Rayneshia's Marriage

Rayneshia&#39;s Marriage is the first episode of Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table.

It adapts Chapters 106, 107, and the first part of 108 from web novel volume 12: Collapse of the Round Table.

Summary
The episode begins with some foreshadowing of the members of the Round Table Alliance slowly leaving and abandoning it.

During a Round Table Alliance meeting, the guild leaders discuss their efforts at establishing communication with the moon. The Honesty Guild also discusses their work to understand the magic behind the fairy rings, but are currently having no success in mapping them out. When it was all a game, the timetables for the fairy rings were so complex that they required looking up tables on websites to use effectively. Because of the Honesty Guild's lack of success, some members of the public are viewing them as leaches on the system.

While Raynesia is working her part-time job in the shop, her mother arrives in town to discuss her upcoming engagement to the heir of the House of Saiguu in two weeks. However, she is not sure how to handle the news and wishes Krusty was there to help guide her. Later that night, she discusses it all with Elissa, who ultimately encourages her to do what she wants to do.

Shiroe discusses the disappearance of adventurers that has been occurring since the Catastrophe as part of the Spirit Away (Log Leap) project. He believes the adventurers are returning to the real world, but it is unknown if they're returning safely or how.

In another Round Table meeting, Eins proposes the creation of public works projects such as river maintenance and irrigation to keep people working. Other guild leaders declined the proposal due to the massive cost and having no interest in participation. As a result, Eins proclaims that Honesty will find their own path forward and is later appointed a Duke by the Holy Empire Westelande. This greatly concerns Shiroe.

Trivia

 * Three characters that cameo while Akatsuki and Shiroe are strolling through Akiba originate from a Log Horizon TRPG novel exclusively released in the sixth Log Horizon 2 first-print boxed DVD.

Differences from the Web Novel

 * The Round Table meeting at the start of the episode is not seen in the web novel, and was added to transmit the information about the Roderick Firm's issue with communicating with the Moon more naturally. The web novel starts with Shiroe and Akatsuki strolling through Akiba.
 * Skipped: The web novels go into greater depth about Raynesia's part-time job at the cafe. The cafe is a project of some chefs in The Roderick Firm, led by Mikakage. During and after the events of Operation Capture, Raynesia realized how little she knew about the world, as well as how little she tried learning about the world. To rectify this and serve as a better liaison between the People of the Earth and the Adventurers, she took on this part-time job so she could participate in Adventurer society as "one of them."
 * Skipped: Because the anime covers volume 11 after volume 12, it skips several references to a scene from the volume where Raynesia learns that Apret and Fevel have gotten engaged, while she has nobody and Krusty has disappeared. This also factored into Raynesia's decision to get a job, to take her mind off the issue.
 * Skipped: In the web novels, Saraliya's appearance is made into a far greater deal. Raynesia expresses dread at Elissa's announcement, and the narration goes into some detail about how rigorous the process for choosing proper attire for meetings between nobles is. The anime implies this by depicting the setting sun, but Rayneshia spends a few hours getting into an outfit and redoing her hair to look proper for her mother.
 * Skipped: Some background about Raynesia's family was skipped, like how Phenel (her father) was an important part of a major hydraulics project in Maihama, which made him well-respected enough to marry into the Cowen clan. Her older sister Risselthea eloped with a low-born knight, created a huge scandal, and was kicked out of the family.
 * Skipped: Saraliya brings up the Akiba Raid incident. The Lord's Conference in Maihama discussed the situation and, because Raynesia acted with the Adventurers' support, they decided that her decisions were permissible.
 * Skipped: When Elissa talks about marrying and having children, she implies that she's talking about Krusty and winks at Raynesia, causing the girl to grow flustered. The scene also ends at that point, instead of depicting Raynesia in melancholy.
 * Skipped: During Shiroe and Calasin's meeting, Calasin thinks about some new transport ships that Marine Organization is developing. Since the Ocypete, they have also developed Stheno and Euryale, and their current project is the Podarge. While the previous three ships have primarily been transport vessels, Podarge is being designed for exploration.
 * The web novel specifies that there are currently 36 cases of Adventurers who disappeared as a result of log leave.
 * Skipped: The episode skips some important context to Raynesia and Akatsuki's meeting. Beforehand, Raynesia attempted to consult Rieze about the marriage proposal, but upon reaching D.D.D's guild hall, learned that the guild is disbanding and that she cannot meet Rieze because she is at a Round Table meeting.
 * Skipped: In the web novel, before mentioning the rescue operation, Akatsuki informs Raynesia that Krusty is on the main continent (China).
 * Added: The last scene in the episode, where Marielle, Henrietta, Minori, and Akatsuki report to Shiroe about Eins' ascension to Duke of Akiba, as well as Shiroe's response, was added in the anime for dramatic effect. In the web novel, Chapter 107 ends with the announcement that Eins has been made Duke of Akiba; when Shiroe next appears in Chapter 108, he is in a meeting with Li Gan to find out what exactly this proclamation means, which is adapted in the second episode.