Arifureta - Season 2 Episode 09

"Invasion of The Capital" (王都侵攻) is the ninth episode of Season Two, and the twenty-second 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

 * Hajime Nagumo
 * Yue
 * Shea Haulia
 * Tio Klarus
 * Kaori Shirasaki
 * Aiko Hatayama
 * Liliana S. B. Heiligh
 * Noint
 * Freid Bagwa
 * Uranos
 * Mikhail

Locations

 * Heiligh Kingdom
 * Royal Palace
 * Divine Mountain

Types of Monsters

 * Absods
 * Ash Dragons
 * Bulltaurs
 * Cotriss

Differences

 * 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 later modifies as communication devices.
 * In the light novel, Yue and Shea are 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. 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 uses during her fight is red. In the anime, it is grey.
 * In the light novel, Shea uses her 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 hits him with her hammer after he falls from he sky. In the anime, he dies after succumbing to his injuries from the fall.
 * In the light novel, Fried attempts to recruit Yue into joining the Demons. Yue rejects Freid's offer and follows up by 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.
 * In the light novel, after Freid's remaining dragons attack Yue with the aurora breaths, she uses' the spell "Void Shatter" to kill many of them.
 * 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.
 * In the light novel, Yue obliterates Freid's remaining forces using "Void Fissure". This does not occur in the anime.
 * In the light novel, Aiko is constantly screaming due to Hajime's constant dodging during his mid-air fight with Noint.
 * 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".
 * In the light novel, after Hajime his weakened by Ishtar'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.
 * In the light novel, Hajime attacks Ishtar and the other members of the Holy Church with his rocket launcher "Orkan" after Tio arrives.