Ep. 22: Ginji confronts Akabane while Ban fakes death to restore Ginji's sanity
Ginji discovers Teshimine is an illusion and attacks Sakura with lightning before Akabane intervenes. Akabane evades Ginji’s strikes using supersonic speed during a Lower Town power outage. Meanwhile, Kazuki and Emishi leave Gen and Ren at the pharmacy to join the fight, where Ban disrupts the combat by faking his death with the Evil Eye, which restores Ginji to normal. At the Honky Tonk cafe, Teshimine prepares to depart while Paul and Natsumi bid him farewell. Gen reveals he taught Makubex computer programming basics, enabling the latter to download an intruder interception program to reinstall the IL despite system jams. Akabane admits to transporting plutonium to Makubex, causing betrayal among Ban and Ginji. Finally, Akabane takes Ginji to recover the IL, while Ban encounters a seemingly revived Fudou after his deception.
Episodes
- Ep. 18 · Shido confronts Emishi in a virtual Grand Canyon while Kazuki battles Juubei.
- Ep. 19 · Kazuki and Juubei clash in a battle involving magnetic black needles and white threads.
- Ep. 20 · Akabane delivers plutonium while Himiko battles Kagami in the Mayan Temple with Ban's aid.
- Ep. 21 · Ban confronts Fudou in a Roman Coliseum while Ginji faces Teshimine's past accusations.
- Ep. 22 · Ginji confronts Akabane while Ban fakes death to restore Ginji's sanity
- Ep. 23 · Shido and allies confront Makubex while clones and data hacks complicate the battle.
- Ep. 24 · Ginji confronts Makubex in a battle over the IL while the others observe the strange phenomena.
- Ep. 25 · Makubex confronts his utopia and reunites with friends after Ginji saves him from suicide.
- Ep. 26 · Ban and Ginji recover stolen jewelry at a hot springs resort with Paul, Natsumi, and Hevn