The BEST episodes directed by Shôgo Arai
#1 - Butterfly Dream
Shangri-La - Season 1 - Episode 11
Karin sings a lullaby but doesn't remember how she knew it. Kunihito remembers the song while dreaming of obtaining the land blade when he was a child. He wakes up to find his remaining crew from the carrier adrift in the ocean. The carbon market is stabilized for the moment and Karin receives a cat for a visitor. Kunihito remembers that the carrier was enveloped by a light emitted from a satellite. Ryoko receives a report that their forces aren't able to close on Medusa's location due to typhoons. Karin receives a message from her parents that they will be back soon, however she laments that she's unable to leave the place, but a long-haired youth trespasses her place and invites her outside. Meanwhile the youth tries to get Karin to come out, but she vehemently refuses. She discovers that the guy wasn't captured by security on camera. Karin knows it wasn't a dream and wishes to see the guy again. True to her words, the youth reappears this time inside her room. He convinces Karin that she can interact with other people despite her protests. He invites her outside to a meeting, claiming she will find what she lost. Leon requests permission from Ryoko to view files pertaining to the Digmas. After days of waiting for help, Kunihito sees a plane headed in their direction. Karin finally leaves her home, which resembles a bird cage. She thanks the youth for helping her remember that her mother sang her the lullaby, and the youth disappears. Leon finds information pertaining to the youth, Digma Zero aka Canary, who supposedly died five years ago without having seen the outside world. As Karin finishes her song, the cat disappears as well. Kunihito as a child releases canaries from a bird cage.
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#2 - Paradise SOS
Osamake: Romcom Where the Childhood Friend Won't Lose - Season 1 - Episode 9
After playing throughout their first day in Okinawa, Sueharu is exhausted and falls asleep hard. When he wakes up, an angry Kuroha and her sisters stand before him! What's more, Kuroha senses that the distance between Sueharu and Shirokusa has grown smaller, so she decides to make up for the time lost due to her delayed arrival by coming on to Sueharu with all the appeal she can lay on him. Can Sueharu withstand the fierce attack of "Alter Kuroha"?!
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