Miku.
My best friend.
Kohinata Miku.
We'd been inseparable ever since we were little kids.
We might've fought sometimes,
but we always made up in the end.
I thought we might've been able to stay that way forever.
But...
My sunshine was swallowed up by a dark shadow.
The hand I reached out to hold yours
grasped only the cruel reality of what was to come.
That day, everything I held dear was taken away from me.
Don't leave me!
Miku!
Live your life now
You can live freely
Live your life now
You can live freely
What do you choose to live for?
What do you choose to believe in?
Everyone is free to decide
We seek out that freedom,
and yet we are frozen in our lives,
unable to comprehend the status quo
We wander
Take my hand
Close and far
Hold it gently
Shining
Looking for the fragments of love
Willfully
Time passes by
I chase you
Before we regret it,
Try
let us find
Try
a better future
Live your life now
You can live freely
Does a song resound within your heart?
Our lives last as long as our hearts keep beating,
so make someone else's beat in turn
Stick to the path you have
If you can understand the cry of life,
then play a music none can equal
Live your life now
You can live freely
All right, it's ready!
The instant kind is pretty good these days, you know.
I spent all day sleeping, so why am I still hungry?
That's what it means to be alive.
Thanks for dinner.
It wasn't half bad, huh?
You sure gave me a surprise, though.
You're the last person I'd expect to end up on probation.
Someone very dear was taken from me.
I had no idea what to do besides running away.
Before I knew it, my feet took me here.
I see.
Well, I do know a thing or two about running.
That's not it. I'm here because you're my dad.
If you think it'd help, do you wanna talk about it?
Don't leave me!
Miku!
Tachibana!
M-Miku...
Your proliferance is truly impressive, humans.
Even after my eons-long slumber, you still writhe endlessly upon this earth.
Stop that at once!
Miku would never speak so coldly!
All that remains is that vexing moon—
Miku?
Kohinata!
That thing she's wearing...
Don't tell me it's the same one as before?!
And now...
Seal: activate!
Miku, let's go home togeth—
Tsubasa?
What are you doing?
Everything I do, I do for this country!
She's just firing wildly!
That's not like her at all!
Shadow-Weave Spray
She locked us down!
Tsubasa!
I am a sentinel of this country!
Tsubasa...
I can't believe the Kazanari Institute were the ones behind all this.
I don't want to believe it.
I still trust her.
She's too simple and blunt to be capable of betrayal.
I don't doubt her either!
She's our friend!
I suspect those eyes were to blame.
REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO THE BRIDGE
Just me?
Kohinata?
No.
The divine power fit for our country.
The direct feedback system's mental override will soon be complete.
When that time comes, we will have a whole new level of deterrence.
But how could you make a new Symphogear without Professor Sakurai?
That is no Symphogear.
It is a Faust Robe made from the Shenshou Jing.
Though the one who put it together is long gone.
A voice whispered in my ear that what I did was necessary.
I acted without thinking.
But was it really the right thing to do?
Tsubasa!
Why did you not slay them all?
I...
It matters not.
But do not waver.
A weak heart is liable to break.
Become a monster, if that is what it takes to protect this country.
Songs cannot save the world!
As you say.
Did you call for me?
Sorry for the sudden summons.
I'll cut to the chase. We've got a new mission for you.
After lengthy preparations and a lot of political maneuvering,
we're ready to crack down on the Kazanari patriarch.
The operation will be commencing soon.
The Kazanari patriarch?
You mean your and Tsubasa's...
Correct. We don't have any time to waste.
The government will be arresting Kazanari Fudo under the same Disaster Prevention Law
that he originally pushed through government.
Should the circumstances demand it, we have been authorized to use lethal force.
Lethal force? Even toward Tsubasa?
Hibiki is currently under probation, and the others are underage.
We can't entrust them with a task like this.
That's why we've called upon you—
Mission or not, I can't do that.
Have you forgotten a ninja is a human before they are a blade?
I should hope not!
Whatever the reason, slaying one's kin is unforgivable!
I'll go with you and bring Tsubasa back, even if I have to drag her myself!
I kinda realized this halfway through,
but this is really not something I can help you with.
You were the one who offered!
That I did.
Sorry.
I really do think there's a curse on me.
Authorized
Gate open!
All security measures under my authority can be released.
Arrest Kazanari Fudo and his associates imme—
Alca-Noise!
Leave this to me!
Maria, don't forget! No Amalgam!
I know.
I don't want to end up on probation either.
Thank you.
Any further violations would jeopardize S.O.N.G.'s ability to operate within Japan.
Engaging according to schedule!
But we're still waiting for authorization to unleash her restricted weapon!
What's going on here?!
Proceed with the investigation.
Secure any evidence!
It's dangerous here. Come this way!
You've brought shame to my name, U.N. lapdog!
Why have you dared show your face here?
To stop you, of course!
What?
Commander!
Of course. Now I get it.
Glad we could meet here.
I've got a whole lot of questions to ask you,
Tsubasa!
Is blindly following Kazanari Fudo your idea of what it means to be a sentinel of the people?
That's right! That's why we need the divine power!
You don't believe a word of that either, do you?
Spare me your lectures!
Remember your home! Your friends!
Remember your reason for being!
My reason for being?
That's right!
You said you'd protect people, not with divine power
but with your own strength!
Nonsense!
People are weak!
It's because they're weak that they need a strong power to protect them!
You'll protect them because they're weak? How arrogant.
What?
It's like you depend on being able to protect people to have a reason to live.
When did you start caring more about protecting yourself than others?
It's not enough just to protect the weak?
Then what have I been doing?
I called myself a sentinel, over and over, but what for?
I don't know...
I don't know anymore!
You're mine!
Victory is fleeting.
If you'd only struck at me with intent to kill,
then maybe you wouldn't be such a disappointment.
While they're all busy beating the crap out of each other, this is our chance!
What are we doing?
I'll transfer control authority over the divine power to us.
Kazanari Fudo will pay for discarding us like so much trash.
Good. Now for the direct feedback system.
What?
Oh crap, don't tell me...
Elsa! Millaarc!
Let's go home, Tsubasa. The others are waiting for you.
Maria!
Come to me, Tsubasa!
If you call yourself a sentinel, if Kazanari blood flows in your veins, return to my side!
I can't.
I don't even know how to summon the strength to stand up.
Seal:
activate!
I can't!
Another stain on the Kazanari name.
You bring shame to your elders!
Father!
So my other son was here too, huh?
Why? Father, why?
I'd had enough of letting that guy act like your father.
Tsubasa, we don't protect people because they are weak.
We protect them because they're worth protecting.
Never forget that.
Father!
Dead at last?
That's what you get for defying your father!
What makes people worth protecting?
I haven't learned enough to understand what that is.
But even so,
listen to my song!
A strong heart can overcome the bonds of blood
and guide you on the journey through life
I rage with no weapon, or any power at all
But I know that as long as I have a dream, one day hope will bloom
No matter when, no matter where,
it's always people who protect other people
It was love, not the sword,
which taught me to protect with true strength in my heart
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He's overpowering a Symphogear?
The warrior worth a thousand blades looks up into the sky
This doesn't look good!
Songs can't save the world.
People will unite in understanding? What utter foolishness!
Singing a song for those who became stars
Our ancestors who built this nation didn't spill their blood and sacrifice their lives for such folly!
It's her destiny to go forth, the answer burning in her heart
How can you not see?
My blade dances like the wings of the crane
Hear its song
Now, learn your place and die!
APPROVED
RESTRICTIONS RELEASE
D-Did we make it in time?
RESTRICTIONS RELEASE
APPROVED
Father!
I will spill blood to keep the flame of life burning
But how much longer will this carnage last?
My prized sword, the Murakumo!
The heavens shall show me the answer and guide me
This country needs not sentinels, but a monster to defend it!
In death, I will become that monster! Strike me down...
May my sword open a path to the future
and so will you!
Enough, Tsubasa.
How could I face my brother after allowing his legacy to become a monster?
An earthquake? But why is it so bright?
No, look!
What is that?
I see. Yes.
But I'm on probation!
Understood.
I'm on my way to HQ now.
You're going?
Yeah. I have to.
Hey, Hibiki...
Don't worry. You'll be fine.
Huh?
I'm a deadbeat dad who can't do anything for his daughter.
Those words are all I can give you.
Entrance
Ceremony
They turned into a curse for me, the coward that I am.
But not you.
Dad...
Whether something's a blessing or a curse is up to you.
A curse...
Yeah. You're right.
Not to mention, the way you write "curse" and "blessing" in Japanese is really similar too, right?
They're like... two sides of the same coin.
Hey, I just might be onto something here!
Oh, come on!
I'm sure by this time next year, everyone'll be quoting me!
Congrats in advance, Mr. Possibly Famous!
Go for it, Hibiki!
Leave your mom to me!
Thanks, Dad!
The ramen was great!
I feel you in my song
Forever
I know it's coming for me,
(The moment of the end)
even if I can't see it when I turn around
(Can't resist anymore)
I can't escape, am permitted no shred of dreams
The end is coming
Illusions fill me,
(Endless regret goes on)
lead me towards grief,
(I'm falling deep inside)
and if I reach out, I grasp the empty air,
and my screams mean nothing
Hey
If I could go back
to those halcyon days
I would not let go of your hand
My broken words fill the air,
but you are not there,
no matter how much I run and scream,
and the morrow holds only death
I wander the Earth with no answers,
but the blessing I once had,
despite the ravages of time,
breathes inside this song,
and lives on
forevermore