KonoSuba season 3

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KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!
Season 3
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Promotional poster
No. of episodes11
Release
Original network Tokyo MX
Original releaseApril 10 (2024-04-10) –
June 19, 2024 (2024-06-19)
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The third season of the anime television series KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! , marketed as KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3, adapts the sixth and seventh light novel volumes written by Natsume Akatsuki and illustrated by Kurone Mishima. The season aired from April 10 to June 19, 2024, on Tokyo MX and other networks, and streamed on Crunchyroll internationally outside Asia.

Contents

The opening theme song is "Growing Up" performed by Machico, while the ending theme song is "Ano Hi no Mama no Bokura" (あの日のままのぼくら, lit. 'Us, Just Like on That Day') performed by Sora Amamiya, Rie Takahashi and Ai Kayano. [1] [2]

Episodes

No.
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season		Title  [3] [lower-alpha 1] Directed by  [3] Written by  [3] Storyboarded by  [3] Original air date  [4]
211"God's Blessings on This Bright Future!"
Transliteration: "Kono Akarui Mirai ni Shukuhai o!" (Japanese: この明るい未来に祝杯を！)		Ōri YasukawaTakaomi KanasakiTakaomi KanasakiApril 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
After Kazuma and his party return to Axel, he is still traumatized by his experiences battling the Demon General Sylvia. Frustrated at his poor luck in romance, Kazuma decides to change his class to monk and join a religious order. As Kazuma travels to a nearby shrine, Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness follow him to try and convince him to change his mind. On the way, they encounter a wounded girl which Kazuma warns is a monster called a Tranquility Girl in disguise that presents a facade innocence to lure her prey in. Despite Kazuma's warnings, none of the party can bring themselves to kill the Tranquility Girl and spare her life. Kazuma later decides to double back to instruct the Tranquility Girl not to attack the local monks, only to catch her showing her true personality. He then recovers a magic mallet from one of the Tranquility Girl's victims which can create gold coins out of nowhere and decides to return to Axel, only for Chris to steal it from him. Later that night, Hagen delivers a message from the kingdom's first princess, Iris, inviting Kazuma and the party to a royal dinner.
222"A Smile for This Dour Girl!"
Transliteration: "Kono Warawanai Shōjo ni Hohoemi o!" (Japanese: この笑わない少女に微笑みを！)		Shinya Kawabe Makoto Uezu Takaomi KanasakiApril 17, 2024 (2024-04-17)
After selling a batch of lighters from Wiz's shop, Kazuma and his party head off to meet Iris. Despite a rough start, the dinner proceeds smoothly until Iris asks Kazuma to tell a story of how he defeated Kyouya. Kazuma, not wanting to reveal that he resorted to trickery by using his Steal skill, tells an embellished tale. However, when he is forced to admit that he is just the Adventurer class, the weakest of all classes, Iris begins to doubt Kazuma's story. Darkness then steps forward to defend Kazuma's integrity, insisting he is a trusted comrade of hers. Iris' bodyguard Claire then challenges Kazuma to a duel to test his skills. However, the duel quickly ends when Kazuma uses his Steal skill and accidentally steals Claire's underwear instead of her sword. Despite this, Iris only becomes more fascinated with Kazuma, and he promises to tell her more stories about his adventures. As Iris and her retinue are about to teleport back to the capital, she pulls in Kazuma back to the capitol with her.
233"A Re-education for This Bright Little Girl!"
Transliteration: "Kono Sakashī Shōjo ni Saikyōiku o!" (Japanese: この賢しい少女に再教育を！)		Yasuo IwamotoTakaomi KanasakiTakaomi KanasakiApril 24, 2024 (2024-04-24)
Kazuma is welcomed as a guest at the royal palace due to Iris very rarely acting on her desires. Initially wary, Kazuma quickly builds a connection with Iris, who considers him like an older brother. He decides to stay at the palace a little longer, acting as her playmate and learning about her lonely and isolated life inside the castle due to her royal status, as well as constant attacks by the Demon King's army. One week later, Darkness, Aqua, and Megumin arrive at the palace to bring Kazuma back to Axel, but Iris requests to hold a going away feast for him first. During the feast, Kazuma overhears the nobles talking about marrying Darkness off to the first prince, Jatice. He then meets privately with Iris, who admits that she likes him because he treats her as an equal instead of a princess like everybody else. Upon hearing about a mysterious thief targeting nobles with bad reputations in the capital, Kazuma volunteers to catch the thief to stay in the castle with Iris. However, his plan backfires when Claire sends him to stay in Alderp's mansion, the next most likely target for the thief.
244"Divine Punishment for This Handsome Gentleman Thief!"
Transliteration: "Kono Ikemen Gizoku ni Tenchū o!" (Japanese: このイケメン義賊に天誅を！)		Ōri YasukawaMakoto UezuYujiro AbeMay 1, 2024 (2024-05-01)
Kazuma and his party spend one week at Alderp's mansion looking out for the thief. Kazuma, Aqua, and Megumin takes advantage of Alderp's hospitality, angering him enough to order them to leave. The night before they set to leave, Kazuma while getting a late night snack encounters Chris, who is the thief. Kazuma refuses to hear her reasons for stealing from the nobles and lets her escape while letting her hit him with a Bind spell to allay suspicion. However, Kazuma's party took advantage of the situation to get payback. After leaving Alderp's mansion, Kazuma is forced to report his failure to catch the thief to Iris, who reluctantly dismisses him from the castle. That night, Chris meets Kazuma again, explaining she is looking for powerful items called the Divine Treasures, the special tools given to each of the reincarnated Japanese people. She asks for his help to steal one from the palace, but Kazuma refuses. The Demon King's army then attacks the capital again, and Kazuma joins the defense to impress Iris.
255"Nefarious Friends for This Sheltered Princess!"
Transliteration: "Kono Hakoiri Ōjo ni Akuyū o!" (Japanese: この箱入り王女に悪友を！)		Shunji YoshidaTakaomi KanasakiTakaomi KanasakiMay 8, 2024 (2024-05-08)
Kazuma and his party join the forces defending the capital, and while his party performs well, Kazuma himself ends up getting ambushed and killed by kobolds. While Kazuma is in the afterlife, Eris instructs him to retrieve the Divine Treasures, which he has no choice but to accept. After being revived, Kazuma takes Megumin back to the castle to recover, where they meet with Iris. Megumin senses that the necklace Iris is wearing contains magical power, and she reveals it is a magical relic entrusted to her, but nobody knows what it does. Kazuma recognizes the inscription on the writing as Japanese and accidentally activates it, switching bodies with Iris. He then realizes the necklace is one of the Divine Treasures Eris told him about. While Iris takes the opportunity to leave the castle unnoticed with Megumin, Kazuma stays behind to pose as Iris until the spell wears off. Kazuma takes advantage of his position to get in the bath with Darkness and Claire, only to suddenly swap back into his own body to get pummelled by a group of thugs Iris picked a fight with.
266"A Farewell to This Lavish Lifestyle!"
Transliteration: "Kono Suteki na Kurashi ni Sayonara o!" (Japanese: この素敵な暮らしにさよならを！)		Shinsuke GomiMakoto UezuYang Lie-ChunMay 15, 2024 (2024-05-15)TBA
Word of the body swapping incident spreads through the capital, turning Kazuma into a social pariah. That night, Chris approaches him and asks for his help in stealing the necklace due to a dark secret it possesses: the body switch becomes permanent if one of the switched bodies dies, meaning one can achieve eternal life by endlessly switching bodies with a younger person and then murdering them. Hearing of this, Kazuma finally agrees to help Chris. They sneak into the castle, but are forced to fight their way through Iris' guards, Kyouya, and Kazuma's own party, but they successfully steal the necklace and escape. However, Kazuma accidentally steals Iris' ring as well. Darkness quickly figures out Kazuma and Chris are responsible and warns Kazuma to never let anybody know he has the ring, as Iris was only supposed to give it to the person she intends to marry. Iris bids Kazuma and his party farewell. Later, it is revealed that Iris knew Kazuma was the thief all along and eagerly awaits the day he defeats the Demon King so she can marry him. Meanwhile, Alderp tortures someone in order to learn more information, as a Divine Treasure he had was stolen.
277"Rest for This Up-And-Coming Adventurer!"
Transliteration: "Kono Nariagari Bōken-sha ni mo Ansoku o!" (Japanese: この成り上がり冒険者にも安息を！)		Akira YamadaTakaomi KanasakiTakaomi KanasakiMay 22, 2024 (2024-05-22)
Kazuma and his party return to Axel as heroes, and Kazuma himself receives a massive windfall as he is awarded both the bounty for defeating Sylvia as well as the return on his investments in Vanir's business. In the meantime, Aqua is convinced to buy an egg that she believes is a dragon egg, which she affectionately names "Emperor Zel", though Kazuma believes she was scammed into buying a regular chicken egg. While at Wiz's shop, Vanir offers to read Darkness' fortune, and warns her that the shadow of destruction looms over her family, and nothing she can do will save them. Darkness then leaves to visit her sickly father while Vanir also warns Kazuma not to go idle on his newly gained wealth. Darkness later returns to the mansion and convinces Kazuma to help her collect the bounty on a Kowloon Hydra. The party uses Aqua to purify the lake the hydra resides in to draw it out, only for her to get stranded on top of one of its heads when it surfaces. With Megumin unable to cast Explosion without risking hurting Aqua, the party is forced to battle the hydra head on. Elsewhere, Alderp gazes at a painting of Darkness.
288"Rest for the Master of This Lake!"
Transliteration: "Kono Mizūmi no Omo ni Eien no Nemuri o!" (Japanese: この湖の主に永遠の眠りを！)		Shunji YoshidaMakoto UezuTakayuki InagakiMay 29, 2024 (2024-05-29)
Kazuma and his party fail to defeat the Hydra, with Kazuma's body being swallowed and digested, but Darkness is able to recover it so Aqua can revive him. The party retreats back to Axel to rest and recover, and Kazuma suspects Darkness has ulterior motives for hunting the Hydra. When they return to the guild, they learn that the Capital will not be sending knights to hunt the Hydra due to being busy hunting down the thieves responsible for stealing the Divine Treasures from the royal palace. In addition, a bounty for the thieves has been posted in Axel due to Crimson Demon fortune teller suggesting the thieves are hiding in the town. As Kazuma hides out in his mansion, he grows concerned at Darkness' obsession with defeating the Hydra. When she leaves to try and fight it on her own, Kazuma rallies the Axel adventurers to assist her. As the adventurers tie down the Hydra, Kazuma is able to drain its mana while Darkness protects him from getting crushed by its body. Once the Hydra's mana is drained, Megumin destroys it with Explosion magic. The adventurers celebrate the destruction of the Hydra, but when Kazuma, Aqua, and Megumin return to the mansion, they find a letter left behind by Darkness informing them that she is leaving the party.
299"A Talking-To for This Runaway!"
Transliteration: "Kono Iede Musume ni Sekkyō o!" (Japanese: この家出娘に説教を！)		Ōri YasukawaTakaomi KanasakiTakaomi KanasakiJune 5, 2024 (2024-06-05)
Kazuma and his party attempt to confront Darkness about her leaving the party, but she refuses to allow them to enter her mansion. Kazuma then tries to recruit a new tank for their party, but Megumin deliberately sabotages his attempts. Dust then approaches Kazuma and asks for his help in keeping an eye on his party mate Rin, who he fears is being seduced by a suspicious noble. Dust confronts the noble, but Rin reveals to Kazuma that the noble is actually interested in Dust and she was trying to protect him. As both Rin and Kazuma leave Dust to his fate, Rin mentions there are rumors that Darkness will be marrying Alderp. That night, Kazuma sneaks into Darkness' mansion and confronts her, and she admits she must marry Alderp to pay off a debt her family owes to him. However, Darkness refuses to call of the wedding and tries to chase Kazuma out of the mansion. Kazuma flees and finds himself in Darkness' father's room. Darkness' father asks Kazuma to take Darkness and flee as far away as possible, but Kazuma makes his escape instead, not wanting to elope with Darkness. Kazuma then returns to his mansion, defeated.
3010"Blessings for This Selfish Bride!"
Transliteration: "Kono Migattena Hanayome ni Shukufuku o!" (Japanese: この身勝手な花嫁に祝福を！)		Yasuo IwamotoMakoto UezuTakayuki InagakiJune 12, 2024 (2024-06-12)
Alderp quickly announces the date of his wedding with Darkness. Despite pleas from both Megumin and Aqua, Kazuma refuses to get involved unless Darkness asks for his help directly, and he is left cleaning up after the messes Megumin and Aqua leave in their own plots to try and stop the wedding. Megumin later confronts him about his inaction and he admits that he does not know how they can get away with defying a powerful noble like Alderp. Vanir then arrives and reveals to Kazuma that the Dustiness family fell into debt with Alderp due to taking out a loan from him to repair the damage caused by the Destroyer and Kazuma's party's attempts to stop it, with the stipulation that if the debt cannot be paid, Darkness must trade her body as collateral. Enraged, Kazuma enters into a deal with Vanir to save Darkness. At the wedding, Darkness recalls her time with Kazuma and the party fondly, but resigns herself to her fate, certain that Kazuma won't come to save her. However, as the wedding begins, Kazuma and Aqua crash the wedding disguised as clergy and Kazuma declares he will "kidnap" Darkness to protect her from Alderp.
3111"God's Blessings for These Unchanging Days!"
Transliteration: "Kono Kawaranai Nichijō ni Shukufuku o!" (Japanese: この変わらない日常に祝福を！)		Shinya KawabeTakaomi KanasakiTakaomi Kanasaki
& Tetsuhito Saito		June 19, 2024 (2024-06-19)
Alderp points out that Darkness owes him 2 billion Eris, which Kazuma manages to pay off thanks to selling all of his merchandise ideas to Vanir. He then tells Darkness that she will have to work off her debt to him as their party tank. However, Alderp orders his guards to restrain Kazuma and Darkness anyways until Megumin and Yunyun arrive. Megumin threatens to cast Explosion in the middle of town to protect Darkness, which scares Alderp's men into standing down. Alderp then tries to bribe the adventurers into capturing Darkness, but they instead start a brawl with Alderp's troops to cover for her escape. The party returns to Darkness' mansion, where they find her father barely clinging to life. He is glad to see the wedding was called off, and gives Kazuma his blessings. However, Aqua notices that his illness is being caused by a curse and dispels it, restoring him to full health. Meanwhile, Vanir confronts Alderp, revealing he arranged for Kazuma to crash the wedding as part of his plan to rescue his friend an fellow demon Maxwell, who Alderp had enslaved using a Divine Treasure and forced him to curse Darkness' father. Vanir frees Maxwell from his contract, and Maxwell subsquently captures Alderp to feed on his despair to complete his end of the contract. Later, it is revealed Alderp has disappeared and evidence of his many crimes has come to light, including gifting the body swapping Divine Treasure to Iris. With Alderp disgraced, Kazuma and his party no longer have to fear becoming fugitives and Kazuma will likely have his 2 billion Eris refunded. Darkness apologizes to the party for leaving them and causing so much trouble, but they gladly accept her back into the party. Later, Kazuma makes joke at how Darkness is now legally considered a divorcee, calling her "Divorcedness".

Notes

  1. ↑ English translated titles are taken from Crunchyroll

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