The Best Episodes Directed By Yumeko Iwaoka

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   10.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Boy Meets Girl: I Want You When I Can't Have You

   S1:E466/21/2024

   With the fate of the Earth on the line again, Lum and Ataru’s last game of tag begins.

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   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #2 - One Night's Battle / Deadly Peril in the Classroom

   S1:E405/10/2024

   Nagisa needs a kiss from Ryunosuke to pass on, which is easier said than done. Later, Mark threatens his class with supplementary lessons if he catches them talking.

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   8.8/10(4 votes)

   #3 - Camping Trip

   S2:E78/18/2019

   While at camp, Nishikata hears that if you're holding hands with someone you like at the end of a folk dance, they'll like you back.

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #4 - Austin's Troubles | A Normal Mixer | Moon Landing

   S3:E1012/7/2025

   Mr. Austin is having nightmares after the busjacking incident and Yor goes out with her coworkers.

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   8.0/10(5 votes)

   #5 - Textbook / Hypnosis / Waking Up / Skipping Stones

   S2:E17/7/2019

   While sharing a textbook with Takagi after forgetting his own, Nishikata foolishly tries to pull off a word-prank.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #6 - Trickle of Memories / Album of Memories / The Home Visit Blues: Feuding Fujinami Edition

   S1:E251/19/2024

   Ryunosuke grew up without a mother and wants to know more about her. Unfortunately, her father is keeping an important detail from her.

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   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #7 - Water Slide

   S0:E17/11/2018

   Special episode bundled with the 9th volume of the manga.

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   7.3/10(3 votes)

   #8 - Mendo Siblings!! / A Strange New Year at the Mendo Estate

   S1:E1112/23/2022

   What’s this? A handkerchief? It smells divine, so it MUST belong to a total hottie. Definitely not a nightmare creature or anything like that. Ataru’s nose cannot be fooled!

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   7.3/10(3 votes)

   #9 - Indelible Lipstick Magic!! / Lethal Attacks: Yaminabe!

   S1:E182/17/2023

   There is nothing suspicious about the lipstick Lum wants to put on Ataru. Nope, nothing suspicious at all. Later, Ataru’s class takes the dreaded Yaminabe food challenge!

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    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Yuichi-kun, You're Pretty Dumb, Aren't You?

    S1:E55/4/2022

    Shibe reels from the accusation that he has "actually killed a person." Despite protesting that he never did such a thing, he loses the audience's confidence and is thrust into first place. Meanwhile, Tenji finds himself in a distressing situation after realizing Yuichi is the one who wrote the card. Yuichi then makes the shocking announcement that he knows who the traitor is.

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    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #11 - What's Most Important to Me Is...

    S1:E126/22/2022

    Yuuichi goes to help Kokorogi knowing it will be very dangerous, but things could turn out worse than imagined.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Lovely Darling in Danger!! / Foxes in the Moonlight / The Home Visit Blues: Mark Onsen Goes to Space

    S1:E353/29/2024

    Lum finds herself in a race against time to save Ataru. Later, a certain fox seeks to recreate an old legend with magic horsetail shoots. Even later, Mark meets Lum's parents.

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    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Huh? Yuichi-kun Suspects His Friends?

    S1:E14/6/2022

    After the hard-earned funds for their expensive high school class trip are stolen, sophomore Yuichi and his four best friends are kidnapped by Manabu, a surreal character from a creepy late-night anime show. The mischievous Manabu challenges the students to a series of mind games that the five must decipher and outwit in order to win back their trip funds, uncover the thief, and pay off a huge and mysterious debt.

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