the episode that makes Hibiki's condition impossible to ignore and it's devastating. Tsubasa finally learning the full truth, Chris and Miku finding out simultaneously, and the weight of everyone now knowing that Hibiki's Symphogear is actively merging with and consuming her body changes the entire emotional register of the show going forward. the superb song standoff between Hibiki and Kirika/Shirabe — Hibiki using her own to cancel theirs to stop them dying the way Kanade did — is so good because it shows Hibiki protecting people who are trying to kill her and not seeing any contradiction in that. the twist that Fine's soul is actually in Kirika rather than Maria is a genuinely shocking mid-season pivot.