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Comic Anthology Chapter 11

**God's Blessing on This Wonderful Legitimate Cause!** (この素晴らしい大義名分に祝福を！, *Kono Subarashii Taigi Mēbun ni Shukufuku wo!*) is the eleventh chapter of the *KonoSuba Comic Anthology* manga series, and was illustrated by Sugawara Kenji.

## Summary

Aqua with her party right behind leaps after the lost cat they need to catch in order to fulfill a 200 thousand eris quest, during which Kazuma stops an eager Megumin from casting Explosion in the middle of town lest they return to poverty through paying reparations. When Darkness comments on the reward being too high for a quest like this, Kazuma notices the cat flashing a pentagram in its eye, followed by Darkness suddenly screaming in ecstasy before slashing at him. After Kazuma denies Aqua and Megumin's claims of him Stealing Darkness' panties, Darkness explains that her body is moving on its own as the cat lands on her head.

Rereading the quest's details, Aqua reveals the important point she had neglected to disclose regarding the cat being able to use magic that manipulates people. Darkness though calls for her party members to attack her until she cannot move, because as a knight she cannot bear herself to harm them. But just as the others are moved by her, she masochistically asks to be chastised while helplessly under the manipulations of a nasty beast. Megumin accordingly casts an Explosion that engulfs Darkness in addition to incinerating the cat, and when Aqua afterwards sprays water on Darkness who is laying prone beside a satisfied Megumin, Kazuma is mortified by the bill Luna hands him for the town's repairs.

## Characters

* Aqua
* Satou Kazuma
* Megumin
* Darkness
* Luna
Comic Anthology Chapter 18

**Success for This Emergency Quest!** (この緊急クエストに成功を！, *Kono Kinkyū Kuesuto ni Sēkō wo!*) is the eighteenth chapter of the *KonoSuba Comic Anthology* manga series, and was illustrated by Batsu.

## Summary

Kazuma and Darkness wonder how the other two are faring after the party, on an emergency quest to gather five Speckled Grass, used paper-scissors-rock to determine who takes which side of a fork in the mountain road. As Kazuma comments on Megumin's firepower being capable of fighting through if it comes to that, Darkness and him hurry ahead, before they are abruptly faced by a giant treasure chest in front of them. Overjoyed, Kazuma rushes up to open the chest, which turns out to be a Mimic. Her warning to Kazuma coming too late, Darkness dashes forward in an attempt to save him, just as the Mimic opens its tentacle-filled maw to gobble the two of them up.

Coming to his senses inside the Mimic to realise himself being bound by tentacles, Kazuma then finds other tentacles stringing up and fondling a masochistically enjoying Darkness. He next notices his clothing beginning to get dissolved like Darkness' armour, though he shakes himself out of the reverie and frantically thinks of a way to get out of this, only to discover that he had been too distracted by Darkness to notice how the tentacles are actually weak and loose. Kazuma after breaking free promptly jumps to rescue Darkness, and yells at her in irritation when she wants to further enjoy the tentacles' fondling.

In ignorance of Darkness' protests, he accordingly starts hacking at the insides of the Mimic hoping to make it open its maw, causing the monster to thrash about and run around, which so happens to be on the trail of a panicky Aqua and Megumin. Although Megumin prepares to deal with the Mimic using her invincible Explosion Magic, she first has Aqua buy some time by letting herself be chased around.

As Megumin proceeds with her incantations, Kazuma manages to heave open the Mimic's maw, to Darkness' dismay. At this moment, Megumin casts her Explosion that also engulfs Kazuma as well as the Speckled Grass, resulting in the quest being deemed a failure.

## Characters

* Satou Kazuma
* Darkness
* Aqua
* Megumin
Comic Anthology Chapter 6

**A Sacred Sword for These Greedy Ones!** (この欲深き者共に聖剣を！, *Kono Yokufukaki Monodomo ni Sēken wo!*) is the sixth chapter of the *KonoSuba Comic Anthology* manga series, and was illustrated by Jin.

## Summary

Back at the Guild, Kazuma and his party look at the Sacred Sword Pure Heart, said to be wieldable only by those with a pure heart, despite them only discovering it by coincidence when Aqua accidentally fell through a hidden door in the cave they were questing at. As they wonder what to do with it, Kazuma to Aqua's shock suggests selling the rare weapon, since nobody in the party has a pure heart and renders the unusable sword to nothing but baggage.

He goes on to admit his personality as unsuitable, before pointing out how Megumin's obsession with Explosions and her being a wizard disqualifies her, and outright dismisses Darkness even though she wants him to be explicit on what prohibits her. Kazuma next points out Aqua as the pinnacle of impurity, regardless of the piqued goddess claiming to be a symbol of purity who wields clean water, because she is a money-grubber interested only in eating and drinking in addition to earning money easily and getting pampered, while also racking up debt if she doesn't have money, making her an incarnation of greed.

As Darkness is forced to let go of Pure Heart because the sword becomes too hot to touch whenever in contact with somebody impure, Kazuma challenges Aqua into wielding it. The confident Aqua accordingly picks up Pure Heart without problem, only for the sword to shatter by itself into tiny pieces, shocking the party especially Aqua, so the speechless Kazuma ponders taking them out to drink that night.

## Characters

* Satou Kazuma
* Aqua
* Megumin
* Darkness
Bandits

**Bandits** (山賊) are criminals who forms bands and attack travelers for their money.

## Overview

Most bandits live by stealing and robbing people outside the cities. It is a rare job, since the hills are full of monsters, the person would need to be crazy to live there instead of well-fortified towns, and even if a person is strong enough to survive in a monster-infested wilderness, they wouldn't resort to banditry, waiting and hoping for the next mark to come along, picking a more secure and profitable job as an adventurer.

They usually stay out of the cities, where they are public enemies number one and live constantly afraid of being found by a patrol of guards. It's possible to a bandit act inside the cities by keeping their identity a secret, like the Silver-Haired Thief Brigade.

## Notable Bandit Bands

* **Silver-Haired Thief Gang** (銀髪盗賊団): Also known as **Masked Thief Gang** (覆面盗賊団), it's the name given to the thief partnership formed between the disguised Chris and Kazuma for the purpose of stealing Sacred Treasures ever since their first heist at the Royal Capital. Their bounties are large, equivalent to a Devil King's General.
* **Megumin Bandits** (めぐみん盗賊団): A bandit crew assembled by Megumin after she became infatuated with the thief that was actually Kazuma in disguise, and apart from herself is comprised of Yunyun, Illis, Cecily, and Chris.

## Trivia

* Bandits are consider as a rare type of humanoid-monster who drops money after being defeated. They are even rarer than Duxions.
Comic Anthology Chapter 3

**Between Wet and Transparent** (ヌレとスケの狭間で, *Nure to Suke no Hazama de*) is the third chapter of the *KonoSuba Comic Anthology* manga series, and was illustrated by Endo.

## Summary

During one afternoon in the midsummer when the party is sweltering in their mansion, Aqua asks Kazuma who is fanning himself with a wooden board to fan her too, only to be refused. Meanwhile, Megumin mutters about her collapsing from the heat, before denying to be doing so because she is getting turned on by it like Darkness.

At Megumin's subsequent suggestion of showering themselves with water, Kazuma and Darkness are invigorated by the thought of the girls' wet clothes clinging onto their bodies for the lustful eyes of him to see through. But although Aqua finds the idea not bad and agrees to help, she is candidly asked by Megumin to do something.

Later on in the yard, Aqua showers the water she generated upon the joyful girls beside a blindfolded Kazuma who is tied onto a chair. When told by Megumin of him being a pervert for leering, Kazuma attempting to deny ends up admitting it when explaining that he was simply hoping for their clothes becoming transparent once wet. He accordingly gets his face doused in a torrent of water when Aqua pities him, something which he calls torture despite the goddess claiming it to be her compassion, while Darkness is let down by the absence of lustful eyes.

## Characters

* Aqua
* Satou Kazuma
* Megumin
* Darkness
Podnikatelský záměr

1. Nápad
a. Myšlenka v čem bychom mohli podnikat, odvíjí se od našich zálib, dovedností, nápadů společníků, cizích nápadů
2. Průzkum
a. Potřeb zákazníků, možné konkurence, našich možností
3. Plán realisace
a. Co budeme vyrábět, kolik, kdy
b. S kým budeme podnikat
c. Vyčíslíme potřebu výrobních faktorů
4. Zakladatelský rozpočet
a. Odhad nákladů, výnosů a zisku
b. Další finanční prostředky pro začátek podnikání
5. Posouzení reálnosti
a. Posoudíme, zda bude při naší ceně po našem zboží potřebná poptávka a zisk bude splňovat naše očekávání
6. Založení podniku
a. Získáme živnostenské oprávnění, případně založíme obchodní společnost
Alexei Barnes Balter

**Alexei Barnes Balter** (アレクセイ・バーネス・バルター) is the son of Alderp.

## Appearance

Balter has mid-length brunette hair and is described to be around a head taller than Kazuma. Despite not having the signature blond hair and blue eyes, he wears formal attire befitting his status as a noble.

## Personality

In essence, Balter is a foil to Kazuma. Despite being a noble, Balter has a sympathetic and courteous personality that is beloved by his people. According to Aqua, everyone in the town of Axel has nothing but praise for him, stating that he often helps distribute items to help the poor and argues against his father's harsher policies. Further exemplifying this is Darkness' refusal to marry him, as she considers him a person with excellent character who won't be angry with anyone, or lecture his staff when they make mistakes, the exact opposite of her ideal.

## History

Born as a commoner with good looks and skills, Balter was adopted by Alderp to be his son, blissfully unaware of the insidious intentions behind it. He grew up to become a distinguished young man, who unlike his adoptive father was loved by the people under their rule.

When requested by Alderp into an arranged marriage with Darkness that had the blessings of Ignis, Balter was initially against it, and only agreed to attend a marriage interview at the Dustiness residence for the purpose of announcing his refusal. But after meeting in person the Crusader with a peculiar personality, he started becoming interested in her, and was further impressed with Darkness' tenacity during the duel she challenged him to. Upon noticing how close she was with the Kazuma chaperoning her throughout the interview, however, Balter decided to claim that he had called the whole marriage off.

Following the disappearance of Alderp and the confiscation of his house's assets to pay for all his crimes, Balter became the assistant to House Dustiness, where he supported Ignis and Darkness with the chores of governing.

## Abilities

**Swordsmanship**: His swordplay was shown during his duel on Darkness, where he was able to inflict damage on Darkness.

## Trivia

* In the initial web novel, Balter was not related to Alderp.

## References

1. ↑ Light Novel Volume 3, Chapter 3
2. ↑ Light Novel Volume 6, Interlude
3. ↑ Light Novel Volume 8, Chapter 1
Great Tree Labyrinth

The **Great Tree Labyrinth** (大(たい)樹(じゅ)迷(めい)宮(きゅう)) is a labyrinth composed of a gigantic tree growing in the Kingdom of Belzerg.

## Information

The tree in which the labyrinth was situated had initially sprouted from a seed that dropped off the Genbu and grew into gigantic proportions, towering over the surrounding lands where it drained all the nutrients from. Within its densely overgrown passageways that weave around branches and roots, plant monsters and other dangerous creatures adapted to jungle environment thrive.

Despite its hazards, the beautiful ecosystem generated by the labyrinth is also a valuable source of biological resources, so in the past people had tried building structures among the vegetation to facilitate their operations. Eventually though, the vegetation would grow into the buildings, either through natural growth or because of Treants marking out their turf with branches that also frequently block passageways, forcing their abandonment and resulting in the labyrinth dotted with overgrown ruins. Its secure location, however, was what brought the Head Researcher into hiding one of the devices sealing a part of Wallavy in its depths.

## Trivia

* It is based off the Yggdrasil Labyrinth from the *Etrian Odyssey* series.

## References

1. ↑ Cursed Relic and the Perplexed Adventurers
Forest Trail to the Crimson Demons

The **Forest Trail to the Crimson Demons** (紅(こう)魔(ま)への林(りん)道(どう)) is the path traversing forested areas that connects Arcanletia to the Crimson Demon Village.

## Information

The trail, which during the trips taken by Kazuma's party requires one whole day of travel by foot, starts out from Arcanletia through predominantly woodland terrain, although along the way there is a wide stretch of clearing.

Because the trail passes through many areas inhabited by dangerous monsters, there are no carriages willing to transport people along that route, so travelers who cannot Teleport need to walk all the way to the village.

## References

1. ↑ Light Novel Volume 5, Chapter 2
2. ↑ Light Novel Volume 5, Chapter 1
Diamond Tiara

Diamond Tiara é uma personagem que não tem falas em *My Little Pony: Equestria Girls* mais tem falas em My Little Pony. Ela é um pouco esnobe e zomba das Cutie Mark Crusaders mais ela não parece zombar delas em Equestria Girls. E sua melhor amiga é Silver Spoon.

## Versão humana

A versão humana de Diamond Tiara, tem chiquinhas no cabelo, ela usa uma roupa dourada e usa várias jóias.

## Representação nos filmes

### **My Little Pony: Equestria Girls**

Diamond Tiara aparece pela primeira vez passando pela multidão, e bate a mão na cabeça de Twilight Sparkle, sem ver ela. Ela aparece em várias cenas no filme, como personagem de fundo. Ela aparece também dançando com Silver Spoon no Baile de Outono.

### **My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks**

Diamond Tiara aparece no início do filme pintando um cartaz com Silver Spoon. Ela aparece também no fim da canção Batalha. Ela aparece como personagem de fundo em várias cenas do filme.
Bildnibis

**Bildnibis** (ビルドニビス) is a spirit of fire venerated in the Temple of Everlasting Summer.

## Appearance

Bildnibis looks like a fiery humanoid with a jackal head that wears blue accessories over parts of its body.

## History

Bildnibis had its power flared up after the magical stone hidden in the innermost corridor of the temple got activated. It attacked Kazuma and his party when they ventured deep into the temple during their search for the magical stone, but it was in the end defeated and put to rest.

## Variations

* **Jeegnibis** (ジーグニビス): A powered-up version that is spawned in the secret super tribulation room of the Island in the Sky.

## Abilities

* **Raging Flame** (レイジングフレイム): A burst of flame sent hurling towards an enemy.
* **Fire Rain** (ファイアレイン): A barrage of fireballs sent raining among its enemies.

## Trivia

* Its name and appearance were based off Anubis.

## References

1. ↑ Labyrinth of Hope and the Gathering Adventurers, Main Story at the Temple of Everlasting Summer
2. ↑ Labyrinth of Hope and the Gathering Adventurers
Claire

**Claire** (クレア, *Kurea*) is a noble that hails from the high-ranking House Sinfonia. She serves as a bodyguard and retainer for Princess Iris of the Kingdom of Belzerg, as well as a knight for the Kingdom.

## Appearance

Like most nobles, Claire has beautiful blue eyes and blonde hair with a blue lock. Her hair is short and mostly free-flowing, with the exception of a single braid on the right side of her head; she has side swept bangs that cover her right eye. Kazuma has noted that Claire is very beautiful and she has the kind of voluptuous body he prefers, although not as voluptuous as Darkness.

Claire usually wears a full white suit with gold trimming designed for males and a blue necktie, even when going on adventures, which has earned her the nickname "White Suit". However she will wear a less conspicuous blue knight outfit whenever she is travelling incognito. She always carries a short sword around her waist. Sometimes she wears gold earrings with a diamond.

## Personality

Claire is depicted as a very serious person, perhaps "too serious" as commented by Iris. She can go as far as attacking someone directly if she believes said person to be harming Iris, with no second thought, as seen with her slashing Darkness right off the bat when Darkness demanded Iris to apologize to Kazuma, despite the fact that Darkness is a noble of similar status to herself.

Claire's personality is that of a typical noble possessing a degree of authority. She shows a typical respect and kind attitude to people she believes are ideally strong and powerful both in combat (people like Mitsurugi and Vanir) and in society (nobles and royalties). However, she tends to look down on people with low social status. She will show incredible hostility to people she has deemed as delinquents, like Dust and especially Kazuma. However, she lose her matters when the subject is Iris, for who she is infatuated with.

## History

*For Claire's history, see her History tab.*

## Abilities

According to Iris, Claire is one of the most talented people in the Kingdom of Belzerg, and one her prided retainers alongside Darkness.

* **One-Handed Sword**: Claire is show using a one-handed sword similar to a rapier. As a member of the *House of the Sword*, one of the two noble families (alongside Dustiness *House of the Shield*) that have protected this kingdom through the years, she is renowned by her swordsmanship skills.
Ice Mountain

The **Ice Mountain** (氷(こおり)の山(やま)) is a frozen mountain made of ice standing deep in the Snowfield Forest.

## Information

Being a location where Snow Sprites like to congregate, the mountain under their influence became colder and icier, until the whole mountain was covered in ice. Despite slippery icy passageways and monsters especially resistant to the cold on the prowl, people still travel up there to explore, though many lost their lives due to various reasons, and ended up as Undead frozen within the ice or at the bottom of crevices.

As the Snow Sprites around the area gathered in increasing numbers and concentration, the nearby temperature plunged to the point where normal people will freeze to death as soon as they set foot in the mountain unless they have some kind of heating item. But once Kazuma's party scattered the Snow Sprites during their journey to obtain the cursed relic's replacement part, the local climate reverted to normal.

## References

1. ↑ Cursed Relic and the Perplexed Adventurers
Host

**Host** (ホースト) is a High-Ranked Demon that served Wolbach.

## Appearance

Host appears as a towering and muscular figure with pitch black skin that has a metallic luster, and white eyes with no irises. He has two pairs of horns: one pair sprouting from either side of his head, and the other pair protruding from his cheeks. He has giant bat-like wings jutting out of his back that allow him to fly at high speeds, as well as sharp teeth. Lord Host wears no clothing on any part of his body.

## Personality

He is an intimidating demon on the outside but he does have soft spot for Megumin's little sister and promised to be her familiar once she grows up to learn magic and summon him, He was loyal to Wolbach. During Wolbach's disappearance he met Komekko where they became friends until he bid farewell to search for Wolbach.

## History

Host used to serve as Wolbach right-hand man, and was sent to the Crimson Demon Village to break the seal over his master's violent aspect. He ended up meeting Komekko, who used to play at the Tomb of the Dark God, eventually befriending with her, as he gave her food in exchange she solves the seal puzzle, even agreeing on being her familiar if she manages to summon him someday.

Host eventually departed after Komekko accidentally broke the seal with a stolen lunch as sacrifice and took the weakened goddess with her, while later informing him the seal was broken and the goddess departed.

Host tracked down his goddess' trace to Axel, looking for her in the woods while fighting a clumsy crusader and her thief friend, a hero candidate party and getting attacked by the holy magic of a blue-haired construction worker while trying to relieve stress in the city, also meeting Megumin and Yunyun by chance in the woods. After meeting them again while both, alongside Rex's party, tried to bait him, Host recognizes Wolbach's scent on Megumin, proposing not destroy the city in exchange of his goddess.

The following day, Yunyun, alongside Rex's Party, tried to trick and fought Host, eventually paralyzing him long enough to Megumin uses her Explosion Magic on the already weakened demon, sending him back to Hell. Sometime later he was successfully summoned by Komekko, but he just scolded her for not using a proper offering and went back to Hell.

## Abilities

Host is an extremely strong demon, whose powers are comparable to the generals of the Devil King.

**Immense Strength**: Host posses a great strength, being able of defeat Rex's Party and destroy an entire field, both with with a single punch.

**High Resistance**: Host posses a tremendous resistance. According to himself, he could menage to survive Megumin's Explosion if he was at full strength.

**Flight**: Host has the ability to fly in the sky, using wings.

**Advanced Magic**: In addition to high physical abilities, he is able to use advanced magic.

* **Inferno**: Summons enormous flames that incinerate the surrounding area.

## Trivia

* In KonoSuba: Fantastic Days game, Host is constantly summoned by Komekko, becoming his familiar unwillingly and treated like a pet by her and other characters.
Beastman

**Beastmen** (獣(じゅう)人(じん)) are a race of demi-humans who inhabit the Kingdom of Belzerg.

## Appearance

Beastmen, as the name suggests, are human with animal parts, examples being Amy and Mia who have animal ears and tails. They also possess a great appetite.

## Background

Most of the beastmen live on the Northern Land, living by raising vegetables like cattle as their own food, and selling the remainder in neighbor cities. For an unknown reason, the vegetables are extremely delicious.

## Variations

* **Bearman** (ベアーマン): Beastmen that are substantially made up of bear parts.
* **Ratman** (ラットマン): Beastmen that are substantially made up of rat parts.

## Notable Beastmen

* Amy
* Mia
* Squall
* Samuido Mayor
Bottomless Labyrinth

The **Bottomless Labyrinth** (底(そこ)なし迷(めい)宮(きゅう)) is a labyrinth in the Kingdom of Belzerg composed of unknown levels leading downwards.

## Information

Designed like a classical medieval dungeon, the labyrinth extends many levels down into the ground, some of them containing various chambers and halls. As such, despite the various monsters prowling the hallways and the traps that are laid in many places, people like Rav and thieves are known to mark out areas for serving as their secret hideouts.

## References

1. ↑ Cursed Relic and the Perplexed Adventurers
Comic Anthology Chapter 23

**Regarding the Ordeals of the Newbie Succubus** (新人サキュバスさんの受難について, *Shinjin Sakyubasu san no Junan ni tsuite*) is the twenty-third chapter of the *KonoSuba Comic Anthology* manga series, and was illustrated by Sato Yoshimi.

## Summary

The Newbie Succubus inwardly writes a letter thanking her client for his patronage, before describing herself caught in the magic circle trap when visiting his home for providing service. Pondering how it must have been a roommate or spouse who set the trap, the Newbie Succubus wonders if she will be horribly killed in the ensuing drama, and inwardly asks for help from the Receptionist Succubus, who was voiced by Mitsuishi K0t0no in the 9th episode of the anime's Season 1, since nothing in the cafe's manual teaches of what to do in this situation.

She then recalls her customer that day being a shy guy who appears to be a virgin and won't have a spouse, thus despite him requesting something dramatic, she had hoped to win his liking in order to make this inhabitant of a mansion her repeat customer. The Newbie Succubus accordingly apologises to this shut-in virgin customer who will change Jobs to become a wizard once turning 30, since she is unable to give him a nice dream when he is suffering from virginity.

Next thinking of the possibility that the trap was laid by the virgin customer's mother, who on a mental level is even worse than a spouse, the Newbie Succubus expects to endure horrible ordeals, in which she may be tortured before getting killed, as is the fate of being born a Succubus. Unbeknown to her, the wave of resigned acceptance she releases reacts with Darkness, who had just stripped for taking a bath.

At this moment, two horrifying figures approach the Newbie Succubus, one of them the layer of the trap, and the other a petite learned individual who identifies her to be a Succubus. As they prepare to exorcise this Demon whom they think is after Kazuma, the Newbie Succubus, upon realising in horror how her death by an adventurer's crazy party members is imminent, inwardly conveys her gratitude to the customers before she has to close shop. The Receptionist Succubus then ends the chapter by telling readers to watch what happens next in the DVD or Blu-ray discs of Season 1.

## Characters

* Newbie Succubus
* Receptionist Succubus (image)
* Satou Kazuma (flashback)
* Darkness
* Aqua
* Megumin
Bloody Squirrel

**Bloody Squirrels** (ブラッディモモンガ) are flying squirrels that are carnivorous.

## Appearance

Bloody Squirrels look like flying squirrels with elongated ears.

## Information

Bloody Squirrels live deep within forests, where they mark out their territory as well as prey by spraying their urine from the air.

## Abilities

* **Marking**: Bloody Squirrels can mark their targets as they fly above by spraying urine that emit odour for a week.

## References

1. ↑ Explosion Light Novel Volume 3, Chapter 1
Comic Anthology Chapter 9

**Peaceful Days with No End to Problems** (問題の絶えない平和な日々, *Mondai no Taenai Hēwa na Hibi*) is the ninth chapter of the *KonoSuba Comic Anthology* manga series, and was illustrated by Azuma Kouji.

## Summary

Megumin in vain tries to reach a crate on the top of a cupboard, before yelling at the reading Kazuma behind her for his refusal to help. Her calling Kazuma a despicable fiend, however, attracts the excited attention of Darkness, who offers assistance to her efforts. Just when Megumin tells Kazuma that he is unpopular because of his inability to act like Darkness, the said Crusader, instead of reaching up to retrieve the crate, gets down on her fours so Megumin can use her as a stepping stool. As Darkness is further turned on by Kazuma's chiding of her masochism, Megumin expresses her reluctance to step on Darkness unlike with Kazuma.

Despite being piqued by Megumin's attitude, Kazuma notices her still hoping to get the crate, and thus reaches out to take it down for her, only to have Megumin stop him out of fear that he will steal from it. The two of them proceed to argue, yet in the meantime an Aqua who isn't reading the atmosphere stands on Darkness to bring the crate down. As the useless goddess claims the crate's contents for herself to Megumin's dismay, Kazuma Steals from the crate to leave it empty upon opening. But after he sneaks away from the puzzled girls in triumph, Megumin explains how she had hidden inside the crate some gifted confection that she wanted to eat before it turns bad. Kazuma accordingly discovers in his hands a rotten mass of undisplayables, though the girls ignore his screams of horror during another day of peace for the world.

## Characters

* Megumin
* Satou Kazuma
* Darkness
* Aqua
Dustiness Ford Sylphina

**Dustiness Ford Sylphina** (ダスティネス・フォード・シルフィーナ) is Darkness' cousin.

## Appearance

She is described as the spitting image of a younger version of Darkness, even to those who have never seen the younger version of the latter. Many people within Axel confuse them to be mother and daughter as a result.

## Personality

Due to her noble upbrining, Sylphina while shy and wary of outsiders still acts courteously and admirably.

## History

Sylphina lost her mother to illness when she was still an infant, and so Darkness took up the role of a mother for her frail cousin. Years later as the Devil King's army began large scale mobilisations, Sylphina's father at Ignis' suggestion sent her to Axel for safety, though during the trip Sylphina became infected by the Choleran Disease without anyone noticing. Hearing about Kazuma's mansion and heading there for a visit, Sylphina surprised the party when she initially referred to Darkness as her mother. Megumin soon grew attached to Sylphina, and had played house with her while dragging Kazuma into it.

Taken by Darkness to the orphanage on the next day so she could play with children her age, the disease residing within Sylphina finally released toxins that rendered her and all other children unconscious. While the other children were treated with magic, Vanir concocted the formula for a complicated antidote needed for curing hosts like Sylphina, the final ingredient for which was the nails of a Greater Demon. As the ingredients were being gathered, under Aqua's Healing Magic Sylphina managed to regain consciousness as well as cling onto life, and was accordingly cured after the final ingredient got obtained from Zeeleschilt by Kazuma, Darkness, and Chris. The party subsequently invited her on a picnic at the lake.

As she regained her health, Sylphina went around thanking Wiz, and later to other adventurers at the Guild, while she afterwards attended the school set up by the Dustinesses. Sylphina following a visit to Wiz's Shop also expressed interest in the cute appearance of Zeeleschilt.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Light Novel Volume 12, Chapter 1
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Light Novel Volume 12, Chapter 6
3. ↑ Light Novel Volume 12, Chapter 2
4. ↑ Light Novel Volume 12, Chapter 4
5. ↑ Light Novel Volume 12, Epilogue
6. ↑ Light Novel Volume 13, Prologue
7. ↑ Light Novel Volume 13, Chapter 1
Cremea/Relationships

## Mitsurugi Kyouya

Clemea has apparently known Kyouya a good while, long enough for him to be a well known adventurer and to develop strong feelings for him. She has a great deal of admiration and respect for his abilities as an adventurer and will always follow him wherever he goes. However despite her feelings for him it seems that Kyouya has failed to notice them.

## Fio

Clemea is shown to be good friends with Fio and the two of them frequently work together to help support Kyouya anyway they can. However despite their friendship it does not stop them from arguing with each other to see witch of them will gain Kyouyas affections. Unfortunately Kyouya does not seem to notice these arguments or their feelings for him.
Devil King's Daughter

The **Devil King's Daughter** is a so-far unnamed child of the Devil King, as well as a high ranking officer in his army. She fought against Aegis and Iris at the end of the war.

## Abilities

* **High Combat Potential**: While not having debuted thus far, her combat prowess is stated to be extremely high; as she was described by Seresdina to be the strongest of the Devil King Generals.

* **High Intelligence**: She is intelligent enough to formulate and manage a complex plan to see Axel destroyed (in effect destroying Belzerg's morale since there would be no more adventurers to serve as reinforcements for them as a result), and is also able to manage large amounts of troops.

## Trivia

* In the Crimson Demon Village, there up until recently was a telescope that allowed anyone to peer into her room in the castle. It was one of the main reasons why the Devil King waged war against Belzerg and the entire world.
Comic Anthology Chapter 25

**A Harvest for This Wonderful Cucumber!** (この素晴らしい胡瓜に収穫を！, *Kono Subarashii Kyūri ni Shūkaku wo!*) is the twenty-fifth chapter of the *KonoSuba Comic Anthology* manga series, and was illustrated by Imada Hidebito.

## Summary

Aqua one day comes running to her party, who are dining at the Guild, with a butterfly net to pester Kazuma into hunting Cucumbers, which like the Cabbages in the prior harvest will soon come flying. Upon hearing her talk about a Cucumber only seen once in decades and worth much more than Cabbages, Kazuma excitedly agrees with Aqua's idea for them to escape from debt. Darkness accordingly fantasizes at the thought of Cucumbers, which are said to be the nemesis of female knights, habitually squirming into her orifices, something that makes Kazuma uncomfortable despite later dismissing it.

The following day outside the town gate, the party is shocked to see a gigantic Cucumber flying above them, prompting Kazuma to yell at Aqua for her idea. Luna subsequently runs out to tell the gathered adventurers that according to scholars, the gigantic Cucumber became overgrown due to unusual climate, but will pass over them if left alone, and thus recommends letting other towns deal with it. While Kazuma, Megumin, and Aqua respectively feel relief, discontent, and disappointment at the news, Darkness to his surprise stubbornly refuses to give up on hunting the anticipated Cucumber. Holding back Darkness who tells Megumin to launch her at it with Explosion Magic, Kazuma realises that she is embittered at not being attacked by Cucumbers.

Megumin and Aqua though support Darkness' idea for the sake of their own interests, so the exasperated Kazuma points out Darkness' inability to hit the Cucumber even when reaching it. The piqued Darkness in response dares him to go with her, at which Aqua, maddened by the prospect of money, stuffs the refusing Kazuma into the barrel they set upon a makeshift launch pad alongside Darkness.

Kazuma is subsequently launched screaming high into the air by Megumin's Explosion, and once they approach the giant Cucumber, Darkness leaps out of the barrel to slash at it, only for her swing to fall short. Unable to withhold his loathing of this world, the incensed Kazuma also jumps out to hack at the giant Cucumber, which upon his sword slicing into its skin, immediately bursts apart to the delight of Aqua on the ground.

Two days later, Darkness at their mansion apologises to Kazuma, who had broken his leg in the fall and needs her to feed him in bed. When asked by Kazuma to heal his leg with magic, however, Aqua now much richer smugly teases him about how he is having the time of his life.

## Characters

* Aqua
* Satou Kazuma
* Darkness
* Megumin
* Luna
Duxion

**Duxions** (カモネギ) are cute-looking duck monsters that are frequently used for food and ingredients.

## Appearance

Duxions look like cute brown ducklings with large eyes and carrying a long-onion/leek.

## Information

Duxions are rare monsters that walk around with the long-onion/leek they use as food and are prized for their curative and culinary properties as well as their tons of experience points.

## Variations

* **Arrow Duck** (ヤガモ): Ducks roaming Shangri-La that carry arrows.
* **Chive Duck** (カモニラ): Ducks roaming the Temple of Everlasting Summer that carry chive.
* **Onion Duck Magistrate** (カモネギ奉行): Obese Duxions that sit in a pot of stew like a hot pot magistrate for duck stew.

## Trivia

* Its name originates from a Japanese idiom, literally saying that ducks are coming so they can be put in the pot while carrying the long onions which will be used for seasoning them and is used to describe circumstances where ideal situations coincide.
* Its design in the light novels, manga, and games was based off the Farfetch'd from the *Pokémon* series.

## References

1. ↑ Explosion Light Novel Volume 1, Chapter 4
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Labyrinth of Hope and the Gathering Adventurers
3. ↑ Fantastic Days
Black Hound

**Black Hounds** (ブラックハウンド) are hound monsters of Hell.

## Appearance

Black Hounds look like ferocious black hounds with glowing eyes and emitting black smoke.

## Information

Black Hounds manifest to foreshadow ill omen and death to those who cross it.

## Abilities

* **Cursed Darkness** (カースト・ダークネス): Makes their victims turn weak.
* **Premonition of Death** (死の宣告): Makes their victims die after a certain period.

## References

1. ↑ Cursed Relic and the Perplexed Adventurers
Giant King Toad

**Giant King Toads** (ジャイアントキングトード) are humongous Giant Toads.

## Appearance

Giant King Toads are giant Giant Toads that can grow to proportions much larger than the regular ones, possibly up to the size of a small mountain like the one in the crossover.

## Information

As Giant Toads that rule over their lesser kin, Giant King Toads tend to attract other Giant Toads into gathering around where they inhabit, as was the case in the Underground Sewers, when Kazuma and his party discovered one of them while descending there to seek the cursed relic's replacement parts.

There is a rumour that killing Giant King Toads will stop the rainy season, and as such quests for subjugating them like the one taken by Megumin and her bandits at the Royal Capital are sometimes requested.

## Variations

* **Giant King Toad R** (ジャイアントキングトードＲ): The active and salivating Giant King Toad that Kazuma's party had to fight if they didn't use the Frogicide in the Underground Sewers.
* **Greatful Giant Toad** (グレートフルジャイアントトード): A breed of gigantic Giant Toad, commonly abbreviated as "G.G. Toad", that appears once every decade and dwarf regular Giant Toads, with individuals that appear once every century sized much more gigantic.

## Abilities

* **Squishing** (押し潰し): Giant Toads with big enough bodies can leap at their enemies before squishing down on them.
* **Slimy Saliva** (粘液性唾液): Giant Toads possessing enough saliva can splash their slimy saliva at their enemies to encumber them.
* **Bottomless Swamp**: Giant Toads with enough magical powers can encumber enemies with this magic skill.
* **Regeneration**: Giant Toads with enough magical powers can regenerate lost body parts.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 RE:Zero Crossover: Ex. Leading a Collaboration Life in this Another World Crossover!
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Cursed Relic and the Perplexed Adventurers
3. ↑ Bonus Explosion Light Novel Volume 2, Chapter 1
Golem

**Golems** (ゴーレム) are automatons that are animated by magic.

## Appearance

Golems come in all shapes and sizes, depending on the functions their creators designed them for.

## Information

Golems generally start off from statues or figurines which are then imbued with magic, usually through a rune engraved on their foreheads, so that they can move to do their summoner's bidding. Those created through unconventional means, such as the cheat power wielded by the NEET scientist from Japan, can be unstable and prone to getting out of control.

## Notable Golems

* **Destroyer**
* **Gun Falcon DX**
* **Gun Falcon BX**
* **Majin Golem**
* **Guardian Sword**
* **Guardian Cross**

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Television Anime Season 2, Original Animation Disc
2. ↑ Light Novel Volume 2, Chapter 5
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Labyrinth of Hope and the Gathering Adventurers
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Cursed Relic and the Perplexed Adventurers
5. ↑ Light Novel Volume 5, Chapter 5
6. ↑ Fantastic Days
Goblin Cave

The **Goblin Cave** (ゴブリンの洞(どう)窟(くつ)) is an underground kingdom of Goblins in the Kingdom of Belzerg and neighbouring Axel.

## Information

Originally a cave system constructed by Assault Ants, it was later developed and repurposed by Goblins to serve as their mutual kingdom, while the Lich who manipulated them all used its depths as a hideout for his monster creation research.

Many tunnels connecting to the surface were dug for the Goblins to conduct their raids through, including the one leading out to the Neighbourhood Ruins right next to Axel that the humans are none the wiser about, until Kazuma and his party uncovered it during a quest to subjugate Goblins in the area.

## Locations

* **Residential Area 1** (居住区１): A complex of residential units dug for the common Goblins to live in.
* **Residential Area 2** (居住区２): A multi-level complex of residential units dug for the common Goblins to live in.
* **Treasury Area** (宝物区): A multi-level complex of guard tunnels and storage rooms of stockpiling treasure.
* **Barracks** (兵舎): A multi-level complex of guard tunnels and soldier quarters where the Goblin military congregate.
* **King and Queen's Chamber** (王と女王の間): A labyrinthine complex manned by guards around basically every corner, in which the rulers of Goblins and Assault Ants reside.
* **Depths** (深層): A network of chambers connected by warp portals that surrounds the hideout of the Lich.

## References

1. ↑ Labyrinth of Hope and the Gathering Adventurers Plus
Donnelly Karen

**Donnelly Karen** (ドネリー・カレン) was a noblewoman who lived in a forest mansion near Axel.

## Appearance

Karen is a young woman close to Darkness' age with brownish-red hair and the slender figure of a model.

## Personality

Karen is conniving and greedy, willing to use dangerous monsters as a way to make money, but at the same time not hesitating to abandon those helping her at the first sign of trouble. She had attempted to seduce Kazuma and give Aqua food as a way to convince them to trust her. She and Darkness also antagonize each other due to a feud between their two houses. And despite trying to fight the Silver-Haired Thief Brigade, she quickly gave up after Kazuma's repeated use of Steal on her.

## History

Coming from a noble house of lower standing compared to the Darkness' Dustiness household, but possessing much greater wealth through their usury business (which refuses to do business with the Axis Order), Karen began delving into forbidden means for making more money following Alderp's disappearance and the tightening of loaning restrictions under the Dustiness' rule. Using magic items created from processed monster eggs that are capable of summoning random monsters, Karen constructed a cell at her newly-built forest mansion where she could safely assess the numerous summoned monsters, before taking those promising a good price away for sale and releasing the rest into the forest.

As word of powerful monsters in the forest began spreading, the mansion got a visit from the Megumin Bandits while it was under attack from a horde of monsters, with Karen fleeing at the first sign of trouble and leaving her guards to fend for themselves. Yet after Megumin cleared away the monsters with Explosion, Karen instead rebuked the Arch Wizard for interfering in her business.

When the released monsters again became too numerous, Karen hired Kazuma's party to purge them, though she had been unaware of Darkness and Megumin being part of his party, causing a squabble upon their arrival to her forest mansion, and later mocked them for only defeating one Antlion.

She afterwards proceeded to summon new monsters, but carelessly dropped one of the summoning items beside her, and as a result got entangled and groped by a Giant Octopus that emerged, before the Silver-Haired Thief Brigade and Megumin showed up to free her. Karen though tried to summon monsters for silencing them when they realized the evil deeds she had committed, only for Chris to Steal the summoning items while Kazuma Stole her underwear. Despite calling for her house guards and threatening to put a bounty on the thieves, she quickly relented when Kazuma made to Steal her remaining clothing before he took evidence of her crimes to Darkness.

## Equipment

**Summon Monster Stone:** Karen possessed a illegal monster summoning stone made from a monster egg that allows the user to summon random monsters.

## References

1. ↑ Bonus Explosion Light Novel Volume 1, Chapter 5
2. ↑ Bonus Explosion Light Novel Volume 1, Chapter 4
Abandoned Castle

The **Abandoned Castle** (廃(はい)城(じょう)) is a castle in the Kingdom of Belzerg that is situated very close to Axel.

## Information

Originally a big sturdy castle (built upon a hilltop cliffside in the anime) of some noble, it was abandoned long before the story began, and later claimed as a base of operations by Beldia and his army of Undead when he was sent to investigate Axel.

Not long afterwards, it got chosen by Megumin to be the target of her daily Explosion exercises, and suffered repeated structural damages as a result, which the chivalrous Beldia had to go around fixing alongside his Undead Knights before he finally couldn't take it.

After the castle was abandoned again following Beldia's demise, the Adventurer Guild sent teams of adventurers to scour the building for any intelligence on the Devil King's army. Vanir too went surveying the structure for his dream dungeon, and discovered a secret room underground that he used as a refrigerated storage for edible goods.

## Trivia

* It can be seen in the background when facing north in the Neighbourhood Ruins.
* In the initial web novel, the castle was the property of Alderp, and its destruction by Megumin's Explosions was what landed them into huge debt.

## References

1. ↑ Light Novel Volume 1, Chapter 3
2. ↑ Everyday Manga Series, Chapter 3
3. ↑ Limelight Light Novel Volume 3, Chapter 3
4. ↑ Labyrinth of Hope and the Gathering Adventurers
Anime

The anime adaptation of *Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!* was produced by Studio Deen and directed by Kanasaki Takaomi. A 10 episode season named "KonoSuba – God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World!" aired from 13 January to 16 March 2016 and covered the first and second light novels of the series, while a second season aired from 12 January 2017 to 16 March 2017 and covered the third and fourth light novels. An OVA was bundled with the ninth volume of the light novel, and a second one was bundled with the twelfth volume. The opening and ending themes are fantastic dreamer and Chiisana Boukensha for the first season and TOMORROW and Ouchi ni Kaeritai for the second season.

On 5 October 2018, a spin-off+cross-over series between Konosuba, Re:Zero, Overlord, and Youjo Senki produced by Studio PuYUKAI and titled *Isekai Quartet* was announced. The Konosuba characters involved feature the main cast (Kazuma, Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness), all reprised by their original voice actors; the show began airing on the 10th of April 2019.

A movie titled *KonoSuba – God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World!: Legend of Crimson*, featuring a returning cast, composer, scriptwriter, director, and character designer, but a different studio in J.C. Staff, premiered in Japanese studios on 30 August 2019; limited advance tickets went on sale 26 August. It was set to air in specific countries around the world via Crunchyroll, and will be shown one day only on 12 November in US theaters. The movie covers the fifth novel of the series.

The spinoff series *KonoSuba: An Explosion on this Wonderful World!* was adapted into an animation series that aired from 6 April 2023 to 22 June 2023. Its opening and ending themes are STAY FREE and JUMP IN.

The third season has been officially confirmed by Kadokawa, with the returning staff working at the new studio Drive, and is expected to be aired in 2024.

## External Links

* Official site of the television animation's first season
* Official site of the television animation's second season
* Official site of the first animated movie
* Official site of the Megumin spinoff television animation's first season
* Official site of the television animation's third season

* Official TikTok of the anime
* Official Twitter of the anime

* Anime series on Abema
* Anime series on Hulu