1 00:00:00,750 --> 00:00:04,713 December 24th, Stellar Year 2149 2 00:00:05,714 --> 00:00:07,757 Welcome back! 3 00:00:07,757 --> 00:00:09,718 Welcome home. 4 00:00:09,759 --> 00:00:13,763 I'm so happy you're back safe! 5 00:00:13,763 --> 00:00:16,725 It's important to get off the front lines so you can rest. 6 00:00:16,725 --> 00:00:19,686 I got you all gifts. 7 00:00:19,728 --> 00:00:22,689 Man, the year just flew by! 8 00:00:22,689 --> 00:00:24,733 This is your second Holy Birth Festival! 9 00:00:24,733 --> 00:00:27,736 I'm happy that this time, I got to give you your presents! 10 00:00:30,739 --> 00:00:31,740 I'm home. 11 00:00:31,781 --> 00:00:32,782 I'm home. 12 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:34,701 I'm home. 13 00:00:34,743 --> 00:00:35,744 I'm home. 14 00:00:36,745 --> 00:00:37,746 I'm home. 15 00:00:40,749 --> 00:00:41,750 I'm happy for you. 16 00:00:43,710 --> 00:00:44,669 Yeah. 17 00:00:44,711 --> 00:00:45,795 Time for a party! 18 00:00:45,795 --> 00:00:48,757 Are your arithmetic drills done? 19 00:00:49,758 --> 00:00:52,760 Your punishments always teach me so much. 20 00:02:11,756 --> 00:02:12,799 Independent Mobile Force... 21 00:02:12,799 --> 00:02:17,804 Basically it means we kick Legion a**, like we've always done. 22 00:02:17,804 --> 00:02:22,767 Yes, this is a proposal from me, as an individual, 23 00:02:22,767 --> 00:02:25,728 to grant your request to fight on the front lines. 24 00:02:25,770 --> 00:02:30,733 The issue is the foreign officer who will serve as your commander... 25 00:02:32,819 --> 00:02:34,779 I'm okay with it. 26 00:02:34,779 --> 00:02:35,780 Fine by me. 27 00:02:35,780 --> 00:02:36,781 Yeah. 28 00:02:36,781 --> 00:02:37,740 Yup. 29 00:02:37,782 --> 00:02:39,742 Shin, what do you think? 30 00:02:47,709 --> 00:02:50,753 Western Theater forces sustained 60% losses. 31 00:02:50,753 --> 00:02:52,797 We're speeding up the curriculum at all our officer training schools, 32 00:02:52,797 --> 00:02:56,801 specialist training schools, and boot camps to replace the lost manpower. 33 00:02:56,801 --> 00:02:59,804 But they won't have the training they need. 34 00:02:59,804 --> 00:03:03,725 And while the Legion lost their combat forces, 35 00:03:03,725 --> 00:03:05,810 their manufacturing facilities are unharmed. 36 00:03:06,728 --> 00:03:10,773 The war situation's only going to get worse. 37 00:03:10,815 --> 00:03:12,775 So unless something changes, 38 00:03:12,775 --> 00:03:17,739 humanity will be slowly worn down until we finally lose, correct? 39 00:03:17,739 --> 00:03:18,698 Yes. 40 00:03:18,698 --> 00:03:20,783 We'll maintain our defense lines, as we have been doing, 41 00:03:20,783 --> 00:03:23,786 while putting together an independent mobile unit 42 00:03:23,786 --> 00:03:26,789 that can bring concentrated firepower down on critical Legion areas. 43 00:03:26,831 --> 00:03:30,710 I didn't expect you to put together the same plan we had. 44 00:03:30,710 --> 00:03:34,756 A mobile strike force comprised entirely of Eighty-Six... 45 00:03:34,756 --> 00:03:37,759 If you'll forgive my saying so, this doesn't sound like you. 46 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,721 Sure, but they're the ones who wanted it. 47 00:03:42,805 --> 00:03:46,768 They have their own values. 48 00:03:46,768 --> 00:03:49,771 I don't have the right to refuse them out of misplaced pity. 49 00:03:50,730 --> 00:03:52,815 If they still choose the battlefield after all that's happened, 50 00:03:52,815 --> 00:03:55,735 I'd like them to be able to stay together. 51 00:03:55,777 --> 00:04:01,783 Will the Eighty-Six accept this foreign officer, though? 52 00:04:01,783 --> 00:04:02,825 I talked to them already. 53 00:04:03,785 --> 00:04:08,790 I was worried as well, but I guess I shouldn't have been. 54 00:04:08,790 --> 00:04:09,749 After all... 55 00:04:16,798 --> 00:04:18,800 This is from me. 56 00:04:20,801 --> 00:04:21,802 Thank you. 57 00:04:29,769 --> 00:04:32,730 It's been a long time, Eugene. 58 00:04:34,732 --> 00:04:36,776 Sorry I couldn't come sooner. 59 00:04:40,738 --> 00:04:44,700 Eugene, the Western Front is just as it was when you were there. 60 00:04:44,742 --> 00:04:45,826 It's still hanging in there, somehow. 61 00:04:48,746 --> 00:04:51,749 You asked me before why I fought, right? 62 00:04:51,791 --> 00:04:54,752 To be honest, I still don't know. 63 00:04:55,711 --> 00:04:59,799 I don't have a reason to fight the way you did. 64 00:05:01,717 --> 00:05:03,761 But there's one thing I know, and that's that I... 65 00:05:03,803 --> 00:05:06,764 I promised to take them all the way to the end, 66 00:05:06,806 --> 00:05:10,726 and a battlefield isn't what I want them to see when they get there. 67 00:05:18,776 --> 00:05:19,777 The sea... 68 00:05:20,778 --> 00:05:23,781 The thing you wanted your sister to see someday. 69 00:05:24,740 --> 00:05:26,701 I don't care about seeing it myself. 70 00:05:27,743 --> 00:05:29,829 But I want them to see it. 71 00:05:30,788 --> 00:05:34,750 I think if I can show them something new, something they've never seen before... 72 00:05:35,710 --> 00:05:40,715 That will be enough of a reason to fight for now. 73 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:43,801 I'll come back. 74 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,805 And when I do, I'll tell you about something you've never seen before. 75 00:05:52,727 --> 00:05:53,728 Marcel. 76 00:05:54,812 --> 00:05:56,772 Nina puts them there. 77 00:05:57,732 --> 00:05:58,774 Eugene's little sister. 78 00:06:01,736 --> 00:06:04,739 She keeps writing letters to her dead brother. 79 00:06:04,822 --> 00:06:06,741 It's my fault. 80 00:06:10,745 --> 00:06:11,746 Wait! 81 00:06:13,748 --> 00:06:15,750 Why do you just accept it? 82 00:06:16,751 --> 00:06:17,793 It was me! 83 00:06:17,793 --> 00:06:20,755 These letters... I was the one! 84 00:06:20,796 --> 00:06:23,799 I was the one who made her write these letters to you! 85 00:06:23,799 --> 00:06:25,801 I was just so angry and frustrated, 86 00:06:26,761 --> 00:06:28,804 but I didn't want to blame myself! 87 00:06:32,725 --> 00:06:36,729 So I pretended it was all your fault. 88 00:06:39,774 --> 00:06:40,816 I'm sorry. 89 00:06:43,778 --> 00:06:44,820 I'm so sorry! 90 00:06:49,742 --> 00:06:50,743 I'm sorry. 91 00:06:54,789 --> 00:06:57,750 I need to apologize to you. And to her. 92 00:07:19,730 --> 00:07:21,732 It's good to see him smiling, huh? 93 00:07:35,788 --> 00:07:37,790 Thank you! 94 00:07:40,751 --> 00:07:43,796 Shin, you're not gonna change your personal mark? 95 00:07:47,716 --> 00:07:48,717 You don't like it? 96 00:07:48,717 --> 00:07:50,803 I don't mind painting it. 97 00:07:50,803 --> 00:07:52,805 But it's a bit of a bad omen... 98 00:07:53,764 --> 00:07:54,807 This is a weird thing to say, 99 00:07:55,766 --> 00:07:58,727 but do you really need to carry it anymore? 100 00:08:05,734 --> 00:08:07,736 Maybe you're right. 101 00:08:07,736 --> 00:08:11,740 But it can't be a bad omen after I've had it for six years. 102 00:08:11,740 --> 00:08:12,783 And I don't think of it as a heavy burden. 103 00:08:13,742 --> 00:08:14,827 Sure, sure. 104 00:08:17,746 --> 00:08:18,831 Looks like you're over some stuff. 105 00:08:19,790 --> 00:08:22,793 That's how it seems to me. 106 00:08:23,794 --> 00:08:24,795 I couldn't say. 107 00:08:25,754 --> 00:08:26,714 But... 108 00:08:27,715 --> 00:08:30,718 I think I can see them off now. 109 00:08:33,721 --> 00:08:38,726 March 20th, Stellar Year 2150 110 00:08:48,777 --> 00:08:49,778 Brother... 111 00:08:51,780 --> 00:08:55,743 It's hard to envision a future without my brother. 112 00:08:56,785 --> 00:09:00,706 I don't have anything I wish for. Anything I'm seeking. 113 00:09:00,789 --> 00:09:04,668 I still don't know what I'm living for. 114 00:09:05,461 --> 00:09:06,420 But... 115 00:09:06,503 --> 00:09:08,464 I'm really going to paint it, okay? 116 00:09:18,474 --> 00:09:22,478 I have people who don't plan on leaving me behind. 117 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:27,441 Who said I'm the one they want by their side. 118 00:09:27,483 --> 00:09:30,527 So... I think I'm okay. 119 00:09:32,488 --> 00:09:34,406 I think I can get there alone. 120 00:09:35,491 --> 00:09:36,492 Thank you. 121 00:09:47,419 --> 00:09:51,423 I know. I haven't forgotten you. 122 00:09:56,470 --> 00:09:57,471 I'm the Reaper. 123 00:10:01,517 --> 00:10:03,435 I'll fight. 124 00:10:03,519 --> 00:10:08,440 Because with the Legion keeping this world closed off, I can't make it happen. 125 00:10:11,485 --> 00:10:13,403 For their sake. 126 00:10:14,446 --> 00:10:15,489 For their sake. 127 00:10:21,453 --> 00:10:22,496 And for her. 128 00:10:24,414 --> 00:10:27,417 December 26th, Stellar Year 2149 129 00:10:42,474 --> 00:10:46,478 It's thanks to you that I was able to come back. 130 00:10:54,486 --> 00:10:56,446 I won't forget. 131 00:11:26,476 --> 00:11:29,438 I've returned, Father. 132 00:11:32,482 --> 00:11:37,487 A Legion offensive began on the night of the Revolution Festival. 133 00:11:38,447 --> 00:11:41,533 Many of my comrades fought, as did I. 134 00:11:42,492 --> 00:11:47,497 Many people of the 86th district answered my call and fought with us. 135 00:11:50,417 --> 00:11:51,460 I won't forget. 136 00:11:56,465 --> 00:12:00,469 But the Republic is gone. 137 00:12:01,470 --> 00:12:03,472 It took only a week. 138 00:12:06,475 --> 00:12:11,438 We still managed to keep a defense line going, 139 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:15,525 and after two months passed, rescue came. 140 00:12:16,485 --> 00:12:21,531 From far to the east, past Legion-held territory and our own borders. 141 00:12:23,492 --> 00:12:25,494 They—the Giad Federacy— 142 00:12:26,453 --> 00:12:31,500 already knew about the oppression and slaughter of the Eighty-Six. 143 00:12:32,459 --> 00:12:36,505 The survivors of the 86th district were saved, 144 00:12:37,464 --> 00:12:41,468 and any one of them who wants to can become a Federacy citizen. 145 00:12:42,469 --> 00:12:45,430 The awful things have all stopped. 146 00:12:46,473 --> 00:12:52,479 The rescue forces remain here, providing us a modicum of support, but... 147 00:12:54,481 --> 00:12:57,442 Hey, he got more than I did! 148 00:12:57,442 --> 00:12:58,485 Do your jobs. 149 00:12:58,485 --> 00:13:02,447 Can't you coloreds treat us equally? 150 00:13:07,452 --> 00:13:09,496 How did it end up like this? 151 00:13:13,500 --> 00:13:18,463 "There can be no punishment for a citizenry that's not aware of its crimes." 152 00:13:19,464 --> 00:13:23,426 Is Uncle right, Father? 153 00:13:30,517 --> 00:13:32,477 Colonel Milizé? 154 00:13:32,519 --> 00:13:34,437 Is that... 155 00:13:34,437 --> 00:13:35,522 Ignore it, please. 156 00:13:36,481 --> 00:13:37,524 I see. 157 00:13:39,442 --> 00:13:45,490 As you know, it was the brave soldiers of the Federacy, equipped with the latest weaponry, 158 00:13:45,490 --> 00:13:53,415 who valiantly pushed back the battle lines and retook the 1st District, 159 00:13:53,415 --> 00:13:56,501 where we find ourselves today. Correct? 160 00:13:56,501 --> 00:13:57,460 Yes. 161 00:13:57,460 --> 00:14:01,506 The Federacy has requested that we send an officer to help them 162 00:14:01,506 --> 00:14:06,469 break the stalemate north of District 1 and retake the land stolen by the Legion. 163 00:14:06,511 --> 00:14:11,433 I'm told you've volunteered to lead the unit assigned to this task. 164 00:14:11,433 --> 00:14:12,475 Is that correct? 165 00:14:12,517 --> 00:14:14,436 It is correct. 166 00:14:15,478 --> 00:14:19,482 As your superior officer, I knew you'd agree! 167 00:14:19,482 --> 00:14:21,484 I feel the same! 168 00:14:21,484 --> 00:14:23,486 Good luck out there! 169 00:14:25,488 --> 00:14:28,450 So you're going to the Federacy, then? 170 00:14:28,491 --> 00:14:29,492 Yup. 171 00:14:33,914 --> 00:14:36,958 I'm sorry. We're still putting things together. 172 00:14:38,919 --> 00:14:41,880 Unit Roster But this... 173 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:48,887 It's not that we don't respect your talents, Colonel Milizé. March 12th, Stellar Year 2150 You and the Eighty-Six survived the Legion offensive. 174 00:14:48,887 --> 00:14:51,931 We're glad to have an officer like you. 175 00:14:51,973 --> 00:14:53,975 Thank you. 176 00:14:53,975 --> 00:14:56,895 I'll do my best until the very end. 177 00:14:57,979 --> 00:15:00,899 I'll see you in the Federacy, then. 178 00:15:11,493 --> 00:15:13,495 I can buy you time, if nothing else. 179 00:15:13,578 --> 00:15:17,457 It's time for you to be crushed, Lena, 180 00:15:18,458 --> 00:15:23,505 as you watch your naïve dreams shatter against reality. 181 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:31,721 Uncle, give me just a bit more time. 182 00:15:34,724 --> 00:15:36,685 Welcome, welcome! 183 00:15:36,685 --> 00:15:38,728 We've been waiting for you, Bloody Regina. 184 00:15:39,687 --> 00:15:41,689 Now, let's not waste any time. 185 00:15:45,735 --> 00:15:47,737 There's a place I want to show you. 186 00:16:07,507 --> 00:16:09,426 I won't forget. 187 00:16:10,510 --> 00:16:12,429 I won't forget! 188 00:16:13,471 --> 00:16:15,390 I won't forget... 189 00:16:17,475 --> 00:16:19,394 I won't forget... 190 00:16:21,438 --> 00:16:22,522 I won't forget... 191 00:16:29,279 --> 00:16:33,241 I'll fight... until I reach the place they reached... 192 00:16:33,241 --> 00:16:37,287 The place that can be found only by those who kept going to the very end. 193 00:16:39,247 --> 00:16:40,331 To keep fighting... 194 00:16:46,337 --> 00:16:48,298 To live life to the fullest. 195 00:16:52,302 --> 00:16:55,263 Keep them safe. 196 00:17:11,237 --> 00:17:14,282 I saw her too, actually, then. 197 00:17:15,241 --> 00:17:16,326 I don't remember it well, though. 198 00:17:17,327 --> 00:17:20,330 I can't imagine the look on his face. 199 00:17:24,250 --> 00:17:26,294 They say there's a black cat with her. 200 00:17:30,256 --> 00:17:32,342 If only it were Kitty, right? 201 00:17:36,304 --> 00:17:37,305 Right? 202 00:17:37,847 --> 00:17:39,849 Theo, cut it out! 203 00:17:39,849 --> 00:17:41,809 That won't happen with Shin! 204 00:17:41,809 --> 00:17:42,894 The two of them aren't like that! 205 00:17:42,894 --> 00:17:45,813 And I've known him longer! 206 00:17:45,813 --> 00:17:46,898 So she's even more of a little sister than me! 207 00:17:47,899 --> 00:17:48,900 Victory's mine! Theo! 208 00:17:51,861 --> 00:17:54,822 The perfect boy-meets-girl! 209 00:17:54,864 --> 00:17:55,823 Beep beep. 210 00:17:56,824 --> 00:17:57,825 Beep beep. 211 00:17:57,867 --> 00:17:58,868 Beep! 212 00:17:59,827 --> 00:18:02,830 I'll surprise him, too! 213 00:18:03,831 --> 00:18:05,875 What was it? "Bloody Regina"? 214 00:18:05,875 --> 00:18:07,835 Yuck. 215 00:18:07,835 --> 00:18:09,921 Is that how it looks to you? 216 00:18:10,797 --> 00:18:12,840 I hope she does. 217 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:14,842 But if she doesn't, that might be fun, too. 218 00:18:18,888 --> 00:18:21,891 I'm sorry I'm late, Mr. President. 219 00:18:21,891 --> 00:18:26,813 No, time spent remembering someone lost is time well spent. 220 00:18:26,854 --> 00:18:30,817 Now, let me introduce you to your new team. 221 00:18:30,817 --> 00:18:32,860 Right now? 222 00:18:32,860 --> 00:18:33,861 Yes. 223 00:18:33,861 --> 00:18:35,863 Hey, is that really her? 224 00:18:35,863 --> 00:18:37,824 I'm sure a lot's happened. 225 00:18:37,865 --> 00:18:38,908 You got that right. 226 00:18:45,915 --> 00:18:50,837 I am Colonel Vladilena Milizé of the San Magnolia Republic. 227 00:18:50,878 --> 00:18:52,797 It's an honor to meet you for the first time. 228 00:18:54,841 --> 00:18:56,843 This isn't the first time we've met. 229 00:18:56,884 --> 00:19:00,847 It's the first time we've seen each other, though. 230 00:19:03,850 --> 00:19:06,811 It's been a long time, Handler One. 231 00:19:09,897 --> 00:19:11,858 I am a Captain in the Giad Federacy, 232 00:19:12,817 --> 00:19:14,861 and the former combat commander of Spearhead Squadron, 233 00:19:15,820 --> 00:19:16,904 Shinei Nouzen. 234 00:19:29,876 --> 00:19:30,877 Shin... 235 00:19:57,820 --> 00:19:58,821 Kitty! 236 00:20:01,824 --> 00:20:03,826 You really are a fool, huh? 237 00:20:03,910 --> 00:20:05,828 Raiden! 238 00:20:05,828 --> 00:20:06,871 Is this us? 239 00:20:06,913 --> 00:20:08,831 Theo! 240 00:20:08,831 --> 00:20:11,834 Thank you for the cat. 241 00:20:11,834 --> 00:20:12,835 Anju! 242 00:20:12,835 --> 00:20:14,795 I'm glad you're alive! 243 00:20:14,795 --> 00:20:15,838 Kurena! 244 00:20:15,838 --> 00:20:18,799 How about we take a photo to remember today? 245 00:20:18,841 --> 00:20:20,843 That's a great idea! 246 00:20:24,805 --> 00:20:26,891 I followed you for so long. 247 00:20:27,058 --> 00:20:29,018 I've finally caught up. 248 00:20:29,060 --> 00:20:30,061 You have. 249 00:20:32,980 --> 00:20:34,023 From now on... 250 00:20:35,024 --> 00:20:37,026 I'll fight with you.