The Best Episodes Written By Shingo Irie

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.3/10(3 votes)

   #1 - The Apprentice Magician

   S1:E233/8/2014

   The second day of the Scales Festival in Akihabara arrives. Akatsuki has gotten closer to Shiroe, and so is very happy all day, and even seems to be enjoying her fights with Naotsugu. Meanwhile, Minori is uncertain with how to deal with her feelings towards him, and goes to speed to Karashin. Karashin is overloaded with paperwork so she decides to help. It seems like a lot of land people merchants have come to Akihabara...

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   9.0/10(3 votes)

   #2 - Return to Akiba

   S1:E511/2/2013

   Shiroe and his group take Serara southwards. On the way, they stop at the house of one of the "People of the Land". The people of the land were originally only characters in the game, with no personalities or unique traits of their own, but as Naotsugu talks to them, something seems odd... The party gradually realizes that the world isn't the same as it was when it was a game.

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   8.7/10(6 votes)

   #3 - I... Believe in Heliocentrism

   S1:E310/12/2024

   Nowak convinces Potocki to admit to Rafał's heresy. Once arrested, Rafał is given a choice: recant his belief in heliocentrism or submit to torture.

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #4 - Laglanda Forest

   S1:E1212/21/2013

   The young players travel the Xantleaf peninsula at the camp. Minori, Touya and Serara meet up with new players Isuzu the bard and Rundel Haus the sorcerer. They head into the "La Granda Forest" dungeon, where skeletons await them. The easily-spooked Serara, the strong-willed Touya, and the proud Rundel Haus... will the five of them be able to work together in their first party fight?

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #5 - Crescent Moon

   S1:E711/16/2013

   Nyanta told Shiroe the secret of making real food in this world. With Marielle's help, the Crescent Moon Alliance begins a fast food stand, and their "Crescent Burger" is hugely popular with players who are sick of tasteless food. BUt Shiroe's real goal isn't to sell hamburgers, and with Henrietta he begins to work on the next phase of his plan.

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   8.3/10(4 votes)

   #6 - This Is What It Means... To Learn Something, I Think

   S1:E911/23/2024

   A middle-aged Piast vows to prove his professor's geocentric model. In the present, he agrees to let Badeni use his records — on one condition.

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   8.2/10(33 votes)

   #7 - I've Gotta Get Stronger

   S1:E41/28/2024

   Having entered the instance dungeon located inside the subway, Jinwoo levels up time and time again by fighting waves of magic beasts. As he gradually makes his way forward, he finds a long stairway leading deeper underground.

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   8.2/10(4 votes)

   #8 - Heliocentrism. How About That?

   S1:E110/5/2024

   A gifted young student plans to study theology at university, but his true passion is astronomy. One day, he meets a mysterious scholar named Hubert.

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   8.2/10(5 votes)

   #9 - Move... The World

   S1:E611/2/2024

   Oczy seeks the help of Badeni, the demoted monk who incurred the Church's wrath by turning his curiosity to the riddles of the sky.

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    8.1/10(30 votes)

    #10 - You've Been Hiding Your Skills

    S1:E93/10/2024

    At the D-Rank raid, Jinwoo is reunited with four of the Cartenon Temple survivors. Together, they explore the dungeon with Kang Taeshik and his men. After splitting up, they hear a scream, and then...

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    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #11 - Heliocentrism Is My Faith

    S1:E1212/14/2024

    Nowak asks Badeni to show him his research. He inspects Badeni's premises but doesn't find anything incriminating — until he spots a certain item.

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    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Freedom

    S1:E1312/21/2024

    In a medical area within the inquisition chamber, a wounded Oczy awakes to see Nowak, who has kept him alive in hopes of extracting information.

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    7.9/10(37 votes)

    #13 - It's Like a Game

    S1:E31/21/2024

    Jinwoo remains behind in the temple dungeon to save his few surviving party members, and with a swing from the god statue's blade, his life comes to an end—or so it seems, before he wakes up in a hospital bed.

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    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #14 - And Now... I'm Going to Move the Earth

    S1:E210/5/2024

    Rafał is intrigued by Hubert’s heliocentric theory. Later, Hubert is arrested by an inquisitor but he gives Rafał a pendant before being whisked away.

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    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #15 - The Fact That This World Is Far More Beautiful Than Heaven

    S1:E410/19/2024

    The duelist Oczy wishes for death so he can escape his hopeless world and go to heaven. His colleague finds meaning in life by observing the stars.

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    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #16 - Even If I Die... This World Will Continue

    S1:E510/26/2024

    Gras aborts the mission, placing himself and Oczy in mortal danger from Nowak. They both flee for the mountains, where they find a stone chest.

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    7.3/10(4 votes)

    #17 - We Must Become Icarus

    S1:E811/16/2024

    Badeni offers Jolenta a chance to pursue the truth of the skies, but she is overcome with fear. Afterward, she overhears bold words from Count Piast.

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    7.3/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Truth

    S1:E1011/30/2024

    Oczy tells Badeni that he is learning to read and write. Later, Badeni's claim that knowledge should be held by a select few bothers a fellow monk.

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    7.3/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Terror

    S1:E1112/7/2024

    Nowak gives two rookie inquisitors a terrifying first taste of their new roles. Badeni meets with Jolenta and tells her he has completed his theory.

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    7.3/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Is It... My Turn?

    S1:E151/4/2025

    Nowak believes his beloved daughter has been executed as a heretic. Father Grabowski comes across a letter from Badeni containing an unusual request.

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    7.3/10(4 votes)

    #21 - The Times Are Changing

    S1:E212/15/2025

    Schmidt and the others regroup with their Liberation Front comrades and begin printing the book. However, a traitor brings their operation to a halt.

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    7.3/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Comrades

    S1:E233/1/2025

    A deluded Nowak turns against Antoni and attempts to burn down the church. Draka fights back and escapes but incurs a terrible wound.

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    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Tonight's Sky...

    S1:E1412/28/2024

    Badeni must choose between revealing the location of the heretical documents on heliocentric theory or prolonging Oczy's torture at Nowak's hands.

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    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Matters of the Truth

    S1:E711/9/2024

    Gifted scholar Jolenta suffers discrimination as the only girl at an astronomy institute. Badeni seeks resources to prove the heliocentric theory.

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    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #25 - To Liberate Information

    S1:E181/25/2025

    Bishop Antoni orders Draka to hand over the book, but Schmidt’s men suddenly intervene. Determined to change her fate, she takes a bold action.

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