Buddy Complex
Opening with a flashback, the beginning of the episode revealed the history between both Dio Junyou Weinberg and Fromm Vantarhei, at the Lake Louis Training Academy.
Meanwhile, on the Cygnuss way back to the Alliance's base in Hawaii, Captain Gengo Kuramitsu and Lieutenant Lene Kleinbeck discuss a broadcast from the Zogilia Republic, and how it was used as propaganda. Approaching a small formation of islands, the Cygnus lays low for a while, in order to throw off the Gae Bulg's radars. However, sensing a storm approaching and that the enemy would not be able to catch up, the Cygnus uses its radar jamming technology to confuse the latter. During a briefing, Elvira Hill and Mayuka Nasu explain the the ships Valiancer Unit, how Aoba was an anomaly in coupling research. They further elaborated by saying that his wave-length is somehow exactly the same as the standard wave-length. Then to everyone's surprise, Lee Conrad returns from injury.
The briefing, however, was cut short by an alert that they had been found. Though, the ship was not the Gae Bolg, but the Zogilia's new battleship, the Vajra, led by Alfred Gallant and his previous Valiancer Unit from aboard the Trident. Despite doin what Dolzief could not do, Officer Margaret O'Keefe tells Alfred to send the coordinates to the Gae Bolg immediately. Receiving the enemy coordinates, Dolzief attacks the Cygnus head on. Despite managing to separate the Cygnus' forces, Dolzief is defeated by Aoba and Dio, who uses their combined ability to destroy his valiancer. Much to Alfred's delight, he sends his unit to initiate a follow-up attack on the Cygnus' crew. Using his timing correctly, he waited for the enemy's coupling power to stop.
Seeing that they are in a grave situation, Captain Gengo orders the crew to hide within the storm as opposed to fighting a battle they could not win. Upon noticing their plan, Alfred orders his unit to retreat due to the fact that the high-powered storm would not work in their favor in battle. Refusing to give up until Aoba was dead, Hina pursues them anyway, managaing to stop Aoba from succesfully landing on the Cygnus. With a short skirmish, both of them are flinged through the air, falling down to the islands below.
Main Characters:
Aoba Watase (渡瀬 青葉 Watase Aoba)
Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
The main protagonist. He is an ordinary Japanese high school student from 2014 who got transported into the year 2088 and now fights for the Free Pact Alliance. He is the pilot of the Luxon. He was surprised to see Hina as the Zogilia pilot with no memories of him from the past and even tries to kill him when he offered his hand to her to come into Luxon's cockpit.
Dio Junyou Weinberg (隼鷹・ディオ・ウェインバーグ Jun'yō Dio Weinbāgu)
Voiced by: Kōki Uchiyama
An ace pilot for the Free Pact Alliance. He is the pilot of the Braydon. He usually looks down on Aoba.
Hina Yumihara (弓原 雛 Yumihara Hina?)/ Hina Ryazan (ヒナ・リャザン Hina Ryazan)
Voiced by: Saori Hayami
Aoba's classmate, but actually a mecha pilot from the future who has a mission to protect him from opposing mecha from same future with her who wants to kill him. She sent Aoba into the future, where she had not yet met Aoba and served as a pilot of Zogilia Republic, enemy of the Free Pact Alliance. She is the pilot of Fortuna.
