The BEST episodes written by Masahiro Ando

Shijima's Girl (Broken Heart MIX)
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8.51
68 votes

#1 - Shijima's Girl (Broken Heart MIX)

Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow - Season 1 - Episode 13

The staff members of Kissuisō wait and try to mentally prepare for Satsuki's arrival. Sui places Nako in charge of taking care of Satsuki, while the others speculate on whether or not that is a good idea. Arriving, Satsuki comments on how the inn hasn't changed at all from her years as a child, and criticizes constantly on how everything is done. However, Sui states that, in order to properly satisfy a customer that one must observe them on their first stay to see what that customer prefers, adding that even though it is Satsuki's first stay in the inn, it is not her first time being there. Sui and Ohana work together to make a list of what Satsuki likes. After a night of drinking, Satsuki, Ohana, and Sui all begin to understand each other a little better, and Satsuki leaves the next morning after writing a new, positive and praising review of Kissuisō. Ohana sorts out her feelings about Ko and, after a tearful realization, shouts her thanks to him for watching over her and says her farewells.

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Bark at the Night
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8.50
67 votes

#2 - Bark at the Night

Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow - Season 1 - Episode 11

After the Kissuisō gets a scathing review in a magazine, it becomes apparents that all the hot spring inns in the area are receiving poor reviews whilst a newly constructed hotel is being praised. Wanting to get to the bottom of this, Ohana heads to Tokyo to find out who's responsible for the review, which turns out to be her mother, Satsuki. She reveals she wrote a poor review under orders from higher ups, which annoys Ohana, who had been bottling up her annoyances with her. When Satsuki refuses to go to Kissuisō to give her true opinion, Ohana decides to stage a protest. Whilst doing so, she decides to visit Kōichi, only to notice another girl seemingly attached to him. After hearing from Kōichi that the girl has an unrequited love for him, Ohana feels guilty and runs off into the rain in tears, but is found by Minko and Tōru.

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The Kissui Inn I Love
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8.45
67 votes

#3 - The Kissui Inn I Love

Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow - Season 1 - Episode 25

With the growing number of reservations, Ohana grows concerned about the changes Kissuiso is making and the lack of sleep the employees are getting. She is also finds herself at odds with some of the others for siding with Sui. Ohana tells Nako about what Sui told her, who tells her why her opinion differs. Things turn bad for the Kissuiso when Tomoe sprains her ankle on the day before the festival, but Sui and Satsuki arrive to fill in as waitresses and together they manage to make it through the day of the festival. Afterwards, everyone goes to the Bonbori festival.

Balut
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8.40
69 votes

#4 - Balut

Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow - Season 1 - Episode 3

Minko and Nako discover Ohana has gone missing, as she has been confined by Tarō, who admits he was trying to come up with a sex novel to pay his hotel bill. When he discovered by Nako and the others, he attempts to make a run for it by stealing one of the inn's vans, so the staff give chase. They eventually find him at a seaside cliff where he jumps into the sea, but Nako manages to save him from drowning. As Tarō laments his lack of talent, Ohana tells him that, even though his novels were perverted, they showed a side of Ohana she never knew before. Afterwards, they arrange for Tarō to work at the inn to pay off his bill, and Minko eats the revenge meal Ohana prepared for her. Later that night, Ohana finds notes Minko wrote on devising an alternative insult to 'die', and also receives a text from Kōichi.

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Grey Heron Rhapsody
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8.00
96 votes

#5 - Grey Heron Rhapsody

Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow - Season 1 - Episode 4

The first day of the school trimester starts for Ohana, Minko and Nako, and Ohana soon finds herself popular with the other students in the class, including Yuina Wakura, who works at a rival hot springs inn, the Fukuya Inn. As Ohana tries to figure out how to respond to Kōichi's text, she and Nako go to the Fukuya Inn concerning the neighbourhood watch where they encounter a grey heron, before visiting a temple, where Nako talks about how she wants to get rid of her timidness. Later, Ohana learns that Minko actually has a crush on Tōru. As Ohana tries to apologise to Minko about it, they both witness Tōru picking up Yuina on his motorbike.

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Deprived Talent
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7.48
58 votes

#6 - Deprived Talent

Sirius the Jaeger - Season 1 - Episode 2

After Agatha's attack, Yuliy recovers at the house of a doctor conducting advanced research. Agatha hasn't given up yet.

The Frankenstein
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7.47
53 votes

#7 - The Frankenstein

Sirius the Jaeger - Season 1 - Episode 5

Aboard the train, Yuliy meets someone he thought was dead: his brother. When a group of bandits attacks the train, they make a strange discovery.

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Memories of the Abyss
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7.35
48 votes

#8 - Memories of the Abyss

Sirius the Jaeger - Season 1 - Episode 10

Willard and the Jaegers find an artifact related to the Ark and set out after Yuliy, who's almost reached both the sanctuary of the Ark and his father.

The Revenant Howls in Darkness
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7.28
78 votes

#9 - The Revenant Howls in Darkness

Sirius the Jaeger - Season 1 - Episode 1

Yuliy and the Jaegers plan an assault on a vampire meeting in Shanghai, then follow the ringleaders across the sea to Tokyo.

Beginning of Trickery
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7.23
53 votes

#10 - Beginning of Trickery

Sirius the Jaeger - Season 1 - Episode 4

The team investigates the researcher's death, and Willard crosses paths with a secret agent. Yuliy and Dorothea head to Shizuoka.