Arifureta - Episode 05

"The Maverick's Lair" (反逆者の住処) is the 5th episode for Season One of the Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Anime adaptation. It aired in Japan on August 5, 2019.

Synopsis
A rare oasis lies in the depths of the Labyrinth. There, Hajime and Yue come face-to-face with the specter of the Labyrinth's namesake.

Summary
Hajime awakens after his fight with the hydra and discovers Yue sleeping next to him. After waking her up (forcefully) he gets an explanation about what happened after he passed out from his wounds.

At the same time a group of his classmates and the Kingdom's soldiers have arrived at the 65th Floor of the Orcus Labyrinth and encounter the same Behemoth they fought previously.

Characters in Order of Appearance
Characters in italics debuted here.
 * Hajime Nagumo
 * Yue
 * Oscar Orcus (projection)
 * Daisuke Hiyama
 * Kousuke Endou
 * Suzu Taniguchi
 * Eri Nakamura
 * Ryutarou Sakagami
 * Kaori Shirasaki
 * Shizuku Yaegashi
 * Kouki Amanogawa
 * Meld Loggins

Locations

 * Great Orcus Labyrinth
 * Oscar Orcus's Layer

Monsters

 * Traum Soldiers
 * Behemoth

Differences from Light Novel

 * In the Light Novel, Oscar's corpse is clean. In the Anime, it is covered with dust.
 * In the Light Novel, Hajime learns the truth about the Liberators from Oscar's recorded message. In the Anime, her learns after the magic circle scans his mind and bestows him with Oscar's Ancient Magic.
 * In the Light Novel, as the students travel along the Labyrinth, Daisuke and his friends express their confidence at how much stronger they have become since their first excursion. In the Anime, Kouki and Shizuku are the ones that discuss everyone's progress.
 * The Light Novel does not mention if the Traum Soldiers are summoned along with the the Behemoth.
 * In the Light Novel, Ryutarou and Jugo Nagayama grapple the Behemoth as it charges towards the students. In the Anime, Ryutarou is the only one that grapples it.
 * In the Light Novel, Shizuku attacks the Behemoth's horn in an attempt to slice it off, but requires another attack from Meld after she fails. In the Anime, Meld is the first to attack the Behemoth's horn before Shizuku.
 * The Anime omits Kaori casting healing magic on Shizuku and the others after she stopped them from falling,.
 * In the Light Novel, Eri and several others cast fire magic at the Behemoth after its failed attack on Suzu. In the Anime, Eri is the only one to cast it.
 * In the Light Novel, the Behemoth is killed after being struck with Eri and the other's fire magic. In the Anime, it is killed after Kouki hits with his sword while using "Limit Break".
 * In the Light Novel, Hajime's crystal eye is clear blue. In the Anime, it is red.
 * In the Light Novel, Hajime's motorcycle "Steiff" is black. In the Anime, it is blue.
 * In the Light Novel, Hajime's hummer "Brise" is black with an open trunk. In the Anime, it is grey with a closed trunk.