Date a Live: Episode List

1- "Shigatsu Tōka" ("April 10")
(四月十日)

Airdate: March 31, 2013

The world has been shaken by spacequakes ever since the largest one recorded in Eurasia claimed the lives of 150 million people and obliterated the area where it occurred. Japan was no exception to this, but people eventually returned to their normal lives amidst the constant threat of the occurrence of spacequakes.

Among those is Shido Itsuka, who lives with his energetic younger sister Kotori. One morning, they head to school after hearing news of a minor spacequake that took place recently, and they both promised to meet at a nearby family restaurant, oblivious to the fact that someone is stalking him. Upon heading to Raizen High School, Shido meets that stalker, who is introduced as the class genius Origami Tobiichi. Soon, a spacequake emergency alert was announced throughout the metropolis, prompting the people to undergo evacuation procedures assisted by the latest technology. Before long, much of the population is safe underground. However, Shido discovers that Kotori's GPS location is still at the family restaurant.

Afraid for her safety, Shido goes out to get her, but on his way, he was swept away by a spacequake that rendered much of the buildings around him into rubble. In the middle of the crater caused by the spacequake, a girl appears dressed in a lavishly decorated armor. The girl in purple armor confronts Shido, asking him if he will kill her. Before Shido could answer her, several flying units swoop down, with the one in the middle aggressively attacking the mysterious girl using missiles. However, the armored girl wields her blade and nullifies the attacks against her. Not too long after that, an attacker came down to fight her, and she and Shido quickly recognized each other, the latter turning out to be none other than Origami Tobiichi herself. Soon, Origami prepares to fight the girl in purple armor using an energy sword and the battle unleashes a powerful shockwave that ultimately knocks Shido out.

Shido soon finds himself being monitored by a lady in military attire named Reine Murasame. Reine tells Shido that he is aboard the Fraxinus, the vessel of the Ratatoskr, after he lost consciousness in the battle. Reine discovers that Shido is asking too much questions than what she could handle, so she took him to the bridge, where Shido discovers that the captain of the Fraxinus is his younger sister Kotori. As Kotori explains the situation about the mysterious girl earlier, whom she calls a Spirit, Shido notices that Kotori seems to have a completely different personality than before. Kotori simply shrugs it off, and proceeds to explain what a Spirit is, among other things. Kotori explains that Spirits are otherworldly beings who creates spacequakes upon arriving on Earth, regardless of their will. Secondly, the ones who attacked the Spirit earlier is the AST, or Anti-Spirit Team, a task force with duties to combat Spirits who manifest on Earth. Thirdly, there is a way to defeat a Spirit without killing it, and Shido is the person they need for this.

Kotori asks Shido to return to his normal life. However, Shido demands more of his questions to be answered, to which Kotori complies to. Kotori reveals that she actually left her phone on the family restaurant shortly after parting with Shido. Presently, they are currently 15,000 meters above sea level, at the sky above the void zone created by the spacequake earlier.

The day after that, Reine Murasame joins the faculty of Raizen High School and makes quite an impression as she falls asleep while introducing herself as the new Physics teacher. Shido later confronts Reine and Kotori about this and the fact that Reine transformed the Biology room into her personal laboratory. Reine thinks that it is a good idea for someone from Ratatoskr to watch over him, while Kotori has already done something about her middle school education. Soon, Kotori asks Reine to give Shido a look at the training module he would use for preparing himself as the newest weapon against the Spirits who manifest on Earth. As soon as the module finishes loading, Shido discovers that the training module is a visual novel designed for him to learn how to make a Spirit fall in love with him.

Meanwhile, Origami meets up with Shido and confronts him about their unexpected encounter during the battle with the Spirit the day before. Origami tells Shido to forget about the events that happened between her and the Spirit. Shido soon asks about the Spirit, and Origami tells him that she has to deal with them as she was orphaned after a Spirit killed her family five years ago.

2- "Sai-sekkin Sōgū" ("Close Re-encounter")
(再接近遭遇)

Airdate: April 7, 2013

After a sleepless night clearing the galge given to him by Kotori, Shido heads to school.

During the day, he visits the Physics Preparation Room, where he almost enters a rather intimate scene with Reine, although it is actually to install an invisible earpiece to his right ear. Soon, Kotori arrives and announces that the stage two of his "training" will start shortly. And this second stage, which involves practical application, Shido must try to make his teacher Tamae to fall in love with him. Shido clearly struggles in this exercise: not only it involves in making someone fall in love with him, it involves his teacher. Regardless, Kotori urges him to push through, as it would show how he would fare when Spirits become his target. Shido first tries out complimenting Tamae's attire, but Reine soon guides Shido into using sweet talk that she thinks is effective against a 29-year-old like Tamae.

The plan worked, although Reine underestimates Tamae's reaction to getting married to someone of Shido's age. Fortunately, Shido manages to get away from Tamae, although he runs right into Origami, catching a glimpse of her white panty in the process. Kotori, despite knowing Origami's true identity, decides to use her for Shido's training, and again with Reine's guidance, Shido tries to woo Origami. This time, it seems that it works like a charm, but Shido's embarrassment over this situation ends up with their supposed "date" becoming a reality. Soon, a spacequake emergency is sounded throughout the school premises, and Kotori tells Shido to retreat to the Fraxinus because the spacequake is detected to appear on Raizen High School itself. Hours later, Shido is redeployed to the school premises, that was now utterly destroyed due to the spacequake. Kotori soon briefs Shido about his solitary role in dealing with the Spirit that he had met before, codenamed "Princess," since the AST, Origami included, is poorly equipped for indoor combat. After a short pep talk followed by an introduction of her crew, Kotori leaves a rather nervous Shido to his mission. Shido was able to get to the Spirit, however, the Spirit refuses to listen to him. And even with the assistance of the "galge-style" Analysis Team of Ratatoskr, Shido remains close to danger. The Spirit fortunately recognizes Shido as the guy she met before, and Shido uses this chance to talk to the Spirit while assisted by Ratatoskr. However, Ratatoskr seems to make things worse for Shido, as their decisions only provoke the Spirit into attacking Shido. Eventually, Shido decides to act by himself, and he declares that he may not be interested in whatever they would talk about, but he is determined to not reject her.

At that instant, the ruthless Spirit has a change of personality, and childishly rejects Shido's serious statement. However, she eventually warms up to Shido as she considers him as the first human to have talked to her. Shido soon discovers that the Spirit doesn't have a name to call herself with, and the Analysis Team suggests the name "Tome" after getting ideas from various sources around the world. Unfortunately, the Spirit doesn't like the name, so Shido gave her the name "Tohka," after the day of their first encounter on April 10th. The Spirit seems to approve the name and smiles in response. Suddenly, a hail of gunfire rains down on Tohka from above, which Shido barely evaded if not for Kotori's swift warning. Tohka advises Shido to move away from her to avoid getting caught in the crossfire, but Shido strongly refused and asked her to talk with him. Tohka eventually complies to Shido's request, and the two sit down in the wrecked classroom, ignoring the gunfire from the AST outside thanks to Tohka's barrier protecting them. During the conversation, Tohka reveals that she doesn't know much about herself and the reason why she suddenly appears on Earth, ending up getting attacked in the process. Meanwhile, Kotori takes this chance where Tohka is calmer than usual for Shido to make his move. With the jeering of the Ratatoskr ringing in his ears, Shido decides to go with their plans. Meanwhile, the endless hail of fire from the Anti-Spirit Team comes into a halt as they discover a civilian with the Spirit. Upon recognizing who this civilian is, Origami swoops in to confront Tohka. Origami's presence quickly reverts the Spirit's mood into pure aggression. Tohka summons her weapon Sandalphon and slashes at the two. Origami manages to survive the encounter with Tohka that night, and was given a short sermon by her superior about being reckless in her duties before being taken to safety. Shido was unharmed as well, although upon his return to the ruins of Raizen High School, he is still having second thoughts about what happened the day before.

Soon, a familiar voice calls out to him, and Tohka emerges from behind him, expecting Shido to fulfill what he promised to her. After following Shido's advice to change into a more accepted set of clothing (i.e., Raizen High School's uniform), he and Tohka head out to their next destination!

3- "Sora Wakatsu Tsurugi" ("Sword That Splits the Sky")
(空分かつ剣(つるぎ))

Airdate: April 14, 2013 Having just discovered that school had been cancelled after the destruction caused by the AST's assaults on the previous day, Shido suddenly encounters Tohka who immediately talks about the date that Shido had talked to her about earlier.

After Shido convinces Tohka to change into more appropriate clothing, they go into town and eventually ended up at a bakery, which instantly caught the attention of Tohka's stomach. As Tohka indulges herself with different kinds of food — from soybean bread to hotdogs — Tohka tries to determine what exactly is a date, and which of those things she ate is the "date" Shido is talking about. Shido tries to clarify things to her, but the infinitely inquisitive Spirit continues to roam the city for anything that piques her interest, much to the sorrow of his wallet. While in the middle of the Spirit's gluttonous adventure, Shido asked Tohka why did she left after the fight with Origami the day before and she replied that she disappeared to another world, falling asleep afterwards. She also stated that she wakes up usually by force, leading to Shido's conclusion that spacequakes are made unintentionally. As well, Origami was seen watching the two from the shadows.

Thanks to the vouchers he receives from a chance encounter with Tonomachi, Shido manages to afford taking Tohka to a rather expensive restaurant. Shido gets a surprise when many of the employees inside are actually people from Ratatoskr, going undercover to monitor Tohka's emotional levels. Kotori is no exception to this; after suggesting a "this one too" meal, which Tohka single-handedly consumes, Kotori tells Shido to head to the nearby bridge. After Tohka's feast would be the start of the real date. It turns out that the other crew of the Ratatoskr converted a nearby residential area into several food booths, and Shido and Tohka are treated into an all-expenses-paid promo. Meanwhile, Origami, who has been stalking them around town, has already sorted out deployment orders for the AST. Tohka continues to sate her bottomless stomach as she consumes takoyaki, okonomiyaki, burgers, ramen, sushi, and everything prepared by Ratatoskr to her. However, she soon notices that it seems Shido is not having fun like her. Shido manages to assure Tohka that he is having fun just like her, and soon, Tohka takes Shido to their next destination, hands clasped together.

Tohka and Shido soon find themselves winning the grand prize in a raffle booth handled by Mikimoto, and the prize is a trip to "Dream Park." Shido wonders what this "Dream Park" is, but as soon as he got an idea, he asks Tohka to leave with him elsewhere, as the "Dream Park" resembles a love hotel. Despite Tohka's conviction that the true meaning of a date lies inside, Shido takes him away elsewhere. Meanwhile, Origami suits up into her CR-Unit and prepares to pursue the two. Ratatoskr soon returns to the  and assess the current situation. Although there are some who fail miserably in their respective mission, Kotori calls the mission a success as a whole. However, they discovered that it is raining when there are no rain clouds nearby. Kotori shrugs it aside, and even considers it as a possible advantage.

Due to the rain, Tohka and Shido head for cover in a nearby gaming center. Although Tohka initially mistakes it for an AST base, Shido assures her that they are safe there. A particular catcher machine filled with bread-shaped plush toys suddenly takes Tohka's attention, however, she is not able to get the tasty-looking plush bread. Fortunately, it took a team effort from Shido and Tohka to get the plush bread. The rain soon subsided and the two head to a nearby playground to rest. Tohka tells Shido about the enjoyment she had during their time together, but she still does not know what a date is. Shido finally explains that a date is when a boy and girl go out together and have fun. Based on Shido's definition, Tohka concludes that they had an outstanding date. Meanwhile, the AST closely watches as the Spirit named Tohka manifests herself without space-time quake occurrence. Although faced with such an unusual scenario, the permission to use sniping weapons has been given. Although overjoyed by the date they had and the discovery that the world is a fun and a nice place to live in, Tohka realizes that she had been destroying this world through her manifestations. Shido refuses to believe that Tohka does not deserve to stay on Earth, and he assures her that she can stay on Earth for good, even if the rest of the world rejects her. Shido holds out his hand towards Tohka. However, for a split second, he feels a threat approaching fast.

After pushing Tohka aside, Origami fires upon Tohka. The plush bread, along with a piece of Shido's side, is obliterated in an instant.

The sudden turn of events came like a flash to Tohka, but as soon as she sees Shido's bloody corpse on the ground, she has finally accepted Earth's decision to reject her. Upon summoning her Astral Dress Adonai Melek and her Angel Sandalphon, she unleashes her ultimate weapon, the Halvanhelev. The AST scrambles into retreat as the Halvanhelev cleanly slices through a nearby cliff. Meanwhile, Origami, still frozen in shock after firing upon her classmate in Raizen High School, sits helpless in front of a raging Spirit.

Meanwhile, Ratatoskr finds itself in a similar crisis as well. With a rampaging Spirit, a space-time quake alert has been issued, but evacuation procedures are only 6% complete. At this stage, if Tohka is not calmed, the city would be annihilated and there will be many casualties. However, Kotori calmly assures everyone that Shido is safe. Soon enough, a burning flame envelops Shido's wound in a flash. A split second after, there's no trace of the fatal wound he received. Kotori then pushes through the plan to retrieve Shido and to calm the raging Princess. Origami is deafened by the realization that she killed a human, while Tohka is blinded by seething rage towards Shido's killer. Origami, helpless in fighting a powerful Spirit, succumbs to her imminent fate. However, Tohka's attention is diverted to something flying behind her... Shido, in the flesh.

Tohka is overjoyed to see Shido alive, however, she tells Shido that her Final Sword is reaching its critical limit and the energy it holds must be released. Kotori soon contacts Shido and reminds him of the thing she taught him regarding saving a princess.

Shido tells Tohka they need to kiss, but soon finds himself running out of time to explain everything to her. Fortunately, Tohka's inquisitiveness kicks in and she kisses Shido instead.

As a result, all of the remnants of her Spirit form dissipated, leaving behind a stark naked Tohka who keeps her body close to keep him from seeing everything. Although embarrassed, Tohka asks if Shido would take her again for a date. Upon hearing Shido's affirmative response, a warm smile emerges from the Spirit's lips. In the end of the episode, it was revealed that Tohka transferred to Shido's school.

4- "Fukigen na Ame" ("Unhappy Rain")
(不機嫌な雨)

Airdate: April 21, 2013

While running through the rain, Shido sees a little girl playing around in the shrine, before she trips and falls. Coming to help her up, the girl backs away from her, seemingly afraid of him. Shido is confused, but notices a puppet on the ground, and realizing that it is the little girl's, he picks it up and gives it back to her. To his complete surprise, the puppet begins talking without the girl's help. The puppet introduces themselves as Yoshinon, and thanks Shido for helping her up and playfully questions if he thought he could simply find a girl for himself, but Shido denies the presumption before leaving on his way to school.

At school, Tohka has made cookies and competes with Origami for attracting Shido's attention. In order to settle both girls down, he tries both cookies and compliments both equally, but the two continue to argue over who was better. The next day, while on his way to school on another rainy day, Shido passes by the shrine from the day before, and remembers encountering the little girl before continuing on. The girl's puppet is then seen peeping out from one of the trees as he leaves. Later at home, Shido finds Tohka inside the bathroom and is knocked away. Upon asking Kotori why Tohka is in their house, he learns that Tohka will be living in his house since he has sealed her powers, where Kotori and Reine explain that it is also training for Shido, as he still has to assist in sealing more spirits. Kotori then tricks Shido into replacing the light bulb in the bathroom, causing Shido to catch Tohka inside and be knocked away again. Later, Shido is forced to take the first bath by Kotori, whom he fails to bribe into, but at first finds that Tohka is not there but later realizes that Kotori had arranged that he go first so Tohka would unknowingly head in the bath too. Upon finding Shido inside, an embarrassed Tohka begins to comically drown Shido.

The next morning, Shido wakes up but feels a strange object in front of him and upon realizing he is in Tohka's room, sleeping next to her, causing Tohka to wake up and throw things at Shido. At school, both Tohka and Origami once again fight over Shido on who gets to sit next to him during lunch. Later a spacequake alarm sounds off during their class. Tamae advises the students to proceed to the safety shelter as per usual. Confused, Tohka asks what is happening to which Shido explains to her the situation at which she seems to understand. Reine arrives, and knowing what he needs to do, Shido asks Tamae to look after Tohka as he and Reine leave, with Tohka visibly worried on where he might go.

Aboard , Shido is briefed by Kotori that a Spirit is indeed the cause of the spacequake as Kotori has her crew zoom in to get a visible image of which Spirit it is, Shido is surprised to find out that it is the little girl he encountered yesterday, surprising Kotori that he met the Spirit, codename , already and even more upon finding out that he met her without any spacial quake alarms going off. Kotori then tells Shido about , telling him that unlike other Spirits, she is not aggressive or hostile but is rather passive. At that moment, the AST arrive and begin opening fire on the passive Spirit, at which she immediately tries to flee from them. Shocked at how the AST would still try to kill a docile Spirit, especially a little girl at that, Kotori reaffirms to him that regardless of appearance and personality, the AST will still continue in doing what they are assigned to do: kill the Spirits.

The AST then loses sight of , but the Fraxinus Crew are able to find where she is. Located in a closed mall, Shido tells Kotori to send him down to talk to her before the AST find her again. Pleased with his choice, Kotori transports Shido to the Spirit's location. Shido ventures through the mall and eventually encounters . Upon being advised by Kotori on what his first response should be, a reluctant Shido eventually remarks that he is just a passerby, causing the puppet to laugh. Shido then introduces himself, at which the puppet introduces themselves as Yoshinon. Shido then asks if it is her or the puppet's name at which causes "Yoshinon" to hysterically ask what he meant to which Shido immediately corrects his previous question. Meanwhile in the school's shelter, a very worried Tohka wonders why Shido would leave during a spacialquake with Tamae replying that she doesn't know, but eventually reassures her that Shido will be fine. To her surprise, Tohka is gone, realizing that she had ran off to look for Shido.

Outside the mall, Origami and Ryouko await for  to exit, where Ryouko wonders about the coincidence of a girl resembling the Spirit  had transferred to Raizen High, specifically in Origami's class. Back inside the mall, Shido tries to warn "Yoshinon" about the jungle gym being dangerous until she falls, causing her to land on Shido, resulting in their lips touching each other. "Yoshinon" then gets up, with Shido apologizing for what just happened. Kotori then alerts Shido of something urgent and when he asks what it is, he is surprised to see Tohka standing just near them. Tohka then angrily asks Shido what he just did and she then angrily remarks at him for making her worry just to see another girl. Kotori then warns Shido about Tohka's current mental condition and that her Spirit powers are starting to return to her. When Shido asks what he should do, Tohka confronts "Yoshinon" which the latter creates a misunderstanding by telling Tohka that Shido had gotten tired of her and decided he likes "Yoshinon" more than her. Shido tries to explain but Tohka interjects him when "Yoshinon" then continues to taunt Tohka about Shido choosing her more over Tohka, which provokes Tohka to grab the puppet and demands it take back all of what "she" said to her.

"Yoshinon", the little girl, then gets up and asks Tohka to give her back the puppet. Shido is then briefed by Kotori that the mental condition of  is starting to decrease rapidly, prompting Shido to ask Tohka to give the puppet back to "Yoshinon". Upset, Tohka mistakes his request as him choosing "Yoshinon" over her. Suddenly, "Yoshinon" calls forth her Angel, , and causes everything around it to freeze. Kotori then orders to Shido that he and Tohka get out of there immediately, until "Yoshinon" causes a rain of sharp icicles to pour down on Tohka. Shido is able to save Tohka in time. "Yoshinon" then tears the place apart before leaving, but is spotted by the awaiting AST and prompts them to open fire on her.  then causes a sudden burst of snow to erupt, allowing "Yoshinon" to escape without notice.

With  no longer in their sights, Ryouko orders Origami and the rest to return back to base. As she leaves, Origami spots something on the ground. Back with Shido, he asks Tohka if she is alright with her responding that she is fine and asks that Shido leave her alone, still upset at him for the earlier misunderstanding "Yoshinon" created. When Shido tries to talk to her, Tohka pushes him away but seemingly hurts Shido's left arm, initially worried about him, Tohka then remarks how he likes that other girl than her, at which Kotori sarcastically comments on Shido's new problem.

5- "Itetsuku Daichi" ("The Freezing Ground")
(凍て付く大地)

Airdate: April 28, 2013

At the Itsuka Residence, Shido knocks on Tohka's room, asking her to let him explain but Tohka refuses, still upset over what happened before. Meanwhile at the local shrine,  stands silently alone, her puppet missing.

Later at a diner, Reine asks Tohka on what her problem is before guessing that it involves Shido and the little girl. Tohka refutes that it does not concern Shido, but Reine still assumes that he may be involved where Tohka then admits that she, herself, does not even know and why she is in the worst possible mood right now. Somewhere in the city, Shido, having gone grocery shopping, walks back home and takes an alleyway as a shortcut, but to his surprise he finds "Yoshinon" looking for something on the ground. He calls her name out which startles the little girl and prompts her to run away, before Shido asks her not to and he notices that she is missing her puppet. "Yoshinon" then runs to Shido, and then realizes that's what she is looking for. "Yoshinon" nods, confirming Shido's realization.

Back at the diner, Tohka expresses that she does not care who Shido is with, stating that it is none of her business but adds that she felt awful immediately as soon as she saw Shido with "Yoshinon". Tohka continues that upon hearing the puppet taunt her about Shido caring more about "Yoshinon" than her, it made her feel empty inside, as if she was all alone, admitting to Reine that it made her feel sad and scared more than anything she has gone through. Back with Shido, he figures out that "Yoshinon" had lost her puppet when she fled from the AST the day before, reporting to Kotori about this issue. Kotori has  scan a video feed during the incident but advises Shido that he take the lead in searching for the puppet, saying that it is best that the girl's attention is focused on him. Shido then tells "Yoshinon" that they are ready when she is ready, but the little girl reveals to Shido that her real name is Yoshino and that the puppet they are looking for is Yoshinon. As Yoshino leaves, Shido gives her his umbrella, assuring the docile Spirit that he will be fine. With Reine and Tohka, Reine assures Tohka that there is nothing wrong with her but clears out to Tohka that the kiss between Shido and Yoshino was all an accident, telling Tohka that it isn't true that Shido does not care about her. Still unable to believe it, Reine reminds Tohka that Shido risked his life to save her when Yoshino had gone berserk, which convinces Tohka.

Shido and Yoshino continue to search for Yoshinon in the rubble of the mall until Yoshino's stomach groans. Shido asks her if she is hungry to which she quickly denies, until her stomach groans once again, embarrassing her. Kotori then contacts Shido and tells him that it would be best to take a break and eat for now, telling him that it could give him some time to ask Yoshino some questions. At the Itsuka household, Shido prepares a meal for Yoshino, telling her that she must care about Yoshinon a lot. Yoshino then says that Yoshinon is her best friend and her hero, which surprises Shido. Yoshino continues that she wants to become someone like Yoshinon; someone brave and strong. Yoshino concludes that she will, however, not become someone like her, but Shido states that he likes her just the way she is, which quickly embarrasses Yoshino. Shido asks if there was something wrong, but Yoshino says that nobody has said that before to her and thanks Shido for saying it to her. Kotori sarcastically comments on what Shido had just said. After eating, Shido asks Yoshino why she never fights back against the AST. Yoshino responds by saying that she does not like violence or being afraid. Yoshino then says that people must hate someone like that. She then continues by saying how she is afraid, always freezing up when she gets scared. After explaining, Shido pets her head and upon being asked why, he proclaims to Yoshino that he is here to protect her and that they will find Yoshinon, but she does not need to rely on her anymore as he will be there as he states that he is her hero now.

Moved, Yoshino thanks Shido for his kindness. Shido then apologizes for the incident between them yesterday but then tries to kiss her to seal Yoshino's power, however, Tohka arrives trying to apologize to him and catches both him and Yoshino, much to his dismay. Yoshino then disappears upon seeing Tohka and as Shido is about to explain, Tohka angrily leaves. Kotori then contacts Shido and tells him that they found where Yoshinon is. In her room, Tohka lets her anger out on her pillow. Later, Shido visits Origami, with Kotori confirming to Shido that she had taken Yoshinon during the aftermath, but as the two talk, Shido's communication with Kotori gets mysteriously broken up. Shido then reaches Origami's room and when he rings the door bell, it suddenly swings open and he is surprised to see Origami wearing a maid's outfit. Inside, after a rather awkward moment just to make Shido call her by her first name instead, Origami takes a shower, giving Shido his chance to look for Yoshinon. After looking through almost every corner of her room, Shido is able to locate the puppet and retrieve her, just in time as Origami finishes her shower, who goes to meet Shido wearing just a towel, to Shido's complete embarrassment. In , Kotori and her crew are trying to reestablish their communication with Shido.

Back with Shido, Origami asks him what Shido is, remembering the time she had accidentally shot him. Shido then asks Origami if she has ever talked to the Spirits before. Origami ask what he means, Shido answers by saying that he has talked to them before in which Origami warns Shido of what he is doing to be dangerous. However, Shido utters to Origami that not all Spirits are as bad as she thinks and that Spirits like Tohka and Yoshino are good and that he is going to help Yoshino, as well as telling her that he won't abandon Tohka. Shido then asks Origami to promise him that she won't hurt good people, telling to Origami that he knows she is a good person as well, but Origami reminds Shido that, though they may be good, the Spirits are still the cause of the spacialquakes, at that moment, Origami's phone rings, prompting her to leave immediately but before she can, Shido asks Origami that if Yoshino's spirit powers give out she would stop attacking her, though Origami tells him that she will still follow her orders, regardless of what happens even if it is something she wants to do.

Somewhere in the city, Yoshino is being chased and attacked by the AST, trying to loose them but is cornered by Ryouko and manages to momentarily knock her down. As Ryouko opens fire on her, Yoshino summons , causing the area around her to freeze as the AST open fire on her again but counters by freezing two members, leaving only Origami and Ryouko as the duo chase after Yoshino. As she retreats from them, Yoshino hears Shido calling out to her. She is able to see Shido, stopping in her tracks. When Shido is about to give her back Yoshinon, Origami fires at Yoshino, hitting her Angel and scaring Yoshino. Ryouko spots Shido and warns him of the danger. <Zadkiel> then begins to attack again, but with Shido in front of the oncoming blast. From afar, Tohka sees what is happening and seeing that Shido is in danger, she tries to summon <Sandalphon> but strangely can't. After many failed attempts, Tohka is able to summon her Angel just in time, protecting Shido from <Zadkiel>. Yoshino then retreats once again, with the AST on her tail still. Tohka then goes to Shido and apologizes to him for her behavior recently, but Shido apologizes to her instead but asks her to help him save Yoshino. Upon hearing him say this, Tohka sadly expresses how Yoshino seems to be more important to Shido than her, as Yoshino is trapped by the AST. Shido then clears up the whole thing and reveals to Tohka that she is a Spirit as well. Origami then tries to finish Yoshino off, but she is able to break free using her Angel. Shido tells Tohka that he had promised to Yoshino that he would do whatever he could to protect her but can not do it on his own, pleading Tohka to help him.

Touched by Shido's words, Tohka decides to help him. Meanwhile, a blizzard has erupted from Yoshino's Angel, preventing the AST from attacking. Origami, however, uses her Realizer to lift a nearby building, using it to strike the moment the blizzard goes down. Her attempt is proven futile, as the building is shredded by a mysterious energy, which Origami manages to dodge. Tohka is revealed to be the cause, and upon seeing her, Origami immediately engages her in a duel. The rest of the AST then chase after Tohka as well upon spotting her. As Tohka distracts them, Shido arrives near the blizzard, but a very concerned Kotori contacts him, warning Shido that if he goes through the barrier without any sort of protection, even with his regenerative power, it could be fatal. Shido jokingly comments on Kotori's concern for him, but she reminds Shido of when he got shot by a single bullet and that the blizzard is much deadlier than that, meaning he could die if his Spirit power goes down. Shido continues on toward the blizzard to Yoshino, despite Kotori's pleas for him not to. Inside, Yoshino cries out Yoshinon's name but to her surprise, she sees Yoshinon carried by Shido who then falls to the ground. Yoshino runs to Shido as his wounds begin to heal themselves, where she is relieved that Shido came to her aid, even more when Shido brings her back Yoshinon, but causes Yoshino to cry.

Shido then sits back up and assures to Yoshino that everything will be fine, but she thanks him for being nice to her and for saving Yoshinon. Shido then says to Yoshino that it is her time to be saved, but that he must kiss her in order to do so, which seemingly upsets Yoshino. Noticing this, Shido take it back by saying that it was just a joke but Yoshino stands up and kisses him. Afterwards, Yoshino's Astral Dress and the blizzard disappear, clearing the sky with a visible rainbow that both Shido and Yoshino see. The next day, Shido asks what is going on, referring to the building next to their house. Kotori reveals it to be a special housing unit for the Spirits, saying that Tohka will then move out and instead live at the special house, including Yoshino. The Itsuka siblings then turn around and see Yoshino, wearing casual clothing, running to their side and greets them. Shido happily greets Yoshino as well, which makes her happy.

The episode ends as all three of them look at the new house just as Yoshinon suddenly pops up on the screen and says that it is not over yet and the story will still continue.

6- "Koisuru Onsen" ("Hot Springs of Love")
(恋する温泉)

Airdate: May 5, 2013

Ryouko and her AST squad are under attack by a mysterious group as she yells at how this all happened.

Earlier that day, Kotori is contacted by Shido on going to a hot springs since Tohka and Yoshino wanted to check out one as soon as possible which Kotori agrees on the idea and decides to make an arrangement for it. When asked on where they should go, Shido suggest the nearby hot springs in the city, Tenguu Paradise Hot Springs. Kannazuki agrees on the destination and suggest that Kotori take a break which she immediately rejects, but Kannazuki states that they won't be able to function properly as a crew if she works herself too much. Kotori suspects another motive behind Kannazuki's suggestion and asks him what he is really after, to which Kannazuki responds in his usual perverted behavior, prompting Kotori to have him be taken away again. Kotori then has Kannazuki dig up a hole non-stop for the entire day, at which will be filled up again and have him repeat the same thing for a week as punishment.

At the Camp Tenguu Military Base, Ryouko is being briefed by one of her superiors that a group from DEM are being deployed for her and her team to observe as to follow their techniques on how to deal with the Spirits. Later at her office, after letting out a fit, she is asked by one of her subordinates about the trip this weekend and after expressing her delight over the trip, she is unfortunately reported about the sudden rise in alert levels for them due to the frequent appearances of Spirits recently, thus resulting in their trip being cancelled, causing Ryouko's frustration toward the Spirits. However, Ryouko's subordinate instead suggests that she go to the local hot springs instead, citing it as their way of showing Ryouko their gratitude for her. Excited, Ryouko thanks her. Elsewhere, Origami is with the rest of her group. Ryouko's subordinate from before happily reports back to the rest of their Captain accepting their invitation Origami, however, disapproves of the idea, reasoning that they could use their time to, instead train but that moment, Shido calls her and asks if he could return the book he borrowed from her the day after tomorrow to which Origami asks him as to why. As Shido is about to explain, she hears Tohka's voice over on Shido's line, accidentally giving away where they are going, much to Origami's jealousy and anger.

Yoshino, Yoshinon and Tohka are looking at the view from the window in the car they, Shido and Reine are in. As the three happily view the scenery, with Shido commenting that it is the first time the two have actually have ridden in a car.

As Shido pets Yoshino on the head, Tohka takes notice of this and asks Shido to pet her as well. Shido is unable to do so due to him being in the backseat and Tohka being at the front, with Tohka complaining over this but Shido reasons that she was the one who decided to sit at the front herself. Yoshinon then asks Shido to pet her as well, which Shido does causing Tohka to become jealous. When Shido explains to Yoshino what a barber pole is, Tohka becomes way too frustrated with the situation and accidentally breaks a hole into the car's floor, causing her foot to go through and the road below them to give way. Meanwhile with the AST, Ryouko and her squad are taking the deployment train to the hot springs. Suddenly, a cave-in occurs in the tunnels which forces the train to stop due to an emergency shut down, forcing the group to go on foot instead. Back with Shido and the rest, they are now continuing on foot after the incident, with Tohka asking Shido to forgive her. He reassures Tohka that it was okay and tells her that he isn't mad at her and pets Tohka on the head, making her happy. Behind the group, something behind them rises up and shows a pod and it opens up: it's the AST. The crew within <Fraxinus> spots them and, after discussion on what to do, decide to launch an attack on the AST before they spot the group and the plan.

A moment later, the AST are blocked in all of their possible routes, with Fraxinus being the cause. Ryouko orders Origami to take watch from above for any other routes they can take. Origami spots a side road that connects to the main road that they could take, and Ryouko immediately orders her group to march toward it. Meanwhile with Tohka and the rest, as they walk through a street, Shido spots someone familiar from behind a stand and goes to check. To his surprise, he finds Kotori being the store and asks what she is doing there. Kotori responds that she was only making sure Shido was doing his job properly, with Shido then catching on that Kotori just wanted to come along with them which she quickly denies. However, Shido offers to Kotori to just come along with them to the hot springs and as Kotori happily accepts, she gets a sudden alert from her crew and tells Shido that he and the others can move on without her and that she will catch up later. Ryouko and her squad find another dead end in the road that they were taking. Frustrated, she uses an explosive to clear the blockade, which Kotori takes notice of and orders her crew to take action to stop them by whatever means necessary. The crew then launches a missle toward the AST and, upon exploding, captures some of the group in traps.

The AST then face a ridiculous amount of traps being deployed at them by <Fraxinus>. Ryouko orders her troops to launch their suppression attack and to engage immediately. Having had enough of this, Ryouko retaliates on her own and destroys most of the traps, which annoys Kotori who was viewing the activities from her location. With Shido and the others, as they peacefully continue walking to the hot springs, he sees a missile dropping directly at them and explodes, with the ensuing explosion causing Yoshinon to blast off and making Yoshino upset and cry. This causes the area to rain and freeze up due to her current mental state. Shido tries to calm her down, but Reine reminds Shido that only reuniting with Yoshinon is the only way Yoshino will calm down completely and Shido assures to Yoshino that he will get Yoshinon back and they will be reunited again and he goes off to find the puppet. With the Fraxinus crew, Mikimoto asks on what they should do now. Kotori asks if the AST have opened up a Territory yet, to which Nakatsugawa confirms that they haven't. Kotori then gives the crew permission to use "Destroy Mode". The crew then follows the command and has each of their traps simultaneously open fire on the AST, with some being captured but are quickly broken free by Ryouko. She then asks herself why this is all happening and remembers the amount of stress she has endured today and eventually snaps, ordering her troops to return fire with everything they have and to not stop, completely having lost her mind.

From afar, Shido sees the mayhem that is happening. He then continues onward to look for Yoshinon through the mayhem Ryouko is causing. Shido is able to find Yoshinon, but looks up to see a giant bomb descending down on him. Kotori sees this and immediately orders her crew to stop the attack at once. Origami looks around and sees Shido as the bomb detonates. The Fraxinus crew's transmission is broken off due to the explosion. On the ground, Shido is luckily saved by Tohka before the bomb exploded, who casted a Spirit Shield around them. Outside the shield, three of Ryouko's troops spot Tohka with Origami then coming up and deciding to attack once it disappears, but before she can, the shield, along with Shido and Tohka, disappear from their sight. The three troops then wonder if all that happened today was because of the Spirits. A while later, Ryouko happily announces that she now feels better after all that happened, standing on the wreckage of the incident as her troops tiredly comment about this. As for Shido and the rest, they finally reach the hot springs but then Yoshinon's head falls off and into the water, much to Yoshino's horror. Meanwhile, Ryouko and her troops also finally reach the hot springs and as they are about to begin their relaxing time, the water of the hot springs freeze up, caused by Yoshino's reaction to what happened to Yoshinon.

With the hot springs temporarily unusable, Kotori is suddenly contacted by Kannazuki who reports that while he was digging during his punishment, he was somehow able to dug up a hot springs. Shido, Tohka, Yoshino, Yoshinon and Kotori then use the new hot springs Kannazuki dug up instead. As they all relax in it, Kotori tells Shido that she will have something for him to do soon, with Shido sarcastically commenting on how good the day has been, thus ending the episode.

7- "Raihōsha-tachi" ("The Visitors")
(来訪者達)

Airdate: May 12, 2013

In what seems to be a destroyed part of the city, Origami is facing off against a young girl wearing a CR-Unit that looks completely different from hers.

With the rest of her own teammates down, Origami engages the girl. After distracting her, Origami goes on to attack her from behind, until the girl's Territory protects her from Origami's attack. At that moment, a woman's voice says that time has run out and it is all revealed to have been a practice match. Ryouko wonders in amazement how the girl managed to easily fight off 10 of her troops all by herself before brushing it off that the girl has in fact killed a Spirit before. Later on, Ryouko has the girl introduce herself to her squad.

The girl introduces herself as Mana Takamiya, a 2nd Lieutenant Wizard. Afterwards, Ryouko hits both Mana and Origami on their heads and ask both why they had to destroy the equipment they were using during the match to which the two simply apologize to her for. Ryouko then advises the two to not do so again before she tells Mana that they will then be going over about their previous encounter with the Spirit <Hermit> and invites her to sit and join them. Mana complies. As Ryouko plays a feed of her and her team's previous battle with Yoshino, Mana and Origami initially talk regarding Ryouko until Origami mentions that the rest have been talking about her and how she has killed a Spirit before, with Origami asking how she was able to do it. Mana explains to Origami that the Spirits are not all the same and that they have to face them differently each time. After telling Origami this, Mana then sees Shido in the feed and mysteriously calls him her brother.

Some time later, Origami confronts Mana concerning her being Shido's other little sister and asks her to explain. Mana then asks if he is a friend of Shido's to which Origami immediately claims that they are together, to Mana's surprise. Meanwhile at school, Ms. Okamine announces to her class of a new transfer student that will be joining their class. She then asks the new student to come inside and introduce herself. The new student introduces herself as Kurumi Tokisaki and then immediately announces that she is a Spirit, which catches Shido, Origami and Tohka by surprise at this. As Tamae tells Kurumi to pick her seat, Kurumi then asks a favor from the class if one of them could show her around due to her being new to the school. Tonomachi quickly raises his hand and volunteers but is turned down by Kurumi. She then walks toward Shido and asks if he could be the one to guide her around after class, which Shido reluctantly agrees to. At the Tenguu Camp Military Base, Ryouko and fellow colleague have just received reports that a Spirit had recently transferred to Raizen High, with Mana adding that this particular Spirit is deadlier than the rest, revealing that this Spirit has killed over 10,000 people just by herself, and even more with the addition of spacialquake deaths, with the anaylisis of the Spirit being completed, revealing the Spirit's codename as <Nightmare>.

Back with Shido, Kotori confirms to Shido that Kurumi is indeed a Spirit and tells him to do his best to make her fall for him before the AST arrive and intervene. Kurumi calls Shido and asks if he is ready to show her around. The two then leave the class room just as Tohka and Origami watch. Aboard <Fraxinus>, Kotori and Kannazuki monitor Shido and Kurumi's activity and from the screen, Kurumi asks Shido where they should go first, prompting a decision for the Fraxinus crew to choose for Shido's reply: 1. The Roof, 2. The Nurse's Office or 3. The Cafeteria. After the voting process, #1 gets a higher vote but Kotori asks who voted for #3 where Reine reveals that it was her vote. Upon being asked why, Reine explains her reason why at which Kotori eventually agrees with and tells Shido to take Kurumi to the school cafeteria. From the class room, Tohka and Origami observe the two, with Tohka wondering what Kurumi is planning with Shido and Origami commenting that nobody will get between her and Shido. At the school cafeteria, Shido shows Kurumi the lunch menu which he explains to her. Kurumi then flirts with Shido, which Kotori tells him would be a bad thing for them if he falls for her. Shido and Kurumi then continue on and a new decision appears for the crew to choose from. Kannazuki makes a decision at picking the third option, which is by having Kurumi reveal her panty, causing Kotori to have Kannazuki be taken away again. Kotori then wonders aloud how such a perverted option came up, but accidentally causes Shido to say it to Kurumi. Kotori then immediately tells Shido that that was not his instructions and that he was supposed to ask her about being a Spirit, but tells him to quickly change the subject. However, Kurumi asks Shido if he would like to take a peak, surprising Shido. She adds that she wouldn't mind so long as it was him and she walks up the stairs next to them. Kurumi then slowly lifts her skirt up, but Shido then stops her and asks her what she meant earlier about her being a Spirit herself.

Kurumi then reveals to Shido that she knows all about him and knows about his recent dealings with the rest of the Spirits, which catches Kotori and Reine's attention. Shido asks her how she knew about him, but Kurumi merely states that it is her secret on how. She adds, however, that ever since she first found out about him, she has had her eyes on him for a long time and had been hoping to finally be alone with him. Kurumi then takes Shido's hands and asks him if he could do a favor for her, but before she can say what it is, Tohka and Origami fall out of a locker which they had been hiding in, revealing themselves, to Shido's surprise and Kurumi's amusement. When asked by Shido what they were doing, Tohka says that she was only looking for him and Origami quickly says that students are forbidden for holding hands at school, ordering Kurumi to let go of Shido this instance. Kurumi then playfully says that she only had a case of anemia and that Shido was only looking after her. Hearing this, Origami acts as though she also has the same illness to get Shido's attention. Tohka gloats at Origami and Kurumi for their attempts, but also does the same and at the same time, acts as though she has the same illness, but pronounces it wrong which Shido corrects for. Unfortunately, Ai, Mai and Mii see what is happening and creates another misunderstanding, to Shido's utter dismay. Later after school, Kurumi thanks Shido and Tohka for showing her around the school but whispers to Shido that next time shes wishes it would be just the two of them alone. She then says goodbye to the two before running off. Shido then asks Tohka where Origami is, with Tohka responding that she doesn't know but thinks that she had already went home by herself.

Kurumi is then happily skipping on her way home until she bumps into a man and apologizes. Two more other men come out of an alley nearby and the man tells Kurumi that she has to do more than apologize before they let her move along. Kurumi then realizes that the three men are planning on sexually assaulting her and plays along with an act of her own. She guides the three to the nearby alley and suddenly, the three would-be rapists scream in terror as blood splatters on the ground. Within the alleyway, Kurumi is standing among the blood stained alleyway and sadistically thanks the three for the meal. Suddenly, Mana appears before Kurumi and confronts her. Elsewhere, Shido and Tohka have just finished grocery shopping and are on their way home. As they walk, Tohka recommends something yummy to eat, with Kotori also agreeing. Just then, both Shido and Tohka encounter Mana in front of them, with Mana surprised to finally see one of them. Shido then asks in confusion if Tohka knows her, but she doesn't. All of a sudden, Mana runs up to Shido and hugs him, calling him her big brother, to the complete surprise of Shido, Tohka and Kotori.

Shido and Tohka show Mana the Itsuka house where he currently lives in and meets Kotori for the first time. As Shido, Kotori and Mana sit, Yoshinon mentions how Shido and Mana look exactly alike, with Mana expressing how it shouldn't be surprising since they are related after all. Shido then politely says to Mana that he doesn't remember her, at which Mana responds that she also does not remember anything from the past except a couple of years ago, with Shido asking if she also does not remember who their mother was, with Mana confirming that she doesn't. When Kotori asks how she would know that she and Shido are related, Mana shows her a locket with a picture of her and Shido back when they were still kids. Mana mentions how she was completely upset after Shido went off somewhere and that she worried about him everyday. Ecstatic, Mana goes to hug Shido but is interrupted by Kotori, who kicks Shido away. Both Shido and Mana demand why Kotori did that, to which Kotori reasons that Shido is her older brother too and that she doesn't want anyone to take him away from her. Mana understands and says that she wasn't planning to do such a thing, but utters that at the end of the day that she will still be Shido's biological little sister, causing an argument to erupt between her and Kotori. After the whole thing, both Kotori and Mana ask Shido who he thinks is the better little sister between them, with Shido dodges quickly and instead asks Mana if she lives alone. Mana answers that she lives with a group of people who she works with and then leaves afterwards.

The next day at school, Tamae is checking the attendance and when she calls out Kurumi's name, she gets no response and when Tohka says that she might be late, Origami suddenly voices out that Kurumi will no longer be attending at their school. Just as Tamae continues on, the class door opens and Kurumi appears, excusing herself for being late. Shido then notices Origami reacting strangely to Kurumi's presence and gets a message from Kotori on his phone, asking him to meet her at the Physics Preparation room at lunch time. Later at lunch, Shido goes to the Physics room and when he asks Kotori why he asked him to come, Reine shows him a surveillance footage from yesterday, where he sees Mana confronting Kurumi with Origami and the AST nearby. In the video feed, both Mana and Kurumi equip their CR-Unit and Astral Dress respectively, which astonishes Shido. As he continues watching, Kurumi is quickly blasted by Mana, wounding her and when she tries to get back up to face her, she is once again shot, mortally wounding her and knocking her out. Mana then moves in closer to Kurumi and finishes her off by decapitating her, which visibly horrifies Shido. Reine then says that Kurumi was killed by Mana and the AST yesterday, noting that Kurumi should be dead and Shido confusingly says that it's not possible as she is currently in their class as they wonder how she is still alive.

Meanwhile, Origami confronts Kurumi alone near the school's rooftop and Origami tells her that she should be dead. Kurumi then restrains Origami with her shadow hands, casually remarking at how easily she, Mana and the AST dealt with her the day before, but then reminds her that she isn't dead anymore. When Origami demands what she is gonna do to her, Kurumi then mentions at how fun being at school has been for her, but mentions that that is not the reason she is there, but rather, Shido is the reason she is there. Kurumi then threatens Origami to never get in her way toward Shido, maniacally laughing to Origami that she wants Shido all to herself.

8- "Sanjū Kyōsō Kyoku" ("Triple Frenzy")
(三重狂騒曲)

Airdate: May 19, 2013

After class, Shido goes to Kurumi and invites her on a date with him which she happily accepts. As she leaves, Shido remembers what he, Kotori and Reine talked about concerning Kurumi. Earlier, both Kotori and Reine report to Shido that the day before, the AST had found a Spirit and killed her, with the killed Spirit being Kurumi, but Shido tells the two that Kurumi had just arrived to class earlier, with the three then beginning to wonder how she survived being killed.

As he ponders over this and tells himself that he can't let Kurumi go, Origami then confronts him of what he meant by this, having heard what he just said. Demanding an explanation, however, Shido excuses himself from her and leaves. Origami then remembers her previous confrontation with Kurumi. Earlier during this, Origami is still restrained by Kurumi, who then contemplates on "devouring" her but then settles on saving her for later once she is done with Shido first. She then lets her go and vanishes, leaving Origami alone. In the present, Origami says Shido's name in worry. After school, Shido and Tohka are on their way back home after buying some groceries. Shido apologizes to her for not showing up at lunch earlier and then asks if she at least had a chance to eat and Tohka sadly responds that she did. Remembering earlier at lunch, Tohka has not actually touched her bento even though she is already hungry, still waiting for Shido to return. Tohka then wonders where Shido is and starts to cry.

Ai, Mai and Mii then enter the classroom holding two tickets. The trio then notice Tohka and ask her why she hasn't eaten her lunch yet, but find her deeply upset and ask her what's wrong. Tohka answers that she is still waiting for Shido and mentions how she and him have not really talked much today, saying that the thought made her feel sad all of a sudden. Tohka then cries but Ai, Mai and Mii comfort her, with the three blaming Shido for being the reason she is upset. Tohka then tries to explain that Shido didn't do anything wrong, Ai then tells her that they know and tells her not to be sad as they can help her. In the present, Shido and Tohka arrive back at the Itsuka household and as Shido walks to the kitchen to prepare dinner, Tohka mysteriously locks the door behind her and closes the curtains as well. At the living room and kitchen, Shido asks Tohka if she wants to go home first, but gets no response. Shido goes to her and asks her again, but gets no reply. Instead, Tohka unbuttons her uniform and crawls on the ground with the tickets in her mouth. Shido, completely confused at the situation falls back to the coach and asks Tohka what she is doing. Not getting an answer, Shido once again asks what is going on. Tohka then sits up and reads a small note she has on what her "next step" is. Suddenly, Tohka puts the tickets she has in between her cleavage and then asks Shido if he could go on a date with her tomorrow and Shido, still confused, accepts and takes the tickets, which Tohka reacts to very happily. Tohka then instructs Shido to meet her by the Tenguu Station at 10 AM and happily leaves.

Shido then notices the note Tohka had and bitterly reacts upon reading the instructions on it. He then gets a phone call from Origami and is asked on a date with her at Tenguu Station at 11 AM. Before Shido can talk to her more, Origami hangs up, forcing him on a triple date with Kurumi, Tohka and Origami.

The next day at Tenguu Station, Shido waits for Tohka just as Kotori chides him for being tripled booked on an important day, referring to his date with Kurumi. Shido then says that she was the one who told him not to cancel out on both Tohka and Origami. Kotori reminds him that if he does not keep his promises to Tohka, her happiness meter will immediately drop and warns him that if he cancels on Origami, she will grow more and more suspicious, but reassures Shido that she and the Fraxinus will be behind him and helping him out all the way. After much waiting, Tohka arrives, wearing a very cute outfit in which Reine reveals that she was the one who picked it for her. Shido then compliments Tohka on her outfit and she, though embarrassed, demands that they go now and Shido follows, asking her if she knows where she is going. Just as they leave, the crew spots Origami who has arrived an hour early than expected. Tohka then asks Shido what an aquarium is and Shido explains to her that it is a place where all different kinds of fish from the sea can be seen and Tohka immediately thinks of it as fish for food and Shido says otherwise.

As the two reach the aquarium, Kurumi appears at the station ten minutes early than expected, something that Kotori slightly remarks on. Inside the aquarium, Tohka is quickly astonished by the sea creatures she sees and asks Shido to come along with her to see more of them ahead. Kotori then contacts Shido to meet Kurumi now and that <Fraxinus> will pick him up to see her. Shido then fakes having a stomach ache and excuses himself from Tohka. Outside, Shido finds a secluded area and is teleported by Fraxinus near the station, where Shido hurries to meet Kurumi. He arrives and apologizes to her for being late. Kurumi then asks where they should go first, prompting a decision for the Fraxinus crew to choose from; 1. Go around the shopping mall, 2. Watch a romantic movie or 3. Go to a lingerie shop. The crew chooses and both options 1 and 2 receive the same amount of votes. Kotori says how both are not really bad choices, but Kannazuki states how both choices are connected to the station and the aquarium, saying how the chances of Shido running into either Tohka or Origami are low but says that the lingerie shop may be a good option. Kotori is skeptical but Reine mentions that the day before, Shido had accidentally asked Kurumi to show her panties to him and she did so without any problem. Kotori smirks and makes the call to Shido, who reacts to the choice with shock and says it out loud by mistake. Kurumi then tells him that if that's what he wants, she wouldn't mind going to one. The two head out and find one near the station. Kurumi is in wonder of the many brand she sees and goes to pick a couple. She then asks Shido which one would suit her, starting another choice for Fraxinus to choose from.

After the choice is made, Kotori instructs Shido to go with the third option and Shido hesitantly does so. He then points Kurumi to the other lingerie piece which is a far more revealing one than the two she picked. Kurumi asks if he thinks she will look better in that one than the two she picked and Shido stutters that he just thought she would look great in it and Kurumi easily complies, picks it up and goes to try it on in the changing room. A moment later, the changing room opens and reveals Kurumi wearing the lingerie and she asks Shido what he thinks but before he can answer, Ai, Mai and Mii appear and asks Shido what he is up to and the three question why he is with Kurumi. Kotori then contacts Shido and tells him that he needs to leave quickly to meet Origami, but to not leave Kurumi without complimenting her. Shido then fakes another stomach ache, compliments Kurumi and makes a break for it as Ai, Mai and Mii chase after him. Meanwhile at the Tenguu military base, Mana is being attended to by a group of scientists as they work on her wiring suit. Back with Shido, he is able to lose the trio and meet up with Origami at the station but apologizes for being really late. Shido then asks her where they shall go and Origami tells him that they are gonna go see a movie. The two stop at a restaurant to eat lunch first, and during that Shido asks Origami why she asked him out on a date all of a sudden and she responds that she just didn't want him to be by himself and asks Shido that after the movie that he come by her place and Shido asks why, Origami answers that he should stay at her place for the time being. Back at Fraxinus, Kotori is alerted by her crew of Tohka who has now left the aquarium to look for Shido. At the restaurant again, as Shido and Origami eat, he sees Tohka outside running around looking for him, causing him to nearly choke on his food and excuses himself from Origami. Tohka is then called out by Shido and she is in relief to find him and her stomach growls, meaning that she is now hungry. Shido then invites Tohka to have lunch with him and she happily accepts. As they eat a sushi restaurant, Kurumi waits outside the lingerie store for Shido to return. Back with Shido and Tohka, he feigns another stomachache and excuses himself from her and is immediately transported to Kurumi. Shido is then surprised to know from Kurumi that she bought the lingerie she tried out with her saying that she bought it because of his compliment on her for wearing it.

As the triple date continues, Shido also tries to evade being seen by Ai, Mai and Mii, but is luckily aided by Yoshino in every corner, though Yoshino eventually gets tired and she is teleported back to Fraxinus where Reine picks her up. Later on, Shido yet again excuses himself from Kurumi for a bathroom break, with Kurumi noting how Shido's constant run-offs are a bit of a downer on their date. Sitting on a nearby bench, Kurumi says to herself how soon Shido will finally be all hers. While getting a drink, Kurumi hears a kitten nearby. In the woods, a bunch of delinguints are terrorizing a small kitten with pellet guns which Kurumi interrupts but asks if she could join in on them. Her request is welcomed and Kurumi then suggests that they now change their targets. In Fraxinus, the airship's video feed on her suddenly goes out. Meanwhile, while looking for Shido, Tohka bumps into Origami where the two immediately bicker at each other yet again and the two then proclaim that they are looking for Shido, confusing both of them at what the other just said. Both then start to accuse each other of lying about being on a date with Shido as both also claim to be on a date with him until Origami realizes that Shido could be all by himself right now and runs off to look for him, with Tohka following her. At the park, Shido returns to where Kurumi was sitting and is then contacted by Kotori and tells him that they lost sight of Kurumi but is quickly told by the Fraxinus crew that Kurumi is still nearby and he goes to find her. In the woods of the park, Shido walks around looking for her but to his and Kotori's horror find the nearby area splattered in fresh trails of blood. Unable to bear the sight, Shido begins to panic as Kotori tries to tell him to calm down. As Shido kneels down in terror, a familiar voice calls out to him. He looks up and finds Kurumi wearing a different attire and her left eye with a gold clock in it, aiming a gun at one of the delinquints who begs Shido to save him. Kurumi then chides the surviving delinquint for trying to kill a helpless creature before finally killing him mercilessly. As Shido continues to look on in horror, Kotori snaps him out of it and tells him to get out of there. Kurumi then summons a bunch of shadowy hands and grabs Shido by his legs, preventing him from escaping. Shido tells Kurumi to let him go, but the latter can only playfully complain how she wanted their date to last longer as she walks close to Shido.

Kurumi then holds Shido and prepares to kill him as well, but is then thrown around the area to a nearby tree. Luckily saved, at that moment Mana appears and asks Shido is he is okay. Seeing her attire, Shido is bewildered by her appearance.

9- "Kyōran no Akumu" ("Raging Nightmare")
(狂乱の悪夢)

Airdate: May 26, 2013

Directly after the previous episode, Mana asks a bewildered Shido if he is alright. Kurumi then remarks on how Mana rudely interrupted her and Shido's date. Mana asks Shido to wait for a bit as she deals with Kurumi, whom she open fires at with finger-guided laser beams. Kurumi dodges but is eventually hit, mortally wounding her.

Mana walks over to Kurumi just as Shido asks Mana not to kill her. Severely wounded, Kurumi weakly says how good Shido truly is before she is killed by Mana. Distressed over what just happened, Shido tells Mana show she could just easily kill someone and stand there as if nothing happened but Mana corrects him by saying that she killed a Spirit and that it is her duty to do so. Afterwards, Mana comments on how he might have already learning a few things about her from Origami and asks Shido to pretend that he didn't see anything and forget what happened as she states that Kurumi won't stay dead forever, shocking Shido. Mana adds that no matter how many times Kurumi is killed or how she is killed, Kurumi will still come back and continue to kill as many people as possible. Mana reveals that she has killed Kurumi many times before, over and over again, and she will continue to do so just as Shido yells at her to shut up. Shido then asks her if she has gotten used to killing, saying that he doesn't like hearing her talk in that manner which Mana says that it is a job that only she can do before using a Territory to push Shido back out of the woods. As she stands next to Kurumi's mutilated corpse, Mana remembers Shido asking her why and she says that she doesn't know why before having a minor headache. Then, she hears someone's voice and as she looks around, she finds the earpiece Shido was wearing on the ground as she hears someone's voice telling Shido to "abort the mission".

Back at the station, Tohka and Origami are running around looking for Shido until they fortunately spot him walking alone. Tohka and Origami ask him what happened and Tohka notices a bruise on Shido's right hand. Shido notices it as well and remembers the horror from earlier and immediately jerks his hand away from Tohka, who asks if she made it hurt more. Shido says that she didn't and then apologizes before running off from the two. As he walks back home alone, Shido sees Tohka waiting for him and calls her, and Tohka asks if his hand is feeling okay now and he confirms. Tohka then says that they can go now, taking Shido's hand and running off with him, with Shido asking where they are going and she answers that they are continuing their date. In town, Shido and Tohka are at a restaurant, with Shido commenting that he doesn't have enough to cover for their meal but Tohka reveals that Reine let her borrow her credit card, to Shido's chagrin. As their date continues, Tohka also reveals that Reine told her about him, Mana and Kurumi and Shido then asks if she now knows that he has to stop Kurumi from killing more people and Tohka confirms. Shido tells her that she is unsure of what to do with Kurumi, saying how she's different from her and Yoshino. Tohka interrupts, saying that it isn't true. She states that she and Kurumi are the same, reminding Shido that she had him to there by her side, how he saved her and asked her out on a date, saying that because of him, he showed her how wonderful the world can be. Tohka says that if it wasn't for him, she would have likely ended up in the same state as Kurumi right now. His confidence brought back, Shido thanks Tohka for reminding him what's important and when Tohka asks him if he isn't scared anymore, Shido is still unsure but she says that she will be there to protect him. Shido thanks her for her support.

The next day, Shido is greeted by Kurumi. Ai, Mai and Mii then try to interrupt but are asked by Tohka to leave them alone. Kurumi says how she figured he wouldn't have gone to school today because of the incident yesterday, admitting that she is surprised he even showed up. Shido then tells Kurumi his decision of savhing her, which momentarily surprises Kurumi. Shido says that he won't let her kill any more but he won't let Mana kill her as well, which Kurumi simply comments on before walking away. As the day continues, Kurumi is at the rooftop of the school, suddenly unleashing her Astral Dress and using her Spirit powers to cover the entire school. Elsewhere, Mana has met up with Kotori and find out that she and Shido are allied to Ratatoskr, which Kotori remarks her for. Kotori then asks her what she wants and Mana says that it is about Shido. Mana rebukes Kotori's choice of allowing Shido to up against the Spirits without anything to defend himself, saying that Kotori has failed to be Shido's little sister and that she will take over from now on. Kotori retorts by saying that she won't allow an organization like Deus Ex Machina get their hands on him, which catches Mana by surprise, asking Kotori how she knew. Kotori reveals that she knows that all of the military forces around the world uses Realizers, pointing out that Mana as an employee from them sent to work for the AST. Back at school, classes have just ended and Shido prepares himself to face her. From <Fraxinus>, Reine notes that Kurumi hasn't been seen leaving the school yet. Shido asks where Kotori is and Reine only tells him that she had something to do and that for the time being she will be his navigator. As Shido is about to begin the mission, a sudden dark energy wave surrounds the school and Shido notices that all the students around him have fallen and he asks Reine what's going on, as Fraxinus analyzes the situation. Back with Mana, she presses Kotori that she knows nothing about DEM, saying that that organization gave her a reason to live after she lost her memory but Kotori asks otherwise even after what they did to her, which Mana asks her in cofusion. A flashback from sometime ago, Reine reveals to Kotori what she found out about Mana. She tells her that Mana's body has been filled with far too much magical power, telling her that Mana has only 10 years left to live. Kotori then asks if she really doesn't know until Kotori gets a call on her phone. She is reported about an intense Spirit wave at Raizen High, with Kurumi being the one responsible. Both Mana and Kotori then leave to help Shido.

Back at the school, Reine tells Shido that a barrier has been projected around the school, one that debilitates those within it and Shido asks why Kurumi would do this. A voice then calls to Shido and he turns around to find Tohka and he asks her if she is okay. Tohka tells him that her body feels a bit weak and Shido asks Reine why he is the only one who isn't fully affected by the barrier. Reine deduces that due to him having sealed Tohka and Yoshino's Spirit powers, their powers seem to have automatically protected him from the effects of the barrier itself. The school's speakers then ring and Kurumi's voice is heard, playfully telling Shido to meet her at the roof of the school. Shido then tells Tohka to stay and rest as he goes to face Kurumi alone. Meanwhile, Origami, who is unaffected by the barrier, equips a Realizer and goes to find Kurumi. Shido arrives at the rooftop and is greeted by Kurumi. As Origami runs around the school while requesting back-up from Ryouko, she encounters Kurumi, who asks where she is off to. Origami declares that she will protect Shido from her and releases her energy blade to engage her. Back with Tohka, she weakly tries to stand up and follow where Shido ran to, but falls to the floor. As she lays on the floor, she refuses to let Shido be in danger and begins to manifest a portion of her Astral Dress, astonishing her, but is cut short when someone fires a bullet at her which she quickly dodges in time. Demanding who was the culprit, another Kurumi appears and greets her.

At the rooftop, Shido asks Kurumi what she is doing and she explains that the barrier surrounding the school sucks up the time from everyone caught within it. Shido notices her golden clock eye reversing and Kurumi reveals that it is her time or her lifespan. She tells Shido that her Angel drains her own time whenever she uses it, but can replenish it by taking away other people's time, calling everyone else as mere prey to her but notes Shido as being "special". She states that he is the reason why she is here and that her goal is to become one with and devour him. Shido then tells her to just take him and to stop hurting everyone else. Kurumi considers it, but asks Shido to take back what he said to her earlier, citing that he can't save her now at this point. She adds that someone as diabolically awful as her does not deserve mercy or to be saved, reiterating that she will kill him but wants him to take back what he said before she can bring the barrier down. Shido asks Kurumi to get rid of the barrier but says that he won't give up on saving her, shocking Kurumi, who asks him why he is so persistent. Kurumi then steps back and suddenly the spacialquake alarms set off, which Kurumi asks Shido if he knows what it means and he realizes what she is doing. Kannazuki and Reine are also alerted of the quake from within <Fraxinus>. Kannazuki is skeptical if she can, but Reine says that Kurumi is summoning a spacialquake on purpose, noting that they never knew that Spirits could do that.

Kurumi then playfully asks what Shido will now do if the spacialquake were to hit. As Shido thinks, Reine reports to him that Kurumi's emotional state has changed, stating that she has strangely become afraid of him, giving Shido an idea. He demands that Kurumi stop the spacialquake at once, saying that if she doesn't, he will jump off the roof and commit suicide. Kurumi calls it a bluff, but Shido leans back and allows himself to fall. As he falls, Kurumi immediately comes to his rescue and brings him back to the rood, where she angrily chides him for his foolish attempt. Shido then remarks to her that since he has a lot of worth to her as a hostage, he demands that he stop the spacialquake and take the barrier down, otherwise he will try to kill himself again. Kurumi reluctantly does what he asks. Shido says that there is still one more thing: she lets him save her. Kurumi tells him that she isn't worth the trouble, but Shido says otherwise, telling her that she can still change, reminding her of how much fun she had on their date. When Kurumi tries to deny, Shido yells aloud that he can help her. He continues that it does not matter what she has done, saying that nothing will give him a reason not to save her. Not knowing what she will do, Shido then extends his hand to her, she extends hers to him, but as both their hands are about to meet, a hand goes through Kurumi, mortally wounding her, with Shido reacting in complete shock. Kurumi's voice is then heard, telling herself that they can't allow herself to fall for Shido. The dying Kurumi weakly thanks Shido before she falls to the ground dead. Shido is then met by the real Kurumi, revealing to Shido that she had a clone of hers do this but notes that she may have chosen the wrong one, as the dead Kurumi clone is taken by Kurumi's shadow hands. The real Kurumi then summons more and captures Shido, preventing him from moving. As Kurumi moves her hand close to Shido, her hand is suddenly sliced off. Mana then arrives in time to defend Shido from her, but Kurumi states that this time she won't die and that Mana won't live, summoning her Angel, <Zafkiel>, behind her.

Kurumi users her Angel's power to heal her amputated arm, bring it back in place as remarking it as her "turning back time" and prompts Mana to fight her. Mana retorts that she will just kill her like she usually does but Kurumi, using her Angel, teleports beside and shoots Mana. She recovers and goes to attack Kurumi, but is immediately stopped in when Kurumi uses her Angel once again to stop her in her tracks amd promptly shoots her multiple times before letting her go as Mana drops down but still alive. Tohka and Origami then arrive and say that they will stop her. Kurumi merely brushes it off as she summons her shadow clones, with Shido asking in abject terror of what is happening. Kurumi then tells him that her clones are a fragment of her past, explaining to him and Mana why she can never be fully eliminated and then has her clones hold Shido and Tohka, Origami and Mana down at her clones' mercy. As way to fully make Shido understand why she can never be someone he should save, Kurumi summons a spacequake over the school, intending to kill everyone but sparing Shido, wanting him to carry the pain of a thousand people's deaths.

Shido begs her not to but Kurumi inevitably summons one that begins to form over the school. Just then, the spacequake is obliterated by an unknown force, to Kurumi's confusion. A familiar voice then explains that a spacequake can be neutralized by an equal enough force and when Shido, Tohka, Origami and Kurumi look up, they see Kotori surrounded in flames and wearing a strange dress. Shido is left shocked at the sight of his little sister, realizing that she is also a Spirit.

Kotori then says that she will give the power back to Shido and she summons her Angel, <Camael>, asking if those present are prepared to begin their "date", ending the episode.

10- "Honō no Seirei (Ifurīto)" ("Spirit Of Fire (Ifrit)")
(炎の精霊(イフリート))

Airdate: June 2, 2013

Continuing where the previous episode left off, Kurumi, her clones and Shido are all looking at Kotori who is wearing peculiar dress while being surrounded by flames. Origami takes notice of her appearance in bewilderment before she falls unconscious from the grip of one of the clones. Shido is in disbelief in realizing that his sister is a Spirit as well. Kurumi then summons her Angel, <Zafkiel>, and prompts Kotori to battle her as Kotori descends down to face Kurumi.

Kurumi then has her clones charge at Kotori, who she simply takes care of but setting them ablaze with her Angel, <Camael>, and then going after the two clones holding Shido captive, taking them out as well and freeing Shido from their grasp. Kotori then goes to defend her brother from Kurumi who summons <Zafkiel> and uses the First Bullet, Aleph, to teleport near and attack Kotori, who is able to quickly defend herself from her attacks as Kurumi continues to repeatedly attack her. Kurumi steps back from her counterattack and summons <Zafkiel> again and uses the Seventh Bullet, Zayin, at Kotori, freezing her in time and then summong her clones to all shoot at Kotori. Kurumi then walks in front of Kotori and delivers the final shot to her head as Kotori falls dead on the floor, with Kurumi laughing at her. Just then, Kotori's injuries start to fade as she heals with her Spirit powers and gets back up, surprising Kurumi as Kotori is now fully healed, taunting Kurumi for not being able to kill her. Kurumi then summons her Angel again and uses the First Bullet again on her clones and on herself. The clones then all appear surrounding Shido but Kotori quickly pushes him out of the way and the clones overwhelm her instead. Unfazed by this, Kotori breaks herself free using her Angel and takes out all of the clones and injuring Kurumi as well.

Frustrated, Kurumi heals herself by using the Fourth Bullet, Dalet, of her Angel. Kotori then intimidates Kurumi for becoming tired in their battle and Kurumi threatens Kotori for ever messing with someone like her as she yells for Angel once again. As Kotori readies herself, she feels a sharp pain in her head, causing Shido to run to her side. Kurumi laughs at Kotori's situation, but the latter then looks back at her in anger and summons her Angel's next form: <Megiddo>, a big cannon formed from <Camael> and begins to power it up with her flames. Momentarily afraid, Kurumi has her clones surround her, using them as shields against Kotori's attack. Kotori then locks on the clones and fires a devastating shot, taking out all of the clones and damaging a portion of Kurumi's own Angel. Kurumi then falls to her knees as Kotori demands she pick up her weapons and continue to fight her, taunting her for craving destruction but now being unable to face a powerful opponent in a battle she wanted. Kotori then tells Kurumi that if she can't face her, then she must die, powering up <Megiddo> again as Shido tells her this isn't the way to do it, reminding her that <Ratatoskr>'s goal is to save and protect the Spirits and not kill them, asking her to stop. Shido then notices the look on Kotori's face, realizing she's lost to the fury of herself and her Angel. Shido runs in front of Kurumi, intending to shield her from the oncoming attack as Kurumi weakly begs Shido not to do it. As <Megiddo> is about to fire the shot, Kotori snaps back to herself but her Angel fires at Shido, whom she cries for. As Shido is seemingly hit by the attack, his vision transitions to what seems to be the past, with him lying on the ground badly injured. He weakly looks up and sees a younger Kotori in her Astral Dress crying as roaring flames surround her and himself. Kotori then notices him and tearfully calls to Shido until he passes out.

As Shido lays unconscious, he hears two familiar voices: it's Yoshino and Yoshinon. He has woken up and seems to have recovered, finding himself in bed within Fraxinus' infirmary. Yoshino then leaves after apologizing for disturbing Shido and he looks around and sees Tohka fall asleep beside his bed and then wonders how he got here. Reine then appears and reveals to him that during the battle against Kurumi, he got knocked out and he was brought to Fraxinus to help him recover. Shido says that he doesn't know what happened after the battle, frantically asking about Tohka's condition and Kotori's whereabouts. Reine advises that he calm down but Shido presses his concern, asking about Mana and everyone else at Raizen High until he is abruptly stopped when Reine hugs him, asking him to calm down. After calming down, Reine tells him that everyone was safe and nobody was killed but tells Shido that both Origami and Mana were taken by the AST to a hospital after the fight whereas Kurumi was able to flee. Reine adds that Tohka, despite being injured the fight herself, wanted to stay by his side to watch him recover but reassures Shido that Tohka will be fine. Shido asks to see Kotori and Reine takes him to her. Somewhere in <Fraxinus>, Reine shows Kotori inside a glass protected containment room, telling Shido that Kotori can't see them through the protective barrier and asks him to be careful when talking to her. Shido goes inside and is greeted by Kotori, who is happy to see her brother making a recovery. Kotori asks him how he is doing and Shido tells her that he is fine and sits on the opposite side of the table from Kotori and asks his little sister if she is okay. Kotori assures him that she is doing well and is asked if she is indeed a Spirit. Meanwhile at Tenguu Hospital, Mana is shown unconscious from the fight against Kurumi. Back with Shido and Kotori, the latter asks if she were to tell him that she was a Spirit, would he believe her and Shido answers that he would if she did, but Kotori still thinks otherwise. Shido tells her that if he were unable to trust his own little sister then he would be no good of an older brother and reassures Kotori that he will believe her no matter what, which seems to lighten up Kotori a bit. Kotori then talks about how she is sure that she is human and that she wouldn't consider herself a Spirit, but notes how evidence may prove otherwise. She adds that she knows she was born a human under the Itsuka family, but adds that somehow five years ago she turned into a Spirit or, as she says, a person who possess the power of a Spirit, which shocks Shido and tells Kotori that somehow he knew as well. Kotori asks him how as he never told him anything about this, but Shido reveals to her of a dream he had where he was running to Kotori but was burned by her on accident as she cries to him. Kotori is in disbelief by this, but says that that is how she vaguely remembers it as well, pointing the possibility that Shido may have known through the flow of Spirit energy that returned to her. Confused, Shido asks how she even became a Spirit which Kotori says that even she can't remember how, but knows that something may have happened in the past that caused her to become one.

Shido asks her how she can forget which Kotori fires back at him for also forgetting, but nevertheless ponders how neither of them can remember. Kotori theorizes that something or someone may have erased their memories of it prior to being found by Ratatoskr where she then decided to save other Spirits, just as Tohka wakes up and finds Shido is gone and goes looking for him. Shido then asks how she was able to live normally among other people, which Kotori points out to him that she able to do so as he had already sealed her powers at that point in the past. Shido then realizes that his regenerative healing powers came from Kotori. Kotori then asks him to come in front of her and when Shido does, she suddenly punches Shido in the stomach. As he kneels down in pain, Kotori then angrily asks him why he stepped in her line of fire during the battle against Kurumi, telling Shido that had she not snapped back to her senses he would be dead by now. Shido responds that he thought she lost it and corrects her that she indeed lost her senses. Kotori then says that when her Spirit powers returned to her, she began to lose control over herself with only the thought of destruction stuck in her mind at that time. Terrified, she begins to think the possibility of having done something horrific already but Shido snaps her out of it. Shido asks if her Spirit powers will return to him, Kotori replies that she is unsure but gives the idea that Shido will have to seal it just like before: Take her out on a date and make her fall in love with him. Suddenly, Kotori falls on her knees and Shido goes to her side. Reine comes in to check up on her and tells Shido that he can leave Kotori in her care for now despite Shido's protest. As he leaves, Tohka finds him and asks him if he's okay now but Shido sadly asks her if they could talk later as he is unsure if he is okay. Later, Reine warns Shido alone about Kotori and her Spirit powers returning to her. She tells Shido that in two days that he should take Kotori out on a date and do whatever he can in order to seal her powers again, otherwise Kotori may no longer be the same as Shido knows her. Later that day, Shido heads to Tenguu Hospital to visit Mana but is not allowed to see her when one of the staff informs him that nobody were to be allowed to visit her, even if they were her family. Origami then appears and calls out to Shido who notices her and asks how she is doing. Assuring him that she is fine, she asks him about Tohka and when he replies that she is okay, Origami gives off a visible growl. Shido tells Origami that he came to visit Mana but was unable to do so as the nurse told him he was not allowed. Origami tells him that the staff had been using highly classified tech to help her recover, voicing out that she may not be allowed visitors until she is moved to a different ward, warning Shido not to see her by force as it may not end well. Origami states that she also knows that Shido only came to visit Mana and not her despite Shido's attempt to say otherwise.

Shido decides to leave, but Origami feigns falling down and asks Shido to carry her back to her room. When Shido tries to get her a nurse and a wheelchair, Origami persists that he carry her on his back. Unable to reject, Shido reluctantly carries Origami on his back. As he carries her back, Origami begins to get a bit touchy-feely with Shido who tries to ask her to stop. After an embarrassing trek, Shido is able to get Origami back to her room and when he once again decides to leave, Origami asks him to peel her an apple and feed her, despite Shido's protest. After a very weird moment of feeding her, Shido once again tries to leave but is yet again stopped by Origami who asks her to check her temperature for her. When he tries to, Origami puts herself in a position with Shido that highly embarrasses him. Afterwards, Shido then decides to leave finally, but Origami asks him one last thing before he does: Shido tell her what happened with the fight against Kurumi. Origami describes the new Spirit she saw as one that was surrounded in flames which she could manipulate, saying that that was the last thing she saw before passing out and waking up in the hospital, demanding Shido that he tell her every single detail, significant or not. Shido lies to her that he also got knocked out during the fight but asks Origami if she knew the flame Spirit was and Origami responds that she does. She begins to tell her a tragedy that happened five years ago in Tenguu City where a massive fire broke out in a small neighborhood that she lived in, revealing that back then she saw the flame Spirit and saw her own parents be burned alive by her flames, to Shido's shock. Origami reveals that ever since then, she had been hunting this particular Spirit down and was the reason why she joined the AST and became obsessed with nothing but hunting her down.

Origami says that she vowed on that day that she would kill the flame Spirit no matter what and with this opportunity now in her hands, she will do everything she can to get her revenge as the episode ends.

11- "Kauntodaun" ("Countdown")
(カウントダウン)

Airdate: June 9, 2013

After visiting Origami, Shido remembers what Origami said about the tragic incident at Tenguu City 5 years ago that killed her parents. As he does, he also remembers what Kotori said about the possibility of having hurt someone on the day she became a Spirit herself. Shido stops walking and says to himself that he will never know what truly happened during that incident unless he and Kotori remember it all.

At Tenguu Hospital, Ryouko has visited Origami after having heard that she can be discharged the next day but advises that Origami take an extra day off. As Ryouko leaves, she tells Origami of some new equipment being brought to their base but warns her of what it might be. Aboard <Fraxinus>, Shido is called by Reine and Kannazuki who advices him on taking Kotori to the Ocean Park on their date. As usual, Kannazuki displays his perverted tendencies by being somewhat jealous of Shido over the possibility that he may see Kotori in a swimsuit, which Shido tells him not to say out loud. Reine then tells Shido that she has prepared an arranged training for him in preparation for his date which Shido immediately accepts so long as he can save Kotori. The next day, somewhere in Tenguu City, Shido has brought Tohka and Yoshino to help them buy their own swimsuits, which Shido sighs in discomfort. As Tohka and Yoshino look around the store, Shido contacts Reine and asks her how buying swimsuits is considered training for him and Reine answers that it's training to get him used to being around other girls in different types of swim wear to ensure that he doesn't get distracted during his date with Kotori. Shido reiterates that Kotori is in danger, but ends up unintentionally staring at one of the swimsuit designs on a model, which Reine calls him out for, reminding him that his heart rate is being monitored, causing Shido to nervously accept the condition of the training.

Tohka points at a set of swimsuits and asks Shido if all of them really are called swimsuits, which Shido confirms. As Tohka asks what a swimsuit is supposed to be used for, a familiar voice explains that it is a new kind of battle gear meant to use against Spirits. The voice is Origami, who says this to both Tohka and Yoshino as a lie. Unsure, Tohka asks Shido if he brought her and Yoshino just to make them wear something that can kill them. Origami continues her lie by saying that Shido did plan on it, but Tohka refuses to believe her but asks Shido why he would so such a thing against her and Yoshino, somewhat believing in Origami's lie. Shido clears it up to her and says that Origami was only making it sound like he meant it. Embarrassed, Tohka quickly diverts her attention to Origami for trying to trick them. Shido asks Origami why she was here and asks if her injuries are now okay. Origami answers that she was just passing by, but claims that she came by to talk to Tohka. She inquires Tohka about the Flame Spirit from the day before, noting that she is certain that Tohka saw who the Spirit was and asks her if she could give her information on who she was, however, Tohka withholds from telling Origami anything. Origami responds by begging Tohka to tell her, to the surprise of Shido, Yoshino and Tohka, where the latter asks her to stop begging. Origami only says that he is merely asking her to tell her what she knows about the Spirit, once again begging Tohka to tell her by bowing her head, which visibly creeps out both Tohka and Yoshino. Tohka decides to tell her but asks that she stop begging. Tohka begins to tell her what she saw of the Flame Spirit, with Shido visibly worried that she may give too much information, but luckily Tohka begins to describe said Spirit in vague details, which Origami then just dismisses it as useless information to Tohka's annoyance, saying that she did was she asked her and that Origami is being ungrateful.

Origami then tells Shido that the only swimwear she has is the one from their swim team. Shido suggests that she buy a new one while she is at the store, but Origami points out that it might be difficult without someone else's opinion and asks Shido if he could help her. Tohka then challenges Origami at a swimsuit battle, declaring that whoever wins gets to have a date with Shido later on to Shido's discomfort, but Reine advises to him to just work with it. Both Tohka and Origami then begin their swimsuit battle with both doing their best to make Shido's heart beat for one of them. Tohka first shows her try on a white, one-piece swimsuit, one that Kannazuki pleasantly comments on. Tohka asks Shido what he thinks and Shido nervously says that it looks good on her, to Tohka's delight. However, Origami then shows her swimsuit which causes Shido to become speechless, much to Tohka's displeasure and immediately goes on to try a much more revealing one, which she tries to cover, feeling a bit embarrassed herself. Origami then comes out again, this time wearing her usual clothing and walks toward Shido, and motions his hand on her skirt, telling him to take her clothes off to Shido's confusion. Shido tries avert doing so, but eventually Origami makes him do so, taking her clothes off and revealing her swimsuit under her clothes, a tactic of Origami's Kannazuki also comments pleasantly on. Suddenly, the three hear Yoshino crying for help in one of the stalls and Shido goes to find out what's going on. As he opens the curtain's stall, to everyone's surprise, they find Yoshino struggling to put on her swimsuit which leaves Shido speechless but this time his heart beat going fast, thus making Yoshino the winner of the battle.

Aboard <Fraxinus>, Kannazuki asks Shido if he is okay now and if he can handle what's next and Shido confirms that he is, saying that he is ready for the date with Kotori, intending to save her no matter what. Shido, however, wishes that he can remember what happened five years ago, voicing out that if he can remember how he sealed Kotori's powers, things would be easier. Kannazuki then suddenly offers to show him the footage of the incident, which surprises Shido to know that they have. Watching the footage, Kannazuki explains that the footage came from a local news network that never showed this particular video, but luckily Ratatoskr was able to cover it up. Inspecting the footage, Kannazuki shows Shido the moment Kotori became a Spirit. Looking close at the footage, Shido quickly sees a strange entity next to Kotori and immediately asks Kannazuki to pause it. Shido points at the blurry entity next to Kotori, which Kannazuki seems to not notice. The sight of the entity causes Shido to have a rapid flashback of Kotori surrounded in flames and turning into a Spirit which leads him to pass out. The next day at the time of the date, Kannazuki calls Shido and apologizes for what happened yesterday as he didn't mean to cause him harm upon showing the video, but Shido says that it was fine but asks that they talk later after his date with Kotori. Reine informs him that Kotori is nearby and on her way to him. Shortly after, Kotori arrives and Shido greets her. She then complains a little that he is forgetting to compliment her on her outfit which Shido does so. Kotori then asks Shido that they start their date already but before they do, Shido hears two familiar voices excited for the trip. He turns around and to his surprise find both Tohka and Yoshino. Reine reveals that she decided that it would be better that the two tagged along with them, which Kotori notes to Shido as a "surprise" from him. Tohka and Yoshino then say that they brought their swimsuits along, which Kotori becomes suspicious of Shido for. At the Ocean Park, Tohka immediately becomes excited at seeing the different kinds of pools and slides present and eagerly asks Shido if she and Yoshino can go swim at one of them, which Shido gives her the go ahead for. Without a moment's hesitation, Tohka and Yoshino rush toward the pool. Kotori then comes in wearing her swimsuit, which Shido looks at, something that Kotori calls him out for, asking if he is now checking his own sister, which Shido denies. Reine advises to Shido that he compliment Kotori on her swimsuit, but when he does, Kotori asks if he either Reine or Kannazuki told him to say that to her. When Shido says it was all him, she asks him out of nowhere of what he likes about her swimsuit, which prompts a choice from the crew in Fraxinus to choose. When the results are displayed, most of the crew agree on choosing option 1, but Kannazuki suddenly commands that Shido go with option 3, to the surprise of the crew.

Shido does so and compliments Kotori in how her swimsuit lets her chest fill the top, causing Kotori to be embarrassed and angrily ask him what he meant, which Shido tries to rephrase. Back at Fraxinus, Kanazuki is confronted by the other crew members for his decision which he tries to defend, albeit in failure. With Tohka, she asks Shido if they could take one of the big water slides, suggesting that all four of them can go together, but Yoshino declines out of fear that Yoshinon may get swept away. When Kotori declines, Tohka asks Shido to come along with her instead and quickly does Kotori change her mind. At the top of the water slide, a nervous Shido asks if they could change the position of how they will slide down due to both Kotori and Tohka being in front and behind him, but Tohka hastily pushes all of them down the slide, leading to all three of them going off the slide but safely landing in the pool's water. While Tohka expresses her excitement over the experience, a visibly scared Kotori hugs Shido and when he asks her what's wrong, she lets go and asks him if he could retrieve her black ribbons that fell off her hair while they sliding down. As Tohka tells Yoshino how the water slide felt, Kotori expresses her annoyance at the experience and Shido asks why her ribbons are black and adds if there is something special about them. Kotori explains the importance of her black ribbons by saying that her white ribbons represent fragility, while her black ribbons represent strength, saying that she needed them to be strong on their date. Later, while having lunch, Shido notices that Kotori may be feeling upset and when he contacts Reine, she reports that her emotions have not gone down yet, something that Shido takes as her not having fun. Just then, Kotori leaves the table and when Shido asks her where she is going, she bitterly answers that she is only going to the restroom. As Shido sighs, he sees Tohka and Yoshino looking visibly worried at him and Tohka says that she thought that he and Kotori were getting along again. Yoshino notes that Kotori looked mad and Yoshinon points out that Shido looked visibly relieved when she left, telling him how easy he is to read. When Shido asks if he is that obvious, all three nod in response. Shido then decides to go to the restroom as well. As he is walking, Shido contacts Reine to ask if he is really that easy to read, but Kannazuki is the one to respond, telling him that Reine is not currently present. Just as he is about to ask where she is, he notices Reine behind two vending machines.

Behind this, Reine is with Kotori and is checking up on her. Kotori then asks her to inject more of the medication she just gave her, but Reine rejects that too much may kill her which Kotori only says otherwise. She continues by saying that this may be the only way to help her date with Shido, begging her to do so in order to save him, wanting to finish their date as long as she can as herself. As Reine leaves, she finds Shido having listened in on them and the latter walks off as the former follows him. Outside, Shido asks how long has this issue with Kotori been going on and Reine reveals that it started as soon as Kotori got her Spirit powers back and Shido complains for not being informed about this. Reine replies that Kotori wanted it this way, expressing that Kotori wanted to go on the date with him without him feeling bad for her. Reine advises to Shido that if he wants to help Kotori, then he should first pretend that he never saw her before walking away. Back at the food court, Kotori comes back and finds Shido alone. She asks where Tohka and Yoshino went to, but he replies that he doesn't know where he then suggests that he and Kotori go check out the Amusement Park. Kotori still suspects that Shido is being helped by Fraxinus, but he takes off his earpiece and throws it away, once again voicing out that they check out the Amusement Park together. He says that they don't have to bring Tohka and Yoshino along as the two are having fun playing. He grabs Kotori's hand and takes her with him to the Amusement Park.

At the JSDF base, Ryouko is showing Origami a new equipment they had just received, which is a prototype experiment that is called the "White Licorice". When Origami asks if they could defeat Efreet with it, Ryouko mentions that it has enough firepower to take down a Spirit, but tells Origami that she won't be allowed to use it.

12- "Yuzurenai Mono" ("Things You Can't Give Up")
(譲れないもの)

Airdate: June 16, 2013

After leaving Ocean Park, Shido brings Kotori along with him to try the rides at the Amusement Park. First, they try the Drop Tower ride. Visibly scared, Kotori asks Shido if it's too late to get off, and Shido smirks that it is, just as the ride drops down with Kotori screaming loudly.

Next, the two siblings try a rollercoaster ride. Shido is visibly enjoying his time, whereas Kotori is still scared, commenting that the rides are ridiculous before their cart goes down the tracks, causing Kotori to scream loudly again. From <Fraxinus>, Kannazuki and Reine monitor the two after the rollercauster ride just as Kotori angrily tells Shido off, who simply brushes off her complaints. Kannazuki comments on how well Shido has been going with Kotori so far and Reine expresses that this may be what Kotori needed all along. She adds that they should have just let the date go as it naturally should instead of interfering with it. With Shido, he brings Kotori along to a haunted house attraction. Shido is still enjoying his time, while Kotori can only express exhausted fear. Noticing the look on her face, Shido asks if Kotori wants to hold his hand, which Kotori tries to reject. She then sarcastically asks if Shido is the one who is afraid and wants his hand held by her and Shido playfully acts being afraid in front of her. Annoyed with his gimmick, Kotori holds Shido's hand as Kannazuki complains that Shido missed an opportunity to get his body next to Kotori and be kicked.

Next, the two go try the a go-kart ride. Again, Kannazuki is complaining that Shido should not be riding next to Kotori and that he should let her drive as she tries to sadistically run him over, with his words getting varied reactions from the other crew members. As Kannazuki fantasizes this with him, Shiizaki remarks that Shido made a good call of taking off his earpiece and not listening to Kannazuki. Back at Ocean Park, Tohka and Yoshino are enjoying a boat ride around the small river, but the former says that it would be a lot more fun if Shido and Kotori were with them, then suggests that she go get them. Yoshino, however, asks her not to and when Tohka asks why, Yoshino and Yoshinon answer that they overheard Shido and Reine's discussion from the day before, revealing to Tohka that Kotori is a Spirit, causing her to react in surprise. Yoshino says that Shido is trying his best to save Kotori and seal her powers like he did with them before and that they should let him do what he needs to do and Yoshinon adds that if Shido fails, chances are that whatever may happen to Kotori will not be good. Tohka relents, understanding the situation but wishing that they could at least do something to help Kotori in return for everything that she has done for her. Yoshino replies that they should just let Shido handle things, as it may be the best option at the moment. At the JSDF military base, Ryouko and everyone present at the base are alerted of the <White Licorice>'s disappearance. One of the soldiers reports to Ryouko that someone had took all of the ammunition for the Licorice as well, but tells her that the Unit is not entirely ready for use yet. Ryouko realizes that Origami is the one who stole the <White Licorice> to try and kill <Efreet>. Back at the Amusement Park, Shido and Kotori are resting at a bench after a long day of having fun, however, Kotori complains to Shido about his childish act throughout the day, but the latter fires it back at her for freaking out earlier during the water slide. Despite complaining, Kotori ponders that at least their date has been fun so far and Shido asks how long it has been since the two of them have been to a theme park. Kotori replies that it has at least been five years since. Shido then remembers Origami telling him that a Spirit killed her parents five years ago, as well as remembering Kotori telling him that she turned into a Spirit five years ago too. Shido calls Kotori and looks at her, which the latter takes as a sign that he is now about to seal her powers. Kotori shyly asks if they could go somewhere private instead of being out in the public, but Shido only suggests that they stay where they are for now. Shido asks her if he can asks a question, which Kotori initially says is kind of awkward, before sitting back up and immediately tells him to continue what he was gonna ask her.

As Shido is about to ask her, a shield territory suddenly envelops Shido and an explosion happens next to him where Kotori is. As the smoke clears, Shido sees no sign of Kotori from the explosion and when he tries to find her, the territory blocks him from doing so. He looks up and sees Origami, equipped with the <White Licorice>, who orders him to leave for the situation being too dangerous. Shido yells at her for what she did, but Origami fires it back by saying that what she did was kill <Efreet>. However, Kotori rebuffs Origami's claim of having killed her, announcing herself to still be alive. Kotori begins chastising Origami for her attempt on killing her, voicing out how her recklessness could have lead to innocent people being caught in the crossfire, but a visibly annoyed Origami only fires back at her which Kotori merely blocks with her flame powers. Kotori then dons her Astral Dress and summons <Camael>. Origami, having found the Spirit she has been hunting for, vengefully attacks Kotori and Shido is forcefully pushed away from the now ensuing battle, his pleas for them to stop falling on deaf ears. From inside the water park, Tohka and Yoshino hear the commotion from outside as people begin evacuating. When Tohka decides to go help Shido and Kotori, Yoshinon stops her, reminding Tohka that her Spirit powers are currently sealed within Shido and that she may not be able to defend herself against whoever is trying to go after Shido and Kotori. Tohka, however, remains adamant but appreciates the concern, saying that she refuses to let Shido face whoever is outside alone. Tohka then begins to manifest a partial Astral Dress and leaves. Yoshino, feeling unsure, asks Yoshinon if she can go help too and Yoshinon tells her that if she feels if it's the right thing to do, then she won't stop her. Happy with the response, Yoshino also begins to manifest a partial Astral Dress to ready herself.

Back outside, Origami and Kotori's battle continues. Origami manages to lock Kotori in a Territory and begins opening fire at her. When the smoke clears, Kotori is impressed with her Unit's firepower for being able to slightly damage her Astral Dress but when she is about to start her counterattack, she begins to feel the same pain in her head as before, reminding herself not to use too much of her power. Taking advantage of this moment, Origami gets a hold of Kotori and traps her in a Territory and fires an energy beam at her. However, the blast is redirected everywhere else. Kotori suddenly appears above Origami and strikes the top of the <White Licorice>, viciosly attacking it. Origami deploys a Protect Territory to defend herself but Kotori relentlessly continues her attack, intimidating her into fighting back with everything that she's got. She continues by threatening to kill her immediately if she does not go all out, her eyes glowing red, signifying that Kotori is on the verge of losing control once again. Kotori brings Origami and the <White Licorice> crashing down from her relentless attacks. Facing down Origami, Kotori turns <Camael> into <Megiddo>, aiming it at her but once again instructing Origami to get up and fight back. When the latter does not respond, Kotori brushes her off as being weak as she prepares to fire <Megiddo> at her. Seeing this, Shido runs toward her, yelling Kotori to stop. Kotori asks how Origami knew of her codename, but the latter angrily asks if this is how she murdered her parents five years ago, which shocks Kotori and asks what she meant. Origami reveals to her that her parents were killed by a Flame Spirit five years ago, having witnessed them be burned alive and that she vowed to hunt down and kill this particular Spirit, and with Kotori, the Flame Spirit, in front of her, she declares loudly that she will kill her as Kotori slowly backs away and stumbles on the ground over this revelation, unable to accept the possibility of having murdered someone. Origami powers-up the <White Licorice> once again and immediately gets a hold of and captures Kotori in a Territory. As Origami prepares to open fire on her, Kotori doesn't do anything to try and escape but Shido steps in and tries to defend her. Origami demands Shido to step away, reminding him that she told him that her purpose in life was to get her revenge on the Flame Spirit for killing her parents. Shido announces that he won't let her kill his little sister, warning her that if she opens fire, then she won't be able to turn back, not wanting her to become like Mana. Origami, blinded by her vengeance, refuses what he wants her to do, saying that the only thing she wants is to kill <Efreet> with her own bare hands.

Shido then asks Origami to answer one thing to him. He goes on to say that Origami is after <Efreet>, the Spirit who killed her parents, but Shido says that she isn't really after his little sister, causing a perplexed reaction from Origami. Shido continues by telling her that she is after the Spirit who killed her parents and that Kotori had nothing to do with it. Confused, Origami asks what he is trying to say to her. She reiterates that she is after the Spirit who killed her parents and with Kotori being a Spirit as well, but no matter what he says that won't make her stop wanting to get her revenge for her parents. She then demands Shido to get out of the way, but Shido stands his ground, refusing to do so but begging Origami to give him time. Origami ignores this, saying that this is her chance to finally get what she has wanted for so long and that she won't miss it. Shido remains adamant, telling Origami that he won't just stand by and watch her murder his little sister and that he won't sit around as a friend of his is suffering, referring to Origami herself. For a moment, Origami reconsiders, but then summons a Protect Territory around Shido and goes to continue her attack on Kotori. Before she can fire, Tohka and Yoshino arrive just in time to stop her. As Tohka and Yoshino are glad to see Shido to be alright, this moment is short-lived when Origami immediately retaliates against them. Luckily, the two dodge her attacks unharmed. Tohka then tells Shido to get Kotori and get out while she and Yoshino distract Origami and buy them some time. Shido goes to Kotori and picks her up. Annoyed, Origami tells Tohka that she doesn't have time for them but engages her in a battle. The latter then tells the former to stop trying to kill Kotori. Origami refuses, telling Tohka that she has no idea of why she is doing this. Tohka reminds her of the time she accidentally shot Shido, where both of them believed he had died. She tells her that that moment in her life she felt broken and more alone than she ever was, and asks her if that was also the same feeling she suffered through after losing her parents. Tohka admonishes Origami for trying to do the same to Shido by attempting to kill Kotori, telling her that it isn't fair for Shido and that she is being selfish for wanting to hurt good people. Origami then remembers the promise Shido asked her to keep of not hurting any more good people. She then angrily lets out a roar and counters Tohka with a barrage of missiles, all hitting Tohka directly, who screams in pain.

Shido takes an emotionally weakened Kotori to the a side of a building. Kotori apologizes to Shido for what is happening, but Shido tells her not to worry and that he will find a solution for this. Shido looks around and notices the destruction happening in the fight. He then holds Kotori, deciding to seal her powers right this moment. However, Shido is unable to determine Kotori's feelings without Reine's help, but when he sees Origami, with Tohka holding onto the <White Licorice> on top, charging at them, he is left with no choice but to do it. Shido then announces to Kotori that she will always be the best little sister to him and confesses his for her. He asks what she feels about him. Kotori hesitates to answer, but at the same time Origami begins firing her missiles that detonate around them and with Shido calling her out she finally admits her feelings for him. As she continues to do so, Shido leans in and kisses her. As this happens, a flashback happens to five years ago on the day Kotori became a Spirit. In the flashback, a newly transformed Kotori sadly walks toward Shido, who is lying on the ground unconscious, and kisses him. The wounds on Shido start to burn away and heal up. Kotori's Astral Dress then disappears and Shido awakens where he gives her a pair of black ribbons, the ones she wears in her Commander Mode. Back to the present, both Shido and Kotori are in shock of the flashback, now having remembered what happened then. While the two are talking over this, another set of missiles nearly hit them and Shido picks Kotori up and starts running away. One of the missiles, however, strike behind Shido, missing him but he is caught in the explosion, injuring his back. Origami sees this, but then notices that the injuries Shido just sustained have burned away and healed back to her confusion. Shido then puts an unconscious Kotori down and faces Origami. He says to Origami that if she is after the Flame Spirit, then she isn't after Kotori anymore, telling her that his little sister isn't a Spirit anymore but declares himself to now be <Efreet> and that he is the one she is now after. Shaking, Origami asks what he means. Shido responds by telling her that he remembers what happened five years ago and that Kotori didn't kill her parents. Origami says otherwise, but Shido acknowledges that Kotori did start the fire but it wasn't her that killed her parents. Origami refuses to believe him, but Shido reveals to her that another Spirit was present during that time, the one who turned Kotori into one as well. Origami is skeptical. She desconds to the ground and readies an energy blade while saying that she wants to believe Shido but can't. Shido understands, saying that she has no other choice and encourages her to kill him, reminding her of what she said before of how nobody should ever feel the pain she suffered through that day. Origami hesitates, but suddenly feels weak and falls to the ground. Her limit of using the <White Licorice> has passed, but then draws out a gun, refusing to miss her chance at revenge. Shido tells her to put the gun away. He says to her that Kotori saved his life the day she became a Spirit and that if it weren't for her, he would be dead by now and begs Origami to believe him. Origami still can't put herself to believe him, but then falls unconscious and Shido runs to her side to help her.

Sometime later, Kurumi is on top of a building, having killed someone and replenishing her time. She converges her shadows back to her, but comments that the time she just got back isn't enough as she looks up at the sky. On Fraxinus, Reine apologizes to Shido for not being able to do anything to help them and puts the blame on herself. Shido believes that she is blaming herself for bringing Tohka and Yoshino along, but Reine says that she meant by putting him out on a date with Kotori. Shido asks what she means and Reine explains that she should never have had him go on a date with Kotori and just let him seal her Spirit powers in the first place, but when she saw how excited Kotori was while waiting for their date, she didn't stop her, not wanting to take away her happiness. Shido understands, but is confused and asks how he could seal her Spirit powers when he still needed her happiness to be maxed out. Reine responds by showing him a measurement chart of Kotori during the date and reveals to Shido that Kotori's happiness meter was maxed out the entire time. Speechless at the revelation, Reine tells Shido that Kotori loves him more than anything as her older brother. But as Shido's listens on, he is suddenly given a surprise but strong kick to the back, knocking him to the floor. It's Kotori. Angry at the results of her measurements, Kotori says that the system must be broken, but Reine says that they are precise. Kotori objects and commands Reine to tell her that they are wrong or buy her cream puffs, and Reine immediately follows her first command. The crew on Fraxinus are all visibly happy to see their young commander back and feeling like her usual self. Shido stands back up and asks how Kotori is feeling and she says that she is feeling okay. Kotori says that she remembers the Spirit from five years ago, the one who turned her into a Spirit too, but is now keeping the information on Fraxinus' database for safe keeping, just in case their memories are erased again. Shido asks her not to overwork herself and she promises not to. Kotori then asks Shido if he what he said before sealing her Spirit powers were true and Shido reassures her that he meant it, which visibly makes Kotori blush. As a very embarrassed Kotori tries to speak to him, Shido suddenly adds that he meant that his love for her is that towards a little sister and upon hearing this, Kotori immediately delivers a strong kick on Shido.

As she begins to angrily walk away, Kotori is called out by Shido. She angrily asks him what he wants, and Shido compliments that the black ribbons suit her best. Although not turning around, Kotori thanks him for the compliment as her brother. At the Tenguu military base, the now damaged <White Licorice> has been taken back and is being put back in its proper place. At school, Tonomachi is showing off his "girlfriend" to Ai, Mai and Mii as Ms. Okamine happily observes them. At a recovery room, Origami is restrained on her bed as punishment for insubordination and using the <White Licorice> unauthorized. At the top of Raizen High, Shido thanks Tohka for saving him and Kotori from Origami, saying that if it wasn't for her and Yoshino helping them, he may not have been able to help his sister. Tohka tells him not to worry about it as she only responded because of what his heart was following, adding that she believes Yoshino did the same too. Tohka then asks Shido that if another Spirit like her appears, he would save it much like he did with her, Yoshino and Kotori. Shido promises that he will, but Tohka asks him to do so without kissing them, saying that whenever she sees him kiss another girl, she feels strange about it. As Shido tries to explain, Tohka quickly tells him to kiss her right now and when he asks why, Tohka only asks him to do so.

As Shido leans in to kiss her, his earpiece suddenly goes off as a comment from Kotori is heard. Shido looks up and realizes that everyone aboard the <Fraxinus> is watching them and asks them in embarrassment why they are watching. Kotori merely tells him not to worry about them and to continue on, with her and everyone encouraging him to kiss Tohka. Shido then resumes to lean in to kiss Tohka, only for Yoshinon to end up blocking the two in between, saying, along with Yoshino, that the story will continue...

1 (13)- "Deirī Raifu" ("Daily Life")
(デイリー・ライフ)

Airdate: April 12, 2014

Thirty years ago, the Eurasian continent was attacked by a massive "spacequake." There were 150 million victims of this unprecedented event. And now...

At 8 AM in the Itsuka household, Shido's alarm clock goes off. He moves his left arm to turn it off. As he is about to resume sleeping, an earth shaking explosion causes him sit up in a panic and investigate. He goes to the house's balcony and finds smoke coming from the neighboring apartment, the Spirit mansion. He runs to see if everything is okay. As he arrives, he finds Tohka sitting by herself with a sad look on her face. He asks her what's wrong and Tohka reveals that she accidentally spilled drink on the notebook she borrowed from him the other day. Admitting that the thought of him hating her for it caused her to lose control of her Spirit powers, Tohka begins to cry as her Spirit powers start to go out of control again, but Shido calms her down by saying that it's okay and that he won't hate her for it. As he finishes cheering her up, a freezing mist appears behind Shido and he goes to investigate. Barging inside a bathroom, Shido finds Yoshino inside wearing a bath towel but pointing at the bathtub. There, Shido finds that Yoshinon is stuck in the drain. Yoshino begins to cry over her close friend's situation, causing the room and water to continue freezing even more. Shido calms her down and goes to get Yoshinon. Despite the freezing water, he is able to get the puppet free and land back onto Yoshino's arm. Reunited, the two thank Shido for his help, but soon after another explosion happens. It's Tohka again, this time she has spilled kinako all over and apologizes to Shido, with him saying that it's okay and that he won't hate her for something like that as he tries to fix the situation.

At a supreme court in the Tenguu military base, Origami is about to given her punishment for insubordination and unauthorized use of the <White Licorice> a month ago. As Ryouko is about to protest the punishment, a mysterious man enters the room. One of the people present identifies him as Mr. Isaac Westcott. Back at the Itsuka household, Kotori reminds Shido that if the Spirits' emotional state becomes unstable, their powers will go back to them, scolding him over it and for sleeping in, as Tohka and Yoshino watch on from a nearby couch. Shido reasons that he was studying late last night for an upcoming test the next day. Kotori tells him that she will be leaving first and asks him to go on a date with both Tohka and Yoshino since he has no school today, but Shido says that he still needs to study for his and Tohka's exam, as well as to get ready for their school's upcoming school trip, which Tohka innocently misinterprets as "suger tripnut", which Shido corrects her for. Kotori then leaves the two girls to Shido.

Outside the facility, Mikie and Mildred are happily congratulating Origami for being able to avoid her punishment with a two-month suspension instead, but Mikie asks her why someone from DEM would help Origami out. Origami can only show an unsure look. Back at the Itsuka household, Shido has prepared breakfast, something that Tohka and Yoshino both look at in awe. As the two Spirits begin eating, Shido gets a message from Origami, who asks him to meet her outside so that they can talk. Shido excuses himself from the two and when Tohka asks where he is going, Shido lies that he is gonna go out shopping for ingredients for lunch later. After Shido leaves, Yoshinon informs Yoshino that their favorite show is almost on and Yoshino opens the TV. She switches the channel to a soap opera that the two are gonna watch, which Tohka joins in on watching. Walking outside, Shido quickly spots Origami hiding behind a pole looking at him. Shido walks up to and asks her what she wanted to talk him about, but then changes it and asks her what she has been up to after the incident with Kotori not too long ago. However, Shido notices that they are out in the open where people can see and hear them and asks Origami if they can be somewhere where they can be alone. To his utter surprise, Origami has taken him to the women's bathroom stall in a park, with him and Origami inside one of the cubicles. Origami then begins to bring her skirt up to put her underwear down, but Shido stops her. When Origami asks him what was the purpose of him bringing her to the stall if he didn't want her to, Shido fires it back by reminding her that she dragged him here in the first place. He goes on to say that he just wanted for them to be in a place where they could be alone to discuss what happened a month ago, referring the time Origami tried to kill Kotori for being a Spirit.

Shido continues by saying that after that, he never got a chance to talk to her and asks what happened to her after that. Origami answers that she was sentenced with a two-month suspension for her actions, but adds that she is still not satisfied with what she did. Origami reminds Shido that he told her that <Efreet>, Kotori, was not the one who killed her parents, stating that he has no evidence to prove what he claimed. Shido asks her to believe him and that he won't ever lie, but Origami stops him, telling him that she does want to believe what he said and to avoid having to kill Kotori as much as she can. Shido is grateful to hear her say this, but Origami says that she should be thanking him, saying that she is thankful to him for still treating her normally even though she had tried to kill his little sister, as well as for accidentally killing him three months ago. Shido is anxious to tell her not to worry about it, but nevertheless tells her that he wants things to stay the same between them and asks Origami if it's too much trouble for her, which she objects to, meaning that she is okay that things stay the same between them. As the two are about to leave, Origami suddenly asks Shido if he is human. Back at the Itsuka house, Tohka has gone carrying a vacuum cleaner to clean Shido's room to thank him for making breakfast. Just when Tohka is about to begin cleaning, she knocks over a briefcase which opens up and shows a bunch of clothes that belong to Shido. Remembering a scene from the soap opera she just watched, Tohka assumes that Shido is going to leave her and her happiness meter quickly starts to plummet which the crew from <Fraxinus> notice and take immediate action over by informing Kotori. Kotori asks them of Shido's whereabouts, and one of them reports that he went shopping not too long ago. Downstairs, Tohka notices Yoshino watching the same soap opera and seeing the scene of the man leaving a woman. Scared and sad that Shido may leave her, Tohka storms out of the house. The crew reveal to Kotori that her happiness meter is reaching critical. They report that Tohka is hurriedly running towards the supermarket and Kannazuki assumes that she is heading towards Shido. Kotori asks her crew if Shido is at the supermarket and they reply that he isn't, causing her to react in surprise. The crew report that Shido's current location is unknown and that they can't contact him with his earpiece either as they begin to hypothesize that it has been sabotaged by someone or something.

Back with Shido and Origami, the latter says that she was sure she shot him on that day he first went out with Tohka and even mentions the recent incident with Kotori, but she promises not to tell her superiors about it, reasoning that if they decide that Shido is a Spirit, she may be ordered to kill him. Shido answers that he is human, or that's what he believes he is. Origami accepts his words, reminding him that no matter what, she wants to believe whatever he says to her, but states to Shido that if ever he wants to tell her, then he should give her details about it. As Origami leaves, she immediately comes back and asks Shido if he's free and when Shido asks why, she tells him that she wanted to buy some drinks for their school trip and wanted him to choose some with her. Despite Shido's reluctance, Origami's persistence eventually makes him agree to do so. Meanwhile, Tohka, who is visibly crying, is running down a road while assuring herself that Shido won't leave her and that she just needs to ask him. Just as Tohka passes by the playground, she quickly spots Shido exit the bathroom stall there. Seeing Tohka surprises Shido and when she is about to ask him, Tohka immediately sees Origami exit the same bathroom to her shock. Tohka quickly asks Origami why she was in the same bathroom with Shido, but Origami insists that it's a secret between them. Tohka inquires Shido of what is going on but jumps to the conclusion that the two are going to elope, something that Origami lies about being her and Shido's goal, saddening Tohka, completely believing her lie. As Tohka cries out Shido's decision of choosing Origami over her, the area around them begin to break apart. Tohka then runs away in sadness and Shido goes to follow and try to clear things up. At the cliff overlooking the city, Shido spots Tohka there and when he tries to talk to her, Tohka refuses to listen to him, believing that Shido likes Origami more than her and when Shido is about to explain to her, Kotori contacts him through his earpiece and asks him what happened. Kotori then informs him about Tohka's emotional level and how her Spirit powers are starting to return to her. Reine hypothesizes that the reason as to why her Spirit powers have been returning to her repeatedly is likely due to the path starting to fade between them. Kotori theorizes over this that another spacequake may occur if the path disappears and instructs Shido to make Tohka feel better. Shido asks how, but Kotori reminds him of how they have been doing so since the beginning which Shido reiterates to himself: take the Spirits on dates and make them fall in love with him.

Soon after, Shido invites Tohka on a date with him around the town, mentioning that she has been wanting to go shopping with him, but Tohka refuses. Shido then promises to buy her anything she wants to eat, but Tohka still refuses. Shido asks her if she wants kinako bread instead, but Tohka still refuses. As soon as Shido mentions that she can have as many as she wants, Tohka eventually accepts. The two then make their trip to the bakery only find that Tohka's favorite bread is sold out. Kotori informs him that Tohka's happiness meter is going down again and tells him to do something. Shido opts to a visibly frustrated Tohka that they can buy some at other bakeries, but to Shido's disbelief, he and Tohka find that all of the bakeries around town are sold out of kinako bread. An upset Tohka asks Shido where they can find more and Shido assures her that he will find her her favorite food. Annoyed, Kotori wonders why the bread is suddenly sold out. Just then, Kannazuki returns to the bridge and is holding a load of kinako bread with him, stating how he thought it was a good idea to buy all of them just in case so they can avoid having Tohka lose control like earlier. He receives an earful from both Kotori and the other Fraxinus crew members to his confusion. Kotori then commands him to take them to Shido so he can give them to Tohka immediately. Walking back home, Tohka is once again happy as she munches on her kinako bread but asks Shido where he got them. Shido, on the other hand, tells her that she doesn't need to know which surprisingly is okay with. Returning home, Yoshino and Yoshinon welcome the him back home and Shido goes to the kitchen to start cooking. While Tohka and Yoshino stay downstairs to eat their lunch, Shido walks to his room and removes his earpiece. Inside, Shido notices that his luggage's lock is broken and decides to have it be repaired, while going to meet Origami again like he promised her. As Shido informs the two Spirits that he'll be going out, Tohka overhears him talking to Origami on his cellphone. Suspicious, Tohka glances over the soap opera and beieves her situation to be the same in it and she quickly runs up to Shido's room. Investigating inside, she notices that Shido's luggage is gone and runs back downstairs before storming outsides again to follow Shido.

As Tohka runs to find Shido, she passes by Tenguu Station and finds Shido there with Origami. While Shido asks Origami if they could bring his luggage to a repair shop, Tohka, unable to actually hear the two, misinterprets the two talking as Shido leaving her for Origami. Suddenly, she uses her Spirit powers to jump toward the two and take Shido's luggage, running away with it and leaving a surprised Shido and Origami to look on. Suddenly, a spacequake alarm goes off and Shido tells Origami to go to a shelter before pursuing Tohka by himself. Panic soon goes around the city as everyone evacuates to a shelter to avoid the oncoming spacialquake. Shido continues to find Tohka, who is unintentionally about to summon the spacequake. Kotori is unable to direct Shido to Tohka's location due to Shido leaving his earpiece at the house. Just as Kotori is about to command on of her crew to send Shido a new one, Kawagoe reports that Shido is headed towards the same direction Tohka is. Shido then arrives to where Tohka is: the playground where they ended their first date on.

A surprised Tohka asks how Shido knew she was there, and Shido simply says that he only knew. Tohka asks Shido if he really wants his luggage back that badly and asks if he is really going no matter what. Confused, Shido asks what she means, but Tohka yells at him to not lie to her. Summoning <Sandalphon>, Tohka announces that if Shido wants his luggage back and leave, then he will have to defeat her first. Not knowing what she is going on about, Shido says that he isn't going anywhere as he still needs to look after her and Yoshino and that he still has a test to study for. Tohka continues to misunderstand that Shido's luggage is his "goodbye box" that he was intending to bring with him and leave with Origami. Shido clears it up that the "box" is his luggage that he is going to use to go to the school trip with her. Tohka asks if he is saying the truth and that he isn't tired of being with her and Shido assures her that he isn't. As Shido walks to Tohka, the latter's Spirit powers suddenly go out of control and hit Shido. Reine reveals that the Spirit power flowing from Shido to Tohka has reached the danger zone and that the overflowing power will destroy the town and even Tohka herself. Kannazuki opts to retrieve Shido and discuss a strategy to handle the situation, but Kotori says that they don't have enough time for such and that the only thing they can do now is to bet on Shido to handle the situation by himself. Scared, Tohka asks Shido what is happening to her as another wave from her overflowing Spirit powers is unleashed. Shido tries to calm her down as he gets up to walk towards her. As he struggles to do so, the waves begin to visibly injure him and Tohka, worried for his safety, cries to him not to get closer. Shido refuses, saying how he promised to accept her and ease her worries about the world and blame himself for causing her to be so anxious right now. Getting close to Tohka, he tells her to grab his hand and assures her that things will be better. Unfortunately, another, bigger wave is unleashed which sends Shido flying upwards. Dropping <Sandalphon>, Tohka jumps up, grabs Shido's hand and rescues him. Just then, Shido kisses Tohka and seals her Spirit powers back to him. Reine reports that the Spirit path has been stabilized and Kotori is proud of her older brother. As Shido and Tohka safely land back down, Shido asks Tohka what she was gonna ask him but Tohka tells him not to worry about it as she has now finally found her answer for it. Tohka just smiles.

Later elsewhere, Westcott has just received news from his secretary Ellen that she had just detected the Spirit <Princess>, the same Spirit that was told to him disappeared at Tenguu City three months prior. Ellen's report shows to Westcott that <Princess> is currently attending Raizen High School at Tenguue City and Ellen reveals her going under the name of Tohka Yatogami. Interested, Westcott decides that they investigate this case... in their own way. Meanwhile, Kurumi is overlooking the city from above a building just as she senses someone near her. She spots this unseen person and begins to talk to them. She mentions how wonderful it is for a being like them exists, but says that she has to save up her time. She quickly shoots herself with her flinklock pistol, causing a clone of hers to seemingly fall dead in front of her. Kurumi says that she needs a certain someone's powers in order to fully use her Angel's final attack to achieve her goal: to kill the Spirit that appeared thirty years ago and the one who created Spirits like her in the first place, the First Spirit. Kurumi declares that no matter what, she won't give up on trying to kill the First Spirit with her own bare hands and just after that, she fires her pistol.

2 (14)- "Gufū no miko" ("Children of the Storm")
(颶風の御子)

Airdate: April 19, 2014

At school, Shido and all of his classmates all look in mix reactions at Tohka who is currently making herself look like a boy in front of them. Tohka asks that, since "he" is now a boy that he be in the same room Shido would be on their school field trip.

Ms. Okamine tries to dissuade her, but Origami surprisingly seconds Tohka's request and that she be allowed to sleep with the boys in their class, surprising everyone. Sensing an angle, Tohka quickly asks Origami what she is up to but Origami simply remarks that her persistence to sleep in the boys' room just impressed her. Ms. Okamine then tries to stop the two from furthering the discussion, but Origami suddenly mentions that since Tohka will be sleeping with the other boys, they must balance things out by making Shido dress up as a girl which Shido quickly shoots down. Origami insists, calling him "Shidomi" for starters, but Tohka refuses, saying how if Shido became a girl then he wouldn't be able to sleep in the same room as her, but Origami "encourages" her to stay strong as a boy now. As the two are about to start another argument again, Shido immediately tells both of them to calm down and defuses the situation before it gets worse. He tells them the boys and girls will be in separate rooms and that will be it. Ms. Okamine settles the situation, but quickly notes that they can discuss on who should sit next to who on the plane that they will be taking, causing the two to go head-to-head yet again to Shido's dismay.

Meanwhile in Fraxinus, Kotori talks to Reine about how Shido's school trip was changed from Okinawa to Arubi Island due to a sudden weather change. Reine mentions how a travel agency was the one who offered the change in destination on the condition that they take extraordinary photo shots of the trip which Reine sounds suspicious towards. Kotori asks her why and Reine reveals that the travel agency is affiliated with Deus Ex Machina Industries. On the plane, Shido is visibly annoyed at what is currently happening. Tohka is complaining at Origami for taking the seat next to the plane's window but Origami replies that she didn't specify where she wanted to sit. Just a couple of seats in front, Ellen is observing them while Ms. Okamine is continuously apologizing to the staff for her students' behavior. Tohka and Origami once again fight for Shido's attention on the plane, but Shido can only ask them to just let him rest a bit. Someone suddenly takes a picture of him and it's Ellen, who says that she just saw a nice expression on Shido and excuses herself from them. Tohka asks who the woman was and Shido answers that she is the photographer for the travel agency. As Ellen thinks to herself of seeing Tohka, Ai, Mai and Mii suddenly appear before Ellen and ask about her camera. Soon after, the class' plane lands on Arubi Island. Once on the island the entire class take in the view of the place. Shido and Tohka are near a road over a view of the ocean and Tohka is in awe of the sight. As Tohka expresses her happiness, she then looks around and tells Shido that she feels as though somebody is watching them. Shido tries to assure that it was just the photographer, but Tohka keeps her guard up.

In the clouds, an invisible airship is overlooking Arubi Island and monitoring Tohka and the commander of the airship expresses his doubt of the girl being a Spirit, Ellen, however, says that she may be a Spirit and that their alert level best stay as it is just in case. As Ms. Okamine gather all the students to form in line, Ellen mentions to the airship's commander that the wizard she told him about is among the students, referring to Origami, but notes that she may not be recognized. Ms. Okamine and Reine then instruct the students to gather in their respective classes and that they will be headed towards the Island's recording office. Up the road, Shido notices that the class have already formed a line and tells Tohka they get going, but Tohka, still suspicious that someone is watching them, runs off, causing Shido to follow her. Ellen, noticing the two separate from the other classes, instruct the airship to keep track and monitor their movements and to shut off all outside communications from the island. Ai, Mai and Mii suddenly pop up near and drag Ellen off along with the rest of them. Suddenly, the weather at the island changes. As Shido and Tohka are trying to catch up with the others who have already left, the two struggle to walk through the violent wind from the sudden weather change. As Shido is trying to see where they should go, a violent gust of wind catches the two by surprise. Shido grabs Tohka by the arm and the two walk down the side of the road for safety. Shido looks up to the sky and notices the clouds are forming around the island. Tohka then pushes Shido aside as three trash cans hit Tohka in the face in a row, thus knocking her out. Shido goes to her side and, with no other options, goes to carry her on his back. As Shido is about to carry her, the collision of two lightning bolts catches his attention, looking up to sky and see the two bolts contiuously clashing at each other. Shido wonders to himself it's a Spirit and an AST soldier fighting, but notes to himself that a spacialquake hasn't gone off yet. The clash between the two bolts of lightning result in one powerful collision that causes another violent gust of wind that sends Shido and an unconscious Tohka on the ground. Shido recovers quickly and looks up to see, to his surprise, two Spirits facing each other, both identical to one another. Meanwhile on <Fraxinus>, Kotori is about to head to a meeting at <Ratatoskr> headquarters between the Rounds. She leaves Kannazuki in charge of the airship and crew, with the crew feeling a bit unsure about the decision, but have no choice to agree to it due to Reine not being present. Just after Kotori leaves, Kannazuki commands the crew to take the airship just 15,000 meters above Arubi Island, with the crew still being unsure if he should be in charge at all.

On the island again, the two Spirits begin talking down to each other while revealing each other's names as Kaguya and Yuzuru, not noticing Shido who is watching them from the side of the road. All of a sudden, Reine contacts Shido through his intercom and asks him where he is. However, before Shido can say anything, the two Spirits then go ahead to attack one another, but Shido yells out to both of them, causing the two quickly avert their attacks, interrupting them and finally notice Shido just below the side of the road. Kaguya demand that Shido explain why he interrupted their duel, threatening to strike him with her weapon if he does not answer properly. Just then, Kaguya has an idea. Yuzuru inquires her. Kaguya mentions how they each have twenty-five wins and fourty-nine draws throughout their many contests but says that there is still one more that they can do to determine which of them will be the true winner and when Yuzuru asks her what it is, Kaguya knowingly looks back at Shido and grins. A while later back at the hotel, Origami and the rest of their class run outside and see Shido carrying an unconscious Tohka and along with the twins, who start asking Shido which of them he thinks is more charming. Seeing this, Origami can only ask who they are. Moments later, Reine tells Ms. Okamine that the twins are new transfer students to their class. Okamine wonders why she was not informed by the school about them, but Reine assures her that the school board may not have informed her in time and asks that she leave the two girls with her and to check back with the other students. Inside the room, Kaguya and Yuzuru are trying to seduce Shido on choosing which one of them he thinks is better suited for him. Remembering what happened a while ago, Kaguya proposes their next contest be about which of them is more attractive in order to see which one of them will become the true Yamai. Yuzuru accepts the challenge and Kaguya declares that it will be their last dule and whoever makes Shido fall for them first is the winner. Back to the present, the twins continue their attempt at seducing Shido at choosing one of them. Stressed, Shido asks the two to stop for a moment and then asks why they are even dueling to begin with. Kaguya and Yuzuru explain to him that initially they were both only a single Spirit called Yamai. The two continue that for unknown reasons, they were one day split into two and have since been fighting each other to see who is the true Yamai. Shido reviews that due to this, one day they have to return back to being a singular Spirit but the two new personalities of Kaguya and Yuzuru cannot coexist. Kaguya confirms as the original personality of Yamai has since been lost and that only one of them --- either her or Yuzuru --- will become the new Yamai.

Yuzuru further details that since then they have both engaged in different kinds of contests to determine the winner. Shido asks what will happen to the other that loses and Kaguya reveals that the losing twin will disappear. Shido is visibly bothered by this, but the twins are nonetheless okay with the way things are and that settling things this way is something they won't object to. Reine then reveals that she hasn't gotten any sort of communication with Fraxinus for a while now, but tells Shido not to worry as she will look into it. Reine asks the twins to come with her, telling them that she will teach them how to appeal to Shido more. Later that day, Shido asks himself if he should ask Reine what they should do for now and wonders what she meant earlier by "how to appeal to him". As he is about to enter the outdoor bath, he encounters the twins waiting for him there, asking him to take a bath already. Shido is confused as what this means, but later realizes what it really means when he finds himself between the twins who are in the bath with him. The two continue to argue over who charms him more. Shido asks why the two are in the bath with him as they are in the men's bath. However, much to his chagrin, the twins begin to press their bodies against his as they continue to fight over which one of them can seduce him first. Silence then breaks in as Shido notices that the two aren't doing anything until Kaguya offers Yuzuru go first, but the latter declines and instead offers that the former go first. Kaguya rejects, causing Yuzuru to suspect that she doesn't know what exactly to do at this point which Kaguya denies, saying that she knows very well what technique to use on Shido to make him pay attention to her more, prompting Yuzuru to demand that Kaguya show off her "techniques". Kaguya stands up and begins posing awkwardly, much to Yuzuru's delight and Shido's confusion. Embarrassed, Kaguya sits back down in the water. Yuzuru taunts Kaguya, causing the latter to demand that she show off her own technique next which Yuzuru simlpy acknowledges. She then goes to Shido and blows a kiss to him, which Kaguya laughs off as being pathetic. The twins once again start arguing over this, reaching a point where they bicker over each other's appeal on their chests. As they continue bickering more and more, Shido visibly wonders to himself what he should do until he notices someone from inside the changing room. Shido interrupts the two's argument about the people coming in, worrying about the twins being seen in the men's bath, at which the two tell him not to worry about it.

Suddenly, Tohka comes outside and jumps in the water and as soon as she resurfaces, notices Shido is there with the twins. Both Shido and Tohka then let out screams of embarrassment over the sight of each other. Tohka quickly asks why Shido is there, but Shido quickly asks her why she is in the men's bath. Tohka answers that she just followed what the others instructed her to do and went inside the one with the red sign. Only then does Shido realize that the twins switched the signs, which they confirmed doing so before he came in, but switched them back afterwards. Shido sighs at his unfortunate predicament, but Tohka can only complain about not being first in the bath. Shido then gets up and decides to leave, but the sudden arrival of Ai, Maii, Mii and Origami divert his plan into hiding from them. Hiding behind a big rock, Shido panics on what he should do escape without being seen. Tohka then says that she will help him escape, telling him to just hide behind her and when it's clear, he should run, mentioning that it isn't his fault in the first place. Shido thanks her for her assistance. As Tohka hides Shido behind her, she is spotted by Ai, Mai and Mii who go over to her, asking her what is wrong. Tohka begins frantically flailing around to avoid Shido being detected, but the three continue to come closer. Tohka quickly distracts the three by pointing at an imaginary kinako bread in the sky, giving Shido the moment to run to the edge of the cliff, seeing the ocean below. Shido hesitates to jump for his escape, but Tohka walks back and accidentally knocks him down into the ocean. At night, Reine is in her room working on her computer until somebody opens her door. It's Shido, who is cold and wet and only wearing his bath towel, having just gotten out of the cold ocean water.

Elsewhere, Ellen reports to the invisible airship to send a <Bandersnatch> unit and have them standby.

3 (15)- "Futatsu no negai" ("Two wishes")
(ふたつの願い)

Airdate: April 26, 2014

Both Kaguya and Yuzuru continue their efforts to seduce Shido, with the two having gone into Shido's room at the resort to do so, much to Shido's embarrassment.

Meanwhile, both Tohka and Origami argue over which of them will take care of Shido until Ai, Mai and Mii propose of a better way for them to figure out who can do so. As the two enter the trio's room, Ellen decides to inspect and orders three <Bandersnatch> units be deployed outside just in case due to Origami being with them. As she opens the door, however, a pillow suddenly hits her straight in the face, causing her to be found by Ai, Mai and Mii. Back with Shido, he struggles to break free from the twins' grasps. Outside his room, Tamae wonders why the group are so energetic this late and knocks on Shido's room to check up on him after being informed that he is sick. Unfortunately, a naked Shido comes out bursting through the door after managing to escape from the twins but falls on Tamae, causing both her and him to scream in embarrassment.

Above Arubi Island, James Paddington along with his crew monitor the resort aboard the <Arbatel>, at which he orders the three Bandersnatch Ellen had asked be deployed be brought back immediately. The next day, Shido awaits the twins at the beach and is guided by Reine. Shido muses the thought of letting the twins just win him over at which Reine agrees to due to that allowing her to have the twins follow her instructions on how to win his affections, which allows her to control their actions at some degree. Hearing this, Shido adds that if they follow her plan then the chance of sealing both of them could work, but Reine says that, based on the twins' characteristics, if he were to kiss one of them, there is no telling how the other will react but Reine is sure it won't be positive. Reine encourages Shido since this may be their only chance at sealing the two as another chance may not come again. Shido promises to do whatever he can to save the two at any cost, as he remembers of their previous conversation yesterday. Reine then cuts off communication with Shido to avoid confusion. Kaguya and Yuzuru then find Shido at the beach where he compliments the two on their swimsuits. Kaguya and Yuzuru then propose that Shido rub suntan lotion on their body. Both of the twins get into another argument over who has a more appealing skin and which of them Shido favors more. Shido then goes to rub the lotion on the two until Kaguya turns on top of Yuzuru and asking Shido to put some on her first. Yuzuru rolls back on top of Kaguya and asks Shido to put some on her next. The two suddenly start fighting over who goes next until Shido decides to just to put the lotion on both of them at the same time, which causes the two let out a faint moan, later leaving the two nearly motionless to Shido's confusion. Meanwhile, Ellen continues spying on Tohka and instructs the <Arbatel> to follow Tohka's trail and send a Bandersnatch unit just in case just before she falls into a sand pit dug by Ai, Mai and Mii who then playfully plant her under the sand along with Tonomachi, much to Ellen's chagrin. Later on at the beach, Tohka and Origami meet up with Shido, Kaguya and Yuzuru. Shido notices how the twins seem to know both Tohka and Origami, and the two explain -- Kaguya had decided to befriend Tohka and assign her as her kinsman, while Yuzuru had asked Origami for advise and go under her tutelage.

Origami asks what the three of them were doing at the beach and as Shido nervously tries to explain, Reine covers for him by saying that they will be playing beach volleyball. Shido asks Reine in private why she appeared so suddenly. Reine answers that because Tohka and Origami have appeared, they have to change their plan. During the volleyball match, Reine matches Shido with the twins in order to their their bond with him by having them play together. Reine teams up with Tohka and Origami against Shido and the twins in the match. Shido worries that the twins may not work together properly, neither does he think the same for Tohka and Origami. Reine tells him not to worry as he secretly told the latter two that the winning team will be told a secret about Shido, causing Shido to now worry for himself. During the match, the twins are unable to play properly together until Tohka and Origami tease the two for not being able to beat them do they start to work together more efficiently. When they manage to score against Tohka and Origami, the two happily celebrate before breaking away from each other and continue their usual bickering. Afterwards, behind a small shed, Shido talks to Reine and asks if their plan will really work and Reine then expresses that she isn't sure herself. Kaguya then pops out and asks Shido if she can talk to her about something. Shido quietly asks Reine if she instructed her to do this which Reine says that she didn't. Shido notices how nervous Kaguya is, which the latter tries to act up as not being the case but loses the facade when Shido glances at her with a look, she becomes embarrassed and tries to cover it up by telling Shido that this is her usual self. Kaguya then gets to the point and asks Shido if tomorrow he has to choose between her and Yuzuru, which Shido confirms. Kaguya then quickly tells Shido that he choose Yuzuru over her. On the otherhand, later on Yuzuru asks Shido to choose Kaguya over her. When Shido asks why, both twins, while not knowing what the other has asked Shido to do, reason that they just want the other to be happy. Shido tells them differently that they will disappear if he chose the other, and both reaffirm this to him. Shido asks why, and Kaguya and Yuzuru both want the other to live and see more of this world, with Kaguya saying that this is the reason why she decided a battle of charm, and Yuzuru revealing why she accepted the challenge as the two both differently state the other is cuter and more suitable to be the true Yamai.

Kaguya and Yuzuru remind Shido that he choose the other, otherwise, the living half will blow everyone on the island away. Shido is left lost about this whole thing, about how their was no ulterior motive to begin with and how one only wants the other to live, while accepting the fate of disappearing forever. Later that night in the resort, Shido remembers what both twins had asked him to do in their favor. He is unhappy with the way things are going and becomes lost in his thoughts until Tohka catches his attention after calling out to him numerous times. Tohka then invites Shido to go see the ocean with her while it's night time. On Fraxinus, the crew are having a hard time trying to reach Reine and Shido, though not having any sort of communication malfunction. One of the crew hypothesizes that somebody may be sabotaging their signal, but are left to figure out who. On the island, Ellen tails Tohka and Shido and commands the Arbatel to begin sending in their Bandersnatch units on her location as she will now begin her attack on them, but also asks that they send some near the hotel just in case Origami sees anything suspicious. Alone, Shido and Tohka walk around the beach. Tohka admits that she lied about wanting to see the ocean with him and that she only wanted to talk to him, expressing how she felt as though they haven't talked that much since they got to the island, asking if it's alright to talk to him alone. Shido simply smiles as a response. Tohka asks him what is going on, saying how she noticed as though he looks troubled lately, but dismisses it if it's nothing important that he wants to tell her. Shido asks Tohka if he can hear him out and Tohka gladly accepts. On the Arbatel, Paddington's crew have spotted an unknown source intermittenly communicating with Arubi Island. Back with Shido, he has just finished telling Tohka about the situation he is in concerning Kaguya and Yuzuru. Tohka understands the situation, expressing how if it meant losing her life just so Shido could live, she would do the same. She quickly asks Shido to forget what she just said. Shido asks what he should do about this, until a strong wind interrupts.

Shido looks around and spots Kaguya, having heard what he just said about Yuzuru's wish for her. Not a second later, Yuzuru appears and has heard everything herself as well. Shido tries to defuse the inevitable tension, but the twins, enraged at each other, ignore and summon their Astral Dresses and Angel and dark storm begins to envelop the island. Elsewhere, Origami has walked outside the hotel looking for Shido, but finds herself faced with a lone Bandersnatch. Reine suddenly appears and asks her what she's doing outside. Momentarily distracted, Origami is too late to see the robot lunge at her and Reine. Back on Fraxinus, Kannazuki commands the crew to take the airship a thousand meters above ground level, a personnel be sent to communicate directly and deploy <Yggdrasil>. Kannazuki then turns off the airship's stealth mode, making themselves be revealed by the Arbatel until Fraxinus disappears again. Paddington recognizes the airship as belonging to Ratatoskr and orders his men to exterminate the airship when it is spotted again.

On the island, the twins start arguing over the other's decision of sacricing themselves for them. The twins then decided to put an end to their fighting like they started it in the first place: a duel, as whoever is left standing is the victor. The two then clash and begin their heated fight while Shido powerlessly yells at the two to stop.

4 (16)- "Kengen" ("Manifestation")
(顕現)

Airdate: May 3, 2014

The woman stalking Tohka and Shido before, Ellen, finally reveals her true colors and orders a pack of mechs called Bandersnatch units after Tohka in an attempt to capture her. During the clash, Tohka gets incapacitated and captured only for Shido to call upon her sword Sandalphon to break the Bandersnatch off her. Meanwhile, Kannazuki and his crew on board the Fraxinus gets attacked by an enemy airship. Kannazuki launches a counterattack after deflecting several shots, leading to a full-scale dogfight between the two ships. Back at Shido's battle, Ellen falls down into a pit trap (oddly enough) dug by Ai, Mai, and Mii allowing Shido and Tohka to escape. Running to Kaguya and Yuzuru, he summons Tohka's power to intervene the duel and convinces both the girls to forget about becoming Yamai and focus on enjoying their lives together. Noticing the airship that attacked the Fraxinus, the twins combine their powers and eviscerate the ship with one massive blast. After the incident, Shido successfully seals the Yamai twins' powers, unfortunately stripping them of their clothes just as Tohka arrives. Meanwhile, Kotori learns from a strange man that Shido has manifested a Spirit's power and she might have to kill Shido if the situation worsens. Even though Kotori would never want to harm her brother.

5 (17)- "Diva" ("Dīva")
(ディーヴァ)

Airdate: May 10, 2014

The suspension placed on Origami is finally lifted while Ryōko is having some complaints and a new character is introduced into the series. Shido is selected as the organizer of the Ten-Oh Festival. After a spatial quake alarm goes off, Shido gets working and a new Spirit, Diva, makes an appearance, who proves to be more of a challenge than the other Spirits. AST interrupts Diva and they go on trying to take her down, resulting in her escaping after Shido encounters himself in a troublesome situation. Diva - Miku Izayoi - is disclose as a full-blown idol that hates all men, meaning Shido has no chance of winning her over. This leads the Fraxinus crew to decide that Shido has to cross-dress as Shiori in order for him to get close to Miku. Approaching her on stage, Shiori quickly befriends Miku then when having tea with her she strongly requests Shiori to transfer to her school as of close contact. Using her manipulative voice, Shiori is unaffected, leading Miku to suspect "her". Failing to make negotiation, Miku challenges Shiori to a competition at the Festival where if one loses, the latter has to offer herself. Meanwhile, Jessica Bailey from the DEM instructs AST to capture Tohka and Shido.

6 (18)- "Gāruzu Myūjikku" ("Girls Music")
(ガールズ・ミュージック)

Airdate: May 17, 2014

Mana wakes up from her coma and is surprised to see herself being alive despite her body have taken several bullets from Kurumi about a month ago. As she raises her body and pulls out the drip that is poking into her left arm, the door of the sickroom opens. Then, A few people wearing black suits enters the room. They asks her to confirm if she really is Takamiya Mana in which she response to them with a question about who they are. Moments later, a nurse comes into her room to check on Mana since she saw some problems with her Electro-Cardiogram and is shocked to see that she had disappeared.

Kotori tells Shido that she didn't expect for the event to turn into a stage competition with <Diva> in which Shido apologizes about suddenly becoming a hot-headed. Then, she assures that it cannot be helped since he already accepted the challenge and that <Ratatoskr> will go all-out and to win the competition. She then asks him to find a way to get into the stage while leaving the rest to <Ratatoskr>.

In the music room, Shido, Tohka, and Origami then joined Ai, Mai and Mii's band after hearing that they are losing members because of Ai's selfishness. Ai inquires Shido the kind instrument he's good at and he answers that he can play guitar. Ai then says she will be the bassist, Mai will be the drummer, and Mii will be the keyboardist. Moments after she said that, Tohka becomes disappointed because she cannt be the drummer. Seeing that, Shido convinces her to play another instrument besides the drum. Ai, Mai, and Mii gave a tambourine to Tohka in a somewhat chuunibyou manner and thus she becomes a tambourinist. Origami was appointed to be the vocalist due to her good singing voice.

In the hangar room, Origami feels strange and furrows her eyes slightly because the other AST members in the hangar aren't behaving like usual while she is doing her duty. She immediately grabs Mildred's neck as she passes through her and brings her outside the hangar room. Origami asks Mildred what is she hiding, and then she answered while stuttering that she isn't hiding anything from her. After being pressured by Origami, Mildred then begins to tell her about their mission tomorrow. However, just as Origami is about to hear the mission from Mildred, Jessica interrupts their conversation.

Seemly giving up, Origami goes to the changing room and coincidentally, Ryouko is in the room too. Ryouko lets out a sigh of tiredness and then speak about tomorrow's mission, pretending as if she never noticed Origami existence inside the room. She also adds that she might forget to lock the door of the second hangar, and leave Origami alone in the room after saying that it's up to her now.

The next day during Tennou Festival, the Raizen High female students are cosplaying as maids in order to run their “Maid Café (☆) Raizen” as this is the only way to win against Rindouji. Shido catches a glimpse of Kurumi eating a candy apple while he is handing out the posters. After that, Reine calls upon him but, unfortunately for Shido, Reine brings Yoshino with her which in turn, embarrassed him because he doesn't want Yoshino to see him wearing girl's clothes. After they went inside the café, Miku closed in to the maid café and stands in front of him. After a short conversation, she invites Shido to go on a date.

Everything goes smoothly during their date until Miku's request for a prize to give to Shido without winning the game, thus making him angry. Miku then calls off their date and says she'll wait for him on the stage if he is able to stand on it. Meanwhile on Origami's side, she is standing in front of <White Licorice>, knowing full well that she will be punished once again if she use it.

Shido is originally unclear about the true meaning behind Miku's words. However, he finally did as Ai, Mai, Mii have been brainwashed by Miku and without Origami who is the vocalist, they cannot perform on the stage. Kotori then decides that he would have to lip-sync the song and she will call for replacements.

Shido and Tohka go to a catwalk placed opposite to the stage to see Miku's performance. She starts to perform her first song, Mermaid Lovestory, with several back dancers accompanying her on the stage. Both of them are amazed by her powerful performance. However, just as Miku is about to start singing her second song, the stage is filled with darkness. It turns out to be one of Kotori's scheme to turn down the hype and will turn on the lights again after the crowd has calmed down. Unexpectedly, Miku manifests her Astral Dress in front of the whole crowd and started her second performance with a song called Monochrome.

After Miku's stage performance ended, Tohka remarks that it is amazing while Shido worries over how can they beat her. Moments later, the Yamai Sisters meet both of them at the catwalk and somehow cheered Shido up a bit.

Meanwhile Origami is fighting the AST, preventing them from going after Shido and Tohka. Which leads to the lip-sync not working. When Shido has about given up hope, Tohka starts singing solo, and rising the band's spirits, gets the gang playing again. They finish the song and highfive.

Origami is fighting the AST still when blood runs down her face, showing that she is reaching her limit of being in the machine.

7 (19)- "Hagun Utahime (Gaburieru)" ("The Army-Destroying Songstress (Gabriel)")
(破軍歌姫(ガブリエル))

Airdate: May 24, 2014

As the 25th Annual Tennou Festival stage performance results are being announced, outside Tengu Square, Origami is still fighting off the DEM Wizards with the <White Licorice>. Raizen High School, which Shido, Tohka, and the Yamai Sisters are affiliated with, got the second place for the stage portion. While the first place goes to the strong performance of Rindouji's Girls' Academy, whom Miku is affiliated with.

Next is the announcement of the total results from the first day. Miku then told [Shiori] that [she] lost because [she] was too dependent on her friends. Miku then said that [she], and the other five Spirits [she] sealed now belongs to her. However, Miku was interrupted by the announcement that the first place overall for the first day goes to Raizen High School. This was because in the food booths portion, Raizen High's maid cafe received the highest percentage of votes that made them win from behind. Frustrated that she lost, Miku then summoned her Angel, Gabriel to emit a wave that caused everyone who have heard its sound to be hypnotized.

As Miku was touching [Shiori], she suddenly touched a bouncy thingy. She ordered some people to remove Shiori's underwear and was confirmed to be a man. Angry because of tricking her, Miku then mobilize the hypnotized people to get [Shiori]. With nowhere to run, [Shiori] is forced to stop Miku but was eventually stopped by Yoshino and the Yamai Sisters together with their Angels who appeared to be also hypnotized. As [Shiori] is about to be attacked, Tohka then rescued [her], who appears to be unhypnotized because of wearing in-ear monitors. As [Shiori] is contacting Kotori to pick them up with the Fraxinus, she also appears to be hypnotized. Kotori then prepares to blast the central stage of Tengu Square using Mystletainn but was eventually suppressed by Mana before she touches the fire button.

Above the Tengu Square, Origami is still battling Jessica and the rest of DEM. As she was about to be defeated, Mystletainn was then fired by Fraxinus to the Bandersnatch and DEM Wizards and Mana came to rescue her. Mana quickly destroyed Jessica's armaments and forced them to retreat. Meanwhile, Tohka is protecting Shido and at the same time fighting Miku and the defected Spirits. Ellen then interrupted and profess that she came to capture Tohka and [Shiori]. Tohka grabbed and threw [Shiori] outside to avoid [her] being captured. Due to the weaker power of Tohka, she is easily immobilized by Ellen and is eventually abducted. [Shiori], being helpless and with almost of the city under control by Miku, forced to retreat.

As Shido is hiding from the defected mob and is eventually in despair on how to save Tohka, Kurumi then showed up. Desperate enough, Shido asks Kurumi's help to save Tohka. Kurumi laughs and said that it looks like an unexpected turn of events. Meanwhile, Tohka wakes up inside an isolation room on one of the DEM's buildings. She is then confronted by Ellen, and when she forced to break free, she is then suppressed by Ellen's Territory which is known to be the most accurate among all Wizards. She is then prepared to be interrogated.

Kurumi and Shido then headed to Miku's house. Shido, being anxious, told her that he has to save Tohka as soon as possible. Kurumi then replied that they have to take care of Miku first. After teasing Shido, she then grabbed a photo and a music album of Miku, with her old stage name printed on it. Kurumi then used her Tenth Bullet: Yud on it to peek into the past of Miku. Meanwhile, Ai, Mai, and Mii was asked by Miku if they found Shido. They answered that a lot of people actually saw him but are unaware of his whereabouts. Kurumi and Shido then arrived at Tengu Square. Kurumi told Shido that this is the easiest way to get to Miku and to persuade her is up to him. He is actually seen by Miku from the cameras and said that she knew already his true name and identity.

8 (20)- "Hatasubeki Yakusoku" ("The Promise to Keep")
(果たすべき約束)

Airdate: May 31, 2014

Shido allies with Kurumi and returns back to the stage where Miku and the other Spirits are. Confronted by civilians brainwashed by Miku, Kurumi activates her City of Devouring Time to easily incapacitate them. As they arrive at the center of the stage, Shido states that she wants to talk to Miku about Tohka. However, Miku refuses to listen and uses her March to empower the humans in the crowd to resist the effects of Kurumi’s shadow. In response, Kurumi summons the hands of her clones to restrain the crowd. Soon afterwards, Yoshino and the Yamai sisters assume their angels and Kurumi retaliates by summoning her clones. As the clones provide a distraction, Kurumi shoots Shido with the first bullet in order accelerate him towards Miku. Then, she drags both of them into her shadow so that they can have a one on one conversation.

Within Kurumi’s shadow, Shido pleads for Miku’s help in rescuing Tohka from DEM. Miku refuses, stating that it’s impossible for someone to want to save someone else. As Shido is about to say something, Kurumi drags both of them out of her shadow, saying that time is already up. Grabbing Shido with her, Kurumi escapes by using the first bullet again. After getting away, Shido apologizes to Kurumi for wasting the opportunity that she gave him. However, Kurumi says its fine, since they made Miku wary of her powers, but she still teases Shido for thinking that she alone wasn’t enough. Then, she requests a pat on the head from Shido as a reward, which he reluctantly agrees to do. Afterwards, Kurumi informs Shido that her clones have found Tohka’s location, at the DEM no. 1 building of their Japanese branch.

At the DEM building, Tohka is confronted by both Ellen and Westcott, with Westcott complaining to Ellen about how Tohka does not seem to like him. Westcott informs Tohka that he intends to use her powers as a Spirit to turn the ways of the world upside down. Westcott then notes that Tohka’s state is stable right now, so they need to make her feel despair in order to accomplish their plans. After listing out various forms of torture, Westcott makes a closing remark about hurting her loved ones, which makes Tohka concerned about Shido. Ellen confirms to Westcott that Tohka is probably thinking about Shido, which makes Westcott state that they must prepare for his arrival.

As Kurumi and Shido arrive at the DEM building, the both hear the spacequake alarm go off. Kurumi says that it’s probably to avoid witnesses so that DEM could go all out. Kurumi once again summons her clones to confront the Bandersnatch units and Wizards sent after them. After arriving at the front entrance, Kurumi is attacked by Mana. Kurumi says that the situation is perfect, since she has another matter to attend to with DEM. Before leaving, she assures Shido that the distraction made by her clones would continue. Soon afterwards, Mana hands Shido an intercom that connects with her Kotori. Kotori apologizes for her actions while brainwashed, but states it is too dangerous to just charge into DEM’s headquarters. However, Shido says it’s impossible, since she said that DEM is willing to kill Spirits. Kotori ultimately relents and allows Shido to proceed, but warns him that communications with Fraxinus would most likely be jammed once he went into the building. However, Shido is soon separated from Mana after they are attacked by Jessica, who had equipped herself with <Scarlet Licorice>.

Meanwhile, back at the AST base, Mikie is trying to prevent Origami from leaving, since she is still on probation from using the Realizer. She states that Shido is seen as an accomplice of <Nightmare> and therefore AST’s enemy. However, Origami states that is all the more reason to go, since Shido had given her a reason to keep living. Hearing this, Mikie gives up and agrees to help Origami.

As Shido continues to move inside the DEM building, he is quickly discovered by some Wizards and restrained by their territory. Refusing to give out, Shido lets out a scream and accidentally summons <Sandalphon>. He lets out a slash that blows away one of the Wizards, but is soon stabbed by the other one. Refusing to give up, he knocks the other one out with <Sandalphon>’s hilt. As Kotori’s healing powers start to kick in, he struggles to continue walking towards Tohka.

9 (21)- "Miku no shinjitsu" ("The Truth About Miku")
(美九の真実)

Airdate: June 7, 2014

Ryouko Kusakabe and her AST squad arrive at the DEM Japanese Headquarter and find a group <Bandersnatch> units engaged with a group of Kurumi's shadow clones. Meanwhile inside the headquarter, Shido continues onward to save Tohka, knocking down a group of DEM Wizards along the way before he is eventually stopped by another group. As he is pinned by the Wizards' Territory to the ground, Miku suddenly appears and uses her Angel to save Shido.

She then has the still brainwashed Yoshino and Yamai twins stay outside and fend off the rest of DEM's troops while she and Shido move forward to find Tohka. On their way, Shido asks if Miku is here to help him because of the promise from before, however, Miku shouts at him that it isn't the case.

Outside, Mana deals with a now increasingly mentally unstable Jessica Bailey, getting savagely attacked in the process. To her surprise, Ellen teams up with Jessica against her but before she is finished off, Origami appears and protects her. Asking Mana where Shido is, Origami quickly turns her attention toward the DEM headquarter before being halted by Ellen. Back inside the DEM headquarter, Miku manipulates one of the Wizards to tell her and Shido of Tohka's whereabouts and learn that she is being held at the 18th Floor and gives her an ID card in order to get in when they get there. On the way, Shido and Miku encounter another group of DEM troops but Miku is able to fend them all off with her Spirit power, unaware that two others are behind her, prompting Shido to defend her, taking the two out as well with Sandalphon's power but, due to his increasing exhaustion and injuries, begins to feel weak.

Shido, however, continues on, with Miku chastising him for his actions and to just give in to his fatigue. She continues by saying that if she gives up now, he can stop his whole heroic act and they can leave without worrying of having to die. Shido then snaps and tells her to shut up, telling her that nobody can ever replace Tohka, pressing on while leaving Miku momentarily speechless. Miku then counters by saying that she believes that Shido's mission to save Tohka is all a pointless act made by him. When Shido begins to ask why she hates people so much, Miku yells that humans are nothing to her but her toys for her own amusement -- with the men being her slaves and the women being her playthings -- and tells him that that is all they are worth but isn't enough for her.

Upon being asked by Shido why she hates humans so much, Miku bluntly says that it is just the way they are causing Shido to put the answer to her back by saying that she also was human once. Shido says that, before Phantom turned her into a Spirit, she used to be a human just like him, no different from the rest. Confirming what he said, Miku asks him how he knew, but Shido only says that an accomplice of his told him, referring to what Kurumi did when they were at Miku's mansion. Miku then yells at Shido that he doesn't know anything about her, with Shido agreeing but tells her he would if she would just talk to him.

Miku then gives in and tells Shido about her past. She explains that when she was still human, she enjoyed her career as an idol, and one day when her first album had come out, her manager had set her up with a producer for an oppurtunity to star on television but learned that there was a catch to it, shocking Shido. Miku continues that when she had rejected the offer, a scandal of her was brought out by the producer and nobody, not even her fans, had come to defend her. One day when she had tried to prove herself to her fans in a concert she lost her voice due to the pressure. Shido then consoles her but Miku yells back that Shido is the same, causing Shido to counter her by saying that she had let her own fear and anger toward people get the best of her as a group of DEM soldiers appear, with Miku shouting at Shido to shut up, fortunately knocking out the soldiers.

Miku stubbornly yells at Shido, calling him an idiot, with the latter saying that she's only mad because he is right. Miku disapproves before insulting him again. Having enough, Shido swears that once he has saved Tohka, he is surely going to seal Miku's powers before taking down another group of soldiers up ahead with Sandalphon. Shido then urges her that he only wants her to stop hiding behind her power and just be herself again, but Miku disagrees as so long as she has her powers she can be the best idol there is, questioning him that if her powers were to be gone who would listen to her. Shido tells her that he will in place of all of her fans, revealing that he had listen to one of her old songs but commented that he liked it, knowing well that she gave it her best. Miku refuses to believe him as none of her fans will come to her defense, though Shido reassures her that he will be there for her, as well as tons of her other fans. He then persuades her that if none of her fans were to stay by her side then he will, telling her that she will have him to listen to her at the very least.

Slightly grateful, however, Miku says to Shido that she knows he will break his promise to her, once again refusing to believe him, eventually, Shido and Miku reach the 18th floor. Back outside, Origami is confronted by Ellen, who warns her that she will die if she tries fighting her, but Origami says it will be worth it so long as she can save Shido. Opening fire on Ellen, she eventually runs out of ammo. Ellen appears unscathe from her attack but is distracted by the collapsing debris of the building behind her. Origami takes the oppurtunity to attack Ellen but the latter manages to dodge and subdue Origami immediately, impressed by her failed strategy against her. Before Ellen can kill her, a sudden energy blast above prompts Ellen to release a Territory to protect herself. The blast was from <Fraxinus> on Kannazuki's order. Taken by surprise by the attack, Origami frees herself and manages to wound Ellen but is sent crashing to a nearby building by her Territory. Angry, Ellen then prepares to personally kill Origami before she is contacted by Westcott, leaving behind Origami and goes straight back to the DEM headquarter.

Meanwhile, Shido and Miku successfully find Tohka, who is unconscious in an empty room. Shido rushes in to get her but is interrupted by a voice who greets him. It's Westcott. Shido and Miku ready themselves, with Westcott introducing himself to the two. As Westcott congratulates Miku's arrival, he asks who Shido is, who reveals his name, causing Westcott to laugh in surprise. Shido then demands that Westcott let Tohka free, who in turn asks him what he will do if he were to refuse. Shido once again demands that he let Tohka free, with Westcott complying and lets Tohka free, who manages to regain consciousness and sees Shido. Suddenly, a glass panel separates the two, and Shido asks Miku to brainwash Westcott, with the latter warning Shido that if he continues to stand where he is, he will be in danger. Suddenly, Shido is stabbed by Ellen, with Shido falling into unconsciousness due to the severe stab wound and blood loss.

Westcott then orders Ellen to kill Shido right in front of Tohka, also telling Tohka that she may use any means necessary to try and stop Ellen. Desperate to save Shido, Tohka continuously summons Sandalphon and tries to break through the glass but to no avail. With the thought of losing Shido spurring in her mind, the despair within Tohka causes her to Inverse. Aboard <Fraxinus>, Kotori learns from the crew that the flow of spirit energy has gone negative. Westcott then comments on the Kingdom's Inversion, announcing the return of the Demon King.

10 (22)- "Hanten" ("Inversion")
(反転)

Airdate: June 14, 2014

In the 18th floor of the Japanese DEM headquarter, Shido regains consciousness and notices a swirl of negative spiritual energy in front of him. As the energy fades, he finds Tohka within it, now dressed in a completely different attire and with her Angel having also changed. As Shido tries to speak, Tohka asks in confusion where she is with an expressionless face. Seeing Miku, Tohka demands she tell her where she is and why she was brought there, with Miku answering in compliance, telling her that she was kidnapped by the Wizard standing behind her, Ellen Mathers.

Westcott then expresses his amazement at Tohka's transformation, then orders Ellen to kill her. Outside the headquarter, Jessica, having lost all sense of control of herself, unleashes a barrage of missiles against Mana. Dodging Jessica's territories, Mana avoids a blast from her CR-Unit and attacks her, but is easily blocked by Jessica's Protect Realizer, however causing Jessica to cough blood. Mana tells Jessica to give up but the latter fires against her. Jessica then expresses her jealousy of Mana about her being chosen by Westcott and Ellen as Adeptus 2 instead of her, stating herself to be better suited for the position than her. Mana then engages her one last time, but expresses her sympathy toward Jessica before finally defeating her.

Back in the DEM headquarter, Tohka and Ellen are engaged in a vicious duel. Tohka dodges Ellen's last attack, prompting Ellen to use <Rhongomiant> to easily finish Tohka off. Shido then shouts out Tohka's name with Ellen thinking she won. To her surprise, Tohka survived the attack and decides to use her Demon King, <Nahemah>, against Ellen, who then charges at and tries to attack her, at which Tohka is able to block easily with just her hand. Seeing Westcott, Tohka then decides to attack him, prompting Ellen to go and protect Westcott, leading her to take the hit instead. Miku then protects both herself and Shido from Nahemah's blast. Out of the rubble, Ellen was able to protect Westcott in time, with Westcott asking her what she now thinks of Tohka, with Ellen noting that she has now grown stronger than before and states that she is now at least a SS-Class Spirit.

Westcott then asks Ellen if she can still fight, however Ellen says that she can't fight <Princess> if she is not at her best, reasoning that she was injured earlier during their defense of the headquarter. Westcott then suggests that they retreat for now, citing that they were able to bring out Tohka's inversion and also see someone rather "interesting", referring to Shido. Westcott then bids farewell to Shido and Miku, telling them that they should meet again if they were to survive. Westcott strangely calls Shido as "Takamiya" but reverts back to "Itsuka", causing Shido to ask him if he knows who he is, but Westcott says that he doesn't, not even the slightest. Westcott and Ellen then leave behind Shido and Miku to deal with Inverse Tohka.

Tohka then attacks both of them, but as they are about to be hit by her attack, <Sandalphon> is summoned and protects both Shido and Miku, with Inverse Tohka demanding they tell her why Shido has that particular Angel. When Shido asks if she really does not remember who he is, mentioning her name and upon hearing his words, Tohka asks if he is referring to her. Kotori then contacts Shido, asking him what happened. Shido explains the situation to Kotori and asks if Tohka can be sealed, however, Reine doubts the possibility of Tohka being sealed at her current state of mind, with Kotori agreeing, telling Shido to try his best to make Tohka remember who he is to her and be careful. Shido then tries to talk to Tohka, but is immediately blasted away by <Nahemah>.

Miku then uses her Angel to restrain Tohka to give Shido the opportunity to get close to her, but Tohka is able to break free and causes Miku's voice to temporarily be lost. Inverse Tohka then attacks Miku, but before she is hit, Shido is able to manifest Yoshino's Angel, <Zadkiel>, in time, creating a barrier of ice that protected both him and Miku. Surprised to see that Shido had protected her and kept his promise, Miku changes her view of him. Upon hearing Miku call Shido's name, Inverse Tohka begins to feel a short pain in her head, but relieves it by injuring herself with her Demon King. Deciding to finish Shido off once and for all, Inverse Tohka summons Nahemah's final form, <Paverschlev>. Unable to use her powers to stop Tohka, Miku decides to protect Shido herself. Before Inverse Tohka is able to unleash Paverschlev's power, she is immediately distracted by the arrival of Yoshino, who is now free from Miku's control, but is blown away.

Shido assures Miku that he will save Tohka, saying that he always keep his promises and goes to face Tohka. Calling out her name, Shido catches Inverse Tohka's attention, who begins to feel a strange feeling but shakes it off, and ultimately unleashes the power of <Paverschlev> toward Shido, resulting in mass destruction to where it was pointed at. Miku looks back and sees the devastation and falls to her knees before angrily looking back at Tohka, the latter whom believes has now finally rid herself of Shido. To her surprise, she finds Shido still alive, having been saved by the timely arrival of the Yamai sisters, with Shido expressing his gratitude to the two for saving him. Shido then descends toward Tohka, whom then receives a flashback of Shido calling out her name as he falls from the sky. Confused, she is then faced by Shido, floating in front of her.

Disarming <Sandalphon>, Inverse Tohka asks in surprise why he dropped his weapon, with Shido answering that he doesn't need it. Shido then kisses Tohka, who then begins to slowly remember who she is and who Shido is to her. Back to her senses, Shido is able to save Tohka from her Inverse form and seal her again. Landing safely on the ground, Tohka asks Shido if he is alright, who assures her that he is. Asking her what happened to her just a moment ago, Tohka asks in confusion what he means. Shido then pats her head, and says to forget it. He then welcomes her back, confused but happy, Tohka replies that she is back. With the battle over, Kurumi recalls her shadow clones back and disappears into the darkness while asking herself where the captured spirit is.

Sometime later, Shido visits Miku after receiving a letter from her, whom affectionately greets him while calling him "Darling", confusing Shido. Upon asking why she sent him a letter to have him visit, Miku surprisingly kisses Shido, allowing him to seal her spirit powers. Miku reveals that she had finally decided to change and be more open to people, but says that if her fans end up shunning her away, she will at least have Shido left. Tohka then arrives, coming in on the wrong time again. Miku then asks Shido to watch her concert as she goes to perform her encore, with him agreeing to do so. Miku then goes on stage and sings, afterwards she is loudly applauded by the crowd, surprising yet making her greatly happy at the amount of support she is getting from her fans. She thanks her fans but all of a sudden thanks Shido while telling him she loves him, causing the crowd to go silent.

Shido, who was watching above along with the other Spirits is pressed by the girls to answer when they ask him what Miku meant, much to his dismay.