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KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world!
Start here. This is where you meet Kazuma and the party he gets stuck with after dying and landing in a fantasy world. Ten episodes, and it moves fast.
9 titles
Updated Aug 21, 2026
KONOSUBA Watch Order (2026 Guide)
A comedy fantasy about a hapless teenager reincarnated in a game-like world, stuck adventuring with an equally useless party of misfits.
Recommended Order
Quick answer
- KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world!
- KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world! 2
- KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world!- Legend of Crimson
- KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world! 3
Plus 3 optional extras and 2 more titles.
4 titles · 31 episodes + 1 movie · ~13.5 hours
Watch the four main entries first: Season 1, Season 2, the Legend of Crimson film, and Season 3. The film is the one people get wrong — it continues straight on from Season 2 and Season 3 assumes you have seen it, so it is not something to save for later. Everything below that is optional, including the Megumin spin-off.
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KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world! 2
The party's misadventures continue and the comedy gets even more unhinged. Pick this up right after Season 1.
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KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world!- Legend of Crimson
A theatrical film that continues straight on from Season 2 rather than sitting off to the side. It covers a full arc of the source novels, and Season 3 assumes you have seen it.
⚠ Watch this after Season 2 and before Season 3. Going in early spoils the setup.
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KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world! 3
Picks up after the events of the film, so watch Legend of Crimson first or you will be missing context.
Optional Extras
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KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world!: God’s Blessings On This Wonderful Choker!
A bonus episode released with the Season 1 home video. Self-contained and light, and it lands better once you already know the cast. Crunchyroll lists it as episode 11 of Season 1.
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KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world! 2: God’s Blessings on These Wonderful Works of Art!
The same deal for Season 2 — a bonus episode from the home video release, listed as episode 11 of Season 2. Watch it after Season 2 if you want it.
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KONOSUBA -God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3 -BONUS STAGE-
Two episodes that were produced for Season 3 but not broadcast with it. They ran in Japanese theaters in March 2025 before the home video release. Standalone stories, so watch them after Season 3.
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KONOSUBA -An Explosion on This Wonderful World!
A spin-off following Megumin before she ever met Kazuma, adapting a separate novel series. It is a full twelve-episode season rather than a short, and it works best once you know her from the main series.
⚠ Watching this before Season 1 costs you most of the jokes, since they depend on knowing Megumin already.
Not Yet Aired
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KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world! 4
The fourth season is confirmed for 2027. Studio ENGI takes over production, with the main cast returning. No month has been announced yet.
⚠ Not yet aired. Kadokawa has confirmed the year but not the premiere date.
Why This Order
Start with Season 1 and follow the numbers from there. KonoSuba is a comedy that builds on its own running jokes, so the payoff depends on having watched what came before.
The theatrical film, Legend of Crimson, is the one entry people get wrong. It looks like a side story from the outside, but it continues the plot from Season 2 and adapts a full arc of the novels, and Season 3 opens assuming you have already seen it. Treat it as part of the main run: Season 1, Season 2, the film, then Season 3.
Each TV season also has bonus episodes that were made for the home video release rather than the broadcast. There are two single-episode extras for Seasons 1 and 2, and a two-episode set for Season 3. They are self-contained comedy, not plot, so nothing later depends on them. They are grouped together below the main run — pick them up whenever you feel like more, or skip them entirely.
The last optional entry is An Explosion on This Wonderful World!, a twelve-episode spin-off about Megumin before she joined Kazuma's party. It adapts a separate novel series and sits before Season 1 in the timeline, but it is written for people who already know her. Watching it after the main series is the better experience, and the main story never depends on it.
A fourth season has been confirmed for 2027, so the story is not finished. Everything currently released fits together without gaps.
How Many Episodes and Seasons Does KONOSUBA Have?
KONOSUBA has 3 seasons and 1 film in the main run — 31 episodes altogether.
Main Run
| Title | Type | Episodes | Aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world! | TV Series | 10 episodes | January 2016 |
| KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world! 2 | TV Series | 10 episodes | January 2017 |
| KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world!- Legend of Crimson | Movie | August 2019 | |
| KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world! 3 | TV Series | 11 episodes | April 2024 |
Optional Extras
| Title | Type | Episodes | Aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world!: God’s Blessings On This Wonderful Choker! | OVA | 1 episode | June 2016 |
| KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world! 2: God’s Blessings on These Wonderful Works of Art! | OVA | 1 episode | July 2017 |
| KONOSUBA -God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3 -BONUS STAGE- | OVA | 2 episodes | March 2025 |
| KONOSUBA -An Explosion on This Wonderful World! | TV Series | 12 episodes | April 2023 |
Not Yet Aired
| Title | Type | Episodes | Aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world! 4 | TV Series | — | 2027 |
4 titles · 31 episodes + 1 movie · ~13.5 hours
Source Material
Where each part of the anime lines up with the source, so you know where to pick up reading.
Light Novel
Completed
Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!
Season 1 (10 episodes)
Source Vol. 1 - Vol. 2
Season 2 (10 episodes)
Source Vol. 3 - Vol. 4
Legend of Crimson (film)
Source Vol. 5
Season 3 (11 episodes)
Source Vol. 6 - Vol. 7
KONOSUBA Spin-offs and Side Stories
Only spin-offs that tie into the main story are listed here — anthologies, fan books and the like are left out.
Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!
Spin-off Novel
Konosuba: An Explosion on this Wonderful World! Bonus Story
Spin-off Novel
The anime has adapted seven of the seventeen main light novel volumes, so more than half the story has never been animated. Season 3 ends at the close of volume 7, and volume 8 is where the novels pick up. There are no anime-original episodes. The adaptation runs the other way — it trims and rearranges side material to fit the season length, so the novels contain scenes and subplots the anime skipped rather than the reverse. The main light novel series finished at seventeen volumes in 2020, and Yen Press has the English edition. The Megumin spin-off, An Explosion on This Wonderful World!, is a separate novel series and is the source for the spin-off anime rather than part of the main volume count.
KONOSUBA Watch Order FAQ
Where should I start watching KonoSuba?
Start with Season 1 from 2016. It introduces Kazuma and the party he gets saddled with, and everything after it builds on those running jokes. There is no earlier entry to track down first — the Megumin spin-off is set before Season 1, but it is written for people who already know her.
What is the correct order to watch KonoSuba?
Season 1, Season 2, the Legend of Crimson film, then Season 3. That is the whole main run. The bonus OVA episodes and the Megumin spin-off are optional and can go wherever you like afterwards.
Do I need to watch the KonoSuba movie before Season 3?
Yes. Legend of Crimson continues directly from Season 2 and adapts a full volume of the novels, and Season 3 opens assuming you have seen it. It is the single most common mistake people make with this series — the film looks skippable from the outside and is not.
Can I skip the bonus OVA episodes?
Yes. Seasons 1 and 2 each got a single bonus episode with the home video release, and Season 3 got a two-episode set called Bonus Stage. They are self-contained comedy with no bearing on the plot. All of them are on Crunchyroll, so they are easy to pick up if you want more.
Do I need to watch An Explosion on This Wonderful World?
No. It is a twelve-episode spin-off about Megumin's school years before she met Kazuma, adapting a separate novel series. Nothing in the main seasons depends on it. It is genuinely good, but watch it after the main series — most of the humour comes from already knowing how she behaves around the party.
Is Isekai Quartet part of the KonoSuba watch order?
No. It is a chibi-style crossover short putting the KonoSuba cast in a classroom with characters from Re:ZERO, Overlord and The Saga of Tanya the Evil. It is a comedy side project rather than a continuation, and skipping it costs you nothing in the main story.
Are there any filler episodes in KonoSuba?
None. The problem runs the other way — the anime compresses the novels rather than padding them, cutting side material to fit each season into ten or eleven episodes. Nothing you watch is anime-original filler.
How many episodes are there and how long does it take to watch?
The main run is 31 TV episodes plus the film, which comes to roughly 14 hours. Adding the four bonus episodes and the twelve-episode spin-off brings the total to about 21 hours.
Is there an English dub of KonoSuba?
Yes, and the whole main run is dubbed. Arnie Pantoja voices Kazuma, with Faye Mata as Aqua, Erica Mendez as Megumin and Cristina Vee as Darkness, and that cast has stayed consistent from the first season through the third. The Bonus Stage episodes are subtitled only at the moment.
Where can I watch KonoSuba?
Crunchyroll carries the seasons, the film, the OVAs and the spin-off in English-speaking territories, in both subtitled and dubbed form for the main run. Availability varies by region, so check your local listings if Crunchyroll does not cover you.
Is KonoSuba finished, and where do I read on from Season 3?
The anime is not finished — a fourth season has been confirmed for 2027, with studio ENGI taking over and the main cast returning, though no month has been announced. The light novels are done: seventeen volumes, completed in 2020, published in English by Yen Press. Season 3 ends at the close of volume 7, so pick up from volume 8.