Just being at your side,
Gentles my hearts to the point of disbelief
Saishuuheiki Kanojo
She, The Ultimate Weapon
I thought I heard the sound of your footsteps behind me,
I turned my head repeatedly, wishing you would appear...
...and then there you were
The beginning of a new love
Is unknowingly, the beginning of our invisible love story
Hence, I shall never leave your side
I pledge to love you and only you
I hear Shuji's heart beating,
"thump, thump".
Even when we're apart, I can tell, you know.
Why is it beating so fast right now?
What are you doing with this woman you call "Ms. Fuyumi"?
Thanks.
Shuji...
Huh?
Sorry, it's nothing.
Shuji...
Could that be the sound of love?
Hurry up and get here, Shuji!
I'm cold... I'm scared!
It's so warm...
Shuji...
It's nothing.
Ow!
Huh?
Dummy!
Shuji, let's go back to being just classmates.
Like before we became boyfriend and girlfriend.
Episode 6
"Classmates"
Chise, I must have a really dirty mind.
I'm always thinking about having sex with you.
But then you get that look on your face,
and you get all teary eyed.
And then I think about that scar on your chest,
and I feel like I might hurt you more.
It scares me...
What am I saying? I didn't mean to say that.
Sorry, Chise.
Chise, do you remember Ms. Fuyumi?
You know, that student teacher we had in middle school.
She also helped with the track team,
so we called her by her first name.
She told me I reminded her of her boyfriend.
Stop it.
They were apart for a long time,
so when she saw my face,
she thought of him and started crying.
Suddenly, I didn't understand what was happening.
I thought, if she needed me like that, I couldn't ignore it.
Don't tell me.
Chise, in middle school...
No! I don't want to hear it! Let me go, Shuji!
I did it... with Ms. Fuyumi!
Why? Why won't you let go?!
Shuji, doesn't that hurt?!
Just now... I was with Ms. Fuyumi!
Why... can't you just lie?
It wasn't anything, right?
No, it wasn't.
Now you're crying.
You're crying.
Damn it... damn it!
Shuji...
Chise, I still...
The one who always gets "that look" on his face...
is you, Shuji!
Don't ignore me! I'm not just a weapon!
I'm your girlfriend!
I've got lots of things I want to say but have to hold back, too!
I get "that look" on my face? I was born with this face!
The tears come by themselves!
The scar on my chest proves I'm still human!
When I'm with you, I'm your girlfriend.
Your girlfriend!
Believe me!
If you want sex, why don't you say so?!
Can't you see that, more than some Ms. Fuyumi,
a hundred times more, I want to have sex with you!
Why are you making a girl say this?!
Anyone who finds someone who makes their heart race
would want to!
Stupid, stupid, stupid!
I wanted to believe that, when I was with you,
I was just a normal girl with her boyfriend.
Look... I'm... still a human being.
See? There's that look again.
Sorry.
Shuji...
Shuji, lets' go back to being just classmates.
That day, we got yelled at for being two hours late for school.
That day... we broke up.
It's true! Someone at my sister's work saw it.
It showed the battlefield on the TV news.
I heard about it, too. And they say the footage was horrible!
Yeah. I wonder how the main island is doing...
Shuji, how come Chise's not making your lunch anymore?
We can't even get a can of coffee.
Who can make someone else's lunch these days?
That's no reason to treat poor Chise coldly.
Lately, you don't even walk her home.
Dummy, that's not the reason.
That's right. Sometimes it's better hanging with the guys.
Guess so!
Akemi turned me down.
I knew she would. She already likes someone.
Really?
Yeah.
Man! Who does Akemi think she is?!
But, Atsushi, don't let this guy beat you!
He'll be tough.
I see.
Shuji, I'm quitting school.
To enlist?
Yup. So I can defend Akemi.
That much, I think I can do.
Atsushi,
it really is better with just the guys.
Girls are cute, of course, but they make no sense.
They're a pain.
Yeah, hanging with the guys is better.
Chise...
Um... Bye-bye.
Shuji!
Hey.
Shouldn't Akemi's little sister be at practice?
Practice is just running around in circles.
Who knows if we'll ever have a track meet, the way things are now.
It's dumb.
I wish I had a boyfriend to hang out with.
You better take good care of your girlfriend, Shuji.
You always say something wrong.
We broke up.
She's terrible.
Dumping you at a time like this.
Hold on! Dumping me?!
If it were me, I'd want to be with him, especially now!
No matter how hard it can get!
Dummy, shut up!
Shuji, that hurts!
Does my sister know?
Not yet. She'll be furious, for sure.
She's intimidating, your sister.
See you!
I'm home.
Shuji...
look.
They're showing it on TV.
Just as everyone's been saying.
Is that Japan?
There... I saw her.
I think it was her...
It had to be Chise.
Shuji, let's go back to being just classmates.
How can we?
That's impossible!
Damn it all!
Classmates...
Oh, Akemi... good morning.
What's good about it? And what happened to you?
If you guys are fighting, hurry and make up.
'Cause I don't want to be caught in the middle and get hit again.
Sorry, but, Akemi, I...
Don't tell me anything!
I'm not interested in your lovers' quarrel.
Akemi...
What do you see in him anyway?!
If it were me, I'd pass!
Wait, Akemi!
'Morning.
We're only classmates.
What are you doing, Chise?
I can't help you anymore.
She's pretty?
Yeah.
Miho in second year.
Don't, Nori.
I agree.
As for girls...
you're not ready yet.
True, true.
What's with you guys?
Nori, it's for your own good.
Tanks! They're bringing up tanks!
We don't even have mortars, let alone anti-tank shells!
Captain!
He's dead!
Damn it, we're finished!
This is it!
I'm sorry I'm late.
I'll take over from here.
Everyone, please evacuate,
or else you'll be killed, too. And take the wounded with you.
Everyone, pull out! Follow me!
Ow!
Commander!
Hurry and get out of here!
Yes sir!
Oh, Chise...
Oh, it's only you, Akemi.
Shuji...
What is it?!
Akemi?
How can you mistake me for Chise, anyway?
How many years did we run together?
And here I was, a cute girl offering to walk
with a lonely guy all by himself.
Well then, if you want to walk with someone, go with Atsu...
What?
Never mind.
Fine, fine, I got it!
I'll go on ahead.
I wish I could be stronger.
Stronger, you said?
You seem quite strong already, Commander.
Really?
Yes.
I wonder...
Here are your rations, sir.
I'm not really...
But today it's special: salted salmon.
Salted?
Oh, and you can have this, if you like.
I don't like milk.
It's good.
Shuji...
It's the first time I cried since we broke up.
It's hard to breathe. I'm so embarrassed.
I can't stop!
I'm still in love!
So I talked with Akemi earlier...
She said we can go out!
No way!
It's true.
Good for you! She felt sorry for you, huh?
That's not it, fool!
Now I can fight without any regrets.
You know, Atsushi...
Sorry, Shuji. I've already decided.
Ever since the Sapporo air raid, when Take was killed
right in front of me,
I've been thinking what I could do.
I don't know what's right or wrong,
but I know I have to do something.
It's true I might get killed. It scares me...
But maybe it's not so bad to die
for your family... and the girl you love.
You idiot!
Sure, go ahead and die!
You'll die when you get old anyway!
And I'll come and cry at your grave!
But you don't go to war to die...
You go to kill!
Can you kill for Akemi?!
Can you?
It wasn't Atsushi's enlistment that shocked me.
The real shock was that I was exposed as being someone
who is only thinking of his own suffering,
obsessed with my own helplessness and bad luck,
pretending to be Chise's boyfriend.
Shuji! Is this what I think it is?!
It sounds just like the Sapporo raid!
It can't be!
Chise protects this town, but today, she wasn't at school.
Today, Chise isn't here.
Atsushi, let's get out of here!
I'm going to find Akemi!
The aquarium!
They got one! Alright!
It was Chise.
The rain smelled... different.
Shu...ji...?
Don't... please!
Shuji, we're... only classmates now.
Don't...
Though we'd broken up... still I kissed her.
We were just classmates, but still she cried.
A rift opened up upon my heart
And I went through the night sleepless, sighing constantly
Before I realize, it's turned to morning
I want to hear your voice
I want to feel your warmth
Thoughts of you well up within me
And my tears begin to overflow
Goodbye my beloved, I am still unable to forget about you
Having all of this end with just a single word of goodbye
Fills me with sorrow
Chise!
Part of me is falling in love with you more, and part fears you more.
I don't know which to follow... They're both me!
Episode 7
"What I Want to Protect"
SAIKANO, Episode 7: "What I Want to Protect"