LBX Girls (装甲娘戦機)

Oh man! We haven't been to Tokyo in forever!

Oh you're exaggerating, Riko.

It's only 30 minutes from Tokorozawa.

And we're just going to Ikebukuro.

Mana, are you seriously talking down to me

just because you went to Shibuya once?

Not once, I've visited Shibuya twice!

I went the first day of middle school!

Okay, well, when I was in middle school,

our class got to go to the Tokyo Dome!

That's Suidobashi!

Oh yeah, well my big sister goes to a chiropractor

in Iidabashi every month!

Whoa, every month?

She's basically a city girl, then!

No, I mean in Tokyo some areas

are more interesting than others are.

You want to go to Shibuya, or Harajuku, or Odaiba!

Oh, well, I went to Asakusa.

My grandma took me when I was little.

Well, I guess that counts, maybe.

Oh, wait a second, Mana, didn't you tell me you

actually go to Tokyo with your mom pretty often?

Yeah. Well, once in a while.

Just Tachikawa.

Can you get there on the Seibu line?

You go through Higashimurayama to Kokubunji,

and then take the Chuuou line.

You have to change trains!

It doesn't go directly?

The Fukutoshin line and Yurakuchou lines

go in different directions.

Don't you mean the Yamanote line?

No, no. The Chuuou line.

Wow, you're amazing, Mana.

I'd get so mixed up if I had to transfer trains.

I used to feel that way.

But it's not too hard and after a few times you get used to it.

You should go and get out of Tokorozawa more often, Riko.

Heh. Yeah, I just don't really get the chance.

You just need to find a good reason and do it!

Huh. You know what, I've noticed that sometimes,

the sheltered girls like you blossom into world travelers!

Like Me? Nuh-uh!

Huh? You think I look worldly?

Mm... Not at all.

Well, let's go.

Wait! Hey, slow down!

Woah.

Hey, girl, I'm back!

Oh, Mana, there you are!

I didn't realize LBXs were so popular.

You're the only one who doesn't like them!

In a few minutes, they're going to announce a new model

and have a panel with the legends.

I'm gonna head over there right now!

Huh? You're buying more?

Do you have enough allowance?

I borrowed some from my sister.

Since I'm here, might as well, right?

Yeah. Want me to hold your stuff?

No, I'm good. Thanks.

Oh!

While you're waiting why don't you pick up an LBX too, Riko?

I'll pass, there's so many, I wouldn't know which to get.

True, but you're here already.

Buy one as a present for your dad or something!

Gotta hurry or I'll miss the panel.

Don't forget when you're done we're going to that

all-you-can-eat dessert place! See you in a little bit!

I don't know, they kind of all look the same.

Huh?

A mystery Fun Bag?

I wonder if Dad will like it.

Hm...

It almost feels like it's New Years.

I shouldn't give it to him still in the bag, though.

Hm?

Assassin...? Cool.

Uh! What happened?

Attack success rate at 26%.

The second Temporal Earthquake is intensifying.

Scanners are detecting something huge.

It's a Mimesis Carrier!

Temporal conjugation expanding.

The surface is beginning phase transfer.

A large unit of Mimesis is incoming!

It's not working!

Temporal conjugation surface is 60% and climbing.

Thirty seconds until the Mimesis affix themselves

to our world! Keep shooting!

One Guidance Mimesis down.

Success rate is now 42%.

Huh?

Huh?

Hm...

The Guidance Mimesis have all been taken down.

But we lost one Armor Girl taking them out!

The Carrier has finished its phase transfer.

It'll be impossible to push it back!

It's too dangerous.

We can't risk losing any more of them.

The mission has failed, all troops retreat now!

Abort mission! All troops, retreat!

Repeat, abort mission!

I can't believe it.

If only the Switch had been finished in time.

They sacrificed themselves for us.

Oh, help them, Kyoka!

No, Yui.

We can't just retreat and leave everyone else behind, though!

At least save the ones in there!

Why do you think they just risked their lives

to protect us?

We Armor Girls are the only ones

who have a fighting chance against the Mimesis.

Yeah, I know that, but still!

Then you know we can't go back.

We have to focus on getting away safely.

If we retreat then we can regroup

and get revenge another day.

Please do not strike the console.

What the--Oh no--What's--

What's happening?

Huh?

Huh?!

Huh?

Mm?

Hey, we definitely just hit something.

Oh, yeah?

I think it was a person.

Really? Are you sure?

Go back now, Nate.

Please do not strike the console again.

But if we turn around, we'll have to fight the Mimesis.

We can't hit-and-run, that's awful.

It sounded like we hit something metal.

Metal?

Yeah, it made a "Clang!" sound.

I bet it was an Armor Girl!

Hey, Nate. Show us what we just hit.

Way to choose the least flattering frame.

Object identified as LBX Unit Assassin.

Assassin?

No way, an Assassin?

This unit specializes in long-range combat.

She doesn't look like much of a fighter to me.

Did she get separated from her unit?

Ow, ow, ow.

Where am I?

Whoa, why am I decked out in all this weird stuff?

It's heavy.

What is this?

Let's pick her up.

We're gonna save her?

Rescue mission!

Let's do this!

C'mon, Nate!

Rerouting complete. Advancing forward.

Now go!

Accelerating!

We can't afford to lose another Armor Girl.

I know, we've lost a lot.

Everybody, gear up! Equip your LBX!

Equip LBX Deqoo!

Equip LBX Odin!

Equip LBX Lucifer!

Equip LBX Masquerade-J!

Mana, where are you?

Argh, what is this?

I'm so scared, Mana!

Mommy!

What are you doing down there?

Out of ammo?

Wha--?

Hey, what's your mobile unit?

We'll get you home.

If you have any ammo left, cover us.

Mm. Umm.

They're coming!

That's for the ones we lost.

Make 'em pay. Thanks, you guys.

It's... a girl.

An avatar? Or a robot?

Over here! Follow us!

Is this a video game?

Hey you! Don't just stand there!

Hold up, is this like a VR thing?

Duh. Well you could have at least told me, jeez, Mana.

I don't really get how these controls work.

What is she saying?

Here we go.