The Best Episodes Directed By Tomonari Tanaka

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(4 votes)

   #1 - Friends You Can Count On

   S11:E23611/10/2011

   While talking with his students, Shino talks about how he and his team got together and became more close as friends and teammates. The story switches to Shino's flashback during the first part of Naruto. They are on a mission assigned by Kurenai in which a Jonin assassin from a neighboring village. Shino gets defeated because of weak taijutsu and descends into depression. He even reveals he was going to abandon the team that helped him because he didn't think he was useful to them. But after his friends get in trouble with the rouge Shino comes back and defeats the rouge.

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2. 

   7.9/10(12 votes)

   #2 - Beyond Time

   S4:E219/6/2020

   The maximum-acceleration phase has begun. Alice successfully logs out of the Underworld, but Kirito doesn’t make it in time. In the real world, Higa and Kikuoka rush to shut down the STL, in order to disable the maximum-acceleration phase, but…

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   7.9/10(8 votes)

   #3 - Mash Burnedead and His Good Friends

   S1:E243/30/2024

   Innocent Zero leaves a fusion of dead monster bodies that form a giant in his wake. Seeing Mash fight against this monster in a trapped, hopeless situation where all magic has become ineffective, the students from the school start to cheer him on.

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   7.8/10(22 votes)

   #4 - Baffling x Turn of x Events

   S1:E202/19/2012

   Gon wakes up, and finds himself being congratulated by Satotz for being the first person to pass the Hunter Exam. Gon asks Satotz if the Exam was still going on, and Satotz tells him that it's over. Satotz reveals what happens after he lost consciousness, and Gon finds out some shocking turn of events.

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   7.6/10(28 votes)

   #5 - Hisoka x Is x Sneaky

   S1:E510/30/2011

   While following Satotz, a fog moves into the swamp and most of the participants are either rendered unconscious or killed by traps and verocious beasts. A group of candidates target Hisoka as they feel he's a threat. Gon and Killua are separated from Leorio and Kurapika and both sides are eventually attacked by monsters. Leorio and Kurapika encounter Hisoka about to be attacked by candidates but are shocked to watch the magician easily take the candidates down. Hisoka then targets Leorio and Kurapika, but realizing that they are no match for him, they decide to head in different directions to stop him from following. However, Leorio returns, unable to run away from a fight. As expected, Leorio is beaten badly by Hisoka. Before the melee can get any worse, Gon, who is separated from Killua, arrives to stop Hisoka. Although he is also no match for Hisoka, he manages to hit his face once before being strangled by Hisoka.

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   7.5/10(22 votes)

   #6 - Nen x And x "Nen"

   S1:E284/22/2012

   While working to understand Nen and Ren, Gon and Killua run into a familiar acquaintance.

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   7.5/10(21 votes)

   #7 - Power x To x Avenge!

   S1:E346/3/2012

   Gon has fights against Gido and Riehlvelt coming up. He's still mad about what they did to Zushi. Gon is able to withstand Gido's attacks and overwhelm him in battle. This causes Hisoka to smile.

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   7.2/10(22 votes)

   #8 - Last x Test Of x Resolve!

   S1:E1212/18/2011

   The team stays inside a small room for fifty hours and keep themselves from getting bored. Then they spend the remaining time going to a series of traps and tricks. At the last room, they encountered two doors and are forced to either choose the long and hard path (45 hours) in which all of them may use or the shortcut (about 3 minutes) wherein two of them must be left behind. As disputes break out among them, Gon comes up with an ingenious idea of opening the long way and breaking through the wall to go to the shortcut so all five of them pass this phase.

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   7.1/10(21 votes)

   #9 - Nen x Users x Unite?

   S1:E407/22/2012

   Kurapika and the other job candidates have to battle their way out of the employers mansion... if they ever hope of obtaining any of the items they even need for the job.

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    6.9/10(21 votes)

    #10 - Very x Sharp x Eye

    S1:E489/23/2012

    Gon, Killua, and Leorio are trying to get their hands on enough money to buy Greed Island. As they pass through the market, Gon stumbles across a way to identify valuable items. The plan is to buy cheap and sell low, but someone else is bidding on all their items.

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    6.1/10(12 votes)

    #11 - Revival of the Demon Clan

    S2:E11/13/2018

    As the kingdom begins to rebuild after the coup attempt, the king honors the Seven Deadly Sins for their bravery with a medal ceremony.

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