The BEST episodes written by Kenichi Kanemaki

#1 - Zero

Agent AIKa - Season 3 - Episode 3

#2 - White Knights

Agent AIKa - Season 3 - Episode 1

#3 - Professor Negi Went Behind My Back?! I Shall Never Condone Such a Thing!

Negima!? Magister Negi Magi - Season 1 - Episode 10

Ayaka wonders whats up with the chupa team and why she wasn't invited to go camping with them. Meanwhile, the fairy takes control of 4 students to finish off Negi and his partners for good.

#4 - Two Mirrors: Longing

Hell Girl - Season 2 - Episode 22

After the recent tragedies that have occurred in his family, Takuma is suspected of having murdered his mother and gravely wounded his father, but has not been arrested due to the lack of evidence. The townspeople continue to suspect him, and call him the "devil's child". As Takuma tries to piece his life back together, he meets a young girl, Seri, who happened to live near him before her house was torn down to make way for a train station that never materialized. Having been emotionally attached to the house, she intends to have her revenge against at least one of the persons who had ordered her house's destruction in the first place.

#5 - A Woman Who Lies

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 8

Nadie receives a gunshot wound when going out buying food. In desperation, Ellis uses her power to remove the bullet from Nadie's body. This event is witnessed by the son of a powerful mafia boss, who proceeds to take her in, hoping to talk her into healing his father's sickness. Eventually Ellis finds out that the best thing she can do for the old man is to tell him a white lie.

#6 - A Woman Who Digs

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 9

An attempt to evade bounty hunters has the heroines trapped inside an abandoned silver mine. There they meet a woman who is digging to find a silver cross, something that everyone in her family wants except for her.

#7 - A Woman Who Puts it On

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 5

The girls' jeep gets sabotaged, forcing them to stop in a nearby village for the night. There, Ellis gets kidnapped by a bounty hunter assisted by a local girl who dreams of going to the city, prompting Nadie to mount a rescue.

#8 - A Woman Who Waits

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 2

With their vehicle broken down, Ellis and Nadie arrive at a small restaurant owned by a somewhat disgruntled woman named Frida. Though she takes an instant liking to Ellis, Frida's attitude towards Nadie isn't as positive when she learns that Nadie is a bounty hunter. Frida's negative feelings for bounty hunters is shown to be because it estranged her from her daughter ten years prior. Her daughter, Maria, greatly disapproved of her mother's previous life as a bounty hunter and put herself up for adoption. Soon after, Ellis is kidnapped by a bounty hunter from the previous episode and is rescued by Frida, though when Nadie encounters Maria and brings her to Frida's restaurant after the scuffle is over, Nadie takes the credit and Maria's hatred in order to preserve the relationship between mother and daughter.

#9 - A Woman Angered

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 16

In response to Nadie's desertion, Blue-Eyes has her bank account frozen. This forces Nadie and Ellis to seek temporary employment in a taco restaurant along the way. After seeing Ellis being harassed by customers, Nadie tells her that she should not be suppressing her displeasure when she feels that way. When L.A. appears before Ellis and tries to provoke her, this advice comes in handy.

#10 - Three Vessels: Yuzuki

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 25

Yuzuki lived happily with her parents, until her father, a bus driver, died in a bus crash due to faulty brakes. The whole town accused the Mikage family of murder and being irresponsible. Sick and without means to support herself she decides to leave.

#11 - A Woman With an Angle

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 4

While being pursued by two bounty hunters, Ellis and Nadie take refuge in a convent. The sisters there are eager to offer them protection, with zealous disregard for their own safety.

#12 - A Woman Uncertain

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 23

With Nadie currently in the hospital from her injuries received in the previous episode, Blue Eyes explains the history of witches and their powers. When Nadie recovers and Blue Eyes's explanation complete, Ellis decides it best to leave her side out of fear that she'll harm those she cares about most. Ellis seeks out L.A. and she proposes that they go someplace far away together. Ignoring Blue Eyes's suggestion that she leave Ellis be, Nadie decides what she truly wants and seeks out Ellis knowing that they both need the one closest to them right now. L.A. scares off Ellis when he goes temporarily insane from Rosenberg's influence. With Blue Eyes's help, Nadie finds Ellis and explains to her that she'll always be by her side no matter what. The next day, the two girls meet Rosenberg for the first time.

#13 - A Woman Who Quarrels

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 18

Nadie accidentally breaks Ellis's amulet, causing her to get angry, refusing to talk to Nadie anymore. They encounter a roadhouse where an old man offers them a place to stay. It is soon discovered that old man is not what he appears to be.

#14 - A Man Who Protects

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 19

Ricardo's car breaks down, so Nadie picks him up to the nearest town where he could fix it. A mechanic mistakes Nadie and Ricardo for a couple and offers them free tickets to a fancy restaurant. However, it turns out to be a plot to kidnap Ellis.

#15 - A Man Who Works

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 7

The girls arrive at a fairly luxurious hotel in hope that they can get some decent sleep without interruptions. There they run into Lirio, who is waiting for Ricardo. In the meantime, Ricardo is instructed by Rosenberg to teach L.A. a lesson about controlling his obsession with Ellis.

#16 - A Woman Rained Upon

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 3

Ellis and Nadie take refuge from the rain in an abandoned house near the river, accompanied by the skeletal corpse of the previous owner. Shortly after, L.A. makes his entrance and informs Ellis that he has been watching her.

#17 - A Woman Sparkling

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 26

Some time after Rosenberg's death, Ellis and Nadie find themselves living with and working for a middle-aged husband and wife who run a small café, not knowing of the two girls' previous adventures. Having become accustomed to the lifestyle, Nadie finds herself as happy as ever, though Ellis senses that she misses life on the road. After an unexpected visit from Blue Eyes, the two girls find themselves along with Blue Eyes and the middle-aged couple being held up by the two transvestites (now quite obese) from earlier episodes seeking revenge. After dispatching the thugs, despite an offer to stay where they are, Ellis and Nadie decide that their place is on the road and the two drive off seeking their next adventure.

#18 - Maple Leaf

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 14

The episode goes over the events that led to the murder Dr. Heinz Schneider. It shows the burgeoning affection between Schneider and Ellis, as well as Rosenberg engineering things behind Schneider's back.

#19 - A Man in Love

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 6

As the girls stop by another town on their journey south, they run into Miguel, Nadie's old acquaintance. However, she is not overjoyed to see him, as he had deceived her in the past. L.A. steals a kiss from Ellis while she sleeps.

#20 - Three Vessels: Inside the Straw

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 17

Yuzuki visits a mansion to visit the elderly woman she saw in her vision. However, a much younger woman comes to the door and claims that there is no one in the house who fits the description. Meanwhile, Yamawaro begs to be a doll.

#21 - A Man Who Passes On

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 24

Ellis and Nadie finally meet Rosenberg and he announces his intention of killing Nadie in order to awaken the full potential of Ellis's witch powers. Ricardo arrives and intends to kill Rosenberg, but the two girls stop him as they haven't received all the answers they seek from him. In preparation for their arrival to Wiñay Marka, the girls, Ricardo, Lirio, and Blue Eyes discuss what their plan of action will be against Rosenberg. During that time, Rosenberg erases L.A.'s memory of Ellis and assigns him to kill Ricardo. Ricardo and L.A. face off with Ricardo eventually coming up victorious when L.A. regains his memory of Ellis and how he came to love her. With news of L.A.'s death, Nadie and Ellis decide to finish their adventure on their own.

#22 - A Woman Divine

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 25

Ellis and Nadie arrive at Wiñay Marka (in which they've been seeking, and which has a strong resemblance with Machu Picchu) and meet up with Rosenberg. Reciting the witches' ancient lore, Rosenberg takes control of Ellis's powers and uses them to harm Nadie. With Nadie nearing death, Ellis requests that she kill her so that she can't be harmed by Rosenberg. Nadie reluctantly and tearfully accepts the request, and Ellis declares her love for her. However, even after Ellis is killed, Nadie dies shortly after from her injuries. Ricardo, Lirio, and Blue Eyes arrive and with some help from Lirio, Blue Eyes's witch powers awaken and with them, she revives Ellis who in turn revives Nadie. With the cave collapsing, Ellis and Nadie pursue a fleeing Rosenberg. With the two girls facing off against him, Ellis, with Nadie's support, recites Nadie's favorite saying before shooting Rosenberg and ending the threat of Project Leviathan for good.

#23 - A Woman Who Takes Wing

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 21

Due to Blue-Eyes's inability to capture Ellis, she receives a new order, to eliminate Nadie, with the condition that she must carry out the order herself. In the meantime, Ellis and Nadie are trying to capture a particular vulture after falling for a conman's scam. Throughout her mission, Blue Eyes shows constant hesitation to carry out her orders and after listening to various conversations between Ellis and Nadie, Blue Eyes decides to shoot her cell phone, cutting the ties she has with the organization she worked for permanently. She also reveals that she too is a witch (though she cannot use witch abilities), thanks her subordinates for their help, and walks off hoping that Ellis and Nadie find the answers they seek.

#24 - A Woman Who Awakens

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 22

Ellis and Nadie's travel and bounty hunting activities eventually lead them into a place of ancient ruins, where Ellis' power is greatly increased by a large Inca Rose atop a stone pillar. This is when Rosenberg finally makes his move.

#25 - A Woman Who Corners

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 17

Not having alleviated her financial crisis, Nadie is forced to find work as a bounty hunter again. What she does not know is that Ricardo, in a similar situation due to Rosenberg's downfall, is going after the same target as she is.

#26 - A Woman Captured

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 20

L.A. arrives in a town bar, and after being irritated by some of the bar's patrons, kills several of the people there. When Ellis and Nadie arrive in the same town, the police there arrest Nadie and throw her in prison. Under Nadie's orders to escape, Ellis runs off and joins Ricardo and Lirio. L.A. appears at the police headquarters and reveals that he's using the police to separate Nadie and Ellis. Ellis, Ricardo, and Lirio attempt to free Nadie, but L.A., having killed the two policemen at the HQ, decides to kill Nadie before that. Nadie, having taunted L.A. about how human he seems despite having a hatred for them, is saved by Ellis before he's able to kill her. As a last-ditch attempt to separate them, L.A. reveals why Nadie originally approached Ellis, but his attempt backfires when Ellis declares that no matter why she did, Nadie is most important to her. With this, L.A. flees defeated in both his plan and his desire to win Ellis's heart.

#27 - Three Vessels: Lost Inari

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 9

A low-profile girl named Inao Kaede claims to be a fortune-teller. At the sign of her continued success, a female student named Nishino apologizes to Inao for previously making fun of her fortune telling and requests she kill a college student who she claims is stalking her every day.

#28 - Three Vessels: Mayfly

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 24

Yuzuki realizes that nobody at school or in her neighborhood knows who she is. Tsugumi has given up hope of stopping the Jigoku and concludes that Yuzuki is not a person of this world anymore. Tsugumi notices that all this time,Yuzuki's life was an illusion.When Yuzuki returns home, she finds her apartment in derelict state and makes a horrifying discovery in the ruins.

#29 - Three Vessels: The Back Front

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 21

Kaito accesses the Hell Correspondence website to send his unborn sister to Hell.

#30 - Two Mirrors: Bonds

Hell Girl - Season 2 - Episode 7

Ougi Emi’s family has changed ever since her brother, Ougi Tatsuya, died in a motorcycle accident. Her mother is ignoring the family to get the city to take the blame for her son's death. Tatsuya was everything for his mother and Emi tries to help her mother get over it, but her mother continues to be unconcerned for the well-being of her daughter. Emi learns that her brother had one of Ai's dolls but hadn't used it yet, now it belongs to Emi. One day her family becomes dysfunctional and she sends her mother to hell. After that, she realizes that she's better off without her mother.

#31 - A Woman Who Conceals

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 13

The heroines end up in a town that is supposedly abandoned due to a disease outbreak. Nadie, however, suspects otherwise, which is confirmed when they discover a biological research facility nearby and are ambushed by gunmen wearing protective suits. Separated from Ellis, Nadie enters the research facility to find her but instead finds a shocking revelation about the other girl's past.

#32 - Two Mirrors: Soft Paper Balloon

Hell Girl - Season 2 - Episode 21

A young woman is trying to get her ex-boyfriend to get back together with her for the sake of her and the child she's carrying. She has the straw doll in case he refuses, but she is obsessively pursuing a reunion. Her story is intersected with Hone Onna's story. Originally, Hone Onna was a young woman named Tsuyu who was sold into prostitution to cover the debts of her lover. Tsuyu used to make paper ball balloons to sell. After a few years, Tsuyu is joined by a younger prostitute named Kion. Kion feels inferior to Tsuyu and ultimately betrays her, resulting in the violent death that transforms Tsuyu into Hone Onna. Back in the present day, the young lady sends her ex to hell, then attempts to jump off a bridge. Hone Onna realizes the spirit of Kion, who was wounded by her lover after she revealed her pregnancy and then jumped off a bridge, has been possessing women and forcing them to kill themselves by jumping off bridges. Kion tells Hone Onna it was nice to see her again, then vanishes, still on her path of vengeance. Hone Onna asked Ai to please pick Kion up someday, as Ai saved her from an eternity of sorrow and anger.

#33 - A Woman Who Defies

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 15

The heroines meet Ricardo and Lirio in an abandoned hot spring hotel. There they learn that Ricardo is now out of a job, as Rosenberg is forced into early retirement in order to eliminate any link between Project Leviathan and the Central Intelligence Agency. Following these events, the organization that Blue-Eyes works for decides that instead of having Ellis assassinated, they would bring her in. Nadie, however, has other ideas.

#34 - A Woman Who Conjures

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 11

Nadie and Ellis encounter a village where denizens worship a fake witch. With danger of being discovered as a fake, the woman tries to befriend Ellis in order to strengthen her own position. When the townspeople discover the truth, they come to her mansion, demanding the money she has swindled out of them.

#35 - Three Vessels: Trap of Temptation

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 16

Naowa sends a coworker to hell because of his suspicious behavior.

#36 - Three Vessels: Flower and Moon

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 22

Sumika is the twin sister of the famous actress and model, Yuika. Despite Yuika's upbeat facade, she is a cruel and spiteful person who forces her twin sister to do all her own work while acquiring all that Sumika desires: fame and love. When the two switch roles, one of the sisters will access the Hell Hotline.

#37 - Three Vessels: Twilight Hill

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 23

Fumio Mizuhara is constantly bullied by Tomohide Matsuda whose little sister is inquiring about the whereabouts of their father. Fumio later discovers the Hell brand on Tomohide's chest and deduces that he has sent his abusive father to Hell.

#38 - Two Mirrors: The Girl Lost In the Darkness

Hell Girl - Season 2 - Episode 1

Onda Maki is being bullied in class, but she doesn't know who is bullying her. She spends every night typing her classmates' names into the Hotline to Hell engine, but always erases it. Her science teacher Kamishiro tries to help her, but Onda always refuses.Eventually, she finds out that Kamishiro is the one who has been bullying her and sends her to Hell. Onda has a new friend, and as they are working after school on a project, Onda discovers that her friend had been helping Kamishiro bully her.

#39 - A Man Who Shoots

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 12

The heroines encounter Ortega, a man who collect guns and has himself holed up inside an armored van due to his anti-government sentiment. Before long, they are attacked and forced to escape in Ortega's van. The assailants are assassins sent to eliminate Ellis by rogue elements within the organization Blue-Eyes works for. Blue-Eyes, unable to do anything else to stop the attack, gives the heroines one instruction, saying that the attack would stop at sunrise.

#40 - A Man Who Lives With An Angel

El Cazador de la Bruja - Season 1 - Episode 10

The heroines intervene when a man who runs a local franchise taco restaurant is about to get assaulted. The man offers them to stay for the night and eventually recalls the interesting circumstances as to how he met his wife.

#41 - Three Vessels: Snow, Moon, Flowers

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 19

Kaori has a sister who is the product of her father's affair with another woman. When the love child shows up and demands to be made part of the family, Kaori's friend discovers that she also has plans to murder Kaori for her share of inheritance.

#42 - Two Mirrors: Secret

Hell Girl - Season 2 - Episode 4

Yagisawa's wife, Chinami, is in the hospital, fighting an illness. He'll do anything for money to help her. He enters the site to get revenge on Hhouki, the man who tricked him into killing a man for money. Hhouki wanders into the hospital and tells Chinami that her husband killed a man, causing her to go into a coma due to her distress. He eventually send Hhouki hell (for refusing to help his wife and blackmailing him). When he returns to the hospital to tell his wife that everything is okay, she no longer remembers him. Kikuri is seen wandering around the hospital and having a strange effect on Chinami. In this episode, she leaves the mortal world with Ai and officially becomes part of the group.

#43 - Three Vessels: The Girl Who was Taken

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 1

Since Ai's death, her companions have gone their separate ways. But Kikuri announces her return, and they gather as faculty and staff at a school.

#44 - Three Vessels: The Six-Script Lantern

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 13

Azusa Mayama feels that chief of investigation, Norihisa who is Akie's father, halted investigation on an automotive accident involving her father and a son of the prestigious Tsujinobashi family, reporting it as an accident to prevent the truth from being known. In order to get revenge, she befriends Akie, intending to betray her.

#45 - Three Vessels: Spiritual Locus

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 26

Takasugi wants to send Azusa to hell because she took away Akie's life. Yuzuki was eager in awaiting Takasugi to pull the string, but Takasugi backed out, saying Azusa would go to hell after she dies anyway. Angry at this, Yuzuki decides to send Azusa to hell anyway.

#46 - Three Vessels: Special Radio

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 18

Chiriko has fallen in love with the radio show "Midnight Silence" DJ Joutarou, who often reads her letters on-air. She is approached by a girl named Haname who claims to be another well-known mail sender. The two quickly become friends. But Haname understands the DJ is just a persona, not reality – and showing the reality to Chiriko causes her to react badly and contact the Hell Hotline.

#47 - Two Mirrors: The Calm Lake Shore

Hell Girl - Season 2 - Episode 14

A washed up writer decides to take revenge on a producer friend of his who became famous. During his attempted revenge the producer's wife is killed and their son is framed. The son contacts Hell Girl but decides not to go through with it. Shortly after this the producer is killed by the writer, but before the writer can kill the son a woman whose child he killed sends him to hell. This show is significant because it introduces character Takuma Kurebayashi, whom Ai empathizes with.

#48 - Three Vessels: Street Corner of Malice

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 14

Convenience store worker Tsuzuki Kinya offers to take care of Kashiwagi Hidemi after she misses the last train home. As they are walking together, someone takes a picture of them and posts it online. Because Tsuzuki looks like a delinquent the people around Kashiwagi become suspicious. Kashiwagi will send the person who uploaded the picture to Hell for giving her a bad reputation.

#49 - Three Vessels: Cicada

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 5

A student's grandmother begins a vendetta against Mio, her teacher, for a supposed slight against her granddaughter Ririka. When Ririka refuses to comes to Mio's defense, Mio access the Hell Hotline.

#50 - Three Vessels: My Teacher

Hell Girl - Season 3 - Episode 6

A group of students infatuated with Hone Onna compete with one another for her affections. The competition turns ugly, and one of the students accesses the Hell Hotline.