Wh-Where am I?!
I... What the hell happened?
Busted.
What is this place?
Did I crash?
It's an island...
That's...
Hina!
I-It won't open...
Hina!
Hina! Wake up, Hina!
Hina!
Fly
and put a light into the sky of our future
Don't buckle under the weight of sadness
and sing forevermore
Unisonia
What does the world you see
look like?
I don't want to get used
to the pain of losing loved ones,
but the stars are so beautiful tonight
We are like two sides
of a rusted coin
lost on the streets
Persevere
Turn your love into what unites us
Let us put color into this world
To that end,
I sing my symphony
Let the future be as we desire it
We can change destiny
Cross time
Unisonia
Stormy Night
Vajra Heavy Attack Cruiser Aeroship
Why not?!
Why won't you let us search for Ensign Ryazan?!
What point is there in searching for cannon fodder?
What?!
Special Officer O'Keefe National Security Committee Administration Bureau
Searching for His Excellency, Commander Dorzhiev, comes first.
And we have no idea where he might have crashed.
Don't you mean, "where he might've been shot down"?
Tarjim!
As soon as your Valiancers are ready,
you are to rendezvous with the search party immediately.
That's an order.
Yes, ma'am.
Commander Gallant 501st Mobile Company, 193rd U-boat Brigade
Still currying favor, even with a dead man.
Cygnus Mobile Strike Aeroship
No.
No. I can't approve a search for Aoba.
Captain Kuramitsu 11th Aerial Expeditionary Strike Force 1st Navy Special Squadron
Wh-Why not? There's a storm going on out there.
If we don't find Aoba quickly...
That's exactly why.
In addition to the bad weather,
while we've withdrawn from combat, the enemy may still be nearby.
Neither the Cygnus nor our Valiancers have come away unscathed.
With the situation as it stands,
I've based my decision on giving top priority to the safety of the crew.
Am I wrong to do so, Lee?
No, sir.
But with Coupling Valiancers, only when we have a set of two are they...
I've weighed all sides to come to this decision.
The Cygnus will remain here on high alert.
Once the storm has passed, we'll start to move.
Just to be safe,
the Valiancer Team will be on standby, ready to mobilize at any time.
Roger.
Roger that, sir.
I swear, he's like a child.
Sir?
The sort who feels motivated to do something when he's told not to.
So true.
Thank goodness! You're awake!
Wh-Whoa, whoa! Hold on!
I haven't done anything.
I forced open your cockpit because you were sinking
and I pulled you out to bring you--
Ow...
I'll take you prisoner and prove my innocence!
I guess there's no way to get it working like this.
And it looks like my pack got washed away, too.
I'm going to check your Valiancer, too!
Sure.
So this is a Coupling Valiancer...
This one is no good, either...
I told you, didn't I?
That it looks like it's broken.
Well, that's all right.
I got my hands on a survival pack now.
And at worst, if I could just get the radio working...
I'll look into it more closely once it gets light.
Are you lacking in a sense of gratitude or what?
I finally get to see you and what the hell is this?
Prisoners of war don't need to speak.
Put that down!
It's mine to begin with anyway!
Allowing your pack to be stolen from you? You're a failure of a soldier.
I'm not a soldier!
Uh, I mean, I'm a soldier now, but...
What is a man like you doing piloting a new Valiancer?
Because you brought me here.
Huh?
A Valiancer suddenly came after me at school
and you saved me, remember?
Then, you said something about how Dio was waiting
and you sent me over here.
To this world seventy years later...
To have a man like you piloting their new Valiancer...
The Confederation must be really short on manpower.
You don't remember?
What are you talking about?
Hina!
Don't talk to me like we're old friends!
And how do you even know my name to begin with?!
Like I said, you were my classmate!
Your name is Yumihara Hina!
And when that Valiancer attacked me, you saved me—
Enough.
Your classmate? Saved you?
Nothing you say makes sense!
Hina...
I will say this much.
No matter how much this Hina of yours resembles me,
she's not me.
My father is a ranking officer in the Zogilian military,
assigned to the 101st Independent Reconnaissance Brigade,
Viktor Ryazan.
At the age of ten, I was enrolled in the 11th Military Preparatory Academy
and after graduation, I served at the Lipetsk Base
and then was assigned to the 501st Mobile Company.
It's impossible that I ever had contact with you!
Quit joking around! What the hell is this?!
All this time, I've been trying to see you and...
We're done talking here.
The military will interrogate you for the rest.
Hina...
Where are you going?
We're outside the storm zone. It's possible to fly now.
That's not an answer.
We can't afford to lose the Luxon.
I figured you'd say that.
A message from the Captain.
He said that three hours is the limit,
and that he wants you back after that.
Why are you following me?
It'd be a problem if you went missing, too.
Also, that saying about a mummy collector becoming mummified.
Do whatever you want.
Oh, and one other message.
From Elvira.
She said that with a Coupling Machine there just may be something that could be done.
Have you still not found His Excellency, Commander Dorzhiev?!
We are searching for him, but nothing yet.
There's no way we're going to find him.
One shot-down Valiancer in this vast ocean...
Th-That's not true. Right, Bizon?
What?
Oh, no, no. I wasn't talking about the Fortuna.
I mean, all she did is crash.
Yeah, you're right.
Watch your words, Tarjim.
Unlike us, Bizon's known Hina since they were little.
All right.
Damn, what a pain.
I was in the same class with Hina,
but I'd barely spoken to her before.
The first time was right before she saved me.
I really don't know what kind of girl she is
or even what sorts of things she likes.
When I saw her, I'd planned on asking her all sorts of things.
Like, why she saved me,
or how I can get back to my own time.
But here I thought I'd finally gotten to see her,
and you tell me you're not her...
If that's true, then where did she go?
Is it really not possible for me to return to my own time?
Hina?
Shh!
Wh-What's that?!
This is...!
What was that just now?!
What happened?!
We can't see anything if you put out the fire!
Hurry!
Shut up! Quiet!
It wasn't me!
The wind blew it out!
I'm pretty sure the pack had...
It's been completely blocked.
For real?
The fire going out might benefit us.
Without air circulating, we'll eventually run out of oxygen.
R-Right...
H-Hey...
What are you doing?
Can't you tell by looking? I'm digging a way out of here!
I'm not dying for nothing in some cave with the enemy!
Then I'll help, too.
Four hands are faster than two, right?
Come on, hurry up and cut me loose.
I'm not going to do anything, especially not now.
I'm not interested in dying here, either.
All right.
That feels so much better.
If you make any funny moves...
You don't have to worry about me, I'm not gonna do anything.
Man... How much do we have to dig until we're out of here?
No matter how much we dig, more dirt just falls down from above.
All right! Break's over!
Don't underestimate a former basketball player's endurance!
Th-The landslide came from above.
What?
There might be less rubble closer to the ceiling.
Yeah, you're right.
Looks like the Protection Division Commander's Valiancer, all right.
Well, it turned out exactly like we expected.
Bizon?
Hey...
Hey, what the hell are you doing?!
The search is over.
What did you say?!
Our unit will take independent action from here on out.
What are you...?!
The Division Commander's death in action has been confirmed.
I believe we have fulfilled our mission.
In that case...
Roger that!
Hina...
Still can't find him?
Our three hours will be over soon...
Could he have been carried away by the ocean currents?
If that's the case, we'll have to recalculate the search area.
If you're alive, at least get a distress signal out already.
Damn it, this is bad. It's starting to get harder to breathe.
At this rate...
Hina?!
Hina! Hey, hang in there!
Hina!
Are we really running out of air?!
I won't let you die!
I won't let you die, no matter what!
I... I...
What the?
Oh... It's over...
Am I... going to die?
Like this?
Here?
You okay, Hina?!
I'll get you up on land soon.
You okay? You're not hurt anywhere?
I'm so glad. Seriously...
The pack's been washed away.
We really don't have anything now.
And the cave is under water, too.
I guess we have no choice but to wait out the storm here.
If...
What?
If things stay this way...
What? No way...
Ba... Ao...
...can hear...
respond...
Aoba!
Dio?!
All right. I got you.
Okay. I'm glad.
A message from Dio!
They found Aoba! He's all right!
I'm glad. I'm so glad.
But the Coupling System sure is incredible.
By expanding the Coupling range many times over,
you can find the location of a Buddy's Valiancer
and do a remote boot-up.
Just what's the principle behind all that?
It's love.
That's fantastic!
What? love? Huh?
You dummy! They're joking, of course.
But this mode requires a lot of energy, so...
I told them three hours, but they didn't come back.
I'll give them an earful later.
Go easy on them, okay?
We did find him, after all, so all's well that ends well.
Report your status.
What's going on there? What about the enemy?
What? Th-The enemy...
Um, well...
What's wrong? Hurry up and report!
Um, so like...
Oh! The signal quality just suddenly...!
What?! Aoba!
Hina!
What's Zogilia's communication frequency?
What?
You're going to contact them! To tell Zogilia that you're here!
Hina?!
Did you find her?
Yeah, I got her.
Let's hurry!
Beautiful, isn't it?
Even after seventy years, I guess a sunrise is still the same.
Why?
Why did you have me contact Zogilia?
Because otherwise, you'd have become our prisoner, right?
I don't like the sound of that, so...
You're a failure of a soldier.
Sure am.
Looks like Dio's here.
Someone will be coming for you, too, right?
Yes.
Okay, then you'd better hurry up and hide.
Y-You're right.
Oh, wait!
Here.
Huh?
What is this?
It's your hairpin.
When we got sent over here, it looks like you had it with you.
I'm returning it.
But I'm not that Hina...
I know that.
But I want you to have it.
Here.
Sorry, you can go now.
Uh, um...
I'm Watase Aoba.
I-I'm...
I know.
Bye.
Well, hello, hello. Thanks for coming to get me!
You bastard. What the hell were you thinking, cutting me off like that?
It's not my fault, man.
The signal quality just suddenly took a nosedive.
You think I'll believe that?
Well, it's okay, right?
We found him in one piece, after all.
Yeah, that's right.
I'll make it a problem later.
Oh? Are you in any position to talk, Dio?
Huh? What are you talking about?
The truth is...
Fromm, we're recovering this salvage and returning to base!
H-Hey! Wait! I'm not on board yet!
Watase... Aoba...
Our hearts call to each other from afar
I've forgotten the end of pain,
but still I know you,
and I look for you
My soul kissed the remnants of a powerful light
deep within itself
If doubt paves the way for a tomorrow full of hope,
then all my hesitation is sure to lead me to a wonderful dawn
I want to protect and shelter
our dream of peace
Please hold out your hand
to grasp the love
that we are sure to find
Next time on Buddy Complex:
Next Time: The Coupling System
"The Coupling System"