- Waters of Ogasawara Islands -
We will be entering Iwoto waters shortly.
Captain, was it wise to let Fog mental models accompany us?
I had Iona put their weapons on lockdown.
They cannot harm us.
Damn it...
Haruna, did we really need to bend over backwards?
Without 401's support, we would have been destroyed.
That is true, but...
Why did 401 help us?
We are her enemies.
I want to know why.
Haruharu?
Makie, don't worry.
I'll keep you safe.
- Iwoto -
- Waters of Iwoto -
I never would've guessed that this is where 401's base is located.
This island is emitting a powerful signal that neutralises detection scans.
That's why we could not detect this place.
I may be able to use the nanomaterials here to reconstitute my own body.
Stay as you are for now.
Huh? What?!
That's better for Makie.
Why should I, for a girl like her...
W-Well, it's easy to move around, so I don't mind...
Docking complete.
Linkage to port systems, nominal.
Welcome Back
What is it, Iona?
Someone strange is here.
Someone strange?
I'll display her on the monitors.
What the-
The heavy cruiser, Takao?
How did she even get here?
She managed to arrive ahead of us?
What should we do?
If it's you, Captain, I might not mind... showing you everything.
Like my engines...
I look across the raging war and feel the steady beating of my heart
arashi no mae no shizu kesa ni
嵐の前の静けさに
As if drowning before a storm
yaiba o furioroshite ikunda
刃を振り下ろしていくんだ
I swing my blade down
kurikaeshi a memory fading ima mo
繰り返し a memory fading 今も
A repeating memory keeps fading, even now
jidai o koete I tell a story hibiku
時代を超えて I tell a story 響く
I tell a story resonating and crossing time
sensen fukoku no uta zankoku ni somaru kono chikai o
宣戦布告の詩 残酷に染まる この誓いを
A song of declaration of war gets stained with cruelty. We swear this:
We’ll fight until the bitter end
togireta iki no ne o
途切れた息の根を、
Interrupted route of life
kegareta sekai o tsungagitomete
汚れた世界を繋ぎ止めて
To bind this corrupted world together
bokura no haguruma o it's time to stop and rewind (stop and rewind)
僕らの歯車を it's time to stop & rewind (stop & rewind)
It's time to stop and rewind our gears (stop and rewind)
ushinatta kibou o
失った冀望を、
The hope we had lost
kowareta jikan no pisu o atsumete
壊れた時間のピースを集めて
Gathering the pieces of broken time
torimodosu tame ni you need to fall and unwind (fall and unwind)
取り戻す為に you need to fall & unwind (fall & unwind)
In order to regain it you need to fall and unwind (fall and unwind)
hashiridasu kodou sae mo
走り出す鼓動さえも
As we start running on impulse
kagirinai itsukushimi o
限りない慈しみを
The arpeggio leads us
michibikidasu arpeggio
導き出すアルペジオ
To dreams that weren't even able to become true
Saviour of Song
A Saviour of Song
Iwoto
The heavy cruiser Takao had gone AWOL.
So you guys had seized her?
I don't know.
Then why's she here?
What could have happened in our absence?
Let's go ashore.
You think that's a good idea?
Iona, Hyuuga is fine, right?
Hyuuga?
Do you mean the fast battleship, Hyuuga?
She's there.
She's come down to the docks.
If Hyuuga hasn't been subjugated, it must be fine.
It's easier to just go ashore and find out what's going on.
Welcome back, Captain.
It has taken you a long time to return.
Good work, Hyuuga.
You've defended these docks well these past six months.
Thank you.
Not at all.
It is a responsibility I have chosen to bear.
I...
Iona-neesama!
Nee-sama, I... I...
I've been eagerly awaiting your return!
Get away fr-
No, no, no, no!
What's with her?
Is she a mental model?
Is it you, Hyuuga?
Since that day a year ago when you slammed your torpedoes into me,
I, the fast battleship, Hyuuga,
can no longer live without you in my life!
I'm about to go over my processing capacity...
I think I might lose my mind!
I think you have lost your mind.
It really does appear to be Hyuuga.
Indeed.
I felt this was the best way to understand your human thought processes, so I created this body.
So you're Hyuuga's mental model.
Yes, nice to meet you.
Oh!
Speaking of bodies...
Are you...
Are you hurt anywhere?
Are you injured?
Please let me see!
I am highly skilled in repairs and treatment!
Hyuuga, resupply corrosive torpedoes and repair the supergravity cannon.
I'd like all repairs to be completed before we next set sail.
Y-Yes, sir.
Hyuuga... To think you had thrown your support behind 401...
Fast battleships Haruna and Kirishima.
I am aware of your situation.
Things have taken an interesting turn now that you're here.
We just went with the flow.
A Design Child...
It's for her, isn't it?
The more, the merrier.
You're most welcome.
We're all fast battleships, after all.
Hyuuga, why did you side with the humans?!
Oh?
After you used that trump card docking move and still lost,
then ended up in that cute little body, you're in no place to talk.
Hyuuga, can you save that conversation for later?
More importantly, what is going on there?
Oh, that?
It's been a while,
401 crew members!
Oh, Gunzou-sama!
Um, who might you be?
Oh, got it!
It's coming back to me now!
Hmph, very well.
How about this?
I arrived ahead of you and occupied this base, so that I could meet you all.
No, you fell to a counter-attack and were taken captive.
I see.
To meet us?
Yes, that's right.
Let's hear what you want with us, heavy cruiser Takao.
What I want?!
U-Um...
W-Wh...
What I want is...
Go on and say it, Takao.
Just as the two of us planned in advance, tell him,
"Become my captain!"
And take that man away!
Then Iona-neesama will become mine...
Hyuuga's self-absorbed fantasy
Mine alone!
Hyuuga...
Iona-neesama...
I want... I...
Now say it, Takao!
I'll have you hand over...
Say it!
Say, "Hand over Chihaya Gunzou"!
Chi... Chi...
The vibration warhead and all the data you've got on it!
What?!
You little...
I knew that's why you were here!
Takao, we cannot hand over the vibration warhead-
What are you, an idiot?!
That's not what we agreed!
What was that?!
Huh, but...
I can't confess my feelings for him so soon-
You're the one who charged in all lovestruck,
how dare you act shy now!
W-We maidens have our reasons, okay?
Why'd you even mount the Maiden Plug-in?!
Oh, shut up!
What have you been doing?
Being a harbour admin in the middle of nowhere?
Where's your pride as a fast battleship?
Shut up!
What do you know about that?
You should see Iona-neesama's divine glory, like a war goddess!
Goddess
Please note that wilful liberties have been taken with her memory recall.
Goddess
No!
No matter how much I tried to evade,
Not there, too!
there was no stopping her overwhelming onslaught!
That's my keel!
Ah, Iona-neesama!
I am in your thrall!
No one wants to listen to you confess your feelings!
Hey.
What?
Everyone's left.
Gunzou-sama!
Iona-neesama!
Well, that aside...
You ID as Kirishima, but...
D-Don't ask.
- Offshore Murotozaki -
The winds have changed.
I suppose that was within the predicted parameters.
However, humans remain an unfathomable variable.
Osakabe Makie...
Chihaya Gunzou...
Why are battleships rattled whenever they engage with humans?
Kirishima, Takao, and the former members of the Second Fleet all possess quite the imagination.
That may be attributed to the former flagship, I suppose...
Achoo!
What was that?
A sneeze.
Humans apparently sneeze when someone gossips about them.
Huh, so who was gossiping about you?
That's a secret.
What for?
So, Takao.
How much longer are you planning on staying here?
Huh? Well...
If you're that interested in that human,
why not form a fleet with the lot of them?
What are you suggesting?
Captain Chihaya Gunzou is going to abandon this base.
Abandon?
But how would he fight the Fog without a supply point?
Maybe he just has unshakeable resolve.
It's a concept beyond our understanding.
Chihaya Gunzou seems to think that if the vibration warhead is mass produced, things will change.
That's just being reckless.
It'd be certain death.
Don't humans value their own lives?
Sacrifice oneself for the greater good...
I suppose it isn't without precedent.
They think it's noble.
Well, once they abandon this base,
I'll have to stick around aboard 401, too.
Why don't you come along?
Hyuuga, you're not thinking about returning to the Fog?
There's no reason to.
I'll act as Iona-neesama's subprocessor for the time being.
Well?
We could call ourselves the Blue Fleet.
The Blue Fleet?
The Blue Fleet.
Mess Hall
I prepared the fish.
You must've mounted a strange plug-in.
Your other processes will take a hit.
Don't underestimate the processing power of a fast battleship!
You've become a really weird mental model.
What's this?
Hyuuga?
No need to say it.
We all have our needs, don't we?
You made these?
I can make anything, as long as I know its components.
Thank you.
You're neither human nor Fog.
You're very interesting.
Hyuuga!
Don't misunderstand.
I like you.
Makie, let's be friends.
Okay!
Things never get boring with you guys around.
Okay, let's dig in!
Thanks for the food!
What's the matter?
There are so many thoughts and emotions intermingling here.
Processing them is proving burdensome.
You'll get used to it.
You're just taking things too seriously.
Serious?
It means you worry too much.
Worry too much...
We still need to make a lot of repairs.
We couldn't in Yokosuka, right?
Yeah...
Iona, are you all right?
I'm okay.
Hyuuga does a good job.
Once the repairs are complete, we will abandon this base.
We have a tough journey ahead.
I know.
I am your ship.
I will do my best.
Thank you.
What is this sensation?
Captain...
Please be advised that this is strictly Takao's mental image.
Puppet
Takao, from this day forward, you are the flagship of the Blue Fleet.
I am but a heavy cruiser...
How could I become a flagship?
No, I can't think of anyone else.
From now on, I will be aboard your ship.
Ah, I'm so honoured!
My Admiral...
Come, Takao.
Takao?
Chihaya Gunzou!
I-It's nothing!
401...
To think a submarine has the captain on board...
You're right.
Iona-neesama doesn't need a human like him.
Why is 401 working alongside humans, anyway?
I-401 is... special.
Huh?
You could say she is a mutation among the Fog.
Whether that mutation is a cancer or a path toward further evolution remains to be seen.
Evolution...
I'm not interested in what will happen to humans.
Where did we come from?
Where are we going?
What are we?
That's what I want to know.
Iona-neesama's contact with Chihaya Gunzou had a drastic effect on the war... on the entire world.
That's why I want to know everything about her.
We are weapons... or we used to be.
- Artificial Beach -
Here it comes, Haruharu!
There!
We are weapons...
Do weapons have thoughts?
Who am I?
Where are we going?
401, why are you dressed like that?
Gunzou said to take a break.
Y-You address him so casually?!
D-Do all captains think of their ships' welfare like that?
What do you mean?
Nothing!
Are you mad?
I'm not!
Heavy cruiser Takao...
What?
From this point on, you are no longer under Hyuuga's oversight.
What?
Is that okay?
Gunzou's orders.
The captain's?
For my sake?
Why do you think that?
Am I wrong?!
I don't know if it was for your sake.
But, now you can return to the Fleet of Fog.
Why would he allow enemies to rejoin their fleet?
I may attack you again.
That's just the way Gunzou thinks.
You talk like you understand everything about him.
I am Gunzou's ship.
Where's your pride as one of the Fog?!
"Meet Gunzou and obey."
That is the only order that remains in my memory.
Order...
I... I see.
So you're just with the captain because of orders.
Oh, well.
Then you don't have any feelings for the captain, right?
For Gunzou?
Right.
Gunzou...
Gunzou is my...
Is your what?
I don't know.
All right.
As soon as the repairs are complete, we will abandon this island.
I am sure the enemy now knows of this place because we brought Haruna and Kirishima.
Right, even if that was not their intention.
Our stockpile of nanomaterials has dwindled, as well.
We had to abandon this base, anyway.
So from now on, we can't resupply corrosive torpedoes.
We will deliver the vibration warhead to America.
Is that all right with you?
I thought you didn't desire combat, Captain.
Once this warhead is mass-produced,
humanity will obtain equal footing with the Fog.
Humanity will be able to negotiate with them as equals.
All right!
Then there's no room for doubt!
Like Iona and the others, the Fog are sentient.
I believe there is a way to coexist.
If humanity does not change, it will falter and perish.
We are now wanted fugitives in the eyes of the government.
Even so, we must carry out this task to halt our progress on the path to destruction.
What am I?
Who am I?
Why did I meet Gunzou?
- National Diet Building -
From the United States?
Yes, sir.
Comm lines have miraculously been re-established.
T-The United States... is still operational.
So, the future of humanity still hangs by a thin thread.
However, regarding the vibration warhead sample...
I see.
So 401 is MIA.
All right.
What?
Who will take responsibility?
Responsibility can be taken when one is old and grey.
401 will deliver it for certain.
H-Haruna...
I know.
Kongou!
Haruna, Kirishima, why are you leaving the fleet?
I now have a purpose.
The Design Child?
The Admiralty Code does not command our involvement with one.
Kongou, do we of the Fog exist solely to obey orders?
Yes.
There is no question.
Then what are these emotions?
They are simulations designed to study and evaluate human thought because it is full of uncertainty.
Your confusion is due to excessive burden on your processor.
Haruna, things are also subject to fatigue.
You must undergo repairs.
Return to the fleet.
I made a promise,
to become friends with Makie.
Friends?
I fail to comprehend what you mean.
Kongou, I will stay with Makie for the time being.
She severed the comm link.
And what will you do, Kirishima?
I... I intend to observe Haruna.
You will not choose to abandon her?
I... I will take that under consideration.
Emotions?
Emotions are tremors of imperfection.
They are unnecessary for weapons like us.
Maya.
Yeah, Kongou?
The situation is as you heard.
You will rendezvous with me.
Yay!
- Offshore the Sanriku Coast -
I finally get some action!
We are weapons!
Our directive is to receive and carry out missions!
It's a carnival!
Well, you'd already found us out when Haruna and Kirishima arrived.
It's just like you to avoid complications.
Right, Kongou?
Fleet of Fog, Eastern Patrol Fleet 1
Chihaya Gunzou...
I will test the worth of your existence.
hitotsu, hitotsu, kamishime teru
一つ、一つ、噛みしめてる
One, one, clenching onto
kimi to no kaiwa to ki oku
キミとの会話と記億
The conversations and memories with you
futatsu, mittsu, to kasanete ku kotoba
二つ、三つ、と重ねてく言葉
Two, three, the words overlap
nande henna no? kanjou
なんでヘンなの？感情
Why are they strange those feelings?
totemo mabushikute
とても眩しくて
It's truly too bright
dakedo setsunakute
だけど切なくて
But also saddening
aoku sumikitta mizu no you
青く澄み切った水のよう
Like crystal clear blue water
All I see
nan demonai kono sekai ga
なんでもないこの世界が
In this world that has nothing
ima, ai no imi motome teru
今、愛の意味求めてる
Now, you seek the meaning of love
tsuyoi kaze ni mune wa furuete iru
強い風に胸は震えている
My heart is now shaking in this strong wind
All I see
magire mo naku kono kokoro ga erabu
紛れも無くこの心が選ぶ
If the route this heart has undeniably chosen
ruuto o shinjitsu to yobunara
ルートを真実と呼ぶなら
Is what is called the truth
ano mirai wa tabun hora mata
あの未来は多分 ほらまた
Then probably that future is... see,
ai de mitasareru
愛で満たされる
It's being filled up with love again