Recaps

Haihara Ryo stopped Kougami Kage from experimenting on herself with the dangerous Ouroboros crystal, then worried over Kougami’s silence until they spoke. As Haihara returned to adulthood and school life resumed, she and Kazama Kiriori talked about graduation and the future, leaving their plans unresolved.

• Haihara Ryo found Kougami Kage handling the suspected Demon King-level Ouroboros crystal, warned her of the danger, and untied her after Kougami thanked her.
• Haihara Lily Chou repeatedly tried to contact Kougami Kage, then spoke with her and arranged to meet after Kougami said she was fine.
• Haihara noticed she was beginning to turn back into an adult while Kazama Kiriori said she had recovered and could return to school.
• Kazama Kiriori resumed attending classes as exams approached and waited for Haihara after school; the two drove home together through heavy snow.
• Haihara asked Kazama Kiriori about traveling after graduation and where she wanted to live after university, and Kazama described a rainy, windy coastal city with long winters.

Kazama Kiriori confessed her long-held feelings to Haihara Lily Chou and asked whether she would consider becoming her lover after Kiriori graduated and became an adult. The next morning, Haihara fled back to her apartment in shock, leaving the story with her pets scattered among her neighbors.

• Kazama Kiriori and Haihara returned to their former home and looked through photographs of their past and the life they had shared.
• Kazama Kiriori told Haihara she wanted to spend her life exploring the world with her and making more memories together.
• Haihara agreed to stay with Kazama Kiriori until Kiriori grew tired of her, and Kiriori asked Haihara not to dismiss her feelings with perfunctory words.
• Kazama Kiriori confessed that she had liked Haihara for a long time and asked her to consider becoming her lover after Kiriori graduated and became an adult.
• The next morning, Haihara returned to her apartment in a daze, and Kuroki Yuka explained that Haihara's pets were staying at different homes.

Haihara struggled to process Kazama Kiriori’s confession, while Kuroki Yuka encouraged her to consider her own feelings. After returning home, Haihara examined the Devil King Crystals and spent a quiet weekend with Yuka, still reflecting on her lost memories and the people around her.

• Haihara fled home after her adopted daughter confessed, and Kuroki Yuka learned why she was so overwhelmed.
• Kuroki Yuka asked Haihara whether she liked Kazama Kiriori, but Haihara said she needed time to sort out her feelings.
• Haihara looked over the two broken halves of the Flower Crystal and arranged them beside the three other Devil King Crystals.
• Haihara wrote down events from the time she had lost her memory while Kuroki Yuka studied English nearby.
• Haihara watched Yuka and thought that she was the only girl she could talk to when she felt troubled.

Kuroki Yuka asked Haihara whether she liked her and then persuaded her to agree to a kiss. Haihara followed Yuka to her bedroom, where Yuka drew the curtains, and Haihara began to ask her a question.

• Haihara asked Kuroki Yuka whether she liked her, and Yuka said she did because Haihara was beautiful.
• Yuka clung to Haihara and reminded her that she had been injured fighting to protect the city and save her.
• Yuka asked to kiss Haihara, and Haihara agreed to let her do it once.
• Yuka freshened up with candy, then asked to kiss Haihara by a curtained bed.
• Haihara insisted they go to Yuka's home, and Yuka brought her to her bedroom and drew the curtains.
• Haihara suddenly asked Yuka a question.

Haihara and Kuroki Yuka shared an intimate kiss, and Haihara teased the embarrassed girl after getting a look beneath her skirt. Their playful encounter ended with Kuroki demanding that Haihara return the underwear she had taken before.

• Haihara asked Kuroki Yuka whether her nightmares had returned, and Kuroki said they had only happened occasionally lately.
• Kuroki Yuka cautiously kissed Haihara, accidentally making her lip bleed, and Haihara offered to teach her how to kiss.
• Haihara and Kuroki Yuka kissed more deeply, with Kuroki growing increasingly affectionate.
• Haihara distracted Kuroki with an intense kiss and then pulled aside her skirt to look beneath it.
• Kuroki kicked Haihara and protested that she had gone too far, then demanded the underwear Haihara had taken previously.

Haihara wondered whether Kuroki Yuka’s advice about crossing boundaries applied to her, then grew suspicious of Cangyue Yuri when Yuri returned home. Later, Takanashi Shiori worried that finding Lost Paradise Twilight would mean leaving Earth, while Yuri quietly concealed her own feelings.

• Kuroki Yuka blushed with embarrassment after Haihara offered to help her change, and Haihara later questioned whether crossing one boundary made others easier.
• Cangyue Yuri returned to Haihara’s home with groceries, and Haihara stared at her as Yuri worried that her secret had been discovered.
• Takanashi Shiori told Cangyue Yuri she was nearing Lost Paradise Twilight and was troubled by the prospect of completing her mission and leaving Earth.
• Takanashi asked whether Yuri had recently fallen for someone, but Yuri calmly said she had not considered liking anyone.
• After Takanashi left the café, Yuri stood alone and wiped at her forehead as if hiding her nervousness.

Cangyue Yuri invited Haihara on a date, hoping to spend an evening together while Haihara seemed unsure of her own feelings. They went for drinks, where Cangyue Yuri reflected on her childhood and her lack of strong preferences, leaving their date quietly underway.

• Cangyue Yuri spent the evening in human form at Haihara's house and asked to take her on a date.
• Cangyue Yuri dressed carefully and met Haihara on a winter street, where they talked about Cangyue Yuri's childhood and a golden harmonica she had received as a Christmas present.
• Cangyue Yuri took Haihara to a quiet bar and let her order several drinks and snacks.
• Cangyue Yuri chose a colorful drink, admitted she did not drink much, and slowly finished it while Haihara drank her own order.
• Cangyue Yuri considered how little she cared about whether things tasted good or bad.

Haihara and Cangyue Yuri went on a date, where Haihara gently fed and petted Yuri, who grew increasingly comfortable with her affection. After Yuri drank too much and leaned against Haihara, Haihara photographed her while she was drunk.

• Cangyue Yuri asked Haihara whether she had meant a traditional date, and Haihara suggested they do something people did on dates.
• Haihara fed Cangyue Yuri fried chicken and shrimp, then petted her head when Yuri admitted she did not dislike being cared for.
• Haihara and Cangyue Yuri ordered more drinks and clinked their glasses together.
• Cangyue Yuri drank too quickly, became sleepy, and leaned against Haihara's shoulder.
• Haihara took several photos of the drunk Cangyue Yuri and stroked her cheek as Yuri whimpered like a puppy.

Haihara coaxed a drunken Cangyue Yuri into barking softly for her. Yuri’s embarrassment gave way to a quiet “woof woof,” which Haihara recorded as a keepsake.

• Haihara called Cangyue Yuri by her rarely used surname, but Yuri did not react.
• Haihara called Yuri “Luna,” the name she had used for her as a puppy, and Yuri responded.
• Haihara asked Yuri to bark, but Yuri protested that it was embarrassing.
• Haihara leaned close and coaxed Yuri until she whispered “woof woof” by her ear.
• Haihara added the moment to her photo album and recordings.

Cangyue Yuri confessed that she was fond of Haihara, and Haihara warmly returned the affection. As their date continued, Yuri shared a childhood memory about never receiving the harmonica she had wished for, and Haihara offered to make her a gift.

• Cangyue Yuri told Haihara she was romantically attracted to her but especially cherished the time they spent together.
• Haihara said she was glad she had picked Yuri up and admitted she was fond of her, then asked her to keep browsing with her.
• Near a closed instrument shop, Cangyue Yuri remembered wanting a harmonica as a child after hearing a street performer play one.
• Yuri explained that an elderly scrap-collecting couple had promised her a harmonica for Christmas, but R'lyeh took her away before she could receive it or say goodbye.
• After Yuri apologized for telling a dull story, Haihara said she had been thinking of a gift for her and proposed making it then.

After Haihara gave Cangyue Yuri a custom collar, Yuri accepted it as a sign that she belonged with Haihara, and their first date ended peacefully at home. The next morning, Haihara worried over her silence with Kazama Kiriori while beginning another school day.

• Haihara took Cangyue Yuri to collect a custom-made collar and offered to engrave a name on its blank tag later.
• Cangyue Yuri accepted the collar, pleased by the thought of having an owner, and Haihara took it home.
• Haihara and the puppy spent a quiet night together, and Yuri hoped that Haihara would not leave her without warning as someone had in her childhood.
• Several days later, Haihara sent Kazama Kiriori a good-morning message, but Kiriori did not reply before school began.
• At school, Haihara noticed the students were quieter as finals approached and watched Kirishima Ai, Kuroki Yuka, and Takanashi during the morning before class.

Haihara consulted Takanashi about her confusion over whether to accept Kazama Kiriori’s confession, framing the situation as a friend’s dilemma before admitting it was her own. Takanashi challenged Haihara’s reasoning, and the conversation ended with Haihara still uncertain as Takanashi pulled her chair away from the desk.

• Haihara summoned Takanashi to her office and asked for advice about a friend whose adopted daughter had confessed to her despite the friend already having a girlfriend.
• Takanashi asked whether the friend liked her adopted daughter and argued that mutual feelings were the central issue.
• Haihara raised the age gap and the mother-daughter relationship as reasons to hesitate, but Takanashi compared them to their own teacher-student relationship and past kisses.
• Haihara said accepting the confession would be wrong because her friend already had a wonderful girlfriend, then admitted the dilemma was her own.
• Takanashi asked how secretly kissing her differed morally from accepting an adopted daughter’s confession, leaving Haihara considering why she kept wanting to run away from Kazama Kiriori.
• Takanashi tugged Haihara’s chair away from the desk and asked to sit, while Haihara reminded her they were at school.

Haihara continued wrestling with her feelings for Kazama Kiriori, and Takanashi’s probing questions helped her admit she could accept Kiriori’s advances, though the thought still troubled her. Seeking an adult’s advice, Haihara spoke with Liang, who suggested that accepting Kiriori might change little about their relationship; Haihara then revealed they had already taken that step.

• Takanashi asked Haihara whether she liked Kazama Kiriori romantically and how she would feel if Kiriori became physically intimate with her.
• Haihara admitted that she liked Kiriori as more than family but could not picture a romantic relationship, though she thought she could accept Kiriori’s advances.
• Takanashi asked Haihara not to abandon her, reminding her that Haihara had promised to be her weekend daughter, and wished her happiness.
• During PE class, Haihara went to the principal’s office and sought advice from Liang about whether to accept Kiriori’s confession.
• Liang suggested that accepting Kiriori might not change how they already lived together, and Haihara revealed that she and Kiriori had already been intimate.

Haihara resolved to return to Kazama Kiriori and respond to her confession, then arrived at their home intending to reassure her with motherly affection. Kazama, still hurt and confused by Haihara’s earlier reaction, let her inside, but the two had not yet discussed the confession.

• Liang asked Haihara what she meant about her relationship with Kazama Kiriori, and Haihara said she would return to her and figure out how to answer her confession.
• Liang remarked that Haihara had changed, prompting Haihara to call her “Sis” before claiming she had used the wrong word.
• Haihara steeled herself to return home, planning to rely on her usual approach to handling young women’s confessions.
• Kazama Kiriori reflected on loving Haihara as both family and a romantic partner, and on her fears that Haihara might reject or dislike her.
• Haihara arrived at their home carrying fruit, and Kazama let her in as she put most of it away and left out a Hami melon.

Haihara apologized to Kazama Kiriori for avoiding her question and leaving after their encounter, then asked her to ask again so she could answer properly. Kazama Kiriori confessed that she wanted Haihara to become her lover after she graduated, and Haihara began questioning whether Kiriori’s feelings came from their shared history.

• Haihara brought Kazama Kiriori sliced melon, and Kiriori asked whether she had done something wrong a few days earlier.
• Haihara admitted she had panicked, avoided Kiriori’s question, and left without explaining herself.
• Kazama Kiriori said she understood that Haihara needed time and asked for more chances to make her happy.
• Haihara asked Kazama Kiriori to repeat her question, and Kiriori asked whether Haihara would consider becoming her lover after she graduated and became an adult.
• Kazama Kiriori said she loved Haihara and wanted to be her lover, kiss her, and marry her.
• Haihara asked whether Kiriori would have fallen for her if she had not adopted her, and Kiriori considered the possibility.

Haihara admitted that she had adopted Kazama Kiriori partly because she wanted someone to stay by her side and that she liked her, but she refused to become Kiriori’s lover because she planned to marry Auntie Kougami. Instead, Haihara asked whether Kiriori wanted her help, and Kiriori agreed.

• Kazama Kiriori asked Haihara to become her lover, arguing that they could choose to stay together despite their mother-daughter relationship.
• Haihara realized she had adopted Kiriori to ease her own loneliness and confessed that she had wanted their relationship to develop this way.
• Haihara told Kiriori that she liked her too, but said she could not be her lover because she intended to marry Auntie Kougami.
• When Kiriori asked about what had happened two days earlier, Haihara insisted she would not be disloyal to Auntie Kougami without her permission.
• Haihara offered to help Kiriori, and Kiriori accepted as Haihara began to undress her.

Kazama Kiriori and Haihara grew more physically intimate at home, with Haihara guiding and teasing Kiriori while they kissed. Afterward, Haihara admitted she felt insecure and told Kiriori never to leave or betray her.

• Kazama Kiriori let Haihara touch her and reached out to caress Haihara’s face.
• Kiriori kissed Haihara, who taught her how to kiss more deeply and continued their intimate encounter.
• Haihara praised Kiriori and asked if she wanted to continue; Kiriori said she wanted to go again many times.
• Haihara and Kiriori later lay together on the sofa and kissed, while Haihara restrained herself from going further.
• Haihara told Kiriori she had no sense of security and demanded that Kiriori never leave her or make her feel betrayed.

Kazama Kiriori and Haihara shared an intimate night, and Haihara warned that she would forgive Kiriori only once if she ever betrayed her. The next day, they returned to school as usual, with Kiriori feeling happier and more settled.

• Kazama Kiriori asked Haihara what she would do if Kiriori betrayed her, and Haihara said she would forgive her once but asked her not to raise the possibility again.
• Haihara said she wanted to collect interest because Kiriori had been the only one enjoying herself, then bit her as Kiriori struggled with the pain.
• Haihara fell asleep on the sofa, so Kazama Kiriori cleaned up and let her rest.
• The next morning, Kazama Kiriori covered the bite marks and decided she could still go to school.
• Haihara and Kazama Kiriori made breakfast, went to school together, and parted when they arrived.
• Kazama Kiriori studied and worked through problems as usual, feeling calm and in an especially good mood through the end of classes.

Kazama Kiriori concealed her injury during lunch, prompting Takanashi Shiori and Kuroki Yuka to suspect something was wrong. Meanwhile, Haihara Lily Chou reflected on her changed behavior with Kougami Kage and revealed that she had remembered an abandoned dream.

• Kazama Kiriori reassured Kirishima Ai and Sakaki Chika that she was fine, though her hastily prepared lunch made them worry.
• Kuroki Yuka and Kirishima Ai offered to share food with Kazama, and Kirishima accidentally struck her injured arm, making her scream.
• Takanashi Shiori and Kuroki Yuka exchanged a knowing look after Kazama tried to dismiss her pain.
• Haihara Lily Chou dried and styled Kougami Kage's hair while considering how their lives had returned to normal.
• Haihara asked Kougami about abandoned dreams, then said she had recently remembered a dream she had given up halfway through.

As Queen-Al White R'lyeh prepared to abdicate, Princess Dailuoluo sought to prove herself as a possible successor and asked to travel to Earth. She planned to retrieve Lilith's magic artifact and would seek the Queen's permission before Shafeilin arranged the teleportation ritual.

• Queen-Al White R'lyeh prepared to retire, leaving her younger sister Dailuoluo as the only possible heir.
• Shafeilin reflected on Dailuoluo's radical proposals to lift restrictions on magical girls returning to Earth and recover the Devil King Crystals.
• Dailuoluo asked Shafeilin to prepare a trip to Earth, saying she would first obtain Queen-Al's permission.
• Dailuoluo explained that she intended to recover Lilith's magic artifact and end the former rebel's legacy.
• Shafeilin agreed to arrange the ritual after receiving the Queen's decree and told Dailuoluo to learn about Earth and the recovery mission from Takanashi Shiori.

Takanashi told her classmates that Princess Dailuoluo of R'lyeh would soon come to Earth to retrieve magical artifacts, while the princess herself planned to claim Lilith's forbidden power and reshape R'lyeh. The Problem Children wondered whether Dailuoluo might be an enemy, leaving them wary of her arrival.

• Princess Dailuoluo agreed to travel to Earth, retrieve Lilith's magical artifact, and use its power to lead R'lyeh into a new era.
• At school, Haihara teased the listless Takanashi about an approaching relative, and Takanashi admitted the relative would be difficult to deal with.
• Takanashi told Kuroki Yuka, Kirishima Ai, and Sakaki Chika that the visitor was R'lyeh's powerful princess and that the princess did not know they were relatives.
• Kirishima Ai suggested that Dailuoluo might have a hidden evil goal and that the group should prepare to fight her.
• Kuroki Yuka boasted that Earth's magical girls would protect it, so Takanashi punched her and warned that she could call another R'lyeh classmate to help.

Haihara let her class choose an activity for the winter school festival, and the students settled on a magical girl cosplay café. Their suggestions quickly singled out several of the Problem Children to portray famous magical girls, while Magical Girl Dark Kite remained overlooked.

• Haihara announced that the class needed to choose an activity for the two-day school festival.
• A student proposed a magical girl cosplay café, and Haihara agreed after briefly raising concerns about the costume budget.
• The students enthusiastically nominated Kirishima Ai to portray Silver Feather or Fate Kite, and Takanashi Shiori was also chosen to dress as a magical girl.
• The class nominated Sakaki Chika to play Star Flower, completing the lineup of the original Problem Child trio.
• Kuroki Yuka tried to steer the discussion toward Magical Girl Dark Kite, but Takanashi Shiori pinched her thigh and stopped her.

As the class prepared its magical-girl café for the school festival, Kirishima Ai reflected on her place among her classmates and worried that her good fortune might not last. She visited the Materials Room and found Miss Lily there, ending the chapter as they reunited in the dim room.

• Kirishima Ai helped decorate the classroom and watched Takanashi Shiori make masks with Sakaki Chika.
• Kirishima Ai wondered whether she would become isolated again and whether her time as a magical girl was ending.
• Kuroki Yuka noticed Kirishima Ai's melancholy expression and asked if she was trying to act cool.
• Kirishima Ai went alone to the Materials Room, where she found Miss Lily looking dispirited and called to her.
• Miss Lily noticed Kirishima Ai, greeted her, and smiled with her usual drunken air.

Kirishima Ai talked with Miss Lily about her improving school life and listened as Miss Lily described a disturbing dream filled with grieving voices and a girl like Ai dying. Miss Lily’s melancholy lifted after Ai reassured her, and the two hugged before Miss Lily drank and set her worries aside.

• Kirishima Ai told Miss Lily that she was fitting in better at school and going on magical-girl duties less often, though she worried the good times might not last.
• Miss Lily described a dream of grieving voices, departed people, and a girl resembling Kirishima Ai dying.
• Kirishima Ai tried to reassure Miss Lily that she was there, and Miss Lily asked to kiss her, but Ai refused because she liked someone else.
• Miss Lily asked for a hug and embraced Kirishima Ai, then admitted she felt unhappy and jealous.
• Miss Lily drank the rest of her liquor, began humming, and stopped dwelling on her dream.

Kirishima Ai’s dream of Miss Lily ended, and she found Teacher Haihara acting cold before agreeing to walk back with her. Cangyue Yuri suspected Haihara had made her forget an important clue, then Takanashi Shiori pressured her to help welcome Princess Dailuoluo R'lyeh by threatening to reveal Yuri’s dog-like behavior to Kuroki Yuka.

• Miss Lily began asking Kirishima Ai what she would do if Lily became trapped in a nightmare, but stopped before finishing and wished Ai luck at the school festival.
• Kirishima Ai woke alone in the Materials Room, put away the scattered items, and went to find Teacher Haihara.
• Teacher Haihara initially looked at Kirishima Ai with an unfamiliar icy expression, then agreed to walk back to the classroom with her.
• Cangyue Yuri recalled that she kept forgetting something important about Miss Haihara and suspected Haihara had used psychological suggestion to conceal a clue.
• Takanashi Shiori asked Cangyue Yuri to help welcome Princess Dailuoluo R'lyeh, who was coming to Earth.
• Takanashi Shiori threatened to reveal Cangyue Yuri’s identity as a little dog to Kuroki Yuka, leaving Yuri stunned.