Agents of the Four Seasons Episode 7 Ends With a Missile Strike
Episode 7 of Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring, titled "Dusk," aired on May 11, 2026, and concludes with a ballistic missile striking the Autumn Compound. The episode's reviewer at Anime News Network describes the finale as an explosive escalation but criticizes the bulk of the episode for continuing the show's pattern of characters discussing trauma, recapping events, and delivering vague exposition about the Insurgents. The episode introduces the Agent of Autumn, Nadeshiko, and her Guard, Rindo, who initially appears as a cutesy knight-in-shining-armor but drops that persona when alone, revealing a down-to-Earth bodyguard. Rindo's friendship with a chatty technician at the compound is noted as charming, though the reviewer laments that these new characters mostly pontificate about the trauma of protagonists Sakura and Hinagiku. The Winter pair, Rōsei and Itechō, spend the episode sitting around discussing plot points that have not yet become relevant, with the reviewer expressing frustration that the Insurgents' goals remain unknown. The episode also features Hinagiku and Sakura spending time at a gift shop, which the reviewer calls "positively riveting storytelling" sarcastically. The reviewer criticizes the missile strike as cheap emotional manipulation, introducing a sweet child character only to have her blown up by terrorists, and doubts the show will do anything meaningful with the development.