As per the usual, we see a scene two years ago presumably a bit after the shuttle incident. Jin transfers away and parts on bad terms with Kazuki. Back to the present, Jin tells Toa his desire to return to Earth and live there with her. Gio thinks that he is in their way, but Jin doesn’t think so and requests that the three of them live together.

Toa has a dream and receives orders from Thanatos whom she adresses as her mother. She is reminded of her mission before waking up and leaving Jin yet again. He and Gio awaken to find her missing again and they quickly search the area for her. Kazuki and Widow ambush the two in the park. Jin pleads his case to let him go so that he can find Toa. Kazuki will have none of this however and tells Jin that Gio is his belonging. Gio slugs Kazuki in the stomach and tells his “master” that he belongs to no one and proceeds to escape with Jin.

Yonamine has a casual conversation with Liner and dances around the topic of Garnet’s breach into the ISDA while vaguely hinting about his knowledge of Liner’s secret involvement with her. After their exchange is done, Liner returns to his room to discover Toa willing to turn herself over to the ISDA.

The preparations to shuttle Toa back to Earth are underway. On the bridge, Liner tells Kazuki that he will be punished for coming to the moon without authorization. Widow finds Jin and Gio and informs them of Toa’s capture by the ISDA. Jin and Gio have a secret meeting with Kazuki and Widow to try to negotiate the terms of Toa’s rescue. Kazuki takes a sadistic pleasure in taunting his former friend and obviously demands that Gio be returned for the help he is offering. Jin reluctantly agrees with the plan leaving Gio feeling betrayed and upset.

Widow infiltrates the shuttle and easily slips past all of the defenses to rescue Toa. Jin and Gio have a man-to-man talk; Gio asks Jin if he is able to protect Toa, and Jin accepts the responsibility given to him by Gio. Kazuki and Widow bring Toa to Jin shortly afterwards. Jin urges Toa to come back with him, but Toa adamantly refuses. She tosses a familiar memento to him, half of the bracelet that his sister was wearing on the day of the shuttle explosion. Toa finally reveals that she was the one that crashed into the shuttle and killed his family.

Oh noes drama. Just when it seems like the teen drama between Jin and Toa may be resolved, yet another roadblock comes between them. Sigh. So does this mean we’re back to square one? I sure hope not. It sure looks like Toa chose her name from the bracelet she gave back to Jin. The original message said “To Ai” but the “i” was smudged off so it simply says “To A” now. Guess we’ll have to wait until next week to see how this teen drama love fest pans out and inevitably goes nowhere again.

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