The BEST episodes directed by Kenichi Kawamura
#1 - The Long-Awaited Reunion
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 3
On the way to the Sanctuary, Subaru unwittingly finds himself invited to a witch's tea party, where the hostess introduces herself as Echidna, the Witch of Greed. Subaru is alarmed, but Echidna encourages him to sit and drink his tea before it gets cold. When he somehow makes it back outside after a conversation with Echidna, he finds Otto lying on the ground, battered and beaten. Then, before he even has a moment to assess the situation, Subaru himself is attacked.
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#2 - Cage- Die Gefangnis
Rozen Maiden - Season 1 - Episode 9
Suiseiseki is alarmed as Souseiseki seldoms open the door to dreams. Shinku surmises she must have been tricked. Suiseiseki is heartened when the gang votes to follow her to recuse Souseiseki. They enter into the master's dreamworld to look for Souseiseki and encounters Suigintou. Having possessed Souseisek's Renpika (shears), Suigintou wants Souseiseki's Amethyst Dream (watering can) as well. When the dream door disappears, Souseiseki knows that the master intends to lock all of them in his dream. Shinku askes Jun to leave with the twins while Hinaichigo and herself stays behind to deal with Suigintou. The twins bought Jun to a mighty tree that connects everyone's dreams in the world and whose branches allow them to travel between dreams. They enter into the dreamworld of the master's wife and to their suprise, sees Kadzuki. The master's wife refused to leave her dreamworld because of Kadzuki's presence and because both of them can live in a safe world without the pain of reality. Thi
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#3 - Dual of Antinomy: Antinomic Dual
Steins;Gate 0 - Season 1 - Episode 8
Okabe is given a bittersweet reminder that in changing world lines, sacrifices must be made.
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#4 - Revival
Hajime no Ippo - Season 1 - Episode 62
Coach returns from the hospital, and Makunochi "hits without being hit".
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#5 - Lollapalooza
Hajime no Ippo - Season 1 - Episode 72
Sendo and Ippo's fight begins guns blazing with the two giving each other blow for blow. Ippo finds out that Sendo has the advantage of having a bigger frame.
#6 - Eclipse of Vibronic Transition: Vibronic Transition
Steins;Gate 0 - Season 1 - Episode 7
As Okabe seeks answers regarding the attack, trouble with Amadeus brings a surprising turn of events.
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#7 - Moonlit Hunting Grounds
Black Lagoon - Season 1 - Episode 6
With the Neo-Nazis in possession of the painting, the Lagoon company declares that it is time for revenge. As the moon dips out of sight, Dutch and Revy board the ship in an attempt to recover the painting and shoot up some scum on the way. After Revy goes on a major shooting spree, spilling much blood, Dutch learns the truth behind their assignment.
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#8 - Calm Down, Two Men
Black Lagoon - Season 1 - Episode 7
Sensing that his two employees need to deal with their conflicts, Dutch assigns Rock to go into town and deal with some errands concerning different deliveries. But Rock is required to take Revy along with him, and it becomes questionable whether Rock and Revy will be able to deal with each other without someone dying on the way.
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#10 - A Gathering of Adventurers
Goblin Slayer - Season 1 - Episode 11
Goblin Slayer does his usual rounds around the farm and finds a bunch of goblin footprints, and realizes that they're planning to attack the farm that night. Goblin Slayer tries to convince Cow Girl and her uncle to leave, but she refuses to leave, wanting to protect the one place that Goblin Slayer has to come home to. In order to protect the farm Goblin Slayer heads to the guild to make a request...
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#11 - Beyond Good and Evil
Parasyte: The Maxim - Season 1 - Episode 9
Yuko is drawn to Shimada Hideo, but gradually realizes that something is seriously amiss with Shimada's face itself. As Yuko pursues Shimada's secret, she connects the dots between him and her brother's police investigation.
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#12 - Epigraph of the Closed Curve: Closed Epigraph
Steins;Gate 0 - Season 1 - Episode 2
After a chance encounter with Maho where they discover knowing someone in common, Okabe has his first face-to-face with her special AI, Amadeus.
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#13 - Test of Endurance
Hajime no Ippo - Season 1 - Episode 15
Ippo defeats Jason via K.O. after a tough match.
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#14 - Greenback Jane
Black Lagoon - Season 1 - Episode 16
Jane is a counterfeiter and on the run from the Florida mob. She plans to hide in the Church of Violence, but that place is everything else than what she expected.
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#15 - Stella Cadente
Gunslinger Girl - Season 1 - Episode 13
The girls plan to see a meteor shower, but Henrietta is distressed when Jose reveals that he is too busy and cannot attend. As a result, Triela tries to find a new chaperone, and Hilshire agrees after Triela helps him with his work. Meanwhile, Henrietta visits Angelica in the hospital, where Angelica hears a dog barking, causing her to remember her old dog. Henrietta relays this information to Marco, who is apathetic, but Henrietta implores him to visit his charge. He initially refuses and asks Henrietta whether she is dissatisfied with her mechanical condition, to which she responds that she has accepted who she is. Marco later goes to visit Angelica as the other girls go to see the meteor shower. The girls begin to sing Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 as Angelica listens to it in her hospital bedroom. She then asks Marco to read "Il Principe del Regno Della Pasta." It is strongly indicated that she dies as the story is read to her.
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#16 - Eclipse of Orbital Ordering: The Orbital Eclipse
Steins;Gate 0 - Season 1 - Episode 6
Now that the girl's identity is known, Okabe and friends kick off the New Years with a shrine visit and party to never forget.
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#17 - Lock 'n' Load Revolution
Black Lagoon - Season 1 - Episode 11
The Black Lagoon has to transport some of Mr. Chan's papers he tries to hide from terrorists. It doesn't take the terrorists long to track down the Black Lagoon. Even worse, they manage to capture a crew member!
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#18 - Solitude of the Astigmatism: Entangled Sheep
Steins;Gate 0 - Season 1 - Episode 5
Their search continues as New Years swiftly approaches, though Ruka's dilemma with a certain guest might make matters worse.
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#19 - The Black Lagoon
Black Lagoon - Season 1 - Episode 1
Rokuro Okajima ('Rock') is sent on a mission, carrying with him a disk. He is captured by Dutch and Revy who are members of the ship called Black Lagoon. Problems arise for the crew when a skilled mercenary named Captain pursues them for the disk.
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#20 - Lycoris Radiata Herb
Gunslinger Girl - Season 1 - Episode 9
Elsa, another mechanized assassin girl, completes a mission to terminate a group of corrupt police officers on the orders of her handler, Lauro. Lauro recruits Jose for his next mission, and the two remark over their different views on treating the girls, Lauro's indifference contrasting against Jose's empathy. Henrietta attempts to converse with Elsa before the mission, but is rebuffed by the girl's single-minded devotion to Lauro. Meanwhile, Elsa grows increasingly jealous over Jose and Henrietta's close relationship, and Lauro removes her from the mission when he notices this. After Jose and Henrietta succeed, Lauro comments on Elsa's uselessness, leaving her devastated.
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#21 - Missing Link of the Annihilator: Absolute Zero
Steins;Gate 0 - Season 1 - Episode 1
Though WWIII is on the horizon, Okabe attempts to live a normal college life. However, a newly developed AI is about to shake up his world.
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#22 - Mother Goose of Mutual Recursion: Recursive Mother Goose
Steins;Gate 0 - Season 1 - Episode 12
Kagari attempts to track down the origins of a song in hopes that she discovers her lost memories.
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#23 - Yokohama Disturbance Part I
The Irregular at Magic High School - Season 1 - Episode 19
Lately, Tatsuya has been reading about creating the Philosopher's Stone, thinking that it might have the capability to store Magic Sequences. Surprisingly, he is asked to participate in the Thesis Competition as a member of the First High School team.
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#24 - Protocol of the Two-sided Gospel: X-Day Protocol
Steins;Gate 0 - Season 1 - Episode 3
Mayuri tries to bring everyone together for a Christmas party at the lab, but Okabe has a rude awakening.
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#25 - Pandora of Forgotten Existence: Sealed Reliquary
Steins;Gate 0 - Season 1 - Episode 11
Okabe must convince Maho to give up her prized possession, but an unexpected danger has them negotiating for their own lives.
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#26 - Pandora of Eternal Return: Pandora's Box
Steins;Gate 0 - Season 1 - Episode 9
It will take time for Okabe to identify the attackers and their motivation, but the impending crisis of WWIII forces Suzuha to resort to desperate measures.
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#27 - Comeback Anxiety
Hajime no Ippo - Season 1 - Episode 61
Miyata Ichirou defeats Li Chou Bil.
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#28 - The First Step
Hajime no Ippo - Season 1 - Episode 1
Ippo is a high school student who works full time at his mother's fishing though. Because of this, he gets bullied on by the kids at his school. That's when his life turns around, when a professional boxer happens to be jogging along the way, and introduces Ippo to the world of boxing.
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#29 - Pandora of Provable Existence: Forbidden Cubicle
Steins;Gate 0 - Season 1 - Episode 10
After reinforcements are called to clean Maho's disastrous room, her and Okabe's Akihabara date ends with a surprising confession from Maho.
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#30 - Fratello
Gunslinger Girl - Season 1 - Episode 1
Henrietta and her handler, Giuse, are ordered to apprehend a witness from an apartment building. With the aid of another Fratello, consisting of Rico and her handler Jean, the mission seems simple enough. However, things are complicated when one of the the armed men guarding their target threatens Giuse, causing Henrietta to snap and massacre everyone in the room. Meanwhile, in a series of flashbacks, the tragic events which led to Henrietta becoming a cybernetic assassin for Section 2 is shown.
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#31 - Rescue Paranoia
Qualidea Code - Season 1 - Episode 7
Hotaru races toward Tokyo, determined to keep her promise to never keep Maihime waiting again. Meanwhile, Maihime is increasingly overcome with exhaustion as countless Unknown bear down on her. Just then, a unique Unknown that Maihime determines to be their boss shows up.
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#32 - Deep Blue Caricature
Qualidea Code - Season 1 - Episode 2
Rumors are swirling among students repairing the half-destroyed Aqua Line that an Unknown has appeared in the area. The representatives of each city divide into two teams to investigate, and Suzaku ends up on a team with Hotaru as well as Kasumi, one of his least favorite people.
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#33 - The Grimoire of Zero
Grimoire of Zero - Season 1 - Episode 12
The battle for Wenias has begun! Will Mercenary and Zero's plan come to fruition or will it fail?
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#35 - Traces of Intense Battles
Hajime no Ippo - Season 1 - Episode 31
A recap of the boxing matches that have taken place thus far.
#36 - Surviving World Gloria
Qualidea Code - Season 1 - Episode 1
Bizarre creatures referred to as "Unknown" appear over the coast of Tokyo Bay. Defending against them is the mission of high school students in Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Chiba who possess a supernatural power known as "World." Among them all, the head of the Tokyo school, Ichiya Suzaku, defeats Unknown with particularly overwhelming power, but Tokyo's subhead, Canaria Utara, observes his lack of teamwork with a troubled expression.
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