Episodes 13-17 of Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Nai jan, Muri Muri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?) "I want to learn to love myself—just the way I am!" Renako Amaori, a former gloomy and socially awkward girl, reinvented herself for high school and successfully made her debut. She even managed to join the top-tier popular group... only to be suddenly confessed to by two of its brightest stars?! One is the school's ultimate prince, Mai Ouzuka. The other, the beloved angel of the campus, Ajisai Sena. There's no way she can handle both their affections—no freaking way! While still struggling to give them an answer, Renako agrees to help her friend Kaho by joining a cosplay event. It's the perfect excuse to delay her reply... or so she thought. But as she witnesses Kaho's passion firsthand, something begins to stir inside her. What is it that she truly wants? What is she truly searching for? Can she really not become someone's lover? Or has that "no freaking way"... not been so impossible after all?

After the Li Zhu Grotto-Heaven collapses, Chen Ping’an takes on a great responsibility to escort Li Baoping and the others to Great Sui to study. Their journey is extremely dangerous, with enemies and supernatural threats along the way, but they receive help from the mysterious swordsman A Liang and other powerful figures. Traveling far and fighting countless battles, the young man grows stronger while learning the weight of responsibility.

Amidst a blizzard caused by UMA Winter, Billy receives a report on the Autumn battle and learns Undead and Unluck are evolving. Juiz appears, revealing to him that the artifacts are weapons meant to defeat God and that the Ark can only perform one more loop. She urges Billy to join forces once more and stake everything on Unluck to achieve their shared goal: "defeat God." However, Billy declares that they cannot work together. Juiz realizes Billy's true intention—to obtain Ark and Apocalypse—but before she can act, Billy drags them into a brutal clash involving UMAs on both sides. Resolute in their own "justice," Juiz presses forward with her blade, while Billy counters by utilizing other Negators' abilities and his pistol. What is Billy's true objective? Meanwhile, Andy and Fuko, having captured Autumn's core, are en route by air to take down Summer. But Billy anticipates that Juiz entrusted Apocalypse to Andy, and sends assassins to strike the pair from the skies!

Following the First-Class Mage Exam, the trio—elven mage Frieren, warrior Stark, and first-class mage Fern—gains access to the dangerous Northern Plateau. As the party presses onward toward Aureole, formidable adversaries force Stark to confront his insecurities, solidifying his resolve and his role as the party's frontliner. Meanwhile, Fern continues to cherish the gifts she has been blessed with throughout her life, each a reminder of those she holds dear. Frieren—still honoring her vow to understand humanity—revisits memories of her journey with the Hero's party and her fleeting encounter with a legendary figure. As she reflects on the passage of time, the elven mage quietly questions whether she has truly changed, yet in the small, almost subtle choices that she makes, there are signs that she might have become more human than she realizes.