The Best Episodes Directed By Satsuki Takahashi

Two new plates have emerged from the Wall. The first is the name of Miu’s idol group, “22/7,” and the second instructs the staff to conduct a group evaluation. Amid the confusion, each member prepares for the assessment; however, Miu falls into despair as she is unable to imagine herself as an idol. With tensions running high, a panel of strict judges convenes to evaluate each girl. Nicole stands out above the rest with her excellent performance, but Miu is unable to even properly introduce herself…

22/7 has been booked for a huge headliner show and the group is in good spirits. While the girls are visibly excited about their upcoming show, Akane is calm and collected as usual, even almost robot-like. What inspired her to become an idol?

▶▶ Pod 042 and Pod 153 - Joint Report: Pod 042 Report: The rampant entity ＜Adam＞ was hacked by 9S, intercepted by the Resistance, and was bombarded with support fire from the Bunker. It was ■■■■ ―――Communication error――― ―――Communication error――― ―――Communication with Pod 042 is being restored 12 seconds until restoration――― ―――Communication with Pod 153 is being restored 15 seconds until restoration――― Pod 042 to Pod 153: Temporary communication error occurred due to large-scale ground and air attacks. Currently undergoing restoration processes. Pod 153 to Pod 042: Same failure for this unit confirmed. No abnormalities in recording systems. Pod 042 to Pod 153: Agreed. Currently, there are no system abnormalities in this unit. Continuing to carry out investigation mission and recording of 2B, target of this unit’s accompanying support. Pod 153 to Pod 042: Agreed. This unit will also carry out missions and record 9S.

The crew of Spearhead has left on their final mission, never to return home. What awaits them outside the borders of their home?

▶▶ Pod 042 - Report: Verifying the trade information between the Resistance and machine lifeforms in the City Ruins. Despite the hostile relationship between androids and machine lifeforms, it appears the machine lifeforms they are trading with hold no hostile responses or combat intentions. This unit will investigate the area together with 2B and 9S, who Lily requested to transport materials to the machine lifeforms.

▶▶ Pod 153 - Report: The machine lifeforms not only infected the YoRHa soldier units on the ground, they also infected the ＜Bunker＞ with a viral attack, activating a self-destruct sequence. With this, the 13th Orbital Satellite Base ＜Bunker＞ was destroyed. 2B and 9S avoided infection from the virus and escaped the Bunker before it was destroyed. Proposal: Find the remaining surviving YoRHa Soldiers and start another descent-to-ground operation on Earth to fulfill the mission.

▶▶ Pod 153 - Report: New data not registered to the existing archive was discovered during the search on ground. Transferring to shared server. The mission of the machine lifeform was to destroy the androids. However, that machine lifeform no longer possessed the will to fight. The machine lifeform found a small ring of flowers. The machine lifeform felt a mysterious ＜Something＞ beginning to be born within it.

Lena learns the truth about the upcoming end of the war, and how the Legion is a much more deadly threat than she thought.

The crew of Spearhead find themselves back on the battlefield, as the tide of the war turns against the Federacy.