Arifureta - Season 2 Episode 09

"Invasion of The Capital" (王都侵攻) is the 9th episode of Season 2, and the 22nd episode overall, of the Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Anime adaptation.

Synopsis
Hajime arrives at the Divine Mountain to rescue Aiko, but is immediately attacked by Noint. Meanwhile, a massive force of Demons and monsters suddenly appear just outside the capital city of Heiligh and immediately begin sieging the city.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Hajime Nagumo
 * Aiko Hatayama
 * Noint
 * Liliana S. B. Heiligh
 * Yue
 * Shea Haulia
 * Kaori Shirasaki
 * Tio Klarus
 * Freid Bagwa
 * Uranos
 * Mikhail
 * Ishtar Langbard (voice only)

Locations

 * Heiligh Kingdom
 * Royal Palace
 * Divine Mountain

Monsters

 * Absods
 * Ash Dragons
 * Bulltaurs
 * Cotriss

Differences from Light Novel

 * In the Light Novel, Hajime and his party use Telepathy Stones to communicate with each other while they are separated. In the Anime, they use the shells Myu gave them that Hajime modifies as communication devices.
 * The Anime omits Yue and Shea being attacked by many demons and monsters before Freid attacks them with his dragon's aurora blast.
 * In the Light Novel, After Yue manages to redirect Fried's attack to his allies, Shea manages to kill more Demons and Monsters using explosive slugs from her war hammer. Freid's forces try to stop her, but Yue intercepts their attacks with her "Spatial Severance".
 * In the Light Novel, the large metal ball that Shea attaches to her warhammer during her fight is red. In the Anime, it is grey.
 * In the Light Novel, Shea uses both the large ball and explosives slugs from her hammer to fight Mikhail's squad. In the Anime, she only uses the ball.
 * In the Light Novel, Mikhail's thunder magic targets both himself and Shea. The the Anime, it only targets Shea.
 * In the Light Novel, Mikhail dies when Shea strikes him with her hammer after he falls from he sky. In the Anime, he dies after succumbing to his injuries from the fall.
 * The Anime omits Freid's attempts to recruit Yue into joining the demons, followed by Yue rejecting his offer, and then unleashing a barrage of Wing Blades at him that he barely manages to avoid. Afterwords, Yue unleashes a large blizzard that kills many of Freid's dragons.
 * The Anime omits Yue using the spell "Void Shatter" to kill many of Freid's remaining dragons after they attack her with their aurora breaths.
 * In the Light Novel, the Absod that absorbs Yue's "Dragonic Thunder" is almost killed from taking in such a powerful spell, but is saved when another Absod absorbs the rest of it. In the Anime, the first Absod manages to absorb Yue's spell and fire it back without any issues.
 * In the Light Novel, before Yue uses her "Five Heavenly Dragons" spell, Freid unleashes a horde of pather-like monsters to attack Yue. This does not occur in the Anime.
 * In the Light Novel, Freid's dragon Uranos traps Yue by biting her arm. In the Anime, he impales her with his horn.
 * In the Light Novel, Freid's subordinates unleash their magic at Yue in order to distract her long enough for him to escape. In the Anime, they have their dragons charge her head-on before she blocks them with a barrier.
 * The Anime omits Yue obliterating Freid's remaining forces using "Void Fissure".
 * In the Light Novel, Aiko is constantly screaming due to Hajime's dodging Noint's attacks mid-air. This does no occur in the Anime.
 * In the Light Novel, Noint manages to close in on Hajime before commenting on his refusal to take their fight seriously. Hajime then uses the shotgun on his arm to help increase his distance from her. Noint attempts to kill him with her longsword, but Hajime blocks it with his handgun "Schlag" In the Anime, Noint charges in after making her comment, and Hajime repeatedly shoots at her before dodging her attack.
 * In the Light Novel, Hajime is complaining to Aiko to stop making so many noses during his fight, to which Aiko becomes fluttered due to him calling them "cute". This does not occur in the Anime.
 * In the Light Novel, after Hajime his weakened by the church's magic, Noint continues attacking Hajime, but manages to counter each of them (although he gets injured several times).
 * In the Light Novel, Hajime's unsuccessful requests to be sent back home, followed by him and Noint discussing Ehit's desire to eliminate the kingdom, occurs after Tio arrives to save him and escort Aiko away from the fight. In the Anime, this discussion takes place before Tio arrives to rescue him and Aiko.
 * In the Light Novel, Tio asks Hajime to reward her by spanking her later on after she rescues him and Aiko from Noint. This does not occur in the Anime.
 * In the Light Novel, Hajime attacks Ishtar and the other members of the Holy Church with his rocket launcher "Orkan" after Tio arrives. This does not occur in the Anime