Chapter Summaries

Summary

Key plot points and events

• In the hospital, Origami tells Reine that a strange doll attacked them. Reine pretends to be frightened and agrees to keep the incident secret, concealing her likely knowledge that the doll was a DEM weapon.
• Reassured that Shido is safe, Origami becomes furious at her own helplessness and vows to gain enough power to protect him without relying on equipment.
• Back at the beach, Lingmeng confirms that the Yamai Sisters’ hurricane swept the Bandersnatch units and vessel wreckage into the sea, keeping DEM technology from being discovered.
• The Yamai Sisters have reconciled after fighting together. Shido explains that he summoned Sandalphon and Lingmeng’s Elemental Spirit, cut through the hurricane, and defeated the powerful Wizard.
• Lingmeng praises Shido for being able to protect himself and others. The Sisters then press him to seal their powers, but he nervously postpones it until the following morning, partly because he worries Tohka will get jealous.
• The Sisters ask to borrow Shido and pull him into a nearby grove. When blue light and their embarrassed screams emerge, Lingmeng and Tohka rush in to investigate.

Character developments

• Origami shifts from relief over Shido’s safety to bitter resolve: she wants strength of her own rather than dependence on technology.
• Reine maintains her cover by acting surprised and distressed, though Origami suspects her reaction may be too polished.
• Shido has demonstrated new abilities and is pleased by Lingmeng’s approval, but remains awkward about explaining them and managing the Spirits’ feelings.
• Kaguya and Yuzuru put aside their rivalry and cooperate, though they remain dramatic and threatening in their banter.
• Lingmeng is glad Shido can now protect others, even while still being willing to protect him herself.

Significant themes

• Power and helplessness: Origami’s humiliation drives her desire to become stronger, while Shido’s new abilities represent a different path to protection.
• Trust and secrecy: Reine hides what she knows about DEM, and the wreckage is deliberately kept out of public view.
• Reconciliation and cooperation: The Yamai Sisters’ shared fight helps end their hostility.
• Affection and awkward jealousy: Shido’s relationships create gentle comic tension, especially around sealing the Sisters’ powers.

Character interactions

• Reine reassures Origami while carefully concealing her knowledge; Origami’s doubts remain unspoken.
• Lingmeng warmly praises Shido, and he blushes at her approval.
• Kaguya and Yuzuru jointly insist that Shido seal their powers, then privately take him aside.
• Tohka and Lingmeng remain behind until the Sisters’ screams prompt them to intervene.

Plot points and events

• Shido accidentally seals the Yamai Sisters after they try to kiss him. Their Astral Dresses disappear, leaving them naked, and they accuse him of undressing them.
• Lingmeng and Tohka arrive. Tohka accepts Shido’s explanation, while Lingmeng takes a photo of the sisters and teases them before fetching yukata. She sends Shido away so they can change—but privately enjoys watching them herself.
• At the pit dug by Ai, Mai, and Mii, Ellen reports to Isaac that Albald has been shot down, her Realizer damaged, and both Element Maker and Princess have escaped. Isaac treats the failure calmly, noting that confirming Lingmeng and Tohka’s identities still made the operation worthwhile, and orders Ellen to return to base.
• Ellen asks Isaac whether a human could control Spirit power.
• Lingmeng, Shido, Tohka, and the dressed Yamai Sisters return to the Inn and find Origami injured in Reine’s room. Reine claims Origami slipped in the hot spring, though Lingmeng suspects she is hiding the real cause.
• Shido and Yuzuru express concern for Origami. Tohka also shows concern despite their rivalry, but Origami rejects it, briefly provoking Tohka before she holds back. Lingmeng then remembers that they came to tell Reine good news.

Character developments and interactions

• Shido is embarrassed by the Yamai Sisters’ attempted kisses and the misunderstanding that follows. He is also considerate enough to leave while they change.
• Lingmeng’s playful, mischievous side is prominent: she teases the sisters, uses their vulnerability to make them cooperate, and suspects Reine’s explanation about Origami.
• Tohka’s concern for Origami reveals a more considerate side beneath their rivalry; she restrains herself rather than argue with an injured opponent.
• Origami remains guarded and refuses to accept others’ concern, while Reine protects the secret behind her injury.
• Ellen is troubled by the failed mission and begins questioning whether a human might wield Spirit power. Isaac remains composed and pragmatic.

Significant themes

• Trust and secrecy: Reine conceals the truth about Origami’s injury, and Lingmeng recognizes the evasion.
• Rivalry softened by compassion: Tohka’s concern for Origami briefly takes precedence over their antagonism.
• Power and identity: Ellen’s question about humans controlling Spirit power hints at larger mysteries behind the operation.
• Comedy and embarrassment: Shido’s accidental sealing and the Yamai Sisters’ predicament provide a comic contrast to the failed combat mission.

Plot points and events

• Lingmeng, Reine, and the others leave Origami to rest and discuss how she was injured. Reine explains that a DEM robot attacked Origami while she searched for Shido, but it stopped when the group disabled the vessel controlling it.
• Reine contacts Fraxinus and learns that the signal-jamming vessel has been destroyed. The crew, meanwhile, praise Vice Commander Kannazuki for saving their ship—until his lewd fantasies and behavior quickly undermine their admiration.
• Reine reports that Shido encountered and sealed the Yamai sisters, Kaguya and Yuzuru, and that DEM nearly captured them and Tohka. Kannazuki arranges to teleport the sisters to Fraxinus for examinations and asks headquarters to recover the enemy vessel and its crew.
• Kaguya and Yuzuru are transported aboard Fraxinus. With the immediate danger resolved, the group prepares to rest before flying back to Tengu City the next morning.
• Lingmeng mourns that the School Trip is nearly over. Reine reminds her that there is still time to visit the hot springs, and Lingmeng invites Shido to go with her, offering to wrap herself in a towel and scrub his back.

Character developments and interactions

• Kannazuki proves himself a capable commander in battle, earning the crew’s respect, but his return to perverted antics immediately restores their low opinion of him.
• Shido feels guilty that Lingmeng’s trip was spoiled while she helped him with the Spirits, and he is flustered by her hot-spring invitation.
• Lingmeng shifts from exhaustion and disappointment to renewed enthusiasm at the prospect of enjoying the hot springs—and playfully teases Shido.
• Reine remains composed and practical, coordinating with Fraxinus and helping the group move from crisis response toward rest.
• Kaguya and Yuzuru accept their examination aboard Fraxinus in contrasting styles: Kaguya theatrically, Yuzuru politely.

Significant themes

• Competence versus character: Kannazuki’s genuine courage and skill coexist with behavior that makes others doubt him.
• Duty and personal cost: Shido and Lingmeng’s effort to protect and seal Spirits turns what should be a carefree trip into an exhausting ordeal.
• Relief and renewed connection: With DEM’s immediate threat contained, the characters can return to ordinary pleasures and playful intimacy.

Key plot points and events

• Reine encourages Shido to join Lingmeng for a late-night hot-spring bath. Tohka, tired after the recent events, goes to bed and leaves them alone.
• Lingmeng scrubs Shido’s back, then hugs him from behind and teases him about his past kisses and her jealousy over Kaguya and Yuzuru’s attention. She demands a cheek kiss as an apology; Shido gives in, and Lingmeng celebrates her “win.”
• The next morning, Ratatoskr has recovered the DEM vessel and Bandersnatch remains from the sea. Paddington and his crew are found alive and taken into Ratatoskr custody. Ellen has disappeared, apparently fleeing after her identity was exposed.
• Shido’s friend Tonamachi notices that a large coastal rock formation has vanished. Shido recognizes it as the damage he caused while using the Elemental Spirit’s power, but keeps the truth to himself. He is still sore from the fight.
• As the group prepares to fly home, Tohka invites Shido and Lingmeng to sit with her, noting that Origami is supposedly in hospital. Before they can settle the plan, Origami appears on crutches and contradicts them.

Character developments and interactions

• Lingmeng becomes more playful and openly affectionate, turning her jealousy and embarrassment into teasing. She gets Shido to kiss her willingly, which she sees as a victory.
• Shido is shy and accommodating with Lingmeng, while continuing to hide the consequences of his battle from ordinary friends.
• Tohka shows little jealousy over Shido’s bath with Lingmeng, but eagerly hopes to share the flight back with him and claim the window seat.
• Origami unexpectedly reappears despite being injured and supposedly hospitalized, setting up a likely contest over sitting with Shido.
• Reine quietly facilitates Shido and Lingmeng’s time together, while Tonamachi remains unaware of the supernatural events behind the island’s destruction.

Significant themes

• Affection expressed through teasing: Lingmeng’s playful demands reveal both jealousy and growing intimacy.
• Secrecy and its costs: Shido conceals his powers and the battle’s aftermath, even as his injuries persist.
• Competition for closeness: Tohka’s plans—and Origami’s sudden arrival—underscore the ongoing rivalry for Shido’s attention.
• Consequences of power: The vanished rock formation and Shido’s lingering soreness show that using the Elemental Spirit’s power carries lasting effects.

• Key events: Lingmeng heals the injured Origami with her mysterious restorative power. Origami immediately tests the situation with an inappropriate question about whether the ability could help with sex, then joins Tohka in competing for the window seat beside Shido. Their rock-paper-scissors game is interrupted by Kaguya and Yuzuru, who reveal they have been allowed to travel with the group. The sisters win the seat contest and declare Shido—and jokingly Lingmeng—their “property.” After Lingmeng scolds them, the group boards the plane and leaves the island.
• Character developments: Origami’s stubbornness and blunt, provocative curiosity remain on display despite her injuries. Kaguya and Yuzuru show that they have reconciled and now share affection for Shido rather than competing with each other. Lingmeng continues to act as a capable healer and a teasing, protective presence, while Shido is left flustered by the group’s rivalry over him.
• Character interactions: Tohka and Origami clash over seating, with Shido trying to settle the dispute fairly. Kaguya and Yuzuru insert themselves into the contest and claim the seats beside Shido, prompting jealousy from Lingmeng, Tohka, and Origami. Lingmeng’s forehead flicks puncture the sisters’ dramatic boasting, and she ultimately accepts the game’s outcome.
• Themes: The chapter mixes comedy and romantic rivalry with a note of recovery and reconciliation. Lingmeng’s healing underscores her unusual abilities, while the Yamai sisters’ agreement signals their renewed bond. The departure marks the end of the island trip and a return to the group’s next phase.

Key plot points and events

• The chapter opens with a comedic, meta afterword: the author and characters answer reader questions about Lingmeng’s personality, Shido’s ability to use her Angel, and other running jokes. Kaguya and Yuzuru are briefly gagged because their stylized speech is difficult to write, then free themselves and defend it.
• The author reflects on the Yamai Arc’s unusual length and announces that the next arc will focus on Miku.
• The story then begins a new scene: Lingmeng and Shido sit together at a café on what is revealed to be a date. Shido is disguised as “Shiori,” wearing makeup and feminine clothing.
• A flashback shows how the date began: while Shido was relaxing at home, Lingmeng burst in and enthusiastically asked him to go on a date. Shido is surprised, since she had never invited him on one before, and senses that she is acting more warmly toward him.

Character developments

• Lingmeng is presented as more openly affectionate and proactive than before, taking the initiative to ask Shido out. Her playful, teasing personality remains intact.
• Shido is surprised by Lingmeng’s invitation and tries to understand the change in her behavior. He also once again takes on his Shiori disguise for a date.
• Kaguya and Yuzuru briefly push back against the author’s treatment of their speech, serving as part of the afterword’s humor.

Significant themes

• The afterword playfully breaks the fourth wall, discussing writing choices, reader expectations, character popularity, and the challenges of portraying certain personalities.
• The story shifts from action and Spirit powers toward romance, teasing the question of whether Lingmeng’s invitation signals deeper feelings.
• Shido’s gender disguise continues to blur expectations and provide comedy, while also enabling a more intimate date scenario.

Character interactions

• Lingmeng and Shido trade affectionate, teasing remarks during the reader Q&A, with Lingmeng joking about his masculinity and Shido protesting.
• The author clashes comically with Kaguya and Yuzuru over their speech styles.
• In the main story, Lingmeng’s unusual initiative catches Shido off guard; he accepts the possibility of a date as their relationship appears to be changing.

Key plot points and events

• Lingmeng invites Shido on a date, but reveals it is one of several dates he owes her for past promises to dress as a girl. Kotori made a coupon sheet to keep track. Shido reluctantly stamps one of its empty boxes and agrees to become “Shiori.”
• After changing aboard the Fraxinus, Shiori and Lingmeng go shopping. The September heat becomes uncomfortable, so they stop at an air-conditioned café.
• Lingmeng spots a half-price couples’ fruit drink. To persuade the server that they qualify, she kisses Shiori on the cheek. Flustered, Shiori questions her boldness; Lingmeng jokes that someone has to be embarrassed.
• The server brings one large drink for two. Shiori wonders whether she forgot their second drink.

Character developments

• Shido/Shiori accepts responsibility for the promises he made to Lingmeng, even though he is embarrassed by the prospect of dressing up again. As Shiori, he is shy and easily flustered by Lingmeng’s affection.
• Lingmeng is playful and affectionate, taking the lead in arranging the date and openly enjoying Shiori’s feminine appearance. She also uses the café promotion as an excuse to kiss him.
• The server initially doubts that two women qualify as a couple, but quickly revises her assumption after seeing Lingmeng’s kiss.

Significant themes

• Promises and responsibility: Shido honors past commitments, even when they leave him with a long “debt” of dates.
• Gender and assumptions: The scene challenges the idea that couples must be of different genders.
• Embarrassment and affection: Lingmeng’s teasing gestures push Shiori out of his comfort zone while revealing their closeness.

Character interactions

• Lingmeng turns Shido’s past favors into a playful date arrangement, and Shido gives in despite his embarrassment.
• At the café, Lingmeng shows affection by kissing Shiori; he reacts bashfully but does not reject her.
• The server’s misunderstanding becomes an opportunity for Lingmeng to present them as a couple, while Shiori remains surprised and self-conscious.

Plot points and events

• Lingmeng and Shiori share a “couples’ drink” through its two heart-shaped straws, then order omurice and feed one another. Their date is shy but affectionate, and they linger in the café to escape the heat.
• Three girls enter, including a strikingly beautiful woman with silvery-purple hair and an elegant blue dress. Shiori stares at her, prompting Lingmeng to grow jealous and worry that she is less attractive.
• Lingmeng breaks into tears. Shiori reassures her that Lingmeng is the cutest and her favorite, then comforts her by stroking her head. Lingmeng cheers up.
• One of the newcomers invites the pair to join her “dear elder sister” for afternoon tea. The beautiful woman waves to them; Lingmeng is suspicious of her motives and fears she is interested in Shiori.

Character developments

• Lingmeng is playful and affectionate throughout the date, but her confidence falters when Shiori admires another woman. Her insecurity about her appearance—including her chest and femininity—surfaces, along with her possessive feelings.
• Shiori is initially bashful but willingly joins in the couple-like gestures. When Lingmeng becomes upset, she takes the initiative to comfort her with heartfelt praise, showing growing tenderness and attentiveness.
• The silvery-purple-haired woman is introduced as poised and exceptionally beautiful, though her intentions remain unknown.

Significant themes

• Romantic intimacy: Sharing a drink and feeding each other create closeness while making both girls self-conscious.
• Jealousy and insecurity: Lingmeng’s fear of being outshone reveals how much she values Shiori’s affection.
• Reassurance and care: Shiori’s sincere affirmation helps Lingmeng recover and strengthens their bond.

Character interactions

• Lingmeng and Shiori share food and affectionate attention during their date.
• Shiori’s gaze at the newcomer triggers Lingmeng’s jealous outburst; Shiori responds with praise and comfort.
• The newcomer’s companion formally invites them to afternoon tea, setting up a potentially tense encounter.

Plot points

• Lingmeng and Shiori decline an invitation to afternoon tea from a silver-purple-haired girl, who approaches them despite their refusal.
• The girl introduces herself through flirtatious attention rather than giving her name. Lingmeng grows jealous when she sees her make Shiori blush and responds possessively.
• The girl persistently calls Lingmeng “Meng-chan,” irritating her. Lingmeng takes Shiori’s hand and tries to leave.
• The girl’s voice suddenly makes Shiori feel foggy. Lingmeng realizes the girl is likely a Spirit whose power works through her voice, so she changes her approach and agrees to tea.
• The girl sends away the two companions who had been waiting with her, using her Spirit power to compel them when they hesitate. She then joins Lingmeng and Shiori at her table.

Character developments and interactions

• Lingmeng shifts from openly hostile and jealous to cautious politeness once she suspects the girl is a Spirit. She remains protective of Shiori and resents the girl’s familiarity.
• Shiori is shy and easily flustered by the girl’s flirting. When her voice affects him, he feels unwell, but he follows Lingmeng’s cue to play along.
• The silver-purple-haired girl is charming, persistent, and seemingly unfazed by rejection. Her power lets her influence others, which she uses to dismiss her companions and secure private time with Lingmeng and Shiori.
• Lingmeng and Shiori share an unspoken understanding when she signals him to accept the invitation. Shiori’s discomfort grows as the girl casually admits her companions will forgive her.

Significant themes

• Possessiveness and jealousy: Lingmeng reacts strongly to the girl’s attention toward Shiori.
• Consent and control: The girl’s use of Spirit power turns invitations and requests into commands.
• Caution beneath charm: Her sweet manner contrasts with the unsettling control she exercises over others.

Plot points and events

• Lingmeng and Shiori meet Miku Izayoi for tea. Miku gives them signed copies of her unreleased album and reveals she is an idol.
• Lingmeng pretends not to know Miku, then refuses to say she follows celebrities. Her teasing unsettles Miku, while Shiori tries to smooth things over.
• Miku asks about their relationship. Lingmeng promptly calls them a couple, and the conversation turns to girls loving girls—leaving Shiori mostly on the sidelines.
• Miku invites them to her large house, even suggesting they could stay overnight. Shiori and Lingmeng refuse, citing someone waiting at home.
• As Miku grows weary after their refusal, Lingmeng abruptly takes Shiori to the restroom. There, she reveals that Miku is a Spirit and suspects her Spirit Power lets her control people through her words. She believes Miku used it earlier, causing Shiori’s headache.

Character developments

• Lingmeng is playful and provocative in conversation, but becomes alert and protective when she recognizes a possible supernatural threat.
• Shiori is awkward about Lingmeng publicly calling them a couple and feels excluded as Lingmeng and Miku bond. She becomes alarmed when Lingmeng explains Miku’s powers.
• Miku presents herself as a charming, generous idol, but her composure slips when Lingmeng rejects her fame. Her eagerness to get the pair to her home, and her apparent use of Spirit Power, suggest a more complicated agenda.

Significant themes

• Romance and identity: Lingmeng openly affirms her relationship with Shiori, while Shiori’s hidden identity as a boy contrasts with her appearance as a girl.
• Charm and coercion: Miku’s pleasant invitations may be backed by supernatural influence, raising questions about whether apparent agreement is genuine.
• Trust and vigilance: Lingmeng’s suspicions shift the tea gathering from lighthearted socializing to a potentially dangerous encounter.

Character interactions

• Lingmeng’s blunt teasing repeatedly disrupts Miku’s attempts to connect, while Shiori tries to preserve politeness.
• Miku and Lingmeng quickly find common ground over romance between girls, leaving Shiori feeling like an outsider.
• Lingmeng privately warns Shiori rather than confronting Miku in public, signaling that she wants to investigate the threat discreetly.

Plot points and events

• Lingmeng explains that Miku’s Spirit Power influenced the two girls who left, but did not affect Lingmeng or Shiori—likely because of their unusual resistance and Shiori’s sealed Spirit Powers.
• Shiori suggests returning to win Miku over. Lingmeng refuses, suspecting Miku intends to lure them home and use her abilities to seduce them. Without Fraxinus support, Lingmeng decides they should leave and investigate Miku later.
• Lingmeng teleports herself and Shiori to the Itsuka residence, startling Kotori. After learning Miku is an idol and may be a Spirit, Kotori switches from her relaxed white-ribbon mode to Commander Mode.
• Lingmeng recounts their encounter. Kotori agrees Fraxinus should investigate Miku before they approach her again.
• Kotori then asks Shido whether he has felt ill since manifesting Lingmeng’s and Tohka’s Angels on Orumi Island. He says he has not, and Kotori dismisses the question without explaining her concern.

Character developments and interactions

• Lingmeng takes responsibility for protecting Shiori, prioritizing her safety over pursuing Miku and promising they can apologize later.
• Shiori is reluctant to abandon Miku, but trusts Lingmeng’s judgment. He is also shyly pleased when Lingmeng declares that she loves both Shido and Shiori.
• Kotori quickly shifts from playful little sister to strategic commander, while teasing Lingmeng about her apparent attraction to girls and her enthusiasm for Shiori’s feminine disguise.
• The exchange highlights Lingmeng’s protective closeness with Shiori and Kotori’s ongoing concern about Shido’s health.

Significant themes

• Caution and consent: The group avoids approaching Miku until they understand how her powers work and can act safely.
• Identity and disguise: Shido’s Shiori persona complicates how others interpret his relationships and attraction.
• Hidden risks: Kotori’s question about the Angels hints that manifesting them may have consequences, even though Shido currently feels fine.

Chapter summary

• Kotori recalls Ratatoskr’s executives reacting with alarm after learning that Shido can use a Spirit’s Angel. To reassure them, she reluctantly promised to kill him herself if he ever became a threat to humanity.
• Back at home, Shiori reassures Kotori that he wants to stay with her and everyone else. Embarrassed by her concern, Kotori denies worrying about him, punches him in the stomach, and sends him back out to finish his date with Lingmeng. Lingmeng cheerfully takes him away. Kotori privately hopes she will never have to turn against her sister.
• The story jumps to the next day at Raizen High, where Ai gives a rousing speech to the students, urging them to avenge last year’s defeat and win the upcoming Tengu Festival.
• Shido explains to Lingmeng and Tohka that the Tengu Festival is a three-day cultural event shared by ten high schools. What began as a way for a small number of students to celebrate together has grown into a major citywide competition, with schools vying for top honors in sales, exhibits, and performances.
• Though Shido says ordinary students can mostly enjoy the festival, the Yamai Sisters—Kaguya and Yuzuru—arrive and declare that Raizen must win. They are now attending Raizen, though in a different class from Shido and Lingmeng. The passage ends as Shido begins explaining that they were kept together because they remain emotionally stable when they are together.

Character developments and interactions

• Kotori reveals the weight of her responsibility as commander: she fears Shido’s powers could endanger humanity, even while she clearly cares about him. Her bashful concern comes out as denial and a punch.
• Shido/Shiori offers Kotori reassurance and returns to his date with Lingmeng.
• Lingmeng gently steers Shido back to their date and responds with curiosity to the unfamiliar festival tradition.
• Tohka is initially confused by the school rivalry but focuses on the festival’s food stalls.
• Ai turns the school’s memory of last year’s loss into a fervent call for victory.
• Kaguya and Yuzuru show strong school pride and immediately commit themselves to winning.

Significant themes

• Care mixed with fear and duty: Kotori’s affection for Shido conflicts with her promise to protect humanity.
• Rivalry and collective pride: The Tengu Festival’s friendly cultural purpose has evolved into fierce competition and school-wide solidarity.
• Belonging and stability: The Yamai Sisters’ need to remain together underscores the importance of their bond after their Spirit powers were sealed.

Plot points and events

• The Yamai Sisters join Lingmeng’s class despite having been assigned elsewhere, claiming they slipped in unnoticed. They boast that together they can lead Raizen High School to victory, then show how affectionate they’ve become by playfully poking each other.
• Tohka asks about the Tenkou Festival’s food stalls. Tonamachi appears with a notebook listing roughly ninety stalls across ten schools, gathered while hoping to find a girlfriend to visit the festival with.
• Tonamachi offers his research to Shido so he can enjoy festival “dates” with Lingmeng and Tohka. He highlights Eibuseibu High School’s elaborate meat croquettes and mentions Sendai Affiliated Middle School.
• He reminds the group that last year’s festival champion was Rindouji Girls’ Academy, known for excellent food, attractive and courteous servers, and a popular handshaking promotion.
• Tonamachi reveals that idol Miku Izayoi recently transferred to Rindouji. Shido and Lingmeng recognize her from a recent encounter, but conceal that they have met her. Tonamachi insists Miku is famous among people their age.

Character developments and interactions

• Kaguya and Yuzuru have shifted from enemies to close, openly affectionate sisters, while still confidently presenting themselves as an unbeatable team.
• Tonamachi shows unexpected dedication and generosity by sharing his painstaking festival research with Shido, though he admits he hopes to be introduced to any girls Shido isn’t interested in.
• Shido and Lingmeng share knowing reactions to Miku’s identity but keep their connection to her secret from Tonamachi.
• Tohka is captivated by the promise of festival food, especially the luxury croquettes. The group’s teasing and reactions keep the conversation light.

Significant themes

• Reconciliation and changed relationships: The Yamai Sisters’ playful closeness contrasts with their former hostility.
• Friendship and self-interest: Tonamachi genuinely helps Shido, but his offer also serves his matchmaking hopes.
• Secrecy and coincidence: Miku’s unexpected connection to Rindouji brings Shido and Lingmeng’s hidden knowledge into an ordinary school-festival discussion.
• Competition and spectacle: The festival is framed as a contest shaped by food, presentation, popularity, and the schools’ ability to attract visitors.

Key plot points and events

• Shido doubts Tonamachi’s claim that everyone knows idol Miku Izayoi. Tonamachi challenges him to find someone who does not; Shido turns to Tohka, Kaguya, and Yuzuru, who confirm they know her.
• Lingmeng realizes Miku may attend the Tengu Festival as a Ryudouji student, giving her a chance to meet Miku again and win her over.
• Origami joins the group and argues with Tohka over who will spend the festival with Shido.
• Onstage, Ai announces that the festival’s executive committee is short-staffed because several members—including the student council president—have collapsed from overwork. No students volunteer.
• Tohka, Origami, Kaguya, and Yuzuru each grab Shido and fight over his festival plans. Tonamachi nominates Shido for the committee, and the other students enthusiastically support the nomination. Ai officially appoints him, despite his protests.
• Elsewhere, Isaac reviews reports identifying Lingmeng and Tohka as powerful Spirits attending Shido’s school. He suspects Ratatoskr is helping Spirits live as ordinary humans and orders Ellen to proceed with plans to reinforce the Tengu City AST.

Character developments and interactions

• Lingmeng spots a possible opportunity to meet Miku at the festival, but otherwise watches Shido’s predicament with amusement rather than helping.
• Shido is unwillingly caught between the girls’ competing plans and then saddled with committee work after his friends and classmates turn against him.
• Tohka, Origami, Kaguya, and Yuzuru openly compete for Shido’s attention, each insisting she has a claim on his festival time.
• Tonamachi jokes with Shido earlier, then betrays him by nominating him for the committee—apparently out of envy of Shido’s attention from the girls.
• Isaac and Ellen discuss the Spirits and Ratatoskr. Ellen reacts tensely when Isaac mentions their “old friend,” hinting at personal feelings or history.

Significant themes

• Comic rivalry and unwanted attention: Shido’s romantic entanglements repeatedly turn into physical tug-of-war and public embarrassment.
• Responsibility and group pressure: The students avoid a dangerous workload until the crowd shifts it onto Shido, who cannot refuse.
• Peaceful coexistence versus militarization: Ratatoskr’s effort to let Spirits live as ordinary people contrasts with Isaac’s preparations to strengthen the AST.

Plot points and events

• Isaac celebrates DEM’s plan to embed its Wizards within Japan’s AST so they can use Realizers openly. After recognizing Shido in a photograph, he feels an unexplained familiarity with him and proposes greeting Shido and the Spirits by driving them into despair and causing them to invert.
• At the Itsuka home, Lingmeng cooks dinner for Tohka, Kaguya, Yuzuru, and Yoshino while Shido is stuck at school doing exhausting Tengu Festival committee work. The girls tease Lingmeng for being able to cook, then eagerly enjoy her meal.
• Shido walks home exhausted, imagining Lingmeng welcoming him in an overly romantic fashion before catching himself. A Spacequake alarm interrupts him: a Spirit has appeared.
• Shido contacts Kotori through his earpiece. She confirms Lingmeng has taken the others to a Shelter and sends Shido to the scene, near Tatsunami Station, where a dome-shaped event venue stands.

Character developments and interactions

• Isaac appears confident and calculating, but Shido’s face stirs a mysterious sense of recognition in him. His proposed “greeting” signals a threatening intention toward Shido and the Spirits.
• Lingmeng shows a practical, caring side by cooking for the others while Shido is away. She is amused and mildly irritated by their surprise at her culinary skill.
• Tohka and the other girls share a lively, comfortable domestic moment, teasing Lingmeng and enthusiastically eating her food. They show little concern about Shido’s festival workload.
• Shido is worn down by committee duties but remains responsible: he checks that the others are safe and responds immediately when a Spirit appears. His fanciful thoughts about Lingmeng reveal an embarrassed, playful streak.
• Kotori coordinates the response from Fraxinus and reassures Shido before sending him to the site.

Significant themes

• Care and everyday companionship: Lingmeng’s meal and the girls’ banter provide a warm domestic contrast to the danger outside.
• Duty and exhaustion: Shido’s festival responsibilities compete with his role in handling Spirit incidents.
• Threat beneath ordinary life: The Spacequake alarm abruptly disrupts the household’s peaceful evening, while Isaac’s plan hints that the conflict is escalating.

Plot points and events

• A Spacequake strikes Tengu City, prompting Shido to enter a dome after Kotori reports a Spirit’s signal inside. The chapter then flashes back to events shortly before the disaster.
• Origami’s AST confinement ends, allowing her to return to duty. She had been punished for taking a defective White Lycoris without permission and attacking Efreet in a crowded area, causing danger and a public scandal.
• Captain Ryoko objects to a new group of foreign recruits being assigned to the AST with unusual freedom to disregard orders. Their leader, Jessica Bailey, dismisses the AST as ineffective and taunts both Ryoko and Origami. Jessica and her team also ridicule Origami’s failed solo attack.
• A Spacequake alarm cuts off the confrontation. Ryoko and Origami head to respond, while Jessica’s group follows, treating the incident as a chance to test themselves.
• Elsewhere, Lingmeng has taken Tohka, Yoshino, Kaguya, and Yuzuru to an underground shelter. Since they have no money for food, she gives each of them 10,000 yen, privately resolving to ask Kotori for reimbursement.

Character developments and interactions

• Origami returns to AST duty without showing much emotion, but Jessica’s insults visibly anger her; she keeps quiet rather than responding.
• Ryoko is fiercely protective of her unit and refuses to accept the foreign recruits’ authority without protest. Despite her argument with Jessica, she prioritizes the Spacequake response.
• Jessica establishes herself as confident, provocative, and contemptuous of the AST. She deliberately needles Ryoko and Origami, while her teammates join in mocking them.
• Lingmeng acts generously toward the hungry Spirits, though her private regret over the expense adds a humorous contrast.
• Tohka, Yoshino, Kaguya, and Yuzuru respond with gratitude to Lingmeng’s help; their interrupted meal provides a lighter counterpoint to the approaching crisis.

Significant themes

• Authority and conflict: The recruits’ special privileges challenge Ryoko’s command and threaten the AST’s cohesion.
• Competence and humiliation: Jessica frames the AST—and Origami in particular—as failures, intensifying the pressure to prove themselves.
• Duty amid personal conflict: The alarm forces the rivals to set aside their argument and respond to danger.
• Care and reciprocity: Lingmeng’s generosity highlights the Spirits’ reliance on one another, alongside her expectation that Kotori will repay her.

Key plot points and events

• Lingmeng leaves Tohka and the others at the shelter with food money, then uses her spatial power to board the Fraxinus and check on Shido.
• Shido enters the evacuated Dome and follows a beautiful voice to the stage, where he discovers the Spirit is Miku Izayoi, whom he and Lingmeng met the previous day.
• Kotori identifies Miku as the Spirit known as Diva. She was discovered six months earlier, but the Ratatoskr crew knows almost nothing about her personality or abilities, so Kotori urges Shido to be cautious.
• Miku notices Shido in the audience and invites him to come forward. Before he approaches, Fraxinus’s AI presents three possible opening lines, including an obviously inappropriate option chosen by Kannazuki.
• Kotori has Kannazuki dragged away for his lewd suggestion.

Character developments and interactions

• Lingmeng insists she came aboard only out of curiosity, though Kotori teases her for being worried about Shido; Lingmeng becomes visibly embarrassed.
• Shido is surprised to find Miku, but understands that he must treat this as a first meeting: Miku knows him only from their encounter when he was disguised as Shiori.
• Kotori takes charge of the operation, warning Shido about the unknown Spirit and directing the crew’s response.
• Kannazuki again reveals his voyeuristic tastes, prompting Kotori to punish him while the crew looks on.

Significant themes

• Caution amid uncertainty: Shido is approaching a Spirit whose temperament and powers are largely unknown.
• Performance and identity: Miku’s singing and dazzling Astral Dress define her dramatic entrance, while Shido’s earlier disguise complicates how she may recognize him.
• Comic contrast: The serious mission is repeatedly undercut by Lingmeng’s banter and Kannazuki’s antics.

Key plot points and events

• Kotori orders the crew to punish Kannazuki for his inappropriate behavior, while the Fraxinus crew treats the incident as routine.
• The crew chooses response ② for Shido to use with Miku: compliment her singing. Reine hopes Miku’s reaction will reveal more about her.
• Nakatsugawa says Miku’s voice reminds him of another idol, but he cannot remember who—his memory seems obscured.
• Shido approaches Miku and compliments her singing. She freezes when she sees him, then his words cause her affection and mood readings to plummet.
• Shido tries a second compliment—telling Miku she is beautiful—but the readings worsen. Kotori then orders him to use the crew’s most provocative option, but Miku attacks before he can speak.
• Miku unleashes a powerful scream that blasts Shido off the stage. He catches the edge and narrowly avoids a dangerous fall. Lingmeng warns Kotori to retrieve him, recognizing that something is seriously wrong.

Character developments

• Kotori remains forceful and quick to issue orders, even when the crew’s guidance is clearly failing.
• Shido tries to follow instructions despite his doubts, but becomes frustrated as his attempts make matters worse.
• Lingmeng shows sound judgment by warning Shido and recognizing the sudden danger.
• Miku shifts from an apparently cheerful singer to someone intensely hostile toward Shido; her reaction to his presence remains unexplained.
• Nakagatsuwa’s failed recollection suggests a mystery connected to Miku or another idol.

Significant themes

• Miscommunication and unreliable assumptions: The crew’s standard dating advice has the opposite effect on Miku.
• Hidden memories and mystery: Nakagatsuwa’s inability to recall the idol’s name hints at something obscuring the truth.
• Comedy amid danger: The crew’s irreverent banter contrasts with Shido’s increasingly perilous situation.
• Unpredictability of emotional connection: Miku’s behavior defies the crew’s readings and expectations.

Character interactions

• Kotori directs the crew and Shido, while Lingmeng and Reine offer cautious advice.
• Shido’s attempts to compliment Miku meet with escalating hostility rather than rapport.
• Miku’s scream turns the encounter into an emergency, prompting Lingmeng to call on Kotori to rescue Shido.

Key events

• Fraxinus cannot teleport Shido back because a ceiling blocks the transfer device. As Miku prepares to knock him from the stage with another sound attack, Lingmeng uses her spatial powers to catch him.
• Furious at Miku’s abuse of Shido, Lingmeng punches her in the face, then teleports herself and Shido to safety.
• Miku is left confused and angry when Shido disappears. Her readings on Fraxinus fall, but the situation changes when AST breaks through the stage ceiling and surrounds her.
• Miku’s mood abruptly shifts from rage to delight at having a new audience. She appears behind Origami, touches her shoulder, and offers to sing. Origami reacts by attacking with her Light Sword, but Miku easily evades the blows.

Character developments and interactions

• Lingmeng acts decisively to protect Shido, showing that her concern for him outweighs her usual restraint—even when it means striking a Spirit. She later plays down her impulsiveness, while Kotori warns her about the risk of provoking Miku.
• Shido is shaken by Miku’s vicious rejection and surprised by Lingmeng’s rescue. Her fierce defense of him leaves him blushing.
• Miku appears volatile: she first subjects Shido to cruel verbal abuse, then turns her attention to AST with theatrical enthusiasm.
• Origami responds to Miku’s unexpected closeness with immediate aggression, setting up a confrontation.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and protection: Lingmeng risks consequences to save Shido and retaliate against the person hurting him.
• Appearance versus reality: Miku’s sweet voice and gentle expressions contrast sharply with her hateful words and erratic behavior.
• Unpredictability and escalation: The rescue temporarily ends the danger to Shido, but AST’s arrival shifts the conflict toward a larger confrontation.

Plot points and events

• Miku teases Origami during the AST’s attack, then uses her Spirit Power to fend off the soldiers. After more than an hour of fighting, she leaves unharmed, calling it a day.
• Back aboard Fraxinus, Kotori shows Shido and Lingmeng footage of Miku’s concert and a graph tracking her emotions. Miku’s mood plunges while Shido speaks to her as a boy, then rises when the AST arrives—peaking when Miku touches Origami.
• Nakatsugawa explains that Miku is a famous but publicly unseen idol who holds invitation-only concerts for women. Rumors say she despises men and sometimes takes women she likes home.
• Kotori concludes that Miku’s androphobia explains her reactions: she was friendly when Shido presented as Shiori, attacked him when he appeared as a boy, and welcomed the AST’s arrival.
• Kotori notes that Miku may appear at the upcoming Tengu Festival and tells Shido to focus on his committee duties while staying ready to dress as a girl again. She then sends Shido and Lingmeng to retrieve Tohka and the others from the Shelter.

Character developments and interactions

• Shido realizes that winning Miku over may require him to appear as a girl again, despite his reluctance and fear of getting used to the clothes.
• Lingmeng sympathizes with Shido, jokes about his “Shiori” persona, and comforts him by patting his head. She contrasts her own attraction to girls with Miku’s hostility toward men.
• Miku is revealed as both a secretive celebrity and a Spirit whose emotional responses are strongly shaped by her attraction to women and fear of men.
• Kotori and Reine use the emotion data to interpret Miku’s behavior; Nakatsugawa supplies enthusiastic background on her career and rumors.
• The AST, especially Origami, remains determined to attack Miku, but the assault fails to defeat or capture her.

Significant themes

• Identity and disguise: Shido’s feminine presentation changes how Miku treats him, forcing him to reconsider using “Shiori.”
• Attraction, fear, and trust: Miku’s androphobia complicates Shido’s usual approach to winning a Spirit’s affection.
• Celebrity and privacy: Miku’s immense fame contrasts with how carefully she hides her face and limits access to her performances.
• Duty and comedy: Shido’s frustration with repeated cross-dressing is played against the practical demands of Spirit negotiation and school responsibilities.