The Best Episodes Directed By Taisuke Mamori

The Hidden Leaf begin preparing for the Chunin Exams. Ino and Choji ask Sakura to join their three-man team as a stand-in for Shikamaru, who is already a chunin.

Ever since he was young, Jiraiya has been a little pervy. He tries to involve Orochimaru in many of his exploits as well as his schemes to get Tsunade’s attention. In Kakashi's story, we see him living on his own since his father, Sakumo, died. Rin and Obito are fascinated by Kakashi, but his aloofness makes him hard to figure out.

Ganta and Isaki have experienced lonely nights as they each struggle with sleeplessness. They form a "Nightly Fun Society" using the observatory as a secret base.

Violet and Chise host an after hours test of courage for their classmates by having them pair up to visit various haunted locations around campus, but the evening leads to some revealing conversations.

The heat is unbearable! The lack of AC doesn’t help. Even the breeze is too warm. It's almost too hot to take pictures.

A courageous rescue during our heroes' search for Squishy leaves one of their friends in danger!