The Best Episodes Written By Aoi Akashiro

While Arslan and Daryun enlist Narsus' help, Lusitania begins their siege in the royal capital of Ecbatana. Shapur is tortured by Bodin as an example for the "pagans" of Pars, but requests to be killed by one of Pars' archers. Listening to his request, he is killed by a mysterious man, who is called by queen Tahamine to be rewarded for his feat. Meanwhile, Lusitania convinces the slaves of Pars to open the city gates for them, promising to make them free men.

Gieve escapes Ecbatana after having a clash with Silvermask, who makes use of the underground tunnels to strike the palace from within, while the Lusitanian forces, assisted by the slaves, break into the capital and conquer it.

On their way to the stronghold at Peshawar, Arslan's party is pursued by a force led by Xandes, Kharlan's son who seeks to avenge his father and they are forced to split up.

Silvermask slaughters a band of thieves and when the leader's daughter is about to be killed as well, Narsus appears to rescue her. Meanwhile, the rest of Arslan's party regroups and fights Xandes' forces, including the mysterious sorcerer that aids him.

Having formed an alliance with Rajendra, Arslan and company face their first hurdle in their military campaign to win Rajendra the throne of Sindhura. On their way to Sindhura's capital of Uraiyur, they must first get past the Fortress of Gujarat.

With the fall of the Fortress of Gujarat, Gadevi sets out to meet Arslan and Rajendra on the battlefield. Vastly outnumbered and facing war elephants, Arslan and company must find a way to win.

Lords and generals from across Pars rally to Arslan. But now, Arlsan must contend with newcomers jockeying for position and the very real possibility that he will have to fight Hermes for the throne.

The siege of the Keep of Saint Emmanuel begins in earnest and Parsian generals, who once fought on the same side, now find themselves facing each other across the battlefield.

Yuna gets a special request from the feudal lord of Crimonia through the guild. She is wary since she knows how bad nobles can be because of all the video games she's played in the past. Meanwhile, a sudden crisis hits Fina's family.

Yuu and Mikasa are dragged into Fuuka's plan to form a band after Yuu unwittingly gives her the idea, and the three of them start a light music association. In order to earn money to afford their instruments they decide to stay at a beach house over the summer and work part-time. But the personality of the owner, Yahagi, rubs Yuu the wrong way.

The new school term has begun, and Yuu's band has begun to practice in earnest, but bassist Yuu and vocalist/guitarist Fuuka are complete beginners. Nachi isn't much better as a drummer, and they attempt to recruit a senpai from their school, Sara Iwami, to take over on guitar. She's cold to them at first, but a revelation about Yuu brings her around.

Survival test is coming to the end. Things don't look well for 1-D. Key card is stolen. And now Suzune is forced to withdraw due to her sickness. Kiyotaka will try to turn things around.

After being freed from the rule of the Empire, the Mitama faith has also formed an alliance with Atar, and is now steadily gaining followers. That's when Yukito hears of a big religious group with 10,000 followers headed up by the archon "Dakini".

In order to prevent Gaia from gaining more power, Yukito's plan is to separate her from her kids. But Gaia was already prepared and summons the ultimate strange beast, Typhon. Despite their best efforts to flee, Yukito then gets devoured by it...

Yukito and Mitama continue to struggle against Gaia. Atar tells the concert attendees that she wants to step back and they should redirect their devotion to Mitama. Will Mitama's bolstered powers be enough to stop Gaia and save the village?

The introverted Yuu Haruna has moved to Tokyo to live with this three sisters after their parents left to work abroad. While passing through the local shopping district, Yuu's eyes are riveted on a TV screen in a store window when a girl comes running up the street and crashes into him. That is how he met the girl who seemed to be wrapped in a summer breeze: Fuuka Akitsuki. Their first meeting goes downhill when Fuuka mistakes Yuu's intentions with the smartphone in his hand, and on top of that, he then finds out that they'll be in the same class at his new school...

With debt looming over her, Aqua convinces Kazuma to accept a high difficulty quest to purify a lake, which doesn't require killing any monsters.

Kazuma runs into some adventurers he knows while out for a walk and decides to go with them to a shop run by succubi said to show its customers enticing dreams.

Yuu's late night meeting with Koyuki causes misunderstandings between him and Fuuka. Yuu's attempt to make up fails, and the mood remains awkward between them at work. Meanwhile their teacher, Tomomi, shows up at the beach house with the track team captain, Nachi, and reveals something unexpected.

In the ruins of Tokyo, Natsu, Arashi and Semimaru meet the sole survivor of Team Winter. Team Spring reaches Mt. Ogino Fuji and finds Natsu's message.

Hana's group and the Team Autumn survivors find the Spring settlement destroyed and abandoned. Momotaro wakes up among strangers.

Melancholy, unmotivated Kiyotaka Ayanokouji attends his first day at Tokyo Metropoiltan Advanced Nurturing High School, a government-established institution for training a generation of Japan's best and brightest. In this school, it is said, everything is decided based on merit, which includes the generous monthly "point" allowance students can spend at local shops. As Ayanokouji begins navigating this system, he also nurtures curious relationships with aloof fellow outsider Suzune Horikita and the terminally gregarious Kikyou Kushida.

It's great for Kazuma that he brought Aqua along with him, but unlike in a game world, much is missing from his adventurer's lifestyle. No money, no equipment, and even fighting the lowest ranking monsters is a hard-fought battle. That's when they decide to recruit new party members.

Even during summer vacation, lone wolf Horikita would rather remain locked in her room studying than interacting with others. One day, Ayanokouji invites her to visit the pool with some of the others.

"I want money." After paying back the debt Aqua has racked up, Kazuma and Aqua's monetary situation grows even more dire. The party accepts a quest to kill helpless Snow Sprites and heads for the snowy mountains in order to escape from the stables during this winter so cold it freezes Kazuma's eyelashes solid.