Episode 12

### Animation Direction

Takao Maki (Chief), Tomoko Fukunaga (Chief), Masahiro Sekiguchi, Ayumu Tsukamoto, Maki Fukui, Gin Kugumiya

**Where the Promise Was Made** (約束の場所, *Yakusoku no Basho*) is the 12th episode of *Gleipnir* anime series.

A few months earlier, a series of strange events happened among Shuichi and his childhood friends.

## Short Summary

Elena's team discuss that someone had 100 coins and is protecting the spaceship in the mountains. Sakuma asks them how they know that much about that person and Elena and Naoto recall their past, explaining he was their friend, Kaito.

Few months ago, Naoto shares to Kaito that Aiko acts weird and feels like another person. They decide to gather together as they haven't seen each other for a while, but Kaito learns that Honoka is missing. As he investigates, he discovers what happened to Honoka and Aiko.

## Long Summary

Naoto tells Sakuma that there is someone who collected 100 coins and is currently guarding the spaceship not letting anyone. Naoto explains they formed this team to defeat him. Sakuma wonders why he knows that much about him and Elena tells him that he was an old friend of them.

Few months earlier, Naoto is with Kaito and tells him that Aiko has been acting weird lately and sometimes if feels like a different person. Kaito comments that he haven't seen Aiko and the rest for a while and they recall their younger days at the Yamada Cram School, where they were playing together. Naoto manages to gather everyone, but as Honoka was missing, Kaito wonders why she is late. Naoto and the rest then reveal that her father killed someone and got arrested, things got difficult for her and she disappeared one day. Kaito can't believe it and wonders why no one had told him before, but they apologize saying that they knew he doesn't like gossip like that. Aiko tells everyone they should go to karaoke or something and tells Kaito to forget about Honoka, as she didn't tell them either and likely doesn't want anyone to look for her.

Kaito couldn't forget her and starts looking for her. He goes to the relatives that took her, but learns that she disappeared from there too. As he wonders where Honoka can be, he recalls how Aiko twirled her hair like Honoka uses to. He starts following Aiko, thinking that she knows something and ends up meeting the Alien. After talking with it, he calls Naoto, Elena and Shuichi. Kaito reveals that Aiko is transformed Honoka as that was her wish for the coin. The Alien tells them to keep that a secret, otherwise people will come for him and he will have to protect himself.

Later Kaito explains that Honoka loved Naoto and turned to Aiko to escape her life and gain everything Aiko had. As they can't go to the police, they need to make Honoka pay if she did some crime. Kaito wonders where the real Aiko is, but Naoto tells him they need to leave things as they are and Elena agrees, and pushes Shuichi to agree too. Kaito follows Honoka to their old cram school and sees a grave, guessing that's Aiko and that she is indeed Honoka. She wonders how he knew and he explains it was due to her hair twirling. He wonders if she can go back to who she used to be, but Honoka explains she can't as Aiko doesn't exist anymore. Kaito then chokes and kills Honoka.

Sometime later, Naoto tells Kaito that they had found Aiko's will and that Aiko had killed herself and Honoka didn't kill her. Kaito then wonders why he killed Honoka, shocking Naoto.

Learning of Honoka's death, the Alien recalls how she came one day and asked him to turn her into someone else as a very dear friend of her had died. As she saw helping others from being bullied, the bullies turned against her and eventually that pushed her into killing herself. Honoka tells him that for now only she knows she is dead and as she was loved by everyone, she doesn't want everyone to get sad over her death, but no one would be sad if Honoka disappeared.

Kaito realizes that Naoto, Elena and Shuichi had realized that Aiko had killed herself and that why they were fine doing nothing and wanted things to continue the way they are. Everyone was fine with Honoka disappearing, but as he couldn't accept it, he had to kill Honoka. Kaito finds a coin and then goes to the Alien.

Naoto calls Elena and Shuichi as Kaito disappears. He tells them about a rumor about a glowing girl that asks them who is she and if you can't tell her name, you are erased. Shuichi blames himself for keeping quiet and says they need to see if Kaito is plotting something and if necessary, he will use the coins to stop him.

At present, Clair visits Yamada Cram School, wanting to learn more about Shuichi's past. She calls him moments before he shoots Taguchi, but he then stops answering his phone. Clair then sees a toy that looks exactly like Shuicih's monster form. Chihiro calls Elena, wanting to talk with her for something.

## Characters

* Elena Aoki
* Sakuma
* Subaru
* Naoto
* Kaito
* Honoka
* Shuichi Kagaya
* Mrs. Yamada
* Alien
* Aiko (flashback)
* Clair Aoki
* Taguchi