Kitsune's pet egg hatches, Kagehito delves the memories of his imprisoned people to search for a means to free them, the Bat Squadron attacks.—-
Tropes:
- Astral Projection: Usagi and Kagehito have their spirit energy projected into the sphere, connected to their bodies by golden energy threads that thin over time.
- Big Sister Instinct: Kitsune jumps to defend Kiyoko from her friends, even after she hatches into a hulking biomech.
- Combining Mecha: Makkine biomechs come in sets of five that are individually powerful, but combine into a single mech that is much bigger and stronger.
- "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight: While fighting the combined biomech Kitsune keeps calling out to Kiyoko to break free of her programming. Inexplicably it works, with Kiyoko claiming she faked succumbing in order to pull off an Assimilation Backfire on the other biomechs.
- Imprinting: Kitsune's "pet" biomech egg imprints on her, even using her voice and personality after hatching. One of the other biomechs is shown to have imprinted on Chikabuma, but the other three reformat him.
- Mythology Gag: The Kitsune of the comic also has an adopted "little sister" named Kiyoko, but she's a cat rather than an alien biomech.
