More fansub changes. Anzelotto has been changed to Anzelotte, and Elis is now Eris.

Shihou’s class is introduced to a “new” student; Renji Hiiragi. The students in the class whisper disparaging things about him much to his annoyance. Before we get back to that, Shihou thinks back to the previous day that led to this event.

Picking up from the end of episode 1, Anzelotte explains various things about her cause and a few details about magic. The monsters invading the world are from a world called Rikai. Many monsters from human legends such as dragons, vampires, and demons all originated from Rikai. Anzelotte further explains that science is useless to combat the Emulators; Only the magic wielding wizards are able to defeat them. She tells Shihou about the nature of the artifact bracelet, named Eyes of World. Shihou is also informed of her Lunar Robe ability which acts as a barrier and pocket plane. Kureha demonstrates by pulling a paper fan from out of nowhere.

Anzelotte lays out the details of her plan to invade Rikai, but in order to do so they need Shihou and the seven gems that belong to her bracelet. With her power they can open a portal to Rikai to launch their attack. The seven gems are conveniently scattered across the globe, and it is up to the gang to get all of them. The jewels also have a long history of war behind them as many others strove to attain their power as well. Shihou is told that she alone possesses the power to detect and recover the jewels. Great. Anzelotte “persuades” Shihou to help and she more than willingly obliges. Shihou reasons that she was given this power for a reason and she must use it to save the world.

Renji and Kureha are assigned to protect Shihou with Renji getting the raw end of the deal. He has to stay by 24 hours a day including at school, hence his academic demotion to the second year. After school Renji settles in at Shihou’s apartment, but Kureha quickly shoves him out and forces him to sleep out on the balcony in a tent. After dinner, Shihou discusses a person that she writes to and plans to meet on her next birthday with Kureha. Kureha excitedly vows to find all the jewels before then.

The next day at lunch, Shihou demonstrates her mastery over her Lunar Robe as she summons a canister of miso soup from her barrier. Anzelotte appears from a helicopter and abducts Renji for their next mission. Anzelotte sends the party to Magallanica to retrieve the next jewel. They are transported from the palace to Antarctica.

When they arrive, Renji questions the existence of Magallanica at the South Pole, but Shihou points to an ancient ruin in the distance much to his surprise. Meanwhile the evil loli,Bell, is watching their progress and sends one her goons to get the jewel and kill Shihou. As the party explores the ruins, the red moon appears along with a Golem. The golem gets the better of them as they cannot pierce its thick rock armor with their weapons. Renji and Shihou are cornered, but suddenly a magic shot snipes its weak point and the golem crumbles away. The stoic witch from earlier, Akari, hops down and scolds Renji for his weakness. We learn that she is a student at Kimei and furthermore she is in the same class as Shihou. Just as they start to get comfortable, a ton of golems are summoned to even the odds. Episode end!

A lot of exposition and backstory is revealed in this episode, which makes for a long post. I just hate it when an anime sends the characters on a fetch quest. It’s a convenient plot device though and it gets the ball rolling. It’s just so overused.

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