The BEST episodes written by Yasuko Kamo
#1 - Victory or Defeat
Hajime no Ippo - Season 1 - Episode 28
Ippo defeats Mashiba for Rookie King of Eastren Japan.
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#2 - Conclusion
Hajime no Ippo - Season 1 - Episode 57
Both Ippo and Date are beaten up bad. The match reaches the climax.
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#3 - Forward! Forward!
Hajime no Ippo - Season 1 - Episode 22
Ippo defeats Hayami via K.O. Ippo's training with Aoki and Kimura's help Ippo win the match.
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#4 - Revival
Hajime no Ippo - Season 1 - Episode 62
Coach returns from the hospital, and Makunochi "hits without being hit".
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#5 - The Rookie King
Hajime no Ippo - Season 1 - Episode 34
Ippo and Sendo keep fighting, the crowd starts cheering Sendo on and the match reaches its climax.
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#6 - Fugashi, Fugashi, and... / Glico, Glico, and...
Dagashi Kashi - Season 1 - Episode 4
Hotaru challenges Kokonotsu to compete in a blind fugashi taste test. She also helps him to run back to Café Endo when she realizes that he forgot something very important to him at the café.
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#7 - Lollapalooza
Hajime no Ippo - Season 1 - Episode 72
Sendo and Ippo's fight begins guns blazing with the two giving each other blow for blow. Ippo finds out that Sendo has the advantage of having a bigger frame.
#8 - Sharing a Dream
Hajime no Ippo - Season 1 - Episode 42
Ippo's mother collapses from overworking so Ippo has to look after the family business. Ippo thinks about quitting boxing so that his mother doesn't overwork herself again.
#9 - Ippo on the Beach
Hajime no Ippo - Season 1 - Episode 17
Ippo joins Takamura, Kimura, and Aoki in a training camp near the beach.
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#10 - Bottle Ramune, Baby-Star Ramen, and... / Yatta Men, Watch Out for the Sour Grape, and...
Dagashi Kashi - Season 1 - Episode 5
Hotaru visits Shikada Dagashi after business hours to conduct a covert exchange with Kokonotsu’s father Yo. Later, she lets Kokonotsu and To in on her secret moneymaking technique.
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#11 - Buta-men, Kuru Kuru Bou Jelly, and... / Bontan-ame, Seven Neon, and...
Dagashi Kashi - Season 1 - Episode 3
Hotaru exacerbates the summer heat by turning off the shop's AC and boiling water to make Buta-men. Saya's suspicions are raised when Hotaru asks about her relationship with Kokonotsu.
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#12 - Promise to Meet Again
Hajime no Ippo - Season 1 - Episode 8
Ippo trains with Takamura and discovers the hardship of pro boxing.
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#13 - Umai-bou, Fries, and... / Milk Coffee Candies, Young Donuts, and...
Dagashi Kashi - Season 1 - Episode 1
Kokonotsu Shikada is the son of a dagashi snack shop owner. Although he wants to become a manga artist, his father, Yo, wants him to take over the family business. One day, a girl named Hotaru Shidare shows up at the shop and challenges Kokonotsu.
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#14 - The Group Date
Hajime no Ippo - Season 1 - Episode 51
Group date, literally. Ippo walks Mashiba's Kumi home.
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#15 - Kinako-bou, Namaiki Beer, and... / Fue Ramune, Menko, and...
Dagashi Kashi - Season 1 - Episode 2
Hotaru tells Kokonotsu that Kinako-bou grabs her attention due to its plain packaging and lack of mascot characters, calling it a desert warrior. She also gives a lecture to Kokonotsu and Saya on the history of Fue Ramune.
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#16 - Summer Festival, Hotaru, and... / Summer Festival, Saya, and...
Dagashi Kashi - Season 1 - Episode 7
It’s summer festival time! Hotaru plans to convert her meager 200 yen of spending money into big winnings at the die-cutting stall. Later on, Saya is very happy when Yo suggests that Kokonotsu escort her around the festival.
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#17 - A Phantom Hospital Ward Rises
Blood Blockade Battlefront - Season 2 - Episode 2
When Zapp is critically injured, he is taken to a hospital that Klaus and Steven have been searching for since the Great Collapse three years previous. Klaus and Steven recount the events of the Great Collapse.
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#18 - Werewolf Mission: Chainpossible
Blood Blockade Battlefront - Season 2 - Episode 4
The general of a hostile foreign power is visited in the middle of the night by a team of invisible werewolves, including Chain. When his aggression continues, it's up to the werewolves again to put a stop to his actions.
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#19 - One Butler's Blitzkrieg
Blood Blockade Battlefront - Season 2 - Episode 5
After Gilbert is injured, Philip, a substitute butler, is sent from the Reinherz estate to cover for him. As Philip tries to settle into the city, he has difficulty adjusting to the necessities of the Libra workplace.
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#20 - I’m Gonna Eat It-Hi, Poem of Cherries, and... / Morinaga Milk Caramel, Sakuma Drops, and...
Dagashi Kashi - Season 1 - Episode 12
While Hotaru and Saya discuss matters of love, Kokonotsu and To seek once again to improve their fortunes through dagashi. Another day, Kokonotsu tries to use his knowledge of dagashi to impress an expectant Hotaru.
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#21 - Get the Lock Out!!
Blood Blockade Battlefront - Season 2 - Episode 6
Leo receives some disheartening news about the chances of reversing Michella's condition. An unexpected intruder takes control of Libra's offices, activating the security measures and barring anyone from getting in.
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#22 - Day In Day Out
Blood Blockade Battlefront - Season 2 - Episode 3
Steven throws a party for his friends outside of work. Leo has his wallet, including his allowance to Michella, stolen by some out-of-towners. Zapp must help track down a pet cat. Chain gets into a drinking contest.
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#23 - Super Himo Q, Ohajiki, and sometimes Maken Gumi... / Yoguret, Coconuts, and...
Dagashi Kashi - Season 1 - Episode 6
Kokonotsu, To, and Saya visit the temple, where they find Hotaru behaving even more strangely than usual. On a separate occasion, Saya reminisces about playing with Kokonotsu when they were in the third grade.
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#24 - Lights, Camera, Action!
Blood Blockade Battlefront - Season 2 - Episode 1
Leo is tasked to escort the live head of the U.S. President while avoiding waves of thugs after him.
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#25 - Branchial Blues
Blood Blockade Battlefront - Season 2 - Episode 7
After Zapp complains about subsidizing the cost of Zed's special needs, Zed goes job hunting, and ends up having his breathing apparatus stolen from him, leaving it to Leo and the others to track it down and retrieve it.
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#26 - Wata-pachi, Lucky Choco-droppings, and... / Sakura Daikon, Egg Ice Cream, and...
Dagashi Kashi - Season 1 - Episode 9
Despite suffering from a mouth ulcer, Hotaru ignores Saya's protestations and eats a dagashi that packs a punch. Later on, Hotaru lets Kokonotsu in on the secret of her origins.
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#27 - Desperate Fight in the Macro Zone (Part 1)
Blood Blockade Battlefront - Season 2 - Episode 8
Leo and his friend, Riel, are mugged, following which Leo is hit on the head by a spherical vehicle piloted by a microscopic doctor. Meanwhile, a microscopic scientists offers Riel the chance to become something more.
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#28 - Cola Gum, Yo, and... / Miyako Kombu, Ramune, and...
Dagashi Kashi - Season 1 - Episode 11
When Kokonotsu asks why Shidare Company wants to recruit his dad, Hotaru tries to show him and Saya how amazing Yo is. On a separate occasion, Kokonotsu and Hotaru discuss dagashi while waiting for a train.
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#29 - Super Scary Story Gum, Typhoon, and... / Kendama, Popping Fortune-Telling Chocolate, and...
Dagashi Kashi - Season 1 - Episode 8
Kokonotsu and the gang are cooped up in Shikada Dagashi due to a typhoon. So To starts telling scary stories to liven things up. On a separate occasion, To tells Kokonotsu that he’s been researching how to become popular among girls.
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#30 - That's Dagashi!
Dagashi Kashi - Season 1 - Episode 10
When Hotaru doesn't show up at Shikada Dagashi for two days, a concerned Kokonotsu and Saya visit her house to investigate. It appears Hotaru has come down with a cold so powerful that she doesn’t even want to eat dagashi.
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#31 - My First Smile
Kanamemo - Season 1 - Episode 3
Kana starts going to summer classes and finds that Mika has joined the class. Saki explains to Kana about how her smile helps get subscribers, but when Kana tries to smile, the results are horrifying. She later introduces Mika to Saki, who is not too impressed that she is from a rival newspaper. She decides to have Kana tag along Mika's subscriber hunt, using her smile to scare off potential subscribers. After a string of failures, Mika decides to help Kana practice her smile. After getting a satisfactory one, they still end up not getting any subscribers but manage to become friends on a first name basis. Kana shows her new smile to her co-workers, who find it hilarious.
#32 - My First Diet
Kanamemo - Season 1 - Episode 9
As Kana is shocked to find she has gained weight, Yume, Yuuki and Hinata decide to help put her on a day. Hinata gives Kana a dog costume so she can sweat more during her rounds, but she soon gets in trouble with a dog called Jon. After being rescued by Mika, they run into Jon's owner, Sacchan, a friend of Kana's, who asks them to look after him for the day while her family are away. With help from Yume, Yuuki and Hinata, Kana and Mika take Jon to the park, where Mika manages to get over her initial hesitation. Mika tells Kana about how she used to have a dog, but had to leave her behind when she moved. After returning Jon to his owners, Mika feels a bit lonely but feels happy in the knowledge that her old dog is being treated the same way. Kana, however, ends up completely forgetting about her diet.
#33 - Mistaken Friend
Hinako Note - Season 1 - Episode 3
The Hitotose Troupe was finally formed, with the goal of someday performing in the famous theater Suzuran. Then the school term begins, and Hinako tries to introduce herself to her class, but as usual her nerves take over and she freezes up like a scarecrow again. As Hinako is feeling down, Chiaki shows up and hands her a flyer that the school's new theater society is handing out to recruit new members. Hinako is excited that theater has returned to the school, but then a classmate, Nakajima Yua, appears and demands to know Hinako's connection to Chiaki...
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#34 - From One Year to the Next
Hinako Note - Season 1 - Episode 11
One day in winter, as Christmas approaches, Mayuki wonders if the Hitotose girls can't put on some kind of event to draw customers to the coffee shop. Chiaki suggests that the troupe put on another play on Christmas Eve, and the girls quickly grow excited for their second public performance. Many ideas are shared, but they decide that since it'll be taking place on Christmas Eve, their play should be a Christmas story... and with that, the preparations begin.
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#35 - The Lost Swimsuit
Hinako Note - Season 1 - Episode 7
It's midsummer, and as the sun's rays grow stronger, the days grow so hot that they seem to burn the girls' skin. Hinako starts to worry when she sees Kuina plastered to her desk in deference to the heat. When Kuina asks why it's so hot, Hinako's answer is a profoundly simple "Because it's summer." Kuina has to accept that answer... but then she rises from her seat as if some great idea has struck her. She says that hot summer days like these make her want to visit the ocean, and suggests that all the Hitotose girls and Yua-chan make a trip to the ocean together.
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