As Nishida's plans of retaliation against America continue to unfold, Yushiro confronts his brother Kazukiyo in regards to his ambitions pertaining to the kai.

Ataka and Kaburagi run into Yushiro by chance. After learning from him that Miharu's been taken by Symbol, they decide to try and assist him on rescuing her and storm an air base.

The 3rd Experimentation Company elects to assist Nishida's ambitions. Their first task is to provide protection detail for the Prime Minister, but things quickly spin out of control.

As the United Nations pushes for a response to the Belgistani saber-rattling, the Gowa Corporation seeks to demonstrate the power of Tactical Armors to the modern militaries in hopes for widescale adoption.

Nishida and Colonel Hayakawa meet to discuss the possible utilization of the 3rd Experimentation Company in Nishida's plans. Meanwhile, Symbol moves in to recapture Miharu.

The Gowa family puts forth a plan to search for Yushiro. Meanwhile, Japan's Prime Minister is persuaded to deploy TAs to assist in controlling an impending riot.

Yushiro and Miharu take refuge from the Gowa family in the city's Asian district. Meanwhile, Kazukiyo, Nishida and Hirokawa move forward with their plans.

The history of the Kugutsu continues to play out as Yushiro and Miharu's spiritual ancestors move in on the capitol. When fully confronted by the horrors that the Kugai can bring, the "terror" is unleased.

Yushiro and Miharu arrive at the threshold of Kyoto. There, they uncover the truth of their shared history… The time when the Kugutsu made an attempt to overthrow the Emperor of Japan.

Kazukiyo meets with Nishida to discuss plans for influencing Japan's economy. During their conversation, Nishida recounts the tales of the Kugutsu… an ancient warrior clan that used large, biomechanical warriors known as the Kugai as weapons of war.

The Gowa family undergoes a change in leadership, and with the new leader, a new direction with a goal of pitting all of Japan against Symbol. Meanwhile, Yushiro decides to follow the path of the kai in hopes that it will help him remember his past.

Yushiro and Miharu are captured by the Gowa Corporation and SSDF. While Miharu is interrogated, Yushiro is charged in trying to succeed in subduing the rogue TA pilot.

When Gowa's research on the artificial muscle recovered from Belgistan goes awry, the 3rd Experimentation Company is dispatched to try and resolve the situation. But the rogue pilot they must subdue isn't operating under normal circumstances.

Symbol dispatches TAs to the Stage of Stone to gather intel. While there, Miharu uncovers the secrets buried beneath the shrine… and uncovers an ancient relic of conflicts past.

The SSDF practices with the implementation of Tactical Armors, bipedal tanks made with experimental technology. The ones responsible for the technology, the Gowas, are more interested on experimenting on their family's youngest son, Yushiro.

A Valentine's Day debacle spurs Takebayashi to seek greener pastures, and his fellow party members must find a way to convince him to stick around.

L and R have a dream that they made a wish to a genie in a bottle. Though it does happen occasionally that they have the same dream, this time the content of the wish differs and it throws them for a loop. Then Atom suddenly announced that their club is to take care of their school's lunch break broadcast. With his innately high capacity to adapt, L efficiently takes care of the program's structure and casting, but it seems R objects to his casting choices...