Kyoko's Choice

A decisive moment in the possession arc: Kyoko, in a window of lucidity wrested from Eris, must make a choice. To remain passive and let Eris use her indefinitely, or to attempt something — even if that something risks destroying her. Her love for Shoko gives her a strength that the goddess of Discord had not anticipated.

This volume explores the relationship between the two sisters with an intimacy that grand cosmic arcs do not always allow. These are not two warriors allied against a common enemy — it is an elder sister trying to protect her younger sibling even from within a divine prison. The fraternal dynamic of Saintia Shō, the series' reason for being, reaches its peak here.