Gakuen Alice 23

The circus comes to Gakuen Alice, but the person who's running it seems familiar -- well, it's completely obvious who it is. After Luca-pyon notices how badly a lion's being treated he gets worried and goes backstage, getting to know one of the workers there who used to go to Gakuen Alice, but since his Alice was one that disappeared when he became an adult, he left. Luca-pyon finally does meet Reo, who says he'll tell him about the secrets of the school...

Gakuen Alice looks to be taking the anime original conclusion route here. I was somewhat worried last time, but after things this time I'm not quite as much. Revealing more of Natsume's past this time, and more of his relationship with Luca-pyon was well done. The obvious comparison of the poor kid lion who was forced to perform to Natsume, who was forced to do those "missions" for the school though a kid, also made the choice of the circus coming this time make more sense. As for those "secrets" of the school, I don't have any idea what it could be since those haven't been talked about in the manga I read, so we'll see exactly what Reo has to say about things as Gakuen Alice approaches a hopefully good climax :)