6.6/1034 votesLoading...#1 - The Mad Forest
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2023
Will and Menel investigate why the seasons are not changing as they should in the surrounding forest. Two wise Lords of the Forest may have the answers they seek... as well as a warning of what's yet to come.
Director: Masashi Abe
Writer: Tatsuya Takahashi
6.8/1066 votesLoading...#2 - Songs of Heroism
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/4/2021
Under the guidance of Menell, Will goes to a village that has been attacked by monsters. As he subdues the remnants of the demons, the tragedy of the village gradually becomes apparent. A house burned down by piled up corpses. And it was a boy who was burned by flames and turned into an undead (undead) who called out to Menel with a thin voice.
Director: Takahiro Hirata
Writer: Shota Goto
6.8/1063 votesLoading...#3 - Renowned Glory
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/18/2021
Will, who was to have an audience with the lord Ethelwald as a "Killing Wyvern," offers to gather private soldiers to eliminate the frequent damage caused by monsters. Ethel once shows an intimidating attitude to such an outlandish offer, but decides to identify Will and forgive it. Head to a bar where adventurers gather to find friends to fight with.
Director: Yusuke Onoda
Writer: Shota Goto
6.8/1063 votesLoading...#4 - The Faraway Paladin
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/2022
Will and his friends are addicted to the traps of the demons and have routed. After seeing the seriously injured Menel, Will realizes that he has unknowingly put his companion in a dangerous eye, and realizes the difference in ability between his surroundings and himself. It was Menel who showed anger that stood in front of Will who was going to defeat the demon beast alone.
Director: Shin Matsuo
Writer: Tatsuya Takahashi
6.8/1029 votesLoading...#5 - The Meaning of Courage
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2023
Ru begins his training under Will and Menel. He tells Will that he's eager to learn from him what courage is and what it means to be a warrior, but Will himself is struggling with the meaning of courage as he recalls the Lord of Holly's prophecy.
Director: Akira Yamada, Tatsunari Koyano
Writer: Shota Goto
6.9/1082 votesLoading...#6 - The Wandering Sage
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/2021
Five years have passed since Will learned Mary's secret, and he is now 13. His undead parents' lessons grow ever more difficult, but Will manages to stick to it. One day, Blood gives him an assignment requiring him to escape from the ruins in the city. Will desperately tries to fight his way out, but an odd sensation of malice stops him. It turns out that malice was coming from an unexpected source.
Director: Shunji Yoshida
Writer: Tatsuya Takahashi
6.9/1067 votesLoading...#7 - Traumatic Memory
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/2021
Menel leads Will to a village that's being attacked by monsters. As he banishes them, he learns gravity of the tragedies caused by the attack. Piled-up bodies and burnt houses are everywhere. Then, from their midst, a faint voice catches Menel's attention. The voice belongs to a severely burnt young boy who has turned undead.
Director: Naoki Murata
Writer: Tatsuya Takahashi
6.9/1065 votesLoading...#8 - Valley of Despair
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/25/2021
Will, who was appointed as a paladin, was responsible for the reconstruction of the village and the extermination of demons. One day, he goes to "Beast Woods" with Reistov and Menel, who have two names, "Tsuranuki", in order to search for a unit that does not return. He feels something is wrong with the scattered bodies and proceeds to the valley in the back ...
Director: Naoki Murata
Writer: Tatsuya Takahashi
6.9/1038 votesLoading...#9 - The Paladin and the Troubadour
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2023
Ethelbald invites Will to a celebration of the new year in Whitesails. He attends with Bee, who says she wants to visit the Academy afterward. Will agrees to take her, but the Academy is not so easy to get to...
Director: Kaito Asakura
Writer: Tatsuya Takahashi
7.1/1028 votesLoading...#10 - The Messenger in the Burial Chamber
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2023
Following reports of undead sightings in Beast Woods, Will and Ru find an old burial site where they encounter a Herald of Stagnate, god of the undead. It turns out the Herald was using the undead to lure Will there and convey a message to him...
Director: Tatsunari Koyano
Writer: Tatsuya Takahashi
7.1/1028 votesLoading...#11 - The Land of Flowers
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/2023
Will's crew saves Dine, an elf, from a hydra's attack. Dine tells them that the dragon's miasma has tainted her homeland of Lothdor and sickened its people, so Will decides to go there and heal them.
Director: Tsuyoshi Nagasawa
Writer: Tatsuya Takahashi
7.1/1028 votesLoading...#12 - A Warrior's Fire
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/2023
William and the others enter into the Iron Country. As they delve further in they begin to hear the sounds of clanking metal and footsteps as they approach the Hall of Stone. As they carefully make their way in they find a large group of undead dwarves.
Director: Tatsunari Koyano
Writer: Shota Goto
7.1/1026 votesLoading...#13 - The Evil Dragon and the Goddess
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/2023
The battle between Will and Valacirca rages on. Will has exhausted his strength and depleted his mana, his companions have fallen, and his beloved weapon, Pale Moon, is broken. Then, just when the situation is looking dire...
Director: Nobuyoshi Habara
Writer: Tatsuya Takahashi
7.2/1094 votesLoading...#14 - The Boy from the City of the Dead
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/2021
Will was born in the city of the dead, where he was raised by three undead. Although he was nurtured with love, Will questions his existence in this life-forbidding place where he is the only human alive. He discovers his three parents are secretly hiding something that may explain this mystery, and as if this weren't puzzling enough, he has yet to discover that still more secrets lie within him.
Director: Shin Matsuo
Writer: Tatsuya Takahashi
7.2/1063 votesLoading...#15 - Whitesails
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/2021
Will and his friends, who travel with Bee and Tonio, finally arrive at the target "City of White Sails (White Sails)". Will is impressed by the big city he sees for the first time and the people who live there. When healing the tiredness of his travels, the bell of an emergency rings. Looking out in a hurry, a big black shadow crosses over their heads--
Director: Matsuo Asami
Writer: Shota Goto
7.2/1033 votesLoading...#16 - The Last King
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2023
Will talks to some of the dwarfs who have made their new home in Torch Port and learns about the history of the Rust Mountains.
Director: Nobuyoshi Habara
Writer: Shota Goto
7.2/1029 votesLoading...#17 - A Brief Return Home
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2023
Will and his companions set out for the Rust Mountains to fight the dragon Valacirca. On the way, they pass by the City of the Dead, so Will decides to stop and visit his old home.
Director: Masashi Abe, Yoshitsugu Kimura
Writer: Shota Goto
7.2/1030 votesLoading...#18 - Asleep Beneath the Water
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2023
As the party rests in the City of the Dead, Gus warns Will about how dangerous Valacirca is and tells him it's okay to turn back. But Will's mind is made up. All Gus can do is send him on his way with a word of advice...
Director: Nobuyoshi Habara
Writer: Shota Goto
7.3/1083 votesLoading...#19 - Payday
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/2021
Turning 15, Will challenges Blood to a fight with real swords as his coming-of-age ceremony, but Gus asks Will to lose on purpose. Will doesn't get a chance to ask Gus about what happened that day in the ruins before he must head into his battle against Blood.
Director: Naoki Murata
Writer: Shota Goto
7.3/1076 votesLoading...#20 - The Goddess of the Divine Torch
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/2021
The "God of Undeath" Stagnate's sudden appearance catches the three undead off-guard. Although his attempt to abduct Blood and Mary is interrupted by Gus, the black mist bursting from his chest leaves them no time to feel relieved. Will is unable to do anything as Stagnate says to him with a fearless smile, "It's all thanks to you."
Director: Matsuo Asami
Writer: Shota Goto
7.3/1071 votesLoading...#21 - Archer of Beast Woods
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/2021
Will departs from the city of the dead and sets foot in the outside world. After walking in the woods for several days, the first being he meets is Menel, a half-elf hunter. Will is delighted to talk to someone his own age and continues to recall it even after they go their separate ways. That night, he receives a revelation from Gracefeel.
Director: Yusuke Onoda
Writer: Tatsuya Takahashi
7.3/1027 votesLoading...#22 - Calldawn
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/23/2023
Just when it seems Will's fate is sealed, Stagnate appears and resurrects the former residents of the Iron Country. Gracefeel transfers their souls into Will, giving him the courage to face Valacirca again. Will's epic battle reaches its climax...
Director: Makoto Hoshino
Writer: Tatsuya Takahashi
7.4/1027 votesLoading...#23 - The Lord of the Rust Mountains
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/2023
When Will's party finally faces the overwhelming power of Valacirca, they prepare for a fight to the death... but then the dragon suddenly offers to become Will's servant. What is Valacirca thinking, and what choice is Will going to make?
Director: Masashi Abe
Writer: Shota Goto
7.6/1076 votesLoading...#24 - The Helmet of Will
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/2021
On the verge of death, Will swears an oath to Gracefeel and rises to challenge Stagnate again. However, Stagnate tricks Will into fighting his shadow while he goes off to attack Blood and Mary. When he realizes what's going on, Will rushes back to the Temple and arrives just as Stagnate comes within reach of the two wounded undead.
Director: Shin Matsuo
Writer: Tatsuya Takahashi
The Worst Episodes of The Faraway Paladin
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In a city of the dead, long since ruined and far from human civilization, lives a single human child. His name is Will, and he's...
Genres:AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Tokyo MX
Worst Episodes Summary
"The Mad Forest" is the worst rated episode of "The Faraway Paladin". It scored 6.6/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Masashi Abe and written by Tatsuya Takahashi, it aired on 10/14/2023. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Songs of Heroism".