The BEST episodes written by Masahiro Yokotani
#1 - Nobody Can Lift a Quain Stone Alone
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 16
The missing Emilia was in the graveyard all along, her lost memories beginning to return due to Puck's disappearance. Confused and losing heart over the realization that she's forgotten such important memories, she tries her hardest to convey her feelings to Subaru. When the two of them leave the graveyard, they're awaited by Garfiel, who's been battered and beaten by Otto and Ram. He tries to prevent the Sanctuary's liberation by closing off the graveyard himself, but Subaru won't let him have his way without a fight.
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#2 - Reunion of Roars
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 21
Subaru tries to prevent the attack on the mansion by talking to Roswaal, but Roswaal refuses to let go of the wish he has clung to for 400 long years. Subaru takes Garfiel and Otto along as he hitches up the carriage to Patrasche and heads for the mansion as quickly as he can. Meanwhile, now that Emilia has completed the first trial, Ram asks her for a favor. Touched by the strength of Ram's feelings, Emilia reaches out to help her.
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#3 - A Journey Through Memories
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 17
As she attempts the first trial, Emilia finds herself in Elior Forest, where she lived when she was younger. Echidna snidely remarks on her audacity to set foot here after so thoroughly disgracing herself before, but Emilia responds with a bold smile and tells her she won't cave to the malice of a fellow witch. As they proceed deeper into the forest, they come upon a massive tree towering over its surroundings. At its base is a small, barred door, which Emilia identifies as the Princess Room where she was often sent to play as a child.
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#4 - Love Me Down to My Blood and Guts
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 23
After witnessing an unrealized present, Emilia completes the second trial and begins the third and final one. Ram and Puck are fighting their hardest to stop Roswaal. Each of them is doing it all for the sake of realizing their own goals. The battle between Garfiel and Elsa at Roswaal's mansion is also growing more and more intense. As Subaru is being chased by a guiltylowe, he declares that it's time to make use of his unparalleled knowledge of the modern world and lures it into a closet...
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#5 - The Beginning of the Sanctuary and the Beginning of the End
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 20
When Roswaal happily tells the story of how his romance with Echidna began 400 years ago, Beatrice rebukes him for casually calling it a "romance." Ryuzu interrupts to comment that Echidna saved her, as well. The one thing these three very different people share is their gratitude toward Echidna. But their days spent in both amicable and argumentative conversation about Echidna are brought to an end by one man's arrival.
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#6 - Offbeat Steps Under the Moonlight
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 25
The magic Roswaal is using to control the weather generates enough mana to attract the Great Rabbit, which draws closer to the Sanctuary in a massive horde. Emilia takes Roswaal and Ram to shelter in the graveyard with everyone else, but the Great Rabbit horde has already grown enough to engulf their surroundings. Just when all hope seems lost, Subaru and Beatrice appear before Emilia. So begins Subaru and Beatrice's first battle against the Great Rabbit, one of the Three Great Mabeasts.
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#7 - The Day Betelgeuse Laughed
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 18
Despite a few inconveniences, like being unable to go outside when she wanted, young Emilia lived a happy life in a settlement of elves with Fortuna, whom she lovingly called "Mother." However, their peace was threatened by the arrival of the Sin Archbishop of the Witch's Cult representing Greed, Regulus Corneas. In the present, Shima appears before Subaru and the others as they wait outside the graveyard for Emilia to complete the trial, and she tells them of the events leading up to the birth of the Sanctuary.
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#8 - Happiness Reflected on the Water's Surface
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 22
Frederica is gradually backed into a corner by Elsa's attacks. Then Garfiel rushes to the scene with a silver shield on each arm. The siblings' reunion after so many years is cut short when Elsa's knife violently clashes against Garfiel's shield. Meanwhile, Subaru heads to the forbidden library where Beatrice is. She's surprised when he enters the library and tells her that, after she spent 400 years there under a contract that might as well have been a curse, he's going to get her out.
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#9 - Choose Me
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 24
After completing the final trial, Emilia emerges from the graveyard into a blizzard heavy enough to block her vision. The people of the Sanctuary and the villagers of Arlam huddle together behind a giant wall of ice, created to shield them from the bitter cold by none other than the great spirit who was once contracted to Emilia. When Emilia touches the ice wall, something flows into her from within it. With a nod of acknowledgement to the voice she hears, she finally takes action.
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#10 - Straight Bet
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 14
Tragedy strikes the Sanctuary, and Elsa takes aim at both Roswaal's mansion and the village of Arlam. After being told that all these threats are cruel traps, Subaru can't help but give in to despair. While he's stuck questioning himself and unable to come up with a way out of the dilemma closing in on him, Otto shows up and punches him. Thanks to the many feelings packed in Otto's fist, Subaru finds his hope again.
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#11 - The Taste of Death
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 11
Subaru heads to Roswaal's mansion in hopes of finding out what's going on there and how he can fix it. He has Frederica and Petra evacuate to Arlam Village to protect them from Elsa's attack, then heads to Beatrice's forbidden library. He tries to get Beatrice out of the library, but her wishes don't align with his plans, and their discussion goes nowhere. Then, against all logic, Elsa finds her way into the forbidden library...
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#12 - Love Love Love Love Love Love You
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 9
After being eaten alive by a herd of unknown creatures resembling rabbits, Subaru awakens in a half-maddened state next to Emilia in the graveyard. As he pounds his head against the rocky ground over and over in anguish, he finds himself invited once again to a witch's tea party. There, he tells Echidna about his Return by Death ability, something he has never been able to tell anyone before. Echidna then begins to tell Subaru about the witch who gave him this power and set him on this agonizing path.
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#13 - I Know Hell
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 10
Subaru exits the graveyard to find the surroundings engulfed in deep black shadows. With the sudden appearance of the Witch of Envy, everything is swallowed up by darkness. After Garfiel rushes in to save him, Subaru tries to find a way to get them out of danger, but the Witch of Envy is relentless in her pursuit. Subaru finally offers himself as bait to stall her so Garfiel can intercept and attack, but he's helpless against the Witch of Envy, and everything continues to be engulfed by her shadows.
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#14 - The Long-Awaited Reunion
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 3
On the way to the Sanctuary, Subaru unwittingly finds himself invited to a witch's tea party, where the hostess introduces herself as Echidna, the Witch of Greed. Subaru is alarmed, but Echidna encourages him to sit and drink his tea before it gets cold. When he somehow makes it back outside after a conversation with Echidna, he finds Otto lying on the ground, battered and beaten. Then, before he even has a moment to assess the situation, Subaru himself is attacked.
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#15 - The Value of Life
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 8
Subaru was caught and confined by Garfiel, but Otto shows up to rescue him. Garfiel can't leave the graveyard while Emilia is undergoing the trial, so Otto says this is their chance to get outside the barrier, but Subaru doesn't agree. However, after he learns that Ram will be helping them—that she has been ordered by Roswaal to help him, in fact—Subaru puts his escape on hold to have a talk with Roswaal.
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#16 - A Step Forward
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 5
Having reached a place he can't return from, Subaru realizes just how much he has been given and how little he can do to repay any of it. After remembering what he must do, he says goodbye to Kenichi and Nahoko and heads to the school. Steeling his resolve, Subaru opens the door to the classroom, where he's greeted by Echidna in a school uniform. When Echidna says he arrived much sooner than she expected, Subaru responds that she looks good in the uniform.
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#17 - The Maiden's Gospel
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 6
After dying to Elsa's blade in Roswaal's mansion, Subaru awakens back in the graveyard, in the moment immediately after he passed the trial that required him to face his past. Just like the first time he returned there, he wakes Emilia and holds her to comfort her, then returns to Ryuzu and the others. He tells them that he passed the trial himself and suggests that he could complete the remaining stages of the trial in Emilia's place, but Garfiel is opposed.
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#18 - The Permafrost of Elior Forest
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 19
Pandora, the Witch of Vanity, stands before Geuse and Fortuna. They both face her with all the strength they have. Meanwhile, young Emilia runs toward the place where the seal is, believing that everyone will be saved if she gives Pandora what she wants. But when she arrives, Pandora is already there, insisting that she hand over the key to opening the seal.
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#19 - Each One's Promise
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 1
Amid dying countless times, Subaru finally led the troops to victory against the White Whale and struck down the schemes of the Sin Archbishop of Sloth. After overcoming a painful ending to his these ordeals, he was reunited at last with his beloved Emilia... only to learn that Rem's existence had been erased from the world, wiped out by the White Whale somewhere in the middle of his death loop. And now that the White Whale is defeated, Subaru and the others face a crisis no one could have expected.
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#20 - The Witches' Tea Party
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 12
Subaru awakens in the graveyard with Emilia lying nearby. This time, he makes up his mind to save not only Emilia, but everyone in the Sanctuary and Roswaal's mansion from the threats that hang over them. Roswaal makes it clear that he will use Subaru's power to keep starting over by force if he has to, if it will allow him to achieve his own goal. What is driving Roswaal to go to such lengths? In search of the answer to this and many other questions, Subaru goes to see Echidna once again.
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#21 - Friend
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 7
Subaru had reached for the door, determined to save Rem from harm even if his current world would soon end. But instead of Rem, he found himself staring at Beatrice's library. Beatrice had remained silent throughout Elsa's attack and saved Subaru's life just moments before Elsa could claim it. Subaru shouts at Beatrice, demanding to know why she didn't help before everyone else was killed, and an intense argument ensues. Then Subaru catches sight of a familiar-looking book...
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#22 - Otto Suwen / A Reason to Believe
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 15
Having been born with the "soul of language" divine protection that allows him to converse with non-human creatures, Otto Suwen's life has truly had its ups and downs. After being run out of his hometown because of his ability, he found his independence as a merchant, was attacked by the Witch's Cult, met Subaru... and now, his life is literally on the line in a deadly game of tag. To fulfill his part of the plan, Otto must evade Garfiel's vicious attacks in a desperate effort to buy time.
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#23 - The Next Location
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 2
After concluding their talks with Crusch, Subaru and Emilia return to the village of Arlam, intending to report to Roswaal and discuss what to do next. But they find Arlam deserted and learn that the villagers who had taken refuge in the Sanctuary with Ram have not yet returned. When Subaru and Emilia arrive back at Roswaal's mansion to find out where the Sanctuary is, they are greeted by Frederica, a young woman who used to work as one of Roswaal's maids.
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#24 - Parent and Child
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 4
It's supposed to be his own room, a place he's supposed to be used to seeing, but Subaru can't shake the feeling that something is off. He's overcome by an indescribable sense of uneasiness, but being caught in his father Kenichi's armlock shakes it away. Subaru is stunned, but retaliates with a wrestling move of his own. As the two of them carry on, Subaru's mother, Nahoko, informs them that she's hungry and they should all eat breakfast together.
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#25 - The Sounds That Make You Want to Cry
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 2 - Episode 13
Subaru is shown several visions of events previously unknown to him during the second phase of the trial. When he feels as if he's worn away to nearly nothing, the one to stir him is the one who loves him more than anyone else... and is tougher on him than anyone else.
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#26 - Nefarious Sloth
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 1 - Episode 23
The group is making its way in the Mathers domain when suddenly everyone but Subaru disappears and a strange, suffocating atmosphere seeps through the forest. He quickly figures out it is nothing but an illusion, and with help from Julius on the other side, dispels the barrier for everyone caught in it. However, arriving at the village doesn't make convincing the residents to evacuate easy. Time is running out, and the invisible hand of sloth makes its presence at the back of Subaru's mind more and more nefarious.
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#27 - Pitying A Shinobi Is Useless
Himawari - Season 1 - Episode 10
Upon her arrival home, none of the villagers could recall the same memories Himawari cherished so deeply. Her Grandmother reveals the truth cloaking Himawari’s past.
#28 - It Doesn't Take a Blade to Kill a Man
Himawari - Season 2 - Episode 3
An "eerie-looking monster" is spotted right before the shop is destroyed. A new teacher arrives at the school, and she may be as dangerous as she is beautiful.
#29 - I Won't Open My Mouth Even If I Get Killed
Himawari - Season 1 - Episode 3
The students at Shinobi Academy prepare for the Karakuri Match. Azami might be a spy, and Himawari resolves to keep it a secret. Hiyato's life is in danger.
#30 - Yesterday's Friend is Today's Enemy
Himawari - Season 2 - Episode 9
The girls rummage through the ruins of the Academy to find anything useful. Hayato's friend--the one who caused his immense debt--calls again asking to borrow more money. Hayato and Himawari are sought by their enemies. Just as they think they're trapped, the girls show up to rescue them.
#31 - That's All This Story Is About
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 1 - Episode 25
Emilia is hurriedly ushered to the capital along with the villagers under the orders of a mysterious benefactor while escorted by a rag-tag group of individuals from various and opposing factions. She has but one question on her mind: who could this man be and why would he go so far? Meanwhile, Subaru and Julius face off against the Archbishop of Sin Betelgeuse for the ultimate time. Unfortunately, he is very persistent even beyond death, belying his nature of Sloth. Subaru is relentlessly chased while he catches up to Emilia to save her one last time and answer her question.
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#32 - I Won't Make Pointless Killings
Himawari - Season 1 - Episode 7
Under the camouflage of an annual festival in the village, Yonezawa and the townsfolk are spellbound by mind control and ordered to capture the girls.
#33 - A Flash of Sloth
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 1 - Episode 22
With the battle against the White Whale now over, the mercenary force setting up the blockade of the road comes back, Julius at the lead. His arrival gives rise to mixed feelings for Subaru, but after Julius sincerely thanks him for ridding the world of the monster, Subaru finds it in himself to apologize for his past behavior. The group now looks forward, ready to enter the Mathers domain...
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#34 - Rem
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 1 - Episode 11
Knocked unconscious by Subaru's attack, Rem dreams of an event in her past that she and Ram would rather forget... a sin for which Rem feels she can never be forgiven. After waking up, she tells Subaru that she's just committed the same sin again. When the three of them are moments from being cornered by the Ulgarm pack, Subaru takes off to draw their attention so Ram and Rem can escape.
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#35 - Fanatical Methods Like a Demon
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 1 - Episode 10
Subaru risked his life to save the children from a pack of Ulgarm, but he was so powerfully cursed that there could be no saving him. Even Beatrice is unable to undo the complex web of curses on him, and says he'll grow weak and die within half a day. The only way he can survive is if the entire Ulgarm pack is defeated, but time is not on his side. Subaru is ready to give up when he learns that Rem has gone into the forest by herself...
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#36 - The Suspicious Black Underwear
Maria Holic - Season 1 - Episode 7
Yuzuru notices that Kiri and Sachi are getting along very well. Because of that, she gets jealous and thinks that Sachi could become better friends with Kiri than she is with her. She starts to act strange towards Sachi and Kiri. It turns out that Sachi was helping Kiri to pick a birthday present for her. Afterwards, all of them (together with Kanako, Masturika and Mariya) celebrate Yuzuru's birthday.
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#37 - Rise Up, Life.
Aquarion - Season 2 - Episode 17
The elements are summoned by Fudo to take part into a secret mission. Ordered to stand by beside a lake while awaiting further instructions, they decide to have some fun together. Andy tries to make use of the situation to confess his feelings for Mix, just to unwillingly bring forth her fury on him. Soon another enemy appears, creating a blizzard that covers the entire area. The elements are about to be frozen to death while a hopeless Andy sinks into a hole created by his powers until hitting a stream of hot water that helps the others to fight back.
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#38 - Sorry to Have Kept You Waiting
Beelzebub - Season 1 - Episode 47
The show opens seeing the 2 pillars who got beaten in jail, and 2 other pillars talking to them. One is Lamia's mom. They then cut to the main gang who are tired from playing video games. Shiro acts as Lamia while talking to En. He speaks like a ditzy schoolgirl, but En buys it.
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#39 - I Cried, Cried My Lungs Out, and Stopped Crying
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 1 - Episode 8
Subaru's first day in Roswaal's mansion begins for the fifth time. Determined to save everyone this time, he makes it a point to keep his best smile on his face in order to earn the trust of the mansion's staff. But although he works his hardest to make them like him, his body begins to have trouble keeping up with his heart's intentions. Soon Emilia is unable to bear the sight of him struggling any longer and takes an unexpected action...
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#41 - Kiss
Aquarion - Season 2 - Episode 21
Amata's team returns from Altair after failing to save Mix and Shrade's condition gets worse, while Mikono and Fudo keep traveling together in search of the Legendary Aquarion. After having a nightmare involving Mikono, Amata flees to the town where he first met her and he finds the place deserted. There, Kagura meets Amata and finally remembers the connection between them.
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#42 - Wings of Rebirth
Aquarion - Season 2 - Episode 22
Amata learns from Kagura how they, who once were one and the same were separated into two different beings. While Amata and Kagura have a vicious fight in front of Mikono, the original Aquarion is unburied and Shrade pushes his life to the limit to confront an enemy machine sent by Mykage.
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#43 - We're the Strongest!
Beelzebub - Season 1 - Episode 59
While Aoi fights Agiel, Oga and Hilda meet Behemoth and Jabberwock up close and personal. Then, at Akumano Academy, Lord En and quetzalcoatl has the delinquents playing a "game," and at the same time, Oga fights Jabberwock to free Hilda from the enormous jaws of Sodom. Will Oga and Beel have the power to free Hilda from Jabberwock and his dragon, Sodom?
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#44 - The Skies of Aquaria
Aquarion - Season 2 - Episode 12
The students organize a special meeting featuring a screening of "Skies of Aquaria", a feature film based on the events of 12.000 years before. Amata reveals to Mikono his connection with the main actress of the film Alicia, who happens to be his mother that disappeared when he was a child. Meanwhile Jin, who grows attached to Yunoha, decides to take her with him to Altair.
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#45 - Starting Life from Zero in Another World
Re: ZERO, Starting Life in Another World - Season 1 - Episode 3
Subaru attempts to buy the insignia from Felt and return it to Satella before Elsa arrives at the loot house... but Satella arrives before the negotiations are complete, and Elsa still attacks them.
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#46 - I am the Parent!
Beelzebub - Season 1 - Episode 48
After Oga came back from his training he introduce his new technique called the "Zebul Emblem" and "Super Milk Time" (He learn it while he was training with Saotome and Black Baby Beel and Baby Beel is fighting over the milk and Oga Decide to drink it himself so Black Baby-Beel And Baby-Beel doesn't have anything to fight on) to remove the divider between Oga and Baby-Beel. Oga suddenly became powerful after drinking the milk and the demon power from Baby-Beel increase and Oga defeat the two Pillar heads and after that he became unconscious and the Pillar Head Naga also fight Oga and Oga drink more of the milk then He and Baby-Beel merge and they became more powerful Oga Grew a wing and Scattered the Zebul Emblem to surround the Pillar Heads and at last he defeated the three Pillar Heads and the top of Himekawa's hotel was destroyed due to the explosion.
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#47 - The Tainted Holy Mother, Part 1
Maria Holic - Season 1 - Episode 8
The Virgin Mary Festival is going to be held. After Kanako was voted to be a member in the planning committee, she asks the student council president for advice because she doesn't know much about the festival.
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#48 - I Must Become Stronger
Beelzebub - Season 1 - Episode 44
Oga begins his training with Ittousai while Furuichi and Lamia enlists the help of their Ishiyama classmates to search for Lord En. Can Oga and Beel complete their training in time and will Furuichi and Lamia find Lord En before he destroys the city with his army?
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#49 - Today I'm Different on the Inside
Beelzebub - Season 1 - Episode 50
Due to the after effects of Super Milk Time, Baby Beel and Oga have swapped bodies. In order to return things back to normal, they try to look for Saotome-Sensei to see if he knows how to, however they are continuously disrupted by everyone else from the academy trying to start a fight with Oga (who is currently Baby Beel). Eventually, Baby Beel runs away after being drawn to a smell, and Hilda, Furuichi and Oga try to catch him, where they find him attached to Aoi. After hugging Aoi, BabyBeel runs off once again and so Hilda and Aoi have a match to see who can catch Baby Beel. Although at the end BabyBeel chooses Aoi over Hilda after she shows some of her new demon magic from training. Not long after, Aoi and Hilda attack Oga(Baby Beel) when fighting over him, and just before they hit him Oga and BabyBeel return to normal, leaving Oga being severely hurt by the two and BabyBeel perfectly fine. Saotome-sensei then comes to school the day after.
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#50 - A Swimming Competition Full of Pretty Girls (There Will Be Flying Tops)
Maria Holic - Season 1 - Episode 12
It's finally summer and so the swimming sessions begins. Kanako is very excited because at the swimming lessons she can see all the girls in their swimsuits. But during the fact that she daydreams and father Kanae interrupting (even once being out for the whole day because of food poisoning by way of eating raw liver), she collapses very often and because of that has to stay in bed. But she can go to the pool after all before the summer break begins and there she tries to reveal the fact that Mariya is a boy. However, it is revealed that Mariya got his twin sister, Shizu, to take his place.
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