The Best Episodes Directed By Shunsuke Machitani

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.3/10(11 votes)

   #1 - Long Journey Farewell, My Friends

   S2:E486/20/2015

   The final battle!

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   8.3/10(6 votes)

   #2 - Wolf and a Fascinating Traveler

   S2:E88/27/2009

   Holo and Lawrence visit the port in Renos, where they sit down for a meal. Holo uses her sharp senses and informs Lawrence that foreign fur merchants are unable to sell their wares, resulting in some unrest. However, she becomes inebriated from the meal and has to rest. Lawrence, meanwhile, visits a local bar to gather information and learns that the entire town is on edge due to some issues with the fur trade. After dinner, Lawrence goes to talk with the innkeeper but is interrupted by the arrival of the mysterious cloaked stranger, who introduces herself as Eve Bolan. She and Lawrence briefly chat, and she tells him that they should chat further if their interests coincide.

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #3 - Sentence: Aid In Evacuation of Ioff Cheg Port 1

   S1:E103/12/2026

   A new comrade joins the heroes' forces as they take on a faerie invasion in the heart of the city.

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   7.3/10(11 votes)

   #4 - The Emperor and the Hanged Man (2)

   S2:E116/14/2014

   In an effort to save Polnareff, Abdul is injured by the enemy. Then J. Geil's Stand, Hanged Man attacks.

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   7.0/10(2 votes)

   #5 - My Little Sister's Best Friend Can't Be This XX

   S1:E510/31/2010

   On the way home from an enjoyable Summerket. They bump into Aragaki Ayase, Kirino's best friend.

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   6.8/10(21 votes)

   #6 - Showdown in the Wilderness

   S2:E68/9/2014

   A man in a beat-up cloak watches Kirito fight his first battle and demands to know if he's "the real thing". The man has the tattoo of Laughing Coffin, a murderer's guild that existed within SAO. He tells Kirito that he'll kill him someday, and vanishes.

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   6.7/10(12 votes)

   #7 - Lovers (1)

   S2:E167/19/2014

   After surviving Enyaba's attack, Jotaro and crew make it to Pakistan's capital, Karachi. There, they encounter DIO's next assassin, Steely Dan. Following DIO's orders, Steely Dan ruthlessly kills Enyaba in front of them. Jotaro and the others can't help but feel conflicted about that happening, and end up in a battle with Steely Dan.

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