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片田舎のおっさん、剣聖になるII
The second season of the TV anime is airing, with episode 6 having aired on August 13 and new preview images released for it.
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The second season of the TV anime adaptation of the light novel series is currently airing. Episode 6, titled "A Middle-Aged Man in the Countryside Faces His Father," aired on August 13. Preview images released ahead of the episode show the protagonist Beryl confronting his father, Moldea, during a festival in Bidden Village. The episode advances Beryl's personal arc by pitting him against his father, a major obstacle, after the village threat is resolved.
The series is based on the novel by Rifujin na Magonote, which has been serialized on Shosetsuka ni Naro since 2012 and has a cumulative series circulation of 18 million copies. The third season of the anime marks the fifth anniversary of the anime adaptation in 2026.
Key facts
- Episode 6 air date
- August 13 ↗
- Episode 6 title
- A Middle-Aged Man in the Countryside Faces His Father ↗
- Setting of episode 6
- Bidden Village festival ↗
- Source novel author
- Rifujin na Magonote ↗
- Source novel serialization
- Shosetsuka ni Naro since 2012 ↗
- Source novel cumulative circulation
- 18 million copies ↗
Timeline
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- Aug 20, 2026 Chiikawa Movie Soundtrack Tops Billboard JAPAN Hot Albums Chart
- Aug 20, 2026 EGG Console The Legend of Heroes III: The White Witch Renewal PC-9801 Launches on Switch
- Aug 20, 2026 Chiikawa Charapaki Sashimata Included Ver. Releases August 31
- Aug 20, 2026 FRUITS ZIPPER Event Gets TELASA Special Edition With Projection Dance Coverage
- Aug 20, 2026 Sanrio Games to Exhibit for First Time at Tokyo Game Show 2026
- Aug 19, 2026 Mushoku Tensei III Episode 9 Advance Cuts Show Nanahoshi Stricken by Draine Disease
- Aug 19, 2026 LEGENDUS LoL ARAM Mayhem Streamer Event Set for August 28
- Aug 19, 2026 Gundam Base Annex Store Opens at BHCPDII Museum on September 2
- Aug 19, 2026 Netflix to Stream 3rd Mononoke Film Globally on September 29
- Aug 19, 2026 Kingdom Hearts Collection [I-III] Launches October 8
- Aug 18, 2026 Ghost in the Shell Anime Releases Episode 7 Scene Photos
- Aug 18, 2026 FZMZ's New Song "DREAM OF BUTTERFLY" Opens "Reincarnated as a Sword II"
- Aug 18, 2026 Chiikawa Favorite Character Ranking Top 10 Announced
- Aug 18, 2026 Chiikawa Bakery Pop-Up Shop Opens at JR Kyoto Station
- Aug 18, 2026 Chiikawa Top Ranker Racco Gets 45cm Super BIG Plushie Prize
- Aug 18, 2026 G-Gen Eternal Adds SD Gundam Gaiden III Story Event and Gacha
- Aug 18, 2026 Mortal Shell II Early Access Peaks at About 20,000 Steam Players
- Aug 18, 2026 Chiikawa Movie Characters Grace anan Special Edition Cover
- Aug 17, 2026 Dokimon Quest: II Announced for PC, Set in Edo-Period Zeros Region
- Aug 17, 2026 Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 to Stream With Japanese Subtitles on Niconico
- Aug 17, 2026 This Week's New Game Releases Include Mortal Shell II and STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT
- Aug 15, 2026 Ace of the Diamond Act II Season 2 Trailer Previews Seido vs Inashiro
- Aug 15, 2026 Beryl Faces His Father in Episode 6 of Sword Saint Season 2
- Aug 15, 2026 Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow HD Remaster Airs on BS12 Sunday Anime Theater
- Aug 15, 2026 Mortal Shell II Beta Passes One Million Downloads Ahead of August 20 Launch
- Aug 15, 2026 Mood-Based RPG Chrona & Sirona Gets Steam Page, Demo Planned
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Facts
- Noted
- The games, set in China's Tang Dynasty, follow Wu Yuanzhao, the future Empress Wu Zetian, as she enters Emperor Taizong's harem around 640 AD. · 2026-08-05
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- The series took about three years from planning to release · 2026-08-05
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- over 100 days of filming · 2026-08-05
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- a total runtime of roughly 1,500 minutes · 2026-08-05
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- The games are available on PC via Steam, iOS, and Android · 2026-08-05
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- The bad endings were not a target metric but a necessity to give choices real weight · 2026-08-05
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- The team used a custom real-time editor and color-coded scripts to coordinate video and game scriptwriters. · 2026-08-05
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- The interviews reveal that the series' high death rate is a deliberate design philosophy, not a punishment · 2026-08-05
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- The second game alone features about 1,000 minutes of new footage across 32 episodes and over 100 branching routes, nearly double the first game's volume. · 2026-08-05
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- Advance scene cuts for Episode 2 have been released. · 2026-07-14
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- Beryl struggles to teach Fissel in Episode 2. · 2026-07-14
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- Muii begins to open up in Episode 2. · 2026-07-14
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- First season ranked in Prime Video's top 10 across 45 countries. · 2026-07-14
- Noted
- First season won the Storytelling Award at the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting+ Awards 2026. · 2026-07-14
- Announced
- combined Switch version planned for 2026 · 2026-08-05
- Release
- tv · 2026-08-13 · 2026-08-15
- Release
- tv · summer 2026 · Japan · 2026-08-11
- Release
- game · 2026-06-20 · global · 2026-06-20
- Release
- tv · 2026-07-08 · 2026-06-18
- Release
- tv · 2026-07-09 · worldwide · 2026-06-10
- Release
- tv · 2026-07-08 · Japan · 2026-06-10
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2d ago
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2d ago
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2d ago
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3d ago
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3d ago
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4d ago
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4d ago
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4d ago
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4d ago
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4d ago
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4d ago
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5d ago
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5d ago
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5d ago
The Chiikawa Jet, a Boeing 767-300 painted with Chiikawa and Hachiware across the fuselage, entered ANA service on Monday, October 19, with the first flight leaving Haneda for Nagasaki at 8:15. It will fly domestic routes across Japan. Cabin headrest covers and drink cups carry Chiikawa elements, and original goods go on advance sale Friday, October 23, with a second round set for March 2027.
5d ago
Takarajimasha released a book set on October 16, 2026, built around a room light shaped like Aitsu, the character from Shinsuke Yoshitake's picture book Korobeba Ii Noni. The set, priced at 4,378 yen, pairs the light with a picture book newly drawn for it. The light's design comes from Yoshitake's own handwritten rough sketches, and the resentment ball it holds in both hands is the part that glows.
6d ago
RTA in Japan announced on October 18 the accepted and backup games for its winter event, which will run from December 25 to 31 at Bellsalle Iidabashi First in Tokyo. The lineup spans 90 titles, from recent releases such as Hollow Knight: Silksong, Silent Hill f, Donkey Kong Bananza and Kirby Air Riders to older games including Doom 64, Clock Tower 2, Shadowgate and Tengai Makyou ZERO. Nintendo titles are back in number after a summer 2025 event with no Nintendo games accepted, with The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Twilight Princess HD, Pokemon Sword and Metroid Prime Remastered on the list. The unusual categories carry the attention: Super Mario 64 gets a blindfolded 9-star run, Donkey Kong 64 gets a 0.0% low-percentage attempt, The Legend of Zelda 1 gets a swordless first quest, Resident Evil Village gets a VR mode run without glitches, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii gets a four-runner race. The detailed schedule is set for October 25.
Oct 17
Square Enix has released Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler II for the Nintendo Switch 2, with improved frame rates and resolutions. The two games originally released in 2018 and 2023. The series has sold 7 million units worldwide, about the same as Final Fantasy XIII. The HD-2D style introduced with the 2018 game has since appeared in the Dragon Quest I & II remakes and the upcoming Final Fantasy Resonance.
Oct 17
BS12 TwellV has slotted the HD remaster of Street Fighter II MOVIE for October 18 at 19:00 in its Sunday Anime Theater block, the remaster's first television broadcast. The 1994 theatrical film adapts Capcom's Super Street Fighter II X, with Gisaburo Sugii directing and Group Tuck handling animation. Its story picks up years after Ryu beat Sagat, as Interpol and the US Air Force move against Shadaloo and its leader sends spy robots out to find strong fighters.
Oct 17
ANA will fly a Chiikawa-themed aircraft on domestic routes, with the first scheduled flights on October 19: Haneda to Nagasaki (ANA Flight 661, departing 8:15) and Nagasaki to Haneda (ANA Flight 664, departing 11:00). The livery places seasonal motifs from across Japan around Chiikawa and friends. A campaign tied to the launch offers 500 original acrylic stands and 100 original passport cases by lottery, and collaboration goods are planned.
Oct 17
DOES digitally released "Nandatte Ii yo" on Friday, October 16, 2026, the second installment of a three-month consecutive release project tied to the band's 20th debut anniversary. The garage rock song carries lyrics and composition by Wataru Ujihara, and its music video incorporates retro home-video-style recording footage, recent overseas live footage, and off-shots. The first installment, "Ningen Shikkaku," is already available.
Oct 17
Producer Kazutaka Iida looked back on Episode 20 of TBS's Sunday Theater drama VIVANT, which aired on October 11, and told Cinema Today that filming in Azerbaijan showed him "a point that is very different from Season 1." Iida said the characters are now connected to the "outside world," pointing to scenes of villagers entrusting their future to the rescue team led by Nogi Yusuke (Masato Sakai). The episode had that team storm Shaki Castle in the Republic of Gorbad to free five captured members of the separate squad, including Kurosu (Tori Matsuzaka), from the organization Shinshi. Iida said the castle scenes were shot night after night until morning, and that rain unusual for the season kept falling during filming, including at Lahij village. Japanese and Azerbaijani staff, cast, and local residents worked together under those conditions. He said the next episode is the escape arc, airing October 18, and noted viewer reaction to the preview line about what Tojo is doing.
Oct 17
The K2C Lottery for the Ace of Diamond act II -Second Season- anime opened at 12:00 on October 16, 2026 on the K2C LUCK site, with draws at 770 yen each through November 6. New band-themed artwork shows Eijun Sawamura, Satoru Furuya, Kazuya Miyuki, Yoichi Kuramochi, Haruichi Kominato and Koushu Okumura holding instruments, used across live T-shirts, face towels, acrylic stands, keychains and can badges.
Oct 16
Mebius said on its official X account on October 16 that new information about the Nintendo Switch version of Elminage II: Sousei no Megami to Unmei no Daichi will be revealed in November. The dungeon RPG is the second Elminage entry from Starfish SD, set in Felnas Lade, where players build a party from 12 races and 16 classes. A 3DS download version shipped on March 22, 2017.
Oct 16
SpringGuild released a free demo of Shadow Mate ~The Little Dragon and the Compatible One~ on Steam on October 15, 2026. The 3D horror action adventure follows Cynthia, a girl carrying the parasitic life form Belial, through a collapsed research facility. The demo is not the opening of the main story but a separate slice for the world and combat, including Belial-powered attacks and dragon transformation. The game joins Steam Next Fest October 19 to 26.
Oct 16
Seiichi Yukimura, the Rikkai University Affiliated Junior High tennis captain known as the "Child of God," appears solo on the cover of the special edition of anan issue 2518, which Magazine House puts on sale Wednesday, November 4. The back cover carries Yukimura plus Renji Yanagi, Kuranosuke Shiraishi, and Kintaro Toyama in black suits. Placed beside the back cover of anan issue 2514, released October 7, the two halves form one gravure with eight characters, two each from Seishun Academy, Hyotei Academy, Rikkai University Affiliated, and Shitenhoji. Issue 2514 gave its solo cover to Keigo Atobe and its back cover to Ryoma Echizen, Syusuke Fuji, Keigo Atobe, and Yushi Oshitari. The 2518 special edition costs 1,100 yen including tax and sells at bookstores, convenience stores, and online bookstores. Inside, the issue runs gravures and messages from the four back-cover characters, plus interviews with voice actors Sachiko Nagai, Eiji Takemoto, Yoshimasa Hosoya, and Yu Sugimoto.
Oct 15
Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu rose from #4 to #1 in its 12th weekend, selling 375,000 tickets and earning 562,647,900 yen from Friday to Sunday. The live-action Resident Evil reboot opened at #2 with 356,000 tickets and 626,567,150 yen in three days. The fifth Girls und Panzer das Finale film opened at #5 with 267,301,400 yen.
Oct 15
Aniplex released the second character promotional video for Fate/EXTRA Record on October 15, focusing on the Masters and Servants of the enemy faction that players will fight in the Moon Holy Grail War. The video, titled RIVAL's SIDE, introduces Shinji Matou, Alice, Run Ru-kun, Julius B. Harwey, Dan Blackmore, Monji Gatou, Leonardo B. Harwey, Rani VIII, and Rin Tohsaka, along with the Servants who fight alongside them. Aniplex also announced a special hands-on event in Tokyo on November 7 and 8, where participants can play a broader portion of the game than in previous demos. Each 90-minute session invites 30 people by lottery, and attendees receive a not-for-sale clear file featuring the key visual. The game launches January 28 for Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam. The standard edition is priced at 8,910 yen including tax. Pre-release promotion includes a fan kit and seven planned updates.
Oct 15
The Muchauma!! Chiikawa Sushi POP UP STORE runs from October 16 to November 3 on the ninth floor of Fukuoka Mitsukoshi. Every 2,200 yen spent on Chiikawa Sushi goods earns one random plate-style trading card from a set of eight. Entry from October 16 to 18 is limited through LINE entry tickets.