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Saber Marionette J to X

Risetto dekinai omoi wo takusan kakaete

Tokidoki ureshikute nazedarou

Tokidoki kanashii

Honto no kimochini uso wo tsuicha kurushii

Kizuita tokikara nanikaga kawatta

Bokuwa hitoniwa yasashiku shitehoshii toki ga aru

Kotobawa iranai tada dakitomete hoshii

Hitoniwa yasashiku shicha ikenai toki ga aru

Jibun no chikarade ashita wo mitsukeru tame

What a beautiful dress.

It's called a wedding dress.

Wedding dress?

It's for when a man and woman fall in love and get married.

It's worn by the bride.

Bride?!

Hey, Lorelei?

Can I wear it too?

Huh?

Well...

I want to wear one!

I want to wear a wedding dress and marry Otaru!

Otaru!

Can you make me your bride?

Otaru?

I can't do it.

I can't choose from the three of you.

Otaru...

Otaru!

Otaru!

Birds Without Wings

A marionette sheds a tear.

The Maiden Circuit is quite the mysterious thing.

Even a machine can have dreams, and feel sorrow and despair.

But that's about to end.

I'll take away the source of your sorrows.

I'll take away your soul.

Whatever we weren't able to get from Lorelei...

...we'll get from you.

To make our dream come true.

Marionettes cannot ride in the passenger coaches.

The march of progress is a wonderful thing.

But there are also things we lose from change.

Maybe you think it's silly.

After all, marionettes can live forever, unlike us humans.

Otaru!

What's going on?!

What's this?!

No! We're over the limit!

It'll explode!

Where am I?

What am I doing?

Oh, yeah. I'm in Xian on vacation and I got really sick.

Hey, Otaru!

Hey.

You're awake!

I'm so happy! I'm so happy!

You've been out for 5 days now, and I thought that you'd never!

Five days? I was out that long?

I was so worried!

I couldn't live if you had died!

But I'm afraid to die...

...so I thought maybe I'd become a monk or something.

Or go visit your grave every 3 days.

Or become some kind of rock star.

All these things going through my mind!

I appreciate that, Hanagata.

Sorry to worry you...

...you and the girls.

Huh?

Well, uh...

What's up?

Did they all go shopping?

Is something wrong?

They haven't been back at all.

They're missing.

Hey, stop kidding around.

I'm not kidding.

I don't know what's going on...

...but ever since they went looking for your medicine...

...they haven't been back in 4 days.

What do you mean?! What's this about?!

I said I don't know.

That bag you gave Lime was left on the table there...

...so they must have been back at some point.

But something must have happened after that.

Otaru.

Otaru.

Don't push it. Getting out of bed like that.

I'm going...

...to find the girls.

Don't do it.

I know how you feel, but you can't push yourself.

The girls can be repaired if there's a problem, but you're human.

You can't be repaired.

Get off me!

Otaru!

Lime!

Cherry!

Bloodberry!

Wait! Otaru!

Come on, Otaru!

Otaru...

What is necessary for you as emperor...

...is not kindness or dignity...

...but power.

The ambition and fighting spirit of a wild beast.

You cannot be a true emperor if you're afraid of war and conquest.

Are you bored, Your Highness?

Yes, I'm bored.

What are we going to do then?

As long as your father is ill...

...Your Highness must study to become emperor of Xian.

What kind of study is that?!

Well, well, General Chao.

Chao!

What's the matter? You look so pale.

You want to go outside and play with me?

Yeah! That's it! That's what we'll do!

Shame on you for telling His Highness that war is good.

What are you up to, Mr. Yan?

How insolent of you.

As His Highness's tutor, I am teaching him about imperial affairs.

Before you mess with his head...

...isn't there something you have to do?

Have you found out the cause of that explosion at Kokin Palace?

You and Dr. Hesse are in charge of those facilities.

You better get to the bottom of it.

We've determined the cause already.

We'll prepare a report today.

Hey, Chao!

Hey! Hurry up!

I'll be right there, Your Highness!

A miscalculation.

To think the Maiden Circuit's security system would kick in.

What a strange device.

Where the hell did they all go?

Damn! I don't get it!

Lime!

What the hell!

What do you want with me?!

Have nothing to say, huh?

You want to play that game? You'll be hurt!

Damn!

This is going to be good!

Well, Otaru! What a coincidence this is!

I've been looking for you all day.

We are indeed connected by the threads of fate.

Come on, let's have some noodles together.

Get out of here, Hanagata!

Wait!

I think we lost them.

Hey, Otaru...

Huh?

What's in the vat you're hiding in?

It's empty.

Mine has...

...stinky eggs in it! Otaru!

Stay away from me, Hanagata! You stink!

I said stay away from me!

A suspect is wanted in connection to the recent terrorist bombing.

The police have issued an all points bulletin in its search for the suspect.

There're some horrible people out there.

The suspect is Otaru Mamiya, of Japoness nationality.

Otaru Mamiya According to the investigation, Mamiya used three marionettes...

...to set off an explosive device at the Kokin Palace lab facilities.

He then escaped into the city along with the marionettes.

Please be aware that Otaru Mamiya is an extremely dangerous terrorist.

If anyone sees him, please notify the police immediately.

That's ridiculous! Otaru was sick!

How could he have done it?!

Otaru Mamiya

It's Otaru Mamiya!

No, no, no! It's all a big mistake! It's not Otaru!

It's Otaru Mamiya! It's Otaru Mamiya!

Caressed by the moonlight glow...

...you sleep gently tonight.

Can you hear the prayers...

...asking for God's blessing.

Until you grow up...

I'm scared! It's dark!

It stinks! I'm so hungry!

Shut up, Hanagata!

Don't get negative on me. You're bringing me down.

But Otaru...

What the hell's going on?

How can I be a terrorist? I'm wanted by police?

This ain't no joke. What's going on?

We made more than we expected tonight.

You better believe it. They had all this just sitting there.

This is why we can't quit the robbery business.

Hey! Why are you just standing there?!

Let's get some dinner going!

Yes, sir.

Stupid marionette.

What do you expect, boss?

She's just some machine doll.

It's morning.

We've been walking around in the sewer all night.

What do we do now, Otaru?

They'll find us out in the open like this, Otaru.

It's only dawn. Nobody will notice us yet.

Otaru!

What's up, Hanagata?!

Look!

Damn!

We'd like to buy these.

8,000 dollars for the two.

8,000 dollars?!

What makes you say this trash is 8,000 dollars, old man?!

Don't buy them then.

Hey, you look familiar.

Well, uh!

You've got one of those "Twin Bird" coin pouches.

I'll take this if you don't have any money.

It's a popular item these days.

No...

...I can't sell this.

What? "Twin Bird"?

Don't you know? It's an old Xian design.

There's one on the wall there.

This mythical bird has one set of wings and one pair of eyes.

But each of the birds can't fly independently.

Not with one wing.

That's why they always fly as one...

...together as male and female.

No matter what.

I see...

The girls and I are like these birds.

They're like half of my body.

Without them, I'm not able to fly.

I don't know where they are.

But...

...I'm sure they know I'm coming to get them.

I'm sure they're waiting.

We're like the "Twin Birds".

Otaru...

...it looks like we're trapped in some horrible nightmare.

If the girls are gone, it would actually be good for me...

...but, as a man, I want to capture your heart fair and square.

Hanagata...

...are you going to help me?

Of course, Otaru.

Thanks, Hanagata.

But...

...something's weird.

Weird?

What?

There're three girls...

...and then you, which makes four.

There're no birds with four wings.

Huh?

Otaru Mamiya is a terrorist?!

That's ridiculous!

He's the hero who saved the planet Terra 2.

There's no way he'd commit terrorism.

Regardless, we have a witness who saw him.

Witness, huh?

That was me, General Chao.

Dr. Hesse.

You're not satisfied that it's me?

I refuse to let any of my men be used in this.

Just so you know.

He's not an easy man, is he?

Not only that, he stands out too much.

He won't be able to foil our plan.

Yan, why have you put out a warrant for Mamiya's arrest?

So he won't be able to surface so easily.

As a man who controls three marionettes, he's a suitable subject.

The more a man is hunted down, the more he can tap into strengths...

...that he wasn't even aware of.

I see. And we seize the moment when he finds them.

That's brilliant, Yan.

But where could Lime and them really be, Otaru?

You heard it on TV...

That Otaru Mamiya escaped into the city with three marionettes.

Lime and them are somewhere in Xian.

I'm sure we'll find a clue.

Okay.

We can't just sit and wait.

Let's start with the East District.

Lime!

What?!

Lime!

Lime, it's me! What's going on?!

Lime!

Lime!

Where were you, Lime?!

I was really worried, you silly...

Hey, say something, Lime!

Who are you?

Lime! Don't be kidding around here!

Otaru...

Lime!

Strange man.

Hey!

Wait, Lime! Where are you going?!

No, Otaru! You'll die!

Lime!

Lime!

Boku wa eien nante iranai

Kimi to koko de sugosu shunkan

Atsuku itaku tokimeite itai

Kodou wo kanjitetai

Mamoritaiyo demo mamorareteru

Atatakai manazashini

Chikara no tsuyosa janai

Kokoro no okuni kizamou

Shinjiteiru shinjirareru

Korekara aruku kono michi wo

Kimi ga iruyo boku ga iruyo

Soreijou nanimo iranai

Umareta imi sagasuyorimo

Ima ikiterukoto kanjite

Kotaeyorimo daijinamono

Hitotsu hitotsu mitsukete iku

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This is Mitsurugi Hanagata!

I can't believe it. Lime doesn't even recognize Otaru.

Cherry and Bloodberry too?

Then you're just going to have to find them, Otaru.

What? You know where Lime is?

Then please tell Otaru. I'll do anything.

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I love you, Otaru!