Arifureta - Chapter 30

"Encounter" is the thirtieth chapter of Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (ありふれた職業で世界最強) manga adaptation. It was released on February 27, 2019 on "Overlap:Comic Gardo" Online Publication.

Characters
Characters in italics debuted here.
 * Hajime Nagumo
 * Yue
 * Shea Haulia
 * Aiko Hatayama
 * Yuka Sonobe
 * Nana Miyazaki
 * Atsushi Tamai
 * Noboru Aikawa
 * Kouki Amanogawa (flashback)
 * Kaori Shirasaki (flashback)
 * Miledi Reisen (flashback)
 * Will Cudeta
 * Tio Klarus (in dragon form)

Locations

 * Ur

Differences

 * In the LN and WN, 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.
 * In the LN and WN, Will's interaction with Hajime before the dragon appears is longer. Will explains how he ended up behind the waterfall. and then expresses the guilt he feels about being the only one of his party that is still alive, but Hajime berates Will for his guilt and tells him to live on in order to honor the deaths of his comrades.