Episode Title:
Picture Perfect
Episode Description:
The group follow the brush and walk up a staircase on the side of the tower. Nene and Kou reminisce over their stay in the painted world and ponder on the nature of apparitions. They reach the top of the building and Shijima explains the route out of the painting is through the moon. Hanako is waiting for them and engages in combat to prevent their escape. Nene comes up with a plan while Kou keeps Hanako distracted. She manages to create a flying carriage and retrieve everyone. Hanako however disagree and attempts to bring everyone down to earth again. As he tries to sabotage the carriage Nene knocks him overboard and they fall down together onto the clouds. The clouds support their weight land softly to their surprise. After which they have a heartfelt talk, Hanako admitting he wants Nene to live no matter what but that trapping her in the painting is something he doesn't like as well. Nene asks Hanako to make her dreams come true in the real world, so that she can live out the rest of her life. Hanako relents and uses his Haku Joudai ability to propel the carriage and everyone on it upwards, towards the moon. Outside the painting, Nene meets the 4th wonder of the school in her boundary. Shijima explains that her bodies in the paintings are all copies, and that her real self exists in the boundary. Shijima tells Nene how to free everyone else and recommends that she see the first wonder, the Clock Keepers, to figure out how to prevent her upcoming death. After thanking Shijima one last time for creating a beautiful fictional world for everyone, Nene destroys Shijima's artbook and ends her status as a school wonder. With everyone released, Nene goes to the washroom and meets up with Hanako and Kou. Knowing that her lifespan will likely run out soon, she decides to spend her remaining days with Hanako and Kou as usual.
