The Best Episodes Directed By Minoru Ota

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(5 votes)

   #1 - Expressing Arpeggios

   S3:E106/9/2024

   The Kansai competition is right around the corner, and the band's dissent about Taki-sensei's decisions only continues to grow. Kumiko goes to speak with him, and she has to decide whether to speak her mind.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #2 - #5

   S1:E58/4/2025

   Nagumo is taken away by Tanabe. Their destination is the Tanabe Residence Hospitality Twin Towers. With the help of a kind person they meet along the way, Nagumo and Wako try to escape, but the guardians on each floor block their path... Meanwhile, Niikura continues to run recklessly, chasing the Mimineko. Disconnected dots begin to connect in CITY!

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3. 

   7.5/10(8 votes)

   #3 - There Are Various Reasons Behind It (It's Full of Elma)

   S2:E99/2/2021

   It all started with a single statement from Elma--"I demand improved worker conditions!" The company Miss Kobayashi and the others work at is very close to being exploitative, and Elma finally realizes their situation is wrong and rises up against it. Miss Kobayashi assumes it's impossible to improve their working conditions, but the dragon's energy and spirit were far greater than she imagined...

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4. 

   7.4/10(8 votes)

   #4 - Common Sense (It's Different For Everyone)

   S2:E78/19/2021

   Two suspicious figures appear in a dark alley under the cover of night. An unsettling air hangs over their secret exchange. "What do you need, asking me to come here?" asks the perverted woman with two horns. "Lend me your power," answers the melancholic man in a butler uniform. And so the most sinister and awful tag team begins to take action.

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5. 

   7.3/10(3 votes)

   #5 - The Electric Boy

   S1:E17/5/2026

   Early 20th-century Kyoto. Kihachi witnesses the wonders of electricity with Seiroku. Four years later, alone and cynical, he meets a girl deep in prayer.

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   6.5/10(2 votes)

   #6 - Electric Brain

   S1:E129/20/2026

   Inako and Kihachi throw themselves into pursuing their dreams. Determined to fulfill Seiroku's vision, Yosuke ropes Kihachi into a colossal project.

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