Data 03: Presage

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Data 03: Presage
Production Information
Release Date	July 20, 2014
Episode Director	Tetsuro Suzuki
Storyboard	Kazuya Miura
Screenplay	Satoko Sekine
Director of Animation	Yuko Iwaoka, 西川明人
Executive Director of Animation	Yukiko Ban
Episode Guide
Previous	Data 02: Crack
Next	Data 04: Disappearance

Data 03: Presage is the third episode of the DRAMAtical Murder animation. It first aired in Japan on July 20, 2014.

Summary

The young man silently purchases an item from Aoba, leaving the shop without identifying himself. When returning home from work that evening, Aoba finds the young man in his bedroom, who reveals to Aoba that he was the person in the rabbit costume that forced him in the Rhyme battle. The teenager demands a rematch with Aoba and threatens to destroy Ren if he doesn't. Clear arrives via veranda to Aoba's room, telling the intruder to not hurt his "Master". Koujaku soon joins the group, and a scuffle initiates between him and the teenager. Tae breaks them up and the group settles down in the kitchen, where the young man introduces himself as Noiz. The next day, Aoba and Koujaku visit Mizuki in hopes of cheering him up, as he has been depressed about losing more of his team members to Rhyme. The following day, Noiz visits the junk shop again and becomes the object of interest for the young siblings Kio, Nao, and Mio. While Noiz brushes off Kio's and Nao's attempts to tackle him, he picks up Mio and kisses her palm, telling her that girls shouldn't be rowdy, much to everyone else's shock. After the kids run out of the shop, Aoba scolds Noiz for his actions, who takes it with cool indifference, and abruptly kisses Aoba on the lips, much to his embarrassment. Noiz invites Aoba to join his Rhyme team, Ruff Rabbit, and to start playing Rhyme again, but Aoba refuses. He then receives call from Yoshie, informing him that Tae hurt her back and goes to carry her home. At night, Tae secretly meets with Toue's assistant, Takahashi, outside the house, who muses over the fact that Aoba is alive.

Trivia

• Mizuki's AllMate makes an appearance, being the first his AllMate is show in any form of media.
• During the original broadcast, the anime production team posted a formal apology on the official Twitter account for the episode's low quality, caused by an unfinished version of the episode being aired unintentionally. On July 26, the episode was re-broadcasted online in a more finished state with superior quality.