The BEST episodes directed by Toshiyuki Kato

The Past, Irrationality, and a Pipe's Smoke
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9.59
32 votes

#1 - The Past, Irrationality, and a Pipe's Smoke

Armed Librarians: Book of Bantorra - Season 1 - Episode 12

Mattalast reminisces about the first time he met Hamyutz and how they went from trying to kill each other to becoming lovers. He also remembers their mission together to capture the traitor Hiza, when he was order to eliminate Hamyutz by the then Acting- Director, Fhotona.

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A Betrayal, A Cup, and a Meandering Path
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9.55
33 votes

#2 - A Betrayal, A Cup, and a Meandering Path

Armed Librarians: Book of Bantorra - Season 1 - Episode 5

Following the theft of Ylucklucu and Volken's apparent betrayal everyone at Bantorra begins to question his motives and his character. Mirepoch has been particularly affected by her friend's actions and seeks solace in the books of the lower libraries. Meanwhile, Norotei is dispatched to recover Lumion's book which has gone missing from the Toatt Mine.

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DIO's World, Part 2
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8.96
151 votes

#3 - DIO's World, Part 2

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 2 - Episode 46

The group tries to identify DIO's Stand.

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The Faraway Journey, Farewell Friends
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8.95
162 votes

#4 - The Faraway Journey, Farewell Friends

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 2 - Episode 48

The final battle!

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Goodbye, Morioh - The Golden Heart
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8.74
144 votes

#5 - Goodbye, Morioh - The Golden Heart

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 39

Josuke and the others finally corner Kira. Jotaro also arrives but Kira uses Bites the Dust on a paramedic who came to help and tries to blow away time gain. He tells the woman his true identity, causing Bites the Dust to activate. The final battle in Morioh is finally reaching its end!

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Sheer Heart Attack, Part 2
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8.67
148 votes

#6 - Sheer Heart Attack, Part 2

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 24

Koichi manages to survive because Echoes Act 3 made Sheer Heart Attack heavy, but then the murderer, Yoshikage Kira shows up! Feeling intense anger against the murderer, Koichi fights Kira with Act 3, but doesn't stand a chance. Kira is infuriated by the fact that Koichi made a fool of him in public, and lets loose on him, but...

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Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live Quietly, Part 2
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8.67
145 votes

#7 - Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live Quietly, Part 2

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 22

Yoshikage Kira was the killer hiding in Morioh and is also a Stand user. Shigechi finds out this secret, so Kira tries to dispose of him, but Shigechi fights back with Harvest. However, because of Kira's Stand, Killer Queen, he suffers a mortal wound and loses. Shigechi manages to get away from Kira and tries to find Josuke so he can tell him about Kira and be fixed by Crazy Diamond.

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Caesar: A Lonely Youth
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8.64
234 votes

#8 - Caesar: A Lonely Youth

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 1 - Episode 20

Lisa Lisa tells JoJo of Caesar's childhood, in which he took to crime at a young age after being abandoned by his debt-ridden father, Mario.

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The Man Who Became a God
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8.62
210 votes

#9 - The Man Who Became a God

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 1 - Episode 26

JoJo's victory, along with his arm, is cut short when Kars manages to survive the volcano by forming a shield of air bubbles to protect him from its deadly lava.

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Crazy Diamond Is Unbreakable, Part 2
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8.59
137 votes

#10 - Crazy Diamond Is Unbreakable, Part 2

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 38

Josuke and Hayato try to force Killer Queen and Stray Cat into close-quarters combat by going into a nearby house. However, air bullets start to show up in the house. Josuke tries to dodge them by throwing around ash from an ashtray so he can see where they are going, but for some reasons, the air bullets keep chasing after Josuke. There's no way that Kira should be able to see them from the outside, so Josuke and Hayato start panicking...

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Another One Bites the Dust, Part 2
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8.55
138 votes

#11 - Another One Bites the Dust, Part 2

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 36

After blowing up Rohan Kishibe with Killer Queen's third ability, Bites the Dust, Hayato is told by Kira as to what happened and returns to the same morning. He then thinks that the only people who could defeat Kira are people with abilities like Rohan, and tries to tell Rohan about Kira without getting him killed. However, Rohan blows up, even without meeting Hayato. Hayato is distraught, thinking that there's no one else who can defeat Kira when he runs into...

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Prisoner of Love
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8.44
124 votes

#12 - Prisoner of Love

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 5 - Episode 5

Father and daughter try to escape the visiting room's trap and the prison, but an enemy Stand extracts two discs from Jotaro. One holds Star Platinum.

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Crazy Diamond Is Unbreakable, Part 1
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8.43
137 votes

#13 - Crazy Diamond Is Unbreakable, Part 1

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 37

Hayato's plan to kill Kira with Stray Cat's air bullets failed. Kira realizes that Hayato has repeated the same morning numerous times, and realizes that it's becoming dangerous for Hayato to repeat the same morning any longer, and considers undoing Bites the Dust. Kira truly believed that fate was on his side, and then he showed up...

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The Prediction of the Bureau of Medicin
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8.36
66 votes

#14 - The Prediction of the Bureau of Medicin

Hiiro no Kakera ~ The Tamayori Princess Saga - Season 1 - Episode 8

Tamaki decides to have Ashiya's assistance, much to the Guardians' disapproval. When looking through the archives, Tamaki hears a voice that may be of help. Mahiro reveals a secret about Logos that he hid from everyone for her grandmother's sake.

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Operation Savage Guardian (Head to the Courtyard!) (2)
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8.29
110 votes

#15 - Operation Savage Guardian (Head to the Courtyard!) (2)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 5 - Episode 11

Father Pucchi learns some damning information. Jolyne and Weather's bodies strain under Jumpin' Jack Spark's Stand ability as the fight continues.

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Prisoner FE40536: Jolyne Cujoh
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8.26
131 votes

#16 - Prisoner FE40536: Jolyne Cujoh

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 5 - Episode 2

Jolyne gets acquainted with Green Dolphin Street Prison and her two-faced cellmate, Gwess, who has obtained Jolyne's locket and a pint-sized new Stand.

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Another One Bites the Dust, Part 1
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8.22
134 votes

#17 - Another One Bites the Dust, Part 1

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 35

After being cornered, Kosaku Kawajiri gets rid of Hayato. Though he made it look like an accident, Rohan and the others have spotted Hayato, and were coming to the Kawajiri household the next day to ask him some questions. At this rate, he's going to be found out and caught... Kawajiri fell into despair when suddenly, Yoshihiro's arrow suddenly stabs him...

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Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 1
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8.21
180 votes

#18 - Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 1

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 2 - Episode 10

The group travels to India. In a restaurant Polnareff is attacked by a mysterious Stand that is inside a mirror.

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Torrential Downpour Warning
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8.21
110 votes

#19 - Torrential Downpour Warning

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 5 - Episode 12

Jolyne reaches the courtyard. Pucchi recalls his talks with DIO and his reason for hunting Jotaro when Weather unleashes a squall of poison dart frogs.

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The Goddess (Neptune) of Planeptune
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8.16
80 votes

#20 - The Goddess (Neptune) of Planeptune

Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation - Season 1 - Episode 1

After long years of war, peace has finally come to Gamindustri. As usual, though, the goddess of Planeptune is a little TOO peaceful--gaming is so much more fun than running a country! With the Console Wars over, will the next war be Neptune vs. inertia?!

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Operation Savage Guardian (Head to the Courtyard!) (1)
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8.15
111 votes

#21 - Operation Savage Guardian (Head to the Courtyard!) (1)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 5 - Episode 10

Assisted by Emporio and his friend Weather Forecast, Jolyne rushes to the courtyard to pass Jotaro's Stand Disc to the Speedwagon Foundation.

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Sheer Heart Attack, Part 1
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8.13
138 votes

#22 - Sheer Heart Attack, Part 1

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 23

Jotaro and Koichi try to track down the owner of the button and run into the murderer, Yoshikage Kira and his Stand, Killer Queen's bomb, Sheer Heart Attack at Centipede Shoes. Koichi wants to go after Kira, but Jotaro tells him not to. However, Koichi isn't satisfied with Jotaro's decision and decides to act on his own, right when Sheer Heart Attack attacks again..

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The Visitor (2)
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8.12
124 votes

#23 - The Visitor (2)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 5 - Episode 4

DIO's follower Johngalli A. aims for revenge. The boy risks his safety to help Jotaro and Jolyne, but she refuses to leave the kid behind.

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"The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 2
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8.12
171 votes

#24 - "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 2

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 2 - Episode 26

The group's encounter with "Geb" and "The Fool" continues.

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Jotaro Kujo! Meets Josuke Higashikata
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8.11
185 votes

#25 - Jotaro Kujo! Meets Josuke Higashikata

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 1

April 1999. Jotaro Kujo arrives to Morioh City in search of someone named Higashikata, and ends up running into a young man surrounded by delinquents. Jotaro then finds out that his name is Josuke Higashikata, and was exactly the person he was looking for.

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The Nijimura Brothers, Part 3
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8.10
137 votes

#26 - The Nijimura Brothers, Part 3

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 5

Josuke and Koichi defeat Keicho. They go further into the Nijimura house, in order to destroy the bow and arrow to make sure there will be no more victims. However, they end up hearing strange noises in the dark room they happen upon. As soon as Josuke tries to jump into the room, a monster-like hand grabs Koichi's leg...

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Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 2
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8.09
174 votes

#27 - Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 2

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 2 - Episode 11

In an effort to save Polnareff, Avdol is injured by the enemy. Then J. Geil's Stand, Hanged Man attacks.

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Let's Go Eat Some Italian Food
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8.08
156 votes

#28 - Let's Go Eat Some Italian Food

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 10

Josuke and Okuyasu visit a brand new Italian restaurant in Morioh. Rather than customers choosing items from a menu, the chef, Tonio, decides what the customer will eat after he looks at them. Tonio wants Okuyasu to feel better, and first, offers him water. Okuyasu is moved at how wonderful it tastes. He's actually moved to tears at how delicious the water is, but then starts showing even weirder symptoms...

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The Visitor (1)
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8.06
128 votes

#29 - The Visitor (1)

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 5 - Episode 3

Jolyne acclimates to prison, but a mysterious boy delivers an ominous message before Jolyne receives a visit from her father and an enemy Stand user.

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The Tamayori Princess
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8.06
71 votes

#30 - The Tamayori Princess

Hiiro no Kakera ~ The Tamayori Princess Saga - Season 1 - Episode 1

It's the time of year when the trees turn red. Tamaki Ugaya, an ordinary high school student, goes to live with her grandmother in the Ugaya Family home while her parents are overseas for work. Tamaki arrives at Kifumura village, surrounded by nature. Her childhood memories guide her towards her grandmother's house but she is immediately attacked by monsters. The one who saves her is the surly boy, Takuma Onizaki

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Stone Ocean
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8.05
150 votes

#31 - Stone Ocean

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 5 - Episode 1

Florida, 2011. Framed for a DUI and imprisoned, young Jolyne gains a mysterious new power after receiving a bizarre item from her estranged father.

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F.F.
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7.99
110 votes

#32 - F.F.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 5 - Episode 8

Jolyne and Ermes unravel the mystery of Stand F.F. and its user, who admits to helping Pale Snake in his efforts to steal their Stands.

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Rohan Kishibe's Adventure
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7.97
148 votes

#33 - Rohan Kishibe's Adventure

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 17

Koichi and Rohan discover a bizarre sight. Before them lies an alley that's not listed on any map. They decide to go down the alley and find only empty houses that are also not listed on the map. While wandering they realize that no matter which way they turn, they keep ending back where they started. Rohan believes that they're under a Stand's attack, but...

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Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live Quietly, Part 1
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7.97
143 votes

#34 - Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live Quietly, Part 1

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 21

As Yoshikage walked through the town at lunchtime, declined the offer to eat lunch with his female coworkers, and heads to a bakery to buy lunch. While enjoying his lunch outdoors, Shigechi walks by and accidentally takes Kira's sandwich bag by mistake, thinking it was his own. Realizing this, Kira quickly goes after Shigechi, because the contents of that bag definitely did not contain a sandwich...

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Death Thirteen, Part 1
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7.94
161 votes

#35 - Death Thirteen, Part 1

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 2 - Episode 19

Kakyoin is dreaming and dreams about being in a strange amusement park, where he encounters the Death tarot card. While in the dream, he witnesses Death cut down a dog. Kakyoin wakes up screaming, but can't remember what his bad dream was about.

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Debt Collector Mary Lynn Manson
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7.94
113 votes

#36 - Debt Collector Mary Lynn Manson

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 5 - Episode 9

Pale Snake's user, Father Pucchi, makes his entrance. A baseball game in the yard against Miraschon heats up when F.F. and Stone Ocean get involved.

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Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House, Part 2
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7.93
145 votes

#37 - Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House, Part 2

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 15

Koichi suddenly arrives at Rohan's house. Koichi carefully goes inside and finds Rohan drawing manga at an incredible speed. Apparently he can't stop himself from drawing after reading about Koichi's experiences. Rohan attempts to tear another page from Koichi by using Heaven's Door, when someone unexpected shows up at his door...

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There's Six of Us!
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7.88
113 votes

#38 - There's Six of Us!

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 5 - Episode 7

After people go missing from the prison's farm, Jolyne and Ermes volunteer to join the search party as a way to look for Pale Snake and the discs.

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July 15th (Thursday), Part 4
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7.87
136 votes

#39 - July 15th (Thursday), Part 4

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 34

At his wit's end with Cheap Trick, Rohan calls Koichi over to his house and asks him for help. Rohan does everything in his power not to show Koichi the Stand that's on his back, which just makes Koichi believe that he's just playing a trick on him, and Koichi leaves. Enraged by Cheap Trick, Rohan decides to finally leave his house and head for the Morioh Grand Hotel. However, the danger of having someone see his back is almost too much for him to bear...

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Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 2
star
7.86
137 votes

#40 - Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 2

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 12

In order to defeat Red Hot Chili Pepper, who intends on killing Joseph Joestar, Josuke and the others head to the harbor. Jotaro believes that Red Hot Chili Pepper will try to get to Joseph's boat with something that requires a battery, so he leaves Josuke and Koichi at the harbor, telling them to attack the user if he shows himself. As Josuke is dealing with his conflicting feelings towards Joseph, the very confident user of Red Hot Chili Pepper shows himself.

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The Nijimura Brothers, Part 2
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7.82
145 votes

#41 - The Nijimura Brothers, Part 2

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 4

In order to save Koichi, Josuke goes further into the Nijimura household. Suddenly, he's attacked from many tiny beams of light. Josuke manages to dodge the attack, but it hits Okuyasu right in the face. Josuke tells Okuyasu that he'll heal his wounds if he tells him what the identity of his brother's Stand is. Okuyasu says he has no itention of telling him, and Josuke does something surprising...

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Yukako Yamagishi Falls In Love, Part 2
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7.82
140 votes

#42 - Yukako Yamagishi Falls In Love, Part 2

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 9

Koichi can't handle living in captivity any longer and tries to plan his escape. While talking to Yukako, Koichi finds out that there's a payphone nearby, and has Echoes go find it. He tries to contact Josuke and Okuyasu, but Yukako already figured out what he was planning. Koichi loses hope. Yukako then goes to the phone to order some ingredients but then something unexpected happens...

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Josuke Higashikata! Meets Angelo
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7.82
154 votes

#43 - Josuke Higashikata! Meets Angelo

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 2

Josuke spots the terrible and violent villain Angelo's Stand, and tells Jotaro about that incident. Jotaro figures it's a Stand that can somehow enter people, so he warns Josuke to not eat or drink anything until he can get to him. Right when he's told that, Josuke witnesses the Stand go into his mother, and then does the unthinkable.

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Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House, Part 1
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7.74
138 votes

#44 - Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House, Part 1

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 14

Koichi and Hazamada find out that the famous manga artist, Rohan Kishibe, who draws "Pink Dark Boy," lives in Morioh and they go to his house to get an autograph. Not only did Rohan promise them autographs, but invited them inside to see his work space, and the boys are thrilled. Though Koichi gradually becomes frightened when he sees just how far Rohan will go to achieve reality...

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Ermes's Stickers
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7.73
114 votes

#45 - Ermes's Stickers

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 5 - Episode 6

Jolyne returns to prison to retrieve Jotaro's discs. Ermes Costello discovers her new ability and a guard with discs in his head before she's attacked.

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DIO's Curse
star
7.71
186 votes

#46 - DIO's Curse

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 2 - Episode 3

Jotaro is able to defeat Kakyoin. He takes the wounded Kakyoin back to his house, hoping to get some information about DIO.

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The Nijimura Brothers, Part 1
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7.67
145 votes

#47 - The Nijimura Brothers, Part 1

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 3

Angelo's Stand ability was brought forth by the mysterious bow and arrow, and apparently they're also connected to Dio. After defeating Angelo, Jotaro thought that the danger had left the city, and tries to find the whereabouts of the bow and arrow. A few days later, Koichi is walking home with Josuke, and they pass a house that should be empty...

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Let's Go Hunting!
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7.64
138 votes

#48 - Let's Go Hunting!

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 16

Josuke suddenly gets invited to go hunting by Jotaro. The purpose of this hunting trip was to hunt down the rat that gained Stand abilities after Akira Otoishi shot it with the bow and arrow. As they trace the rat to a drainage canal, they see a clump of fourteen rat corpses fused together. They realize it's probably the work of the rat that they're after and follow it to a farm, and...

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Highway Star, Part 1
star
7.64
137 votes

#49 - Highway Star, Part 1

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 28

Rohan has a feeling that Josuke is cheating at cee-lo, and cuts off his own pinky. If he is unable to figure out Josuke's trick in the next round, he says he will pay him 2 million yen to have him use Crazy Diamond to fix his finger. But if Rohan does figure it out, he says he'll take Josuke's pinky instead. He even calls Tamami to act as a mediator, having him use his Stand ability so Josuke can't play fairly the next round, either.

Yukako Yamagishi Falls In Love, Part 1
star
7.63
142 votes

#50 - Yukako Yamagishi Falls In Love, Part 1

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) - Season 3 - Episode 8

Koichi is asked out by another student in his grade named Yukako Yamagishi. At first, he couldn't hide his joy from being asked out, but quickly has second thoughts when she suddenly loses her temper with him. The next day, she knitted him a sweater, made him lunch, and did other things for him that makes Koichi start to wonder about her. Yukako's obssession worsens, and she does the unthinkable.

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