Arcana Famiglia Wiki
Register
Advertisement

The Moon in the Dark (闇の中の月, Yami no Naka no Tsuki) is the eighth episode of the Arcana Famiglia -La storia della Arcana Famiglia- anime.

Plot[]

Ep8 Jolly talks to Elmo

Jolly talks to Elmo.

Jolly finishes Elmo's medical examination in his lab. He is impressed with the kid's rapid growth and praises him. Asked to go outside together, Jolly takes Elmo on a walk to the town, where they are spotted by Felicità during a patrol. The next morning, she asks Luca about this, but he warns her not to approach Jolly. He demonstrates a simple alchemical reaction how black tea changes colour when mixed with honey, and explains that Jolly taught him that when Luca was a child. However, due to something that happened in the past, he cannot accept Jolly as a person.

Back in L'Osteria, Pace eats lasagna accompanied by Debito, who looks sleepy and in pain. He admits not to sleep well lately and have nightmares; still, he decides to go back to the manor and get some more sleep. Back in the manor, Felicità spots Libertà playing with Elmo in the garden. As they chat, Jolly arrives and tells Elmo it's reading time; he also asks Felicità to bring Debito to his lab. Elsewhere, Pace and Luca worry about Debito's state. Luca promises to make some medicine; even though it would be best if Jolly treated Debito, there's bad blood between them. Pace wishes he could do something.

Ep8 Debito has a nightmare

Debito has a nightmare.

Meanwhile, Debito dreams of the story he told during the Piccolino. It overlays with Jolly's voice as darkness approaches; Debito wakes up terrified, only to see Felicità's face. He throws her on his bed, but she protests and gives him Jolly's note. The whole situation angers Debito as he claims that his right eye is just fine — so much so that he'd love to kill Jolly. The camera pans to a photo stand on Debito's dresser, revealing a photo of young himself, Pace, Luca and a woman.

Later on, Pace visits Jolly's lab. They go to chat in the advisor's office, where Pace accuses Jolly of causing Debito pain. The alchemist himself deflects that, claiming he merely experimented on their Arcana, and that Pace should endure it since it's for family's sake. On his way from the office, Pace meets Felicità, who asks what happened between Debito, Luca and Jolly. However, he leaves without a word, only petting her head. Felicità goes to ask for Nova's help, since he also has his reasons to suspect Jolly. Just then, Libertà arrives to request everyone's help cleaning the church, which makes Felicità and Nova realise that's where they should look for clues.

As all the family members clean the church, Felicità wonders if Jolly is going to show up. Pace finds the "P L D" carved out in one of the pillars. He explains to Felicità that the three of them used to live in this church with his mother, Caterina. Luca complains that the other two never finished their duties and only fooled around. As the trio bicker, Jolly suddenly arrives. He starts taunting Debito about his weakness and inability to stabilise his Arcana without the ametyst that Jolly himself has planted. He also explains that the trio's Stigmata have appeared on their bodies due to his experiments.

Ep8 Alchemical shield

Jolly blocks Pace's punch.

Unable to bear it, Debito points his gun at Jolly. Jolly, however, makes nothing of it as he pulls Debito by the hair. Just then, Pace demands that Jolly stops hurting everyone and launches a punch at him. It is blocked by an alchemical shield, but Pace then uses his Arcana power, effectively breaking the shield and sending Jolly flying against the window. Nonetheless, Jolly only laughs, praising their friendship as he leaves.

Late at night, Felicità feels guilty for making the trio clash with Jolly; Libertà and Nova comfort her. She wants to know what caused Jolly to conduct Tarocco experiments on the trio, and since he's Mondo's trusted friend, she still cannot bring herself to consider him a bad person. The youngsters go to Jolly's lab and discover Elmo in a water tube. In that moment, Jolly arrives and explains that he's created an artificial human, a homunculus.

Characters in order of appearance[]


Anime
Advertisement