Heavy damage to Yamano.
Damage to Tanikaze as well.
Wh-what happened?
We're reading a heavy concentration of Heigus particles within the asteroid.
It's a Gauna! A Gauna has emerged!
Kunato Squad
Hoshijiro Squad
G-Gauna.
The first one in a hundred years.
Ta ga tame ni ware wa yuku Who do we fight for?
Ta ga tame ni chiri yuku nara Who do we die for?
Nani yue ni Tell me why
Uchikudake Break through
Toki michite When the time comes
Ikiru tame For your survival
Toki hanate Set yourself free
Sora no kouro wa kaze ni kie The path in space disappears in the wind
Anjuu wa iku oku kounen saki Peace is several billion light years ahead
Tsuki susumu nara madou na Take the plunge Do not waver
Iza yukan kishi yo Let's go, valiant knight
Uchikudake Break through
Knights of Sidonia Uchikudake Break through
Knights of Sidonia
Toki michite For your survival
Knights of Sidonia Toki michite For your survival
Knights of Sidonia
Ikiru tame For your survival
Knights of Sidonia Ikiru tame For your survival
Knights of Sidonia
Toki hanate Set yourself free
Katsuro wa kono te ni Your path is in your hands
Ta ga tame ni ware wa yuku Who do we fight for?
Ta ga tame ni chiri yuku nara Who do we die for?
Chikai tateru mamonaku As soon as you take your oath
Kono mi wo nagedase Throw yourself to the cause
Juuseki to konpai to Do not be daunted by responsibility and exhaustion
Sadame ni wa makeji to Face your destiny
Oblivion
Wh-what's this for?
They say that you'll jinx yourself and get into an accident
if you engage in a clutch formation with a squad mate you've never touched.
Oh, Yamano.
You're in our division, aren't you?
We might engage in a clutch formation together, so let's shake hands to be safe.
That's just a dumb superstition.
I'll pass.
Yamano is always like that.
Anyway, let's put on our skin suits.
What?
You have got to be kidding me.
How did I get stuck with those... those people who got in because of an exception?
Congratulations, Eiko Yamano!
Hooray!
Congratulations, Eiko.
That's impressive for someone who's from a small town!
Eiko, you're our pride and joy.
If you become a pilot, you'll make your mother so proud, Eiko.
I'm not like those people.
A biological urethra catheter?
Oh, that's right. This is your first time putting on a skin suit, isn't it?
Yeah.
The cockpit doesn't have a toilet, so the catheter is necessary.
It'll go in on its own, but don't take it out. Or else, you'll hurt yourself.
Pilot's Changing Room - Women
Attention all cadets.
At 1100 hours, your ice mining mission will commence.
While this isn't a combat mission, it is a mission for securing valuable resources nonetheless.
Do your best.
Understood.
Move out.
Four-unit clutch formation.
Roger.
Wait, this is Tanikaze's first time.
Tanikaze, ready.
You better not get in my way.
You're doing great, Nagate.
Anyone can do that.
All pilots, full throttle.
If you become a pilot, you'll make your mother so proud, Eiko.
Hey Sis, let me ride in your Garde.
I know it's going to be hectic, just don't forget to take care of yourself.
Hooray! I know it's going to be hectic, just don't forget to take care of yourself.
Hooray!
No!
Yamano's armor is being torn apart.
H-how...?
No! No!
Th-the Gauna has taken Eiko Yamano.
That's a... Gauna?
En!
They don't have a Kabizashi in their possession.
At this rate...
What is Tanikaze's status?
Nagate Tanikaze has sustained injuries to his vertebrae.
He's in cardiopulmonary arrest!
Cardiopulmonary Arrest
Have the cadets fall back.
We will provide cover fire with the heavy mass cannons.
It will only provide temporary relief,
but we need to keep the Gauna as far from Sidonia as we can.
Prepare the heavy mass cannons for fire.
Preparing the heavy mass cannons for fire.
What should we do about Tanikaze and the Tsugumori?
We won't be rescuing Tanikaze.
However, we WILL be providing assistance from here.
Target Locked
Fire.
Time till impact
Warning Low Power
Nagate...
Cardiopulmonary Arrest
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitated
What?
Tanikaze!
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitated
We have a pulse.
Brain wave signal restored.
Nagate Tanikaze has been revived!
What? That's unbelievable.
Th-the Gauna has taken on Yamano's form.
Tanikaze!
The Gauna could've attacked anyone.
Don't let it provoke you.
Fall back, Tanikaze!
Respond, Tanikaze!
Whoa.
Shinatose! Fall back!
Roger.
Time till impact
Gauna
Thirty seconds until the heavy mass cannon fire reaches the target!
Forget it, Tanikaze. Get out of there!
You can't destroy the core without a Kabizashi!
Tanikaze!
Gauna!
Tanikaze! Give me your hand!
Seven-unit clutch formation!
The heavy mass cannon fire, direct hit to target.
The Gauna has been successfully annihilated.
We've only pushed it away from us.
The Gauna Cluster is within three light years of Sidonia,
which puts it in the level three high security sector.
It's the opposite. We haven't been able to escape their vast field yet.
What are you going to do, Kobayashi?
There's nothing we can do.
100 Sights of Sidonia: Sublevel Unstable Gravity Area
100 Sights of Sidonia: Vicinity of The Higgs Torch Inspection Hole
Do not be fooled! Can't you see we're being lied to?
Immortal Council controlling Sidonia! These are all the same person!
Do not be fooled! Can't you see we're being lied to?
The Gauna have not really re-emerged!
Shut up, you ingrate!
Apologize to the soldiers!
You fool. You are being tricked.
Throw down your weapons!
The military must call off this state of war immediately!
The Gauna have not re-emerged.
Everything about the fallen soldier was fabricated.
Eiko Yamano's death should be mourned.
However, we will not let her sacrifice go to waste.
A Gauna Cluster has entered our high security sector.
The Gauna are threatening us once again.
It's impossible to interact with the Gauna.
The only way to protect humanity is with unconditional force.
I have much faith in your dedication as well as your resolve.
Dismissed.
What are the odds of a Gauna emerging right after that guy had joined us?
Yamano's death is his fault too, isn't it?
Is he cursed or something? We should stay away from him.
Don't worry about them.
Hey, Shinatose.
Please tell us what a Gauna is like.
What did it look like?
Was it strong?
As you should each know, all details of battle are a military secret.
You can't even tell your fellow cadets.
Izana. What is it?
Sorry, we're in a hurry.
Let's go, Nagate.
Hey, Shinatose.
What's with them?
Party poopers.
When did humanity begin to photosynthesize?
Hoshijiro.
About a hundred years ago.
Good. Do you know the reason why?
Humanity lost the food factory it had during the Fourth Gauna War.
They resorted to genetic manipulation to survive the crisis.
The result was human photosynthesis.
Yes. And because of that process, we are now only required to eat once per week.
Although, there's someone here who isn't able to.
Hey, we're in class!
Keep it down!
My locker's over there.
Okay.
I'll see you later.
Deodorant
Deodorant?
You stink, you jinx.
Seeing you eat makes me sick.
Hey, Tanikaze!
You don't have your safety belt on.
Do you know how many died a hundred years ago when the artificial gravity malfunctioned?
I'm sorry, I really don't have any idea.
It seems you need to start with the safety belt basics.
Safety Railing Durability Test Chart
What?
That newbie piloted the Tsugumori that was here, right?
Yeah, and he was all busted up when he returned.
Does that mean the Tsugumori got busted up, too?
Mark 17 Garde Lunar White Model Tsugumori
The newbie piloted the Tsugumori?
Nagate!
Huh? Your nose was broken, too?
Uh... yeah.
I'm about to go leave some flowers in front of Yamano's memorial.
Wanna come with me?
Nagate Tanikaze
Access Denied
Top Secret
Let's see...
All right! All ammo emptied from Hou Honoka and Shinatose's Gardes.
Tanikaze used the high-vibration blade, and he used 30 percent of his Gatling ammo.
Access Denied
Top Secret
Looking at the damage to the Gardes, they were in close combat...?
Wow!
That's right, Tanikaze. Use the cutter.
Hurry, hurry!
It's better than letting her suffer.
Please. Make it quick.
It's no use. Stepping on it isn't working.
You need a Kabizashi to destroy the core.
Fall back, Tanikaze!
Are you okay, Nagate?
I-Izana...?
I-I'm sorry. I...
What's that?
You don't remember? You just threw up and passed out.
I did?
I was looking at the memorial...
Eiko Yamano
I'm sorry. It even got on you.
It's okay.
You must've been in shock after seeing what that Gauna transformed into.
Y-yeah.
We don't know anything about the Gauna.
Where they come from or why they attack humanity.
My grandmother used to always tell me about the Fourth Gauna War a hundred years ago.
It only took two Gaunas breaking through to almost entirely destroy Sidonia.
We were lucky that the Tsugumori had returned from a Kabizashi retrieval mission and used it to finish them off.
Yeah.
Nagate, how come you're able to pilot the Tsugumori so well?
I had a Mark 17 virtual console underground that I used to train on.
My grandfather forced me to.
Oh, that's why.
They switched from Toha Heavy Industries to Kunato Developments starting with the Mark 18,
so the designs are different.
I guess the Tsugumori suits you best.
Oh, is that a funeral?
Yeah.
They've reached the end of their life span and are heading to the organic converter reactor.
It seems the Gauna we had annihilated is still alive.
Yes. The Gauna has regenerated its Ena.
Damage from annihilation is rapidly reversing.
So it's looking to come back.
I believe that at the rate that it's going, it will reach Sidonia in about three days.
Oh, are you feeling better now?
It's only been three days since you fractured your spine, right?
I think it's already healed, but they told me not to take the cast off.
It really itches.
It's Norio Kunato who is at the top of his 628th cadet class.
Norio Kunato
First Gauna Contact in a Hundred Years!
I heard that you encountered that Gauna the other day.
I can't comment on that since it's classified information.
I'm sorry. But you took an active part...
Oh, dear! Are you okay?
Just hold on, all right?
I'm going to get a doctor.
But there is a large hurdle in front of you.
And here they are, the top Garde pilots known as the "Dream Team."
Kashiwade Aoki Mochikuni Akai Izumo Midorikawa Hinata Momose
And here they are, the top Garde pilots known as the "Dream Team."
Akai, Aoki, Midorikawa, Momose!
I think you know why you've been brought here.
It's been a hundred years since we last encountered a Gauna.
I'm sure you will be asked to face this in the near future.
With Akai as your captain, I'd like you all to eliminate the Gauna as quickly as possible.
Understood?
Yes, sir.
Captain?
Wh-who are you calling "Captain"?
The afternoon classes are about to start.
Don't push yourself. It's okay for you to sleep some more.
I'm sorry.
I haven't been able to keep any of my food down.
Just as I thought, you have a slight case of malnutrition.
But I'm actually okay now.
And my neck doesn't hurt anymore.
So, would you please remove this cast?
I don't have the authority to do that.
It's me. I'm done.
Also, bring the cadet representative to me.
Doctor, I need to get to my class right away.
I promised...
...that I'd become a Garde pilot.
It's been a thousand years since the Gauna destroyed our solar system.
The seed ship Sidonia, journeys through space to ensure humanity's survival.
It was no different than what I did thousands of times underground in the virtual training console.
Until I stood there that day.
I shivered when I saw for the first time, the reality outside.
And that's when I told the captain.
Yes! I'll do it.
And so that's why I'm okay now.
I see.
Excuse me.
I'm Vice-Representative Shizuka Hoshijiro.
Did you call for me?
I'm sorry to bother you, Vice-Representative, but would you mind taking him to his classroom?
Now, if you'll excuse us.
And Representative Kunato?
He could not be persuaded.
I see. Take this.
Don't leave a trace of Nagate Tanikaze's data in the medical records.
Understood.
Sorry, I stink, don't I?
'Cause I eat and throw up...
You don't stink.
It's been a while since we've been back at school.
Yes.
I can't believe that you actually wanted to see a cadet.
Hey, isn't that...
Yeah, that's definitely Akai.
Nagate Tanikaze
Maybe he already went home.
Gravity Festival An Eight Hundred Year Tradition
Oh, yeah. It's almost time for the Gravity Festival.
Maybe I'll ask Nagate if he wants to go.
It's all about the seaweed.
Really?
Hey, Izana-
What's up with her?
Who knows.
Kunato, did you hear?
Apparently Akai and his squad are here.
What for?
Isn't it obvious?
They came here to see you.
Are they checking out the competition?
You're so awesome, Kunato.
Please win that Gravity Cup for us, okay?
Become the youngest winner in history!
Hey, look. It's Akai and the others.
Whoa. They must've come to see Kunato.
There he is!
Hey, you're Nagate Tanikaze, right?
Yeah.
Do you have a second?
We'd like to ask you some questions.
Huh? Me?
Tanikaze!
Yuhata.
I finally get to meet you.
You're Nagate Tanikaze, aren't you?
How do you do? My name's Yuhata.
Yuhata Midorikawa.
It's very nice to meet you!
To be continued
Honnou tsukiru made To our dying breath
Honoo kareru made Until the fire burns out
Shoudou tsuranuite We will push on hand in hand
Shoui... Kono sora e Throughout this universe
Shizuka na hoshi The quiet star wanders
Samayotteru Vigilant space
Kunato no toki wo In the darkness
Deguchi no nai yami no naka de Without escape
Kaeru basho wa sono mune? Where to return? To you?
Soretomo sora no hate ni? Or to the end of the universe?
Kono itami wa doko ni tadoritsukeru darou Where does this pain lead?
Watashi ni shimitsuku kanjou no ryuushi These particles of emotions cling to me
Anata wo motome... It is you I seek
Kougousei My sustenance
Honoka na hikari ga nagaki michi izanau A faint light invites you down a long path
Mamoru beki asu ni To a tomorrow for you to protect
Tatoe kono mi ga saketemo tatakau ishi wo Even if my body dies the future will inherit
Tsugu mirai e My will to fight
Next Episode
Glory
Glory.