Part 100: Mission 41 - Reunion ~ Misao - Part 2
: Haah, haah… Is that all of them?!
SRW UX - Mark Sein
: What…?!
: O-Oh, God… What’s going on?!
: We’re detecting a sudden shift in their energy readings! The Festum are…!
: Th-The hell?!
: The Festum transformed…?!
: Aaargh…!
: Kazuki!: Damn it, what just happened there?!: That new Festum’s displaying a chemical profile unlike anything we’ve ever seen before!: A-And the reading’s expanding!
: Huh?! All the other Festum—!: Rrgh…! Graaaaaaaaaah!
: Th-The pilot’s being Assimilated! Fast! Any more than that and he’ll…!
: C-Cover the Mark Sein and… rrgh… *cough, wheeze*!: Cmdr. Makabe…?!: Aagh-aaarraaaaaah!
: Ka-Kazuki!
: …?!: H-Hrm… Is that?!
SRW UX - Roaring Deathblow
: Target sighted. Beginning operation.: The Lyras… Saya?!
: Then, the other one must be…
: We’ll end him in one fell swoop, Saya. Ready the Hell Stringer!: Roger that. Lepton Vectrers, synchro-overdrive engaged.*Power uuuuup!*
: Synchronization coefficient 97, 98… Pressure set, safety lock released! We’re going!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJQeLiMJk7U
Captions are available, so you can appreciate Arnie having fully embraced the Hissatsu spirit and throwing quotes around just like Richard.
Also, I do enjoy the callback to the prologue mission.
: Target’s destruction confirmed. Lepton Vectrers’ output is stable.: Are you alright, Kazuki?!: Arnie…!: The UX… They’re here?!: Yeah, we are! You’ve nothing to worry about anymore!
: Launch all mobile squadrons!
: Been a long time, guys!
: These blobs won’t be running amok now that we’re in the area!
: We’ll handle this, Kazuki! Pull back!: N-No… I’m alright! I can keep going!
: Very well, but take care that you do not overwork yourself!
: The UX are helping us…! Ooh, I feel like I could take on anything now!: Haaaaaah! GOUBIIIIIIINE!!
: What kind of future will the emergence of this new variety of Festum lead us to…?: My friends, the island’s defense is your top priority! Cooperate with the Fafners and rout the enemy forces!
Kill everything, don’t lose any ships or Hiroto. The new Eurus Type Festum come packing a whole lot of firepower and Mind Read L3, so make sure everyone has at least Focus running and don’t be afraid to use your Confuse casts, because there’s a ton of them. The Eurus also have biiiig range, so see if you can’t keep enough distance to force the back rows to close in (once they decide to start moving).
But, like all Festum, they can’t take a hit and Kazuki can still Assimilate them just the same. Go all out with your SP and deal with them following standard Festum strategies, only with an added bit of caution.
Secret Alert!Fafner secret #4 – 1st and 2nd steps: you have until mission 47 to use all HAE combo attacks at least once: that’s the Juniors’ Cross Dog Formation, the Seniors’ Cross Dog Formation, and Twin Dog Formation with Kazuki and Maya. Also, Kazuki has to have up to 200 kills by said mission 47.
Word of advice: try to get the Juniors’ combo attack out of the way now, so you can pick whichever route you prefer next and still be on track for this one.
SRW UX - Dunbine Flies: New Festum or not, I won’t be beaten! I made a promise to Kazuki that I’d protect his home, and I keep my promises!
SRW UX - Shangri-La.
: I wanted to believe that our days of fighting you were behind us…: But if you’re taking a stab at our island again, then I’m not pulling any punches! I’ve a couple of people here that I’d go to Hell and back to keep safe!
SRW UX - Deus Machina
: Darling, the enemy’s a brand new type of Festum-robo! Don’t let your guard down-robo!
: And they’re red, meaning they gotta be three times stronger, right? But you’re not scaring me away with that, Festum!
SRW UX - LOVE 14 ver. HD*Tzeeeeeeep.*
: …?! What sound is this…?: Hatred...? No, that’s not it. I’m feeling something different from these Festum – something I didn’t feel before…
Jesus, Fei, take it easy!
Final Mission ~ Quantum Burst 1
: We managed to pry open the road to dialogue with the Festum before…: And if that road has been shut, then we’ll pry it open again and again! But we must fight you today to do that…!
SRW UX - Roulette
: New Festum…? We even have stuff like this walking around…?
: Hmmm…!: I know, Heroman. We’ve carried on fighting these past three months, and we’re not throwing in the towel now! We won’t be beaten – no matter the enemy!
SRW UX - Life Goes On: I’m not about to let Kazuki and the others carry this whole fight on their backs! Come and try your hand with me instead, Festum!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGvoDyW5IEI
And, bam, here’s the new kids’ combo attack.
SRW UX - The Will of Man Awakens: I don’t mean to close shut the road towards mutual understanding with you…: And, so, what I’ll do is show you that which is born from life: the roar of the soul!--
: A new strain of Festum has been born into their kind… Is this also due to a divergence of possibilities?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHmeEGZruMk
I wasn’t originally going to make this video, what with having ended the animation abruptly, but I decided you must all hear how much LOUDER Arnie has gotten.
“I’ll put you out of your misery!” > “May you rest in peace…!”
SRW UX - Dunbine Flies
: Looks like Kazuki and the others are doing fine…: But I’m still going to make you pay for threatening their peace!
: Yeah, get them!
SRW UX - Tales of Mirisha ~ The Brave Legend: If you’ll be a menace to this island and its tranquility, then it falls on me to once more show you the brilliance of a righteous blade!
SRW UX - My Fate
: Careful, Aesap! We’ve no idea what these new Festum might do!
: They won’t wait for us to figure it out, though, so we’re better off taking the fight to them!
SRW UX - The Eternal Soldiers
: Been a bit since we played with some Festum, eh…? These don’t look like any of the blobs we’ve seen before, but that’s no prob!
: Right, we’ll just give you a fresh dosage of our blessing… a blessing of Hell!
SRW UX - The Gate of Neidhöhle OpensOddly enough, this convo from Kenji can play even against the first wave of Festum – before the new ones even turn up. Must be a bug.
: We get flung into a proper battle right during training, and, to top that off, there’s even a new kind of Festum…: But I’m not letting you get even one of your fingers on our juniors! You’re dealing with me first!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyOCGp5b1Yg
And just because I felt like it, here are the Seniors’ NEW Cross Dog to take out the last one (yes, they can only use their original combos for those two missions).
: Hah! Is that all they’ve got to offer?!
: No, we’ve multiple signals on approach!
: Tsk… The things are really making up for all the time when they didn’t turn up here!: This quantity of Festum is anything but normal, though! What’s going on?!: …
: Uwaaaaaaah!
: We’re being hit with naval and air strikes! We have to do something, Makabe, or this’ll go south in a big way!: Hrm… It’s too soon for us to surrender! : Stay strong, people! Give them an inch and they’ll overwhelm us!: No… We can’t take this anymore! This is insane!: Is… Is this how I’m going to die…?: I finally got to set out into the battlefield… and my battles are ending already?!
Takayuki Miyauchi - Wake Up! Wake Up!
: Don’t give up!: …?! That’s…!: A training model…?: What… Are you?!: Hold fast to your belief in a brighter tomorrow and fight on, even when victory seems impossible…! 
: That’s the spirit of the Mobile Samurai, Goubine!: Ma-Mamoru?!: Mamoru… But how?!: Justice never dies!: Now get up! That is, if the flame inside your heart hasn’t fizzled out yet!: Ma-Mamoru…!: Okay! Haaaaaaaaaah!
: Come on, Goubine!*Mamoru and Hiroto move together.*
: Chou-Hissatsu! Double!: GOUSPAAAAAAAAAARK!!
: Ha-hahah… Ain’t that something.: Mamoru… you’re alive!: I am, yeah! But the reunion’s gonna have to wait!
: Agreed! We’ll save the “hurrahs” for after we’ve cleared out these blobs!: There sure are a lot of enemies… But, no, that doesn’t matter!: Because, today, Hiroto and I are Double Goubines! (Kamen Rider SPIRITS reference – Hongo Takeshi’s words to Taki in the first chapter): Y-Yes, sir…!
: …: Please go back, everyone. Give me some time to talk to them…
: The Festum…!
: They’re retreating…?!
: Wh-What happened?!: Hey, look! Over there…!
: A boy…?
: My name is Misao Kurusu. I’ve come to speak to you humans.: Misao… Kurusu…?
: We can’t even begin to thank you for your help today.
: We’re just glad we made it here in time. What’s important is that everyone made it out in one piece.
: And, if I may ask, who was that boy from before?: He…
: Is there a problem?: We ran some scans and, looking at the results, we’ve concluded that he’s actually a Festum.: That boy?!: Then, he is another of those humanoid Festum that we saw previously?: We can’t say for sure yet, but he came here to talk to us.
: Huh… We thought the Army of Mankind’s nuclear strike had undone all our work towards enabling coexistence between us, but apparently not?
: I sure didn’t expect them to reach out to us, though…: I guess the Festum have changed as well…
: Hey, guys, dad… I’m home.
: Ma-Mamoru… Thank God… Thank God you’re alive…!
: Dude, do you have any idea what you put us through?!: But… how did you even survive that?: To tell you the truth... When I came to, I was already back here on the island.
: What, and three months had passed? For real?!
: Hey, now… you didn’t get turned into a Festum, did you…?!: N-No, of course not!: I don’t really know how I survived that… but I kind of remember hearing a girl’s voice?
: A girl?: Yeah, and I really feel like I’d heard that voice somewhere before.
: Maybe it was Tsubaki, then?
: That’s got to be it, yeah! Tsubaki saved you!: Hmm, maybe…?: (I don’t really think that was Tsubaki speaking, though…)
: U-Um, Mamoru… You should have this back.: Hm? Ah, the Goubine helmet.: This helmet gave me the courage I needed to fight. But, now that you’re back, I guess there won’t really be a reason for me to deploy anymore… (At least he knows.): Hey, what kind of attitude is that? You’ve already proved yourself to be a very competent fighter.: Stick your chest out. You’re more than worthy of keeping the title of Goubine, I say. : B-But…
: How about this, then: you can both take turns piloting the Fünf!: Us both…?
: That sounds pretty good. Hiroto can be Goubine Z, and Mamoru can be Great Goubine.
: Naah, I got a real Goubine #1 and Goubine #2 vibe today. 
: The names ain’t that important, dang it!: Hahah… Well, Hiroto, if they say so, then I guess we’ll all be working together.: Y-Yes, sir! Thank you so much!And, as they said, the Fünf can now be piloted by Mamoru or Hiroto. Considering the rant above, it shouldn’t come as a secret that I’ll be going with the former – especially since he not only makes the Fünf way better as a unit, Mamoru, Sakura and Kenji have a NEW Triple Dog Combo attack. It’s 300 attack points weaker then Hiroto’s Cross Dog, but I think that’s offset by making the Fünf a better unit on its own (plus, while Kenji has his own Cross Dog, Sakura could really benefit from that extra firepower).
: I’m glad to see you well, my friends.: We say the same, General Zhou Yu. You seem to be recovering nicely.: Perhaps, but I cannot yet get off this blasted bed…: Still, I cannot even put into words how happy I am to speak to you again, Master…: You have become a fine commander, Lu Xun.: Continue your good work, and make sure to always support your companions…: Yes, Master!
: How about you, Kazuki? Are you doing alright?
: Did your Assimilation trigger again?
: Don’t worry, I’m not going down from that. Our medicine’s gotten a lot better over these past months.: Besides, I made a promise to him.
: That you’d keep waiting until Soushi came back, huh…?
: But if you keep pushing yourself and your Assimilation progresses further…
: You might as well let him do what he wants, I think.: You can see by the look on his face just how committed he is. We couldn’t stop him even if we tried.
: Sheryl…
: …: Just be reasonable out there, Kazuki.: Yes, sir. I promise I will.: I guess we’re really going to have to fight the Festum again, huh…?
: I think it’s a bit too soon to say. We need to hear what he has to say first…
: The Festum boy, Misao Kurusu…
: Misao Kurusu… is that the name of the person you Assimilated?: No, that’s due to the information Soushi Minashiro passed on to me. The name just happened when I tried to express my being in your language. : I need a name to talk to you properly, yes?: Was it Soushi who sent you here, then?: I wanted to come here myself. He looked like he had something to tell you.
: Soushi did…? Why aren’t we talking to him, then?: Because of mankind, of that huge flame of yours. My people are suffering because of it…
: The Army of Mankind’s nuclear strike…: Right… There was so much pain, so our Mir didn’t want to be reborn. : Maybe that’s why I was born instead.
: I take it your Mir was not destroyed, then?: Yes, though it was split into several pieces. A few of those did disappear, but not all…: So, that’s the reason why the Festum are still active…: Would you mind if I asked a question?: What is it?: Um, have you ever looked at the sky and thought it was pretty?: The sky? Y-Yes, I suppose…: Ahahaha, I knew it! I really can understand your kind!: “Understand”…? Can’t you use your mind reading abilities to look into our thoughts?: Sure, but it’s not easy to make much sense of them.: Which is why I’m so glad that you think the sky is pretty! : Could you tell us what you’re here for?: I don’t want to see you gone, so I came to ask that you fight alongside us.: Fight? Against who…?: Against mankind… and against other groups of our kind.: Wh-What…?!
Now, we’ve another trio unlocking their final tactician bonuses:
- Athrun: All attacks ignore barriers.
- Jeffrey: Units loaded onto a ship now restore 50% HP/EN per turn, instead of the regular 30%.
- Arnie: +10% to all support abilities.
And here are the convos we didn’t get, what with the ultra-limited deployment slots:
: You’re doing this again?! And you might’ve brought a bunch of new guys, but I’m still kicking your asses to kingdom come!--
: I know any self-respecting Champion of Justice would come running when his friends are in trouble…: But, damn it, everything was set for us to never have to fight the Festum again! And then the Army of Mankind went and screwed it all up…!--
: Why… Why are you attacking us again?!: Didn’t you Festum learn what life meant?!--
: Just a handful of Fafners against all those enemies… this really isn’t something we could just ignore, now, is it?: The Dancouga is an ally of the weak, after all! You’re gonna have to tango with us too, Festum!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7lu1oi6z4
And I was asked to show this skit out of respect for HAZARD PASHA, HERO OF HUMANITY.
Hazard Counter: 10 ...Thieving rat.