Arifureta - Episode 10

"The Goddess' Sword" (女神の剣) is the tenth episode of the Anime adaptation. It aired in Japan on September 16, 2019.

Synopsis
With an army of monsters approaching the town of Ur, Hajime sets a plan into motion to protect the citizens and exalt Aiko as the Goddess of Plenty.

Summary
Hajime is convinced to fight when Aiko asks him to. He erects barricades around the village while avoiding the amorous intentions of Tio who finds his mixture of neglect and verbal abuse exciting.

Hajime decides to dedicate their victory to “Aiko, Goddess of Plenty”, embarrassing her, then proceeds to massacre the monster army with transmuted mini-guns and rocket launchers. With his ammunition depleted and Yue and Tio out of magic Hajime and Shea rush to capture the mysterious robed commander as the monsters retreat.

Hajime realises the commander is the missing Shimizu. Shimizu admits he was disappointed not to be the only summoned Hero, especially as he paled in comparison to his more powerful classmates, so he signed a contract with a demon, power in exchange for killing Aiko. He scratches Aiko with a poisonous needle but is shot from behind by a monster sniper. Hajime shoots the sniper and heals Aiko with Ambrosia via a kiss. As Shimizu lies dying he offers loyalty to Hajime who spots the lie in his eyes and mercilessly executes him, devastating Aiko. As they leave Yue correctly guesses the sniper was aiming at Aiko, so Hajime finished killing Shimizu so Aiko would blame him and not herself, enabling her to recover much quicker psychologically.

Characters
Characters in italics debuted here.
 * Hajime Nagumo
 * Yue
 * Shea Haulia
 * Tio Klarus
 * Aiko Hatayama
 * Yuka Sonobe
 * Nana Miyazaki
 * Taeko Sugawara
 * Atsushi Tamai
 * Yukitoshi Shimizu
 * David Zahler
 * Will Cudeta
 * Reiss

Locations

 * Northern Mountain Range
 * Ur

Types of Monsters

 * Various Monsters
 * Four-Eyed Wolves

Differences

 * Hajime driving everyone back to Ur, including Tio (whom he has strapped on the roof of "Brize") is omitted in the Anime.
 * Will warning Ur's city officials about the monster army is omitted in the Anime.
 * In the LN, Aiko asks Hajime to save Ur while they are inside Ur city hall. In the Anime, she asks him while they are outside near the lake.
 * In the LN, Hajime transmutes the giant wall by driving around Ur with his motorcycle "Steiff". In the Anime, he does it by hand.
 * Will telling Tio that he would forgive her for killing his comrades if she defends Ur from the monster army is omitted in the Anime.
 * In the LN, Yukitoshi hides behind his monster army. In the Anime, he is seen leading them.
 * In the LN, Hajime has two gatling guns. In the Anime, he only uses one.
 * The ring that Hajime lends to Tio does not disintegrate after it loses all its mana in the LN.
 * In the LN, just before heading out to kill the monster leaders, Hajime notes a change in Shea's attitude since she started traveling with him.
 * In the LN, Hajime and Shea do not use "Steiff" while they charge against the monsters.
 * In the LN, Hajime saves Shea from the Four-eyed wolves by using his floating weapon "Cross Bits".
 * In the LN, after defeating most of the monster army, Hajime forces the rest to retreat by scaring them with a mana-infused roar.
 * In the LN, Hajime destroy's Yukitoshi's staff and kills his wolf mount before he captures him.
 * In the LN, Hajime brings Yukitoshi back to Aiko due to her requesting it before the battle.
 * IN the LN Hajime returns to Aiko and the others after the battle using "Stieff" and dragging Yukitoshi behind him. In the Anime, Hajime drags him back to the others on foot.
 * In the LN, several of Ur's most prominent people are also present when Hajime brings Yukitoshi to Aiko.
 * Yue sucking Hajime's blood after the battle does not occur in the LN.
 * In the LN, Reiss mortally wounds Yukitoshi by using the water spell "Rupture". In the Anime, he hits him with a red beam of light.
 * In the LN, Hajijme tells Aiko to be strong before he leaves her.
 * In the LN, Hajime offers Shea a reward for saving Aiko's life. Shea initially wants Hajime to have sex with her, but he refuses and claims that Yue is the only one for him. After venting out her frustrations for ignoring her advances, Shea decides to ask Hajime to take her out on a date in Fuhren's tourist district, to which Hajime accepts.
 * In the LN, Tio sneaks aboard Hajime's vehicle by attempting to enter through the rear window before getting stuck. In the Anime, she rides along with the others normally.
 * In the LN, Aiko realizes that Hajime killed Yukitoshi in order to shift the blame of his death from her to Hajime, after talking to Foss Seluo while eating dinner at the Water Sprites Inn.