The BEST episodes written by Tetsuro Araki

Then
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8.96
46 votes

#1 - Then

Gungrave - Season 1 - Episode 25

While Grave is lost in a trance staring at a group photo of the friends from his childhood, Harry is driving down the highway with the full realization that the other higher-ups in Millennion have seized Harry's bank accounts and are now trying to kill him. However, Harry remains comforted by Sherry's body in the passenger seat and the understanding that Harry, himself, has become Millennion. Grave traverses slowly down the street towards his old home in the slums, growing more tired and shattering more severely with each step. Harry, who has located one of the laboratories where OrgMen are created, activates his soldiers to take back Millennion. Meanwhile, Biscoe is examining the new anti-OrgMen bullets which the other Millennion members are distributing to form a mass-scale strike force against the bio-engineered creatures. Harry is seen attending a funeral for Sherry, at which Harry is the sole attendee. Paralleled with images of Harry comforting Sherry, we see Millennion agents taking down the many OrgMan troops around the city. Mika appears at Millennion HQ�s doorstep, obviously looking for Grave but instead finding a group of Millennion agents. But before they try to take her down, Biscoe steps out and intervenes, recognizing her as Big Daddy�s heir. Biscoe tells Mika that, since Harry has become the hunted, she is now free. Mika demands to know what this freedom even means anymore being that so many people had to for it. Biscoe, being that he was a friend of Big Daddy, asks if there�s anything he can do for her. Mika tells them to look for Brandon Heat. Harry, pulling back into the city, bears witness to an OrgMan being gunned down in the street. The agent who shot it recognizes the man in the car as Harry, and the agents scramble to catch him as he makes his getaway. As Harry is forced into the slums of the city, he reflects on where it was in his life that he went wrong, and just when he happens upon the memory of killing Brandon Heat, Bunji�s cat

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Betrayal
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8.76
46 votes

#2 - Betrayal

Gungrave - Season 1 - Episode 13

Randy's associates have discovered that 10 million yules of Harry's 17 mill income are going into some secret project. Harry has Lee kill Randy's associates under the guise that they betrayed. Rich's mother has passed away and in her honor, Brandon and Big Daddy attend the funeral, thus proving BD's ideal that the Syndicate is one. Bear, after being invited to dinner at Harry and Sherry's new home, decides to settle everything once and for all. Harry talks about how he intends to rise higher, and that he needs Sherry for that. Bear silences him and removes his shades, looking deep into Harry's eyes, and decides to leave Sherry in his care. BD tricks Brandon into visiting Maria, he is cold and short with her, and though it's clear he loves her, he doesn't want her brought into his life as an assassin. BD reveals that he is in love with Maria. Harry puts 10 million yules into Randy's account, this was money for a firearms smuggling deal Harry had going, Harry then as Bunji assassinate Randy, thus making it appear that Randy betrayed. Bear resigns himself to believing Harry is not responsible, because Sherry would fall with Harry.

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Exodus
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8.35
159 votes

#3 - Exodus

Guilty Crown - Season 1 - Episode 17

As the blockade gets closer to the school , causing fear amongst the students, Shu become more ruthless to maintain order. Yahiro warns him the students will hate him if he continues acting like this, but Shu insists it's necessary or they might end up dying like Hare. Arisa, traumatized after being attacked by Inori, is contacted by an unknown individual (later to be revealed as Segai), who convinces her to turn the students against Shu. Arisa seduces Hirohide and convinces him to secretly spread a rumor to the students that they will die if their Voids are destroyed and Shu is keeping it a secret, creating greater resentment against him.

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Never-Ending Night
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8.22
280 votes

#4 - Never-Ending Night

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress - Season 1 - Episode 2

Ikoma somehow survives and heads towards the last Hayajiro left in Kenkin Station, the Kotetsujyo. Meanwhile, Ayame and her people were left behind to fend off the Kabane when a young girl named Mumei appears before them. The girl clears open a path to the Kotetsujyo with incredible combat prowess.

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Frightened Corpse
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8.19
321 votes

#5 - Frightened Corpse

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress - Season 1 - Episode 1

Kabane, the immortal monsters, attacked Aragane Station. Ikoma, a steamsmith boy who lives in Aragane Station, ran against the waves of terrified civilians. He is going to fight against Kabane using the weapon he has been secretly developing - the Piercing gun. He fights for his own past and dignity.

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Prey
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8.19
168 votes

#6 - Prey

Guilty Crown - Season 1 - Episode 9

Hare and Kanon notices how much Shu has changed and is more active. In order to help Hare get close with him, Kanon lies to Shu that Hare needs his help for her shopping. As Hare is about to confess to Shu on the train, Yahiro suddenly appears which Shu tell Hare to go shopping herself as he wants to talk with Yahiro. Yahiro brings Shu to his hideout where his brother, Jun is also staying and reveals that he and his brother have been on the run from the GHQ because they wanted to euthanize Jun. While Shu won't forgive Yahiro for betraying him, he will help Jun escape for Yahiro's sake and calls the Undertakers to pick them up. However, the GHQ have been following them and sends Seiga and Daryl. Cornered in a warehouse, Shu forcibly takes Yahiro's Void before telling Yahiro he will never betray his friends just like him. Daryl's Endlave arrives and fight Shu using a new weapon that targets his Void while Seiga watches. But when Jun stands up, the weapon target him instead. Suddenly, the crystals on Jun's body migrate to Daryl's Endlave and takes control of it and proceeds to attack the GHQ and Yahiro. Shu stabs the infected Endlave with Yahiro's Void and enters Jun memories where Jun himself shows Shu his and Yahiro's past before the "Lost Christmas" incident. Jun also reveals because of the crystals on his body, he could see people's true self including his brother, who while loves and cares about him, also hates him for burdening him as well. Wishing for his final memories of loving Yahiro and not hating him, Jun begs Shu to use Yahiro's Void to end his life before he kills Yahiro which Shu is forced to do so which Jun thanks him. With Jun's death, the infected Endlave breaks down while Seiga leaves. As Yahiro regains conscious and asks where Jun is, a mortified Shu confess to Yahiro that he killed him, unaware that both of them were followed by Hare.

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Convergence
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8.18
153 votes

#7 - Convergence

Guilty Crown - Season 1 - Episode 22

After Mana is completely resurrected, Mana greets Shu but is shunned by him after she speaks ill of Inori, much to her anger. Gai draws out Mana's Void to fight Shu while she triggers the Fourth Apocalypse, spreading the Apocalypse virus throughout the entire world. Haruka confronts Shuichiro who commits suicide by injecting the virus into himself. Meanwhile the Undertakers fight a group of Endlaves led by Daryl, who believes he changed because of them and wants to go back to his old self. Tsugumi finds that her attempts to hack the GHQ system are being repelled by another hacker as skilled as her. Shibungi figures that the hacker is actually Kenji and after tracking his location, he kills him, allowing Tsugumi to operate freely and help Ayase defeat Daryl. Just when Shu is about to be killed by Gai, Shu is seeing a flower while hearing the Voice of Inori.

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Spring of the DEAD
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8.17
936 votes

#8 - Spring of the DEAD

High School of the Dead - Season 1 - Episode 1

After witnessing a brutal attack on some teachers at the front gate, Takashi Komuro rushes to warn his friends and escape to the rooftop.

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All DEAD'S Attack
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8.15
702 votes

#9 - All DEAD'S Attack

High School of the Dead - Season 1 - Episode 12

An EMP blast makes an already harsh situation worse as the compound comes under zombie attack.

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Genesis
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8.06
265 votes

#10 - Genesis

Guilty Crown - Season 1 - Episode 1

Shu Ouma is a 17 year old teen who has poor social skills who lives in Japan where it is under the strict rule of the government organization GHQ due to the Apocalypse Virus ten years ago. While going to his warehouse studio, he encounters Inori Yuzuriha, internet singer of the band Egoist, who is recovering from her wounds after stealing a formula called Void Genome from the GHQ. After mending her wounds and feeding her, Inori is captured by the GHQ Anti Bodies division led by Major Guin and Shu is powerless to stop them. To make amends, Shu brings the Void Genome to Inori's boss, Gai Tsutsugami, leader of the resistance group, the Undertakers at Roppongi. However, Major Guin orders the Anti Bodies to exterminate the residents of Roppongi in order to find the Void Genome. As the Undertakers and GHQ battle, Shu goes and rescue Inori and protects her when a GHQ Endlave mech tries to attack them. The attack breaks the test tube holding the Void Genome, giving Shu the "Power of Kings" where he pulls out Inori's Void, a large sword and destroys the Endlave.

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Running in the DEAD
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7.72
765 votes

#11 - Running in the DEAD

High School of the Dead - Season 1 - Episode 4

After being separated from the group Takashi and Rei discover that the living dead aren't the only threat to their continued survival.

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