The BEST episodes directed by Masato Jinbo
#1 - Kaleidoscope
Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Season 1 - Episode 10
Even after drawing out the Class Card's true power and managing to damage Berserker, Miyu is still facing a difficult battle. But Illya enters her Trance and comes running to save Miyu from her pinch! Though Berserker, their greatest enemy yet, still stands before them, when the two Kaleid Liners combine their power, a miracle occurs!
#2 - The Full Account of Hanamaru Soup
Heaven's Memo Pad - Season 1 - Episode 4
Minli's sarashi is stolen by a stalker and so the gang decides to go out and find the culprit. Alice attempts to act arrogant when Minli asks for her help, but Minli quickly stops this by picking her up. Minli initially refuses Alice's help, but after some comments from Narumi, she changes her mind. They start by investigating the strange man that has been coming into the ramen shop. He buys a ramen, takes one sip, then pays and leaves. They try to tail him, but lose him. Later, Narumi is telling Alice about a lock that Minli refuses to have changed. Alice realizes something and tells everyone to drop the security around the shop. Major gives Narumi a strange ball and tells him to use it if he sees the intruder. Narumi throws it at the suspicious man and it turns out to be a flashbang. The man turns out to be an executive from a lingerie department. He proceeds to go on a tirade about Minli's breasts, which prompts her to beat the crap out of him. Alice stops her from touching him, though, wanting to first explain the case to her. She reveals that there was another person entering and exiting the house, which left the door unlocked for pervy stalker to come in. Turns out, ramen guy was actually Minli's father, who had left the shop to her when she was young. Because Minli had refused to change the locks, he was still about to get into the shop. He gives her the recipe for his soup and leaves a note asking to try some of her ice cream the next time. The next day, pervy stalker leaves a bra for Alice at her door. Alice believes that it was Narumi's doing, as he brought it in, and gets mad.
#3 - A Blank, and the End of Night…
Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Season 1 - Episode 6
It looked like Rin and Luvia's attacks had managed to defeat the Class Card, Saber, however, they failed to deliver a fatal blow, and everyone faces a counterattack from Saber's Noble Phantasm, Excalibur. When Illya receives an attack boasting such unprecedented power, a sudden change occurs?!
#4 - Let's kiss
Hatsukoi Limited - Season 1 - Episode 7
Rika Dobashi is cool, tough, and very independent. After leaving Kei Enomoto to walk home with Haruto Terai, a boy with glasses, Enomoto finds out that Dobashi is dating him. Enomoto gives advice to Dobashi, saying that she never lets her guard down which would probably make her boyfriend, Terai, uncomfortable. Terai is starting to feel insecure about his relationship with Dobashi for she is indeed, very independent. Realizing this, Dobashi tries to make it up to him.
#5 - One-On-One In The Skies and On Land
Dog Days - Season 2 - Episode 10
One on one battles continue with Becky vs. Millihiore, Rebecca vs. Hina, and Sink vs. Gaul. A wild card appears to shake the battle up even more.
#6 - Two Mirrors: Longing
Hell Girl - Season 2 - Episode 22
After the recent tragedies that have occurred in his family, Takuma is suspected of having murdered his mother and gravely wounded his father, but has not been arrested due to the lack of evidence. The townspeople continue to suspect him, and call him the "devil's child". As Takuma tries to piece his life back together, he meets a young girl, Seri, who happened to live near him before her house was torn down to make way for a train station that never materialized. Having been emotionally attached to the house, she intends to have her revenge against at least one of the persons who had ordered her house's destruction in the first place.
#7 - Her Name Is
Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Season 2 - Episode 8
Irisviel has Rin and Luvia sneak her into Illya's school to observe her during classes, later asking them to leave Illya and Kuro to their normal lives. Later that day, as Rin observes a change in the ley lines and Miyu is sent on an errand, a mysterious woman named Bazett Fraga McRemitz appears before Luvia, demanding she hand over the Class Cards. As Luvia and her butler, Auguste, battle against Bazett, Rin tries to find the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, but both their attacks fail, as Bazett prepares to make a move against Illya and Kuro.
#8 - Two Mirrors: Secret
Hell Girl - Season 2 - Episode 4
Yagisawa's wife, Chinami, is in the hospital, fighting an illness. He'll do anything for money to help her. He enters the site to get revenge on Hhouki, the man who tricked him into killing a man for money. Hhouki wanders into the hospital and tells Chinami that her husband killed a man, causing her to go into a coma due to her distress. He eventually send Hhouki hell (for refusing to help his wife and blackmailing him). When he returns to the hospital to tell his wife that everything is okay, she no longer remembers him. Kikuri is seen wandering around the hospital and having a strange effect on Chinami. In this episode, she leaves the mortal world with Ai and officially becomes part of the group.
#9 - Three Vessels: The Back Front
Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 21
Kaito accesses the Hell Correspondence website to send his unborn sister to Hell.
#10 - Two Mirrors: Black Furrow
Hell Girl - Season 2 - Episode 12
A new road needs to be built to stop the traffic accidents in the area but it is blocked by a house. The house is occupied by an old man who refuses to move. The brother of one of the victims of the road wants vengeance and picks up Wannyudou as he wanted to hitch a ride. They discuss about the incident. The brother then makes Wannyoudou get out of the vehicle and plans to kill the houseowner himself. After Wannyoudou gets out and the brother drives away, Ai and Wannyoudou show up in the truck. Just before he can pull the string, Ren's eye appears and says that his request was cancelled. The houseowner just passed away. He did not believe it and speeds up down the road to try to kill the old man. He nearly got into the same accident as his brother. They enter the house and see Sone with Kikuri and the dead houseowner. Sone hands the brother the houseowner's will. The old man had left the plot of land to the family of the guy who got into the fatal accident. During this episode, Wannyoudou's past is explained.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - Two Mirrors: A Wicked Woman's Desire
Hell Girl - Season 2 - Episode 16
A girl named Ran tries to send a man who betrayed her to hell, but meets a geisha woman who said she'll help her get revenge. Ran disguised herself and seduced the man. The woman steals all the man's money and he finally commited suicide. Ran eventually finds out that the woman has been using her and is attacked. She managed to send the woman to Hell before she finally dies (after being attacked by that woman).
#14 - 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.
#15 - Everything I Can Do
Heaven's Memo Pad - Season 1 - Episode 7
Narumi meet Renji to talk. Renji tells Narumi that he will kill him if he sees him again, but Narumi tries to convince Renji to tell him the story between the Fourth and him. Renji starts to tell him, revealing that the Fourth and him lived together with a girl named Hison before. The two men had an agreement that neither would make a move on Hison and that both would protect her from other men. Renji tells Narumi that the Fourth used Hison as a shield in a fight against the Gotouda Group, causing her death. Renji vows revenge and tells Narumi to stay out of it. Narumi later talks with Yoshiki, who tells him a bit about the Fourth. Narumi realizes how much the Fourth cared about Renji and calls him to beg him to ask Alice for help. The Fourth later comes by the ramen shop to finally ask Alice to help him out, and he finds out that the other NEETs were already on it. Narumi confronts the Fourth about Hison, but the Fourth refuses to tell him more. He later asks Alice, who warns him that investigating may cause him to lose a friend, but he chooses to do so anyway. Narumi later finds out from Hiroaki that on the day of Hison's death, the Fourth was seen with a bleeding shoulder as well. More importantly, there were reports of another woman's voice coming from the apartment. He rushes over to the Fourth to find that the butterfly tattoo on his shoulder actually covers that scar, so he concludes that the men were actually after Hison, not the Fourth. The Fourth refuses to tell him anything, so he goes to talk with Alice again, who tells him that the Gotouda Group's leader divorced his wife right after Hison's death, which leads her to conclude that the culprit is the ex-wife. She also concludes that Hison was pregnant, due to the fact that she was stabbed in the abdomen. Alice tells Narumi that he needs to hurry and tell Renji the truth about the incident, but Narumi gets a call as he leaves that the Fourth has been attacked.
#16 - Two or Three Things I Know About Her
Heaven's Memo Pad - Season 1 - Episode 1
Narumi, a high-school freshman, accidentally crosses paths with a group of NEET when a young girl jumps from a hotel window and lands in a trash pile right in front of him.
#17 - Under the Cherry Blossom Tree
Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 2 - Episode 17
When Nagi wishes an alien on her mother's star,Nagi's wish become real Nagi helps the alien to find the spaceship. Hinagiku is relaxing on a onsen she decides to find and tell Ayumu Nishizawa the truth about that Hinagiku is fallen in love with Hayate. Then suddenly she passed out. Nagi and the alien found the spaceship and finds Hayate going to Isumi then Nagi and the alien follows Hayate. Hayate agreed to Isumi's great-grandmother he will give blood to Isumi to regain her powers but Isumi rejects the help of Hayate the great-grandmother of Isumi hits him with a morning star which cause him to bleed. Soon after Nagi and Hayate had a fight suddenly Nagi accidentally gets on the spaceship that she will never come back.
#18 - Maiden of Longing
Dusk Maiden of Amnesia - Season 1 - Episode 5
The Paranormal Investigation Club is hosting a haunted house for the cultural festival; those who enter are exposed to their greatest fear.
#19 - Special Training
Aria the Scarlet Ammo - Season 1 - Episode 10
Riko explains the plan of how they will infiltrate the mansion and claims that they will go in undercover as a butler and maid. With the agreement done, they undergo one more ‘training session’ where as Riko helps train Aria to say some lines and get time stuck in her head, and aims to practice triggering Kinji’s Hysteria Mode. At the same time, Kinji learns a bit about Riko’s past thanks to Jeanne who is now a student at the school.
#20 - Act 8
High School Star Musical - Season 1 - Episode 8
The second semester begins, and the outline of the next test stage, "Ayanagi Festival Performance," will be announced. Hoshitani and his colleagues were told that each team was free to perform at the Ayanagi Festival. I think of a performance that only we can do, which is unique to us. On the other hand, the runaway of team Otori at the newcomer's unveiling performance reveals disgust. One member of the Hanasakurakai-begins to move quietly.
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#21 - Pretty Girl A and Monster Z
Hatsukoi Limited - Season 1 - Episode 1
Ayumi Arihara wants a boy to confess to her. She got her wish in an unsettling way: after school, the monstrous Misao Zaitsu gives her a love letter and confesses his feelings to Ayumi. Because she doesn't like him and she is afraid of him she thinks of a way to reject him but is afraid of his answer. The next day in school she is carried by Mamoru, Misao's younger brother, to the infirmary and falls in love with him. After the school she is kidnapped and held hostage by some guys who want to lure Misao out.
#22 - Aika-sama Has a Lot of Friends
Shomin Sample - Season 1 - Episode 8
While having their fortunes told by Kimito's phone, the girls discover that it can also predict their compatibility with members of the opposite sex. After Kimito asks Kujo to stop waking him in her usual manner, she is reluctant.
#23 - Maiden of Oblivion
Dusk Maiden of Amnesia - Season 1 - Episode 7
Yuuko hasn't really been herself recently; it is something Teiichi can't put his finger on. Kirie hears the voice she originally thought was Yuuko. The truth is starting to come together and with that the danger increases.
#24 - Inexperienced Though I Am, Please Accept Me Forever
Shomin Sample - Season 1 - Episode 12
With Masaomi's help, the rest of the Commoner Club members arrive at the Arisugawa estate to break off Reiko's engagement. Kimito makes an impassioned plea, but ends up saying more than he intends.
#25 - The Tsun-Pure In Her Element
Shomin Sample - Season 1 - Episode 7
Aika enjoys her newfound popularity by showing off her knowledge of a clothing store. Kimito helps Karen overcome her body image issues while trying on clothes. Aika asks Reiko to help her compose an apology text message to the class.
#26 - It Was Like the Garden of Eden
Shomin Sample - Season 1 - Episode 3
While trying to settle into his new life, Kimito runs into child prodigy Hakua Shiodome, a shy girl who writes complex equations wherever she finds convenient, and Karen Jinryo, a self-taught sword master who challenges him to battle.
#27 - Just Friends
Shomin Sample - Season 1 - Episode 5
Hakua unexpectedly shows up in Kimito's room one morning, and the two of them make breakfast together. Reiko, Aika, and Karen grow concerned about how Hakua is garnering so much of Kimito's attention, and confront her.
#28 - Step Outside
Shomin Sample - Season 1 - Episode 6
The class takes a field trip to the newly-completed theme park "Shominland," where the students get to experience the commoner lifestyle. Kimito coaches the others through almost, but not-quite-authentic commoner activities.
#29 - The Tea Party Incident
Shomin Sample - Season 1 - Episode 4
When Reiko invites Kimito to her room to join in a tea party with the other girls, Aika monopolizes Kimito's time, insisting that her party planning comes first. Kimito offers to help when Reiko inadvertently offends the rest of the class.
#30 - Is This Not the Sky That Kimito-sama Was Looking At?
Shomin Sample - Season 1 - Episode 11
Reiko offers to give Kimito one-on-one tutoring to help him with his flower arranging class. Reiko's mother and brother come to visit the school, with news that promises to change Reiko's life forever.
#31 - Kagurazaka-sama is Here
Shomin Sample - Season 1 - Episode 9
The Commoner Club members learn about maid cafés, and take over the cafeteria in a practical exercise to learn more about what maid café maids do. When Sakimori learns of Kimito's affinity for maids, she invites him to Hakua's lab.
#32 - Welcome, Commoner
Shomin Sample - Season 1 - Episode 1
Entirely average high school student Kimito Kagurazaka is snatched out of his regular school and sent to an elite all-girl school in order to acclimate the students there to both boys and to the culture of commoners.
#33 - I've Been Curious About This For a While, But What Is Gets?
Shomin Sample - Season 1 - Episode 10
Kimito gives Aika a yellow suit of the same style worn by Dandy Sakano, famous commoner comedian and inventor of the "Gets" gesture. When Kimito says that he misses having male companionship, the girls assume the worst.
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#34 - Reiko Is Who We Wish to Be Like
Shomin Sample - Season 1 - Episode 2
A day in Reiko's life demonstrates how good she is at everything she does, and how the other girls look up to her. Reiko throws Kimito a welcome party. Kimito introduces the girls to instant ramen in a cup.
#35 - Theme Park Panic!
Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Season 3 - Episode 4
After Illya recieves tickets from Luvia, she heads to a theme park with all her friends! As they play to their hearts content, they end up separated from their guardian, Iri. While looking for Iri, they encounter the nurse, Caren-sensei?! Meanwhile, Illya realizes she's lost her precious bracelet charm...
#36 - Yukatas and Fireworks
Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Season 3 - Episode 5
Illya's enjoyable summer isn't over! After changing into a yukata, she joins the usual gang and heads to a local festival. As Illya enjoys yo-yo fishing and lottery drawings at the festival, she realizes something dire--she was supposed to wear underwear beneath her yukata! A great tragedy befalls upon her!
#37 - Blue Glass Moon
Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Season 3 - Episode 6
Iri and Liz enjoy playing with water in a vinyl pool in their yard. Then the two of them send Illya and Kuro for a dip too! While they enjoy the approaching end of summer, they recieve notice that Luvia's holding a party to celebrate the reconstruction of her mansion. That was also the signal for them to begin the operation to retrieve the eighth card. The plan will be carried out tonight at midnight!
#38 - Enforcer
Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Season 3 - Episode 7
The girls are joined by Bazett, who reveals she had dispelled the curse of shared pain a while back, before entering the Mirror World, where they are confronted by the eighth card, shrouded by a black mist. Following their plan, Luvia restrains the enemy while Rin provides a mean to enhance Illya and Miyu's attack, providing an opening for Kuro to attack. However, the enemy manages to block it with a shield and counterattacks, forcing the girls to retreat while Bazett charges in, only to get stabbed by multiple swords wielded by the enemy. As Bazett fights using the Berserker's power, Illya and Kuro stay behind to give her a chance to strike, but are still unable to defeat it. Barely managing to escape, Bazett informs the others that the enemy possesses a second Archer card, before it suddenly appears in the real world.
#39 - Observer
Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Season 3 - Episode 8
Luvia collapses the ceiling onto the enemy so that everyone can escape, but it transforms itself into a craft that starts heading towards the city. Just then, the girls are approached by Caren, revealed to be an observer for the Holy Church, who had placed a bound field around the city to keep anyone from seeing anything, giving the girls an opportunity to rest. As Caren theorises that the creature is targeting the Holy Grail, with Kuro deducing it relates to a different Holy Grail War entirely, the enemy starts heading towards Mt. Enzou, where it uncovers a magic circle. While trying to push them out of it, Illya pushes out a human boy that was inside it.
#40 - Golden Boy
Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Season 3 - Episode 9
As Caren experiences backflash from her observation spell, the boy, revealed to be the Heroic Spirit of the eighth card, reveals that Miyu is a princess from a parallel world who was born as a complete version of the Holy Grail. Feeling she can't escape her fate, Miyu gives Sapphire to Illya before being pulled into the vortex, completing the Heroic Spirit's ultimate form. Learning that Miyu is still alive inside the demon's body, Kuro and Bazett hold off the demon while Illya, gathering her resolve to rescue her friend, combines Ruby and Sapphire's power to unleash a powerful new transformation.
#41 - The Dempsey Roll Destroyed
Fighting Spirit - Season 3 - Episode 2
With his title on the line, Ippo goes toe-to-toe with Shimabukuro. The battle is so intense Ippo doesn’t even have room to breathe, to the point he starts turning blue! With Ippo struggling at the “bottom of the ocean,” has Shimabukuro met his goal of destroying the Dempsey Roll?!
#42 - Calling Your Name From a Corner of the World
Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Season 3 - Episode 10
Using her new power, which puts her own body at risk, Illya fights back against the demon while Kuro and the others provide support. As the demon brings out his strongest sword, Ea, Illya uses her full power to defeat it and finally rescue Miyu. Following the battle, Illya and her friends get together to finish their summer homework, with Miyu more than happy to help. Meanwhile, Irisviel and Caren discover the crater has disappeared into a parallel world, where the eighth card is recovered by a mysterious pair.
#43 - City Fading to Silver
Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Season 4 - Episode 1
Illya's fun summer break comes to a sudden end. The aftermath of their battle against the Heroic Spirit of the 8th Class Card disappeared overnight from Mt. Enzou. Their suspicions aroused, Illya and the others race to the scene, where they encounter two mysterious women who say they've come to retrieve Miyu... After a fierce battle, they're all bathed in a mysterious light. Afterwards, Illya wakes up to a midwinter Fuyuki City?!
#44 - Encounters and Reunions
Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Season 4 - Episode 2
One of Ainswoth's dolls, Beatrice, attacks Illya and the mysterious girl, Tanaka. Both are driven into a corner by her overwhelming strength. Just as they run out of options, someone calls Beatrice back, freeing them from their peril. Afterwards, they both fall victim to hunger and a suspicious ramen shop owner gets them into an even worse crisis--they don't have money to pay him! But the one who saves them from those straits is who you'd least expect.
#45 - Illya Grow Up!?
Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Season 2 - Episode 1
With the ley lines failing to recover despite the cards being retrieved, Rin and Luvia bring Illya and Miyu with them to help seal the lines. However, something goes wrong, leading Illya to become split into two separate people.
#46 - Your True Enemy
Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Season 4 - Episode 3
Led by Gil, Illya and Tanaka successfully infiltrate the Ainsworth mansion. Their goal is the room where Miyu's held captive, but standing in their way is Beatrice and Angelica. When she's driven into a corner, Illya manages to reunite with Magical Ruby, regaining her power as a magical girl, and taking a stand to save Miyu!
#47 - For My Weak Little Sister
Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Season 4 - Episode 4
Thanks to sniping from Kuro, Illya's group managed to slip away from Beatrice and retreat from the Ainsworth mansion for the time being. Then they try to regroup at the school building Bazett and Kuro and have been using as their base. However, Illya couldn't figure out a way to counter their Cards: Archer (Gilgamesh), and Berserker (God of Thunder, Thor), leaving her dejected. Seeing her like that, Kuro suddenly turns her twin swords at Illya and attacks?!
#48 - Illya x Illya
Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Season 2 - Episode 2
Illya finds herself targeted by her dark clone, Kuro Illya, whose creation has resulted in Illya's power becoming weaker. Rin and the others attempt to lure Kuro into a trap, but her ability to read everyone's moves leaves them at a disadvantage. However, Illya manages to draw Kuro into a bog, allowing her to be captured.
#49 - The Little Lady Attacks
Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Season 4 - Episode 5
Bazett's barrier was supposed to prevent surprise attacks from the dolls, however Illya finds a little girl, Erica, sneaking into their school. For some reason Erica calls Illya "Onee-chan", and the two of them quickly hit it off. Meanwhile, a man claiming to be Erica's father appears. He seems kind at first glance, and while he came to pick up Erica, he's also...?!
#50 - Chilling Hostility
Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA - Season 4 - Episode 6
The man who came to pick up Erica proclaims himself as Darius, head of the Ainsworths and Miyu's kidnapper. Using his great power Darius activates an ice-barrier Noble Phantasm. Even with Kuro's Caladbolg, their attempts to break the barrier barely scratch it while Darius delivers a shocking statement to Illya!