The BEST episodes written by Shoji Gatoh
#1 - Without Letting Go
The Tower of Druaga - Season 2 - Episode 12
At last the true form of the Tower of Druaga reveals itself. Jil and Neeba, Kaaya and Succubus finally confront each other in the ultimate battle. In the end after a long and climatic battle between Jil and Neeba, the last blow is struck and Jil stands victorious.
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#2 - Meskia, Capital City
The Tower of Druaga - Season 2 - Episode 2
After taking shelter at Kelb's place, Jil agrees to take Ki up the Tower in order to learn Kaaya and Neeba's fate. Fatina is opposed to the idea and refuses to join Jil, feeling that Jil only needs her skills as a mage, much like how Neeba used her. After Kelb tries to learn more about how the child-like Ki could be Gilgamesh's queen, Jil and Utu set off to ascend the Tower with Ki and a new party member, a mage named Henaro. However, the royal forces led by Uragon continue to hinder them from taking the Dingle Ladder, the newest form of transportation up the Tower, until Fatina arrives to aid them. The group is able to enter the transport thanks to Ethana allowing the gate to remain unlocked. Jil thanks Fatina for joining them, but she asks that he must give up if he finds nothing at the top of the Tower and that he, as a Guardian, must protect her.
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#3 - He Who Shoots the Gods
The Tower of Druaga - Season 2 - Episode 11
The battle between Neeba and the Shadow of the King of Gilgamesh ensues in the throne room. However, Jil arrives too late, as Neeba falls to the King's power. Now the decisive battle begins between the King's shadow and Jil begins.
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#4 - Meltland, City of Dreams
The Tower of Druaga - Season 2 - Episode 3
Jil's party quickly ascends to the higher levels of the Tower and are reunited with Melt and Koopa, who now run a lucrative resort in a frigid area. When Jil asks for their help, Melt reveals that he has already made a deal with Uragon and the Golden Knights capture Ki while everyone else is imprisoned. When Uragon accidentally steps on one of Melt's Roper employees, the ensuring chaos allows everyone to escape and Melt is financially ruined. Jil and his group continue up the Tower while Melt is forced to go with Uragon.
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#5 - The Land of Shadows
The Tower of Druaga - Season 2 - Episode 5
Jil, Fatina, and Utu continue to pursue Gremica, but wind up in a barren landscape, where they find Henaro. However, the field is filled with monsters and the only safety in the shadows. When Gremica forces Ki to cast a spell revealing Neeba's footprints, Jil's party is able to find and make their way to the floor's exit. However, without any shadows near the exit, they are unable to leave until they topple a pillar and Melt, still with the Golden Knights, uses his magic to create a dust cloud to block out enough light to destroy any attacking monsters. Meanwhile, in Meskia, Gilgamesh struggles with his erratic behavior and tries to kill himself, only to be stopped by a phantom of his other self, and wishes that Ki would save him.
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#6 - Last Resort
The Tower of Druaga - Season 2 - Episode 10
Ki reaches the top of the tower along with her captors: Succubus and Neeba. Meanwhile, Jil and his comrades are only one level behind. Yet at the top of the tower awaits the shadow of the King of Gilgamesh, whose power has increased. Now it's up to Neeba and Jil to stop the dark shadow of the king.
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#7 - At the Dream's End
The Tower of Druaga - Season 2 - Episode 9
When Jil returns, he finds that Fatina and the rest of his gang had been attacked. At the Grave of the Dragon, Jil’s party, Gremica’s party, Uragon, and Mite meet to figure out their situation, and confirm their purpose for climbing the tower. Just then, the Mythical Tower begins to undergo yet another change. Meanwhile, Ethana starts a riot in the city of Meskia. And on the top floor of the tower, Kaaya faces off with the shadow of King Gilgamesh.
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#8 - The Mansion of Eternal Spring
The Tower of Druaga - Season 2 - Episode 7
Near a mansion in a green field, Jil's party finds Coopa and Melt, separated from the Golden Knights, and are inexplicably reunited with the deceased Ahmey and Kally. Everyone, including the Golden Knights, end up finding someone who has died that they wanted to see again, except Uragon. Henaro winds up meeting Pazuz, her father, who tries to discuss the four knights who went berzerk after his death, but ends up upsetting her by telling her to kill Jil and the others. When the three remaining knights appear and attack the mansion, Utu reveals that he has a key required to escape and Ahmey gives Jil the headband Kaaya left behind to remind him as his resolve. The young girl knight, Might the Fool, awakes and sees Kally, the person she wanted to see as she recognizes him as her mother, and he asks that she protect everyone before he disappears. Obeying his wish, Might attacks her comrades and ends up leaving for the next area with Uragon, who is left out of the Golden Knights when his subordinate, Cumu, chooses to remain behind with the illusion of his sister.
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#9 - Once, They...
The Tower of Druaga - Season 2 - Episode 8
Jil and company come across one of Pazuz's knights, Specula Ex Machina, when they arrive in a new world and Jil acts as a decoy to let his friends get away. He ends up running into Neeba and argue about their father. When Jil asks about Neeba's motivations, he does not accept Neeba's answer of wanting to revive the Sumar Empire, believing his motivations relate more to Neeba's mother. Fatina, Utu, and Henaro find an ill Kaaya, but as Fatina and Utu unsuccessfully try to wake her, Henaro sneaks off to contact the two other knights, Tear of Ice and Sword of Blood. Gremica, revealed to be Neeba's former teacher, appears as Jil and Neeba are fighting Specula Ex Machina and has Acra cast a spell to reveal the Succubus, claiming that Neeba is following her will rather than trying to revive Sumar. After the brothers defeat the knight, Jil finds Utu, Melt, and Fatina knocked out. In Meskia, Ethana receives a secret message from Kelb and heads out to lead an uprising.
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#10 - Into the Phantasm
The Tower of Druaga - Season 2 - Episode 4
Jil's party reaches the point where they fought Druaga last time and find they have to fight Druaga, though a weakened version, again. When Jil is hit by a beam from Druaga, he loses consciousness and awakens in a world where Ki begins to explain her history. Though Ki had been tasked to help him to the top of the tower, but neither she nor Kaaya had wished to half a year ago. Ki reveals that Gilgamesh has been cursed with immortality by Druaga and exists as two entities: the tired old king in Meskia and another at the top of the Mythical Tower. To prevent him from becoming a tyrant, Kaaya and Neeba seek to kill Gilgamesh, but must kill the entity at the top of the tower to do so. When Jil regains consciousness just as Druaga is defeated and obtains the key to the second half of the Tower, Henaro and Ki are taken hostage by a woman named Gremica, who heads up the Tower with her party. Despite Ki's warning that there is not return from this point, Jil, Fatina, and Utu advance, unaware that Uragon, Melt, Coopa, and the Golden Knights are still following them.
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#11 - The Four Assassins
The Tower of Druaga - Season 2 - Episode 6
Kaaya and Neeba make their way across a vast expanse of water, unaware that four assassins are watching them, and realize the area's instability reflects Gilgamesh's own heart. The duo are eventually attacked by two of the assassins, which happen to be the soul-less artificial soldiers released from Pazuz's coffins, but manage to escape to the next floor through a whirlpool. Both Jil and Gremica's parties make their way through a jungle environment and everyone is separated when two assassins suddenly attack. When Gremica's assistant Acra takes out the young girl assassin, Gremica's party is able to flee while Jil and his party is left to finish off the other before they move on to the next area. In the jungle, Coopa, Melt, and the Golden Knights find the unconscious girl assassin. In Meskia, Kelb and Ethana separately witness Gilgamesh's increasingly cruel behavior as he plans to invade neighbouring countries.
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#12 - You Zapped To…
The Tower of Druaga - Season 1 - Episode 12
The final installment of The Tower of Druaga. Jil must lead the surviving Climbers to defeat Druaga, and devises a strategy to lure him into the secluded small area at the top, where he would no longer be able to move as freely. Deciding to fulfill his calling as a Guardian, Jil volunteers to be the decoy and draw him in. Kaaya, seeing Jil risking his life for the sake of this mission, apologizes for things she cannot reveal.
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#13 - The Tower of Gilgamesh
The Tower of Druaga - Season 2 - Episode 1
Six months have past since the defeat of Druaga, with King Gilgamesh falsely claiming all credit for the act and the tower being renamed the Tower of Gilgamesh. Jil, Fatina and the other surviving Climbers have been living in Meskia and while most of them have moved on with their lives, with Fatina becoming a tour guide, Kelb running a tavern, and Utu becoming a wrestler, Jil is still burdened with the betrayals of Neeba and Kaaya. In an effort to cheer him up, Fatina invites him out to see a play and then to see a wrestling match, only for the pair to run into trouble when a mysterious little girl comes to them after being chased by the King's soldiers. With Utu's help, Jil and Fatina escape with the girl, who reveals herself to be Ki, the first priestess of Ishtar and Gilgamesh's queen, and demands that Jil take her to the top of the Tower, or Kaaya will suffer a terrible fate.
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#14 - At Summer's End
The Tower of Druaga - Season 1 - Episode 10
Jil’s party has now reached the “Shrine of Diamond”. The top floor and their ultimate goal “Shrine of Sky” is now close at hand. Neeba’s party, the Uruk Army and Pazuz go their separate ways in order to reach the top of the Tower. As the respective parties continue their quests, each and every Climber’s dreams, objectives and ambitions are intermingled and eventually develop into a fierce battle, marking another chapter in the history of the Tower of demon god.
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#15 - As but a Single Shield
The Tower of Druaga - Season 1 - Episode 11
The evil deity Druaga finally shows its gigantic figure. Neeba and his party bravely face off against it, but the demon god's power is so overwhelming that the party soon begins to loose ground. Seeing that they are cornered, Jil tries to rush to their rescue. However, he is stopped by Kaaya who maintains that they should continue to make their way toward the top floor of the tower. Jil shakes free from her grasp and dashes off toward Druaga...
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#16 - Dance with the One-Winger
The Tower of Druaga - Season 1 - Episode 7
The Uruk Army led by General Kelb is unable to move forward as a single-winged dragon suddenly appears before them. Inside the Tower, there is an unprecedented militant atmosphere as the Uruk Army's anger reaches a crescendo at the total annihilation of the Scout Regiment by the dragon. Jil's party and Neeba's party observe the army as they prepare for the upcoming battle against the dragon. Jil tries to persuade Neeba, who is also known by some as "Neeba the Dragon Slayer", that the Climbers need to work closely with the Uruk Army to defeat the dragon. Will he succeed in getting his party and Neeba's party to join the Uruk Army in their quest to slay the dragon...?
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#17 - 11:09
The Tower of Druaga - Season 1 - Episode 9
Jil and his party enter an area supported only by thin pillars. They engage in a battle against a balloon-shaped monster called Barbar and, demonstrating well-coordinated team play, they defeat the enemy in the end, thanks to Melt's magical tricks. The festive mood from the victory, however, is short-lived as the feebly structured area collapses due to the explosion caused by Barbar's demise. The collapse of the area also extends to other areas on the same floor, thus causing Neeba's party and the Uruk Army much chaos. In the end, members of all parties find themselves separated from each other.
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#18 - Meskia, City in the Tower
The Tower of Druaga - Season 1 - Episode 2
Because of a blunder during his first battle, Neeba is forced to fire Jil from the group. Though disheartened by the humiliating dismissal, his desire to conquer the evil deity does not wane. As Jil wanders the city of Meskia which is filled with anticipation for the third season of expedition to the Tower, he meets a mysterious girl named Kaaya and a close-mouthed young woman called Ahmey. When Jil learns of the great hero King Gilgamesh's visit to the city, he takes his new friends to watch the procession. There he accidentally comes upon the figure of Neeba in the bustling crowd.
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#19 - Ziusudra's Trap
The Tower of Druaga - Season 1 - Episode 5
On their journey Jil and the others pass a signboard indicating a shortcut. But the "shortcut" turns out to be a series of different traps that hinder their efforts to go forward. While one of the traps causes their gender to switch, the other forces them to wear animal costumes. Subsequently they arrive at the final gate. But getting through that exit door turns out to be harder they had ever imagined!
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#20 - The Lightning Bridge
The Tower of Druaga - Season 1 - Episode 6
Jil and his party encounter another party that has practically been wiped out in a fierce battle against the ogres. There they manage to rescue an aged warrior called Gigi who was an acclaimed Guardian of the past. They take Gigi to a camping area on the way but are unable to take a moment of rest as they are plagued by one jam after another. One of the party members has a wallet pick-pocketed while a heated argument erupts between Coopa and Melt. In the end, reconciliation seems out of the question as Coopa, disgusted by her petulant master, decides to leave the party to be on her own!
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#21 - Band of Hands
The Tower of Druaga - Season 1 - Episode 4
Jil and his party set out on their expedition among the other Climbers and face their first battle. However, their struggle against the powerful foe Kusarakk is harder then they had expected as their teamwork has not yet been refined to say the least. Ahmey is the only member who has experience as a Climber and they follow her confident guidance. They listen to her advice regarding battle strategies and numerous rules of thumb about Climbing. Now equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills, they resume to confront the Kusarakk again.
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#22 - The Legendary Tower
The Tower of Druaga - Season 1 - Episode 8
Kaaya is stricken by some unknown illness. The party is puzzled by this illness whose name and symptoms seem rather sketchy. Jil, in all his naïveté, sets out to search for the cause of this mysterious ailment. They finally arrive where the answer supposedly lies. Only, the place turns out to be nothing like any other floor in the Tower they have visited so far! What are the challenges that await Jil and his friends in this strange and unknown area?
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#23 - Before We Depart
The Tower of Druaga - Season 1 - Episode 3
Jil barely escapes from the scene of the King's assassination thanks to the quick-wit of Neeba. The next day, the review of troops by the King goes on as scheduled. At the ceremony, Jil is dumbstruck; before him is none other than King Gilgamesh who he saw murdered the night before! Meanwhile in the city of Meskia, a giant slime that suddenly appeared was causing much havoc. A young girl named Coopa is embodied by the slime but is quickly rescued by Ahmey. When Coopa learns that Jil and the others are "Climbers", she insists on allowing herself and her master, a mage named Melt, to joint their party.
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#24 - The Day of Sagittarius
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Season 1 - Episode 11
Hoping to reclaim the computer Haruhi extorted from the Computer Research Society earlier in the year, the Computer Research Society President challenges the SOS Brigade to a computer game they created for the cultural festival entitled "The Day of Sagittarius III." Haruhi accepts their challenge, but soon finds out that playing the game is much harder than she thought.
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#25 - The Great Tower of Druaga
The Tower of Druaga - Season 1 - Episode 1
The legendary Tower of Druaga is resurrected eighty years after the hero Gilgamesh has taken it down. In order to destroy the evil deity Druaga, the Kingdom of Uruk dispatches its troops to the tower, but the expedition repeatedly fails in its efforts. A young man named Jil who has been blessed by the goddess Ishtar, is awarded a set of brilliant golden amour and a sword from Gilgamesh as tokens to defeat the maumet. Sent off by the cheering crowd, our young hero Jil confidently sets out to confront the evil deity inhabiting the tower. Helped by great friends such as the archer Neeba and a Mage called Fatina, he heads for the uppermost floor of the Tower!
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#26 - One-Man Force
Full Metal Panic! - Season 4 - Episode 8
Sousuke's grudge against Kurama escalates into a full-blown shooting war on the streets of Namsac, but is it possible for him to fight this war all by himself? And every war has its share of casualties.
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#27 - Make My Day
Full Metal Panic! - Season 4 - Episode 12
Leonard and Kalinin make every effort to spirit Kaname away before Sousuke can reach her. As battle erupts between rival Amalgam factions and Mithril remnants, Sousuke and Kaname both find they have to fight against fate to hold on to hope.
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#28 - The Yonder Here
Lucky Star - Season 1 - Episode 22
Konata, Tsukasa, Miyuki, and Kuroi-sensei discuss baseball. Konata and Kagami talk about novels being adapted into anime, habits that people does while talking on the phone, and how people can't seem to not buy something from a vendor after making eye contact with them. Tsukasa has trouble sleeping at night. Konata asks her father about her mother, Kanata. Then, Kanata's spirit decides to pay the two a visit. On Lucky Channel,... well, there's nothing.
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#29 - Damage Control
Full Metal Panic! - Season 4 - Episode 2
In Tokyo, Sousuke and Kaname flee from enemy agents in a desperate attempt to rendezvous with their allies. On Merida Island, Mithril struggles to respond to a fierce and demoralizing assault by Amalgam forces.
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#30 - Let's Go to the Festival
Lucky Star - Season 1 - Episode 12
Konata persuades Kagami and Tsukasa to come along with her to a festival of sorts: a convention called ComiKet. There, Konata tells the twins to follow her plan of buying new manga, Kagami learns how intense some manga can be, and Tsukasa gets swept into the crowds and ends up lost. Later that day, the girls go to another festival, with this one celebrating New Year. The girls discuss why Kagami is in a different class than everyone else, Konata draws a bad fortune, and the origin of Kagami's name is revealed. Konata pesters her father for money, and apparently he likes when she does that. Konata wishes her online friends a happy new year, including her teacher Kuroi. Konata starts to believe that the reason why her teacher doesn't have a boyfriend is because she's always online playing games. On Lucky Channel, it was previously announced that Akira would appear in the actual show starting with this episode, but she was unable to because she got sick.
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#31 - Giant Killing
Full Metal Panic! - Season 4 - Episode 7
The Crossbow team takes part in their first illegal battle, but nefarious forces are at work behind the scenes. If Sousuke doesn't play his cards right, this first battle could end up being his last.
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#32 - Big One Percent
Full Metal Panic! - Season 4 - Episode 3
The SRT team has its hands more than full trying to protect Merida Island from three rampaging Behemoths. Sousuke and Kaname attempt to deal with their own frantic situation, as Amalgam's Kurama drags the students of Jindai High School into the fray.
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#33 - The Famous Shooter
Lucky Star - Season 1 - Episode 5
Summer vacation has just begun. Konata, the Hiiragi twins and Miyuki go to a summer festival clothed in yukata. Yui Nanami is first introduced in this episode, currently on patrol at the festival. Konata and Nanako chat over an online game. Later on, Konata and the twins meet and do homework together. Back at her house, Konata finds a rare drop and celebrates it with her online friends.
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#34 - On My Own
Full Metal Panic! - Season 4 - Episode 4
Sousuke and Kaname work together to save Kyoko and everyone else at Jindai High, and they both reach a point where they must make difficult, fateful decisions. Tessa likewise tries to save as many of her people as possible as she abandons the island base.
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#35 - Stormy Night
Full Metal Panic! - Season 4 - Episode 11
Lemon determines where Kaname is likely being held captive, so Sousuke and his ragtag group launch a rescue mission. But many forces are on the move this stormy night, and the mission doesn't quite go according to plan.
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#36 - Rotten Repose
Full Metal Panic! - Season 4 - Episode 6
While enjoying considerable success fighting in the arena for Nami's team, Sousuke starts to grow accustomed to his new life in Namsac. But little things keep reminding him he came to this city with a specific purpose in mind.
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#37 - The Fallen Witch
Full Metal Panic! - Season 4 - Episode 9
When Tessa is found wandering dazed and barefoot on a California highway, her attending psychiatrist just might be in for the case of a lifetime. The story Tessa tells sounds like an intricate delusion, but sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.
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#38 - Zero Hour
Full Metal Panic! - Season 4 - Episode 1
Amalgam decides it's time to get serious about its Mithril problem, and this means big challenges are on the horizon for Sousuke, Kaname, and Tessa. As enemies close in on all fronts, will they find ways to overcome those challenges?
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#39 - Onward, Onward
Full Metal Panic! - Season 4 - Episode 10
Sousuke who are attacked by amalgam. Raids also come closer to Sousuke who cannot heal wounds yet. On the other hand, Tessa who missed Fowler slightly afterward pledges Leonard and amalgam.
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#40 - Welcome to the Jungle
Full Metal Panic! - Season 4 - Episode 5
Sousuke makes his way to the city of Namsac, where people bet on fighting matches between decommissioned Arm Slaves. Thanks to a bit of serendipity, he meets a team owner named Nami at the arena just when she's looking for an AS operator.
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