8.0/10107 votesLoading...#1 - Defense and Bonds
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/25/2020
Maple may have maxed out her defense, but can she protect her friends and base from a legendary player? This time, Maple may have met her match.
Director: Masahiro Hosoda
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
7.7/1097 votesLoading...#2 - Defense and Mighty Foe
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/18/2020
Maple Tree is vastly outnumbered and struggles to stay on the board. As guilds get wiped out left and right, they must face a mighty foe that may be their undoing.
Director: Yuya Horiuchi
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.6/1095 votesLoading...#3 - Defense and Third Event
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/2020
The third event is packed with people making it hard to compete for cowbells. Following the event, Maple gets into gear to explore new content on the third level.
Director: Yuushi Ibe
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.6/1095 votesLoading...#4 - Defense and Fourth Event
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/4/2020
Guilds prepare for all-out war as the big competition finally begins. But sneaky Sally has some tricks up her sleeve that hopefully gives them the upper hand.
Director: Masafumi Tamura
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.6/1096 votesLoading...#5 - Defense and Attack
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/11/2020
Sally faces certain death and there's trouble back at the base. Despite having a good start, if the guild hopes to place top ten, Maple Tree must go on the attack.
Director: Jun Fukuda
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
7.5/10102 votesLoading...#6 - Defense and Upgrades
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/2020
Everyone in the guild is hard at work leveling up and preparing for what's to come. Maple manages to "cheese" her way through a quest to help a sick NPC.
Director: Mirai Minato, Shin Oonuma
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
7.5/1042 votesLoading...#7 - Maxing Defense and Setting Up a Base
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/22/2023
The main portion of the eighth event begins. The members of Maple Tree work as two teams to try to acquire medals, then come back together to set up a base for protection against the stronger monsters that come out at night.
Director: Masahiko Suzuki
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
7.5/1043 votesLoading...#8 - Maxing Defense and the Big Final Battle
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 4/20/2023
The third and final day of the eighth event brings the strongest monsters yet. Maple Tree, Flame Emperors, and Order of the Holy Sword work together to fight off the final onslaught. The goal is to make it to the end of the event alive...
Director: Masahiro Hosoda
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
7.4/1042 votesLoading...#9 - Maxing Defense and New Teams
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/29/2023
The second day of the eighth event begins with forced teleports that send players in all directions, a dark void that swallows up some parties' bases, and the disabling of maps. On top of all this, those who survived the first night are left to fight either alone or with members of rival guilds.
Director: Ryuta Yamamoto
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.3/1060 votesLoading...#10 - Maxing Defense and Christmas
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/11/2023
As Christmas draws near, New World Online finally releases Level 4 concurrently with a special holiday event in which rare and exclusive items are at stake.
Director: Yusuke Sekine
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
7.3/1048 votesLoading...#11 - Maxing Defense and Tower Conquest
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/2023
Maple and Sally continue to work their way up the ten floors of the tower as they attempt to complete the event before anyone else.
Director: Ryuta Yamamoto
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.3/1043 votesLoading...#12 - Maxing Defense and Hunting for Crystals
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/8/2023
With the eighth event about to start, Maple and Sally decide to leisurely explore Level 7. Their plans quickly change when they stumble upon a strange crystal...
Director: Naoki Hishikawa
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.3/1044 votesLoading...#13 - Maxing Defense and the Eighth Event
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/15/2023
The preliminary round of the eighth event finally begins. The members of Maple Tree fight their hardest, making the most of their new monster companions, in hopes of ranking high for the main event.
Director: Jun Fukuda
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.3/1043 votesLoading...#14 - Maxing Defense and New Parties
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 4/12/2023
Maple Tree, Order of the Holy Sword, and Flame Emperors have all come together in Maple Tree's base. Assorted members from all three guilds form parties to head out and fight monsters so they can earn more medals during the second night of the event.
Director: Yusuke Sekine
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
7.2/10128 votesLoading...#15 - Defense and First Battle
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2020
Convinced by her friend Risa to try "NewWorld Online", Kaede begins her VRMMO adventure by going all-in on defense because she doesn't want to get hurt.
Director: Yuushi Ibe
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
7.2/10104 votesLoading...#16 - Defense and Second Event
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2020
Though Maple and Sally get off to a clumsy start in the second event, their tenacity and teamwork is rewarded in more ways than one.
Director: Jun Fukuda
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.2/10104 votesLoading...#17 - Defense and Spoils of War
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2020
Maple and Sally make new friends and fall into more trouble as the second event winds down. But to reach their goal of 20 medals, they may have to resort to PvP.
Director: Yuya Horiuchi
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.2/1099 votesLoading...#18 - Defense and Reinforcements
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2020
Maple leaps at the chance to create a guild and searches for a place to call home. But to compete in the upcoming event, they'll need to recruit more help.
Director: Yuushi Ibe
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
7.2/1051 votesLoading...#19 - Maxing Defense, Level 5, and Level 6
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/18/2023
Maple's guildmates must explore Level 5 without her while she recovers from a cold. Right after Maple finally gets a chance to see Level 5, the gang finds out that Level 6 is already on the way, but this time it's Sally who can't seem to go in...
Director: Masahiko Suzuki
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
7.2/1047 votesLoading...#20 - Maxing Defense and Tentacles
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/8/2023
Level 7 has been released, and it introduces a new feature: players can now tame monsters. The members of Maple Tree explore the new level in search of their ideal companions.
Director: Yusuke Sekine
Writer: Shingo Nagai
7.2/1045 votesLoading...#21 - Maxing Defense and Tame Monsters
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/2023
The members of Maple Tree continue their searches for monster companions. Iz's search leads her on a quest to find rare materials in challenging areas, so she asks Maple and Mii for help.
Director: Chihiro Kumano
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
7.0/10118 votesLoading...#22 - Defense and Friends
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2020
Maple enters a battle royal and is hunted down by a horde of players. Risa uses her swimming talent to explore an underwater cave with her character Sally.
Director: Yuta Maruyama
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
7.0/10107 votesLoading...#23 - Defense and Reaching Second Level
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2020
After Maple gets nerfed, her and Sally do some exploring before challenging the dungeon that leads to the second level. Can they clear it in time for the second event?
Director: Masafumi Tamura
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
6.7/1052 votesLoading...#24 - Maxing Defense and the Seventh Event
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/25/2023
New World Online's seventh event begins, and it's a battle tower event with multiple difficulty levels. Maple and Sally team up to take on the highest difficulty level, giving the game's admins more than they bargained for...
Director: Junya Koshiba
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
The Best Episodes of BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.
Every episode of BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.!
Kaede Honjou is invited by her friend Risa Shiramine to play a virtual reality MMO game with her. While Kaede doesn't dislike games, what she...
Genres:AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyComedy
Network:AT-X
Best Episodes Summary
"Defense and Bonds" is the best rated episode of "BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.". It scored 8/10 based on 107 votes. Directed by Masahiro Hosoda and written by Fumihiko Shimo, it aired on 3/25/2020. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Defense and Mighty Foe".