We start with a flashback to two years ago a day or two after the fateful shuttle crash. A news broadcast relays the incident as we see a younger Professor Kitajima stumble across a dragon in a field. She recognizes it to be Atrum. As she lays her hand on the dragon, it emits a bright light that forces her to avert her eyes. As she turns to look at it again, it is now gone.

Jin awakens on the beach remembering Toa’s farewell from the previous episode. He sees Gio standing on a nearby cliff who soon takes notice of Jin’s presence. Back at the ISDA, the Dragonauts and Communicators minus Liner lament the heartless order of Spirytus’ death with Howling Star taking it the hardest. Liner enters the room and informs the unit that they will resume their search for Jin and Gio. Kazuki continues to mope because Jin stole Gio away from him.

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Hit up Nipponsei’s IRC channel for the MP3 distro release. If you don’t mind Megaupload, you can also nab it here. “Megumeru ~Cuckool Mix 2007″ doesn’t sound any different from the movie’s “Megumeru frequency e version”. Regardless of that it’s still a wonderful song and you’d be hard pressed to find a better opening song this season. The other big draw here is the ending, “Dango Daizazoku”. The Dango song actually sounded better in the TV edit, but it’s still just too cute for me to say bad things about it. I don’t have anything to say about the instrumental versions and TV cuts of the OP/ED. The final thing worth noting is “Shoujo no Gensou ZTS Remix” which is just a trance song.

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Overall: This is a must have for Key fans and comes highly recommended. 9.5/10