9.2/1016 votes#1 - End of the Prologue
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 12/30/2019
Askeladd comes forth before King Sweyn and implores him to halt his invasion of Wales. Meanwhile, Thorfinn decides to return home at Leif’s urging. However, the moment before he boards the ship, Thorfinn catches a glimpse of a single tern taking off into the sky...
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Kenta Ihara
9.0/101 votes#2 - Deus Vult
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/2017
After her stunning success with her first mission, Tanya is assigned to test a new piece of technology: a highly unstable prototype calculation jewel. This jewel offers her unparalleled power, but just using it risks her life. Tanya is determined to get out of this project and on to someplace easier and safer (like the front lines of the war), but Being X has other ideas...
Director: Kana Shundo
Writer: Kenta Ihara
9.0/101 votes#3 - Campus Life
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/2017
Tanya is now living life on easy street, as a highly-respected student at the military university. She's so highly respected, in fact, that one of the Empire's chief military planners asks her for her opinion on the course of the war. Eager to show off her intellect (and hopefully land herself a cushy job in the planning department), Tanya comes up with a plan of astonishing insight and intelligence. Her idea backfires, however, when she turns out to be a little too smart for her own good...
Director: Yusuke Maruyama
Writer: Kenta Ihara
9.0/101 votes#4 - My First Battalion
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2017
Tanya's new battalion is off the ground and running, and it's time for them to do their first mission: fight back a massive invasion by the Dakian Dukedom to the southeast. The enemy army numbers in the hundreds of thousands, but they've brought no air units at all, which makes them easy pickings for Tanya's highly trained force. After wiping out the enemy army, she heads straight for the enemy capital and launches an attack there.
Director: Yuuta Takamura
Writer: Kenta Ihara
9.0/101 votes#5 - Beginning of Madness
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/2017
After her easy victory over Dakia, it's time for a more difficult mission: aiding the destruction of the Entente Alliance to the north. The Alliance is being backed by the strong powers, and has equipment and training that in some cases rival the Empire. When Tanya arrives, the Alliance is striking a critical supply base with a bombing raid, and the local Empire force are too overwhlemed to defend against it. Can she get there to hold them off in time?
Director: Yutaka Uemura
Writer: Kenta Ihara
9.0/101 votes#6 - The Battle of the Fjord
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/24/2017
The Empire is launching a seemingly foolish attack on the Entente Alliance in the middle of winter. They lack the supplies to successfully invade. Tanya realizes that this attack is a feint intended to distract from a fjord landing mission. Sure enough, she is sent to lead the invasion of the fjords, and silence 20 cannon emplacements in time for the fleet to land and the Imperial forces to disembark.
Director: Yutaka Uemura
Writer: Kenta Ihara
9.0/101 votes#7 - Preparations for Advance
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/10/2017
The last enemy on the continent is the Republic, and the Empire has come up with a bold plan to take them out. Of course, Tanya is sent to the forefront of this operation, and is forced to take on the entire Republic army by herself while the Empire stages a faked withdrawl. Then it's off for a ride on a rocket as she heads straight into the heart of enemy territory!
Director: Yutaka Uemura
Writer: Kenta Ihara
9.0/101 votes#8 - The Path to Victory
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/17/2017
Tanya's spectacular mission is a success, and the Republic is surrounded and crippled. But on her way back, she runs into a group of allied mages, lead by Anton Souix, the man she crippled once more. He's back, and powered by Being X, and his one mission in life is to take down the Devil of the Rhine!
Director: Yutaka Uemura
Writer: Kenta Ihara
9.0/103 votes#9 - How to Use a Victory
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/31/2017
Tanya just barely manages to restrain herself from disobeying her superior officers and attacking the Republic remanents. But the Republic forces have escaped overseas, and vowed to fight to the bitter end. The Empire has been victorious, but in its victory it has terrified the rest of the world and spurred them to action. Is true victory possible at all?
Director: Yutaka Uemura
Writer: Kenta Ihara
8.7/103 votes#10 - The Devil of the Rhine
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2017
The Empire is a powerful military nation on a continent that looks much like early 20th century Europe. But in this world, magic is real. The Empire is involved in a war against the Entente Alliance, and fighting a poorly executed delaying action in the northern theater. Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff leads a small platoon of mages. But there's something unusual about this lieutenant... she's only nine years old!
Director: Yutaka Uemura
Writer: Kenta Ihara
8.7/103 votes#11 - Trial by Fire
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/3/2017
The war with the Entente Alliance is done, and it's back to the Rhine for Tanya and her forces. The Republic troops are highly trained, well-equipped, and stronger than any she's faced before. And in a distant hospital, a former Kingdom officer wakes up, with a mission from God imprinted on his mind...
Director: migmi
Writer: Kenta Ihara
8.6/107 votes#12 - N-no, I Wasn't Looking at Anything Dirty...
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2022
Unable to wield his powers, Takafumi’s uncle finds himself helpless against magic-sealing birds. Later, he has a heart to heart with Alicia.
Director: Naomi Nakayama
Writer: Kenta Ihara
8.5/101 votes#13 - Prologue
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2017
The secret of Tanya's birth is revealed. Tanya was a cold and unemotional Japanese salaryman who was pushed in front of a train by a man he laid off. An infuriated godlike creature named "Being X" sent him to this world, and reincarnated him as a baby girl... with no promise that he would ever be reincarnated again. Now Tanya has to survive, because this is all she's got!
Director: Yasuhiro Akamatsu
Writer: Kenta Ihara
8.4/108 votes#14 - As You Can See, Sega Games Are Very Helpful in Life!
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/31/2022
Takafumi’s uncle recalls the time he almost made friends in the other dimension. Meanwhile, Fujimiya heads to her college campus to meet someone.
Director: Shintaro Itoga
Writer: Kenta Ihara
8.3/107 votes#15 - The Ice Spirit Demands a Price for Its Cooler Magic
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2022
Stuck in an apartment without air conditioning in record breaking heat, Takafumi’s uncle negotiates with the Ice Spirits for help.
Director: Yoshitaka Nagaoka
Writer: Kenta Ihara
8.3/107 votes#16 - Civility Only Comes After You're Seen as a Person
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2022
Worried that Fujimiya is hanging out with the wrong crowd, her friend from college comes to visit her at Takafumi’s apartment.
Director: Shigeki Kawai
Writer: Kenta Ihara
8.3/108 votes#17 - Out of the Cradle
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/18/2019
Thorfinn and Thorkell agree to have a duel over the fate of Askeladd. Thorkell looks forward to facing off against Thors’s son, Thorfinn, and asks him what a true warrior really is. Meanwhile, Canute is suddenly ambushed while he attempts to escape, and has a dream about a certain individual.
Director: Shujiro Ami
Writer: Kenta Ihara
8.3/108 votes#18 - United Front
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/25/2019
Thorfinn suffers a serious injury in his fight against Thorkell. Thorfinn is told to think about what he has to do to beat Thorkell. Askeladd treats Thorfinn’s wounds so that he may fight again someday, and proposes a joint strategy to help the two of them survive longer.
Director: Yohji Satoh
Writer: Kenta Ihara
8.2/109 votes#19 - I'm Your Un—...Aunt, Dear
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/20/2022
While Takafumi and his uncle strategize on how to increase their YouTube subscriber count, Fujimiya is worried about the well-being of her crush.
Director: Kazuomi Koga
Writer: Kenta Ihara
8.2/109 votes#20 - You Helped Me Through Tough Times
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/27/2022
Fujimiya tries to catch Takafumi’s attention. Takafumi’s uncle shares a seemingly romantic memory he experienced during his time in the other dimension.
Director: Naomi Nakayama
Writer: Kenta Ihara
8.1/109 votes#21 - I'm Finally Back From the Fantasy World of Granbahamal After 17 Long Years!
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/6/2022
Takafumi’s uncle wakes up from a 17-year coma, claiming he was in another dimension, and he tries to prove it by showing off his magical powers.
Director: Shigeki Kawai
Writer: Kenta Ihara
8.1/1010 votes#22 - Normanni
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/19/2019
Askeladd withdraws temporarily from the war against England. While searching for a new source of income, he encounters a skirmish among the Franks and hatches a plot to steal their treasure. Askeladd sends 16 years old Thorfinn, who has grown up into a cold-hearted Viking, ahead as a messenger.
Director: Shingo Uchida
Writer: Kenta Ihara
8.1/109 votes#23 - Lone Wolf
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 12/16/2019
Thorfinn begins his duel against Askeladd with Canute and Thorkell as witnesses. However, Thorfinn is unable to strike as he stands overwhelmed by the extraordinary mood that overtakes Askeladd after Bjorn's departure. Having noticed Thorfinn's hesitation, Askeladd lays down his sword and provokes Thorfinn into an unarmed fight, which incites Thorfinn's fury.
Director: Yasuo Ejima
Writer: Kenta Ihara
8.1/107 votes#24 - Names Are Important, That's What (He/She) Said
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/2022
Takafumi’s uncle reminisces about the time he was tasked with hunting down a mysterious singing demon. Meanwhile, he longs to find his way home.
Director: Shintaro Itoga
Writer: Kenta Ihara
8.0/109 votes#25 - The Journey Begins
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/12/2019
Thorfinn kills his first man. As more time goes on Thorfinn kills more men and becomes more skilled. One day when Thorfinn is in battle he gets shot with an arrow and ends up unconscious. An English woman and her daughter help him recover.
Director: Yosuke Yamamoto
Writer: Kenta Ihara
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"End of the Prologue" is the best rated episode written by Kenta Ihara. It scored 9.188/10 based on 16 votes. It was directed by Tadahito Matsubayashi. It aired on 12/30/2019 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Deus Vult".