Episode 1

"The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me?" is the first episode of the Hachinan tte, Sore wa Nai Deshou! anime. It first premiered on April 2, 2020.

Summary
A Japanese salaryman falls asleep before waking up and finding himself in the body of a five-year-old noble boy named Wendelin von Benno Baumeister, during the wedding of his oldest brother Kurt and his wife Amalie.

Despite being nobles, Wendelin discovers the Baumeisters are poor according to the noble ranks and only own small farmlands which will be inherited by Kurt while the rest of his six older brothers have either married into other families, or found work as government officials or soldiers.

To Wendelin however, who understands he has nothing to inherit, he later discovers he has the ability to use magic. While searching for firewood for his family, Wendelin meets Alfred Reinford, who detected the boy's magic, saving him from a wild boar and vows to teach him how to use magic.

Trivia

 * This episode marks one of the rarest to be titled with the series' name, when most LN-based anime series concludes with this pattern at the last episode.