10.0/104 votes#1 - Signs of a Turnabout! The Autonomous Ultra Instinct Erupts!
Season 1 Episode 116 - Aired 11/19/2017
Goku unleashes stupendous ki. In his battle with Kafla, he has once more reached Ultra Instinct. His body unconsciously dodges Kafla's attacks, which triggers her to launch an even fiercer assault. Then after avoiding her attack, Goku fires a Kamehameha at point-blank range!
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Atsuhiro Tomioka
9.3/103 votes#2 - Admiral Kizaru's Fierce Assault! The Straw Hats Face Certain Death!
Season 11 Episode 404 - Aired 6/7/2009
Zoro's barely breathing, and Admiral Kizaru is ready to stomp him into oblivion. The battered and beaten Straw Hats could certainly use a powerful friend right about now.
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Hirohiko Uesaka
9.3/103 votes#3 - Hard Battles, One After Another! Devil Fruit Eaters vs. Devil Fruit Eaters!
Season 13 Episode 468 - Aired 9/26/2010
Supernatural powers take center stage in the battle to save Ace as Luffy and his uniquely talented allies throw down with the Navy’s own arsenal of Devil Fruit Eaters!
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
9.3/103 votes#4 - The Scaffold at Last! The Way to Ace Has Opened!
Season 13 Episode 479 - Aired 12/12/2010
Whitebeard orders his men to help Luffy clear a path to the execution scaffold, but someone close to the Rubber-man rises up to derail the rescue mission at the last second!
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Jin Tanaka
9.3/103 votes#5 - Landing at the Maiden Island! The Harsh Reality Falls upon Luffy!
Season 13 Episode 491 - Aired 3/27/2011
Power-hungry pirates terrorize innocent citizens once protected by Whitebeard, and Luffy’s nightmarish awakening sends him on a reckless rampage that could land him in an early grave!
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
9.3/103 votes#6 - Freedom Taken Away! The Nobles' Plot Closing in on the Brothers!
Season 13 Episode 500 - Aired 5/29/2011
The brothers are captured by a gang of pirates, and Sabo is handed over to his noble father, where the boy quickly discovers a sinister plot to destroy Gray Terminal forever!
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
9.3/103 votes#7 - Warriors of Justice Close In! The Pride Troopers!
Season 1 Episode 101 - Aired 7/30/2017
The Pride Troopers of Universe 11 launch an assault on Goku's team.
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Hiroshi Yamaguchi
9.3/103 votes#8 - Rescue Camie! The Archipelago’s Lingering Dark History
Season 11 Episode 394 - Aired 3/29/2009
Camie was abducted by a dastardly gang of kidnappers, and her next stop is the auction house unless the Straw Hats can rescue her. To make it in time, they’ll have to hitch a ride on some flying fish!
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Jin Tanaka
9.2/105 votes#9 - Fists Full of Emotion! Luffy Unleashes Gatling with All His Might!
Season 9 Episode 309 - Aired 5/13/2007
Luffy lies battered and badly beaten, but Usopp's desperate pleas inspire the rubber-man to mount one final, furious attack on Rob Lucci!
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Naoki Koga
9.0/102 votes#10 - Sanji's Shock! Mysterious Old Man and His Super Yummy Cooking!
Season 9 Episode 319 - Aired 7/22/2007
Sanji spends the day with a very old chef who teaches him the secret of packing amazing flavor into each and every dish!
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
9.0/102 votes#11 - The Great Scramble for Treasure! Collapse! Spa Island!
Season 11 Episode 383 - Aired 12/28/2008
Luffy and the Straw Hats attempt to destroy a floating resort in order to reunite two sisters who possess a blueprint for making jewels!
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Takuya Masumoto
9.0/102 votes#12 - Jet Pistol of Anger! Luffy vs. Blackbeard!
Season 13 Episode 447 - Aired 4/18/2010
Even in Second Gear, Luffy is no match for Blackbeard’s vortex, but the rubber-man rebounds by knocking out a Demon Guard with one ferocious pistol-punch. Elsewhere, Warden Magellan vows to finish Luffy once and for all!
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
9.0/102 votes#13 - A Special Retrospective Before Marineford! The Vow of the Brotherhood!
Season 13 Episode 457 - Aired 6/27/2010
While the marines prepare for Ace’s execution, Luffy looks back on all the good times he shared with his brother, and Jimbei reveals the shocking details of the day Fire Fist Ace went down in defeat!
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Hirohiko Uesaka
9.0/102 votes#14 - Unexpected Relanding! Luffy, to Marineford!
Season 13 Episode 511 - Aired 8/21/2011
Luffy, along with Jimbei and Dark King Rayleigh, causes quite the commotion upon his return to Marineford. Meanwhile, powerful pirates all across the globe wreak havoc on the innocent!
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Jin Tanaka
9.0/102 votes#15 - The Second Samurai - Evening Shower Kanjuro Appears
Season 16 Episode 691 - Aired 5/3/2015
Hidden far underground, Kin'emon finds his old friend Kanjuro, whose powers allow the two to, quickly, but not elegantly, escape to the surface! Meanwhile, Cavendish shares his fears that the "Birdcage" game Doflamingo is playing has been rigged all along - and that the only way to win is to take the Warlord down!
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Tomohiro Nakayama
8.7/103 votes#16 - Save Me, Hero!! My Enemy Is the Immortal Princess
Season 10 Episode 360 - Aired 6/29/2008
Usopp is forced to go through a gauntlet of Perona's Horo-Horo powers, including an untouchable body, size manipulation, passing right through him and creating explosive mini-Hollows that slowly rip away at his stamina and body. Temporarily turning into Sniperking to finally dispatch Kumacy, Usopp is forced up against a desperate wall until he finally realizes Perona's sudden change. Usopp uses one of his attacks to destroy a nearby wall, revealing Perona's body lying helplessly in her bedroom.
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Hirohiko Uesaka
8.7/103 votes#17 - Oars + Moria! The Most Heinous Combination of Brains and Brawn
Season 10 Episode 369 - Aired 9/7/2008
Moria's shadow escapes, leaving Luffy stranded in the forest, as some strange people reveal that they are looking for him. Zoro begins the fight against Oars, revealing the new 108 Caliber Phoenix with his newly-obtained sword, but Oars manages to avoid his attacks. Kuma informs Moria of the appointment of Blackbeard as Crocodile's replacement, and warns him that the Straw Hat pirates may defeat him, too. Moria refuses Kuma's offer to help him, and enters Oars' stomach to guide him against the crew. The crew realize that as Luffy failed to catch and defeat Moria, it is up to them to defeat Moria and Oars before dawn. Usopp runs to the kitchen to gather more salt to purify Oars, but Oars strikes out at him, destroying the passage to the kitchen. Brook, his injuries healed, manages to save Usopp and bring the Straw Hats a large bag of salt.
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Hirohiko Uesaka
8.7/103 votes#18 - The Promise from a Distant Day! The Pirates' Song and a Small Whale!
Season 10 Episode 378 - Aired 11/23/2008
Hogback and Absalom escape Thriller Bark with the unconscious Moria, revealing that Blackbeard's Warlord status from defeating Ace. The next day, the Straw Hats celebrate their victory over Moria, but do not know why Zoro is so badly wounded. Sanji hears the story from the Risky Brothers, but prevents them from telling anyone else, saying it would trouble Luffy greatly to hear that Zoro suffered for his sake, but Robin eavesdrops on the conversation. Luffy tells Brook that Laboon is alive, and he is overjoyed to hear it, and begins to think about the time 50 years ago when he and his pirate crew first met Laboon.
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
8.3/103 votes#19 - I Can't Protect Anyone Unless I Win! Third Gear Activated
Season 9 Episode 304 - Aired 4/8/2007
Nami, Sanji, Usopp, Zoro, and company find themselves trapped in to tunnel filled with rapidly rising water. Meanwhile, Luffy musters the strength for one last stand in his battle with Lucci.
Director: Makoto Sonoda
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
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"Signs of a Turnabout! The Autonomous Ultra Instinct Erupts!" is the best rated episode directed by Makoto Sonoda. It scored 10/10 based on 4 votes. It was written by Atsuhiro Tomioka. It aired on 11/19/2017 and is rated 0.7 points higher than their second-best episode, "Admiral Kizaru's Fierce Assault! The Straw Hats Face Certain Death!".