February 7 23:59 Akihabara Grid
February 8 00:00
Ladies and gentlemen!
And also you ignorant corporate slaves!
Will today be another day where you desperately try to find meaning in your lives?
All right!
Those days are now over!
As arrogant as it may sound,
I have allowed myself to intrude on your lives to start a new chapter!
What is that?
Tokyo Tower is freezing over?
I have seized control of all the gears that comprise the Akihabara Grid.
You do know what that means, right?
Now, let's get things hot and exciting!
Come on, everybody!
Yeah!
Yes! One more! Yeah!
You don't have to cry anymore, AnchoR.
I promise I will save you.
Episode 7 Attack the Multiple Grid
That giant weapon is...
using the deepest floors to move towards Tokyo.
Akihabara Grid, 3 Days Before the Attack
That's why we will get to Tokyo first,
take over a district, and chase away the residents.
Then we'll have that thing and the army clash in the empty city.
Easier said than done. Security is really tight.
And even if we were going to follow that plan,
I think we just don't have enough people or time.
That's not a problem, either.
Did you forget that I have a lot of dependable friends?
Akihabara Grid, Clock Tower #1
Meister Marie!
Akihabara Grid, 30 Minutes Before the Attack
Number 3340 through number 7990 have been confirmed as synchronized.
All connection checks for all floors are done, as well.
Acknowledged.
This is Clock Tower #4.
We have brought in all the material.
Meister Hannes sends his regards.
Please thank Meister Hannes for me.
Halter, when you have the opportunity, please go over to Naoto.
Miss Marie, this is the deep underground.
I have confirmed the sortie of the Tokyo army.
However, there is one problem.
What happened?
I suspect the brains of the army's officers have been seriously damaged.
I mean, they fell for a plan you came up with, Miss Marie.
Shut up!
Seriously, that piece of junk!
It looks like we just made it in time.
Yes, it's thanks to you and everyone else helping us, Service Chief Konrad.
I'm no longer a service chief.
I'm sorry. That's my fault.
Oh no, thanks to no longer being in the Guild,
I can can be a part of amusing plots like this.
Constructing a system with what could be considered
the organ that controls the city's functions, the Clock Tower,
in order to actually control the brain, the Core Tower.
Young people are always full of surprises.
We can take care the of the rest.
Then please control the city's functions according to Naoto's instructions.
Everybody, thank you so much for doing this for someone like me!
Please. The reason we all came here is because of who you are, Meister Marie.
That's all.
Thank you!
Ladies and gentlemen!
That idiot. Can't he do a better job of claiming responsibility for this?
By the way, Meister Marie.
I had thought this before, too, but you really are a terrible actor.
Excuse me?
I think your true self is much more attractive.
Don't make fun of me, please!
Please excuse me!
They'll be here in nine seconds.
Two silent helicopters.
And one transport helicopter,
loaded with 12 combat automata.
Three, two, one... zero!
Sorry to keep you waiting, Master Naoto.
That wasn't too bad for the debut of a super villain who wants to conquer the world.
The battle between the giant weapon and the army has begun in the underground.
The army's mostly focused on that.
Then I guess it's time for us to bounce, too.
As planned, the princess and I
will help the others escape first, and then wait for you at the safe house.
We'll leave AnchoR to you.
Don't mess up and die.
Don't worry.
Excuse me, Miss Marie. Could I actually ask you to accompany us?
Me?
Master Naoto laid out a method for me to defeat AnchoR.
However, unforeseen things could happen.
In the event they should come to pass,
please come with us.
RyuZU...
All right.
I don't think I can do anything against AnchoR.
If that's all right, I'll come.
It sounds like you're ready, Miss Marie.
Is she really going to come?
She will.
To meet you.
To be more precise, to be destroyed by you.
So please, RyuZU.
Stop AnchoR.
Can you hear me, AnchoR?
Your voice reached my master.
As your older sister,
and as the one who follows Master Naoto, I am going to save you.
So you need to fight, as well.
Protect yourself from the thing that binds you.
Announcing classification, Initial-Y series, Unit 1, "One who follows," RyuZU.
Announcing classification, Initial-Y series, Unit 4, "One who annihilates," AnchoR.
Chrono Hook, jumping from normal mode to imaginary mode.
Threat level category 5.
Beginning shift to differential ring number 12.
Beginning imaginary output through the Limitless Engine—
Perpetual Gear; materializing now.
Following instructions.
Designating "RyuZU" as the target.
I am going to destroy my target.
Come at me with everything that you have, AnchoR.
I am going to carve the gravity of being an older sister into your body.
Relative maneuver!
Absolute maneuver!
Mute Scream!
Bloody Murder!
With your limitless heat energy,
you tore open the space-time continuum with brute force.
The difference in combat power between myself,
who wasn't designed for combat, and AnchoR, who is,
is more than evident.
However, that difference is not always the deciding factor.
Severing space!
She even followed me into imaginary time.
One hit from her, and it's over.
Yes, just as planned.
If I were to fight with AnchoR, my chance of winning is nearly zero.
You don't need to win. You just have to destroy that mask.
Even if I activate the Mute Scream, the result would be the same.
Then there's only one way.
Use me as a shield.
Absolutely impossible.
Are you saying that you would find giving your own life for AnchoR's sake acceptable?
A large-scale dimension distortion!
I've cut my offensive and evasive potential in half, but that is no problem.
All I need is the fact that my master put his faith in me.
I will put my life on the line, but I have absolutely no intention of dying.
I won't sacrifice you, either, nor will I give up on AnchoR.
I believe that you will manage to pull through.
Besides, AnchoR cannot kill humans.
When we were fighting in the factory in Mie,
she didn't target Marie or me even once.
It's too dangerous to make a decision based on that.
She is being controlled right now.
Even then.
Faster, faster, faster.
And even faster!
Master Naoto, I believe in you.
And, AnchoR, I believe in you.
You fought well, AnchoR.
I will release you now.
Rest for a little while.
I have faith.
I believe that AnchoR has been desperately struggling this whole time.
RyuZU!
AnchoR!
She's fine on the inside. I'm so glad.
I'll take a look at her. You go wind RyuZU's gears.
All right, thanks.
So it really went well.
Honestly, I never thought that you'd swallow
the condition that you'd have to use Naoto as a shield.
Since Master Naoto said he believes in me, I had the duty to repay him for that.
I see. A wonderful relationship.
You know, you two surpassed my expectations this time.
Miss Marie, I suppose I should thank you for coming along with us.
Trusting Master Naoto is one thing, but I needed to have insurance.
That's a strange way of putting it.
It looks like the battle between the army and that giant thing is over.
That's good news. Let's get back to the safe house and repair AnchoR.
What is this?
It feels so familiar.
First the Imaginary Gear, and now a Perpetual Gear?!
Are you mocking the universe?!
Quit yelling. I'll just fix her, so give me the driver.
What the hell is this unknown, inexplicable gear anyway?!
It's AnchoR's unique functionality, the Perpetual Gear.
So basically, there's this thing that does that.
How am I supposed to accept that?!
I remember. This is just like when I was born.
Good morning, AnchoR.
How do you feel?
Father, Mother, Sister, good morning.
AnchoR. As I feared, Miss Marie's skills were insufficient to repair you.
My repairs were perfect!
A-Anyway, what is this Mother, Father business?!
My wife is actually RyuZU.
If anything, you could call me "Big Brother."
I can't call you "Father"?
That's fine! "Father" is fine!
You ultra pervert.
Mother.
Hey, that's not fair, Marie!
Shut up, you pervert!
Mother?
AnchoR,
you have not registered a master yet, have you?
Yes.
This is my master, Master Naoto Miura.
Do you want to have him as your master, as well?
Father, do you want to be my master?
Yes, I totally do want that!
Okay, fine.
Required condition for registering a master.
Question: "Who am I?"
If you answer this question correctly, you will be acknowledged as her master.
Naoto, you have to carefully think—
Who? That's easy.
AnchoR is a cute girl. I mean, just think about it.
Are you stupid?
Acknowledged.
What? Why?!
This is a weapon equipped with a Perpetual Gear!
AnchoR is a frighteningly artistic and incredibly sensual automaton,
who's so cute that she almost makes me shiver.
So what if she has a few flashy weapons equipped?
I am Initial-Y series Unit 4, "One who annihilates," AnchoR.
Master Naoto Miura, your command please.
Master Naoto, after completing the master registration,
AnchoR is not permitted to exercise free will.
As Miss Marie said, AnchoR is a weapon.
Do weapons require consciousness?
You have a point, but...
Master Naoto, I believe that you will be able to properly handle AnchoR as her master.
AnchoR, what would you like to do?
Could you tell me what you want to do?
Yes, Master.
I would like to properly function as "The one who annihilates," AnchoR.
That would be your mission.
Is there anything else you would like to do?
Yes, Master.
Answer impossible.
At present, this unit's free will is locked.
All right, then unlock it.
Yes, Master.
Requesting details.
Is this an order to act according to my own judgment?
Yes.
Unlock everything that is preventing you from having free will!
Do you understand?
You are allowed to do anything you want to do!
Anything?
Of course!
I want permission.
Huh?
I want permission to cry.
You can cry.
I want further permission.
Okay.
May I touch you?
Yes.
May I apologize?
If you want to do that, AnchoR.
I'm sorry.
You're a real jerk, aren't you?
Miss Marie, with your unfortunate brain, it may appear that way.
I don't have to destroy anything anymore?
That's right! No need for that!
Okay!
Master Naoto, I believe that wherever your path leads,
that is where I am supposed follow.
Naoto and the others protected the capital and saved AnchoR.
However, the giant weapon had not been deactivated.
It appears from the ground and, using the forbidden power that humanity had banned,
messes with the Clockwork Planet, as well as Naoto and Marie's destiny.
Next time: "Yatsukahagi."
Everything... literally...
Episode 8 Yatsukahagi
everything is destroyed.