Lost Millennium prepares an all-out attack against the temple. Not much of a cliffhanger ending. Summary: Clain, Phryne, and Nessa survive the explosion at the temple's research facility by hiding in a reinforced vault and they are picked up by Enri. Barrot also somehow survived and is back at the temple's base in the sky with the head priestess, and the head priestess is revealed to be an older version of Phryne. The head priestess decides to broadcast a message all over the world calling for the destruction of Lost Millennium. Enri and her bodyguard Takami are shopping in a village when the message is broadcast and they quickly run back to their ship Danan parked just outside the village. Inside the Danan, Sundas also learns of the announcement. Good to know that Phryne will grow up to be good looking. Elsewhere on the ship, Clain and Phryne are tending to Nessa who still has a "fever". After Nessa falls asleep, Clain and Phryne talk outside the room and Phryne starts talking about her connection to Nessa. Phryne states that Nessa is the first girl to have the same look as her (ex the first "Phryne"). The first girl is the so called "goddess", and Nessa in her current form is the "soul" of the girl. Phryne states that she is supposed to be the "body" for this soul, and supposedly the key to Fractale is made if "body" and "soul" are united once again. Clain wonders what would happen if Phryne unites with Nessa, and Phryne states that she doesn't know, but things would be different from before. Suddenly, there is commotion from Nessa's room, and Clain and Phryne discover a distressed Nessa sitting on the floor. Nessa had a nightmare/vision of the Phryne clones being dissolved, but Clain manages to calm her down and together with Phryne cheers Nessa up again. Enri is peeking at the happy scene from outside the door when Takami informs her that the villagers have come to confront the crew. Frankenstein must be inside the ship. The villagers surround the ship and demand that Sundas' group leave immediately. Enri tries to argue but to no avail, and Sundas heeds to the demands and the Danan takes off. Sundas knows that the temple is trying to get Phryne and Nessa by airing the announcement, but Sundas promises he won't hand them over without a fight. Sundas then gets news that his home village was attacked by the temple. The Danan returns to the hospital site where all the surviving villagers are receiving treatment. Sundas at the bridge of ship having a teleconference with other Lost Millennium leaders. Several leaders blame Sundas for causing the current situation and suggest that the group lay low, but Dias disagrees and suggests that this is the opportunity to strike at the heart of the temple. Dias' suggestion wins over the group and it's decided that all the branches will unite and attack the temple's base in the sky. Probably the last time this group will together. Quite a nice country-side retreat. On the departure day for the attack, Clain asks Sundas if he should go with the ship to the battle, but Sundas tell Clain to stay behind and keep Nessa and Phryne safe. Clain then helps to take a group photo of Danan's crew before Sundas and his crew depart for the attack. Clain, Phryne and Nessa are sent to suite by a field of golden grass and the three have a fun day together and promise to stay together forever. However at night, Phryne sneaks away and leaves a letter stating that she is going back to the temple to convince Barrot and the head priestess to change their ways. Clain and Nessa find the letter the next day, and the two decide to go after Phryne using Enri's airship (which she left behind). Meanwhile, the Lost Millennium ships begin their attack on the temple's home base. Ha, I'm an escape artist. If you want me to stay you should have tied me to the bed. Curious how most of the Lost Millennium ships have the same style. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This episode was mostly to set the stage for the big battle and flurry in the final two episodes. As such, the pacing is a bit slower and a lot of time was spent of Clain, Phryne, and Nessa hanging out together and being happy with each other. One of the big mysteries of the series is finally revealed in that Phryne and all the other "Phryne" clones (including the head priestess) are actually vessels designed to house Nessa so that the key to Fractale can be made. However, questions still remain as to Nessa's origins and how did she get such powers over the Fractale system. I don't know if we'll ever get a clear answer to that though especially if Nessa is regarded as a mythical figure (referred to as goddess by Phryne and probably the head priestess as well). So the stage is set for the final showdown with Lost Millennium banding together to attack the temple's home base and Clain and Nessa going after Phryne. Phryne is a rather troublesome individual; she causes troubles for both the temple and Clain and friends. I doubt the head priestess and especially Barrot can be convinced to change their minds about anything, but Phryne just seems to like sneaking away from people. I was expecting Barrot to survive, although I do wonder how he managed to get to safety when we saw him being crushed by falling debris last episode. The temple is trying to get their hands on the key, but it's unclear if they have any other contingency plan. There are a lot of ways this series can end, and let's see if Fractale can come up with something memorable and meaningful. Last thing I wanted to mention was the animation seems a bit different in this episode from previous episodes, especially when it came to Phryne and Clain. Just a curious note though. From the feed of A Product of Wasted Time
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