The BEST episodes written by Kenichi Kanemaki
#1 - Zero
Agent AIKa - Season 3 - Episode 3
E.T.A.I. holds Aika captive and attempts to probe her, but the tendrils are broken by Aika's inherent power. E.T.A.I. and Miyu go to the spaceship where she reveals that Aika has alien powers like her.
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#2 - White Knights
Agent AIKa - Season 3 - Episode 1
19-year-old Aika reunites with Eri and Karen to investigate the serial disappearances of school girls at St. Aero academy. Some of the girls have returned but without any memories of what has happened.
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#3 - Homura
Arata The Legend - Season 1 - Episode 7
Still living in Hinohara's place back in the modern world, Arata meets Kadowaki at school and decides to "play" with him. Meanwhile in Amawakuni, Kotoha injures her foot on the way to the Capital and the party is forced to take a break in a ruined village. Alone with Arata, Kotoha works up the courage to make an unexpected move...
#4 - Okoro
Arata The Legend - Season 1 - Episode 6
Ohika saves Arata after he collapsed during the party's travels. Shortly after, Akachi of the Twelve Shinsho arrives and orders Ohika to become his Zokusho. Ohika refuses as he has sworn his loyalty to Kannagi, but Akachi isn't content with taking no for an answer.
#5 - Tree of Promise
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 2 - Episode 5
Natsume encounters a spirit who was enslaved by his grandmother Reiko 50 years ago by writing his name on a torn page from the Book of Friends, and tying it to a tree in a forest. Can Natsume help locate the torn page? What was Reiko's intention of tying it to a tree?
#6 - Five Day Mark
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 - Episode 12
Natsume is cursed by an evil spirit which is sealed to a tree, not wanting to trouble his adopted family, he decided to run away from home.
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#7 - 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.
#8 - Shigure and the Girl
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 - Episode 4
Natsume's secret is found out by Sasada, the class president, during the "Trial of Courage." She asks for his help to find the spirit that lives in the abandoned school. Natsume denies the fact that he can see anything, but she won't take no for an answer. Meanwhile, the spirit, Shigure, captures the rest of their school mates, in fury of the school being torn down...
#9 - 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.
#10 - Temporary Home
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 2 - Episode 10
Mysterious footprints and markings are left on the gate of the Fujiwara house. Strange things start going on inside the house and Shigeru verifies with Natsume that the cause of this activity involves the husband and wife who used to live there. And so Shigeru tells story of those two but in a unusually childlike manner...
#11 - Assembly of Conjurers
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 2 - Episode 11
After chasing an injured yokai around, Natsume encounters Natori, who then invites him to go to a meeting of sorcerers. There, Natsume meets others with similar powers and similar problems.
#12 - Emotions Undying
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 2 - Episode 8
Natsume, Kitamoto and Nishimura take a trip to an old inn to spend some quality time doing their homework. Surrounding the inn is a lake; that is believed to be home to a mermaid.
#13 - The Stolen Book of Friends
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 2 - Episode 1
While outside during school Natsume is hit with a ball while reading. He goes to retrieve the ball and ends up breaking a Youkai's seal (much like he had with Nyanko-sensei). Later that night Natsume and Nyanko-sensei discover a look-a-like of Nyanko, only to have him steal the Book Of Friends!
#14 - 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.
#15 - Asagi's Koto
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 - Episode 10
Natsume is possessed by a sick koto player, whose friend wants her to be able to play one last time.
#16 - 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.
#17 - The Swallow at the Water Bottom
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 - Episode 6
Natsume gets possessed by a swallow spirit, who wishes to meet a human that helped her before. Natsume agrees to help her and the two grow attached. When Swallow finds the human, Natsume feels bad that she can't actually meet him, but when of he hears of a kimono that can turn a spirit human for a day, he strives to find it...
#18 - The Little Fox's Hat
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 - Episode 7
Natsume goes to a hot spring for a school trip, with an errand from Shigeru to pick up Teacups from a near by pottery. While there he meets and helps a little fox spirit, who quickly grows attached to him.
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#19 - The Dew God's Small Shrine
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 - Episode 2
Natsume is visited by the village's local god who is currently fading because of the lack of devotees.
#20 - 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.
#21 - Sword of God
Arata The Legend - Season 1 - Episode 2
Accused of being the murderer, Arata is forced to stand trial. On the way he gets a chance to speak with his double.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - A Chick Hatches
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 2 - Episode 4
Natsume takes care of an abandoned egg from a nest, not considering it could be a Youkai. After it hatches, it turns out it is a rare baby spirit called Tatsumi, who thinks that Natsume is its parent. Natsume can't help but get attached to the little spirit even as Tatsumi grows tired and sick. But as Natsume takes care of Tatsumi, a mysterious spirit comes and wants to take away Tatsumi for his master... who wants to eat him!
#26 - The Young Boy in the Empty House
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 2 - Episode 12
At a house rumored to be haunted by ghosts, Natsume hears the voice of a child. Following the voice to its source, Natsume finds a child named Kai, who is trapped in a casket-like box. Kai tells Natsume that he someone is chasing him every day.
#27 - The Girl's Circle
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 2 - Episode 6
There is a new girl in school, Taki Tooru. With her appearance at the school, circles resembling crop circles begin to appear. As Natsume tries to find out more about the circles and Taki, he is visited by another Youkai. Only this time the Youkai isn't looking for his name, but for a snack.
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#28 - Autumn Banquet
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 - Episode 13
Tanuma finds out Nyanko-Sensei is a spirit. Tanuma and Natsume enjoy the autumn festival and previous acquaintances are seen again.
#29 - Admiration
Arata The Legend - Season 1 - Episode 10
Arata and the others have arrived in the domain of Yorunami, one of the Twelve Shinsho. Rather than meeting Yorunami directly, Arata decides to talk to one of his Zokusho first to learn what kind of man he is. The party reaches Suzukura, a city ruled by the Zokusho Hiruko, but are told that they are required to pay a passage tax to enter...
#30 - Melting into Spring
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 2 - Episode 2
While fooling around in the snow, Natsume and Nyanko-sensei run in to Gen, a forest guardian who lives inside a statue. Gen tries to take over Natsume's body, but instead takes over a snow rabbit that Natsume had made. Gen pleads Natsume to help him find an evil spirit who destroyed Sui, his guardian partner, and Natsume agrees. But it seems Gen isn't telling everything he should...
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#31 - 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.
#32 - Ayakashi Purification
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 - Episode 9
Natsume meets a popular actor named Natori Shuuichi who can also see spirits, and has a side job as an exorcist.
#33 - Youkai Exorcism Amid the Steaming Springs
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 2 - Episode 3
Natori invites Natsume on a Hot Spring trip. But noises from the closet and a kimono-clad figure dangled from the ceiling make Natsume uneasy. Not wanting to trouble Natori because of his kind gesture to enjoy the Hot Spring with him, Natsume investigates the Hot Spring himself. During the night Natsume meets with the Youkai, where she comments that he is too soft, and attacks!
#34 - Nyanko's Book of Boredom
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 - Episode 11
When Natsume finally has enough of Nyanko's behavior Nyanko leaves, wandering about by himself and causing trouble.
#35 - 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.
#36 - Heart-Colored Ticket
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 - Episode 5
Natsume comes across an old ticket in Reiko's belongings and decides to go to the abandoned train station to see why she kept it. There, he meets a slow witted spirit named Santo, who was waiting for Reiko the entire time to go Kiriganuma, to see and make up with his friend, Mikuri, but the trip isn't as easy as it first seems...
#37 - Humans and Youkai
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 2 - Episode 13
Why don't you decide already? Which is more important to you? When Natsume finds out what Kai really is, that is what Natori asks him.
#38 - 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.
#39 - Fourth Twilight: Bury Me Deep
Hell Girl - Season 4 - Episode 4
Sakura Kubota has been admitted into a nursing home that sells extra care as the main priority. However, in reality, it is a facility where dark secrets reside behind closed curtains.
#40 - Fleeting Light
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 - Episode 8
Natsume meets a spirit who used to be friends with a man who could also see spirits, but one day lost this ability.
#41 - The Mysterious Person at the Eight Fields
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 - Episode 3
Natsume is implored to help spirits who are currently being exorcised. He finds a kindred spirit in Tanuma, a boy who also senses spirits although not as powerful as Natsume.
#42 - 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.
#43 - The Man Amidst the Rows of Cherry Trees
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 2 - Episode 9
From the day that a picture of a row of cherry trees in a desolate winter was obtained, every time Natsume wakes up, his rooms is covered in petals. Trying to solve the root of this activity, Natsume and Nyako Sensei try and return the picture to Miya, a shadowy figure who accompanies the picture. But why can't they return it to Miya...?
#44 - Zokusho
Arata The Legend - Season 1 - Episode 5
In the modern world, Arata's family knows something is different about Arata, but they continue to try to converse with him despite their confusion. In Amawakuni, Arata is heading toward the Capital. Along the way, he learns of the relationship between the princess of Amawakuni and the Twelve Shinsho. He also encounters some nomads who say that, with the princess gone, the world will fall into chaos...
#45 - 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.
#46 - 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.
#47 - 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.
#48 - 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.
#49 - That Which You Must Not Call
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 2 - Episode 7
Natsume is dragged off into the cave of the evil spirit that is after Taki. He temporarily loses the ability to see youkai after being poisoned by the spirit. Will he be able to stop the youkai from eating Taki without his sight?
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#50 - The Cat and the Book of Friends
Natsume's Book of Friends - Season 1 - Episode 1
Natsume discovers that the heirloom "Book of Friends" that his grandmother, Reiko, gave him possesses the names of the spirits she defeated and bound to her will. Assisted by a cat whom Natsume addresses as Nyanko-Sensei (lit. Master Little Meow), Natsume aims to return all of the names to their rightful owners.
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