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Uninstall.

Back then, the greatest shock to our reality...

was that our lives were so primitive and simplistic, it was laughing in our faces.

Even covering my ears, the truth slipped through my fingers and left me confused.

Where in my frail body am I supposed to hold the strength to stand?

Uninstall. Uninstall.

Right now, I can't even begin to understand...

how the countless lives on this planet are essentially one.

Uninstall. Uninstall.

It looks like I'll have no choice but to act as a soldier who knows no fear.

Uninstall.

Uninstall.

The final pilot was decided...

The Story

My chair is here, so I can get to the cockpit by myself.

And once the battle is over, I plan to dismantle Zearth.

When that happens, I'm not sure if there'll be time to let you escape to the outside.

So there's nothing left for me to do.

It's kind of sad.

Actually, there was one last thing I was hoping you could do for me...

Battles that are meant to be the natural selection of the cosmos?

I understand that this might be a little unbelievable.

Even more so for someone like you, Ushiro-san, who lives peacefully with these school children.

No, I can understand.

Because those sorts of battles exist in the places regular children live in, as well.

Within our ferociously competitive society...

there's an increasing number of children who can't find harmony with themselves and their lives.

The reason I'm living here is because I got sick of such a win-or-lose society.

Is that so?

But at any rate... it absolutely has to be him?

Dad... I've decided.

I want to fight.

When's the battle?

Today? Tomorrow?

Not yet!

There's still time...

It's still a little while off...

I didn't stay with Onii-chan because I was scared of getting hit by him if I tried to leave.

Kana-chan, bye bye!

I stayed because I was worried about him, since he always looked so lonely.

Jun, I'm making a treehouse with the children.

Wanna go see it with me?

You too, Kana.

Hey! Jun-kun!

Glad to see you back.

Are you going to carry that up to the top?

Yeah.

I'll help out, Dad.

It's a great view, isn't it?

Dad's really amazing...

Yeah.

I got angry over something so small, and kept beating you up because of it.

To make up for that, I'll give you my life...

and protect this land.

It didn't bother me, Onii-chan.

You protected me, after all.

Onii-chan?

Oh, no...

Because we destroyed Chutenro Tower, the enemy will appear where I am!

I have to hurry and get away from here!

Dad, I'm sorry!

Onii-chan!

I'm going with you, too!

No! Don't come with me!

But we've fought together all this time!

You have to fight after me!

Your battle is to live on!

No! I want to die, too!

You moron! You're one of the important fifteen of us!

Seki-san said I was living peacefully here... but that's just a lie.

Even though I said I'd bring forth harmony here, it won't go the way I want it to.

To build a schoolhouse costs money.

It can only exist through the endowment of someone successful in society.

I even had to borrow the power of a politician to get this place accepted as a specialized school district.

I have to make the children's parents and guardians pay the school expenses, too.

It just seems like the search for an ideal state will always hit a roadblock somewhere.

There was even a time when I had to push away my friends and take things into my own hands.

So you have no choice but to fight, Jun...

If this is truly your fate...

and you've come to terms with it, then no one will be able to convince you otherwise.

You understand, don't you, Kana?

Win, no matter what.

Don't sympathize with your enemy.

Because you're paying the same price as them!

I know, Dad.

He's gone...

At least it's warm in here.

So you really don't know when, after all?

Yeah. As far as I can see, there's been no real change in the surrounding areas.

I wonder how long I'll have to wait...

I'm glad Dad gave me some bread, but if I'm forced to wait too long, I won't last.

I bet Kako wanted more time, too...

That way, he would've been able to fight.

We'll start with the weather today, discussing the wintertime conditions in the different prefectures...

Zearth isn't the top news story?

President Hasegawa is holding back the press.

There will be no broadcast of it.

The Prime Minister and his cabinet ministers have all withdrawn, saying they couldn't do anything further.

This whole thing's really lost steam.

So it's finally here.

How many of its eyes are lit?!

Tell all hands and departments to keep a close eye on this battle...

and to continue their reconnaissance efforts while maintaining the intelligence network.

Yes, sir!

You're not alone.

All right...

I wonder if this is where I should shout like Waku did.

Won't let your guard down, huh?!

Am I walking all right?

Kirie was really something else to move Zearth like that...

So it's finally begun.

I can even see it from here. It's happening in that direction.

Onii-chan...

What the heck is this thing?!

It doesn't have a true front or back?!

You little cheat!

I've seen it all...

I watched Daichi, Moji, and Nakama!

I'll show everyone I can fight and win, no matter what or who the enemy is!

Don't try running away!

Are they worn out?

So this is going to be a drawn-out battle...

I still have time.

We will be returning for the moment!

Roger that.

Is that so?

So the battle is still...

Yes... yes.

Damn it!

Letting your mind go blank and going all out isn't that bad!

Kodama was just like this, too...

Colonel Sasami, there's a large number of evacuees crowding into the evacuation routes.

Maintain the route. It's too dangerous.

Though I wish I could show them this...

You've had enough, haven't you?! Give up already!

I see... you're desperate, too...

Your own Earth is on the line, after all.

Crap!

Damn it!

Am I going to lose...?

Mom?!

I see...

Once I die, I can be with you again.

That's the spirit!

You've really become strong, Ushiro-kun.

I'll see you guys again soon, too...

A thirty hour death match...

How appropriate for the final bout.

To think that these harsh battles repeat themselves over and over...

Thank God I don't have to go to another Earth...

Now... I can finally be free of this.

Onii-chan won, and our Earth was saved.

Kana, I'm heading out now.

After the matriculation cieremony, I'll be counting on you to help with the preparations for the welcome party, okay?

Yeah.

I'm truly happy to see you all, now middle schoolers, once again welcomed back to this school.

Kitano-sensei, where should I bring this?

Ah, those are the curry ingredients, right?

Let me see...

I know where they go, so I'll take them!

Thanks a lot.

That reminds me! Tamotsu-san, could you take a look at the shelving in the classroom?

Just leave those shelves to me!

Let me help, too.

Thanks, umm...

I'm Futaba.

It's so nice here.

It's really peaceful.

Yeah.

Here we go!

Though sometimes I really wonder if it's okay for it to be so peaceful.

I sometimes wonder if this is all just a lie...

Ah, Yoshi!

My little sister.

How'd the new classroom look?

Hey! What do you have in your hand?!

Santa!

What do you think you're holding?!

It was already hurt to begin with.

It was going to die anyway.

You're wrong!

All lives are precious.

But we kill pigs and cows and eat them. It's the same thing!

But you don't need to kill that bird to live!

This is that boy I was telling you about the other day.

Yeah.

I'm so sorry.

My little brother is just acting a little strange.

I'll straighten him out, so please...

It's not strange at all.

Don't try to shoulder this all yourself.

Let's all think and work together to solve this.

Yes.

You're just gonna leave us too, aren't you, Nee-chan?

You should just get lost already. Go on and abandon us like Daichi did!

You promised to forget about Daichi-nii-chan!

You're Daichi-san's...?

It was at this point that I felt the battle wasn't really over.

Daichi-san didn't abandon you.

By Daichi-san, you mean...

Who are you supposed to be?

I knew your older brother.

Come with me, Futaba-chan, all of you.

It's kind of a long story, but I'd like you to hear it.

The story of the long, long battle...

Going on a nature observation field trip to the beach even though we're middle schoolers...

Talk about looking down on us.

I think it suits you pretty well.

We'll be protecting the Earth, so how about Zearth?

It's settled! Zearth it is!

Is that... cosplay?!

No, no.

It's a uniform, right?

I thought you were a little gloomy, but I guess not!

Instead of thinking of it as our duty...

let's all fight for ourselves.

Your future... right now, in this instant...

If it's in my hands...

There were fifteen of us.

The fifteen of us were a single whole!

I guess it's time to say goodbye.

Sorry. I have to get going.

Don't you think it's time we headed back to the lodge?

Though it doesn't feel like we've had much time to play...

The fifteen of us gathered together. And then...

Vermillion. We clung to life with all of our strength.

Vermillion. We never stopped to think how disgusting that was.

Because you were so straightforward...

when you said you couldn't see your chair,

I was worried because you looked about to snap, like a branch in winter.

You ran off that day,

throwing a crumpled ball of paper at me.

When my fingers traced the words "please remember me,'

I loudly cried out into the setting sun.

Vermillion. We clung to life with all of our strength.

Vermillion. We never stopped to think how disgusting that was.

We never stopped to think how disgusting that was.