Arifureta - Season 2 Episode 01

"Irregular" (イレギュラー) is the first episode of Season 2, and the fourteenth episode overall, of the "Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest" Series.

Synopsis
Shizuku and the other students return to the royal capital. Their brush with death, and the dramatic reencounter with Hajime Nagumo, has had different effects on each student's mind. Hajime, now joined by Kaori, arrives at the Gruen Desert.

Characters
Characters in italics debuted here.
 * Hajime Nagumo
 * Yue
 * Shea Haulia
 * Tio Klarus
 * Kaori Shirasaki
 * Myu
 * Shizuku Yaegashi
 * Suzu Taniguchi
 * Eri Nakamura
 * Kousuke Endou
 * Daisuke Hiyama
 * Shinji Nakano
 * Yoshiki Saitou
 * Reichi Kondou
 * Kentarou Nomura
 * Ryutarou Sakagami
 * Kouki Amanogawa
 * Liliana S. B. Heiligh
 * Eliheid S. B. Heiligh
 * Ishtar Langbard
 * Meld Loggins
 * Nia
 * Noint
 * Bize Feuward Zengen
 * Freid Bagwa
 * Mikhail

Locations

 * Heiligh Kingdom
 * Gruen Desert
 * Garland

Types of Monsters

 * Sandworm

Differences

 * In the LN, after Myu scolds Yue and Kaori for arguing, she leaves Kaori to be with Shea.
 * In th LN, Hajime's vehicle "Brise" has one rocket launcher under the hood, In the Anime, there is one each by the sides of it.
 * In the LN, Shea covers Myu's face by hugging her to her chest in order to stop her from watching Hajime kill the sandworms. This causes Myu to pinch Shea's breasts in an attempt to free herself from being suffocated by them.
 * In the LN, Shea and Myu accompany Hajime and the others when Kaori heals Bize. In the Anime, the two of them wait inside Brise.
 * In the LN, Kaori's Divinity Stone ornament is a bracelet. In the Anime, it is a ring.
 * Myu offering Bize water is not in the LN.
 * Shea explaining Ankaji's backstory does to occur in the LN.
 * In the LN, Hajime and his companions head to Ankaji for the first time. In the Anime, Hajime reveals that they attempted to to visit Ankaji before they rescued Bize, but were unable to enter due to the mysterious illness that had afflicted it.