This episode is where Vandread goes full mystical. Hibiki is the Chosen One now, he's destined to save everyone and honestly It's a little tropey, but it works. The tribe's spirit journey is a nice change of pace from the usual mecha combat and Duero dropping the lore about Hibiki's origin is huge. He's not just a random guy who got stuck on a ship. He was literally created for this, The Jura thing is weird she was supposed to have died in the last arc, but she's inexplicably back . The show just kind of glosses over it .