List of Date A Live episodes
Cover of the first DVD/Blu-ray volume of Date A Live as released by Kadokawa Shoten on June 28, 2013.
Date A Live is an anime series adapted from the light novels of the same title written by Kōshi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako. Produced by Anime International Company and directed by Keitaro Motonaga, the series was broadcast on Tokyo MX from April 6 to June 22, 2013.
Date A Live
| No. | Title | Ending theme | Niconico streaming date[1] | Original air date[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "April 10" "Shigatsu Tōka" (四月十日) | "Hatsukoi Winding Road" | March 31, 2013 | April 6, 2013 |
| The series begins with a spatial quake devastating the center of Eurasia. Thirty years have passed since the spatial quake, and the ditzy Kotori Itsuka and her older brother Shido live in Japan. For the opening ceremony, Kotori and Shido make a promise to meet at a diner later that day. As school ends for Shido, a spatial quake alarm sounds throughout the city for the citizens to enter shelter areas immediately. After being unable to contact his sister, Shido uses her GPS to confirm that she is still within the city according to their promise. He leaves the shelter to find her and in doing so, is outside when the spatial quake occurs and wipes out Tengu City, thus meeting his first Spirit. After a battle between the Spirit and the AST, where Shido learns that Origami is a part of the AST, Shido meets the Ratatoskr organization on their airship, the Fraxinus, where he learns about the Spirits, his sister and Ratatoskr. | ||||
| 2 | "Close Re-encounter" "Sai-sekkin Sōgū" (再接近遭遇) | "Save The World" | April 7, 2013 | April 13, 2013 |
| Shido is undergoing stage two of his training which is practical application upon real humans. First is his teacher Tamae Okamine who, with the assistance of Reine Murasame and Kotori, falls head over heels in obsessive love with him. Running away from her, he bumps into Origami Tobiichi. He uses her for practice but ends up unintentionally starting a relationship with her. A spatial quake alarm occurs and the Princess Spirit is expected to appear at Raizen High School. With the students evacuated and part of the school destroyed by the spatial quake, Shido heads inside the school to confront the Princess. Shido makes a connection with the Princess and names her Tohka. The AST shows up and engages Tohka from long range with their rifles to kill Tohka but Origami sees Tohka with Shido and assumes that Tohka is holding him hostage. Since Shido is now her boyfriend, Origami battles Tohka in close combat, but is injured. The next day, Tohka appears before Shido as he is rummaging through the collateral damage so that they may go on their date. | ||||
| 3 | "Sword That Splits the Sky" "Sora Wakatsu Tsurugi" (空分かつ剣(つるぎ)) | "Save My Heart" | April 14, 2013 | April 20, 2013 |
| Following the incident at Raizen High School, Shido and Tohka are on their date being overseen and supported by the Fraxinus crew. Tohka mistakingly assumes that each variety of food she is consuming at first is a "date". Not accustomed to a crowd, when the couple enter the shopping area she assumes that humanity is launching an all out attack on her. Origami observes them from the shadows while Shido and Tohka go from a high-priced restaurant to south of the station where they enter an improvised shopping area. Tohka is able to indulge in the foods present to her desire but notices that Shido doesn't seem to be having fun. They move on to an arcade that is dominated by crane games which Tohka mistakingly assumes is the "mecha team's" secret base. In the course of playing for a prize that has caught Tohka's eye, Tohka inadvertently voices her bond with Shido. They make their way to a cliff edge where Tohka finally finds out what a "date" is and sees why the "mecha people" want to kill her as she keeps destroying a world that is so kind, fun and beautiful. Meanwhile, Origami is given permission to kill her with a single blast but Shido intercepts Origami's blast. With Shido killed, Tohka furiously attacks a stunned Origami as she sees the AST as killers and should die. Before Tohka can kill Origami, Shido is revived with his wounds completely healed and falls from the sky towards Tohka. To prevent the city's destruction by a critical state Halvanhelev, Tohka kisses Shido while they glide down to the cliff edge as Tohka's Astral Dress disappears. Her last request is that Shido take her on a date again. | ||||
| 4 | "Unhappy Rain" "Fukigen na Ame" (不機嫌な雨) | "Save The World" | April 21, 2013 | April 27, 2013 |
| Shido meets Yoshino for the first time while running through a shrine on a rainy, ill-forecasted day. Believing her to be just a girl, he goes on about his way. At school, Tohka has made cookies and competes with Origami for Shido's attention. Arriving home, Shido learns that Tohka will be living in his house since he has sealed her powers. Kotori explains that it is also training as Shido still has to assist in sealing more spirits. Later, as a spatial quake alarm goes off during school, Shido heads out to find it is Yoshino that is the cause. Tohka is left in the shelter while Shido goes out to meet Yoshino only to have Tohka follow him and witness the two accidentally having kissed. Tohka retrieves her powers from Shido but only to provoke Yoshino who attacks while leaving. Utilizing her angel Zadkiel, Yoshino is also able to escape from the AST nearby while Origami eyes Yoshinon, Yoshino's puppet. | ||||
| 5 | "The Freezing Ground" "Itetsuku Daichi" (凍て付く大地) | "Strawberry Rain" | April 28, 2013 | May 4, 2013 |
| Tohka is avoiding Shido due to her feelings about what happened between him and Yoshino. She talks with Reine and receives advice and clarity about what occurred. During this time, Shido helps Yoshino look for her puppet, Yoshinon. Yoshino gets hungry while searching so the two go to Shido's house to eat. It's revealed that Yoshinon is Yoshino's friend because he is strong, cool, bold, and is essentially a hero that is everything Yoshino wants to be. As Shido is getting close to Yoshino, Tohka barges is spouting an apology but misinterprets the situation. Yoshino teleports away, Tohka barges out again, but Shido learns that Yoshinon is at Origami's place. Origami forcibly makes progress between them when Shido comes over but as the conversation turns to Spirits, she gets notice of a mission. Yoshino is being targeted by the AST but Shido plans to save her with Tohka's help. As Tohka acts as a decoy, Shido makes it through Yoshino's barrier with Yoshinon to fulfill his promise. With her trust in him established, Shido seals Yoshino's powers. In the last few scenes, it is revealed that the housing for the Spirits has been completed so that Tohka and Yoshino may move in. | ||||
| 6 | "Hot Springs of Love" "Koisuru Onsen" (恋する温泉) | "Save The World" | May 5, 2013 | May 11, 2013 |
| Tohka and Yoshino desire to visit a hot springs so Shido makes the arrangements with Kotori for them to go to Tenguu Gokuraku Hot Springs. Kyouhei attempts to convince Kotori to go but it's revealed that he has ulterior motives. His punishment is to dig a hole and refill it for the next week. Meanwhile, Kusakabe is informed that the DEM Corporation is going to send reinforcements. Kusakabe also finds out that due to the increase in the Spirit's attacks the alert level has been raised causing the group's vacation trip to be cancelled. Convinced by an AST member, Kusakabe decides that the AST will instead go to the hot springs. Origami receives a phone call from Shido where she overhears that he'll be going to the Tenguu Gokuraku Hot Springs with Tohka. While riding, Yoshino is given affectionate attention by Shido which frustrates Tohka causing her to collapse the road. This in turn disrupts the train the AST is riding on underground. The AST arrive at the surface behind Reine, Shido, Yoshino and Tohka. To prevent contact of the two groups, Ratatoskr intervenes in the path of the AST with multiple obstructions. Shido invites Kotori after seeing her but is interrupted while Kotori is informed of the situation regarding the AST. Kotori orders Date Town to enter Battle Mode Level 2 with authorization to open fire on the AST leading to a battle in which stray ordnance causes [Yoshinon] to fly off. Shido goes to find [Yoshinon] in the midst of the firefight and is almost killed by Ratatoskr's Destruct Mode. Tohka saves Shido from the attack while being overseen by Origami and fellow AST members. Everyone reaches the hot springs but due to Yoshino's actions, it has partially frozen. Kannazuki finds a hot springs that Kotori, Shido, Tohka and Yoshino end up enjoying by themselves. Mana Takamiya is then shown as arriving in Japan. | ||||
| 7 | "The Visitors" "Raihōsha-tachi" (来訪者達) | "Save My Heart" | May 12, 2013 | May 18, 2013 |
| Mana is having a 10v1 practice match against Origami's unit before having introduced herself at the briefing AST's previous battle with Hermit where she unknowingly reveals herself to be Shido's sister. Kurumi Tokisaki transfers into Shido's class revealing herself to be a Spirit to get closer with Shido. During her time touring the school with Shido they're followed by Origami and Tohka, but as Shido is attempting to seduce Kurumi she is also attempting to do the same to Shido. After school, Kurumi kills three humans and is confronted by Mana. Mana then runs into Shido later on that day. Taking her to his house, what Mana shares about herself leads to a quarrel between her and Kotori but ultimately leaves everyone with more questions than answers. During school the next day, Shido finds out that Kurumi was killed during her confrontation with Mana yet she appeared at school. Origami questions Kurumi in a secluded place and finds out that Kurumi is pursuing Shido for his powers. | ||||
| 8 | "Triple Frenzy" "Sanjū Kyōsō Kyoku" (三重狂騒曲) | "Save The World" | May 19, 2013 | May 25, 2013 |
| Shido invites Kurumi out but is forced on a polygamous date when Tohka seduces him and Origami forces her plans upon him for a date. Shido is unable to deny any of them as Tohka would be heartbroken, Origami would be suspicious and his plans to seal Kurumi depend on the date. With their dates occurring around the same time and their entertainment venues located rather close to each other, Ratatoskr assists Shido by teleporting him to each girl's location while monitoring their emotional levels. After Shido leaves Kurumi, she finds some boys shooting at a stray cat and convinces them to let her play with them. Ratatoskr loses sight of Kurumi as Origami and Tohka run into each other. After they both proclaim their trying to find Shido for their date, Origami runs off concerned there may be another. Shido returns to look for Kurumi but finds blood, body parts, and Kurumi killing a man. As she holds Shido within her clutches, Mana intervenes wearing her CR Unit. | ||||
| 9 | "Raging Nightmare" "Kyōran no Akumu" (狂乱の悪夢) | "Save My Heart" | May 26, 2013 | June 1, 2013 |
| Mana kills Kurumi and explains everything to Shido. After he is forced away, he avoids Origami and Tohka after running into them because of seeing the death Kurumi caused. Tohka finds out the reason for Shido's behavior and continues her date with him to try to cheer him up. After gaining some insight to Kurumi, the next day Shido declares to Kurumi that he'll save her. Kurumi goes to the school rooftop while encasing the school in her field to dissuade Shido from trying to save her. Mana is confronting Kotori about Ratatoskr and attempting to use it as leverage against Kotori so she'll release Shido from the potential danger he's in. While Kurumi is threatening the school and the town, Origami and Tohka are engaging in battles with other copies of Kurumi. Shido convinces Kurumi only for her to be killed by another Kurumi. As Tohka and Origami show up, it's revealed that the hands in Kurumi's shadow are actually the hands of other copies of herself. Kurumi takes everyone hostage and attempts to blow a spatial quake only for it to be blown away. Kotori appears explaining the cancelling of the spatial quake while in her Spirit form. She has taken back her Spirit powers from Shido temporarily to fight Kurumi. | ||||
| 10 | "Spirit Of Fire (Ifrit)" "Honō no Seirei (Ifurīto)" (炎の精霊(イフリート)) | "Save The World" | June 2, 2013 | June 8, 2013 |
| Kurumi and Kotori start fighting after a short conversation. Kurumi used one of her skills to make Kotori stay still, create copies of herself, and shoot Kotori a few times. Kotori fell over after Kurumi's last shot but Kotori's healing skill enables her to not die. Then, the shocked Kurumi sent her copies to kill Shido but he was pushed away by Kotori and the copies were killed. In the heat of the fight, Kurumi used one of her skills to inhibit Kotori but it only worked for a while. Kotori used her weapon to shoot Kurumi's angel after the frightened Kurumi summoned her copies to shield her. Shido tried to reason with Kotori to not kill Kurumi, but she ignored him, making Shido realize that Kotori is no longer herself. Immediately, he went to stand in front of Kurumi to shield her. After the shot launched, Kotori suddenly regained conscious and deflected the shot. Shido woke up on Fraxinus after dreaming of the event that happened 5 years ago. He went to meet Kotori for information of her powers after being calmed down by Reine. He left in despair to meet Mana and Origami in the hospital after he heard from Reine about Kotori's condition. Being unable to meet Mana, Shido instead met Origami, who tried to get him closer to herself. Before Shido exited Origami's room in the late evening, she told him of her intent to kill the Spirit of Fire to avenge her parent's death five years ago and that's the reason that she joined AST. | ||||
| 11 | "Countdown" "Kauntodaun" (カウントダウン) | "Save My Heart" | June 9, 2013 | June 15, 2013 |
| Shido is contemplating the situation regarding Kotori involving the events five years prior including the statements made by her and Origami about the apartment fire. While he meets with Reine to discuss the date with Kotori, Origami is informed about gear arriving at the base in two days by Ryouko while she visits. With Ratatoskr's headquarters personnel all agreeing that Ocean Park is the ideal venue for Shido's date, Shido undergoes training outlined by Reine involving Shido taking Tohka and Yoshino to buy swimsuits. As Tohka asks about a swimsuit, Origami appears and teases her that it's a new piece of anti-Spirit equipment. Finally, she inquires of Tohka about the Spirit of Flames to the point of being overly polite in her questioning. Finding Tohka's information useless, Origami pressures Shido into viewing her choices of swimsuits. Tohka and Origami turn it into a contest in that whoever turns on Shido more gets to go on a date with him. Yoshino ultimately wins but back on Fraxinus, Shido watches the video of the fire from five years ago. Recognizing ordinary video noise as a Spirit initiates a series of flashbacks that lead to Shido blacking out. Tohka and Yoshino tag along the next day to help Kotori ease up and be able to partake of the date. As Shido sees Kotori resorting to pharmaceuticals to counteract her deteriorating mental condition, his determination is invigorated leading him to take Kotori away alone. At the AST base, Origami gets a firsthand view of the DW-029 Annihilator Gear codenamed “White Licorice” sent there by DEM Industries for use by Mana. In talking with Ryouko, she's indirectly told that they have footage of the battle between Kotori and Kurumi. In the last scene, Origami is staring at a frame from the footage showing Kotori as she realizes who Ifrit is. | ||||
| 12 | "Things You Can't Give Up" "Yuzurenai Mono" (譲れないもの) | "Save The World" | June 16, 2013 | June 22, 2013 |
| Picking up directly from Origami seeing Kotori, a frightened Kotori is with Shido at the amusement park riding various roller coasters and attractions on their date. Without communications, Ratatoskr can only monitor with Kyouhei making masochistic comments to the opportunities Shido should have taken. While separated, Yoshino tells Tohka what she overheard about Kotori being a Spirit and how Shido is trying to seal her powers. Origami steals the DW-029 Annihilator Gear codenamed “White Licorice” and suddenly attacks Kotori as she is talking to Shido. Kotori changes into her Spirit form to fight back, and Origami enters into a rampage, going into a full offensive. Before Kotori strikes a finishing blow, Origami accused her of how she killed Origami's parents five years ago, astonishing Kotori long enough for Origami to trap her. Shido intervenes, delaying Origami but as she is about to fire Tohka and Yoshino arrive. Tohka strives to stop Origami but as her ordnance is exploding ever closer to Shido and Kotori, the latter two kiss effectively sealing Ifrit. During the kiss, Shido and Kotori remember exactly what happened five years prior. Shido pleads with Origami as she reaches the operational limit of White Licorice and collapses from exhaustion. Kurumi is seen on a rooftop only commenting "This is not enough." Back on Fraxinus, Reine reveals that the date wasn't necessary as Kotori's affection levels hadn't wavered since Shido first woke. Kotori returns to fill out reports asking if what Shido said was true. Kotori gets uncharacteristically embarrassed as he confirms his love of her, but as Shido finishes saying simply as his sister he receives swift punishment. During the credits it's shown that White Licorice has been returned to the AST and while Origami is recovering in hospital while under guard. As Shido is going to kiss Tohka he's interrupted by Ratatoskr and finally Yoshinon along with Yoshino who simply say "To be continued. Sometime." | ||||
| OVA | "Date to Date" "Dēto tū Dēto" (DATE TO DATE) | "Hatsukoi Winding Road" | December 6, 2013 | |
| While Tohka experiments with the new cellphone she got from Kotori, Origami approaches Shido and demands a date with him. Unable to refuse, Shido is assisted by the Fraxinus crew to ensure that their date becomes a total failure. All his attempts to ditch her are futile. Meanwhile, while shopping for dinner, Tohka calls Shido at his phone and believing his words of rejection are to her, she falls into despair and her powers go haywire. Shido runs after her to clear the misunderstanding. Some time later, Shido has a date in the arcade with Tohka and when he asks to take a picture with her, she refuses and enters the photo cabin by herself instead. She gives him a picture of hers that she claims is for his eyes only. Back at the school, the other students accidentally see the picture, which turns out to be a photo of a revealing Tohka. The only photo she ever took was during a medical examination and believed Shido wanted a similar one, much to his chagrin. | ||||
Date A Live II
| No. | Title | Original air date[3] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Daily Life" "Deirī Raifu" (デイリー・ライフ) | April 12, 2014 |
| Shido wakes up by the troubles of both Tohka and Yoshino and somehow resolves it, meanwhile Origami got suspended for two months by the AST. While eating their breakfast, Shido receives a text from Origami and they discuss about the event that happened a month ago, While cleaning the room of Shido, Tohka notice a suitcase (for their school-trip) that is a resemblance of a drama sequel on the television. Tohka got worried and rushes to find Shido with Origami. While Shido tries to make it up with Tohka by getting her some kinako bread on the way home he notices that the lock of his suitcase was broken, so he went out to meet up with Origami again. While Tohka imagines another scheme of the show she rushes again to find Shido. And this time he caught Shido and Origami together and imagines that Shido is abandoning her for Origami. Tohka gets jealous gaining some of her powers and runs off while carrying Shido's suitcase. Elsewhere, Tohka's unsealed power starts to create a spatial quake. Shido rushes to find Tohka and finds her in their special place and Tohka (misunderstanding everything) tries to prevent Shido from leaving but he explains that all is a misunderstanding, while Tohka cannot control her powers and hit Shido with shockwaves but Shido manages to seals Tohka's power again. While Isaac and Ellen are scheming a plan for Tohka, meanwhile Kurumi plots to kill the first spirit. | ||
| 2 | "Children of the Storm" "Gufū no miko" (颶風の御子) | April 19, 2014 |
| After a very awkward moment in Shido's class where Tohka tries switching genders in an effort to bunk with Shido, the class goes on a field trip to Arubi Island. During the entire trip, Origami and Tohka end up constantly annoying Shido in an effort to win his affections. Meanwhile DEM Industries, an organization with an interest in spirits begins stalking Tohka. Some time later, a massive hurricane appears out of nowhere while Shido and Tohka are on a stroll. Three trash cans strike Tohka, knocking her out in the process while two spirits viciously battle overhead. When Shido tries to intervene, the twin spirits Yuzuru and Kaguya decide that their next battle will be over winning Shido's heart to the latter's dismay. When the two girls follow Shido back to the class holding his arms, Origami becomes enraged over her new competition. As Shido's teacher tries to arrange the girls to be students in the class, Kaguya and Yuzuru explain that they were once one spirit named Yamai and that their contests are in an effort to find out whose personality will stay when the girls fuse and become Yamai once more. Later that day, an incident occurs when the twins make an effort to seduce Shido. Things get worse when Tohka shows up along with the rest of the class. | ||
| 3 | "Two wishes" "Futatsu no negai" (ふたつの願い) | April 26, 2014 |
| The twin spirits, still trying to seduce Shido, start cuddling up to Shido in bed. The situation worsens when one of his teachers walks in on the mess. Later, Shido plans to seal the Yamai twins' powers without letting one of them win in an effort to avoid both the unpredictability of the loser and what would happen to the loser's personality. During their contest, they have Shido coat their backs in suntan lotion ending up turned on from the application. Later, the Yamai sisters team up with Shido to take on Tohka and Origami in a volleyball game in which the winner is the former's team. During the afternoon, Origami is ambushed by a strange mech-like being. | ||
| 4 | "Manifestation" "Kengen" (顕現) | May 3, 2014 |
| The woman stalking Tohka and Shido before, Ellen, finally reveals her true colors and orders a pack of mechs called Bandersnatch units after Tohka in an attempt to capture her. During the clash, Tohka gets incapacitated and captured only for Shido to call upon her sword to break the Bandersnatch off her. Meanwhile, Kannazuki and his crew on board the Fraxinus gets attacked by an enemy airship. Kannazuki launches a counterattack after deflecting several shots, leading to a full-scale dogfight between the two ships. Back at Shido's battle, Ellen falls down into a pit trap (oddly enough) dug by Ai, Mai, and Mii allowing Shido and Tohka to escape. Running to Kaguya and Yuzuru, he summons Tohka's power to intervene the duel and convinces both the girls to forget about becoming Yamai and focus on enjoying their lives together. Noticing the airship that attacked the Fraxinus, the twins combine their powers and eviscerate the ship with one massive blast. After the incident, Shido successfully seals the Yamai twins' powers, unfortunately stripping them of their clothes just as Tohka arrives. Meanwhile, Kotori learns from a strange man that Shido has manifested a spirit's power and that she might have to kill Shido if the situation worsens. Even though Kotori would never want to harm her brother. | ||
| 5 | "Diva" "Dīva" (ディーヴァ) | May 10, 2014 |
| The suspension placed on Origami is finally lifted while Kusakabe is having some complaints and a new character is introduced into the series. Shido is selected as the organizer of the Ten-Oh Festival, after a spatial quake alarm goes off, Shido gets working and a new spirit is revealed, Diva, proves to be more of a challenge than the other spirits. AST interrupts Diva and they go on trying to take her down resulting in her escaping, after Shido encounters himself in a troublesome situation. However, "Diva" is revealed to be a person that hates all men, meaning that Shido has no chance of winning her over. This leads the Fraxinus crew decide that Shido has to cross-dress as Shiori in order for him to get close to Diva. | ||
| 6 | "Girls Music" "Gāruzu Myūjikku" (ガールズ・ミュージック) | May 17, 2014 |
| 7 | "The Army-Destroying Songstress (Gabriel)" "Hagun Utahime (Gaburieru)" (破軍歌姫(ガブリエル)) | May 24, 2014 |
| 8 | "The Promise to Keep" "Hatasubeki Yakusoku" (果たすべき約束) | May 31, 2014 |
| 9 | "The Truth About Miku" "Miku no shinjitsu" (美九の真実) | June 7, 2014 |
| 10 | "Inversion" "Hanten" (反転) | June 14, 2014 |
| 11 (OVA) | "Kurumi Star Festival" "Kurumi Sutā Fesuteibaru" (狂三スターフェステイバル) | December 9, 2014 |
Date A Live - Encore OVA
| No. | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Date A Live - Encore" "Dēto a raibu - ankōru" (デート・ア・ライブ アンコール) | Dec 8, 2014 |
| The third volume of the Date A Live: Encore short story collection will bundle an unaired episode in a limited edition. The story is set on July 7th. "In the midst of the Tanabata festival celebrations, Shidou meets Kurumi, the worst Spirit. And the couple's destination is ...a wedding ceremony hall?!" | ||
Date A Live - Movie
| Title | Original release date |
|---|---|
| "Date A Live: Mayuri Judgement" "Gekijouban Dēto A Raibu Mayuri Jajjimento" (劇場版 デート・ア・ライブ 万由里ジャッジメント) | August 22, 2015 |
| A huge sphere suddenly began to emit a mysterious spiritual wave to the Tengu City that should have regained its peace. A mysterious, beautiful girl showed up at the same time. Silently, what is her purpose to cast her line of sight to Shido and the others? The real purpose is? | |
See also
References
- ↑ "デート・ア・ライブ". cal.syoboi.jp. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
- ↑ デート・ア・ライブ. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- ↑ デート･ア･ライブⅡ. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
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