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In this place so unreal
I wait for dawn to come
Farther and farther, like the sky I saw that day
What a joke this hope is
I acted as if I had forgotten
Farther and farther, like the dream I saw that day
I just want to know the meaning of it
Within this scattered time
Along with the breath of ours
And of this pain that never goes away
Even though the roaring of the sea muffles the voices
Darkness engulfs everything ahead
The light that passes through our fragile hearts
Won't go away
We only relied on our compass
We believed you
While we stand here
We're searching for the unseen future
We... came from the Japan of the 21st Century.
Tubes one and two, loaded in! Opening hatch.
Don't blame me.
Blame your bad luck for having stopped your ship in a place like this.
So that means, in that era, Japan still exists?
Mirai's Battle
The Empire of Japan continues to exist in the 21st Century?
So that must mean...
America and Japan were able to negotiate...
...a peace treaty with a favorable outcome, early in the war.
An early peace treaty?
I'm aware of Japan's precarious situation.
Honestly, there is no other way for her to survive, aside from such a treaty.
Hold it right there!
So you believe everything we said?!
Let me tell you something else! Japan has...!
That's enough.
I'm Captain Umezu.
Rest assured that this country will not be destroyed.
Knowing that should be enough, right, Lieutenant Kusaka?
It is my honor to meet the highest-ranking officer of this ship.
Captain Umezu.
Tubes one and two, ready to fire.
Fire!
Torpedoes detected! 210 degrees!
High speed approach!
Torpedoes detected!
80 degrees left! Speed 44 knots, distance 3200!
2 minutes 10 seconds to impact!
- What? - Oh, no!
T-Torpedoes?!
Start the engines!
Prepare for evasive action!
Evade them just like in the drills!
Aye aye, sir!
All sections, battle stations!
All hands on standby! Sonar at the ready!
We've got no time to waste!
Hey, hey! A torpedo? You can't be serious?!
Sonar to CIC, why wasn't this detected earlier?!
They were hidden amidst...
...the surface duct where we had difficulty detecting them.
We also have insufficient oceanographic data for this region!
You idiot! This is the result of insufficient training!
I'm sorry, sir.
Distance!
Distance 2000!
I'm having trouble spotting them, due to the reflective surface!
Torpedo wakes sighted!
Hurry back to the medical room!
What are you doing?! There are torpedoes headed this way!
I must see with my own eyes what this ship is capable of during a battle.
Being a soldier myself, I can understand your interest.
But your curiosity might just cost you your life.
Main engine, startup okay!
Release the brake! All ahead full!
All ahead full!
Target ship starting up!
I've never heard of such engine noise before!
Starting up? So their ship wasn't malfunctioning?
Given their condition,
it should've taken them at least half a day to get moving.
Five seconds to impact.
Dodge them!
Prepare for impact!
That did it!
Bridge to CIC!
Transmit data on the origin of those torpedoes!
Bearing 240!
Distance 3800.
W-We're dead meat.
It's only been 30 seconds since they started their engines...
The Japanese... have such a superb ship?
Launch tubes three and four now!
Follow with five and six.
Spread them out so that we'll hit them no matter what!
Aye, sir!
Tubes three, four, five and six. Opening hatch.
Fire!
Bearing 240 degrees. Distance 3700. Depth 10.
Oguri!
Hard to starboard!
What incredible maneuverability.
We'll be okay.
Mirai will be able to evade their attacks.
Oguri, I'm counting on you.
So what if we change history?
Either way, we still can't go back.
New torpedo echoes detected!
Four in total, spreading out from port!
Bring it all on.
What should we do?
Don't panic. Go back 10 degrees!
Do you honestly... want to see... our power?
Y-You asked for it...
Attacking us... in the first place.
I'm gonna... take you down!
Distance 3000 yards!
Before you take me!
We're hit? No...
A rocket...?
"VLS: Vertical Launching System" Front deck VLS open.
"ASROC: Anti-Submarine Rocket" ASROC fired.
"ASROC: Anti-Submarine Rocket" What?!
What?!
It's heading for the point where the tubes were launched!
Who pressed that button?!
Yonekura!
You idiot!
Were you planning to start a war at your own discretion?
If we don't fight back, they'll finish us first, Weapons Officer!
Bridge to CIC, who gave the command to fire?!
I want a report, immediately!
Report the incident as human error!
And throw that guy out of CIC!
Two out of four torpedoes are 1000 yards from the ship!
Yanagi! Are those Japanese torpedoes or American?!
US Navy torpedo, Mark 14. No mistake about it.
The Japanese Navy uses oxygen torpedoes,
which don't leave trails behind.
Those that I saw earlier had a carbon dioxide discharge.
Discharge trails visible! Give me the bearings!
130 degrees starboard! Relative speed about 5 knots!
Hard to starboard!
Distance 50.
30!
We've dodged them!
Not yet! Two more to go! Confirm their course!
Two trails! Widening on approach!
- Distance 300! - Turn the rudder back!
Distance 1500 yards!
Time to impact in five, four, three, two, one!
All torpedoes evaded! Receding behind!
What's that? A parachute?
Captain! A seeker is approaching.
A seeker... what the...?
Are you saying... it has on board sonar?!
No doubt about it! A seeker is fast approaching!
How could Japan have something that the Royal Navy is still developing?
Hard starboard! All ahead full!
ASROC, in pursuit of target.
Nothing detected on ES!
That submarine must have gathered a lot of data on our ship.
Such as our mobility when we dodged those torpedoes.
They'll be reporting all this to the US Navy as soon as they're back at base.
If we leave them be,
they'll continue to pursue us and launch endless attacks.
At this rate, the safety and the secrecy of this ship...
...will be...
Even if they report us, we've still got options.
But, if we sink a ship that is not meant to be sunk,
there'll be no turning back.
Bridge, CIC.
Captain, permission request for ASROC self-destruct.
- Executive Officer. - Sir?
Is America... an enemy to all of us here?
Nothing detected on water surface! No abnormalities!
Identifying our attackers as a direct threat to our mission...
...and eliminating them is the basis of self-defense, correct?
180 degrees! 7600 yards! No response from the Sonar System!
Alright then. Relay your orders please.
Sir!
CIC to Bridge!
Maintain current course and await instructions.
What?!
The approaching object's a torpedo!
A seeker from a torpedo?!
What are you talking about?!
That can't be. No torpedo has sonar capabilities...
Torpedo impact in 10 seconds!
Kikuchi! Initiate self-destruct!
Aye-aye!
Sonar, are you able to pick up the engine of the submarine?
I don't hear its engine but...
I can hear the sub creaking and discharging compressed air.
Looks like it's surfacing rapidly.
I want to think that this was the best available option...
...despite the circumstances.
But, we might have been pushed closer to the edge again.
Yeah.
Captain,
the watertight bulkhead is cracked,
and it will take time for us to fix the damaged communication antenna.
Once the repairs are done, we'll commence...
We'll retreat.
We must retreat to Pearl Harbor.
We gotta get this information back to HQ.
As much as I don't wanna believe it.
It looks like Japan has for themselves some sort of new super weapon.
Darn.
How are you feeling? Are you alright?
Are you satisfied now? So what do you think?
Is this part of our god's plan? Or a will of the devil?
No matter how you look at it,
this battle has surpassed the imaginations of the people from this era.
This is a battle of the 21st Century.
Reporting, sir!
Fourth Torpedo Division, Lieutenant Tsuda,
reporting as ordered!
You've done well.
Sir Admiral Nagumo is scheduled to arrive...
...aboard the Light Cruiser Nagayori and board the Yamato at 1800 hours.
He will deliver the results from the battle at Midway.
Here is the report I've drafted, sir.
Please, have a seat.
Thank you very much.
The junior officers and soldiers must be unhappy...
...that we have yet to launch a counter attack, no?
Yes... No!
Why haven't we brought the Yamato out to avenge the lost carriers?
They must think the Commander in Chief is a cowardly man, right?
No, sir! No one thinks that way.
That's alright. Let them complain.
They need to release their discontent.
They need to release their discontent. Isoroku Yamamoto Combined Fleet Commander in Chief
Isoroku Yamamoto Combined Fleet Commander in Chief
It is no fault of theirs, anyway. Isoroku Yamamoto Combined Fleet Commander in Chief
The commander had been very much against launching war on America,
yet he initiated the attack on Pearl Harbour.
What exactly does he feel, about the defeat at Midway?
From the look on your face, I can read what's on your mind.
It is most regrettable that Yamaguchi and Captain Kaku...
...had to go down with their ships.
Do give my regards to Admiral Nagumo and remind him that...
...I alone, shall bear the full responsibility,
and tell him not to act rashly.
Sir,
if the Commander in Chief decides to commit hara-kiri,
then all officers of the Striking Force will like to follow suit!
Listen, rumor has it that...
...I have been given the nickname 'god of war'.
How does an immortal go about dying?
It takes three years to build a flight carrier.
A pilot's training takes between five to ten years.
However, the cultivation of a superb leader...
...cannot be measured by time.
Right now, Japan cannot afford to have leaders slitting their bellies at whim.
I apologize for what I've said!
By the way,
there is still no news of Lieutenant Kusaka, I presume?
Yes. He is still missing.
He left the Kirishima in a seaplane.
We still have no news of him.
I really hope he's still alive.
Contrary to his youthful appearance,
he never displayed the rashness common to his peers.
He is a calm and composed soldier,
a rarity among military personnel in this era, indeed.
Lieutenant Kusaka may seem cold,
but he is an Imperial Navy Soldier with a heart full of patriotism.
Regardless of what manner of crisis he is faced with,
I firmly believe he would deny himself death, till his mission is complete.
As expected, that ship's data isn't recorded in here.
That ship? What are you referring to?
It was the night before the Battle of Midway.
An unidentified ship appeared, right before Yamato,
in the midst of a thick fog.
What's more, she bore our navy flag.
It had a peculiar structure, and such acceleration mobility...
...as never seen before.
After evading our destroyers...
...without spewing even a single cloud of black smoke, it disappeared.
Probably a US ship in disguise?
They could have violated the rules of the war.
Many on this ship have had the same opinion,
but I strongly doubt it's the case.
First of all, the US neither undertakes nor needs a disguise.
Oops, someone's likely to accuse me of favoring the US again.
Either way, we're faced with a new threat.
Will you channel your efforts into data retrieval on this matter?
Yes, sir!
It's just a hunch,
but I feel that this ship...
might alter the course of situation in the Pacific Ocean,
Or that of the whole world.
Passing through the distant time
Just peacefully
Without losing your way, you walked towards me
How many times have I grasped tightly those small hands of yours?
Not being able to do anything
I kept on praying
Sorrow or agony isn't enough
That's why now as if I wanted to make up... I'm looking at you
Kikuchi! It'll be your fault if Satake goes down!
The Mirai is the only country we have now!
We cannot just standby and allow it to be taken over!
No one should live life like a dead person.
We are alive, and we should live each day.
I'm not giving up! If we change the course of history,
the 21st century as we know it may cease to exist!
This is the epiphany of my life.
This is the epiphany of my life. Next Episode: Kusaka's Choice
I've lived thirty-two years, just to understand this. Next Episode: Kusaka's Choice
This story is purely fiction. The names of the characters and organizations that appear have no connections with actual people and organizations.