The BEST episodes written by Takashi Watanabe

Farewell to Hakufu and the Days of Fighting
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7.79
202 votes

#1 - Farewell to Hakufu and the Days of Fighting

Ikki Tousen - Season 1 - Episode 13

Hakufu and Ryoumei go after Ouin Shishi, who manages to enrage Hakufu. But instead of her dragon spirit manifesting, Hakufu channels the remaining influence of Toutaku and gets out of control. Can Koukin save her from her fate? Ukitsu also comes back for a final challenge.

Sandwiches / Steamed Potato With Butter
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7.70
53 votes

#2 - Sandwiches / Steamed Potato With Butter

Restaurant to Another World - Season 1 - Episode 6

The diners argue over which dish makes the best sandwich. The master teaches Aletta a new way to cook potatoes.

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Three-Legged Mountain Climbing Race is Risking One's Life ~Iguazu Mountains Bombardment Battle III~
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7.45
33 votes

#3 - Three-Legged Mountain Climbing Race is Risking One's Life ~Iguazu Mountains Bombardment Battle III~

Heavy Object - Season 1 - Episode 12

Havia manages to delay the demolition dam while Qwenthur and Froylatia split up to find the Break Carrier. Qwenthur spots the Break Carrier and manages to signal its position to Milinda, who uses Baby Magnum's plasma cannon to fire straight through a mountain and destroy the Break Carrier. Victorious, Halreed's unit withdraws from the dam. However, Qwenthur suspects that the MDC may have a second Object that they have kept hidden. Halreed then contacts Froylatia announcing that he has been advanced to be the first place suitor, and attempts to force her out of the army to marry him. Qwenthur, on his own initiative, fools Halreed into believing that he has had an illicit relationship with Froylatia. Disgusted that Froylatia would sleep with a commoner, Halreed scraps his marriage plans, much to Froylatia's embarrassment and relief.

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A Confrontation at Nanyou
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7.41
188 votes

#4 - A Confrontation at Nanyou

Ikki Tousen - Season 1 - Episode 2

Fighters from Rakuyo High School have been found hanging around near Nanyou Academy. Rakuyo is headed by the fierce Fighter Totaku, who has conquered a couple of the schools in Kanto. Other schools have been banding together against him. Meanwhile, while running late for school, Koukin reveals to Hakufu that he would be willing to sacrifice himself if it meant protecting her. Gakushu questions Saji over Nanyou Academy's leader, Enjyutsu, whom he has not seen in months. Gakushu feels that there is something going on that he has been kept in the dark about. Enjyutsu sees Hakufu as a threat and issues the order to Big Four member Kannei to execute her to prevent her destiny from being fulfilled. This order is given to the whole of Nanyou Academy, and results in Hakufu doing battle with Kannei and Ryomou, while Koukin fights all of the students and Saji. Will they all survive? And what is Saji planning?

Omelette Rice / Tofu Steak
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7.40
57 votes

#5 - Omelette Rice / Tofu Steak

Restaurant to Another World - Season 1 - Episode 4

A lizardman hero braves the door to another world to carry on his tribe's tradition. An elf requests a vegan dish.

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The Coal Mine Littered with Stacks of Money ~ The Kamchatka Peninsula Nightime Blitz II ~
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7.38
29 votes

#6 - The Coal Mine Littered with Stacks of Money ~ The Kamchatka Peninsula Nightime Blitz II ~

Heavy Object - Season 1 - Episode 18

Qwenthur and Charlotte barely survive Nutsley's betrayal thanks to the heavy gear they were carrying on their backs. Meanwhile, Havia' team attempts to sabotage the Wing Balancer, but it is a failure and two members of Havia's team are apparently killed. Milinda engage the Wing Balancer in combat. Qwenthur and Havia reunite inside the mines, where they deduce that the coal mines are in fact diamond mines which are owned by an antiwar faction within the Faith Organization. They further deduce that the Faith Organization is attempting to trick the Legitimacy Kingdom into destroy the mines and the antiwar faction along with it. The group is then attacked by Nutsley, who is piloting a powered armor suit.

A Requiem for the Flowers Blooming in the Field ~ The Battle to Destroy the Baby Magnum II ~
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7.38
29 votes

#7 - A Requiem for the Flowers Blooming in the Field ~ The Battle to Destroy the Baby Magnum II ~

Heavy Object - Season 1 - Episode 24

Qwenthur and Havia find themselves working with unlikely allies as they try to prevent Milinda and the Baby Magnum from getting themselves killed or starting the next world war.

In a Calvary Battle, You Must Break Their Foothold ~Amazon City All-Out War I~
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7.30
40 votes

#8 - In a Calvary Battle, You Must Break Their Foothold ~Amazon City All-Out War I~

Heavy Object - Season 1 - Episode 13

With the Break Carrier destroyed, the Legitimate Kingdom pursues the remnants of the MDC to the abandoned Amazon City, where Qwenthur and Havia are given the mission to assassinate the MDC's leader, Sladder Honeysuckle. However, Qwenthur notices that the MDC isn't trying to run, but instead trying to hole up in the city. The Capitalist Enterprise warns Froylatia that Honeysuckle is attempting to seek asylum with the Intelligence Union, and that the Intelligence Union is preparing to invade Amazon City to rescue him. Realizing that the Capitalist Enterprise will intervene to prevent Honeysuckle's escape, Froylatia orders her forces to accelerate their search to prevent a potential 4-way battle.

A Requiem for the Flowers Blooming in the Field ~ The Battle to Destroy the Baby Magnum I ~
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7.22
23 votes

#9 - A Requiem for the Flowers Blooming in the Field ~ The Battle to Destroy the Baby Magnum I ~

Heavy Object - Season 1 - Episode 23

What begins as a routine political hostage exchange turns into a hairy situation when the Baby Magnum suddenly becomes unreachable out in the field.

The War of the Ant and the Grasshopper 〜The War to Capture the Oceania Military Power III〜
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7.22
37 votes

#10 - The War of the Ant and the Grasshopper 〜The War to Capture the Oceania Military Power III〜

Heavy Object - Season 1 - Episode 8

Qwenthur and Havia's unconventional success against Objects is upsetting the status quo, and they discover that this has won them a powerful enemy, right as they are working to thwart the 0.5th gen.

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The Champions
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7.19
262 votes

#11 - The Champions

Ikki Tousen - Season 1 - Episode 1

Seven schools are competing for complete control over the region of Kanto. The students are known as "Fighters", and each carry a sacred bead, or Magatama, and enclosed in it is a spirit of an ancient fighter from 1800 years ago in Chinese history. The Fighters are destined to the fates of their Magatama. Enter Hakufu Sonsaku, a big-breasted, air-headed bimbo, who joins the ranks of Nanjou Academy, alongside her cousin, Koukin. Encassed in her Magatama is the spirit of a fierce warrior who conquered the lands 1800 years previous, but was killed at an early age. The Big Four of Nanyou Academy see her as a threat and wish to prevent history from repeating itself.

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The War of the Ant and the Grasshopper ~The War to Capture the Oceania Military Power II~
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7.18
39 votes

#12 - The War of the Ant and the Grasshopper ~The War to Capture the Oceania Military Power II~

Heavy Object - Season 1 - Episode 7

The race is on to find the Oceanian 0.5th gen Object before it is deployed to commit atrocities.

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You Can't Put a Price on Honor ~ The Critical Running Battle on Victoria Island I ~
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7.11
27 votes

#13 - You Can't Put a Price on Honor ~ The Critical Running Battle on Victoria Island I ~

Heavy Object - Season 1 - Episode 20

The Legitimate Kingdom stages an operation at Victoria Island including Baby Magnum and two other Objects, Snow Quake and Active Sledge, to ambush Indigo Plasma and stop the man behind it, Prizewell City Slicker. As Indigo Plasma also uses infantry as part of its tactics, just like Qwenthur and Havia had assisted Baby Magnum on past occasions, several detachments were sent to assist on the mission. After helping to deal with an enemy platoon, Qwenthur and Havia discover that the soldiers are dispersing some sort of gas that triggers a massive explosion once ignited by the enemy Object's Plasma Cannons, putting both Baby Magnum and Snow Quake in a disadvantage. To make matters worse, the Legitimate Kingdom forces are informed that the Active Sledge is ambushed and sunk by six other Objects which appeared by surprise, and quickly regroup with Indigo Plasma, whose pilot, who is no other than City Slicker himself, demands them to surrender.

The Magic Bullet I'll Always Remember
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7.09
34 votes

#14 - The Magic Bullet I'll Always Remember

Armed Girl's Machiavellism - Season 1 - Episode 11

Amou and Nomura's fight bring back memories of their past. Meanwhile, the girls are starting to put together the mystery that is Amou.

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The Small Fry Who Bind Gulliver 〜Alaska Mid-Winter Environment Snow Battle II〜
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7.08
51 votes

#15 - The Small Fry Who Bind Gulliver 〜Alaska Mid-Winter Environment Snow Battle II〜

Heavy Object - Season 1 - Episode 2

Under attack from an Object that is not observing the usual white flag protocol, Qwenthur must decide whether to run or go save the Princess.

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The War of the Ant and the Grasshopper ~The War to Capture the Oceania Military Power I~
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7.08
39 votes

#16 - The War of the Ant and the Grasshopper ~The War to Capture the Oceania Military Power I~

Heavy Object - Season 1 - Episode 6

For once, Qwenthur and Havia are sent to a battlefront where the odds seem stacked in their favor. Their side has twenty first and second gen Objects, while their enemy has one measly 0.5th gen Object.

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The Small Fry Who Bind Gulliver 〜Alaska Mid-Winter Environment Snow Battle I〜
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6.65
55 votes

#17 - The Small Fry Who Bind Gulliver 〜Alaska Mid-Winter Environment Snow Battle I〜

Heavy Object - Season 1 - Episode 1

The world is now fragmented into four coalitions that constantly wage wars across their many borders. These wars are fought by a new class of weapons called Objects, which rendered all other forms of conventional warfare obsolete.

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Kill One to Save Many
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5.76
67 votes

#18 - Kill One to Save Many

Chaos Dragon - Season 1 - Episode 1

A young boy by the name of Ibuki faces fate, as he comes in contact with the terrifying Red Dragon. The epic tale of Ibuki and Red Dragon has begun.

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The Fair Sword, Mary Kikakujo
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5.21
67 votes

#19 - The Fair Sword, Mary Kikakujo

Armed Girl's Machiavellism - Season 1 - Episode 3

Nomura gets on Mary's bad side after messing with Choka. Meanwhile, Rin is trying to get her own revenge.

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