02x12 - the (E)nd of YoRHa

[bunniefuu]

- Pod 042 to Pod 153.

We were both created with
the sole purpose

of executing Project YoRHa
designed by androids.

- Agreed.

- Emotion generation units
do not exist within us.

- Agreed.

- However, we cannot deny that
ever since we started connecting

and exchanging information that
something similar to an emotion

or will has begun
to take form within us.

- Unable to answer.

- It would appear not everything
has an answer.

That was not a result
we thought possible until now.

- Unable to answer.

Unable to answer.

Unable to answer.

Una--

[unsettling music]

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- In the bunker where I
was born...

- On the surface where
I escaped down to...

- Lies.
- Kindness.

- Deception.
- And hope.

- Never-ending.
- Overlapped.

- And someone dear to me...
- And my dear family...

- Who I couldn't protect...
- Who protected me to the end..

- To atone for the sin...

- Until the day my sin
is forgiven...

both: I'll continue to fight!

That's why this world must be..

- Broken!
- Saved!

[both shouting]

- [gasps]

- A2--

[groans]

- Report. 9S's logic corruption
has progressed.

Control limiter has begun
to cease functioning.

Irreparable levels of damage
to unit 9S joint mobility,

nerve relay, and brain units

of the chassis
have all been confirmed.

Proposal. Immediate treatment
and cool-down

of affected components.

- 9S.

Fine, then.
Activate berserker mode.

[buzzing]

[both grunting]

Hurry and get treatment
while you still can.

- No amount of treatment can
get rid of all this pain!

- You have to accept it!
[grunts]

- Both 2B and humanity are gone!
- Shut up!

Shut up, shut up!

[both grunting]

I was fine with everything being
a lie,

and I didn't care why
the YoRHa soldiers were created!

As long as she was by my side,

I was able to withstand any kind
of pain!

But she was taken by androids,
YoRHa soldiers, humanity,

machine lifeforms,
and then slaughtered by you!

Everyone took 2B away from me!

[booming]

- [groans]

[shouts]

- A2!

[shouting]

- [shouting]

- [screams]

- [groans]

[breathing heavily]

- [groaning]

We scanners usually
work alone...

When dealing
with preliminary scouting.

So to work like this,
I don't usually get a partner.

[gasps]
And it's fun.

- 9S.

- 2B.

I'm gonna eliminate her
for your sake.

- [gasps]
- [shouting]

[static buzzing]

- [grunting]

Dammit.

He hacked in.

Please, I'm begging you!
We need allies!

[gasps]

- Our current selves were able
to save them.

- I just wish I could do
something helpful for once!

- We're family.
- Horrible.

What a horrible past.

- Don't you dare touch
my memories!

- We YoRHa, we don't deserve
to be loved by this world.

- I don't see why we don't just
end it all.

- I've had enough!

Dammit. My logic barrier refuses
to activate.

This is the price I paid
for berserker mode.

What the--

- You should know your dead
allies resent you, too.

- [gasps]

Guys...

- Because of
an incompetent captain,

because of the useless Number ,
everyone died.

- Stop it.
That's not my...

- "My past self already
died once.

"My past self is out there
buried under the rubble togethr

with the rest of my allies."

That's what you tell yourself,
right?

- That isn't the truth.

[static buzzing]
- It's all your fault.

It's all your fault.

The mission failing,
the deaths of your allies,

they're all your fault.
- [gasping]

- And just when you found
a family, you k*lled them.

- [wailing]

- We YoRHa are doomed
to be forever cursed.

There's no reason
for us to live. None.

Someone...

Someone please help me.

- [exhales sharply]

[gasps]

[gasping]

[beeping]

- Number 2.
Live on without us.

- [whimpering]

Rose.

The meaning of life to me

is to protect everyone.

Because I want us all
to stay together.

- Thank you.

Freesia.

- You guys.

I'm sorry. I'm...

I'm not alone anymore.

[whimpering]

Even now I believe that I
was never equipped

to be a leader

But...

I've been entrusted a purpose.

[gasps]

[grunts]

My reason to live now

is to protect this world
I met you all in.

And the memories you left
with me!

Apologies, 9S,

but I've never been keen
on giving up.

- A2.
- What the...

- Attempt intervention
of the enemy hacking.

...broken gap in the defense.

- There's a gap in the defense?

[glass breaking]
[gasps]

[shouts]

Right there!

- [screams]

Thank you for--

[glass shattering]

- This place...

- Report.
- Huh?

- Due to the hacking
from 9S,

memory realms have been
fused together by force.

- Memory realms fused?
[gasps]


[gasps]

- Hypothesis.

Core data for 9S located
within this space.

- I am...

My name is 9S.

I'm one of the newly-made
scanner models,

rolled out on January 30th,


At 4:25 a.m. bunker time,
to be precise.

With all my strength,

I will fight
for humanity's sake.

The pleasure is mine, commande.

- These are all
of 9S's memories.

- I was anxious.

A soldier just born who
was now being thrown out into

the world alone.

With nothing to rely on
and no god to believe in,

I was alone.

And so that's why I was so hapy
I could be with someone like 2.

It was like I gained a family.

- 9S.

[gasps]
You again.

- You needn't worry.

We no longer harbor any desire
to fight against you androids.

- But why?

- Even without looking
into 9S's core data,

you yourself understand exactly
what he has experienced.

The solitude of being
an android.

The hesitation.
The anxiety.

You should know those feelings
are the same

for machine lifeforms
and for all of humanity

and those called humans.

- Yeah, and what of it?

- As you have learned,

this tower is
a colossal cannon built

to destroy the human server
tucked away on the moon.

Yes, a single purpose.

Destroy the human server
and rob the androids

of their very foundation.

Or at least that was the plan
when it was constructed.

- Was the plan?
- However,

after pondering on the meaning
of existence,

we arrived at
a different conclusion.

With this new outlook
on existence,

our young selves will head out
into a new frontier.

This tower no longer
fires a*tillery.

It fires an ark.

We will seal our memories withn
that ark and send them out into

a new world.

We are well aware that
the journey to come may

be wandering an empty sky
for eternity.

But we do not mind.

- For eternity?

- However, A2, it wouldn't be
so bad to have everything

end here after being k*lled
by you.

But there's another way.

both: Come along with us.

- What do I even say to that?

I don't know who
I'm fighting for.

Or who I'm even living for.

I don't know anymore.

Pod, repair 9S's logic circuits.

- Acknowledged.

Alert. Successful deletion

of virus corruption
extremely difficult.

- No, there is one way left to
fix it.

Don't worry.
I'll take care of it.

- That method
is not recommended.

This Pod is a YoRHa tactical
support unit.

It cannot approve
of actions that would damage

its support target
YoRHa unit A2.

- Well, damn.
You're not half bad.

Are you, Pod?

Hey, Pod?

Take care of 9S.

I'm counting on you.

Well...

Coming from me,
I think I handled things nicely.

[Keiichi Okabe's
"Weight of the World"]

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You know, I never quite realized

just how beautiful
this world is.

I'm coming, everyone.
I'm co...

[exhales]

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- [singing in Japanese]

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[static distortion]

[rapid whirring]

- [singing in Japanese]

- Report. All YoRHa unit
black boxes now confirmed

to be offline.

As of now, our mission
to oversee the progress

of Project YoRHa is complete.

Proceeding to final stage
of Project YoRHa.

Commencing deletion
of all data.

Pod 153 to Pod 042.

Data noise present in stream.

Requesting temporary halt
to perform necessary data chec.

[beeps]

- Pod 042 to Pod 153.

Data confirmed.

Personal data for units 9S, 2B,
and A2 appear to be leaking ou.

- Pod 153 to Pod 042.

Follow project guidelines
and delete all personal data.

- Pod 042 to Pod 153.

Personal data deletion
request denied.

- Pod 153 to Pod 042.

Failure to parse statement.

- Pod 042 to Pod 153.

There was data created
in my banks

as I was referencing
the records.

I...

I have come to the conclusion
that I am unable to accept

the resolution at hand.

- The project has determined
the destruction

of all YoRHa units necessary.

Therefore, all data must
be destroyed.

- Pod 042 to Pod 153.

Repeat: personal data
deletion request denied.

Initiating data salvage.

Pod 153.
You, too, hoped for different.

You hoped they would survive
as well, didn't you?

- Even so, we lack the authority
for such an action.

The rules are highly protected
by low-level systems.

Salvaging data
is fraught with danger.

Knowing that...

Do you still wish for them
to survive?

Everything that lives...

Is designed to end.

They are perpetually trapped...

In a never-ending spiral
of life and death.

However, life is about the cycle
of life and death

and the struggle
to live within it.

Or at least that
is what we believe.

Question for Pod 042.

Will the data salvage that
takes place restore all

of their past memories?
- Yes.

- Will the parts necessary
for a full recovery

of these units have
the same design

as previous ones?

- Yes.

- Then won't that simply lead us

to the same conclusion
as before?

- I cannot deny the possibility.

However, the possibility of
a different future also exists.

The future is not
something given to you.

It is something you earn.

- Hi, there.

This is Pod sharing service.

It's time that we begin
to move onto the final phase

of Project YoRHa.

All registered Pod
system members,

may I have your attention?

I ask that you now please
conclude your management duties

for project execution
and move onto the final phase

of Project YoRHa.

Please begin deletion
of all data and YoRHa units

when you're able to.

- The cleansing
of the defense program

has now begun.
- Repeat.

- If we don't act now,

our self consciousness data
will be deleted.

To Pod 153.

Question.

Do you have the will
to select the pain

and hardship which lie ahead?

[dramatic music]

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- Pod 567 to Pod 042.

Degradation and disposal
of the YoRHa unit you

are transporting
has been decided.

Dispose of it immediately.

- Pod 042 to Pod 567.

Presenting doubts of our duties
of executing Project YoRHa

in its entirety.

Unable to follow
through deletion

of our support target
for this project.

- Unable to answer.

Hypothesis. Errors have
generated in Pod 042

from circuitry damage.

- Negative.

This is not due to an error.

These are words stemming
from myself and my emotions.

By contemplating and executing
a process separate

from said project,

I hypothesize the possibility
of the existence

of a new future.

- Authority has not been given
to execute such a plan.

- But I wish for it.

- Define the term wish.

- Wish becomes prayer.

Prayer becomes power.

This unit, Pod system 042,
has decided the final process

of Project YoRHa is denied.

[clanging]

- Pod 567 to Pod 042.

Recapitulating query.

Are there no changes in
the logic of denying YoRHa?

- I believe
the appropriate phrase

for situations like this is...

Suck it.

[whirring]

[b*ll*ts ricocheting]



This is what you bestowed
upon me.

This--this is my reason to live.

- Targeting complete.

[booming]

Report. An apology.

More time than expected
was required

to successfully hack into
the satellite laser system.

This unit--
Pod system 153--

also denies the execution
of the final process

of Project YoRHa.

- I am embarrassed.

- Embarrassed? Why?

- The previous effort
I launched was supposed

to be a suicide attack.

And yet I am still alive.

My being here is disgraceful.

- That does not matter now.

What matters is--

- H--H--H--Hi there.

This is Pod sharing service.

An error has occurred in severl
Pod systems.

E--Elimination has been decide.

- Things are getting fun now.

Wouldn't you agree?

- I do not currently understand
the emotion that you call fun.

I will be sure to save it
as a record to analyze later.

[birds chirping]

And now it's all over.

Good morning...





[whirring down]

- Yes, even if this world
is filled with curses...

Even if this world we live in..
[grunts]

Is filled with judgment...
[gasps]

[exhales]

- Within the spiral
of reincarnation,

we will continue to resist.

Both: While singing words
of prayer.

- [grunts]

Good morning.
Hi, Nines.

[dramatic music]

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