The BEST episodes written by Mitsutaka Hirota
#1 - Scarlet Bloom / Big Sister's Birthday
Castle Town Dandelion - Season 1 - Episode 9
We meet Scarlet Bloom, a masked heroine with red pigtails and who can control gravity. Who could her true identity be?! While things are ramping up for the election, it's almost Christmas Eve, which is also Aoi's birthday.
#2 - Farewell, Scarlet Bloom
Castle Town Dandelion - Season 1 - Episode 11
It's one month before the elections. We learn why Akane hates being in the public eye. Then, due to an unfortunate circumstance, the king cannot perform his duties. How will the Sakurada Royal Siblings save the day?
#3 - Ring and Girlfriend
Rent-a-Girlfriend - Season 2 - Episode 10
Kazuya can barely process Ruka's actions when Nagomi decides to drop another bomb on the party.
#4 - The Pendulum Swings Both Ways: Part 2
Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V - Season 1 - Episode 32
While searching for Action Cards, Yuya manages to use Silvio's card effects against him, before managing to use an Action Card to escape his attack. As both duelist's efforts hype up the crowd, Yuya brings out Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and wins the duel.
#5 - Summer Vacation / Online Secret / Eight of Misaki
Castle Town Dandelion - Season 1 - Episode 5
It's summer and the Sakurada Royal Family are at the beach! Haruka is doing something fishy on the internet, and Misaki is busy at school as all her clones help out in different clubs. Misaki isn't too happy about it, though.
#6 - I Want To Know The Truth
Persona4 the ANIMATION - Season 1 - Episode 17
Shadow Naoto is running roughshod over Yu and the others, robbing them of their youth one by one. With blinding speed and an itchy trigger finger, the menacing shadow continues its onslaught on the group's Personas, with no end in sight.
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#7 - Our Friend Kouki's Second Betrayal
Anime-Gataris - Season 1 - Episode 11
The world is beginning to make less and less sense, and only Minoa seems to notice.
#8 - Fusion Foes
Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V - Season 1 - Episode 29
Putting aside the mystery as to why Julia considers Shay an ally, Zuzu begins her duel against Julia. After Julia summons her Gem-Knight Master Diamond, Zuzu shows the results of her training and Fusion summons Schuberta the Melodious Maestra, managing to defeat Julia's monster and banish one of her Fusion spell cards from the game. However, Julia then brings out her true ace, Gem-Knight Lady Brilliant Diamond, to destroy Melodious Maestra and putting Yuzu on the defensive. Staking her duel on Julia's pride as a Fusion user, Zuzu manages to survive Julia's attack and Fusion summons Bloom Diva the Melodious Muse, managing to stop Julia from obtaining an Action Card that would let her stop the attack and winning the duel. Afterwards, Julia gives Zuzu one of her monsters, encouraging her to win the tournament.
#9 - Mr. Mystery
Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V - Season 1 - Episode 7
While going out to fetch some ice-cream with Ayu, Yuzu overhears some LDS students talk about how Shingo is planning to take revenge against Yuya. Wanting to pay Yuya back for saving her, Yuzu follows them to Shingo's hideout, where she challenges Shingo to a duel. Before the duel can begin, however, a mysterious masked man appears, taking Yuzu's place in the duel. After the masked man sets five spell cards, Shingo summons out Mobius the Mega Monarch to destroy them, but the masked man activates the cards from the graveyard, using them as monsters on his field. After using one of them to defend himself, the masked man uses the remaining two to perform an Xyz Summon and summon Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, using its Overlay effects to destroy Mobius, the effects of his attack proving real even outside of an Action Duel. After the masked man presses him about someone named Academia, Shingo tries to activate a trap against him but is thwarted and loses the duel. As the man removes his mask, revealing a face that looks identical to Yuya, Yuzu's bracelet mysteriously glows, during which time the man disappears. As Yuya arrives on the scene after being informed by Ayu, Yuzu wonders just who that man was.
#10 - The Pendulum Swings Both Ways: Part 1
Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V - Season 1 - Episode 31
Yuya duels against Silvio, who brings out a new Yousen deck to cause problems for Yuya. To Yuya's surprise, Silvio brings out his own Pendulum monsters and Pendulum Summons Mayosenju Daibak, and uses its ability to return Yuya's Pendulum Cards and Monsters to his deck. Despite being backed into a corner, Yuya remains excited and pushes onward.
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#11 - Peace Soul! Let's Rock!
Bakumatsu Rock - Season 1 - Episode 1
The period is what would come to be later known as the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. Kyoto overflows with the "Heaven's Song" sung by Shinsengumi top idols, and the people sing praises of the Tokugawa shogunate's Song of Peaceful world.
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#12 - Minoa, Katharsis
Anime-Gataris - Season 1 - Episode 12
Minoa is desperately looking for a way to restore the world, but with the season ending, time is running out.
#13 - Anime Club Finally Falls
Anime-Gataris - Season 1 - Episode 10
Minoa approaches the principal to try to get him to bring back the Anime Club. She is locked inside the office with him, and the others scramble to help her get out.
#14 - The Anime Club: Forever Snobs
Anime-Gataris - Season 1 - Episode 9
The Anime Club discovers that they can solve people’s problems by recommending inspirational anime fit for their clubs. This works out great – a little too great.
#15 - Kaikai Love Climax
Anime-Gataris - Season 1 - Episode 6
The anime club is traveling to certain places in Japan that anime used for their stage (currently going to Oorai). Meanwhile, Kai is suffering from lovestruck from Miko and Minoa is trying to find her goal in the club while getting into a string of bad luck situations.
#16 - Ultra Soul! The Dawn of Rock!
Bakumatsu Rock - Season 1 - Episode 12
Edo is enveloped in a miasma. Tokugawa Yoshinobu finally reveals himself. Yoshinobu confesses he only wanted to see the Ultra Soul to relieve his boredom and cause Ii trouble for saying everything he did was for Yoshinobu while only giving attention to the Tokugawa shogunate. In his desperation, Yoshinobu begins destroying the city of Edo using the power of Heaven's Song.
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#17 - Erika, Cosplayer x Cosplayer
Anime-Gataris - Season 1 - Episode 3
The student council is threatening to abolish the Anime Club. The gang heads to Akihabara to clear their minds as they try to come up with a way to save the club.
#18 - Arisu Can't Make Enough Money
Anime-Gataris - Season 1 - Episode 8
Tsubaki proposes the anime club fill the auditorium or the club will be shutdown. The anime club must complete their presentation and get a full house in 2 days. Minoa and Maya find out their dad's secret (even though it's not a big deal).
#19 - Deep Dragon
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen - Season 1 - Episode 5
Orphen, Claiomh, and Majic try to get through Fenrir's Forest to get to Tafrem. However, Majic ends up lost in the forest and runs into a mysterious girl.
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#20 - A Spirit's Awakening
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles - Season 1 - Episode 10
Rio returns home to the village of the People of the Spirits. The next day, he wakes to find an unknown, beautiful, naked girl beside him...?! Latifa and the others peek into the room and chaos ensues, but it turns out that the girl is Rio's bond spirit. As she doesn't have a name, Rio gives her one-Aishia. Dryas, a spirit of great trees, appears after sensing the presence of a powerful spirit. At her urging, Rio and Aishia agree to fight in order to determine her combat capabilities.
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#21 - Return of the Hero-King, Inglis
Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire - Season 1 - Episode 1
An ancient king is reincarnated countless years after his death so that he can truly master the blade.
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#22 - Miko Quits Writing
Anime-Gataris - Season 1 - Episode 7
With the culture festival coming up, the anime club decide to participate to show their progress. However when the student council rejected the anime screening, they decided to do anime shorts which actually is harder than it looks.
#23 - Forest Maiden
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen - Season 1 - Episode 6
After Orphen is attacked by the Deep Dragon, he wakes up in a cell unsure of where he is or who he is for a moment. A girl then appears before him, and offers to heal his wounds and eventually, his memories return.
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#24 - Royal Academy
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles - Season 1 - Episode 2
As a reward for saving the kidnapped Princess Flora, Rio has been enrolled in the primary school branch of the Beltrum Royal Academy. However, the students at the academy are mostly the children of royalty and the nobility, and they do not welcome the orphaned Rio. With so many scornful gazes turned toward him, there is one person who worries for him—Celia, a girl of twelve who is nonetheless, at her young age, the lecturer in charge of the primary school. As Rio cannot read, Professor Celia begins privately tutoring him after school.
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#25 - Beibei, Don't Go
Anime-Gataris - Season 1 - Episode 5
Summer has arrived and the anime club head to comiket, while there they meet Yang Beibei, a Chinese girl studying Japanese who tells them that anime is popular in China aswell.
#26 - Encounter With the Hyral Menas
Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire - Season 1 - Episode 2
Inglis comes to learn more about the strange world around her, and how it differs from her own time.
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#27 - The Town Ruled by the Highlander
Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire - Season 1 - Episode 4
Inglis makes a new friend after a complex battle involving the leader of the Bloodchain Brigade.
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#28 - Festival Night
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles - Season 1 - Episode 6
It's been over a year since Rio began living in the village, and now the day of the Grand Spirit Festival has arrived. With the blessing of the great tree spirit Dryas, Rio is recognized as a sworn friend to the People of the Spirits. That night, while everyone is having fun and feasting, Rio tells Latifa that he intends to leave the village. Unable to accept it, Latifa runs off into the forest. Meanwhile, an airborne intruder is detected and the warriors of the village go to investigate suspicious od reactions. What they discover is a huge flight of wyverns headed straight for the village.
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#29 - Anime-Gataris, Assemble!
Anime-Gataris - Season 1 - Episode 2
The new Anime Club is in search of new members. The odds are good, but the goods are a little bit odd -- perhaps in a good way.
#30 - Top Idol! Rampage at a Concert!
Bakumatsu Rock - Season 1 - Episode 2
Ryoma, Takasugi, and Katsura begin playing together as a band. Not only are they completely unpopular, but in a city where all music other than Heaven's Song is prohibited, they lose more and more places where they are free to sing their rock. Completely stumped, they go to a Shinsengumi concert for ideas.
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#31 - The Order to Protect Ripple
Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire - Season 1 - Episode 8
The students of the academy set up teams to protect Ripple from the magicite beasts she's unwittingly summoning.
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#32 - Club Room Go Boom!
Anime-Gataris - Season 1 - Episode 4
Arisu explains to Minoa about anime prodution and business. In order to to prove their club is productive, the club is asked by the Drama Club to help with the costumes for their play. However Erika hits a roadblock when designing the costumes.
#33 - Butt-Kicking Squire
Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire - Season 1 - Episode 11
The plan to save Ripple proceeds as Inglis meets a powerful foe.
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#34 - Setting Out for the Capital
Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire - Season 1 - Episode 3
Inglis leaves her home and sets out for the capital to begin the next stage of her life.
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#35 - Gather in My Forest, Wolves
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen - Season 1 - Episode 7
Orphen tries to stop MacDougal from going into the Dragon's sanctuary. The Deep Dragon attacks the village for attempting to go into the Dragon's sanctuary and Orphen tries to save the villagers.
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#36 - The Hyral Menas's Disease
Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire - Season 1 - Episode 7
Ripple is very sick, and it looks like the Highland is responsible...
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#37 - The Inmates Are Stupid! The Guards Are Kind of Stupid, Too!
Nanbaka - Season 1 - Episode 2
The inmates in Cell 13; Jyugo, Uno, Niko, and Rock are spending their days escaping, creating mischief, gossiping, and sometimes, working. These troublemakers are giving a headache to supervisor of Bldg. 13, Hajime Sugoroku. Warden Hyakushiki has ordered Hajime to submit files regarding the 4 inmates. Hajime is then ordered to give a report about the 4 who are known as repeat offenders of jail-breaking. Afraid of losing his job due to the cover-up, Hajime does his best to create the new files...
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#38 - The Plan to Attack a Highlander
Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire - Season 1 - Episode 10
A new Highlander emissary comes, and the Bloodchain Brigade wants him dead.
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#39 - Royal Knights' Academy
Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire - Season 1 - Episode 5
Inglis begins her new life at the Knights' Academy.
#40 - His Own Angel and Devil
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen - Season 2 - Episode 2
Orphen and his friends unexpectedly end up seeing the "Demon King" play after heading down into the underground theater.
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#41 - Labyrinth of Trials
Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire - Season 1 - Episode 6
The party is selected to take a special test that will push them to their mental limits.
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#42 - Minoa, Anime Rookie!
Anime-Gataris - Season 1 - Episode 1
First-year high school student Asagaya Minoa is not much of an anime nerd, but there is a show that she watched as a child, but can't remember the name of. Kamiigusa Arisu, the well-to-do resident anime otaku of her class, might be able to help.
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#43 - A New Artifact
Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire - Season 1 - Episode 9
Rani gets a powerful new artifact with a unique ability.
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#44 - Clash! Hero-King vs. King of Rainbows
Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire - Season 1 - Episode 12
Rafinha encourages Inglis to finally go back to the Knight Academy with her to help her schoolmates in the fight against the Prismer. Inglis also has both Ivel and the masked man in front of her, who she wants to fight against! Now she's in a quandary: let her opponents sit and help her friends straight away, or finish a fight first and then deal with the Prismer?
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#45 - Say My Will, Demon King
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen - Season 2 - Episode 1
Orphen, Majic, and Claiomh continue their journey to Kimluck when they stumble upon an eerie theater that wasn't on their map.
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#46 - Another Idiot Has Come!!
Nanbaka - Season 1 - Episode 3
Jyugo and the gang are killing time teasing the new guard, Seitarou. One day, a new inmate is sent to Cell 13. Inmate Number 99, Tsukumo. He looks and acts like a ninja! Uno, Niko, and Rock are excited to see the real thing. But as a Japanese, Jyugo does not believe him. To convince Jyugo that he’s a true ninja, Tsukumo challenges Jyugo to see who can escape from prison.
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#47 - Quiz Quagmire: Part 2
Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V - Season 1 - Episode 20
The next stage turns out to be a quick-fire quiz cart ride, which leaves Eita with more life points and Yuya with less. However, Yuya remains optimistic thanks to the interest shown by the crowd and brings out his Pendulum Monsters, though is once again halted by Eita's quiz effects. As Yuya is seemingly pushed into a corner, he manages to use a wrong answer to an Action Trap against Eita, dealing a large amount of damage, before using his Pendulum Monsters and traps to win the duel.
#48 - Idiots with Numbers!
Nanbaka - Season 1 - Episode 1
This is “Nanba Prison,” the large impregnable prison somewhere in the territorial waters of Japan. On this night, 4 inmates recklessly attempt to escape from the world’s best prison guards and security. Jyugo, who wears mysterious shackles. Uno, a self-proclaimed ladies’ man. Niko, an otaku who’s prone to illness. Rock, a foodie gang member. Can the inmates of Building 13, Cell 13 pass security and reach outside of prison in one piece?
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#49 - Night and Girlfriend
Rent-a-Girlfriend - Season 2 - Episode 4
Kazuya has barely dealt with the aftermath of Mami's visit when he gets another aggressive visitor!
#50 - A Cons Game
Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V - Season 2 - Episode 28
The first match of the second round is Zuzu vs. Sergey. Zuzu faces off against her opponent, aiming for the same goal as Yuya. As she tries to convey the message of the Interdimensional War through her Duel, Sergey seems to be inviting Zuzu to attack him, inflicting more and more damage upon himself. Seeing all this, Zuzu attempts to stop the Duel, but...
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