Ulbrion Unit One reporting.
I was tasked with an intelligence mission.
In short, I'm a spy.
I've researched all of St. Piria's Princess Ecarlate Juptris'
tastes, fetishes, preferences, likes and dislikes.
And I finally found it.
Ulbrion Unit Two reporting.
I was tasked with a destruction mission.
My mission was to use Unit One's information
to create a rift between St. Piria and Jugglaburk.
Who would have thought that a princess of St. Piria would have such a weakness.
I thought she had a firm resolve, but in the end she's just a little girl.
To think she destroyed the alliance over a nose hair.
The Jugglaburk territory is no longer allied with the empire and has declared war against it.
It seems the empire has accepted their declaration of war.
It looks like everything is going according to plan, Archbishop.
Yes, but this was all only possible
because we created these man-made Hyperions, the Ulbrion.
There are three units.
I thought the mission was carried out by two units.
I'm Ulbrion Unit Three.
I was tasked with a scribe mission.
I filmed the work of Units One and Two.
Now let us sit back and watch as the two sides crush each other.
Come.
What is it, Unit Four?
A rat has snuck in.
I've had it up to here with my DT!
Won't you help me lose my DT (lose my DT)
I want to return home as a real man
(Can I help?)
The treasure I've kept my whole life is too saddening to bear (saddening to bear)
I've long since hoped to give it up to you
Since I crossed worlds and met you, we've hardly been apart
I dream every night, but not always soundly
I toss and turn as my Hyperion bursts into flames
How can I cool my fevered aura?
The closer we become, and the further we clash,
the more my Alma Gear rises for battle
Won't you help me lose my DT (lose my DT)
My right hand has served me faithfully, but now we must part (Farewell!)
It is decided; we shall no longer be apart (no longer be apart)
I won't let you go until our score is settled
(Tonight's the night!)
I will fight to lose what is mine
Kon barges in and kidnaps the bride on the "newlyweds'" first night together!
...Though that might not be the right phrase to use.
Meanwhile, Kon lands Erec and Incognito with the blame from their so-called failed assassination attempt on Nabokov.
What are you sneaking and sniffing around here for?
A knight from the order.
You're not allowed in here.
How about you tell me what you guys are doing so sneakily?
Out of my way!
Damn.
I'm in trouble.
Knights are a thing of the past.
From here on out, it's the age of the Ulbrion.
Ulbrion?
Let's play with him a little more.
What the—
He disappeared!
What's going on?
What are we going to do now?
I don't know.
I don't even know what's going on.
Sheesh.
Where the hell are Gustave and Variation?
This is bad.
Shoo!
There's someone here!
What?
What are we going to do now?
We have little choice but to return to the empire for now.
Ya serious?
'Kay.
If ya say so.
Who are you always talking to?
Yah, I'll let 'em know.
Let us know what?
Givin' ya a heads up now so ya ain't shocked,
but somethin' unexpected's gonna happen real soon.
What's that supposed to mean?
The hell?!
I-Is this it?
It begins!
I'm shocked!
Huh?
My room?
What was I doing?
Playing a game?
Wait, I was talking to someone.
Please...
Please, lend me your power.
I remember now!
If you do what I ask of you,
then I'll let you have
my very special something.
Oh god, yes!
I'll take it!
Wait, after this I...
Where am I?
These are the remains of what was once the capital.
Who are you?
Oh, it's you!
You were the one who called me!
Yes.
I've always been watching you.
Huh?
R-Really?
Oh gosh, you're making me blush.
Really.
She's even more...
She's even sexier than I imagined.
Wait, she really wants me?
I asked you to come to this world
because I wanted to ask you for something.
Oh, yeah.
You had a favor to ask.
What was it?
Please save this world.
I don't really know how to do that.
A single man is trying to bring doom to this world
by orchestrating the final war.
Hold it right there.
Your story's on way too large a scale.
Let's take this one step at a time.
We'll start at the beginning.
Did you summon me here?
Yes.
How?
I used techniques that have existed since ancient times.
By the way, who are you?
A mystery.
What?
I am the mysterious woman.
Um...
If you don't want to, I will not force you.
Wh-What are you talking about?!
You're fine!
No, I want it to be you!
In order to defeat him,
you'll probably have to put your life on the line.
Oh, that?
I don't really want to put my life on the line.
Would you like to return to your world?
What?
I can go home?
Please stand over there.
Aww yeah!
Hold on there, Kon.
Is it really okay to go back like this?
I've worked so hard and suffered so much, so many times,
so can I really go home empty-handed?
Keeping my DT...
Um, you'll grant me a favor too, right?
Yes, if I am suitable.
You're fine!
No, I want it to be you!
So about that...
If I help you out, I might die, right?
I believe that you will be fine.
That's what I hope too.
But should I die like this, I'll have huge regrets!
Should that happen, I'll pray for your soul.
No, wait, wait.
It's not about what happens after I die.
It's before
D-E-A-T-H happens!
Before that!
I can't die without losing my DT!
I'm sure that you'll be able to do it and fulfill my wish.
So the reward's only available after I complete it.
Go figure.
Well, I guess it can't be that easy.
Yes, it won't be easy.
I can either win or die trying.
Or, I can just go home now.
'Scuse me,
the others are about to wake up.
Very well.
Pet?
What, you know her?
I was followin' y'all on her orders.
M'job was ta report on how y'all were doin' and give y'all a hand here and there.
She asked for it, ya see.
So you were a spy?
Spy's such a harsh word.
Observer, m'man!
What kind of observer never shuts the hell up?
Where am I?
You're asking us?
We'd like to know where the hell you've been as well!
Me?
I was at a hostess club.
Just a hostess club.
What?
You abandoned your mission to go to a hostess club?
Yeah, my bad.
I just couldn't resist.
How did you even get into Incognito?
Fool.
Whatever, where are we?
What's going on?
We don't know either.
What's that?
A passage?
Sir Erec?
We have no choice but to go.
Sainglain, are you sure?
We can't stay locked up in there forever either.
Oh, it's you!
Who is that?
Alma Flora!
Not quite.
That's just a nickname.
A nickname?
I'm the mysterious woman.
So fishy.
But she's the one who granted me the powers of a Hyperion.
What are you doing here?!
DT?!
I could ask you the same!
Enough with the DT!
I'm a wreck because of that!
Kon, you're safe!
Wait, Erec and his men are there too!
Guys!
Wait, wait!
Lend us an ear before ya kill each other!
I've always been watching you.
What?
Not just me?
Who are you?
I'm the mysterious woman.
I'll tell you about Ixion now.
In the ancient past, there was a race called Ixion.
They controlled the Alma Energy freely,
and created a sophisticated civilization.
However, eventually a civil war broke out
and the civilization perished.
Now, someone who is trying to recreate that technology
to instigate a war has appeared.
A war?
That person won't get their hands dirty,
and instead is orchestrating a war between the pro- and anti-empire factions.
I was supposed to stop that.
Well, supposed to, anyway.
Princess, you were screwed.
Not even!
The princess hasn't been screwed yet!
You mean by Nabokov, right?
But the Ulga Sorority did screw her.
With a nose hair.
How do you know about that?!
I found out in their headquarters.
They created a complete profile for you
and planted a nose hair on Nabokov.
What?!
What are you talking about, Variation?
Sir Erec, the ones who are plotting this war
are the higher-ups of the Order.
The archbishop of the Ulga Religious Order is the one pulling the strings.
The Order?
I can't believe it!
We were supposed to be knights fighting for peace!
The archbishop is trying to use ancient technology in this war.
To stop him, I summoned someone from another world
and bestowed upon another the power of the Hyperion.
You mean...
...me and hi—
...me and DT?
Call me DT one more time!
Yes, but the archbishop is more powerful than I previously imagined.
That is why I have called all of you here.
Please help stop this war as Hyperions.
So when you say "all of you", you mean us, right?
Or do you mean us?
I meant all of you.
I don't really fit the profile for a Hyperion.
I heard it takes an incredibly brutal regimen
to turn a normal person into a Hyperion.
No, I heard it requires an incredibly painful ritual.
You mean it hurts?
Oh, no!
How was it, Sir Erec?
Well, in my case, I was chosen to be a Hyperion based on my qualifications and effort,
so it really was no big deal.
Qualifications and effort, huh?
That's our leader.
Sounds like someone got Daddy to pull some strings.
And I bet they picked your name out of a hat.
So yeah, I guess we're not qualified.
You are all already Hyperions.
You've already made it.
Since when?!
Since you were transferred here.
What?
I used a special power to transform you into Hyperions.
This way, anyone may use the Alma Energy.
Anyone?
Just anyone?
Then why was I chosen?
I did take your qualifications and effort into account to some degree.
Some degree, you say?
Oh, good job, man!
Looks like your qualifications and effort really made a difference!
Some degree...
Anyone...
In order for a Hyperion to release their true power,
Alma Gear is needed.
Luckily, there are still some Alma Gears lying around in these ruins from the days of the civil war.
Please find a weapon that suits you.
Let's go.
Are you sure you want to do this, Princess?
The Order screwed me!
You think I'm going to let them get away with that?
Princess, please wait!
Please wait!
Let's go too, Sir Erec!
Let's go.
There are no Alma Gears better than free Alma Gears.
What a deal.
Wait!
We haven't decided to fight the Order and...
Anyone?
So, if we make your wish come true with this huge group...
Will you listen to my wish?
Kon, you are special.
Special?
You are not of this world.
I guess that's true.
And yet I am asking you to risk your life to save our country.
I knew it.
Success or death, huh?
That's the problem.
That's the biggest problem when yer young.
So there are Alma Gears inside this thing?
It's full of it!
There are so many!
It's a treasure trove.
But how do we get them out?
Don't you just turn this thing?
I'll do it.
Burn, my Alma!
Wow, that's incredible!
I guess we really did become Hyperions!
So then,
what good are qualifications and effort?
I can't do it.
Outta the way!
A-l-ma!
He's got it.
Anyone?
Sir Erec, please!
As knights of the Ulga,
we can't really fly the banner of rebellion.
However, what exactly is our order's great cause?
As those who are proud to bring peace, isn't it possible this fight is just?
Looking at it that way,
it is the Order who has deviated from our moral obligations,
which means that we are not traitors.
In fact, the act of doing just things is the proof of a knight's loyalty.
Then again, no matter how you spin that loyalty...
My turn!
Go!
We're counting on you.
Go for it!
Don't stop now!
If I fight, I may die.
If I go home, my life will be safe, but then my DT will be safe too.
I guess it's wrong in the first place that I have to fight,
but then wishing that I had learned kendo or judo isn't really an option either,
since I stayed home everyday because I couldn't do it.
Now that my big chance is finally here, I don't really know what to do.
It's no use!
Let me do it.
You're going to give it a try, Princess?
In the name of the moon!
Taste my revenge!
Good luck, Princess!
If anyone can do it, it's you!
They're giving it all they've got too.
Crap!
Princess, please stop!
Let me give it one more try.
No, it's going to break!
Hey!
Stop!
One Hyperion, two Hyperions...
Stop it, Princess!
Leave this to me!
I knew it!
You need to put money in there!
This looks just like the ones in my world that won't turn without money.
Oh, I see. Money.
They say money makes the world go round!
Good one, Kon!
Here you go, Princess.
Thanks.
Hey, how much you got on you?
Why would I have any?
Hang on.
What do you think, Princess?
I don't like it.
Next!
Next.
Man, that's a duplicate.
Next.
We've still got plenty of money.
Isn't money just wonderful?
Wow, that's so lame.
I don't like it.
Throw it away.
Next.
Sir Erec, do you have any money on you?
All right!
This is great!
Hey, what about this stuff?
Finders keepers!
Hey!
I want this one!
This one's mine!
I will now return you all to the place where you came from.
I'd rather you didn't!
You have got to send me right back there!
The hostess club again?!
That reminds me.
Sir Erec!
I need to tell you something!
The Order has... Hyperi—
I beseech thee.
Please put a stop to this war.
She really did return us to where we were.
We're back.
Yes, we're back.
But where is the place we must return to?
I swore an oath of fealty to the Order because I had seen the truth in their teachings.
I can still remember that immense joy I felt when I made that oath, and yet...
Can you please hurry up and decide what you want to do?
Then you are going to fight for this world?
I've gotten pretty entangled in this world.
I couldn't just ditch everyone now.
And if I left now, I would always harbor this regret.
Please, make me a man!
I'll make you a man.
I know it's your first time, but you'll be fine.
Don't worry, I'll show you the ropes.
For the love of god, no!
Anyone who's survived a battlefield is a man.
Oh, that's what you mean?
No, I was talking about...
About what?
Um, well...
Then I'm counting on you all.
If you ever need my help, you can tell Pet.
Let's go.
Kon, I pray that we will meet again.
Me too!
I pray that I'll meet you again, that you'll make me into a man,
and that I'll get home safe and sound.
Oh, yeah.
How do I get to Olvidia?
It is no longer possible to go there.
Huh?
What do you mean?
It is currently sealed.
You can't get inside.
What is that supposed to mean?
I went through all sorts of trouble to get to Olvidia!
Please just forget about it.
What kind of story element is that?!
What about our troubles?!
Goodbye.
So what was the point of coming to Jugglaburk?!
Huh? We're back to where we came from?
I guess we have no choice.
All right!
Let's go fulfill her wish!
Then she can fulfill mine!
Are you sure we can trust that woman?
She helped us!
She calls herself the mysterious woman.
I guess that is sort of suspicious.
Come on, stop being so paranoid!
She's a good person.
But she screwed you.
I have not been violated.
She is my first!
So did she violate you?
She didn't!
What, you still haven't...
Stand up! ED, stand up!
Brush away your depression and stand up again!
Not all goes as planned in life
What on Earth has happened, you ask? You know
I didn't harbor the seed of life for long before it was taken from me
It won't return, alas
I used to have an unbendable will of steel
That's the kind of straight-laced badass I was
Those days hold the glory of the past now
Far up, so very hot
Burn with fury, my sun
Stand up! ED, stand up!
Brush away your depression and go!
Stand up! Look up!
I'll write my story from page one again now, like I dreamed
The fire of my blood will continue to course through my veins
Be a giant, be a man, hell yeah!
Yay!
Next Time
Hey, can I ask you a question?
Yes?
Why didn't you just tell me to save the world from the very beginning?
I watched over you until you reached the point where you believed yourself capable of doing it.
That's so fishy!
Variation is being chased by the Ulga Religious Order when he's saved by someone who says that they were sent by Erec.
During that escape, he recalls the day when Incognito was founded.