With his extra sturdy new body, Houtarou as Iron Gotchard has no problem finishing off Pteranodon Malgam. Houtarou Gotchas Warptera in a Card. But MinatoDread slashes at Houtarou and he is forced to dehenshin. Exhausted by the overwhelming power, Houtarou is about to collapse to the ground, but is caught by…
Gurion is thankful for Minato being able to capture Warptera, a Chemy he’s long coveted. Minato says it’s thanks to the replica Unicon Chemy Card he received from him. As Gurion turns his attention to preparing a new Malice Doll, Minato glares at him.
After Clotho sends Houtarou flying back, Supana and Rinne charge toward her and grab her. That gives Houtarou time to uphenshin to SteamHopper and then deliver a Burning Fever attack that drives her away.
Houtarou, Rinne and Hopper1 come back from Gotcha’ing Tricera Chemy. But they are surprised to see Renge acting a bit strange. Sabimaru says she’s been this way since yesterday. Mama Ichinose says based on her experience, Renge is in love.
As Houtarou, Rinne and Supana are battling him, Angel Malgam revives Mama and Papa Kurogane once again. And that is just so he can murder them over and over to…
Over at Kitchen Ichinose, the KIU4 are together as the restaurant is closed for the day while Mama Ichinose attends a high school reunion for the Yo-yo Research Club. That’s when Kyoka-san comes in and introduces herself as Supana’s alchemy instructor.
Houtarou, Rinne, Renge and Sabimaru are at Kitchen Ichinose to formally begin operations of the Kitchen Ichinose Union. From here, they will continue their work as alchemists to protect humans and Chemies alike.
Houtarou has trouble focusing in school as the new semester begins. It is as if Minato-sensei had never even existed at the school. The other students laugh at Houtarou for even mentioning the name of a person that doesn’t exist.
Over at Kitchen Ichinose, Houtarou and Mama Ichinose are serving Rinne, Renge and Sabimaru a special New Year’s dish. Houtarou, however, can’t help but think about the terrifying new enemy as well as the orange Gotchard.
Houtarou is excited about all the Chemies he’s been able to befriend. But Sabimaru shows him all the other Chemies that are still out there. Houtarou calls out to Santa to help point him to the missing Chemies. Renge says he has a lot of free time to go out and search, but Houtarou remembers he has a lot of work at the restaurant since it gets pretty busy for Christmas. He asks if they could help out, but Sabimaru hates crowded places and Renge has a part-time job selling Christmas cake. That leaves Rinne to become Houtarou’s special helper.