The WORST episodes of Shakugan no Shana
Every episode of Shakugan no Shana ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Shakugan no Shana!
Sakai Yuuji, a high school student who expected his normal life to last forever, is dead. When he was on his way home he witnessed a shocking view as the world suddenly froze: people were engulfed by blue flames and a monster resembling a large doll swallowed them. Just as the monster prepared to consume Yuuji, a sword-wielding girl in black attire with flaming red eyes and hair that burns like embers saved him from the monster. The girl called herself a "Flame Haze" who hunts the "Guze no Tomogara", creatures from another world. As Yuuji noticed a blue flame in his chest, she called him a "Torch", a temporary replacement, saying that the "real" Yuuji's existence had already ended. Unfazed, Yuuji befriended the strange girl, named her "Shana", and joined her fight against Tomogara and other Flame Hazes.
#1 - Flowers Bloom in the Cradle
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/2005
After seeing Yuuji and Shana together at the river one night, her feelings for Yuuji are hitting the breaking point until she finally confronts Yuuji about it. Suddenly, the two sibling Denizen show themselves and Shana rushes into battle.
#2 - Door to the Past
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2007
The episode starts off with Yuji being trained by Shana and Wilhelmina. Yuji managed to somehow defeat a Rinne that Wilhelmina summoned. In the background, Sato, one of Margery Daw's guides was silently observing, after which Sato returns and tried to plead with Margery Daw to be requested to be trained. However Margery Daw declines and subsequently tells Sato and Tanaka about her past. In her past, there appears a boy as a flame haze and the story subsequently plot around the boy and Margery Daw. The Boy is revealed to be named Yuri Chvojka.
#3 - Within the Battle
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/15/2006
The Seeking Research Denizen has already started his plan to open up a gate to another dimension and now all three Flame Haze must work together to defeat him.
#4 - Shattered Wish
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/8/2006
When Yuji doesn't come home after school on the day of the festival, his mother and Shana go to the festival to look for him but before long another Denizen shows itself. Also, Kazumi discovers the truth that Yuji is indeed a Torch.
#5 - The Suspicious Transfer Student
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/2007
A student that looks very much like Hecate has transferred into Yuji's class, Konoe Fumina. By using a Tomogara, Shana wants to make sure she if she is Hecate or not.
#6 - The End to Everything, the One Beginning
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2005
It was a normal day of the life of Sakai Yuuji. When all of the sudden his life changed. When a Monster called "Tomogara" attack him and everyone around him. He was they confused and shocked because everyone around him was turned into a blue flame and being consumed by the monster. Yuuji's life was then saved by a girl in a black coat, with Burning Eyes (Also Known as Shakugan) and a flaming red hair holding a long sword. Due to the confusion and chaotic mess, yuuji got into. He follows the girl with flaming red hair and finds out the truth about everything around him.
#7 - To the Palace of the Stars
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/2011
As the war continues, Shana fights her way to Nietono no Shana and is finally ready to battle.
#8 - The Day the Flame was Born
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/2006
With Tendo-kyu, the castle Alastor and Shana resided in, destroyed, the time has now come for Shana to finally become the Flame-Haired Scorching-Eyed Slayer. However, she must first enlist the help of Tenmoku Ikko, a very powerful Mystes.
#9 - The War Begins
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/2011
As the war begins all over the world, Yuji, the Trinity and other Denizens are on the path to Snake of Festival's self. All Flame Hazes prepare themselves for the war, Carmel goes into the sea to the fallen kingdom and requests the help of Shiro. Khamsin and Rebecca infiltrate the Serei-den and start attacking and destroying everything. Meanwhile, Shana is alone and with no powers, when she notices what's going on and then she takes the swords in her room in preparation to fight.
#10 - The Divine Gate
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/2011
Hecate feels that Shana is a threat to them and should be killed and proceeds to attack her, but Yuji comes and saves her. Meanwhile, Kazumi meets Khamsin and asks him about the meaning behind the Treasure that Pheles gave her, since her feelings towards Yuji are changed after he rejected her. Back at the Serei-den, Yuji opens the Divine Gate, through which he intends to go and bring back the Snake of the Festival's true body and change the world. He then takes Shana and the Trinity with him to announce his plans to all Denizens as they prepare for the war. Then he, along with Bel Peol, Sydonay and Hecate, go through the gate.
#11 - In Your Hand
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/2011
Keisaku is held hostage by an Outlaw - Widened Eye of Incineration, Emest Flieder, who believes that this way he'll make Wilhelmina join them in battle. His partner, the Scatterer of Sparkling Light, Rebecca Reed, frees Keisaku and sends him back to Margery Daw with Wilhelmina's reports. Rebecca flies to Wilhelmina, who has been her ally for a long time, and Sophie Sawallisch makes Emest the commander of the Tokyo Outlaw Headquarters. Meanwhile, at the Serei-den, Shana wonders why she couldn't do anything against Yuji and why she was so scared when he tried to catch her. She remembers when her trainer, Shiro, told her that one day she will find the greatest power that can bring down anyone and anything and then he asks to her to hold his hand. Shana then remembers how every enemy she fought, held hands with someone and she recognizes the greatest power of love that lies on the palm of Yuji's hand.
#12 - The Captive Flame Haze
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/2011
Shana is kept captive. Later on, she learns that Alastor has joined Yuji. Meanwhile, in our world, Margery is in a coma and Eita can't wake her up, unless Keisaku comes back. Outlaw doesn't give any information or help to neither Eita about Keisaku or Wilhelmina about Shana. Shana seems to be erased from everyone's memories and Wilhelmina refuses to help the Outlaw in the war until she finds Shana and that's why they won't help her either. Meanwhile, Lamies meets Shana again and the other three masters of Bal Masque seem to have a secret plan.
#13 - Reunions and Chance Meetings
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/2011
Yuji and Shana finally meet as Margery and Wilhelmina come to see what is happening. Yuji reveals that he is indeed himself but also The Snake of Festival and that he has come to save Shana from her inevitable fate as a Flame Haze—to fight against Denizens until she burns out. Shana does not believe him and the three Flame Hazes fight with Yuji. He traps Wilhelmina and Margery in a ball of silver. Yuji explains to Margery that the Silver is a projection of her emotions. He is a mirror of her hate towards everyone who abused her and has done the things Margery secretly wanted to do to them on her behalf. She has a mental breakdown and starts hysterically crying. Meanwhile, Yuji is chasing Shana and they fight. In the end, he captures her and goes to the Haridan with Shana unconscious in his arms. He takes the Haridan and claims it is his property. Yuji reveals to Yoshida, after she asks him, that he returned her letter back to let her know he chose Shana. She then falls on her knees in shock. Yuji flies to the Serei-den with Shana in his arms.
#14 - To Embark Upon a Journey
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/2011
Yuji returns to Misaki City. Satou, who found that a Denizen is at the city, warns Tanaka. He decides to get to the Haridan where he meets Yoshida, who also decided to go there after being warned by Shana. Yuji walks around the city, while reminiscing about all events that he took part since he found out he was not human anymore. He climbs the top of Misaki Bridge where he and Shana finally meet again.
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#15 - That Which Comes
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/2011
Shana receives a response letter from Sophie Sawallisch about her report. Her words have made Shana felt uneasy and questions herself. She was able to figure it out during her training. Meanwhile Yuji officially arises as the new commander of Bal Masque, as Bel Peol announces their ambitions to all Guze no Tomogara that are present in Serei-den. Keisaku receives a spell from Margery that allows him to sense a nearby Tomogara as he heads off to Outlaw's Tokyo Headquarters. On the train, he senses one but it appears to be in a train in the opposite direction. The other train arrives in Misaki City with Yuji getting off it.
#16 - Battle at the Palace of the Stars
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/15/2006
While fighting within the Seirei-den, a spell is cast which drains their power of existence for a time, however, Margery Daw comes back and destroys the spell. Ultimately, it is now up to Shana to decide the fate of Yuji.
#17 - The Flickering Flame
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/8/2006
After getting heavily injured, Shana must recover in the care of Wilhelmina. Meanwhile, Hecate begins to synchronize with the Reiji Maigo residing within Yuji.
#18 - Diverging Feelings
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/1/2006
Shana is able to persuade Wilhelmina, at least for now, to not destroy Yuji, who has finally decided to leave Misaki in order to protect it. Later at the bonfire which burned much of the decorations from the festival, a spell is activated.
#19 - Heartless Wirhelmina
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/22/2006
Wilhelmina arrives in Misaki and meets up with Shana again. Meanwhile, Margery Daw finally leaves Misaki without saying goodbye to either Eita or Keisaku. Also, Wilhelmina comes to the conclusion that Yuji must be destroyed in order to protect the balance of the world.
#20 - The Flaming-Haired Blazing-Eyed Hunter
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/25/2006
Now that she's become a Flame Haze, Shana must defeat Tenmoku Ikko and take his sword - Nietono no Shana.
#21 - Time Again
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2007
Yuji has been put to sleep by a Denizen as he encounters events from the past in a dream. When he realize he was only dreaming, the spell was broken. He awoke to see Shana destroying the Denizen, calling it "weak". However, it was not the true form.
#22 - Crossing
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/2011
Sophie Sawallisch comes to assist with a large army of armed humans. Shana breaks free and after a battle against a Denizen, which ends up with Shana furiously killing it, she comes to self-awareness as the ultimate combination of the Flame-Haired Burning-Eyed Hunter - the Flame Haze, and Shana - the human she became after meeting Yuji.
#23 - Feelings Heard
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/2011
Keisaku comes back and awaken Margery and they confess their love to each other at last. She makes him as powerful as herself fearing that he wouldn't survive by her. Meanwhile, at the Serei-den, Shana, Wilhelmina, Khamsin and Rebecca enter the Divine Gate to fight the Trinity and the Snake of the Festival. Outside the Gate, in a blizzard, the war is getting extremely intensive - more and more Tomogara armies are coming but they're loosing against the Flame Hazes. Decarabia comes to the surface and starts a powerful attack but Sophie Sawallisch finds him and kills him, using a large amount of her powers. After a moment of comfort that the most powerful enemy has been destroyed, Sabrac joins the war and the snow from the blizzard turns into Tomogaras.
#24 - Words of a Vow
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/24/2011
Wilhelmina, Caramel and Khamsin begin a long and hard fight against Sabrac, which seems to be impossible to win. Shana leaves them and meets Snake of the Festival, who has awakened his true form, and promises him to fight him, make him the person he used to be and to live in a perfect world along with him. She has realized that the two personalities of her weren't the Flame Haze and the person, but the one who would and the one who wouldn't fight for the dream of a perfect life. But both have one thing that asures the chance for this dream to be realized - the most powerful unrestricted spell, Love.
#25 - From Rift to Rift
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/2012
Inside of the Divine Gate, Sabrac falls, gazing at the greatness of the Snake of the Festival in his true form. The God of Creation then sends out a signal and starts moving towards the Divine Gate. After the signal is felt by everyone, Sophie Sawallisch attempts to destroy the Gate. At the last moment Fecor protects it and dies from the power of the spell. Back in the Gate, Shana and Yuji are fighting, while Yuji now looks as he was before. Because of a memory that vows between two people are sealed with a kiss on the lips, Shana kisses Yuji on the cheek and says that is her vow. She is then taken away abruptly by the ghosts of the Flame Hazes outside of the Gate as it breaks and the Snake of the Festival comes out. All Tomogara cheer and all Flame Hazes stand in astonishment and despair and amongst this, Shana recognizes this as a sound not of a fall, but of the start of a new battle.