This episode is the launching pad towards the final battle. Pretty much from the beginning of this episode we see Apollo as a different person. He still has some of his ‘primal’ characteristics, but he seems a lot more mature than before. He, dare I say, seems civilized. I’m all for Tsugumi making good use out of her ability, but the excessive usage of hearts was highly distracting in my opinion. It was nice to see Jerome take charge and for once oppose the military. Then we find out the military only used Aquarion so they could get to Atlantia. Whether or not this was Jerome’s plan all along, we may not find out. Frankly it isn’t all that crucial at this point, but I’d like to believe he really did oppose the military without any knowledge of their plan.