Someday, when I'm really in trouble...
You can save me then.
So let me do a bit more on my own today.
I...
I want to protect you, too!
Hibiki!
Balwisyall nescell Gungnir tron.
Miku, I'm coming!
Miku!
Episode 9 The Origin of a Hero
Miku...
Why did this happen?
Tachibana!
I'll leave them to you!
A Gatling gun has no need for greetings.
Disparity's heading for the trash bin.
One, two, three! Get out of my sight...
If you want me to blow a hole in you,
get in line and say, "Adios."
Things are going crazy, little by little.
One, two, three! Get out of my face...
Everything is falling apart.
It's taking away my home!
Feelings burned into hot metal,
for the warm ties that bind me.
This stuff ain't my style,
Who's doing this?
but I don't mind...
Be a good kid, and go the hell to bed.
Is it you?
Ha ha! Go to hell! It's super confession time!
Is it you?
Go kneel and beg before Satan, in the pits of Hell.
Noise...
Ha ha! Go to hell! I won't regret anymore!
If I hadn't activated the Staff of Solomon...
Oh...
I have a place to protect now,
It's always my fault, isn't it?
I...
so I won't run anymore!
The US government?
No doubt about it.
Looks like they made contact with the FIS, and attempted a trade.
And this disaster is the result?
We can assume the negotiations were a failure.
But no matter what either side had planned,
it was in the best interest of both parties to avoid attracting attention.
Some third party, who didn't want the FIS and
the US government working together, intervened?
I shouldn't have let go.
I shouldn't have let go of Miku's hand.
Have something warm to drink.
It'll calm you down a little.
Hibiki-chan?
But the warmest thing I had is gone...
My hands are stained with blood.
Serena, I cannot...
Tell me, Mom,
what happened?
I'll tell you.
Nastassja met with the US government, to try to sell out
our ideal of saving as many lives as possible from the lunar impact
that will happen in the next ten years.
Mom...
Is that true?
And that isn't all.
It's a complete lie
that Finé's soul dwells within Maria.
It was all an act Nastassja and Maria dreamed up.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, both of you.
If Maria isn't Finé, then...
Even if the goal was to involve me in her plan,
don't you think it was a betrayal
that she involved you, too?
The Nephilim heart, which I worked
so hard to get, was almost useless.
This is...
Contact the commander immediately.
Yes, sir.
Illsveil
Order something. I'll pay.
I don't eat dinner past nine at night.
That's what your problem is, you know?
What are you trying to say? If there isn't a reason I'm here, I'm leaving!
Are you mad?
How could I be happy?
FIS, Tachibana, and...
When I think of my failure to protect my comrades...
I called you because I wanted us to eat dinner together once.
I thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a heart-to-heart talk.
When did this happen to us?
We're meant to have the same goal,
but our hearts are in totally different places.
We should work togeth—
Yukine.
If you really want to have a heart-to-heart,
why don't you use my name?
Th-That's because...
H-Hey!
Thank you very much!
So I didn't get to talk to her.
But maybe that's for the best.
It's so bitter...
Mom... Maria...
The doctor's lying, right?
It's true.
Both that I'm not Finé
and the fact that we tried to temporarily postpone our plan for saving humanity.
No way.
Mom tried to enlist the US government's help
by offering information on Frontier.
But you said the US government and the people running it
are trying to ensure they're the only ones who'll survive...
And I thought we were fighting the world, to save as many as possible
of those they were abandoning!
If we'd made peace,
we would have lost our advantage.
That's why you summoned Noise
to ruin the meeting.
Oh, no...
I only protected you
from those evil Americans!
With the Staff of Solomon.
Maria...
Why?
That's what I want to see.
You cannot protect the world with false feelings.
You cannot carry on what Serena wished to do.
Everything comes down to power.
Without power, you cannot enact justice!
The doctor's way of doing things is the only way to change the world.
So I am going to support the doctor!
I don't want that.
That means suppressing
the ones without power.
I understand.
That is not the false Finé's choice,
but Maria Cadenzavna Eve's choice, correct?
Are you all right?
Leave the rest to me.
You rest, Nastassja.
Now, then... I'll be busy adjusting our plans.
I have to deal with our guest, as well.
Hibiki...
What's this?
Miku-kun's communicator, found a short distance
from Sky Tower.
We pulled the records of its signal,
and found it was moving
for several minutes, at an almost constant speed.
Miku-kun isn't dead.
The obvious conclusion
is that someone kidnapped her, but...
Master, does that mean...
It means you can't sit here looking glum!
Now, then! Let's exercise, for a change of pace!
Right!
Be myself, be strong... On to the journey.
Blood and tears, heart and soul... Search for the meaning.
Why is he singing, anyway?
And what the heck is this song?
Is this okay?
I will bet everything I have, to write my own heroic fiction.
I guess she's just used to it.
That's right... I can't be depressed.
Suffering will test me to the limit, for I am an awakened lion!
I'm going to save Miku!
March forth, you have all of the answers!
Soar to the sky, for you have nothing to fear!
They're all so bright and chipper...
This place is too warm
for someone like me.
The apple floated in the sky.
The apple fell down to the ground.
The stars were born.
The so—
What is it?
Nothing.
Thank you.
If you don't want to die, come!
Why did you save me?
I don't know...
Maybe the flames reminded me of Serena.
Serena?
Maria's late little sister.
Doctor?
I'm the one who saved her,
but you are the one who ordered me to bring her here.
Why?
Naturally, as part of our plan.
Don't look so scared.
Why don't we talk for a bit?
I'm sure I can help you.
If Maria isn't Finé...
Then she must be inside me.
I'm scared.
What happened to Maria?
I wanted to help because of Maria.
Not because of Finé.
Y-Yeah, that's right.
When we cried all the time because we had no family,
Maria was nice to us.
She was a friend to the weak.
But...
Without power,
you cannot enact justice!
Aren't you scared, Shirabe?
If Maria isn't Finé,
that means that one of us
might have Finé in our souls.
I don't really know...
That's it?
What's wrong?
Kiri-chan?
Just a little more.
Just wait a little more, Miku!
How's Mom?
She needs to lie down for a while.
In addition to exhaustion,
her symptoms are progressing.
No...
In other words, there's no time!
Before the Moon falls,
humanity must come together, in a new land.
And leading them there will be our task!
What's this?
A US patrol ship?!
This was anticipated.
Why not make some big, flashy explosions to destroy it,
and focus the world's attention on us?
That's how the strong do things, and it creates the weak—
It may be the perfect demonstration
to deliver our message to the world.
Maria—
I...
We are Finé.
We shall bring an end to the world in which the strong control the weak.
I shan't fear to tread this path.
Noise pattern detected!
US patrol ship is broadcasting an SOS!
They aren't far from this area.
We'll head there immediately!
I'll get ready.
Tsubasa-san! I'll go, too—
Are you trying to get yourself killed?
Stay here, okay?
You can't leave us.
Please.
Is this what you want, Maria?
To protect the weak, is this truly what you have to do?
Shirabe!
What are you doing?
If Maria is suffering,
I'm going to help her.
Shirabe!
Fallian Shul Shagana tron.
Shirabe!
If you want to bring her back, I have the perfect way.
I tilted my head and saw the love slipping through my fingers.
If I picked it up and piled it up, would it reach to the Moon?
Type Alpha 100 Samsara
Realism mixed with errors, educating my DNA.
A monochrome prison in which I just bow my head like a doll.
That's why I'm going to slice this world to pieces.
To protect someone, I must believe that true strength is courage,
and dream of those tales.
I've almost forgotten that smile.
But it's okay, I can still fly.
Kiri-chan, thank—
Wh-What did...
LiNKER?
No, this is an anti-LiNKER.
It's used to lower compatibility values.
I can guarantee its effectiveness.
My Gear isn't holding...
I... I may stop being myself!
Before that happens,
I need to leave something behind.
Or you'll forget me.
Kiri-chan?
Even if I disappear,
if the world is still here,
the memories we shared will still be here!
That's why I'm going to protect the world the way the doctor wants.
I don't have a choice anymore...
Don't get in my way!
Kiri-chan!
Hey, is Ver not here?
Where's the guy using the Staff of Solomon?!
Tsubasa-san!
Kirika!
Then let's tilt the scales back the other way...
In the most dramatic way possible.
In the most romantic way possible!
You aren't going to...
Rei Shenshoujin rei zizzl.
Miku?