The BEST episodes directed by Taiichi Ogawa

Tohru and Kobayashi's Impactful Meeting! (We're Raising the Bar on Ourselves)
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7.97
122 votes

#1 - Tohru and Kobayashi's Impactful Meeting! (We're Raising the Bar on Ourselves)

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid - Season 1 - Episode 12

Tohru's now capable of handling the housework perfectly, and at Miss Kobayashi's request, she decides to make the best omurice for dinner one night. However, gathering high quality ingredients would put her over budget. Wanting to see Miss Kobayashi smile more than anything, Tohru ends up playing her forbidden card... Meanwhile, as Miss Kobayashi rides the train home, worn out from work, she dreams of the night she first met Tohru.

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Tohru's Real World Lessons! (She Thinks She Understands It Already.)
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7.82
129 votes

#2 - Tohru's Real World Lessons! (She Thinks She Understands It Already.)

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid - Season 1 - Episode 5

Tohru's finally gotten the hang of her maid duties. Suddenly interested in what Miss Kobayashi does at work, she heads out to observe. There she watches how everyone relies on Miss Kobayashi and falls for her again. However, there's also a boss being mean to Miss Kobayashi, which makes Tohru very angry... Out on the town she runs into Fafnir from the other world. Since he says he'll be living in this world too, Tohru winds up helping him find a place to live?!

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Six-Beat of Tears!
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7.48
124 votes

#3 - Six-Beat of Tears!

Free! - Season 2 - Episode 10

After being informed by Nitori, Rin becomes aware of Sousuke's shoulder injury, learning that he had been harboring for two years and that all his talk of being scouted was a lie.

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Head-Up of Decision!
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7.36
125 votes

#4 - Head-Up of Decision!

Free! - Season 2 - Episode 5

After the others notice him behaving oddly and insisting on sleeping over, Nagisa reveals he has run away from home, eventually explaining that his parents told him to quit the swim club because of his poor grades. Wanting to avoid his mother, Nagisa and the others hide out at the swimming center to come up with a plan, where Nagisa laments how he doesn't find studying fun, having been forced to do it endlessly during middle school. As the group move further into the school when someone approaches, Rei tries to convince Nagisa to tell his parents how he really feels. Moved by everyone's words, Nagisa vocalises his true feelings to the pursuer, who turns out to be their teacher, Miho Amakata, who came after Haruka told her to let them handle it and gives Nagisa the courage to talk to his parents.

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