The BEST episodes directed by Hiroshi Watanabe

Three Vessels: Lost Inari
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9.71
34 votes

#1 - Three Vessels: Lost Inari

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 9

A low-profile girl named Inao Kaede claims to be a fortune-teller. At the sign of her continued success, a female student named Nishino apologizes to Inao for previously making fun of her fortune telling and requests she kill a college student who she claims is stalking her every day.

Three Vessels: Yuzuki
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9.65
35 votes

#2 - Three Vessels: Yuzuki

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 25

Yuzuki lived happily with her parents, until her father, a bus driver, died in a bus crash due to faulty brakes. The whole town accused the Mikage family of murder and being irresponsible. Sick and without means to support herself she decides to leave.

Three Vessels: Inside the Straw
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9.62
35 votes

#3 - Three Vessels: Inside the Straw

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 17

Yuzuki visits a mansion to visit the elderly woman she saw in her vision. However, a much younger woman comes to the door and claims that there is no one in the house who fits the description. Meanwhile, Yamawaro begs to be a doll.

Three Vessels: The Back Front
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9.61
34 votes

#4 - Three Vessels: The Back Front

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 21

Kaito accesses the Hell Correspondence website to send his unborn sister to Hell.

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Three Vessels: Mayfly
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9.61
34 votes

#5 - Three Vessels: Mayfly

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 24

Yuzuki realizes that nobody at school or in her neighborhood knows who she is. Tsugumi has given up hope of stopping the Jigoku and concludes that Yuzuki is not a person of this world anymore. Tsugumi notices that all this time,Yuzuki's life was an illusion.When Yuzuki returns home, she finds her apartment in derelict state and makes a horrifying discovery in the ruins.

Three Vessels: The Girl Who was Taken
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9.61
36 votes

#6 - Three Vessels: The Girl Who was Taken

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 1

Since Ai's death, her companions have gone their separate ways. But Kikuri announces her return, and they gather as faculty and staff at a school.

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Two Mirrors: Hone-Onna's Wet Holiday
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9.59
67 votes

#7 - Two Mirrors: Hone-Onna's Wet Holiday

Hell Girl - Season 2 - Episode 10

Hone Onna meets a director named Negoro Tetsuro. He wants Hone Onna to be the protagonist (Sone Anna) in his film. He is obsessed about writing screen plays. He has a wife and two lovers but seems uninterested in all of them. Eventually Tetsuro’s wife, one of his lovers (Kumiko-chan) and Hone Onna become good friends. Then they decided to go to the hot springs. But being clumsy and foolish, Tetsuro bumps into a stranger’s car and a few hours later, spills coffee on him. That man, named Gyouta Hauhiroku, sends Tetsuro to hell. In the end, Hone Onna erases herself from Kumiko and Tetsuro's wife's memories. This episode depicts the flash-backs of Hone Onna.

Three Vessels: The Six-Script Lantern
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9.58
34 votes

#8 - Three Vessels: The Six-Script Lantern

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 13

Azusa Mayama feels that chief of investigation, Norihisa who is Akie's father, halted investigation on an automotive accident involving her father and a son of the prestigious Tsujinobashi family, reporting it as an accident to prevent the truth from being known. In order to get revenge, she befriends Akie, intending to betray her.

Three Vessels: Twilight Hill
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9.56
34 votes

#9 - Three Vessels: Twilight Hill

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 23

Fumio Mizuhara is constantly bullied by Tomohide Matsuda whose little sister is inquiring about the whereabouts of their father. Fumio later discovers the Hell brand on Tomohide's chest and deduces that he has sent his abusive father to Hell.

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Three Vessels: Flower and Moon
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9.56
34 votes

#10 - Three Vessels: Flower and Moon

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 22

Sumika is the twin sister of the famous actress and model, Yuika. Despite Yuika's upbeat facade, she is a cruel and spiteful person who forces her twin sister to do all her own work while acquiring all that Sumika desires: fame and love. When the two switch roles, one of the sisters will access the Hell Hotline.

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Three Vessels: Trap of Temptation
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9.56
34 votes

#11 - Three Vessels: Trap of Temptation

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 16

Naowa sends a coworker to hell because of his suspicious behavior.

Three Vessels: Street Corner of Malice
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9.54
34 votes

#12 - Three Vessels: Street Corner of Malice

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 14

Convenience store worker Tsuzuki Kinya offers to take care of Kashiwagi Hidemi after she misses the last train home. As they are walking together, someone takes a picture of them and posts it online. Because Tsuzuki looks like a delinquent the people around Kashiwagi become suspicious. Kashiwagi will send the person who uploaded the picture to Hell for giving her a bad reputation.

Three Vessels: Snow, Moon, Flowers
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9.53
35 votes

#13 - Three Vessels: Snow, Moon, Flowers

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 19

Kaori has a sister who is the product of her father's affair with another woman. When the love child shows up and demands to be made part of the family, Kaori's friend discovers that she also has plans to murder Kaori for her share of inheritance.

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Three Vessels: Cicada
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9.53
36 votes

#14 - Three Vessels: Cicada

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 5

A student's grandmother begins a vendetta against Mio, her teacher, for a supposed slight against her granddaughter Ririka. When Ririka refuses to comes to Mio's defense, Mio access the Hell Hotline.

Three Vessels: Rabbit and Tortoise
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9.50
34 votes

#15 - Three Vessels: Rabbit and Tortoise

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 15

Shinohara Usagi, nicknamed 'tortoise', is a schoolgirl who is always being helped by her friends because she is so slow at making any kind of decision. One day, a boy named Endo asks her to date him inspiring glowers of jealously from her friends. However, out of jealousy, her brother Michito forces him to break up with her. The sibling rivalry forces Usagi to contact the Hell Hotline.

Three Vessels: My Teacher
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9.50
36 votes

#16 - Three Vessels: My Teacher

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 6

A group of students infatuated with Hone Onna compete with one another for her affections. The competition turns ugly, and one of the students accesses the Hell Hotline.

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Three Vessels: Spiritual Locus
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9.49
34 votes

#17 - Three Vessels: Spiritual Locus

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 26

Takasugi wants to send Azusa to hell because she took away Akie's life. Yuzuki was eager in awaiting Takasugi to pull the string, but Takasugi backed out, saying Azusa would go to hell after she dies anyway. Angry at this, Yuzuki decides to send Azusa to hell anyway.

Three Vessels: Special Radio
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9.47
34 votes

#18 - Three Vessels: Special Radio

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 18

Chiriko has fallen in love with the radio show "Midnight Silence" DJ Joutarou, who often reads her letters on-air. She is approached by a girl named Haname who claims to be another well-known mail sender. The two quickly become friends. But Haname understands the DJ is just a persona, not reality – and showing the reality to Chiriko causes her to react badly and contact the Hell Hotline.

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Three Vessels: The Blotted Page
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9.46
35 votes

#19 - Three Vessels: The Blotted Page

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 11

Kamisaka Rokurou is a novelist whose mystery genre book, The Skyscraper's Shadow, has gotten publicity because of strange incidents resembling its plot. The first victim's older sister, Michio Yui, meets with Kamisaka and the murderer, Chouchi Hiroto, to see which one of them is to blame. She intends to send one of them to Hell.

Three Vessels: Caged Bird
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9.42
36 votes

#20 - Three Vessels: Caged Bird

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 2

Yuzuki is still disturbed by her encounter with Ai. Meanwhile, a middle school girl has developed a crush on a middle-aged shopkeeper -- and a grudge against her abusive husband.

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Three Vessels: The Goldfish in the Mirror
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9.42
34 votes

#21 - Three Vessels: The Goldfish in the Mirror

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 10

A boy named Ichimura Kazuya is a marathon runner. He does the morning rounds of newspaper in order to support his mother’s habit of buying kimonos from a charming salesperson. His parents are constantly fighting, so his mother uses money (she believes they are from the husband) to buy kimonos. Kazuya’s hatred for the salesperson drives him to the Hell Hotline.

Three Vessels: Hell Doctor vs. Hell Girl
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9.36
34 votes

#22 - Three Vessels: Hell Doctor vs. Hell Girl

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 20

Yamawaro and Kikuri approach a large mansion belonging to a client but are unable to enter due to an encircling barrier. At night, the owner of that mansion accesses the Hell Correspondence website and types Tsugumi's name. Each sensing the request, Yuzuki, Ai, and Tsugumi make their ways towards the mansion. Once they gather, he explains that he yearned to meet Ai.

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Three Vessels: The Rotten Fruit
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9.33
37 votes

#23 - Three Vessels: The Rotten Fruit

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 3

Aspiring singers at the same talent agency, Jun bullied Masako until she gave up on her dream. After Jun becomes a pop idol, Masako demands that Jun support her own debut as a singer. Jun refuses. Enraged, Masako accesses the Hell Correspondence website, receiving Hone Onna as doll.

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Three Vessels: Mid-Summer Graph
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9.32
34 votes

#24 - Three Vessels: Mid-Summer Graph

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 12

Nomura Nobuo is a struggling manga artist who works part-time at a food store beside the pool. Every time someone agitates him, he draws stickers for them and puts their face up on his calendar chart. The person who reaches the girl's breasts first will be sent to hell.

Three Vessels: Elder Brother
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9.26
37 votes

#25 - Three Vessels: Elder Brother

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 4

When the bullied Yukawa is rescued by the kendo-practitioner, Nishida Shin, Nishada becomes Yukawa’s hero. However, he fails to save a man assaulted on a bus, and Yukawa's image of his hero is shattered. He accesses the Hell Correspondence website, receiving Ren as a doll, to send Nishida to Hell.

Three Vessels: Liar
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9.18
36 votes

#26 - Three Vessels: Liar

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 7

Inuo’s father left his mother and, ashamed, the two left Tokyo. Inuo lies about the situation at his new school but confides in a friend, Washizu – which incurs his mother’s wrath. Washizu spreads the truth and tries to motivate him to seek help; it only motivates Inuo to contact the Hell Hotline.

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Three Vessels: Next Door
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9.15
37 votes

#27 - Three Vessels: Next Door

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 8

Yuzuki rescues a lost dog, and a neighbor of the owner, enraged that the bracelet she prizes turns out to be a dog collar also worn by the dog, tries everything in her power to get rid of Hatsumi’s dog – including poisoning it. Hatsumi can no longer take it and accesses the Hell Hotline.

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The Eternal City of Revaiva (Part 2)
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8.00
3 votes

#28 - The Eternal City of Revaiva (Part 2)

Jing: King of Bandits - Season 1 - Episode 7

Welcome to the Eternal City of Revaiva!! Jing, Kir, and Vermouth have finally made it. Unfortunately, they brought Pernod and China Lilet along. Through some rather hilarious antics, we meet the king of Revaiva, King Cointreau. He's been living here for who knows how long,....and he believes that it is Jing's destiny to become Revaiva's next eternal king. Again through some rather odd circumstances, we discover that Vermouth is actually a perpetual motion devise that the king had been perfecting. He'd sent her out seeking the new king and when she'd seen Jing,....well,...how could he not be the king? After defeating Pernod and China Lilet, (like we didn't know that would happen,....-_-) King Cointreau gives Jing the water of the fountain of youth, said to being forth immortality. As the odd king dies, feeling as if his kingdom was in good hands, Jing knows he can't drink the potion. If he did,....he'd never be able to find his beloved mother again,...for it is said that the k

The Masquerade Ball of ZaZa (Part 3)
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8.00
3 votes

#29 - The Masquerade Ball of ZaZa (Part 3)

Jing: King of Bandits - Season 1 - Episode 13

The fight continued on until the night with Jing and the red-armored warrior matching each other blow for blow. Just as Jing disarms the warrior's sword, Cube smashes the warrior to gain vengeance. The armor shatters and to everyone's shock, it revealed Miss Stir! Before anyone can act, Jing carried Stir and jumped towards the Madame's balcony so she can rest. Baffle suddenly captures Jing and hopes to execute him, but Angostura halts Baffle letting him know the law in ZaZa. Jing, ever so crafty, decides to have one more battle with Baffle. However, before the match, he switched masks and clothes with Angostura in order to reach Stir and the Vintage Smile. During Stir's rest, the cold-hearted Madame cried and took off her mask revealing her face. Then, everything in ZaZa was back to normal. Jing got the Vintage Smile while his friend Ginjou got everything else. However, Baffle was on Jing's trail and Jing finally put an end to the D'Ice Brothers' evil with a Kir Royale blast. Afterwards, Kir started to get that look in Jing's eye that something happened between him and Stir. When the masquerade ball was back to dancing instead of fighting, Stir put off every man who wanted to dance with her so she can save the first dance for Jing.

Industrial Revolution, Part 4
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7.75
4 votes

#30 - Industrial Revolution, Part 4

Hetalia: World Stars - Season 1 - Episode 8

The United Kingdom realized that industrial products needed design. I learned from Italy, but I don't know what I'm talking about. So I decided to invite Japan as an art coach.

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The Masquerade Ball of ZaZa (Part 1)
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7.67
3 votes

#31 - The Masquerade Ball of ZaZa (Part 1)

Jing: King of Bandits - Season 1 - Episode 11

Jing and Kir are in ZaZa planning to attend what was thought of as a masquerade ball, but it turns out the sign read "Mas Corrida", and corrida is a bullfighting term. Suddenly, Jing and Kir are in the middle of a nationwide masked gladiator tournament to determine the new Earl of ZaZa and receive the Vintage Smile, a pearl white mask Jing came to steal. Jing finds out from Angostura Sr., that Madame DuBonnet didn't mourn for the loss of her husband, but was severely crushed when her only son, Lemon, was murdered by his uncle. The Madame grew cold and heartless, and ordered these tournaments to force everyone to fight until no warrior is left standing. Her main targets are the D'Ice Brothers: Baffle, Crash and Cube, the three who assassinated Lemon. After humiliating an opponent in true bandit fashion, Jing witnesses Cube's devastating defeat at the hands of a mysterious warrior in blood-red armor and demon motifs.

Industrial Revolution, Part 3
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7.50
2 votes

#32 - Industrial Revolution, Part 3

Hetalia: World Stars - Season 1 - Episode 7

Industrial Revolution in Russia. Russia, which was a little late for the waves, was swayed by a changing boss. He requested that he be in Latvia in order to aim for industrial development.

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Industrial Revolution, Part 2
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7.33
3 votes

#33 - Industrial Revolution, Part 2

Hetalia: World Stars - Season 1 - Episode 6

Unable to keep up with the wave of the Italian Industrial Revolution, Romano travels to the United States. Britain, on the other hand, sought improvements in industrial products and listened around.

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The Little Girl from the Technicolor Town
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7.33
3 votes

#34 - The Little Girl from the Technicolor Town

Jing: King of Bandits - Season 1 - Episode 5

This one's really strange people! Jing and Kir find their way into the Technicolor Town of Pompier. Kir ends up befriending another bird, sort of. She asks him to save a young girl who is being auctioned off. Unfortunately, Drambuie is after them, for he wants to girl to add to his art collection. Later, Jing finds out that this girl's father had turned her into a living master piece of art and all she wants to find her missing father. Jing helps her and he finds a treasure to precious to steal. The love between father and daughter.

Don't Drop the Por Vora
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7.33
3 votes

#35 - Don't Drop the Por Vora

Jing: King of Bandits - Season 1 - Episode 8

ok! this one's really funny in my point of view! Jing and Kir have a new treasure to steal (It has something to do with finishing the Solar System) The literally have to steal Jupiter! anyway, they meet up with yet another girl, only this time she's an older woman! and yes, you will all be pleased to know Kir hit on her too! anyway, they find out that she has a story of her own, about her father and the men running the mines in the area. Those men are using little creatures called Por Vora to help blow the rock away from where they're digging. (NOTE: yes, por vora are explosive) you have a huge problem if you drop these creatures because they'll blow you to kingdom come, and it kills the little creature. So Jing and Kir help out with transporting these two por vora and they get caught up in the Azara's(the Jing girl for this episode) own personal strife against the miners. Find out the conclusion by watching the show!!

Czech and Slovakia, Part 2
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7.33
3 votes

#36 - Czech and Slovakia, Part 2

Hetalia: World Stars - Season 1 - Episode 4

After discussing the hyphen issue, the Czech Republic and Slovakia have decided to live separately. But there is loneliness in living alone ...

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Spa Competition and Spain's Kitchen
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7.33
3 votes

#37 - Spa Competition and Spain's Kitchen

Hetalia: World Stars - Season 1 - Episode 11

Spa powers Czech and Hungary. To have a third party decide which is better. On the other hand, Spain, which was told at the World Congress that there are too many olive groves, insists on its importance ...?

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The Adonis Capital of Time (Part 2)
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7.33
3 votes

#38 - The Adonis Capital of Time (Part 2)

Jing: King of Bandits - Season 1 - Episode 4

Part 2 of Jing's adventure in Adonis! In this episode, Jing fights face to face with Master Gear. Mirabell and her comrades help get Jing into the clock tower, said to be the place where the infamous Demon of Time lives. However, Jing knows different. He believes the Grapes of Time are inside the tower and with Mirabell he finds them there. Unfortunately, the grapes have been manipulated to control every clock in Adonis according to Master Gear and Sherrie's wishes. Together, Jing and Mirabell find the last remaining untarnished grapes and Jing, of course, steals them. Eventually, Jing and Kir are able to defeat the evil Master Gear and free the sleepy town of the tyranny of time,....!

Industrial Revolution, Part 5
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7.25
4 votes

#39 - Industrial Revolution, Part 5

Hetalia: World Stars - Season 1 - Episode 9

Britain arrives at an industrial design that only machines can do. On the other hand, the United States has become the number one in the world. In everyone's car discussion, China seems to be good at it alone ...?

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Get better!
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7.20
5 votes

#40 - Get better!

Hetalia: World Stars - Season 1 - Episode 12

I want to know a little strange festival, so I ask everyone to introduce me to an interesting festival. And Italy, who was worried about Germany's continued illness, decided to ask Japan for a spell and a prayer.

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The Eternal City of Revaiva (Part 1)
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7.00
3 votes

#41 - The Eternal City of Revaiva (Part 1)

Jing: King of Bandits - Season 1 - Episode 6

These next two episodes are fun! Jing and Kir meet yet another young girl. She's called Vermouth and she's trying to find her way to the legendary Eternal City of Revaiva. Unbeknownst to the group, Pernod and China Lilet are on their tails, also wanting to discover the Eternal City and to live forever, as the rumors say. This entire episode spans their journey to The Eternal City,....when they get there in the next episode is where the real action starts!

The Musical Island of Coco-Oco
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7.00
3 votes

#42 - The Musical Island of Coco-Oco

Jing: King of Bandits - Season 1 - Episode 9

This episode is really sweet. Unfortunately, there is barely any Jing in this one! It's basically all Kir. To start off, Jing and Kir travel to the Musical island of Coco-Oco. This place has a mystery to it. Some say the reason people inhabited this island is because they wanted to hear the mystical flute. Along the way, Kir and Jing have a kind of falling out and they go their seperate ways. Kir hangs out with yet another girl, but she's having problems of her own with her love interest Russian. What can Kir do to help out this poor loveless girl? And whatever happened to Jing? Find out on episode ten oj King of Bandit Jing!

The Lullaby of the Por Vora
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7.00
3 votes

#43 - The Lullaby of the Por Vora

Jing: King of Bandits - Season 1 - Episode 10

Jing finds the secret Por Vora city Bluwari and is invited to stay there forever but he declines. A trio of criminals infiltrate the building and hack into a room 'that should not be opened' and thus the self-destruct mechanism was turned on to ensure that the Por Vora secret never leaked out.

The Masquerade Ball of ZaZa (Part 2)
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7.00
3 votes

#44 - The Masquerade Ball of ZaZa (Part 2)

Jing: King of Bandits - Season 1 - Episode 12

Jing has advanced into the Black Corrida, which is the final stages of battle. During the time, more plotting from the D'Ice Brothers are in the works to take the role of Earl by force, while Jing plots his own caper. Miss Stir unexpectedly comes across Jing while walking through the palace, but she didn't notice him as the King of Bandits. After defeating Crash, Jing finds himself surrounded by all three D'Ice Brothers, but one Kir Royale later and the brothers get blasted. Having escaped the D'Ice Brothers' wrath, Jing finds himself face to face with the demonic warrior who brutalized Cube who is simply known as "The Warrior of the Rising Son".

Oddballs, Part 2
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7.00
4 votes

#45 - Oddballs, Part 2

Hetalia: World Stars - Season 1 - Episode 2

What do we do if extraterrestrials approach Earth? America's suggestion causes a commotion at the World Conference. Meanwhile, China attempts panda diplomacy with Japan.

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Industrial Revolution, Part 1
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7.00
4 votes

#46 - Industrial Revolution, Part 1

Hetalia: World Stars - Season 1 - Episode 5

The time is the 18th century. The world has reached a time of change. Great industry, starting with a small awareness and efficiency in Britain

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Industrial Revolution, Part 6
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7.00
5 votes

#47 - Industrial Revolution, Part 6

Hetalia: World Stars - Season 1 - Episode 10

Romano, who went to the United States, was worried about Spain and consulted. Portugal comes to visit such Spain. Somehow these two are similar ...? The Industrial Revolution edition is now complete!

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Czech and Slovakia, Part 1
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6.75
4 votes

#48 - Czech and Slovakia, Part 1

Hetalia: World Stars - Season 1 - Episode 3

Czech Republic and Slovakia have achieved their long-sought independence. Is it "Czechoslovakia" or "Czechoslovakia"? The Czech Republic and Slovakia's commitment to hyphens!

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Oddballs, Part 1
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6.50
4 votes

#49 - Oddballs, Part 1

Hetalia: World Stars - Season 1 - Episode 1

The World Conference is where countries gather and discuss how to resolve issues around the world. However, Italy is late once again. All the familiar faces show up and start off a new round of slapstick comedy!

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The Adonis Capital of Time (Part 1)
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6.40
5 votes

#50 - The Adonis Capital of Time (Part 1)

Jing: King of Bandits - Season 1 - Episode 3

Ok! On to Adonis for our heroes Jing and Kir. Adonis is a city controled entirely by the forces of time itself and Jing knows that this is the place to find the legendary Grapes of Time!! Along the way Jing rescues Mirabell, who Kir immediately falls for. She shows Kir and Jing the underground tunnel system of Adonis and they meet many characters who will help them defeat the evil Master Gear. Their plan? To stop time itself!!