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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - The Future of Painful Thoughts Is
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E1

    Teito Klein is a young student at the Barsburg Military Academy living in the same dorm with his best friend Mikage.

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - The Reverse-blade Sword vs. the Zanbatou: Beyond the Battle
    8.3/10(4 votes)

    S1:E5

    After accepting Sanosuke's challenge, Kenshin encourages him to release his anger towards the corrupt Royalist forces.

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - The Strongest Group of Ninjas: The Horrible Oniwaban Group
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    S1:E9

    Though her medical knowledge has saved Yahiko's life, Sansosuke suspects Megumi of producing the opium responsible for a close friend's death.

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - Money can buy anything
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E5

    After a sleep deprived night, Oga notices he has a strange mark on his hand, revealed to be Zebel Spell, a symbol of the contract between him and Beelzebub. Hildegarde and Alaindelon explain that a Demon Lord's parent is a vessel for his power, and the mark will grow the more opponents Oga defeats. Wanting to get rid of the mark, Oga decides to give up fighting in the hopes it'll make the mark smaller. Meanwhile, another delinquent, Tatsuya Himekawa, hires some thugs to kidnap Hildegarde and Takayuki in order to get Oga's attention. Oga uses Alaindelon to sneak in and forgoes his promise to beat Tatsuya's henchmen. Tatsuya goads Oga into hitting a cermanic plate hidden under his shirt, but his punch is so powerful it knocks him out anyway. Tatsuya then tries using a stun rod, but Oga resists it and uses Beelzebub's power to beat him, which in turn makes his mark larger.

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - Toys Have Arrived from the Demon World / We Played Doctor
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E6

    The mark on Oga's arm goes back to its small size, much to the chagrin of Hildegarde who destroys his games console. She brings a play room for Beelzebub to play in, but upon building it, it turns out to be a magical cage that both she and Oga get stuck inside. The only way to get out is to have Beelzebub solve a block puzzle toy, but he just ends up breaking it. Frustrated, Oga utilises his Zebel power to punch his way out, though it makes his mark grow big again. Rummaging through a bag of demon world toys, Beelzebub opens a chest that transforms Oga and Takayuki into nurses, which can only be reverted by helping Beelzebub play Doctor. Oga decides to use the opportunity to try and do good deeds and get rid of his mark, though has trouble handling the demonic medical supplies. After some failed attempts at treating some of the students, they change back after discovering an actually useful tool on Beelzebub's costume, but accidentally triggers an explosive that negates all the work Oga did getting his mark down to size.

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - The Demon Lord makes his Park Debut
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E7

    Oga's family coerce him into taking Beelzebub to the park so he can make his 'park debut'. Despite making a bad impression with the other mothers, Oga meets a girl named Aoi who is looking after her little brother, Kouta. Aoi tries to help Oga make his park debut which, partly due to the appearance of Alaindelon, doesn't reap much success. The general antics convince the other mothers to call over a police officer, who starts badmouthing both Oga and Aoi. Before Aoi can lose her temper, Oga throws him into a trash can, with Aoi coming off impressed. After Oga leaves, it is revealed Aoi's true identity is that of Aoi Kunieda, leader of the Red Tails gang and one of the Tōhōshinki.

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - We Meet Again
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E8

    Aoi and the Red Tails return to Ishiyama High to deal with Oga, despite not knowing who he is. When Takayuki drags Oga to meet her, Aoi is shocked to find Oga is the one she met at the park, although he doesn't recognize her back. Aoi starts to fight him using powerful bokuto attacks that cut through glass, but he manages to dodge all of her attacks. Impressed by her strength, Oga asks Aoi to become Beelzebub's mother which causes her to become embarrassed and run off. Afterward, Aoi seems to develop feelings towards Oga. Meanwhile, another delinquent gang plots to take down Aoi.

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - Love is a Hurricane
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E9

    The delinquent group, MK-5, come to confront Oga, but are promptly beaten by him and Hildegarde, who catches the attention of a smitten Aoi. As Aoi's right hand ladies, Chiaki Tanimura and Nene Oomura confront Oga, Hildegarde, who had heard from Oga about his plans to dump Beelzebub onto Aoi, challenges her to a fight to test her strength. When Aoi returns to find Chiaki and Nene injured, she assumes Oga is responsible and confronts him in a fight. In actuality, Chiaki and Nene were attacked by MK-5, under the orders of Miwa, who desires the title of Queen. Shintarou helps Nene get to Aoi to tell her the truth, but when Miwa makes his move, Oga promptly beats him up. Afterward, Aoi is once again baffled by Oga trying to give her Beelzebub, explaining that he's forced to raise him because of Hildegarde. Later, Aoi decides to quit the Red Tails and put Nene in charge, feeling that she is no longer able to serve as their leader.

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - There was Something Money Could not Buy
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E11

    Himekawa plots revenge against Oga by setting him up with a poisoned sandwich, but it doesn't affect him due to his resilience to Hilda's cooking. He next attempts to use a popular costumed character in order to try and capture Beelzebub, but Oga and Beelzebub notice that he's a fake due to differently colored chopsticks. He later attempts to seduce Takayuki into giving him Beelzebub, but Alaindelon intervenes, transporting Himekawa and his gang to a far off island. The resulting failures leave Himekawa with no money to hire any more henchmen. Ans as he tries to attack Oga by himself, he gets caught up in fighting against a rival gang also attempting to kill Oga. Afterward, Kanzaki offers him one of his yogurt drinks, to which Himekawa repays him with a year's supply with a month long lifespan.

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - I Won't Let You Sleep Tonight
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E12

    Beelzebub has been crying all night for the past three nights, which is causing Oga and the whole neighborhood to get very little sleep. Wanting to stop his night crying to avoid being chased out of their house, the Oga family attempt to play with Beelzebub all day in order to tire him out come nighttime. Despite managing to get him to sleep, Beelzebub still wakes up and cries in the middle of the night. After Oga spends the day dealing with a sleep deprived Tōhōshinki, Hilda brings a toy that calms Beelzebub down, but is even noisier than his crying.

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - Baby Beel's Assessment Test / Hilda: Dear Great Demon Lord
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E13

    As Ishiyama High holds an assessment test for its studyphobic students, the Great Demon Lord also holds a test for Beelzebub, requiring him to earn points by beating up various things, or run the risk of both he and Oga facing remedial classes in the Demon World. With Beelzebub not showing much hope, Oga decides to try and dump Beelzebub on whoever scores highest on the test. When a rival school interrupts the test, Oga fights them off to allow the other students to keep on the test, earning enough points to avoid remedial lessons, later learning that the smartest student it actually Takayuki. Later, Hilda prepares a letter to the Great Demon Lord, writing reports on Oga, his family and the Tōhōshinki.

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  12. undefined Season 1 Episode 14 - Is There a Special Move?
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E14

    As Kanzaki tries to come up with a new special move to beat Oga, his followers suggest the key to Oga's power is having Beelzebub on his back. Thus, Kanzaki starts training with a weighted baby doll on his back. When that plan doesn't work, they try finding a living substitute, which end in more embarrassing results. Meanwhile, Oga takes Beelzebub to the park where they once again meet Aoi, who has lost track of Kouta. Kanzaki coincidentally finds him and deems him a worthy substitute for Beelzebub. Whilst playing with him, he figures out the key to performing his new special move. After returning Kouta to Aoi, Kanzaki performs his special move, though it just leaves everyone confused. As Kanzaki leaves, Oga admits his move was surprising.

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  13. undefined Season 1 Episode 15 - The Delinquents Have Changed Into Swimsuits
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E15

    Takayuki tells Oga about the final member of the Tōhōshinki, Hidetora Tōjō, mainly to get him interested about ditching Beelzebub so Alaidelon will leave him alone. Wanting Oga to get beaten, Himekawa informs them that Tōjō works at the beach. Oga and Tatsumi go there the next day and get mistaken as part-timers for a yakisoba stand, later finding that Tōjō had actually been fire the previous night. As he keeps missing him, Oga asks Aoi to pass on a letter of challenge to Tōjō, whose henchmen find it before Aoi can rip it up. Oga gets held up to their meeting, arriving only finding a pile of beat up gang members, which Tōjō beat all by himself. Despite Aoi's warnings, Oga looks forward to finally meeting Tōjō.

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 22 - Secluded Mountain Training
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E22

    Baby Beel's fear of insects prompts Oga to give him some special training up in the mountainous village of Mapputatsu. There, he stumbles across Kunieda carrying Kōta in the disguise she wore at the park with her grandfather. While Oga is still unaware of her true identity as Kunieda, her grandfather develops an interest in him.

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 23 - You Kidding Me? The Demon World
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E23

    As the Zebub Spell is restored, Lamia and Dr. Forcas begins to return to the Demon World through Alaindelon. While they were being transported, Baby Beel grabbed onto Lamia and refused to let go, causing Furuichi and Oga to be transported as well. All 4 of them landed in Vlad's Haunt, one of the most dangerous areas in the Demon World, with Alaindelon unconscious. Lamia manages to contact Hilda through her cellphone, and is informed that Alaindelon's daughter might be able to transport them home safely. A Yople alien shows up, which Oga punches, causing the Yople to call the creatures in Vlad's Haunt to attack the group. As the group escapes to find Alaindelon's daughter, they encounter numerous creatures, with Furuichi suffering the worst of their attacks. When the group finally reaches their destination, they realise the place was ransacked by bandits, Gare and Edda, who have kidnapped Alaindelon's daughter. As Oga defeats the bandits easily, the episode ends with Furuichi realising how attractive the daughter is.

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  16. undefined Season 1 Episode 26 - May I Call You Brother?
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E26

    Oga and Furuichi accept Kazuya as their student, after being praised on how legendary they are. Kazuya tries to copy Oga to become strong like him, even making identical lunch boxes. Due to the Teimo incident, Oga and Kunieda meet Kido, the teacher in charge of student life at Saint Ishiyama Academy. They receive a warning of expulsion, should they persist to cause trouble for the school. Meanwhile, Kunieda tries to learn from Azusa to be more open to men, but realises it to be impossible. In order to get Kazuya off his back, Oga pretends to teach the secret technique of electric shocks, and manages to convince Kazuya successfully. Kazuya hears news of Azusa being kidnapped by a bald man suspected to be a Teimo member, and tries to rescue her with his new "powers". After Kazuya fails to land any hits, Kunieda arrives and reveals the man to be an acquaintance of her temple, and the situation is resolved.

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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 27 - Called the Magical Girl
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E27

    In order to make up for forgetting his daughter's birthday, Alaindelon brought Angelica to Furuichi's house for a tour of the Human World. Unfortunately while the gifts were being retrieved from Alaindelon, a Yople alien teleported into the human world and escaped. Angelica resolves to track down the Yople, using a demon wand that transforms its user into a Magical Girl. Gathering 4 other girls - Hilda, Azusa, Honoka and Aoi, they form the 5 Fairies of Light and manages to track down the Yople at an amusement park where Tojo was working as part of the cast in a Gohan-kun theatre drama. A rival girl gang challenges Aoi while they were capturing the Yople and a fight ensures. Eventually, Furuichi manages to pin down the Yople and both of them are teleported away with Angelica's ability. Furuichi eventually returns back to the human world through Alaindelon, leaving him to wonder if he was even inside Angelica at all in the first place. Unfortunately, Angelica left before Furuichi could ask her about it.

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  18. undefined Season 1 Episode 28 - Let's All Get Physicals
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E28

    The students of Ishiyama High are ordered to do physical examinations amongst themselves. Baby Beel gets jealous of a toy which accidentally gets stuck to Oga's back, and locks himself inside of a locker to pout in protest. While trying to lure him out, the girls come into the room for their physicals, forcing Oga and Furuichi to hide under the desk while the girls strip off and start measuring. The girls leave the room without seeing them, despite a few close calls, and upon the girls' departure Oga and Furuichi get up from under the table and start trying to lure Baby Beel out once more. Aoi returns to the classroom moments after leaving, and finds the two of them in the room. She realizes that they have been there all along, and goes on the offensive. During the conflict Baby Beel exits the classroom through an open window and climbs into Sadohara's sports car, and locks the door behind him, which Oga is unable to pull open. Baby Beel "springs a leak", filling the car. Oga, unable to think of any other option, chops the car resulting in the entire shell of the car shattering.

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  19. undefined Season 1 Episode 29 - What Are the 6 Holy Knights?
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E29

    After being shocked early in the morning by Baby Beel, Oga's enthusiasm to find someone new to pass Beel onto is temporarily reborn, and upon hearing rumors of six students who excel both academically and athletically, he goes off searching for these six in the hopes that they will impress Baby Beel. Oga, accompanied by Aoi, goes searching for Kazuya to get more information about the 6 Holy Knights. Meanwhile, Furuichi runs into an old friend, Miki. He warns Furuichi to stop Oga getting involved with the six, and tells him that the six wear badges to identify them as Holy Knights, before promptly revealing himself to be one of them. Oga finds Azusa while looking for Kazuya, and is quickly interrupted when two of the Knights show up, revealing themselves to be Alex and Sakaki. Sakaki tests Aoi's strength first by attacking her with a wooden sword, while she only has a ruler she borrowed from Azusa to defend herself with. Aoi cuts the tip of Sakaki's sword off during his attack, proving herself to be the more skilled swordsman. Oga refuses to fight his opponent, Alex, and instead quizzes him while attempting to dodge his attacks. Alex gives up when he realizes Oga is not taking the fight seriously, and the two knights leave the scene.

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  20. undefined Season 1 Episode 31 - No Conclusion Was Reached!
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E31

    The fight between Oga and Miki begins, with Miki seemingly beating Oga with ease. He strikes Oga with a technique which Aoi recognizes to be Hakkyokuken, a martial art form from China. Oga continues to fail to hurt Miki, using a variety of "special moves" which don't seem any different from his usual attacks. Miki begins to power up his most powerful technique, which he advises Oga to dodge due to its power. Before he has a chance to use it, he is interrupted by Nanami, the 2nd strongest of the 6 Holy Knights. She is shortly joined by the final knight, Izuma, the strongest of the six. Aoi senses how much power he has and recognizes that they have no hope of defeating him. The students return to their classroom to find a notice, declaring all of the Ishiyama High students who were present on the rooftop expelled. The students go to the Counselor's office to complain, and are told that they have a chance to avoid expulsion - by beating the 6 Holy Knights at a sporting event at the upcoming school festival. The students reluctantly accept and leave the office.

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  21. undefined Season 1 Episode 32 - What Has the Transfer Girl Done?
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E32

    Hilda transfers into the class to keep an eye on how things are progressing, with Alaindelon transferring into another class. The students find out the sport will be volleyball, something none of them have any experience in. The students lack motivation which Hilda promises to sort out. With the help of Alaindelon they kidnap the delinquents and force them to watch a poorly edited video of the 6 Holy Knights bad-mouthing them. The delinquents, except Furuichi, all believe in the video and become fired up, ready to beat their opponents.

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  22. undefined Season 1 Episode 33 - There Are Wounds in the Past
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E33

    Oga becomes tired of practicing and walks out of the gym, itching for a fight. He finds Miki training in a nearby Dojo, and challenges him to a fight. Oga takes all of Miki's attacks head on, and is clearly damaged from the strength of the attacks. Miki claims his technique is only at 70% power, but will be ready by the time the school festival arrives. Miki has a flashback to a time when Oga betrayed him in the past, where Miki followed Oga to fight alongside him, but Oga turned on him, knocking him down and kicking him on the floor. Oga finds Tojo and challenges him to a fight, looking for some insight into what his own special technique should be. Oga appears to be quite beaten up after fighting Tojo, but not deterred from it at all. He claims that it is all a matter of fighting spirit, and that he is ready to win at volleyball and any fights he gets into.

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  23. undefined Season 1 Episode 34 - Maids Run Amok
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E34

    The festival is underway, and Azusa is trying to run a Maid café. Furuicihi offers to help, and Azusa and her friends obey his commands blindly due to his reputation as 'The Strategist'. Furuichi persuades many of the Red Tails to dress up in Maid uniforms, claiming that this is a preliminary battle against a café that the 6 Holy Knights are running elsewhere. Hilda also gets involved, and remodels the café to be more formal. Some rowdy guests from Teimo High enter the cafe acting unruly, whom Hilda is quick to discipline.

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  24. undefined Season 1 Episode 35 - Time for the Game to Begin!
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E35

    The match between Ishiyama and the 6 Holy Knights is here, and this is not your usual volleyball! With their pride and their educational future on the line, the Ishiyama gang puts it all out there on the court! Will Furuichi the Strategist be their trump card?

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  25. undefined Season 1 Episode 36 - The Victory has Finally Arrived
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E36

    Kiriya, the man who scarred Miki and tried to attack Oga in the past shows up at the volleyball match. He declares that he is seeking revenge on Oga, and has taken hostages at the school to stop anyone interfering. Kiriya reveals that he had to move away to Nara previously, and this is why he is only now seeking revenge on Oga. Miki, who also moved to Nara after being beaten by Oga, realizes that Oga had only beaten him to protect him from Kiriya when the two of them were both in Nara. Oga and Miki team up to take down Kiriya's henchmen while the 6 Holy Knights, the Red tails and the Tōhōshinki incapacitated all of the Keimo High students holding the St. Ishiyama students captive.

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Nobuhiro Takamoto Ratings Summary

"The Future of Painful Thoughts Is" is the best rated episode directed by Nobuhiro Takamoto. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 4/7/2009 and is rated 0.8 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Reverse-blade Sword vs. the Zanbatou: Beyond the Battle".