"This is the twenty-first planetary system... thirty-eighth patrol ship." "Report first level encounter with Victim." "Please immediately to the Five Goddesses." "We're being absorbed!" "In the year 4084 A.D., humanity brought upon itself... a planetary crisis where many planets were destroyed." "Zion, the only remaining planet... had to be protected by humanity... from the alien species known as Victim... until the day of hope." "Zion had to be saved from Victim." "I've found it." "It's a wounded Victim." "Right wing, Keameir!" "Shields!" "Roger, coordinates set." "Engaging shields from S0 to S3." "Hurry up!" "You two all right?" "Left Wing!" "Eeva, energy recharge complete." "Tellia Kallisto, battle stations ready!" "Let's get this show on the road." "Klein, any other response?" "Everything under control." "No confirmation received except Victim." "This is the latest." "Red alert, pilots." "We will go with Formation 5B." "Send in Number three!" "I'll get in one shot." "Tolerances adjusted!" "Shields engaged!" "Engaging." "All attack battle stations ready." "Engage attack right now." "Don't let the enemy get anywhere near Zion." "Hey, Candidate 88, I can see it." "You wanted to see it live?" "Can you believe it?" "We used to live on that little blue ball floating out there." "Awesome!" "It's awesome!" "Awesome!" "So this is Zion?" "It's a star!" "A star!" "Hey, you." "How old are you?" "It's my first time seeing Zion." "This is the very first time I've been off my own colony." "I'm glad you're enthusiastic." "Give me a break." "At least I stopped barfing." "Barfing?" "Immediately after we went into space, I got nauseous." "Hey, you mean you have space sickness?" "Wait a second." "That wasn't in your data file." "Hey, a pilot doesn't ever..." "I'll become one." "I've decided to become a pilot for sure." "But you don't make that decision." "My blood type EO has been cleared." "EX is positive." "I even know that this type of human is very rare." "That's why I was accepted into the Pilot Training Academy." "That's very interesting." "The only thing left..." "be a pilot!" "Just be a pilot." "Easy." "No sweat." "You put a hole in your acceptance pass, you punk." "I did this so I wouldn't lose it." "You'll need to use that." "That's why I'm carefully hanging on to it." "Ah, now we're going to have to reissue this." "Hey, Candidate 87, where do you think you're going?" "I'm stepping out." "This is making me sick." "What a weirdo." "Speak for yourself." "Ah, just as I thought!" "You can see better from this side." "It's over." "That fireball and impact blast that just overcame us... from the Goddesses?" "Yeah." "Looks like they just destroyed a really big one... those Five Goddesses." "What are they..." "Hey, man, what are you doing?" "You're the one who suddenly crashed into me." "That's no reason to start kicking me." "You tick me off." "Hey, you're a candidate just like me." "Watch your mouth, you moron!" "Just like you?" "Don't fool yourself." "You and I are different." "What?" "You're going to be pilot?" "No sweat?" "Don't compare me with idiots like you." "Idiot?" "You're disgusting." "Go away." "You're asking for it!" "You!" "Stop suddenly appearing in front of me!" "Well, I wasn't exactly expecting you... to be falling all over me, you klutz." "What do you want anyway?" "I just came to see if you were all right... after the Goddess impact." "Hiead Gner... your skivvies are showing." "How uncool!" "How pitiful!" "That's too bad." "Did you think it was only up top?" "This is getting too intense." "All right, you ladies, recreation time is now over." "Listen up!" "This flight will be landing at its final destination shortly." "Confirm, Transport Vessel Six." "Three candidates." "Transport mission completed." "Request permission to dock." "Roger." "Docking granted at number three gate." "Reduce speed." "Oh, wow!" "Floating in the vast darkness of space... exists the Pilot Training Academy GOA." "With an admission of three thousand... the young from various colonies come here... with hopes of becoming candidates for pilots." "Here they will be drilled and trained... to gain experience and technique... to fight the enemy and save Zion." "It's huge!" "Great!" "Of course it is." "How many people do you think live here?" "Now, hustle up and gather up your luggage." "Get going." "It's a cruel story when I reflect on... how many recruits I've transported to GOA." "There are only five candidates... who will be chosen to pilot the Goddess." "Only five." "It's GOA!" "It's GOA!" "It's GOA!" "You don't have to repeat yourself so many times." "Your enthusiasm is adequately coming through." "We're going to spend two whole years here... and we'll become pilots." "If you can cut it." "Bah!" "I'm telling you I will." "It's my dream... to be in the White Goddess and engage in battle." "The Immaculate White Goddess?" "You know her?" "Out of the Five Goddesses... she's got the best airframe and is the best to pilot." "She's the Goddess of the Goddesses." "The formal date of manufacture and manufacturer are unknown." "The vessel named Ernn Laties and its current pilot... just happens to be quite an exceptional woman." "Wow." "That's right." "I still haven't introduced myself." "I'm Clay Cliff Fortran from the K-03 colony..." "Candidate number 89, which makes us classmates... in the pilot training program." "What's your name?" "I'm Zero Enna... but call me Zero." "They're here." "What a hassle, even though it's only once a year... that they are transported to GOA." "Service is also part of a pilot's duties." "Ah, and no deliveries from home." "Oh, you're all here." "Sorry to keep you waiting." "Shall we go now?" "Even if we leave now, we'll have to wait anyway." "Please wait, Number One!" "Let's first get some chow." "We completed a big mission today... but Rio is always so full of energy." "Don't you think so, Yu?" "Every time I come back here..." "I remember when we were still at GOA training to become pilots... and then being chosen to pilot the Five Goddesses... and how we're now fighting Victim..." "It makes me feel very strange." "It's the same old story... but why is it your conversations are always so depressing?" "It embarrasses me that I have to listen to your poetic nonsense." "Wait!" "Wait!" "Galew!" "Yu!" "Why don't you ever speak to Ernest when he's talking to you?" "You're always so silent." "It's getting on my nerves." "Even today, you blasted away an enemy in my sector." "What is it?" "Why don't you speak up?" "You are being called." "Being called?" "Galew, can't you hear?" "I've been calling for you over and over again!" "What's up?" "Something's a little off with Leena's condition." "Her outside parts are all right... but the insides are not really up to speed." "Insides?" "I installed a new system today, so that may be it... but she sure is acting funny." "There she goes again." "She was unusually unstable today." "Perhaps that's what's wrong with it." "For me, that's the simpler answer." "She'll be fine." "Just leave her alone." "Well, if the pilot and Ingrid are unstable... that's like a runaway cab with broken brakes." "Very dangerous." "I'm going to keep readjusting it... so why don't you come back later, OK?" "Yeah, yeah." "Come on, let's go." "I didn't get any damage reports from the other Ingrids." "I wonder what could have really happened?" "Nothing like this has ever happened before." "Hmm." "Well, well, a personal visit to GOA... from one of your stature, Dr. Crow Revoard." "We're flattered you could spare us the time." "Why don't you please take a seat?" "I understand that they are doing well." "Yes, yes, they are doing well." "They are operating the Ingrids like their own hands and feet... despite their adjustment stage." "In Vessel Two, Eeva Leena... pilot Gareas Elidd, age seventeen." "Vessel Three, Tellia Kallisto... pilot Yu Hikura, age sixteen." "Vessel Four, Agui Keameir... pilot Rioroute Vilgyna, age sixteen." "Vessel Five, Luhma Klein... pilot Ernest Cuore, age seventeen." "And finally, the top, Ernn Laties... with Teela Zain Elmes, age fifteen." "With these five... we should be able to temporarily thwart the Victim for now." "However, the pilots cannot remain pilots for long... even using the EX, which greatly endangers them." "Nevertheless, we cannot afford to have a blank... when they become useless." "Certainly." "That is the reason for the existence of GOA." "I agree." "Whatever happens... we humans cannot lose the last star." "What's going on?" "I'm the Chief of the GOA Decontamination Unit." "What's that filthy, disheveled head of hair?" "Firstly, your clothes are contaminated." "Filthy, filthy." "You're cutting it?" "I'll take it off." "They all go through this." "Regulations, first level decontamination." "Old man, help me!" "I'm not an old man." "Sometimes I'm the transport captain." "Sometimes I'm your mother." "I'm your drill instructor." "Azuma Hijikata." "Regards." "Well, it's just about that time." "The instructor better not be late for the admission ceremony." "The location's where I explained earlier." "Better be there on time, 88." "Instructor!" "Instructor!" "Instructor!" "Ah, what a loudmouth." "Done!" "Now you can go anywhere in GOA without being embarrassed." "What treatment." "The first thing at GOA... and they even marked me with this." "This is virtually a prison." "I wonder if I can hack this." "No, no, can't be negative." "Positive thinking!" "Positive thinking!" "Or posithink!" "Posithink!" "I'm gonna be a pilot!" "I ain't backing down!" "Oh, where was I supposed to go?" "I..." "Find me." "Where is this place anyway?" "The more I proceed, it becomes more unfamiliar." "Rats." "It's a dead end." "Huh?" "What's this?" "This is..." "I've wanted forever to be a pilot." "You can call this feeling a dream and so be it... but once I made my decision... it no longer was a dream." "Reality is always within reach!" "Dreams become reality!" "Whew." "All systems go." "I've checked you inside and out." "No!" "Why don't you respond to my commands?" "We even have the same names!" "You're just like Galew." "It's an Ingrid!" "What the..." "Where's the White Ingrid?" "It opened." "It's alive." "Pilot confirmed?" "Galew?" "Galew, what took you so long?" "I..." "Who are you?" "This is a restricted area!" "No unauthorized personnel!" "You're mistaken." "I got lost and" "What's this feeling?" "No, stop!" "It has to be Galew!" "Find me." "Look at me." "Ouch!" "Huh?" "That's why you have to set the voice patterns!" "What's going on?" "Hey!" "I don't know what's happening, but it's pitch black in here!" "Light?" "Data input number 88." "Pilot is confirmed." "All nerve relay systems ready to connect." "Connecting?" "I'm the pilot?" "This is worse than being nauseous!" "If you do this kind of thing all the time..." "I don't want to be a pilot!" "The scan has begun?" "This can't be." "The Ingrids only respond to pilots." "I must stop this immediately." "The Ingrids are set only to their exclusive pilot... physical idiosyncrasy, habitual nervous systems..." "If you connect a total stranger, it could be fatal." "Nervous system connection eighty percent." "No errors detected." "Compatibility ninety percent." "Commence connection." "Final abort!" "It's not working!" "What's going on?" "Clear scan, no errors?" "Galew?" "Galew--Gareas, come here now!" "Something strange, very strange, is happening!" "Voice..." "I can hear a voice." "Find me." "Look at me." "I have divided many times into you." ""Connection has completed"?" "The young man lives in an infinite world." "What guides him is a young woman." "What is she trying to tell and show him?" "Broken stars and unfulfilled hopes?" "Is it the past or future?" ""Candidates for Goddess..."" "Curriculum Number 01--In Tune." "For those with wings, fly to your dreams." "Ingrids--the five giant humanoid fighting vessels... called the Goddesses were created as the last hope... to fight the beings called Victim... who were trying to conquer Zion." "For each Goddess, there is a pilot and a repairer." "Current pilots have all been trained at GOA." "Candidates for Goddess all start at GOA." "Leena!" "What's happening, Leena?" "What exactly is going on here?" "An accident." "Some accident with the new candidate." "Who was it?" "And what happened here?" "In the cockpit of Eeva Leena!" "You're the one who called me." "Connection completed?" "Rats!" "It's not responding!" "Full tuning capacity, code blue?" "Yeah, but what's going on?" "We have to do something." "If this keeps up, we won't be able to reverse it." "What's this?" "Is that my colony?" "Victim!" "Rei, where are you?" "Mother!" "Rei!" "Mother!" "Rei!" "Closure complete." "Third evacuation shelter secured." "This is the end!" "Victim will kill us!" "Hurry, take shelter!" "Come with me!" "Come on!" "It's the Goddesses!" "The Goddesses have arrived!" "We'll be saved!" "That's right!" "This was that time!" "Why?" "Why is this?" "I'm supposed to be in the cockpit." "How--how can I see these things?" "Candidate 88, Zero Enna." "One of the new recruits." "His EX is unconfirmed at this time." "His blood type, age, gender... have all cleared candidate standards... but his case is very rare." "And in addition, Candidate 87, Hiead Gner... was analyzed in the same category... and both have stats that are endlessly close to hers." "But their mind pulse is completely opposite." "Late!" "Don't you think he's late?" "The admission ceremonies are about to start!" "What is Zero doing?" "It doesn't take but 5 minutes... to get here from the decontamination chamber." "As for myself, I believe he's going to tell us... he forgot what to do immediately after he left the chamber... and also that he lost his way... in his usual clown-like manner... always just to get a few laughs out of us." "What do you think, Hiead?" "Unanswered, and we're not laughing." "Must not be funny." "Not funny in this case." "Joker." "Hmm." "Has to mean that he must really be lost." "Hmph." "Hey, you candidates, are you all here?" "The ceremonies will start soon." "Ah, our elder." "Who you calling elder?" "What's up?" "Where the heck is Number 88?" "The toilet?" "Nah." "I think he's maybe what you call lost." "What's he up to now?" "That moron." "Always causing trouble." "This is Number 9, lnstructor Azuma Hijikata." "Instructor?" "Locate Candidate 88, Zero Enna." "Roger." "Searching for Candidate 88." "Candidate 88-- unable to locate within GOA." "What's that?" "That can't be right." "Enlarge your search area and retry." "Cover the whole ship." "Candidate 88... unable to locate within GOA." "What's going on?" "What does all this mean?" "It's set up so you can be tracked anywhere within GOA... no matter where you are." "That's the reason you've all got those markings." "But if we can't locate him, it must mean..." "Mean what?" "All right, you guys, stay right here." "I've got to round up everyone." "Don't move!" "Hmm." "It's starting to get very interesting." "If he's not inside the ship, there's only one other place." "Why, how could I possibly see these things?" "You are able to see the same things as me." "It's you." "Ingrid, what is it you are trying to show me?" "You're wrong." "You are seeing exactly the same thing as me." "Why?" "Why?" "That's what I'd like to know." "Are you the same as me?" "Seeing things the same..." "like us." "Leena?" "Hey, are you sure they both completely tuned in?" "Can't be true." "Does it mean that you accepted him on your own?" "Great!" "Of all times!" "Emergency alert!" "Emergency alert!" "Victim sighted in Area Green." "Alerting all hands." "Go to your battle stations." "Nothing to get all worked up about." "Come, Rioroute, let's go!" "Hey, give me couple of minutes." "I still haven't finished" "Hey!" "My dinner!" "My dinner!" "So, you've arrived... the next Victim." "Prepare for battle!" "Repairers to your designated stations." "They're starting to launch." "That's the least of our problems." "What are we going to do?" "Jeez, we're up a creek." "Can't we do anything about this?" "First Squad candidates, scramble!" "Scramble!" "Go to your Pro Ing and stand by!" "No, take it easy." "We're still fresh, green recruits." "Launch request 7-0-3 confirmed." "Launch five vessels." "Where's the Victim morphology report?" "Morphology Type D. Data unconfirmed." "EX hasn't been confirmed." "Set outside airlock connection for ten minutes." "Upon pilot's entrance will connect airlock." "All values normal." "Tellia Kallisto, checklist complete." "Agui Keameir, complete." "Luhma Klein, complete." "Backup forty percent over normal." "Eeva Leena will be late and will be in support status." "All vessels engage battle mode." "Go connect the outside chamber." "I'll set it to start in three minutes." "Brother, please be careful." "Mm-hmm." "What's keeping Eeva Leena so long?" "Maybe Galew was still eating." "They seem to be having trouble." "By the way, Phil Phileora, I'm very hungry." "Oh." "I'll get you something to eat after you come back." "It's operating." "Impossible." "It can't be happening." "So hot..." "Fingertips..." "My fingertips are burning." "So heavy." "It hurts." "My body is..." "You're all right." "Don't be afraid." "You and I should be able to become one." "All that's left is to open those eyes." "I can see." "Oh!" "Hey!" "Why--why are you moving?" "Can't you see I'm over here?" "I'm over here!" "Galew!" "Aw, jeez." "Galew!" "Your exclusive pilot..." "Your one and only pilot is me!" "Isn't that right?" "Eeva Leena!" "What's going on?" "I haven't the slightest clue." "What do I have to do to stop this thing?" "Don't be afraid." "Please, wait a minute." "You don't know what you're saying." "I'm still not a trained pilot!" "It's that time, Mother." "The ride has arrived, so I'll be leaving now." "I guarantee that I'll become one and come home." "Dreams are within your grasp." "Dreams." "The White Ingrid!" "That's right!" "Ever since that time... my dream was to go into battle with you." "So, let's proceed." "Together." "With me." "But still I..." "I still don't have any knowledge!" "The tuning field is lowering?" "Hey!" "What the--What's going on?" "Yulia!" "Outside airlock, two minutes to connection." "First level airlock completed." "Engaging second level airlock." "Pilots and Ingrids... stand by at areas twelve, thirteen, and fourteen." "Deploying Gate barrier." "Pilots, man battle stations." "No!" "No!" "You can't leave here!" "Stop!" "Stop, I say!" "Eeva Leena tuning limits critical?" "Mandatory abort?" "Readings thirty, twenty, ten..." "Prepare to fuse with number three chamber." "Zeta skin noise high!" "Error!" "Error!" "Error!" "It's fatal!" "He's going to die!" "What's happened?" "Is it the candidate?" "Leena, is Number 88 inside the Ingrid?" "Yes." "What are you sitting around for?" "Engage mandatory abort!" "I've been doing that, but, sir" "Well, don't give up." "You've got to keep on trying." "Yes, sir." "lt went through!" "Good job." "Mandatory pilot abort!" "He's coming out!" "Galew, help him!" "Number three airlock ready." "Opening out into space." "Launch!" "All Ingrids, we will be engaging Victim in 180 seconds." "Are you all right, Galew?" "Oh, yeah." "OK." "Barely made it." "But what about that kid?" "Oh, man." "He really got himself in a jam, didn't he?" "Who is this kid anyway?" "Number 88, Zero Enna." "He's just an unknown candidate." "Mother..." "I'm going to become a pilot." "I promise." "I will." "The young men do not fully realize... the strength that lies within them." "They waste their strength and lose their way." "For what and for whom is their strength?" "They do not know at this time." ""Candidates for Goddess..."" "Curriculum Number 02--EX." "For those with wings, fly to your dreams." "Victim located in area green four... currently proceeding to Zion." "All personnel go to emergency battle station mode." "Victim, attacking the planet Zion." "Humanity does not know its true identity." "However, as long as Victim keeps attacking... the last remaining star... humanity must keep fighting it." "To all Ingrids--we'll be engaging Victim in 180 seconds." "Vessel number four..." "Agui Keameir, engage barrier." "GIS chamber connections on standby." "Also, GOA on standby alert." "Incoming impact blast!" "Galew, not good." "We've been spotted." "Damn it!" "I'm over here!" "Galew, what are you doing?" "We'll blast it at once." "Yeah, I know." "Stop always ordering me around." "Because you're not up to speed today." "This movement is not mine." "Is it because that candidate entered this vessel?" "Oh!" "Hey!" "Why--why are you moving?" "Can't you see I'm over here?" "I'm over here!" "Hey!" "Galew!" "Aw, jeez." "Galew." "Your exclusive pilot... your one and only pilot is me!" "Isn't that right, Eeva Leena?" "Galew, I'm activating the weapon container." "Prepare yourself." "Impact blast, second incoming." "Damn it." "Looks like we'll have to forget about... the admission ceremonies." "Hey, you candidates with me?" "Everybody all right?" "Yes." "We're managing somehow." "Just stay cool." "I want you guys to move up two blocks... to the next port to sick bay." "That's the safest place on board the ship." "And what are we supposed to be doing there?" "You can sit your butts down... and keep yourselves out of trouble." "Here you are." "Go on in." "But, sir..." "What is it?" "What happened to Zero?" "Zero's in here also." "But how is that possible?" "I don't have the time to answer a lot of stupid questions." "Now get in there, you hear?" "Yes, sir." "I understand." "Instructor?" "What is it?" "What's your problem, candidate?" "I will also fight." "The training vessels will also be deployed." "I will also pilot one." "You're a wet behind the ears candidate." "Do you understand?" "You wouldn't last five minutes out there." "Now just shut up, do as you're told... and stay here until I tell you to come out." "Beat it." "That's an order, candidate." "Pro Ing, prepare for battle." "Impact damage at GOA gate one." "Immediately switch to gate two." "Roll call, vessel one to vessel five." "Vessel number one?" "Here." "Vessel number two?" "Here." "The Goddesses are engaged in area green three." "Go give them backup." "Roger that." "Vessel number three?" "Ready to go." "Vessel number four?" "All systems go." "Vessel number five?" "Mmm?" "Vessel five, respond." "Mmm." "Vessel five, what's going on?" "Respond to the call." "Vessel five?" "Erts?" "I don't want..." "I don't want to fight." "What was that?" "Was that a direct hit?" "You two up there, you're in the way." "Move." "You see that?" "I did." "His right leg--it's gone." "Dr. Marshall, Dr. Carlyle... you're requested immediately in medical room two." "Doctor Marshall..." "So, what do we have here?" "Yes, Dr. Rill." "He was working in the chamber ducting... when apparently he lost his footing... when the first incoming blast struck us." "Clumsy fella." "What is his blood type?" "Type AB." "Don't treat me roughly just because I'm not a pilot." "All right, we're amputating the dangling foot." "Get the OR ready." "Aah!" "No way." "Ah, you don't have to worry." "You know, I've patched up a leg or two during my career." "Hey, don't you trust the white-cloaked Madonna?" "Just get on with it." "Oh, you two over there." "Yes?" "Give us a hand." "Hold this guy down." "We can't wait until the anesthetic kicks in." "Aah!" "You're really going to..." "I'm here as a pilot candidate." "What?" "I have no intention of becoming a medic." "We are just following Instructor Azuma's orders." "Instructor Azuma?" "That good for nothing instructor." "He does this to me all the time." "Listen up." "This is not a holding pen for troublemakers." "Doctor, the operating room is ready." "Yeah." "If you're here, help out." "We're in a hurry." "Yeah, but we're" "I don't care if you're pilot candidates." "This is also a battlefield." "Damn it!" "He shielded it." "Eeva Leena, it's dangerous from that distance." "Switch to short." "I'd like to do that, but I don't have any confidence in my moves." "Make Victim 's moving capabilities smaller." "All vessels assemble." "Found it." "Engaging." "Whew." "Are--are you all right?" "Why don't you take it easy and lay down for a while, huh?" "Zero!" "What--what are doing lying down in there?" "Oh, so you're classmates with him?" "Yeah." "What happened to him?" "He's been in a complete coma." "There's nothing wrong with him physically." "If anything, he's got a few minor bruises." "He apparently got caught... in the pilot mandatory cockpit abort system." "In the cockpit?" "Him?" "He must have been in a very deep place." "Wait." "Synthetic wind?" "Ventilation time?" "What happened?" "I was supposed to be in the cockpit." "Where is this?" "Find me." "Please find me... once again." "Huh?" "Please find me." "Please." "Where am I?" "Woman!" "Huh?" "Z-Zero." "Woman." "Where did--Where did you go?" "Woman!" "Woman!" "Woman?" "We are that." "Woman." "They're not..." "How dare you say that... about the one known as the white-cloaked Madonna!" "Where's this?" "GOA?" "Zero." "I left the decontamination room... and went into a strange place... and got lost and I..." "And why--why am I... in such a place as this?" "That's because you were" "I'm sure I was inside Blue Ingrid, and" "But--What did you say?" "It was a girl." "That's right, that woman." "That woman." "What do you mean by that, Zero?" "You!" "What is it supposed to mean?" "You can all cry now if you want." "Cry your guts out." "Scream and yell all you want." "Cry till your hearts delight." "You are the repairer candidates." "It's all right now." "You can be scared... but after we all get through this battle..." "I don't want to see anyone cry again." "You'll be going into battle along with the pilots." "All right, everyone, up on your feet." "Let's move." "I won't cry." "Me, too." "It's not right." "Hmm?" "We are not the only ones... and we're scared." "She is, too." "Third blast, direct hit in C-1... and it will be sealed." "All crew evacuate in order." "Huh?" "Kizna, what are you..." "Are you sure you're telling me the truth?" "What are you doing, Hiead?" "Tell me!" "Were you really inside the Ingrid?" "Yeah!" "Let go of me, you bastard!" "Answer me!" "You're hurting me!" "Oh..." "Hey, where do you think this is?" "If you want to fight, take it outside." "The Five Goddesses-- are they engaged in battle?" "That's right." "Don't tell me that you forgot." "Window." "Where can I see them?" "You can see them from the hall." "The hall?" "It's probably just outside and to your left." "Right-o." "Just outside and to the left." "Hey, wait!" "Where are you going?" "I'll be able to see the White Vessel." "This is great." "What are you doing to me?" "You still haven't answered my question." "Don't tell me it's you again." "Full throttle." "Headed due west, sixty-five percent shortly." "T-minus ten, nine, eight... seven, six... five, four..." "We've gone from main engines..." "Takeoff." "All Pro Ing vessels... enclose and circle to entrap Victim movements." "All vessels proceed to your designated areas." "Don't come." "Please don't come." "You're always hassling me for all kinds of things!" "Just what is your problem with me anyway?" "Just answer me truthfully if you rode in the Ingrid." "Why would I want to tell you with an attitude like that?" "Since the very first time we met, you had an attitude." "I don't know what you're problem is... but I intend to take you down!" "Hmm." "We're very much alike." "Ah, here." "They're fighting again... even in this crisis." "You guys are really feisty, aren't you?" "Uh, fortunately, yes, sir." "Aah!" "Getting in fistfights is your prerogative." "Don't involve me anymore." "That's right." "Fighting is strictly forbidden within GOA." "Sorry." "I'll put an end to this right away." "Hey, stop!" "Azuma, don't keep sending me these losers." "Well, just keep watching." "I think you'll see something very interesting." "What?" "There he goes." "This guy isn't worth my time." "Huh?" "EX?" "You're correct." "They exhibited that power within the confines of GOA?" "Yeah, that's right." "These guys are just taking a measure of their strength." "That's just pure youth-- powerful youth and exuberance." "You blocked my blow." "Now, Zero, you and I are the same." "The same?" "What do you mean?" "It's only those of us that control this power... that can really become Goddess." "Me... or you." "I will wish" "For you and me" "Hoping that you'll see" "The song we hum" "May not be" "Exactly what each imagined" "Oh, our hearts" "They will beat" "Each one separately" "But they'll beat the same rhythm" "Yes, our bodies are beaten" "But we have our souls" "It's all right." "Don't be afraid." "I'm right by your side." "But I wonder-- what kind of guy is he, our new partner?" "I'd much rather believe he's a good guy... because it's more fun to think that." "Soon, we'll be together." "Soon, we'll see the same things." "We'll see all the things a pilot sees... in the midst of battle... and in other times." "Pro Ing, take defensive actions and deploy." "Each formation fire in turn." "Forward right, incoming." "Take cover." "No good." "I don't have time." "I won't let anyone get killed." "Vessel five, excellent defense." "Yes, sir." "Pro Ing, go to retreat mode." "Vessel five, you take the lead." "Yes, sir." "All Pro Ing vessels retreat from area green three... then follow my lead." "Kallisto, get your sword." "Deliver the death blow." "Number one, now!" "Die, Victim!" "I engaged in battle." "How do we keep on fighting like this?" "See?" "We're not afraid anymore." "Ha!" "Everything will be fine for us-- just fine." "Ah, look, look, look!" "It's the White Vessel!" "Go, go!" "Go get them!" "Are we perhaps committing a mistake?" "Who is going to receive the wrath of God?" "Will it be humanity or us?" "During the continuous passing of time... the young men each struggle to be first... and to be the top." "They stumble and hurt each other." "Is it because they lose sight of their position?" "Or is it because they get down when their dreams seem to fade?" ""Candidates for Goddess..."" "Curriculum Number 03..." "Self Awareness." "For those with wings, fly to your dreams." "Rioroute!" "There is only one enemy of humanity." "It is the alien creature known as Victim." "In this war to save Zion... victory is humanity's only option." "Failure is not acceptable." "This war is now entrusted to the pilots... who ride the giant fighting humanoid vessels... known as Ingrids." "And the burden of tomorrow's battle... is placed on the candidates for Goddess." "Welcome, gentlemen." "From today, you gentlemen are candidates for Goddess... and are here because you fit into this special case." "I want you to understand that fact." "You may not be aware at this time... but I extend my congratulations." "You gentlemen will be trained to pilot the Goddess." "These are the giant fighting humanoid vessels... otherwise known as Ingrid." "You will have to pass the curriculum." "But there's only five candidates here." "Length of training will be three years." "It's a short and tough period." "Obviously, not everyone will be engaged in battle... but the possibilities are there... if you do not forget that you hold the key to your success." "Oops." "I'm drooling." "You will become pilots right away... if you prove to be exceptional." "I look forward to your progress." "That is all." "Salute!" "Candidates dismissed!" "Aah!" "Hot!" "So hot!" "Why do they make us wear this?" "It's the dress uniform." "It's a formality at the admission ceremony." "It's so hot." "Stop complaining." "I really only need to hear your status once." "Ah, this is it." "It's here." "This is it." "This is our quarters." "Huh?" "Don't we get separate rooms?" "Ah, how many people do you think live here... and train at GOA?" "Huh?" "It's three thousand people here." "So what?" "We won't all fit if the rooms are private." "Oh." "New recruits get shared rooms!" "That's regulations!" "Get your butt in there!" "Hey, keep your leg to yourself, dude!" "You're just standing around in the doorway, moron." "You're in my way." "Damn you!" "Aah!" "No, no, no, no, no!" "Why did you stop me?" "Fighting is an individual right." "Because there's a lot of damages, especially on me." "Let me remind you that it's prohibited... to use EX for fighting within GOA." "It's in regulation one, section seven and twelve... and this also applies to bystanders." "The penalty is minus five points." "A total of fifty penalty points... will lead to expulsion." "That's what's written in your manual, right?" "Uh, is that right?" "You haven't read it?" "But don't you think that we are controlled a bit too much?" "This school institute is part of our society!" "Our actions are observed... but in return, we are given only one freedom." "What do you think it is?" "I don't know." "Hmm." "You just laughed at me, didn't you?" "You went, "Hmm."" "Come on!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "It's a toy!" "It's a toy!" "It's a toy!" "A toy?" "What do you mean?" "In the planetary club..." "It's a very valuable giant humanoid attack vessel... known as Ingrid." "That's the toy, and our big freedom is to operate her." "That's a very big freedom." "Are you all right, Rioroute?" "My right arm 's been hit." "Is it the atomic section?" "Yeah." "It's 0.05." "I was late cutting off the scanner." "Moron." "Shut up, Galew!" "You klutz." "Don't say that." "Ow!" "Move it!" "Keep running!" "Do not rest!" "Keep it up!" "Move, move, move!" "At GOA, all the new candidates... are put through various physical examinations." "Don't rest, ladies." "Keep running hard." "I want to get accurate physical examination readings." "Begin roll call." "Number 85." "Here." "Number 86." "Here." "87." "Here." "88." "What, you're calling me?" "I'm calling you." "Run faster!" "Stop panting, candidate." "It's only level one." "Hey, I'm not panting." "Good--five clicks more." "Next, number 89." "Here." "The exams are divided into nine parts-- adaptability..." "Get up there!" "vertical ability..." "Next!" "reflex..." "Next!" "grasping power..." "Next!" "physical strength..." "Next!" "abdominal and back muscle strength... and, finally, leg strength." "I'm dying." "What's with these heavy boots?" "They're not heavy." "They're being pulled to the floor." "Aw, man, making us wear these clodhoppers." "You can't run without those clodhoppers." "He's the only one I won't lose to." "What do you want?" "Hmm." "You're keeping up for being a runt." "Who are you calling runt?" "What's your name?" "It's Yamagi Kushida." "At least remember your classmate's name, Zero Enna." "Scan is now operational." "The values have now stabilized according to data." "Ready to begin, doctor." "Disk ride, reduce only number 89 three levels." "Watch the ZL." "Understood." "All candidates, please try to relax as much as possible." "We will be checking your body." "Please raise your hand if you feel sick." "Wait a second." "What is this?" "Let me out!" "I'll drown!" "It feels bad!" "There's nothing to be afraid of." "Number 88, increase level up one." "Um, please keep your eyes open." "Also, keep your mouth slightly opened." "Everybody, can you all start to see blue in front of you?" "Blue." "It's exactly blue." "Deep blue." "It's here on the right middle finger of number 86." "The atomic is quite damaged-- repair immediately." "If left this way, it may cause injury during training." "What about the other candidates?" "Doctor." "What is it?" "Take a look." "Number 88." "There's no body part that's complemented with atomic." "I can't believe this, but number 88 is a complete form." "Could--could he be a Zenoah?" "Five Ingrids reporting maintenance complete." "Agui Keameir, horizontal manipulators damaged... noise from Z skin." "Mandatory abort." "Get that cockpit opened." "Disconnect cables number one through five." "The fluid stopper device is completely operating." "Where's the pilot?" "Hey, what happened to the pilot?" "Rioroute." "Rioroute." "Rioroute." "Rioroute, can you hear me?" "Are you all right?" "Rioroute." "Your injuries aren't fatal... but you can't move until the bleeding stops." "You'll heal soon, OK?" "Just don't move it." "Well, I have to--Oh!" "What, you're not going to escort me?" "Ah, I told you not to move." "Agui is more critical than you." "That's not true!" "I'm critical, too!" "Next time you damage Agui, I'm going to kill you!" "What are you saying, Phil Phileora?" "I came back alive!" "Don't forget my dinner!" "You promised!" "You're being shined off." "Shut up." "I'm glad... he wasn't killed-- so glad." "Every time Victim attacks... the pilots go on sorties." "It sends a chill down my spine... along with damaged Ingrids... bloodied cockpits." "What kind of battlefields are they engaged in?" "Once I send you off, I may never see you again." "I have to make you strong." "Strong-- much stronger." "Whew." "Hey, Kizna, can you hear me?" "What?" "The new recruits have just completed... going through their physical examinations." "We're thinking about checking them out a little later on." "We'll get to meet them sooner or later." "There's no big rush." "We'll be with them a long time." "Aren't you a little interested?" "Right now, it's much more important... to take care of this before I hand it over to the pilot." "You're right." "It's the duty of the repairer candidate." "Thank you very much." "Good." "This is really good." "Hey, replacing the atomic is really quick." "It must be that advanced GOA technology." "Hey, Clay, what's this atomic stuff?" "What?" "You've got to have some, too." "No, I don't have anything like that." "That can't be possible." "Everyone is always born with some defect... be it big or small." "Hey, hold on!" "Don't you dare go before me!" "As I was just about to tell you, I..." "Aah!" "What I hate the most is being ignored!" "Wait!" "Don't ignore me!" "Those guys have strong personalities." "Hey, aren't you getting hungry?" "Yamagi, I'm starving to death." "Yamagi, come on, I'm hungry." "Aah!" "Lay off of me!" "You're the only one I'm not losing to!" "And where are you going?" "Therefore, as I was telling you" "You don't need to explain." "What?" "Aah!" "There you go." "I got in there first." "Huh?" "Where did he go?" "Continuing our story, as I was saying... everyone has defects." "Aah!" "That guy is getting in front of me." "And so the atomic is..." "I understand now." "Zero's biggest defect is that personality of his." "Hey, how'd you do on your computer test today?" "Not too good." "Yeah?" "Why?" "Because my computer's on the blink." "It wasn't working at all." "So, it was the mess hall." "This is a somewhat boring place." "I'm only here because it's dinner time." "In any case, I'm going to be ahead of you." "For me to be a pilot, I'm going to have to take short cuts." "It's the only way." "You could be right on this..." "I suppose." "Huh?" "Extra helpings, please." "Yeah." "Before you, Zero." "Mmm, short cuts, huh?" "There ain't no short cuts." "You guys new recruits?" "Yeah." "To get nutrition from this here food... you need to prepare it with special care." "I don't understand." "If you eat it, you'll understand." "Eat up!" "What's the problem with that guy?" "Blech!" "Awful!" "How can you eat this stuff?" "Hey, you better not wolf your food down so fast." "There's a reason for this." "I'm determined to be a pilot." "I am." "Very filthy." "GOA... is unlike my colony." "In my colony, there weren't many guys my same age... and they all look at me strangely." "Of course, they're all my rivals." "We're all being watched-- our very moves." "We get two meals a day... with set times, menus... and portions." "We're put through tests... training, adjustments... more adjustments... and even more adjustments." "To push the envelope of the vessel... you must understand the capability of the Ingrids." "To find this vessel's limitations..." "That's right." "We're not just regular kids anymore." "These giant fighting humanoid vessels... have been developed over the course of many years." "Entry number seven." "Hit,.853." "Damage,.621." "Whoa!" "Obviously, these Pro Ing restrictions... are calibrated at a higher percentage... than the Five Ingrids... but we're the ones that get to ride them." "I want to get on, ride it right now!" "Aah!" "Why don't they let us ride them right away?" "Hmm, there he goes again." "I want to ride it." "That's right, Zero." "Didn't you say that you rode on Eeva Leena?" "Yeah." "How did you manage that?" "Uh, I don't remember, but I..." "What's this feeling?" "Find me." "Look at me." "Data input number 88." "Pilot is confirmed." "All nerve relay systems ready to connect." "Connecting?" "I'm the pilot?" "Aah!" "This is worse than being nauseous!" "You do this kind of thing all the time!" "I don't want to be a pilot!" "Nervous system connection, eighty percent." "No errors detected." "Compatibility, ninety percent." "Commence connection." "No!" "At first, I became really nauseous... but at the same time..." "I was very excited." "No errors showed up on his Z skin?" "His ability would not have been accepted." "Zero adapted to it." "Then his rejection quotient is infinite." "But I only remember this-- it moved." "The Ingrid's hands moved just like it was my own hand." "Hey, you guys, what are you doing?" "We'll be late for our next class." "Oh, no!" "Late!" "You're late one minute and twenty-five seconds!" "New recruits can't be tardy!" "It's not like I wanted to be late." "Then just whose fault is it?" "You don't let us learn on our own... so we just went to see them for ourselves." "You went to see the Pro Ing training floor?" "That area is prohibited to new recruits!" "It's because Clay had the password." "Aah!" "We weren't there." "We didn't enter there." "You losers were all there, right?" "88 and 89, turn in your written confessions." "Forget about it, Clay." "What kind of guy are you?" "Today, we're going to have a different lesson." "Follow me." "Where are we going?" "Testing--another test." "Ah, another one?" "That's right, another one... but, ladies, this one's a little different from the rest." "It's a live test, level one." "A live test?" "The young men and women will meet but their souls will diverge, pass each other, and clash." "However, by constantly clashing are they going to feel the heat of each other's skin?" "Candidate for Goddess Curriculum 04:" "Partner." "For those with wings, fly to your dreams." "Horizontal manipulators restoration failure." "Armor plating eighty-three percent damaged." "06, 8, 17 connecting cables severed." "And, in any event, you need a lot of replacing." "It's a wonder you made it back, Rioroute." "The pilot training institute GOA... is also at the same time... a training institute for the repairers." "To become a Goddess pilot... one must pair up with a repairer... who becomes indispensable." "They are the ones who draw out or quell the pilot's power." "It's up to these young women's discretion." "Well, that completes today's lesson." "Now, you will soon meet the pilot candidates." "From this point, follow lnstructor Azuma's orders." "Who's not here yet?" "Is it her again?" "Please go and get her." "Yes." "Say, can you believe it?" "We finally get to meet our partner today." "My heart is starting to beat faster." "I wonder if he'll freak if he sees my ears." "I shouldn't freak him out right away... because we have to get along." "I'm starting to feel a little worried... just in case he's..." "Kizna!" "We're all feeling the same." "Our hearts are beating faster, too." "Yes." "Here, we have to start preparing." "You're right." "Thank you." "Huh?" "Uh...they're women." "Women?" "But why?" "Hmm, now, this is very interesting." "From now on, your training changes." "Live tests are in the curriculum." "These tests will increase as you near the end of your training." "From now on, you pilot candidates will pair up... with a repairer candidate and take lessons together." "We have selected the best partner pairings... based on the tests you have taken to this point." "As of today, you and your partner will work together." "From now on, these women will be supporting you, all right?" "Be sure to get to know each other... before we start the real live testing." "This one?" "She's a woman?" "That's him." "He keeps staring at me." "He's got no class." "To begin with, we will start today with live test one-- not like tests you've had before." "Whoa!" "Quarval-- it's a training simulator." "All right!" "I want to ride!" "What's with this guy?" "88, get back in line!" "Oh, yeah." "Now it's time to join up with your partners." "Candidates, show your markings for scanning." "Is this how you do it?" "I'll be checking your physical status." "I'm Saki Mitchell." "Regards." "I'm Clay Cliff Fortran." "Regards." "I'm Wrecka Toesing." "Regards." "Regards." "I'm Roose Sawamura." "Pleased to meet you." "I'm lkuni Allecto." "Best regards." "Ah, yes." "I'm Tukasa Kusha." "Regards." "I'm Yamagi Kushida." "I'm Kizna Towryk." "Yeah, regards, regards." "I'm gonna go take a ride" "Can't you even formally introduce yourself?" "Even if you hurry, you can't take the live test... unless you get checked!" "Please." "Please find me." "It's not the same." "What are you saying?" "Hurry up!" "Well, then, look at it and hurry up!" "Hurry!" "Hurry it up, will you?" "Wait." "Stay still." "If you move, I can't scan you properly." "Next, shoulder." "It's in the way!" "Take it off!" "What's with the ears?" "What are you doing, you stupid?" "I just asked about your ears!" "I don't like you!" "I hate you!" "Kizna!" "Please wait a" "There's no need to go after her." "That was very stupid, Zero." "What now?" "She was probably self-conscious about her ears." "If she was hiding it, you should have just left her alone." "She was hiding them with this?" "Not nice." "Number 88, go get your partner and bring her back." "I'll give you five minutes." "Why do I" "Listen up!" "A pilot needs a repairer to take the lesson!" "Move it and bring her back!" "If you take any longer than five minutes..." "I'll mark you down as absent, you understand?" "There's always a troublemaker." "Instructor." "What is it?" "Reporting, sir." "Roose Sawamura is overweight." "He's over by fifteen kilos, and it's necessary... that I help him reduce his weight." "On a diet?" "Get to it." "Instructor!" "Wait!" "Yamagi!" "Adieu, Sawamura!" "See you when you've lost weight!" "There, that's two down." "All right, you three are the ones remaining." "Well, it seems we'll have to carry on... with just the three of you candidates." "Keeping me back at this time?" "That girl!" "Aw, man, she couldn't have gone that far." "It wasn't supposed to be this way." "I'm always this way." "It's my fault." "But...but..." "What should I do?" "I can't go back." "It's no good." "It's not good." "I'm no good." "Kizna!" "Kizna!" "Let's go!" "It's time!" "Hurry it up!" "We'll become absent!" "No!" "Let me go!" "Please!" "Here!" "If you want to hide them, go ahead." "By the way" "They really don't bother me anyway." "I'm going to be Goddess pilot... but if we don't get back there soon..." "I can't even take the tests!" "And without you, I won't able to go!" "Who is this guy?" "He's only saying what's obvious so adamantly." "Here!" "What--what are you doing?" "Stop it!" "We don't have time!" "I'm going to run!" "Let me down!" "I said let me down!" "You're Kizna Towryk, right?" "I am not a thing!" "Number 87, can you hear me?" "Yes, I can hear you." "You are the first candidate of this term... to perform the live test." "Up to now, you've passed all the written tests." "Think you can manage not to destroy this flight simulator?" "I understand." "Beginning operations." "All right, Number 87, you are now the Pro Ing pilot." "Level 2 curriculum." "Number 87, code confirmed." "Pilot Hiead Gner." "Repairer lkuni Allecto." "Switching to inner support." "Quarval set parameters." "No problems detected." "Parameters will be established from this side." "The pilot should concentrate with steering." "I have confirmed the code." "And... conversion procedure engaged." "All systems connecting." "No problems." "The pilot will close his eyes and relax his body." "Instructor, all systems are ready." "Please give your authorization." "Number 9 Instructor, Azuma Hijikata, 008-8700." "I authorize Quarval operations." "Quarval engaged." "Switching operations." "It's not opening!" "The Quarval started moving." "You can't open the door once it's operating." "Damn it, someone beat us to it!" "Who's riding that thing?" "Damn it!" "Stupid!" "Sorry about that." "Is this a heartbeat?" "It's not." "What am I seeing?" "Where am I?" "Is this the...?" "Is this me?" "Pilot!" "Please focus your concentration here!" "The test has already begun." "Please immediately reorient yourself." "Pilot!" "So, this is it." "Where's the enemy?" "Two vessels--Type A Victim." "Destination plotted to GOA." "They're going to attack the planet Zion." "The engagement time is limited." "Stopping the advance is the condition to clear the test." "This is a rather simple game... but I must say, the level of reality is not bad." "Here I go!" "There's one approaching very fast." "Indeed." "So this is the way the system is set up." "Very interesting." "So, in other words, a virtual simulation... battling in a simulated environment." "Wow." "Well, even if the pilot fails... it's good to know no harm comes to his life." "If the repairer skills are decisive." "You're correct." "In that environment, it's a simulation... so there's no harm to one's life, but I want..." "But what?" "Even if it's just a simulation, it hurts when it hurts." "In other words, you will still feel the pain." "But don't worry about the pain." "It goes away 'cause the repairer will cut those circuits... and support you with something new." "Line 02 cut." "There is still no need for support." "If the pain circuits are shut down... the pilot can concentrate on the battle." "It's the same principle as self-regeneration." "Obviously there are limits, but put another way... the quicker the repairer provides support... the pilot can battle to the fullest." "One bogey down." "Whoa!" "Hiead is doing well." "The real Goddess has this ability from the beginning... but the database is dependent on the repairer's experience." "You know, no one can hear you." "I thought that I heard someone shout something out." "No way." "Damn it!" "What's going on in there?" "This curriculum is ultimately meant to provide you... with the images of actual battle situations." "Two bogeys down." "Test completed." "Well done, 87." "Next candidate." "Whew." "You were quite consistent for your first time." "Looks like for now... you passed the examination with flying colors." "Next, Number 89." "Clay, get to it!" "It's all of a sudden me?" "You're the next in line!" "Get in!" "What is this?" "This...this is just like space!" "Where's the simulation in this?" "Hurry up and focus on battle." "Victim is approaching fast." "I understand." "Sorry, Hiead." "I'm going to use your moves." "I went to school watching you during your simulation." "Direction of attack... number, plan countermeasures..." "I, Clay Cliff Fortran, have nothing overlooked!" "What the..." "The numbers are wrong." "I didn't hear about this!" "The morphology is also off." "This is cruel!" "You failed!" "Shot down in only four seconds!" "But, Instructor, to have to go into battle... without any information is..." "Idiot!" "That's what being a pilot is all about!" "Get out of here before I step on you!" "Do you want to rest or go to sick bay?" "Just a little..." "Next!" "Who's next to ride?" "Yes, sir!" "It's me!" "I'll ride next!" "Gee, he's stomping all over me." "It's me!" "I will!" "I'll ride next!" "Where's your partner?" "I brought her along." "Well, that's too bad." "You're over the time limit." "No!" "The door was locked!" "That's the reason why I'm late!" "A pilot has no excuses." "It is not an excuse!" "No talking back!" "You're Kizna Towryk?" "Yes, sir." "So, just who do you think you are?" "I'm a repairer technician." "I'm sorry to have bolted out during the curriculum." "I will immediately return to the live test." "Wait a second!" "Let me have it, too." "We're partners, Kizna and me." "That's right." "So with me it's a fist?" "She only got a slap." "Consider that a warning." "Yes, sir!" "All right, Number 88, the test is starting." "Give my your hand." "By the way, I didn't get your name yet." "It's going to be kind of hard for us to be partners this way." "It's Zero." "Zero Enna." "Don't run away again." "You, too." "What?" "You're gonna make it." "You'll be a pilot." "I will." "I'm going to be a pilot for sure." "What are you up to, Rioroute?" "I'm being down, even like this." "Depressed?" "You?" "That's unlikely." "My Agui is totaled." "Phil is mad." "But even so, Agui's better off." "They can be repaired..." "over and over." "Unlike us, as long as their atomic core is intact." "But we're not like them." "I..." "I don't know." "I couldn't even protect myself." "And they're getting stronger." "We just keep fighting and fighting... and our bodies get wounded and our EX gets depleted." "I wonder how long we can stay being pilots." "I wonder how long we can stay being pilots." "The unmeasurable power of the future." "The young men stumble over their own strength." "What can they do, and what can't they do?" "Can the young women harness their unlimited energy?" ""Candidates for Goddess"..." "Curriculum Number 05-- Combination." "For those with wings... fly to your dreams." "The training simulator--Quarval." "The Quarval's general purpose... is to provide a sense of the Pro Ing in battle." "Code confirmed." "Starting conversion procedures." "Don't hurry it." "Stay calm." "Yes, sir." "And most importantly is the partner of the pilot... the repairer." "To be in step with the repairer... becomes the most crucial and critical assignment." "Hurry it up, will you?" "Pattern is confirmed." "Ready to start." "All right, begin the test." "Send 88 to the Quarval." "Begin operations." "Ah, I know." "Just about now is when your senses start to scatter." "And then what?" "Then you feel like you're being thrown into space." "Is that so?" "You're nonchalantly gathering up information, aren't you?" "Yeah, 'cause it's very interesting." "Hey!" "You know, that's my line." "You guys shut up back there!" "What did I see?" "What is this?" "Was that me?" "Quarval boarding completed." "Zero, are you listening?" "What--what is this?" "Pilot, please respond." "What is it?" "I can't see anything here!" "Open your eyes!" "They are open, I tell you!" "I mean see with them properly!" "You understand, right?" "See with them properly?" "Properly..." "See..." "It was included in your curriculum." "Don't you remember?" "Be quiet." "I remember it." "Hurry up and start the test already." "Be quiet?" "Start?" "What's with this bossy tone?" "You don't have to order me." "It's already started." "Victim is Type B--two of them." "Proceeding to invade Zion from the rear of GOA." "Here's the data." "Please confirm." "You don't have to say it." "I'll know it when I see it." "ls that it?" "Go after it!" "Of course I'll go after it." "Here I go!" "When I say this, he says that." "You'll never catch up like this." "Take the shortest route." "Hurry up and give me the route!" "I'll give it to you." "No obstacles." "You can proceed." "This is too easy." "Number 88?" "After I shoot this one down!" "Did you get over that zero gravity phobia of yours?" "What?" "The zero gravity?" "There's nothing under your feet, see?" "There's nothing." "Victim is approaching!" "Zero!" "What's happened to you?" "I'm feeling nauseous." "Not this!" "What's with you?" "Get yourself together!" "Quickly!" "Where--where's Victim?" "From the lamp side!" "It's coming from that side!" "Run away for now!" "Retreat!" "Instructor!" "Why did you have to say something extra like that?" "If he has a zero gravity phobia... he'll never be able to be an Ingrid pilot." "Zero gravity phobia?" "Stop it!" "I know!" "I'll turn off the audio!" "Pull yourself together." "Hiead!" "You--you shouldn't step out during..." "During your Quarval test..." "I noticed momentarily an anomaly in your mental state... and if those conditions persist..." "All you have to do is to provide support for me." "Don't you try to get into my head." "Get it?" "Uh-huh." "But it's very dangerous." "That hurt, you bastard, and on top of being sick!" "You're going down!" "Zero!" "There's no top or bottom!" "Focus on the Victim in front of you!" "Top or bottom?" "Just concentrate on bringing the Victim down!" "That's right." "I just have to keep the Victim in my sights." "Zero, behind you!" "Behind me?" "Whoa!" "Go, Zero!" "One bogey destroyed!" "There's one left!" "Are you all right, Zero?" "Can you go after it?" "Sure." "Yeah." "I've got nothing left to puke." "Kizna!" "Tell me where that next Victim is!" "Faster!" "It's beating you toward Zion!" "No way!" "It's all right." "You still have time to intercept it." "It's above me!" "No, it's ahead of me!" "There are obstacles in your route!" "Go around them!" "How's your time?" "I can't just start going around them!" "Put more energy in the speed!" "Zero!" "I just have to dodge them!" "Stop nagging me!" "You idiot!" "Operate according to instructions!" "What?" "I can't hear!" "I can't hear anything!" "Is that right?" "I get it!" "Why don't you just do as you please, Zero?" "I'll set it to your parameters." "See if it moves." "Do as you please!" "Leave it to me!" "Whoa!" "She tells him to do as he pleases... but she's locked his energy level at eighty percent... so he doesn't expend it all." "These two..." "they may become good partners." "Hmm." "Advance!" "Forward obstacles!" "Fire away!" "All right, here we go." "This is it." "Zero!" "Victim has changed its course." "Understood?" "Yeah." "Leave it to me." "I'm almost there." "Victim!" "Just 140 till firing range." "Still not there!" "He's having fun." "Huh?" "I mean Zero." "Yeah, but after all, that's just a game." "It's different from real battle." "Nah." "It's because he's playing for real... that even if it's a game..." "Hmm?" "He's having such a good time." "It's correct that the patterns are set." "The things that you can do are limited." "The Pro Ing's capabilities should be the same... but he's so involved in it." "Zero is probably playing for real." "Eighteen." "No, not yet." "It's still too soon." "Nine...three!" "Entering firing range!" "You ain't seen nothing yet!" "Zero!" "This is it!" "The death blow!" "Hey, what's the matter with you, Erts?" "Oh, it's..." "It's nothing." "I just felt a very strong thought." "Mm-hmm." "Second bogey down." "Test is over." "Number 88, you can come topside." "Zero, come back here." "You were perfect!" "Yeah." "OK, Yamagi, you're up next." "Yes, sir!" ""You were perfect."" "I'm not going to lose to someone like you." "Good job, Zero!" "I'm also going to have a good time." "Hey, Yamagi, I didn't puke my guts inside!" "I know that!" "Stop saying it!" "Yamagi, I know you're worried about that, too." "Yeah, Zero, that was great!" "You're hurt right here!" "Let me take a look!" "Wait!" "Wait!" "Please don't move." "Your hair is showing the EX reaction." "It's not good if they find out." "It's too late." "Oh, this is nothing!" "All's well!" "Your breasts are rather developed." "Number 86, Quarval ready to operate." "Quarval begin operations." "Quarval engaging." "What's with her, man?" "I really don't understand." "Is she crazy or something?" "Every since ancient times... a woman's thoughts have always been very interesting." "She immediately gets mad at me... then she hugs me, then she kicks me." "What's with her?" "88, pay attention!" "Huh?" "Who, me?" "You'll have to start... with completely overcoming your zero gravity phobia." "If you keep getting an EX reaction... you'll go down for sure." "Rats." "He knew about it." "Overcome it?" "It's not that simple." "And by the way, what is this EX reaction?" "Don't bother me with your stupid questions." "If I say get over it, get over it!" "Yes, sir, we'll get it fixed immediately." "He'll get over it." "What are you saying?" "Leave it up to me!" "It'll be my responsibility to get him over it." "What?" "That'll be fine." "All right." "Start the test." "Yes, sir." "Well, then, let's be on our way!" "Hey, what are you doing?" "Let me go!" "Let me go!" "Hmm, very interesting." "In other words, the EX reaction occurs... when you get tuned in to a heightened battle environment." "Your hair color changes momentarily... your battle skills are heightened... but this condition doesn't last long." "You're saying I had this reaction?" "Yes." "It's a major point for demerits." "Hmm." "Is that right?" "I'm sorry." "What?" "That I kicked you back there." "What the..." "This time you're apologizing?" "But, then, I think I'll kick you again." "Huh?" "No way!" "I'm never gonna do this!" "You want to overcome it, right?" "Zero gravity phobia?" "Doing this is going to overcome it?" "Then why are you..." "What are you saying?" "Remember, I'm your partner, Zero... and that's why I'm going to make you a full-fledged pilot." "I'll do whatever it takes!" "A pilot?" "If you understand, hurry and get your butt in there!" "No, I won't!" "There." "Two minutes to connect to the outside airlock." "Hurry up and get into your suit." "You're going to explode." "Zero, do you want to explode?" "Is that Zero?" "I'm getting sick!" "Puke in the suit, and you're the one that'll be sorry." "Damn it!" "What is this?" "Am I your flying kite?" "By the way, what are you so afraid of?" "What do you think?" "Of course I'm afraid!" "There's no top or bottom!" "I can't stand on anything!" "You can't settle down?" "That's why you're afraid?" "Yeah, that's right." "Cut this out." "Please bring me in." "Bring me in!" "No way!" "But if you don't want to be a pilot, that's another story." "Damn it!" "What do you want to do?" "Do you want to quit?" "No." "I'll become a pilot." "You see, ever since I saw the White vessel..." "I pledged to be a pilot." "I promised--promised to be one!" "You mean to say you constantly looked forward, right?" "What?" "Look to your dreams." "Huh?" "Your dreams are in front of you." "If you just look forward, there's nothing to fear." "Are you used to this now?" "I'm not used to this!" "How was the Quarval?" "Your thoughts on the ride?" "It was no big deal, 'cause it's not an Ingrid." "Fundamentally, it's the same thing, though." "What was different about it?" "She's not there, you know." "Not there?" "I can't explain it well, but I feel something missing." "She's just not in there." "It was completely different from the last time I rode one." "Eeva Leena?" "Yeah." "What I want to ride is a Goddess." "You know, the real Ingrid!" "Ingrid?" "That's right." "Ride the Ingrid." "All vessels, battle stations!" "Victim spotted in area green three!" "Limit your battle to zone twenty-three." "Ingrid maintenance completed." "All pilots prepare for battle." "Yo!" "It's our first sortie since we were hurt... so treat me well, the new Agui Keameir!" "Yes, we can commence now." "Please don't look that way." "It's all right." "I can still fight." "But now, you, my dear man... are the only one left who can remember me as myself." "Crow Revoard." "But I'll be able to meet him very soon." "Meet him." "Steadily climbing the stairs one by one... the young men proceed to their next step." "But that means they leave something important behind-- the fading memory of their mothers... and the growing distance from their homeland." ""Candidates for Goddess"-- Curriculum Number 06, Pro Ing." "For those with wings, fly to your dreams." "Compared with the Five Ingrids... the Pro Ings are set with a lower restriction percentage." "But to the fresh candidates... this is the vessel they strive to command." "Awesome." "It's so awesome." "That vessel's already defeated three others." "Did you see that right now?" "I wonder how you make them move that way." "It's awesome, awesome...awesome." "Don't you have any other words in your vocabulary?" "It's awesome because it's really awesome." "You guys keep your observations quiet...quiet." "It's awesome." "Look at 05 go." "Of course it is." "Don't you know it's one of the top groups... within GOA practice runs?" "All right, you guys, listen up." "I'll explain this." "This time, it threw the other." "Guys...do you wanna listen to this or not?" "It's awesome, so awesome, so very, very... awesome!" "Yeah, they're so cool!" "Listen up." "But because..." "It's over." "For real?" "All right, then let's listen to the instructor's explanation." "Why do I bother?" "You're being a little cynical for an instructor." "Here, you fresh candidates will have the opportunity... to master the basic fundamentals." "You'll train with senior Pro Ing students... starting tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." "Even though it's only two days... you'll train with the ones at the top of the class." "You better be grateful." "Instructor Azuma... who was that that just came out?" "Listen up!" "We're listening." "That is Erts Virny Cocteau... age fourteen." "He's the youngest, and his number is 05." "His ability puts him in the lead in the top five." "He is the youngest?" "Age doesn't matter." "From the time he was admitted... he had frighteningly enormous potential." "By the way, that was underhanded, Zero." "I also wanted to pair up with Erts." "This is a case of the first to ask... coming out ahead." "Darn it, Zero." "Say, Yamagi..." "What?" "Did you cut your head?" "No, you idiot!" "I didn't cut my head, I cut my hair!" "So what?" "You got what I meant." "What you meant?" "Now that I've noticed..." "I think it looks rather very neat and clean." "Yeah, Clay, how do you say it?" "I really don't dislike it." "Yamagi?" "You talking to me?" "Yeah, and Zero and Clay, too." "It's been a long time." "You know him?" "Who is that?" "Come on." "Did you guys already forget who I am?" "That real absurd expression." "Come on, you guys, it's me." "Roose?" "Sawamura?" "You're Roose Sawamura?" "That's impossible." "Roose used to be much fatter." "That's right." "Number 85." "There's no mistake." "You are Roose Sawamura?" "You're the big, fat pig?" "What happened to you, all that fat?" "I'm not fat anymore." "How many kilos did you drop?" "What kind of diet were you on?" "You're so skinny." "You're just bones, bones." "Hey, guys, this is sexual harassment." "So just tell us, how did you drastically lose it?" "It's all thanks to Wrecka's help." "Well, now, that's a secret between you and me...right?" "And..." "Then why are you blushing?" "Here." "You have to eat up." "Better keep eating." "We'll make your weight rebound." "In such a short time, your diet worked amazingly." "This fact is very interesting to me." "However, I wonder what will happen if you eat here." "To me, that's even more interesting." "Please stop already." "Yeah, surrender." "Do it right." "Down the hatch." "Don't make me." "Zero, make him open his mouth." "Hold still." "Open wide." "Good." "Don't let him go." "What's all this ruckus about?" "Yeah, this guy came back today, so we're celebrating." "Is that what you call..." "celebrating?" "But this means that you're finally back together... all five of you." "You could say that again." "This means they can all ride the Pro Ing tomorrow." "We've maintained them perfectly." "I wanna ask you something." "What is it?" "Well, about Roose." "Do you know that?" "Do I know what?" "Do you do...secrets?" "Secrets?" "What I mean is..." "Is that something to blush about?" "What kind of question is that?" "!" "You're the worst!" "Nasty, dirty, nasty, nasty!" "You're so dirty." "You're just nasty." "You just started kicking me again." "That's because you ask me something like that." "Stupid, stupid, stupid." "It's tomorrow." "Yeah, it's finally tomorrow." "We already know that." "Let's get back to sleep, Zero." "It's tomorrow." "It's finally tomorrow." "That's why we already know all that." "We get to ride those Pro Ings." "The Pro Ing." "Don't get me involved in your insomnia, you brats." "Who are you calling brat?" "I understand." "I apologize." "Mother..." "I hope you're doing well." "You were so frail to begin with." "And I hope you're not ill." "I have to hurry and be a pilot." "When I become a pilot... our colony will be allocated more energy." "Then, Mother, you'll be..." "Mother!" "Mother!" "What is it you need, Rei?" "Everyone at school is calling me Zero... and they won't call me Rei." "Even though Rei is Kanji and it does mean Zero... there's nothing funny about it." "Rei, that name is yours." "It's the name..." "that your father gave you." "The only precious thing he left you." "Father?" "I'm sorry, Rei." "I can't do anything for you... and..." "I also can't leave you anything." "I'm sorry." "What's this?" "Sweat?" "Sorry." "I'll sleep." "What's happening to me?" "We're tardy." "We'll be late." "Zero, it's because you stayed up late." "I couldn't help it." "I just couldn't fall asleep." "Hurry it up." "Unless all five are present... we can't take lessons in the curriculum." "I know that, darn it!" "Where's Hiead, anyway?" "He's already inside." "That dude..." "Look, it's here." "Move it." "Have you ever forgotten what your mother looked like?" "Well, ever since you came to GOA... they've been cramming your empty head... with a lot of new thoughts and ideas." "There's a real good possibility some or all of your memory... may have been overridden." "You're a real idiot, aren't you?" "Oh, yeah?" "Then how about you?" "Do you remember?" "Who, me?" "I've forgotten that old hag." "Move it!" "Good." "You're all here on time for a change." "We just made it." "The repairers are already adjusting their Pro Ing." "The top Pro Ing guys should be here soon." "Shape up, you ladies!" "Yes, sir." "All right, listen very closely." "In a live craft, a small mistake can be a life-taker." "Be careful you don't have any accidents." "Is that clear?" "That bastard Hiead." "If he got up first, he should've woke us up." "You're Zero Enna, correct?" "I understand you're my partner for today and tomorrow." "I am Erts Virny Cocteau." "Regards." "This guy is at the top of GOA?" "Nice to make your acquaintance, sir." "Best regards." "I'm sorry." "I don't shake hands." "No, no." "It's because that guy avoids making human contact." "And it's also because... that's not the way to address your senior, is it... eh, new recruit?" "What did you say?" "No." "You have to salute them." "Salute to the top guys." "Is that right?" "Baby-sitting these newbies again." "Let's get started already." "All right." "I'll start by confirming the pairings." "First is Zero and Erts." "Hiead is with Force." "Yamagi, you're with Sure." "Clay is with Aracd, and Roose is with Yoshino." "Yeah, I like it." "That is all." "Go ahead and get your butts kicked." "We will now begin the training using the Pro Ing." "Number 1 through 10, close your shutters." "Shields on to minimize shocks." "Feels like the real thing." "Zero, are you correctly making your preparations to begin?" "I'm on it." "I'm doing them." "But this thing-- this doesn't have them, either." "Mr. Zero, for the time being... do you know how to man this vessel?" "Just call me Zero... and, yes, they've given me an overview." "You'll feel sick at first, but you'll get used to it." "Feel sick at first?" "Not again." "Zero, you haven't completely finished your check." "Please check sequence 06." "Say, Erts..." "What?" "You're very strong." "I was very impressed with you yesterday." "I am not strong." "Shelter gate open." "I am..." "I'm scared of being in battle." "Scared?" "He's scared?" "Zero, are you ready to go?" "Yeah...who's the enemy?" "It's the Clay-Aracd pair." "Systems settings complete." "Scanner function normal." "Starting operations." "Setting shield adjustments-- mode 02, land battlefield... coordinate axis fixed." "Yes, sir." "Zero, release your strength." "It's OK." "It's initially a land battle." "You won't be in zero gravity." "How do you know about that?" "There was a moment when I felt your thoughts." "I believe it was during the Quarval simulation." "Victim is approaching." "No, not yet." "It's still too soon." "You ain't seen nothing yet!" "This is it." "The death blow." "At that time, you directed a very strong thought my way." "Even though we didn't have any contact?" "A telepath?" "You lost...your fear... by looking toward the future, right?" "The overwhelming will to become a pilot." "That is great." "How do you know about things like that?" "These are things that make up my older brother... and my EX reactions." "Your brother?" "Yes, he's one of the five current Goddess pilots." "His name is Ernest Cuore." "It's no good, Galew." "Stay on your course here." "Gee, but this victim can withstand our sword... and even our battery." "What are we supposed to do?" "And there's no telling how long the shields will last." "It's approaching again." "Don't taunt us...you bastard!" "Don't go in, Galew." "It's too soon." "No." "I will crush you." "Stop!" "Please reveal to me, Erts." "What are you so scared of?" "You battle and destroy your enemy... but it also destroys..." "a part of yourself." "Destroys yourself?" "Mother?" "That's true... but you can't... you can't just afford not to move forward." "Feeling heavier than the vessel of imagination... is reality." "The unobstructed imagination of the young men... clash with the wall of reality." "Will they be able to climb over it... or will they blast through it?" "Or will they..." ""Candidates for Goddess"" "Curriculum Number 07..." "Land Battle." "For those with wings, fly to your dreams." "Boy, now that I'm riding this..." "I'm faced with a formidable opponent." "They will read your thoughts." "It's Erts." "Though he's generally a weird guy... amongst those of us in our group... he's the closest thing to a pilot." "Aracd's initial target is going to be you." "He will probably try to overpower you." "Ready to go." "Ready." "It's ready." "Very good." "Let the first game begin." "Eighty-eight, I'll finish you off first." "Number 1." "Hurry and transmit." "We must settle this immediately." "OK, we'll surround him." "Distance..." "along with coordinates... are barely within acceptable range." "It's do or die." "Leena, please transmit the Artege." "Arrive... please arrive." "I beg you!" "Arrive!" "Well done." "Deploy shields again." "Settings are for 1 through 5, except for Zion." "Victim is within firing range." "I am proceeding ahead." "Shields completed." "Victim's captured." "Number 1, deliver the death blow." "Zero, don't get into a straight wrestling match." "Stop nagging me." "I'm not locking arms because I want to." "Do anything to get away." "You're at a disadvantage this way." "This guy is exceptionally bold." "Kyoko." "Don't worry." "The other pilot's left leg's center of gravity... is shifted 10%." "Support for the balance shift won't be able to keep up." "Is that right?" "He should fall away if you push him away." "You saved me, Erts." "Better get a feel for this quickly." "Just leave it up to me." "What do you mean, just leave it up to me?" "Zero's reflexes are too quick for the Pro Ing... even at the high settings I've made." "Keep the settings down." "Repairer, lower the settings." "Kizna, don't adjust the Pro Ing to the pilot." "Make the pilot adjust himself." "No response." "It's very slow." "He's got to learn to manipulate those arms and legs... like they were his own." "And to operate with the fewest misses... in order to obtain the quickest results." "Results?" "Ach, it's still slow." "That's the purpose of this training." "This guy...his movements are becoming quicker." "This is peaking with excitement." "The sparring between Zero and Aracd... what tension!" "With the power and their youth, it's a hot, heated battle." "But at the same time..." "I feel completely left behind in this battle." "Stop blabbering, 89." "Stop running away and engage in battle." "Yeah, but running away... is also sometimes a strategy used in battle." "How uncool." "Hey, you, that's a" "Continue the game." "I'll be back soon." "Instructor, didn't you wanna tell me something?" "It's OK." "You can attack me." "I understand the five candidates who were admitted this time... have a high EX standard." "Are there any of these candidates that we can use?" "Yes." "It's a little early to tell, but..." "But what?" "There's one." "It's been a while since one of them... has reminded me of the days when I was training to be a pilot." "This is it." "This is the feeling." "Charge!" "This guy will inevitably become a pilot." "Yep, and I will inevitably make him a pilot." "That's the purpose of GOA, right?" "Recently, orders came down from above." "The candidates for Goddess... including the top five and the other students... need to be evaluated as soon as possible." "So, what's this mean?" "There may be a vacancy within the Goddess pilots... in the near future." "After battling with Victim... the Goddess returns... to the Five Goddess first-level system maintenance hangar--GIS." "Here, they recuperate and rest their injured bodies and souls." "The pilots, Ingrids, and..." "Yulia." "Why did you act that way, Galew?" "If Number 1 was just a little late at that instant... you would've been killed!" "Ernest." "Galew, during the battle..." "I painfully felt the anxiety that you went through." "I understand your feelings." "But the way you fight is too dangerous." "The way you are now is like..." "I know what he's saying." "What he's saying..." "it's obvious." "It was the first time I heard her yelling to stop." "Stop!" "Darn it." "Even now, the truth is, I can't stop shaking." "What is happening to me?" "Darn it." "Rats." "Gareas." "I'm sorry for you." "You were scared, right, Yulia?" "It'll be fine." "I will give you protection, even now, Yulia... as well as in the future." "Way into the future." "Tune." "What is it, Tune?" "May I speak my mind?" "This may not be a subject that I can comment on... but... the current Gareas needs to be stopped by someone." "I believe he can't stop himself." "I am aware of that." "I'm sorry." "I should not have been so nosy." "No, you aren't that way." "Your hand is wounded." "Yes, this is..." "Ernest, you are not a bad person." "It's because you are the one... that's the most concerned about Gareas." "Zero, how many times do I have to tell you?" "Don't lock arms." "Shut your mouth." "If I let go, this one will get away." "What a stubborn beginner." "Hurry up and fall." "You're not the only one that's my opponent." "If I keep spending time with him... my appraisal will go down." "Zero, above you!" "Dodge it!" "What happened?" "Self-destructed?" "What are you doing?" "Zero, do something about this." "Just a little more to the outfield." "Well done." "I'm falling!" "And so this game is over." "Aracd, behind you." "Aracd craft operations cease." "Scanner cancellation in time." "No damage to the other pilot." "I understand." "What a cheap shot." "Both of the new recruits are out now?" "No, not yet, sir." "Deploy the shock-absorbing field." "Terminate scanner." "No, not yet, sir." "Unused energy to the booster." "Back panel parts lock release." "Open." "Zero, there is no up or down in space." "Don't think that you're falling." "Kizna?" "I'm all right." "Hurry up and fly." "I won't forgive losing this way." "Rome, terminate Number 88's scanner." "But, sir" "I said cancel it." "Yes, sir." "Terminating scanner." "Clay is having an EX reaction." "What are you saying?" "His memory ability is steadily increasing." "What are these irregular readings?" "Eighty-eight, use the auto to decelerate your vessel." "The boundary limit is only five seconds away." "Zero, fly!" "Zero, fly out of there!" "It can't be true." "Number 88 returning to the battlefield." "What was I looking at?" "This is very interesting." "Clay!" "I said, Clay, are you all right?" "Say, Zero, is it true that you...saw me?" "Yeah, most likely." "What was that?" "I wonder." "That was her." "Kizna." "I wonder how she knows." "You know, Zero..." "I gotta tell you..." "I really didn't wanna be a repairer." "I wanted to be a pilot." "You?" "Yeah, but I couldn't make it." "I was upset, but my body wasn't cut out for battle." "I don't have any EX." "It's fundamentally not possible for a woman." "Well, if you think about it... the top Goddess, Teela, is an exceptional person." "She's a woman pilot, and she is the top." "Teela...the pilot of the White Vessel... is named Teela?" "That's right." "You're right, it is Teela." "And because you're the one... that's determined to be a pilot... my dreams were transferred to you." "I get it." "That image was Kizna's broken dreams." "Stop it." "I'm getting sick." "That's what you get!" "Star... the last remaining star... the losing of the last paradise... and the equipment that keeps evolving... and you've noticed even though I've changed so much..." "Rei." "This moment is not forever." "The war brings about parting so swiftly and suddenly." "However, the ones left behind... must carry on the dreams of those who went before them." "And they will appear again." ""Candidates for Goddess"-- Curriculum Number 08, Death." "For those with wings, fly to your dreams." "Please... don't look into my soul... with those eyes that can pierce one's heart... my heart that cares about you." "Because you don't bother looking at me... because there's only another that you open your heart to." "My heart is ugly and distorted by jealousy..." "so don't look at me." "Tune!" "Get with it." "Yes, sir." "What is Victim's type and number?" "Type--"R."" "Number--several thousand." "Unable to ascertain." "Are they headed straight toward Zion?" "No, sir." "The mass is building up to a wedge shape." "They are headed for Zion, but they are veering." "The leader is controlling the others." "Do you understand, Galew?" "That means we need to target the enemy's top." "Don't push it." "Ernest, sir?" "What is it?" "When you return, I would like to speak with you." "Understood." "Outside airlock." "Two minutes to connection." "First level airlock completed." "Engaging second-level airlock." "All secured, number three chamber." "Number three airlock closed." "Opening up on test bay." "Launch!" "What are you doing?" "I don't deserve to be kicked around." "How many times did I tell you to shut up, 88?" "One, two." "Stop counting!" "You're being a nuisance to Yamagi and Roose... when they're trying to train." "Really?" "Go to the right, throw a kick." "Are you those guys' instructor?" "Can't you see they're completely distracted?" "Tell me what my next move is." "How should I know?" "I can't help it." "I get excited when I'm watching." "My blood begins to boil... and even though I don't really want to butt in... my soul just begins to take over." "You can scream all you want in study hall." "You're not gonna let me observe?" "Don't be so stingy!" "Dismissed." "You cheapskate instructor!" "Zero, I'll hang with you in study hall." "You're a pretty nice guy, Erts." "By the way..." "I hope you understand I am still your senior." "You don't have to tell me." "If we have to go to study hall... we might as well study together, right?" "This is very interesting." "Doesn't it bother you... the fact that I'm a telepath?" "What does that mean?" "Most people are wary of coming in contact with me." "Because you can read their minds?" "Are you spooked?" "Not really." "I don't have anything to hide in my mind." "The only thing in my mind is to be a pilot..." "and there's nothing else!" "Exactly." "OK, let's begin." "I get it." "You didn't shake my hand that time... 'cause you thought I was afraid of having my mind read." "No." "It's because I am, after all, your senior." "You salute your seniors." "He's got no common sense." "I see, then best regards, senior, sir." "No matter how many nets we cast... it doesn't bother these guys at all." "Where is their leader?" "Can you spot him?" "Luhma Klein!" "I'm locating him now." "At this rate, they will all collide with Zion." "What are we supposed to do?" "Is that it?" "Luhma Klein!" "We're going to lose sight of it." "Galew, you're doing it again!" "What are you doing, Eeva Leena, Luhma Klein?" "Don't get in front of the barrier!" "Don't collapse the formation." "If I didn't come here... you were planning to attack them, weren't you?" "I spotted the Victim leader." "I almost had him." "I lost sight of it again." "They are coming." "Retreat, Ernest!" "You retreat, too, Galew." "I understand." "I'll go, too." "Galew and Ernest!" "Where's Ernest?" "I caught him." "Can you see it?" "This is the Victim leader." "Hurry up and release it, Ernest." "Luhma Klein's armor won't be able to hold it." "If I could release it, I would have done so already." "Their boss is here." "Use me as a target." "Don't kid around, man." "You're the one telling everyone not to take chances." "Rioroute, cover me." "I'll secure an escape path for Luhma Klein." "Attack from the right... or strike from the left." "He's thinking that I'm attacking from the right... but he's keeping his left guard up also." "What are they doing?" "Facing off for almost fifteen minutes." "Battle of the minds." "That doesn't seem to suit Zero." "Perhaps." "I think they might be reaching their limit." "And Erts is thinking I'll move that way... is what I'm thinking, so what am I finally supposed to do?" "Of course!" "I'll just attack him from the front." "What are you laughing at?" "I'm very glad." "You're glad?" "You are ultimately one with no deceit." "Are you trying to say I'm stupid?" "That's not it." "You derive pleasure from fighting... though this isn't a real fight." "Victim is the opponent of our fight." "That's correct." "I'm sorry." "I win." "This is it." "Exceptional physical ability... allows one to outwit the mindreader with his speed." "But Erts will probably catch him." "I give up." "What's happening to you?" "I'm broken." "Broken?" "I can't even help him now." "Teela!" "Heritage." "Ernest." "Ernest, please respond!" "Ernest, please respond to me!" "Bastard!" "Galew, wait for Number 1." "If I wait, Ernest is gonna die." "Where are you, Ernest?" "Cease fire, Eeva Leena!" "I'm going to kill each and every one of these bastards!" "What are you doing, Number 1?" "Vessel recovery takes precedence." "Temporarily retreat from the battlefield." "Damn it." "Are you really all right?" "Yes, thank you." "You're still shaking." "I'll be fine." "I'll be all right." "Repairer, damage report." "The pilot is deemed useless." "Priority given to the airframe." "I am going to requisition a new pilot." "You will start repairing Luhma Klein." "Wait a second, Number 1!" "You don't have to make her do it now." "Tune is the only repairer for Luhma Klein." "Duty takes precedence over anything else." "But why right now?" "Victim is not going to wait." "I'll get to it." "So that's the way it goes?" "We'll arrange a space funeral for him." "Damn it!" "I was supposed to die." "It was supposed to be me!" "Damn it!" "The road to being a pilot is so far away." "It's probably because you lost all that weight." "Don't go there." "Next, it's the Hiead-Force group." "Are you recruits ready?" "Ready anytime." "So our opponents are the survivors." "Yes." "This is Azuma Hijikata." "It's the Erts Group, challenging, indeed." "I will get them today." "You keep your hands off of Erts." "That depends on the battle condition." "You bastard." "Can't you follow your senior's orders?" "I understand." "I'll be there right away." "Training has been postponed." "Stand by till further instructions." "This is something pretty big." "Azuma, I give you the authority to make the selection." "I understand." "Put another way, Erts' super- sensitive telepathic ability... and Zero's mysterious speed... these abilities which are known as the EX... is by no means unrelated to becoming a Goddess pilot." "You know, when did you become a commentator?" "In reality, I believe my EX... is to watch your movements in minute detail." "Instructor." "Number 05..." "No." "Erts Virny Cocteau." "Yes, sir." "At twenty hours, 08 minutes..." "I'm reporting that you've been named... as a commissioned Goddess pilot." "A commissioned pilot!" "That's really great!" "My brother--has he died?" "There will be a shuttle to GIS eighteen minutes from now." "Please be ready by then." "No way!" "There's not enough time!" "Number 88, you give him a hand." "Erts, are you scared?" "I don't know." "Surprisingly, I don't feel that way now." "Weren't you scared of fighting?" "It's because I felt that fighting... and becoming stronger would make me lonely." "How about now?" "From now on..." "I feel my older brother will be at my side." "I understand." "I am sorry." "I can't choose you." "You, too, want to follow your brother's will?" "To your success." "Thank you." "Sir?" "Let's shake." "Sure." "You are not alone." "I will become a pilot." "I'll surpass you soon, so wait up." "Thank you, Zero." "On my way." "You take care of yourself, sir." "Company, salute!" "Commence "Corps Hymn."" "I'll absolutely get there, Erts." "I'll get there." "That is Zero, right?" "I've seen this profile before, but why?" "Why did you take such an unnecessary risk?" "Was that person that important... that you would risk your life for him?" "Were you afraid of losing that person?" "Can't be!" "It can't be!" "I was the one that was scared." "That's why I couldn't tell you." "I love you, ever since we first met, forever." "Thank you, Ernest." "Ernest Cuore!" "Company, salute!" "Heritage, all is not lost." "Your hopes and mine... will be intertwined forever and ever." "Yes, it's for the future." "The young men's futures are divided in several ways." "Eventually, they'll go their chosen way." "In looking back... can they see their other self in another path?" "Can they ever turn back from the way they have chosen?" ""Candidates for Goddess"-- Curriculum Number 09..." "Dreams." "For those with wings, fly your dreams." "Luhma Klein." "Pilot replacement approved." "Starting sequence." "Sequence confirmed." "New pilot registered." "Pilot Erts Virny Cocteau." "New repairer registered." "Repairer Tune Youg." "New vessel code name registered." "Reneighd..." "Klein." "Pilot replacement approved." "What's wrong with you?" "I thought-- Well, I don't know." "I thought maybe I heard my friend's voice." "Rei." "That's enough, and wake up, already." "This is... my house... my desk..." "What are you saying, half asleep?" "Were you up late again?" "What am I gonna do with you?" "Rei, hurry and eat your breakfast." "Your friends have kindly waited for you." "You're going to be late for school again." "School?" "Friends?" "Come on!" "You better hurry up!" "Do you have the need to break the consecutive tardy record?" "Why are you walking so slowly?" "We're really gonna leave you behind." "But what are you guys doing here?" "We even bothered to pick you up!" "That's no way to talk to us, huh, Zero?" "Cut it out!" "You're choking me." "Clay!" "That's because it's very strange." "What are you guys doing here in my colony anyway?" "Colony?" "What's that?" "Is that a new candy or something?" "You idiot!" "A colony is a colony!" "It's a huge dome, and it's all covered up... so the air doesn't leak out into space." "What's going on?" "And then Zero covered his head and curled into a ball." "Like if the sky wasn't covered, he'd fall off." "That's so childish, or is he regressing into his infancy?" "Probably because he was dreaming again... about falling from the sky!" "Zero is so cute." "He's just stupid." "Wreka, does this mean that you and Zero..." "But Zero, he's always like that." "That's enough, you guys!" "Shut up!" "Be quiet!" "The warning bell has already rung." "Hurry up and get to your seats!" "And you're here, too." "What are you just standing there for?" "You can't hear?" "You better not ignore me." "Please don't ignore me!" "What are you doing, Zero?" "It's approaching from the front." "A barbarian like you... is in no way a match for my intelligent strategies." "Darn it." "You mean to say... that you were sleeping during the simulated battle?" "That is by far the worst excuse for someone who lost." "It's not like that." "It was more real than a dream." "You mean we were all friends... and happily attending school together in your colony?" "No." "It wasn't a colony." "It was really spread out with no roof over our heads." "Perhaps it's because you hit your head during an impact." "I think Dr. Crawford needs to have a look at you." "Not me!" "You don't know what'll happen with a quack like that." "I'm gonna tell." "Kizna, you wouldn't!" "Endless views that go on?" "That's not a colony, but a planet." "A what?" "A planet?" "It's the place in Zero's dreams." "Zero, what did the end of the place you were in look like?" "Perhaps you couldn't see the other side." "What is this?" "It's the horizon." "It's where the landscape drops off." "That's right." "It was like this." "I couldn't see any walls, and the sky went on forever." "I'm positive, what you saw was a view being on a planet." "This is very interesting." "No kidding?" "This planet you're talking about... then could it be a place like Zion?" "What other planet could there be left?" "Zion." "Wait for me!" "We're not waiting." "We've lapped you already." "It's precisely three laps." "That idiot." "Though he's lost weight, it hasn't helped him." "It's because he lost weight too quickly... and his stamina has dropped." "OK, Clay, Yamagi, Zero, you're done!" "Take a ten-minute rest." "You know, I wonder why I had such a dream." "You said it wasn't a dream." "Shut up." "Well, let's just say you were a little homesick." "How can you say that?" "'Cause otherwise, it's very strange." "How can you dream of seeing a whole planet... for a guy who doesn't even know the meaning of a horizon?" "Speaking of that, how do you even know about it?" "Have you ever even seen a horizon?" "Of course not." "I do have that knowledge." "You just don't know enough about anything." "What are you guys talkin' about?" "Zero really misses his hometown and was dreaming all about it..." "and he was homesick." "That's not what I said." "I often have dreams of my hometown." "My colony was shut down... and there's not even a soul on it." "I sure still know it." "I still have dreams of my family... waiting with concern at the colony for my homecoming." "To keep the number of dreamers like me from growing..." "I'm gonna become the pilot who will beat Victim... and this is for sure." "What?" "What's so wrong with that?" "I just thought, well, that's pretty cool, right?" "Right." "I thought it was pretty cool, too." "You damn fools!" "The reason why we're trying so hard... is to become Goddess pilots and save everyone from Victim." "It's not about being cool." "Save everybody?" "You mean it's not?" "Then tell me, why do you want to become a pilot?" "The reason I want to be a pilot..." "This is..." "Hey, Zero, you look out of it." "Are you feeling sick?" "I..." "Hurry up." "Sit down and wipe your face." "It's not cool." "I..." "What the..." "What on earth is going on?" "Zero, stop it!" "Emergency alert!" "All students, follow instructions." "Proceed in an orderly manner... and board and stand by in the emergency pods." "Zero, stop!" "Wake up!" "Zero, wake up!" "Zero, EX range is increasing rapidly." "It's not neutralized at all." "We shouldn't have done this!" "The instructor's gonna kill us." "Well, it's too late now... and you should know that you pushed him to this, Clay." "Because it was interesting!" "Why is it that he's alone without any training... and Tuning got to ride the Ingrid?" "What do you think was in his memory?" "Doesn't everyone want to know?" "But you didn't have to go this far." "I think that hypnosis was by far the best method... to recreate the environment... in order to exactly recreate his experience... in the cockpit of the Ingrid." "That was the only decision I could make." "You mean Zero is just asleep?" "If everyone was having an EX reaction while sleeping..." "GOA would've fallen apart by now." "That is where it becomes very interesting." "Well, I think maybe his EX reaction... might be triggered by the environment... of his being in the cockpit of the Ingrid that he fell into." "The data is..." "Clay Cliff Fortran, forget about the lecture." "Hurry up and do something and do it now!" "But what can I do?" "What did you say?" "Kizna, will you stay cool?" "Recruit, what in the world are you doing here?" "Azuma, look there." "This time, I'm in a cockpit of a Goddess?" "Damn it, where are you attacking from?" "Keep calm." "You will be fine." "His EX reaction is working, even when he's sleeping." "The tranquilizers won't take effect." "If his EX is out of control... we'll have to throw him out into space." "No, please don't." "No." "His EX is a physical reaction." "If we stimulate it the wrong way... he might blow up GOA." "And his is not out of control." "His EX is the type that is totally manageable." "What are you implying?" "Well, he has a reason for his EX being in motion." "Of course, we still don't know what the reasons are... for his dreams yet." "Dreaming?" "Right." "He's dreaming." "See, it's a very clean REM brain wave." "If he's only dreaming, I'll just wake him up." "I told you before..." "I can't assure what will happen if we stimulate him incorrectly." "So what are we supposed to do about it, then?" "We have to wait until he wakes up on his own." "That's if GOA can last that long." "We're really in a fix." "Speak for yourself!" "Tell me, why are you here, and what's going on, anyway?" "The answer is always within yourself." "You should be able to see it." "I can't figure it out like that!" "Tell me right now, what is a Goddess... and who is that girl I saw before?" "You will find out when you ride one." "When I ride it?" "Damn bastard." "Hey, why can't I see outside clearly?" "What's going on here?" "Damn it." "The answer is always within yourself." "I can't see it because I've never seen it before." "Ride one?" "Does that mean I..." "haven't ridden until now?" "Obviously this is too realistic to be a dream." "Is this a simulation or a Quarval?" "No, it's not." "Darn it." "This is not worth it." "It hurts." "I just can't believe it." "What's happened to you?" "Don't ask me." "I don't even understand." "Thanks for the other time." "If you hadn't asked me, I might've forgotten about it." "About what?" "The reason for becoming a pilot." "What do you mean, become a" "I better figure out if this is also a dream." "Rei...get ready quickly and eat." "You'll be late for school again." "You know, Mother..." "What?" "I've been trying to recall your face, and I can't." "Isn't that funny?" "That is to say, even though I love you so much." "And that's not all." "I can't remember any of my friends... when I used to live here." "I know I used to have a whole lot of good buddies." "Rei, are you sad?" "No, I'm not." "I don't know why, but I'm not sad at all... even though they were very important to me." "That is what's so sad, no?" "Is that so?" "You could be right." "But if I become a full pilot... then I can save everyone, that much I know is true." "And after I become a pilot, I will think of other things." "That's what I've decided I'm going to do." "Do you think I'm doing the wrong thing?" "Do as you please." "You know that I will forever be on your side." "Thank you, Mom." "Good-bye..." "Mother." "I slept well." "I'm glad for you, Prince of Sleepyland." "You big idiot!" "Move faster, slugs." "If you're too slow, I'll add ten more laps." "Why do we have to run with them?" "'Cause we got mixed up in this." "Well, you're pretty energetic after that incident... aren't you, Zero?" "It's OK now." "What is?" "About my mother and everything that's inside... that Ingrid I rode before." "Why's that?" "I feel everything will be answered when I ride the Ingrid." "And that's why becoming a pilot... is all that I'm going to think about from now on." "You never thought about anything in the first place, did you?" "That's right." "Come on, Zero." "Is that true?" "What's up?" "I want...to fight with you." "You must be crazy." "There aren't enough pairs since Erts left." "The instructor said that until the teams... are settled and re-established again... the training will be postponed." "In other words, I'm not your teammate anymore." "I want to have a duel with you right now." "Don't tell me you're afraid to have a duel with me." "You damn newbie." "Carres... get Instructor Hijikata's permission... to use the training facility." "Will do." "I'll get him." "I'll win and defeat each and every last one of them." "Nobody will get in my way." "I will be the one to manipulate...the Goddess." "In the young man's heart, there was a darkness... a darkness that couldn't be erased." "The young woman who tries to help him makes a mistake." "As she becomes more fascinated and more entangled... the surroundings become more blurred." ""Candidates for Goddess," Curriculum Number 10..." "Jealousy." "For those with wings, fly to your dreams." "Ouch!" "What was that?" "It must be Hiead." "He's riding the Pro Ing right now." "Stop it!" "Please, give it up already, Hiead!" "What is with this guy?" "Emergency alert." "EX overload in battlefield." "Shutting off all corridors." "Cut all lines." "Connect with the outside air lock." "Are you going to throw them out into space?" "Once the EX gets out of control, nobody can stop it." "But, sir" "Do it!" "Force's life is in danger." "We'll retrieve Hiead later." "Yes, sir." "Connecting to the outside air lock." "Ow!" "Throw them out into space?" "Don't take such simple measures." "If this works, he'll fall asleep." "Don't screw up the concentrations." "There's no turning back." "That's the reason why I came here, right?" "It's gotten so quiet." "I wonder if Hiead is already down." "It's probably so, but don't you feel any tension right now?" "Please move out of the way!" "The tranquilizers are temporary." "Hurry to sick bay!" "Yes, ma'am." "Was that guy Hiead?" "I think that's EX out of control, yeah." "Doctor, isn't he also injured?" "We'll treat him later." "All we can do is wait until he stabilizes." "Yes." "Let's go." "But I wonder why..." "Come on." "Yes." "EX out of control?" "That's why I told you a thousand times... that fighting is forbidden!" "It's very dangerous!" "There are consequences to it!" "Hey, don't take it out on me!" "After all, if those with the EX fight... their emotions run high along with the EX." "This vessel's stabilizer system is too lame and can't handle it!" "The runaway EX can't be managed, including the person!" "Hey, someone also stop this runaway dude." "Who are you calling dude, lame brain?" "I'm your instructor!" "Please." "Please have some tea." "After all, he's the only partner I have now." "You saved me." "He doesn't want it." "Do you?" "Oh, thank you." "That Hiead must have exploded during training." "Idiot." "You shouldn't say things like that." "What's this tea?" "It tastes funny." "'Cause it's herbal tea." "Herb." "What's that?" "It's poison!" "You're not the one that would die if you drank poison." "This tea is good for your health." "Matter of fact, it's very valuable... and it's too good for you." "Be grateful and drink it." "I wonder why that is... that EX has such destructive power." "I wonder where it could be coming from." "Well, it can't be helped now." "But don't you have any doubts?" "Hey, what do you think about Hiead's EX?" "And Roose was surprised." "So that's why Wrecka went chasing after him." "I can't even get into Hiead's head!" "What's that?" "Very interesting." "There are small wounds in thirty-two places... in the shoulders, elbows, thighs, and ruptured organs... causing bruising over his whole body." "He'll take three weeks to heal completely... including the exchange of the atomic." "If he recovers, I guess I'll let him off." "You were watching them... and you couldn't stop them before they went out of control?" "Don't tell me..." "You wanted to see his EX!" "You got to be kidding." "Every candidate's important to me." "Anyway, treat him well for three weeks, OK?" "EX." "Each pilot candidate has their own special ability." "This acquired ability appears naturally... by each one's circumstances and environment." "In short, I can figure out Hiead's EX character... if I know his childhood environment." "Start the game." "List." "Wasn't that easy?" "Then how about "pilot"?" "Whoops." "Children." "Bingo." "What is this place?" "This is the relaxation room." "You've never been here before?" "I didn't know such a place existed." "You should read your school guidebook better." "Anyway, what is this relaxation?" "I say." "Wow." "This feels like being on the colony." "This place is for relaxing and resting... your tired body and soul." "People need this kind of facility to help them." "Don't just pull out the grass!" "Everything here is valuable." "All I have to do is relax, right?" "You are going to be under an extreme amount of pressure... until you finally become a pilot." "Even if you don't notice... the strings in the web of your mind can become stretched... and when the string snaps, you'll become like Hiead." "You should be careful, too, Zero." "Hey!" "You need to be more alert." "It's useless talking to you." "All you have to do is to provide support for me." "Don't you try to get into my head." "I wonder if that's really OK." "Really." "What does this mean?" "All his personal files are deleted?" "Mine, too?" "Why is this?" "To erase the past?" "These data files are used as reference for the" "What's happening to you, yelling like that?" "Yeah." "I got a little excited." "Come on." "This is not a game center." "I'm sorry." "How do you feel?" "I'm fine." "You can resume your training tomorrow." "Yes, sir." "She was worried about you." "You should appreciate that." "Hiead, sir?" "Don't ask me anything." "No, I wasn't trying to get inside your head." "Sir, I understand now that all I have to do is try hard, right?" "Try hard to make you a pilot, isn't it?" "I mean, that's my job." "And that's all I'm thinking about." "She's a real nice girl." "It's not my business." "Huh?" "Oh, boy." "Hi." "So, did I say something wrong?" "Yo." "You came back." "If you can't control your EX, you get points deducted... again and again." "Well, it's good for me, but it's not fun getting ahead of you... in that particular way." "You aren't very cheerful." "Hello?" "I'll kill you someday." "That's more like it." "Damn you." "Otherwise, our past history is not needed." "It's not correct." "It's not right." "Clay?" "What's not right?" "Oh, it's nothing." "Hiead, it's good to see you looking so well." "All candidates, urgent message." "Please assemble in the auditorium after dinner." "Our top candidate, Erts Virny Cocteau... has been commissioned as a pilot." "We have to elect the next top candidate." "Testing for the top candidate will start tomorrow." "The top candidate." "We need to put on a new game face." "Of course we will." "Be alert and do your best." "Erts, how is Reneighd Klein holding?" "It's not too bad." "Not too bad?" "It's the Ingrid that holds Tune and your older brother's souls." "It's outstanding." "Gareas, sir." "Three Victims approaching from the lamp side." "I see them!" "The fact is, even if we keep blasting them out... they just keep coming." "Erts, what did you feel?" "It's Victim, still increasing and coming in a large horde." "A horde?" "Is that true?" "It's the word of Ernest Cuore's brother." "I believe it." "Darn it." "Zero." "Sorry." "I'm not sleepy at all." "Is it because tomorrow's the big test maybe?" "No." "I slept pretty much all day." "Wow, what a guy." "How about you?" "You can't sleep because you're tense?" "I have a nagging concern." "Listen to me." "I probed into your dreams... and you couldn't remember your mother's face, right?" "Yeah." "Well, in the past, when we were on the colony... memories that felt like a previous life... the reason why humanity started living in space... because of all of our past mistakes." "Well, I don't think it's any big deal if you can't remember it." "All we have to do is become pilots." "But you know, I truly believe if we know the background... of the birth of the EX, humanity will know where it'll end up-- what kind of information living conditions... provide our genetic codes and..." "Well, thinking is my role in life, you know." "The past, memories, previous life." "This power was acquired in order to live." "I need to use this power from now to live." "Group H, number 87, 88, 89... please standby for launch procedure." "Yeah." "Zero." "It's your first space battle... but forget that there's no gravity." "You're making me remember." "I'm starting to feel sick." "Are you ready, Clay?" "I know I can't win, but I will do my best." "I don't expect it, either." "Don't say it that way." "My stomach is starting to churn." "Zero, when you get into space, count to five and look at Zion." "What do you mean?" "Just do as I say... then you'll be able to fly." "I'll fly." "Launch ahead." "One, two, three, four." "I don't have time to be counting!" "OK, you did it." "I'll get them from the closest first." "Tell me!" "2 o'clock high is vessel 78." "lt has you in firing range." "OK!" "In total, there are over fifty candidates for Goddess." "All right!" "Won't let them fire!" "Already thirty or more have fallen... except for commissioned pilot Erts." "Where is vessel 88?" "Vessel 64 is approaching." "I'm looking for Zero." "Don't lose your cool." "I don't make the same mistake twice." "Out of my way!" "In the battle for the top position... another group of candidates will be eliminated." "Now where shall I go escape?" "Clay, don't you want to fight?" "Escaping is a strategy." "Run for the shadows." "Don't go that way!" "Why me?" "They have to win..." "Where are you, Zero?" "in order to fulfill their dream..." "Zero, twelve o'clock high." "to become a pilot." "No way." "Vessel 64 destroyed." "Vessel 26 withdrawing." "Vessel 89 almost self-destruct." "It's Hiead." "Zero." "The first test is completed." "All vessels return to base." "It's over, Hiead." "There will still be other chances." "If you fight after completion... it's a penalty." "You'll get demerits." "Shut your mouth!" "I'm sorry." "All victorious pilots will move on... to the second test in the afternoon." "Repairers proceed with maintenance." "Zero!" "How many did you score?" "I got three vessels." "You did pretty good." "I survived." "Great." "Then you might be up against me next." "You, too, Zero?" "Of course I did." "I shot one down, but then I got hit next." "That's just because you're too slow." "Aren't you going to ask me?" "Clay, how many minutes did you last?" "Don't ask that way." "Sorry." "Thirty-seven seconds." "It's seconds!" "Hey, Hiead." "Don't run the next time." "Who's going to run?" "There's nothing to be proud of... dropping guys that are weaker than you." "If you don't run, then I'll fight you." "What?" "Fighting is not allowed." "Right?" "Yes." "OK." "Wow." "That was quick, lkuni." "Are you done already?" "Yes." "How about you, Kizna?" "I have a troublesome partner, and I have to be meticulous." "Kizna, you're lucky." "You have a really good combination." "I don't think so." "We're always quarreling." "It's better than not quarreling at all." "You'll be all right." "A repairer is a very important and necessary part to a pilot." "Let's survive, then he will have absolutely no reason... not to approve of you." "Yes." "But only one team can survive and win." "You're right." "If this keeps up, it'll be one of us." "You want to get some food?" "No." "I'm going to make some more adjustments... and check things out." "I'll join you later." "OK." "See you later." "I wonder who's going to survive." "My God!" "What am I thinking?" "If we survive, he'll approve of me." "If we survive..." "If we survive, he'll approve of me." "Vessel 88 launching." "I'm gonna blow the second test away." "Zero, where are you?" "Zero, vessel 32 is approaching from 11 o'clock." "I see it." "Attack!" "Target within firing range." "Testing is temporarily suspended." "All vessels immediately return to base." "What?" "We just got out here." "We've received a request for immediate support... from the Five Goddesses." "We will go to their aid." "Emergency status." "All candidates, are you ready?" "Follow instructions." "Awesome." "Finally, a real battle." "Don't get too cocky, Zero." "I know that." "What shall I do?" "I might have done something very terrible." "The young men wander around... in the space that they were thrown into." "They feel anxious, lonely, and impatient." "If moving forward is the only way... then that's what they must do." "By moving forward, someone will eventually discover them." ""Candidates for Goddess," Curriculum Number 11..." "Drifting." "For those with wings, fly to your dreams." "The R type Victim was increasing in numbers again." "These guys keep coming no matter how much we blast them away!" "We need to aim for the leader of the horde." "Isn't that right, Erts?" "Don't get nervous even if you miss them now." "Let GOA handle them." "The Pro Ings should be able to handle these guys." "There are many outstanding candidates at GOA." "Right." "I'm going to set a big net." "We'll save the small fish for them." "They are scrambling, are they not?" "The scramble command given at GOA... is concerned with guarding the boundary... near Zion in area blue one." "And because they are just candidates... nothing more was expected from them." "Hurry it up!" "Yamagi has already launched." "I'm doing it now." "It's almost ready." "Vessel 89, take off." "The gate is open." "Vessel 88, start taxiing." "Clay even beat me to it." "Well, we're at the final check." "Move it!" "Kizna." "What?" "Did you check the inside of the cockpit?" "I did that already." "But..." "Hiead's already left, right?" "Yeah." "Kizna!" "Yeah, yeah." "Excuse me." "He gets a little upset when he's late." "I'm sorry." "Outside air lock connection completed." "Number 88 is launching!" "The outside space booster... are not like the ones on the trainers." "Get used to them quick." "Jeez." "I understand." "Zero!" "Uh, sorry." "Something's off with the timing." "We're doing everything right down here." "I was just... just..." "We are now going to proceed to support the Five Goddesses." "You candidates will be held in reserve for the battle." "You men are still nothing more than trainees." "Think of this mission... as you would any other part of your training." "Above all, remember that you are still new recruits." "Actions beyond orders are banned." "Disobedience will result in death." "Let's stop with the details and go already." "All pilots proceed to battle coordinates." "Yes!" "The following pilots who have not received... maneuvering training will be towed." "85, 86, 87..." "88, 89." "I don't need this." "If you can't follow orders, you'll be left behind, 88." "Why are you calling me?" "There's no gravity." "OK, all vessels line up." "Phew." "It's OK for a while." "Yeah, right." "lkuni." "Yes?" "It's a good thing everyone launched safely... but the real battle starts now." "We have to be very alert... because we're going to operate the Z motor, right?" "That's correct." "Didn't you say you wanted to talk to me before?" "No, not really." "Oh." "Well, OK, then." "I just wanted him to win... that's all." "Let's survive... then he will have absolutely no reason... not to approve of you." "Yes." "But only one team can survive and win." "You're right." "If this keeps up, it'll be one of us." "I had no way of knowing they would go into live battle." "Awesome!" "I can see the Five Goddesses battling." "Listen up." "Split apart." "Do not use your boosters." "You will set firing perimeters here." "Standby." "Standby?" "The Victims that get through the Five Goddesses... will be your targets." "We don't have to engage them first." "You mean we don't move?" "Isn't that obvious?" "What else can you half-wits do?" "Just think of this as target practice." "Don't move an inch from there." "Just aim your launchers-- that's all." "Then what's the booster on my back for?" "Do you want to drift away?" "It's a piece of cake once you get used to it." "Tell me that once you get over your zero gravity sickness." "I'm used to it now." "No sweat." "I can do it." "In any case... disobeying orders will be grounds for demerits." "Rats." "Grounds for demerits." "In the event that you get damaged... the repairers' response distance is at its maximum... so don't move." "Positively do not move!" "Yeah, yeah." "That is all." "They have scrambled." "Do you feel them?" "Yes, between Zion and myself." "It has begun." "It is going to get interesting." "Crow?" "Are they coming?" "It's not them." "We saw it five minutes before." "Well, it has to be the first Victim group... making their laps and then circling all around us." "What is that?" "The Victim horde has been getting closer and farther from Zion in periodic cycles." "Now it's five minutes ten minutes ago." "You're pretty clumsy... but you have the talent to figure out these things." "Ha ha ha ha!" "You finally realized that?" "We're too far away." "The Victim isn't getting close to us at all." "Zero?" "Huh?" "Have you ever seen Victim up close?" "I have--during my childhood." "This will be my first time." "Even watching Victim from a distance..." "It's still a mystery." "What do you mean?" "Why do you think we have to do battle with them... in the first place?" "In order to protect Zion." "Victim and Zion." "Why do you think Victim has to aim for Zion?" "Victim or sacrifice." "Someone said that." "The meaning is very interesting." "So, it's Zion and Victim." "I was just..." "They're here, Zero!" "Right." "I'm on it." "Aah!" "Zero!" "Zero, what's wrong with you?" "Hiead, sir!" "What are you doing?" "Fire!" "Fire!" "Uh, yes, sir." "Don't let him go!" "Please!" "Stay calm!" "Fire!" "You got him, Hiead!" "Phew." "Victim destroyed--confirmed." "Oh, I sweated that one." "By the way, where's Zero?" "Zero, can you hear me?" "I let my guard down." "Sorry." "You'll be fine." "There's no damage to your vessel." "Just slowly regain your bearings." "But something's wrong with the scanner." "It's not working well." "Zero, what is it?" "Zero!" "Zero!" "Please respond!" "Zero!" "Zero!" "Zero!" "Damn it." "It's not moving as I command." "I'm feeling sick." "Come on!" "I'm falling." "What is Zero doing?" "We can't reach him from here." "Clay, how about from your position?" "Zero!" "Zero!" "Are you all right?" "I feel awful!" "It's his regular thing." "There seems to be no damage to the vessel." "Let's see." "Should I go rescue him?" "But we were told to keep our position." "He's got to do something by himself." "Anyway, if the enemy comes here now..." "They're coming!" "Aah!" "That's klutzy." "Hiead, you were told not to move!" "I don't care." "Hiead, sir..." "Instructor!" "Can you hear this, sir?" "Please respond." "He drifted away." "Transmission has ceased." "Can you track him from where you are?" "You got to be kidding!" "That's the repairers' job!" "I fully know that... but it's already happened, and there's nothing else I can do!" "She's more upset than me." "You must hurry and proceed to rescue him." "If you're willing to lose an important student..." "I'll take you to the authorities and have you court-martialled!" "Authorities?" "OK, all right, calm down." "Please handle this." "A court martial, huh?" "In any case, the mopping up of Victim... is more important right now." "Rats." "If I don't do anything, I'll get really lost." "Stay cool." "Straight-- if it's straight, I can fly." "What'll I do if I fall into Zion?" "Anyway, the scanner timing is off by 0.5 or so." "Here!" "I did it." "What is the candidate doing?" "Get out of here!" "Get out?" "But I was finally able to get to here." "Darn it!" "I'm completely surrounded." "I told you to get out!" "It's Agui Keameir." "This is no place for a kid!" "I am a pilot candidate, too!" "A candidate isn't a pilot!" "We've captured the boss of the horde." "Transferring data." "Erts?" "Hurry it up!" "I can't hold on!" "Damn it!" "This is..." "Hiead." "Number 88, do you know what disobeying orders means?" "Yeah." "I wasn't trying to disobey orders." "Stow it, Zero." "The annihilation of Victim is most important above all." "That's right." "Yes." "Let me just say this-- there's a whole lot of substitute pilots." "If you want to die, go ahead." "Die?" "He's mean." "If I didn't get there, you could've been killed." "Oh, then that means that you came to rescue me." "I didn't know that you were such a good guy, Hiead." "Are you crazy?" "Crazy?" "I just wanted to test my own EX, nothing more." "Now lay off." "Hmm." "What's with him?" "Zero!" "Huh?" "Are you all right?" "Aah!" "Kizna!" "What?" "I was almost killed today because of you." "Are you saying it was my fault?" "You didn't maintain the vessel properly." "The scanner's reaction was a complete mess." "No way." "I did everything correctly." "Excuse me." "That was, uh..." "Ikuni?" "I did--I did..." "What's wrong, lkuni?" "Uh, I might've made a mistake." "I remember changing the scanner connector." "I don't..." "So it was you." "Yeah, yeah, it was me." "But, you know, I remember telling you about it." "You told me?" "I don't remember." "Ah, you forgot again." "What are we going to do?" "Did I hear it?" "Huh." "When was that?" "Kizna?" "Never mind." "Don't say anything." "By the way... let's sing together." "Oh, yes, we'll fight back to back" "I will wish for you and me" "Hoping that you'll see" "The song we hum" "May not be" "Exactly what each imagined" "Oh, our hearts" "They will beat" "Each one separately" "But they'll beat the same rhythm" "Yes, our bodies are beaten" "But we have our souls" "We'll carry this burden" "For mankind to win" "The memory of peaceful times" "Once again" "Yes, our bodies are beaten" "But we have our souls" "We'll carry this burden for mankind to win..." "Is that so?" "At the same time?" "Yes, it was simultaneous." "Their EX reaction... happened with mine." "It's close." "Yes." "Perhaps... very soon."