The Best Episodes Directed By Masaki Matsumura
Every TV Episode Directed by Masaki Matsumura Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Masaki Matsumura Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Masaki Matsumura is "The Fate that Brings Ushio And Tora Together", rated 10/10 from 1 user votes. It was "written by Toshiki Inoue". "The Fate that Brings Ushio And Tora Together" aired on 7/3/2015 and is rated 1.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Howl".
10.0/10 1 votes#1 - The Fate that Brings Ushio And Tora Together
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/3/2015
While cleaning out some books from the store room, Ushio stumbles upon a door. Upon opening it, he finds a beast inside, which is stuck because of a spear holding it in place. The beast asks him to remove the spear, since only a human can do it. But since he says that he'll eat Ushio and wreck havoc among humans, Ushio doesn't help him. The beast's aura leaks, attracting many other yokais and Ushio is forced to free him to exterminate all the other yokais.
Director: Masaki Matsumura
Writer: Toshiki Inoue
9.0/10 2 votes#2 - Howl
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2014
Hak is accused of murdering King Il. In order to protect Yona and the Wind Village, he gives up his title of chief and decides to wander alone.
Director: Masaki Matsumura
Writer: Shinsuke Onishi
8.5/10 17 votes#3 - Anger x And x Light
Season 2 Episode 131 - Aired 5/27/2014
After telling gon the truth about kite, Pitou tells gon that she is sorry for what she did, but it's too late for apologies.
Director: Masaki Matsumura
Writer: Tsutomu Kamishiro
8.5/10 11 votes#4 - Revenge x And x Recovery
Season 2 Episode 116 - Aired 2/11/2014
Face to face with Pitou, Gon can't hold back his rage and urges the chimera to fight him. Realizing that Pitou is willing to sacrifice itself to protect Komugi, Killua attempts to calm down his friend down with no success, but in the end, Gon gives one hour for Pitou to treat Komugi in exchange of accompanying him to meet Kite and help him recover his senses.
Director: Masaki Matsumura
Writer: Tsutomu Kamishiro
8.3/10 6 votes#5 - Kill the Fate
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/10/2014
Night Raid continues to work on their plan to assassinate Borick in Kyoroch. Tatsumi and Mine wander around the city, but then end up running into Seryu, who is responsible for Sheele's death. Mine decides to end things once and for all with her, while Tatsumi fights Suzuka from the Four Demons.
Director: Masaki Matsumura
Writer: Makoto Uezu
8.0/10 2 votes#6 - Light
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/13/2015
The blue dragon warrior retrieves his mask and begins digging a path out of the cave. The others join him and Hak starts digging from the outside. Hak finally breaks through and reunites with Yona. Yona again asks the blue dragon warrior to travel with them and he accepts. They set off, but Ki-Ja collapses from exhaustion so they stop to make camp. Yona gives the name "Shin-Ah", which she says means moonlight, to the blue dragon warrior. When they awake the next morning, Ki-Ja tells Yona he can sense the green dragon warrior.
Director: Masaki Matsumura
Writer: Seiko Takagi
7.8/10 13 votes#7 - Defeat x And x Reunion
Season 3 Episode 145 - Aired 9/2/2014
Leorio is about to win the election, but loses all motivation to continue after a fully healed Gon appears before him, thanks to the power of Alluka, opening the way to Pariston's victory. Surrounded by his friends and the other hunters who celebrate his recovery, Gon meets his father at last.
Director: Masaki Matsumura
Writer: Tsutomu Kamishiro
7.7/10 10 votes#8 - Kite x And x Slots
Season 2 Episode 82 - Aired 6/2/2013
Some of the more aggressive Chimera Ants have eaten the villains who ran the NGL underground and grown increasingly evil. When Gon looks away from their gruesome act, Kite admonishes him. Now, they must battle for their lives. Meanwhile, a Chimera Ant is on the verge of discovering Nen.
Director: Masaki Matsumura
Writer: Shouji Yonemura
7.7/10 6 votes#9 - The Ruler of Conspiracy
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 7/26/2022
While Albedo and the others make their moves toward world domination, Ains has his own little plan. He wants to cultivate true adventurers to explore the unknown, like the players in Yggdrasil. His recruitment efforts bring him to the Baharuth Empire...
Director: Masaki Matsumura
Writer: Yukie Sugawara
7.7/10 13 votes#10 - The x True x Pass
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 6/17/2012
Gon and Killua begin training in Hatsu, the culmination of everything they've learned about Nen. And finally, Gon challenges Hisoka to return the favor from the Hunter Exam.
Director: Masaki Matsumura
Writer: Mitsutaka Hirota
7.5/10 12 votes#11 - Pirates x And x Guesses
Season 2 Episode 68 - Aired 2/24/2013
The condition for obtaining Patch of Shore is to chase a band of fifteen pirates out of town. Gon and crew are immediately taken to the boss, Razor, but they are quickly defeated. The plan is to recruit stronger party members and try again, so they start with the player named Chrollo.
Director: Masaki Matsumura
Writer: Atsushi Maekawa
7.5/10 13 votes#12 - Condition x and x Condition
Season 1 Episode 47 - Aired 9/16/2012
The anticipated battle between Kurapika and Uvogin begins! Can Kurapika really withstand Uvogin's abilities, and just what are the full extent of the powers in Kurapika's chains?
Director: Masaki Matsumura
Writer: Tsutomu Kamishiro
7.2/10 4 votes#13 - A Stormy Encounter
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/8/2016
Ikta is a brilliant, but lazy and unmotivated boy. His childhood friend, a high-ranking daughter of a noble, offers him an easy position at a library if he can help her get the top score on a military exam. But their lives take a sudden turn when the boat carrying them to the exam runs aground, and Ikta rescues a mysterious girl on board. When she turns out to be a princess, and they all find themselves behind enemy lines, Ikta is going to start having to work hard for real...
Director: Masaki Matsumura
Writer: Shogo Yasukawa
7.1/10 16 votes#14 - A x Surprising x Challenge
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2011
Gon and Kurapika reunite with Leorio and Killua at the Phase Two site. Satotz leads what remains of the candidates to meet the second phase examiners, named Menchi and Buhara. The examiners declare the next phase is to test their cooking skills, much to the candidates' disbelief. The test requires pork, so the candidates are sent to find pigs in the forest. However, the pigs living inside the forest are carnivorous and tear through the candidates. Thanks to Gon, they discover the pigs' weakness and they manage to each get one for their cooking. Upon tasting the candidates' cooking, Buhara gives a pass but Menchi fails all of them. Knowing the candidates will riot, Satotz informs Chairman Netoros of the Hunter Selection Committee to make an appearance. Netoros arrives to correct Menchi's habit of getting biased whenever it's related to cooking. Netoros allows Menchi to stay on as examiner, and she gives the candidates a retest: boil eggs laid by spider eagles on Mt. Split-in-Half.
Director: Masaki Matsumura
Writer: Mitsutaka Hirota
7.0/10 1 votes#15 - The Fate of Ushio and Tora
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 6/24/2016
Hakumen crushes its eyes itself to overcome the fear of the Beast Spear. Tora wants to save all the people even if it has to sacrifice itself, and tells the strategy to Ushio.
Director: Masaki Matsumura
Writer: Kazuhiro Fujita
6.8/10 13 votes#16 - Gathering x Of x Heroes!
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 7/29/2012
The biggest auction in the world is about to take place in York New City. The Phantom Troupe leader, Chrollo, has instructed the members to gather in the city. For what purpose? The band of murdering thieves is about to make its move.
Director: Masaki Matsumura
Writer: Mitsutaka Hirota
6.7/10 3 votes#17 - In a Twilight Empire
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/30/2016
Ikta suffers a serious setback at the hands of the unsleeping, shining officer from the Kioka republic. His lines have been broken and the retreat is in disarray. To salvage an increasingly desperate situation, he leads a small, handpicked force to lure Jean into a trap. But Jean's proven himself for than a match for Ikta already, and the Alderan military outnumbers his own forces by over a dozen times. How can he handle such overwhelming numbers when his opponent has shown to be his equal?
Director: Masaki Matsumura
Writer: Shogo Yasukawa