The BEST episodes written by Keiichirō ōChi

#1 - Say Goodbye to My Cowardice

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Season 1 - Episode 12

While Amane realized that Mahiru had feelings for him, his past experiences left him without the confidence to move forward with her. On school sports day, the two end up participating in the scavenger race event together. When Mahiru finds out the item she has to search for, she grabs Amane's hand and heads for the goal, surprising Amane. Then, in front of their stunned classmates, Mahiru courageously announces that Amane is dear to her. In that moment, Amane makes up his mind to confess his feelings.

#2 - Nitta-san Has a Dandy Dad

Hinamatsuri - Season 1 - Episode 6

Nitta introduces Hina to his family, but being that he can’t tell them that she literally came out of nowhere and is telekinetic, he is forced to come up with an elaborate white lie.

#3 - The Tsun's Dere Gets Outed

Girlfriend, Girlfriend - Season 1 - Episode 9

Saki tells Naoya that Rika’s apparent crush on him is only the result of her being in heat. She insists that this is a real thing, and Naoya buys it.

#4 - Hatsumode With the Angel

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Season 1 - Episode 5

Mahiru and Amane ring in the new year together. When the exhaustion from cooking catches up with Mahiru and she falls asleep in Amane's arms, Amane has no choice but to let her stay the night in his bed. The sight of her sleeping peacefully but totally unguarded gives him a bit of a jolt. Two days later, Amane's parents come to visit. When the four go to Hatsumode (the first shrine visit of the year), Amane is taken aback by how pretty Mahiru looks in a kimono. Meanwhile, Mahiru keeps blushing at the sight of Amane dressed up so handsomely.

#5 - Girlfriend and Girlfriend

Girlfriend, Girlfriend - Season 1 - Episode 4

Saki returns to Naoya’s place and plays some games with Nagisa, who is utterly horrible at it. They notice that a gaming MeTuber seems to have the same uniform that they do.

#6 - A Third One!?

Girlfriend, Girlfriend - Season 1 - Episode 5

Rika, who’s outed as a popular MeTuber, insists on dating Naoya. When he rejects her, she decides to try to live at his home along with the other two.

#7 - Reward for the Angel

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Season 1 - Episode 3

Amane's mother, Shihoko, arrives at the apartment without warning while Mahiru is visiting. Amane asks Mahiru to hide, but Shihoko eventually finds her, and the two neighbors frantically try to correct Shihoko's assumption that they are dating. Nonetheless, Mahiru is touched by Shihoko's motherly kindness. After Amane sees how happy Mahiru is to be called by her first name, he tries calling her "Mahiru" too. From that day on, the neighbors call each other by their first names.

#8 - The Angel in the Dream

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Season 1 - Episode 10

Amane explains the reason he left home in middle school and began living alone. Mahiru empathizes with his sorrow and embraces him. "At least let me spoil you a little." The next day, Mahiru's classmates ask her about the boy she was seen walking with. Mahiru nonchalantly admits that it was a date, surprising Amane. Mahiru then confesses, "there's no one more dear to me in life than him."

#9 - The Angel in the New Term

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Season 1 - Episode 8

When the new school term starts, Amane and Mahiru are put in the same class. At home, Amane makes meal requests and gives Mahiru gifts. The two neighbors' relationship is almost as intimate as if they were married. At school, however, Amane treats Mahiru like a stranger. When Mahiru notices how differently Amane treats Itsuki and Chitose, she gets the uncomfortable feeling that she is being left out. Mahiru tries to think of a way to gradually get closer to Amane.

#10 - A Promise With the Angel

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Season 1 - Episode 7

The day before spring break, Itsuki has a fight with his father and asks Amane to let him stay over. When Chitose finds out that her boyfriend will get to enjoy Mahiru's cooking, she demands to join them and stay at Mahiru's apartment. The four friends spend the next few lively days together. After Itsuki and Chitose leave, Amane returns home one day to find Mahiru confronted by her mother, Sayo. Noticing Mahiru's dark expression and sensing that something is wrong, Amane invites Mahiru in. The two sit together on Amane's sofa as Mahiru timidly explains her complicated history with her parents.

#11 - The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Season 1 - Episode 11

Amane's studying pays off and he reaches sixth place with his midterm exam scores. Mahiru had promised to do anything he asked if he reached the top ten, and Amane somewhat reluctantly ends up laying in her lap again. Mahiru smiles at Amane as he eventually gives in and falls asleep at her hands. Not long after, Mahiru also falls asleep. When Amane wakes up and has to carry the half-asleep Mahiru back to her own room, she unwittingly invites him to sleep next to her in bed.

#12 - Going Out With the Angel

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Season 1 - Episode 9

"Amane-kun, I want to go shopping with you during Golden week." Amane accepts Mahiru's invitation and the two get dressed up to go out on a secret date. The neighbors talk, hold hands, and fully enjoy their special day out on the town. When stopping for a break, they coincidentally bump into Yuta, who quickly puts two and two together. The next day, Itsuki and Yuta grill their buddy Amane about whether or not he has feelings for Mahiru. Amane starts to feel the pressure from his friends' sharp questions.

#13 - Obviously in Love

Girlfriend, Girlfriend - Season 1 - Episode 8

Rika comes to hang out in Naoya and Saki’s classroom, causing sparks to fly between her and Saki.

#14 - Even If That Isn't the Right Way

Girlfriend, Girlfriend - Season 1 - Episode 1

Mukai Naoya is in a relationship with Saki Saki, but another girl, Mizuse Nagisa, asks him out. He makes the unthinkable decision of asking them if they would be up for both dating him at the same time.

#15 - Yesterday's Enemy Is Today's...

The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt - Season 1 - Episode 7

When Wein's second meeting with King Ordalasse ends with deadly consequences, the Natran delegation flees with the Cavarinians in hot pursuit. But Wein has a plan to turn hunter into hunted. Zenovia asks a favor that Wein is hard-pressed to refuse.

#16 - Like a River Stream

Hinamatsuri - Season 1 - Episode 10

Hitomi's mother doesn't believe her when she honestly tells her about her bartending job. Utako, wanting to keep her bar's money-maker, pressures Hitomi into renting an apartment on her own, and then steers her towards various temp jobs to pay for it. Anzu gets 5,000 Yen from her parents in allowance. While shopping with Hitomi, Anzu settles on a shoulder massaging device for her parents, but is short of the required money, when Sabu appears and takes her to a local horse racetrack.

#17 - A Gift From the Angel

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Season 1 - Episode 6

On Valentine's Day, after the two neighbors eat dinner together as usual, Mahiru gives Amane some hot chocolate. Amane accepts it as a normal Valentine's Day gift, but Mahiru seems restless, as if she has something to tell him. When Mahiru rushes home, still unable to say what's on her mind, Amane notices a small bag with a card at his front door. Inside the bag are chocolates that Mahiru made especially for Amane, who had said that he doesn't like very sweet things. In return, Amane gives Mahiru a special present on White Day.

#18 - A Man Thirsty for Blood, Violence, and Money

Hinamatsuri - Season 1 - Episode 11

A video journalist interviews Nitta in hopes of getting a scoop on modern-day Yakuza. Later, while Hina is out on a ski trip with her class, Anzu stays with Nitta.

#19 - Tsun Is Dere

Girlfriend, Girlfriend - Season 1 - Episode 6

Rika starts her not-so-laid-back solo camping life in Naoya’s yard. Naoya and his girlfriends decide that enough is enough, and try to have her camping gear taken away.

#20 - Can't Wait for the Hot Springs

Girlfriend, Girlfriend - Season 1 - Episode 10

As a way to clear the air after Rika kisses Naoya, he, Saki and Nagisa decide to go on vacation at a hot spring.

#21 - How Nagisa Feels

Girlfriend, Girlfriend - Season 1 - Episode 2

Naoya, Saki and Nagisa are now living together. Keen to learn more about Saki and Naoya, Nagisa gets into her phone and looks through her browser history.

#22 - A Place for Three

Girlfriend, Girlfriend - Season 1 - Episode 3

Naoya, Saki and Nagisa search all around school for a place where they can eat lunch in peace, without anyone finding out that they are in a relationship.

#23 - The Angel in the Christmas

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Season 1 - Episode 4

When Itsuki and Chitose visit Amane's apartment for a Christmas party only to discover that the angel Mahiru lives next door, they instantly become very curious about the relationship. Chitose, obsessed with cuteness, insists on becoming friends with Mahiru. The day after Christmas, Amane notices that Mahiru has a fever. Despite Mahiru's stubbornness, Amane convinces her to stay and rest in his room. When Mahiru sees Amane so diligently taking care of her as if returning the favor she did for him that one memorable day, it seems to put her at ease.

#24 - This Is How You Have a Superpower Battle!

Hinamatsuri - Season 1 - Episode 2

Telekinetic Anzu is deployed on the streets. She will have to fend for herself as she searches for Hina, whom she is tasked with destroying.

#25 - And It's the Same Old Hina

Hinamatsuri - Season 1 - Episode 8

Security chief Ikaruga Kei is called to check in on Hina, but what she discovers defies her expectations completely. Meanwhile, classmate and paranormal conspiracy theorist Mami spots Hina using her powers.

#26 - Yukimatsuri

Hinamatsuri - Season 1 - Episode 12

Hina is lost in the mountains with Hitomi and two other classmates. Mao is now the top student at a Chinese qigong school of "Superhuman Martial Arts, but all of a sudden, a Japanese street rocker tries to learn how to recreate Hina's "Rockusion" stunt from before.

#27 - The Little Princess Who Could

The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt - Season 1 - Episode 9

Wein arrives to save Falanya, but exhaustion takes a toll. Lowa seeks Wein's advice. The imperial princes suspect Wein in an attempted poisoning. When the princes surround Mealtars, Falanya convinces its people to unite and thwart their aggression.

#28 - I'll Give It a Shot

The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt - Season 1 - Episode 8

Falanya offers to attend important events in Mealters in Wein's stead, upsetting Lowa's scheme. But she quickly adapts by trying to get Falanya to say that Natra is on her side. When an imperial prince backs Falanya into a corner, unexpected help arrives.

#29 - Anzu Is a Greeter Now

Hinamatsuri - Season 1 - Episode 7

Anzu is adjusting well to her new life at the Chinese restaurant, save for her ingrained hobo tendencies. Hina runs for school council president.

#30 - The Quintessential Quintuplets

The Quintessential Quintuplets - Season 1 - Episode 1

Uesugi Fuutarou lands a tutoring job that promises five times the normal pay. As it turns out, it’s going to take more than five times the work.

#31 - Overflow

Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari - Season 1 - Episode 3

Hyoma has one more tsukumogami's support to earn before he'll be allowed to stay in the Nagatsuki household... but Yu seems completely unyielding.

#32 - Hobo Life 101

Hinamatsuri - Season 1 - Episode 3

Anzu is welcomed into the local homeless community, where she learns the ins and outs of society at the bottom. Hina, meanwhile, is concerned that Nitta might abandon her.

#33 - Dinner With the Angel

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Season 1 - Episode 2

On the way home from school, Amane finds Mahiru stuck with a sprained foot after rescuing a cat in a tree. He performs first aid and then carries her home. The next day, Mahiru brings Amane a container of food as thanks, and Amane accidentally blurts out something he has been thinking: "I'd love to eat it freshly made sometime." As a result, the two agree on conditions that will allow them to share fresh-cooked dinners in Amane's apartment. When Amane stuffs his face while praising Mahiru's "delicious" cooking, it isn't hard to imagine the two as a newlywed couple...

#34 - Radiance

Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari - Season 1 - Episode 10

Tsubaki makes Hyoma an offer he might not be able to refuse, and the Nagatsuki tsukumogami hold a party.

#35 - Meet the Angel

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Season 1 - Episode 1

Amane Fujimiya is a socially awkward first-year high school student who lives by himself in an apartment. His neighbor is schoolmate Mahiru Shiina, a girl who is so beautiful and so unreachable that the other students call her an "angel." On the way home one day, Amane notices Mahiru sitting alone on a park swing, drenched in the rain, so he lends her his umbrella. When Amane catches a cold the next day, Mahiru insists on taking care of him, and the two next-door strangers embark on an unusual new relationship.

#36 - Arrival of the Psychokinetic Girl!

Hinamatsuri - Season 1 - Episode 1

Telekinetic girl Hina drops into the home of vase-collecting yakuza Nitta, who she then coerces into letting her stick around by threatening to destroy his entire collection.

#37 - Fire

Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari - Season 1 - Episode 9

Hyoma teams up with Yu and Tsubaki to fight a gang of tsukumogami who've begun targeting Kadomoris for torture.

#38 - Life Is About Survival

Hinamatsuri - Season 1 - Episode 9

Security chief Ikaruga summons Mao to Japan, who instead ends up stranded on a deserted island. Meanwhile, Nitta’s ailing president is searching for someone to replace him, and Nitta finds himself accidentally at the center of a high-stakes power struggle.

#39 - Shoreline

Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari - Season 1 - Episode 2

A bad first impression threatens to get Hyoma kicked out of his new home after only three days if he can't win over his tsukumogami hosts.

#40 - Ambush

Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari - Season 1 - Episode 11

Hyoma looks into acquiring some better defenses, but acquiring Saenome armor requires him to pass a test.

#41 - Disownment / Rock n' Roll Fever

Hinamatsuri - Season 1 - Episode 4

Furious about the destruction in his home, Nitta kicks Hina out of his home, and she’s left to fend for herself on the streets.

#42 - The Girlfriends' Challenge

Girlfriend, Girlfriend - Season 1 - Episode 7

Saki realizes Rika is serious about Naoya, and begins frantically looking for ways to keep her from joining their relationship.

#43 - Holy Intrigue!

The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt - Season 1 - Episode 6

Wein heads to Cavarin for the Festival of the Spirit, but it is a perilous journey with Mardenian remnants in the borderlands and rebellious lords at home. In Marden, Wein forges an unlikely alliance, but the intrigue goes into overdrive in Cavarin.

#44 - Suspicions

Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari - Season 1 - Episode 5

An overly cautious Hyoma is forced to remove protective talismans he set up around the town, and learns more about Nagatsuki Botan in the process.

#45 - Arrangement

Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari - Season 1 - Episode 4

Having earned his right to remain in the Nagatsuki residence for a year, Hyoma learns about the ulterior motive behind his stay.

#46 - Circumstances

Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari - Season 1 - Episode 8

A curveball thrown at Hyoma by Kadomori Taiju forces him to confront some of the ways he's changed.

#47 - Quickening

Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari - Season 1 - Episode 7

Hyoma visits the Saenome of Kyoto, the Kadomori Clan, to get permission to act on their territory. But the Kadomoris have their own intentions...

#48 - Hyoma

Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari - Season 1 - Episode 1

Kunato Hyoma, who harbors a hatred for tsukumogami, is forced to live with a house full of them and their enigmatic mistress, Nagatsuki Botan.

#49 - Botan

Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari - Season 1 - Episode 6

After his cryptic encounter with Aogi, Hyoma is determined to learn more about Botan. Haori is happy to explain, if only he'll be willing to listen...

#50 - Komari Hills 90210 Episode 3: Sailing / The Hero Show is Also Full of Yo-kai! / Yo-kai Takorami

Yo-kai Watch - Season 2 - Episode 59