Recaps

Lin Guang assigned his allies roles in preparing to oppose DEM and preventing the Spirits’ fate, while Mana Ouma created a controlled Apocalypse that drew attention as a possible new Spirit. After the team’s first step, Lin Guang returned to the Itsuka Household to test his idea for improving Endlaves.

• Lin Guang gave Arisa Shūkyōin the Endlave blueprints and asked her to prepare research and materials while he considered combining stored Endlave components with elemental power.
• Shido Itsuka suggested a date to Kurumi Tokisaki, who accepted, as Mana Ouma unleashed purple light and music that produced crystals and a huge disturbance in the sky.
• AST detected the unprecedented Spacequake and crystals interfering with electronics, while Isaac Ray Peram Westcott sensed the Apocalypse Virus and wondered if a new Spirit had appeared.
• Mana Ouma returned to the Fatebreaker after completing Lin Guang’s task, and Inori Yuzuriha regained control of her body.
• Lin Guang assigned Mei Terumi, Inori Yuzuriha, and Konan to recruit and train people, Arisa Shūkyōin to oversee Endlaves and connection terminals, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki to handle DEM’s top Wizards.
• Lin Guang returned to the Itsuka Household to begin experimenting with his idea.

Lin Guang used Predator and elemental crystals to build a powerful new Endlave robot, then tested its movement and weapons. He planned to mass-produce the design and experiment with combining it with Realizers from DEM Industries or AST.

• Lin Guang remembered Predator while considering how to counter DEM Industries and decided to use it to build a stronger Endlave.
• He gathered elemental crystals, including twenty ice crystals, and had Predator combine five ice crystals with stored Endlave components.
• The resulting pale-blue Endlave resembled a small Gundam and had no cockpit, relying instead on a connection terminal for mental control.
• Lin Guang piloted the new robot, tested its mobility, and discovered its rifle fired a freezing beam and could transform into an energy greatsword.
• Lin Guang noted that he had enough components for only one robot but could mass-produce more with raw steel, and considered combining the design with Realizers from DEM Industries or AST.

Lin Guang welcomed Mana Takamiya, who had come to find her brother Shido Itsuka, and learned that she had lost most of her memories. After Mana and Kotori Itsuka clashed over Shido, Lin Guang recognized Mana as a future DEM Industries officer and considered how she might help him obtain a Realizer.

• Lin Guang showed Arisa Shūkyōin a new, strengthened Endlave robot and asked her to find a suitable pilot for it.
• Mana Takamiya arrived at the Itsuka Household with Shido Itsuka, introduced herself to Lin Guang, and explained her relationship with Shido and Kotori Itsuka.
• Mana told Shido that she remembered only the past two or three years and used an old locket's photograph to explain why she knew he was her brother.
• Mana hugged Shido, prompting Kotori to kick him away and insist that he was her family.
• Lin Guang overheard the commotion and recognized Mana as DEM Industries' Adeptus 2, considering her possible connection to obtaining a Realizer.

Lin Guang encountered Mana Takamiya and later heard Kotori Itsuka describe the new Spirit [Dancer] and the purple crystals left by a changed Spacequake. As Westcott investigated the crystals and planned to accelerate research on Nia Honjo, a white-haired figure with Byakugan watched Nia’s confinement facility.

• Lin Guang intercepted Mana Takamiya, revealed that he knew she worked for DEM Industries and AST, then vanished before they could speak further.
• At dinner, Kotori Itsuka told Lin Guang that the Spirit he had met had transferred to Shido Itsuka’s school and that a new Spacequake had produced purple crystals and revealed [Dancer].
• Kotori asked Lin Guang to approach [Dancer] if she appeared again, and Lin Guang agreed.
• Lin Guang sensed someone experimenting on the Apocalypse Virus, while Westcott watched DEM Industries researchers examine a partly crystallized man and decided to speed up research on Nia Honjo.
• A long-white-haired figure watched the facility where Nia Honjo was confined and activated Byakugan.

Lin Guang learned that Kurumi Tokisaki had been killed by Mana Takamiya but had returned to school, and Ratatoskr asked him to invite her on a date. He also found Nia Honjo imprisoned at a fortified facility and prepared to rescue her, while creating six elemental Endlave robots.

• Lin Guang watched footage of Mana Takamiya killing Kurumi Tokisaki, then learned Kurumi had appeared at school as usual.
• Kotori Itsuka asked Lin Guang to invite Kurumi on a date after school so he could handle her during the school anniversary celebration.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki showed Lin Guang the fortified facility where Nia Honjo was being held, and Lin Guang ordered a strike that night to rescue her and destroy the place.
• Lin Guang used Predator to refine the stored steel and metal ores into pure metals.
• Lin Guang created six Endlave robots infused with wood, water, fire, lightning, earth, and wind elements, and told Arisa Shūkyōin they could be mass-produced.

Lin Guang unveiled six new elemental Endlave robots that greatly strengthened his forces, then went to Raizen High School to ask Kurumi Tokisaki on a date. He promised to keep Kurumi from bearing her burdens alone and returned home to find Tohka Yatogami looking downcast.

• Lin Guang showed Arisa Shūkyōin six elemental Endlave robots and said she should tell him when Kaguya rescued Nia Honjo.
• Lin Guang waited at Raizen High School for Kurumi Tokisaki, and the two left together after Shido Itsuka noticed them.
• Lin Guang invited Kurumi Tokisaki on a date at Tengu Station the next morning, and she happily accepted.
• Lin Guang vowed that he would not let Kurumi shoulder her heavy burdens again.
• Lin Guang returned home, noticed Tohka Yatogami was downcast, and asked what was wrong.

Lin Guang shared a private moment with Tohka Yatogami and arranged separate outings with her and Kurumi Tokisaki, while Reine Murasame grew wary of him. At DEM Industries’ secret experimental facility, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki found and rescued Nia Honjo, escaping with her as alarms rang.

• Lin Guang invited Tohka Yatogami out, kissed her, and left her blushing as she fled the Itsuka Household.
• Shido Itsuka failed to understand Lin Guang’s remark that the water had boiled, and Tohka later blushed whenever she saw Lin Guang at dinner.
• Kotori Itsuka approved of Lin Guang’s plans for Tohka and Kurumi Tokisaki, while Reine Murasame watched him with growing concern.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki used Byakugan to locate Nia Honjo inside DEM Industries’ secret experimental facility.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki freed Nia Honjo, destroyed the guards at the doorway, and escaped with her through Yomotsu Hirasaka.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki rescued Nia Honjo and destroyed the DEM base, while Lin Guang spent a date with Kurumi Tokisaki and proposed a contest tied to the time she sought. After revealing he had found Nia, Lin Guang left Kurumi considering his offer and confronted Mana Takamiya as she headed to eliminate Kurumi.

• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki erased the DEM base and the surrounding area, then carried the exhausted Nia Honjo back to the battleship Fatebreaker.
• Shinobu Kocho and Tamayo examined Nia, found no physical injuries, and let her sleep in the infirmary.
• Lin Guang and Kurumi Tokisaki spent the day shopping, eating, and watching a movie before they found four young men tormenting a kitten.
• Lin Guang injured the four men, called an ambulance, cleaned the kitten with water element, and gave it to Kurumi.
• Lin Guang proposed that Kurumi could claim all his time if she won a contest, while she would leave her burdens to him if she lost; he revealed he had found Nia Honjo.
• Lin Guang left Kurumi thinking over his proposal and stopped Mana Takamiya, who was on her way to eliminate Kurumi.

Lin Guang trapped Mana Takamiya so he could meet Tohka Yatogami, then spent the day with her and reassured her that he would save Kurumi. After returning to the battleship, he went to meet the rescued Nia Honjo, who eyed him warily.

• Lin Guang trapped Mana Takamiya in Space Barriers and teleported away, leaving her to wonder how he had used the ability.
• Lin Guang told Kotori Itsuka that nothing had happened with Kurumi, then reunited with Tohka Yatogami and went on a date with her.
• Tohka Yatogami told Lin Guang that Reine Murasame had informed her about Kurumi and Mana, and Lin Guang promised to save Kurumi.
• Kotori Itsuka left Lin Guang and Tohka Yatogami alone at home, but Lin Guang only teased Tohka before she went to bed.
• Arisa Shūkyōin told Lin Guang that Nia Honjo had awakened, and Lin Guang went to introduce himself to her.

Lin Guang met Nia Honjo and Sealed her Spirit powers, telling her she could return to an ordinary life without DEM Industries pursuing her. Afterward, Arisa Shūkyōin reported that pilot selection for the new Endlave robots would begin in a week.

• Nia Honjo recognized Lin Guang, then asked whether he had arranged her rescue and why he had saved her.
• Nia explained that her Angel, Rataibako, could find no information about Lin Guang or the people around him, and she remained distrustful of him.
• When Nia manifested her Astral Dress and Rataibako, Lin Guang kissed her and Sealed her Spirit powers, gaining a Wisdom Platinum Treasure Chest.
• Lin Guang told Nia she could leave whenever she wanted, covered her with a blanket, and instructed Arisa Shūkyōin to ensure her safety.
• Arisa told Lin Guang that selection for the new Endlave pilots would start in a week, and Lin Guang left the process to her.

Kurumi Tokisaki confronted Lin Guang over his knowledge of her past and used a clone to drain Raizen High School while preparing a spacequake. Lin Guang arrived in time to see Kotori Itsuka cancel the spacequake, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Kurumi visited Lin Guang, who told her he had found Nia Honjo and sealed her Spirit powers using [Rataibako].
• Kurumi restrained Lin Guang with shadow clones, then used Zafkiel's Fourth Bullet on herself and disappeared into the shadows.
• Kurumi's clone at Raizen High School activated [City of Devouring Time], weakening the students and Tohka Yatogami while Shido Itsuka remained protected.
• Lin Guang escaped Kurumi's restraints by teleporting to Raizen High School, where the forming spacequake suddenly dissipated.
• Kotori Itsuka appeared and explained that her matching vibrations had canceled the spacequake as Shido and Origami Tobiichi arrived.
• Lin Guang knocked Origami unconscious and told Kotori to leave the situation to the adults.

Lin Guang sent Kotori Itsuka, Tohka Yatogami, and Shido Itsuka away before challenging Kurumi Tokisaki to a fight over whether she would let him seal her spirit power. Kurumi froze Lin Guang with Zafkiel’s Seventh Bullet, but he broke free, leaving her stunned.

• Mana Takamiya arrived on the rooftop and attacked Kurumi, but Lin Guang trapped her in a Space Barrier and warned her not to interfere.
• Kotori Itsuka restored Shido Itsuka’s spirit power, then took him and Tohka Yatogami back to Ratatoskr at Lin Guang’s request.
• Lin Guang faced Kurumi Tokisaki alone, proposing that she let him seal her spirit power if she lost and that she take his spirit power if he lost.
• Kurumi used Zafkiel’s First Bullet to speed herself up and clashed with Lin Guang, who blocked her strike and cut an incoming bullet in two.
• Kurumi’s Seventh Bullet froze Lin Guang, but he released himself and deflected the bullets fired by her shadow doubles, shocking Kurumi.

Lin Guang ended his battle with Kurumi Tokisaki by telling her who summoned the First Spirit, but Kurumi shot him and escaped into the shadows. Lin Guang survived and vowed to find her and share the burden she carried.

• Lin Guang revealed to Mana Takamiya that he had rescued Nia Honjo from DEM Industries and sealed her Spirit powers.
• Lin Guang used Yoshino’s Extreme Cold Domain against Kurumi Tokisaki’s City of Devouring Time, and Kurumi lowered her domain.
• Kurumi asked Lin Guang about the First Spirit and learned that Isaac Ray Peram Westcott, Elliott Baldwin Woodman, and Ellen Mira Mathers had summoned it.
• Kurumi shot Lin Guang, thanked him, kissed his forehead, and disappeared into the shadows despite Mana Takamiya trying to stop her.
• Lin Guang healed his wound, then vowed to find Kurumi and not let her bear her burdens alone.

After returning to Ratatoskr, Lin Guang reunited with Tohka and discussed his exposure to the AST and Kurumi with Kotori. Kotori recovered her Spirit Power but nearly collapsed, and the chapter ended with Lin Guang urging Shido to help her if she struggled to control it.

• Lin Guang returned to Ratatoskr shirtless, comforted Tohka, and promised not to scare her again.
• Kotori warned Lin Guang that the AST had seen his face, but he said he wanted to draw out Westcott and kept the reason he and Kurumi had ended their domains secret.
• Lin Guang asked Reine to examine Kotori after she took back her Spirit Power, and Kotori nearly fell as she went for the checkup.
• Reine found that Kotori had fully recovered her Spirit Power and that it had not returned to Shido; she asked Shido to speak with Kotori when she woke.
• Lin Guang reassured Shido that Kotori was still their sister and told him to be ready to help her control her Spirit Power.

Origami Tobiichi visited Lin Guang and said he had not changed over the years, leaving him confused because he did not remember meeting her. After Origami collapsed from injuries caused by her Emergency Realizer, Lin Guang healed her, but she stayed in his bed and continued teasing him.

• Origami Tobiichi arrived at the Itsuka Household and told Lin Guang she wanted to visit him.
• Origami said Lin Guang had not changed at all over the years, and Lin Guang went upstairs to question the unresponsive system about her words.
• Origami followed Lin Guang to his room and collapsed after her injured body gave out.
• Lin Guang used Medical Ninjutsu to assess Origami's injuries, then healed her with the Horse Talisman's power.
• Origami woke up on Lin Guang's bed, made suggestive remarks, and pretended to feel dizzy again when he told her to leave.

Origami Tobiichi asked Lin Guang about the flame Spirit she believed had killed her parents, but he told her the Spirit was not responsible and refused to reveal who was. After Origami left, Lin Guang explained the truth to Kanae Kocho and learned that Shido Itsuka was preparing to help Kotori Itsuka.

• Origami Tobiichi asked Lin Guang to carry her downstairs, then questioned him about the flame Spirit who had appeared after her battle with Kurumi Tokisaki.
• Origami told Lin Guang she had spent five years seeking the Spirit she believed killed her parents and vowed to kill her.
• Lin Guang said the flame Spirit had not killed Origami's parents and admitted he knew what had happened, but refused to tell her until she could bear the truth.
• Origami left the Itsuka Household, determined to keep searching, and Lin Guang told Kanae Kocho the truth through their soul link.
• Lin Guang received a call from Shido Itsuka about Kotori Itsuka and the plans of Reine Murasame and the others, then encouraged Shido to handle the situation.

After Shido Itsuka completed Reine Murasame’s training, Lin Guang encouraged him to confront his worries about Kotori and the events from five years earlier. Shido resolved to save Spirits and reseal Kotori, then began their date, only to run into Lin Guang, Tohka Yatogami, and Yoshino at the swimming facility.

• Shido Itsuka finished Reine Murasame’s special training, and Lin Guang took him out for a walk and a beer.
• Shido told Lin Guang that he and Reine had found blurry footage of a possible Spirit and a figure resembling Lin Guang at the scene of Tobiichi’s parents’ deaths.
• Shido vowed to take sealing Spirits seriously, reseal Kotori, and save other Spirits so Tobiichi would not suffer the same loss.
• Shido went on a date with Kotori, but they unexpectedly encountered Lin Guang, Tohka Yatogami, and Yoshino at the swimming facility.

Lin Guang watched Shido Itsuka and Kotori Itsuka’s date, then stepped aside so they could spend time together. Meanwhile, Origami Tobiichi stole the AST’s White Spider Lily, and Shido and Kotori ended their amusement-park date on friendlier terms.

• Lin Guang reassured Tohka Yatogami and Yoshino about Shido and Kotori, then left the swimming facility after encouraging Shido to protect Kotori.
• Origami Tobiichi asked whether the AST’s White Spider Lily could defeat [Flame Demon], then watched footage identifying Kotori Itsuka as the Spirit and struggled with her hatred.
• Shido Itsuka discarded Kyohei Kannazuki’s earpiece and took Kotori to the amusement park, where Lin Guang briefly joined them for go-kart racing before giving them space.
• AST staff discovered that Origami Tobiichi had taken the White Spider Lily and all its ammunition from the base.
• Shido and Kotori rested on a bench after their day at the amusement park, traded teasing remarks, and admitted they had enjoyed themselves.

Shido Itsuka tried to ask Kotori Itsuka about the events five years ago, but Origami Tobiichi attacked them before he could finish. Lin Guang intervened as Kotori and Origami began fighting, and Shido told him that the footage of the fire showed another Spirit.

• Shido Itsuka and Kotori Itsuka recalled that they had last visited the amusement park five years earlier, when Kotori became a Spirit.
• Shido Itsuka began asking Kotori about five years ago, but Origami Tobiichi's Territory barrier appeared and an explosion destroyed part of a bench.
• Origami Tobiichi arrived in her prototype armor, White Spider Lily, and ordered Shido to leave while the amusement park's visitors fled in panic.
• Lin Guang sensed Origami's attack and told Tohka Yatogami and Yoshino to hide before he used the Space Stone to reach Shido, Kotori, and Origami.
• Kotori Itsuka summoned Camael and fought Origami Tobiichi as Lin Guang tried to stop their conflict.
• Shido Itsuka told Lin Guang that footage of the fire five years earlier showed another Spirit, and Lin Guang confirmed that he knew about the blurry figure.

Lin Guang stopped Origami Tobiichi from killing Kotori Itsuka and told Origami that another Spirit had appeared five years ago. After taking the unconscious Origami to the AST base, Lin Guang returned to find that Shido Itsuka had sealed Kotori's powers.

• Lin Guang used Susanoo to protect Kotori after Origami's attack, then sent Shido to seal Kotori's spirit power.
• Lin Guang told Origami that he had sealed another Spirit who appeared five years ago, and refused to reveal the Spirit's identity while Origami was driven by hatred.
• Lin Guang shattered Origami's White Spider Lily armor and stopped her from harming Kotori.
• Origami passed out, and Lin Guang took her to the AST unit's base before lifting the interference over Amusement Paradise.
• Lin Guang returned and told Reine Murasame that Shido had sealed Kotori's powers.

After three months, Lin Guang had established Sa.vior and trained its new Endlave pilots to fight DEM Industries. As he discussed developing more powerful combat robots, Mei Terumi told him Origami Tobiichi had arrived at his home.

• Lin Guang returned to the Fatebreaker and saw that Arisa Shūkyōin had recruited 523 pilots and that Sa.vior had grown to more than 500 members.
• Mei Terumi reported that the recruits had trained for two and a half months and could each take on three or four AST members using their Endlave robots.
• Lin Guang said Sa.vior might soon face DEM Industries and explained that its robotic combat units could still pose a nuisance despite being weaker than its Wizards.
• Mei Terumi asked Lin Guang to build powerful robots so the group would not be mistaken for Spirits, and Lin Guang explained that he had difficulty designing units for Inori Yuzuriha and Mitsuri.
• Mei Terumi received a message that Origami Tobiichi had arrived at Lin Guang's home and asked whether he was going.

Lin Guang met with Origami Tobiichi, reassured her about his identity, and agreed to consider joining her on a school trip. Elsewhere, a gray-haired girl recognized his writing, while DEM Industries learned that Nia Honjo had returned without Spirit readings and sent Ellen to investigate.

• Lin Guang met Origami Tobiichi in a park, where she told him she had been confined for two months and remained uncertain about what happened to her parents.
• Origami Tobiichi asked whether Lin Guang was human and said she had kept his identity as [White Dragon] from her superiors; Lin Guang said he was human and his power was not an Astral Dress.
• Origami Tobiichi invited Lin Guang to help pick drinks for a school trip, and he revealed that he was an author using the pen name Kōki Kawama before suggesting he might join the trip.
• A gray-haired girl abandoned her manga drafts, read Lin Guang’s novel, and praised his writing.
• At DEM Industries, a man learned that Nia Honjo had returned as Souji Honjo without Spirit readings and ordered Ellen to investigate.

Lin Guang learned that Westcott was searching for Nia Honjo while the school trip began without him. He met Nia at a café and asked why she wanted to see him.

• Arisa Shūkyōin told Lin Guang that Konan had detected Westcott in Tengu City, and Lin Guang asked her to keep watching him.
• Origami Tobiichi and Tohka Yatogami saw Lin Guang as the school trip plane took off, and Shido Itsuka stopped Tohka from standing during turbulence.
• Westcott reviewed reports about Tohka, Lin Guang, and Mana Ouma, then asked Ellen to find Nia Honjo.
• Lin Guang's editor, Mia, told him that Souji Honjo had adapted his novel, and Lin Guang realized Nia was the artist.
• Lin Guang met Nia and Mia at a café, confirmed that he and Nia had met before, and asked Nia what she wanted to discuss.

Lin Guang spotted Ellen and other DEM Industries forces near Nia Honjo and took Nia to his car to protect her. He promised DEM would not capture her again, partially restored her Spirit Power, and Nia used Rataibako to reveal their preparations as Lin Guang vowed to destroy them.

• Nia Honjo teased Lin Guang about his novels and whether he was attracted to her while they sat together in a café.
• Lin Guang noticed Ellen nearby, took Nia from the café, and explained that DEM Industries might be targeting her again.
• Nia panicked at the thought of returning to DEM's captivity, and Lin Guang comforted her and promised they would not take her away.
• Lin Guang loosened the restriction on Nia's Spirit Power, allowing her to summon Rataibako.
• Nia used Rataibako to reveal DEM's special forces and aerial warships, and Lin Guang threatened to wipe them out while Ellen watched nearby.

Lin Guang and Nia Honjo traveled to Homi Island, where the Yamai Sisters appeared and joined Shido Itsuka’s school trip group. Ellen followed them and, at Westcott’s direction, joined the trip as an accompanying teacher.

• Lin Guang planned to lure DEM Industries into making a move and took Nia Honjo to Homi Island, where he hoped to test his secret weapon.
• A sudden storm swept over Homi Island, and Lin Guang recognized it as a sign that the Yamai Sisters had appeared.
• Lin Guang and Nia Honjo met Shido Itsuka and the Yamai Sisters at the museum, and Nia introduced herself to Tohka Yatogami as a Spirit saved by Lin Guang.
• Tohka accepted Nia and went off with her after Lin Guang promised her fifty soybean flour bread rolls.
• Reine Murasame and Tamae Okamine arranged identities for the Yamai Sisters and let Lin Guang and Nia join the school trip.
• Ellen contacted Westcott, who arranged for her to join the trip as an accompanying teacher.