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1. #1 Worst Episode
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   6.3/10(55 votes)

   #1 - In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 1

   S1:E511/7/2009

   A forest bandit finds a beautiful maiden in the forest and takes her to be his wife, but she is more than she seems to be.

   Director:Miho Hirao

   Writer:Ken Iizuka

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   Director:Miho Hirao

   Writer:Ken Iizuka
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   6.6/10(54 votes)

   #2 - In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 2

   S1:E611/14/2009

   A forest bandit finds a beautiful maiden in the forest and takes her to be his wife, but she is more than she seems to be.

   Director:Tetsuro Araki

   Writer:Ken Iizuka

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   Director:Tetsuro Araki

   Writer:Ken Iizuka
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   6.8/10(51 votes)

   #3 - The Spider's Thread

   S1:E1112/26/2009

   Kandata, a cruel and evil bandit is executed and lands in hell. The one good thing he had done in his life was to not kill a spider he met in the city. The spider drops him a thread to climb up into heaven. His elation is short-lived, however, as he realizes that others have started climbing the thread behind him.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.6/10(51 votes)

   #4 - Hell Screen

   S1:E1212/26/2009

   Yoshihide, the greatest painter in the country, is commissioned to draw his greatest work, an image of the king's country inside his mausoleum. In the despotic king's realm, Yoshihide can see nothing but the suffering of the commoners. He decides to make his last work a tribute to the country as it really is.

   Director:Unknown

   Writers:Yuji Kobayashi, Atsuko Ishizuka

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   Director:Unknown

   Writers:Yuji Kobayashi, Atsuko Ishizuka
5. 

   7.9/10(58 votes)

   #5 - Kokoro - Chapter 1

   S1:E711/21/2009

   A young man lives in Tokyo as a renter with a widow and her daughter. He invites his childhood friend, a monk, to come live with him, hoping to help him. When the monk falls in love with the widow's daughter, it drives a rift between them. The story is narrated from two points of view, the man's and the monk's.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   8.0/10(55 votes)

   #6 - Run, Melos! - Chapter 1

   S1:E911/28/2009

   A playwright writes a play based on the story "Run, Melos", and deals with his own feelings of betrayal towards his childhood friend.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   8.3/10(84 votes)

   #7 - No Longer Human - Chapter 1: Double Suicide in Kamakura

   S1:E110/10/2009

   A high school student becomes lost and alienated. Despondent and aimless, he falls into a cycle of self abuse, depression and drugs that taints his life for years.

   Director:Kojiro Tsuruoka

   Writer:Satoshi Suzuki

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   Director:Kojiro Tsuruoka

   Writer:Satoshi Suzuki
8. 

   8.3/10(60 votes)

   #8 - Kokoro - Chapter 2

   S1:E811/21/2009

   A young man lives in Tokyo as a renter with a widow and her daughter. He invites his childhood friend, a monk, to come live with him, hoping to help him. When the monk falls in love with the widow's daughter, it drives a rift between them. The story is narrated from two points of view, the man's and the monk's.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   Writer:Unknown
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   8.4/10(74 votes)

   #9 - No Longer Human - Chapter 2: Ghost

   S1:E210/17/2009

   A high school student becomes lost and alienated. Despondent and aimless, he falls into a cycle of self abuse, depression and drugs that taints his life for years.

   Director:Kazunari Kume

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Kazunari Kume

   Writer:Unknown
10. 

    8.4/10(55 votes)

    #10 - Run, Melos! - Chapter 2

    S1:E1012/5/2009

    A playwright writes a play based on the story "Run, Melos", and deals with his own feelings of betrayal towards his childhood friend

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    Writer:Unknown
11. 

    8.8/10(71 votes)

    #11 - No Longer Human - Chapter 3: Society

    S1:E310/24/2009

    A high school student becomes lost and alienated. Despondent and aimless, he falls into a cycle of self abuse, depression and drugs that taints his life for years.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    8.8/10(72 votes)

    #12 - No Longer Human - Chapter 4: New World

    S1:E410/31/2009

    A high school student becomes lost and alienated. Despondent and aimless, he falls into a cycle of self abuse, depression and drugs that taints his life for years.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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