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While walking back to Shinichiro's house, Hiromi tells him about her crush on Noe's brother, which hurts Shinichiro.

When Shinichiro goes to school, he finds red seeds in pink envelopes which Noe has placed in his locker, desk, and around the classroom.

After insisting Shinichiro should believe her about giving her away her tears, Noe tells him of her mission to retrieve them.

The day after the festival, Shinichiro goes to Jun to apologize for Noe's broken leg, though Jun says he will not forgive him.

After Shinichiro listens to Noe talk to herself at the beach, he goes home but is unable to sleep due to her words.

It has been a week since Hiromi moved out and in the meantime has settled into single living. Miyokichi gets a call from Aiko, and the two decide to start over from the beginning as friends.

Shinichiro hears from Miyokichi that he broke up with Aiko, even though he did not want to accept it at first.

While at home, Shinichiro Nakagami laments how he cannot express his feelings for Hiromi Yuasa.

While Mao tries to find a way to enter into Liberia to find Souma, he and Elwin locate Trihart, who entrusts to them "hope."

After the major events in the previous episode, Zero recounts to Souma his past, and how he became the guardian of End Earth. At the same time, Kiriya travels to Valeria, to request the aid of Beastia, and runs into a familiar cat-girl.

In an attempt to stop the impending battle. Souma calls on Kiriya and Saionji to ask them to stop their battle. His attempt fails as neither one of them will budge. Now with the final battle between the two starting, Souma must make an attempt to stop them once more.

Souma and his group find an igloo in the middle of the desert. Belonging to the ice sorceress Blanc Neige, who turns out to be an old friend of Zero's. Meanwhile, an out of control Xecty escapes from a Baelgard.

While fighting one of Baelgard's four guardians, Xecty, Kiriya is trapped in an underground cavern with her. Elsewhere, Souma and his group meet Elwyn, an old friend of Zero's. Together they stumble upon a lab that turns the contaminated elves  into soldiers. Leading the lab is none other then Hiruda, can Souma fight his friend?

With Souma still missing, Kiriya and the others receive even more bad news. Learning of a mysterious army in the neutral zone, they decide to investigate. Upon arriving, Kiriya and the others are surprised to find the leader of the mysterious army to be none other then Saionji.

Unexpectedly facing Kiriya and Seena on the battle field. Souma and Kureha begin to question everything Shumari has told them. Feeling cornered, Shumari takes Kureha and orders a retreat. Now without a Soul Blade, Souma must find a way to rescue Kureha.

Now stuck in the mysterious End Earth, Souma and Kureha meet a wolf man who explains what the sword, that Souma drew from Kureha, is. After fighting more demons, through several villages, with the wolfman. Souma and Kureha decide to  help seal all the demon gates that are letting the demons through, but is there more to it then just sealing the gates?

The group are finally able to defeat Er Fahren and liberate Killrain's soul. After finding a way home Souma decides to stay in End Earth leaving only Kiriya, Seena and Kureha to return to their own world.

After fighting their way towards Saionji, the group is unable to pierce the barrier protecting him. That is until Hiruda arrives. Meanwhile, Killrain is revealed to be possessed.

Lassi guides the group to meet the elf Kiriya but when Xecty is prevented from releasing the tower of wind's power by Killrain they decide to storm the place and liberate Saionji. Along the way they also restore Hiruda back to normal.

Souma is unexpectedly reunited with of all his friends after leading a depressed Kiriya to meet the world's "hope". Later, Mao and Souma fight together against Zeed.