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Who is this vision I see floating before my eyes? Dare ga miteiru VISUAL? Me no mae no

Rushing water runs back over my body Kyuu na mizu ga karada wo sakasa ni kakemeguru

Now, the two of us think about... Ima futari wa

the meaning of our having met Deatta imi omou

Even though we must be swimming... Kitto dareka no kioku no naka

Within someone's memories Oyoideiru dakedemo

The wings of light upon your back Kimi no senaka

Spread out towards the sky Hikari no hane ga sora e hirogaru

No matter the place, no matter the past Donna basho mo donna kako sae mo

A single wish... Tadahitotsu no negai ga

Will surpass it all Norikoete yuku yo

I really appreciate this.

Even when you're not in the mood to pilot Zegapain,

you still accepted this recon mission.

There's something...

There's something I just have to see for myself!

See for yourself?

The human race was destroyed by the Gardsorm.

All of us are living in a phantom city that's inside a machine!

The memories of a dead human race!

You think you can hit me with news like that and expect me to just accept it?!

You're right.

Fine. You can look around until you're satisfied.

This world must be the one that's made up.

That's right. It has to be.

Vanish! All of this!

DISAPPEAR!

It can't be...

YOU GOD DAMNED FOOLS!

LOST SOULS

You want Chris and Arque permanently attached to the Oceanus's crew?!

We're currently experiencing a severe pilot shortage.

Even so, the Dvaraka hasn't any manpower to spare either, Commander Shima.

Of course, that isn't the only reason for this.

Both of our ships have already moved further apart.

Even if we tried an ultra-long range teleport of the Hraesvelg,

it'd have so little Q.L. Left that it couldn't hold off any enemies it might encounter.

I already know the Gardsorm are after the Oceanus.

I'm sorry, Commander Isola.

We'd like to stay here.

It looks like we can destroy more Gardsorm here aboard the Oceanus.

You're both mercenaries.

You're free to choose which vessel to serve aboard, but...

Are you really sure you want this, Arque?

Yes. We came to this decision together.

I see.

Then sadly, I have no choice. Very well.

However!

Promise me we'll meet again. That's my one condition.

Thank you, Commander.

Still, even if it was a sneak attack by Abyss and Sin,

it was a major failure to allow them to steal the Zegapain's data.

Yes. That was my mistake.

At any rate, they're sure to make some kind of move.

We'd both better stay on guard.

See you. Give Yehl my regards.

Chris, Arque, let's make this official. Welcome aboard the Oceanus.

It's a pleasure to be here.

A pleasure.

In other words, these things are vehicles for allowing ghosts to walk around outside, right?

No. The holonic loader is a life support system to sustain your meta-bodies in the real world.

You could think of it as being like deep-sea diving gear.

Like we're alive...

Kyo, your facial color doesn't look at all well.

Your mentalism level is also very erratic.

Is your physical condition not well?

Believe it or not, I know quite a bit about medical science.

Let's see... Judging by your current symptoms, my first guess would be...

YOU GOD DAMNED FOOLS!

Feel better now?

Did the Gardsorm really kill them all?!

Yes. They destroyed humanity.

And soon they'll kill those like you, who were evacuated onto the servers.

But, that means I'm dead, too! I only survive as data now!

That's correct.

I've considered what may be giving you trouble. There are 15 possibili...

Never mind, Fosetta. I appreciate the concern, though.

But...

Besides, I don't have a body, so I can't get sick anymore, can I?

Kyo...

Morning, Kyo.

Oh. It's you, Kaminagi.

What do you mean "Oh, it's you," huh?

Are you okay?

"Okay?"

Well... You've been really down for the past few days.

I have?! Well, time to cheer up, then!

Hee-ya! Hi-ya! Oopsey-daisy!

'Kay?

That's why I said you were acting weird.

You never do stuff like that...

In short, this is a phenomenon caused by changes in atmospheric pressure.

Remember that, because it's going to be on the exam. Okay, next...

What the hell are we doing?

We're just ghosts, but we go on studying.

We have no bodies, but we exercise.

It's all crap...

Ah, to be young again...

So, one week of staying after or a mountain of homework. Which will it be?

Impossible!

IM-possible!

The sun could rise in the west and that idiot would still come to the pool!

And for him to miss two days of swimming in a row is...

Totally impossible. Totally impossible.

Which means we've come here two days in a row.

This is lame! Let's go!

Huh? Hey, wait up!

This may be his chance.

Sogoru's been acting weird?

He just seems to be kinda down.

As soon as school ends, he just goes straight home.

Sure he's not just having trouble with Kawaguchi and the others again?

What was that about me?

Don't go telling stories about people!

Mind if we join you?

You finished? I'll take it, then!

Ushio, you jerk!

Um, Hayasechi, you're going on to university, right?

Who knows.

No way! I hear you're a shoo-in to make the final cut...

on the Tokyo University entrance exams!

I'm aiming to be a life guard!

I didn't ask you!

There's going to be a performance at the Atelier. Wanna go see it?

Sure! I'd love to!

I'm not asking you!

Looks like he's finally given up on the swim club.

Kyo has?

He hasn't been coming to the pool. After acting so obsessed about it, too...

Gotta be girl trouble.

Maybe he came on too strong to Misaki-sempai and got rejected.

Yeah, that sounds right. The guy's such an idiot!

Shizuno-sempai?

So, what is it? You wanted to talk to me?

Well, you see... It's...

Look, Shizuno-sempai...

Did something happen between you and Kyo?

What sort of thing?

Kyo just hasn't been himself.

I've never seen him like this...

And?

I was wondering if Kyo...

If maybe he told you that he liked you, and...

It happened.

But, the truth is... It wasn't him who did the confessing. It was me.

I told him I loved him.

If I said that, what would you do?

You really scared me! I didn't think you'd joke about that.

So why don't you tell me how you feel about Sogoru?

What is Sogoru to you?

Oh, stop teasing me! Kyo's just a boy I grew up with!

It's true he's struggling with something.

There's nothing I can do to help him, but...

If you can, maybe you can cheer him up.

See you.

It's true. I'm always the one who ends up confessing to him.

What is Sogoru to you?

That's a really good question. What is Kyo to me?

A way to cheer Kyo up, huh?

Of course!

Now look, Kaminagi...

What?

I'll admit, there is water here, like you said...

You love the water, don't you, Kyo?

Yeah. Except... EXCEPT!

MINAMI MAIHAMA AQUARIUM

MINAMI MAIHAMA AQUARIUM I CAN'T SWIM HERE!

MINAMI MAIHAMA AQUARIUM Um... Now, look...

Who said we were going to the aquarium to swim?!

Now get dressed!

You really are a swimming addict, aren't you?

I chose a place with water for our date because I wanted to cheer you up!

Oh, this is a date? Then lemme ask you this:

Why'd you bring your digi-cam and the script and a tripod?!

Um... Well, it's kinda...

I thought we could do some location hunting, too.

But that's secondary! Totally secondary!

Okay, let's get this show on the road!

Let the date begin!

Hey! Location hunting comes second, right, Kaminagi?!

C'mon, answer me straight! Am I just an afterthought on this?!

We get a new assignment and get lucky almost immediately, Arque.

Who'd expect we'd run across a target this big?

Yeah.

Enemy heavy transport "Viagem" sighted by the Hraesvelg while on recon!

Course: 3-1-0, speed: 0-point-4-8!

At this rate, Commander Isola's Dvaraka will be in detection range in 90 minutes.

Message from Hraesvelg. They request Q.L. Replenishment.

Replenishment, authorized!

Zegatank, stand by!

Commander, what about the Altair?

No. Save it for now.

Aye, sir! Scramble Lu-shen and May-yu!

What is it, Yehl?

That's right. This is a critical time in seeing if Kyo is any use to us or not.

I also want to see what sort of assets Chris and Arque will make.

I don't expect you to ever show any compassion.

Caladrius, prepare for launch!

Replenishment Q.L., charged and ready!

Moving to transmission chamber!

Chamber seal release, confirmed!

Q.L. Driver, conjunction!

Entangle!

Confirm successful transmission of the Caladrius.

Then let's get started!

One last gift to Commander Isola!

Right.

Front grip, weapons chamber coil! Output, okay!

Holonic field, forming!

Holonic rifles! Both hands!

Oh, man! Kaminagi, check this stuff out!

Red snapper! Shad!

A conger eel!

White tuna!

What is this, a big sushi bar for you?!

Well, no matter what, he seems to be enjoying himself.

It's as tough as I expected.

But the Hraesvelg's firepower is nothing to sneeze at!

Amazing!

Sending one unit up against the Viagem?

No wonder the commander wants them.

A phony city. A phony life. A phony peace.

Everyone living without a clue.

About the Gardsorm invasion. The destruction of mankind...

How they're just meta-bodies preserved on a quantum server.

It's ironic. We, who've lost our physical bodies, come to look at living things.

Kyo?

I was just... Oh, yeah!

I was just thinking how much this one looks just like you!

Oh, really?!

Agh! That hurt!

You jerk! You didn't have to hit me so hard!

Aanvals launching from Viagem! Number: Eight!

Take us in front of it!

Gotcha!

¡Aanval, se está acercando!

They're going toe-to-toe with us! ¡Aanval, se está acercando!

Switching holonic rifles to blade mode! ¡Aanval, se está acercando!

Switching holonic rifles to blade mode!

Restructuring right-side holonic wing!

Wha?! Arque!

I'm fine!

I'm all right. Keep fighting!

Let's finish this so we can finish that bottle of Krug you like so much.

The Grand Cuvee?

It's vintage stuff!

Hraesvelg, withdraw from the battle zone at once!

We can't transfer the Q.L. Charge unless you do!

Enemy profile, confirmed: Ulvorful.

Multiple Ulvorfuls, closing! Range 4,000, to the rear of the Hraesvelg! Enemy profile, confirmed: Ulvorful.

Multiple Ulvorfuls, closing! Range 4,000, to the rear of the Hraesvelg!

We're giving Chris and Arque some cover! Equip anti-air weaponry!

Roger! Reading arm-section conversion data into the quantum conversion chamber!

Transferring Q.L. Load! Physicalizing!

Phalanx shot!

Physicalization, complete!

Oh!

Check out the streamlining on them!

God, if only I'd been born shaped like that!

A phony existence. A phony life. A phony heart.

Can anyone say that we're really alive in any way?

We, who live merely as data?

Am I really "Kyo Sogoru?"

MINAMI MAIHAMA AQUARIUM

MINAMI MAIHAMA AQUARIUM Am I really "here?"

Man, that was a lot of fun!

Thanks a lot, Kaminagi! You really cheered me up!

Liar.

You've had something on your mind all day.

You weren't having any fun at all!

You were just pretending to enjoy yourself...

That's not true! I swear, I had a blast...

You might be able to fool my eye, but not the viewfinder on my camera!

Kyo, what's bothering you?

You can tell me, if you want.

I'm not going to act like I can solve your problem, but...

But, it's hard for me.

It's so hard to just stand and watch you being in pain.

Kaminagi...

Perdida de Q.L.

Viagem, changing course! Heading now 0-3-5!

It's trying to withdraw from the battle zone!

Arque!

I'm fine.

But!

Why did we stay aboard the Oceanus, Chris?

Yeah, you're right.

Kyo?

Just one unit left!

Just one unit left! Q.L. Es insuficiente.

Gotcha! Q.L. Es insuficiente.

K- Kyo, hold on a second...

You're warm, Kaminagi.

You're alive, aren't you? You're here with me, aren't you?

Wh-What are you talking about?

And I'm alive too, aren't I? I'm here too, aren't I?

Here with you...

Kyo, you're squeezing too hard! Let me go!

No! I don't want to let you go.

Kaminagi...

It got away!

Forgive me.

No prob. It wasn't your fault.

We ran out of Q.L. Next time, we'll get 'em for sure!

Arque! Just hang on! Arque!

Oceanus! Emergency teleport! Hurry!

No!

I'm not lying! Kaminagi, I really do!

It's no use. See? You can't lie to me, Kyo.

Go home without me, Kyo.

I think I left something inside.

Bye. I'll see you tomorrow!

I'm just... impossible...

Awaken Me ga samete

The pain of your dream Yume no itami ga

Melts away into the night Yoru ni tokete yuku

The cold sky of the windy city Kaze no machi no tsumetai sora ga

Causes everything to change Subete wo kaete yuku

If time should turn back Toki ga modotara

If time should turn back Toki ga modotara

If time should turn back Toki ga modotara

Kiss me and say goodbye KISS shite GOODBYE

To everything there is Ari to Arayurumono

And in the endless loop of time Meguriyuku toki ni

You'll come back to me again Megurikuru anata ni

On the edges of memory Kioku no fuchi de

Time repeats itself Toki wa kurikaesu

As I imagined once IMAGE wo mita

As I wish to imagine again IMAGE wo mitakute

NEXT EPISODE

NEXT EPISODE Reality is a lot harsher than you think it is.

Reality is a lot harsher than you think it is.

But you don't feel any pain unless it affects you directly.

Struggle all the more, Kyo Sogoru!

In the boundary between the unreal and the real,

I shall show you from outside both the world you live in and your insignificant form!

Sis, you're totally out of character!

Next time, on Zegapain! Next time, on Zegapain!

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WATER "On the Other Side of the Water."

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WATER My thoughts, never to be erased.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WATER