1. In this place so unrealCopy !req
2. I wait for dawn to comeCopy !req
3. Farther and farther, like the sky I saw that dayCopy !req
4. What a joke this hope isCopy !req
5. I acted as if I had forgottenCopy !req
6. Farther and farther, like the dream I saw that dayCopy !req
7. I just want to know the meaning of itCopy !req
8. Within this scattered timeCopy !req
9. Along with the breath of oursCopy !req
10. And of this pain that never goes awayCopy !req
11. Even though the roaring of the sea muffles the voicesCopy !req
12. Darkness engulfs everything aheadCopy !req
13. The light that passes through our fragile heartsCopy !req
14. Won't go awayCopy !req
15. We only relied on our compassCopy !req
16. We believed youCopy !req
17. While we stand hereCopy !req
18. We're searching for the unseen futureCopy !req
19. ZipangCopy !req
20. ZipangCopy !req
21. We... came from the Japan of the 21st Century.Copy !req
22. Tubes one and two, loaded in! Opening hatch.Copy !req
23. Don't blame me.Copy !req
24. Blame your bad luck for having stopped your ship in a place like this.Copy !req
25. So that means, in that era, Japan still exists?Copy !req
26. Mirai's BattleCopy !req
27. The Empire of Japan continues to exist in the 21st Century?Copy !req
28. So that must mean...Copy !req
29. America and Japan were able to negotiate...Copy !req
30. ...a peace treaty with a favorable outcome, early in the war.Copy !req
31. An early peace treaty?Copy !req
32. I'm aware of Japan's precarious situation.Copy !req
33. Honestly, there is no other way for her to survive, aside from such a treaty.Copy !req
34. Hold it right there!Copy !req
35. So you believe everything we said?!Copy !req
36. Let me tell you something else! Japan has...!Copy !req
37. That's enough.Copy !req
38. I'm Captain Umezu.Copy !req
39. Rest assured that this country will not be destroyed.Copy !req
40. Knowing that should be enough, right, Lieutenant Kusaka?Copy !req
41. It is my honor to meet the highest-ranking officer of this ship.Copy !req
42. Captain Umezu.Copy !req
43. Tubes one and two, ready to fire.Copy !req
44. Fire!Copy !req
45. Torpedoes detected! 210 degrees!Copy !req
46. High speed approach!Copy !req
47. Torpedoes detected!Copy !req
48. 80 degrees left! Speed 44 knots, distance 3200!Copy !req
49. 2 minutes 10 seconds to impact!Copy !req
50. - What?
- Oh, no!Copy !req
51. T-Torpedoes?!Copy !req
52. Start the engines!Copy !req
53. Prepare for evasive action!Copy !req
54. Evade them just like in the drills!Copy !req
55. Aye aye, sir!Copy !req
56. All sections, battle stations!Copy !req
57. All hands on standby! Sonar at the ready!Copy !req
58. We've got no time to waste!Copy !req
59. Hey, hey! A torpedo? You can't be serious?!Copy !req
60. Sonar to CIC, why wasn't this detected earlier?!Copy !req
61. They were hidden amidst...Copy !req
62. ...the surface duct where we had difficulty detecting them.Copy !req
63. We also have insufficient oceanographic data for this region!Copy !req
64. You idiot! This is the result of insufficient training!Copy !req
65. I'm sorry, sir.Copy !req
66. Distance!Copy !req
67. Distance 2000!Copy !req
68. I'm having trouble spotting them, due to the reflective surface!Copy !req
69. Torpedo wakes sighted!Copy !req
70. Hurry back to the medical room!Copy !req
71. What are you doing?! There are torpedoes headed this way!Copy !req
72. I must see with my own eyes what this ship is capable of during a battle.Copy !req
73. Being a soldier myself, I can understand your interest.Copy !req
74. But your curiosity might just cost you your life.Copy !req
75. Main engine, startup okay!Copy !req
76. Release the brake! All ahead full!Copy !req
77. All ahead full!Copy !req
78. Target ship starting up!Copy !req
79. I've never heard of such engine noise before!Copy !req
80. Starting up? So their ship wasn't malfunctioning?Copy !req
81. Given their condition,Copy !req
82. it should've taken them at least half a day to get moving.Copy !req
83. Five seconds to impact.Copy !req
84. Dodge them!Copy !req
85. Prepare for impact!Copy !req
86. That did it!Copy !req
87. Bridge to CIC!Copy !req
88. Transmit data on the origin of those torpedoes!Copy !req
89. Bearing 240!Copy !req
90. Distance 3800.Copy !req
91. W-We're dead meat.Copy !req
92. It's only been 30 seconds since they started their engines...Copy !req
93. The Japanese... have such a superb ship?Copy !req
94. Launch tubes three and four now!Copy !req
95. Follow with five and six.Copy !req
96. Spread them out so that we'll hit them no matter what!Copy !req
97. Aye, sir!Copy !req
98. Tubes three, four, five and six. Opening hatch.Copy !req
99. Fire!Copy !req
100. Bearing 240 degrees. Distance 3700. Depth 10.Copy !req
101. Oguri!Copy !req
102. Hard to starboard!Copy !req
103. What incredible maneuverability.Copy !req
104. We'll be okay.Copy !req
105. Mirai will be able to evade their attacks.Copy !req
106. Oguri, I'm counting on you.Copy !req
107. So what if we change history?Copy !req
108. Either way, we still can't go back.Copy !req
109. New torpedo echoes detected!Copy !req
110. Four in total, spreading out from port!Copy !req
111. Bring it all on.Copy !req
112. What should we do?Copy !req
113. Don't panic. Go back 10 degrees!Copy !req
114. Do you honestly... want to see... our power?Copy !req
115. Y-You asked for it...Copy !req
116. Attacking us... in the first place.Copy !req
117. I'm gonna... take you down!Copy !req
118. Distance 3000 yards!Copy !req
119. Before you take me!Copy !req
120. We're hit? No...Copy !req
121. A rocket...?Copy !req
122. - Vertical Launching System"Copy !req
123. Front deck VLS open.Copy !req
124. ASROC fired.Copy !req
125. - Anti-Submarine Rocket"Copy !req
126. What?!Copy !req
127. It's heading for the point where the tubes were launched!Copy !req
128. Who pressed that button?!Copy !req
129. Yonekura!Copy !req
130. You idiot!Copy !req
131. Were you planning to start a war at your own discretion?Copy !req
132. If we don't fight back, they'll finish us first, Weapons Officer!Copy !req
133. Bridge to CIC, who gave the command to fire?!Copy !req
134. I want a report, immediately!Copy !req
135. Report the incident as human error!Copy !req
136. And throw that guy out of CIC!Copy !req
137. Two out of four torpedoes are 1000 yards from the ship!Copy !req
138. Yanagi! Are those Japanese torpedoes or American?!Copy !req
139. US Navy torpedo, Mark 14. No mistake about it.Copy !req
140. The Japanese Navy uses oxygen torpedoes,Copy !req
141. which don't leave trails behind.Copy !req
142. Those that I saw earlier had a carbon dioxide discharge.Copy !req
143. Discharge trails visible! Give me the bearings!Copy !req
144. 130 degrees starboard! Relative speed about 5 knots!Copy !req
145. Hard to starboard!Copy !req
146. Distance 50.Copy !req
147. 30!Copy !req
148. We've dodged them!Copy !req
149. Not yet! Two more to go! Confirm their course!Copy !req
150. Two trails! Widening on approach!Copy !req
151. - Distance 300!
- Turn the rudder back!Copy !req
152. Distance 1500 yards!Copy !req
153. Time to impact in five, four, three, two, one!Copy !req
154. All torpedoes evaded! Receding behind!Copy !req
155. What's that? A parachute?Copy !req
156. Captain! A seeker is approaching.Copy !req
157. A seeker... what the...?Copy !req
158. Are you saying... it has on board sonar?!Copy !req
159. No doubt about it! A seeker is fast approaching!Copy !req
160. How could Japan have something that the Royal Navy is still developing?Copy !req
161. Hard starboard! All ahead full!Copy !req
162. ASROC, in pursuit of target.Copy !req
163. Nothing detected on ES!Copy !req
164. That submarine must have gathered a lot of data on our ship.Copy !req
165. Such as our mobility when we dodged those torpedoes.Copy !req
166. They'll be reporting all this to the US Navy as soon as they're back at base.Copy !req
167. If we leave them be,Copy !req
168. they'll continue to pursue us and launch endless attacks.Copy !req
169. At this rate, the safety and the secrecy of this ship...Copy !req
170. ...will be...Copy !req
171. Even if they report us, we've still got options.Copy !req
172. But, if we sink a ship that is not meant to be sunk,Copy !req
173. there'll be no turning back.Copy !req
174. Bridge, CIC.Copy !req
175. Captain, permission request for ASROC self-destruct.Copy !req
176. - Executive Officer.
- Sir?Copy !req
177. Is America... an enemy to all of us here?Copy !req
178. Nothing detected on water surface! No abnormalities!Copy !req
179. Identifying our attackers as a direct threat to our mission...Copy !req
180. ...and eliminating them is the basis of self-defense, correct?Copy !req
181. 180 degrees! 7600 yards! No response from the Sonar System!Copy !req
182. Alright then. Relay your orders please.Copy !req
183. Sir!Copy !req
184. CIC to Bridge!Copy !req
185. Maintain current course and await instructions.Copy !req
186. What?!Copy !req
187. The approaching object's a torpedo!Copy !req
188. A seeker from a torpedo?!Copy !req
189. What are you talking about?!Copy !req
190. That can't be. No torpedo has sonar capabilities...Copy !req
191. Torpedo impact in 10 seconds!Copy !req
192. Kikuchi! Initiate self-destruct!Copy !req
193. Aye-aye!Copy !req
194. Sonar, are you able to pick up the engine of the submarine?Copy !req
195. I don't hear its engine but...Copy !req
196. I can hear the sub creaking and discharging compressed air.Copy !req
197. Looks like it's surfacing rapidly.Copy !req
198. I want to think that this was the best available option...Copy !req
199. ...despite the circumstances.Copy !req
200. But, we might have been pushed closer to the edge again.Copy !req
201. Yeah.Copy !req
202. Captain,Copy !req
203. the watertight bulkhead is cracked,Copy !req
204. and it will take time for us to fix the damaged communication antenna.Copy !req
205. Once the repairs are done, we'll commence...Copy !req
206. We'll retreat.Copy !req
207. We must retreat to Pearl Harbor.Copy !req
208. We gotta get this information back to HQ.Copy !req
209. As much as I don't wanna believe it.Copy !req
210. It looks like Japan has for themselves some sort of new super weapon.Copy !req
211. Darn.Copy !req
212. How are you feeling? Are you alright?Copy !req
213. Are you satisfied now? So what do you think?Copy !req
214. Is this part of our god's plan? Or a will of the devil?Copy !req
215. No matter how you look at it,Copy !req
216. this battle has surpassed the imaginations of the people from this era.Copy !req
217. This is a battle of the 21st Century.Copy !req
218. Reporting, sir!Copy !req
219. Fourth Torpedo Division, Lieutenant Tsuda,Copy !req
220. reporting as ordered!Copy !req
221. You've done well.Copy !req
222. Sir Admiral Nagumo is scheduled to arrive...Copy !req
223. ...aboard the Light Cruiser Nagayori and board the Yamato at 1800 hours.Copy !req
224. He will deliver the results from the battle at Midway.Copy !req
225. Here is the report I've drafted, sir.Copy !req
226. Please, have a seat.Copy !req
227. Thank you very much.Copy !req
228. The junior officers and soldiers must be unhappy...Copy !req
229. ...that we have yet to launch a counter attack, no?Copy !req
230. Yes... No!Copy !req
231. Why haven't we brought the Yamato out to avenge the lost carriers?Copy !req
232. They must think the Commander in Chief is a cowardly man, right?Copy !req
233. No, sir! No one thinks that way.Copy !req
234. That's alright. Let them complain.Copy !req
235. They need to release their discontent.Copy !req
236. Isoroku Yamamoto
Combined Fleet Commander in ChiefCopy !req
237. Isoroku Yamamoto
Combined Fleet Commander in ChiefCopy !req
238. It is no fault of theirs, anyway.Copy !req
239. The commander had been very much against launching war on America,Copy !req
240. yet he initiated the attack on Pearl Harbour.Copy !req
241. What exactly does he feel, about the defeat at Midway?Copy !req
242. From the look on your face, I can read what's on your mind.Copy !req
243. It is most regrettable that Yamaguchi and Captain Kaku...Copy !req
244. ...had to go down with their ships.Copy !req
245. Do give my regards to Admiral Nagumo and remind him that...Copy !req
246. ...I alone, shall bear the full responsibility,Copy !req
247. and tell him not to act rashly.Copy !req
248. Sir,Copy !req
249. if the Commander in Chief decides to commit hara-kiri,Copy !req
250. then all officers of the Striking Force will like to follow suit!Copy !req
251. Listen, rumor has it that...Copy !req
252. ...I have been given the nickname 'god of war'.Copy !req
253. How does an immortal go about dying?Copy !req
254. It takes three years to build a flight carrier.Copy !req
255. A pilot's training takes between five to ten years.Copy !req
256. However, the cultivation of a superb leader...Copy !req
257. ...cannot be measured by time.Copy !req
258. Right now, Japan cannot afford to have leaders slitting their bellies at whim.Copy !req
259. I apologize for what I've said!Copy !req
260. By the way,Copy !req
261. there is still no news of Lieutenant Kusaka, I presume?Copy !req
262. Yes. He is still missing.Copy !req
263. He left the Kirishima in a seaplane.Copy !req
264. We still have no news of him.Copy !req
265. I really hope he's still alive.Copy !req
266. Contrary to his youthful appearance,Copy !req
267. he never displayed the rashness common to his peers.Copy !req
268. He is a calm and composed soldier,Copy !req
269. a rarity among military personnel in this era, indeed.Copy !req
270. Lieutenant Kusaka may seem cold,Copy !req
271. but he is an Imperial Navy Soldier with a heart full of patriotism.Copy !req
272. Regardless of what manner of crisis he is faced with,Copy !req
273. I firmly believe he would deny himself death, till his mission is complete.Copy !req
274. As expected, that ship's data isn't recorded in here.Copy !req
275. That ship? What are you referring to?Copy !req
276. It was the night before the Battle of Midway.Copy !req
277. An unidentified ship appeared, right before Yamato,Copy !req
278. in the midst of a thick fog.Copy !req
279. What's more, she bore our navy flag.Copy !req
280. It had a peculiar structure, and such acceleration mobility...Copy !req
281. ...as never seen before.Copy !req
282. After evading our destroyers...Copy !req
283. ...without spewing even a single cloud of black smoke, it disappeared.Copy !req
284. Probably a US ship in disguise?Copy !req
285. They could have violated the rules of the war.Copy !req
286. Many on this ship have had the same opinion,Copy !req
287. but I strongly doubt it's the case.Copy !req
288. First of all, the US neither undertakes nor needs a disguise.Copy !req
289. Oops, someone's likely to accuse me of favoring the US again.Copy !req
290. Either way, we're faced with a new threat.Copy !req
291. Will you channel your efforts into data retrieval on this matter?Copy !req
292. Yes, sir!Copy !req
293. It's just a hunch,Copy !req
294. but I feel that this ship...Copy !req
295. might alter the course of situation in the Pacific Ocean,Copy !req
296. Or that of the whole world.Copy !req
297. Passing through the distant timeCopy !req
298. Just peacefullyCopy !req
299. Without losing your way, you walked towards meCopy !req
300. How many times have I grasped tightly those small hands of yours?Copy !req
301. Not being able to do anythingCopy !req
302. I kept on prayingCopy !req
303. Sorrow or agony isn't enoughCopy !req
304. That's why now as if I wanted to make up... I'm looking at youCopy !req
305. Kikuchi! It'll be your fault if Satake goes down!Copy !req
306. The Mirai is the only country we have now!Copy !req
307. We cannot just standby and allow it to be taken over!Copy !req
308. No one should live life like a dead person.Copy !req
309. We are alive, and we should live each day.Copy !req
310. I'm not giving up! If we change the course of history,Copy !req
311. the 21st century as we know it may cease to exist!Copy !req
312. This is the epiphany of my life.Copy !req
313. Next Episode: Kusaka's ChoiceCopy !req
314. Next Episode: Kusaka's ChoiceCopy !req
315. I've lived thirty-two years, just to understand this.Copy !req
316. This story is purely fiction. The names of the
characters and organizations that appear have no
connections with actual people and organizations.Copy !req
317. This story is purely fiction. The names of the
characters and organizations that appear have no
connections with actual people and organizations.Copy !req