The new arc begins with a cold-weather training trial that puts Shiki and his classmates’ teamwork to the test. This spoiler-light review covers only the first three released episodes.
The Nikko Kegon Falls Arc starts with a deceptively simple test: reach a mountain summit through a blizzard while instructors interfere. Across its first three episodes, the physical challenge matters less than the choices it forces from the students. Shiki’s instinct to protect a classmate gives the action a human center, while the uneven responses of his peers make the group feel like a team still being assembled. The season is too early to judge as a whole, but this opening stretch gives its battles a clear character-driven purpose.
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“Let the Training Begin!” wastes little time establishing a hard physical premise: the Rasetsu Academy students must climb through freezing weather and reach the summit within a set window, with part-time instructors there to obstruct them. It is a clean action setup, but its value is not simply watching who can push through the cold. A challenge built around a shared climb exposes how the students understand responsibility when they are exhausted, injured, or forced to depend on one another.
That gives the early episodes a useful change of scale after the prior season’s larger Oni–Momotaro conflict. Instead of immediately trying to top an earlier battle, the story places the ensemble under pressure and lets small decisions carry the momentum. The blizzard makes the setting feel like an opponent, while the instructors keep the exercise from becoming a straightforward race.
Episode 2 makes the training personal when Shiki shields the injured Homare during an avalanche and is left feverish and unconscious. The gesture is recognizably heroic, but the episode does not treat it as a free shortcut to admiration: helping someone in a dangerous trial can leave the rescuer unable to keep moving. That tension suits Shiki, whose first response is often to act rather than calculate what the choice will cost him.
The parallel conflict around Juji, Kuina, Rokuro, and instructor Innami broadens the test. Some students are ready to abandon a teammate; others push them to stay and fight. The distinction is not a simple ranking of strength. It shows how quickly trust can fray when survival and the group’s objective seem to pull in opposite directions.
By “Purpose,” Homare and Shiki reach the summit, with Juji, Kuina, and Rokuro following while Jin and Yaoroshi are still behind. Yaoroshi’s impatience is already causing trouble for his teammates, and Jin calls attention to it. The episode’s title points toward a more reflective question, but the immediate interest is the mismatch between individual urgency and collective progress. Reaching the top is only one measure of whether the class is learning to move together.
The appearance of Nekosaki and Innami at the end keeps the training from feeling like a neatly closed exercise. The series is still building its new arc’s pieces, and the third episode works best as a continuation of the challenge rather than a season-defining payoff.
The official setup for the Nikko Kegon Falls Arc points toward a broader disagreement over how the Oni should confront the Momotaro, and the setting promises a conflict larger than one climbing exercise. These first three episodes establish the group dynamics and the pressure points that can make that wider struggle personal. For now, the arc’s strongest ingredient is its attention to how different students respond when someone else’s safety interrupts the plan.
The familiar training-trial structure is a limitation: it puts the story in a recognizable shonen rhythm, and not every clash lands with equal force. But the episodes keep the challenge connected to character decisions rather than relying only on escalating spectacle. That is a solid opening, not a complete assessment of the season still unfolding.
Tougen Anki Season 2 opens with an energetic team test and a clearer emphasis on how Shiki and his classmates handle responsibility under pressure. Its strongest moments come when helping someone changes the course of the exercise; its main risk is letting familiar training beats stand in for deeper character movement. Three episodes are enough to make the Nikko Kegon Falls Arc promising, but not enough to judge its full direction or payoff.
The Nikko Kegon Falls Arc follows Shiki and the Rasetsu Academy students into a new conflict; its opening three episodes begin with a demanding mountain training exercise that tests teamwork and individual choices.
Episodes 1–3 only: “Let the Training Begin!”, “The Path to Growing Strong,” and “Purpose.” Episode 3 was released on October 16, 2026. This is an in-progress review, not a complete-season review.
Crunchyroll lists the Nikko Kegon Falls Arc episodes. Catalogue and playback availability vary by territory.
Crunchyroll’s Episode 3 listing marks it 16+ and lists Blood/Gore, Violence, Smoking, and Profanity. This is the advisory attached to that platform listing.
Crunchyroll lists the Nikko Kegon Falls Arc and its first three episodes. Streaming catalogue, languages, and playback availability vary by territory.
The official anime site identifies this as the second season’s Nikko Kegon Falls Arc, gives its Friday broadcast schedule, and outlines the season’s premise. Crunchyroll’s official episode listings confirm the first three release dates, episode titles, and the Episode 3 advisory.
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English-language Kindle edition published by Yen Press. A related entry point to the source manga; it is not a volume-specific tie to the Nikko Kegon Falls Arc.