Ah, she's waking up.
Huh?
It's so warm and soft...
No, it's not like that!
Miss Meme was doing this until just a moment ago.
Then she said her legs were falling asleep,
so I had no choice but to switch with her!
Sorry about that.
Is this the hospital?
Yes. She's being operated on right now in there.
Operated on?
Miss Eternal Feather...
Then I didn't dream it.
Earlier, Sid-sensei questioned us, about Miss Eternal Feather.
He asked if she was troubled by anything,
or if she had anything to do with anyone up to no good, and so forth.
Miss Tsugumi, can you think of anything that rings any bells?
No, nothing. Right now, I can't think of anything.
What do we do? If she passes away like this...
You must not say anything to jinx her, Tsugumi.
Sid-sensei said not to worry.
Apparently, DWMA has an in-house doctor of darkness,
and he is a cracker-jack physician.
You mean it?
It's that doctor who is doing the surgery. So I'm sure she'll be okay.
Oh, yeah?
It's just that he's quite an unusual fellow,
and has even overhauled his own body.
There are terrifying rumors that he secretly collects cadavers,
and repeatedly carries out experiments in creating zombies.
Zombies?!
Mwaaah!
But then, even if she survives, you can't help but feel sorry for her!
Miss Tsugumi, you must not give up hope!
Um, what are they again, with the arms held straight outward? Yeah!
There's a chance that she could be someone
who's just fine, as long as we hold our breath!
It's the same either way!
Right now, the only thing we can do is have faith and wait.
You're right.
we wanna be there even if we had to twist the world all around to get there
without you, i guess i couldn't even find the future here today
i was always trying to take nothing for granted
for the day i might lose them
but you just came in to my black and white monochrome destiny
and colored it all over
we won't be satisfied with the routine future
we were born to make a new history come true
there's absolutely no absolute thing in this world
this road goes on forever
as long as we won't give up
When it happened,
how did Eternal Feather appear to be behaving?
Behaving, huh?
It's like she was there in body, but not in spirit.
Mm-hmm. When I called out to her, she didn't respond.
It was almost like she was being controlled.
Yeah.
Did you happen to see any suspicious-looking figures about?
There were a lot of people throughout the bazaar, so,
I'm not sure.
What about, say, this woman?
Oh!
You've already got a suspect? Way to go, Akane!
Hmm... Seems like I might have seen her, but still...
So what's the deal with her? Is she gonna be EAT's next target?
Her case is in the investigation stage over at Central Intelligence.
They haven't released any information to EAT yet.
Go ahead and leak it! It'll boost my grade.
How much are you paying?
Hey, you guys!
No cheating!
Tsugumi Spiral!
According to what we were told, the operation should be over by now.
You're all here accompanying her?
Yes.
I am finished.
Doctor, sir, is she all right?
A good question...
Gagantous!
He's got a screw in his head!
She is in the next room. Follow me.
You haven't remade her into anything weird, right?
She's still under the anesthesia, so she's asleep.
Ma'am...?
Gagantous!
She has a screw in her head!
How could you do such a thing?! That poor girl!
Plus, she can't roll over while she's sleeping, now, can she?!
She would be better off as a zombie than like this!
If she can't roll over, I can make her a special pillow.
Was I out of line?
No, she is a girl, to be sure. She would have made a cute zombie,
maybe even a sexy one.
Sure, she may still be alive...
But once she comes to, how do we explain this to her?
It's fake!
Are you surprised?
Well, of course we are!
But at least she's the same person she's always been.
Yeah, but almost too much like she's always been.
You even fixed her braid?! Or is that an extension?
Her braid is moving on its own!
Pretty cool, huh?
What is the meaning of this?!
You two, her braid is starting to write something!
"Jesús Navas"
Jesús Navas?!
What is it? What does it mean?!
Is it her dying message?!
She's not dead!
It's like something out of The Thing!
Come on, Miss Anya, move faster!
Wah! Miss Tsugumi, pick it up, pick it up!
Gah! I can't! I can't, I can't, I can't!
Whoa!
Hold on, Meme!
Wah! He's smiling!
This is cruel! How could you turn her body into a toy like this?!
You fiend! You devil! You embankment pumpkin!
Now, now, I'm just kidding.
The actual girl is in here.
Huh?
She has a screw in her head!
Now, I did manage to preserve her life,
but she will have to remain in the hospital for a while.
The wound on her neck was deeper than any I would have believed
that she could inflict on herself.
Why would she do such a thing?
Because she couldn't sell her clothes?
No, it couldn't be that.
I'm sure that's under investigation right now,
but it doesn't change the fact that she also injured others.
Depending on the reason for that,
it may be some time before she returns to DWMA.
Yes?
Ah, Sid?
She's alive, thanks to you, Dr. Stein.
Don't be silly... or so I'd say,
but we had an agreement that you'd only bring me autopsy work, right?
This girl is in the NOT class.
You have to feel bad for her, getting caught up in shady doings.
You're the only doctor who could have saved her life.
Besides, while her friends may have been afraid of you,
they were grateful.
If you were to come to DWMA, it would help out tremendously.
Are we back to that again?
I'm more cut out for research than I am for being a teacher.
So, was there anything suspicious left behind on the girl's body?
Yeah, about that...
I hated to do this to a girl of her tender age,
but I looked over every inch of her,
and there was a very tiny wound, like she was pricked by a needle,
on the index finger of her left hand.
Any toxins within her body?
No, nor was there any sign of mental unbalance.
She has no memory of the event, either. If I had to make a guess,
I'd chalk it up to an undetectable amount of toxin,
combined with some kind of suggestive mind control.
You mean, magic?
Well, I can't say that much.
But there's nothing abnormal about her now.
I believe returning her to her regular life soon
would be the most mentally soothing for her.
Whoo! We are into summer, all right!
This burning sun sure is different from the one in Japan, huh?
Miss Kana, summer-style!
Perhaps.
That's so cute.
Do you like those ears?
Not really.
I'll bet she really does like them.
What's that you're doing?
At your age, are you still playing in the water?
Miss Anya... This is called water sprinkling.
You scatter water about the yard to cool things off.
I don't think that doing so brings the temperature down.
No, it's true! It doesn't make it that dramatically cooler,
but it's all about the aesthetic experience, you know?
Aesthetic experience? What do you mean by that?
Let's see... for example...
Get it?
I don't understand it at all.
Hmm. Well, for one thing,
Miss Anya, your outfit looks too hot to me.
I'm fine just the way I am!
In that case, watch.
Aesthetic experience... Aesthetic experience...
Wah! Stop!
Eternal Feather, ma'am!
You got discharged today?
If you'd said something, we would have picked you up.
It's okay, you don't have to concern yourselves.
It did leave a little bit of a scar,
but at DWMA, scars are badges of honor, right?
It's nothing at all, okay? See?
She has a screw in her back!
I guess when Dr. Stein said wearing a wind-up key out of there
would go over well, he was right, wasn't he?
Does this face say "went over well" to you?
Please, don't ever do that again.
Ah, ma'am! You're out of the hospital!
I'm so glad you're feeling better!
Thank you. You're looking well, too, Miss Meme.
Yes! Oh, but...
Have to... celebrate... your discharge... sometime...
Miss Jacqueline?
Ma'am, what's the matter?
You look like it's the end of the world.
Kim and I have broken up.
Huh? Hold on, Kim! What do you mean, break up?
Our getting together happened too fast.
We still didn't know each other well enough.
That's why we teamed up...
to understand each other better, didn't we?
If there's some problem with me, come out and tell me,
and I'll try to make it better!
It's nothing you've done, Jacqueline.
It's just that I can't put up with this.
Put up with what? So it is a problem with me!
In any event,
I need some space right now. Please understand.
After we became partners, we were doing so well together.
What am I going to do?!
She asked you to give her a little space, right?
Maybe some time will solve all of this, you know?
And if not time, maybe the climate?
And if not the climate... the temperature?
Huh? What do you mean?
Once you've cooled down, I'm sure Miss Kim will reach out to you.
Once I've cooled down?
Ah! And I've got just the thing for cooling things down!
A wind chime!
What is that?
A bell?
Oh, you know...
For the moment, just listen to its tones, please.
Doesn't that feel cool, Tsugumi?
What cooling sounds those are.
Huh?!
How do you get cooler by listening to those bell sounds?!
Sounds can't make you any cooler, can they?! They just go "ding-ding."
There, you see?
Aesthetic experience, aesthetic experience...
Let those two be. Let's go inside and get something cold to drink.
Yes. I'm positively parched.
Wait up, Miss Anya!
We're coming, too!
Key points notebook
Tsugumi!
Hey!
Meme?
Miss Tsugumi!
Miss Anya?
Tsugumi, do you have a minute?
Miss Tsugumi! Over here!
Tsugumi!
Miss Tsugumi!
Miss Tsugumi, hurry, this way!
Come on, Tsugumi, over here! Here, kitty, kitty, kitty!
Miss Tsugumi! I have some delicious cake!
Come on, Tsugumi! Here we go! Fetch!
- Come on, Tsugumi, go get it! - Miss Tsugumi! Jingle-jingle!
Who am I, a Pochi?
Miss Tsugumi, this is what happens
when you take forever to choose a partner.
She's right, Tsugumi.
You, too, Meme?
Please don't go thinking that we will just wait forever.
I'll be waiting.
You big sneak!
I mean, I'll be waiting, too.
But ultimately, only one person can make the decision.
You both are awfully strong.
After having done nothing since I've gotten here,
I'd be embarrassed to be either of your partners.
I'd have to at least be strong enough to protect you,
and be able to produce a blade, first...
Those are excuses.
Do you think it will be that easy to grow stronger?
Tsugumi, could you transform into a halberd?
Huh? Okay...
Miss Meme!
You two are both incredible.
For as long as I can remember,
I've been engaged in strict training.
Miss Meme probably has been, too.
Though I've forgotten about it.
Thinking that you're going to grow strong enough
to protect us on your own is presumptuous!
If you really want to protect someone,
the quickest way is to choose a partner,
and grow stronger together with them, Tsugumi.
Do you have that resolve?
It can't be just about enjoying yourself!
It's because you're running away,
making excuses about wishing to be stronger someday...
It's because you have no resolve, Miss Tsugumi, that you have no blade!
I don't...
But still, I mean, right now...
No one is saying to choose right now.
We're not even saying until the end of summer.
Huh?
Commoners have a harvest festival on October 31st,
called "Halloween," right?
So until that day, when DWMA holds its culture festival, the Battle Festival,
it's either Miss Meme, or me.
Please choose one or the other for your partner on that day.
Uh, right.
Understood.
Weapon and meister are two in one. You don't have to worry alone.
I'm sorry.
Ah! You're getting the jump on me again, Miss Meme!
You're hungry, aren't you?
Mm-hmm.
Please make supper for us today, Miss Tsugumi.
Okay.
I'll give you a hand.
Eh?! Well, I'll give you a hand, too!
With a big wave and a "See you,"
let's meet in the new day
Our shadows stretch along the pavement
coming together, then apart, then together
What do I say when the road home ends?
You are not alone. Nope, right nearby,
there are eyes looking back at you
And just like a miracle,
they can turn even failures into laughter
Thank you for a fun day
Let's do it again tomorrow
We'll open a brand-new door
chasing after dreams and love
and those nameless feelings, too
So then, what happens on the next Soul Eater Not! ?
Sweltering Nights!
Oblivious!
Three-man Baseball!
From Death City with Love! Four stories!
Pumpkins grow better when you sing to them.
Next time; Pumpkin Growing!
Eh? Gagantous!