The BEST episodes directed by Hiroshi Koujina
#1 - A Demon Inhabits the Painting
Ushio and Tora (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 3
Hayuu Reiko is a student at Ushio's junior high school that is known as someone who doesn't want to live, due to the fact that she has attempted suicide multiple timees. One day, Ushio goes with Asako and others to an art exhibit of his favorite painter, and the portraits of Reiko catches his eye. Ushio eventually finds out that the Reiko in the portraits is the same Reiko that goes to his school, and asks her to be his model for his paintings. However, he finds out that death seems to follow those who try to get too close to her...
#2 - Showdown x On x The Airship
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 7
All the candidates are told by Beans, Neteros' secretary to get their dinner and rest and prepare for the third phase the next morning. Tonpa tries to commit sabotage again by trying to keep Kurapika and Leorio awake for the whole night, but is exasperated to find that none of them fall for his tricks. Gon and Killua explore the airship, and Killua tells Gon that he is actually from a family of assassins. He wished to strike out on his own, which his family has not taken lightly. Neteros arrives and tests both boys' instinct and asks how they felt about the difficulty of the exam. Neteros invites both of them to a game, whoever can grab the ball he is holding before dawn will immediately pass the exam. Gon and Killua find it too hard to pass up, but discovers that with Neteros' skills, they are unable to grab the ball. Eventually Killua realizes that with their skills, they will never be able to take the ball from Neteros for a year, if he keeps it up. Killua retires, but then takes it out on two candidates who harass him, by maiming and killing them. Gon continues trying to grab the ball, and uses a headbutt on Neteros. The old man realizes that Gon will crack his skull if he continues with his headbutt, so he uses his right hand to push Gon away from him. Gon then tells Neteros then he has managed to get him to use his right hand once, which he had not used from the start of the challenge. After his speech, Gon falls asleep from exhaustion.
#3 - Assault x And x Impact
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 52
The Troupe is attacking the auction with all their power. The Ten Dons hired assassins are no match, except for Zeno and Silva.
#4 - Signal x To x Retreat
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 58
Kurapika has captured Chrollo. He offers to release Chrollo if Pakunoda brings Gon and Killua to him. However, Kurapika is unable to control his emotions in the presence of the Troupe leader. Will Kurapika finally have his revenge?
#5 - Initiative x And x Law
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 57
The Phantom Troupe has learned that Kurapika was the one who killed Uvogin. It's only a matter of time before they realize that the captured Gon and Killua are working with Kurapika? Chrollo takes Gon and killua to the hotel lobby, where Paknoda and the other Troupe members are waiting. Suddenly, the lights go out. Gon and Killua try to escape in the darkness. But Chrollo is the one who has vanished...
#6 - Allies x And x Lies
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 55
After Chrollo tells fortunes for all of the Troupe members, they suspect that Hisoka has betrayed them. Hisoka's desire to fight Chrollo drives him to take a big risk by altering his own fortune. Meanwhile, after learning that the Troupe is still alive, Kurapika teams up with Gon and friends and work on a plan to capture Pakunoda.
#7 - Hisoka x Is x Sneaky
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 5
While following Satotz, a fog moves into the swamp and most of the participants are either rendered unconscious or killed by traps and verocious beasts. A group of candidates target Hisoka as they feel he's a threat. Gon and Killua are separated from Leorio and Kurapika and both sides are eventually attacked by monsters. Leorio and Kurapika encounter Hisoka about to be attacked by candidates but are shocked to watch the magician easily take the candidates down. Hisoka then targets Leorio and Kurapika, but realizing that they are no match for him, they decide to head in different directions to stop him from following. However, Leorio returns, unable to run away from a fight. As expected, Leorio is beaten badly by Hisoka. Before the melee can get any worse, Gon, who is separated from Killua, arrives to stop Hisoka. Although he is also no match for Hisoka, he manages to hit his face once before being strangled by Hisoka.
#8 - Rivals x In x Survival
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 3
With the navigators' help, Gon, Kurapika and Leorio arrive at Zaban City, the venue of the exam. The navigator leads them to a small restaurant, which is revealed to be the front for the venue. Gon's group is led to an elevator disguised as a back room, which leads a hundred floors underground. Below, they meet the rest of the participants and given their numbers. There they meet Tonpa, a regular participant who claims to have tried and failed 35 times in the exam.
#9 - Hope x And x Ambition
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 4
During the first test, a number of participants fall out from fatigue after running for at least forty kilometers. Leorio almost gives up until he is encouraged by Gon, who waits for him. Killua, a participant, is introduced and he is curious of Gon's personality when he discovers that the boy is the same age as him. Kurapika and Leorio talk about the reason for being a hunter, with Kurapika wanting to take down the Phantom Troupe as his clan was massacred by them for their precious scarlet eyes, which manifest when the Kurta uses their heightened sense. Leorio aims to be a hunter for money, for purely altruistic reasons, as his childhood friend died of an illness without the funds to save him. He wishes to be a doctor so he can give his patients free treatment. Finally, the participants reach the end of the tunnel they are in and up to the surface to the Numere Wetlands, also known as Swindlers' Swamp. Satotz warns them about the creatures using devious tactics to lure and eat their prey in the wetlands, and falling for their tricks equals death. A man claiming to be their original examiner says Satotz is a man-faced ape masquerading as their examiner to fool them. Hisoka, in the belief that a well-trained Hunter would be able to avoid attacks, throws his playing cards on Satotz and the man. The man is killed while Satotz stops the attack, revealing himself to be the real examiner. Hisoka is warned not to attack Satotz again otherwise he will be disqualified. Satotz tells the participants to follow him into the swamp, and if any of them loses sight of him, they will never reach the second venue.
#10 - Test x Of x Tests
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 2
Gon, Kurapika and Leorio reach Dolle Harbor and are given instructions by the captain to head for the cedar tree on the hilltop behind the city. Moving through a small town, the three are stopped by a group of people, where an old woman gives a question requring them to choose from two choices. Answering wrongly, refusing to answer or attempting to head back will result in failure of the exam.
#11 - Defeat x And x Disgrace
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 16
Kurapika and Leorio are being stalked by Hisoka, but they managed to negotiate their way out of a fight. However, the encounter leaves Hisoka aroused, so he leaves in search of a new target. Gon is able to use his fishing rod to snatch Hisoka's tag right when Hisoka attacks his target. However, as Gon tries to escape, he is attacked by another applicant and loses his tag...
#12 - Beloved x And x Beleaguered
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 56
Chrollo uses the information he has on Neon to identify the location of the chain user, Kurapika. Meanwhile, Killua is keeping an eye on the Phantom Troupe base when he is joined by Melody, who helps determine that the Troupe is headed towards Kurapika's hotel. The Troupe is finally closing in on Kurapika.
#13 - A x Surprising x Challenge
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 6
Gon and Kurapika reunite with Leorio and Killua at the Phase Two site. Satotz leads what remains of the candidates to meet the second phase examiners, named Menchi and Buhara. The examiners declare the next phase is to test their cooking skills, much to the candidates' disbelief. The test requires pork, so the candidates are sent to find pigs in the forest. However, the pigs living inside the forest are carnivorous and tear through the candidates. Thanks to Gon, they discover the pigs' weakness and they manage to each get one for their cooking. Upon tasting the candidates' cooking, Buhara gives a pass but Menchi fails all of them. Knowing the candidates will riot, Satotz informs Chairman Netoros of the Hunter Selection Committee to make an appearance. Netoros arrives to correct Menchi's habit of getting biased whenever it's related to cooking. Netoros allows Menchi to stay on as examiner, and she gives the candidates a retest: boil eggs laid by spider eagles on Mt. Split-in-Half. The candidates ride on Netoros' airship to the mountain where they learn they have to jump down a potentially fatal height to get the eggs. Having seen and learnt how Menchi gets her egg, Gon leads some of the other candidates into successfully getting their own. Some candidates are killed while rashly trying to get their eggs while others refuse to take the leap. Out of the 50 candidates who survive to reach Phase Two, 42 candidates now remain.
#14 - Ally x and x Sword
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 50
Gon and Killua have been captured by the Phantom Troupe. They are questioned about the chain user that the Troupe is searching for, but the two of them don't know that the chain user is Kurapika. As they're about to be released, Nobunaga decides to keep them around as potential recruits for the Troupe. Will Gon and Killua be able to escape?
#15 - Showdown with Tenshi
Grenadier - Season 1 - Episode 11
The reason for all of the attacks on Rushuna is revealed, and Rushuna finally confronts Tenshi.
#16 - Pursuit x and x Analysis
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 49
Gon and his friends are hoping to win the reward that's been placed on the Phantom Troupe. At the same time, Machi and Nobunaga have been dispatched to search for the "chain user" because Uvogin hasn't returned. Gon and Killua receive a tip and begin shadowing the two Troupe members.
#17 - A x Brutal x Battlefield
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 51
The auction has been rescheduled, and the Mafia expects the Phantom Troupe to attack again. The Ten Dons have hired multiple assassins to deal with the Phantom Troupe. Light Nostrade sends Kurapika to join the assassins in dispatching of the Troupe.
#19 - Fake x And x Psyche
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 53
The leader of the Phantom Troupe is dead... Kurapika is shocked by the news. Unconvinced, he tries to get a glimpse of the body. Meanwhile, the dead bodies of the other Troupe members have been discovered.
#20 - Fortunes x Aren't x Right
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 54
Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Leorio are finally reunited. Kurapika reveals his Nen powers to the others. However, Killua is afraid that Kurapika is now in danger because one of the Troupe members can read minds. Meanwhile, Chrollo is using the fortune telling power he stole from Neon to tell the fortunes of the Troupe members.
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#21 - When The Wind Flower Dances
Grenadier - Season 1 - Episode 9
While crossing the mountains, Yajiro remembers the last time he came through there and Jester's identity is revealed
#22 - Decision x By x Majority Rule?
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 8
The airship reaches Trick Tower, the Phase Three site, which is a tall featureless pillar built on an equally high platform. The candidates are told that to pass Phase 3, they have to climb down from the top to the base of the tower. An experienced rock climber candidate tries to climb down but is eaten by some flying monsters. Later, Kurapika finds that more than half of the candidates have discovered hidden doors to go inside the tower, which Gon finds one as well. However, the catch is that there are many hidden doors, each one can be only used once and only one person can fit through a door, which means they have to split up. When they try out different doors, they realize that they end up in the same room. In the room, Gon's group are given instructions and special wristwatches for five of them to follow the majority, but they cannot proceed without a fifth member. Lippo, one of the Phase 3 examiners tells them this while explaining they have chosen the path of majority rule.
#23 - Departure x And x Friends
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 1
The story begins with a young boy named Gon, who aspires to be a hunter just like his father Ging. Ging leaves his son in the care of Mito, Gon's aunt, and has not been seen since. Gon catches the local monster fish, "Lord of the Lake", in order to prove his ability to take the exam. Although Mito is reluctant to let Gon leave his home, she relents after he is determined to understand the reason his father left him and his interest of being a hunter.
#24 - Explosion x Of x Deception
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 15
Gon is relying on Bloodcrazy Butterflies to find his target, Hisoka, before waiting for the perfect time to use his skill with the fishing rod to snatch Hisoka's tag. Meanwhile, Leorio is tricked by Tonpa and loses his own tag, but Kurapika helps him recover it. Now that Kurapika and Leorio know that neither is the other's target, they decided to form an alliance.
#25 - Last x Test x Of Resolve
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 12
The team stays inside a small room for fifty hours and keep themselves from getting bored. Then they spend the remaining time going to a series of traps and tricks. At the last room, they encountered two doors and are forced to either choose the long and hard path (45 hours) in which all of them may use or the shortcut (about 3 minutes) wherein two of them must be left behind. As disputes break out among them, Gon comes up with an ingenious idea of opening the long way and breaking through the wall to go to the shortcut so all five of them pass this phase.
#26 - An Enemy From The Past, Teppa Azien
Grenadier - Season 1 - Episode 8
Another one of the Joutensen attacks, and this time it's a childhood friend of Rushuna's.
#27 - Hit x the x Target
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 14
Gon learns to master his accuracy with his pole to try and steal Hisoka's number plate.Finally mastering it,He decides to steal it when Hisoka is busy catching his Prey.
#28 - Enlightened Evil
Grenadier - Season 1 - Episode 3
Rushuna storms Furon's castle to get revenge for Koto.
#29 - The Balloonist, Mikan's Revenge
Grenadier - Season 1 - Episode 6
Just as Rushuna straightens things out at the brothel, bandits attack.
#30 - Destination Tento
Grenadier - Season 1 - Episode 7
Mikan joins Rushuna & Yajiro and they're off to find Tenshi and learn why she put a bounty on Rushuna.
#31 - Things Learned on the Road
Grenadier - Season 1 - Episode 12
It's the final showdown: Kaizen vs Yajiro, Rushuna vs Setsuna and Touka & Mikan vs the Army.
#32 - The Town that Does Not Smile
Grenadier - Season 1 - Episode 4
Rushuna and Yajiro arrive at a town run by a ruthless Senshi who forces everyone to pay him and forbids anyone from laughing or smiling.
#33 - The Smiling Senshi
Grenadier - Season 1 - Episode 1
After a failed attack to get back their leader, Yajiro meets Rushuna, who wants to get into the same castle he does.
#34 - Entering Tento
Grenadier - Season 1 - Episode 10
The gang arrives in Tento and while Rushuna is having yet another bath, Yajiro sneaks into the castle.
#35 - Explosion! Kensousen, Kurenai Touka
Grenadier - Season 1 - Episode 5
Rushuna and Yakiro hide at an inn in the red light district and come under attack by bounty hunters.
#36 - Trick x To x The Trick
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 10
A female prisoner claim that Majitani is only unconscious, thus Kurapika's match has not been settled. Leorio, and even Killua cannot persuade Kurapika to finish the fight for the latter refuses to fight a person who has lost the will to fight. Frustrated, Leorio decides to use the majority rule as a way out of the difficulty but no one supports him. Elsewhere Hisoka is met by Togari, a former examiner whom Hisoka attacked and is now wanting revenge. Togari attacks with four crescent blades, only to be finished with one sweeping attack. Hisoka then becomes the first applicant to pass this phase. Meanwhile, the team suspects Majitani's real condition. The female prisoner challenges Leorio to have a betting game instead. Leorio agrees and bets ten hours that Majitani is alive, which he wins. Next, he bets twenty hours on Majitani feigning unconsciousness. To confirm, he brings Majitani to the edge of the platform and threatens to drop him. Seeing that, the prisoner changes her bet to forty hours on Majitani being conscious. When he is about to be dropped by Leorio, Majitani moves and admits defeat, putting the score at 2 - 1 in favor of Leorio's team. However, they only have 20 hours left to wager
#37 - The Bat's Close Call / Kidnap Capriccio / Kidnap Elegy
The Vampire Dies in No Time - Season 1 - Episode 8
Draluc transforms into a bat and goes on an adventure, and John goes out by himself in the midst of a string of kidnappings.
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#38 - The Hunter Comes and Flies in the Sky / The Idiot, the Convenience Store, and Impermanence
The Vampire Dies in No Time - Season 1 - Episode 1
Vampire Slayer Ronaldo is hired to rescue a boy who was seen entering Castle Draluc, but the vampire waiting there is not what he imagined.
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#39 - Assault! Mr. Fukuma / Falling Like Flowers in Shin-Yokohama / Can a Bang on the Wall Kill Him?
The Vampire Dies in No Time - Season 1 - Episode 2
Ronaldo's editor wants the manuscript for the second volume of Ronaldo's War Chronicles, but Ronaldo hasn't finished.
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#40 - The Festival Music Calls You / Heisei Annoying Vampire Battle in Shin-Yoko / Draluc's All Night Shin-Yoko
The Vampire Dies in No Time - Season 1 - Episode 10
Yomotsuzaka, the director of the "Vampire Research Center (VRC)", is a vampire researcher who is famous as a great genius. Ronald and his friends, suddenly summoned by him, are ordered to capture the vampires who have escaped from the center. The fleeing vampire was a parasite-type nasty opponent with a strong fascinating pheromone.
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#41 - Tale of the Empress's Birth / Draluc's Family / Draluc's Family, Continued
The Vampire Dies in No Time - Season 1 - Episode 6
A Vampire Empress is born and Ronaldo meets the Draluc family at the annual New Year's Eve party.
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#42 - Citizen Baseball Kane / The Left Hand of Iron Is Kind of Boring / Emperor of the Shore
The Vampire Dies in No Time - Season 1 - Episode 9
Vampires and baseball fist lovers challenge people to baseball fists with advanced technology that manipulates hypnosis and barriers at the same time. Since it is not possible to refuse the game that was set up when entering the barrier, vampire extermination people who have been in battle are also taken off one after another, and Doralck and Ronald are also involved.
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#43 - Lewd Talk-a-Talk-Talk-Talk / Tou Handa's Terrible Day Off / And Then Comes Father
The Vampire Dies in No Time - Season 1 - Episode 7
In Shin-Yokohama a new vampire appears with a series of perversities in his powers, which causes chaos and confusion.
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#44 - Shin-Yoko Battle Royale / John meets Draluc / Waiting for LOVE
The Vampire Dies in No Time - Season 1 - Episode 11
Uncle Y and Yakyuken lovers joined hands to create a huge Y-dan barrier in Shin-Yokohama. Weapons and strengths do not work at all within the barrier, and Y talk is the power. Ronald laments his powerlessness in the face of the powerful enemies that appear one after another.
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#45 - Highway to Success, Path to Failure / Ridiculous Hunter Guild / More Ridiculous Hunter Guild
The Vampire Dies in No Time - Season 1 - Episode 3
Hinaichi follows Draluc to see if she can uncover his secret, and Ronaldo introduces Draluc to the Hunters Guild.
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#46 - Silver Rise Blind Your Eyes / Dress Up for You / Five Dumb Matches
The Vampire Dies in No Time - Season 1 - Episode 12
My favorite game console has broken. Doralck and Ronald will play "Which will buy the new game console?" In order to be fair, the two of them decided to play the fifth game by drawing a lottery that wrote the game method on paper. Where is the game?
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#47 - I Have Desire, Therefore I Metamorphose / Kitchen Liberal Force / The Man's Name Is Handa
The Vampire Dies in No Time - Season 1 - Episode 4
Mischief occurs when rare creatures and old acquaintances go to Ronaldo's agency.
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#48 - The Longest Day of Tsujigiri Nagiri / Cats Are Cute / Handa, Day Off, History
The Vampire Dies in No Time - Season 1 - Episode 5
The Hunter Guild works with the Vampire Control Division to find the vampire Tsujigiri Nagiri.
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#49 - Letter x From x Gon
Hunter x Hunter (2011) - Season 1 - Episode 13
Gon decides to send a letter to his aunt Mito in order to inform her about the events that had happened during his journey. He started to narrate the story on the events starting from the preliminary Hunter exam to the point when he met Leorio, Kurapika, Killua and the other examinees.
#50 - Food
Neuro - Supernatural Detective - Season 1 - Episode 1
Neuro, Yako and the detectives from the police are called to a restaurant that is famous for its food bringing glory and success to anyone who eats it. They have been asked to solve a case revolving around the disturbing letters being sent to the Head Chef, Unno Kouji. As soon as they arrive, however, Neuro predicts that the real mystery is about to happen. They are greeted by the owner Shirota Masakage, who after briefly introducing them to the Head Chef, takes them to his office where he shows the detectives the two threatening letters the restaurant received. Mere moments later, Unno is discovered dead in the kitchen. There are no suspects due to the circumstances. However, when Yako tastes one of Shirota's dishes, regarding it as "not food", Neuro becomes interested in him. With the help of the 777 Tools of the Demon World and his reasoning, he discovers that Shirota was the murderer and eats his mystery. He is arrested for murder and for cooking with the use of drugs (the source of glory and success for his food).