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Yorito wakes up from his last vision of Matsuri, as if from a dream. After class is over, Mana asks if he is feeling alright because he is so spaced out. He starts to tell her the things that happened the previous night with Aona, but once he remembers the convinience store, he collapses.

Mana takes him home, greeted at the door by Aona. After putting him on the couch, Aona thanks her. Mana leaves the room to get a towel, so Aona looks at Yorito. He starts to ask her about things that happened last night, and if they met someone. Aona tries to pretend not to know what he is talking about, but Yorito expresses that he feels like he has forgotten something important. Mana returns to find Aona carrying Yorito to his room. She suggests that she will help, but Aona tells her to go home. After putting Yorito in bed, he suggests that next time they go out when they can see the sky. He then bids her good night. After shutting the door, Aona repeats those words, “Good Night”.

While Sae boards a tram on the way home, she catches a glimpse of Matsuri and Mayuko walking into an alley. Matsuri is still in pain from her injury, so Mayuko takes her to one of the abandoned trams. Matsuri suggests that Mayuko can leave, but she refuses. We then see that Matsuri had run into Mayuko in an alley, and saved her by pulling her out of the sunlight. Mayuko realizes that Matsuri is a Yaka, so she wonders why she doesn’t heal the wound. Matsuri replies that it is because she broke a promise.

Koyori and Mana visit the Morimiya house again, but don’t get a response at the door. They start to leave, but Aona finally opens up and tells them that Yorito is sleeping with a cold. Mana wonders if she can help with anything, but Aona declines. Once Aona returns to Yorito’s room, he remembers Matsuri. Aona tells him to hurry and forget about her, or he will continue to suffer. Once she leaves his room, she starts to cry outside his door.

At school, one of Mana’s friends wonders why Yorito isn’t there, so Mana tells her that he has a cold. Sae shows up, exclaiming that she has big news. She shows Mana a picture of Matsuri and Mayuko that she had taken with her phone. With this, Mana asks Sae to send that picture to her as well, and leaves school.

Back at the Morimiya house, Mana asks Aona to let her see Yorito because it is an emergency, but Aona refuses. Mana tells her that Matsuri is close. With this, Aona screams for Mana to leave. Aona is taken back after Mana tells her that Matsuri is an important person to Yorito. She pushes Mana away, but burns herself in the sun because of it. Mana continues to knock on the door, after Aona closes it behind her.

Takeshi continues to look for Mayuko, finding the abandoned building Matsuri had her stay in. Meanwhile, Yorito screams while remembering what he had done to Matsuri. Aona holds him, and tries to calm him down. Yorito continues to scream while seeing a vision of Matsuri turn into stone and crack. He rips open the curtains in the process, causing Aona to yell in pain. She avoids the light, and tells Yorito that Matsuri is no longer there. Aona holds Yorito, telling him that she is sorry for causing him pain. She remembers when she and Yorito were younger, and tells him that she is fine just being with him. After putting Yorito back in bed, Aona tells him that she has to go. She says that when she is finished, they would live together quietly again.

Mana sneaks into their house at night, and is surprised to see the wreck that Yorito’s room has become. She realizes that Yorito isn’t just sick with a cold, as he continues to repeat to himself that Matsuri is no longer there. Mana slaps him to his senses, showing him the picture that Sae had sent her. With this, Yorito and Mana hurry there on bicycle. Yorito knows where it is because of a landmark in the picture. Outside the abandoned trams, Matsuri starts to dodge some flying paper. Aona shows herself on top of a roof, telling Matsuri that she no longer exists.

Impression:

Wow, this episode was amazing. The last scene was so epic with Aona appearing in front of the moon. It also leaves us with quite a cliffhanger. It was interesting that Yorito had started to lose his memory. It makes me wonder how much power Aona has as a Yaka. Her obsession with Yorito is a bit extreme. I wonder if Matsuri has done anything else to her besides take Yorito away. It’s pretty much confirmed that Aona and Mayuko are Yaka now, and we also catch a glimpse of Aona and Yorito’s house falling apart when they were younger. I definitely can’t wait for the next episode. It looks like it will be quite climactic. By the way, I still think Sae’s voice is extremely annoying.