The Resonance (Limit Break) of the Goddesses
"The Resonance of the Goddesses" (女神たちの共鳴 Megami Tachi no Kyōmei) is the fifth episode of Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation. It was first aired in Japan on August 9, 2013.
Plot
Nepgear, Uni, Rom, Ram, IF, and Compa destroy the monsters within the waste disposal plant. They advance their way to the subdued Hearts but was stopped by Arfoire and Warechu. Arfoire reveals her ambition to introduce a new system of government where anyone can rule, then she transforms into a CPU-like form to attack Nepgear with the same moves the Hearts know. Seeing Nepgear being mercilessly hit by Arfoire, Rom and Ram discover their powers and transform into HDD form. The transformed CPU Candidates try to strike Arfoire down, but she stands formidable. Wanting to help, Uni focuses on her and unconsciously transforms into HDD form and striking Arfoire.
Nearby, the subdued Hearts are gradually losing strength from their power being sucked out of them. Trying to free them, Compa distracts Warechu while IF tries to get near the Hearts. She delivers a message to them from Histoire, who wanted to let them know that the Anti-Crystals can also convert Share energy into Anti-Energy, which can kill CPUs. Vert, Blanc, Noire, and Neptune eventually becomes repressed by the Anti-Energy.
Despite this they continue to fight and refuse to give up their will to live. Arfoire is about to kill Nepgear when Nepgear sees light coming from the Anti-Crystal prism that blocks her attack. The CPU Candidates focus their energy against Arfoire, negating the Anti-Energy she relies on and weakening her. They strike her down, and with Nepgear's attack, the prism formed by the Anti-Crystals shatter. Arfoire is defeated, and the Hearts are freed.
Warechu comes to Arfoire's rescue and drags her elsewhere.
It's revealed that through this ordeal, the nations managed to only lose a little amount of shares, but the CPUs were able to acquire it back; Vert launched her gaming system, Blanc's steamed buns popularized her, and Noire and Uni started hunting monsters.
Meanwhile, Neptune, Nepgear, Compa, and IF were out on a picnic. A girl dressed in yellow appears just then and calls out to IF and Compa, addressing them by their names and surprising the girls.
Key events
- Rom, Ram, and Uni transformed into HDD form.
- The CPU Candidates defeated Arfoire and liberated the Hearts.
Extra scene
After Uni discovers her transformation, Nepgear points out her chest size. Rom and Ram are glad that they're in the same chest size group, but Uni isn't too happy being categorized in the same group.
Setting
The CPU Candidates, IF, and Compa tries to and eventually rescues the Hearts in the waste disposal plant in Zune district. Once the Hearts were liberated, they go back to their respective nations. Neptune, Nepgear, IF, and Compa, were having a picnic and meets Peashy.
Characters
Characters are shown in order of appearance. An asterisk (*) near the name means the character have debuted in this episode.
Gallery
Screenshots
Trivia
- Like in a Chirper event in Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Nepgear points out Uni's change in bust size when in HDD form after the credits.