Episode 23

A Requiem for the Flowers Blooming in the Field, The Battle to Destroy the Baby Magnum I (野に咲く花に鎮魂の歌を, ベイビーマグナム破壊戦 I) is the twenty-third episode of the Heavy Object anime, first aired on March 19th 2016 and set to be included in the eighth Blu-Ray and DVD release.

Major Events

 * The 37th attend the exchange of the important religious figure Klondike between the four world powers in the Alps.
 * The fugitive Flide uses a stolen piece of Information Alliance technology, the Mirror of Truth, to distort Milinda's senses and recognition, effectively sending the Baby Magnum out of control and threatening to turn the exchange into a four-way battle between the world powers, with Klondike and the 37th caught in the crossfire.

Characters

 * Quenser Barbotage
 * Heivia Winchell
 * Milinda Brantini
 * Froleytia Capistrano
 * Ayami Cherryblossom
 * "Oh ho ho"
 * Flide
 * Sladder Honeysuckle
 * Charlotte Zoom

New Characters

 * Klondike

Technology

 * Mirror of Truth

Objects

 * Baby Magnum (Legitimacy Kingdom)
 * Gatling 033/Rush (Information Alliance)

Locations

 * Alps

Adaptation
Adapted from: N/A

Differences in Adaptation

 * In the novels, the Baby Magnum, as with other Objects, has greater defenses and resistance against hacking attempts.
 * In the novels, it isn't confirmed whether or not Flide dies when Quenser and Heivia defeat his personal Object or afterwards. In the anime, he intentionally dies in the Baby Magnum's bombardment so the 37th can't undo the effects of the Mirror of Truth.

Trivia

 * Eyecatches
 * Part 1: Baby Magnum schematics
 * Part 2: Quenser, Heivia, Milinda, Froleytia and the Baby Magnum, drawn by novel illustrator Nagi Ryou.
 * This episode is the first part of the concluding anime-original arc.