The BEST episodes directed by Hitoshi Nanba
#1 - The Cold-Catcher Dreams About a Stubborn Friend
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 10
Kujo encounters the same girl he met at the department store, and with the help of hers and a bright homeless boy, he manages to put the police back on the case. Kujo and Grevil then ask Victorique's opinion about the store, just to find that she already had made some research about it, and she comes with a plan to expose the culprits.
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#2 - Checkmate Is Called on a Gray Chess Board
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 23
By Spring 1925, Albert's plan is complete: Kujo has been deported, and Victorique imprisoned in Sauville. Albert exposes Jupiter Roget as a Gray Wolf, drives him out, and convinces King Rupert to ally with Germany. In Winter 1925, Kujo joins the Japanese military, and Albert becomes Sauville's Prime Minister, having Grevil bring Victorique to the ceremony to display his power. However, Cordelia had switched places with Victorique, revealing Albert's crimes to the nation. When one Brian Roscoe twin stages a terrorist attack, Cordelia fights Albert with knives, kills him, but is slain by his minion. Meanwhile, the other Brian, who has taken Victorique away, tries to kill her to erase Cordelia's "pain."
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#3 - Eternity Is Seen over the Reaper's Shoulder
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 24
After attempting to kill Victorique, Brian Roscoe falls from a cliff and is gravely injured, while his brother dies holding Cordelia's hand. Victorique saves him, and they are found by Grevil, who lets them escape. On a departing boat, Brian tells Victorique that Cordelia was the mother he and his brother always wanted, urges her to live for her mother's sake, and passes away. Victorique’s hair turns silver, helping her evade capture. Jupiter Roget brings Kujo’s letters, and after the war, the academy reopens with Grevil returning to his old hairstyle. Jupiter informs the king of Cordelia's sacrifice, and the king seeks his help again. Avril sends a bottle letter to Kujo and Victorique, which returns. Ambrose finishes reading the Monstre Charmant, whose characters bid farewell as the kingdom of Sauville is symbolically replaced by a new dawn. In Spring 1929, Kujo returns to Japan to reunite with Victorique.
#4 - The Holy Night Bell Drives the Hour Onward
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 21
Upon investigating the grave of a woman with a striking resemblance to Queen Coco Rose, Victorique manages to put together the truth behind her mysterious demise. The truth of the Coco Rose case and the disappearance of Nicole Lulu is made clear, and Albert frees Victorique when she is unable to conclusively identify the murderer. On the way home to the Academy, Victorique and Kujo encounter a seemingly ordinary couple who are actually the still-living Coco Rose and her son fathered by Leviathan. Cordelia watches over them as they arrive home, and is soon joined by Brian and then a man who seems to be Brian's twin.
#5 - Guided by the Phantom of the Phantom
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 20
Kujo rushes to catch Victorique, summoned again by her father, but she disappears once more. The Inspector explains she cannot leave until she solves the Coco Rose case, about a queen found beheaded in her chambers. Kujo gathers the Fragments of Chaos she cannot assemble, uncovering that Cordelia was once a showgirl who vanished, along with a woman resembling Coco Rose. During his investigation, Kujo meets Brian Roscoe, who leads him back to the theatre where Victorique is held. Reunited, her father allows her to leave and assemble the Fragments. Prompted by Kujo’s findings, Victorique begins her investigation at the grave of Nicole Le Roux, the woman resembling Coco Rose.
#6 - The Box Rests In The Spiral Labyrinth
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 17
Victorique reveals to Kujo that her father brought her to the convent in order to bait out Cordelia and Brian. As the two escape, they become separated by an illusion. Victorique encounters Brian, who reveals that he is planning to stop her father and the Academy. Meanwhile, Kujo runs into Cordelia, who entrusts him with a ring and some words of encouragement for her daughter, then Marquis Albert de Blois himself. Albert attempts to force Kujo to surrender Victorique to him, but Kujo refuses and leaves. The floodgates shielding the convent are opened by a time-release trap set by Albert, flooding the entire area, and Kujo barely escapes with Victorique.
#7 - A Christmas Carol Hangs Happiness by the Window
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 22
Kujo is enjoying Christmas together with Victorique when he is taken by force from the Academy as King Rupert declared that all foreign citizens should be sent back to their home countries in spite if the imminent conflict in Saubure. However, Kujo manages to escape and returns to the Academy eager to meet Victorique again, unaware that he became a hostage in Albert's hands as a mean to ensure her cooperation with his plan.
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#8 - His Drill Speaks Eloquently of Love
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 11
Jaqueline, an old friend of Grevil's, pays a visit to the Academy to make a donation and has a sudden encounter with Victorique at the Library Tower. There, she tells the story of a mysterious incident from the past where she was falsely accused of murder, unaware about its connection with both Victorique and the reason why Grevil has started bearing his unusual hairstyle.
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#9 - The Rosy Life Is Buried Under a New Snow
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 19
Kujo leaves to the capital to find a present to Victorique's birthday which coincidentaly is on christmas day. Meanwhile, Victorique receives a message from her mother and starts looking for Kujo without success until she is summoned by her father and taken by Grevil to the capital to solve the greatest mystery of the country, which involves its previous queen, Coco Rose, whose life is being reenacted in a play at the Phantom Theater.
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#10 - Blue Roses Bloom in the Man-Eating Department Store
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 9
Victorica gets a fever as Kujo sets out alone for some errands in Sauville. While searching for a souvenir for his sister, he meets a girl among a pile of mannequins. The girl asks for help, but when he gets back to the department store with the Inspector, she is nowhere to be found. Kujo calls Victorica by phone to ask her help, but the call is cut short as he is taken away.
#11 - The Obsidian Train Carries Numerous Lies
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 18
Having escaped from the flood, Victorique, Kujo and the rest of the passengers of the Masquerade Express find themselves involved into a bloody contest for an elusive item that can shake the balance of power between the Academy and the Ministry of Occult.
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#12 - Two Monsters Form a Bond
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 15
Kujo inquires Brian Roscoe regarding his connection to Victorique and her mother, but he only warns him to beware of her father instead. Meanwhile, Victorique succeeds to unlock the secrets behind Leviathan, the clock tower and the truth about her own origin.
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#13 - Howls Echo in the Kingdom of the Past
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 8
Victorica manages to find the culprit behind the recent deaths at the village and to clear her mother's name by exposing the woman who framed her. However, when the woman attempts to escape, she starts torching the entire village, and Kujo must confront her while protecting Victorica with his life.
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#14 - A Divine Revelation Is Given on the Solstice
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 7
Victorica and Kujo explore the "Village of the Gray Wolves" where her mother lived in search for clues to prove her innocence, but Victorica gets disappointed when she uncovers the truth and figures that she lacks the means to clear her name. To complicate matters, two of the tourists who were visiting the village with them are killed among strange circumstances.
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#15 - The Ill-Tempered Frill Condemns the Farting New
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 14
Victorique is dragged by her teacher to her classroom and is introduced to the rest of her classmates. Avril tries to bring her attention but she gets angry on her instead. Kujo demands Victorique to apologize to her, and when she refuses, he sets with Avril to keep investigating the Leviathan case without her help. Meanwhile Victorique has an encounter with Brian Roscoe, a friend of the victim's, on the top of the clock tower.
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#16 - The Cicadas' Hum Rings Out on a Summer Afternoon
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 12
Everybody in school are preparing for there summer vacation. Kujo has turned down his vacation trip with Avril to stay with Victorique. Kujo has flash back of his past of why he left japan, while relaxing on a tree. When Kujo went into the academy, Victorique wanted to climb the tree Kujo was on and gets stuck in the tree forcing Kujo to save her. Kujo then chills at Victorique's house while it rains, but she spills tea all over her kimono and forcing Kujo to clean it up. The scene ends with Kujo remembering to to buy sweet for Victorique.
#17 - The Fool Names His Own Spokesman
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 13
Kujo and Avril explore one of the school's towers and Avril figures that it is related to the legend of Leviathan, an alchemist who lived there decades before. Victorique stumbles on a pop-up book containing a cryptic message aledgely from Leviathan himself and when a death occurs at the top of the tower, she decides to investigate by herself.
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#18 - The Fly-Headed Mary Caused the Fall
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 16
Victorique's father has her taken from the academy to a convent known as "Beelzebub's Skull" in Lithuania. Kujo learns about her whereabouts from Grevil and takes a train going there to look for her. Guided by a woman who resembles a lot like her, Kujo manages to find where Victorique is held and learns from her that the woman is most likely her mother, Cordelia.
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#20 - The Souls of the Dead Raise a Shipwreck
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 2
Posing as the murdered Soothsayer, Roxane and her servant, Victorique and Kujo have boarded the Queen Merry. Once on board they discover they have fallen into another mystery, this one with deadly intent towards everyone.
#21 - Call Out
Golden Kamuy - Season 2 - Episode 12
At last, No-Face has been found. But will he survive long enough to tell them where the gold is? And what about the traitor who's lurking in the background, waiting for the right moment to strike?
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#22 - Sin and Impurity
Golden Kamuy - Season 3 - Episode 11
Asirpa, Shiraishi, and Sugimoto are finally reunited in the frozen North.
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#23 - My First Part-Time Job / The Abandoned Cinderella
Tomo-chan Is a Girl! - Season 1 - Episode 11
Tomo wants to earn money for a birthday present for Jun, so she works part-time at the ramen restaurant owned by Tanabe's family. Later, their class prepares for its presentation of "Cinderella" at the cultural festival.
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#24 - Tears of Joy
Fighting Spirit - Season 1 - Episode 3
Ippo loses his first sparring session, but shows enough potential to be accepted into the gym.
#25 - How the Contest Ends / To Stay Best Friends...
Tomo-chan Is a Girl! - Season 1 - Episode 10
Tomo and Junichiro are fired up for the school marathon. They start out neck-and-neck at the head of the pack, but when they reach the girls' turn-around point...
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#26 - The Angel's True Face
Tomo-chan Is a Girl! - Season 1 - Episode 9
Misuzu sees that Misaki and Carol need help expressing their feelings for each other, so she comes up with a plan to get them together... but the results are far beyond what she expected.
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#27 - The Girls of the Olston Family / A Feeling I Won't Give Up / Heart-Pounding! A Gaming Overnighter
Tomo-chan Is a Girl! - Season 1 - Episode 5
Tomo visits each of her best friends' houses. She meets Carol's mom, gets some help studying for midterms at Misuzu's, and... stays overnight at Junichiro's house?!
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#28 - Overwhelmed
Golden Kamuy - Season 2 - Episode 11
Chaos has broken loose at Abashiri. The 7th Division is shelling the prison. The prisoners are loose. Sugimoto is trapped inside. Can they find No-Face in the chaos?
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#29 - Birthday Present / Burn Up! The Ball Sports Tournament
Tomo-chan Is a Girl! - Season 1 - Episode 6
Misuzu and Carol give Tomo an extra-girly makeover and send her to the convenience store, where she unexpectedly runs into Junichiro. Later, Tomo gets fired up for the school's ball sports tournament.
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#30 - Back to Life
I★Chu: Halfway Through the Idol - Season 1 - Episode 10
The day of the selection stage for the Sound Carnival has finally arrived. On the morning of the decisive battle, the IChu are in perfect condition, each holding their own emotions and motivations in their hearts. They face the stage, knowing they must give everything they have in this performance. And the final results are...
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#32 - Junichiro's Promise / When Tomo Puts On a Swimsuit...
Tomo-chan Is a Girl! - Season 1 - Episode 7
Junichiro recalls how he and Tomo first met, and the four friends spend a day at the beach.
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#33 - The Reason for Her Smile / I Want To Be Playful Like a Girl / Heroes Fall a Lot
Tomo-chan Is a Girl! - Season 1 - Episode 4
Tomo wants to experience some girly interaction, like hugging and hand-holding, so she tries it with all of her girl friends.
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#34 - The Night of the Summer Festival / The Distance Between Them
Tomo-chan Is a Girl! - Season 1 - Episode 8
Tomo has noticed that Junichiro is starting to act differently around her. They both try to sort out their feelings while seeing the summer festival fireworks together.
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#35 - Tomo's Skirt / The School Idol
Tomo-chan Is a Girl! - Season 1 - Episode 2
After Tomo is groped by an old man on the bus, Junichiro suggests that she stop wearing skirts. Then Tomo meets Carol, an English girl that all the boys in school admire.
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#36 - On the Night of the New Moon
Golden Kamuy - Season 2 - Episode 10
At last the group makes it to Abashiri. After everything that's happened so far, it's time for them to go inside and meet No-Face..
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#37 - To Live
Golden Kamuy - Season 3 - Episode 12
At long last, Sugimoto, Shiraishi, and Asirpa are reunited, as this chapter in the war for the Ainu gold comes to a close...
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#38 - Revolutionary
Golden Kamuy - Season 3 - Episode 9
Before Kiroranke came to Japan, he was a Russian revolutionary. One day, he and Wilk went to the house of a Japanese cameraman, where they began to study the Japanese language. But more was going on than meets the eye...
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#39 - Best Bud's Secret / Let's Go on a Date!
Tomo-chan Is a Girl! - Season 1 - Episode 3
Tomo is shocked to learn that Junichiro and Misuzu briefly dated in middle school. Tomo then decides to invite Junichiro out on a date herself, with help from Misuzu and Carol.
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#40 - Everybody, Get Together! It's a Murder Hotel!
Golden Kamuy - Season 1 - Episode 11
The gang stays in a strange hotel, run by a former prisoner. This hotel has a dark secret, but even its wicked owner quickly finds herself overwhelmed when both Sugimoto's group and Ushiyama book rooms, and both Shiraishi and Ushiyama want to sleep with her!
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#41 - The Sound of an Ambush
Golden Kamuy - Season 2 - Episode 9
After visiting a hot springs, the group is ambushed by a gang of blind thieves. In the darkness, the thieves, who navigate by sound, have a tremendous advantage, and the group is in deadly peril.
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#42 - Inside the Belly
Golden Kamuy - Season 2 - Episode 5
Suzukawa heads into the 7th's garrison to rescue Shiraishi. When the mission goes wrong it's up to Sugimoto to get them out.
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#43 - The Black Reaper Finds the Golden Fairy
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 1
Kazuya Kujo is an exchange student from Japan. While exploring the library he encounters Victorique de Blois. While talking her extravagant brother Grevil arrives and questions Victorique through Kujo about a locked room murder. Victorique sets her mind to the task and comes up with an improbable but entirely logical answer.
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#44 - Just as You Are
I★Chu: Halfway Through the Idol - Season 1 - Episode 4
After seeing Kokoro's overwhelming performance with his own eyes, Akira, who has difficultly expressing himself, is reminded of an old trauma, leaving him unable to put everything he has into rehearsal. A lone owl watches Akira's struggles through a window...
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#45 - To Karafuto
Golden Kamuy - Season 3 - Episode 1
Sugimoto was separated from Asirpa after the incident at the prison. Now, he's tracked her down to Karafuto, a place even further north and colder than Hokkaido.
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#46 - Grim Reaper
Golden Kamuy - Season 1 - Episode 4
Sugimoto visits an Ainu village where he learns about their ways and culture. The next day he leaves in secret, where he is captured by the 7th and tortured.
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#47 - Nopperabo
Golden Kamuy - Season 1 - Episode 2
Saichi and Asirpa head to Otaru, the largest town in the area, in seach of the tattooed prisoners. They quickly find out that they're not the only ones after the treasure. The army is looking for it too! Saichi has to face off against a deadly sniper, and a horrible cold front is setting in too...
#48 - I Want To Be Seen as a Girl / A Terrifying Challenge
Tomo-chan Is a Girl! - Season 1 - Episode 1
Tomo Aizawa, a tomboy girl, confesses her love to her childhood friend Kubota Junichirō. However, he mistakes her confession as a casual assurance of friendship between boys, disgruntling her. Later on, Tomo asks her best friend Misuzu Gundo for advice. However, Misuzu says she has rightly portrayed herself as a boy because of her lack of femininity.
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#49 - Complication
Golden Kamuy - Season 1 - Episode 7
During the battle with the hunters, Sugimoto is separated from Asirpa. Nihei abandons the wounded Tanigaki and tries to use Asirpa as bait to lure Retar. But just when Nihei thinks he's won the battle, another wolf appears and rips open his neck!
#50 - Igogusa
Golden Kamuy - Season 3 - Episode 3
As his group tracks Kiroranke and Asirpa in the frozen north, Tsukishima reflects how he began to be involved with the 7th Division.
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