The BEST episodes written by Kenta Ihara
#1 - A Gamble
Vinland Saga - Season 1 - Episode 11
Thorkell takes Canute hostage and follows after the main army of Denmark. Ragnar objects to Thorkell’s plan to take on the entire army of Denmark, boasting 16,000 soldiers, with only 500 men. Thorkell then begins to tell Ragnar the story of Valhalla, the pride of Normans, a place where only those who die in battle can go.
#2 - The Troll's Son
Vinland Saga - Season 1 - Episode 5
After Askeladd kills Thorfinn’s father Thors, Thorfinn hides inside Thor’s ship and bides his time until the opportunity to take revenge. However, life on the ship is harsh without any food or water, and Thorfinn grows weaker day by day. One day, Thorfinn, armed with his sword, attempt to attack Askeladd in his sleep
#3 - The Battle of the Fjord
Saga of Tanya the Evil - Season 1 - Episode 7
The Empire is launching a seemingly foolish attack on the Entente Alliance in the middle of winter. They lack the supplies to successfully invade. Tanya realizes that this attack is a feint intended to distract from a fjord landing mission. Sure enough, she is sent to lead the invasion of the fjords, and silence 20 cannon emplacements in time for the fleet to land and the Imperial forces to disembark.
#4 - Beyond the Edge of the Sea
Vinland Saga - Season 1 - Episode 8
After capturing the treasure from the Franks, Askeladd’s men return to the village of Gorm on the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark to pass the winter. Thorfinn challenges Askeladd to a duel as a reward for bringing him the head of the captain of the clan of Franks. Even though Thorfinn has grown in skill through his experience in battle, he is still no match for Askeladd.
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#5 - The Battle of London Bridge
Vinland Saga - Season 1 - Episode 9
In October 1013, King Sweyn leads a fleet of Danish and Viking ships in an attempt to take London Bridge of England. Askeladd’s army, hired by the army of Denmark, was among them. However, after the betrayal of Thorkell the Tall, a Viking known for his overpowering strength, London Bridge has become impregnable. Askeladd tells Thorfinn he’ll reward him with a duel if he’s able to kill Thorkell.
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#6 - Normanni
Vinland Saga - Season 1 - Episode 7
Askeladd withdraws temporarily from the war against England. While searching for a new source of income, he encounters a skirmish among the Franks and hatches a plot to steal their treasure. Askeladd sends 16 years old Thorfinn, who has grown up into a cold-hearted Viking, ahead as a messenger.
#7 - My First Battalion
Saga of Tanya the Evil - Season 1 - Episode 5
Tanya's new battalion is off the ground and running, and it's time for them to do their first mission: fight back a massive invasion by the Dakian Dukedom to the southeast. The enemy army numbers in the hundreds of thousands, but they've brought no air units at all, which makes them easy pickings for Tanya's highly trained force. After wiping out the enemy army, she heads straight for the enemy capital and launches an attack there.
#8 - The Path to Victory
Saga of Tanya the Evil - Season 1 - Episode 10
Tanya's spectacular mission is a success, and the Republic is surrounded and crippled. But on her way back, she runs into a group of allied mages, lead by Anton Souix, the man she crippled once more. He's back, and powered by Being X, and his one mission in life is to take down the Devil of the Rhine!
#9 - Deus Vult
Saga of Tanya the Evil - Season 1 - Episode 3
After her stunning success with her first mission, Tanya is assigned to test a new piece of technology: a highly unstable prototype calculation jewel. This jewel offers her unparalleled power, but just using it risks her life. Tanya is determined to get out of this project and on to someplace easier and safer (like the front lines of the war), but Being X has other ideas...
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#10 - The Journey Begins
Vinland Saga - Season 1 - Episode 6
Thorfinn goes to battle for the first time as a member of Askeladd’s army. After witnessing the harsh reality of the war to conquer England first-hand, Thorfinn tries to run away, but later throws himself into battle in order to get revenge for his father by defeating Askeladd. One night, Thorfinn gets wounded in battle, and is saved by a mother and daughter living in a village by the sea.
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#11 - Resistance
Saga of Tanya the Evil - Season 1 - Episode 11
Tanya's diminished smaller company attack the battalion of Allied Kingdom mages rather than retreat. Their company use their altitude advantage but suffer heavy losses, especially when Colonel Sioux uses an illegal Trench Gun.
#12 - How to Use a Victory
Saga of Tanya the Evil - Season 1 - Episode 12
Tanya just barely manages to restrain herself from disobeying her superior officers and attacking the Republic remanents. But the Republic forces have escaped overseas, and vowed to fight to the bitter end. The Empire has been victorious, but in its victory it has terrified the rest of the world and spurred them to action. Is true victory possible at all?
#13 - Yuichi-kun, You're Pretty Dumb, Aren't You?
Tomodachi Game - Season 1 - Episode 5
Shibe reels from the accusation that he has "actually killed a person." Despite protesting that he never did such a thing, he loses the audience's confidence and is thrust into first place. Meanwhile, Tenji finds himself in a distressing situation after realizing Yuichi is the one who wrote the card. Yuichi then makes the shocking announcement that he knows who the traitor is.
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#14 - The Devil of the Rhine
Saga of Tanya the Evil - Season 1 - Episode 1
The Empire is a powerful military nation on a continent that looks much like early 20th century Europe. But in this world, magic is real. The Empire is involved in a war against the Entente Alliance, and fighting a poorly executed delaying action in the northern theater. Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff leads a small platoon of mages. But there's something unusual about this lieutenant... she's only nine years old!
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#15 - Beginning of Madness
Saga of Tanya the Evil - Season 1 - Episode 6
After her easy victory over Dakia, it's time for a more difficult mission: aiding the destruction of the Entente Alliance to the north. The Alliance is being backed by the strong powers, and has equipment and training that in some cases rival the Empire. When Tanya arrives, the Alliance is striking a critical supply base with a bombing raid, and the local Empire force are too overwhlemed to defend against it. Can she get there to hold them off in time?
#16 - Campus Life
Saga of Tanya the Evil - Season 1 - Episode 4
Tanya is now living life on easy street, as a highly-respected student at the military university. She's so highly respected, in fact, that one of the Empire's chief military planners asks her for her opinion on the course of the war. Eager to show off her intellect (and hopefully land herself a cushy job in the planning department), Tanya comes up with a plan of astonishing insight and intelligence. Her idea backfires, however, when she turns out to be a little too smart for her own good...
#17 - Prologue
Saga of Tanya the Evil - Season 1 - Episode 2
The secret of Tanya's birth is revealed. Tanya was a cold and unemotional Japanese salaryman who was pushed in front of a train by a man he laid off. An infuriated godlike creature named "Being X" sent him to this world, and reincarnated him as a baby girl... with no promise that he would ever be reincarnated again. Now Tanya has to survive, because this is all she's got!
#18 - Hurry Up and Switch Sides
Tomodachi Game - Season 1 - Episode 9
Yuichi, who hasn’t left the starting point in the two days since the game began, suddenly announces his desire to switch to Group K. The Group K members, puzzled by Yuichi’s apparent intention to abandon his hiding teammate, ask their Captain to decide whether or not to let Yuichi in. Meanwhile, Tenji, who has stayed in hiding and trusted Yuichi all along, is finally reaching his physical breaking point.
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#19 - I Really Can't Be Friends with a "Murderer"
Tomodachi Game - Season 1 - Episode 6
Backed into a corner by Yuichi's plan, Tenji is forced to confess that he applied to play Tomodachi Game. Yuichi spells out the traps he set to smoke out the traitor and reveals that he had been manipulating the game from the start. The second game then reaches a breathtakingly unexpected conclusion.
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#20 - Do You Really Have Nothing You Care About?
Tomodachi Game - Season 1 - Episode 11
With "true genius" Kei controlling things from the shadows, Group K succeeds in finding Tenji. Facing the "worst thing that could have happened," Tenji makes a phone call to a certain individual. The third game, Friendly Hide-and-Seek, then reaches its conclusion. While the two groups struggled to outwit each other, Shiho, Shibe, and Yutori, who had been temporarily released for the third game, returned to school only to be met with cold stares from their classmates.
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#21 - The Third Game Is Over!
Tomodachi Game - Season 1 - Episode 10
Finally able to shake his Group K guards, Yuichi succeeds in delivering food to Tenji. After being pushed off the cliff by Yuichi, Maria slowly gets closer to her saviors Hyakutaro and Chisato, but that too is a trap set by Yuichi to destroy the friendships in Group K.
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#22 - What's Most Important to Me Is...
Tomodachi Game - Season 1 - Episode 12
With the circumstances around Shiho's disappearance and Shibe's arrest still unclear, a mysterious individual declares a new game that demands Yuichi's participation and threatens Yutori's life. When Yuichi rushes to save Yutori, he becomes trapped in the cruelest game yet. The two friends must decide how much pain they can endure to protect each other as the special edition "Weak Win Game" begins.
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#23 - Seriously? That's So Cringe
Tomodachi Game - Season 1 - Episode 4
Responsible for the theft of the class funds, the application to play Tomodachi Game, and the exposure of all kinds of dirty secrets in Bad-Mouth Sugoroku, Tenji now tries to alienate Shiho from the others so he can have her all to himself. As a result of his attempts, a rift develops between Shiho and Yutori that threatens to destroy their friendship. But while Tenji is busy sweet-talking Shiho and planning his next move, a "special chance" appears for Shiho that might change the direction of the game.
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#24 - The Future of This Harem
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter - Season 1 - Episode 5
In order to gain LP and money, Noir and the others enter a harem tournament. In this tournament, contestants show off their harems to be judged by a harsh crowd. Noir gets close with Emma, Lola, and Luna in order to try to impress the judges and win!
#25 - It's a Game Where You Wait, and Wait, and Wait... and Keep Waiting
Tomodachi Game - Season 1 - Episode 8
The third game, Friendly Hide-and-Seek, begins. Rival Group K, bolstered by an apparent 'genius' strategist, proceeds with a clear numerical advantage. Eager to regain Yuichi's trust, Tenji volunteers to be Group C's hider, but the couple's plans are strained by the addition of a new female teammate, Mizuse Maria. Yuichi confidently tells Tenji to "just trust me and wait," but then doesn't return for days...
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#26 - There's No Way I'd Believe That
Tomodachi Game - Season 1 - Episode 3
Dark secrets are exposed as the second game, Bad-Mouth Sugoroku, continues. Yutori is devastated when a traumatic episode from her past is revealed, leading her to suspect the only other person who knew—Shiho. As debts increase, the five friends are driven further apart. With no one else to turn to, Yutori clings to Yuichi for help, and Yuichi pledges his support.
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#27 - I'll Take 20 Million Yen Worth of Your Life
Tomodachi Game - Season 1 - Episode 7
After clearing Bad-Mouth Sugoroku, Yuichi and Tenji find themselves trapped in a dark cave for three days. During their isolation, Tenji makes the shocking revelation that he had already experienced a Tomodachi Game in the past. Meanwhile, a team of new opponents lies in wait outside, anxious to challenge the two partners to a grueling third game.
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#28 - The Troubled Classmate
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter - Season 1 - Episode 3
Noir finds out the social ladder at the Hero Academy. A duke's daughter named Maria is the only one who gives him a helping hand. But he finds out that she has a curse that will kill her when she turns 16.
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#29 - The Guild and the Receptionist
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter - Season 1 - Episode 2
In order to find a way to earn enough money for the enrollment fee to the Hero Academy, Noir visits the Adventurers' Guild. However, the receptionist at the guild, Lola, doubts his skills, so he has to prove himself. Once she finds out he's telling the truth, she's supposed to offer him a reward, and...
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#30 - Reality⨯VR
Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier Than Real Life! - Season 1 - Episode 12
Hiro has learned the true nature of the City of Ted, and now he has to die. Can Hiro save his console from nearly certain destruction?
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#31 - You Have a Lot to Say to Me, Don't You?
Tomodachi Game - Season 1 - Episode 2
Yuichi and friends reach the end of Kokkuri-san, uncovering dimensions of trickery in the Tomodachi Game that they hadn't imagined. When they move on to a second game, a socially destructive version of sugoroku, the group struggles to maintain balance as personal secrets are revealed and trust is stretched to its absolute limit.
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#32 - The Receptionist Ranking
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter - Season 1 - Episode 7
Lola gets in an argument with a rival receptionist. Noir visits the Adventurers Guild and ends up getting caught in their fight. Noir decides to take down a dragon both for his test and for Lola, but...
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#33 - The Untainted Cleric
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter - Season 1 - Episode 4
Right before his meeting with Luna, Noir goes to visit Olivia. He asks her if there's a more effective way to gain LP and she tells him about a forbidden skill that will make him very lucky in the most unexpected way.
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#34 - Huh? Yuichi-kun Suspects His Friends?
Tomodachi Game - Season 1 - Episode 1
After the hard-earned funds for their expensive high school class trip are stolen, sophomore Yuichi and his four best friends are kidnapped by Manabu, a surreal character from a creepy late-night anime show. The mischievous Manabu challenges the students to a series of mind games that the five must decipher and outwit in order to win back their trip funds, uncover the thief, and pay off a huge and mysterious debt.
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#35 - A Battle I Can't Lose
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter - Season 1 - Episode 12
The reason Olivia is so fond and protective of Noir is revealed. It has to do with an adventurer from the past. Meanwhile, Noir fights for his life against the fake Olivia. Will he be able to figure something out?
#36 - To the Gala
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter - Season 1 - Episode 9
Noir is invited to a high society party by Emma. The party is in a stir when thieves proclaim to visit it and steal away a few things that are there, but then Noir participates in a dance battle against a noble to win Emma's honor.
#37 - Living in a Dead Game
Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier Than Real Life! - Season 1 - Episode 2
Given the difficulty of Hiro's unique situation in the game, Reona and Hiro decide to seek the help of one of the few remaining players in Kiwame Quest.
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#38 - The Tulip Lion
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter - Season 1 - Episode 6
Noir successfully cures Maria's curse and receives a mountain of cash and decides to build a shop that sells rare materials, so he goes to the dungeon to gather said materials. He travels further down and meets a lion that apparently speaks human words.
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#39 - A Little Girl's Wish
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter - Season 1 - Episode 8
Noir arrives at the 7th floor of the dungeon and he runs into a mysterious spirit who happens to look a lot like Emma when she was younger. Apparently, the spirit is having her life sucked away by something creepy and asks Noir to defeat it in exchange for a treasure.
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#40 - Powerful Skill Set
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter - Season 1 - Episode 1
Noir is the 3rd son of a poor noble and his job position is taken away by a more powerful noble. He also sadly lacks enough skills to attend the Hero Academy. He tries to find a way to be able to use his skill [Great Sage] better and stumbles across a hidden dungeon.
#41 - VR⨯Reality
Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier Than Real Life! - Season 1 - Episode 1
Hiroshi Yuuki is having one really shitty day. He can't wait to get home and fire up a new virtual reality MMO so he can forget all about it. What could go wrong?
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#42 - City of Dead Ends
Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier Than Real Life! - Season 1 - Episode 11
The goblin assault has begun. A problem from Hiro's past returns to haunt him, and Hiro learns why his chance of survival is only 0.1%.
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#43 - Let's Go to the Hot Springs
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter - Season 1 - Episode 10
The day for the Hero Academy tradition, their trip to the hot springs, has finally arrived! The monsters they face on the way to the hot springs are tough, but the boys in the class who can't control their lust are a far bigger threat. What should Noir do to protect Emma and the other girls?
#44 - Knife vs. Saw
Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier Than Real Life! - Season 1 - Episode 6
Mizarisa and Alicia clash over Hiro. After the battle, Hiro starts to understand Kamui's advice.
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#45 - Adult Event Time
Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier Than Real Life! - Season 1 - Episode 3
After being betrayed by Ginji, Hiro is arrested by the City Guard. Can he find a way to clear himself or escape?
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#46 - Preparations for Advance
Saga of Tanya the Evil - Season 1 - Episode 9
The last enemy on the continent is the Republic, and the Empire has come up with a bold plan to take them out. Of course, Tanya is sent to the forefront of this operation, and is forced to take on the entire Republic army by herself while the Empire stages a faked withdrawl. Then it's off for a ride on a rocket as she heads straight into the heart of enemy territory!
#47 - A New Ally
Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier Than Real Life! - Season 1 - Episode 10
Hiro has endured the 5 days of City Guard training, and the day of the goblin assault is finally upon him. His achievements have earned him the right to learn the trick to Kiwame Quest, but will it be enough?
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#48 - Trial by Fire
Saga of Tanya the Evil - Season 1 - Episode 8
The war with the Entente Alliance is done, and it's back to the Rhine for Tanya and her forces. The Republic troops are highly trained, well-equipped, and stronger than any she's faced before. And in a distant hospital, a former Kingdom officer wakes up, with a mission from God imprinted on his mind...
#49 - Chance of Survival 0.1%
Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier Than Real Life! - Season 1 - Episode 7
Hiro and Reona return to find the city of Ted in a state of panic. Hiro's newfound change in attitude spurs him to action, and his bold choices open the door to an exciting opportunity.
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#50 - A Fairy's Power
Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier Than Real Life! - Season 1 - Episode 9
Hiro's mentally gruelling time training with the City Guard continues. As the difficulties continue, Hiro grows discouraged. Can he find a way to turn things around and endure until the second goblin assault?
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