Recaps

Duanmu Huai investigated the Demon Mansion, helped Toyokawa Sachiko and her former bandmates resolve their troubles, and promoted his film before entering a mirrored world to hunt dragons. He destroyed the Royal Capital while fighting Altimatia, discovered a C’tan instead of the Dragon God, and decided to seek another route home.

• Duanmu Huai took Ya Naijian and Chitanda to the Demon Mansion, where they became trapped in a hospital Remembrance and he uncovered the psychic passage that led into Warp Space.
• Duanmu Huai helped Takamatsu Tomori understand Toyokawa Sachiko’s departure, urged Sachiko to reconcile with her former bandmates, and arranged for Sachiko’s father to work off his debt.
• Duanmu Huai and his companions watched Tomori’s new band perform, then he promoted their film and returned to Warp Space to investigate its effects.
• Duanmu Huai found a mausoleum bearing Freyja and Norn’s names, while Kurokawa Akane accepted their offer of power in exchange for bearing Duanmu Huai’s children.
• Duanmu Huai and Akane fought the Dragon Groups, and Duanmu Huai killed Upper Dragon Dezes Tolva and Walter Shenwei before heading for the Royal Capital.
• Duanmu Huai exposed Altimatia as the Winged King, overcame her time magic, and fought her and Neubrim as Akane, Freyja, and Norn watched.
• Duanmu Huai entered Altimatia’s Mental World and found a C’tan, whose clash with his power obliterated the Royal Capital.
• Duanmu Huai told Akane and the others that the C’tan had said, “Something that does not yet exist,” and decided to seek another route after Freyja warned that reopening the passage was dangerous.

Duanmu Huai formed Inquisitor and used its performances to draw the self-aware C'tan into a fixed identity, then defeated its attempt to take over his image. After disbanding the band, he pursued the C'tan to another world and joined forces with Symphogear fighters, ending up at Saint Symphogear Academy with Kurokawa Akane.

• Duanmu Huai formed Inquisitor with Toyokawa Sachiko, Kurokawa Akane, Hachiman Mirin, and Wakaba Mutsumi, then recruited Yo Rona and led the band to a startling debut that made its songs famous.
• Duanmu Huai challenged Wakaba Mutsumi to consider her own feelings apart from Toyokawa Sachiko, and the strain between the girls came into the open before Mutsumi chose to stay at SPACE.
• Inquisitor’s first concert drew spiritual power toward the Warp, while an archaeological team in Antarctica opened an ancient door by playing the band’s song Hymn.
• Duanmu Huai found the expedition’s Necron tomb, fought the Flayer-infected Necrons, and struck a temporary deal with Trazyn the Infinite to make it leave the world.
• Duanmu Huai took Inquisitor on a nationwide tour and revealed his face at Tokyo Dome, breaking the mental force created by the audience’s belief that he was Shirai Hili.
• Duanmu Huai disbanded Inquisitor, gave SPACE to Wakaba Mutsumi, and explained that Shirai Hili was the C'tan before setting out to finish it off.
• Duanmu Huai and Kurokawa Akane helped Amaha Kanade and Kazemina Tsubasa defeat the phasing Noise, then agreed to enroll at Saint Symphogear Academy to secure the organization’s cooperation.
• Duanmu Huai and Kurokawa Akane replaced Amaha Kanade and Kazemina Tsubasa in an opera audition and stunned the Saint Song students with their performance.

Duanmu Huai and Kurokawa Akane defeated the Giraffe’s stage and escaped the world of Saint Song, after which Akane joined the Inquisition. Duanmu Huai then led the Inquisition through a war near the Eye of Terror and launched an assault on an Eldar Ark, where he faced Kaine.

• Duanmu Huai and Kurokawa Akane rescued Yukine Chris, then Duanmu Huai confronted the Giraffe and disrupted its Stage of Destiny before defeating Ōba Nana and warning the students against its promises.
• When Shirai Hili opened the Babylonian Treasury and unleashed the Noise, Duanmu Huai sealed the C'tan in the Nichirin Sword while Kurokawa Akane destroyed the Giraffe’s stage and Phantom.
• Duanmu Huai left the world with Kurokawa Akane, who chose to join the Inquisition after meeting its members.
• Duanmu Huai ordered an assault on the Tau colony near a Warp Space rift, and Rumiere disabled its defenses as Inquisition forces fought Tau, Xenomorphs, Orks, and other enemies.
• Duanmu Huai withdrew when a Tyranid Leviathan arrived, and Echote sacrificed fleets to cover the retreat as he prepared for a prolonged war.
• Duanmu Huai attacked an Eldar Ark World, but Kaine’s power blocked his fleet’s assault, so he and his companions boarded the Ark.
• Duanmu Huai and Kaine charged each other as Okegis, Lorena, Mary, Frieren, and the Night Watch fought the Eldar forces around them.

Duanmu Huai destroyed threats to the Inquisition, then joined Rista to defeat the Demon King and impose the Inquisition’s rule on Iksforia. The Demon King’s forces began hunting Duanmu Huai after the Prophet recognized him.

• Duanmu Huai killed Kaine, destroyed the Eldar Ark, and kept its last surviving Eldar alive as part of his plan to awaken Ynnead.
• Duanmu Huai uncovered corrupted supplies and a God of Shattering outbreak, destroyed the machine, and gave Dadanier Reality Stabilizing Anchors before agreeing to help Frieren’s world.
• Duanmu Huai entered Gaia Brand with Rista, killed Demons and the War Emperor, purged the Royal Capital, and erased the Demon King’s fortress before proposing cooperation with the God Realm.
• Duanmu Huai traveled to Iksforia with the Night Watch, Mary, and Kurokawa Akane, where they found humans enslaved by Orks and began a campaign against them.
• Duanmu Huai ordered the freed humans to kill captive Orks, armed the survivors, and led them in raids on Ork settlements after a Cursebound Sphere blocked teleportation.
• Duanmu Huai’s forces attacked Beast King Academy, killed its Ork students and Student Council President, and executed Sid after he defended his Ork mistress.
• The Demon King ordered Sturke to summon a Prophet, who saw Duanmu Huai and exploded in terror, prompting the Demon King to command an attack that would leave no survivors.