A new Queen of the Stage has been crowned!
Now, who'll be our next challenger?
Feel free to jump in from the audience as well!
We'll do it!
Those girls?!
We'd like to challenge...
...the champion!
Tell me your wishes
I'm right here next to you
Don't hide your feelings, for only through them are you alive
We need no reasons for the notes that draw us to each other
Let the fire of our hearts rage through the heavens
True song
When, I wonder, did seeking you out
become as natural as breathing?
My heart aches and I scream
Start me up
The ever-present noise
laughs at our reality from everywhere, far away
What little light I can see is so radiant it gives me hope
To protect your peace
it is best to choose solitude
I want to feel a warmth
that we all cling to helplessly
The melody of my life is consecrated to you
I will show you a beautiful rainbow
It's the prologue of eternity
Nobody will take the oath in my heart from me
Let us fly and unite in song
because the sky awaits us
Tsubasa, it's those girls!
Yeah... but what could they be planning?
Hibiki, do you know them?
Y-Yeah.
Well, um... Miku—
They are the Symphogear users who declared war on the world. Our enemy.
Then they're allies of Maria?
The one who was controlling the Noise at the concert arena?
Yes... although...
Bloodbath Serenade
Whenever you use your power, Finè's soul grows stronger.
That means yours fades out more and more!
I won't let that happen.
We'll do it!
Protecting Maria is the reason we fight!
Are you having regrets?
I'm fine, ma'am.
I will accomplish the mission that has been given to me.
Looks like our countrymen have caught up with us.
They've found us already?
Though we may make use of heretical technology,
in the end, we are still just amateurs.
It'd be overly optimistic to think we could go toe-to-toe with trained professionals.
What should we do?
We need to take the initiative by confronting them before they enter the building.
Maria, I'll leave it to you to eliminate them.
Eliminate them?
They're just normal humans!
They wouldn't survive one blow from the Gungnir!
Nonetheless, that is what you must do.
You were like this at the concert site, too.
Maria.
Are you so afraid to stain your hands with blood?
Ma'am...
I...
Kiri.
What is our objective?
To steal the pendants made from relic fragments!
So we don't have to do it like this.
I heard that whoever's standing on that stage at the end gets one wish granted.
How could we miss this opportunity?
Real cute.
If you wanna pick a fight with us, we're ready for you!
I'll go along with you just this once.
But don't forget that this is—
I know. This time we're gonna succeed for sure.
It is time for you to decide, Maria.
Then let's hear our challengers sing!
Um...
Tsukuyomi Shirabe and...
Akatsuki Kirika!
Okay!
They'll be performing Orbital Beat!
The Zwei Wing song, of course!
Now praying for your painful cry...
This song...
Isn't it Tsubasa and Kanade's?
Ooh, oh yeah...
What are they trying to do here?
Provoke us?
Fly
It has begun.
Come, Maria!
Even the untold numbers of human prayers and the world's gentle light
are the devil's invention, like a gaol that swallows all
Rather than being tossed around
by my karma, and replaceable
I will be me, and one of a kind
Louder, louder, our burning hearts are connected by our thunderous pulse
All I do is look at the Sirius stars in my heart
and cross the darkness
The noise that rages around us and a silence like polar ice
They were reduced to ash?
are part of your heartbeat, like a carol that wipes the world away
I didn't want to be betrayed, I didn't want to be hurt
All I wanted was to live free of sin
Now that dream lies dormant
Dr. Ver?
If I'm stepping on your toes, then I apologize,
but I think it would be a waste to use Gungnir or the newly awakened Finè against weaklings like these.
My paranoia was smashed to pieces the moment we held hands
Let me take care of this.
With burning fire I reenact my memories
here where life and death have no meaning
Now praying for your painful cry...
Tsubasa...
Why must we, the singers of songs, fight each other?
The massive explosion we heard came from this building, right?
Maybe they're doing some kind of construction work.
If we don't get to practice soon, Coach is gonna give us an earful.
Well, well.
Stop, Ver.
Those kids have nothing to do with this!
Stop!
With those amazing voices, even the champion has to sit up and take notice!
I can't wait to see how they scored!
How dare you two gang up on me!
Our hideout has been discovered.
We were able to fend off the intruders,
but since they've identified our location, we can't stay here any longer.
We will be relocating shortly. Regroup at the designated location.
Hold on!
We're this close to getting our hands on the pendants!
This is an emergency.
Regroup. That's an order.
All right! It looks like the results are in!
Oh?
Hey, are you running away?!
Shirabe!
I'm sure they'll be fine with Maria there.
But I'm worried about her.
Let's go after them, Tachibana.
Miku, you should stay here.
We may have to fight them.
O-Okay.
Hibiki...
I really don't think this is...
Dammit! What should we do?!
Kirika and Shirabe, right?
Three on two...
You have the advantage in numbers.
But think about what you stand to lose by fighting us here.
How can you suggest such foul tactics?
You were singing so cheerfully just a moment ago!
I just don't want to fight you here.
I know! A duel!
I will challenge you to a fair duel!
Why?
It's not like we have to fight every time we meet, right?
What do you want to do?
We will notify you of when the duel is to take place. Goodbye.
Are the three of you together?
We've detected the emergence of the Noise.
They seem to have disappeared since then,
but please investigate the general vicinity just in case.
Roger.
Roger...
An abandoned hideout and traces of many people killed in a Noise attack...
This is different to the previous attacks. What could it mean?
Commander!
The government's data processing center just finished the analysis.
Displaying on main monitor.
Comparing Aufwachen waveforms.
Scanning for differences.
None found, even at one-trillionth precision.
That means, the black Gungnir used by Maria Cadenzavna Eve
is exactly the same as Hibiki's.
The same as mine...
It's possible that Ryoko stole part of the Gungnir and provided it to the American government.
They used that to create their Gungnir.
Another Gungnir Symphogear, created in accordance with Sakurai Theory...
But that doesn't make sense.
The American government was after Finè's research.
If they had an institute like the FIS and the ability to manufacture their own Symphogear,
why would they need to go after Finè?
Considering that they decided to renounce their own government's authority and go rogue,
the FIS must have intended to monopolize all technology and information regarding the relics
while establishing their own command authority.
Why would FIS go as far as to make enemies of their own home country?
Our countrymen finally caught up with us.
But the Nephilim is still only partly grown.
We are still far from being able to activate the Frontier.
You should have already accepted everything you would need to do to carry on Serena's wishes, Maria.
You do not have time to continue to doubt yourself.
The Nephilim's output is still fluctuating wildly.
As we expected, it is impossible to control a complete relic that was forcibly awakened without the use of a song.
I'll sing.
No... You can't mean that song...
My swan song may be able to reset the Nephilim to its pre-awakened state.
But that's too risky!
What if you're not able to suppress the Nephilim?
Then my big sister's here to take care of it for me, right?
There are people from the FIS here to help us too.
I won't be on my own.
It'll be all right.
Serena.
Though I never wished for the ability to don this Gear,
I did wish to protect everyone once I found out I had it.
Serena!
The apple floated in the big broad sky
Serena!
The apple crashed down on the ground
Someone, please help my sister!
One of our valuable specimens just self-destructed?
These experiments aren't free, you know!
How disappointing.
How can you say such horrible things?
The stars were born and then the songs
My sister just spilled her own blood to protect you all!
And the lulu amel could smile forever
Then the stars kissed and the songs fell asleep
Thank goodness...
Maria.
Serena!
Where is my home?
Serena!
Where is my home?
Serena...
Unlike you, I may not be able to protect anyone with my song.
We will soon be arriving at the rendezvous point.
Okay?
Okay, ma'am.
Maria!
Are you all right?!
Yes.
Thank goodness.
If Finè ever awakens inside you, we'll never be able to see you again.
Even if I become Finè's vessel, I'll still be me.
Don't worry.
I'm glad you two are safe.
Now, let's be off before they catch up to us.
Please wait, ma'am!
We were unable to secure any of their pendants!
We can't retreat now!
We promised to duel with them, so—
Ma'am!
That's enough!
The three of you need to realize that battle is not a game!
Let's stop there.
We can still turn things around at this point,
can't we?
Besides, I think it's high time we arranged that duel they promised.
We've detected the emergence of more Noise!
Just like old times.
A warning shot to announce their duel!
Location identified!
It can't be!
What's the matter?
An unlisted address in Tokyo, Specially Designated Blockade Area!
The former site of the Kadingir?!
The perfect place to settle a score, huh?
You bastard!
A fist with a person's soul
The essence of the flames of war
I unleash my full power
3, 2, 1, 0
A single straight line, the shortest path
Her happiness shows the way
Take this!
Where are Shirabe and Kirika?!
They're currently under detention.
That's why I'm here to greet you instead.
I'd hate to let their youthful naïveté get in the way of our plan.
What are you plotting, FIS?!
Plotting?!
That doesn't sound very respectable.
What we seek is the salvation of humankind!
We wish to save the countless lives that will be lost when the Moon falls down to Earth.
The Moon?!
Research organizations all across the world have been measuring the Moon's trajectory for three months!
Why wouldn't they announce a possible collision—
Why would they announce it?
News of a cataclysmic disaster that we are powerless to prevent would only throw the world into disarray.
There are many reasons they would wish to conceal such an inconvenient truth.
Could it be that the ones who know about it
are secretly devising a way to save themselves and no one else?
What would you do if that was so?
Our answer to that is: the Nephilim!
Chris!
Yukine!
A Noise that restricts mobility?!
That is how we will unite the people of the world and form one country and government to protect them!
The Nephilim is our means to that end!
My heart shakes the world
My heart sings fiery
Hero of the Lunar Attack!
Calm and chill, my mind is set
What do you seek to protect with those fists of yours?!
Even if it costs me my life
I feel the warmth of your hand in mine
I have no regrets at all
Just look at the future
Stand proud as a flower
And you'll surely be reborn as one
Though your fists may be able to protect a few,
think of how many more lives they have taken!
That's why you're a hypocrite!
Huh?
Tachibana!
I've lost sight of tomorrow
I still have the courage to walk forth
as long as there is meaning to our meeting here
Even after you let go of my hand, your warmth lingers,
which I hold onto when our promise isn't enough
The clouds we see are like two sides of a coin,
but even so the sky we live under is the same
I will never forget that
I'm sure that saying goodbye doesn't have to mark the end
It's the password necessary to start on a new page
I escaped from the trappings of my own mind
when I saw your smile for the first time
It will forever be my compass
I won't turn back
until we meet again