Help for This Unjust Trial! (この
Synopsis[]
Darkness, Aqua, and Megumin are back to continue their quest against the Devil King. Kazuma is back too, but the only adventures he has waiting for him exist within the criminal justice system.
Plot[]
Because the Coronatite core of the Destroyer that Kazuma ordered to be Teleported blew up the local governor Aldarp's mansion, with no casualties, he is accused of treason by the royal prosecutor Sena. When he and Aqua panic, Megumin and Darkness speak up for him even though in the process they reveal how he sexually harassed them. The other adventurers also join in Kazuma's defense, only for everybody to keep their distance once Sena threatens to arrest and imprison them all, making it clear she has no qualms about putting others in prison for the same charges as Kazuma. Unsuccessfully trying to make a break for it, Kazuma is arrested by knights and thrown into prison, much to the shock of all the adventurers at the guild.
That night as Kazuma is in prison, Megumin and Darkness cause a distraction outside Axel with Explosion, so that Aqua can rescue Kazuma. Kazuma instead goes to sleep because the lock pick she gives him cannot open the combination lock on his cell. The following night after another Explosion, Aqua gives him a hacksaw to cut the window bars, yet the bars are too high for him to reach because she fails to deliver him a stepping crate; she tries to bring it as a gift, but the guard is suspicious of her due to her loitering about the previous night waiting for Kazuma, who neglected to tell her he had given up on the lock.
The next day, Kazuma is interrogated by Sena with a magical lie detector, and is forced to admit being a shut-in as she inquires about his origins. The interrogation clears him of willful wrongdoing in teleporting the Coronatite, but when Sena routinely asks if Kazuma had any dealings with the Devil King's Generals, he is caught because Wiz is one of the generals.
Kazuma is put on trial. Sena calls Chris, Mitsurugi, Cremea, and Fio as character witnesses, and they testify about Kazuma's crimes of sexual harassment, theft, and intimidation. Megumin and Aqua object to the lack of evidence, only to learn Sena has plenty of evidence, including their own actions in flooding the town and casting excessive explosions. Kazuma is inspired by one of Aldarp's comments to make a declaration that he is neither a terrorist nor working for the Devil King's Army, which the lie detector affirms.
The judge proceeds to pronounce Kazuma not guilty, but changes his mind into sentencing Kazuma to death when Aldarp expresses his displeasure. Seeing no alternative, Darkness displays her family crest from the House Dustiness. On the condition of owing Aldarp a favor, she asks for sentencing to be postponed so she can prove Kazuma's innocence. Darkness goes to deal with Aldarp, leaving her companions worrying about her chastity, which Darkness reassures and doesn’t care about. Knights charge into the party's mansion to repossess their personal property for paying off their debt, which because of damages to Aldarp's mansion has now multiplied.
Characters[]
- Kazuma Satou
- Aqua
- Megumin
- Darkness
- Sena
- Wiz
- Luna
- Dust
- Keith
- Rin
- Taylor
- Sedol
- Heinz
- Galil
- Chris
- Kyouya Mitsurugi
- Cremea
- Fio
- Ruffian
- Aldarp Alexei-Barnes
Differences to other versions[]
This episode is adapted from Volume 3 of the light novels. Some of the key differences include:
- In the light novel, Dust also gets arrested on purpose, because he wants the warm food and shelter at the jail. The anime adaption excluded this.
- In the light novel, Kazuma threatens Aqua with revenge for how she only tried to save herself during his arrest. Because of this, when Aqua arrives at the jailhouse with ill-planned jailbreak schemes, she explains that they already planned to help him, and "NOT because she feared his punishment later."
- The light novel version of Sena has a much more serious demeanor, and does not do the various poses during the trial.
- While the light novel hints that the trial is rigged and Aldarp planned to have Kazuma executed from the start, the anime took the concept further and had executioners prepared and ready in the background.
- In the light novel, Aqua tries to help at Kazuma's defense trial, using what she learned from video games like "Based Attorney" and "Manganronpa". In the anime, Kazuma is largely spared Aqua's meddling.
- In the light novel, the Judge and Sena alter their judgments at the end in a very awkward manner, as if some supernatural presence altered their minds. Aqua senses this presence, but is ignored due to her earlier nonsense. In the anime, Aldarp simply forces the Judge to change Kazuma's sentencing.
- In the light novel, Darkness first reveals her high noble status towards the end of the trial in order to save Kazuma. In the anime, they already revealed her noble status in season 1 episode 10.
- The anime leaves out the part in the light novel where Kazuma and Aqua visit Wiz's Shop to discuss producing goods from Japan.
- In the anime, a group of Knights come to the party's mansion and confiscate everything of value. In the light novel, that is implied, but never shown.
Trivia[]
- The intro to this episode is reminiscent of the Star Wars intro, with yellow words trailing off into the background and a musical piece reminiscent of the Star Wars title theme.
- In the initial television broadcast, the opening theme was played at the ending, both because there wasn't enough air time to fit in all the themes given the amount of plot, and because the ending footage was unavailable as a result of budgeting issues. The opening and ending themes with their footage in their right places appear in the BD versions later sold.
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