The Best Episodes Directed By Kenichi Kasai

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - We Fly Across the Sky

   S1:E106/24/2005

   The five friends decide to take a ferry ride over the Sumida river and visit the Kasai Seaside Park.

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   #2 - Fireworks

   S1:E1012/4/2008

   The gang plots an elaborate stunt to scare Minori with a trip to a nearby cave where Yūsaku has planted scary traps, but Yūsaku and Minori disappear.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #3 - These Were Two Unrequited Loves

   S1:E34/29/2005

   Takemoto, Morita and Mayama are invited over to the Hanamoto's for a dinner party after Hagumi brings back some soba from her summer vacation in Nagano.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #4 - The Boy and Girl Are Swayed

   S1:E45/6/2005

   Mayama's love life still remains difficult. Hagumi feels the stress of being different from everyone. And Morita organises a Christmas party for the Christmas Eve.

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   #5 - The Past, the Tears, the Confession

   S1:E65/20/2005

   The group visits a rather eerie zoo. Shuuji reveals to Mayamoto his history with Rika and her husband.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #6 - Like a Flower Getting Wet in the Rain

   S1:E229/16/2005

   Takemoto travels to many houses to get water to drink. Miwako text messages for Yamada to Nomiya, as she wonders how he is doing. Hagu believes that she is selfish for not displaying her paintings.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #7 - We're a Continuously Spinning Ferris Wheel

   S1:E249/27/2005

   Takemoto views the map the night before he starts traveling the next morning. He comes across a store near a school, and ends up eating sweet rolls.

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   7.8/10(5 votes)

   #8 - Yugi vs. Pegasus: Match of the Millennium (3)

   S1:E371/9/2001

   Yugi has found a counter to Pegasus’s mind-reading ability: Yugi switches back and forth between his two souls! Yugi is able to destroy Pegasus’s Toon World, but the duel has just only begun. The next level of the deadly Shadow Game is about to start!

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   7.6/10(8 votes)

   #9 - Christmas Eve Party

   S1:E192/12/2009

   The love triangle of Ryūji, Minori and Taiga reaches a crisis point when true feelings are realized during the school's Christmas Eve party.

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    7.5/10(11 votes)

    #10 - Taiga and Ryuji

    S1:E210/9/2008

    Taiga's efforts to get closer to Yūsaku fail: A scheme in basketball ends with Taiga knocked out, and she drops a plate of cookies out a window.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Day It All Began

    S1:E14/15/2005

    An unusual transfer student arrives at the art school Takemoto attends and attracts the attention of Morita, causing him to go on a photo-taking spree on her. Mayama, Takemoto and Yamada soon discover her artistic talents.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - My Cowardly Self Starts Running

    S1:E157/29/2005

    Mayama's work is going well, but he still misses Rika-san. Her current assistant suddenly has health problem and needs to stay in hospital.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - And So, I Begin to Run

    S1:E239/23/2005

    Yuta begins to travel by bike again. The bike, map and traveling gear he's borrowed from Shin are very reliable. The people he meets along the way, scenery he sees for the first time in his life, new experiences and even the many difficulties he encounters make him think differently about his life.

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    6.6/10(9 votes)

    #14 - First Duel

    S1:E65/23/2000

    Joey undergoes his first duel on the island against Mai Valentine, a professional duelist with an uncanny ability to predict the cards she will draw.

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    6.5/10(11 votes)

    #15 - Trial by Red Eyes

    S1:E127/4/2000

    Joey duels valiantly, but Rex Raptor has unleashed his secret weapon - the Red Eyes Black Dragon! Joey must figure out the secret of the card Yugi's gift, the Time Wizard card, without Yugi's help or he's taking the next boat out of the Duelist Kingdom!

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    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Atonement for Postponed Debts

    S1:E911/27/1998

    Two jealous rivals emerge to sabotage Yukino! The first girl, Maho, resents her popularity and attempts to unmask Yukino's superficiality to the whole school...

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    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Day of Labyrinth

    S1:E510/30/1998

    A new boy has just transferred to Yukino and Arima's school... Asaba. He's pretty handsome and charismatic, so it doesn't take long for him to rise in popularity, but he's got a real problem with Yukino.

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    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - I've Always Been Scared

    S1:E219/9/2005

    Takemoto meets with Professor Hanamoto and a businessman. The businessman offers Takemoto a job, and Takemoto quickly accepts the job. Takemoto celebrates this occasion with Morita, Mayama, Hagu, Professor Hanamoto, and Yamada.

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    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - His Return

    S1:E171/22/1999

    Hearing from her friends that Arima has changed a lot over the summer, Yukino bemoans over the fact that she hasn't changed at all and that she can't seem to get her feelings sorted well when it comes to him.

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    #20 - The Moon Is Calling Her

    S1:E168/5/2005

    The firm Mayama was about to be apart. For some intentional purpose, his boss put him into the group of people who have to leave Tokyo to another place. At the same time, Rika-san's assistant was is hospital and she hasn't been able to find a replacement.

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    #21 - He Came Back

    S1:E188/19/2005

    On his first new project, Takumi must collaborate Fujiwara Design Office - the design company where he just resigned. When he visits the office for a meeting, he is surprised to run into Ayumi.

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    #22 - I Pray to the Moon Hovering in the Night Sky

    S1:E209/2/2005

    Nomiya calls Yamazaki and Miwako to the office early in the morning to assist a drunken Yamada to her father's house.

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