Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

Episode 1

New Dragon, Ilulu! (Please Be Nice to Her Again)

23 mins

Tohru learns about a new Maid Café that's opened nearby and decides to work there during her free time. Kobayashi and Kanna drop by later to check on her just to find that she has become their head chef. Tohru uses dark magic to enchant the dishes served, which makes the café a success until she decides to quit, but reluctantly decides to teach the other maids to use dark magic as well. A few days later, Tohru and Kobayashi are attacked by Ilulu, an extremist from the Chaos Faction who berates Tohru for coexisting with humans. Tohru gets herself at a disadvantage against Ilulu as she protects the city from her attacks until Kobayashi enlists Elma's help by bribing her with sweets, allowing Tohru to fight with all her power and defeat Ilulu. Ilulu later returns and attempts to seduce Kobayashi but fails. Certain that Kobayashi has not fallen for her because she's also female, Ilulu retreats for a while, but not before transforming Kobayashi into a male.

Episode 2

Hot Guy Kobayashi! (In Many Ways)

23 mins

After being transformed into a male, Kobayashi spends the day fighting her sexual urges until the spell Ilulu placed on her wears off. Afterward, Ilulu is targeted by Cremene, a dragon hunter from the Harmony Faction and Kobayashi steps in to protect her. After briefly escaping, Ilulu confesses to Kobayashi that she always wanted to coexist with humans, but other dragons always dissuaded her, especially after her parents were killed by humans. Cremene finds the duo and decides to kill both until Tohru arrives and defeats him. After recovering at home, Kobayashi befriends Ilulu, who moves into her apartment.

Episode 3

Extracurricular Activities (Of Course They're Not Normal)

Kanna brings Riko home to play and introduces her to Ilulu. Ilulu wants to play with them, but is too shy to ask, until Lucoa pays a visit and encourages her. During a meeting with the others, Kobayashi's friends decide to design a maid uniform for her and on the occasion, she reveals the reason for her fondness for maid uniforms, despite not feeling pretty enough while wearing one. Bored with nothing to do when she is alone at home, Tohru looks for a new hobby until she is introduced to idol culture and decides to make merchandise and songs idolizing Kobayashi, much to Kobayashi and Kanna's chagrin.

Episode 4

When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do (It's Hard to Match Others)

23 mins

Elma challenges Kobayashi for a duel at work until Kobayashi realizes that Elma is just worried about her well-being due to a misunderstanding, and reassures her. Later, Tohru and Elma take part in the neighborhood watch and encounter some dragon-themed thugs, who mend their ways after Tohru easily defeats their leader. Afterward, Tohru and Kobayashi take Kanna, Riko, and Ilulu to the amusement park and enjoy some fun time together.

Episode 5

Together With You (Well, If We Get Along)

23 mins

Tohru and Elma tell Kobayashi the story of how they met and traveled together until they eventually parted ways due to their differences. Later, Ilulu starts working at a candy shop after being recommended by Tohru to look for a job. Taketo Aida, the grandson of the shop's owner, is tasked to teach Ilulu the ways of her new occupation and the two quickly become close.

Episode 6

Uncanny Relationships (One Side Is a Dragon)

23 mins

Fed up with being teased by Lucoa, Shouta looks for any weak point of her to have an advantage, but to no avail. Lucoa later explains to Shouta that her real weakness is to lose the place she calls home, revealing that she is only beside Shouta because she likes him. Meanwhile, Takiya attempts to have Fafnir vacate his apartment during his parents' visit but he refuses. Consulting with Shouta, Takiya obtains a magic orb to force Fafnir into a contract, but he refuses the attempt to subdue his friend, and they decide to settle the matter with a game. After hearing from a classmate that he once walked a long way from home, Riko and Kanna decide to walk the same path together, but on their way they stumble upon Elma in dragon form and Kanna convinces Riko that it was just CG.

Episode 7

Common Sense (Everyone is Out of Sync)

23 mins

Fafnir requests Lucoa's help to model for a manga he's drawing for an upcoming doujinshi convention. She agrees to help, even though she finds the story confusing (unaware of the connection to her relationship with Shouta), and the art unappealing. She decides to join Fafnir and Takiya in selling a book of cosplay photos, which completely sells out while Fafnir's still unable to sell anything. After sleeping in on her day off, Kobayashi talks with Tohru about what sleep is like for dragons, leading her to reflect with the other dragons about why they've started to sleep more often in the human world. Kanna, Riko, and three of their classmates decide to investigate ghosts for a class project, after hearing rumors of one being in the school. The students search after school where they learn the noise is just a broken window, however, Kanna discovers the true culprit is a fairy that got stuck in their world. Ilulu uses her magic to send the fairy back, and the students decide to investigate space next.

Episode 8

The World's Only (Insert Phrase You Like Here)

23 mins

Shouta tries to create a talisman for his dad for Father's Day, which Lucoa confuses as him making her a gift for "Tits Day". She asks to help but he insists to do it on his own. After several failed attempts, he seeks advice from Takiya, whose words inspire Shouta to go for a different approach, successfully creating the talisman. Kobayashi comes down with a cold, causing Tohru to worry about how to take care of her. Worried about her worsening state, Tohru returns to her world in search of a cure. By the time she returns, Kobayashi has started to feel better, and not wanting her to worry, takes the medicine she finds, which accidentally gives her cat ears and a tail. At her job, Ilulu notices a doll left behind and decides to look for its owner when they don't return. During the search, Take meets Kobayashi for the first time and becomes confused by their relationship. Despite it being seemingly fruitless, Ilulu persists, due to her own regretful feelings about abandoning a doll her old human friends had given her; seeing this Take continues to help. They successfully track down the owner who apologizes for initially abandoning it and thanks Ilulu for returning it.

Episode 9

There Are Various Reasons Behind It (It's Full of Elma)

23 mins

Elma tries to fight for better working conditions at her and Kobayashi's job, constantly re-writing her proposals whenever they're criticized or rejected. Her attempts lead them to have an encounter with their boss, Shouta's father, who knows about the dragons living in their world. Ultimately, even after starting up a labor union, all the proposals are promptly shut down by their boss, though it's revealed Elma just wanted to use it so she can get the station's limited sweets. Kanna, Riko, and Shouta ask Elma to chaperone them to go on a picnic since Kobayashi and Tohru are busy. The three sneak away at some point, and worried about being called useless by Tohru, Elma anxiously tries to find them, leading her to once again almost reveal herself as a dragon in front of Riko. Sometime later, Tohru and Elma have a training duel, watched over by Fafnir and Kobayashi. The two unleash their pent-up aggressions toward each other, leading Elma to admit how much she missed Tohru and just wanted to be friends with her again. The two reconcile and go back to their playful fighting.

Episode 10

Kanna's Summer Break (Broadcast In Two Languages!?)

23 mins

After a fight with Kobayashi, Kanna runs away and ends up in New York City. While there she meets a girl named Chloe, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, who she saves from a group of the mafia. The two spend the day playing around together until Kanna realizes she needs to return home and apologize to Kobayashi. The mafia men suddenly kidnap Chloe, so Kanna transforms into a dragon and scares them all off, before flying Chloe home, who had initially run away too. Kanna returns home to a sleeping Kobayashi and Tohru (who had been secretly watching over Kanna the whole time). During Summer Break, with Tohru and Ilulu at work and Saikawa on a family trip, Kobayashi and Kanna are left alone to relax at home. They decide to head outside where they spend the day exploring, studying manholes, and watching out for the rain, before returning home.

Episode 11

Premium Seat (No Extra Charge)

23 mins

Kobayashi suffers from low back pain because of the heavy workload and bad sitting posture and tries to relieve it by buying a lot of massage devices and having a massage by Ilulu and Kanna. Tohru also tries to help by feeding her tail and medicines from her world but gives up after asking Takiya and Elma. Finally, she finds out that her tail is the best massage chair for Kobayashi. After finding out about the similarities between the spell and coding languages, Kobayashi is suggested by Shouta's father to learn about Tohru's story. She then meets the Emperor of Demise, who tells her Tohru's story from his perspective as the leader of the Chaos faction. After that, Kobayashi hears the story again from Tohru herself to understand her feelings.

Episode 12

Life is Constant Change (But It's Okay To Stop And Appreciate It)

23 mins

After hearing everything about Tohru's story, Kobayashi starts to feel anxious regarding whether she deserves to be loved by someone like Tohru, especially with how well she's integrated herself into the human world. The group attends the Summer Festival where Tohru is assisting the maid cafe with their stall. Kanna and Saikawa wish to continue growing up together, Ilulu tells Take about how Kobayashi helped her rediscover her childish side, and Elma and Lucoa talk about the differences between their worlds' festivals. When Tohru finishes working, Kobayashi asks her to walk together alone, where she airs out her worries. Tohru once again states her love for Kobayashi as the fireworks go off. Sometime later, Lucoa invites everyone to a flower viewing in the dragon world. Tohru sets up the party in dedication to Kobayashi, including drinking, eating, and an arm-wrestling contest. By the end, Tohru reveals the party as a set-up for her and Kobayashi's wedding ceremony, transforming them both into wedding dresses. Kobayashi runs away and smiles, as everyone gives chase.

Episode 13

Japanese Hospitality (Attendance is a Dragon)

23 mins

Kanna's friend Chloe, who she met in New York City, came to Tokyo for a trip. They go to Akihabara and explore the Virtual Reality game, play the Gachapon machine and try street foods. The next day, Chloe experiences the daily life of Kanna and Riko and ends the night with a firework party at Kobayashi's apartment rooftop. Before Chloe returns back to her hometown in Minnesota the day after.