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Please give me some pointers.

I refused.

Do you not want to fight?

Do you think that you will lose to me?

Did you finally want to fight me?

Sergeant Major Miyabe?

I got you!

It can't be! Why?!

Shoot.

Shoot me! I opened fire at you!

Shoot and kill me!!

Shoot me! Shoot me! Kill me!

Shoot me!

I do not want to make an excuse,

But I really did something unforgivable.

As to why the bullets missed him,

He pretended to be flying straight but in

actuality he was flying off tangent on purpose

As I shoot him straight on, the

bullets just seem to veer off course.

That guy tested me.

From that day onward, I became careful with my life.

I would not die until the day I shoot Miyabe down.

That was what I thought.

However the war took a turn for the worse.

They gathered all the forces and in

the Battle of the Philippine Sea,

The Japanese army took a

huge defeat and lost the

Absolute National Defense Zone,

even Saipan was captured.

The enemy chased all the way till

the Philippine Sea and Okinawa.

Being cornered, the Japanese

army turned to crazed tactics.

That was the Special Attack Unit.

When I heard about the Special

Attack plan, I shuddered.

This war has evolved until such stage.

If there was a chance of survival in this

battle plan, I would have gladly went.

But for the Special Attack plan,

there is no chance of survival.

The success of the plan equals to death.

This cannot be called a strategy plan!

"If such strategy can be formulated,

Japan has lost" I thought.

After that, I was order to go elsewhere,

And I had to be separated from Miyabe.

This time I was sent to Kanoya Airbase in Kyuushu.

As a guard for the Special Attack Units, I was

to send them near to the enemy's carrier.

And in that place,

I met that guy again.

However,

That Miyabe is no longer the Miyabe that I had known.

Instructor Miyabe!

Oh!

Teranishi! Yamada! Kagawa!

How have you been!

You seem to be in good spirits!

Mom...

That was...

The Special Attack Unit.

The guys who went today,

Were my students.

Such scenes...

Are what I see daily.

What do you think those guys are

able to achieve in that state?

The enemy aircraft has became far

superior than the Zero fighter.

The anti-aircraft artillery are improving day by day.

Even today,

Most of the planes did not

manage to reach the carriers.

Everyone...

Are not meant to die like this.

For the sake of Japan after the war,

They are the ones who ought to have lived on.

But even so,

I cannot do anything.

Under such circumstances.

I think there is no help to it.

Don't say such things so easily!

How many people, how many of them you think have died!

The duty of the guard planes is to

protect the Special Attack Units!

Even if we have to be shields,

our duty is to protect them!

But then...

But then I ran away!

I left them in lurch to die!

I am living a prolonged life upon their sacrifices.

Their deaths have allowed me to continue living.

What should I do?

What should I do...

What should I do...

What should I do...

Is that the reason why Grandfather

agreed to be a Special Attack Force?

I have no idea.

It is as if Miyabe has one foot in the grave that day.

He was emitting such aura from all over.

He no longer resembles a human from this world.

Around that point in time, even for us senior pilots,

We had to volunteer in the

Special Attack Unit strategy.

But I was adamant not to volunteer.

Because I feel that dying in such a

strategy is just a waste of death.

And one fine day,

I saw Miyabe's name in the Special Attack Force list.

What is going on?!

Why is Lieutenant Miyabe in the

Special Attack Force list?!

Why did you volunteer yourself!

You!!

Are you not happy with the decisions of the uppers?!

Say it!

Tell them! "Don't make a senior

pilot like me die in vain!"

You saw how the Special Attack raid is like!

Tell them!

Tell them that most of them did not

even made it near the carrier!

Tell them that most of them died in vain!

It's fine, Kageura.

It's fine.

At that moment I swear in my heart.

In that case I will protect Miyabe

till the end no matter what happens!

I will not let the any of the

enemies' bullets pierce him!

I will shoot down every enemy

that tries to take Miyabe down!

Even if I am out of bullets, I will

use my plane to bring them down!

But...

In the end I lost him again.

The day Miyabe's plane

went off to battle, in the

skies 100 miles away from

the enemy's carrier,

The enemies laid in ambush and the war turned chaotic.

At that time, my plane's engine started to act up.

I saw Miyabe leave the air zone.

I chased after Miyabe,

I thought I would follow him no matter what.

But I was not able to catch up to him.

Miyabe's plane suddenly disappeared from my sight.

There was another strange happening.

On the day of attack, Miyabe was

not using his usual 52 model,

But was using the old 21 model instead.

Just before setting off, he had

changed plane with another pilot.

Why did he do that?

I have no idea.

Miyabe was very insistent on going with the 21 model.

It may be that he wanted

to go with the familiar

model he used before the

Pearl Harbor attack.

But this story has an unexpected end

to it that I wouldn't say is happy.

The 52 model that Miyabe changed

from had an engine fault.

The pilot was not able to reach the enemy's grounds,

And was recorded to have an

emergency landing in Kikaijima.

Don't tell me...

The person on that plane...that survived?

Yes...

In a short while Okinawa fell.

Till the end of war, there was

almost no more Special Attack raids.

How can that be...

If Grandfather has not changed his

plane, he could have been saved?

That we don't know!

But the probability is high.

Then does that mean Granfather himself,

gave up his last chance of survival,

Even if it was a mere coincidence?!

How can that happen....

I wished I could have met and talked to Grandfather...

At that time...

During the day of the attack,

The eyes that guy had after

changing over to the 21 model,

Are not the eyes of someone who

had made peace about dying.

The look in his eyes was as if he is

finally going back to his family.

Do you wish to know who was

that person who had survived?

If he is still alive, I would like to meet him.

I wanted to ask about the last of him.

This is the list.

Thank you.

It is not something you should thank me for.

This is the end of my story.

See the young man off.

It's ok, my sister is coming to fetch me.

I see.

Yes.

Well, I like young guys.

Goodness me, what is that kid doing!

Hey, you are getting drenched to the skin!

What are you doing!

What happened?

It's Grandpa.

Eh?

It is Grandpa!

The pilot on the 52 model that made

an emergency landing is our Grandpa!

What? What is this about?

Ooishi Kenichiro

I thought someday, I had to tell all of you about this.

Matsuno said, "There is no

need to tell the kids this",

But I had wanted to tell this story.

Finally, the time has come.

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