Ep. 20: Miyu visits Ruri Sone and confronts the shinma inhabiting her mind.
Aired on February 16, 1998
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Miyu is invited to visit Ruri Sone, a student who survived a house fire. She meets Ruri’s father, Hiroshi, a former paleontologist who is obsessed with a butterfly gifted to him. Ruri notes that he visits the greenhouse nightly to see it, unaware the insect has taken the form of a fairy. Miyu discovers that a shinma named Maji-Kan is inhabiting Ruri’s mind and distorting Hiroshi’s perception. Miyu intervenes to break this cycle by sending Maji-Kan into the darkness. Consequently, Hiroshi runs into the flames and dies. To ensure Ruri never feels lonely again, Miyu places her into an eternal sleep.
Episodes
- Ep. 16 · Yui-Li confronts the shinma Koh-Waku while Miyu intervenes to stop her revenge.
- Ep. 17 · Shinma Mayumi Takahashi reveals her true identity as Ayu to Miyu before being defeated and sent into darkness.
- Ep. 18 · Tachiki builds an underground city while Miyu investigates disappearing stores and a shinma threat.
- Ep. 19 · Kasumi Kimihara's Doll Exhibition and the Shima Kai-Rai Incident
- Ep. 20 · Miyu visits Ruri Sone and confronts the shinma inhabiting her mind.
- Ep. 21 · Miyu and Reiha defend the village from three attacking shinmas
- Ep. 22 · Miyu's childhood tragedy and awakening of shinma guardian powers
- Ep. 23 · Reiha and Matsukaze use snow to trap Miyu and Larva, leading to a deadly confrontation.
- Ep. 24 · Tokiya Inoue Returns and Transforms into the Shinma Hiyoku