Shuko!
You haven't gone home yet?
You have the national games starting tomorrow.
Yes, I know.
But let me do this for another thirty minutes.
But...
Please.
Jeez, I don't have a choice.
Thank you, Yuko.
Once you've decided, you don't listen to anybody.
You're really stubborn.
Don't, Yuko!
Isn't today Osamu's birthday?
Jeez. He's already sleeping.
Still... Please go back home.
Because you're his mother.
You're right.
I'll do that.
Tomorrow, mother and child will meet for the first time in several years.
Tooi yozora ni hikaru chiisana hoshi
Kitto darenimo mada shirarete inai
Dakedo makenaide annani ima kagayaiteru
Nandaka dokoka watashini niteru
Ironna hito ga afureru machikadode
Nani ga honto ka wakaranaku nari sou
Jibun o sagashite kokoro no antena nobaseba
Tokimeki ga wakaru I wanna get it
Yume wa koko ni aruyo
Donna toki mo sugu sobani aruyo
Tatoe chippoke demo
Sou hajimari ni narunda
ltsuka meguri aeru
Tatta hitorishika inai watashi
Motto shinjireba ii mirai ga aru
Be my only Angel
"Many Strong Opponents! The National Games of Everyone's Dreams"
I have no problem with heights.
Suzuhara is amazing for getting this far.
Does it bother you, Kotaro-chan?
What?
Misakichi is with Mr. Ohjiro right now.
I don't know what's going on, since the nationals are so big.
Misaki-chan, why don't you rely on me
who won two years straight at Kansai
and placed second for two years straight
at the nationals?
Mr. Ohjiro, please teach me many things.
I'll teach you many things.
Many things...
It can't be helped.
He's the kind of Deus that plays at games like these.
All the Deuses stand around the Layer, please.
Let me see...
Where is Hatoko-chan?
Mr. Ohjiro!
This way, Misaki-chan.
You don't need to be so nervous.
You'll be all right.
Yes.
Excuse me. You're so calm.
This is my third time. Plus, I have a spell.
A spell not to get nervous.
Why don't you lick your wrist?
Yes.
Now, smell it.
It smells weird!
Sorry.
It was a lie.
But it seems to have relaxed you.
Misaki!
This way!
Hatoko-chan!
Thank you very much, Mr. Ohjiro!
What?
We've got a problem!
The Champion isn't in the waiting room!
What?
Did you look everywhere?
The roof? The restrooms?
Shuko... The roof? The restrooms?
Shuko... I checked them but...
It can't be her health... I checked them but...
It can't be her health...
Don't lie to me!
Miss Kaede.
Miss Jounouchi's also here.
Champions and runner-ups of area games can play at the nationals.
Miss Saito seems to be Miss Jounouchi's Second.
Are you okay?
Yes. I just think everyone looks strong.
It's the national games.
But you're also strong.
You mustn't lose confidence.
Yes!
I'm with such great people...
It started then, and I've come all this way...
What?
What are you smiling about, Misaki?
I was thinking about what got me started in Angelic Layer.
Really?
She's quite relaxed.
Kotaro-chan, she's looking good.
Yes.
Wasn't the opening ceremony supposed to start at nine?
What do we do, Mihara?
If we wait, we won't finish by day's end.
Sorry for the wait!
Now we're going to start the fourth Angelic Layer national games!
Please look at the thirteen strong Deuses from all over the country.
The strongest Angel will be now be decided by them, and their Seconds!
Mr. Ohjiro! The strongest Angel will be now be decided by them, and their Seconds!
Mr. Ohjiro!
Now! I will ask her to start the Entry Angel.
She won the fierce battles at the Kanto games.
The Miracle Rookie, Misaki Suzuhara!
Good evening!
Way to go, Misakichi!
Don't forget the feeling of your first time here!
Misaki, Entry Angel.
That's right.
Here we go, Hikaru.
Wings of an Angel! Please guide me and Hikaru!
Let the silver snow fall. Dance, Shirahime!
They're the strong contestants that advanced from each area.
It's a truly spectacular sight, when so many top-level Angels gather.
Well, I'm afraid to tell you this news.
The promoter asks that we introduce the Champion and her Angel by video.
That's what I thought!
I guess the Champion hasn't come to the site.
No! Don't!
Jeez! Jeez! Please, please don't throw things!
It's the white Angel!
It's Athena!
The Champion's Angel!
That means...
There she is!
She has won for three straight years.
The invincible champion!
Shu!
She makes us so edgy.
Sis...
Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu!
It's the amazing Angel. Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu!
She's the Champion? Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu!
Yes. She's the object of all the Deuses' respect and adoration. Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu!
Yes. She's the object of all the Deuses' respect and adoration.
Look!
Everybody, even Miss Kaede looks flushed.
What?
Miss Jounouchi is the same as usual.
You never know how she feels.
The Champion is a star for the people playing Angelic Layer.
Genuine and authentic, the queen of queens ruling over all the Deuses.
That's her.
Athena's Deus, Shu.
How many hours did you practice after that?!
Until a little while ago...
Jeez! Why do you ignore me, your Second, and do such a thing?!
And look at your clothes!
You haven't changed since yesterday?
I can't believe you didn't bring a change of clothes!
Take off your clothes!
Yuko?!
Shuji, please tune up Athena for me so I can wash these.
Ogata-kun, you stay here and look after her.
And Shuko!
You have some time before the game starts.
Please get a little sleep in the night-duty room!
Chief Mihara!
Please take the Champion there, so she won't escape.
I could do it.
With you, she'd escape, wouldn't she?!
Right...
I'm sorry.
Even though I'm the champion, I always cause trouble for everyone.
What are you talking about?
Inada doesn't think this is a problem, either.
By the way, how was Misaki-chan when you showed up before her?
She didn't seem to notice it was me.
But it's okay.
I want her to watch my fight before she realizes I'm her mother.
As one of Angelic Layer's players?
I'm going to show her the very best fight.
Now the first match of the national games will begin!
East Corner, the Ice Machine, Sai Jounouchi!
The Angel is Shirahime!
West Corner, the Blond Gale, Tsubasa McEnzie!
The Angel is Eagle!
And now, Angelic fight!
Shirahime is amazing.
She's calm, even though it's the first game.
But the opponent is also at the level to be in the games, right?
I imagine she can't relax her guard.
Miss Sai, the branches will be broken if Shirahime does that.
I understand, Kaede.
You come after me yet you can't catch me on the tree.
Do you think so?
Shirahime punched right as Eagle jumped onto another branch!
Eagle goes straight down to the ground!
Too bad!
What?
Miss Sai!
The Angel...
Flew?
I can't believe she has wings to glide.
She didn't have such a technique at the Kyushu games...
She's adjusted to the Layer terrain with the height.
That's the national games for you.
Miss Sai. It's all right.
I've got an idea.
Oh, my god! Shirahime is getting beaten up!
Is she already going to be eliminated after the first round?
Miss Jounouchi...
No need to worry.
A Second is not only there to repair the Angel.
Miss Saito seems to be doing a good job right now.
Miss Sai!
Shirahime!
What's this?
What's that?
That's...
She's hyper!
It's just a bluff anyway, isn't it?
Where is Shirahime?
Shirahime wins!
Shirahime is a first shipment model, like Blanche.
Miss Saito advised that she could also go hyperactive.
Oh, Shirahime!
She's pointing at the seat where the Champion has been sitting!
Sai Jounouchi!
She's showing her fighting spirit to the Champion.
She's hot! The Ice Machine is getting hot!
Miss Jounouchi and Miss Saito are aware of the Champion.
Misaki, let's go to the site when the Champion's game starts.
I think you should see her strength with your own eyes.
Yes.
Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu! Shu!
Open up the future! Athena's wings!
Angel, fall in!
Now, Angelic fight!
Beautiful!
Excuse me.
Her brilliance has made even me speechless!
This is the Champion, Shu's real power.
Watch me, Misaki.
What's this?
Athena only dodges the opponent's attack.
In spite of that, the opponent...
The opponent is getting cornered!
How strong!
It's a strength in a class of its own!
Will she win the championship again this year?
Or will one of the other strong contestants stop her?
The site is filled with a tension we've never seen before.
Athena was terrific.
Yes. She's even stronger than last year.
I lost to her last year at the semifinals.
You lost to her too?
Athena really IS amazing!
You also fell in love with Athena?
You look so happy when you talk about Athena.
I'm a little jealous.
It's not true!
I saw that white Angel when I first came to Tokyo.
You saw Athena?
Yes.
On the big TV in front of the station.
She was very beautiful and so cool.
Before I realized it, I'd already bought an Angel Egg.
I didn't know Athena taught you how wonderful Angelic Layer is.
I want to fight against Athena...
Everyone feels that way.
But we'll meet Athena at the final game.
Once you lose, that's it.
Are you confident?
I don't know.
But I don't want to lose hope.
That's why I like you, Misaki.
I also want to fight against Athena one more time.
Together.
Let's promise to definitely fight against Athena.
Yes. Promise!
Definitely, Misaki!
We'll definitely fight against Athena!
Let's go, Hatoko-chan!
Yes!
Ah, tenki ame no machi de
Fui ni guuzen surechigau
Ah, mioboe no aru shatsu
Masaka anata da nante
Sou okubyou na watashi wa
Jibun no koto shika mienakute
ltsuka anata no yasashisa ni motare
Amaete tayone
Kazoe kirenai yoru o koete
Taisetsu na mono ni kizuita
Kitto kitto mou mayowanai
Hitomi wa ima anata dake wo miteru
Yeah, I'm an engineer!
Sometimes I'm a programmer!
You're excited, aren't you?
I'm not!
The machine's broken, and it's so bad that I can only sing a song.
Come on, tighten up a screw over there with this wrench.
Excuse me, Mr. Icchan.
When I tightened the screw, the parts fell off...
Other way round, do other way round!
Don't unscrew it!
The next episode of Angelic Layer:
System Down! Decisive Fight on a Ship in a Storm!