Episode 06

Defense and Reinforcements is the 6th episode of BOFURI anime series.

Summary
While walking to school, Kaede runs into Risa, who warns her about carrying in-game habits with her in reality. Although Kaede claims she'll take Risa's advice to heart, throughout her school day, she acts contrarily.

Three days later, Maple enters the game, where she meets Sally, who informs her about a new insect that appears in some zones. If a player catches one, they'll earn the right to buy a guild house. As it so happens, Sally already did, and the two then check out various plausible places for their potential guild house.

Ultimately, they decide to settle with a treehouse in the forest and form a new guild. Learning that they could recruit up to fifty people into their guild, they decide to ask Kasumi and Kanade to join, and they agree. Chrome and Iz, who was also in the area, learn about Maple's new guild and decide to join as well. After Maple was appointed to be the Guild Master, she named the guild Maple Tree.

Riding on top of Syrup, Maple, Kanade, and Iz explore a mine that Iz recommended they explore for materials. Using his Akashic Records, Kanade was granted the Mining V skill for the day. Elsewhere, Sally farms a bunch of Tree Blights and Wolf Cubs for their materials while Kasumi and Chrome briefly observe and soon join the fray.

Eventually, a meeting is held at the guild, where Chrome informs the members that the admins have formally announced the third and fourth events. Hence, Chrome suggests they recruit more members to better their chances to handle the upcoming events better.

Afterward, Maple and Sally check the Second Floor recruitment board and find no one of interest, and Maple decides to check the First Floor's. There, Maple finds twins Yui and Mai and tries to recruit them, but they're hesitant because of Maple's awkward pitch toward them. To break the ice, Sally invites them to some tea and cake at a cafe. The two groups become acquainted there, and Maple's group learns that both Yui and Mai maxed out their strength stats. In the end, Yui and Mai agree to join Maple's Guild.

After this, Maple and Sally form a party with Yui and Mai to defeat the Forest Guardian, making it possible for them to reach the Second Floor. When the twins introduce themselves to their fellow guild members, they accidentally break the guild table.

Characters

 * Maple/Kaede Honjou
 * Sally/Risa Shiramine
 * Oboro
 * Syrup
 * Kanade
 * Kasumi
 * Chrome
 * Iz
 * Mai
 * Yui

Mobs

 * Bright Bug
 * Unknown Mine Mob
 * Tree Blight
 * Wolf Cub

Bosses

 * Forest Guardian

Notes & Trivia

 * Maple took a break IRL due to her game reflexes popping up in school; even Sally warned her it would happen.
 * It may not have been a coincidence that Maple and Sally found the tree house for their guild; the developers likely ensured Maple chose it to go with her naming theme.
 * Mai and Yui compensate for Maple's lack of offense, balancing each other in teamwork.
 * In a funny moment, Mai and Yui break the guild meeting table by accidentally whacking it with their heads during a bow; they don't feel any pain, like Maple, suggesting MAX strength similarly nulls pain.