The Best Episodes Directed By Yoshimichi Hirai

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #1 - Once again, Hachiman Hikigaya Makes a Speech

   S3:E68/14/2020

   First step in Hachiman’s plan? Rally the troops! Together they’ll create a prom proposal so awful, the PTO will have no choice but to choose Yukino’s instead.

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   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #2 - The Setting Sun

   S1:E106/16/2017

   Akane decides to apply to a school in Chiba that her parents and Takumi recommended. She meets with Kotaro, who says he will try to apply to the same one and that, regardless, they will be together. The track club later goes to Kotaro’s festival.

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   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #3 - And Then

   S1:E126/30/2017

   Kotaro learns that he was not accepted into Akane’s school, saddening them. Daisuke suggests Kotaro use it in his writing, while Ayane suggests Akane should break up with him rather than do long-distance.

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   7.8/10(21 votes)

   #4 - Kengan

   S1:E17/31/2019

   Chairman Nogi suddenly calls low-level employee Kazuo Yamashita into a meeting and gives him an unexpected -- and unwanted -- new assignment.

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   7.7/10(10 votes)

   #5 - Favorite Flavor

   S1:E55/1/2010

   To strip Angel of her scholastic power, Yui devises a plan for the Battlefront to replace Angel’s test results with bogus ones. She will be shamed, stripped of her title of Student Body President, and be out of their way for good. But they never realize the one who replaces her may be even more sinister than Angel could ever be.

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   7.6/10(9 votes)

   #6 - Knockin' on Heaven's Door

   S1:E126/18/2010

   The Shadow monsters show no signs of stopping as more Battlefront members and NPCs fall victim to their strange, marauding power. Yuri takes a dangerous trip into the darkened Guild. In her search to find out just who—or what—is behind these new events, she discovers even darker secrets about herself.

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   7.4/10(10 votes)

   #7 - Guild

   S1:E24/10/2010

   Realizing they need more weapons in their battle against Angel, the group descends into the Guild. But once there, they realize that all of the hallways, staircases, and passageways have been rigged with deadly traps. It’s a race against time to see if they can get through the violent maze before Angel catches up with them.

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   7.3/10(3 votes)

   #8 - A Handful of Sand

   S1:E24/14/2017

   It's the last sports festival of middle school. Kotarou gets put in the relay race. He becomes friends with one of Akane's friends who bandages his scraped hand.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - Arrival of the Psychokinetic Girl!

   S1:E14/6/2018

   Telekinetic girl Hina drops into the home of vase-collecting yakuza Nitta, who she then coerces into letting her stick around by threatening to destroy his entire collection.

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