Isekai Quartet 2 Episode 12

'''The Show Begins! Showtime' (開演！しょーたいむ Kaien! Shōtaimu) is the twelfth episode of Isekai Quartet 2''. It was first broadcasted on March 31, 2020.

Summary
The play Cinderella is being shown in the theater. Ram, as Cinderella, lazes about while her stepsisters, Demiurge and Darkness, order her to clean their rooms. 'Cinderella' refuses and 'accidentally' trips and causes a bucket to drench her stepsister. To correct her mistake, Cinderella mops her stepsister. CZ2128 Delta and Naofumi Iwatani, both of whom are watching nearby, wonder if this is how Cinderella is supposed to be. Rem, who is waiting with Shalltear Bloodfallen for their cues, wonders if everything is alright with Albedo and her group, but the vampire is confident they are fine, since Albedo is the strongest among the Floor Guardians in the Great Tomb of Nazarick.

Back outside, Albedo, Aqua, Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakov, Emilia, and Puck face off against the Destroyer. The Destroyer leaps towards the group, but Albedo, using her sheer strength, holds its pincers.

Shalltear, as the Evil Stepmother, tells a disinterested Cinderella that they will be going to the ball. In the audience, Demiurge is silently being cheered on by Erich von Rerugen.

The Destroyer pins Albedo beneath on of his legs, Viktoriya attempts to assist her from above, but her bullets are useless against the Destroyer's magic shields. The soldier calls on Puck and Emilia to prepare ice magic. She also tells Aqua to make lots of water.

Megumin, as the Fairy Godmother, turns a pumpkin into a carriage for Cinderella in a dramatic incantation sequence. Four horses for the carriage: Ainz Ooal Gown, Satou Kazuma, Tanya von Degurechaff, and Natsuki Subaru wonder who wrote the script. Ainz replies it was Emilia, which Subaru confirms that is like her.

Aqua uses [Sacred Create Water], which envelopes the entire field in water, covering the Destroyer. Victoriya orders Emilia and Puck to use their magic on the submerged Destroyer. Back at the play, Megumin is still doing her incantation, with the hidden horse actors getting annoyed at the delay.

Emilia, on a magic board, peppers the Destroyer with ice attacks, encasing all its limbs in ice. Albedo attacks one of the entrapped limbs and breaks it, causing the Destroyer to topple a bit. However, it retaliates and launches missiles into the air at Emilia, who shoots them down. While Victoriya attacks from the air and Aqua cheers from the sidelines, Filo and Raphtalia observe at the top of the stairs. Filo asks what will happen if the Destroyer reaches the stairs, which Raphtalia states that the festival will be over. Filo doesn't want that to happen, to which Wilhelm van Astrea tells them that they should fight. Despite not knowing who he is, the girls take his advice and run to join the battle.

The 'horse carriage' appears and Ram comments that she had no idea a pumpkin could look so pathetic. Tanya is annoyed and asks who is she calling pathetic. Ram acts shocked that the carriage can talk and Megumin plays along, berating the carriage that they can't talk, but are only meant to carry.

Outside, the girls' battle is watched by Hamsuke and her Death Knight. Seeing that the group needs help, the two attempt to join, but are stopped by Ruffian. He tells the two that they have no place in this battle, calling it a battle of maidens, but Hamsuke points out that she is female.

Ram, as Cinderella in a splendid dress, poses before the audience as her stepsisters demand why she is present at the ball. Iwatani, while reading his part with the rest of Class 1, wonders how his two teammates are doing. Filo, in her bird form, attacks the machine from different angles, impressing Viktoriya as the two fly together.

The play continues with Rem, as the prince, dancing with Cinderella as the ball. The other dancers in the scene comment on how Vooren Grantz is enjoying his dance with Beatrice, but the soldier denies it.

The Destroyer has taken a severe beating, but is still active. Detaching two of its front legs, it reveals two rock launchers and aims them at Aqua. They chase her around the field. She is saved by Albedo, who uses [Missile Parry] and [Counter Arrow] to redirect them back at the machine. Aqua thanks Albedo, but the demon merely says she did it for her master, whom she loves. As she enunciates the word love, a scene of the prince and Cinderella falling in love is taking place at the theater.

The Destroyer is seemingly crippled and deactivated, but suddenly, its eyes flash red and it gets up on its remaining legs. It shoots a high powered density magic laser at the group, but Viktoriya and Albedo use [Defensive Wall] and [Walls of Jericho] to block the blast.

Back at the play, the final moments of Cinderella continue, showing how the main protagonist runs away from the ball as the time runs out. The prince soon finds the slipper and uses it to locate Cinderella again and kisses her.

The other girls outside attempt to help by launching attacks on the weakened Destroyer. The two holding the barriers are given reprieve by Raphtalia, who uses her sword to absorb the energy. She then uses the energy to redirect it back at the Destroyer. Aqua lands the killing blow and succeeds in destroying the menace.

However, the next day, everyone is back in class and Subaru laments that nothing has changed for them. Roswaal L Mathers tells them that is not true as everything changes. So long as you come together and have the will, you can have a future.

The class asks him what he means by that, only for him to tell them to open their textbooks, much to their dismay.

At the end of the credits, a new season is announced to be coming soon.

In Order of Appearance

 * Wiz
 * Vanir
 * Sebas Tian
 * Hans von Zettour
 * Kurt von Rudersdorf
 * Erich von Rerugen
 * Yuri Alpha
 * Entoma Vasilissa Zeta
 * Pandora's Actor
 * Yunyun
 * Ram
 * Demiurge
 * Darkness
 * CZ2128 Delta
 * Naofumi Iwatani
 * Rem
 * Shalltear Bloodfallen
 * Vooren Grantz
 * Aqua
 * Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakov
 * Emilia
 * Puck
 * Chomusuke
 * Megumin
 * Satou Kazuma
 * Ainz Ooal Gown
 * Tanya von Degurechaff
 * Natsuki Subaru
 * Filo
 * Raphtalia
 * Wilhelm van Astrea
 * Hamsuke
 * Ruffian
 * Reinhard van Astrea
 * Julius Juukulius
 * Mare Bello Fiore
 * Rhiner Neumann
 * Wilibald Koenig
 * Aura Bella Fiora
 * Beatrice
 * Cocytus
 * Matheus Johan Weiss
 * Roswaal L Mathers

Locations

 * School

Play Notes

 * At the end, a Death Knight is seen to be still in the theater alone and claps as the credits rolls down.