Don't Miss The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest Episode 4: Release Date, Time, and Where to Watch

HojoMaho time. Episode 4 of 'The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest' is locked in for late October, and after last week’s dungeon run turned into a very specific challenge from a very shady guy, the next chapter is set up to be a fun little gauntlet. Here’s when it drops, where to watch it, a quick catch-up, and what that cliffhanger is actually teeing up.

When episode 4 drops

Episode 4 premieres on Saturday, October 25, 2025. Here’s the rollout by region/time zone:

• Pacific Daylight Time: Saturday, Oct 25, 7:30 am
• Central Daylight Time: Saturday, Oct 25, 9:30 am
• Eastern Daylight Time: Saturday, Oct 25, 10:30 am
• British Summer Time: Saturday, Oct 25, 3:30 pm
• Japanese Standard Time: Saturday, Oct 25, 11:30 pm
• Australian Central Daylight Time: Sunday, Oct 26, 1:00 am

Where to watch

Once it airs in Japan, episode 4 will be available to stream on Crunchyroll as part of the platform’s Fall 2025 anime lineup. Crunchyroll has it in North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

In Japan, new episodes broadcast on ANN’s TV Asahi, BS Asahi, and AT-X. In Southeast Asia, Medialink releases episodes on Ani-One Asia’s YouTube channel.

Last time on HojoMaho (episode 3 recap)

We’re three episodes in, and the party headed down to level 64 of the dungeon, which locals lovingly call the 'Tank killing floor.' Not subtle.

Ornest immediately starts mowing through undead skeletons with his relic spear, Almaresteca — the show makes a point of saying it’s both eternally sharp and unbreakable. Meanwhile, Alec spots an invisible threat: a Grim Reaper. The team clears the opening wave, then goes hunting for the floor boss.

Instead they find another adventurer, Loki, sprinting from a boss-tier monster and yelling for help. Alec is not fooled. He knows Loki’s whole deal — calculating, slippery, and annoyingly brilliant. Loki tries to trap his way out with magic, but Alec cuts in, dismantles the monster with surgical precision, and then lets Ornest finish it off.

That’s when Loki starts playing the long game. He says the royal team blew it when they let Alec go, and he dangles a pricey relic called Schwart in front of him. The catch: Loki will only hand over Schwart if Alec takes down the floor’s final boss without using any magic. That’s not a small ask.

What episode 4 is lining up

Episode 3 quietly reveals the final boss: an undead suit of armor. Translation: high defense, low patience, and probably some gimmick that punishes brute force. So now Alec has to solve that puzzle under Loki’s no-magic condition if he wants Schwart.

Expect next week to deliver the actual boss fight and pull back the curtain on what Loki is angling for with this little challenge. The guy doesn’t do anything for free, and 'no magic' is a very specific constraint for a former court magician — which is exactly why it should be fun to watch him break the problem with pure strategy.