The BEST episodes written by Tatsuhiko Urahata
#1 - Forward! Forward!
Fighting Spirit - Season 1 - Episode 22
Ippo defeats Hayami via K.O. Ippo's training with Aoki and Kimura's help Ippo win the match.
#2 - Exile
Murder Princess - Season 1 - Episode 4
Since the prince has returned and is soon to be crowned, Falis plans to leave the next day. Alita says she'll be lonely, but she's told Falis will return when she finds a way to swap bodies again. Later in the evening, Falis is called by the mysterious hooded woman and led into a secret chamber in the castle. They fight and Alita and the others come down to help her, but they run into the two androids and the professor. Suddenly the professor is stabbed by the black armored knight, and the two androids are also defeated. Falis is badly beaten by the knight, who reveals himself to be Kaito in front of all the guests. He claims that Falis is a false princess and that the others are rebels. The four of them are forced to flee the kingdom and Kaito is crowned as king.
#3 - Book of Wisdom / Queen of the Night
The Mystic Archives of Dantalian - Season 1 - Episode 3
There is once again more trouble with a phantom book, but it seems that this time will be a lot different from the usual "trouble".
#4 - ―The Portrait of Heresy―
The Severing Crime Edge - Season 1 - Episode 2
With her hair cut, Iwai finally has a chance to live a normal life. This doesn’t sit well with one of the twins as the killing emotions begin to emerge.
#5 - ―Lyrical Night Fright―
The Severing Crime Edge - Season 1 - Episode 9
Nakajima has broken the rules of the party causing the host who wish to remain anonymous, Lady Violet Witchy, to intervene and correct Nakajima’s behavior.
#6 - Road to Berlin
Strike Witches - Season 3 - Episode 11
With Miyafuji's magic power disabled, humanity is forced to use its backup plan: the powerful Ratte tank. But can they win without their ultimate ace?
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#7 - ―Before the Game―
The Severing Crime Edge - Season 1 - Episode 5
Kiri and Iwai have made plans to cut her hair during the school trip. Iwai is enjoying the new experiences she is having as Kiri frets over his relationship status with Iwai. The school trip is thrown into chaos when a new Author makes an attempt on the Queen.
#8 - ―Cross the Thunder Clouds―
The Severing Crime Edge - Season 1 - Episode 3
An Author had made it to town and even though the Professor says there is nothing to worry about, Kiri doesn’t agree and fears the worse.
#9 - Determination's End
Murder Princess - Season 1 - Episode 6
Falis, Milano, and the rest of the group returns to the kingdom in order to stop Kaito from using Teoria. However, they also decide to use the powers of Teoria to switch their bodies back to their original ways. Unfortunately, Kaito makes it to the Teorial chamber first, knocking out Falis and capturing Milano. Kaito then wishes for the entire world to end, activating Teoria's great power.
#10 - Fate
Murder Princess - Season 1 - Episode 5
Falis, Alita and their companions manage to evade capture thanks to a group of travelling entertainers. When they stop to take a break, they begin to discuss the circumstances behind everything that has transpired so far. It turns out that the root cause to all this is the Lost Technology, which was entrusted to the House Forland after the demise of the Old World and is protected by a seal that can only be opened by female members of the House.
#11 - Victory or Defeat
Fighting Spirit - Season 1 - Episode 28
Ippo defeats Mashiba for Rookie King of Eastren Japan.
#12 - I Still Want to Protect
Strike Witches - Season 3 - Episode 12
Yoshika is trapped inside the dome around Berlin, and the rest of the Witches are cut off. Can they get inside to save her in time?
#13 - ―Standing Babe-ation―
The Severing Crime Edge - Season 1 - Episode 10
While reminiscing about the previous night, Iwai discovers that her hair has not grown back to its original state. Fearful and unsure of how Kiri would react she breaks off all plans with him. Meanwhile, a very unique and deadly Author has set their eyes on a distracted Iwai.
#14 - Paratroopers
GATE - Season 1 - Episode 23
A green light is given for the JSDF to assault the capital and protect the diplomats and pro-peace faction. Will they be able to reach the Jade Palace before the exhausted Rose Knights are finally defeated? Itami’s group hurries to the capital to rescue Princess Pina. Tyuule goads Zorzal to continue fighting as he still has one trump card remaining: Princess Pina!
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#15 - ―Party Chopper―
The Severing Crime Edge - Season 1 - Episode 8
A play depicting the tale of the Queen is the party entertainment. Kiri and Iwai are lead backstage to get into costume for the next act, but this will leave one of them hanging.
#16 - ―Red Rising―
The Severing Crime Edge - Season 1 - Episode 11
Still suffering from the attacks from Emily, Kiri goes to school in an attempt to maintain normalcy. At school he is forced to go to nurse where Yamane is on duty and offers him an option that could ease his pain. Wanting to get strong, Kiri travels to the grave of Iwai’s father and sees the most unusual dance.
#17 - ―Where is the Visitor?―
The Severing Crime Edge - Season 1 - Episode 4
After the Sledgehammer incident, Iwai has been more on guard about Authors. As a change of pace, Kiri ask her if there was any place she wants to visit with her new found freedom. She mentions her father and his travels…
#18 - Libricide
The Mystic Archives of Dantalian - Season 1 - Episode 6
We follow the characters of Hal and Fem as they investigate a strange town that was devastated by the war. Everything seems too lively for a city that should be in ruin.
#19 - ―Coins of the Scale―
The Severing Crime Edge - Season 1 - Episode 7
An invitation to a Gossip party has Kiri and Iwai nervous. While preparing for the party, people in their life remark about the changes they are going through.
#20 - Final Showdown!
Beyblade - Season 1 - Episode 51
It's the finals of the World Beyblading Championships in Moscow with Tala from the Demolition Boys and Tyson tied at one game a piece in the best of three finals. With the victory, the tide has turned in favor of Tala who warps the two warriors into a giant iceberg where there is no contact with the outside world. The second battle begins, and it takes little time for Tala to combine his multiple Bit Beasts into one and take the lead in the best of three finals. Meanwhile, the evil Voltaire looks on and begins celebrating the victory, which translates into his domination of the corporate world. With the lose, Tyson has fallen into a funk and sees no way of winning, when he suddenly realises the power to win is inside him. With a new outlook and positive thinking, Tyson's confidence translates into a more powerful Dragoon, which handily defeats Tala. With the win, all the stolen Bit Beasts are returned to their rightful owners and in the end, Tyson's friends gather around each wanting to take on the new World Champion Beyblader.
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#21 - Perfumer
The Mystic Archives of Dantalian - Season 1 - Episode 7
Huey and Dalian meet a strange perfumer who creates perfumes with the knowledge of a phantom book.
#22 - Book of Equivalence / Book of Relationship
The Mystic Archives of Dantalian - Season 1 - Episode 8
Huey’s friends get in all sorts of trouble with Phantom Books.
#23 - ―Grayland is in the House―
The Severing Crime Edge - Season 1 - Episode 13
Iwai carries the wounded Emily as a forest fire spreads. She sympathizes with Emily telling how much their father cared about them. The murderous Kiri appears and walks up to Iwai touching her body and then violently cuts her hair. Kiri then regains conscious and passes out. Iwai realize she mustn’t forget how painful fear is, and her hair suddenly grows long again. Later, as Kiri is being hospitalize at a clinic owned by the Gossip after Emily called for a rescue department. Iwai and Emily take a bath together as they recover from their injuries and form a sister relationship. Emily intimates Iwai if she and Kiri are dating or ever had sex, Iwai admits she has feelings for Kiri, in spite of how scaring he can be. Meanwhile, Kiri wakes up from his medicinal bed he gets an unexpected visit by Lady Violet Witchy. She gives Kiri a rough discussion on the Killing Goods and their Authors. Then she impulsively gives him his first kiss before saying that his days as a murder are far from done. The next day, Kiri is overjoying to cutting Iwai's hair once again with his scissor.
#24 - Mixup
Fighting Spirit - Season 1 - Episode 74
A flashback shows how Sendo joined his gym. Ippo gets knocked down two times but when he gets up the fifth round gets more brutal. The fifth round ends and after that, the sixth round begins and is just as brutal as the last round.
#25 - ―Sleeping Beauty―
The Severing Crime Edge - Season 1 - Episode 1
Kiri has found his Queen, a young woman with hair that he wants… must cut. But getting involved with her will change his life forever.
#26 - ―The Forbidden Game―
The Severing Crime Edge - Season 1 - Episode 12
The story starts with information that people don't believe that Grayland exist because there is no way that he can kill 200 people. Kiri found Emily at her father's grave as that day is Emily's father death anniversary. Emily states that he would not kill Kiri but because she will kill Iwai, he wants to get her to be scared of him so that she might stop trying to kill Iwai. But when they fight Kiri lose and he end up rolling of the cliff. Just when Kiri thought he would die, he dreamt about the original, even though Kiri's frighten he knew that if this somehow can make him stronger than he would do anything. Kiri followed Grayland into a door, but he realize that he was Grayland, and he walks into the door. Once inside he found a lot of corpse and realize that Grayland was going to cut the corpse. Kiri tried to stop him but it failed. Without realizing Kiri stands up with his two hands and feet in the ground with holding his scissor in his mouth. Kiri catching Emily off guard, Kiri cuts Emily's hand. She noticed that Kiri have the ability of pain augmentation. At that time she felt her hand hurting so much. When Iwai come to the scene, she found Kiri's bag and immediately search for Kiri, but she didn't find Kiri but instead found Emily with blood everywhere. Emily then admit that Crime Edge is the most brutal killing good.
#27 - Birth
Murder Princess - Season 1 - Episode 1
Dr. Akamashi initiates a coup d’etat in the Forland kingdom, forcing Alita, the Forland princess, to flee in the hopes of reaching her brother. A short while later in a border forest, Alita accidentally pushes the bounty hunter Falis off a cliff while fleeing from the forest guardian beast who killed her entourage of castle guards. This results in Alita and Falis switching bodies due to the near-death experience. Falis accepts Alita's plea to protect the Forland kingdom after Alita offers her own body and soul as collateral.
#28 - Coronation
Murder Princess - Season 1 - Episode 2
Falis, now in the body of Alita, liberates the Forland castle from Dr. Akamashi and his henchrobots, Ana and Yuna. The real Alita, now in the body of Falis, assumes the role of Jodu's deceased granddaughter Milano, who died while acting as a substitute for Alita. In Alita's place, Falis is crowned as the Queen of Forland. However, the coronation parade is disturbed by Dr. Akamashi's evil plans.
#30 - Book of Soul Exchange
The Mystic Archives of Dantalian - Season 1 - Episode 4
Huey and Dalian have received a letter asking them to save an old friend of Huey's deceased grandfather from a mysterious book.
#31 - ―Waltz of Stars―
The Severing Crime Edge - Season 1 - Episode 6
Will Iwai's voice reach Kiri before he is commanded to do the unthinkable? Will the outside observers use this chance to make a play for the Queen?
#32 - Return
Murder Princess - Season 1 - Episode 3
Falis and Alita get into an argument, and Falis goes off to vent her steam on the encroaching goblins. During this time, Akamashi's aides kidnap Alita and interrogate her about her real identity and about the "key". Falis goes to the rescue but is coerced into dropping her weapon. A swordsman then leaps onto the scene and saves the day; he turns out to be none other than Prince Kaito, Alita's brother.
#33 - The Dead Line
GATE - Season 1 - Episode 21
Tensions escalate as Zorzal uses the Japanese acceptance of the Sherry and other refugees as a warrant an attack. The Japanese Prime Minister refuses to evacuate the Jade Palace while the foreign media is in the Special Region. Meanwhile, Itami's crew continues to come under attack by assassins.
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#34 - Bibliotheca Razielis Archangeli
The Mystic Archives of Dantalian - Season 1 - Episode 11
We take a look at the past to understand the life of Huey before he met Dalian.
#35 - Who's the Vice-Captain!?
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 3 - Episode 9
Now that the Cardfight Club has become official, the new faculty advisor Nakamurabashi makes the club decide on a captain and vice-captain for the club by order of the student council president. Since Aichi was the person who started the club, he reluctantly accepts the position of captain. As for who should be the vice-captain, Shingo is the only person who honestly wants the job while the others are apathetic on the matter. Not wanting to make a hasty decision, Nakamurabashi recommends to hold off until tomorrow on who to elect for vice-captain. After school, Misaki is convinced by her friend Akari to try out for vice-captain. The same happens with Kourin being persuaded by Takuto. The club meets the next day, and when Nakamurabashi asks again for who wants to be the vice-captain, Shingo, Naoki, Misaki, and Kourin all raise their hands. To finally settle things, the four cardfight each other with the overall winner becoming the vice-captain. Misaki defeats Shingo, but Naoki suffers a terrible loss against Kourin. Before the final faceoff between the two girls, Naoki expresses his frustration by saying how bad he feels after finding a passion in Vanguard and yet not initially caring for becoming vice-captain of the Cardfight Club. However, he soon gets over his mortification with a smile. Noticing Naoki's enthusiasm, Misaki, Kourin, and Shingo (much to his chagrin) agree to have Naoki be the vice-captain. As the club walks home from school, Naoki impulsively runs towards a riverside, followed by Aichi and Shingo, where Naoki and Shingo scuffle a bit in the river before all the boys let out one big yell at the sunset.
#36 - Japan, the Other Side of the Gate
GATE - Season 1 - Episode 8
Itami and his group arrives in Tokyo where Lelei, Piña and the others are amazed with the city and its people. After meeting a Public Security agent, who reveals Itami's past on how a slacker like him became a member of the Special Forces Group, Itami, Rory, Lelei and Tuka heads to Japanese Diet while Piña and Bozes meets members of the Foreign Ministry to discuss the 6,000 Special Region prisoners under Japan's custody. At the Japanese Diet, Itami, Rory, Lelei and Tuka are questioned by the chairwoman for the Investigation Committee over the Fire Dragon attack, who accuses the JSDF of failing to protect the refugees killed by the Fire Dragon. Rory, Lelei and Tuka defend the JSDF and reveals how the Japanese soldiers have help and save many lives from the dragon.
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#37 - A Flame Dragon
GATE - Season 1 - Episode 3
Taking the unconscious elf with them, the 3rd Unit return to the village of Coda, and upon learning about the Fire Dragon, the villagers decide to evacuate as well, assisted by the Japanese soldiers where they are later join by two mages Lelei and her master. Taking heed of the situation, a group of bandits decide to attack the villagers, just to be vanquished by Rory Mercury, an apostle of the Dark God Emroy. While escorting the refugees, Itami's party rendezvous with Rory, and taking a special interest on Itami, she decides to accompany them as well. However, the Fire Dragon appears to attack the convoy and the 3rd Unit manages to drive it away, after blowing off one of its front legs with Rory's help.
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#38 - Ride of the Battle Goddess
GATE - Season 1 - Episode 6
The JSDF sends a helicopter unit to assist the 3rd Unit to defend Italica, defeating the invaders with extreme prejudice, much to Piña's astonishment, as the military weaponry and tech displayed by the Japanese soldiers lies beyond anything she had seen before. After Lelei sells the scales and Itami establishes some rather favorable conditions for Piña and the Italicans in exchange for their sovereignty, the 3rd Unit departs back to Alnus Hill, only to encounter Piña's Order of the Rose Knights on their way. Upon knowing their identities, the knights capture Itami, unaware of the peace treaty he and Piña established. In order to avoid escalated conflict, Itami orders his unit to return without him instead of fighting.
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#39 - Runaway Angel Rekka
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 3 - Episode 40
Reversed Rekka wants to beat Kamui; Kamui wants to save Emi and Mai; and Reiji and Eiji have to beat an army of Reversed Rekka groupies! Can they do it?!
#40 - Sword of Courage
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 4 - Episode 31
The battle between Kai and Aichi reaches its epic conclusion. Aichi hopes to get Kai into an Absolute Lock from which he cannot recover. However, Kai keeps managing to resummon his Legion. During one attack from Blaster Joker, Kai realizes that Blaster Blade holds the key to freeing Aichi and making sure no one will ever have to be sealed away again. On the final turn, Kai draws four consecutive critical triggers, giving his Legion an attack of 40000 and 5 criticals. Aichi can't guard. The seed leaves his body and charges at Kai, but Kai summons Blaster Blade to his side. Blaster Blade begins slicing the seed into many pieces. Each small piece enters the hearts of each of Aichi's mates. Blaster Blade reveals that the seed will continue to divide each time one of them fights another worthy opponent until the seed becomes too weak to continue. He vows that when that happens Link Joker will be accepted as a new clan on Cray. The next morning, Emi wakes Aichi up. Aichi learns that everything he did has been disassembled and everyone now remembers him. He meets up with his friends at the Card Fight Club to begin the school day, and the episode ends with a fight beginning between Kai and Aichi.
#41 - Beginning of the Storm! National Convention!!
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 1 - Episode 26
Team Q4 arrives at the site of the national tournament grounds and meets Team Caesar, composed of Kenji "Koutei" Matsusada and the siblings Gai and Yuri Usui, who were the last national tournament's finalists and previous winners. Everything seems to be going well, but due to Kai's increasingly arrogant and insulting attitude, Kamui decides he can no longer work with him and abandons the team. Aichi attempts to go after him, but is reminded that if he also leaves, Team Q4 will be unable to participate in the tournament and will therefore be disqualified. With some advice from Kenji, Aichi decides to win the preliminary rounds and earn Q4 a spot in the finals, so Kamui can return.
#42 - Unchanging Things
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 4 - Episode 20
Rati challenges Misaki to a fight where she reveals her past to her. When Rati was very young, she and her father traveled around the world selling doughnuts. In order to break Rati out of her shyness, her father introduced her to Vanguard. The more Rati became engrossed in her fights, she developed a strong attachment to planet Cray and its inhabitants. As a result of constant traveling, Rati realized that she never built any strong relations with any of her opponents and started to believe that bonds such as friendship never last. After the Link Joker affair, Rati became a Quatre Knight because Aichi saved her, and thus is devoted to him. During the fight, Misaki tries to convey her desire to become friends with her, but is ultimately rejected and beaten by Rati. In the end, Misaki loses her memories of Aichi and is sent back to Earth where she becomes saddened over forgetting something important.
#43 - Aichi's Shadow
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 4 - Episode 3
Kai and Misaki are in a park where Misaki expresses her worry over whether or not they can find Aichi, but Kai calms her down. At Miyaji Academy, in the room where the Cardfight Club used to meet, Naoki awakes from a nightmare in which he tries to reach Aichi but fails to do so. He then comes across Shingo, who has also forgotten about Aichi. Naoki tries to help him remember, but the two are suddenly approached by a mysterious steward named Moress Pennyworth. He has been sent by the enemy to stop those who are trying to find Aichi, with Naoki set in his sights. The cardfight between Naoki and Moress ensues while Shingo observes. While using his Megacolony deck to paralyze Naoki's units from standing, Moress tries to demoralize Naoki from continuing the search for Aichi. Naoki almost gives in to despair, but with encouragement from Shingo (who slightly regains his memories) and recalling Kai's words of working together, he recovers his fighting spirit and defeats Moress with a Legion attack. Naoki pressures Moress into telling everything he knows, but he manages to escape. Some time later, Naoki tells Misaki of this incident. Meanwhile, Kai pays a visit to Ren at Team Asteroid headquarters.
#44 - Revival of Ninja Master
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 3 - Episode 39
The fight between Ninja Master Neo and the Reversed Nagisa begins, with the latter furious at the former for standing in her way. Neo deals 5 damage to Nagisa, but she was awaiting this moment as she Crossbreak Rides Deadliest Beast Deity, Ethics Buster "Яeverse". This Limit Break Ride combo allows Nagisa's units to attack Neo 8 times, who manages to survive thanks to a heal trigger. Despite Neo having less cards to use than Nagisa, he mounts a comeback with his own Limit Break Ride combo with Shura Stealth Dragon, Kabukicongo to bind most of Nagisa's cards from being usable to land a finishing blow and win the game, thus reverting Nagisa to normal. Neo takes his leave, and Nagisa and Gouki team up to take on the other Team Handsome members in cardfights to free them of Reverse. Meanwhile, Kamui, Reiji, and Eiji continue their search throughout Miyaji Academy for Emi, Mai, and their kidnapper Rekka.
#45 - Fist of Kamui
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 3 - Episode 38
Kamui hopes the fist of friendship will reverse the Reversed Gouki to normal! Emi and Mai are betrayed by a friend! And the old Ninja Master returns with a new name to take on a Reversed opponent of his own!
#46 - Fluttering Pirate Flag in Miyaji
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 3 - Episode 37
On a visit to Miyaji Academy, Gouki and his pirate buddies get Reversed, then turn the school's open house into a pirate recruiting effort. But before you can say "Arrrrr," Kamui arrives to put an end to the pirate factory and save Emi and Mai from certain peril!
#47 - Under the Starry Sky...
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 3 - Episode 36
Something seems to be wrong with Kourin during the school camping trip. And why did she just invite Aichi to the legendary romantic tree?! Meanwhile, after pulling an all-nighter of intensive Vanguard training, the president and vice-president of Student Council lurk around, waiting for the perfect chance to use their newfound Cardfighting prowess to take down Aichi's club!
#48 - Camping Trip
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 3 - Episode 35
While the students of Miyaji Academy go on a trip, the Student Council members try to destroy the Cardfight Club's reputation. Then, the gang watches the final match of the VF High School Championship between Ren and Leon!
#49 - Thrilling?! Emi's First Fight
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 1 - Episode 15
As Emi continues coming to the Card Capital Card Shop, Shin convinces her to try the game out for herself. While approaching the game shop, Katsumi has his fortune told and he finds that he will have luck with his juniors today (however, Yuta corrects him and says that he'll have terrible luck today). When they arrive at the card shop, Aichi is surprised when Emi is preparing to play Vanguard. Emi is handed Misaki's deck as Shin wants both Aichi and Emi to battle together. However, Katsumi wishes to take Aichi's place and a battle between the new player Emi and the "Expert Naive Player" Katsumi begins, with Kamui bitter about how Katsumi is playing against her instead of himself. Despite only using "cute" cards, Emi defeats Katsumi with some beginner's luck.
#50 - The Mysterious Card Shop
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 1 - Episode 6
Aichi and his friends decide to go to a different card shop called PSY. There, they try out the shop's special Vanguard Fight Stage. It oddly reacts to Aichi, which leads to a woman, Kourin, challenging him to a cardfight. When the two begin the battle, Aichi is surprised that the stage brings the cards to life. Aichi and Kourin, who both use a Royal Paladin deck, continue their battle, until Aichi makes a bad decision in not guarding one of her Vanguard's attacks, ultimately leading to his defeat. Afterwards, another woman, Suiko, gives Aichi the card The King of Knights, Alfred as a special memento for visiting the card shop. Later, Aichi learns from Morikawa that the card shop they visited has disappeared.