The BEST episodes written by Masayuki Kojima

#1 - I am in Tokyo

Barakamon - Season 1 - Episode 11

Handa has returned to Tokyo, to show his new "STAR" calligraphy to the gallery director he had punched and ask for forgiveness. However, Handa doesn't feel quite right about the work, and ends up smearing it before the director can. Could some inspiration from his time at the island help him create an even better work before the deadline?

#2 - All for Nothing

91 Days - Season 1 - Episode 11

Vincent has flashbacks and regrets of killing Testa, his best friend. The Vanetti playhouse, is now complete. With the playhouse is complete, Don Galassia and his nephew Strega, have been invited to form new ties between the families. The playhouse's opening the next day is wreathed in tension. And at last, the day Avilio's been waiting for has arrived...

#3 - To Slaughter a Pig

91 Days - Season 1 - Episode 6

Frate's betrayal has left Nero on the run with the Vanetti family in pursuit. To save the badly injured Tigre, Nero seeks the aid of Fango, who is currently holed up on the Island. In exchange for his help, Nero agrees to bring Don Orco to Fango alive. To that end, Avilio and Nero head for Orco's base of operations, Ottimo Orco.

#4 - Proof of Good Faith

91 Days - Season 1 - Episode 10

Having succeeded Don Vanetti, Nero decides to send a shipment of Lawless Heaven to Don Galassia to make way for the family's expansion. While the rest of the family searches for Corteo, Nero assigns Avilio to the task. He boards a boat to Chicago with his trunk. But where is Corteo? And what was the motivation behind the one who sent him the letter?

#5 - Scatter with the Flowers

Fate/Apocrypha - Season 1 - Episode 10

Sieg comes to the rescue of Rider of Black and confronts Saber of Red. Berserker of Black also arrives and attacks, while her master Caules Yggdmillenia struggles with the choices he has in the form of the Command Spells.

#6 - La Saia Alderamin

Alderamin on the Sky - Season 1 - Episode 10

The Sinack have been subdued, but the Imperial Army finds that it's been caught in a trap! A huge army from the Aldera nation has crossed the supposedly-impassable northern mountains, and threatens to overwhelm the exhausted Imperial forces. Ikta's only way out is to force a peace treaty with the Sinack and ask for their help, which means going to their defeated leader and abasing himself. Will she respond to his pleas, after the Imperials burned her village and killed her people? How far is he willing to go earn her forgiveness?

#7 - Dawn of the End

Fate/Apocrypha - Season 1 - Episode 19

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are quickly leaving Romania, forcing the remaining Yggdmillennia masters, Ruler and Kairi Sisigou to formulate the best plan of action to intercept the flying fortress.

#8 - Ragazzo

Gunslinger Girl - Season 1 - Episode 3

Rico, another of the young assassin girls, recalls her finding by her handler, Jean, and how she was able to move thanks to the cybernetics she received. In the present, she is assigned on a mission to assassinate a politician, and in a preliminary run through the building, meets a boy named Emilio. She is unsure of how to react to him, but afterwards, she asks Henrietta to teach her how to play the violin since Emilio asked her to. During the mission, Rico succeeds in killing the politician, but encounters Emilio, and is forced to kill him to preserve the mission's secrecy.

#9 - Hakutaku / How Their Discord Came to Be

Hozuki's Coolheadedness - Season 1 - Episode 3

Shiro goes to see Hozuki for an advice on the wedding present he wanted to give to his senior but was disappointed to learn that he was on a break. The Great King Enma suggested Shiro, Kakisuke and Rurio, who happened to be there at the spot should go wake him up but also warned how cranky Hozuki can get when someone disturbs his sleep. Despite Enma's warning, the three headed off to Hozuki's room. Momotaro was visiting Hozuki's office at Enma-cho to get his seal and made a fatal mistake by mentioning how Hozuki and Hakutaku looked alike. Hozuki was instantly infuriated by this remark and ran his backhand into the pillar behind him. Hozuki rubbed his wrist and matter-of-factly apologised. Soon after, the Great King Enma appeared out of the blue to explain how their discord came to be 1000 years ago.

#10 - The Sanctuary of Sirius

Sirius the Jaeger - Season 1 - Episode 8

Alone, Yuliy heads to southern Karafuto/Sakhalin on the trail of the Ark of Sirius. His brother and the vampire prince Yevgraf are already there.

#11 - The Show Must Go On

Revue Starlight - Season 1 - Episode 10

The final day has arrived and Karen and Hikari renew their vow to perform Starlight. Can they overcome the unforgiving audition and become Top Stars together?

#12 - On the Night of the Star Festival

Revue Starlight - Season 1 - Episode 9

Preparations for the next performance of Starlight continue, and everyone is filled with hope as they move forward. Everyone that is, except for Nana, who sinks into despair.

#13 - The Allegory of the Honest Man

Maerchen Maedchen - Season 1 - Episode 7

#14 - The Stage of Fate

Revue Starlight - Season 1 - Episode 2

On the second day of the search for the next star, the girls accuse Karen of interfering with their auditions and not taking it as seriously as them.

#15 - From One Year to the Next

Hinako Note - Season 1 - Episode 11

One day in winter, as Christmas approaches, Mayuki wonders if the Hitotose girls can't put on some kind of event to draw customers to the coffee shop. Chiaki suggests that the troupe put on another play on Christmas Eve, and the girls quickly grow excited for their second public performance. Many ideas are shared, but they decide that since it'll be taking place on Christmas Eve, their play should be a Christmas story... and with that, the preparations begin.

#16 - Commercial

Kumamiko - Girl Meets Bear - Season 1 - Episode 9

Kumade Village’s residents decide to create a commercial and broadcast it on TV as a village revitalization project. Yoshio has already discussed it with a TV station, so all they have to do now is shoot a commercial...

#17 - Promise Tower

Revue Starlight - Season 1 - Episode 4

Hikari left campus, and Karen doesn’t understand why. Determined to find her friend, Karen searches for her throughout the city.

#18 - Village Treasure

Kumamiko - Girl Meets Bear - Season 1 - Episode 4

Yoshio asks Machi if she can survive without Natsu. Offended by Yoshio’s question, she starts listing the things she can do by herself. On a different occasion, she is harassed by a punk and cries to Natsu for help.

#19 - Go to the City?

Kumamiko - Girl Meets Bear - Season 1 - Episode 11

Yoshio doesn’t seem to know when to give up on Machi becoming an idol. He went ahead and sent in an application for Machi to be in the Tohoku idol contest. Now, the results of the initial screening are in.