Episode Title:
Blood is Thicker Than Water.
Episode Description:
Chikage plans to use the Yellow Scarves to smoke out the members of the Dollars who attacked Toramaru in Saitama. To settle the confusion, Chikage challenges Masaomi to a fight, promising to be Masaomi's bodyguard if he loses. In the cafe, Kasane explains to Anri and Haruna how replication works with Saika. Haruna points out that Anri could control the ones whom she loves by cutting them with Saika, but Kasane says that it is possible to cut them but not control them. Kasane also says that the wielder of Saika should be thought of as a virtue instead of a curse, leading Anri to question her humanity. After Kasane calmly identifies herself as a villain, she clarifies that Anri's relationship with Saika is symbiotic and not parasitic. Anri withdraws from giving up her Saika because how it has saved her life up until now. Kasane gives Anri her business card in order to contact her later. As Erika arrives at the cafe, she is stoked that Kasane collects cat ear headbands. Kasane and Haruna go their separate ways, while Erika tells Anri that Kyohei has woken up from his comatose state. Masaomi tries to trap Chikage in a chokehold, but Chikage runs and then jumps off the rooftop parking lot. Masaomi grabs onto a pole just before the jump, but he encounters Ran Izumii, who arrives with his crew. Ran blurts out that he broke the legs of Saki Mikajima, leading to an intense match between Masaomi and Ran, one where both of them bleed. Shizuo is released from jail with his charges dropped after his cellmate, who was under the influence of Saika, told him that the police station is surrounded by reporters and that Celty's head has been brought to the police station for safekeeping. Vorona explodes a squad car at the police station, takes Celty's head secured in a briefcase and escapes in her motorcycle. Although Shuji Niekawa finally finds Haruna, she uses Saika to brainwash him, but it backfires as he sedates her with a syringe injection and takes her to Nasujima, who is lust-driven for Haruna. Nasujima reveals that when two of Saika's children slash the same person, control of said person is given to the child who slashed them last. Meanwhile, after Celty wakes up, Shinra reveals Seiji was shot with sedatives by Shingen, then Namie was shot with sedatives by Shinra. Kasane unexpectedly shows up at the apartment and introduces herself to Shinra and Celty.
