Angel Beats! (エンジェルビーツ!)

Principal's Office

Teaching Staff Building

Why is the new song a ballad?

Is that bad?

For a diversion, yes.

Um...

What do you mean by "diversion"?

Didn't I tell you during Operation Tornado?

She leads a school rock band which is very popular amongst the normal students.

We don't directly cause any harm to them,

but sometimes we use them, and if they're in the way we have to remove them from the scene.

At times like that, we use GirlDeMo to divert their attention.

They're pretty trendy for NPCs.

It just goes to show that their band has real skill and appeal.

So, no good?

A ballad is kind of...

We won't be able to carry out a flashy operation if it's that kind of a calming song, right?

I see, rejected then.

Well then, let's get back to the briefing.

Here's everyone's orders.

Otonashi-kun.

Close the curtains.

Our next operation will be the revenge of the Angel Area Invasion Plan.

We commence in three days.

You want to use that plan?

But last time—

This time, this person will be accompanying us.

Pleased to meet you.

From behind the chair?

Four-eyes.

What kind of joke is this, Yurippe?

Will a coward like him really be useful?

Now now, don't say that.

Then...

I'll test him!

You don't have any friends, do you...

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Stop!

Please stop!

No way, Pi?!

Four-eyes.

Stop, stop!

That guy's an idiot!

That's right. Our weakness is that we're stupid.

That's not something the leader should say...

In our last invasion plan, we displayed a clear lack of intelligence.

However!

This time, by using the man who made a name for himself as a genius hacker —

handle name "Takeyama-kun" — the planning team can do a detailed investigation of the area.

That's not his real name?

If you could, please...

Call me Christ.

Look, you went and ruined his cool handle name.

That's Yurippe for you.

So, what is this "Angel Area"?

It's where Angel lives.

Where she lives?

I wonder what kind of place she lives in...

Wait, why would we need a hacker for that sort of place?

The core is computer-controlled.

It's mechanical?

There must be a way to get through to God in there somewhere.

This plan is crazy!

Considering this is our second attempt, Angel will have tighter security than before.

We'll need GirlDeMo to put on an especially flashy show.

Understood.

Get chance and luck!

Beneath Connection Bridge 2

Good, I'm doing well.

Wait, aren't I getting a little too used to this?

But those guys aren't as bad as my first impressions of them.

Classroom block B Message Board

Is this the "flashy diversion"?

Ah sorry, did I startle you?

Oh, it's you.

You know me?

Yes!

My senpai who always walks around with a huge axe told me to be wary around you because you bring calamity or something.

That bastard...

But is it okay to advertise that it's in the sports hall like this?

No, it's quite dangerous. Unheard of.

It's not even a guerrilla live this time, it's an announced event.

The teachers won't ignore this, and there's no knowing what other obstacles we'll face.

But I heard that the plan this time requires that we go this far to gather an audience.

Girls Dead Monster, huh...

By the way, you must be...

I'm Yui!

I'm still an underling in the diversion unit.

But I'm happy with even just that!

I get to be a GirlDeMo roadie!

Do you know? Girls Dead Monster are amazing!

"GirlDeMo" for short!

They perform amazingly for an all-girl band,

and above all they have Iwasawa-san on vocals and guitar!

She even does the composition and lyrics!

My favorite is Crow Song!

The climax feels like it has such amazing resolution!

The lyrics are about Iwasawa-san, and...

And, and, you know what pumps me up?

Alchemy! Alchemy is...

I'm not finished yet! Alchemy is...

Do you have time to waste here like this?!

Work a bit more seriously for your beloved GirlDeMo!

Oh yeah!

Well then, excuse me.

Classroom block A Empty classroom

Whoop!

Sorry, I need to restring my guitar.

Okay, break time.

You guys were on fire.

I can understand why the students go crazy for you.

Before I realized it, I stopped to listen.

Thanks.

So, you don't have any memories?

Yeah.

Must be nice.

Are your memories also...

Someone else told you about their memories?

Yeah, Yuri.

Oh, Yuri...

Hers are the worst.

Mine aren't that bad.

Not as bad?

It's nothing much.

I couldn't sing the songs I wanted to, that's all.

My parents were always fighting.

I didn't have my own room,

so I just crouched in a corner with my hands over my ears.

My only escape was to hide in my own little world.

There was nowhere I could rest.

That's when I discovered a band called Sad Machine.

The vocalist was in the same kind of unhappy situation as me.

I heard that when things were painful for her, she'd cover her ears with headphones and escape to the world of music.

I tried it too.

It was like everything was blown away.

The vocals screamed for me.

They grieved for me.

The ones who put on the act of common sense were wrong.

Those who cried were right.

We, the lonely, were more human.

They screamed at the absurd, beat it down, and destroyed it.

They saved me.

I first met it one day abandoned in the rain.

That's when I began singing.

Even in such an empty life as mine, I had songs.

Are you serious?

With your grades, you could go anywhere—

I don't want to rely on my parents anymore.

I did part time jobs for a living,

and kept auditioning at recording studios.

I told myself I'd leave that house when I graduated.

I'd go to the city, and then...

live by my music.

That's what I thought.

Huh?

Maybe I'm tired...

I can't play the guitar like this...

Maybe I should cancel the performance tonight and rest...

When I woke up, I was unable to speak.

Cerebral contusion.

It was aphasia due to a stroke.

The cause was an accident during a fight my parents were having.

I cursed my fate.

I had nowhere to escape.

And like that, my life ended.

Iwasawa!

Oh, Hisako? Okay.

We're tired of waiting already.

No-memory boy!

You can have that.

Just now...

Those were eyes that curse the unfairness of life.

She also had a harsh life.

No one's afraid of becoming a water flea.

The people here...

They're all trying to rebel against God,

against accepting an unfair life.

They're trying to fight it.

Just overlook it this one time, president!

Yeah, GirlDeMo's live concerts are the only fun we get to look forward to!

Don't take that from us!

Yeah, yeah!

Right?

Huh?

Where'd she go?

It's almost like I'm the bad guy.

Sports Hall

Got it? The operation this time will be carried out with the bare minimum number of members.

It will take place today, 1900 hours.

Operation start!

Too few...

You get a special seat.

It's time.

Alright...

Let's put on a show!

Clear!

Clear!

Alright, infiltration successful.

What?

Angel Area infiltration.