Episode Title:
Duty.
Episode Description:
Nagate and Izana visit the Thousand-Year Village, awed by its cherry blossoms and other natural attractions, while Yuhata and Tsumugi search for a way to spy on them. However, Izana discovers that Nagate had taken her there by orders of Yure, causing Izana to believe that Nagate does not care about her. Yuhata and Tsumugi, who witnessed Nagate and Izana fight, return home and spend a sleepless night worried about what happened between them. Meanwhile, as Sidonia arrives at the Lem Star System, a reconnaissance party of four pilots using the Hayakaze is prepared in order to secure a foothold on Lem IX. Izana is called in as a replacement for a pilot who was arrested for desertion. Halfway through the mission, Izana, piloting the Type 19 Shinatose Custom due to the superhuman dexterity of her prosthetic hand, detects a hazy object which is revealed to be a Lem Gauna Wall. It proves resistance to artificial Kabi, and the reconnaissance team is forced to scatter. Nagate and Tsumugi, fearing for Izana's life, can only watch helplessly through the monitor.
