---
    I need to get Malo-chan a wife!
[02:48] ---
    A "wife"?
[02:49] ---
    Is that thing male?
[02:50] ---
    Well duh!
[02:51] ---
    So lend me some dough, no strings attached!
[02:54] ---
    Not going to happen.
[02:55] ---
    And here I was, thinking
    the team might help me out!
[02:57] ---
    I myself am quite against procuring
    a spouse for that anomalocaris.
[03:01] ---
    Whenever I make eye contact
    with that doll late at night
[03:03] ---
    I fear my heart might simply stop dead.
[03:05] ---
    That's so mean!
[03:06] ---
    I'm sure Kylie feels quite the same.
[03:08] ---
    That's three to one, it is.
[03:10] ---
    But Kylie...
[03:12] ---
    ...would probably say no, huh?
[03:14] ---
    I wonder what that girl is up to right now.
[03:16] ---
    I should have been the one to handle this.
[03:18] ---
    When you're dealing with someone like Julia,
    Kylie is much more suited to the job.
[03:26] ---
    That numbskull! Look at
    him all full of himself!
[03:29] ---
    "Like riding a bike"?
[03:31] ---
    Don't make me laugh!
[03:33] ---
    Uhh...
[03:34] ---
    And now these old geezers in Gadoll
[03:35] ---
    who had never given Ikesuka the time
    of day are suddenly flip-flopping.
[03:39] ---
    If you can't beat them, join them, is it?
[03:41] ---
    They're always ever so quick to pander.
[03:43] ---
    Can you please pay us?
[03:44] ---
    Pay you?
[03:45] ---
    For defending Areshima.
[03:47] ---
    It's all right there on
    that invoice I gave you.
[03:50] ---
    I was hoping Loulou would be here so I could
    get her to cut some of these zeroes off...
[03:53] ---
    Huh?
[03:54] ---
    No, never you mind.
[03:56] ---
    All of this?
[03:57] ---
    I would never deny anyone the
    chance to call me wicked,
[04:00] ---
    but I won't have anyone
    accuse me of being stingy.
[04:03] ---
    Don't go dropping that, now.
[04:05] ---
    I-I'd never!
[04:06] ---
    Oh, hey, Miss Julia?
[04:08] ---
    What is it?
[04:09] ---
    What happens now?
[04:11] ---
    Are we really going to be left grounded until
    we submit papers and get granted permission?
[04:15] ---
    And are they gonna be deciding who can and
    can't fly and hand out licenses and stuff?
[04:20] ---
    All because there are more
    and more of these pricks
[04:23] ---
    who just want to bend the
    world to their whims.
[04:25] ---
    You're either an idiot who joins them,
    or a fool that doesn't.
[04:28] ---
    Those are the only two choices.
[05:53] ---
    You egging me on?
[05:53] ---
    Having a laugh at me?
    Looking for a fight?
[05:56] ---
    Well I'm down for it!
[05:57] ---
    I sure hope you weren't
    thinking you could lose me!
[06:04] ---
    First Officer, we are hitting altitudes
    well above our observed altitude.
[06:08] ---
    We're looking at explosive cyclogenesis.
[06:09] ---
    It might be best to situate
    the Hagoromo elsewhere.
[06:12] ---
    What? That sounds like a huge pain.
[06:15] ---
    You sure we can't just ignore it all?
[06:18] ---
    Okay, I'll do it! I swear!
[06:20] ---
    We're in for it. A real big one.
[06:23] ---
    Batten down the hatch!
[06:24] ---
    Lock those fighters in place!
[06:25] ---
    If any of them get so much
    as a scratch I'm gonna
[06:27] ---
    tie you up like a windsock up atop this ship!
[06:28] ---
    Roger!
    By all means!
[06:38] ---
    Don't think I forgot about
    the time you shot me down!
[06:46] ---
    Or how you came out of
    nowhere back in Porokka!
[06:52] ---
    Or when you came in with all those air pirates
    on the way back from Shouto!
[07:01] ---
    Quit running and fight me!
[07:29] ---
    They didn't shoot? Why?
[07:31] ---
    Why you little...!
[07:32] ---
    Don't even think I'm worth your time, huh?!
[07:34] ---
    I'll show you!
[07:57] ---
    You're not getting away!
[09:03] ---
    Chika, can you quit fidgeting like that?
[09:06] ---
    I'm not fidgeting, okay?
[09:08] ---
    I can hardly even concentrate
    on my calculations here.
[09:10] ---
    Emma, that shouldn't be 21 pounds and 45 sen,
    but 23 pounds and 55 sen.
[09:16] ---
    Well, thank you for pointing that out.
[09:17] ---
    I hate these low-pressure areas.
[09:20] ---
    It makes my head feel all woozy.
[09:22] ---
    I think you've just drank too much.
[09:24] ---
    I know the difference between being drunk
    and the feel of low-pressure.
[09:27] ---
    Do you really, now?
[09:27] ---
    When is she gonna get back?
[09:29] ---
    She won't be returning.
[09:30] ---
    What?!
[09:31] ---
    We can assume she has fled for safety from
[09:34] ---
    the storm much like the Hagoromo has.
[09:36] ---
    True, yeah.
[09:40] ---
    You don't think...
[09:41] ---
    Stop.
[09:42] ---
    Not one more word, Zara.
[09:44] ---
    Never mind, then.
[09:45] ---
    Never mind what?
[09:46] ---
    Kylie's coming back, right?
[09:51] ---
    One thing I know for sure...
[09:53] ---
    Chika's worried about Kylie.
[09:56] ---
    Oh.
[09:57] ---
    Understood.
[09:58] ---
    Nuh-uh! It's the money! I'm
    worried about the money!
[10:01] ---
    Hey! Are you dead?
[10:04] ---
    I... was shot down.
[10:08] ---
    The money...
[10:09] ---
    ...is still there.
[10:24] ---
    The whole top half of my
    engine is blown to bits.
[10:28] ---
    Fuel tank is still in tact.
[10:29] ---
    Natsuo did say it was leak
    resistant now that I think of it.
[10:32] ---
    The radio's out, and for some reason
    my landing gear is deployed.
[10:35] ---
    Did I do that?
[10:37] ---
    When did I pull that off?
[10:38] ---
    Was it just muscle memory?
[10:40] ---
    Did my subconscious do it all for me?
[11:00] ---
    No doubt about it, this is Ofukouyama.
[11:03] ---
    In Yufang, they have ships out at sea
    instead of in the skies, right?
[11:07] ---
    Ofukouyama is supposed to be the same size
    as one of their ship's runways.
[11:12] ---
    So all the new pilot recruits
    go there to practice.
[11:17] ---
    And they came up with all sorts of ways to make
    shorter landings and stuff.
[11:21] ---
    But no matter what nothing worked out,
    and it was nothing but a disaster.
[11:26] ---
    The name Ofukouyama even means disaster!
[11:27] ---
    Isn't that right, Ol' Sab?
[11:31] ---
    Rahama is exactly 260 kilometers
    away flying straight.
[11:34] ---
    And there's not a single
    airfield or town in between.
[11:37] ---
    Forever and ever ago,
    there used to be something here, though.
[11:42] ---
    That stinking So-un Ravine
    is what's really in my way.
[11:44] ---
    I can't even get off Ofukouyama.
[11:46] ---
    Even if I did I'd just wind up in the ravine.
[11:48] ---
    So I've gotta do something
    about my engine, here.
[11:56] ---
    Shot down yet again...
[11:57] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[12:00] ---
    Are you dead?
[12:02] ---
    No, I'm quite alive.
[12:04] ---
    Aww, shucks. I thought I'd get
    to see my first real corpse.
[12:08] ---
    You've never seen one?
[12:10] ---
    Nope. Not a nice fresh dead one.
[12:11] ---
    Well, sorry to disappoint.
[12:13] ---
    Can you grab me that bag?
[12:20] ---
    Shouldn't you be getting back?
[12:22] ---
    Back where?
[12:23] ---
    Home. Everyone must be worried.
[12:25] ---
    It's fine. Someone's probably
    eating my dinner anyway.
[12:28] ---
    We always fight over our food.
[12:30] ---
    Aren't you afraid?
[12:32] ---
    Of what?
[12:33] ---
    Of me.
[12:34] ---
    I know who you are!
[12:35] ---
    And how you live on the
    outskirts of Shioyama.
[12:37] ---
    How you come around to
    buy gasoline from Sunami.
[12:40] ---
    And how everyone calls you "Ol' Sab"!
[12:43] ---
    Yeah, that's all well and true.
[12:45] ---
    If I were to add anything
    else it'd be that I'm a
[12:48] ---
    reclusive, murderous, hot-tempered fugitive.
[12:50] ---
    What...?
[12:51] ---
    Now, run along home.
[12:53] ---
    What'd you do, Ol' Sab?
    You're a real fugitive?!
[12:56] ---
    Listen, kid...
[12:57] ---
    I'm not "kid", I'm Kylie!
[13:10] ---
    Dangit...
[13:12] ---
    Does it hurt?
[13:14] ---
    Want some water?
[13:16] ---
    Quiet, you.
[13:17] ---
    But...
[13:17] ---
    Enough! Get lost!
[13:22] ---
    Yoshi's field got hit again.
[13:26] ---
    Again? You're kidding!
[13:27] ---
    If you ask me, I say it's that
    Shioyama fella who's up to no good.
[13:30] ---
    Ol' Sab?
[13:31] ---
    Yeah.
[13:32] ---
    I should have known.
[13:33] ---
    What do you expect from a guy abandoned
    by the rest of Yufang?
[13:36] ---
    Ol' Sab is from Yufang?
[13:39] ---
    That's no concern for children like you!
[13:41] ---
    Go on, get outta here.
[13:46] ---
    Oh, you're still alive.
[13:51] ---
    Kid...
[13:52] ---
    Locomotives
[13:52] ---
    I'm not "kid", I'm Kylie!
[13:54] ---
    Ol' Sab, are you from Yufang?
[13:57] ---
    And what if I am?
[13:59] ---
    You Yufang people came to
    Ijitsu from that hole, right?
[14:02] ---
    Flying in on your planes?
[14:04] ---
    Then you built tons of factories,
    and made lots of airplanes.
[14:08] ---
    Yeah...
[14:09] ---
    But one day you all just
    left back through that hole.
[14:12] ---
    Leaving your factories, your airplanes,
    and everything here in Ijitsu.
[14:17] ---
    And then the hole disappeared.
[14:20] ---
    Why didn't you go back home?
[14:22] ---
    Did you oversleep?
[14:24] ---
    Who knows?
[14:25] ---
    Maybe you had a tummy-ache?
[14:26] ---
    Maybe.
[14:31] ---
    I'm back!
[14:34] ---
    Look what I found!
[14:35] ---
    This is Yufang-ese, right?
[14:37] ---
    What does it say?
[14:38] ---
    Beats me.
[14:38] ---
    Tell me!
[14:54] ---
    S-so you see, I was just
    trying to grab a book, see?
[14:56] ---
    And the whole thing just came crumbling down!
[15:00] ---
    Are you really not afraid of me?
[15:03] ---
    Nope! You're fun!
[15:05] ---
    "Fun"?
[15:06] ---
    You got all sorts of who knows what here,
    and you know lots about stuff!
[15:13] ---
    So you're just real fun!
[15:14] ---
    Where were you before you came to Rahama?
[15:16] ---
    Are there really mountains
    taller than Shioyama?
[15:19] ---
    Have you ever seen the sea or even a lake?
[15:20] ---
    Can you eat fish?
[15:22] ---
    Have you eaten any?
[15:22] ---
    Are they yummy?
[15:23] ---
    Are you really from Yufang?
[15:25] ---
    Why does that matter to you?
[15:27] ---
    Hm? "Why?"
[15:29] ---
    Well, I just wanna know what I don't know!
[15:32] ---
    I've never seen any of
    that sort of stuff before.
[15:34] ---
    So I wanna know about it. I wanna see it!
[15:37] ---
    Okay, so you really wanna know, then?
[15:38] ---
    Yup, about everything!
[15:42] ---
    Fill 'er up, if you ya could.
[15:44] ---
    What's he planning to do
    with all this gasoline?
[15:47] ---
    Afraid I'm gonna go starting fires?
[15:48] ---
    No, I didn't mean...
[15:49] ---
    Right away, then.
[16:30] ---
    What's the matter, you scared?
[16:33] ---
    It's so incredible! It's really
    something, hey Ol' Sab?
[16:35] ---
    This is what Ijitsu looks like, huh!
[16:39] ---
    Yup.
[16:42] ---
    But this isn't everything.
[16:54] ---
    What the heck kind of landing did you pull?
[16:57] ---
    How do you go and lose just your engine?
[17:03] ---
    Got it! There's my plug!
[17:05] ---
    Now I just need a plug cord-
[17:07] ---
    Natsuo always went on and on about
    how wiring was an art, huh.
[17:11] ---
    Not that I followed one bit.
[17:13] ---
    Reona gave me this scarf, didn't she?
[17:16] ---
    Sorry I gotta do this, but thanks, Reona!
[17:26] ---
    Hup!
[17:37] ---
    Ol' Sa-!
[17:38] ---
    I would like your assistance.
[17:40] ---
    Yeah, and what would I get for it?
[17:42] ---
    Anything you desire.
[17:44] ---
    I don't need a damn thing.
[17:46] ---
    I've got no plans to start any
    new research and development now.
[17:48] ---
    That's a no, then?
[17:50] ---
    Did you not hear me?
[17:51] ---
    You've never thought about going back?
[17:56] ---
    I'll be around again.
[18:01] ---
    What a cute little girl.
[18:03] ---
    Your daughter?
[18:04] ---
    Never seen her.
[18:05] ---
    Yes, he has! I'm Kylie!
[18:07] ---
    Quiet!
[18:08] ---
    Go on home.
[18:11] ---
    And never come back here again.
[18:26] ---
    Ol' Sab!
[18:30] ---
    That's not fair!
[18:31] ---
    Don't leave without me!
[18:33] ---
    I still haven't seen anything yet!
[18:36] ---
    Ordinarily the route would pass
    between Gadoll and Rahama.
[18:38] ---
    12 hours after her scheduled arrival time,
    we began our search in this area.
[18:43] ---
    It has now been 44 hours.
[18:46] ---
    I got in touch with Julia, but
    she says Kylie left just fine.
[18:50] ---
    Though she implied that perhaps
    she ran off with all the money.
[18:53] ---
    Kylie of all people?
[18:55] ---
    Not a chance.
[18:56] ---
    She's never really been in it for the money.
[18:58] ---
    She'd never-ever!
[18:59] ---
    I'm sure she's still
    toughing it out somewhere!
[19:02] ---
    Of course, she is.
[19:04] ---
    Well let's put together a
    more thorough search, then.
[19:09] ---
    It's roughly six AM.
[19:11] ---
    Skies are clear.
[19:13] ---
    Wind is blowing in at two
    khrill from the south east.
[19:15] ---
    Perfect flying weather.
[19:19] ---
    Like it or not, do or die,
    I only got one shot at this!
[19:34] ---
    All right!
[20:25] ---
    Hold it steady.
[20:25] ---
    You can only pull on that yoke
    once you hit 50 kilo-khrill.
[20:34] ---
    C'mon!
[20:49] ---
    You don't fly a plane, they fly on their own.
[20:54] ---
    All a pilot needs to do is follow its lead.
[21:01] ---
    I'm gonna go see all the
    stuff I haven't seen yet.
[21:04] ---
    Bye-bye, Ol' Sab.
[21:15] ---
    Huh?
[21:16] ---
    Whoa, whoa, whoa!
[21:20] ---
    Kylie!
[21:36] ---
    Jeez, where the heck were you?
[21:39] ---
    I'm astounded.
[21:40] ---
    Is our payment safe?
[21:42] ---
    Uh-oh, looks like someone's got a boo-boo.
[21:45] ---
    I'll be waiting for your debriefing!
[21:51] ---
    It's good to be home.
[22:04] ---
    Ano sora o jiyuu ni kakenukete mitai to
[22:08] ---
    Hanasaki no kaze ni negai o noseta
[22:12] ---
    Akogare ga keshiki o tsukutteiku
[22:16] ---
    Ano toki no kaze wa genki kanaa
[22:25] ---
    Nan no tame ni tatakau no kana
[22:29] ---
    Koko ni iru riyuu wa nan darou?
[22:33] ---
    Toikaketa sora wa kotaenai kedo
[22:42] ---
    Bokura wa tsubasa o motteiru
[22:49] ---
    Haruka kanata nageki no shuuchakuten
[22:53] ---
    Mitsuketa monogataritachi
[22:58] ---
    Kono sora wa dare ni mo ubaenai
[23:05] ---
    Boku wa kakeru nanimo kowakunai yo
[23:10] ---
    Shiawase nara koko ni aru yo
[23:25] ---
    Preview
[23:33] ---
    Next time on The Magnificent KOTOBUKI,
    "Blood for a Nazarin Pound"!
[23:38] ---
    Blood for a Nazarin Pound

Season 1

E7 - Blood for a Nazarin Pound

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[00:15] ---
    No two ways about it.
[00:16] ---
    This is the place.
[00:17] ---
    Here's point zero.
[00:19] ---
    This is where the Yufang sprung up from.
[00:22] ---
    And where they disappeared to once again.
[00:24] ---
    It's been a whole 70 years now.
[00:26] ---
    But there's got to be some sort
    of clue somewhere around here.
[00:49] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[00:56] ---
    Flying through the mesh of clouds
[00:59] ---
    Our dancing wings wrap up in the wind
[01:03] ---
    Stars fall right before our eyes
[01:12] ---
    The blue of all blues that drew us in
[01:16] ---
    We kicked up off the blurring ground
[01:19] ---
    Let me hear the sound of the sky you know
[01:26] ---
    Take flight make gravity your ally
[01:33] ---
    One more time, however many
    times, laughing all along
[01:40] ---
    We would never look back when we fly
[01:47] ---
    An everlasting dream we
    live in pursuit of tomorrow
[01:52] ---
    Amid rising despair I locked away my love
[01:55] ---
    I hate my weak self
[01:58] ---
    Here and now passes by as
    we head towards the future
[02:16] ---
    Blood for a Nazarin Pound
[02:17] ---
    Is it just me or does Kate look
    like she's lagging behind?
[02:19] ---
    She sure does.
[02:27] ---
    Whatcha gonna do now?
[02:39] ---
    There it is! That Kate special!
[02:41] ---
    It's hard to keep your wits
    about you when she pulls that.
[02:45] ---
    Yeah, well, she can only pull that off 'cause that
    carburetor can still pump
[02:47] ---
    through the negative g-force.
[02:49] ---
    You stinkin' little...!
[02:51] ---
    And bam, you're dead! Kylie down!
[02:53] ---
    Shut up, you twerp!
[02:54] ---
    Dead as dead can be!
[02:56] ---
    Natsuo, Kate's the one loaded
    up with cheap fuel, right?
[02:59] ---
    Yep. There was a great
    ol' sale the other day.
[03:02] ---
    But lemme tell you, I don't care how cheap it is,
    if it don't burn it ain't worth piss.
[03:06] ---
    So I thought we best put
    it to the test first.
[03:09] ---
    How cheap is cheap?
[03:12] ---
    About half the price of what we always use.
[03:14] ---
    What a fine deal!
[03:16] ---
    You sure that's really even gasoline?
[03:17] ---
    That's easy enough to tell
    when you get your hands on it.
[03:20] ---
    What is it you're testing, then?
[03:22] ---
    The octane rating.
[03:23] ---
    That's the cutest name I ever heard!
[03:25] ---
    Awk Tane! Ock Tain!
[03:26] ---
    What's "ock-tane?"
[03:28] ---
    The higher the octane rating,
    the lower the likelihood of autoignition.
[03:33] ---
    Which is why high power engines
    require high octane gasoline.
[03:38] ---
    Can you determine as much just by flying?
[03:40] ---
    You can tell as soon as you take off,
    but there's no knowing until you do.
[03:44] ---
    Kylie.
[03:44] ---
    How was it?
[03:45] ---
    I hate fighting Kate.
[03:48] ---
    I'd say I did pretty good
    out there today, though!
[03:50] ---
    How 'bout you, Kate?
[03:51] ---
    I noticed multiple cases of knocking.
[03:52] ---
    I estimate at least a three
    percent drop in performance.
[03:55] ---
    Was there an issue with maintenance?
[03:56] ---
    I'm sure glad I had you handle this for me.
[03:59] ---
    What's that supposed to mean?
[04:00] ---
    Kate was flying up there with
    a tank full of cheap gas.
[04:03] ---
    What?! I didn't know that!
[04:05] ---
    Because I didn't tell you.
[04:06] ---
    But now we know why it was so cheap.
[04:09] ---
    Maybe we'd best just drop it all together.
[04:12] ---
    Who on earth was even selling it that cheap?
[04:14] ---
    The Standon Oil Company, out in Ikesuka.
[04:16] ---
    They're one of the biggest companies around.
[04:17] ---
    Where do you usually buy from?
[04:19] ---
    From out in Nanko.
[04:20] ---
    So you mean, Kate wasn't flying with
    the same horsepower she usually has?
[04:24] ---
    So you didn't do "pretty
    good out there" today,
[04:26] ---
    it was just that Kate was being held back!
[04:28] ---
    Gah! And here I was all excited that
    I finally managed to pull away from her!
[04:33] ---
    You're easy to read.
[04:34] ---
    You wanna mess? Try saying that again.
[04:36] ---
    You pilot with perfect spatial awareness.
    It's a beautiful sight.
[04:40] ---
    Now you've got me feeling all conflicted...
[04:42] ---
    It's that well-mannered sort of flying
    that gets you shot down!
[04:45] ---
    Chika, you'd actually do well to learn
    to pilot a bit more carefully like she does.
[04:49] ---
    What?!
[04:50] ---
    She's right, you know.
[04:51] ---
    Kylie probably flies the
    best out of all of us.
[04:54] ---
    I'm sure it's all just instinct for her,
    but she could easily be a flight instructor.
[04:59] ---
    It's one of the great mysteries of our squad!
[05:01] ---
    You think so?
[05:03] ---
    There's no element of surprise to her.
[05:05] ---
    Nor a hint of self-control.
[05:06] ---
    Or a drop of composure.
[05:08] ---
    And by that they mean,
    deal with those issues and you'll be unstoppable.
[05:13] ---
    I get the whole self-control and composure bit,
    but "element of surprise?"
[05:16] ---
    What the heck does that even mean?
[05:18] ---
    Reona.
[05:20] ---
    Requesting permission of leave for tomorrow.
[05:22] ---
    Tomorrow?
[05:23] ---
    Yes.
[05:24] ---
    Of course, you can go!
[05:31] ---
    Where does Kate always go off to?
[05:33] ---
    To go visit her brother in
    the hospital, apparently.
[05:35] ---
    She never came to visit me!
[05:37] ---
    And neither did I.
[05:39] ---
    Reona and Zara did, though!
[05:42] ---
    Did they now? Great. Lucky you.
[05:43] ---
    But like, does she really
    have to go visit so often?
[05:46] ---
    I guess so.
[05:47] ---
    Is this part of that whole "species survival" thing
    she was talking about?
[05:50] ---
    Are you serious?
[05:51] ---
    Reality is stranger than
    fiction, or so they say.
[05:53] ---
    Have you ever even read
    a work of fiction, Chika?
[05:55] ---
    I love books! My favorite is "See the Sea"!
[05:58] ---
    It's the first book my brother
    Chito ever read to me.
[06:00] ---
    Just the thought of that is ridiculous!
[06:02] ---
    Oh, shut up!
[06:03] ---
    When we lived down below, we had so many books,
    and I read lots of them!
[06:07] ---
    "See the Sea" all takes place under water.
[06:09] ---
    There's not even a single scene on land.
    But you knew that, right?
[06:12] ---
    What?!
[06:14] ---
    'Course, I did.
[06:17] ---
    Mmm! This is splendid!
[06:19] ---
    That rich taste and perfect sweetness.
[06:21] ---
    This is distilled liquor, isn't it?
[06:23] ---
    The aged sort that the Yufang
    brought in, I'd wager.
[06:26] ---
    I'm surprised you even
    got your hands on this.
[06:28] ---
    I bought it off an antiques
    dealer in Areshima.
[06:29] ---
    For a fine price, I'm sure.
[06:31] ---
    With no record of where
    it came from and no desire
[06:33] ---
    to crack it open, it was
    simply taking up space.
[06:37] ---
    It was quite inexpensive.
[06:38] ---
    Well, I suppose when the
    bottle looks like that...
[06:41] ---
    What are they doing?
[06:42] ---
    It definitely doesn't look like
    any sort of "species survival".
[06:44] ---
    I brought this as well.
[06:45] ---
    You really found it.
[06:47] ---
    Out in Areshima?
[06:49] ---
    Is your research coming along?
[06:51] ---
    Mhmm, but I still need more sources.
[06:55] ---
    This would all be much easier
    if I could still walk on my own.
[06:59] ---
    Do you want to travel to Yufang, Allen?
[07:01] ---
    Of course, I'd like to see it for myself.
[07:03] ---
    But more than, that I want to
    know why they showed up here
[07:08] ---
    and then just vanished.
[07:10] ---
    Let me make one thing clear...
[07:12] ---
    I'm not researching them simply because
    I have a taste for Yufang alcohol!
[07:17] ---
    I know.
[07:20] ---
    It looks like I was right to
    leave you in Reona's hands.
[07:22] ---
    You smile a lot more than you used to.
[07:25] ---
    How's the KOTOBUKI Corps?
[07:27] ---
    Having fun?
[07:29] ---
    I'm not sure.
[07:30] ---
    Have you ever seen Kate smile before?
[07:32] ---
    Nope. And I've never seen her get mad
    or cry or anything either.
[07:36] ---
    I'll come by again.
[07:37] ---
    Say hi to Reona for me.
[07:39] ---
    Tell her she should bring a nice bottle,
    and come by and visit sometime.
[07:44] ---
    I guess he sorta looks like Kate...
[07:46] ---
    But he's so talkative, and he drinks, too.
[07:48] ---
    I do, yes.
[07:50] ---
    Are you two in the KOTOBUKI Corps, too?
[07:52] ---
    Uhh, well...
[07:53] ---
    Y-yes.
[07:54] ---
    You probably have to look after Kate plenty.
[07:56] ---
    How is she? Does she get along with everyone?
[07:59] ---
    I mean, she's a total weirdo
    sometimes, but yeah.
[08:02] ---
    Hey, hey, how did you know we were out here?
[08:05] ---
    Guess it's just my old
    pilot senses kicking in.
[08:08] ---
    Always need to stay aware
    of your surroundings, right?
[08:12] ---
    I'm pretty sure Kate realized
    you were out here, too.
[08:15] ---
    What...?
[08:16] ---
    Yes. I did.
[08:20] ---
    Allen told me he met Reona
    back when he was a pilot.
[08:24] ---
    Yeah? What did he used to fly?
[08:26] ---
    When is he gonna get better?
[08:28] ---
    It's most likely he never will.
[08:36] ---
    Huh? Kate?
[08:39] ---
    Kate, what are you always reading about?
[08:42] ---
    Mathematics, chemistry, thermodynamics,
    fluid mechanics...
[08:46] ---
    And as of late, electromagnetism.
[08:48] ---
    What about stories?
[08:48] ---
    Or novels or something?
[08:50] ---
    Fiction is pointless.
[08:52] ---
    The author is free to
    write whatever they wish.
[08:55] ---
    There is nothing to gain from such.
[08:57] ---
    You don't even find them fun?
[08:59] ---
    "Fun?"
[09:00] ---
    Stories are like food for the soul!
[09:02] ---
    That's what my brother Chito used to say!
[09:04] ---
    I'll lend you "See the Sea" sometime, 'kay?
[09:06] ---
    It's a real treat!
[09:16] ---
    What a dreary, awful smelling place.
[09:19] ---
    I'm sick of these sort of joints.
[09:21] ---
    But that's where its charm lies, is it not?
[09:24] ---
    Huh?
[09:26] ---
    That's a Standon Oil plane.
[09:28] ---
    What are big shot capitalists like them
    doing way the hell out here?
[09:33] ---
    Any leads, pops?
[09:35] ---
    'Course I don't got any leads!
[09:37] ---
    What were you even thinking trying
    to round up people out here?
[09:41] ---
    No one showed up, then?
[09:43] ---
    The towns likely to dry up faster
    than their oil at this rate.
[09:45] ---
    You watch your mouth!
    That oil's all that's keeping us afloat!
[09:49] ---
    That one tiny little oil well?
[09:51] ---
    It's good enough!
[09:53] ---
    We've even got those Standon boys
    coming out trying to buy it up!
[09:57] ---
    So that's what they're doing way out here.
[09:58] ---
    Well, you guys strike up a deal yet?
[10:01] ---
    Like hell we did!
[10:02] ---
    They showed up here ready
    to buy us straight out!
[10:05] ---
    Sounds like good news to me.
[10:06] ---
    You try working under those guys, then!
[10:09] ---
    They'll just push us for bigger numbers
    until we drive ourselves under.
[10:11] ---
    I tell you, it's not about quantity anymore,
    it's about quality!
[10:14] ---
    Is it, now?
[10:15] ---
    I'm working up a new type of gasoline.
[10:18] ---
    Showin' those youngins what for!
[10:21] ---
    Not that anyone out here's
    really young anymore!
[10:25] ---
    Sounds like you're still the boss
    of things 'round here, pops.
[10:28] ---
    You keep at it.
[10:29] ---
    Oh, you bet your butts I will!
[10:31] ---
    I'll be pumping those junk piles you fly
    with 100 octane gas, you'll see!
[10:41] ---
    It might be high time
    for me to close up shop.
[10:44] ---
    What would you even do without your Shiden?
[10:46] ---
    Live a life of love. It's
    all about love, my friend.
[10:49] ---
    You're the last one I wanna hear that from.
[10:50] ---
    No, I mean it.
[10:51] ---
    I'll head out someplace with lots of people,
    find me a nice gal.
[10:54] ---
    There's no such life for me.
[10:57] ---
    My hands are dyed red with blood.
[11:01] ---
    You're not gonna try and repent?
[11:03] ---
    Even if the father above were to absolve me,
    I could never forgive myself.
[11:07] ---
    See, that's the part of you
    I think you need to work on.
[11:11] ---
    I wish I could.
[11:14] ---
    What was that?! What's going on?!
[11:18] ---
    What the heck is all this?!
[11:20] ---
    Pops, this is bad. You
    need to get outta here!
[11:23] ---
    The hell, I will!
[11:24] ---
    You think I'm gonna let a little
    fire like this scare me off?
[11:26] ---
    Utsumi! Yamada! Go call for help!
[11:29] ---
    I'm gonna need more than
    these old farts here!
[11:31] ---
    On it!
[11:33] ---
    We're done for if this baby blows.
[11:37] ---
    Shouldn't you be worried
    more about an evacuation?
[11:39] ---
    And just let the little town burn?
[11:42] ---
    We should take this.
[11:44] ---
    Now Kate, mind explaining to me why?
[11:47] ---
    If we were to lose our access to Nanko's gas,
[11:49] ---
    we'd be forced to deal with other oil fields.
[11:52] ---
    Ones further away and far more expensive.
[11:53] ---
    That will leave us with no choice but
    to purchase from
[11:56] ---
    affordable places like Standon.
[11:58] ---
    But Standon's gas is poor in quality.
[12:00] ---
    And they are likely to monopolize the industry
    and spike up their prices.
[12:04] ---
    Plus, without access to a source
    as geographically close as Nanko,
[12:08] ---
    we may risk being blockaded entirely.
[12:10] ---
    Worst case scenario, we remain
    grounded indefinitely.
[12:14] ---
    Nanko doesn't have cash,
[12:16] ---
    but they're offering to pay with
    one years worth of gasoline.
[12:18] ---
    Well, that will hardly do.
[12:19] ---
    That's the Madame for you. Heartless.
[12:21] ---
    They'll need to offer us
    reduced rates indefinitely.
[12:25] ---
    And guarantee we'll have
    access to the fuel we need.
[12:27] ---
    Or else our hands our tied.
[12:31] ---
    So be it. You have a deal.
[12:32] ---
    But we need you to stomp
    out every last flame.
[12:35] ---
    But, of course.
[12:36] ---
    Now, how many hands on the
    ground do we need for this?
[12:39] ---
    We don't need any.
[12:41] ---
    How are you going to put the fire out?
[12:42] ---
    With an explosive.
[12:43] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[12:50] ---
    Why do I have to fly the bomber?
[12:52] ---
    What else are you going to fly?
[12:54] ---
    Your plane got shot down, remember?
[12:57] ---
    You're best suited for this.
[12:59] ---
    You can make the best of any aircraft.
[13:02] ---
    We're just barely within flying range.
    We'll need to stick to the shortest route.
[13:05] ---
    Did we really even need to come
    out in numbers like these?
[13:08] ---
    Don't we just need to drop this bomb?
[13:09] ---
    Madame's orders. Says somethings
    just not right about all this.
[13:12] ---
    Told us to be careful.
[13:14] ---
    Pops...
[13:19] ---
    Gosh, darn it! This heat's a scorcher!
[13:23] ---
    There it is!
[13:24] ---
    I let 'em know we'll be bombing the fire out.
[13:27] ---
    Told 'em to get to safety.
[13:29] ---
    The whole place is up in flames, huh...
[13:31] ---
    Hmm?
[13:36] ---
    The Madame's never wrong, is she?
[13:38] ---
    Looks like company's coming out to greet us.
[13:39] ---
    What are they flying?
[13:41] ---
    Shokis, maybe?
[13:42] ---
    It might be the same group
    that hit the airfield.
[13:44] ---
    If they're flying Type
    2s, we can handle them.
[13:50] ---
    Stay alert!
[13:57] ---
    Those aren't Type 2s, they're Type 4s!
[14:00] ---
    They're flying Hayates?
[14:01] ---
    What kinda air pirates have Hayates?!
[14:02] ---
    They're built basically
    the same as the Type 2s.
[14:04] ---
    Just with more power and better turning!
[14:09] ---
    Why do stinking air pirates
    get to fly such fast planes?
[14:11] ---
    That's not fair!
[14:12] ---
    Are these really even pirates?
[14:13] ---
    Oh, come on, why do we have to deal with
    this sort of stuff on today of all days?
[14:17] ---
    I can't even fight back!
[14:19] ---
    Leave 'em to me!
[14:20] ---
    Hey, wait!
[14:25] ---
    Gah, come on!
[14:37] ---
    Bwah! Kate, we're gonna dodge 'em!
[14:39] ---
    Roger.
[14:54] ---
    I can't shoot if they get below us.
[14:56] ---
    Gah, I wish we could make a roll!
[14:57] ---
    Absolutely not.
[14:59] ---
    They're so fast!
[15:01] ---
    Chika, I'll act as bait!
[15:02] ---
    Roger that!
[15:17] ---
    Got-
[15:18] ---
    -none?!
[15:19] ---
    The Type 4 has is heavily armored.
[15:21] ---
    Aim for its weak points!
[15:22] ---
    What weak points?!
[15:23] ---
    The tail!
[15:32] ---
    C'mon!
[15:34] ---
    Dangit!
[15:35] ---
    Above you!
[15:37] ---
    Dammit!
[15:39] ---
    Adolfo!
[15:40] ---
    Damn, these guys are pros!
[15:49] ---
    Chika?!
[15:49] ---
    Now you're mine!
[15:59] ---
    Gotcha!
[16:03] ---
    Gah! You're a stubborn one, aren't ya!
[16:05] ---
    Chika! On your tail!
[16:06] ---
    Grrr!
[16:11] ---
    They're mine now.
[16:12] ---
    Emma, above you!
[16:13] ---
    What is it with these horrid pests?!
[16:16] ---
    Were in a bad spot up against these guys.
[16:18] ---
    They aren't playing around.
[16:21] ---
    Oh my!
[16:23] ---
    Zara!
[16:31] ---
    Zara, do you copy?!
[16:34] ---
    Well, this is just wonderful...
[16:44] ---
    Pops...
[16:46] ---
    Ah, dangit!
[16:47] ---
    If I gotta die, I wish it was at least
    together with some nice lass.
[16:54] ---
    Kylie, if things look bad, drop that bomb
    and make an emergency landing!
[16:57] ---
    No way! We're putting out those fires!
[16:59] ---
    Kylie, approach our target from our eight o'clock.
    Then veer off at two o'clock.
[17:03] ---
    Okay!
[17:11] ---
    Kylie, 30 degrees to your right.
[17:12] ---
    Got it!
[17:20] ---
    Pull up to two thousand.
[17:21] ---
    Here we go!
[17:26] ---
    Kylie, roll us one eighty degrees.
[17:28] ---
    What? R-right?
[17:32] ---
    Perfect.
[17:43] ---
    Damn!
[17:44] ---
    They're toast at this rate!
[17:45] ---
    Adolfo, there's something I wanted
    to apologize to you for.
[17:49] ---
    That Yufang liquor you had hidden away?
    I'm the one who drank it.
[17:53] ---
    I hope you can forgive me.
[17:54] ---
    Hey, where's this coming
    from, all of a sudden?
[17:56] ---
    Wait!
[18:15] ---
    Fernando! I forgive you!
    I forgive you, okay?!
[18:17] ---
    Just don't go doing anything stupid!
[18:30] ---
    Fernando!
[18:34] ---
    Damn you... You and your
    battlefield confessional!
[18:37] ---
    I take that back, I don't forgive you!
[18:46] ---
    Kate, what are you doing?!
[18:47] ---
    Lighting the fuse.
[18:48] ---
    This is an IED, after all.
[18:50] ---
    I've already calculated the timing.
[18:51] ---
    Kylie, drop the load when
    we're 200 meters out.
[18:53] ---
    You sure we can't drop it a little earlier?
[18:55] ---
    Absolutely not.
[18:55] ---
    I can feel my butt puckering already!
[18:59] ---
    800 meters.
[19:03] ---
    600 meters.
[19:05] ---
    Ready...
[19:07] ---
    Go.
[19:08] ---
    Hiyah!
[19:19] ---
    Kylie, good work.
[19:23] ---
    Fires extinguished.
[19:29] ---
    Now's a convenient time to take off...
[19:31] ---
    Who were those guys?
[19:34] ---
    Looks like the winds of fortune
    fell upon us after all!
[19:43] ---
    I'm telling ya, this place still reeks.
[19:47] ---
    And that's what it feels like to be alive!
[19:49] ---
    Nothing but a cold beer tastes
    quite like life itself!
[19:53] ---
    Yes...
[19:54] ---
    I sure didn't feel alive out there today.
[19:57] ---
    I don't wanna fly anything
    but a fighter plane again.
[20:00] ---
    I didn't even score a single tag today!
[20:02] ---
    At least you aren't down one like me.
[20:03] ---
    Our mission was just to put out that fire.
[20:06] ---
    No need to go keeping score.
[20:08] ---
    And we pulled it off!
[20:10] ---
    That's one more win for us!
[20:11] ---
    Who the heck were those guys, anyway?
[20:13] ---
    Were they trying to dispose
    of the oil field in Nanko?
[20:16] ---
    If this was the first time
    they ever showed up, that might explain it.
[20:18] ---
    But there's been so much more.
[20:20] ---
    Yeah...
[20:21] ---
    Nanko seems like it'll dry up sooner or
    later on its own, anyway.
[20:24] ---
    All we can say is, they
    sure aren't air pirates.
[20:26] ---
    We're dealing with a well-led organization.
[20:28] ---
    Led to do the absolute worst of deeds, is it?
[20:31] ---
    That's what seems off about it all.
[20:33] ---
    It says here, "The sea is whispering..."
[20:35] ---
    But the sea is not a living being.
[20:37] ---
    It doesn't mean it literally
    was, it's just a metaphor!
[20:40] ---
    Stories like these don't just
    explain everything like that.
[20:42] ---
    You're supposed to build the world
    for yourself as you read it!
[20:46] ---
    Build it...?
[20:47] ---
    That's what my brother Chito always said!
[20:48] ---
    Is that "See the Sea?"
[20:50] ---
    Wasn't there some drunkard
    just like Allen in that story?
[20:53] ---
    A person who loved his drink so much he tried
    to keep all the liquor to himself.
[20:56] ---
    Well, more of a crab than a person.
[20:58] ---
    All to himself...?
[20:59] ---
    Down under the sea there were
    these springs of alcohol, see?
[21:02] ---
    And this one crab who lived by one just
    wanted to drink even more and more.
[21:07] ---
    Oh my, sounds like the
    drink is what drunk him!
[21:10] ---
    And so he thought up a plan.
[21:13] ---
    If he plugged up all the other springs,
    he figured more would shoot up from his.
[21:19] ---
    Speaking of things that seem off...
[21:21] ---
    Well, in the end, he just ends up running his
    own spring dry, and no longer gets to drink.
[21:27] ---
    I bet those black Hayates just wanna keep
    all the liquor to themselves, too!
[21:30] ---
    You think they're traveling the
    world, plugging up wherever
[21:32] ---
    it comes from so they can control it all?
[21:34] ---
    That'd be some grand sort of plan.
[21:36] ---
    Hey, I think Kate's smiling!
[21:38] ---
    No way!
[21:41] ---
    Uh, yeah.
[21:43] ---
    I'm totally not seeing it.
[21:45] ---
    It's just as I reported.
[21:47] ---
    Those KOTOBUKI girls hit us once again.
[21:51] ---
    Very well.
[21:53] ---
    As you wish.
[22:04] ---
    I wanted to try and soar through that sky
[22:08] ---
    So I wished upon the winds right before me
[22:12] ---
    Our aspirations build us scenery
[22:16] ---
    I wonder how that wind is now
[22:25] ---
    Why do we fight, I wonder
[22:29] ---
    What is our purpose here?
[22:33] ---
    I asked, but the skies do not answer
[22:42] ---
    We all have wings
[22:49] ---
    Far away at the end of all lament
[22:53] ---
    The stories we found
[22:58] ---
    No one can steal these skies away
[23:05] ---
    We will soar unafraid of anything
[23:10] ---
    Because happiness is right here
[23:26] ---
    Preview
[23:33] ---
    Next time on The Magnificent KOTOBUKI,
    "The Great Airship Robbery"!
[23:38] ---
    The Great Airship Robbery

Season 1

E8 - The Great Airship Robbery

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[00:12] ---
    Kylie!
[00:14] ---
    This little guys got a bit of a fever.
[00:15] ---
    Is he one of the kids from your place?
[00:16] ---
    Yeah.
[00:17] ---
    What brings you here?
[00:18] ---
    Just a regular checkup.
[00:20] ---
    I put mine off for so long
    that the Madame flipped!
[00:24] ---
    That's cause in our line of work
[00:25] ---
    we risk running into serious
    accidents if we aren't at our best.
[00:28] ---
    These checkups help keep
    us in peak condition.
[00:31] ---
    Yeah, yeah.
[00:33] ---
    You crash if you get sick?
[00:35] ---
    Are you gonna die, Reona?
[00:36] ---
    Miyuri, don't you worry about me.
[00:40] ---
    Soya?
[00:41] ---
    Here!
[00:42] ---
    C'mon, Soya.
[00:42] ---
    I don't wanna get a shot!
[00:44] ---
    Hey!
[00:44] ---
    Miyuri, you wait here.
[00:45] ---
    I'll watch her for you.
[00:47] ---
    Thanks!
[00:48] ---
    Hey there. I'm Kylie.
[00:50] ---
    I work with Reona.
[00:52] ---
    Your job isn't dangerous or anything, is it?
[00:57] ---
    Well, it's definitely not safe.
[01:00] ---
    Oh, I knew it!
[01:02] ---
    Why does Reona keep flying
    if she might get hurt?
[01:04] ---
    I think she flies for your sake.
[01:06] ---
    For me?
[01:08] ---
    Everyone's got something they fly to protect.
[01:12] ---
    That's why we don't let
    ourselves get shot down!
[01:14] ---
    Because we wanna get back
    and see the people we love.
[01:16] ---
    Really...?
[01:17] ---
    Do you have something you fly for, too?
[01:20] ---
    'Course I do!
[01:21] ---
    What is it?
[01:22] ---
    Well, you see!
[01:23] ---
    I...
[01:26] ---
    Huh?
[01:41] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[01:48] ---
    Kumo to kumo amime o nukete
[01:51] ---
    Odoru hane kaze o matou
[01:55] ---
    Me no mae de hoshi ga ochiteiku
[02:04] ---
    Akogareta aoi ao
[02:08] ---
    Nijimu chihyou keriageta
[02:11] ---
    Kikasete yo kimi dake no sora no ne o
[02:18] ---
    Tobidatsu jyuuryoku o mikata ni tsukete
[02:25] ---
    Mou ichido nando demo warai nagara
[02:32] ---
    Bokura wa ushiro o muite tobou to wa shinai
[02:39] ---
    Tsukinai yume asu o otte ikiru
[02:44] ---
    Waita zetsubou ni ai o tozashita
[02:47] ---
    Yowai boku wa kirai da
[02:50] ---
    Nagareru ima mukau saki wa mirai
[03:06] ---
    So this is a fish?
[03:07] ---
    I'd never seen one before myself.
[03:07] ---
    The Great Airship Robbery
[03:10] ---
    There was nothing like it in See the Sea!
[03:11] ---
    It was exactly like the
    encyclopedias described.
[03:13] ---
    It's still pretty weird, huh?
[03:15] ---
    Are you feeling constipated?
[03:16] ---
    She's just not too happy
    with today's mission, huh?
[03:20] ---
    You said the pay was incredible, though!
[03:23] ---
    That's because that fish is worth a fortune.
[03:26] ---
    And because we took a job that should
[03:28] ---
    be handled by multiple teams all on our own.
[03:30] ---
    "As the new mayor of Ikesuka, Isao moves to
[03:33] ---
    celebrate the foundation of the
    Brotherhood of Freedom Union.
[03:36] ---
    He has purchased a rare fish,
    and plans to put it on display for the public."
[03:40] ---
    "He has tasked the Ouni Company's
    KOTOBUKI Corps, heroes of the
[03:43] ---
    Nanko oil field, with its transportation."
[03:46] ---
    Goodness me...
[03:47] ---
    Did you go take a look at the fish, Johnny?
[03:49] ---
    Nope.
[03:50] ---
    What?! Why? It's really cool, you know!
[03:52] ---
    It would only bring back memories...
[03:53] ---
    Of poor Miki...
[03:55] ---
    Here we go again.
[03:56] ---
    Who's Miki?
[03:57] ---
    He splurged to get a fish to
    serve at his wedding, see.
[04:02] ---
    What?!
[04:02] ---
    So you're married?
[04:03] ---
    You've eaten fish before?!
[04:04] ---
    How was it?!
[04:06] ---
    I was so nervous I couldn't taste a thing!
[04:08] ---
    What a waste!
[04:10] ---
    Who is this Miki?
[04:11] ---
    The woman in that portrait
    there. She was Johnny's wife.
[04:14] ---
    "Was?"
[04:16] ---
    Yes, and she is still always
    with us, here in my heart.
[04:23] ---
    Okay, okay. Enough of that.
[04:25] ---
    I think everyone's due for a refill.
[04:26] ---
    Right. Care for another round?
[04:28] ---
    No, I'm gonna get back in position.
[04:30] ---
    Are you, now...
[04:31] ---
    Slapping us on the front page like that
    is basically asking for trouble, you see.
[04:35] ---
    I wish we didn't always have to fight.
[04:38] ---
    Don't you fret! I'll keep you safe!
[04:40] ---
    Yeah, you just leave things to us.
[04:42] ---
    I feel better already.
[04:45] ---
    Still, you wanna change our flight path again
    and take the long way around?
[04:48] ---
    Do we really need to go this far?
[04:51] ---
    We wouldn't be doing it if we didn't have to.
[04:53] ---
    Especially not considering
    how much it will cost.
[04:57] ---
    What's with all these noises?
[04:58] ---
    Just been having a bit of
    a stomach ache all day.
[05:01] ---
    Why did you take on a job like this, anyway?
[05:04] ---
    We're transporters.
[05:06] ---
    Did you expect me to stand
    in front of the press and say
[05:09] ---
    "No" after someone asked
    if we can handle this?
[05:11] ---
    Sure, but did you have to turn down
    all those escorts, too?
[05:15] ---
    That would just be playing into Isao's hand.
[05:17] ---
    If we accepted his help,
    they'd take all the credit once we pulled it off.
[05:22] ---
    Guess that makes sense.
[05:24] ---
    That grumbling is infuriating.
[05:26] ---
    Feel free to relieve yourself.
[05:27] ---
    With pleasure! Can you act as
    first officer while I'm gone?
[05:31] ---
    Yes, yes.
[05:35] ---
    Multiple bogeys spotted on our eleven.
[05:37] ---
    First Officer!
[05:38] ---
    He's still holed up in the restroom.
[05:39] ---
    Are you sure these aren't just aircraft
    that are cutting across our path?
[05:41] ---
    They're moving straight at
    us, so that is unlikely.
[05:45] ---
    How did they pick up on our trail?
[05:46] ---
    With the First Officer still away,
    we await your orders now, Madame.
[05:50] ---
    All pilots prepare for battle!
[05:52] ---
    What?!
[05:57] ---
    We're up against huge numbers.
[05:58] ---
    They sure didn't keep us waiting!
[06:00] ---
    You're not getting anywhere near our fishy!
[06:02] ---
    Here they come! Look at all of 'em!
[06:04] ---
    We're looking at what, fifteen or so?
[06:06] ---
    That's two and a half targets for each of us.
[06:08] ---
    We can handle this!
[06:10] ---
    Fly high, KOTOBUKI Corps!
[06:13] ---
    Yes ma’am!
[06:45] ---
    Oh no, you don't!
[06:46] ---
    Watch my tail, Emma!
[06:48] ---
    On it already!
[06:56] ---
    Kylie, I'll draw them in.
[06:58] ---
    You get behind them!
[06:59] ---
    Roger!
[07:04] ---
    Gah! You're too clever for your own good!
[07:10] ---
    No one likes a man that can't take a hint!
[07:16] ---
    I don't like air pirates that
    can take a hint, either.
[07:19] ---
    We have a reading on possible bogeys
    pulling in fast from the rear.
[07:23] ---
    Incoming report from the rear watch.
[07:25] ---
    Confirmed sight of enemy craft approaching.
[07:27] ---
    It appears they hugged the ground
    and flew in under our radar.
[07:34] ---
    KOTOBUKI Corps, fall back immediately!
[07:36] ---
    New targets closing in!
[07:38] ---
    Wait, was this just a decoy?!
[07:40] ---
    But there are so many of them!
[07:41] ---
    That's impossible.
[07:41] ---
    I've never seen decoys as serious as this!
[07:43] ---
    Usually you'd expect them
    to let up somewhere...
[07:46] ---
    Fall back!
[07:46] ---
    Reona, behind you!
[07:48] ---
    What's with these guys?!
[07:50] ---
    Do they still wanna die even though the
    jig is up? How dumb are they?!
[07:52] ---
    Stay alert! These are no ordinary pirates!
[07:55] ---
    We need to take them out
    before they get us first!
[08:18] ---
    And just who do you think
    is going to fix that?!
[08:21] ---
    Come on out and fight me!
[08:35] ---
    This is Kylie, Hagoromo, come in!
[08:39] ---
    This is bad, no one's radioing in!
[08:41] ---
    Look! The hatch!
[08:43] ---
    Don't tell me...!
[08:44] ---
    We've been boarded.
[08:45] ---
    We took too long dealing with the others.
[08:47] ---
    Hagoromo! Cindy! Betti! Addie! Come in!
[08:56] ---
    Oh please, no! I hate guns!
[09:01] ---
    Attention KOTOBUKI Corps.
[09:03] ---
    We have taken control of your airship.
[09:07] ---
    Call off your attack immediately
    and leave this area.
[09:11] ---
    This is corps leader, Reona.
[09:12] ---
    What are you after?
[09:14] ---
    What else? The fish.
[09:17] ---
    Your time as a mercenary squad ends today.
[09:20] ---
    Now scram.
[09:23] ---
    Fall back...
[09:24] ---
    You can't be...!
[09:24] ---
    Reona!
[09:25] ---
    You're just gonna run?!
[09:26] ---
    Do as she says.
[09:42] ---
    Now it's your turn.
[09:43] ---
    Excuse yourselves from the bridge.
[09:45] ---
    Do what he says.
[10:06] ---
    What a mess!
[10:08] ---
    This is a message to the mayor of Ikesuka.
[10:10] ---
    We have taken control of the
    Rahama airship Hagoromo
[10:13] ---
    and are en route to Ikesuka now.
[10:16] ---
    We demand the following from mayor Isao
    and the city of Ikesuka.
[10:21] ---
    First, that Isao resigns as mayor.
[10:24] ---
    Second, that the Brotherhood of Freedom Union
    be abolished immediately.
[10:27] ---
    If you refuse to accept
    either of these conditions,
[10:29] ---
    we will crash the Hagoromo into Ikesuka.
[10:32] ---
    Setting off a massive explosion.
[10:35] ---
    Here you are.
[10:39] ---
    I don't drink anymore.
[10:40] ---
    "Anymore?" Well why-
[10:42] ---
    Quiet.
[10:43] ---
    Terribly sorry!
[10:45] ---
    Still, you robbers here seem
    almost like military men.
[10:50] ---
    No! I mean that as a compliment!
[10:52] ---
    Who's paying you?
[10:55] ---
    We don't work for anyone!
[10:57] ---
    We're air pirates.
[10:58] ---
    Fine, then.
[11:00] ---
    I don't care who you are, anyway.
[11:02] ---
    But you will pay for what
    you've done to my crew.
[11:08] ---
    They've really gone and made her mad, now.
[11:11] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[11:13] ---
    It seems they haven't changed course.
[11:16] ---
    We should have eyes on them shortly.
[11:19] ---
    There they are.
[11:26] ---
    Chika, you're losing altitude.
[11:28] ---
    Just wanted to see how low I could go!
[11:30] ---
    Must be nice to be so carefree.
[11:31] ---
    Me, I have to deal with
    all this heavy baggage.
[11:35] ---
    That was only in jest.
[11:37] ---
    Just sit tight back there, you two.
[11:40] ---
    Oh shut up, Emma.
[11:41] ---
    Sorry for roping you into this.
[11:44] ---
    Nah, I volunteered!
[11:46] ---
    You had me surprised, honestly.
[11:48] ---
    Why?
[11:49] ---
    I didn't figure you had any
    interest in anything but flying.
[11:52] ---
    That's not true! I-
[11:54] ---
    You...?
[11:58] ---
    Say... Do you do all this for
    the kids like Miyuri and all them?
[12:04] ---
    I need money if I want to keep
    that orphanage running, after all.
[12:08] ---
    Yeah...
[12:09] ---
    What's with you all of a sudden, though?
[12:12] ---
    Nothing...
[12:14] ---
    This is the First Officer of the Hagoromo!
[12:17] ---
    First Officer?!
[12:19] ---
    This is the KOTOBUKI Corps!
[12:21] ---
    Is that you, First Officer Saneatsu?
[12:22] ---
    Oh, you're still there! What a relief!
[12:24] ---
    Not really though, we're in a pinch!
[12:26] ---
    They just came outta nowhere-
[12:27] ---
    Right, but what's the situation now?
[12:29] ---
    I can only tell you what I've seen myself.
[12:31] ---
    But the enemy is fully armed.
[12:33] ---
    And there's gotta be at
    least 12 of them on board.
[12:36] ---
    Probably more than that.
[12:37] ---
    They've landed three Toryu
    and one Hayate on board.
[12:40] ---
    Wow, I never thought our FO
    would do anything useful!
[12:42] ---
    Every dog has its day!
[12:45] ---
    Target spotted on our five o'clock.
[12:49] ---
    Here they come!
[12:51] ---
    We need to make sure we keep
    them good and occupied.
[12:54] ---
    It's time for some fancy flying!
[12:59] ---
    I've got eyes.
[13:00] ---
    And we're still in line?
[13:02] ---
    Indeed.
[13:02] ---
    We should be right in
    the radar blind spot Addie told me of.
[13:44] ---
    I'm off!
[13:45] ---
    Be careful.
[13:58] ---
    Hup!
[13:59] ---
    Can you skirt around to the bridge?
[14:01] ---
    I'm on it!
[14:04] ---
    Everything's in place.
    Report to the commander.
[14:06] ---
    Roger!
[14:08] ---
    Are those...?
[14:08] ---
    Explosives.
[14:09] ---
    What are we gonna do? Can you defuse those?
[14:11] ---
    Not a chance.
[14:12] ---
    Let's find Johnny.
[14:13] ---
    Why? You need a drink?
[14:15] ---
    No...
[14:18] ---
    There he is.
[14:20] ---
    You stay hidden here.
[14:21] ---
    What?
[14:30] ---
    Oh my! I'm so sorry.
[14:36] ---
    Johnny!
[14:43] ---
    Whoa...
[14:44] ---
    Nice one, Ririko.
[14:45] ---
    It was nothing.
[14:47] ---
    You too, Johnny.
[14:48] ---
    With aim like that even rubber bullets
    can take 'em down, eh?
[14:51] ---
    I can't believe I shot someone!
[14:53] ---
    What else do you keep that
    thing back there, for?
[14:56] ---
    It's just a lucky charm!
[14:57] ---
    With aim like that it's no wonder you used
    to be known as the fastest shot around.
[15:01] ---
    Johnny the Uncatchable!
[15:02] ---
    Don't call me that!
[15:04] ---
    I promised Miki I'd never take up arms again!
[15:07] ---
    I'll apologize to Miki for you myself.
[15:10] ---
    You can talk to the dead?!
[15:12] ---
    Madame, are you a spirit medium?!
[15:12] ---
    Promise?
    Madame, are you a spirit medium?!
[15:13] ---
    I promise.
[15:14] ---
    So I need you to help us out here.
[15:17] ---
    I do hope you mean it.
[15:23] ---
    These are the very same pilots
    we were up against in Nanko, aren't they?
[15:26] ---
    Why are they back?
[15:27] ---
    Just by coincidence?
[15:28] ---
    I doubt that.
[15:30] ---
    Either way, just be careful.
[15:32] ---
    One thing we do know is that they're tough.
[15:34] ---
    In a sad turn of events, the
    Hagoromo has been hijacked.
[15:37] ---
    And we can confirm that
    they are indeed headed for Ikesuka now.
[15:39] ---
    Are we going to be okay?
[15:40] ---
    Definitely not!
[15:42] ---
    But turning misfortunes
    like these upside down
[15:45] ---
    is what we of the Brotherhood are here for!
[15:47] ---
    We have been preparing for
    just this sort of event!
[15:50] ---
    To all you reporters who claimed we wasted away
    your tax money... Prepare your apologies!
[15:54] ---
    To all my beloved Hagoromo crew.
[15:59] ---
    My apologies for the current situation.
[16:01] ---
    But the time to sit patient is now over.
[16:04] ---
    Here it comes, what's the code word?
[16:06] ---
    The captain takes flight at daybreak.
[16:09] ---
    All right!
[16:10] ---
    Hold it right there!
[16:14] ---
    Spin those inertia handles!
[16:15] ---
    Roger that!
    With pleasure!
[16:26] ---
    Freeze!
[16:27] ---
    Yes! As you wish!
[17:01] ---
    I shot them...
[17:12] ---
    Nice one, Loulou!
[17:17] ---
    Don't you run!
[17:18] ---
    I'm gonna tear you down and
    beat you back into shape!
[17:21] ---
    Leave them to us!
[17:21] ---
    It's no good! They've cut off
    access to the gas reserves!
[17:25] ---
    We'll do what we must to fulfill our mission.
[17:28] ---
    If that means we have to go down too-
[17:30] ---
    It's time you accept defeat.
[17:31] ---
    And it looks like we do!
[17:36] ---
    Get off me!
[17:49] ---
    What kind of brute uses
    real bullets on an airship?
[17:52] ---
    Is there any way we can land this thing?
[17:54] ---
    None whatsoever.
[17:55] ---
    The backup system is out, too.
[17:57] ---
    Betti, what's our estimated location?
[17:59] ---
    We are likely 30 kilometers south of Ikesuka.
[18:02] ---
    Johnny, have you dealt with those explosives?
[18:03] ---
    Unfortunately, this isn't looking easy.
[18:06] ---
    My apologies!
[18:07] ---
    How long will it take?
[18:08] ---
    Roughly...
[18:10] ---
    An hour?
[18:11] ---
    Can't we turn off the engines manually?
[18:13] ---
    The doors to all the engine rooms
[18:14] ---
    have been destroyed,
    and it will take time to get through them!
[18:17] ---
    So we're on a non-stop, out
    of control flight to Ikesuka
[18:20] ---
    with a load of bombs on board?
[18:24] ---
    Kylie!
[18:25] ---
    On it!
[18:31] ---
    Huh?
[18:37] ---
    They're going to run away again?
[18:39] ---
    How infuriating!
[18:40] ---
    Yeah, but I'm almost out
    of fuel and ammo too.
[18:42] ---
    I'm just glad we made it through all that!
[18:44] ---
    We may not have.
[18:45] ---
    What the heck is that?
[18:46] ---
    My guess would be the Ikesuka Air Force.
[18:48] ---
    Or Isao's own air fleet, in other words.
[18:51] ---
    This is the Hagoromo.
[18:52] ---
    Incoming Ikesuka aircraft, do you copy?
[18:57] ---
    So, why aren't they responding?
[18:59] ---
    My guess is that the moment
    we enter Ikesuka airspace
[19:02] ---
    they are going to shoot us
    down, no questions asked.
[19:04] ---
    You can't be serious...
[19:05] ---
    We're an out of control ship
    stocked with explosives.
[19:07] ---
    That's all the justification they need.
[19:10] ---
    Reona, this is Loulou.
[19:11] ---
    Reona, here.
[19:12] ---
    This is an order.
[19:14] ---
    Shoot down the Hagoromo.
[19:16] ---
    Now, I don't want you tearing it apart
    and sending it falling.
[19:19] ---
    So what I need you to do is
    make sure we lose just enough
[19:22] ---
    helium to make an emergency landing.
[19:23] ---
    But that's ridiculous!
[19:25] ---
    Plus, you're packed with explosives, right?
[19:27] ---
    Have you handled those, yet?
[19:29] ---
    No.
[19:30] ---
    But then...!
[19:31] ---
    I need you to pull this off.
[19:33] ---
    Roger that, Madame!
[19:37] ---
    Get outta here!
[20:04] ---
    All right. Just one more!
[20:05] ---
    Make this one count!
[20:06] ---
    Got it!
[20:18] ---
    We did it!
[20:48] ---
    So Johnny was a real pro mercenary?
[20:50] ---
    And an excellent one, too.
[20:53] ---
    Then one day he fell in love with a woman named Miki
    and decided to leave that life behind.
[21:00] ---
    But Miki's still alive, right?
[21:02] ---
    Why aren't they together?
[21:03] ---
    Well you see...
[21:05] ---
    He put the trade behind him,
    but he couldn't get rid of his guns.
[21:08] ---
    He ended up just expanding his collection instead,
    and she ended up growing to resent him.
[21:14] ---
    What's Ririko's story, then?
[21:15] ---
    Her? She's just your
    ordinary sort of waitress.
[21:18] ---
    You call that ordinary?!
[21:20] ---
    Please forgive me, Miki.
    I broke my promise...
[21:23] ---
    But I do hope you will still come back to me.
[21:26] ---
    I'm almost certain she never will.
[21:27] ---
    If you could sign this receipt for me.
[21:29] ---
    For handing over those perps I say thank you,
    bless you, and hang me out to dry!
[21:33] ---
    "Handing them over?"
    You basically snatched them away from us.
[21:36] ---
    Oh, but that just sounds awful!
[21:39] ---
    Anywho, excellent work out there!
[21:41] ---
    We are professionals, you see.
[21:44] ---
    Let me be clear.
[21:45] ---
    We will never accept another job from you.
[21:49] ---
    Do be careful, then.
[21:51] ---
    Fame isn't always easy, you know.
[22:04] ---
    Ano sora o jiyuu ni kakenukete mitai to
[22:08] ---
    Hanasaki no kaze ni negai o noseta
[22:12] ---
    Akogare ga keshiki o tsukutteiku
[22:16] ---
    Ano toki no kaze wa genki kanaa
[22:25] ---
    Nan no tame ni tatakau no kana
[22:29] ---
    Koko ni iru riyuu wa nan darou?
[22:33] ---
    Toikaketa sora wa kotaenai kedo
[22:42] ---
    Bokura wa tsubasa o motteiru
[22:49] ---
    Haruka kanata nageki no shuuchakuten
[22:53] ---
    Mitsuketa monogataritachi
[22:58] ---
    Kono sora wa dare ni mo ubaenai
[23:05] ---
    Boku wa kakeru nanimo kowakunai yo
[23:10] ---
    Shiawase nara koko ni aru yo
[23:26] ---
    Preview
[23:33] ---
    Next time on The Magnificent KOTOBUKI,
    "The Vagabond Spruce"!
[23:38] ---
    The Vagabond Spruce

Season 1

E9 - The Vagabond Leader

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[00:12] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[00:19] ---
    Flying through the mesh of clouds
[00:22] ---
    Our dancing wings wrap up in the wind
[00:26] ---
    Stars fall right before our eyes
[00:35] ---
    The blue of all blues that drew us in
[00:39] ---
    We kicked up off the blurring ground
[00:42] ---
    Let me hear the sound of the sky you know
[00:49] ---
    Take flight make gravity your ally
[00:56] ---
    One more time, however many
    times, laughing all along
[01:03] ---
    We would never look back when we fly
[01:10] ---
    An everlasting dream we
    live in pursuit of tomorrow
[01:15] ---
    Amid rising despair I locked away my love
[01:18] ---
    I hate my weak self
[01:21] ---
    Here and now passes by as
    we head towards the future
[01:32] ---
    Yikes! I forgot Malo!
[01:34] ---
    Do you honestly plan on
    taking that thing with you?
[01:36] ---
    You really shouldn't!
[01:37] ---
    I'm heading out ahead, then.
[01:38] ---
    You can't wait for us?
[01:40] ---
    What does it matter?
    We're headed off to different places anyway.
[01:43] ---
    We could still stay together
    at least as far as Shibushiku.
[01:45] ---
    Kate, I got us a map of
    the way out to Teikatsu.
[01:47] ---
    Understood.
[01:48] ---
    Kylie, the rest of us might
    be away for a while...
[01:50] ---
    But don't you go tarnishing
    the Corps while we're gone.
[01:53] ---
    In other words, do behave yourself.
[01:56] ---
    Yeah yeah yeah yeah...
[01:57] ---
    I've got those engines warmed and ready and
[01:58] ---
    you're just gonna sit around
    taking your sweet time?!
[02:00] ---
    Someone got the runs or something?
[02:02] ---
    We're coming, we're coming.
[02:03] ---
    You hold down the fort
    while we're away, Kylie.
[02:05] ---
    The Hagoromo's in your hands now.
[02:07] ---
    Yep.
[02:08] ---
    Not like it's going anywhere
    since it's grounded for repairs.
[02:12] ---
    If you want a souvenir I could
    get you something, you know!
[02:14] ---
    No thanks.
[02:15] ---
    Really now? Fine, you get nothing!
[02:19] ---
    The Vagabond Spruce
[02:32] ---
    What's with that sleepy face?
[02:34] ---
    I'm just so bored.
[02:36] ---
    Everyone else sure seemed busy.
[02:37] ---
    They sure love to work, huh?
[02:39] ---
    And here we were with a whole month off.
[02:42] ---
    I'd think almost anyone would jump at
    the chance for work with a twenty percent raise.
[02:47] ---
    Not you?
[02:48] ---
    I'd go if I could just fly
    wherever I want however I want.
[02:51] ---
    Well that wouldn't be work now, would it?
[02:54] ---
    I always thought you loved the work you do.
[02:57] ---
    I mean, I don't hate it!
[02:58] ---
    It's how I get to fly.
[03:00] ---
    I'll clean that up for you if
    you aren't going to finish it.
[03:02] ---
    What?! Not a chance!
[03:04] ---
    I thought so.
[03:05] ---
    What, you want me to tell you a story?
[03:07] ---
    Mhmm.
[03:09] ---
    Well, when you put me
    on the spot like that...
[03:13] ---
    Back during out transport
    of the fish to Ikesuka...
[03:16] ---
    The brave KOTOBUKI Corps
    put on a fantastic show.
[03:20] ---
    Their popularity has since sky rocketed,
[03:22] ---
    and the phones have rung off
    the hook to get 'em booked!
[03:25] ---
    That's a boring story.
[03:27] ---
    Okay, then...
[03:28] ---
    How about how the Ouni Company has
    temporarily called off all operations?
[03:31] ---
    All pilots are free to take on side jobs,
    and they'll still get their normal salaries, too!
[03:35] ---
    First Off, you're the
    most boring person ever.
[03:37] ---
    I get that a lot.
[03:44] ---
    Tanbabajin baranzura!
[03:46] ---
    Ranzura!
[03:48] ---
    What does that even mean?
[03:49] ---
    Hey! You're Reona's lackey!
[03:50] ---
    I'm no lackey, I'm Kylie!
[03:52] ---
    What are you doing out here, lackey-Kylie?
[03:56] ---
    Just getting some air.
[03:57] ---
    How, like this?
[03:58] ---
    Like this?
[04:00] ---
    No, I'm just walking around aimlessly.
[04:02] ---
    You don't even have anywhere to go?
[04:03] ---
    Why not?
[04:04] ---
    She told me she had no
    place to go before, too!
[04:05] ---
    No, I didn't!
[04:06] ---
    Yes, you did!
[04:07] ---
    Check out those planes! Awesome!
[04:09] ---
    There's so many!
[04:10] ---
    Where are a bunch of planes
    like that headed for?
[04:13] ---
    Know what? I thought up something I can do.
[04:15] ---
    Oh yeah, what?
[04:16] ---
    I'm gonna steal you two away
    and boil you up into a stew!
[04:20] ---
    Bwahahaha!
[04:21] ---
    Tanbabajin!
[04:29] ---
    And here I was thinking we were going
    to be on high alert. What a disappointment.
[04:33] ---
    They're just so happy to declare themselves
    a sister city with Ikesuka now.
[04:37] ---
    So they've poured plenty of extra funds
    into the ceremony.
[04:41] ---
    On this? Do they have brains
    in those heads of theirs?
[04:45] ---
    You sure have developed
    quite the sharp tongue, hmm?
[04:48] ---
    Back at school you were much
    more close-minded and stubborn.
[04:52] ---
    But now I hear they call you
    "Emma the Fierce", was it?
[04:55] ---
    What a wonderful nickname!
[04:58] ---
    She who touches pitch shall
    be defiled therewith, yes?
[05:00] ---
    People talk of our corps like
    we're a pack of racketeers.
[05:04] ---
    I've heard talk.
[05:07] ---
    And it would seem you are quite the pilot.
[05:09] ---
    Am I, though?
[05:10] ---
    I simply fly because it's the
    only way to earn a living.
[05:12] ---
    Well, I won't try and nose my way
    in any deeper than that.
[05:15] ---
    Oh, but how is your family?
[05:17] ---
    Now, just as always, I am astounded that
    they still think I am just merrily traveling the world.
[05:23] ---
    They even ask me to bring back souvenirs.
[05:25] ---
    Oh my...
[05:27] ---
    But knowing you, I bet you do just that, yes?
[05:30] ---
    It's as if they think money just bubbles up from
    below their feet, and it's really too much.
[05:35] ---
    I'm sure your whole family
    is so proud of you, though.
[05:40] ---
    Just the other day someone trying to pass themselves off

[05:43] ---
    as an old friend tried to
    borrow money from them.
[05:47] ---
    Oh my, not again?
[05:48] ---
    Even after they nearly lost
    everything in a scam before...
[05:51] ---
    They're still managing
    to at least stay afloat,
[05:53] ---
    so people must think they
    are sitting on some fortune.
[05:56] ---
    Did they really fall for it again?
[05:58] ---
    I stopped them just moments
    before the deal was sealed.
[06:00] ---
    What a close call! You poor thing.
[06:03] ---
    Adversity makes a man wise, you know.
[06:07] ---
    I don't need them to be wise.
[06:10] ---
    I just wish they would cut
    back on the adversity.
[06:14] ---
    Well, perhaps it's time we get to work.
[06:16] ---
    We're meant to patrol the
    airspace above the venue, yes?
[06:20] ---
    I never figured Nakamizu
    would be the sort to retire.
[06:23] ---
    I figured they were in this for life.
[06:26] ---
    With this whole new license system and
    union registration and what not...
[06:31] ---
    Apparently they just got fed
    up with all the red tape.
[06:34] ---
    Unions?
[06:35] ---
    Areshima has those, sure, but...
[06:38] ---
    But... We've got them out here
    in the middle of nowhere, too.
[06:40] ---
    Not just the fighter pilots either,
    but postal workers like us, too.
[06:45] ---
    It's ridiculous, really.
[06:47] ---
    And it's only gotten worse since last month.
[06:50] ---
    I've never been good with paperwork either,
    so it has been quite rough.
[06:53] ---
    Yeah, huh?
[06:54] ---
    What has the world come to?
[06:57] ---
    I mean sure, that probably makes me
    sound old and grouchy, but...
[06:59] ---
    Listen to yourself.
[07:01] ---
    If you're old, what does that make me?
[07:04] ---
    Don't you worry, you'll never be
    a day over seventeen, Higako.
[07:08] ---
    And you're right with me, Musako!
[07:18] ---
    I asked to be put on the waiting list
    a whole month ago! What's the deal!
[07:22] ---
    I'm sorry, that particular
    book is just ever so popular.
[07:25] ---
    I heard it is at least being
    put back in print again, but...
[07:28] ---
    I'm really sorry.
[07:30] ---
    There you are!
[07:31] ---
    I knew the Shibushiku Library would have it!
[07:34] ---
    "The Final Shopping Wave"
[07:36] ---
    I finally got my hands on it!
[07:37] ---
    Why's a book from Ikesuka so hot?
[07:41] ---
    You telling me all these people out here
    are dying to learn more about the place?
[07:44] ---
    Well, it is the greatest city in the land!
[07:48] ---
    People just want to stay in the know.
[07:53] ---
    Why should a city like Gadoll, a place with
    it's own culture, history, and environment...
[07:59] ---
    have to adopt the nonsensical ways of a completely
    unrelated city like Ikesuka and its mayor?
[08:05] ---
    Get out of here!
[08:06] ---
    Traitor!
[08:06] ---
    Half-wit!
[08:07] ---
    If we give up our autonomy,
    this city is done for!
[08:11] ---
    How can you be so blind?!
[08:12] ---
    Piss off!
[08:13] ---
    Learn some sense!
[08:13] ---
    Quit being so stuck in the past!
[08:15] ---
    Councilor Julia! I must ask you retract
    your statements and apologize!
[08:19] ---
    I have merely spoken the truth.
[08:20] ---
    I will not retract a word!
[08:21] ---
    Get her out of here!
[08:22] ---
    Wait just a minute.
[08:23] ---
    What about our vote?
[08:24] ---
    Are we not here to vote on whether or not
    we enter into the Brotherhood of Freedom Union?
[08:28] ---
    You have been ordered to leave. Begone!
[08:30] ---
    You dare try and defy me of my right
    as councilor to vote?!
[08:33] ---
    Go on and get lost!
[08:34] ---
    Get outta here!
[08:38] ---
    Even life as an air pirate would be
    better than working for Isao!
[08:42] ---
    What was that?!
[08:43] ---
    Enough of your nonsense!
[08:43] ---
    Get her off this council!
[08:45] ---
    Bribes and collusion.
    Embezzlement and voters right violations.
[08:48] ---
    Every last one of those senile old men
    has dirty laundry to air out.
[08:51] ---
    And I think it's time for a laundry day.
[08:53] ---
    But Lady Julia...
[08:54] ---
    You're right, it's the younger bunch
    that are the real problem.
[08:56] ---
    They're the ones that fall for Isao and
    his fake image without so much as a push.
[09:00] ---
    You don't have to dig far to see
    how thoughtless they are.
[09:03] ---
    It's pathetic, honestly.
[09:05] ---
    That's not what I meant. I
    think you are in true danger.
[09:08] ---
    What?
[09:11] ---
    You should flee this place.
[09:12] ---
    Are you serious?
[09:13] ---
    I am...
[09:14] ---
    I say this with one thousand
    percent certainty.
[09:29] ---
    Run for cover!
[09:30] ---
    'kay!
[09:36] ---
    Now where'd you go?
[09:41] ---
    Gotcha, Miyuri!
[09:43] ---
    Liar!
[09:43] ---
    I'm not! You're behind the tree! I found you!
[09:47] ---
    Too bad you'll never find a purpose in life.
[09:49] ---
    Well aren't you a clever one!
[09:52] ---
    Goodbye can!
[09:53] ---
    Shoot!
[09:57] ---
    You're the worst, Captain!
[09:59] ---
    What's your deal?!
[10:00] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[10:03] ---
    Do you want to hear what I have for you today,
    or what I have for you tomorrow?
[10:08] ---
    I wanna hear whichever is better.
[10:09] ---
    Well, that all depends on you.
[10:12] ---
    I'll start with today.
[10:14] ---
    Allen wants to go out for a scenic flight
    around Rahama, it seems.
[10:17] ---
    What?
[10:18] ---
    I'm sure he'd ask Kate if she were around,
    but she's away in Doan.
[10:23] ---
    As for tomorrow, I've got an
    invitation to work elsewhere.
[10:26] ---
    What?! You're leaving the Ouni Company?
[10:28] ---
    Don't jump to conclusions.
[10:29] ---
    The invitation is for the KOTOBUKI Corps.
[10:32] ---
    The offer comes from a
    company out in Areshima.
[10:35] ---
    Why?!
[10:36] ---
    Why indeed?
[10:37] ---
    They say they'll offer you
    twice your current pay.
[10:39] ---
    Seems it would make things easier if you
    all took the offer, but they'll take even one of you.
[10:43] ---
    They say they'll look into getting you
    whatever aircraft you want, too.
[10:47] ---
    The Tamsin Company?
[10:49] ---
    I feel like I've heard
    that name before, maybe...
[10:51] ---
    They're the biggest name in distribution.
[10:53] ---
    They just announced they'll be teaming up
    with View Trading the other day.
[10:56] ---
    That's Isao's place! No way!
[10:58] ---
    The offer is open until the end of the month.
    Why don't you think it over?
[11:02] ---
    But...!
[11:03] ---
    What?
[11:06] ---
    Are you trying to say you
    don't need us anymore?
[11:10] ---
    I have no right to order you to stay.
[11:13] ---
    And don't come expecting me
    to drop down and beg you, either.
[11:16] ---
    You can make this choice yourself.
[11:20] ---
    It sounds like a great chance.
[11:21] ---
    Do you seriously think so?
[11:23] ---
    I'd at least be a little tempted.
[11:26] ---
    You're awful.
[11:27] ---
    I mean, flying is flying, right?
[11:31] ---
    We all need money, too.
[11:34] ---
    Can you at least quit drinking
    while we're up here?
[11:37] ---
    Why?
[11:38] ---
    'Cause I said so!
[11:39] ---
    Oh, fine then.
[11:40] ---
    Sorry.
[11:41] ---
    It's not like I've got time
    to waste with you out here.
[11:43] ---
    I'm super busy with all my can-kicking
    and soul searching.
[11:47] ---
    Say Thunderbolt, do you remember
    when the hole closed up?
[11:50] ---
    Quit calling me that.
[11:52] ---
    It was seventy years ago.
[11:53] ---
    Nope!
[11:54] ---
    What?!
[11:55] ---
    There's reason to believe it has opened
    and closed again since then.
[11:58] ---
    Yeah, right!
[12:00] ---
    Did you see it? You didn't, did you?
[12:01] ---
    I guess not.
[12:02] ---
    Because I was shot down by
    some unidentified planes,
[12:04] ---
    just before I found the proof I needed.
[12:07] ---
    And I've been stuck in a wheel chair,
    never making it up above 60 centi-khrill since.
[12:14] ---
    Sure, these were probably smaller holes.
[12:16] ---
    Nothing of the scale of the one
    that brought the Yufang here.
[12:21] ---
    But if they did in fact open...
[12:24] ---
    Then what?
[12:26] ---
    Someone may have made there way here and
    done whatever it is they came to do.
[12:29] ---
    What? What's that supposed to mean?
[12:31] ---
    Or maybe they did nothing at all.
[12:33] ---
    That's a big difference!
[12:34] ---
    Mind if I take just one sip?
[12:36] ---
    Not a chance!
[12:37] ---
    You're so cruel, Thunderbolt.
    This is the only fun I get.
[12:41] ---
    Yeah right! You have plenty
    of fun talking about that hole.
[12:45] ---
    You noticed?
[12:50] ---
    Excuse me...
[12:51] ---
    No need to get all worked up, I'm
    just here for a little visit.
[12:56] ---
    Hideaki, sir! This way!
[12:58] ---
    Yes, yes, I'll be right there.
[13:00] ---
    So you just keep quiet, yes?
[13:05] ---
    If you don't, well...
[13:06] ---
    Sir, look.
[13:08] ---
    My, well what have we here?
[13:11] ---
    This won't do. Drinking while
    crippled is just inexcusable.
[13:14] ---
    We'll be relieving him of this.
[13:16] ---
    What about this?
[13:18] ---
    This is...
[13:21] ---
    Oh, even worse. We'll
    definitely be taking this.
[13:24] ---
    It's the owner himself who I
    think is due to be tossed out!
[13:28] ---
    Can you bank at a forty five degree angle and
    turn us around one full rotation to the right?
[13:31] ---
    What? Why?
[13:33] ---
    Just something I want to check.
[13:35] ---
    Fine, I guess...
[13:45] ---
    What are you doing back there?
[13:46] ---
    What would you do if you had
    the chance to go to Yufang?
[13:50] ---
    What?
[13:51] ---
    I guess I'd look for Ol' Sab.
[13:53] ---
    Ol' who?
[13:54] ---
    A friend of yours?
[13:55] ---
    More like my grandpa.
[13:57] ---
    I mean, not literally, but he
    was just this normal old guy.
[14:01] ---
    Maybe not all that normal, though.
[14:03] ---
    What do you mean?
[14:04] ---
    When I was a kid he took me up in his plane,

[14:07] ---
    but then he just vanished,
    and I never saw him again.
[14:10] ---
    What does that have to do with Yufang?
[14:12] ---
    Can't say for sure, but he
    might have been from Yufang.
[14:15] ---
    He had tons of Yufang
    stuff. Books, even planes.
[14:19] ---
    He had a Hayabusa?
[14:20] ---
    No, he had a Zero. A model 32!
[14:23] ---
    I thought I was gonna pee myself
    the first time he took me for a ride!
[14:27] ---
    It was amazing!
[14:28] ---
    Jumping back to that new job offer,
    they might have model 32s too, you know.
[14:33] ---
    What?
[14:34] ---
    What would you do if you had the chance
    to fly in one again?
[14:36] ---
    I wouldn't care. The
    Hayabusa is still the best.
[14:39] ---
    And the only real 32 was Ol' Sab's!
[14:40] ---
    All others are fakes! I hate 'em!
    I wish they'd all just blow up!
[14:44] ---
    Am I sensing a grudge?
[14:45] ---
    Nope!
[14:46] ---
    Well, maybe.
[14:47] ---
    Really, now?
[14:49] ---
    Can you take us up to a thousand khrill?
[14:51] ---
    'spose so.
[14:52] ---
    Turn us right and upwards at
    a five hundred khrill radius.
[14:55] ---
    Yeah, yeah.
[14:58] ---
    Hold altitude here and turn us left.
[15:00] ---
    Yep, yep, yep.
[15:05] ---
    Now let's zoom up to fifteen hundred.
[15:06] ---
    Aka-tombo can't fly that high!
[15:15] ---
    Wait...
[15:20] ---
    There!
[15:21] ---
    What?!
[15:21] ---
    Cut it and stop here.
[15:23] ---
    Not a chance!
[15:26] ---
    What... is that?
[15:30] ---
    Uh, hello?
[15:31] ---
    Huh? Oh.
[15:32] ---
    Is that... the hole?
[15:34] ---
    No, it's not open now.
[15:36] ---
    It's probably just going to disappear.
[15:39] ---
    Is there a chance it might open?
[15:40] ---
    There is.
[15:40] ---
    That's incredi-
[15:43] ---
    Who-what-why?!
[15:45] ---
    Maybe I was a little too focused on
    my calculations and observations.
[15:48] ---
    You think?!
[15:50] ---
    Uh-oh. Are those Shiden-kai?
[16:03] ---
    Those aren't the sorts you want to face in
    this under powered Type 95 Intermediate Trainer.
[16:06] ---
    Well, that's an understatement!
[16:09] ---
    Still, they sure don't seem
    ready to go easy on us.
[16:14] ---
    It's been so long since
    I've been in a dogfight!
[16:16] ---
    This is so exciting!
[16:17] ---
    Are you crazy?
[16:19] ---
    It's not even a "fight" if we don't have
    any means of fighting back!
[16:21] ---
    Just like you wouldn't call an army chasing
    down an unarmed civilian a war!
[16:24] ---
    True!
[16:26] ---
    Huh?
[16:27] ---
    I've got a little favor to ask.
[16:29] ---
    What?
[16:30] ---
    See, I've got much better aim
    with a little drink in me.
[16:34] ---
    Whaddya say?
[16:35] ---
    If you're lying, you're really in for it.
[16:37] ---
    I'd never!
[16:42] ---
    Tell me Thunderbolt, what sort of flaws
    do you think those birds have?
[16:45] ---
    Uhh... they're too heavy?
[16:46] ---
    There's that.
[16:48] ---
    But even more than that,
    they're just too fast.
[16:51] ---
    What?!
[16:51] ---
    Plus, they aren't built for turns.
[16:54] ---
    They have to take these big, long arcs.
[16:57] ---
    This 95 might be slow, under-armed, and paper-thin,
    but we can use that all to our advantage.
[17:23] ---
    They're coming straight at us!
[17:24] ---
    We're sitting ducks if they
    come at us that way, huh.
[17:30] ---
    Thunderbolt, point us down.
[17:32] ---
    Uh-huh!
[17:54] ---
    They're in my blind spot!
[17:55] ---
    Can you roll right?
[17:56] ---
    C'mon!
[18:13] ---
    What the heck?!
[18:20] ---
    What are we gonna do?!
[18:21] ---
    Steady now, steady.
[19:09] ---
    You think I'm going down? Not a chance!
    Not in your wildest dreams!
[19:45] ---
    You're pretty good at
    faking dead, Thunderbolt!
[19:48] ---
    Not that I ever wanted to be!
[19:50] ---
    Don't let your pride get the better of you!
[19:53] ---
    Just shrug it off, shrug it off!
[19:55] ---
    This is clearly Ikesuka
    meddling in our affairs!
[19:58] ---
    Whatever do you mean?
[20:00] ---
    We here have a commitment
    to protect the people of Ikesuka.
[20:04] ---
    If you do not hold up your end of the deal,
[20:06] ---
    we'll be forced to see you as
    cohorts with those awful pirates.
[20:10] ---
    It's unfortunate that it has come to this,
    but we will now be bombing your capitol building.
[20:24] ---
    I never would have...
[20:25] ---
    I've already talked with Kylie,
    but I want you to tell the others.
[20:30] ---
    What's your stance, Madame?
[20:32] ---
    I have none. I don't plan on
    meddling in your decision.
[20:37] ---
    Things will go as they go.
[20:38] ---
    It's pointless trying to force
    others to do as you wish.
[20:41] ---
    Not impossible, but "pointless?"
[20:44] ---
    Oh, yes.
[20:46] ---
    What would you consider
    as having a "point," then?
[20:49] ---
    The freedom to choose.
[20:52] ---
    Interesting...
[20:53] ---
    You sure do love getting shot down, doncha?
[20:56] ---
    Probably even more than you like
    shooting other people down, huh?
[20:58] ---
    Chika, watch your mouth!
[21:00] ---
    This was more of an accident
    than anything else.
[21:03] ---
    Yeah, ok?
[21:04] ---
    And you, show some more appreciation
    to Chika for coming out to save you!
[21:07] ---
    What?!
[21:11] ---
    Thank you so very much, Chika.
[21:13] ---
    I am simply glad you are all right.
[21:15] ---
    Thank you, thank you, and thank you.
[21:17] ---
    Oh, nonsense.
[21:19] ---
    Oh, yeah! Madame!
[21:21] ---
    I'm not leaving the Corps!
[21:24] ---
    Is that so?
[21:24] ---
    I don't wanna take orders from or
    have to listen to anyone but Reona.
[21:28] ---
    Plus, another hole might
    open up over Rahama soon!
[21:31] ---
    I don't wanna miss that!
[21:33] ---
    What?!
[21:35] ---
    A hole? Surrender? Invasion? Alliance?
[21:38] ---
    How am I supposed to follow
    if you just keep going on and on?
[21:42] ---
    Trim it down for me.
[21:43] ---
    To put it simply, things are heating up,
    and going swimmingly.
[21:46] ---
    That is all.
[21:47] ---
    Oh, okay!
[21:49] ---
    Swimmingly, huh?
[21:51] ---
    Quite swimmingly, I dare say.
[22:04] ---
    I wanted to try and soar through that sky
[22:08] ---
    So I wished upon the winds right before me
[22:12] ---
    Our aspirations build us scenery
[22:16] ---
    I wonder how that wind is now
[22:25] ---
    Why do we fight, I wonder
[22:29] ---
    What is our purpose here?
[22:33] ---
    I asked, but the skies do not answer
[22:42] ---
    We all have wings
[22:49] ---
    Far away at the end of all lament
[22:53] ---
    The stories we found
[22:58] ---
    No one can steal these skies away
[23:05] ---
    We will soar unafraid of anything
[23:10] ---
    Because happiness is right here
[23:26] ---
    Preview
[23:33] ---
    Next time on The Magnificent KOTOBUKI,
    "The Aggressive Bombers"!
[23:38] ---
    The Aggressive Bombers

Season 1

E10 - The Aggressive Bombers

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[00:10] ---
    It's a fighter plane.
[00:12] ---
    Just one, but would you have us shoot it down?
[00:14] ---
    Let's do it!
[00:16] ---
    Hold on just a moment...
[00:19] ---
    It would seem they plan to surrender.
[00:21] ---
    Well that's boring.
[00:23] ---
    But fine, sure.
[01:03] ---
    Took you long enough.
[01:05] ---
    Not by choice.
[01:18] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[01:25] ---
    Kumo to kumo amime o nukete
[01:28] ---
    Odoru hane kaze o matou
[01:32] ---
    Me no mae de hoshi ga ochiteiku
[01:41] ---
    Akogareta aoi ao
[01:45] ---
    Nijimu chihyou keriageta
[01:48] ---
    Kikasete yo kimi dake no sora no ne o
[01:55] ---
    Tobidatsu jyuuryoku o mikata ni tsukete
[02:02] ---
    Mou ichido nando demo warai nagara
[02:09] ---
    Bokura wa ushiro o muite tobou to wa shinai
[02:16] ---
    Tsukinai yume asu o otte ikiru
[02:21] ---
    Waita zetsubou ni ai o tozashita
[02:24] ---
    Yowai boku wa kirai da
[02:27] ---
    Nagareru ima mukau saki wa mirai
[02:37] ---
    The Aggressive Bombers
[02:40] ---
    A hole...
[02:41] ---
    ...is opening again?
[02:42] ---
    Well we can't exactly say for sure.
[02:44] ---
    But it'll probably open pretty soon.
[02:46] ---
    It was all like swirly and fuzzy and stuff.
[02:49] ---
    Kylie, you saw it, too?
[02:51] ---
    Huh? Yeah.
[02:52] ---
    Why'd you get to? That's not fair!
[02:55] ---
    The way I see it, a hole didn't open
    just once seventy years ago.
[02:58] ---
    But instead lots of different sized ones
    have opened up all over a bunch of times.
[03:03] ---
    The one seventy years ago just happened
    to connect us with the Yufang.
[03:07] ---
    A bunch of times... and just by chance?
[03:09] ---
    Well, color me amazed.
[03:11] ---
    What are you old farts doing here, anyway?
[03:13] ---
    Just paying back a favor.
[03:14] ---
    You did save our hometown, after all.
[03:17] ---
    This is just a hypothesis, but I'd wager a hole is to blame for the
[03:21] ---
    sea disappearing from Ijitsu, too.
[03:23] ---
    These holes are nothing but trouble!
[03:25] ---
    Now we can only see the sea in "See the Sea"!
[03:29] ---
    Councilor Julia. What brings you here?
[03:31] ---
    Oh, don't you give me that.
[03:34] ---
    You know exactly what's going on!
[03:35] ---
    I know what, now?
[03:36] ---
    That I'm no "Councilor" anymore!
[03:39] ---
    Have you resigned?
[03:40] ---
    Those stupid old men and their brainless young
    counterparts teamed up to throw me out!
[03:45] ---
    Accusing me of bribery, embezzlement, even treason!
[03:47] ---
    A cornucopia of crimes!
[03:49] ---
    That's so cool!
[03:50] ---
    You're far more evil than I imagined!
[03:51] ---
    What's it gonna be? The death sentence?!
[03:53] ---
    They're simply trying to frame me!
[03:54] ---
    Fabricating offenses is a crime.
[03:55] ---
    Not to that lot, it isn't.
[03:56] ---
    Has Gadoll sided with Isao, then?
[03:59] ---
    There were eight votes to side with him,
    one against, and one withheld vote.
[04:02] ---
    So now they're all part of Isao's little club.
[04:05] ---
    You should hear those morons go on about
    how we need to dismantle our vested interests.
[04:08] ---
    As if all those interests aren't just getting
    gobbled up by Isao himself.
[04:11] ---
    That union he proposes, though...
[04:14] ---
    The Brotherhood of Freedom Union, was it?
[04:16] ---
    It doesn't seem like such a bad idea to me.
[04:17] ---
    It's quite logical.
[04:18] ---
    Where's the downside?
[04:20] ---
    We step up punishments for air pirates,
[04:22] ---
    and the View Security Guard takes care of dealing with 'em all.
[04:27] ---
    All that awaits us in this "world peace" of his is
    a complete and total dictatorship under him.
[04:36] ---
    You and that wild imagination of yours!
[04:39] ---
    He doesn't really seem like that bad a guy.
[04:41] ---
    He's good at magic tricks, too!
[04:42] ---
    I wouldn't be so sure about that.
[04:43] ---
    He's the sort of person who works for other's sake.
    I have no doubt about that.
[04:48] ---
    Out in the countryside, the union monopoly
    has stabilized the prices of goods.
[04:52] ---
    And you don't see poor quality goods making
    the rounds anymore either thanks to them.
[04:56] ---
    You don't even notice the choke collar
    they've wrapped around your neck, do you?
[04:59] ---
    He'll run the world any way he so pleases.
[05:02] ---
    I don't trust that man, myself.
[05:05] ---
    He seems the sort that lacks the capacity for empathy.
[05:08] ---
    Rahama hasn't really decided on
    the whole union issue one way or another yet.
[05:11] ---
    But I figure we'll still manage to get by somehow.
[05:15] ---
    I doubt he'll just let Rahama be.
[05:17] ---
    What? He won't?
[05:18] ---
    What's that you're doing there, Allen?
[05:20] ---
    Just waiting on that curtain call.
[05:21] ---
    Like in a play?
[05:22] ---
    Exactly.
[05:23] ---
    But we won't know if it's a comedy
    or a tragedy until after it starts.
[05:25] ---
    Yes, please hold.
[05:28] ---
    Allen...
[05:29] ---
    Allen! It's here!
[05:30] ---
    It's really happening!
[05:32] ---
    It's wide open!
[05:33] ---
    Is it now...
[05:34] ---
    So I was right about the timing,
    but miscalculated the location.
[05:36] ---
    That's really another hole, then?
[05:38] ---
    That's not really how I imagined them.
[05:41] ---
    Is this what you meant when you
    said Isao wouldn't let Rahama be?
[05:44] ---
    In hindsight, it seems like he's been after nothing,
    but securing these holes for himself the whole time.
[05:50] ---
    That's why he's been ruthlessly hunting down anyone
    who tries to learn more about them.
[05:53] ---
    Madame! Madame Loulou!
[05:55] ---
    What's the situation?
[05:56] ---
    Incoming craft says Shouto's been bombed!
    Should we let them aboard?
[05:59] ---
    Give them landing permission.
[06:07] ---
    I'm from the Shouto Vigil-
[06:14] ---
    I'm Camilla, head of the Shouto Vigilantes.
[06:17] ---
    Has Shouto truly been bombed?
[06:19] ---
    Why on earth would I lie about that?
[06:22] ---
    Bombed by who, then?
[06:24] ---
    Planes from Ikesuka!
[06:25] ---
    But Shouto has long been an ally to Isao.
    Why would they do such a thing?
[06:30] ---
    Don't ask me!
[06:33] ---
    They just came in all,
    "You're plotting against us, aren't you!"
[06:37] ---
    But I knew there had to be some mistake,
    so I surrendered right away, being all, "Sorry!"
[06:42] ---
    But they were just like, "It's too late!"
[06:43] ---
    Can you believe it?
[06:46] ---
    This is exactly why we should have
    just joined the Union to begin with!
[06:49] ---
    We're gonna be next in their sights!
[06:51] ---
    Then we need to fight back.
[06:53] ---
    It's not as easy as that.
[06:55] ---
    Yeah, we'd be in a world of trouble!
[06:56] ---
    We could all get killed! Plus...
[06:59] ---
    We don't really know why it was they bombed Shouto...
[07:02] ---
    It's because they were no longer any use to Isao!
[07:04] ---
    Use how?
[07:05] ---
    Excuse me everyone, but would
    you mind taking a look at this?
[07:08] ---
    If you want to know why Shouto was bombed...
[07:10] ---
    It's because it was the most likely location
    for the hole to open over.
[07:14] ---
    But as it turns out, the hole opened up over Rahama.
[07:17] ---
    Are you saying Isao was after this hole?
[07:20] ---
    Hang on though, aren't you the one
    who predicted it would appear there?
[07:23] ---
    How did Isao even know?
[07:25] ---
    Because he stole all my research from my hospital room.
[07:27] ---
    This here is what I recompiled from what I had left.
[07:30] ---
    He's going to come for that hole no matter what it takes.
[07:33] ---
    You mean he's gonna come bomb Rahama next, then?!
[07:38] ---
    Excuse me, if I may.
[07:40] ---
    I come as a messenger from
    the Brotherhood of Freedom Union.
[07:45] ---
    They're one step ahead of us!
[07:47] ---
    This is a final warning from Chairman Isao himself.
[07:50] ---
    You are to immediately turn over
    the fugitive former Councilor Julia.
[07:54] ---
    Furthermore, he demands that Rahama
    join the Brotherhood of Freedom Union.
[07:58] ---
    Fail to meet these terms, and we will be forced
    to bomb Rahama in twenty-four hours time.
[08:05] ---
    Truly, truly! A most unfortunate situation.
[08:08] ---
    Don't pretend you don't plan on leveling this place
    to the ground like you did to Shouta either way!
[08:13] ---
    You brute!
[08:13] ---
    You monster! You demon!
[08:13] ---
    What ever do you mean, Miss Turncoat?
[08:16] ---
    Chairman Isao is a most honorable man and issued
    his warning a full twenty-four hours in advance.
[08:21] ---
    Not a single life was lost.
[08:25] ---
    That's it!
[08:26] ---
    He just wants the city emptied!
[08:28] ---
    So he can have the hole all to himself.
[08:30] ---
    His demands are simple.
[08:32] ---
    I hope you will speak for all of Rahama now,
    and not be tempted by the words of this criminal here.
[08:38] ---
    What'll it be?
[08:45] ---
    I just can't!
[08:47] ---
    What?
[08:48] ---
    What I'm trying to say is that, well, Rahama is...
[08:51] ---
    not going to submit to your demands!
[08:53] ---
    Get lost!
[08:55] ---
    Get lost!
[08:57] ---
    Get lost!
[08:59] ---
    Get lost!
[09:01] ---
    Get lost!
[09:02] ---
    Well, that is most unfortunate.
[09:03] ---
    Get lost!
[09:04] ---
    Perhaps today was just not a good day?
[09:05] ---
    Get lost!
[09:07] ---
    Get lost!
[09:08] ---
    Not that you'll have any better days now.
[09:09] ---
    Get lost!
[09:11] ---
    Get lost!
[09:13] ---
    Nice work!
[09:14] ---
    Mayor!
[09:15] ---
    You sure showed 'em!
[09:15] ---
    Nicely done!
[09:17] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[09:56] ---
    What a boorish man he is to think he can just burn
    down a town and send its people fleeing on a whim!
[10:02] ---
    If he wishes to stomp out all resistance,
    it is both an appropriate and logical strategy.
[10:07] ---
    Magic-man has really let me down! Hmph!
[10:10] ---
    Let me guess, you're wondering if it was those
    around him who are really pulling the strings.
[10:14] ---
    Something's just off about
    burning down whole cities like this...
[10:52] ---
    We've never flown this high before!
[10:54] ---
    That doesn't mean you can't!
[10:56] ---
    I want to knock out their numbers
    before they make it to Rahama.
[10:59] ---
    The only problem is our firepower and ability to reload.
[11:02] ---
    That's where my secret weapons come in!
[11:05] ---
    We've got their route locked down. Plenty of eyewitness
    reports, and we got 'em right on our radar, too.
[11:10] ---
    The perfect situation for an ambush.
[11:12] ---
    Just the time for my Raiden to take the spotlight!
[11:16] ---
    What the?!
[11:27] ---
    It's freezing up here.
[11:29] ---
    But it's so quiet, too.
[11:31] ---
    And the sky's so blue.
[11:34] ---
    I wish Ol' Sab was here to see this.
[11:37] ---
    I wonder if he's already seen it, though.
[12:01] ---
    This is it!
[12:51] ---
    Got a hit! But that thing's still flying!
[12:53] ---
    Fall back! Everyone head for the Hagoromo!
[12:56] ---
    This isn't it for us, after all!
[12:58] ---
    I wanna shoot some more rockets!
[12:59] ---
    I sure wish I was shooting down fighters instead.
[13:02] ---
    Enemy formation incoming!
[13:04] ---
    We've got three large aircraft about fifty kilo-khrill! away!
[13:07] ---
    Keep us updated.
[13:12] ---
    I feel like it's getting even bigger.
[13:15] ---
    It's holding its form, too.
[13:17] ---
    I wonder how big it is now.
[13:27] ---
    I want priority put on ammunition!
    Don't worry about fuel, just fill up what you can.
[13:30] ---
    Anyone who slacks gets a thirty-seven milimeter
    shoved right up their rear!
[13:32] ---
    Roger!
    By all means!
[13:33] ---
    Hurry up!
[13:38] ---
    Looks like our friends here got
    tighter turning than we do!
[13:41] ---
    Don't go flying into friendly crossfire!
[13:43] ---
    We've got three enemy bombers!
    Closing in at twenty-five kilo-khrill!
[13:46] ---
    My, my... Are we going to make it?
[14:03] ---
    Shoot!
[14:09] ---
    Kept you waiting, huh?
[14:13] ---
    Take that!
[14:15] ---
    Chika's here!
[14:16] ---
    Enemy bombers only 13 kilo-khrill away!
[14:19] ---
    Don't let them drop those bombs on Rahama!
[14:21] ---
    All vigilantes focus on those escort fighters!
[14:23] ---
    Leave the bombers to the KOTOBUKI Corps!
[14:29] ---
    Jeez, these things are enormous!
[14:32] ---
    All the easier to land hits on, don't you think?
[14:36] ---
    What are these things made of?!
[14:46] ---
    Dangit! They're not going to make this easy, are they?
[14:51] ---
    I think that makes us even!
[14:52] ---
    You really saved me there!
[14:53] ---
    Not yet we haven't! Look!
[14:58] ---
    Only 3 kilo-khrill until they reach Rahama!
[15:00] ---
    Aim for the base of their main wings!
[15:01] ---
    Follow my lead!
[15:06] ---
    Hey, hey! Why don't we just blow up
    those bombs of theirs?
[15:09] ---
    That's unrealistic.
[15:11] ---
    Is it?
[15:12] ---
    Those bombs are well armored.
[15:14] ---
    And piercing that plating won't be enough to set them off!
[15:22] ---
    We did it!
[15:26] ---
    Finally got one down. Only two to go!
[15:28] ---
    They're just two kilo-khrill out!
[15:31] ---
    We don't have enough time...
[15:32] ---
    Don't give up!
[15:53] ---
    What the heck?!
[15:54] ---
    If they're shooting with us, I don't care who they are!
[15:56] ---
    Who knows why they're here,
    but we've got one target left!
[15:58] ---
    We can do this!
[15:58] ---
    Grrr, agh! Fine!
[16:06] ---
    We're too late!
[16:12] ---
    Dangit!
[16:50] ---
    It's gone...
[16:51] ---
    The hole seems to have disappeared.
[16:53] ---
    What?! It did?! Why?!
[16:55] ---
    Unfortunately I cannot answer that.
[16:57] ---
    Aww shucks, it's gone then?
[16:59] ---
    I guess I should have been out there flying myself.
[17:04] ---
    I'll be taking my plane out next time.
[17:05] ---
    Preparations are already complete.
[17:09] ---
    They took down all but one of those bombers.
[17:12] ---
    That may be enough to sway
    other cities quaking in fear over them.
[17:17] ---
    That's giving it a positive spin.
[17:32] ---
    Why you...!
[17:40] ---
    Kylie! What do you think you're doing?!
[17:42] ---
    She's in her "Thunderbolt" mode now.
[17:44] ---
    What's that even supposed to mean?
[17:45] ---
    She's like an angry thunder cloud, now.
[17:47] ---
    There's no stopping her until she's vented all her rage.
[17:49] ---
    She only has three minutes of fuel remaining.
[17:50] ---
    I'm going to shower.
[18:07] ---
    Gotcha!
[18:38] ---
    You stinkin'-
[18:41] ---
    What's your deal?!
[18:43] ---
    Why do you always have to be
    such a pain and get in my way?!
[18:46] ---
    You really piss me off!
[18:48] ---
    You're a girl?! Who are you?
[18:49] ---
    I'd like to ask you the same thing!
[18:51] ---
    How many times have I driven you away just
    to have you come chasing after me again all pushy?
[18:56] ---
    Come on then, spit it out! Who are you?
    Or what, you don't got a name?
[18:58] ---
    I do have a name! I'm Kylie, okay?!
[19:00] ---
    Oh, don't you give me that! Cut it with the attitude!
[19:02] ---
    I don't care who you are or
    what rock you crawled out from underneath!
[19:05] ---
    I'm Naomi.
[19:06] ---
    Naomi...?
[19:07] ---
    I figured you'd be some big dumb oaf of a guy,
    but you're just and old hag, huh?
[19:10] ---
    If I'm a hag, then you're just
    some snot-nosed little wanton bitch of a girl.
[19:14] ---
    Wha...
[19:15] ---
    And a shitty pilot!
[19:16] ---
    Oh yeah?!
[19:17] ---
    Shoot me down then, if I'm wrong!
[19:19] ---
    You're lucky I'm so kind that I'm talking with you here,
    but I don't know or care who the heck you are!
[19:24] ---
    And I don't know or care who you are either!
[19:26] ---
    But why the heck are you out here helping us now
    when you were just some air pirate before?!
[19:31] ---
    Well why should I have to be stuck
    in the same place forever, huh?
[19:34] ---
    I don't care for your stinking teams or alliances.
[19:38] ---
    I hate all that crap. I do what I want, when I want!
[19:41] ---
    What's wrong with that? Nothing, that's what!
[19:43] ---
    I bet you thought I was your enemy this whole time.
    You did, didn't you?
[19:47] ---
    Well sucks to be you! I'm not your friend or your foe.
    It just depends on what mood I'm in.
[19:50] ---
    You're full of it!
[19:51] ---
    Full of what? Why?
[19:53] ---
    I sided with Julia-what's-her-face this time, but that's
    just cause she makes more sense than Isao-whatever.
[19:57] ---
    Now can you quit trying to slap
    your stinkin' labels on me?
[20:00] ---
    You sure are ignorant for such a young kid!
    Ugh, I can't stand it!
[20:04] ---
    Don't you agree?
[20:05] ---
    Oh, I definitely do.
[20:07] ---
    Yeowch!
[20:07] ---
    And you know what I can't stand
    the most about you? That mark of yours!
[20:11] ---
    My mark...?
[20:12] ---
    Don't play dumb with me!
[20:13] ---
    That mark on your tail there was
    my stinkin' mentor's mark.
[20:17] ---
    Now, I don't know where you caught a peek
    of that mark there, but let me set you straight.
[20:19] ---
    Quit copying it you stinkin' little boy!
    Or girl, or whatever!
[20:26] ---
    Ol' Sab taught you?!
[20:27] ---
    You know Ol' Sab? How?
[20:29] ---
    Are you his wife?!
[20:29] ---
    The hell I am! What are you,
    his daughter or something? Granddaughter?!
[20:32] ---
    No!
[20:33] ---
    Then what, then?
[20:37] ---
    I don't even know...
[20:41] ---
    Huh, so that crabby old man was
    always like that then, eh?
[20:45] ---
    Yup!
[20:47] ---
    So, Miss Naomi was it? Were you his student?
[20:49] ---
    Just Naomi's fine.
[20:51] ---
    It was about eight years ago, now.
[20:54] ---
    After you met him, I guess.
[20:57] ---
    We met kinda the same way you and I just did,
    and a lot happened from there.
[21:01] ---
    A lot...?
[21:02] ---
    Yup, and I ended up learning under him.
[21:06] ---
    I learned from him, stole his techniques,
    and promised myself I'd shoot him down someday.
[21:10] ---
    Ooh! I kinda wanna hear what
    went down between you two.
[21:13] ---
    But that lecherous perv of an old fart just took off
    one day without so much as a word to anyone!
[21:19] ---
    He never changes, does he?
[21:22] ---
    Aww, did he abandon you? You poor thing.
[21:25] ---
    He abandoned you, too!
[21:26] ---
    I guess we're a pair of abandoned sisters, then.
[21:29] ---
    Imagine that!
[21:30] ---
    Eww, that's horrible for one,
    and also just gross and wrong!
[21:35] ---
    I'm gonna find that geezer some day
    and send him off to hell.
[21:38] ---
    Then we'll be even.
[21:43] ---
    What do you fly for, Naomi?
[21:46] ---
    Feels good, right? Being up there.
[21:48] ---
    Do you need more reason than that?
[21:52] ---
    I love anything that feels good!
[22:04] ---
    Ano sora o jiyuu ni kakenukete mitai to
[22:08] ---
    Hanasaki no kaze ni negai o noseta
[22:12] ---
    Akogare ga keshiki o tsukutteiku
[22:16] ---
    Ano toki no kaze wa genki kanaa
[22:25] ---
    Nan no tame ni tatakau no kana
[22:29] ---
    Koko ni iru riyuu wa nan darou?
[22:33] ---
    Toikaketa sora wa kotaenai kedo
[22:42] ---
    Bokura wa tsubasa o motteiru
[22:49] ---
    Haruka kanata nageki no shuuchakuten
[22:53] ---
    Mitsuketa monogataritachi
[22:58] ---
    Kono sora wa dare ni mo ubaenai
[23:05] ---
    Boku wa kakeru nanimo kowakunai yo
[23:10] ---
    Shiawase nara koko ni aru yo
[23:26] ---
    Preview
[23:33] ---
    Next time on The Magnificent KOTOBUKI,
    "Duel in Ikesuka"!
[23:38] ---
    Duel in Ikesuka

Season 1

E11 - Duel in Ikesuka

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[00:01] ---
    My good people, I am forever grateful that
    you have assembled before me here this day.
[00:07] ---
    Why, you may ask? Because you have chosen
    to gracefully share in our peace and happiness!
[00:13] ---
    But let us not forget!
[00:15] ---
    This world is full of miscreants
    who would seek to stop us!
[00:18] ---
    The hole is what once brought us the Yufang!
[00:22] ---
    It brought us prosperity!
[00:24] ---
    It brought airplanes, anti-air artillery, Yufang liquor,
    curry and rice, and even pancakes!
[00:34] ---
    But our enemies now wish to take
    its blessings for themselves!
[00:38] ---
    These heinous criminals spare
    no thought for anyone but themselves!
[00:43] ---
    These criminals are the people of Rahama!
[00:45] ---
    They tried to keep our long awaited new hole
    all to themselves, but failed!
[00:49] ---
    And just like that it was gone once again.
[00:52] ---
    We of the Brotherhood of Freedom Union will not
    forgive any who side with Rahama or Porokka!
[00:57] ---
    We must not allow these criminals to
[01:00] ---
    keep to themselves, stealing away
    the wonders of the holes from us!
[01:04] ---
    The Brotherhood of Freedom Union
    is the only path to world peace!
[01:07] ---
    Because only the Brotherhood of Freedom Union
    has the power to make it a reality!
[01:10] ---
    The Brotherhood of Freedom Union is the best!
[01:15] ---
    That damn Isao!
[01:16] ---
    How could he do this?
[01:17] ---
    How could he set our beloved Porokka ablaze?!
[01:20] ---
    Mr. Gaudreau, please settle down.
    You'll only bring your blood pressure up.
[01:24] ---
    Blood pressure be damned!
[01:25] ---
    It's these Ikesuka bastards
    we need to worry about!
[01:30] ---
    Mr. Gaudreau...
[01:32] ---
    Get in touch with Shouto!
[01:34] ---
    And that haughty gal from Gadoll, too!
[01:48] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[01:55] ---
    Flying through the mesh of clouds
[01:58] ---
    Our dancing wings wrap up in the wind
[02:02] ---
    Stars fall right before our eyes
[02:11] ---
    The blue of all blues that drew us in
[02:15] ---
    We kicked up off the blurring ground
[02:18] ---
    Let me hear the sound of the sky you know
[02:25] ---
    Take flight make gravity your ally
[02:32] ---
    One more time, however many
    times, laughing all along
[02:39] ---
    We would never look back when we fly
[02:46] ---
    An everlasting dream we
    live in pursuit of tomorrow
[02:51] ---
    Amid rising despair I locked away my love
[02:54] ---
    I hate my weak self
[02:57] ---
    Here and now passes by as
    we head towards the future
[03:06] ---
    Duel in Ikesuka
[03:07] ---
    He goes around preaching of brotherhood this and freedom that,
[03:10] ---
    but it's all just fancy talk.
[03:12] ---
    All he's after is consolidating
    all power into his own hands!
[03:16] ---
    How can they not see that?
[03:17] ---
    That's what we're here for, isn't it?
[03:19] ---
    You'd better believe it!
[03:20] ---
    Damned if I'll ever let
    Isao tell me what to do!
[03:22] ---
    If he did take control,
    the world would be as good as finished.
[03:25] ---
    Ijitsu would be split into three classes.
[03:27] ---
    Isao, his followers, and...
[03:31] ---
    His slaves.
[03:35] ---
    This is the Ofukouyama squad.
[03:36] ---
    We've reached the target airspace.
[03:43] ---
    All right! We've got eyes on
    the Union air force! On our ten!
[03:46] ---
    Looks like roughly a hundred fighters.
[03:48] ---
    That's fewer than intel reported.
[03:50] ---
    Another hundred or so, on our one o'clock.
[03:52] ---
    That puts them at around two hundred...
[03:54] ---
    Okay everyone, are you ready for this?
[03:56] ---
    You bet!
[03:57] ---
    You'll be safe with me
    covering you, captain Naomi!
[04:00] ---
    Yeah, no thanks.
[04:01] ---
    What?! Come on! Don't be like that, captain!
[04:05] ---
    I'm Adolfo Yamada, of THE Nazarin--
[04:08] ---
    Camilla, you know what our job is
    and what we're here to do, right?
[04:11] ---
    Don't you go chasing any of them down!
[04:13] ---
    Of course! A grudge is a grudge!
[04:15] ---
    Gotta stay calm, cool and collected!
    Gotta riddle them with holes!
[04:18] ---
    More importantly you gotta stay alive.
[04:20] ---
    Exactly.
[04:20] ---
    Now all fighters, prepare to engage!
[04:22] ---
    The Ofukouyama squad has
    moved to engage the enemy.
[04:25] ---
    Good! Good, good, good!
    They fell for it, then.
[04:28] ---
    Those idiots from Ikesuka and the Union
    just threw two hundred fighters at a decoy!
[04:32] ---
    That's gotta be nearly all their aircraft.
[04:34] ---
    Don't let your guard down yet.
[04:35] ---
    They might still have more
    firepower than we know.
[04:38] ---
    C'mon now Julia, that doesn't sound like you.
[04:40] ---
    Overthinking things will
    just make you a coward!
[04:43] ---
    We've got all the intel we need right here.
[04:46] ---
    Right, my faithful assistant, you?
[04:48] ---
    Oh yes. According to my sources there
    is no reason to doubt any of this.
[04:54] ---
    Well there you have it!
[04:56] ---
    We're gonna wipe 'em all
    out! Now let's move out!
[04:59] ---
    What is it with men like that who think shouting
    their orders will make any difference?
[05:02] ---
    I bet he thinks the louder he shouts
    the more power he wields.
[05:05] ---
    What an ingrate.
[05:07] ---
    Now now, girls. Let's curb
    the slander, shall we?
[05:09] ---
    No, feel free. They're entirely
    right about Gaudreau there.
[05:13] ---
    But everything comes in
    handy when used properly.
[05:17] ---
    And right know Porokka's military force
    is just what we need.
[05:19] ---
    You seem pretty confident about all this.
[05:21] ---
    Of course.
[05:22] ---
    We might be a rag tag assortment,
    but we have them beat in sheer numbers.
[05:26] ---
    This is anyone's battle.
[05:27] ---
    I prefer to stay away from gambling
    when I'm just as likely to lose as win.
[05:31] ---
    But if we pass up this opportunity,
    our chances of winning only go down from here.
[05:34] ---
    So this is really our only chance, then.
[05:37] ---
    Exactly!
[05:38] ---
    I sure hope Miki made it
    safely out of Porokka.
[05:41] ---
    I haven't heard word from
    her, and I'm so worried...
[05:45] ---
    Why would she get in touch with you?
[05:47] ---
    Why? I thought the madame sorted things out?
[05:49] ---
    More like smoothed them over.
    She never said she'd speak with you again.
[05:52] ---
    I'm sure you've guessed as much,
    but we don't have any time to waste.
[05:55] ---
    First we need to hit the factories
    producing those bombers!
[05:57] ---
    Right, and those would be where...?
[06:00] ---
    Oh, yeah. Right there.
[06:02] ---
    Our target is 25 kilometers
    southwest of central Ikesuka.
[06:05] ---
    The Fugaku construction assembly plant!
[06:07] ---
    Wind speeds are at 17 khrill,
    blowing in at 90 degrees.
[06:09] ---
    First Officer, your orders, sir!
[06:13] ---
    Move the bridge upwind! All
    engines, full speed ahead!
[06:16] ---
    On our twenty!
[06:18] ---
    Releasing the hatch! All
    fighters, prepare for takeoff!
[06:24] ---
    Hey, so uhh, I don't really get what's going on here.
    Isn't this kind of a cheap move?
[06:28] ---
    Well we drew out their
[06:29] ---
    main forces so we can close
    in on their facilities, so you might say that.
[06:32] ---
    Diversions are perfectly
    acceptable military tactics.
[06:36] ---
    I hate these missions, though.
    It's such a pain when we can't just fly however we want!
[06:40] ---
    I know what you mean, but I think we'd best avoid
    being hasty and try and talk this all out.
[06:46] ---
    I would have to disagree.
[06:48] ---
    Oh my, and why's that?
[06:49] ---
    Reona seems to be forgetting that there
    are some people you just cannot reason with.
[06:53] ---
    The more trust you put in someone,
    the weaker you are when facing them.
[06:57] ---
    That may be, but her word
    is still good by me.
[07:00] ---
    Right or wrong.
[07:02] ---
    That's nonsensical.
[07:03] ---
    Where do you stand, Kate?
    Good or bad? Do it or don't?
[07:06] ---
    There are things I wish to clear up.
[07:08] ---
    What's that supposed to mean?
[07:09] ---
    This mission is my chance to clear up
    things I wish to make clear.
[07:11] ---
    What does that even mean?
[07:31] ---
    Kylie, quit lagging behind!
[07:32] ---
    Yeah, yeah.
[07:34] ---
    You're flying too low, too.
[07:35] ---
    Yeah, yeah.
[07:36] ---
    How can you be so lax?
[07:39] ---
    Kylie has seemed out of
    it for a while now, huh?
[07:41] ---
    Know what? I bet she's just scared!
[07:43] ---
    Nope. I was just thinking about what
    we're actually supposed to be doing out here.
[07:48] ---
    At a time like this?
[07:49] ---
    We're defending the Hagoromo
    and attacking Ikesuka.
[07:52] ---
    Defending the Hagoromo I can understand,
    but why are we attacking Ikesuka, again?
[07:57] ---
    Kylie! Were you in some other realm of existence
    during our briefing or something?
[08:00] ---
    No, I was listening.
    But none of it really made sense to me.
[08:05] ---
    So a hole almost opened over Rahama, right?
[08:08] ---
    Then Isao showed up?
[08:10] ---
    And then Julia formed some kind of alliance.
[08:12] ---
    I get all that.
[08:15] ---
    But then what?
[08:17] ---
    What are we doing here?
[08:20] ---
    Are wars supposed to just be
    fought on a whim like this?
[08:25] ---
    Is that what the KOTOBUKI Corps stands for?
[08:29] ---
    Orders are orders. And things
    are already in motion.
[08:32] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[09:00] ---
    I figured this lot was just a bunch of rag tag pilots,
    but they're better than I thought!
[09:04] ---
    Don't forget! This is for Shouto!
[09:06] ---
    For the theater they leveled on First Avenue!
[09:08] ---
    For the bakery and the Takochu Park, too!
    Let them have it!
[09:28] ---
    Got ya--
[09:30] ---
    My lady! I, the world's dandiest man,
    am here by your side! Fear not!
[09:33] ---
    Whaddya think you're doing,
    eggplant for brains?!
[09:36] ---
    When I'm maneuvering behind an enemy fighter you
    should be making sure they can't pull away!
[09:40] ---
    W-well how am I supposed to know that?
[09:41] ---
    If you have to ask, then quit talking yourself up!
    You're just wasting your breath!
[09:45] ---
    My lady, look out!
[09:46] ---
    Captain Naomi, on your five!
[09:54] ---
    What are you even out here for?
[09:55] ---
    If you're just gonna float around
    up here, then quit wasting gasoline!
[09:58] ---
    I was trying to warn you...
[09:59] ---
    If you can't even cover me
    then you're good for nothing!
[10:11] ---
    Stay out of my line of sight, fish face!
[10:13] ---
    Sorry...
[10:31] ---
    Pummel that factory,
    and we'll really curb the Union's firepower!
[10:41] ---
    Those big planes from the
    other day aren't here, huh?
[10:43] ---
    The Fugaku?
[10:44] ---
    Yeah, those!
[10:45] ---
    Perhaps the bombers we saw
    the other day were their whole fleet?
[10:47] ---
    That still doesn't explain why this place seems
    deserted.
[10:49] ---
    You'd figure they'd leave behind at least enough
    people to defend the place.
[10:54] ---
    We're blowing this place up?
[10:55] ---
    Don't sweat the details. Light the place up!
[10:58] ---
    Where's our welcoming committee?
[11:00] ---
    There's no sight of 'em here.
    I bet they all ran away scared of us!
[11:04] ---
    Madame! Councilor Julia!
[11:19] ---
    It was a trap?!
[11:19] ---
    I count 200- No, wait...
[11:21] ---
    That's impossible!
    They don't have those sort of numbers!
[11:24] ---
    What happened to that
    perfect intel of yours?!
[11:27] ---
    Gaudreau, sir, it would seem despite
    all unlikelihood that you were wrong.
[11:30] ---
    I was what, now?!
[11:31] ---
    I believe it is about time
    I make a career change.
[11:31] ---
    RESIGNATION
[11:33] ---
    The pleasure has been all mine!
[11:36] ---
    Are you telling me you were a double agent?!
[11:38] ---
    You have my best wishes!
[12:07] ---
    Send the order to retreat.
[12:09] ---
    If we don't do so this instant,
[12:10] ---
    our fifty-fifty chance
    will quickly become much more of a gamble.
[12:12] ---
    We can't!
[12:13] ---
    Julia, it would seem we made light of Isao.
[12:17] ---
    We've lost.
[12:21] ---
    Full retreat!
[12:22] ---
    Turn us around!
[12:23] ---
    Turning now!
[12:25] ---
    Bearing 180!
[12:26] ---
    Alert the decoy squad!
[12:27] ---
    Roger!
[12:28] ---
    Gaudreau, it's Julia.
    The Hagoromo is retreating. You'd best as well.
[12:33] ---
    Retreat isn't even on the table for us!
[12:37] ---
    You'll be wiped out at this rate!
[12:38] ---
    It's talk like that that's
    gonna cost us this battle!
[12:40] ---
    We can still win!
[12:42] ---
    And so the tricksters
    have become the tricked.
[12:45] ---
    Do you have any other
    options or back up plans?
[12:47] ---
    Not really, no!
[12:49] ---
    But this is just too cruel...
[12:50] ---
    Why don't you call that ex-wife of yours?
    She might even worry about you, now.
[12:55] ---
    Even now, it's only a "might"?
[12:57] ---
    Come on! Go away!
[13:00] ---
    Whew!
[13:01] ---
    Thank you, Naomi!
[13:03] ---
    How do they expect us to
    retreat from all this?!
[13:07] ---
    Well, we can't just have you running off
    without paying for what you've done.
[13:11] ---
    This time it's our turn!
[13:13] ---
    I would appreciate it if you would
    stick around with us just a tad longer.
[13:20] ---
    Hmph, fine then.
[13:21] ---
    Those Type 5's aren't half bad, huh?
[13:26] ---
    I sure love these near death battles!
[13:28] ---
    You two bastards better keep up!
[13:31] ---
    What?!
[13:31] ---
    Aren't we retreating?
[13:32] ---
    That one there's all yours!
[13:33] ---
    All my- What?!
[13:46] ---
    Engines 21 and 23 have been knocked out!
[13:50] ---
    Engine 12 has been knocked clean off!
[13:51] ---
    We can't go at 'em like this!
[13:52] ---
    Fires have broken out in hangars 1 and 2!
[13:54] ---
    You have to retreat!
[13:55] ---
    So much for your day of dominance, huh?!
[13:58] ---
    I never claimed such to begin with!
[14:04] ---
    Dammit! How am I supposed to face up to Chika
    if I can't even put her teachings to work here?!
[14:07] ---
    Keep your wits about you, Tokiwagi!
[14:09] ---
    Don't take this too far!
    We need to focus on each of them, one by one!
[14:11] ---
    You ain't gotta tell me!
[14:14] ---
    Rahama still has its secret weapon!
[14:16] ---
    And it's time you had a taste of it!
[14:18] ---
    Fires have broken out in block 13!
    We can't put these out!
[14:21] ---
    Keep at it! The enemy's falling back!
[14:24] ---
    All we gotta do is push
    through this, and we win!
[14:35] ---
    Are you seeing this?
    Something just went down!
[14:37] ---
    The Hagoromo?!
[14:38] ---
    It appears to be the Porokka flagship.
[14:39] ---
    How could this be?
[14:40] ---
    Reona...
[14:41] ---
    We retreat!
[14:42] ---
    Fall back and protect the Hagoromo!
[14:43] ---
    Got it!
[14:51] ---
    What the heck is that thing?!
[14:53] ---
    Oh yeah! This is what I call a scuffle!
[14:55] ---
    May the last plane flying win!
[14:58] ---
    Oh, this is so exciting!
[15:09] ---
    Isao, sir, please fall back.
[15:11] ---
    There is no need for you to fly
    head-first into this conflict.
[15:13] ---
    How did that saying go again?
    That old Yufang one...
[15:17] ---
    What?
[15:17] ---
    Oh yeah!
[15:18] ---
    The real fool's the fool that
    doesn't fool around at all!
[15:43] ---
    Zara, will you fly with me?
[15:46] ---
    I'm with you.
[15:51] ---
    I assume that's you,
    Brotherhood of Freedom Union Chairman, Isao!
[15:53] ---
    Huh?
[15:54] ---
    I'm Reona, captain of the Ouni Company's
    KOTOBUKI Corps from Rahama!
[15:59] ---
    When I was still a fresh pilot,
    you once saved my life.
[16:03] ---
    I just want to talk with you!
[16:05] ---
    Uhh, talk about what, exactly?
    I don't like talking about complicated stuff!
[16:10] ---
    I don't want to have to
    fight any pointless battles.
[16:12] ---
    I'm sure neither of us wish to see
    the loss of any more lives!
[16:14] ---
    That's true.
[16:16] ---
    If you issue the order,
    our side will surely agree to a ceasefire.
[16:19] ---
    I'll do what I can to make sure of it!
[16:21] ---
    Yes, yes, and then?
[16:22] ---
    Please allow us to retreat!
[16:32] ---
    Sure.
[16:34] ---
    I knew you were not the person
    everyone says you are!
[16:43] ---
    Just kidding!
[16:44] ---
    Reona!
[16:51] ---
    I told you I don't like getting
    all caught up in complicated stuff!
[16:57] ---
    How dare you do that to her!
[17:09] ---
    Well, lookie here, another new face!
[17:11] ---
    Hi there, newbie!
[17:13] ---
    I'm no newbie, I'm Kylie!
[17:15] ---
    We met in Areshima!
[17:16] ---
    And back with that fish, too!
[17:18] ---
    We did?
[17:19] ---
    You know, I think I do remember
    that mark on your tail, there.
[17:23] ---
    But I don't remember you being
    a girl. Or young, either!
[17:26] ---
    What?!
[17:26] ---
    It was just some old fool who got left behind
    when the Yufang disappeared from Ijitsu.
[17:31] ---
    A real stubborn guy.
[17:33] ---
    Indeed. A mulish man stuck in his old ways.
[17:36] ---
    We call them them the Yufang here, but they call
    themselves the Japanese Army, you know!
[17:42] ---
    Yes, indeed. Not the
    Yufang, but the Japanese.
[17:44] ---
    Apparently that guy was some
    sorta "mill-ee-terry" engineer or something.
[17:47] ---
    But no matter how many times we talked,
    he'd never listen to what we told him.
[17:49] ---
    ALTITUDE
[17:51] ---
    OIL PRESSURE
    FUEL PRESSURE
[17:51] ---
    He even tried fleeing.
[17:54] ---
    Ol' Sab...!
[17:55] ---
    Maybe he just didn't like to fight?
[17:57] ---
    Despised it, I'm sure.
[17:59] ---
    Who knows, though?
[18:00] ---
    Indeed, we have no way of knowing now.
[18:04] ---
    Nope!
[18:06] ---
    'Cause he was such a pain
    that we shot him down!
[18:09] ---
    Stinks to be him, huh?
[18:10] ---
    Abandoned by the Yufang only to be shot down by me.
    Not a happy ending!
[18:14] ---
    I wonder what he's up to now?
[18:16] ---
    Probably rotting away somewhere
    out in the wastelands.
[18:20] ---
    You miserable stinkin' buttface!
[18:24] ---
    Lemme tell you about Ol' Sab!
[18:26] ---
    Huh? What? What's the matter?
[18:28] ---
    Ol' Sab!
[18:30] ---
    He hated people like you!
[18:40] ---
    We can shoot down one after another,
    but there's no end!
[18:42] ---
    Chika, on your two o'clock!
[18:43] ---
    Above you!
[18:54] ---
    They've just got far
    stronger engines onboard!
[18:56] ---
    What are we gonna do?
[19:03] ---
    Chika, here they come! Get ready to evade!
[19:04] ---
    Gotcha!
[19:20] ---
    We got them!
[19:33] ---
    Chika! That was excellent!
[19:34] ---
    Yikes! People can see my
    underwear from down there!
[19:37] ---
    I'll be right down to pick
    you up. You just sit tight.
[19:43] ---
    Engines 2, 4, and 6 are down!
[19:45] ---
    Engines 1 and 7 at 30% output!
[19:47] ---
    This is bad. Real bad!
[19:49] ---
    Then why do you look so excited?
[19:52] ---
    I was just thinking how I feel so alive!
[19:54] ---
    I suppose you won't really
    "feel" it when we're dead.
[19:55] ---
    Helium leaks in sections
    2 and 4 cannot be stopped!
[19:58] ---
    We'll need to abandon the
    ballast on the bow to realign!
[20:01] ---
    They really won't make this
    easy for us, will they?
[20:04] ---
    Mayor!
[20:04] ---
    Coming, coming!
[20:05] ---
    Enemy formation coming in on our nine!
[20:07] ---
    All right, all right!
    I can't handle them all with this thing, you know!
[20:19] ---
    I'm done for!
[20:23] ---
    Mind if we join you, then?
    In this big gamble, I mean big opportunity here?!
[20:28] ---
    Who's that?
[20:29] ---
    Who is that?
[20:29] ---
    Who are you?
[20:30] ---
    The CEO and big boss of
    Elite Industries, Torihei!
[20:34] ---
    Here they come!
[20:43] ---
    Seriously though, what?
[20:52] ---
    Aw, here I was thinking maybe he'd taught you
    a thing or two, but I guess not, huh?
[20:56] ---
    That old man wasn't good for much,
    but he was great in the cockpit
[20:58] ---
    of his Zero there, at least.
[21:01] ---
    He flew it like a hawk!
[21:15] ---
    Buh-bye, now.
[21:20] ---
    Will we meet again?
[21:23] ---
    Nope, I doubt it!
[21:28] ---
    Carelessness is your worst enemy.
[21:30] ---
    Thanks, I'll keep that in mind...
[21:32] ---
    There's something I want to ask you.
[21:34] ---
    Are you the one who shot Allen down?
[21:36] ---
    I sure am.
[21:46] ---
    I wanted to try and soar through that sky
[21:50] ---
    So I wished upon the winds right before me
[21:54] ---
    Our aspirations build us scenery
[21:58] ---
    I wonder how that wind is now
[22:06] ---
    Why do we fight, I wonder
[22:11] ---
    What is our purpose here?
[22:15] ---
    I asked, but the skies do not answer
[22:24] ---
    We all have wings
[22:30] ---
    Far away at the end of all lament
[22:35] ---
    The stories we found
[22:39] ---
    No one can steal these skies away
[22:47] ---
    We will soar unafraid of anything
[22:52] ---
    Because happiness is right here
[23:12] ---
    Come on, over here!
[23:13] ---
    Move, move, move!
[23:16] ---
    What's the situation?
[23:17] ---
    Do you even need to ask?!
[23:19] ---
    It's a load of garbage!
[23:20] ---
    Understood.
[23:21] ---
    Kate is returning with Kylie aboard.
[23:24] ---
    Well I hope you're all in the
    mood for a grand surprise!
[23:27] ---
    Another hole's about to open
[23:29] ---
    Where?
[23:30] ---
    Right here!
[23:31] ---
    Right above Ikesuka.
[23:34] ---
    And you wait until now to tell us?!
[23:35] ---
    Preview
[23:36] ---
    Next time on The Magnificent KOTOBUKI,
    "KOTOBUKI of the Setting Sun"!
[23:37] ---
    KOTOBUKI of the Setting Sun

Season 1

E12 - Kotobuki of the Setting Sun

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[00:01] ---
    KOTOBUKI of the Setting Sun
[00:02] ---
    Quit mucking around!
[00:04] ---
    Think of every second you waste as victory
    getting a hundred times further out of reach!
[00:07] ---
    Roger!
[00:07] ---
    These are the last of our back up fighters,
    so don't you go getting shot down!
[00:11] ---
    It's unfortunate that things
    had to work out this way.
[00:14] ---
    Is it?
[00:16] ---
    Loulou! There's one last
    thing I want to say to you!
[00:18] ---
    First Officer.
[00:19] ---
    Thank you for your service.
[00:21] ---
    I hope you will help us see
    this through to the end.
[00:24] ---
    Oh no, yeah, thanks...
[00:27] ---
    I'll be here!
[00:33] ---
    What are you looking at?
[00:34] ---
    It's those long pauses of his that
    make things so uncomfortable, yes?
[00:37] ---
    You think so? I see them as
    more of one of his strengths.
[00:40] ---
    You truly are a wicked woman.
[00:42] ---
    How rude.
[00:44] ---
    You do this all hands off then, and let
    your little minions dance around for you, don't you?
[00:48] ---
    I simply prefer to leave
    the dancing to the dancers.
[00:54] ---
    If I were as clever as you, perhaps Gadoll
    would have faced a different fate.
[00:59] ---
    Now now Julia, let's not go talking
    as if this is over already.
[01:03] ---
    True. We still have work to do.
[01:07] ---
    Whether this is a battle for
    new beginnings or a new end, well...
[01:09] ---
    Well, whatever happens, happens!
[01:56] ---
    Don't you so much as flinch!
    We fight to the bitter end!
[01:58] ---
    I don't care if you're the
    last man standing, you fight!
[02:01] ---
    Naomi squadron, make your approach
    from your eight o'clock.
[02:04] ---
    Your target is Isao Tower.
[02:15] ---
    What? We're under attack?
    They don't even stand a chance. Why even bother?
[02:19] ---
    They foolishly believe that where
    there's a will, there's a way.
[02:21] ---
    I wish they wouldn't rush
    to their deaths like this.
[02:23] ---
    If they would just submit and obey I would give them
    more work than they could ever hope for!
[02:28] ---
    I have given the evacuation orders for
    the civilians and secured their safety.
[02:33] ---
    Master Isao, you should also hurry and--
[02:34] ---
    Boy I sure do wanna get out there and fight!
[02:36] ---
    Repairs will still take some time.
[02:38] ---
    Not much we can do about that, huh?
    Guess we just stall for time, then?
[02:43] ---
    Good grief.
[02:45] ---
    I'm normally much more
    suited for nonmanual labor!
[03:02] ---
    Oh my! Anti-air towers?! We
    didn't have those in Shouto.
[03:06] ---
    Ikesuka sure is something else!
[03:14] ---
    Air combat sure is fun, huh!
[03:17] ---
    Can't beat the rush you get
    shooting down another plane.
[03:20] ---
    Getting shot down sure does stink, though.
[03:23] ---
    Why do these people even bother fighting
    a fight they know they can't win?
[03:26] ---
    Are they stupid, or just obsessed?
[03:29] ---
    Isao's forces don't seem to have spotted
    the KOTOBUKI Corps yet.
[03:32] ---
    Kylie, Chika, you two move in from
    the Sugar Crystal District.
[03:34] ---
    Emma and Kate, you push right through
    the Snuggy-wuggy Swamp.
[03:36] ---
    Zara and I will head straight for Isao Tower.
[03:38] ---
    Reona, what do you say the
    two of us just run away.
[03:42] ---
    Why not just leave all of this behind and
    live out a new life somewhere far away?
[03:45] ---
    Somewhere you can do whatever
    it is you really want to do.
[03:48] ---
    That's out of the question.
[03:50] ---
    We have a duty here.
[03:52] ---
    We have no such thing.
[03:54] ---
    There's not a single thing out here
    we have any obligation to do.
[03:58] ---
    So why don't you share some of
    that burden you carry with me, sometimes?
[04:01] ---
    I want to stay with you.
[04:03] ---
    Zara-
[04:04] ---
    Take a look at that! The sky's all weird!
[04:08] ---
    It's a new hole.
[04:09] ---
    What? Already?!
[04:10] ---
    That's a little sooner than I
    expected, and a bit off course.
[04:13] ---
    I figured it'd be at least a short ways out.
[04:15] ---
    But it's right above them.
[04:17] ---
    Which means?
[04:17] ---
    Isao has definitely noticed.
[04:20] ---
    We have a report from the Shouto Squadron.
[04:21] ---
    An additional thirty enemy
    aircraft spotted taking off.
[04:24] ---
    Assume these fighters are headed out
    to deal with the KOTOBUKI Corps.
[04:26] ---
    Busted, huh?
[04:27] ---
    Just how badly do they want
    this thing for themselves?
[04:29] ---
    Less than five minutes until contact.
[04:30] ---
    We don't stand a chance
    against numbers like that.
[04:33] ---
    Girls, I don't suppose any
    of you have any suggestions?
[04:36] ---
    Two heads are better than one.
[04:37] ---
    What's that supposed to mean?
[04:38] ---
    It means if we all think together,
    we might come up with a better plan.
[04:42] ---
    Well, six heads must be way better than one,
    so get ready for the best plan of all!
[04:46] ---
    How about we focus on low, narrow spaces?
[04:48] ---
    So we take the fight straight into the city?
[04:50] ---
    Mhmm!
[04:51] ---
    Our Hayabusas' strength is in their handling.
[04:53] ---
    They're perfect for taking out
    those anti-air towers, too.
[04:56] ---
    It's time we show these fiends
    that speed is not everything.
[05:00] ---
    All right, then we take
    the fight into the city!
[05:02] ---
    The city, huh...
[05:03] ---
    Yup, and we show them
    everything we're made of.
[05:06] ---
    Got it!
[05:08] ---
    Zara.
[05:09] ---
    Yeah?
[05:10] ---
    You think things will be okay
    without me pulling all the strings?
[05:12] ---
    Of course! Why would we even be a team at all
    if any of us could do this all on our own?
[05:18] ---
    Thanks.
[05:22] ---
    Okay girls, are you ready?
[05:23] ---
    Yee-up!
[05:24] ---
    Of course.
[05:24] ---
    Absolutely!
[05:25] ---
    I'm ready!
[05:26] ---
    Let's do this!
[05:27] ---
    All right!
[05:28] ---
    Fly high, KOTOBUKI Flight Corps!
[05:30] ---
    Yes, ma’am!
[06:03] ---
    Flying straight down New Brotherhood Avenue
    here is the shortest route to the tower.
[06:09] ---
    All blocked off, is it? I
    suppose we might have guessed.
[06:11] ---
    We can still turn and head
    straight up Trust Boulevard
[06:13] ---
    We move on our three, then!
[06:42] ---
    Kate!
[06:51] ---
    This is Kate.
[06:52] ---
    The rockets on that unidentified
    craft appear to be
[06:55] ---
    equipped with a proximity fuze. Stay alert.
[06:57] ---
    What should we do?
[06:58] ---
    You can't just evade, you need to circumvent them with
    sweeping turns. Big ones!
[07:00] ---
    Big ones?
[07:01] ---
    Huge ones!
[07:07] ---
    Proximity fuze missiles don't need to land hits
    because they detonate
[07:10] ---
    in proximity of their targets.
[07:12] ---
    But how can they tell when they're close?
[07:13] ---
    Via radar.
[07:25] ---
    This is going to be a problem.
    We need to split up!
[07:27] ---
    Emma, you follow Reona and I.
[07:29] ---
    As you wish.
[07:42] ---
    This is Kate. I've been
    downed on Hope Boulevard.
[07:44] ---
    Copy that. We're on our way
    to get you as we speak.
[07:47] ---
    Would she even shed a tear if I died?
[07:51] ---
    To think the day would come when
    I would need to take up arms again.
[07:55] ---
    I've heard that line more than once before.
[07:57] ---
    Oh no, but this truly was an unexpected turn!
[07:59] ---
    Let's just hope it's the last.
[08:02] ---
    Though it may be the last
    in more ways than one...
[08:04] ---
    The Magnificent
    KOTOBUKI
[08:08] ---
    Loulou...
[08:10] ---
    What the heck! Don't just barge in like that!
[08:13] ---
    I'm going, I'm going!
[08:19] ---
    No! Don't look!
[08:21] ---
    People like you who incite the innocent and seek

[08:25] ---
    to steal away what little
    we have for yourselves...
[08:29] ---
    Don't deserve to fly!
[08:30] ---
    Isao and the air pirates are pretty
    much one in the same, huh?
[08:33] ---
    I refuse to believe your twisted lies
    of peace, happiness, and prosperity!
[09:00] ---
    It went off-
[09:01] ---
    --on that part sticking out there!
[09:02] ---
    Let's get rid of this jerk!
[09:04] ---
    Okay!
[09:15] ---
    Here we go!
[09:16] ---
    Yup!
[09:27] ---
    Did we get him?
[09:28] ---
    I think so!
[09:29] ---
    We're real aces!
[09:31] ---
    Chika!
[09:32] ---
    They got me!
[09:33] ---
    Chika, are you all right?!
[09:34] ---
    I'm good! I'll wait for
    pickup here, you keep going!
[09:37] ---
    Gah! We only had one of those
    lost little fighters there!
[09:40] ---
    When that one came through a hole
    had barely even opened.
[09:44] ---
    Don't think I don't know
    you're here to block off that hole!
[09:47] ---
    I'd say you're definitely
    better off with me around.
[09:50] ---
    I'm doing just fine right now without you.
[09:51] ---
    I don't mean now, I'm
    talking about our future!
[09:54] ---
    Our what? Do you seriously think
    you're gonna make it through this?
[09:56] ---
    I was born to defend you.
[09:59] ---
    You're not making a damn bit of sense!
[10:01] ---
    I'm proposing, okay? PROPOSING!
[10:03] ---
    I'm asking you to marry me!
[10:04] ---
    Are you daydreaming over
    there or something, buddy?
[10:06] ---
    How about you tell me about those dreams
    of yours once we survive all this?
[10:29] ---
    Kylie, get below the bridge!
[10:31] ---
    Oh, right!
[10:58] ---
    I'll see you...
[11:00] ---
    IN HELL!
[11:25] ---
    I've been bested...
[11:27] ---
    But I certainly feel better now!
[11:31] ---
    It's time we settled our score!
[11:34] ---
    You do not have what it takes.
[11:37] ---
    Don't you dare think you can even touch her!
[11:43] ---
    Hatokichi!
[11:44] ---
    It's time!
[12:21] ---
    We only have two birds left!
    What kind of monsters are you?!
[12:26] ---
    They just shot one of their own down!
[12:27] ---
    Don't worry, I'm on your side!
[12:29] ---
    Now, my brother!
[12:30] ---
    Roger that!
[12:32] ---
    Got 'em!
[12:33] ---
    Brother!
[12:34] ---
    They got me!
[12:35] ---
    I can see that!
[12:36] ---
    Air pirates? What are they doing
    fighting on Ikesuka's side?
[12:40] ---
    Don't tell me...!
[12:41] ---
    Now then, my friends, it's
    time to repay those debts!
[12:44] ---
    Show Ikesuka and myself your thanks for all
    the aid we have always smuggled your way!
[12:48] ---
    Hey! Make sure you shoot
    some down for me, too!
[12:57] ---
    Impressive. But you are not
    quite as shrewd as I am.
[13:00] ---
    Ready the crane!
[13:19] ---
    Ugh, you're the WORST!
[13:32] ---
    Anna, look!
[13:33] ---
    The hole!
[13:36] ---
    It's time.
[13:37] ---
    Farewell.
[13:41] ---
    HELL SPEED
[14:46] ---
    You're time's just about up!
[14:48] ---
    Master Isao.
[14:49] ---
    To our snack-time o'clock!
[14:50] ---
    What is it?
[14:51] ---
    It's an airship, stay alert!
[14:53] ---
    No ordinary airship moves
    at speeds like that.
[14:56] ---
    There it goes! You better make this worth it!
[14:58] ---
    May the fortunes of war fall in your favor.
[14:59] ---
    Closing up a hole that big will take
    more than four tons of explosives.
[15:03] ---
    With that much it should blow in an instant.
[15:04] ---
    So that's it then? If they
    can't have it to themselves,
[15:07] ---
    they aren't going to let anyone have it?!
[15:09] ---
    What a stupid, dimwitted, idiotic idea!
[15:15] ---
    I don't think so!
[15:44] ---
    You shoot down Ol' Sab, you attack Rahama,
    and you still haven't had enough, you pighead?!
[15:48] ---
    I'm not gonna let you get away with this!
[15:50] ---
    Can you just leave me alone already?
[15:52] ---
    As kind as I may be, you
    don't want to make me angry!
[15:55] ---
    Kylie, you can't! You're gonna sink into
    the deep, dark sea at this rate!
[15:58] ---
    Remember the line in See the Sea!
[15:59] ---
    Anger and hatred only harden you like stone,
[16:03] ---
    and once a stone sinks
    it never floats back up!
[16:24] ---
    You don't fly a plane...
[16:29] ---
    This is amazing, Ol' Sab!
[16:43] ---
    Wait, what? What did he just say?
[16:48] ---
    You don't fly a plane, they fly on their own.
[16:53] ---
    All a pilot needs to do is follow its lead.
[17:03] ---
    They fly...
[17:04] ---
    On their own!
[17:09] ---
    Okay! Time to finish you off!
[17:20] ---
    If anger and hatred are what hold me down...
[17:23] ---
    Then it's freedom that gives me wings!
[17:25] ---
    Nobody, and none of this sky, belongs to you!
[17:43] ---
    That's mine!
[17:44] ---
    It's mine, all mine, and just for me!
[17:47] ---
    It's going to be mine!
[17:48] ---
    Mine to dominate! Mine to manage!
    Mine to control! MINE!
[17:53] ---
    It's not for anyone but me!
[18:09] ---
    Gooo!!!
[18:22] ---
    Hey you! Don't you dare just turn and run!
[18:24] ---
    Do you have any idea how much time
    and money we spent on you, you traitors?!
[18:32] ---
    Was this really the right thing to do?
[18:33] ---
    Right how?
[18:35] ---
    Blowing up the hole like that.
[18:37] ---
    It might have brought us all sorts of stuff.
[18:40] ---
    And it might not have.
[18:45] ---
    You're right, Ol' Sab.
[18:47] ---
    I'm just gonna keep being me.
[18:49] ---
    I did this all by my own hands,
    of my own free will, after all!
[18:54] ---
    Kylie are you there?!
    Come in! Come in already!
[18:59] ---
    I'm starving.
[19:00] ---
    You idiot!
[19:01] ---
    What?!
[19:02] ---
    I can't think of a more
    Kylie response than that!
[19:05] ---
    Are you making fun of me?
    After all the hard work I just did?
[19:08] ---
    Only real idiots go around
    telling people they worked hard!
[19:11] ---
    Oh shut up, I only said it 'cause
    it's not like anyone else was gonna.
[19:13] ---
    Fine, oh yeah, you were sooo amazing.
[19:15] ---
    Now, put some more feeling into it!
[19:17] ---
    I can hardly hold back these
    tears of joy for how you
[19:20] ---
    rid me of those bastards that plagued me so.
[19:24] ---
    What's with the poetry?
[19:24] ---
    You should have rolled a bit wider, huh?
[19:27] ---
    I miscalculated.
[19:29] ---
    I think I'll kick off my studies of
    these holes again when we get back.
[19:31] ---
    I'll help you.
[19:32] ---
    Maybe I'll just try and give her a call.
[19:35] ---
    Even though the Madame couldn't
    even sort things out?
[19:36] ---
    It might work better hearing
    it straight from me!
[19:39] ---
    Feel free, then.
[19:41] ---
    Doesn't this all feel pretty refreshing?
[19:43] ---
    How?
[19:44] ---
    We're free to do whatever
    we want now, is what I mean.
[19:51] ---
    Same as it's always been.
[19:53] ---
    And same as it always will be, huh?
[19:55] ---
    All right! I think it's time!
[19:57] ---
    Time for what?
[19:58] ---
    For me to step out of this Raiden
    and pass it on to the next generation.
[20:02] ---
    So I get to pilot the Raiden now?
[20:03] ---
    In what world would that ever happen?
[20:05] ---
    I'll make sure the First
    Ave theater, the bakery,
[20:08] ---
    Takochu Park, and the
    cafeteria are all rebuilt!
[20:12] ---
    Now then, where to go next!
[20:14] ---
    Atazaki is a great place for a honeymoon.
[20:16] ---
    Atazaki it is, then.
[20:18] ---
    Well are we going to Atazaki, or not?
[20:20] ---
    What?!
[20:21] ---
    Do you take him for better, for worse, for richer,
    for poorer, for dumb, for dumber?
[20:28] ---
    Isn't he just gonna stick around anyway?
[20:30] ---
    Of course I am, my lovely!
[20:33] ---
    I'm going to buy myself a new handbag!
[20:34] ---
    And I'm going to buy some
    shiny, fancy sandals!
[20:36] ---
    When we get back it's straight
    to repairs and tuning!
[20:38] ---
    As long as we've got the parts,
    there's nothing we can't fix up.
[20:40] ---
    You best be ready!
[20:41] ---
    Roger!
[20:42] ---
    As you wish!
[20:43] ---
    The sheer number of problems
    we'll have to deal with now is just dreadful.
[20:46] ---
    Though maybe this will finally shake some
    since into those fools in Gadoll.
[20:49] ---
    What a rough life.
[20:50] ---
    And what do you plan on doing now?
[20:52] ---
    The same as I always have.
[20:53] ---
    How, when you're flat out broke?
[20:55] ---
    By doing what little I can, bit by bit.
[20:58] ---
    I think I'll start with a
    nice shower when I get home.
[21:02] ---
    You never change.
[21:04] ---
    This is the Ouni Company, come in.
[21:07] ---
    It's a bright sunny day in Rahama today.
    With winds blowing from the southeast at three khrill.
[21:10] ---
    Everyone is ready and
    waiting for your return.
[21:13] ---
    We're headed for Rahama now ourselves.
[21:16] ---
    Fly safe, everyone.
[21:18] ---
    We'll see you in Rahama!
[21:20] ---
    Oh, right!
[21:21] ---
    What?
[21:21] ---
    Does the name "KOTOBUKI" come
    from the Yufang word?
[21:24] ---
    Yeah, it means good fortune.
[21:26] ---
    I heard it was more like
    a word of congratulations.
[21:29] ---
    And for longevity.
[21:30] ---
    Sounds like it means all
    sorts of great things.
[21:32] ---
    Sounds like a perfect match for us.
[21:34] ---
    I wonder if we'll still be
    flying when we're all old.
[21:39] ---
    We sure will!
[21:42] ---
    Long ago, the world opened right up,
    and lots rained down on us.
[21:48] ---
    Some good things. Some bad things.
[21:50] ---
    Some lovely things. Some tarnished things.
[21:53] ---
    There was all sorts of stuff.
[21:55] ---
    But now the world has closed up again.
[21:59] ---
    And while we slowly lose many of the things
    we have, we gain many more as well.
[22:04] ---
    And we live on, latching on to what we have.
[22:08] ---
    And we will continue living just this way.
[22:19] ---
    Ano sora o jiyuu ni kakenukete mitai to
    I wanted to try and soar through that sky
[22:23] ---
    Hanasaki no kaze ni negai o noseta
    So I wished upon the winds right before me
[22:27] ---
    Akogare ga keshiki o tsukutteiku
    Our aspirations build us scenery
[22:31] ---
    Ano toki no kaze wa genki kanaa
    I wonder how that wind is now
[22:40] ---
    Nan no tame ni tatakau no kana
    Why do we fight, I wonder
[22:44] ---
    Koko ni iru riyuu wa nan darou?
    What is our purpose here?
[22:48] ---
    Toikaketa sora wa kotaenai kedo
    I asked, but the skies do not answer
[22:57] ---
    Bokura wa tsubasa o motteiru
    We all have wings
[23:04] ---
    Haruka kanata nageki no shuuchakuten
    Far away at the end of all lament
[23:08] ---
    Mitsuketa monogataritachi
    The stories we found
[23:13] ---
    Kono sora wa dare ni mo ubaenai
    No one can steal these skies away
[23:21] ---
    Boku wa kakeru nanimo kowakunai yo
    We will soar unafraid of anything
[23:25] ---
    Shiawase nara koko ni aru yo
    Because happiness is right here