Episode Title:
The Magic Academy's Taboo
Episode Description:
Upon returning home from school one day, Megumin discovers that her younger sister Komekko managed to capture a creature resembling a black cat. Fearing Komekko might try to eat the cat, Megumin adopts it and takes it school with her, which immediately grabs the attention of her classmates. She is then able to convince the teacher that the cat is her familiar, and is allowed to bring it to class. Later, the teacher then informs the students that he will be taking them to an "augmentation surge", which involves the students killing forest creatures the teacher had frozen for them. The students are then attacked by a gargoyle and are saved by the unexpected assistance of Bukkorori, another Crimson Demon who has a crush on Soketto, the village's most attractive woman. Disgusted by Bukkorori's obsessive stalking of Soketta, the students leave him trapped in a pit and are horrified to see the village being attacked by a horde of gargoyles. The adults of the village band together and use their advanced magic to destroy the gargoyles, but Megumin is unimpressed since their spells pale in comparison to explosion magic. The gargoyles are defeated, but the adults accidentally destroy the village in the process and have to spend the whole night rebuilding it. The next day, since the cat still doesn't have a name, the other students start calling it "Megumin", much to Megumin's annoyance.
