Chapter 22

"Chapter 22" is the 22nd chapter of the "BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense" Manga adaptation. It was first released on January 26, 2021.

Summary
Iz presents the Maple Tree guild with the new wooly gear. Kasumi isn't too comfortable with it while Kanade loves her new mage gear. The third event begins and Maple falls behind. She decides to only get enough for something from the personal rewards list while thinking on how many players are getting poison resist thanks to her. Maple continues to fall behind so her other guild mates cheer her on via messages. Maple ends up going to the mountains and gets more drops from the cows.

On the fifth day of the event, Maple ends up falling in an area near a large tree losing all of her devour uses. She ends up finding a gear known as Former Dream. She decides to head back only to come across the church where she found the archangel's fragment. She accidentally triggers a boss fight against the Demon Knight. She has to cast wooly to protect herself and uses Syrup to attack. After the Demon Knight gets to 50% health it transforms into a new form and eats Maple. Maple survives although her wooly armor doesn't. She ends up eating the demon knight from the inside out. She gets the skill Seeping Chaos and puts it on her armor.

The third event eventually ends with Sally and Kasumi drained. The guild at the top of the rankings was the Congregation of the Holy Swords with the Kingdom of the Flame Emperor behind them. Maple notes that the guild reward would be of use to her to the surprise of the others. She promises to show off the skill to the others when they reach the third level. Meanwhile the Admins get ready to release the third layer of content. Meanwhile two new players look through the stores on the first level.

Characters in Order of Appearance
Characters in italics debuted here.
 * Iz
 * Sally/Risa Shiramine
 * Maple/Kaede Honjou
 * Kasumi
 * Kanade
 * Chrome
 * Syrup
 * Administrators
 * Mai
 * Yui