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Episode 1 The Birth of the Legendary Magic Knights!: Hikaru Shidou, Umi Ryuuzaki, and Fuu Hououji were ordinary middle school girls in Tokyo—until they were summoned to Cephiro, a fantasy world where one's will ruled over all. They are told that unless they become "Magic Knights", defeat the evil priest, and rescue the princess, they can't go back to Tokyo! Guided by the wise old Clef, the three embark on their long journey.
Episode 2 Presea of the Woods of Silence: The three girls managed to make it to Presea's house in the Forest of Silence, as instructed by Clef. However, the door was unlocked and nobody was home! The girls hear a noise in the study, and head that way to find a fluffy animal! They eventually meet Presea, but then, a monster manages to enter the estate—and the girls must fight without Hikaru's magic...
Episode 3 Ferio the Handsome, Mysterious Swordsman: While on their way to the spring of Eterna by Presea's orders, the three girls encounter a mysterious man with a large sword. This man, Ferio, tries to strike a deal with them to help each other out of the forest. The group of four soon find a large rock in the center of the forest, and determine it to be the cause of the forest's numerous monsters... but can they destroy it?
Episode 4 Alcyone, the Vengeful Sorceress: The three girls parted with Ferio and went on their way to Eterna. They found a town, but all the townsfolk feared the girls from another world—even after they defended the town from a monster. Just then, Alcyone commenced her attack to initiate a grudge match, and Hikaru's magic alone is not enough...
Episode 5 Escudo, the Legendary Ore: Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu arrive at a beautiful pond. Investigation proves that this was not their destination. Of course, the three did not expect that their destination, Eterna, would look the way it did... or that they would be tested for worthiness by not one, but two different entities....
Episode 6 Lives at Stake—Presea's Weapons: A new opponent, Ascot, targets Presea as the three girls head back to the Forest of Silence with Escudo. The three try to fend off the beast that Ascot summoned, but magic nor weapons were effective against it! With doom looming over Presea, who was busy making their weapons, what could the girls do?
Episode 7 Ferio in Desperation—A Romance in the Desert: Ferio bumps into Ascot as the little summoner plans revenge. Ferio, on his own agenda, decides to moentarily tag-team with Ascot. The girls are fooled by Ferio to walk into Ascot's trap—but get saved by Ferio. But as a price for saving the girls, Ascot decides to kill Ferio... can the girls save him?
Episode 8 The Horrible Trap of Summoner Ascot: Hikaru finds a little creature being assaulted by a monster, and saves it with a little help from her friends. Hikaru gets emotionally attached to the little critter, but this proves painful as the critter suddenly enlarges and becomes violent the next day...
Episode 9 The Magic Knights' Greatest Crisis: Umi lands in Tokyo from wishing so hard to be back there for her fencing tournament. Meanwhile, Alcyone, locked up in a cell for all her failures, cons little Ascot into breaking her free in exchange for a potion that will "strengthen his beast". The beast was indeed strengthened—but not in the way Ascot wished—and swallows Hikaru and Fuu in a labyrinth of ice. Will Umi be able to return to Cephiro and save her fellow Magic Knights?
Episode 10 The Revival of Selece, the Legendary Rune-God: Mokona produces a small vessel to cross the ocean—imagine the Magic Knights' surprise when it started to plummet and dove into the ocean! The vessel, now covered in an air bubble, finds its way into an underwater shrine. There, Selece, the Rune-God, awaited Umi. But, Ascot and his beast Capella also awaited the entourage. Will Umi be able to fend off the latest beast's attacks, and show Selece that she has what it takes to become a Magic Knight?
Episode 11 The Legend of the Rune-Gods—In Cephiro, Another World: The vessel leaves the sea shrine to fly towards the next destination. However, it gets shot down by Zagato—and the girls narrowly escape thanks to Emeraude's help. The girls come to to find Ferio at their side, eager to help. He tells them that there are three (not one) Rune-Gods... when the town they were lodging in decides to sum up all their folks to kill the Magic Knights, instructed to do so by one of Zagato's minions. Will they be able to escape from the town without hurting anyone?
Episode 12 The Fearsome Illusionist Caldina: The girls are shocked to find that the next destination for them is in fact that boulder floating in the sky! Now, they realize that they must find a way of their own to that shrine... but as they climb one of the mountains between them and the boulder, a strange scent surrounds them. The girls suddenly start to see all sorts of strange illusions! Will they be able to see the truth and break free from the illusions?
Episode 13 The Most Valuable Thing in This World: Back on track after their second encounter with Caldina, the girls once again head towards the shrine in the sky. But Caldina has one up on them—she cleverly creates a diversion to separate Fuu from the others, and gains control of Umi and Hikaru! When Fuu rejoins her party, the other two start to attack her... will she find a way to break Caldina's control over the others before the Magic Knights end up slaying each other?
Episode 14 Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu's Unyielding Wish: The girls decide to organize their thoughts and think about what they have done and what they need (and/or want) to do, with the aid of a map by Mokona. The next day, a strange flash of light engulfs and whisks Umi and Fuu away! Now Hikaru must find them on her own—and after Mokona also gets whisked away by the light, she can only trust her wits. Will she be able to find a way through the light to rescue her dear friends?
Episode 15 The Second Rune-God: Windam, the Lord of the Skies: On a rainy day, Ferio bumps into the Magic Knights with a girl— this girl, Sara, got lost in the mountains and needed help. The girls felt that she was safe enough to leave with Ferio as they entered the sky shrine; but Sara turned out to be all but Inouva in disguise! Inouva reveals himself to the Magic Knights as he holds Ferio hostage—will Fuu be able to rescue Ferio and also show Windam, the second Rune-God, that she is worthy of becoming a Magic Knight?
Episode 16 A Powerful Foe! Lafarga the Swordmaster: The girls once again continue on their quest—this time for the third and last Rune-God. Their path is once again filled with monsters—and this time, a huge flying creature whisks Umi away! The girls chase the monster in hopes of freeing her, when a tall swordsman defeats the monster in one slash! However, this swordsman turns out to be none other than Lafarga, the newest henchman sent by Zagato to kill the Magic Knights! Will Hikaru, who decided to fight this swordsman without her magic, be able to defeat him and convince him out of his evil ways?
Episode 17 The Truth about Inouva, and Return of Memories: One Rune-God left to revive. Hikaru and company hurry forth to become the true Magic Knights, with Cephiro showing serious signs of decomposition. Meanwhile, Inouva makes a decision on his own for the sake of High Priest Zagato, and head out with the annihilation of the Magic Knights in mind. He reverts back to his creature form and attacks the three girls! With all their magic reflecting away from him, and with their swords unable to slice him, the girls quickly fall into a disadvantage against Inouva's true form. Meanwhile, Ferio remembers his true past... but will he be able to share the knowledge about Inouva's weakness that he receives from his sister with the Magic Knights before it's too late?
Episode 18 The Last Rune-God: Rayearth, Lord of Fire: Zagato swears he will defeat the Magic Knights, despite Emeraude's plea that doing so will completely destroy Cephiro. Meanwhile, the three girls were led by Mokona through a cave into the last of the three shrines that the Rune-Gods were kept to rest in. While Hikaru falls into a trance, Zagato blocks the way between Umi and Fuu! The test that the last Rune-God, Rayearth, gives Hikaru is more treacherous than those of the other two: she must fight Zagato alone.... and without armor! Lafarga arrives at the scene to help Hikaru, but is no match for the High Priest. Will Hikaru be able to show Rayearth the strength of her Heart and lead the three to become true Magic Knights?
Episode 19 Showdown! The Magic Knights Versus Zagato: Now that Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu were true Magic Knights, they challenge Zagato to the final battle that will determine the fate of Cephiro and its princess! Emeraude, in tears, tries to stop Zagato... but he leaves her to fight the Knights with his own Rune-God. Not only are the three girls overpowered by his strength, they are shocked to find that he had done all of this to free Emeraude from the pain of having to pray only for Cephiro's peace and order. Now, the girls must combine all their forces to defeat the High Priest to return safely to Tokyo... but will they be successful?
Episode 20 The Unbelievable Truth about the Legendary Magic Knights!: The three Magic Knights managed to defeat Zagato with their combo spell Spiral Flash, and headed inside the castle to meet the princess they had just rescued. However, there was only one beautiful woman in the castle. She introduces herself as Emeraude... and when she hears that the girls defeated Zagato, she summons a gigantic Rune-God and attacks them! The woman was Emeraude who had fallen in love with Zagato and could no longer pray for Cephiro... and the whole purpose in her summoning the Magic Knights was to have them assassinate her so that a new Pillar could be chosen! Faced with their toughest and most heart-wrenching, obstacle, will the girls be able to do what is best for everyone?

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