Episode Title:
Comrades in (Cosplay) Arms
Episode Description:
Aria recalls that after Valkyries Battlefield was cancelled, her father, Yo, never managed to write another manga and became depressed. Aria's mother was forced to divorce Yo and the last time Aria spoke to him, she told him she hated him. Now, Aria wants to become popular cosplaying as Melia so her father will see that someone still loves his manga. Lilysa decides to get Aria ready to cosplay as Ariel in time for Summer Comiket, the largest event of the year. Lilysa also invites Mikari to cosplay as Miriella. Mikari agrees as she has spent months convincing her agency to let her cosplay, all to impress Okumura. Under Lilysa's guidance, Aria begins sewing her own costume, though she does wonder why the others trust Okumura enough to change clothes in front of him. Okumura eventually goes home so the girls go out for dinner together where Aria decides to try her hardest at cosplay for her new friends. Two weeks later, Aria successfully finishes her costume. That same night, she overhears her mother talking angrily on the phone to her former mother-in-law, and learns for the first time that her father seemingly died years ago.
