Ep. 18: Shin-Lu Persuades Kai While Maria Protects Asuka from Maxim
Aired on July 29, 2003
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Shin-Lu attempts to convince Kai to rejoin ASHURUM, employing singing and demonstrating her own strength through training. Kyou appears to mock Kai’s perceived weakness, adding to the pressure on him. In a separate incident, Maria visits Asuka with the intention of taking her to meet Erimiya. However, Maxim intervenes and attempts to capture Asuka for his own ends. Maria actively resists Maxim’s efforts, doing everything possible to prevent the abduction. The episode juxtaposes Shin-Lu’s internal struggle with Kai against Maria’s external conflict with Maxim, highlighting the differing motivations and threats facing the characters involved in these parallel confrontations.
Episodes
- Ep. 14 · Shen-Long notices personality shifts in his sister before a mock battle with Shin-Lu
- Ep. 15 · Kai loses control of his powers and vanishes before Asuka at a cathedral
- Ep. 16 · Ghibelline uses research on Kai to request his help finding the Sacrament of Calvaria at the cathedral.
- Ep. 17 · Kai and Raphael coordinate to free psychic children from the cathedral
- Ep. 18 · Shin-Lu Persuades Kai While Maria Protects Asuka from Maxim
- Ep. 19 · Shen-Long returns Shin-Lu to ASHURUM while Sherry tasks Kyou with capturing Asuka
- Ep. 20 · Kai and Leonid investigate a cathedral passage while Hitomi updates Shen-Long on Shin-Lu.
- Ep. 21 · Yuki stops Sherry from stealing the will while Kai fights Maxim and Kyou.
- Ep. 22 · Maria confronts Kai over Erimiya's death while Eiji seeks an alliance with Ghibelline in Gald.