The Best Episodes Directed By Toshiyuki Kato

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.5/10(52 votes)

   #1 - STEEL BALL RUN

   S6:E13/19/2026

   After a fateful encounter with outlaw Gyro Zeppeli, former racing prodigy Johnny Joestar enters the Steel Ball Run, the first horse race across America.

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   9.3/10(9 votes)

   #2 - It's a Wonderful World

   S5:E384/8/2023

   The unstoppable acceleration of time brings the universe full circle. Emporio awakes in Green Dolphin Street Prison, and humanity enters a new world.

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   9.0/10(4 votes)

   #3 - The Sleeping Slave

   S4:E397/28/2019

   In the past, Bruno and his team investigated the mysterious death of a girl and how it ties into the power known as Rolling Stones. And in the present, the final fate of Giorno and the gang is revealed as Golden Wind comes to a close.

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   8.9/10(30 votes)

   #4 - Stone Ocean

   S5:E11/8/2022

   Jolyne Cujoh is framed for a crime and sent to prison. When she touches a pendant she received from her father, a mysterious power begins to awaken.

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5. 

   8.8/10(10 votes)

   #5 - Shining D (Diamond) Is Unbreakable (2)

   S3:E3812/17/2016

   Josuke and Hayato try to force Killer Queen and Stray Cat into close-quarters combat by going into a nearby house. However, air bullets start to show up in the house. Josuke tries to dodge them by throwing around ash from an ashtray so he can see where they are going, but for some reasons, the air bullets keep chasing after Josuke. There's no way that Kira should be able to see them from the outside, so Josuke and Hayato start panicking...

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   8.8/10(13 votes)

   #6 - Torrential Downpour Warning

   S5:E123/26/2022

   Before she can reach the courtyard, Jolyne encounters Father Pucchi, who she begs to let her proceed. He agrees, but has sent another pursuer ahead.

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7. 

   8.6/10(5 votes)

   #7 - Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan #16: At a Confessional

   S0:E63/25/2020

   After an incident forcing him to pause his series Pink Dark Boy for the summer, Rohan had decided to take a vacation in Italy. In Venice, Rohan accidentally entered the priest's compartment of a confessional in the middle of his research. Shortly after, a man entered the booth and confessed his sin to Rohan, believing him to be a priest. Interested, Rohan heard out his confession.

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8. 

   8.3/10(11 votes)

   #8 - Long Journey Farewell, My Friends

   S2:E486/20/2015

   The final battle!

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9. 

   8.3/10(15 votes)

   #9 - The Ascendant One

   S1:E264/6/2013

   JoJo's victory, along with his arm, is cut short when Kars manages to survive the volcano by forming a shield of air bubbles to protect him from its deadly lava.

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10. 

    8.1/10(16 votes)

    #10 - Young Caesar

    S1:E202/23/2013

    Lisa Lisa tells JoJo of Caesar's childhood, in which he took to crime at a young age after being abandoned by his debt-ridden father, Mario.

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    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan #9: The Run

    S0:E73/25/2020

    The story opens with two men struggling over the possession of a remote, both unseen except for their respective arms. Rohan Kishibe appears, his right hand in a splint. Listing his injuries, Rohan regrets his foolish actions in a recent incident. These events are Episode 9: The Run.

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12. 

    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #12 - Kurapika x Secret Assassins x Zoldyck

    S1:E603/10/2001

    Gon and Killua escape from Nobunaga. Killua tells Gon about Kurapika being the "chain user", they try to call him but get no answer. Neon runs away and is found by Chrollo Lucilfer who pretends to be friendly to get her prophecy. He helps her to sneak into the auction, then hits her unexpectedly and tells the security to call the emergency.

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13. 

    7.8/10(12 votes)

    #13 - The Emperor and the Hanged Man (1)

    S2:E106/7/2014

    The group travels to India. In a restaurant Polnareff is attacked by a mysterious Stand that is inside a mirror.

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14. 

    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #14 - Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan #2: Mutsukabe Hill

    S0:E27/19/2018

    Rohan meets his editor, Kagamari Minoru, while reading a De Staël's Art book. Rohan explains that due to his research about the Yokai legend he bought 6 mountains in order to stop a corporation who wanted to build a resort in that area. When the resort plan was abandoned, Rohan's lands lose its value and he is unable to recover his money. However, Rohan tells his editor the research was a success and begins telling him about it.

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15. 

    7.7/10(6 votes)

    #15 - Three People? × Five People? × Last Choice

    S1:E172/19/2000

    The last test to get out of the tower has two paths: one is too long and the other will only allow three of the five to enter. Leorio and Tonpa start fighting to see who will stay, when Gon thinks outside the box. They choose the longer path, destroy the wall between the paths with axes provided so they could fight, and all five make it.

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    7.6/10(11 votes)

    #16 - Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan #5: Millionaire Village

    S0:E19/20/2017

    Rohan Kishibe accompanies Kyoka Izumi, a Manga magazine editor, to a buy house at a village far off from civilization. They soon discover the village is home to a group of millionaires who had all mysteriously become rich at the age of 25. Rohan and Izumi enter one of the houses, only to realize they they are trapped by a mysterious power that won't let them progress unless they follow specific rules lest they suffer the consequences.

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17. 

    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Episode 2: Mutsu-kabe Hill

    S1:E27/19/2018

    Bankrupt, Rohan pleads with his editor for an advance on his pay, swearing that the land he bought as research for his manga wasn't a wasted investment.

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18. 

    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Episode 5: Millionaire Village

    S1:E19/20/2017

    Rohan accompanies his editor to a mountain village full of luxurious villas after she receives an improbable invitation to buy a home there.

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    7.5/10(30 votes)

    #19 - A Letter from the Past

    S1:E210/13/2012

    Seven years later in 1888, JoJo and Dio are supposedly getting along, though JoJo is still fearful of Dio. Meanwhile, Dio plots to liberate the Joestar family of their fortune.

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20. 

    7.4/10(7 votes)

    #20 - A Boy Setting Out for a Journey × Leaving Behind the Sound of the Wind

    S1:E110/16/1999

    Gon Freecss runs into a Foxbear in the forest. A mysterious stranger named Kite saves Gon by killing the beast. This man tells him that his father Ging is alive. Gon decides to take the Hunter Exam and become a professional Hunter, but can only do this after catching the Master of the Swamp to convince his Aunt Mito to let him do it. Despite her feelings, after Gon catches it, Mito allows him to begin his adventure.

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21. 

    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #21 - The Nijimura Brothers (2)

    S3:E44/23/2016

    In order to save Koichi, Josuke goes further into the Nijimura household. Suddenly, he's attacked from many tiny beams of light. Josuke manages to dodge the attack, but it hits Okuyasu right in the face. Josuke tells Okuyasu that he'll heal his wounds if he tells him what the identity of his brother's Stand is. Okuyasu says he has no itention of telling him, and Josuke does something surprising...

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22. 

    7.4/10(16 votes)

    #22 - The Curse of DIO

    S2:E34/19/2014

    Jotaro is able to defeat Kakyoin. He takes the wounded Kakyoin back to his house, hoping to get some information about DIO.

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    7.4/10(16 votes)

    #23 - Ultimate Warriors from Ancient Times

    S1:E141/12/2013

    Speedwagon brings statued remains of Santana to the headquarters of his foundation in Washington, D.C., where it is shown Santana is still alive, but his scientists are able to keep him dormant through the use of ultraviolet light.

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24. 

    7.3/10(11 votes)

    #24 - 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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    7.1/10(18 votes)

    #25 - Sorrowful Successor

    S1:E711/17/2012

    The encounter against Tarukus comes to an end. Poco's family is in grave danger. JoJo meets Dire, Straizo, and Tonpetty.

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