Date A Live season 5

Date A Live V
Season 5
No. of episodes	2
Release
Original network	AT-X
Original release	April 10, 2024 (2024-04-10) – present (present)
Season chronology

The fifth season of the Date A Live anime series, titled Date A Live V, was produced by Geek Toys and directed by Jun Nakagawa. Like the rest of the series, it follows the adventures of Shido Itsuka. The season premiered on April 10, 2024. The opening theme is titled "Paradoxes" performed by Miyu Tomita, and the ending theme is titled "Hitohira" performed by sweet ARMS.

Episode list

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date	Ref.
47	1	"Beginnings of War" Transliteration: "Kaisen no Noroshi" (Japanese: 開戦の狼煙)	TBA	TBA	TBA	April 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)	TBA
Having temporarily trapped Phantom in a realm of shadows, Kurumi and her clone army prepare to go to war with DEM. At the same time, Westcott and his forces have become aware that Kurumi has been interfering with their plans to kill Shido, so they prepare to kill her and Shido at the same time. Meanwhile, Shido has already told everything he learned from Kurumi to the Spirits and Ratatoskr. Shido's allies agree that, regardless of what happens, they can't just hand over Shido's Spirit power since they have no idea whether Kurumi is capable of defeating the Spirit of Origin with it. Mukuro suggests using Michael to unlock Shido's memories of the Spirit of Origin, but he is unable to remember anything beyond a small vision of Phantom and the effort causes him to collapse. When he awakens, he and Kotori agree not to use Michael on Mana, as they fear that she will remember her past trauma when she was experimented on by DEM, the same way that happened to Nia. The next day, one of Kurumi's clone, acting independently from her master, informs Shido and Kotori that DEM plans a large scale attack on Ratatoskr. As a result, Kotori suggests they confront DEM directly, a plan that Woodman also agrees with, and Nia suggests that whatever they plan is kept secret, lest Westcott will learn about it through Beelzebub. Kurumi's independent clone returns to the original Kurumi, expecting to be executed for her disobedience, but the original Kurumi instead allows her to live, as she herself continues her preparations for war. Meanwhile, Origami and Mana go to the AST headquarters, where they tell Captain Kusakabe, Mikie and Mildred about the existence of Ratatoskr and ask them not to obey DEM's orders when the battle begins. Unfortunately, Kusakabe decides to follow her superiors, even if that means going against Origami, who asks her to stick to the rear during the fight and even reveals herself to be a Spirit.
48	2	"Final Respite" Transliteration: "Saigo no Kyūsoku" (Japanese: 最後の休息)	TBA	TBA	TBA	April 17, 2024 (2024-04-17)	TBA
The Spirits prepare snacks for Shido and each other as they prepare for the coming battle for DEM. As a form of mental preparation, they deliberately cook their meals with ingredients they explicitly dislike, thus they struggle to eat their own meals. Later that night, Tohka talks to Shido about his own feelings for Kurumi and he admits that he feels insecure about the way he's trying to save Kurumi. If they prevent her from confronting the Spirit of Origin, she might lose her only chance at saving her friends. Tohka admits that she feels guilty for all the dangers Shido had to face for the sake of the Spirits and admits that she feels that perhaps it would have been better for them to have never met Shido at all if meant sparing Shido from all those hardships. Shido, however, says that he is glad to have met the Spirits and made them part of his life. The next day, Ratatoskr confronts DEM's fleet in the skies above Tengu City, with the population taking refuge in the underground shelters after getting warned about a spacequake. To increase their chances of victory, Kotori requests that the Spirits partake in the battle, while Origami and Mana deduce that DEM's Realizer have been programmed to sychronize with the brain activity of Artemisia Ashcroft, one of DEM's top Wizards, so if they capture her, they could find a way to shut them down. MARIA, Fraxinus' AI, also believes that Shido can neutralize Nibelcolle army, but for that, he will have to be on the front lines, a decision that Shido agrees with. DEM's flagship, with Westcott and Ellen onboard, deploys its contingent of Bandersnatch units against Fraxinus, only to be attacked by Kurumi's clones.
49	3	"The Spirit's Resurrection" Transliteration: "Seirei no Fukkatsu" (Japanese: 精霊の復活)	TBA	TBA	TBA	April 24, 2024 (2024-04-24)	TBA
As the battle progresses, the Spirits deploy into the battlefield, just as AST arrives and is told to by DEM to back up their forces. Yoshino and Mukuro protect Kusakabe and her squad are about to be hit by DEM's weapons, and Kusakabe realizes that DEM was planning to use them as cannon fodder. AST defects to Ratatoskr's side, pleasing Origami and Mana. Ellen and Artemisia enter the battle and Woodman wants to intercept them, even if it means putting his own life in danger. In an attempt to stop him, Karen, his assistant, admits she is in love with him and suggets that they should perhaps flee from the battle and start a family someplace else. Woodman politely turns her down and activates his personal Realizer unit, which reverse his age and turns him back into an adult, so he can fight Ellen evenly. Tohka, Kaguya and Yuzuru distract the Nibelcolle army long enough for Shido to arrive at the battlefield and enact MARIA's plan to stop them. He starts showing affection to the Nibelcolles, such as blowing kisses at them and even outright kissing them. The Nibelcolles, overwhelmed with emotion, turn back into harmless pieces of paper. MARIA had theorized that, since they were created from Nia's emotions, they must behave exactly as a normal person would. Shido finally reunites with Kurumi, who still wants to absorb Shido's spirit power, so she can destroy the Spirit of Origin and prevent the creation of Spirits in the first place, but Shido doesn't want that to happen, because that would mean that Shido would have never met the Spirits at all, Kurumi included. He proposes that he confront the Spirit of Origin in Kurumi's place and rewrite history to ensure a happy future for everyone. Kurumi's independent clone sacrifices herself so that her master and Shido can vanquish all the Nibelcolles, but suddenly, Mio Takamiya, the Spirit of Origin, emerges from Kurumi's chest, severely injuring her in the process.

External links

• Official anime website (in Japanese)
• Date A Live V (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia