This isn't the bell that tolls for the end.
It's the roar that heralds the next battle.
This is me. Kami wa nabiku
This is me. 髪は靡く
This is me, my hair flutters in the wind,
Akakau somaru hoho ni
赤く染まる頬に
my cheeks blush a bright red.
I am me, ketsui no tsubu
I am me. 決意の粒
I am me. A seed of determination.
Kore wa hajimari deatta
これは始まり出会った
This is the beginning of a fated encounter.
Kibou mo zetsubou ni mo kasumanai ashita ga aru no nara...
希望も絶望にも霞まない明日があるなら。。
If there is hope for tomorrow, then it won't grow dim in despair...
jibun ni
自分に
To myself.
wasurenai kono itami wa ano hi no yakusoku
忘れないこの痛みはあの日の約束
I won't forget, this pain is the promise we made that day.
kanaetai, kanaerarenai, kanaeru kokyuu wo tsukamu yoru
叶えたい 叶えられない かなえる こきゅう を つかみ よる
I want to keep it, but I can't now, only on the night when I capture this emptiness.
Nanika ni mezameta asa
何かに目覚めた朝
So that there's something there when I wake up in the morning.
Wake to iu kasabo to hatenai sora he
訳と言うかさぼと果てない空へ
To give a reason to this endless sky,
Tada tobidatsu
ただ飛び立つ
all we do is fly.
Sou, sore dake
そうそれだけ
Yes, that's all there is.
So that...
...is our...
...God.
Were you able to see the fruits of our labour before you departed...
...Turbulent Ungula, Fecor?
Now, let us go.
We shall hear our God's declaration of his ambition.
Gaze up into the sky.
I am your God.
The creator of all!
Feel the anxiety within.
Rid yourselves of any doubt.
To those who walk the path with me: the time has come.
The resolve has been formed anew, and the power swells in me.
This is final stage of my ambition.
I declare the continuation of the creation process I was once interrupted during, as well as an even greater challenge.
In other words...
...within the rift, I shall create a copy of this world!
I'll call it Xanadu!
Xanadu?
It's precisely the world all of you wish for.
It shall exist solely for all of you and shall accept you with open arms.
As some of you may know, several millennia ago...
...I attempted this feat but was sent to the rift by the Flame Haze.
But I came to a realization while I drifted there...
...about where utopia shall be created.
It's the rift I was sent to!
And also, I realised how this new utopia should be created!
We are not sealing off a small area in this world.
We are copying everything that exists in this world!
That's what the copy of this world, Xanadu, shall be!
A complete replica of this world.
Vast and filled with life!
A whole new world!
Filled with a limitless supply of Power of Existence.
A paradise created for all of you...
...once dreamed of in the past and now called upon again.
I will challenge myself to finish the ambition I once held.
So I will make your wishes come true as the God of Creation!
Declaration of Ambition
Hey Balar, tell me what he said again.
He said he'd make a world suitable for Tomogara between this world and Guze.
Watch out ~de arimasu.
Eyes down.
That declaration made them...
It looks like the tide of battle is decided.
The reincarnation of the God of Creation in which we had to stop at all costs has occurred.
There's no point in regaining the momentum at this point.
C-Chief Commander...
What should we do?
Is this Yuuji's wish?
Or is it the Serpent of the Ritual's?
So he's going to again try to alter how the world works, eh?
Worse, in the rift this time.
In this situation, there's no chance of victory.
We must retreat first.
Ah, in order to obtain a good understanding of the situation,
we should rendezvous with Chief Commander Sophie Sawallisch at once.
Excluding parties fighting in remote areas, all have been gathered here.
All of you understand the general situation, correct?
To say we're at a disadvantage would be an understatement ~de arimasuna.
Yes, what a shame for us.
All we can do is retreat.
Even if it's shameful, if it's the best course of action, it must be done.
It's not something to debate right now.
So...
You say retreat, but with the current difficult situation and shortage of manpower...
...I can't see it being done easily at all.
Do we have an alternative course of action?
One of the Four Gods of Motherland, Summoner of White Mist, Centerhill.
Can I take his statement as an offer of assistance?
And the other three...
No, I'm getting ahead of myself.
Yes, of course.
We have a contingency plan prepared for emergencies.
The codename of the withdrawal operation is "Ebbing Tide".
Our target destination is-
To the east, where Tendoukyuu is hidden.
The objective of the operation is to reform our groups in Tendoukyuu
and retreat from battle as quickly as possible.
Tendoukyuu is here.
It's in the mountains to the east, overlooking the plains.
That's pretty far.
We need to get there with the enemy in pursuit, huh?
And given the location, Samuel's group is going to have to hold off all the enemies coming from the west.
That's acceptable.
My unit is in the best position to support the retreat.
Until you make your escape to the east, I will hold back the enemy.
This is a losing battle, isn't it?
So what?
I simply have to stay on my feet until I keel over.
Using those who were worked into a fervour by the declaration of ambition, I'll make a mountain of corpses and a river of blood.
The success of this operation depends on organised and swift actions.
Once we escape here, Khamsin, Rebecca...
...I want you two to be the rear guard.
And...
Affirmative ~de arimasu.
We'll meet up with the Adamant Convoy and support the retreat.
We will now start Operation Ebbing Tide.
Hold up, both of you.
Is there supplementary information?
No, but a personal suggestion.
Please take a moment to change.
When reserves arrive in such a ragged state, the morale of the frontline will falter.
What a blunder ~de arimasu.
Okay.
Charge! Charge!
Grant this victory to our Commander!
Grant a perfect victory to our leader, Amplifier!
Take this!
Blast!
Sorry for taking away all the good scenes!
Forgive us, it's called the right person in the right place.
It's probably because this is a forced march, but I don't see Gozume around.
I think we can hold them for a while.
Okay.
All troops, take the route to northeast!
Double time!
This body...
It appears it is still unstable from just exiting the rift.
How annoying.
Who wished?
No one recalls.
Millennia ago, he heard the calls of Tomogara and appeared per their wish.
Professor, who exactly is that Rofocale?
He's very casual with the Trinity and even walked with us on the path.
Hasn't the fruit of science, Excellent 252546642, completed the data transfer yet?
You weren't listening at all?
The data collected in the rift was so great.
Well, he is one of the God's followers.
O-One of his followers?!
Then he's the God's...
No, no, no.
The Trinity is a well-established system that protects, thinks and acts on its own.
There is no place for a fourth wheel.
But unlike you-
When ask what's desired, some answer materialistically.
When the wish is chosen, all gather for the God's ceremony.
I must praise the enemy for causing this much damage.
The results are worth all the sacrifices made, but...
That's not right.
We formed this organization, and so these are the results we worked for.
The famous Flame Haze were fearsome.
They sacrificed themselves and sent the God to the rift.
The ceremony in the past.
The things we learned by getting our Commander sent away.
An organization made to realize impossible change.
In other words, the power of numbers.
Time flies and passes by.
After many centuries, grant the wish our returned lord prays for.
Thy name is...
So that's the Serpent of the Ritual.
It has materialised.
Fourteenth enemy wave, incoming!
All our comrades' lives rest on what we do here!
Don't allow any of them to break through!
Blazing Flame!
I am the Flame Haze of the Flame of Heaven, Alastor!
The Flame-Haired Blazing-Eyed Hunter...
...Shana!
Standing beside her, I am the Flame Haze of Tiamat, the Illusionist Crown.
The Manipulator of Objects...
...Wilhelmina Carmel.
We appreciate your support.
This fort is key to Operation Ebbing Tide.
It's a given we are here ~de arimasu.
We need to buy a little more time.
Two new prey have jumped into the trap.
Attack unit, fall back.
I will initiate an attack.
They've retreated?
With a chance like this, why?
Attention!
Rinne cannons spotted!
Due west!
In the plains!
Incredible numbers.
If we get hit by that many of them at once...
Don't worry.
Due west!
Concentrate!
We shan't let any through.
We shan't yield.
All cease.
Thy name is disgrace.
Sigmund's Gate.
This is the Adamant Convoy, Samuel Demantius', original unrestricted spell.
Don't drop your guard!
Through a construction he made, he focuses the power of others and uses it as he needs.
He's as good as he has always been ~de arimasuna.
Applause.
All right, we've managed to get some separation.
Ah, the enemy's not going to let us go so easily.
It appears more forces have arrived.
We were expecting some difficulties.
Blast!
Chief Commander, the plains are getting bombarded.
I'm counting on you all.
What a sight.
A fight where bodies and souls burn, yet not a single corpse remains.
Yet...
No, it's precisely for this reason I must do this.
To protect everyone and her.
Even this very moment, someone is being eaten and disappearing.
Without anyone knowing or noticing the event; treated as if he or she never existed.
It's repeating day in and day out.
What's the point in protecting such a cruel world?
If there's a power to change that, then it should be used.
No, I need to use it.
That will put an end to your battle.
So...
So don't get in my way, Flame Haze!
Listen, Flame Haze: Kings that slay their kin and humans that work as their blades.
Why do you fight?
The realisation of my ambition will bring peace to this world.
What do you fear?
Does the distortion the world may experience still bother you?
When Xanadu is made, you will gain eternal peace.
After all...
Xanadu will be made in the space between the two worlds.
If you are still uneasy, then I shall say this with confidence.
The creation of Xanadu in the rift will have no effect on this world!
No, we mustn't listen to him.
During the millennia I spent in the rift, I forged the road while giving thought to the process, and I came to a conclusion.
Making Xanadu, the paradise, will not instigate the great catastrophe you fear!
And I will summon all the Tomogara in the world and leave with them.
Once we, Tomogara, gain Xanadu, we will never return.
Then, you will gain a world where nobody is eaten or disappears.
Send us, the Tomogara, off.
That's all you need to do to make your world a calm place.
Yuuji!
It's okay.
You don't need to resist and fight anymore, Flame Haze.
Your fight has ended.
It has ended.
Calm down, François.
But...
But!
The God of Creation has returned, and we lost.
A-And there's no reason for us to be in this world.
The fight has ended, so now I'm-
We're still in the middle of a battle!
Grogach.
It's over...
What do we fight for then?
Are we not needed anymore?
Oh no!
Help me!
You! And you, too!
Snap as many people out of it as possible!
If you run about, you're only going to give yourselves to the enemy!
What a cunning man.
Not only did he win the battle, but he destroyed the very reason the Flame Haze fight for.
Ah, now...
Damn it.
It's no time to think about the operation ~de arimasu.
Out of control.
Who would have thought they'd fall apart so easily.
The very reason that Flame Haze exist was taken away.
You can't blame them.
Still, we can't sit here and wait to be wiped out.
No, we can't!
Victory or defeat.
Order of dominance.
No matter the outcome, results are never meaningless.
We must think how to use those results in the next battle.
First!
We must save as many of our kind as possible and meet up with Sophie!
We are polar opposite existences of each other.
Or rather, hindrances of each other, aren't we, Sirotci?
At this point, we probably won't see each other again.
Let me give you a bouquet of flame to send you off.
Sleep in peace.
Fire.
Retreat.
Don't think of anything!
Run!
Head east!
Run to the east!
I couldn't do anything.
I didn't ...
...have the conviction...
...to stand against Yuuji.
But what is this?
It's still vague...
...but there's still something...
...that doesn't feel right!
With order broken, the retreat is disorganized.
Who will the falling rain choose to save?
Next time on Shakugan no Shana Final
Retreat Through the Rain
Retreat Through the Rain.