The BEST episodes written by Toshiya ōNo
#1 - Handler One
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 23
Shin and his friends and Frederica return to Ernst's home to celebrate their second Night of the Holy Birth holiday. Shin visits Eugene's grave and apologizes for being unable to save him, but tells him he has a newfound purpose to live and promises to return to tell him about the things he's seen.
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#2 - Shin
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 22
Shin is blown clear of the blast and falls unconscious, where he has a vivid nightmare where he tries to grapple with his loss of purpose and survivor's guilt. When he regains consciousness, he sees a Legion unit approaching him with the intent to harvest his brain, but he is saved when Lena intervenes.
#3 - All That's Left
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 21
The members of Nordlicht drop out one by one in the face of the Legion's onslaught, and Shin is left to face the Morpho alone.
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#4 - Goodbye
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 9
Shin confronts his brother deep within Legion held territory. But even if he wins, there's no going back.
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#5 - Shine Bright as the Sun
Blue Exorcist - Season 2 - Episode 11
Rin finally manages to draw the demon sword. Shura tells him to, “Win a place for yourself in this world!” However, there doesn’t seem to be a way to stop the Impure King’s overwhelming growth. And if Suguro’s strength fails, the barrier will collapse!
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#6 - Even So
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 16
The Legion's large-scale offensive begins, and the Spearhead crew are sent into the thick of the fighting. But even back at base, there's no safety to be found...
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#7 - Here We Go
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 11
Spearhead Squadron comes to the end of their long road, and a new journey begins for Lena...
#8 - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Blue Exorcist - Season 2 - Episode 6
Shiro Fujimoto, Rin and Yukio’s adopted father, encountered Tatsuma Suguro while trying to take the demonic sword, Kurikara. Tatsuma’s letter reveals the circumstances of how the sword, which is the Myoda Sect’s main object of worship, came to Rin.
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#9 - Unbowed and Unbroken
Blue Exorcist - Season 2 - Episode 10
The sporangium has finally burst, revealing the Impure King. Assaulted by the miasma, Suguro barely maintains the barrier. And every passing moment brings him closer to his limit. Rin questions why he can’t draw his sword, even when backed into a corner.
#10 - Act of Treachery
Blue Exorcist - Season 2 - Episode 4
Who is betraying the Myoda sect? Without high priest Tatsuma in attendance, the general meeting falls into chaos and ends without a conclusion. As Suguro resolves to find and question his father, he witnesses someone sneaking into the Kyoto field office…
#11 - Through Thick and Thin
Blue Exorcist - Season 2 - Episode 9
“You despise your brother, don’t you?” Yukio is shaken as Todo tells him to admit his true feelings. Yukio reflects on the thoughts he’s had since an early age. Meanwhile, Suguro has inherited the Gouha-en, and with it, he and Rin head to the sporangium.
#12 - Like a Fire Burning Bright
Blue Exorcist - Season 2 - Episode 7
The Impure King has been revived! In his letter, Tatsuma asks Rin to use the Koma sword to fight, but will that even be possible? And to make matters worse, Mephisto suddenly appears with the news that Rin has been sentenced to death!
#13 - Let's Go
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 8
Spearhead is given orders to undertake a pointless march into enemy territory, and not to stop until they're dead. Lena tries her best to stop this suicide mission from happening.
#14 - Mysterious Connections
Blue Exorcist - Season 2 - Episode 5
Although the traitor was revealed, the Right Eye of the Impure King has been stolen. While confronting Ryuji, Rin loses control of his blue flames in front of the gathered exorcists. In all of the commotion, Tatsuma slips Shura a letter addressed to Rin.
#15 - Candid and Open
Blue Exorcist - Season 2 - Episode 12
The sight of a blue flame burning in the night sky is reminiscent of “Blue Night,” but has brought about a completely different result. Now that the incidents relating to the Impure King have been concluded, those affected are moving on.
#16 - From Father to Son
Blue Exorcist - Season 2 - Episode 8
Miasma spreads through the streets as the exorcists begin to counter the Impure King’s growth. Rin leaves with the other students to find Tatsuma. Yukio is on the front lines, unaware his brother has left his cell, when he notices something strange…
#17 - Will You Remember Me?
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 7
As the day of the festival arrives, Lena and Shin watch the fireworks and enjoy a brief respite from their battles.
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#18 - Glad to Be Here
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 14
The crew of Spearhead find themselves back on the battlefield, as the tide of the war turns against the Federacy.
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#19 - Suspicion Will Raise Bogies
Blue Exorcist - Season 2 - Episode 3
The Myoda Sect has an emergency meeting to discuss the failed attempt to steal the Right Eye of the Impure King and discover who among them is the traitor collaborating with Todo. In the occasion, suspicions were raised towards two of the sect's exorcists, Renzo's older brother Juzo and Mamushi as they were present at the scene and were Todo's students in the past, but the head priest, who did not attend the meeting, was counted as a suspect as well, much to Ryuji's anger. Meanwhile, Rin continues with his training to control his flames while trying to reconcile with his friends, who fear how the Myoda will respond once they learn that he is the son of Satan.
#20 - It's Too Late
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 13
The members of Spearhead are given a brief respite from the war. But is it alright for them to enjoy themselves when so many have fallen?
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#21 - Welcome
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 12
Spearhead awakens to find themselves in a strange new land, while Lena continues her battles as a Handler.
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#22 - I'm With You
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 5
Lena learns the truth about the upcoming end of the war, and how the Legion is a much more deadly threat than she thought.
#23 - Stay This Way Forever
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 19
Nordlicht finds themselves up against a massive foe in the middle of enemy territory, with no hope of escape and no reinforcements coming to help.
#24 - Strange Bedfellows
Blue Exorcist - Season 2 - Episode 2
The Exwires arrive at Kyoto, and Ryuji, Konekomaru and Renzo take the opportunity to reunite with their families, while Rin and the others tend to the Exorcists of the Myoda Sect, who got wounded guarding the Right Eye of the Impure King. In the occasion, Rin meets Ryuji's father, and learns that Ryuji is resentful of him, as despite being the leader of the Myoda Sect, he is not respected by the others, as he relegated his duties since the Sect, which was weakened after losing several of its members on the Blue Night, joined the True Cross Order. Meanwhile, Todo, with the Left Eye of the Impure King replacing his own, contacts his mole inside the Sect, planning another attempt to steal the Right Eye.
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#25 - The Truth Is
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 18
The team prepares for a final suicide mission against "Morpho," a massive railgun Legion capable of single-handedly turning the tide of the battle.
#26 - I Won't Forget
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 17
As the war with the Legion rages on, the enemy makes a final march towards the Republic of San Magnolia. Lena waits to stop them, but...
#27 - Small Beginnings
Blue Exorcist - Season 2 - Episode 1
After his secret is exposed, Rin takes part in a special mission along Shura and Yukio to retrieve the "Left Eye of the Impure King", a demon relic that was stolen from the True Cross Academy's vault. In the occasion, they fail to retrieve it, but discover that the culprit is Saburota Todo, one of the exorcists in charge of the vault that was corrupted upon being possessed by a demon. After hearing that there was an attempt to steal the Left Eye's sister relic, the "Right Eye of the Impure King" in Kyoto, the Order sends a team there to investigate, including Shura, Yukio and the Exwires, who are in conflict after learning the truth about Rin.
#28 - I Don't Want to Die
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 3
Lena finds herself growing closer to the Spearhead squadron, or so she thinks. But a deadly battle drastically changes her perspective.
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#29 - Real Name
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 4
After a brutal death, Lena comes to terms with her real status as an Alba, and what it means to force another to fight for your sake.
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#30 - Through to the End
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 6
Spearhead enjoys a brief respite near the cherry blossoms outside the wall, but a deadly attack brings the dangers of war even closer to home.
#31 - Spearhead
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 2
As Lena lives a life of safety and comfort inside the walls of her city, the 86ers fight a terrible battle against an unstoppable and inhuman enemy.
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#32 - Together Unto Death
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 20
Deep in enemy territory, with supplies running low and damage piling up, Nordlicht makes a final desperate march towards Morpho.
#33 - Undertaker
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 1
The Republic of San Magnolia fights a safe humane war using drones. In reality, however, the drones are piloted by humans called 86s, who are called "pigs" and considered less than human.
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#34 - Welcome Back
86: Eighty Six - Season 1 - Episode 15
The members of Spearhead are reunited as a massive Legion offensive looms. With the next deadly phase of the war almost here, how will they spend their remaining hours?
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#35 - Rainbow-Colored Past
The Perfect Insider (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 4
The helicopter's radio has been smashed, apparently before Shindō could use it. Computer records show that no one accessed the roof between the time when Shindō and Miki arrived and when Shindō was found dead. Saikawa, Nishinosono, Yamane, and the lab security guards enter Magata's suite and discover a small robot in the bedroom. The robot's only physical capability, other than basic mobility, is to lock and to unlock the bedroom door. The robot's name is Michiru, the same as Magata's favorite doll.
#36 - Silver Hope
The Perfect Insider (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 5
In a flashback, Shindō tells Magata that his dream is to live a self-sufficient life in the mountains, equipped with only a knife. His widow Yumiko Shindō recalls for Saikawa and Nishinosono that the last words of Magata's father were "I won't let you do this." Yamane learns that Magata had scheduled an interview with a journalist for two days hence, so the lab will have another opportunity for outside communication. In another flashback, Magata buys a hunting knife and presents it to Shindō for his birthday as they have dinner with her parents.
#37 - Crimson Resolve
The Perfect Insider (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 6
Saikawa and Nishinosono return to the campground the next morning and tell the group about the murders. In the evening, they return to the lab. Nishinosono notices upon reviewing the surveillance video again that, when the cart emerged from Magata's suite, the elevator went from the basement to the roof. In a continuation of the dinner flashback, Magata uses the knife to kill her mother, and Shindō and Magata kill Magata's father as Yumiko arrives.
#38 - Gray Boundary
The Perfect Insider (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 7
Ayako Shimada takes Nishinosono to the lab's entertainment center, where they spend time in isolation tanks. Meanwhile, Saikawa interviews Miki, but she has no idea why anyone would kill Magata or Shindō. During Nishinosono's isolation-induced hallucinations, she has a conversation with Magata about the plane crash that killed her parents. In a continuation of the dinner flashback, Magata tells Shindō that the story they'll tell is that Magata killed both her parents and that Shindō tried to stop her.
#39 - Purple Dawn
The Perfect Insider (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 8
Shimada checks the computer records and notices that someone named Michiru accessed the isolation tank system while she and Nishonosono were in the tanks. Shimada and Saikawa think someone may have pieced together audio clips to impersonate Magata. Yamane switches the lab's computer systems from Red Magic, the lab's proprietary operating system, to UNIX in an attempt to end the computer malfunctions. External communication is restored, and Nishinosono calls her butler, telling him to call the police.
#40 - Yellow Blind Spot
The Perfect Insider (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 9
The boat arrives the next morning, bringing the journalist, Setsuko Gidō, and allowing the seminar group to leave. The prefectural police also arrive. Saikawa and Nishonosono deduce that Magata entered her suite 15 years ago pregnant and had a daughter there. They also realize that the computer malfunction reset the lab's clocks by one minute, allowing the killer to move without video surveillance for that minute. Saikawa uses the computer to make voice contact with "Michiru" and addresses her as Shiki Magata.
#41 - Aster-Colored Truth
The Perfect Insider (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 10
Saikawa reveals that Nishinosono didn't interview Magata originally, but her daughter. Magata's original plan was for her daughter to kill her and Shindō, then take her place. Magata had also planned the computer "malfunction" years in advance. After Nishinosono interviewed the daughter, the daughter began to question the plan and her own identity and killed herself instead. Magata left her suite, pretending to be Miki, her alleged sister who never really existed, during the initial "malfunction", killed Shindō, and left the island along with the members of Saikawa's seminar group.
#42 - The Shadow and Her Doll
Shadows House - Season 1 - Episode 1
Kate meets her living doll and names her. The two play dress-up and begin to bond as master and servant, but there is much that they both must learn about each other and the mysterious Shadows House.
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#43 - Colorless Weekend
The Perfect Insider (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 11
Magata visits Saikawa at the university. She says that she won't turn herself in, because she might not be sentenced to death. She also won't commit suicide, because she wants someone else to kill her. As she leaves, she is surrounded by what appear to be the police guard following Saikawa, but Nishinosono later informs Saikawa that the guard had been called off earlier. Saikawa reveals to Nishinosono that Gidō is his little sister. In a flashback, Magata and her daughter discuss the nature of humans and relationships. In the final scene, Magata introduces her new personalities, her daughter Michiru and her uncle Shindō to Kishio, the personality based on her dead twin brother.
#44 - Outside the Room
Shadows House - Season 1 - Episode 2
Emilico ventures deeper into Shadows House. Back in Kate's room, a clumsy mistake leads to a scolding. The two have an unhappy encounter that raises Emilico's anxiety level, but she later vows not to fret so much.
#45 - The Soot Sickness
Shadows House - Season 1 - Episode 3
Emilico has her first day of class with Rosemary and company until all hell breaks loose. Kate makes a surprising discovery with Emilico's help. The two vow to learn from one another, but little do they know of the plan being hatched behind closed doors.
#46 - Watchers in the Night
Shadows House - Season 1 - Episode 4
Emilico and company have an unhappy encounter with a Star Bearer that leads to late-night watch duty. Kate frets over the approaching debut. Sides are taken, friendships are forged, and one of Shadow House's mysteries is solved.
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#47 - The Debut
Shadows House - Season 1 - Episode 5
Tensions mount as the candidates prepare for the debut, but little do they know what Edward has in store. As the debut proceeds, Kate and Emilico struggle amid the more competitive candidates. Who will rise to the top, and who will be discarded?
#48 - White Meeting
The Perfect Insider (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 1
Moe Nishinosono interviews Shiki Magata, who secludes herself in the lab established by her parents on Himaka island, via video conference. At Sōhei Saikawa's office, Nishinosono meets Setsuko Gidō, whose familiarity with Saikawa annoys Nishinosono. Nishinosono later tells Saikawa, Momoko Kunieda, and Fukashi Hamanaka about the interview with Magata. Afterward, intending to meet Magata again, she suggests the campground on Himakajima island for Saikawa's upcoming seminar group trip.
#49 - Azure Encounter
The Perfect Insider (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 2
En route to the island, Yukihiro Yamane tells Saikawa and Nishinosono that Magata has not interacted with other people except via video conference for the 15 years since she murdered her parents. When they visit the lab, the AI named Deborah that runs the lab's physical facilities malfunctions, and an automated cart transports a wedding-dress-clad object on a cart out of the suite, which is discovered to be Magata's corpse. In a flashback to when Magata was 13 years old, she begins a sexual affair with Seiji Shindō, her uncle and director of the lab.
#50 - Red Magic
The Perfect Insider (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 3
Tomihiko Yuminaga declares Magata's death a murder, since her arms and legs have been amputated. With outside communication mysteriously cut off, the lab personnel wait for Shindō, who left to retrieve Magata's sister Miki, to return in order to use the radio in his helicopter to contact the police. Meanwhile, Saikawa and Nishinosono review the video surveillance footage of the outside of Magata's room and verify that no one else emerged from her suite. Shindō returns with Miki, but he is later discovered murdered in his helicopter.