KonoSuba season 1

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KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!
Season 1
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No. of episodes10
Release
Original network Tokyo MX
Original releaseJanuary 14 (2016-01-14) –
March 17, 2016 (2016-03-17)
Season chronology
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Season 2
List of episodes

The first season of KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! adapted the first two light novel volumes and ran in Japan on Tokyo MX and other networks from January 14 to March 17, 2016. The season was streamed internationally by Crunchyroll and AnimeLab. [1] [2] The opening theme song is "Fantastic Dreamer" performed by Machico, while the ending theme song is "Chīsana Bōken-sha" (ちいさな冒険者, lit. 'Little Adventurer') performed by Sora Amamiya, Rie Takahashi, and Ai Kayano. [3]

Contents

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		Title  [lower-alpha 1] Directed byWritten byStoryboarded byOriginal air date  [4] Ref.
11"This Self Proclaimed Goddess and Reincarnation in Another World!"
Transliteration: "Kono Jishō Megami to Isekai Tensei o!" (Japanese: この自称女神と異世界転生を！)		Shunji Yoshida Makoto Uezu Takaomi KanasakiJanuary 14, 2016 (2016-01-14) [5]
While out buying a game, a sleep-deprived shut-in named Kazuma Satō mistakes a tractor for a speeding truck and rushes in to push a girl out of the way, dying from shock as a result. In the afterlife, Kazuma is greeted by a goddess named Aqua, who offers to transport him to an RPG-like world in order to battle against a Devil King instead of going to heaven or reincarnation. Given the option to choose any item or ability to arm himself with, Kazuma, annoyed by Aqua's attitude, decides to drag her along with him to the town of Axel. With Aqua unable to return until the Devil King is defeated, the two earn some money to register as adventurers, with Kazuma assigned to a rather generic Adventurer class while Aqua is assigned as an Archpriest. The two then spend the following weeks working carefree lives as laborers before eventually remembering that they need to do some actual adventuring.
22"An Explosion for This Chuunibyo!"
Transliteration: "Kono Chūnibyō ni Bakuen o!" (Japanese: この中二病に爆焔を！)		Masato MiyoshiAoi AkashiroTakaomi KanasakiJanuary 21, 2016 (2016-01-21) [6]
After struggling to defeat some giant frogs, Kazuma and Aqua seek out members to join their party. After a long wait with no respondents to their advertisement for advanced class adventurers only, they are approached by Megumin, a magician capable of performing powerful explosion magic. However, she becomes incapacitated immediately after casting an Explosion spell and is too stubborn to learn anything else. Kazuma reluctantly keeps Megumin in his party so she wouldn't make him seem like a perverted freak in public. Kazuma is then approached by a crusader named Darkness, who also seems to have a dubious quirk.
33"A Panty Treasure in This Right Hand!"
Transliteration: "Kono Migite ni Pantsu o!" (Japanese: この右手にお宝（ぱんつ）を！)		Hidehiko KadotaKōjirō NakamuraTetsuhito SaitoJanuary 28, 2016 (2016-01-28) [7]
Darkness reveals she hardly ever hits anything with her attacks and is strictly a meat shield, so Kazuma rejects her, but Darkness persists in following him. Her thief friend Chris teaches him a Steal skill, which he inadvertently uses to steal girls' panties. Chris humiliates him by recounting his panty theft in a crowded tavern. Kazuma tries to get everyone but Aqua to leave the party by warning them of their quest to defeat the Devil King, but this only succeeds in exciting Darkness's masochistic urges. The entire town is brought together to defeat an army of cabbage monsters for the harvest, where the party performs admirably, to Kazuma's frustration: Darkness shields the villagers from enemy attacks while also showing off her exhibitionist tendencies, Megumin blows up the entire cabbage horde with a single spell, and Aqua uses water magic to boost morale and preserve the freshness of the harvested cabbages.
44"Explosion Magic for This Formidable Enemy!"
Transliteration: "Kono Kyōteki ni Bakuretsu Mahō o!" (Japanese: この強敵に爆裂魔法を！)		Bob ShirohataMakoto UezuTakayuki InagakiFebruary 4, 2016 (2016-02-04) [8]
With hunting requests declining due to one of the Devil King's generals moving in nearby, Kazuma accompanies Megumin as she practices her explosion magic on a seemingly abandoned castle. This infuriates the general, Verdia the Dullahan, who had been living in that castle. Placing a death curse upon Darkness, Verdia demands that Megumin come to his castle within a week in order to save Darkness' life. However, after Verdia takes his leave, Aqua removes the curse from Darkness, eliminating the need to journey to the castle.
55"A Price for This Magic Sword!"
Transliteration: "Kono Maken ni Onedan o!" (Japanese: この魔剣にお値段を！)		Takatoshi SuzukiAoi AkashiroTakaomi KanasakiFebruary 11, 2016 (2016-02-11) [9]
Wanting to earn some money despite only hard quests being available, Aqua takes on a request to purify a lake filled with alligator monsters, with the others putting her in a cage to keep her safe. Though Aqua gets the quest done, she is left traumatized from hours of alligator attacks. On their return, the group encounters Kyouya Mitsurugi, another human Aqua sent to Axel, who is displeased with how Aqua is treated. However, Aqua refuses to leave Kazuma's party, and the rest of the party refuses to let Kyouya join them. Kyouya challenges Kazuma to a duel to determine whether Aqua will join Kyouya's party or stay with Kazuma's. However, he is quickly defeated after Kazuma steals the cursed sword he received when he came to the RPG world. Kyouya tries to repurchase the sword the next day, but Kazuma has sold it. Verdia returns to the town, wondering why no one came to fight him.
66"A Conclusion to This Worthless Fight!"
Transliteration: "Kono Rokudemonai Tatakai ni Ketchaku o!" (Japanese: このろくでもない戦いに決着を！)		Shunji YoshidaMakoto UezuTetsuhito SaitoFebruary 18, 2016 (2016-02-18) [10]
Annoyed that Megumin is still using his castle for explosion practice, Verdia, after proving easily susceptible to Aqua's purification magic, summons an undead army, which is defeated by Megumin's explosion magic. As Verdia then battles against Darkness, Kazuma deduces that he is weak against water and has Aqua attack him with a flood. With Verdia weakened, Kazuma steals Verdia's head, allowing Aqua to defeat him with the spell Turn Undead. The next day, Kazuma and his party earn a hefty reward for defeating Verdia, which is put towards paying off the damages Aqua's flood caused to the town.
77"A Second Death in This Freezing Season!"
Transliteration: "Kono Kogoesō na Kisetsu ni Nidome no Shi o!" (Japanese: この凍えそうな季節に二度目の死を！)		Masato MiyoshiAoi AkashiroMasahiro IseFebruary 25, 2016 (2016-02-25) [11]
Needing money to pay off his debts and survive the freezing weather, Kazuma and his party take on a quest to kill Snow Sprites. However, their hunt attracts the attention of a powerful Winter Shogun, who kills Kazuma, sending him to the world's afterlife, where he meets the goddess Eris. Eris offers to reincarnate him into a wealthy family in Japan, but Kazuma finds he misses his companions from the RPG world. Aqua calls for Kazuma to return to his body, having already cast magic to bring him back to life. Kazuma willingly returns but refuses to thank Aqua for resurrecting him, declares Eris the main heroine of his story, and is disenchanted at his companions with their odd personalities.
88"A Loving Hand for Our Party When We Can't Make It Through Winter!"
Transliteration: "Kono Fuyu o Kosenai Ore-tachi ni Ai no Te o!" (Japanese: この冬を越せない俺達に愛の手を！)		Hidehiko KadotaKōjirō NakamuraTakaomi KanasakiMarch 3, 2016 (2016-03-03) [12]
Kazuma and Aqua visit a magic shop run by a kind-hearted lich named Wiz, who reveals herself to be one of the Devil King's generals in charge of protecting a barrier surrounding the Devil King's castle. After Wiz teaches Kazuma the Drain Touch skill, the party takes on a request to exorcise evil spirits from a mansion where they can stay during the winter. That night, Kazuma and Megumin find themselves on the run from an army of possessed dolls while also desperately needing the bathroom. Aqua saves the day again with her Turn Undead spells. The following morning, Aqua reveals that her actions after first meeting Wiz led to the mansion being haunted in the first place.
99"God's Blessing On This Wonderful Shop!"
Transliteration: "Kono Subarashii Mise ni Shukufuku o!" (Japanese: この素晴らしい店に祝福を！)		Tarō KuboAoi AkashiroTakayuki InagakiMarch 10, 2016 (2016-03-10) [13]
Kazuma and his adventure friends Keith and Dust go to a shop run by succubi, who provide male adventurers with erotic dreams. After having a luxurious crab meal and falling asleep in the bath, Kazuma mistakes Darkness entering the bath as the dream and orders her to wash his back. The belief that he is dreaming makes Kazuma more domineering than usual, so the submission-loving Darkness gives in to his demand. Before they can proceed further, Aqua announces that she has trapped a succubus, who says she was sent to incite Kazuma's dream, leading Kazuma to get beaten up by the others while helping the succubus escape. The next day, a mobile fortress known as the Destroyer approaches town.
1010"A Final Flame for this Over-the-top Fortress!"
Transliteration: "Kono Rifujin na Yōsai ni Shūen o!" (Japanese: この理不尽な要塞に終焔を！)		Shunji YoshidaMakoto UezuTetsuhito SaitoMarch 17, 2016 (2016-03-17) [14]
Darkness tells Kazuma that her true name is Dustiness Ford Lalatina, the daughter of a well-regarded family. Using Aqua's barrier-breaking spells and Megumin and Wiz's explosion magic, the party takes down the Destroyer, which sets off a self-destruct sequence. Heading inside to find a way to stop the Destroyer from exploding, Kazuma finds the power source and has Wiz teleport it elsewhere. Megumin uses explosion to destroy the fortress. As peace returns to the town, Kazuma finds himself under arrest as the power source he teleported away destroyed a noble's mansion.

Notes

  1. ↑ English translated titles are taken from Crunchyroll.

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References

  1. ↑ "Crunchyroll to Stream KonoSuba". Anime News Network. January 12, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ "New Titles for AnimeLab 2016 Winter Simulcast Season". Anime News Network. December 21, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ "KonoSuba anime staff" (in Japanese). KonoSuba.com. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
  4. ↑ "KonoSuba Network Information" (in Japanese). KonoSuba.com. Retrieved January 29, 2016. Tokyo MX – 1月13日より毎週水曜 – 25:05 ～ 25:35
  5. ↑ "第1話 この自称女神と異世界転生を!" [Episode 1 This Self Proclaimed Goddess and Reincarnation in Another World!] (in Japanese). Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o!. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ "第2話 この中二病に爆焔を!" [Episode 2 An Explosion for This Chuunibyo!] (in Japanese). Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o!. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  7. ↑ "第3話 この右手にお宝（ぱんつ）を!" [Episode 3 A Panty Treasure in This Right Hand!] (in Japanese). Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o!. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ "第4話 この強敵に爆裂魔法を!" [Episode 4 Explosion Magic for This Formidable Enemy!] (in Japanese). Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o!. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ "第5話 この魔剣にお値段を!" [Episode 5 A Price for This Magic Sword!] (in Japanese). Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o!. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  10. ↑ "第6話 このろくでもない戦いに決着を！" [Episode 6 A Conclusion to This Worthless Fight!] (in Japanese). Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o!. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  11. ↑ "第7話 この凍えそうな季節に二度目の死を！" [Episode 7 A Second Death in This Freezing Season!] (in Japanese). Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o!. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  12. ↑ "第8話 この冬を越せない俺達に愛の手を！" [Episode 8 A Loving Hand for Our Party When We Can't Make It Through Winter!] (in Japanese). Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o!. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  13. ↑ "第9話 この素晴らしい店に祝福を！" [Episode 9 God's Blessing On This Wonderful Shop!] (in Japanese). Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o!. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  14. ↑ "第10話 この理不尽な要塞に終焔を！" [Episode 10 A Final Flame for this Over-the-top Fortress!] (in Japanese). Kono Subarashii Sekain ni Shukufuku o!. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
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