The BEST episodes written by Koji Ueda

Thoughtless Jokes and Kindness Bring Misfortune
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9.37
63 votes

#1 - Thoughtless Jokes and Kindness Bring Misfortune

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 5

Nagi does not want to go to school today and instead stays home to hang out with some friends. One of her friends, Sakuya Aizawa, arrives and starts to teach Hayate to be a better comedian despite Nagi insisting that he is a butler. Hayate later goes out to pick up some more tea wearing a cashmere coat, but finds the journey perilous.

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Sure, Amuro May Have Had a Place to Return to, But...
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8.96
89 votes

#2 - Sure, Amuro May Have Had a Place to Return to, But...

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 47

Due to Hayate's most recent borderline test scores, Nagi gives him some time off to study. Meanwhile, Klaus sends a robotic butler which looks somewhat like Hayate to fill in for him while he is studying. The robot, known as Thirteen, does an even better job as a butler than Hayate even could, which depresses him when he finds out. Thirteen devises a plan to get Hayate and Nagi alone together, though only Hayate realizes this after the fact. That night, Thirteen goes into space to destroy a meteor heading for Earth, but is stranded on the moon with no power in the process of saving Earth.

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Samurai, the Way of the Warrior, Van Damme in Action
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8.95
61 votes

#3 - Samurai, the Way of the Warrior, Van Damme in Action

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 15

Hayate goes to school early with Nagi despite her complaints. They meet a butler with a student along the way who eventually runs off with Hayate's necktie which makes Hayate and Nagi fetch a new one from home. Hayate has various discussions with Nagi and discovers that she jumped a few grades and thus is a high schooler despite her age. Hayate also discovers that Nagi used to be in a kendo club with Hinagiku but quit. Hayate decides to put Nagi back into the club when he is challenged by someone in the club.

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Eloim Essaim. Mr. Cow, Mr. Cow! What is it, Mr. Frog?
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8.93
60 votes

#4 - Eloim Essaim. Mr. Cow, Mr. Cow! What is it, Mr. Frog?

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 9

Hayate tries to motivate Nagi to go to school finally, and offers to take her to and from school everyday from now on. Nagi reluctantly agrees and goes to school for the day, but when she comes back it turns out she forgot her notebook at school. Hayate offers to go to school late at night to bring it back and at the school gate he runs into one of the school's teachers he met earlier.

I Want to Go Back to Being an Ordinary Girl, but Buy My Character Songs, Okay?
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8.67
90 votes

#5 - I Want to Go Back to Being an Ordinary Girl, but Buy My Character Songs, Okay?

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 37

Nagi asks Hayate what type of girl he likes, after reading a romance magazine which states that Nagi's zodiac sign, Sagittarius, will face a crisis in terms of romance. Hayate tells her that he likes girls that are normal and makes a passing remark that Nagi "wouldn't understand". Nagi runs off in rage, determined to learn how to be 'normal'. Nagi meets Ayumu Nishizawa and comes to the conclusion that tagging along with her will help her learn how to be 'normal'. After a day of following (and bothering) Ayumu, she invites Nagi to stay at her place. Ayumu gives Hayate a call, at Nagi's request, to inform him that Nagi will be staying over. It turns out that Hayate has been following them. Just as Hayate was about to leave, Isumi calls in distress, trapped at the top of a nearby tower. Wataru rushes to save her before Hayate, but it was ultimately Hayate who did most of the work.

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Like a Dog, a Mouse, and a Bulldog
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8.48
60 votes

#6 - Like a Dog, a Mouse, and a Bulldog

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 42

Nagi, perplexed by Hayate's apparent lack of weaknesses despite being a main character, plots ways to find chinks in his armor. As her various schemes fail to produce results, Maria, Sakuya, and Isumi get swept up in the flow and discuss their weaknesses as well. Hayate and Wataru begin studying German in preparation for a Hakuō mathematics exam, while Maria tells Hayate a bit of background information on Isumi, Sakuya, and Wataru. When they go to check on Nagi and Wataru, Nagi becomes jealous that they are alone together, prompting Maria to remark that Hayate's weakness seems to be not understanding the female heart.

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The Mystery of 120% Employment Rate (Temp.)
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8.47
60 votes

#7 - The Mystery of 120% Employment Rate (Temp.)

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 44

Nagi completed an improved version of her manga, but still, no one can understand it except for Isumi. She takes Hayate, Maria, Isumi, and Sakuya out for ramen, but they find themselves in a hidden animation studio where they are shocked to hear that Nagi's manga is going to be animated. The directors declare Nagi's demands to be impossible, but they end up animating it anyways because of a rumor that their stock will go up if they do it. After the premiere one week later, everyone is at a loss for words.

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I Wonder Who Came Up with the Sound Effect "Kapooon"? It's Awesome!
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8.46
61 votes

#8 - I Wonder Who Came Up with the Sound Effect "Kapooon"? It's Awesome!

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 22

With summer vacation coming to an end, Nagi is saddened that there won't be anymore free time to spend with Hayate. After reading a manga, Nagi decides to take Hayate fishing. While Hayate and Nagi are having a romantic time fishing (in Nagi's mind), the lord of the lake overturns their boat. Returning home, Hayate takes a bath and is joined by Tama who breaks the bath's water heater. Hayate becomes depressed because he believes he's always causing problems for Maria and attempts to fix the bath, only for it to be destroyed once again by Tama.

Do You Like Pretty, Rich Big Sisters?
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8.45
60 votes

#9 - Do You Like Pretty, Rich Big Sisters?

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 31

Sakuya visits Nagi. Nagi becomes offended when Sakuya tells her she's a brat because she has no siblings and claims she can be a better sister than Sakuya. Nagi orders Hayate to find kids that are lost on her property so she can prove it to Sakuya. Hayate comes back with Itsuki and Shunji, and Nagi plays with them while her SP looks for their parents. Sakuya suspects the kids to be thieves and catches them in the act. Afterwards, Kirika sends the third mysterious butler, Mini Yon, and he challenges Hayate to a Mini 4WD race.

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For You, I Will Mow Them Down with Every Ounce of My Being!
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8.25
91 votes

#10 - For You, I Will Mow Them Down with Every Ounce of My Being!

Hayate the Combat Butler - Season 1 - Episode 17

Nagi tries to gain experience after her work was rejected by a manga magazine. She believes she has no experience being lazy and staying in all the time, despite being rich and thus not having any problems living. She asks Hayate who has extraordinary experiences, but then becomes angry when Hayate tells her he once won a 'Manga Newbie Award'. She continues to gain experience while attempting to clean the house (which she messes up terribly) and by trying to serve food.

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The Tragic Enzyme II
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7.88
33 votes

#11 - The Tragic Enzyme II

Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor - Season 1 - Episode 13

After escaping with Mizuki and his father, Sho discovers that Mr. Fukamachi had been altered by Cronos and he becomes a powerful Zoanoid named Enzyme II, Sho fights with him, but half heartedly as he does not wish to kill his father, until a brutal attack destroys Sho's brain. The Guyver then stands, fighting on its own while Sho is too critically injured to fight. The robotic systems, immune to Sho's human emotion kills Enzyme, much to the horror of Tetsuro and Mizuki.

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Ray of Annihilation
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7.88
32 votes

#12 - Ray of Annihilation

Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor - Season 1 - Episode 23

Murakami manages to hit Guyot but doesn't prevent the Zoalord from retaliation: facing his friend's terrible torture, Sho decides to come out from the Crypt, now moving out of Mount Minakami, to battle Guyot. Together with other Divinities, dr. Balcus starts attacking the Crypt to destroy it, so that all the information about the Creators that it contains won't be used by humans. An unexpected apparition throws Guyot in the deepest terror, and everything turns to a catastrophy.

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Vibrations
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7.85
33 votes

#13 - Vibrations

Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor - Season 1 - Episode 18

Makishima san leads Sho and Mizuki through a secret path to the group's secret base inside Relic's Point lower levels. During the trip, he explains how Murakami san helped him and the others survive to Guyot's gravitational attack. Inside Relic's Point they meet prof. Odagiri, former prof. Yamamura's assistant, now trying to heal Murakami san. Suddenly, the Crypt starts resonating, effecting Guyot's Zoacrystal and Murakami san's healing process.

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Ash and Memories
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7.44
63 votes

#14 - Ash and Memories

Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor - Season 1 - Episode 9

After the events at Cronos building, Sho finally returns home. In the morning, he talks with his lovely father, and together they recall memories of Sho's dead mother. Meanwhile, a surprising guest awaits Agito when he gets back home, and countermeasures are taken to attempt the recovery of Guyver I's Control Metal. A battle with a Hyper-Zoanoid begins, and this time Sho receives the aid of a mysterious gun-armed guy, who soon disappears. There's no time to celebrate victory though, as a shocked Mizuki discovers Sho's secret.

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The Visitor at Dusk
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7.35
93 votes

#15 - The Visitor at Dusk

Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor - Season 1 - Episode 4

After defeating the Zoanoid that Genzo sent, Sho encounters Lisker, AKA Guyver 2: the fight is one-sided, Lisker easily overpowering Sho, but Guyver II begins to malfunction, with gives Sho and Tetsuro a chance to escape. Commander Richard Guyot appears and takes back his place as Head of Cronos Japan. He also introduces a Hyper-Zoanoid known as Zerbebuth, and uses the Zoanoid to hunt down Sho at his school: with no choice but to fight, Sho takes on Zerbebuth, but with much difficulty.

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