The Water Magician episode 5: Ryou and Sera officially meet as threats from the dungeon spill forth

The Water Magician episode 5 aired on July 31, 2025, and marked the official introduction of the series' third protagonist, Sera. Although Sera had previously made a brief appearance in episode 3 of the series, episode 5 marked her formal introduction to Ryou.

The rest of the episode focused on the increasing threats overflowing from the dungeon, and their guild's actions towards neutralizing the threats. Although Abel and his fellow adventurers were able to apparently neutralize the threat, future episodes will reveal the actual situation within the dungeon.

Disclaimer- This article contains spoilers for The Water Magician episode 5.

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The Water Magician episode 5 highlights

Ryou and his fellow adventurer (Image via Typhoon Graphics and Wonderland)

The Water Magician episode 5 picked up from the ending of episode 4 with three of Ryou's friends hunting Goblin archers on the dungeon's fifth floor. Although they were able to actually defeat the archers, they decided to fall back and report their encounter. This was especially since the goblin archers weren't supposed to show up on the fifth floor at all.

The episode then soon cuts to Ryou, still pondering his rather unfortunate run-in with Leonore. Ryou soon recalled how, despite having rather adequate spell casting speed, Leonore made him aware of his lack of experience. He also lacked the actual movement speed needed to keep up with future threats.

The entire sequence culminates with Ryou deciding to polish his lack of practical combat spells while simultaneously learning about the Akuma.

The episode transitions back to the guild with the guild master calling upon veteran adventuring parties and their leaders, Abel and Phelps, to cooperate and take care of the impending dungeon outbreak. Although Abel and Phelps didn't actually see eye-to-eye, they decided to cooperate for the sake of the town.

Abel and Phelps as seen in the anime (Image via Typhoon Graphics and Wonderland)

The guild then promptly shut down further expeditions into the dungeon to take care of the outbreak. They did so alongside an actual army made of veterans and lower-rank adventurers. Elsewhere, Ryou reached the library to learn more about the Akuma, only to meet "Sera," the mysterious elf from episode 3. Sera likewise greeted Ryou, mentioning how she had a feeling that they'd meet again.

Although Ryou was trying to learn more about the Akuma, he decided to hide the truth. Instead, he mentioned that he wanted to learn more about alchemy in his pursuit of creating a golem.

The episode then abruptly cut to Abel, Phelps, and their parties mowing down hordes of dungeon monsters. They soon realized that the monsters were being commanded by three goblin generals, who in turn were taking commands from a Goblin King.

Although the Goblin King held rather formidable abilities, Abel and his companions were able to defeat the monster rather easily. The Water Magician episode 5 soon ended with Abel, Phelps, and the rest of the adventurers celebrating their win over the Goblin King. Meanwhile, the episode panned to a rather ominous door present within the dungeon.

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Final thoughts

The Water Magician episode 5 managed to set the plot direction for the upcoming episodes. It simultaneously marked the common interest or pursuit of alchemy that the main characters, Sera and Ryou, might pursue in future episodes.

Since the previous few episodes have increasingly focused on Ryou's improvement of magic, it is possible that Ryou also takes part in the dungeon subjugation shortly.

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Edited by Ahana Mukhopadhyay