Kotaki Entertainment Ltd Performance Division, Management Department Manager
Tsuka no Mori
They still can't work together after a month...
Listen to my song
Can you hear me?
Please tell me
I look at the sky, devoid of answers and made to deceive
fly far away
Words are not enough
so accept all I am
I can't control myself... nor do I want to
I've always known that
With my song I will bring about
the beginning of eternity for you
So smile
I will embrace you tighter than anyone else
I will never let you go
Yes, never
I hope that you're the one to shake
my heart in doubt
That would start something greater
Ever since we were born, we looked for our meeting
I think of you when the wind howls around me at night
and the song of the life we lived together blasts through the heavens
Passing by Each Other at Night
On the widely accepted great threat the Noise pose
The Noise are a new kind of natural threat. Though
they appear all around the world, the circumstances
and conditions of their materialization are unknown.
No parts of the globe were left untouched, but
focusing on the number of occurrencessssssss
Hibiki, if you doze off you won't meet the deadline.
If you hand that report in, you won't have to retake the exam.
I'm telling you, don't fall asleep!
I'm not sleeping. I'm wide awake.
I'm just taking a break.
Lately you've been tired a lot...
I'm fine... No big deal.
But it seems like one.
Please let me fight with you!
You're right.
You and I... should fight.
What are they doing?!
Look at the fire of youth!
Where are you going, Commander?
Someone's got to stop the morons.
He fits right in.
In other news, she really caught my interest.
Can't just watch, I guess.
You misunderstood me!
I'd like to fight alongside...
I know full well.
So what are you doing?
I just want to fight you.
I cannot accept you.
Join forces with you? Fight alongside you?
Hell will freeze over before Kazanari Tsubasa can accept that.
Prepare your armed gear.
It embodies your will to fight on the battlefield.
If you wish to claim Gungnir,
the sword that can cut through anything as your Symphogear,
you should come to terms with whatever that may entail.
W-What do you mean, "come to terms?"
I don't even know what "armed gear" you're talking about.
How should I come to terms with something I know nothing about?
You have no determination. You treat this like a funny little game.
Kanade...
How dare you try take Kanade's place?
Look at my seething heart
I erased all my hesitation
Now it's a flame that devotes all to the ones I'm close to
Heaven's Wrath
Heaven's
Wrath
Without a single prayer on my lips
You, Old Man?
Look at this mess now.
What were you thinking?
I paid a lot for these shoes.
Sorry...
Do you think you have a license to do anything?
This isn't like you, Tsubasa.
Did you even try to hit her for real?
Maybe...
Are you crying?
I am not crying!
I never shed tears.
I am a fighter, a weapon myself.
I'm...
Tsubasa...
I know I'm useless right now, but I'll do my best!
I'll try to replace Kanade!
Tsubasa was crying...
Kanade!
Where are you, Tsubasa?
It's so dark. I can't see your face.
Kanade...
I'm sorry... Seems this is our last gig.
Why... Why are you telling me that?
Don't be mean to me, Kanade.
You've always been weak and a little crybaby.
I don't care! I want to sing with you forever!
Did you know, Tsubasa, that if you sing a lot,
you get really hungry?
Kanade!
Only my own weakness let that happen.
Scheduled Meeting
at Second Branch
at 5:30PM
What is it now?
Don't tell me you set your alarm to PM instead of AM.
Uh, no...
What kind of things need doing this late?
I guess I can cover for your night-time trips during curfew hours...
Thanks...
Do me a favor in return, though.
Remember we promised each other to go look at shooting stars one day?
That's out the window if you're swamped with reports.
I'll take care of it! But now I really...
Come on...
Raise your arms.
I'm just hopeless, right?
If you don't put in effort, of course you crash and burn.
It's not going to get better either.
Sorry, I'm late!
Sorry again.
Now that we're all here, let's all be friends and talk.
Any opinions?
Lots of blips.
You got that right.
All these spots were the sites of Noise outbreaks in the last month.
How much do you know about the Noise, Hibiki?
Just what they tell us on TV or in school.
They are emotionless, mechanical, and only go after humans.
The humans they attack turn into carbon dust.
There is no pattern to the time and place of their appearance,
and they attack their environment without discrimination.
They are widely seen as a serious threat to mankind.
You did your homework.
Quite literally. I'm writing a report on it.
You're right.
It's been 13 years since the UN started discussing the Noise,
but until now they still haven't done anything.
There are countless legends from antiquity, from all over the world.
We suspect that many of the demons that appear in ancient legends and fables
are actually based on the Noise.
Noise outbreaks are very rare.
The recent string of outbreaks is extraordinary, no matter how you look at it.
This should prompt us ask if there is some sentient will behind it.
Will? Is someone responsible for this?
Lydian Private Music Academy's High School lies between all the outbreaks.
The center is right above us.
Something or someone is targeting this area for what lies in Sacristy D: Durandal.
Uh... What is Durandal?
It's a mostly completed collection of relic fragments
which we keep below us, on a level called Abyss.
The Japanese government gave it to us for research.
That's Durandal.
The fragments of relics such as Tsubasa's Heavenrend or Gungnir in your chest
need to be amplified and materialized as Symphogear by the song of the bearer
if their power is to be of any use.
Our research indicates that undamaged relics,
once materialized, can maintain 100% effectiveness,
and that others can wield them too, and not just the singer.
That is the Sakurai Theory I devised.
But to activate an undamaged relic, we need the appropriate phonic gain.
Two years have passed since then. Maybe now Tsubasa's voice will...
But will we get the permission from the government to activate it?
There's a more basic problem.
Grounded in a peace treaty,
the USA are demanding that we hand over the treasure that is Durandal.
We can't even consider activating it right now.
We must take utmost care simply handling it,
or this may turn into a diplomatic affair.
The Americans have a hand in this as well?
According to the reports from Security,
there are signs that in the past few months
there were tens of thousands of attempts to hack our systems.
It's not surprising we can't work out the attacker.
We can't just declare the Americans guilty without basis, but...
we have logs.
I don't think we've seen the end of this.
Commander Kazanari.
I see. Is it already time?
Tonight we have to attend to the particulars of the album.
To the public, I'm the manager of singer Kazanari Tsubasa.
Kotaki Entertainment Ltd. Performance Division, Management Department Manager
This is my first time getting a business card!
I have to keep it. Thank you!
So something is stirring up the Noise to attack us.
I shudder to think someone is sending them against us intentionally.
Never fear!
After all, this place is a stronghold of mankind,
designed by the genius scientist Sakurai Ryoko, whom you normally only see on TV or in magazines.
The entire structure was based around pagan technology,
so the enemy can't even get close.
That puts me at ease.
Now, about the live scheduled for the end of the month.
We are running out of time.
Please try to make room for some rehearsals.
Next, the offer from that English record company...
I think I told you to refuse them.
I am but a weapon.
I only sing to fight.
Are you upset, Tsubasa?
I'm not!
Weapons have no such emotions.
I don't think you can sing without emotions.
Why do we...
Why do we fight not only the Noise, but each other as well?
Why don't we stop waging war?
I'm pretty sure mankind is cursed.
Virgins are all the same, huh.
I want to pop your cherry before someone else does.
Let us raise our eyes towards the sun
which can rival the love of countless men
Day in, day out, raise your voice
Tachibana!
Mankind is cursed!
At least I am for sure!
You don't have time to mess around.
The deadline for the report is this afternoon.
I'm going to my limit as we speak.
Well, it's not like you're actually going to get much done now. This isn't anime.
I thought you were going to help!
We shouldn't keep you from your essay any longer.
What do you say to playing badminton on the rooftop?
That sounds good. What about you, Hina?
I'll stay with Hibiki. I promised I'd help her with her report.
You're so lucky to have her!
Anyway, we've got to run!
Thanks, Miku.
Let's watch shooting stars together.
What did the teacher say?
"What is this chicken scratch?"
"They look like hiero-somethings."
That's not my question.
You were late, so did she accept your report?
She's making an exception!
I'm so tired!
Tachibana! Quiet down!
We can go watch shooting stars!
Wait here, Hibiki. I'll go get our bags from the classroom.
You really don't have to!
You earned yourself a break!
Miku's so fast! Guess she hasn't gone rusty.
Yes?
Hibiki?
Hibiki! What do you thi—
Sorry, something came up.
I might not be able to make it for the shooting stars tonight.
Is it something important again?
Tsuka
no
Mori
Yeah.
Okay. I get it. Just the way it is.
I'll leave the door open, so don't be too late.
Thank you... and I'm sorry.
See how warm our hands are
when we hold them?
This is the warmth that people create
Part of it is knowing when to say nothing
Now I understand that
We've detected something big inside there.
Tsubasa will get there soon. Just hold out until then.
Don't be reckless.
Got it!
I'll do what I can.
I wanted to...
I wanted to watch the shooting stars!
I wanted to watch shooting stars with Miku!
How dare you make me break my promise?!
How dare you take the things that came from my heart,
my world full of peace,
and my dreamy everyday life from me?
Hold it right there!
A shooting... star?
Look at my seething heart
I erased all my hesitation
Now it's a flame that devotes all to the ones I'm close to
Without a single prayer on my lips
I have things I want to protect!
So...
So? So what?
The Nehushtan armor?!
The Swan
Songs
of the
Valkyries
To be
continued
Here we are, where I used to belong, but
when I turn around, only the wind is with me
Don't let me down, don't make me confused
I will drown in despair
The sky from here is like a nightmare
and it comes to chase me
Dreams and reason and all my feelings
are once more erased
I can't wait for the end to these sad days
Lost and deep in my agony
I still wish to try to win
Although my hands are covered in wounds
they hold a little star that will never die
This light that fell from the heavens
shines for me faintly even now
I will reach out to others no matter how often I have to
although I can't imagine
how mere faith could ever be a strength
Shine for me, shooting star!