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We must be fools...

Look at the traces of our former dreams.

No more days of innocence.

FAFNER

We give in to the flow as we become adults.

Does it mean we become dirty little by little?

Like fruits, ripe ones are chosen...

cut up by a knife...

and swallowed, but before that...

We aimed at Shangri-La...

Unable to suppress our desire.

We desired the freedom, but could it be just our imagination?

Now we can say that this is the paradise.

No more days of innocence.

Kazuki came back quickly after leaving us, didn't he...?

Landing is authorized.

The enemy... seems to be gone.

Kazuki did it, didn't he? Even though he was so tired.

After all, it's love, isn't it? Love.

In other words, you saved the island, missy.

No... I didn't do anything.

Don't be shy.

You removed items vital to the war...

...and leaked the island's secret.

You could be deported, depending on the consensus of Alvis.

Stay here until your punishment is determined.

About Mom... I heard from Mr. Mizoguchi.

It's not your fault, Dad.

Apologize to Mom when you get home...

...and never leave without permission again.

How can you lock your son up in the shelter for the mentally disabled?

It's Dr. Tomi's recommendation.

Impulsive action due to lunacy, is it?

Um... what's going to happen to Kazuki?

Don't worry.

By the way, don't you have something for Commander Makabe?

Oh... Mr. Yoji Hino asked me to give this to you...

What about Yoji?

He's gone... along with the Festum.

I see...

You did a lot for us...

Thank you.

N-No...

Episode 17 DEVICE (Survival)

How do you do, Soshi?

It's difficult to wear these clothes.

I can't move my hands well yet.

Do you want to hear why I got out of the Coagula?

If it was your will... I will just follow it.

It's not my will...

It's my dream.

Dream?

I wanted to see the world with my own eyes...

...and touch it with my hands...

My dream came true.

I will do anything you wish.

I want to live with the rest of the family.

Don't worry. It's just my selfish wish.

You can say, "It's impossible," just like a big brother would, Soshi.

Yeah.

It's synchronicity.

If humans acquire the power...

...the Festum will read it and seize it for themselves.

It is a fact that the enemy is getting stronger.

But it's not all because of the island, is it?

The enemy is reading human power through Tatsumiya Island.

Then we can read the enemy's power through the island, can't we?

You don't have any intention of giving up the island?

Of course not. What is your intention?

Tomorrow morning, this submarine will leave.

The other one stays at the island.

You're going to use one submarine as a shield?

We will not attack.

I can't trust you.

I assume our conversation is over...

I promise we will return both of them unhurt.

Your existence itself is in danger.

Hello. It's been a long time.

What a surprise... It's you, Michio.

I want to ask you a question.

What is it?

That new type... Who was on it? Can you please tell me?

Kazuki.

He was?

Do you know him?

He stopped the attack during the battle. He's a coward.

He... stopped the attack?

I see... I must praise him.

Minashiro.

How do you do, Maya?

Eh?

Hey, is Chizuru inside?

Okay, see you, Soshi.

Who is that girl?

Tsubaki Minashiro... My sister.

Sister? You have a sister?

For personal reasons...

...she was staying at a facility for a long time.

Is that so...?

Hey, did you talk to Kazuki?

It's none of your concern.

But you promised!

You are not a pilot. Keep your nose out of it!

I know I'm not a pilot...

But I want everyone to get along.

Every time someone is gone, we fight...

Please! Really talk to Kazuki.

Soshi.

It's my room.

Come in.

You live inside Alvis?

It's convenient for a sortie.

Sit down.

Now. Let's talk.

Talk...

Um, this room doesn't have anything in it.

Open your eyes! I have a bed.

I have a table, a sofa, and a desk.

I have a picture on the wall, too.

Is that... the only one?

Look.

I have a compact bathroom, too.

Are you sick?

Don't touch without asking!

It's medicine to suppress flashbacks.

Flashbacks?

The pain you pilots felt...

...sometimes comes back to my body after the battle.

These kill the pain.

Soshi.

I-I haven't finished explaining.

It's a vending machine.

It is about 11 steps from my room.

It's extremely convenient.

You're really awkward, aren't you?

I am the only one missing...

I took the picture...

I guess it's natural...

Where... should I be?

What a surprise for you to come talk to me.

I just came to complain.

About me locking you up in a room?

Or about...

...me leaving a long time ago without saying anything to you?

Reunion? Let me join in, too.

Yukippe...

How many of our classmates can you remember?

Because of the gene assimilation phenomenon...

...one died, then another...

Everyone is gone except the three of us.

After all, we were the guinea pigs...

...used to protect future generations.

What does that have to do with the Human Force?

The more you ride Fafner...

...the more your chromosomes change and bring you closer to death.

But it's possible for the survival factor to grow, too.

Dad said so.

Well, in the end it was useless.

Wait. Why are you...?

Long ago, there was a girl who wanted to be an idol.

She wouldn't be able to make her dream come true if she got ill...

When I realized, I was fighting far from the island.

Do you want me to let you out of here?

No. Dad told me to stay here.

I see.

Thanks for the juice.

No problem...

I'm closing up.

Yeah. Goodnight.

Is that so...? Three months...

I can live that long.

Tsubaki...

Choosing to be myself means... someday the end will come.

If I chose the same path as the Festum...

...I don't think I'd even want to live somehow.

Chizuru, your body is warm.

I don't care for the island that used me as a guinea pig.

It doesn't matter.

If you're lucky, you die. If you're not lucky, you survive.

That's... backwards.

Everything becomes backwards eventually.

Is that so...?

Then that island must be lucky.

- Hmm? - Triple Six!

What's the matter?

I am going to stay on the island.

I have no choice. I'll stay, too.

No!

Huh?

You leave here tomorrow.

It's an order from the colonel.

Yeah, yeah.

If I must go, it's better to get it over with quickly.

This new type is the result of Mitsuhiro and Hino's research...

They hoped for a decisive battle against the North Pole Mir, right?

Kozo Minashiro wanted it, too.

But the island invited the enemy...

...without being completely prepared for it.

Has it been seven years...

...since the children received the enemy's message?

And this is the machine for the decisive battle?

Tsubaki Minashiro thinks the machine and her body are one and the same.

Ts-Tsubaki Minashiro...

Did she develop her own will?

While being capable of controlling the entire island.

Do you mean that she thinks the machine is the same as herself?

While the assimilation phenomenon is taking place...

...it remains an individual.

It represents itself as Tsubaki Minashiro the human being.

But how could Fafner itself become like that...

Because it melted into a puddle.

I guess it changed into something different.

Independent rebirth of the core is unheard of.

Dr. Nishio, analyze the machine body and its data.

I understand.

CDC has truly renewed itself, hasn't it?

It's a parallel all-in-one type Arthur's Room.

This was created first.

We couldn't use it because...

...the load on the system was too heavy.

Now we can link to all intercept systems...

...because the core is walking around.

That means this is a highly effective CDC, doesn't it?

Morning.

Good morning.

Report the situation.

Human Force, Buronga class Midlight, is heading northwest.

Suspicious movement has not been detected.

It will go out of range of Number One Welle Shield soon.

Camouflage mirror surface...

Farewell, beloved hometown, right?

Soon it will truly disappear...

...with the girl named Canon.

I've started it according to plan.

Protect the ship until the explosion.

Roger.

Finally... I can truly disappear.

Blown up with the crew on board? Are you serious?

Fenrir and strategic missiles.

The colonel is serious about wiping out the island.

You... Why now?

If you take off, the colonel will attack Megaselion for sure.

It took time to set a device to prevent that.

I quit the Human Force!

Megaselion has left the ship!

He belongs to the island after all...

Send him to where his father is.

An error has occurred in the weapon control system.

We can't fire!

What?!

Sorry...

The information system is my specialty.

Alvis! Answer me!

This is Megaselion. It's Hino!

Mr. Michio... Hino?

The island is in danger! The remaining submarine is going to use Fenrir.

What?

Mizoguchi, did you hear that? Can you confirm it?

Your information is correct.

The Fenrir warning system is broken in pieces.

I assume no one in the crew knows...

I'll try to stop it somehow.

They realized it...

Using an ally as cover to blow themselves up...

What bad taste.

Fenrir control...

... has been switched over to machine identification code J-017.

Damn!

Makabe! The enemy Fafner has taken control of Fenrir.

Kazuki, I'm releasing you!

Make a sortie with Mark Sein.

We were able to contact the battleship Belicur...

...which is deployed in the Pacific.

Do it! For the sake of the human race, destroy that island!

Strategic missiles will hit the island in ten minutes.

Welle Shield...

Do not close the shield!

If the submarine explodes while the shield is closed...

...the island will blow up.

I'll take care of the missiles somehow.

What?

Canon is honest at heart...

Please do your best to persuade her.

I'll do it.

Canon! I want to talk to you.

About what?

Um... well, anything.

What do you mean, anything?

Well... where are you from?

From Moldova base.

No, I don't mean that.

Your hometown...

There used to be a town called Dublin.

It doesn't exist any longer.

Dublin? Let's see... Was it in Germany?

Ireland...

Are you making fun of me?

N-No! I'm not making fun of you.

This is the end of our talk.

W-Wait. W-What about... your family?

I used to have one. They don't exist any longer.

Friends?

Festum ate them all.

Why are you doing this?

I don't have any reason. It is an order.

Order? It wasn't your own decision?

Do you do anything you're ordered to do?

That's right.

"That's right"...?

Are you there?

I used to be here. Now I don't exist any longer.

You are the worst.

What?!

Look at the island.

Many people live there.

Many people who are important to me are there.

What does that have to do with me?!

You can say that because you don't have anyone!

Because you think you don't exist anywhere.

You felt relieved when you got the order, didn't you?

You've been waiting for someone to give you orders for a long time.

You can't make your own decisions.

You've just wanted to disappear for a long time, haven't you?

Is that you, Michio?

- That's... - Triple Six?

Damn! Can't you fly any faster?!

Thanks.

Why, Triple Six?

Who ordered you?

Don't you understand at all?

Don't come any closer!

If we're far away...

...I can't see your face!

You are there, aren't you?

I'll give you three minutes.

If you want to turn the switch, go ahead!

Kazuki, what is it? What are you thinking?

If you can't decide after three minutes...

I will make you...

...disappear.

W-What are you saying?

Don't! Fafner can't control Fenrir's energy.

She... really can't make the decision.

What?

RVs have reentered!

What do you think you're doing? If I turn the switch now...

If you've decided to do it... I'll disappear with you.

Till then, let's talk a little more.

Talk?

What should we talk about?

D-Don't ask me!

Canon...

Right. That name...

What does Canon mean?

I-it's a kind of music.

What kind of music?

It's where the same melody is sung by different voices at different times.

My mother named me after it.

What do you want me to do?!

You make your own decision, Canon.

Decide?

Me?

Here they come!

Damn!

Ten more seconds!

Make your own decision, Canon!

I-I... I...

You are there, aren't you?!

Canon!

Why...?

I turned off... the Fenrir control...

Why?

You! You told me you were going to make me disappear!

Why didn't you do it?!

I told you I'd do it if you didn't make a decision, didn't I?

You made your decision, didn't you?

W-Wait. Listen...

...to me...

Why... did you come back?

For a long time... I wanted to come back.

I... fought a lot of battles, and not just against Festum, either.

Many... Even guys about the same age as me...

Every time I fought... I wanted to come back...

But I couldn't...

Fool! Swallow your pride...

You should have come back sooner!

Fool!

We should take her into custody now, but...

Leave her alone.

I knew you were going to say that.

Too-dazzling mornings...

call for "abandonment" don't they?

I want to expose everything and just leave myself to it.

With clenched cold fingers you smile with sorrow.

It leaves me speechless and my sight blurred.

A beginning comes to an end sooner or later.

There's no need for solace.

I want to keep you warm at least...

So please give me a little more time...

God...

Preview

Tsubaki Minashiro

Normal life returned.

Splashing waves... and everyone smiling.

And the return of my father brought...

Next Fafner, episode number eighteen.

Episode 18 MEMORY (Father) Next Fafner, episode number eighteen.

Episode 18 MEMORY (Father) Memory.

Episode 18 MEMORY (Father)

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