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Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S2E9 — There Are Various Reasons Behind It (It's Full of Elma)

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Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid•Season 2•Episode 9

There Are Various Reasons Behind It (It's Full of Elma)

8.6/10 · 252 votesSep 2, 202124 min

Ranked #1 of 12 in Season 2•+0.6 vs season avg

It all started with a single statement from Elma--"I demand improved worker conditions!" The company Miss Kobayashi and the others work at is very close to being exploitative, and Elma finally realizes their situation is wrong and rises up against it. Miss Kobayashi assumes it's

Directed byMinoru Ota

Written byYuka Yamada

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Cast11

Mutsumi Tamura

Mutsumi Tamura

Kobayashi (voice)

Yuuki Kuwahara

Yuuki Kuwahara

Tohru (voice)

Maria Naganawa

Maria Naganawa

Kanna Kamui (voice)

Yuuki Takada

Yuuki Takada

Elma (voice)

Minami Takahashi

Minami Takahashi

Quetzalcoatl (voice)

Daisuke Ono

Daisuke Ono

Fafnir (voice)

Yuichi Nakamura

Yuichi Nakamura

Makoto Takiya (voice)

Emiri Kato

Emiri Kato

Riko Saikawa (voice)

Yuko Goto

Yuko Goto

Georgie Saikawa (voice)

Kaori Ishihara

Kaori Ishihara

Shouta Magatsuchi (voice)

Tomomi Mineuchi

Tomomi Mineuchi

Ilulu (voice)

Crew12

Y

Yuka Yamada

Writer

K

Kohei Okamura

Animation Director

Y

Yurika Ono

Key Animation

T

Tomoki Hiraishi

Background Designer

L

Lee Cheon-bok

Background Designer

R

Ryo Miyaki

Key Animation

T

Tamami Tokuyama

Key Animation

P

Park Na-eun

Background Designer

P

Park Jung-ah

Background Designer

A

Aya Hikita

Key Animation

T

Tatsuya Satou

Key Animation

L

Lee Mi-jin

Background Designer

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Episode Summary

"There Are Various Reasons Behind It (It's Full of Elma)" is episode 9 of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid season 2. It scored 8.6/10 from 252 votes, ranking #1 of 12 episodes this season (season average 8.0). Directed by Minoru Ota and written by Yuka Yamada, it aired on September 2, 2021.

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