Ep. 8: Itsuki hosts a Christmas party as Sayoko becomes the ice Dolem Sforzando during the first snowfall.
Aired on March 18, 2002
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Itsuki invites friends to a nighttime Christmas gathering as Nirai-Kanai experiences its first snowfall. Haruka gifts Ayato gloves for the cold, while Megumi tells Kim that Haruka kept a hidden present since separating from a former lover. Sayoko, wearing a necklace from Itsuki, creates the snowstorm out of anguish and transforms into the Dolem Sforzando, generating an ice field. Ayato hesitates to pilot the RahXephon against her. Reika encourages him to destroy the Dolem while saving Sayoko. The narrative implies the gloves Haruka gave Ayato were the long-stashed present she had kept.
Episodes
- Ep. 4 · Ayato is detained at the TERRA Organization base after being transported by aircraft carrier.
- Ep. 5 · Ayato's emotional turmoil petrifies RahXephon, leading to his relocation under Professor Rikudo's care.
- Ep. 6 · Ayato fights a Dolem underground after Kim Hotal seeks revenge for her parents' death in Australia.
- Ep. 7 · Futagami investigates TERRA while Ayato and Elvy battle a hovering Dolem in the clouds.
- Ep. 8 · Itsuki hosts a Christmas party as Sayoko becomes the ice Dolem Sforzando during the first snowfall.
- Ep. 9 · Ayato and Quon visit a mysterious shrine on New Year's Day while Haruka searches for them.
- Ep. 10 · Quon plays a strange melody while Kunugi seeks closure for his daughter Michiru
- Ep. 11 · Ayato faces life support failure and surreal encounters while confronting his destiny as RahXephon instrumentalist.
- Ep. 12 · Quon vanishes from the hospital while Ayato confronts a Dolem threatening the RahXephon.