Confirm!
Right 0-3, down 0-2.
Right 0-3, down 0-1.
A Lonely Crossing of Paths
Hey! This is the Tiger II you ordered!
New aircraft sure are great; they smell different.
Of course, unless you break it in until it's saturated with your own smell,
YOU PROBABLY WON'T WANT TO ENTRUST lT WlTH YOUR Ll FE!
They transported it by an air route,
and what's more, it wasn't through one of my channels.
A Tiger II...
Good aircraft, it pulls tight turns.
But when all's said and done it's a light fighter, right?
I wonder if it's a match for my Mirage?
Well? Want to give it a try?
This is a shake-down flight.
We will now begin boarding procedures for Yamato Airlines Flight 247,
bound for Tokyo Narita, departing at 10 o'clock.
Well, you must think you're somebody important.
Captain Shibukawa!
Are you intending to entrust the lives of passengers
to an aircraft you haven't checked with your own eyes and fingers?
Absolutely not!
I just...
You're trying to get promoted to captain, so I'll ask that you do everything properly.
Yes, Sir.
Show this thing your sky.
My sky, huh?
Kanzaki,
today I want you to show me your sky.
What's the problem?
I understand.
YAL 247, requesting clearance.
Tower, zero-zero section, in sequence zero-three.
Don't get shot down on your shake-down flight, now.
YAL 247, runway 34R,
taxi via Whiskey-five, Whiskey-three, Juliet-four.
Zero-zero section, you are approved for takeoff.
Roger. Taking off.
Ten, cleared for takeoff.
YAL 747 cleared for takeoff, runway 34R.
Climbing to 10,000 meters.
Altitude 3,000.
Altitude 10, 000. Entering level flight.
Who said you could use the auto-pilot?
Aren't they saying you're being considered as a special case for promotion to captain?
That would make you the youngest captain at Yamato Airlines.
It's the result of your guidance, Captain Shibukawa.
Don't say what you don't mean! It's the result of your guidance, Captain Shibukawa.
Don't say what you don't mean!
No matter how new the airplane,
in the end it's about the pilot's skill.
If you can fly this thing all the way to Tokyo by yourself
without relying on electronics or the auto-pilot,
I'll recommend you for captain, no matter what anybody says.
If not, I'll never let it happen as long as I live.
What'll it be?
If you'll recommend me, I'll feel as strong as a hundred men.
I'll try my best.
Climbing speed and turn performance flawless.
The slightly lighter handling is a given for a light fighter, I guess.
Ryoko...
You've gotten further away.
They're here...
Mr. Tsugumo, president of the airline, and his daughter.
Oh, so this is your first time riding in a Cessna, is it, Ryoko?
Yes!
I've been so looking forward to it, since you've made me listen endlessly about
how it's completely different from a jet, ever since I was a child, Father!
Did I do that?
I'm Ryoko.
I'm Kanzaki.
Shin...
I'm Kazama.
Who'll be piloting for us today?
I will.
I trust you'll take good care of us.
It's my pleasure, Sir.
You have a phone call, Sir.
I thought I told you not to put any calls through.
But it's regarding the Reich Corporation, and they say they really need to...
Reich Corporation, huh?
Kanzaki, sorry, but it looks like some urgent business has come up.
Ryoko...
Oh, no! I want to fly!
It's such a pure blue sky.
I want to fly in it!
It's okay, right, Father?
I guess it can't be helped.
Kanzaki,
she's a very head-strong daughter, but take good care of her.
Yes, Sir.
Now don't make too many selfish requests and give Kanzaki trouble.
Yes, Father!
Well then, Miss, right this way.
Okay, thank you!
Shin! We're going!
Oh, right.
Shin...
Will you take my place?
What's wrong?
Nothing, I need to talk to the president.
Do me a favor, just this once, okay?
Kanzaki!
Huh? It's not going to be Mr. Kanzaki?
I'm Shin Kazama.
It started!
We'll be taking off now.
Oh, yes.
Such a beautiful sky.
Mr. Kazama...
You've been completely silent since we took off.
How about saying something?
Oh, it's not...
I...
I really like...
I like the blue sky.
Are you all right?
Oh, yes...
It was an air pocket.
We probably dropped 200 meters all at once.
Pardon me...
I'm the one who's sorry.
If I had been more careful,
I might have been able to prevent that.
My sincere apologies.
Is this about Kazama again?
Why don't you forget about him?
Being so gloomy all the time, you'll get sick.
I've known him a long time,
but there are times when I don't understand what he's thinking.
Are you happy now, waiting and waiting for a guy like that?
Yes...
He used to say that no matter how far apart we are,
if one of us sends a thought into the sky it will always get there,
because there's nothing to obstruct it.
But you don't even know if he's alive.
Thank you for this pleasant time.
Oh, I'll take care of...
There's no reason you should pay for me.
This is unusual, for rain to fall over the Mediterranean.
Tel Aviv Control, this is Yamato Airlines Flight 247.
Give me the weather conditions.
Yamato Airlines Flight 247, this is Tel Aviv Control.
We currently have rain, with less than twelve miles visibility.
The front extends as far as the Mediterranean,
so please fly at an altitude of 3,500 meters.
Flight 247 here, roger that.
It's open.
Something I can do for you?
Hello.
If I were shocked every single time I saw a man undressed,
I couldn't work in the military.
That may be so, but...
All pictures of Shin.
Nothing I can show to anyone yet.
You take so many pictures of Shin.
Is he special?
It's because he's Japanese like me.
I wonder?
You're one to talk.
Why do you only ask about Shin?
Because I'm interested in him.
Is that wrong?
A young lady goes out of her way to pay me a visit,
so I think beyond a doubt she's interested in me.
But it's Shin you're interested in, huh?
As a pilot!
Right, right. But you'd best give it up.
The guy's got a woman back in Japan.
I know.
I ntuition...
That's scary.
What's she like?
You're curious about that?
I don't know either.
Here we go...
This is from Miss Ryoko.
Please accept it.
Thank you so much, time and time again.
May you and Miss Ryoko have the Lord's protection.
It's Miss Ryoko. Come in.
The kids are always so energetic.
I'm all out of breath!
That's thanks to people like you who give us your support.
I wish we could do more.
That reminds me.
I was recently straightening up some things,
and this was...
SHIn KazAMa
SHIn KazA Ma
Is this...
Shin!
Zero-zero section, this is Double-Echo.
Ahead of you is a civilian air route.
Be careful.
Have I come that far already?
That's where I should actually be flying.
Kanzaki, you're being blown a little to the right.
Oh, yes.
You think you're flying exactly according to the instruments,
but you get off course little by little.
It's something that happens often. Don't ever forget to keep checking.
Yes, Sir.
If you keep on this course, we'll enter military airspace.
If that happens, we've got no right to complain even if we're shot down.
I understand.
The captain has turned on the Fasten Seatbelts sign.
It's nothing to worry about. The captain has turned on the Fasten Seatbelts sign.
It's nothing to worry about. We are experiencing some turbulence due to poor weather,
Just a little turbulence. We are experiencing some turbulence due to poor weather,
Just a little turbulence. so we ask you to keep your seatbelts fastened until further notice.
Take your seat, please. so we ask you to keep your seatbelts fastened until further notice.
After that bank,
the stewardesses are in for a hard time apologizing in the cabin.
Double-Echo, this is zero-zero section.
I'm going up out of the clouds and heading south, course 7C, back to base.
Zero-zero section, this is Double-Echo.
Sidney of the Third Attack Force
has lost track of his position and headed out over the Mediterranean.
Sorry, but find him and drag him back here for me.
He owes me money from poker.
Zero-zero section here, roger that.
I'll have to leave the sky above the clouds for a while, I guess.
Yamato Airlines Flight 247, this is Tel Aviv Control.
Reduce altitude to 2,800 meters.
Flight 247 here, roger.
Keep watching your instruments.
When you come out of clouds,
there are times when your altitude is unexpectedly low and you don't realize it.
I know.
We're just barely outside the military area.
Double-Echo, this is zero-zero section.
It appears that Sidney went down in the sea.
Cannot confirm survival.
You can forget about your poker money. It looks like I'm running out of fuel.
Returning to base.
A near-miss!
That fighter pilot had some real skill.
If he hadn't swerved away from us, it would've been a huge disaster.
That... It couldn't be.
It's not possible.
Kanzaki!
You can't pilot a plane in that state.
I'll take over.
No, Sir, I'm fine.
I'll finish out the flight.
You may be shaken up after that near-miss.
It's the captain's job to deliver these 400 passengers all the way to Japan safely...
You underestimate me, Mr. Shibukawa.
It's not that kind of thing I'm thinking about.
You've got the face of someone waiting for a lover.
And your face looks like you're pursuing some prey.
Shin...
Surely you're there, somewhere in this sky.
Ryoko, I'll return to where you are,
even if it means staining both these hands with blood.
Feelings that will never know satisfaction...
A hunger that will never be sated...
When every hope has been cut off, a boy rises to his feet.
He puts his own skills and his own pride on the line
to challenge a mighty enemy.
This is Area 88,
the far reaches of the desert, the edge of human life,
Sweet Soldier the far reaches of the desert, the edge of human life,
Sweet Soldier
the place where hope comes to an end.
Sweet Soldier
Burned through by the sun
I look at stars in the lonely night sky
The faintly-heard melody
I ' m so nostalgic for it that I can't remember it
The warmth I turned my back on
Dance in the battlefield
I shut my eyes
Play in a brief moment's dream
Gentleness isn't needed here
The moon illuminates the darkness