Episode 26 of the , titled " The Exciting and Embarrassing Trial Enrollment! The DWMA New Lifestyle Support Fair Is Open? ," serves as a pivotal transition point for the series. It focuses on the awkward yet heartwarming integration of Crona into the Death Weapon Meister Academy (DWMA) and the introduction of a major new antagonist. Plot Overview

: Just as Arachne and her subordinate Giriko overwhelm the students, Justin Law , the youngest-ever Death Scythe, makes a dramatic entrance to save them.

: In one of the most famous comedic scenes in the series, Crona writes a poem so profoundly depressing that it puts everyone who reads it—including the boisterous Black★Star —into a literal corner of despair.