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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Obligations? Are You Kidding Me?!
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    S1:E4

    Wendelin and his friends are invited to his brother Erich’s wedding. An undead dragon attacks their airship so Brantack has Wendelin purge the dragon with holy magic before collecting the valuable bones and crystal heart. In the capital city, Stuttburg, Brantack leaves them with his friend Aruterio Marchen. Soldiers take Wendelin to meet the king, who rewards him with the Twin Dragon medal and the noble rank of Baronet. Erich worries as their father is only a knight, meaning Wendelin will be removed from their family tree to become head of his own noble family. Several officials begin arguing how much to pay Wendelin for the bones and heart. Aruterio explains that Cardinal Hohenheim wants Wendelin under the churches influence, Lord Marshall Edgar wants him for the military, and Lord Commissioner Ruckner wants to save money. In the end Wendelin is paid 150,000 gold.

    Director:Sadanori Kaneda
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - A Succession Dispute? Are You Kidding Me?
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    S1:E2

    Wendelin decides to keep his magic a secret after learning it moves him ahead of Kurt in the line of family inheritance, risking assassination attempts from Kurt. Alfred discovers Wendelin has an extraordinarily high magic capacity. Alfred displays several unusual symptoms, cold skin, no sense of taste and bouts of physical pain. Wendelin’s strange behaviour draws Kurt’s attention. Wendelin decides he wants to be an adventurer instead of a lord, making Kurt less suspicious, but Adventurers Academy is expensive, so Wendelin decides to work to pay his own tuition. To help with travelling Alfred teaches Wendelin flight magic. Wendelin’s father hears a rumour of a Whispering Dead nearby, a sentient corpse doomed to become a mindless zombie. Wendelin realises he means Alfred and confronts him. Alfred admits he is dead but came back as a Whispering Dead to pass on his knowledge to an apprentice.

    Director:Sadanori Kaneda
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - A Bullet Tour? Are You Kidding Me?
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    S1:E6

    Elize visits Louise, Lina and Erwin to learn exactly what sort of man Wendelin is. The King asks Wendelin and Brantack to slay an ancient dragon, Greigorland, as the kingdom needs his territory for farmland. He also sends Klimt Kristoff von Armstrong, his enthusiastic and brawny court wizard. Meanwhile, as the death of Greigorland could cause nearby monsters to grow bolder, Erwin, Louise and Lina hire the unemployed adventurers to help guard the area with Elize and the Church's clergy as their healers. Wendelin and Armstrong defeat Greigorland and Wendelin collects the valuable body. Sensing Greigorlands death the monsters attack the soldiers, forcing Wendelin and his friends to join the battle. Elize, knowing Wendelin considers himself cowardly but joins the battle anyway, is relieved he is a truly good man and finally passes out from exhaustion after he returns safely. Wendelin looks after her until she awakens, only to learn Armstrong is her uncle.

    Director:Sadanori Kaneda
    Writer:N/A

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Presumed Dead? Are You Kidding Me?!
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    S1:E8

    Three years later Kurt, Wendelin’s eldest brother, receives a letter from Head Auditor Ruckner, Lord Commissioner Ruckners brother, that Wendelin has died. Five days previously Wendelin finally turns 15 and registers their adventurer party as the Dragon Busters, so the King sends them to investigate ancient ruins. Brantack explains the ruins were discovered in Greigorland’s territory and many high ranking adventurers have disappeared. Upon entering they accidentally activate a magic circle that transports them to the bottom floor, meaning they must fight their way to the surface past an army of golems. Five days later Head Auditor Ruckner spreads rumours Wendelin has died and as part of his plot to replace his brother as Lord Commissioner he suggests Kurt’s sons inherit Wendelin’s title of Baron. Still unsure how far they have to climb Elize tells Wendelin she hopes they survive or she will regret not having married him. They encounter a dragon with mythril scales.

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    Writer:N/A

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - A Loner? Are You Kidding Me?
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    S1:E3

    At Adventurers Academy Wendelin tries to make friends but due to his lack of communications skills and high level of magic, the rest of the students are too afraid to approach him. Three students, Erwin, Louise and Iina, share a bond over being the youngest children of lower class families. Wanting to gain Wendelin's recognition, they attempt to hunt a large pack of wolves but are overwhelmed until Wendelin rescues them. Due to a misunderstanding, the three believe Wendelin sees them as a burden when in reality he wants to be friends. Their class attend a party hosted by Duke Braihiraider who takes an interest in Wendelin as Wendelin's father is a vassal of Braihiraider. Wendelin asks Erwin, Louise and Iina to join him much to their surprise. They learn Braihiraider brought them to meet his court wizard, Brantack Lyngstad, Alfred's former teacher, who confirms his suspicions that Alfred passed his knowledge to Wendelin.

    Director:Sadanori Kaneda
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - People Hate Me? Are You Kidding Me?!
    7.3/10(4 votes)

    S1:E9

    For the ruins' treasures the King pays Wendelin’s party ten million gold. Wendelin decides to move their home to Breichburg to set up their adventuring careers. Armstrong reveals the rumours about Wendelin’s death, causing Wendelin to realise their success has attracted enemies. High Auditor Ruckner and his allies begin planning Wendelin’s assassination.

    Director:Sadanori Kaneda
    Writer:N/A

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - The 8th Son? I Guess That's Not So Bad!
    7.3/10(4 votes)

    S1:E12

    With the magical Dragon's Flute that will summon a horde of dragons, Kurt lures Wendelin and company to an empty clearing in a forest. Kurt, after mocking Wendelin and Bramtack's failed attempt to stop kurt, plays the flute to kill the party and punish the towns for betraying him. It quickly becomes apparent to the companions the flute is not summoning a horde of dragons, but instead channeling all the malice of the land into Kurt. Wendelin helps Elize purify Kurt, with his body's destruction, Kurt's malice searches for the nobles who were responsible for his death and kills them. Having completed the kingdom's quest to fix the trouble lands, the king saddles Wendelin with developing the land, and offers Wendelin a reward.

    Director:Sadanori Kaneda
    Writer:N/A

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me?
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    S1:E1

    A Japanese salaryman falls asleep before waking up and finding himself as a five year old boy named Wendelin von Benno Baumeister, during the wedding of his oldest brother Kurt and his wife Amalie. Despite being nobles, Wendelin discovers the Baumeisters are poor and only owns small farmlands which most of it will be inherit by Kurt while the rest of his six older brothers have either married into another family, finding work as a government official or soldier, leaving him nothing to inherit. Wendelin later discovers he has the ability to use magic. While searching for firewood for his family, Wendelin meets Alfred Rainford, who detected the boy's magic, saving him from a wild boar and vows to teach him how to use magic.

    Director:Sadanori Kaneda
    Writer:N/A

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - Nine Schools Competition Part II
    7.1/10(8 votes)

    S1:E9

    Tatsuya and Miyuki visit FLT where a Flying Spell experiment is taking place. They run into members of the Yotsuba family there. Tatsuya sees Mikihiko practicing Spirit Magic. Since Tatsuya seems to be interested, Mikihiko tells him about Crystal Eyes.

    Director:Sadanori Kaneda
    Writer:N/A

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  10. undefined Season 3 Episode 4 - Leçon 4
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E4

    Tanya starts to feel jealousy when Kuroki is asked to take care of a young japanese girl who is trying to enter the conservatoire. While trying to get closer to him, she starts to wonder about her own future as she is near her graduation.

    Director:Sadanori Kaneda
    Writer:N/A

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Enrollment Part II
    6.8/10(10 votes)

    S1:E2

    The President of the Student Council invites Miyuki and Tatsuya to lunch. During lunch, she asks Miyuki to join the Student Council. Miyuki says that her brother should also join them. Will he have to prove himself?

    Director:Sadanori Kaneda
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Sadanori Kaneda Ratings Summary

"Obligations? Are You Kidding Me?!" is the best rated episode directed by Sadanori Kaneda. It scored 7.8/10 based on 5 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 4/23/2020 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "A Succession Dispute? Are You Kidding Me?".