Minna, Sakamoto, and Miyafuji return on an airplane following an unproductive night meeting with top brass when their escort Sanya picks up an unseen Neuroi on radar and fights it off. Following this incident, Minna decides to step up night patrols and assigns Sanya, Eila, and Yoshika to the new task.
Tropes in this episode:
- Birthday Buddies: Sanya and Yoshika both celebrate their birthdays in this episode on August 18.
- Birthday Episode: This episode takes place on August 18, Yoshika and Sanya's birthday.
- Bizarre Taste in Food: Minna likes the fish oil and asks for seconds.
- Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: In order to build up their vision, the squadron is given in order to eat/drink blueberries, herbal tea, and fish oil. Shirley describes the latter as tasting like engine lubricant.
- Nothing Is Scarier: We never do see the Neuroi as it remains out of sight and beneath cloud cover. The only reason they know it is there initially is because Sanya can detect it using her radar magic. Sakamoto can't even see it with her Magic Eye.
- Oh, Crap!: Perrine's reaction when it turns out the fish oil that she was insulting was chosen by Sakamoto.
- Tongue-Out Insult: While discussing Sanya's first encounter with one of the Neuroi, Perrine suggests the two are connected on the same wavelength like sisters. This does not sit well with Eila, who sticks out her tongue at Perrine.
