Episodes and encounters which give a resigned high-school student a reason to fight. Primarily following the original storyline, Yuuhi-centered. As it goes, Yuuhi x Samidare.

The boy was surrounded by countless chains. Some gleamed in the moonlight, and some were rusted by decades of use. His captor had left for the night, and beyond the whisper of his breath and the beat of his heart, all was silent.

Interlude. As he is about to undertake Anima's ordeal, Yuuhi mourns for his grandfather – and, along the way, contemplates the world.