Arifureta - Season 2 Episode 01

"Irregular" (イレギュラー) is the 1st episode of Season 2, and the 14th episode overall, of the Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest anime adaptation.

Synopsis
Shizuku and the other students return to the royal capital. Their brush with death, and the dramatic reencounter with Hajime Nagumo, has had different effects on each student's mind. Hajime, now joined by Kaori, arrives at the Gruen Desert.

Characters in Order of Appearance
Characters in italics debuted here.
 * Hajime Nagumo
 * Noint
 * Ishtar Langbard
 * Eliheid S. B. Heiligh
 * Liliana S. B. Heiligh
 * Reichi Kondou
 * Yoshiki Saitou
 * Shinji Nakano
 * Akito Nimura
 * Noboru Aikawa
 * Mao Yoshino
 * Ayako Tsuji
 * Kentarou Nomura
 * Jugo Nagayama
 * Eri Nakamura
 * Suzu Taniguchi
 * Daisuke Hiyama
 * Shizuku Yaegashi
 * Kousuke Endou
 * Kouki Amanogawa
 * Ryutarou Sakagami
 * Nia
 * Meld Loggins
 * Shea Haulia
 * Tio Klarus
 * Myu
 * Kaori Shirasaki
 * Yue
 * Bize Feuward Zengen
 * Freid Bagwa
 * Mikhail

Locations

 * Heiligh Kingdom
 * Royal Palace
 * Gruen Desert
 * Garland

Types of Monsters

 * Sandworm

Differences

 * In the Light Novel, Jugo, Kentarou, Ayako, Mao, Shinji, Yoshiki and Reichi are among the students the resumed their training in the Great Orcus Labyrinth, while Noburo and Akito accompany the students that serve as Aiko's bodyguards. In the Anime, they all stay in the kingdom to serve as backup.
 * The party the students enjoy in he kingdom after Kouki's group returns from the Great Orcus Labyrinth is not mentioned in the Light Novel.
 * In the Light Novel, after Myu scolds Yue and Kaori for arguing, she leaves Kaori to be with Shea.
 * In th Light Novel, Hajime's vehicle "Brise" has one rocket launcher under the hood, In the Anime, there is one each by the sides of it.
 * In the Light Novel, Shea covers Myu's face by hugging her to her chest in order to stop Myu from watching Hajime kill the sandworms. This causes Myu to pinch Shea's breasts in an attempt to free herself from being suffocated by them.
 * In the Light Novel, Shea and Myu accompany Hajime and the others when Kaori heals Bize. In the Anime, the two of them wait inside Brise.
 * In the Light Novel, Kaori's Divinity Stone accessory that is given to her by Hajime is a bracelet. In the Anime, it is a ring.
 * Myu offering Bize water is not in the Light Novel.
 * Shea explaining Ankaji's backstory does to occur in the Light Novel.
 * In the Light Novel, Hajime and his companions head to Ankaji for the first time. In the Anime, Hajime reveals that they had attempted to to visit Ankaji before they rescued Bize, but were unable to enter due to the mysterious illness that had afflicted it.