The Best Episodes Directed By Shinji Takamatsu

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.0/10(3 votes)

   #1 - Love Doesn’t Require a Manual (1)

   S1:E3412/7/2006

   Shinpachi saves a girl with cat ears while on a train ride. Later in a letter she sends him, the girl proceeds to ask him out.

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   8.7/10(3 votes)

   #2 - Entering the Final Chapter!

   S3:E269/25/2008

   On news of the series entering its final arc, the characters go over their choice of best moments in the series.

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3. 

   8.5/10(4 votes)

   #3 - Deep Blue

   S1:E17/14/2018

   When Iori Kitahara heads off to college, he decides to live at his uncle's dive shop in Izu. Iori is looking forward to experiencing college life, but ends up running into a group of tough guys playing strip rock-paper-scissors. Iori gets dragged into the diving club's crazy shenanigans and ends up spending his first day in college wearing nothing but a pair of underwear.

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   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #4 - Don’t Complain About Your Job at Home, Do It Somewhere Else

   S2:E269/27/2007

   Gintoki, Shinpachi and Kagura recaps what has happened to date on their 2nd Year Anniversary special.

   Director:Shinji Takamatsu

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5. 

   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #5 - Older Brothers and Sisters / Drop-Kicks / The End of Summer / Glasses / The Daily Lives of the Student Council / Panties / Wiring / Archdemon

   S1:E93/6/2012

   In this episode, see high school boys deal with their sibling dating their friend's sibling, visit their grandmother, break a younger girl's heart, lose their glasses, solve issues with the student council, prove points, and atone for misdeeds.

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6. 

   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #6 - High School Boys and After School

   S1:E11/10/2012

   In this episode, see high school boys role play how to get a girlfriend, wear their sister's clothes, tell scary stories, block another boy's relationship with a girl, and act cool down by the river.

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7. 

   7.3/10(3 votes)

   #7 - High School Boys and the Morning Journey

   S1:E21/17/2012

   In this episode, see high school boys LARP on the way home from school, work at a pizza place, prove their friendship and camaraderie, mistake people for someone else, talk to their principal, relive their childhood, and tell more scary stories.

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8. 

   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #8 - Motoharu's Sister / Mitsuo's Worries / Manga / Balconies / Convenience Store / Towers / Cakes / Horoscopes / 100 / Ramen / Skirts

   S1:E82/28/2012

   In this episode, see high school boys converse with their sister, console their friend, critique their friend's fan comic, talk to the girl across the balcony, go to the convenience store, help a girl, eat cake, discuss horoscopes, and deal with bugs.

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9. 

   6.0/10(2 votes)

   #9 - High School Boys and Summer Plans

   S1:E31/24/2012

   In this episode, see high school boys make plans for summer, go to the beach, play table tennis, pretend to host a radio talk show, create great summer memories, and become obsessed with a girl.

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10. 

    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - High School Boys and Eavesdropping / High School Boys and the Cultural Festival

    S1:E41/31/2012

    In this episode, see high school boys eavesdrop on their friends, plan and execute a school festival, and get advice from a girl.

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11. 

    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Dubbing / Seniority / The Savior / Old Friends / The Biography of a Hero / Literary Girl 3 / Resentment

    S1:E52/7/2012

    In this episode, see high school boys dub girls on the street, get picked on by older girls, pretend to get beaten up, catch up with old friends, remember childhood memories, and try to act cool.

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12. 

    4.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - The Holy Night / The New Semester / Little Sister's Troubles / Ringo's Troubles / Motoharu's Troubles / The Sure-Kill Shot / The Past

    S1:E62/14/2012

    In this episode, see high school boys get chased by their friend's sister, hang out on the first day of a new term, secretly back up a friend's sister, console a girl, look for lost puppies, and try out their new super moves.

    Director:Shinji Takamatsu

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13. 

    4.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Gags / Indoor Adventures / Older Brothers / As We Are / Careers / Mitsuo / High School Girl Power

    S1:E72/21/2012

    In this episode, see high school boys entertain each other with gags, LARP at home, try to ignore the girl who is embarrassing herself, take a questionnaire, and talk about how dumb their friend is.

    Director:Shinji Takamatsu

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