The Best Episodes Directed By Shuji Miyahara

Every TV Episode Directed by Shuji Miyahara Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

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    9.3/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Watch Out For A Set of Women and A Drink

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    S4:E31

    The city of Yoshiwara is making its recovery, though Tsukuyo has shut herself in her room. Hinowa asks Gintoki to help Tsukuyo have some fun for a change. It turns out that Tsukuyo is only pretending to be sleeping in her room, when in reality she is sneaking out to perform her routine patrol. The gang decides to come up with a plan to help Tsukuyo cheer up, even while working.

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  2. Background image for When Someone Who Wears Glasses Takes Them Off, It Looks Like Something’s Missing
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #2 - When Someone Who Wears Glasses Takes Them Off, It Looks Like Something’s Missing

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    S2:E31

    The battle between Gintoki and Binbokusai begins; meanwhile, Shinpachi discovered that Kyubei was girl.

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    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #3 - If You Want To Lose Weight, Then Stop Eating and Start Moving

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    S2:E42

    Our female characters joined a "slimming" camp to shed off their extra weights.

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  4. Background image for Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid

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    S3:E9

    The Yorozuya's Yakuza client has died, and the group's young new leader carries a dark secret about the boss's son.

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  5. Background image for Beauty Is Like a Summer Fruit
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #5 - Beauty Is Like a Summer Fruit

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    S3:E18

    The group goes to save Tae. On their way, Shinpachi, Gintoki and Katsura stumble upon a room where they learn about Otohime's past.

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  6. Background image for Fights Often Ensue During Trips
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Fights Often Ensue During Trips

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    S3:E32

    Otose arranges for Gintoki and the gang to spend their winter break at a hot spring inn located deep in the mountains. Anticipating a secluded hot spring bath, the group hikes their way up the mountain trail, only to arrive at a completely deserted and run-down inn. With no available bus to return to Edo, the gang has no choice but to stay at the inn. The inn’s Okami Oiwa welcomes the group, but Gintoki and Shinpachi notice a transparent being standing behind her back!

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  7. Background image for Don't Put Your Wallet In Your Back Pocket
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #7 - Don't Put Your Wallet In Your Back Pocket

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    S3:E40

    Seita is a kid who makes his living through pickpocketing. One day Seita picks Gintoki’s wallet only to find it pretty much empty, and discovers that his own wallet was picked back in return. In the end Seita treats Gintoki to some parfait after getting caught red-handed. Brought into Snack Otose for questioning, Seita shocks everyone by revealing he needed the money to see a certain “遊女/Yujo (courtesans/ prostitute).”

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  8. Background image for If You Keep Copying, They Will Retaliate / A Loss Opens Your Eyes to the Love You Have
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #8 - If You Keep Copying, They Will Retaliate / A Loss Opens Your Eyes to the Love You Have

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    S4:E21

    Part 1 - On top of the Odd Jobs building, two awfully familiar men seem to be scheming. They manage to hide themselves from several visitors, but they are spotted by the man who’ll cause the biggest mess of all: Katsura! Part 2 - Gintoki’s alarm goes off, and he decides to takes a shower to sober up. While in the shower, something happens to Gintoki! Seems Kagura and Shinpachi are also caught up in the mess, and they wonder how this could have happened to them... The three heroes face a crisis like none other!

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  9. Background image for Chains Of a Warrior
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Chains Of a Warrior

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    S5:E11

    Pirako is pleased to hear that Otose, the reason for Jirocho's attachment to the Kabuki district, has been eliminated. With Otose gone, the balance of power among the Four Devas has crumbled and a war is in the works in the Kabuki district. Meanwhile, the Odd Jobs crew is watching over Otose when Saigo appears and informs them that the bar will be destroyed by the Four Devas. He urges them to leave this town, now that they've lost their home...Finally, the day comes for them to leave Snack Otose.

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  10. Background image for If You're a Man, Don't Give Up
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #10 - If You're a Man, Don't Give Up

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    S2:E47

    A planet is attacked by mysterious beings. It's up to Umibouzu to settle things and put an end to the attack. How will the end turn out?

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  11. Background image for Imagination Is Nurtured In the 8th Grade
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Imagination Is Nurtured In the 8th Grade

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    S3:E23

    Gintoki, Shinpachi, and Kagura go around in the online role playing game to find powerful players to be their companions on their search for the Amanto. Their new found companions however, are not what they seem to be.

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  12. Background image for All Adults are Instructors for All Children
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #12 - All Adults are Instructors for All Children

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    S3:E48

    It is shortly after the fierce battle at Yoshiwara Shngri-la. Shinpachi and Kagura, having faced powerful foes in Hosen and Kamui unlike any they have encountered, are training hard after realizing their lack of strength. Both announce to Gintoki their determination to become stronger. But Gintoki declines to become involved, saying it’s a pain. Learning of the situation, Otae and Hasegawa share their training secrets, but…

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  13. Background image for The Other Side of the Other Side of the Other Side Would Be the Other Side
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #13 - The Other Side of the Other Side of the Other Side Would Be the Other Side

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    S4:E5

    Hasegawa is tired of alway losing and being called a Madao, so together with Gintoki they bet on horse races. After many failures, Hasegawa tells him of his effort to leave the "Madao Spiral", unfortunate turn of events that happened since he gained the nickname. Together with Gintoki Madao decides to try one last time, betting on the horse Justaway. In the middle of the race Gintoki tells him that he bet on another horse and after a head on head race between Justaway and Gin's horse Cheap Impact, it seemed at first that Justaway won but then it got disqualified and Cheap Impact won instead. But by that time Gin has already shred his ticket into pieces and neither of them won.

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  14. Background image for Love Is Unconditional
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Love Is Unconditional

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    S4:E12

    The time to settle the battle for the official fan club title is finally here. The match between Shinpachi and Hijikata is a card battle using Otsu chip playing cards. Never knowing such a thing existed, Shinpachi rushes to the vendor for some cards. Hijikata on the other hand is fully prepared and delivers the ultra powerful card “Melancholy 5-minutes before start”! Hijikata’s range of powerful attacks forces Shinpachi to stay on the defensive. Can he possibly find a way to make a counterattack?

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  15. Background image for An Observation Journal Should Be Seen Through To The Very End
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - An Observation Journal Should Be Seen Through To The Very End

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    S4:E38

    Students at a temple school share their independent research projects completed during the past summer vacation. After one of the students finishes reading a well-written journal, the last one to present is a kid named Daigoro. Sleeping in on the first day of summer vacation, Daigoro arrived late at the radio exercises and met Madao, and decided to keep an observation journal about him.

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  16. Background image for Not Losing to the Wind
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Not Losing to the Wind

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    S4:E46

    Weather girl Ketsuno Ana is giving the wrong weather forecast. Turns out she comes from a line of traditional Onmyojis, and her forecast is not derived from mere fortune-telling but actually by using her Onmyoji powers. But her weather forecast is being sabotaged by someone who is unhappy with Ketsuno Ana's career as a weather girl despite her being an Onmyoji. Gintoki and the gang arrive at the Onmyoji mansion where they come face to face with Seimei, Ketsuno Ana's older brother.

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  17. Background image for Glasses Are Part of the Soul
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Glasses Are Part of the Soul

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    S5:E6

    The Odd Jobs' TV breaks out with Sachan inside. Gintoki tells Sadaharu to throw her away with the TV, but Sachan's precious glasses are broken in the process. Gintoki reluctantly buys Sa-chan a new pair of glasses, but they are bottle bottom glasses that are clearly the wrong prescription. Sa-chan is overjoyed that Gintoki has given her a present, but the new glasses are responsible for a chain of failures on her assassination job. Her superiors now question her commitment.

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  18. Background image for Revival
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #18 - Revival

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    S2:E11

    Bishamon and Hiyori manage to track down Yato, but they have no way of getting into the underworld. Meanwhile, Izanami continues to pursue Yato… And if he gets caught, he'll be stuck in the underworld forever!

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    Writer:Akiko Waba
  19. Background image for You Must Master a Single Thing
    8.3/10(32 votes)

    #19 - You Must Master a Single Thing

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    S1:E17

    One of the Twelve Kizuki, a direct subordinate of Muzan Kibutsuji, is here somewhere. When Tanjiro slays the Mother Spider Demon of Mt. Natagumo, he learns that a demon who might hold the key to turning Nezuko back into a human is somewhere in this very forest. With the battered Inosuke in tow, he heads deeper into the forest. Meanwhile, Zenitsu trudges forlornly through the woods only to encounter a spider with a human face.

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    Writer:N/A
  20. Background image for Otaku Are Talkative
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #20 - Otaku Are Talkative

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    S3:E3

    Itou Kamotarou (appeared on the previous episode) proceeds with his agenda. Hijikata seeks help from the Yorozuya to save the Shinsengumi from destruction.

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  21. Background image for Bidden Calamity
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #21 - Bidden Calamity

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    S1:E3

    Yukine learns that living with a god isn't all it's cracked up to be, but things start to change when an unexpected client hires Yato for a job!

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    Writer:N/A
  22. Background image for Homunculus (The Dwarf in the Flask)
    8.0/10(16 votes)

    #22 - Homunculus (The Dwarf in the Flask)

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    S1:E40

    Long ago, the blood of a simple slave was used in an experiment which created a strange, shapeless being. In exchange for the gift of existence, the being gave the slave a name - and cursed him with immortality.

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  23. Background image for The House With the Wisteria Family Crest
    7.9/10(32 votes)

    #23 - The House With the Wisteria Family Crest

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    S1:E14

    After a desperate fight to the death, Tanjiro prevails over Kyogai. He exits the house to find Zenitsu who had escaped earlier. But it is then that he sees the strange circumstances before him... The battered Zenitsu holding the box containing Nezuko in his arms while the man in the boar's head mask stands in the way with two Nichirin Swords drawn.

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    Writer:N/A
  24. Background image for Light vs. Dark: The Two Faces of Gaara
    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Light vs. Dark: The Two Faces of Gaara

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    S2:E77

    Gaara continues to talk about his past. When Gaara states that Naruto can't become stronger when he fights for everyone else, Naruto recalls that if he didn't meet his friends, he would be the same as Gaara. Realizing that he has to protect his friends, Naruto overcomes his fear and decides to take on Gaara.

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  25. Background image for Death of the Undying
    7.8/10(17 votes)

    #25 - Death of the Undying

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    S1:E19

    Mustang, Alphonse, Havoc, and Hawkeye split up to search a military laboratory. If Lust has her way, none of them will ever see each other alive again.

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Shuji Miyahara Ratings Summary

"Watch Out For A Set of Women and A Drink" is the best rated episode directed by Shuji Miyahara. It scored 9.3/10 based on 3 votes. It was written by Akatsuki Yamatoya. It aired on 10/29/2009 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "When Someone Who Wears Glasses Takes Them Off, It Looks Like Something’s Missing".