Mission 15 (
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Loid sees Anya and Yor's enthusiasm to train
At the Forger home, Anya tells Loid of a rumor she heard from Becky that there is a chance to earn a Stella Star in P.E. class by being the MVP of next week's interclass dodgeball match. Although Loid finds this rumor highly suspicious, Anya and Yor share enthusiasm in training for the match.
On the day of the game, Anya, Becky, and Damian's gang have a bit of an argument before they go line up on the court. Anya's telepathy then hears Damian's desire to get the MVP title in this game to progress his goal of becoming an Imperial Scholar and getting his father's attention. As the Cecile Hall and Wald Hall students line up against each other, Henry Henderson announces that he will be overseeing their interclass dodgeball match as their usual teacher, Coach Bobby, is out sick.
Damian throws a dodgeball
Damian throws the first ball of the game and immediately aims for Bill Watkins, an unusually large and muscular student from Wald Hall. Bill catches the ball and throws it back at Cecile's team, eliminating four students. Becky attempts to take him out, but he ends up catching the ball and throwing it right back at her, eliminating her. Bill continues his destruction until the matchup gets to 15-5. Cecile's team now only consists of Anya, Damian, Ewen, Emile, and one other unnamed student. Damian, concerned, tries to come up with a plan to take out Bill.
Emile saves Damian
While Damian is lost in thought, Bill fires another ball off toward him. Emile jumps in the way, saving Damian from doom. Bill tries to hit Damian again, but this time Ewen jumps in the way. With three players left on Cecile Hall's side, Bill decides to go after Anya next. He throws a low ball at her, but she reads his mind and jumps early to avoid it. Shocked by her action, he throws two more shots, but Anya dodges all of them. Growing frustrated, Bill throws a dangerous shot that will hit Anya if she moves, so Anya stays still as the unnamed student gets hit. Damian compliments her dodging skills, while Anya inches closer to out of bounds. Becky notices this and yells at Anya to stay in bounds. Anya is surprised by this and ends up tripping and falling over.
Damian protects Anya from getting hit
Bill sees his chance and hurls a ball toward Anya while yelling "Die!!!" Damian looks at her pitifully, but ultimately jumps in the way of the ball and tries to catch it. He ends up failing and is eliminated from the game. Damian realizes that he cannot get the MVP title now, meaning there is no chance he will get a Stella Star, which upsets him. With her class's chance of winning now resting on her, Anya decides to use the "knockout shot" that she learned from Yor in their training.
Anya throws a ball at Bill
Anya announces that she will get revenge for Damian's "death," and as she tries to remember the technique Yor taught her, she makes a dramatic throw at Bill. However, Anya ends up throwing the ball straight to the ground, and the stunned students watch it roll to Bill, who throws the ball right back at her and hits her. Having won the game, Bill and his class are excited, thinking he will get a Stella Star. However, Henry informs them that they do not give out Stella Stars for P.E., but he may need to give Bill a Tonitrus Bolt for yelling "Die!!!" at Anya. On the other hand, he believes that Anya and Damian deserve a Stella Star for their cooperation. However, as he watches Damian going over to Anya and yelling at her for wasting his sacrifice, leading to another argument between the two, Henry changes his mind.
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- This chapter pays tribute to Tetsura Koshita's Honō no Tōkyūji: Dodge Danpei, a manga based on dodgeball.[2]
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