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[static hissing]

- YoRHa signal for black box unit 2B offline.

Death confirmed.

[beeping]

Report. As per previously registered protocol,

marking A2 as the new target to observe.

Deactivation of unit A2 confirmed.

Reactivating.

[mechanical clicking]

[beeping]

Report.

A2's memory area severely damaged.

Repairing and replaying remaining data.

[grunts]

[low rumbling]

- Bunker, come in.

This is YoRHa Captain Number One.

The descent operation is going well.

No enemies in sight. Continuing entry as planned.

T minus 2400 seconds to landfall.

This should be easy.

- Don't get cocky.

- You're such a worrywart, commander.

Don't worry. I can handle it.

- Guys, what do you think it'll be like on Earth?

- It should be like the simulations.

- Come on. You know that's not what I mean.

- It doesn't matter what it's like.

- What about you, number 13?

Doesn't it excite you? - Well, yeah.

- Hah, I knew it. - [gasps]

- What about you, number 2? - [gasps]

I'm looking forward to it! - That's enough chitchat.

- [groans] - We're on a mission here.

[beeps] both: Okay.

- [laughs] - We gotta keep our composure

if we're gonna successfully complete this mission.

- You got it, number 1.

[beeping] - [gasps]

- Heat sources approaching.

Heat signature 42,000 meters out and approaching.

[hissing]

[static beeping]

- The unit! - What's happening?

- Stay calm, everyone!

[indistinct radio chatter]

[booming]

- Number 12 and number 14 hit.

Number 11 and number 22 signals lost.

- What's the meaning of this?

- It seems to be a guided laser being fired from the surface.

- We had defenses prepared for this.

- They're not working.

- I've lost control! - Damn machines.

They have been evolving.

- [gasping] What should I do?

[gasps]

- [screaming]

- Confirming black box signals.

Eight YoRHa units remain.

- Good luck, new models. I'm counting on you.

- [groaning]

[gasps]

[gasping]

- You're awake.

- [gasps]

- Oh, good morning, number 16.

- Get a grip already, will ya?

This is our reality now.

- [gasps]

[grunts]

[shudders]

Status report?

- They got half of us.

There are eight units left of which four are doing well,

including you.

However, the other four might not make it.

- Where's number one?

- [whimpers]

There are seven of us left.

That said, only four of us can mobilize.

Your orders, captain?

- Huh? Why are you asking me?

- With the death of our captain number 1,

their title has been transferred to you, number 2.

Awaiting your orders, captain. - Oh, but I don't know if I--

- I'll assume her position.

I have better combat skills anyway.

- You know that's not how it works.

- Huh? - What are we supposed

to do in this scenario?

We have wounded.

[both groaning]

- [whimpering]

- Captain, please.

You're violating regulations.

- [stammers]

[groans]

[shuddering]

[sniffles]

[grunts]

[gasps]

Attacker number 2 here,

confirming transfer of captain's rights!

We are continuing the mission with the remaining units!

- [gasps] Even the wounded?

- I am not abandoning our allies!

- Well, we can leave them sheltered somewhere.

- We don't know where the machine lifeforms

are coming from. - We can't do that!

- [exhales sharply]

Well, I know we're s'posed to go to Mt. Ka'ala.

But we landed so far from where we planned.

Are we still going there? - Absolutely!

- What will we do for backup?

- I'll see if command can help us with that.

Please connect me with command ASAP.

- Communication has been severed.

It hasn't recovered yet.

- Oh.

Then we'll wait till it recovers.

- We don't know when that will be.

- [gasps]

I see.

Then we keep moving ahead.

[distant birds chirping] [gasps]

[birds chirping]

This is Earth. It's beautiful.

[inhales and exhales sharply]

[gasps]

[grunts]

- Number 2, our wounded, they're already...

- Number 2! - [grunts]

- Hey, number 2! - [crying]

[all gasping]

- Picking up machine lifeforms ahead.

A larger number of them than we expected

is heading this way.

[booming] - [gasps]

[gasps]

- We have to counter attack. Put her down.

- I... But--

- We weren't able to save any of them.

- [gasps]

- You get that, don't you?

- [gasps]

- Yes, but I-- - That's false.

Our current selves weren't able to save them.

[booming]

There are 128,000 enemy units.

This isn't a battle the four of us can win.

We'll be crushed.

We're waiting your orders, captain.

[rapid gunfire]

[booming]

- [gasps]

[mechanical whirring]

[gasps] Retreat!

[whirring]

This is YoRHa soldier's captain number 2!

Command, do you copy?

[breathing heavily]

Please, command, respond!

[breathing heavily]

[rapid gunfire] [all gasping]

[gasping]

[rumbling]

[whirring]

- [gasps] - Wha...

- Seriously?

- [gasps]

[gasps]

[gasps]

[birds chirping]

- Thank you for saving us back there like you did.

Uh, look, there's no need to be scared.

We're your allies!

We're new models.

- We didn't hear anything about a squadron like you

being sent our way.

- Oh. - Our operation here

was top secret.

So it's only natural word

of it hasn't reached the surface.

- Really/

Top secret, huh?

That means there'd be no issues

if I killed you right here, then.

- [gasps]

We should do something, quick.

- You want us to help you with a mission to destroy

a machine lifeform server?

We just met and you expect us to work with you?

- That's right.

Before we landed we had a squadron of 16.

However, we were ambushed while entering the atmosphere

and lost many of our allies.

- I wish we weren't skeptical of your intentions.

But we've seen countless enemy units make disturbing moves

as of late and I-- - Captain,

they can't be trusted. There's the infection, too.

- Yeah, I know.

What happened to backup from the moon?

- [gasps] Well, they...

[both laughing] [gasps]

- So that's it.

The moon abandoned you guys, too, huh?

- What? They'd never do that.

- You sure are stupid for a new model.

- What did you say?

- Shut up or I'll blow you to pieces.

- Do your worst, coward!

- Stop it! - Sounds good to me!

- Dahlia, knock it off. - Listen to me!

Command won't send reinforcements!

We are fighting alone!

We have no choice but to complete the operation

by ourselves! [inhales sharply]

Please, I'm begging you! We need allies!

- Drop the victim act and grow up.

- Say that again!

- That's enough! Come on. We'll do this on our own.

- Hold on a second. - We're wasting time.

- Wait.

Listen.

For the past few decades,

we have been fighting a war of attrition--

one where victory seems impossible.

Even so, we choose to push forward

for our fallen comrades.

- Rose. - Their squad was denied

their backup and tossed aside. - [grunts]

- They're no different than us.

- Yeah, but-- - What's your plan for taking

this fight to the Pacific?

Surviving isn't enough to win these battles.

What we need are powerful allies.

We'll assist you.

However, if I decide that you are an enemy...

I'll eliminate you.

- Understood.

- All this time we've been fighting an uphill battle

against the machine lifeforms all so that...

We can live as a family.

- You can't just shoot her!

- We kill her before it spreads.

That's all we can do now.

- If we don't, she'll kill us.

- But wait, that's--

- [screaming]

- [gasps] - [shouts]

- [grunts]

[groaning]

- [breathing erratically]

- Number 4 and 16, hold her down!

Number 21, Lily needs to be cured!

[all gasping]

- You get that, don't you? - They're already...

- Our current selves weren't able to save them.

[all grunting]

- That's impossible!

- [gasps]

- [grunts] I'm sorry.

Lily! - [snarls]

- [grunts] [clangs]

You're family!

- [exhales]

- I'm not fit to be a leader.

- [grunts] - It's true.

When things get dire,

I'm slow to make decisions and I'm stubborn.

I'm not like you who can pull

the trigger without any hesitation.

- [gasping] - Sure.

- [shouting] [thuds]

- But because of that, Lily's still with us.

- [grunts]

- I don't know what's right. - [grunts]

- The thing is, I'm quick to make a decision.

But that's not always good.

It's no better than hesitating.

At least you weigh all your options.

Had you not been stubborn back there,

my decision would have cost Lily her life.

That's all hindsight, I guess.

You all good now? Let's go.

- Okay.

[all speaking at once]

- Number 4, watch your feet. - Hmm?

- Don't step on the flowers.

- Oh, sorry.

- Whose are they? - Whose?

Oh, right. Our names are all based on flowers.

The captain gave us these names.

- So what's the name of that flower?

- This one?

Beats me. both: You don't know?

[indistinct chatter]

- It's nice when you have a name.

After all, it gives our lives meaning.

'Cause it makes it feel like we're family.

[all speaking at once]

Number 2, what's your meaning of life?

- [gasps]

I think it's-- - Hey, guys!

[computer clicking]

- Report. From this point forward,

multiple memory sectors deleted

by A2 herself have been confirmed.

Attempt and restoration

of deleted memory sectors commenced.

- I repeat, YoRHa soldiers,

please promptly head to the elevator

with the current forces on hand.

Sorry, but this order came from the commander.

- Command! Command!

Margaret.

Gerbera.

Daisy.

Dahlia.

Anemone.

Number 16.

Number 21.

- This can't be real.

It has to be a nightmare.

- [gasps]

- Hey, number 2.

Are androids able to dream? - [grunts]

They're not.

- [exhales]

I wish this were a dream.

[rumbling]

- [breathing heavily]

- Captain. Captain!

Captain Rose!

Why me?

- Quickly, Lily. You two need to evacuate now.

- [gasps]

- We'll regroup later.

- [gasps]

- There's no way. - Lily!

[gasps]

- [grunts]

[groaning]

Let's go, Lily.

- [gasps]

- [grunts]

[breathing heavily]

- We've been waiting for you to finally come here.

- We've been watching you for a while.

[both gasping]

- Hey, who is that?

- Always.

- Always.

[both gasping]

- These androids were left lying around a battlefield.

- They'd lost their allies

and their hearts had long been broken.

- That's why we give them meaning to their lives.

- That's why we rewrite them so they will side with us now.

- So tell me.

- Will you fight them as well?

- [shuddering] You bastard!

- Stay calm. - [gasps]

- We have to destroy this place. - Right!

both: It's utterly meaningless to conquer this server.

- [grunts] - The command's objectives

lie elsewhere.

- Humanity's objectives lie elsewhere.

[blow lands] [both gasping]

- [grunts]

[groans]

[grunts]

- This is something rather important,

so listen closely, you two.

- This is the cold hard truth we obtained

by hacking into your servers.

- A harsher, crueler battlefield is necessary in order

to nurture a true warrior.

- Or at least that's what command thought so they

had planned spontaneous battles and harsh situations in advance.

- All for their new experimental weapon, the YoRHa soldier.

- [gasps] - And the results

were exactly what command expected.

- Because even on the brink of annihilation,

you somehow managed to survive and reach this location.

- Using your data,

they can create even more

perfect automatic infantry dolls.

both: This is humanity's objective.

- If that's true then that means command really did...

Plan all this.

From the beginning.

- Look out! - [giggling]

[gasps]

- [screaming] - Number 4!

- [groans] - [screaming continues]

- This can't be. - Amusing, isn't it?

- So amusing.

- Her chassis remains corrupted.

- But she regained consciousness.

- How does it feel to kill your allies

while still being completely sane?

- How does it feel to be killed by your allies

while being completely sane?

- Will you still fight?

- Will you still oppose?

both: Why do you do such meaningless things?

[both whimpering]

- Hey. - [gasps]

- Number 2.

It's up to you now. - Hold on. Isn't that--

- If she successfully activates that,

it'll provide enough fire power to destroy the server room.

- Command gave you those so that you could self destruct

in this exact scenario.

[both grunting] - This is your victory that

that was planned from the start.

- And this is our defeat that had been planned from the start.

- But as machine lifeforms,

none of this affects us whatsoever.

- Even if you manage to destroy the server, nothing will change.

- Violence, intelligence, courage, humility.

- [shouting] - The Council of Humanity

has designed you to be highly individualistic.

- That is why you can augment each other.

- That is why you can kill each other.

[both shouting]

- [gasps] - Funny, isn't it?

- [gasping] - It's so funny.

[both giggling]

- [stammers]

- [gasps]

- [breathing erratically]

- Rose.

- But why?

- Amaryllis.

- [gasps]

- Lycoris. Cataleya.

- [gasps]

And Freesia.

- [whimpers]

- As of now, we're family.

- [whimpers] - Forever.

- [crying]

- [shouting]

- Number 4! - Please let us go.

[all grunting]

- [shouting]

[gunshot]

- [whimpers] - Number 2.

Live on without us.

- Because there's life and death,

you all are able to exist, yes?

- [screaming]

I won't forget.

The agony of being unable to save my allies.

The inexplicable pain of losing my family.

As long as I live...

I'll never forget.

[groans]

- Completed repairs,

other than the memory sectors that were destroyed.

- [grunts]

- Activation of unit A2 confirmed.

- [groans]

- Good morning to you, A2.

- [whimpers] Machine...

Lifeforms... - Proposal.

Get plenty of rest. - Hang on a second!

When did you wake up? [thuds]

Oh, my goodness! - Report.

Confirmed loss of consciousness.

Reactivating.

Currently replaying repair data that was previously destroyed.

- [singing in Japanese]

- Hey!

If we're staying...

Does this mean we'll be together like this forever?

- [gasps]

[both giggling] - What's up with that?

both: Yeah right. [both gasping]

[both laughing] - Tell me what's so funny.

- Forever with you sounds like hell.

- Right back at'cha.

- It's only been one week, you know.

- It's been six days, 12 hours, and 48 seconds, to be precise.

- Thank you for your valued input.

- I was just saying how it looked, that's all!

Geez!

- Well, I hope that you're right.

- [giggles]

[both giggling]

- [chuckles]

Rose.

The meaning of life to me is to protect everyone.

Because...

I want us all to stay together.

- Just like me. - [chuckles]

[inhales sharply]

I hope we stay like this forever!

[all laughing]

- Thank you for understanding me, number 2.

[buzzing]

[percussive music]

♪ ♪

- Even ordinary androids like us are fighting for humanity

day in and day out! [bangs table]

- Yeah, you got that right, boss.

- I know that the YoRHa soldiers are giving their all.

We've had a long relationship and helped each other out

whenever we needed to!

- You got that right, boss! [bangs table]

Bring us some mackerel!

- But I didn't think it would all end up as nothing more

than this one photograph. [whimpers]

And the machine lifeforms are to blame for all of it!

Right, tavern master?

- You got that right, boss!

Blow 'em all away!

[both gulping]

[both exhaling sharply] both: Tasty!

- Tavern master, what's this booze made of?

Huh? Wha...

My body's kinda...

[beeping]

[rapid whirring] [dings]