EPISODE CONTEXT

Coming off 'Loiter,' where Ichise began reckoning with his cybernetic reality, 'Repetition' deepens that psychological adaptation while quietly building tension among Lux's competing factions. Sitting just past the quarter mark of the 22-episode run, this is the final stretch of character groundwork before the series pivots toward the escalating political and factional conflicts introduced in the next episode, 'Plot.' It functions as a critical bridge between personal survival and the city-wide power struggles that will define the series' middle act.