Macross 7 (1994) s01e32 Episode Script
Jamming Birds
1
[song playing]
MACROSS 7
When I look up at the purple panorama ♪
The galactic HIGHWAY ♪
A SHOOTING STAR pierces my heart ♪
When I match my quickening heartbeat ♪
To the sleepless city ♪
Praying to an uncertain tomorrow ♪
I hear that melody ♪
A mysterious voice
That won't let me go ♪
Tell me, SEVENTH MOON ♪
Where are you taking me ♪
And this troubled heart of mine? ♪
Palely shimmering, SEVENTH MOON ♪
I'm just looking for an answer ♪
In the rhythm
With this crazy dance of mine ♪
[music stops]
PLANET LUX
After leaving Earth, the Macross 7
emigration fleet was attacked
by an unknown enemy in deep space
called the Protodeviln
BATTLE 7
GAVIL
resulting in an emergency landing
on Planet Lux.
GLAVIL
MACROSS 7 FLEE
The U.N. Spacy forces guarding the fleet
have a classified project
called Project M
MACROSS 7 FLEET COMMANDER,
MAXIMILIAN JENIUS
based on how the idol Lynn Minmay
ended a war with her singing.
For a long time,
the project was unworkable.
LYNN MINMAY
But with the emergence of Basara Nekki
FIRE VALKYRIE
the music unit Sound Force was formed.
BASARA NEKKI
Their surprising effectiveness in
driving off the Protodeviln
SOUND FORCE
who thus far had been immune
to conventional weapons
COL. BARTON
has moved U.N. Spacy
to reevaluate the project
SOUND FORCE ADVISER, DR. CHIBA
that they hadn't taken seriously
until now.
But in Basara Nekki's heart
[announcer] You can be a popular hero,
just like Sound Force.
Eradicate enemy monsters with your song
to preserve peace for Macross 7!
U.N. Spacy is recruiting members
JAMMING BIRDS
for a new singing strike team
to follow Sound Force.
Their name: Jamming Birds.
-[sighs] Cool, they're calling us heroes.
-[drumming]
Come on, boys and girls.
If you think you've got musical talent,
come show it off at the auditions!
Jamming Birds is the word!
Damn it. What are they thinking?
It just might work though.
And how will this work?
-Who's even going to apply for this?
-[phone rings]
[grunt]
You have a message from Col. Barton.
This is Col. Barton of U.N. Spacy.
Citizen Basara, I think
we've contacted you about this already,
but we're requesting your help
with establishing the Jamming Birds.
We'd like you to be
an audition judge. [inhales deeply]
You are to report to
U.N. Spacy Music Corps HQ at once.
No freaking way, man.
Basara?
Ain't my problem.
[inhales deeply]
-Hey. Where are you going?
-[door opens]
Where I'm going is none of your business!
Jeez.
We're at the Jamming Birds auditions
held by U.N. Spacy.
The dream audition
to join the singing strike team!
The moment is almost upon us!
This isn't a variety show, Shijima!
Camera two, please stand by.
Whoa, this isn't a good location.
Can I move to the front?
Entry number one, Chitose Ripple.
-Tell us about your passion for music.
-[chuckles]
I've loved singing since I was a child.
I own all of Lynn Minmay's music discs.
She's a real legend.
Do you play any musical instruments?
I've been taking piano lessons
since I was three.
-[Chiba] And your measurements?
-Huh?
Your bust, waist and hip measurements.
Capt. Chiba, is this really necessary?
Yes, physique
is very important to a singer.
It can affect intensity, one of
the three major components of sound.
Being able to sing in a powerful voice at
high volume is essential to Song Energy,
so lung capacity is an important factor.
And since one's proportions can affect
the range and volume of their voice
We're losing viewers! Somebody, stop him!
Um, B92, W58, H88.
[Chiba] Well then,
please take off your gown.
[all] Wow. [gasp]
Nice.
Magnificent proportions!
Have you ever been in love?
Um, y-yes. In junior high.
[Chiba] Any experience?
Huh?
No, not that kind of experience.
Hmm
[people talking on TV]
Oh, my!
They're asking questions like that?
Thank goodness I failed the preliminaries.
What? Miho, you applied?
Uh Well, yeah.
Oh. Actually, so did I.
[giggling]
Jamming Birds.
-[talking on TV continues]
-Will this really work?
In desperate times like these,
we must explore every possible solution.
Even if you know it's no use?
Even if this amounts to nothing,
getting to see young ladies
in swimwear is never a bad thing.
M-Milia?
[Milia] Entry number 23,
Milia Farina Jenius.
My burning heart is
Already about to short-circuit ♪
[Max] Milia.
Madam Mayor! You don't need to sing yet.
Why did you apply for the audition?
Isn't it obvious?
As mayor, protector of City 7, I applied
to get us out of our current situation.
[crowd whoops]
My skills as a Battroid pilot
are well-known to all,
and I have confidence in my singing too!
-[cheering]
-[viewer] You tell 'em, Mayor Milia!
Seriously, Mom?
[pants] Entry number 24, Bobby Lacoste.
At your service.
Bobby.
He's recovered.
When I was attacked by the vampires,
they said I'd never rise again.
But like a phoenix,
I have risen from the ashes!
To defeat those accursed vampires,
I am willing to sacrifice my life!
For the salvation of Macross 7,
I will sing and sing and sing some more!
-[crowd cheering]
-He's the dreamiest!
[viewer 2] So cool!
Bobby!
Some people never change.
[rock music playing]
[music stops]
[panting] Sivil, why won't you wake up?
[rock music playing]
What's wrong, Chiba? Why the sour face?
Believe it or not, I'm against forming
Jamming Birds at this stage.
Wasn't it your idea to develop
the Sound Boosters
to assemble more music units?
Yes. But out of the ten applicants
who made it through round two,
none can handle the Sound Boosters.
The only ones with the potential to fight
the enemy right now is Basara's band.
But the brass are drunk with
Fire Bomber's success.
They're getting ahead of themselves.
It's foolish of them to think that anybody
can make things work like Fire Bomber.
[Barton] Capt. Chiba!
You better watch your words!
[Chiba] Col. Barton!
You're one of the members
pushing for this project.
What good does it do
to criticize your own work?
-Y-Yes, but
-Silence!
Even the great Lynn Minmay
started off as an ordinary idol
before she saved Earth
and became a superstar.
I was there when she debuted.
I saw how the power of her songs started
to show as she gained more experience.
And eventually she became
a tremendous singer who ended the war.
Anyone can have that potential,
and it is the responsibility
of this project to bring it out of people,
so do not talk of giving up
when we've just gotten started!
My apologies, sir.
-Chiba.
-Mind your words from now on.
The colonel's an old member of Project M,
the project that founded Sound Force.
He's been given full control
of the Jamming Birds initiative,
so his enthusiasm is understandable.
You better watch him, Chiba.
Or he'll take credit for everything.
Well, nothing will come
of this project anyway.
[rock music continues playing]
[waves lapping]
[vehicle approaching]
Who are you guys?
[grunts] What the hell?
You've repeatedly ignored
Col. Barton's summons.
Now you're coming with us!
[grunts] Hey! Don't touch me, man!
You dare to resist?
Chill out, man.
I ain't gonna run.
All I'm saying is don't touch me.
So, where are you taking me?
[grunt, gasp]
[auditionees gasp] It's Basara!
He's so handsome!
-Wow!
-[Barton] Order, please.
We're conducting business here.
Basara, you've finally come.
-I'm giving you an important job to do.
-An important job?
[Barton] The people we have here
are the ten Jamming Birds prospects
who've made it through the audition.
I would like you to select
six out of the ten.
I want you to review them
and choose six members to teach music to.
I'm no teacher. So, I refuse.
Basara, this is an order
from U.N. Spacy command!
I can't do something I'm not capable of.
Sound Force is
under the command of U.N. Spacy.
That makes you a member of the military!
I don't remember ever enlisting.
-How dare you!
-[grunts]
You work for the military,
but why don't you ever attack the enemy?
What's your problem, man?
Sound Force is a disruption unit!
If you attacked the enemy
while they're stunned by your music,
you could wipe them out!
-So, why don't you do that?
-[grunts]
That's not why I sing!
So, you don't care
what happens to the Macross 7 fleet?
Looks like you people
just don't get my sound.
What?
You guys want to form the Jamming Birds,
then do it.
Do whatever you want.
Just don't drag me into it!
-Basara, wait!
-[door closes]
-Leave him!
-But
[Barton] Traitorous bastard!
I'll show you what happens
when you go up against the military.
[pants]
Hey! What are you doing?
Routine maintenance.
Wait! What's that supposed to mean?
-Col. Barton's orders.
-Col. Barton?
Where are you taking it?
A military maintenance bay.
-[soldier] Lieutenant
-Ray.
-[soldier] we're all done here.
-[soldier 2] Okay, let's roll out!
MACROSS 7
[Barton] After intense training,
the time has finally come
for this U.N. Spacy project
task force to be unveiled.
I present to you the first gen members
of the musical combat unit Jamming Birds!
This project was made possible
thanks to you.
And with your continued support,
we plan to keep expanding Jamming Birds,
so we can bring peace
and justice to Macross 7.
We hope for your continued help
and cooperation in the future. Thank you.
[rock music playing]
[announcer] Basara defeated the enemy
with his music!
That makes you a member of the military!
[music stops]
What's wrong? Not going to the ceremony?
I know you don't want to go, but riling up
the military isn't good either.
Listen, Basara, all this time
you've been singing your heart out,
but at the end of the day,
no matter what you put into your songs,
it's up to the listener to decide
how they feel about them.
I know you'll never be able
to accept that, but those are the facts.
Maybe it's time to think on this a little.
What have you been singing for?
What are you going to sing for?
Okay?
Hi, Akiko.
Well, aren't we
in a good mood today, Mr. Suzuki?
-Come now, call me honey.
-[gasps]
And now the moment
you've all been waiting for.
Here they are,
gen one of the Jamming Birds project!
[music playing]
By the way, my agency is
managing the Jamming Birds.
They are? Good for you.
-I compete with my ability, you see?
-Huh?
It wouldn't do for me
to rely on luck like you, Akiko.
Just you wait and see.
They'll gain popularity in no time,
leaving your Fire Bombers in the dust.
Bye, now.
[blows raspberry]
-Same old Suzuki.
-[chuckles]
There are mysterious signs ♪
Only you can see ♪
The Jamming Birds, huh?
I hope they can all
meet their expectations.
Yeah.
-Frankly, I'm a bit conflicted.
-Huh?
All this is kinda Fire Bomber's fault,
because the military saw
how effective we were.
And that's bad?
Well, we weren't doing it
to fight off the enemy.
And I don't want to see these kids
throw their lives away in battle.
True.
To the point
That you forget all about me ♪
-[Docker] Mylene!
-[gasps]
You don't remember?
I'm Docker, commander of Emerald Force.
Oh!
You really stood me up last time.
The date.
Not contacting me to say no
means you'd agreed to it.
One should always keep their promises.
What?
-Th-That's not
-[squeals]
Gamlin!
Miss Mylene! [gasps]
Yo, Gamlin.
-I'll see you later, okay?
-[alarm blaring]
-[gasps]
-Bandits inbound from high altitude.
Closing fast!
Scramble all Valkyrie squadrons!
Lord Gepelnitchi's
mind control duration 1450.
I'll show you perfect beauty!
[alarm blaring]
[announcer] Jamming Birds
scramble formation. GX22B!
[pilot] JB Box, stand by.
Jamming Birds System A to Q2 engaged!
[announcer] CCX confirmed.
Roger that, all clear.
[announcer] BBX slow.
All set. We're good to go.
[controller] This is your first battle.
Be careful out there!
Thanks.
Jamming Birds, ready to launch.
Gonna sing like hell!
[grunts]
[rock music playing]
[screams]
[pilot] It's okay. We're shock resistant!
Hurry up and sing!
[screams]
[gasps] What are you doing? Sing!
[alarm blaring]
-Ray, where's Basara?
-Let's just go.
[rock music playing]
You said you were going
to sing like hell! Do it!
-[screams]
-[grunts]
[screams]
We have to sing,
even if it's just us! We have to!
Riding in your Valkyrie ♪
Come pick me up right now ♪
There are no bounds to where I can go
If I'm with you ♪
Ain't no way I'm gonna
let these cuties die!
[screams]
[rock music plays]
Let's do this.
I race through a city ♪
-[grunts]
-[Mylene] TONIGHT TONIGHT ♪
[music stops]
[rock music playing]
Why is Basara missing?
an emergency escape SIGN OF THE TIMES ♪
[gasping] Why am I fighting?
-Even stunning blue diamonds will ♪
-[gasps]
We did it!
So, the same tactic. There's no beauty!
Annihilate them! Annihilate them
completely! Annihilation beauty!
Annihilate them.
What the
I thought they came to their senses?
Behold the power of my mind control!
Ultimate amplification beauty!
Where the hell's Basara?
Give me back my Valkyrie!
[lieutenant] It's still under maintenance.
I can't let you deploy
without the colonel's orders.
Hands off! Let go of me!
[Gamlin] Basara, out of the way!
Basara! Get in your Valkyrie
and get out there!
Gamlin.
What are you doing? Move it!
Bomber!
[grunts]
[Basara] I owe you one, Gamlin.
[rock music playing]
Sometimes you can't tell ♪
-What's true or false ♪
-[whimpers]
[screams]
[whines, whimpers]
[Barton sighs] Damn it! Sing! Sing!
What are you doing, Jamming Birds? Sing!
Sing and confuse the enemy!
Hurry up and sing!
[controller] Carriers Earthdream
and Argama
-It's Basara from Sound Force!
-He's here!
-Basara!
-Basara!
Now's our chance!
Launch Sound Booster Unit 1!
[screams]
I don't care
what you think or what you do!
I'm gonna sing!
I race through a city ♪
TONIGHT TONIGHT that never sleeps ♪
A crowd of eyes ♪
What? Just the same thing again?
Not a trace of beauty!
[Basara] SIGN OF THE TIMES ♪
Even stunning blue diamonds will ♪
[grunting]
Turn into glass, watch ♪
[music stops]
[screams] What is this?
What's with the Anima Spiritia today?
[rock music playing]
No, this isn't the ultimate beauty.
It's the beauty of rage!
[Basara] Go find the answer
Within the darkness ♪
Basara.
-[crowd cheering]
-[viewer] Attaboy!
[Basara] Some love you mustn't give up ♪
Even for ♪
It would seem
that the Jamming Birds need more time.
-You're wrong.
-Oh?
Even Sound Force
went through some failures,
-but look where they are today.
-[gasps]
One setback is no cause for giving up.
Our biggest miscalculation
was the Jamming Birds' inability
to sing in battle.
But that's only natural.
Next time, we'll make them go through
boot camp before sending them out there.
Nobody said this was going to be easy.
[Chiba sighs]
HOLY LONELY LIGH
Burn to the core of your very being ♪
HEAVY LONELY NIGHT ♪
Don't let your heart look back
Ever again ♪
Basara. What's gotten into him?
He's desperately trying
to grasp the meaning of music.
-[gasps]
-[Ray] Just let him sing.
[Basara] DON'T LOOK BACK AGAIN
Don't look back ♪
DON'T LOOK BACK ♪
[song playing]
[Mylene] As if in love ♪
Our voices intermingle in a KISS ♪
My HEART is here ♪
Forever always ♪
But, OH! What are those
Sparkling eyes of yours ♪
Still searching for? ♪
OH! MY FRIENDS ♪
I run with you ♪
Towards a world
Where our dream goes on ♪
If we look into each other's eyes
See? ♪
Everything will come true ♪
NEXT EPISODE
[Mylene gasps] What the heck, Basara?
What were you doing in the woods
with a naked girl?
-[Basara] Get through to her, my passion!
-[Mylene] What should I do?
[Basara] Wake up, Sivil!
[Mylene] Next episode:
Betrayal and a Girl's Tears.
[Basara] An explosive bomber,
drawn to the flames!
[song playing]
MACROSS 7
When I look up at the purple panorama ♪
The galactic HIGHWAY ♪
A SHOOTING STAR pierces my heart ♪
When I match my quickening heartbeat ♪
To the sleepless city ♪
Praying to an uncertain tomorrow ♪
I hear that melody ♪
A mysterious voice
That won't let me go ♪
Tell me, SEVENTH MOON ♪
Where are you taking me ♪
And this troubled heart of mine? ♪
Palely shimmering, SEVENTH MOON ♪
I'm just looking for an answer ♪
In the rhythm
With this crazy dance of mine ♪
[music stops]
PLANET LUX
After leaving Earth, the Macross 7
emigration fleet was attacked
by an unknown enemy in deep space
called the Protodeviln
BATTLE 7
GAVIL
resulting in an emergency landing
on Planet Lux.
GLAVIL
MACROSS 7 FLEE
The U.N. Spacy forces guarding the fleet
have a classified project
called Project M
MACROSS 7 FLEET COMMANDER,
MAXIMILIAN JENIUS
based on how the idol Lynn Minmay
ended a war with her singing.
For a long time,
the project was unworkable.
LYNN MINMAY
But with the emergence of Basara Nekki
FIRE VALKYRIE
the music unit Sound Force was formed.
BASARA NEKKI
Their surprising effectiveness in
driving off the Protodeviln
SOUND FORCE
who thus far had been immune
to conventional weapons
COL. BARTON
has moved U.N. Spacy
to reevaluate the project
SOUND FORCE ADVISER, DR. CHIBA
that they hadn't taken seriously
until now.
But in Basara Nekki's heart
[announcer] You can be a popular hero,
just like Sound Force.
Eradicate enemy monsters with your song
to preserve peace for Macross 7!
U.N. Spacy is recruiting members
JAMMING BIRDS
for a new singing strike team
to follow Sound Force.
Their name: Jamming Birds.
-[sighs] Cool, they're calling us heroes.
-[drumming]
Come on, boys and girls.
If you think you've got musical talent,
come show it off at the auditions!
Jamming Birds is the word!
Damn it. What are they thinking?
It just might work though.
And how will this work?
-Who's even going to apply for this?
-[phone rings]
[grunt]
You have a message from Col. Barton.
This is Col. Barton of U.N. Spacy.
Citizen Basara, I think
we've contacted you about this already,
but we're requesting your help
with establishing the Jamming Birds.
We'd like you to be
an audition judge. [inhales deeply]
You are to report to
U.N. Spacy Music Corps HQ at once.
No freaking way, man.
Basara?
Ain't my problem.
[inhales deeply]
-Hey. Where are you going?
-[door opens]
Where I'm going is none of your business!
Jeez.
We're at the Jamming Birds auditions
held by U.N. Spacy.
The dream audition
to join the singing strike team!
The moment is almost upon us!
This isn't a variety show, Shijima!
Camera two, please stand by.
Whoa, this isn't a good location.
Can I move to the front?
Entry number one, Chitose Ripple.
-Tell us about your passion for music.
-[chuckles]
I've loved singing since I was a child.
I own all of Lynn Minmay's music discs.
She's a real legend.
Do you play any musical instruments?
I've been taking piano lessons
since I was three.
-[Chiba] And your measurements?
-Huh?
Your bust, waist and hip measurements.
Capt. Chiba, is this really necessary?
Yes, physique
is very important to a singer.
It can affect intensity, one of
the three major components of sound.
Being able to sing in a powerful voice at
high volume is essential to Song Energy,
so lung capacity is an important factor.
And since one's proportions can affect
the range and volume of their voice
We're losing viewers! Somebody, stop him!
Um, B92, W58, H88.
[Chiba] Well then,
please take off your gown.
[all] Wow. [gasp]
Nice.
Magnificent proportions!
Have you ever been in love?
Um, y-yes. In junior high.
[Chiba] Any experience?
Huh?
No, not that kind of experience.
Hmm
[people talking on TV]
Oh, my!
They're asking questions like that?
Thank goodness I failed the preliminaries.
What? Miho, you applied?
Uh Well, yeah.
Oh. Actually, so did I.
[giggling]
Jamming Birds.
-[talking on TV continues]
-Will this really work?
In desperate times like these,
we must explore every possible solution.
Even if you know it's no use?
Even if this amounts to nothing,
getting to see young ladies
in swimwear is never a bad thing.
M-Milia?
[Milia] Entry number 23,
Milia Farina Jenius.
My burning heart is
Already about to short-circuit ♪
[Max] Milia.
Madam Mayor! You don't need to sing yet.
Why did you apply for the audition?
Isn't it obvious?
As mayor, protector of City 7, I applied
to get us out of our current situation.
[crowd whoops]
My skills as a Battroid pilot
are well-known to all,
and I have confidence in my singing too!
-[cheering]
-[viewer] You tell 'em, Mayor Milia!
Seriously, Mom?
[pants] Entry number 24, Bobby Lacoste.
At your service.
Bobby.
He's recovered.
When I was attacked by the vampires,
they said I'd never rise again.
But like a phoenix,
I have risen from the ashes!
To defeat those accursed vampires,
I am willing to sacrifice my life!
For the salvation of Macross 7,
I will sing and sing and sing some more!
-[crowd cheering]
-He's the dreamiest!
[viewer 2] So cool!
Bobby!
Some people never change.
[rock music playing]
[music stops]
[panting] Sivil, why won't you wake up?
[rock music playing]
What's wrong, Chiba? Why the sour face?
Believe it or not, I'm against forming
Jamming Birds at this stage.
Wasn't it your idea to develop
the Sound Boosters
to assemble more music units?
Yes. But out of the ten applicants
who made it through round two,
none can handle the Sound Boosters.
The only ones with the potential to fight
the enemy right now is Basara's band.
But the brass are drunk with
Fire Bomber's success.
They're getting ahead of themselves.
It's foolish of them to think that anybody
can make things work like Fire Bomber.
[Barton] Capt. Chiba!
You better watch your words!
[Chiba] Col. Barton!
You're one of the members
pushing for this project.
What good does it do
to criticize your own work?
-Y-Yes, but
-Silence!
Even the great Lynn Minmay
started off as an ordinary idol
before she saved Earth
and became a superstar.
I was there when she debuted.
I saw how the power of her songs started
to show as she gained more experience.
And eventually she became
a tremendous singer who ended the war.
Anyone can have that potential,
and it is the responsibility
of this project to bring it out of people,
so do not talk of giving up
when we've just gotten started!
My apologies, sir.
-Chiba.
-Mind your words from now on.
The colonel's an old member of Project M,
the project that founded Sound Force.
He's been given full control
of the Jamming Birds initiative,
so his enthusiasm is understandable.
You better watch him, Chiba.
Or he'll take credit for everything.
Well, nothing will come
of this project anyway.
[rock music continues playing]
[waves lapping]
[vehicle approaching]
Who are you guys?
[grunts] What the hell?
You've repeatedly ignored
Col. Barton's summons.
Now you're coming with us!
[grunts] Hey! Don't touch me, man!
You dare to resist?
Chill out, man.
I ain't gonna run.
All I'm saying is don't touch me.
So, where are you taking me?
[grunt, gasp]
[auditionees gasp] It's Basara!
He's so handsome!
-Wow!
-[Barton] Order, please.
We're conducting business here.
Basara, you've finally come.
-I'm giving you an important job to do.
-An important job?
[Barton] The people we have here
are the ten Jamming Birds prospects
who've made it through the audition.
I would like you to select
six out of the ten.
I want you to review them
and choose six members to teach music to.
I'm no teacher. So, I refuse.
Basara, this is an order
from U.N. Spacy command!
I can't do something I'm not capable of.
Sound Force is
under the command of U.N. Spacy.
That makes you a member of the military!
I don't remember ever enlisting.
-How dare you!
-[grunts]
You work for the military,
but why don't you ever attack the enemy?
What's your problem, man?
Sound Force is a disruption unit!
If you attacked the enemy
while they're stunned by your music,
you could wipe them out!
-So, why don't you do that?
-[grunts]
That's not why I sing!
So, you don't care
what happens to the Macross 7 fleet?
Looks like you people
just don't get my sound.
What?
You guys want to form the Jamming Birds,
then do it.
Do whatever you want.
Just don't drag me into it!
-Basara, wait!
-[door closes]
-Leave him!
-But
[Barton] Traitorous bastard!
I'll show you what happens
when you go up against the military.
[pants]
Hey! What are you doing?
Routine maintenance.
Wait! What's that supposed to mean?
-Col. Barton's orders.
-Col. Barton?
Where are you taking it?
A military maintenance bay.
-[soldier] Lieutenant
-Ray.
-[soldier] we're all done here.
-[soldier 2] Okay, let's roll out!
MACROSS 7
[Barton] After intense training,
the time has finally come
for this U.N. Spacy project
task force to be unveiled.
I present to you the first gen members
of the musical combat unit Jamming Birds!
This project was made possible
thanks to you.
And with your continued support,
we plan to keep expanding Jamming Birds,
so we can bring peace
and justice to Macross 7.
We hope for your continued help
and cooperation in the future. Thank you.
[rock music playing]
[announcer] Basara defeated the enemy
with his music!
That makes you a member of the military!
[music stops]
What's wrong? Not going to the ceremony?
I know you don't want to go, but riling up
the military isn't good either.
Listen, Basara, all this time
you've been singing your heart out,
but at the end of the day,
no matter what you put into your songs,
it's up to the listener to decide
how they feel about them.
I know you'll never be able
to accept that, but those are the facts.
Maybe it's time to think on this a little.
What have you been singing for?
What are you going to sing for?
Okay?
Hi, Akiko.
Well, aren't we
in a good mood today, Mr. Suzuki?
-Come now, call me honey.
-[gasps]
And now the moment
you've all been waiting for.
Here they are,
gen one of the Jamming Birds project!
[music playing]
By the way, my agency is
managing the Jamming Birds.
They are? Good for you.
-I compete with my ability, you see?
-Huh?
It wouldn't do for me
to rely on luck like you, Akiko.
Just you wait and see.
They'll gain popularity in no time,
leaving your Fire Bombers in the dust.
Bye, now.
[blows raspberry]
-Same old Suzuki.
-[chuckles]
There are mysterious signs ♪
Only you can see ♪
The Jamming Birds, huh?
I hope they can all
meet their expectations.
Yeah.
-Frankly, I'm a bit conflicted.
-Huh?
All this is kinda Fire Bomber's fault,
because the military saw
how effective we were.
And that's bad?
Well, we weren't doing it
to fight off the enemy.
And I don't want to see these kids
throw their lives away in battle.
True.
To the point
That you forget all about me ♪
-[Docker] Mylene!
-[gasps]
You don't remember?
I'm Docker, commander of Emerald Force.
Oh!
You really stood me up last time.
The date.
Not contacting me to say no
means you'd agreed to it.
One should always keep their promises.
What?
-Th-That's not
-[squeals]
Gamlin!
Miss Mylene! [gasps]
Yo, Gamlin.
-I'll see you later, okay?
-[alarm blaring]
-[gasps]
-Bandits inbound from high altitude.
Closing fast!
Scramble all Valkyrie squadrons!
Lord Gepelnitchi's
mind control duration 1450.
I'll show you perfect beauty!
[alarm blaring]
[announcer] Jamming Birds
scramble formation. GX22B!
[pilot] JB Box, stand by.
Jamming Birds System A to Q2 engaged!
[announcer] CCX confirmed.
Roger that, all clear.
[announcer] BBX slow.
All set. We're good to go.
[controller] This is your first battle.
Be careful out there!
Thanks.
Jamming Birds, ready to launch.
Gonna sing like hell!
[grunts]
[rock music playing]
[screams]
[pilot] It's okay. We're shock resistant!
Hurry up and sing!
[screams]
[gasps] What are you doing? Sing!
[alarm blaring]
-Ray, where's Basara?
-Let's just go.
[rock music playing]
You said you were going
to sing like hell! Do it!
-[screams]
-[grunts]
[screams]
We have to sing,
even if it's just us! We have to!
Riding in your Valkyrie ♪
Come pick me up right now ♪
There are no bounds to where I can go
If I'm with you ♪
Ain't no way I'm gonna
let these cuties die!
[screams]
[rock music plays]
Let's do this.
I race through a city ♪
-[grunts]
-[Mylene] TONIGHT TONIGHT ♪
[music stops]
[rock music playing]
Why is Basara missing?
an emergency escape SIGN OF THE TIMES ♪
[gasping] Why am I fighting?
-Even stunning blue diamonds will ♪
-[gasps]
We did it!
So, the same tactic. There's no beauty!
Annihilate them! Annihilate them
completely! Annihilation beauty!
Annihilate them.
What the
I thought they came to their senses?
Behold the power of my mind control!
Ultimate amplification beauty!
Where the hell's Basara?
Give me back my Valkyrie!
[lieutenant] It's still under maintenance.
I can't let you deploy
without the colonel's orders.
Hands off! Let go of me!
[Gamlin] Basara, out of the way!
Basara! Get in your Valkyrie
and get out there!
Gamlin.
What are you doing? Move it!
Bomber!
[grunts]
[Basara] I owe you one, Gamlin.
[rock music playing]
Sometimes you can't tell ♪
-What's true or false ♪
-[whimpers]
[screams]
[whines, whimpers]
[Barton sighs] Damn it! Sing! Sing!
What are you doing, Jamming Birds? Sing!
Sing and confuse the enemy!
Hurry up and sing!
[controller] Carriers Earthdream
and Argama
-It's Basara from Sound Force!
-He's here!
-Basara!
-Basara!
Now's our chance!
Launch Sound Booster Unit 1!
[screams]
I don't care
what you think or what you do!
I'm gonna sing!
I race through a city ♪
TONIGHT TONIGHT that never sleeps ♪
A crowd of eyes ♪
What? Just the same thing again?
Not a trace of beauty!
[Basara] SIGN OF THE TIMES ♪
Even stunning blue diamonds will ♪
[grunting]
Turn into glass, watch ♪
[music stops]
[screams] What is this?
What's with the Anima Spiritia today?
[rock music playing]
No, this isn't the ultimate beauty.
It's the beauty of rage!
[Basara] Go find the answer
Within the darkness ♪
Basara.
-[crowd cheering]
-[viewer] Attaboy!
[Basara] Some love you mustn't give up ♪
Even for ♪
It would seem
that the Jamming Birds need more time.
-You're wrong.
-Oh?
Even Sound Force
went through some failures,
-but look where they are today.
-[gasps]
One setback is no cause for giving up.
Our biggest miscalculation
was the Jamming Birds' inability
to sing in battle.
But that's only natural.
Next time, we'll make them go through
boot camp before sending them out there.
Nobody said this was going to be easy.
[Chiba sighs]
HOLY LONELY LIGH
Burn to the core of your very being ♪
HEAVY LONELY NIGHT ♪
Don't let your heart look back
Ever again ♪
Basara. What's gotten into him?
He's desperately trying
to grasp the meaning of music.
-[gasps]
-[Ray] Just let him sing.
[Basara] DON'T LOOK BACK AGAIN
Don't look back ♪
DON'T LOOK BACK ♪
[song playing]
[Mylene] As if in love ♪
Our voices intermingle in a KISS ♪
My HEART is here ♪
Forever always ♪
But, OH! What are those
Sparkling eyes of yours ♪
Still searching for? ♪
OH! MY FRIENDS ♪
I run with you ♪
Towards a world
Where our dream goes on ♪
If we look into each other's eyes
See? ♪
Everything will come true ♪
NEXT EPISODE
[Mylene gasps] What the heck, Basara?
What were you doing in the woods
with a naked girl?
-[Basara] Get through to her, my passion!
-[Mylene] What should I do?
[Basara] Wake up, Sivil!
[Mylene] Next episode:
Betrayal and a Girl's Tears.
[Basara] An explosive bomber,
drawn to the flames!