The BEST episodes written by Mari Okada
#1 - The Chilly Desert
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 2
Because of Uroko-sama's curse, Manaka ends up with a fish face on her knee. It goes away the next day, but she has some regrets because Tsumugu had said it was pretty. Meanwhile, Hikari gets annoyed that Manaka and Tsumugu are talking and tells him to not concern himself with the people of Umimura.
#2 - Fun Athletic Meet
Kodomo no Jikan - Season 2 - Episode 2
The school is making preparations for the sports festival, and Rin is inspired to 'do her best' towards the day. Aoki and Hoin use faux intimidation to fire up the kids, although it doesn't go as planned on Aoki's part. Hoin comes up with the idea of a costume parade for the teachers, which Shirai is totally against until Kuro gets excited about her dressing up. On the day of the sports festival, Rin is suffering from a chest cough from working on a banner late into the night. She declines Kuro's offer of taking her to the nurses, stating that she wanted to work hard for Aoki as thanks for seeing through the mess that she is. Kuro is upset to find Shirai had dressed up as a panda, but Shirai hugs her to calm her down, going against her beliefs of skinship. Mimi laments that she misses her father's comfort, and when her mother arrives to cheer on her brother instead, she breaks down and cries. Rin manages to win the relay race for her class, but later that night her cough is still bothering her.
#3 - Something Lost
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 22
Tsumugu talks about Uroko-sama and ends up with the curse fish on his arm. This makes Hikari and the others realize that Uroko-sama is not in the sea, but on land. To find out what's going on with everyone in Shioshishio, what's going to happen to the surface, and about Manaka who's lost her Ena, everyone looks for Uroko-sama.
#4 - Sleeping Beauty
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 20
After finding Manaka in the graveyard of Ojoshisamas, Hikari and the others bring her back up to the surface. They think that she will wake up soon just like Hikari and Kaname did, but even after a week, there is no sign of her waking up. Hikari, Kaname, and Chisaki go to Shioshishio in hopes of finding a clue to waking Manaka up.
#5 - Beyond Tomoebi
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 6
The students get together in their swimsuits for swimming class. The sea kids are still getting used to school on land, but are starting to get along with the other kids. The teacher mentions that he's going to be timing them today and as the kids groan in response, Hikari and Tsumugu's rivalry fires up.
#6 - The Protector of Smiles
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 15
The day of the Tomoebi, a Hikari who hasn't aged from five years ago, appears in front of Miuna and Tsumugu. He has no memory of what happened since the Ofunehiki, but seems healthy and starts living at the Shiodome household.
#7 - The Saltflake Snow Falls and Falls
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 10
Uroko-sama tells everyone that the Sea God's powers have become much smaller than they used to be, and that the saltflake snow will continue to fall both in the sea and on the surface until the world is cold and gray.
#8 - Beyond the Wavering Feelings
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 8
Akari decides once and for all that she is going to live on the surface, and Hikari also leaves the house because he feels that Akari isn't being treated fairly.
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#9 - The Tradition of the Sea
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 3
Akari was rounded up by the older men of the village and Hikari and the others try to stop them. It's there that they first hear the rule that if you are seeing someone from the surface, you will be banished from the village. Hikari, unable to contain his rage, holds a guys-only meeting with Kaname. The girls are thrown out and go to another room, where Manaka finds a red-bellied sea slug. The sea slug is said to tell you the future if you tell it feelings you can't tell anyone else. It's then that Chisaki asks Manaka if she likes Tsumugu-kun...
#10 - A Betrayal, A Cup, and a Meandering Path
Armed Librarians: Book of Bantorra - Season 1 - Episode 5
Following the theft of Ylucklucu and Volken's apparent betrayal everyone at Bantorra begins to question his motives and his character. Mirepoch has been particularly affected by her friend's actions and seeks solace in the books of the lower libraries. Meanwhile, Norotei is dispatched to recover Lumion's book which has gone missing from the Toatt Mine.
#11 - Because We're Friends
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 4
Hikari finds out that Akari's boyfriend is in fact the father of the girl who had been picking fights with him, Miuna. Miuna asks him to help break the two apart. The next day, they are cooking in class and the Umimura kids are being isolated. Manaka works up the courage and tries to get the surface kids to try the food they made, but is greeted with an unfriendly response. Seeing that, Hikari jumps in...
#12 - The Ofunehiki Shakes
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 7
After school, the classmates get together in the woodshop room for the final stretch of getting the Ojoshi-sama done. After the students finish the Ojoshi-sama, even the teacher gets excited about the feat, and they wonder if it's possible to somehow do an actual Ofunehiki like they used to do with the surface and the sea working together.
#13 - In Between the Sea and the Land
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 1
Because of their Hamaji Junior High School closing, Umimura residents Sakishima Hikari, Mukaido Manaka, Hiradaira Chisaki, and Isaki Kaname are transfered to Mihama Junior High on the surface.
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#14 - Cage- Die Gefangnis
Rozen Maiden - Season 1 - Episode 9
Suiseiseki is alarmed as Souseiseki seldoms open the door to dreams. Shinku surmises she must have been tricked. Suiseiseki is heartened when the gang votes to follow her to recuse Souseiseki. They enter into the master's dreamworld to look for Souseiseki and encounters Suigintou. Having possessed Souseisek's Renpika (shears), Suigintou wants Souseiseki's Amethyst Dream (watering can) as well. When the dream door disappears, Souseiseki knows that the master intends to lock all of them in his dream. Shinku askes Jun to leave with the twins while Hinaichigo and herself stays behind to deal with Suigintou. The twins bought Jun to a mighty tree that connects everyone's dreams in the world and whose branches allow them to travel between dreams. They enter into the dreamworld of the master's wife and to their suprise, sees Kadzuki. The master's wife refused to leave her dreamworld because of Kadzuki's presence and because both of them can live in a safe world without the pain of reality. Thi
#15 - The Changing Times
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 11
Kaname suddenly confesses his feelings to Chisaki in front of her parents, and Chisaki doesn't know what to do. Hikari and Manaka do their best to go on with the Ofunehiki, hearing that if the Sea God gets his powers back, the disaster that is to befall their world may be stopped.
#16 - Unknown Warmth
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 9
Miuna makes a snow sea slug out of the saltflake snow that had fallen on the surface. Meanwhile, Hikari thinks about how his father is doing alone in the sea. In the sea, Uroko-sama had gathered everyone to tell them of the calamity that was about to come.
#17 - The Whispers of the Faraway Waves
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 16
Hikari starts back at Hama Junior High and is in the same class as Miuna and Sayu. He fits right in instantly, making the class laugh and has his old teacher back. But Miuna and Sayu can't help but feel that the situation is weird.
#18 - The Sick Two
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 17
Akari tells Hikari and Miuna that she was just informed that Kaname has woken up from his hibernation. They all hurry down to the Fishery Cooperative and find that just like Hikari, Kaname hasn't aged at all. Chisaki and Tsumugu also rush down to see him, but Kaname sees them together and doesn't know how to feel.
#19 - The Messenger from the Bottom of the Sea
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 21
While Hikari and Miuna are arguing, Manaka suddenly wakes up. Hikari and Miuna are obviously surprised, but Manaka acts like nothing has changed is all smiles. Other than not knowing why her Ena suddenly disappeared, she seemed perfectly fine and it's decided that she will be staying at Itaru's house as well.
#20 - Hey, Sea Slug
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 5
Akari is able to tell Uroko-sama and her father how she feels about Itaru, and is starting to smile a little again. Hikari sees that and feels a little better and heads to school. While on their way to school, Chisaki is late and walking on her own.
#21 - Contract - Vereinbarung
Rozen Maiden - Season 2 - Episode 4
Suiseiseki decides to find a medium, as Jun is the only one eligible, though she is skeptical about him. Ultimately, Jun and the five dolls are taken to the world of Barasuishou, where the Alice Game is foreshadowed. Jun enters into a contract with Suiseiseki.
#22 - A Bomb, a Book and a Sinking Ship
Armed Librarians: Book of Bantorra - Season 1 - Episode 1
When 'Armed Librarians' launch an attack against a 'Church of Shindeki' ship they are attacked by 'Human Bombs'. After boarding the ship and fighting off the guards (the Mock Men), the Librarians find dozens of 'Meats' in the hold but are unable to save them all before the ship itself explodes. One of the few survivors is the Human Bomb, Colio Tonies who's only thoughts are of killing the Acting-Director of the Armed Librarians, Hamutz Meseta.
#23 - The Lost, Lost Little...
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 19
Hikari and the others find Manaka asleep within the graveyard of Ojoshisamas. They manage to bring Manaka, who is losing her Ena, safely to the surface and to the Shiodome household, but she is still asleep. Afterwards, they have a doctor examine her and are relieved to find out that other than losing her Ena, she seems to be fine.
#24 - Detritus
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 24
Tsumugu dives into the sea after Chisaki. He starts having trouble breathing and is about to lose consciousness, but then suddenly gains Ena. Tsumugu finally catches up to Chisaki and lets her know his feelings while they're in Shioshishio. Chisaki cries and runs away.
#25 - Love is Like the Sea
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 25
To stall the saltflake snow and try to get Manaka's feelings back, Hikari and the others decide to do another Ofunehiki. The day before the festival, after hearing that the red sea slug pendant has Manaka's feelings in it, Akira takes it and accidentally drops it into the sea.
#26 - Mermaid Princess and Shell Bra
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow - Season 1 - Episode 18
Nako has always been worried about her personality, which falters outside of her home. As Nako gets a larger bonus on payday, she becomes worried that she needs to change in order to deserve that amount. Later that day, she, Ohana, Minko and Yuina go shopping, where she ends up splashing out in the hopes of changing, though doesn't feel she has at the end of the day. The next day, Nako decides to go to work with the same attitude she has at home, but it ends up backfiring against her. When she asks Sui about why she got a high bonus, she explains it was as thanks from a customer who followed her advice, praising her for the personality she has at Kissuiso, which cheers Nako up.
#27 - Green Cherry Tree
Kodomo no Jikan - Season 2 - Episode 3
Rin catches a fever from being overworked and has to miss school. Mimi is still feeling lonely and Kuro scolds Aoki because Rin got sick for his sake. Mimi visits Rin's house in order to deliver a handout. Delirious from the fever, Rin asks to suck Mimi's breasts, which she allows in order to help her. Kuro gets Shirai to walk her home, who then apologises for what she said before. When Reiji notices Mimi's loneliness is similar to how he used to be, he comforts her and assures her that happiness will find her someday. Rin comes back to school healthy and later catches up to Aoki and kisses him.
#28 - Souseiseki -Lapisalazuri Stern
Rozen Maiden - Season 1 - Episode 8
This episode opens with Souseiseki floating around a white empty space as if looking for something. She leaves after being summoned by her master (aka her medium). Turns out that Souseiseki and Suiseiseki is intially bound to an old man who looks upon Souseiseki as a replacement for his dead son 'Kadzuki'. Unable to take blow of their son's death, the old man's wife had been in a coma for a while. Souseiseki is trying to bring back her soul by searching her dreamworld (the white empty space) but has no success so far. Suiseiseki wanted to leave their master as he's becoming weirder by the day and taking his 'replacement complex' overboard. But Souseiseki refused to leave out of a sense of duty and so Suiseiseki stormed off in a fit to anger to look for Shinku. All the Rozens Maidens scattered in laughter when Jun chase after them for mangling his toy bus. When Hinaichigo and Suiseiseki hides in the storeman, the enchanted mirror shows what has transpired betwen Suiseiseki and her twin.
#29 - I Want to Be Kind
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 12
Akari makes the decision to take Ojoshi-sama's place in the Ofunehiki and head into to marriage with Itaru like she was headed toward the Sea God. That was when the preparations to try to re-enact the first Ofunehiki went back under way.
#30 - Shioshishio
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 18
With Mihashi's lead on how to get into Shioshishio, Hikari, Kaname and Miuna go to investigate. They follow the sound of sand flowing that Miuna keeps hearing and land in Shioshishio, which is covered in snow. Hikari and Kaname find it nostalgic, but it's the first time that Miuna has come to the sea village.
#31 - The Color of the Sea. The Color of the Earth. The Color of the Wind. The Color of Your Heart. Your Color. Earth Color of a Calm
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 26
In order to save Manaka, Miuna is swallowed up by the whirpool that Ojoshi-sama made and is covered in Ena that wraps around her like a cocoon. Hikari and Tsumugu go to save her but are held back by the powers of a god.
#32 - Who Do These Feelings Belong To?
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 23
Uroko-sama tells Hikari and Miuna that Manaka has lost the heart to fall in love with anyone. Hikari tries desperately to find a way to turn Manaka back to normal, and has a hard time facing her because of that. Hikari and Miuna decide to talk to Chisaki, Kaname, Tsumugu, and Sayu about the situation because that's how they've always solved things.
#33 - Unreachable Fingertips
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 13
Hikari thinks of Manaka while he's at home, and decides to tell her how he really feels about her. Manaka also tries to tell him something, but then tells him that she'll tell him as soon as the Ofunehiki is over.
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#34 - Howls Echo in the Kingdom of the Past
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 8
Victorica manages to find the culprit behind the recent deaths at the village and to clear her mother's name by exposing the woman who framed her. However, when the woman attempts to escape, she starts torching the entire village, and Kujo must confront her while protecting Victorica with his life.
#35 - Blue Roses Bloom in the Man-Eating Department Store
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 9
Victorica gets a fever as Kujo sets out alone for some errands in Sauville. While searching for a souvenir for his sister, he meets a girl among a pile of mannequins. The girl asks for help, but when he gets back to the department store with the Inspector, she is nowhere to be found. Kujo calls Victorica by phone to ask her help, but the call is cut short as he is taken away.
#36 - A Divine Revelation Is Given on the Solstice
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 7
Victorica and Kujo explore the "Village of the Gray Wolves" where her mother lived in search for clues to prove her innocence, but Victorica gets disappointed when she uncovers the truth and figures that she lacks the means to clear her name. To complicate matters, two of the tourists who were visiting the village with them are killed among strange circumstances.
#37 - The Fool Names His Own Spokesman
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 13
Kujo and Avril explore one of the school's towers and Avril figures that it is related to the legend of Leviathan, an alchemist who lived there decades before. Victorique stumbles on a pop-up book containing a cryptic message aledgely from Leviathan himself and when a death occurs at the top of the tower, she decides to investigate by herself.
#38 - The Cold-Catcher Dreams About a Stubborn Friend
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 10
Kujo encounters the same girl he met at the department store, and with the help of hers and a bright homeless boy, he manages to put the police back on the case. Kujo and Grevil then ask Victorique's opinion about the store, just to find that she already had made some research about it, and she comes with a plan to expose the culprits.
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#39 - The Admonition - Der Tadel
Rozen Maiden - Season 2 - Episode 9
Suiseiseki becomes worried about Souseiseki. Souseiseki battles against Barasuishou and Suigintou, only to be defeated. Souseiseki asks Suiseiseki to take her Rosa Mystica, but Suiseiseki fails and Suigintou takes Souseiseki's Rosa Mystica.
#40 - His Drill Speaks Eloquently of Love
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 11
Jaqueline, an old friend of Grevil's, pays a visit to the Academy to make a donation and has a sudden encounter with Victorique at the Library Tower. There, she tells the story of a mysterious incident from the past where she was falsely accused of murder, unaware about its connection with both Victorique and the reason why Grevil has started bearing his unusual hairstyle.
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#41 - Rose Garden - Rosengarten
Rozen Maiden - Season 2 - Episode 11
Because they have yet to fulfill Rozen's wish, the remaining dolls fight Barasuishou and Suigintou. When things spiral downward, Shinku is left to fight Barasuishou.
#42 - The Ill-Tempered Frill Condemns the Farting New
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 14
Victorique is dragged by her teacher to her classroom and is introduced to the rest of her classmates. Avril tries to bring her attention but she gets angry on her instead. Kujo demands Victorique to apologize to her, and when she refuses, he sets with Avril to keep investigating the Leviathan case without her help. Meanwhile Victorique has an encounter with Brian Roscoe, a friend of the victim's, on the top of the clock tower.
#43 - The Holy Night Bell Drives the Hour Onward
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 21
Upon investigating the grave of a woman with a striking resemblance to Queen Coco Rose, Victorique manages to put together the truth behind her mysterious demise. The truth of the Coco Rose case and the disappearance of Nicole Lulu is made clear, and Albert frees Victorique when she is unable to conclusively identify the murderer. On the way home to the Academy, Victorique and Kujo encounter a seemingly ordinary couple who are actually the still-living Coco Rose and her son fathered by Leviathan. Cordelia watches over them as they arrive home, and is soon joined by Brian and then a man who seems to be Brian's twin.
#44 - The Cicadas' Hum Rings Out on a Summer Afternoon
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 12
Everybody in school are preparing for there summer vacation. Kujo has turned down his vacation trip with Avril to stay with Victorique. Kujo has flash back of his past of why he left japan, while relaxing on a tree. When Kujo went into the academy, Victorique wanted to climb the tree Kujo was on and gets stuck in the tree forcing Kujo to save her. Kujo then chills at Victorique's house while it rains, but she spills tea all over her kimono and forcing Kujo to clean it up. The scene ends with Kujo remembering to to buy sweet for Victorique.
#45 - Checkmate Is Called on a Gray Chess Board
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 23
By Spring 1925, Albert's plan is complete: Kujo has been deported, and Victorique imprisoned in Sauville. Albert exposes Jupiter Roget as a Gray Wolf, drives him out, and convinces King Rupert to ally with Germany. In Winter 1925, Kujo joins the Japanese military, and Albert becomes Sauville's Prime Minister, having Grevil bring Victorique to the ceremony to display his power. However, Cordelia had switched places with Victorique, revealing Albert's crimes to the nation. When one Brian Roscoe twin stages a terrorist attack, Cordelia fights Albert with knives, kills him, but is slain by his minion. Meanwhile, the other Brian, who has taken Victorique away, tries to kill her to erase Cordelia's "pain."
#46 - A Christmas Carol Hangs Happiness by the Window
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 22
Kujo is enjoying Christmas together with Victorique when he is taken by force from the Academy as King Rupert declared that all foreign citizens should be sent back to their home countries in spite if the imminent conflict in Saubure. However, Kujo manages to escape and returns to the Academy eager to meet Victorique again, unaware that he became a hostage in Albert's hands as a mean to ensure her cooperation with his plan.
#47 - The Rosy Life Is Buried Under a New Snow
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 19
Kujo leaves to the capital to find a present to Victorique's birthday which coincidentaly is on christmas day. Meanwhile, Victorique receives a message from her mother and starts looking for Kujo without success until she is summoned by her father and taken by Grevil to the capital to solve the greatest mystery of the country, which involves its previous queen, Coco Rose, whose life is being reenacted in a play at the Phantom Theater.
#48 - Eternity Is Seen over the Reaper's Shoulder
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 24
After attempting to kill Victorique, Brian Roscoe falls from a cliff and is gravely injured, while his brother dies holding Cordelia's hand. Victorique saves him, and they are found by Grevil, who lets them escape. On a departing boat, Brian tells Victorique that Cordelia was the mother he and his brother always wanted, urges her to live for her mother's sake, and passes away. Victorique’s hair turns silver, helping her evade capture. Jupiter Roget brings Kujo’s letters, and after the war, the academy reopens with Grevil returning to his old hairstyle. Jupiter informs the king of Cordelia's sacrifice, and the king seeks his help again. Avril sends a bottle letter to Kujo and Victorique, which returns. Ambrose finishes reading the Monstre Charmant, whose characters bid farewell as the kingdom of Sauville is symbolically replaced by a new dawn. In Spring 1929, Kujo returns to Japan to reunite with Victorique.
#49 - Guided by the Phantom of the Phantom
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 20
Kujo rushes to catch Victorique, summoned again by her father, but she disappears once more. The Inspector explains she cannot leave until she solves the Coco Rose case, about a queen found beheaded in her chambers. Kujo gathers the Fragments of Chaos she cannot assemble, uncovering that Cordelia was once a showgirl who vanished, along with a woman resembling Coco Rose. During his investigation, Kujo meets Brian Roscoe, who leads him back to the theatre where Victorique is held. Reunited, her father allows her to leave and assemble the Fragments. Prompted by Kujo’s findings, Victorique begins her investigation at the grave of Nicole Le Roux, the woman resembling Coco Rose.
#50 - Two Monsters Form a Bond
Gosick - Season 1 - Episode 15
Kujo inquires Brian Roscoe regarding his connection to Victorique and her mother, but he only warns him to beware of her father instead. Meanwhile, Victorique succeeds to unlock the secrets behind Leviathan, the clock tower and the truth about her own origin.