Recaps

Belial's lingering soul tried to find a vessel after her defeat, but Shadow Moon, a Magical Girl from R'lyeh, confronted her in the snow. Their final battle began, with Belial weakened and close to dissipating.

• Belial wandered through the snowy city, remembering her exile from R'lyeh and vowing to keep pursuing her obsession.
• Belial headed toward the crowds to possess someone, but a little white dog blocked her path and transformed into Shadow Moon.
• Shadow Moon identified herself as a Magical Girl from R'lyeh and told Belial to stop and pay for her past sins.
• Belial created a magical weapon resembling her old Battle Instrument and refused to surrender, while Shadow Moon advanced to fight her.
• Belial and Shadow Moon clashed, and Belial's magic and lingering soul grew weaker as the battle continued.

Shadow Moon defeated Belial and comforted her as she finally let go of her hatred and fell asleep, revealing that Belial had been her mother. Silver Feather then awoke in Teacher Haihara’s care, transformed into a baby bird.

• Shadow Moon severed Belial’s weapon and used purifying moonlight to drive the Black Forest’s lingering evil from her.
• Belial tried to cling to her revenge, but Shadow Moon embraced her and urged her to rest.
• Belial recognized Shadow Moon, gave up resisting, and faded away as Shadow Moon said good night to her mother.
• Silver Feather woke in a feather-and-cotton nest and discovered she had become a baby bird.
• Teacher Haihara told Silver Feather she could not yet speak and would need a while to turn back into a human.

Silver Feather awakened as a little bird in Haihara’s home, while Haihara revealed Belial’s powerless Battle Instrument to Luna and arranged to send it to R’lyeh. Haihara then reflected on Kazama Kiriori’s approaching graduation and prepared for another day of teaching, while Tachibana made a rare appearance at Star Flower Agency.

• Silver Feather woke as a snowy-white bird, discovered she could taste food, and eagerly ate red bean bread and other snacks beside her nest.
• Haihara left Silver Feather to adjust to her new life, then brought Luna to her room and showed her Belial’s dimmed Ultimate Omen Battle Instrument.
• Luna recognized the Battle Instrument, and Haihara decided to send it to R’lyeh through the magical puppy while teaching her to keep secrets.
• Haihara worried about finding a puppy for Kazama Kiriori before graduation and looked through an old photograph of herself with Kazama.
• Haihara set the photograph aside, considered her upcoming classes and Kirishima’s essay, and prepared to continue her teaching routine.
• Tachibana made a rare appearance at Star Flower Agency and ordered lunch in the cafeteria.

Tachibana’s lunch was interrupted by a tremor, and she discussed the Black Death Cult’s recent conflicts and a dangerous magical artifact with Black Goat. The chapter then shifted to Haihara spending a quiet night at Kazama Kiriori’s home, where they planned to watch a movie together.

• Tachibana ate a fruit-and-vegetable lunch alone in the ecological garden until an explosion and tremors knocked it to the ground.
• Black Goat apologized for the disturbance and explained that Black Death Cult members had clashed again.
• Tachibana recalled the loss of Rhinoceros Horn Dragon and asked how Snowy Owl was recovering; Black Goat reported that Snowy Owl was growing and Rhinoceros Horn Dragon’s remains had been recovered.
• Black Goat warned that the Overlord’s magical artifact was increasingly transforming Monsters and causing riots, but Tachibana said it might soon do something interesting.
• After Black Goat left, Tachibana lamented that she was still hungry.
• Haihara stayed at Kazama Kiriori’s former home in Maple Plain City, where she marked papers while Kazama showered and they planned to watch a movie together.

Haihara and Kazama Kiriori spent the evening watching Crayon Shin-chan: The Adult Empire Strikes Back and talking about childhood, adulthood, and staying together. The chapter ended with Kazama promising to remain by Haihara’s side, while Haihara reflected on the movie’s emotional scene.

• Haihara brought Kazama Kiriori a towel and underwear while she showered, then reminded her to wear underwear at home.
• After Kazama finished getting ready, Haihara suggested they watch The Adult Empire Strikes Back, and Kazama agreed.
• As the movie showed adults reverting to children and forgetting their families, Kazama held Haihara’s hand and wondered what Haihara would do if she became a child.
• Haihara joked that she might keep Kazama by her side and never let her leave, and Kazama hugged her neck and promised to always stay with her.
• Haihara thought about the movie’s moving scene in which Shinnosuke awakened his father’s memories.

Haihara and Kazama Kiriori fell asleep together after watching a movie, while Haihara pleaded with her not to leave. In R'lyeh, Takanashi and Kuroki Yuka discussed Christmas invitations and their romantic disappointments, and Takanashi's booklet caught Kuroki Yuka's attention.

• Kazama Kiriori asked Haihara how to wake someone who had lost her memories, and Haihara coaxed her into giving her a kiss on the cheek.
• After the movie ended, Haihara and Kazama Kiriori shared a blanket and fell asleep together, with Haihara murmuring, "Don't leave me..."
• Takanashi browsed the R'lyeh Magic Web and read posts about Maple Plain City's Magical Girls and Sakaki Chika's concert and abilities.
• Takanashi watched her classmates discuss Christmas and spoke with Kuroki Yuka, who admitted she had not dared to ask anyone on a date.
• Takanashi revealed that someone had rejected her Christmas date invitation, and Kuroki Yuka noticed the booklet on her desk.

Takanashi’s Imperial Key began glowing after she and Kuroki Yuka discussed strange happenings in the city, prompting the two to investigate a signal from Doctor. Meanwhile, Sakaki Chika asked Haihara to spend Christmas with her, but Haihara said she already had plans, leaving Chika dejected.

• Takanashi showed Kuroki Yuka her notes about the Overlord’s former magical tool and mentioned strange urban legends and Monsters appearing since Belial’s defeat.
• Takanashi felt a call in her mind, and her Imperial Key began glowing; she and Kuroki Yuka slipped away from class to investigate.
• Doctor sent Takanashi a signal about an unusual incident in the city, and Takanashi invited Kuroki Yuka to go with her.
• Sakaki Chika nearly asked Haihara out for Christmas in the hallway, so Haihara covered her mouth and pulled her into the office.
• Sakaki Chika asked Haihara to spend Christmas with her, but Haihara said she already had plans, and Chika looked especially dejected.

Sakaki Chika asked Haihara for an extended leave after Christmas because of work, then sought reassurance that Haihara would not forget her. Meanwhile, Thousand Sins and Dark Kite followed a mysterious magical signal, but Doctor said it had come from faulty equipment, leaving them uncertain about the presence they sensed.

• Sakaki Chika told Haihara she would likely stop attending school for a long time because her work might conflict with classes after Christmas.
• Sakaki Chika asked Haihara not to forget her, and Haihara reassured her and offered to spend Christmas Eve or another day with her.
• While Haihara went to find the leave form, Sakaki Chika smelled and cuddled Haihara's shirt in the empty office.
• Thousand Sins and Dark Kite searched a snow-covered alley for the source of a pull affecting their magical crystals, while Dark Kite worried about missing class.
• Thousand Sins called Doctor, who said the signal came from a machine malfunction, but Dark Kite insisted she still sensed something nearby.

Kougami Kage contained the unstable Ouroboros Crystal while Black Goat infiltrated her laboratory and was destroyed by an unknown woman. Unaware of the danger that had reached her institute, Kougami ended the day sharing crepes with Haihara and talking about Christmas.

• Thousand Sins and the other Magical Girls left the area, allowing a Black Goat Black Death Cult to emerge from the shadows.
• The Ouroboros Crystal broke free of its containment and emitted magical aura, but Kougami Kage and Haro blocked it and concealed the incident from the Magical Girls.
• Black Goat returned at night, bypassed the laboratory's magical detection, and subdued its modified Monster guards while planning to capture the person inside.
• An unfamiliar bespectacled woman appeared behind Black Goat and instantly incapacitated it, then destroyed its body and consciousness.
• Kougami Kage welcomed Haihara, who brought crepes and coffee, and the two discussed their day and plans for Christmas.

Sakaki Chika, feeling lonely and longing to see Teacher Haihara, transformed into Magical Girl Star Flower and flew to her teacher’s apartment. She waited outside while Haihara headed home after drinking, unaware that Chika was there.

• Sakaki Chika sent Teacher Haihara a revealing selfie and received a compliment, then told her she wanted to see her.
• Sakaki Chika transformed into Magical Girl Star Flower and flew through the snowy night toward Teacher Haihara’s apartment.
• Star Flower reached the balcony and saw a clever-looking white bird inside, but Teacher Haihara was not home.
• Haihara said goodbye to Ms. Suzuki and walked home after drinking, checking her chat with Chika on the way.

Haihara returned home and found a drunken Star Flower waiting outside her balcony, where the Magical Girl confessed that she liked her. Haihara brought Star Flower inside and teased her with questions, leaving the confession unanswered.

• Sakaki Chika messaged Haihara that she wanted to see her, but Haihara decided to reply later.
• Haihara returned home, opened the balcony door, and found Star Flower floating outside in the snow with wine and flowers.
• Star Flower confessed that she had come because she wanted to see Haihara and really liked her.
• Star Flower lost her balance and fell into Haihara's arms, so Haihara carried her to the sofa.
• Star Flower leaned against Haihara and repeated her feelings while Haihara drank some of her wine and asked what she liked about her.

Haihara listened to Star Flower drunkenly confess her love, then comforted her as she cried about resembling her father. The next morning, Cangyue Yuri woke to find Star Flower in Haihara’s living room and wondered how the girl had become involved with them.

• Star Flower praised Haihara and confessed that she really liked her, while Haihara tried to discourage her by mentioning their age gap.
• Haihara asked whether Star Flower liked her because she had helped her, and Star Flower said she still wanted to like Teacher Haihara.
• Star Flower cried that she had meant to confess before getting drunk and worried she was annoying like her father, so Haihara comforted her.
• Haihara soothed the increasingly sleepy Star Flower and wondered whether the magical little dog and magical little bird had witnessed them.
• Takanashi Silver Feather woke Cangyue Yuri, who looked into the living room and found Star Flower there with Haihara.

Takanashi wandered through a gray dream of her past, weak and wounded, and encountered a woman she instinctively called Teacher Haihara. The woman did not recognize her, leaving Takanashi confused as she continued to search for the important name missing from her contacts.

• Luna and Silver Feather watched Haihara deal with Star Flower while feeding Little White a sausage.
• Lilith recalled seeing her Monster, a chameleon that repeatedly asked people for hugs, when she advanced to the Holy Domain.
• After failing to find the mysterious snake-like aura with Kuroki Yuka, Takanashi dreamed she was back on the streets, frail and covered in old wounds.
• Takanashi found her familiar contacts but sensed that an important name was missing.
• Takanashi collided with a gloomy woman and instinctively called her Teacher Haihara, but the woman said she had resigned two years earlier and did not recognize her.

Takanashi experienced a nightmare in which she was starving and injured after arriving on Earth, and she called out to Teacher Haihara before a strange scythe appeared. Kuroki Yuka also woke from a nightmare and went to Ms. Haihara’s home for comfort, where Haihara invited her to sleep beside her.

• Takanashi turned back and grabbed the unfamiliar woman, calling her Teacher Haihara and then Mom.
• Takanashi realized her nightmare self had been starving, spending magic power to survive, and nearing death because she was too weak to hunt monsters.
• The woman vanished, and a gigantic scythe with four kinds of magic appeared in the frozen gray city before Takanashi.
• Kirishima Ai, Sakaki Chika, and Kuroki Yuka also experienced nightmares in which someone had disappeared from their worlds.
• Kuroki Yuka woke distressed, noticed Ms. Haihara’s lights were on, and went to her door to say she could not sleep after a nightmare.
• Haihara invited Kuroki Yuka to sleep in her bed, and Kuroki Yuka nervously excused herself to use the bathroom.

Kuroki Yuka stayed the night in Haihara’s bed, where the company eased Haihara’s loneliness after a nightmare. In the middle of the night, Yuka transformed into Dark Feather while asleep and clung to Haihara until Haihara woke her with a slap.

• Kuroki Yuka noticed Silver Feather glaring at her, then went to bed beside Haihara, who was waiting sadly by the window.
• Haihara felt comforted by Yuka’s presence and fell asleep beside her.
• During the night, Yuka transformed into Dark Feather and wrapped her tail around Haihara.
• Still asleep, Dark Feather hugged and kissed Haihara’s thigh, then began climbing upward.
• Haihara slapped Dark Feather’s butt, waking her with a startled cry.

Dark Feather unexpectedly transformed in her sleep and accidentally disturbed Haihara, but the exhausted pair soon forgot the incident. The next day, Haihara announced Christmas school plans and a wish-tag activity, then secretly searched the class tree for a particular tag before a student caught her.

• Dark Feather transformed in the night, her tail disturbed Haihara, and Haihara spanked her before telling her to retract it and go back to sleep.
• Dark Feather and Haihara fell asleep again, while a ghostly green phantom outside sensed a presence, failed to find it, and vanished.
• Kuroki Yuka woke refreshed, but the other Magical Girls arrived at school tired and relaxed only when Haihara entered the classroom.
• Haihara announced that students would attend make-up classes on Christmas morning and hand out tags for writing Christmas wishes or desired gifts.
• During PE, Haihara searched the tags on Class Four's Christmas tree, and a student asked what she was doing.

Haihara helped Takanashi Shiori hang a wish tag and comforted her with a hug, then received a handmade chocolate gift from Kirishima Ai. As Sakaki Chika arrived with her own wish tag, Haihara offered to help her hang it.

• Takanashi Shiori asked Haihara to hang her wish tag high, shared her cream bun, and hugged her until Haihara hugged her back.
• Takanashi thanked Haihara as her mother and ran off to play with her classmates.
• Kirishima Ai hung her Christmas card, wished Haihara a Merry Christmas, and gave her a handmade chocolate gift.
• Haihara secretly read Kirishima Ai's wish, then waited for Sakaki Chika to arrive.
• Haihara offered to help Sakaki Chika hang her pink wish tag.

Haihara spent Christmas Eve with Sakaki Chika, whose affection and concern prompted Haihara to admit that she had been feeling sad. Chika offered to use her magic to make her teacher smile as they neared the hotel.

• Sakaki Chika asked Haihara to hang her flower-decorated Christmas tag alongside Haihara's, and Haihara agreed before hugging her and wishing her a Merry Christmas.
• Haihara took Sakaki Chika to a Christmas Eve dinner, then found her waiting outside with an umbrella and walked with her toward the hotel.
• Sakaki Chika told Haihara that she liked her smile and asked whether she had been unhappy lately.
• Haihara admitted that she felt a little sad, and Sakaki Chika explained that smiling did not always make sadness go away.
• Sakaki Chika asked Haihara if she could use magic to make her smile.

Sakaki Chika parted from Haihara after successfully using her affectionate cheek kiss, while Kazama Kiriori prepared to retire from her Magical Girl duties and spent Christmas Eve with Haihara. Kiriori fell asleep beside her mother after wrestling with confusing feelings, but Haihara later woke, retrieved Fallen Heaven and a transformation crystal, and found a wrapped piece of chocolate in her bag.

• Sakaki Chika kissed Haihara on the cheek, and Haihara sent her off with a reminder to hang a gift bag for Santa.
• Kazama Kiriori announced her retirement as Phantom Wind to focus on university entrance exams, then put away her crystals, Ace and Gale.
• Haihara noticed Kiriori seemed troubled, but Kiriori did not explain what was bothering her.
• After Haihara fell asleep, Kiriori cuddled close to her, struggled with her feelings, and eventually went to sleep beside her.
• Haihara woke during the night, found her clothes unbuttoned, then retrieved Fallen Heaven, a transformation crystal, and a wrapped piece of chocolate from her bag.

On Christmas Eve, Haihara became Magical Lily and set out to deliver gifts to the Problem Children. She gave Kirishima Ai magical glasses and a Silver Feather plush, then entered Kuroki Yuka’s home to find her stocking, where she discovered rows of drying panties.

• Haihara reviewed her notes and Kirishima Ai’s chocolate, then transformed into Christmas Lily and prepared to deliver presents.
• Magical Lily summoned a magical reindeer and carriage, then chose gifts for the people on her Christmas list.
• Magical Lily entered Kirishima Ai’s room and gave her magical glasses to improve her eyesight, along with a cooing-chicken plush decorated with Silver Feather’s feather.
• Magical Lily found Kirishima Ai had left only a small pair of white socks instead of a stocking gift bag, so she filled them with the presents.
• Magical Lily went to Kuroki Yuka’s home, noticed it was cleaner than before, and searched for her stocking gift bag.
• Magical Lily failed to find Kuroki Yuka’s gift bag and instead discovered rows of her panties hanging out to dry.

Magical Lily secretly delivered Christmas gifts to Kuroki Yuka, Takanashi Shiori, and Sakaki Chika. She discovered Shiori was preparing a cake and planning a confession, while Chika’s wish list revealed that she was worried about her upcoming graduation concert; Lily left Chika a crystal and blessing card.

• Magical Lily left Kuroki Yuka a pair of lace underwear as an apology for taking her earlier pair.
• Magical Lily bypassed the protective spells around Takanashi Shiori’s home and found Shiori asleep on the sofa amid cake-making supplies and notes for a Christmas cake.
• Magical Lily found Shiori’s stocking and placed her gift inside it.
• Magical Lily visited Sakaki Chika’s hotel room and read Chika’s wishes for everyone’s safety and a successful graduation concert.
• Magical Lily reassured the sleeping Sakaki Chika, then left her a special crystal and a blessing card.

On Christmas Eve, Magical Lily met Tachibana in Star Flower Agency’s ecological garden, where Tachibana awakened as the Hell-Colored Nightmare Demon Flower. Lily also encountered Lost Paradise Twilight, which remained beside Tachibana, and the chapter ended with the Flower Devil King’s true form revealed.

• After leaving a sleeping girl, Christmas Lily went to Star Flower Agency’s ecological garden to meet Tachibana.
• Tachibana greeted Lily and asked her to stay and talk before taking the Christmas gift, Lost Paradise Twilight.
• Lily released serpent-type magical power, awakening Lost Paradise Twilight, but the artifact remained beside Tachibana.
• Tachibana put the cracked Hell-Colored Wicked Paradise into her chest and transformed as vines and flowers consumed her.
• Tachibana emerged as the Hell-Colored Nightmare Demon Flower, a Crown-tier Devil King and the source of flower-type magical power.
• Lily looked upon the Flower Devil King’s true form, whose body was covered in flowers and crowned with laurel leaves and thorns.

Lily fought the Flower Demon King inside a sealed-off Maple Plain City, using her Crown-ranked strength to counter the Demon King's overwhelming plant magic. The Flower Demon King challenged Lily over Lilith's past and Silver Feather as Lily attempted to cast Moonlit, but her counterattack obscured the stars and threatened to interrupt the spell.

• Lily created a World Apart around Maple Plain City to keep civilians clear of her battle with the Flower Demon King.
• Lily used blasts of light, freezing weather, and reflected attacks to destroy the Flower Demon King's giant vines and flower cannons.
• The Flower Demon King spoke of Lilith's former cruelty, her love for Silver Feather, and how Lily had begun to change.
• Lily began preparing Moonlit, a Crown-ranked spell used to seal Demon Kings, and attacked the Flower Demon King with falling stardust and meteors.
• The Flower Demon King made enormous flowers fire into the sky, filling it with smoke and dimming the stars that powered Moonlit.

Haihara Lily defeated the Flower Demon King and reclaimed Lost Paradise Twilight, though the magical tool still rejected her. After Christmas Eve passed unnoticed by the city, the Magical Girls woke from a strange shared dream to find gifts and gathered for class on Christmas morning.

• Magical Lily used gem magic to clear the sky and help Moonlit charge, but Lost Paradise Twilight reacted to the crown-tier spell by growing a gigantic tree that blotted out the stars.
• Haihara Lily escaped the Flower Demon King's Thorn Dragon with Wicked Requiem and blasted the Demon King apart with bird magic.
• Lily drew Lost Paradise Twilight to her side despite the tool rejecting her, then told the Flower Demon King she intended to stop her from causing further harm.
• The Flower Demon King asked what wish Lily wanted to fulfill, and Lily prepared to attack her again to keep her from interfering.
• Christmas Eve ended without anyone in the city noticing the battle, and the Magical Girls dreamed of a young, Christmas-dressed version of Teacher Haihara delivering presents.
• The Magical Girls woke to find gifts and went to class on Christmas morning, where Kirishima Ai drew attention by wearing glasses like Teacher Haihara's.

Takanashi and Kuroki Yuka speculated about a mysterious Christmas gift while Sakaki Chika and Kirishima Ai discussed President Kazama's retirement as a Magical Girl. Their conversation was interrupted when Phantom Wind arrived at school in a panic and revealed that Teacher Haihara had disappeared, leaving the Magical Girls to seek ways to find her.

• Takanashi told Kuroki Yuka that her gift might have come from the legendary Magical Lily, and Kuroki wondered if Miss Lily had sent it.
• Sakaki Chika and Kirishima Ai lamented that President Kazama would soon stop being a Magical Girl and that the semester was ending.
• Phantom Wind raced through the school searching for someone, then told the Magical Girls that her mother was gone.
• Kazama Kiriori explained that Teacher Haihara had vanished that morning, could not be reached by phone, and had been missing from the route to school and the school grounds.
• Kirishima Ai suggested contacting Doctor, and Takanashi began preparing a divination to locate Teacher Haihara.