Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Lingmeng carries Origami out of the men’s changing room, then returns to fetch Shido. Shido points out that Lingmeng is a girl now and carries her into the women’s changing room instead.
• After awkwardly reassuring herself that using the women’s room is appropriate, Lingmeng enters—thrilled at finally seeing what she had once considered a forbidden sight.
• Tohka, Kotori, Yoshino, and Origami are changing there. Overwhelmed by the sight, Lingmeng gets a nosebleed and retreats to a corner.
• Lingmeng admits she is uncomfortable undressing in front of others. Kotori insists she hurry so Shido will not have to wait, and orders Tohka and Yoshino to hold her down when she refuses.
• The girls restrain Lingmeng while Kotori approaches with her swimsuit, a school-style one, preparing to make her change.

Character developments and interactions

• Lingmeng remains lecherous and excited to see the girls, but discovers she is far less composed when surrounded by several of them. She also feels self-conscious about being seen, despite being comfortable with her transformed body in private.
• Shido gently corrects Lingmeng’s lingering habit of using the men’s changing room, prompting her embarrassment and acceptance of her new situation.
• Tohka and Yoshino enthusiastically follow Kotori’s request to help Lingmeng change, though Yoshino apologizes.
• Kotori takes charge, teasing Lingmeng and turning the situation into a playful, coercive “changing clothes” scene.
• Origami’s choice of a school swimsuit suggests she may have bought it because she learned Shido likes that style.

Significant themes

• The chapter plays comic awkwardness against Lingmeng’s adjustment to her female body and new social role.
• It highlights the gap between Lingmeng’s voyeuristic confidence and her own modesty.
• The girls’ familiarity and teasing create a lighthearted group dynamic, while Shido’s intervention underscores Lingmeng’s ongoing transition.

Summary

• Kotori, Tohka, and Yoshino forcibly dress Lingmeng in a school swimsuit in the changing room. Lingmeng struggles and calls on Origami for help, but Origami refuses unless Lingmeng gives her more photos of Shiori. When Lingmeng has none, Origami turns away; even Lingmeng’s offer to pose for a photo book cannot sway her.
• After the others overpower her, Lingmeng is left tearful and humiliated. The experience makes her understand how difficult it must have been for Shido to endure being made into Shiori. Kotori apologizes, while Lingmeng protests that nobody should be forced to enjoy something against their wishes.
• Lingmeng accuses Origami of deliberately abandoning her, possibly as payback for a past incident in which Lingmeng trapped Origami in ice. Origami’s silence suggests she did, in fact, enjoy seeing Lingmeng humbled.
• Tohka tries to comfort Lingmeng with head pats, and Yoshino apologizes—but then compliments Lingmeng’s figure, especially her chest. Lingmeng is unimpressed: she considers her figure inconvenient rather than flattering.
• Origami, also wearing a school swimsuit, privately worries that Lingmeng’s figure could attract Shido more than hers. The excerpt ends as Kotori compares the group’s swimwear and figures, without yet revealing what follows.

Character developments and themes

• Lingmeng experiences the discomfort she once overlooked when Shido was made to dress as Shiori, prompting greater empathy for him. She also asserts that consent matters, even in a playful setting.
• Kotori recognizes that she pushed Lingmeng too far and feels guilty.
• Origami shows how her fixation on Shido—and her desire to see Lingmeng humbled—outweighs helping a friend.
• The scene mixes comedy and embarrassment with themes of consent, empathy, friendship, and rivalry. Lingmeng’s complaints about her body also contrast others’ admiration with her own sense of inconvenience.

Chapter summary

• In the women’s changing room, Kotori privately compares her figure with the other girls’ and envies Lingmeng’s notably large chest. Origami bluntly tells Lingmeng to “put those indecent breasts away,” then Kotori grabs at her chest. Lingmeng protests that they are jealous, but Kotori ignores her.
• Tohka misunderstands the incident as a new way of greeting people and copies Kotori by rubbing her own chest. Yoshino tentatively agrees that it might be a greeting.
• Meanwhile, Shido waits by the water park’s elaborate pools. Reine reassures him that the earpieces he and Lingmeng are wearing are waterproof, while Kannazuki reminds him not to lose sight of his responsibility as commander.
• Lingmeng eventually arrives in her swimsuit, visibly miserable. When Shido asks what happened, she refuses to explain, embarrassed to reveal that the girls stripped and changed her and that Kotori groped her.
• Tohka greets Shido by squeezing his chest, having copied Kotori’s behavior. She stops when he asks her to, and explains that Kotori did it to Lingmeng. Shido is shocked and imagines an exaggerated romantic scene in which Kotori confesses her love to Lingmeng—then silently panics at the image.

Character developments and interactions

• Kotori reveals an insecure, competitive side about her figure, while also behaving impulsively toward Lingmeng.
• Lingmeng is left embarrassed and resentful after the changing-room incident, but keeps its details from Shido.
• Tohka innocently imitates what she sees, mistaking groping for a greeting; she stops readily when Shido objects.
• Shido is attentive to Lingmeng’s distress but avoids pressing her. His vivid imagination turns the incident into a romantic fantasy that alarms him.
• Origami remains deadpan and openly criticizes Lingmeng’s figure, while Yoshino is unsure how to interpret the others’ behavior.

Significant themes

The scene plays on body-image insecurity and comparison, misunderstandings caused by imitation, and embarrassment around physical boundaries. Its comedy comes from the contrast between the girls’ casual or confused behavior and Shido’s increasingly elaborate—and unwelcome—interpretation.

Summary

• Tohka’s teasing briefly sends Shido’s thoughts in an embarrassing direction, but Lingmeng catches on and smacks him, warning him not to underestimate her.
• Origami appears in a matching school swimsuit, explaining that she wore it because Shido supposedly said he liked them. When Shido compliments her, Tohka gets jealous and pushes herself between them. Yoshino also seeks a compliment, with her hand puppet speaking more boldly for her.
• Kotori turns the compliments into a contest: she asks Shido to choose which of the five girls—herself, Tohka, Origami, Yoshino, or Lingmeng—has the best swimsuit. Lingmeng is delighted by the prospect of a dramatic rivalry, while Shido panics, convinced that any choice will upset someone.
• Shido calls for help from the crew aboard Fraxinus. Kannazuki, serving as acting commander, organizes a vote from a list of possible answers, including a suspicious duplicate option for Yoshino. The crew unanimously selects Kotori, and Reine asks them to explain their reasoning; the excerpt ends before their explanations.

Character developments and interactions

• Shido is overwhelmed by the girls’ attention and tries to rely on Fraxinus rather than make a choice himself.
• Lingmeng proves perceptive enough to see through Shido’s thoughts, then enjoys watching his predicament as if it were a romantic-comedy showdown.
• Origami shows her characteristically direct, unconventional affection for Shido; Tohka responds with open jealousy.
• Yoshino remains shy, relying on her puppet to voice her request for praise.
• Kotori takes charge of the rivalry by forcing Shido to choose, while the Fraxinus crew’s unanimous vote reveals their strong loyalty to her.

Themes

The scene plays up romantic rivalry and jealousy, the pressure of choosing among competing affections, and the contrast between Shido’s distress and Lingmeng’s amusement. It also uses self-aware comedy, treating the swimsuit contest as a familiar harem-story “love rival showdown.”

Key plot points and events

• Fraxinus debates which girl Shido should choose in Kotori’s swimsuit question. Kawagoe argues that choosing Kotori is the safest option: Origami might react badly, Tohka and Yoshino would likely recover, Lingmeng has opted out, and rejecting Kotori could undermine the day’s goal of winning her over.
• Following Kannazuki’s instructions, Shido tells the girls that Kotori looks most captivating in a swimsuit. Tohka accepts his choice, Yoshino is briefly upset but is comforted by Yoshino and Lingmeng, and Origami is relatively unfazed.
• Kotori asks Shido why he chose her. Shido relays Kannazuki’s prepared explanation, first comparing the other girls’ swimsuits, then blurting out a lewd comment about Kotori’s breasts.
• The comment shocks the girls and triggers the alarm for a Spirit’s emotional instability. Shido and Lingmeng realize Kannazuki has once again set Shido up, and Lingmeng furiously turns to her Earphones.

Character developments and interactions

• Shido reluctantly trusts the Fraxinus crew to guide him, but his dependence on Kannazuki leaves him vulnerable to embarrassing and dangerous advice.
• Kawagoe’s practical reasoning earns him unexpected praise, which he accepts with theatrical modesty.
• Tohka proves accepting of Shido’s choice so long as it isn’t Origami; Yoshino needs reassurance, and Lingmeng comforts her warmly.
• Origami treats the swimsuit comparison as a straightforward explanation for losing, while also teasing Shido by suggesting he has a sister complex.
• Kotori moves from triumph to curiosity, pressing Shido to explain his choice. Kannazuki’s crude “script” turns the exchange into a crisis.

Significant themes

• Romance as risk management: The crew weighs each girl’s likely reaction as carefully as a tactical problem.
• Trust and manipulation: Shido relies on Kannazuki, but the advice that seems helpful becomes a humiliating trap.
• Affection and reassurance: Lingmeng and Yoshino comfort Yoshino, showing how the girls support one another even amid rivalry.
• Comedy through misunderstanding: Shido’s attempts to explain himself only worsen the situation, culminating in a sudden emotional alarm.

Key plot points and events

• After Shido makes an awkward remark about liking younger, flat-chested girls, Kotori recoils in disgust, Tohka takes it as a rejection of her figure, and Origami quietly sees herself as a romantic contender. Yoshino also becomes part of the playful rivalry.
• Lingmeng takes Tohka and Yoshino to the pool, leaving Shido and Kotori alone. When Origami tries to join them, Lingmeng pulls her away.
• Origami demands to know why she was separated from Shido. Lingmeng invents a story that Kotori has a rare, untreatable illness that worsens when she is unhappy, and claims that letting Kotori spend the day with Shido could protect her health.
• Origami accepts the explanation, reasoning that she should give Shido and Kotori time together if Kotori may be seriously ill. Lingmeng then suggests that Origami distract herself by teasing Tohka.
• Chapter 33 begins with Lingmeng confirming that her real aim is to give Kotori a proper date with Shido and keep Origami from disrupting it. Origami agrees that targeting Tohka is a reasonable alternative.

Character developments and interactions

• Shido is embarrassed by his remark and struggles to explain himself. His words stir up insecurity and competition among the girls.
• Kotori reacts with disgust to Shido’s apparent preference, but soon gets the private time with him that Lingmeng intended.
• Tohka feels crushed by the implication that Shido prefers smaller-chested girls.
• Origami treats the other girls as romantic rivals and wants to stay near Shido, but her empathy for loss leads her to step aside when she believes Kotori is in danger.
• Lingmeng manipulates the group with an elaborate illness story, using Origami’s concern for Shido and Kotori to keep her away from their time together.

Significant themes

• Jealousy and romantic rivalry: The girls interpret Shido’s careless remark as a clue about his preferences.
• Deception for a good cause: Lingmeng lies to arrange private time for Shido and Kotori.
• Empathy and sacrifice: Origami suppresses her own desire to be with Shido because she believes it may help protect him from future grief.

Key plot points and events

• At the pool, Tohka enthusiastically invites Yoshino to jump in, despite Yoshino being unable to swim. Both get into trouble and call for help.
• Lingmeng throws the reluctant Origami into the pool to save Yoshino, then rescues Tohka herself. Origami brings Yoshino ashore after Yoshino grabs onto her.
• Origami suggests mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. She refuses to do it herself, saying her kisses are reserved for Shido, so Lingmeng resuscitates both girls.
• Tohka wakes quickly and jokes about the scare. Yoshino wakes frightened and cries.
• Origami bluntly tells Yoshino that crying won’t help and that she should learn to swim. Tohka angrily defends Yoshino, but Yoshino agrees with Origami and helps prevent a fight.

Character developments and interactions

• Lingmeng acts decisively in the emergency, but is flustered by the intimacy of mouth-to-mouth and unexpectedly delighted by kissing Yoshino. Afterwards, she tries to comfort Yoshino.
• Tohka is exuberant and impulsive—she jumps into the pool without considering that Yoshino cannot swim. Once safe, she fiercely stands up for Yoshino.
• Yoshino is timid and frightened by the near-drowning, yet shows quiet resolve by agreeing that she should learn to swim and calming Tohka and Origami.
• Origami remains cool and unwilling to help on Lingmeng’s terms, but ultimately saves Yoshino. Her harsh, practical advice provokes Tohka, though Yoshino accepts it.

Significant themes

• Responsibility and consequences: Tohka’s impulsiveness puts both girls at risk, while the incident makes clear that learning to swim matters.
• Different forms of care: Lingmeng offers warmth and comfort; Origami offers blunt instruction; Tohka offers protective loyalty.
• Courage and self-improvement: Yoshino moves from panic toward accepting a practical way to avoid danger in the future.

Key plot points and events

• Tohka relents after Yoshino asks her to stop arguing, then thanks Origami for intervening. Origami insists she acted only because she had to, but her earlier advice to Yoshino suggests more sympathy than she admits.
• Origami privately remembers her parents’ death at the hands of a Spirit and renews her determination to kill Efreet someday.
• Tohka asks Lingmeng to teach her and Yoshino to swim. Lingmeng asks Origami to teach one of them; Origami unexpectedly chooses Tohka, while Lingmeng takes Yoshino.
• During Yoshino’s first underwater practice, she sees Lingmeng’s legs, loses her concentration, and surfaces gasping. Lingmeng reassures her and praises her courage.
• Lingmeng reflects on her past life, in which she believes she caused others’ deaths, and the irony of later being killed by a god.
• Lingmeng continues Yoshino’s lesson, supporting her in the water as she practices swimming movements. Yoshino makes encouraging progress, though the lesson is largely unnecessary for her puppet, Yoshinon, who floats naturally.

Character developments and interactions

• Origami shows an unexpected, guarded kindness toward Yoshino, though she remains emotionally closed off and focused on revenge against Efreet.
• Tohka is openly suspicious of Origami but accepts her help, revealing her feelings despite trying to act tough. She also seeks Lingmeng’s attention and instruction.
• Yoshino is timid but willing to try unfamiliar things; she manages to open her eyes underwater and persists with the lesson after being startled.
• Lingmeng acts as a patient instructor, encouraging Yoshino, while her inner commentary mixes playful attraction with darker reflections on fate and her past.
• The chapter contrasts the group’s lighthearted swimming lesson with Origami’s grief and Lingmeng’s unsettling memories, while hinting at cautious understanding between the girls.

Key plot points and events

• Lingmeng stops supporting Yoshino while they practice swimming. Yoshino manages to keep moving on her own and realizes she has learned to swim.
• Lingmeng rewards Yoshino with an inflatable dolphin so she can rest in the pool.
• They look over at Tohka’s lesson with Origami. Origami has been pushing Tohka underwater under the excuse of breath training, then teasing her during practice.
• After Origami lets go, Tohka falls into the water—but quickly discovers she can swim. Angered by Origami’s mockery, she chases her, and the two end up wrestling.
• The scuffle turns into a water fight. The girls escalate from splashing to water balloons, guns, and buckets. Origami then returns with a fire extinguisher, prompting Lingmeng to recognize that the contest is getting out of hand.

Character developments

• Yoshino gains confidence as she successfully learns to swim, with encouragement from Lingmeng and her puppet.
• Tohka discovers she can swim after being provoked and pushed beyond her comfort zone, though she remains impulsive and easily drawn into rivalry.
• Origami shows little interest in teaching sincerely: she uses the lesson to tease Tohka and repeatedly turns their rivalry into a prank-filled contest.
• Lingmeng acts as a patient, attentive teacher for Yoshino and watches the chaos between Tohka and Origami with amused concern.

Significant themes

• Confidence through practice: Yoshino’s gradual progress leads to a genuine achievement.
• Rivalry and mischief: Tohka and Origami’s antagonism repeatedly shifts into childish competition.
• Contrasting approaches to teaching: Lingmeng supports Yoshino carefully, while Origami’s provocative “instruction” accidentally helps Tohka learn.

Character interactions

• Lingmeng encourages Yoshino and celebrates her success, while Yoshino’s puppet shares in the excitement.
• Yoshino and Lingmeng observe Origami’s rough treatment of Tohka and discuss the pair’s inability to get along peacefully.
• Tohka confronts Origami over her tricks; their argument becomes a chase, wrestling match, and increasingly elaborate water fight.

Plot points

• Tohka retaliates against Origami by spraying her with a fire extinguisher. She then returns with a fire-hydrant hose and blasts Origami with water.
• Lingmeng stops the hose, but the incident brings complaints from other visitors. The water park administrator makes the three apologize and orders them to clean up the foam and water.
• Lingmeng initially does the cleanup herself while Tohka and Origami stand by offering encouragement. She scolds them, and they finally take over the work.
• Lingmeng remembers she may have forgotten something important, but can’t work out what it is. She then climbs to an eight-meter diving platform and attempts her first dive, performing impressive aerial moves—until a sudden bang interrupts just before she reaches the water.

Character developments and interactions

• Lingmeng acts as the responsible mediator, apologizing for a mess she didn’t cause. Her patience wears thin when the culprits avoid cleaning, so she firmly makes Tohka and Origami do their share. Once the work is underway, she turns to enjoying herself.
• Tohka and Origami escalate their rivalry into reckless physical pranks, then comply—reluctantly and with little enthusiasm—with Lingmeng’s orders.
• Lingmeng and the administrator interact formally: the administrator is lenient after the apologies but requires the trio to clean up.
• Tohka and Origami remain antagonistic, trading attacks and provoking one another, while Lingmeng repeatedly intervenes.

Significant themes

• Accountability: Those who cause trouble should take responsibility for fixing it.
• Comedy through role reversal: Lingmeng ends up apologizing and cleaning despite being uninvolved, before restoring fairness.
• Playful rivalry and chaos: Tohka and Origami’s feud turns an outing into a mess, while Lingmeng’s attempts to manage them provide the chapter’s humor.

Key plot points and events

• While alone with Shido, Kotori questions whether he truly meant his earlier remark about liking “slightly budding breasts.” Shido admits Kannazuki had instructed him to say it.
• Kotori borrows Shido’s earphones and orders Kannazuki to hang outside Fraxinus. When he eagerly objects to needing a safety rope, she changes the punishment: two muscular crew members, Banana-kun and Billy Herrington, restrain and torment him while the crew watches with little surprise.
• Kotori scolds Shido for blindly following Kannazuki’s advice, then shyly asks whether his compliment about her swimsuit was also scripted. Shido assures her it was genuine: he likes her, regardless of what she wears.
• Kotori is visibly flustered but dismisses his confession as cheesy. Reine reports that Kotori’s affection level has not changed.
• A blast interrupts them: a huge pillar of ice erupts from the nearby pool. Shido and Kotori rush over and find most of it frozen. Since Lingmeng is unlikely to have reversed her Spirit power, they suspect Yoshino is responsible and call out for her.
• The chapter’s opening scene reveals that Lingmeng has crashed face-first into the ice pillar, suddenly remembering what she had forgotten.

Character developments and interactions

• Shido is caught between Fraxinus’s instructions and his own judgment. He does, however, speak sincerely when reassuring Kotori about his feelings.
• Kotori shows both her commanding, punitive side—especially toward Kannazuki—and a bashful vulnerability when asking whether Shido’s praise was real. She masks her embarrassment with a teasing, defiant response.
• Kannazuki remains an enthusiastic masochist, even treating the prospect of danger as an opportunity. His behavior prompts Kotori to punish him.
• Lingmeng and Yoshino become the focus of concern after the pool freezes; the cause and Yoshino’s whereabouts remain unresolved.

Significant themes

• The contrast between scripted romantic behavior and genuine affection: Kotori doubts Shido’s sincerity, but his reassurance is his own.
• Trust and personal judgment: Kotori warns Shido not to follow instructions blindly.
• Comedy through exaggerated punishment and embarrassment, which shifts abruptly into a supernatural emergency.

Key events

• Shido finds Yoshino crying beside a block of ice with Yoshino’s puppet trapped inside. Lingmeng, who was meant to be watching her, is missing.
• Kotori considers using Spirit power to melt the ice, but Tohka and Origami arrive before she can act. Kotori hides the flames, though Origami notices something and says “Efreet,” making both Kotori and Shido react suspiciously.
• Tohka breaks the ice with a punch and frees Yoshino, who thanks her. Tohka then happily seeks—and receives—a head pat from Shido.
• Origami explains that Lingmeng left her and Tohka to “clean up,” but Shido doesn’t understand what she means.
• Lingmeng is discovered stranded atop an ice pillar. While climbing down a borrowed ladder, she misses a rung and falls onto Shido. Their awkward position draws teasing from Yoshino and strange looks from the others. Lingmeng brushes it off by joking that a dog jumped on her.

Character developments and interactions

• Shido comforts Yoshino and tries to protect Kotori’s secret by stopping her from using her powers openly.
• Kotori’s anxiety grows when Origami appears to recognize the name “Efreet.”
• Origami remains alert to inconsistencies and becomes more suspicious of Kotori and Shido.
• Tohka shows her strength and eagerness to help, then enjoys Shido’s affection.
• Lingmeng remains cheeky and quick to deflect embarrassment, even after her clumsy fall.

Significant themes

• Secrecy and suspicion: Kotori’s hidden nature nearly comes to light, while Origami scrutinizes the clues.
• Care and affection: Shido comforts Yoshino and rewards Tohka’s helpfulness with a head pat.
• Comedy amid danger: The rescue and Lingmeng’s fall turn a tense situation into a series of awkward, teasing moments.

Plot points and events

• Shido pieces together how the pool froze: Tohka and Origami made a mess, Yoshino was left to supervise their cleanup, and Lingmeng wandered off. When the lazy river started, Yoshino’s dolphin float overturned, causing her to lose control of her Spirit power and freeze the pool.
• The group apologizes. Kotori reveals Ratatoskr has bought the water park, so they can explain away the ice with a fabricated liquid-nitrogen accident.
• Origami notices the suspicious purchase document and questions how Shido’s family could afford it. Shido gives a vague answer, and Origami agrees not to press him—but decides to investigate him and Kotori later.
• Origami has also seen Kotori use her powers to help Yoshino, making her suspect Kotori is a Spirit. Lingmeng offers to help Shido keep an eye on Origami.
• Tohka spots a waterslide and asks Shido to join her. Lingmeng tries to coax him along too, and Origami joins them by embracing his other side. Kotori initially declines, but becomes jealous and changes her mind.
• The chapter ends with the group crowded around Shido, wondering how so many people can ride the slide together.

Character developments and interactions

• Lingmeng acknowledges her share of the blame for Yoshino’s accident, though she resents being treated as a babysitter. She then tries to draw Shido into a group outing, helping to make Kotori jealous.
• Kotori’s composed commander persona gives way to a childish, competitive side when she feels excluded; she joins the outing after Lingmeng teases her.
• Origami remains outwardly considerate of Shido’s wish for secrecy, but her suspicions deepen. Her affectionate move toward Shido also reflects her desire to spend time with him.
• Shido is caught between the girls’ attention and Kotori’s shifting moods, while trying to conceal Ratatoskr’s involvement.

Significant themes

• Small mistakes can have cascading consequences: a series of minor oversights leads to Yoshino freezing the pool.
• Secrecy and suspicion: Ratatoskr’s hidden role becomes harder to conceal, especially from Origami.
• Jealousy and affection: the girls’ competition for Shido’s attention draws Kotori into an activity she initially pretended not to want.

Plot points and events

• Lingmeng leaves Shido, Kotori, and Tohka to ride their slide, having already accomplished her goal of getting Kotori to join them. She also steers Origami away from the group, worried that Origami is beginning to suspect she is a Spirit.
• Lingmeng persuades Origami to join her and Yoshino on another slide, partly because she hopes to soften Origami’s hatred of Spirits. Origami agrees reluctantly, still annoyed that Lingmeng interfered with her time near Shido.
• On the ride, Origami deliberately grabs Lingmeng’s chest to make her uncomfortable. At the slide’s exit, Origami also tugs Lingmeng’s swimsuit. Lingmeng remains underwater to fix it, then surfaces relieved that no one else saw her exposed.
• Lingmeng pulls Origami’s cheeks in retaliation, and the two bicker. Yoshino and Origami surface safely and comment that the ride was fun.
• The group watches Shido, Kotori, and Tohka prepare for their own ride, with Shido squeezed between them. He becomes flustered by the close contact, especially because he still thinks of Kotori as the little girl he knew as a child.

Character developments and interactions

• Lingmeng shows concern about protecting her secret and keeping Origami away from Shido, but also makes a sincere effort to get closer to Origami and challenge her prejudice against Spirits. Her playful, shameless manner clashes with Origami’s deliberate provocations.
• Origami remains suspicious and hostile toward Lingmeng, using the ride to get revenge for being separated from Shido. Her actions are teasing and antagonistic, though the chapter offers no sign that her deeper beliefs have changed.
• Yoshino is gentle and cheerful, supporting the ride and helping set it in motion. She stays with Lingmeng rather than joining Shido’s group.
• Shido is caught in an awkwardly intimate position between Kotori and Tohka, setting up a comic moment of embarrassment.

Significant themes

• The chapter mixes comedy and embarrassment with the ongoing tension over Lingmeng’s hidden identity.
• It highlights prejudice and the possibility of understanding: Lingmeng wants to influence Origami through personal contact rather than confrontation.
• Jealousy, rivalry, and unwanted closeness drive the interactions, especially between Lingmeng and Origami, while Shido’s position between Kotori and Tohka creates a parallel comic predicament.

Plot points and events

• Kannazuki loudly makes inappropriate comments over the communications link while Shido, Kotori, and Tohka ride a waterslide. Lingmeng complains, and Reine has Banana-kun gag him, restoring peace.
• Shido and the two girls lose their balance at a sharp turn and fly into the pool. Tohka loves the ride; Shido is less eager to repeat it. Kotori clings to him in tears because her hair ribbons have come loose.
• Kotori asks Shido to retrieve her black ribbons. Once he returns them, she regains her usual composure. Lingmeng wonders about the connection between Kotori’s ribbons and her personality shifts.
• Shido recalls that he gave Kotori the black ribbons for her birthday about five years earlier. He suspects this gift may have helped create her “Commander Mode.”
• Lingmeng suggests water Bumper Ball. Tohka and Yoshino are enthusiastic, and Origami agrees after hearing she might be on Shido’s team. Lingmeng begins explaining the game: six players will split into two teams of three, each inside a large ball, and race across the pool. Tohka asks what the losers’ penalty will be.

Character developments and interactions

• Shido looks after Kotori and accommodates Tohka’s enthusiasm, though he is uneasy about the slide and baffled by both Kotori’s ribbon-based persona and Origami’s devotion.
• Kotori briefly appears vulnerable without her ribbons, turning to Shido for help, then returns to her confident black-ribbon persona.
• Lingmeng playfully teases Shido and probes the origins of Kotori’s personality change; she also steers the group toward another activity.
• Tohka and Yoshino eagerly embrace the water-park games, while Origami shows that the prospect of being paired with Shido readily overcomes her disinterest.
• Kannazuki continues his lewd interruptions until the crew silences him; Reine and Banana-kun handle the situation.

Significant themes

• The chapter uses playful water-park antics and teasing to highlight the group’s contrasting personalities and closeness.
• Kotori’s ribbons symbolize her shifting public persona, while Shido’s childhood gift hints at his role in shaping that identity.
• Shido’s care for the Spirits is shown through small acts of support, even amid the chapter’s comedy and romantic teasing.

Key plot points and events

• Lingmeng proposes that the losing team perform an embarrassing magical-girl transformation chant and routine. Tohka readily agrees; the others are horrified, especially Shido, who would have to perform as “Magical Girl Shiori.”
• The group splits into two teams by drawing black or white: Lingmeng, Shido, and Kotori are one team; Tohka, Origami, and Yoshino are the other.
• Lingmeng brings out two water Bumper Balls for the contest. Both teams immediately lose their balance and tumble into piles.
• The contest stalls as both groups struggle to get upright. On Tohka’s team, an argument between Tohka and Origami turns into wrestling.

Character developments

• Lingmeng remains playful and unconcerned about the embarrassing forfeit, explaining that magical-girl routines feel familiar to her from childhood.
• Shido is embarrassed by the prospect of performing in public, though he briefly wonders if losing might be worth it when he ends up beneath the girls. He quickly suppresses the thought, reaffirming his resolve to avoid romance.
• Kotori becomes more competitive because she wants to avoid the forfeit.
• Tohka is enthusiastic about the floating Bumper Balls but easily distracted and quick to take Origami’s bait.
• Origami remains cool and antagonistic, using insults and teasing to provoke Tohka.
• Yoshino is timid and caught between the two rivals, trying—and failing—to calm them.

Significant themes

• Humor through embarrassment: The magical-girl forfeit and the characters’ reactions drive much of the comedy.
• Rivalry and teamwork: The fair team draw forces Tohka and Origami to cooperate, but their hostility undermines the contest.
• Romantic denial: Shido’s momentary enjoyment of being close to the girls conflicts with his vow to avoid romance.
• Physical comedy: The teams’ failed attempts to run in the Bumper Balls quickly devolve into chaotic pileups.

Character interactions

• Lingmeng organizes the game and tries to keep the teams moving, while Kotori pushes her to take the competition seriously.
• Shido and Kotori blame each other for their team’s first fall, with Lingmeng also admitting she contributed.
• Tohka and Origami trade accusations and insults, while Yoshino timidly asks them to stop. Origami dismisses her, provoking Tohka to defend her.
• Origami tricks Tohka with a false claim about a giant Kinako Bread, then mocks her for falling for it. Tohka challenges her, and the two start wrestling.

Key plot points and events

• Tohka and Origami’s fight sends their Bumper Ball rolling unpredictably, leaving Yoshino dizzy and distressed inside.
• Kotori coordinates Shido and Lingmeng’s team. They work out a rhythm and begin catching up, while Lingmeng teases Shido about marriage and his thoughts of being Shiori.
• Yoshino loses hold of her puppet as the ball tumbles. Overwhelmed, she cries, and her Spirit power encases the ball—and everyone inside—in solid ice.
• The ice ball’s sudden appearance lets Lingmeng’s team pass and win the race. They then swim over to help.
• Tohka cannot break the ice. Origami recalls Lingmeng freezing her in a similar ball months earlier, leaving her trapped until her captain and teammates rescued her.
• Yoshino apologizes, but Tohka accepts responsibility for starting the fight, and Yoshino and her puppet reassure her.
• Lingmeng approaches the ice ball and announces that she will free them with her “Ordinary Punch.”

Character developments

• Yoshino is again shown to have powerful ice abilities that surface when she is frightened and overwhelmed. She feels guilty afterward, despite having been hurt by the others’ fighting.
• Tohka recognizes that her actions contributed to Yoshino’s distress and apologizes rather than blaming her.
• Origami remains composed, though Tohka’s teasing about her past imprisonment visibly irritates her.
• Shido is embarrassed by Lingmeng’s teasing but privately entertains the idea of marrying her as Shiori.
• Lingmeng stays playful and confident, shifting quickly from teasing to taking charge of the rescue.

Significant themes

• Unintended consequences: Tohka and Origami’s quarrel endangers Yoshino and changes the race’s outcome.
• Emotional vulnerability and power: Yoshino’s distress triggers her Spirit ability, showing how her emotions and powers are closely linked.
• Responsibility and forgiveness: Tohka owns her part in the accident, while Yoshino and the others respond with reassurance rather than blame.
• Comedy amid danger: Romantic teasing and the absurd “Ordinary Punch” promise soften the tension.

Character interactions

• Kotori organizes Shido and Lingmeng into a synchronized team; their coordinated effort nearly catches Tohka’s team before the ice accident decides the race.
• Lingmeng teases Shido about marrying her, prompting his flustered reaction and private fantasies.
• Tohka and Origami’s conflict causes Yoshino’s distress, but both stop fighting once they realize something is wrong.
• Tohka mocks Origami’s earlier capture by Lingmeng, while Origami recalls the unpleasant experience.
• Tohka apologizes to Yoshino, and Yoshino’s puppet reassures her; Lingmeng then responds to Tohka’s call for help.

Key events

• Lingmeng shatters the ice ball with a punch, delighting Yoshino with the glittering fragments. Kotori suggests leaving the water before Yoshino’s unstable Spirit powers freeze the pool.
• Lingmeng reminds Tohka, Origami, and Yoshino that they lost a game and must perform their agreed-upon, embarrassing magical-girl routines. Despite Shido’s attempt to spare them, all three honor the deal. Lingmeng theatrically produces her phone from a hidden spatial pocket, records their performance, and explains she hopes the video will boost her creator following.
• Reine proposes staging a fake encounter with “thugs” so Shido can rescue the girls and impress Kotori. Shido doubts the plan will work given the group’s overwhelming abilities, but agrees to try. Lingmeng agrees to act frightened, and the group heads toward the waiting Ratatoskr staff.

Character developments and interactions

• Tohka, Origami, and Yoshino show resolve and honor their promise, even though they find the performance mortifying. Yoshino takes courage from Origami’s example.
• Lingmeng remains playful and shameless: she uses her powers for a dramatic phone reveal, exploits her friends’ embarrassment for content, and readily joins Reine’s scheme.
• Shido is protective and self-conscious, trying to spare the girls humiliation and questioning the practicality of the staged rescue. He nevertheless agrees to cooperate.
• Kotori looks out for Yoshino’s safety and joins Shido in reacting to Lingmeng’s antics.
• Reine directs the proposed setup, relying on a romantic-comedy trope in which a man earns admiration by rescuing a woman.

Significant themes

• Promises and peer encouragement: The girls follow through on their wager, with Origami’s resolve helping Yoshino.
• Performance and embarrassment: The magical-girl routine turns private awkwardness into a spectacle, especially for Lingmeng’s online ambitions.
• Romantic clichés versus reality: Reine’s plan assumes the girls will want rescuing, despite the group being far stronger than the supposed attackers.
• Comedy through contrast: The chapter pits ordinary date scenarios and social-media schemes against the Spirits’ extraordinary powers.

Chapter Summary

• Reine begins a staged “rescue” scenario, using three staff members dressed as sleazy beach thugs to approach the group. Lingmeng knows it is an act and plays the frightened victim convincingly, even making herself tearful, while Shido prepares to step in.
• Tohka believes Lingmeng is genuinely threatened and angrily confronts the men. When two of them touch Tohka and Origami, the plan immediately collapses: Origami throws one man to the ground, and Tohka punches another.
• Lingmeng stays in character rather than revealing the setup. When the final staff member begs her for help, she jokingly abandons him to his fate, then resumes acting scared as Tohka and Origami attack him.
• Shido intervenes before the beating goes too far. Since he cannot admit that the men were hired for the scenario, Kotori claims they are acquaintances who were only playing a joke. Shido backs her up, and Tohka accepts the explanation. Origami remains suspicious but says nothing.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Lingmeng shows a talent for acting and improvisation, switching effortlessly between helplessness and playful humor. She and Shido are left scrambling when the staged scene goes off-script.
• Tohka is protective and quick to act when she believes Lingmeng is in danger; she readily trusts Shido’s explanation afterward.
• Origami responds to unwanted contact with swift, practiced force. She also notices that the explanation feels wrong, though she lacks proof.
• Shido is caught between his planned rescue and the need to stop Tohka and Origami from seriously hurting the actors.
• Kotori unexpectedly helps conceal the setup, giving the group a plausible explanation.

Significant Themes

The chapter plays with performance versus reality: Lingmeng deliberately acts, but Tohka and Origami respond as though the danger is real. It also highlights protectiveness and trust, especially Tohka’s faith in Shido, while Origami’s lingering suspicion preserves a note of uncertainty.

Key plot points and events

• Kotori leads Shido and Lingmeng away with the three suspicious staff members, then wakes them by dumping water on them.
• She reveals she recognized the men—Ratatoskr officers Awashima, Teshirogi, and Kawanishi—from the beginning. Their attempted “harassment” was a staged setup arranged by Reine and the others, with a script written by Vice Commander Kannazuki.
• Kotori sends the three officers back to work. When they ask how she knows them, she says everyone under her command is family and she remembers her “children.”
• Kotori, Shido, and Lingmeng return to Tohka and the others. Kotori tells Tohka the men went home because their mothers were ill; Tohka accepts the explanation, while Origami and Yoshino quietly question it.

Character developments

• Kotori demonstrates sharp judgment, strong leadership, and genuine care for Ratatoskr’s staff. She saw through the setup and knows even junior officers by name and face.
• Lingmeng is embarrassed that her performance was pointless and jokes about Kotori’s “parent” metaphor, asking whether that makes her Kotori’s dad.
• Shido is caught off guard by Kotori’s insight and shares Lingmeng’s confusion about the staged incident.
• The three officers are revealed as loyal Ratatoskr staff who quickly become emotional at Kotori’s “family” declaration.
• Kannazuki is exposed as the scriptwriter; his eccentric enthusiasm only reinforces the crew’s disgust with him.

Significant themes

• Leadership as personal care: Kotori’s authority is grounded not only in command but in her attention to the people serving under her.
• Performance versus reality: The staged encounter is a clumsy, clichéd act, quickly uncovered by Kotori.
• Comedy and misunderstanding: Lingmeng’s self-mocking thoughts, the officers’ dramatic reaction, and Tohka’s unquestioning acceptance sustain the chapter’s humor.

Character interactions

• Kotori confidently confronts and identifies the disguised officers, then reassures them that they matter to her.
• Lingmeng and Shido react with awkward surprise, while Lingmeng teases Kotori about her “parent” role.
• Reine apologizes to Lingmeng over the earpiece for underestimating Kotori.
• On rejoining the group, Kotori gives Tohka a fabricated explanation for the officers’ absence; Tohka believes it, unlike Origami and Yoshino.