The Best Episodes Directed By Hideya Takahashi

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.6/10(31 votes)

   #1 - STEEL BALL RUN

   S6:E13/19/2026

   After a fateful encounter with outlaw Gyro Zeppeli, former racing prodigy Johnny Joestar enters the Steel Ball Run, the first horse race across America.

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   9.4/10(5 votes)

   #2 - Beneath a Sky on the Verge of Falling

   S4:E284/27/2019

   In the aftermath of the battle between Risotto and Doppio, Abbacchio uses Moody Blues to try and uncover the boss's identity. But the boss is adamant about keeping his identity a secret and executes his next gambit against the group.

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   9.0/10(4 votes)

   #3 - Bucciarati Is Coming

   S4:E210/13/2018

   Faced with Bucciarati's Stand, Sticky Fingers, Giorno desperately uses Gold Experience to defend himself.

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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #4 - File 3: Giovanni

   S1:E310/2/2013

   Red arrives in Saffron City to find Team Rocket's fingerprints on everything. When he rescues a Silph Co. secretary, he learns that Team Rocket has taken over the company! This stems from their desire to get their hands on the Master Ball, the ultimate Poké Ball that has been in development for years. However, one more surprise lies in wait for Red at Viridian City, and this may be the biggest one yet!

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5. 

   7.6/10(23 votes)

   #5 - Crimson Killing Intent

   S1:E109/9/2012

   Kirito has agreed to a duel with the head of the Blood Alliance Knights. If Kirito wins, Asuna is free to leave the Knights and if he loses…

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6. 

   7.2/10(5 votes)

   #6 - For the Third Time, He Turns Back on the Path from Whence He Came

   S1:E95/31/2013

   Yui invites Hachiman and Komachi to the annual summer fireworks festival. The pair run into Haruno, who explains the complicated relationship between herself and Yukino.

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   7.2/10(5 votes)

   #7 - And So, Their Festival Will Never End

   S1:E136/28/2013

   A mysterious request to helm the upcoming sports festival arrives. The group must band together to figure out a way to pull it off.

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8. 

   7.0/10(5 votes)

   #8 - In Other Words, He Doesn’t Have Many Friends

   S1:E44/26/2013

   Hachiman has a small crisis concerning little sisters and what they mean. Afterward he receives a mysterious text, outlining the club’s next student request.

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   7.0/10(2 votes)

   #9 - The Thing That Lurks in the Storeroom

   S3:E58/2/2011

   Natsume helps clean the stoeroom at Taki's house with Tanuma. He realizes that one of the kimonos that her grandfather, who researched youkai, used to ward off demons was missing, but decides not to tell them so they won't be scared. But that kimono was an old doll youkai, who was trying to recover its body which was torn apart when her grandfather sealed it

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    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #10 - The Broken Mirror

    S3:E109/6/2011

    After a brief incident in the forest, Tanuma has become distant to Natsume like he is avoiding something. In the meantime, there is something breaking glass around the school.

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