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Episode 9:

Unbelievable! The Truth About Klara!

Kamiyama lets Sumire in on a shocking revelation regarding the Moscow Combat Revue just as Leyla tracks down Klara once again...


This episode provides examples of:

  • Call-Back: As per Sakura Wars tradition, a mecha gets destroyed during a battle. This time around, it's Sakura's Mugen.
  • Dead All Along: As it turns out, all of the Moscow Combat Revue members were killed in the crash, leaving Klara as the Sole Survivor.
  • Downer Ending: At the end of the episode, Leyla successfully retrieves Klara and Sakura gets seriously injured while the rest are bombarded with attacks by the Sevastapol, with only Clarissa's magic shields protecting them from total destruction.
  • Half-Human Hybrid: The Nadezhda are a human-demon hybrid developed in Russia. Only two of them, Leyla and Klara Ruzhkova, are known to have existed.
  • Hope Spot: Klara decides to side with the heroes instead of Leyla. Unfortunately, Kaminski uses the Sevastapol's guns to destroy Sakura's Mugen, allowing Leyla to retrieve Klara.
  • The Reveal: White Cape finally reveals herself as Hakushu Murasame during the Imperial Combat Revue's battle with Leyla.


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