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Lives plummet into chaos: Mitsuki’s seduction of Shinji leads to regret. Haruka collapses back into a coma. Akane disappears without a trace. And Takayuki’s illness progresses to the point of collapse.

When Haruka finally asks what day it is and how much time has passed, frustrated Akane tells her sister the harsh truth, sending everyone into a panic. Meanwhile, Mitsuki has hit rock bottom.

Haruka finally confesses her love for classmate Takayuki. But the dream-come-true quickly sours, as even the best intentions cannot stand up to the emotions of the young at heart.

Ringo dodges a request from senior and beauty pageant winner, Himeno. Their unfortunate past has Ringo in a fuss. Until she can face the upperclassman, the rest of Otogi Bank must entertain Himeno’s seven tyke siblings!

Searching for a wife for a wealthy eleven year old turns out to be no small task for the Otogi Bank. The Academy’s entire female student body is left scathed by insults from the boy’s choosy butler.

Ringo arranges a precocious pairing in response to a request from the Academy’s baseball whiz. When Ryoko flees the mission, a blow to the head leads to a run-in with the tormentor from her past.

On a hunt for answers to a burning question about Ryoko’s past, Ryoshi learns he must gain her trust and ask her himself. Ringo recalls how she and Ryoko met, and the conflict that sparked Ryoko’s ravenous need for strength.

In Japanese folklore, Oni are evil creatures such as demons, ogres, and trolls. When the Oni (delinquents) at Onigashima High get unruly, Momo hires Otogi Bank to address the issue with the student council president.

Ryoshi saves Otsuu, the maid of Otogi Bank, from a whack from a loose baseball. Obsessed with repaying favors, Otsuu starts doing housework at Ryoshi’s place to show her appreciation. Her friends take it upon themselves to break her fixation for good.

Otohime plans to settle the score with a long-time rival by beating her in the Miss Otogi Academy beauty pageant. At her request, the Otogi Bank unleashes on the competition to help her win at all costs.

Ryoko gets a request while the rest of Otogi Bank is out shopping. When gangsters from a rival high school ambush her, Ryoshi gathers the guts to show he’s no chump in the face of danger.

Machiko, a poor girl who mistakenly sees Ryoshi as her ticket to riches, does her best to pocket him in hopes of marriage. When an underlying dilemma comes to light, the Otogi Bank offers a helping hand -or Neko glove.

Ryoko is back in the clutches of the insufferable bully, Shiro. An Otogi vs Onigashima battle ensues as her friends storm the school to save her. A showdown with Shiro puts Ryoshi—and his recent training—to the test.

Someone is conspiring to sabotage Otogi Bank! As Ryoko and company work overtime to fill a flood of requests, thugs from Onigashima High set up full-scale abductions of each Otogi Bank member.

Ryoko and her friends form Otogi Bank: a social club which specializes in resolving problems for classmates via aggressive transactions. The wallflower Ryoshi is smitten with Ryoko—despite rejection—and must prove his worth to the rest of the troop.

Sylibus and Armitage locate her brain-washed father at a secret base on Dunwitch Hill, where their questions about the Thirds are finally answered. Armitage receives wicked battle upgrades before a final showdown with the Martian military.

Armitage desperately searches for connections between D’anclaude and her father, who designed the Thirds. She and Sylibus reunite to battle police forces and abduct the killer for questioning, where they are confronted by a crazed D’anclaude robot clone.

The killer, D’anclaude, is in custody, but the androids, called Thirds, are still dying. Armitage’s disappearance leads Mars PD to suspect that she’s involved in the murders. Only Sylibus knows why she has taken the case into her own hands.

Armitage, a saucy Martian cop, and her partner, Sylibus, track a killer who is revealing his female victims’ identities as highly-advanced androids. Sylibus discovers that Armitage is one of them before witnessing her dramatic standoff with the murderer.