List of Brynhildr in the Darkness episodes

Brynhildr in the Darkness (極黒のブリュンヒルデ Gokukoku no Buryunhirude) is a 2014 science fiction anime series based on the manga by Lynn Okamoto. The series premiered on April 6, 2014 on Tokyo MX and later on ytv, CTV, BS11 and AT-X. For episodes 1-9 the opening is "BRYNHILDR IN THE DARKNESS -Ver. EJECTED-" by Nao Tokisawa. From episode 10 onwards, the opening is "Virture and Vice" by Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas. The ending song is "Ichiban Hoshi" by Risa Taneda, Aya Suzaki, MAO, & Azusa Tadokoro. The anime is directed by Kenichi Imazumi at studio Arms, with Yukinori Kitajima acting as head writer and Hiroaki Kurasu as chief animation director and character designer.

When he was a child, Ryōta Murakami was infatuated with a girl called Kuroneko. She insisted on knowing about aliens and having met them, but no one believed her - even young Murakami was skeptical. One day, she decides to show him the aliens, but an accident occurs and Kuroneko dies while Murakami is left seriously wounded in the hospital. Years go by and Murakami obsesses on finding proof of the existence of aliens because of a promise he had made with Kuroneko. Then, one day, a new transfer student comes to his class, who not only looks a lot like Kuroneko, but is named Neko Kuroha. Despite Murakami's determination, she insists on never having met Murakami before. Furthermore, to his astonishment, the girl has superhuman strength and appears to be able to predict the future.

Episode list

Brynhildr in the Darkness

No.	Title	Original airdate
1	"While Waiting For You" "Kimi o Machinagara" (きみを待ちながら)	April 6, 2014
The story is of a boy named Ryōta Murakami and his female friend he calls Kuroneko. The two had a close relationship as they look up at the stars in the sky. Kuroneko insists aliens are real and attempts to show them to Ryōta, however they fall off of a dam by accident. Ryōta survived, but, the doctors claimed Kuroneko has died. Feeling regretful ever since, Ryōta continued looking at the sky in hope of becoming a researcher for NASA and to prove the existence of aliens to atone for Kuroneko. Ten years later, Ryōta a top student in high school. Then a transfer student named Neko Kuroha enters his classroom, surprisingly, she looks exactly like Kuroneko, however she does not recognize Ryōta. During swimming class, while Ryōta remains concerned about Neko, a student almost drowns, but is saved by a mysterious force. Ryōta goes to the observatory as the sole member of the astronomy club. Neko comes in to inform Ryōta that his death has been predicted, but he doubts it. As the two come know each other, Ryōta becomes suspicious of her. Ignoring Neko's warning, Ryōta leaves for home without getting on the bus, and then a mudslide suddenly comes down on him. When a boulder is about to crush him, Neko splits it with strange powers, saving Ryōta. Showing a harness attached on the nape of her neck, Neko reveals to him that she is a witch.
2	"Magician" "Mahōtsukai" (魔法使い)	April 13, 2014
Lost in thought, Neko demands Ryōta to keep her witch identity a secret. In a flashback, Kuroneko awaits for a ocean trip with Ryōta, but never got the chance. The next day, Neko is absent so Ryōta's homeroom teacher asks him to give Neko a pamphlet. Following the address, Ryōta witnesses Self-Defense Force vehicles passing down from the mountain. He finds Neko is living in a run-down village as her hideout. Neko says she only transferred to prevent the certain deaths. She explains how she and other witches were experimented at a top-secret lab until they escaped from an accident. Ryōta could not help but be interested in Neko and runs back and into the house that Neko staying in. Upon entering, he finds a young girl, who Neko introduces as Kana Tachibana. It is revealed that she is unable to move or speak due to being paralyzed, though she can communicate with a small keyboard. Learning Kana's ability is foresight which allows her to see future deaths. Kana tells Neko that the lab security have captured a fellow witch, Kanade, who is shown to be executed back at the lab. As Ryōta leaves, Kana convinces Neko to go to school. Ryōta comes over again, with bread and sweets to give. He asks Neko if she would come on the school field trip taking place on the next weekend.
3	"Death Suppressants" "Chinshizai" (鎮死剤)	April 20, 2014
After being absent the previous day, Neko comes to school covered in bandages. Running to the village, Ryōta finds Neko bleeding on the floor. She has him take her to the kitchen to take a pill called 'death suppressants'. Claiming they the witches will die if not taken a pill within 30-35 hours every day. As Neko boils some water, the kitchen accidentally burns down along with the remaining pills. Worried about their survival, Ryōta has memorized the drug's identification code thanks to his photographic memory, and deduces where the pills might have manufactured from. Letting Neko and Kana to stay at the observatory for the time-being, Neko also explains her telekinesis magic. Looking up info on where a factory preserves the pills, they request Kazumi Schlierenzauer to use her power of computer-hacking, to neutralize the factory's security. The lab tracks traces of "someone" searching information on the drugs, and order an assassin witch, Saori, to move in. Forecasting Neko's death by Saori, Kana begs Neko not to go, however Neko chooses to regardless as there are no more options for their future. Infiltrating the factory, Neko confronts Saori, while Ryōta looks for pills. Reading a letter Neko wrote, Ryōta changes his mind and run to help, with the forecast changing to where they both die. Ryōta finds them; he discovers Neko has Kuroneko's birthmark on her breast, realizing she really is Kuroneko. He's about to approach Saori when she slices Neko to death. Thought that hope is lost, he remembers Saori's second ability could change things around.
4	"Lost Memories" "Ushinawareta Kioku" (失われた記憶)	April 27. 2014
Ryōta pierces Saori through the heart as she kills him. Knowing she will die from her wound if left untreaded, she is forced to use her ability of time-manipulation and go back to before Ryōta and Neko were killed, causing Saori to exhaust her magic. As a side effect of going back in time, Ryōta forgot learning that Neko is Kuroneko. Saori is bound to a pipe, however, she tricks them into letting her go. The lab sees her as being useless, and triggers the beacon on her harness to eject resulting her body to melt. An amoeba moving on the floor revolts Ryōta, causing him to stomp on it. Hurrying back to the observatory after managing to get pills, they find Kazumi there with Kana, both of which are only barely sustaining themselves. With the witches' lives secure for now, Neko goes with Ryōta and the class to the ocean, where Neko breaks into tears as though she wanted to see the view there for many years. Later, Neko gives Ryōta a communication device and a container with a fertilized alien egg, which were entrusted to her by Akane, a researcher who's responsible for the escaped witches. Ryōta bathes in an onsen near the observatory when Kazumi and Neko come in, much to his embarrassment. Kazumi also uses her hacking skills to transfer into Ryōta's class, much like she did for Neko. Meanwhile, Chisato Ichijiku the chief professor of the lab, is lectured by the higher-ups of the organization who stress the danger of having witches roam free. Shortly after, another transfer student named Kotori Takatori arrives at the observatory and asks to join the astronomy club as well.
5	"Stargazing" "Tentai Kansoku" (天体観測)	May 4, 2014
Registering for the club, Kotori gets acquainted with the others. Enough members now, Ryōta amends they should start an astronomical observation tomorrow. Neko subconsciously breaks a table when Kazumi flirts with Ryōta. He learns from Kazumi that Neko loses part of her memory whenever she uses her magic meaning why she can't remember any of her childhood. Tonight going on a hike to the mountains, Neko remarks she understands the constellation in the sky. Ryōta discovers Kotori's harness; at that moment, Kana foresight Neko's death again believing Kotori involve. Confronting Kotori being a witch the others revealing themselves having Kotori totally surprise. She displays her magic of teleportation then hung up, unsure if Kotori intends to kill them or not. Going back to stargazing, not excited at first, but as they see the moon and Saturn's rings through a telescope things go to a nice change of pace. Later tomorrow, they are contacted by another fellow witch, Shino, who being chased by Kikako hunting them down near a lake where the forecast takes place. Neko goes to help Shino despite Ryōta's rebuff with Kotori following her. Arriving at the lake, Kikako fires her cannon magic thus killing Shino.
6	"The Meaning of Her Smile" "Hohoemi no Riyū" (微笑の理由)	May 11, 2014
Neko attempts to fight Kikako. But Ryōta presses her harness hanging up her magic not wanting Neko to waste her life. Neko distracts Kikako, while Kazumi hacks in to close off the area temporarily. Ryōta finds Kotori tying herself up to a pole. He commands her to switch with Kikako before she blasts Neko. Pushing her harness Kikako is left defeated. Before evacuating the area, Kotori goes missing. They manage to locate her at a cottage seeing her bleeding from lack of pills. She talks about her friend Chie who stopped taking the pills for Kotori's sake. Chie used the last of her time to enroll Kotori to school as her birthday present to enjoy much fun possible. Kotori prepare to die for Chie. Ryōta and Neko share the pills and convince her to keep living as a member of the astronomy club. The club members play and eat outside during a hot day. Then Ryōta goes to meet his uncle Kogorō Hashiratani a scientist who Ryōta believes has the capability to reproduce the medicine. He demonstrates Neko's magic to prompt Kogorō.
7	"Fragment of Hope" "Kibō no Kakera" (希望のかけら)	May 18, 2014
Detailing everything to Kogorō about the witches, he agrees to analyze the medicine molecular structure and look for a way to synthesize them; unfortunately it may take half to several years. Also Ryōta has him look at the fertilized alien egg. The girls are glad to rely on Ryōta; Kana states that Ryōta likes Neko. Some classmates invite Neko to karaoke, though she gets flustered for singing in public. Ryōta tutors his next-door neighbor Kitsuka. Next day, Kotori tells Ryōta rumors the lab was founded hundred years ago by alien ruins, and powerful aliens that can destroy humanity. Chisato reports to the higher-ups that after interrogating Kikako their top priority is to capture #1107 and retrieve something known as the Grane. Ryōta takes Kazumi to Akihabara to find equipment for the observatory's computer although she acts that it's a date. He later takes out the communication device and turns it on, only for it to display an image of a map and a message in German. Kazumi translates the message, "Kill the witches now. Only then will we reveal the truth."
8	"The Last Lead" "Nokosareta Tegakari" (残された手がかり)	May 25, 2014
The device has a password to input yet, it has them anxiety that the messenger aren't allies, so Ryōta decide to go alone where the map leads to. Two individuals wearing black overcoats appear at the spot where the device was activated. Later that night, Kazumi comes into Ryōta's house to narrow down the map's topography. Kazumi then starts asking Ryōta what he feels about Neko, and strips herself naked while trying to get him to sleep with her. On Sunday, Ryōta arrives at a church indicated on the map to find it in ruins. He asks an old lady nearby about the church who states that it was unsuspectingly destroyed, however there was no new coverage for it. Upon inspecting the church, Ryōta finds a German inscription on the walls. Suddenly, the police appear and seize Ryōta without questioning. Thankfully Neko made it in time to destroy their squad car and guns while Kotori teleports the chief to a tied-up tree somewhere. The girls tell Ryōta not to be so hard on himself and they should combine their strength together. Kogorō gets a call regarding the fertilized alien egg. Kana discusses Kazumi's perversion with her while the others are away. When they return, Ryōta brings intel of the German inscription with some words that were underlined in blood, but is unwilling to turn the device on at their current location. Meanwhile, the lab received reports about #1107, #7620, and a high school boy (Ryōta) aiding them. Chisato's assistant, Black Suit, goes to pinpoint their location with Nanami Tokō making appearance.
9	"False Memories" "Mozō no Kioku" (模造の記憶)	June 1, 2014
Nanami demonstrates her ability to scan and modify people's memory and has Black Suit buy her sweets for her cooperation. After crossing with Kitsuka, she scans her memory and finds Ryōta. She then erases Black Suit's memory of her existence for the time-being. Nanami wants to enjoy herself in the outside world more. She later manipulates Kitsuka to lure Ryōta to her so that she could erase his memories. Nanami scans Ryōta and learns of the observatory and the girls. Shocked that Nanami saw through Ryōta he tries to persuade Nanami that there is hope for her to live on her own. Disbelieving, Nanami erases Ryōta's memory and leaves. Ryōta appears unaffected due to his photographic memory, and alerts the girls. They then make the decision to end the conflict peacefully with Nanami. After staying at a hotel, Nanami tries to socialize with people but doesn't how to make friends. Ryōta, Neko, and Kotori (all wearing sunglasses) find her at a park and try once more to befriend her. Neko takes off her glasses to convince Nanami but she alters Neko's memory to attack Ryōta and Kotori. When Neko remarks Nanami as a 'friend' she realizes her wrongdoing and undoes her magic. Nanami finally decide to go with them. Black Suit eventually regains knowledge to what's going on.
10	"Proof of Life" "Ikiteiru Akashi" (生きている証)	June 8, 2014
Taking Nanami to the observatory, Kogorō, who is there, asks him to find a way to remove the beacon on Nanami's harness. As Neko talks about how important friends are and painful it is to lose them. Before Kogorō can do anything, the beacon activates and Nanami melts to death. As she melts, she erases the girls' memories of her so that they would not have to suffer from her death, except Ryōta and Kogorō. Ryōta cries before Nanami suddenly appears beside him saying that she inserted her consciousness within his mind. Sometime later, while studying for test finals next week, the club members decide whether continue going to school or not since they only have three weeks' worth of pills left. Ryōta reminds them how they wanted to live as high school students. He motivates them for a trip to the beach. In the evening, listening to Neko singing he comforts her over the indirect kiss incident with Kazumi. He notice Neko doesn't remember the time she went to karaoke with friends. Fearing that she will forget about him, Ryōta embraces her. After the finals, seeing the test scores: Neko 1st, Ryōta 2nd, and Kazumi 3rd. They then head for the beach as promise. Thinking of what they been through so far has made them happy with their lives. Elsewhere, Chisato took the initiative to release Valkyria: an S-rank witch. In order to locate #1107, he has team of A-rank witches to monitor her, however she already killed them all.
11	"A Sudden Reunion" "Totsuzen no Saikai" (突然の再会)	June 15, 2014
A police squad confronts Valkyria in an attempt to question her, this provokes her to unleash her antimatter magic which incinerates the mountain they were on. As this occurs, one of the witches, Hatsuna Wakabayashi, recovers from her wounds thanks to her regeneration ability and sneaks away from the police at the crime scene. Looking up on what happened, the girls tell Ryōta that Valkyria is an ultimate witch with eight types of magic. Knowing that a fight with Valkyria is out of their league, they begin to think of a strategy to avoid her. Hatsuna, who overheard Valkyria has detected witches at an observatory, goes searching for them. She finds the club members faking their deaths as to protect themselves. Hatsuna is welcome to the astronomy club and goes to wash at the onsen. While there, the girls tell Hatsuna how reliable Ryōta is. Testing if he really is trustworthy, she pretends to be helplessly struck on a radio tower and calls Ryōta to get her. She deliberately slips off and Ryōta grabs her. Refusing to let go, even though she explains her regeneration power. Ryōta swings her back onto the tower but sends him falling to the ground. Luckily, Kotori saves him, at which point reliefs Hatsuna. Touched by Ryōta's actions, Hatsuna bluntly confesses and kiss him in front of the others. This causes Neko to blast down the tower in jealousy. Later, Kogorō calls in Ryōta with a theory that the witches' melting is based on a digestive enzyme: protease. Using a thesis that he learned from a man (Chisato) in college, it's possible to shorten the time on producing the medicine, however it will still take a month. Valkyria - Mako Fujisaki - is sightseeing when Chisato appears before her. Revealing to have unrequited feelings for him, Chisato requests Mako to bring him to where #1107 is. Ryōta returns with the good & bad news, although there is a possibility for one of the witches can survive, none of them are willing to sacrifice the others for it. Kotori carries some juices then accidentally spills them on Neko. Exposing her chest, Ryōta rediscovers the birthmark on her breast and that she actually is Kuroneko. Crying in tears of joy, Ryōta reconciles with Neko and declares that he will help fill in her empty memories. Just after, they spot a helicopter coming their way and before they can flee, Mako appears to them who to Ryōta looks identical to Neko.
12	"Witch Hunt" "Majogari" (魔女狩り)	June 22, 2014
Meeting Mako and Chisato who have arrived at the observatory are demanding to hand over #1107 who's in fact—Kotori. Ryōta distracts them for Hatsuna to jump Mako from behind, but can't figure out which button to push on Mako's harness to hang her up. Mako retaliates by slicing Hatsuna in half. Wanting an explanation why they have to be killed, Chisato states the B-rank witches do not deserve to live. He orders Mako to kill Neko, but Ryōta push her away and takes the hit from Mako's magic. Losing consciousness, Nanami appears in astral form to Ryōta informing Neko used to be an S-rank witch stronger than Mako, the way to regain her power is by pressing the top button of her harness but it's a high risk; then Ryōta dies. With the girls distressed and defenseless, Mako about to finish them off, but then the mysterious group of black clothed individuals arrive who have neutralized Mako's magic. Following the device's signal that Ryōta turned on earlier. Yet, Chisato escapes using Mako's teleportation taking Kotori along. Hatsuna had recovered and using her ability to heal; with Neko and Kazumi preforming CPR, they revive Ryōta. Hatsuna melts in the process of healing Ryōta. Miki and the individuals introduce themselves as Hexenjagd, a group resisting the lab, stating the witches still have to die because the "Drasils" inside them - the witches' true form - will eventually hatch and devour their bodies, giving birth to monsters. Moreover, Kotori has an entity called the Grane that can destroy all humanity living in her harness. Hexenjagd explains that they tried to capture Kotori once, but failed, however this lead to the other witches being able to escape. It was during this incident that they lost their comrade (Akane) and Neko acquired the GPS and alien egg. Kotori awakens before Chisato calling her Rena. Rena was Chisato's younger sister whom believed is the only life meaningful to him until she died of sickness. He tells Kotori how aliens were believed to be the creation of humans on Earth. His efforts to revive Rena's soul within Kotori's body somehow. Not giving up, despite the revelation, Kazumi hacks in the lab's database to locate Chisato's whereabouts near the lake and having Hexenjagd to take them along. Kotori asks Chisato what he feels for Mako, though he answers that she merely someone important for his plan. Suddenly, Kotori's harness hatches a light "Ain Soph Aur" into the Earth's atmosphere that begins covering the planet.
13	"Things to Protect" "Mamoritai Mono" (守リたいもの)	June 29, 2014
The light covers the Earth with Hexenjagd left praying for God, so Ryōta, Neko, and Kazumi go to rescue Kotori on their own. Neko and Kazumi knock Ryōta out - not wanting him to risk his life any longer. Chisato remarks how Takachiho's aim is to use "Ain Soph Aur" to reset the Earth in a whole new era. Though his only intention is to revive Rena, Kotori responds Chisato how she wants others to smile regardless of her life so she ejects her own harness therefore cancels the light phenomenon. Mako slices Kazumi in half, but spares Neko as she is her little sister. As Nanami guides Ryōta, he finds Kotori's melting body. Listening to her final words, she asks Ryōta to tell her big brother not to harm anyone, and that she was happy till the very end. He also hears over Kazumi, as she mutters of wishing to have kids with Ryōta. Mako recalls how Chisato saved her once when exposing himself to radiation. Chisato commands to have Neko ejected until Ryōta hits him aside, shouting out Kotori/Rena's words at him. Mako uses gravity manipulation on Ryōta and Neko. Then Kana quickly intervenes, who is now able to move when having her top button pressed for the cost of her forecast magic. Neko then presses her top button as well. Her full power is now awakened and her memory as Kuroneko - Ryōta's childhood friend - is restored. Neko forms a barrier to counter Mako. Hexenjagd neutralized Mako's magic and then fire at her with their guns, however Chisato shields her from the bullets. With Chisato dead, Mako now believes the world is meaningless and attempts to unleash antimatter. Neko kisses Ryōta, before using a micro black hole on Mako, which swallows her up for good. Ryōta grabs Neko from falling off a collapsing cliff. However, Neko seems to have overexerted herself and unfortunately loses all her memories again. Kogorō later calls, that they have miraculously obtained the formula needed reproducing the pills for the witches. In the credits, they return to school, with Kotori's tombstone beside Chie's near the cottage they lived in. Kogorō, Hexenjagd, and the lab continue their research on aliens. The astronomy club begins a fresh start on an astronomical observation, with Kazumi restored thanks to Hatsuna. Ryōta lets Neko see the summer triangle in the sky.

OVA

No.	Title	Original airdate
11.5	"Much Ado About Nothing" "Karasawagi" (から騒ぎ)	September 24, 2014
The episode starts after Hatsuna's confession; Ryōta goes looking for Neko because of the "sudden kiss", with Kazumi having a self-conscious jealous rage. Wanting to know who Ryōta likes, he confirms it's Kuroneko, though he refuses to say anything more. Kazumi gets persistent, and then accidentally trips down the hill with Ryōta holding onto her. She finds herself in the observatory with everyone else. When Hatsuna starts flirting with Ryōta, Kazumi remarks that Ryōta is too slow of responding to girls' feelings and begins a rivalry for marriage. Kana then foresight that if things get any worse the observatory will collapse above them, but Kazumi dismiss her. The competition begins with cooking in naked aprons, Kotori is successful, but Kazumi and Hatsuna's were totally inedible. Next round, a test to endure in the hot spring ends in a draw. Then last, is massaging Ryōta, Hatsuna went first, Kotori swap her place and then Neko but failed. Neko gets upset then her magic causes the big telescope to fall onto Kazumi crushing her. Suddenly, Kazumi wakes up to find Ryōta giving her mouth-to-mouth. Kazumi realizes she had been hallucinating the whole time after falling down the hill. Neko misunderstands Ryōta for kissing Kazumi, and the fight over Ryōta's affection continues.

External links

• Anime official website (Japanese)
• Brynhildr in the Darkness (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia