Recaps

Chen Xiao’s figurines helped him survive a dream attack, and the crisis awakened his power to borrow their abilities. As he began planning a writing studio, he chose Ikuyo Kita to perform at the upcoming comic exhibition.

• Chen Xiao refused Lin Qi’s invitation to Shenzhou Nova Academy and kept his unusual life with the figurine girls to himself.
• A hooded criminal trapped Chen Xiao in a dream and tried to kill him, but Black Rock Shooter appeared and defeated him with Chen Xiao’s help.
• Huang Qingque and Liu Yaowen’s team captured Luo Yuan, while Black Rock Shooter became an online sensation before returning through Mari’s doorway.
• Chen Xiao awakened his superpower, learned he could borrow his figurines’ abilities, and met Rem and Ram after they materialized.
• Chen Xiao found his savings, rejected profiting from Black Rock Shooter’s fame, and decided to make money by having the girls write and illustrate novels.
• Chen Xiao ordered computers and drawing tablets, then met Ding Jiafang, who asked him to find a singer for the Magic City Comic Exhibition.
• After setting up five computers in his villa, Chen Xiao decided to start a studio and chose Ikuyo Kita to perform, despite Nina Isari’s objections.

Chen Xiao helped Kessoku Band overcome sabotage and win attention at the Comic Exhibition, then protected the girls from the fallout while their identities and future as a band took shape. The Gao family’s pursuit of revenge was disrupted, but Chen Xiao’s connection to Seika Ijichi sparked rumors that reached Lin Qi.

• Chen Xiao drove Ikuyo Kita, Nijika Ijichi, Ryo Yamada, and Hitori Gotoh to the Comic Exhibition, where Ikuyo was due to sing.
• After a rival sabotaged the audio equipment, Chen Xiao helped Kessoku Band find instruments, and Hitori’s guitar solo launched a successful performance that spread online.
• Chen Xiao tracked down Gao Chen, forced him to confess to the sabotage and rat attacks, destroyed his cursed flute, and made him turn himself in.
• The Gao family pursued Chen Xiao’s identity through Qing Xuanzi, while Chen Xiao returned home and reunited with the figurine girls, and Tsugumi later created legal identities for Kessoku Band.
• Tsugumi traced a cyberattack to the Gao family’s associates and retaliated by crashing their servers, prompting the family to recall its representative from Magic City.
• K learned about the Gao family’s downfall and suspected Chen Xiao, while Black Queen assigned him a Dolan Blood Clan commission involving someone related to Chen Xiao.
• Chen Xiao took Seika Ijichi and Kessoku Band to apply for household registration and ID cards, then went with Seika to choose instruments.
• A classmate saw Chen Xiao holding Seika’s hand and reported that he was dating someone, but Ding Jiafang disbanded the group chat before Lin Qi could learn who it was.