As her ghouls rush to unseal Asura, Medusa stands in the way of Dr. Stein and his students. Elsewhere, Maka decides to settle it once and for all with Crona.
The school is in flames. The Independent Cube remains locked around the dance hall. Sid Barett blames himself that he did not make his Forced Burial attack have a wider radius to allow Death to escape as well, but the shinigami commends Sid for doing the best that he could. After all, Death says, he is surprised to learn that Medusa is a witch.
While Sid explains that Soul Protect allowed Medusa to be undetected, Kilik Rung interrupts to ask whether they can undermine the Soul Protect to locate witches. Death explains that in the war between witches and Shibusen, both sides have devised new abilities to counter each other. In order to detect witches, meisters were born with Soul Perception. Kilik asks what is the next technique to oppose Soul Protect, prompting Sid to say bitterly that such an option constitutes someone to "Kishinize" themselves.
Kilik is confused, prompting Death to realize he has no point keeping his secret any longer. Death calls to all attendees in the dance hall for their attention: "There's a Kishin beneath DWMA," he says bluntly. Sid and the students are dumbfounded at how blunt Death is.
Manga and Anime Differences
In the anime, Stein's discussion with his students that, if Death desired to leave the area, he would require feet attached to Death City itself, foreshadows the development of the Death City Mech built by Joe Buttataki and powered by Eibon (Brew itself). In the manga, Death City remains in the same location throughout, and Death never leaves the desert.
A Maka Punch is effective against annoying ninjas, too.
In the anime, after Spirit prides himself on his ability to escape women, Maka is chided by an annoying Black Star, eventually punching him. In the manga, this background gag does not appear.
