List of Ceres,

Celestial Legend
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First of two Ceres,M Celestial Legend, Collector's
Edition DVD sets; released by Viz Media on 16
September 2003

This is a complete episode listing for the

anime series Ceres, Celestial Legend.
Directed by Hajime Kamegaki and
produced by Studio Pierrot, the twenty-four
episode series is based on the fourteen
volume manga series written and
illustrated by Yuu Watase. In Ceres,
Celestial Legend, Aya Mikage nds her
world turned upside on her 16th birthday,
when her family suddenly tries to kill her,
her twin brother is taken away, and her
father is killed. Aya learns she is the
reincarnation of Ceres, a celestial maiden
seeking her celestial robe ( hagoromo)
and revenge on the Mikage for keeping her
trapped in this world for so many
centuries. As Aya seeks the robe, another
branch of the Mikage family pursues her to
capture Ceres for their own gain. The
series premiered in Japan on WOWOW on
20 April 2000 and concluded on 28
September 2000. It was released to VHS
videotape and DVD by Bandai Visual in
twelve volumes, with each volume
containing two episodes.

Ceres, Celestial Legend is licensed for

Region 1 release by Viz Media, which also
owns the North American license for the
source manga. Viz released the series to
VHS and DVD in eight three-episode
volumes, with the rst volume released on
24 July 2001.[1] The VHS editions were
dubbed in English, while the DVD volumes
offered a choice between the dubbed
English audio track and the original
Japanese audio, with optional English
subtitles. The DVD versions also offers
extra features, including art galleries,
character proles, and interviews with Yu
Watase.[2] In 2003, Viz re-released the
series in two volume collector's edition
sets that contained twelve episodes on
two disc, and all of the on-disc extras from
the earlier releases. The English dubbed
version of the series were broadcast in
Southeast Asia by AXN-Asia.

Four pieces of theme music are used in

the series. The opening theme, "Scarlet" is
performed by Junko Iwao and used to
open all twenty-four episodes. A remixed
version of the song is also used as the
closing theme for the nal episode. For the
rst fteen episodes, the song "One ~
Kono Yo ga Hatete mo Hanarenai" is used
for the ending theme, while episodes
sixteen through twenty-three use "Cross
My Heart". Both songs are performed by
Day-break.

Episodes
 # Title Original airdate

"The Day the Moon and the Sixteen Stars Align"

01 20 April 2000
"Jyuuroku no Hoshi to Tsuki ga Meguru Nichi" (16)

Fraternal twins Aya and Aki Mikage leave a karaoke bar with three of their classmates from
school. As the ve teenagers are crossing a bridge, they see a man ahead of the other side
steal a woman's purse and run towards their side. Aya runs forward and tackles the man,
knocking the purse out of his hand. She tries to catch the purse, inadvertently jumping over the
side of the bridge. As she falls towards the busy street below, she nds her mind lled with
strange images, including a symbol she's never seen before. Suddenly, she stops falling and
begins floating instead, landing gently on her feet. A stranger then saves her life by pushing her
out of the path of a car, then disappears before she can thank him. The next day, Aya and Aki go
to their grandfather's house to celebrate their sixteenth birthday. They are surprised to nd that
many of their relatives are there for the party. They are given a single present, a wrapped box.
As she unwraps it, Aya becomes increasingly uneasy. Aki volunteers to open the box instead.
Inside is a mummied hand. Aya experiences another blur of strange visions, her shirt sleeves
rip, and for a moment her eyes change from bright blue to deep gold. She sends out an
incredibly strong and powerful burst of highly destructive power that destroys the hand, then
returns to normal. Confused, she turns to Aki to ask what happened, but Aki is writhing in pain
as cuts begin appearing all over his body. Aya screams to her family to help before he dies, but
no one moves. Her grandfather tells her the marks are a sign that Aki is the rightful heir of the
Mikage and he will be ne, but that she must now die.

"The Angel's First Kiss"

02 27 April 2000
"Tennyo no Fsuto Kisu" ()

Aki is taken away and the other Mikages leave the room, with Aya's father and grandfather
staying behind with the armed guards. Aya's father is given a gun to kill her with. As he points it
at her, his eyes ll with tears and he apologizes, and tells her not to let the Mikage's control her
but to nd her own life. He turns and points the gun at his father, but a guard also points a gun
at him and Aya's grandfather orders the guard to shoot him. The guard complies, then he and
the other guards point guns at Aya. Shocked by her father's murder, Aya has remained
speechless, but her eyes change color and suddenly the house explodes. In another part of the
city, a woman named Suzumi Aogiri calls to her brother Yuhi to go with her to pick up a "certain
girl" and they speed to the Mikage house. Aya comes to on a tree, unable to remember how she
got there. The young man who saved her the day before appears at the bottom, asking why the
family wants to kill her. Aya begins to cry, remembering her father's death. Surprised to nd the
man suddenly beside her on the tree, Aya panics and nearly falls but he catches her. She starts
to freak out remembering what happened, but suddenly the man kisses her, to silence her as
guards appear below. The guards leave and the man introduces himself as Toya, a name
meaning "ten nights." More guards appear below, but Yuhi arrives to knock them out. He calls to
Aya to jump down. When she hesitates, Toya pushes her out of the tree. As she falls, she begins
floating again, to land safely in Yuhi's arms. Yuhi quickly pulls her into a run towards the waiting
car. As they flee, Aya looks back at Toya still watching her from the tree. In the car, Suzumi
introduces herself, but Aya doesn't respond. When they arrive at Suzumi's house, Aya quickly
falls asleep. In the morning, Suzumi tells Yuhi and Aya that Aya is a tennyo, an angel or celestial
maiden.

"The One Who Descended to Earth"

03 4 May 2000
"Gekai e Orishi Mono" ()

Suzumi explains to Aya that the Mikages are descendants of the legendary celestial maiden,
and that they have been killing girls her age for a long time. Aya doesn't want to believe it, and
later sneaks away from the Aogiri house to return to her own home. She falls asleep there,
awakening near sunset. As she's washing her face, she has a vision letting her know the
hospital where Aki and her mother are. Aya goes there while the Aogiris are searching for her.
Meanwhile, her cousin Kagami tasks Toya with protecting both Aya and Aki, and making sure
they do not see each other. At the hospital Aya is misdirected to her mother's room. Her mother
tries to kill her, believing Aya killed her father. As Yuhi reaches the room, it explodes and he sees
Aya transform into a dark blue-haired, golden-eyed woman who says that she is the celestial
maiden who had descended from Heaven, Ceres.

"The Stolen Celestial Robe"

04 11 May 2000
"Ubawareta Hagoromo" ()

Ceres tells Yuhi that Aya is a personication created over the last 16 years, and that they are
both the same yet different. Sensing Toya nearby, Ceres attacks him, opening a portal in the
floor to take him to another floor. She starts to attack Aya's mother, but Yuhi stands in the way.
She tells him not to interfere, because she doesn't want to hurt him as he is not a Mikage. When
she goes down to where Toya is, she demands to know where her robe is. As Toya does not
know Ceres moves to kill him, but Yuhi holds her back. Ceres declares that she will kill every
Mikage male to pay them back for stealing her robe and humiliating her. Yuhi kisses her,
causing her to transform back into Aya. Aya's mother falls into a coma, and Aya is confused
and upset to realize that she doesn't remember what happened and wants to know what is
going on. Aki, meanwhile, overhears his grandfather ordering Kagami to kill Aya and escapes
from the hospital to search for her. The next night, he is still looking for her when he is attacked
by three men. As they are beating him up, Aki's eyes glow for a moment and his voice changes,
before returning to normal. As Aki wonders what that was, Toya arrives.

"Toya's Destiny"
05 18 May 2000
"Tya no Shukumei" ()

Toya quickly dispatches the three men, and tells Aki to return to the Mikage house. Aki refuses,
wanting to see Aya, so Toya takes him to the Aogiri mansion. Aya cries as they are reunited.
She decides not to tell him about the celestial being, but that night as they sleep, Ceres
emerges and attacks Aki. She says he is her sworn enemy, the Mikage who stole her robe, and
that the scars on his body are the one's she gave him. She repeatedly demands her robe be
returned, and tries to attack Aki. Toya, strangely unharmed by her attacks, escapes with Aki
while Yuhi uses a kiss to bring Aya back. Outside, Kagami is waiting for them and takes Aki
away. When Aya catches up, only Toya is there. He tells her that Aki was taken away. When she
demands to know what happened to her, and whether she attacked Aki, he points out her open
bathrobe. He asks her to go with him and takes her to his apartment. Toya tells her to stay
away from Aki for both their sakes. Aya asks who he is, but he says he has no memories of his
own except of the names Toya and Mikage. He works for Kagami because a month before
Kagami told him that he had a way to restore Toya's memories. After they talk, he offers to let
her sleep there. He also gives her the birthday present from Aki, the same red earrings she had
purchased for him. Aya cries as she holds them. Toya wraps his arms around her and promises
to hold her until she stops trembling. She eventually falls asleep in his bed lying in his arms,
realizing that she truly loves him deeply and does not care if he is working with the enemy.

"The C Project"
06 25 May 2000
"C Purojekuto" (C)

In the morning, Aya calls Yuhi to let him know where she is. When he realizes she spent the
night with Toya, he quickly goes to retrieve her. After parting from Toya, they follow him to the
Mikage corporate headquarters in hope of nding Aki. Kagami sees Aya and the others enter,
and lets her past the security gate, immediately locking it behind her to separate her from the
others. Aya continues up an elevator, and at the top nds Kagami waiting for her. He promises
he doesn't want to kill her, then leads her to a room claiming he wants to talk. He locks her
inside, saying he wants to experiment on Ceres, and demanding Aya let her out. She refuses, so
Kagami attacks her and starts to rape her. When she still refuses, he opens a partition, letting
her see Aki and Toya in another room. At the sight of Aki, Ceres emerges and destroys the
room. Kagami sprays her with a numbing gas to stop her from moving. In response to Kagami's
questions, she explains that she reappears in the female descendants that most closely
resemble her, with Aya being the closest yet. Kagami takes a sample of her blood, then Yuhi
arrives. Seeing Kagami about to gas Yuhi, Ceres holds on to Yuhi and flies out through the hole
in the building. He asks why she needs her robe when she can fly, but she says she must have it
to return home. When he asks if she can't live as Aya, Ceres changes back to Aya, causing them
to fall into a pool below. Aki decides not to see Aya again until Ceres is gone, and agrees to help
Kagami nd a way to return Aya to normal. Kagami, however, has no intention of destroying
Ceres. He tells Alexander to initiate to the "Celestial Project" otherwise known as "the C
Project."

"Celestial Awakening"
07 1 June 2000
"Mezameta C Genom" (C)

As Mrs. Q drives Aya and Yuhi to school, Aya has a vision of a girl burning. Nearby they nd Yuki
Urakawa, a classmate, unconscious. As Yuhi and Aya discuss what to do, she awakens and
says she wants to go to school. They take her to the inrmary. Toya is there working as a
school doctor, having been given fake memories by Kagami. He tells Aya she should have
nothing more to do with him, as he only wants Ceres. As they return the inrmary, they discover
the school nurse has burned alive. Aya later discovers that Yuki is having an affair with one of
the school doctors. She promises Yuki she will keep her secret, but the doctor overhears them
talking and tells Yuki that they can never see each other again because Aya has told. An
explosion rocks the school, and Aya gets lost in the ensuing re. As the smoke overtakes her,
Toya appears and takes her to the school pool. When she asks why, he kisses her and tells her
he suddenly found himself looking for her. He wonders if that's love and says he must nd out
who he is so they don't end up hurting each other. A furious Yuhi arrives and orders Toya to get
away from Aya. Before he leaves, Toya tells them both that Kagami is gathering up all those
who have the celestial maiden genes, C-genomes, as part of the C Project. Yuki arrives and
attacks Aya with her pyrokinetic powers and abilities. Yuhi blocks the attack, getting burned
himself, and both of them are thrown into the pool. Ceres emerges from within Aya and tries to
attack the doctor controlling Yuki, but Yuki stops her, begging Ceres not to hurt him. The doctor
gets angry at Yuki for being unable to ght Ceres. Hurt by his words, Yuhi cries remembering
how he told her he loved her before. She holds on to him and envelops them both in flames,
killing them both. Aya regains control of her body, and to her relief nds Yuhi is hurt, but alive,
behind her. At the Mikage Corporation, Kagami shackles Toya and forbids him from leaving the
building, until Toya can stop playing "little love games" with Aya.
NOTE: In the English version of this episode, the 1982 lm Blade Runner was mentioned while
Kagami was having a conversation with Toya stating "Memories made replicants more human".

"The Mikage Conspiracy"

08 8 June 2000
"Mikageke no Inb" ()
Yuhi recovers from his wounds, having been protected from fatal injuries by the angel
headband. His father and brother come to visit, but Yuhi refuses to see them at rst. Aya is
annoyed by Tomonori, Yuhi's brother, seeming lack of concern over Yuhi, but Tomonori only
responds by flirting with her. Yuhi comes to the room and he vaguely thanks his father for
coming, then tells them to leave as "that woman" would be upset if he was there. Tomonori
lashes back that Yuhi is just the abandoned son of a mistress, and has no right to refer to his
father's wife as "that woman." Suzumi rides back with her father-in-law and Tomonori to the
main Aogiri house, while Yuhi explains why he lied about his mother dying, and that only his
brother Kazuma was the only one in the main family who seemed to love him. Yuhi says he
doesn't need a family, since he was abandoned, but Aya cries at him for saying such sad things.

She reminds him no one can survive alone and that he will nd someone to romantically love
just as much. Yuhi tells her he wants her to be that person, and pushes her to the floor, kissing
her. Aya pushes him away, and he yells that he loves her, then holds her down as he kisses her
again. Mrs. Q interrupts Aya and Yuhi, and after she's gone he apologizes for his behavior.
Meanwhile, Kagami realizes that Suzumi is a C-genome and sends his men to capture her. Aki
has been hooked up to a machine that lets him search his own memories. He asks where Toya
is, and Kagami tells him that Toya was playing love games with Aya. The Mikage's attack the
Aogiri car, forcing it off the road. Suzumi takes over driving, promising to get them back to the
main house. Kagami calls Aya to taunt her about Yuki, and tell her Yuki's power surge was
caused by her being injected with Aya's blood. He also tells her that another woman close to
her is about to have the same experience. Suzumi gets everyone back to the house, but the
Mikage men are waiting for them and use gas to knock them unconscious.

"The Angel's Promise"

09 15 June 2000
"Tennyo no Chikai" ()

Strange glasses are put on Suzumi, connecting her to a nearby machine. Aya realizes Suzumi
has been captured by the Mikages and she, with Yuhi, head to the main house. The machine
feeds Suzumi memories of her late husband, Kazuma. Yuhi and Aya are able to defeat the men
outside, but inside they are stopped when one of the men puts a gun to Yuhi's father's head.
Aya and Yuhi are tasered. Yuhi tries to awaken Suzumi by calling out to her, but she can't hear
them. One of the Mikage men shoots at Yuhi to shut him up, but Yuhi's father blocks the shot,
getting hit in the shoulder instead. Realizing they can't do anything, Aya willingly calls to Ceres
for help. Ceres quickly dispatches the man and destroys the machinery, but Suzumi doesn't
awaken. Entrenched in her memories, Suzumi will only wake up if she is willing to return to
reality. As they listen to Suzumi talking in her sleep, Ceres and the Aogiris discover that Suzumi
was three months pregnant and had miscarried when Kazuma died. Crying, Yuhi continues
trying to call out to her and eventually his voice reaches her. After Kazuma's death and the loss
of their unborn baby, Suzumi had attempted suicide, but was stopped by Yuhi. Remembering
she had a brother who needed her the will to live, and remembering that moment that enables
her to wake up from the dream. At the Mikage headquarters, Aki demands to speak with Toya.
Kagami agrees and asks Toya to choose between Aya and his memories. Toya says he
chooses Aya. Aki frees Toya from his handcuffs, thanking him for protecting Aya. As he talks,
Aki's tone changes and he stabs Toya with one of the handcuffs saying that he will never give
Aya to him or anyone else. Aki returns to himself when Kagami touches him, leaving Aki upset
at what he had done. In the car, Ceres and Yuhi talk, and she has him promise to show him the
truth about people, as she has no trust in them. Aya returns, and she promises she will stop the
C-Project, and that she will rely on Ceres to help her from now on.

"Chidori's Flight"
10 22 June 2000
"Chidori no Hish" ()

A bacterial infection appears in Tochigi that is making people sick. Yuhi and Aya suspect it is
part of the C-Project. A young girl named Chidori Kuruma comes to the house looking for Yuhi.
She had seen him flying with Ceres the month before, and wants them to come to Tochigi to
meet her brother, Shota. Shota, who has paralyzed for the last two years, was hospitalized three
days before after being afflicted by the bacteria. Chidori wants Aya to fly with Shota, to help
keep him from giving up on his dreams of being a pilot. Aya promises to take him flying. In one
of the waiting areas, Yuhi is holding her when Toya appears, working as a doctor in the hospital.
He doesn't say anything and walks past them. Aya follows and asks him about the bacteria, and
why he isn't bothered by Yuhi holding her. Toya says he can only give what he knows. Aya
kisses him on the lips, and tells him to show her his feelings towards her by warmly embracing
her.

The next day, Aya overhears Toya and Shota talking about Toya being alone and never feeling
sad because he never had anything precious, until now and that he's afraid he will hurt her by
being near her. Aya goes to meet with Toya, but Ceres demands to come out. Aya is afraid
Ceres will attack him, but stops resisting and allows Ceres to emerge. Ceres asks Toya what he
is and tells him that if he really strongly loves and cares about Aya, he needs to get away from
the Mikage. She also says she feels she has seen him somewhere before, but doesn't know if
the memories are hers or Aya's. As the sun sets, she gives him Aya's choker, telling him to wear
it instead of the one from Mikage if he truly, deeply does love and care for Aya. Ceres then goes
to Yuhi and the others, so she can take Shota on the promised flight. During the flight, one of
the patients infected by the bacteria awakens their dormant celestial powers and abilities,
sending out a tremendously strong destructive blast of bright pink-colored energy that knocks
Shota out of Ceres' arms.

"Stir of Emotions"
11 29 June 2000
"Ugokidasu Kokoro" (())

Ceres is able to get under Shota just before he lands, taking the brunt of the fall and knocking
her unconscious. Upset that Aya was hurt protecting him, just like his parents, Shota starts to
wheel away. Toya clears the hospital room around Akiyama, the patient who sent out the strong
energy blast, as Akiyama sends out another destructive energy blast that destroys the roof.
Shota is caught in the blast and is knocked down out of his wheelchair to the floor below. Yuhi
tells Shota to slowly crawl backwards, as the rubble he is on is too weak to support anymore
weight. Yuhi leaves to try to get to the other side, but runs into Akiyama.

Shota is ready to give up and die, but Aya is able to help him nd the will to live and to
remember his dream at last. As he crawls back to safety, the rubble falls. Shota catches himself
and is able to pull himself back up. Yoshizuka, another patient who has awakened to his C-
Genomes, appears in front of him, grabbing Shota by the arm and hurting him. Chidori, wanting
to protect Shota, awakens her own dormant celestial abilities and transforms into an older,
taller, and much prettier version of herself, similar to Aya's transformation into Ceres, but
retaining her own mind, will, and personality. Toya knocks Akiyama unconscious, rescuing Yuhi,
and conrms their earlier suspicious that the vaccine spread by the Mikage was something to
awaken C-Genomes in people. Chidori uses her amazingly strong and powerful celestial
abilities to destroy Yoshizuka's arm, freeing Shota. He falls, but Yuki is able to catch him. Toya
appears and throws a chain around Chidori. Aya begs him to stop. Brought back to the roof by
Yuhi, Shota stands for the rst time in two years promising not to give up anymore if Toya will
promise not to take Chidori away. Toya releases her and leaves without a word. Chidori decides
to go with Aya and Yuhi, revealing that despite her elementary school appearance, she is
actually a high school student. Meanwhile, Aki nds himself obsessively watching the videos of
Aya that Toya recorded, and worries that he is losing his mind.

"The Silver Choker"

12 6 July 2000
"Gin no Chk" ()

Kagami takes Toya to task for failing to capture Chidori. Aki writes a letter to Aya, desperate to
nish it while he is still himself. Toya comes to see him as Aki collapses. Aki cries, afraid the
machine Kagami has been using on him is making him lose himself. Toya asks if Aki wishes to
leaves, as Aya antagonizes over how she can stop the Mikages. Toya calls Aya to tell her that
he and Aki are leaving the Mikage that night for good, and asks if she can control Ceres. The
agree to meet at the overpass where they rst met Toya at midnight. Toya has Aki wait in his
room while he has his last meeting with Kagami. Kagami wants him to hook him up the same
machine Aki has been subjected to, promises he is going t return Toya's memories.

Toya uses his dagger to destroy the machine. He cuts the Mikage collar from his neck, then
uses the dagger's unique properties to destroy the door. Toya heads to Aki's room as Kagami
and Alex wonder how he got the dagger in when he'd been searched before he came in. Toya
makes it past the defense systems and guards, moving at inhuman speed. At Aki's room, he
faces Wei, the leader of the Mikage security force and Aki's new bodyguard. Toya is able to
defeat him after a short battle. Wei recovers before he and Aki can escape. Wei gets Toya's
dagger and badly hurts him, but Toya is able to make the dagger reappears in his hand and cuts
Wei's eye. As Toya and Aki make their way to the garage, Toya gets shot by some of the guards.
Toya blasts a way out of the garage, but as he moves to leave, Aki's eyes start glowing. He
picks up a metal shared and stabs Toya in the leg with it. When he comes to, he is horried at
what he's done, and says he can no longer control what is slowly emerging deep within him.
Crying, he tells Toya go without him, as he cannot see Aya the way he is now, and gives Toya
the letter he wrote to her. Doors close between them, and Toya is hit with a spotlight. Aya, Yuhi,
Chidori, and Mrs. Q wait long into the night for them at overpass. Toya, badly wounded, makes it
there as the clock approaches four in the morning, wearing Aya's choker.

"Relic of the Mikage"

13 13 July 2000
"Mikageke no Goshintai" ()

Toya gives Aya the letter from Aki. He prepares to return to the Mikage building to persuade Aki
to leave, but she stops him, saying that he will die. Toya says he does not mind, but Yuhi scolds
him, telling him not to make Aya any sadder. Back at the Aogiri house, Aya cries as she rereads
Aki's letter. A convalescing Toya asks whether it was all right for him to come to the Aogiris',
and Aya begins to explain that it was Yuhi who allowed it. They are interrupted by Yuhi bringing
in a tray of food. Aya follows him out of the room and apologizes for not reciprocating Yuhi's
strong and true romantic feelings, but he stops her. He says he will stand aside for now, but
swears that if Toya ever hurts Aya, he'll take her away. Toya appears behind them and promises
to give his all to Aya, if that is what she wants. Alone in his room again, Toya confesses to Aya
that he has been scared all this while, but now he's found his own secure place. He shows her
how he can make a short dagger blade appear and disappear out of his wrist at will. He asks
what kind of a human can he be, with such an unnatural power and ability. Aya decides that she
wants to relieve him of his burden of sadness and loneliness. Later after her bath Aya's
conscience and other self, Ceres, appears in a mirror and asks Aya to let her take over her mind
and body so that she can destroy the Mikage family, to punish them for taking the lives of so
many innocent lives only to increase their own strength and power. Aya refuses and promises
instead to get back the celestial robe, as long as Ceres does not hurt Aki. Ceres warns her that
Aki will not be coming back, and that "that man", too has been reborn and reincarnated is
already taking over. Aya visits her mother at the hospital and reads Aki's letter to her.

As she leaves, she discovers that Aki has written a message inside the envelope, asking Aya to
kill him if he is taken over. Aki goes to visit his grandfather. They go into a sealed vault that
contains Ceres' mummy, the guardian deity of the Mikage family. The sight of the relic inflicts
scars on Aki once more, the mark of the Progenitor himself, who had been slashed to death by
Ceres. Aki has been fully taken over by the spirit of the Progenitor. His delighted grandfather
declares that Aki is his successor, the one who will protect the family against Ceres' celestial
curse and make the Mikage family even stronger and more powerful. Aki growls that he's being
noisy and kills him. Looking at the mummy he says this is just her empty shell and demands to
know where his woman, Ceres, is.

"The Return of the Ancestor"

14 20 July 2000
"Kakuseishita Shiso" ()

Aya returns from the hospital and nds Toya in his room struggling to bandage his wounds. She
helps him and lays her head on his back, wishing that the moment would last forever.
Meanwhile Kagami is cleaning up after Aki's murder of his own grandfather. He looks at the
mummy and muses that he understands why Ceres kept reincarnating as her body was not
allowed to rest in peace. But he knows that the relic is merely a thing and more important is the
Ceres that was reincarnated in Aya. The Aogiris are sitting down to dinner when their servant
Ky runs in and tells them that Toya is nowhere to be found. Suzumi knows that Toya has
decided to act alone in keeping an eye on the Mikages and has promised to keep in touch, but
Aya, Yuhi and Chidori set out in search of Toya before she can tell them. Aya catches up with
Toya by a fountain.

Toya explains that the Mikages will come after him and that he doesn't want to leave Aki alone.
He promises to watch over Aya. Leaving the Mikage mansion, Aki detects Ceres' presence and
forces Kagami to drive towards her. He appears on the scene as Toya and Aya warmly and
lovingly embrace. Aya runs over to Aki, but is warned by Ceres to get away from him. Aki pulls
her into a deep, passionate kiss. Aya realizes that he is not Aki and pulls away. Aki tells them
that the real Aki has gone to sleep deep within his own subconscious. A distraught Aya
transforms into Ceres and Aki taunts her, telling her that she will always be his woman and that
she will never ever nd her celestial robe. As he makes his threats he collapses due to lack of
sleep and hunger, as Aki had not eaten or drunk anything for a few days as he struggled for
control. Toya runs forward to get Aki but Wei gets there rst. He calls Toya a traitor and
promises to kill him someday. As Kagami and the others drive away he ponders whether the
reappearance of the Progenitor will be good or bad for the C-project. Toya goes on alone to
keep an eye on the Mikage. Aya stays in her room and watches old videos of Aki. She tells Yuhi
and Chidori she can't go on any longer knowing that there was nothing left of Aki in the man
she met at the fountain. Yuhi reassures Aya that Aki is merely "asleep" and together with
Chidori encourages her not to give up on him.

"Toya's Past"
15 27 July 2000
"Tya no Kako" ()

The Aogiris have moved to Matsubara on Toya's suggestion, to look into the legend of the
hagoromo there. They are staying in Yuuhi's father's villa and attending Kaisei high school. They
meet a girl named Miori Sahara who looks just like Aya/Ceres. Miori tells Aya that her childhood
sweetheart disappeared a year ago. Aya meets Toya by the sea and tells him that their
investigations revealed that the hagoromo at a local shrine turned out to be just a piece of
cloth. Toya looks at the sea and memories flash back to him. He sees Miori and recognizes her.
As he crosses the street towards her he gets hit by a car and Aya's choker falls off. Though he
isn't badly hurt, he no longer recognises Aya nor Yuhi. They later go to visit him. Miori tells them
that he is Toya Mizuki, her childhood sweetheart, and that he is still amnesiac. At school, Miori
asks Aya to leave him alone, for his sake. Yuhi goes to see Toya and tells him that he's taking
Aya away, as he promised before. Aya cuts her hair on an impulse.

Toya meets her on the beach and tells her that whenever he tries to remember the past year he
gets headaches. She gives him the choker back and he hugs her before he can stop himself. He
asks if anything happened between them during the past year but Aya denies it and walks away
and weeps. Aya asks Yuhi to help her forget Toya and decides to give herself to him. But he
pulls away, telling her he loves her and that he will wait for her memories of Toya to fade. Aya
cries and wishes she could disappear. Wei and his men come to the Mizuki house to pick up
Toya, but Toya asks to see the Mikages. Back in Tokyo, Kagami tells Toya that they had some
misunderstandings in the past due to Aya Mikage, and that Toya should eliminate her now that
he is back in Kagami's employ. Ceres reappears and flies to Tokyo. Toya is told to eliminate her,
and Miori asks Kagami why Toya doesn't love her as he is supposed to. He replies that it is not
his fault. Toya corners Ceres. She notes that he has abandoned the choker that contains Aya's
feelings. Miori appears and orders Toya to torture and kill Aya. If he doesn't, she will. To their
astonishment, Miori transforms into a vengeful Ceres look-alike.

16 "Another Ceres" 3 August 2000

 "M Hitori no Seresu" ()

Ceres and Miori face off above the Mikage building. Miori asks Ceres to transform back into
Aya so that she can have her revenge against Aya. Miori reveals that she is Aya's cousin and
that her mother was killed by Aya/Ceres on her sixteenth birthday. Aki tells Toya that his
memories as Toya Mizuki are false and tries to kill Toya. Deep within her mental cocoon, Aya
hears Aki's voice telling her not to run away. Aya returns and calls out to Toya, who gets the
strength to fend off Aki. Toya tears off the Mikage collar and protects her from Miori. Miori tells
Toya of her wish that they could live together happily with his fake past, then flies up to the roof
of the building and throws herself off before Toya can stop her. Aya is deeply scarred by the
incident and refuses to eat. Toya goes to the Aogiri residence and tells Suzumi that he still
cannot remember Aya. He goes to the sleeping Aya and leaves his dagger with her so they will
always be together. Toya then sets off in search of his real self, with the flicker of a true
memory as his guide.

"Bewitching Affection"
17 10 August 2000
"Hikiyoserareru Chikara" (())

An unconscious Toya washes up on the beach and is brought to a clinic. He tells the doctor that
he was travelling around beaches in search of his memory of the ocean, was chased by thugs
and dumped into the sea. The doctor orders him to stay until he recovers and can work off his
bill. Toya sneaks out and is red on by Wei's men, but is found by the doctor before they can get
to him. Aya visits her mother in hospital and nds Aki there. Aki takes her captive and, back at
the Mikage building, tries to rape her. Toya's dagger sends out a pulse of energy and throws Aki
off. Toya senses that Aya is in danger, takes the doctor's motorcycle and hurries to Tokyo. Aki
orders Kagami's men to drug her and take her to the lab, while he goes on ahead. Alec Howell is
told to give her a drug to manipulate her mind. He objects that the shock to her system might
cripple her, but Kagami says that Ceres will then take over, which is his objective. Aya is put in a
truck and driven over to the lab. Ceres lends Aya her powers to resist the effects of Howell's
machine. Toya is tracked by Wei and his men in helicopters. He leaps off his motorcycle and
onto the helicopter and takes Wei captive, ordering them to fly in the direction of the truck. After
forcing the men to jump into the sea, he leaps onto the roof of the truck and lets the helicopter
crash. He goes in to rescue Aya and Howell releases her. Howell tells Toya that he cannot ask
for forgiveness or even understanding, and that they just wanted her cooperation in ensuring
the survival of the human race. Toya brings Aya to a desolate shack and waits for the drug to
wear off. According to Howell, the drug should wear off at 4 a.m. If not, Aya will never wake up
from her dream state. When she doesn't wake up at the appointed time, Toya cries. Ceres tells
Aya that Toya is calling for her, and Aya nally wakes up. Toya warmly embraces her and asks
her to come with him in search of the hagoromo and his true memories.

"Fleeting Happiness"
18 17 August 2000
"Tsukanoma no Shiawase" ()

Aya and Kagami go to the hospital to visit their respective mothers. Kagami's mother is
mentally ill and obsessed with her son getting perfect grades. Kagami reveals that he himself is
obsessed with Ceres' "perfection", and has been since fth grade when he found an old picture
of Ceres emerging from a Mikage girl. Aya explains to her unconscious mother that she is
going to live with Toya, and Toya assures her that he will protect Aya. Her mother reacts for the
rst time with a squeeze of their hands. Aya and Toya then return to Niigata to thank the doctor
for looking after Toya. They stay and nd work in Niigata. One night they accompany the doctor
on a call to Sado Island, but fall overboard in the stormy sea.

Toya carries Aya out of the water and is shocked to nd a webbed red material between his
ngers. Afterwards, he spends hours staring out at sea. Walking along the beach, Aya nds a
shell and holds it out for Toya to see. This seems to trigger a memory in Toya, and he urgently
asks her to remember an island. She recalls that her family once vacationed at Hachijo Island
ten years ago when she was six years old. They go to the island, where Aya remembers seeing
an already grown-up Toya and offering him a shell. Toya's memories return, and he recounts
how an old hermit on the island once found a baby encased in a membrane. Astonishingly, the
baby grew rapidly to a fully-grown man. The process took ten days, hence Toya's name ("tenth
night"). The old man forbade Toya to leave the island, and Toya is content with that until he
meets the young Aya. Upon the old man's death, he leaves the island to search for Aya but is
struck by a car. In his amnesiac state, he remembers only her last name - "Mikage" - and his
own, "Toya". He wanders to the Mikage building and is taken in by Kagami and trained as one of
his men. Aya abruptly changes into Ceres, who announces that Toya and Aya have seven
months to nd her celestial robe, otherwise she will kill all of the Mikages' including Aki.

"Chidori's Confession"
19 24 August 2000
"Chidori no Kokuhaku" ()

Aya and Toya come back from their long journey with Ceres's warning of there being only six
months left to nd her celestial robe. Aya faints from exhaustion on their way back to the Aogiri
house. While she is sleeping, Toya and Suzumi learn that Aki has captured Chidori and Shota to
do C-genome testing on them. Toya and Yuhi go to the Mikage headquarters with a group of
soldiers to save Chidori and Shota. While Yuhi nds and rescues Chidori, Toya searches for
Shota. Yuhi and Chidori pause in the parking lot to let Chidori rest a moment.
While embracing, Chidori spots a man about to shoot Yuhi and pushes him out of the way,
getting shot herself. Yuhi almost shoots the man in the head when Chidori stops him. Yuhi
carries Chidori out of the building, while she weakly tells him of her true and deep feelings for
him until she dies and Yuhi screams in anguish. Meanwhile, Toya nds Shota and is able to free
him, but is captured by the Mikages and brought to the Progenitor.

"Toya's Death"
20 31 August 2000
"Tya Shisu" ()

Aya willingly goes to the Mikage and asks where Toya is. She nds out that he is dead. She
sees a vivid vision of how he had died and faints from shock upon learning that the Progenitor,
her own twin brother had murdered her husband.

"The Ancient Tennyo"

21 7 September 2000
"Inishie no Tennyo" ()

The Progenitor captures Ceres on her way to reunite with her long-lost celestial robe. She told
him that she had never loved him in the rst place and that his only use was for creating seed in
order to perfect progeny and more superior human descendants. He was shot and then locked
up. Ceres and Aya had a conversation about what really happened in the past. Then Aya awoke
and Ceres does not answer Aya's question of if she really had indeed strongly loved the
Progenitor.

"Song of Redemption"
22 14 September 2000
"Fukush no Utagoe" ()

One of the descendants of another celestial maiden took revenge on the Mikage for the death
of her cousin. She sang and destroyed the Mikage's building. The celestial robe is fully re-
created and Ceres goes to reunite with it. Howell assists her in bringing her to it so she can be
alive again with her mana and become a full-fledged celestial maiden. The chief of the Mikages
tells Ceres that he will give her to no one. Then Toya suddenly appears with amazingly large
and wide white feathered angel wings.

"Mikagi Reborn"
23 21 September 2000
"Yomigaetta Mikagi" ()

Aya yells out Toya's name after he produces her real celestial robe. Then Aya becomes herself
again, but the chief holds her back. The female ancestors of the celestial maiden killed
themselves and destroyed the Mikage building. Toya saves Aya from the chief. Yuhi, Toya, and
Aya escape to a safe room. Toya tells Aya how he was created by the mana of the celestial robe
after it was discarded. He is about to return the celestial robe to Aya, but he will become a
complete human being. Aya tells a shocked Toya that she is going to have his baby.
The Progenitor nds the new celestial robe and literally merges with it becoming the original
Mikage. He kills almost everyone. Toya and Mikage ght. Toya stabs Mikage in the throat and
jumps into the water after him knowing that he will soon regenerate. Toya does not nd him.
Yuhi goes to see what is happening and Mikage stabs Aya through the chest.

"Denouement"
24 28 September 2000
"Saigo no Ketchaku o Tsukeru Toki" ()

Mikage says that Ceres/Aya will die along with Toya's child. Yuhi stabs him with his chopsticks
out of sheer fury. Chidori lent him her power and ability. Toya comes in screaming her name.
Toya gives Aya the celestial robe and he just becomes mortal. Howell and the chief nd out that
Aya is dying. They run to her. Mikage gets there and tries to kill Toya, but fails when Ceres
becomes her true original self, a full-fledged celestial maiden with her full strength and power
infant.

Aki appears and tells Ceres to kill him and Mikage. She does so, and nally goes to live in
Heaven with Mikage. He tells her how afraid he was of losing her that it mentally destroyed him.
The chief dies on the boat after everyone else gets out. Howell leaks information about the
Mikage to the police as instructed. Aya is going to have the baby soon and Yuhi and Mrs. Q visit
them on the island. Toya tells Yuhi he does not have much longer to live, maybe two years,
maybe longer. Toya and Aya are talking about what they will tell the baby in the future about
living, loving people, and to be together.

References
General
"Ofcial list of Ceres, Celestial Legend
episode titles" (in Japanese). Studio
Pierrot. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
Specic
1. "Viz announces date for Ceres, Celestial
Legend" . Anime News Network. 2001-04-
15. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
2. "Ceres Extras, D&D Out, Love Hina
2002" . ICv2 News. 2001-05-22. Retrieved
2008-02-19.

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