| Goblin Slayer | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original release | October 6, 2023 – present |
| Season chronology | |
Goblin Slayer is an anime series adapted from the light novels of the same title written by Kumo Kagyu and illustrated by Noboru Kannatuki. On January 31, 2021, a second season of the anime TV series was announced at GA FES 2021.[1] On January 5, 2023, the official Twitter account for the series confirmed that LIDENFILMS will be taking over from White Fox as the studio for the second season of the anime. It premiered on October 6, 2023.[2][3] The opening theme song is "Entertainment" by Mili, while the ending theme song is "Kasumi no Mukō e" (霞の向こうへ, "To the Other Side of the Mist") by Yuki Nakashima.[4] On October 19, 2023, Crunchyroll announced that the second season will begin airing its dub the following day.[5]
Episode list
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [6] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | "An Ordinary Spring Day" Transcription: "Arifureta Haru no Tsuitachi" (Japanese: ありふれた春の一日) | Unknown | Unknown | October 6, 2023 | |
| Months after Noble Fencer is rescued, she has set up a training school for novice adventurers which causes a fresh influx of novices to arrive at the town. Priestess has been an adventurer for over a year and is no longer a novice. Goblin Slayer has become popular and respected by experienced adventurers, and a subject of gossip among novices. An arrogant novice adventurer, Wizard Boy, arrives proclaiming he will kill goblins but Goblin Slayer turns down his request to teach him. Due to Wizard Boy's foolish attitude towards goblins and with nowhere to sleep, Goblin Slayer takes him to Cow Girl’s farm. His attitude doesn’t improve and he outright refuses Goblin Slayer's advice to practice hunting rats first. Priestess is saddened to learn she has been passed over for promotion to the next adventurer rank due to the belief she is being carried by her Silver-ranked party members, so High Elf Archer suggests she party with adventurers closer to her own rank. Wizard Boy mocks Priestess' indecisiveness but his arrogance quickly alienates all the other adventurers. Female Knight then intervenes and challenges Wizard Boy to prove himself by killing a goblin while teamed up with Priestess as his party leader. | ||||||
| 14 | 2 | "The Red-Headed Wizard Boy" Transcription: "Akage no Shōnen Majutsushi" (Japanese: 赤毛の少年魔術師) | Unknown | Unknown | October 13, 2023 | |
| Priestess takes the lead on the next goblin slaying quest and learns an adventurer party has already gone missing, worrying Priestess at the fate of the female adventurers. Wizard boy is baffled they actually stop to decide on tactics, still insisting goblins are unintelligent beasts. They start killing goblins but Wizard Boy is angry they are moving too slowly. He foolishly rushes ahead upon hearing a female prisoner being tortured and though he kills his first goblin he is surrounded by goblins and a troll. Priestess starts to panic so Goblin Slayer takes charge, quickly formulating a plan that kills the troll and the goblins and rescues the prisoner. Wizard Boy still refuses to admit Goblin Slayer was right about goblins, revealing his older sister was killed by goblins on her first quest and was mocked by her classmates for it. He is determined to prove her death was due to bad luck and not because she was actually defeated by mere goblins. Priestess realizes his sister was Wizard, one of her teammates who died the day she met Goblin Slayer. Goblin Slayer also realizes this and leaves to be alone, feeling guilty about his failure to save Wizard. | ||||||
| 15 | 3 | "The Training Grounds on the Outskirts of Town" Transcription: "Machihazure no Kunrenjo" (Japanese: 町外れの訓練場) | Unknown | Unknown | October 20, 2023 | |
| Goblin Slayer and other adventurers begin mentoring trainees at Noble Fencer’s new training grounds. Spearman insists Goblin Slayer join him and Heavy Warrior for a boy’s night out. Wizard Boy complains about Goblin Slayer to trainees Rookie Warrior, Rhea Fighter and Apprentice Cleric but finds them unsympathetic as Goblin Slayer has killed thousands of Goblins, whereas Wizard Boy almost died due to arrogance and had to be rescued. Goblin Slayer attends boy’s night and Spearman and Heavy Warrior are perplexed Goblin Slayer refuses to date until all goblins are dead. Heavy Warrior dreams of becoming a wise king while Spearman wants to be famous for doing good deeds. Goblin Slayer recalls he once dreamed of being a hero. As it is too late for their own dreams they decide to support the trainees' dreams instead. Dwarf Shaman tutors Wizard boy on using his spells more efficiently. Priestess teams up with Rhea Fighter for a quest to gain experience. Cow Girl suspects Goblin Slayer is socialising more to avoid thinking about a new village being built where his childhood home was destroyed by goblins. Goblin Slayer admits he can’t yet move on from what happened and leaves to meet the trainees, unaware Cow Girl struggles with loneliness when he leaves. Later that evening, goblins attack the training ground so Goblin Slayer prepares to fight. | ||||||
| 16 | 4 | "Onward to Adventure" Transcription: "Soshite Bōken e" (Japanese: そして冒険へ) | Unknown | Unknown | October 27, 2023 | |
| Goblin Slayer is joined by Priestess and other adventurers who determine a shaman is leading the goblins tunneling to the surface. Due to his size, Heavy Warrior stays to protect the children while everyone else enters the tunnels. Priestess volunteers to lead the trainees to attack the goblins hunting the other trainee group. Goblin Slayer’s group kill the shaman underground. Priestess reaches the other trainees, several dead already, and organizes a safe escape. Wizard Boy hesitates from fear but after recalling a lesson from Dwarf Shaman, he uses a spell to deafen the goblins, knowing his immediate goal is to protect the trainees, not kill goblins. Goblin Slayer's team flood the tunnels from a lake, collapsing it on the main nest. Afterwards, Priestess is promoted to Steel Rank. Wizard Boy, having gotten over his bad attitude, admits goblin killing isn’t for him and plans to start adventuring, learn new spells and slay a dragon. He is flustered that Rhea Fighter insists on teaming up with him, amusing Goblin Slayer so much he actually laughs and advises them to visit his old Rhea friend, Burglar. Cow Girl is delighted Goblin Slayer is happier, but scolds him for completely draining the lake they swam in as children. | ||||||
| 17 | 5 | "Beard-cutter, to the Southern River" Transcription: "Kami Kiri Maru, Minami no Kawa e" (Japanese: かみきり丸、南の川へ) | TBA | TBA | November 3, 2023 | |
| High Elf Archer is invited to bring her friends to the wedding of her older sister, so she invites her party and Guild Girl. Goblin Slayer is reluctant as other adventurers would have to take over his goblin killing, but he settles for destroying several goblin nests before they leave. While clearing goblins from a monastery and rescuing the raped nuns, Dwarf Shaman realizes the goblins were trying to steal stone tablets in an ancient language. Cow Girl is also invited to the wedding and teases Goblin Slayer that they might marry one day. As it is on the way, they are paid by the guild to deliver the tablets to the temple in Water Town to determine its purpose. Sword Maiden, who no longer suffers nightmares thanks to Goblin Slayer, is irked he shows no affection for her but determines the tablet refers to ancient magic. As it does not mention goblins, Goblin Slayer deems it of no use and donates it to the temple. As the rest of the journey is by boat, Sword Maiden warns them of a sudden spike in sunken ships. As they voyage upriver, they enter a fjord with steep cliffs and are ambushed by something dropping boulders on them. | ||||||
| 18 | 6 | "The Elven King's Forest" Transcription: "Erufu no Ō no Mori" (Japanese: エルフの王の森) | TBA | TBA | November 10, 2023 | |
| The ambushers are goblins so Priestess shields the raft with a barrier. The goblins block the fjord with shipwrecks, until Priestess uses her new healing spell to cleanse away the rotten wood, destroying the dam. Goblin Slayer swears to destroy the nest on their return. They camp for the night so the girls catch fish and swim in bikinis, though are disappointed by Goblin Slayer’s lack of reaction. In the morning they are found by Elder Brother, High Elf Archers sister’s fiancé, who reports his men have killed the goblins. He also reports of the creature One Who Stops Water, a beast from ancient times who occasionally roams the forest. They meet High Elf Archers sister, Forest Princess. Goblin Slayer also encounters the elf girl he rescued after meeting Priestess, and tells her he killed every goblin that raped her, just as he promised. Forest Princess believes High Elf Archer should stop adventuring or mixing with other species, especially dwarves and Goblin Slayer, who is far from the famous hero she expected. High Elf Archer refuses as she is content with her career and friends, and trusts Goblin Slayer with her life. One Who Stops Water suddenly appears, a dragon-like creature, causing chaos and panic. | ||||||
| 19 | 7 | "Jungle Cruise" Transcription: "Janguru Kurūzu" (Japanese: ジャングルクルーズ) | TBA | TBA | November 17, 2023 | |
| Priestess insists on moving One Who Stops Water away from the village rather than kill it. Goblin Slayer notices a goblin riding the creature trying to steer it, so High Elf Archer kills the goblin, allowing Dwarf Shaman, Lizard Priest and Goblin Slayer to capture One Who Stops Water. Forest Princess stops trying to convince High Elf Archer to stay but asks her to visit more often. At Elder Brother’s impromptu stag party Goblin Slayer deduces goblins are nesting nearby. As they become drunk Goblin Slayer blames himself for his sister’s death. Sword Maiden deciphers the tablet and realises it will be of use to Goblin Slayer. Goblin Slayer decides to kill the goblins before the wedding. Cow Girl bids him farewell, once again hoping he returns. Sailing upriver they find elves tortured to death and discover the goblins have settled in an elven fortress that dams the river, the namesake of One Who Stops Water. Infiltrating they discover goblins have been poisoning the river with rotten flesh from their elf victims, which was then drunk by the elves downstream as a blood curse, meaning the goblins have a shaman. Priestess is disturbed by the elven bodies and the evidence of atrocious tortures. Goblin Slayer apologises to High Elf Archer that goblins have interrupted their trip, and admits he doesn’t think he will ever have a fun adventure, as long as goblins exist. | ||||||
| 20 | 8 | "Heart of Darkness" Transcription: "Yami no Chūshin" (Japanese: 闇の中心) | TBA | TBA | November 24, 2023 | |
| The group begin hunting the shaman. Making it to the roof they find the shaman and an army of 100 goblins. Priestess uses Purification to temporarily turn the blood in the shaman’s body to water, leaving him unconscious. The group use Dwarf Shaman’s magic to safely leap from the roof while traps Goblin Slayer set earlier flood the roof with river water, pushing the remaining goblins off the roof to their deaths. Priestess begins to fear she is misusing her miracles granted by the Earth Mother and may be deemed unworthy, but feels reassured when the flooding water produces a rainbow. Elsewhere, Hero and her party battle demons at a Gate to Hell that will soon reopen, but sense that a change to the flow of the river has weakened the Gate, which will make closing it again much easier. Hero resolves to thank the ones who killed the goblin shaman, if she ever meets them. Goblin Slayer and the others attend the wedding and Goblin Slayer becomes quietly emotional that his own sister died unmarried. Forest Princess bestows a gift to the unmarried girls, her wedding tiara, to bless them with success in finding a husband, though which girl catches it is not revealed. After a party lasting three days everyone returns home. | ||||||
| 21 | 9 | "Once There Was Youth, Now There Is Nothing At All" Transcription: "Katsute wa Seishun ga Attaga, Ima wa Nanimonai" (Japanese: かつては青春があったが、今は何もない) | TBA | TBA | December 1, 2023 | |
References
- ↑ Loo, Egan (January 31, 2021). "Goblin Slayer TV Anime Gets 2nd Season". Anime News Network.
The live-streamed "GA Fes 2021" event announced on Sunday that the television anime of Kumo Kagyu's Goblin Slayer novel series will have a second season. The event also debuted a teaser visual
- ↑ Loo, Egan (January 5, 2023). "Goblin Slayer Season 2: Everything We Know So Far".
On January 5, 2023, the official Twitter account for the series confirmed that LIDENFILMS will be taking over from White Fox as the studio for the second season of the anime. It was also announced that the second season will air in October 2023.
- ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (August 4, 2023). "Goblin Slayer II Anime's Promo Video Reveals October Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (August 4, 2023). "Goblin Slayer II Anime's Promo Video Reveals October Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ↑ "Goblin Slayer II English Dub Reveals Cast and Crew, Release Date". Crunchyroll. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
- ↑ "STORY" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 28, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
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