After Ooya's failed attempt to defeat Junerin, his boss, Shimada decides to fight her for real.

In his first of two reviews of Kirameki Project, Theron Martin of Anime News Network called Kirameki Project a "a cutesy, quirky, fan service-laden giant robot series, one clearly made by hard-core otaku for hard-core otaku".

[1] In his Newtype USA review, Sean Sikes commented favourably on the animation techniques, stating, "the effect is stunning and adds a great visual punch to all the action–packed fight sequences".

[2] Chris Beveridge and Mark Thomas gave Kirameki Project a "C" in their lukewarm reviews at Mania.com.

[3] Jeremy Mullin of IGN describes Kirameki Project as "one very weird show" and stated the giant robot Junerin "literally looks like a giant doll [...] complete with hair, a dress ... it even has an umbrella and a purse! [...]