The WORST episodes of Date A Live
Every episode of Date A Live ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Date A Live!
Thirty years ago a strange phenomenon called "spacequake" devastated the center of Eurasia, claiming the lives of at least 150 million people. Since then, smaller spacequakes plague the world on an irregular basis. Shido Itsuka, a seemingly ordinary high schooler comes across a mysterious girl at the ground zero of a spacequake and learns from his sister Kotori she is one of the "Spirits" who are the real cause of the spacequakes that occur when they manifest themselves in the world. He also learns that Kotori is the commander of the airship Fraxinus, crewed by the organization Ratatoskr, and is recruited to make use of his mysterious ability to seal the Spirits' powers thus stopping them from being a threat to mankind. However, there is a catch: to seal to Spirit's power, I must make it fall in love with him and kiss her.

#1 - Locked Memories
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/20/2022
Mukuro resorts to drastic measures in order to monopolize Shido's heart. To gain his full love and affection, Mukuro locks away all memories of him.

#2 - Despair Comes Crashing Down
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/8/2019
The Humpty Dumpty satellite has a great fall towards Tengu City. Will Natsumi realize her own self-worth before the city is reduced to rubble?

#3 - Crossroads
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/2019
Origami makes an unexpected decision that shakes things up. While Shido runs off to investigate, a spatial quake alarm lands the others in a special kind of trouble.

#4 - The Power Given
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/22/2019
As Fraxinus defends against a fierce opponent, Origami stops at nothing to fulfill her wish and makes the ultimate sacrifice. Will she regret the cost to gain what she wanted?

#5 - Demon King of Descending Darkness
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/1/2019
Origami is on a mission to avenge her parents, but when she finally discovers the truth, it turns out to be much harsher than she bargained for.

#6 - Tengu City, Five Years Ago
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/8/2019
On a mission to avert disaster, Shido attempts to rewrite history. Can he stop Origami's crazed rampage or are her parents doomed to die?

#7 - Another World, Another Girl
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/15/2019
Shido wakes up and finds that the world around him is different. His attempt to thwart disaster may have succeeded, but for how long will it last?

#8 - Angel of the Starry Night
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/22/2019
Shido takes Origami on a date but she's not acting like herself. After all hell breaks loose, the fate of the world depends on whether he can reach out to her heart or not.

#9 - Make Shido Itsuka Swoon
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/29/2019
All the sealed Spirit power is making Shido go wild, but the only cure is to kiss him again. Can all the girls entice Shido to fall for them before it's too late?

#10 - Don't Panic. It's a Spirit's Trap.
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/8/2022
Shido encounters a girl named Nia collapsed on the side of the road, but learns there's more to this manga artist than meets the eye.

#11 - So Be It! 2D It Is!
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/15/2022
Shido tries to woo Nia whose heart is firmly set on 2D. In order to get Nia to read their manga, the crew challenges her to see who can sell more copies at Comico.

#12 - What's Yours Is Mine
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/22/2022
The girls struggle to sell more than Nia, but they have a few tricks up their sleeves. However, not even the Spirits are safe when Isaac Westcott comes to claim his prize.

#13 - Space Spirit
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/29/2022
When the Earth comes under attack by a Spirit from space, Shido attempts to charm her. The problem is, she's closed off her heart and just wants to be left alone.

#14 - Fairy Tale
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/6/2022
Trapped by Beelzebub in a world of fiction, the crew is desperate to escape. But without their powers to aid them, they're at the mercy of the story they're inside.

#15 - An Opened Heart
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/13/2022
Shido races to save Mukuro before DEM reaches her first. But when she gets hostile, Shido, Kotori, and the Spirits must outplay their enemies in order to open her heart.

#16 - Transformation
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/2019
Natsumi uses her powers to turn the girls into children. But their plan to convince Natsumi that her true form is cute turns out to be no child's play at all.

#17 - Key and Sword
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/27/2022
In a competition for Shido's lips, Mukuro battles against Inverse Tohka. Before long, all goes wrong and Shido must stop Mukuro from destroying the planet.

#18 - Nightmare's Seduction
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/3/2022
Shocked by Kurumi's appearance at school, Shido and crew try to deduce her intentions. This time, Shido's date with a Spirit is a matter of life and death.

#19 - Girl Time
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/10/2022
After a lunchtime showdown, Kurumi and Shido plan to settle their competition on a special holiday. In the meantime, the Spirits help Shido prepare to face Kurumi in their own way.

#20 - Past Sins
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/17/2022
Shido takes charge during their Valentine's Day date and trusts his gut to capture Kurumi's heart. Before it ends, a look into Kurumi's past sheds light on how she became a Spirit.

#21 - Cycle of Salvation
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/24/2022
Driven by her resolve to erase the Spirit of Origin from existence, Kurumi is fighting a battle of her own. And at long last, the identity of Phantom is revealed.


#23 - Final Respite
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/17/2024
The crew of Fraxinus sets about preparing for their battle against DEM with haste and high morale. The Spirits work hard to prepare snacks in order to encourage Shido and everyone else as the decisive battle draws closer by the hour...
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#24 - The Spirit's Resurrection
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/24/2024
A full-scale confrontation between Shido and his friends Ratatoskr and DEM has begun. Kurumi and her clone, AST led by Ryoko Kusabe, join them, and as the battle intensifies, Shido confronts a horde of pseudo-Spirits, Nibeelcole.
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#25 - The Spirit of Origin
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/1/2024
A certain time, a certain place. Shinji Takamiya encounters a spatial earthquake, but finds a girl at the scene. She remembers almost nothing about herself. Shinji gives her the name Mio and she goes to live with him and his younger sister, Mana.
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