Direct hit to the Shell!
Damn!
Has the President still not arrived?!
If we keep sitting on our hands-
Have the Battle Frontier set sail!
How dare a mere aide give orders!
Eleven minutes ago, the President's death was confirmed.
It was the work of the Vajra.
Accordingly, the highest ranking civil servant aboard Battle Frontier, the current seat of government operations...
...in other words, myself, is required to take overall authority of the Presidency.
Please carry out my orders promptly.
B-But...
If the Battle Frontier goes down, it's all over!
Do you not even understand that?!
Sir!
Yes Sir!
Battle Frontier, emergency separation!
Departure sequence, initiate!
Hurry.
If he's able to grab power, everything-
Battle Frontier, departing.
Repeat, Battle Frontier, departing.
Now then...
It's my turn!
So if we go to Island-3, we'll have a chance?
Yes.
Klan, you ready?
Michel...
Eat this!
Michel!
All right, let's go!
Yes!
Enemy approaching in sector 17. Count, seven!
Followed by carrier class at bearing 2-1.
Main cannon firing posture.
Incoming!
Come on!
Heat source off the stern?
This is...
It's Battle Frontier!
Well, at least it appears that this ship's main cannon is still effective.
Quite right.
Now we may be able to deal with the external enemy.
However, that is no solution, you know.
Acting President?
Could you be quiet for a moment, Commodore?
This plan was submitted by Luca-kun?
Yes, via encrypted channel.
All right.
This ship will continue to repel the Vajra attacking from outside.
Open a channel with the Quarter!
This is...
Little Girl.
It cuts out and consumes the space within a fifty kilometer radius.
It's a fold bomb developed by L.A.I.
Fifty klicks?!
It'd swallow the entire convoy!
That's why we'll gather the Vajra in one place somewhere and detonate it.
How?
Luca!
Alto-kun!
You're not serious...
Hey Luca, you bastard!
I made my decision...
To protect no matter what.
And yet...
But to use Ranka as a lure because of that!
Michel-senpai is dead, you know!!!
The ship is in tatters...
...and the ecosystem is ruined.
If we take any more damage, Frontier is done for!
Now, this is a battle for existence.
Ours or the Vajra's!
Will it be them or us who survive...
That's probably the precipice we're standing on.
I'll sing.
For everyone's sake.
Are you really going to do that?
Even though Island-3 is the island with the least damage?!
That's because it was originally an agricultural and tourism island for Zentraedi.
If they micronize, accomodating them will be easy.
On the other islands, they're running out of time.
When Ranka-san begins singing the song, the Vajra should gather here from all ships.
Once we confirm their movement, we will cut Island-3 loose...
and when we've reached the safe zone, I will detonate the bomb.
So I just have to keep singing here until that last possible moment, right?
Until then, I won't let the Vajra near you, no matter what.
And I'll make the escape will succeed for sure.
So...
So rest easy and sing.
Yeah.
I think I'll be able to do it right this time.
I'm counting on you.
If you don't want to sing, you don't have to sing, Ranka.
That's horrible, Brera-san!
Why would you say such a thing?!
The song is your heart.
Because it belongs only to you.
Thank you, Brera-san.
But it's all right.
I wanted to tell him...
Just one person.
The song never reached him, but...
This is what that one person wants.
Aimo, aimo, nete lhushe
Noynar milia ehndel protea
Come.
I'm right here.
Photow mih
ここは温かな海だよ
koko wa attaka na umi da yo
This is a warm sea...
Singing?
Lhuley
Lhuleyah
Vajra within Island-1, more and more moving in direction of Island-3.
空を舞う雲雀は涙
Sora o mau hibari wa namida
The larks dancing about the sky are but tears...
Lhuley
How dare you hurt Nanase-san!!!
Lhuleyah
お前は優しい緑の子
Omae wa yasashii midori no ko
You are a gentle child of green.
Now!
Don't soften the attack!
Why do you attack us?!
Aimo, aimo, nete lhushe
Michel!
Noynar milia ehndel protea
Michel!!!
Photow mih
ここは温かな海だよ
Koko wa attaka na umi da yo
This is a warm sea...
It hurts...
It hurts!
Excellent, Little Queen.
You're different from eleven years ago, aren't you?
PURGE ISLAND-3!
Ranka Lee escape confirmed!
Do it!
I'm sorry...
You did good.
Thank you...
Ranka.
But...
...the sacrifices have been far too great.
It was a deeply tragic catastrophe.
We lost our beloved and respected President Howard Glass.
And a great many have lost friends, family, and loved ones.
I know in your anger, or your sadness, you all want to ask...
Why?
Why us?
Why my family? My lover?
Why did they have to be hurt?
Mobilizing all of our remaining forces, the surviving Vajra have nearly been completely mopped up...
and the situation has finally settled down.
But the people we've lost... The things we've lost will never return.
And your hearts have surely suffered irreparable wounds.
Yes, the wounds...
The wounds are far too deep.
For now, let us simply pray.
For the lost lives.
Miss Ranka.
Your brother, Lt. Commander Ozma Lee is also missing.
I know it must be hard,
you will sing for us, won't you?
A song of mourning and of hope for tomorrow?
So that we may prevail in the fight against the Vajra and live on.
I am... sorry.
Ranka-san?
I am... sorry.
I can't...
...sing anymore!
Ranka?
Ranka-chan...
I can't... take it.
Why me...
Why... do my songs... affect the Vajra...
Ai-kun?
Ai-kun...
Where did you go?
How did you get so big?
I was worried this whole time-
Ai-kun...
Who is it at this hour?
Ranka!
Alto-kun!
Ranka, why won't you sin-
I need a favor, Alto-kun.
Um...
Oh yeah, those paper planes you always used to fold.
Would you teach me how to fold one?
Hey, can I ask you something?
What made you want to fly?
Well...
My mom had a weak body...
...and she was always looking at the sky.
I would watch with her, and one time, she said,
"I want to see a real sky."
A real one?
Yeah.
A blue horizon and white clouds that go on forever.
A real... free sky, just like that.
It was like a fairy tale.
To me, having been born on this ship.
That's beautiful.
Thanks, Ranka.
Alto-kun...
All done!
Oh.
Lemme see real quick.
All right.
Now it's perfect.
Wow.
Hey, can I launch it?
Do what you want.
Everyone wants... to live free, don't they?
They must.
Yup.
Alto-kun...
Please...
Come with me.
A Vajra!
Don't, Alto-kun!
Why do you stop me!?
That's a Vajra, you know!
They killed Michel!
But not this one!
This one just shed its skin and hasn't done anything wrong!
And still you're going to kill it?
As long as there are Vajra, the sky will be a battlefield.
For us to survive, we got no choice but to kill them!
Bastard...
Brera-san?
Ranka, speak your desire.
Huh?
I will grant your desire.
Ai-kun...
Ranka, you...
You know, lately I've been remembering the past, little by little.
It's scary, but...
But I have a feeling that I'm supposed to know.
So I'm... going.
Going?!
I want to return this little guy at least to where his friends are.
Understood.
Ranka!
Alto-kun...
You dummy!
Don't go, Ranka!
The truth is...
I wanted to go with you.
I wanted to be with you forever!
Ranka...
Watashi no namae o hitotsu ageru
I'll give you one of my names...
わたしの名前を一つあげる
Alto-kun...
Taisetsu ni shite ita no
One I held dear.
大切にしていたの
Goodbye.
Anata no kotoba o hitotsu kudasai
Give me one of your words...
あなたの言葉を一つください
I loved you.
Ranka!
Sayonara ja nakute
Not "Goodbye".
さよならじゃなくて
Don't go!
Ranka!
Hikari wa tsubu
Light is a particle,
光は粒
Soshite nami
And a wave.
そして波
Anata wa tori
You are a bird,
あなたは鳥
Soshite uchuu
And the Universe.
そして宇宙
What...
Zutto soba ni ita omoide wa tsunagatta
You were always by my side, the memories have connected,
ずっとそばに居た 思い出はつながった
Anomaly detected Island-1 dome airlock!
It is being forcibly unlocked by something!
Subete ga hitotsu ni chouwa shiteta ano hi
That day when everything harmonized as one...
すべてが一つに調和してたあの日
Zutto soba ni itakatta donna ni koe ni takushite mo
I wanted to always be near you, but no matter how much I put into my voice,
ずっとそばに居たかった どんなに声に託しても
Ranka...
Alto-kun...
Anata made todokanai
It wouldn't reach you.
あなたまで届かない
Aoi aoi aoi tabiji
Blue... Blue... Blue journey
蒼い 蒼い 蒼い 旅路
RANKA!!!
Kougeki demo nai
Not attacking,
攻撃でもない
Bougyo demo nai
Not defending,
防御でもない
Mannaka no kimochi
A feeling in the middle.
真ん中の気持ち
Kirameki to zetsubou no aida no
Between radiance and despair;
煌きと絶望の間の
Mannaka no kimochi
A feeling in the middle.
真ん中の気持ち
Mirai wa hane
The future is a feather,
未来は羽
Soshite namari
And lead.
そして鉛
Watashi wa mizu
I am water,
わたしは水
Soshite honoo
And fire.
そして炎
Zutto soba ni ita ai yori mo chikakatta
I was always by your side, we were closer than love,
ずっとそばに居た 愛よりも近かった
Subete ga hitotsu ni atataka datta hi ooh
The day when everything was warm, together as one...
すべてが一つに暖かだった日 うぅ～
Zutto soba ni itakatta ongaku mo kikoenai
I wanted to always be near you, but I couldn't hear the music,
ずっとそばに居たかった 音楽も聞こえない
Anata kara toozakaru
I'm drifting away from you.
あなたから遠ざかる
Aoi aoi aoi tabiji
Blue... Blue... Blue journey
蒼い 蒼い 蒼い 旅路
Ranka's departure...
Burgeoning discord...
They who disobey...
They who feel each other...
Next time,
Northern Cross.
Song of Lips, echo throughout the Galaxy.