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The Best Episodes of By the Grace of the Gods

Every episode of By the Grace of the Gods ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of By the Grace of the Gods!

The Best Episodes of By the Grace of the Gods

Only 39 years into a life full of bad luck, Ryoma Takebayashi passes away in his sleep! Taking pity on him, three divine beings show...
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    By the Grace of the Gods Season 1 Episode 4 - Clean-Up Duty, with the Slimes
    8.2/10(75 votes)

    #1 - Clean-Up Duty, with the Slimes

    S1:E4

    Ryoma arrives at Miya's house, overflowing with trash from a nearby dump. Ryoma and his slimes show a remarkable ability to clean, a skill that, as it turns out, the town of Gimul desperately needs.

    Director:Kyohei Oyabu
    Writer:Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

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  2. By the Grace of the Gods Season 1 Episode 3 - First Time in Town, with the Slimes
    8.1/10(74 votes)

    #2 - First Time in Town, with the Slimes

    S1:E3

    Ryoma and the Jamil family travel to Gimul, a mining town. There, Ryoma and Eliaria take the first steps in becoming professionals in their crafts. Ryoma is given another opportunity to flex his new powers.

    Director:Hiromichi Matano
    Writer:Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

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  3. By the Grace of the Gods Season 1 Episode 6 - Monster Hunting, with the Slimes
    8.0/10(64 votes)

    #3 - Monster Hunting, with the Slimes

    S1:E6

    The Adventurer's Guild sets up a large-scale group of adventurers to deal with the massive monster infestation discovered in the abandoned mines. Ryoma joins them.

    Director:Yuuji Yanase
    Writer:Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

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  4. By the Grace of the Gods Season 1 Episode 10 - The New Slimes, with the Slimes
    8.0/10(61 votes)

    #4 - The New Slimes, with the Slimes

    S1:E10

    With the business going more smoothly than Ryoma ever imagined, Ryoma is able to go back to studying his slimes and adventuring. He discovers several new types of slimes.

    Director:Toshiaki Kanbara
    Writer:Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

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  5. By the Grace of the Gods Season 1 Episode 11 - Taming Training, with the Slimes
    8.0/10(63 votes)

    #5 - Taming Training, with the Slimes

    S1:E11

    The Jamil ducal family are all experts in the art of monster taming magic. Ryoma and Eliaria receive the Jamil elders' tutelage to further hone their taming magic.

    Director:Tomihiko Ohkubo
    Writer:Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

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  6. By the Grace of the Gods Season 1 Episode 1 - Ryoma, with the Slimes
    7.9/10(80 votes)

    #6 - Ryoma, with the Slimes

    S1:E1

    Ryoma Takebayashi is a young boy living by himself in a forest, who, in a previous lifetime, used to be a tortured middle-aged Japanese office worker. He meets a group of distressed travelers in the forest, and decides to save them.

    Director:Yuuji Yanase
    Writer:Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

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  7. By the Grace of the Gods Season 1 Episode 2 - Departure, with the Slimes
    7.9/10(74 votes)

    #7 - Departure, with the Slimes

    S1:E2

    It turns out that the travelers Ryoma saved were the local duke and his family. Impressed by Ryoma's various skills and enamored by his personality, they offer to take Ryoma along on their journey.

    Director:Kyohei Oyabu
    Writer:Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

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  8. By the Grace of the Gods Season 1 Episode 8 - Laundry Business, with the Slimes
    7.9/10(63 votes)

    #8 - Laundry Business, with the Slimes

    S1:E8

    The laundry business is ready to open. Ryoma hires new employees to help get his business started, and throws a party to express his thanks to the friends who have supported him thus far.

    Director:Kyohei Oyabu
    Writer:Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

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  9. By the Grace of the Gods Season 1 Episode 12 - The Beginning of a New Era, with the Slimes
    7.9/10(68 votes)

    #9 - The Beginning of a New Era, with the Slimes

    S1:E12

    Ryoma and Eliaria make another attempt to tame the limour birds. If they succeed, it would be a great milestone in their careers as monster tamers. However, whatever the outcome, their separation is inevitable as Eliaria leaves for school.

    Director:Yuuji Yanase
    Writer:Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

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  10. By the Grace of the Gods Season 1 Episode 7 - Starting the Business, with the Slimes
    7.8/10(64 votes)

    #10 - Starting the Business, with the Slimes

    S1:E7

    Ryoma decides to strike out on his own as an adventurer and business owner. He discusses his plans with the ducal family, and works with Serge the merchant to put his business plans in motion.

    Director:Naoyoshi Kusaka
    Writer:Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

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  11. By the Grace of the Gods Season 1 Episode 9 - The New Coworkers, with the Slimes
    7.8/10(64 votes)

    #11 - The New Coworkers, with the Slimes

    S1:E9

    The laundry business explodes in popularity, so Ryoma rushes out on day two to hire more help. He meets Fei and Li Ling, foreigners with a hidden past.

    Director:Naoyoshi Kusaka
    Writer:Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

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  12. By the Grace of the Gods Season 1 Episode 5 - The Lady's Training Session, with the Slimes
    7.7/10(65 votes)

    #12 - The Lady's Training Session, with the Slimes

    S1:E5

    Eliaria and Ryoma practice magic and combat in Gimul. They practice fighting against the weak but numerous monsters now infesting the abandoned mine shafts.

    Director:Tomihiko Ohkubo
    Writer:Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

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  13. By the Grace of the Gods Season 2 Episode 2 - Ryoma and the Crime Prevention Drill
    7.5/10(41 votes)

    #13 - Ryoma and the Crime Prevention Drill

    S2:E2

    Ryoma learns that people are targeting his shop because he has associated himself with the head of the Tamer Guild, Taylor. To combat this, Ryoma has new positive rumors spread about his shop and deals with any assailant who tries and attack him. Ryoma also learns that he's gained enough finances to open up a second shop in a different city.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. By the Grace of the Gods Season 2 Episode 3 - Ryoma and the Poster Girl
    7.5/10(38 votes)

    #14 - Ryoma and the Poster Girl

    S2:E3

    Arriving in Lenaf, Ryoma doesn't waste any time and meets with Pioro, the head of the town Merchant Guild, and his daughter Miyabi. From there, Ryoma sets up his second shop with the help of his Slimes and later does a quest for the Adventurers Guild, where a Smash Boar confront him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. By the Grace of the Gods Season 2 Episode 1 - Ryoma and the New Plan
    7.4/10(44 votes)

    #15 - Ryoma and the New Plan

    S2:E1

    After a small incident in his store involving a couple of unruly customers, Ryoma decides to create reinforced glass in the mines. It's also there that Ryoma discovered the evolved form of a Poison Slime called the Medicine Slime. He would later also meet a new god that had taken a liking to him named Tekun.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. By the Grace of the Gods Season 2 Episode 4 - Ryoma and the Second Shop
    7.4/10(38 votes)

    #16 - Ryoma and the Second Shop

    S2:E4

    Ryoma hunts a Smash Boar, and after he does, Callum arrives at Lenaf with Tony, Caulkin, Lobelia, and new hires to help open the second shop. Sometime after it opens, Ryoma returns to Gimul where he meets with Serge to talk about the Magical Item Market he plans on visiting.

    Director:Kyohei Oyabu
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. By the Grace of the Gods Season 2 Episode 6 - Ryoma and the Magic Item Market
    7.4/10(38 votes)

    #17 - Ryoma and the Magic Item Market

    S2:E6

    Ryoma attends the Magical Item Market, where he meets Fedele, Dionme's grandson, and instantly bonds with him. He later develops some new deodorant pouches from the newly evolved Deodorant Slime and would soon become acquainted with G-Ranked adventurers Wist and Beck. Fernobelia would also meet with Ryoma for the first time too.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. By the Grace of the Gods Season 2 Episode 9 - Eliaria and the New Friends
    7.4/10(35 votes)

    #18 - Eliaria and the New Friends

    S2:E9

    Elia's first month at the magical academy is uneventful, but she meets new friends, Michelle, Miyabi, Feila, and Kanan. After forming a group with them, they go on a two-day camping trip, which their individual skills manage to help out their student peers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. By the Grace of the Gods Season 2 Episode 12 - Ryoma and the Town of Gimul
    7.4/10(39 votes)

    #19 - Ryoma and the Town of Gimul

    S2:E12

    It's finally the day of the Founding Festival, and Ryoma's food stall is a hit with the people of Gimul. Once Ryoma has time for himself, he encounters a lost boy who he decides to take to the Guard Station. When the festival was over, Ryoma participated in one last performance held by the Semiroid Troupe.

    Director:Kyohei Oyabu
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. By the Grace of the Gods Season 2 Episode 10 - Ryoma and the Flying Slime
    7.3/10(34 votes)

    #20 - Ryoma and the Flying Slime

    S2:E10

    Following a request from Worgan, Ryoma and some of his fellow adventurer friends take on a quest in a nearby forest to harvest Treant materials. They get more than what they bargained for when they have to face off against an evolved version of the Treant monster, an Elder Treant.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. By the Grace of the Gods Season 2 Episode 5 - Ryoma and the New Acquaintance
    7.2/10(38 votes)

    #21 - Ryoma and the New Acquaintance

    S2:E5

    Seeking to take on some adventurer quests from the Adventurer Guild to raise his rank, Ryoma accepts a delivery quest to someone in Keleban. The quest makes Ryoma gain a new acquaintance there and perhaps a future business opportunity.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. By the Grace of the Gods Season 2 Episode 7 - Ryoma and the Local Cuisine
    7.2/10(37 votes)

    #22 - Ryoma and the Local Cuisine

    S2:E7

    A curious Ryoma learns about a certain upcoming festival through Eliaria's letter and decides to run a food stall at the festival.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Shunma Hara

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  23. By the Grace of the Gods Season 2 Episode 8 - Ryoma and the Traveling Entertainer
    7.2/10(36 votes)

    #23 - Ryoma and the Traveling Entertainer

    S2:E8

    Ryoma is introduced to the Semroid Troupe leader Prenance and, from him, learns about Tunnel Ants nesting in the Southern Fields outside of Gimul. Hence Ryoma decides to hunt the Tunnel Ants and, amid this, runs into Beck and his adventuring pals, which he later hires them as temporary staff to help with the upcoming Founder festival.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. By the Grace of the Gods Season 2 Episode 11 - Ryoma and Busy Days
    7.2/10(33 votes)

    #24 - Ryoma and Busy Days

    S2:E11

    After completing the quest to collect Treant wood from a nearby forest, Ryoma finds that the work for the upcoming Founders Festival is coming along nicely.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Clean-Up Duty, with the Slimes" is the best rated episode of "By the Grace of the Gods". It scored 8.2/10 based on 75 votes. Directed by Kyohei Oyabu and written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, it aired on 10/25/2020. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "First Time in Town, with the Slimes".