Episode 02

Defense and Friends is the second episode in the Bofuri anime series.

Summary
In a forest, Maple faces off against a mob of Bunny Mannequins and defeats them all with her Shield Attack. This accomplishment allows Maple to gain the Great Shield Mastery IV, Evasion, Parry, and Savage skills. A swarm of Ladybombers then attack Maple, which she defeats and eats to gain the skills Bomb Eater and Devour, and she applies Devour to her shield.

Walking to school, Kaede ponders how to proceed within the game and is met by Risa, and at school, she details her plan to participate in a battle royale event.

Within the game, Maple and the other event contestants are teleported to the event location by Dorazou, the game mascot. At the event sight, Maple decides to wait in place and is sequentially confronted by the pompous player Christmas Rose, who was easily beaten by her shield. Thereafter, three players called the Blazing Brothers and over a hundred other players are beaten by Maple, earning her third place in the event.

The next day, Risa learns how Kaede achieved third place in the event and about her OP Great Shielder class. Hence, when Risa joins the game as Sally, she decides to play as a swashbuckler specializing in evasion. They then go to an Inn where Sally allocates her points were allocated mostly AGL, and abstains from HP, MP, and VP.

Following Iz's advice to collect 1,000,000 gold to have a new white shield crafted for herself, Maple and Sally go to a location called the Underground Lake. With newly purchased fishing rods, the two head to the lake and fish the White Fish monsters for materials. Their endeavor allows Sally to level up to 6 and gain the Fishing skill.

Once the two collect a sum total of 25 materials, Sally decides to dive into the water to fish, and amid this, she finds an underwater cave behind a locked door. The two begin visiting the cave each day to allow Sally to explore the Underground Lake Labyrinth and improve her underwater skills, allowing her to defeat the boss and earn her own set of equipment.

Characters

 * Maple/Kaede Honjou
 * Sally/Risa Shiramine
 * Dorazou
 * Drag
 * Frederica
 * Christmas Rose
 * Payne
 * Dread
 * Chrome
 * Kasumi

Mobs

 * Bunny Mannequins
 * Ladybomber
 * Wolf Cubs
 * White Fish
 * Green Frog

Bosses

 * Big Fish

Notes & Trivia

 * The Three Red Hot Brothers are based on the Black Tri-Stars (Gaia, Mash, and Ortega) from Mobile Suit Gundam, down with the familiar-looking Jet Stream Attack-like formation.
 * Maple only won third place thanks to the sheer stupidity of the other players, who kept attacking her despite seeing others lose to her.
 * In the Dub, Maple's interview is changed to having her get vowels wrong, instead of the original version, where she accidentally says an innuendo.
 * Maple proves that she's lucky when she's not really trying to earn something; her sheer obliviousness gifts her greater benefits than actual intentional effort.
 * Beginner outfits are confirmed to have the same design, but the color is random; Sally wears a blue and white version of Maple's yellow and brown outfit.