Time will tell

"**Time will tell**" is the seventh episode of the original anime series, *Lycoris Recoil*.

## Synopsis

Mika received a text. Chisato happened to peek at that text and makes a huge fuss when she suspects that Kusunoki is trying to bring her back to DA! To prevent their plans, the four members of LycoReco join forces to rush the bar where Mika has a secret rendezvous!

## Plot

Chisato and Takina are drawing a suspect persion to find out and show it to Kusunoki and her assistant. Chisato laughs at Takina's drawing, and she looks like a manga. Fuki draws a real-life person and shows to others, but it confused. Sakura recommends Lycoris for art, too. Majima reminds Chisato during the mission and why she is dodging. Both are knowing who are.

Chisato tells our customers that Abe will come to LycoReco tomorrow for lunch break. Kurumi did know the manga artist when she drafts her storyboard. Our customers will look forward to the board-game party. Chisato laughing again at Kurumi, Takina annoying to Chisato when she got trashed and running away. Chisato needs to take her break, Mizuki forces Chisato to break for only a minute. Chisato seeing Mika's phone schedule event. Mika asks her to switch the sign since lunch is over. Before switching the sign, Chisato just headed to the bathroom to think. She is thinking about Bar Forbidden and groaning. After switched to open sign, she always acting strange for Bar Forbidden until evening and switched to closed sign. Mizuki enjoys drinking again after closing the café. Takina and Mizuki worried Chisato for acting strange. Mizuki admires Chisato who missed the old man. Chisato explains about LycoReco is a closure crisis. Mizuki checks that person is gone and tells her not to peek at other smartphones. Kurumi blames Takina that she likes her underwear. Takina recognizes her commander Kusunoki, but if not necessary. Chisato plans Takina bring back to DA. Takina mistaken to bring back to DA. Mizuki knows that DA might be a small operation without a First Lycoris, but Chisato still loneliness Takina. Kurumi slipped her tongue at Takina, Mizuki giggling herself. Team LycoReco is fired up, Kurumi solves the Internet Automatic Search Program to show images of Bar Forbidden when a search engine is restricted or forbidden. Mizuki should work Kurumi on other places, Chisato and Mizuki did not think about it all. Meanwhile, Robota found some information for Chisato with battle logs, Majima knows that radio tower incident. Majima pulling out his gun, Robota revealed that Lycoris deleted all terrorists. Majima evilly laughing when Chisato is evil. He is pointing his gun at the laptop. Transfer was completed and removed a USB from Robota. Robota acknowledges DA's system. Majima says the best hacker of Robota. Robota wasn't thinking against DA's AI. Majima where need to plug in to the chief's computer, Robota is right when his plan is necessary. Robota working hard on his plan in five minutes. DA found 21 incidents in Tokyo, Radiata has confirmed in multiple cameras, it will begin to multiple deployments. The other Lycoris from outside of headquarters, Charlie, has arrived at Point F7, but it cannot confirm our target. Kusunoki found dummy footage and will bring it back to Lycoris. Majima checks if Lycoris is not coming, a policeman from Oshiage station tells Majima should not bring his toys. The assassins target the policeman and fire. The next morning, Fuki and Sakura arrive at LycoReco, Sakura would let turn off the TV. Fuki looking at Kurumi when she is from DA. She gave Kurumi's laptop for a bit; she found footage from the police station. She is hiding her face when Mika is come as a boy. Sakura orders a matcha dango set, but Fuki does not order when she is not showing her face. Fuki yelling Chisato so loud at the café. Chisato found Majima from footage camera, Fuki and Sakura are leaving, Sakura did not eat her dango yet. Kurumi lent her laptop, and it was found an involved vandalism reads "I challenge you, Lycoris!"<! --勝負だリコリス！--> DA has confirmed that Majima is real, Fuki and Sakura are going back. Sakura acts Fuki had always time to eat dango, in front of Mika, Fuki attacks Sakura when they are annoying. At night, Takina should boil the udon for Mizuki and Chisato. Mika leaves LycoReco for a meeting and asks the girls to lock the places. The girls rush in hurry, but Mika has come back, and the girls find the udon during moment. The first eyecatch, Chisato holds her white guitar.

The second eyecatch, Takina holds her black guitar. Mizuki follows Mika's direction, Chisato and Takina are ready, too. Chisato fixing her hair, she remembers her necklace. Kurumi can also follow the direction to Bar Forbidden. Chisato and Takina can come to a high-class bar, Takina knows the passcode to open the door. It's time to start the mission. Chisato and Takina using fake names as Noriko Wasabi and Taro Kabayaki, Kurumi laughs at fake names. It has been confirmed, Noriko and Taro follow that person. Mizuki must be careful when entering a high-class bar. A serve drinking as well, but Chisato and Takina can't drink the alcohol because of underage. Mika appears in a high-class bar when he comes in. Kurumi treated Mika on the camera as a date, but Kusunoki was not there. Yoshimatsu has come, Chisato and Takina are hiding together. Mika and Yoshimatsu have to cheer for drinking. Chisato and Takina won't greet him during the meeting, Chisato watches when she stands up. Chisato meets her teacher and Yoshimatsu, but she accidentally caught a glimpse. She wants to talk Yoshimatsu, but it's her fault, Takina will be waiting outside. Takina removes her hair tie and uses the elevator. Chisato can also call him Yoshimatsu by his last name. Yoshimatsu can't admit it by against the rules. Kurumi discriminates that people who denied it with her ID. Kurumi punch Mizuki in her stomach. Yoshimatsu and Mika are supposed to talk on the elevator. Mika tells Chisato to stay for a while and Chisato should wait at the café. Meanwhile at the elevator, Mika mentions Jin that would get away, he will give Chisato let be free. Yoshimatsu knows for the past, he visited the café and Yoshimatsu met him ten years ago. He decides to leave a high-class bar, Takina should talk to him for a bit and Yoshimatsu does not belong to Chisato. Chisato played with her necklace before her teacher came back and why she didn't tell him. Mika apologizes to Chisato for his promise. The next day, Chisato is not here in the café, Ito is not joining, because of the manga editor. Takina received Ito for drinking. Mizuki wears her weird outfit and goes to a high-class bar, Kurumi already deleted Mizuki's ID. Chisato finally comes into the café. Takina asks Chisato to change clothes and get ready for business. Ito hugs Chisato before Takina gets mad.

After the post-credit scene, Chisato taken off her necklace and put it inside the cabinet. Majima wonders about all missions, he plans the next tower one. He left a USB during his assault to hack DA's database.

## Characters

* Chisato Nishikigi
* Takina Inoue
* Kusunoki
* Kusunoki's assistant
* Sakura Otome
* Fuki Harukawa
* Ito
* Abe (mentioned)
* Majima
* Kurumi
* Mizuki Nakahara
* Mika
* Robota
* Shinji Yoshimatsu
* Jin (mentioned)

## Featured Media

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## Trivia

* This is the first episode to have a preview video uploaded on Thursday.
* When she is in the bathroom, Chisato poses to resemble a bronze sculpture *The Thinker*.
* To get into the bar, Kurumi creates a fake ID for Chisato and Takina. She selects the names of two kinds of snack food to use as the fake names, both of which are flavored dehydrated fish sold by the confectionery company Yaokin.
	+ Chisato’s fake name is “Wasabi Noriko” (山葵のりこ), which is from the name of a dagashi "Wasabi Nori Tarō" (わさびのり太郎).
	+ Takina’s fake name is “Tarō Kabayaki” (蒲焼太郎), which is from the name of a dagashi "Kabayaki-san Tarō" which is quite popular in Japan. It tastes like teriyaki sauce. The small yellow thing Kurimi is eating in the car is Kabayaki-san Tarō. Misaki Kuno, the voice actress for Kurumi, wrote on Twitter that she voiced that scene actually eating Kabayaki-san Tarō.

## References

1. ↑ With thanks to Sobagara
2. ↑ *WIX*: Dagashi
Misaki Kuno 久野美咲 [@kuno\_misaki0119] on Twitter - "Eating while acting" (13-AUG-2022)

## External Links

https://lycoris-recoil.com/story/?id=ep07 (Episode 7's page: JP ver.)

https://lycorisrecoil.com/story/ep07.html (Episode 7's page: EN ver.)