Reppuzan!
You did it, Sakamoto-san!
You defeated it, Major!
Yeah.
Major? Is something wrong?
No. I'm fine.
Have I exhausted my magic power?
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 11
「To Be Me」
Sakamoto-san! It's Miyafuji.
I have a message from Commander Minna.
Sakam-
Sakamoto-san?
Huh?
Could she still be practising?
Reppumaru.
I'm trying to learn a Reppuzan that'll top Reppuzan...
The "True Reppuzan".
"True Reppuzan"?
Yes.
It's a secret technique passed down in the Fuso Empire since time immemorial.
If I'm able to master it,
I'll be able to obliterate even the strongest Neuroi in one strike.
Incredible. So this is the Reppumaru.
Miyafuji!
Snap out of it, Miyafuji!
Sakamoto-san?
Oh, good.
Can you stand?
Y-Yes.
U-Uh, Sakamoto-san, that sword...
You fool!
Don't you ever touch this sword again! Understood?
Y-Yes, ma'am!
I apologise.
There they go.
What are they taking the plane for?
There's an important meeting at mission control.
Sakamoto-san and Commander Minna are attending.
I see.
I feel like that's the first time Sakamoto-san's lashed out at me in quite a while.
Ah, there you are!
Hey!
Come here, you two!
In we go!
Why are we all taking a bath so early in the day?
Captain Barkhorn told us to take this chance to refresh ourselves.
This might be the last time we get to use this bath.
Huh?
Minna and the Major went to mission control, right?
It's likely they're about to issue the final attack orders.
It's scary to think about.
The final attack orders?
Yeah.
We'll head for the Neuroi hive over Venezia,
and wage an all-out attack.
What's the meaning of this?!
General, you're saying the Witches won't be needed in the upcoming campaign?
Not at all.
I'm saying the Witches aren't the key to defeating the Neuroi hive.
That's all.
We're up against the hive; things are different.
Has the 501st Joint Fighter Wing ever defeated a Neuroi hive directly?
Well, no, but...
Lieutenant Colonel Minna,
we've already determined the upcoming mission.
Isn't that right, Captain Sugita?
That's correct.
I shall repel the Venezian Neuroi hive myself,
by using the Fuso naval battleship, Yamato.
Captain!
For all the Yamato's strengths, she's just a conventional weapon.
I do not believe she can defeat an airborne Neuroi hive.
She's no conventional weapon, Major.
She's our ultimate weapon.
Ultimate weapon?
Yes.
From the Warlock research the Fuso Navy conducted in Gallia,
we developed an extremely stable core control system.
Though it can only last for ten minutes,
we're able to convert her into a Neuroi while suppressing its tendency to go berserk.
Convert the Yamato into a Neuroi?
Have you lost your mind?
It takes a Neuroi to defeat the Neuroi.
Defeating a Neuroi hive is beyond the Witches' abilities.
There's nothing a Witch can't do!
As long as I have the True Reppuzan, even against a Neuroi hive,
I swear to you I will win!
Major Sakamoto...
Aren't you past retirement age?
If we lose this battle,
we'll have no choice but to surrender all of Romagna.
It would then go without saying we could not leave the 501st as it is now.
Do you get what I am saying?
This meeting is adjourned.
Operation Mars begins at 1000 hours tomorrow.
General!
Stop, Major Sakamoto.
Minna!
Have the 501st Joint Fighter Wing escort the Yamato into battle.
Understood.
We shall strike the Neuroi hive with all we have and destroy it in one battle.
And that wraps up our final battle plans.
And what if it doesn't work?
Then we'll have to surrender Romagna to the Neuroi and disband the 501st Joint Fighter Wing.
Surrender?!
Disband the 501st?!
That's ridiculous!
Minna!
You just agreed to this?!
Of course not!
I'm as opposed to this as you are.
But we don't have the resources to continue this war of attrition.
Casualties will just pile up if we continue fighting.
This is our only option.
Surrender...
...Romagna?
No way.
It'll be fine.
Don't be so worried.
There's no way we'll hand your homeland over to the Neuroi.
We just need to win.
Y-Yeah! We just need to win!
Exactly.
Yes, let's win!
I know we'll win!
The girls are right, Trude.
So why are you acting so weak?
I-I'm not!
I will fight until I'm the last one standing!
I won't let you be alone out there.
There are eleven members of the Strike Witches!
Yeah!
With the eleven of us, I know we can win!
Eleven, huh?
Sakamoto-san seemed strange today.
I can still see Reppumaru's effects on my hands.
Sakamoto-san, are you awake?
Sakamoto-san?
Tonight's the night.
I must master the True Reppuzan by dawn.
Spin, damn it!
Minna. You knew?
I knew it'd come to this someday.
I see.
It's a double-edged sword.
In exchange for strength on the battlefield,
that magical sword eats up a great deal of your magic power.
Reppumaru is shortening your lifespan as a Witch.
I can still fight!
It's over, Mio!
It's not!
I swear I will master the True Reppuzan!
No!
Can't you see?!
It's impossible!
Please!
Please, just once!
Just one attack!
Let me perform a True Reppuzan!
Please... Let me...
Let me be one of the eleven!
I'm begging you... Minna...
Mio...
I had no idea... Sakamoto-san...
Momentarily, the 501st Joint Fighter Wing will be leaving the base to eradicate the Neuroi in Operation Mars.
Our mission is to escort and protect the Allied Navy's flagship, the Yamato.
Everyone, depart!
Roger!
Let's do our best, Yoshika-chan.
Yeah.
That's right. I need to work extra hard to make up for Sakamoto-san.
If I do that, then she won't need to fight!
Look! Witches!
Oh!
It's the Strike Witches!
So that's the Yamato.
It's huge!
I see it.
Yes.
I can see it.
Yoshika-chan.
Yeah.
Venezia
That's the Neuroi hive.
That's right.
That's our final opponent.
We'll soon be entering Venezia.
We'll be behind enemy lines.
Three minutes until the Yamato's Neuroification!
Destroyer Nicholas hit!
All hands to battle formation!
It's begun.
We must protect the Yamato until her Neuroification is complete.
Roger!
Yoshika-chan!
So powerful...
They're focusing their attack on the Yamato.
Did they figure out the Yamato isn't a normal ship?
Get over here, Lucchini!
We did it!
Over here! Here!
Yoo-hoo!
Sanya!
Yeah.
But I only shot once.
Incredible, Sanya!
Come on! Come on!
Their numbers aren't going down at all.
Shut up and shoot.
Just pretend there's a medal waiting on the other side!
I don't care about that!
Damn it. They just keep coming.
Get the hell out of Romagna!
Yoshika-chan, are you okay?
Yeah. I'm fine.
I have to give it my all. If I do that...
Are you all right, Major?
This is nothing!
Miyafuji and the others are working their tails off.
There's no way I'm losing out here!
Anti-Neuroi anti-air shells...
All ships, fire!
We're surrounded!
Lynne-chan! Perrine-san!
Over my dead body!
Sakamoto-san!
Major!
Reppuzan!
Are you okay, Sakamoto-san?
My magic power... My Reppuzan... They aren't working.
11,000 units from the target.
Thirty seconds until Neuroification.
Magic engine dynamo ready to go.
Show them what happens when you piss off mankind.
Twenty seconds left.
Nineteen.
Eighteen.
Damn it!
Hang in there, Lucchini!
It ain't over yet!
I guess we have no choice.
Are you all right, Lynne-san?
Y-Yes!
Anyone who has been depleted of magic power,
retreat to the aircraft carrier, Amagi.
I can no longer fight?
I can no longer protect people?
Four, three, two, one.
Zero!
Fire up the revised core control system!
Starting magic engine dynamo!
Did they start?
It looks like it.
Eila, look.
Wow, it's really turning into a Neuroi.
Neuroification of the Yamato complete.
Approximately nine minutes of usage remain.
Take the Yamato to the skies!
The Yamato's flying?
All systems stable.
It worked.
Holy cow!
Sanya, look at that!
I already am.
Sight set for the enemy Neuroi.
En route to target!
Stay the course.
Yamato, full speed ahead!
Mission complete.
Everyone return to the aircraft carrier, Amagi.
Major, we succeeded in our mission.
For me, "living" and "fighting" were one and the same.
And yet now I've lost my shield and can't use the Reppuzan.
You fought valiantly.
This is great.
Now Sakamoto-san won't need to fight.
They're going to be defeated!
No, they will be fine.
They are regenerating.
This is the power of Neuroification.
Yes! The Neuroified Yamato is invincible!
1000 units to the Neuroi hive!
500!
Such incredible firepower.
300!
Charge!
Now!
Fire the main cannon!
Fire!
Victory is ours.
W-Why aren't they firing?
This can't be!
Captain!
The artillery control system is non-operational!
What?!
The magic engine dynamo has stopped moving.
It's no good!
The main cannon can't be fired!
This is a disaster!
Captain...
We've done all we can.
Everyone, you fought bravely.
However, the Yamato's magic engine dynamo is non-operational,
and the main cannon cannot be fired.
Our operation has failed.
Failed?!
This can't be. We're going to lose?
No way!
Is this really happening?
Sakamoto-san...
All ships, alter course in succession sixteen points,
preserving order of the fleet.
No!
It's not over yet!
It's not finished.
This war isn't,
nor am I!
Mio!
I will board the Yamato and start the magic engine dynamo with my magic power!
Mio, no!
Sakamoto-san!
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 a vast sky that would bring 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 a huge sky that would bring 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, since we've vowed not to
yakusoku shita kara kokoro ni kimeta kara
約束したから 心に決めたから
We won't run away! We'll face it head on!
nigenaiyo massugu tachimukau
逃げないよ 真っ直ぐ立ち向かう
For an even more wonderful world
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
Over the sky!
Our dream may seem far away,
but together, we can make it come true...
...with our insurmountable courage!
Next time on Strike Witches 2, the final episode:
Episode 12
「Beyond the Skies to Eternity」
Beyond the Skies to Eternity.