A Chance Encounter
Stranded on the Demon Continent, Rudeus and Eris are rescued by the Superd warrior Ruijerd.
A Chance Encounter (Kaigō) is the ninth episode of the Mushoku Tensei anime series, first broadcast on March 7, 2021; it adapts chapters 1 to 5 of Light Novel Volume 3. Rudeus has a short encounter with an elusive being known as the Human-God, who tells him to rely on and help the man who saved him. He then wakes to find that he and Eris are stranded in the middle of the Demon Continent and were rescued by Ruijerd Superdia, a member of the dreaded Superd race, who promises to escort them home. Ruijerd brings them to a nearby village that is Roxy's birthplace, where they meet her parents, and tells Rudeus that his tribe's ill repute comes from the cursed spears they received from the Demon God Laplace. Moved by Ruijerd's determination to clear his race's name, Rudeus decides to help him, and the three depart to begin their journey home.
Quick Facts
- Season
- 1
- Episode
- 9
- Japanese title
- 邂逅 (Kaigō)
- Air date
- March 7, 2021 (JP); May 9, 2021 (EN)
- Adapts
- Light Novel Volume 3, chapters 1-5
- Previous episode
- Turning Point 1
- Next episode
- The Value of a Life and the First Job
Facts from the source article.
Did You Know?
- A Chance Encounter is the first episode in which the characters speak the Demon Continent language.
- The anime cut part of Ruijerd's past from the light novel, in which he explains how his group survived and how he dealt a fatal blow to Laplace.
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