The Best Episodes Directed By Shingo Kaneko

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   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Legend of the Holy Sword - Kid and Black☆Star's Great Adventure?

   S1:E96/2/2008

   Black☆Star and Death the Kid discover the worst part of searching for the legendary Excalibur: finding the legendary Excalibur.

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   #2 - Sink or Swim?! The Men who Transcend the Gods?

   S1:E503/23/2009

   Maka struggles to save Soul, but even if she manages to bring her partner back from the edge of insanity, it might be too late to rescue Black☆Star, Death the Kid, and their Weapons from the Kishin!

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   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #3 - Going Swimming at the Beach

   S1:E58/2/2014

   After the job from Miwa's dad breaks his artist's block, Handa's ready to get writing! But some distractions come up, in the form of the girls demanding penmanship help, a day taking the kids to the beach, and Naru's Grampa's addictive pickled daikon...

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   9.0/10(4 votes)

   #4 - New Year's Solo Camper Girl

   S2:E21/14/2021

   It’s New Year’s Eve. Rin arrives at the shore in Shizuoka. Nadeshiko is busy with her temp job, when she receives a message from Rin.

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   8.8/10(4 votes)

   #5 - Izu Camping!!! Birthdays!

   S2:E123/25/2021

   It’s the second day of the OutClub’s Izu trip. They go to Dougashima Island and walk across the tombolo, and put on a surprise birthday party for Nadeshko and Aoi at the end of the day.

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   7.8/10(5 votes)

   #6 - Welcome to the Outdoor Activities Club!

   S1:E21/11/2018

   Nadeshiko pays a visit to her school's Outdoor Activities Circle, consisting of two members; Aoi Inuyama and Chiaki Ohgaki. The girls attempt to put together a cheap tent only for it to break on them. They are helped out by Rin's friend Ena Saitou, who draws Nadeshiko's attention towards the fact Rin also attends her school. Later, as Rin goes on another solo camping trip, Nadeshiko, having been informed by Ena, goes over with some hotpot.

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   7.6/10(13 votes)

   #7 - Mother

   S1:E310/18/2003

   A young Ed and Al are determined to bring back their dead mother, who was their pillar of strength during dreary times of war.

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   7.3/10(7 votes)

   #8 - Sealing the Homunculus

   S1:E479/4/2004

   Wrath believes that Sloth is his real mother. Sloth battles Shou Tucker. Ed realizes that Al has been tricked by Tucker.

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   7.1/10(7 votes)

   #9 - The Flame Alchemist, The Bachelor Lieutenant & The Mystery of Warehouse 13

   S1:E376/26/2004

   While he investigates Mustang, Lt. Havoc orders his man Falman to find him a girlfriend. Later, Mustang must investigate the haunted Warehouse 13.

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    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - The Nova Glitters in the Daybreak Sky... (1)

    S1:E34/20/2007

    Not long after the appearance of the gate, a group went in to investigate the gate. Among the group only one man survived. Tahara now spends his time in his office taking care of the flower he found in the gate. But things are about to change as a group targets him for his research on contractors and the gate. Can Hei and the others get the information first?

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    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - The Gardenia Releases its Fragrance in the Early Summer Rain... (1)

    S1:E75/18/2007

    Gai and Kiko get hired by a widow and are asked to find the widow's lost black cat. While trying to find the cat, they meet Hei, who is looking for the Contractor that is killing employers from that same company. As both Gai and Kiko continue to look, Gai comes across the skeleton of a woman who has been dead for a while.

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    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Girl's Pure White Dress Stained by Dreams and Blood... (2)

    S1:E106/8/2007

    After Hei and Misaki barely escape from Alice, Hei goes his separate way after Misaki and Saitou find each other. After Hei steals the crystal hidden within the stone flower garden, he runs into Wei and loses the crystal in the process. Wei finally meets up with Misaki and Saitou, who have found Alice. After Wei kills his partner, Alice, he moves in on Misaki and Hei.

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    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - On a Silver Night, the Heart Does not Sway on the Water's Surface... (2)

    S1:E147/6/2007

    Kastenin, Gai, and Kiko take Yin back to her home town, meanwhile Hei is given the order to kill Yin and is given her location. Getting to Yin is not going to be that easy since th contractors from before are still after Yin and have their own method to finding her. The race is on once more, but this time Hei must make the choice on whether or not to kill Yin. Will he kill her or will the option be taken from him?

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    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Without Dreaming Shallow Dreams, and Falling Drunk... (1)

    S1:E198/10/2007

    Hei is sent to infiltrate a religious organization and kill the Prophet, Alma. He is aided by an insider, another Contractor by the name of Shihoko whom Huang appears to know. Amagiri and Alma appear to be in cahoots with Alma providing him with dolls. A well-meant mistake on Huang's part leads to Shihoko's capture.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - The Doll Sings in the Winter Wind...

    S2:E711/20/2009

    Suo and July find themselves in a dangerous situation thanks to a double-crossing supposed ally. Later, when the young pair is abducted by an especially sinister Contractor, BK-201 must spring into action.

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    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Beneath the Fully Bloomed Cherry Blossoms

    S0:E13/26/2008

    Mayu Otsuka works at the 4th Foreign Affairs Department in the Japanese National Police Agency as a liaison officer with the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. She wrote a story about a masked man that supposedly seemed to be a dream, but she isn't sure. Hei and his comrades got themselves a new task and are looking for a numeric password with a sample. A contractor took it from the Gate and buried it under a blossom tree. As events unfold, Mayu seems to fall in love with Hei, while Saitou struggles to confess his feelings for Kirihara.

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