Arifureta - Season 2 Episode 01

*This article is about **the Anime episode**. You may be looking for **the Manga chapter with the same title**.*

## Episode 01

### Air Date (EN)

**Subbed**: January 13, 2022
**Dubbed**: February 17, 2022

### Adapted From

**Light Novel**: Volume 5
**Manga**: Ch049 & Ch050

## Staff

### Animation dir.

Seiki Tanaka
Hidetsugu Hirayama
Fuyumi Toriyama
Tomohiro Koyama
Chika Kojima

### Chief Animation dir.

Chika Kojima

**"Irregular"** (イレギュラー, *Iregyurā*?) is the 1st episode of Season 2, and the 14th episode overall, of the ***Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest*** Anime adaptation.

## Synopsis

Shizuku and the other students return to the royal capital. Their brush with death, and the dramatic reencounter with Hajime Nagumo, has had different effects on each student's mind. Hajime, now joined by Kaori, arrives at the Gruen Desert.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

Characters in *italics* debuted here.

* Hajime Nagumo
* *Noint*
* Ishtar Langbard
* Eliheid S. B. Heiligh
* Liliana S. B. Heiligh
* Reichi Kondou
* Yoshiki Saitou
* Shinji Nakano
* Akito Nimura
* Noboru Aikawa
* Mao Yoshino
* Ayako Tsuji
* Kentarou Nomura
* Jugo Nagayama
* Eri Nakamura
* Suzu Taniguchi
* Daisuke Hiyama
* Shizuku Yaegashi
* Kousuke Endou
* Kouki Amanogawa
* Ryutarou Sakagami
* Nia
* Meld Loggins
* Shea Haulia
* Tio Klarus
* Myu
* Kaori Shirasaki
* Yue
* *Bize Feuward Zengen*
* *Freid Bagwa*
* *Mikhail*

## Locations

* Heiligh Kingdom
	+ Royal Palace
* Gruen Desert
* Garland

## Differences from Light Novel

* In the Light Novel, Jugo, Kentarou, Ayako, Mao, Shinji, Yoshiki and Reichi are among the students the resumed their training in the Great Orcus Labyrinth, while Noburo and Akito accompany the students that serve as Aiko's bodyguards. In the Anime, they all stay in the kingdom to serve as a support team.
* The party the students enjoy in the kingdom after Kouki's group returns from the Great Orcus Labyrinth is not mentioned in the Light Novel.
* In the Light Novel, after Myu scolds Yue and Kaori for arguing, she leaves Kaori to be with Shea.
* In the Light Novel, Hajime's vehicle "*Brise*" has one rocket launcher under the hood, In the Anime, there is one each by the sides of it.
* The Anime omits Shea covering Myu's face by hugging her to her chest in order to stop Myu from watching Hajime kill the sandworms, which causes Myu to pinch Shea's breasts in an attempt to free herself from being suffocated.
* In the Light Novel, Shea and Myu accompany Hajime and the others when Kaori heals Bize. In the Anime, the two of them wait inside Brise.
* In the Light Novel, Kaori's Divinity Stone accessory is a bracelet. In the Anime, it is a ring.
* Myu offering Bize water does not occur in the Light Novel.
* Shea explaining Ankaji's backstory does not occur in the Light Novel.
* In the Light Novel, Hajime and his companions head to Ankaji for the first time. In the Anime, Hajime reveals that they had attempted to to visit Ankaji before they rescued Bize, but were unable to enter due to the mysterious illness that had afflicted it.

## External Links

* Arifureta Official Site - "Season 2 Episode 01" *"Summary"* (*JP*)
* Funimation Sub & Dub - "Season 2 Episode 01" (available only in *US, CA, UK, IE, AU, NZ*)