Recaps

Michael helped Lorelei defeat Primate Murder Anash, then went to Kanbōzi City to hunt the culprit behind the Mystic Eyes Collection Train incident. There he killed Dimitri, grew closer to Ori, and accepted the Ryougi family’s invitation to teach Shiki swordsmanship, while Shirazumi Rio began pursuing strength through violence.

• Merlin explained how Anash altered Arcueid’s memories and how the tree that absorbed Anash’s Principle Blood Ring became the origin of Primate Murder.
• Lorelei’s group fought Primate Murder Anash, and Michael joined the battle, took its crimson fruit, and let Lorelei deliver the final blow.
• Michael agreed to cooperate with Lorelei and learned from Merlin that the Mystic Eyes Collection Train culprit had ties to the Fatui.
• Michael met Ryougi Shiki in Kanbōzi City, visited Tōko Aozaki, and helped her hunt Dimitri, an immortal Dead Apostle who sought the Root.
• Michael killed Dimitri, began teaching mathematics at Shiki’s school, and spent time with Ori, including a sparring match and a city tour.
• Michael healed Asagami Fujino’s ankle and accepted the Ryougi family head’s request to teach Shiki swordsmanship if she agreed.
• The Ryougi family head challenged Michael with an Iaido strike, but Michael evaded it, and the head’s sword shattered after Michael left.
• Shirazumi Rio decided to become stronger by fighting and provoked a bullied junior during an arcade match.

Shiki confronted and killed Shirazumi Rio after his murders and awakened Origin drove him to hunt her, while Michael exposed Souren Araya’s role in Rio’s transformation. Later, Michael, Ori, and Tōko joined Ryūnosuke Kitahara’s investigation into the shrine maiden murders and moved to protect the remaining girls.

• Shirazumi Rio killed a fellow student, accepted Souren Araya’s offer of power, and began hunting people across Kanbōzi City.
• Michael helped Shiki understand and control her urge to kill, while Akimi Daisuke investigated Rio’s murders and linked them to the Miki School.
• Rio targeted Shiki and Akiryu, but Shiki fought him and Michael intervened when Rio attacked Officer Kobayashi.
• After Michael explained the nature of Origins, Shiki killed Rio with Hi Kou, and Souren Araya revealed that Rio had been one of his pieces.
• Michael and Ori rescued Asagami Fujino from thugs, then joined Tōko Aozaki on a trip to Katori Prefecture for the Miko Festival.
• Michael, Ori, and Tōko discovered three murdered shrine maidens and entered the crime scene, where they found signs of fixation magic but no soul fragments.
• Ryūnosuke Kitahara used his Mystic Eyes to expose the group, then accepted Michael’s claim that they were investigators and welcomed their help.
• Michael, Tōko, and Ori learned that the remaining shrine maiden trainees were safe, and Kitahara took the next twelve hours of guard duty to protect them.

Michael and his companions stopped the killer who trapped his victims in false dreams, while the dreams revealed the hidden feelings of Ryūnosuke Kitahara, Senka Kiritsugu, and others. Ori gained an independent body and left for Hokkaido, before the story shifted to Qin Hu’s struggle to survive exile at the front.

• Michael’s group investigated the missing shrine maidens and identified Yūko Kitahara and Senka Kiritsugu as likely targets, but the killer’s sound-based hypnosis led them into the woods, where Senka burned the puppet controlled by Katori Shrine’s Chief Priest.
• After Airi Tanigawa was found murdered, Michael sent Ori after the masked painter, The Artist, who attacked her with illusions before Ori pierced his defenses and killed him.
• Michael entered The Artist’s mental labyrinth and discovered that the killer’s soul resided in a Mage’s Garment mask attached to Tōko Aozaki’s puppet, then destroyed the false world as The Artist’s final performance collapsed.
• Ryūnosuke Kitahara and Yūko Kitahara escaped a dream of their future together and married, while Senka Kiritsugu recognized Kiritou Kaguya’s kindness and chose not to enter the hidden world.
• Ori told Tōko Aozaki she wanted a body of her own so she could remain free when Shiki awakened, and Michael helped Tōko create a new body and separate Ori from Shiki.
• Ori left for Hokkaido with Michael’s encouragement and a letter for Shiki, while Kiritou Kaguya continued visiting the gravely ill Utou Kirie.
• Qin Hu awoke as the exiled Champion Marquis and concluded that his enemies had arranged his downfall, then resolved to survive the snowstorm with Qin An and seek help from centurion Li Xiaokun.

Michael and his companions dealt with Kiritou Kaguya’s missing soul, met several young women with unusual abilities, and uncovered Kuramitsu Ruka’s bomb plot. Michael confronted Ruka at the hotel and gave him until midnight to run, while the ceremony proceeded without an explosion.

• Qin Hu recovered memories of his exile and resolved to survive the Vanguard Camp’s lethal treatment with Qin An, using their last twenty taels to seek Centurion Li Xiaokun’s help.
• Senka Kiritsugu asked Tōko Aozaki to investigate her brother Kiritou Kaguya, and Tōko discovered that his soul had left his body.
• Shiki destroyed the spirits threatening Kiritou Kaguya while Michael and Tōko tracked his soul to Witchtail Building and showed Senka his spirit with enchanted glasses.
• Michael met Utou Kirie, explained her family’s connection to spirit possession, and offered to restore her health, and Kirie recalled Souren Araya’s role in her family’s deaths.
• Asagami Fujino’s pain awakened her power, while Seo Shizune foresaw danger, escaped pursuing Bōsōzoku with Michael’s help, and later saved Fujino from a bomb.
• Kuramitsu Ruka planted bombs to kill Fujino for Asagami Kōzō, but Seo’s Future Sight helped Fujino survive, leaving Ruka intrigued when events contradicted his predictions.
• Michael identified the Bomb Demon’s likely measurement-type Future Sight, found Ruka at the hotel before his planned bombing, and challenged him to hide-and-seek until midnight.
• Michael vanished after marking Ruka’s hand, and at eight o’clock Ruka saw the hotel ceremony continue without an explosion or smoke.