Seems like the girls already are used to calling her Mariko. Everyone so M for her! Also funny Sonata calling her Mimomari. And Nagisa is so gay for Yuuko XD
The loneliness of a Center Nova. I guess i comes with the fact that no one else would be able to quite understand how it is to be in that situation. If the theory that Nagisa and Chieri would become Center Nova together is correct, then maybe that could be a solution to that part.
Interesting that on the flashback about Acchan that Tsubasa tells Takamina and Yukirin, the Tomochin there is wearing the heart shaped earrings, which means it's likely current Tomochin older sister. Also her description about Center Nova is quite scary.
Nice fanservice with Yuuko and Mii-chan! From Mii-chan monologue there, I think she may feel guilty from abandoning her position and want to find them to tell them she is sorry she didn't have the courage or something like that.
Chieri dad creepiness keeps growing... And there comes the attack, so much is destroyed. The way Sensei-Sensei goes during the attack made me think whether it's a machine. The scene where the 5 girls on the flying plates take a step closer to each other at the same time was pretty cool. Chieri dad going "just as planned"regarding Mii-chan's actions.
So it does seems the Center Nova disappearance is somehow related with being sent somewhere through a Kirara Drive of some kind. The question is, where are they taken? If it was simply another place on the world, you would expect they could just come back. It may be some very far away galaxy, another dimension / alternative universe, maybe even past or future. Although one would wonder how can Acchan still be able to sense everyone and talk to them, like in episode 13.
Seems like Chieri father objective was to capture a Center Nova, although Yuukp went from becoming one and generating the disappearing phenomenon right away. Btw I do hope her explosion was enough for them to defeat the DES attack. At that moment the DES forces were ordered to capture her, so the mecha should all have approach her and being taken down by the explosion.
And well, goodbye Yuuko the 9th
At least for now. Maybe around the end of the season we may see the characters going after them and maybe meeting some of the past Center Nova.