9.3/104 votes#1 - Summertime
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/6/2009
Five years after Tomoya left Ushio with Sanae and Akio, he spends his days at work and spending money on smoking and drinking. Sanae and Tomoya go out together into town, and she asks him to go with her and Akio on a family trip; after Sanae continues to ask him, he accepts. The day of the trip, he discovers that both Sanae and Akio have left him and Ushio alone together. The two spend the next day and night together, and when Sanae and Akio still do not show up, Tomoya asks Ushio if she would be willing to still go on a trip, even if it was only with a person like him. The two decide to take the trip by themselves and, as they walk, Tomoya wonders where they are headed.
Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
8.7/103 votes#2 - Summer Training!
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 7/7/2010
Ritsu and Tsumugi get into shenanigans while Nodoka helps Yui with her homework.
Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.5/102 votes#3 - Episode 10
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/5/2011
Someone put in stained glass! Don't expect us to have infinite water! Did you know mature people don't eat snacks? When I grow up, I want to be a frill-necked lizard.
Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda
Writer: Chizuru Segawa
8.5/102 votes#4 - Yet Another School Festival!
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 8/18/2010
Another school festival arrives, and the girls perform. Realizing their last year together is coming to an end, they reflect on their time together and vow to make the best of the remaining time.
Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda
Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto
8.5/104 votes#5 - The Founder's Day Festival Promise
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/2008
Working has its ups and downs for Tomoya. He does not want his boss to find out that he has an injured shoulder, in fear that he will lose his new job. He promises Nagisa that he will join her at the Founder's Festival, yet work gets busy and while his fellow co-workers would have covered for him, he wanted to prove his worth. He is late for his date, and is starting to become too busy to sustain a healthy relationship with Nagisa. He gains respect with his co-workers and settles into his job.
Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
8.3/103 votes#6 - The Future
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 5/26/2010
While filling in University Choice forms, Yui and Ritsu get in trouble for not being decisive enough about their future. Nodoka tells the others about how Yui became friends with her after they met in kindergarten.
Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda
Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto
8.2/105 votes#7 - With the Same Smile as That Day
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2008
Youhei has not been coming to class lately, and his friends and Mei are worrying about his situation. Mei, Tomoya, and Nagisa visit the soccer club, and try to convince them to let Youhei rejoin. After a grueling task of fetching soccer balls, the club still will not let Youhei back on the team. While the leader of the soccer team makes Mei cry and picks on her, Youhei storms in and starts beating up the entire soccer club with the help of Tomoya. After the soccer team members leave, Tomoya and Youhei have another fight about the protection of Mei. Youhei finally admits he was worried about Mei, and the fight is resolved after Mei and Nagisa interject. Tomoya later recounts to himself how he and Youhei first met.
Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
8.1/107 votes#8 - Freshman Reception!
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/22/2009
The second year of school begins! The Light Music Club tries to gather by any means necessary.
Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.0/102 votes#9 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/24/2011
It doesn't grow from the sides! It's a snowman. And who would give gum to a cat, you fool? Super ultra great delicious wonderful...
Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda
Writer: Jukki Hanada
7.7/107 votes#10 - Special Training!
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/17/2009
It’s time to take midterm exams, but Yui is too busy practicing guitar that she ends up failing. She must pass the retest or the band must breakup.
Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda
Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto
7.5/104 votes#11 - Face Toward the School Festival
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/14/2008
Nagisa and her friends continue to practice for the play, such as reciting tounge twisters, choosing which music to use for the play, lighting, and stage direction. Nagisa's father rents a play on video, and Nagisa finds it very touching, plus it was the first play she ever saw. Tomoya and Akio try to find the script of the play that Nagisa is going to perform in the shed, but do not find it. The drama club has a practice the day before the school festival is to begin and it goes well. The night before the school festival, Nagisa looks for a flashlight in the shed, but bumps into some boxes and discovers photographs and diaries of her parent's pasts.
Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
7.0/104 votes#12 - Stuck Problem
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/25/2008
In order to help Nagisa reform the drama club, her friends offer their names in order to get enough members to qualify, but they still need a teacher to advice them with the club, which leads them to ask Toshio Koumura. However, he is already meant to be the adviser for the choir club, so Nagisa goes to talk with Rie Nishina about which club Koumura should advise. The next day, Nagisa finds a threatening letter in her desk, and Youhei finds out that it was Rie's friend Sugisaka who is behind it. After talking with Nagisa about Rie's past, Nagisa chooses to give up on reforming the drama club, though this does not sit well with Youhei. Tomoya and Youhei go to Yukine Miyazawa to kill time during school, and Yukine gives Youhei an idea related to basketball. The next day, Youhei approaches Tomoya and Nagisa about playing in a basketball match in order to get the choir club to back down, but Tomoya continuously refuses his offer.
Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
6.0/102 votes#13 - Endless Eight (1)
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 6/19/2009
After the busy island adventure with the SOS Brigade and a family trip to visit relatives in the countryside, Kyon is just settling in to relax for the final two weeks of summer vacation. Unfortunately for him, Haruhi wants to get everything she can out of the precious time remaining, in the company of the SOS Brigade. As such, the group is taken on a whirlwind tour of summer activities, from swimming pools to summer festivals, part-time jobs, and bug hunting. Finally, Haruhi has made it through her entire list, and the last day of August arrives. Though Kyon tries to make up for lost time by doing his neglected summer homework, he eventually gives in to distraction, going to bed just before midnight.
Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda
Writer: Shoji Gato
6.0/102 votes#14 - Endless Eight (8)
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 8/7/2009
The loop continues for the 15,532nd time. But as Haruhi leaves, Kyon knows what to do to break the endless loop of summer.
Director: Mitsuyoshi Yoneda
Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto
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"Summertime" is the best rated episode directed by Mitsuyoshi Yoneda. It scored 9.25/10 based on 4 votes. It was written by Fumihiko Shimo. It aired on 2/6/2009 and is rated 0.6 points higher than their second-best episode, "Summer Training!".