Recaps

Hoshino escaped the Guard Department with Rope, established Yae Shrine, and helped Rope move toward a place in the Lungmen Guard Department. After facing Ch'en and completing her mission, Hoshino returned to the shrine as reports about her swordsmanship began to spread.

• Hoshino faced Ch'en in the Guard Department, broke her sword against Chi Xiao, and escaped with Rope through a window.
• Hoshino and Rope robbed Karon's smuggled gold, then Hoshino used the money to build her reputation and advance Rope's Guard Department assessment.
• Hoshino met Lin Yuhsia and the Rat King, unlocked Kallen by handling the antique pistols, and agreed to help the Shimada Family protect its secret about Jiaoqie.
• Hoshino staged a duel with Shimada Zenzō, won the Flood Dragon Cutter, and received a new shrine site, while Ch'en grew suspicious of her ties to Talulah.
• Hoshino persuaded Rope that she no longer had to put survival first, and Rope chose to embrace her new life and stand up for Hoshino when Ch'en challenged her.
• Hoshino completed her mission to protect Rope and parried Ch'en's seventeen strikes with Sakura Fubuki, while Hoshiguma offered Rope a place as an auxiliary officer.
• Hoshino advised the injured Ch'en to practice with a wooden sword, then joined Hoshiguma and Swire in welcoming Rope to the Guard Department.
• Hoshino demonstrated her swordsmanship for reporter Wenwen, whose palm was cut by the cherry blossoms from Hoshino's slash, and a penguin read the resulting report at a bar.

Hoshino helped Penguin Logistics survive Hogg’s attack, then unlocked the Lightning Empress’s power through Jingzhe. Her efforts to hide her nature drew Ch’en and Rhodes Island into the mystery of her condition, while Warfarin’s examination of her sample ended with a dangerous interest in its owner.

• Hoshino and Croissant defeated Hogg’s convoy, then joined Texas and Exusiai in defending Penguin Logistics from the fanatics surrounding Emperor’s bar.
• Jingzhe arrived amid thunder, and Hoshino persuaded her to help with training in exchange for payment.
• Jingzhe’s lightning unlocked Hoshino’s Lightning Empress power, which Hoshino later used to subdue Jingzhe and knock Ch’en unconscious.
• Hoshino invited Exusiai to Yae Shrine, where Exusiai relaxed in the hot spring while Hoshino’s progress with her gun advanced.
• Ch’en mistook Hoshino’s lightning abilities for signs of late-stage Oripathy and arranged for Rhine Lab to examine her.
• Silence examined Hoshino at the shrine but could not draw blood or obtain a usable MRI image, then collected saliva and hair samples.
• Hoshino visited Silence in disguise and told her a story about rescuing the child she called Lightning Empress, while Silence rejected recruiting her or going to war.
• Warfarin tested Silence’s sample, drank the remaining fluid, and admitted she could not identify its species but wanted to enslave its owner and drink her blood.

Hoshino brought Lappland back to Siracusa, uncovered a plot against Lisa, and took Lisa into her care at Yae Shrine. After Lisa faced the dangers surrounding Red Blade and began idol training in Lungmen, she left for a new journey as strange purple lightning answered her farewell.

• Hoshino returned Lappland to Siracusa, where Lappland rejected her family’s protection and continued pursuing her own grudge.
• Hoshino thwarted Karna’s plan to infect Lisa, then accepted Lisa’s choice to leave Siracusa with her for a month at Yae Shrine.
• Hoshino took Lisa to Rhodes Island, where they joined Silence’s search for Mayer and encountered the suffering Infected fighter Red Blade.
• Hoshino granted Red Blade’s request for death, then faced FrostNova before reuniting with Mayer and returning to Rhodes Island.
• Princess Wenyue questioned Hoshino and Lisa at Yae Shrine, then urged Lisa to find Sora and warned Hoshino that Lungmen had watched her actions.
• Hoshino arranged for Sora to train Lisa as an idol, and Lisa began performing a Siracusan ballad in Lungmen’s streets.
• Hoshino secretly fulfilled the wishes Lisa had recorded while Lisa’s performances grew into acclaimed theater shows.
• Lisa left Lungmen with Exusiai, and purple lightning formed a wing that waved back at her.