The BEST episodes of Katekyo Hitman Reborn! season 1
Every episode of Katekyo Hitman Reborn! season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Katekyo Hitman Reborn! season 1!
Reborn! is about a boy, Tsunayoshi "Tsuna" Sawada, who is chosen to become a mob boss. Tsuna unwillingly undergoes training from Reborn, a hitman from Italy. Timoteo a.k.a. "Vongola IX," the head of the Vongola Family, sent Reborn to train Tsuna; the first Vongola boss moved to Japan, and Tsuna was his great-great-great grandson; the other candidates for the position of the head of the Vongola family died. Enrico, who was the leading candidate to become "Vongola X", died in a gun battle. Massimo, the second, "sleeps with the fishes." Federico, the favored son, was found as a pile of bones. For these reasons, Tsuna is the only remaining heir. Reborn's main instrument of choice in teaching Tsuna is the "Dying Will Bullet" ("Deathperation Shot" in the English versions), which will make the person be "reborn" with a stronger self intent on fulfilling his dying will.
#1 - Sudden Attack
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/24/2007
One by one, students at Namimori High are being targeted by an unknown gang. It seems that some of those targets are some of Tsuna's friends, and he has to stop the unknown gang before they attack his friends.
#2 - The End and From Then On.
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/7/2007
With the new Rebuke Bullet, Tsuna has reached a new level of power, but it still may not be possible to defeat Mukuro, who still has not revealed his strongest form.
#3 - I Want to Win! Moment of Awakening
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/31/2007
Even after his apparent death, Mukuro still isn't finished as he possesses the bodies of everyone his hit with his trident. There seems to be no way for Tsuna to win with everyone under Mukuro's control and no Dying Will, when Reborn's pet Leon gives off a strange glow.
#4 - The Final Deathperation Shot!
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/17/2007
With Tsuna running after Futa, the others are left to deal with the one claiming to be Mukuro himself. He proves to be too much for them in the state they are in, so all hope lies with Tsuna coming back in time. However, even if he does, there is only one Dying Will Bullet left.
#5 - Fighting Back in Different Ways
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/24/2007
With the reveal that their foe wasn't the real Mukuro, everyone breaks into the Kokuyo Middle School building to face the true mastermind. With no Dying Will, Gokudera having to fend off both Chikusa and Ken, and everyone else unconscious, all hope looks lost, but one of Mukuro's captives my prove to be the ace in the hole.
#6 - Hide and Seek on a Luxury Cruise
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/5/2007
Reborn invites Tsuna and his mom to a vacation resort, but they first have to ride on a cruise ship to get there. Once on the ship, Tsuna spots some of his friends, who all boarded without tickets, and he now has to keep them from being caught, but first, he has to catch them.
#7 - Unforeseen Evil Influence
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/10/2007
After a quick battle between Bianchi and M.M., Haru and Kyoko have been targeted by the serial killer twins Jiji and Didi under Birds' order. Threatening to kill off the girls, Birds plays with Tsuna and his friends, commanding them to beat Tsuna up.
#8 - A Summer Filled with Debt?
Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/26/2007
To pay off the damage caused in the previous episode, Tsuna works as a lifeguard with Ryohei, only for them and the other boys to be challenged to a swimming race by older lifeguards. Later, Tsuna and his friends run a stand during a summer festival to continue to pay off their debt, only to have run ins with Hibari, and a group of thieves.
#9 - Wounded Friends
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/3/2007
After a battle between Gokudera and Chikusa, one of the gang members; Tsuna, Yamamoto, Gokudera, Bianchi, and Reborn set off to capture and defeat the mysterious gang from Kokuyo, only for Yamamoto to run into trouble right off the bat.
#10 - Welcome to Mafialand
Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/12/2007
At Mafia Island, Tsuna fails to prove his identity as the Vongola Family's 10th boss, and is transported to the back of the island where he is given a new chance to prove himself. There, he meets another Arcobaleno, Colonello. Colonello and Reborn put Tsuna through tough training. Meanwhile, another Arcobaleno invades the island with an army.
#11 - A Shark Showed Up in the Public Pool
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/19/2007
Tsuna has to swim 15m in school, but being unable to swim, he is trained by Yamamoto, Gokudera and Haru in the public pool. Everyone has his own method, and they decide to compete to see who can get Tsuna to swim the furthest. Reborn interferes this time with a Vongola dolphin that has a dangerous complexion.
#12 - The Senior Boss Cares About the Family
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/2006
Reborn's former student comes to Japan to visit Tsuna; Dino teaches Tsuna what it means to be a Mafia leader.
#13 - Poisoned Love Chocolates
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/10/2007
It's Valentine's Day Kyoko and Haru are at Tsuna's house to make some chocolate, only to his horror to find that they are being helped by Bianchi. Tsuna and his friends have to find away to get Bianchi away from them before she ends up poisoning the chocolate.
#14 - Clash! Survival Snow Battle
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/20/2007
All of Tsuna's friends show up at school during winter to help him babysit I-pin and Lambo. Although, in a turn of events, everyone besides Tsuna seems to just want to have a snowball fight, so Reborn turns it into another one of his staged competitions.
#15 - No Way! I Killed Him?
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/21/2007
A burglar comes into Tsuna's room at night, with Tsuna fainting from fear, only to wake up in the morning to find him dead. Everyone must find a way to hide the body or else go to prison.
#16 - Her Lover is Broccoli?
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/28/2007
Kyoko's friend Hana is infatuated with Future Lambo and blackmails Tsuna into letting her meet him by threatening to tell Kyoko that Haru is his girlfriend. When Lambo uses the Ten-Year Bazooka, however, something malfunctions and creates a teen Lambo with young Lambo's mind, and to make matters worse, this Lambo escapes from the house.
#17 - 100% Accuracy? Rankings for Everything
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/17/2007
A small kid named Futa bumps into Tsuna. What Tsuna is not aware of is that Futa is a Mafia informant, whose "rankings" are 100% accurate, and this makes him a widely sought-after target, forcing Tsuna and the others to protect him.
#18 - To the Limit! Passionate Brother!
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2006
Tsuna finally meets Kyoko's older brother, Ryohei, but things don't seem to go the way he wanted when Ryohei nags Tsuna to join the boxing club.
#19 - Escape from Death Mountain!
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/27/2007
When Reborn drops Tsuna and his friends off on an isolated mountain, he and others become lost in the wilderness of the mountain.
#20 - Eating Sushi to Celebrate Moving up a Grade
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/14/2007
After the defeat of Mukuro, life goes on normally and Tsuna and his friends all move up a grade at school. However, none of them are in the same class, so Reborn offers them a challenge to catch him, with the prize being a change of the roster. Later, they celebrate at a sushi restaurant owned by Yamamoto's father only to find they do not have enough money to pay for their food and have to work off their debt.
#21 - Don't Make Noise When You're Hospitalized
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/3/2007
Tsuna is recovering from his wounds from the previous episode and discovers that recovering in peace and quiet isn't possible with not only his friends visiting, but the fact that Hibari is in the same hospital.
#22 - The End of School!?
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2006
Since Reborn's arrival, Tsuna begins to meet new and strange people. One of those people is Hayato Gokudera, a Mafia member who wants to kill Tsuna in order to become the Vongola boss. Meanwhile, Tsuna is forced to help the volleyball team, including his friend Takeshi Yamamoto, due to his show of strength in the previous episode.
#23 - What!? I'm a Tenth-Generation Mafia Boss!?
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2006
A strange infant, Reborn, claiming to be a hitman for the Mafia approaches Tsunayoshi "Tsuna" Sawada. To Tsuna's dismay, he has just been chosen to become the next Vongola boss.
#24 - Shocking! Cooking with Love and Horror!
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2006
Bianchi is an assassin who believes that love conquers all. So, in order for her love to reach Reborn, she attempts to kill Tsuna to free Reborn's schedule. Meanwhile, a young assassin named Lambo comes after Reborn.
#25 - The Gyoza Buns of Love and Death?!
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/2006
Tsuna is faced with a dilemma when Haru and Kyoko eat a Gyoza bun that proves fatal to normal people. Even worse, there is only one antidote available.