Episode Title:
Make a Wish
Episode Description:
Nene fakes being unconscious and overhears Hanako explain her shortened lifespan. Hanako leaves the scene with a secretly alert Nene with the goal of locking her up until the painted world is perfected. After placing Nene in a jail cell, Hanako is about to leave but Nene "wakes up" and presses Hanako on his motivations. Explaining that the painted world is a happier world, Hanako believes that Nene is better off living in it. Nene further presses Hanako on her impending death to the shock of Hanako who realizes she overhead. Left in tears over her uncertain future and Hanako making the decision to trap her without her consent, Nene falls to her knees and starts crying. Hanako leans over and kisses Nene on her forehead then comforts her, after which he leaves her in the cell with the intention of picking her up after the painted world is completed. Shijima checks in on Nene and tells her that Hanako actually hates fake worlds like her painted world, but that he can't destroy it because he wants to keep Nene alive. Faking being despondent, Nene convinces Shijima to hold her hands but instead restrains Shijima against the cell bars and threatens her. Shijima calls Nene's bluff and tells her that she would be better off in the painted world, Nene is about to relent but Tsukasa arrives and breaks her out. Tsukasa sends Nene and Shijima to another reality in order to make Shijima's wish real. Kou and Mitsuba talk through the revelations that Kou experienced and run into the brush that Hanako broke. In the other reality, a hospital, Shijima is shown being gravely ill. The 4th wonder of the school goes to kill the Shijima Mei who is bedridden, but Nene intervenes and the two manage to escape.
