Episode 6

A fitting at the tailor's shop opens the episode, where the owner warns Loid Forger about the social wall dividing Eden Academy alumni families from outsiders and mentions rising kidnappings of wealthy commuter students, which frightens Anya. Days later, while Yor takes Anya to collect the finished uniform, Loid reports to Safe House D, where his handler Sylvia Sherwood scolds him over expenses before laying out Phase 2 of Operation Strix. Donovan Desmond appears only at gatherings reserved for Imperial Scholars and their parents, so Anya must earn the eight Stella merits that confer the honor, while eight Tonitrus Bolt demerits would get her expelled.

Anya parades around a park in her new uniform, drawing the eyes of thugs who take Yor for a maid and see easy ransom money. When they grab the girl outside a supermarket, Yor flattens one with her grocery bag and pulverizes a pumpkin bare-handed to send the rest running. Ashamed at losing sight of Anya and smashing the dinner ingredients, she is consoled by the delighted girl, who declares her strong and cool, then begs for combat training and gets it.

At the entrance ceremony, Loid reveals he quietly rigged the class assignments to place Anya beside Damian Desmond, the target's second son. Should Plan A, raising Anya to Imperial Scholar status, prove impossible, his backup Friendship Scheme calls for a bond with Damian that earns invitations to the Desmond home. The scheme collapses within hours. Damian and his followers needle Anya through the campus tour, and though she follows Yor's advice to meet taunts with a composed smile, her smirk only inflames him. After Damian shoves Becky Blackbell aside and promises daily torment, Anya decks him. Housemaster Henry Henderson reduces the punishment to a single Tonitrus Bolt, moved by the excuse that she struck in a friend's defense, but the commemorative photo that ends the day captures three thoroughly demoralized Forgers.

Sylvia briefs Loid on Phase 2 of Operation Strix: eight Stella merits will make Anya an Imperial Scholar with access to Donovan Desmond's exclusive gatherings.

Yor rescues Anya from kidnappers and agrees to train her.

Loid engineers Anya's placement into Damian Desmond's class and conceives the Friendship Scheme as Plan B.

Anya punches Damian on her first day and receives one Tonitrus Bolt, leaving both plans in ruins.

Becky Blackbell attaches herself to Anya after the punch thrown partly in her defense.

Sylvia Sherwood is named on her debut here, far earlier than in the manga, which withholds her name until around Chapter 21. Loid also keeps his coat on during the briefing longer than his manga counterpart.

The adaptation drops the manga panel of Yor eyeing a carrot as a potential assassin's tool, replacing it with the pumpkin she later crushes, removes the blood after her grocery-bag strike, and changes which thug hauls away their fallen friend. Anime-original touches include Anya rolling off the couch toward Loid, handing him his hat at the door, and Damian being added to the photo scene.