Starting with sending Takina back to the DA, Chisato continues to try to distance herself from everybody, hoping they will continue living their lives as per normal. Takina clearly has other plans and I believe Kurumi and Mizuki are probably planning something as well. The rest of the cafe patrons remind Chisato of all the lives she’s impacted and those who would be sad over her death. Hopefully this also pushes her to find a way to continue living that does not compromise on her beliefs.

The coming of age kimono was quite a bittersweet gift. It shows how Mika treasured Chisato as a daugther and wishes for her to grow up. Of course it also comes with it the painful fact that she is unlikely to get the opportunity to live to reach her coming of age.

Mika came out with the truth to Chisato and as expected, she is willing to die in order to hold up her ideals of not killing, although it was shown to have been a tough choice, understandably. She expresses her gratitude to Mika, helping to ease his feelings of guilt, and even Yoshi who she choses to still believe. Yoshi has however proven his unwavering faith in the Alan Foundation and their choice to support those who they deem worthy regardless of the moral implications, even when held at gunpoint. I wouldn’t be surprised if they pulled out some justification for his actions given how much mystery surrounds him, but I’m not confident that there’s any explanation that will work.

Mashima’s debate with Kusunoki once again touches on the moral ambiguity of the Lycoris. Mashima might be the bad guy, but that doesn’t make the Lycoris the good guys. They believe that the means justify they ends and take extreme measures without the approval of the state or its citizens to achieve their goals. Takina’s outburst to question Mashima shows how that part of her has not changed, although it does show that even knowing the consequences, she cares more about Chisato than her standing in the DA.

Mashima’s plan was actually quite devious and could have been a huge threat to public safety and trust in society, however the example they used to illustrate it was quite poor. Instead of having a clumsy fool pick up and play around with the gun only to accidentally point it at a police officer and subsequently get shot, I feel the real threat would be if the guns feel into the wrong hands. It would have been far more threatening if the gun was shown to have fallen into the hands of someone who could actually have intended to use it for whatever reason. With 3 episodes to go though, maybe that might have been too much.

The DA’s reliance on a single unit is also quite laughable. No matter how good she may be, Chisato is just one person.