Recaps

Qian Huanyue manifested as a new Spirit, discovered she had become a girl, and fought off the AST without killing its members. DEM Industries classified her as an A+ threat and began surveillance while Westcott considered how to handle her.

• Qian Huanyue appeared during a spacequake, realized she had become a girl, and instinctively summoned swords to defend herself from the AST.
• Qian Huanyue wounded one AST member and used spatial manipulation to send Origami Tobiichi somewhere safe, prompting Ryoko Kusakabe to order the squad's withdrawal.
• Qian Huanyue chose her new name and relaxed on a rooftop after the AST left.
• Westcott reviewed the report on Qian Huanyue and discussed her unusual abilities and potential with Ellen Mira Mathers.
• Ellen Mira Mathers agreed to intensify surveillance and prepare an elite squad while Westcott decided to observe Qian Huanyue before acting.

Qian Huanyue befriended Shido Itsuka, who was secretly Shiori Itsuka living as a boy, during a day out in Tenguu City. Shiori returned home with Kotori’s groceries and struggled to understand her growing crush on Huanyue.

• Qian Huanyue staged a street collision with Shido Itsuka and asked Shido to show her around Tenguu City.
• Shido took Huanyue to the snack street and then to a supermarket, where Huanyue helped her buy hamburger patties for Kotori.
• Huanyue arranged to meet Shido again, while Shido realized they had not exchanged contact information.
• Shido returned home, removed her wig, and revealed to Kotori that she had met a girl who had made her late.
• While cooking dinner, Shiori wondered whether her flustered feelings for Huanyue were a crush, then tried to dismiss them as admiration.

Qian Huanyue met a young Kurumi Tokisaki clone and offered her Spiritual Power in exchange for friendship. Kurumi was unsettled by Huanyue’s playful kindness, which reminded her of her lost friend Sawa Yamauchi.

• Qian Huanyue invited Kurumi Tokisaki, who had emerged from the shadows, to share a drink and asked her name.
• Kurumi warned that she might eat Huanyue, and Huanyue pretended to misunderstand her, flustering the inexperienced clone.
• Kurumi clarified that she wanted to absorb Huanyue’s Spiritual Power, and Huanyue readily agreed because she wanted to be friends.
• Huanyue laughed at Kurumi’s bewilderment, and Kurumi’s laughter brought back memories of Sawa Yamauchi while easing her grief.
• Huanyue offered Kurumi Spiritual Power as the price of friendship.

Kurumi absorbed some of Qian Huanyue’s Spiritual Power before the Neighboring World pulled Qian Huanyue back from reality. Kurumi resolved to repay her friend and tell her how to remain in the real world when they met again, while Qian Huanyue fell asleep in the Neighboring World.

• Kurumi absorbed a small portion of Qian Huanyue’s Spiritual Power, bringing her closer to having enough power to use [Yud Bet].
• The Neighboring World summoned Qian Huanyue, and she embraced Kurumi before vanishing from reality.
• Kurumi and her clones agreed that Qian Huanyue’s trust and gift deserved a meaningful return, and Kurumi planned to tell her how to stay in reality.
• Four special clones proposed preparing a comfortable residence and gifts for Qian Huanyue, but Kurumi swallowed them into the shadows before they could elaborate.
• Qian Huanyue woke in the Neighboring World, sensed other beings like Spirits, then fell asleep as a tiny crack briefly appeared in the empty space.

On the last day before spring break ended, Qian Huanyue ran into Shido Itsuka and found her startlingly cute, though she did not realize Shido was a girl. After Shido nervously invited her home for dinner, Qian Huanyue accepted, just before Shido’s ordinary life was about to change.

• Qian Huanyue startled Shido Itsuka while she was looking at cute stationery, then apologized and joined her in admiring the designs.
• Shido told Qian Huanyue she was happy to meet her again, and Qian Huanyue admitted she felt the same.
• Embarrassed by the crowd’s jealous stares, Shido grabbed Qian Huanyue’s wrist and hurried with her into a quiet alley.
• Shido apologized anxiously for pulling Qian Huanyue away and invited her home for a simple meal as an apology.
• Qian Huanyue accepted Shido’s invitation, knowing Shido’s ordinary life would change the next day.

Qian Huanyue visited Shiori and Kotori, where Kotori tried to assess her while Shiori served her dinner. Qian Huanyue left without exchanging contact information, but promised they would meet again soon, leaving Shiori longing to keep in touch and Kotori determined to investigate her.

• Shiori brought Qian Huanyue home and introduced her to Kotori, who questioned her about how she knew Shido.
• Qian Huanyue praised Shido to Kotori, flustering Shiori and frustrating Kotori’s attempts to test her.
• Qian Huanyue admired Shiori’s cooking and enjoyed dinner with Shiori and Kotori.
• Qian Huanyue prepared to leave, and Shiori hurried after her to ask for her contact information.
• Qian Huanyue said they would meet again soon and disappeared into the night, while Kotori decided to investigate her through Ratatoskr and the Fraxinus.

Kotori discovered that Qian Huanyue was the Spirit known as [Magic Swordsman] and decided to tell Shiori, though she struggled to see Huanyue as a threat. Meanwhile, Huanyue reunited with Kurumi and asked her how to remain manifested in the world.

• Kotori ordered Reine to investigate Qian Huanyue, but found no records of anyone by that name.
• Reine detected spiritual waves at the Itsuka residence and identified Huanyue as the A+ threat [Magic Swordsman], whose Silent Reality Manifestation let her appear without causing a spacequake.
• Kotori boarded Fraxinus and reviewed footage of the Spirit, then decided to explain Huanyue's identity to Shiori herself.
• Huanyue surprised Kurumi in a shadowy alley with an enthusiastic embrace and told her she had missed her.
• Kurumi affectionately stroked Huanyue's hair, and Huanyue asked her to teach her how to stay manifested in the world; Kurumi agreed.

Qian Huanyue transformed into a Spirit and shielded Shiori from Princess, briefly persuading Princess that they were alike. The AST’s arrival and attack reignited the conflict, and Qian Huanyue disabled most of the squad while Origami Tobiichi continued fighting Princess.

• Shiori Itsuka left the shelter to find Kotori despite the Spacequake warning, but Qian Huanyue rescued her from Princess’s attack.
• Qian Huanyue revealed her Astral Dress and told Princess that they were the same kind of being, making Princess lower her sword in confusion.
• Origami Tobiichi spotted Shiori and attacked Princess to draw her attention away from her friend.
• After the AST ordered Princess’s extermination, Princess raised Sandalphon and resumed fighting.
• Qian Huanyue summoned Seraph of Thousand Blades and struck the AST squad with sword-shadows, disabling its members except Origami, who kept fighting Princess.

After Qian Huanyue defeated Sandalphon, she reassured Shiori and brought her to safety, where Shiori affirmed that she still saw Huanyue as the friend who ate and joked with her. Shiori returned home after confirming Kotori was safe, while Qian Huanyue was confronted by Kurumi and her doubles.

• Sandalphon dissolved into Spirit Particles, and Qian Huanyue led the dazed Shiori away from the ruined battlefield through a spatial rift.
• Qian Huanyue worried that Shiori could no longer see her as a friend, but Shiori clasped her hands and insisted that she was still the person who ate with, joked with, and protected her.
• Shiori panicked about Kotori, then called and learned that her sister was safe at home.
• Qian Huanyue opened a rift to Shiori's front door and left after bidding her farewell; Shiori went inside and called out that she was home.
• Qian Huanyue encountered Kurumi and her doubles on a bench and hinted that she might not treat them as she had before, despite calling them good friends.

Kurumi returned home to find five of her clones dressing up Qian Huanyue, then sent the clones away and admired their work. Qian Huanyue kept the look and launched into a dramatic fantasy about the power sealed in her bandaged hand, leaving Kurumi embarrassed.

• Kurumi came home and found five clones feeding, dressing, and photographing Qian Huanyue.
• Kurumi dragged the clones into the shadows one by one, took Eyepatch Kurumi's camera, and Bandage Kurumi chose to leave on her own.
• Kurumi told Qian Huanyue that the twin ponytails and makeup suited her, and Qian Huanyue said she had enjoyed the clones' attention.
• Kurumi suggested that Qian Huanyue keep some of the decorations on, and Qian Huanyue agreed.
• Qian Huanyue covered one eye with her bandaged hand and claimed the bandages sealed its calamitous power, leaving Kurumi speechless and embarrassed.

Qian Huanyue spent a quiet day at Kurumi’s hideout before meeting Miku Izayoi in the park. After Miku’s Spiritual Power failed to control her, the two began negotiating what it would take for them to become friends.

• Qian Huanyue stayed at Kurumi’s hideout, caring for a white cat while Kurumi searched for Nia Honjo.
• Miku Izayoi approached Qian Huanyue in the park, introduced herself, and invited her to tea.
• Miku used Gabriel’s Solo to influence Qian Huanyue, but Qian Huanyue remained unaffected and refused the invitation.
• Miku realized Qian Huanyue was not ordinary and eagerly suggested they were both Spirits and should be friends.
• Qian Huanyue challenged Miku to consider whether friendship required both people to be happy, and Miku stepped back to ask what would make Qian Huanyue happy.

Qian Huanyue became friends with Miku after praising her singing, then used her Angel to take them to a rooftop overlooking Tenguu City. They parted with plans to attend Miku’s tea party, while Qian Huanyue privately considered making Shido wear women’s clothes.

• Miku sang for Qian Huanyue, who praised her voice and agreed to be her friend.
• Miku hugged Qian Huanyue tightly, and Qian Huanyue opened a spatial rift with [Seraph of Thousand Blades] to escape the embrace.
• Qian Huanyue brought Miku and the white cat to a rooftop, where they watched the sunset over Tenguu City.
• Miku asked about Qian Huanyue’s Angel and invited her to a tea party at their next meeting.
• Qian Huanyue accepted and privately resolved to find an excuse to make Shido wear women’s clothes.

Shiori was sent to meet Qian Huanyue and try to win her over, despite her nerves and lack of confidence in her training. After they quietly sat together, Shiori asked Huanyue on a date, and Huanyue agreed.

• Shiori struggled through Ratatoskr's date simulations and blushed as she thought about sealing a Spirit with a kiss.
• Kotori told Shiori that Qian Huanyue had been located and ordered her to go make contact before AST found her.
• Shiori found Qian Huanyue holding a cat, greeted her, and sat beside her after Huanyue invited her to join her on the bench.
• Kotori guided Shiori to choose a date invitation, and Shiori nervously asked Qian Huanyue to go on a date.
• Qian Huanyue agreed, prompting excited cheers from the Fraxinus crew.

Shiori went on a date with Qian Huanyue, who dressed her in a magical-girl outfit and grew increasingly fond of her. Qian Huanyue kissed Shiori on the cheek before escaping with her cat, still unwilling to be sealed because she had unfinished goals and worries about Kurumi and Nia Honjo.

• Qian Huanyue took Shiori to a clothing street that Ratatoskr had cleared and prepared for their date.
• Qian Huanyue picked out a magical-girl outfit, and Shiori agreed to wear it after seeing her disappointment.
• Shiori emerged dressed as herself, and Qian Huanyue gushed over her appearance, took a photo with her, and called her by her real name.
• Shiori asked Qian Huanyue for a kiss, but Qian Huanyue reconsidered sealing because she still had to develop her powers and help Kurumi and Nia Honjo.
• Qian Huanyue kissed Shiori on the cheek, summoned [Seraph of Thousand Blades], and fled with the white cat while Shiori stood frozen in embarrassment.

Shiori encountered Qian Huanyue in the ruins of her school during a Spacequake and revealed that she worked for Ratatoskr. Qian Huanyue accepted the truth and offered to help Shiori, and Shiori agreed to face the disaster alongside her.

• A Spacequake alarm sounded, and Shiori returned to Fraxinus, where Kotori warned that the Spirit she would face was unknown.
• Shiori arrived at her ruined school while Qian Huanyue set out for the same disaster zone with a backpack full of soybean-flour bread.
• Qian Huanyue confronted Shiori, and Shiori admitted she worked for Ratatoskr to help Spirits live peacefully in society.
• Qian Huanyue calmly accepted Shiori's confession, offered to help her, and reassured her with a laugh.
• Kotori urged Shiori to accept Qian Huanyue's help, and Shiori agreed to go with her.

Qian Huanyue protected Shiori while distracting AST, giving Shiori a chance to befriend the purple-haired spirit, Tohka. Tohka began to trust Shiori after sharing bread and hearing that she did not have to keep fighting.

• Tohka threatened Shiori, but Qian Huanyue called her a friend and offered Tohka a soybean flour bun if she would not hurt her.
• AST attacked, so Qian Huanyue drew its fire away while Shiori stayed with Tohka.
• Tohka ate the bread and asked Shiori whether she truly would not kill her; Shiori said she wanted to be friends and introduced herself as Shido Itsuka, then corrected herself to Shiori.
• Shiori told Tohka she deserved to live a normal life and did not have to keep fighting.
• Qian Huanyue returned unharmed as Shiori's words moved Tohka.

Shiori gave the newly born Spirit the name Tohka, and Tohka eagerly accepted an invitation to explore the town with Shiori and Qian Huanyue. After Tohka returned to the Neighboring World, Shiori wondered about Huanyue’s past, then felt self-conscious when Huanyue teased her before leaving.

• Shiori proposed the name Tohka, and Qian Huanyue agreed that it suited the newly born Spirit.
• Tohka thanked Shiori for her name and happily accepted Shiori’s invitation to try food and see the town, asking Qian Huanyue to join them.
• Tohka began returning to the Neighboring World and said she expected Shiori to take her out next time.
• Shiori wondered whether Qian Huanyue had once felt lonely, but realized she had assumed Huanyue needed rescuing.
• Qian Huanyue teased Shiori about looking good in women’s clothing, then left, while Shiori was left wondering whether Huanyue disliked her.

Qian Huanyue visited Tohka and Shiori among the university ruins, then helped Tohka change clothes and explore a street filled with food. The outing ended with Huanyue thanking Shiori for their first date and saying she wanted to see her again.

• First-Meeting Kurumi offered Qian Huanyue a large stack of money, but Huanyue kept only two notes and promised to bring her a crepe.
• Qian Huanyue surprised Tohka with a prank at the ruined campus, and the two teamed up to tap Shiori until she guessed who was behind it.
• Qian Huanyue told Tohka to change out of her conspicuous Astral Dress, and Tohka used a photo as a model to create a white dress.
• Qian Huanyue, Tohka, and Shiori visited a street lined with food arranged by Ratatoskr, while Huanyue sent a crepe to First-Meeting Kurumi.
• Qian Huanyue thanked Shiori for their first date and said she wanted to see Shiori again.

Qian Huanyue passed off Shiori’s female form as one of Shido’s two forms, then spent an outing with Shiori and Tohka at an arcade. The three enjoyed games and prizes, and Shiori gave Qian Huanyue a bear plush, which she gratefully accepted while briefly wondering whether Mio Takamiya would be jealous.

• Qian Huanyue told Tohka that Shido had male and female forms, and Tohka happily held hands with Shiori.
• Tohka spotted a kinako bread pillow in a claw machine, and Shiori won it after a tense second attempt.
• Qian Huanyue won panda keychains while Shiori tried to win a bear plush for her.
• Tohka broke a whack-a-mole machine with her hammer, and Fraxinus staff quickly replaced it.
• Shiori gave Qian Huanyue the bear plush, and Qian Huanyue thanked her and said she would treasure it.

Tohka worried that her arrival and power would destroy the world, but Shiori and Qian Huanyue reassured her that she could learn to control her Spiritual Power and avoid causing Spacequakes. The chapter ended with Tohka hugging both of them and declaring her love for them.

• Tohka admired the human world and said she understood why the robot army attacked her because she thought they were protecting it.
• Shiori told Tohka that she did not have to see herself as a destroyer, and Qian Huanyue explained that precise control of Spiritual Power could prevent destruction.
• Qian Huanyue demonstrated how equal amounts of Spiritual Power could cancel each other out, allowing Tohka to arrive without causing a Spacequake.
• Shiori and Qian Huanyue reassured Tohka together that she could stay in the world without destroying anything.
• Tohka hugged Shiori and Qian Huanyue tightly and told them she loved them both.

Qian Huanyue protected Shiori from Origami’s sniper shot and confronted Ratatoskr over the risks and burdens Shiori faced. After Shiori insisted that saving Spirits was her own choice, Huanyue sent her through a spatial rift and turned her attention to Tohka and Origami.

• Origami spotted Qian Huanyue through her sniper scope and fired, but Shiori shoved Huanyue aside and Huanyue’s blades redirected the bullet.
• Tohka transformed into her Astral Dress and faced the sniper while Shiori recovered from the near-fatal attack atop Huanyue.
• Huanyue removed Shiori’s earpiece and demanded that Ratatoskr explain what it considered Shiori to be, angry that Shiori had been made to live as Shido.
• Shiori told Huanyue that she had chosen to save her and other Spirits, and Huanyue urged her to think about herself more.
• Huanyue returned the earpiece, opened a spatial rift beneath Shiori, and sent her falling away while she went to check on Tohka and Origami.

Qian Huanyue and five Kurumi clones launched an assault on a DEM facility after identifying an island where Nia Honjo was likely being held. Their infiltration failed when alarms brought out Bandersnatches, and they began destroying the machines.

• Qian Huanyue asked Kurumi to investigate old hospital records about Yoshino Himekawa and offered her Spiritual Power in exchange.
• After the original Kurumi left, Eyepatch Kurumi, Bandage Kurumi, Sweet Loli Kurumi, Goth Kurumi, and First-Meeting Kurumi emerged and identified a Pacific island where Nia Honjo was likely imprisoned.
• Qian Huanyue opened a spatial passage and brought the Kurumis near the DEM facility, where they split up to scout, set traps, and infiltrate the core.
• Qian Huanyue, Goth Kurumi, and First-Meeting Kurumi reached a secured alloy door, but the alarm detected their Spiritual Power and summoned Bandersnatches.
• Qian Huanyue and the two Kurumis used their Angels and time abilities to tear through the Bandersnatches, laughing as the battle began.

Qian Huanyue and the Kurumis destroyed DEM’s Bandersnatch forces while searching for a second Spirit, but their assault brought them face to face with Ellen and DEM’s magicians. After Ellen stabbed Qian Huanyue from behind, Qian Huanyue’s wound began to heal as her killing intent and Spiritual Power surged.

• Qian Huanyue and the five Kurumi clones defeated the Bandersnatch army at a DEM facility, found no second Spirit, and moved on to another island.
• Kotori Itsuka detected a fierce battle and Nightmare’s Spiritual Power, while Westcott ordered Ellen to deploy against Qian Huanyue.
• Ellen and DEM’s magicians confronted Qian Huanyue, who sent the Kurumis to search for the second Spirit and fought Ellen in the sky.
• Qian Huanyue used [Seraph of Thousand Blades] to bombard Ellen, but Ellen and Artemisia staged a feint and Ellen stabbed Qian Huanyue in the back.
• First-Meeting Kurumi fired at Ellen, while Qian Huanyue warned her not to waste Spiritual Power and then rose as her wound healed and her killing intent intensified.

Qian Huanyue defeated Ellen and the DEM magicians while searching for Nia Honjo, but Ellen mistook her for the First Spirit. Westcott revealed Nia was held on Nirill Island, and Qian Huanyue left with the Kurumis as Ellen confronted Westcott about his actions.

• Qian Huanyue captured Ellen and demanded to know where Nia Honjo was, threatening to kill Westcott if Ellen refused to answer.
• Ellen mistook Qian Huanyue for the First Spirit, Mio Takamiya, and Qian Huanyue angrily corrected her.
• Westcott arrived and told Qian Huanyue that Nia was being held in an underground facility on Nirill Island, then tossed her a keycard.
• Qian Huanyue released Ellen and departed with the five Kurumis after summoning the Seraph of Thousand Blades.
• Ellen accused Westcott of betraying her, but he said his plan could not afford to lose someone as important as her.

Qian Huanyue cheered herself up by teasing Nia Honjo and asking her to clean the cat’s litter box. Nia reluctantly did the chore and accepted Qian Huanyue’s praise, despite worrying she had become comic relief.

• Qian Huanyue noticed her Astral Dress had changed after she was stabbed, gaining armored panels over her skirt.
• Nia used Ratziel to learn about Qian Huanyue’s strength and decided to stay with her rather than rush back to her manga work.
• Qian Huanyue joked that her cat was named Dog, lifting her spirits while leaving Nia baffled.
• Qian Huanyue asked Nia to change the cat litter, and Nia cleaned the litter box.
• Qian Huanyue called Nia a litter-box genius, and Nia complained about the praise while secretly enjoying it.