Blue Archive the Animation episode 4: The Foreclosure Task Force visits the black market and robs a bank

Blue Archive the Animation episode 4 was released on April 28, 2024, on TV Tokyo and other affiliated channels in Japan. The latest installment was titled The Masked Swimsuit Gang and it focused on the Shiroko and the girls robbing a bank. They also met a girl from the Trinity Academy who had to join them in this deed.

The previous episode introduced the Problem Solver 68 group as they crossed paths with the Abydos High School girls. The former group attacked the latter's group and fans got to witness an intense battle. Unfortunately, due to Problem Solver 68's financial problem, their hired mercenaries left and the episode ended with the victory of the Foreclosure Task Force.

Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers from Blue Archive the Animation episode 4.

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Blue Archive the Animation episode 4: The Abydos High School girls visit the black market

The Foreclosure Task Force as seen in the anime (Image via Yostar Pictures and CANDYBOX)

Blue Archive the Animation episode 4 started with the Foreclosure Task Force paying their monthly installment of the loan they took from the Kaiser Corporation, which amounted to around 8 million. The girls later held a meeting and decided to visit the black market to investigate the weapons they retrieved from the Problem Solver 68 group in the previous episode.

While they were roaming around the market, they crossed paths with an individual from the Trinity Academy who was being chased by some girls. Shiroko took care of them and the girl from the Trinity Academy was saved. Her name was Ajitani Hifumi and she visited the black market to buy a Peroro plushy, a character from the Momo Friends series.

Nonomi also loved the series so she bonded with Hifumi. The girls later asked Hifumi to help them look for clues regarding their case. She gave them a breakdown of how the black market works, meanwhile, the girls witnessed the same robot, who collected their money in the morning, visit the black market bank.

They then began to wonder if the Kaiser Corporation was linked to the black market. So, the unanimous decision at the end was in favor of Shiroko's plan, which she offered in the previous episode, to rob the bank. The purpose of this was only to check the records and verify that their transactions weren't being used for evil purposes.

Hifumi had to accompany them as she was present there and also because she was forced.

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Blue Archive the Animation episode 4: The Problem Solver 68 decides to take a loan from the black market bank

The Problem Solver 68 group (Image via Yostar Pictures and CANDYBOX)

After failing their mission due to their financial condition, the Gehenna Academy girls decided to visit the black market and get a loan. This decision was made after they were assigned another mission by their higher-ups.

Blue Archive the Animation episode 4 saw the Problem Solver 68 group visit the black market bank, where they applied for a loan, while the Abydos high school girls were planning to rob the bank. However, their loan was declined because their only assets were weapons and their workplace was rented.

Aru, Problem Solver 68's leader, recalled a time when she aimed to become the biggest criminal of Kivitos and felt despair. Right around this time, the Abydos girls invaded the bank.

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Blue Archive the Animation episode 4: The Foreclosure Task Force group (and Hifumi) rob the black market bank

The Masked Swimsuit Gang (Image via Yostar Pictures and CANDYBOX)

The girls invaded the bank as a new group named The Masked Swimsuit Gang, which is also the title of the episode. Hifumi was their leader and Hoshino named her Miss Faust to keep her identity hidden. Shiriko went to the counter and asked the employee to give them the transaction records.

While The Masked Swimsuit Gang was robbing the bank, Aru admired their bravery as they tried to steal from such a big facility. As soon as the employee gave them the transaction records, they fled.

When they reached a safe spot, they opened the bag and found almost 100 million, which was their debt, and the transaction records. The majority recommended keeping the money as they got it from bad people and intended to use it for a good cause—to repay their debt. However, on Hoshino's insistence, they decided not to.

Aru then tailed them, but they escaped without revealing their true identities.

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