9.0/103 votes#1 - Life-or-Death Choices and Family Meetings
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/2019
With Main collapses, everyone she knows comes together in a bid to save her life. But soon, she is faced with a life-or-death decision, one that she must discuss with her family.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.5/101 votes#2 - The Beginning of Winter
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/12/2022
Autumn has come to a close. Main starts selling the scripture picture books, gets asked by the apprentice blacksmith Johann to be his patron, and starts taking the next step in her bookmaking endeavors. While this is going on, Main finds out that the guild master of the Ink Guild, Wolf, is trying to get information on her. Benno then proposes an idea to Main and...
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.5/102 votes#3 - Koenma Appears
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/1992
Pulled by the sprightly, pink-robed Botan, Yusuke enters a realm that is not quite normal -- the Spirit World. There, Yusuke meets Koenma, a 700 year-old ruler with the body of a toddler, pacifier and all! But there's no rom for laughs as Koenma gives Yusuke an ordeal to restore his life. Hatching a Spirit Beast!
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Yukiyoshi Ôhashi
8.5/102 votes#4 - Toguro Returns
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 4/17/1993
Having rescued Yukina and defeated Toguro, Yusuke is spending some time with Keiko in the city. However, when a huge chunk of building is blown up, Yusuke sees Toguro, and they have a little chat. Turns out that Yusuke and Kuwabara really didn't defeat the Toguro brothers, as they were faking and working for Sakyo, and now Toguro wants Yusuke to enter a competition called the ""Dark Tournament"". Compiled of a group of greedy mafia warlords, Toguro convinces Yusuke, as Yusuke gathers Kurama, Hiei, and Kuwabara for his team, the gang sets out to compete in the tournament.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Hiroshi Hashimoto
8.5/102 votes#5 - Jealous Outburst? Two Lovebirds on a Boat: Tremble
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 9/6/2000
Naru and Keitaro decide to go out to celebrate the latest grades and while both are wondering whether it's a date or not, a mysterious little girl appears.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Sho Aikawa
8.4/105 votes#6 - Layer:08 – RUMORS
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/24/1998
Still shaken by the information she received from the Men In Black, Lain discovers that she is being blamed for spreading an ugly rumor in the WIRED. Is what the MIB said is true; is she another person in the WIRED? Or is she doing it herself? Lain must find out or risk losing the one true friend she has.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Chiaki J. Konaka
8.3/103 votes#7 - Trombe and Battles
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 6/14/2020
Main and the head priest set out to join the knights on a mission to take down a rampage trombe. With this being her first exposure to proper noble society, who knows what perils lie in Main's path?
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.3/103 votes#8 - To the Second Winter
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/2019
Main learns from Frieda that the illness she has is called the Devouring, and that it will flare up if she ever feels anxiety or loses hope. Almost on cue, her fever starts acting up...
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.0/103 votes#9 - Forests and Clay Tablets
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2019
Spring has arrived, and Main is raring to go make clay tablets in the forest. But first, she must convince her family that she can handle the journey.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.0/103 votes#10 - Needs
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/19/2020
With Fran now fully on her team, Main must then get to work on winning Gil and Delia over.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
8.0/101 votes#11 - January
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/15/2017
Haruki has been unable to focus during swim practcse since the new semester started; though his relationship with Miharu has returned to normal, he still feels as though something is lacking; Miharu begins missing school for some reason.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Rie Koshika
8.0/101 votes#12 - The Empty Girl
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/25/2024
Takimi confronts Koushi on the palace steps. The medically minded god insists that only his medicine can save Hinako, but Koushi refuses to let his sister suffer any more experiments. As tensions mount, Kira appears—seeming not quite herself.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mamoru Oshii
7.7/103 votes#13 - Wilma and Holy Scriptures for Kids
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/24/2020
With the picture-book production in full sway, Main must navigate several hurdles regarding the process and, more pressingly, Wilma's condition.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.7/103 votes#14 - This Man Is Too Strong for Being So Old
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/18/2019
With the last Heavenly King defeated, Rista, Mash and Elulu want to take some time to enjoy themselves, but Seiya has other ideas. After recovering, the Warmaster receives Seiya and company in the castle. Rosalie requests a favor of Seiya.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Kenta Ihara
7.7/103 votes#15 - Blue Robes and Uncommon Sense
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/12/2020
The stark contrast of the values at the church compared to life downtown continues to bewilder Main, as she butts heads with her retainers and her expected duties at the church.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.5/102 votes#16 - Gift From the Blue-Robed Priest and Going Home
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 5/10/2022
With the Spring Prayer finished, Main and the others returned to the cathedral. Sylvester appoints Main as his guide to show him around the orphanage and workshop, where they observe how the scripture picture books are made. As he leaves, Sylvester gives Main a necklace with a black stone, saying it's a protection charm just in case anything were to happen. Meanwhile, Ferdinand, who had also witnessed the books being made, tells Main's method of making books will change history and how dangerous that may be.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.5/102 votes#17 - The Black Protective Charm
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 6/7/2022
Because of the lack of caution exercised by one of the gate guards, the carriage with the noble from another domain has entered the city. Gunther finds out that Main is being targeted and gets worked up over protecting Main. But then, Main is attacked by some mysterious men. Main believes what Sylvester told her and presses her blood seal upon the black charm he gave her. But then, Main's attackers become even more aggressive. Finally, the high priest's true intentions and his plans with Dirk are revealed.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Mariko Kunisawa
7.5/104 votes#18 - The Wolf Summoned Hither
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/2022
When Fran and Teacher are separated, Teacher is faced with a decision that could destroy him — but desperate times call for desperate measures.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Takahiro Nagano
7.5/102 votes#19 - Keitaro's First Kiss is with...? Journey
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/24/2000
After finding out that both Keitaro and Naru are in Kyoto, the rest of the girls at Hinata Inn assume they're going to commit double suicide and go after them. Meanwhile, Keitaro and Naru help a girl named Mutusmi get back home which is located on the other end of Japan!
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Hiroyuki Kawasaki
7.5/102 votes#20 - Changing After the Wedding? Swordmaster Motoko's Sunday Best: Feminine
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 7/5/2000
When Motoko runs out of clothes as they're all in the laundry, she is forced to wear a dress. Furthermore, her swordsmanship has been foiled by not only Tama-chan but also Keitaro. This leads her to doubt herself and things get worse when Mecha Tama-chan begins to create havoc.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Katsuhiko Takayama
7.0/102 votes#21 - Unknown Song
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/27/2021
Kurusu still struggles to use his vampire powers in combat as Code Zero investigates a series of strange deaths in the Yoshiwara red-light district.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votes#22 - The Search Begins
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/1992
Yusuke's three-day weekend is cut short when Botan delivers his next big case. Genkai, an aging psychic, will hold a contest to find a worthy apprentice to her powerful technique: the Spirit Wave. But an evil demon, Rando, plans to steal the technique and use it for mass destruction! Yusuke must go undercover and infiltrate Genkai's compound!
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
7.0/101 votes#23 - The Beasts of Maze Castle
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/16/1993
Yusuke returns from training with the great psychic Genkai, and not a moment too soon! Dreadful Makai Insects are invading his own city, part of a sinister scheme to flood the earth with demons! With Kuwabara at his side, Yusuke dives into a forbidden demon city. His target: four deadly creatures known as the Saint Beasts!
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Hiroshi Hashimoto
7.0/101 votes#24 - Suzaku, Leader of the Beasts
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/20/1993
Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei rush into the next part of the castle as they reach the final chamber where Suzaku awaits. Unknown to them Suzaku's master plan is being made - to capture Keiko.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Yukiyoshi Ôhashi
7.0/101 votes#25 - A Day in Waiting
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 5/29/1993
When he’s ambushed by a loose-cannon competitor, Yusuke learns that even quiet moments on Hanging-Neck Island are dangerous. Meanwhile, Hiei faces the consequences of his deadly dragon attack.
Director: Shigeru Ueda
Writer: Sukehiro Tomita
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"Life-or-Death Choices and Family Meetings" is the best rated episode directed by Shigeru Ueda. It scored 9/10 based on 3 votes. It was written by Mariko Kunisawa. It aired on 12/12/2019 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Beginning of Winter".