KonoSuba season 3

KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!
Season 3
Promotional poster
No. of episodes	6
Release
Original network	Tokyo MX
Original release	April 10, 2024 (2024-04-10) – present
Season chronology

The third season of the anime television series KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!, marketed as KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3, is adapting the sixth and seventh volumes of the light novels and is currently airing on Tokyo MX and other networks from April 10, 2024. The season is currently being streamed on Crunchyroll internationally outside Asia. The opening theme song for the season is "Growing Up" performed by Machico, while the ending theme song is "Ano Hi no Mama no Bokura" (あの日のままのぼくら, lit. 'Us, Just Like on That Day') performed by Sora Amamiya, Rie Takahashi and Ai Kayano.

Episodes

See also: List of KonoSuba episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
21	1	"God's Blessings on This Bright Future!" Transliteration: "Kono Akarui Mirai ni Shukuhai o!" (Japanese: この明るい未来に祝杯を！)	Ōri Yasukawa	Takaomi Kanasaki	Takaomi Kanasaki	April 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
After Kazuma and his party return to Axel, he is still traumatized by his experiences battling the Demon General Sylvia. Frustrated at his poor luck in romance, Kazuma decides to change his class to monk and join a religious order. As Kazuma travels to a nearby shrine, Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness follow him to try and convince him to change his mind. On the way, they encounter a wounded girl which Kazuma warns is a monster called a Tranquility Girl in disguise that presents a facade innocence to lure her prey in. Despite Kazuma's warnings, none of the party can bring themselves to kill the Tranquility Girl and spare her life. Kazuma later decides to double back to instruct the Tranquility Girl not to attack the local monks, only to catch her showing her true personality. He then recovers a magic mallet from one of the Tranquility Girl's victims which can create gold coins out of nowhere and decides to return to Axel, only for Chris to steal it from him. Later that night, Hagen delivers a message from the kingdom's first princess, Iris, inviting Kazuma and the party to a royal dinner.
22	2	"A Smile for This Dour Girl!" Transliteration: "Kono Warawanai Shōjo ni Hohoemi o!" (Japanese: この笑わない少女に微笑みを！)	Shinya Kawabe	Makoto Uezu	Takaomi Kanasaki	April 17, 2024 (2024-04-17)
After selling a batch of lighters from Wiz's shop, Kazuma and his party head for Darkness' castle to meet Iris. Despite a rough start, the dinner proceeds smoothly until Iris asks Kazuma to tell a story of how he defeated Kyouya. Kazuma, not wanting to reveal that he resorted to trickery by using his Steal skill, tells an embellished tale. However, when he is forced to admit that he is just the Adventurer class, the weakest of all classes, Iris begins to doubt Kazuma's story. Darkness then steps forward to defend Kazuma's integrity, insisting he is a trusted comrade of hers. Iris' bodyguard Claire then challenges Kazuma to a duel to test his skills. However, the duel quickly ends when Kazuma uses his Steal skill and accidentally steals Claire's underwear instead of her sword. Despite this, Iris only becomes more fascinated with Kazuma, and he promises to tell her more stories about his adventures. As Iris and her retinue are about to teleport back to the capital, she pulls Kazuma into the teleport spell as well, taking him to capital with her.
23	3	"A Re-education for This Bright Little Girl!" Transliteration: "Kono Sakashī Shōjo ni Saikyōiku o!" (Japanese: この賢しい少女に再教育を！)	Yasuo Iwamoto	Takaomi Kanasaki	Takaomi Kanasaki	April 24, 2024 (2024-04-24)
Kazuma is welcomed as a guest at the royal palace due to Iris very rarely acting on her desires. While wary at first, Kazuma quickly builds a connection with Iris, who considers him like an older brother. He decides to stay at the palace a little longer, acting as her playmate and learning that she lives a lonely and isolated life inside the castle due to her royal status, as well as constant attacks by the Demon King's army. One week later, Darkness, Aqua, and Megumin arrive at the palace to bring Kazuma back to Axel, but Iris requests to hold a going away feast for him first. During the feast, Kazuma overhears the nobles talking about marrying Darkness off to the first prince, Jatice. He then meets privately with Iris, who admits that she likes him because he treats her as an equal instead of a princess like everybody else. Upon hearing about a mysterious thief who has been targeting nobles with bad reputations in the capital, Kazuma volunteers to catch the thief in an effort to stay in the castle with Iris. However, his plan backfires when Claire sends him to stay in Alderp's mansion, which is the most likely place to be robbed by the thief next.
24	4	"Retribution on This Handsome Thief!" Transliteration: "Kono Ikemen Gizoku ni Tenchū o!" (Japanese: このイケメン義賊に天誅を！)	Ōri Yasukawa	Makoto Uezu	Yujiro Abe	May 1, 2024 (2024-05-01)
Kazuma and his party spend one week at Alderp's mansion looking out for the thief. During the week, Kazuma, Aqua, and Megumin do not hesitate to take advantage of Alderp's hospitality, which angers him enough to eventually order them to leave. The night before they set to leave, Kazuma heads to the kitchen for a late night snack when he encounters Chris, who is the thief. Kazuma refuses to hear Chris' reasons for stealing from the nobles and lets her escape while letting her hit him with a Bind spell to allay suspicion. However, Kazuma's party take advantage of the situation to get revenge on him. After leaving Alderp's mansion, Kazuma is forced to report his failure to catch the thief to Iris, who reluctantly dismisses him from the castle. That night, Chris meets Kazuma again, explaining she is looking for powerful items called the Divine Treasures, the special tools given to each of the reincarnated Japanese people. She asks for his help to steal one from the palace, but Kazuma refuses to get involved. The Demon King's army then attacks the capital again, and Kazuma decides to the join in the defense in an attempt to impress Iris.
25	5	"Nefarious Friends for This Sheltered Princess!" Transliteration: "Kono Hakoiri Ōjo ni Akuyū o!" (Japanese: この箱入り王女に悪友を！)	Shunji Yoshida	Takaomi Kanasaki	Takaomi Kanasaki	May 8, 2024 (2024-05-08)
Kazuma and his party join the forces defending the capital, and while his party performs well, Kazuma himself ends up getting ambushed and killed by kobolds. While Kazuma is in the afterlife, Eris instructs him to retrieve the Divine Treasures, which he has no choice but to accept. After being revived, Kazuma takes Megumin back to the castle to recover, where they meet with Iris. Megumin senses that the necklace Iris is wearing contains magical power, and she reveals it is a magical relic entrusted to her, but nobody knows what it does. Kazuma recognizes the inscription on the writing as Japanese and accidentally activates it, switching bodies with Iris. He then realizes the necklace is one of the Divine Treasures Eris told him about. While Iris takes the opportunity to leave the castle unnoticed with Megumin, Kazuma stays behind to pose as Iris until the spell wears off. Kazuma takes advantage of his position to get in the bath with Darkness and Claire, only to suddenly swap back into his own body to get pummelled by a group of thugs Iris picked a fight with.
26	6	"A Farewell to this Lavish Lifestyle!" Transliteration: "Kono Suteki na Kurashi ni Sayonara o！" (Japanese: この素敵な暮らしにさよならを！)	Shinsuke Gomi	Makoto Uezu	Yang Lie-Chun	May 15, 2024 (2024-05-15)
Word of the body swapping incident spreads through the capital, turning Kazuma into a social pariah. That night, Chris approaches him and asks for his help in stealing the necklace due to a dark secret it possesses: the body switch becomes permanent if one of the switched bodies dies, meaning one can achieve eternal life by endlessly switching bodies with a younger person and then murdering them. Hearing of this, Kazuma finally agrees to help Chris. They sneak into the castle, but are forced to fight their way through Iris' guards, Kyouya, and Kazuma's own party, but they successfully steal the necklace and escape. However, Kazuma accidentally steals Iris' ring as well. Darkness quickly figures out Kazuma and Chris are responsible and warns Kazuma to never let anybody know he has the ring, as Iris was only supposed to give it to the person she intends to marry. As Kazuma and his party return to Axel, Iris bids them farewell and wishes that Kazuma defeat the Demon King so that she can see him again. Later, it is revealed that Iris knew Kazuma was the thief all along and eagerly awaits the day he defeats the Demon King so she can marry him. Meanwhile, a Divine Treasure Alderp was in possession of is stolen, as he tortures someone in order to learn more information.

External links

• Official anime website (in Japanese)
• Official website at Crunchyroll
• KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3 at IMDb
• KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3 (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia