Anime Explosion!: The What? Why? and Wow! of Japanese Animation, Revised and Updated Edition

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Episode 6 The Raison D'être of an Explosive NEET] (in Japanese). Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen o! . Retrieved May 9, 2023. Episode 7 Troublemakers of the City of Water] (in Japanese). Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen o! . Retrieved May 13, 2023. Loo, Egan (May 13, 2023). "Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World Anime Casts Fairouz Ai, Yasunori Masutani". Anime News Network . Retrieved September 10, 2023. Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!, Vol. 2 (manga)". Yen Press . Retrieved December 4, 2019. Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!, Vol. 5 (manga)". Yen Press . Retrieved April 13, 2020.

Having graduated from school, Megumin tries to earn enough money so she can leave the village to start adventuring, but she has trouble securing a stable job. In the meantime, she secretly trains in the night by casting explosion magic in the forest, with the village believing the explosions are the work of a demon. One night, Megumin is approached by a demon woman named Arnes who is looking for Chomusuke, whose true identity is the Dark God Wolbach. Megumin agrees to sell Chomusuke for 300,000 eris, but Chomusuke refuses to be taken away from Megumin. Yunyun then arrives and Arnes explains she has run into a bout of bad fortune, not knowing it is being caused by a bracelet she bought from Megumin's parents. The bracelet's energy attracts the attention of the villagers, who chase off Arnes thinking she is the cause of the explosions. Megumin decides to use the money she earned to leave the village and puts Chomusuke in Yunyun's care. After bidding farewell and receiving gifts from her classmates, Megumin uses a teleport spell to leave the village. Episode 12 An Explosion on This Wonderful World!] (in Japanese). Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen o! . Retrieved June 17, 2023. Loo, Egan (December 4, 2022). "Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! Anime's 2nd Video Unveils More Cast & Staff, April Debut". Anime News Network . Retrieved December 4, 2022.Not intending to hand Chomusuke over, Megumin comes up with a plan to use a stuffed cat toy to lure Host into a trap so she can use her explosion magic on him. During the night though, Yunyun sneaks into Megumin's room and steals the cat toy. Believing Megumin is still asleep, Yunyun admits that she's grown to respect Megumin and her choice to learn explosion magic, but she knows that Megumin's plan won't work. Instead, she has recruited a party to help fight Host, and she casts a sleep spell on Megumin to prevent her from interfering. Megumin wakes up the next day and chases after Yunyun, receiving a blessing from Cecily on the way. Meanwhile, Host neutralizes most of Yunyun's party, but she is able to cast a paralyze spell on Host but accidentally paralyzes herself as well. Megumin then arrives and casts her explosion on Host, destroying him. Afterwards, Cecily leaves on a journey to gain enough levels so she can eventually take over Axel's local church. Yunyun, realizing she won't be able to improve herself by relying Megumin, also leaves on her own journey to learn advanced magic and briefly crosses paths with Megumin's master. Despite Megumin defeating Host, adventurer parties still avoid her. With little other choice, Megumin answers a party recruitment ad and meets Kazuma and Aqua for the first time. Light of Reflection Scroll: A scroll that allows the user to employ the Light of Reflection spell. Megumin used it in the fight against Host.

Transcription: " Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Ekusupurōjon o!" ( Japanese: この素晴らしい世界に 爆焔 （ エクスプロージョン ）を！) in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Archived from the original on January 18, 2018 . Retrieved February 11, 2017. Suddenly anime is . . . exploding. But where did Japanese animation come from, and what does it all mean? Written for fans, culture watchers, and perplexed outsiders, this is an engaging tour of the anime megaverse, from older arts and manga traditions to the works of modern directors like Miyazaki and Otomo. Read about anime standbys like giant robots, samurai, furry beasts, high school heroines, and gay/girl/fanboy love—even war and reincarnation, plus all of anime’s major themes, styles, and conventions. At the end of the book are essays on 15 of fandom’s favorite anime, including Evangelion, Esca-flowne, Sailor Moon, and Patlabor. Plot: [7/10] - As mentioned earlier, there are about 3 main arcs in the series, the first one taking up about 6 episodes and around 3 each for the second two. Essentially, Megumin and Yunyun find themselves in different places in each of these arcs. The story is told in a fashion where a conflict or scenario is introduced at the start of each episode and then largely resolved by the end. It was interesting enough that you will be entertained to watch the whole episode but its nothing special or complex.Megumin arrives in the city of Arcanretia but is warned that the monsters in the area are too powerful for an amateur adventurer like her, barring her from taking any quests. While wandering the city, Megumin sees a nun apparently being harassed by a pair of priests and intervenes, only to inadvertently be caught in a dispute between Axis and Eris worshippers. The nun, Cecily, calls the police as a distraction and leads Megumin away before trying to recruit her into the Axis Church. Seeing that Megumin is starving, Cecily takes Megumin to the Axis Church where she meets the archbishop Father Zesta. In return for Zesta providing food and board, as well as giving her a lead on a beautiful female mage who knows explosion magic living in the town of Axel, Megumin agrees to assist the Axis Church on their recruiting efforts. To her surprise, she encounters Yunyun and Chomusuke, who had both followed her to Arcanretia. Father Zesta is then arrested by the authorities on suspicion of tampering with the city's water springs, and Yunyun admits she delivered a prophecy from Soketta warning that Arcanretia would be in danger. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (May 28, 2022). "Konosuba Anime Confirms 3rd Season, Anime Adaptation of Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! Spinoff Novels". Anime News Network . Retrieved May 28, 2022. Wahahahahaha! My name is Megumin, the number one mage of Axel! Come, you shall all become my experience points today!"