Kimi no soba ni iru dake de
Just being at your side,
Jibun no kokoro ga uso no you ni sunao ni narereru yo
Gentles my hearts to the point of disbelief
Saishuuheiki Kanojo
She, The Ultimate Weapon
Ushiro ni wa kimi no ashioto ga oikakete
I thought I heard the sound of your footsteps behind me,
Kuru you de nan do mo furimuki nagara kimi no sugata miteta
I turned my head repeatedly, wishing you would appear...
...and then there you were
Atarashii koi no hajimari to wa
The beginning of a new love
Shirazu ni futari wa mienai koi no sutori ga hajimaru
Is unknowingly, the beginning of our invisible love story
Dakara itsu mademo hanaretaku wa nai
Hence, I shall never leave your side
Kimi hitori o aisu koto chikau yo
I pledge to love you and only you
You switched shampoos.
Can you tell?
One by one, my classmates have been disappearing.
Atsushi joined the army,
Take was killed in the Sapporo air raid,
and his girlfriend, Yukari, just stopped coming.
But I'm still here, unable to see any reason
to move forward.
BRING BACK
THE CULTURE FESTIVAL!!
CULTURE FESTIVAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Can you still love a girl like me?
Shuji!
Akemi.
Uh, bye-bye!
Yeah...
I was getting used to Chise not being around.
Little by little, I was starting to like this town.
Wait!
Come on!
Ouch!
She's always crying.
You OK?
Come now...
Let's go.
It was loss that started me remembering
all these things about this town I'd spent my life in.
Episode 8
"Everyone's Changing"
Hey Hana, going on patrol?
Hana's nice and all, but...
I wish I could've spent more time with Akemi.
I wonder what she's doing now... and Shuji too.
Sis...
What?
What are you going to do about Shuji...
Satomi, I have a boyfriend now.
He told me he loves me.
See? I can do it too.
Sis...
That's good!
Sounds like drums.
Drums?
The marching band's practicing hard.
Those losers!
So this is what war's like.
And I thought I'd be here,
fighting to protect Akemi...
Oh, it's meat!
This is the best part of being in the army, huh?
Yeah. Too bad for the folks back home starving, though.
Huh?
Hana's still on patrol?
She's dead.
There was a skirmish with enemy scouts in the Western sector.
So those weren't drums we heard...
Her boyfriend died of injuries after the Sapporo raid, so she enlisted.
Too bad she couldn't have taken at least one of them with her.
Hey, Shuji!
Did you hear?
What?
There's a downed enemy pilot hiding in the hills.
The local militia's going after him.
Yukari's going too. Want to come?
No thanks...
No?
Well, see ya.
Yeah.
Fall asleep and you're dead.
Lieutenant Tetsu!
Quiet, dummy.
Someone came this way just now.
I'm sorry, sir. I didn't see anyone!
That's because, in your head, you're still at peace.
That's nice. You can die happy and peaceful.
I - I...
Be quiet. You won't get home alive, anyway.
I'm going out there.
Whatever happens, don't back me up, got it?
Wha...?
I don't want some fool shooting me in the back by mistake.
Civilian refugee? Enemy scout?
Civilians are such a pain...
Huh?
Enemies you can just kill...
Crying again?
It's been awhile...
Tetsu...
A dream...?
So, you're awake?
Tetsu! Um... where are we?
My hideout.
If you're awake, let's get some food.
You mean, at the base?
Don't worry, just follow me.
Uh, OK!
Another fine day...
What is it?
Tetsu, keep it down.
It's OK.
But we're near the enemy camp now.
Don't worry. Besides, I'm with you.
Me?
That's fine, but if I activate, you'll die.
That happens all the time now.
Things we need, things we don't, all just blown away.
I don't even realize it, and suddenly everyone's gone.
Don't do that!
It's OK. Nobody'll notice two or three shots.
That's not it! I mean, I might go off!
You'll die! I mean it!
Then how are we gonna get breakfast?!
All right, I'll open it!
Good, huh, Chise?
So, how's your boyfriend?
What was it, Shoji, or Yuji something?
We're just classmates now.
Well, now that we've eaten, let's go shopping.
There's no point saving money anymore.
I thought I'd spend it while I can.
Don't worry about it.
No one will complain if Commander Chise
goes back to being an ordinary girl for a day.
Tetsu...
What is it, sir?
It's an emergency. I need to requisition your bike.
An emergency?
I'm not at liberty to disclose the details.
I need to transport someone.
It's Commander Chise.
Y - Yes sir!
But I need to report in regularly.
So if I could clear this with Headquarters...
Your name and unit?
Sergeant Kimura, Headquarters Signal Unit.
Hmm, I'll remember that.
By the way, I'm in a big hurry.
What have I just done?
They still haven't found him...
I'd rather be killed than captured.
What if it were Atsushi out there?!
Do you think he'd be better off dead?!
How can you talk about death so lightly?
How can you say that when people are dying?!
Leaving early again?
Yeah.
I was about to leave too.
It's so cold in there, and it's all study periods now anyway.
Yeah.
Atsushi's a fool.
Who would go to war just for a girl like me?
That idiot.
It bothers me a lot.
What am I supposed to do? I hate to say this, but...
Atsushi scared me...
Idiot!
Don't talk about Atsushi like that!
I hate myself for feeling this way!
But I understand. I'm scared too!
Should he be killing people for me?
Is that really OK?
Is it right?!
How can I live with myself now?!
Shuji!
What if he kills someone for my sake?
Sure it sucks, dummy!
But Atsushi told me, right or wrong,
he wanted to protect you.
He might kill someone, and he might get killed.
But who can say that's wrong?!
And who can claim that they're right in all this?
Shuji...
It's the same with Chise and me.
Words like "girlfriend," "classmate,"
they mean nothing, really.
Which is right, or wrong...
it's not about that.
I've been struggling...
for weeks with this.
We're OK. You, me, Atsushi, Chise, Nori too,
maybe Yukari too, I'm not sure,
but if we're struggling, then it means we're alive!
You bastard...!
Take!!!
We'll all be OK.
Shuji...
Let's go. We don't want to catch cold.
There's no more medicine, so if you get sick, it's all over.
I bet Atsushi's getting well fed where he is.
Sure he is. He's a soldier, after all.
He always did eat a lot.
Lucky guy. I'm always hungry.
Mmm, me too. I'd love a good meal.
Yeah.
Akemi...
I'm hungry, that's all.
Dummy.
Have you found Chise yet?
She requisitioned a Signal Corps motorcycle at 1030 hours today,
and hasn't been seen since.
What a nuisance she is.
She certainly is.
Well, negotiations with the enemy are proceeding.
Let's hope we can get out of this peacefully.
Let's hope...
Man, it sure takes a woman forever to buy clothes.
Sorry, this is the last one.
Fuyumi, I'm sorry. I'm on a date with a young girl now.
She was lonely and depressed, she reminded me of you.
A spy plane?
No!
Chise!
Stop it, please!
No!
Stop! Help!
Chise, I'm coming!
Tetsu!
I can't stop...!
What the...?!
Help me...
Chise, hold on!
It's all right! The enemy's gone!
Chise!
Tetsu...
Chise, sorry about that.
I'm OK. It's you who must have been repulsed by that,
kissing a girl with a body like mine.
That's not true.
I'm tired. I can't go on.
Quiet, will you? We're out of gas, I told you.
It's only ten kilometers, so stop whining.
I don't like your attitude!
I outrank you, you know.
Then feel free to fly home, "Commander."
Go on home.
We'll do it again, OK Chise?
No, we won't.
Chise...
No more promises.
I can't explain it, but I'm a weapon now,
and I can tell.
At most, this town has three days of peace left.
A little over two days and ten hours, to be precise.
Headquarters is trying to negotiate, but it's too late.
The other side's got no choice but to advance.
More than half of them have nowhere to go back to.
And I've wiped out their supply lines and escape routes.
Our army's strength is down to 24 per cent.
Air Force: 0.02 per cent. Navy: 1.2 per cent.
And the population is down to-
Chise! That's enough!
The peace in this town won't last much longer.
I'm giving you an order.
Yes, ma'am.
I don't want to go home yet...
Thank you. Shuji, today,
you were kind of cool. I mean it.
I feel better.
Yeah.
See ya, Shuji!
This town, its people, the whole planet, is changing.
My family and friends will change too.
And so will Chise. There's no stopping it.
Is this OK?
You're going to die soon, anyway.
That night, a big earthquake struck our town.
Watashi no kokoro ni sukima ga aita
A rift opened up upon my heart
Nemurenu yoru tameiki bakari
And I went through the night sleepless, sighing constantly
Ki ga tsukanu uchi ni asa ni natteta
Before I realize, it's turned to morning
Anata no koe ga kikitakute
I want to hear your voice
Nukumori furetakute
I want to feel your warmth
Anata e no omoi komiagete kuru
Thoughts of you well up within me
Namida afureru
And my tears begin to overflow
Sayonara itoshii hito mada wa wasurarenai anata no koto
Goodbye my beloved, I am still unable to forget about you
Sayonara no hitokoto de mo owatte shimau nante
Having all of this end with just a single word of goodbye
Kanashii yo
Fills me with sorrow
Chise! Our town, the park, the swings... it's all been...
And our friend since we were little, she's been...
Dammit!
Episode 9
"Akemi"
SAIKANO, Episode 9: "Akemi"