Arifureta season 2 has released episode 3’s preview images. The anime will resume on January 27, 2022, and we will finally see what really happened to Hajime from the cliffhanger in episode 2.
You can check out the preview images below:
In addition, you can check out one more preview image that was uploaded on the anime’s official website below:
Funimation streamed the first season of Arifureta in the Summer 2019 anime season, which had a total of 13 episodes. They are also streaming season 2 now, and it currently has 2 episodes. Studio Mother is animating the series together with studio Asread (Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory), while Akira Iwanaga (Isuca) is directing.
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest was originally a web novel series written by Ryo Shirakome. Overlap is publishing a light novel adaptation since June 2015, and it currently has 12 volumes. A manga by RoGa is also being serialized by the same publisher on Comic Gardo magazine.
The 12th volume of the Arifureta light novel series was also released on this day in Japan:
The cover of the volume features Kaori Shirasaki in her final form.
J-Novel Club is also publishing Arifureta light novel series in English, and season 2 starts at volume 5:
With the addition of Kaori into their party, Hajime and his friends make for Myu’s hometown, the coastal city of Erisen. While crossing the Gruen Desert, they save a young Ankajian man, Bize, from a sandworm attack. Apparently, he was searching for a cure to the mysterious disease that has struck his people. His travels led him to conclude that a mineral known as stillrock held the key to saving his country, but it can only be found inside the Grand Gruen Volcano, a labyrinth far too dangerous for most. Hajime agrees to help Bize procure some, and the party begins their quest to conquer yet another labyrinth. But along the way, they meet a most unexpected foe…
J-Novel Club
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