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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 6 - Travelling to the Island of Tsukushi... of Hesitation
    9.5/10(4 votes)

    S2:E6

    The class trip is here, and while Rikka and Dekomori must separate, now is a good time for her to get some alone time with Yuta... if their class mates let them!

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  2. undefined Season 2 Episode 15 - In the Remains of Summer
    9.2/10(6 votes)

    S2:E15

    Nagisa becomes increasingly bedridden due to morning sickness. Nagisa wants to give birth at home, so Sanae introduces Yagi, a midwife who is to assist in the delivery. Sanae later tells Tomoya that giving birth will be difficult because of Nagisa's weak physique and may even put Nagisa's life in danger, bringing up the idea that they might have to choose abortion. However, Sanae leaves the choice up to Tomoya and Nagisa. Nagisa learns of her mother's worries, but she decides to go through with the birth at the hospital. Akio takes Tomoya to a meadow and tells him more about the day when Nagisa nearly died. Akio carried Nagisa to the meadow and prayed for her life, and Nagisa miraculously regained consciousness. Akio tells Tomoya that while many painful and difficult things will happen, he and Sanae will always be there for Tomoya and Nagisa since they are family. Nagisa and Tomoya take a walk by the river and decide the name for their child.

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - A Confused... Chaos Heart
    9.2/10(4 votes)

    S1:E9

    The school festival is on, and amidst Shinka's attempts to turn their club into something legitimate, Rikka battles strange feelings that she only experiences when Yuta is around. Shinka decides to help her understand these feelings, but Rikka's full blown case of chunibyo keeps getting in the way.

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  4. undefined Season 2 Episode 12 - The Superior Contract... of Twilight
    9.0/10(5 votes)

    S2:E12

    Rikka is acting strangely around Yuta, and it takes all of her courage to confess her true feelings to him.

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  5. undefined Season 2 Episode 9 - Along the Path
    8.7/10(6 votes)

    S2:E9

    Tomoya and his friends are nearing graduation, and are discussing what they will be doing after they graduate. Kyou wishes to be a kindergarten teacher, Ryou hopes to go to a nursing school, Kotomi wants to study in America, and Youhei aspires to be a model. Tomoya still has not decided on what to do yet. Nagisa's sickness returns, making her unable to go to school and take exams. On the day of graduation, Tomoya returns home to Nagisa who wishes to take a walk with him, while holding hands.

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - The Heretical... Pigtailed Girl (Twin Tail)
    8.7/10(6 votes)

    S1:E3

    Yuta tries to decide what club to join, but Rikka is already a step ahead of him. She creates the "Far-Eastern Magic Society" and manages to rope in two members. Given a provisional club status, Yuta revokes his membership... until Shinka joins the club, too.

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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 21 - The End of the World
    8.6/10(8 votes)

    S2:E21

    Ushio's fever does not back down and Tomoya decides to stay home to take care of her. In case he had to leave home, he calls for both Akio and Sanae to take his place. Ushio tells Tomoya that she wants to go on a trip again like last time, but he declines and tells her that it will happen once she gets better. After several months, winter arrives, and Ushio's fever still does not back down, and Tomoya's morale dwindles. Ushio once again ask Tomoya to go on a trip, and he ultimately accepts thinking that he might not be able to fulfill another promised wish. They pack up and begin their trip back to The Ends of the Earth.

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - Episode 11
    8.4/10(15 votes)

    S1:E11

    Against Hodgins' wishes, Violet takes a job from a soldier at a military base in Ctrigall, a former enemy nation now engulfed in civil war.

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 5 - Together With You (Well, If We Get Along)
    8.2/10(8 votes)

    S2:E5

    Elma and Tohru snarl at each other every time they meet in the shopping district. Miss Kobayashi is exasperated at that typical scene, but they mention it wasn't like that when they first met. Even though they get along like oil and water now, their first encounter took place long, long ago. It happened way back when Tohru was traveling by herself through the other world...

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - Garden of Memories
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    S1:E13

    Tomoya realizes that he met Kotomi as a kid, though only she had remembered. Back then, Tomoya had often visited Kotomi, and was her only friend. Around this time on Kotomi's birthday, her parents left for business reasons, and later that day she finds out they were killed in a plane crash. Kotomi ultimately ended up burning her father's important work before anyone could see it. While Kotomi shuts herself in her house, Tomoya comes over and starts cleaning up the garden which is overgrown with grass and weeds. Nagisa, Kyou and Ryou eventually help out too.

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    8.1/10(20 votes)

    S1:E3

    Violet enrolls in a Doll training course. Her classmate Luculia befriends her, though she has her own problems with her war veteran brother.

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  12. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - Extracurricular Activities (Of Course They're Not Normal)
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    S2:E3

    Saikawa visits Miss Kobayashi's home to play. However, there's a girl that's unfamiliar to her (Ilulu)... Even after inviting her to join their games, Ilulu coldly refuses. Then Lucoa happens to stop by and she notices Ilulu's feelings as she tries to avoid them, so she makes an effort to help the dragon out.

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  13. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - Star-Shaped Feelings
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    S1:E7

    Tomoya and Nagisa convince Kouko that Fuko would wish for her to get married despite Fuko's condition. They talk to the school's administration after finding out Kouko would like to get married on the school grounds. Kouko informs them that Fuko's condition has gotten worse, and she may not awaken from her coma, while Youhei shares his observation that some students cannot see Fuko and others are beginning to forget her and the presents she gave them.

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 19 - A New Life
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    S1:E19

    The drama club is finally re-established and Koumura is shared with the choir club. Tomoya's home room teacher goes to Tomoya's house to ask his father about his future, but Tomoya's father says that is something that Tomoya has to decide for himself. Seeing the strained relationship between Tomoya and his father, Nagisa offers to have Tomoya stay over at her house for the time being, which he accepts. After coming home from school, Tomoya finds several small kids in Nagisa's house, and finds out Sanae is instructing them in a cram school. Nagisa confides to Tomoya that she feels she did something really bad to her parents in the past, but she cannot remember what it is, and her parents say that she must be imagining it.

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Let's Go to the Screening!
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    S1:E8

    One of Eru's acquaintances invites the Classic Lit Club to a screening of a student film made by the members of Class 2-F so they can offer their opinions. When the movie takes an unexpected turn, the club is called on to help find a solution.

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  16. undefined Season 1 Episode 18 - Is the Mountain Range Clear?
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    S1:E18

    While chatting in the club room after school, Hotaro remembers how one of his teachers in middle school famously liked helicopters. But when the others dispute the characterization, Hotaro wonders if there is something more to it.

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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - Start of a New Life! (That Doesn't Go Well, Of Course)
    7.6/10(13 votes)

    S1:E3

    Kanna starts living with Tohru and Miss Kobayashi. While the livelier residence is nice, sharing a tiny apartment with three people becomes cramped. So Miss Kobayashi decides to move. She winds up inviting Takiya to her new apartment for a party, but Tohru also invites her dragon friends, Fafnir, who lives in a cave, and Lucoa, who's lived in this world since ancient times, to visit their new home.

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  18. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - Summer's Staples! (The Fanservice Episode, Frankly)
    7.5/10(12 votes)

    S1:E7

    Miss Kobayashi and the others go to the beach. But Lucoa's immediately dragged off by one of the lifeguards for her overly skimpy swimsuit. After regrouping, they put sunscreen on each other, split a watermelon, go swimming together, and enjoy summer to the fullest. After the beach, it's comiket! Tohru and Miss Kobayashi both head for the otaku's battlefield, and even Tohru gets shivers from the incredible aura surrounding those otaku. While helping Takiya with his circle, Tohru's horns and wings are mistaken as cosplay?!

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  19. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - The First Step
    7.5/10(8 votes)

    S1:E2

    Nagisa admits to wanting to restart the drama club, and Tomoya helps Nagisa to create advertisement posters which they place around school. At school that day, Tomoya meets two other girls: a strange genius named Kotomi Ichinose, and a first-year named Fuko Ibuki. Later that day, Nagisa finds out Tomoya used to play basketball, and invites him to play a game the next day. However, it is later revealed that his father injured Tomoya's arm in a fight; as a result, he is unable to play basketball anymore.

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  20. undefined Season 2 Episode 11 - Premium Seat (No Extra Charge)
    7.4/10(8 votes)

    S2:E11

    Miss Kobayashi's hips have seriously started hurting. She buys up a bunch of health products to try and improve it, but she hardly uses any of them... Even Tohru loses her patience and tries to get her to eat tail meat, but she sadly refuses. Tohru then begins her search for what Miss Kobayashi considers a "typical remedy."

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  21. undefined Season 2 Episode 5 - The Season You Were There
    7.2/10(6 votes)

    S2:E5

    Tomoya and Nagisa visit Youhei, and spend some time talking with Misae and Tomoyo who comes over after them. Later, when Tomoya and Nagisa are talking with Misae privately, Tomoya starts falling asleep. It is shown how when Misae was a first-year in high school, she met a strange boy named Katsuki Shima who says he can grant her one wish in return for her cheering him up years before when he was in the hospital. Misae has a boy she likes named Igarashi, but who unknown to her already has a girlfriend. Igarashi asks Katsuki to tell her this, but he cannot tell her directly and starts crying. Misae sees Igarashi with his girlfriend, and realizes the truth; she runs away, leaving Katsuki behind.

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  22. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - A Corpse by Evening
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    S1:E13

    Satoshi tries to use the Quiz Club's quiz show event to promote the Classic Lit Club. Eru goes around beating the bushes for ways to help sell all of the copies of "Hyouka." More and more items end up missing from various clubs.

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  23. undefined Season 0 Episode 8 - Valentines and Hot Springs! (Please Don't Get Your Hopes Up)
    6.6/10(7 votes)

    S0:E8

    Valentine's Day turns tricky when magic chocolate tempts a sweet-toothed kid in the house. [Episode 14, included in the BluRay Vol. 7]

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Noriyuki Kitanohara Ratings Summary

"Travelling to the Island of Tsukushi... of Hesitation" is the best rated episode directed by Noriyuki Kitanohara. It scored 9.5/10 based on 4 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 2/13/2014 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "In the Remains of Summer".