After watching the raw, I could only think of two things: "WTF did I just watch?" and "Kids, don't try this at home". @_@
Spoiler for the weirdest episode yet:
The first part was the funeral/memorial service for Jin and the other students who died during the attack. Yunoha has shut herself in her room and has taken Jin's death very hard. The coffins are transported to Neo Kow Loon for burial and it's at the cemetery where things start to get weird.
After burying the dead, Zen has Andy dig a bunch of graves and had the students lay down in them and get
buried alive.
I'm not sure if this is another one of Fudo's training exercises, but Sharde and Yunoha went with it before the others also joined in. I couldn't help but think there should've been a "Don't try this at home" message appear on the screen while this happened.
Even by Aquarion standards this is out of left field. Anyways. Everyone's confronted with their personal issues while buried underground (I
cannot see how a bamboo breathing tube is going to help you if you're completely surrounded by dirt) before being "reborn" with help from Mikono's power and then go through a gattai moment despite being outside the Aquarion.
I'll have to watch the subs to figure out why Zen had them do this, though I think it has something to do with a mission to Altair? And speaking of Altair, it seems like Mykage has given his own version of Jin's death to the masses there. Izumo was very unhappy but seems kind of powerless to do anything about Mykage's actions.