Recaps

Azer entered the world of Asterisk War, claimed the Black Furnace Magic Sword, and quickly rose through Seidoukan Academy’s ranks. After challenging Toudou Kirin and helping stop an attack on Yulis, he left Kirin flustered and Claudia troubled by Amagiri Ayato’s arrival.

• Azer became the Library of Fantasies’ Administrator and entered Asterisk War as a first-year student at Seidoukan Academy.
• Azer obtained the Black Furnace Magic Sword with an unmeasurable Suitability Rate and trained with its power by absorbing Omni-Response Ore.
• Azer defeated Yakutdi Van Ken in an Official Ranking Battle and took Rank Thirteen, then announced that he would challenge Toudou Kirin next month.
• Toudou Kirin’s uncle ordered her to remain Ranked First and study Azer, while Azer secretly entered the Girls’ Dormitory and stopped Pandora from tormenting Claudia in her dreams.
• After training and moving into a Single Room, Azer rushed to the Girls’ Dormitory, where Yulis was fighting the newly transferred Amagiri Ayato.
• Toudou Kirin and Azer helped stop an archer’s surprise attacks on Yulis, and Claudia postponed Yulis’s duel with Amagiri Ayato while arranging an investigation.
• Toudou Kirin thanked Azer for his help, and Azer called her cute, leaving her embarrassed as she ran away.

Azer defeated Toudou Kirin, became Seidoukan Academy's Ranked First, and persuaded her to partner with him in the Phoenix Star Martial Festival to help free her father. The festival began with Azer and Kirin winning their first match, while Amagiri Ayato revealed the Azure Cry Magic Sword.

• Azer accepted Yulis’s invitation to a meal with Amagiri Ayato and Toudou Kirin, and learned Ayato was searching for his missing older sister, who had once wielded the Black Furnace Magic Sword.
• Azer told Toudou Kirin that her uncle Toudou Kouichirou had manipulated her opponents and schedule, then challenged her for the next Official Ranking Battle.
• Azer defeated Kirin by breaking through her Toudou Style and striking her school badge, then invited her to partner with him in the Phoenix Star Martial Festival to help free her father.
• Azer stopped Kouichirou from reaching for Kirin and convinced him to leave, while Kirin resolved to win the festival and save her father.
• Azer and Kirin began training together and reviewed the festival’s teams, including Lefevre’s Irene Ursais and her powerful Pure Star Radiant Armament.
• Azer and Kirin entered the Phoenix Star Martial Festival and defeated their first-round opponents in ten seconds.
• Azer watched Amagiri Ayato summon the Azure Cry Magic Sword, then saw Ayato break free of restraints and defeat both opponents by shattering their school emblems.

Azer and Toudou Kirin advanced through the Phoenix Star Martial Festival, defeated the Ursais Sisters in the semifinals, and faced Amagiri Ayato and Yulis in the final. As Azer and Ayato’s duel intensified, a crack sounded from the Azure Cry Magic Sword.

• Azer and Toudou Kirin advanced through the preliminaries, and Azer confronted Irene Ursais after she attacked him in the corridor.
• Claudia showed Azer Pandora’s Activation Devices, and her dreams led her to realize she wanted him.
• Azer and Toudou Kirin studied the tournament brackets and anticipated facing Irene Ursais in the semifinals.
• Azer and Toudou Kirin defeated Irene and Priscilla Ursais, while Amagiri Ayato and Yulis won the other semifinal.
• After the semifinal, Azer stole the Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe and attacked Diluke, who treated the assault as a warning and chose not to pursue the weapon.
• Azer and Toudou Kirin met Amagiri Ayato and Yulis in the final, where Ayato and Yulis split their opponents to set up separate fights.
• Azer burned away Yulis’s setup abilities, and Ayato used Azure Cry to tear open space and separate the fighters.
• Azer and Ayato fought an even duel until Azer’s strike sent Ayato sliding back and a crack sounded from Azure Cry.

After winning the Phoenix Star Martial Festival, Azer entered a new life in Kuoh Town and joined the Hero Faction. He accepted Ophis’s gift and a recruitment mission, then returned to Kuoh Town considering another potential recruit.

• Azer and Ayato eliminated each other in the final, and Kirin defeated Yulis to secure the championship for herself and Azer.
• Azer received Omni-Response Crystals as his championship wish, absorbed their power, and gained the Twilight Holy Lance from the Library of Fantasies.
• Azer arrived in Kuoh Town, killed a Rogue Devil, and rejected Siegfried’s invitation before agreeing to join the Hero Faction after clashing with him.
• Azer defeated Siegfried with the Twilight Holy Lance, then told Cao Cao he had chosen the Hero Faction because it offered him more freedom than the other factions.
• Cao Cao brought Azer to Ophis, who gave him a snake containing nearly one-tenth of her power in exchange for help defeating Great Red.
• Azer fought Jeanne and Heracles in training, overwhelmed them, and accepted Cao Cao’s mission to recruit talented humans.
• Azer returned to Kuoh Town and decided against recruiting the Original Protagonist, then considered another potential recruit.