Failure Frame episode 2: Release date and time, where to watch, and more

According to its official website, Failure Frame episode 2 is set to be released on Friday, July 12, 2024, at around 12:59 am in Japan. Viewers are keen to tune in to see if the series lives up to the potential that episode one showcased.

While Failure Frame episode 2 is unlikely to leak before the episode releases, fans can rest assured that it will be released around the scheduled time, thanks to the official website. Time differences will also be announced for international fans, as well as where to watch the second episode of this new isekai anime.

This guide will look at everything from the release date and time to the countdown for Failure Frame episode 2. This will also include speculation on the contents of the episode.

Failure Frame Episode 2: release date and time

The Goddess Vicius, her mask slipping, in Failure Frame episode 1 (Image via Seven Arcs)

According to its official Japanese website, Failure Frame Episode 2 is set to release on Friday, July 12, 2024, at around 12:59 am. It will be released on local Japanese networks TBS and IBC Iwate Broadcasting. International viewers may need to wait longer or shorter, depending on the time zone and region they're viewing from.

Episode 2 is set to release in the following timeslots for the following timezones:

Time zones	Local date and time
Pacific Daylight Time	8:59 am, Thursday, July 11, 2024
Eastern Daylight Time	11:59 am, Thursday, July 11, 2024
British Summer Time	4:59 pm, Thursday, July 11, 2024
Central European Summer Time	5:59 pm, Thursday, July 11, 2024
Indian Standard Time	9:29 pm, Thursday, July 11, 2024
Philippine Standard Time	11:59 pm, Thursday, July 11, 2024
Japanese Standard Time	12:59 am, Friday, July 12, 2024
Australia Central Standard Time	1:29 am, Friday, July 12, 2024

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Where to watch Failure Frame Episode 2

As stated previously, Failure Frame Episode 2 is set to release on Friday, July 12, at around 12:59 am on the Japanese networks TBS and IBC Iwate Broadcasting. Other timeframes and dates for Japan include Tochigi TV every Thursday at 11 pm, BS 11 every Sunday at midnight, and AT-X every Monday at 10 pm.

International viewers can view Failure Frame episode 2 on Crunchyroll every Thursday. There is a time differential, as the first episode didn't get posted onto Crunchyroll's service until 2 pm EST/11 am PST. Delays should be expected due to the time difference.

Brief Recap of Failure Frame Episode 1

Failure Frame Episode 1 summarized (Image via Seven Arcs)

Failure Frame Episode 1 started by introducing the main character Mimori Touka and Okito Academy's Class 2-C. Everyone from the Class President, Sogou Ayaka to the delinquent, Oyamada Shougo, is introduced in turn. It established how Touka's parents used to abuse him and a few of his classmates are no better.

Everything seemingly changes in an instant once the entire class finds themselves summoned to the fantastical world of Alion. Here, the goddess Vicius beseeches them for aid against the returning threat of the Demon Empire. They are all tested, with a few including Ayaka and the elite upperclassman Kirihara Takuto ranking the highest at S-Rank.

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Trouble looms for Touka, however, as he's brought before everyone to be disposed of. His rank is E-Rank, which translates to "trash tier" as Vicius cruelly dubs him. With nobody helping him, and those that do being harshly punished, Touka finds himself trapped in The Ruins of Disposal. The Ruins are a hellish, pitch-black disposal area for criminals and lower heroes alike infested with monsters.

After several close calls against a cockatrice and a minotaur, Touka uses his ailment-inflicting powers to save his life and damage the encroaching monsters. With a head full of steam and his mind on revenge, Touka insists he will escape this ruin and get revenge on Vicius for this unfair treatment.

What to expect from Failure Frame episode 2 (Speculative)

Failure Frame episode 2 possibilities (Image via Seven Arcs/Overlap)

As there's no preview for Failure Frame episode 2 as of the time of writing, not even a preview in the end credits of episode 1, this will be speculation. Considering that the first episode ended with a shot of a blonde-haired elven girl bathing, and that said girl is prominent in the trailers for the series, chances are the audience is going to get to know her as early as episode 2.

If not, then the audience better strap in for the journey out of the Ruins of Disposal as the next few chapters of the manga depicted. Touka himself says it feels like he's in a Dark Souls game, with many enemies all around him and hardly any area for reprieve. He'll likely begin testing the limits of his abilities, figuring out how they work and their duration.

If Failure Frame Episode 2 continues to expand on its manga as Episode 1 did, it may not just be Touka that gets development or screen time. Chapter 3 of the manga showed one of Touka's classmates, Kashima Kobato, in similarly dire straits being bullied by other people from Class 2-C. She may or may not show up in episode 2, if not episode 3.