Beast Tamer Episode 2

"Comrades" is the first episode of the adaptation of Beast Tamer series. It was aired on October 9, 2022.

''Rein managed to become an adventurer, but another adventurer noticed that Kanade was a member of the Cat Tribe and had his eyes on her. Then, in the middle of their first job, they found a merchant being attacked by bandits and set out to rescue him.''

Summary
At the Adventurer's guild, Rein submits the items that he gained from his quest to the Guild Receptionist Natalie, who informs him that he's passed his Adventurer's trial. With that, he's now recognized as an F-Ranked adventurer, and he's given 50 Copper coins for completing the quest. Natalie also states that although the payout is paltry, once Rein completes more quests, he'd rank up and earn more money for his troubles. With ranking-up in mind, Rein notes that he'll need lodging and, to achieve this, would need to earn more money.

Later, Rein meets with Kanade in the cafeteria, where he informs her that he's an official adventurer now and asks if she'd like to accept a quest. As Kanade happily accepts, a man approaches the two and takes an immediate interest in Kanade because she is a Cat-Spirit. When the man tries to court Kanade, she refuses him, claiming that she belongs to Rein because he's her tamer. Finding it hard to believe, as Cat Spirits is one of the ultimate species, the man challenges Rein to an arm wrestling contest with Kanade as the prize. Despite his hesitancy, Rein accepts the challenge and instantly wins, much to his surprise. Just then, Natalie arrives and, after observing the situation, apologizes to Rein and notes that the guild was aware of the man's antics and was considering suspending his license. Taking care of the man, Natalie formally apologizes on behalf of the guild; however, her inner voice leaks out when she asks Rein how he managed to tame Kanade. This makes both Rein and Kanade shudder in fear, and Natalie regains her composure and takes away the man. Once Natalie is out of the picture, Rein wonders how he became so strong, and Kanade explains that once he made a contract with her. As a result, his thereby strength amplified. Rein's strength is believed to be as strong as Kanade's, and Rein is a bit surprised by this as no one back in his village had this experience before.

Excited to take on a new job, Kanade's hopes are extinguished when they do herb gathering again. Kanade complains that they should be doing a more extravagant job; however, Rein explains that because of his F-Rank, they're only allowed to complete "basic" jobs. Although psyched to do her best so they could gain more experience and rank up, Rein forms a temporary contract with some horned rabbits to collect their quota of herbs. As despondent over this as Kanade was, she hears screaming off in the distance, and Rein suggests they check it out.

At the location, an old man and his mule are surrounded by a group of bandits known as the Ebon Fangs. Hiding behind a nearby bush, Kanade informs Rein of the Ebon Fang's infamous reputation as a brigade of bandits with a hundred members to their rankings. Although Kanade believes they should fall back and get help, Rein refuses and thinks they should take the bandits on themselves. Understanding her master's gumption, Kanade is told to rescue the old man while Rein deals with the bandits. The two then ambush the bandits, and as Rein deals with the bandits, Kanade checks on the old man while her inner monologue notes her worry that Rein may not be able to handle his newfound strength. However, as Kanade observes Rein fighting against the bandits, her heart starts to race, and when he finishes, Rein notices that Kanade's face is reddish and believes she was hurt. Kanade, however, denies the fact, and the old man speaks out to thank the two for their help. The old man then explains that a group of adventurers protected him; however, they fled when the bandits arrived, and he voices his concern over the reprisals of the Ebon Fangs. Briefly contemplating over it, Rein decides to deal with the rest of the Ebon Fangs, much to Kanade's dismay.

En route to their destination, Rein temporarily contracts some animals around the surrounding area to scout out the Ebon Fangs. He also explains to Kanade his reason for wanting to deal with the remaining Ebony Fangs members and assures her that he has a plan on how to do so. Soon, they reach the Ebony Fangs' hideout, and Kanade is dejected that a temporary contracted animal once again beat her to the punch of an important task. Rein then apologizes to Kanade, who regains her composure, noting that she was only fooling around with Rein, and asks him what the plan is from there on out. In his explanation, Rein details the plan hinges on another temporary contract with an "Ahrbee", whose skill can paralyze a person for over 12 hours. Astonished that Rein could tame an insect despite being a Beast Tamer, he tells Kanade that back in his home village, he learned the basics of the Tamer sub-class Insect Taming for a while. As astonished as Kanade was, she's ordered to return to the town and get some reinforcements while he has the Ahrbees handle the Ebony Fang members. Although Kanade felt dejected again by her value as Rein's familiar, she snaps out of her emotional state and learns the need for reinforcements. The reinforcements that Rein wanted were called the Order of Knights, a group tasked by the government to uphold peace in the lands. Understanding her task, Kanade leaves, and a swarm of Ahrbees arrives, and Rein forms a temporary contract with them all.

Elsewhere, two of the three adventurers who were tasked with protecting the old man earlier before, are revealed to have been Rein's old comrades, Mina and Leanne. The two curse their situation and how Arios and Aggath were sucking it up with the nobility while they're forced to take on jobs as adventurers. They then redirect their frustrations to the Beast Tamer they were partnered with, opining their disdain for his inadequacy as a Beast Tamer. However, in his defense, the Beast Tamer claims that the demands of the two were far too complex for him to accomplish. He also claims that their notion that a Beast Tamer can tame over twenty animals is impossible, which Leanne considers to be a lie and holds the Beast Tamer responsible for their failure. Accepting the responsibility after being coerced and threatened by Leanne, she internally refuses to believe that Rein is any higher than the garbage she thought him to be.

Returning to Rein's side, his Ahrbees deal with the remaining Ebony Fangs members and Kanade arrives with reinforcements. As the reinforcements handle the paralyzed bandits, Rein notices that only adventurers are there and not a single member of the Knights of Order. One of the reinforcements reveals that the Knights of Order had no time to "deal with a bunch of cutpurses".

At that moment, a trio of berserk King Lizards break through their wooden cage and attack the Ebon Fang members and then Rein. Through the combined efforts of Rein and Kanade, they manage to take down the monsters allowing the adventurers to carry the Ebony Fang members out of the area.

Eventually, Rein and Kanade exit the Ebony Fang's base with Kanade holding onto the King Lizard's Magical Stones, and they're then praised for their accomplishment by their fellow adventurers. The praise sits well with Rein, who recalls being kicked out of Ario's party for being useless and is thankful for Kanade's help.

Characters
In order of appearance.


 * Natalie Brough
 * Rein Shroud
 * Kanade
 * Mina
 * Leanne
 * Arios Orlando (Flashback)
 * Aggath (Flashback)

Trivia

 * Contracting an Ultimate Species will give a Tamer a boosted Skull. Rein gets strength like Kanade's from their Contracting.
 * This is the first sign that something is wrong with the law enforcement in Horizon; the knights don't bother to come help arrest Ebony Fang, with the local adventurers displeased with the knights. Funny in how the stereotype is adventurers being the unfavorable ones.
 * The incompetence of the Hero's Party continues to be shown.
 * Having only worked with Rein as a Beast Tamer, they have UNREALISTIC standard and beliefs in what they can do.
 * Even when TOLD Rein is exceptional and meaning they screwed up BIG TIME by firing him, they push down the revelation to soothe their egos.
 * They outright threatened the temporary tamer into taking the blame for them running away from the job. Heavily implying that they force additional members to take the blame for their screw ups.