itsuka itsuka yakusoku no sora
いつか いつか約束の空
Someday, someday, in the promised sky.
kimi to nara mata toberu yo
君となら また 飛べるよ
If I'm with you, I can fly again.
kuyashikute tsurakute nemurenai yoru
悔しくてツラくて眠れない夜
A sleepless night when you feel regretful and bitter...
dare ni demo aru yo
誰にでもあるよ
...happens to everyone.
sonna toki ha yonde kaketsukeru kara
そんな時は呼んで 駆けつけるから
At such a time, call me, because I'll rush to you,
oto no hayasade ne
音の遼さでね
at the speed of sound.
sore ga sadame demo ne aragau yo
それがさだめ でもね あらがうよ
That's destiny, but I'll fight against it.
kimi ga hora waratte ne kureru kara
君がホラ 笑ってね くれるから
Because, look, you'll smile at me.
kanaetai yume tooi kedo
叶えたい夢 遠いけど
The dream I want to fulfil is far away.
isshou nara dekiru yo muteki no yuuki de
いっしょなら出来るよ 無敵の勇気で
But if we're together, I can do it, with an invincible courage.
kirakira hikaru sono namida
キラキラ光る そのナミダ
If I can turn your sparkling tears...
egao no mahou de ne tsubasa ni kaetara
笑顔の魔法 でね 翼に変えたら
...into wings with the magic of smiles,
kitto kitto habatakeru kara
きっと きっと 羽ばたけるから
surely, surely you'll be able to fly.
niji wo koe sono saki made
虹を越え その先まで
So go over the rainbow, to beyond.
Episode 7
「Crawling Around」
Good grief.
Ta-da!
Shiny and sparkly!
Oh, yeah!
Ooh!
I found a neat little bug!
It's that late already?
Good morning, ladies.
This is today's update.
Thanks to the maintenance group's hard work for the past week,
we now have a functioning bath.
It will be ready to use at noon today.
Yay!
A bath! A bath!
They built it outside, overlooking the Adriatic Sea.
Oh? An open-air bath, huh?
Yeah. Sanya's going to be so excited.
You're all off duty today.
Please tell everyone about the bath.
Yes, ma'am!
Isn't that great, Yoshika-chan?
Yeah. Let's take a bath together.
You should join us, too, Perrine-san.
Hmm?
W-Well, it is nice to take a relaxing bath after working up a sweat.
A bath! A bath!
I'm gonna be the first one-
Weren't you paying attention?
The bath won't be ready until noon.
What? I can't use it yet?
We still have time before we can take our baths.
That means there's something we can do to make them more enjoyable.
What is it, Sakamoto-san?
Work up a sweat with some drills!
Everyone, run laps around the base!
But we can do drills anyti-
I don't want to hear another word. Run!
Yes, ma'am!
Sheesh. Why is everyone so excited over taking a bath?
If it reinvigorates them, I don't see any harm in it.
You look tired yourself.
I feel like I've been battling my superiors more than the Neuroi lately.
That's right.
Recently, you haven't been able to join us in battle, have you?
You haven't shot down many Neuroi lately, either.
I've been stuck at 199 for a while now.
I guess when I hit 200, I'll get a medal or something.
Frankly, I'd rather they just lowered the amount of paperwork I have.
You'll melt your exhaustion away if you take a warm bath.
Why not join me, Minna?
Well, I still have some paperwork I need to file.
I'll think about it. Thanks for the offer.
I see. Don't work too hard.
A bug? What's it look like?
Okay, so... It's like this big... And it's so shiny!
I'll show it to you later!
Wow. I can't wait!
A power outage?
I don't care who you are.
I will not tolerate anyone crossing the Siegfried line!
Wake up, Hartmann! Morning's over!
Just give me forty more minutes...
Again with the "forty minutes"? What does that even mean?!
Th-There's no place to get my footing.
What?
Damn!
Hartmann, wake up!
Wake up and do something!
Just give me fifty more minutes...
Wake up!
Huh?
My Siegfried line!
Hey! Hartmann! Wake up!
All right, it's ready.
You can use the bath now.
A bath! A bath! A bath! A bath!
What's the matter, Perrine?
Huh?
You aren't going in?
U-Um, are you also going, Major?
Oh, that. I washed myself in a tub after morning drills,
so I'm good for today.
Huh?
I-I see...
Bath
Wow!
First one in!
Second one in!
This is the best!
It feels so nice.
Hop in already, Lynne-chan!
R-Right...
Why are you being so modest?
What do you think you're doing, Eila-san?!
Oh, Lynne, have you gone up a size?
Lemme feel 'em.
Squishy, squishy, squishy.
Knock it off, Eila-san!
Lemme feel 'em, Yoshika.
I'm disappointed.
Disappointed?
What do you mean, disappointed?!
Squishy, squishy, squishy.
You animals!
Ah... That felt great.
I'm gonna take another one with Shirley later!
I wonder if Sanya's gonna wake up soon.
My goodness!
Who taught you guys your bath time manners?
Stripes!
Huh?
No!
Wh-What's wrong?
Th-There's something in my pants.
What is that? A bug?
Bug?!
N-No!
It flew away!
What happened?
H-How horrifying!
Huh? Why's everyone getting all freaked out over a little bug-
Eila-san?
There's something in my pants.
You mean...
It's gotta be the bug!
Bug?
Let us see!
Bug!
D-Don't come near me.
J-Just horrifying.
Oh, I recognise that bug.
Really, now...
Bugs going into people's pants? Seriously?
If you guys didn't live such filthy lives, maybe that wouldn't happen.
It went over to Perrine-san!
That's my bug!
Y-You're mistaken.
A bug didn't go inside my-
N-Not in there!
Take 'em off!
You have to take them off, Perrine-san!
I-I'm totally fi-
I know I told Perrine I was good for now,
but sometimes it's nice to have a full body soak.
Lucchini-san!
Where's the bug?
Perrine?
Sakamoto-san?
M-Major...
There it is!
A power outage?
Bath
Geez, all this over a bug? You had me worried.
But see, the bug went into our pants.
It was crawling around...
Exactly!
That vile little insect embarrassed me!
It's as good as dead!
Hey, that's my bug you're talking about.
All right. Let's try to catch it.
Wh-What?
Bah! Bah!
What a lousy day.
I found it! It's heading over there!
Something's going on.
It's going that way!
Bug!
I don't want to do this!
Where are you, you repulsive pest?
Are we sure it went this way?
What is all that racket?!
Barkhorn-san.
Making so much noise in the living quarters is grounds for disciplinary action.
Ah! There it is!
Bug!
Bug?
What about a bug?
Just who is responsible for all this-
Oh, it went into the Captain's pants.
Barkhorn-san!
Shut up!
In battle, the ability to make calm decisions can be the difference between life and death.
In a situation like this, first you must do...
This!
Got it!
I missed.
H-Hartmann...
Ah! It's getting away!
Bug!
Halt!
Damn you!
Bug!
Y-You girls...
That's all my work for today.
Mio did say it'd be good for me to take a nice, warm bath.
So it's not a normal bug?
I thought it was normal at first, but...
For some reason, wherever it goes, the power goes out.
I won't let it go unpunished!
Hey, that's my bug you're talking about.
Major!
If this continues unabated, it could shut down the entire base.
That's true.
But how do we go about locating it?
It's my bug!
I'm two steps ahead of you!
Shirley-san?
Shirley!
I heard you guys talking.
I analysed the energy flow inside the base.
It's possible that, before it causes the outages,
the bug emits a special radio frequency and drains electricity from the wires.
But then why does it keep going for our butts?
I have no idea.
I see.
Well, I guess we should all take our pants off, huh?
No.
Do that, and we'll never catch the bug.
Also, Shirley, what's that device you're holding?
I built a radio wave detector, thinking this might be the case.
I even customised the frequency to match the one the bug outputs.
I call it... a Bug Detector!
A signal. It's here!
Huh?
Without a doubt, it's close.
N-Not me!
There!
No!
Yoshika-chan!
My bug!
Wait!
Ew! It's crawling around!
Miyafuji! Take off your pants!
No way!
For everyone's sake, take them off!
Absolutely not!
Ow ow ow...
The detector!
Over there!
The bug's getting away.
All right! After it!
My bug!
Oh, right. I know what we can use.
Bath
It sure is dark.
I wonder if maybe the maintenance group hasn't finished the lighting yet.
Found 'em. Now we can search for it, even without power.
Working already.
Oh... This way, huh?
Huh?
S-Sanya?
No wait, it's way, way past Sanya...
Right?
It can't be. It couldn't be...
Right?
But it is possible it's there, so...
Here goes.
I-It's not what you think!
Eila...
A-Anyway, Sanya thinks she's sensing the Neuroi's presence.
I'm not 100% certain yet,
but I'm sensing it in both the airspace above the base...
...and also inside this building.
Inside this building?
Could the bug be a Neuroi?
Huh?
Eila, Sanya, help out by searching the building.
Roger.
Barkhorn and Hartmann, prepare to intercept the Neuroi above the base.
Roger.
Miyafuji, come with me!
Yes, ma'am!
Neuroi spotted.
Sakamoto-san!
Captain Minna isn't in her room!
What?
We have no choice. I'm sounding the emergency alarm.
Damn, did they knock out the entire electrical system?
Miyafuji, go to the hangar and inform Barkhorn and Hartmann.
Yes, ma'am!
Over there.
That way, huh?
If I were a bug, I'd probably come to a place like this.
Once I find it, that bug is so dead!
Did it get you again, Perrine-san?
I-It's nothing.
Found it.
Huh?
It's inside you, Perrine.
N-No, it isn't! It isn't!
Perrine-san...
I said it isn't!
Then take your pants off.
A-All right...
Target acquired.
Roger that. I'm on standby.
Now!
Fire!
Score!
Did we get it?
Ah! The bug!
My bug!
We have to catch it.
It went over there.
My bug!
Hold it right there!
H-Hey! Halt, you-
Perrine-san?
This is an emergency announcement from Major Sakamoto.
She can't detect a core in the mid-air Neuroi,
but we can't wait any longer.
She'd like you two to intercept it at once.
Roger!
Also, a flying object has taken out the base's electrical system.
She asks you to be extra careful, given this.
She must mean that weird bug that was flying into everyone's pants.
We were just discussing the perfect countermeasure for it.
Let's go, Hartmann!
It's so breezy!
That way!
S-Sakamoto-san!
Barkhorn-san and Hartmann-san left to engage it.
Excellent.
This way!
Bath
Just like Mio said,
that really melted away my exhaustion.
That's it.
Right there.
There!
H-Hey!
Now's my chance!
I see it!
Huh?
Well done, Minna.
You did it!
That's our commander!
Ah! My bug!
My poor little bug was crushed...
Wh-What on Earth is going on?
The Neuroi...
It vanished without our even doing anything?
This is Sakamoto. We destroyed the core down here.
The mid-air Neuroi wasn't the main body.
Return to base at once.
Huh?
Roger that. Mission complete.
Achoo!
A few days later,
Lieutenant Colonel Minna Dietlinde Wilcke...
...was awarded this medal for shooting down her 200th Neuroi.
To Be Continued
To be continued.
hitori ja nakisou na hiroi sora demo
ひとりじゃ 泣きそうな 広い空でも
Even under vast sky that would turn you to tears when alone,
nigenaiyo massugu tachimukau
逃げないよ 真っ直ぐ立ち向かう
I won't run away, I'll face it head on,
nakama to isshoni over sky
仲間と一緒に over sky
and go with my friends, over the sky!
tenohira ni kaze wo kanjita no nara
手のひらに風を 感じたのなら
If you can feel the wind with your palm,
mou daijoubu shinjite janpu shiyou
もう 大丈夫 信じてジャンプしよう
you'll be all right. Believe in yourself and jump.
tooku ukabu kumo hitottobi dekiruyo
遠く浮かぶ雲 ひとっとびできるよ
I can make it to the cloud floating in the distance in a single leap.
sonna dokidoki souzou dekinakatta
そんなドキドキ 想像できなかった
I never dreamed I'd be this excited.
minna no ashita no yume mamorunda
みんなの明日の夢 守るんだ
We shall protect everyone's dreams for future.
yuuki arittake
勇気ありったけ
Fly off, grabbing all the courage you can.
saa nigirishimete tobitate
さあ 握り締めて飛びたて
Even under huge sky that would turn you to tears when alone,
hitori ja nakisou na ookii sora demo
ひとりじゃ 泣きそうな 大きい空でも
if you're with friends, you can smile.
nakama ga ireba egao ni nareru
仲間がいれば 笑顔になれる
See? It doesn't take a miracle.
hora kiseki janainda
ホラ 奇跡じゃないんだ
Since we promised each other,
yakusoku shita kara kokoro ni kimeta kara
約束したから 心に決めたから
since we've vowed not to, we won't run away!
nigenaiyo massugu tachimukau
逃げないよ 真っ直ぐ立ち向かう
We'll face it head on!
motto motto suteki na sekai no tame ni over sky
もっともっと素敵な世界のために over sky
For an even more wonderful world, over the sky!
No way. What happened to me?
I can't protect anyone like this!
Wait! Everyone, please wait!
Next time on Strike Witches 2: Please Grant Me Wings.
Episode 8
「Please Grant Me Wings」