E4 - Explosion Magic for This Formidable Enemy!

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[00:02] Kaz
    All right...
[00:12] Kaz
    Create Water!
[00:28] Kaz
    Well, that's about what I'd
    expect from elementary magic.
[00:32] Kaz
    Now that I've learned a skill,
    maybe I'm a bit more of an adventurer.
[00:35] Dark
    Kazuma!
[00:36] Dark
    Look!
[00:37] Dark
    I repaired my armor with the
    reward I got for the cabbages,
[00:40] Dark
    and it's so shiny now! What do you think?
[00:43] Kaz
    Looks like the sort of armor some
    newly-rich aristocrat's son would wear.
[00:48] Dark
    There are times when I'd like
    some genuine praise, too.
[00:52] Dark
    You never show any mercy, do you, Kazuma?
[00:56] Kaz
    I don't have time to pay
    attention to you right now.
[00:59] Kaz
    Do something about that pervert who's
    well on her way to surpassing you.
[00:59] Megu
    Irresistible. Irresistible!
[01:02] Megu
    The luster of this Manatite staff
    brimming with magical power...
[01:08] Aqua
    What was that?!
[01:09] Aqua
    Hey, you, what's the meaning of this?!
[01:11] Aqua
    Just how many cabbages do you think I caught?!
[01:13] Luna
    W-Well...
[01:15] Aqua
    What?
[01:16] Luna
    Most of what you caught is actually lettuce...
[01:20] Aqua
    Why is there lettuce mixed in?!
[01:23] Luna
    Th-There's nothing I can do about it!
[01:24] Dark
    It is true that lettuce has
    a low redemption rate.
[01:25] Aqua
    I went through a lot of
    trouble, so do something!
[01:27] Kaz
    Is it? I wouldn't know.
[01:31] Kaz
    Oh, she's coming this way. This isn't good.
[01:34] Aqua
    Kazuma-san!
[01:37] Aqua
    About how much was your
    reward from our last quest?
[01:41] Kaz
    About a million.
[01:45] Kaz
    Yes.
[01:46] Kaz
    Thanks to the quest that was
    sprung on us out of the blue,
[01:49] Kaz
    I suddenly obtained a small fortune.
SIGN    KONOSUBA
    God's Blessing on this Wonderful World!
SIGN    KONOSUBA
    God's Blessing on this Wonderful World!
SIGN    Episode 4
SIGN    "Explosion Magic for This Formidable Enemy!"
[03:22] All
    A million...
[03:25] Kaz
    Many of the cabbages I harvested
[03:27] Kaz
    were apparently packed with lots of XP.
[03:30] Kaz
    I guess high luck makes all the difference.
[03:34] Aqua
    K-Kazuma-sama,
[03:36] Aqua
    I've thought this for quite
    some time, but you're, um...
[03:40] Aqua
    fairly cool, you know?
[03:43] Kaz
    If nothing praiseworthy about me
    comes to mind, don't force it.
[03:48] Aqua
    K-Kazuma-san!
[03:50] Aqua
    I thought my reward for this
    quest would be pretty hefty,
[03:53] Aqua
    so I used up all the money I had!
[03:55] Aqua
    In fact, I expected to
    rake in a bunch of money,
[03:58] Aqua
    so I have a bar tab of nearly 100,000 eris!
[03:58] Man
    You know what's next.
[04:01] Kaz
    What do I care?
[04:02] Kaz
    You're the one who suggested we each
    keep our rewards for ourselves!
[04:05] Aqua
    But that was because I thought
    only I'd make a killing off it!
[04:08] Kaz
    You're real scum.
[04:09] Aqua
    Please, lend me money!
[04:11] Aqua
    Just enough to pay my tab is plenty!
[04:13] Kaz
    Shut up, you useless goddess!
[04:15] Kaz
    I'm going to use this money to escape
    life in the stables once and for all!
[04:19] Aqua
    Well, you are a boy,
[04:21] Aqua
    and I know you rustle around
    beside me at night sometimes,
[04:24] Aqua
    so I'm sure you'd like a private
    room as soon as possible...
[04:27] Kaz
    Got it! All right, I got it!
[04:29] Kaz
    I'll lend you the money, so shut up!
[04:31] Kaz
    KONOSUBA!
[04:32] Aqua
    Kazuma, allies sure are great!
[04:35] Aqua
    We're the greatest party ever!
[04:39] Man
    Oh, thanks for your business.
[04:40] Kaz
    Damn her...
SIGN    The Next Day
[04:50] Megu
    Kazuma looks like a real adventurer now.
[04:54] Aqua
    Wearing a tracksuit ruins
    that fantasy feel, doesn't it?
[04:57] Dark
    Fantasy feel?
[04:59] Kaz
    It's elementary, but I did
    acquire a magic skill.
[05:03] Kaz
    I was thinking of going for a
    sword mage style, with no shield.
[05:07] Aqua
    Only the things you say sound mature...
[05:09] Megu
    Let's go on a kill quest right away, then.
[05:11] Megu
    One with lots of small-fry monsters!
[05:15] Megu
    I want to test out my new staff's magic power!
[05:18] Dark
    No, one with super strong monsters
    that hit with a heavy, pleasant blow!
[05:23] Aqua
    No, let's do a profitable quest!
[05:26] Aqua
    I paid my tab, so I don't have
    enough money for meals today!
[05:28] Kaz
    They're not on the same page at all!
[05:30] Kaz
    Okay, it's the giant toads' mating season,
[05:33] Kaz
    and I hear they're infesting
    areas near the city...
[05:36] Aqua
    No frogs!
[05:36] Megu
    Not the frogs!
[05:37] Dark
    Why?
[05:39] Kaz
    Oh, these two have been traumatized by frogs.
[05:43] Kaz
    They got eaten head-first
    and covered in slime.
[05:48] Dark
    Covered in slime?!
[05:49] Kaz
    You're turned on right now, aren't you?
[05:51] Dark
    I am not.
[05:53] Dark
    KONOSUBA!
[05:56] Kaz
    Huh? What's going on?
[05:57] Kaz
    There are hardly any requests.
[05:59] Dark
    Kazuma! This is it! Let's do this one!
[06:01] Dark
    A kill quest for a giant
    beast called Black Fang!
[06:04] Kaz
    No! No way!
[06:06] Kaz
    What's this all about?
[06:07] Kaz
    There are only high-difficulty quests left!
[06:11] Luna
    I am very sorry.
[06:13] Luna
    The truth is, one of the Devil King's top
    leaders moved in near town recently.
[06:18] Kaz
    Huh?
[06:19] Luna
    All the weak monsters in the area have
    gone into hiding because of that,
[06:23] Luna
    so there's been a sharp decline in requests.
[06:25] Kaz
    What?
[06:28] Aqua
    Honestly... I don't care if he's
    a top leader or whatever.
[06:32] Aqua
    If he's an undead, just watch me!
[06:34] Kaz
    So this means that
[06:35] Kaz
    until capable adventurers and knights
    are sent here from the imperial capital,
[06:40] Kaz
    we won't be able to find any decent work?
[06:43] Aqua
    Look, this is incredible! It's such fine work!
[06:46] Aqua
    I wonder if the sale price will go up.
[06:49] Kaz
    A thrilling adventure in a parallel world, huh?
[06:58] Kaz
    Say, if you want to do magical training,
    can't you go on your own?
[07:01] Megu
    If I did that, who would carry me home?
[07:05] Megu
    After one shot, I can't move anymore.
[07:08] Kaz
    Is she
[07:10] Kaz
    going to make me tag along for this every day?
[07:15] Kaz
    Hey, right here's fine, isn't it?
[07:17] Kaz
    Just use your magic on
    whatever and let's go back.
[07:19] Megu
    I can't do that!
[07:20] Megu
    If I don't do it somewhere far from town,
    I'll be scolded by the guardsmen again.
[07:25] Kaz
    You just said "again," didn't you?
[07:27] Kaz
    Did they get mad and call you a
    nuisance because of the noise?
[07:33] Kaz
    Guess we have no choice...
[07:36] Megu
    KONOSUBA!
[07:38] Megu
    Is that an abandoned castle?
[07:41] Kaz
    It's so eerie.
[07:43] Megu
    I'll use that!
[07:44] Megu
    Surely nobody will complain
    if I obliterate that!
[07:48] Kaz
    Uh, yeah...
[07:50] Megu
    Crimson-black blaze,
    king of myriad worlds,
[07:53] Megu
    though I promulgate the laws of nature,
[07:55] Megu
    I am the alias of destruction incarnate
[07:58] Megu
    in accordance with the
    principles of all creation.
[08:00] Megu
    Let the hammer of eternity descend unto me!
[08:04] Megu
    Explosion!
[08:18] Megu
    Burn to ashes within the crimson.
[08:23] Megu
    This is fantastic...
[08:27] Kaz
    And that's how
[08:29] Kaz
    my new daily routine with Megumin began.
[08:33] Aqua
    It's cheap, dirt cheap! Fresh cabbage!
[08:36] Kaz
    Left dead broke, Aqua worked hard
    at her part-time job every day.
[08:36] Aqua
    How about some, ma'am?
    And you, too, mister!
[08:41] Kaz
    Darkness said she was going to do weight
    training back at her family home for a while.
[08:46] Kaz
    Megumin, who had nothing in particular to do,
[08:48] Kaz
    commuted to that abandoned castle every day
    and kept unleashing explosion magic on it.
[08:50] Megu
    Explosion!
[08:55] Kaz
    On cold, rainy evenings...
[08:58] Megu
    —plosion!
[09:00] Kaz
    On calm, early afternoons,
    right after lunch...
[09:03] Megu
    —sion!
[09:06] Kaz
    On invigorating, early morning walks...
[09:06] Both
    Explosion-plosion! Explosion-plosion!
[09:10] Megu
    —on!
[09:15] Kaz
    I'd give that one 60 points, I think.
[09:17] Kaz
    It was lacking in volume.
[09:21] Megu
    Explosion!
[09:21] Kaz
    No matter the occasion,
[09:23] Megu
    Explosion...
[09:23] Kaz
    Megumin unleashed magic upon that
    abandoned castle every day.
[09:25] Megu
    Explosion!
[09:29] Kaz
    I kept close, observing her magic,
[09:33] Kaz
    and eventually came to
    understand the quality
[09:37] Kaz
    of each day's explosion magic.
[09:47] Megu
    Explosion!
[09:58] Kaz
    It feels pretty good today.
[09:59] Kaz
    The explosion's shock waves practically
    reverberate through my flesh and bones,
[10:04] Kaz
    and yet the delayed vibrations of
    the air seem to stroke my skin.
[10:09] Kaz
    Nice explosion!
[10:11] Megu
    Nice explosion!
[10:13] Megu
    You've come to understand the
    path of explosions, Kazuma.
[10:17] Megu
    How about it?
[10:18] Megu
    Why not learn explosion magic for real?
[10:23] Kaz
    It could be fun to acquire it in
    the future, if I can afford to.
[10:27] Megu
    That's a great attitude.
[10:36] Kaz
    The future, huh?
[10:38] Aqua
    I'm back!
[10:40] Aqua
    Take a look at this!
[10:41] Aqua
    We had some cooking leftover,
    so they said I could bring it home.
[10:44] Aqua
    It's a huge score!
[10:46] Kaz
    Hey, Aqua, I don't want to say this, but...
[10:49] Aqua
    What?
[10:49] Kaz
    To be blunt, I'm starting to think we're
    incapable of taking down the Devil King.
[10:55] Kaz
    Listen.
[10:56] Kaz
    I never had any amazing powers like
    the protagonists in fairy tales do.
[11:01] Kaz
    Shouldn't some group endowed with
    powerful abilities, equipment,
[11:05] Kaz
    and so forth be sent in to fight
    the Devil King's army instead?
[11:08] Aqua
    Don't say that! I'll never be
    able to go home that way!
[11:11] Kaz
    Save lines like that for after you've
    done something a goddess would do,
[11:16] Kaz
    like guiding the hero or buying
    time by sealing the Devil King
[11:19] Kaz
    until the hero can stand on his own.
[11:21] Kaz
    You deadbeat who's only
    useful for party tricks!
[11:28] Kaz
    That's the situation, so come up with some
    profitable business that's simple to do.
[11:32] Kaz
    Also, hurry up and teach me recovery magic,
    the last thing you've got going for you.
[11:37] Aqua
    No!
[11:39] Aqua
    Anything but my recovery magic!
[11:41] Aqua
    Don't take away my reason for being!
[11:44] Aqua
    You've got me for that! Isn't that enough?!
[11:49] Megu
    Your verbal lashings are pretty nasty.
[11:49] Aqua
    Meanie! Demon! Brute!
[11:52] Megu
    Most women would cry if you said what
    was on your mind without holding back.
[11:57] Dark
    If you're feeling stressed out,
[11:59] Dark
    I wouldn't mind if you
    verbally abused me instead.
[12:05] Aqua
    You're so cruel!
[12:06] Kaz
    Why you little...
[12:09] Luna
    Emergency! Emergency!
[12:11] Luna
    All adventurers, please arm yourselves at once
[12:14] Luna
    and gather at the front gate
    of the city, ready for battle!
[12:20] Ruffian
    That's no laughing matter!
[12:30] Aqua
    What is it?
[12:31] Kaz
    Hey, what's going on?
[12:33] Kaz
    He looks crazy strong!
[12:35] Dul
    I'm the leader from the Devil King's army
[12:39] Dul
    who moved into a nearby castle recently.
[12:42] Dark
    Is that a dullahan?
[12:47] Dul
    Day after day, after day, after day!
[12:49] Dul
    Wh-Who's the screw-loose imbecile
    who keeps firing explosion magic
[12:53] Dul
    at my castle every single day?!
[13:01] Kaz
    One of the Devil King's top leaders
[13:03] Kaz
    was utterly enraged with us.
[13:09] Dul
    Day after day, after day, after day!
[13:12] Dul
    Who's the screw-loose imbecile who keeps
[13:15] Dul
    firing explosion magic at my castle?!
[13:22] A
    Explosion magic?
[13:23] B
    Who comes to mind that
    can use explosion magic?
[13:26] C
    If we're talking explosion magic...
[13:33] MagicianA
    Huh? M-Me?!
[13:35] MagicianA
    Why are you looking at me?
[13:37] MagicianA
    I can't use explosion magic!
[13:39] A
    Um, I'm still a novice.
[13:41] A
    Uh, I really didn't do it! Please, believe me!
[13:44] A
    I don't want to die yet!
[13:46] A
    I have little brothers to take care of!
[13:51] Dark
    Megumin?
[14:05] Dul
    So it was you?
[14:10] Dul
    You're the imbecile who fired explosion
    magic at my castle day after day?!
[14:15] Dul
    If you're picking a fight with awareness
    that I'm a leader in the Devil King's army,
[14:19] Dul
    come attack my castle fair and square!
[14:21] Dul
    If you don't have the nerve,
[14:22] Dul
    then stay in the city, trembling in fear!
[14:23] Dul
    Tell me, why the underhanded harassment?!
[14:27] Dul
    Just because we left this city alone since
    there's nothing but small fry here,
[14:30] Dul
    don't get cocky and make my castle go boom,
    boom, boom, boom every single day!
[14:34] Dul
    Are you crazy, you wench?!
[14:39] Megu
    My name is Megumin!
[14:41] Megu
    An arch wizard who commands explosion magic!
[14:47] Dul
    What's "Megumin" supposed to be?
[14:49] Dul
    Are you making a fool of me?
[14:50] Megu
    N-No!
[14:51] Megu
    I am a crimson demon,
    the greatest magician in this city.
[14:56] Megu
    Firing explosion magic at you
    continuously was a strategy
[14:59] Megu
    to lure you, a leader in the
    Devil King's army, out here.
[15:03] Megu
    You fell for it, and came to this city alone.
[15:06] Megu
    Seems you're out of luck.
[15:09] Kaz
    When did this turn into a strategy?
[15:12] Dark
    Not to mention she just proclaimed
    herself the greatest magician in this city.
[15:16] Aqua
    Shh! Do her a favor and keep quiet!
[15:19] Aqua
    She hasn't used explosion magic yet today,
[15:22] Aqua
    and she has lots of adventurers behind her,
[15:24] Aqua
    so she's acting tough.
[15:25] Aqua
    This is the good part,
    so stand here and watch!
[15:31] Dul
    Very well.
[15:32] Dul
    It's not as though I came to this
    land to meddle with you small fry.
[15:36] Dul
    I'll likely be staying in that
    castle for a while longer,
[15:40] Dul
    so don't use your explosion
    magic on it again. Got it?
[15:44] Megu
    Impossible.
[15:45] Megu
    We crimson demons must unleash
    explosion magic once a day, or we'll die.
[15:49] Dul
    H-Hey, I've never heard
    anything like that before!
[15:52] Dul
    Don't make up convenient lies!
[15:55] Dul
    Are you saying you don't intend to stop
    using explosion magic, no matter what?
[15:59] Megu
    Yes.
[16:00] Dul
    I may have given myself up to evil,
    but I was once a knight.
[16:05] Dul
    I'm not interested in mowing
    down weaklings. However...
[16:10] Megu
    You can't act so composed for long.
[16:13] Megu
    Teacher, if you would!
[16:17] Kaz
    Hey.
[16:18] Aqua
    Guess I have no choice.
[16:19] Kaz
    Huh?!
[16:20] Aqua
    I don't care if you're one
    of the Devil King's leaders!
[16:22] Aqua
    Coming here while I'm around was bad luck!
[16:25] Aqua
    I can't accept any decent
    quests because of you!
[16:29] Aqua
    Now, are you ready?!
[16:32] Dul
    What do we have here?
[16:34] Dul
    An arch priest?
[16:36] Dul
    I am one of the top leaders
    in the Devil King's army.
[16:39] Dul
    I'm not so lowly that I'd be purified
    by a low-level priest from this city.
[16:45] Dul
    I know.
[16:46] Dul
    Why don't I make that crimson
    demon girl suffer a bit?
[16:54] Aqua
    I'll purify you with my prayer!
[16:57] Dul
    You're too late!
[17:00] Dul
    I sentence thee to death.
[17:02] Dul
    You will die in one week.
[17:10] Kaz
    Darkness!
[17:14] Kaz
    Damn, he got us! A death sentence?
[17:17] Megu
    Darkness! Darkness!
[17:19] Kaz
    Are you all right?
[17:23] Dark
    It doesn't appear to be serious...
[17:25] Dul
    It appears this method may actually
    be more effective against
[17:29] Dul
    tightly-knit adventurers such as yourselves.
[17:32] Dul
    Listen, crimson demon girl.
[17:34] Dul
    That crusader will die in one week's time.
[17:38] Dul
    Your precious ally
[17:40] Dul
    will suffer as she trembles
    in terror of death until then.
[17:44] Dul
    Yes, because of you!
[17:48] Dul
    Watch as your ally suffers
[17:50] Dul
    for the next week and
    repent for your actions.
[17:55] Dul
    You should have just done as I said.
[18:03] Dark
    How terrible...
[18:04] Dark
    You're basically saying you
    cast a death curse on me,
[18:07] Dark
    and to obey your orders
    if we want it removed?
[18:11] Dark
    Is that what you're after?!
[18:14] Dul
    Huh?
[18:15] Kaz
    I don't even want to understand
    what Darkness is talking about.
[18:19] Dark
    I won't give in to a mere curse!
[18:23] Dark
    I won't give in, but...
[18:24] Dark
    Wh-What should I do, Kazuma?
[18:27] Kaz
    Yes, I'm Kazuma.
[18:27] Dark
    Look at that dullahan's filthy eyes,
    hidden beneath his helmet!
[18:28] Dul
    Huh?
[18:31] Dark
    Those are the eyes of a degenerate who
    plans to take me back to his castle,
[18:32] Dul
    Huh? What?
[18:34] Dark
    tell me to shut up and submit to
    him if I want the curse removed,
[18:37] Dark
    and demand I perform hardcore
    acts of perversion for him!
[18:43] Dul
    Huh?
[18:44] Dark
    You may do as you please with my body,
[18:47] Dark
    but don't think you'll be free to
    do as you please with my heart!
[18:50] Dark
    A lady knight imprisoned in a castle,
[18:51] Dark
    having outrageous demands made
    of her by the Devil King's minion...
[18:55] Dark
    Oh, what should I do?!
    What should I do, Kazuma?
[18:58] Kaz
    Yes, yes, I'm Kazuma.
[18:58] Dark
    This is an unexpectedly moe situation!
[19:01] Dark
    I don't want to go.
[19:02] Dark
    I don't want to go, but I have no choice!
[19:05] Dark
    I'll resist as long as I can,
    so don't stand in my way!
[19:08] Dark
    Okay, I'll be back!
[19:11] Dul
    What a maniac...
[19:13] Kaz
    Stop! Don't go!
[19:14] Kaz
    You're bothering the dullahan!
[19:16] Dark
    Let go!
[19:17] Dark
    Don't stop me!
[19:19] Kaz
    Pitiful...
[19:19] Dark
    Cut it out!
[19:21] Dark
    KONOSUBA!
[19:22] Dul
    A-Anyway!
[19:24] Dul
    Stop firing explosion magic at my castle!
[19:27] Dul
    And you, crimson demon girl!
[19:29] Dul
    If you wish to lift the curse on
    that crusader, come to my castle.
[19:34] Dul
    If you're able to make it all the
    way to me, I'll lift the curse.
[19:39] Dul
    However, will you all really
    be able to make it that far?
[20:03] Kaz
    Hey, where do you think you're going?
[20:06] Megu
    I'm going to go to the castle,
[20:08] Megu
    nail the dullahan with a direct
    hit of my explosion magic,
[20:11] Megu
    and lift the curse on Darkness.
[20:19] Kaz
    You know I'm going with you.
[20:22] Kaz
    If you go alone, you'll use
    your magic on some peon,
[20:24] Kaz
    and then it'll be all over.
[20:26] Kaz
    Besides,
[20:27] Kaz
    I'm the fool who went with you every day
[20:29] Kaz
    and didn't realize the castle belonged
    to one of their leaders.
[20:35] Megu
    Shall we go together, then?
[20:37] Megu
    However, I hear there's a
    bunch of undead in the castle.
[20:40] Megu
    That means weapons won't work very well.
[20:43] Megu
    My magic should be more effective.
[20:46] Megu
    So...
[20:50] Megu
    Please rely on me at times like these!
[20:53] Dark
    Don't...
[20:55] Dark
    Give it up, you two.
    Don't do all this for me.
[20:59] Kaz
    Hey, Darkness! We'll definitely
    do something about your curse!
[21:03] Kaz
    So rest assured—
[21:04] Aqua
    Sacred Break Spell!
[21:24] Both
    Huh?
[21:28] Aqua
    For me, lifting a dullahan's curse is child's play!
[21:32] Aqua
    Well? I can be priest-like once
    in a while, don't you think?
[21:43] Aqua
    Oh, it was nothing. Actually, maybe it wasn't!
[21:46] Kaz
    Megumin and I were so excited.
[21:49] Kaz
    Give us back our motivation...
[21:52] Aqua
    Hup!
[21:53] Aqua
    Nature's Beauty of victory!
SIGN    Emergency Quest
SIGN    Repel the Dullahan!
SIGN    Emergency Quest
SIGN    Quest Clear!!
SIGN    This is the goddess, Aqua. I'm reporting my progress. We ran into a bit of trouble, but just about everything is going favorably. In fact, it appears as though I've saved the extremely incompetent and reclusive Mr. Satou Kazuma. Mr. Kazuma appears grateful for my devotion from the bottom of his heart. Therefore, I would like to request permission to return home... Huh? I can't? Please, I beg you!
SIGN    Episode 5
SIGN    A Price for This Cursed Sword!