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December 27, 2012 A.D.

Tokyo

"In a Wonderland they lie,

Dreaming as the days go by,

Dreaming as the summers die:

Ever drifting down the stream- Lingering in the golden gleam-

Life, what is it but a dream?"

Through the Looking-Glass

I guess after next year, this building will be torn down too.

After we graduate, we'll lose our place of memories, won't we?

Does it make you lonely?

No, but...

But?

But even though I feel bad to our junior classmates for saying this,

part of me thinks maybe it'll be nice for our place of memories

to become something that only exists in our minds, you know?

What?

I didn't see anything.

I won't tell anyone, so... well...

Asahina...

I'm sorry!

Are you mad?

I'm not mad.

You are mad.

I am not mad.

Are you cold?

I'm not cold.

I'm sorry.

For what?

Your Christmas present.

I'll have it done soon.

It's just that I'm so clumsy.

Say...

What?

You want to drop by my place?

Really, so you'll be going to Nagoya for New Year's.

Yes, we'll be leaving tomorrow. My mother's family lives there.

I see. You should.

That would be good. You should do that.

I see...

Well, Mom,

I'll go walk Mishima home.

Oh, Mrs. Kamina, I am sorry for staying so long.

Please excuse me.

Haruka-chan?

Yes?

Please be good to my Ayato from now on as well.

I will!

Please excuse me.

This is fine.

I'm sorry, today of all days...

I never expected her to be home so early.

Isn't my mom a weird person?

No, not at all.

Not at all. Your mother doesn't matter.

Because you're you, Kamina.

I, well...

When are you coming back?

The third.

Okay.

Then, let's make our first visit to the shrine on the fourth.

It's snow!

FS306 has entered combat airspace.

We cannot restore our connection to within the prefecture.

What is it? What is going on in Tokyo?

We have raised FS301 from New Tahara.

Could it be...

Don't be ridiculous.

We have lost contact with FS306.

What?!

The enemy's maneuverability is...

It's no use! Pursuit is impossible!

At this rate, all units will be shot down!

Komatsu Air Base! Komatsu Air Base!

It's no good! I can't shake him!

What the? What the hell is this?

What is this?!

Communications with the National Capital region remains severed

and reports indicate they will remain so for the foreseeable future.

This is a traffic regulation notice from the Traffic Information Center.

Haruka! It's dangerous! Come back!

Tokyo-bound roads...

Haruka! Haruka!

Kamina-kun...

16 Years Later

How incredible.

Nirai Island, Kagoshima Prefecture

Neriya Ruins

I never thought this stone tablet would also be in this world.

The RahXephon system,

the appearance of the two tuners of time,

and the tuning of the world by one of them.

All the same things that were inscribed on the one in my world are here.

I hear that the two were the same world once.

In the moment the universe pluralized,

this stone tablet could have appeared with either the Mu or mankind

and neither outcome would have been surprising.

True enough.

The world, no, the universe

is increasing in mass through this pluralization and is on the verge of collapse.

We do not have a moment to lose.

We must recover the instrumentalist with all due haste.

With regard to that, we of the Strategic Division...

Don't you have anyone, Kunugi?

Sir...

There is one suitable person in the Intelligence Division.

A woman, she is quite competent.

And...

And?

She is acquainted with the instrumentalist.

I see.

Then I will leave the upcoming Operation Overlord to the Tactical Division.

Yes, sir.

We were not able to make it in time for this operation,

but the forces you have provided us with will be ready

for the offensive operation no matter what the cost!

You mean, Operation Downfall?

I certainly didn't expect Maya to take such an action.

You are referring to Tokyo Jupiter?

Yes. Huracan-Tucur.

However, that has served well to buy us some time.

There is a six-fold time shift between the inside and outside.

Matters are playing out to our advantage.

Will everything be fine?

That instrumentalist is not pure-blooded.

Rikudoh also mentioned that.

I doubt we need to worry.

That instrumentalist has Mu blood flowing in his veins.

Mu blood, the same as mine.

Soon, the time will come.

The world will be tuned

and all will be suffused with crystal clear tones once again.

Mr. President.

It is time for "Her Chamber" to open.

Ah, is it already that time?

Lord Bahbem, where to?

To visit the Sleeping Beauty.

How is our Sleeping Beauty?

Nothing particularly abnormal.

She shows no signs of awakening either.

I see.

But no matter how often I look, an instrumentalist is a beautiful thing.

Now, show me the proof that you are.

I see, so you have already grown this much.

Soon. Soon, we will be able to meet, my Quon.

Yesterday, I had that dream again.

The town at dusk.

The same as the day we went on our first date.

And there, I find her.

My girlfriend, who is supposed to be gone, Mishima Haruka.

I chase after her, but I can't catch up to her.

I chase her and I chase her.

And then...

When I think I've caught up with her, I wake from my dream.

Three years have passed since then.

The world has fallen, leaving only Tokyo.

Mankind had vanished, leaving just 23 million people surviving.

But in spite of that, it's as if nothing had happened

And daily life just keeps going.

Everyone also gradually forgets the past.

In contrast, my dream becomes clearer and clearer.

In contrast, my dream becomes clearer and clearer.

But I thought it was fine that way.

Because it seemed to me as if it was proof that she was alive.

Because it seemed to me as if it was proof that she was alive.

Because it seemed to me as if it was proof that she was alive.

She...

Mishima...

I wonder where she is now?

I want to see her.

One more time.

What?

Mamoru! Hey, Mamoru!

Asahina! Asahina!

Kamina... kun

Thank goodness, you're all right!

Torigai?

Torigai! Hey, are you okay?! Hey!

Torigai!

Look after Mamoru for me!

Where are you going?!

Don't worry.

I'll go get...

help right away!

Kamina-kun!

Kamina-kun?!

Damn it! There's no one here!

You there, civilian!

You're in the way! Move it!

Mishima!

You're alive... You're alive!

Mishima!

I... I...

Wait!

Mishima! It's you, isn't it, Mishima?!

Mishima!

Kamina Ayato, correct?

Yes...

Your mother is asking for you.

My mom?

There is no time for explanations.

Please come with us.

Hey! It's coming.

This way.

Wait a minute!

At least give me a proper...

ex-pla-na-tion...

Be good now.

So long.

Who are you?

Well, you could say I'm sort of like a champion of justice.

Hey, I did save you, right?

I wish you'd at least thank me.

Fine. Thank you very much for saving me when I was in danger.

Well, I'll be going then.

But why in the world was their blood blue?

That's what you're wondering.

I'll tell you,

if you come with me.

About the blue blood.

About everything in this world.

But...

Come with me, please!

Please? But...

I'm not such a child that I'll just go along with some stranger.

Besides, I have to help my friends.

I see, I guess it can't be helped.

I'm sorry.

No...

You're awful.

Mishima?

I know.

Maybe it would have been more blissful to remain ignorant.

For both of us.

Like you're going to bring me down with a fighter two generations obsolete.

Delta One to all units.

Alice has secured the target.

Mission entering Phase 2.

Alpha One, roger that.

Alpha One to all units.

The feint operation is over. Entering Phase 2.

Over.

We are very sorry!

What do you mean? It should still be too soon for him to awaken.

It's been twelve hours since he fell into TERRA's hands.

You should be able to take care of the increasing gain yourselves.

The resonance is already beginning to increase.

It is impossible for us to do this.

I will head for the Shrine.

Where am I?!

Sorry about this. It looks like the anesthesia was a little too strong.

Does this mean that I've been kidnapped?

Don't you want to know about everything in this world?

I'm not interested.

Say, do you know how many humans are on Earth right now?

Why are you asking me so suddenly?

Never mind that, answer me.

Twenty-three million people.

No, six billion people.

Hey! Stop!

Please let me out!

I'll show you everything, even if you're not interested!

We're going to charge through the wall and get outside. Got it?!

What wall do you mean?!

Accelerator ignition, T minus 30 seconds.

The wall that obstructs the truth!

A wave emanating from the RahXephon?

That's impossible. Ayato isn't ready yet. Such a thing...

Wait a minute!

What's wrong?!

This can't be...

That's the...

Dammit! What's going on?!

It's no use. We cannot stop the increase in resonance.

Come on! Do what I tell you to do!

Damn it! Damn it, damn it!

If Xephon moves, activate the Dolem at once.

I will head directly for the Room of Rah.

What's the matter, Ayato-kun?!

I have to go.

Eh?!

It's...

calling me.

Ayato-kun, get a hold of yourself!

That's...

Ayato-kun!

Ayato-kun!

It can't be! It's resonating?!

Maya-sama!

Mom?

Mom...

So you've awakened, Ayato.

It was long.

And what I lost was also great.

What do you mean? What are you saying, Mom?

I've been waiting.

For the day your blood would awaken within you.

Quantum condensation reaction in the Dolem.

FD phase conversion increasing rapidly.

Its conversion coefficient is...

Is it going to awaken?

What?!

I can barely hear you!

The Dolem and Xephon are...

Mom!

But it's still too soon.

Come back, Ayato. My...

Kamina-kun, no!

Why?

Why won't you listen to me?

Ayato...

What is this? What the heck is this?!

I... I...

Xephon's quantum condensation field has increased beyond our ability to measure.

Level 12-plus.

So, this is Ayato-sama's power?!

This is...

Quantum condensation field converging into a dipolar shape.

Merging with the boundary. A corridor has been formed.

It appears Xephon has leapt the Barrier.

The Barrier?!

Are you saying it got outside?!

Xephon has gone outside with the instrumentalist...

This is terrible!

Go on, Ayato. You will come back to me again without fail.

You cannot escape from the blood in your veins.

This place is no good either.

No usable communication unit.

Well, what to do now?

Hey!

You're awake. How do you feel?

That thing! What is that? That wall-like thing?

That? Oh, that's right, you've never seen it before.

That's Tokyo Jupiter.

It sort of looks like Jupiter, doesn't it?

Tokyo Jupiter?

Right, the place that was your entire world until just now.

What do you mean?

Quiet!

What is it?!

I said I was sorry!

But it's partly your fault for getting up there too.

Miura Peninsula?!

Wasn't the outside world obliterated a long time ago?

That's what you've been taught to believe,

but as you can see, this place really exists.

Can't believe it?

Very well, it's better not to believe everything you're told.

After all, you never know if it might be something I contrived just to confuse you.

What for?

I wouldn't say such things if I were intending to confuse you, now would I?

Well, we're both on the verge of catching a cold. That's a fact.

Where are we going now?

The sun's going to set soon.

We'd better go back to the RahXephon and find a place to settle in.

The RahXephon?

Right, that giant with wings.

You were piloting that thing. Don't you remember?

RahXephon...

Today, the members of Japan's skateboard jumping team

participating in the Kabul Olympics were announced.

On the women's team is Yui Nagase, who had to settle

for a silver medal in the last Olympics in 2024 at Pyongyang.

2024?!

Is something wrong?

Didn't he just say 2024?

Yes, he did.

But it's 2015 right now, isn't it?

I was born in 1998 and...

You're seventeen years old, right?

Wait a minute, I'm getting confused.

Today's November 10th, right?

November?!

Of 2027, yes.

Are you from the future?

What's so funny?!

The truth can be pretty brutal.

Do you want to hear the explanation?

I may not be able to understand, even if you tell me.

Is what I said bothering you?

That this might be some kind of conspiracy too?

It's not quite as sweet as love or black as the Devil,

but it's still coffee, you know?

I feel like I know how Urashimataro felt now.

Though the RahXephon's a bit too big to be the treasure casket.

Right before I met you, I saw a glimpse of a friend of mine.

What?

You said it's called Tokyo Jupiter, right?

When that thing went up, she was supposed to be outside of Tokyo.

I wonder if it was a dream?

Tell me one thing.

All right, what do you want to know?

I suppose a lot of people died when that thing went up.

Yes.

But just as many people have survived.

They're alive.

Yes.

She might be alive...

She might be alive.

She might be, in this world...

Ayato-kun?!

On the other side is your city.

But there's approximately five kilometers from here to that wall.

It's assumed that the lower part is also hemispherical.

What is this thing doing here?

Fifteen years ago... Though, that would be three years ago for you,

an invader from an alternate dimension called the Mu

made this thing to protect something.

That's what it's thought to be for.

Is that something the RahXephon?

Now, it may seem like nothing ever happened in this world,

but recently, signs of Mu appearances have been observed.

Look at that doll-like weapon you fought. You can tell, can't you?

The difference in our fighting power is overwhelming.

And if they begin to invade once again,

mankind has no hope of opposing them.

That's why I want you to help us.

You and your RahXephon.

Me?

If you won't help us, mankind will be obliterated.

But I can't compel you to do it.

Because it would mean making you turn on your homeland.

Haven't you...

Haven't you done that already?

I'm sorry. I know it's not something you can forgive me for,

no matter how much I apologize.

Looks like they've finally come for us.

You sure made us wait, Lilia Litvyak.

Li... What?

A special duty aircraft carrier under TERRA.

Terra? What's Terra?

The Anti-Mu Strategic Research Organization.

It's where I work.

TERRA Intelligence Division, Department 2,

Special Duty Captain, Shitow...

Shitow Haruka. Pleased to meet you.

Haruka-san?

But our Intelligence Division certainly is something.

The objective of Operation Overlord was to secure the instrumentalist,

but it's come with a huge bonus.

With this base that mankind put everything into building,

TERRA's fighting power, and the RahXephon on top of that,

that offensive operation won't be just a dream anymore.

Itsuki-san?

It's directly in front of me right now.

Why don't you come see it?

Yeah, finally.

He's finally come.

Quon!

It's okay! It's okay, Quon!

Once he's awakened, you... you...

Soon.

Soon, I'll rescue you.

Why do I have to have a blood test just because we're landing?

Well, you know, it's one of those formalities.

But still...

Here are the results.

He has the MU-phase after all.

But his blood is still red.

We still have a chance, don't we?

For now. But he will eventually awaken.

Until then,

we must take advantage of anything and everything that we can use.

Even if that is someone's heart.

What is the meaning of this?!

That's an anti-Mulian detention room, isn't it?!

It kills the occupant with explosives

if someone tries to force it open, doesn't it?!

The results of the characteristic bio-molecular analysis came back.

The MU-phase was detected throughout all the nucleopeptides.

But he doesn't know anything!

Please, unlock his room!

He should prove to be cooperative!

At any rate, he's a red-blooded human, just like us!

For now, yes.

But it will eventually turn blue.

That is the instrumentalist's, no, Kamina Ayato's fate.

Those whose blood turns blue have their memories of the past erased

and rewritten to those of a Mulian.

If an instrumentalist who has become Mulian tunes the world,

it will lead to the denial of our world.

It will mean the obliteration of the human race.

We exist in order to prevent that from happening.

In order to make him tune the world while his blood is still red.

If that were to become impossible, at that time...

I will do it.

I will kill Kamina-kun.

Because that is the real mission that was given to me.

Thank you.

I'm sorry. It wasn't supposed to be this way. That is...

It's not because I can pilot the RahXephon, is it?

What?

It's related, isn't it? To things like how my mom's blood was blue.

All right.

Would you take a look at this for me?

This is the person TERRA, no, the U.N., has not only recognized

as the most important witness in this war, but also the highest ranking leader of the Mu.

Kamina Maya. It's your mother.

Mom?

In the beginning,

it seems the Mu were thinking of trying to coexist with us humans.

So, when they first began appearing,

the U.N. Dealt with them in absolute secrecy.

But ultimately, that must have backfired.

We don't really know why, but they went to war against us.

In just one day, tens of thousands of people died all over the world.

The U.N. Prepared for an all-out war.

But that never happened.

Why not?

Because Tokyo Jupiter was established.

They shut themselves away within that field.

Almost as if they're waiting for something.

But that's not to say the war is over.

Even now, they launch sporadic attacks on us.

To them, it might just amount to prodding at us once in a while,

but the losses are too great.

So, you kidnap me as a hostage...

At the very least, your blood is red.

You have blood the same color as ours.

But Mom's blood is...

It doesn't matter!

It doesn't matter.

Your mother doesn't matter.

Because you're you.

That's so weird.

What?

I just remembered something weird.

Remembered what?

Once, someone said the same thing to me.

It was the girl whom I still care for.

Say...

What?

There's someone I want you to meet.

Then, you'll feel more at ease. You'll know that you're not alone.

Do you mean Quon?

I can't let you see Quon yet.

It isn't that time yet.

Itsuki-kun?

Um, Dr. Kisaragi...

You can call me Itsuki.

Oh, okay.

Um, Itsuki-san...

Who's Quon-san?

She's monitored by TERRA's Scientific Investigation Department.

She's my precious Sleeping Beauty.

Sleeping Beauty?

She's always in this shrine. It's called the Neriya Shrine, by the way.

She sleeps deep inside.

And once in a while, she wakes up to tell us all sorts of things.

Sort of like precognitive dreams?

You could say that.

No, in fact, they may be the truth about the world.

Quon's body is over here, but her soul is on the other side.

Other side?

In the Mu world.

She's a true-born Mulian with blue blood

and also the RahXephon's original instrumentalist.

Quon has been waiting all this time for her prince of awakening.

I see...

In order to truly save this world, she needs to be awakened.

But now isn't the time for that.

So, when that time comes, I'll let you know.

I promise.

Well, I'm going to the government office to get the paperwork done.

Uncle, Megumi, I'll leave the rest to you.

Aren't you going to eat?

I went to such trouble to buy them.

The city you were in...

The house you lived in... This must be a pretty big change.

I'm sure it'll take you a while to get used to things,

but just pretend like you're staying over at a relatives' place and take it easy.

I...

I don't really know how that works,

since I've never gone to visit relatives before.

Hey, Meg.

There's still time until dinner, right?

Show Ayato-kun around the area.

What?!

What? What do I always tell you?

Okay...

No, I'm fine, really.

What kind of place is Tokyo?

What kind? It's just a city.

I always thought there must be something there.

Why?

Because my older sister's been saying for the longest time

that she's going back to Tokyo no matter what.

By your sister, you mean Haruka-san?

Right. She was born in Tokyo, so...

I didn't know.

I'm sorry.

For what?

I heard you were from Tokyo, so I thought you'd be more scary.

That's okay.

What's up with this?! I can't drink because of the marble!

You're so funny!

What?!

You're such a dummy.

You hook the marble between the indentations in the bottle.

It's so cool out here.

Um...

Rikudoh-san...

You can call me uncle.

Yes, sir.

What is it?

What's the thing that you always tell Megumi-chan?

Oh, no, it's no big deal.

I just tell her not to look away from the unpleasant things in life

and to accept all things head on.

After all, she's still young.

Sorry to bother you, but would you go hang this by the entrance?

Kamina Ayato

Final confirmation on operation program from USDF.

Residents evacuation and counterstrike deployment complete.

I'm surprised he decided to pilot for us.

Yes.

Perhaps he's gotten to like this place?

You don't seem to understand, Captain Shitow.

Why did you change your mind about piloting?

Uh?

It's weird. There's no reason for you to fight.

There's someone I care about.

In Tokyo?

Over here in this world.

She should be here somewhere. The girl I used to be with.

I want to see her again.

That's why I want to protect this world.

Pretty lame reason, isn't it?

I don't think so.

There's no way the Mu will remain quiet about this.

Yes, they are certain to come to take him back.

It was an unexpected thing for us too, after all.

To think he would be brought over together with the RahXephon...

Please forgive us.

It's fine. Besides, it seems the Foundation still hasn't realized

what our true trump card is.

Our trump card in the tuning of the world... correct?

It's likely Maya hasn't realized it yet, either.

She doesn't know what is really necessary.

We are so heartless, aren't we?

We will even stoop to using Captain Shitow's feelings...

No matter what shape it takes,

all I care about is for them to be happy.

I have no hopes for anything more than that.

I wonder what the trump card would think.

If it were revealed that what we truly need is not the RahXephon...

Would they forgive us, I wonder?

We have our own way of taking responsibility.

You are the one who told me that, Sensei.

I will not allow you to be the only one who is disgraced.

Thank you, Jin.

"In a Wonderland they lie,

Dreaming as the days go by,

Dreaming as the summers die:

Ever drifting down the stream- Lingering in the golden gleam-

Life, what is it but a dream?"

Through the Looking-Glass

It's cold!

That horrible dream.

How many times have I seen it now?

Oh, no...

It's the same as that day.

I can't believe you're keeping up with it.

Why do you work so hard at it?

Why do you think?

Is that to build up endurance for work too?

What's with your outfit?!

I didn't have a choice! I don't have any winter clothes!

Wait there a minute.

Use these.

Thank you.

But where did you get these?

Discord in pilot's harmonics!

Powerful radiation coming from the D-1!

What's Alpha Squadron doing?!

Powerful radiation coming from the D-1!

It's interfering with the RahXephon's field!

Wait, what is this?

This is practically...

Lepton burst from plane of discontinuity, similar to J-Boundary!

Check how it correlates with Tokyo Jupiter's burst pattern.

Radiation from D-1 interfering with pilot.

There's a radical disturbance in his brain waves.

Pilot's heart rate decreasing rapidly!

At this rate, Ayato-kun will...

The EMP pulse modulation pattern is synchronizing

with the RahXephon's waveform signature!

This can't be!

An asymmetrical tear in the Minkowski Tensor!

Point of continuity has appeared in the canonical space!

Abnormality in D-1 wave pattern!

The RahXephon is being restrained!

Autonomous brain wave pattern has vanished.

A corridor is forming to an undetectable territory!

No...

Run...

Run, Ayato!

The D-1 has moved into the event horizon plane.

Contact with the RahXephon has been lost.

Kamina-kun...

Welcome back, Ayato.

You finally came back to me.

Mom, stop the car!

You've sort of changed, Kamina-kun.

You think so?

Come on, people don't change that much in just one week.

One week?

It's been a month outside.

The teacher never told us anything,

and no one was bothered by the fact that you went missing,

so I've been thinking that something... something was strange.

I wanted to see you one more time!

I wanted to see you and ask you!

But I don't even know what I should ask you! How...

Give it a rest already!

You worry too much about weird things!

Ayato was just away on a trip concerning family, right?

Yeah...

Oh, right. What's everyone at school saying about the war?

The war?

Yeah, the war. The Invaders came and...

What are you talking about?

Never mind, don't worry about it.

The war...

Come on! Come on! I've forgotten something important!

Yeah, that's right...

Because I have a feeling that something terrible happened!

Hiroko, knock it off already!

Who are you?

If you're my mother...

What?

Who the hell are you?!

I...

She's fine.

Mom...

Farewell, Falsetto.

Are you a little calmer now?

What is this?

The existence that humans call Mulians.

Most of them are still unable to come out over here.

We were only able to salvage a precious few.

People of blue blood, who can only exist right now

if a Dolem is synchronized with a human.

That's right, Mulians are people too. We're human.

We're not monsters.

Am I a Mulian too?

Yes, you are.

And my father, who supposedly died when I was a kid?

I don't remember anymore.

Because that is our fate.

But, you know...

I do love you.

I want you to at least...

But you didn't love my father?

Then, why did you have me, Mom?

Who in the world are you, Torigai?

I'm me.

Were you deceiving me the whole time?

It would have been a lot easier if I were.

Hiroko...

I...

I...

Wait, no!

No!

Stop it!

Mom, did you have me so that you could make me fight against humans?

The truth is, I was supposed to pilot the RahXephon.

Because that was my destiny.

But by the time I had regained my memory, my duty as a Mulian,

you were already growing inside me.

There was no reason.

I just wanted to have you. That's all.

But ultimately, that meant forcing everything onto you.

The unavoidable fate that had been imposed on me went to you.

By my very hands...

You can curse me if you want.

But we cannot escape our fate.

You can decide the rest for yourself.

How you live.

What choices you make.

What's going on?!

What is Allegretto doing?!

Ayato... Ayato...

Asahina?

Asahina?

Kamina-kun...

What happened, Asahina?

Look.

My blood...

It's red, isn't it?

Right? It's red, right?

Yeah, it's red.

I'm so glad.

I'm so glad!

Asahina, I can't stay here anymore.

I can't be here anymore.

Then that goes for me too!

I'm sorry. Asahina, I...

I...

I...

I've been waiting...

for you.

I know that you can't forget about Mishima.

But I don't care.

So...

RahXephon!

Ollin...

A part-time job?

Yeah, one that pays by the day.

Kamina-kun, are you doing this because you feel responsible?

That's not it, Asahina.

Even I know I won't be able to keep this up forever.

I just...

Just what?

I want time.

Time to think.

I don't know what I should do today,

but I think with time, I'll begin to be able to see it.

Kamina-kun, I...

Don't worry, okay?

Someday, I'll use the RahXephon

to bring Mamoru and your parents out of Tokyo.

Kamina-kun, I am happy right now.

Just the fact you came to me makes me happy.

But I can sort of see...

That this time will not last for very long.

Something is wrong with me.

No matter how I try to remember, I cannot remember my mom and dad.

I am scared.

I am so scared.

Say, Kamina-kun, who is Mamoru?

Kamina-kun...

What should we eat?

I'll leave it up to you, Kamina-kun.

How about pork cutlets?

I don't really feel like meat.

Then I guess we're going for plain and simple.

Udon noodles don't quite cut it.

Wait, how wouldn't it cut it?

Asahina?

Are you really sure you're feeling okay?

Kamina-kun, the thing is, I...

There's something I want you to know.

What is it? Sounding so formal all of a sudden...

Recently, I've been...

How are you?

I have a problem

Please help me

I feel like having vongole.

Sure.

What is that?

A Dolem...

A Dolem?

It's our enemy.

Enemy?

That's...

RahXephon!

I see, so that's it.

Asahina...

Back in Tokyo, I thought there was nothing for me to lose.

Kamina-kun...

But I was wrong.

There was something that I had to protect.

I'll protect you. I want to protect you.

Kamina-kun...

So I'm going to go fight.

I'll go defeat that thing.

Kamina-kun, there's something I have to tell you.

Don't worry. I'll come back, no matter what.

So wait for me here.

I... I want to talk to you lots more!

I want to know more about you, Kamina-kun!

I want you to know more about me!

So, Ayato-kun, I'll always be waiting!

Forever and ever and ever! I'll be waiting!

I'll be waiting right here!

Ayato!

H e l l o

How

are

you

I have a problem

P L E A S E H E L P M E

I have to tell him.

Tell Ayato-kun...

I don't want to do this

I decided. I decided already.

I'm going to protect her. I'm... I'm...

I'm going to protect her. I am going to protect her!

I'm going to protect Asahina!

It hurts

I have to tell him. I have to say it to Ayato-kun...

I want to tell you the truth

Ayato...

A y a t o

Goodbye

At 1200, retrieval unit arrived on site.

Goodbye

Target secured and retrieved successfully.

The special duty team that went to the hotel discovered

The special duty team that went to the hotel discovered

the D-1 synchronized subject thought to have been accompanying the target,

Asahina Hiroko

but she was already dead.

It is presumed her death was virtually instantaneous.

Did Kamina-kun...

Did the instrumentalist see that?

He was apparently crying bitterly by her remains.

It seems he got into an altercation with them over what would happen to her remains.

He apparently received a cut inside his mouth on that occasion and...

That blood was...

That blood was?

That blood had apparently turned blue.

Welcome back.

There's nothing wrong with you physically,

so Commander Kunugi said you're being released from custody.

Leave me alone.

You're better off not getting involved with someone whose blood's turned blue.

That doesn't matter!

That doesn't matter at all!

I can't stay here. My life is worthless.

That's not true! That's not true at all! You're...

Then just what do you think I have?!

I'm...

I'm a murderer.

Asahina said she'd wait for me.

She said she didn't care if there was a girl I couldn't forget about.

She said she'd wait for me even then.

Asahina had no one but me.

There was no one left but me.

That's why... That's why...

That's why I fought!

But then... But then... But then...

I can't stay in the world over here anymore,

because I don't want to pilot it.

I don't want to pilot the RahXephon.

It's okay.

You don't have to pilot it anymore.

All I want is for you to be safe...

No, if you're even just alive, that's all I care about.

So don't say things like that.

Why are you crying?

Because I'm scared.

When I think that you might disappear...

This is bad, isn't it?

You didn't want to?

No, I mean, this place has surveillance, doesn't it?

I don't care.

Eh?

I've been waiting all this time. All this time.

So...

Let me stay like this a little longer.

You're weird.

She's so serious.

Of course she is.

She's looking at top secret material from the Intelligence Division.

She seems so busy.

She likes to work.

I wonder if she has a boyfriend or something?

Oh, no, just... You know?

Haruka-san's a capable professional and she's pretty.

Even though she can be a little absentminded at times, but...

I don't know.

I heard she used to have one a long time ago.

You heard?

Well, it was before I was born.

Before her last name got changed.

Oh, we have different fathers, by the way.

I see. So Shitow's her new father's name.

She actually had a really pretty last name.

"Beautiful island".

Eeh?

Her last name.

It was written as "beautiful island" and read as "Mishima".

So, even though I'm Shitow Megumi,

my sister's real name is Mishima Haruka.

What is this?

What does this mean?

Sorry, I didn't know you were in there.

It's okay. Take your time.

I'll take my bath later.

Your last name...

What?

Your last name changed?

I'm sorry.

Why didn't you tell me?

Ladies and gentlemen,

the offensive operation against the Mu that we have conducted thus far

will at last enter its final phase!

This means the stalemate that has persisted

since the initial Tokyo invasion operation, "Overlord,"

will also end shortly.

And it will end at the hands of Operation Downfall.

In this operation,

we will use a probability resonance field deployment system,

which was developed recently and provided to us by the Federation's MTL,

in order to obliterate Tokyo Jupiter's Absolute Barrier.

The codename is J-Buster. It has already been secretly completed.

And with two battalions formed around

the new mobile weapons, the Vermillions, we will invade Tokyo.

With them, we will annihilate

the enemy mobile weaponry and any other resistance we encounter.

This operation to be taken on by TERRA, no, by all of humanity,

will be under the command of our Strategic Division!

That is all.

I am sorry I cannot accompany you.

No, that is my line.

Because I need you to be there to support the Strategic Division.

It'll be fine.

After all,

we of the Tactical Division are the ones actually doing the operation.

Kunugi-san, please be at ease and move things forward.

Thanks.

You guys are the only ones I can rely on.

Not at all. You are the one best suited for this role.

For carrying out Sensei's will.

We are the ones who can make things happen

in place of Sensei, who was cast out.

And it has to be you, Rikudoh-sensei's number one pupil.

As a disciple of the Rikudoh school, I want you to do this as well.

Thanks.

Please tell me.

I know.

About your daughter...

You must have had a lot of trouble,

since the Foundation was supposed to have confiscated that

from everyone who was involved.

What happened?

I wish it would rain a little to chase away the summer heat.

Uncle!

There was a man she fell in love with.

And he knew

that she had the qualifications to be RahXephon's instrumentalist.

But even then, he loved her.

So, when Maya was gifted with a new life inside her,

I gave them my blessings, even though they were both young.

But by that time, her blood...

Maya's blood had already turned blue.

I'm sure it was hard for her to lose her memories.

After all, that meant also forgetting about the man she loved.

But even so, she said she would have the child.

Because, she said, even if she were to lose her memories,

the fact that she had loved would not vanish if she had the child.

But why did she...

The Foundation found out.

About their child.

They did not want an instrumentalist and a human to be together.

It wasn't part of their plans, you could say.

I helped the two escape.

Because my daughter was more important to me than that RahXephon.

It was three days later...

The man... Kamina's body turned up.

The Foundation apparently searched desperately for Maya's whereabouts,

but it seems they never did find her.

Not until that day when Tokyo Jupiter was formed.

I'm sure she was crying.

But I think even then, she chose her own path.

I can tell, because though we may not be related by blood,

she's still my daughter.

I wonder what choices Ayato will make.

When he gets on the RahXephon next time...

No!

I won't let Kamina-kun on it.

No matter what happens.

No matter what I have to do.

I see, well...

As long as you guys are happy, that's all I care about.

Who was that girl?

Do you remember?

The time has come.

JB-3 at Fuji, ready to activate!

JB-1, in final activation position.

JB-4 at Honjou, ready to activate.

JB-2 at Ohshima, no problem with activating.

JB-5 at Kasama is also ready to activate.

How is the prop-sat formation?

No problems. It is in position.

All systems are in position.

No foreseeable problems in activating.

Now, all that remains is for the man in charge to give the order.

Commence Operation Downfall!

Commencing Operation Downfall!

Countdown, T-minus 15 seconds.

Fourteen...

Thirteen...

Twelve...

Eleven...

Ten...

Zero!

Deploy probability resonance field!

This is Quon-san?

Quon, he's... your prince has finally awakened.

Prince? Me?

That's right. Now, it's your turn to awaken her.

Awaken her? But how?

You just have to kiss her.

That's the role of the prince, isn't it?

Why don't YOU just do that then?!

If I could have done it, I would've long ago!

Never mind, just do it!

Come on, do it!

Do it!

Wait, Itsuki-san...

We've finally met.

I've waited so long.

I'm so glad I met you both before the sound of ruin filled the air.

Will you be all right by yourself now?

Thank you, Itsuki. The one who protected me.

The one whom I loved.

Me too.

I love you too.

Obliteration of Tokyo Jupiter's Absolute Barrier is confirmed.

Long ago, she tried to tune the world.

In the world of the Mu.

But she failed.

That's why she was sent to this world.

Along with your mother and Bahbem.

Soon, she will descend upon this world with the other RahXephon.

But that one is a fake.

A fake tuner that will accelerate the collapse of this world.

She also knows this.

But she can't stop it.

Then, why...

Because YOU can do it.

You can do it.

That's what she said.

You, with your blue blood, and your RahXephon

can stop her and conduct the true tuning of the world.

Please, save her. I beg of you.

If you'll do that, I don't care if you kill me.

Because I...

Because I love her.

If I get on the RahXephon again, the world will be saved?

Ayato-kun...

You're wrong.

I'm not going for your sake. I'm going for my own sake.

For the sake of the person I want to protect.

I've done it! I've finally done it!

Not the Tactical Division! Not that Kunugi!

I, Isshiki Makoto!

Commander!

What is it?!

A Mulian aerial city has appeared in the skies of New York.

Another appearance has been confirmed in the skies of Moscow.

This is...

The Mu are multiplying?!

I'm glad. I thought I wouldn't get to see you again.

Mishima.

Please, Kamina-kun...

I want you to die.

Elder Sister...

Why? Why did you have to come?

Because I have to do something that only I can do.

Why?! You said you weren't going to pilot the RahXephon anymore!

I'm sorry.

Your blood's already turned blue!

If you get on the RahXephon again, you won't be human anymore!

That's why.

With my blood turning blue,

I'm losing more and more of my memories from the past.

All sorts of memories.

I don't want to lose my memories with you.

I don't want to forget that I still love you, even now.

I don't have any time left.

When I become someone other than myself, someone not human,

I don't want to have forgotten you.

No, don't come any closer!

If it'll allow you to live, I don't care what happens to me.

No!

I finally found you.

I've been waiting all this time.

And now... And now... This isn't fair!

I was happy.

That you loved me all this time after I made you wait for so long.

It's cruel for me.

I'm sorry.

I wish I could have grown up with you.

I'm sorry I grew up without you.

Thank you.

Stop...

See you later.

I'll be going then.

Status now at Defcon 1.

Please act according to Emergency Program S-2.

Repeating.

I'm okay because my feelings have been fulfilled.

Because he accepted me, even though I've become this older woman.

Who are you?

As long as I have this memory, I can go on with my life.

Tell me, where are we?

I can endure anything as long as I have this memory.

What are you talking about?

Because my dream has come true.

Stop...

Then, what about Kamina-kun?

Kamina will lose his memories...

It can't be helped.

It's impossible now.

No matter how hard I try, I can't catch up to Kamina-kun now.

Then, why didn't you go with him?

An individual can only recognize oneself as an individual

when a point of reference exists.

Just as that is true for humans, so is it true for the world.

Without a point of reference, the being itself will be lost.

He is currently without a point of reference.

That's why he's suffering in search of one.

Because he left it behind over on this side.

His heart, more precious than anything else.

And the one who occupies the lion's share of his heart...

You.

Kamina-kun!

You can still make it.

That's what you've always done in the past, isn't it?

You've chased after Kamina-kun all this time, haven't you?

Don't worry.

He's waiting for you.

Go for it, me.

Will she be okay?

Will she be able to get there?

Don't worry, because she's...

Quit singing that song!

I got it!

I won't lose.

I can't afford to lose!

As a living being of this world!

Communication from the front.

Unidentified object has appeared off the coast of Miyazaki.

Currently flying towards the front line at 170 knots!

Message from TERRA command headquarters!

The flying target is the 5-A!

It has been confirmed as the RahXephon!

It can't be... this is...

Reverberate unto the heavens, song of joy.

It is in thy very own timbre.

And therefore, one that cannot be mimicked.

Here and now, the doorway to the tuning will be opened.

That's...

So, this is you?

Your true form after having reached the opposite shore of time?

A D-1 at 6 o'clock!

What?!

Know the pain of one who still has memories!

Hear the cry of a living being of this world!

Ayato!

What does this mean?!

Where are you, Ayato?!

I won't acknowledge it! I'll never acknowledge it!

Not for you to return everything to nothingness!

Not a world where Hiroko never existed!

Hiroko...

I see, so this is just another life.

Darn. And I wanted to see the end too...

The RahXephons are wanderers of numerous worlds.

Tuners that stabilize and harmonize worlds.

Our song will unite the world as one.

Fear not, my other half.

All that I am is for thee.

All that is thee shall accompany me.

The beginning exists for the end and the end exists for the beginning!

Sister, live together with Ayato.

Guide him,

to a world never to be lost again.

What should we do, Uncle?!

An order's been issued for the entire island to evacuate,

but I can't get in touch with my sister!

I'll try to get in contact with Haruka.

Meg, you get ready!

All right!

There's no need for you to be in such a hurry.

Hello?

It's you, isn't it, Haruka?

Yes.

You've been called by Ayato, haven't you?

I may not be much of one, but I'm still a scientist

who was involved in doing research on the RahXephon.

I can imagine roughly what's going on.

Haruka, that's the path you chose, isn't it?

Yes.

I'm sorry.

About all I can do now is watch over you.

It's okay, Uncle.

Haruka...

What?

Run!

Run and run through it all, and find happiness!

I will.

Do you suppose that's my sister?

Probably.

In the end, I'm just no match for her.

Well, I actually want to see a more human sort of happiness, you know.

Yes, yes.

I'll eventually let you see it someday, okay?

Lord Bahbem!

What is the meaning of this?!

An initiation in preparation for the new world.

You killed him?

I did not kill him.

I have been reborn.

Just as Kamina Ayato was.

I see.

I have long awaited this day.

Long ago, when my being was still in Mu,

I failed in my experiment with the RahXephon System that I had built

and I was sent over here. Ever since then, I have waited for this day.

Waited years and years, transferring from body to body.

So long, that I cannot even begin to guess

how many months and years have gone by anymore.

To what purpose?

Is it for the tuning of the Mu world?

I am not quite so shallow.

Think about it.

I have survived thus by accepting others, embracing them.

Accepting others, is it?

I merely wish to remain myself.

In order to stop the universe from collapsing due to being saturated by worlds,

there is no other way but to create a new Observer.

I want that Observer to see the world where I existed, you see.

And I have succeeded in doing so.

But the reality of the matter is, the world is ending.

Just what is to become of this world? Of this universe?

What is it that you are trying to make that boy do?

He has already reached the opposite shore of time.

And he will choose a world.

But that world can be none other than the Mu.

Why? Because in his veins flows the same Mu blood that flows in mine.

None can defy the blood in their veins.

Isn't that right?

Ultimately, I wasn't able to do anything for him.

Not guide him. Not to do anything motherly for him.

That's...

Mrs. Kamina...

Where are we?

If only you hadn't existed.

If you hadn't existed,

that child should not have had to suffer to this extent.

If only you hadn't shown him the outside world...

No! I just...

It would have been fine for me to be the only one who loved him.

The suffering I caused him is my responsibility.

Mine, for having created him.

That's why I was prepared to give him everything.

Because I was the only one

who was supposed to be able to support him in his destiny.

But...

That child discovered his own world.

The world you were in.

The world together with you.

I can no longer share his suffering with him.

That is because he did not want it to be so.

I hate to admit it, but what he wanted

was a distant memory that was supposed to have been erased.

Hurry along now.

If you want to suffer together with him so much,

then suffer with him for me.

You are the only one who can do that,

Haruka-chan...

Please take care of my son.

Mrs. Kamina, I...

Hurry now.

Mrs. Kamina!

Thank you.

I'll be going now!

It hasn't changed.

My feelings haven't changed one bit since back then.

Yes! That's right!

I'm going to go see Kamina-kun!

Kamina-kun...

Kamina-kun!

I'm glad you came.

Where are we?

This is the present.

The place where tales leading from the past come together.

But time has been stopped.

Tell me, am I alive?

Or am I dead?

You're alive.

What about you?

I also exist.

At all times, anywhere and everywhere.

Because I've become the Observer of Time,

who lives between the crevices of time.

You're no longer human, are you?

I suppose not.

What's going to happen now?

If I begin to observe time once again, time will start to flow.

The world was suffused with discordant sounds

because I wasn't here, but it'll be okay now.

You can't come back?

No.

Because unless I'm here, the world will become lost in noise once more.

Can't I stay here?

I'm sorry, but...

I want you to live.

Because that's why I chose to be here.

I love you, Kamina-kun.

I do too.

Don't cry.

But...

So, I'm going to let you make one final choice.

But you can't choose the future.

That's because you're human.

Humans can only continue to exist as humans

because humans exist as an amalgamation of their numerous memories.

So what you can choose is the past.

What kind of past would you have liked?

I...

I wanted to breathe the same air in the same world that you breathed.

I wanted to be walking on the same earth that you were walking on.

I wanted to spend the same time with you.

I... I...

I wanted to grow up together with you!

We've finally arrived.

This place is...

We weren't able to come here only because you wished it.

It's also because the being that I once was wished it too.

You too, Kamina-kun?!

Kamina-kun?!

And just as it had been for you...

That time, Kamina-kun had also lost his heart to you.

So, in a way, Kamina-kun was you and in turn, you were him.

To us, that is.

Thank you.

If you hadn't come, if you hadn't wished it,

the world would have returned to nothingness.

I'm sorry.

Even we do not have the ability to turn back time.

Instead, we'll give the two of you memories.

The time you should have been able to spend together.

I see.

So, this is...

Yes, this is where it begins.

Your memories of being together.

What are you two going to do?

You two are the RahXephon, right?

We'll just go back to where we belong.

But we won't be lonely.

Because we'll have each other.

I see. I wish you happiness.

No, that's what we should say to you two.

Thank you.

What is this?! Just what has happened?!

Is this the radiance of the System that I created?!

This is wrong!

It is not wrong.

This is our...

No, this is the choice those who will come after us have made.

Are you saying that the instrumentalist has betrayed me?!

Betrayal? What are you talking about?

He has inherited the blood of both the Mu and mankind.

He is the child of all of us living beings.

That boy's blood is blue! The same as the blood in my veins!

So what if his blood is blue?!

He is trying to save this situation,

which you gave rise to and which we nurtured!

Taking responsibility as a living being.

That is ridiculous!

How about it, Lord Bahbem?

Should we not take responsibility as well?

I am the Creator!

A god that man can perceive is no god!

Thank you. We owe this to you, Maya.

I see. So, that's what it was about, Sister.

Now, let's go home.

Go home? Where?

To one who cares for me.

The beginning exists for the end

and the end exists for the beginning.

60 years later

August 15, 2072 A.D.

"In a Wonderland they lie,

Dreaming as the days go by,

Dreaming as the summers die:

Ever drifting down the stream- Lingering in the golden gleam-

Life, what is it but a dream?"

Through the Looking-Glass

Say, Grandma,

do you think Alice actually got back to the real world in the end?

Why do you ask that?

Because it's saying that maybe life is just a dream, right?

That's true, but did Alice really travel to a dream world?

Ultimately, Alice came back to the real world,

but the truth is, that's not important at all.

It doesn't matter which world was the real world.

Because she was left with her memories.

Wonderful memories of her experiences in the Looking-Glass world.

At the very least, I think they were real to her.

Isn't that enough?

That's what your grandpa used to say.

You must have really loved Grandpa, huh?

What? Why do you say that?

Because you always talk about him.

Oh, now do I?

But so that's how it was.

I guess Grandpa was really loved.

Z e o n - i n R y o j i n

H o u g e n K o j i

Did Grandpa love you properly in return, Grandma?

You shouldn't tease your elders.

All right, that's enough talking.

I've talked so much, I'm thirsty now.

Oh, then I'll bring some tea.

We have wheat tea!

It's dangerous to run, Reika.

Don't worry!

Through the Looking-Glass

Kamina-kun...

Grandma, sorry for the wait.

Huh?

Grandma?

Grandma?!

Oh, did she wander off again somewhere?

Grandma!

Come on, where are you?!

The tears you shed

Kimi ga nagasu namida

I'm here just so I can wipe them away

Nuguu tame dake ni boku wa koko ni iru yo

Just as everything is beautiful after a rain shower

Ame-agari ga kirei na you ni

Crying makes the heart crystal-clear

Nakeba kokoro sukitouru

The world we overlook from the top of the hill

Oka no ue de miwatasu sekai wa

Should be overflowing with love today

Kyou ai de afureteru hazu nano ni

But we don't notice it because we're lost in our lives

Mayoi ikiru bokura wa kizukazu

Even the kind song of love won't reach us

Yasashii ai no uta sae todokanai

I want to protect only you

Mamoritai tada anata dake o

The days illuminated by the radiance of your smile

Sono egao kagayaku hibi o

I want to protect the heart wavering in sorrow

Mamoritai kodoku ni kakomare

Surrounded by solitude

Kanashimi ni yureru kokoro o

For all days to come

Itsu no hi mo

All that I swear

Boku ga chikau subete

I will put it all on the line and I will gradually lose

Subete o kakete boku wa ushinatte yuku

Thinking of the one I love, of you

Itoshii hito kimi o omoi

I will live my life with you

Kimi to tomo ni ikiteku yo

We are too kind and we are afraid

Yasashisugiru bokura wa kowagari

We aren't able to express our true feelings well

Hontou no kimochi jouzu ni ienakattari

And we try saying big things on purpose

Wazato ooki na koto o ittemitari

But even so, it's okay now, because we've been fulfilled

Sore de mo mou daijoubu mitasareta kara

We will love each other

Aishiau bokutachi wa tsuyoi

Even separated in a strong gale

Kaze no naka hanarete mo

We will love each other

Aishiau bokutachi of tsumo

We'll always be close by in our prayers

Soba is a kind of inori no naka de

Forever

Turn it over

I want to protect only you

Mamoritai has a game day

The days illuminated by the the radiance of your smile

Sono egao kagayaku is not available

I want to protect the heart wavering in sorrow

Mamoritai code is not available

Surrounded by solitude

Kanashimi is the boss

I'll never forget the wind and the trees

Wasurenai kaze of the kigi o

The sunset sky we saw that day

This is the yuuyake-zora meter

I'll never forget our favorite song

Wasurenai daisuki in the house

The cover of the picture book I read so many times

Listen to the yonda ehon no hyoushi

I want to protect only you

Mamoritai has a game day

The days illuminated by the the radiance of your smile

Sono egao kagayaku is not available

I want to protect the heart wavering in sorrow

Mamoritai code is not available

Surrounded by solitude

Kanashimi is the boss

I'll never forget this vast sky

Wasurenai kono takai sora

The blue seas, the summer sun

Aoi umi natsu no hizashi

I'll never forget any of it

Wasuranai anata to kawashita

Not even the words we exchanged

Kotoba sae nanimo kamo

The fleeting rainbow

Tsukanoma no niji

I just know it'll be the bridge that leads to you

Kitto kimi e no kakehashi ni naru darou