EPISODE CONTEXT

With three episodes of setup behind it, Chapter 4 marks the point where Inma Seiden's conflict should be shifting from exposition into genuine escalation, with the power dynamics between opposing forces becoming harder to contain. The groundwork laid in earlier chapters — the academy setting, the supernatural hierarchy, and the clashing ambitions of the Kameyama and Ootori families — is now positioned to be tested more directly. This episode serves as a bridge into the final stretch, setting the conditions that Episodes 5 and 6 will need to resolve.