1. D-YFI@AniDBCopy !req
2. LEGENDCopy !req
3. OF THECopy !req
4. GALACTIC HEROESCopy !req
5. In November of Space Calendar 800,
New Imperial Calendar 2...Copy !req
6. prior to the battle between Oskar von
Reuental and Wolfgang Mittermeyer...Copy !req
7. Mecklinger Fleet Flagship - KvasirCopy !req
8. the Imperial Force's Mecklinger Fleet...Copy !req
9. obtained permission from the Iserlohn Republic Government to pass through the corridor.Copy !req
10. Since they say they'll grant our request and let us through just pass through normally.Copy !req
11. Thankfully, Yang Wenli seems to
have left a sensible successor.Copy !req
12. High Admiral Ernest MecklingerCopy !req
13. They have their own reasons, I'm sure,
but we can worry about that in the future.Copy !req
14. Yes, sir.Copy !req
15. But I wonder if
it's really safe.Copy !req
16. Vice Admiral WunscheCopy !req
17. If the Thor Hammer launches an
attack from Iserlohn Fortress...Copy !req
18. our fleet will be
totally annihilated.Copy !req
19. We should be careful.Copy !req
20. If we're cautious, will that
neutralize the Thor Hammer?Copy !req
21. If that's the case, I'll be
as cautious as you want...Copy !req
22. but right now, I don't believe
we have such a privilege.Copy !req
23. But...Copy !req
24. Besides, even as worried as we are,
they must be worried, too.Copy !req
25. If they attack
and annihilate us...Copy !req
26. it'll mean they're inviting a full-frontal
assault from the entire Imperial Fleet.Copy !req
27. But still, this isn't a situation
I can feel comfortable with.Copy !req
28. If Yang Wenli were alive, we could
essentially trust them wholeheartedly...Copy !req
29. but the competence of his
successor is too much of an unknown.Copy !req
30. Right now, I can only pray
that his young successor...Copy !req
31. won't be impulsive and place
ambition ahead of rationality.Copy !req
32. The Imperial Fleet
is closing in.Copy !req
33. They're entering the firing
range of the Thor Hammer.Copy !req
34. Aren't they getting much
closer than is necessary?Copy !req
35. They probably intend to show their trust
in us by getting inside our firing range.Copy !req
36. In the unlikely event that the Imperial Fleet
betrays us, we will then counter them.Copy !req
37. The outer walls of Iserlohn Fortress
won't be damaged by mere fleet artillery.Copy !req
38. The only thing that'll be damaged
is the Imperial Fleet's reputation.Copy !req
39. I wish the Imperial Fleet
would just fire at us.Copy !req
40. If that happens, we'll kindly pat them
on the head with our Thor Hammer.Copy !req
41. I won't ask for too much.Copy !req
42. I just want to
watch some fireworks.Copy !req
43. If it gets out of hand,
though, I'm fine with it.Copy !req
44. There's an incoming message
from the Imperial Fleet in transit.Copy !req
45. From High Admiral Ernest Mecklinger
of the Galactic Imperial Fleet...Copy !req
46. to the representatives of the Iserlohn
Republic Government and its Force:Copy !req
47. In gratitude for this favor, we hope for the
normalization of our relationship in the future.Copy !req
48. Also, we all wish to salute the holy grave of
your great leader, Fleet Admiral Yang Wenli...Copy !req
49. and we hope that you'll
kindly allow us that privilege.Copy !req
50. Basically, it means that we're
both a bunch of sentimentalists.Copy !req
51. Iserlohn is a
holy grave, huh?Copy !req
52. So, Commander, you think
that as sentimentalists...Copy !req
53. there's a way we can come to an
understanding with one another...Copy !req
54. and that we should try and find the hope
for our future from there, don't you?Copy !req
55. Something like that.Copy !req
56. But I know it won't
be a level road.Copy !req
57. Admiral Yang used to say...Copy !req
58. that space is a theater, and that both tragedies and comedies will end at some point.Copy !req
59. At that time, it seemed
as though Julian...Copy !req
60. was sensing the direction and
speed of history with his own skin...Copy !req
61. and was seeing it through
to its ending point.Copy !req
62. December 7thCopy !req
63. On December 7th, the Mittermeyer
Fleet, which was in hot pursuit...Copy !req
64. finally caught up to the rear
guard of the Reuental Fleet.Copy !req
65. The enemy fleet
is closing in fast!Copy !req
66. All fleets, turn around and
assume a counterattack position.Copy !req
67. It's from a friendly fleet!
The Grillpalzer Fleet is firing at us!Copy !req
68. Battleship Zondarz is sunk!Copy !req
69. Admiral Shuler is dead!Copy !req
70. No response from the headquarters
of the Waldhauser Fleet!Copy !req
71. Communications from the Fannel
Mobile Unit has been cut off!Copy !req
72. That petty scoundrel.Copy !req
73. It seems he's been looking
for this opportunity all along.Copy !req
74. Counter them!Copy !req
75. Don't let them off the hook
for their petty betrayal!Copy !req
76. That dirty coward!Copy !req
77. We won't just die and allow
you to devour your triumph!Copy !req
78. We'll take you along with us!Copy !req
79. And we'll make you apologize to the
deceased Admiral Knapfstein in Valhalla!Copy !req
80. It can only be
described as an irony...Copy !req
81. that the ones who countered most fiercely
were the subordinates of Knapfstein.Copy !req
82. They transformed their grief
for their deceased commander...Copy !req
83. into anger and shoved
it onto Grillpalzer.Copy !req
84. On the other hand, the Grillpalzer Fleet wasn't
exactly on the same page from top to bottom.Copy !req
85. There were many ships that, troubled at
the abrupt order to betray their allies...Copy !req
86. suffered counterattacks and were
destroyed as they hesitated to attack.Copy !req
87. What's going on?Copy !req
88. Is it dissension...?Copy !req
89. We've intercepted
their communications!Copy !req
90. The word, "traitor," is being
repeated over and over, but...Copy !req
91. So that's what happened...!Copy !req
92. Incoming fire!Copy !req
93. From the 1 o'clock direction!Copy !req
94. Avoid them!Copy !req
95. Evade to port!Copy !req
96. Incoming from port-side!Copy !req
97. What?Copy !req
98. Hang in there!Copy !req
99. Admiral!Copy !req
100. Stay calm.Copy !req
101. I've been injured, not you.Copy !req
102. I don't think "screaming in pain in place of
his superior" is among an adjutant's duties.Copy !req
103. Doctor! The
commander is injured!Copy !req
104. Hurry!Copy !req
105. Make emergency contact with
Sub-Commander Bergengrun!Copy !req
106. Regardless of the
color of eyes or skin...Copy !req
107. the color of blood is the
same for everyone, isn't it?Copy !req
108. Admiral!Copy !req
109. Admiral!Copy !req
110. Let's make that traitor,
Grillpalzer, regret this!Copy !req
111. Let's shove him into the flames of
hell that cowards should fall into!Copy !req
112. Leave him.Copy !req
113. But...!Copy !req
114. He'll actually be in a more unfortunate
situation if he survives here.Copy !req
115. Neither the Kaiser nor Mittermeyer
will ever forgive a coward like him.Copy !req
116. So how does it look?Copy !req
117. A part of the artery that connects
the heart and lungs is damaged.Copy !req
118. I'll freeze it to arrest the
hemorrhage and seal the wound...Copy !req
119. but proper surgery
is needed immediately.Copy !req
120. I don't like surgery.Copy !req
121. It's not a matter of
like or dislike, Admiral.Copy !req
122. It's a matter of your life.Copy !req
123. No, it's a more important matter
than that of like or dislike.Copy !req
124. Dying in pajamas on a
hospital bed doesn't suit me.Copy !req
125. Don't you agree?Copy !req
126. For humans, there's an appropriate life,
as well as an appropriate death...Copy !req
127. Admiral...?Copy !req
128. Well... thanks.Copy !req
129. Now take care of
the other injured.Copy !req
130. Admiral, this isn't
good for your wound.Copy !req
131. Please take care of yourself.Copy !req
132. Don't worry.Copy !req
133. More importantly, bring me a
change of uniform and a shirt.Copy !req
134. It seems that the smell
of one's own blood...Copy !req
135. is something one gets tired
of after about five minutes or so.Copy !req
136. Yes, sir.Copy !req
137. How's the situation?Copy !req
138. The turncoat Grillpalzer
Fleet is small in number.Copy !req
139. The majority of it has
already scattered...Copy !req
140. and we've recovered from
our temporary disarray...Copy !req
141. But in the meantime, the
enemy fleet has closed in.Copy !req
142. At this rate...Copy !req
143. I see.Copy !req
144. I'll hold the
enemy in check here.Copy !req
145. Admiral, please go back to Heinessen for
an opportunity to resume your campaign.Copy !req
146. An opportunity to resume
my campaign, huh...?Copy !req
147. The enemy fleet
is closing in!Copy !req
148. Admiral!Copy !req
149. All right.Copy !req
150. I'll leave you
in charge here.Copy !req
151. But don't push yourself.Copy !req
152. In this manner, though on
the verge of total collapse...Copy !req
153. the Reuental Fleet, with
Reuental's composed command...Copy !req
154. Litterstolf's and others'
desperate defensive efforts...Copy !req
155. was able to retreat with a portion
of its fleet from the battle lines.Copy !req
156. December 8th - 00:40Copy !req
157. Reuental continued to command all the fleets
as before without so much as a flinch...Copy !req
158. with just the help of periodic
injections of pain-killers and hematinics.Copy !req
159. Although he must have been
enduring unimaginable pain...Copy !req
160. his commands and decisions
were at the height of precision.Copy !req
161. But still, it was obvious to anyone that the
color was gradually receding from his face.Copy !req
162. Doctor!Copy !req
163. At one point, when he lost
consciousness from cerebral anemia...Copy !req
164. then regained consciousness as his
subordinates tried to take him to sickbay...Copy !req
165. he rebuked them, and made them take
him back to the commander's seat.Copy !req
166. It looked as though
he was defying death...Copy !req
167. and his subordinates were awed by it, but
at the same time, they prepared themselves.Copy !req
168. Since such hardiness comes
at the sacrifice of the body...Copy !req
169. the commander's life must
be coming to an end soon.Copy !req
170. After their commander
withdrew from the battlefield...Copy !req
171. much of the remainder of the Reuental
Fleet agreed to surrender or cease fire.Copy !req
172. Litterstolf was also
injured and surrendered...Copy !req
173. but to begin with, they
were all fellow soldiers...Copy !req
174. who'd fought together, upholding
the flag of the Golden Lion.Copy !req
175. They didn't kill one another more than was
necessary, and they didn't detest one another.Copy !req
176. In the midst of it, there
was one who surrendered...Copy !req
177. who became the target of everyone's
hatred and contempt: it was Grillpalzer.Copy !req
178. He chose Wahlen, not Mittermeyer,
to surrender himself to.Copy !req
179. But that act, too, left an
impression of his cowardice.Copy !req
180. We risked our lives to fight against the
Wolf der Sturm, the Black Lancers and others.Copy !req
181. I believe we've fulfilled our
obligations to Fleet Admiral Reuental.Copy !req
182. When we're released from the hospital,
we'd like to serve the Kaiser again...Copy !req
183. but even though we hold minor ranks,
do you think we'll get court-martialed, too?Copy !req
184. I see.Copy !req
185. They said they've
"fulfilled their obligations."Copy !req
186. It was then that Mittermeyer was convinced
that the Reuental Fleet was in shambles.Copy !req
187. That was because he realized
that the soldiers' statements...Copy !req
188. captured precisely their feelings
about this meaningless civil war.Copy !req
189. It's over, isn't it?Copy !req
190. The Mittermeyer Fleet's
advancement was, in effect...Copy !req
191. interrupted by the
surrendering Reuental ships.Copy !req
192. Admiral Buro was given the
authority to deal with them.Copy !req
193. Reuental might plan to rise
again at Starzone Barlat.Copy !req
194. Prepare to pursue
him right away.Copy !req
195. Yes, sir.Copy !req
196. It was most likely
that Reuental would die.Copy !req
197. It wasn't something that was decided
upon then for the first time...Copy !req
198. but from even before
he started the battle.Copy !req
199. Defeat and death meant
the same thing to him...Copy !req
200. and he probably didn't think
about surviving his defeat.Copy !req
201. It was not only Mittermeyer's feeling, but it
was shared by the other admirals as well.Copy !req
202. Either way, the chronicles of our lives is written in blood, no matter which page we turn to.Copy !req
203. Even if we were to put a thick
foundation of humanism on them...Copy !req
204. we can't erase the color
of the blood there, can we?Copy !req
205. But still, there are some things we'd
rather go without experiencing.Copy !req
206. Like killing our
comrades and vice versa.Copy !req
207. If the Kaiser ordered you to lead a punitive
campaign against me, would you do it?Copy !req
208. Yeah.Copy !req
209. For a question like that, I'd like you
to agonize over it a little more.Copy !req
210. The question was stupid.Copy !req
211. I demand that the questioner
undergo a serious self-examination.Copy !req
212. It's not a
hypothetical matter.Copy !req
213. After an incident like this...Copy !req
214. how can Kaiser Reinhard's trust in
his subordinates not be undermined?Copy !req
215. Admiral!Copy !req
216. Doctor!Copy !req
217. Admiral...Copy !req
218. Admiral, the Tristan is badly damaged,
and there's a problem with navigation.Copy !req
219. I won't recommend
a hospital ship...Copy !req
220. but I would think you might be advised
to move your flag to an unscathed ship.Copy !req
221. The reason Muller was commended
for abandoning his ship...Copy !req
222. was that he continued to command
in the crossfire of a fierce battle.Copy !req
223. If I abandon my flagship in addition to
retreating from the battlefield after a defeat...Copy !req
224. the name of Oskar von Reuental will
become synonymous with "coward."Copy !req
225. Fleet Admiral Reuental...Copy !req
226. was nothing less than Fleet Admiral
Reuental himself, till the moment of death.Copy !req
227. His relentless rationality and
indomitable self-control...Copy !req
228. which everyone around him attested
to long afterwards, were never lost.Copy !req
229. On December 11th...Copy !req
230. Planet Uruvasi - December 11thCopy !req
231. the Mecklinger Fleet, which had
passed through the Iserlohn Corridor...Copy !req
232. joined Mittermeyer's main
fleet at Planet Uruvasi.Copy !req
233. After a discussion
with Mittermeyer...Copy !req
234. they decided Mecklinger would stay there to restore order and maintain the peace.Copy !req
235. In that meeting,
Mecklinger told Mittermeyer...Copy !req
236. that he'd like to immediately reinvestigate
the assassination attempt on the Kaiser.Copy !req
237. My feeling is that the mastermind who
attempted to harm the Kaiser at Uruvasi...Copy !req
238. wasn't Fleet Admiral Reuental.Copy !req
239. Why do you think that?Copy !req
240. First, it doesn't
suit his character.Copy !req
241. Secondly, it doesn't seem
commensurate with his ability, either.Copy !req
242. Surely, if Reuental rebelled in an
attempt to surpass the Kaiser...Copy !req
243. he would have challenged him honorably
by advancing his fleets in all-out warfare.Copy !req
244. It wasn't just a matter
of Reuental's character.Copy !req
245. Otherwise, it wouldn't have
had any political legitimacy.Copy !req
246. Besides, if he intended to seize power
without any recourse to those methods...Copy !req
247. he didn't have
to do it at Uruvasi.Copy !req
248. He could have invited the Kaiser to Heinessen
and then captured or assassinated him there.Copy !req
249. Moreover, once the Brunhild fled Uruvasi he let it get away without doing anything more.Copy !req
250. Such contradictions may have
been part of the reason...Copy !req
251. Mittermeyer felt uncomfortable with
this rebellion from its early stages.Copy !req
252. If he himself hadn't
attacked the Kaiser...Copy !req
253. why didn't Fleet Admiral Reuental
proclaim his innocence loud and clear?Copy !req
254. As you should know,
Fleet Admiral Reuental is a proud man.Copy !req
255. There was no way
he would have said...Copy !req
256. that he was offered up on a sacrificial
altar by someone else's conspiracy.Copy !req
257. Perhaps he made
himself believe...Copy !req
258. that he rebelled against Kaiser Reinhard
of his own free will, his own ambition.Copy !req
259. It looks like this galaxy is too small to let
two men's ambitions coexist in the same era.Copy !req
260. As Mecklinger said this, the one
thing he couldn't understand...Copy !req
261. was why Reuental didn't punish the
culprits of the incident on Planet Uruvasi.Copy !req
262. As he investigated this point...Copy !req
263. he discovered that Grillpalzer had intentionally concealed evidence the suggested...Copy !req
264. that it was a Terraist plot, claiming, instead, that the culprits could not be determined.Copy !req
265. As a result, Grillpalzer's intentions
became clear to Mecklinger.Copy !req
266. Grillpalzer!Copy !req
267. You're someone whose future was promising,
both as an admiral and as a scholar.Copy !req
268. Even without betrayal and
resorting to trickery...Copy !req
269. you could have eventually gained
a higher position and power.Copy !req
270. Regrettably, you indulged yourself in your
own schemes and disgraced yourself!Copy !req
271. W... why?Copy !req
272. I was just...Copy !req
273. You committed
a double crime.Copy !req
274. First, you turned against
the Kaiser's fellowship...Copy !req
275. and then you betrayed
Fleet Admiral Reuental's trust.Copy !req
276. If you had accurately reported this
matter to Fleet Admiral Reuental...Copy !req
277. this rebellion might
never have taken place.Copy !req
278. Out of your own
petty self-interests...Copy !req
279. you made your superior suffer
the dishonor of rebellion!Copy !req
280. I only did it in the best
interest of the Kaiser!Copy !req
281. It's a fact that Fleet
Admiral Reuental rebelled...Copy !req
282. and that I contributed to putting
down the rebellion, isn't it?Copy !req
283. Do you think the Kaiser wants
victory as a result of betrayal?Copy !req
284. No, it's precisely because
you thought that way...Copy !req
285. that you betrayed Fleet
Admiral Reuental, isn't it?Copy !req
286. A mouse's wisdom can't grasp
a Lion's feelings, I suppose.Copy !req
287. In the end, you couldn't
become the Lion's friend.Copy !req
288. Mecklinger couldn't help but wonder
if he should report the truth...Copy !req
289. that Reuental's rebellion was initially
hatched by a Terraist conspiracy...Copy !req
290. and became an irreversible matter
because of Grillpalzer's ambition...Copy !req
291. and taking advantage
of the situation.Copy !req
292. He couldn't help
but wonder...Copy !req
293. if he should report the truth to Kaiser
Reinhard and Fleet Admiral Mittermeyer.Copy !req
294. By the time of their
arrival at Planet Heinessen...Copy !req
295. December 16thCopy !req
296. the Reuental Fleet had been reduced to only
4,580 ships and 658,900 soldiers in numbers.Copy !req
297. just over 10% of its original
size at the start of the battle.Copy !req
298. Half of those who didn't return died in the battle, and the other half surrendered.Copy !req
299. It was a disastrous loss, but the
fact that the surviving units...Copy !req
300. maintained their discipline and
remained orderly in their actions...Copy !req
301. attested to Reuental's
exceptional admiralship.Copy !req
302. Although it was something that should be
characterized as the last rays of sunset.Copy !req
303. Over 4,000 officers and soldiers
have gathered around...Copy !req
304. the Government-General's office
to remain at your side to the end.Copy !req
305. I see.Copy !req
306. There are many more idiots
in this world than I thought.Copy !req
307. Even as he said it, his
composed, rational side...Copy !req
308. told him that he could not allow his
subordinates to accompany him in his folly.Copy !req
309. On December 16th of Space Calendar 800,
New Imperial Calendar 2...Copy !req
310. Oskar von Reuental, to fulfill the
last of his remaining duties...Copy !req
311. returned to the Neue
Land Government-General.Copy !req
312. The longest day of his
life had only just begun.Copy !req
313. Preview of Next EpisodeCopy !req
314. The flame of Reuental's life, who had refused
treatment, was just about to extinguish.Copy !req
315. But Reuental continued to be none
other than Reuental till the end...Copy !req
316. as if to claim that one must fulfill one's
given role until the moment of one's death.Copy !req
317. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Episode 98Copy !req
318. An Endless RequiemCopy !req
319. Next Episode of...Copy !req
320. Another page to the
history of the galaxy.Copy !req