Ep. 20 - Lost Time is the twentieth episode of Hand Jumper.
Plot[]
This episode takes place entirely in the school gym of the Aberrant Corps Third HQ. Sayeon just used her gift to jump 20 seconds back in time, and tries to figure out how her gift works. She tries jumping back multiple a second time, but becomes nauseous at the attempt. However, she feels her energy slowly flow back into her until she is able to activate her gift again and jump back 20 seconds. Looking at the clock, Sayeon realizes that it took 20 seconds for her gift to be able to recharge again, so she will never be able to travel further backwards in time. She can only create a time loop of 20 seconds.
Sayeon makes another experiment. She bites down hard on her thumb and runs up to the stands before activating her essence and jumping back. Her injury disappears, and she appears back at the place she was standing at before. Her gift sets everything back to how it was before, including herself. Sayeon muses that there must be a way to increase her gift's ability to jump back by more than 20 seconds.
Sitting on the gym floor, Sayeon remembers a time at which she and Jaeil were practicing math problems. Sayeon told Jaeil that she was great at understanding math because she liked learning to follow and use a set of clear rules. Jael told her that she's the smartest person he's ever met, and that she could figure out anything if she set her mind to it. Sayeon thinks that she likes the feeling of Jaeil believing in her. Lost in thought, Sayeon talks to herself, and wishes that Jaeil were here in the gym with her so that she would have someone to talk to. Min appears behind her, holding a newly baked banana bread, and the episode ends.