In this episode we finally learn the truth behind the Founding Queen, Je, and the tragedy that the Aowrow referred to. It took such a long time for us (and Erin; 8 years for her since she began learning about animals) before we were exposed to the reason why it was considered a “crime” to “control beasts”. Then again, the pacing has been really nice and slow, and there is still a lot of episodes left to develop the story, especially now that the viewer is armed with the background knowledge.

I am more inclined, looking at the characters that form the title, to call it “Sky of Light”, but I could be wrong too, so I chose to go with the subtitles’ translation. Episode 31 is the first look at Erin’s life at college level, with the entry of a new character that acts as a new teacher at Kazalm, Kiriku, though he is definitely more than meets the eye.

Time for another recap episode, and another time skip as we are brought another four years into the future, to the time when Erin reaches the age of eighteen and have spent four years at Kazalm as a student, with Lilan under her special care all this while. Since it is a recap episode, there is hardly much to talk about.

This episode looks at the side of Lilan that Erin, and the viewers, have largely become oblivious to – the side of her that is a beast. Erin gets her first injury working with any beast-lord in the series, despite her good intentions to assist Lilan.

When I first learned about the death of Jone, I thought it would be a painful one, or at least one surrounding his death but not in general. Instead, this was an episode reflecting upon Erin’s past with Jone, and the consequences surrounding Jone’s death through natural causes. In part, it is another recovery episode for Erin, as she learns to deal with yet another death of a close one.