10.0/102 votes#1 - My Strength
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/21/2015
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
10.0/102 votes#2 - My Jinx
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/9/2015
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
10.0/102 votes#3 - The Letter and Me
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 8/27/2015
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
10.0/102 votes#4 - My Heart
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 9/24/2015
True love.
Director: Kotono Watanabe
Writer: Natsuko Takahashi
10.0/101 votes#5 - New Challenger
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 6/30/2009
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
10.0/101 votes#6 - Heliocentrism. How About That?
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2024
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
10.0/101 votes#7 - Move… The World
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2024
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
9.3/103 votes#8 - My Story
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/9/2015
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
9.0/102 votes#9 - First Step
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/5/2014
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
9.0/102 votes#10 - Smile Is Flower
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/16/2014
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
8.3/103 votes#11 - I Like You
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/18/2023
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
8.1/1012 votes#12 - Rule Number 10
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/25/2014
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
8.0/102 votes#13 - Bonds
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/2012
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
7.8/104 votes#14 - The Only Thing I Have Left to Guide Me
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/22/2011
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
7.5/102 votes#15 - Start
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2012
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
7.5/1012 votes#16 - Weak Square
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/7/2014
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
6.8/104 votes#17 - Are You in Love With Yamada?
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/23/2023
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
Popular searches:
The Best Episodes Directed By Kotono Watanabe
Every TV Episode Directed by Kotono Watanabe Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Kotono Watanabe Ratings Summary
"My Strength" is the best rated episode directed by Kotono Watanabe. It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by Seiko Takagi. It aired on 5/21/2015 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "My Jinx".