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”.

思いめぐる Omoi Meguru Affection All Around

This is a recap episode where Minamo remembers everything that happens up until the moment she finally confronts Makoto about her feelings for him.

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.

風と共に Kaze to Tomo ni Along with the Wind

Makoto and Hikari are saved somehow and now Hikari is remembering her meetings with Minamo’s mother and the others. All the pieces are starting to fall into place. Makoto tells Hikari what he said to Minamo when they were kids and Hikari realizes what she needs to do. She tells Makoto how things have changed since she met all of them and then performs the Doukatai on herself. She disappears and the next day things seem to continue as normal. Makoto sees a girl that resembles Hikari (possibly the real Hikari herself), who later vanishes.

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.

古からの運命 Inishie kara no Unmei Destiny from the Ancient Times

Makoto finds Hikari at the temple and she decides to tell him everything when he says he wants to find a way for everyone to be happy. Apparently, in ancient times Hikari was just a normal priestess. When she saw the ritual sacrifice being done she could not handle it and so set the temple on fire. When she was about to kill the man she thought responsible (her own brother), he said he was free from the curse but that Hikari would have to take over. And so she has been killing to protect the town ever since. Makoto still believes everyone can be happy though and follows Hikari when she runs off. She asks him to save her and then jumps off the edge of a cliff, he follows her to catch her.

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.

同化体 Doukatai The Assimilating Body

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.

風音の咆吼 Kazune no Kouhou Roar of Kazune

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.

風と夜空と Kaze to Yozora to Wind and Night Sky

触撃 Shokugeki Attack ~ Aufeinandertreffen (lit. Encounter)

Nana, using the telepathic powers of diclonii to find Lucy, fights her in a local cemetery, and Mayu encounters them in the middle of the battle. Before long, Nana has all her limbs ripped off, nearly dead. Kurama is ordered by his boss, Kakuzawa, to put Nana down, however Kurama does not kill her. Yuka discovers that Mayu is homeless and invites her to stay with them.

青い空の優しさ Aoi Sora no Yasashisa The Kindness of the Blue Sky

胸裡 Kyōri Deep Feelings ~ Im Innersten (lit. At Heart)

Yuka, who has been in love with Kohta since childhood, caught him in several awkward situations with Nyu (such as changing her clothes for her after the last episode because her other clothes are wet), causing her to become increasingly jealous of Kohta’s concern for Nyu. Mayu, a 13 year old girl and her dog Wanta, who witnessed the incidents in episode 2, return an umbrella left by Kohta on the beach to him, where she is interrogated about the events. Meanwhile, Nana, codenamed “No. 7”, another diclonius, is released from her confinement in order to track down Lucy and bring her back to the facility.

一歩を踏み出す勇気 Ippo o Fumidasu Yuuki Courage to take the step

掃討 Sōtō Annihilation ~ Vernichtung (lit. Annihilation)

The offshore facility, headed by the scientist Kurama, sends a special task force, headed by the ruthless, cold-hearted assassin Bando, to hunt down Lucy at a beach in Kamakura. However, they only encounter her in her innocent “Nyu” state. She is hit over the head by Bando. Bando then tells his partner to finish Nyu off, but the hit reverts Nyu back to Lucy, who kills Bando’s partner, and goes after Bando. Lucy uses a firearm to shoot and injure Bando. In the end, Bando has been dismembered and blinded. Lucy reverts to Nyu before she is able to kill Bando. It is seen here that Lucy and Nyu switch between each other depending on the events surrounding them. After being injured by Bando, Kohta is put in the hospital, but is not severely injured, and is released hours later while Yuka goes looking for Lucy. He encounters her back at the house and forgives her.

光と影 Hikari to Kage Light and Shadow

邂逅 Kaikō A Chance Encounter ~ Begegnung (lit. Meeting)

A diclonius named “Lucy” escapes from an experimental laboratory off the coast of Kamakura, which is being used as a facility to hold diclonius and use them for experiments. After killing many guards, she is shot in the head and falls into the sea; her brain damage causes her to form an innocent, somewhat infantile split personality, “Nyu”. Later, she is found by Kohta and Yuka, two cousins who are reunited after eight years to study at university, and is taken back home with them. After she breaks Kohta’s seashell, his keepsake from his younger sister Kanae who died “of an illness” eight years earlier, she runs away because Kohta gets angry with her. She does not remember anything that she has done in her entire life.