The Best Episodes Directed By Kotono Watanabe

Takeo's asked by senpais in a Judo club to join them and participate in a match against their rivals, the Bianka High School Judo Club, a month later. Takeo agrees right away, and trains furiously as Rinko cheers him on. Will he win?

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: Seiko Takagi

Takeo and Rinko end up going to MM Land with Ai, Oda, and Suna. While the two enjoy the various attractions of MM Land, Oda tries everything in his power to have Takeo and Ai have a moment alone together in the hopes that Ai can confess her longtime feelings to Takeo. Will Ai do it?

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: Seiko Takagi

Every year, Suna has received an anonymous letter and chocolate on Valentine's Day. Every time, the letter says, "I don't need anything in return, but please like me." One day, Takeo senses a strange presence behind them, and meets the sender of the letter, Yukika Amami. After hearing about her longtime feelings for Suna, Takeo decides to help her!

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: Natsuko Takahashi

True love.

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: Natsuko Takahashi

When Miyata confronts Ippo about their promise, it is revealed that Miyata has risen far above Ippo's level due to his over-reliance on the Dempsey Roll. When Ippo's next challenger, Shimabukuro Iwao, declares that he will destroy the Dempsey Roll, Ippo decides to train his Dempsey Roll so that it has no weaknesses. The coach decides to help Ippo, even if it means fighting against modern boxing itself!

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: N/A

A gifted young student plans to study theology at university, but his true passion is astronomy. One day, he meets a mysterious scholar named Hubert.

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: Shingo Irie

Oczy seeks the help of Badeni, the demoted monk who incurred the Church's wrath by turning his curiosity to the riddles of the sky.

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: Shingo Irie

Takeo Gouda is a first-year high school student. Clocking in at 2 meters and 120 kilos, Takeo is a socially awkward hothead who's straight as an arrow. One day, he saves a high school girl from a groper on a train, and falls in love with her the next day when she comes by to thank him. But he believes that she must have fallen instead for his best friend with model-like good looks.

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: Natsuko Takahashi

With Tami and Yaya having joined, the club finally has four members, and they begin working towards their goal of performing in the Hanairo Yosakoi Festival in the summer. But Naru and the others have never seen real yosakoi, so by Tami's suggestion, they go to the Shounan Yosakoi Festival.

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: N/A

Just three weeks until Hanairo Yosakoi Festival! Everyone is hard at work practicing, but Hana seems a bit down. One night, after recording the vocals for their song, Hana visits Naru, and tells her...

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: N/A

Akane, who was now determined to confess her feelings to Yamada, reaches out to ask for advice from Momoko, the friend who consoled her after her most recent break up, and Rurihime, or rather Eita. As to not lose the momentum she got from that, Akane heads to Yamada’s apartment without any forewarning, but she had arrived just when he is rushing out of his home to get to cram school and can’t get herself to tell him how she feels. They decide to meet again after he finishes his lessons but are then met with a sudden rainstorm. Along with the rainstorm, Tsubaki also makes a sudden and impulsive action, which ended up leading to Akane and Yamada’s plans to meet up being cancelled…

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi

While Izuna's abilities seemingly defy physics, Sora and Shiro make potentially futile attempts to amp up their game.

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: Jukki Hanada

Taira has lost it and is attacking his friends. Ryouta doesn't want to fight but this time he truly might not have a choice.

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: Yosuke Kuroda

Sayaka's funeral was held in the rain. Madoka returns home with vacant eyes. She barely says anything to Junko who met her at the front door, and goes into her room. Kyubey appears in front of Madoka, who is lost in her grief, alone.

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: Gen Urobuchi

Ryōta Sakamoto is ranked #10 worldwide in Btooom!, an online game where players kill each other with bombs. After a game one day, he mysteriously awakes in a real life version of the game.

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: Yosuke Kuroda

Sora and Shiro leave the running of the country to Steph and spend every day playing video games. Steph's hope that they would become not only the saviors of Elukia, but all of humanity, crumbles away.

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: Takashi Aoshima

Akane joins the offline meetup of the Chocolate Rabbit Guild being held at the FOS collab café. Though she’s able to recognize who Yamada and this Rurihime-like girl is, she struggles to figure out who the two others in attendance, Eita and Mr. Kamota, are. Seeing this, Yamada suggests they start with self-introductions, where Akane finds out that Mr. Kamota is a player with the username takezo and he is a strawberry farmer who she’s never come across in FOS. The other unknown figure, Eita, was the player of a character that Akane would never have guessed…

Director: Kotono Watanabe

Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi