The BEST episodes written by Hisako Fujihira
#7 - Vermin
Garo - Season 4 - Episode 2
An old homeless woman is possessed by a Horror, while the Makai Knight Crow investigates the destroyed slate and finds evidence that a Makai Priest was responsible for it. Back at the Saezima estate, Mayuri is introduced to Gonza and explains to Raiga that one among the nine Horrors that were sealed in the slate carry the seed of Eyrith. Once it sprouts, it will allow Messiah to appear in the human world once more. She also claims that Eyrith's seed should sprout in around 100 days and it must be sealed before it happens. Once summoned by the new watchdog, Raiga is informed that the Horror Exta has appeared and she orders him to bring it down. Once Raiga and Mayuri finally reach the Horror, Mayuri reveals that Exta does not contain Eyrith's seed, when Crow appears to confront it as well. Impolite with Raiga at first, Crow adops a more humble attitude once realizing that he is the current Garo and reveals that he is also investigating the incident with the slate, as it ocurred within his jurisdiction. Once tracking Exta thanks to a special shuriken Crow threw at her, the three confront the Horror when Crow is knocked afar, but decides to leave it to Raiga instead of helping him further. The Golden Knight manages to defeat Exta nonetheless, allowing Mayuri to seal its remains.
#8 - Greenhouse
Garo - Season 4 - Episode 3
Erina Tokiwa is a renowned artist who uses flowers in her pieces but kills one of her admirers, believing that it would bring her art to new levels, when a Horror approaches her. Meanwhile at the Saezima estate, Mayuri keeps awake at night and when Gonza suggests her to take a rest, she claims that she has been sleeping for a long time. Now possessed by the Horror Succubus, Erina kills a woman to make another piece of art before she meets Mayuri and becomes interested in her, drawing the girl to her atelier at a greenhouse. The Watchdog realizes this and informs Raiga, urging him to strike the Horror down, but claiming that protecting Mayuri is not a priority. Zaruba guides Raiga to the greenhouse where he confronts Erina who has realized that Mayuri is not human and treats her as an object, much to Raiga's anger. After Raiga cuts Succubus down, Mayuri reveals that the seed of Eyrith was not inside that Horror either, and becomes curious as to why Raiga treats her as a human, despite knowing that she is not.
#9 - Family
Garo - Season 4 - Episode 8
In a forest, a salaryman is about to hang himself when he hears the sound of laughter and sees a light. Following the light and laughter, the man comes across an old inconspicuous house where a large family that asks him to come in. Though welcomed at first, thinking they have given him a new lease on life, the man finds himself dumped into the family's pot. Soon after, the house disappears and appears the next day at another location where the family get another victim. At that time, Raiga is alerted to the presence of the Horror Delitus as he heads out with Mayuri, who watches another family fall apart on the way. Saving a young woman from their communal pot, Raiga exposes the family's scheme while having Mayuri take their guest to safety. Though the family patriarch Ichiro defends their reasoning of making humans happy, Raiga finds their ideals appalling as the fight commences. After Raiga defeats them, the family assumes their true form as the core of Delitus, which is the house itself. Though outmatched by the large Horror after donning the Garo armor, Raiga summons Gōten to destroy Delitus. Soon after, watching the human family from before back together, Mayuri learns from Raiga that is the true warmth of a family.
#10 - Scream
Garo - Season 4 - Episode 16
Iida and two other representatives of the Okura leisure company meet with a ride developer Kiera who has come up with a new thrill ride. Upon entering a large box that Kiera calls the greatest motion simulator ever made, Iida and the others are terrified upon finishing the ride and agree to pay her for the device. Kiera agrees to let them use her creation on the condition that she hosts a nighttime event for it within a week's time. The following night, confused as to how the box works, Iida returns to the development lab to find out Kiera's secret, but she spots him. She decides to subject him to the box's true abilities, scaring him to death by sending him into the Demon World and then transforming him into a sphere that she eats. The next day, Raiga has just explained to Mayuri the difference between fear and terror, when he and Crow are alerted to the presence of the Horror Profundes. The two Makai Knights are told that they must stop her from feeding, because she sends several humans to the Demon World in order to do so. They track Profundes down to Kiera's ride, with Kiera revealed to be the Horror's host. Crow drives away the crowd of onlookers so they are not sacrificed as Raiga battles Profundes's true form within the alternate dimension on the "thrill ride". Raiga as Garo manages to slay Profundes in her true form, but he soon finds himself dragged down into the Demon World, with hundreds of Horrors swarming around him and dragging him in. Crow arrives in the knick of time to save Raiga from being overwhelmed, and they return to the human world safely. The next day, Mayuri decides to try out one of the real thrill rides at the amusement park, and Raiga confides in Crow that he never before experienced true terror like that.