The BEST episodes directed by Naotaka Hayashi
#1 - The Black Cat Weeps
Intrigue in the Bakumatsu: Irohanihoheto - Season 1 - Episode 9
Youjiro meets an old friend from his childhood, and he thinks back on his life--in particular the time he spent with Sakamoto. Meanwhile, a huge army is headed towards Yokohama.
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#2 - Discussion Becomes Needless
Intrigue in the Bakumatsu: Irohanihoheto - Season 1 - Episode 17
Kakunojou and Akizuki have a difference of opinion on how to proceed against Enomoto.
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#5 - The Transfer Student is the Second Childhood Friend
IS: Infinite Stratos - Season 1 - Episode 3
A double dose of trouble is just the beginning, as Ichika also struggles to learn the ins and outs of piloting his IS.
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#6 - Surely Someone
Kageki Shojo!! - Season 1 - Episode 12
The Romeo and Juliet auditions begin in earnest. Yamada looks back on her pre-Kouka years as she finds her bearings in her role. Sarasa revisits a conversation she overheard between Kouzaburou and Akiya.
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#7 - The Hanamichi and the Silver Bridge
Kageki Shojo!! - Season 1 - Episode 7
Sarasa and Ai head back to Tokyo for summer vacation. Kabuki actor and Sarasa's boyfriend, Akiya Shirakawa, reflects on his childhood with Sarasa and their memories of kabuki.
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#8 - Swords and Rings
BBK/BRNK - Season 1 - Episode 5
The Bubuki battle continues aboard the train that's carrying Oubu toward Treasure Island. A beam fired from Arabashiri's Bubuki ring hits Kinoa, causing her own past to replay in her mind and slow her down. Azuma tries to help, but Kinoa stops him, saying she must settle her own score with Arabashiri. So Azuma agrees to just watch, but Hiiragi can't help wondering what Kinoa's relationship with Arabashiri is. What really happened in their past?
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#9 - Fist Against Fist
BBK/BRNK - Season 1 - Episode 9
Azuma does everything he can to restart the heart of Oubu, which stopped beating during the battle with the American Bubuki users. Hiiragi tries to protect Azuma from a vicious attack, but ends up sent flying and crashes to the ground.
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#10 - Cats and a Rainy Night
Girlfriend BETA - Season 1 - Episode 4
While rushing to school in the morning, Akane and Isuzu come across some kittens abandoned on the road. That's where the two first met, unable to keep the kittens themselves and not wanting to leave them there they took the kittens to school with them.
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#11 - Doggy and Scramble
Girlfriend BETA - Season 1 - Episode 7
Mahiro of the literature club writes for the club's mini magazine, and she's been writing a story since she was in elementary school, which she has been writing over and over again. She has Murakami Fumio read her story, and then everyone wants to read it...
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#12 - Goodbye à la Mode
Girlfriend BETA - Season 1 - Episode 11
Tests are over for second semester, and the school is out for break, with Christmas in the air, but Chloe doesn't seem to be enjoying herself. The school starts worrying about her, but Chloe won't spill the beans. Erena and Kokomi can't take it anymore and set out to find the truth...
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#13 - Darjeeling with Everyone
Girlfriend BETA - Season 1 - Episode 5
The school store finds itself packed after a sudden closure of the cafeteria. Kanata, the student council president, proposes that the student council run the cafeteria on their own, but Risa, always getting the short end of the stick when it comes to Kanata's plans, opposes the idea.
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#14 - Sweet Bitter Potato
Girlfriend BETA - Season 1 - Episode 6
Yuzuko and Momoko line up to get sweet potatoes from the school store. Momoko runs into Nagiko there, and through a serious of events, Momoko ends up believing she's being disrespectful to girls in the other grades. Meanwhile, the occult club tries to solve a riddle...
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#15 - On the Other Side of the Cream Soda
Girlfriend BETA - Season 1 - Episode 8
Shiina Kokomi is coming up on her national tournament, and is excited, but finds herself scared of challenging herself to fo further. Then she starts a part time job...
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#16 - Evolutionary Girl
Girlfriend BETA - Season 1 - Episode 9
Seiou Academy's culture festival, the Seiou Festival, is about to begin. As all the clubs draw lots to determine their time on stage, the light music club band, Neuron Cream Soft, draws a surprising time slot.
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#17 - Princess and Pride
Girlfriend BETA - Season 1 - Episode 10
It's time for the Miss Seiou Contest, the Seiou Festival's contest to choose the school's beauty queen! Akane Sakurai of the broadcast committee is asked to host, and she prepares for the major role by interviewing the favorites and holding special features during her lunch broadcast.
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#18 - Girlfriend xxx
Girlfriend BETA - Season 1 - Episode 12
Christmas time is over and the town is now abuzz with the New Year's spirit. Chloe and Yuria are ecstatic to see Japanese New Year's in action. Kokomi obliges, and invites them into her humble abode. Fumio and Akane also join the gang, while Chloe and Yuria go into antics over Japanese customs, and through Isuzu's generosity, they all enjoy an outing to the shrine for the countdown.
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#19 - Blue Melon Buns
Girlfriend BETA - Season 1 - Episode 2
Kokomi's mother prepared a lavish meal for breakfast hoping to help energize her for the competition, but Kokomi was worried about her weight. She tries not to let anyone know her plight, but becomes overly sensitive to what people are saying at the same time. Then, she starts slipping with her training...
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#20 - Our First Promise
Girlfriend BETA - Season 1 - Episode 1
Kokomi Shiina, a girl on the rhythmic gymnastics team, heads to school as usual, tired. During practice, she meets a girl named Chloe Lemaire. Chloe drops a picture as she's leaving and Kokomi knows it had to be important to her, so she goes around the school looking for her, but can't seem to find the girl in question...
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#21 - Cameras and Shortcake
Girlfriend BETA - Season 1 - Episode 3
Murakami Fumio and Mochidzuki Erena are great friends with each other, but their personalities couldn't be further apart, making everyone else wonder why they're so close. Some people don't even understand why they're friends. This is the story of how they became friends.
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#22 - The False Heart
BBK/BRNK - Season 2 - Episode 2
Guy praises Leticia for destroying most of the headless Buranki lurking around Europe. This irritates Kaoruko, who wants Guy to acknowledge her as the number one heart user. Then, when Kaoruko finds out Maxim was given a special mission, Guy tells her that she must first demonstrate her talent as a heart user. Still, Kaoruko boldly laughs, convinced that she will be the one to protect the world with Oubu.
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#23 - The Butterfly and the Gallows
BBK/BRNK - Season 2 - Episode 6
Kaoruko has been trying to find a way to see her father again ever since he left her at a boarding school in Taiwan. One day, Guy tells Kaoruko that her father reunited with her mother by going up to Treasure Island in a Buranki that still had its brain. Sensing that Kaoruko, despite her brave act, really wants to see her parents again, Guy makes a proposal that will allow him to use her feelings to serve his purposes...
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#24 - The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy
BBK/BRNK - Season 2 - Episode 11
The massive Deus Magna seems to pierce the heavens as it makes its appearance amidst a raging storm, and inside its cranium is the enemy, Guy. The Buranki Batolov and Mega-lala, along with Zampaza piloted by Kaoruko, wield the Bubuki from Laetitia's fallen Buranki as they charge forward to stop him, each for their own individual reasons. But no matter how fiercely they attack Deus Magna, they can't even leave a mark. Meanwhile, inside Deus Magna's body, Azuma and his team enter the battle with Oubu to try to stop Guy and save Reoko.
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