The BEST episodes written by Osamu Dezaki

#1 - The Man I Hate

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 53

#2 - Rikiishi... I Hear the Song

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 21

With Danpei vehemently against Joe’s dangerous weight loss, Joe leaves the Tange Gym. He visits the Shiraki Gym and locks himself up in the very same room where Toru Rikiishi once starved himself, so he could fight Joe.

#3 - In Round 6... A Miracle Occurred

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 25

Joe has fought beyond his limit, yet he refuses to go down. Unable to comprehend how Joe can continue to fight, Kim slowly becomes unhinged and resorts to using his deadly technique known as Chom-Chom.

#4 - Those Knuckles... The Mark's Message

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 18

Joe is eager to take on Yongbi Kim, the OPBF Bantamweight Champion, but according to Danpei, Kim is avoiding Joe because he’s afraid of him. When in fact, Kim is eager to take on Joe, as well. Danpei has his reasons to want to avoid.

#5 - The Tange Gym... Is Indestructable

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 13

With Joe’s bout against Carlos now over, Joe, Danpei and the people from the neighborhood are busy organizing Nishi’s retirement party. However, unbeknownst to everyone, Nishi was struggling to accept that he could no longer physically box.

#6 - Farewell, Rikiishi Toru

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 52

#7 - The Gong Chimes.. The Ring of the Devil

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 24

Kim’s manager confidently predicts Kim’s victory during the pre-fight press interview. Danpei and Nishi encourage Joe in the locker room, but Joe is not his usual self. Unsurprisingly, Kim dominates the fight and Joe can only defend himself.

#8 - The Phantom... Strike the Temple!

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 5

After a humiliating defeat against Tiger Ozaki, Joe agrees to another bout despite Danpei’s protests. Under Tiger Ozaki’s guidance, Ryu Harajima, Joe’s opponent takes advantage of Joe’s weakness in the ring.

#9 - Beginning of the Struggle... Carlos VS Joe

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 11

As the New Year’s Eve bell counts down the passing year, Joe and Carlos’ bout kick off with the sound of the boxing bell. Joe and Carlos put on a heated and breathtaking fight. However, Joe is unable to land his forte, the cross-counter.

#10 - Night of the Snow Storm... The Endless Fight

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 12

Joe loses consciousness after being hit with Carlos’ powerful uppercut. However, he refuses to go down without spending every last ounce of his strength. Carlos’ “invincible punch” mercilessly rains down on Joe.

#11 - Where is... Joe's Youth?

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 14

Joe visits the Shiraki Gym to pick up his prize money. There, he learns the World Champion had defeated Carlos. Joe also learns Carlos had become incapacitated as a boxer and that he was to blame.

#12 - The Burning Beast... And Ice

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 23

With the final weigh-in now over, Danpei brings Joe to a restaurant so he can enjoy a small meal before his match. Kim, who happened to come to the same restaurant, asks Joe if he could join him.

#13 - Back Then, The Ten-Point Bell Ringed

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 4

Joe, a fledgling boxer, is unfairly matched up against Tiger Ozaki, the National Bantamweight Champion. Despite the odds, Joe sees it as an opportunity to instantly climb to the top and is confident he can defeat Tiger Ozaki.

#14 - For Whose sake...? Deadly Rush

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 15

Without a boxing club willing to organize a bout against Joe, Danpei visits Yoko for help. However, instead of organizing a bout against a Japanese boxer, she chooses Usman Somkit, the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation’s No. 5 boxer from Thailand.

#15 - A Figure Seen... A Great Target

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 17

Joe steps onto the gym scale and makes an unwelcome discovery. Meanwhile, Kanto TV has announced their exclusive broadcasting rights to all of Joe’s bouts in Japan. At the announcement party, Joe notices an unlikely man standing amongst the crowd.

#16 - Fighting Machine... Dragon Kim

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 19

With Joe and Kim’s OPBF Championship match now confirmed, Yoko sends Suga to South Korea to find out Kim’s mysterious past, while Kim’s manager secretly gathers information about Joe. Joe and Danpei watch Kim’s exhibition match against a boxer.

#17 - The Christmas Eve Gift

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 10

It’s Christmas and the mood is merry in the slums. Snow begins to fall, as Carlos and Joe’s fire burn quietly inside of them. In the snow-covered park, Joe challenges Carlos to a fight to settle who is best. However, Carlos has another plan.

#18 - One Man, One Flower... Venture into the Ring

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 2

After a long absence, Joe returns to Tange Gym where he is welcomed with open arms. He pays his respect at Rikiishi’s grave and swears to return to the ring.

#19 - Howl... Dogs Will Bite

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 6

Despite learning his inability to strike his opponent in the temple is psychological, Joe is undeterred and trains for his upcoming fight against Koji Nango. Joe climbs into the ring while Carlos Rivera, the world’s No. 6 bantamweight boxer from Venezuela

#20 - Showdown of Destiny

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 48

#21 - An Endless Deathmatch

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 49

#22 - The Triple Cross of Victory

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 39

#23 - Let the Shining Tomorrow Burn in the Distance!!

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 79

#24 - Wandering... Like a Wild Beast

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 7

Without a club willing to organize a bout against him, Joe’s career seems over for certain. Even Danpei says, “Joe Yabuki, the boxer is dead” and urges him to retire. Unable to accept his career may be over, Joe is at a loss.

#25 - And then... The Beast Revived

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 9

Joe is slowly released from the ghost of Toru Rikiishi during his heated spar against Carlos. After realizing Joe can punch his opponent’s temple again, Danpei reopens the gym and the two go see Carlos’s bout.

#26 - My Bantamweight... Weight Loss Challenge

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 20

Despite the OPBF Championship title match being three weeks away, Joe is struggling to lose weight. Desperate to lose weight, he turns the gym into a dangerously hot sauna. After almost passing out, Danpei urges Joe to stop his dangerous weight loss.

#27 - And... The Morning's Measurement

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 22

After a grueling weight loss regimen, Joe finally loses enough weight to stay in the bantamweight class. However, during the official weigh-in, Joe discovers he is actually over the weight limit and that Danpei had altered the scale back at the gym.

#28 - Ring Ropes of Despair

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 18

#29 - Spread Your Wings, Pro Boxer

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 31

#30 - The Greatest Six-Round Bout in History

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 38

#31 - An Oath to the Snow

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 40

#32 - End of the Battle

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 50

#33 - Setting Out for Tomorrow

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 66

#34 - Carlos the Uncrowned Emporer

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 71

#35 - Return to the Shining Ring

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 72

#36 - Battle Scarred Victory

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 20

#37 - Hooray for the First Victory

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 33

#38 - And Then, He Returned...

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 2 - Episode 1

After inadvertently killing Toru Rikiishi in the ring, Joe Yabuki finds himself aimlessly wandering the city at night, when he comes across a fight between Wolf Kanagushi.

#39 - The Road to the Shining Ring

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 32

#40 - Do Your Best! Nishi!

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 35

#41 - The Guy I'm Worried About

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 70

#42 - Carlos, Magician of the Ring

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 75

#43 - White Mat's Lullaby

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 15

#44 - The Setting Sun of Treachery

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 16

#45 - Explode! Left Jab!

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 6

#46 - The Aspiring Boxer

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 34

#47 - Training Furiously

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 37

#48 - The Man Who Risked Death

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 46

#49 - Burnt-out Life

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 51

#50 - The Cross Counter Returns

Tomorrow's Joe - Season 1 - Episode 73