[The Rumblefish]

Spoiler for Answering HitagiIsHot's question in post #2031 (= whether the cliffhanger was in the manga):

Indeed, everything is anime original except the ending (from the moment Kô suggests Aoba to protect herself, the cold spray order etc.). It is also Azuma who hits her in the manga, obviously.

Spoiler for whether the preview for ep37 is deceiving or not (but only on the most important point / does not go into much detail about next ep):

I agree the preview did a bad job. Knowing how Adachi likes to put drama in all his works, I am sure some people would have freaked out and panicked for her death. They could have at least toyed with the audience for a second there! Maybe they were afraid it was too much of a strain on the young audience.