The WORST episodes of Full Metal Panic!

Every episode of Full Metal Panic! ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Full Metal Panic!!

Sousuke Sagara, a member of a covert anti-terrorist private military organization known as Mithril, is tasked with protecting Kaname Chidori, a spirited Japanese high school girl.

Last Updated: 3/25/2024Network: AT-XStatus: Ended
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Welcome to the Jungle
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6.77
35 votes

#1 - Welcome to the Jungle

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/19/2018

Sousuke makes his way to the city of Namsac, where people bet on fighting matches between decommissioned Arm Slaves. Thanks to a bit of serendipity, he meets a team owner named Nami at the arena just when she's looking for an AS operator.

Writer: Shoji Gatoh
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Onward, Onward
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6.87
38 votes

#2 - Onward, Onward

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/30/2018

Sousuke who are attacked by amalgam. Raids also come closer to Sousuke who cannot heal wounds yet. On the other hand, Tessa who missed Fowler slightly afterward pledges Leonard and amalgam.

Writer: Shoji Gatoh
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Zero Hour
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7.02
57 votes

#3 - Zero Hour

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/14/2018

Amalgam decides it's time to get serious about its Mithril problem, and this means big challenges are on the horizon for Sousuke, Kaname, and Tessa. As enemies close in on all fronts, will they find ways to overcome those challenges?

Writer: Shoji Gatoh
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Rotten Repose
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7.10
39 votes

#4 - Rotten Repose

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/26/2018

While enjoying considerable success fighting in the arena for Nami's team, Sousuke starts to grow accustomed to his new life in Namsac. But little things keep reminding him he came to this city with a specific purpose in mind.

Writer: Shoji Gatoh
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The Fallen Witch
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7.11
35 votes

#5 - The Fallen Witch

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/23/2018

When Tessa is found wandering dazed and barefoot on a California highway, her attending psychiatrist just might be in for the case of a lifetime. The story Tessa tells sounds like an intricate delusion, but sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.

Writer: Shoji Gatoh
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Stormy Night
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7.14
36 votes

#6 - Stormy Night

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/19/2018

Lemon determines where Kaname is likely being held captive, so Sousuke and his ragtag group launch a rescue mission. But many forces are on the move this stormy night, and the mission doesn't quite go according to plan.

Writer: Shoji Gatoh
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On My Own
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7.23
43 votes

#7 - On My Own

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/5/2018

Sousuke and Kaname work together to save Kyoko and everyone else at Jindai High, and they both reach a point where they must make difficult, fateful decisions. Tessa likewise tries to save as many of her people as possible as she abandons the island base.

Writer: Shoji Gatoh
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Big One Percent
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7.27
45 votes

#8 - Big One Percent

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/28/2018

The SRT team has its hands more than full trying to protect Merida Island from three rampaging Behemoths. Sousuke and Kaname attempt to deal with their own frantic situation, as Amalgam's Kurama drags the students of Jindai High School into the fray.

Writer: Shoji Gatoh
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Giant Killing
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7.38
40 votes

#9 - Giant Killing

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/2/2018

The Crossbow team takes part in their first illegal battle, but nefarious forces are at work behind the scenes. If Sousuke doesn't play his cards right, this first battle could end up being his last.

Writer: Shoji Gatoh
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Damage Control
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7.42
53 votes

#10 - Damage Control

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/21/2018

In Tokyo, Sousuke and Kaname flee from enemy agents in a desperate attempt to rendezvous with their allies. On Merida Island, Mithril struggles to respond to a fierce and demoralizing assault by Amalgam forces.

Writer: Shoji Gatoh
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Make My Day
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7.54
41 votes

#11 - Make My Day

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/19/2018

Leonard and Kalinin make every effort to spirit Kaname away before Sousuke can reach her. As battle erupts between rival Amalgam factions and Mithril remnants, Sousuke and Kaname both find they have to fight against fate to hold on to hope.

Writer: Shoji Gatoh
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One-Man Force
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7.66
38 votes

#12 - One-Man Force

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/9/2018

Sousuke's grudge against Kurama escalates into a full-blown shooting war on the streets of Namsac, but is it possible for him to fight this war all by himself? And every war has its share of casualties.

Writer: Shoji Gatoh
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The Guy I Kinda Like is a Sergeant
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7.72
241 votes

#13 - The Guy I Kinda Like is a Sergeant

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2002

As part of the organization Mithril, Sergeant Souske Sagara, Melissa Mao and Kurz Weber recieve a secret mission: guarding Kaname Chidori, a popular student from a school higher in Tokyo which has a hidden military potential.

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I Want to Protect You
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8.18
163 votes

#14 - I Want to Protect You

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2002

Sousuke is set on his mission to protect Kaname, and attacks anything vaguely resembling a threat to Kaname. This leads to funny situations and Sousuke has to explain Kaname why he is following her, blaming coincidence.

Directors: Yasuhiro Kuroda
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A Cat and a Kitten's Rock & Roll
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8.24
147 votes

#15 - A Cat and a Kitten's Rock & Roll

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/2/2002

The Danaan is in the shop, and Captain Testarossa is feeling pretty bummed about it. To lighten the mood, Mao drops by Tessa’s office, but by the time Tessa arrives, the place is littered with empty beer cans and cigarette butts. Needless to say, Tessa isn’t pleased. The situation quickly spirals and Tessa ends up challenging Melissa to an AS duel, with the stipulation the loser has to run around the base naked. Kurz is obviously pleased by the news and clears his schedule to witness that spectacular event. Tessa, being all talk about her “fearsome AS piloting skills”, recruits Sousuke to train her how to operate an AS. Sousuke’s definitely going to have his hands full in more ways than one.

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The Wind Blows at Home, Part 2
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8.25
143 votes

#16 - The Wind Blows at Home, Part 2

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/23/2002

The Mithril assault team finally begins to take Sousuke's advice into account, but it may be too late: Gauron has one of Sousuke's old comrades predicting what Sousuke will do.

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A Fancy Without Honor or Humanity
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8.26
219 votes

#17 - A Fancy Without Honor or Humanity

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/4/2003

Sousuke and Kaname discover that Ren Mikihara is a yakuza daughter whose members ask for their help to deal with a rival gang. Sousuke, in his mascot disguise, trains the yakuza members. When the rival gang kidnaps Ren and Kaname, Sousuke and his recruits rescue them wearing special mascot AS's.

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Run, Run, Run
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8.26
144 votes

#18 - Run, Run, Run

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/12/2002

Chidori does not quite believe that Tessa is Sagara's superior as Tessa is having fun acting blonde. Meanwhile, Kalinin is being interrogated by Takuma's 'sister' and learns the history of A21. When Sagara discovers a sensor on Takuma, the group moves to the school to wait for back-up. In the room, Tessa manages to build a rapport with Takuma. The girls are captured by A21 while visiting the washroom and the group forces Sagara to make a choice over who to release first. Considering that Chidori is more athletic even though the second person will be in more danger, Sagara asks for the clumsy Tessa to be released first. When it's Chidori's turn, she grapples with Takuma half way through. A shoot-out occurs and both girls are captured while a mini-torpedo hits the spot which Sagara is hiding in.

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Deep Trap
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8.27
139 votes

#19 - Deep Trap

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/28/2002

Gauron manages to escape thanks to the betrayal of two soldiers. Gauron takes Kaname hostage and takes over Dana, the AI of the De Danaan.

Directors: Yasuhiro Kuroda
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Deep Sea Party
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8.29
139 votes

#20 - Deep Sea Party

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/7/2002

Sousuke spends most of the budget for the school festival. Kaname gets so disappointed. It might have been his apology? He invites her to "go to a southern island", but the destination is not what she is thinking...

Directors: Hiroyuki Kanbe
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Part Time Steady
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8.29
148 votes

#21 - Part Time Steady

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/2002

Putting the tumultuous experiences in Khanka behind them, it’s business as usual back at Jindai High School. On the way to school, Kaname is asked out by Shirai, even offering to leave his girlfriend, who watches the debacle furiously from cover. After Sousuke threatens to kill off his family if he goes near Kaname again, the situation appears to be resolved-or is it? At school, Kaname gets the strange feeling that she’s being watched. The situation explodes when Sousuke finds foul graffiti written about Kaname scribbled on the men’s room wall, and proceeds to torture and interrogate Shirai trying to get him to confess. Kaname is called in by Kyouko to defuse the crisis before Shinji’s bladder bursts. Once Shirai is rescued from getting intimate with the toilet bowl by his enraged girlfriend Mizuki, Sousuke sets out to learn about love from one of Shinji’s dating simulators. Kaname and Kyouko watch with distain as negotiations break down between Sousuke and his virtual love. While Sousuke hasn’t got a clue about romancing virtual girls, this military maniac is about to find himself on the receiving end of a crash course in the real thing courtesy of Mizuki Inaba. Blaming Kaname for Shirai breaking up with her, Mizuki recruits Sousuke to fill the roll as her beloved boyfriend in the hopes of convincing some old friends from Jr. High that she has the perfect relationship. Will Sousuke survive basic training in the art of romance? And just how much of this insanity is Kaname going to stand for?

Directors: Yasuhiro Kuroda
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Jack-in-the-Box
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8.30
137 votes

#22 - Jack-in-the-Box

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 6/4/2002

Trouble brews on the Tuatha de Danaan. Gauron has taken control of Dana and isolated the crew into the back half of the ship. Tessa and Kaname are held prisoner on the bridge, helpless to stop Gauron.

The Wind Blows at Home, Part 1
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8.30
146 votes

#23 - The Wind Blows at Home, Part 1

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/16/2002

Kaname’s finally getting her summer fun, but she doesn’t seem too thrilled about it. A few days prior, Mithril Intelligence obtained information that an arch nemesis Sousuke knows very well is alive and wandering the barren wastelands of Helmajistan. While Captain Testarossa is against the idea, Intelligence deploys Sousuke, along with a Mithril unit based in the Indian Ocean, to Helmajistan to assassinate this dangerous target. On the flight over, Sousuke gets heckled by some of his “comrades”, making it a very unpleasant flight for our young Sergeant. Eventually, the team arrives in theater and parachutes in country.

Directors: Setsuo Takase
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Lingerie Panic
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8.32
157 votes

#24 - Lingerie Panic

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2002

Sousuke gets oriented in his Garbage Duty and Kurtz gets to know the targets a little better. Meanwhile Tessa takes care of a research center in Russia. Sousuke's team encounter a mysterious man climbing to Kaname's balcony.

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Is Narashino Burning?
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8.32
116 votes

#25 - Is Narashino Burning?

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/9/2002

Shinji and Sousuke have dragged Kaname, Kyouko, and Mizuki to the Narashino Ground Self-Defense Force Post Festival. Alas, Kaname’s dreams of swimming, beaches, and summer romance have been dashed once again. Sousuke meets Shinji’s father, who is the ranking Secretary at the base. Shinji seems embarrassed, but Sousuke’s his usual military-minded self. Elsewhere, the girls are getting hit on by one of the soldiers from Nerima who came to compete in the AS competition against Narashino. Apparently Narashino’s AS unit is a joke, lacking any decent combat skills, and Nerima has defeated them soundly every year. Kaname turns the pilot’s offer to go AS down, and Mizuki rages over the fact he didn’t even notice her.

Directors: Yasunori Urata
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