Continuing off from the previous episode, Kuu is still in shock to find out that she is an Absolute Angel. Meanwhile, Setsuna continues to bait Tarurotte to Mika’s temple. Mika cuts open Kuu’s uniform to reveal the Absolute Angel symbol on Kuu’s chest. Kuu has a hard time coping with the sudden knowledge and is awoken by Kozue and Kuu finds herself at school. There are no signs of what Kuu has experienced since Tarurotte attacked the school.

Well before I go into what happens next, I’d like to put in that I’d be very disappointed if things rewound itself like that, because it would mean that I’ve just lost five episodes of my life. However, since the series is at the halfway mark, any strange happenings like this is obviously fake.

Apparently, Kuu, timewise, is back to the point in the first episode where she is in class after failing to hand the invitation letter to the boy on the bus. Kuu breaks down in tears. At lunch, Kuu explains that she’s had a strange dream and starts talking about being happy about having a normal life and being a normal person. Kozue counters Kuu’s belief of being average by pointing out that she is an Absolute Angel. Kyoshiro appears and stabs Kuu with his sword.

I was just to see when reality was going to set in on Kuu. It was longer than expected, but inevitable. Also, this scene would half-explain why in the opening credits Kyoshiro has a sword in Kuu’s chest. I say it’s a half explanation because Kyoshiro intends to destroy all of the Angels so it might be foreshadowing what’s going to happen.

In reality, Kuu is in a trance state trying to make sense of everything while Mika plans to fuse Kaon with Kuu to create an extremely powerful Absolute Angel. Mika retires to her room and shows signs of illness. She starts asking questions, directed to some unknown person. Apparently, however, Mika is venting her frustrations at why Kaon is infatuated with Himiko instead of being infatuated with her instead. Mika vows to make Kaon love her. Later on, as they prepare to fuse the two together, Setsuna comes crashing down, but Setsuna is still no match for Kaon by herself. With the involvement of Tarurotte, the 3 way battle begins.

I have no idea who Mika is talking to while she is in her room. I have a feeling it’s directed to someone who told Mika that Himiko is important and Kaon only operates well with Himiko and no one else. It’s all speculation, but it does look that way.

As the fighting intensifies, Kyoshiro appears and grabs the distraught Kuu. Mika strikes up an argument with Kyoshiro with a gun pointed at him. She fires a shot, but Kyoshiro blocks the bullet with the hilt of his sword. As the building starts to collapse, Kyoshiro and Setsuna make for an escape as Kaon prevents the building from falling on Himiko. Mika at first thought Kaon was protecting her, but realized quickly it was Himiko Kaon was protecting. Kuu asks Kyoshiro and Setsuna if the two knew from the start if she was an Absolute Angel. They wanted to take her to Joto Academy for more studies. Kuu is obviously unhappy with what’s going and breaks down to tears as she is saddened by the fact that she’s not human.

I like how the biggest fight so far in this series was practically not even part of the animation. Sure a few kicks and punches, but overall the scene was saturated with just a bunch of dialogue such as the confrontation between Kyoshiro and Mika. Bleh. The end of the episode finished on a low end, but at least the series is finally starting to pick up the pace.