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- After Hirato and Tsukitachi convince Akari to go with the plan to rescue Karoku, Gareki talks with Hirato about participating in this dangerous raid. Hirato later confirms that an encrypted transmission was sent from Airship Two by an unknown recipient. Going forward with their plan, Gareki and Yogi take over the security system of the Misty Mansion, while the rest of Circus move out to infiltrate. While Kiichi takes on Kagiri and Kiharu in the hallway, Gareki and Yogi battle Delmen and the insect-like Varugas in the forest. Tsukumo and Eva break into the mansion just as Eliška and Uro are waiting by Karoku's room. After Uro sends Eliška to her room, both Tsukumo and Eva engage in combat against Uro outside the mansion, though Uro tries to escape into the forest. Akari catches Azana deleting data from the computer, as Azana exhibits an inferiority complex and tries to convince Akari to switch over to Kafka as the superior organization. Nai and Jiki leave the roof of the mansion and hover over the forest. Nai remembers when he was a Niji as he spent time with Karoku. Nai reaches for the sky, where the forest opens a rainbow gate. (en)
- Nai, Gareki, Yogi and Tsukumo travel to Rinoll, also known as the "City of Ice". Azana delivers a warm snowman named Yukkin, designed in the Research Tower. Back on Airship Two, Hirato, Akari and Tsukitachi discuss Nai being an experimental specimen for luring Varugas that are trying to capture him. After Nai, Gareki, Yogi and Tsukumo search through a vacation house, Yukkin becomes trapped in a hole, only to be found by Kagiri and Kiharu, responsible for covering their own tracks in the vacation house. Nai, Gareki and Yogi jump into the hole, revealed to be a man-made tunnel leading to the mansion, where they find a small box shaking on its own. Yukkin returns to Tsukumo, but Kagiri and Kiharu suddenly sneak up on her in confrontation, while Nai, Gareki and Yogi come back to the surface after Gareki creates a makeshift grenade from below. Nai and Tsukumo run away, while Gareki and Yogi continue to fight. However, Gareki and Yogi are blinded by Kagiri's gadget. After Kagiri and Kiharu beat up Yogi, his allergy patch is removed from his left cheek, causing several thorns to surround him and his hair to turn silver. (en)
- Kiharu is prompted to retreat with Kagiri in tow when Yogi goes berserk. As Tsukumo heads back when Nai senses trouble, she runs into Kiharu, only for her to be punched out cold. After Yogi breaks Gareki out of a case of thorns, Gareki manages to revert Yogi back to normal. Nai finds them, informing that Tsukumo has been kidnapped. Tsukumo finds herself in a room while a masquerade ball hosted by Kafka is occurring. Eliška wanders off and accidentally comes across Tsukumo, who is forced to escape after Eliška lets out a scream. After Eliška runs back to Uro, he sends her to her room while expressing disappointment towards Kagiri and Kiharu. At the Research Center, Nai and Gareki tell Akari how Yogi's allergy patch is connected to his recent behavior. It is shown that Kagiri and Kiharu managed to swipe the rattling box from the recent battle in order to give it to Uro. Akari believes that the box contained part of a Varuga, and Yogi has an allergic reaction to the air dense with Varuga elements. Tsukumo enters the greenhouse and tries to apprehend Karoku, but he uses a hidden needle in his ring to poison her. (en)
- Before Yogi goes after Yotaka, he orders Gareki to escort Nai back to town, but Gareki chooses to stay since he feels like he owes a promise to his foster siblings. While running away, Nai crosses path with Tsubame, now with blood on her hands, as well as another Varuga named Meiga, who tried to apprehend her. Yogi attempts to trap Yotaka, now with black wings, in a cage of thorns, but Yotaka overpowers Yogi when the latter mentions Gareki's name. As Meiga captures Nai and Tsubame after finding them hiding in an open shed, Gareki kicks Meiga out of the blue and confronts Yotaka for his gothic looks. Meiga reveals that he is the one responsible for experimenting on both Yotaka and Tsubame, but Yotaka fully turned into a Varuga while Tsubame only had psychosomatic results. Tsubame is able to temporarily restore humanity in Yotaka through her bond as a twin. When Meiga forcefully turns Yotaka back into a monster, Yotaka asks Gareki to kill him as he prepares to choke Tsubame. However, Yotaka is suddenly impaled by Hirato's cane, and he dies happily. (en)
- Hirato revives Tsukumo from a boat floating along a river. Aboard Airship One, Kiichi and Jiki welcome Nai and Gareki, tasking them to clean up a room, though they end up using a team of Usagi to assist them. Afterwards, Nai and Gareki talk with Tsukitachi concerning Tsubame's well-being. After Jiki intimidates Gareki with his incredible speed, Nai later tells Tsukitachi that he wants to talk to Jiki, worried for Gareki's life. Yogi learns from Akari that Nai and Gareki are deployed to Vint, a wildlife reserve for rare and endangered species, though there have been many reports of poaching. Splitting into two separate groups, Gareki goes with Tsukitachi while Nai goes with Jiki. Tsukitachi explains to Gareki that incuna are omnipotent cells with dazzling effects with proper training or can bite back if not controlled. Nai and Jiki's group spots Kiripon, a cow-like Varuga, but it fights back after getting agitated. However, Yogi arrives to protect Nai, while Kiichi pursues and kills Kiripon. Yogi brings Nai and Gareki back to Airship Two, but Jiki has been given the order to stay with Nai and Gareki for awhile. At night, Gareki wonders where his real home really is. (en)
- As Nai, Gareki and Yogi stop by a Nyanperowna shop in Vantnam, Yogi is prompted to carry Nai and Gareki from the shop after Gareki exclaims that Nyanperowna is fake. However, Yanari, deducing that Yogi is the man inside the cat costume after following them out, tells them that he needs to find a pasta shop. Meanwhile, Akari recalls Hirato telling him that someone is leaking information from Circus. Nai, Gareki, Yogi and Yanari meet Rissun, the city mascot and guide dressed as a squirrel, who leads them in the right direction. Yogi and Gareki later protect Yanari from a Rissun impostor, who attempts to kidnap Yanari. Hirato arrives and creates a scene with Gareki, which allows Yogi to take Nai and Yanari away safely to avoid conflict. Yanari finds his mother's house, only to find out that she passed away. While Hirato asks Gareki if he wants to be a child of Airship Two, Yanari is comforted by Yogi and Nai before he departs. Onboard Airship Two, Nai is contacted by Yanari, who mentions that Eliška knows Karoku. After collapsing from giving juice to Gareki, Nai later wakes up, telling Tsukumo that Karoku is at the Misty Mansion. (en)
- After being swallowed by the Varugas, Gareki is saved by the serendipitous appearance of Eva. While Eva escorts Gareki away, Nai, Yogi and Akari visit Nai's former home. Meanwhile, Eliška reveals to Uro that she wanted Nai to be captured as a surprise for Karoku. After searching the home, Nai, Yogi and Akari find an old notebook full of calculations hidden behind the wall. Following a picnic by the shore, Gareki receives permission by Hirato to visit his hometown Karasuna. Nai, Gareki and Yogi all go to Karasuna, as they meet acquaintances of Gareki from two years ago. Tsubame is guilty of murder and has blackout episodes, but her twin brother Yotaka is oblivious to this. Gareki explains to Nai and Yogi that his parents sold him off to a cargo ship at eight years old, and he was later saved and raised by Tsubaki when she was alive. At night, Nai, Gareki and Yogi spot Tsubame sneaking outside. The three run outside, only to find a dead man marked with scars. They then turn around and see Yotaka with blood on his hands. (en)
- After being rendered unconscious and sent to the infirmary, Nai is telepathically contacted by Karoku, who tells Nai to part ways with Gareki before he breaks. When Nai wakes up to cut ties with Gareki, the latter departs, leaving the former in tears. Ryoushi discovers that Nai is a chimera of a human and a Niji, an endangered forest creature that resides in the Rainbow Forest. Since this realization, Gareki confronts Nai for cutting ties with him, finding out that Nai was contacted by Karoku telepathically. This leads Gareki to believe that Karoku is an enigma. Nai, Gareki and Yogi go to the Research Tower for lab testing of cell infusion with Varugas, to which they are tested clean. The three are joined by Akari, as they travel to the Rainbow Forest to learn more about Nai's origins. While there, they are attacked by insect-like Varugas near a cave. (en)
- Gareki has locked himself in his room all week after his family incident. With an upcoming performance by Circus underway, Yogi invites Nai and Gareki to join them. During the parade, Kiichi orders Yogi, while in his cat costume, to search for a malfunctioning Usagi, a white rabbit of Airship One's defense system. Instead, Gareki is forced to put on the cat costume and act as Nyanperowna without Nai realizing the switch. Failing to track down the Usagi in the streets, Yogi and Kiichi deduce that it will show up at the plaza theater. Meanwhile at the plaza theater, a play commences with Jiki as a soldier next to Tsukumo as a mermaid in a sealed jar. The play takes a bad turn when the Usagi welds the trap door of the jar shut. Outside the plaza theater, Nai hears Tsukumo's silent sceams with his super-sensitive ears, bringing Gareki and Eva with him. Nai, Gareki and Yogi succeed in breaking the jar to save Tsukumo, while Kiichi deactivates the Usagi. Also, Eva plays the role of Jiki's ex-girlfriend to end the play. Afterwards, Akari unexpectedly meets with Hirato and Tsukitachi in his office. (en)
- After Yogi defeats Delmen, Gareki has second thoughts of joining Circus. Hirato intervenes as Azana admits to looking up to Akari, despite Azana secretly working for Kafka. Tsukitachi finds the rattling box in the mansion, but it suddenly explodes. However, he manages to save Kiichi during her battle against Kagiri and Kiharu. While Nai, Gareki and Yogi move on towards the rainbow gate, Jiki is left to face against Nima and holds her back. Uro diffuses Tsukumo and Eva's electric cage, and Yogi is forced to keep Uro at bay. In a field, Nai and Gareki finally meet Karoku. After Nai runs up to hug Karoku, Gareki realizes that he can barely move and struggles to shout. On the ground lies the real Karoku in a death-like state. Despite Palnedo having escaped from the Misty Mansion via submarine, the mission is complete and an unconscious Karoku is brought back to the Research Center to be monitored by Akari. Gareki tells Hirato that he wants to study in order to become a member of Circus. Nai, Yogi and Tsukumo bid Gareki a sad farewell. Karoku is seen awake in the hospital bed, watching a bird fly away from his window. (en)
- After Yotaka dissolves, Hirato arrives to pursue Meiga. Kiichi prevents Meiga's detached arm from attacking Yogi before departing. With Yogi badly injured, Tsubame left to mourn and Gareki withholding his feelings, this leaves Nai with a heavy heart. Meiga is restrained by Hirato, who is soon joined by Tsukitachi. Yogi explains to Tsubame of Kafka's purpose of human experimentation and Circus's resolve to strike back. Because of this, Tsubame wishes to set free since she was once a human experiment. Kiichi and Jiki find no trace of Meiga being affiliated with Kafka, reporting this to Hirato and Tsukitachi. Since Meiga will not give up any information, Hirato performs a burial on Meiga, and news of this reaches Palnedo. After Hirato, Tsukitachi, Kiichi and Jiki reunite with Nai, Gareki, Yogi and Tsubame, Tsukitachi takes Tsubame to visit her dying grandfather in a hospital, although Gareki visited there earlier. After leaving the hospital, Tsubame begs Tsukitachi to use her in order to bring Kafka down. (en)
- Gareki goes into town for some food for Nai, but Nai goes off on his own. During a parade by Circus, Nai narrowly escapes from an agent of Kafka, and Gareki follows Nai in an alleyway. However, another agent suddenly incapacitates Gareki with a electroshock weapon, while the first agent captures Nai. Yogi, who first appears wearing a cat costume named Nyanperowna, easily scares off the agents. Yogi brings Nai and Gareki onto Airship Two, where Hirato explains that Miné was a Varuga, a human experiment created by Kafka. While Circus is summoned to investigate a crime, Hirato leaves Yogi and Tsukumo to guard Nai and Gareki. A game of hide-and-seek goes awry when Nai crawls into the air duct to the forest outside, where he is attacked by Varugas named Delmen and Nima. Gareki, Yogi and Tsukumo arrive to prevent Nai from being abducted. Their game of hide-and-seek finally finishes and Nai is proclaimed the winner, being brought back safely onto Airship Two by a Hitsuji, a black sheep of Airship Two's defense system. Nai is sent powerful brain waves, revealing a scene with Karoku shown in a dark greenhouse full of roses with Eliška. (en)
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