Arifureta - Episode 9

"Dragon Slayer" (黒竜を穿つ者) is the ninth episode of the Anime adaptation. It aired in Japan on September 9, 2019.

Synopsis
Hajime's quest leads him and his classmates into the mountains, where they come across their quarry--and the huge black dragon attacking him!

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

Locations

 * Northern Mountain Range

Manga Adaptation

 * Chapter 30
 * Chapter 31
 * Chapter 32

Differences

 * In the LN, Hajime finds a locket that he believes to have belonged to one of the deceased adventurers, but it turns out to belong to Will and has a picture of his mother in it.
 * Will receiving medical treatment after he is rescued does not occur in the LN.
 * In the LN, Tio attacks Hajime and the others in her dragon form immediately after they find Will. While in the Anime, Tio attacks them after they leave the waterfall and start heading back to Ur.
 * In the LN, after Hajime brings out his shield to block Tio's first flame attack, Aiko and Yuka brace Hajime from behind, followed by Atsushi, Taeko, Nana, and Will soon after. While in the Anime, it is just Yuka and Atsushi that support Hajime.
 * In the LN, Atsushi's weapons are shamshirs. While in the Anime, they are shotels.
 * In the LN, Hajime learns the expression "Kicking a dragon in the arse" from a traveling merchant named More Nos.
 * In the LN, Tio almost says Yue's original name after discovering that she is the last surviving vampire, but Yue stops her and insists that she be known by her current name since it is the one that Hajime gave her.