Recaps

Takanashi Shiori and Sakaki Chika talked about R'lyeh Magic Academy during a school camping trip before a Tomato Monster targeted Kirishima Ai. Star Flower and Takanashi Shiori defeated it, but the crowd surrounded them, and Star Flower began devising a way to handle the attention.

• Takanashi Shiori told Sakaki Chika about R'lyeh Magic Academy and complained that Yuri had been chosen over her for the mission to Maple Plain City.
• A Tomato Monster appeared at the students’ campsite and singled out Kirishima Ai, while Kirishima Ai stayed with Hina instead of transforming.
• Takanashi Shiori and Star Flower arrived and defeated the Tomato Monster, with Star Flower collecting its crystal.
• Students crowded around Star Flower and Takanashi Shiori for autographs and questions after they missed the chance to erase the witnesses’ memories.
• Star Flower noticed a tall, slender female figure in the crowd and began considering a bold idea.

Magical Girl Star Flower, Sakaki Chika, confessed to Haihara and led her to a tent for a private conversation. Meanwhile, Demon King-possessed Kirishima Hina punished Qingchuan Lan for sending the Tomato Monster after her sister, and Haihara began to turn Chika’s flirtation back on her.

• Star Flower conjured a bouquet of roses and confessed her love to Haihara in front of the students.
• Qingchuan Lan realized the Demon King had appeared in the woods, and Kirishima Hina used the Demon King's body to attack her for targeting her sister.
• The Demon King released Qingchuan Lan after warning her not to act clever or hurt Kirishima Hina's sister.
• Haihara agreed to speak privately with Star Flower, while Kazama Kiriori and Teacher Roland were told not to follow or eavesdrop.
• Inside the tent, Star Flower offered to prove her feelings with a kiss, and Haihara told her to stay still as she leaned toward her ear.

Haihara teased Star Flower in the tent, then helped her students prepare dinner at the campsite while Sakaki Chika struggled with her feelings after being rejected. At the campfire, Haihara revealed she had someone she liked and described her ideal partner as an older, mature woman she could rely on.

• Haihara teased Star Flower by biting and kissing her ear before stopping and telling her that she was not her type.
• Haihara directed Sakaki Chika and Kageyama Tsubaki as they prepared creamy soup and noodles for their class.
• Haihara noticed Sakaki Chika's nervousness and fed her a spoonful of soup, while Sakaki recalled their intimate encounter in the tent.
• Haihara joined her students around the campfire and said she had someone she liked.
• Haihara described her preferred partner as older or mature, dependable, and someone she could rely on.

At the campfire, Dean Roland explained that the Devil King had revived and that its host needed to be found before the possession worsened. Meanwhile, Kirishima Hina began seeing the world as a terrifying landscape of monsters and clung to Teacher Haihara for safety.

• Takanashi Shiori told Dean Roland that the Devil King had revived, and Roland explained that Devil Kings could only be sealed with rare magic.
• Roland revealed that her teacher Lilith had once defeated a Devil King without sealing magic and urged the girls to find the current host quickly.
• Kirishima Hina found that food had lost its taste and that she could no longer clearly recognize most people’s faces.
• After her sister left for the restroom, Hina saw the sky turn blood-red and the campers and forest become monstrous, then fled in terror.
• Hina ran into Teacher Haihara, clung to her, and told her that everyone had become frightening and monsters were everywhere.

Haihara comforted Kirishima Hina after she began seeing people as frightening, while Kirishima wondered whether the Demon King was responsible. Kazama Kiriori arrived to check on her, and Kirishima saw that Kazama looked normal.

• Haihara considered whether Kirishima Hina’s fear and hallucinations came from trauma or the Monster incident, then gently comforted her.
• Kirishima calmed down with Haihara’s help and felt unsettled by her growing attachment to her teacher.
• The Demon King reappeared in Kirishima’s mind, said previous hosts had experienced similar symptoms, and promised not to leave her.
• Kirishima offered to take responsibility for the kiss, but Haihara told her to pretend it had never happened.
• Kazama Kiriori entered the tent to check on Kirishima, who noticed that Kazama looked normal and wiped her mouth nervously.

Kirishima Hina asked Teacher Haihara not to leave her alone, while a Demon King inside her took over; meanwhile, the class began a nighttime courage test. As students entered the woods, Haihara created monsters for the event, and Kirishima Ai led Hina toward the goal with a growing sense of unease.

• Kirishima Hina clung to Teacher Haihara, then called on the Demon King inside her to take over.
• Teacher Roland announced the courage test, and Kirishima Ai agreed to join with the cheerful-seeming Hina.
• Teacher Haihara scattered crystal powder that formed Sprout Form monsters to frighten the students in the woods.
• Takanashi Shiori and Sakaki Chika walked through the forest, discussed Chika's feelings for Haihara, and heard strange noises.
• Kirishima Ai held Hina's hand as they walked deeper into the woods and recalled a childhood Monster attack.

Kirishima Ai and Hina reached a plaque in the dark, where the Demon King convinced Hina that Ai was lying about Little Vermilion and hiding that she was a Magical Girl. The Demon King took control of Hina and began transforming her into a sinister, inhuman figure before Ai.

• Kirishima Ai reassured Hina as they walked through the dark and recalled finding her sister lost at a mountain lodge when they were children.
• Kirishima Ai and Hina reached a set of wooden plaques, and Ai explained the meaning of a plaque bearing Hina's name.
• Kirishima Ai claimed that Little Vermilion was doing well, but the Demon King told Hina that Ai was lying and that the bird might be dead.
• The Demon King also told Hina that Ai was a Magical Girl, then took control of Hina and made her ask Ai to protect her.
• Hina shoved Ai away, dropped the plaque, and pressed a black seal to her chest while beginning the transformation called Wicked Requiem.

Kirishima Ai discovered that Hina had become the vessel for the resurrecting Black Devil King, who claimed Hina had wished for Silver Feather to be crushed. Silver Feather’s attacks could barely harm the Demon King, and her attempt to use Teacher Roland’s crystal ended without activating anything.

• The Black Devil King emerged from Hina’s body and told Kirishima Ai it planned to destroy the Magical Girls and rule R’lyeh again.
• The Demon King said Hina had chosen it and that her final wish was to crush Silver Feather.
• Kirishima Ai transformed into Silver Feather, and the Demon King revealed that Hina already knew her identity.
• Silver Feather attacked with her magic blade and Silver Wing Finish, but the Demon King shrugged off the blows and hurled her into trees.
• Silver Feather replaced her transformation crystal with the crystal from Teacher Roland and called out “Fusion Fate,” but the device did not respond.

Silver Feather could not activate Lilith’s Magic Crystal and was badly wounded before Roland and the other magical girls intervened, forcing the injured Demon King to retreat. The girls learned that Hina had become the Demon King’s vessel, and the chapter ended with Ai alone at the dark campsite after the courage test was canceled.

• Haihara noticed the blood-tinged sky and the missing students, then sent monsters to investigate the forest and guide participants back to camp.
• Silver Feather failed to activate the Magic Crystal as the Demon King attacked, but the Demon King’s old injury disrupted her assault.
• Takanashi Shiori and Star Flower rescued Silver Feather, and Roland revealed her Magical Girl form before the Demon King withdrew into black mist.
• Silver Feather told Roland that Hina had been possessed by the Demon King, and Roland comforted her after explaining that Lilith’s Magic Crystal would not recognize her.
• Roland ended the courage test and concealed Hina’s disappearance, while Ai sat alone outside the campsite after the other students went to sleep.

Kirishima Ai broke down after the Demon King took Hina, and Haihara comforted her through the night. The next morning, Haihara revealed that Hina was staying at her home and decided to bring her to Sha Qina.

• Kirishima Ai remembered how Monsters had once ruined her family and cried as Haihara comforted and held her.
• Kirishima Ai kissed Haihara's cheek while she slept, and Haihara returned the kiss before noticing Hina asleep on her other side.
• Haihara kissed Hina goodnight too, then slept with both sisters holding her.
• The next morning, Sha Qina called to announce the Demon King's resurrection, and Haihara told her the Demon King was living at her home.
• Haihara explained that she had brought the unconscious Hina home after the battle and planned to take her to Sha Qina that afternoon.
• Hina struggled to pick up her breakfast because her hands were trembling and her legs were weak.

Teacher Haihara cared for the weakened Kirishima Hina before bringing her to the Black Death Cult headquarters, where the Demon King revealed herself to her followers. The Demon King then found only the Moon’s crystal among her siblings’ statues.

• Teacher Haihara fed Kirishima Hina, who had lost her sense of taste, and helped her bathe.
• Teacher Haihara brought Kirishima Hina to the Black Death Cult headquarters, where Sha Qina welcomed the Demon King and mistook Hina for Haihara’s relative.
• Kirishima Hina let the Demon King take control of her body, revealing her identity to Sha Qina and the gathered followers.
• The Demon King silenced the uproar and inspected the four statues in the hall.
• The Demon King found the Moon’s crystal but noted that her other two siblings’ crystals were missing, then sat on the throne.

Kirishima Hina became the Black Death Cult’s leader and ordered her followers to strengthen the organization, while asking Haihara for help with her guilt and uncertainty about facing her sister. After several peaceful rainy days, Haihara’s classes resumed, but Kirishima Ai remained withdrawn and rumors spread about a terrifying Monster leading an evil organization.

• Kirishima Hina took command of the Black Death Cult, ordered her followers to create stronger Monsters, and asked them to locate the other Demon Kings.
• Kirishima Hina ordered the cold-faced Haihara to become her consort, leaving Sha Qina stunned.
• Kirishima Hina told Haihara she had once wanted the Demon King to defeat Silver Feather and did not know how to face her sister.
• Haihara spoke with Kirishima Hina about rain and the future, and Hina remembered her sister rescuing her as a child.
• After several days of rain, school returned to normal, but Kirishima Ai stayed quiet and spaced out in class.
• Students discussed the absence of Magical Girls and rumors that a terrifying Monster might lead an evil organization.

Kirishima Ai confided in Miss Lily about her failure to protect her younger sister Hina, who had become the Demon King’s vessel. After Lily bit Ai’s finger and mixed her blood with the strange Magic Crystal, Ai saw a vision of a dark red Magical Girl holding a winged weapon resembling Broken Wing.

• Kirishima Ai hid in the Materials Room, worried about Hina’s safety and feeling powerless to help her.
• Miss Lily found Ai there and described her own lonely, ordinary life as they talked in the rain.
• Ai told Lily that she had become a Magical Girl to protect Hina but had failed to save her from the Demon King.
• Lily asked to examine Ai’s Magic Crystal, bit Ai’s finger, and let her blood seep into the crystal.
• The Materials Room filled with light, and Ai saw a dark red Magical Girl in a sea of flowers holding a complete pair of black-and-white wings.

After Lilith vanished, Kirishima Ai’s Magic Crystal turned crimson and revealed the name “Phoenix Myth.” Haunted by her failure to save her sister in childhood, Ai confronted the Demon King possessing Kirishima Hina at Maple Plain Shrine, where Silver Feather and her allies began fighting together.

• Kirishima Ai saw Lilith vanish and found her Magic Crystal stained dark crimson as the spirit named it “Phoenix Myth.”
• Kirishima Ai remembered how she had failed to save Hina from a Monster as a child, despite being praised as a hero.
• Kirishima Ai climbed to Maple Plain Shrine, where the Demon King possessing Hina transformed into the Rebel Demon King Bird.
• Silver Feather faced the Demon King, and Star Flower and Takanashi Shiori joined her at the shrine.
• Silver Feather, Star Flower, and Takanashi Shiori coordinated their attacks and managed to wound the Demon King.

The Demon King told Silver Feather that Hina had been dying when it took over her body, and that defeating it would leave Hina unable to walk again. Silver Feather was drawn into a memory of the rainy day Hina went missing, where she found her sister hiding in a shrine and heard her ask whether Ai had lied about their childhood bird.

• The Demon King mocked Silver Feather by revealing that Hina had already been near death before it took over her body, and warned that Hina would lose her ability to walk if it were defeated.
• Star Flower tried to free Silver Feather, but the Demon King knocked her away and released Silver Feather, who fell into the mud.
• Silver Feather found herself transformed into young Kirishima Ai at the shrine on the rainy day Hina went missing.
• Kirishima Ai remembered that no Magical Girl had come to save Hina after a Monster attacked them, and wished she could become her sister's hero.
• Kirishima Ai found Hina hiding in the shrine beside a bird statue, and Hina asked whether Ai had lied about their pet bird, Little Vermilion.

Kirishima Ai confronted the Demon King’s claim that Kirishima Hina was weak and selfish, then drew strength from her sister’s memories and transformed into Magical Girl Fate Kite. Her new form stunned her allies and provoked the Demon King with its resemblance to someone from her past.

• Kirishima Ai remembered Hina’s guilt over Little Vermilion and her belief that she was too weak and selfish to become a magical girl.
• The Demon King told Magical Girl Silver Feather that Hina had become her vessel because she was cowardly, and that she would soon lose her sister’s voice forever.
• Silver Feather admitted she was scared, but recalled that believing Hina was waiting for her had helped her find her sister in the rain.
• Silver Feather combined the green snake-type Magic Crystal with the blood-red crystal and transformed through Fate Fusion into Magical Girl Fate Kite.
• Takanashi Shiori watched Fate Kite’s unfamiliar power in disbelief as the Demon King reacted with fury to her resemblance to a woman from her past.

Magical Girl Fate Kite defeated the Demon King in a one-on-one battle, but a mysterious woman called Lilith appeared afterward. She embraced the Demon King, removed its crystal, and left it collapsing in her arms.

• The Demon King attacked Fate Kite with black feathers, but Fate Kite burned them away and fought back with scarlet flames.
• Fate Kite recalled her wish to protect Hina and unleashed her finisher, Fate Destruction, against the Demon King's Supreme Evil Defiance.
• The Demon King and Fate Kite both fell after their clash, but the Demon King admitted defeat.
• A woman shrouded in black mist approached, and her magical aura forced Fate Kite and the other Magical Girls down.
• The Demon King recognized the woman as Lilith, who embraced it before piercing its chest and extracting the Rebel Demon King Bird crystal.

After the Devil King’s defeat, Hina recovered and discovered she could use magic to help Little Vermilion, while Ai learned her sister had extraordinary magical potential. Meanwhile, Chika prepared to move out of Teacher Haihara’s home and chose a pink pendulum as a parting gift.

• A mysterious black-mist woman took the Devil King’s crystal, left Hina safely beneath an umbrella, and told Fate Kite that she was the villain.
• Doctor Kougami told Ai that Hina had retained some of the Demon King’s magic power, which had helped her recover and suggested she had remarkable magical aptitude.
• Ai brought Hina to see the sick Little Vermilion, and Hina’s magic flowed into the bird and produced a gentle light.
• Chika returned to Teacher Haihara’s home for what she expected to be her last day there and planned to repay her expenses before moving out.
• Chika chose a pink pendulum as a gift for Teacher Haihara, hoping its symbolism of love would be acceptable.

Sakaki Chika and Haihara exchanged gifts before Chika left, each quietly confronting their feelings about their relationship. Haihara accepted Chika’s necklace and comforted her with an embrace, leaving their bond more tender than an ordinary teacher-student relationship.

• Sakaki Chika worried that Haihara might reject her gift and wondered whether they would stay close after she left.
• Haihara prepared a rabbit plush charm for Chika but remained unsure how to respond to the young girl’s affection.
• Haihara gave Chika the rabbit charm and brushed her hair as Chika asked what gemstones she liked for rings.
• Chika gave Haihara a pink Pendulum necklace, and Haihara asked her to put it on before promising to treasure it.
• Haihara pinched Chika’s cheek and embraced her, holding her gently as the Pendulum rested against her skin.

Years earlier in Maple Plain City, Haihara struggled to find a teaching job while raising her daughter, Kiriori, and asked her old friend Kougami Kage to look after the girl. Meanwhile, a woman who regularly rode the bus noticed Haihara and eventually sheltered her from the rain, beginning their first conversation.

• Haihara and Kiriori waited for a bus, and Kiriori suggested they move to Maple Plain City together after she graduated.
• Haihara received another rejection from a high school and accepted Kougami Kage’s offer to care for Kiriori for a few days.
• A woman who often saw Haihara on the bus noticed her waiting alone in the rain without an umbrella.
• The woman shared her umbrella with Haihara, and Haihara explained that she had once gone to school in Maple Plain City before leaving for college.

Haihara Ryo met a young woman seeking a teaching job and grew unsettled when she learned they shared the rare surname Haihara. She escorted Haihara to an interview at Kaedehara High School, where Haihara’s answers about her life and daughter left the interviewers troubled, and Haihara expected another rejection.

• A job-seeking student told Haihara Ryo that she wanted to teach high school because her daughter was about to start high school.
• Haihara Ryo said she had come to Maple Plain City to find her younger sister, then asked the student’s surname and learned it was Haihara.
• The student and Haihara Ryo rode the bus together, and Haihara Ryo repeatedly helped keep the student dry and warm.
• Haihara Ryo escorted the student to Kaedehara High School and revealed that she worked there too.
• Haihara completed a teaching interview, mentioning her daughter and limited work experience, and the interviewers asked her to wait two days for their response.
• Haihara left the interview discouraged and believed she had failed again.

Haihara, soaked by the rain after another failed job search, accepted Miss Liang’s offer of a ride and shelter at her apartment. Miss Liang cared for her like a younger sister, and the chapter ended with Haihara dressed in borrowed clothes while Miss Liang looked at her tenderly.

• Haihara went out into the rain and encountered Miss Liang near the bus stop.
• Miss Liang insisted on driving Haihara home, then convinced her to come to her apartment to warm up and change.
• Miss Liang helped remove Haihara’s wet jacket, then realized she had been too forward and let Haihara shower alone.
• While Haihara showered, Miss Ryo called a teacher at Kaedehara High School and learned that Haihara had failed her interview.
• Miss Liang gave Haihara borrowed clothes, helped her find pants that fit, and dried her hair while stroking her head.

Haihara Lily Chou stayed at Liang’s home after getting caught in the rain, and Liang invited her to lunch. As they ate and drank together, Haihara remained unsure why Liang was treating her so tenderly, and Liang asked about her daughter.

• Liang learned Haihara’s full name and invited her to stay for lunch while her clothes dried.
• Haihara spoke with Kiriori, reassured her that she had brought an umbrella, and said she would pick her up that afternoon.
• Kiriori told Haihara that Kougami was crying and had promised to cherish her like a daughter.
• Liang fed Haihara a piece of omelet, and Haihara finished the meal Liang had prepared for her.
• Liang and Haihara drank together, and Liang asked whether Haihara had been talking to her daughter on the phone.

Haihara confided in Miss Liang about her failed job search, and Miss Liang comforted her with growing affection. After Haihara received another rejection, she visited Liang again and ended the chapter resting in her embrace.

• Miss Liang mistakenly thought Haihara had been abandoned by a man, but Haihara explained that she was unmarried and had adopted Kiriori.
• Haihara told Liang about her repeated job rejections, and Liang suspected that bringing Kiriori to interviews had hurt her chances.
• Haihara and Liang exchanged contact information before Haihara returned home to Kiriori.
• Haihara received another rejection, felt devastated, and later accepted Liang's invitation to visit again.
• Liang embraced Haihara as she comforted her, and Haihara leaned against her without resisting.

Liang offered Haihara a teaching job, and Haihara returned home having accepted it. A month after the Demon King’s defeat, Roland pondered the mysterious Magical Girl and her connection to Haihara while Shiori and Kirishima Ai discussed Ai’s newfound strength.

• Liang embraced Haihara, offered her a job, and drew her into an intimate encounter.
• Haihara returned home with messy hair and red ears, then told Kazama Kiriori that she had found a job.
• A month after the battle with the Demon King, Roland watched a mirror replay of the fight and wondered about the black-mist Magical Girl and her history with Teacher Haihara.
• Shiori said she had been scolded again, while Takanashi Shiori noted that Kirishima Ai had reached Holy Domain-level strength.
• Kirishima Ai said she did not feel especially powerful despite having become a Magical Girl less than a year earlier.