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The Best Episodes of Beatless Season 1

Every episode of Beatless Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Beatless Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Beatless Season 1

Most of the world's needs are fulfilled by humanoid robots called hIE's. One day, 17-year-old Arato Endo meets the android Lacia and becomes her owner....
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Beatless Season 1 Episode 1 - Contract
    6.3/10(19 votes)

    #1 - Contract

    S1:E1

    April. A second year high school student, Arato had a normal life he spent with his friends Ryo and Kengo. Until that night. On his way home from shopping, Arato is attacked by a corrupted hIE, but a beautiful hIE named Lacia comes to his rescue.

    Director:Goro Kuji
    Writer:Tatsuya Takahashi

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  2. Beatless Season 1 Episode 2 - Analog Hacking
    6.0/10(15 votes)

    #2 - Analog Hacking

    S1:E2

    After binding an owner contract with Arato, Lacia has come to live with the Endo's. Arato's sister Yuka has completely accepted Lacia, and even enters her into an hIE modeling audition. Meanwhile, Arato can't hide his apprehension with living with someone who looks to be a beautiful girl his own age.

    Director:Yosuke Yamamoto
    Writer:Tatsuya Takahashi

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  3. Beatless Season 1 Episode 3 - You'll Be Mine
    5.8/10(13 votes)

    #3 - You'll Be Mine

    S1:E3

    Despite his awareness of analog hacking, Arato can't help himself from being drawn to Lacia. Amid all of this, Lacia is "kidnapped" right in front of Yuka. Arato is upset with the police and their unwillingness to treat this as anything but property theft, so he gets the help of Ryo and Kengo to investigate on their own.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tatsuya Takahashi

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  4. Beatless Season 1 Episode 4 - Automatic World
    6.3/10(12 votes)

    #4 - Automatic World

    S1:E4

    Kouka, the violent hIE who calls herself Lacia's first sister. With her control over the antibody network, she is planning to carry out a horrifying act of terrorism. When Arato learns that her scheme is putting Kengo in danger, Arato sets out to rescue Kengo with Lacia's help.

    Director:Keizo Kusakawa
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Beatless Season 1 Episode 5 - Tools for Outsourcers
    7.5/10(12 votes)

    #5 - Tools for Outsourcers

    S1:E5

    Arato arrives at the industrial promotion center which is the target for the antibody network's terrorist attack. He heads up the stairs and sees the android politician Mikoto his father developed, which leaves him with feelings of uneasiness. Soon after, the terrorist unit led by Kouka as well as another Lacia-class hIE arrive on the scene. A big battle is about to break out!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tatsuya Takahashi

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  6. Beatless Season 1 Episode 6 - Higgins Village
    7.7/10(10 votes)

    #6 - Higgins Village

    S1:E6

    Arato manages to rescue Kengo from the calamity at the industrial promotion center. However, even after returning to normal life, he finds himself consumed by the ever deepening mysteries. Meanwhile at the Memeframe Corporation, a factional dispute becomes escalated. Within the upheaval, the Lacia-class hIE Methode is about to make her move.

    Director:Goro Kuji
    Writer:Go Zappa

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  7. Beatless Season 1 Episode 7 - Boy meets Pornography
    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #7 - Boy meets Pornography

    S1:E7

    Lacia has a new modeling gig. It is an image commercial to promote a new type of relationship between hIE's and human beings, one in which people view hIE's of the opposite sex as an equal partner.

    Director:Yosuke Yamamoto
    Writer:Go Zappa

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  8. Beatless Season 1 Episode 8 - Awakening of Sleeping Beauty
    7.3/10(10 votes)

    #8 - Awakening of Sleeping Beauty

    S1:E8

    Having made a contract with Shiori, Methode suddenly attacks Lacia while she is filming a commercial. As the circumstances surrounding Arato and Lacia are about to shift again dramatically, a new transfer student arrives at Arato's high school. Erica Burrows-the Sleeping Princess born in the 21st Century who just awoke from suspended animation, and Arato senses animosity from her.

    Director:Harume Kosaka
    Writer:Go Zappa

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  9. Beatless Season 1 Episode 9 - My Whereabouts
    7.3/10(9 votes)

    #9 - My Whereabouts

    S1:E9

    Shiori puts her plan into motion. At this rate, Arato will lose ownership of Lacia. "Mr. Arato, please allow me to be with you." This unexpected plea from Lacia moves Arato, and he heads to Chubu International Airport to stop Shiori.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Go Zappa

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  10. Beatless Season 1 Episode 10 - Dwellings and Surroundings
    7.3/10(9 votes)

    #10 - Dwellings and Surroundings

    S1:E10

    Arato is given two weeks of suspension after the fight between Methode and Lacia leaves him with paying 4.5 million yen worth of damages they caused. In order to apologize to his father Kozo who offered to pay half of the damages, Arato takes Lacia, Yuka, and Ryo to Tsukuba where a large-scale hIE experiment is being conducted.

    Director:Keizo Kusakawa
    Writer:Sadayuki Murai

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  11. Beatless Season 1 Episode 11 - Dystopia Game
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Dystopia Game

    S1:E11

    Methode abducts Yuka right in front of Lacia. Arato and Ryo head to rescue her, but standing in their way are all of the hIE's in the experimental city who have been infected by Ginga Watarai to act like zombies. In order to get the hIE's to regain control, Arato and Ryo head to the administration center, but...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Sadayuki Murai

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  12. Beatless Season 1 Episode 12 - Slumber of Human
    7.2/10(10 votes)

    #12 - Slumber of Human

    S1:E12

    Ginga Watarai's death puts an end to the incident at the experimental city. During all of the chaos, Arato had revealed his feelings to Lacia which she accepted. Yuka has mixed feelings about this sudden new coupling within her household. Meanwhile, the security police and Lacia-class masters begin to respond to the ever-changing situation.

    Director:Ageha Kochouran
    Writer:Go Zappa

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  13. Beatless Season 1 Episode 13 - The Prayer Within
    7.3/10(10 votes)

    #13 - The Prayer Within

    S1:E13

    After being summoned by Erika to the Burrows estate, the Lacia-class hIE's fight entered the next phase. As each of them contemplated their next move, Kouka felt her possibility for a future quickly closing as she was being pursued as a suspect in the Chubu Airport bombing by the security police.

    Director:Goro Kuji
    Writer:Go Zappa

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  14. Beatless Season 1 Episode 14 - An Answer to Survive
    7.2/10(10 votes)

    #14 - An Answer to Survive

    S1:E14

    Kouka carries out an antibody network terrorist attack against the Next-Gen Society Research Center on her own. Kouka's overwhelming destructive power is streamed around the globe, inspiring fear and zeal to the masses. This was Kouka's path to her future.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Go Zappa

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  15. Beatless Season 1 Episode 15 - Edge Line
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Edge Line

    S1:E15

    Kengo is arrested by the security police in connection to Kouka's terrorist activities. Arato decides to save Kengo and gives Lacia the order. Following the plan she has devised, Arato finds himself face to face with the PMC “HOO,” the military group responsible for destroying Kouka.

    Director:Yosuke Yamamoto
    Writer:Go Zappa

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  16. Beatless Season 1 Episode 16 - Plus One
    7.0/10(10 votes)

    #16 - Plus One

    S1:E16

    Affected by Kouka's destruction, Snowdrop moved up her own plans, taking over the Mitaka transformer substation to secure a steady energy supply and bringing disaster to the surroundings. Arato and Lacia try to stop her, but Methode and Ryo stand in their way.

    Director:Takudai Kakuchi
    Writer:Go Zappa

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  17. Beatless Season 1 Episode 17 - A Reason of Our Own
    7.3/10(10 votes)

    #17 - A Reason of Our Own

    S1:E17

    Lacia's secret is revealed. Arato is unable to handle it and steps away from Lacia. Defenseless on his own, he's captured by Ryo and Methode where he could do nothing but watch the monitor as Snowdrop spread her seeds of destruction.

    Director:Keizo Kusakawa
    Writer:Go Zappa

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  18. Beatless Season 1 Episode 18 - Protocol of Love
    7.0/10(9 votes)

    #18 - Protocol of Love

    S1:E18

    Pushed by Shiori and Yuka, Arato decided to face Lacia once again. If his last order was still in place, Lacia should be trying to stop Snowdrop. With this thought, Arato heads towards Mitaka, a place which has transformed into an unrecognizable landscape by Snowdrop's power.

    Director:Ageha Kochouran
    Writer:Go Zappa

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  19. Beatless Season 1 Episode 19 - Paper Tiger
    7.3/10(10 votes)

    #19 - Paper Tiger

    S1:E19

    It has been two months since the tragic events in Mitaka. The world returned to some semblance of normalcy, and Arato and Lacia lay low as they prepare for whatever may come next. However, their brief period of happiness is disturbed after they are contacted by the super intelligent AI Astraia.

    Director:Goro Kuji
    Writer:Tatsuya Takahashi

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  20. Beatless Season 1 Episode 20 - Our Error World
    7.2/10(10 votes)

    #20 - Our Error World

    S1:E20

    Super intelligent AI have spurred society to change. As the fight surrounding Arato and Lacia escalates, the leaders of the old guard discuss how they could maximize their own profits. Among the participants, only Erika Burrows expresses anger towards their foolishness.

    Director:Yosuke Yamamoto
    Writer:Tatsuya Takahashi

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  21. Beatless Season 1 Episode 21 - Higgins' Silo
    6.8/10(9 votes)

    #21 - Higgins' Silo

    S1:E21

    The super intelligent AI Higgins. The core of Memeframe, one of the keys to humanity's future, and the creator of Lacia. Arato and Lacia traverse through a giant underground facility in order to contact Higgins. There they will find a future far beyond the human imagination...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Beatless Season 1 Episode 22 - Pygmalion
    7.2/10(10 votes)

    #22 - Pygmalion

    S1:E22

    Once again, Methode appears to stand in the way of Arato and Lacia down in the underground facility containing Higgins. They must also be wary of Snowdrop who had been sent there by a rival super intelligent AI. As the conflict escalates, Arato and Ryo try their best to fulfill their duties as representatives of humanity.

    Directors:Takudai Kakuchi, Ageha Kochouran
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Beatless Season 1 Episode 23 - Beatless
    7.1/10(11 votes)

    #23 - Beatless

    S1:E23

    Snowdrop appears in the underground facility as some sort of hybrid between bird and person, a strange new creature created by a super intelligent AI which no longer needed humanity to exist. Lacia attempts to hack the cloud system that stores hIE behavior controls in order to stop Snowdrop. Her efforts would determine the outcome of the entire human race.

    Director:Yosuke Yamamoto
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Beatless Season 1 Episode 24 - Boy Meets Girl
    6.8/10(10 votes)

    #24 - Boy Meets Girl

    S1:E24

    Arato and Lacia walk towards the heart of the Higgins storage facility in order to choose a future. The two act like one as they help and support each other. However, damaged from the intense battle, Lacia does not have much time left...

    Director:Goro Kuji
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Contract" is the best rated episode of "Beatless" season 1. It scored 6.3/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by Goro Kuji and written by Tatsuya Takahashi, it aired on 1/13/2018. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Analog Hacking".