Synopsis
Continues the story of Muv-Luv Alternative
In a world torn apart by a thirty-year conflict with the alien BETA, which began their invasion in 1973, high school student Takeru Shirogane awakens from a troubling dream depicting humanity's total annihilation. He comes to understand that these visions are actual memories from an alternate universe where the Alternative V plan was enacted, sending hundreds of thousands of people into space to preserve humanity while condemning those left on Earth to a tragic end. Determined to change this grim future, Takeru enlists at a military base in Yokohama, which was once his school. There, he persuades Professor Yuuko Kouzuki, the vice-commander and head of the Alternative IV project, to stop the implementation of Alternative V. To make Alternative IV succeed, Takeru must train alongside his classmates to pilot Tactical Surface Fighters (TSF), giant humanoid mechas. With only two months to prepare and using his limited knowledge of what lies ahead, Takeru strives to prevent the impending catastrophe.
In this installment
Takeru Shirogane manages to return to his home dimension via the tech created by Professor Yuuko Kouzuki and the psychic abilities of Kasumi Yashiro. In desperate need of Yuuko's help, he teams up with her on the Alternative IV initiative, humanity's last hope against the BETA—an alien race invading Earth. As the project nears completion, Takeru and his fellow students graduate from the Yokohama pilot training academy. During a test run of the new Tactical Surface Fighter OS, which is humanity's primary weapon against the BETA, Takeru and his unit are caught in a surprise attack. He survives, but the brutal death of a close friend leaves him deeply traumatized. Struggling to maintain his will to keep fighting, Takeru flees to a parallel universe only to encounter a similar catastrophe there. According to Yuuko's theory, individuals across different worlds share identical destinies. Thus, Takeru must confront his trauma to protect those he cares about.
