Arifureta - Episode 04

"Guardian of the Depths" (最奥のガーディアン) is the fourth episode for Season One of the Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest anime adaptation. It aired in Japan on July 29, 2019.

Synopsis
Hajime and Yue encounter a powerful foe in the deepest depths of the Labyrinth. Will they be able to defeat it and find a way out?

Summary
Hajime and Yue finally arrive at the end the labyrinth and discover a large room with an equally large door on the other side. As they begin to approach the door in question a large magic seal activates and summons the final boss of the labyrinth, a massive six headed hydra (?).

Characters

 * Hajime Nagumo
 * Yue
 * Aiko Hatayama
 * Ishtar Langbard
 * Meld Loggins
 * Kouki Amanogawa
 * Ryutarou Sakagami
 * Kaori Shirasaki
 * Shizuku Yaegashi
 * Kousuke Endou
 * Suzu Taniguchi
 * Eri Nakamura
 * Daisuke Hiyama

Locations

 * Great Orcus Labyrinth
 * Heiligh Kingdom
 * Holy Church - Main Cathedral "Divine Mountain"

Types of Monsters

 * Hydra

Differences

 * In the light novel, Hajime transmutes the ceiling in order to set his grenades all around it. In the anime, Hajime shoots the ceiling with his handgun before placing the grenades on the indents made by his shots.
 * In the light novel, Hajime throws more grenades at the Hydra after causing the ceiling to cave-in on it.
 * In the light novel, Eri and Suzu do not interrupt Kouki while he is talking to Kaori and Shizuku about Hajime.
 * The anime omits Kaori and Suzu's conversation with Eri over her perceived uneasy feelings with regards to her Job as a Necromancer.