The Best Episodes Directed By Tetsuya Watanabe

Kirino finds her first otaku friends at the IRL meet: "Kuroneko" and "Saori Bajeena." They spend their days deep in discussions over their otaku interests. Seeing Kirino this way puts Kyousuke's mind at ease.

Sent out to buy groceries by his mother, Kyousuke bumps into Manami at the supermarket. They get to talking, and they eventually arrange for Manami to come visit for the first time in ages.

Yamada's group gets roped into making the group of first-year problem students lead by Takigawa Noa behave in order to open a yakisoba bread stand at the cultural festival. Noa is a witch, and appears to see the past of the person she kisses and latch onto their shortcomings. Worst yet, she seems to have volume two of the notebook containing the legend of the witches!

A seriously scary Natsu tests his mettle against the iron-scaled Gajeel—but he loses steam when there isn’t anything around to fuel his firepower! Back on land, the shades are pummeling the guild to the ground!

Spike aims to collect the bounty on a member of the Red Dragon Syndicate, but his mission leads him into a deadly showdown with a face from his past!

Dr. Tenma and Nina Fortner's investigations lead them to a powerful man known as 'The Baby', who belongs in an extremist organisation. They soon learn that the organisation has special plans for the Turkish district tomorrow.

Tokyo-3 comes to a standstill when sabotage knocks out all power, and the personnel must scramble to launch the EVAs manually when an Angel appears in the middle of the blackout.

As the school festival comes to an end and Makoto and Sekai dance at the bonfire, it finally seems like they're happy together and things have settled down. However, Kotonoha watches from the shadows, and obstiantly denies what has happened still believing that their still going out. Meanwhile, as Setsuna prepares to move to France she is doing some final preparations to ensure that her best friend - Sekai - will be taken care of...

In order to save Horizon, the newly elected Chancellor Tori must take his army through the Testament Union's best ground defenses. Meanwhile, the battle over the skies will be determined by a God of War and two witches in hiding. Who will reign supreme over ground and air, and will they get there in time to save Horizon?

The rebels take over Berlin's broadcast tower and escort Katia inside. The 666th and the rebels engage Werewolf squadron over the streets of Berlin. During the battle, they hear Katia's speech, revealing herself to the nation as Usula Strachwitz, and appealing for the people to rise up against the Stasi.