E4 - Elite Stronghold

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    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