The BEST episodes directed by Hajime Ohtani

Black Mist / Light
star
8.70
49 votes

#1 - Black Mist / Light

March Comes in Like a Lion - Season 2 - Episode 12

After Hinata’s class returns from the trip, the atmosphere in the classroom changes again in a different and strange direction. At long last, Hinata's guardians are being called in for a parent-teacher-student conference.

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The Other House / Child of March Town
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8.54
44 votes

#2 - The Other House / Child of March Town

March Comes in Like a Lion - Season 2 - Episode 22

Rei finally pays a visit to his adoptive mother's residence, after neglecting to visit ever since he moved out. Afterwards, Rei invites Hina and Takahashi for some monja as a last farewell. But before Hina starts high school, she decides to do something drastic.

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Lily: Purity
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8.20
10 votes

#3 - Lily: Purity

Assault Lily: BOUQUET - Season 1 - Episode 11

As Riri and the others continue to grieve, Yuyu isolates herself, tormented by visions of Misuzu. As the Huge attack Yurigaoka as they never have before, Yuyu is forced to question the truth of her relationship to her late Schutzengel.

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The Dark Star that Shines for You Alone (Part 3)
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8.10
10 votes

#4 - The Dark Star that Shines for You Alone (Part 3)

Pretty Boy Detective Club - Season 1 - Episode 3

On their way home from school, Mayumi Dojima and Manabu Sotoin are abducted by a group that call themselves the Twenties. They are after a secret hidden within the star that Mayumi saw ten years ago. The remaining members of the Pretty Boy Detective Club take action to save their friends and finally face the Twenties in a battle! What will Mayumi’s decision be after the search for the missing star ends?

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Bouquet: Flower Language
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8.09
11 votes

#5 - Bouquet: Flower Language

Assault Lily: BOUQUET - Season 1 - Episode 12

The most powerful Huge yet is attacking Yurigaoka, and Riri is the only one left who can fight! Can Yuyu overcome her past in time to join her? And what can the other Lilies do against an enemy that disables their weapons?

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Violet: Daydreaming, You Occupy My Thoughts
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8.06
17 votes

#6 - Violet: Daydreaming, You Occupy My Thoughts

Assault Lily: BOUQUET - Season 1 - Episode 6

Riri's newly formed legion goes to watch an experienced legion fight to study teamwork. The Huge they're fighting, however, is more than it seems, and Riri and Yuyu's bond will be tested like never before.

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The Swindler, the Vanishing Man, and the Pretty Boys (Part 1)
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8.00
10 votes

#7 - The Swindler, the Vanishing Man, and the Pretty Boys (Part 1)

Pretty Boy Detective Club - Season 1 - Episode 4

The Pretty Boy Detective Club obtains an invitation to a mysterious casino called Reasonable Doubt. When they arrive at the casino, they find that all the patrons and employees appear to be middle school kids. The manager of the casino, Lai Fudatsuki, challenges Nagahiro Sakiguchi to a showdown, and if Nagahiro wins, he acquires the right to operate the casino!

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Burnt Field (Part 3) / Burnt Field (Part 4)
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7.93
41 votes

#8 - Burnt Field (Part 3) / Burnt Field (Part 4)

March Comes in Like a Lion - Season 2 - Episode 18

It’s the final match of the Kishou Championship and the honorary title of “Eternal Kishou” is on the line for Yanagihara. As the shogi game approaches the final stage, Shimada is dominating. Yanagihara reflects on how he’s been entrusted with metaphorical relay race-like “sashes” from friends who have given up or retired from the professional shogi world. Even while feeling bound by this pressure, Yanagihara continues to play.

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The Pretty Boy in the Attic (Part 2)
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7.89
9 votes

#9 - The Pretty Boy in the Attic (Part 2)

Pretty Boy Detective Club - Season 1 - Episode 7

The artist who created the paintings found in the attic was a former art teacher named Kowako Towai. She was a suspect in a kidnapping case that happened seven years ago. How will the Pretty Boy Detective Club solve the mystery of the thirty-three paintings in the attic and the kidnapping case?

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The Pretty Boy in the Attic (Part 1)
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7.80
10 votes

#10 - The Pretty Boy in the Attic (Part 1)

Pretty Boy Detective Club - Season 1 - Episode 6

During the renovation of the Pretty Boy Detective Club headquarters, the team finds thirty-three paintings in the attic. The mysterious paintings appear to be based on works by legendary painters but are missing human figures. Who created these paintings and for what purpose? While the members of the Pretty Boy Detective Club each present their own theories, they find their way to the person who created the paintings...

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The Pretty Boy on D. Hill (Part 3)
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7.78
9 votes

#11 - The Pretty Boy on D. Hill (Part 3)

Pretty Boy Detective Club - Season 1 - Episode 12

On the day of the elections for student council president, Kinshiro Yokuya, Mayumi’s rival candidate and classmate, sits next to her. Before Mayumi’s speech, Kinshiro sets his last trap...! Will the Pretty Boy Detective Club be able to protect Yubiwa Academy?

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The Swindler, the Vanishing Man, and the Pretty Boys (Part 2)
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7.70
10 votes

#12 - The Swindler, the Vanishing Man, and the Pretty Boys (Part 2)

Pretty Boy Detective Club - Season 1 - Episode 5

Nagahiro loses to Lai, but the Pretty Boy Detective Club figures out the trick that Lai used to win. In order to battle Lai again, they sneak into the Reasonable Doubt Casino. But at the moment of the showdown, the detectives are met with an unexpected situation! What will be the outcome of the battle between the rival middle schools?

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Passing the Night / Kyoto
star
7.67
70 votes

#13 - Passing the Night / Kyoto

March Comes in Like a Lion - Season 1 - Episode 19

Match Four of the Lion King Tournament begins in Kyoto. We find out a little more about the Challenger, and the reasons he continues to persist.

Setting Sun / Ramune
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7.66
55 votes

#14 - Setting Sun / Ramune

March Comes in Like a Lion - Season 2 - Episode 1

The After School Science Club merged with a proposed shogi club to become “the Shogi Science Club.” Club activities include Rei teaching the members how to play shogi and Rei being taught various science experiments. Rei realizes that he’s delighted to have a warm place where he belongs at school. With ramune in hand, he heads for the Kawamoto home.

Moist, Crispy
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7.50
2 votes

#15 - Moist, Crispy

Gourmet Girl Graffiti - Season 1 - Episode 4

Ryō becomes depressed when she learns classes are being cancelled next weekend due to a teacher training day. With Kirin having obligations with her family and Shiina sick from the rain, Ryō ends up spending her next Saturday alone, once again finding her food tasting bland without anyone to share it with. Whilst visiting the library to take her mind off things, she comes across her old friend Watanabe, who shows her all of the beginner cookbooks her grandmother used to borrow. Surprised to hear that her grandmother was once a terrible cook, Ryō learns that she only became serious about cooking for her, adjusting some of the book's recipes to suit her tastes. Upon getting hungry, Ryō nostalgically checks out the nearby convenience store, picking out the same things she used to as a child, her thoughts of her grandmother making them taste delicious. Learning another key to good food is thinking about the person you love, Ryō makes preparations for Kirin's next visit.

The Dark Star that Shines for You Alone (Part 2)
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7.47
17 votes

#16 - The Dark Star that Shines for You Alone (Part 2)

Pretty Boy Detective Club - Season 1 - Episode 2

The members of the Pretty Boy Detective Club: Manabu Sotoin, Nagahiro Sakiguchi, Michiru Fukuroi, Hyota Ashikaga, and Sosaku Yubiwa, along with Mayumi Dojima, visit the location where she saw the lost star ten years ago. The deadline imposed by her parents to stop searching for the star is quickly approaching. Meanwhile, she finds herself being tailed by a shadowy figure! She escapes from its evil clutches only to be told a shocking truth from the Pretty Boy Detective Club...

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The Pretty Boy on D. Hill (Part 1)
star
7.33
9 votes

#17 - The Pretty Boy on D. Hill (Part 1)

Pretty Boy Detective Club - Season 1 - Episode 10

The student council elections are coming up at Yubiwa Academy Middle School, and Wana Naganawa, the current student council vice-president and leading presidential candidate, is forced to withdraw her candidacy after becoming the victim of a hit-and-run accident. The Pretty Boy Detective Club sense that there is a conspiracy behind the elections and begin their search for the suspect. They set up Mayumi as a new candidate to run in the elections but...

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The Pretty Boy Traveling with the Brocade Portrait (Part 1)
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7.25
8 votes

#18 - The Pretty Boy Traveling with the Brocade Portrait (Part 1)

Pretty Boy Detective Club - Season 1 - Episode 8

A huge oshie-hagoita (wooden paddle decorated with a brocade portrait) from an anonymous sender suddenly arrives at the art room that has been transformed into the Pretty Boy Detective Club headquarters. The Pretty Boy Detective Club deduce that the sender was Kodaki Kawaike, a first-year student at Yubiwa Academy and Nagahiro’s young fiancée. Contrary to her beautiful looks, Kodaki is feared by the Detective Club members as a demon...

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The Pretty Boy Traveling with the Brocade Portrait (Part 2)
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7.25
8 votes

#19 - The Pretty Boy Traveling with the Brocade Portrait (Part 2)

Pretty Boy Detective Club - Season 1 - Episode 9

The reason for Kodaki’s strange behavior remains unclear, but her family background and an “incident” that occurred in the past between her and the Pretty Boy Detective Club becomes apparent. Nagahiro finally decides to break his engagement with Kodaki. What will be the fate between the girl known as the devil and the Pretty Boy Detective Club?

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Simeon Girls Force
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7.09
43 votes

#20 - Simeon Girls Force

Needless - Season 1 - Episode 5

Disk explains that Adam is a failed attempt at cloning the 'Second' and that that is the reason that Simeon is so interested in him. However, before they can continue there discussion they are attacked by the Simeon Girl's Force. During the battle Mio reveals her true colours and Eve is kidnapped.

The Dark Star that Shines for You Alone (Part 1)
star
7.00
19 votes

#21 - The Dark Star that Shines for You Alone (Part 1)

Pretty Boy Detective Club - Season 1 - Episode 1

Mayumi Dojima gazes at the stars from the rooftop of Yubiwa Academy Middle School. She has been searching for a star that she saw in the night sky ten years ago. She meets a mysterious and beautiful boy named Manabu Sotoin who suddenly takes her to the headquarters of the Pretty Boy Detective Club, where she meets five pretty boys with unique personalities. She asks the Pretty Boy Detective Club to search for the lost star but...

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The Pretty Boy on D. Hill (Part 2)
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6.88
8 votes

#22 - The Pretty Boy on D. Hill (Part 2)

Pretty Boy Detective Club - Season 1 - Episode 11

With the help of Odoru Sotoin, Manabu Sotoin’s older brother and the founder of the Pretty Boy Detective Club, Mayumi steadily gains more supporters in the election. However, the Detective Club is unable to solve Wana Nagawa’s hit-and-run case, let alone find any clues. The culprit behind the hit-and-run case is now targeting Mayumi and...

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It's Proof of the End of a Friendship
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6.86
37 votes

#23 - It's Proof of the End of a Friendship

Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story - Season 1 - Episode 2

Iroha remembers that her wish was to cure her younger sister, Ui’s, illness; however, there is no sign of Ui’s existence in her life. She goes to Kamihama City to find clues about her, but is attacked by a Witch and subsequently saved by a trio of Magical Girls, Momoko, Rena, and Kaede. There is a rumor going around about the Friendship Ending Staircase at Rena and Kaede’s school. Momoko and the others believe that a Witch is involved in the rumor, so they’ve been investigating it, but…

Lily of the Valley: Return of Happiness
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6.83
24 votes

#24 - Lily of the Valley: Return of Happiness

Assault Lily: BOUQUET - Season 1 - Episode 2

Riri is determined to get Yuyu to agree to be her Schutzengel and find out what changed her, but Yuyu won't even talk to her. Riri works out her feelings as she learns her way around Yurigaoka Academy.

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Lilith Temptation
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6.71
7 votes

#25 - Lilith Temptation

Needless - Season 1 - Episode 14

Kuchinashi unleashes her most powerful weapon, the wickedly deceptive Lillith Temptation.

Searing, Slurping
star
6.50
2 votes

#26 - Searing, Slurping

Gourmet Girl Graffiti - Season 1 - Episode 11

Kirin again! Ryou's parents sent her another mysterious package from overseas...last time it was Japanese rice, and I smell something distinctly Japanese wafting through the cardboard. They're...interesting people. Ryou says she's not as lonely as she used to be, even though I'm sure she misses them. And since she's studying so hard for exams, I've decided to make her a late-night study snack! Something undeniably motherly!

Saten
star
6.17
6 votes

#27 - Saten

Needless - Season 1 - Episode 23

Saten announces his plans for domination and reveals who he plans to have sit by his side as he rules.

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