As a girl named Harumi ends up sneaking into their school with her friends, she soon finds the faces of her friends have mysteriously vanished. When Harumi nearly drowns in a pool while trying to escape, she is rescued by a kappa named Kappaeru, who takes her to an underground base where she meets also meets the ice princess Yukiko and the fiery mage, Enma, who together form the Yōkai patrol, a group sent from hell to stop demons that appear on the surface. Determining the culprit is a face-eating demon, Harumi offers to lure out the demon so that Enma and co can attack it. Although Harumi finds the beast, due to Enma's laziness her face is also stolen by the time they arrive. Enma ensues in battle with the demon and, despite showing no disregard to the innocent faces while smashing it with his fiery hammer, manages to kill the demon and return all the faces to their rightful bodies.

The results of Sorata hard work and prep will finally show when he submits his pitch. At the same time, Nanami is prepping for her next chance.

Ionia fights for his love of Athena and Koga fights for Saori.

What’s the difference between a witch and a magical girl? This time the fairies play, What’s in the box?

The student council agrees that they don’t want to end up like Mafuyu, so they discuss their future plans when they are finished with school.

The girls learn that that the right font makes all the difference

Cassim has tranformed into a Dark Djinn. He launches an attack against everyone inside the palace, in order to settle a longstanding grudge. Alibaba, despite being injured, gets back up again and again. Just then... a friend reaches out a helping hand!

Aoi meets a girl from her school who is crazy about backpacking.

First up, we catch a glimpse of Whitey and Shimazaki getting a little too close for comfort! It turns out they were just expressing their passion for line-riding, but Rec images something completely different. Later, Last Samurai and the Chief outdo themselves and ruin a perfectly pleasant tea party.

The Amazon returns to the riverbank with her annoyingly cutesy routine, and Rec is as baffled as ever at her advances. But when the Tengu squad manages to hypnotize him, the story takes a turn for the weird. Where will this twisted love triangle go from here!?

A conversation between the river's two middle-aged men leads to a push for health awareness and check-ups for everyone under the bridge. Rec and the others don't think too much of it, but their well-being is more important to Nino than anyone realized! The path to Venus is a long and dangerous one...

Shimazaki continues investigating Nino, while deceiving Rec's dad at the same time. But then...she activates the Death Trap! Elsewhere, Nino reveals to Rec that her parents have contacted her. Upon hearing this, Rec...

In the top half, the Captain comes roaring back with a vengeance. What's his reason for being here, again? Later, we finally get a glimpse into Billy and Jacqueline's stormy past. Their love, a love between a bird and an insect that transcends classes (and species!), strikes a chord with P-ko, Rec, and even Hoshi.

Rec suddenly finds himself directing a romance movie at P-ko's request. The residents of the riverbank are cast in leading roles, but they just refuse to get serious. Will Rec ever finish his masterpiece? Later in the episode, we see Rec taking part in a real test of courage. Rec's super afraid of ghosts, but who will manage to give him the biggest fright!?

While cleaning his room, Rec discovers some cassette tapes that were apparently hidden away by Nino. He causes an international incident when he decides to listen to them behind her back; next thing you know, all the other girls are openly hostile toward him. But he tries to make it up to her, I swear!

That weird Amazon from before makes another appearance, and her mysterious treasure is finally revealed! Also, a rabid sci-fi fan and self-proclaimed Earth Defense Force fleet captain makes his debut at the river, adding another space-spice to the Arakawa stew.

Continuing from the previous episode, the Arakawa King Game competition rages on! Maria and Sister go head-to-head in the final leg of this fateful battle. What happened to the Venus excursion, you ask? Who cares!?

On a whim, the Chief decides to play the King Game, setting into motion a potentially deadly battle. The winner of the game is allowed to issue a single royal decree that everyone else must obey. Everyone prepares their signature attacks and secret alliances, and the battle royale begins!