The BEST episodes directed by Naoki Matsuura
#1 - Captain Yami Sukehiro
Black Clover - Season 1 - Episode 166
Vanica and her subordinates continue their attack on the Heart Kingdom. Meanwhile, back at the Black Bulls' hideout, Captain Yami's fight against Dante continued. Despite how overwhelmingly powerful Dante is, Yami continues to fight back, landing another powerful blow onto Dante. However, no matter how much Dante is damaged, he continues to regenerate. What will Yami do?
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#2 - The Beginning of Hope and Despair
Black Clover - Season 1 - Episode 158
Spade Kingdom troops travel through a nearby strong magic region using a mobile fortress that sucks up the mana of their citizens. Asta and his friends decide to help.
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#3 - Rescue
Black Clover - Season 1 - Episode 145
The Devil Banishers announce that they will judge Nero and Marie in public. Julius then orders the Black Bulls and other Magic Knights to go rescue them. The Magic Knights place themselves among a crowd that clearly hates the devil, and then the Devil Banishers appear. They then demand that the devil-possessed Asta show himself.
#4 - First Competition
WAVE!!: Let's Go Surfing!! - Season 1 - Episode 3
It's almost time for the curtain to rise on Masaki's first competition - the Forest Cup in Oarai. Many surfers the same age as Masaki will be in the competition, and they will prove to be worthy, life-long rivals. It's been a year since Masaki first met Sho. A year since he started surfing. In order to prove that this last year of training hasn't been in vain, Masaki is determined to do everything he can with everything he's got. And so, he sets out to challenge the waves...
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#5 - A Dialogue
Atom: The Beginning - Season 1 - Episode 11
Mars and Six's true battle has just begun. Six may be fast, but it's taking everything he has to dodge Mars' attacks. When Mars starts flying, it's revealed that he is part of an army unit. Meaning that he's some sort of weapon robot. While news about this spreads, Dr. Lolo's men cut video survival to online streams and tv. The whole time so far Six had been calling to the other robots in the arena and to Mars. Mars tears off Drum Shoulders head and throws it at Six. Six can sense that it's still alive though and tries to call out to it, Mars uses this distraction to his advantage and cuts out Six's right eye. This doesn't deter Six however as he continues to call out to Mars even as his right arm is cut off. After Six is cut in half he still keeps trying to reach Mars. People in the audience start crying seeing Six being hurt like this. Tenma refuses to pull Six out calming he deserves to die if he's going to lose. Finally, Six reaches Mars heart and Mars collapses. Still rather than care for his robot, Tenma runs off to find Dr. Lolo. He rubbs in the fact that he won while she just walks away. The episode ends on Six's vision slowly giving way and him saying, "You...Me..."
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#6 - My Guardian Spirit
WAVE!!: Let's Go Surfing!! - Season 1 - Episode 8
Naoya has come to Shonan to attend a fan meeting for the popular anime "Magical Maid Miruru." He comes across information that Miruru's broadcast may come to an end and becomes very depressed. Masaki's mom and Sakura, Masaki's younger sister, have come to Shonan to have some fun. Together with Masaki and the others, they take Naoya out sightseeing for a change of pace and to help him feel better, but it doesn't quite go as planned...
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#7 - The King and the Lie
Liar, Liar - Season 1 - Episode 1
On Academy Island, elite students fight for ranks in games. When transfer student Hiroto somehow defeats champion Sarasa to gain the title of Seven Stars, he realizes the games are built on lies. But what brought Hiroto to the island in the first place?
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#8 - Facing Off and Flushing Out
Liar, Liar - Season 1 - Episode 9
With the ASTRAL game well underway, Sarasa's doppelgänger has a new trick: impersonating other players to take out whole teams. Will this prove to be a game-ending threat for Hiroto's Eimei team?
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#9 - Loyalty and Performance
Liar, Liar - Season 1 - Episode 2
Hiroto meets his new live-in assistant, Himeji Shirayuki.
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#10 - Good Night
Liar, Liar - Season 1 - Episode 8
Hiroto and the Eimei group make their first moves in the ASTRAL domination game, but tension within the team casts a shadow over their chances. Meanwhile, the mysterious Empress doppelgänger lurks in the shadows, preparing to take action against Saionji.
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#11 - Heroes and Tricks
Liar, Liar - Season 1 - Episode 10
After Hiroto eliminates himself from contention in the ASTRAL game, he sets his new plan into motion by involving an ally at Libra. But can he master the concurrent MTCG game before Eimei gets wiped out in ASTRAL?
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#12 - Treasures in the Darkness
Liar, Liar - Season 1 - Episode 6
Hiroto faces off against Noa in a game of Boardtop Treasure Hunt inside an empty school building. He tries to devise a way to finish the game and save Himeji without losing any Stars, but it truly appears that Noa has the upper hand this time.
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#13 - A Fighting Chance in Eyes of Blue
Liar, Liar - Season 1 - Episode 5
Noa forces Hiroto to play against Himeji in a challenging card game during the Elimination Battle. Himeji repeatedly warns Hiroto that she must not lose. Hiroto wonders what Noa is planning and who else might be influencing her from behind the scenes.
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#14 - Soldiers and Friends
Liar, Liar - Season 1 - Episode 11
A triumphant Hiroto returns to the ASTRAL game, ready to take charge of his new army of allied academies. But will their combined might be enough to take down Miss Hundred Faces and thwart Kurahashi Mikado's plans?
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#15 - A Dead Heat and Determination
Liar, Liar - Season 1 - Episode 3
Hiroto faces a new challenger in the form of the Empress's #1 fan, Kugasaki Seiran. Can the Company help Hiroto to win or will he have to rely on his wits and guile to emerge victorious?
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#16 - Chocolate and the Devil
Liar, Liar - Season 1 - Episode 4
Hiroto encounters a challenging new opponent in the form of the devilishly cute Akizuki Noa. Shirayuki is transferred to Eimei Academy to support Hiroto as he prepares for a series of risky mock games in the daunting All-Campus Elimination Battle.
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#17 - Silence and Change
Liar, Liar - Season 1 - Episode 7
The All-Campus Elimination Battle concludes and Eimei's representatives for the May Inter-Academy Battle have been selected. But what challenges will this new island-wide competition present for Hiroto?
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#18 - Together With You
Liar, Liar - Season 1 - Episode 12
ASTRAL reaches its final day with only three participants remaining. But after the failure of Hiroto's last plan, will he be able to come up with a new one before Miss Hundred Faces can finish him and Sarasa off?
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