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At least Kiri is still in there somewhere and isn’t totally away from his mind. He remembers coming to the dorm, but after that – nothing. And he doesn’t know why he can’t control his body. And something is telling him to attack a girl. And here she is!
Iwai is still clutching Crime Edge to her as Kiri knocks her down, but her voice isn’t reaching him. She begins to cry as he gets on top of her and puts his hands around her throat. She still tries to talk to him and her words make him hesitate and he pulls his hands back. Iwai thinks he may be regaining himself, but Shihoudou is suddenly behind him, whipping his back. The blow sends him flying through a nearby window and Iwai runs after him.
Kiri lands on the deck and Zaiga is there with more of his mind controlled boys. But that’s wrong. Shihoudou is really the Author and her Killing Goods is the Slaughtering Pet Whip! Then Zaiga must be her Instead. Even Iwai is surprised that Zaiga isn’t the Author. Shihoudou explains her Whip Lash power and how she loves to dominate others. She approaches the Hair Queen with that very intent. And Kiri is still unconscious!
Yamane is knocking out the mind controlled boys and really wants to kill, but her Instead is trying to keep her calm by phone and promises to let Yamane inject her once she returns. They don’t need to protect the Queen, but they want her for themselves. I hope Yamane can control her urges long enough.
Shihoudou sends Zaiga over to cut Iwai’s hair, but he can’t and keeps calling her a monster until Iwai realizes that they are trying to break her down mentally. But she won’t let them! Shihoudou then orders Kiri to stand and cut her own hair. He takes Crime Edge from Iwai and goes to do Shihoudou’s bidding. That betrayal may just break Iwai after all. Zaiga holds Iwai back as she struggles and yells at Kiri not to cut Shihoudou’s hair. As Kiri caresses Shihoudou’s hair, Iwai screams out that she hates him. And that seems to do the trick!
Kiri grabs a fistful of Shihoudou’s hair and pulls it out by the roots! She falls to the deck, but quickly rises and attacks Kiri, but Kiri has his Crime Edge and his wits back and can defend himself very easily. Kiri attacks Zaiga next and he releases Iwai. He gently takes Iwai by the shoulders – and starts yelling at her for calling him an idiot and saying that she hated him! LOL Iwai yells back at him as Shihoudou and Zaiga watch them in stunned silence. Kiri tells Iwai to “say it” and she yells out “help me”. That is all that Kiri needed to hear and he smiles. He hugs a tearful Iwai to him and announces to the others that he is the Severing Crime Edge! The moonlight glints eerily off the threateningly upraised Crime Edge.
Shihoudou orders her dominated boys after Kiri and he quickly immobilizes them. Zaiga is next and he manages to knock Kiri down as Iwai cries out his name. Unfortunately, being whipped by the killing goods every night has given him a powerful strength – a strength that Kiri may not be able to overcome as Zaiga continues to crush his head against the deck. Shihoudou approaches Iwai with her whip and says that she will obtain “true domination” by killing Iwai, the Queen.
Kiri begins to cut at Zaiga with Crime Edge and tells him that no matter how strong he is, he is still just a normal person facing a killer. Kiri keeps cutting away at Zaiga until he passes out. He tells Shihoudou that if she insists, he won’t hold back. True, Kiri hasn’t really killed up until now, but I think he would in this case. However, Shihoudou gives up and goes back to Zaiga as Kiri goes back to Iwai. They take each other’s hand, but suddenly a noose falls around Kiri’s neck!
Nakajima and his Rule Book have finally arrived! Took him long enough. But instead of going after Shihoudou and her pet Whip as he had originally intended, Nakajima and his book feel that Kiri is becoming too enthralled with Crime Edge and is now the worthier target. He wonders if Kiri is the true evil as Kiri is lifted off his feet to hang. Iwai clutches at him, crying his name, as Kiri desperately tries to cut at the rope with Crime Edge. Then Yamane arrives on the scene.
Yamane has a loudspeaker through which Kozakura begins to yell at Nakajima from a cell phone. She had gone to the Professor with the knowledge that Nakajima was going there, but I’m not sure how she knew to do that. She tells Nakajima that he isn’t acting in the name of justice and that she cannot condone murder. That is enough to break Nakajima’s concentration and the noose disappears, freeing Kiri. Nakajima decides to make an exit, but Shihoudou asks him about the original e-mail she received with the identity and location of the Hair Queen. Nakajima admits to sending it and setting up this whole scenario. As Nakajima walks away, Shihoudou tries to whip him, but he evades her. He calls her a loser with seems to finally break her spirit and he leaves.
Kiri thanks Yamane for saving them, but Iwai goes back to Shihoudou to ask about Zaiga. The final straw for Shihoudou is receiving pity from the Queen and she breaks into tears, screaming out her agony. A flashback shows that she and Zaiga were childhood friends, but another jealous girl in school with them didn’t like that they were always together. This popular girl took away the part of the princess in the play that Shihoudou wanted, leaving her in misery. But then she was given the whip. Now, all her despair comes pouring out with her tears. Apparently, Shihoudou just wanted to be loved. Zaiga wakes, and putting his hand on her head, tells her how beautiful her hair is and how much he always liked it. Even in pain, this is his way of telling her that he loves her.
Kiri muses over the Pet Whip as the other boys begin to come to their senses, and realizes that none of the whip’s victims had ever been in chains. He concludes that perhaps the whip wielder was the one that was bound. Even though the stargazing event is long over, Iwai hurries Kiri to the location anyway. They are alone but Iwai wishes that she could have enjoyed the stargazing with everyone. Kiri looks a little insulted again at that. Iwai apologizes to Kiri for causing him so much trouble earlier, but she’s glad that they are stargazing together now. She also tells him that she wanted to invite him to the stargazing the day before but he disappeared before she could do so. Kiri admits the he was a little annoyed at her for calling him a convenience for cutting her hair. A distraught Iwai didn’t mean that and apologizes to Kiri and he apologizes too for getting mad.
The overhanging clouds soon part and they have a wonderful view of the star filled night sky. Iwai is awed by the beauty of it and Kiri is awed by Iwai’s beauty. As they hold hands, he bows to her and Iwai curtsies back to him. Then he sweetly twirls her around and around and they begin to dance in the lovely glowing light of the stars. This was just too cute!
