The BEST episodes written by Junichi Sato

#1 - My Amazing Stage Debut

Kaleido Star - Season 1 - Episode 1

Sora Naegino is an enthusiastic and acrobatically talented girl with the dream of performing on the Kaleido Stage. She had traveled from Japan to Los Angeles for the opportunity. In search of her chance, she inadvertently and unknowingly meets the head of the Kaleido Stage, Kalos Eido (a.k.a. the boss). Soon afterwards, a thief runs off with her luggage; and she uses her acrobatic skills to catch up and retrieve the luggage. Combined with time lost at the police station, she ends up missing the audition. Though Sora asks Layla Hamilton for an audition, she declines. Sora persuades stage manager, Ken Robbins to grant her access backstage, where she ends up with an opportunity to perform as commanded by Kalos. In the dressing room, Sora meets Fool, a mysterious spirit of the stage only seen by her. Sora's efforts fail and she is depressed, but Kalos accepts her into the Kaleido Stage.

#2 - Rätsel...

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 1

Whilst exploring a Sage's Puzzle in England with Jin in the hopes of recovering his memory, Kaito stumbles upon an unsolved puzzle, having assumed Jin had already solved all of them. Solving the puzzle with ease, Kaito discovers a brooch with a cat engraved on it, which Jin takes an interest in. Later, they, along with Nonoha and Rook, go to the Fool's Puzzle where Kaito and Rook previously faced off against each other, where they encounter a strange girl named Raetsel, who takes the brooch and runs off with Jin inside the puzzle, activating its traps. Back in Japan, a man named Johan Seigmund Enigma appears before the other Phi Brain children, attaching an explosive puzzle on Cubic's back, stating his intent to annihilate all puzzlers, claiming it to be Jin's desire. After the bomb is disarmed, Enigma leaves whilst his accomplace, Whodunnit, challenges the others to a puzzle. Meanwhile, Kaito's group arrive at a room with many doors, with Raetsel tasking them with finding the correct door before the ceiling collapses, claiming that Jin hated puzzles.

#3 - Even So, I'll Believe

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 3

As Raetsel transfers into Root Academy, Gammon spots Jin behaving rather oddly, uncertain whether or not to believe either Kaito or Ratesel. Later, a Master Brain posing as Jin appears before Kaito, challenging him to a Fool's Puzzle in which he much navigate a sliding puzzle maze within a time limit or else fall to his death. As Kaito comes close to solving it, the fake Jin blows out one of the rooms, preventing him from reaching the exit, as well as tilting the maze. However, Kaito manages to take advantage of risky nature and reach the maze's goal in time.

#4 - You Know Nothing

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 2

Thanks to Kaito's deductions and Nonoha's memory, their group manages to find the correct exit and escape. Afterwards, Raetsel takes everyone to her personal boat, where she shows them a feed of Gammon's group as they face Whodunnit's puzzle, where they must arrange cubes successfully or else be electrocuted. Working together, they deduce the colors of the cube are a clue to numbers in a magic square puzzle, managing to solve it with a second to spare. Although Raetsel leaves Jin with Kaito and the others, they are left uncertain by how the Master Brains, who target puzzlers for bounty rewards, claim to be contracted by Jin.

#5 - I Just Get That Feeling

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 5

Jin once told Rook that “Puzzles are chains. Puzzles are also mirrors.” Unsure how to interpret those words, Rook jumps on the chance to challenge a Puzzle of Fools that Jin once fought in the hopes of gaining insight into his heart...

#6 - Eating Delicious Things is an Alternate Method for Solving Puzzles

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 4

Whilst Kaito is having a picnic with Jin and Nonoha, Raetsel appears before Kaito, stating that the Fools' Puzzles made Jin suffer, clashing with Kaito's own memories of him. However, Nonoha helps them realise there are some memories of Jin that they both share. Meanwhile, a Master Brain named Dr. Theorem appears before Cubic, who decides to face him in a puzzle to prevent him from reaching Kaito. Cubic is tasked with finding 'the most beautiful number' within 15 minutes before he is engulfed in flames. After Kaito learns of Cubic's predicament, he rushes to his aid and helps him find the solution; the golden ratio. After the battle, however, Jin starts experiencing pains in his head.

#7 - Lost

Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth - Season 1 - Episode 5

Yune feels downhearted when she is scorned by Claude for being too friendly towards customers. When a scruffy boy takes advantage of Yune's gullibility and steals a candlestick, she chases after him but loses him. Furthermore, she forgets her way back to the Enseignes du Roy, unable to ask others for help and becoming suspicious towards those who do try to help her. She is eventually found by Claude who takes her back home.

#8 - The Story of Future Possibilities

Amanchu! - Season 2 - Episode 12

It's finally time for Teko's advanced certification test, with a promise of a night-diving celebration if she passes!

#9 - Japanese Labyrinth

Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth - Season 1 - Episode 3

As Claude is having trouble coming up with an idea for a sign for a music shop, he finds inspiration after seeing Yune write out a letter to her sister. Meanwhile, Oscar learns that Yune's kimono had been bought by the upper-class Blanche family, the youngest of which, Alice, showing excitement when she hears rumours about Yune.

#10 - Entrance

Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth - Season 1 - Episode 1

Yune arrives at the Enseignes du Roy after a long trip from Japan with Oscar. Oscar's grandson Claude instantly experiences culture shock upon the presence of a Japonaise in French soil, and after seeing the little girl's attempts to embrace French culture, he begins to accept the Japanese culture as well.

#11 - Cat on the Roof

Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth - Season 1 - Episode 12

Yune hears about a black cat that ran away from one of the stores. Later, Claude yells at Yune when she touches a pair of gloves with belonged to his late father. When Yune hears a bell, she assumes it to be the cat she heard about and goes to search for it, which causes Claude to worry when he can't find her. As Claude gets help from Alice and the other Galerie shopkeepers, he finds Yune up on the roof of the Galerie. After getting her to safety, Claude tells Yune about his father and agrees to take her to the Grand Magasin at some point. Afterwards, Claude returns Yune to the Galerie where everyone is waiting.

#12 - The Story of One Summer Night and a Confession

Amanchu! - Season 2 - Episode 1

After helping out at Kino's beach house during a lunch rush, Futaba decides to return there the next day while Hikari goes scuba diving with the others. While there, Hikari accidentally goes into an outdoor hot spring without her bikini top, putting her at risk of being exposed before the other girls come to save her. Later, after Hikari holds a barbecue party for everyone, Futaba worries about what she'd do if she has to part ways with Hikari, but Hikari encourages her to enjoy every moment they spend together.

#13 - Cheese

Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth - Season 1 - Episode 2

In order to learn more about living in France, Yune starts out by embracing French food. Yune clearly struggles from eating cheese and drinking coffee, but Oscar decides to give her much more comfortable food to eat for the meantime. Claude would also take Yune to a walk to the market to learn about food the French usually eat.

#14 - Phantasmagoria

Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth - Season 1 - Episode 10

As Claude goes to see one of his late father's old clients about a commission, Yune finds an old slide projector, which Oscar decides to show off to her and Alice. Yune is reminded of the time she used to make shadow puppets with her sister. Afterwards, after Oscar teaches the girls how to make phenakistoscopes, one of his friends, Alan, helps him put on a public projector show.

#15 - A Child's Room

Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth - Season 1 - Episode 8

As Claude drops Yune off at a tea party with Alice, he is brought to see Camille, who he used to play with in his childhood. After talking about their local fairy tales, Alice shows Yune the nursery she grew up in, where Camille decides to give her a dress that belonged to Alice when she told her a fascinating story.

#16 - Secrets

Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth - Season 1 - Episode 9

As Yune and Alice continue to play together, Claude recalls the times he used to play with Camille. Claude almost always came over to the Blanche's garden to play with Camille, but she was unwillingly to leave the confines of the mansion herself. One day, Camille snuck out of the mansion in order to see Claude, later explaining to him that she didn't want to leave the mansion as it would put him in trouble.

#17 - Crinoline

Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth - Season 1 - Episode 6

Alice visits the Enseignes du Roy to invite Yune to have her photograph taken. Alice follows Yune's advice on putting on a kimono whilst Yune tries on one of Alice's dresses. Whilst getting their photo taken, Yune notices Alice's sister, Camille, feeling downhearted, prompting a reaction when mentioning it to Claude.

#18 - The Story of the First Time at Sea With Friends

Amanchu! - Season 1 - Episode 5

Noticing Futaba struggling with strength, Mato has her and Hikari go jogging to build up strength. Along the way, they come across some students from diving school, Ai and Makoto Ninomiya, who turn out to be their upperclassmen in the Diving Club. After a hectic first meeting, Ai holds a meeting to discuss how Futaba will be aiming for an Open Water Diver Certification, which somehow ends in a chalk drawing session.

#19 - A Prayer

Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth - Season 1 - Episode 11

Alice invites Yune to come to an exhibition at the Grand Magasin, but Claude is strongly against it for some reason. As a reprise, Claude takes Yune and Oscar to a picnic in the park. After seeing her upset whilst thinking about home, Claude asks Yune to tell him about her sister, Shione. As Shione was often looked at strangly because of her pale blue eyes, Yune, who was weak at the time, made a prayer that she would only be able to look at her. However, as time went on and Yune became stronger, Shione's grew weak and went blind, which Yune blames herself for to this day. However, Oscar assures her that Yune's words made Shione happy.

#20 - Skylight

Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth - Season 1 - Episode 7

Claude scolds Yune for trying to sympaphize with the boy from before. Yune soon ends up collapsing from a fever, leading Claude to feel guilty about what he said to her. He goes to see Alice, who sends for a doctor and gives him a recipe for Japanese porridge. He also helps deliver a flower the boy made for Yune.

#21 - The Story of the Blue World

Amanchu! - Season 1 - Episode 12

The Open Diver course begins, with Futaba and Hikari paired up as buddies. Futaba loses one of her fins on the way to the descent point, but it gets picked up by another diver, turning her fears of the unknown world beneath her into excitement. Guided by the bubbles of the other divers, Futaba reaches the bottom of the ocean floor, wowed by the scenery and sealife spread out before her. Clearing all the tasks before her, Futaba passes the course with flying colors and becomes a fully-fledged Open Diver. Afterwards, Futaba and Hikari thank each other for everything that's happened since they became friends.

#22 - Water Light

Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth - Season 1 - Episode 4

Alice becomes determined to invite Yune over for tea, but Claude is not so keen on the idea. After Alice keeps pestering them, Yune agrees to go to the Blanche household. Although Alice makes various attempts to get Yune to stay with her, even offering to return her kimono free of charge, Yune declines in order to hold up a promise to make sukiyaki for the Claudels.

#23 - The Story of the Girl and the Ocean

Amanchu! - Season 1 - Episode 1

Futaba Ooki, a shy girl who had just moved from Tokyo to the beachside town of Shizuoka, catches the eye of her eccentric classmate, Hikari Kohinata, who instantly befriends her.

#24 - The Story of the Neverending School Festival

Amanchu! - Season 2 - Episode 7

The Yumegaoka High Dream Festival arrives, and the night before, the entire student body is busy preparing for opening day. This night would end up becoming a very special one for Ai in particular, as she has a very special encounter.

#25 - Is That What You Thought I’d Say?

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 12

Herbert is bent on defeating Kaito in a puzzle battle. He’ll do anything it takes to taste sweet victory, even if it means using the power of the Rings. Can Kaito and his friends defeat the ultimate king of cheaters?

#26 - Because You Were Watching

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 19

Upon learning that Jin could be saved if someone else replaced him as the Orpheus's vessel, Gammon and Erena go to the Republic of Amgine to challenge Orpheus once and for all.

#27 - Progress

His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 18

Arima's feelings for Yukino are beginning to build up and he knows now, more than anything, he wants to take their relationship to the next level...

#28 - Just Now, I Was Thinking of Someone

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 11

Ana and Cubik have decided to help Kaito solve Raetsel’s puzzle! Whenthey reach the coordinates Kaito gave them, they discover that Kaito and his group got caught up in some bad weather. Can they find the next clue on their own?

#29 - Would You Like Some Flowers Too?

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 7

Bent on vengeance, Melancholy becomes a Master Brain. Freecell wants to leave the world of puzzles behind, but Melancholy won’t let him as she drags him into a Puzzle of Fools. Can Kaito and Gammon save him?

#30 - Let's Go, To That Place

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 9

Enigma makes revelations about Jin's past and explains the connection that Raetsel shares with Jin.

#31 - For a World Where No One is Hungry

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 15

While the Baron is revealing Jin's past and his ties to the fallen puzzler Lavoushka. Enigma shows up and reveals his past and his motives for having the puzzlers eliminated

#32 - That's Why You Mustn't Hesitate

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 22

The puzzlers are pitted against each other in a game that will test their puzzle solving skills and their camaraderie.

#33 - It's Insanely Fun to be Alive

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 25

Kaito and Raetsel reach a turning point in their battle to solve the Puzzle of God. To solve this puzzle they must resort to unforeseen tactics.

#34 - The Journey is Over

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 16

Nonoha and Kaito break the truth to Raetsel, both about Jin as well as about Enigma. But will that be enough to finally win her over? If Raetsel decides she doesn’t want to share Jin, there’s only one way to duke things out... with puzzles!

#35 - Farewell Forever

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 8

After escaping from Jin’s Puzzle of Fools, Melancholy invites Kaito and his friends over to her house. Freecell hopes to use this unexpected opportunity to mend their relationship, but he has a long and bumpy road ahead of him...

#36 - Rae-Rae is a Cat-Friend

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 6

Gammon is about to blow a gasket when he learns that he has the lowest bounty now. He’s desperate for a chance to boost his bounty, but he may have gotten more than he bargained for when Demolition Man challenges him to a puzzle battle.

#37 - What Is Your Real Dream?

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 10

The puzzlers arrive in Texas after following a clue left behind by Raetsel. Gammon rides to the rescue as he solves a puzzle that is managed by a misguided brother.

#38 - She's Too Shallow

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 13

Raetsel has decided that it is time to face Kaito personally. She’s convinced that the “something” she’s lacking is “determination.” So she’s ready to go all out! But if she’s not pulling any punches, why is her puzzle so easy...?

#39 - If It Were the Us From Then

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 14

Rook and Freecell must go all out if they hope to free Raetsel’s puzzle. Souji has returned from the Republic of Amgine, bringing back stacks of confidential information. Can Baron use the information to figure out who Enigma truly is?

#40 - Become a Phi Brain

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 17

Orpheus has been resurrected! He wants to become the perfect Phi-Brain, even at the cost of mankind. But first, he needs a new vessel. He offers Jin’s life in exchange for the life of a Phi-Brain, but will anyone take the bait?

#41 - I Don't Have To Solve Puzzles

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 18

Orpheus shows Kaito, Nonoha and Freecell what altering the past could entail. He promises that this power will be theirs if they become Phi-Brains and offer their bodies to him for a short period of time. Will they submit to temptation...?

#42 - Cheers to the 100-Starred Jin

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 20

Raetsel accepts Orpheus's puzzle challenge only when he promises to bring back Jin.

#43 - Kaito, You Lose

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 21

Fed up with waiting around for Orpheus, Kaito accepts the challenge and is inadvertently dropped into a puzzle to face a close friend.

#44 - The Two of Us

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 23

The Puzzle of God begins tomorrow! Kaito and Raetsel are both eager to face the puzzle, but one of them seems ready and one of them doesn’t. Raetsel has a blast partying the night away with the girls.

#45 - Even If Something's Missing

Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God - Season 3 - Episode 24

In the Puzzle of God, Kaito and Raetsel must travel through their pasts and alter them. However, they must be careful not to let the puzzle consume them. If it does, they could spend all eternity wandering the Time Maze!

#46 - Yuri's Amazing Trap

Kaleido Star - Season 1 - Episode 18

Kaleido Stage continues to thrive with Mia's production. However, their hopes are dashed, as Yuri takes ownership of Kaleido Stage and cancels the remaining performances of Mia's show. Likewise, anyone refusing to work for Yuri resign their positions at Kaleido Stage. Regardless of the circumstances, Layla continues to view Sora as a worthy partner, but her father makes a greater presence on her career path. With the transfer of Kaleido Stage, the stage crew have one last show, but Sora deals with the bleak outlook of Kalos's words and not seeing Fool. In addition, she contemplates the last performance as the end, but she overhears Layla's conversation with Yuri, where she depicts a more optimistic view. As a result, they move onward with good spirits.

#47 - An Amazing Comeback

Kaleido Star - Season 1 - Episode 26

#48 - The Amazing Intensive Training Continues

Kaleido Star - Season 1 - Episode 24

#49 - An Amazing Bond

Kaleido Star - Season 1 - Episode 25

#50 - An Amazing Sinister Rumor

Kaleido Star - Season 1 - Episode 16

Manami, Sora's old friend, visits Kaleido Stage while on the way to Boston. Throughout the day, Manami overhears various backstage discussions and observes Sora's regular day schedule. During practice the following day, Yuri takes Sora out to lunch and offers her a job outside Kaleido Stage. He reveals his intent on creating a new circus to rival Kaleido Stage. In addition, Kaleido Stage workers leave in droves, which cancels further performances. After the last Arabian Nights show, Yuri makes his separation official, and Manami departs feeling satisfied about Sora's choices. In order to keep Kaleido Stage in operation, Mia submits ideas for the next show, and Kalos orders its one week preparation.