Arifureta - Season 2 Episode 06

"Someone Important" (大切な人) is the 6th episode of Season 2 of the "Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest" Series.

Synopsis
Hajime and Kaori, separated from the others, move deeper into the labyrinth. They encounter an even more disturbing illusion, but Kaori has more important concerns - does she really want to continue this relationship with Hajime?

Characters
Characters in italics debuted here.
 * Hajime Nagumo
 * Yue
 * Shea Haulia
 * Tio Klarus
 * Kaori Shirasaki
 * Shizuku Yaegashi
 * Yuka Sonobe
 * Nana Miyazaki
 * Taeko Sugawara
 * Atsushi Tamai
 * Aiko Hatayama
 * Meld Loggins
 * Nun
 * Meiru Melusine (projection)
 * Aleister (past illusion)
 * Devourer
 * Lehman

Locations

 * Sunken Ruins of Melusine
 * Heiligh Kingdom
 * Royal Palace
 * Divine Mountain

Types of Monsters

 * Devourer

Differences

 * In the light novel, Aleister is accompanied by an aide, and a mysterious hooded woman. In the anime, he is only accompanied by the woman.
 * In the light novel, Hajime slaps Tio after she asks him if anything lewd occurred between him and Kaori. In the anime, he kicks her from behind.
 * In the light novel, the demon that is killed as he attempts to talk to Aleister briefly looks at his assailant from behind before his death. In the anime, he is immediately killed without looking behind him.
 * In the light novel, Aleister is on his knees while praying to Ehit. In the anime, he is standing.
 * In the light novel, Hajime is carrying a Green Glowstone lamp as he and Kaori explore the lower levels of the ship. In the anime, it is a small flashlight.
 * In the light novel, Kaori compares Aleister's behaviour to that of Pope Ishtar.
 * In the light novel, Hajime and Kaori encounter various ghost-like monsters in the ship before reaching the physical traps.
 * In the light novel, the trap is in the ship's hold. In the anime, it is in the hallway.
 * In the light novel, Kaori uses her barrier magic to protect herself from the traps before she is blown away by the sudden wind in the ship.
 * In the light novel, after Kaori is separated from Hajime, a vision of a knight attacks Hajime before he destroys it, followed by the sudden appearance of the illusionary squads of knights. In the anime, the knight squad appears right after Kaori is separated from Hajime.
 * The light novel depicts what happens to Kaori before reuniting with Hajime. She attempts to act brave, but she is soon approached from behind by a ghost of the girl that possesses her body moments later.
 * The light novel, after Hajime eliminates the illusionary squads of knights, he encounters one more knight that is wielding a great sword, but is able to destroy the vision.
 * In the light novel, after Hajime and Kaori are united, Kaori hugs Hajime before he points his gun at her forehead. In the anime, Hajime points his gun under Kaori's jaw as she attempts to hug him.
 * In the light novel, after Hajime accepts Kaori's resolve to follow him, the two of them briefly talk about how Kaori's actions had gotten Hajime into trouble back on Earth.
 * In the light novel, when Tio asks Hajime if anything lewd occurred between him and Kaori while they were alone, he slaps her to shut her up. In the anime, he kicks her from behind.
 * In the light novel, Kaori and Shea briefly talk about working together to make Hajime theirs after Kaori reveals that she kissed Hajime.
 * In the light novel, after Kaori reaffirms her challenge to Yue about wanting to make Hajime hers alone, Kaori explains that she still considers Yue to be her friend.
 * The light novel reveals what happened to Yue, Shea and Tio experienced when they were separated from Hajime and Kaori.
 * In the light novel, Shea briefly mentions her father after exclaiming how she and the other can now explore the Great Labyrinth located in the Sea of Trees.
 * In the light novel, as Meiru's room begins to flood with water after Hajime takes the coin from the alter, he gives everyone an oxygen mask before they are ejected together by the current. In the anime, Yue uses her spatial magic to teleport everyone away.
 * In the light novel, Hajime manages to bring out his submarine before the devourer appears. After it starts attacking them, he attempts to escape it briefly by launching a salvo of torpedoes at the monster while controlling the sub remotely, but it quickly manages to regenerate from the attack and traps Hajime's party inside its stomach. They manage to escape after Hajime unleashes more torpedos inside its stomach while they are surrounded by Yue's barrier magic. As the devour resumes its attack, Hajime manages to craft a metal dome to act as a barrier before Yue's barrier would be corroded from the monster. Yue's then us her spacial magic to teleport everyone to the surfaces. In the anime, Yue's uses her spacial magic immediately after
 * In the light novel, Yue teleports everyone to the sky to get as far away from the devourer, to which Tio transforms into her dragon form and rescues everyone, but the devour unlishes a massive tidal wave that sends them back into the ocean. In the anime, she teleports everyone to a small patch of land before they are swallowed up by the devourer's tidal wave.
 * In the light novel, after the devourer manages to trap everyone back in the ocean, Shea and Tio ask for Hajime to kiss them due to the belief that they might be killed soon.
 * In the light novel, Hajime communicates with his party and Lehman via Telepathy. In the anime, he specks to them normally.
 * In the light novel, Kaori is scared of Lehman when she sees him for the first time. In the anime, she appears to b merely as stunned as the others from his sudden appearance.
 * In the light novel, the the devourer attempts to intercept Hajime's torpedos with its tentacles, but Hajime is able to control them remotely and manages to evade the incoming attack before they hit their target.
 * In the light novel, Hajime's torpedos are used as a waypoint to magically teleport his liquified Flamrock inside the devourer. In the anime, the torpedoes have the liquified Flamrock inside of them before injecting it into the devourer.
 * In the light novel, the devourer attempts to eject the flamrock from its body, but is stopped due to Hajime's companions casting various magic spells around it to prevent this.
 * In the light novel, Shizuku and the other students are unable to locate Meld in their search for Aiko. In the anime, he appears to them as they discuss the results of their search.