Infinite Stratos

(In the near future, a Japanese scientist creates a high-tech powered exoskeleton called “Infinite Stratos” (IS). Possessing technology and combat capabilities far surpassing that of any other arms system, the IS threatens to destabilize the world. Faced with such an overpowered weapon, the world’s nations enact the “Alaska Treaty”, stating that ISes shall never be used for military combat purposes, and that the existing IS technology must be equally distributed to all nations, to prevent any one nation from dominating the others. However, sometime after the IS was introduced, society has undergone a drastic change. As ISes can only be operated by women, there is a shift in the power balance between men and women, where women now dominate society over men.

Ten years after the IS was initially introduced, the world has entered a new age of peace. However, a 15-year-old Japanese boy named Ichika Orimura changes everything. During an accidental run-in with a hibernating IS suit, it is revealed that he possesses the innate ability to operate an IS—the only male in the world capable of doing so. Seeing his potential, the Japanese government forcibly enrolls the bewildered young man in the prestigious Infinite Stratos Academy, a multicultural academy where IS pilots from all over the world are trained. Thus, he starts a busy high school life surrounded by girls training to become expert IS pilots. While they seem to be enjoying their thrilling school life, the danger of looming threats and enemies is never too far away.

IS Academy:

IS Academy is the private boarding academy where students all over the globe enroll to learn how to pilot the Infinite Stratos. It stands as the primary background setting of the series.

Due to the worldwide fact that only the female can pilot the IS, the student body is comprised of girls, including the instructors and faculty due to their former status as pilots or test candidates. The academy has only one male student, Ichika Orimura.

History & Reason for the IS Academy

The IS Academy is, as its name suggested, an educational corporation meant to nurture IS controllers. The Japanese government sees it as a principle and duty to fund it and run it. However, the results of the research are revealed to the entire world due to the common agreement, and at the same time, Japan has no right to neither remain silent nor hide them. No matter what happens in this school, the Japanese government has to intervene fairly, and has the obligation of settling these under the premises that the other countries in the treaty have agreed on. Also, the school has opened its doors to foreign students without any conditions, and the Japanese government is to provide protection—as according to the contents of the IS treaty regarding IS pilot training agencies. This is the school’s code of discipline.

Ichika’s idea about the IS Academy’s situation was “Basically, it’s like ‘you damned Japan, creating the IS and causing chaos in the world, at least you should build a school to train people in this field of discipline. Hand over your research and technology. Ah, you’ll bear all the financing costs’.

Design and Technology of the Area

It is built on an offshore island which can only be reached via a monorail connecting it to the mainland. It has a decidedly futuristic look, with all its domes and a branch-like tower in the middle of it. There are plenty of trees and parks to tone down the metallic look. The buildings are designated in different places to differentiate their purpose, such as the dormitories being next to a small bridge with trees and a small river under it.

Technology-wise, it is about as sophisticated as it can be. The classrooms are fitted with holographic desks which show the name of the student when called upon (like when Ichika is supposed to introduce himself, his name appeared beside him) and a holographic chalkboard. There are various “shimmering” holograms that appear all over the academy. There is a large moving holographic strip alongside the school building to broadcast pretty much everything, like weather, temperature, etc.

General Status

Due to the social status change that has come about due to the appearance of the IS, a few of the girls are generally arrogant towards the males because of their abilities to pilot an IS. But at the same time, the entire school population of girls are somewhat naive and curious about the opposite sex, as most of them are from all-girls schools. (Since females are the only ones who can pilot an IS, the government set it up such that children at a very young age are separated into same-gender schools, and it spent more funding on the girls’ side).

Their knowledge of boys seems to be mostly from Boy’s Love (Yaoi) Comics, as they were blushing at the idea of Ichika and “Charles Dunois” holding hands, and their comments of them sticking together for the selection matches. So they are very interested in Ichika (being the first male to pilot an IS), and often try to take the initiative to talk to him, and try to get the upper hand above the rest (like how a senior tried to discourage Houki from teaching Ichika about IS, saying that she has more experience than her). They likewise become very excited and motivate when he’s around or any chance to be around him, something that was taken advantage of by Tantenashi Sarashiki during the school festival by offering the right to live in the same room as him as the prize in a contest in exchange for them to vote for the Student Council.

Uniforms/IS Clothing

The uniform is standard among the entire school, white blazer with long sleeves and a skirt, with variations among the IS Candidate Representatives (although a few normal students also have their uniforms customized). The only way to tell between the years are their neckties, which are different colors (blue for first years, yellow for second years, red for third years.)

Ichika Orimura - Being the only male, he wears a white blazerwith black collar along with long trousers.

Cecilia Alcott - Wears a long blouse that covers her legs.

Lingyin Huang - Detached sleeves for her blazer.

Charlotte Dunois - Wears a male uniform as a spy. As a girl, she wears a much shorter skirt than any of the other girls.

Laura Bodewig - Wears a pair of baggy pants and jockey boots.

Tatenashi Sarashiki - Wears sleeveless coat over her blazer and her skirt is arguably short.

Kanzashi Sarashiki - Have robot-like parts hanging on her hips’ sides and puffs at the top of her sleeves.

Honne Nohotoke (non-Representative) - Extended sleeves that obscure her hands and longer skirt.

Utsuho Nohotoke (non-Representative, novel) - Short-sleeved blazer.

When the students are doing IS training, they switch to a tight-fitting suit (similar to a one-piece swimsuit) and leg stockings that reached to their thighs. For the female Representative Candidates, they wear the same suit with varying colors, while Ichika wears a tank top and bermudas of similar material.

Facilities

Classrooms - There are at least 4 classrooms for 1st years, and there are classrooms for the seniors from the 2nd to 3rd years.

Dormitories - The place where the students live. Each room has 2 single beds for roommates and a bathroom. There is also a public bath for them to use. Ichika (living in room 1025) was assigned different roommates at different points of the light novel due to him being an exception (in the manga & light novel, he was supposed to travel between his home and the academy, but his sister forcefully arranged it so he can stay, much to his chagrin).

Changing rooms - A giant locker room located at the arena where the students can go and change into their training suits or their respective curricular clothes. Ichika has to go there all the time, because the girls always change in the classrooms (being the only male tires him out).

Battle Arena

An area where duels, class representative tournaments and occasional IS units practice take place, the edges are shielded to prevent accidents. There are:

There are at least 6 of these battle arenas. Arena 6 is an open-air arena connected to the central tower.

Stones benches for the spectators to sit and watch.

A VIP box for the countries guests (usual representatives of various R&D corporations).

4 maintenance areas for the IS users to suit up, in addition to a launchpad leading to the arena. There is an observation room where the teachers can monitor the battle. the condition of the IS, and the security of the arena.

Boys’ Large Bath - A large indoor bathroom with views of the forest and the tower. This place was made as the teachers thought the boys (Ichika and “Charles”) would need an area to freshen up after training.

Infirmary - A place where IS students needed to treated by illness or injuries.

Extracurricular Activities

As it is a school, there are different clubs for the students to do extracurricular activities. The Student Council helps to manage the clubs by sending them aid and set up events to promote their works and attract new students to the school.

Known Clubs and Members

Student Council - Tatenashi Sarashiki, Kanzashi Sarashiki, Ichika Orimura, Honne Nohotoke, Utsuho Nohotoke

Kendo Club - Houki Shinonono

Tennis Club - Cecilia Alcott

Lacrosse Club - Lingyin Huang

Cooking Club - Charlotte Dunois

Tea Ceremony Club - Laura Bodewig

Handball (Soccer) Club - Kiyoka Aikawa

Newspaper Club - Kaoruko Mayuzumi

In the light novel, Ichika was forced to become the Vice-President of the Student Council so that Tatenashi can keep an eye on him. However, she gave him trouble by “loaning” him to clubs under the pretense of giving aid, when it was meant to silence the girls who were complaining about Ichika “being monopolized by the Personal IS Group”.

The Student Council are in charged of organizing events for the Academy. The position of the Student Council President can only be held by the strongest student at the IS Academy. As well, the Student Council President has one of the highest authority in the Academy, being second to or even an equal to the principal themselves. This includes being able to create all kinds of events for the students, being able to change rooms (whether for themselves or others) and move students into different classes.

Security

Being the only IS Academy that teaches users how to pilot an IS unit, security is of the utmost importance. No unauthorized personnel can enter the IS Academy. For anyone who wishes to be admitted into the IS Academy, they would need to be recognized by their respective governments to have the talent. The only exception was during the cultural festival, where the students are allowed to bring in guests, provided they have a pass to get in with.

Around the Battle Arena, there is an energy barrier similar to that of an IS (only stronger), meant to contain the amount of damage within the area, and also to keep unwanted interference. Should there be an intruder in the area, there will be a security lockdown, with shield barriers up to Level 4 (apparently the highest level possible) and shield shutters to partition the entire place. The teacher instructors will then come out in their IS (supposedly the Rafael Revive Basic models) to deal with the intruder.

Staff

The staff at IS Academy seems to compose of former IS Representatives. Their superior experiences and skills allow them to keep even the personal IS pilots among the students in line as well as protect them during emergencies.

Juuzou Kutsuwagi - Principal

Chifuyu Orimura - Homeroom Teacher of Class One & 1st Year Dorm Supervisor

Maya Yamada - Class One Assistant Homeroom Teacher

Edwards Franchee - Math teacher from Canada

Students

1st Years

Class One

Class Rep: Ichika Orimura - Vice-President of the Student Council

Houki Shinonono

Cecilia Alcott

Charlotte Dunois

Laura Bodewig

Honne Nohotoke - Student Council Member

Kiyoka Aikawa

Shizune Takatsuki

Yuzu Tanimoto[1]

Class Two

Class Rep: Lingyin Huang (Moved to Class One[2])

Class Four

Kanzashi Sarashiki - Manager of the Student Council (Moved to Class One[2])

2nd Years

Tatenashi Sarashiki - President of the Student Council

Kaoruko Mayuzumi - Vice-President of Newspapers Club

Forte Sapphire - pilot of the personal IS Cold Blood[1] (Defected to Phantom Task[3])

Sara Welkin - England’s representative cadet [4]

3rd Years

Utsuho Nohotoke - Student Council Member

Daryl Casey - pilot of the personal IS Hellhound V2.5[1] (Phantom Task spy))

(Minor Characters

IS Academy

Honne Nohotoke - 1st-year student at the IS Academy, Ichika’s classmate in Class One, member of the Student Council, and younger sister of Utsuho Nohotoke. (LN, M, A, G)

Kiyoka Aikawa - 1st-year student at the IS Academy and Ichika’s classmate in Class One. (LN, A)

Kaoruko Mayuzumi - 2nd-year student at the IS Academy and Vice-President of the Newspaper Club. (LN, M, A)

Shizune Takatsuki - 1st-year student at the IS Academy, Ichika’s classmate, roommate of Houki (in Volume 6), and a close friend of Cecilia in Class One. (LN, A)

Utsuho Nohotoke - 3rd-year student at the IS Academy, member of the Student Council, and older sister of Honne Nohotoke. She appears in Volume 5. (LN)

Tina Hamilton - 1st-year student at the IS Academy, IS Representative Candidate of USA, and roommate of Lingyin. She appears in Volume 6. (LN)

Sayuka Yorutake - 1st-year student who is friends with Honne. She appears in Volume 1 & Episode 1. (LN, M, A)

Yuzu Tanimoto - 1st-year student who is friends with Honne. She appears in Volume 1 & Season 1, Season 1, Episode 1. (LN, M, A)

Sara Welkin - 2nd-year student who is also one of Britain’s representative cadets. She appears in Volume 6. (LN)

Organizations

Clarissa Harfouch - Lieutenant of the Black Hare. (LN, A)

Natasha Fairs - IS Representative Candidate of USA and pilot of the Silver Gospel. She appears at the end of Volume 3. (LN)

Iris Calling - IS National Representative of USA and pilot of America’s 3rd Generation unit Fang Quake. She appears in Volume 6. (LN)

Lei Lei Yang - Supervisor for Lingyin Huang. She appears in Volume 6. (LN)

Normal Citizens

Chelsea Blackett - Cecilia’s maid and childhood friend. (LN, M)

Dan Gotanda - A close friend of Ichika back from their days in middle school. (LN, A)

Ran Gotanda - Younger sister of Dan. She has a crush on Ichika. (LN, A)

Gen Gotanda - Grandfather of Dan and Ran, head of the family, and the owner of the Gotanda Eatery. He appears in Volume 2. (LN)

Ren Gotanda - Mother of Dan and Ran and also the owner of the Gotanda Eatery. She appears in Volume 7. (LN)

Kazuma Mitarai - A friend of Ichika and Dan. He appears in Volume 5. (LN)

Yukiko - Aunt of Tabane and Houki. She appears in Volume 4 and the OVA. (LN, A)

Ryuuin Shinonono - Father of Tabane and Houki. He is mentioned in Volume 6. (LN)

Albert Dunois - Father of Charlotte and CEO of Dunois Industry. (LN)

Rozenta Dunois - Legal wife of Albert Dunois. (LN))

Story:

Episode 1: “My Classmates are All Girls”

Ichika Orimura is sitting, nervous, in Class One of the IS Academy. The scene shows that he is the only male in the class and the only male in school. He glanced nervously at his childhood friend Houki, but the latter looked away, making Ichika feel awkward, asking how she’s treating him after meeting him for the first time after 6 years. When Maya, his assistant homeroom teacher, calls his name. Ichika popped out of his bubble: the class was doing self-introduction and it was his turn. He introduced his name, but felt like he had more to say since everybody in the whole school knew he was the only male. He decided to say “that is all”, making everybody fall for his idiocy. Suddenly, Ichika is punched on the head by Chifuyu, his older sister, and is punched a second time because she insists that he calls her “Orimura-sensei” “Professor Orimura” at school and not “Chifuyu-nee” (Sister Chifuyu). Ichika tells the audience about Chifuyu’s past: She’s a Mondo Grosso champion, but one day, she retired, and now she’s become a teacher. Ichika never saw her at home and he feels stupid for having worried about her. At the break, while everyone’s talking about Ichika, Houki asks for a moment with Ichika at the school’s rooftop. Houki is shy, blushing, and giving short answers to Ichika’s questions. He congratulates her for winning the National Kendo Tournament last year, much to her surprise. Ichika then tells her that he’s glad to see her again and that he still recognizes her, even though it’s been 6 years. He compliments on how her hair is the same too, making Houki blush even more and start playing with her hair. Later, in a lesson, Ichika seemed to be struggling with the course, so Maya cheerfully suggests that he ask any question since she’s her teacher. Ichika replied that he didn’t understand anything, surprising Maya, so she asked the class if there is anybody else who does not get anything, which nobody responds. Chifuyu asks if Ichika has read the reference book before attending the IS Academy, which he says he accidentally threw it away. Chifuyu hits him on the head with a book and forces him to memorize another copy of the reference book in 1 week. During recess, while Ichika is daydreaming, an English girl named Cecilia Alcott approaches, and attempts to engage in conversation with him. Much to her surprise and irritation, Ichika doesn’t know anything about her. Cecilia then starts explaining about an IS Representative Cadet and boasting about how elite she is. Upon hearing that Ichika has also defeated an instructor at the entrance exam, Cecilia starts to get wild, but the bell rings, announcing the end of recess. In the afternoon, Ichika walks toward his dormitory and searches for his assigned Room 1025. While he is stunned about the room’s luxury design, he hears somebody finishing their shower. A female voice starts introducing herself and Ichika gets nervous, When the woman gets out of the bathroom wearing a towel, Ichika sees it was Houki. Shocked, Houki tells Ichika to look away. Ichika starts by explaining that he is assigned to this room and they might be roommates. Surprised, Houki takes her shinai out and starts attacking Ichika, but he saved himself by getting out of the room and close the door. Houki pierces the door six times, however, only the sixth one was able to hit Ichika in the back. As he protests against Houki, other girls wearing revealing pajamas come out of their rooms and start gathering around him. Freaked out, Ichika begs Houki to be let into the room. Later, Houki asks why are they roommates, which Ichika doesn’t know. She starts blushing and asks if it’s because Ichika asked the school staff for him to be assigned to the same room as her. When Ichika says Houki isn’t serious, she starts attacking him again, but when the other girls opened the door to peek into the room, Houki stops and closes it. She starts talking about room rules, mostly about bathroom hours. When Ichika says he’ll use the public bathroom and starts thinking about the fact that the only females attend the IS Academy, Houki calls him a pervert. As she’s preparing herself to punish him with her shinai, Ichika grabs another one and start swinging it, but a bra is stuck at its edge, making him asking “What is this?” Shocked, Houki snatches it. When Ichika says that she’s at “that age” now, she hits him on the head with her shinai and knocks him unconscious. The next morning at the cafeteria, Houki is in a cranky mood and tells Ichika to call her “Shinonono-san,” not Houki. When 3 other students (Honne Nohotoke and her friends) came to sit down besides Ichika and start talking to him, Houki leaves. They asked about Ichika’s relationship with Houki, which he tells them that she’s a childhood friend and that they went to the same kendo dojo when they were in 1st grade. Chifuyu claps her hand and tells everybody to eat quickly. She reveals that she’s the 1st Year Dorm Supervisor and that she’ll make anybody run 10 laps around the training ground if they’re late. In the classroom, Chifuyu tells everybody to vote for a Class Representative for the Inter-Class Tournament in two weeks. Two girls nominate Ichika, much to his surprise. Suddenly, Cecilia protests and says it’s humiliating to have a man as a Class Rep. She then challenges Ichika to a duel. When he asks about how much of a handicap he should give her, the whole class laughs and says that men were only stronger than women before the IS and that if men fought against women, the war wouldn’t even last 3 days. Chifuyu finally approves the duel and books it for next Monday in Arena 3.

Episode 2: “Class Representative Runoff!”

Ichika is told by Chifuyu that he will be provided with his own personal IS for his match against Cecilia, a rarity since there are only 467 IS Cores that were created by Tabane Shinonono before she disappeared. Relieved, Cecilia says it wouldn’t be fair if she fought with her personal unit and if Ichika was stuck with a training one. A classmate then asks Chifuyu if Tabane is related to Houki, which the teacher answers they are sisters. As the whole class is shocked and starts bombing Houki with questions, the latter snaps back by saying that Tabane has nothing to with her and that she has nothing to tell the class about her sister. Maya then starts teaching, telling the class to try to think of the IS as a partner instead of a machine. A student then asks Maya if, by partner, did Maya mean like a boyfriend; prompting Maya to blush and act nervously, stating that she doesn’t really know since she doesn’t have experience with that, making the class comment on her cuteness. During the lunch break, Ichika proposes Houki to go grab some lunch, but she doesn’t feel like it. He even invites Honne and her friends to come along. When Ichika grabbed Houki’s arm, the latter pushed him and he trips on the floor, much to her surprise on how weak Ichika is. Scared, the three friends fade out saying that they will pass. Ichika stands up and decides to pull Houki by her hand anyway to go grab lunch. Houki blushes looking at their hands. In the cafeteria, Ichika explains that he tries to be considerate because it’s Houki: her family took care of him in the past, they’ve been friends since they were kids, and they even went to the same dojo. He wants Houki to let him at least do this much for her. As they eat, Ichika asks if Houki can help him about the IS and that he’s going to lose horribly against Cecilia like that. She replies (in a denying manner) that’s because he let Cecilia provoke him. A 3rd-year student comes and proposes to help Ichika for the IS training, but Houki replies that she’ll train him instead, much to Ichika’s surprise. The senior student says Houki’s just a first year and that she, a 3rd year, would be more suited to teach him. Houki snaps back that she’s Tabane’s younger sister, shocking the senior student as she leaves. In the IS Academy’s dojo, Houki easily defeats Ichika. She asks angrily why did Ichika become so weak after 6 years. Houki decides to train him 3 hours every day after school to fix it before he can pilot an IS. In the locker room, Houki isn’t sure if she was too harsh on Ichika, but is sure that he hasn’t touched a sword in at least a year. Upon thinking that she’ll be alone with Ichika after school, she blushes, but shakes her head and tells herself she wasn’t thinking of “that”. One week later, in the battle arena’s waiting room, while Ichika and Houki are arguing about the past week’s kendo training, Maya announces to them that Ichika’s IS has arrived, the Byakushiki. She then explains the IS’s Absolute Barrier system, which puts the IS pilot’s safety at first priority. Upon touching the Byakushiki, Ichika gets the same feeling of “understanding the machine without studying it” as back in the time at the IS entrance exam. He then flies out to the arena. Cecilia is waiting for him in the air with her Blue Tears, saying that if he apologizes now, she might consider forgiving him, but he refuses. As Ichika’s shield is being destroyed by Cecilia’s sniper, he takes off a blade and makes his way towards his opponent, all while dodging her snipers. While they’re fighting, Maya commented on how amazing Ichika can operate an IS even if it’s his first time. Upon Chifuyu’s saying about Ichika’s habit to clench his left-hand meaning he’ll make simple mistakes, Maya comments on Chifuyu’s observation as an older sister. When Cecilia tricks Ichika that she has more than 4 weapon and fires 2 bombs, he is unable to dodge and gets hit. Everyone gets worried, but Chifuyu says that he got saved by his unit. Everyone gets shocked to see Ichika’s IS in another form, the 1st Shift. While Cecilia is surprised that he’s been fighting with the default settings the whole time, Ichika discovers his weapon, the Yukihira Type 2, the same sword his sister Chifuyu used. Praising his sister, Ichika decides that it’s time to stop being the one who gets protected and that from now one, he’ll be the one protecting his family. As he easily dodge and cuts down Cecilia’s bombs and is on the verge of striking her, the match announcer declares Cecilia winner, much to everybody’s surprise. Later, after Ichika incomprehensibly loses against Cecilia, Maya explains that Ichika lost because his shield energy was depleted and that a barrier-neutralizing attack deals damage at the cost of his shield. She then says that Ichika’s IS is currently on standby, but he can deploy it any time he summons it, giving him an IS practice book. During the walk back at their dormitories, Houki asks Ichika if it is okay if she trains him. He replies that it is easier than having another girl teach him, and since Houki is Tabane’s sister, she knows more about anybody else. Houki blushes and tells Ichika to clear his schedule starting from tomorrow onward, all while giggling by herself, which Ichika doesn’t understand.

Episode 3: “The Transfer Student is my Second Childhood Friend”

Cecilia takes a liking to Ichika and gives the position of class representative to him instead as an apology for acting childish in the two previous episodes, much to Houki’s chagrin. The next day, Ichika meets Lingyin, the new transfer student from China who also happens to be his childhood friend and also the class representative of her class. After Ichika and Lingyin get reacquainted with each other, Houki and Cecilia get jealous and coached Ichika in IS practice very hard. Upon learning Houki is Ichika’s roommate, Lingyin tries to get Houki to let her become his roommate instead which Houki refuses. But Lingyin later leaves in anger after Ichika doesn’t figure out the childhood promise they made and wants to settle it in the Inter-Class IS Tournament. With his match against Lingyin and her IS, ShenLong. Next, Ichika prepares himself.

Episode 4: “Showdown! The Class League Match”

Ichika and Lingyin battle in the Inter-Class IS Tournament but their match is interrupted when a mysterious IS attacks the arena. As Ichika and Lingyin hold off the IS so the audience can escape, they soon realize the IS is an unmanned drone due to it’s machine-like behavior. Together with Cecilia, the three of them manage to defeat the IS but not before it injures Ichika. As Ichika recovers while Lingyin watches over him, Ichika wonders the promise he made with Lingyin had a different meaning which the latter quickly denies. Meanwhile, Chifuyu and Maya examines the defeated IS and confirms it is an unmanned IS drone with a unique IS Core that didn’t come from the 467 confirmed Cores the world has which makes them question who made it.

Episode 5: “Boy Meets Boy”

Ichika is currently at his friend’s place playing video games. Dan Gotanda says that Ichika must be having a great time at IS Academy, being around all the girls there. Ichika said that he’s not, which Dan retorted that he’s lying, saying that just reading his email makes him imagine of paradise. Ichika remarked that Dan is an idiot, but is glad that Lingyin transferred over as he had very few friends to talk to. Suddenly the door crashes open, due to Dan’s sister, Ran, kicking the door open. She starts saying that lunch is ready and that he should go and eat soon, when she sees Ichika and suddenly gets nervous. Ichika smiles and apologizes for the sudden visit. Ran stood at the door staring at him for awhile, before looking at her own attire (mainly a loose top and unzipped shorts, showing a bit of her panties). Embarrassed, Ran ducks behind the wall and tidies herself up, before popping her head around the door and ask why is Ichika at their place. He replies that he is currently on an off-campus vacation and that he decided to drop in while checking on the status of his house. As Ran nervously confirms, Dan off-handedly said that she should knock next time, otherwise people might consider her to be a shameless woman, only to be frightened by her angry expression, and her fist (sporting the protruding nerve mark), while she asks why didn’t he tell her about Ichika’s arrival. He nervously says that it may have slipped his mind and gave a weak chuckle, while Ichika looks on puzzled. The next scene is at their restaurant, where Ran is serving Ichika lunch. As he is tucking in, she nervously say to make himself at home. Ichika remarks that she has changed her clothing (looking very prim and proper) and asks if she is going out. When she tries to say that it is not, Ichika had a sudden notion that she is going out on a date, which she abruptly says that it is not. Seeing Ichika’s expression, Dan while drinking his tea, remarks that he must be acting the same way at school. When Ichika ask what does Dan mean, he only replied that he feels bad for Lingyin as well. Houki has been given her own room by Maya and leaves in anger when Ichika is being dense about it but makes him promise to go out with her should she win the inter-class tournament, which spreads into a rumor that the winner of the tournament gets a date with Ichika. At the same time, a transfer student, another “male” IS pilot from France named Charles Dunois, arrives much to the joy of the girls of the Academy due to Charles’ Bishōnen looks and “interest” with Ichika, who also becomes Ichika’s new roommate. While Ichika’s class has IS practice with Lingyin’s class, Chifuyu has Lingyin and Cecilia battle against Maya in a Rafale Revive IS, a 2nd generation IS made by Charles’ father’s corporation, which Maya easily defeats Lingyin and Cecilia’s more advanced ISs. While Ichika is having lunch with Houki, Lingyin, Cecilia and Charles, the girls try to give Ichika their lunches, of which he enjoys Houki’s best and feeds some of it to her, much to the other girls’ anger. The next day, another transfer student from Germany named Laura Bodewig, an acquaintance of Chifuyu’s, arrives much to the surprise of the class. Laura immediately walks to Ichika and slaps him, declaring she will not recognize him as Chifuyu’s brother.

Episode 6: “My Roommate is a Young, Blonde Nobleman”

The next day during an IS practice, Charles asks Ichika for a duel and wants to try fighting the Byakushiki, revealing his orange personal IS Raphael Revive of the Dunois company, France’s second generation IS. They battle for a while until they rest and talk about Byakushiki’s weaknesses and how Ichika can improve his IS combat. They then practice shooting accuracy. Charles helps Ichika shoot by holding him very close, making Houki, Cecilia, and Lingyin jealous. Suddenly, Laura Bodewig appears with her 3rd generation Schwarzer Regen German IS and declares a fight against Ichika. Upon his refusal of a battle, Laura shoots him, but Charles uses his shield to protect Ichika, commenting that Germans are hot-tempered. After being scolded by an Academy instructor, they all stopped fighting. In the locker room, Ichika thanks Charles and suggests that they change/shower together, pulling him closer to him. Charles blushed and runs away. Later in the day, when Charles is taking a shower, Ichika opens the bathroom door to give him the body soap bottle that was missing and accidentally sees Charles body, discovering that “he” is actually a girl. They freeze and Ichika, shocked, leaves the bathroom awkwardly without any word about it. Moments later, he suggests that they have some tea, but upon hand contact with her, Charles hesitates, which made the hot tea cup spill on her hand. Ichika runs to the sink to put cold water and Charles tries to help him. Ichika tells her that he can feel her breast sticking to his arm, which makes Charles blush and calls him a pervert. A few minutes later, Ichika asks Charles why she’s pretending to be a boy. She then reveals her true story about her father forcing her to attend IS Academy, spying on Ichika, and getting information about the Byakushiki. After the story, she feels better and apologizes for lying about her gender. Ichika then confesses that parents shouldn’t treat their children like that, saying that he and Chifuyu were abandoned by their parents. He asks Charles what she will do now, to which she responds that since her gender’s been revealed, she’ll surely be called back to her country and be sent to prison. Ichika replies that he’ll keep his mouth shut so all matters will be settled and that even if the case become public, neither Charles’ father nor the Dunois company can do anything because of a special IS Academy article stating that “The students within this Academy, while they are enrolled, do not belong to any country, organization, or group.” He also says that they can take time to think about it while in the IS Academy. Relieved, Charles thanks Ichika for defending her, but he comments that her breasts are showing when she bends down. She calls him a pervert again. They are interrupted by Cecilia knocking on the door, asking Ichika to go eat dinner with her. Ichika and Charles then pretend that the latter is sick, and that Ichika was just putting a blanket on him. Cecilia then takes Ichika away. While on their way to dinner, they run into Houki, who, after seeing Cecilia’s holding Ichika’s arm ends up inviting herself along as well, while holding onto Ichika’s other arm. Later in the night, when Ichika comes back, he brought some dinner for Charles. She has a hard time using chopsticks so Ichika volunteers to go get a fork, but Charles refuses for fear that she’ll bother him. Ichika then tells her to learn to depend on others and that she’ll suffer if she keeps being so hesitant. Upon Ichika’s suggestion to start depending on him, Charles asks Ichika to feed her using the chopsticks, probably in reflection with the previous scene where Ichika fed Houki earlier. Ichika hesitated, but agreed saying that men keep their word. They then have fun for the rest of the night.

Episode 7: “Blue Days ~ Red Switch”

Everybody in the class is talking about the rumor that if one of them was victorious in that month’s inter-class tournament, that person can go out with Ichika. Charles asks them on what they’re talking about, but they blush and run away. In the hallway, when Charles is walking with Ichika and talking about the special training before the tournament, they hear about three representative cadets fighting, so they immediately run to the scene. Observing Laura’s fight against Cecilia and Lingyin, she explained Laura’s A.I.C. (Active Inertia Canceller) weapon feature, an ability that negates the inertia of a moving mass. As Cecilia and Lingyin’s life are in danger, Ichika jumps into the arena and fought, but can’t solve Laura’s A.I.C., forcing Charles to fire against Laura. Ichika takes the opportunity to get Cecilia and Lingyin away from the battle, but Charles gets trapped by one of Laura’s guided-wire daggers. As Laura takes her beam saber and attacks Charles, Chifuyu interferes. The instructor tells them that they should settle the remainder of their battle in the inter-class tournament, Charles and Ichika agree. In the hospital, Charles comments that Cecilia and Lingyin are “overdoing it”, explaining that it must be quite embarrassing for them to show their awkward side to the person they like. Ichika doesn’t understand it, but the two hospitalized one get nervous. Charles also asks if it was all for Ichika, making Cecilia and Lingyin jump on Charles to shut her up. A bunch of girls barge into the room, showing them an announcement for the inter-class tournament: the event will be in pairs. They each ask Ichika and Charles to pair up with them, but Ichika apologizes and says that he’s pairing up with Charles, making the girls walk away. Cecilia and Lingyin tell them that they have to win and they will support them Later in the night, during the walk back to the dormitory, Charles thanks Ichika for him choosing to pair with her and that she’s very happy. Ichika explains that if Charles were to be paired with someone else, they might expose Charles as a girl, which would be bad. Charles replies that Ichika’s kind, making him blush. Ichika suggests they change with their backs facing each other. While changing, Charles gets her leg caught and trips, making Ichika turn around. A series of similar events happen and they struggle to change without seeing each others bodies. When Ichika falls and accidentally picks up Charles’ panties, the latter blushes and unwillingly kicks him in the face, knocking him unconscious. Later, when Ichika is sleeping, Charles comments to herself of the awkward clothes changing session and that Ichika is trying too hard not to look. As she goes to her bed, she turns back and thinks it is the first time that she feels that someone needs her. She then kisses Ichika on the forehead before going to sleep. The next day in the locker room, Ichika and Charles look at the tournament announcement board: it is decided via lottery that Houki is to be paired with Laura to fight against them.

Episode 8: “Discover My Mind”

The fight has started and Ichika immediately goes to strike first at Laura, but is stopped by her AIC. As Laura prepares to shoot Ichika while he’s paralyzed, Charles appears behind Ichika and counter-attacks Laura with her Rapid Switch, but Houki interferes, stating that she won’t have them forget about her. Laura feels that Houki is in her way, so she uses her tentacles to remove her out of her business against the boys. While Ichika and Laura fight, Charles defeats Houki first and resumes her battle against Laura. During the fight, they discover the AIC’s weakness: Laura can only focus on stopping one enemy per time. They then use different “sacrifice-and-attack” combos to slowly defeat her. Ichika gets his energy shield exhausted and Laura takes advantage of this to pin him down to the ground, but Charles continues to protect him with her Ignition Boost, stating that it is the first time she’s using it. Charles then uses her Shield Pierce weapon to brutally punch Laura’s shield multiple times and exhausts her armor. Laura, fainting, is suddenly consumed by her IS and transforms into a large dark mech that matches Chifuyu’s fighting style. Angry about this, Ichika decides to fight against it, but Houki holds him back, telling him that he does not have to do anything and the matter will be resolved by the instructors troop. Ichika still refuses and Charles offers him enough energy to manifest his sword, making him promise that if he loses, he will have to wear a female uniform to school starting the next day, embarrassing Ichika and Houki. After Ichika gets enough energy, he cuts through the mech and saves Laura. Later, in the subspace (Laura’s unconsciousness), Laura asks Ichika why is he strong, and why did he choose to be strong. Ichika responds by saying he wants to protect people important to him and that he’ll protect Laura. While Charles and Ichika are talking about the match that evening in the cafeteria, they see Houki observing them with a worried face. Ichika then goes to her and says he’ll go on a date, making Houki all excited, but states that shopping is nothing, angering Houki and causing her to punch him in the face, kick him in the stomach, and leave. Charles commented that Ichika is sometimes doing stupid things on purpose. Maya appears and congratulates them on their hard work and they must have had a hard day. She tells them that to compensate their hard work, a place has been revived from that day on: the Boys’ Grand Public Bath. A moment later, in the Boys’ Grand Public Bath when Ichika is relaxing, Charles comes into the water, making Ichika extremely nervous. The latter proposes that he’ll get out, but Charles insists that Ichika stay, stating that she’s got something to tell him. Talking back to back, Charles starts to confess that she wants to stay at IS Academy if Ichika’s there. She also confesses on how she should be and starts hugging Ichika from behind, having skin contact, making Ichika even more nervous. Charles then requests that Ichika calls her “Charlotte” from now on, saying that it’s her real name, the name her mother gave her, to which Ichika agrees. The next day, Charles introduces herself to the class under the name of “Charlotte” Dunois, shocking the whole class. As everyone knows Ichika and Charlotte used the Boys’ Bath the night before, Lingyin charges into the class with her IS to jealously attack Ichika, probably jealous that he bathed with another girl instead of her, but is stopped by Laura’s AIC. Ichika thanks her, but is suddenly grabbed by Laura as she french-kisses him in front of the whole class, shocking Cecilia, Lingyin, Houki, and the rest of the girls. Laura declares that Ichika will be her “bride”, stating that it is final, and she will not hear any objections from him. Ichika and the girls are once again shocked.

Episode 9: “Ocean’s Eleven!”

The next day, Ichika wakes up to discover Laura sleeping with him naked. As Ichika screams, Laura wakes up and exposed the rest of her body, prompting Ichika to tell her to “put something on”. Laura says that spouses shouldn’t hide anything from each other and she thought in Japan, she could call someone she likes as “my wife” (ore no yome or jibun no). Realizing that Laura misunderstands Japanese culture, Ichika points at her, asking which idiot told her that, prompting Laura to grab his arm and pin him down. She then changes the topic, saying that she should train Ichika in pinning techniques and that it’s not like she won’t help him. Ichika, struggling, asks why Laura’s blushing. At that point, Houki enters the room in her training gear and is shocked to see Ichika and the naked Laura on the bed. Seeing Houki, Laura comments how rude she is for invading the bedroom of a “married couple”. Pissed, Houki punishes Ichika with her training sword. Later, on a train with Charlotte, she asks why is she the only one with Ichika. He replies that the school beach trip is about to start soon, and since neither of them have swimsuits, he decided to bring her along. Upon Ichika accidentally calling her Charles, she gets a bit angry and asks him to call her Charlotte. After getting off the train, Charlotte tells Ichika that she’ll forgive him if they hold hands, to which he agrees. She is a bit angry that Ichika doesn’t understand that she’s trying to flirt with him. Meanwhile, Lingyin and Cecilia stalk them along with Laura. Ichika stops walking and tells Charlotte that since everyone knows Charlotte’s a girl, calling her “Charlotte” isn’t anything special anymore and that they should think of another name for her, one for the two of them. He suggests “Char”, easy and very friendly. Charlotte gets excited and agrees to the new name she’s got, saying to herself that she feels a bit more special. They walk a little bit more and Ichika tells Char to go on ahead without him because he has different stuff to buy, looking at the jewelery store. A moment later, Ichika runs into Dan and Ran shopping too. When Dan tells him that the tons of bags he’s holding are Ran’s swimsuits and that she plans on showing them to Ichika, Ran kicks him away, surprising Ichika. She then tells him that next year, she’ll join the IS Academy and become his underclassman. Ichika wishes her good luck and tells her to study for her exams. While Ran looks for Dan, Charlotte appears and pulls Ichika away to a swimsuit store and they get into the changing room. Ichika, caught off guard, asks her why are they hiding. Charlotte replies that she wants to know what Ichika thinks about the swimsuit she picked. She then takes a peek outside just to see Cecilia, Lingyin, and Laura looking for them. Charlotte says to herself they if they find her, they’ll interfere with her plan to flirt with Ichika. She then start undressing, shocking Ichika as he turns around. After a moment of hesitation, Charlotte keeps undressing and Ichika starts reciting the number pi to distract himself from imagining Char’s naked body. After she’s done, he turns around and see she’s in a beautiful orange swimsuit. Charlotte, blushing, asks him if it’s weird and he screams “Not at all! I think it looks great!”, which the shop owner hears from outside. Coincidentally, Chifuyu and Maya are in the boutique and hear Ichika and Charlotte’s voice in the changing room. Opening the curtain, Maya is shocked to see two of her students in the changing room. Ichika and Charlotte then get a moral lesson from Maya in the middle of the boutique about drawing the line, even as classmates. At the beach, Maya tells everybody to enjoy themselves and to return to the inn in time for dinner. When Honne and her group asked Ichika to play volleyball with her, Rin jumps on Ichika’s neck to play walking watchtower, which Ichika hates. Cecilia arrives and asks Ichika if he had forgotten about the promise he made to her on the bus, which is to rub suntan oil on her back; knowing that he has no choice, he agrees. Hands full of lotion, he touches Cecilia’s naked back (without her bikini top attached) and she yelps, saying that he must warm up his hands before rubbing oil. Ichika then warms up his hands and rubs her back while Cecilia enjoys the sensual massage. When Ichika’s done, she asks Ichika to rub everything where her hands don’t reach, including her legs and butt. Ichika freaks out, but Rin takes the oil and replaces Ichika. She rubs it in a tickling manner that makes Cecilia giggles the whole time. When Rin rubs her butt, Cecilia gets up to scold her, exposing her breasts in the process. Ichika freaks out as he gets punched in the face by Cecilia’s partial deployment IS. Later, in the water, Rin challenges Ichika to a swimming race to the buoy and if he loses, he’ll have to treat her to shaved ice. As she swims underwater, her leg cramps, forcing Ichika to pull her out of the water and onto the shore. Cecilia then proposes to walk her to the inn, due to the “catastrophic” dilemma. With the help of Shizune Takatsuki, they drag Rin by force towards the inn as she resists. Charlotte arrives and presents a girl with an eye patch wrapped in towel, which Ichika calls a “beach mummy”. Ichika discovers it is Laura by her voice. After Charlotte purposely teases her that she’ll have fun with Ichika without her if she doesn’t show her swimsuit, Laura removes the towel, exposing her black swimsuit, telling them they can laugh if they want. They then tell her that there’s nothing funny about it and that she’s cute, making Laura blush, saying that it’s the first time anyone has said that to her. Honne and her friends then ask Ichika to keep his long-awaited promise: beach volleyball. As they play, Laura is still embarrassed by Ichika calling her cute that she gets hit in the face by the ball. As Ichika approaches and asks if she’s alright, Laura blushes even more and runs away screaming. Maya arrives and asks if she can play volleyball with them, bringing Chifuyu in an attractive swimsuit that makes everybody praise. Seeing that Ichika blushes at the sight of his sister, Charlotte asks if Orimura is Ichika’s type. He replies “What are you saying?!” Charlotte then tells him that it’s quite the different reaction from the time when she and the other girls showed him their swimsuits. She then sighs and says that’s a lot of rivals and Orimura-sensei joins the fray. Ichika tells her that Chifuyu is quite the strong enemy and they shouldn’t be unprepared. Charlotte sighs again, saying that maybe Ichika didn’t understand that by rivals, she means love rivals, not volleyball enemies. They then have fun playing volleyball for the rest of the day.

Episode 10: “Thin Red Line”

After catching the girls eavesdropping at her room while Ichika is massaging her, Chifuyu has a talk with the girls about their feelings for her brother and gives them some advice. The next day, Houki’s eccentric sister Tabane Shinonono arrives to deliver Houki’s personal IS, the Akatsubaki, a 4th generation IS with abilities far more advanced than the others. However, Chifuyu soon receives news that an unmanned US/Israeli IS called the Silver Gospel has gone out of control. After assessing the situation, Chifuyu orders Ichika and the girls to stop it while Ichika and Houki will pursue it as only their IS are fast enough to catch up with the Silver Gospel.

Episode 11: “Get Ready”

As Ichika and Houki begin their operation, the others notice how happy Houki looks, which prompts Chifuyu to tell Ichika to watch over her carefully. As Ichika and Houki engage in battle with the Silver Gospel and is about to corner it, Ichika notices an illegal fishing boat in the area and breaks off formation to protect it. Houki is angry at Ichika for ruining the plan but he scolds her for disregarding the boat’s safety, which is something she never does. However, the Silver Gospel launches a surprise attack on them, which forces Ichika to shield himself to protect Houki. As the critically injured Ichika is admitted, Houki blames herself on what happened and wants to quit being an IS pilot but Cecilia, Lingyin, Charlotte, and Laura manages to convince her otherwise. Together, they decide to defy Chifuyu’s orders to stand by and go after the Silver Gospel themselves.

Episode 12: “Your Name Is”

While the girls fight the Silver Gospel, Ichika has a dream where he meets a young girl and a warrior woman (in the White Knight IS) who asks him if he wants strength, which he agrees as he wants to protect his comrades. As the battle continues to rage, Houki manages to cut one of the Silver Gospel’s wings and sees it fall into the ocean, only for it to re-emerge in its Second Shift form with “angel wings” and proceeds to to take down Houki and the rest. Houki is soon awakened by Ichika, who is now in Byakushiki’s Second Shift form, Byakushiki Setsura, and gives Houki a hair ribbon as a gift as he still remembers July 7th is her birthday. With their combined strengths, Ichika and the girls finally defeat The Silver Gospel, with Ichika giving it the finishing blow. As they return back to their hotel, Chifuyu scolds them for defying orders but allows them some R&R as a reward for stopping the Silver Gospel. At a seaside cliff, Chifuyu has a talk with Tabane and believes she was the one who made Ichika the only male to pilot an IS and was behind the incident that discovered it, but Tabane reveals what happened with Ichika was a coincidence but admits she was the one responsible for hacking the Silver Gospel to go berserk in order to debut Houki’s IS to the world before Tabane vanishes. At the beach, Houki apologizes to Ichika for his injuries and admits her feelings for him. As they are about to kiss, the other girls arrive, angry at what they are seeing, which forces Ichika to run away with Houki in his arms from the other girls who proceed to attack him.

Episode 13 “a summer memories”

Ichika appears to be sleeping on water, but is woken up. He stands up to find the Shirokishi IS standing in front of him. It then states it will kill him, and begins to choke him. He then wakes up to find everything normal, and Laura in his bed wearing a one-piece swimsuit. She then shows him a flyer to go to an amusement park, wanting to go alone with him. He suggests they invite everyone, which makes Laura mad. During breakfast, Charlotte and Laura have a desire to go out shopping and buy Laura some casual clothes. After Laura tries out some clothes, the two are ask to help out at a Maid & Butler Café. A bank robbery ends up occuring, but the two girls easily beat off the criminals. In the meantime, Ichika goes to ask the other girls (Cecilia, Lingyin, and Houki) individually if they want to go to the amusement park / festival the next day, which they all happily accept. When Ichika goes to Charlotte and Laura’s room to ask them as well, the two girls are wearing cat pajamas (embarrassing them). At night, elsewhere, M breaks into a facility and deploys her IS to attack the guards. The next day, Ichika meets up with the girls, who are all greatly annoyed to learn that Ichika invited everyone. They spend the rest of the day having fun around the park until nightfall. On top of a building, Tatenashi is watching, declaring that it is her turn to appear.

Episode 14 “Heart pain killer”

Lingyin and Ichika are seen doing a practice battle. Maya comments on Ichika’s skill and how he is winning, but Chifuyu states he is just being reckless. Ichika depletes his shields, and Lingyin wins the battle. Ichika is then shown in his locker room and checks his shield specs to find they had been drained, and he complains to himself how he was close to winning. Tatenashi suddenly appears, not telling Ichika who she is, and walks away while reminding him he will be late for class. Ichika tries to make an excuse for being late, but fails. Chifuyu then asks Charlotte to do a rapid switch, and when she does so she proceeds to shoot Ichika constantly. Everyone is then seen in the auditorium, in which Tatenashi formally introduces herself as the Student Council President, much to Ichika’s shock. She then announces the students must choose activities for the school festival. Back in class, all of the suggestions given involve Ichika. After turning them all down, the girls complain, and then Laura suggests a Maid Cafe. Everyone agrees, although Ichika reluctantly says sure. He then goes out into the hallway, and is greeted by Tatenashi, who states she will be his personal IS coach. Ichika states he has plenty already, but she replies that he is still weak. He says he’s not that weak, but she states he is very weak. She states he will train him, and Ichika agrees and states he will do whatever she wants if he loses. The two then proceed to do hand to hand combat on a training ground, and Tatenashi states if she gets knocked to the ground once, Ichika wins. Ichika charges at her, but is easily countered three times. While he tries attacking, Tatenashi explains how being the Student Council president means she is the head of everyone and the most powerful of them. In a final attempt he runs at her and pulls her shirt open, embarrassing her. She punches him, putting him in the nurses office. Laura is seen wandering around, wondering where Ichika has went and if he is avoiding her. She overhears two girls talking about having bedhead, and Laura begins to worry about her appearance. Chifuyu catches her tying to fix her hair, and asks if she’s getting to that age. Chifuyu tells Laura she remembers seeing Ichika outside of the nurses office. In a dream, Ichika is in a field running towards a figure that looks similar to Houki, and is shocked to see the persons face. He then wakes up on Tatenashi’s lap, and jumps up after realizing he was laying on her. She pushes his head back onto her lap as Laura walks in, causing her to state she will “destroy the target”. She partially deploys her IS and goes to attack Tatenashi, but is countered by her. She compliments Laura’s straightforwardness, and asks Ichika if he is ready to continue training. She asks Cecilia and Charlotte for help in the training, in which Ichika will be using a battle rifle in a circular shooting formation. Cecilia and Charlotte demonstrate, and are shown to be multitasking with shooting, targeting, and maneuvering. While explaining, Tatenashi blows into his ear, with both Cecilia and Charlotte noticing, causing them to crash into each other. Ichika then begins with Cecilia, missing every shot, and Cecilia hits him with her first shot. They continue, and Charlotte notices how Ichika’s rifle is, and Tatenashi explains it is about penetrating armor, and his rifle could do so in one shot, but due to his poor shooting skills, it is unlikely. After the battle, Ichika is seen entering his room, and finds Tatenashi wearing nothing but an apron. Ichika checks his room number, while Tatenashi constantly asks him if he wants her. He closes his door and asks what she is doing, and she states that since she is his special coach, they should be eating and sleeping together. About to pull off her apron, she reveals that she had been wearing a swimsuit, much to Ichika’s shock. Houki is seen walking in the hall, wanting to give food to Ichika, and overhears him and Tatenashi through his door. She barges in, cutting his door down with his partially deployed IS, and goes to attack him, only to be blocked by Tatenashi with her partially deployed IS. The next day, Ichika is training while attempting to fly around a red ball and keep the gravity focused. She tells him to use the ignition boost, and he instantly crashes. Ichika is seen laying his head on a table while sitting with Charlotte, Houki, Cecilia, Lingyin, and Laura, who all talk about Tatenashi and Ichika says he needs to get stronger and improve his IS skills. Charlotte and Houki reply to this, while Cecilia states that Ichika could stay in her room. Laura, Houki, and Lingyin also state this, but Charlotte points out that Ichika has fallen asleep.

Episode 15: Translucent chord of Cinderella’s heel

Ichika is seen brushing his teeth in his room, and Tatenashi, on his bed, asks him to give her a massage. He continuously denies but is eventually forced to. Ichika then appears at the maid cafe, guiding various girls to their tables and taking orders. Lingyin then asks for him to, and orders the menu special which is where she gets to serve the butler. She does so, and asks Ichika to do the same. Houki walks up and tells her that’s not a part of the special, so she begins to eat the food herself. Ichika remarks on how she looks cute when she eats, only to be knocked from his seat by Lingyin. He then goes to serve Makagami Ayako, who advertises gear for the Byakushiki to him. He keeps saying no, until a waitress friend of his says that he is needed. He thanks her, stating how there have been many people advertising their products. Tatenashi then comes to him and says he is needed for an important matter. In the shower room, she hands him a prince outfit. Ichika then appears on a stage, and it is said that Cinderella must steal the crown from the Prince. In secret, Tatenashi told Charlotte, Laura, Houki, Cecilia, and Lingyin that whoever got the crown would get to live with him. Chaos then ensues, with Lingyin first attacking, then Cecilia. Charlotte helps Ichika, but states she needs to crown. Ichika attempts to take it off, only for Tatenashi to explain he will be shocked as it symbolizes him and his country. Lingyin and Cecilia attempt to shoot Ichika, who grabs a shield and holds Charlotte to protect her. This makes them more furious, and they eventually break the shield, only for Ichika and Charlotte to fall down a small hill. Ichika, seemingly gone, wakes up to think he is dead, only to find himself under Charlotte’s outfit. Ichika then runs off, only to be confronted by Laura. Tatenashi then sets off a trap, and Ichika saves Laura by going down a zipline. He then runs into Houki, who also asks him for the crown. Tatenashi then releases a boulder, and the two go to hide. Laura and Houki confront each other, only for their outfits to be cut up. Tatenashi states that all girls can now participate. Ichika runs away, only for his foot to be grabbed and him to be pulled underground. In a tunnel, Makagami confronts him and states she wants the Byakushiki, and partially deploys her IS to attack Ichika.

Episode 16: “Mysterious Lady”

Ichika confronts Makagami, who fires a beam at Ichika, but he evades it and Makigami commends him for being able to do that. Makigami then summons Arachne, her IS, which surprises Ichika. Makigami attacks and Ichika continues to evade her attacks. Ichika attacks, but Mikigami evades and clings into a wall, then reveals that she is from an ‘evil organization’, going down from the wall to face Ichika she reveals her true identity to him and reveals the name of that organization before attacking. Ichika charges at her but his attack is deflected and then he attacks again, but due to Arachne’s many arms and solid armor, Ichika can’t even hit and damage Autumn, he makes a plan and tries to cut one of its legs which was a success. Autumn throws him, hitting the lockers and summons a gun to fire at him, only for Ichika to use his thrusters to push Autumn away and continuing his fight with her. Yamada monitors the battle and reports it to Chifuyu who was expecting that it would happen. She asked Yamada to ask the students evacuate and watch for enemy reinforcements. Meanwhile the girls were finding him, since he just vanished, then after hearing the announcement that the Byakushiki is having a battle with an unknown IS and also stated that for them (the students with personal IS) to standby and deploy there is, they all quickly summon their IS. They are instructed by Chifuyu to do certain tasks. The battle with Autumn continues, with her firing at him while he is flying in circles, which makes him remember his training with Tatenashi, and attacks after the lights gone down due to Autumn’s attack, but Autumn smiles, knowing that he would attack in close range and fires a web that restricts Ichika, then gets to him and gets the Remover, a device that can forcefully remove an IS from her back while revealing that the ones who kidnapped him at the second Mondo Grosso was them. While Ichika is being electrocuted Tatenashi shows up and confronts Autumn. The Silent Zephyrs was spotted by Lingyin and Cecilia, who instantly recognizes the IS. They start to attack but M, the pilot of Silent Zephyrs sends out her BTs to easily counter them. Autumn attacks Tatenashi, which is revealed to be a clone made of water. Tatenashi shows up behind Autumn, and has already summoned her Mysterious Lady, and then attacks Autumn, who was effortlessly beaten and rendered not able to fight anymore. Ichika puts Yukihira Nigata and gets her away. Ichika chases her but is stopped by M. Ichika charges at M and asks who she is, but instead of replying she sends out her BTs to attack him, and he is thrown away. Autumn tries to get away but is stopped by Laura, Charlotte, and Houki. After beating Ichika, M goes and retrieves Autumn, who removes the core form her IS which in turn activates it self-destruct sequence, but they were saved by Tatenashi. While on a strange position, Tatenashi asks of what does he thinks of her boobs, and Ichika answers that they were really soft. Meanwhile, in an unknown location, Autumn is shown yelling at M for saving her, and proceeds to try to stab M, but is stopped by Squall. M goes to a room and mutters that she will begin her revenge, and pulls out an image of Chifuyu Orimura. Ichika is shown in Room 1025 with Tatenashi who reveals why she is there, to protect him. She then reveals that her her family had been well known for secret operations. She then sits beside him and reveals the crown and its purpose which is whom even possesses the crown will have the rights to live with him in the same room, which surprises Ichika.

Episode 17: “Lovely Style”

(Finding “Miss Yamada”

Ichika is seen walking around while carrying some books, he then gets and looks at a map, he then hesitates and looks around. He enters a dark hallow cave-like hallway and stops in front of a door then opens it and calls for Yamada saying that he’s got the materials he asked for. He asks if that is the right room and then surprisingly the door closes and someone grabs him.

The Contest

Ichika throws that someone but she seemed to be agile and is able to go down safely. The woman starts to attack him after landing, and then when he asks who she is, five silhouettes of women is appears to surround him and then they grabbed him and one puts a sack on his head when Ichika dropped to his knees. Ichika wakes up sitting in a chair in a dark room where a spotlight shows only him. He finds out that he’s restrained and can’t move from the chair. A sound of a horn being blown was heard and on the screen in front of him the words ‘Maiden…battle…start…’ was shown a word after another. A voice welcomes him, then the lights go on and he sees the room and a banner was in front saying ‘cater to Ichika Orimura service battle’ is shown as a voice says that ‘it has finally begun’ then Yamada is shown wearing a costume. Yamada soon tells what the rule of this competition is, and whoever pleases Ichika most will be the winner. Ichika asks what battle is this and Yamada soon answers that this battle is a secret battle. Houki is called, being candidate number 1.

Houki’s Turn

Houki shows up after a few minutes, wearing a fox priestess (kitsune miko) costume, with her cleavage showing. Ichika looks at Houki who then asks him to stop looking at her, and then she asks Ichika to come to the stage, to let her serve him. She gets the tea for Ichika and when he says that he wants another cup of tea, Houki gives him what he wants, but she spills it on him. After a few minutes Maya says that Houki’s time has expired.

Cecilia’s Turn

After touching Houki’s “ears”, the lights go off, and she is taken away. Cecilia shows up in a bunny girl costume. Cecilia asks him to play billiards, in which he says that he doesn’t know how to play, which is why she teaches him, while of course seducing him. Ichika looks at how skillful Cecilia is in playing billiards, while looking at various parts of her body. Cecilia praises Ichika for doing that, and after that Cecilia was of course taken away, as the lights are out, Charlotte shows up.

Charlotte’s Turn

Charlotte was there wearing a rather revealing two-piece French poodle costume, and she then gives Ichika some cookies, which she uses to feed him. She bites one of the cookies, and nears her face to Ichika, as she intended a kiss, but it failed since the other two, Houki and Cecilia shouted before she got to kiss Ichika. Seeing Charlotte so near to him, Ichika then becomes flustered and falls from his seat. The cookie was thrown up into the air, and then it falls on Charlotte, specifically in her cleavage, with that she asked Ichika if he still wants the cookie, but that disqualified her.

What Happens Next

Meanwhile, Lingyin is watching what is happening, then she gets mad and punches the TV screen. Laura shows up and asks for Lingyin’s help to get her zipper zipped. Lingyin fixes Laura’s costume too, and after that she leaves, while Laura continues to stare at the screen.

Laura’s Turn

Laura asks Ichika to play darts, in which if they hit it, they get a prize. Laura does it and wins coupons. Ichika does it and gets Laura’s school swimsuit, which makes Laura fluster a bit. Maya Yamada explains that due to the budget constraints, some of the prizes were Laura’s things.

Tatenashi’s Turn

The lights were turned off, and someone is calling Ichika. Someone drags him somewhere and pushes him down. It was actually Tatenashi who wore a very revealing two-piece cat costume that barely covered her body. Ichika pushes Tatenashi away, since she pushed him down. She gets up again and tells him that she has someone to introduce to him next time. Ichika asks her to get away, but before something happens the lights were turned on.

Lingyin attacks, and what happens next?

Lingyin attacks Tatenashi, asking Tatenashi to return her costume. The battle between the two continues, and someone throws darts that stick Ichika to the wall, and it was actually the other girls. Tatenashi makes her escape saying that they’ll continue later. Maya Yamada asks them to go back to the stage from the storage room, saying that they still have a segment left.

Chifuyu’s Turn

Chifuyu shows up in the stage wearing a maid outfit while carrying ice cream. She (Chifuyu) asks Ichika to open his mouth after telling him not to say a word and then feeds him the ice cream.

Ichika’s Birthday

Then the banner changes to ‘happy birthday Orimura Ichika’. Everybody greets him a happy birthday. Ichika also thanks his older sister, and says that he can’t believe she’ll wear something like that. Yamada asks him who was the best today, and he thinks while the other girls anticipate what he’ll say. He answers that it was Chifuyu, and with that answer, he gets beat up by all the girls.

Encountering M

Ichika is seen walking outside, while saying that ‘it hurts’. He hears a sound behind him, and looks behind, and then he sees M walking to him, and due to M having the same hairstyle as Chifuyu, Ichika mistakes her as Chifuyu. She then replies that he is wrong and says that she is him. After having a short conversation about her being the pilot of Silent Zephyrs, she tells him her name, then raises a gun, aims at him, and fires.)

Episode 18: Pride of a Maiden (The Secret Base)

Ichika summons a part of his Byakushiki to deflect the bullet fired by Madoka, but he was blown by it and fell into his butt. Madoka fires another bullet and then Laura shows up and stops the bullet with her AIC, then she throws a military knife which is destroyed by Madoka’s BTs, after that she fully summons Silent Zephyrs and makes a quick escape. After the commotion, Ichika asked if Laura is okay, but she said that would be the thing that she should be asking him, and then she asked him why is she (Madoka) is chasing him, but of course Ichika doesn’t know. Ichika and Charlotte are seen in a port it seemed that they were asked to escort some IS equipment being transported, and the job seems to be given to Charlotte, and she wanted someone to Come with her, but every other else except for Ichika is busy with their own things. An explosion is heard from afar and the two seem to notice it, and then a truck goes into the port carrying two IS pilots who are of course using their ISes. Ichika and Charlottes goes off to confront them. The two fires at Ichika, just to find Charlotte behind them asking them to give up, but the two just continues attacking with their guns, but Charlotte evades it, and plays as a Decoy so that Ichika can attack with his Yukihira, meanwhile Charlotte is caught up with a battle against one of them in the skies, and that one fires multiple missiles that is eventually evaded by Charlotte. The battle still continues in a few minutes, but it was soon Ichika and Charlotte’s win. The one that Charlotte defeated fires at one of the containers which starts an explosion that almost engulfs Charlotte, auspiciously Ichika shows up and saves Charlotte from the explosion. Next morning Ichika is asked by Cecilia if he’s okay, and it seems that the others, namely Linyin and Houki is too worried for him. Charlotte stares at Ichika’s wrist where Byakushiki’s closed form should be, and the reason for this is because when they got back to the IS academy they found out that Byakushiki has some problems and Ichika doesn’t seem to be able to summon his Byakushiki, so he was asked to give the Byakushiki, so he reasoned out to his sister who asked him to do that, but she said he shouldn’t be relying on incomplete power and asked him if he’s just scared without the Byakushiki, but he said he’s not which makes Chifuyu smile a bit and say ‘it’s good to know’. Soon a problem arises which is about ‘what if the girls finds out about this’, Yamada says that they should inform them, but Charlotte says that she’ll protect Ichika. Getting back Laura shows him a magazine that shows underswear and asks Ichika what does he want? This makes the other girls react about that. Soon after a quick conversation Laura tells about what her comrade, Clarissa told her, which is about the ‘panty flash event’. Laura then asks Charlotte about panties which make her remember of something and goes out, the thing she remembered is that her panties just vanished all of a sudden, and associates it with the same thing that happened with Byakushiki. She now goes to her room and wears new ones, but when she wore it, it suddenly vanished. Ichika knocked on her door which makes her a little bit flustered. She goes out and talks to Ichika, who asked him if there was something wrong. Ichika drags her and goes to the room without knowing that Charlotte doesn’t have any panties, but that soon ended when they fall on each other. Charlotte goes off to many places without wearing any panties, first is eating with Houki in which she says that the chair is cold, second is she goes to play volleyball with Lingyin and Cecilia in which she missed hitting the ball when her scant skirt was almost blown by the wind, and third is when she carries a big box and then Ichika shows up asking of he can help her, but she throws the box hitting Ichika. They soon continue carrying the box. Ichika say that there’s definitely something wrong with her today, and he also says that it might be about the Byakushiki, but she says that it’s not entirely about that. They were seen by Laura and she also sees that Charlotte doesn’t have any panties which instantly made her call her comrade, Clarissa and said that there’s an emergency, then they started talking about the ‘she-has-nothing-on moment’ due to some things. Ichika leaves Charlotte musing about her Revive and her panties due to what happened and also what happens when Ichika finds out. Charlotte goes out while muttering ‘Anyway I have to keep it secret until Ichika’s Byakushiki goes back to normal’ then meets up with Houki, Cecilia, and Linyin, then she goes away quickly after making an excuse, but is caught by the three who asks for more details about that. Soon after Ichika gets scolded by the three who soon quarrels about who among them three should protect Ichika, then Charlotte shows up and drags Ichika outside the classroom while saying sorry. Then the three shows up and fights each other, first was Cecilia who almost hits Ichika with her BT’s fire and luckily he evaded it, second was Lingyin who throws Souten Gagetsu at Ichika who evades then She attacks and the third shows up, which is Houki blocking off Souten Gagetsu. Tatenashi shows up and stops the three from fighting, but the three doesn’t want her to intervene with them, so she decides to join them to get Ichika, but when the three heard that they quickly obeyed and got punished by Tatenashi. In the afternoon Charlotte and Ichika had a short conversation about things and he also thanked her for everything and that she made him happy. Charlotte kept thinking if it was okay if she told him about the fact that she wasn’t wearing panties, but she worried about that and then she held revive which lighted off that time. A flashback was seen where Charlotte cried because she broke her mother’s favorite mirror and her mother replied that there’s nothing more important than her and promises her mother that she’ll not tell a lie anymore after her mother said that she’s proud of her saying sorry. She goes off and calls Ichika and slowly brings up her skirt almost revealing the truth, but Laura shows up and looks under her skirt and confirms that she wore panties all along. Meanwhile Chifuyu asked if what’s the problem of Byakushiki, and Yamada answers that one of the prototypes that they had been planning to import to quantum shift more effectively and when it got destroyed it had a certain effect on Byakushiki, but it was now back to normal. They soon talked about who sent those people who attack, but it had no connection to phantom task, but most likely spies sent by a company. Meanwhile Laura and Charlotte are talking about what happened on Chalotte’s panties that seemed to be forced on quantum shift, so Laura said that she should’ve wore something that will not be recognized as panties and showed her bloomers which made Charlotte realize that she should’ve thought about it, and then Laura said ‘Once a princess in France said: If they can’t wear panties let them wear bloomers’.

Episode 19: “sisters”

Kanzashi is seen checking her Uchigane Nishiki which seems to have problems, and when she doesn’t find out the solution nor the cause of that she gets out of the room, when she got out she didn’t notice her sister, Tatenashi, who was waiting outside. A girl named Mayuzumi gets into class 1, where Ichika and Houki is speaking to each other, she then greets them and says that she wants to ask them to ask them a favor. She then explains that her sister is working for a publishing company and wants to have an exclusive interview with them, and then she hands them out a magazine and explains that personal IS pilots are like celebrities which makes Ichika wonder and ask Houki who doesn’t know about it. Lingyin shows up and offers to show her pictures when she was modeling, but Ichika declines it, yet Lingyin insists and shows him a phone with her pictures, and then she continues as Mayuzumi leaves and tells them that she’ll drop off after school. Linyin still continued, but she’s hit by Chifuyu and tells her to go back to her class. Kanzashi still continues to check her IS while the people of her class kept talking about the competition for personal IS pilots, in which she will participate, but her IS is still not complete yet. Houki and Ichika are in the Kendo dojo, Houki is practicing while Ichika is sitting, and then Ichika asked about what Mayuzumi asked them, and Houki says that she’s going to turn her down, but it instantly change when Houki learned about the reward they would get if they agree to it from Mayuzumi who just showed up. That reward was two tickets for a three star restaurant, which Houki instantly take from her. Kanzashi is in her room watching her hero anime, and she’s hoping that a man like the hero from the anime would show up someday. Ichika and Houki got to the publishing company and meets Mayuzumi Nagisako, the chief editor and the sister of Mayuzumi who asked them, and then she begins the interview and first asks Ichika what’s it like attending an all-girls school, then he answers that it’s inconvenient due to the lack of restrooms, which makes Nagisako laugh. Then she asks Houki about her sister and what’s the feeling or receiving a personal IS from her and she answers that she is grateful to her sister, but she doesn’t plan to be a representative cadet. She asks both of them who’s stronger and Houki confidently answers that she is stronger and Ichika acknowledges that. She asks Ichika what’s his mindset in battle and he answers ‘I’ll protect my comrades!’ after that they were asked for the photo session. Houki, after changing clothes and being happy to hear him saying that, gets to Ichika who was waiting for him, then she compliments him and in return he does that too, and tells her that she is cute, which makes Houki more happy. The photo session soon began, and they were asked to do multiple poses which inadvertently made them blush. When they were walking on the streets after deciding to go back to the academy, Houki falls due to her thoughts of him and her kissing, and due to that fall Houki seem to have sprained her ankles, so Ichika offered her a piggy back ride after she tried to walk, which she gladly took and thanked him. She fell asleep on his back and mumbles ‘Ichika I love you’ which Ichika didn’t hear. Madoka is seen lying on her bed then gets in, asking her why she confronted Ichika last time. Squall attacks Madoka, but she also activates her BTs which are now ready to fire at Squall. Squall commends her, she drops here off and makes her remember that she’s M for Phantom Task, and she answers that she will be until she settle things with Chifuyu, but Squall says that she(Chifuyu) doesn’t have an IS anymore which makes Madoka attack Squall, but she quickly evades then leaves while M says that she shouldn’t underestimate her. Ichika walks while thinking about Madoka, and meets with his sister. He asks her about if there are more family members in their family, but she swiftly answers that he’s the only one in her family then leaves. Yamada discusses about the tag team matches. During lunch Ichika receives a bento from Charlotte and eats it in the rooftop, Linyin too shows up and gives him some food, and of course he notices that they are treating him very nicely which is why he asks them, and they bring up the topic about the tag team matches, which they ask for indirectly by asking him what type of partner do he prefer in the matches, and he too asked the two the same question. Ichika goes back to room 1025 after his training and finds Tatenashi there who asks himmto take care of her sister, she shows him then picture of Kanzashi and then she then explains why he must pick her as a tag team partner, so he accepts and proposes that he should talk to her himself, and Tatenashi says yes, but she doesn’t want him to mention her name. Next morning Laura greeted Ichika as soon as he got inside class 1, she then asks him if she could pick her as a partner, but due to the agreement with Tatenashi he declines her, which makes Laura attack him and he evades while Chifyu throws Laura and she manages to get back and tells Chifuyu that that is a problem between husband and wife, but Chifuyu then calls her a fool and she would never accept a rude girl as a sister-in-law. In the afternoon Ichika trains with Houki, Houki flies off then Ichika fires at him, but she rendered his shot useless with one slash of the sword then fires at Ichika which made him evade quickly, but he was defeated. Just like the other girls, Houki too likes to team up with Ichika, and she though that she was the person Ichika spoke about, and the same thing happens with Cecilia. Houki talks with Cecilia in the changing room saying that she’s on a good mood, after a short conversation Houki got off. The next morning Ichika got to class 4 where Kanzashi is. He got to where Kanzashi sits and asks her if she could be his tag team partner, but he got rejected coldly

Episode 20: “OPen your Heart”

Kanzashi is seen fixing the Uchigane Nishiki, but she says that it’s still not enough. She goes out of the room and gets surprised by Ichika who was waiting for her, then he starts asking her again to partner up with her in the tournament. He continues to follow Kanzashi and calls her name, but she instantly says that he shouldn’t call her by name, so Ichika says ‘the girl over there!’ after thinking, and then Kanzashi says that she’d rather be called by her name than what Ichika called her. Kanzashi asks him if why does he want to partner up with him, but remembering the promise with Tatenashi, he instantly changes the topic and says that he wants to see Kanzashi’s personal IS which makes Kanzashi slap him. In Room 1025 Ichika searches for info about the maintenance group then Tatenashi shows up, and asks him why is he doing that then he says that it is for Kanzashi’s machine, he is thinking that he can ask help from them to fix Kanzashi’s personal IS. Tatenshi says it’s difficult since Kanzashi is trying to fix her IS herself and the reason behind that was Tatenashi fixed her IS herself. Tatenashi then asks how things going on and Ichika says that he got hit by Kanzashi which surprises Tatenashi since Kanzashi doesn’t expend too much energy in anything pointless like that then she says that he has a chance. Kanzashi is seen watching her hero anime then asks herself why she would hit Ichika. Cecilia is seen training since she wanted to make Ichika regret for not partnering up with her, and it seems that Lingyin has the same feelings since she’s asking that her right shoulder’s package data to be swapped to a diffusive impact cannon. Charlotte is also seen training to make Ichika regret not partnering up with her. Laura too has the same feelings as the others, and is seen sharpening a military knife which she throws then hits Ichika’s picture on her locker which she frantically fixes. Houki too feels the same as the others and is seen in the dojo where she almost swings her blade, but is stopped when Tatenashi showed up and touches her breasts and then after releasing her asks her to partner up with her. Tatenashi then scans Houki, where after she scans her she says that her breasts are slightly bigger than hers (Tatenashi). Kanzashi is seen showering and asking how long a Sarashiki has been a source of pain. How ponders about how she will not be able to match up or face Tatenashi, and hopes the test flight the next day goes well. Tatenashi is then seen checking Houki’s IS compatibility that jumped from C to S in just a short time. The girls are seen checking up and upgrading there IS, and when Ichika shows up they quickly made a happy expression which quickly changed into an annoyed one after Ichika asks where Kanzashi is. He then goes to the arena where Kanzashi is flight testing her Uchigane Niigata which Ichika soon notices. Its leg booster fails, making Kanzashi fall. Seeing this, Ichika calls forth his Byakushiki and successfully saves Kanzashi which is why she thanks him later and why they will need to submit a written report. Ichika then asks Kanzashi to eat with him. At the table Ichika asks Kanzashi to try his chicken nanban, which he feeds her. Ichika then asks for a piece of tempura from her, but she declines; In class 1-4 Kanzashi daydreams about what happened and about Ichika, and him asking her to partner up with him, without realizing that the man in front of her is the true Ichika, not an illusion. Ichika then jumps in joy after getting Kanzashi accept his plea. Houki is seen training with Tatenashi and thanks her for it, and Tatenashi then drags her to the shower and while they are showering Houki thinks of her older sister. Seeing that Houki seems to be thinking of something, Tatenashi asks and then she replies that she is thinking of her sister. Tatenashi then asks if she’s keeping her distance with Tabane and she answers that she isn’t and she’s thankful that she gave her, her IS. Then their conversation about their sisters whom they can’t understand continues. In the end Tatenashi reassures Houki that her older sister loves her. Ichika proposes that they should ask the maintenance students for help since there isn’t much time until the tournament, which Kanzashi agrees. Ichika then says ‘Let’s go home Kanzashi-san’ and hearing that she asks Ichika to drop the ‘-san’ and after saying that she leaves. The next morning they got help from some maintenance students who latter asks Ichika to get things for them as they fix the Uchigane Niigata. It was finished by the night and Kanzashi thanks them saying that she couldn’t handle it on her own. After taking a bath, Ichika is surprised by Tatenashi who is asking for a massage which he does after Tatenashi lies down. Tatenashi starts a new topic by saying that he’s on good terms with his sister which makes Ichika ask why she asked that. She replies that Chifuyu is especially strict on him. She then says that he is special to Chifuyu since she’s hard on him after having a short conversation. Kanzashi goes to room 1025, but Tatenashi goes out and talks about Kanzashi, asking if how’s her IS without knowing that her sister was there. Hearing their conversation and knowing that it was all her sister’s plan, she runs away and goes to her room to cry.

Episode 21: What it Takes to Be a Hero

Kanzashi is seen thinking about what happened last night when she saw her sister talking to Ichika. Ichika got to class 1-4 just to find that Kanzashi isn’t there. The tag team tournament opens with a ceremony where Tatensahi says that that day was for the personal IS users to show their skills. Ichika set out to find Kanzashi there, but she wasn’t in the opening ceremony. Ichika goes around finding her, but he is still unable to find her. Tatenashi then announces the match schedules, that clearly showed that Houki with Tatenashi’s first opponents is Ichika and Kanzashi. The IS Academy is currently being attacked by the Golems that were viewed by Yamada who then reports it to Chifuyu, that they seem to be more advanced than before and there are a total of 5 units. The Golems are in the pit of the arena and is attacking the Personal IS users that are on standby. Hearing that Chifuyu relays commands to Yamada who quickly follows it. Lingyin attacks one of the Golems, but that one survived her attacked unscathed. Cecilia then attacks the Golem, but it evades and then it fires causing an explosion. Laura and Charlotte too are engaging in a battle with the Golems. Hiding, Kanzashi gets attacked by one of the Golems and when it tries to reach her she calls Ichika who instantly comes and blocks the Golem’s hand. Ichika then tells Kanzashi to activate her IS and run away which Kanzashi does, but she didn’t leave instead she summoned a naginata and attacked the Golem which is pushed away by them. Tatenashi stabs one of the Golems and with the help of Houki she pushes the Golem further. Tatenashi then uses the lance of Mysteltain by focusing the water on her lance and stabs the Golem further while saying that Houki who is helping her. Kanzashi blocks of the attack of the Golem that was attacking Ichika and asks him to check the situation on the other gate. According to Yamada it seemed that the Golems are releasing some kind of energy that is neutralizing the IS’s absolute defense. Kanzashi sees that her sister is unconscious and seemed to be defeated which makes her angry and crazily attack the Golem. She tries to destroy the Golem’s core, but another Golem throws Ichika to her which then throws them both and leaves Ichika unconscious. The Golem throws the unconscious Ichika and gets to Kanzashi then attacks, but before she gets hit by the Golem’s hand Tatenashi protected her, but she got hit. Kanzashi decides to fight and Tatenashi gives her an Aqua Charms and tells her to use it when she really need it she also says ‘Good Luck’ to her. While facing the Golem, Houki gets to Ichika and asks him if he’s okay, waking him up. Houki tries to refill Ichika’s energy since he cant use the Reiraku Byakuya,and it was successful even with the Golem trying to attack since Kanzashi is buying time for them. Kanzashi fires missiles at the Golem, but it successfully survives and starts to attack Kanzashi, thankfully Houki comes and protects Kanzashi from its incursions. Houki then summons Ugachi and attacks the Golem which has its two arms cut and then Ichika attacks and cuts the other two. Kanzashi then fires at the Golem, but it still survives, but Tatenashi activates the Aqua Crystal and the Golem explodes. Soon all of the Golems were destroyed.Tatenashi wakes up in the infirmary where Tatenashi was waiting for her. They soon started a normal conversation with each other and which made Tatenashi wonder how many years they haven’t talked like that and she also thinks to thank Ichika. Kanzashi then says sorry to Tatenashi saying that she is a terrible sister, but Tatenashi says that she is her precious sister. Yamada informs Chifuyu that they were advanced versions of the past unmanned ISes and they manage to retrive two cores then Chifuyu says that they should say to the government that all of the unmanned ISes were destroyed, with that Yamada worried so Chifuyu tried to assure her by saying that she can protect the academy thinking that she will bet her life on it. Kanzashi goes to room 1025 wanting to say her feelings and bring some hero anime DVD to him which he thanks her for and asks if she likes it then she says yes and says ‘I’m in love!’ and runs off, but that was misunderstood by Ichika thinking that she said she loves anime.

Episode 22: Cooking my way

The girls are seen with Kanzashi who is asked if she is dating Ichika which she utterly denies. Ichika is asked to take everyone’s measurements by Yamada who gives him the measuring tape and she also explained to him that the student council decided that he should do it. Chifuyu shows up and forces him into the job even if he doesn’t want to do it and then gives him a blindfold. When Ichika put it on, he way disappointed to find it was see-through. Ichika now does the task given to him, but, eyes closed, he accidentally gropes the breast of Kiyoko Aikawa and then he gets seen by the girls doing that which makes them angry. During lunch, Ichika is eating with Cecilia, Lingyin and Houki who are worrying about their measurements which makes Ichika say that he cant tell those by looking at them making Cecilia say that he is insensitive and asks him what is he eating which he quickly answers that it was the bento Houki gave him that morning. He then praises Houki and Linyin too also for Charlotte which makes Cecilia ask what does he think and then Lingyin whispers to him that he should tell that Cecilia’s cooking is bad, but he couldn’t tell her that. Seeing them whispering, Cecilia tries to force Ichika to tell him what does she thinks about her cooking, but Charlotte, Laura and Kanzashi shows up. Later in the night Cecilia asks Houki to teach her how to cook and she brings a live chicken which makes Houki asks what is that when the chicken got out of the sack. Houki teaches her, but a call soon arrives and Houki leaves her to take care of the rest, though she decides to improve the appearance, which she finds is dull. Houki comment on how good it looks, but she discoveres that though the appearance may have been improved, the edibility wasn’t, and as a result, she is absent the next day. Later in the night Cecilia asks Charlotte to teach her how to cook. She then tells Charlotte about what happened last night which makes her scared. Charlotte goes away a little while to check up on Laura who seems to be having a bad dream, and then Cecilia does the same again and makes it look beautiful, but murderous. Laura gets up and then finds food since she’s angry and founds what Cecilia and Charlotte cooked up which is why they are absent the next day. In the classroom Ichika sees that Cecilia has some cuts on her hands so she denies it and asks him if he could eat lunch with her and he accepts it. A few minutes later Kanzashi shows up and brings him a bento which makes her ask Lingyin who’s thinking that will be the most deadly combination in the world next.Lingyin obviously doesn’t want to but when she sees Cecilia’s cuts she eventually helps her. While cooking Lingyin says that Chinese food is about firepower and summons her BT and fires. During lunch the next day Cecilia tells Ichika what happened yesterday and then he tells her that he’ll teach her how to cook his favorite dish which is rice balls. In one of their rooms, Ichika help Cecilia make the a rice ball by guiding her hands with his while standing behind her, cause her to blush and ask him to show her again. Tabane is seen eating with Squall who asks her to make ISes for Phantom Task, but she declines it and then Autumn points a gun at her, but Tabane successfully shakes it off. Madoka shows up with her Silent Zephyrs, but is totally unarmed by Tabane and then she decides to make an IS for her.

Episode 23: Looking for memories

Cecilia, Houki, Laura and Charlotte are playing card games to know who among them will be with Ichika in the field trip. Ichika takes out a camera which makes Charlotte ask if it’s his and he answers yes. That camera is for him to take pictures of them so they can remember it. When they arrived in the inn, Yamada asks them to group up so that they can do things freely for a while and Chifuyu tells them that they must meet in Dusk in the spring water temple. Ichika arrives in the inn and Yamada meets him and tells him that there’s a luggage delivered for him. Looking at him, Kanzashi asks if there is something wrong and then he tells her that he had no idea that he is going to receive a luggage which suddenly moves then and Tatenashi shows up from it. Being surprised, Kanzashi pushes Tatenashi back into the luggage which both she and Ichika throws into the van and sends her back, but both of them are oblivious that Tatenashi is still there even if they sent the luggage back. Cecilia is seen by Ichika and takes a picture, and Cecilia misunderstands that she is the one being taken a picture of, but actually it was the background which Ichika took a picture of which then makes her angry. Suddenly Honne calls him and asks him to take a picture of her and her friends which makes the others ask Ichika to take a picture of them too. Charlotte meets with Ichika who’s getting the lens cap from the gap and then she presents herself to help him, and as she get the lens cap from the gap her panties is being shown which makes Ichika flustered. Charlotte gets the lens cap and gives it to him and then he tells her that he saw it and then Charlotte says that she’ll forgive him if he comes with her a little which he agrees to. Lingyin is praying to the gods to make Ichika notice her a bit then Cecilia comes and they meet making both of them hide what they’ve brought. While they were making excuses for themselves they suddenly heard Laura who is there saying that she hopes that the gods bless her with children. Ichika and Charlotte meets up with the three of them which makes the Cecilia and Lingyin angry and asks if Charlotte is stealing a march on him. Seeing them angry, Ichika says that they shouldn’t be too angry since he heard that people get wrinkles when they get angry too much and he isn’t having a date with Charlotte. He tells them that they should enjoy themselves right now since they all came there together which makes the four of them angry and after they ran after him. Yamada asks Chifuyu if there’s something wrong and she answers that the academy is attacked in a few times and asks her to watch the students so that they can enjoy the trip. After shaking the girls off, Ichika then meets Kanzashi who’s chasing Honne. Ichika asks what’s with her clothes and she tells him that everyone recommended it to her so she rented it and then Ichika compliments her, but the four soon catches up and attacks him which makes him carry Kanzashi and run away, but they quickly collided with a cart where Houki rode. Houki then asks what is he doing when he fell and sees Kanzashi. Ichika and the girls are seen eating some sweets, so they forgave him. While on the bridge, Ichika reminisces about his past then Houki comes and mentions about a thicket of bamboo which makes Ichika propose that they look at it. Ichika and Houki is walking and then when Ichika presents to take a picture of both of Houki, Squall shows up presenting to take a picture of them and after taking their picture Squall bids farewell while saying Ichika’s name. This confuses the two because neither recall Ichika telling Squall his name. At the spring water temple, Ichika took a picture of Chifuyu which makes her say ‘well done. You just took a picture of a woman without her permission’ and then asks for a copy. Charlotte comes to him and asks to look at the picture he took that day and then Cecilia shows up too and looks at it which makes the others want to look at them too which makes the camera to be thrown away. Ichika says that he’ll get it and while retrieving meets Madoka who summons her new IS, the Black Knight. Cecilia is worrying for Ichika so she she sets out to find Ichika, but is stopped and asked by Houki who then accompanies her. Everyone notices that Ichika, Cecilia and Houki aren’t in the train and sees of a light then Chifuyu say to Yamada to go back to the inn without her, but the train doors suddenly close. Tatenashi confronts Squall in the top of a building and then Squall attacks Tatenashi. The train suddenly moves without control and Chifuyu asks Yamada to call for reinforcements. While finding Ichika, Cecilia and Houki is attacked by Autumn. Ichika asks what Madoka is aiming for and she tells him that she’s aiming to kill Chifuyu and fires at Ichika.

Episode 24: Girls over

Ichika blocks a shot from Madoka, but is thrown due to its strength, and seeing that, Madoka goes to Chifuyu to fight her. In the train, Chifuyu orders Kanzashi to access the mainframe and stop the train, but is unable to do so. Tatenashi is still confronting Squall who restrained her using her Golden Dawn. Squall tells her that she has put a bomb on the train and tells her to stop it which she agrees about, and then Squall tightens her grip on Tatenashi who activates her Mysterious Lady which makes Squall full activate her Golden Dawn and then the both of them engages to battle. While Kanzashi is trying to stop the train, Tatenashi tells her that there’s a bomb in the train and reports it to Chifuyu. Ichika stands up after regaining consciousness. Autumn attacks Cecilia and Houki and both of them evades and activates their IS units and starts confronting Autumn. Madoka finds Chifuyu, but is soon attacked, but she quickly finishes them and heads to Chifuyu who is alerted by Yamada. Laura and Charlotte asks permission to sortie, but is turned down by Chifuyu. Cecilia and Houki heads to the train while fighting Autumn who fires at them relentlessly. Squall, while fighting Tatenashi, manages to throw her into the river. Madoka reaches the train and fires a beam at it, but instantly before the beam reaches the train Ichika blocks it. Ichika confronts Madoka and then gets informed by Chifuyu that there’s a bomb on the train and that there are ten minutes left before detonation. Madoka fires at Ichika relentlessly at Ichika who counterattacks at her by firing using Setsura. Kanzashi activates the locks which is why Chifuyu orders everyone to head stopping the vehicle. Cecilia and Houki successfully defeats Autumn and heads to the train while Ichika continues his battle with Madoka. Lingyin and Laura tries to stop the train while Charlotte tries to find the bomb. Kanzashi locates the bomb which is what Charlotte removed from the train, but it explodes and then while Ichika is distracted by the bomb exploding which is why Madoka fires a beam at him and gets hit and falls then Houki chases after him and catches him while Cecilia stops Madoka. Laura successfully stops the bomb from exploding using her AIC. Cecilia confronts Madoka, but is defeated by her and is almost finished by her when she fires a beam which Charlotte blocks while Laura fights Madoka. Kanzashi, Charlotte, Lingyin and Laura is fighting Madoka. Ichika wakes up and sees the White Knight, and recognizes the pilot which is his sister, but when she called for her, she quickly lifts Ichika up using his collar, and tells him that she’s going to kill him, but he doesn’t give up remembering his comrades who are still fighting and asks Byakushiki to give him power. Madoka still manages to survive the continuous attacks of the girls who are quickly beaten when Squall shows up. Tatenashi fires at them while Ichika charges and uses Reiraku Byakuya which makes Madoka block it, but is almost defeated, but seeing that Squall fires at Ichika which throws him to the ground. Squall orders Madoka to retreat and tells her that they already collected enough combat data. Tabane is seen with Chloe sitting and talks to her about the ‘present’ she sent to Chifuyu. Ichika is seen bathing in the hot springs and thinking about what happened. Chifuyu is drinking with Yamada and they too are talking about what happened that day. While Ichika is bathing the girls namely Cecilia, Houki, Charlotte, Linyin, Laura go in since the signs were reversed which makes him hide behind a rock while saying ‘I’ll be a rock from now on, I’ll be a splendid rock.’ while Tatenashi enters. Ichika faints and then floats which makes the girls scream.

Continuous unpolished stories:

In the aftermath of the Golem III attack, Kanzashi confesses her love to Ichika, while Houki and the others watch like hawks to make sure that he’s not too interested in return. Meanwhile, with the school still heavily damaged, and a desperate need to repair Byakushiki, Ichika visits its manufacturer, Kuramochi Engineering… And while he’s gone, a shadowy plot seizes its chance to strike IS Academy. What is the Kurokagi, and its World Purge ability? How far will the girls go to catch Ichika’s heart? The high-speed school battle romantic comedy charges forth in an eighth volume!

The battle against Phantom Task and Unnamed during the World Purge incident didn’t just leave Tatenashi wounded—when Ichika swooped in to save her life, it melted her heart, too. (What do I do? I’m falling for him…) But she’s not the only one after our hero, as the rest of the crew won’t be content to sit back and watch as they grow closer. With Field Day coming up, it’s the kind of race for his affection that could only happen at IS Academy! All’s fair in love and war in the ninth installment of this high-speed school battle romantic comedy!

A storm is coming! “Therefore, the student council have selected an advance scouting team to visit Kyoto.” Ichika and the girls head for Kyoto at Tatenashi’s request, with their minds on memories which will last a lifetime, and his on their secret mission to root out a Phantom Task cell. But when the second Brynhildr shows up too, things start to go off the rails! Under the fiery scarlet foliage of the ancient city, two battles unfold—one fought with quiet sighs and long gazes, the other with overwhelming firepower!

The death of Orimura Ichika! Phantom Task has gained control of the English anti-IS orbital cannon “Excalibur” after a successful raid, but things go wrong when the controls stop responding and it begins to de-orbit. Meanwhile, Cecilia scores a theme park birthday date with Ichika on Christmas Eve, but that glimmer in the sky isn’t a romantic flurry of snow—it’s a barrage of lasers from Excalibur! Amidst the commotion, Chelsea appears in the third BT prototype, challenging Cecilia to a duel. And the remaining cadets scramble into action to fulfill their special orders: the destruction of Excalibur before it wreaks any more havoc. As his mission begins, Ichika rises to his final frontier… (Bro got killed by the orbital strike and revive because his IS went into third shift)

“Ufufu. And YOU shall be my attendant.” Iris, the seventh princess of Luxembourg, has arrived at IS Academy—and taken Ichika as her servant. Ling is less than pleased, and when Iris proposes eloping back to her country, she challenges her to an IS match to put a stop to it. But even teamed up with Houki, the two can’t keep up with her fourth-generation IS… And if that isn’t bad enough, the changes Houki’s been going through prompt a previously unknown squad of mass-produced IS to kidnap her! Ichika and the other cadets are thrust into the battle that will later be known as the Akatsubaki Incident. Chaos swirls around the red camellia in the twelfth installment of Infinite Stratos!