Recaps

Kuonji Alice used Wandersnatch to devour Touko Aozaki’s Doll Legion, then faced the Golden Beast Lug as he challenged her. Meanwhile, Shirou and Aoko relaxed in a hot spring and Aoko went to fetch alcohol so they could try floating wine glasses in the water.

• Kuonji Alice’s fog monster massacred more than fifty dolls sent by Touko Aozaki.
• Lug, the Golden Beast who had secretly left the Old School Building, entered the mountain and recognized Kuonji Alice as a powerful opponent.
• Lug challenged Kuonji Alice, who told him he seemed unbelievably weak.
• Shirou and Aoko talked about the future while soaking in an artificial hot spring in Tokyo.
• Aoko suggested drinking alcohol in the hot spring, and she went to fetch the bottle from their room.

Beowulf fought through the monsters in Touko Aozaki’s Rose Garden and killed the girl at its core, convinced that he was the strongest. Meanwhile, Shirou woke from a strange sleep at the hot spring and realized he had been using Aoko’s lap as a pillow; Aoko remained concerned about the aftereffects troubling his body.

• Beowulf endured the Rose Garden’s fog and defeated its Strange Bird, crocodile-like monster, dragon, countless maws, and gigantic claw.
• Beowulf found the girl at the fog’s core, smashed her head, and declared himself the strongest.
• Shirou woke at the Hot Spring Inn after falling asleep on Aoko’s lap and realized his face had been near her bikini.
• Aoko explained that she had let Shirou sleep and said that he had helped her relax, then cautiously asked about his body.
• Shirou called his condition a minor aftereffect, and he and Aoko decided to warm up in the hot spring before resting.

Aoko kissed Shirou and struggled to explain her feelings after realizing she had fallen in love with him. Meanwhile, Beowulf discovered that Touko’s dolls and the mountain’s fog had trapped him in a repeating forest path.

• Aoko embraced Shirou for warmth and kissed him in the hot spring.
• Beowulf killed his opponent, then found Touko’s dolls appearing again in the forest.
• Beowulf realized he had returned to the mountain path’s starting point as the fog descended and Touko’s voice welcomed him to the Forest of No Return.
• Aoko recalled how Shirou’s arrival and his repeated rescues had led her to develop romantic feelings for him.
• After the kiss, Aoko called it repayment for Shirou saving her, then awkwardly denied that explanation.

Shirou and Aoko returned to Misaki after their hot spring trip, where Aoko confessed her feelings and Shirou promised to answer later. At the foot of the mountain, they met Shuze Ritsuka, Shuze Yuiha, and a formidable priest from Gōda Church, who had come because something was wrong; Shirou worried about Arisu.

• Aoko asked Shirou whether he liked her, and he said he would consider his feelings and give her an answer once everything was over.
• The next afternoon, Shirou and Aoko rode a bus back to Misaki, and Aoko asked what souvenir he had brought for Arisu.
• At the foot of the mountain, Shirou sensed an ominous feeling despite the mansion’s intact barrier and stopped Aoko.
• Shuze Ritsuka arrived with Shuze Yuiha and a priest from Gōda Church, then explained that she knew Shirou because he visited her weekly to clean and cook.
• Shirou asked what had happened and anxiously looked toward the mountaintop, fearing for Arisu.

A Misty Barrier formed around Arisu Kuonji’s mansion, revealing a Fae Domain that threatened to engulf Misaki, while the Church and Mage’s Association prepared to wait for the Burial Agency. Shirou persuaded the Church to give him and Aoko one night to rescue Arisu, then learned why Aoko had accepted the burden of inheriting the Aozaki Family.

• A Misty Barrier swallowed Arisu Kuonji’s mansion and nearby homes, and several Holy Church Executors disappeared after entering it.
• Shirou recognized the barrier as a Fae Domain, while Shuze Ritsuka reported that Arisu was missing and the Mage’s Association had chosen to observe.
• Father Eiri Fumitsuki said the Burial Agency would arrive, but Shirou insisted that he and Aoko would resolve the crisis themselves.
• Sister Yuiha agreed to delay the Burial Agency until morning, giving Shirou and Aoko one night to act before facing the Church’s judgment.
• Shirou spoke privately with Father Eiri and learned that Aoko had accepted inheriting the Aozaki Family because she hated running away.

Shirou and Aoko planned to stop the Fae Domain by confronting Arisu and Touko, then set out to act separately. Before they left, Shirou gave Aoko medicine and Sister Yuiha challenged his belief that his presence harmed others, leaving him comforted.

• Shirou and Aoko agreed that he would deal with Arisu while Aoko faced Touko, and he resolved not to use Suggestion Magic on Aoko.
• Shirou kissed Aoko and gave her a medicine made by a future Aoko to ease the bodily side effects of using magic.
• Shirou decided to let Aoko make her own choice about Touko rather than warn her not to kill her.
• Sister Yuiha confronted Shirou about avoiding her and told him that bonds inevitably brought pain, but that he was simply too gentle and kind.
• Shirou felt more at ease after Sister Yuiha reassured him.

Shirou entered the Misty Barrier to confront Arisu and encountered Beowulf, who had been trapped in the forest’s repeating cycles. He proposed working together, then deliberately provoked Beowulf by calling him Touko’s pet.

• Yuiha Sōse told Shirou he could show others his true self, and Shirou left after preparing and saying goodbye to Aoko.
• Shirou entered the Misty Barrier alone and destroyed a giant white dragon with an arrow formed from Gram.
• Beowulf emerged from the mist, and Shirou recognized him as Touko Aozaki’s familiar and learned he had been trapped in repeating cycles for nearly twenty hours.
• Shirou invited Beowulf to cooperate so they could escape the mist together.
• Shirou claimed Touko had flirted with him and said her education of Beowulf had failed, provoking the Werewolf Youth by calling him a pet.

Shirou challenged Beowulf after the Golden Beast took offense at his insults, then defeated him with a projected Marmiadoise and the Nine Lives technique. Beowulf’s injuries healed, but he remained unable to stand and struggled to comprehend Shirou’s power.

• Beowulf transformed into his Golden Beast form after Shirou insulted him and challenged him to fight.
• Shirou projected Marmiadoise, the divine greatsword Morgan had given him, and prepared to face Beowulf’s charge.
• Beowulf attacked at divine speed, but Shirou struck him with nine simultaneous slashes using Nine Lives.
• The blows sent Beowulf crashing to the ground with eight lethal injuries, which rapidly healed because of his immortality.
• Beowulf remained unable to stand and could not understand the power Shirou had displayed.

Shirou defeated Beowulf, leaving the Werewolf Youth terrified and unable to fight. Aoko confronted Touko at the Old School Building and attacked with a tactic Shirou had taught her, as their battle began.

• Shirou struck Beowulf nine times without killing him, and Beowulf surrendered as pain and fear overwhelmed him.
• Aoko followed Shirou's directions to Touko's workshop behind Misaki High School and found Touko waiting at the altar.
• Aoko learned that Touko's Golden Beast had not returned and confronted her about the barriers and her plans for the Spiritual Land of Misaki.
• Touko teased Aoko about Shirou and suggested he had chosen Arisu, prompting Aoko to declare that she would show Touko the latest Magic.
• Aoko used Arisu's invisibility tool and charged at Touko, applying Shirou's advice for countering Mystic Eyes.

Future Aoko, inhabiting her high-school self, fought Touko with illusions and a devastating Magic Cannon, but Touko recognized that the girl before her was not the Aoko of this timeline. Touko asked when she had been discovered, leaving the sisters facing the truth of the time-travel substitution.

• Touko burned what she thought was Aoko, then realized it was one of Arisu's familiars while the real Aoko remained hidden behind the Mirror of Naps.
• Aoko charged and fired a powerful Magic Cannon at Touko, who countered with Magecraft Crests and reconstructed Primal Runes.
• Aoko's attack destroyed two of Touko's Rune Stones and left Touko badly shaken by its power.
• Touko realized the attacker was the future Aoko inhabiting her younger self, and future Aoko admitted the deception.
• Touko treated her injuries and asked future Aoko when she had first noticed the substitution.

Aoko pursued Touko through the Old School Building and defeated her in their final duel. After discussing the cost and purpose of the Fifth Magic, Aoko answered Touko’s last question about the Root before preparing to kill her.

• Aoko overwhelmed Touko’s Rune defenses with Magic Bullets, and the sisters’ chase reduced the Old School Building to rubble.
• Touko realized the Aozaki magic focused on travel rather than time and challenged Aoko over the consequences of using it.
• Aoko explained that Shirou had promised to share the burden of the Fifth Magic and help solve the future’s problems.
• Aoko defeated Touko, leaving her grievously wounded and unable to use her Magic Eye.
• Touko asked Aoko about touching the Vortex of the Root, and Aoko said it was white but that she still did not understand it.
• Aoko raised her hand to execute Touko and apologized to Shirou.

Shirou stopped Aoko from striking down Touko and kissed her, dispelling her murderous future self and leaving a furious, blushing Aoko in her place. Earlier, Shirou had defeated Beowulf in the Fae Domain and befriended him, then rode him to reach the Old School Building in time to protect Touko and Arisu.

• Shirou defeated Beowulf, spared him at Touko's request, and persuaded him to become friends.
• Beowulf agreed to let Shirou ride him to the Old School Building, where Aoko was about to kill Touko.
• Shirou arrived carrying the unconscious Arisu, stopped Aoko's strike, and stood between her and Touko.
• Aoko teased Shirou for arriving quickly, but he turned her around and told her he liked how she looked in her uniform.
• Shirou kissed Aoko, and her murderous future self vanished, leaving a red-faced Aoko glaring at him.

Shirou and Beowulf uncovered that killing the Fae Domain’s master reset its time and space, then found Arisu Kyōnoji’s evil alter ego behind the chaos. Shirou defeated her monsters and pressed forward, determined to kill her repeatedly despite the resets.

• Beowulf told Shirou that each time the Fae Domain’s time and space reset, it began after he killed the girl in the fog.
• Shirou and Beowulf continued through the forest, where Beowulf effortlessly defeated the monsters emerging from the fog.
• Shirou found Arisu Kyōnoji’s alter ego, who revealed that Arisu’s suppressed feelings had brought her to the surface and that she planned to destroy Misaki Town to torment Arisu.
• Shirou attacked the alter ego, survived being buried beneath monsters, and used the Holy Grail of Heaven to destroy her creatures and damage the Fae Domain.
• The alter ego blamed Shirou for giving her physical form and warned that killing her would reset time and space, but Shirou advanced, vowing to kill her as many times as necessary.

Arisu struck Shirou through the body, but he embraced her instead of killing her and died confessing how deeply he cherished her, even though he loved Aoko. Arisu was left holding Shirou’s unrecoverable body and realizing he had died because of her selfishness.

• Arisu prepared to destroy herself and the Fae Domain, but Shirou let her curse pierce him and embraced her.
• Shirou told Arisu he believed he deserved to die for creating the monster she had become.
• Shirou confessed that he loved Aoko but could not bear to leave Arisu alone, and said he would give up pursuing Aoko if that future would change Arisu.
• Shirou apologized for not loving Arisu romantically and told her he treasured their time together before he died.
• Arisu realized that Shirou could not be brought back and blamed herself for his death.

After killing Shirou, Alice Kuonji remembered the future memories she had stolen from him and broke down in grief over what she had done. She resolved to resurrect him by becoming Yumina, the First True Magic User, and prepared to use one of the Fairy Tale Monsters she inherited from her mother.

• Alice Kuonji realized Shirou had wanted a place to belong with her, and she wept over his body as his stolen memories returned to her.
• Alice confessed her regrets to Shirou and recalled the many times she had hurt him despite his kindness.
• Beowulf arrived and tried to help Shirou, but Alice sent him falling into a black hole.
• Alice vowed to resurrect Shirou even if she had to abandon her humanity and become the First True Magic User.
• Alice summoned a vial of green liquid containing a Fairy Tale Monster she had inherited from her mother.

After Shirou died in Arisu’s arms, he awoke in Avalon and was reunited with Morgan. Morgan questioned why he had arrived so soon and suggested his continued longing for her had led him to neglect his life.

• Arisu drank Flat Snark and transferred its power to Shirou with a kiss, becoming the First True Magic User.
• Shirou awoke in Avalon, remembered his death, and regretted the promises he had left unfulfilled.
• Shirou decided to wait for Lady Avalon, then encountered Morgan in the grasslands.
• Morgan asked Shirou why he had come to Avalon so soon and blamed Merlin for how things had turned out.
• Morgan suggested Shirou had continued following her trail after they parted, and Shirou recognized that he had often wondered whether he would see her after death.

Shirou returned from Morgan to find Arisu reviving him, then rushed to stop Aoko and Touko from killing each other. He prevented the sisters' duel from ending in murder, confessed his feelings to Aoko, and watched her spare Touko with a curse.

• Shirou reunited with Morgan, but a summoning force began pulling him away before they could properly say goodbye.
• Shirou realized he had returned to life as Arisu held his body and chewed on it; Arisu collapsed from exhausting her magical energy.
• Shirou carried Arisu down the mountain, met Beowulf, and rode the transformed Golden Beast to reach Aoko and Touko.
• Shirou stopped Aoko from killing Touko and expressed his feelings to Aoko.
• Aoko let Touko leave without notifying the Association and threatened to curse her into a Madagascar frog if she returned.

After Aoko defeated Touko, Shirou told Touko he no longer needed her to make him a new body, but accepted her offer to fulfill another request. He stayed at the mansion to care for Aoko and Arisu after they fell ill, and the chapter ended with Arisu waking and blushing at Shirou’s teasing.

• Shirou gave Touko her preferred cigarettes and explained that the First Magic had restored his body, so he no longer needed her to make him a new one.
• Touko insisted Shirou choose another favor, and he confiscated her cigarette after limiting her to one for the night.
• Touko admitted defeat in her fight with Aoko and became interested in taking Shirou from her sister.
• Aoko and Arisu developed severe colds after returning to the mansion, forcing Shirou to stay and care for them.
• Shirou woke Arisu and told her he had watched her sleep because she looked cute, making her choke on her water and blush.

Shirou cared for the sick Arisu by feeding her porridge and helping wipe her down, while Aoko slept through the intimate moments. After both girls recovered and Christmas passed, Shirou and Aoko were dating, and Aoko’s memories revealed how she had fallen in love with him.

• Shirou brought Arisu plum porridge, fed it to her, and blew on each spoonful at her request.
• Arisu asked Shirou to wipe her down, and he reluctantly helped undress and clean her.
• Shirou’s care helped Arisu and Aoko recover from their colds, and the three celebrated Christmas together.
• Aoko and Shirou officially began dating, while Arisu objected to their age difference.
• Aoko recalled falling in love with Shirou and choosing to confess without demanding an answer from him.

Shirou, Aoko, and Arisu took a hot spring trip, where Aoko and Arisu acknowledged their feelings for Shirou and silently agreed to compete for him. After Christmas, Shirou returned to 1997 and headed home to greet Eiri and the others, arriving at the living room in secret.

• Aoko invited Shirou and Arisu to a real hot spring in Gunma, and Arisu agreed to go because Shirou was coming.
• At the inn, Aoko and Arisu soaked in the women's bath and discussed Arisu's love for Shirou and Aoko's guilt over their relationship.
• Aoko challenged Arisu not to lose to her, and the two silently reached an understanding to compete fairly for Shirou.
• After the trip, Shirou returned to his original timeline on December 31 using the device from the future Aoko.
• Shirou brought souvenirs home to Fuyuki, activated Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, and quietly entered the living room to greet Eiri and the others.

Shirou returned to the Amamiya Residence, where Irisviel and Taiga challenged Aoko and Arisu over their relationships with him before finally accepting them. Later, while working for Touko Aozaki, Shirou heard about Ryougi Shiki, who had remained in a coma since a car accident two years earlier.

• Aoko called Shirou her lover, and Arisu called him her master, prompting Irisviel and Taiga to demand proof of their resolve.
• Aoko defeated Taiga in a dojo fight by shattering her bamboo sword with a kick, and Arisu used her Mystic Eyes to defeat Irisviel and her maids.
• Irisviel granted Aoko and Arisu permission to pursue their relationships with Shirou, and he later began middle school at Hohyunohara Academy.
• Shirou took a well-paid part-time job at Touko Aozaki's Garan no Dou Fuyuki Branch despite Aoko and Arisu's objections.
• Touko told Shirou that Ryougi Shiki had been in a coma since a car accident two years earlier and had stopped growing.

Touko told Shirou that Ryougi Shiki’s family and hospital stay were surrounded by suspicious circumstances, then persuaded him to take her place as the hospital’s psychotherapist. Shirou met Shiki after she woke from her two-year coma, and the chapter ended with him revealing his real name and claiming to be a True Magic User.

• Touko explained that Ryougi Shiki belonged to an ancient exorcist family and that an unusual inward-facing bounded field concealed everything happening inside her hospital.
• Touko told Shirou that Shiki had awakened and asked him to work at the hospital while she left Japan; Shirou agreed despite his plans with Shinji.
• Shiki experienced the void of death, where she had remained for two years, before waking with no memories of that period.
• A doctor told Shiki that a psychotherapist would visit her the next day, while she remained hostile after recently trying to pierce her eyes.
• Shirou used Suggestion Magic to enter the hospital as a substitute doctor and visited Shiki, who recognized that he was lying about his name and profession.
• Shirou introduced himself as Shirou Amamiya and told Shiki that he was a True Magic User.

Shirou explained to Ryougi Shiki that Ori had died in the car accident and that she was no longer the person she had been before. He speculated that a third personality might exist within her, then protected her from a nightly ghost before returning to Touko Aozaki’s office.

• Shirou told Shiki that Ori had died in her place and that, without him, she was no longer the same Ryougi Shiki as before.
• Shirou suggested that Shiki and Ori might be halves of a whole, with a third personality hidden within her, though Shiki questioned the idea.
• Shiki revealed that a white spirit visited her hospital room each night, and Shirou admitted he knew the hospital was haunted.
• Shirou hung a rune stone on Shiki’s door, and the ghost did not return that night, allowing her to sleep well.
• Shirou returned to Touko Aozaki’s office in Kanbushi City, where he was staying while Touko was away.

On his way back to the agency, Shirou rescued Asagami Fujino from five youths and discovered that his attempt to erase her memory had been disrupted by her unusual eyes. He invited her to come with him, and Fujino grabbed his wrist as he started to leave.

• Shirou noticed a Riyon Girls' Academy student walking alone and stopped to intervene when five youths harassed her.
• Asagami Fujino was captivated by Shirou's presence and answered his question about dinner before the youths turned on him.
• Shirou used his gaze to lead the five youths into an alley, where he beat them and took their cash and shopping vouchers.
• Shirou touched Fujino's forehead and tried to make her forget what had happened, but the attempt failed and he noticed her unusual eyes.
• Shirou invited Fujino to come with him, then started away when she hesitated.
• Fujino grabbed Shirou's wrist and called after him.

Shirou brought Asagami Fujino to the office, shared dinner with her, and questioned her about her childhood and inability to feel pain. He concluded that her father had likely hidden an earlier abnormality by giving her medication and offered to examine her.

• Shirou brought Asagami Fujino to the office and made sweet-and-sour spare ribs for dinner.
• Asagami Fujino told Shirou that she had been born unable to feel pain and had been ostracized as a Child of Curse.
• Shirou questioned Fujino about when her father sought medical help and realized her symptoms and diagnosis did not fit her account.
• Shirou deduced that Fujino's father had probably suppressed an earlier abnormality with medication, causing her loss of pain sensation.
• Shirou offered to conduct a complete examination, and Fujino trusted him after he showed her a forged therapist's license.