The majority of this episode’s runtime is spent on Kokkoro’s adventure with our newest guild of the week: Lucent Academy. The story revolves around two demon girl teens who plan to save their school by transferring to another one—thus raising their school’s average GPA. It’s a surprisingly cunning plan for the pair (who are unable to memorize their multiplication tables past the 6s) and sends us on a fun little misadventure when their applications are stolen by a band of brigands running off with everything in the post office. The absurdity of the whole situation allows Kokkoro ample opportunity to show off her surprised face; in fact, it might be the silliest the show has been this season—which makes sense when you realize it has to be this way to offset the much more depressing scenes with Yuuki and Pecorine.
In some ways, Yuuki and Pecorine are two sides of the same coin….
