Episode Title:
Mutual Love.
Episode Description:
Shuji is knocked out cold by Shizuo, and Celty confiscates Shuji's knife. Celty shows the knife, which she believes to be Saika, to Shinra. Meanwhile, Anri is visited by Haruna Niekawa, Shuji's daughter. Haruna reveals that, in the past, she and Nasujima were in love with each other, but Nasujima rejected her one day. Haruna says that she forgives Nasujima, because she loves him, but decides to kill Anri for taking Nasujima's love. Celty and Shinra realize that Saika wants to show its love to people, but since it is a blade, the only way it knows how is by using the body of whoever possesses it to slash them. They also realize that Shuji's knife is just a regular knife. It is revealed that Saika can control people it slashes, who become 'children' of Saika, and influences them to slash other people, creating more children. They are all controlled by the 'mother', Haruna. Haruna also reveals that she previously had her children try and kill Anri on multiple occasions, but they failed, so she is there to do the deed herself. Celty learns that Saika is after Shizuo, and that Saika is waiting for Shizuo at South Ikebukuro Park. She finds Shizuo and picks him up with her bike. Nasujima visits Anri's house, but runs off after seeing Haruna. Haruna goes after Nasujima, and leaves her children to finish Anri off. Celty and Shizuo go to South Ikebukuro Park, where a mass of Saika's children gather and profess their love for Shizuo, because he is strong. It is revealed that Saika disappeared five years ago, and Shinra speculates that it is because someone managed to suppress it. Haruna corners Nasujima, and it is revealed that Nasujima extorted money from her and then tried to abandon her after he got bored of her. Anri appears and reveals that she possesses the original Saika, and that she is the mother of Haruna's blade.
