Akiba Raid

Akiba Raid (called Akihabara Raid in CR subs) is the eighth episode of the Log Horizon 2 anime. It adapts the fifth chapter of The Stray Child of Dawn, which covers Operation Capture.

The Plan
Akatsuki and Maryelle have engaged the murder Enbart Nelles. Drawing him by his agro the women start the chase. Elsewhere the other teams move into there assigned positions. Rieze and Kyouko race to the main guild building. Akatsuki using her small size as an advantage lands "death stinger" on Nelles. He counters while her block is assisted by the gifts she has received from the others. Akarsuki then feints and sets him up for "orian delay blow" from Kawara while Sandy heals. As the original pair heads for the next area Rieze and Kyouko arrive on top of the main guild building. From this vantage point they can see the full raid in Akiba take place. In the streets Nelles has been drawn in to the next team Shine and Yuzugo attack while Maryelle heals Akatsuki. Rieze explains why other Royal Guard haven't showed up. When Nelles catches up and confronts Akatsuki and Maryelle again he is blindsided by ?,?, while ? heals. Rieze explains to counter the boost Nelles for every adventurer within fifty meters she has position numerous small groups, just out o range of each other, around the city. As Akatsuki lures the murder thru each groups area they simultaneously attack the enemy and heal there allies.

Negotiating with Kinjo
Deep inside the main guild building Princess Rayneshia, with Henriettastanding at her right shoulder, is seated opposite Kinjo in a small meeting room. He reminds the princess that shutting down the magic circle will also leave the city without it's magic defenses. Also without the Royal guard the city may become lawless. The princess responds that his is a failure of all of the people of the land and they must do every ting in there power to solve it. His final argument is this action may cause problems greater then the current one. While the princess searches for a response Henriette reminds him the Round Table has already agreed and will do whatever it takes to protect the city. He admits his clan has failed in there duty to protect the city and it time to move forward. "To find what you can do and do it" The wall behind him retracts into the floor and ceiling to reveal the  passage to the magic circle.

Backup
[Part with Tatara]

Party After
Having successfully defeated Nelles, the Watermaple Consulate Raid Party celebrates inside the Consulate with a pajama party. Rieze and Seine gush over how they had never been to a pajama party before, while Henrietta shivers on the couch in utter joy as Maryelle tends to her. Rayneshia and Akatsuki sit together on a couch and talk about the experience.

Later, Akatsuki walks outside and thinks about how she misses Shiroe when he calls her through telepathy. She answers the call, asking him why he broke his own rule and exchanges some banter with him before he congratulates her for defeating the raid boss-level opponent, and continues to say that he has to finish fighting his own battles as the Abyssal Shaft raid party prepares to enter the dungeon again.

Trivia

 * Volume 6, chapter 5 features some of Akatsuki's inner monologue about the training before Operation Capture, and details on how she acquired her new armor. These monologues were adapted into the previous episode, The Maidens of Watermaple.
 * In the light novel, Rayneshia and Henrietta are already in the magic circle control room when Kinjo questions them.
 * The anime does not explain that Rieze's ice spell normally only had a range of 20 meters; in order not to enter the 50m range, she and Kyouko went onto the rooftop and allowed gravity to carry the spell down to Nelles.