“Two Hong Kongs” “Futatsu no Honkon” (ふたつの香港)

Xia Yu Lan’s twin sister, Yu Fan, hijacks a Venom AS to become an agent provocateur between the Northern and Southern Chinese Army units in Hong Kong. Sousuke and Melissa are deployed by Gavin Hunter to the area in a team of SRT/PRT personnel of East Asian origin to find the AS, but his feelings for Kaname nearly places the Mithril reconnaissance force in danger. After a tough sermon from Melissa touches a raw nerve, Sousuke deserts the team.

“Her Problems” “Kanojo no Mondai” (彼女の問題)

Kaname confronts Agent Wraith about Sousuke’s departure, but as she is about to get answers, Xia Yu Lan ambushes the two. Kaname outwits her pursuer until Leonard Testarossa, another Amalgam agent who is also Tessa’s brother, shows up and kills Xia Yu Lan. He reveals that the assassin was a rogue agent acting outside of Amalgam’s interests.

“Jungle Groove” “Janguru Gurūbu” (ジャングル·グルーブ)

After Sousuke arrives back at Merida Island, Tessa berates him for emotionally involving himself with Kaname and neglecting his other duties. Lt Belfangan Clouseau, the pilot of the AS seen in the Sicily operation, transfers to the SRT as its new commander. After he clashes with Kurz at the bar upon offending the memory of the SRT’s dead comrades, Clouseau stages an AS duel to help Sousuke properly operate the Arbalest.

“Left Behind” “Torinokosarete” (とりのこされて)

Sousuke argues with his replacement, Agent Wraith, about the mission to protect Kaname. Kaname wonders why Sousuke has not been attending classes in days and starts to become worried. When she needs to see him after a chance encounter with Amalgam agent Xia Yu Lan, she finds his apartment vacant and he has disappeared.

“Edge of Heaven” “Ejji Obu Hevun” (エッジ·オブ·ヘヴン)

Mithril attempts to learn more about the mysterious Amalgam organization. Sousuke and Kaname’s relationship begins to blossom; however, the Mithril leadership forbids him from seeing her after his bodyguard duties are assigned to another agent.

“Lovely Sicilia” “Uruwashiki Shichiria” (うるわしきシチリア)

The SRT travels to Sicily to capture the traitor from the Nanjing operation. Sousuke has difficulties balancing work and school when he tries to have a phone conversation with Kaname and to drive a getaway vehicle at the same time. A mysterious AS also appears to help the team get away. Seeing the stress of his everyday duties, Mao decides to ask Sousuke about his own plans for the future.

“Daylight” “Deiraito” (デイライト)

Mithril is perplexed at how the enemy is able to follow their movements. Once they realize that their communications have been compromised, Tessa and Commander Andrei Kalinin give false orders to facilitate the rescue and turn the tables on Amalgam.

“The Labyrinth and The Dragon” “Meikyū to Ryū” (迷宮と竜)

In Nanjing, Amalgam kidnaps peace delegations from Northern and Southern China and fortify themselves in an underground tunnel beneath the Yangtze River. Mithril attempts a rescue in the tunnel’s dangerous confines, but falls into Amalgam’s trap.

“The Situation Beneath the Surface” “Suimenka no Jōkei” (水面下の状景)

Sousuke and Kazama investigate who is posting embarrassing and revealing pictures of Kaname on the internet. Meanwhile, Amalgam operatives led by Gates extract payment from the Balic military force that took on Mithril and try to reconstruct what happened in the battle.

“Ending Day by Day” “Owaru Hibi” (終わる日々)

Mithril and the SRT rescue refugees caught in a civil war in the African country of Balic. However, during the fighting, they discover that the enemy possesses advanced weaponry rivaling their own. They surmise that a highly funded, well-equipped organization may be supplying their enemies.

通り雨にて 或いは、少女はいかにしてその心情に至ったか? Tōriame ni te arui wa, shōjo wa ikani shi te sono shinjō ni itatta ka? In the Passing Rain, Or, How Can a Girl Have Reached Such Feelings? ~ Regenschauer (lit. Heavy Rain)

不還 Fugen No Return ~ Erleuchtung (lit. Illumination)

Mariko regains the ability to use her vectors and stages one final meeting with Lucy. They meet, and Lucy goes into a state of shock after losing one of her horns. Kurama, accompanied by Nana whom he rescued after she fell off the bridge where she battled Mariko, encounters their fight. Here, Mariko realizes that Kurama is her father and meets him for the first time, beginning to cry after finally encountering her father, who appears to have abandoned her for Nana. Kurama exchanges final words of reassurance to Mariko just before the final bomb inside her is detonated, killing them both. The Director of the facility that had been holding Lucy, Nana and Mariko reveals that he is a diclonius. Lucy, who makes it out of the fight alive, reveals her remorse and emotion for Kohta and they kiss before she leaves to encounter the security team. However, Lucy’s ultimate fate is unknown except that her other horn is broken, although it is possible that she died as the shots of the guns continue, even after her horn is broken. The “family” of Kaede house, including Nana, settles down. As they are about to eat, Wanta barks at someone at the door. When Kohta goes to check, the music box playing “Lilium” stops and he sees a figure standing at the front door. He then hears the grandfather clock, which Lucy had repeatedly attempted to repair, ticking again.

泥濘 Deinei Quagmire ~ Taumeln (lit. Tumble)

The past which Kohta had tried to forget eight years ago comes back to him as he remembers that Lucy took revenge on Kohta’s lie about the gender of his cousin by killing Kohta’s father and his sister Kanae. As Shirakawa dispatches Mariko to kill Lucy, Bando is paid by Kurama to kill her as well. Mariko is about to kill Nana (as well as Kohta and Lucy), until Nana uses her vectors to deactivate Mariko’s and falls off the bridge, as Mariko’s vectors fail and she is taken away. Shirakawa discovers Lucy’s Nyu personality and identifies her as the target diclonius, only to be killed along with the security forces enlisted to guard against Mariko.

錯綜 Sakusō Complication ~ Vermischung (lit. Intermixing)

Mariko is revealed to be the true identity of No. 35. Under supervision from staff at the facility, she is released as a last effort to retrieve Lucy. Nana senses Mariko’s presence and her desire to kill her through their ability to locate each other. Mariko and Nana meet on a bridge on the shore and they battle. Kurama, who supposedly “had to leave”, has joined Bando to kill Lucy on his own beyond the knowledge of Shirakawa and the staff.

嬰児 Eiji Infant ~ Säugling (lit. Infant)

Kurama’s past is explained in this episode. He was a good friend of Professor Kazukawa, who invited Kurama to work with him and his father on the diclonius project after leaving university. He reluctantly agrees, however, as he is performing research, he is infected with the diclonius virus via transmission through their vectors, and as a result, his daughter Mariko is born a diclonius. He decides to kill her, however as his wife dies from complications after giving birth, begging him to spare her, Kurama chooses to let her live under Kazukawa’s condition that bombs must be planted inside her to kill her in case she turns aggressive. Meanwhile, as both Lucy and Nana are now part of Kohta’s household, the facility decides to send “the most powerful” diclonius, known only as “No. 35”.

追憶 Tsuioku Reminiscence ~ Schöne Erinnerung (lit. Beautiful Memory)

Lucy’s past links with Kohta are uncovered - after her dog was killed, she began to show contempt for humans, until Kohta briefly befriended her. Kohta plays the series’ opening theme “Lilium” in a music box which he bought in Kamakura. They go to the zoo and later play in the water, where she thanks Kohta for the most fun she’d ever had in her life. Her hope in being re-acquainted with humans is briefly regained. However, when she discovers Kohta’s cousin (Yuka), who he claimed to be a boy, is actually a girl, she loses hope and begins her future murderous path.

嚆矢 Kōshi The Beginning ~ Beginn (lit. Beginning)

As a result of living her entire life inside the facility, Nana is found to be naive and sensitive about the events surrounding her. Mayu discovers the real Lucy behind Nyu as Nana tells her of their diclonius powers. As Lucy is recovering from being hit in the face by Nana, she goes through a flashback of her childhood, where she was raised in an orphanage all her life where her peers constantly bullied her. Feeling lonely and ignored, she begins to develop her hatred for humans. When her peers discover that she has made friends with a stray dog, (discovered when a girl pretended to be Lucy’s friend) they force her to watch as they beat it to death with a vase, and in her despair, Lucy activates her vectors and commits her first murders against her schoolmates.

際会 Saikai Confrontation ~ Zufällige Begegnung (lit. Coincidental Meeting)

Nana is released with brand-new artificial limbs and enough money to last her for a while on her own. Kurama, his second-in-command Shirakawa, and his assistant are all reprimanded by Kakuzawa for letting her escape and letting Kohta enter the facility to find Lucy. Meanwhile Nana, not knowing of anything outside the facility, does not know what to do with the money and begins to burn some. Soon, she is found by Mayu at the cemetery where she was almost killed by Lucy and they become friends with each other. Nana is then brought back to Kohta’s home. Discovering that Lucy (actually Nyu) is in the home, Nana attacks her.

衷情 Chūjō Innermost Feelings ~ Herzenswärme (lit. Heart Warmth)

Bando escapes from the hospital, still trying to find Lucy to satisfy his grudge against her. Professor Kakuzawa Yū’s decapitated body is found by his assistant and Kohta. While searching for Lucy, Kohta and Yuka develop a fondness for each other as displayed through a kiss. Finally, Lucy is found by Kohta and Yuka and taken back home.

落掌 Rakushō Receipt ~ Empfang (lit. Reception)

Mayu’s past and why she ran away from home are revealed. Mayu’s mother remarried, and her new stepfather repeatedly molested her. When her mother refused to offer her any help, she ran away from home, where she encountered a stray dog, whom she named “Wanta”. As Kohta and Yuka enter university and take Nyu with them, Professor Kakuzawa, the son of Kurama’s boss (and, by coincidence, the university lecturer) discovers Nyu and she is taken from Kohta and Yuka. Kakuzawa is revealed to be partly diclonius, and intends to breed with Lucy. However she simply kills him, claiming that he is worthless in the evolution towards a diclonius-populated world. Kohta finds out it is also Mayu’s 14th birthday, and invites her to stay permanently with them, where she finally feels that she has a family who cares for her.