The WORST episodes of Fafner in the Azure
Every episode of Fafner in the Azure ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Fafner in the Azure!
At the beginning of the story, much of the world has been destroyed by the Festum and the remote Japanese island of Tatsumiyajima (竜宮島?, lit. Dragon Palace Island) has only remained unscathed by virtue of an advanced cloaking shield. The island's young people continue with their daily lives unaware of these events, but after many years of peace a lone Festum discovers Tatsumiyajima and attacks. The adults activate Tatsumiyajima's hidden defense systems and attempt to repel the attacker but to no avail. In desperation they order the deployment of the Fafner Mark Elf but its pilot is killed en route to the hangar. Left with no further options, they send a young boy named Kazuki Makabe as the replacement pilot assisted by Soushi Minashiro from within the Siegfried System.
#1 - Power Without Reason
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 12/5/2015
The Neo UN agrees to the terms proposed by the top brass of Alvis for the return of the latter's prisoners of war. At the same time, Hester Gallop is informed that the new Fafner under development by the Neo UN is in experimental stages. Memories from her youth, when she first established the Neo UN, flash through Hester's mind; she has her own convictions and things she wishes to protect. However, certain personnel within the Neo UN have contacted Tatsumiyajima with plans of their own...
#2 - Dreaming of Peace
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/28/2015
The pilots of Tatsumiyajima are struggling more than they expected in the battle when a new power suddenly springs forth. Sui is left terrified after a brush with death, Reo is frustrated after losing in a sword battle, and Seri begins to doubt the very fact that she's alive.
#4 - To the Land of Hope
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/14/2015
Sein and Nicht rush to destroy the Azazel-type attacking the World Tree. Kazuki shows the boundless power of Sein with its limiters removed, and Soushi expertly manipulates the "uncontrollable" Nicht. Their overwhelming power stirs excitement in the Human Army soldiers as well as the Tatsumiyajima pilots.
#5 - Transformation
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/21/2015
Sui and the other pilots left behind on Tatsumiyajima are going about their individual lives. It appears that the SDP, the phenomenon that occurred during their previous battle to vastly amplify their Fafners' powers, has only influenced them positively.
#6 - Children of the Battlefield
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/28/2015
An unknown phenomenon has surfaced in all the pilots from the island. It's clearly an effect of the Fafners' new core, but the Alvis medical team has no idea if it threatens their lives or not, much less how to treat it. Though, Orihime seems to know something about this...
#7 - A Future Within the Darkness
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/2/2015
A group of emigrants who strayed from the main party have been attacked by Festums. The Fafner unit, excluding Kazuki and Soushi, rush to help, but Kazuki insists that the two of them should have gone out in Sein and Nicht.
#8 - The March for Dawn
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/3/2015
In order to initiate the regrowth of Ashoka the World Tree, the Mir fragment needed for Miwa and Altair to converse, Narain leads the Esperantos and the refugees to a new land. First they head for the Human Army base at Dhaka, accompanied by Kazuki and Soushi, but on the way they encounter a blinding sandstorm... and a swarm of enemies.
#9 - ROE Alpha
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/10/2015
Narain's party has almost reached the base when they suffer a surprise attack and struggle to evacuate. Mitsuhiro realizes what has happened and orders the Fafners to retreat while, at brigade control, Emery says a prayer in hopes that the enemy will receive her message... but their enemy launches into an even crueler strategy.
#10 - Where Life Is
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/17/2015
The high-speed crafts are heading toward Tatsumiyajima to report what has happened to Narain's party. One of them carries the staff injured in the battle. Meanwhile at Tatsumiyajima, Canon battles with her own SDP, and talk of a "Second Plan L" begins to be heard.
#11 - Flames of the Final Farewell
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/24/2015
As Canon continues to fight alone in Dreizehn, for just a moment, she glimpses a faint hope for the future. Her mother can only watch from outside, unaware of her daughter's battle to grasp that hope. Meanwhile, Sui's father discovers the link between Sui's SDP and the good luck charm that his sister had left behind.
#12 - Layering Sins Upon Sins
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/31/2015
As Canon continues to fight alone in Dreizehn, for just a moment, she glimpses a faint hope for the future. Her mother can only watch from outside, unaware of her daughter's battle to grasp that hope. Meanwhile, Sui's father discovers the link between Sui's SDP and the good luck charm that his sister had left behind.
#13 - The Oath of the Living
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/7/2015
The actions of the Human Army send a shock through everyone in the camp. Wounded and desperate for salvation, everyone's true feelings begin to spill forth. Meanwhile, flight from Tatsumiyajima is still impossible and effects on the island ecosystem have grown severe. Their sights turn toward devising an escape, and Alvis depends on the Fafners' SDPs to break free of the current crisis. On top of everything, the pilots' new assimilation phenomena continue to worsen...
#14 - The Soldiers Return Home
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/14/2015
The escape plan is in motion, but quickly faces a crisis. The fangs of the giant Festum that holds Alvis in its clutches sink in deeper and deeper, and Welle Shield 1 is destroyed, with Welle Shield 2 in imminent danger. Orihime endures the pain silently, but as he watches her, Fumihiko secretly makes the decision to enact the next plan. Meanwhile, Kenji and Sui witness something that shouldn't be possible...
#15 - Time of Awakening
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 11/21/2015
Narain's party has arrived at the next camp, located in a that lost the majority of its land in battle. They fish in the adjacent sea, replenish their supplies, and indulge in a brief rest. Maya offers flowers to the ocean in memory of Shouko's birthday, and remembers that the next day is Kazuki's birthday, a connection she once thought of as strange. Meanwhile, the top brass at the Neo UN orders the use of something they've been developing in secret to finish Narain's forces once and for all.
#16 - Memories of Hatred
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/28/2015
Narain's party successfully reaches Tatsumiyajima, but the enemy awaits them there. They struggle as both a huge Festum swarm and the Human Army surround them, but Soushi insists reinforcements are coming. The Fafner unit arriving from the island tries to avoid fighting the Human Army and uphold Fumihiko's wish to not fight with other humans, but the Argos platoon pursues them with orders to capture an island Fafner.
#17 - Battle in a New Dimension
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/21/2015
Festums cause chaos by attacking Srinagar, the base where the Tatsumiyajima expeditionary force is stationed, from both inside and outside. Maya runs to Yumiko and Miwa, but is shocked when she sees what Miwa looks like after trying to make contact with a Festum.
#18 - The Third Alvis
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 12/12/2015
The Alvis top brass are searching for the place the Esperantos chose for the new settlement. There's a chance it may be occupied by the enemy, but out of respect to the Esperantos' wishes, they're determined to take it back if that is the case. Meanwhile, in the Tatsumiyajima burg, progress is being made with the improvement of the Zero Fafner. Siblings Rina and Akira are chosen yet again to pilot it, as their SDPs are expected to work in synergy with the Zero Fafner's power.
#19 - Operation Azure
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 12/19/2015
After making contact with Mitsuhiro, the enemy core plots to win over the commander who seized Australia's habitable zone, and the commander is actually influenced by the core's words. On Tatsumiyajima, Miwa is once again attempting to communicate with Altair, but it isn't going well. Later, as the final battle draws near, a long-planned coming-of-age ceremony is held for Kazuki, Soushi, Maya, Kenji, Sakura, and Kouyou, in which Fumihiko grants them official status as Alvis personnel.
#20 - Tatsumiyajima
Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 12/26/2015
As the Human Army's large fleet approaches, the voice of Tatsumiyajima finally reaches them in the form of Birds sent by Fumihiko. Human Army forces begin to abandon the Neo UN's cause and aid Tatsumiyajima against the enemy core and those under its manipulation. As the battle goes on, Altair makes its appearance at last...
#22 - Child of Paradise
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/17/2019
#23 - Instrument of Destiny
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/17/2019
#24 - The Powerless Ones
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/8/2019