Recaps

After waking in the unfamiliar world of Azure Star, Herta Miyuki went to school to learn more about her situation and find a way home. She recognized her homeroom teacher Aisti as resembling Asta, then watched a transfer student named Bronya enter the classroom.

• Herta Miyuki saw her younger sister, Herta Suzuko, leave for school and reflected on the disasters and Spirits of Azure Star.
• Herta took the subway to Water-Moon High School and decided to gather information while pretending to sleep through class.
• When her classmates gossiped about her looks, Herta kicked over a desk and told them to shut up.
• Aisti introduced herself as the homeroom teacher, and Herta was shocked by her resemblance to Asta.
• Aisti welcomed transfer student Bronya, whose appearance and outfit drew whispers from the girls in class.

Bronya Land joined Herta Miyuki’s class and sat beside her, while Herta slept through the lesson. After Herta mistook her teacher Aisti for Asta and gave a wildly inaccurate answer about Mount Fuji, Aisti made her stand for the rest of class.

• Bronya Land introduced herself to the class, and Aisti assigned her the seat beside Herta Miyuki.
• Bronya took notes during geography while Herta fell asleep and mumbled about the Simulated Universe and Lin Feng.
• Aisti hit Herta with chalk, and Herta woke up and angrily mistook her teacher for Asta.
• Aisti asked Herta Mount Fuji’s height, and Herta guessed it was between 15,000 and 18,000 meters.
• Aisti corrected Herta’s answer and made her stand for the rest of the lesson.

Herta and Bronya shared lunch on the school rooftop and talked about their hopes and lives. They promised to be friends, while Bronya concealed her unease about the strange world she believed might be a dream.

• Bronya comforted Herta after Aisti's strict treatment and offered to help her with anything she did not understand.
• Bronya shared her homemade lunch with Herta, then suffered a dizzy spell and claimed she was unaccustomed to the heat.
• Herta and Bronya discussed their different hopes, as Herta longed to explore the universe and Bronya dreamed of a peaceful world.
• Bronya asked Herta to be her friend, and Herta reluctantly agreed.

During a spacequake, Herta left the evacuation route to find her younger sister, Herta Suzuko, and encountered a powerful male Spirit who resembled Lin Feng. Bronya rescued Herta and charged the Spirit, while Herta was left to seek shelter.

• Herta helped Bronya study and showed that she could solve the problems with ease.
• A spacequake struck Shuiyue Middle School, and Herta lost sight of Bronya in the crowd heading for the shelter.
• Herta ran toward the convenience store to find Herta Suzuko and saw a silver-armored male Spirit resembling Lin Feng destroy buildings.
• The Spirit attacked after Herta accidentally made a noise, and Herta was knocked down and left exposed by the blast.
• Bronya arrived in Power Armor, rescued Herta, and rushed to fight the Spirit while telling Herta to find shelter.

Bronya fought the Silver Gun Prince to protect Herta but was badly injured, and Herta nearly fell into a collapsing battlefield. AST girls arrived and Aisti rescued Herta, while the battle’s outcome remained uncertain.

• Bronya charged the Silver Gun Prince with her laser sword, but he blocked her attacks and devastated a city block with Flame Lance Charge.
• Bronya dodged his charge and bombarded him with homing missiles, while Herta watched anxiously from a distance.
• Bronya attacked at point-blank range with her laser sniper cannon, but the Silver Gun Prince broke it and kicked her through several buildings.
• The Silver Gun Prince approached Herta, and the injured Bronya stood between them and fought him again.
• Bronya and the Silver Gun Prince’s clash tore open the ground, sending Herta falling as several AST girls arrived.
• Aisti caught Herta as she fell from the collapsing battlefield.

Aisti brought Herta to Ratatoskr’s underground base, where Herta learned that her younger sister Suzuko commanded the organization. After Suzuko explained that Spirits were nearly impossible to defeat, she proposed dating one as an alternative strategy and recognized Herta as a potential candidate.

• Aisti reassured Herta that Suzuko was safe and told her that Bronya had been seriously injured while protecting her.
• Aisti took Herta to an underground fortress, where Herta discovered Suzuko was Ratatoskr’s commander and Aisti’s superior.
• Herta asked whether Spirits could be defeated, and Suzuko explained that even advanced weapons could barely restrain them.
• Suzuko revealed her Date A Live strategy: have a charming girl date a Spirit and make him blush.
• Suzuko eyed Herta as a possible candidate for the plan, while Herta objected to her sister’s suggestive remarks.

Herta learned that Aha was behind her mission to win over the Silver Gun Prince, and agreed to try after seeing Bronya injured. With Ratatoskr’s support, she found the prince in a ruined academy and prepared to approach him.

• Herta’s sister urged her to win over the Silver Gun Prince, and Herta agreed after learning Ratatoskr would support her.
• Aha appeared to Herta and ordered her to win over the Spirit in exchange for a chance to return to her original world.
• Herta visited Bronya in the hospital, saw how badly the prince had injured her, and vowed to protect her and get revenge.
• Ratatoskr gave Herta a device to monitor a Spirit’s affection level and helped arrange her mission at a ruined academy.
• Herta found the Silver Gun Prince sitting alone in a classroom and began cautiously approaching him after Suzuko encouraged her.

Herta Miyuki confronted the Silver Gun Prince and, guided by Suzuko through her communicator, tried to keep him from attacking. When he remained suspicious, Herta confessed that she liked him and kissed him, leaving his response unknown.

• The Silver Gun Prince threatened Herta and demanded to know who she was, so she identified herself as a second-year student at Shuiyue Middle School.
• The Silver Gun Prince prepared to use Flame Lance Charge, and Suzuko urged Herta to calm him by claiming she was weak and asking whether he thought she was pretty.
• The Silver Gun Prince complimented Herta’s appearance and asked why she had come to him, while Suzuko prepared the AST Special Tactical Force to protect her.
• Herta told the Silver Gun Prince that she had come to date him and confessed that she liked him, but he said he still could not trust her words.
• Herta kissed the Silver Gun Prince, admitting that she felt some genuine attraction to him.

Herta kissed the Silver Gun Prince to prove she was telling the truth, then tried to raise his affection by choosing him a name. He rejected her suggestions, and his affection fell, leaving Herta asking Suzuko for help.

• Herta kissed the Silver Gun Prince, and he said he believed she was no longer lying.
• The Silver Gun Prince told Herta his full name, which she found too strange to use.
• Herta checked his affection and found it at 50 points despite giving him her first kiss.
• Herta suggested several names, including Makoto Itou, Kakarot, and Naruto Uzumaki, but the Silver Gun Prince rejected them all.
• The Silver Gun Prince's affection dropped to 45 points, so Herta contacted Suzuko and asked her to think of another name.

Herta tried to regain the Silver Gun Prince’s affection by dancing for him, but he went berserk and devastated Hare Sora City. AST’s attack failed, and as the Silver Gun Prince broke into the underground fortress, Herta rushed to rescue Suzuko.

• Herta followed Suzuko’s advice and performed a dance for the Silver Gun Prince, but his affection points fell to 30 and he became enraged.
• The Silver Gun Prince summoned a flaming spear and razed nearly half of Hare Sora City, while AST rescued Herta and deployed its powered-armored operatives against him.
• The Silver Gun Prince overwhelmed the AST unit and breached the underground fortress’s defenses, reaching the command center.
• Herta Suzuko stayed behind as the fortress came under attack, while Herta asked Aisidi to take her to the Wisdom Center to save Suzuko.

Herta Aisti brought Herta toward the underground fortress, where Herta Suzuko faced the Silver Gun Prince alone. Herta Miyuki arrived at the last moment, raised his affection by naming him Lin Feng, and stayed behind to try to control the dangerous Spirit.

• Herta convinced Teacher Aisti to take her back toward the underground fortress to confront the Silver Gun Prince.
• The Silver Gun Prince cornered Herta Suzuko in the Command Center after the other girls fled.
• Herta Suzuko tried to resist, then clung to the Silver Gun Prince and begged him not to hurt her.
• Herta Miyuki arrived and called the Silver Gun Prince Lin Feng, causing his affection to rise to 52 and leaving him pleased with the name.
• Herta Miyuki embraced Herta Suzuko, then sent her away and introduced herself to Lin Feng.

Herta confessed her feelings to Lin Feng and agreed to become his girlfriend after he promised to stop casually hurting humans. Lin Feng led her toward home, while Herta Suzuko waited anxiously and speculated about their relationship.

• Herta embraced Lin Feng and confessed that she liked him, then asked whether he would hold her tightly.
• Lin Feng reassured Herta that he liked her and promised to stop casually hurting humans if she became his girlfriend.
• Herta accepted Lin Feng as her boyfriend and said he could call her his wife, then followed him home.
• Herta Suzuko waited at home, worried about her sister and wondering whether she should call Lin Feng her brother-in-law.

Herta and Lin Feng walked home together as a couple, and Herta worried that his affection score remained low. After they arrived, Herta and her sister Suzuko teased each other, while Lin Feng asked Herta to cook for him.

• Herta checked Lin Feng’s affection score while they strolled home hand in hand, and saw that it was still 62.
• Herta Suzuko greeted Herta and Lin Feng as sister and brother-in-law when they arrived home.
• Herta complained that Suzuko had prepared food for only one person, and Suzuko teased her about staying out late with Lin Feng.
• Herta ordered Suzuko to cook for Lin Feng, but Lin Feng asked Herta to make the meal instead.
• Herta agreed to cook, and Suzuko claimed her cooking was delicious after Herta glared at her.

Herta attempted to cook the soft, springy jelly Lin Feng requested, but her experimental recipe knocked him unconscious. While Herta worried over him, Suzuko joked about exploiting the Spirit and warned that his power could endanger more than Hare Sora City.

• Lin Feng asked Herta to make soft, springy jelly, and Herta reluctantly went to cook while Suzuko watched.
• Herta spent half an hour making a translucent black slime with advanced technology and potent additives.
• Herta fed Lin Feng a spoonful, and he turned purple and collapsed unconscious.
• Suzuko mocked the fallen Lin Feng and considered reporting him or taking him for research.
• Herta urged Suzuko to help save Lin Feng, while Suzuko questioned whether Herta could keep the dangerous Spirit under control.

Herta admitted that she liked Lin Feng, and after Suzuko’s mouth-to-mouth revived him, Herta brought him to her room. Sharing a bed under strict boundaries, Herta confessed she did not want to leave his side, though she was not ready to become his wife.

• Herta told Suzuko that she liked Lin Feng and ordered her to give him mouth-to-mouth.
• After losing at rock-paper-scissors, Suzuko gave Lin Feng mouth-to-mouth, bit him in revenge, and helped him wake up.
• Herta told Suzuko to sleep on the sofa, then took Lin Feng upstairs to her room.
• Herta and Lin Feng agreed to share the bed with pillows marking a boundary, and Lin Feng dispelled his armor.
• Lin Feng asked whether Herta would still fall for him if he were an ordinary human, and Herta confessed that she liked him and did not want to leave his side.

Herta tried to raise Lin Feng’s affection while pretending to sleep beside him, but he revealed that he had been awake and knew who she was. He told the tearful Herta that he genuinely liked her, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Herta secretly checked Lin Feng’s affection and raised it from 62 to 79 by moving closer and kissing his neck.
• Lin Feng caught Herta’s thigh as she tried to pull away, then admitted he had been pretending to sleep.
• Herta recognized Lin Feng as the man from the Simulated Universe and accused him of taking revenge for her having killed him there.
• Herta said Lin Feng had toyed with her feelings, but Lin Feng insisted he liked both Ms. Herta and Herta Miyuki.

Lin Feng tried to win Herta’s affection by speaking frankly about his attraction to her and explaining why he had provoked her in the Simulated Universe. Herta accepted his confession as a temporary relationship, agreeing they would break up when they returned home.

• Lin Feng told Herta he had been captivated by her since seeing her photo on Asta’s phone and admitted he liked her body.
• Herta questioned why Lin Feng had misbehaved in the Simulated Universe, and he explained that he had wanted to catch her attention.
• Herta bit Lin Feng’s shoulder in anger, then gradually softened as he comforted and praised her.
• Lin Feng asked Herta to be his girlfriend and said he wanted them to find their way home together.
• Herta reluctantly agreed to date Lin Feng temporarily, insisting they would break up once they got back.

Herta and Lin Feng spent the night together after she agreed to be his girlfriend, leaving Herta exhausted and embarrassed the next day. Lin Feng tried to coax her out of bed with a cream puff, while Teacher Aisti had also bought cream puffs after a long day of cleanup work.

• Herta admitted that she wanted to explore the meaning of love, and Lin Feng teased her about being his girlfriend.
• Lin Feng and Herta spent the night together, while Herta Suzuko listened from the next room and lost sleep.
• At 4:56 a.m., Teacher Aisti bought a dozen cream puffs from a convenience store on her way home.
• Herta woke the next evening sore and exhausted, complained that Lin Feng had kept her up all night, and worried that his affection was still not maxed out.
• Lin Feng offered Herta a fresh cream puff, and she reached for it when he waved it out of her grasp.

Lin Feng cared for Herta after their exhausting time together, and Herta discovered that her affection for him had reached 98. As she reflected on her growing attachment and the possibility of staying in his world, Lin Feng called her back to grind affection points, and she went to him despite claiming she would break up with him.

• Lin Feng fed Herta cream puffs, and she checked her affection level and found it had reached 98.
• Herta rested, then Lin Feng carried her to the bathtub and helped her wash and change.
• Herta stood on the balcony and considered how much she valued her friends and life in this world, while imagining that she might miss the journey.
• Herta decided that she would eventually return to her own world and wondered how she would remember this strange journey.
• Lin Feng called Herta to grind affection points, and she entered the room and climbed onto the bed despite saying she would break up with him.

Herta Suzuko found her sister Herta Miyuki's diary and moved out after learning how relentlessly Miyuki had been trying to raise Lin Feng's affection. Miyuki eventually raised his affection to 100 and revealed that a spatial portal in her pocket could take her home, though she kept her original location secret from Lin Feng.

• Herta Suzuko read Herta Miyuki's diary, which recorded her daily efforts to raise Lin Feng's affection, and moved into the Underground Fortress Headquarters.
• Herta Miyuki accused Lin Feng of keeping his affection at 99 on purpose, and he explained the difficulty of getting the final point with a Pinduoduo comparison.
• Herta Miyuki refused to attend the beach fireworks show and chose to go home with Lin Feng to keep raising his affection.
• About ten days later, Herta Miyuki reached 100 affection with Lin Feng, and he gained 200 Path Simulation Points, bringing his total to 2,830.
• Herta Miyuki revealed that a folding spatial portal in her pocket could take her home, but she refused to tell Lin Feng where she had originally come from.

Lin Feng and Herta shared an intimate farewell before agreeing to keep their relationship secret when they returned to their original world. Herta chose to leave with Lin Feng, who remained determined to continue his Trailblaze journey and pursue the unresolved bonds and mysteries ahead.

• Lin Feng teased Herta about their affection, and Herta pushed him onto the bed before they spent time together.
• Afterward, Herta reminded Lin Feng that they had agreed to break up and conceal what happened when they returned to their original world.
• Herta asked whether Lin Feng truly intended to travel with the Astral Express, but he chose the journey and joked about Himeko, earning a pillow thrown at his face.
• Lin Feng reflected on his feelings for Herta and on the unfinished connections with Kafka, Silver Wolf, Himeko, the White-Haired Woman, and the mysteries in the Starry Sky.
• Herta invited Bronya, Teacher Aisti, and Herta Suzuko to gather, then told them she would leave with Lin Feng.
• Bronya sadly asked whether she and Herta would meet again, while Herta Suzuko joked that the couple were leaving to get married in another world.

At a farewell gathering, Herta Miyuki struggled to accept that she would leave and might not return for years, while Bronya ran off in tears. Herta found her at the ruins of Shuiyue Middle School and promised to come back, easing Bronya’s sadness as they parted.

• Herta Suzuko cried at the farewell gathering, and Teacher Aisti and Lin Feng urged Herta to look after Bronya.
• Bronya left the tavern in tears, and Herta searched for her through the streets.
• Herta remembered Shuiyue Middle School and found Bronya crying on its ruined rooftop.
• Bronya recalled her friendship with Herta and admitted how painful the departure felt.
• Herta promised to return and swore she would lose her wisdom if she broke her vow, and Bronya smiled and said she believed her.

Herta and Bronya shared an intimate conversation before Herta left with Lin Feng, with Herta assuring her friend that she would return. They said goodbye beneath the blue sky, and Bronya prepared to pursue her own future.

• Bronya questioned whether Herta was leaving willingly, and Herta said she was going with Lin Feng because she had fallen in love with him.
• Bronya asked Herta about her relationship with Lin Feng, and Herta answered in detail until Bronya asked her to stop.
• Bronya asked whether Herta was leaving that day, and Herta said she had to go and would always treasure their memories.
• Bronya wished Herta safe travels and looked toward the blue sky, ready to take a new step toward her own future.

Lin Feng returned with Herta to her office, where Herta was investigating whether their time in Hare Sora City had been only Simulated Universe data. She feared Bronya and Suzuko were unreal and mourned that Bronya was gone, while Lin Feng comforted and teased her.

• Lin Feng and Herta traveled through a spatial passage from Hare Sora City back to Herta's office.
• Lin Feng found Herta adjusting the Simulated Universe and heard her worry that their time together had never existed.
• Herta explained that the machine's records of the world were sealed and that Bronya and Suzuko might be false data.
• Lin Feng comforted Herta and suggested they could find a way to see Bronya again or recreate the world.
• Herta blushed at Lin Feng's teasing, insisted nothing had happened between them, and threatened him with her amethyst hammer.

Lin Feng dodged the Herta Puppet’s spinning hammer attack, kicked her into a wall, and then tried to make peace with Herta by kissing the puppet. Herta was furious and challenged his claim that he liked her for her body, while the chapter ended before Lin Feng answered.

• Herta threatened to spin at Lin Feng with her mechanical war hammer, but he dodged and kicked the Herta Puppet into the alloy wall.
• The Herta Puppet got back up and scolded Lin Feng for hitting her instead of following the script.
• Lin Feng said he had helped Herta work through her worries about the Simulated Universe, though Herta insisted she was only angry about being kicked.
• Lin Feng asked Herta to close her eyes and gave the Herta Puppet a kiss as a present.
• Herta accused Lin Feng of going too far and challenged him to explain whether he only lusted after the Herta Puppet’s body.